Journal entry of Lieutenant Knox, stardate 3188.
It was supposed to be a routine mission. We were one of the RDS (remote deployment squads) for the elite peacekeepers called 'The Coalition,' sent to a backwater planet on the edge of the milky way. The Coalition had received reports of a drastic change in environment, closely followed by reports of two settlements being decimated. It was a human owned planet, and neither the Scrythyx nor the Rhinabom had outposts, settlements, or planets anywhere near there. So we dropped in, a squad of 24. A standard deployment. Our mission was to locate the source of the reports, investigate, then return. We had two weeks GST (galactic standard time) and a ship would be sent to our location for extraction. That was one week GST ago.
One week GST into our deployment, we encountered the source of the reports. The reason for our mission on this forsaken rock of forest. And the reason why only I remain of the squad. An enemy we, or at least I, had never encountered before. Giant and deadly, seemingly ethereal and phantasmic, set upon us. We had trained for over 25 years. And they destroyed us in under 25 minutes. When I was knocked unconscious, they must have thought me dead. And when I came to, I was in a pit of my dead comrades. I managed to make it back to the extraction point. I set up a rudimentary camp, and I awaited. And nothing came.
One day GST after the transport was meant to arrive, someone stumbled into my camp. Bloody, muddy, with clothing in tatters. They collapsed at the mouth of the small cave I had appropriated. Whether a local or alien, I could not immediately tell. But I tended them by my fire, and a week later, they roused.
I will continue this when next I am able. Right now, my hands are full.
And as always 'No honour, only victory.'
~Knox
Hello and welcome to my little slice of sci-fi I have pulled from somewhere unmentionable.
The premise behind this RP is simple. I play as Solomon Knox, a Lieutenant for the peacekeeping force known as the Coalition that intercedes on disturbances across the Milky Way, and stops fighting amongst the three races: Human, Scrythyx, and Rhinabom. The Coalition has agents representing all races, and holds none of them in regard over another.
You play as one of the humans who belonged to an outpost on this planet. After your settlement was destroyed, you have made your way to a cave where you collapsed, and our RP starts with you waking by a fire in said cave, with Knox looking over you. If your character has no knowledge of the outside universe beyond the planet, then you will get to react live and fresh to what I throw at you.
I have a plan for overarching story. For beginning, middle, and end. But a lot of the logistics, what happened, can be built upon by you should you choose. Including the nature of this unknown threat, the history of this planet, etc.
I am looking for high casual to advance RPer. You need to be able to help world build, character drive, and provide your own intrigue points. And I shall strive to do the same.
Life gets funky and clunky, and often we cannot respond as often as we like. I’d rather a well thought out response a few days apart, if that is easier for you to manage.
I would love to hear from you, and build upon this.