the USCM

Obviously all of USCM dungeons other than the prison were removed after the game's release, which sucks because those were always pretty cool. But there's still some USCM-related content that I feel is worth discussion. In the current version of the game, it seems that the USCM is a nearly-forgotten military program that has been disbanded. From various codexes, which are found solely in space dungeons, we know that they partnered with the Miniknog, who exploited their affinity for bioweapons and destroyed them internally, and the hostile bandit ships that can be found flying around are often former USCM members. My question: why was the USCM removed, and will we ever see more of them in future updates?

 

To make place for Protectorate, basically.

As far as I can make the lore out, it goes something like this: USCM was a colonial goverment, which was supplanted by Protectorate, entered decline (bandit ships are supposed to be USCM vessels, whose crew mutined), in desperation entered the deal with Miniknog, which eventually wiped them out with some bioweapon (it's implied to be Parasprite mob, but come on, those things are basically target practice).

So at the end of the day, Protectorate replaced them in both form and function, and I wouldn't expect to see more of them ever again.

 

And now the Protectorate is all but wiped out too, thanks to events in the story.

I do think the perilous situation humans are in would call for something a bit more human centric than the prorectorate because, face it, if the protectorate does survive, its future is going to be wrung out of human hands simply due to numbers.(the protectorate is an organization made up of many species, and while that may benefit humanity diplomatically, what about preserving human colonies and culture, or their lives for that matter?) Unfortunately the Occassus Cults are the only ones filling that human centric role at the moment. An organization like the USCM might be more needed than the remaining humans in power realize.

 

I think the reason USCM was removed was because it was too close to the Colonial Marines from the movie Aliens. Their weapons looked like the weapons from that movie, they looked similar, and I'm pretty positive that they were also called the USCM.

I could be wrong, though, but that's my take on it. If that's the case, it'd be fun if they were re-introduced again, just with some subtle changes. They didn't have to be removed entirely, and most of their techy stuff was just plain cool.

Maybe make the name mean something else, too, like the United Systems Command Military or something. Their weapons would probably have to be slightly changed, but I still think it'd be pretty awesome.

That said, I do think they need to add a Smart Gun like from the movie Aliens. Even if it'd be similar, that'd be awesome

Edit: http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/File:M56_Smart_Gun_diagram.jpg