You are the children of a dead planet, EarthSpam, and this death we do not comprehend. We shall take you in, but may we ask this question--will we too catch the planetdeath disease?
//- Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. --The Conclave Bible, Datalinks -//
Earth, 2060. A small group of colonists leaves the ravages of Earth for a distant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri's primary star. Their ship, the United Nations Starship Unity, carries them on their journey to a new world and a new hope for humankind. Along the way a reactor malfunction damages the Unity, precipitating a crisis among the ship's seven most powerful leaders. As they enter the Alpha Centauri system, the crew splits into seven distinct factions, divided not by nationality, but by ideology, and their vision for the new world. After the ship breaks apart, the seven leaders guide their chosen crew down to the surface of Planet, seeking their destiny beneath an alien sky.
Unity Crew Manifest
Lt. Commander Deidre Sky
Position: Chief Botanist/Xenobiologist aboard the Unity
Country of Origin: Scotland
DOB: 05-28-2025
Height: 170.1
Weight: 52.2kg
Born 2025, Edinburgh Scotland, father a U.N. security consultant assigned to various crisis locales worldwide. Studied at Cornell University School of Agriculture, acquired Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Masters in Biology, Ph.D. Biology and Genetics. Immediately distinguished self with deep intuitive knowledge of plant strains and ability to intuit powerful genetic manipulations at Bionex Research Lab, White Plains, N.Y.
Later worked for Red Cross and United Nations Disaster Relief Fund to revitalize radiation contaminated areas with highly specialized biostrains (Skye variation v097 apple and Skye Mark IV wheat strain considered as highest examples of adaptable biogenetics in contaminated soil). Selected as top candidate for Mission Botanist/Xenobiologist by U.N. Alpha Centauri Mission Committee, appointed against wishes of Chief Science Officer Prokhor Saratov.
Relies on deep intuitive sense combined with scientific knowledge for determination of future actions. Powerful mind and will combined with broad base of knowledge leads her to excel in chosen area of expertise. Sense of isolation from childhood events (e.g. divorce of parents) and pre-launch events reinforces strong tendency to introversion.
Strong connection to environmental causes may cloud scientific judgment; strong democratic leadership style may result in subject placing welfare of loyal subordinates above welfare of mission as a whole. Appeals to reason should prove effective in discouraging these behaviors.
Faction:Gaia’s Stepdaughters
“In the great commons at Gaia's Landing we have a tall and particularly beautiful stand of white pine, planted at the time of the first colonies. It represents our promise to the people, and to Planet itself, never to repeat the tragedy of Earth.”
-- Lady Deirdre Skye, "Planet Dreams"
Name: Director Nwabudike Morgan
Company: Morgan Industries
DOB: 02-24-2005
Height: not on file
Weight: not on file
Born 2005, of African royalty. Nwabudike, using seed money to buy and sell weapons during the Sahara Burst Wars, was able to purchase a private mercenary force to claim a series of diamond mines from a defeated enemy nation. Leveraged his growing wealth to expand into several other businesses, including mercenary forces, U.N. escorts, brokering food deals, and creating Morgan SafeHaven Hotel Fortress chain "for the discriminating executive."
Additional Notes (full disclosure): When Russian economic system crashed again in 2058, Morgan Industries was retained by the U.N. as one of several private businesses to work on the sprawling Unity Project. Work completed in a timely manner. Nwabudike Morgan's whereabouts currently unknown.
Faction: Morgan Industries
"Human behavior is economic behavior. The particulars may vary, but competition for limited resources remains a constant. Need as well as greed have followed us to the stars, and the rewards of wealth still await those wise enough to recognize this deep thrumming of our common pulse." -- Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly"
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Name: Lieutenant Corazon Santiago
Position: Security
Country of Origin: Puerto Rico
DOB: 11-05-2026
Height: 171.8 cm
Weight: 56.8kg
Subject possesses strong discipline and ability to suppress own needs and comforts for greater goal. Physical skills and abilities top-notch; subject shows great pride in physical conditioning and disdains weakness. Mental agility and will to survive are superior; highly tenacious.
Possible danger of explosive physical violence with subject due to deep wounds suffered as a child, but subject's exemplary ability to control and channel these responses has made her a model soldier.
In spite of reservations, subject comes with exemplary references, and subject's unshakable will to survive could prove beneficial in difficult missions. Recommend subordinate position in security force
Faction: Spartan Federation
"Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together, a geometric effect on overall military strength. Well-trained, well-equipped troops can stand up to many more times their lesser brethren than linear arithmetic would seem to indicate." -- Col. Corazon Santiago, "Spartan Battle Manual"
Name: Lt. Commander Miriam Godwinson
Position: Psych Chaplain
Country of Origin: United States
DOB: 04-04-2014
Height: 168.6cm
Weight: 5502 kg
Faction: Lord’s Believers
The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress. Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow, God still watches and judges us. Evil lurks in the datalinks as it lurked in the streets of yesteryear. But it was never the streets that were evil.-- Sister Miriam Godwinson, "The Blessed Struggle"
Name:Foreman Domai
Rank:Civilian Contractor
Position:Director of Planetside Mining Ops
Country of Origin:Australia
DOB:06-17-2011
Height:195 cm
Weight:100 kg
Faction: Free Drones
"Now it's day and night the irons clang, and like poor galley slaves
We toil and toil, and when we die, must fill dishonored graves
But some dark night, when everything is silent in the town
I'll shoot those tyrants one and all, I'll gun the flogger down
I'll give the land a little shock, remember what I say,
And they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones in chains to Botany Bay."
