Called out of my PlanetSide 2 retirement to once again inspire the troops of Connery, I set to writing another one of my pre-Server Smash speeches. My process for this usually involves setting the tone with background music, which offers a cinematic backdrop to build the emotion alongside the words I speak. In this case, the words for this speech stemmed from that background music track, “Fight or Fall.”

In typical fashion, p4nda has taken a post-processed version of this speech and used it as a backing compilation commemorating this particular Server Smash event, where Connery went on to narrowly defeat long standing rival server Emerald. I wouldn’t claim my speech tipped the scales, but listen to it for yourself and see if you feel inspired to do battle to the end!

In another collaboration by some of the great creative minds in the PlanetSide 2 community, Regret is a short film providing a dramatic look at the lore of PlanetSide, specifically the scientific breakthrough of rebirthing and the unintended consequences that humanity was faced with in the never ending conflict on Auraxis.

I serve up the background in this short story with some narration, which is accompanied by impressive visuals from Alexs189, leading into a stirring monologue given by voice actress Ellie Underscore set against some great animated stills and ingame footage captured by p4nda (who I previously worked with on Connery’s Redemption).

“While the law has many penalties for the atrocities we inflict on others, there are no punishments for the terrors we inflict on ourselves.” -Dr. Leonard Church

One of the things we like to do in Recursion is make videos. One of our more technical creators with access to motion capture resources has done some work to bring that to the PlanetSide 2 universe, resulting most famously in the rap music video Ambush.

Not as heavy on the motion capture this time around, the latest video provides some background story on the oft maligned fourth faction play that happens in PlanetSide 2. Why would players abandon their side and choose to fight for their sworn enemies? In the case of the New Conglomerate, you can check out this video and see for yourself what would drive us to pursue our freedom…through other means.

Quick on the heels of my last story, we ended up dropping on an embattled tower to defend it, only to be pushed out by an overwhelming amount of enemy armor and aircraft. Deciding that we weren’t quite done, what happened next is worth a listen, as we execute a tactic we have come to call The Anvil Drop.

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So it seems I am starting something of a habit of encountering stories that strike me as experiences to be shared. Takes a bit of time to write up afterwards, but I think the result is worth it. This time around our crew was pushed back to our warpgate, our only point of ingress onto the battlefield. With only one territory left on the map to defend, we made our last stand against the combined forces of the Terran Republic and Vanu Sovereignty. I decided to frame this story from the standpoint of a rallying cry for the troops, emboldening them as they march out to face down the enemy and protect our outpost.

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