Friday, December 18, 2015

Sora no Kiseki the 3rd: Scrapped Files


Note: I've been debating with myself whether to post this for a while because this is not entirely recognized by Falcom. This is a little something quite different from the usual translations I do. Anyway, for those who have played Sora no Kiseki the 3rd before, you all know about the different "Doors" in the game. However, it appears that there are some unused stuff inside the game files that might've actually been doors that were scrapped. The things in this post are the "findings" supposedly from some Chinese hackers.

I must say here because it's important, I cannot 100% guarantee the authenticity of these "findings". These are merely stuff going around the Chinese fanbase. In any case, please just enjoy them for what they are, little fun asides ^^ Don't take them too seriously, even better, treat them as fanfiction. As far as I know, the images are authentic, just scrapped from the actual game. It's the stories that I'm not so sure about (because some things clash with what we know, or maybe they were ideas that got scrapped? who knows). So if there's anything certain you can take away from this post, the images are it.
Though apparently, the dialogue in Star Door #20 is recognized by Falcom? At least that's what people say.... don't ask me. There's also a video for this door, which I have provided the link for.


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STAR DOOR #16: Kloe's Graduation

After the end of SC, it's no more a secret that Kloe is the Crown Princess. However, her true identity does not affect her good friendships with Jill and Hans. They're all graduating and the three say their goodbyes to each other.


The three of them gather once more in the Student Council room to talk about their future.


As a last prank, when Hans goes out of the room, Jill requests Kloe to put on a wig. Her reason is that Kloe never once showed up with long hair during her entire time in Jenis Royal Academy despite being a girl. Kloe putting on the wig will be their last memory at this school.


Kloe agrees and puts on the wig, just when Hans returns to the room. Hans is greatly surprised at Kloe's new look, while Kloe blushes in embarrassment. Jill smiles, proud of herself.

In this way, amid a happy atmosphere, Kloe completes her studies at Jenis Royal Academy and successfully graduates.

STAR DOOR #17: Temptation of Alcohol

This talks about a story after Scherazard and Aina met at Grancel for the first time.


Scherazard returns to Rolent and finds that Aina is also there. She has been officially appointed as the receptionist for the Rolent Bracer Guild branch. In order to celebrate their reunion, Scherazard proposes that they go get a drink at the newly opened bar. Aina is surprised at first, but being an alcoholic herself, she agrees shortly after.


After sitting down at the bar, the two of them happily converse as they drink. Before long, there are lots of empty bottles on their table. At the same time, Scherazard realizes that Aina is a better drinker than herself. They get more excited the more they drink, and before they realize, they start to order really expensive wine while in their daze. When they go to pay for their meal afterwards, the employee tells them that it totals up to 20000 mira. 20000 mira...for a startup bracer like Scherazard, there is no way she has that kind of money. So, while under heavy influence from alcohol, Scherazard grabs Aina's hands and dashes out of the bar.


Seeing that, the nervous bar owner and employee immediately run out after them. The four people end up running circles around Rolent. When they pass by the Rolent Bracer Guild, Cassius just happens to walk out and bumps into them. After understanding the situation from the bar owner, Cassius pays the bill for them. However, Scherazard is unaware of that, and continues to run around Rolent with Aina in tow. Cassius looks at the two and can't help but laugh.

STAR DOOR #18: New Star of Hundred Days War

This door talks about Richard's contributions during the Hundred Days War.


During the Hundred Days War, the reason behind the Royal Army's victory is not only because of the legendary Cassius. There is one other who also contributed greatly, the new uprising star who stood out among his colleagues during the Hundred Days War, later on to be Colonel Richard.


Just before the Royal Army's retaliation attacks could achieve the last victory, the Imperial Army became desperate and began moving in recklessly on Liberl. In order to plan for their final attack, Cassius and General Morgan held an important war council inside Leiston Fortress. The mission to delay the Imperial Army's advances at the front lines was entrusted to Richard, who had outstanding performances during their previous retaliations.

After the war was over, Cassius highly valued Richard's abilities. Under Cassius' guidance, Richard became the new star of the Royal Army.

STAR DOOR #19: Betrayal of Stigma 

This door talks about an important event, the truth behind the Professor leaving the Church.
Weissman, an orphan who came from a place devastated by the Pillar of Salt, was taken in and raised by a charity organization of the Church. Thereafter, he began his new life there.

Time passes by quickly, and today is the fifth year after Weissman has been appointed bishop. In the morning, Rufina comes to Weissman's church as promised.


