Episode 2
Fantasy players complained that the Sci-Fi players were ruining the game. Sci-Fi players complained they were being murdered when they came upon a new world in empty space. No one was enjoying the game. SpectraCom was not responding. The MERCs came up with a solution. If players became upset, SpectraCom could make a new game, draw TAO players away until there was no more reason to keep the engine alive. The MERCs had a real financial interest in the game. For some, it was there entire livelihood, selling rare game items to other players for real money. Players wouldn’t pay much for a sword that was only magickal in a game that would be gone in six months.
The Pisceans Knights had an answer. Black market items paid the salaries of wizards scanning the sky and emailing a scout in that region who notified a Knight that hosted an adventuring party who handled the problem with unwavering brutality. The Pisceans made a solemn vow that even if they knew each other in real life, they would never communicate in the game so no outsider could ever see the association.
Andy had been with SpectraCom for a number of years, and the game expansions he designed for TAO had earned the company a considerable amount of money. With his own hands, he’d shaped much of the TAO world. Long after the Pisceans brought the problem under control, SpectraCom officially banned Sci Fi players from visiting the Fantasy world. Andy McCarthy was given the task of creating a wall of dead worlds that would bore any newbie long before reaching forbidden space.
To accomplish this task, Andy created the Spidrons. He wanted a monster that could be programmed to program its self, adapting new forms from the creatures it encountered. The Spidrons flew through space in a great wave and devoured everything they came across. Andy placed three spawning nodes not far from the TAO Fantasy planet. The Spidrons were programmed to fly twice as far as the previous spawning, then follow the biggest Spidron, and consume everything in its path until they were themselves devoured.
The Pisceans Knights had an answer. Black market items paid the salaries of wizards scanning the sky and emailing a scout in that region who notified a Knight that hosted an adventuring party who handled the problem with unwavering brutality. The Pisceans made a solemn vow that even if they knew each other in real life, they would never communicate in the game so no outsider could ever see the association.
Andy had been with SpectraCom for a number of years, and the game expansions he designed for TAO had earned the company a considerable amount of money. With his own hands, he’d shaped much of the TAO world. Long after the Pisceans brought the problem under control, SpectraCom officially banned Sci Fi players from visiting the Fantasy world. Andy McCarthy was given the task of creating a wall of dead worlds that would bore any newbie long before reaching forbidden space.
To accomplish this task, Andy created the Spidrons. He wanted a monster that could be programmed to program its self, adapting new forms from the creatures it encountered. The Spidrons flew through space in a great wave and devoured everything they came across. Andy placed three spawning nodes not far from the TAO Fantasy planet. The Spidrons were programmed to fly twice as far as the previous spawning, then follow the biggest Spidron, and consume everything in its path until they were themselves devoured.
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