TheFallOfitAll
A Ghost of RpN's Past
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Playable Races/Factions:
The Colonial Marines: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UVElhrIF3w[/media]
History/Mission: The United States Colonial Marines were founded in the year of 2101 to be alert and ready at all times. They are the “Force-in-Readiness” who are at all times ready to operate in environments far from their own home soil. The Corps are split between the supporting establishment, which does the recruiting and training, and then there are the operating forces. They are the combat troops. Around 58% of those in the USCMC are in the operating forces.
The USCMC have fought on over two dozen worlds, including Tientsin, Helene 215, Linna 349, and even the Xenomorph home world, or what is believed to be so, LV-426.
Divisions: Each Colonial Marine Division is a balanced force of combat, service, and support elements for both orbital assault, and ground combat.
Marine Assault Unit: The Building block of the Marines. At minimum, each MAU has the logistical ability to sustain 30 days of combat operations. They are commanded by a headquarters platoon, with a logistics platoon, a maintenance company, and a medical unit. There may be additional combat support troops include a reconnaissance platoon, scout-sniper squad, and a combat engineer platoon. A heavy ordinance company is also attached for heavy fire support and aerospace defense, and can include self-propelled artillery, anti-ballistic, and anti-space systems.
The Rifle Platoon will be making up most of the Marines for this combat rescue drop. This is made up of the platoon commander, who may be assisted by a synthetic to offer technical and scientific support, and also to assist medics and drivers.
The Squads are made up of two fire teams. The Rifle Team and the Gun Team. The Rifle team uses the M41 Pulse Rifle, while the Gun Team consists of a gunner armed with the M56 Smart Gun, and a rifleman with the M41.
Equipment/Training:
The standard ballistic protective armor system employed by the USCMC. This armor is designed to balance lightness with optimum protection. The armor includes an M10 Ballistic helmet. Which, is the standard helmet used by the Marines, it also has their Personal Data Transmitter, which will relay the Marines vital signs, and everything they see/hear via a camera attached to the helmet, back to the APC which has the monitors for them. The Helmet also has a set of infrared sights that may slide down so the Marine may use them. It will also hold the sight for a Smart gun. Also attached is the TNR Shoulder Lamp, which allows for lighting of dark areas.
A Colonial Marine in his armor, with some of his gear. Every marine is able to put custom designs on their armor.
A futuristic, powerful assault rifle with an underslung grenade launcher.
The M56 Smart Gun is a man-portable heavy machine gun with automatic targeting capabilities chambered for 10x28mm Caseless ammunition. The system is made up of four major components: The Operator’s combat harness, the head mounted sight, the articulator arm, and the gun itself.
The M56 is carried into combat on a self-aiming stabilized mount that is linked to an infrared target tracking system for accurate, autonomous aiming.
A flame thrower used by the USCMC.
A simple surveillance device that uses a high-powered ultrasound scanner to filter out moving objects in a stationary background. All Marines are employed with an Identification Friend Foe transponder which will allow them to be immune to the tracker. However, this may malfunction from time to time.
This is used as a simple surveillance device, and not full time.
Automatic firing sentry gun that will lock onto targets.
Vehicles:
A troop transport vehicle. This vehicle is able to be dropped onto the battlefield by the Cheyenne Drop Ship. This is a lighter, less capable vehicle than other APCs in service.
This vehicle is meant for dropping from the belly of an USCM transport to rapidly deploy troops and various types of equipment, and typically carries the M577.
A transport housing many marines, and other various weapons.
Some marines may have their own personal weapons (i.e. shotguns . . . , in case of close encounters.)
Every Marine is trained to use every weapon listed above, and to be skilled in melee combat, both with a knife and without.
The Synthetics are artificial humans made and invented by the Weyland-Yutani Co. They are made to look like, act like, and seem like humans.
The Yautja(pronounced as e-wat-ya)/Predators: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTcj40sf854[/media]
An ancient race of honorable hunters, the Yautja have been around far longer than the human race, and live far longer as well. The Yautja are a race of aliens, who are highly advanced in technology. All the hunters are male; though do not think wrongly of the female. It has been stated that the female are just as strong, and skilled, if not more, than the male.
The Yautja see very naturally in the infra-red bandwidth of light, exclusively.
Leadership: The Yautja are led by a Clan Leader, normally an Elder, older Yautja who has proved himself to be both honorable, and worthy in battle, by surviving many a hunt.
The Clan leader is who watches the hunts closely, to know when a certain Yautja has become blooded, in human terms, the stage of going from a boy to a man.
The Hunts: Before a Yautja can go on the hunt to become blooded, they undergo rigorous training in each style of weaponry. They are also trained in hand to hand combat, and other such weaponry. Stealth is also a key factor in their training.
Honor: The Yautja have a high sense of honor. They will not attack the weak, the unarmed, young, or even pregnant females, anything that it would deem unable to truly fight back. The only way they would is if what was mentioned above attacked first.
Equipment: *Means this is something EVERY Yautja has, without, it means it is a weapon/tool that is optional. One Yautja does not have all of these.
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The bio-mask is a staple in the Yautja culture, and tech. It allows them to breath in most any environment, and also protects the wearer’s head. The mask grants the wearer to multiple vision modes, allows them to zoom in on a target, examine that target, and have vocal mimicry. It also records video and audio. The mask also holds a tri-laser used in conjunction with the plasma caster. The eyes in the mask can flash; however, the color is a customization for each.The bio-mask is linked directly to the Wrist Gauntlet, which controls many of the masks functions.
The Bio-mask is unique to each and every Yautja, though some may look similar.Some of the vision modes are thermal, for human prey, and EM field, for Xenomorph prey. However, there are ways to hide one’s thermal waves from the mask. I.E. Covering oneself in mud, hiding in a place that is very hot. . . (Pictured above)
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The swifter the hunter, the lighter the armor. The more military the Yautja, the heavier the armor. The Clan leader’s armor may be more for show. The looks differ from Yautja to Yautja. (pictured above)
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A device capable of bending light around the Yautja’s body in such a way that it is rendered nearly invisible. The effect isn't perfect, as it may often leave a silhouette around the creature. However, in certain environments, and when the creature is motionless, it will help them to hide in plain sight.
