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 **What Has Gone Before...** **What Has Gone Before...**
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 They were the last survivors of a dead Earth, castaways in an ocean of stars with not one they could call home. For nearly a century they drifted, suspended in cold sleep, while computer intelligence guided their hastily-built starship and searched, unsuccessfully, for an Earth-like world. Resources dwindling, the computers woke a few of the crew to make a desperate decision. If no Earth-like world could be found how close was close enough? They were the last survivors of a dead Earth, castaways in an ocean of stars with not one they could call home. For nearly a century they drifted, suspended in cold sleep, while computer intelligence guided their hastily-built starship and searched, unsuccessfully, for an Earth-like world. Resources dwindling, the computers woke a few of the crew to make a desperate decision. If no Earth-like world could be found how close was close enough?
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 Their voyage ended on a world they named New Terra, in the same spirit that desert dwellers once named their towns after sources of water. In truth, it was nothing like Earth; stark, hostile, forbidding, and in its own way, beautiful. There the last few hundred surviving humans cobbled together a town from their meager supplies and what they could salvage from their starship and landers. At first the colony was known only as "Outpost," but as it grew the colonists gave it a real name. They called it Eden. Their voyage ended on a world they named New Terra, in the same spirit that desert dwellers once named their towns after sources of water. In truth, it was nothing like Earth; stark, hostile, forbidding, and in its own way, beautiful. There the last few hundred surviving humans cobbled together a town from their meager supplies and what they could salvage from their starship and landers. At first the colony was known only as "Outpost," but as it grew the colonists gave it a real name. They called it Eden.
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 For years, the two colonies turned their backs on one another, each growing and advancing in technology, never understanding the hidden forces that had torn them apart, never suspecting that disaster would soon bring them back together in fire and conflict.  For years, the two colonies turned their backs on one another, each growing and advancing in technology, never understanding the hidden forces that had torn them apart, never suspecting that disaster would soon bring them back together in fire and conflict. 
  
-In Eden, behind locked doors and shuttered windows, intense and secretive research begins to bear ruit. Not only will they terraform the planet, but they have taken steps to see that no one will stop them. No one. Then, even as the leaders announce their impending triumph, things begin to go horribly, horribly wrong.+In Eden, behind locked doors and shuttered windows, intense and secretive research begins to bear fruit. Not only will they terraform the planet, but they have taken steps to see that no one will stop them. No one. Then, even as the leaders announce their impending triumph, things begin to go horribly, horribly wrong.
  
 Meanwhile in Plymouth, the long-dead rocks beneath their colony's foundations begin to shake and heave, a geological impossibility. Little do they know that this is only the beginning - of the end. Meanwhile in Plymouth, the long-dead rocks beneath their colony's foundations begin to shake and heave, a geological impossibility. Little do they know that this is only the beginning - of the end.
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-===== Novella ===== 
-J. Steven York authored a novella that supplements gameplay and establishes a rich plot surrounding campaign missions. Each campaign mission has a dedicated chapter of the Novella that can be read in game. The novella is split into 2 parts, which cover the story of New Terra and the colonists from the perspective of either Eden or Plymouth. 
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-=== Eden Novella Chapters === 
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-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_1_conspiracy|Eden Mission 1 - Conspiracy]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_2_resettlement|Eden Mission 2 - Resettlement]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_3_accomplice|Eden Mission 3 - Accomplice]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_4_autopsy|Eden Mission 4 - Autopsy]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_5_repercussions|Eden Mission 5 - Repercussions]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_6_alliances|Eden Mission 6 - Alliances]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_7_gulag|Eden Mission 7 - Gulag]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_8_resurrection|Eden Mission 8 - Resurrection]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_9_investigation|Eden Mission 9 - Investigation]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_10_raid|Eden Mission 10 - Raid]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_11_war|Eden Mission 11 - War]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_12_exodus|Eden Mission 12 - Exodus]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:eden_epilogue|Eden Epilogue]] 
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-=== Plymouth Novella Chapters === 
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-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_1_meltdown|Plymouth Mission 1 - Meltdown]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_2_recovery|Plymouth Mission 2 - Recovery]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_3_revelation|Plymouth Mission 3 - Revelations]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_4_expedition|Plymouth Mission 4 - Expedition]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_5_diagnosis|Plymouth Mission 5 - Diagnosis]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_6_fallout|Plymouth Mission 6 - Fallout]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_7_rescue|Plymouth Mission 7 - Rescue]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_8_recoil|Plymouth Mission 8 - Recoil]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_9_deadlock|Plymouth Mission 9 - Deadlock]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_10_exchange|Plymouth Mission 10 - Exchange]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_11_raid|Plymouth Mission 11 - Raid]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_12_breakaway|Plymouth Mission 12 - Breakaway]] 
-  * [[outpost_2:storyline:novella:plymouth_epilogue|Plymouth Epilogue]] 
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 ===== Mission Briefings ===== ===== Mission Briefings =====
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 ===== Tales From New Terra ===== ===== Tales From New Terra =====
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 Outpost 2 units and vehicles have associated vignettes to supplement the in game theme developed by the novella, mission briefings, and gameplay.  Outpost 2 units and vehicles have associated vignettes to supplement the in game theme developed by the novella, mission briefings, and gameplay. 
  
 **Tales From New Terra can be found here: ** [[outpost_2:storyline:tales_from_new_terra|Tales From New Terra]]. **Tales From New Terra can be found here: ** [[outpost_2:storyline:tales_from_new_terra|Tales From New Terra]].
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 +===== Research Teasers =====
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 +Research in Outpost 2 is based on current feasible technology. Each research topic includes a brief teaser and results section that enhance the hard science feel of the game. They can be read in the research section of the Outpost 2 manual.
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 +**Research teasers can read from the research page: **[[outpost_2:outpost_2_manual:research|Outpost 2 Research]]
  
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