LogFAQs > #905233092

Also also also (I really need a new way to continue a line of thought!), I considered the need to justify precisely WHY the PC can activate and all of these 'bots while no one else has apparently never managed to do so over hundreds of years. I figure the easiest way is if they have some sort of heirloom that's been in their family for generations (probably either a ring or some strange pendant or amulet) that actually turns out to be recognition key for ancient tech (and which will give knowledgeable recurring enemies a reason to want to steal it from them, thus furthering plot). Or perhaps the key is actually themselves, as unbeknownst to themselves, they are descendants of the ancient race, and even at such a far remove, there is some trace of genetic code that all of the ancient tech can detect and which it considers primary for command (in which case, villains may want to capture and dissect the PC to learn the secret and replicate it themselves). There's also the more mystical possibility that the PC is a reincarnated ancient whose body is that of one of the current races, but whose soul is of the race that built all of the ruins and 'bots, so the tech works on a more spiritual level and can detect their soul and responds to it (again, potentially prompting villains to try and find a way to siphon out their soul or duplicate its nature for themselves).

In retrospect, I can definitely see the influence of games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Recore, Halo, Destiny, and even Fallout on how I'm sort of processing these ideas, so those are probably the sources I'd go back to for further inspiration or ideas to refine the concept or expand upon it.


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