What is the story of the Program skins?

KatarinaAndFeed·Nov 28, 2016·3 votes·21,623 views

So can anyone shed some light on the story behind the program skins? Who created them, why did he create them? Which timeline do they belong in?

14 Comments

BunnymapNov 28, 20161 votes

I think project Camille has a voice line to mecha skins saying something about them being outdated, so they probably exist in the same timeline as the mecha skins, just later on and more advanced

GreenLoreNov 28, 20161 votes

She says that to MZ-Sion though,who is the mecha-prototype,so it makes sense that he'd be considered outdated.

GreenLoreNov 28, 20161 votes

Well it looks like the program skins exist in the same AU as the Project skins(if you look at Program Camilles interactions you'll notice that she has a ton of project-related lines). The Mecha and Star guardians might also be part of that skin-universe(as Program camille has a few lines for Mecha-Zero Sion and SG-Jinx has lines for Project and Mecha skins),but those lines might be just for fun,so we can't be sure about that.

Overall it looks like the program skins took over a city/country/whatever,with each of them fullfilling a different task(Soraka is a medic,Camille an assassin and Lissandra seems to have some sort of construction job). Judging by Camilles lines,it seems like the Programs were actually responsible for the creation of the Projects(or at least controlled them for quite some time)

RiotKindlejackNov 29, 20165 votes

There is no official connection between skin lines currently - they are all stand alone. This may change in the future but the reasoning behind this is that we'd rather leave it to the players imagination to create whatever rivalries and alliances they choose (such as that awesome Dark Star Thresh / SG Janna art).

Program being sentient AI that have wrestled control over a city from their human creators is pretty much on the money. I imagined Lissandra as more of a hive-mind queen, controlling everything from behind the scenes. Surely menial tasks fall to the legion of iBlitzcranks lying around :P

SpideraxeNov 29, 20162 votes

Would the army of IBlitzcrank be like the secret police, silently abducting people with their near invisible hooks

RiotKindlejackNov 29, 20167 votes

They could use their hooks to help old ladies cross the street.

zap and you dieSep 24, 20171 votes

And kill them while doing that with static filed :l,noone can get close.

zap and you dieSep 24, 20171 votes

noone belives in that story,PROGRAM skins came AFTER PROJECT,so question stands,who and why?

GreenLoreSep 24, 20171 votes

Man you replied to a 10 month old comment even though a rioter gave me already a response to my comment. Way to necro a thread...

Also its not like riot always has a clearly thought out story for every skinline.

Tesla EffectNov 28, 20161 votes

Mecha, Project, Program, Battlecast, all the same universe.

zap and you dieSep 24, 20171 votes

and they have few lines on Aurelia Sol when using E,so what a hell is going on?

Tesla EffectSep 24, 20171 votes

No connection and yet plenty of references across all the skin lines of a connection....ok Riot, I dont agree with this stance at all.

KëköJan 2, 20181 votes

So I kinda think mechas were the first appearing on the robotic process,and after their failure and malfunction (Since well,mz sion lines shows he's malfunctioning and all of mecha skins splash are not on cities or friendly places) So people continue on project skins but someone corrupts some of them,making them another failure. Lastly, program are made by someone who wanted them to take down cities and finish everyone and everything I guess.