The device is useless in a pure Xenomorph hunt, however, as they can smell out the Yautja. The ships of the Yautja also have a similar device. This is used often in hunts as stealth is a major factor for the Yautja. Other weaknesses are that water stops the effects, making it seem like an electrical field is zapping around the creature, however, it does it no harm.
Combi-Stick: A spear, which can be used as melee, or a long distance weapon.
Language Translator: This is a translator set into certain Yautja’s (normally the hunt leader’s) bio-mask so they may understand the language of another species.
*Medi-Kit: A kit with various items to heal wounds on the Yautja’s body, when used, however, it will result in pain enough to make the creature scream out.
(Every Clan has one) Mother Ship: A massive, mobile base for a single clan of the Yautja. These hold several Scout Ships, and are cloaked. They have holograms to show an area so the Yautja may study and know the area beforehand.
They can send pods holding Yautja in it down to the surface of a planet.
Otherwise known as the Shoulder Cannon, is a long range, energy projectile weapon. Most times it is guided. It can ignore armor, and blast a hole through the chest cavity of a human, and even blow them apart.
The Youngblood Yautja must earn these, however. Based upon the enormous power of this, it is considered the least honorable tool. When face with worthy enough prey, the Yautja will discard this, and rely then on its more basic weapons, like wrist blades and hand to hand. The most usual color of the plasma blast is a pale blue.
Some may even use two; however, these are often the older, and greatly skilled of the Yautja.
*Self-Destruct Device: This is a last resort item used by the Yautja. This is used for a ritualistic suicide, and to prevent evidence of their existence, and so that their technology may not fall into the wrong hands. No Yautja would dare go onto a hunt without this.
Smart Disc: A thrown weapon, an extremely sharp, circular cutting device thrown like a discuss, yet returns like a boomerang. It may feature grips to be used as a melee weapon as well.
*Vocal Mimicry: A feature many bio-masks have, a Yautja can play back the voices of humans heard and recorded by their mask to distract, or even frighten prey. Some, however, may be used to those humans that they may have fought alongside of as a thanks. That however is VERY rare.
*Wrist Blade: The Wrist Blade is the most basic Yautja weapon and is the weapon of choice for most Yautja. They are retractable and usually twin, serrated blades normally between six and eighteen inches in length, and two to eight inches wide that extend over the back of the hand from the gauntlet. They are very sharp and durable. Some are made of metals that are resistant to the Xenomorphs molecular acid blood.
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The Wrist bracer is a small computer device upon the forearm/wrist of a Yautja. It houses the controls for many a Yautja’s weaponry, such as the Self-Destruct, the cloak, and sometimes even the Plasma Caster. It can change the vision mode for the bio-mask, the zoom, and even houses how to do the playback for voice mimicry. The loss of a wrist gauntlet is met with severe punishment.
The Clan: The Clan hunting and operating on this planet are known as the Blood Moon clan, based on how they only ever hunt during the rare months when the planet’s moon looks blood red, due to how the atmosphere and such are. They are led by an elder by the name of Red Eye.
The Xenomorph: [media]
A futuristic, powerful assault rifle with an underslung grenade launcher.
The M56 Smart Gun is a man-portable heavy machine gun with automatic targeting capabilities chambered for 10x28mm Caseless ammunition. The system is made up of four major components: The Operator’s combat harness, the head mounted sight, the articulator arm, and the gun itself.
The M56 is carried into combat on a self-aiming stabilized mount that is linked to an infrared target tracking system for accurate, autonomous aiming.
A flame thrower used by the USCMC.
A simple surveillance device that uses a high-powered ultrasound scanner to filter out moving objects in a stationary background. All Marines are employed with an Identification Friend Foe transponder which will allow them to be immune to the tracker. However, this may malfunction from time to time.
This is used as a simple surveillance device, and not full time.
Automatic firing sentry gun that will lock onto targets.
Vehicles:
A troop transport vehicle. This vehicle is able to be dropped onto the battlefield by the Cheyenne Drop Ship. This is a lighter, less capable vehicle than other APCs in service.
This vehicle is meant for dropping from the belly of an USCM transport to rapidly deploy troops and various types of equipment, and typically carries the M577.
A transport housing many marines, and other various weapons.
Some marines may have their own personal weapons (i.e. shotguns . . . , in case of close encounters.)
Every Marine is trained to use every weapon listed above, and to be skilled in melee combat, both with a knife and without.
The Synthetics are artificial humans made and invented by the Weyland-Yutani Co. They are made to look like, act like, and seem like humans.
The Yautja(pronounced as e-wat-ya)/Predators: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTcj40sf854[/media]
An ancient race of honorable hunters, the Yautja have been around far longer than the human race, and live far longer as well. The Yautja are a race of aliens, who are highly advanced in technology. All the hunters are male; though do not think wrongly of the female. It has been stated that the female are just as strong, and skilled, if not more, than the male.
The Yautja see very naturally in the infra-red bandwidth of light, exclusively.
Leadership: The Yautja are led by a Clan Leader, normally an Elder, older Yautja who has proved himself to be both honorable, and worthy in battle, by surviving many a hunt.
The Clan leader is who watches the hunts closely, to know when a certain Yautja has become blooded, in human terms, the stage of going from a boy to a man.
The Hunts: Before a Yautja can go on the hunt to become blooded, they undergo rigorous training in each style of weaponry. They are also trained in hand to hand combat, and other such weaponry. Stealth is also a key factor in their training.
Honor: The Yautja have a high sense of honor. They will not attack the weak, the unarmed, young, or even pregnant females, anything that it would deem unable to truly fight back. The only way they would is if what was mentioned above attacked first.
Equipment: *Means this is something EVERY Yautja has, without, it means it is a weapon/tool that is optional. One Yautja does not have all of these.
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The bio-mask is a staple in the Yautja culture, and tech. It allows them to breath in most any environment, and also protects the wearer’s head. The mask grants the wearer to multiple vision modes, allows them to zoom in on a target, examine that target, and have vocal mimicry. It also records video and audio. The mask also holds a tri-laser used in conjunction with the plasma caster. The eyes in the mask can flash; however, the color is a customization for each.The bio-mask is linked directly to the Wrist Gauntlet, which controls many of the masks functions.
