SRAS Heliocept
Jovian Orbit
October 5th, 2231
Skald stepped off the elevator uncomfortably. In front of him, the Admiral was standing behind his desk, facing the holographic projection of a tall individual so heavily kitted out with brain-enhancing cybernetics it was hard to tell that he was human and not a computer stapled to a mobile platform.
"...I do not care about your reservations, General Poirot," said the cyborg manifestation. "This is your duty to the Saturn Ring Alliance. You will perform it."
The General seemed about to formulate a response when he noticed Skald standing near the door. "We'll talk about this later, Adjudicator."
The hologram glanced at Skald. "Of course. See that it is not much later."
The hologram disappeared. The General breathed deeply then sighed. He turned to Skald. "Cadet," he said, "just the person I wanted to see. I have a job for you."
Skald glanced around the general's office, down at his plain red jumpsuit, then shrugged. "Do I have to go kill a few rats or something?"
"Something like that," said the General. "How long have you been with the SRA?"
Skald didn't really know the answer to that. "Awhile," he said simply.
"In the navy that whole time?"
"No."
"Do you intend to remain with us?"
Skald considered his options. "Yeah, I guess. Not many other options out there."
The General nodded. "Just the man we need then. This task is very...sensitive. You'll be rewarded highly for completing it."
Skald shrugged. "Okay. What is it?"
"I need you to place a bomb on a civilian cruiser..."
Rembrandt Apartments, Apt 1201
Port Gray, Atna Prefecture, Atnaia
October 5th, 2016
"Jesus," Todd said, pulling his hands back from his mouse and keyboard. The dialogue options popped up on the bottom of the screen.
1. Anything for the SRA!
2. Wait...what?
3. Anything for a reward!
4. [More Info]
"Well, that's not your standard starter quest," Todd mumbled. He hit tab real quick, and pulled up his friend's list in the chat panel. He clicked the name Yimir, one of his guildmates from WarriorEpic, before that game's servers had gone tits up. As quick as possible, he typed a message.
Skald.1010: Hey, what did you choose for the first big decision thing?
Todd waited a few seconds, munching a carrot stick (he had put on some weight he didn't like, and was trying to replace shitty snack foods with healthier alternatives). Finally, a response popped up.
Yimir.0046: Anything for the reward, bro. I' going full-on Dark Side with this toon. My back-up will be the goody goody.
Todd held the carrot stick in his mouth like a cigar.
Skald.1010: Thought your back-up was going to be on the Earther side.
Yimir.0046: I'll do an Earther and a Martian and a Oorter too, but Saturnians just seem cooler.
Skald.1010: I'll go goody goody and let you know how it plays out.
Yimir.0046: You do you.
"Anything for the Saturn Ring Alliance, sir," Skald said. "It's my duty, after all."
"Yes it is," said the General. He moved around the desk. "Head down to Mariah in the armoury. She'll get you kitted out. Then we'll land you down on Karling Station, with all the information you'll need."
"Sir," Skald saluted.
Transhuman Empire
Genre: MMORPG (Sci-Fi)
Release Day 1
Genre: MMORPG (Sci-Fi)
Release Day 1