RAGE 2
RAGE 2 – Meet the Factions: The Authority
RAGE 2
We’ve covered off on the backwater River Hogs, the anarchic Goon Squad and the militaristic Immortal Shrouded. But what about the worst of the worst? The crème de la crème of jerks, if we may. That title belongs to the Authority, the reigning champs of vile world domination plans. Returning from the first game, the Authority has undergone some serious changes, and they’re ready to face the wasteland head-on and finish what they started.
Authority Wars
Before the first RAGE – long before – when the meteor Apophis touched down and rained devastation on Earth, a group of soldiers led by General Martin Cross enacted a plan that would ultimately lead to the creation of the Authority. They took over an Ark and programmed it to be the first to emerge in the new world – the wasteland that Earth would eventually become. When this team awoke, they set about creating an army. Some of it was made up of survivors-turned-slaves, and some were genetically engineered supersoldiers. Many of these supersoldiers were failed experiments, which birthed the Authority Mutants, cybernetically-enhanced monstrosities that over time grew to make up the great majority of the Authority’s forces.
The years before RAGE 2 were tumultuous. At the end of the first game, Nicholas Raine woke up the Arkists, who fought with the Resistance to rise up against the Authority. With their help, the war was eventually won after many bloody years and the Authority seemed to disappear. In reality, they retreated underground, rebuilding their forces and expanding their technology. For years, they trained and waited for their chance to return to the wasteland to finish what they had started under the leadership of General Cross.
General Cross
You know how sometimes you look at people, and you know they’ve had some plastic surgery done, but it’s really good plastic surgery and you’re like, “Damn, congratulations.” That’s not General Cross. He looks like what would happen if Dr. Evil had a baby with a Decepticon. Far more machine than man, General Cross has clearly treated himself to many of the cybernetic enhancements that his soldiers have.
In the first RAGE, General Cross was just a voice – a shadowy figure pulling all the strings. In RAGE 2, he’s still pulling strings, but he takes a much more hands-on approach now – and yes, you will actually face off against him this time around.
High-Tech Tyranny
Following their reemergence and subsequent destruction of Vineland – one of the major bastions of civilization in the wasteland – the Authority set their sights on the wasteland. Under General Cross they are systematically hunting down and destroying all remaining Ark survivors. Armed with incredibly advanced weaponry and cybernetic enhancements, they appear without warning and strike without mercy. From Authority drop ships capable of transporting and unloading troops of soldiers in the blink of an eye, to Sentry Turrets – powerful destructive weapons that litter the world – nowhere in the wasteland is safe from the Authority.
Meet the Factions
River Hogs
Goon Squad
Immortal Shrouded
国内版『RAGE 2』は2019年6月6日（木）に発売です。