The Bio-mask is unique to each and every Yautja, though some may look similar.Some of the vision modes are thermal, for human prey, and EM field, for Xenomorph prey. However, there are ways to hide one’s thermal waves from the mask. I.E. Covering oneself in mud, hiding in a place that is very hot. . . (Pictured above)
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The swifter the hunter, the lighter the armor. The more military the Yautja, the heavier the armor. The Clan leader’s armor may be more for show. The looks differ from Yautja to Yautja. (pictured above)
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A device capable of bending light around the Yautja’s body in such a way that it is rendered nearly invisible. The effect isn't perfect, as it may often leave a silhouette around the creature. However, in certain environments, and when the creature is motionless, it will help them to hide in plain sight.
The device is useless in a pure Xenomorph hunt, however, as they can smell out the Yautja. The ships of the Yautja also have a similar device. This is used often in hunts as stealth is a major factor for the Yautja. Other weaknesses are that water stops the effects, making it seem like an electrical field is zapping around the creature, however, it does it no harm.
Combi-Stick: A spear, which can be used as melee, or a long distance weapon.
Language Translator: This is a translator set into certain Yautja’s (normally the hunt leader’s) bio-mask so they may understand the language of another species.
*Medi-Kit: A kit with various items to heal wounds on the Yautja’s body, when used, however, it will result in pain enough to make the creature scream out.
(Every Clan has one) Mother Ship: A massive, mobile base for a single clan of the Yautja. These hold several Scout Ships, and are cloaked. They have holograms to show an area so the Yautja may study and know the area beforehand.
They can send pods holding Yautja in it down to the surface of a planet.
Otherwise known as the Shoulder Cannon, is a long range, energy projectile weapon. Most times it is guided. It can ignore armor, and blast a hole through the chest cavity of a human, and even blow them apart.
The Youngblood Yautja must earn these, however. Based upon the enormous power of this, it is considered the least honorable tool. When face with worthy enough prey, the Yautja will discard this, and rely then on its more basic weapons, like wrist blades and hand to hand. The most usual color of the plasma blast is a pale blue.
Some may even use two; however, these are often the older, and greatly skilled of the Yautja.
*Self-Destruct Device: This is a last resort item used by the Yautja. This is used for a ritualistic suicide, and to prevent evidence of their existence, and so that their technology may not fall into the wrong hands. No Yautja would dare go onto a hunt without this.
Smart Disc: A thrown weapon, an extremely sharp, circular cutting device thrown like a discuss, yet returns like a boomerang. It may feature grips to be used as a melee weapon as well.
*Vocal Mimicry: A feature many bio-masks have, a Yautja can play back the voices of humans heard and recorded by their mask to distract, or even frighten prey. Some, however, may be used to those humans that they may have fought alongside of as a thanks. That however is VERY rare.
*Wrist Blade: The Wrist Blade is the most basic Yautja weapon and is the weapon of choice for most Yautja. They are retractable and usually twin, serrated blades normally between six and eighteen inches in length, and two to eight inches wide that extend over the back of the hand from the gauntlet. They are very sharp and durable. Some are made of metals that are resistant to the Xenomorphs molecular acid blood.
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The Wrist bracer is a small computer device upon the forearm/wrist of a Yautja. It houses the controls for many a Yautja’s weaponry, such as the Self-Destruct, the cloak, and sometimes even the Plasma Caster. It can change the vision mode for the bio-mask, the zoom, and even houses how to do the playback for voice mimicry. The loss of a wrist gauntlet is met with severe punishment.
The Clan: The Clan hunting and operating on this planet are known as the Blood Moon clan, based on how they only ever hunt during the rare months when the planet’s moon looks blood red, due to how the atmosphere and such are. They are led by an elder by the name of Red Eye.
The Xenomorph: [media]
Attack style: A lone Alien, or Xenomorph, is solitary ambush creature. However, in larger groups, they will swarm, coming from all directions, and places. Make sure that the floor is secure; as you may get pulled through it. Aliens prefer to take victims alive, so they may be cocooned and turned into a host to be impregnated with an embryo of another alien.
The aliens have numerous “weapons” to their aid. They are always stronger than the type of creature that is their host organism. Their hands have claws. Their tails have “stingers” which are very sharp, and can impale most creatures, and even lift them. They have a second mouth inside their mouth, with sharp enough teeth that it can puncture even the toughest of metal (Yautja Bio-mask). Certain xenos can even spit acid, able to either blind, stun, or kill who they are after.
Blood: The blood of an alien is highly potent acid, capable of melting through almost any substance, and is very potent to a human. It will burn through many things very fast. It is a dull, yellowish-green color.
Creating a Hive: The drones can produce a very thick, very strong resin from their mouths to meant for both building their hive, and to cocoon victims.
Intelligence: Xenomorphs have proven to be very intelligent. They can observe humans, or other creatures, using machinery, and learn how to use it. They are very skilled at problem solving. They are able to cut power to gain access to areas otherwise impenetrable. Aliens are known to only show emotion for their Queen, and Eggs.
The best way to explain how the aliens communicate is via some form of telepathy, or pheromone releases, however, they also will screech and make other sounds. They have the ability to inherit memories from generation to generation, and it is more than just instinct, it can include very specific events witnessed by earlier generations.
It is rumored that an alien will make its kill much slower and painful if the victim has a high level of fear and much faster if they show none.
Diet/Gender: Both are unknown. It is unknown if the aliens will feed on humans, and it is also unknown if they are male or female, so most assume they are asexual.
Society: Xenomorphs operate under a caste system, with groups of specialized individuals performing distinct tasks within the species. It is obvious that the queens and praetorians both have more control and superiority over the more common aliens.
The aliens, in larger groups, will create a central nest, or hive, overseen by an egg-laying Queen. Raiding parties will be sent out into the surrounding area to search for, and capture more hosts, which will then be brought back to the hive to create more.
The Life Cycle: The life cycle is made of several distinct stages. They begin life as an egg, laid by a queen. From the egg, a facehugger hatches, which, in turn, latches onto the face of a living host, impregnating them with an embryo known as a chestburster. After several hours, the chestburster violently erupts from the host’s chest, resulting in the death of the host.
The chestburster will then mature to an adult phrase within a few hours, shedding its skin. Due to how the alien will take some of the traits from its host, the individual alien will be able to adapt to its hosts environment.
