S.C.A.R.S. D20 Modern

[kirbsys]

The car you are in pulls up to a dingy looking building in downtown L.A. There is one entrance, and a large CLOSED sign with bold red letters is posted, making it seem even more as if this building has been abandoned. It seems to be a bout three stories high, with windows only on the third story, and even these are closed, with dilapidated looking blinds barring any view inside. There is also one window on the ground floor, however is has been boarded up, and you cannot see inside. The door itself is glass, however it is dirty and cracked, and once again, you cannot see inside. Next door to the building on its right is a pawn shop with the word PAWN written on a red glowing neon sign. Between the two buildings is an alley way that slopes downwards towards the back of the buildings. On the left of the old building are a chain link fence, and then an overgrown field. To the casual eye, this area would seem an ordinary down town slum, however you know differently. You have been given job offers by a mysterious organization with ties to the government, and they have brought you here. The driver, a man in an unassuming dark suit, tell you to get out and go inside.

Once inside you see what looks like a lobby area with a desk inside. The area looks old, but at the desk sits a receptionist. She looks at you and says, “Oh you must be here about the ad in the newspaper, go on up.” You have never heard about any ad in the newspaper, but still you walk through one of the two doors on either side of her desk. Suddenly the building loses all pretenses of having been abandoned. The hall is painted white, not grimy like the outside and lobby, but bright, fresh paint. The lights overhead are all working, and the hall is brightly lit. The hall turns right, and you see an elevator, and a door that reads “To Garage.” On the opposite side, back towards the front, is a door that reads “Security,” and further down, the hall bends back towards the front, to the door on the opposite side of the receptionist’s desk. A man stands in front of the elevator; obviously he has been waiting for you.

“Hello. My name is Jack. That is all you need know for now. You have been recruited into the S.C.A.R.S. whether you were willing or not does not matter, you will serve your country. Come on, I’ll show you around.”

He opens the door to the room labeled “Security.” There are five men sitting at computers monitoring surveillance from outside, which seems odd, as you couldn’t see any cameras on the exterior. The men wear black B.D.U.s and carry Glocks at their sides. “These are the security men; basically it is their job to make sure that when we’re working, we’re not disturbed." The men wave, it seems like this isn’t the first time they’ve been introduced today. After giving your name, Jack takes you to the elevator, and you head to the second story.

The elevator opens into another brightly lit corridor that branches off at a T. He points to a door at the end and says, “That leads to our firing range, usually we have no need for it, but the techies generally need somewhere to test new gadgets and such.” He turns where the corridor branches off. There are four rooms down the hallway, each locked with a card-key access device except for the first. The unlocked room is labeled “Lockers.” The next room has the word “Explosives.” Jack pulls out a card and opens it, inside you see an array of C-4, detonators, several types of grenades, as well as different chemicals, all lined up on shelves. He looks at you and says “Don’t get any ideas; all equipment is given only when necessary." The third room down says “Guns,” the room is identical, except instead of explosives, there is a formidable array of guns. There are several Glocks lined up on the table, next to several boxes of ammunition, on a shelve nearby there are several G3 assault rifles, with a shelve of ammo next to them as well. He opens the final room, which is filled with equipment, black duffel bags, armored vests, rope, and all sorts of other tactical equipment.

You go up one more floor, again opening up on a brightly lit hallway. He walks past a room full of computers, and says “That’s where the techies work, most of them are off today." He continues down the hall, there are several offices, he points one out to you, “This is yours”, he says. It’s not very big, but it has a computer, a desk, and a stand up metal cabinet inside. At the end of the hallway, he opens a glass door into a room with a large circular table, and a large digital display on the wall. “This is the briefing room.”

You all arrive separately, but he gives the tour to everyone. Once everyone is in the briefing room, he begins a speech about the S.C.A.R.S.

“Welcome. Whether you have joined us willingly, because of money issues, or simply because you had no choice, it makes no difference to me. You are here and that is enough. Now, you might be wondering, where is here. I’ll explain. For as long as ten years, the government has been tracking reports of the paranormal, ghosts, undead, creatures, aliens, and for as long as ten years, the official stance has been that as there is no hard proof, none of these things exist. That has not changed. The government has however realized that there is a need to counteract these forces due to a recent surge in reports from credible sources of paranormal activities. Two months ago, a small group of agents were tasked with finding out about paranormal activity inside of the U.S. What they found, we do not know, as these agents are now dead, all having killed themselves on the same night, in separate locations. It became clear that an organization dedicated to the investigation of the paranormal was needed, thus the S.C.A.R.S. were born. Officially we do not exist. If we are discovered, the government does not know we exist. Our funding comes from small budget cuts from several government organizations.”

This was a week ago. Now you sit in a dark four door SUV in the rain, in a rural part of southern California. You have been called in to investigate a recent crash site, and have been given fake (Military) credentials to deal with local police. Officially, this is a downed military plane that crashed due to severe weather conditions, in reality, there was no military plane, and no one knows what crashed. That’s for you to find out.

You have been given equipment for this mission, anything in general equipment that might be helpful with a purchase DC under 10 is available, just say in your first post what if anything, you have grabbed. In addition to this you have been given professional radios, fatigues to complete the military disguise, fake military IDs, a GPS receiver, and if you want them, a glock apiece.

The SUV is parked on the edge of town, right where the police have cordoned off the area. You know each other fairly well by now, as you have been introduced and done some basic training together. Take a minute to describe your character, and then… Begin!

[Dorizzit]

Alexander is a child of 12 years of age. Today he wears a shirt with a stylized zombie-hunters logo on the front that is apparently from some videogame, and has simple bluejeans on. He has a mid-sized backpack on his shoulders. His eyes are a curious mix, brown on the outside and green closer to the pupil, and he has medium length black hair. "Well then, gentleman," he says slowly. "Shall we begin?"

[ForzaFiori]

(grabbed a regular holster for the glock. If I have military creds, i'm not gonna need the concealed holster right now.)Matthew looks like someone you'd find in hollywood. Blond hair styled in a messy look, and baby blue eyes. He's in the fatigues given him, with a glock in a holster at his side. His backpack is slung over his left shoulder. He carries a Winchester rifle in his hand Oh yes, let's go. Where to first?

[Mordokai]

Kain

(Kain also grabbed just regular holster for glock, due to his fake credentials.)

Wearing fatigues given to him, Kain looks pretty much like everybody you would meet on street. His glock hangs in holster by his waist and backpack is slumped over his back and shoulders. His blond hair is trimmed on military short, but not next to skin. If one would look very carefuly, he might noticed an extra shirt under fatigues, giving him extra protection. He looks around, than at Alex, and says to him:

"No sense in wasting any more time. I agree, we should move."

Turning to Matthew, he proposes:

"A little reckon perhapse?"

[Elektro]

Max

Max is a black man of average height and build, with short black hair. He's comfortably dressed out in the fatigues provided. One notices only the gleam of metal where you'd expect his left hand to be. The "hand" fits seamlessly into a modified pistol grip of his stainless Benelli M1.

Overhearing Kain's suggestion, Max turns and speak to the group."Yes, we'd better recce the area before we move in to the crash site."

Max leaves his Benelli in the SUV and strides up to the policeman in charge of the cordon, and says, "Hello, I'm Major Max Clark of the United States Air Force Safety Board. Me and my team are here to investigate this crash site. Has the area been secured so we can move in?"

[Dorizzit]

Alex, figuring he probably shouldn't announce his presence with the "military" people, opens his computer and does some research on the town they're in, trying to see if there is anything else like this that has happened before here or nearby.

Research check: [roll0]

[kirbsys]

Getting out of the SUV into the driving rain, you see a police car up ahead. There are two officers standing outside in the rain looking miserable.

"Hello M-m-major," says the first, stuttering with the cold, "we've cordoned off the area. Ain't nobody came in this way since it 'appened. We got some call from somebody 'igher up sayin' we're to hand off the area to yous, so we'll git on outta your way." Looking grateful at your presence, he takes a passing glance at your credentials, barely even pausing to see them, its obvious he doesn't want to stay any longer than he has to.

"Well g'night Major, we'll git outta your way." He steps into his car, the other officer tips his hat at you, before walking to the other side, cowboy walking like a true country officer, and getting in.

"Oh," he says, stepping back out, "crash site's over thata way, he says, pointing into a muddied field out to the east side of the road. "Dunno if there's any survivors, man we spoke to told us not ta' send in a ambulance. Mighty weird if ya' ask me. Anyways, good luck." They then drive north, into town.

Alex, you computer hums to life at your fingers, and you type in the search query "Blackberry Falls." You get a basic layout of the town, which seems to be mainly a small downtown area built around three or four farms, a largely unindustrialized town, they subsist off of the small businesses in town and the farm's crops. None of the paranormal databasing sites that you find have any references to the small town, however checking into the past new-papers, you find several unsolved disappearances over the past 8 months.

[ForzaFiori]

"Well, you heard the man, crash is to the east. Let's get going." Matthew motions to the others and starts walking towards where the officer pointed.

[Dorizzit]

Alex sighs and slides a water cover over his pack, which he has placed all of his computer equipment into, and walks after Matthew, having to walk faster than normal to keep up.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt looks quite imposing, wearing a sharp airforce uniform reminiscent of a lieutenant, complete with hat. In one ear is the headset, while the Glock is holstered quite openly on his left side in a cross-draw holster. In his left hand is his briefcase, held nonchalantly. His brown hair is combed backwards, and his eyes are concealed by a pair of enormous mirrored sunglasses.

