The year is 2965, and earth has been thrown into a nuclear winter. In 2329, relations between Russia and the US came to an all out catastrophe and both sides launched out Nuvelion Tesla Warheads. The ensuing blasts destroyed both countries. Turning all of Russia into a giant crater and the United States into a dessert wasteland. The Russian missile was knocked off course by severe winds and landed on the coast of Hawaii.
(The story would take place in America's Wastes) The fallout from the blasts pushed the planet to its current state. The last remaining people of the earth,have banded together and struggle to survive. Most groups of people live in small groups and travel from place to place on the wastelands of the planet. The temperature during the day never reaches to higher than 18 degree's Celsius. At night the temperature falls to an incredible -77 degree's Celsius. Over the Wastelands are two groups of power, most humans belong to the Human controlled groups while a few still consider themselves to be sovereign and have nothing to do with them, The UA (United Armada.), (the remnants of the US government.) and the Ska-gra-nal. ( A strange new inhabitant of the Wastelands.)
In 2679 the planet turned to its current frozen state and a new development occurred. As if from thin air a new organism appeared and began terrorizing the inhabitants of the Wastelands. The new organisms, came to be known as the Ska-gra-mal. The creatures were like giant insects and attack any and all human vehicles and people alike. Initial combat with creatures proved to be huge failures as the creatures armor like hides and exo-skeletons protected them from every conventional weapon short of a missile's strength. After a twenty years of losing countless battle's with the monsters, the UA was able to develop weapons to fight the insect like monsters. The introduction of the first combat ready mobile armor suits helped to even the fields of battle with the creatures.
In the wake of the bombs, the lower half of the planet is completely frozen,.(no Australia,south America) and Most of Asia is still too irradiated to much in.The earths rotation has slowed so there is now a 46 hour day The conditions on the planet are so bad that the UA was forced to build a gargantuan space center the size of the moon. That's where the majority of the UA is. The bugs can't reach them there, however on three occasions when they hitched rides on shuttles from the planet.They are smart, they have breded specific bugs in attempts to help them travel into space and beyond. They have even bred large beetle like creatures that can fire off what looks like directed plasma blasts that can travel into space. As of yet the Station, named
Everest, has yet to be hit
So the characters we could play as, would be mostly divided between the UA division soldiers and the Remaining humans on the planets surface.....Ummmm, once i get the way they will work out, we can even play as the
Ska.
World look: The whole planet looks like a huge Blizzard hit Buffalo, It's really cold and there's enough snow to cover cars and small people (Love you Chr0mium
). Some areas like the former Pacific Ocean have become large Wastelands of snow, and the snow there is miles deep, however very compact. There are certain places on the planet that have heat vents and even exposed lava vents. But these areas are the prefered nesting grounds of the Ska. Some areas are too inhostpitable for life to exist, the entire west coast is gone, under ice and snow. The mid west US is a hot zone, meaning that there is nothing but Hot vents and Volcanoes in the area. The Great Planes are counted amongst those areas that can not be entered. These areas are among the areas that also hold the most Ska, and as it would seem the highest area rich in Element Ezo. A Element that is crucial in creating energy weapons and powering the Everest station. A single gramm of Ezo can power the station for up to a year, or create millions of rounds for the UA's energy weapons.
Ezo sickness: A rare but powerful "sickness", it allows the person, depending on the level of Ezo exposure, to use some mental abilities. Lifting objects, predicting the future, communicating mentaly with others, Even as strong as creating personal shields for themselves and others, and even a special attack that allows them to, using their minds alone to push, pull and throw things as heavy as a Leger. Some heavily infected, can even create things, like fire and plasma and even lift entire buildings from their foundations and shoot them like bullets. In the plasma and fire's case, can be used to spray over Ska. One person to date, has had the ability to make things explode with his abilities. However those infected also have a much shorter life span, 65 is the maximum age a Ezo (what the infected are called) can live. At 65, every system in the body shuts down, and the subject dies. No cure can be found. Those who use their abilities on a day to day basis live longer than those whoe use their powers for every task.
Ska types:
Arachnidas (aka Spiders or leggers):
Large spider like creatures, they have black spiky armored bodies and eight legs. They have two large pincers on their forward legs they use to catch prey. They are the size of small cars and they jump around from wall to wall when hunting prey.
Langarus (Mantis) :The Langarus are huge Preying mantis like creatures. As the Leger's, they also are covered in Spiky armor. They can fly and they have a ability unique to this type of Ska. They can mimic human voices perfectly and have been known to use intellect in order to set up traps against humans. However they are the weakest of the Ska and are only dangerous in groups of 4 or more. They are the size of large Dogs (Great Danes).
