Quote:Pandora is stuck in an infinite cycle of repeating the same thing over and over again. Let me start with a paragraph written on the walls of Tannis' cell:

"You are the Designed Output that travels in the loop of Pandora to the Final Result, back to the beginning where you do it all again and again and again and again. These Calcuations confirm that you exist in some kind of circular reality."

Also found on the wall is the quote "Nothing is ever finished" repeated five times, and also a picture of the Vault symbol, an arrow leading to it saying Designed Output and an arrow leading away from it saying Final Result, which forms the cycle the paragraph described.

So what does that mean? Just pointless rabble? I mean, the rest of the story doesn't seem to imply that Pandora is stuck in some kind of loop... or does it? Let's take a look.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but doesn't it seem like the Guardian Angel already knows how everything will unfold? One of her first quotes describes how she KNEW you'd be the one for the job. She also knew you had to get off the bus at Fyrestone in order to find the first part of the Vault Key. When you're about to fight Rakk Hive, she repeatedly assures you that you WILL prevail, no question about it. When Steele pages in about having the Vault Key, at first the Guardian Angel predicts that they're all going to learn an important lesson, BUT THEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. You can CLEARLY sense the tone of shock and urgency when the Guardian Angel claims "No, this isn't supposed to happen!"

I haven't fully looked into the details of the game yet, but I can already think up one specific detail that supports my theory. Rakk Hive and Mothrakk. Notice, after defeating Rakk Hive, the Rakk that burns the barrier leading to the Vault Key. It's a tinier version of Mothrakk. A baby Mothrakk. 200 years later, that Mothrakk is all grown, the character kills it, kills Rakk Hive, baby escapes same as always, and the cycle goes on. This would explain why the player character can't kill that specific Rakk.

Now Rakk Hive. Notice it is still alive even after a large portion of it's body being blown off. Let's say it doesn't exactly die, and instead, over the course of 200 years, completely heals itself. Isn't it also strange how the silver chests near Rakk Hive are already opened...?

So Pandora is stuck in an infinite cycle. Every 200 years the Vault becomes openable, the main quest is completed, and it all starts over again. That's my thought at least. I'm going to pay attention to more subtle details next playthrough. Any thoughts?

Quote:The Companies are making the time-loop happen. This is why Hyperion makes the Angel Satellite.

If you listen to Tannis' audio log #481, you'll hear her say that "Dahl Corporation is pulling out of the planet, despite all the great mining opportunities and cheap labor offered by the convicts."

Why are they pulling out? Because they KNOW that the Vault is about to be opened!

It's not so much that TIME resets as much as it is the situation resets. The entire planet is a test-realm for all of the Companies's newly-developed weapons. They keep resetting time so that there can be bigger and badder things to test.

(11-08-2009, 02:55 AM)Wedge link Wrote: Wait.  People payed attention to the story in Borderlands?

(11-09-2009, 02:02 PM)Ertai link Wrote: [quote author=Wedge link=topic=3837.msg121676#msg121676 date=1257666942]
Wait.  People payed attention to the story in Borderlands?

(11-09-2009, 04:02 PM)Turtle link Wrote: This is about Borderlands??

(11-09-2009, 04:02 PM)Turtle link Wrote: This is about Borderlands??

(11-09-2009, 08:53 PM)backfire link Wrote: [quote author=Turtle link=topic=3837.msg121824#msg121824 date=1257800571]
This is about Borderlands??