Bablylon XR2900 - Fantasy/Medieval/Creature/Sci-Fi
Bablylon XR2900 - Fantasy/Medieval/Creature/Sci-Fi
((This is an advanced futuristic version of ACAIRD. This is actually the original plot that AXAIRD was spun from as a fewllow role player requested a more modern version of this so now there is two versions, this one which is was far advanced future time period with very high tech stuff like things from star trek and then ACAIRD which is more modern.))
In the year 3018 a comet hit the earth. Luckily scientists had noted the comet before hand and the government managed to evacuate a little over half of the earth’s population to the secret massive space station called BabylonXR2900 they had been building all these years for such an event. They managed to save a few species of animals of the medium to smaller breeds and were able to have enough supplies, equipment, and things on board fore everyone to last them all for many years.
The comet hit on December 13th 3018. It was a tragic day in the race of man as those aboard the space station watched the collision. Luckily the comet was not as big as the scientists had originally measured it, as some of it had broken off in space, which managed to save earth on some measures but not enough to save it entirely. The heat alone from the comet made the ocean boil as the impact crated monstrous Tsunamis that swept across the continents. Very little was spared in the wake of the destruction the comet had dealt. The atmosphere as predicted became very unstable on Earth and was unlivable for many years as temperatures reached well over 250 degrees and then would plummet well below -100 degrees, making it impossible for humans to live there as well as the animals which died there.
The scientists kept close eye on things on earth as they all waited to re-inhabit their old home. As the years past new organisms and life forms began to emerged. Soon the earth was over ran with alien life forms as it was recreated into something different from what the humans knew. It took 100 years before the climate got stable enough for humans to start being able to go back but now the planet was over run with aliens and they couldn’t live on the space station forever. They had to go back. With things panning out so they could survive on the surface once more, they started sending groups of military onto the earth to get rid of the aliens but this was in vain as the aliens easily killed off the simple humans and ate them for food.
It was then that one of the scientist came up with the idea of creating super soldiers. With time he invented through experimenting, a drug that would enhance a humans speed and strength but it had to be taken daily to keep the effects as they wore off after a days time. With the drug ready to use the military started giving it to their soldiers in the first phase of creating better soldiers and then sent them out into the field again. With the added strength and speed, they were able to stand a chance against the aliens but still more needed to be done to eradicate the planet of these beast.
They began taking samples of DNA from animals and the aliens they managed to kill and then this same scientist started working with the different strands to enhance a humans DNA. Soon he began taking in volunteer test subjects to test his strands of DNA he created. Many of the test subjects died a horrible death but after several attempts and experimenting he finally nailed what he was looking for as his latest test subject survived and became something new all together. The subject was able to change into the form of the alien of the DNA he used and then revert back to human as well. The subject also gained the abilities of the alien as well. This was a break through as the animal DNA worked as well. Soon many of the soldiers were signed up for this procedure to be done.
In addition to his 3 new enhancements the scientist went on to experiment with the technology of the world. With several bouts of trial and error he finally created cyborgs as well in 3 different forms. One was a permanent armor that could never be taken off. The second one was semi permanent and could be taken off and on manually which took time so he worked more until he had the third type… a cyborg who could call and un-call the armor automatically. With all theses break through now the military and the human race had a chance to fight back.
Now that he had his 4 different kinds of soldiers ranging from simply beefed up on drugs to animal shifters to alien shifters to cyborgs, he now taught others and had the operations done rapidly on soldiers chosen for the procedures... some willing some unwilling.
With the fact that everyone had to work together in this the military system changed dramatically. Now instead of each branch of military working separately, they were all joined into one general military special forces unit with only the top 13 leaders being the head of things who stayed on the space station to over see everything. Since the air force was no longer really able to do much with lack of air vessels that could be used for military purposes since they had to be used to transport people back and forth from the space station to the earth upon completion of the war, the men and women of that branch had been forced to split off into either the Navy, Army, or Marines which ran things on the ground level.