He held out a hand to the police officer.

"Lieutenant Kurt Scarborough. If you don't mind, we need to examine the wreckage, so could you and your men clear the way and keep everyone out?"

EDIT: Damn, too slow.

After shaking the police officer's hand, he follows behind the others.

[Dorizzit]

To anyone who will listen, Alex says: "Alright, I did some research on the town, and it turns out that in the last few months there have been unexplained disappearances. That could be related to this." After a few seconds of silence: "Man, I hate rain."

[kirbsys]

Alex, you quickly catch up with the others, having finished the research that you started on the long road trip there (research takes one to four hours depending, about two and a half in this case). The police officers have left by the time you catch up. The field is muddy, and those of you who aren't wearing the provided BDUs and boots are quickly wishing you had, as the mud seeps into your shoes. The crashed "plane" isn't hard to find, it has cut a long gash about six feet wide into the landscape, having fallen south-west by the looks of it. Despite the rest of the field being a quagmire, the heat from the crash seems to have cooked the dirt so hard that it has not become mud, although the trench has about three inches of dirty water collected in it. As you follow the long scar, it gets deeper until you finally reach what you are looking for.

Standing at the edge, you see that there's a small fire burning inside what is now a ten foot deep trench. The fire is quickly going out as rain collects on top of what is quite obviously not a military aircraft. It doesn't seem quite large enough for interstellar travel, or even interplanetary travel, but neither of those things seem plausible to humans either, so who knows? What you see starts out as a round stub in the front, curving back into two sharp back edges, which curve back in on the other side meeting in the center of the craft. It is a dark metallic color, and the flames don't seem to have damaged it. So far as you can tell, there is no conventional propulsion mechanism, (ie. no propellers nor any jet turbines) or really, any way in. There is a large bulge in the top of it, once again running down the center, reminiscent of the cockpit of a jet, however, there is no way to see through it, nor does there seem to be any way to open it. A quick search around reveals the only interesting find, something seems to have passed further eastwards through the bushes as there is a section about three feet wide that has been flattened completely, though there are no tracks in the mud leading into it.

[Elektro]

"Well, that explains why they sent us here." says Max as he catches a glimpse of the unknown craft.

Max thinks to himself: And it might just explain those missing people Alex told us about. Jesus, aliens. Just how deep is this rabbit hole I chose to jump into anyways? Deciding he might not want to know the answer to the last question, he turns to the matter at hand and addresses the group.

"It seems awfully small though. I wonder if it's a scout craft from something larger? Whoever or whatever was in it seems to have gone this way. Let's form a search line and see if we can find it."

Max marks the location of the craft on his Garmin GPS and takes a rough bearing towards the flattened bushes for future reference.

[ForzaFiori]

seeing the craft, Matthew stops, before talking quietly to himself. "This looks alot like the one i saw before they locked me up...maybe i'm really not crazy..." He walks closer to the craft to examine it.

search: [roll0]

[Dorizzit]

Alex attempts to help Matt look at the craft:

Aid Another: [roll0]

[kirbsys]

The craft is buried nose-first into the hard baked dirt around it, although the tip doesn't seem to have taken any damage whatsoever from the impact. The surface is smooth, almost like glass, but it feels... off, unlike anything you've ever felt before, it's hard like metal, however it doesn't feel either cold nor hot. As soon as your hands touch the craft it lights up. A bright green strip runs from tip to tip, illuminating the dark trench. Suddenly, the edges of the bulge light too, giving a bright green outline on top of the craft. Although it glows brightly, you cannot tell why, so far as you can tell, it seems to have undergone no change (other than the glow of course). You see a small spot that has recessed inside now, it is slightly larger than your hand, and in an odd shape, almost like a crescent moon with a spike coming from the inside of the crescent.

Max, looking into the bushes, you see the dark expanse of the field before you, however, as soon as you decide to go search, Alex and Matt both jump down into the trench to investigate the craft further. You see exactly what they see, although you haven't felt the craft's surface.

[ForzaFiori]

Matthew jerks his hand off the craft as it lights up, stepping back. "I REALLY hope that those lights don't mean its gonna blow up or something. Cause that would just suck" seeing that his fears were (thankfully) not correct, he steps back up to the strange vehicle, looking at the odd indent. "well, it worked once..." he mutters, as he reaches his hand towards the spike, and fiddles with it (grabs it, sees if it wiggles, etc)

[Dorizzit]

Alex thinks for a few seconds. "Assuming what you're doing doesn't work, this is probably some form of advanced keyhole, which would indicate that the owner of this craft is not currently here. This whole thing seems odd. And whatever that craft is made of..." He shivers. "That just felt wrong."

[Elektro]

Upon hearing the commotion, Max turns back to take a look at the ship. After analyzing the situation for a few seconds, he turns to Alex and Matthew.

"I think your idea about that being a keyhole is probably right. Hell, it might even be a place for whatever came in that thing to put its hand into. That would make as much sense as anything else we've seen today."

I don't think we're going to get that open though. If we can't, we'd better scout the area and see if we can find this thing's owner."

While Alex and Matthew examine the craft and look for a way to "open" it, Max checks the topo map on his GPS to see if there are any landmarks in the direction of the flattened bushes. As he does so, he pauses for a second. He then reaches into his overcoat and pulls out a silver 1911. Max quickly checks the mechanism and makes sure a round is chambered, then places it back under his coat. He chuckles, and says "Better safe than sorry."

[kirbsys]

The indentation feels no different than any other part of the craft that you felt, and the spike does nothing as you play with it. As soon as you let go however, it begins to glow red, in the exact same way as the craft glowed green earlier.

As for any landforms, there is a large hill to the south east of the crash-site, about a half-mile, and a bit further east, there is a small forest site labeled "Blackroot Park" on your GPS.

[ForzaFiori]

Hm...clearly more fiddling is needed. You got any ideas Alex?"

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt follows, and when the other two jump into the pit, he takes the opportunity to assemble his rifle and adjust the scope.

Getting to his feet (and pocketing the other clips, leaving the briefcase at the site for the time being), and chambers a bullet. Kurt turns to Matthew and gestures towards the surrounds.

"Let's leave the others to fiddle with the spaceship. We ought to have a look around for our alien."

[Dorizzit]

Alex bites his lip. "Hm...this is certainly a puzzling conundrum. I do think that this is a keyhole of some sort, in which case it would be very difficult to pick the 'lock', as we have no idea of how it works and what is supposed to go here. Perhaps, however, we are watching the spiders web..."

[Mordokai]

Kain

Checking if his glock is loaded, Kain heads after Max and Kurt, helping them finding anything unusual, all the while looking where the strange track in the bushed leads.

[roll0]

[Elektro]

As Alex and Matt try to open the craft, Max pulls out his camera and begins to snap pictures of the craft for the higher-ups back at base. Upon noticing the craft turn red, he stops and turns to the others. I think it's time to stop playing with that thing. It seems to me that that keyhole is like a palm reader, and red means you're not matching. Anyways, let's go catchup with Kurt and Kain. We can always come back here later after we scout the area."

With that, Max puts away the camera and contacts Kurt on the radio to let them know they are coming to rendezvous. "Hey Alex, did your research on this place say anything about "Blackroot Park?" Like maybe that it was the place those kids went missing?

[ForzaFiori]

"You may be right Max. Lets go look for whatever came in this thing. Presumably, its hand will match.

[Dorizzit]

Alex grows introspective at the thought that the machine is a palm reader. "Ah, of course, I didn't think of it that way..." He's jolted out of his thoughts by the question. "Hm? Oh, no, it didn't mention anything about that."

[kirbsys]

The rain has fallen fast and thick for hours now, and there are very few, fi any tracks to follow. You can't seem to tell where they are going besides the fact that, in general, they seem to be going in an eastward direction. After you have followed them for about six yards, they disappear altogether, leaving you standing in the mud, about halfway between the crash-site and Blackroot. A bit further south, there is the large hill that Max found on his GPS. From here you can see that there are two or three small buildings on top; Max, you didn't see these on your GPS. Also, looking at the pictures that you took with your camera, you see that the ship hasn't appeared well in them. They are all extremely blurry where the ship is. You can see Matt and Alex down in the trench clearly, however the craft itself looks to have been blurred out.

[ForzaFiori]

"lets head for those buildings. At least it will get us out of the rain."

[Mordokai]

Kain

"A sound idea, I'm getting tired of this rain. But we should still be careful, who knows what is there. Give me a few minutes abd I'll check the perimeter and come back to report."

With that, Kain sneaks off to scout the area.

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"Right, I'll track you on the scope. Report at least once every thirty seconds, or we'll have to assume the worst."

[roll0] to keep track of Kain as he moves with the scope.

[kirbsys]

You watch him disappear behind the hill as you watch. The reports come in regularly, but he hasn't found anything, then suddenly he tells you he has found tracks heading towards the top of the hill.

The tracks you look down on seem fresh, and you can make out a shape to them, it seems to be an elongated foot with three separate prongs on the end. The foot itself is about a foot long, the prongs leading out are another four or five inches. You cannot see where the tracks lead up the hill without following them, you radio the others telling them what you see. Judging from your GPS you are on the complete opposite side of the hill from the others.

[Mordokai]

Kain

Upon finding the strange tracks, Kain radioes the other to tell them what he found.

"Guys, there are some unusual tracks here, I don't know what left them. They lead over the hill. I can follow them myself, but I you want to join me the path is clear. What shall it be?"

