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* There was a cut mission pack called ''Awakening'' in the works, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen which ended up being scrapped]] after ''IV'' failed to meet sales. Some guesses as to what the possible plotlines could have been:
** Much in the same way ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' and ''The Ancient Gods 1 & 2'' revealed the origin of the demons in the Doomverse, ''Awakening'' would have the origin of the Strogg as a main plot point.
** A Boss fight against a rebuilt Makron... as a MidBoss. The FinalBoss would either be a [=HAL9000/=]Skynet {{Expy}} or ''worse'': a cyborgized [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters human]] with [[AGodAmI God-deliriums]].
** Much in the same way the Hornet went from a MidBoss in ''II'' to a DegradedBoss in ''IV'', the Network Guardian would be degraded from a [[TheDragon dragon]] to a more present enemy.
** A bit of GameplayAndStoryIntegration regarding the way the enemies vanish after being destroyed: turns out there's a Nexus-esque device/structure that must be taken down so [[AllDeathsFinal all Strogg deaths are final]]. The consequence, of course, is that this would ''also'' affect Kane.
** For plotline reasons, several areas of ''II'' and ''IV'' would be revisited, such as Outer Base/Installation (with {{Dark Reprise}}s of "Descent into Cerberon" and "Quad Machine" as part of the OST), the Strogg Medical Facilities (with a possible mission to shut down ''permanently'' the whole facility).

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* There was a cut mission pack called ''Awakening'' in the works, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen which ended up being scrapped]] after ''IV'' failed to meet sales. Some guesses as to what the possible plotlines could have been:
** * Much in the same way ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' and ''The Ancient Gods 1 & 2'' revealed the origin of the demons in the Doomverse, ''Awakening'' would have the origin of the Strogg as a main plot point.
** * A Boss fight against a rebuilt Makron... as a MidBoss. The FinalBoss would either be a [=HAL9000/=]Skynet {{Expy}} or ''worse'': a cyborgized [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters human]] with [[AGodAmI God-deliriums]].
** * Much in the same way the Hornet went from a MidBoss in ''II'' to a DegradedBoss in ''IV'', the Network Guardian would be degraded from a [[TheDragon dragon]] to a more present enemy.
** * A bit of GameplayAndStoryIntegration regarding the way the enemies vanish after being destroyed: turns out there's a Nexus-esque device/structure that must be taken down so [[AllDeathsFinal all Strogg deaths are final]]. The consequence, of course, is that this would ''also'' affect Kane.
** * For plotline reasons, several areas of ''II'' and ''IV'' would be revisited, such as Outer Base/Installation (with {{Dark Reprise}}s of "Descent into Cerberon" and "Quad Machine" as part of the OST), the Strogg Medical Facilities (with a possible mission to shut down ''permanently'' the whole facility).

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