History Fridge / CivilizationBeyondEarth

** Adding to the horror is the threat of [[UnwillingRoboticization forceful augmentation]] or, if Purity is the invader, forceful ''[[BroughtDownToNormal de-]][[BodyHorror augmentation]]''. At best, it might be a simple procedure like a mental transfer into a cloned body, but at worst, you might have your enhancements forcibly added/removed with you kicking and screaming all the way through - and if you're on the "removed" end of the spectrum, end up a physical or even mental cripple with no replacements provided for your removed augmentations. That's not even getting into the psychological damage of lost aspirations, perceived violations of the soul or (in the case of a Purity invasion) the sudden removal of your immortal lifespan and the forced return of mortality.

* The Seeding colonization programme can be described as what the ''Unity'' project in [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]] would look like had there been more time and resources allocated. Or alternatively, the ''Unity'' project shows what would have happened if the Seeding programme was attempted during the [[GreatOffscreenWar Great Mistake]] instead of after humanity having recovered from it. As a result, in [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]], you had no opinion to choose your colonists or your cargo load outs due to much more limited time and resources. Also, as a result of having lived though a much harsher period during human history, the faction leaders from [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]] would have developed much more radical and extreme ideological views when compared to those from VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth.

* The Seeding colonization programme can be described as what the ''Unity'' project in [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]] would look like had there been more time and resources allocated.

** Adding to the horror is the threat of [[UnwillingRoboticization forcefully augmented]] or, if Purity is the invader, forceful ''[[BroughtDownToNormal de-]][[BodyHorror augmentated]]''. At best, it might be a simple procedure like a mental transfer into a cloned body, but at worst, you might have your enhancements forcibly added/removed with you kicking and screaming all the way through - and if you're on the "removed" end of the spectrum, end up a physical or even mental cripple with no replacements provided for your removed augmentations. That's not even getting into the psychological damage of lost aspirations or perceived violations of the soul.

** Adding to the horror is the threat of [[UnwillingRoboticization forcefully augmented]] or, if Purity is the invader, forceful ''[[BroughtDownToNormal de-]][[BodyHorror augmentation]]''. At best, it might be a simple procedure like a mental transfer into a cloned body, but at worst, you might have your enhancements forcibly added/removed with you kicking and screaming all the way through - and if you're on the "removed" end of the spectrum, end up a physical or even mental cripple with no replacements provided for your removed augmentations. That's not even getting into the psychological damage of lost aspirations or perceived violations of the soul.

** Conversely, a purity-aligned colony might find themselves ''[[UnwillingRoboticization forcefully augmented]]''.
*** [[RuleOfThree Conversely conversely]], a harmony-aligned or supremacy-aligned colony might find themselves forcibly ''[[BroughtDownToNormal de-]][[BodyHorror augmented]]''. To clarify: A Supremacy cyborg has a happy life as a transhuman in one of their colony's cities, and is looking forward to the theoretically infinite lifespan that brain uploading and cybernetics offers them. Then, one day, Purity armies annex the city, and the citizen finds themselves in a completely different society. Then, they are stripped of their augmentations, if they're lucky this means having their mind placed within a cloned body, if they're unlucky, they aren't given anything to replace their removed cybernetics, leaving them an amputee with significant parts of their brain and internal organs missing. Worst of all, that infinite lifespan they were looking forward to? Gone forever. They have to live out the rest of their natural, "pure" life knowing they had the chance at immortality and had it taken away. It really puts the seemingly reasonable Purity ideology in a new light.

*** [[RuleOfThree Conversely conversely]], a harmony-aligned or supremacy-aligned colony might find themselves forcibly ''[[BroughtDownToNormal de-]][[BodyHorror augmented]]''.

** Conversely, a purity-aligned colony might find themselves ''[[UnwillingRobotization forcefully augmented]]''.

** Conversely, a purity-aligned colony might find themselves ''forcefully augmented''.

** Conversely, a purity-aligned colony might find themselves ''forcefully augmented''.

* Imagine a Purity invasion from the perspective of a Harmony or Supremacy civ's citizen. While civilizations being conquered by those with different Affinities has [[InferredHolocaust always been implied to be bad]], it would be especially bad in the event of a Purity invasion - Purity citizens in Supremacy or Harmony civs might be looked down upon for not augmenting themselves, but a Harmony or Supremacy citizen in a Purity civ has to live with the fact that their rulers are completely devoted to the philosophy that ''they should not exist''.

* A piece of FridgeHorror to do with the reveal trailer - we see bits and pieces of the various nations' space programmes, preparing their Seeding missions. We get to see a little from the ARC, from Franco-Iberia, from Brasilia..... and from ''Egypt''. There is no Egyptian/Arabian faction playable in the game. It is also canon that there have been previous Seeding missions which failed, which is why Abandoned Settlements are among the expedition sites you can find (and why they can even contain population which then settles in your nearest city). From a Doylist perspective, this probably means that an Arabian faction was planned but eventually changed/discarded, or might show up in future DLC. However, from a Watsonian perspective, we're most likely looking at one of the failed Seeding missions. The trailer is showing us a doomed expedition.