[Elektro]

"We need to stick together. If we do find this thing, it might not be happy. We'll need all of us to deal with it. And hell, I'm sure Alex doesn't want to sit back here in the rain with only a taser to protect him if the Terror from Planet X cames rampaging down on him. I know I sure as **** wouldn't. We're heading there now.", says Max.

Max then turns in Kurt's direction and says, "Kurt, you might as well come and set up shop up on the top of the hill where you'll have good visibility. We might need your skills today."

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"Sounds like a plan."

While the others are heading up to the tracks, Kurt finds a good vantage point on the hill and dons his Ghillie Suit, lying down and following the group with the scope, periodically looking up to try and spot anything not of the group.

"I'm going to keep radio silence, but you'll need to spot for me."

[roll0]
[roll1]

[ForzaFiori]

Matthew heads down the hill to meet up with Kain with the others. He's holding his winchester with both hands, now, but other than that appears un-phased by the current events

[kirbsys]

[OOC: Sorry about the three-four day lapse in posting. I had a renaissance faire, and I forgot to say anything until I was already there, and by then it was too late. So to forewarn you all, I will be going to camp at the faire once again this weekend, and will not be posting from Friday night to Sunday night.]

As you head up the hill, you see that there are three old dilapidated wooden buildings on the hill top. One is two stories tall and is fairly long, spanning the northern edge of the hill. There are windows, however most are broken, and it is too dark to see inside from where you are. There is a single door, and the odd tracks lead straight to it. The next building is a tower, that seems to have been taller at one time. At the moment it stands about four or five stories, with a skeletal sixth on top. Around it are what appear to be the ruins of the fallen upper floors. The third and final building is a low building that has no front wall. This is on the southern edge. Inside you see a stair case that leads downwards, as well as ruined furniture.

Kain, you see nothing else joining the group on the hill.

[Dorizzit]

Alex fingers the stun gun in his pocket. "I don't mean to sound horribly cliched, but I don't like this..." He says slowly.

((ooc: Ah yes, the renaissance fair...I'm part of stage combat group, so I work at one occasionally...))

[Elektro]

After Max looks around at the buildings with the rest of the group, he says, "Well, it looks like its time to earn our pay. We'll sweep and clear this first building that has the tracks first. If we don't find anything, we'll check the other two. Kurt, monitor this area so that if we miss whatever made these tracks when we enter the first building it can't sneak off.

Max pulls out his tactical flashlight and his Kimber .45 and checks both. "I hope I don't have to use this. Kain, you are the best at this kind of stuff so you lead us in. Matt and I will follow and give you support. Alex, stay behind us for now. Your stun gun might come in handy if we need to subdue this thing without killing it. Matt, Kain, and I will go in ready for combat, but we'll only shoot if the thing is obviously hostile. Ready guys?

[Dorizzit]

Alex mutters something under his breath about it being easy to suggest trying to subdue an alien life form with a taser whilst holding a gun and expecting someone else to do the tasering. Despite his complaints, he says: "Ready. Let's go."

[ForzaFiori]

Checking his rifle to make sure its loaded, Matthew clicks the safety off. "Lets move then. Its not gonna get any easier to catch whatever this thing is if we keep waiting."

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"Roger that, covering the exterior, over." comes Kurt's voice over the radio, as the sniper turns his attentions to the exterior of the house.

((Kurt's spot modifier is +4, GM roll as needed, please.

Assume Kurt set up in the best place with good cover and field of view he could find.))

[Mordokai]

Kain

"Roger that Max."

With that, Kain pulls his Glock from his holster and heads cautiously into the first building, watching out for anything unusual.

[roll0]

Ready action to bash anything suspicious.

[kirbsys]

You kick in the door to the building, it seems to be rather old, as it gives in easily. The room inside seems as though it has been used recently however. There is no dust or dirt covering the floor. The room seems to be about half the lower floor of the building, and goes straight to the back wall. There is a door on your right, in the center of the wall, this is closed. The floor is solid wood, and it has been scratched badly over the years, it is now faded and worn. The windows on the sides let in no light, as they have been boarded up. The boards look as old as the door. There is a light hanging from the ceiling, however there is no pull switch hanging from it, nor can you see any light switches nearby. The only other thing in the room is a staircase heading down on the opposite edge, the staircase runs towards the wall with the door on it.

[Mordokai]

Kain

Taking his sourronding in, Kain eyes stop on staircase leading into unknown. He looks at Max and using military sign language he sends him the following message:

Going to explore, need cover.

With that, he moves next to staircase and starts moving down.

[Dorizzit]

Alex stays with Kain.

[Elektro]

Max gives a quick nod to Kain's request. He signs back: Notify if clear.

He moves to take a covering position on the closed door and the door that they entered.

[kirbsys]

Looking down the stair case, you see a dirt floor about ten, fifteen feet down. It seems to widen out, but from the top of the stair case you can't tell for sure. The stair case itself is made of old dark wood. There are no guard-rails, and the walls are all dirt past the floor level.

Max, standing by the door, you hear a sort of heavy breathing coming from the other side.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt remains outside, watching for any activity.

[Elektro]

Upon hearing the breathing, Max silently catches Kain's attention and signs: Other side of door. I'll cover you..

Max waits for the Kain and Matt to move into position. Checking the door to see which way it opens, Max positions himself so that he'll have a clear shot if needed.

[Dorizzit]

Alex backs away from the door.

[ForzaFiori]

Matthew raises his rifle to his shoulder, aiming at the door. (readied action to shoot anything acting hostile on the other side of the door)

[Mordokai]

Kain

After catching Max's signal, Kain nods is sign of getting it and moves into position. He too gets ready should anything hostile come in the room.

[kirbsys]

The door is a double door made of dark wood, with dark, peeling, paint on it. It seems that they would open inwards. The handles are tarnished copper, or possibly chrome. They are round. The door seems to have been scratched, especially near the handles.

The breathing sound can now be heard by all of you. It is quick and rough, like some one trying to catch their breath.

[Mordokai]

Kain

Listening to the sound behind doors, Kain once again motions to his friends to cower him and then slowly opens the doors to check what can be found behind them.

Open doors. If not possible, try bashing them with sheer force.

[roll0]

[kirbsys]

Unfortunately a two is not high enough to even turn the door knob...

But in all seriousness. The door opens slowly with a slight creak. The breathing intensifies as you open it. On the other side you see... sombody sitting in a chair. He looks to be a teenager. His hands and feet are bound to the chair, and he has a gag in his mouth. The heavy breathing seems to be coming from him, although it slows a bit once he ees you clearly. The room iteslf in almost featureless, with another boarded up window across form you, and a bed with no mattress on the side of the door you came in through.

[Mordokai]

Kain

((I blame the dice :smalltongue: ))

Noticing the prisoner, Kain gives Max and the others the all clear sign and moves into the room, weapon still at ready and approaches the teenager to check his status.

((I'm not sure what check would be appropriate here, so you roll for me. Kain won't untie him until he is sure that he posses absolutely no threat to him or the group and until the others come into the room.))

[Elektro]

Max sees the kid and thinks to himself: Heh, well that was kinda anti-climatic.

Max lets Kain and Matt check out the kid while he guards the staircase and makes a quick report over the radio to Kurt and Alex.

[kirbsys]

The kid seems to be in his teens, with dark hair. He looks at you and trys to say something, but is cut off by the gag in his mouth. His wrists and ankles seem to be rubbed raw from the rope tying him to the chair. Othe than that, he is fine as far as you can tell.

[Mordokai]

Kain

His gun still pointed at the kid, Kain approaches him and pulls his gag down and says to him:

"Talk to us kid. Who are you and what are you doing here?"

[kirbsys]

[OOC: Happy Thanks Giving all who celebrate it. Or if you're a Native American, My Condolences.]

The kid gasps in air then replys, I have no idea. One minute I'm hanging out with my girlfriend in Blackroot, and then these guys come outa nowhere! They're all wearin this crazy lookin' black armor and they have these weird lookin' guns. I thought they were like government agents or somethin, then one of em walks up and he goin on about blood traitors, and me not being pure, and I have no idea what he was talkin about! Then he touches me, and it hurt worse than anything else I've ever felt. I wake up, and I'm sittin in this chair. I keep seein those weird guys in their armor, but no one'll talk to me. I'm freakin out man.

He talks rather fast, but that seems mainly to be the anxiety.

[Dorizzit]

Alex walks up to him, putting his hand on the kid's shoulder. "Relax. We're here to help. My name is Alexander. What's yours?"

[kirbsys]

It's Nick...

[Dorizzit]

Alexander stands back. "Alright, Nick, we'll help you out. Um...someone want to untie him?"

[kirbsys]

[OOC: Where is everybody?]
Err... I second that, these ropes aren't as comfortable as they look, says the kid.

[ForzaFiori]

((i'm waiting for someone to untie him. i dont have any skills that could help at that, and i doubt my gun is gonna get those ropes off of him without some serious complications))

[kirbsys]

((Serious complications? I doubt it... but then again, I don't consider a dead teenager to be a serious complication... in that case it'd be more of a comical complication))

[ForzaFiori]

((idk if he's important to the plot or something. besides, i dont go around killing innocent ppl. i just got out of the loony bin, i'm not going to prison.))