Laid by the Queen, the eggs are large, leathery objects between two to three feet high with a four lobed opening at the top. The lobed opening will open when a potential host comes close.
The second stage in the life cycle of a xeno, the facehugger has eight long, finger-like legs which allow the creature to rapidly crawl, and a long tail meant for helping it make long distance leaps.
The underside of the facehugger is what delivers the embryo into the victim. The only purpose of the facehugger is to impregnate the host. It must make contact with the victim’s mouth. It’ll wrap its tail around the victim’s neck, and legs around their head. Shortly after this occurs the host will be rendered unconscious. At this time, the facehugger will implant the embryo into the victim’s chest. Attempts to remove the facehugger are futile, as it will wrap its tail tighter, choking the victim to death, and cutting it away is a bad idea based upon its acid blood. After an implantation, the facehugger will detach, and die.
The host will awaken with no outward negative symptoms. However, the symptoms that will build up are: Sore throat, slight nausea, increased congestion, and moderate to severe hunger. When it is a Queen embryo, however, symptoms may include: shortness of breath, exhaustion, as well as chest pains, and maybe even premature attempts to escape the host.
During this time, the embryo will take some of the DNA from its host, or traits, such as walking on two legs, for legs, or the mandibles of a Yautja. The embryo will develop into a chestburster over the course of 1-24 hours, maybe even up to a week in the case of certain queens. Once it has developed, it will violently erupt from the host’s chest, killing them.
Once it has emerged, the chestburster is less than a foot tall. However, it soon undergoes a dramatic growth spurt, reaching adult size within hours. It will molt before it reaches maturity.
Adult Forms: A xeno will take on various forms depending on the characteristics of their hosts.
The drone is the most basic, and common form of the alien. The drone acts very much like a worker bee, or ant. The main function of them is to keep a hive functioning properly, and to gather new hosts for impregnation. They are almost identical to a warrior, except their smooth dome, and that their tail ends in a stinger-like barb.
One of the primary assault castes of the Xenomorph. They are fast, reasonably tough, and savage combatants. Even in death, they are a danger. The highly pressurized blood of the warrior will cause the creature to burst apart, and drench nearby things in the acid blood. A warriors head is ridged, and there tail ends with a wide blade. The warriors are older versions of the drones.
A xeno spawned from a Yautja. Very rare, and considered an abomination to the Yautja and an affront to their species. They have many traits in common with the Yautja, such as dreadlock-like appendages on their heads, mandibles, skin tone, and vocalizations. They are large, and bulky. They possess greater strength than both the human spawned xenos, and the Yautja themselves. They also have thicker tails. Many a Predalien have their own unique appearance.
One of the last stages in a normal xeno life cycle, this xeno is very large. The most distinguishing feature is the large crested head, similar to that of a queen. They do not possess a second pair of arms upon their chest. They stand over 10 feet tall, towering over their fellow xenos in the field of battle. However, they are still almost as fast and agile as their sisters. They cannot scale walls, or ceiling, and are always in an upright, bipedal position.
They have very thick skin, sometimes being bullet proof. This allows them to shrug off things that would kill the normal xeno several times over.They are stronger than the typical xeno, and due to their role of defending the queen, they will fight with no fear of their own fate, making them very deadly. These are a very rare breed of xeno. They will eventually become a queen, if the queen herself is dead in some way.
Serving as both the mother, and leader of the hive, the Queen’s appearance differs from that of the smaller xenos, in many ways. She has an extra pair of arms from her chest, and a large crest extending rearwards from her skull. She is the LARGEST, and SMARTEST of the Xenomorph species.
The Queen is indeed capable of engaging in combat, and is a formidable opponent; however, this is very rare. The Queen will normally act as a stationary, egg-layer within the hive, and will let the lesser xenos perform the defensive and offensive tasks.
Whilst laying her eggs, the Queen possesses a huge egg sac which will render her immobile. The Queen can detach when she needs to, however, it is very painful for her.
The Queen will display traits of wrath and vengeance that are much more than any instinctual behavior. They are able to solve many problems, and she will also order her hive to do her bidding.
The Queen is able to sustain near-limitless gunfire, based upon how thick her skin is, and the natural armor she has. Hand-to-hand fighting is very unwise with the Queen, as she is very strong. She is incredibly fast for her size. They are very long lived, with some having been around for roughly tens of thousands of years.
Under normal circumstances, there is only one Queen in a hive, however, if there is a time that there are more, this will lead to a conflict, and the Queen who shows to be most dominant will then be referred to as an Empress, and will rule over the Queens in her domain.
The Queens are so intelligent that they have been known to operate human machinery, and even understand basic human actions. They are able to communicate, and command their hive, through obvious screeches, pheromones, and maybe even a form of telepathy. They have very good observation skills.
Though they seem to be violent monsters, the Queens are very protective and caring of her brood. She will act, or not act, when it is within the best interest of her hive. However, the destruction of her nest seems to drive the Queen into a vengeful rage.
The species and such information were taken from the Aliens Wiki, and the AvP Wiki.
LV-854
LV-854, nicknamed Salvum by those who work there, is a tropical, jungle planet. The colony on the planet was established by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation as a vacation planet for not only the most of their workers, but anyone who needs a break.
The planet’s land masses are more of jungle islands, with beautiful, clear water, white sand beaches. The scenery of the planet is very beautiful, with vast sparkling oceans, many a fresh water spring in the jungles. The trees are green, tall, with various edible fruits. It seems that humanity may have been on this planet years prior, but that is a myth and a legend on the planet.
The main island, called Porta Inferi, houses the main visitor’s center. It is also a fairly large, mostly jungle island. There are some other resorts in the woods, and many man-made dirt paths for vehicles and people to traverse. So far, this is the only island to be inhabited by Weyland-Yutani, as it is the largest. The other, smaller islands may be more for rich investors to have for themselves and their families.
Much of the planet is, not just the islands, are still unexplored. It is known that there doesn’t seem to be any hostile, or life threatening life, and the air was breathable, tested during several readings. There are several things unknown, and even myths about creatures that take some of the vacationers away at night, among other things.
“It is hard to imagine how there could be danger at a place as beautiful as this, the planet is perfectly safe, nothing will bring harm to anyone there,” Mr. Weyland himself in an interview about the planet.