-- "Jim Jones", Traditional
Name: Cha Dawn
Rank: N/A
Position: N/A
Country of Origin: Unknown
DOB: Unknown
Height: 114.3 cm
Weight: 27.2 kg
Faction: Cult of Planet
"Mankind has been blind for thousands of years-for all of its history. We have come to a place whose wonders are a hundred-fold more amazing than anything on Earth. Around us is clear evidence of the will of a higher power. I bring the Vision to the blind eyes of men. I bring the Word to the deaf ears of men. I will make them see it. I will make them hear it." -- Prophet Cha Dawn, "Planet Rising"
Name: Director Pravin Lal
Position: Chief of Surgery
Country of Origin: India
DOB: 05-03-2006
Height: 172.0cm
Weight: 68.2kg
Faction: U.N. Peacekeepers
"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last loose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."-- Commissioner Pravin Lal, "Librarian's Preface"
It’s that time again! Time for another attempts at a Spam AAR!
This time i’ll be tackling the classic Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, which is over 15 years old! Alpha Centauri is one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played, and I’m hoping I can tell a compelling story with it.
As per tradition, the various factions will personify various people from spam.
I personally will be playing your glorious capitalist overlord, Morgan Freeman.
Instead of first-come-first serve, the factionheads will be picked via a horrible nepotistic display the free market. Hail Morgan Industries and the Rules of Acquisition!
Factions
The Gaians:
The Morganites: Sora
The Spartans:
The Believers:
The Free Drones:
The Cult: Drakel
The Peacekeepers:
//Morgan Industries Data Management Solutions: Keeping Information Safe since 2052
//Please enter a username and password:
>jazzyr0se
>*************
//Welcome, NAMENOTFOUND!
>open “morganPrivate1”
/* --Personal Log - Mission Year 2101. Title: Planetfall
Reentry did not happen as smoothly as initial simulations had suggested. I suppose that was to be expected, given the circumstances.
The whole mission had been thrown into chaos ever since the Reactor was sabotaged.
How do I know the Unity was sabotaged? Why, the whole ship was practically assembled solely by Morgan Industries subcontracters! I was very clear to all my subordinates that the quality of the Unity was not to be sacrificed. No doubt it was one of Deidre’s ecological campaigns against nuclear power, or the doing of that naive Lal to prevent the possibility of radiation sickness. Regardless of who caused it, the reactor failure was only the beginning of our problems.
After the Unity’s captain was murdered by some rogue element, Security officer Yang took charge as the ship began its final movements towards the Planet. Of course, without the main reactor the ship wasn’t able to slow adequately to allow the planned deorbiting maneuvers. Yang tried to keep order and fix the reactor alongside science officer Zharkov, but the majority of workers didn’t care for Yang’s severe methods. Especially not that Australian, Domai. I suspect one of Domai’s minions is to blame for the explosion that disabled the main reactor beyond repair. The explosion took out nearly all the senior officers, save for Deidre, Lal and that fanatic Godwinson. Luckily for me I had my own private quarters built into the Unity on the other side of the ship -- with reinforced walls.
Naturally, given the lack of leadership after the Captain’s and then Yang’s death, I stepped forward to take control of the mission. I might not have been a part of the Crew’s official manifesto, but I was certainly the only person on board with enough leadership to see the ship safely planetside. After all, I had run and international - no, now interstellar business conglomerate. What had Deidre run but a hydroponics garden? Bah.
Many of the Unity’s crew rallied around me - though many of the fools were drawn in by the gimmicks of the other so called “leaders” of the unity. Deidre’s green-freaks, Santiago’s gun-nuts, Domai and his worker’s revolution, Lal and his naive flock. Oh, and of course, Godwinson’s brainwashed loonies. It was practically war on the Unity - almost ironic, given the ship’s name.
The only thing that kept the others from tearing themselves apart was their own fear of survival - no one dared fight too brashly lest the ship itself come into danger again.
The uneasy cold war continued until Planetfall. The Unity’s approach vector was far too steep and too fast. I fear that Morgan Industries lost many valuable assets in the thick atmosphere - most of the Unity’s datalinks were damaged, and different colony, survey and resource pods scattered across the surface. With some luck, myself and most of my followers landed relatively unharmed, and I have incorporated Morgan Industries’s Planet Headquarters. Survey teams report that we’ve touched down on one of the large islands in the northern hemisphere. It seems that we’re the only ones here. Contact with any of the other misguided fools is nonexistant - with luck, they didn’t survive reentry, and won’t stand to oppose Morgan Industries’s growth in this new market.
My data analysts, however, say that such luck is unlikely. My tech specialist, a miss Sinder… Rose, I believe? has assured me that others made it down to the surface. However, with damaged equipment and interference from the Planet, contact is currently an impossibility. She assures me that this problem will be remedied.
It is refreshing to have such competent assets in my possession despite all of the unfortunate difficulties in arriving here. I predict profitable futures ahead.
--End Personal Log of Nwabudike Morgan*/
>open “initialSurveyFindings”
//Accessing Morgan Industries Cartography Databases….
//Angel Notes:
//Atmosphere levels are toxic to human respiratory systems. We’re just lucky it doesn’t burn the skin on contact.
//Significant flora scatters the planet. What luck!
//Some sort of spore-based organisms seem to swarm in the waters to the south-west. Xenobiology seemed very interested to find that out.
//Geothermal vents detected south of HQ. The CEO was pleased to hear of nearby abundant energy reserves. Something about “energy based economy being the future”
//Several Unity pods crashed around the area. The onboard computers seem to have guided them towards interesting sites. All survey teams are to investigate possible crash sites.
