conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Weyland-Yutani Research Station USCSS Epsilon will be positioned in orbit of planetoid LV-426. The corporation has determined that LV-426 is of scientific and strategic importance, but has not provided any details. A full mission briefing should be available on arrival at the destination. Due to the sensitive nature of this mission, the crew compliment will consist of both scientific and military personnel in order to ensure the safety of those aboard.
  
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  *Who This Is For?*
  
  Does the idea of being eviscerated by an unstoppable killing machine sound awesome? Then this is the Story for you!
  
  The expectation here is that you play ignorant: Your character has no idea what a xenomorph is and will likely come to a have an inside-out understanding of the subject.
  
  As far as tone, I'd like to lean a bit more on the science-y stuff up front, and then lean on the action as that begins to make sense. That said, I will run the angle that makes the most sense based on the characters people make! : D
  
  Central to the theme, this game will allow player elimination. If you are killed (likely!), you will be retired from the game. To be *crystal* clear, I'm not interested in antagonizing players, but I am interested in staying true to the fiction. Humans are fragile, but they're also capable of powerful acts of courage when against impossible odds.
  
  That's what this Story is about.
  
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  *How many players?*
  
  • Up to four (non-pilot) military characters. 
  
  • Up to four corporate employees. 
  
  We won't start until we have at least 4, but I'd prefer 6-8.
  
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  *Content Warning/The Palette:*
  
  • There will be brutal descriptions of violence.
   
  • There will NOT be Sexual violence or the implication there of.
  
  • Given the nature of the story, I would prefer not to include children unless everyone actively wants to include them. As such any relevant references to children should remain violence free.
  
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  *What do I need to know about characters?*
  
  I'll provide you with most of what you should need. There are lots of cards!  You'll get your toys during play. If you have an idea for something that's not represented, feel free to create new cards, but please understand if I reject it.
  
  I will also impose limits on quantities of character roles, so I'll let you know if anything needs to change. 
  
  Special Things: Each Nature will get special Asset cards at the beginning of play! *Awww yis!*
  
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  *Can I be a synthetic?*
  
  *Note: We have a synthetic submission, so they'll probably get it, pending other applications. I'll update this if they change their mind.*
  
  You can be a synthetic! Synthetics are talented and durable in ways humans cannot be, but they have difficulty interacting with people. You will receive *additional* special Assets if you do so, but there are some requirements. There can also only be one. 
  
  Rather than make it a Nature, I'd prefer you to be able to have more choice in your role, but there are some requirements:
  
  • Your name should be a first name only (ex: David, Bishop, and Ash). Please include "(Synthetic)" after your name.
  
  • I would *prefer* you not select a military Nature.
  
  • I would *prefer* you not select the "Leadership" Strength.
  
  • You must select the "Aloof" Weakness.  You may use your Wilds freely.
  
  • You must select one of the Subplots marked for Synthetic. This is your prime directive, you cannot act in discordance with it. You must ALWAYS keep a copy of this Subplot, unless otherwise pre-arranged.
  
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  *Anything else?*
  
  I'll be testing some ideas for how to use assets to layer on some additional game design to support the theme. 
  
