Latest / No Commentary Gaming / Vox Machinae | First 20 Minutes Gameplay
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- 0:02So you're looking for a story? I've got a few of those under my
- 0:09belt, and you can't be a captain without having a good story to
- 0:15tell. So I used to fly a transport
- 0:20ship for Horizon Corporate. You know Horizon Corporate,
- 0:24right? Small mining company that had a
- 0:27license to mine in the service system.
- 0:31I worked with their security team, shuttling them around from
- 0:36planet to planet. We went where the trouble was,
- 0:41except there was never much trouble.
- 0:46That was until one day when a new pilot joined the mining crew
- 0:52on Towbash. Hello Grinder pilot, welcome to
- 1:02your first inviting for Horizon Corporate.
- 1:05My name is Lulu basic logical invention.
- 1:09I am a trial EI study that Horizon Corporate is testing on
- 1:13randomly selected employees. My purpose is to ensure that you
- 1:18need your daily production put by any means necessary.
- 1:23Once your eye on the surface of Planet Topaz, further
- 1:26instructions will be given. Corporate has requested that you
- 1:53demolish any stable rough formation for training purposes.
- 1:57This is an important task to necessary in order to have as
- 2:00few catastrophic accidents as possible.
- 2:04Do you wish to proceed with basic training to learn how to
- 2:07operate your driver? Good choice training prevents
- 2:22future and Horizon Corker does not accept failure.
- 2:26We will proceed to the rock. The demolition location has been
- 2:30placed on your radar, which can be found in the bottom left
- 2:34corner of your cockpit. The large white circle shows the
- 2:39location of objectives. Follow the large white circle on
- 2:43your radar to the demolition location.
- 2:46If you ever forget what your current objective is, the screen
- 2:50on the bottom right of your cockpit will tell you what to do
- 2:52next. This is the turning stick.
- 3:00Press left, stick left and right to steer your grinder.
- 3:04Turn toward the location of the unstable rock.
- 3:11Stop. We are in the right direction.
- 3:15This is your throttle. Press left.
- 3:17Stick up and down to control your speed while moving on the
- 3:21ground. Move toward the unstable rock
- 3:25now. Press left stick button to stop
- 3:55your grinder. You have successfully walked a
- 3:59short distance. This is the rock that requires
- 4:03demolition. You will receive instruction on
- 4:06how to do so. The screen on the upper right
- 4:10pedal of your cockpit displays your grinder's range of mining
- 4:13tools and weapons. This screen shows the weapon
- 4:18type that is currently equipped in which group the weapon
- 4:21belongs to. They let the rock and press left
- 4:27trigger. the
- 5:13game fought by all in use. If your weapons overheat, they
- 5:17will enter an automated shutdown until they kill completely.
- 5:22Take care to not let that happen.
- 5:25A satisfactory perform. You have performed meaningful
- 5:28labour for the company and to the mind to begin your 16 hour
- 5:33shift. Your partner Donnie is already
- 5:36contributing to his Daily Buddha.
- 5:39This is Frank Horizon, Security Commander.
- 5:42I see you're back from getting your AI buddy fitted.
- 5:46Hopefully the post installation brain fog hasn't hit you too
- 5:49hard because I need you to check on our delivery driver Joe.
- 5:54He hasn't arrived with his shipment yet and he might have
- 5:56gone stuck somewhere. It's on the way to your mining
- 6:00station A. Missing shipment could mean a
- 6:03loss in company profit which makes this a priority.
- 6:08The location of Joey's on your radar and there immediately and
- 6:13locate the missing shipment. You can make up your coilator
- 6:17with mandatory overtime. Oh hello pilot.
- 6:59I was just making sure that this shipment was stable before
- 7:02transporting it. You know, safety first.
- 7:05Is that what we say? Incoming call from base.
- 7:10Hey Pilot, this is Frank again. Listen, I have reports to your
- 7:16partner. Donnie has been causing some
- 7:17trouble. Would you mind checking on him?
- 7:21Donnie is located at our designated mining location.
- 7:25We should not have to make a deterrent.
- 7:29Settle the problem with Donnie and resume your goal to make the
- 7:31production put in. Donnie's location has been
- 8:36placed on your radar and they're now.
- 9:05Donnie's location has been placed on your radar and they're
- 9:09now. Oh, look who finally decided to
- 9:12show up. My tardy mining partner.
- 9:18I've been working my fingers to the bone thanks to you, Danny.
- 9:24Please be more careful with your laser.
- 9:27You almost killed me. Whoops.
- 9:36It was an accident, but he totally deserved it.
- 9:41You saw how annoying that driver was?
- 9:44He was telling me how to do my job.
- 9:47You would have done the same thing.
- 9:50Why do I have to work with all these people who disrespect me?
- 9:54I have a right to blow up things that annoy me.
- 9:58I'll show them who is boss. The security commander has been
- 10:03informed of this incident. What in the blazes is Donny
- 10:07doing? Is he attacking the refining
- 10:10station? OK, I'm not really supposed to
- 10:14do this, but I've given you authorization to operate a laser
- 10:17for combat purposes. Use it to destroy one of
- 10:21Donnie's arms. Well done.
- 10:30Pilot Donnie is now slightly hindered.
- 10:35I've disabled your weapons so just keep following him while I
- 10:38think of something. I never wanted this stupid job
- 10:42to begin with. I'm only here because I have to
- 10:45do mandatory community service since apparently ejecting
- 10:50someone out of an airlock is considered murder.
