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8 years ago Sep 08,2016, 15:16:36 PM

Godhood comes at a price — First look at the Vodyani

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Hey guys and gals!


If you've opened any gaming website today, odds are good that you've caught at least a glimpse of a mysterious 4th faction in Endless Space 2, made up of characters in dark suits piloting sleek starships... They'll be on our Wiki soon enough, but we couldn't resist the opportunity of showing you in advance Endless Space 2's 4th Early Access faction, the Vodyani! 







Originally the inhabitants of a well-populated solar system, Tchinomy, the Vodyani fell victim to a classic cycle of over-industrialization. A few decades after discovering space travel their home world was largely dead from ecological exhaustion and pollution, and the Vodyani were driven to surviving on fewer and fewer resources.


While they learned to excel in technologies of space habitats, slower-than-light (STL) travel, hydroponic farming, and recycling, they were a dying race until they discovered a temple of the Virtual Endless. To throw off the weight of their bodies, uplift their minds, and live forever… to the Vodyani the Virtuals were gods, and it took little time to establish a church dedicated to their worship. The Vodyani had found a new purpose.






We hope this first look at the Vodyani only made you hungrier for more information. If that's the case, know that the Vodyani will be the next addition to our Wiki, so don't miss it! As an end of week bonus, have a short gameplay video!





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8 years ago
Sep 24, 2016, 5:31:53 PM
Celeir wrote:

Does that consonance with Vodyanoy mean something for faction?

Maybe in the sense that the mythical creature would 'drag people down to his underwater lair to serve him' and ' Vodníci would store the souls of the drowned in porcelain lid-covered cups. They consider their cups as the most valuable heritage and display their "work", and number these cups they see as proportional to their wealth and/or status among other vodníci. When the lid of such a cup is removed, the soul within (in a form of a bubble) will escape and be liberated.'.


Seems to be some links there, nice find.

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8 years ago
Sep 17, 2016, 1:39:45 AM
Celeir wrote:

Does that consonance with Vodyanoy mean something for faction?

Ahhh... the Witcher.


Oh it takes me back to stabbing those fishmen in the gut and using "Excalibur" to execute their god. 

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8 years ago
Sep 17, 2016, 1:38:02 AM
Black and gold.

Triangles and edges.

Spandex and kickass.


Should be good.



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8 years ago
Sep 13, 2016, 3:29:03 PM

As much as I love the little Sophons, I think this will be my first race when I play this. They look so cool!

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8 years ago
Sep 13, 2016, 12:22:45 PM

That recurring diamond shape reminds me of something.

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8 years ago
Sep 12, 2016, 1:37:53 AM

Why do the Vodyani have to consume people?  Will that be explained when they get added to the wiki?



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8 years ago
Sep 9, 2016, 4:58:36 PM

They look amazing. I love it when she (the nameless leader) has those angelic wings unfolding behind her (which are actually the wall panels), it looks stunning.


Now I also have to say that music is breathtakingly amazing. I added the Lumeris' intro to my music playlist on YouTube, and now the trailer for the Vodyani joins it. Both have great music, and I hope those songs will return in the game and - more importantly - in the official soundtrack. Maybe a little longer. I would love it. Do those two songs have names already?

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8 years ago
Sep 9, 2016, 1:46:33 PM

So many new races nice. I am wondering how many classic races will make it to the game. I want to have my Harmony ;D


The Vodyani sound realy nice like a crossover of the Broken Lords, Cultists and Pilgrims.

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8 years ago
Sep 8, 2016, 4:06:36 PM

Damnit, Amplitude, what am I supposed to do with all the popcorn I made for watching the speculation thread now?


Joking aside, glad they're finally revealed.

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8 years ago
Sep 9, 2016, 10:17:39 AM

So if I understand correctly, the quest line of this faction will feature a lot of enemy troops spawn events or will there be something like a twin faction with which they are always at war with? 

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8 years ago
Sep 9, 2016, 4:29:13 AM
I am blown away by the faction reveals so far.  Further fleshing out the lore for the returning ones is nice, but the new ones shine.

Space capitalist gangsters?  Religious pilgrim nomads?  SIGN ME UP.


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8 years ago
Sep 8, 2016, 11:46:55 PM
Frogsquadron wrote:

How the hell did you land on that date??

Wasn't it published in an article a while back? Or am I confusing  it for another game? I honestly can't recall.

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8 years ago
Sep 8, 2016, 11:00:34 PM

Love the design and the idea of the race, can't wait to see more in the early access !


Also, it's funny, their story look like a little like the story of the endless. I'm not surprise if this heretic lead the non-virtual part of this race and they got a Civil War :p


I mean, in the trailer, we can see something like they fight each other (with the voice say "he corrupt the faithful" ) so MAYBE this is a Civil War like the Endless Civil War


That could be funny :p

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8 years ago
Sep 8, 2016, 10:10:48 PM

Super excited and cant wait for the game!!!!  plus I'm looking forward to the wiki i love looking at the ships


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8 years ago
Sep 8, 2016, 7:12:37 PM

Can you make it the 14th so it hits on my birthday? Or let me into the tempest beta I am fine with either :P 

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8 years ago
Sep 8, 2016, 5:48:42 PM

How the hell did you land on that date??

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8 years ago
Sep 8, 2016, 4:25:45 PM

I wonder if they have already agumented them self? Because in the prologue video at 0:26 it looks like a Vodyani before they found the Virtual ruins, because after that part they seem more humanlike.

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