The 13 men on the defence council who ran things were divided up of 4 Navy Master Chief Petty Officers, 4 Army Sgt. Majors, 4 Marine Sgt. Majors, and 1 Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
Back on earth things were tough with the war raging on between human kind and the alien life forms. Several permanent bases had been erected in specific areas all over the world as military troops were sent out to them to be lead under a single commanding officer of a very high rank of one of the branches. It was interesting to see the different branches of military joined together to fight for one cause but with strict rules in place for everyone, everyone seemed to get along. Anyone who caused problems was sent back to the brig on board the space station if the commanding officer couldn’t come up with his own punishment for the problem. The next step was relocation if it was needed as some troops were harder to deal with than others. If nothing else worked then the person causing so many problems was simply deemed and enemy and destroyed. But things rarely got to that level.
There are several benefits and downfalls to being a shifter or a cyborg. First the procedures are painful as hell. First I’ll explain the animal shifters.
Animal shifters are created through the DNA of modern day animals that are strong for example: tigers, panthers, wolves, bears, ect. You can shift back and forth between human and animal form at will. However you have to deal with the fact you have an animal within you now and this may be a hard thing for some meaning that they may not get along well with others or other animal shifters. Once being injected with the DNA you are quarantined in a steel prison cell until you adapt to the DNA as you have to control your animals wild nature and be able to control your shifting before being let go to be around others. Some stay in here longer than others and this is a brutal process to tame the beast within and can be painful. Once you are in control of yourself then you are let free but those who never gain control are destroyed. Animal shifters gain the abilities of their animal parts. For example if you are a cheetah shifter then you have a cheetahs speed, strength, stamina, ect.. Also all animal shifters gain the ability to communicate with animals and use telepathy on top of heightened senses. However you can be killed just as any human or animal can.
Alien shifters are similar but it hurts worst on the initial change but follow the same suit as the animal shifters. However alien shifters are very unique as they gain more abilities but more downfalls in the same token. You have more to control on a regular basis as aliens hate humans so you have to really master your alien within. Among abilities you get telepathy, increased speed and strength, heightened senses, and some powers. These powers are not like making a fire ball appear and throwing it at an enemy. These powers are far different and range form reading minds, to telekinesis, Psychometry, increased stats, special physical attacks, seeing a few seconds into the future, and limited teleporting. These powers are more to make you a better soldier for the military to use than anything. Submit your powers to Black Rose for approval. But with all things experimental there are drawbacks as well. With this the draw back being attached to DNA experimentation health problems and defects are likely as scientists have no idea what all the experimentation will do to the people on either alien or animal shifters.
For alien races use you mind to come up with something and you can use monsters form the Dungeons and Dragons monster manuals for character pics as to what you shift into for alien shifters but you have to submit your character to Black rose before you can join in the rp. Also ask before joining this campaign. And if you have read everything to the very end of this then post the man of your character at the end of your post in the ooc board. This will keep others from simply copying a word and saying they read this when they didn’t.
Also it is required that all powers developed are reported to your officer in a full report so your character will have to spend time doing some paper work to send in to the military as well as training and fighting and following orders and trying to make a life for themselves. There is also romance allowed in this plot so you can have fun with that. Powers may not all come to the surface at once, usually they develop slowly after the DNA takes in you so you have to go through routine physicals as well at the space station while also reporting in of anything going on with your character. Also every alien and alien shifter has on bad weak spot that if you are stabbed or shot here you are dead, these are called kill spot. Place your carefully as other alien shifters and aliens can sense these on you.
As far as cyborgs go it is rather simple. You can choose between partial or full cyborg armor on your character. These are humans with technology built into them that is controlled by the brain so it’s a long painful surgery with a long recovery time. Partial is along the lines of just an arm of a leg or something like that where as full is a full body suit of the technology. The armor can do things from shoot a lazer beam to scan intelligence, enhance sight, increase strength ect… the 3 types of cyborg armor are permanent which can never be removed, semi permanent which can be taken off manually which takes time to do, or auto recall which to work invision bat mans utility belt and then with a press of a button on it a suit of armor covers your body then hitting the button again releases it off of you.