The Infestation
“A group of young vacationers, the children of some of Weyland-Yutani’s staff, ran through the jungle. They were exploring, as most youth do at the age, the young men trying to impress the young women with their climbing skills, and bravery.
“Come on! I saw this temple looking thing about twenty feet ahead of us! It’s through all the brush and stuff! Er, you know what I mean!” The apparent leader of the group yelled to the four stragglers behind him.
“Randy, could you slow down! We’re about half an hour away from the hospital and all that, what if one of us gets hurt!” A young looking girl spoke, obviously worried, and trying to be the most cautious of her group of friends, as always.
“Jessica, babe, don’t get yourself worked up. We’ll be fine. I’m here,” One of the slightly older looking guys, at the back of the group spoke.
“Just because you’re nineteen, and the oldest of us doesn’t mean you’re all that bad, if we run into something that really wants us dead, it won’t be bothered by an ugly human, Jason, you should know that, your dad was a marine, right?” Michael, the young man just behind Jessica told Jason, trying to tell him off.
“It isn’t ‘was a marine.’ Once a marine, always a marine. You should learn that about them. Maybe that’d make more of a man out of you, boy,” Jason retaliated, his voice angry.
“Calm down, boys, you don’t need to get all angry at each other now, we’re here to have fun, at rip each other’s throats out,” Courtney, the last of the group, stepped in. She didn’t like it when men fought over something that wasn’t her.
“Hey, guys, look! There, see it!” Randy pointed through the brush and bushes and other jungle he’d been pushing through.
The temple was large, grand, glorious, but old. It was grey with age, the stones used to build it now no longer cemented, but together due to weathering and age.
“See, I told you guys, now, don’t you think we’ll all be richly rewarded by Weyland-Yutani? And our parents will be so happy to, right? We found this. Not the company. Us, what do you say to that?” Randy asked, looking back at his bewildered friends.
“Weyland-Yutani said that they’d not found anything like this in even the remote area of the hotels and such, w-what is this place then? Could it be a prank?” Jessica voiced her concern.
“A prank? No, I found this yesterday, it couldn’t be. It’s too old to be a prank, and even if it was meant to be a prank, the jokesters are all dead now,” Randy spoke, his voice highlighting certain portions. “We should head back, go inform the company and bring them here.”
“No way man,” Jason said, shoving Randy aside. “Let’s look inside, and then go back.”
A sound came from the distance, like a twig snapping. Everyone turned their head and looked.
“W-what was that?” Jessica’s voice showed she was frightened, based upon her stutter, as well.
“Nothing. Maybe a group such as ourselves. That’s why we need to go in now,” Jason walked forwards, and touched the temple, tracing lines on it. “Just, how do we open the damned thing?”
“Well, maybe if you’d look, dumbass, the door, or whatever you’d call it, is open,” Randy spoke as he was brushing dirt off his shirt.
Randy walked to the door, or more of an open gateway, and pointed in.
“S-s-shouldn’t one of u-us stay out h-here? Y-you know, t-to guard the place? K-keep watch?” Jessica stuttered. She wanted out of here. Badly, panic was taking over in a big way. She didn’t care about the fame or glory or money.
“Good idea Jess, you should stay here, and make sure if no one comes in to kill us or something like that,” Courtney said, in a less than nice manner that was meant to be sarcastic, but scared Jessica very much.
“Courtney, she’s scared, leave her be. I’ll stay here with you, Jessica, if that makes you feel safer,” Michael said, smiling sweetly to Jessica.
“Aw, ain’t that sweet, someone has a crush!” Courtney mockingly yelled at Mike, before running into the temple, followed by Randy and Jason.
After awhile, Jessica and Mike had been standing there for what felt like ages.
“D-do you think something’s happened?” Jessica asked, looking over to Mike.
“I hope not,” he said back.
At that moment, Randy and Jason ran out, holding up Courtney, who seemed to be unconscious.
“What the hell happened in there!?” Michael yelled, seeing his friend knocked out.
“We stumbled upon what seemed to be a nest, something jumped out of an egg, and onto her face,” Randy said, talking fast. “We need to move, now, get her back. Maybe they can get this thing of her face.”
The thing on Courtney’s face was pale, ghostly white, and foreign to all any of the group has seen before. Jessica screamed when she saw it.
“Jessica! Shut up, and help! Now!” Jason yelled at her, not caring.
Together the group got her back to the resort, and it was nearing night.
Once the group arrived, the medical team immediately took Courtney to a surgical room, and a group of the guards at the resort took the rest of the group into questioning.
The Creature Arrives
Courtney awoke, the last thing she remembered was the temple, entering a room, seeing eggs all around, and then something flying at her at high speeds and the shouts of her friends. She looked around, and at her attire, letting out a disapproving sigh.
She was in a dark medical room, it was night, and she was dressed in a shitty hospital gown.
She sat up, and was about to get out of bed, hopefully get some food, she was hungry, and her throat was so damn sore, when a pain entered her chest. She coughed a little, thinking none of it.
She stood, and then grabbed onto her chest, and let out a scream. Pain exploded tenfold into her chest. She fell down, seemingly having a seizure, and screamed more. It hurt, a lot more than anything she’d ever known.
She rambled, shook, yelled at the top of her lungs. No one was coming to help her. She heard a cracking noise, her ribs and chest hurt and exploded with pain. Blood soaked her gown now.
She was still momentarily, and then let out one last scream before she spat out blood, and lay still. Her chest had exploded from the inside, a creature, bloody, and alien, from the inside, was there looking around, before bolting out of her chest, towards broken vent, and scurried away.
Courtney’s body lay there, all night. It was her friend’s horror to find her there.”
Shortly after these events, the Colonial Marines were contacted. The Predators were notified by a youngblood who sent a distress signal shortly before his demise.
The Marines will arrive two and a half weeks after this.
This takes place around 30 years after the events of the movie Aliens.
The Marine Squads:
@Fall will be playing Colonel Mako Alexander Bridges. Leader of the Marines, and Alpha Squad.
@StealthNinja115 will be playing Staff Sergeant Zachary Lent Koontz. Leader of Bravo Squad.
@Sol The Hastag will be playing Mateo de Vera. Member of Charlie Squad.
@Dino will be playing Sergeant Jefferson Palcata Romare. Leader of Charlie Squad.