//Scouts report seeing a large obelisk in the northern hills. Yes, an Obelisk. Some people say there might be advanced alien life on this planet. The scout’s reported feeling strange “energy” when approaching the alien structure
>clear caches.all
>logout
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>access “appliedSciences”
//Accessing Morgan Industries Applied Sciences Log Database...
>search “alien”
//Showing entries matching search criteria:
//”alien_monument_1”
//”alien_monument_2”
//”alien_xenofungus”
//”alien_xenofungus_2”
//”alien_report2109”
//"alien_trauma_report"
>open ”alien_monument_1” + ”alien_monument_2”
/* - alien_monument_1 -
Sent a survey team towards the unknown structure to the north again, this time for a close inspection. Their results are shocking.
First, contact seems to result in some sort of knowledge transfer between humans and the structure. The team reports hallucinations of battle and fighting, but they struggle to bring to light any more details than that. Forwarding this to the Sec departments for possible training purposes.*/
/* - alien_monument_2 -
More news has come to light. Apparently one of the survey team members was suffering allergic reactions to certain native-plant spores. After contact with the monument, she is no longer reporting any difficulties with allergies. Further study of this effect are required. */
>open “alien_report2109”
/*alien_report2109: Audio Transcript
Voice 1: This is Survey Group Alpha 001 - Location: 4 clicks west by northwest of HQ. In recovering a survey pod in the xenofungal blooms we’ve discovered something. It’s.. uh, definitely not from the Unity. Over.
Voice 2: Any and all objects of value found near a pod are to be brought back to base for inspection. Over.
Voice 1: This thing wasn’t made by humans, sir. Over
Voice 2: I said bring it back to base. Now. Over and out.
End Transcript*/
//Angel Note:
>main
//Welcome, CHIC_NINJA
>search “morgan inquirer headlines”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//15 Results found. Showing first five results
//”Morgan unveils new terraforming technology - Red Soils give Green to Morgan Industries”
//”Morgan Industries Colonization Programme Launched - First Volunteers Launched. One step for man, one giant step for Morgan Industries!”
//”Crazed Man Claims Planet Covered With Aliens - Man Locked In Secure Location”
//”7 ways YOU can serve your company better - An Opinion Piece by CEO Morgan”
//For Images, please use MorganNet’s image database browser!
//Here is a sample image for your search terms:
>clear caches.all
>logout
//Welcome to the MorganNet! You are connected to the Morgan Industries HQ Network Node.
//Please enter a command!
>login dataninja *************
//Welcome ADMIN!
>search a “alien”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//134 Results found. Showing first five results
//”alien_tech”
//”The Morgan Inquirer - Why Aliens are just another communist plot, with CEO Morgan”
//”aliens_network”
//”alien_attacks”
//”mfpcl61vpaliendrevhdnqtq”
>open “alien_tech”
/*Private Log - R&D Department
This is the fifth alien artefact we’ve received this month. It feels like the whole island is littered with them. PR is playing the aliens down, though. Don’t want to cause a panic, they say.
Regardless, these things have been a boon to R&D. Publically we keep playing them off as recovered tech from the Unity Crash from a decade ago, but some of this stuff we couldn’t dream of while we were in deep space. Some of the biocycling techniques that are going into the new recycling tanks are directly drawn from what the Defense Force has found out there in the wild. This is a researcher’s dream!
End Private Log*/
>search images “Public Relations” + “Research”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//4 Images Found:
//Source: “Morgan Announces new planetary network - “MorganNet: From Node to Node, MorganNet will serve your needs.” Dated: 2119
//Source: “Advances in laser technology promise a safer, brighter tomorrow!” Dated: 2122
//Source: “Biogenetics: Or Why Recycling Everything Is The Future” Dated: 2125
//Source: “Science Monthly: Time to get EXCITED about new High Energy Chemistry!” Dated: 2127
>search a “fung”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//102 Results Found. Showing first five results:
//”8 Animated Images of Foot Fungus” Source: Chirpfood
//”The Red Menace: The Health Dangers of Dining on Untreated xenofoods and fungus”
//”fungus_worms”
//”antifungal_virus””
//”The Fungus Is ALIVE! It THINKS! Crazed mans spouts conspiracy in newest tell-all!”
>open “fungus_worms”
/* - “fungus_worms” - Defense Force border post, auto transcription -
Voice 1: The attacks are becoming more frequent.
Voice 2: They’re just worms. What’s there to worry about?
Voice 1: I hear they can crawl in your mind. Twist it. Make your biggest fears come to life in front of you.
Voice 2: Bullshit, ain’t nothing that can do that. You’ve been watching too many holovids.
Voice 1: I know what they’ve told me. I just hope they stay away from the bases.
Voice 2: Wow you’re such a coward! Even if those worms come up this way, we’ll smash ‘em on our boots. You with me?
Voice 1: Yeah. You’re right. Don’t know what’s gotten into me mate - first rounds’ on me tonight.
Voice 2: Damn right it is.
End Transcript.*/
>open “morganVault” *********
//Welcome, Morgan.
>open “morganPersonal2131”
/* --Personal Log - Mission Year 2131. Title: Exchanging Tips
The scouts have finally reported what I’ve long suspected - we’re on a large island. It’s probably a good thing - we saw much larger landmasses on our approach. They were very red - no doubt they’ve crawling in the fungus.
R&D has finally come up a way to remove it in large quantities - the formers are on their way to clean it up. If the scout’s reports are accurate, then those worms -- those mind worms -- come from inside the fungal spreads. I want those as far from my company as possible.
The scouts found a foil crashed from Unity in working condition - I’ve ordered a sweep of the coastline. It looks like the fungus is adapted to the sea as well as the land - we’ll have to begin building some way to clean the seas of the stuff as well. Hostile wildlife is bad for business.
Whoever was on this planet before was very generous - we’ve found more artefacts than we really know how to deal with! I’ll have them stowed safely near the future base-sites. Once they’re hooked to MorganNet, we can rip out whatever is hidden inside them. We’ve learned so much from those little trinkets.
On the topic of aliens, the monuments are performing as expected. R&D has found a way to tap their inherent energy - use them as a kind of power source. The areas around the monuments are fertile and seemingly rich in minerals - whether this is a result of the monuments, or the reasons they were placed there, I don’t know.
The work on setting up the first Exchange. The infrastructure is nearly set up - the techies managed to bypass some of the needs by using some alien device as a processor or something. Wonderful! Soon I’ll be able to begin selling subsidiary stock to employees.. They’ll buy it up like the drones they are. Profits ahoy!
Final Note: The “project” I’ve had my head researcher working on is nearing completion. And not a moment too soon!
End Personal Log*/
>clear caches.all
>logout
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>exchange
//Welcome to the Merchant Exchange!
//Morgan Industries’s latest addition to the global economy - the Merchant Exchange is the best place to buy all stock in your Favorite Morgan Industries Subsidiary.
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>main
//Welcome to the MorganNet! You are connected to the Morgan Industries HQ Network Node.
>search a “research” -”news”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//74 Results Found. Showing first five results:
//Source: Impact Gun Efficiency up 74%, Defense Force Practical Research Department (DFPRD)
//Source: Xenofungal Resistant Metals and Stronger Alloys allow new high-speed vehicles, DFPRD
//Source: Effects of Xenospecies on Human Behavior, Human Resources Department
//Source: Neural Mapping: The Future of Mental Medicine, Applied Research
[b]>open “morganVault” *********
//Welcome, Morgan.
>open “firstContactCha”
/* ----Diplomatic Records - First Meetings with the “Planet Cult”----
-----Morganite Representative: Sora
-----Cult Representative: Drakel
D: Ah, the Prophet Cha Dawn welcomes the shrewd diplomats of CEO Morgan. We have heard many tales of your exploits.
S: Cha Dawn? There are no records of him from the Unity.
D: The Morganites have been out of touch with the rest of Planet for the past 80 years, it seems. The Holy Prophet was found a babe among the xenoblooms by agitated Gaians. He was our Sign, and He speaks with the Will of Planet. He Speaks with her Voice.
S: Right.. And what words does her Voice carry to us today..?
D: There is no need for conflict, not between Morgan and the Prophet. He Asks that Morgan send schematics for your impact weapons and plasma steel armor are signs of our obvious advantageous friendship.
S: Your “prophet” tried far too hard to press strengths he does not had. Such weapons and armor aren’t even into production yet and aren’t fully tested. Morgan would never dream of sending potentially faulty goods to his, eh, “friend” the Prophet Cha Dawn.
S: Perhaps instead I could interest His Holiness in a trade? We have perfected a safe and environmentally friendly way to create synthmetal - not as strong as plasma steel, but good armor nonetheless. In exchange, you will transmit your cartographical data to us. If you are Gaian separatists, Deidre no doubt holds some enmity towards you. And your people must know doubt have charts of their land. And as your friend, we might be able to “inconvenience” your angry neighbour if we knew where they lived.
D: Your people are as shrewd as the stories say. This deal pleases the Prophet.
S: This deal, of course, includes a free trade agreement between our settlements. Such a close friendship requires an economic friendship as well, don’t you agree?
D: Erh.. Of course.
S: It’s been a pleasure dealing with you and your Prophet.
D: The Prophet is likewise pleased by Morgan’s fair dealings. Until the next time we meet, friend.
--End Transcript--*/
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>clear caches.all
>logout
//- Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. --The Conclave Bible, Datalinks -//
Earth, 2060. A small group of colonists leaves the ravages of Earth for a distant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri's primary star. Their ship, the United Nations Starship Unity, carries them on their journey to a new world and a new hope for humankind. Along the way a reactor malfunction damages the Unity, precipitating a crisis among the ship's seven most powerful leaders. As they enter the Alpha Centauri system, the crew splits into seven distinct factions, divided not by nationality, but by ideology, and their vision for the new world. After the ship breaks apart, the seven leaders guide their chosen crew down to the surface of Planet, seeking their destiny beneath an alien sky.
Unity Crew Manifest
Lt. Commander Deidre Sky
Position: Chief Botanist/Xenobiologist aboard the Unity
Country of Origin: Scotland
DOB: 05-28-2025
Height: 170.1
Weight: 52.2kg
Born 2025, Edinburgh Scotland, father a U.N. security consultant assigned to various crisis locales worldwide. Studied at Cornell University School of Agriculture, acquired Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Masters in Biology, Ph.D. Biology and Genetics. Immediately distinguished self with deep intuitive knowledge of plant strains and ability to intuit powerful genetic manipulations at Bionex Research Lab, White Plains, N.Y.
Later worked for Red Cross and United Nations Disaster Relief Fund to revitalize radiation contaminated areas with highly specialized biostrains (Skye variation v097 apple and Skye Mark IV wheat strain considered as highest examples of adaptable biogenetics in contaminated soil). Selected as top candidate for Mission Botanist/Xenobiologist by U.N. Alpha Centauri Mission Committee, appointed against wishes of Chief Science Officer Prokhor Saratov.
Relies on deep intuitive sense combined with scientific knowledge for determination of future actions. Powerful mind and will combined with broad base of knowledge leads her to excel in chosen area of expertise. Sense of isolation from childhood events (e.g. divorce of parents) and pre-launch events reinforces strong tendency to introversion.
