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Metroid: Final Protocol

@Kazemitsu *Hides evil plans behind own back*

What?

Metroid: Final Protocol

@SimpleWriter To be fair, there will be skipping ahead to being on-location. I'm not gonna have us spinning our wheels in space forever either.

Metroid: Final Protocol

As stated, the cat-man didn't really care for their personal motivations. He was more-or-less focused on {A} the mission and {B} keeping them alive through it. He indicated thus in his introduction to the group, which would remind the group that they really hadn't been formally introduced or been designated any sort of leader. Admiral Garrett had made no real effort on that front, save for explaining Cassius' special support role and Zen's special assault role. That, and Major Claypool's status as the man needed to requisition an extra vehicle was all that was really said. He was...perhaps too singularly-focused on the problem at hand to make the team exactly mesh.

The android observed all things in silent calculation. It only focused on Kaze upon the dragon speaking to him.

"I will be watching all of you with equal scrutiny. My orders are to destroy any being with X Parasite infection. I have seen records of humans in the process of becoming the X. Without a cure, you do not want to live, at that point."

No malice intended. No actual threat involved. He had to eliminate anyone showing signs of being taken by the X, both to protect everyone else in the group and because all the information and capabilities of that person must not be handed over to the X, as well. Still, there was at least some obvious resentment towards his presence that he would have to ignore. The order was that he was part of this mission, and that was that. Even if subject Vale did not approve, it did not matter. As to the Zebesian pirates it had just executed, Zen calculated that apart from them being disposable according to the Admiral's temperment that even if their level of attack power was insufficient against him, overall, it was necessary for him to have live opponents instead of predictable drones to fully appreciate a real combat situation. Also, it would also seem prudent to do this in order to show the group that he was capable of undertaking this mission.

Speaking of which, there appeared to be some question as to his immunity. Zen turned to Amber after hearing her speak.

"Although the X have reportedly been able to receive data and energy from compliant recepticles, no record of any X - past or present - has indicated that they have any capability in consuming artificial components. Federation assets on board the BSL Station which were taken over by the X were partially organic, and therefore capable of being interacted with. This unit contains no such parts, thus is in no danger at this time. In the event of such a problem, the field component may be installed."

He turned his attention to all of them now.

"The Admiral has neglected to inform you that all ships leaving this base will have the quarantine field compenent installed and in operation, in case of a personal field failure or possible rescue of another being. My gunship can accommodate no one but myself, however, so you may not board it for any reason."

There were a number of reasons for this, but one of te most important ones were 'No life support'. He didn't need any, so none was installed. Now, there was also the question of who was in charge of this big shebang, as some might put it.

"Zen responds to rational decisions in accordance with the mission directives. While emotional outbursts are understood, they do not often help in the face of reality."

So, Zen's vote for leader was 'Whoever makes the most sense'.

"Preparations for departure are complete. We should leave the base and proceed to the objective target, unless any of you have an alternate destination you wish to speak on."

Huh... Can an android be anxious about stuff? He seemed rather...impatient to get going.

Gurr'Kha - The Dead World

@Gordoth Bells and whistles will probably be added, but that's for after I get some sleep.

Gurr'Kha - The Dead World

@Gordoth Tempted to see about adapting my Savage Worlds character (a dragon man) to this stage. Do you have a formal character sheet beyond 'Use a SPECIAL', or am I just sort of filling in the details in whatever fashion I like?

Metroid: Final Protocol

@Kazemitsu

You know, the problem is that - realistically - we only have the lore to go on to say that Mother Brain and Ridley are intelligent. Granted, a giant brain had BETTER BE intelligent, or you've fucked up. But still...it's hard to gauge just how smart the bosses in Metroid games really are because there's generally no dialogue. We, therefore, must infer from actions that Mother Brain and Ridley are Megatron and Starscream, respectively. Mother Brain is a tactical coordination leader and Ridley is an attack platoon leader. (Kraid, Phantoon, and others...we dunno.) We don't generally see direct evidence of this because most of what we DO see is that Mother Brain is connected to all the systems around and Ridley is out breaking shit...and we see them attacking you. That's not much to go on. My thinking is that the Space Pirates and all their leaders are just very alien in thought, so we don't really 'get' them.

Not important.

As for DNA cloning and all that jazz, while I do understand it may be difficult to extract pure Chozo DNA from the Human-Chozo-Metroid mish-mash that is Samus Aran, I will allow the possibility that they could harness it and use it to augment other human beings or even create new Chozo lifeforms. We have the technology to breed things from DNA now. It's just illegal and morality ambiguous to clone intelligent beings. That said, the sheep and the kittens prove the science even in our own world, so the Federation probably has an edge on things.

Metroid: Final Protocol

@Kazemitsu I wonder about that now. True, that might've been the case before, where even the aliens who had Metroids right in front of them could only create weak mutations of true Metroids, but the Federation...well... I mean, straight from the 'mouth' of Adam, the Federation was able to breed full-on Metroids with accelerated growth, capable of reaching the Omega status in a short amount of time. Whatever it was that they embued those things with, I'm guessing the original hatchling from Super Metroid lacked, since it just got BIG. The point is that the Federation may be able get Chozo DNA now, so I will say this is a valid concern that I did not think of.

Metroid: Final Protocol

You always have to wonder with the Federation, that's why I've established that there are different camps of what the powers that be do under the table. Garrett was into generating Metroids with both the Federation's resources and the Mocktroid research he seized from the Space Pirates. Other parties within the Federation were interested in the X themselves...

Funnily enough, it surprises me that the Federation hasn't tried to capture Samus before now to get DNA samples to unlock Chozo relics before now.

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I should point out that Zen will act according to the mission as he sees is necessary, and that if there's some action you don't want him to do, you'll have to talk him out of it. He is geared to attack all hazardous entities he comes across.

Metroid: Final Protocol

@AlternateMan@Kazemitsu The one I poked, of course.

But seriously, it is time to take charge and start exploring and stuff.