@Fall will be playing Sergeant Major Silent Wolf. Member of Alpha Squad.
@StealthNinja115 will play Corporal Demitri Leiht. Member of Alpha Squad.
The Hunters:
@Fall will be playing Red Eye, the Blood Moon clan leader.
@StealthNinja115 will be playing Counter, an Elite Predator who will be the leader of the hunting party.
@Makira will be playing Slark, an Elite Predator who will be on the hunt.
@ninbinz will be playing Pale Eye, an Elite Predator who will be on the hunt.
@Dino will be playing "Hunter", a Predator with no right to hunt on this planet.
The Hive:
@ninbinz will be playing Main Objective. Queen of the Hive.
@StealthNinja115 will be playing Lightscar, a xenomorph drone..
@DeGage11 will be playing an unnamed drone
@Xenomorphic will be playing Hybrid. The Predalien.
@Makira will be playing Mark D2. Xenomorph Warrior.
The rules and character sheets. Each individual species has their own set of rules along with these ones:
Marine:
Marine Ranks Available, from lowest to highest.
Private
Private First Class
Corporal
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
Master Sergeant
First Sergeant
Sergeant Major
Those are the main combat ranks. If you are one of the following, you are not necessarily in a role of combat.
Warrant Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 2
Chief Warrant Officer 3
Chief Warrant Officer 4
Chief Warrant Officer 5
Second Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
The leader of the USS Moby is Colonel Mako Bridges. Everyone else on board the ship is under his command.
Marine Character Sheet:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Rank:
Appearance (Photo or describe):
Skill set (Hacking, engineering, etc…):
Weapons/Tools (if any):
Armor Customizations:
History:
Personality:
The Predator:
Character Sheet:
Name:
Age:
Appearance (Description):
How their mask looks (Describe):
Weapons:
Skills:
History:
“Personality”:
The Xenomorph:
The sheets:
Name (Optional):
Warrior, Drone, or Queen (If you wish to be a queen, why should you be?):
Xenos don’t truly have personalities, but hey:
Looks:
Skills(Stealth, tactics, stuff like that):
You can add some more to the Xeno sheet.
The second stage in the life cycle of a xeno, the facehugger has eight long, finger-like legs which allow the creature to rapidly crawl, and a long tail meant for helping it make long distance leaps.
The underside of the facehugger is what delivers the embryo into the victim. The only purpose of the facehugger is to impregnate the host. It must make contact with the victim’s mouth. It’ll wrap its tail around the victim’s neck, and legs around their head. Shortly after this occurs the host will be rendered unconscious. At this time, the facehugger will implant the embryo into the victim’s chest. Attempts to remove the facehugger are futile, as it will wrap its tail tighter, choking the victim to death, and cutting it away is a bad idea based upon its acid blood. After an implantation, the facehugger will detach, and die.
The host will awaken with no outward negative symptoms. However, the symptoms that will build up are: Sore throat, slight nausea, increased congestion, and moderate to severe hunger. When it is a Queen embryo, however, symptoms may include: shortness of breath, exhaustion, as well as chest pains, and maybe even premature attempts to escape the host.
During this time, the embryo will take some of the DNA from its host, or traits, such as walking on two legs, for legs, or the mandibles of a Yautja. The embryo will develop into a chestburster over the course of 1-24 hours, maybe even up to a week in the case of certain queens. Once it has developed, it will violently erupt from the host’s chest, killing them.
Once it has emerged, the chestburster is less than a foot tall. However, it soon undergoes a dramatic growth spurt, reaching adult size within hours. It will molt before it reaches maturity.
Adult Forms: A xeno will take on various forms depending on the characteristics of their hosts.
The drone is the most basic, and common form of the alien. The drone acts very much like a worker bee, or ant. The main function of them is to keep a hive functioning properly, and to gather new hosts for impregnation. They are almost identical to a warrior, except their smooth dome, and that their tail ends in a stinger-like barb.
One of the primary assault castes of the Xenomorph. They are fast, reasonably tough, and savage combatants. Even in death, they are a danger. The highly pressurized blood of the warrior will cause the creature to burst apart, and drench nearby things in the acid blood. A warriors head is ridged, and there tail ends with a wide blade. The warriors are older versions of the drones.
A xeno spawned from a Yautja. Very rare, and considered an abomination to the Yautja and an affront to their species. They have many traits in common with the Yautja, such as dreadlock-like appendages on their heads, mandibles, skin tone, and vocalizations. They are large, and bulky. They possess greater strength than both the human spawned xenos, and the Yautja themselves. They also have thicker tails. Many a Predalien have their own unique appearance.
One of the last stages in a normal xeno life cycle, this xeno is very large. The most distinguishing feature is the large crested head, similar to that of a queen. They do not possess a second pair of arms upon their chest. They stand over 10 feet tall, towering over their fellow xenos in the field of battle. However, they are still almost as fast and agile as their sisters. They cannot scale walls, or ceiling, and are always in an upright, bipedal position.
They have very thick skin, sometimes being bullet proof. This allows them to shrug off things that would kill the normal xeno several times over.They are stronger than the typical xeno, and due to their role of defending the queen, they will fight with no fear of their own fate, making them very deadly. These are a very rare breed of xeno. They will eventually become a queen, if the queen herself is dead in some way.
Serving as both the mother, and leader of the hive, the Queen’s appearance differs from that of the smaller xenos, in many ways. She has an extra pair of arms from her chest, and a large crest extending rearwards from her skull. She is the LARGEST, and SMARTEST of the Xenomorph species.
The Queen is indeed capable of engaging in combat, and is a formidable opponent; however, this is very rare. The Queen will normally act as a stationary, egg-layer within the hive, and will let the lesser xenos perform the defensive and offensive tasks.
Whilst laying her eggs, the Queen possesses a huge egg sac which will render her immobile. The Queen can detach when she needs to, however, it is very painful for her.
The Queen will display traits of wrath and vengeance that are much more than any instinctual behavior. They are able to solve many problems, and she will also order her hive to do her bidding.
The Queen is able to sustain near-limitless gunfire, based upon how thick her skin is, and the natural armor she has. Hand-to-hand fighting is very unwise with the Queen, as she is very strong. She is incredibly fast for her size. They are very long lived, with some having been around for roughly tens of thousands of years.
