The Narcissus Entity
From The Nameless Mod
| The Narcissus Entity | |
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| Based on | The Cassandra Project |
| Faction | Nth Dimensional Hyperbeing |
| Voiced by | John C. Winson |
| Augmentations | N/A |
| Special items | None |
All is well, we are not like the others.
At the most basic level The Narcissus Entity is an AI on the GameSpy space station. Yet The Narcissus Entity is much, much more than that. The Entity does not break the fourth wall because, to The Entity, the fourth wall is meaningless. The Entity transcends the fourth wall.
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Role on ForumPlanet
The Narcissus Entity is an AI GameSpy has harnessed to control its space station. The Entity is held in place by AI locks. While the bulk of the Entity is contained on the station, it has enough of a presence on ForumPlanet to nearly completely destroy ShadowCode in moments. After that incident, The Narcissus Entity sent an email to Scara B. King. WorldCorp scientists reported that The Narcissus Entity seemed to be one with all the systems of PDX Forum City and guessed the same was true for the rest of ForumPlanet.
Role in Game
Doing something to Narcissus is a requirement for every endgame. For PlanetDeusEx a player must disable the AI locks to set Narcissus free, for Ryan a player must isolate Narcissus from the power system, for WorldCorp a player must isolate Narcissus from the security system, and for the hidden ending the player must defeat Narcissus.
Narcissus may be the only character in the game to address the player directly, as Narcissus is aware that the game is a game. The Narcissus Entity constructed the game.
If the player kills Scara B. King, Narcissus will intervene in a specialized endgame. If the player spurns both cults, Narcissus will contact the player. If the player enters Despot's Apartment when such a thing is impossible (because the information necessary to open the apartment has not been introduced), Narcissus will PM Trestkon during his time in Despot's apartment.
Development
The Narcissus Entity was first introduced in The Cassandra Project, which it created.
Its role in TNM, other than being the space station AI, is essentially to transcend the fourth wall, allow a hidden ending like the one intended for The Cassandra Project, and fill in any gaps in The Nameless Mod. It tends to fill in gaps by sending PMs. For example when one enters the corporate district sewers they will get messages from Evil Invasion (when playing for PDX) or That Guy (when playing for WC) but if one enters the Corporate Sewers before choosing a side no one would send such messages if not for The Narcissus Entity.
