History Trivia / CivilizationBeyondEarth

* FanNickname:
** Some fans have taken to calling the planet that the colonists land on Planet after the planet from [[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]]. [[AscendedMeme Even the devs were caught doing it in one of the live streams.]]
** Another one that circulated the various fan forums once the affinity special units were revealed is ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Civilization: Dawn of War]]''; with Purity standing in for the Imperium of Man, Supremacy for the Necrons, Harmony being the Orks, Purity/Harmony being the Craftworld Aeldari, Purity/Supremacy being the Tau, and Harmony/Supremacy being Chaos.
** Space Egypt has also become popular when referring to the PAC because of its faction bonus, which is very similar to Egypt's in ''Civ V''.
** Since ''Rising Tide's'' hybrid affinities don't have official names other than [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Purity/Supremacy, Purity/Harmony, and Supremacy/Harmony]], some fans have [[http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=551889 taken to making up their own names.]]
** Elodie has been called [[UsefulNotes/AngelaMerkel Space Merkel]] by some fans due to her appearance and traits. When Lena Ebner was introduced, she also got the nickname (due to nationality).

** Another one that circulated the various fan forums once the affinity special units were revealed is ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Civilization: Dawn of War]]''; with Purity standing in for the Imperium of Man, Supremacy for the Necrons, and Harmony being the Tyranids or possibly Orks.

** Some fans have taken to calling the planet that the colonists land on Planet after the planet from [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]]. [[AscendedMeme Even the devs were caught doing it in one of the live streams.]]

* FanNickname: Some fans have taken to calling the planet that the colonists land on Planet after the planet from [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]].
** AscendedMeme: Even the devs were caught doing it in one of the live streams.
** Another one that has started circulating the various fan forums since the affinity special units were revealed is ''[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Civilization: Dawn of War]]''; with Purity standing in for the Imperium of Man, Supremacy for the Necrons and Harmony being the Tyranids or possibly Orks.
** Space Egypt has also become popular when referring to the PAC because of its faction bonus.
** Since ''Rising Tide's'' hybrid affinities don't have official names other than [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Purity/Supremacy, Purity/Harmony, Supremacy/Harmony, etc.]], some fans have [[http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=551889 taken to making up their own names.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/238152/We_should_have_been_more_audacious__A_Civilization_Beyond_Earth_retrospective.php In this retrospective]], the co-lead designers reveal that there was originally a lot more lore and more ambitious plans that were held back out of misplaced fear of breaking too far from past Civ.

* ShrugOfGod: The developers have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMe7-1ywRTU their own version of the backstory]] used during development, however, they have explicitly stated that this is ''not'' canon and the details of what happened are left up to the player's imagination.

* MemeticMutation: Brasilia being the military superpower in this setting, plus the BugWar aspect, has had many gamers jokingly quoting ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': "I'm from Buenos Aries and I say kill 'em all!"

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Vadim Kozlov's speech was originally written by the Russian-language gaming magazine ''Igromania'' and only then rendered into English.

* MemeticMutation: Brazil being the military superpower in this setting, plus the BugWar aspect, has had many gamers jokingly quoting ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': "I'm from Buenos Aries and I say kill 'em all!"

** Space Egypt has also become popular when referring to the PAC.

* FanNickname: Some fans have taken to calling the planet that the colonists land on Planet after the planet from [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]].

FanNickname: Some fans have taken to calling the planet that the colonists land on Planet after the planet from [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Alpha Centauri]].