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Having actually turned on the game and looked at the plane, I don't think that's a "K" at all, and definitely not a "KD." To be perfectly honest, I don't think it's a symbol of any kind at all.

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i also think it was one of the shin-ra planes headed for the wutai war about a decade back on the game, or it could just be there for the sake of a screen filler.

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Quote (Squall of SeeD @ 12th July 2005 08:43)

Having actually turned on the game and looked at the plane, I don't think that's a "K" at all, and definitely not a "KD." To be perfectly honest, I don't think it's a symbol of any kind at all.

How can the "symbol" be portrayed as anything but letters? The "symbols" are clear-cut and are unmistakenly in the shape of a "K" and a "D". It's probably not rust or holes since they wouldn't look like they were stenciled on there.

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Looking at it for awhile, it has to be letters or a symbol of some sort to me it clearly shows the "KD" but still no idea what it might mean.

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I think it looks like a KO myself, but I see how it could be KD.

[QUOTE]i also think it was one of the shin-ra planes headed for the wutai war about a decade back on the game, or it could just be there for the sake of a screen filler.

You might be right angel_of_death it may just be a screen filler and if this is the case then the "KD" is probably in there to make the plane more realistic.

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You might be right this could be just a screen filler if thats the case the "KD" was probably added to make the plane more realistic.


[EDIT]Sorry for the double post still trying to get used to the quoting, spoilers etc. stuff , it will not happen again.

This post has been edited by BiZZaRo on 12th July 2005 21:52

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Quote (Squall of SeeD @ 12th July 2005 08:43)

Having actually turned on the game and looked at the plane, I don't think that's a "K" at all, and definitely not a "KD." To be perfectly honest, I don't think it's a symbol of any kind at all.

How can the "symbol" be portrayed as anything but letters? The "symbols" are clear-cut and are unmistakenly in the shape of a "K" and a "D". It's probably not rust or holes since they wouldn't look like they were stenciled on there.

You're probably right about it being intended to be letters, with the second stem of the "K" flowing down into the second letter. As for the second letter, if anything, that is a "C." It looks about as much like a "D" as a "Q" does to me. No clue as to what it might mean, though, or if it's intended to mean anything.

This post has been edited by Squall of SeeD on 19th July 2005 03:27

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I'm not positive, but it sounds to me like a call number for the plane, like a serial number on a game, used to separate it from the rest of it's group, so it's pilot can identify it, etc.

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upon examination I believe it is a model ID, as to what type of aircraft it is.

This post has been edited by Satoh on 19th July 2005 03:49

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forget it I haven't even read the contract, I'm not signing.

i've never really put that much thought into the plane/jet
but i had a slightly different idea of its origons based off of some things i've noticed

-when you look at the area they did considerable digging to unearth the aircraft
-it is unlike any other aircraft in the game
-it is located near where the cetra used to live

my guess was that it was related to the cetra coming to the planet as they searched for the promised land

however i still never really gave it much more though than that

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Quote (Cloud_Strife510 @ 18th July 2005 23:05)

i've never really put that much thought into the plane/jet
but i had a slightly different idea of its origons based off of some things i've noticed

-when you look at the area they did considerable digging to unearth the aircraft
-it is unlike any other aircraft in the game
-it is located near where the cetra used to live

my guess was that it was related to the cetra coming to the planet as they searched for the promised land

however i still never really gave it much more though than that

The Cetra were not from another Planet. That's a misconception that occurred as a result of ambiguous terminology in a much-less-than-perfect translation. They are from Gaia, undeniably, something explicitly stated in-game. Here's a full explanation of this matter: Linkage.

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My Final Fantasy VII Plot Analysis

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" — Edmund Burke

as i said before i didn't really put that much thought into the aircraft
or if the ancients were from that planet or not

but still however, the aircraft obiously had been pretty deep in the earth
which begot the thought that the aircraft was from a previous era

although as stated previously it appears the aircraft is more advanced than the gelnika or the tiny bronco based off of photos of military aircraft compared to in-game vehicles

i would like to say that since this is an rpg based off of a world that does not really exist

you can't say that the aircraft found in bone village is more or less advanced than other aircrafts in the game

so it is probably from a previous era, and as squallofSeeD proved, it was not used for the cetra to come to the planet


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Given how the City of the Ancients looks, I think the Cetra would have frowned on air fighters. I just think it's one of Shin-Ra's planes that went down.


Speculation is fine guys, God knows I do it, but looking too deeply into simple matters like this....Hmmm.

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plus, dont you think that a, what, 5,000+ year old plane would have so little corrosion on it?

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I think you have to also consider, that unless the digging people partial dug it somewhat, it had to have been a fairly light crash since it was intact, and also, since corrosion is to a minimum, can't have occured that long ago.

Why put a plane that doesn't fit? Its fits with NOTHING in the game but its there...Not part of plot/ sidequest nothing

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it could have been part of an abandoned side quest, mayhap, though i still dont see how it would fit... i dunno, but it sure makes for some interesting speculation, doesnt it?

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...It's... it's a part of the background scenary.

There's a golden fish floating above the entrance to the City of the Ancients past disk 1. I'm half expecting to see a thread about the deep significance this has, and what the link with the sherman tank in the Sector 6 weapon dealer's shop is with this particular golden fish.

Which does allow me to point this out: there are many examples of advanced technology throughout the FF7 world. Midgar, for instance. Or the trains. The tank in the Sector 6 weapon dealer's shop. The vehicules Shinra sold (cars, motorcycles..) The ship. The submarine. The Gelnika. The rocket, even. Being able to produce a fighter jet is hardly surprising. If every tiny detail were a side quest Square abandonned, FF7 would've spanned quite a lot of disks.

I'm pretty sure the tank belonged to Jenova.

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In the American release they often mention the planet as being Earth, (despite that people say it's Gaia,) so perhaps it's just the future of this planet. The plane could just be a friggin' F-16 for all we know. That's my thoughts at the moment.

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forget it I haven't even read the contract, I'm not signing.

i dont think i've ever seen them refer to the planet as earth - nor as gaia - but if you look at ffix, you see that gaia and terra (thats the name for earth, btw) are overlaid, more or less - so maybe the ff7 world is another planet completely, overlaid upon terra and gaia - multiple dimensions, ya dig?

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oh, well, looking up gaia on wikipedia, gaia also means earth... oh well

This post has been edited by Malshun on 22nd July 2005 04:27

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The Planet's name is definitely "Gaia": Linkage.

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