* Just as there are good and bad ways of viewing the philosophies of each affinity, painting them in separate lights. There's also elements of some serious horror. Even though Beyond Earth might seem [[LighterAndSofter less pessimistic in general]], the elements of not wanting to lose things are there. For Harmony and Supremacy, it's not wanting to lose the environment or technology respectively, but Purity could be colored in a serious light that really shocks. In the centuries-long dark age following the Great Mistake, think about how much human culture - earth culture - that was lost. There are valuable things we've lost in less time in the real world, so add a few centuries to the mix and the Purity philosophy takes on a sad, desperate twinge of regret. To adopt the philosophies of the other two would seem to the Purity another Great Mistake. Hiding behind there guns becomes less isolationist and more quiet (or not so quiet) desperation.

** The same goes for all the other faction leaders. If you read their speeches/writings explaining their worldview and motivation for taking part of the expedition from the game's [[http://www.civilization.com/en/home/ official page]], they are all generic enough so that they can pick any one of the three affinities without contradicting their characterization. Look at the [[http://www.civilization.com/en/news/the-slavic-federations-kozlov-speaks-to-the-masses/ speech from Kozlov]], for example: He made references to the past glory of the Slavic people and how they must not forget their past (Purity), lamented how humanity has tortured and plundered the Earth, wasting it's last resources (Harmony), and boasted about all the technological achievements that enabled the golden age in the past (Supremacy).

* There's actually an in-game reason why factions can no longer trade technologies. With past Civilization games the technology has been about making leaps and bounds. The progression to the peak of human technology is no longer what is important. It's about the where not the what. While it makes sense that a purity would never trade a purity tech to a harmony faction, it also makes sense that two supremacy factions would not trade supremacy techs. Not because they feel they don't need the tech, but because they're setting out their own course. You can have two of the same affinity go to war with one another. So in-universe it's the factions blazing a particular course.

* Just as there are good and bad ways of viewing the philosophies of each affinity, painting them in separate lights. There's also elements of some serious horror. Even though Beyond Earth might seem [[LighterAndSofter less pessimistic in general]], the elements of not wanting to lose things are there. For Harmony and Supremacy it's not wanting to lose the environment or technology respectively, but Purity could be colored in a serious light that really shocks. In the centuries-long dark age following the Great Mistake think about how much human culture, earth culture, that was lost. There are valuable things we've lost in less time in the real world, so add a few centuries to the mix and the Purity philosophy takes on a sad, desperate twinge of regret. To adopt the philosophies of the other two would seem to the Purity another Great Mistake. Hiding behind there guns becomes less isolationist and more quiet (or not so quiet) desperation.

* Just as there are good and bad ways of viewing the philosophies of each affinity, painting them in separate lights. There's also elements of some serious horror. Even though Beyond Earth might seem less pessimistic in general, the elements of not wanting to lose things are there. For Harmony and Supremacy it's not wanting to lose the environment or technology respectively, but Purity could be colored in a serious light that really shocks. In the centuries-long dark age following the Great Mistake think about how much human culture, earth culture, that was lost. There are valuable things we've lost in less time in the real world, so add a few centuries to the mix and the Purity philosophy takes on a sad, desperate twinge of regret. To adopt the philosophies of the other two would seem to the Purity another Great Mistake. Hiding behind there guns becomes less isolationist and more quiet (or not so quiet) desperation.

* Just as there are good and bad ways of viewing the philosophies of each affinity, painting them in separate lights. There's also elements of some serious horror. Even though Beyond Earth might seem less pessimistic in general the elements of not wanting to lose things are there for Harmony and Supremacy not wanting to lose the environment or technology respectively, but Purity could be colored in a serious light that really shocks. In the centuries-long dark age following the Great Mistake think about how much human culture, earth culture, that was lost. There are valuable things we've lost in less time in the real world, so add a few centuries to the mix and the Purity philosophy takes on a sad, desperate twinge of regret. To adopt the philosophies of the other two would seem to the Purity another Great Mistake. Hiding behind there guns becomes less isolationist and more quiet (or not so quiet) desperation.

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* Kavitha Thakur is hailed as a prophet and a spiritual leader, but background material gives no specifics on what her teachings actually are. It makes sense to leave it ambiguous because of the affinity system - leaving it blank allows the player to freely fill in the blanks for whatever victory condition they're aiming towards, rather than tailoring their Kavithan playthroughs to match an established doctrine.

* As described on the WMG page of [[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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