[Dorizzit]

While Matt talks with himself, Alex tries to untie Nick:

[roll0]

[Elektro]

Max is standing quietly outside the door monitoring the staircase and the entry door. After overhearing the kid's statements, he keys the mike. "Kurt, apparently there are hostiles in this area. Keep an eye out for any movement. We'll let you know when we've secured the area."

As Max mills around, he wonders what is taking the others so long. He strides into the room and pulls out his K-Bar and starts cutting the ropes that bind the kid. "Heh, this beats fiddling with rope any day."

[Mordokai]

Kain

"I like your style Max. Now, Nick, talk to us. Any bit of information you can come up will be helpful. How many of this guys were there? Did they say anything to you? How long have you been here? Like I said, tell us everything you know."

[kirbsys]

Err... I dunno how long I've been here, I think it was the 24th when I was taken.This was about a week ago. My girlfriend and I drove out to black wood at about I dunno... six. All of the sudden, there are like four or five guys wearin this crazy looking black armor. It was all glossy, and it looked kinda mettalic, but odd sorta. They were carrying something like guns that were made outta the same stuff, but the guns didn't look like normal guns, I dont really know how to describe em. So one of them walks over, and he was talkin about me being "unpure" and how we were "traitors to our kind." So then he touches me, and the hand just feels weird, then alluva sudden, my entire body freezes up, and I cant move, and it hurts like hell, suddenly it all goes black, then I'm sittin here. They've come in every once and a while to give me some food, but other than that, I haven't seen anyone. On top of that, they'll never say anything when they come in. Thanks for taking the ropes off.

Outside the rain continues to fall, but all of the sudden, in the second house (the one they didn't go in) a light comes on. The light seems to be a light red, and it seems to be really bright. It lasts for about half a second, then goes out. A second later, it flashes again, then goes out once again. It doesn't flash again.

[ForzaFiori]

"Nick, do you have any idea where you girlfriend was taken, or what those red flashes were?"

[Dorizzit]

Alex swears loudly and proficiently in surprise.

[Mordokai]

Kain

Looking at Alex with some surprise, Kain tells him:

"We'll have to wash your mouth with soap when we get home kid. That's just no language for someone of your age."

He then asks Max:

"Could that be Morse code? I'll admit I never learned it, didn't need to. Perhaps you were in different position than me. Be that as it may, I propose we check it out. After getting Nick to safety of course."

Sense motive, to see if Nick is telling the truth.

[roll0]

[Dorizzit]

Alex gives Kain a look.

[Elektro]

Max listens over the radio to Kurt's report on the flashes in the other building. "Okay, we'll secure this building before we investigate. Report if you see anyone leaving or heading up the hill. You're our eyes, so we'll be counting on you. Max out."

Turning to the others, he says, "I don't know Morse off the top of my head, but only two flashes mean their can't be too much info. Maybe a warning beacon of some sort?"

Max then enters the main room and beckons the others to follow. Talking quietly to avoid Nick from overhearing, he lays out his plan. "Okay, we need to secure this building posthaste. Kain and Matt, you check out that staircase. If it leads to the other building we need to recce it. Alex, you stay here with Nick until we know it's safe to leave. I'll be guarding this room and the door to the outside. Also, in case Nick might not be telling us the whole truth, I'll be here to lend Alex any assistance if he needs it. Once we know what we're dealing with, we can check out that other building. Sound good?"


I'm assuming since we're inside a building, that we only heard about the flashes because Kurt told us over the radio.

[Dorizzit]

Alex nods grimly and hefts his Stun Gun.

[kirbsys]

Nick just shakes his head to both questions. He seems to have been completely honest. Are you two going down the stair case?

[ForzaFiori]

Kain, you ready to move? Matt asks, moving towards the stairs.

[Mordokai]

Kain

"As ready as one can be in situation like this. I'll lead, you cover, ok? See you later guys."

With that, Kain heads down the stairs, Glock on ready, observing his sourrondings.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[ForzaFiori]

Matt works his way down behind kain, his Winchester at the ready, also observing everything.


spot: 1d20+2
listen: 1d20+4

[Elektro]

Max nods to Matt and Kain and says, "Make sure to stay in radio contact in case things get hairy."

He then takes up a position that will allow him to watch both the top of the staircase and the door to the outside.

[ForzaFiori]

wow. i totally spaced with those last things, and forgot the code.

let me try that again.

spot: [roll0]
listen: [roll1]

[kirbsys]

The corridor ahead of you is made of dirt with wooden support beams about every ten feet, and the ground steadily slopes downwards. The only light comes from your flashlight, and the rest is inky black. The closeness of the corridor makes you feel claustrophobic. Your breathing begins to sound loud, as there is no noise, even the rain outside has been cut off now. There is a sound ahead of you, as you move forwards to investigate, the ground gives out and you realize that the sound was that of cracking wood. Kain, you fall as the ground in front of you gives out. Luckily it's only about a twenty foot drop, you land on the bottom barely hurt [OOC: You take four damage from the fall], Matt, you see Kain fall, and can see him land, his flashlight goes out, but yo can both see that he is now on solid stone ground, you cannot see any walls from where the flashlight can reach, but you can tell that his is busted. Kain, your glock landed about five feet away, and is within reach. Your leg hurts badly, but you can still walk. Matt, across the hole in the corridor (which is about fifteen feet) you can see a wooden door. If you've calculated correctly, you are somewhere near the other house now.

Everyone upstairs hears a thunderous crash, followed by a dull thump. Kurt, sorry to say that you hear nothing.

[ForzaFiori]

I radio the others and fill them in on what happened, asking if any of them have any rope.

(how big is the hole? like all the way across the corridor, or is there room to walk around it?)

[Dorizzit]

Alex curses again, quite foully. "This is going well," He says sarcastically. "All we need now is the creepy black armor guys."

[kirbsys]

The hole goes from wall to wall across the corridor, and in fact, has taken some of the dirt wall with it.

[pingcode20]

((Ah crap - lost the link to this. I'll post within the next couple of days - I need to catch up on what happened.))

[Mordokai]

Kain

Picking himself up after falling, Kain leans himself with back towards wall to steady himself and get rid of the vertigo he got after the fall. After a few seconds, after he feels somewhat better, he looks around and after spoting his gun, he limps towards it, picking it up. He then radios to his friends:

"Guys, I'm in a heap of trouble over here. If you got any rope to get me out of the in which I find myself presently I would be grateful. My leg hurts as hell, and there is no way I'm getting out of it myself."

Kain will attempt the Treat injury check while he waits to be rescued.

[roll0]

If he should, by any chance, beat the DC 15

[roll1]

[Elektro]

"****.", says Max after hearing the crash and Kain's report. "I can't believe I forgot to bring rope with me. See if you can fashion a crude ladder out of the broken wood. Otherwise, Matt get up here and we'll storm the second building. We've lost any surprise we might have had anyways, so we'll clear the area and look for a shovel or some rope. Kurt, we need recce on that other building. If you can see anything , let us know."

[ForzaFiori]

hm...just what check would i roll for making a ladder?

craft (laddermaking)?

whatever it is, i highly doubt i have skills in it (unless its repair)

in which case: [insert appropriate skill] check: [roll0] +7 if repair is the skill in question.

[kirbsys]

Unfortunately there's no wood for you to use nearby, all of the wood fell with Kain.

Kain, unfortunately you don't help your leg much.

[ForzaFiori]

matt looks down at Kain. "Hey, Hang tight down there man, were gonna get you out of there ASAP. I gotta go right now, but i'll be back with help as soon as i can." He turns, and heads back to the others

[Mordokai]

Kain

This is just great. What am I supposed to do while I wait for them to come back? Shame on you, you fall into this like first timer!

Having nothing better to do, Kain starts looking around, searching for anything that he could find useful.

Take 20 on Search check, for a grand total of 22. Apply any penalties you deem appropriate.

[Elektro]

When Matt reaches the upper levels, Max quickly lays out a plan. "I don't like having Kain down there, so we need to move fast. We'll do a standard breach and clear of the next building and clear it down to that doorway on the other side of the pit. Kurt, check the building for us. We need to know location of doors and windows, and any way you can give cover when we enter."

Max then turns to Alex and says, "Do you and Nick mind going down and keeping Kain company. Kurt will patrol this doorway. And here, keep this for protection until we can link back up." Max hands him his Kimber 1911. "Just point and shoot - It has seven rounds. If that doesn't work, just run." He unslings his Benelli shotgun and quickly checked to make sure it is loaded and cocked. He smiles and says, "I have a feeling we're going to need the big guns on this one."

Max then goes to the door and waits for the intel report before sprinting to the next building.

[Dorizzit]

Alex nods grimly. After the others have left, he thinks: He thinks they'll need the big guns on this one, eh? So why do I get a pistol...? Oh well. he holds his taser in one hand and the pistol in the other.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt keeps radio silence, and looks up at the building in question, refocussing the scope on it and doing a sweep.

[roll0]

[kirbsys]

Kurt, there is only one door to the building, the one you guys originally saw. There are four walls, and each has a boarded up window. The roof seems to be made of wooden shingling. So far as you can see there are no hostiles outside the building, you cannot see inside.

Kain, as you're fumbling in the darkness you come to a ledge, you cannot tell how far down it goes, but following it you reach a wall about fifteen feet from where you originally fell. Following it the other way you come across another ledge, perpendicular to the first. You feel your way to yet another wall which in turn meets up with the original wall. You guess that the room is about thirty feet by twenty feet, and you fell about in the middle.

[Elektro]

After Kurt finishes his report, Max turns to Matt and says, "Okay, let's go.".

