Tanis
09-09-2006, 6:19 PM
Space: Above and Beyond
The Tartarus Campaign
We thought we were alone. We thought the universe was ours, until one night in 2063 they struck an Earth colony sixteen light years away. Now we are at war. To lose this war is to be exterminated. To surrender is to never go home. All of us must rise to the call, Above and Beyond.
Back Story
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Earth developed sub-light engines capable of inter solar system transportation in 2019, and began to explore the planets of their system soon after this. Terra-forming of Mars and the moon commenced in the mid 2020s, and humans began to settle on their moon. It was two decades after this time that the Silicate was created. Silicates are robotic humanoids, designed to be visually pleasing and built to perform manual labor for the Human race. However, a programmer jealous of his boss, implanted a virus inside the Silicates. This came to be known as the 'Take a Chance' virus. Almost every Silicate decided to 'Take a Chance' and rebel against their Human masters. They gathered weapon and vehicles and terrorized Earth citizens killing thousands until 2057 when the decided to 'Take a Chance' and blast off into space. They have since become pirates.
To combat the threat of the Silicate, or A.I. as they came to be known, scientists worked to create the InVitros. The InVitros are a race of artificaially gestated humans created for military service, or other tasks that natural born Humans deemed dangerous and not worth a real Human. InVitros are born at the physical age of 18, and are grown in large tanks. Ever since the first InVitro came into the world, natural Humans have spit on them, harrased them, and even lynched them. True Huamsn demeaningly refer to them as Tanks, or nipple-nicks as they have a navel on the back of their necks that acted like a belly button when they were growing.
Despite its massive inner problems, the Earth launched a pair of colonization missions into space, far away from their homeworld. These two missions were called Vesta and Tellus, and were to be the first humans to leave their own solar system. Little did they realize that they were tresspassing on a sacred planet, which belonged to a technelogically advanced race the Humans have nicknamed 'Chigs'. They struck, from land and air, both colonies and killed every man, woman, and child. Now the Chig War is in full swing, Earth forces are being pushed back farther and farther with every confrontation.
The planet Tartarus is a dark and terrifying place. Earth forces made planetfall in the opening weeks of the war, but after eight months of conflict they still have not wrestled it from the Chigs. The terrain is very rocky, with little light cutting through the atmosphereThe atmosphere is highly toxic, composed of sulphur dioxide. A human without respirator equipment will be dead within a minute. United States Marine Corps personnel are fighting their hardest, even so it seems the enemy advances. Defeat is a high probability.
United States Marine Corps
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The vast majority of troops in the Earth military are drawn from the United States, China, Russia, France, and England though men from all ethnic backrounds can be found serving. The only army to have a dash of success against the Chigs is the United States Marine Corps. 'Every Marine a Rifleman' so the saying goes. People wanting to play as Humans will be playing USMC soldiers. Command structure is know by most, so I don't need to explain that.
Standard Equipment of a Marine
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* Combat fatigues
* Flak Vest, composed of shin, forarm, breast, and shoulder pieces meant to protect the trooper from shrapnel and low caliber weaponry
* Short Range VHF transmitter for inter-squad communication
* Water bottle(s)
* M-590 Advanced Combat Rifle. 7.62mm selective fire assault rifle with a twenty five round magazine. Can mount a flashlight and motion tracker
* M-70 .45 caliber handgun produced by Glock
* K-bar combat knife
* Respirator equipment, which comprises of a back mounted air purifier and enclosed helmet. Helmet does not provide a HUD. Marine must take care, as air hoses may become compromised in a fire fight.
Chig Combat Forces
Chig combat forces are much more technelogically advanced than Human Marines. Their command structure is not known, though officers have been seen wearing colored shoulder bands to indicate rank. Blue is equivalent to Sergeant, Orange is Lieutenant, and Red is Captain. Chigs are bigger and stronger than Humans, but move slower. They have two legs, two arms, and a head. The have five fingered hands, but the ring and middle finger are joined into a single, thicker middle finger. They also have no understanding of an afterlife, and often dig up dead Marines and butcher the bodies, as they believe these might rise up to become zombie soldiers.
Standard Equipment
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* Fully enclosed armored suit, which provides a breathable substance to the user and good protection from shrapnel and Human firearms. M-70 is less than effective, and it will take at least two shots to pierce the hard shell. Helmet provides HUD with IFF sensors, inter-squad communication, and multiple vision spectrums.
* Chig Energy Rifle, which uses a particle accelerator to propel bits of plasma at high speeds. Chig soldier may alternatively use a hand held Flame Thrower device that throws blue flame.
* Chig Combat Scythe
Some pictures to give you people a visual aid.
http://web-worthy.com/saab/graphics/cast/chig01.jpg
Chig trooper siting on a chair. Bad picture, but I really cant find a better one.
http://www.propstore.com/images/products/133/saab-blkgrngun4.jpg
M-70 Handgun, with optional 3x Scope
http://www.hi-impact.org/gallery/saab/prop02b.jpg
M-590 ACR with folded motion sensor
http://www.space-readyroom.de/chig_scythe.jpg
Chig Combat Scythe
http://www.lcusd.net/pcy/rockets_published/home.isscv.jpg
ISSCV Landing craft
Character Profile and other Information
Name: (If your a Chig...well...make something up lol)
Race: (Silicates work with the Chigs. InVitros serve in the USMC)
Age: (Use human years for Chig players)
Weight:
Height:
Rank:
Equipment:
Human players will be making planetfall on Tartarus via Inter Solar System Carrier Vehicle, or ISSCV. They will be landing at a forward base where they will try and keep Chig forces from advancing. Chigs will be trying to take this Human forward base. More objectives to be given later.
