The Xerian Frontier

[Protagonist]

Lewis closes the tent flap and takes a step back.


He considers this. For all it's crimes, the Enigma State isn't well known for using foreign slave labor. Given Enigma's human rights record, it's arguable that slavery was a meaningless term. Everything belonged to "the people", even the people themselves.


He whispers, quietly: "We can wait for the soldier to leave...or we can attack now. I think that Soldier might have clues on him as to what's going on, but...he's not some street thug or slaver."

 

[Assailant]

Maxwell Teller

Recon Corps: Human

Stamina: 10 [+2]


Willpower: 4


Strength:3


Agility: 4


Intelligence:14


Dexterity:6


Charisma: 1


Stealth: 5


Perception: 7 [+2]




Health: 120/120


MP: 40


Money: 193




Ammo: 40/40


Ammo Cost: 5


Damage:x3

Maxwell nods. "We should attack. It's dangerous, but there could be something much bigger going on. I had suspected that they were allied with another larger colony, but Enigma? We need to figure out what's going on."

 

[Protagonist]

Lewis says "Sounds like a plan."


He notices something else. Two radios in the crate. He says "Hm, I'll hold onto these, just in case."


He crouches near the door, sub-machine gun in hand. He whispers "Everybody ready?".

 

[Assailant]

Maxwell Teller

Recon Corps: Human

Stamina: 10 [+2]


Willpower: 4


Strength:3


Agility: 4


Intelligence:14


Dexterity:6


Charisma: 1


Stealth: 5


Perception: 7 [+2]




Health: 120/120


MP: 40


Money: 193




Ammo: 40/40


Ammo Cost: 5


Damage:x3

Maxwell nods and gets in a battle ready position. "Ready when you are."

 

[Protagonist]

Lewis nods and opens the flap, before aiming his gun at the Enigma Conscript.


[dice]10021[/dice]


[dice]10022[/dice]


[dice]10023[/dice]


[Lewis adds 3 to his roll of 1, getting a total roll of 4]


Lewis sneaks carefully, and remains unseen until he prepares to fire, and-Oh, shit, his gun jams.


While he's clearing his jam, the Soldier notices the gun barrel. He goes for his own weapon, and fires it at Lewis.


[dice]10024[/dice]


A plasma round grazes Lewis's shoulder, doing actually pretty severe damage for something that only barely hit him.


[Lewis takes 20 damage! He has 50 HP remaining!]


Lewis shouts in pain as the bolt rips through his armor, and leaves a noticeable cut underneath.


Finally clearing his jam, he returns fire.


[dice]10025[/dice]


A bolt from his gun hits the soldier in the chest, but doesn't pierce his armor.


The soldier seems to lose balance a moment, though.


[The soldier takes 15 damage, and has 75 HP remaining]


He re-orientates himself and shouts to the slavers "Get to safety! I'll deal with this one!". The slavers obey.

 

[Assailant]

Maxwell Teller

Recon Corps: Human

Stamina: 10 [+2]


Willpower: 4


Strength:3


Agility: 4


Intelligence:14


Dexterity:6


Charisma: 1


Stealth: 5


Perception: 7 [+2]




Health: 10/120


MP: 40


Money: 193




Ammo: 35/40


Ammo Cost: 5


Damage:x3

Max jumps out of the cover and takes aim at the Enigma soldier.


[dice]10473[/dice]


[dice]10475[/dice]


[Max adds 2 to his roll, getting 6]


Max jumps out to shoot, but the soldier sees him first and fires.


[dice]10476[/dice]


The plasma bolt hits him directly in the chest, doing incredible amounts of damage.


[Max only has 10 HP left]


Max quickly recovers from the shot and, with teeth grit in anger, fires.


[dice]10477[/dice]


Max gets a decent shot.


[The soldier takes 12 damage, and has 63 HP left]

 

[ryanpk200]

Sam follows Max and prepares to shoot the soldier.


[dice]10578[/dice]


[dice]10579[/dice]


Sam tries to fire put the soldier beats him to it.


[dice]10580[/dice]


Anderson takes a very bad hit. He's knocked to the floor but he barely manages to get up. I'll repair when we get back.


