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Sector G5 - Galaga System - Galaga 6 “Taurus” - Remote Research Outpost
15/43/4389 GSF [Galactic Standard Format MM/DD/YYYY]

Interview with the commanding officer of the responding vessel follows.

Col // “Good evening Captain, can you state your name for the record?”

Capt // “Captain Geoff Morgan, commanding officer of the LMV Eudora.”

Col // “Thank you. Now, just go ahead and tell us your take on events please, starting from the top.”

Capt // “Well, sir, we had dropped into the sector on a standard patrol schedule when our comms officer picked up a weak intermittent distress signal. After adjusting our instruments we were able to pinpoint the originating point, an RRO in the local system. After relaying the data to the nearest hyper-comm relay we moved to respond on our own. Upon approach to Galaga 6, known locally as Taurus, we attempted to establish contact with the RRO. Our attempts at communication were unsuccessful, at the time we were unsure if it was due to interference or worse. Proceeding with protocol we breached orbit and, after ensuring no threat of AA interference, proceeded to establish an aerial recon of the facility.”

Col // “One moment, when mentioning communications you said, ‘or worse’. Can you elaborate?”

Capt // “In due time sir, you said you wanted my take, from the top, right?”

Col // “Correct Captain, sorry for the interruption, please proceed.”

Capt // “Right, so aerial recon established that the facility had definitely suffered from some sort of attack. The western most edge of the main compound was breached, a sizable hole leading straight inside. After deliberation a four man squad was sent down in a URV while the LMV would return to orbit and achieve a geo-syncronous position.”

Col // “You mention a four man squad. Who were the members?”

Capt // “You already have this information Colonel, right?”

Col // “Yes Captain, but please state it for the record.”

Capt // “Ahh, right, Yes sir. The squad members were Gunnery Captain Alexis Roderick, Gunnery Captain Bryce Von, Gunnery Lieutenant Vince Marshall, and 2nd Gunnery Lieutenant Mason Grey.”

Col // “Thank you Captain, now skip ahead a bit to what they encountered upon arrival.”

Capt // “Yes sir, upon arrival Gunnery Captain Alexis, henceforth GC1, reported a gooey viscous fluid coating the opening of the hole into the facility. A thin membrane was present stretching the entire hole that, upon inspection, was revealed to be maintaining atmospheric pressure in the facility. After deliberation the squad attempted to traverse the barrier, finding that it posed little resistance to them and allowed them to pass through without breaking the seal. Upon entry it was immediately apparent that the facility staff had been unaware of the impending attack. Workers decapitated at nearby workstations showed little sign or resistance or even any attempts to flee. Clearly the attackers had managed to breach rapidly and somehow with serious stealth.”

Col // “You said the hole was large right, yet it also sealed the building from atmospheric pressure, and yet the workers hadn’t even left their stations? How is that all possible captain, none of these facts lineup?”

Capt // “I’m just reporting the events to you as we were able to witness and report ourselves, sir, may I continue?”

Col // “Yes Captain, please.”

Capt // “Right, GC1 reported that facility power was down throughout. GC1 and Gunnery Lieutenant Vince, GL1, made the decision to head to the facilities command hub in order to halt the distress and secure facility logs. GC2 and GL2 proceeded on to the sub-level in order to ascertain facility power capabilities. The deeper both units proceeded into the facility the more signs of struggle they reported. It was clear the further along the assailants got the more aware facility staff was and the level of resistance increased. Upon arrival it was quickly established that restoring electrical capabilities was impossible. The equipment was liquified, preliminary tests suggested an acid, lab reports have since confirmed it was a bio-based acidic compound. GC2 and GL2 proceeded to the command hub to link back up with GC1 and GL1.”

Col // “Can you explain to me what evidence was present on the bodies and the facility that might provide insight on the assailant?”

Capt // “Squad reported that the bodies were originally decapitated but as they progressed deeper into the facility things began to get messier. Bodies appeared to have chunks eaten out of them, bodies were divided into many segments. Squad reports rarely spotting bodies that appeared disfigured and morphed beyond previous recognition, weaponized in twisted horrid forms and set upon their previous comrades. There is no evidence of any sustained damage on the beings encountered, it appears like they merely fell over and died in the aftermath.”

Col // “Right, that’s what was written in the report as well.”

Capt // “Reports accurate as written sir, this is all just a waste of time.”

Col // “As you were Captain, we’ll proceed anyways as protocol dictates. Can you pick up where you left off?”

