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

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