Roll 12
Locations:Centauri University of the Unknown-Exam Arena
-Military hall (Everyone)
Actions:Kayle Silvertaugh-[4] The man looked expectantly at the two graduates. Kayle spoke up,
"I'm no medic but my soldiers and I have been shot before, so I have a small amount of experience treating such things in the field,"Admittedly, it wasn't very much experience, as her company had a great performance record, rarely being hit. Still, she wasn't about to lie to the man, so she gave her best answer. Kayle then turned to Varron.
"I'm going to see what I can do. Do you want to come along?"Varron Carse-[1] Varron's smile turned into a frown as he muttered,
"I may aswell... Shall we go?"The man nodded, and turned to exit the bar. At a quick pace, he moved to the shooting range, the two students lagging behind. Finally, he swept open the door. Varron noticed the unusual silence of the gun range. In fact, the closed chamber gave an almost eerie echo, the walls layered with a recent invention known as vibristeel.
This metal was laced with other elements giving it an extremely high absorption rate for the waves that do pass through instead of being reflected. This makes it ideal for both large starship chassis' as well as for walls designed to be soundproof and bulletproof.
On the floor lay Ivan, his wounds bandaged but with blood still oozing its way out. Ivan's breathing was irregular and short... and immediately he started to cough up blood.
"That's really got to hurt..." remarked Varron, observing the thin splatters of blood on the floor.
"What happened?" "You really. Don't. *cough* Want to know."Ivan the Adventurer-[6] The man spoke again.
"Your friend here has... somehow injured himself. The problem is that our only doctor is unavailable at the moment, and none of us know how to treat a punctured lung. We at least need to get the bullet out and patch him up for the graduation or we are all finished."
Suddenly, Milia rushes into the room.
Milia Kurasaki-[4]
"Someone called for help... IVAN!"Ivan, once again grievously injured, needed help. Again.
"You know, I'm not that good of a doctor. There's a bullet in your lung... we have to get it out somehow before it breaks through your lung's walls and... neeever mind.
Anyway, I've treated cuts and such, but bullet wounds?" She motioned over to Kayle.
"Do you happen to know how to remove a bullet?"Once again, the man reenters the conversation.
"You ahve to remember though,t hat the graduation is at 1200, and we really have to get going. Honestly, the sooner you can help, the better, but having a bullet in his lungs isn't immediately fatal, is it?"
Gogogo conversation mode.
Herros Machlan-[2] Meanwhile Herros made his way to the library in search of Milia, she knew how to string a bow. In fact the bow was almost ready, but it just needed a power source and to be strung. Unfortunately, Milia was nowhere to be found, anywhere in the library, at least. Maybe he can simply focus on the battery pack and allow Milia to string and test it after the graduation.
Caplus Orange-[1] During this, Caplus turned away from the hammer, in search of information about a war back on Earth. However, the hammer looks so
awesome. He can't simply pass this along. If only he could get ahold of it...
Amatin Seathunder-[1] Amatin, on the other hand, focused on more useful topics. He wondered to himself... thought was the fastest
thing known. One could think about Proxima Centauri and then about Polaris, and their thoughts would travel from one star to the other nearly instantly. The ability to travel instantaneously has been a scientist's dream for decades. However, as unfruitful as the idea has remained, there is still one thing that can travel at the speed of thought: thought! If Amatin could acquire any information that ever existed, he would know every enemy, every weakness, everything! He would be invincible! As a dark cloud formed in his mind, he furiously searched the shelves for a book on the matter. The answers must be his!
In his pocket, however, Amatin felt something. He couldn't quite make out what, until he reached in and pulled out the dragon fangs. He had never known a creature that at least looked like a dragon even existed, let alone seen one. he looked at them. He looked more closely, he wanted to know what they were, to understand them beyond their physical form. The black cloud now pervaded his mind, it took control of his imagination. Then suddenly, he saw it. A cold, bleak, starless night, the sky illuminated only by a cold blue light. His view then crossed the horizon. He saw rivers of brimstone flowing around him, then, he saw it, the dragon, standing, roaring, breathing its flames, taking to the sky and roaming about. He looked around himself, this looked familiar, even though he had never been here. He somehow knew the place's name: Vulcanis.
