BTE TRYOUT THREAD #1
Saoirse and Bob (Dino and Cha0zz)
You awaken feeling strangled, coughing and choking as you fall to your hands and knees. Your eyes open wearily - and you see nothing. Gasping for air, you glance about wildly, disoriented, and realize to your horror that you're in the middle of a vast, black emptiness. Terrified, you instinctively grasp at the void about you for something - anything - solid. You realize that despite the enveloping darkness, your arms glow with a strange light - suddenly you pause and rack your brain for any hint as to what's going on. The last you remember clearly is being sold to Tartarus Inc. You remember them strip-searching you, your last possessions taken away before the coarse-mannered guards threw you into an empty cell. Everything about it seems a struggle to recall - clouded and fogged as though a distant memory.Saoirse and Bob (Dino and Cha0zz)
Welcome, a cold, hard voice speaks. It's not the infamous SCAMPS of Tartarus - it's a woman's voice: cruel, hard, and utterly devoid of sympathy. You're wondering what you're doing here. Try not to trouble yourself about it.
A glow brightens to your right - in surprise and slight fear, you scoot back across the floor as you try to assess the new threat. A human form, dressed in a Tartarus jumpsuit, appears and crumples to the floor, choking and gasping for breath.
I'm so sorry, the voice says with an air that makes it clear her words are merely a formality. I understand that this experience is mentally agonizing. We're far from perfecting cryotech, you see, but you are here to help us correct that. You are our test subjects. If you ever want to awaken, both of you will cooperate. You've always cooperated with us before, so I have no doubt you'll do so now.
Your mind whirls. You vaguely remember being pulled from your isolation cell - you remember being marched down a hallway, blindfolded, cuffed and gagged - something injected into your arm. That's all you remember. Cryotech? That doesn't even exist...
Then it sinks in: You've always cooperated with us before. "Before???"
It's "brain maintenance," the voice explains in a resigned, curt tone, as though she's said it a hundred times. Cryotech has a tendency to leave one vegetative. Now, the both of you... make your decision, and we will begin.
The void hums, and shivers to life - six pale, golden hexagons of light appear on the floor around you, spaced well apart. On each: a short paragraph of text.
You feel like you've done this before.
But which to stand upon? And who is this person next to you?
Refugee colony
You take the night shift outside a new refugee colony that was forced to take root on an uncharted alien planet to refill supplies. You've been here for but a few days, and the colonists feel certain that something sinister lurks just beyond your borders... but what?
This tile has the silhouette of a spaceship underneath the text.
Space repairs
Lost in deep space, your corvette is under attack by ships from Mimir - a prison corporation. They seem to have orders to shoot to kill. Their light fighters are due back any moment - you'll have to hold them off while you make repairs to the engine, or you'll never make it home.
This tile has the silhouette of a spaceship underneath the text.
Terrorist attack
Walking through a busy town, you suddenly find yourself in the middle of a mass terrorist attack. Do you assist the terrorists, the townsfolk, or just walk away without choosing sides?
Black market
Deep inside an asteroid-based space station, a black market trading deal goes terribly wrong. If you intend to survive the ensuing shootout, you'll need your wits about you - and your guns.
This tile has the silhouette of a spaceship underneath the text.
Cultist counter
Charge into an unusual, half-biological space station to wipe out the cultists within. They seem to think they're going to summon some ancient god - which is of course nonsense. After their terroristic attacks on nearby settlements, however, nobody wants to have them around anymore.
This tile has the silhouette of a spaceship underneath the text.
Something different
You are thrown into a random mission without any idea of what you're up against. It may or may not suit your abilities and loadout.
A question mark dominates this particular hexagon.
Spoiler: SHOW