ellmo Posted March 17, 2004 Okay, I might get flamed for this kind of question, but what the hell... no pain, no gain. What the fuck is UAC? I mean this is an abbrev. of something, right? 0 Share this post Link to post
Ubik Posted March 17, 2004 I believe it's United Aerospace Corporation. /edit Union Aerospace Corporation, whoops 0 Share this post Link to post
Dron Posted March 17, 2004 Ubik said:Union Aerospace Corporation Yes Union Aerospace Corporation the people that accidently(?) unleashed the demons in doom 0 Share this post Link to post
MaximusNukeage Posted March 17, 2004 youve been a member since 04-03 with over 300 posts and you didnt know that? 0 Share this post Link to post
Stealthy Ivan Posted March 17, 2004 MaximusNukeage said:youve been a member since 04-03 with over 300 posts and you didnt know that? Heh... Good point... I think it explains this in the doom story in the manuel you get with the game. 0 Share this post Link to post
LexiMax Posted March 17, 2004 I didn't remember it, and I've been dooming since 94. 0 Share this post Link to post
dsm Posted March 17, 2004 ellmo said:Okay, I might get flamed for this kind of question, but what the hell... no pain, no gain. What the fuck is UAC? I mean this is an abbrev. of something, right? I'm sure you're joking, but just because I love to explain story stuff allow me to explain: The UAC stands for the Union Aerospace Corporation. In the Doom backstory, the UAC is a vast conglomerate (supposedly of mega corporations) based across multiple planets in our solar system. Their main base is located on Mars. The UAC, has strong ties to the military (probably because they made a lot of research on military technology) with the military being the biggest supplier of the conglomerate. The military, with the help of the UAC, conducts top-secret research on interdimensional space travel - that's basically teleportation - but after years of research, the project goes badly wrong and the teleportation gates open a doorway into Hell. 0 Share this post Link to post
Vegeta Posted March 17, 2004 Draconio said:Isn't it "United" not "Union"? No, read the manual or the oficial DOOM FAQ 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted March 17, 2004 There was a doom wad once (truckstop.wad or something) where the story in the text file said it referred to "United Arms Corporation", as a reason to explain why you had a chaingun and a ton of ammo in the back of your truck, but thats just because he was too lazy to change the textures, it really means "Union Aerospace Corporation", but the storyline of that wad might be where some of the misunderstanding comes from 0 Share this post Link to post
ellmo Posted March 18, 2004 Haha, of-coz i knew that... it's just I... forgot :) I've been dooming since the shareware "Doom" (think it's '93), but I never knew what UAC did stand for, well thanks for the info. 0 Share this post Link to post
LogicDeLuxe Posted March 18, 2004 Who cares? Those stories' purpose is just to make the handbook more than an ugly sheet of paper. It doesn't affect gameplay at all. :D I would have searched for my handbook in my box somewhere in a pile of other boxes to look it up for myself, if I needed to know. On the other hand, I just could read this thread as well. ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Julian Posted March 18, 2004 "Uber Abraded Cunts," says doom guy in Millennium. 0 Share this post Link to post
Naitguolf Posted March 23, 2004 DooM was at very first, an Aliens Game, isnt? So UAC was the Corporation. Is this correct? 0 Share this post Link to post
Naked Snake Posted March 23, 2004 Naitguolf said:DooM was at very first, an Aliens Game, isnt? So UAC was the Corporation. Is this correct? Um, no... 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMBoy Posted March 23, 2004 Actually id was going to do an Aliens themed game but they decided it was too restrictive creatively, so they decided to do their own game instead. Or something like that. 0 Share this post Link to post
Naitguolf Posted March 23, 2004 yeah, i hear that. Also DooM feeling is too close to DooM. (well, we got Aliens Tc ) 0 Share this post Link to post
Night.Keeper Posted March 28, 2004 For those who want to know the stoty: http://www.planetdoom.com/doom/overview/ 0 Share this post Link to post
Dron Posted March 28, 2004 Night.Keeper said:For those who want to know the stoty: http://www.planetdoom.com/doom/overview/ Memorized that ages ago. 0 Share this post Link to post
Night.Keeper Posted March 28, 2004 Hey do i have to reapeat myself? Night.Keeper said:For those who want to know the stoty: http://www.planetdoom.com/doom/overview/ for those who want to know! 0 Share this post Link to post
Xaser Posted March 28, 2004 Night.Keeper said:Hey do i have to reapeat myself? Yes and no at the same time. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted March 28, 2004 Julian said:"Uber Abraded Cunts," says doom guy in Millennium. Julian is holding out on us! 0 Share this post Link to post