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MINERVA FORCE

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MINERVA FORCE

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Full Name
“Code Name”

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Image 800 x 800 ___________________________________ P R O F I L E Age ... Sex ... Race/Ethnicity ... Nationality ... Spoken Languages ... Hometown ... Height ... Weight ... ___________________________________ E Q U I P M E N T - Primary Weapon - Secondary Weapon/Sidearm - Utility Items (Examples : Grenades, Gas Mask, Commando Knife, Field Surgeon Kit) (Items max out at eight.) ____________________________________ A T T R I B U T E S Points: 10 (These points are meant to be distributed among the five attributes below. This is to be removed from the CS after points have been distributed. Do not forget to show your work next to each ability regarding points added and subtracted!) Athletics: 10 Dexterity: 10 Perception: 10 Willpower: 10 Charisma: 10 Modifiers: (None at the start.)

____________________________________________________________________________ APPEARANCE ... ____________________________________________________________________________ PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE ... ____________________________________________________________________________ BIOGRAPHY ... ____________________________________________________________________________ SERVICE RECORD ... ____________________________________________________________________________ MISC Optional

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NPC’S

REYNALDO DAMIRÓN

PROFILE

Reynaldo Damirón was born to an impoverished family in south Texas and grew up in a broken home. At age eighteen (1988) he joined the US Army where he became an infantryman. Reynaldo served with pride and what dignity was afforded. He saw intense action in the Gulf War and in Somalia during Operation Gothic Serpent, the latter of which saw him receive the Purple Heart. After finishing his eight years Reynaldo used his military benefits as well as a loan to attend college and earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M. He married his girlfriend from college and not long after went on to officer school and rejoined the Armies’ ranks. As an officer Reynaldo presided over operations in Afghanistan - using what little time he could spare to spend with his wife and kids. At some point Reynaldo, now a Major, was made privy to the events and discoveries of the Macquarie Island Incident and was recruited into Minerva Force. Officially, Major Damirón was given an honorable discharge due to “health concerns” and his living a modest early retirement in Alaska with his wife.

VAL HANDRICH

PROFILE

Doctor Val Handrich was born in 1960 East Berlin to one of the socialist states’ more well-off families. At age seventeen Val was a accepted into Leningrad State University boasting a fine academic record as a young man. He finished out at Leningrad State University at the top of his classes, earning two doctorates and setting four new academic records at the school. However by the time his career truly began to ascend would come the fall of the wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the reunification of Germany. Uninterested in leaving Europe and traveling to the USA like many of his colleagues Doctor Handrich would remain in Germany, shifting between German institutions over the years and later moving to Poland. The doctor was recruited into Minerva Force in the mid 2000’s and was given the title of Chief Science Officer. Val’s only living kin are his long estranged wife and teenage son and he had few friends at the time of his recruitment which made putting him totally off the grid easy due to the lack of social ties. Officially, he was eventually declared deceased after his automobile was found crashed in a lake in rural Poland - all of his savings and the money from his liquidated assets going to his son.

ESTHER MAZEL

PROFILE

Esther Mazel was born in Yerevan, Armenia into a wealthy Jewish family. Esther was pushed from a young age by “tiger parents” to achieve high which paid off when she was accepted to Oxford and studied under the engineering program. Esther’s passion for engineering and design came from her upbringing, her father being an architect and her elder brother being an expert large and small engine mechanic. Esther finished her DEng at Oxford with high marks and returned to Armenia after to put her degree to work. Her work ethic, innovation and quality of production lead to her being headhunted by Minerva Force after the Macquarie Island Incident. When she was brought on at Alpha Sentinel it became clear she was the best choice to be Chief Engineer for Minerva Force. Esther maintains steady contact with her family as much as possible, communicating out of a rented apartment in Juneau. To anyone who may ask her or her family she was specially contracted for a US government sponsored construction project in Alaska.

