Editing (section) Xenosaga: Pied Piper 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Plot synopsis </h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AZiggy2Portrait.png%7Cthumb%7C250px%7C%27%27Pied%20Piper%27%27%20is%20heavily%20focused%20on%20the%20cyborg%20Ziggurat%2C%20who%20was%20once%20known%20as%20Jan%20Sauer.%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ziggy2Portrait.png%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Ziggy2Portrait%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%27%27Pied%20Piper%27%27%20is%20heavily%20focused%20on%20the%20cyborg%20Ziggurat%2C%20who%20was%20once%20known%20as%20Jan%20Sauer.%22%2C%22width%22%3A250%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EPied%20Piper%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20is%20heavily%20focused%20on%20the%20cyborg%20Ziggurat%2C%20who%20was%20once%20known%20as%20Jan%20Sauer.%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/xenosaga/images/8/8f/Ziggy2Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20161128134742" width="250" height="209" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="Ziggy2Portrait.png" data-image-key="Ziggy2Portrait.png" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Its story is set 100 years prior to the start of <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Episode%20I%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Episode%20I%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEpisode%20I%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Episode_I" title="Episode I" class="mw-redirect">Episode I</a></i>, in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22T.C.%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22T.C.%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BT.C.%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/T.C." title="T.C.">T.C.</a> 4667. The events take place on planet <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Abraxas%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Abraxas%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAbraxas%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Abraxas" title="Abraxas" class="mw-redirect">Abraxas</a> (later known as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Michtam%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Michtam%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMichtam%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Michtam" title="Michtam">Michtam</a>). It explores the past of the cyborg <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ziggy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ziggy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BZiggy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Ziggy" title="Ziggy">Ziggy</a> when he was a human named Jan Sauer and working for the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Galaxy%20Federation%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Galaxy%20Federation%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGalaxy%20Federation%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Galaxy_Federation" title="Galaxy Federation">Galaxy Federation</a>'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 <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22U.M.N.%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22U.M.N.%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BU.M.N.%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/U.M.N." title="U.M.N.">U.M.N.</a> network. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Notable characters include <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sharon%20Rozas%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sharon%20Rozas%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSharon%20Rozas%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Sharon_Rozas" title="Sharon Rozas">Sharon Rozas</a>, who becomes Sauer's wife; and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Joaquin%20Rozas%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Joaquin%20Rozas%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJoaquin%20Rozas%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Joaquin_Rozas" title="Joaquin Rozas">Joaquin Rozas</a>, Sauer's stepson. His team of subordinates consists of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Melisse%20Ortus%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Melisse%20Ortus%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMelisse%20Ortus%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Melisse_Ortus" title="Melisse Ortus">Melisse Ortus</a>, who witnesses Jan Sauers's suicide and later founds <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Scientia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Scientia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BScientia%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Scientia" title="Scientia">Scientia</a>; <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Lactis%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Lactis%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLactis%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Lactis" title="Lactis">Lactis</a>, an early model Realian equipped with "<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Program%20Canaan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Program%20Canaan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BProgram%20Canaan%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Program_Canaan" title="Program Canaan">Program Canaan</a>"; Erich Weber or as later discovered, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Voyager%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Voyager%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVoyager%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Voyager" title="Voyager" class="mw-redirect">Voyager</a>; and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mikhail%20Ortmann%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mikhail%20Ortmann%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMikhail%20Ortmann%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Mikhail_Ortmann" title="Mikhail Ortmann">Mikhail Ortmann</a>, an experienced U.M.N. operator. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The purpose of <i>Xenosaga: Pied Piper</i> is to develop the back stories of some of the most important yet rarely felt presences in the <i>Xenosaga</i> universe, including Ziggy, chaos, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Wilhelm%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Wilhelm%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWilhelm%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Wilhelm" title="Wilhelm">Wilhelm</a>, Voyager and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dr.%20Dmitri%20Yuriev%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dmitri%20Yuriev%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDmitri%20Yuriev%7CDr.%20Dmitri%20Yuriev%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="568-9342122255f0fb911c03f6" href="/wiki/Dmitri_Yuriev" title="Dmitri Yuriev">Dr. Dmitri Yuriev</a>. The plot itself spans three chapters. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The game was also Soraya Saga's final contribution to the <i>Xenosaga</i> project. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key xenosaga:rte-parser-cache:1788 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! 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