Nephill Kilner
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Containment
A Story Of Intrigue and Horror
The elite members of The Initiative have been contacted by a desperate medical research corporation known as Unified Biotech Systems, Inc., to discreetly provide an unconventional solution to a catastrophe. Research being conducted at Facility 931 on the world called Coveway II, a dwarf planet in the Koradin sector in the Outer Rim, has been compromised by a breach. The facility has been lost, and an evacuation failed - as of 30 hours after initial reports of the crisis, no contact has been made with anyone from the station. The corporation has been dreading the worst.
After a scout team also failed to report back after being sent in 6 hours after the initial distress call, the corporation has resolved to contain the situation. The Initiative is being offered a multi-million contract to go in and secure the station. This involves uncovering what has transpired at the station, rescue any survivors, recover as much research as possible, and destroy all evidence of the station's existence.
The corporation is growing more nervous as the clock ticks, and is clearly panicked by the prospect of anything unauthorized escaping the facility.
The Planet: Coveway II is an average sized world in the Koradin sector in the Outer Rim. The only other planet of notice, Coveway, has been uninhabited after a colony set up by the Galactic Republic of old fell apart. UBS owns the rights to the world. Volcanic in nature, sparse vegetation grows (limited to moss and low lying plants), covering dark ash. Looming mountains and active volcanoes dot the relatively flat terrain. There are some pools and lakes, and in the Northern and Southern tips there are frozen ice caps. The world is covered in a seemingly neverending cloud of mist (low lying clouds). The world's atmosphere is filled with lots of methane and carbon dioxide, and only 15% oxygen. The world is still in the process of developing the means to support complex forms of life, and UBS has not bothered to spend millions to terraform a planet that holds only one remote facility. Gravity and atmosphere is standard. The world cannot support anything better then microorganisms. Larger creatures that can survive in extreme conditions have no incentive to make their home on the world.
OOC: Pics are based off of Iceland in the summer/spring. Think the opening footage in Prometheus.
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The Facility: A medium sized facility, the research being conducted was classified, although one can infer it is medical related - and dangerous enough to be located in a remote, uninhabited world. Self contained and self-sustaining, it contains staff quarters, research labs, storage rooms, a comms/command center, and an armory. Located near the Northern ice cap, it is covered in snow and ice in the winter. In the spring (current setting), the ice is melting away and grass and moss are growing over the volcanic ash. A cool mist prevents the sun's rays from illuminating the area, but allows for a cool atmosphere - not that one can go outside of the controlled atmosphere of the research facility.
The facility is staffed by over 200 researchers, fifty of which hold degrees. There were also 100 security staff, which is a very unusual amount for a medical research facility. The security staff were equipped with weaponry on par with those used by the military forces of the Empire and GA, along with armor and other equipment.
The facility was equipped with a powerful communications dish, and the power generator is a stable fusion reactor that is unlikely to have shut down. Therefore, it is unlikely the cause for this incident is related to a power failure or communications failure.
It is also laced with self destruct charges in the event of widespread contamination. Requires three of the senior staff to insert special keys into a computer console in the command center, along with retina scans for confirmation of identity. Self destruct was not activated.
Art of the facility: http://robertdbrown.deviantart.com/art/Sci-Fi-testing-facility-145693560
The Employer: Unified Biotech Systems, Inc., is a renowned, albeit relatively new biotech research corporation with an emphasis on medical applications. Its corporate offices are listed with Coruscant addresses. Most interestingly, it is owned by a conglomerate that controls a variety of corporations that deal in various industries, and has known government ties. UBS has also employed some of the brightest scientists and has accumulated a large budget to support advanced research on planets that it holds the rights to, despite being founded less then a year ago. It has also put together the means to offer a 3.5 million contract to the Initiative for completion of the following objectives:
1. The rescue and extraction of any survivors
2. The recovery of data
3. Secure the facility and compromised material - may require destruction of the facility
The secondary team that was sent in was made up of 40 heavily armed security staff members that were in the nearby sector. Again, no return contact after entry.
The corporation is acting most strangely, and has demanded the group depart and arrive in orbit of Coveway II before it elaborates more on the circumstances of the mission. It has warned not to expect functional environmental systems, so the team must be equipped with personal air supplies/suits that are rated for biological threats. They have also requested Init starships be on standby to eliminate the facility by orbital bombardment if necessary.
The whole thing is very mysterious, and very unusual. A corporation with government ties and its own, private security force, is outsourcing a very unusual and dangerous mission to a private institution. The mission reeks of suppressing some sort of occurrence that should not have occurred.
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Recruiting all eligible Init members. Looking for about 5 PCs who can post at least once in a three day period. Need science types and soldier types. Depending on the volume of applicants, may be more selective. Please include your activity level in posts per 24 hours when applying, for personal reference.
Nevermore will be assisting in NPC/GM duties, the extent of which is still to be determined.
Will edit as needed. Will add a map once I get around to completing one.
The team will be inserted by an Init starship group that will remain in orbit as a support team.
Cast:
The Adamant Crusader as Borey, mysterious shapeshifter "3 n 1"
Gaja as Jon Vega, Deadly Chiss Immortal
Solaris as Nasiri Lavii, Chiss High Immortal
Luster as Lupo Sherradde, Mercenary
Xan as Xanthus, Gray Force Sensitive
Caluum Fallire as Or'dinii Fett
Niklas as Wraith
DISCLAIMER: By applying you submit your character to possible injuries, though none will be life-ending - merely serious/debilitating/scarring that will leave only superficial marks by the end of the mission.
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