[sam takes 60 damage and is on 10 health.]


[dice]10581[/dice]


[sam deals 15 damage and the soldier is on 48 health]

 

[Protagonist]

Lewis, after firing, went back into concealment.


The Enigma Soldier smiles as he hits both of his enemies. He assumes, at first, that they are dead. Much to his shock, they're still alive, and knock him to the ground.


Suddenly, two of his friends are hit, and Lewis shouts "By Theos! Keep pressure on those wounds while I get you some cover fire!"


He reached out and tried to shoot at the Enigma soldier again.


[dice]10799[/dice]


[dice]10800[/dice]


The Soldier, still a bit disorientated, fires too late and gets hit in the chest by a burst of fire.


[dice]10801[/dice]


[dice]10802[/dice]


[soldier takes 15 damage, and has 33 HP remaining]


Lewis smiles at his handiwork, but while his gun is still firing, a bolt pierces his chest and exits out the other side.


At first, Lewis does nothing, but simply stays there. Then blood starts dripping out of his mouth, and he falls on his side, unconscious and dying. Before he slips away, he points to the radios. Maybe there's something that can be done with those?


[Lewis takes 80 damage. He has 0 HP remaining]

 

[ryanpk200]

Sam tries preform a quick repair on himself.


[dice]10805[/dice]


[sam repairs himself for 1 hp and is on 11 health.]


It's not much... Sam dives into the tent and tries to make use of the weapons cache. He picks up the hunting rifle.


[dice]10806[/dice]


[dice]10807[/dice]


The soldier sees him and shoots first. Shit.


[dice]10808[/dice]


[sam takes 60 damage and shuts down.]

 

[Assailant]

Maxwell Teller

Recon Corps: Human

Stamina: 10 [+2]


Willpower: 4


Strength:3


Agility: 4


Intelligence:14


Dexterity:6


Charisma: 1


Stealth: 5


Perception: 7 [+2]




Health: 10/120


MP: 40


Money: 193




Pistol


Ammo: 35/40


Ammo Cost: 5


Damage:x3




Enigma Gun


Ammo:25/40


Ammo Cost: 15


Damage: x10

Max stared in fear as one of his teammates were shot down. As the other two fought, Max quickly grabbed the radios and pulled up the emergency frequency. He quickly gave coordinates as reinforcements came. He knew the patrol patterns, and wagered they'd be here in ten minutes or so. Then Max took the fight to them.


Max charged the soldier while he wasn't paying attention and made a grab for his gun.


[dice]10999[/dice]


[dice]11000[/dice]


Max, having caught the soldier off guard, successfully grabbed the gun. The soldier charged at him with his fists as Max leveled his gun.


[dice]11001[/dice]


[dice]11002[/dice]


[Max has +2 added perception, making 3]


Max get the upper hand, jumping back from the soldier so the soldier misses. As the soldier charges again, Max fires.


[dice]11003[/dice]


Max fires the gun, repeatedly hitting the soldier. The soldier hits the ground, the life quickly fading from his body. Max sighs in relief and pulls his allies into the tent.

 

[Protagonist]

Suddenly, an Armored Personnel Carrier arrives with the Zion Logo painted onto it.


A few Soldiers (and one medic-who's unarmed) wearing blue armor come out of the vehicle, and point their weapons at the Gizians, assuming (correctly) that they're the problem.


They shout "Drop your weapons, and put your hands behind your head!".


The Gizians, however, don't listen. They charge headfirst at the Zion Soldiers.


[dice]11013[/dice]


[dice]11012[/dice]


[dice]11014[/dice]


The Zion Soldiers pour plasma bolts into the Gizians, killing them all.


One soldier shouts orders. "Bob, search that Enigma Vehicle. Alfred, search that tent."


The medic searches the tent, and noticed Lewis, bleeding out the chest. He begins work on stabilizing him.


The soldier who gave the orders approaches Max. He asks "Are you the one who sent the emergency signal?".


Another soldier opens up the back of the Enigma Vehicle. A few slaves of varying species pour out of the vehicle. They're bound and gagged. The Soldier proceeds to take off one of the slave's gags. They declare "Thanks for saving me, but your princess is in another-" the Soldier puts the gag back on, before removing the restraints of everyone else.