Technology in this time period is very advanced so there are cool weapons like you would see in star wars, laser guns, light sabers, plasma guns, ect…but there is also regular weapons such as guns, rifles, bazookas, rocket launchers, ect… so you can deck out you character in cool weapons and armor for battle.
Also everyone has a tiny tracking device implanted somewhere on their bodies so the government can keep track of you everywhere you go. If you ever remove this chip then you are considered AWOL and will be hunted and possibly killed depending on the situation. As well everyone has a com link device implanted into their ear so they can be contacted at all times by their officers and talk back and forth.
The way to and from the space station is unique. Every base as well as the space station has built in teleport pads like in star trek so this is how you go to and from the space station at anytime though most don’t want to go back up there with the big wigs.
For your setting, everyone to start out will either already be on the base we will play at or you will have to start on the space station and have Sergeant Ryback take you to the base as a new recruit for the base. Its your choice. Black Rose controls Ryback. Chile will control the commanding officer of the base on earth. You have to follow his orders as its his base.
Conditions on earth are tough. Although power has been restored now along with running water as this has been going on for many years now, 20 years to be exact, but you don’t have things like video games, internet, tv, and stuff to keep you occupied when you don’t have to fight. You have books, ipods, and other small forms of technology you can have as personal things to keep you entertained but nothing huge. If you have a question then ask Black Rose if you want to know if something is allowed or not. This is a military style plot though so you cant have a huge room full of cool things of your own... you share quarters with several others though men and women are separated.. And you have small areas for your personal things. Also if you are wondering yes large showers so all girls can shower together and same with guys.
Now as far as earths conditions consider it a wild terrain unexplored now as it was turned into a tropical wasteland by the aliens and the comet. The environment is stable enough but still on some days it might go from 112 in the shade to snowing at night. So be prepared.
Though not everyone will start off at the base but you can if you want to. The space station is the Headquarters of everything. The name of the special forces branch is ELITE and the base which we will be playing at is called RAGNOK, Shade’s character Matt will be the Commanding officer there.
Ok to determine your rank ill make this simple choose a category: Marine, Navy, Army, or Air Force ... now look below for one you want UNLESS you are wanting an officer and then you have to ask Black Rose directly to receive ranking if spots are still available
Ranks for normal characters: choose one (ordered least to highest rank)
ARMY
Private (PV1)
Private (PV2)
Private First Class (PFC)
Corporal (CPL)l
Specialist (SPC)
Sergeant (SGT)
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
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OFFICERS OF HIGHER COMMAND (least to greatest)(these ranks are specially given out by Black Rose)
Master Sergeant (MSG)
First Sergeant (1SG)
Sergeant Major (SGM)
Command Sergeant Major (CSM)
Sgt. Major of the Army (SMA)
NAVY
Seaman Recruit (SR)
Seaman Apprentice (SA)
Seaman (SN)
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
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OFFICERS OF HIGHER COMMAND (least to greatest)(these ranks are specially given out by Black Rose)
Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)
AIR FORCE
Airman Basic (AB)
Airman (Amn)
Airman First Class (A1C)
Senior Airman (SrA)
Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
Technical Sergeant (TSgt)
Master Sergeant
First Sergeant (Master Sergeant)
Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt)
First Sergeant (Senior Master Sergeant)
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OFFICERS OF HIGHER COMMAND (least to greatest)(these ranks are specially given out by Black Rose)
Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt)
First Sergeant (Chief Master Sergeant)
Command Chief Master Sergeant
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (CMAF)
MARINES
Private (PVT)
Private First Class (PFC)
Lance Corporal (LCpl)
Corporal (Cpl)
Sergeant (Sgt)
Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt)
Master Sergeant (MSgt)
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OFFICERS OF HIGHER COMMAND (least to greatest)(these ranks are specially given out by Black Rose)
First Sergeant (1stSgt)
Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt)
Sergeant Major (SgtMaj)
Sgt. Major of the Marine Corps (SgtMajMC)
INTRO
I paced my room aboard the space station anxiously as I awaited my test results from my regularly scheduled physical as I also waited to have to talk to one of the higher ranking officers for my earlier actions before being told to come here for tests. It seemed that my commanding officer Master Gunnery Sergeant Ricks and I didn’t see eye to eye on many things and had a little skirmish. Well actually it was more than that, as I punched the crap out of him for being stupid once I had returned from a small mission he had sent me and a small squad of 15 men under my ranking on.