BIANCA DAVIS

PROFILE

Doctor Bianca Davis was born in 1987 in Seattle, Washington to an accomplished neurosurgeon and an applied physics professor. Medicine and extended sciences practically were melded into her DNA. She attended Standard university and earned her doctorate majored in genetics and minored in anatomy. After finishing her education at Stanford, Bianca got her foot in the door working for the USDA for a year and a half before getting a job at the CDC. Not long after working for the CDC she was covertly recruited by Minerva Force, who noted her high marks and notable work ethic, and brought onto the Research Team. Officially Bianca now works for an NGO out of country that is dedicated to humanitarian efforts in underdeveloped nations.

MINERVA FORCE

“This is the…- We have been-… we’ve been boarded! Strange-! We need-… please! Somewhere out-… Hess or Shatsky Rise! Please! We are-… Please send help! Some-…!”

Reynaldo Damirón listened with intent as the broken transmission was played for a second time since it was received less than fifteen minutes ago. The Commander of Minerva Force was leaned over the railing of the observation platform, a grim look on his wisened face as his mind worked.

“That was final contact, sir,” came the voice of the nearest communications officer, accented heavily with an Australian accent, “no further communication.”

The Commander nodded, half grumbling “Understood.” to the lieutenant.

Just over an hour ago a cargo vessel in the Pacific Ocean on it’s way to Japan had sent out a distress call that they were being harassed by an unknown aircraft. Radars showed no craft on screen however the captain of the vessel was insistent, mentioning that the alleged aircraft was fast moving and had been circling them at low altitude for almost thirty minutes and that it was “banded with a ring of neon orange light”. Twenty minutes later another transmission came through, broken with static but the captains’ voice was clearly loud and frantic claiming they had been boarded and begging for help to come. As the US Air Force and Navy prepared for a response the transmission and the situation at hand had been passed along to Commander Damirón who likewise were expected to respond; at least by those “in the know”.

“Commander, weather radar is showing a severe storm moving up from the southeast,” came the voice of a separate communications officer, “it will be on the site in under twenty minutes.”

“Dammit.” Damiròn hissed. They will just have to manage. The Commander did not like the idea of sending an Osprey into a storm but they had to act on this. This was what it is all about after all, and if this proved to be what was believed to be... Ignoring the pick up of his heartbeat Commander Damirón stood up straight and put on his most authoritative voice.
“Alright people, this is what we were meant for,” Damirón wound himself up and started firing off orders, “prepare an Osprey for immediate takeoff. I want Nemesis Team geared and loaded up and inbound for those coordinates in the next twenty minutes maximum!”

“Sync up with Hawai’i for an unscheduled stop,” the Commander barked on, “the return flight to base will require a refuel! Have a strike team on standby! Keep all channels open and under constant monitor, I want updates on every element and situational shift! Make sure that our marks are delaying the Navy and Air Force as best they can! We need to be on this first!”

The whole base lit up with activity as everyone scrambled to act on their orders. Footsteps echoed off of every corridor, alarms blared away, and shouting filled the base interior in a chaotic cacophony. Nemesis Team, the most elite of Minerva Force’s ground units, were prepared for immediate deployment and rushed to the hangar where a V-22 Osprey was waiting for them, engines roaring away as the massive double doors out into the cold Alaska air came grinding open. The team crammed into the Osprey which rolled out the moment the interior was sealed and lifted off with a triumphant whoosh into the dark sky above - Minerva Force’s first real mission now afoot.

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MAY 1, 2250 HOURS, 2016
PACIFIC OCEAN, NORTHEAST OF THE HESS RISE
OPERATION BLACK VEIL
“FIRST CONTACT”

Rain beat down on the windshield of the cockpit, the wipers frantically lashing away in vain as lightning flashed through the sinister storm clouds that shrouded the Pacific Ocean. Both pilots were nervous suffice to say but holding to their duty and performing as they had been trained to do. The Osprey aside from small bouts of turbulence was handling the storm well as it raced through the skies inbound to the objective. And the tanks had plenty of fuel for the duration of the operation and still make the flight to the Hawaiian islands for a refuel. The Osprey was also fast, maneuverable, and sturdy and if the situation arose for such it was armed with two heavy caliber machine guns for air-to-ground engagements. Of course the uneasy feeling that was hanging in the cockpit between the two men was not just because of the weather but the mission itself and the greater implications of it. A possible alien attack on a civilian cargo vessel, who knows what they would find if they found anything. But this was what they had signed on for and it was up to them to get Nemesis Team to the last location of the missing ship so they could investigate. The copilot glanced around towards the back of the craft at the figures slouched together on the foldout seats of the passenger area then turned his eyes back front and focused on what was ahead. They were a motley-looking bunch and from a variety of walks of life, like all of Minerva Force really, and were meant to be the best of the best. They definitely stood out.

