Radiation 4- detailed explanation of background story

Detailed explanation of the background story:

Radiation 4 is a story about finding a son.

You've met many, many people in the Federation. But only these five people are related to your son: Murphy's mother, Nick Valentine, Clough, Virgil and Z2-47. Murphy leads you to Nick, Nick leads you to Clough, you see Virgil in Clough's memory, and Virgil leads you to Z2-47.

Let's start with these five people.

The role of Murphy's mother is very similar to the prophet in The Matrix, and the images are all ordinary old ladies. You were shocked by her the first time you met her. She not only knows that you are looking for your son, but also firmly tells you that your son is still alive and you are going to Diamond City.

Anything abnormal must be evil. This is radiation, not a wizard. There is no supernatural mystery in its worldview, and all Machamp's distractions are satirized by writers. But there is no irony here. Every prediction of her fate is correct.

However, before I met you, this special function was useless at all, and even brought people to into the pit. My sister in the Freedom Museum is laughing at the old lady very unkindly. Her satire cannot be said to be unreasonable. Preston told you that there were more than 20 people in this team, and only five people died when they walked all the way from the south to Concord.

She fled here to see you.

In the south of Concord, there is a Keweijia assembly plant, which is the first task of the Volunteer Branch Line. You need to get rid of the robbers inside.

The boss of this robbery gang is jared, who is an amateur scientist. After capturing the following Xingdun town, there was no progress and I began to indulge in the study of the Eye of the Sky.

"If I can have that power, that eye, the Federation and other gangs, no one needs to pray."

After learning that Murphy's mother pricked herself with the eye of a needle, the boss finally realized:

"The problem is not drugs. Drugs are just catalysts for the eyes. It's me. I am the problem. If I had understood earlier, my arm wouldn't have to be pricked like a needle pad. But at least there's a new clue. I need a guinea pig. "

Then, the boss began to give medicine to his younger brothers. The protagonist killed the experiment before it came to fruition.

What the hell is Eye of the Sky? Let me take a wild guess. According to the boss's suggestion, stimulants can enhance brain waves and let Murphy "receive" some content. Murphy's mother is sitting in a chair, which is a humanoid TV. Where is the TV station? In college, actually.

Nick's life is also very strange. Two hundred years ago, he was an excellent detective. After the task was terminated, his superior asked him to go to a research institute in Cambridge for psychotherapy. 200 years later, I woke up in the garbage and found myself an adult.

It's hard to understand when I think about it. Even the first-generation off-the-shelf products, according to normal processing procedures, are either disassembled into parts for reuse or completely destroyed for technical confidentiality. There is no reason to throw it in the garbage.

The protagonist goes to Diamond City to find kidnapped Nick. The protagonist ran to 1 14 to save him.

The kidnapper's name is skinny Malone, the black boss in Houwan District. What's his relationship with Nick? According to his own account, he has dealt with it hundreds of times. Malone didn't get along well, but his strength suddenly increased on the eve of the kidnapping. Nick said, I didn't expect him to occupy a shelter.

Why did Nick find Malone? Because a stupid bitch who ran away from home followed the black boss, and the stupid bitch's father entrusted him to get his daughter back.

The background is such a background. Nick comes to you. The normal thinking of the underworld boss is to kill him directly or drive him away. Malone disagreed. He confessed, Nick. When the protagonist came to save Nick, Nick said that he had been locked up for several weeks.

At the entrance of 1 14 shelter, the group met Malone and the silly bitch. Silly bitches encouraged Malone to kill people, saying that he couldn't go out just by slapping. But Malone _ _ obviously doesn't want to get angry.

If you give your mother medicine for the second time, she will teach you a secret signal, "Do you remember Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake?" Tell Malone the signal and he will wave you away.

Do you understand this? Malone was mostly employed by Clough. This meaningless kidnapping case is to make Nick your brother.

Clough is an important figure and the center of the whole story of Radiation 4.

