>>50979993Retcon to Lt. Surge the Lightning Lieutenant, now he's unovan
>>50979980It was an excuse due to the lack of resources on the part of the programmers to generate wild areas and random encounters, but in their defense an interesting lore was created for the region giving it an air of desolation and creating a culture based on looting and/or import of foreign resources, as well as taking advantage of the few own resources, very much in the style of post-apocalyptic stories.
Also setting it in a desert was a great success since it is very consistent with the apparent lack of life, I bet that at night Orre is full of life.