“Estimated ten minutes out from destination.” the pilot said. He, the copilot, Nemesis Team, and Command were on a designated frequency.

“Nemesis Team, listen up,” Commander Damirón’s stern voice came sharply over the radio, “your primary mission objective is to locate the missing cargo vessel, a civil model container ship loaded with crates of exported goods. We triangulated the last communication from hours ago along with the planned route for the ship and have a confident estimated location for it. Locate the ship and relay the situation back to command.”

“We provided you with portable cameras with a direct feed back to command,” the Commander reminded them, “go ahead now and equip them.”

The cameras provided were small, easily fitted into the palm of one’s hand, and attached to them was a slim black band for strapping them around the head. They were waterproof, sturdy, and as the Commander had stated maintained a continuous feed back to command. Ideally they would be used to record the investigation the ship - should they find it.

“Eight minutes out,” the pilot said over comms, “going into hover.”

The Osprey shifted slightly and came to a noticeable slow as the rotors outside peeled back and upward and the pilot eased off on the speed.

MINERVA FORCE

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GAMEPLAY AND DICE

ATTRIBUTES

Attributes represent a character’s strengths and talents. There are five total attributes; Athletics, Dexterity, Perception, Willpower, and Charisma

Players increase their attributes and skills by earning points to spend. Points are earned at the end of missions - usually a fixed number with the possibility of bonus points, though the latter are rare. Points can also be granted later on with the possible help of implants and augmentations, though these come with cost risks.

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• Athletics represents a character's physical strength. During interactions and skill checks it can be useful for acts of brute force as well as physical melees.

• Dexterity is the measure of a character's hand-eye coordination, balance, and overall grace. In interactions and skill checks it can be used for sleight-of-hand and fast reactions. In combat scenarios it is key for dodging incoming attacks.

• Perception is a character's ability to pick up on details as well as their keenness of eyesight. In interactions, it can be used to catch someone in a lie, to make an observant comment about their appearance, or to notice something happening in the background. In combat it contributes to accuracy and as such is a core stat for precise shots when needed.

• Willpower represents a character's mental and emotional temperance. Those with high willpower can overcome situations with extreme emotional impacts, find that “second drive” to push through intense situations, and also are more resistant to alien mind control and other “interference”.

• Charisma is a measure of a character's personality, personal magnetism, their ability to persuade or lie, and their performance. In interactions it can be used to talk one’s’ way past guards, convince others to help you, and generally help make your case in any situation. It can also be used to haggle.

DICE ROLLS

ATTRIBUTE CHECKS

Throughout the campaign you will encounter situations that will demand particular skills to succeed in - or in some cases at least survive. These will call upon character attributes of course, as for what attributes are put to the test will depend on the circumstances at present. Some such as brawling, combing through a crash site, or sneaking through an alien base will evoke all of one’s specialized abilities. Others - such as bribing an official or sniping a target from afar - will demand a specific attribute such as Charisma or Perception.

When such checks arise against other characters they are resolved through scoring respective skills against each other plus a dice buffer (1d6). Attempting to deceive or persuade a particularly perceptive NPC - even one with very low Charisma - is apt to fail while in other cases having a higher Charisma score than an NPC can work wonders. Or say a character is chasing after an enemy scout a fails to keep pace with them, a perceptive character can follow the trail the enemy might leave in their wake.

When facing environmental challenges dice rolls will typically be employed to challenge characters.

These checks are very influential in plot events and what direction the story goes based upon character choices and the outcome/consequences of these choices.