Max then opens the door, sprints quickly to the other building, and slams open the door to the other building, ducking to his right to allow Matt a clear shot against anyone inside who appears hostile.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt covers Kurts run, then takes aim inside the building as the door opens. If he sees any thing inside that might be alive, aim at it, shooting if it appears hostile. If nothing is inside, he moves forward, motioning to kurt to move in.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"The windows are all boarded up and visibility is terrible here. I'm coming down - sniper coverage isn't going to help if there's any hostiles inside, and I'll do a lot more good inside if there's hostiles out here."

Abandoning his Ghillie Suit (The cleanup crew can handle recovery later, same with the suitcase) Kurt takes a cautious look around before picking up his rifle and making his way swiftly across to the doorway, rifle in hand and a couple of spare ammunition clips in pocket.

"There's little I can do covering the building. Without a spotter and some way of getting line of fire to any hostiles I'll be of more use down here. Even without ironsights the AW Covert is still very useful."

He was right, of course. Even with the bolt action and lack of ironsights of the Covert, its high powered rounds made it just as effective as an assault rifle user without special training.

[kirbsys]

The door kicks open easily, and you see what you assume is one of the aliens that teen spoke of. He stands a good foot taller than most humans, and is covered in spiky black armor that glistens oddly. In his hand is an odd looking weapon that vaguely resembles a gun, but far curvier than any weapon you have ever seen, and with a large bulge near the tip of the barrel. There is another lying dead on the floor, with a round metal object that glows red lying on his chest. The glow isn't extremely bright but it pulses every few seconds. The alien calls out in a harsh sounding voice Identify yourself or be shot! He has an odd accent, unlike any you have ever heard, and he points his gun as he says this.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt raises his weapon and takes aim at the creature. "Your the new people on the block, identify yourself first!"

[Elektro]

OoC: I'm not sure where I am. I originally was going into the other building, but Kurt did it instead. I'll just assume I'm holding down the fort with Alex unless you all say otherwise.

[ForzaFiori]

OOC: looks to me like me and kurt were covering you (i put the wrong name in my post about covering someone, my b.) and you opened the door. then kurt came down from his hill and i stayed where i was.

[Elektro]

OoC: Okay, that makes sense.

After Max rolls right he misjudges the distance and slams into the other wall, but it able to end up in a kneeling crouch with his shotgun trained on the alien. Heh, so much for appearances., Max thinks.

After Matt speaks, Max adds, "We're agents of the United States Government. You actions have violated 18 CFR 36-5, namely kidnapping of a minor and trespass of government property. Throw down your weapon and we will deal peacefully. Resistance is futile.". Max says the last sentence with a crooked smile, as he thinks I've always wanted to say that to an alien. Let's hope we can actually back it up.

[kirbsys]

[OOC: Sorry for the delay. I could only get on for a little while, and the comic had just been posted, so the forums weren't responding well.]

The alien calls out in his harsh tongue "I do not fear you worms. Drop you weaponry, for though I do not come to harm you, the child you seek is forfeit, as are his half-blood parents. If you seek to stop my mission, your lives are forfeit as well.

It is obvious that although he has a rather heavy accent, he knows english well.

[pingcode20]

((Oh come on, don't tell me this is dead!))

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt steps back, and, allowing the rifle to fall slightly slack in his hands, slowly pulls his sidearm from his holster and allows it to fall to the ground, the police sniper doing his best to look non threatening while he tries to see a good angle of attack.

[roll0]

[ForzaFiori]

"Half-blood parents?" Matt asks, as he lowers his weapon. "What are you talking about? While your explaining that, I'd also like to know what the hell your doing on this planet."

[kirbsys]

I'll explain then, he says in a condescending voice. About fifty years ago, a space program was launched from our planet. Your planet was the first to be discovered with "intelligent" life on it. Several of our scouts disappeared, and our government assumed they had been killed. However, when we sent in scouts again, we discovered they had used our technology to cross breed, creating these abomination's parents. Our planets law is clear, both the children and their parents are sentenced to death.

Kurt, you don't see any better angle of attack than where you are.

[ForzaFiori]

"That may be the law on your planet, but if you take a look around, you may realize something. You ain't in Kansas no more, Dorothy. This is OUR world. and here, Killing someone is illegal (unless your in Texas). So i suggest you take your alien ass outta here."

[kirbsys]

I'll give you one more chance. Drop your weapons, and stop hindering my mission, or I'll be forced to execute you!!!

He (due to the censor not allowing me to say *****) pulls back a lever readying ammo on his weapon causing a clicky sound and holds it ready to fire.

[OOC: And I'm officially an orc now. Cool.]

[ForzaFiori]

"And i'll give YOU one more chance. Get the hell off of Earth or we'll send you back in a casket!" Matt takes the safety off his winchester and raises it, aiming at the alien.

[Mordokai]

Meanwhile, Kain just waits in the hole, hoping that somebod will come and pick him up sooner or later.

[kirbsys]

The alien squeezes the trigger, and you hear a quick whooshing sound, similar to that of an air powered gun, and you see the wall behind you erupt in a fountain of wood.

Max, you're first in initiative, Matt, you're second, Kurt, you got last.

[Elektro]

"*%&#!", exclaims Max as he flinches slightly as chunks of wood and dirt rain down around him. Max steadies himself in the crouched firing position in the right side corner near the door and pulls the trigger of his shotgun.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt dodges the flying splinters, then aims and shoots at the alien.

attack: [roll0]
damage;: [roll1]

[kirbsys]

The room flashes as two gunshots are heard, the first the loud boom of a shotgun, the second from a Winchester. The shotgun's spray rips apart the wall opposite the alien, and the winchester bullet takes out a window in a spray of glass, the alien however seems fine, none of the bullets came near him.

Everyone not there heres several loud gunshots, as well as some yelling that you cannot make out. Alex, as soon as the gunshots go off Nick hits the floor, then seeing the gunshots aren't around him, takes off into the rain.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"Casket it is." says Kurt, cooly, as his player notices this again (the danged forum isn't showing updates on threads properly) and swiftly brings his rifle up and squeezes the trigger, a single high caliber round erupting with a soft 'thwip' from the polished steel barrel, the shot embedding itself in the wall while Kurt withdraws into the rain.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Elektro]

After his shot misses high right, Max quickly adjusts his aim and squeezes the trigger of the Bennelli.

OoC: Should I be rolling? I seem to remember you said you'd do that, but if not let me know.

[ForzaFiori]

Matthew curses when he sees his shot miss, before raising his weapon and firing again.

attack: [roll0]
damage: [roll1]

[ForzaFiori]

w00t! possible crit.

crit confirm: [roll0]

not so w00t.

[kirbsys]

There is a soft thwump as the sniper rifle shoots, it hits the wall across from the alien, missing completely. The shotgun blast catches him across the chest in spray of blood. There is a third shot from the winchester that catches the alien in the chest.

[OOC:When announcing an attack or skill use, roll, if I'm telling you that you need to make a save or some other reflex, I'll roll for you.]

[ForzaFiori]

"Die, damn it!" Matthew yells at the creatures, shooting again.

attack: [roll0]
damage: [roll1]

[Elektro]

"Drop your weapon and get down on the ground NOW!" Max yells as he aims another blast from his shotgun at the alien creature.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Having pulled back to a relatively safe extent, Kurt raises the rifle and fires it again.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[kirbsys]

The alein raises its rifle towards Max and squeezes the trigger, you hear another quick rushing sound, and then you feel a flash of pain in your arm. You take 4 points of damage. The winchster fires off again, this time catching the alien in the face, he slumps to his knees then falls on the ground. A pool of blood surrounds his body, then you smell acrid smoke, and there's nothing left but his gun and armor and dried black goo.

[Dorizzit]

((Travel the galaxy...meet exciting new people...and kill them...))

[ForzaFiori]

Matthew walks up and grabs the aliens gun, turning it about in his hand. "I wonder if their guns are anything like ours..."

[Elektro]

"Goddammit.", says Max trough clenched teeth as he gingerly examines the large gash on his right arm. "F#$%^& alien just had to shot my good arm, now didn't it."[/I][/I] Max uses his shotgun to prop himself up and moves towards the goo while reloading the Benelli.

Well, let's grab this stuff and police the rest of the area. Grab that thing in the other alien's chest; maybe we can use it to open the craft. I'm going to dress my wound and look for something to get Kain out of that hole with." Max reports to Alex and Kain via radio and begins to scout the rest of the building and look for the dorr on the other side of the pit.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"Put the gun back where it was - let's call in cleanup; the eggheads are sure to want to have a good look at this stuff."

Kurt kneels, and examines the black goo, looking for the bullets that hit the alien.

"Must be some sort of contingency - the goo'll be gone in a few moments." he muttered, and then revises his earlier words. "Let's grab the armour and gun and get it out of here, before whatever other failsafes they have kick in."

"<Who has a camera? We need to get pictures of this quickly before it goes away.>" he calls over the radio.

[kirbsys]

The gun is far lighter than a normal rifle, and feels like it is made of the same material as the ship, although you can't be sure. The design is similar to that of an assault rifle, but it is more fluid, and the tip of the barrel ends in a bulb. Looking more closely you see that there's a magazin that feeds into the top of the gun.

Kurt, the bullets are all gone, although there are several small pellets, most likely from the shotgun blasts.

