plot "hole" already evident in Defiance? SPOILER!!!!!

[Vikar]

kinda what I thought afterward.

One of the things I've noticed about Nolan so far, and it actually makes me curious about the show, is that some of the stuff that seems like weird omissions or acting failures are potentially deliberate reveals. Like, the character's history is that he's one of the Defiant Few and all, a war hero, but when I first saw him I thought, "Wow, this actor is terrible. There's nothing even vaguely soldier-like about him. If anything, he seems like some kind of shady con man."

Well, sure enough, there's Nolan playing my ark hunter for a chump and pulling off some sweet sleight-of-hand. Lying through his teeth while acting all sincere and sentimental. So, -hopefully-, those kinds of things are intentional. Time will tell.

[jnt]

One of the things I've noticed about Nolan so far, and it actually makes me curious about the show, is that some of the stuff that seems like weird omissions or acting failures are potentially deliberate reveals. Like, the character's history is that he's one of the Defiant Few and all, a war hero, but when I first saw him I thought, "Wow, this actor is terrible. There's nothing even vaguely soldier-like about him. If anything, he seems like some kind of shady con man."

Well, sure enough, there's Nolan playing my ark hunter for a chump and pulling off some sweet sleight-of-hand. Lying through his teeth while acting all sincere and sentimental. So, -hopefully-, those kinds of things are intentional. Time will tell.

I can take that leap of faith, I mean he survived somehow. He is no Torc or Cooper.

[allegretto2500]

I betcha a thousand scrip we find out Nolan was responsible for the holocaust. Somehow he got ahold of a terra spire on the ground, thought it would be a good idea to fire it at the ships in orbit..... and as Ivanova would say *BIG BOOM*

[allegretto2500]

I am beginning to think he pulled a Mike Donovan. snuck onto one of their big ships, found a terra spire, tried to crash their network...POW.

[Buu]

Nolan's no stranger to terra-spires, and the episode missions in the game suggest he's got his own plan going on.

OOOHHHHHH.... That makes sense. Because I was wondering why the hell he was going from San Francisco ALL THE WAY to Saint Louis.

Because the gem to open the terra-spire was in Frisco, and the prize was in St. Louis.

[Smitch]

I believe that he was just opportunistic and basically running from Varus/San Fransisco.

The arkfall just happened to be in his path. They've probably seen other damaged terraspires before as well. One working Terraspire is also not likely to be able to "fix" the world, but 3 million in scrip can definately fix his world. >.< I guess we will see what type of person he is over the course of the show.

[Johnny Debauchery]

Maybe its because:

Oh wait, don't care. This game has no depth at all in the items or character progression, therefore my care meter is about zero. My only hope is that I forget about this game and watch the TV show praying it is good.

then i suggest you quit whinning about it and go get your money back so you can have the funds for popcorn while you make yourself happier watching the tv show

[Fortitudo]

If you paid any attention to the story in the game and ,have either finished the story in the game or got far enough, Nolan was part of the Defiant few, who facing overwhelming odds and wanted to end the war fired the terraspire.
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Joshua Nolan is a war veteran and ex-grifter who turned over a new leaf in life to become the current chief Lawkeeper of Defiance. He is a survivor of the Battle of Defiance where he stood alongside his military buddy, Jon Cooper.
(Taken from information freely available on the defiance site)

So his lack of surprise is not a surprise to me, neither was his sleight of hand with the valuable gem!

Hope this helps fill the 'hole' and I apologize if this seems aggressive it's not.

Thanks for reading!

[Escyos]

in game they said that a working terra spire had not been seen in over 10 years. However when one was finally found in the 14 minute preview the 2 leads didn't seem overly shocked and/or surprised. since a working terra spire could be used to reverse the effects of the terraforming holocaust they should have shown a LOT more excitement. in game it was a major event just piecing one together from bits from all over.

They didn't have a core to use and were more interested in the terrasphere than the spire itself, as they could not carry the spire away.

[Smitch]

They didn't have a core to use and were more interested in the terrasphere than the spire itself, as they could not carry the spire away.

Considering the amount of gear I can carry...and that he should have gotten a ridiculous amount of XP (even shared) from the Battle of Defiance, he should have been able to pocket the whole spire with room to spare for the rest of the ark.