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MINERVA FORCE

The silence of the dark room was broken by the squeak of hinges as the heavy door swung open. The rooms’ automatic light raised though just barely to a dimness, the room after all not meant to be illuminating. A single figure entered, a man of average height and build. He wore a black pinstripe suit with a red tie and atop his head was a black felt hat. He pushed the door closed behind him with little regard of the metallic slam it gave.

The man stepped further into the room and turned to his left, coming to face with thick, glazed glass that looked into another room. Unlike the one in which he stood this opposing room was brightly lit with a group of chairs situated in three neat rows in the middle of it; nearly every chair was occupied, the occupants men and women of a diversity of appearances and ethnicities. Some sat up straight and intent looking ahead at the glass before them while others were slouched over with deadened expressions or had their heads in their hands - the man in black did not blame them for why. What they had just been shown was something that the rest of the world was not ready to see, or rather had not been ready to see. But if his prediction was right then soon enough the world would have to see it, ready or not.

As was standard there was a small desk against the wall beneath the glass and a metal chair to go with it, the man in black having sat in it many times before. Wasting no time he reached down and pulled the chair back and had a seat. Several of those on the other side slumped forward in their chairs looked up, the glass was not sound proof and while somewhat grainy to see through even with the dim lighting the man’s shadow could be spotted. The glass had a small speaker built directly into it with a slight modulator meant to warp the voice of the speaker just enough to further conceal their identity. Not that it really even mattered, the man had done this whole process countless times before and always it was the same. Those on the other side of the glass, the recruits, had just been shown the unspeakable and were caught in some mental whirlwind or another. Perhaps not “unspeakable”, but certainly difficult to process. He could see it in their faces as he made himself as comfortable as he could in the cold, hard chair. The shock, the denial, the fear, by now he had learned to spot it all painted on the faces of the “newly initiated”. Even now it still never failed to unsettle the man in black, seeing hardened career soldiers, government operatives, and special agents shaken to the core. Seeing the corpse of an extraterrestrial lifeform up close and verifiable would do that to nearly anyone of course.

“Greetings, recruits…” the man in black began, leaning in close to the microphone, his voice crackling and fried to those on the other side. “It is good to see you here. You no doubt have questions and are most likely feeling… quite jolted by what you have been shown less than an hour ago. It is regrettable the impact it has most likely had on you all psychologically, but you must understand the secrecy of such… things.”

The man gauged the room as he paused momentarily. Some dropped their faces back into their hands, some shook their heads, most just stared straight at the glass listening.

“You were recruited and brought here cooperatively of your own will, you were all chosen because you were deemed fit and ideal for duty in Minerva Force. From your skills in the field to your abilities of judgement and your diligence. You are here because you are needed. Earth - humanity - is in a grave peril, one that we believe has been culminating for some time.”

Another pause, and then continuation, “In nineteen ninety-two, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Minerva Force was founded after members of the scientific community logged an increased percentage of UFO sightings in space as well as relatable phenomenon on Earth in the years prior. Many of which were kept hidden from the societies of the world. The United States, Russia, China, and additional nations later on poured much effort and funding into Minerva Force. That was twenty-four years ago and since then the sightings and activities have only further increased and containing their exposure to the world has only grown more difficult in this digital age. But that is not the worst of it.”

“Recent events have lead us to believe that something immediate is afoot, that the… otherworlders are moving to action.”

The man took a breath and let his words settle on the room, as best they could anyway. The reactions were more or less the same, a few added head shakes and sideways glances between recruits. The man had done this routine many times already, little variation other than choice phrasing and words. He wondered how much of what he said stuck in these short briefings after exposing the truth to the new recruits. Nevertheless, it was necessary.

“You will all be immediately transferred to Alpha Sentinel, the central hub of Minerva Force operations and given your assignments. To say that this is a lot to take in is indeed a vast understatement, but we do not have the time to sit about and collect our thoughts. Minerva Force is closely monitoring global events and on the lookout for further heightening of extraterrestrial activities. You will receive additional briefing once you have reached Alpha Sentinel.”

As always the man in black ended on the most uplifting note he could offer, which was not much, “The fate of humanity depends on the success of this project, this force, and you were all chosen because our organization deemed you to be among the best humanity had to offer. It will be a difficult struggle to come but we are sure you will not disappoint and will be at the forefront of a victory to come.”