Max, there's a door that leads to a stair case on the wall opposite where the alien stood. Following the rickety stairs down you come to a wooden door, and just as you suspected, it opens to the other side of the hole in the floor.


EDIT: Oh, I figured I should mention this again, since no one seemed to notice the first time, at the first gun-shots, Nick (the teenager) ran out into the rain.

[ForzaFiori]

is there a trigger or something that might be used as one on the gun?

[kirbsys]

Yes, the gun is remarkably similar to human weaponry, although designed diferently, and the handle feels uncomforatable to you.

[ForzaFiori]

Matthew keeps the gun with him, though he keeps his trusty Winchester in his hands, after reloading it.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"Don't fire it - we don't know how much the alien had left in the clip, and we want the boffins to have something to replicate." repeats Kurt, salvaging the spiky black armour away from the bubbling goo and letting it lie next to the wall.

"Seperate the equipment. If the aliens had a grenade, we don't want to lose all the artefacts because they were together. Unfortunate as it is, we're also going to need to hunt down Nick and bring him in, as well as any relations he has. We may be facing a covert war, and we'll need every edge we can get."

[Dorizzit]

((Oops....must have missed that.))

Alex dashes after Nick, trying to convince him to stop running.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt places the gun next to the armor. I wonder what the hell that thing shoots...hey Max, was your wound a through-and-through, or could we maybe get a bullet outta your arm?

[Mordokai]

Kain

With all the racket going on, Alex obviously running away and leaving him alone in the hole, Kain mutters darkly to himself:

"I just hope those guys won't left me to rot in this hole."

[Elektro]

Max turns to Matt and says, "It looks like this wound is cauterized, so I can wait until the cleanup crew gets here. Thanks. Do you mind going to help Alex try and find that kid?

Max then tosses the camera to Kurt to let him document the remains. "Good idea, Kurt. You can check this stuff and call the cleanup crew. I'm going to get Kain out of that hole.

Max then looks around for any materials he can use to jury-rig a platform/ladder to get Kain out of the pit. Using whatever he can find, he takes his time and builds a structure get Kain out.

Craft: Structural: [roll0]

[OoC: I'll take 20 if you allow it. Time to make those skill points pay off! :smallbiggrin: ]

[kirbsys]

The goo dissolves rather quicly,and within sixty seconds, it's gone.

Alex, following Nick out into the rain you manage to keep up, however you neither gain on him, nor does he stop running.

Max, you manage to find enough wood to make a make-shift ladder, however it will take a bit of time, I'll tell you when it's finished.

Amid the armor you find a two small spheres of metal, both with a small knob that looks as if it can be pushed in. You also find several metal objects that are rather small, with markings on them. There are about fifty of them total, and there are three different types. There seems to be no cloth or other type of clothing left.

[Dorizzit]

Alex keeps following Nick.

[ForzaFiori]

"Just in case the thought goes through your head, don't push those knobs. Put 'em to the side in case they go off or something."

[kirbsys]

As Nick runs down off the hill he trips up, and lands in the mud, you manage to catch up to him. What do you want to do now?

Max, your ladder is finished.

[Dorizzit]

"Why did you run away?" Alex asks.

[pingcode20]

Crap, I just realised Kurt doesn't qualify for Dead Aim, because he has Wis 11. Would it be possible to exchange my strength and wisdom scores, so he qualifies?

Also, it can be assumed that we all have cellphones, or at least some method of calling base, right?

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt nods, and steps outside, pulling a cellphone from his pocket and punching in the speed dial for SCARS' front. 'Johnny's Pizza' indeed.

"Hello, I'd like to order a medium pepperoni pizza, hold the pepperoni." he said, bypassing the 'cashier'.

"This is Kurt. We've encountered and engaged one of the aliens, and require immediate pickup and retrieval of alien artefacts."

"...Yes, sir. I'm sure the alien was hostile. Rifles are weapons of war, not self defence, sir."

"...No, sir. The grey dissolved into bubbling black goo the moment he was killed."

"...It looked to be a sort of contingency, as the goo evaporated within a minute. We do have another dead specimen, who appears to have been unaffiliated with the one in black armour."

"...Yes, we have recovered the alien's armour and rifle. The armour has two objects, which I believe may be the alien equivalent of hand grenades, and what could possibly be ammunition. We've avoided handling them except to move them from the goo."

"...There's also a boy, Nick, who the alien claimed was a human/alien hybrid. We're going to have to bring him in as well."

"...With all due respect, this can wait for debriefing, sir. The aliens could send their own cleanup crew any minute, and we don't want to be here when they do."

[kirbsys]

[OOC: Sure, switching out the scores is fine by me}

...Retrieval? You were NOT ordered to engage the aliens unless they were hostile!

....I'll send in a med team to do an on site dissection and then retrieve the corpse.

....It did what?

....Do we have the alien's equip, or was that lost too?

....Anything else?

....That boy could be dangerous, we need him to be questioned immeadiately.

....Fine I'll send in a clean up team as well as a few more men to cover you. As soon as the area is secure I'll need you to return to the town and investigate the kid's parents, see if the original aliens are still around, and if they are, they're our top priority. The back up team will be there at 01:00 hours. Over and out.

It's exactly midnight right now, so you still have an hour before the team arrives.


Nick sputters the mud out of his mouth, then says shakily I'm sorry, I heard the gunshots and I panicked, I didn't want to get captured again. You might be some super spy kid with the military, but man, I don't see this stuff every day.
He gets up trying to get some of the mud off of himself.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt heads back to the other house to check on Nick and Alex. When he realizes that they aren't there, he tries to get Alex on the walkie-talkies.

"Alex? This is Matt. Where are you and the other kid? What the hell happened?

[Elektro]

Max takes his ladder and places it inside the pit with the assistance of Kain.

Max says to Kain with a chuckle, "Next time we bring rope."

[Mordokai]

Kain

After getting out of the hole, Kain thanks to Max and smiles.

"That sounds like a good plan. Or a pair of springs, so I can just jump out of any hole.

So, what is the deal with all the gunshots I heard? You guys had all the fun without me?"

[Dorizzit]

Alex responds to Matt: "We're a bit down the hill. Nick freaked out when he heard gunshots and tried to run away." Turning to Nick, he says: "I can understand the sentiment, but listen to me when I say that you are much safer with us than you are trying to run from those aliens. Now, we're going to take you to a safer place until we can get to the bottom of this. While we're there, the suits may ask you some questions to speed our investigation. So, you have no idea why what happened happened?"

[Elektro]

Looking at the bloody bandage on his right arm with a wry grin, he says to Kain, "It wasn't ALL fun. We got one alien, I think. It could come back again since it's body dissolved away. Let's go see what base has to say" Max then walks upstairs to Kurt and asks him what the situation is.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt, putting away the cellphone, pulls the walkie talkie headset over.

"<HQ's sending cleanup, due in an hour, with a backup team. When they arrive, we've got orders to secure the area and then head into town to find the original aliens.>"

[kirbsys]

No, like I said the aliens picked me and my girlfriend up at those woods over there, then when I woke up, I was tied to that chair. Every once and a while they would call me "half-blood" or something, but I dunno what they meant.

[Mordokai]

Kain

"You'll get better Max, don't worry. I appreciate your help, and I'm in your debt. Wish I could help you with that wound of yours, but I'm no doctor. I'm sure doctors at HQ will do better work. In the meantime, I suggest that we get out of here ASAP. I wouldn't want any unexcepted surprises."

With that, Kain heads out towards the others.

[kirbsys]

[OOC: Anyone there? :Echo: :Echo:]

interesting that it says that is too short...

[Elektro]

OOC: Max was waiting for backup and Alex to get back to the buildings with Nick. I have no idea where he is, since I was helping Kain. The character limits trips if your text is in brackets.

[Dorizzit]

((I was waiting for Alex to get back to the building...))

[pingcode20]

OOC: Kurt is standing outside the building holding his rifle and generally looking badass while he waits for the backup to arrive.

[kirbsys]

Kain, you notice something moving along in the darkness about fifty ffet from the hill, all of the sudden you notice another two each about forty degrees away from each other coming from the west.

[Mordokai]

Kain

Nudging Max and pointing at the approaching figures, Kain says to him:

"I really hope it's our guys, but I'm not taking anything for granted."

With that he pulls his glock out of his holster, and shouts to the approaching figures:

"We see you! Identify yourself so we know what danger you present!"

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt, hearing Kain shouting and seeing his glock pointed at some forms in the darkness, steps into the shadow of the building and raises his rifle, taking aim at one of the moving forms Kain was pointing his Glock at.

Actions in order:
1. 5ft step into shadow. [roll0]
2. Attack action to acquire one of the targets in his scope.
3. Full Round Action to Dead Aim the target.
4. Ready action to shoot the target if Kain opens fire.

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EDIT: Wow. A 4, a 4, and 2 natural ones.

[kirbsys]

You hear a voice call out, rather similar to the one you heard before, HUMANS! We don't want to fight you! The boy will not be harmed, however according to our laws, we MUST bring him with us. If you hand him over, you can live.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt turns to the others. "This is a free country, We should leave it up to the kid." He turns to Nick. "So kid, you wanna go with the aliens, or do you want to stay here and watch us kick more extraterrestrial ass?"

[kirbsys]

Go with them??? You're kidding right? If the first one wanted to kill me, what makes these guys any different?

[Mordokai]

Kain

"If he's not going to be hurt why couldn't you ask him what you wanted while you had him tied in there? I think you're bluffing! I'll give you similiar proposal. Get away while you can, and you'll live. One of your comrades has already been killed, do you wan the same to happen to you?"