Under normal circumstances, there is only one Queen in a hive, however, if there is a time that there are more, this will lead to a conflict, and the Queen who shows to be most dominant will then be referred to as an Empress, and will rule over the Queens in her domain.
The Queens are so intelligent that they have been known to operate human machinery, and even understand basic human actions. They are able to communicate, and command their hive, through obvious screeches, pheromones, and maybe even a form of telepathy. They have very good observation skills.
Though they seem to be violent monsters, the Queens are very protective and caring of her brood. She will act, or not act, when it is within the best interest of her hive. However, the destruction of her nest seems to drive the Queen into a vengeful rage.
The species and such information were taken from the Aliens Wiki, and the AvP Wiki.
LV-854
LV-854, nicknamed Salvum by those who work there, is a tropical, jungle planet. The colony on the planet was established by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation as a vacation planet for not only the most of their workers, but anyone who needs a break.
The planet’s land masses are more of jungle islands, with beautiful, clear water, white sand beaches. The scenery of the planet is very beautiful, with vast sparkling oceans, many a fresh water spring in the jungles. The trees are green, tall, with various edible fruits. It seems that humanity may have been on this planet years prior, but that is a myth and a legend on the planet.
The main island, called Porta Inferi, houses the main visitor’s center. It is also a fairly large, mostly jungle island. There are some other resorts in the woods, and many man-made dirt paths for vehicles and people to traverse. So far, this is the only island to be inhabited by Weyland-Yutani, as it is the largest. The other, smaller islands may be more for rich investors to have for themselves and their families.
Much of the planet is, not just the islands, are still unexplored. It is known that there doesn’t seem to be any hostile, or life threatening life, and the air was breathable, tested during several readings. There are several things unknown, and even myths about creatures that take some of the vacationers away at night, among other things.
“It is hard to imagine how there could be danger at a place as beautiful as this, the planet is perfectly safe, nothing will bring harm to anyone there,” Mr. Weyland himself in an interview about the planet.
The Infestation
“A group of young vacationers, the children of some of Weyland-Yutani’s staff, ran through the jungle. They were exploring, as most youth do at the age, the young men trying to impress the young women with their climbing skills, and bravery.
“Come on! I saw this temple looking thing about twenty feet ahead of us! It’s through all the brush and stuff! Er, you know what I mean!” The apparent leader of the group yelled to the four stragglers behind him.
“Randy, could you slow down! We’re about half an hour away from the hospital and all that, what if one of us gets hurt!” A young looking girl spoke, obviously worried, and trying to be the most cautious of her group of friends, as always.
“Jessica, babe, don’t get yourself worked up. We’ll be fine. I’m here,” One of the slightly older looking guys, at the back of the group spoke.
“Just because you’re nineteen, and the oldest of us doesn’t mean you’re all that bad, if we run into something that really wants us dead, it won’t be bothered by an ugly human, Jason, you should know that, your dad was a marine, right?” Michael, the young man just behind Jessica told Jason, trying to tell him off.
“It isn’t ‘was a marine.’ Once a marine, always a marine. You should learn that about them. Maybe that’d make more of a man out of you, boy,” Jason retaliated, his voice angry.
“Calm down, boys, you don’t need to get all angry at each other now, we’re here to have fun, at rip each other’s throats out,” Courtney, the last of the group, stepped in. She didn’t like it when men fought over something that wasn’t her.
“Hey, guys, look! There, see it!” Randy pointed through the brush and bushes and other jungle he’d been pushing through.
The temple was large, grand, glorious, but old. It was grey with age, the stones used to build it now no longer cemented, but together due to weathering and age.
“See, I told you guys, now, don’t you think we’ll all be richly rewarded by Weyland-Yutani? And our parents will be so happy to, right? We found this. Not the company. Us, what do you say to that?” Randy asked, looking back at his bewildered friends.
“Weyland-Yutani said that they’d not found anything like this in even the remote area of the hotels and such, w-what is this place then? Could it be a prank?” Jessica voiced her concern.
“A prank? No, I found this yesterday, it couldn’t be. It’s too old to be a prank, and even if it was meant to be a prank, the jokesters are all dead now,” Randy spoke, his voice highlighting certain portions. “We should head back, go inform the company and bring them here.”
“No way man,” Jason said, shoving Randy aside. “Let’s look inside, and then go back.”
A sound came from the distance, like a twig snapping. Everyone turned their head and looked.
“W-what was that?” Jessica’s voice showed she was frightened, based upon her stutter, as well.
“Nothing. Maybe a group such as ourselves. That’s why we need to go in now,” Jason walked forwards, and touched the temple, tracing lines on it. “Just, how do we open the damned thing?”
“Well, maybe if you’d look, dumbass, the door, or whatever you’d call it, is open,” Randy spoke as he was brushing dirt off his shirt.
Randy walked to the door, or more of an open gateway, and pointed in.
“S-s-shouldn’t one of u-us stay out h-here? Y-you know, t-to guard the place? K-keep watch?” Jessica stuttered. She wanted out of here. Badly, panic was taking over in a big way. She didn’t care about the fame or glory or money.
“Good idea Jess, you should stay here, and make sure if no one comes in to kill us or something like that,” Courtney said, in a less than nice manner that was meant to be sarcastic, but scared Jessica very much.
“Courtney, she’s scared, leave her be. I’ll stay here with you, Jessica, if that makes you feel safer,” Michael said, smiling sweetly to Jessica.
“Aw, ain’t that sweet, someone has a crush!” Courtney mockingly yelled at Mike, before running into the temple, followed by Randy and Jason.
After awhile, Jessica and Mike had been standing there for what felt like ages.
“D-do you think something’s happened?” Jessica asked, looking over to Mike.
“I hope not,” he said back.
At that moment, Randy and Jason ran out, holding up Courtney, who seemed to be unconscious.
“What the hell happened in there!?” Michael yelled, seeing his friend knocked out.
“We stumbled upon what seemed to be a nest, something jumped out of an egg, and onto her face,” Randy said, talking fast. “We need to move, now, get her back. Maybe they can get this thing of her face.”
The thing on Courtney’s face was pale, ghostly white, and foreign to all any of the group has seen before. Jessica screamed when she saw it.
“Jessica! Shut up, and help! Now!” Jason yelled at her, not caring.
