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Craboduck · 01-19-2017, 09:08 AM,

Hello, I've been freelancing around since the game was out and only recently started reading Frank Herbert's Duna series (actually started from prequels in chronological order). And I see an obvious analogy between Cardamine from Malta and Melange from Arrakis: euhporia, prolonged lifespan, enchanced awareness, fatal withdrawal, etc..

Which makes me wonder if Freelancer could actually be Dune's long-shot prequel? Other then that, I could only call it a bad case of plagiarism or is it really such a widespread cliche, never thought about Freelancer in that way before..

sindroms · 01-19-2017, 09:19 AM,

There was once a rather extensive list of similar substances used in SCIFI, actually. Though I do not recall what the link was. But ye, cliche.

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**Sombs** · 01-19-2017, 09:19 AM,

You know, drugs were a thing before people wrote about it.

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~~Divine~~ · 01-19-2017, 09:26 AM,

The Spice must flow.

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As far as I know there was a random event in STELLARIS as well about drug grass on a planet that prolongs lifespan.

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Foxglove · 01-19-2017, 09:39 AM,

There are a few tropes that fit Cardamine and the Outcasts. The former would be Fantastic Drug and the other Cursed with Awesome. So, yeah, it's happened before on an abstract level.

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