![]() The other main character, Rena is a Nede, basically Star Ocean’s version of an elf. He originally just wants to get back home, but becomes embroiled in the plans to save the planet. Referred to as “Crawd” in Japanese artwork. The son of Ronyx Kenny from the original Star Ocean, Claude serves as an ensign on his dad’s ship, the Cainus, before accidentally becomes stranded on Expel. Despite his reluctance, and with no communication back to his father or his starship, Claude teams up with Rena to explore the land and research the origin of the Globe. Indeed, things on Expel have worsened over the years, largely thanks to a mysterious meteor called the Sorcery Globe, that has recently crash landed and brought with it a plague of monsters. ![]() Predictably, Rena looks at Claude’s strange clothes and “magic” laser gun and comes to the conclusion that he’s the foretold Hero of Light that would save the world from destruction. When leaping to her defense, he uses his laser pistol, thereby violating the Star Trekian “Underdeveloped Planet Preservation Pact”, the one that was specifically created so lesser civilizations wouldn’t look at space travelers as gods. Almost immediately after regaining consciousness, he finds a young girl named Rena about to be attacked by a ferocious monster. While on an away mission, Claude is accidentally sucked through a mysterious portal and ends up transported to a medieval planet called Expel. ![]() The story takes place twenty years after the first game, focusing on Earth space captain Ronyx (Ronixis in the PS1 version) Kenny and his young adult son Claude. In just two years, Tri-Ace got together and created a sequel to Star Ocean, that, while not quite having the budget of Square’s cinematic epic, took influence from it while still maintaining its own identity. Not very long after, Square shook the industry by releasing Final Fantasy VII, the game that not only solidified the PlayStation as the RPG system of choice, but also introduced the genre to the overseas mass market. The original Star Ocean was released in the twilight days of the Super Famicom’s life, with the PlayStation having already been on the market for nearly two years.
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