Capt // “Yes Sir, there’s not much more to mention. GC1 reported total destruction of command hubs and facility terminals. It’s a wonder enough was left for a weak distress signal to even be sent out. After confirming logs were unrecoverable and disabling the comm signal GC1 and squad reported back to the URV and returned to the Eudora. Following contingency protocol we slated the facility for erasure and nuked it from orbit, about 4 times. Upon dust down we visually confirmed no trace remained and reported back to the nearest military port for debriefing. Aaaaand now here we are.”

Col // “Thank you Captain, that will be all. All details of this discussion are henceforth classified and any reveal of said details will be handled appropriately, do I make myself clear?”

Capt // “Aye Colonel, anything else Sir?”

Col // “No Captain, you are dismissed, thank you for your honesty. Good day.”

Capt // “Good day, Sir.”

Capt // "Sir, off the record. My men saw some scary shit while they were down there. Described to me things that made seasoned soldiers shiver. In all my years and many tours I've seen nothing like this. And our unit ain't fresh, we've served in many theatres and many conflicts, but nothing like what we've dealt with looked anything like what we saw down there.

Col // "That'll be all, Captain."

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I had an idea, it's not much. Just hope, spit, and a dream. Inspirational sources are Dead Space/Alien/Starship Troopers/Helldivers. Ideally looking for 2 or 3 individuals who don't mind a slow pace. Also would prefer this to be a cooperative effort driven by the party as a whole, I'm a tad prone to burnout, life, y'know?

Ideal RP format follows a 4 man (or woman) squad on a retrieval mission into hell, details are still up in the air, but I have some notes.
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I'll play if it's goated.
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I want drama, destruction, hopeless odds, high stakes, lots of explosions and heavy ass guns and crazy sci-fi ballistic nonsense. Sound goated?

Edit: Additions to the list above, just itches I've wanted to scratch.
Body horror, atmospheric horror, transhumanism, occult fanaticism, feudal in-fighting, uh maybe more, I mean I'm open to also adding things based on what you might want to see.
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I might be interested and is there more you can say about the world of the rp if possbile?
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While I do have some notes my overall goal was for this to be a collaborative effort between the group as a whole rather than we solely running anything like a GM. With that said these are the ideas I had that I felt sounded kinda cool, but nothing set in stone.

Wide open multi-factional universe, I wanted to have a religious cult fanatically assisting our main antagonist faction as both willing hosts and other methods of cooperation. Think unitologists/dead space vibes. Was thinking that slightly post-apoc inspired with humanity having once stretched the stars before a major event caused a fracturing of human society to the point that many holdings are now independent feudal states spanning anywhere from a single solar system up to 6 at most, many of these fractured factions creating a patchwork quilt of feudal states for the RP to take place in.

Also wanted to include a cyborg-based pseudo-science transhumanist isolationist faction, somehow. Maybe we'll antagonize them ourselves.

Also thought old imperial colony ark ships might be the holdouts for the prior galaxy spanning human empire, so like traveling ark ships of super militaristic gung-ho for the empire type jarheads running around.

No other sentient life forms except for the bug menace and it's progeny. Plenty of weapon variety, plasma, laser, ballistic, anti-matter, experimental shit, making sense isn't a prerequisite.
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I was also thinking the bugs would be like a mixture of Starship Troopers and Helldivers for inspiration whilst playing off body horror and biological repurposing like in dead space. Also loosely thinking of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis which is that zombie ant fungus as the inspiration for how the bugs repurpose and utilize the corpses of the dead.
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Okay, I can get behind this.
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You apes wanna live forever!?
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Well it looks like we got ourselves a lil squad here if @DeadDrop is down, I'll see if I can work up a few documents for world-building and maybe an incident report or some documents that'll give some better insight towards the overall image. In the mean time if y'all have any ideas you'd like to see included I would implore you to share.

I would also like to reiterate, as this is important to me, I am down to put in some groundwork to get things off the ground but I do not want to be the sole fulltime GM here. I am hoping the four of us can all cooperatively build the universe and the story that follows together with equal consideration for each other. I also don't wanna have a lot of work, so yea.

In the meantime here's what I've drafted as an initial character hook.