Together the group got her back to the resort, and it was nearing night.
Once the group arrived, the medical team immediately took Courtney to a surgical room, and a group of the guards at the resort took the rest of the group into questioning.
The Creature Arrives
Courtney awoke, the last thing she remembered was the temple, entering a room, seeing eggs all around, and then something flying at her at high speeds and the shouts of her friends. She looked around, and at her attire, letting out a disapproving sigh.
She was in a dark medical room, it was night, and she was dressed in a shitty hospital gown.
She sat up, and was about to get out of bed, hopefully get some food, she was hungry, and her throat was so damn sore, when a pain entered her chest. She coughed a little, thinking none of it.
She stood, and then grabbed onto her chest, and let out a scream. Pain exploded tenfold into her chest. She fell down, seemingly having a seizure, and screamed more. It hurt, a lot more than anything she’d ever known.
She rambled, shook, yelled at the top of her lungs. No one was coming to help her. She heard a cracking noise, her ribs and chest hurt and exploded with pain. Blood soaked her gown now.
She was still momentarily, and then let out one last scream before she spat out blood, and lay still. Her chest had exploded from the inside, a creature, bloody, and alien, from the inside, was there looking around, before bolting out of her chest, towards broken vent, and scurried away.
Courtney’s body lay there, all night. It was her friend’s horror to find her there.”
Shortly after these events, the Colonial Marines were contacted. The Predators were notified by a youngblood who sent a distress signal shortly before his demise.
The Marines will arrive two and a half weeks after this.
This takes place around 30 years after the events of the movie Aliens.
The Marine Squads:
@Fall will be playing Colonel Mako Alexander Bridges. Leader of the Marines, and Alpha Squad.
@StealthNinja115 will be playing Staff Sergeant Zachary Lent Koontz. Leader of Bravo Squad.
@Sol The Hastag will be playing Mateo de Vera. Member of Charlie Squad.
@Dino will be playing Sergeant Jefferson Palcata Romare. Leader of Charlie Squad.
@Fall will be playing Sergeant Major Silent Wolf. Member of Alpha Squad.
@StealthNinja115 will play Corporal Demitri Leiht. Member of Alpha Squad.
The Hunters:
@Fall will be playing Red Eye, the Blood Moon clan leader.
@StealthNinja115 will be playing Counter, an Elite Predator who will be the leader of the hunting party.
@Makira will be playing Slark, an Elite Predator who will be on the hunt.
@ninbinz will be playing Pale Eye, an Elite Predator who will be on the hunt.
@Dino will be playing "Hunter", a Predator with no right to hunt on this planet.
The Hive:
@ninbinz will be playing Main Objective. Queen of the Hive.
@StealthNinja115 will be playing Lightscar, a xenomorph drone..
@DeGage11 will be playing an unnamed drone
@Xenomorphic will be playing Hybrid. The Predalien.
@Makira will be playing Mark D2. Xenomorph Warrior.
The rules and character sheets. Each individual species has their own set of rules along with these ones:
- No Bunnying other characters.
- No metagaming, which is having the knowledge of all that happens, even if you aren’t there.
- No god modding.
- You may be one of each species, but the one you put the most work into will be the one you play the most.
- You must have at least three paragraphs, that’s five sentences each, in every post.
- You must have decent grammar and spelling.
- I will be checking your RPN history. If you’re new, and I allow you in, don’t betray my trust.
- You may have six characters, however, at max, only two Predators.
- And for the love of God, please do NOT join only to not post.
- The last rules are stuff to put in your sheet so I know you read the rules, man.
Marine:
- No Marine can have every type of weapon. They can carry a handgun, and one primary weapon, but not a shotgun and a rifle.
- You must follow military ranks. If you do not know the military ranks, I will be providing them below. .
- There will be several NPC marines who are “cannon fodder”.
- You are not impervious to harm.
- If you are Synthetic, odds are you will not fight.
- No Marines, Synthetic or not, knows what a Predator is.
- Stay frosty Marines.
Marine Ranks Available, from lowest to highest.
Private
Private First Class
Corporal
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
Master Sergeant
First Sergeant
Sergeant Major
Those are the main combat ranks. If you are one of the following, you are not necessarily in a role of combat.
Warrant Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 2
Chief Warrant Officer 3
Chief Warrant Officer 4
Chief Warrant Officer 5
Second Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
The leader of the USS Moby is Colonel Mako Bridges. Everyone else on board the ship is under his command.
Marine Character Sheet:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Rank:
Appearance (Photo or describe):
Skill set (Hacking, engineering, etc…):
Weapons/Tools (if any):
Armor Customizations:
History:
Personality:
The Predator:
- The Predators are an honorable species. They will not attack those who are unarmed, unless they attack first, or possess a form of threat.
- No Predator can have every weapon that a Predator can have. They can only have select weapons.
- Only three Predators that are blooded are going on this hunt. You may have a Predator character to be on the ship, but maybe not in the hunt.
- You are strong, and tough, but not impervious.
- You are a stalking species; you do not always go straight for the kill.
- If a human seems worthy of fighting one on one, you would go one on one without your more ranged weapons, as that is deemed not to be honorable.
- The Predator names are not normally English styled, but would be more like the name of a Native American, named after a trait they possess.
- The Predator has their own language, but with their technology, they can understand the humans.
- The Clan Leader will be played by me.
- The Hunt is on.
Character Sheet:
Name:
Age:
Appearance (Description):
How their mask looks (Describe):
Weapons:
Skills:
History:
“Personality”:
The Xenomorph:
- Most Xenomorphs are very easily killed. Keep this in mind.
- Xenomorphs do not speak English, nor even really speak. To make themselves known to each other, they use pheromones, and maybe even telepathy.
- You will start out as either a drone or warrior. You may try to be the Queen, but the person who I deem most knowledgeable and such based upon their CS for her will be her. There may be more than one queen if those who try are all very good.
- You must rely on stealth, or you may be killed, and forced to make another Xenomorph.
- I will let you know when you may need to become a more, powerful, xeno.
- Perfect, organism.
The sheets:
Name (Optional):
Warrior, Drone, or Queen (If you wish to be a queen, why should you be?):
Xenos don’t truly have personalities, but hey:
Looks:
Skills(Stealth, tactics, stuff like that):
You can add some more to the Xeno sheet.
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