Who is the player?
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:24 pm
So, I was playing a short bit of FTL and got my crew slaughtered. After mourning my fallen friends, something occurred to me. WHO AM I? I mean, you, the player, are an unknown being who:
- Has a flexible view of time. (Pausing)
- Sees the entire ship at once.
- Can instantly reallocate power.
- Is capable of instantly giving orders to crew members, even in the harshest of circumstances.
- Has crew who instantly follows said commands, even if they are "Stand in this oxygenless room and die."
- Does not exist as a visible crew member.
- Cannot man any system.
- Cannot continue to command the ship when there are no crew left.
- Knows everything about every weapon, no matter if it was bought from a store, given by a surrendering enemy, or found floating in space.
- Has instant control over all systems on the ship.
- Knows the effects and precise cost of every system upgrade.