History NightmareFuel / RaySeries

* The major BigBad of the series, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of mankind when it started to malfunction. The [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] of ''[=RayForce=]''[='=]s PC port describes all the horrors it caused on Earth when it gone completely rogue; it caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humans that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]. The way it turned bad? It had been tasked with trying to figure out a way for humans to exist forever, and began breaking down trying to figure out a fool-proof way to do that. [[FromBadToWorse The situation decayed further]] when a mecha-neurologist [[CloningBlues installed a clone as part of an attempt to determine organic/inorganic entity compatibility]]. They were compatible, all right--the clone's mind entered Con-Human, and it reached the conclusion that there ''was'' a way to guarantee human existence. Namely, [[BrainUploading pull all the minds it can into machinery]], then protect the new inorganic lives by [[WellIntentionedExtremist erasing organic life]]. The worst part: It was a MAN-MADE [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0CP6bhVyLs worst ending]] of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' is horrifying. After witnessing your Wave Rider being snuffed out by the Con-Human, images briefly appear that explains how the Con-Human wiped out all life on Earth and no survivors had a chance to escape, and then it burrowed its way into the Earth's crust and took over the entire planet's core! Players are treated to seeing a glimpse of the Earth quickly dying before cutting to [[SnowyScreenOfDeath static]], followed by some text to remind them of the severity of their failure. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22UQt2oGkLU good ending]] isn't any better except that some humans successfully escaped, but Con-Human already took over the planet's core, bad enough that at the end of "Operation: RAYFORCE", when the core of Con-Human was destroyed, [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Earth gets blown up with it]].

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[[caption-width-right:320:Con-Human's [[ItsAWonderfulFailure invasion could not be stopped]] and neither could they escape.]]

** The bad ending of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' is ''[[FromBadToWorse MUCH]]'' worse. After witnessing your Wave Rider being snuffed out by the Con-Human, images appear briefly during the ending which mentions how the Con-Human wiped out all life on Earth and no survivors had a chance to escape, and then finally, it burrowed its way into the Earth's crust and took over the entire planet's core! The good ending isn't much better except that some humans successfully escaped, but Con-Human already took over the planet's core, bad enough that at the end of Operation Rayforce, when the core of Con-Human destroyed, EarthShatteringKaboom happens as well.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cI28fJw-po "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNTATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song, which can make dealing with [[ThatOneBoss Alaric]] and [[EternalEngine Spartacus]] much more nerve-wracking.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i1FW8EIysE "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNTATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song, which can make dealing with [[ThatOneBoss Alaric]] and [[EternalEngine Spartacus]] much more nerve-wracking.

* The major BigBad of the series, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of humanity when it started to malfunction. The [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] of ''[=RayForce=]''[='=]s PC port describes all the horrors it caused on Earth when it gone completely rogue; it caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humanity that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]. The way it turned bad? It had been tasked with trying to figure out a way for humans to exist forever, and began breaking down trying to figure out a fool-proof way to do that. [[FromBadToWorse The situation decayed further]] when a mecha-neurologist [[CloningBlues installed a clone as part of an attempt to determine organic/inorganic entity compatibility]]. They were compatible, all right--the clone's mind entered Con-Human, and it reached the conclusion that there ''was'' a way to guarantee human existence. Namely, [[BrainUploading pull all the minds it can into machinery]], then protect the new inorganic lives by [[WellIntentionedExtremist erasing organic life]]. The worst part: It was a MAN-MADE [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].

** The bad ending of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' is ''[[FromBadToWorse MUCH]]'' worse. [[spoiler:After witnessing your Wave Rider being snuffed out by the Con-Human, images appear briefly during the ending which mentions how the Con-Human wiped out all life on Earth and no survivors had a chance to escape, and then finally, it burrowed its way into the Earth's crust and took over the entire planet's core! The good ending isn't much better except that some humans successfully escaped, but Con-Human already took over the planet's core, bad enough that at the end of Operation Rayforce, when the core of Con-Human destroyed, EarthShatteringKaboom happens as well.]]

[[caption-width-right:320:[[AIIsACrapShoot Con-Human's]] [[ItsAWonderfulFailure invasion could not be stopped]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and neither could they escape]].]]

* The major BigBad of the series, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of humanity when it started to malfunction. The [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] of ''[=RayForce=]''[='=]s PC port describes all the horrors it caused on Earth when it gone completely rogue; it caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humanity that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]. The way it turned bad? It had been tasked with trying to figure out a way for humans to exist forever, and began breaking down trying to figure out a fool-proof way to do that. [[FromBadToWorse The situation decayed further]] when a mecha-neurologist [[CloningBlues installed a clone as part of an attempt to determine organic/inorganic entity compatibility]]. They were compatible, all right--the clone's mind entered Con-Human, and it reached the conclusion that there ''was'' a way to guarantee human existence. Namely, [[BrainUploading pull all the minds it can into machinery]], then protect the new inorganic lives by [[WellIntentionedExtremist erasing organic life]]. The worst part: [[EldritchAbomination It was a MAN-MADE]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].

* The Extra Mode ending of ''[=RayStorm=]'' is no better. Over 70% of the seven-billion inhabitants of the planet Secilia were killed during "Operation: RAYSTORM" while the remaining 30% would have no chance of survival. Creator/WorkingDesigns' translation of the ending in the [=PlayStation=] version is ''much'' worse than other versions of the game.