Don't doubt his age. When you enter his memory, the first scene is his childhood. The radio is broadcasting the news of the establishment of New California and the United States (NCR). The number is 2 186. When the protagonist enters the college in the later period (2285), he can read Shane's notes about Clough, saying that he is over 100 years old. These two details are consistent.

This man has been in the Jianghu for a hundred years, and he really didn't come for nothing. He saw Sean's plan clearly.

After the protagonist found him, he said two words to the protagonist:

"I'm just a puppet like you."

"You are not looking for the college, but the college is looking for you."

Finally, he asked the protagonist, are you ready? Then he pulled out his gun and went to war. He died.

In the last scene in my memory, he and Sean, a synthetic adult, sat in a small room in Diamond City and made such an inner monologue:

"The whole play in Diamond City is part of the careful planning of the old man. Now it seems obvious that we are all bait to catch our friends in the shelter. The timing cannot be accidental. That's not the style of old people. I don't know if he finally saw through my cleverness and ended another unfinished business. "

"It was not my idea to settle in Diamond City with that child. Actually, it's a bad idea. But that was the old man's trick, so we followed his script. My children and I are like a happy little family. Later, I fell in love with this feeling and reminded me that if things didn't develop like this, my life might be like this. But time cannot go back. I know this is a temporary illusion. It won't be long before everything will return to normal track. "

When did this scene happen? At that time, the radio in the room was playing Diamond City Radio, saying that Piper really pissed off the mayor this time. This was shortly before you arrived in Diamond City. "This timing can't be accidental".

On the terminal of the college's synthetic adult manufacturing department, you can see the order issued by Shane, asking them to improve "children's synthetic adults" as soon as possible. The tone is like this: "you know, I trust you very much, but time is really running out." I must ask you, no matter what method you use, to achieve the planned goal within the time limit. Please make this your top priority. "

Why is he in such a hurry? This child is an adult and his actor. He directed a play for the citizens of Diamond City, for Piper and Nick, mainly for you.

When you met Shane and asked him to use a killer like Clough, Shane replied:

"To be honest, it is no accident that you met him. This seems to be a good way for you to let us get back at him appropriately. "

In other words, Crowe was sent by Shane to train you.

Virgil's escape is hardly accidental. The college concealed his escape, and his good friend Dr. Li firmly believed that he died in an experimental accident. And his escape route has always been under the control of the college. When the tracker took Shane away, he also brought Clough an order from the college to arrest him in the luminous sea. Clough expressed shock because Virgil was a senior member of the college. Clough didn't go, of course, and trotted off to Hagenborg to hide.

You can get Virgil's tapes after sneaking into the FEV lab of the college. So you understand why Virgil defected:

"I repeatedly asked to stop the FEV plan, but it was rejected. Haven't we learned any lessons in the past ten years? Why did the Pope insist on continuing this plan? If he is unreasonable, I can only take measures by myself. Our plan is wrong and someone must stop it. Everything we have done and the lives we have taken, if God really exists, may he forgive us. "

The rumor in Diamond City is that the college has arrested people. Is this right or wrong? Implanting a chip into a human body (like krogh) was the practice of the previous generation of leaders (Dr. Walker). Shane opposes this route. He likes the third generation of synthetic adults. The real situation is a little darker. The people arrested by the college were used for FEV's secret experiments.

Virgil is really a great scientist. His conscience does not allow him to continue FEV's experiment. He knew he would be hunted when he went out. what should he do ？ Hidden in the shining sea. How to deal with radiation? Give yourself a shot and turn into a green monster. I like this characterization very much. He is not a hero who stands up and resists. In fact, he is very cautious and afraid of death. But it is remarkable that a timid person sticks to the moral bottom line at a critical moment.

"The past ten years" is a key word. This project was not originally the research direction of the college, but Sean stuck to it. FEV virus is a weapon of war screwed up by Klee before the war, and those mutant animals on the ground, including super mutants, are all the consequences of FEV infection. Why did Shane secretly conduct FEV research? It doesn't seem to be used to kill people. The perverts on the ground walk sideways everywhere. I don't think it's to save lives. He doesn't care much about the life and death of the union army. Anyway, like Virgil, I can't understand it.

