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* As described on the WMG page of [[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]], the "canon" ending of that game is most likely an alliance between Gaia's Stepdaughters, the Peacekeepers and the University of Planet initiating the Transcendence ending. Following from this, it makes sense that, Civilization: Beyond Earth being a SpiritualSuccessor to that game, those three factions map well to the three affinities of it. Harmony maps to Gaia's stepdaughters, Purity maps to the Peacekeepers (with some of the Luddism and "Promised Land" mentality of the Lord's Believers), and Supremacy maps to the University of Planet.
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* As described on the WMG page of [[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]], the "canon" ending of that game is most likely an alliance between Gaia's Stepdaughters, the Peacekeepers and the University of Planet initiating the Transcendence ending. Following from this, it makes sense that, Civilization: Beyond Earth being a SpiritualSuccessor to that game, those three factions map well to the three affinities of it. Harmony maps to Gaia's stepdaughters, Stepdaughters, Purity maps to the Peacekeepers (with some of the Luddism and "Promised Land" mentality of the Lord's Believers), and Supremacy maps to the University of Planet.
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* Why does the Purity affinity take on Roman visual motifs? Well, that's because with their values of recalling humanity's past but trying to improve on it, they've already basically doing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance the Renaissance again]], so the Roman visual motifs are a natural extension of that.
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*** In keeping with SchrodingersCanon... none of the affinity victories contradict each other. Imagine remaining on the dying Earth, waiting only for a third of your successful colonies to invade, with armed cyborgs fighting each other over the right to claim Earth and automatise you. You're forced to rely on a different third - with an eerily respectful tone and a worrying ignorance of Earth's actual history - to evacuate you. Whatever happened to all the other colonies? [[NothingIsScarier No one knows. They've made no contact.]]
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** Also, there is the element that the various countries (and one corporation) of Earth put all their efforts towards the colonisation programme, hoping to secure a new future for humanity. And what do the Harmony and Supremacy do? They completely (from Purity's perspective, at least) abandon their legacy and their implicit promise, and basically turn themselves into aliens and cyborgs - to the point where Harmony is literally no longer human, and Supremacy actually ''invades'' Earth. Purity followers would be ''horrified'' to see the other colonies betray their heritage to this degree. Kind of puts the dickishness of kicking colonies with other affinities off their land to settle Earthlings into perspective -- Purity isn't genociding the other planet colonies, they're protecting Earth!
*** It's stated outright as you leave that Earth is a DyingWorld, for all their other flaws, Purity goes back and brings back everyone who is still left. Supremacy invades, but at least ensures that the surviving Humans are augmented to a stage where their survival is guaranteed. Harmony sheds the last of their humanity and forgets about those who they've left behind, abandoning them to a dying world with only faint memories of the seed they launched into space with their last hope.
*** It's stated outright as you leave that Earth is a DyingWorld, for all their other flaws, Purity goes back and brings back everyone who is still left. Supremacy invades, but at least ensures that the surviving Humans are augmented to a stage where their survival is guaranteed. Harmony sheds the last of their humanity and forgets about those who they've left behind, abandoning them to a dying world with only faint memories of the seed they launched into space with their last hope.
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** Also, there is the element that the various countries (and one corporation) of Earth put all their efforts towards the colonisation programme, hoping to secure a new future for humanity. And what do the Harmony and Supremacy do? They completely (from From Purity's perspective, at least) the bastards abandon their legacy and their implicit promise, and basically promise in order to turn themselves into aliens and cyborgs - to the point where Harmony is literally no longer human, and Supremacy actually ''invades'' Earth. Purity followers would be ''horrified'' to see the other colonies betray their heritage to this degree. Kind of puts the dickishness of kicking colonies with other affinities off their land to settle Earthlings into perspective -- Purity isn't genociding the other planet colonies, they're protecting Earth!
*** It's stated outright as you leave that Earth is aDyingWorld, for dying world. For all their other flaws, failings, Purity goes back and brings back rescues everyone who is still left. Supremacy invades, but at least ensures that the surviving Humans are augmented to a stage where their survival is guaranteed. Harmony sheds is the worst of all, shedding the last of their humanity and forgets forgetting about those who they've left behind, abandoning them to a the dying world Earth with only faint memories of the seed seed -- and the last hope -- that they launched into space with their last hope.space.
*** It's stated outright as you leave that Earth is a
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** Given how the sequel SidMeiersStarships shows the result of the Progenitor victory leading to starship warfare, the reality is the so called progenitors are in fact humans who have become so inhuman like that they would be mistaken for aliens, so the progenitors are possibly humans who somehow have uncovered temporal manipulation tech in hopes of avoiding the mistakes of their ancestors. Only to ultimately fail and vanish without a trace
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** Given how the sequel SidMeiersStarships VideoGame/SidMeiersStarships shows the result of the Progenitor victory leading to starship warfare, the reality is the so called progenitors are in fact humans who have become so inhuman like that they would be mistaken for aliens, so the progenitors are possibly humans who somehow have uncovered temporal manipulation tech in hopes of avoiding the mistakes of their ancestors. Only to ultimately fail and vanish without a trace