** The bad ending of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' is ''[[FromBadToWorse MUCH]]'' worse. [[spoiler:After witnessing your Wave Rider being snuffed out by the Con-Human, images appear briefly during the ending which mentions how the Con-Human wiped out all life on Earth and no survivors had a chance to escape, and then finally, it burrowed its way into the Earth's crust and took over the entire planet's core!]]

* The major BigBad of the series, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of humanity when it started to malfunction. The [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] of ''[=RayForce=]''[='=]s PC port describes all the horrors it caused on Earth when it gone completely rogue; it caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humanity that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]. The way it turned bad? It was hooked up to a [[CloningBlues cloned human]] — and somehow came to the conclusion that fresh clones were superior to naturally born beings... not just humans, but '''''pre-existing life in general'''''. The worst part: [[EldritchAbomination It was a MAN-MADE]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].

The ''RAY'' series isn't just a shoot 'em up series about piloting a space fighter capable of spamming homing lasers (or lightning depending on the game), it also shows us that the human race is capable of planetary disasters.

** The bad ending of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' doesn't make things any better. [[spoiler:After witnessing your Wave Rider being snuffed out by the Con-Human, images appear briefly during the ending which mentions how the Con-Human wiped out all life on Earth and no survivors had a chance to escape, and then finally, it burrowed its way into the Earth's crust and took over the entire planet's core!]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBHltNIDss "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNTATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song, which can make dealing with [[ThatOneBoss Alaric]] and [[EternalEngine Spartacus]] much more nerve-wracking.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBHltNIDss "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNTATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song.

[[caption-width-right:320:[[AIIsACrapShoot Con-Human's]] [[NonStandardGameOver invasion could not be stopped]] [[ItsAWonderfulFailure and neither could they escape]].]]
* The major BigBad of the series, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of humanity when it started to malfunction. The [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] of ''[=RayForce=]''[='=]s PC port describes all the horrors it caused on Earth; it caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AIIsACrapshoot gone completely rogue]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humanity that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]. The way it turned bad? It was hooked up to a [[CloningBlues cloned human]] — and somehow came to the conclusion that fresh clones were superior to naturally born beings... not just humans, but '''''pre-existing life in general'''''. The worst part: [[EldritchAbomination It was a MAN-MADE]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].
** The bad ending of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' doesn't make things any better. [[spoiler:The images that appear briefly during the ending mentions the Con-Human managed to wipe out all life on Earth and no survivors had a chance to escape, and afterwards, it burrowed its way into the Earth's crust and ''took over the entire planet's core''!]]
* The Extra Mode ending of ''[=RayStorm=]'' is no better. Over 70% of the seven-billion inhabitants of the planet Secilia were killed during "Operation: RAYSTORM" while the remaining 30% would have no chance of survival. Creator/WorkingDesigns' translation of the ending in the [=PlayStation=] version is ''much'' worse than the translation in the HD version.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBHltNIDss "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNTATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song.

-> ''[[GameOver RAY Flight! Come in! Come in!]]''

** The bad ending of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' doesn't make things any better. [[spoiler:The images that appear briefly during the ending mentions the Con-Human managed to wipe out all life on Earth with no survivors having a chance to escape, and then afterwards it borrowed its way into the Earth's crust and ''took over the entire planet's core''!]]

[[caption-width-right:320:[[AIIsACrapShoot Con-Human's]] [[NonStandardGameOver invasion could not be stopped]], [[ItsAWonderfulFailure and neither could they escape]].]]
* The major BigBad of the series, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of humanity when it started to malfunction. The [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] of ''[=RayForce=]''[='=]s PC port describes all the horrors it caused on Earth; it caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AIIsACrapshoot gone completely rogue]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humanity that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]. The way it turned bad? It was hooked up to a [[CloningBlues cloned human]] -- and somehow came to the conclusion that fresh clones were superior to normally born... not just humans, but '''''pre-existing life in general'''''. The worst part: [[EldritchAbomination It was a MAN-MADE]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].

* The Extra Mode ending of ''[=RayStorm=]'' is no better. Over 70% of the seven-billion inhabitants of the planet Secilia were killed during "Operation: RAYSTORM" while the remaining 30% would have no chance of survival. WorkingDesigns' translation of the ending in the [=PlayStation=] version is ''much'' worse than the translation in the HD version.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBHltNIDss "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song.

''[[GameOver RAY Flight! Come in! Come in!]]''

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBHltNIDss "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBHltNIDss "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song.
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-> ''TV Tropes and Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} have vanished. Likewise, those that wrote the ''VideoGame/RaySeries'' pages and all evidence of their existence have been wiped away. No record of Tropers was found, and no Troper has ever returned.''

* The ''VideoGame/RaySeries''[='=] major BigBad, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of humanity [[CloningBlues when it started to malfunction]]. It caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AIIsACrapshoot gone rogue]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humanity that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" [[spoiler:and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]]]. The worst part: [[EldritchAbomination It was a MAN-MADE]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].
* The Extra Mode ending of ''[=RayStorm=]'' is no better. Over 70% of the seven-billion inhabitants of the planet Secilia were killed during "Operation: RAYSTORM" while the remaining 30% would have no chance of survival.
** The kicker in TheStinger: [[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror The Earth have disappeared along with planet Secilia]]]].