Strong connection to environmental causes may cloud scientific judgment; strong democratic leadership style may result in subject placing welfare of loyal subordinates above welfare of mission as a whole. Appeals to reason should prove effective in discouraging these behaviors.
Faction:Gaia’s Stepdaughters
-- Lady Deirdre Skye, "Planet Dreams"
Name: Director Nwabudike Morgan
Company: Morgan Industries
DOB: 02-24-2005
Height: not on file
Weight: not on file
Born 2005, of African royalty. Nwabudike, using seed money to buy and sell weapons during the Sahara Burst Wars, was able to purchase a private mercenary force to claim a series of diamond mines from a defeated enemy nation. Leveraged his growing wealth to expand into several other businesses, including mercenary forces, U.N. escorts, brokering food deals, and creating Morgan SafeHaven Hotel Fortress chain "for the discriminating executive."
Additional Notes (full disclosure): When Russian economic system crashed again in 2058, Morgan Industries was retained by the U.N. as one of several private businesses to work on the sprawling Unity Project. Work completed in a timely manner. Nwabudike Morgan's whereabouts currently unknown.
Powerful and charismatic individual with very high self-confidence. Relishes life and regards his life as a series of transactions; anything, any interaction, can be shaped if the proper currency (money, love, threat of pain, affection, etc) can be brought to the table. Does not like to lose. Long series of successful business dealings has reinforced both ego and transactional worldview. Soft on ethics...;"let the market decide." Pride in work and deep desire to see the Unity depart for worlds uncharted ("the last hope," he called it) should assure work will be completed roughly as contracted.
Faction: Morgan Industries
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Name: Lieutenant Corazon Santiago
Position: Security
Country of Origin: Puerto Rico
DOB: 11-05-2026
Height: 171.8 cm
Weight: 56.8kg
Born 2026, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Family emigrated to Mexico City; orphaned during East Side Riots of 2034. Joined survivalist gang known as Jade Falcons; remained in city with younger siblings for several years more (exact whereabouts unknown). Later appeared in Boyce Heights, New Los Angeles, alone. Joined NLA Red Panthers (community security force), then moved on to join City Guard; distinguished self as Battalion Commander as city imposed martial law in 2050. Joined U.N. Security Force in 2053; excellent discipline, physical agility and ability to thrive in any environment led to selection as part of security force, U.N. Alpha Centauri Mission.
Subject possesses strong discipline and ability to suppress own needs and comforts for greater goal. Physical skills and abilities top-notch; subject shows great pride in physical conditioning and disdains weakness. Mental agility and will to survive are superior; highly tenacious.
Possible danger of explosive physical violence with subject due to deep wounds suffered as a child, but subject's exemplary ability to control and channel these responses has made her a model soldier.
In spite of reservations, subject comes with exemplary references, and subject's unshakable will to survive could prove beneficial in difficult missions. Recommend subordinate position in security force
Faction: Spartan Federation
Name: Lt. Commander Miriam Godwinson
Position: Psych Chaplain
Country of Origin: United States
DOB: 04-04-2014
Height: 168.6cm
Weight: 5502 kg
Born 2014, Athens, Georgia, father a high-ranking member of the Evangelical Fire. Baptized in River of Fire at age 7; attended series of religious schools, including College of the Covenant. Received Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University.
Abundant charisma led her to position as ranking Psych Priest of Heavenly Diocese; later appointed U.N. Honorary Psych Chaplain for Re-integration Forces sent to countries decimated in Crusader Wars. Reassigned stateside when native populations elevated her to a cultlike religious figure (the 'Prophet Phenomenon' often coinciding with post-nuclear madness).
Political pressure for the reconciling of the secular and the spiritual led to her appointment as Psych Chaplain, U.N. Alpha Centauri Mission.
Abundant charisma led her to position as ranking Psych Priest of Heavenly Diocese; later appointed U.N. Honorary Psych Chaplain for Re-integration Forces sent to countries decimated in Crusader Wars. Reassigned stateside when native populations elevated her to a cultlike religious figure (the 'Prophet Phenomenon' often coinciding with post-nuclear madness).
Political pressure for the reconciling of the secular and the spiritual led to her appointment as Psych Chaplain, U.N. Alpha Centauri Mission.
Empathy and charisma make subject a natural leader; people are drawn to subject without necessarily understanding why. Able to use mannerisms and rhythms of speech to evoke deep spiritual responses in weak-minded individuals, or intelligent individuals seeking order and security in the face of chaotic events.
Single-minded focus on bringing hope and spiritual guidance to any problem she encounters makes her a strong candidate for Psych Chaplain. However, subject must be cautioned against casting spiritual matters into a personal vision of a relentless God that may personify struggles existing within her own psyche.
Single-minded focus on bringing hope and spiritual guidance to any problem she encounters makes her a strong candidate for Psych Chaplain. However, subject must be cautioned against casting spiritual matters into a personal vision of a relentless God that may personify struggles existing within her own psyche.
Faction: Lord’s Believers
Name:Foreman Domai
Rank:Civilian Contractor
Position:Director of Planetside Mining Ops
Country of Origin:Australia
DOB:06-17-2011
Height:195 cm
Weight:100 kg
Domai was assigned to the Unity as a mining specialist, to be awakened Planetside after the regular mission crew had set up permanent settlements. However, a cryopod malfunction following the meteor strike prematurely awakened him into a miasma of toxic gases vented by the crippled ship, causing temporary damage to his memory and communication faculties. Assigned to repair crews as a common drone, Domai struggled to reassert his identity and regain his full humanity. Once recovered, Domai led his co-workers in a revolt at their brutal working conditions, commandeered a colony pod, and set out for Planet in command of his new band of followers.