Amatin regained his senses on the floor. He was stricken by this. What had just happened? He struggled to remember the vision, to remember its purpose. All he remembered was one name, and that was Vulcanis. He had heard about the planet, and been aware of the shroud of mysteries surrounding it. Amatin shrugged, and dismissed his vision as the root of a future power that he would soon exploit. However, for now, he had to pay attention. For some reason, he was shaking. Rather violently, too.
Sensitized: -2 to actions when stressed. Lasts 5 turns.Jaffar Cole-[4] Jaffar sat at his desk, continuing his onslaught.
"vive le resistance..."
By now, the French algorithm had finished looking up the logical fallacy. By now also, Jaffar had utilized the time he had to hook up a section of robotic skin to a par of electrodes and then to the computer, hoping that the pain receptors would still work. Grinning, he held a fork in his hand, ready to bring this computer to its knees... er... no.
>Hi there.
-Hello intruder. How may I help you?
>You can help me by letting me in.
Immediately, Jaffa thrusted the fork into the fake skin. A first, nothing happened. Jaffar knew the computer was attempting to ope with the pain. He twisted the fork inside the artificial flesh, exposing some of the wiring which functioned as nerve endings.
The firewall finally replied, with a completely different attitude this time.
-You cannot hurt me, for I am invincible.
>Not sure about that.
-You cannot harm me. You are a mortal. You are...
Hmm, it cut off right there. Jaffar expected this, tightening the vice grip he had brought over. Again, the computer responded.
-You... cannot... win...
>Oh yes I can.
-I... Error at 0x000000: Memory Shutdown
Success! Now, Jaffar switched to the airshatter window. He checked the "Firewall down?" button, and hit the virtual switch. The program began to bruteforce the ROM, until the correct password was finally identified: "SwordFish". Wow?
Jaffar smelled burnt flesh, he then realized, these firewalls utilized organic chips, made from artificially replicated animal brains. he wasn't sure if the firewall was completely destroyed though. Damaged, maybe, but he had heard of numerous firewalls operating even after a major system fry. Theyw ere the most durable part of the system, and many times outlasted the armor used to protect the computer in the first place, such as in this case. He booted up the CPU's ROM, typed "detach firewall 0x01" and pulled out the firewall chip.
"Not so invincible now, eh Frenchie?" murmured Jaffar as he slipped the firewall into a storage case and returned to work. He looked at the clock: 1145, almost graduation time.
EDIT: hacking skill gained!Current Time: 1145Kayle Silvertaugh
Race: Cyrian
Traits: Strong | Overly Honest | Cyrian
Skills: Adept Marksman | Skilled Fighter | Competant Ambusher | Rusty Liar
Passive Abilities: Detection Field
Active Abilities: Drain Life
Armor: Black Bodysuit | Nanosteel Hazardous Environment Suit [19]
Equipped: GC MKIII Capacitance Laser Rifle [5] (24/30) | Custom VibroBlade (Sheathed) [5]
Inventory(42/150 kg)
Backpack [5]
-4x Reserve Oxygen Tank [4]
-10x High-Quality Class 12 Energy Cell [10]
-4x Class 12 Energy Cell (restores 25/30) [4]
Caplus Orange
Traits: Electromaniac | Debater | Ross
Skills: Novice Navigator | Proficent Repair | Adept Sniper | Proficent Gunslinger | Adequate Crossbowman
Passive Abilities: Liberty Field
Active Abilities: EMP
Armor: Patriot Medium Power Armor [30]
Equipped: M45 Gauss Rifle (6/10) [14] (2-handed)
Inventory(78/125 kg):
HKM-40 UPP (10/30) [5]
Ruger Mark VII Laser Pistol (9/9) [3]
Backpack [5]
-Binoculars [2]
-Duct Tape [2]
-Wrench [1]
Magazine Belt [1]
-3x 20mm Gauss Magazine [9]
-7x Class 9 Energy Cell [3]
-7x 7mm UPP Magazine [3]
Herros Machlan
Traits: Wacky Tinker | Sociopath | Centauri
Skills: Talented Tinkerer | Adequate Ranged Weaponary | Not Observer | Not Judge of Intent | Rusty Manual Labour
Passive Ability: One Sided Tech
Active Ability: Energy Surge
Armour: 4C3 Herroid High Mobility Frame [25]
Equiped: V9R Patented Patent Pending Disruptor Gauntlet [3] | S1NGE Magnetically Coupled Particle Accelerator Rifle (203/300) [7]
Inventory(50/150 kg):
10x Class 15 Energy Cell [10]
Toolkit [3]
Dragon Bone Compound Bow 25% [2]
Bow Plans
Ivan
Traits: Curious | Hearty
Skills: Competent Striker | Competent Dodger | Competent Pacifier | Competant Armor-User | Competent Swimmer
Passive Abilities: Must... Press.... Buttons...
