This summer wasn’t going to end like any other summer at Dugway Proving Grounds. In 2012 the population had been about 1400, but events around the world in 2015 expanded operations to nearly 6000 by 2019, plus dependents. Although technically an Army Post, it is used by multiple commands and hosts a number of civilian personnel on a semi-permanent basis.
Originally this base was used for biological and chemical warfare research. Its location is about as remote as one could possibly get. In 2015 the Dugway's official mission was to test US and Allied biological and chemical weapon defense systems in a secure and isolated environment. DPG also served as a facility for US Army Reserve and US National Guard maneuver training, and US Air Force flight tests–mostly from nearby Hill Air Force Base in Clearfield. DPG was controlled by the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC). The area had also been used by Army special forces for training in preparation for deployments to the War in Afghanistan.
Today in 2019 the conspiracy theories suggest that it is the “new Area 51.” Of course, noone in their right mind really believes all that - except maybe kids. You know, the ones with all that imagination. The more plausible theories are that biowarfare research has continued in response to outbreaks of Ebola and other deadly viruses. another suggestion is that research is ongoing for the creation of super soldiers through genetic manipulation. But that doesn’t explain all the other disciplines being brought in.
Security on the base is about as tight as it gets. Though perhaps not as extreme as the Manhattan Project, it is a known fact that absolutely no non US citizens are allowed on base. Perimeter security is sensitive enough to detect a rabbit hopping around too close to the fence.
Blah, blah, blah … Come on, you get the idea. Feel free to look at the official site for DPG. Bear in mind that it would be 5 years out of date in this RP. Schools operate late August through late May. While construction has expended the base facilities to some degree, most of the housing is temporary, of the FEMA variety. It isn’t as though they are worried about storms. Permanent housing goes to the military first. (Suck it up civilians or enjoy the commute.)
The Story
Do you remember all that alien conspiracy stuff I mentioned earlier? I bet you didn’t believe me. Well, neither did a bunch of kids in the middle of the Summer of 2019. But in mid July the base went through a lockdown starting at 1735 MST 12 Jul 2019. Soldiers were out all through the night with blinding lights and strange sensors. The official story came out later - a repeat of an event back in 2015 when a vial of nerve agent went missing and they had a lockdown. This time the fear was that a contagion had been released. But they assured everyone that there had, in fact, been no leak. The search had been a precaution.
That was the story anyways.
The real story? The scare was a cover to move something onto the base and into the mountain - something really big. It was, of course, covered with tarps. Noone was talking about it. But ever since that security has been … odd. Patrols have been stepped up. The guards have been more attentive than usual. That strange something was not of this world. It was an alien spaceship. (More specifically a lifeboat.)
Enter our Aliens
Our aliens had already realized that Earth was a backwater, pre-starflight world filled with primitive barbarian bipeds - mammals evolved from monkeys. The monkeys actually look kind of tasty to some of them. They were a filthy species that had polluted its planet almost the point of rendering it uninhabitable. Some aliens were already debating the eradication of the parasitic humans and restoring the planet to a healthy status. However, as the movement toward ‘green technologies’ was gaining ground, that decision had been forestalled.
Anyways, the alien crew realized that their arrival had been detected. And, if detected they would likely be locked away and subjected to unspeakable torture. It wouldn’t be the first time, and as luck would have it, they had the misfortune to land far too close to an earlier crash site of an unsanctioned scouting expedition. Upon arrival the aliens evacuated their vessel - and none too soon.
From a distance all the alien crew could do was watch as their only way home was loaded onto huge alien vehicle and carted off. Cut off from their people, and now hunted by human authorities, the aliens could only do one thing:
Get their lifepod back.
Characters
Your characters will be teenagers, mostly military brats. No, you may not run an alien. Please do not ask.
Originally this base was used for biological and chemical warfare research. Its location is about as remote as one could possibly get. In 2015 the Dugway's official mission was to test US and Allied biological and chemical weapon defense systems in a secure and isolated environment. DPG also served as a facility for US Army Reserve and US National Guard maneuver training, and US Air Force flight tests–mostly from nearby Hill Air Force Base in Clearfield. DPG was controlled by the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC). The area had also been used by Army special forces for training in preparation for deployments to the War in Afghanistan.
Today in 2019 the conspiracy theories suggest that it is the “new Area 51.” Of course, noone in their right mind really believes all that - except maybe kids. You know, the ones with all that imagination. The more plausible theories are that biowarfare research has continued in response to outbreaks of Ebola and other deadly viruses. another suggestion is that research is ongoing for the creation of super soldiers through genetic manipulation. But that doesn’t explain all the other disciplines being brought in.
Security on the base is about as tight as it gets. Though perhaps not as extreme as the Manhattan Project, it is a known fact that absolutely no non US citizens are allowed on base. Perimeter security is sensitive enough to detect a rabbit hopping around too close to the fence.
Blah, blah, blah … Come on, you get the idea. Feel free to look at the official site for DPG. Bear in mind that it would be 5 years out of date in this RP. Schools operate late August through late May. While construction has expended the base facilities to some degree, most of the housing is temporary, of the FEMA variety. It isn’t as though they are worried about storms. Permanent housing goes to the military first. (Suck it up civilians or enjoy the commute.)
The Story
Do you remember all that alien conspiracy stuff I mentioned earlier? I bet you didn’t believe me. Well, neither did a bunch of kids in the middle of the Summer of 2019. But in mid July the base went through a lockdown starting at 1735 MST 12 Jul 2019. Soldiers were out all through the night with blinding lights and strange sensors. The official story came out later - a repeat of an event back in 2015 when a vial of nerve agent went missing and they had a lockdown. This time the fear was that a contagion had been released. But they assured everyone that there had, in fact, been no leak. The search had been a precaution.
That was the story anyways.
The real story? The scare was a cover to move something onto the base and into the mountain - something really big. It was, of course, covered with tarps. Noone was talking about it. But ever since that security has been … odd. Patrols have been stepped up. The guards have been more attentive than usual. That strange something was not of this world. It was an alien spaceship. (More specifically a lifeboat.)
Enter our Aliens
Our aliens had already realized that Earth was a backwater, pre-starflight world filled with primitive barbarian bipeds - mammals evolved from monkeys. The monkeys actually look kind of tasty to some of them. They were a filthy species that had polluted its planet almost the point of rendering it uninhabitable. Some aliens were already debating the eradication of the parasitic humans and restoring the planet to a healthy status. However, as the movement toward ‘green technologies’ was gaining ground, that decision had been forestalled.
Anyways, the alien crew realized that their arrival had been detected. And, if detected they would likely be locked away and subjected to unspeakable torture. It wouldn’t be the first time, and as luck would have it, they had the misfortune to land far too close to an earlier crash site of an unsanctioned scouting expedition. Upon arrival the aliens evacuated their vessel - and none too soon.
From a distance all the alien crew could do was watch as their only way home was loaded onto huge alien vehicle and carted off. Cut off from their people, and now hunted by human authorities, the aliens could only do one thing:
Get their lifepod back.
Characters
Your characters will be teenagers, mostly military brats. No, you may not run an alien. Please do not ask.