Tanks: These are large skyscrapper like Ska. They look like gargantuan Beetles. They are covered in Black spiky armor. However these creature can fire Plasma motars (Balls of plasma) into high orbit. The Red ones can fire off into space.
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Tubers These Ska look like a cross between a Legger and a squid. The creature is covered in armor, but has tentacles instead of claws. They are the size of large children and are easily one of the most scary creatures to meet on the wastes. They travel through the snow by way of underground tunnels and are extremely hard to spot during an attack. Inside buildings, they are easy to see as they tend to stick to the walls and ceilings. Once stuck they spit acid towards prey.
Leeches:: The Ska are small and firece carnivores, They are the size of Hamsters. They attack in groups of 100 or more. They are truly the most vulnerable of the Ska because they die by shock. A slight distubence when they are not aware, causes them to expolde and the explosion kills eight or nine more. However if they are able to get a hold of a human, it burrows into the subject and begins eating it from the inside out.
Luminators (Facehuggers) :These Ska are unique in the fact that they need a host in order to be threatening. They always attack in packs of twenty or more and are easily dispatched by a simple shot from a pistol. However, their only real defense is a terrifying one. They latch onto the face of their prey and like a marionette, they control the prey to do its bidding. However, their most crucial part, their brain, is exposed and sits on top of the Ex's face, an easy target for a crack shot. They are only a threat indoors, they cant handle the cold without a host.
Ex's(ex's) :these are humans that have been taken over by luminators. The only difference between them and humans is that they have the Luminators attached to their faces. They have increased strength and can withstand a beating. They are the only Ska "smart enough" to use human weapons. They are more like zombies, they have a unending capacity for strength and they have an endless endurance, and only die when the Luminator leaves their bodies, or is destroyed. "BOOM HEAD SHOT!!!" is what the UA forces will commonly say when they fight these creatures. A Ezo who becomes an Ex, is termed as Exo's and they retain and even improve on the original Ezo's abilities.
Narwhals (Horns) : These creatures are very large. They are the size of Four or five blue whales stacked next to each other and just as long. No confirmed kills against the creature, it makes short work of any attempt to kill it. It attacks by coming out from under the snow and swallows whole vehicles and armored units alike.
Not known who or what controls the Ska, but its believed to be a Queen, like that of an ant. Produces offspring and they in turn protect her.
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Weapons :As it is the year 2965, WAY in the future, the weapons are advanced. However things like lasers and beam weapons are almost always used by the UA forces. Not to say that a wandering human on the planets surface couldn't of found one but it's rare.
Beam rifle : A assault rifle, it uses plasma cells in order to fire. The Ammo is only legally available to UA forces. Used only against leggers due to the rarity of materials to make ammo.
Beam pistol: same as the rifle, but its a handgun
M459A3 Assault Rifle. (M4): A rifle that fires good old fashioned armor piercing or shredder rounds. Basic weapon for UA members. Ammo is very plentiful. Humans on the surface have many of theses. "Don't leave home withou it.....no seriously don't"
M41E3 pistol (E3): same as the M4. Sidearm of every character, unless specified otherwise.
M5B3 Magnum: A large .44 calibur pistol. Rounds are very heavy and pack a hellava punch.
M10A58 Combat Shotgun: A shotgun used mostly by Wanderes on the planet. The UA has them as well, but they are not standered issue for UA units.
M10 Grenade launcher: Exaxctly what it sounds like. fires explosive, acid, flame,Nitrogen, electrical, and even metal rounds. (Metal rounds are literally small pieces of iron in solid ball form...
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Beam S. rifle: A sniper rifle that fires energy beams. same ammo as the pistol and rifle.
M64W8 Sniper Rifle.: Fires Tungston heavy rounds at super high velocities. Perfect for "Bug Huntin".
Grenades: Plasma: Energy explosives that stick to targets. UA members, some Planetsiders.
Flame: Exactky what it sounds like. Blows up and lets out lots of flames. Burns anything.
Frag: standard issue Fragmentation grenade. Explodes and lets out shrapnel.
Sonic: Use's the same tech. as a Newbaric Sound Cannon to release a high frequency blast of sound that in this case, will knock-out most Ska for about five minutes.
Ex's are unaffected. as are Narwhals.
Newbaric sound cannon: A special gun the size of small houses. placed only on dropships. fires high frequency sound waves only the Ska can pic up, makes any Ska in the area flee.
Still needs a name, but what y'all think?
Interested
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