 

[Assailant]

Maxwell Teller

Recon Corps: Human

Stamina: 10 [+2]


Willpower: 4


Strength:3


Agility: 4


Intelligence:14


Dexterity:6


Charisma: 1


Stealth: 5


Perception: 7 [+2]




Health: 10/120


MP: 40


Money: 193




Revolver


Ammo: 35/40


Ammo Cost: 5 (-1?)


Damage:x3




Semi-Auto Gun


Ammo: 32/40


Ammo Cost: 8


Damage: x10

Max nods, having by that time successfully bandaged his and Lewis wounds with crude bandages made from the tent fabric and their own shirts. He had put more care into Lewis's wounds, as Lewis was dying as he was doing it. He had managed to keep Lewis alive just long enough to be rescued.


"I am. Thanks for the assistance. We have news of a missing squad around this area. All soldiers from that squad are either missing or deceased." Max gave the soldier some of the dogtags he had collected off of the corpses.

 

[Protagonist]

A voice comes out of the armored vehicle.


"You're...you're going to want to see this..."


"Later! Let's get these people into town first!".


...a short drive later, our team arrives in town. The slaves are brought along into town as well.


Upon looking into the Enigma's Armored Vehicle, they found tools associated with Apollyonic rituals...that is to say, the Enigma State wasn't gathering slaves for work, but to use as sacrifice.


Over the course of the the next few days, people who support the Mayor have increased their resolve. Not only were there slavers, but these slavers were in cahoots with the Psuedo-Stalinist Enigma State. Which, by the way, uses them for human sacrifice.


On the other hand, supporters of Tom have argued that this event merely shows more reason why they should support his non-interventionism. After all, the slavers were working with the Enigma State. And, as this event shows, their soldiers are far more powerful than anything Holon can defend itself against.


Many people just flee the town. They don't want to deal with this.


Ultimately, the Mayor's popularity drops to 40%.


3 days later, Lewis is given a clean bill of health and is allowed to return to duty.


He sits at a table at Jack's, eating pancakes and drinking coffee.

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

Zelina Xervia

VTOL Pilot: Human

Stamina: 5


Willpower: 5


Strength: 3


Agility: 3 (+5)


Intelligence: 7


Dexterity: 11


Charisma: 5


Stealth: 3


Perception: 12




Stats


HP: 50/50


MP: 50/50


Money: 50 Grams


Status Effects: None




AV-9


VHP: 50/50


VMP: 50/50


Status: Flying




GUA-5 Autocannon


Ammo: 50/50


Ammo Cost: 9


Damage: 5


Speed +5

As Lewis sits eating he notices a new figure walking in wearing a military flight suit. Zelina walks over, and sits at one of the tables by the window.

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

(Waiting for reply)

 

[Protagonist]

Lewis notices a woman in the corner of his eye. He takes a bite of his pancakes. He then picks up a newspaper and starts to read it.


It's talking about this city, actually-and how Enigma soldiers have been spotted near it. He takes a sip of his coffee-it seems to have caused a stir throughout the whole nation of Zion.


He declares aloud "What do you know? We're famous!". Not for good reasons, though.

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

Zelina Xervia

VTOL Pilot: Human

Stamina: 5


Willpower: 5


Strength: 3


Agility: 3 (+5)


Intelligence: 7


Dexterity: 11


Charisma: 5


Stealth: 3


Perception: 12




Stats


HP: 50/50


MP: 50/50


Money: 50 Grams


Status Effects: None




AV-9


VHP: 50/50


VMP: 50/50


Status: Flying




GUA-5 Autocannon


Ammo: 50/50


Ammo Cost: 9


Damage: 5


Speed +5

Zelina watched as the crazy guy shouted something about being famous, and then ordered a coffee. As she waited for her drink she looked around the place. It was a nice little (tavern?). She pulled out a data pad and looked over it.

