History WMG / FTLFasterThanLight

Okay, this isn't a WMG so much as it is taking the logical conclusion of how the Rebellion believes in a [[HumansAreBastards Human]] MasterRace, and already institutes heavy-handed "[[PoliceState keep the peace]]" tactics in any sections they take over. Assuming FTL has a sequel exploring this AlternateHistory ([[ForegoneConclusion or not so alternate]], [[HarderThanHard considering how easy it will be for the player's ship to get vaporized]]) BadFuture, it will feature [[HereWeGoAgain the player needing to start a new resistance, and begin a campaign to assault the Rebellion's homeworld to dispose of their government]].

** Okay, that is a mark against the precursor artifact theory, but not necessarily complete disproof. It could be that the second ship is a result of them attempting to reverse-engineer the artifact ship and not completing their work yet. (A good conspiracy theory is, in the end, completely unfalsifiable.)

* Actually, the Rebel Stronghold contains an event where you can fight another Flagship which is under construction. Presumably, this means they have the tech and resources required to build a second one, and the only reason they don't is because you've fought and destroyed it, the Federation gained the upper hand quickly enough to retake the Stronghold sector and halt production of the second Flagship (or better yet, take it for themselves), or (going off the fact that the Rebel Stronghold is randomly generated) the Rebellion simply didn't get time to set up a Stronghold over an entire sector or simply didn't have the resources to do so.

Think about how amazingly different the flagship behaves from ''every other ship'' you encounter in the game. Think about how much store is set by destroying this single ship. If the rebels had sufficient technology to build another one, why would it be that big a deal? The rebels discovered the ship of a long-lost, super-advanced race and staked their entire rebellion on winning with it.

Yes, they have a massive space fleet that pursues you through the beacons... but the beacons you traverse are only one "branch" off the central federation hub. Federation ships are all off in other "branches" and the rebel branch has been poorly maintained for some reason, so they don't know about the rebels until you come up and point them out. The flagship attack operates under a "cut off the head" mentality; once it's destroyed, the Federation calls in ships from other branches and pushes the rebels back without a fuss.

[[WMG: The Federation Base during the Last Stand is a heavily fortified bunker, not the fleet or a beacon point.]] In one game of mine, the Rebellion captured the base (or at least its beacon point. I didn't go back and check.). However, I didn't lose as the Flagship wasn't there yet. Presumably the Flagship has some form of orbital bombardment weapon capable of piercing deeper than any old Auto-Assault or Rebellion cruiser, which doesn't come into play against the player ship at any point.

* This is space. Space takes a long time to traverse. Which means you have to sleep at some point. So where do the crew sleep? [[http://i.gyazo.com/dfede1f36370772af17f5ab6aa6536c4.png I've figured out where their quarters are.]] You may notice that there are only four spaces like this, and the maximum crew size is 8. So how does that work? Bunk beds. That's also why 8 is the regulation maximum crew size, because that's how many beds they have.

** Alternatively, the story is (difficult) simulation given to new crews (or just the ship's officers) to train them for the worse. The Simulations are not supposed to be winnable or are, at least, almost impossible, like in Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries as explained by Kirk in Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan.

** More evidence for "You are actually the ship AI" is the fact that you can give orders (open/close doors and airlocks, move power around, aim weapons) while the game is Paused. This can be explained as you being able to move at the [[ComputersAreFast speed of a computer]], that is, near-light-speed.

* Alternatively, the Captain is in another sector giving the crew orders.
* Another alternative, the crew is connected in mild Hive ind where they keep their personalities, but are prone to focusing on other systems/people that they can lose track of their own health/safety.

* The Enlightened, guided by the Shapers, develop interstellar FasterThanLightTravel and use it to explore extraterrestrial civilizations. The Resistance are not fond of this and form an anti-alien Rebel Fleet to assert control over these alien civlizations. As part of their plan to bring humanity and machines together, the Resistence also develop a variety of AI systems, including the ones used for the Auto- series of ships and for the Rebel Flagship.

* One thing that is unusual about the game is collecting ships. How exactly to they benefit the Federation? It is clearly stated that if your ship does not stop the Rebel Flagship that the last Federation base is destroyed. The answer is that the ship you pilot on your first playthrough was sent back in time by a last holdout to stop the Rebels. It explains the data you possess, how the ships you collect can be used, and works for both victories and losses. If your ship loses, then the timeline continues unaltered and a ship is sent back in time. If your ship wins, then a ship is sent back in time to close the loop and help other timelines. The Federation "randomly" sends a ship back, which is represented by the player's choice of ship. Also, the ship schematics are either beamed into a computer or the ship itself is delivered to the Federation shipyard that houses whatever device is used to send your ship back in time. This also explains why the general setting is never altered between playthroughs: You've gone back in time to a point where the changes you made to the timeline do not exist. This also overlaps with the "player as an AI" theory, this loony AI (yes, that's me making fun of all of us) is capable of transferring between ships and computers and is sentient unlike Rebel AIs. This allows for the AI to constantly be sent back to try and stop the Rebel Flagship.

** I think there is a fault with my programming.

** This does have some evidence through out the game. Unmanned Drones show it is entire possible to have ship The Rebel Flagship can have the AI take over the fight if all the crew are killed. You can still control the ship if your crew have been teleported to the other ship. There is also the [[AIIsACrapShoot Trust Worthy Auto-Pilot]] achievement for destroying a ship with the crew still on it.

