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SPOILER ALERT: devs have sense of humour!

drowrulesupremedrowrulesupreme Member Posts: 692 Arc User
edited December 2013 in Romulan Discussion
Okay, so maybe not much of a spoiler but it took me 3 plays through the mission before I had my OMFG moment.

A gas refinery in orbit...
A security chief with a cybernetic prosthetic on his head...
A station administrator who makes a deal with the Empire to hand you over...

Nope, I'm not talking about The Empire Strikes Back but the mission at Gasko Station. I totally didn't get it until I walked behind Tobol (Lobot backwards) and literally moaned when I realised it had taken me so long to spot it.

Thank you, devs and writers, for making this geeks day.
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  • msk5msk5 Member Posts: 185 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Yeah I just wanted the administrator to be named Odnal as well.
  • robeasomrobeasom Member Posts: 1,911 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Knew that story sounded familiar lol lucky my hand was never chopped off in that mission
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  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    In "Smash and Grab", when you board the third freighter someone warns the suff in there wouln't react well to weapons fire..."Hunt for Red October" anyone?;)
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    hehe, and the rack of torpedos looks suspiciously similar to the way old Naval torpedos were stored.
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  • mirrorseacatmirrorseacat Member Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    misterde3 wrote: »
    In "Smash and Grab", when you board the third freighter someone warns the suff in there wouln't react well to weapons fire..."Hunt for Red October" anyone?;)

    I noticed that and had a good little chuckle at that, nice to see random stuff like that thrown in.
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    That's like the 'Wasteland' story arc is just one huge tribute to old westerns. They've got the tired old sheriff (Law); the new gun in to clean up the town (the player); the local gunslinger that everyone fears (Hassan); the saloon and bartender; the attempt to kill the new gun by trapping them out in the desert; the abandoned ruins take the place of the classic abandoned mine; the old sheriff regaining the mettle he lost and having one last shootout to bring the bad guys in; not one, but two assaults on the outlaw hideout...

    And my personal favorite - lots of good westerns have the scene with the outlaws in the canyons, and sun-baked lizards on rocks out in the desert... Cryptic combined both by making the outlaws in the canyons the sun-baked lizards in 'Fistful of Gorn'. (Which helps give it away - 'Fistful of Gorn'? Can anyone else say Clint Eastwood in 'Fistful of Dollars'?)
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    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    It's punny! (And Gorny... errr corny. :P)
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  • szerontzurszerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Yeah, most of the Romulan storyline is rife with homages.

    There was even a dialogue during the last Elachi mission that was almost an exact mirror of a conversation near the end of Mass Effect 2(potentially declaring you 'won't leave anyone behind'). It got reworded slightly at launch though.
  • thyrnecristhyrnecris Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Indeed, while I never personally played the ME games, the whole Elachi Storyline has a massive Reaper vibe.
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  • f9thaceshighf9thaceshigh Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Iconian "Gateroom"
  • fr0gurtfr0gurt Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
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  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Then there's also the fact that, basically, Sela and Hakeev are trying to turn you into some kind of... "Mol'Rihannisu Candidate" in 'Mind Games'.

    And the OP mentioned ESB? 'Gasko Blues', yeah, but also 'Best Defence' - you're flying a small craft to defend a city against enemy walkers to give the people there time to evacuate... can we say 'Hoth battle'?
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    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,471 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I wonder if Jiro is a descendant of this Ambassador Sugihara?
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  • mrkollinsmrkollins Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    f9thaceshigh wrote: »
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Iconian "Gateroom"

    SG SG-1 right there!
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  • dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    f9thaceshigh wrote: »
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Iconian "Gateroom"

    Of course the stargate would complain about nobody mentioning the Stargate reference... :rolleyes:
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  • skelet0rrskelet0rr Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    or what about the drones in the derelict Borg cube that bear a strinking similarity to Alice Kriges ( the Borg Queen from "First Contact"?
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  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Ah, the pungent smell of long-dead and decaying posts... Necro-thread.
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    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
  • philipclaybergphilipclayberg Member Posts: 1,680
    edited December 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    It's punny! (And Gorny... errr corny. :P)

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