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[kirbsys]

Humans, are your lands ruled by one government? Neither are ours, we have planetary laws, however each government disagrees on the sentences. If you tell the truth, the one that would have slain the child was not with us. We do have an ally on planet, however we lost contact with him twenty earth-minutes ago.

[Dorizzit]

Alex responds to this: "You have to admit, he's got a point. Just because they aren't from our planet doesn't mean they can't have multiple governmental systems like ourselves."

[Mordokai]

Kain

"I'm not arguing that Alex. Give me a second to think."

After few seconds he once again yells into the darkness:

"We promise you nothing, since we need the kid as well. However, if you come closer perhaps we can talk better. We promise that we won't shoot you. Just don't try anything stupid."

He then sends message to Kurt over walkie talkie:

"Keep a gun trained on them Kurt and shoot if they try anything funny."

[ForzaFiori]

hm...What if we wait for the back up to get here, then some of our forces go with them and the kid? enough of a force to make it worth their while to bring them all back alive?

[kirbsys]

Suddenly, from around in the darkness a total of eight figures group together, then advance slowly. Yo see that they carry similar weapons to what the other alien had, their armor is similar, but different in many ways. The one in front is obviously the leader, all of them wear black helmets preventing you form seeing their faces, however his has red outlining that decorates the helmet.

We recognize that you have your laws, he says, however, so do we. The boy must be brought to our planet, he will be allowed to live freely there, however we cannot leave him here.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt sighed, and he lowered his rifle, thinking about the circumstances. He was certainly right to call in backup.

"<Call HQ. We need someone from command here. Tell them that we do not have the authority to turn over the boy. Make a comparison to asking a shopkeeper to make a decision for an entire planet. Ask one of the grunts to negotiate a peace treaty to give an example if you must.>" he says over the radio, taking the time to move a little further into the shadow and lie on his stomach, training his sights on the one which was obviously the leader.

Acquiring the leader in scope, taking Dead Aim of leader.

Taking 10 on hide (he's changed the way he's hiding) for DC 20 Spot.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt, getting Kurts message, address the aliens. "We're willing to negotiate with you, however we will have to call our commanding officers, as we cannot work on negotiations this big alone. I'm sure you understand, being, i would assume, military yourself. Just as the 12 of us couldn't negotiate a treaty between our two planets, the 12 of us cannot negotiate the trade of a human life. That is a job for someone higher up the totem pole. If you'll excuse me for just a moment, i'll get that man on the radio.

He steps back behind the others, and speaks into his radio, keeping his voice low. "Hello, HQ? This is Matthew, on the recon. team sent out to the odd ship. We have made contact with a group of 8 of the extraterrestrials. They wish to take one of the locals, a teen, claims to be called Nick. We also heard the other alien we killed early mention that he and another of the teens in the town were "half-breeds". Apparently the ET's have been here before. The group were talking to say they dont worth with the ones we killed, though we have no proof of that. We need someone from command here ASAP to work this out, I have a feeling its a bit to big for our little recon. team to handle.

[Elektro]

"This is above my pay grade as well." Max hangs back a little bit to keep an eye on the situation, and to not be in the middle of things if conflict breaks out again after already being injured.

[OOC: I'm going to be in Saint Louis for a med school interview for the nest couple of days. I'll try to get on, but if not you all can play my character as needed. Try not to kill him. :smallbiggrin: ]

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt swings his rifle around, and takes careful aim at Max's skull, gently squeezing the trigger. Brain matter flew everywhere as the projectile flew cleanly through his head before he landed in the ground with a wet thump.

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Sure. Good luck and stay safe, Elektro.

[kirbsys]

Sorry I haven't posted sooner, Internet wasn't working and then, when it finally started, the new comic had been posted and the web-site took forever to load, so I couldn't post a response.

HQ responds back immeadiatelyIf at all possible avoid conflict with the aliens, however do NOT hand over the kid, he could be very important. The ETA for the other two teams is still about half an hour, when they get there we can negotiate some sort of deal with them... If possible I'd like to bring them in, being the first nation to make peaceful contact with off-worlders would help America greatly. Like I said, hold out another half hour, avoid combat with the aliens, but above all else, do not hand over the kid.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt walks back to the aliens. I've just recieved word from HQ. A team is on its way out here to work out some sort of agreement, they should be here in roughly half an hour. However, until then We have no say in what goes on, other than orders to keep things how they are now. In addition, HQ has offered to take some of you back to base to see if we can negotiate a peace treaty between our to worlds, or, failing that, our two nations.

[Elektro]

After hearing the reply from HQ, Max goes and sits on the doorstep to the building that housed the hostile alien. Let's see if I can find a way to stall them for a while.

"So, while we wait, tell us about yourselves. I mean, it's not everyday a human meets an alien," says Max with a grin.

[OOC: That post above was hilarious. Thanks for the laugh! :smallbiggrin:]

[kirbsys]

Very well, we will await the arrival of your comrades, I hope that we can reach an arrangement.

He then looks at Max, If you wish to know more about our race, I shall be more than happy to oblige you. The earliest recorded history we have dates back a mere nine thousand years, and tells of the forming of two great empires, both of which are still in contest over our home world. We achieved space flight one thousand years ago, and two hundred years ago discovered faster than light travel. Your planet was discover about fifty years ago, our first contact was with the "Russians" in the cold north. They however did not know that we were an alien species. As far as we know, there are eight sentient life forms in the galaxy, including yours and ours.

[ForzaFiori]

8 sentient beings? Hopefully none are to hostile Matt says, his mind thinking of all the various Alien and Predator movies he's seen. If you dont mind me asking, what star sytem is your planet, and the planets of the other 6 species, in?

[Dorizzit]

Alex remains silent through the discussion, but listens intently and pulls out his computer, making a transcript of the conversation.

[Elektro]

"Wow. I guess we're not so special after all. Anyways, as someone of a technical background, how does that faster-than-light travel work? I'm sure my knowledge is elementary to your race, but I'd love to hear an overview of it and anything else," says Max.

[OOC: If the aliens are willing, Max will go talk shop with one of them until the cleanup crew arrives. That'll save some time in the exposition phase.]

[kirbsys]

Well... The alien goes into an explanation about faster than light travel, something involving making short range work-holes, that effectively slingshot you from one place to another, and at each area bounce randomly in the general direction of where you want to go, eventually depositing you in the right place. Anyone with knowledge of the internet immediately grasps the concept, those without such knowledge find it difficult to understand. The actual device is much more complex, and the exact nature of it eludes you especially since most of their scientific terms are far different from your own.


Is there anything that anyone else wants to do while he explains this (it takes about half an hour)?

[Dorizzit]

Alex takes careful notes on the Alien's talk about the use of faster than light travel. Copying these into an email, he contacts the US office of patents.... :smallbiggrin:

[ForzaFiori]

so did they not want to answer my question, or was it missed?

[kirbsys]

You get the feeling the alien purposely ignored your question.

[Mordokai]

Kain

"Sooo... you guys have a name or anything?"

Not being able of thinking anything smarter to ask, Kain blushes slighty, but still waits for answer.

[kirbsys]

Not names as you would call them. Our language in fact is not spoken in words. It is difficult to describe, a comparison I suppose would be the difference between your English letters and Japan's characters. But as for names, we have none in English, but you are more than welcome to decide your own name for us.

[ForzaFiori]

"Oh fun, i love making up names" matt says sarcastically. "about these other beings in the galaxy. You seem to be reluctant to tell where they are, but would you tell what they are? body shape, any odd abilities, etc that they might have? It would be very useful knowledge for the human race, and wouldn't put your race in any danger."

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Still keeping his rifle trained on the leader's skull and staying out of sight, Kurt listened for signs of the conversation going downhill. He whispered into the headset, carefully depressing the 'talk' button.

"<Don't name them. We can learn their names - at least, the sound parts of it.>"

[kirbsys]

The first two you know of. A third is a human sub-species, they are slightly more well built than Earth's humans, however they lack the intelligence that you posses. I believe that you would call them "cave men." How they arrived on the other planet is a mystery to us, however alien sightings on your planet may explain it partially.

Another race that has achieved faster-than-light travel, in a different means than our own, are known by themselves as the Granth. They are smaller than humans, however they are extremely intelligent. Their heads are rather bulbous, and they have dark grey skin. They have frequently visited your planet, and I believe that many of your world's ideas about aliens come from this species.

The other species I know little of, the little information that our government has on them is highly restricted. I can tell you however that two of them exist within your solar system, and a third exists on your planet.

The last race is a highly aggressive barbaric race that has attacked any and all of our scouts that have run into them. The good news is that they lack faster than light travel and are stuck on their home world.

You hear a rumble in the distance, looking over you see headlights turning off the main road heading directly for the hill.

[ForzaFiori]

One on our planet? I'm amazed. We may be lacking in exploration of space, but I thought we had most of our own planet known. And with two more in our solar system...Wow. We're smack dab in the middle of the hotspot here, aren't we? Seeing the lights coming, Matt smiles. Well, looks like the brass is coming in. You should be able to get to work on sorting out an agreement soon. It was...interesting talking to you. Hopefully it can all be worked out peacefully. Not knowing (or really caring) if the aliens understood the gesture or not, Matt extends his hand to the alien who had been doing talking.

