Line #8 NightmareFuel/RaySeries


1	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raycrisis_earthdestroyed.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:320:Con-Human's [[ApocalypseHow invasion could not be stopped]] and [[ItsAWonderfulFailure neither could they escape]].]]
3	The ''RAY'' series isn't just a shoot 'em up series about piloting a space fighter or two capable of spamming homing lasers (or lightning depending on the game), it also shows us that the human race is capable of horrific planetary disasters.
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5	'''Warning!''' ''Unmarked spoilers below as per '''Administrivia/SpoilersOff''' wiki policy!''
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7	* 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 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]].
8	** 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 because it is a prequel to ''[=RayForce=]'', [[DoomedByCanon the Earth is already doomed]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom to be destroyed]] in order to prevent the Con-Human from killing the rest of the human race.
9	* 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.
10	* [[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]] all the more nerve-wracking.
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12	->''[[GameOver RAY Flight! Come in! Come in!]]''

Context NightmareFuel / RaySeries