Although already predisposed towards working class politics back on earth, Domai’s experience on the Unity seems to have radicalized his beliefs. Some also question whether his toxin exposure might have had other, long-term side effects, which would account for his newfound reliance on violence to achieve his ends. In either case, Domai’s worldview now revolves around the idea of a class struggle that can only be resolved through the destruction of the oppressors. Although his weapons are fairly low-tech, he is not afraid to throw away lives in large, “human wave” assaults. Those who choose to build their wealth on the backs of others would do well to avoid this powerful opponent.
Faction: Free Drones
We toil and toil, and when we die, must fill dishonored graves
But some dark night, when everything is silent in the town
I'll shoot those tyrants one and all, I'll gun the flogger down
I'll give the land a little shock, remember what I say,
And they'll yet regret they've sent Jim Jones in chains to Botany Bay."
-- "Jim Jones", Traditional
Name: Cha Dawn
Rank: N/A
Position: N/A
Country of Origin: Unknown
DOB: Unknown
Height: 114.3 cm
Weight: 27.2 kg
Very little is known about Cha Dawn; available data comes from deprogrammed adherents whose information is colored by the Cult's indoctrination techniques. Apparently, Dawn was found as an infant in the fungus by a splinter group known as the Ecological Malcontents, soon after Planetfall. His parentage and birthplace are unknown. According to the lore of the Cult, the native life forms did not harm the child, and he possessed no breathing mask, although the length of his exposure was also unknown. The Malcontents raised the child as a kind of messiah for his supposed rapport with Planet, and he did demonstrate extremely accelerated mental development. After a period of several years, the faction declared Dawn its leader and began the task of cleansing Planet from any 'foreign' defilements.
Traditional Cult lore holds that Cha Dawn is in fact a human manifestation of the Voice of Planet, a boy created by Planet to act as a communicator with the other factions. Regardless of the veracity of this belief, Dawn certainly believes in his authority as a Prophet, and seems to have no qualms about the means he uses to achieve his ends. The Cult freely builds mines and factories, all in the service of their mission, and Cult doctrine holds that these blights will be destroyed as the last act of Planet's purification. Cha is extremely aggressive in his dealings with other leaders, and holds the fanatic's belief that the divine nature of his goals outweighs the lives sacrificed to achieve the goals.
Faction: Cult of Planet
Name: Director Pravin Lal
Position: Chief of Surgery
Country of Origin: India
DOB: 05-03-2006
Height: 172.0cm
Weight: 68.2kg
Born 2006, Rajkot India. Degree in Philosophy and Medicine, Oxford University. Trained in Thoracic Surgery. Achieved international acclaim for selfless devotion to victims of radiation poisoning following the Twelve Minute War and the India Border Conflict. Served as member of research team investigating genes that encode proteins aiding with DNA repair, University of Basel, Switzerland. Later appointed Assistant Director, World Health Organization. Top candidate for Chief of Surgery, U.N. Alpha Centauri Mission.
Seeks to de-escalate conflict and create harmonious environments. Dedication to ideals of U.N. mission unquestioned, loyalty superb. Able to perform well under extreme pressure; score .87 on Atherholt Trauma Function Test (recovery score moderate). Deep connection to loved ones possibly exploitable by adversary.
Faction: U.N. Peacekeepers
It’s that time again! Time for another attempts at a Spam AAR!
This time i’ll be tackling the classic Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, which is over 15 years old! Alpha Centauri is one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played, and I’m hoping I can tell a compelling story with it.
As per tradition, the various factions will personify various people from spam.
I personally will be playing your glorious capitalist overlord, Morgan Freeman.
Instead of first-come-first serve, the factionheads will be picked via a horrible nepotistic display the free market. Hail Morgan Industries and the Rules of Acquisition!
Factions
The Gaians:
The Morganites: Sora
The Spartans:
The Believers:
The Free Drones:
The Cult: Drakel
The Peacekeepers:
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>open “morganPrivate1”
/* --Personal Log - Mission Year 2101. Title: Planetfall
Reentry did not happen as smoothly as initial simulations had suggested. I suppose that was to be expected, given the circumstances.
The whole mission had been thrown into chaos ever since the Reactor was sabotaged.
How do I know the Unity was sabotaged? Why, the whole ship was practically assembled solely by Morgan Industries subcontracters! I was very clear to all my subordinates that the quality of the Unity was not to be sacrificed. No doubt it was one of Deidre’s ecological campaigns against nuclear power, or the doing of that naive Lal to prevent the possibility of radiation sickness. Regardless of who caused it, the reactor failure was only the beginning of our problems.
After the Unity’s captain was murdered by some rogue element, Security officer Yang took charge as the ship began its final movements towards the Planet. Of course, without the main reactor the ship wasn’t able to slow adequately to allow the planned deorbiting maneuvers. Yang tried to keep order and fix the reactor alongside science officer Zharkov, but the majority of workers didn’t care for Yang’s severe methods. Especially not that Australian, Domai. I suspect one of Domai’s minions is to blame for the explosion that disabled the main reactor beyond repair. The explosion took out nearly all the senior officers, save for Deidre, Lal and that fanatic Godwinson. Luckily for me I had my own private quarters built into the Unity on the other side of the ship -- with reinforced walls.
Naturally, given the lack of leadership after the Captain’s and then Yang’s death, I stepped forward to take control of the mission. I might not have been a part of the Crew’s official manifesto, but I was certainly the only person on board with enough leadership to see the ship safely planetside. After all, I had run and international - no, now interstellar business conglomerate. What had Deidre run but a hydroponics garden? Bah.
