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You are NOT a Protector
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You are NOT a Protector

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Description
''Oh hey I just started up this Avali character. Well, since Avali's and humans don't get along, I'm going to click 'skip intro story' and make up my own backstory for my character that doesn't involve him being a protector. So I'll just mosey on up to Esther Bright, and -''

Esther Bright: Oh? You have a Matter Manipulator, You must be a Protector!

(Sound of immersion breaking)

Has this ever happened to you? Maybe you have an alternate start mod and you are tired of being called a protector by Esther Bright? Or maybe you just want to pretend your character has nothing to do with the Protectorate?

Well, this mod is for you. This mod removes any and all mention of you being a Protector from the main story. Now you can roleplay a completely independent character who just stumbled upon the storyline by pure chance.

To be perfectly clear, THIS IS NOT AN ALTERNATE START MOD, NOR A STORY REMOVAL MOD!!. This is meant to be use alongside or apart from existing alternate start mods, such as Felin Intro Mission or Racial Intros. Or used by itself with the 'skip intro mission' option.

All this does is edit dialogs.

* Esther Bright will no longer presume you are a Protector.

* Captain Noble will no longer presume you are a Protector.

* The Ending will no longer refer to you as a Protector.

* Asra Nox in the Dantilion will refer to you as a ''Peacekeeper'' rather than a ''Protector''.

(new for FU users)

* Vinalisj will no longer detect a "Protectorate" signal from your ship, just an "automated SOS signal".

* Esther will not goad you into rebuilding the Protectorate at the outpost, nor refer to you as an Agent.

* During Sunset Riders, Esther will talk about a certain other group instead of associating you with the Protectorate.

* A few text changes for certain missions.

(Shellguard):

* ??? Will no longer identify you as an Earth survivor.

There may be some anomalies with NPC dialogue. I tried to remove the vanilla ones, but I'm not exactly sure you succeeded.
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Prodigy 3 May @ 7:09pm 
[17:45:42.189] [Error] Could not apply patch from file /radiomessages/missions.radiomessages.patch in source: '"You_Are_Not_A_Protector"' at 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\211820\2168072488\contents.pak'. Caused by: (JsonPatchException) Could not apply operation to base. (TraversalException) No such key 'cultistmission09a' in pathApply("/cultistmission09a/text")

I get this error on bootup. It's not game-breaking, but it has been here for a while.
The Caretaker 11 Feb @ 2:20pm 
:O uhh
ShUhFP 20 Jan, 2024 @ 6:33pm 
Not only does this mod open the door to a much more immersive experience for custom backstories, it actually helps with the default story. Imagine if everyone in Fallout assumed you were a vault dweller, because you had a PIPboy! That's what it's like to pick up a MM in default Starbound. Like yeah, I have this tool, but what makes you think I'm part of an order that literally got uprooted and annihilated? It seems much more likely that I just picked it up off a corpse, or it flew through space and landed on my Homeworld, or hey, I was just cruising when I found it floating around. Well, now you can literally pick any background reason for why you have it. Ooh, thought of a good one, a Novakid duel at high noon, my opponent, the last protectorate. :SBmm: Mine, now.
kp-beeferella 28 Dec, 2022 @ 6:03pm 
@SunnyMitten
Not actually surprising, like .. how can you be a member of something that doesn't exist anymore
WildCard 24 Nov, 2022 @ 7:09pm 
surprisingly more immersive for protector story
Kade 12 Sep, 2021 @ 9:45pm 
Will there be a Russian translation?
maggot 19 Jun, 2021 @ 9:28pm 
Absolutely love this mod! Do you think you could add in changes for your character's dialogue when scanning protectorate items? Mods that make them acquirable or use them in custom dungeons still let you run into the problem of saying something like "I can't believe I'm graduating!" when scanning them. Still, it's a very good mod as is!
kirb 30 May, 2021 @ 9:10am 
Extra Thicc Owl, I think that's because maybe if you didn't sign up for the academy, the cultivator know's you are a protector at heart for saving the universe. Maybe not even a protector as in the organization, but a protector of all living things
Sunny 3 Dec, 2020 @ 3:26pm 
oh my g O D thank you for making this
AlexiSalt 1 Dec, 2020 @ 6:50pm 
virgin protectorate vs. chad shellguard