Scenarios were originally intended for developers so they could write OOC stuff but still have it run in the ST engine, the original plan never considered public contributions.
Later, when people started modding the game editing the main game code to create their own stories, Scenarios were introduced in V2 as a single-file, no-custom-asset thing. The rpy story file that was loaded to the game would usually contain the most information needed.
In V3 established the idea of include a selected few scenarios to bundle them withing the game, since then each main release has been including different bundled scenarios to show newcomers about what it can be done in scenario mode, bringing up more people to the community and animating them to create their own scenarios.
V2 had no scenarios bundled yet, the only one that came with the game was this 10-second example explaining the correct way to edit rpy files, today, ite has been replaced by the tutorial scenario made by the new developers.
Scenario Example is a small curiosity that shows a bit of the history of the beginnings of ST and that ended up creating a community of TF creators helping to keep the game alive between updates.
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