there were parts of the rift that were certainly spoon fed, and the descriptions of early clues never came to fruition at the end. There was nothing scary or ominous to be found in the rift as suggested by the main characters in the book and instead the entire thing was turned into a coverup of an escape route of potential colonies in the case of a thargoid invasion which itself, hasn't shown to be of any use during the actual thargoid attacks ...nor any sign that they're going to be utilized. ...so essentially the whole thing is a story that is being thrown away and forgotten about.
All a very anti-climatic and depressing end to what was the most interesting plot in the game. Though it really didn't happen out of order. It's just hard to follow what is retcon and what is actual narrative utilizing the memory erasing drug in the elite universe or clones in the elite universe (of which both make appearances in this plot).
Pretty much every big story in elite's history has retcons due to bumbles by fdev or two different narrative writers who aren't coordinating between themselves. Like the events of Jaques jump... or the missing vice president ....etc.
All a very anti-climatic and depressing end to what was the most interesting plot in the game. Though it really didn't happen out of order. It's just hard to follow what is retcon and what is actual narrative utilizing the memory erasing drug in the elite universe or clones in the elite universe (of which both make appearances in this plot).
Pretty much every big story in elite's history has retcons due to bumbles by fdev or two different narrative writers who aren't coordinating between themselves. Like the events of Jaques jump... or the missing vice president ....etc.