Weissman: So, have you come to a decision about what we talked about?
Rufina: Sorry, I'm not interested in that kind of power.
Weissman: Are you really sure? If we release the Stigma in your body, you'll be able to become one of the twelve Dominions. With your potential, you can even win over Selnate.
Rufina: Let me repeat what I said. I have no interest in the power of the Stigma. Weissman, you think I don't know? After becoming the bishop, you've been giving research information on the Stigma over to Ouroboros. If the Pope knows of this, you well know the consequences.
Weissman: Haha, no wonder they call you Rufina of the "Thousand Arms", you even found out about Ouroboros. That person is greatly interested in my research results.
Rufina: Why are you doing this? Why are you helping Ouroboros?
Weissman: What I pursue is the ideal of power beyond human. The reason I research on the Stigma is to pursue that ideal. The Stigma is far more complex than I imagined. That kind of power is like the will of the world, certainly very interesting. But now, I see an even greater goal and so I changed my mind.
Rufina: Are you talking about the Seven Treasures of the Goddess recorded in the holy scriptures? But research on the Seven Treasures is strictly prohibited within the Church.
Weissman: Hehe, I know that. That's why I found a place more suitable for that kind of research.
Rufina: I get it now. You handed over information on the Stigma to Ouroboros in order to gain their trust.
Weissman: Haha, think however you like. Rufina of the "Thousand Arms", this is goodbye then. Hehe.


After this meeting with Rufina, Weissman never showed himself at the Church again. Rufina reported all that was said with Weissman to the Pope, and after receiving this information, the Pope confirmed Weissman as a traitor. Weissman became excommunicated thereafter.
But, after that meeting, Weissman already went to Ouroboros and started his research on the Seven Treasures.

STAR DOOR #20: Enforcers' Truth (Work in Progress)

Video Link: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/wXOT58fM2XI

9 comments:

  1. Holy crap. I've been involved with working with some people on trying to drag this information out since we can read Japanese and not Chinese. It's just buried beyond belief and we don't have a hacker on hand to help.

    We're probably going to still try and track this stuff down in the game itself, but thank you so much for translating this! It helps immensely!

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    1. you're welcome ^^ and please do continue to track this stuff down in the game files, I'm really interested in what you guys find! Like I said up top, I'm not so sure the stories are authentic at all because in the chinese fanbase, there are people who think they're fanfiction written by some fan (and got spread around, gradually turning into fact... you know how the internet works ^^;) then there are others who say they're not. It's been years since the initial release of these "findings" so the original thread no longer exists...so I don't know which side to trust lol. It'd be nice if there's some sort of confirmation ^^ I'm especially interested in the rufina/weissman and enforcer scenes.

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    2. After one and a half year of looking for these doors, I'm afraid to conclude they're fake. I've turned over every single script file, including the debug ones, but no trace of these doors are to be found in the game.

      Just now, I stumbled upon the following reply to Door 19:

      這種白癡句號流一看就是falcomchina劍帝之魂的傑作
      實施上數據包裏根本沒文字
      當年早就批鬥過了
      沒想到三年后又有人上當

      What I gather from this -- and please correct me Raindrops -- is that it was 'made up' by Falcomchina yet is still being circulated as some kind of urban myth.

      Since I've ran out of files to go through, I'm declaring these Doors myself as a hoax, except for the one where Loewe hops on board of his Traumerei Dragion.

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    3. Ahh thanks for letting me know :) nice to get confirmation about these doors~ well I guess they were fun while they lasted :P
      If we go by what that guy said, then yeah, it's probably made up by someone called Falcomchina劍帝之魂. It's speculation on his side too though. He said there was a debate over these doors three years back.

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  2. Thanks for translating, hope you can translate every door, I'm really curious about Kevin past, his relationship with ries( is it romantic relationship or platonic?), joshua and Estelle moments( there's not enough moment of them in trails in the sky second chapter), and maybe I'm a minority on this but I want to see more Julia and Muller moments, they seem really compatible, anyway if you have time please translate it!

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    1. You're welcome! But I most likely won't be translating any more of the doors because I feel a possibility for localization :S And especially if you want to know about Kevin's past and Ries, that'll involve translating the entire 3rd main story...I'm not up for that, it's really too much work for me :S as for relationship between Kevin and Ries, it's not as clear as Estelle x Joshua, but I ship them a lot too hehe
      Julia and Muller... there's a door for them...maybe I can do that one since it's shorter than most...but again, it's probably at the bottom of my list. Right now, I'm trying to finish some of the things I started, namely the Ao no Kiseki scenario epilogue, that alone will take me a long time to finish. I'll think about other translations after that.

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  3. thanks for the translations.

    Is there any projects for 3rd evo? because the game is full voiced we can dig more information about The Anguises identity from star door 14

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  4. The voice actors are fairly arbitrarily cast so it's not something we can go by. Pretty disappointing.

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  5. Fake or not these ARE interesting stuff. And honestly with the exception of Richard's , these might as well be real since they don't effect the main story or history in any way. Kloe's one is flavor text for her graduation and Schera's is pretty much the same since she already knows Cassius by this point. Weismens and Rufina's is very possible since Weismen has a fetish for people with potential.

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