Unable to reproduce or resurrect the Orthodox Cylons started using genetic engineering to extend their lives. After many human life times they had modified them selves to the point where they were no longer humanoid and could reproduce though [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragmentation_(reproduction) fragmentation]]. After the Mantis rebellion the Slugs retreated into a nebula and isolated them selves for a millenia before re-emerging.

After many millenia and many wars the new races decide to for the Federation to prevent the wars of the past. For 2000 years the Federation the federation did it's best to keep peace between the races but in time the federation grew corrupt and began collapsing from the inside out. A group of Rebel human Supremacists took advantage of the of the now weakened federation. They planed on destroying the federation and in its place build a human supremacist government that will rule over the other races.

* The Enlightened, guided by the Shapers, develop interstellar FasterThanLightTravel and use it to explore extraterrestrial civilizations. The Resistance are not fond of this and form an anti-alien Rebel Fleet to assert control over these alien civlizations. As part of their plan to bring humanity and machines together, the Resistence also develop a variety of AI systems, including the ones used for the Auto- series of ships and for the Rebel Flagship.

* The Enlightened, guided by the Shapers, develop interstellar FasterThanLightTravel and use it to explore extraterrestrial civilizations. The Resistance are not fond of this and form an anti-alien Rebel Fleet to assert control over these alien civlizations.

* The Enlightened, guided by the Shapers, develop interstellar FasterThanLightTravel and use it to explore extraterrestrial civilizations. The Resistance are not fond of this and form an anti-alien Rebel Fleet.

* The Enlightened, guided by the shapers, develop interstellar FasterThanLightTravel and use it to explore extraterrestrial civilizations. The Resistance are not fond of this and form an anti-alien Rebel Fleet.

* Yes, I know, I act like I'm 13.

[[WMG: The three-character string on the Rebels' insignia, "MFK", stands for "'''M'''other'''f'''uck'''k'''ers."]]

[[WMG: The Rebels' insignia stands for "'''M'''other'''f'''uck'''k'''ers."]]

* This quite neatly explains where its additional reactor power comes from to power all its systems in phase 1, how it can launch drones in phase 2 even when its drone bay is destroyed, how it can flee even when its piloting and engines are destroyed, and how it can regenerate its Zoltan Shield. Power surges occur when the Flagship uses the power of its second FTL drive, and it flees using the second drive when the controls for the first are destroyed. The Flagship also regenerates its Zoltan Shield by jumping "in place". This doesn't really explain why the Flagship has an infinite number of missiles and drone parts, but it's a start.

*** Despite what ''Franchise/StarWars'' (and probably more influentially, the American Revolution) would have you believe, a rebel group fighting to overthrow a vast government is not automatically "Good." The Bolsheviks and the militants that fought over Weimar Germany come to mind. Sadly enough, the world doesn't run on [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified the trope of a noble resistance all the time]] or the trope that you have to have a really good point to get people on your side. Just what *sounds* like a really good point to them. A good comparison is the Gallian Revolutionary Army/Rebels of VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles. A better real-life comparison would be the rebels fighting in the 2011-? [[UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} Syrian Civil War]], [[http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2012/12/10/syrian-rebels-use-a-child-to-behead-a-prisoner/ who have used]] ChildSoldiers, [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/11/syria-al-qaeda-connection/2075323 have accepted help from al-Qaida]], and are also alleged to be behind civilian massacres.

* Just going along with the Greek theme naming of missile launchers.

*** Despite what ''Franchise/StarWars'' (and probably more influentially, the American Revolution) would have you believe, not every rebel group fighting to overthrow a vast government is *Good.* The Bolsheviks and the militants that fought over Weimar Germany come to mind. Sadly enough, the world doesn't run on [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified the trope of a noble resistance all the time]] or the trope that you have to have a really good point to get people on your side. Just what *sounds* like a really good point to them. A good comparison is the Gallian Revolutionary Army/Rebels of of VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles. A better real-life comparison would be the rebels fighting in the 2011-? [[UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} Syrian Civil War]], [[http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2012/12/10/syrian-rebels-use-a-child-to-behead-a-prisoner/ who have used]] ChildSoldiers, [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/11/syria-al-qaeda-connection/2075323 have accepted help from al-Qaida]], and are also alleged to be behind civilian massacres.

*** Also keep in mind that not every rebel group fighting to overthrow a vast government is *Good.* The Bolsheviks and the militants that fought over Weimar Germany come to mind. Sadly enough, the world doesn't run on [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified the trope of a noble resistance all the time]] or the trope that you have to have a really good point to get people on your side. Just what *sounds* like a really good point to them. The best comparison I can think of is to the Gallian Revolutionary Army/Rebels of of VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles.

* That is to say, they must've snuck onto your ship some time ago, presumably in the cargo hold, but waited until the right moment to make their presences known. (Keep in mind, there is a random event in the Rock Homeworlds where you escort a passenger and they don't show up on your crew list, as they are explicitly stated to be resting in the cargo hold.) Perhaps some part of the Zoltan Ships have an oversight in the form of an area on the ship that does not detect the presence of unidentified life forms, or the intruders stowawayed in a cargo box that blocks anti-intrusion detection systems.