One last burning question I desperately need an answer too :-D

Please note the following pictures:

M One in steel

M One in galaxy

M One in Perez

M Onein PI

The question that has plaqued mankind, okay so maybe just me , is who is M 1 and just exactly what did he do to get 4 THAT'S F O U R statues scattered throughout Paragon City? Was he really that awesome or did he just have a really, really, really good PR man?

About all we know for sure is he was a Tanker (from one of the exploration badges in the echo of Galaxy). No idea exactly when he was on patrol in Paragon City. No clue if he retired like Galaxy Girl or was killed in action. His outfit looks a bit like a World War 1 or even 2 aviators .. did he serve during one of those wars and THEN become a hero or was he already a hero and not unlike Captain America used his powers to help win the war.

Okay the boring technical answer ((OOC)) that would/will drive the role players and Canon Lore fanatics crazy is pretty simple. Without even consulting a dev ... we wanted to put up a bunch of statues around the city. We only had a few protypes to begin with including M One. We placed them where we wanted a statue to be and then things got busy, launch date arrived and we realized (after someone pointed it out) that the guy at attention and saluting behind Positron in Steel Canyon seems to be all over the place. Opps.. oh well too late now and we have more important things to fix. Yeah I know That's sort of boring even to me LOL

So let's make stuff up and create a history for the man of many statues (keep in mind these are just the ones you can see all the time.. M-1 is also the exact same statue you find in the devastated square on the mission map that lets you defeat the other world Psychi Clockwork King and numerous other missions you get through the portals in PI. )

So here's my idea:

M One, also known as Shawn Davies, was a Super Hero that joined the fight alongside Statesman during the war. He actually took his hero name from the old M-1 rifle used by foot soldiers. Strong as an OX and a loyal friend of Cole he gave his life to save their platoon by throwing his body on top of a UXO (UnExploded Ordanance). That selfless act allowed Statesman to live and return to guide the heroes of Paragon City in defending life, liberty and the American way. His friend Statesman personally appealed to the city parks commision and had several statues of their departed ex hero constructed so his valor and heroic act would never be forgotten. Eventually statues were placed in Steel City (where he grew up), Galaxy City (where he and his wife lived before he left for the war), Peregrine Island (near the site of the recruitment office he visited to volunteer for military duty, and in Perez Park (which he had spoke of often during the war as his favorite place to go and play as a youth).


See now doesn't that sound better than .. we just forgot to replace him with another staue befoe we launched and just didnt feel like wasting time afterwards? lol

NEXT..........

Very good question. I'd not even equated them all as the same and I generally enjoyed getting the history plaques more than most badges

the only thing I can add to your post is that I think in this instance, an M1 refers to a tank as in the M1 Abrams etc rather than a rifle.

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

Galaxy Girl had her specific statue. As well as the Talos one too. I wonder if there were specific ones for each Zone?

There are 2 statues in Perez (Avatar and one I can't recall) and also Peregrine in PI.

Posi said in his lore post that there's a backstory to him, but it's in a design doc he no longer has access to.

I think Positron mentioned that he himself didn't know anything about this guy, but did say there was probably a file on him somewhere in the CoH dev mainframe. We will never know...

M One thru portal

Okay just to update I was running some Marie Missions in PI and was able to grab a shot of our mystery man again.

If Posi mentioned that a lot of the badges and other items were on the spot it makes perfect sense. Sadly there is probably no one left to confirm anything IF THEY EVER KNEW FOR SURE. Knowing that I think it is quite possible that M-1 was simple used as a place holder for another potential statue that just never got made before the game went live. Considering how many bugs they find and need to deal with even after an update the fact that the multiple copies of the statue went unchanged isnt suprising at all. Even if someone realized it way back then I bet they had far too many other issues to resolve to worry about a couple copies on one statue being left in game.

Oh and by the way .. This was more of a fun teaser than any sort of urgent need to know before the lights go out. hmmm I have enough pictures maybe I will create an AE story showing the origins of M-1 and why the city decided to honor him!