Here is some inf on KOSMOS fyi

its not really that much if you think about it



KOS-MOS
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An android created by Kevin, though technically the KOS-MOS we meet
in Episode I has no knowledge of Kevin. The Prototype's head was
destroyed somewhere***, so the present KOS-MOS has no knowledge
of anything that happened before two years ago. Well, it SHOULD have
no knowledge of what happened, but it does.

Anyway, after Shion kills the Prototype, she and Allen create a new
KOS-MOS from the remains--they have to, since the black boxes are
the core units and cannot be duplicated since Kevin is dead--and that
is the KOS-MOS you see. This KOS-MOS can turn just about every part
of her body into a weapon and her weapons include automatic firearms,
scythes, scarily high ether compatibility, giant phase cannons, and
glowy hair. OoOoOooO. She can also increase and decrease her
weapons output, allowing her to take out fused masses of Gnosis as
well as do the dishes.

The black boxes in KOS-MOS left behind by Kevin, uneditable, also
hide secrets: they allow KOS-MOS to absorb Gnosis much like the Song
of Nephilim, (more proof that Joachim and Kevin worked together) and
they are also what allows KOS-MOS to sometimes show unusual acts of
emotion. These black boxes also allow her to create her E.S. in
Episode II; you'll know when the black boxes are activated whenever
KOS-MOS' eyes turn blue. In the case of the Gnosis absorbtion,
KOS-MOS is able to hack into the Durandal's mainframe and use the
Zohars as a power source.

More evidence that Joachim was Kevin's mentor is the fact that both
KOS-MOS and Shion's consciousnesses exist within MOMO, guarding the
Y-Data. Joachim probably had a part in creating those black boxes
with Kevin.

A consciousness that exists within KOS-MOS happens to be Nephilim,
who hacks into KOS-MOS' mainframe in the beginning of the game and
extends the Encephalon so that it covers the memories of Shion and
party; this is premeditated to give Shion the message that she needs
to save Cecily and Catherine and to also warn her of U-DO and what
KOS-MOS will become.

At the end of Episode I, KOS-MOS and chaos have an unusual
confrontation, and choas' hands start to glow. For this reason,
some assume that chaos and KOS-MOS merge somehow as KOS-MOS saves the
Elsa--this combined with the fact that KOS-MOS does have an uncanny
resemblance to chaos at that particular point in the game, and it's
angel wings that protect the Elsa, provides an interesting argument.

However, as there is no further evidence, this isn't something I am
ready to actually believe happened. Just something to think about.

In Episode II, KOS-MOS receives an upgrade that transforms her into
the KOS-MOS that is to battle U-DO, and Wilhelm mentions that when
the way to Lost Jerusalem is opened (and it pretty much is at the end
of the game) 'KOS-MOS will awaken.'

***We don't know where these events take place. It's either on the
Dammerung or in Ariadne; I stated it was the Dammerung before, but
I've come across some evidence (thanks to X CubeStation) that may
prove me wrong. Apparently, during the scene where Kevin gives
Cherenkov his connection gear, the building behind them (very hard
to see since Kevin's hand immediately comes up to block the sign as
if the developers were trying to hide something) says ARIADNE. The
buildings also look a lot like the buildings on Ariadne, so it is
most likely Ariadne, but because of the fact that it's very odd for
First Division to be operating on Ariadne, I've decided not to list
it as fact yet. What *is* fact is that it is either on the Dammerung
or in Ariadne.

by twinkbear

 

 

 

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ANd here is some for chaos

chaos
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BIRTHDATE: Unknown
AGE: Unknown; Appears 16

A mysterious boy, often the victim of yaoi fanfiction. He first
appeared when he was issued by (Commander?) Helmer to infiltrate
Old Miltia during the Miltian Conflict, to retrieve the U.R.T.V.s
before they made the grave mistake of trying to contain U-DO. He was
escorted by Canaan, and co-piloted the E.S. Asher with inhuman
skills. He and Canaan saved Rubedo and Nigredo, and he has watched
over Jr. ever since.

chaos has many interesting abilities: he can walk into rooms without
using the door, he can instantly kill Gnosis by touching them, he can
haunt peoples' daydreams, he can breathe in space--the list goes on
and on, and considering his real name is Yeshua, it's no wonder why.
'Yeshua' is the Jewish name for 'Jesus', who is the Messiah, which
the Patriarch mentions. (Note that he mentions 'Messiah', not
Jesus.)

chaos seems to have some kind of past with Wilhelm and the
Testaments; he and Wilhelm can telepathically speak with each other
and the Blue Testament, Virgil, calls chaos 'boss' at one point in
Episode I. Details are unknown.

credit to sam person

 

 

 

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Shion

Shion Uzuki
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BIRTHDATE: T.C. 4745
AGE: 22

Shion grew up in Miltia, but her early life wasn't a very joyful one.
Her mother was very sick for as long as she could remember, and her
father was often away on Ariadne. Much of her time was spent being
taught a form of jujitsu by her grandfather.

Abruptly, Shion's parents were killed--and right in front of her,
too. What happened exactly is unknown, but had Jin been there a bit
earlier, he would have been able to save their parents. Shion also
watched Febronia get killed in front of her by a mutated Realian
in order to save her.
From these incidents, Shion's insecurities about not being able to
help others are stemmed. (By the way, Febronia was her nanny, since
Shion's parents never had time to take care of her.)