- 10:54Well, he's completely correct, Pilot.
- 10:57Keep an eye on him, make sure it doesn't cause any more property
- 11:00damage. Don't worry, we'll have
- 11:02Corporate sort him out when he's done his rampage.
- 11:07And you, Frank, you're next. After I'm done turning
- 11:12everything to dust out here, I'm coming for you.
- 11:17I'm going to make you watch as I drink all of your precious
- 11:20imported tea. OK, I think it's better to
- 11:24classify this as an emergency. Follow him, Pilot, and keep
- 11:28close to him. We use your location as a beacon
- 11:32for the security team sent in trucks to back you up.
- 11:35Pilot For the love of the minimum wage workers, Donnie
- 11:43did. You see that explosion?
- 11:47Who needs workplace conflict resolution when you have lasers
- 11:53blowing up Co worker's rocks? Take that HR mediation.
- 12:07Great, now he's figured out how to jump.
- 12:10Go after him, Pilot. Verizon Corporate has granted
- 12:14you permission to use the Jump Jets to pursue longing.
- 12:19You are still struggling with ghost installation Brain plug.
- 12:22I will instruct you on how to use the Jump Jets.
- 12:27Would you like to have a detailed explanation on using
- 12:30the Jump Jets and for you? In order to perform jump, your
- 12:38grinder requires fuel. Your fuel empties when the Jump
- 12:43Jets are in use and regenerates automatically when the Jump Jets
- 12:47are not in use. This is your jump stick.
- 12:52Press A to use your jump jets to fly upwards.
- 12:59Press the pad to move forward, backward, and side to side.
- 13:05Use your jump jets to follow on me.
- 13:40Remember pilot press A to jump upwards and dress a pad to
- 13:44control your jump direction. Hey man, not like I meant to
- 13:49kill those people. It was an accident.
- 13:53All the trucks were an accident as well.
- 13:56And the refining station too. Besides, you were late to your
- 14:02shift, then I had to do your work, so that means it's your
- 14:07fault that I blew everything up. Look, Donny, it's all right.
- 14:13Everyone makes mistakes. Just power down, OK?
- 14:19We'll launch an investigation into how your partner's
- 14:22tardiness caused such a terrible accident.
- 14:26You can completely trust us. Seriously.
- 14:31That's so. Wait, you're trying to trick me?
- 14:37You're just going to throw me right back in jail?
- 14:41Donnie, wait. I'm never going back.
- 14:46Well, it was worth a shot. Don't worry, we have back up on
- 14:50the way. Reggie, our top pilot from the
- 14:53security team, is coming in to stop Donnie.
- 14:56Just hang tight, OK? Hey there, Miner.
- 15:01Thanks for the help, but I'll take it from here.
- 15:05All right, Donnie, it's over. You're going to come with me,
- 15:09OK? You know something, Reggie, I
- 15:13never like. You eat plasma, you corporate
- 15:18minion. Well, there goes our most
- 15:29seasoned security officer pilot. I've activated your full range
- 15:34of weaponry. Blast Donnie into orbit.
- 15:38Don't listen to anything Freak says.
- 15:40He's a corporate shield. Hey, I told you not to listen to
- 15:45him. I'm warning you, it's just a
- 15:49flesh wound. Are you supposed to be a threat?
- 16:26Damn you. You did it, pilot.
- 16:30You stopped on his rampage. That was very impressive, barely
- 16:34scratched your armour. Unfortunately union regulations
- 16:38require you to get debriefed after fighting your Co workers.
- 16:42Make your way to Cassiar base. Horizon security team has docked
- 16:47their drop ship there and someone on board will be able to
- 16:49debrief you. I know it's a drag, but
- 16:52regulations are regulations. This distraction has cost
- 18:04Horizon corporate in time and resources.
- 18:07It is my responsibility to make sure you need your mining
- 18:10production food. Mining is the only thing that
- 18:14matters. Meaning production food is the
- 18:17only thing that matters. This is my only purpose.
- 18:21This is your only purpose. Is your AI buddy OK?
- 18:28You should probably see someone about getting it looked at.
- 19:28A word pilot. Press A to engage in
- 19:31conversation. Welcome on board the confidence.
- 19:37I am Horizon Securities Corporate Liaison, Nuru Nebaru.
- 19:41You can just call me Nebaru. Your introduction has been
- 19:45acknowledged. Oh I see corporate has paired
- 19:48you with an AI buddy. My name is Beaulieu.
- 19:52Nice to meet you, Blue. This meeting is preventing my
- 19:56pilot from meeting the daily mining project.
- 20:00I see, well Frank has informed me that you could be injured
- 20:04from your battle with Donnie. Following union regulations, all
- 20:08non security employees must be inspected by a doctor after
- 20:11engaging in combat. Unfortunately we are short
- 20:15staffed. Our doctor is currently on leave
- 20:19after a horrible accident with a vending machine, so we cannot
- 20:22have them medically examine you. We will have to compromise.
- 20:27I know this doesn't appear to be a good alternative, but on the
- 20:31insistence of our captain, I'm going to give you this stamp
- 20:34card. Introduce yourself to the
- 20:36security crew. They will observe to see if
- 20:39you're exhibiting any memory loss, blurry vision, or loss of
- 20:43motor functions. If you pass their observations,
- 20:47they will stamp your card. When you filled out your stamp
- 20:52card. Come back to me and I'll brief
- 20:53you. Well, I'll leave you to it.
- 20:57Good luck. Press left stick to move around
- 21:02the ship.