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Xenosaga: Pied Piper
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Developer
Monolith Soft
Publisher
Namco
Release date
2004
Platform(s)
Phone

Xenosaga: Pied Piper (ゼノサーガ パイド パイパー) is a game released exclusively for the now defunct Vodafone phones in Japan through Vodafone live!. Its script has been fan-translated into English and typically takes several hours to read. The game itself, however, seems no longer accessible, although years after its release, game footage has been added to YouTube.

Fan-Translated Script

Plot synopsis[]

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Pied Piper is heavily focused on the cyborg Ziggurat, who was once known as Jan Sauer.

Its story is set 100 years prior to the start of Episode I, in T.C. 4667. The events take place on planet Abraxas (later known as Michtam). It explores the past of the cyborg Ziggy when he was a human named Jan Sauer and working for the Galaxy Federation's counter-terrorism task force. It centers on Sauer and his team as they track a serial killer known only by the hacker alias "Voyager", who kills his victims using the U.M.N. network.

Notable characters include Sharon Rozas, who becomes Sauer's wife; and Joaquin Rozas, Sauer's stepson. His team of subordinates consists of Melisse Ortus, who witnesses Jan Sauers's suicide and later founds Scientia; Lactis, an early model Realian equipped with "Program Canaan"; Erich Weber or as later discovered, Voyager; and Mikhail Ortmann, an experienced U.M.N. operator.

The purpose of Xenosaga: Pied Piper is to develop the back stories of some of the most important yet rarely felt presences in the Xenosaga universe, including Ziggy, chaos, Wilhelm, Voyager and Dr. Dmitri Yuriev. The plot itself spans three chapters.

The game was also Soraya Saga's final contribution to the Xenosaga project.

Plot[]

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Captain Jan Sauer, Lactis and Melisse Ortus.

The stage of Xenosaga: Pied Piper takes place T.C. 4667, 100 years prior to the events of Xenosaga: Episode I.

He and his squad were deployed to the planet Abraxas (later renamed Michtam) to investigate murders in the U.M.N.. These terrorist acts were caused by a cloaked individual under the hacker alias "Voyager".

Jan became further intertwined with the destiny of the Zohar when he met the widow Sharon Rozas and her son Joaquin Rozas. Jan Sauer and Sharon developed a relationship which led to marriage.

With the help of his squad and Sharon’s medical knowledge, Jan's investigation draws closer to the funding source of Voyager’s murders. This turns out to be Dmitri Yuriev, who quickly utilizes his connections within the government to have Jan and his team removed from the investigation. This does not stop Jan, even after he and some of his subordinates are arrested.

Only after the death of one of his subordinates Mikhail Ortmann, does Jan discover that another member of his team, Erich Weber, is Voyager. Erich explains in part his connection with U-DO, before his Voyager alias takes over and lure Jan to witness his wife and son's deaths at the Archon Cathedral. At this point, Voyager becomes the Black Testament, and Jan could do nothing to prevent his family's death.

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Jan makes his choice.

The Black Testament presented an ultimatum to Jan: either to be killed and have his soul consumed by Voyager, or join him as another Testament and live forever. Jan refused both fates and chose suicide by shooting himself in the head with a gun. The witnesses of events that led to his death were Melisse Ortus and Lactis.

Characters[]

Main characters[]

  • Jan Sauer - A member of the Galaxy Federation's special-ops police force. The cool and composed leader of an investigative detachment squad. Later known as Ziggy.
  • Melisse Ortus - A novice investigator in Jan's squad. She has a very strong and serious sense of justice.
  • Mikhail Ortmann - A U.M.N. operator with extensive knowledge of network connections. Oversees external dive support along with Erich.
  • Lactis - An early model realian. He specializes in U.M.N. data acquisition and analysis.
  • Erich Weber - A member who specializes in U.M.N. dives, and when acting as operator provides external support. Also oversees the operation of Bugs.
  • Bugs - A combat support robot that predates Realians. Has an AI designed to emulate a young boy. In virtual reality, performs duties like backup and weapons support.
  • Sharon Rozas - She works as a doctor in an Abraxas hospital. Her husband, a police officer, died on duty and she is reluctant to have another relationship with an officer as a result (i.e. Jan Sauer). Lives with her son Joaquin.
  • Joaquin Rozas - Sharon's son. A spirited and vivacious boy with a love of animals.
  • "Voyager" - A mysterious criminal who commits horrible acts of cyberterrorism through the U.M.N. His identity is unknown.

Side characters[]

  • Dmitri Yuriev - A member of the Galaxy Federation with much influence. He appears to have some connection to Erich Weber.
  • Zora - Dmitri Yuriev's android assistant.
  • Julius XVIII - The Patriarch (Pope) of the Immigrant Fleet who wishes to establish peace between the Immigrant Fleet and the Federation. During Pied Piper, he is assassinated and a new pope takes his place.
  • Sergius XIV - The Patriarch (Pope) who replaces Julius after his death. He conspired with Voyager in assassinating Julius.
  • Sean McCallum - Jan's uncle who is Chief of the 1875th Federation Police Special Ops Command. Jan and Sean work together and respect each other. Unfortunately, Sean is murdered by Voyager.
  • Ernest Luis - Replaces Sean as Chief after his death.
  • Irene Torres
  • Klaus Torres - Son of Irene Torres and the president of the Torres Foundation, which primarily deals with the Immigrant Fleet and the spaceport industry on planet Abraxas. During Pied Piper, he is murdered by Voyager in virtual space. In order to find out more information on Voyager, Jan and his team perform an investigation into Klaus' memories using an Encephalon dive, despite that not everyone feels diving into a dead man's brain is ethical, they do so in hopes of finding a lead on Voyager and avenging Klaus' murder.
  • Wilhelm - A mysterious and powerful figure.
  • Kayla - An early-type Realian installed with Program Canaan. Confidante of Wilhelm and an active server for the data collected by Realians installed with Program Canaan stationed throughout the galaxy.
  • Alexei Tsiolkovskyi - Leader of the anti-U.M.N. organization V.L.V. (Veritas Liberabit Vos), the precursor to Scientia.

Minor characters[]

  • Cordell
  • Marion
  • Mark
  • Powell
  • Eleanor
  • Kate
  • Richard (not Richard)
  • Eddie
  • Amy/Jake/Nicholas
  • Ingrid Sauer - Jan's mother.
  • Dewey
  • Gary
  • Carter

External links[]

Gallery[]

Monolith Soft (Official Site)[]

RPGFan.com[]

Zarathustra[]

Images and captions retrieved from an archived snapshot of Zarathustra: The Unofficial Pied Piper Translation and Fan Site.

Chapter One[]

Chapter Two[]

Chapter Three[]

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