  I'm new to this, so bare with with me! : D
  
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  *Confirmed Players:*
  
  Waiting on the final confirmation, then we'll blast-off.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Are we missing anything?: Learn everything you can about the mission.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Analysis (Lab Medic) (copy): You can discover important information if given enough time.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lab Assistants (Scientist): A group of lab assistants who can help with research oriented tasks.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Analysis (Lab Medic): You can discover important information if given enough time.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Surgical Table (Lab Medic): Found in the medical bay, this unit can perform most  scans and surgical procedures.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You Can't Die (Synthetic): You're a synthetic, you can be recovered.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Eidetic Memory (Synthetic): You can remember everything you see and hear perfectly.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Direct Order: You have a synthetic at your disposal whose prime directive is to do whatever you say.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Favor From Corporate (Company Man): You can call in an emergency favor for access to resources, personnel or action. You'll only get one.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Clearance Codes (Company Man): You can access any information in Mother's computer systems.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hacking (Technician): You can get most electronic and mechanical systems to cooperate with enough time.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tools (Technician): You can repair things with tools, or you can hit things with them if that's more your style.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: UD-4L Cheyenne Dropship (Pilot): The Cheyenne is primarily designed to be dropped from the belly of most USCM spacecraft while they are in orbit and deliver troops and equipment rapidly to a planet's surface. They typically carry the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier, although they can also be used to transport other equipment and even Marines directly in the field.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Co-Pilot (Pilot): You go way back, and there's nothing they wouldn't do for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cover Fire (Trooper): Provide support in a combat situation.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Analysis (Scientist): You can discover important information if given enough time.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fire Team Alpha (Sargent): A fighting force of 4 battle hardened Troopers. They will blindly do whatever you say. You will get this card back so long as they don't die as a result of your orders.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fire Team Charlie (Sargent): A fighting force of 4 battle hardened Troopers. They will blindly do whatever you say. You will get this card back so long as they don't die as a result of your orders.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Noble Sacrifice (Corporate): When facing a potentially deadly threat, you may prevent another character from dying in this scene in exchange for your own life.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Capt. Lido Shepard: She is the ranking corporate officer aboard the USCSS Epsilon. She is of equal rank to the Sargent, but is given priority in non-combat situations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Guns Blazing (Military): When facing a potentially deadly threat, you may ensure the death of the threat in this scene in exchange for your own life.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your Humanity: You see the everyone's worth, regardless of their flaws.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Penance: You've done wrong, and you mean to make good.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Personnel Requirements: What personnel do you need doing what?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inexperienced: This is I your first big assignment, your bound to make mistakes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Equipment Loadout: What equipment do you need for this mission?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Trapped: This facility is large, you're going to need a survival strategy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Interactive Map: Provides an overview of the entire facility's layout.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pilot: If it's got a wheel or a yolk, you can figure out how to drive it in a pinch. You can be corporate or a soldier. Either way it's expect that you've had some basic combat training. If you choose soldier, you're rank Corporal (Cpl. - please include in your name).
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fame & Glory: You make a bad decision for the wrong reasons.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Game Over Man: When things get intense, you lose your shit.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tactician: You've always got the bigger picture in mind, whether making a plan, or finding your way out of a tight situation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Resourceful: When you need to scrounge, you can generally come up with the goods.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Leadership: When things go wrong, you help everyone keep it together.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gather Intelligence (Synthetic): Your Prime Directive: Gather intelligence on a subject or target.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Obey Orders (Synthetic): Your Prime Directive: Follow orders from a specific individual.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Plasma Torch (Technician): Generally useful for vehicle repair work. Can be used to cut, weld, and for self defense in a pinch.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Good... morning?: Situate yourselves after cryogenic-sleep.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Trooper: You're a foot soldier. You do the real work when it gets down to brass tacks. You can field strip a Pulse Rifle in your sleep. You know your munitions. Your name should include your rank: Private First Class (Pfc.) or Corporal (Cpl.).
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Expert in the Field: Whatever you know about you know impossibly well.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Engine Room (Epsilon): The reactor room.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Motion Tracker: Allows the user to location motion in a forward arc. Range varies from 100m in completely open space, down to 20m in confined spaces.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Environmental Suits: Class V environmental suits provide protection from radiation an inhospitable atmospheres. They are equipped with external illumination and feature a full suite of sensors and radio transmission equipment. A standard issue model has enough air to 6-12 hours, depending on exertion.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: M41A Pulse Rifle: The M41A Pulse Rifle is an air cooled, fully automatic, short to mid-range combat rifle. Made of light alloy plates, it fires 10x24mm Armor Piercing Caseless Rounds from a 100 round U-bend magazine in either semi automatic, four round burst, or fully automatic rates of fire. The Pulse rifle has a small battery-powered digital readout screen that displays the number of rounds left in the magazine, with the battery located in the grip.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Company Man (Unique): You've been sent by the corporation to represent the company's interests. It's not entirely clear what you know or don't know. If you wanted to be trusted, you'll have to earn it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scientist: You're inherently curious, perhaps to a fault. You specialize in organic sciences and can operate lab equipment and analyze data relevant to your fields of study.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Technician: You like to understand how things work. You know your way around hardware and tools. You can fix anything with enough time and materials.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sargent (Unique): You're the ranking officer here. Your squad of 12 soldiers has been detached from the USCMC 7th Marine Assault Unit, Delta Company. It's not entirely clear whether you've been put here because some trusts you or hates you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Medical Officer: You've been charged with patching people up. You're trained for emergencies as well as traditional medicine. 
  
  You can choose to be a Field Medic of rank Corporal (Cpl. - Please include the rank in your name). If you do so, you'll gain combat effectiveness at the cost of medical expertise.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Number One: You really only care about yourself, your agenda, and your own survival.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Too Many Nightmares: You've been in the field too long, and seen too many people die. You're not ready for this.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Preserve Human Life (Synthetic): Your Prime Directive: Preserve human life, even at risk of damage or destruction to yourself.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Aloof: You have serious problems during interpersonal conflict.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Keep It Togther: You're the eye in the storm. When shit is going down, you can keep your cool and finish the job.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Protect the Corporation (Synthetic): Prime Directive: Protect the interests of Weyland-Yutani.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Xenomorph (Humanoid): A hulking figure with a slick black carapace. It is impossibly strong and moves very fast. It's almost impervious to firearms. 
  
  Damaging it will cause it's acidic blood to spray.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Critical Condition: A small crablike creature has attached itself to one of your co-workers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lights Out: Something is wrong with the power, and the emergency systems aren't kicking in.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Xenomorph (Queen): The "Queen" xenomorph lays eggs and is usually tethered to her nesting chamber. It is unusually large and strong, even by xenomorph standards.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Airlock (Epsilon): One of the emergency airlocks on board the USCSS Epsilon.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Science Bay (Epsilon): The well appointed science bay of the USCSS Epsilon has every toy a scientist could want. It's ready to handle specimens big and small.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Medical Bay (Epsilon): The medical facilities meet all basic requirements for care.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Planetoid Surface (LV-426): A particularly inhospitable part of the planet which appears to contain the wreckage of a vessel.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wounded: You take a wound as a result of the scenes actions. If you play this card, you will receive a severe wound unless it's in the service of getting patched up.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wounded (Severely): You are critically injured. If you don't receive medical attention soon, you will die! If you play this card for any reason other than medical treatment, you will die.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Field Kit (Field Medic): This Field Kit can be used to prevent a soldier from dying due to Wounds. They must seek additional treatment where there are adequate facilities.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Noah Schneck: An overseer from the corporation sent along to manage corporate interests in the case of an emergency. He is authorized to seize command if he sees fit.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Capt. Lido Shepard: She is the ranking corporate officer aboard the USCSS Epsilon. She is of equal rank to the Sargent, but is given priority in non-combat situations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Computer Core (Epsilon): The central computer for the vessel is colloquially known as "Mother" due to it's designation (MU-TH-UR). It features artificial intelligence capable of automating most shipboard systems. Mother contains all information about shipboard operations as well as a standard database of information provided by corporate. The information accessible is dependent on your corporate security clearance.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bridge (Epsilon): The command center of the USCSS Epsilon. Most executive functions and sensors for the vessel can be controlled from this location. The bridge also provides the only means to access to the Computer Core.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unknown Unknowns: You're not sure what you'll encounter on the planet's surface. Make a plan.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cryostasis Bay (Epsilon): Deep space travel requires cryostasis chambers. Epsilon is equipped with enough for more than the standard crew compliment. There are also units for larger biological specimens.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Terraforming Facility (LV-426): The remains of a Weyland-Yutani terraforming facility. It looks to have been destroyed by a military strike.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Research Station USCSS Epsilon: A standard model high-sec research station with military and corporate crew facilities (quarters, showers, dining). It features a well appointed science bay, a medical bay,  and a hangar that doubles as a recreational space.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Military Barracks (Epsilon): USCMC officers maintain separate quarters from corporate personnel. Bunks and showers are separate, but dining facilities are shared. Saferooms for weapon lockers are also found in this section of the ship. Officers make use of the hangar for recreational hours.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hangar (Epsilon): The station has a large hangar which houses multiple dropships, ground transport vehicles, and larger crates. The open space is also used recreationally.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Are we missing anything?: Learn everything you can about this mission.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chamber Full of Uns: This chamber is full of ovoid urns of some sort. Perhaps some sort of burial chamber or weapon storage facility?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Curious Remains: There appear to be the remains of a large humanoid.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Surgical Percision: You're accuracy is uncanny. You can accomplish of very a very delicate task with easy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unlucky: Things don't seem to go how you plan.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lone Wolf: You don't work with people, just near them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've Got Their Back: You and and another player go way back, you you mean to see them through this.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Climb the Ladder: You'll do whatever it takes to be in command.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sir, yes, sir!: You're a soldier, and you do what you're told, no matter the cost.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Homebody: You want to get home more than anything. When you're nervous, you can't help but ground yourself in that past.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Revenger: Someone here failed you in the past, and you mean to get even.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anything I can do?: You're uncomfortable with attention, but you'll do whatever you can to help accomplish a task.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your Humanity: You leave no one behind, even at great risk to yourself.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Teacher: You feel obligated to go out of your way to make sure things are done right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Protect and Serve: You see protecting civilians and those your perceive as less capable as your highest duty.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tensions: Something seems weird about this mission that has everyone on edge. Someone needs to ease tensions.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lean Mean Fightin' Machine: Combat is the drug and you like to score. You keep your body tight and your senses sharp, 'cause when the ball drops, you want to be ready to rock 'n' roll.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inexperienced: Having just enlisted 6 months ago, this is all new.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Surgical Percision: You're accuracy is uncanny. You can accomplish very delicate tasks with easy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Perceptive: As a walking computer it is uncanny how much things you pick up on, as well as being able to calculate possibilities and correlations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Classified information: There are some things you simply can't share. 