Active Abilities: Randospelliousus
-Random Element Ball
Armor: Leather Cap | Leather Pants | Leather Jacket | Leather Shoes (All this [3])
Equipped: Silver Longsword [7]
Inventory(20/100 kg):
HKM-40 UPP (9/30) [5]
5x Stone [2]
20x Strawberry [1]
Health:
Both Arms
Upper Body
Left Leg
Punctured Lung
Milia Kurasaki
Traits: Deadeye | Nervous | Aroth | Backwater Aroth
Skills: Adept Archer | Adequate Tracker | Adequate Dodger | Adequate First Aid | Adequate Arrow Recovery
Passive Abilities: Heightened Senses
Active Abilities: Imbue Shot
-Alter Trajectory
Armor: Leather Quiver [7] | Sturdy Clothing | Anti-Ballistics Barrier Shirt [2]
Equipped: Well-crafted Longbow [3]
Hunting Knife [1] (Sheathed)
Inventory(15/100 kg):
6x Bandaid
Herbal Medicine [1]
Disinfectant Spray (3/3) [1]
Amatin Seathunder
Traits: Point-Blank Fighter | Prone to Rage | Aroth
Skills: Talented Leader | Talented Explosives User | Rusty Stealth | Rusty Diplomacy
Passive Abilities: Fearsome Presence
Active Abilities: Detonate
Life Transfer
Glimpse
Armor: Impact Suppression Pads ASP02 [5] | Heat-Insulation Suit AIS15 [3]
Equipped: Durgen Industries Impact Hammer [8]
Inventory(56/100 kg):
HKM-40 UPP (15/30) [5]
Revolver Missile Launcher WRL93 (3/6) [4]
NovaTech Direct Conduit Laser Projector (50/25) [7]
6x 7mm UPP Magazine [3]
2x Class 12 Energy Cells [2]
1x Class 15 Energy Cell [1]
3x 50mm Heat-Seeking Missile [6]
1x Lead Brick [10]
Durgen Industries Loudspeaker [2]
Durgen Industries Superglue
4x Dragon Fangs
Health:
Sensitized
Jaffar Cole
Traits: Thrives on Tension | Low Born | Polaric
Skills: Proficent Repair | Proficient Fighter | Talented Scavenger | Proficient Tinkerer | Adequate Hacker | Diplomacy | Not Dodger
Passive Abilities: Toxin Resistance
Active Abilities: Heartless
Armor: Blue Jumpsuit | Hanover Lt-13 Engineers RIG [10]
Equipped: Tangiers XX Sonic Mace [4]
Inventory(61/100 kg):
MiliTech B4Z O-0KA (0/1) [4]
Blastech Plasma Energy Bolter (45/50) [10]
Unidentified Fusion Cell [8]
5lr 3He Tank [3]
Robot Parts [5]
Targeting System [5]
Frenchman Chip
Utility Belt
-2x 70mm Shrapnel Rocket [2]
-2x 70mm AT Rocket [2]
-1x 70mm HE Rocket [1]
-Anti-Radiation Pills (4/4) [1]
-Plasma Recharger Sphere (5/5) [5]
-Toolbox
--Holo-Mapping System (currently empty)
--4x Oxygen Tank [4]
--Spacer's Rations (3/3) [2]
Varron Carse
Traits: Reactionary | Headstrong | Polaric
Skills: Skilled Melee Fighter | Talented Dodger | Competant Armor User | Competant Gunslinger
Passive Abilities: Motion Sense
Active Abilities: Gravitokinesis
Armor: Clothing | Cobalt Steel Plating [14]
Equipped: X-12 PPC (11/15) [4] | ExxTech VibroBlade (Sheathed) [5]
Inventory(32/100 kg):
Backpack [5]
-Plasma Recharger Sphere (5/5) [5]
-Rations (10/10) [4]
The Colonization:- Earth is the original home of the human race.
- Five colony ships--Centauri, Ross, Arcturus, Polaris, and Sirius--were built as a testament to mankind's engineering prowess. Construction began in 2024 and took seventy years to complete. Various factors hindered the construction, but as new technologies were developed to counteract natural disasters, construction of the five resumed.
