Dragonnova
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So, as a few of you might know, I've talked off and on about an antagonist insectoid race meant to act as a swarming scavenger like race that live in giant hives that fly through space with stolen engines and armor plating. Neat?
No? Well ok. But regardless I wanted to do something with them. And since I don't want to go through the excruciating task of putting something through the NTSE when I'm not even sure if it'll be interesting enough to warrant an attempt, I thought to give it a shot in the Open RP.
So here's the basic idea. A freighter belonging to a Yamatain merchant gets attacked out in the expanse of the frontier of nepleslian space. Their SOS transmission doesn't specify who is attacking (As it's obviously an alien they've never seen before) but local authorities arrive to see the wreckage stripped mostly bare. Taking a few life pods that remain to send back to their home country, they don't see any sign of the attackers except for a interesting armor plate that doesn't fit the destroyed ship. Crushed against the inside of it is one corpse of the buglike alien. Deciding to take it and autopsy it to figure out what the hell it is before notifying anyone else, they take it to the nearest starport down planetside and hand it over to the medical staff on site.
The thing is that it's not quite as dead as they thought. Though injured the insectoid lets out an odd screech that interferes with all frequencies of communication for a bit. As it flails it has to be put down, but what it did becomes apparent soon enough.
With thousands of its angry bretheren closing in, the colony is evacuated save for a small number that try to load the cadaver for study elsewhere (Now that they're certain its dead). However, the hanger carrying their escape shuttle has its automated defenses overrun and even though they sealed it off, they're now without an escape.
They have some luck, as a nearby mercenary frigate is nearby, and agrees to take the dangerous mission of doing a rapid pickup and escaping before the bulk of the swarm arrives. Until then, the guards, locals armed with the garrison's weapons, and medical staff must hold the starport for as long as they can till their escape arrives, with hundreds more drones touching down planetside every minute.
So where do you all come in? Be one of the brave souls holding the facility! Whether through marksmanship, coordinating the facility's defenses, or jury rigging traps and other chicanery, keep the swarm from reaching the landing chamber! Species really doesn't matter for characters as nepleslian space generally is a melting pot of races.
As an aside, I did entertain the thought of having the merc frigate carry a PA compliment to punch through the swarm in order to arrive, but I am not good with PA tech and its action. Though I'm certainly open to someone else running that side!
Questions, submissions and anything you'd like to say, feel free!
No? Well ok. But regardless I wanted to do something with them. And since I don't want to go through the excruciating task of putting something through the NTSE when I'm not even sure if it'll be interesting enough to warrant an attempt, I thought to give it a shot in the Open RP.
So here's the basic idea. A freighter belonging to a Yamatain merchant gets attacked out in the expanse of the frontier of nepleslian space. Their SOS transmission doesn't specify who is attacking (As it's obviously an alien they've never seen before) but local authorities arrive to see the wreckage stripped mostly bare. Taking a few life pods that remain to send back to their home country, they don't see any sign of the attackers except for a interesting armor plate that doesn't fit the destroyed ship. Crushed against the inside of it is one corpse of the buglike alien. Deciding to take it and autopsy it to figure out what the hell it is before notifying anyone else, they take it to the nearest starport down planetside and hand it over to the medical staff on site.
The thing is that it's not quite as dead as they thought. Though injured the insectoid lets out an odd screech that interferes with all frequencies of communication for a bit. As it flails it has to be put down, but what it did becomes apparent soon enough.
With thousands of its angry bretheren closing in, the colony is evacuated save for a small number that try to load the cadaver for study elsewhere (Now that they're certain its dead). However, the hanger carrying their escape shuttle has its automated defenses overrun and even though they sealed it off, they're now without an escape.
They have some luck, as a nearby mercenary frigate is nearby, and agrees to take the dangerous mission of doing a rapid pickup and escaping before the bulk of the swarm arrives. Until then, the guards, locals armed with the garrison's weapons, and medical staff must hold the starport for as long as they can till their escape arrives, with hundreds more drones touching down planetside every minute.
So where do you all come in? Be one of the brave souls holding the facility! Whether through marksmanship, coordinating the facility's defenses, or jury rigging traps and other chicanery, keep the swarm from reaching the landing chamber! Species really doesn't matter for characters as nepleslian space generally is a melting pot of races.
As an aside, I did entertain the thought of having the merc frigate carry a PA compliment to punch through the swarm in order to arrive, but I am not good with PA tech and its action. Though I'm certainly open to someone else running that side!
Questions, submissions and anything you'd like to say, feel free!
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