It had started out as any other mission, I led my small squad of 15 men out to search the remains of an old abandoned Korean Military Science Lab that had survived the collision with the comet rather well....
Then again this area of the country had not received as much damage as the central United States had. Our mission and main goal was simple and yet the seemingly the most impossible to accomplish. Our first mission was to find and retrieve any mechanical parts that could be used to repair the space station on which so many humans lived now. Our second mission was to kill off the aliens who had come about and invaded the earth when the comet had crashed into it. The aliens were the biggest threat to all of them as they were smarter, faster, and stronger than mere humans not to mention the military had already found out that heat only added to their strengths were all cold seemed to weaken them. Unfortunately since the comet crashed to earth there hadn’t really been a winter month yet as the temperatures seem to stay in the range of mildly warm to extremely hot lately. But it did seem with the coming years that it was cooling off slightly but not enough to help them win this war and start to rebuild their homes on earth.
However I, Trista Drakar, am not a normal human which was the case with most of the men and women in the military forces now. Once the comet had come into play, the government had evacuated as many people as they could onto the huge space station to wait out the destruction. However since the space station had its limits, trillions of people had still lost their lives due to the comet. It was a huge loss for the nation but one that could not be avoided at the time. Now instead of each branch of military working separately, they were all joined into one general military Special Forces unit with only the top 13 leaders being the head of things who stayed on the space station to over see everything. Since the air force was no longer really able to do much with lack of air vessels that could be used for military purposes since they had to be used to transport people back and forth from the space station to the earth upon completion of the war, the men and women of that branch had been forced to split off into either the Navy, Army, or Marines which ran things on the ground level.
The 13 men on the defense council who ran things were divided up of 4 Navy Master Chief Petty Officers, 4 Army Sgt. Majors, 4 Marine Sgt. Majors, and 1 Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
((List of military ranks for each branch so you can choose a level but you must okay your characters rank level and branch with me, Reyna http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderl...nlrank.htm ))
Other than having the main big wigs so to speak in charge of things staying on the space station to give everyone orders, everyone else was forced to go to earth and fight the war. To help aid them, the scientists experimented with several strands of DNA and decided to merge them with humans to hopefully give them more of a chance against the aliens. The DNA strands came from several of the toughest animals on earth and some of the aliens that we had been able to kill so far and take samples of. This experiment was something that should have come out of a horror comic book. The experiments were done voluntary for the most part unless they had a problem with someone in the militia then the made it mandatory for just them or they could rot in the brig, tough options there.
These experiments went chaotically for a long time and ended with several horrific deaths before the scientists finally got it right and we were able to adapt and survive the foreign DNA being merged with our own creating 2 new races, the animal shifters and the alien shifters. These individuals who shared the DNA of animal or alien gained the ability to turn into their new DNA half either animal or alien which gave a huge increase to speed, strength, senses, and other stats within us which we could use on the battle field. However the person did not have to be in their DNA form to have the added abilities. It was as simple as if you were a shifter you had half of the ability boosts from the DNA merge while human and you had full ability boost if you shifted into your alternate form which usually doubled or tripled your base abilities as a human.
The other idea the scientists had come up with to help aid us against the aliens was to integrate technology into our bodies making cyborgs out of us by attaching top notch NASA/Star Trek type machinery onto selected humans. This was a painful and gruesome surgery to undergo as the scientists had to basically connect the wiring of the machinery into your central nerve system and brain to make it work. This process took hours to complete and several men were lost upon doing this upgrade until the scientist had done it enough to stop making critical mistakes which killed their host. Some of the cyborgs created were rather simple as they only had maybe a set of cyborg arms or legs but some, actually very few, were unfortunate enough to undergo a full body cyborg form.