I guess you have forgotten who Z2-47 is. In the old lady's fourth prophecy, she said that you would become a powerful hunter. What you want to hunt is not people or animals, but something more powerful. A man in white stands in front of your prey and says, "Z2-47, reset the original factory settings and codes."

This Z2-47 is the first college hunter you killed. His role is to contribute his head to you as the key for you to enter the college. The man in white in the old lady's mouth is of course Shane. He reset Z2-47 and threw this key at you. This is his final test for you.

Review the whole story. Sixty years ago, the leader of the college, Dr. Walker, started a new research project. In order not to pollute the DNA, he took the baby Shane from the shelter in11. Later, Shane became the leader of the college. One day he found himself very ill and there was no hope of treatment. In fact, the college has the technology of prolonging life, which is Crowe's transformation. But Shane despises robots and doesn't accept that kind of medical treatment. At this time, the problem he faced was to find the next leader for the college.

At the board meeting, Justin objected to your succession, saying that you are not even a scientist. Shane said that there is no shortage of scientists in the college, but leaders. This is Shane's fundamental problem: there are enemies outside the college and nerds inside. Where can I find a successor who is wise, brave and not hostile to the college?

Sean thought of you for two reasons at this time. One is the father-son relationship, and the other is that you were a meritorious soldier before the war. At least you have the potential to be a leader. Krogh called you a "spare tire" when he kidnapped Shane, which shows that your DNA is still excellent, better than others in the shelter.

So 60 years later, you were thawed by Shane. Your thawing was not an accident. If you look carefully at the terminal at the hatch, you will find that the record above you is "C7 remote manual control started". (The competent terminal added that this remote control is in Sanctuary Technology Company). Others' life support systems were all cut off and suffocated.

Shane was watching you when you came out of the11shelter. He wrote in his suicide note:

"Al can only confirm the movement outside the shelter 1 1 1, and the situation in Diamond City will have to wait. I don't know what this means. Will we really meet? Will all this be in vain in the end? "

Shane was very happy when you passed many tests and were about to enter the university. His big chess game is finally over. He gave the college such instructions:

"Our ground monitoring has confirmed that time is coming. Our distinguished guests will arrive soon. I admit, I am both excited and scared when I think of meeting for the first time. I don't need to remind you how important this is to me personally, but I hope you can regard this as a great opportunity for the whole college. If we can make good use of this opportunity, we can get huge benefits together. "

This test will last until you join the college. Do you think your double-dealing in the fortification mountain is very successful? Naive. Clark, a businessman who set up a stall in the fortified mountain, is the undercover of the college, and the old son is watching you.

From the moment of thawing, the fate of the rest of your life has been sealed. You think you are a free man with a gun and a dog, but you are not. You, along with many partners around you, are all pieces in Shane's chess game. The difficulties and obstacles you met on the way to find your son are actually the tests he gave you.

What if you were killed by Clough, Z2-47, or some other predator?

If you don't do it, you will be killed. If you fail this test, you are of no use.

Does Shane love you? He really loves you. But you have to understand that he loves you because he loves the college, and you are valuable to the college. You can't blame him. He has never experienced the affection of his parents, and probably doesn't even know what affection is.

Tell me about your other teammates.

Di Geng of the Railway is the most mysterious figure in this book and the best spy. Desdemona didn't trust you when you first came into contact with the railway, and Dickon jumped out to vouch for you. Ever wonder why?

Deacon was there when you and Nick went to the memory bank in the neighborhood town to read Clough's Memory. Read the file if you don't believe me. Go back and have a look. Digeng is lying in the cabin in front of the geek in silver clothes (these memory machines are probably the darkest refuge "quiet alley" from 1 12). He had his eye on you before you knew him.

After getting to know the Dane, he will tell you this story: he was an orphan on the abandoned land in the capital. He used to pick up garbage in Rivet City. Later, he recruited to join the Brotherhood, met his good friend Cutler, and then served on the airship. Cutler was injected with FEV on a mission, and he killed his best friend himself. From then on, he felt that he would never love again until he met you.

