The human race is triumphant. After succesfuly developing space travel, they swarmed around the galaxy, colonising dozens of worlds. In doing so, they found numerous signs of alien civilisations: odd bits of technology, ruined desert cities of gold filagree and glowing blue light, abandoned scapyards... but no life. But soon enough, following the trail across the galaxy, they found them: the Enkari. Highly advanced lifeforms, they were all but extinct when the humans found them, claimed by a deadly disease. They bequeathed their knowledge to the humans, in the form of a datacrystal, hundreds of miles high. The humans brought the crystal to earth, where the scientists eagerly awaited a chance to experiment with the advanced technology. However, on the way to earth, a rogue military general, Amadeus Sungh, attacked the convoy with a small fleet, seizing the crystal. The rest of the humans counterattacked, and in the process, the vast crystal was lost, accidently blown apart by weapons fire. Only a few shards remained, and war broke out among the humans, fighting for the knowledge contained within...
Tuth Choss, Haron System
You wake up, and find yourself lying on a table. The room is dark, but you can make out banks of surgical equipment. You clutch your head, trying to remember something, anything before this room. Nothing, nothing apart from your name. You sit up, and climb off the bed. You hear a clanking noise, and stare in horror at your body. Half of it seems to have been encased in some sort of golden armor, with glowing blue cables snaking in and out of your skin. Twin golden gauntlets are affixed to your hands, and metallic armor covers your torso. Armor covers the lower half of your legs, and on your chest you see a green crystal affixed to the armor. Blue cables connect to this, and it glows eerily. Despite the armor, you can move freely. In fact, you feel light and flexible. Suddenly, the floor shakes and there is an enormous BOOM. You are knocked off your feet, but get back up again and rush to the door. It opens, and you stumble into a large hall, filled with people running away. You stare out of a window, and see tanks and soldiers charging towards the base...
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Name: Gender: Class: (Explained below) Skills: (Depends on class) (20 points to spend on attributes) Speed: (How fast you can move) Strength: (How strong you are) Power: (Your current psionic power) Endurance: (Determines health) Health: (10x Endurance) XP: 0/10 Level: 1
There are three classes:
Telepath
Ability to read and control minds, and also incapacitate peoplewith psychic shocks.
Telekinetic
Ability to mentally control objects.
Melee
Able to project psionic energy blades, and turn invisible.
Skills
Skills allow you to do things. There are many types of skills, ranging from offensive ones such as Barrier, to passive ones such as Lockpick. Each class has their own Skills. As a telepath, you start off with Mind Read, and either Stun or Collapse (Makes the target lose control of legs and arms). As a telekinetic, you start off with Levitate (Move small objects without touching them, and either Freeze (Freeze targets heart) or Burn (Burn small objects). As a Melee, you start with Energy Blade (Project two psionic energy blades, and either Cloak, (Become invisible for five seconds) or Charge (increase speed to insane levels for five seconds)
Levelling Up
You level up every time you gain ten XP, either from defeating enemies or completing a difficult task. Every time you level up, you may add 5 points to your stats, and I will offer you a choice of new skills.
I will accept ONE person for this RPG, and I will be inviting that person. If they refuse, it will be open to anyone. Feel free to ask any questions.
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 6 Strength: 6 Power: 7 Endurance: 6 Health: 30/60 XP: 1/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade, Laser Cannon (1 ammo)
*scratches head* Hmm...this is hard to choose. But since I think I'll be dealing with robots a lot, I choose Datalink. Okay, I'll keep searching the ship. I need to find that girl.
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 6 Strength: 6 Power: 7 Endurance: 6 Health: 30/60 XP: 1/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade, Laser Cannon (1 ammo)
Good choice. You and Aquillane hurry through the ship, finally arriving in the science lab. The scientists are nowhere to be seen, but the girl is floating in a tank full of clear blue liquid. Tubes connect to the nape of her neck, and you presume they provide her with food and air. She is unconscious. Her armor is sleeker than yours, and although the basic design is the same, hers looks like an upgrade of yours. The gauntlets look like gloves rather than armor, and the crystal on her chest is silver - green rather than your plain green. There is a crescent moon shaped network of technology around her left eye. Suddenly, a scientist walks into the room, screams, and dashes for the alarm. Aquillane stops him, but he pulls out a thin metal cylinder from his lab coat and fires a beam of yellow plasma at Aquillane. He is thrown backwards, and collapses concussed on the floor. You knock the device out of his hands, and hurl him on the floor. What do you do next?