[kirbsys]

A hummer crosses the field easily and pulls to a stop at the base of the hill. Out of the hummer six men dressed in fatigues toting M-16s come towards you. You've met the other SCARS teams and these men look nothing like themnor do they carry standard SCARS gear. If you had to make a guess, they look as if they are Army infantrymen.

[Elektro]

"What the f*** is this? Guys, keep the aliens out of sight. I'm going to go see what's up.", says Max after seeing the grunts pile out.

He jogs down to the Hummer and finds the sergeant (assuming this is a fireteam, otherwise whoever the brass is). "Lieutenant Max Clark, 2nd Battalion, 502th PIR. We have a cache of unexploded munitions up there some damn flyboy dropped when he flew his plane into the ground. Are you all here to help us cordon off the area from any civvies getting their ass blown up?" , asks Max.

He will await their response and see exactly who they are before letting them know anything else.

[Mordokai]

Kain

"Oh great, jsut what we needed. Even more troubles. You guys stay here, and try to hide the aliens, like Max said. I'm going with him to see what will come out of this."

With that, Kain sets after Max. After arriving to the infantrymen he waits for Max to introduce himself and then he introduces himself as well.

"Kain Ackerman, Private 1st class."

Figuring it would be better to let Max do the talking, he waits to see what the others will say.

[kirbsys]

Army radar picked up a low flying Unidentified flying object. We contacted the Air Force, and they informed us that they picked it up too. Nobody knew where it came from. We have orders to find the UFO and secure it. Now then, if you don't mind telling us why you're really here?

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Taking a mental note to himself about getting a laser sight for his rifle, Kurt checks his watch for the time. Hopefully, at least cleanup ought to be getting here soon.

[Dorizzit]

Alex (assuming he hasn't been seen by the soldiers yet) curses under his breath, and helps direct the aliens into one of the buildings without being seen.

[Elektro]

"The higher-ups already sent us to check it out. Let's get on the horn and see who caused this SNAFU." , replies Max. He then attempts to get their commanding officer on the phone.

Max will work to stall the grunts until either the backup team gets their or he can get a stand down order from the unit commander.

[kirbsys]

Just to make sure that you know, you have no real military jurisdiction. That being said, how do you plan on reaching their commanding officer?

[Elektro]

Just to make sure that you know, you have no real military jurisdiction. That being said, how do you plan on reaching their commanding officer?

OOC: I don't I don't have any real military jurisdiction, but I have the uniform and paperwork to make me look like I do. I can contact the commanding officer via their radio or worst case by a cell phone. I'd assume if a UFO crashed their CO would want to keep tabs on what they found.

[ForzaFiori]

Matt steps up behind the others. "Whats your name son? he asks the man in front. "My team and me are supposed to keep this area restricted from anyone except our superiors. Or a general i suppose, but I dont see any stars on you. Mind if i take a look at your orders?"

[kirbsys]

Sir, I have strict orders to find out what is going on here, sir. Here's the radio if you'd like to contact the major, sir. As for orders, you'll have to talk to him. My name is Lieutenant Frye, sir.

[ForzaFiori]

"I'm sorry Lieutenant, but my orders are to not let anyone by without written permission from a Colonel or higher. I'm afraid you can't pass. However, my superior officer is on his way here as we speak, and you may take the matter up with him when he gets here." Matthew glances at his watch, "Which should be any minute now. I'm sorry about the SNAFU, hopefully we can get it settled when the higher-ups get here. Unfortunately, part of the restricted area is those houses in front of us, but please feel free to make yourselves comfortable here for a few minutes."

[Mordokai]

Kain

Up until now, Kain just stood there, behaving like a good grunt should. However, when Matt mentions that the brass should be arriving any second now, he gets the idea. He turn to Max.

"Lieutenant, with your permission I'd like to start towards our officiers. It'll be easier for them to find us if somebody shows them where we are."

I assume Max will give Kain permission. Once he gets it, Kain will move away just enought to be out of line of sight of others and then hide to look if there are any other soldiers near. He will also try to locate their COs and explain situation to them so they'll know as much as possible before getting to the scene. He will also notify Kurt of his actions, when he is far away enought so the others won't hear him.

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[kirbsys]

Alright, you get back to the road when you see another SUV roll up. The men that jump out are from the other SCARS team. They are all wearing tactical assault gear and have assault rifles. One of them, a man you know as Ryan, walks up and asks where the others are.

Back on the hill,
Well then sir, we'll need to wait for your commanding officer to arrive. May I see your military IDs please?

[ForzaFiori]

Acting as though he hadn't heard the question, Matt looks up at the arrival of the new team. Ah, here's the others now. Ryan, what took you so long? We have some people here that wish to speak with the man in charge. Perhaps you could send them to him?"

[Mordokai]

Kain

"Ryan, this are the guys I've told you about. Could you see to them so they get what they came for?"

Assume they have been briefed on everything, positin of aliens and allies included.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt doesn't move - if negotiations went sour, his position would be necessary.

[kirbsys]

Ryan produces a fake set of orders from under his jacket and hands them to the Lieutenant. He reads them over and then says aloud, So your commanding officer is in the town ten miles out of here? Well, our CO will want to talk to him... We'll be back when we get the clearance.

After they have driven off Ryan looks at you, Hopefully they won't be back until after we've finished with cleanup. Now then, Jack told me that he wants you to go into town and investigate the kids parents. Where are the kid and the aliens?

[kirbsys]

Right, so interest seems to be declining in this game, does everyone want to quit or what?

[Dorizzit]

((I'm still very much interested in the game, I just can't do much at this point.))

[pingcode20]

((Same, just waiting for something to happen, since Kurt is keeping his sights on the alien commander.))

[ForzaFiori]

((sorry, the thread never seems to pop up in my CP))

"The kid and the aliens are with the others in one of the buildings i think. I just told them to hide when i realized it wasn't you coming."

[Mordokai]

Kain

"I think it would be good not to let them waiting for too long. If you'll follow me I'll take you to them, Ryan."

With that, Kain sets back to where they left aliens and Alex.

((I'm still interested in this game but I don't like posting if I don't have anything to say. Yes, I'd like to continue playing.))

[kirbsys]

Ryan follows you up the hill speaking as he goes, So there are actually aliens? I'm surprised. Your group's first mission and you get contact, we went off on about seven or eight wild goose hunts so far and nothing. He seems a bit jealous. Anyways, the paramilitary team should be here within the day to blockade the town, however we need you to find the parents beforethat happens, understood? Good then... He stops dead in his tracks once he sees the alien. Amazing...
((OOC: My posting may be sporadic, I'm moving right now and our internet hasn't been set up yet, should be done within a month, so for now I can only get on at school.))

[Elektro]

Max nods and turns to Alex. "See if you can find out where that kid's parents are. I'm ready to wrap this up already. I'm not as young as I used to be." At that last statement, he looks at his bandaged arm with a mix of humor and exasperation.

[[OOC: Sorry, I've been busy with med school interviews and the like. I'm ready to go again!]]

[Dorizzit]

Alex looks at Max and arches an eyebrow. "How do you propose I do that? His human parent, sure, but what about his other one?"

[Elektro]

"Let's at least find out where his "human" parent is. They might even both be here in disguise. See if you can get his address or their phone number. They're probably worried since he's been gone for a while now. You're closer to his age, so he might be more open with you,"
Max replies.

[ForzaFiori]

"As for the other parents...why dont we start with our current experts on this case. Lets go ask the aliens."

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
Kurt stands and steps out from his hiding place (no doubt surprising the aliens), changing the clip in his rifle while walking casually over to where he left his suitcase.

"Give me a moment to get ready. Be seeing you around, aliens who will not give themselves a name." he says, almost casually, as he disassembles his weapon and packs it away into the suitcase, and gathers up his ghillie tarp into the bag again. As he rejoins the group, he motions towards the aliens.

"And we can hardly keep calling them aliens. Let's go ask them how they pronounce their names. We can learn."

[kirbsys]

As I have said, we have no names, it is not that it would not be possible for you to speak them, it is that our language is different from yours. A single sentence is expressed through a certain sound much the same way as a single character in your worlds japanese is a full word rather than your English's individual letters.

He turns to Ryan, It is good to meet you. I assume you will be our liaison to your government? Good.
He turns back to you, Now as for the childs parents, I am afraid I can be of little help. I know little more than you. I will tell you what I do know however. A space crew arrived on your planet nearly one hundred years ago, and five of ours were lost. The flight returned. Our rivals then sent a space crew more recently, and discovered the child's origins three months before. I believe that there may be more of the half-breeds in the community. We learnt only one Earth-day ago that they existed when we engaged our enemies in a brief fire-fight and interrogated the survivors.

[pingcode20]

Kurt Scarborough
"Not good enough - If you can learn our languages, then we will find a way to learn yours."

Kurt wasn't giving up that easily.

"What about a phrase saying who you are - your equivalent of the english phrase 'I am American'?"

[kirbsys]

You allowed us to come to a deal with you instead of simply firing upon us, so I suppose I will humor you. He lets out a series of low growls and what sounds almost like grinding. Translated into English letters something like this: Krssh Thr :phlegm: krshhnahk.

((OOC: So how do you spell Achmed? A-C-Pleghm....))

[ForzaFiori]

krssh thr phlegm krssnak? Matt lets out, sounding (somewhat, in a round-about kinda way) like the aliens right...Something tells me that most of the human race, except maybe the welsh, are gonna need something else to call you.

((OOC: that wasn't that bad for not copying. my memories better than i thought.))