The Tartarus Campaign
We thought we were alone. We thought the universe was ours, until one night in 2063 they struck an Earth colony sixteen light years away. Now we are at war. To lose this war is to be exterminated. To surrender is to never go home. All of us must rise to the call, Above and Beyond.
Back Story
-----------------
Earth developed sub-light engines capable of inter solar system transportation in 2019, and began to explore the planets of their system soon after this. Terra-forming of Mars and the moon commenced in the mid 2020s, and humans began to settle on their moon. It was two decades after this time that the Silicate was created. Silicates are robotic humanoids, designed to be visually pleasing and built to perform manual labor for the Human race. However, a programmer jealous of his boss, implanted a virus inside the Silicates. This came to be known as the 'Take a Chance' virus. Almost every Silicate decided to 'Take a Chance' and rebel against their Human masters. They gathered weapon and vehicles and terrorized Earth citizens killing thousands until 2057 when the decided to 'Take a Chance' and blast off into space. They have since become pirates.
To combat the threat of the Silicate, or A.I. as they came to be known, scientists worked to create the InVitros. The InVitros are a race of artificaially gestated humans created for military service, or other tasks that natural born Humans deemed dangerous and not worth a real Human. InVitros are born at the physical age of 18, and are grown in large tanks. Ever since the first InVitro came into the world, natural Humans have spit on them, harrased them, and even lynched them. True Huamsn demeaningly refer to them as Tanks, or nipple-nicks as they have a navel on the back of their necks that acted like a belly button when they were growing.
Despite its massive inner problems, the Earth launched a pair of colonization missions into space, far away from their homeworld. These two missions were called Vesta and Tellus, and were to be the first humans to leave their own solar system. Little did they realize that they were tresspassing on a sacred planet, which belonged to a technelogically advanced race the Humans have nicknamed 'Chigs'. They struck, from land and air, both colonies and killed every man, woman, and child. Now the Chig War is in full swing, Earth forces are being pushed back farther and farther with every confrontation.
The planet Tartarus is a dark and terrifying place. Earth forces made planetfall in the opening weeks of the war, but after eight months of conflict they still have not wrestled it from the Chigs. The terrain is very rocky, with little light cutting through the atmosphereThe atmosphere is highly toxic, composed of sulphur dioxide. A human without respirator equipment will be dead within a minute. United States Marine Corps personnel are fighting their hardest, even so it seems the enemy advances. Defeat is a high probability.
United States Marine Corps
----------------------
The vast majority of troops in the Earth military are drawn from the United States, China, Russia, France, and England though men from all ethnic backrounds can be found serving. The only army to have a dash of success against the Chigs is the United States Marine Corps. 'Every Marine a Rifleman' so the saying goes. People wanting to play as Humans will be playing USMC soldiers. Command structure is know by most, so I don't need to explain that.
Standard Equipment of a Marine
--------------------
* Combat fatigues
* Flak Vest, composed of shin, forarm, breast, and shoulder pieces meant to protect the trooper from shrapnel and low caliber weaponry
* Short Range VHF transmitter for inter-squad communication
* Water bottle(s)
* M-590 Advanced Combat Rifle. 7.62mm selective fire assault rifle with a twenty five round magazine. Can mount a flashlight and motion tracker
* M-70 .45 caliber handgun produced by Glock
* K-bar combat knife
* Respirator equipment, which comprises of a back mounted air purifier and enclosed helmet. Helmet does not provide a HUD. Marine must take care, as air hoses may become compromised in a fire fight.
Chig Combat Forces
Chig combat forces are much more technelogically advanced than Human Marines. Their command structure is not known, though officers have been seen wearing colored shoulder bands to indicate rank. Blue is equivalent to Sergeant, Orange is Lieutenant, and Red is Captain. Chigs are bigger and stronger than Humans, but move slower. They have two legs, two arms, and a head. The have five fingered hands, but the ring and middle finger are joined into a single, thicker middle finger. They also have no understanding of an afterlife, and often dig up dead Marines and butcher the bodies, as they believe these might rise up to become zombie soldiers.
Standard Equipment
-------------------
* Fully enclosed armored suit, which provides a breathable substance to the user and good protection from shrapnel and Human firearms. M-70 is less than effective, and it will take at least two shots to pierce the hard shell. Helmet provides HUD with IFF sensors, inter-squad communication, and multiple vision spectrums.
* Chig Energy Rifle, which uses a particle accelerator to propel bits of plasma at high speeds. Chig soldier may alternatively use a hand held Flame Thrower device that throws blue flame.
* Chig Combat Scythe
Some pictures to give you people a visual aid.
http://web-worthy.com/saab/graphics/cast/chig01.jpg
Chig trooper siting on a chair. Bad picture, but I really cant find a better one.
http://www.propstore.com/images/products/133/saab-blkgrngun4.jpg
M-70 Handgun, with optional 3x Scope
http://www.hi-impact.org/gallery/saab/prop02b.jpg
M-590 ACR with folded motion sensor
http://www.space-readyroom.de/chig_scythe.jpg
Chig Combat Scythe
http://www.lcusd.net/pcy/rockets_published/home.isscv.jpg
ISSCV Landing craft
Character Profile and other Information
Name: (If your a Chig...well...make something up lol)
Race: (Silicates work with the Chigs. InVitros serve in the USMC)
Age: (Use human years for Chig players)
Weight:
Height:
Rank:
Equipment:
Human players will be making planetfall on Tartarus via Inter Solar System Carrier Vehicle, or ISSCV. They will be landing at a forward base where they will try and keep Chig forces from advancing. Chigs will be trying to take this Human forward base. More objectives to be given later.