Is Galcop a Thing Again?

[MadDogMurdock]

I don't mean the union of player factions that competed in the Dangerous Games but the lore-based GalCop organisation that regulated all of human space in the original game.

I'm seeing them crop up in a number of Galnet stories that are not player submitted ones.
And then there was the "They're already here" video which we initially thought was fan fiction but was then shown in the GamesCom live stream.

Probably my favourite ED video whether it's official or not:
[video=youtube;PsgBI_zwRcQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsgBI_zwRcQ[/video]

 

[Lunchmunny]

Pretty sure that is a video by the player faction GalCop. There was a handful of other player faction videos shown during Gamescon as well.

 

[MadDogMurdock]

Pretty sure that is a video by the player faction GalCop. There was a handful of other player faction videos shown during Gamescon as well.

Ok thanks, doesn't explain the Galnet and local news articles though.

 

[Adhock]

Nope. That a player created advert for the Player Faction you said you weren't talking about. It was probably in reference to what Player Factions can achieve such as the new Colonia bubble centered around Jaques.

Was used because of how well made it was.

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Ok thanks, doesn't explain the Galnet and local news articles though.

Players can submit news stories to local news and Galnet. Occasionally FDev may use the larger more well known groups for their own articles.

 

[MadDogMurdock]

Nope. That a player created advert for the Player Faction you said you weren't talking about. It was probably in reference to what Player Factions can achieve such as the new Colonia bubble centered around Jaques.

Was used because of how well made it was.

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Players can submit news stories to local news and Galnet. Occasionally FDev may use the larger more well known groups for their own articles.

Hmm, these weren't player submitted. Honestly, FD should never have allowed a player grouping to call itself Galcop. It's too embedded in lore to be confused with a player group.

 

[number2301]

Hmm, these weren't player submitted. Honestly, FD should never have allowed a player grouping to call itself Galcop. It's too embedded in lore to be confused with a player group.

Pay attention to what the new GalCop are putting out, and remember, there's nothing to stop a new organisation calling themselves GalCop.

 

[the100thmonkey]

My understanding is that despite not winning the Dangerous Games, GalCop are being lined up to be injected into Powerplay anyway.

 

[Crash1099]

You could always ask a cmdr if they are Galcop and then blow them up.

 

[Goose4291]

My understanding is that despite not winning the Dangerous Games, GalCop are being lined up to be injected into Powerplay anyway.

Source/explanation?

 

[Omgzzwtf]

Ok thanks, doesn't explain the Galnet and local news articles though.

Fdev uses prominent player groups in their galnet articles all the time, even some affluent CMDR's are reoccurring character in official FDev content. I'm pretty sure every mention of GalCop is in regards to the player group, and not the in-game faction (which I believe has been de-cannonized, since players were allowed to use the name for their faction).

 

[Lunchmunny]

Fdev uses prominent player groups in their galnet articles all the time, even some affluent CMDR's are reoccurring character in official FDev content. I'm pretty sure every mention of GalCop is in regards to the player group, and not the in-game faction (which I believe has been de-cannonized, since players were allowed to use the name for their faction).

MY understanding is that the players took pains in making sure that the newly revived GalCop did not step on anything the previous iteration has done canon wise. Effectively, they are starting their own group, with the previous entity known as GalCop as their inspiration. Literally nothing clashes with Canon because they did this.

 

[dynamicbob]

i think INRA would be a better tool, or new shadow organisations the devs might use as plot devices

 

[Kermit Laphroaig]

Fdev uses prominent player groups in their galnet articles all the time, even some affluent CMDR's are reoccurring character in official FDev content. I'm pretty sure every mention of GalCop is in regards to the player group, and not the in-game faction (which I believe has been de-cannonized, since players were allowed to use the name for their faction).

Prior to ED, GalCop had a rich history, and the fact it returned just a year ago, with no explaination was supposed to be something of a mystery players are encouraged to investigate, not complain about. Can't be the original GalCop, that collapsed for sure. Or could it?

If you're interested, GalCop adopted Selezen "Literally Wrote the Canon for GalCop" Lake's official timeline. Our original intent was not just become a power, but solidify more of his lore back into the canon of the game.

http://daftworks.co.uk/elite/index.php/Galactic_Co-operative is how GalCop-That-Was once operated

http://daftworks.co.uk/elite/index.php/Galactic_Timeline is Selezen's timeline, although some parts may now be non-canon thanks to FDev.

