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The Goddess Domina calls you to join her in the galactic core, home of the gods. Thus, you left your life behind and try to reach it. Of course, between you and the core, dozens and dozens of [[Space Pirate|pirates]], slavers, genetically-engineered humans, and other stuff are [[Everything Trying to Kill You|waiting to kill you]].
'''Transcendence''' is a freeware video game described by its creator, George Moromisato, as the fusion of ''[[Nethack]]'' and ''[[Star Control]]''. You choose one of three starships to travel between systems, gathering things to upgrade your ships to survive the more and more dangerous enemies, and trying to make it out alive.
Can be found [http://www.neurohack.com/transcendence here]. While entirely playable and winnable, the game is still unfinished, ending about halfway through the planned storyline as the player leaves human space.
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* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: The mission involving the {{spoiler|neurohacking of an Iocrym Archive in the Heretic System}}.
* [[Units Not to Scale]]: Planetary objects [[Subverted Trope|are on scale]], though [[Double Subversion|it's an exponential scale]].
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: While weapon special effects can be useful when they are first introduced, they quickly become obsolete. Radiation-immune armour, for example, appears very quickly once you've gained access to radiation weapons. Even enemies suffer
* [[Vendor Trash]]: The game has a dizzying array of different trade goods, although few of them are absolute
* [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment]]: Ferian miners show up as friendlies and are inoffensive miners who ordinarily retreat when attacked and carry precious ore ripe for the taking. You can freely play [[Space Pirate]] and attack the little fellows ... but if you're careless, you can then die in the space of a second when they decide to [[Zerg Rush|swarm you]] instead of running, [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|cutting you into fragments with their surprisingly-powerful plasma torches]]. Attacking their mine will prompt them to {{spoiler|bring out their much more powerful Warrior vessels}}.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: Several examples, including the Fracture Cannon, the Avalanche Cannon, and the Ares Plasma Archcannon.
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