Re: [HOE] Lost Colony (possible HOE spoilers)

[Pat Gamblin <shosuro@nbnet.nb.ca>]

> > Although this made it to the Lost Colony list (in link form), I thought it
> > was of general interest to Deadlands and HOE players as well. Apologies if
> > it was already posted to those lists, if it was I missed it. One extremely
> > minor spoiler for Deadlands players, nothing particularly spoilerish 
> for HOE
> > players.
> >
> > --
> >
> > LOST & FOUND: TAMING PEG'S LOST COLONY
> > by Shane Hensley
> >
> > of a legacy, and more importantly, by adding a third chapter to prove all
> > that sacrifice and hard work would eventually pay off.
> >
>
>I hadn't noticed this bit in my first read through...  Anyone care to
>speculate on how they're going to pull this off? LC as redemption?  A
>different timeline?  Should i move this discussion to the LC list?
>What do you think?

Probably should be on the LC list, so I'm crossposting it there.

LC as redemption fits storytelling-wise. A lot of stories follow the "good 
wins the first battles, evil comes back and kicks butt for a while, then 
good saves the world/universe/whatever in the end" idea. Star Wars being 
the prime example (You can be pretty sure that the bad guys will be in a 
good position at the end of the next movie, with the good guys (mostly) 
winning in the third (though not completely, as they have to set up Vader 
and the Empire. The good guys will be victorious in some significant way, 
though.).

To get back to LC, the saving of the Deadlands universe will likely happen 
there (and in HOE, as the two  are set during the same time period in all 
likelihood, or at least relative to each other (Heh, I know what I mean by 
that, but it's hard to explain)). Hellstromme gets to do his thing 
(whatever that is), probably on Earth. Raven gets stopped. Some group of 
people saves LC from whatever plagues it (other than humanity). In the end 
we may be booted off Banshee (though I hope not), but things will be 
relatively well (or at least in a process of recovery).

Not that it will happen any time soon, probably over a space of two years 
or so (realtime), and in a grand sweeping story arc. : }

Marshall Paddy, amateur divination technician : }