Nothing pre-ED is guaranteed canon but the devs are constantly bringing lore back - it's a soft reboot. They're just real selective about it.

Drew Wagar had to do a ton of revisions to his own timelines, but now they are back up and he's writing the novel of events that will unfold based on things that we do here and now. He rolled with the punches, and now he's helping make the game's universe richer for it.

And that's thing with GalCop, it does not need someone to tell it what is and isn't canon, because like you, what GalCop will do this coming year will become canon. Will you be there to help shape it as well?

I would like to encourage you all to stop complaining about GalCop, and start playing WITH GalCop. We are not going to be going away.

Good luck, Commander.

 

[Vasious]

I would like to encourage you all to stop complaining about GalCop, and start playing WITH GalCop. We are not going to be going away.

Asking for an explanation as to a Player Group(or groups) that has a Name connecting it with previous fiction no one is really sure of where fits in the current Canon, is not complaining

Especially when the system description for Jotunheim is as follow, as was there since Gamma, before player groups

Jotunheim
While Gal-Cop have been accused of cashing in on the historic name of GalCop, that hasn’t stopped the corporation from flourishing
“To Protect and Serve.”

So it would seem either the Player Group GalCop has subsumed the Gal-Cop mentioned, or are a third incarnation, or separate to the Jotunheim Gal-Cop

So where is the harm in asking about opposed to the line of don't ask just accept it.

It is a sad day, that asking for the background lore of a player group is dismissed as complaining.

 

[Kermit Laphroaig]

So where is the harm in asking about opposed to the line of don't ask just accept it.

It is a sad day, that asking for the background lore of a player group is dismissed as complaining.

It's also a sad day how dismissive people are of GalCop (the player group, if you like) despite the great pains we made to respect other organizations lore.

But I apologize if my tone is weary, the dismissive way many have treated GalCop, despite having done many extraordinary things, and made up of hundreds of players.

And now, I haven given you our entire background lore. Most people who played the original games would probably be familiar with it, but of course there's many who don't know anything about GalCop (of Old) so I am happy to answer any non-spoilery questions you have!

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Also for the record, we originally went by Gal-Cop but no one wanted to use the hyphen, so we went with it.

 

[MadDogMurdock]

Sorry, but I have to express some concern if this is actually something FD have decided to do.

Galcop is too embedded in lore and shouldn't be player driven, but hey ho any semblance of realism and internal consistency doesn't seem to be an issue in this game any more.

 

[Kermit Laphroaig]

Also for the record, that one little blurb is what inspired us to look up and research the history of GalCop in the first place.

Jotunheim
While Gal-Cop have been accused of cashing in on the historic name of GalCop, that hasn’t stopped the corporation from flourishing
“To Protect and Serve.”

it still leaves me in awe how much that lore blurb came true. It's cool if in character people distrust GalCop. That comes with being GalCop, actually.

It just seems like most of the resistance comes from players, not the players' characters, you know?

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Sorry, but I have to express some concern if this is actually something FD have decided to do.

Galcop is too embedded in lore and shouldn't be player driven, but hey ho any semblance of realism and internal consistency doesn't seem to be an issue in this game any more.

What happened to the talking frog aliens and the cat people?

 

[MadDogMurdock]

Also for the record, that one little blurb is what inspired us to look up and research the history of GalCop in the first place.

Jotunheim
While Gal-Cop have been accused of cashing in on the historic name of GalCop, that hasn’t stopped the corporation from flourishing
“To Protect and Serve.”

it still leaves me in awe how much that lore blurb came true. It's cool if in character people distrust GalCop. That comes with being GalCop, actually.

It just seems like most of the resistance comes from players, not the players' characters, you know?

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What happened to the talking frog aliens and the cat people?

I actually preferred that to the Fed v Empire paradigm.
Which is why I'm rather fond of Galcop and would prefer them not to be another player faction.

 

[Kermit Laphroaig]

I actually preferred that to the Fed v Empire paradigm.
Which is why I'm rather fond of Galcop and would prefer them not to be another player faction.

Well, I guess I can respect your opinion. But that's not an option. At least try and respect that we're handling it with utmost care?

 

[MadDogMurdock]

Well, I guess I can respect your opinion. But that's not an option. At least try and respect that we're handling it with utmost care?

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt because i enjoyed the video so much