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- Hello, Commander! I see you're player too! - Paradox Interactive positive Standing greeting
Easter eggs are inside jokes and references to popular culture, included for the player's amusement.
Mission Sponsors[edit | edit source]
All Mission Sponsors were shown as their real life (or fictional) counterparts in the Gamescom demo of Surviving Mars.
- Inspired by SpaceX.
- Inspired by the Latter Day Saints movement.
- Inspired by Weyland Corporation from Alien vs. Predator, and a direct name reference to Firefly and Serenity. The name also resembles SpaceX rival, Blue Origin.
Technologies[edit | edit source]
- Reference to a project of the same name
- Reference to movie of the same name
- Reference to song of the same name
- Reference to Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg's novel the Positronic Man
- Overcharge Amplification
- Text: "Power! Unlimited power!" Sheev
- Reference to Sheev Palpatines infamous line from Star Wars
Achievements[edit | edit source]
- Reference to Serenity
You can't take the Sky from Me!
- Reference to Firefly, line from the lyrics of The Ballad of Serenity
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- Reference to the novel of the same name
- Reference to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Reference to the Looney Toons character of the same name
- Reference to Snow White
- Reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Reference to the Fallout series
- Reference to the arcade game of the same name
- Reference to Jack and the Beanstalk
- Reference to Star Trek
- Reference to Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg's novel of the same name
- Reference to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Reference to Andy Weir's The Martian
- Reference to Andy Weir's The Martian
- Reference to The Matrix movie
- Reference to Star Trek
- Reference to Rick and Morty
- Reference to Futurama
- Reference to the Paradox Interactive game series of the same name
- Reference to Louis Armstrong's song What a Wonderful World
- Reference to an infamous Robert Oppenheimer quote
Mysteries[edit | edit source]
- The Power of Three
- Reference to Doctor Who episode of the same name.
- Inner Light
- Reference to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode of the same name.
- Beyond Earth
- Rede Goddenberry is a reference to scifi writer Gene Roddenberry, best known for creating Star Trek. Title could also be a reference to Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri.
- Artificial Intelligence
- NetSky is an anagram for Skynet from the Terminator series.
- Wildfire
- Reference to The Andromeda Strain novel.
- Marsgate
- Reference to the Watergate scandal, after which major scandals have generally become marked with a '-gate' suffix.
Events and Story Bits[edit | edit source]
- Catch-a-Ride!
- Reference to Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster. Fittingly the SpaceY Mission Sponsor has an additional Story Bit choice. Title is also a reference to the vehicle spawning service in the Borderlands franchise.
- Comet Sighted
- Reference to games developed by Paradox Development Studio.
- Dormant Life
- Reference to the Jurassic Park series.
- Fhtagn! Fhtagn!
- Reference to H. P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu. In the long forgotten tongue the word means "dreams", "sleeps" or "waits".
- Flat Mars Society
- Reference to the Flat Earth Society and Mike Hughes' failed rocket launch attempt.
- Gaming Tournament
- Reference to StarCraft.
- Immortal Engines
- Reference to Philip Reeve's novel Mortal Engines.
- Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
- Reference to the Simon & Garfunkel song "The Sound of Silence".
- Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria
- Reference to Dr. Strangelove.
- The Man from Mars
- Reference to Jerome Bixby's story, The Man from Earth.
- Foreigner in a Foreign Land
- Reference to Robert A. Heinlein novel, Stranger in a Strange Land.
- Total Recall
- Reference to the movie of the same name.
- Water Chip
- Reference to the Fallout series.
- Witness me!
- Reference to Mad Max: Fury Road.
- Blood Music
- Reference to the novel of the same name.
- Smoke on the Water
- Reference to the song of the same name.
- Dark Side of the Sun
- Reference to the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away...
Reference to Star Wars
Do not go gentle into that good night
- Reference to a poem by Dylan Thomas used in Interstellar
Event Replies[edit | edit source]
- Goodbye and thanks for all the drones!
- Reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
- I don't want to set the world on fire.
- Reference to a song of the same name by The Ink Spots, used as the main theme for Fallout 3.
- I will do anything for love but I won't do that.
- Reference to a popular, similarly named song by Meat Loaf.
- Mars - just add water!
- Reference to H2O: Just Add Water.
- Step aside, I know regular expressions!
- Reference to XKCD #208: Regular Expressions
- [Church of the New Ark] Nobody expects the Martian inquisition! (New Messiah Event)
- Reference to Monty Python's the Spanish inquisition.
What a splendid idea! Let's call it "A Game of Domes"! (Mars Got Talent Event)
- Reference to Game of Thrones.
Rival Colony Dialogue[edit | edit source]
- I used to be an astrogeologist like you, but then I took an asteroid in the sensor tower. (positive Standing greeting for Astrogeologist Commander Profiles)
- Reference to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
- Hello, Commander. How are things going in your colony? Do you want us to sell you not-a-flamethrower already? (SpaceY neutral Standing greeting)
- Reference to Elon Musk's Not-a-Flamethrower.
- Greetings. Listen carefully, for our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS! (India negative Standing greeting)
- Reference to the "Nuclear Gandhi" meme from Civilization.
- All your base are belong to us! (Japan resource request refusal)
- Reference to Zero Wing.
Other[edit | edit source]
- Hawking Institute (building)
- Tribute to theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. Originally called Science Institute, the building was renamed following his death.
- Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you. (game exit message)
- Reference to the voice audio played when exiting Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.