Methodically, the man in black stood back up from his seat, the last of him to be heard was the scrape of his chair and the heavy slam of the door from whence he first came, the recruits meanwhile would be immediately ushered out and prepared for flight to Alaska.

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2010 - Multiple UFO sighting reports in Harbour Mille, Newfoundland and Labrador. Royal Canadian Mounted Police stated the reports were due to a missile launch, the statement is later retracted.

2008 - A large fleet of UFOs or "glowing Red Spheres" is seen over Liverpool heading east.

2006 - An unidentified object lands in the village of Roskovec, leaving three double-banded black circles in the asphalt. Witnesses describe a sudden darkness, mist, bent tree branches, and a cold wind. A 10-year-old boy saw a disc-shaped object with a gray color and a thin blue line on the ground for a few seconds. The incident leaves the boy in shock for about three months.

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1997 - Hundreds of people witness a series of lights in a "V" pattern moving through Arizona.

1986 - Mirage IIIE and F-5 fighters are scrambled to intercept numerous UFO’s covering the skies over Brazil but failed to intercept, with pilots describing the objects as capable of impossible maneuvers and rapidly accelerating to as much as Mach 15 once approached.

1978 - Frederick Valentich, a pilot, is harassed near Cape Otway in flight by an unknown aircraft that drew closer as he called out to air traffic control in Melbourne. Valentich then went dark and neither he nor his plane were ever found; his last words being “it’s not an aircraft”.

1951 - Several bizarre lights in V-shape formations are repeatedly spotted flying over Lubbock, Texas.

1950 - The McMinnville sightings. A farmer gets pictures of a purported "flying saucer". These were the first flying saucer photographs since the coinage of the term.

1947 - The Roswell and Maury Island incidents.

1907 - Albanian guerrillas spot strange floating discs while camping on a mountain.

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1883 - Jose Bonilla counts over four hundred dark, unidentified objects crossing the sun while observing sunspot activity at Zacatecas Observatory in Mexico. He was able to take photographs.

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1561 - Residents of Nuremberg, Bavaria witness hundreds of spheres, cylinders, “and other odd-shaped objects” that moved erratically overhead.

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65 - Flavius Josephus reports “chariots hurtling through the clouds" prior to the First Jewish–Roman War.

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1450 (BCE) - Pharaoh Thutmose III and his army witness stars “set down upon Thutmose’s enemies” amid his conquest in Nubia.

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1992 - The Minerva Inaugural is launched. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the People’s Republic of China establish Minerva Force to counteract extraterrestrial terror and incursion after a steady rise in UFO sightings and related phenomena, both civilian and militarily observed.

1994 - Alpha Sentinel, the base headquarters of Minerva Force, is constructed in Alaska.

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2014 - The Macquarie Island Station Incident.

What Are You Listening To?

Word association Game!

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the alphabet game. lol

Quadraphony

What is your Roman Empire..?

what is an obscure or niche topic that you think about way too much?

I have way too many to even count so I will just pull from some that are “on hand”. (Aside from my deep study of East Asian histories, cultures, and religion because of both general fascination and my own personal relatability.)

1. I am a huge history nut so aside from the literal Roman Empire various kingdoms, states, and dynasties through history and events surrounding them.

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The Macedonian Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire, the more powerful of the Muslim dynasties through the Middle Ages (Umayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, Sulayhids - Holla Sultana Arwa! - Seljuks, Ayyubids, Ottomans, etcetera.), the Holy Roman Empire, Capet France, William the Conquerors’ England, the kingdoms of Iberia during the Reconquista, the Teutonic Orders’ Baltic state… Uhm… Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān (The Triple Alliance/Aztec Empire)… It is a list, haha. So, yes, some notable periods in an “expanse” of history for one.

EDIT: Honestly this barely even scratches the surface.

2. How Ayben Ersoy and Mizgin are extremely underappreciated.

3. I have some very select genres and sub-genres of music that I am really into, including things like throat singing and percussive styles.