The 3rd thing the scientist came up with was the worst of all if you ask me as they looked at their new creations of 2 kinds of shifters and their cyborgs and decided to combine them to try to make the ultimate soldier.
I was lucky enough to avoid the cyborg form of upgrade but not fortunate enough to avoid being infused with alien DNA which turned me into an alien shifter. It is both a curse and a gift to be a shifter. However in my option the animal shifters have it better off as they may have to deal with the animalistic tendencies of the animal they were merged with but at least it wasn't the tendencies of a blood thirsty havoc wrecking filthy scaly slimy freaking alien. Although I liked having more strength and speed and a few other nifty qualities I hated being part of the very thing we were fighting to destroy. Granted in a way I guess I brought it on myself as my military record as a Marine was longer than my arm. As you can probably guess I was and still am not the best student in the class so to say.
I have a mouth on me that gets me into trouble more times than not. Then add in the evil twitch I get to punch out my officers in charge from time to time and you will see the picture. Though more times than not they all deserved it and I had good reason for my actions and words. It is not that I have a problem with authority as most say I do but I do have a severe problem with guys who think they can treat me like a dog and disrespect me because of authority and then of course there is the issue of my own little personal space, don’t get in my face and stay away from my own little invisible bubble of personal space and you wont get hurt, its that simple. However so many people can’t understand either about me. But enough about me as I get back to my story that landed me here in my room at the space station pacing back and forth awaiting an angry high level officer to come yell at me and possibly throw me into the brig. As it seemed by temper and attitude had gotten me into trouble once again but for a good cause which I would fight at all costs.
As I was saying before getting sidetracked on the morons called scientists, yeah I really have a problem with them as well as many others of the human race, but anyways I led my men into the lab and searched it thoroughly after we killed off the 30 aliens hiding inside which my commanding officer Master Gunnery Sergeant Martin Ricks had said wasn’t there according to his information from intelligence. now this is what set me off and got me into the fight because he had said it would be an easy job, just go in and scrounge up what parts could be used on the space station and come back to camp, easy peasy right... wrong. He and is so called intelligence had led us straight into an alien ambush with more empty bags to bring stuff back in than weapons to fight with as was my wonderful commander's orders to take along with us. I should have known better but luckily I was able to keep us from getting slaughtered as I have the ability as being an alien shifter to instinctively scent out others of my counterpart. So I knew they were there the instant I stepped into the front doors. Getting my men together I shifted and took out most of the aliens that I could as my men, all who were mostly human with the exception of 1 full bodied cyborg and 1 grizzly bear shifter, fought alongside me as Brent, the bear shifter, and Derrick, the cyborg, along with myself shielded the others from the worst of the fight.
By the time we got out of there with the equipment we found after the blood bath, we were all tired and scraped up a bit which needless to say put me in a bad mood. Upon returning to the camp I marched straight into Ricks tent and before he could even really register that I was there, I grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around then punched him as hard as I could dead square in the face. As he fell backward into a wobbly table that collapsed under his weight sending sheets of paper and maps everywhere and sending him flat on his butt before he caught himself, I stood there with a glare that could kill as I prayed he would jump up and go to hit me so I could beat the snot out of him. My wish was granted as he glared at me with menace and uttered a few curses under his breath at me and got up quickly lunging at me. I didn’t hesitate but quickly grabbed his fist in mid swing and used his momentum to pull him to me as I stepped to the side and kicked him hard sending him flying out of the tent and into the open as I stalked after him. Keeping him pinned to the ground I beat the snot out of him. Once the fight was outside it didn’t take long for several of my friends to come running over and grab me and pull me off of him and allow him to get up as they tried to calm me down which wasn’t easy at all.