We are 4 petty officers that formulate a special tactics squad aboard one of the ark colony ships, designated SCAS Mother Theresa, a proud holdout of the Grand Imperial Duchy of Man, or GIDM. the GIDM was the dominant galactic force in the galaxy at the height of it's reign. It's borders stretched from edge to edge and probed beyond the rim into parts unknown. Such a vast size easily grew unwieldy and, as all things do, the GIDM eventually came to an end. With the death of the emperor as well as a mysterious enemy chewing on the outskirts of known space the GIDM fell into a civil war that shattered the empire in the the hundreds of fiefdoms it exists in today. generations have passed and the GIDM is all but lost, several ark ships remain drifting through space as self sustaining holdouts of imperial power but remain far too thinly spread to have any hope of truly reuniting and reforming any sort of authority.

All of these factors have left the known galaxy in a state similar to feudal Europe.

House Balam rules over the Galaga system and 5 of it's neighboring stars. House Balam and the Mother Theresa have had a long standing mutually relationship of trade and military assistance and thus when the capital of their minor holding G6 "Taurus" comes under invasion from an unknown foe the GIDM are contacted for military aid. Our squad in particular will be dispatched on VIP retrieval to the capital city of Taurus which seems to be under the heaviest assault. In universe our enemy is mostly unknown, merely whispers exist amongst the highest echelon. We will be broaching horrors that have yet to be witnessed by the masses and although we shall potentially be high-powered killing machines our tactics and technology will not be prepared for the complete shift in paradigm that our new foes shall bring to the table.

For our characters, and all those others located in this universe to be, things are fixin to get a whole lot worse before there'll even be a thought of things gettin' better. Hope you guys are still interested in tagging along for the ride!
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I am and do we get power armor?
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We could do power armor but could we discuss a way to limit it? I wanted the RP to kinda blend in horror elements too so I don't want us to be too indestructible all the time.

Perhaps it's not good for indoor engagements due to bulk? Limited power supply? Idk these are just spit ball ideas, what kind of power armor do you guys feel would fit best?
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Tag me when OOC is up buster.
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Tag me when OOC is up buster.


Gotcha, gonna handle that later this evenin.
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We could do power armor but could we discuss a way to limit it? I wanted the RP to kinda blend in horror elements too so I don't want us to be too indestructible all the time.

Perhaps it's not good for indoor engagements due to bulk? Limited power supply? Idk these are just spit ball ideas, what kind of power armor do you guys feel would fit best?


Well, since no one else is saying anything. We could go without power armor since you kinda do not want it, or maybe despite having power armor. The enemy's attacks can still pierce it somehow?
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I would say Warhammer style power armor is too damned much. Fallout style could work with limited power/limited cooling. As for being too OP for baddies...Given the horror elements, I don't think power armor will protect anyone from a mental breakdown; it could add to the horror of being claustrophobic and being trapped in a tin can. Or the feeling of bugs crawling around inside all over one's body and no way to get out in time before they feast on the flesh.

This of course relies on our final definition of power armor. Is it a fully armored suit larger than the average soldier? Or are we looking at something like Elysium exoskel-type? Power armor can have a place, but tastefully. The exo-frames add the ability of more strength and carry cap, but leaving the user exposed and squishy is a good compromise. This also more relies on the baddies. Is it eldritch horrors beyond mental comprehension? Is it Buggins? Biological warfare projects gone awry? Did the scientists open a portal to hell?

is there a need to weigh 900 pounds and one-arm a Browning LMG? Or would it be more practical to get the Rainbow OP's team up in night-vision and plate carriers?

Personally, I just like to start lickin' to see how many licks it takes to get to the gooey good center.
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I would say Warhammer style power armor is too damned much. Fallout style could work with limited power/limited cooling. As for being too OP for baddies...Given the horror elements, I don't think power armor will protect anyone from a mental breakdown; it could add to the horror of being claustrophobic and being trapped in a tin can. Or the feeling of bugs crawling around inside all over one's body and no way to get out in time before they feast on the flesh.

This of course relies on our final definition of power armor. Is it a fully armored suit larger than the average soldier? Or are we looking at something like Elysium exoskel-type? Power armor can have a place, but tastefully. The exo-frames add the ability of more strength and carry cap, but leaving the user exposed and squishy is a good compromise. This also more relies on the baddies. Is it eldritch horrors beyond mental comprehension? Is it Buggins? Biological warfare projects gone awry? Did the scientists open a portal to hell?

is there a need to weigh 900 pounds and one-arm a Browning LMG? Or would it be more practical to get the Rainbow OP's team up in night-vision and plate carriers?

Personally, I just like to start lickin' to see how many licks it takes to get to the gooey good center.


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