The two discuss for a moment until Quintillius finally breaks and hands Astri his pistol, a pained look on his face. She grins wryly and stuffs the gun into her belt before helping Quintillius strap the breastplate on. He checks to make sure its firmly secured and nods his approval.
You all face north and begin your journey, the girls leading the way, discussing what will come next and planning for the future, with the pair of grumbling men bringing up the rear, still having not introduced themselves. [5 - No Rations Consumed] A day passes, none of you bothering to stop to eat or rest, all of you still in top shape from the your training days of forced marching. The sun crawls over the horizon and continues the beating it laid upon your hunched forms all yesterday as you push forward, already beginning to sweat again. [4] Cassia holds up one hand, bringing the party to a sudden halt.
You guys hear that? A low, sputtering whine wafts across the sand to your collective ears. You all scan the desert, heads turning slowly, with hawkish eyes closed into slits by the harsh sunlight. Alia stops abruptly and raises one slender hand.
There. A small powered sled comes barreling over a dune and slides to a stop just at its crest, the screeching whine of its fusion engine settling into a low purr. [2] The hatch is flung open and a man sticks himself halfway out. He reaches for something long and grey thats strapped to the surface of the sleds armoured hull and hefts it in your direction. [5] You all drop your packs and spread out as the sniper rifle cracks, throwing up sand around James' feet. The man swears loudly in a language you don't recognise and works the bolt on his rifle.
SeriousConcentrate - Cassia Barbatius
Appearance: Cassia is a short woman who looks to be in her young to middle twenties. Her hair is black, long, and wavy. Usually, all of it but a few bangs to frame the left side of her face is kept back in a thick braid, secured every three twists or so with leather bands. Her face is heart-shaped and seems to emphasize her large, dark brown eyes. Her skin is a light brown in color and generally unblemished by the rigors of combat. In short, she looks every bit the bright, chipper, fresh-faced rookie who has no idea what they're in for that she actually is.
Gender: Female
Strength (STR): 1
Dexterity (DEX): 5
Constitution (CON): 3
Intelligence (INT): 1
Charisma (CHA): 0
Inventory: Com-Link, 9mm Pistol, Rations
Status: Wearing a synthetic tunic and a matching belt with a pistol shoved into it. Carrying a knapsack containing rations. Wearing a Com-Link on your left ear.
Implants:
Second-Hand Repulser (Free)
Auto-Cannon - Left Arm (CON)
Lawastooshort - Astri Atrocium
Appearance: Astri is quite slim, very pale, and has ash grey hair in that kind of fashionable bowl cut that everyone has these days. Bright-eyed, smooth-skinned and open-faced, she seems to believe she can smile her way through all of life’s challenges. It’s mostly worked so far!
Gender: Female
Strength (STR): 1
Dexterity (DEX): 2
Constitution (CON): 1
Intelligence (INT): 1
Charisma (CHA): 5
Inventory: Com-Link, 9mm Pistol, Mechanically-Assisted Composite Longbow (Mech-Bow), Twelve (12) Titanium Arrows, Rations
Status: Wearing a synthetic tunic and a matching leather belt. Carrying a knapsack containing rations and a full quiver of arrows. Wearing a Com-Link on your left ear. Carrying a mech-bow.
Implants:
Fast Diagnosis Module (FDM - Free) - A small implant that replaces your corneas. Allows you to scan patients in order to speed diagnosis and find the problem more quickly. (+1 to healing rolls. instantly identify the requirements for healing a wound or curing a malady.)
Tiruin - Alia Tenryn
Appearance - Standing at the height of 5'4", Alia is a human of Asian descent; with light brown skin and jet black hair falling as far as her arm. She seems scrawny and thin, petite in figure but has a strange curved tattoo on her right wrist.
Gender: Female
Strength (STR): 1
Dexterity (DEX): 1
Constitution (CON): 0
Intelligence (INT): 5
Charisma (CHA): 3
Inventory: Com-Link, Three (3) Heavy Javelins, Rations
Status: Wearing a synthetic tunic and a matching leather belt. Carrying a knapsack containing rations and a large makeshift sleeve containing two heavy javelins. Wearing a Com-Link on your left ear. Holding a heavy javelin in one hand.
Implants (one INT/free implant remaining):
IN Corpore Sanare (free/INT) - Derived from the ancient language of Latin, this technically means Healing in the body. This customized implant was designed to speed up the rate of healing - and included, the metabolism of the user - to 'patch up wounds as fast as lightning', as the commons say.
It passively reduces healing duration by one turn.
NRDL - James "Jim" Sejanus
Appearance - Tall, of medium build, with sleek black hair, very short, very smooth. Black eyes, a dark, angular face, and rounded ears.
Gender - Male
Strength (STR): 2
Dexterity (DEX): 3
Constitution (CON): 2
Intelligence (INT): 2
Charisma (CHA):1
Inventory: Com-Link, Vibro-Sword, Titanium Shield, Rations
Status: Wearing a dark red synthetic tunic and a matching leather belt, a Vibro-Sword hanging from it within its dark leather scabbard. Carrying a knapsack containing rations. Wearing a Com-Link on your left ear. A Titanium Shield is strapped to your left arm.
Implants (one free implant remaining):
N/A
Unholy_Pariah - Quintillius Vikus
Gender: Male
Appearance: 6'4", brown hair and eyes, white skin, entire body riddled with scars.
Strength (STR): 2
Dexterity (DEX): 2
Constitution (CON): 4
Intelligence (INT): 2
Charisma (CHA): 0
Inventory: Com-Link, Titanium Breastplate, Vibro-Sword, Rations
Status: Wearing a synthetic tunic with a titanium breastplate covering his chest, and a matching belt with a vibro-sword strapped to it. Carrying a knapsack containing rations. Wearing a Com-Link on your left ear.
Implants:
Stiff Shell (Free)