Richard Garriott's Logos message to Tabula Rasa players deciphered

by Adrian Bott Oct 14th 2008 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Events, real-world, Lore, Tabula Rasa

A couple of minutes after Richard Garriott's flight to the International Space Station blasted off, he held up a sign for the camera, consisting of two strings of heiroglyphs. Tabula Rasa players will have recognised these instantly as Logos, the pictographs of the Eloh, and key to unlocking the various Logos abilities. The message's cryptic quality was further enhanced by the obscurity of some of the symbols, which were completely new.

As of last night, community member Lady Valashar has provided the translation: 'Earth is the cradle of humanity but mankind will not be in the cradle forever', first spoken by Soviet rocket scientist Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky. What's even more thrilling for those of us who follow Tabula Rasa news closely is a hint dropped by NCsoft staff member Leilo, who stated 'Several of the symbols are new. Though one will have significance in-game in the near future...'

Among the new symbols is the very first one, interpreted as 'Earth', and it's third-rock-from-the-sun appearance can surely mean nothing else. There have been many rumors recently that a return to Earth is on the cards in Tabula Rasa, including the exhortation to 'kick those Bane bastards off our own planet' from new Lead Designer Susan Kath. If this is really the news that's waiting to drop, it's going to be huge for the game.

Tags: earth, logos, logos-tablet, ncsoft, richard-garriott, tabula-rasa, tr

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Leshrac said on 12:29PM 10-14-2008

I already deciphered the message:

"Dear Tab Rasa fans - I screwed you over and shipped an unfinished product, and rather then own up to it and fix it I'm going to the moon!"

Jack said on 12:34PM 10-14-2008

Please let not forget that Richard Garriott only 1 year before Tabula Rasa join the team more them 90% of the game was already done. He added the Logos abilities to the game and had his name on the Box.

I do love Richard Garriott and he is a really smart man but still feel like there is a lot of Richard Garriott in the Tabula Rasa game. And do not think its fair for the other developers that only his name is on the box.

ArtV said on 2:22PM 10-14-2008

Actually, that's completely wrong;

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/tabula-rasa/698217p1.html

On topic; going back to earth to kick the Bane out sounds like it could be fun. I might actually re-sub to see that.