Ricks got up and dusted himself off as he spit a line of curses and insults at me as he parted through the group that was holding me back, weakening the hold on me like an idiot, as he then punched me a few times back while I was being held. I was actually a good sport about it and let him have the hits on me as I knew I could break free from my few friends holding me now but regardless I had won the battle as he looked far worst than I did as his nose was gushing blood and I'm sure broken rather well and his left eye was swelling and turning black and then I also noticed he was limping a bit as he came up to hit me so over all I’d say a good enough job done other than all out killing him which I knew I would hang for. But honestly did he think he could actually hurt me through these means? I was far from human and no amount of punches was going to ever really do me harm other than pissing me off worst. It was a bad mistake the day they merged my anger with alien DNA but a mistake that they can’t correct other than killing me which I don’t plan to let them do.
After letting him get a few hits on me I lunged from my friends as the alien let me be stronger than them and tackled him once again as I punched him in the gut over and over while telling him how pathetic and dumb he was and that he needed to learn how to use intelligence handed down to him because he hadn’t obviously known how to read anything since he nearly got me and my squad killed. Moments later, Brent and Derrick joined the others to pull me off of him one last time as Ricks caught his breath and ordered me to the makeshift brig we had at this very temporary location of camp. A simple pair of cuffs wont actually hold me so at least he was smart enough to have them use the reinforced ones for my particular strength so that I couldn’t come back to get him.
As my friends led me off after being cuffed by one of his lower officers, Ricks yelled at me that I would not be coming back this time, that he was done with me once and for all. The thought made me laugh as I knew good and well he could send me back to the space station but regardless I would be back either by my means or the military's. It was only a few hours later that Ricks had gotten clearance for my transport back to the space station to be dealt with via transporter beam which was a form of travel kind of like in the old Star Trek movies only it could only transport up to 5 people at a time. Anymore than that and the people never made it to their destination but rather got lost out in the depths of airless space.
Now I awaited judgment for my actions but at least my time here wasn’t spent in the brig as I thought it would be as the scientists saved me by realizing I had missed my last scheduled physical so instead I got to spend most of the afternoon being poked and prodded and answering stupid questions that they already knew the answer to begin with so why bother asking in the first place. It was all a waste of time but it was better than being locked up. Once they were done I had been locked in my room until either the results came in or until one of the higher commanders came to speak with me. And so I paced and I paced until finally I heard the sound of foot steps nearing my door. I stopped pacing and stood in the middle of the room as the door was unlocked and then opened to reveal Master Chief Petty Officer Casey Ryback of the Navy. I quickly snapped to attention and saluted him as I knew him from not only his Naval record but from the one time I had met him in the past upon joining the Marines and being promoted the same day he came to visit an old friend of his on the base. By the way I somehow have climbed my way in ranks as I am a First Sergeant now however even that rank wont save me from a commander 3 ranks over mine. Needless to say his appearance made me really think of what would happen with all this mess, as I had to have screwed up bad to have him come to talk to me instead of Sgt. Major Reed Hathaway of the Marine Corps.
"At ease Trista" he said with a slight sigh as he stepped into the room and motioned for me to sit with him at the small table in my room which I did as he began to speak again. "I am guessing you are probably wondering why I came to talk to you instead of Hathaway, well I’ll be upfront with you. At this point with your record for trouble being so long no one has the patience, nerve, or want to deal with you which is a shame because I have seem such a great potential in you so long ago. So I volunteered to see if I could work with you as everyone else wants to throw you in the brig and let you rot away. So tell me what happened with you?" He said being stern but casual with me for the moment as we sat there across form one another as his gaze bore into mine.
I sighed and relaxed back in the chair. "Well it’s rather simple actually I'm easy to get along with as long as you give the proper respect, stay out of my personal space, and don’t try to get me killed which was the case with Ricks. He sent me and a team of 15 men, all humans but me and 2 others, into a lab harboring 30 aliens with little to no weapons and a crap load of empty bags to gather equipment needed for the space station after he assured me that there was no aliens in there that it had been checked out and intelligence said the aliens were a good 20 miles from the area. Needless to say I didn’t appreciate him trying to get me and my squad killed so I let my temper get the best of me when I got back to camp." I explained not being ashamed of what I had done as I still stand firm that he deserved the beating he got.