Shion was eventually assigned to Vector Industries' First R&D Division
at the Age of 18 in T.C. 4763--very suspicious considering even Shion
believes that she really wasn't mentally fit for the position, yet
was stationed without question.

Kevin and Shion fall in love, and Kevin gives Shion his glasses, the
most romantic gift I've ever heard of. In Episode II, Allen crushes
the glasses like a bug, crushing his chances with Shion in the
process.

One day, the U-TIC infiltrated the Dammerung and awoke Prototype
KOS-MOS, causing KOS-MOS to go crazy and kill just about everyone,
including Kevin. Shion took his necklace as a keepsake and killed
Prototype KOS-MOS with a special gun.

Time passed, and KOS-MOS was reconstructed with the leftover data.

Shion's official title is Chief Engineer of the KOS-MOS Project General
Operation System Research Center, Vector Industries First R&D
Division. She's good friends with Allen--her inferior and one-sided
love interest--and Miyuki, a crazed inventor.

Most of Shion's time is spent working on KOS-MOS, the only thing she
has left of Kevin; the only happy thing in her life, it seems. This
causes her to ignore Allen's passes and by keeping herself busy she
is able to avoid solving family problems--specifically problems with
Jin. She is a very strong woman--at least on the outside--and you
won't see her get scared or sad unless you bring Kevin or a
thunderstorm into the picture.

Twinkber

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U-DO
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The consciousness of the Zohar. Also known as the 'Unus Mundus Drive
Operation' system, which makes about as much sense as it is truthful.
Truthfully, the Federation named U-DO that simply to label it; they
claimed (and claim) it was an A.I. in the U.M.N. stirring up trouble
when in fact it most definitely was not.

Whatever it is, it is some kind of energy of amazing power. It's
usually of a purple tint, and here's something interesting about
that: the color purple doesn't exist. When the human eye cannot
comprehend something, the color is purple. Purple isn't a real
color. Therefore, we really don't know what color U-DO is, which
just proves that it is beyond the physical realm.

When Cherenkov is haunted by strains of U-DO in the Cathedral Ship,
he swats at them, telling them to leave him alone and that they were
the wrong ones and blah blah. This is because Cherenkov believes
the strains are the people who surrounded him in his life, blaming
him for everything. Cherenkov may be hallucinating, but a
hallucination is very real to the person experiencing it. If you
watch the strains of U-DO carefully, they have faces; this is why
many assume that U-DO is a culimination of souls. And considering
that in Xenosaga: Pied Piper, Voyager is told to gather souls for
U-DO, that assumption can't be very far off. KOS-MOS' sensor system
cannot pick up anything U-DO is made out of; not even salt or water
like the Gnosis.

This is why some people believe that U-DO is a culmination of souls
brought about by the Zohar; in other words, if you touch the Zohar
and you die, your soul becomes one with U-DO. If you're on Ariadne
and Ariadne gets turned into Cathedral Ship--a Gnosis--by the Zohar,
your soul becomes one with U-DO. If you're killed by a Voyager who
made a deal with U-DO, he'll give your soul to U-DO. Of course, this
is just educated speculation.

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Thanks for the story summary - that's great. Some comments:

Once I got my mind around Xenosaga Ep. 1 (X1), especially with the mentioning of Eldridge, it was clearly evident that it was related to Xenogears (XG). I'm still waiting to find out exactly what the circumstances are that lead up to the crash of the Eldridge, though, and hopefully the later episodes will reveal this. It also makes perfect sense to me that KOS-MOS and chaos wouln't appear in XG, as XG takes place so far in the future and, more importantly, is completely isolated from the events not occuring on whatever planet the Eldridge crashed on.

As for X1, aside from a horrendous amount of backstory and confusing plot twists, there really didn't seem to be much story (and the summary above seems to indicate that as well). It seems like in X1 and X2, we're very close to the events leading up to the crash of the Eldridge, which makes me wonder just how much "big picture" story is in X2 (does Eldridge crash at the end of X2?). I guess for some reason, I was sort of expecting the crash to happen at the end of X4, since XG did a reasonably good job of explaining major events between the crash and the beginning of XG.

Any opinions on the quality of X1 and X2? I think they absolutely suck as games. The majority of the dialogue is way to confusing to be remotely comprehendable. I keep getting bombarded with new names, new terms, and "behind-the-scenes" action that makes no sense whatsoever. Couple that together with having days between playing an hour of the game or so, and - unless I write everything down - I can't follow the story worth crap. When I started playing X1, I was fascinated by the references to religion and philosophy, but now I'm realizing that these references don't really mean anything. They're simply tossed in there, I suppose, to make us think deeper thoughts. I guess the problem I have is that there doesn't seem to be any conclusions drawn about the nature of man, his relationship to religion or nature, or anything like that. Even in XG, they tossed around "Id" "Ego" and "Superego" like they were nothing. There's just no tie-in or comparison done, from what I can tell. I think a game like FFX speaks more about our nature and purpose than Xenosaga.

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Quick note on this: the whole U-DO being a collection of souls thing....is it related to the organization in Xenogears that was collecting dead bodies to feed into whatever it was they were building? (sorry for the vagueness - I can't remember any of the names).

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I dont know, i dont have the xenogears game

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The Xenosaga games were some of the best RPG's ive ever played, the battle system in ep 1 was mediocre, but the story is fine
Ep 2 had a unique and great story that had few problems to is but the battle system is what REALLY hit me its ws far better then the first one

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stifmeister659, I have to ask: is all these information came from the game itself, or from another source?

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The synosis is from me

everything else is from a faq

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