You were a merchant aboard the S.S Dionysus, a food and supply ship heading to sector 100,100, 100 light years up and 100 to the right. Locally known as the "Omega" sector, as it is the last human settlement before the hostile life and conditions of the sectors beyond. The planets of its solar system are all barren making the inhabitants live underground, though mining is easy getting food for the military bases is rather difficult as they can only supply enough for themselves. You, however, can bring a few years food at a time to this sector.
But then it all went wrong. You were traveling just past sector 99,99, almost exactly a light year from your starting point, when the ships computer shut down. The lights turned off. Everything electronic had shut down. The captain and crew men told everyone it was just a solar flair... But you aren't so sure. The ships backup should be working if that was true...
Then the ship started shaking. You hear the guards yelling. You hear the backup powder guns going off. That is no good, you think, the guards are decent fighters, but they are used to having electronic weapons with electronic help in aiming and firing. You know what is inevitable...You run to your escape pod. You aim for the nearest planet. You launch.
In the next five minutes, every one else fallows suite. The guards abandoned there guns when they heard the ship's emergency siren going off. The hull had been breached. After the five minutes, the ship exploded. The only survivors are the ones who jumped to the escape pods. Now you are alone and heading for a potentially hostile planet...
Character sheet: Name: Age: Occupation*: Weapon*: Items*: Status*: Bio:
* The occupations you may choose from are guard, merchant, doctor, engineer, and crewman. The job you choose will effect your skills, starting weapons, and starting items. You do not get to choose the starting weapons, skills, or starting items. The status will be updated depending on how you survive, such as if you get attacked you might get a broken arm, you will get hungry, etc.
Name: Nomad Katarn Age: 40 Occupation: Guard Weapon: ??? Skills: ??? Status: Currently alive Bio: I was the only one on this ship that knew how to properly use powder weapons, although it appears I was a little rusty. I am from Earth, not an ET colony. (I don't really know what else to put in the bio)
Name:Phillip Age:23 Occupation*octor Weapon*:? Items*:? Status*:? Bio:was a doctor treating a case of the sniffles (wasn't enjoying treating these people stupid problems) when he heard the alarm and after the ship started shaking went straight to the nearest escape pod
Name: Nomad Katarn Age: 40 Occupation: Guard Weapon: Ares 32 Assault rifle [Damaged],Powder Revolver[6/30] Skills: Powder weapons, Laser weapons Items: None Status: Currently alive Bio: I was the only one on this ship that knew how to properly use powder weapons, although it appears I was a little rusty. I am from Earth, not an ET colony. (I don't really know what else to put in the bio)
You were the last one to make it out of the ship alive. Your ship had twice as much fire power than the strange ship, from what you can see it was a well-cloaked and small ship, maybe a fleet of them, that are commonly used for piracy. You fired a few rounds into the fleet, but you seemed to be the only one who knew how to use bullets. That is something useful you gained from now war-torn Earth... You managed to grab your laser rifle, though as all other laser weapons it is out of order, and your trusty bullet-revolver.
Your escape pod hits the earth with a soft thump. You push the button to open the pod, forgetting electronics are down. Instead, you kick the door down. Outside you see a swamp, the ground seems solid enough to walk on though a bit muddy. The trees are rather typical, like the swamps on other planets. Looks safe enough, so you step outside.
There are many things you could do fist, what do you do?
Name:Phillip Age:23 Occupation*octor Weapon*: Scalpel Items*: Antibiotics, Mask, Sterilizing spray Status*: Healthy Bio:was a doctor treating a case of the sniffles (wasn't enjoying treating these people stupid problems) when he heard the alarm and after the ship started shaking went straight to the nearest escape pod
Your escape pod finally hits the planet. Unfortunately, it seems to have hit the ocean, as you start sinking. Just your luck. You look around and think fast, hitting the button to order ignition. The power is out...
You remember you kept the scalpel from a small bone marrow operation an hour or so ago. Its a monomolecular blade, though not very large it can cut like a dream... You slash a hole in the top of the escape pod large enough to fit threw, causing water to poor into the pod. You kick off the pod and swim, in two strokes you arrive at the surface.
You put the scalpel back, you probably will need it later. Looking around you see a beach with a jungle like forest, the standard green. A little bit away you see another beach that looks like it has hills eventually becoming mountains. You can swim to both of them, though you may be exhausted as a result. The jungle is likely to have more resources, but you are more likely to run into hostile life forms, as you can see plants life is not far behind... Or you could head to the hills, were resources are probably more scarce but you are unlikely to meat any hostiles.