Many of the Unity’s crew rallied around me - though many of the fools were drawn in by the gimmicks of the other so called “leaders” of the unity. Deidre’s green-freaks, Santiago’s gun-nuts, Domai and his worker’s revolution, Lal and his naive flock. Oh, and of course, Godwinson’s brainwashed loonies. It was practically war on the Unity - almost ironic, given the ship’s name.
The only thing that kept the others from tearing themselves apart was their own fear of survival - no one dared fight too brashly lest the ship itself come into danger again.
The uneasy cold war continued until Planetfall. The Unity’s approach vector was far too steep and too fast. I fear that Morgan Industries lost many valuable assets in the thick atmosphere - most of the Unity’s datalinks were damaged, and different colony, survey and resource pods scattered across the surface. With some luck, myself and most of my followers landed relatively unharmed, and I have incorporated Morgan Industries’s Planet Headquarters. Survey teams report that we’ve touched down on one of the large islands in the northern hemisphere. It seems that we’re the only ones here. Contact with any of the other misguided fools is nonexistant - with luck, they didn’t survive reentry, and won’t stand to oppose Morgan Industries’s growth in this new market.
My data analysts, however, say that such luck is unlikely. My tech specialist, a miss Sinder… Rose, I believe? has assured me that others made it down to the surface. However, with damaged equipment and interference from the Planet, contact is currently an impossibility. She assures me that this problem will be remedied.
It is refreshing to have such competent assets in my possession despite all of the unfortunate difficulties in arriving here. I predict profitable futures ahead.
--End Personal Log of Nwabudike Morgan*/
>open “initialSurveyFindings”
//Accessing Morgan Industries Cartography Databases….
//Angel Notes:
//Atmosphere levels are toxic to human respiratory systems. We’re just lucky it doesn’t burn the skin on contact.
//Significant flora scatters the planet. What luck!
//Some sort of spore-based organisms seem to swarm in the waters to the south-west. Xenobiology seemed very interested to find that out.
//Geothermal vents detected south of HQ. The CEO was pleased to hear of nearby abundant energy reserves. Something about “energy based economy being the future”
//Several Unity pods crashed around the area. The onboard computers seem to have guided them towards interesting sites. All survey teams are to investigate possible crash sites.
//Scouts report seeing a large obelisk in the northern hills. Yes, an Obelisk. Some people say there might be advanced alien life on this planet. The scout’s reported feeling strange “energy” when approaching the alien structure
>clear caches.all
>logout
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>access “appliedSciences”
//Accessing Morgan Industries Applied Sciences Log Database...
>search “alien”
//Showing entries matching search criteria:
//”alien_monument_1”
//”alien_monument_2”
//”alien_xenofungus”
//”alien_xenofungus_2”
//”alien_report2109”
//"alien_trauma_report"
>open ”alien_monument_1” + ”alien_monument_2”
/* - alien_monument_1 -
Sent a survey team towards the unknown structure to the north again, this time for a close inspection. Their results are shocking.
First, contact seems to result in some sort of knowledge transfer between humans and the structure. The team reports hallucinations of battle and fighting, but they struggle to bring to light any more details than that. Forwarding this to the Sec departments for possible training purposes.*/
/* - alien_monument_2 -
More news has come to light. Apparently one of the survey team members was suffering allergic reactions to certain native-plant spores. After contact with the monument, she is no longer reporting any difficulties with allergies. Further study of this effect are required. */
>open “alien_report2109”
/*alien_report2109: Audio Transcript
Voice 1: This is Survey Group Alpha 001 - Location: 4 clicks west by northwest of HQ. In recovering a survey pod in the xenofungal blooms we’ve discovered something. It’s.. uh, definitely not from the Unity. Over.
Voice 2: Any and all objects of value found near a pod are to be brought back to base for inspection. Over.
Voice 1: This thing wasn’t made by humans, sir. Over
Voice 2: I said bring it back to base. Now. Over and out.
End Transcript*/
//Angel Note:
>main
//Welcome, CHIC_NINJA
>search “morgan inquirer headlines”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//15 Results found. Showing first five results
//”Morgan unveils new terraforming technology - Red Soils give Green to Morgan Industries”
//”Morgan Industries Colonization Programme Launched - First Volunteers Launched. One step for man, one giant step for Morgan Industries!”
//”Crazed Man Claims Planet Covered With Aliens - Man Locked In Secure Location”
//”7 ways YOU can serve your company better - An Opinion Piece by CEO Morgan”
//For Images, please use MorganNet’s image database browser!
//Here is a sample image for your search terms:
>clear caches.all
>logout
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>login dataninja *************
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>search a “alien”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//134 Results found. Showing first five results
//”alien_tech”
//”The Morgan Inquirer - Why Aliens are just another communist plot, with CEO Morgan”
//”aliens_network”
//”alien_attacks”
//”mfpcl61vpaliendrevhdnqtq”
>open “alien_tech”
/*Private Log - R&D Department
This is the fifth alien artefact we’ve received this month. It feels like the whole island is littered with them. PR is playing the aliens down, though. Don’t want to cause a panic, they say.
Regardless, these things have been a boon to R&D. Publically we keep playing them off as recovered tech from the Unity Crash from a decade ago, but some of this stuff we couldn’t dream of while we were in deep space. Some of the biocycling techniques that are going into the new recycling tanks are directly drawn from what the Defense Force has found out there in the wild. This is a researcher’s dream!
