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This page is an archive of content about or relating to Vickers's War that is either not used or no longer canon. This includes removed lore, along with content repurposed in Vickers's War in some way.

Originally, VW was set in outer space. Sci-fi weaponry such as laser guns were the norm, and all travel to and from locations involved spacecraft. Locations were set on planets instead. Later, the setting was changed from outer space to the Afterlife to solve several problems with having locations as planets.

The Everempire was originally simply titled the Empire, and had a capital city known as Vonzek. They were not as powerful, and originated in the far north instead of at the top of the world. In illustrations, Imperial technology was actually rather subpar compared to the other nations, with the standard Imperial soldier wearing a simple chest rig over body armour, and carrying a skeletonized submachine gun. The Imperial Army did not use chemical weapons, but rather Blue Ice - a nitrogen-based liquid that solidified when fired, forming large spikes that can impale and incapacitate vehicles. In the main story, the Empire was easier to defeat, and was actually fully conquered and occupied by the opposing Coalition force. They would later be changed to be more powerful and with a clear political ideology, taking inspiration from tyrannical regimes and empires in the real world.

The Commonwealth Unity was originally known as the Unity of Five Planets, and was meant to be the primary friendly faction in which the protagonists were meant to be a part of. In lore, they were a representative democracy heavily inspired by cold war America, enjoying a high standard of living while dealing with labour disputes, pro-fascist political blocs, terrorism, and a refugee crisis. In the epilogue, the Unity would be taken over by fascists and a second war would be fought against them. The Unity wore full armour suits which are largely unchanged from present lore, but with more hard armour plating, face shield, and a blue digital visor. The standard issue UAF rifle was a blue laser rifle, with laser submachine guns reserved for special forces. Originally, the Unity was to play a much large part in the story, as all the main characters were apart of it. This was later changed to have Tartarus take center stage in the story.

The Unity Special Operations division was originally larger. This was meant to be the main unit that the main characters would be a part of. Originally, the USO would swell to a massive size during the outbreak of war, enough to single-handedly attempt the Raid on the Gate, known then as Operation Demon Gate 2044, involving 2044 USO special operatives and 20,000 regular army forces. The USO wore black plate armour, closely resembling Star Wars's Republic Commandos.

Before, the main characters did not have last names.

Originally, Michael Hartwick wore an exoskeleton suit with a face shield, and carried an M9 Beretta and M249 Light Machine Gun. Michael was meant to wear army green fatigues, and was supposed to be a german immigrant to the United States. The exoskeleton was deemed to be overcomplicated, and was removed.

Artemis Vickers was originally written to be the british daughter of an SAS operative killed in the line of duty, and her primary weapon was an MP5 Submachine Gun with a classic Aimpoint Red Dot Sight. She wore a kevlar german GSG9 fragmentation vest with the word "POLIZEI" on the front, and a hard armour upper chest plate over it, similar to Halo's Spartan Air Assault. She used flashbang grenades and had a more CQC-oriented combat style. Artemis has also been portrayed with a hood and gas mask.

Adrian's early appearances featured a bullet resistant leather jacket. This design looked badass as fuck but was removed since it was too complicated to draw and also made no sense as a special forces operative. Adrian is also no longer a special forces operative. Adrian's weapons at the time were an M4A1 Carbine with either an Aimpoint Red Dot or a compact scope of fictional design. He carried molotov cocktails at all times.

Kaitlyn originally carried an unknown bolt-action rifle, probably a Mosin-Nagant. This was changed to be a bump-fired SKS rifle with a 30-round magazine and eventually became the Masha Gun. Kaitlyn was also supposed to design her own weapons including her pistol, and foldable, twin-barrelled anti-tank rifle that fired .50 BMG out one end and 12 Gauge out the other. This was scrapped.

The world that the story took place in was meant to have a clearly defined ancient race of godlike beings with the power to create entire universes as energy sources. The emperor was originally meant to belong to this race, along with some of the main characters. This idea was scrapped for being too stupid.

The Rqilae were meant to be an active enemy faction initially aligned with the Empire known as the Crimson Eyes. They lived on a planet hidden in the north-west, and employed assassins, spies, warriors, and scouts. They wore red, alien-like armour and primarily used melee weapons. Artemis was originally meant to either be from this race or have a lot of respect from it. The Rqilae originally built massive ancient temples guarded by robots. This was later removed for not adding much to the world, and the Rqilae are now but a race of non-humans with a grander past than their present.

There was originally planned to be a massive prequel centered on the Rqilae-Human War. Alternate history concepts of ancient human cultures such as the Chinese, Medieval Europe, and Indians were created, with added ideas such as primitive helicopters, ancient gunpowder weapons, fire lances, and artillery, and ancient cavalry that somehow had automatic weapons. This entire prequel was scrapped.