Isn't that touching? Sorry, these are all fake. Where did the childhood of synthetic adults come from? Dance didn't mean to lie to you. This is a masterpiece of the railway. The real owner of this memory died in a corner of the wasteland decades ago.

You have a girl named Kate with you, right? Do you remember Tommy, the boss of the boxing ring in the war zone? Do you think this guy is kind? Take a closer look at the terminal of the college recycling department, and you will find that this is an agent of the college. That is to say, the girl who talks to you with the sheets rolled up every day is actually a gift from your son.

Finally, let's talk about the evaluation of Radiation 4.

Everyone likes to compare wizards with radiation. I'm a wizard fan, a dead fan of radiation.

The wizard's manuscript is a novel with a coherent trilogy and a full and compact plot.

As for radiation, every scene and task is like a short story.

The bloody case in Diamond City, the establishment of Covenant Village and "House" and the hunter's design all come from the movie blade runner.

The secret altar under the Danwich drilling plant is based on the novel The Terror of Danwich.

The painter pinkman's task is based on the novel Pickman's Model.

I haven't played many games. Radiation 4 is the biggest, most exquisite and most concerned game for producers.

By exquisite, I don't mean texture. Compared with contemporary games, the radiation texture can be said to be much rougher. Exquisite means that each scene has been carefully designed to serve the theme of the game. Every inch of land is worthy of careful observation and exploration by players.

Give two small examples.

There is a scene called Walden Lake in Radiation 4, which we are familiar with in translation. There is a shabby little house by the lake, and there is a guide machine at the door. Press the button, and the guide will tell you the life of the philosopher Thoreau.

Thoreau was a naturalist who advocated asceticism. The black humor here is that the tour guide finally tells you that this place is sponsored by atomic technology.

Even more frightening is that if you bring different teammates to this place, they will make different comments. Think about how upset they are.

In the northeast corner of the map, there is a community called Salem. Go upstairs to a house, and you will find a coffin, uncovered, with a skeleton lying inside. There is a can of rat poison next to the skeleton. Then go to the attic, full of empty wine bottles. There is a turret on the surrounding roof and a terminal to control the turret. Log in to the terminal and you can see that the owner is a militia.

These scenes are enough for you to construct a story: the residents of this community formed a militia, began to resist the marauders, and finally only one person was left. He guards the turret in the attic and drinks by the sea every day. In such loneliness and despair, he lay in the coffin and committed suicide by taking rat poison.

In the whole game, hundreds of such scenes were designed.

What, you want me to compare the girl scrolls? Sorry, I know the game, but I don't remember anything except girls.

Let's talk about the previous generation NV. NV's task network system is a great exploration, which continues the tradition of freedom in the golden age of RPG. What is freedom? Freedom is not when you run around the map with a gun and kill whoever you see. Freedom means that you can solve problems in different ways, and the way to solve them will affect the final result.

In this sense, the degree of freedom of radiation 4 is greatly weakened. This weakening makes sense, because NV's task net system has a price, which will inevitably bring countless bugs. In "Radiation 4", I wore four endings, traveled to every corner of the Federation, and turned on and off the main engine countless times. I haven't encountered a BUG yet.

The theme of the radiation series itself is a very pleasing theme. People's love and conspiracy are all buried under the radiation dust in an instant, recorded on terminals and tapes, waiting for you to dig in 200 years. Walking in this world is both familiar and strange. The combination of "eschatology" and "technology" is a torture of human nature and ethics.

NV lets you choose between different political forces. Its theme is "What is good?"

Radiation 4 lets you decide the fate of synthetic adults. Its theme is "What is man?"

Futurists have a saying that 2050 is the singularity of human destiny. By then, human technology should be able to copy your memory thinking into the computer and realize real immortality. You still have complete memories, thoughts and feelings, but no body. Do you admit it's you?

This is a question that Nick Valentine has been puzzled about, and it is also your problem as the protagonist. There are countless science fiction works that have had such ethical discussions, and there is no standard answer.