Ryback sighed and shook his head as he leaned back in his chair and placed his hands behind his head. "I can understand your being upset over those conditions however it could have been dealt with on a more civil level, meaning without breaking his nose, blacking his eye, and breaking 2 of his ribs." he said giving me a stern look.
I shrugged nonchalantly as I wouldn't let him intimidate me with that gaze of his. "Normally you are right about that but in the past he and I have not seen eye to eye on several matters and I have tried being civil on many other occasions so this time I decided to drive my point home. So what is to come of me now?" I asked boldly.
Ryback sat back up in his chair and placed his arms on the table as he picked up 1 of the 2 manila folders I just now realized he had laid on the desk upon first sitting down. "Looking at your military record I see this is not the first time you have beat up your commanding officer." he said looking through the first manila folder which by the sounds of it was my record, gosh it really was long as the folder was really think with papers.
I knew by his tone he wanted more of an explanation about my history so I gave it to him. "That is true" I said not denying anything I had done then added "My first year as a private my commanding officer Ford decided to try to feel me up even after I told him very politely to back off and leave me alone so I changed his mind for him. I spent 6 months in the brig and was court martial-ed for it until it was all straightened out as I had several others who came forward saying he had done the same to them and a few had witnessed the incident. Then shortly after my promotion to Corporal I attacked my commanding officer when he got in my face and told me I was worthless and deserved to be standing on a street corner selling myself to the first thing that came about. Needless to say I didn’t appreciate that line of his which I paraphrased for you as it was allot cruder than that, so I showed him what happened to people who disrespected me and got into my face and screamed at me while being disrespectful. The whole thing that brought the argument about was the fact that I refused to kill an innocent man when we went to war with china and I captured an older man who had been in the same building as the warlord we were after. He was too old and senile to be the one we were after which I proved a short while later when we caught the real guy. So if I had of followed his order to shoot the old man I would have been shedding innocent blood which I don’t believe in. Our American motto has always been innocent until proven guilty and I'll stand firm behind that motto unless giving reason not to. I go by my instincts not by what someone else says. But it turns out the old man had been one of the hostages and when we burst in to get the warlord he had managed to get free and was trying to make his way out as we came in. all of the other offenses have been because of my unwillingness not to talk back at certain times when I know it is not right to remain silent" I explained truthfully.
Ryback sighed as he seemed to be fighting back a grin at my testimony but nodded "okay I can understand your position here and in your past with problems however that doesn’t mean it won’t go unpunished. So since everyone else has given up on you but I haven’t I am going to take you under my wing and do 1 of 2 things. I have 2 officers that I know can handle a woman such as you and is used to dealing with, pardon the word, "troublesome" troops. I will get a hold of them and see if one of them will take you on their squad. But until I get a hold of them you or get an answer, you will remain locked in here as I can only imagine what trouble you would get into in the brig which is currently filled with about 10 of the most disgruntled men I have ever come across. Not to mention they would more than like see you as a tasty piece of meat which would lead back to more trouble. Now if that falls through and I cant find an officer to take you then I will come up with something else to do with you which might even include you being my personal assistant here at the station which would small tedious jobs such as keeping coffee brewed, sorting papers, typing stuff into the computers, etc... Which I'm sure a marine like you would not really enjoy so let’s hope I can get you back into the field." he said as he then put my record down and grabbed the second folder and opened and handed me a paper out of it. "they wanted me to go over your test results with you while I was in here anyway but also because we need to discuss your future plans as a marine with the results being off this last time." he then said as I took the paper and read over it.
Everything looked normal except one row of numbers which were allot higher than before which told me something was wrong before he spoke but his words about my military future got me the most as it tipped me off that it was something that I was not going to like. "I’m guessing by the way you said that that no one else had guts enough to come in here and give me bad news and seeing as how I remember my last test results and this 1st set of numbers is allot higher than before tells me its bad news so just tell me and lets get this over with" I said with a sigh as I was already beginning to get frustrated and worried.
