User:Teugene/Sandbox/Asteroid X57

Description
X57 is a metallic asteroid, originally located at the trailing Lagrange point of the gas giant Borr. With the increased development on Terra Nova, a new orbital port facility was necessary. Due to a shortage of funding, it was decided to 'mine out' X57, using the recovered resources to finish out the interior for habitation. The asteroid was decelerated from Borr's orbit using fusion torches, allowing it to fall into the orbit of Terra Nova.

Recently, communications with the engineering team on X57 have been lost. The fusion torches have reignited, and the asteroid is accelerating towards Terra Nova.

Aftermath
After Bring Down the Sky is complete, Asteroid X57's Galaxy Map description changes to: "Asteroid X57 has been brought under control. Once repairs are complete, the asteroid will be carefully maneuvered into geosynchronous orbit around Terra Nova. Though the batarian terrorists have destroyed several months of work, experts predict it can still open for business before the end of 2184."

Lifeforms

 * Balak
 * Batarian Engineer
 * Batarian Trooper
 * Batarian Shock Trooper
 * Charn
 * Kate Bowman
 * Simon Atwell

Trivia

 * The slogans found at X57 Radio reference classic sci-fi series' Star Trek and Babylon 5. One of them, "When Your World is Hollow, We Help You Touch the Sky" refers to the classic Star Trek episode For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, about a hollow asteroid serving as a generation ship for a group of colonists that is inadvertently set on a course to impact a human colony.
 * Your Last, Best Hope for ROCK within 300,000 Kilometers," references the motto of the titular Babylon 5 station, "The last, best hope for peace."
 * The slogan "Talk Hard," references Pump Up The Volume, a movie about a student operating a pirate radio station.
 * The project director's complaint in the PC version is likely an allusion to the 'sex scene controversy', wherein author Cooper Lawrence made several false allegations regarding the game's sex scene, and the possible negative effects it could have on its target audience. When asked if she had ever played the game, she emphatically said no. When she later recanted her accusations, she claimed she had asked a third party to describe the content of the game to her.
 * The name of the tech R. Montoya may be a reference to Inigo Montoya of the Princess Bride: a combination of his father's name with his father's killers name. Alternatively, it could refer to DC Comics' The Question, Renee Montoya.
 * G. Mendel is likely a reference to the father of modern genetics Gregor Mendel.

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