Folks, I have created a movie style gameplay which features Najia Takio in the Project Genesis start. This episode gives Najia a back story which is very lore friendly, and fleshes out her complex character through hearing her thoughts and conversations with those she interacts with. She is quite naïve but doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Whilst at university, studying Quantum Mechanics, she published a paper on Quantum Tunneling, and it was this publication, that got her noticed.
This is a 45 minute Pilot Episode, which might seem a little long, however, it is full of interactions and background, and there are very few parts where just the background music is playing. The actual gameplay took around an hour, however I played it 5 or 6 times to get through it as fast as possible.
The production, including the additional dialogs, took about 2 weeks to get right, so a lot of work went into this by two producers. There are 4 video and 6 audio tracks that all combine to make this production. This work also contains, a few additional sound effects, some which are quite a low frequency, so try to ensure you listen on a good sound system. It was played and recorded at 4k Ultra, and later produced to 4k with TrueTheater Surround optimised for a living room.
The protagonist is orated by Emma, an old 32 bit voice, but the clearest one I have ever come across. Using ssml and x-sampa, I have been able to get Emma to display some emotions, such as sarcasm, wistfulness and anger. So please don’t think this is just a pure TTS, it is so much more. Hence the amount of time to produce this work. I have used TTS because my own voice doesn’t come across very well on YouTube, however I do feature in the bloopers as the director/producer.
The movie is split into chapters, so you can jump to various parts, but in doing so, you would miss something important to her background. If you already know the Project Genesis start then I suggest you skip the prologue, but might be worth listening to the intro as it is quite pertinent to the story, otherwise skip to the chapter “Feynman”. If you don’t know this gameplay start, then perhaps don’t watch it, as it may spoil your own start, however, COH has been out quite a while now, so everybody should know the plot from Egosoft's point of view. To get to the chapters on YouTube, simply expand the description to show more.
If you are interested in the music tracks that have been used, they are listed in the credits as not all have come from X4.
As with most movies, there are some bloopers and outtakes which can viewed separately.
On a final note, this is a pilot episode, in other words there may or may not be a full series, taking her into the Tides of Avarice after it's release. That will totally depend on the reception of this work. If you would like to see more of Najia and her story (which will contain lots of twists and turns), then please like and subscribe to this brand new channel. Subsequent episodes would probably be released perhaps once every two or three weeks, as they are quite demanding to make. But whether there are more, is entirely in your collective hands.
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PS: There are no mods for this playthrough and will remain vanilla throughout.