SKM-19

SKM-19 aka "Scout"

SKM is a human-looking android with tan skin, and dark grey hair. Some would say he looks like a natural born human if it wasn’t for all the circuits. But he has given up trying to look human. He understands he’s different and therefore does not try to hide the obvious circuitry that lines his skin (unlike other androids).

His eyes are a dark brown, speckled with yellow motes of color—dots of the nanites that live in his system and keep his biological body synced with his machinery.

His getup is plain and simple. Standard tactical gear, boots, basic armor, gloves, etc. His armor shows its wear: dents, scrapes, and acid burns from previous incursions with the swarm. He carries a high-powered sniper on his back and a simple slug-pistol in his arm’s weapon compartment.

Notes

9/7/2020

• We drive a bit, but as we get closer to Reo City, car congestion forces us to abandon our hardtop
• Zelenon gives us some inspiring words... but Scout isn't helped by it
• The radio crackles to life, Commander Neejani(?) tells us to GET OFF PLANET however we can
• The swarm is coming, we need to get to Utraneus
• We head west towards the ship port... everything that direction seems to be on fire
• As we approach, we see ships wrecked beyond repair
• After a bit, we come across a woman (Kilora Gishi) who was on the Reo city, city council
• A group appears, refugees trying to get off planet... but the swarm appeared
  • Some of the group are the family we saved at a gas station
  • And a male Vesk soldier, Otvash. He looks quite beat up. This guy recognizes Scout. This is a dude who knows him as SCUM
    • He has a huge axe and is wearing ceremonial armor that's very beat up
• They haven't had any luck finding a ship
• A small 1 person fighter ship flies over us
• Our comms chirp to life, "Ahh, SDF! Having trouble?" - it's Anasia Render! lol
  • She has a lead of a vessel we could find
  • She's cheeky about it, but tells us about an underground bunker run by some shady folks. Watch out for security.
• We follow a path to the coordinates and see something has blown out the doors to this hidden base, by conventional munitions
• We make our way in, and are hit by a sonic security measure
• We move into the hangar and are bombarded by a robot
• Then another robot!
• We beat the robots and get two tazers off of them
• We do some perusing, and Scout finds a BOOK on how to fly a specific ship, a camo membrane with some batteries
  • A fine webbing that can be altered by small electrical charges - 10 mins to setup - +2 to stealth once charged. One charge per day of a battery.
• We find a box with a Drift Engine in it - it's obviously in disrepair.
  • Pepper would need the right resources and a week of time to fix it
• We explore a bit more, find a few goodies (including a scan card)
• We find the ship!!
• In the hangar, we fight an AWFUL FUCKING MOLD MONSTER
• but we survive.
• We load the Drfit Engine into the ship
• Bunn calls down the group, Xenelon heals up HP, we rest and get our SP back
• we find 6000 UPBs in the hangar. woweeeee
  • Everyone gets 1500 UPBs
• Before we can take off, some swarm monsters jump us
• Bunn almost dies, but we head the FUCK out
• But next time.... STARSHIP COMBAT!

8/23/2020

• Turns out Reda wasn't bad, just possessed by a slime
• We settle things in town and everyone is packing up to go to Reo City
• We send Susreth Susaro to go with them
• We go into the mountains and we come to the Hylax temple
• It looks like a bug
• We see a ruined tanker with two human bodies with three human bodies around the tanker
• Something tore out the engine of the tanker
• Two bodies lie on the ground, one looks like she was crawling back into the vehicle when she died
• We get the IDENTS of the 3 soldiers, plus their gear
  • LOTSA GEAR
• We snipe the shit out of some bugs
• We enter the temple, find some mystical plates, dodge some traps
• We find Xelonan and have some talks with him, convince him to come with us -- even though he wanted to stay
• He explains how the swarm were once part of the greater collective, but "strayed from Hylax's light"
• We get healed... and then a bIG FUCKIN SWARM MONSTER SHOWS UP AND DROPS SOME BABY SWARM.
• It is rough.
• We survive the fight, and rest in the temple overnight.
• We get healed up
• Najeeri crackles in on the radio: "If you haven't reached the evac point by..." and it crackles out
• END OF PART 2

8/6/2020

• We open at a truck stop, killing some buggers
• We save some farmers who came from Lynmari
• Turns out the manager of the food processing plant they come from has been confiscating fuel from vehicles so no one else can leave
• She (the manager, Reda Cooper) claims that the company they work for was going to get them safe passage off the planet
• They ask about our commander (Najeeri)
• We grab a bunch of processed snacks from the truck stop, we throw a bunch in the back of the truck
• We drive and begin to drive next to a frozen river.
• We see black smoke in the distance, about 10 miles from Lynmari
• We see a big sign "The Greater Sahtor Waterworks", big smoke stacks
• we get fired on by a freaked out Lashunta - Susreth Susaro
• Bun and Scout intimidate the guy
• He's hearing something in his head, "Hylax will know."
  • (Hylax is the deity of the Sheeren)
  • Hylax is a deity of peace
• Scout takes this guys gun and knife
• This guy is from the second battalion
• We decide to take him with us, he's a medic and cleans up Bun's wounds
• We get to Lynmari
• There's a big sign that says Longship Agricultural Alliance
  • They're a food manufacturer
• We come across a bunch of townsfolks in front of a food processing plant
• A woman is at the head of the crowd, it's Reda Cooper
• We sneak into this big building where Reda went in
• We see Reda on the ground, and there's a slug like thing in the room
• The slime goes into SCOUTS BODY
• We some how fucking manage to beat it.... GOOD GOD

7/26/2020

• We're at Fort Gallant on Suskillon
• Commander Negeeri was getting her leg cut off
• And Pepper and Bun got a good night's rest
• Negeeri says, "It's the end of the world, Midnight Squad." They're evacuating the planet.
• We get into this massive tank-truck, Scout offers to drive/pilot
• We have a 2 hour drive to get to the Sahtor Region to Reos City so everyone can get the fuck out
• Scout finds 2 Mk1 serums of healing in the glove box of the tank-trunk
• suddenly, we see a swarm starship flying through the smoke
• It fires a pulsing green missile, missing us, but the acid of the missile leaves pock marks on the side of the tank-truck
• We survive the chase
• It'll be a few hours before we get to Reos City.
• We've been given orders to abandon vehicles about an hour outside of Reos city
• We get new orders after a commendation from Commander Negeeri
• We are supposed to find Xelonan, a priest at the Temple of Hylax, at a temple and a missing squad (4 soldiers)
• Scout knows that Hylax is a Sheeren deity, a deity of diplomacy and peace. They call Hylax the "hug bug" -- not a nice nickname. Worshipped mostly by creatures with hive minds.
  • There is historically a link between the Swarm and the Sheeren
• Commander of the squadron is Quvenzh (leader of the team)
  • 2nd battalion folks, more military
  • We're the 5th, previously all wiped so it's less soldiery
• We're heading for a city called Lynmari
• We'll be given a troop transport
• We only have a few days to get there and back
• We rest for the evening, eating RME cubes, sort of chit chatting... getting to know each other a bit
• The LT. tells us to watch out for the "Scorpion" a prison... "Keep your eyes open."
• We drive about 60 miles, coming across some abandoned cars. A farmer runs out to us
• BUT IT WAS A TRICK!
• They run awayyyy