PSO ORIGIN (O)
I think it would be pretty cool to try and sort the mythos of the PSO universe games, first I’ll make a time line, I hope you guys enjoy it.
PSO Origin (0) – Alternate Dimension Earth long before PSO this shows the origin of Dark Falz a prelude to the title Origin or 0.
PSO Episode 1 – The Whole New World, this is where the story of Red Ring Rico and Pioneer 2’s first wave discovery team’s attempt to unveil the mystery of Pioneer 1.
PSO Episode 2 – After entering the upper atmosphere Pioneer 2, Guardian the military branch of Pioneer 2 were tasked with purging infected life on the planet before settlement began, Episode 2 has more back story while progressing the story.
Episode 2 begins with Heitcliff Flowen, who was an established fighter within Guardian; he worked on Pioneer 1 and with the scientists who were trying to uncover the mystery to the mutating and dark creatures on the planet. The virus cores were on their own only capable of infecting simpler life forms and objects but the last Core ‘Olga’ manifested itself into a gaseous form and eventually killed all the scientists in the Seabed, driving some mad and the creatures they were experimenting on became mutated and overtly aggressive. Flowen on his search for the source eventually succumb to the Virus, his dieing wish was that he had ended it before the inevitable happened.
Flash to Episode 1, As Pioneer 2 arrives in orbit of planet Ragol a massive explosion goes off in the ocean, clearly visible from space and all communication with Pioneer 1 is lost, a maverick hunter named Red Ring Rico heads to the planet to find out what happened. Nearly two weeks later the planet is deemed a danger and Hunters from the Guild are sent down to discover what happened. Communication with Rico was lost days before but the mission of the hunters is to go deep into Pioneer 1 and find any sign of what happened.
In Episode 2 it was made clear why Rico left on her own into Pioneer 1, Flowen was Rico’s mentor as all Hunters are trained by Hunters before them, Flowen sank to the bottom of the ocean in an attempt to prevent Rico from finding him; knowing that she would come to save him but only to her own demise. However the virus had already survived Flowens attempts to quarantine it and Rico was transformed into Dark Falz.
Phantasy Star 0 explains Dark Falz’s Origin as a creature that is pure malice, it forms in things that are powerful be it the intention of the host good or evil Dark Falz will be a parasite. (I don’t want to spoil the games for anyone so I’ll stop here.)
