Mad_Scientist Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Is it just me, or does Obsidian have a creepy and disturbing obsession with hydrospanners? Playing through KotOR II, I've noticed that they are mentioned entirely too many times, and in weird cases. I'm telling you, there's something wrong here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 It's just you. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Examples... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Scientist Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 Examples... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eh, I can't remember them all, but next time you play through the game, keep an eye out for the hydrospanners... and you'll see it.... you'll see it! :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Brooks Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Each mention of "hydrospanner" is an echo of a previous mention. You'll notice that one particular droid had a hydrospanner stuck inside it. As if it were a wound in the droid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Scientist Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, it's just mentioned an aweful lot. Each example by itself is nothing, but all of them together... (Minor spoilers below, so beware.) Like when you ask Bao-Dur about his arm, and he makes a joke about how it kept dropping his hydrospanner. Or on Nar Shaddaa, Tien(Is that his name) keeps mentioning a hydrospanner. "Where's my hydrospanner?", "If you use the workbench, make sure you put the hydrospanner back in its proper place", stuff like that. Or on Dxun, the mandolorian who's repairing things mentions stuff about hydrospanners. Something about how he was "never very good with a hydrospanner", I think. And isn't there an option for you to say something like "I'm very good with a hydrospanner, let me help"? Isn't there also something about using a hydrospanner to smash motivators on something? Can't quite remember where this occured, though. Not to mention the whole hydrospanner quest on Dantooine. And don't forget how when you fail to repair T3 at certain times, you can say something like "Whoops! Must have left my hydrospanner in there!" And also, when you install the pasifist package in HK-47, he mentions something like "Be careful, I have seen how you use a hydrospanner" Seems like I'm forgetting some. Edit: I also forgot, hydospanners are even in some of the cut content. In the HK-Factory quest that was cut, for example. One of the droids there was apparently supposed to help train droids for torture. This particular droid had a few programming issues, it seems, and mentions something about "Do not spare the fusion torch or hydrospanner!" in a deranged voice. Hydrospanners as torture implements... they're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topaz Quasar Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 More importantantly what the hell is a hydrospanner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 The term hydrospanner always makes me think of Star Trek. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Scientist Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 More importantantly what the hell is a hydrospanner? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good question. It seems quite versitile, whatever it is. It can fix hyperdrives, repair communication devices, repair or strip down droids, and even double as a torture device. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderyak Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 More importantantly what the hell is a hydrospanner? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good question. It seems quite versitile, whatever it is. It can fix hyperdrives, repair communication devices, repair or strip down droids, and even double as a torture device. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hydrospanner: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topaz Quasar Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 <_< Why couldn't they just call it a "wrench?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufflover Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 <_< Why couldn't they just call it a "wrench?" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Cos it's gotta be sci-fi-fancy . It does make me think Star Trek but I think it was made famous by Han Solo in Empire Strikes Back; "Bring me the hydrospanners!" (and bang, down onto his head, ouch ) Pure Pazaak - The Stand-alone Multiplayer Pazaak Game (link to Obsidian board thread) Pure Pazaak website (big thank you to fingolfin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguars4ever Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Examples... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eh, I can't remember them all, but next time you play through the game, keep an eye out for the hydrospanners... and you'll see it.... you'll see it! :ph34r: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Slowly back away from the machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Scientist Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 Examples... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eh, I can't remember them all, but next time you play through the game, keep an eye out for the hydrospanners... and you'll see it.... you'll see it! :ph34r: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Slowly back away from the machine... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did you miss my other post? The evidence is there! The proof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguars4ever Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, it's just mentioned an aweful lot. Each example by itself is nothing, but all of them together... (Minor spoilers below, so beware.) Like when you ask Bao-Dur about his arm, and he makes a joke about how it kept dropping his hydrospanner. Or on Nar Shaddaa, Tien(Is that his name) keeps mentioning a hydrospanner. "Where's my hydrospanner?", "If you use the workbench, make sure you put the hydrospanner back in its proper place", stuff like that. Or on Dxun, the mandolorian who's repairing things mentions stuff about hydrospanners. Something about how he was "never very good with a hydrospanner", I think. And isn't there an option for you to say something like "I'm very good with a hydrospanner, let me help"? Isn't there also something about using a hydrospanner to smash motivators on something? Can't quite remember where this occured, though. Not to mention the whole hydrospanner quest on Dantooine. And don't forget how when you fail to repair T3 at certain times, you can say something like "Whoops! Must have left my hydrospanner in there!" And also, when you install the pasifist package in HK-47, he mentions something like "Be careful, I have seen how you use a hydrospanner" Seems like I'm forgetting some. Edit: I also forgot, hydospanners are even in some of the cut content. In the HK-Factory quest that was cut, for example. One of the droids there was apparently supposed to help train droids for torture. This particular droid had a few programming issues, it seems, and mentions something about "Do not spare the fusion torch or hydrospanner!" in a deranged voice. Hydrospanners as torture implements... they're everywhere! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm somewhat at a loss at how you've managed to pseudo-perversify those. :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasar Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Hydrospanners make little sense. If a spanner was made of water, wouldn't it just fall apart? And if you used it to fix electrical appliances, wouldn't they short out because of the water? I'm sticking with ordinary spanners, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanida Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Eh.. I think Hydro is short for hydraulic in this case. So some kind of future improved spanner with vast possibilities it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revan Si-Darlo Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Don't forget the well-known scene with Kreia about Visas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FI_Obi-Wan Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Hydro....could be relating to water or oil or sopme other kind of liquid. Spanner..it is a British term for a wrench. WTF would you do with a water wrench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitron Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Hydraulic Wrench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl28 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 "Hydro" means: connected with or using the power of water showing the presence of hydrogen "Spanner" means: 1. A wrench having a hook, hole, or pin at the end for meshing with a related device on another object. 2. Chiefly British-A wrench. "Hydrospanner" kinda sounds cool, but I am willing to bet it is some sort of perverted inside joke at Obsidian. What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, it's just mentioned an aweful lot. Each example by itself is nothing, but all of them together... (Minor spoilers below, so beware.) Like when you ask Bao-Dur about his arm, and he makes a joke about how it kept dropping his hydrospanner. Or on Nar Shaddaa, Tien(Is that his name) keeps mentioning a hydrospanner. "Where's my hydrospanner?", "If you use the workbench, make sure you put the hydrospanner back in its proper place", stuff like that. Or on Dxun, the mandolorian who's repairing things mentions stuff about hydrospanners. Something about how he was "never very good with a hydrospanner", I think. And isn't there an option for you to say something like "I'm very good with a hydrospanner, let me help"? Isn't there also something about using a hydrospanner to smash motivators on something? Can't quite remember where this occured, though. Not to mention the whole hydrospanner quest on Dantooine. And don't forget how when you fail to repair T3 at certain times, you can say something like "Whoops! Must have left my hydrospanner in there!" And also, when you install the pasifist package in HK-47, he mentions something like "Be careful, I have seen how you use a hydrospanner" Seems like I'm forgetting some. Edit: I also forgot, hydospanners are even in some of the cut content. In the HK-Factory quest that was cut, for example. One of the droids there was apparently supposed to help train droids for torture. This particular droid had a few programming issues, it seems, and mentions something about "Do not spare the fusion torch or hydrospanner!" in a deranged voice. Hydrospanners as torture implements... they're everywhere! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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