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The UMS Vortex Rikers (also called Prison Vessel 254) is a spaceship found in the Unreal universe.
Overview[]
It is a prisoner ship in the service of the Unified Military Services. It was the prison ship containing Prisoner 849, and crashed on the alien world of Na Pali. It picked up prisoners from various planets, sending them to their incarceration on a prison moon. It had a reputation for being "The rankest prison transport vessel this side of The Milky Way".
The Vortex Rikers crashed on the then uncharted planet of Na Pali after being unable to escape the planet's gravitational pull, rendering the ship unable to resume flight. The ship crashed in the NyLeve's Falls region.
Many of the prisoners and guards were killed outright from the crash or in attempting to find a way to escape from the planet, however, one human, Prisoner 849, is known to have escaped not once, but twice. Based on a number of translator events, it is assumed that Unreal describes humanity's first contact with the Skaarj, a fact confirmed by Unreal Tournament 2004's description of AS-Mothership.
Known personnel[]
Name | Occupation | Found in |
---|---|---|
Prisoner 849 | Prisoner | Player character |
Unknown name | Navigator | Vortex Rikers |
Unknown name | First officer | Vortex Rikers |
S. Kroon | Captain | Vortex Rikers |
Unknown name | Chief Medical Officer | Vortex Rikers |
Unknown name | Engine Foreman | Vortex Rikers |
Unknown name | Chief Security Guard | Vortex Rikers |
Jonas Gershwin | Prisoner | Vortex Rikers |
Boris Clague | Prisoner | Vortex Rikers |
Benjamin Nathaniel | Prisoner | Vortex Rikers |
James Cavanaugh | Prisoner | Vortex Rikers |
P. v. Heel | ??? | NyLeve's Falls |
R. Bijl | Guard | NyLeve's Falls |
J. Strang | Cook | NyLeve's Falls |
N. Vos | ??? | NyLeve's Falls |
M. v. Wely | Guard | NyLeve's Falls |
B. v. Wely | Guard | NyLeve's Falls |
Unknown name | Prisoner | NyLeve's Falls |
Unknown name | Prisoner | Dark Arena |
Unknown name | Prisoner | Dark Arena |
Unknown name | Prisoner | Dark Arena |
Appearances[]
- Unreal
- Vortex Rikers
- NyLeve's Falls
- Dark Arena (mentioned)
- Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali
- Edge of Na Pali (mentioned)
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- AS-Mothership (mentioned)
- Unreal Tournament 4
- DM-Temple (mentioned)
Trivia[]
Easter eggs[]
- Main article: Easter eggs/Unreal and RTNP
- Main article: Easter eggs/Unreal Tournament
- The ship's designation, "NC114-85EKLS" is a kind of Easter egg showing the level builder's name: Juan Pancho 'XceptOne' Eekels.
- In Unreal Tournament, the symbol of Vortex Rikers, three jail bars with a lightning bolt in the middle (probably a reference to the electrical barriers mentioned in the manual), is the symbol of the blue team.
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