- When the colony ship program first began, governments worldwide began to implement new political measures under the justification that anyone who disagrees can be stuck in a colony ship and sent off.
- Governments began to more-or-less unite in the footsteps of the European Union. Wars settled down and nations started to more-or-less coexist.
- When the colony ships left in 2100, an interplanetary navy formed to escort the colony ships out of the system. Some crews volunteered to escort the colonies all the way to their destinations, essentially travelling in the colony ship's hyperspace wake.
- The navy expanded its ranks as piracy inevitably became more prevalent throughout the system. Asteroid mining became more lucrative than on Earth, resulting in a steady economic boom as more companies formed to exploit the asteroid belt's natural resources.
- In 2105, the Centauri arrived at its target star, Proxima Centauri. Prior to 2020, it was thought to be a barren system without resources. From that year on, a habitable planet was discovered and the future colonists managed to safely settle on the surface.
- In 2110, the Sirius crash-landed on its target planet. All communication was lost (communication at this time was conducted using hyperspace probes, which carried messages faster than light) and the colony ship was presumed destroyed within a year of no contact.
- A year after the crash, in 2111 the Ross arrived at Ross 154. Scans of the system revealed two habitable planets, Ross Major and Minor. The colony ship was damaged by an asteroid and was forced to make an emergency landing on Ross Minor--a temporary setback. Colonization of Ross Major commenced about a decade later.
- The fourth colony ship to arrive, the Arcturus, did so in 2140, but suffered a major system failure due to a completely unexpected virus mid-transit. Nearly all data assets were purged as a result, including starmaps and instructions. The location of Sol was also lost, so no communications could be established. Fortunately, when expected date of arrival came, the colony on Arcturus was contacted from Earth, and previous notions that the colony ship was lost were disregarded. The colony called themselves the Aroth as a direct result of losing language records. The population agreed to choose a name that would stand out for centuries to come.
- In 2150, a man known as Mikail Cyrus assembled the remnants of the Sirius under his own name. A new dynasty was born decades after the inhabitants of Sirius were forced to return to a tribal-like state where bands led by chieftains prowling the surface of the planet. Though ruthless, Cyrus united the colony and forced its industrialization, allowing it to catch up in relation to the other four major colonies. Their arrogant mindset pushed them onwards and helped them persevere. Less than four years later, a message was sent to Earth, containing but one phrase: "Cyrus lives!"
The zeal which the Cyrians had for their nation led to numerous groups of fanatics arising out of nothing, maligning the Cyrians as thieves and pirates. Their damaged reputation far outlasted Cyrus himself. - The last colony ship to arrive was Polaris, over a full hundred years after launch in 2202. Despite this, all of science had dictated that it would take no less than four hundred with current forms of travel, but the Polarans knew better than to sit there and wait. In 2147, a man--whose name has since eluded records--managed to find a way to boost the ship's top speed tremendously. The previous colony ships had used hyperspace solely as a means to accelerate to near light speed. It was deemed a great risk to remain in hyperspace for too long, as an unexpected gravity well could shift a vessel's course and the resulting shift could lead to being lost in space. However, The mysterious individual secretly channeled massive amounts of power to the colony ship's engine, well past its operational limits. The source of this power remains unknown, but the resulting acceleration bent hyperspace itself out of the way, allowing the ship to cut through hyperspace, bypassing gravity wells and reaching velocities that have never since been matched.
- Today, it is the year 2999. The start of a new year is usually when corporations unveil new technologies, but a certain archaeology team claimed they found something that would revolutionize all of science. They plan to reveal it on planet Centauri in a mere 7 days, the amount of time before planet Earth once again finishes its orbit. Some still wonder why Earth years are still used--the common answer, of course, is for simplicity's sake.
The Worlds:- Partially owing to its small size and unique atmosphere, Planet Cyrus is to this day little more than a barren wasteland populated by humans. Centuries ago, when the Cyrian revolution began, the rapid construction of productive infrastructure led to the planet being absolutely over-polluted. What used to be a planet almost completely covered in diverse jungles became an endless desert, with overgrown forests being replaced with rocky plains over time. Many species were lost forever to extinction, and Cyrians to this day are accustomed to harsh conditions due to the extreme nature of the planet's new environment.
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