Asclepius Initiative
2025, the year it went to hell. No one living knows exactly where the Chimera Parasites came from. Whether from space by a meteor, frozen in Antarctica and was freed when the ice containing it melted, or maybe even a government bioweapon got wrong. Only they showed up in India, and from there, They spread to the rest of the world like cancer. Infecting and transforming their hosts into cannibalistic mutants. At first, the infested was limited to zombie-like beings, and there was still a sense of order as governments tried to contain the infected and find any way to counteract the Chimera Parasites. Nothing worked, as the world was desperate for a cure.
Two months after the appearance of the parasites and before the world collapsed. A special organization created by the United Nations called the Asclepius Initiative. An organization meant to study the Chimera Parasite and find a cure, and contain the infected. Asclepius set up bases around the world, and for a time, there was hope. But as if by command, the parasites started to change their hosts further. While the "zombie' form remained the default type, the parasites changed their hosts into new and more powerful forms that caught the world and Asclepius off guard. Ranging from mutant forms that were barely human to large monsters that were the size of a small building. Unable to handle these new kinds of infected, the world would collapse despite the best efforts from Asclepius.
Now, five years later, those still living are often found in fortified settlements and despite the fall of the world. Asclepius is still around but in a scattered and reduced state. Still, the remaining members of Asclepius are committed to finding a cure and saving humanity from the Chimera Parasites. One such Asclepius base located in Germany, while surviving would come across something that could be cure for Chimera Parasites and save humanity.
So begins a journey that will take them across the world and the fate of humanity lies with them. Whether or not they can succeed is solely in their hands.
Rules:
1. Expected to follow standard site rules
2. No godmodding or powergaming or etc...
3. No OP characters
4. A max of two characters
5. Minimum of one paragraph
1. Expected to follow standard site rules
2. No godmodding or powergaming or etc...
3. No OP characters
4. A max of two characters
5. Minimum of one paragraph
Overview
Hello and welcome to the rp. The year is 2030 and in this rp, you will be playing as members of the Asclepius Initiative who live in a Asclepius base in Germany. Where they have been working to survive while trying to find a cure to the Chimera Parasites and save what is left of humanity.
Chimera Parasites
A Chimera Parasite is a black beetle looking parasite about the size of a apple. While easy to kill by most standards, its speed and often attacking in number usual causes a person to be overwhelm though it only takes one parasite to infest a person. By climbing on their back and attaching themselves to the spine. Specifically the top of the thoracic part of the spine. From there they quickly take control of the host and are able to mutant the host to the specific deigns of the parasite. Which while most parasites have a default desire by turning their host into a mutant cannibal akin to a zombie. It has been identified that their are stains or different variants of the Chimera Parasite that make their hosts mutant into specific forms.
Variants that have been identified so far.
Default: The zombie, the default form of the infested. While looking like the undead or just wrong. The Chimera zombie is worse than zombies we know of in human lore. For while they main method of attack is their hands and teeth like traditional zombies. They can climb, open doors and are otherwise more dangerous than expected.
Variant 1:
Variant 2:
Variant 3: