cryowake :: [closed]
Jan 25, 2022 21:03:24 GMT -5
Post by rook on Jan 25, 2022 21:03:24 GMT -5
The steering wheel just slips through your fingers, as quickly and as helplessly as the last twenty years of your life have. Now your palms are sweaty and your glassed steamed up as you hopelessly scramble for control of your vehicle. You have thirty metric tonnes of industrial grade truck and trailer swerving around the streets of district six and little to no control of it. Get a grip.
In the back, a body floats and bobbles inside a pressurised stasis tank. Her limbs drift in the nutrient rich fluid, a rubber tube leading a mask over the face, feeding oxygen into her lungs.
She is dreaming of salvation.
You skid too closely around a corner, the wheels bounce and your heart leaps to your throat, swelling there for an age. You jerk the wheel against the direction of the swerve, and gain a few more seconds of stability. Relief floods your drained face.
After taking a few seconds to gather yourself, you look up and spot your destination. There - Past the fenced-off yard to your right, a bright red light blinks from an old warehouse once belonging to a logistics company. Safehaven. Hope. Refuge.
"Status report."
"Come in, report Pilot A1."
"This i-.... A1... la..s... twen..."
"Connection unstable, A1, please repeat transmission."
"..is on-... too ma-... i-.. damag-..."
"Sir, critical damage to the left arm of the metasuit."
"How extensive is it?"
"We're looking at a 92% loss of function."
"Damn it. A1 - orders are to retreat immediately to a safe location and mission report."
"...AN'T-... -IS ALL T-... .......... .... -ASSISTANCE!"
"Sir, weapons systems are offline. Damage to the core processor is past the point of repair."
"Pull her out, now."
"We can't! She's in too deep a synch-state, if we terminate the link before pilot and suit can stabilise then she may not wake up."
"If we don't, we risk this technology falling into Capitol hands. What's more, we risk the exposure of this facility and all the data we have gathered."
"God damn it. She's just a kid. You'd be as good as killing her."
"That's an order, Baines!"
...
"Baines."
"Sir. Beginning critical hard pilot desynch from metasuit A1. Sleep well, Elliot.
You stand next to the stasis tank and watch as the girls body sleeps inside the cold blue liquid. She bobs up and down, wires from her synapses drifting down to nodes at the base of the chamber, functionally used for sending information and live messages from the pilot, but now just dreams.
You wonder if you could turn this input into something visual, to see what world she is lost in, but it is pointless. She only served one purpose, and that was to link to the mechsuit and carry out guerrilla operations between the districts. Now she is a drain on your resources, a reminder of a failed project.
No, to give in would be the real failure failure. You surmise that the solution is a simple one - you need more pilots.
M E T A S U I T + G U E R R I L L A + W A R F A R E
This is a rebellion plot in District Six. Commander Dennis Abraham is a scientist and an engineer, turned leader of an operation to disrupt and destroy Capitol supply lines in the wilderness between districts.
The six operatives will relocate and live in a secure safehouse in the industrial sector of District Six, under protection of Cdr. Abraham and Lt. Baines. Each operative will be given their own living quarters, refurbished from an old shipping container and fitted with a bunk-bed, kitchen, and bathroom.
Operatives are permitted to visit others containers, as well as spend free time in the leisure area of the warehouse.
Intense training will occur every second day, either physically or in simulation pods to prepare operatives for field work.
Piloting a metasuit involves operatives being sedated inside stasis chambers that will fill with nutrient rich fluid and sustain a state of synchronisation with the metasuit. Once a connection has been made with the metasuit, the pilot will have full consciousness and be able to communicate directly with command. They will control the suits with brainwaves, just as the brain moves the human body - although the nervous system is not attached, so no pain will be felt whilst piloting.
The suits are physically located in a secure location outside District Six - a cave that was once an outpost during the rebellion. After synching, this is where pilots will wake up as a metasuit. They will find that the suits are about 10ft tall, much more powerful, and much faster than the human body.
From here, operatives will await orders from mission control.
T H E + C O M M A N D
Commander, Dennis Abraham
[played by rook , fc mahershala ali]
Abraham is a cold man. He very much sees operatives as a means to an end, and won't allow himself to become emotionally attached to them. He has one mission, to disrupt capitol logistics and communications, at all cost. To what end? Unknown.
Lieutenant, Harriet Baines
[played by @fabulousraven , fc sandra oh]
Harriet is from District Thirteen, and has fought on the front-lines for her life and for her people. She was positioned in Six for recon, when she met Abraham and learned of his work. Since then, she has acted as the middleman between he and Thirteen, coordinating their operations.
She is very much the mom of the warehouse, and looks after the operatives. A compassionate woman, but very driven and focused on her work.
Mechanic, Storm Sarmiento
[played by ✨ , fc salma hayek]
The head mechanic and repairs officer for the Cryowake project.
T H E + O P E R A T I V E S
Decommissioned Pilot A1, Elliot Testino-Lee
[played by rook , fc claire cottrill]
Elliot was the first and only pilot under Abraham's command. She was vetted and trained alone as the sole metasuit operative when the project was in its infancy. She was highly efficient, if not rash at times, showing excellent piloting skills in a short span of time.
Her suit was severely damaged when a pack of corrupted mutt abnormalities attacked her near a capitol supply line. Despite the severe consequences of terminating an unstable neuro-link, Abraham ordered Testino-Lee to be desynched from her metasuit, so that the suit's hard-drive could be wiped if captured. As a result, she remains in a comatose state inside her stasis chamber, within the operations room of the warehouse.
Pilot A1, Scarlet Kipling
[played by ✌ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ , fc george mackay]
Born in Three, Scar moved to Six after an arson attack burned his home and killed his mother. He himself lost his hand in the incident. At a young age he started working as an apprentice under his father - one of Abraham's most trusted engineers.
After Elliot's mission failure, he was vetted as the prime candidate to pilot the recovered and repaired A1 metasuit. The original and first metasuit that Elliot piloted.
Pilot A2, Alessandro Hargrave
[played by ᴥ , fc jonathan daviss]
Son of a rich aristocrat who blew his fortune running for mayor, Sandro is full of anger and resentment. After footage of him beating up a barfull of guys twice his size he was approached and selected to pilot the newly commissioned A2 mechsuit. His thirst for violence is strong, which is why he has been stationed as the number two behind the more measured Scarlet.
Pilot A3, Felicity Carrow
[played by 🌱 kaitlin. , fc sophie thatcher]
The female pilot for the newly commissioned A3 metasuit.
Pilot B1, "Gloria"Eileen Langston
[played by gamemaker 🍒 maryn hale , fc lily collins]
The female pilot for the newly commissioned B1 metasuit.
Pilot B2, Archie Griggs
[played by gamemaker 💀 hades lochlan , fc max irons]
The male pilot for the newly commissioned B2 metasuit.
Pilot B3, Pi Youngbae
[played by gunner, d9 ₊⊹ 👹 ɢʀɪғғɪɴ. , fc donna bae]
The female pilot for the newly commissioned B3 metasuit.
In the back, a body floats and bobbles inside a pressurised stasis tank. Her limbs drift in the nutrient rich fluid, a rubber tube leading a mask over the face, feeding oxygen into her lungs.
She is dreaming of salvation.
You skid too closely around a corner, the wheels bounce and your heart leaps to your throat, swelling there for an age. You jerk the wheel against the direction of the swerve, and gain a few more seconds of stability. Relief floods your drained face.
After taking a few seconds to gather yourself, you look up and spot your destination. There - Past the fenced-off yard to your right, a bright red light blinks from an old warehouse once belonging to a logistics company. Safehaven. Hope. Refuge.
"Status report."
"Come in, report Pilot A1."
"Connection unstable, A1, please repeat transmission."
"Sir, critical damage to the left arm of the metasuit."
"How extensive is it?"
"We're looking at a 92% loss of function."
"Damn it. A1 - orders are to retreat immediately to a safe location and mission report."
"Sir, weapons systems are offline. Damage to the core processor is past the point of repair."
"Pull her out, now."
"We can't! She's in too deep a synch-state, if we terminate the link before pilot and suit can stabilise then she may not wake up."
"If we don't, we risk this technology falling into Capitol hands. What's more, we risk the exposure of this facility and all the data we have gathered."
"God damn it. She's just a kid. You'd be as good as killing her."
"That's an order, Baines!"
...
"Baines."
"Sir. Beginning critical hard pilot desynch from metasuit A1. Sleep well, Elliot.
You stand next to the stasis tank and watch as the girls body sleeps inside the cold blue liquid. She bobs up and down, wires from her synapses drifting down to nodes at the base of the chamber, functionally used for sending information and live messages from the pilot, but now just dreams.
You wonder if you could turn this input into something visual, to see what world she is lost in, but it is pointless. She only served one purpose, and that was to link to the mechsuit and carry out guerrilla operations between the districts. Now she is a drain on your resources, a reminder of a failed project.
