Terracon
Encyclopedia
Terracon is an action-adventure
video game released in August 2000 for the Sony
PlayStation in Europe only.
ever hatched, you have to face the Terracon terror in the greatest adventure in the galaxy.
s. As soon as he was of age, Xed was put into the newly formed terraforming
service where he could focus his destructive energies to the benefit of the common good. Xed quickly gained a reputation of being a loner
and could always be found terraforming away from the others, and in particular the machines run by the Terracon brain.
Doc started off as a flight engineer
working on the Plutonian dropship programme. During the early part of his career, he constructed a biologically grown computer granting him his advanced science doctor's degree. Having perfected the Plutonian dropship design he resigned stating: "It isn't exactly rocket science". Doc transferred to the newly formed Plutonian terraforming project, and soon become a leading scientist on the research project that would turn lifeless planets in the solar system
into green havens to be colonised by the dangerously over-populated Plutonians.
Having downloaded the entire contents of his mind into a computer
, Doc now lives aboard Xed's dropship. Not only does Doc pilot the ship, but he also keeps Xed informed with up-to-the-minute information with his mission briefings and map screens..
Action-adventure game
An action-adventure game is a video game that combines elements of the adventure game genre with various action game elements. It is perhaps the broadest and most diverse genre in gaming, and can include many games which might better be categorized under narrow genres...
video game released in August 2000 for the Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
PlayStation in Europe only.
Plot
The evil Terracon is mercilessly wiping out the galaxy, planet by planet. As Xed, the toughest little alienExtraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
ever hatched, you have to face the Terracon terror in the greatest adventure in the galaxy.
Characters
Xed was hatched at mammary central just like his 27 brothers and 15 sisters. From an early age, Xed was bad tempered and had an aversion to machineMachine
A machine manages power to accomplish a task, examples include, a mechanical system, a computing system, an electronic system, and a molecular machine. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work...
s. As soon as he was of age, Xed was put into the newly formed terraforming
Terraforming
Terraforming of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth, in order to make it habitable by terrestrial organisms.The term is sometimes used more generally as a...
service where he could focus his destructive energies to the benefit of the common good. Xed quickly gained a reputation of being a loner
Loner
A loner is a person who avoids or does not actively seek human interaction or prefers to be alone. There are many reasons for solitude, intentional or otherwise, and "loner" implies no specific cause. Intentional reasons include spiritual and religious considerations or personal philosophies...
and could always be found terraforming away from the others, and in particular the machines run by the Terracon brain.
Doc started off as a flight engineer
Flight engineer
Flight engineers work in three types of aircraft: fixed-wing , rotary wing , and space flight .As airplanes became even larger requiring more engines and complex systems to operate, the workload on the two pilots became excessive during certain critical parts of the flight regime, notably takeoffs...
working on the Plutonian dropship programme. During the early part of his career, he constructed a biologically grown computer granting him his advanced science doctor's degree. Having perfected the Plutonian dropship design he resigned stating: "It isn't exactly rocket science". Doc transferred to the newly formed Plutonian terraforming project, and soon become a leading scientist on the research project that would turn lifeless planets in the solar system
Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun...
into green havens to be colonised by the dangerously over-populated Plutonians.
Having downloaded the entire contents of his mind into a computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
, Doc now lives aboard Xed's dropship. Not only does Doc pilot the ship, but he also keeps Xed informed with up-to-the-minute information with his mission briefings and map screens..