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

Nora prepared the lighting in her temple main hall in preparation for the up and coming service. A standard fair of reading from the book of Metatron and a little preaching. The recent call for election was making her worry, three day is and the old fool was already losing. The current mayor was ineffectual but malleable to her suggestion and she wasn't sure the new candidate was the same. At first she wanted to distance her self from the event to seem impartial but recent edits forced her to act.


A short time later she walked up at her pedestal and watched the believers sat in front of her. Their eyes wide at her like dogs to their master just waiting to be guided.


"My friends, I hear the words out on the street about the dangers posed by the enigma and their slavers. You needn't worry, this towns finest under the Mayor with Metators grace and guide will see then through like it did three days ago." She said in a soft and gently tone before becoming more firm and serious."But first Metatrons light has guided me to a greater problem, the enemy within our settlement! Enigma agents and other enemies try to bring our settlement from the inside! Trying to infiltrate our government in the guise of bringing change and prosperity while secretly impending the work of our fine government officials and feeding information to the enemy! We must root out these interlopers and send them back from where they came..."

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

She completed her service, feeling good about the reaction she got from the crowd afterwards. She had always had a way with people and it got her far from a nobody to the second, some say the, most important person in town. Part of that she remained down to earth in the eyes of the people, she stepped out of her temple and walked into the local tavern for drink among the masses of drunken sheep it serves.

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

"Tying to get thoroughly sloshed... Like you are it seems." Nora replied slightly irritated by the drunken girl advances but decided to exercise some calm and control. By no means she spurns advances from other women but she did prefer her women to be able to stand at least. Though being who Nora was she was unlikely to get advances from anyone otherwise."What is good served?"

 

[Protagonist]

An android woman, Vera had listened while the woman gave her speech. She didn't know her. She walked up to her in the bar and said "Who are you?".


She introduce herself. "I am Priestess Vera." She did a curtsey. "May I ask where you are from?".

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

Zelina walked up to Lewis. "Hey weren't you supposed to meet me here?" (Sorry for the one liner.)

 

[Protagonist]

Lewis raised an eyebrow as he was approached by a pilot.


"Um...no, ma'am. I don't recall anything about meeting you. But uh...what why were we supposed to meet, exactly?"

 

[Assailant]

Maxwell Teller

Recon Corps: Human

Stamina: 10 [+2]


Willpower: 4


Strength: 3


Agility: 4


Intelligence: 14


Dexterity: 7


Charisma: 1


Stealth: 5


Perception: 7 [+2]




Health: 120/120


MP: 40/40


Money: 193




Revolver


Ammo: 40/40


Ammo Cost: 1


Damage:x3




Semi-Auto Gun


Ammo: 40/40


Ammo Cost: 8


Damage: x10

Maxwell walked into a bar, trudging his feet behind him. It had been a few days, but he was just now healthy enough to truly have freedom again. His tired eyes peered up from his hair, and he slowly walked to the servers. Faces passed him by, some of whom he vaguely recognized, but most he didn't. He didn't care, he was too tired to care at this point. The battle at the camp had been very stressful, far more stressful than anything he'd done to date. The moment when the squad's fate rested on him came back to his mind, the memory of the weight of his obligation crushing him under itself. He was still exhausted from it.


He sat at a stool and looked at the person behind the bar. He wasn't normally a drinker, but this was something else. This time was an exception.


"Something strong, please."

 

[Yang Xiao Long]

Zelina Xervia

VTOL Pilot: Human

Stamina: 5


Willpower: 5


Strength: 3


Agility: 3 (+5)


Intelligence: 7


Dexterity: 11


Charisma: 5


Stealth: 3


Perception: 12




Stats


HP: 50/50


MP: 50/50


Money: 50 Grams


Status Effects: None




AV-9


VHP: 50/50


VMP: 50/50


Status: Flying




GUA-5 Autocannon


Ammo: 50/50


Ammo Cost: 9


Damage: 5


Speed +5

Zelina crossed her arms, and looks mad. "Yeah according to my travel orders the Holon police department has been waging a war in the back bush, so they decided to hire a VTOL pilot to help you. I was told to meet you here, and now I'm being told that you didn't even know you were meeting me!" She was nearly shouting. She had been used to working with her unit at another colony where there were attacks every day without the colonies milita waging a war against enigma.