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This section coveres
the gaps in Darius' life between each main story part. As I have
mentioned earlier, the affairs of the Solaris book take place in
what I like to term as pre-game life. However, these chronicles
cover the affairs of Darius in the game itself so I guess you can
take the time line with a pinch of salt.
The main thing is that
these do not relate much to the main story line in many ways. They
might reflect changes in Darius' mood that are witnessed in the
main story, and they often give the the ability to flesh out the
character more as well as the workings oand goings on that stretch
beyond the saga itself.
At first, I started writing
these as a first person perspective diary of outstanding events
or plain stupidity in my playing of the game. I do like to try and
cover dificulties out of game in an in character sort of way. A
good example of this being the 'Ghost in the Machine?' chronicle
where I detail a run away ship that I had just purchased. This was
an actual bug in the game that I had been hit with several times
and I thought to make a story about it where I bought a brand new
ship, undocked for the first time and found myself already in warp,
but going slowly and unable to control the ship until it stops on
its own.
Another favourite is
the 'How am I supposed to afford a battleship like this?' story
where one of the dificulties was not being able to undock. Naturally
this was due to a bug too, but why leave it there? Why not create
another explination for it and have fun, right?
As I progressed I felt
the need to also use the chronicles to cover other issues that affected
the game play but did not take part in the game entirely. Read my
notes on each chronicle and I will detail the thoughts of madness
behind them and I hope you enjoy reading them.
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