Ryback gave me a sincere yet stern look as he then told me what my results meant and how it would affect my future. "Those numbers that are higher than the last time is the alien DNA count in your blood system. With most people the number goes down with time as the body rejects it slowly and gets rid of it. However with you that is not the case, instead it is reproducing more of the DNA and attaching its self slowly but surely to you. The only thing the scientists have uncovered that is differences about you against all of the others with the same procedure is that you have the rarest blood type of AB- and the alien that they used for your DNA strand was different than the rest. It was unique in its features being more humanoid and it was more of the elite of the race as it was faster and stronger than any we have come across. The scientists are not sure how this will effect you so you are to be kept on constant supervision and have to come back for physicals once a month now instead of once every few months. Also this could affect whether or not you are able to have children but they are not sure so it will all be just wait and see but that is something to think about as well. But with these new changes going on within you, unless something happens and it turns and goes the opposite way, you will be forced to stay with the military the rest of your life instead of getting out in a few years like you had already arranged prior to this and if you go AWOL then we will be forced to hunt you down which will be easy with that microchip in the back of your neck already that tracks you, and drag you back and place you into a facility to contain you so I advise against that but I don’t see you as one to run from your problems." He told me giving me everything straight which is one thing I liked about him from the first time I met him.
Taking a deep breath I looked up from the paper with my physical results on it and met his gaze as I kept myself in check and nodded slightly. "Though I am not happy about this, you are right I don’t run from my problems unless forced to because they are bigger than me and want to eat me alive which was the case with a few aliens not long ago. But I'll deal with it. I appreciate you being brave enough to come tell me and for trying to help me with the other issue." I said sincerely as I contemplated what al would happen with me next. Would I turn into some freak of what I was trained to hunt and kill? Would the alien within take over and make me lose myself to it? Would I ever have a family? Worst yet would I get stuck in a desk job because no one wanted to deal with some freak with a bad attitude?
Ryback gave me a warm smile "I am sure it will all work out but if you don’t mind I want to disclose this with my friends if and only if they decide to take you otherwise it will remain just between you and me and the scientists." he assured me as I nodded.
"That will be fine I understand the need for them to know in case something happens and I freak out or something. Thanks for your help though either way it goes." I heard myself saying as just sat there rambling through the thoughts in my mind now.
"Alright then I will leave you for now and give you some time to think while I got make a few phone calls so to speak." Ryback said as he stood taking the folders with him and left the room, locking me in once again as I sat there alone and lost in thought.
As soon as Ryback left the room he headed into his office and went to make contact with his good friend Matt Pollux as he wanted to try him first as he knew he knew more about dealing with hard to handle troops than any of his friends. Not to mention if Trista wanted to get into a fight with him he would more than likely duke it out with her as he himself would then laugh about it. Getting on the com-link and tuned to Matt's frequency and gave him a call so to speak. "Hey Matt, how are you holding up out there?" He said as he got Matt on the com link "Hey listen I got a favor I want to ask of you since you are so unique with troublesome troops. I got a girl here by the name of Trista Drakar she is 21 and is a First Sergeant in the Marines and she has had trouble in the past with her officers. To be straight with you she has a bad tendency of punching them out and beating the crap out of them but after looking at all of her background I cant say that I blame her. She also has a mouth on her and is not afraid to use it though she has always been respectful to me. She is very unique and I think with the right commander in charge over her that she will do alright as I see allot of good potential in her. But she is also an alien shifter, a very unique one at that. However she has caused so much havoc that no one else will deal with her so she is down to limited options which is why she was handed over to me. Think you might be up for the challenge? She is good at leading from what I have read in her file on her and never leaves a man behind and is loyal as long as you don’t cross her boundaries but ill send you her full file if you are interested so you won’t be in the dark on her." He said then waited for his friend’s response.
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