No, to give in would be the real failure failure. You surmise that the solution is a simple one - you need more pilots.
M E T A S U I T + G U E R R I L L A + W A R F A R E
This is a rebellion plot in District Six. Commander Dennis Abraham is a scientist and an engineer, turned leader of an operation to disrupt and destroy Capitol supply lines in the wilderness between districts.
The six operatives will relocate and live in a secure safehouse in the industrial sector of District Six, under protection of Cdr. Abraham and Lt. Baines. Each operative will be given their own living quarters, refurbished from an old shipping container and fitted with a bunk-bed, kitchen, and bathroom.
Operatives are permitted to visit others containers, as well as spend free time in the leisure area of the warehouse.
Intense training will occur every second day, either physically or in simulation pods to prepare operatives for field work.
Piloting a metasuit involves operatives being sedated inside stasis chambers that will fill with nutrient rich fluid and sustain a state of synchronisation with the metasuit. Once a connection has been made with the metasuit, the pilot will have full consciousness and be able to communicate directly with command. They will control the suits with brainwaves, just as the brain moves the human body - although the nervous system is not attached, so no pain will be felt whilst piloting.
The suits are physically located in a secure location outside District Six - a cave that was once an outpost during the rebellion. After synching, this is where pilots will wake up as a metasuit. They will find that the suits are about 10ft tall, much more powerful, and much faster than the human body.
From here, operatives will await orders from mission control.
T H E + C O M M A N D
Commander, Dennis Abraham
[played by rook , fc mahershala ali]
Abraham is a cold man. He very much sees operatives as a means to an end, and won't allow himself to become emotionally attached to them. He has one mission, to disrupt capitol logistics and communications, at all cost. To what end? Unknown.
Lieutenant, Harriet Baines
[played by @fabulousraven , fc sandra oh]
Harriet is from District Thirteen, and has fought on the front-lines for her life and for her people. She was positioned in Six for recon, when she met Abraham and learned of his work. Since then, she has acted as the middleman between he and Thirteen, coordinating their operations.
She is very much the mom of the warehouse, and looks after the operatives. A compassionate woman, but very driven and focused on her work.
Mechanic, Storm Sarmiento
[played by ✨ , fc salma hayek]
The head mechanic and repairs officer for the Cryowake project.
T H E + O P E R A T I V E S
Decommissioned Pilot A1, Elliot Testino-Lee
[played by rook , fc claire cottrill]
Elliot was the first and only pilot under Abraham's command. She was vetted and trained alone as the sole metasuit operative when the project was in its infancy. She was highly efficient, if not rash at times, showing excellent piloting skills in a short span of time.
Her suit was severely damaged when a pack of corrupted mutt abnormalities attacked her near a capitol supply line. Despite the severe consequences of terminating an unstable neuro-link, Abraham ordered Testino-Lee to be desynched from her metasuit, so that the suit's hard-drive could be wiped if captured. As a result, she remains in a comatose state inside her stasis chamber, within the operations room of the warehouse.
Pilot A1, Scarlet Kipling
[played by ✌ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ , fc george mackay]
Born in Three, Scar moved to Six after an arson attack burned his home and killed his mother. He himself lost his hand in the incident. At a young age he started working as an apprentice under his father - one of Abraham's most trusted engineers.
After Elliot's mission failure, he was vetted as the prime candidate to pilot the recovered and repaired A1 metasuit. The original and first metasuit that Elliot piloted.
Pilot A2, Alessandro Hargrave
[played by ᴥ , fc jonathan daviss]
Son of a rich aristocrat who blew his fortune running for mayor, Sandro is full of anger and resentment. After footage of him beating up a barfull of guys twice his size he was approached and selected to pilot the newly commissioned A2 mechsuit. His thirst for violence is strong, which is why he has been stationed as the number two behind the more measured Scarlet.
Pilot A3, Felicity Carrow
[played by 🌱 kaitlin. , fc sophie thatcher]
The female pilot for the newly commissioned A3 metasuit.
Pilot B1, "Gloria"
[played by gamemaker 🍒 maryn hale , fc lily collins]
The female pilot for the newly commissioned B1 metasuit.
Pilot B2, Archie Griggs
[played by gamemaker 💀 hades lochlan , fc max irons]
The male pilot for the newly commissioned B2 metasuit.
Pilot B3, Pi Youngbae
[played by gunner, d9 ₊⊹ 👹 ɢʀɪғғɪɴ. , fc donna bae]
The female pilot for the newly commissioned B3 metasuit.
