Read Universe Online - Enter the Game: Complete Edition for Free Online
Authors: Ryan 'Viken' Henning
reason not to try it. The bonuses more than make up for the disadvantages. And who doesn't wish to wander around wearing powered armor, knocking over people without even feeling it? Haha. It just seems like a nifty idea to me.
As soon as Gabby gets the confirmation, she takes a deep breath as if to calm herself and then smirks again. Although it is obviously to hide her sudden nervousness.
“Okay, on to the last bit of business then. Your starting task in-game is to revive an abandoned and derelict space station. And to survive. You'll be alone until you manage to contact nearby colonies or other stations and get NPC's interested in checking out what you've done.”
“You will be provided with a starting care package, but it will only hold enough food, water, air and supplies for a week. Everything else you'll have to do yourself. I'm not allowed to tell you any other details, sorry.”
Her words were not encouraging. A derelict space station? For real? It is like the start of a bad horror story. Keeping me away from other users would dramatically cut down on the risk of being PvP'd, which could be counted as a good thing. The rest though, I’m not really too sure about.
Still, I think it over. It was already too late for me to go back anyway. I suddenly look up at Gabby and narrow my eyes.
“One thing. Solar Dynamics is not allowed to expose any information or video of what I'm doing until I've either failed or succeeded in this 'trial'. I do not care if it is supposed to be a publicity stunt or if its done for some other reason. I don't want my name known until I have something to boast about.”
My words are colder than before, and I can tell that my tone has shocked the woman. She does nod quickly though.
“Of course. As far as I know we've not intended to make any of this public. Also, all user information is considered classified and confidential material anyway; so it'd take a court order to get anything from us.... But you may wish to change your mind later. Just a bit of a hint.” She says, finally flashing a grin before standing up, having looked at the timer.
All in all, we've spent about an hour here discussing all of this. It has all been rather sudden, but what the hell. At least it is interesting, right?
I stand up as well and flash her a grin.
“Very well. Count me in. I'll take what I can get.”
“I'm expecting good results from you, Allec. Now I'll send you to the character creation zone and you can run through the revamped tutorial before hitting the game when the launch happens. Outside of this area the time difference is going to be six hours to one, just like in the game. So you'll have plenty of time to get used to everything. Ta ta!” Gabby suddenly grins and presses her hand down on the console, and the floor under my feet disappears.
Even I cannot help but yell as I fall into the darkness!
Damn that woman!
-|- -|- -|-
”Welcome to the Character Creation Process.”
I'm standing in another white space, this time without any sort of features or furniture around. It is entirely blank and I feel like I could see into the infinite here.
But I'm not alone, and the same soft feminine voice echoes against my ears.
”Advanced User Detected. Loading Account Information.”
The standard process was interrupted by the new message, and I shrug my shoulders. It definitely wasn't the usual gaming experience, so it has been kinda jerky all the way around. Just what is SD's management thinking?
”Loading Complete. Please state your desired character name.”
Hm. That's a hard one. I've had all sorts over the years, but nothing I've really stuck with. So I decide to not even bother. You could blame my dysfunctional humor circuit about not having the ability to think up cool names.
“Allec.”
”Thank you, Allec.
As soon as Gabby gets the confirmation, she takes a deep breath as if to calm herself and then smirks again. Although it is obviously to hide her sudden nervousness.
“Okay, on to the last bit of business then. Your starting task in-game is to revive an abandoned and derelict space station. And to survive. You'll be alone until you manage to contact nearby colonies or other stations and get NPC's interested in checking out what you've done.”
“You will be provided with a starting care package, but it will only hold enough food, water, air and supplies for a week. Everything else you'll have to do yourself. I'm not allowed to tell you any other details, sorry.”
Her words were not encouraging. A derelict space station? For real? It is like the start of a bad horror story. Keeping me away from other users would dramatically cut down on the risk of being PvP'd, which could be counted as a good thing. The rest though, I’m not really too sure about.
Still, I think it over. It was already too late for me to go back anyway. I suddenly look up at Gabby and narrow my eyes.
“One thing. Solar Dynamics is not allowed to expose any information or video of what I'm doing until I've either failed or succeeded in this 'trial'. I do not care if it is supposed to be a publicity stunt or if its done for some other reason. I don't want my name known until I have something to boast about.”
My words are colder than before, and I can tell that my tone has shocked the woman. She does nod quickly though.
“Of course. As far as I know we've not intended to make any of this public. Also, all user information is considered classified and confidential material anyway; so it'd take a court order to get anything from us.... But you may wish to change your mind later. Just a bit of a hint.” She says, finally flashing a grin before standing up, having looked at the timer.
All in all, we've spent about an hour here discussing all of this. It has all been rather sudden, but what the hell. At least it is interesting, right?
I stand up as well and flash her a grin.
“Very well. Count me in. I'll take what I can get.”
“I'm expecting good results from you, Allec. Now I'll send you to the character creation zone and you can run through the revamped tutorial before hitting the game when the launch happens. Outside of this area the time difference is going to be six hours to one, just like in the game. So you'll have plenty of time to get used to everything. Ta ta!” Gabby suddenly grins and presses her hand down on the console, and the floor under my feet disappears.
Even I cannot help but yell as I fall into the darkness!
Damn that woman!
-|- -|- -|-
”Welcome to the Character Creation Process.”
I'm standing in another white space, this time without any sort of features or furniture around. It is entirely blank and I feel like I could see into the infinite here.
But I'm not alone, and the same soft feminine voice echoes against my ears.
”Advanced User Detected. Loading Account Information.”
The standard process was interrupted by the new message, and I shrug my shoulders. It definitely wasn't the usual gaming experience, so it has been kinda jerky all the way around. Just what is SD's management thinking?
”Loading Complete. Please state your desired character name.”
Hm. That's a hard one. I've had all sorts over the years, but nothing I've really stuck with. So I decide to not even bother. You could blame my dysfunctional humor circuit about not having the ability to think up cool names.
“Allec.”
”Thank you, Allec.
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