End Private Log*/
>search images “Public Relations” + “Research”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//4 Images Found:
//Source: “Morgan Announces new planetary network - “MorganNet: From Node to Node, MorganNet will serve your needs.” Dated: 2119
//Source: “Advances in laser technology promise a safer, brighter tomorrow!” Dated: 2122
//Source: “Biogenetics: Or Why Recycling Everything Is The Future” Dated: 2125
//Source: “Science Monthly: Time to get EXCITED about new High Energy Chemistry!” Dated: 2127
>search a “fung”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//102 Results Found. Showing first five results:
//”8 Animated Images of Foot Fungus” Source: Chirpfood
//”The Red Menace: The Health Dangers of Dining on Untreated xenofoods and fungus”
//”fungus_worms”
//”antifungal_virus””
//”The Fungus Is ALIVE! It THINKS! Crazed mans spouts conspiracy in newest tell-all!”
>open “fungus_worms”
/* - “fungus_worms” - Defense Force border post, auto transcription -
Voice 1: The attacks are becoming more frequent.
Voice 2: They’re just worms. What’s there to worry about?
Voice 1: I hear they can crawl in your mind. Twist it. Make your biggest fears come to life in front of you.
Voice 2: Bullshit, ain’t nothing that can do that. You’ve been watching too many holovids.
Voice 1: I know what they’ve told me. I just hope they stay away from the bases.
Voice 2: Wow you’re such a coward! Even if those worms come up this way, we’ll smash ‘em on our boots. You with me?
Voice 1: Yeah. You’re right. Don’t know what’s gotten into me mate - first rounds’ on me tonight.
Voice 2: Damn right it is.
End Transcript.*/
>open “morganVault” *********
//Welcome, Morgan.
>open “morganPersonal2131”
/* --Personal Log - Mission Year 2131. Title: Exchanging Tips
The scouts have finally reported what I’ve long suspected - we’re on a large island. It’s probably a good thing - we saw much larger landmasses on our approach. They were very red - no doubt they’ve crawling in the fungus.
R&D has finally come up a way to remove it in large quantities - the formers are on their way to clean it up. If the scout’s reports are accurate, then those worms -- those mind worms -- come from inside the fungal spreads. I want those as far from my company as possible.
The scouts found a foil crashed from Unity in working condition - I’ve ordered a sweep of the coastline. It looks like the fungus is adapted to the sea as well as the land - we’ll have to begin building some way to clean the seas of the stuff as well. Hostile wildlife is bad for business.
Whoever was on this planet before was very generous - we’ve found more artefacts than we really know how to deal with! I’ll have them stowed safely near the future base-sites. Once they’re hooked to MorganNet, we can rip out whatever is hidden inside them. We’ve learned so much from those little trinkets.
On the topic of aliens, the monuments are performing as expected. R&D has found a way to tap their inherent energy - use them as a kind of power source. The areas around the monuments are fertile and seemingly rich in minerals - whether this is a result of the monuments, or the reasons they were placed there, I don’t know.
The work on setting up the first Exchange. The infrastructure is nearly set up - the techies managed to bypass some of the needs by using some alien device as a processor or something. Wonderful! Soon I’ll be able to begin selling subsidiary stock to employees.. They’ll buy it up like the drones they are. Profits ahoy!
Final Note: The “project” I’ve had my head researcher working on is nearing completion. And not a moment too soon!
End Personal Log*/
>clear caches.all
>logout
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>exchange
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>main
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>search a “research” -”news”
//Searching MorganNet for your requested Search Terms. Please Wait…
//74 Results Found. Showing first five results:
//Source: Impact Gun Efficiency up 74%, Defense Force Practical Research Department (DFPRD)
//Source: Xenofungal Resistant Metals and Stronger Alloys allow new high-speed vehicles, DFPRD
//Source: Effects of Xenospecies on Human Behavior, Human Resources Department
//Source: Neural Mapping: The Future of Mental Medicine, Applied Research
[b]>open “morganVault” *********
//Welcome, Morgan.
>open “firstContactCha”
/* ----Diplomatic Records - First Meetings with the “Planet Cult”----
-----Morganite Representative: Sora
-----Cult Representative: Drakel
D: Ah, the Prophet Cha Dawn welcomes the shrewd diplomats of CEO Morgan. We have heard many tales of your exploits.
S: Cha Dawn? There are no records of him from the Unity.
D: The Morganites have been out of touch with the rest of Planet for the past 80 years, it seems. The Holy Prophet was found a babe among the xenoblooms by agitated Gaians. He was our Sign, and He speaks with the Will of Planet. He Speaks with her Voice.
S: Right.. And what words does her Voice carry to us today..?
D: There is no need for conflict, not between Morgan and the Prophet. He Asks that Morgan send schematics for your impact weapons and plasma steel armor are signs of our obvious advantageous friendship.
S: Your “prophet” tried far too hard to press strengths he does not had. Such weapons and armor aren’t even into production yet and aren’t fully tested. Morgan would never dream of sending potentially faulty goods to his, eh, “friend” the Prophet Cha Dawn.
S: Perhaps instead I could interest His Holiness in a trade? We have perfected a safe and environmentally friendly way to create synthmetal - not as strong as plasma steel, but good armor nonetheless. In exchange, you will transmit your cartographical data to us. If you are Gaian separatists, Deidre no doubt holds some enmity towards you. And your people must know doubt have charts of their land. And as your friend, we might be able to “inconvenience” your angry neighbour if we knew where they lived.
D: Your people are as shrewd as the stories say. This deal pleases the Prophet.
S: This deal, of course, includes a free trade agreement between our settlements. Such a close friendship requires an economic friendship as well, don’t you agree?
D: Erh.. Of course.
S: It’s been a pleasure dealing with you and your Prophet.
D: The Prophet is likewise pleased by Morgan’s fair dealings. Until the next time we meet, friend.
--End Transcript--*/
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>clear caches.all
>logout