P.S - Datalink also works with computers, so you can use mind read on them too. Stun would shut it down, and mind control would be very useful.
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 6 Strength: 6 Power: 7 Endurance: 6 Health: 30/60 XP: 1/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade, Laser Cannon (1 ammo)
I'll Stun the scientist for now. You know, that description reminds me of this girl. Anyway, after stunning the scientist, I'll do Mind Read on the computers. I want to know what's going on with this girl, before I release her.
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 6 Strength: 6 Power: 7 Endurance: 6 Health: 30/60 XP: 3/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade, Laser Cannon (1 ammo)
Christ, that's WEIRD. I never knew Strop could draw so well.
Aaaaaaannnnnnyyyyywaaaaaaaaaayyyy... Yes. You mind read the computers, and they tell you that the scientist spends most of his time posting on /b/. And that Project Number 003 is near biomechanical completion, but neural controlling implants have yet to be installed. You call up the schematics for Projects One and Two. They don't tell you anything about your past, but mention that neural controlling implants were succesfully installed. Just then, the second scientist walks in, sees you, reaches into a pocket, and presses a button on a strange device. You feel a shooting pain in the back of your head, and you slide into unconsciousness... Your fingers slide down the computer keys... Which button did you press? The green one, ore the yellow one?
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 7 Strength: 8 Power: 8 Endurance: 7 Health: 30/60 XP: 1/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade,
KAAAAaAAaAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! Lolololol! The look on your face... Yes... Sooooooooo... *Desperately thinks of narratively satisfying way out* Ah! The computer dies, sending a mass surge through your telepathic link. It's enough to fry the implants, and you blow the scientist to kingdom come with your laser. You immediately blow the implants in Aquillane's mind. Next move?
And Sonic, what do you want? Are you just hanging around on my thread?
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 7 Strength: 8 Power: 8 Endurance: 7 Health: 30/60 XP: 1/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade,
Yay! Out of curiosity, what would've happened if I'd pressed the green one? I'll mind read the computer console to see if there is a weapons/armor/food/water cache onboard, and if so, where. And when the neural download in the girl will be complete.
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 7 Strength: 8 Power: 8 Endurance: 7 Health: 25/70 XP: 9/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade, 8x Protein Pack, 8x Energy Drink
Boom.
Okay, the computer tells you that the download will be complete in eighteen minutes. It says that there is a small kitchen just past the robot spider spider depot. You decide to leave Aquillane there to guard, and head to the kitchen...
Five Minutes Later:
You brush the bits of spider brain off your armor, and hurry to the kitchen. You find: 8 Protein Packs (+20 Health), and 8 Energy Drinks (+10 Health, can be used as a glue). You rush back, but stop off at the medical bay. The medical robot restores you to full health, and you gain: 3x Syringe (+Full Health). Okay, the alarm rings as you arrive in the science lab. You meet up with Aquillane, and prepare for a fight.
Okay, do want to stay, fight, and gain an ally, or cut your losses and run for the escape pods?
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 7 Strength: 8 Power: 8 Endurance: 7 Health: 25/70 XP: 9/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade, 8x Protein Pack, 8x Energy Drink
Stand and fight. I have a feeling that if this new experiment joins the enemy, she'll be worse than the boss dude. Can I like, lock down/barricade the room. I'm sure it won't last, but it should at least wear down the enemy first.
Name: Deimos Praelium Gender: Male Class: Telepath Skills: Mind Read, Stun, Mind Shock, Datalink Speed: 7 Strength: 8 Power: 8 Endurance: 7 Health: 70/70 XP: 9/20 Level: 3 Inventory: Scalpel, 1x Energy Blade, 8x Protein Pack, 8x Energy Drink
Okay, you drag a few tables around you, and Aquillane grabs the plasma blaster that the scientist used.
A huge, hulking, metallic batle robot moves into the room. It's about six metres tall, and has a pair of energy blades on each hand. It roars with programmer fury, and charges towards you. Aquillane blasts it with the plasma beam, but it quickly recovers. Battle Robot Health: 95/100 What's your opening attack?
I know it's unoriginal, but it's 1am in Britain, and I really should be asleep.