Name:Phillip Age:23 Occupation*octor Weapon*: Scalpel Items*: Antibiotics, Mask, Sterilizing spray Status*: Healthy Bio:was a doctor treating a case of the sniffles (wasn't enjoying treating these people stupid problems) when he heard the alarm and after the ship started shaking went straight to the nearest escape pod
Name:Phillip Age:23 Occupation*octor Weapon*: Scalpel Items*: Antibiotics, Mask, Sterilizing spray Status*: Healthy, Slightly Tired Bio:was a doctor treating a case of the sniffles (wasn't enjoying treating these people stupid problems) when he heard the alarm and after the ship started shaking went straight to the nearest escape pod
You swim to the jungle land, hurrying on the sand. Exhausted, you sit down for a second. You the stand up and brush the sand off of yourself. You examine the trees more closely. Most of the trees were pretty standard jungle trees, like the pictures, though there were several noteworthy ones. There was a medium size tree with blood red spheres on it probably fruit, though it has no branches and would be hard to climb as well as your lack of knowledge on the fruit. There was a sapling, that you may be able to turn into a weapon. Finally there was a piece of driftwood that you may be able to make a fire out of, if you can find soothing to spark. Or, of course you could go deeper into the woods to see what you could find.
Name:Phillip Age:23 Occupation*octor Weapon*: Scalpel Items*: Antibiotics, Mask, Sterilizing spray Status*: Healthy, Slightly Tired Bio:was a doctor treating a case of the sniffles (wasn't enjoying treating these people stupid problems) when he heard the alarm and after the ship started shaking went straight to the nearest escape pod
grab the drift wood find a nice lace to make camp high on the beach and head deeper into the jungle
Name:Bobby"JOKER"Jack Age:25 Occupation*:crewman Weapon*: Items*: Status*: Bio: after the war started his family saved enough money to put him in a training camp in space to save him so now he is a lone crewmen on some ship cleaning cooking and doing some maintaince
Name:Bobby"JOKER"Jack Age:25 Occupation*:crewman Weapon*: Hermes Laser Pistol[Disabled] Items*: Food paste [3], Water [6] Status*: Scrapped a little Bio: after the war started his family saved enough money to put him in a training camp in space to save him so now he is a lone crewmen on some ship cleaning cooking and doing some maintaince
You were on a small escort ship for the Dionysus, getting a small commission for scouting the orbit of the nearby planets to warn of any hostile attack. You saw several ships entering cloak and exiting from the planet, but before you sounded the alarm your power shut down. Your ship would not respond. Possibly worse, the orbit of the planet started to pull you in...
You prepared for a crash landing. You got one. You picked up speed as you went threw the atmosphere, eventually landing with a large thump and a flurry of sand. You and your ship seem to have came out relatively unscathed. Once the sand settled, you exit the craft to find yourself in a desert. Desert as far as you can see. You return to the inside of your ship to check for damage. On the outside you can see the hull is damaged enough to be useless as a space craft. You check the ship for anything that may be useful, finding a few packs of food mush and your laser pistol. Nothing that can repair the hull.
Now you sit in your chair and think. You won't find to much food or water in the desert, you will have to leave as soon as possible. But you have a space craft here, one you may be able to repair if you are able to find supplies. You have enough food and water for about a day, what do you do?
Name:Phillip Age:23 Occupation*octor Weapon*: Scalpel Items*: Antibiotics, Mask, Sterilizing spray Status*: Scratched, Tired Bio:was a doctor treating a case of the sniffles (wasn't enjoying treating these people stupid problems) when he heard the alarm and after the ship started shaking went straight to the nearest escape pod
You collect the driftwood and set it down on a place almost connecting to the jungle, were it should be safe from water.
You walk into the jungle, witch is uneventful for about an hour, before you hear a deep growl noise. Drawing your scalpel like a knife, you back up to a tree and look around. The growling gets louder. You are at wits end, when suddenly, a creature that is slightly smaller than a human jumps on you from above, knocking you down. You stab it in its foot, at witch it released a deep roar and your back. You stand up and take a glance, seeing a large bird like creature with ape-like hands and feet. It releases another growle, at witch two more of the creatures come down from the tree. Looking up the tree, you can see many more of these things.
You run like a madman, collapsing from exhaustion five minutes latter. The things didn't seem to follow you...Maybe there just territorial? Curious? Whatever they are, it may be best to avoid them...
You could return to camp and get some well needed rest. You could go back to the tree and try to communicate with the life forms. Though its not recommended, you could go deeper into the jungle.
Name:Phillip Age:23 Occupation*octor Weapon*: Scalpel Items*: Antibiotics, Mask, Sterilizing spray Status*: Scratched, Tired Bio:was a doctor treating a case of the sniffles (wasn't enjoying treating these people stupid problems) when he heard the alarm and after the ship started shaking went straight to the nearest escape pod
Name: Joseph White Age: 24 Occupation*: Crewmember Weapon*: ? Items*: ? Status*: ? Bio: Joseph got a good education, blew it because he thought he had a chance at athletic scholarship, gave up and joined the Navy. After his honorable discharge, he was offered a job on the Dionysus for his service, and he accepted.
Name:Bobby"Joker"Jack Age:25 Occupation*: crewmen Weapon*: Items*: Status*: Bio: after the war started his parents saved money to get him into space and make a life for himself
