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Re: Super Boarding School - The Sci Fi Splinter
Alright, I'm in, pending final approval. Here we go:
Database Entry-Chozo:
A long-dead race of peaceful scientists and explorers, wiped out millennia ago by some unknown galaxy-wide threat. Their ruins dot many planets, some of which are still active in small ways. From what can be gleaned, it was a matriarchal caste society, though females did not hold every position of power, so it may have evolved past the need for a superior gender before the race was wiped out. Their technology was mostly focused in non-aggressive or defensive areas, with a definite focus on hostile environments. The technology is highly adaptable in and of itself, able to be merged with many different components and easily adapting even to technology from other races.
Character-Veda Narasumas:
Veda is a human geneticist and xenobiologist, branching out into many other fields, including spatial physics, archaeology, and historian of the Chozo race, though those didn't come until later.
She was on one of the first interstellar colony ships sent out from Dejarik IV, and managed to convince the rest on her ship not to scrap it for parts once they arrived to find a Chozo ruin. Nothing of it was left active, but they used it for shelter as they explored and cataloged the ruins, learning what they could of the extinct race. Veda spent more and more time among the Chozo artifacts and less time with her own people. She felt a kinship with the dead race of scientists that she never felt among the farmers, builders, and engineers of the people on the colony with her. Eventually, she stole the still-working colony ship and left them all behind, having learned the location of several other planets once inhabited by the dead race.
Unfortunately, since interstellar travel was fairly new then, it was up to cryogenics to keep the passengers alive on the long trips, and there was only enough of the necessary materials to freeze everyone on the initial trip, none left for Veda to use on her lonely trip through the galaxy. She fell back to her knowledge of genetics and after almost a year of research and testing on the way to the first planet, managed to remove the genes that caused aging in her body, giving her the time she needed.
It came at a cost though. Her body needed more to operate, more food, more sleep, more hydration. She began sleeping days at a time, and rapidly running out of food. She managed to counter this with genetics once again. She knew that all beings ate and rested for energy more than anything else. She also knew that some creatures lived off nothing but geothermal energy, kinetic energy, or even solar energy. After another time-consuming procedure, she managed to tie herself to the power of the ship itself, bringing her needs back down to that of an ordinary human.
She lived like this for three planetary visits, carrying an energy cell in a backpack for power as she examined the ruins left on each. On the third planet, she was attacked by a native creature she couldn't handle, and was mauled badly. The last thing she saw before passing out was a live Chozo in a suit of armour she had seen depicted in her studies appearing and killing the creature, saving her life.
When next Veda awoke, she was looking at a view of the milky way galaxy that made it look about the size of a frisbee. It took her a moment to realize that it was a shielded window on the ceiling and not a monitor or viewscreen. She tried to move, but found herself held down in all but her head by some sort of energy field. Looking down at her body made her more confused. It was mostly healed, with a lot of pink skin and very fine scars. It looked like she had gotten expert medical attention within hours of nearly dying, but if she would have travelled this far in her own ship, it would have taken millennia at a sub-light speed. That was when the Chozo walked through a sliding door in front of her. It spoke to her in near perfect English, hampered only by the fact that it was speaking through a beak, and told her all that had transpired. How they had noticed her from the first planet she had visited on her own, how they had sent a warrior to keep watch over her on the second and third planet. How that warrior had killed the creature that had almost killed her, and picked up her broken and battered form, taking her here as fast as she could to be given medical attention. She didn't ask how she had gotten here so fast, for she had records stating that Chozo ships could travel so fast the could reach another galaxy in a matter of hours. She did ask why, however. The Chozo told her that she was a scientist and explorer, like them, that they admired her courage and wished to help her on her journey.
Her and the Chozo talked for the week she was confined to healing, and she learned she was on an observation ship the size of a small moon, and on it were all the surviving Chozo in the universe. She found out that to save her life, she had been infused with Chozo DNA, which strengthened her physical body enough to survive the ordeal. In exchange, all the Chozo wanted was her to not reveal their continued existence, and to continue her research. Once she finished healing, they gave her a Power Suit of her own, modified to her proportions, and a small ship, both highly advanced and even more highly upgradeable, and sent her on her way. She first went back to the planet she nearly died on and retrieved everything she needed from her old ship, mostly her genetics lab and the artifacts she collected from the first planets she went to. She has been to dozens of planets since, collecting data and upgrading her suit and ship with almost every ruin explored. Having been around for such a long time, she has encountered or heard pieces about almost every race out there, though she tries to stay out of everyone's way, content to be alone in her ruins. She does have a soft heart however, and has been known to stand up and help those that need it.
Abilities:
After being enhanced by the infusion of Chozo DNA, Veda's physical capabilities were enhanced beyond that of any human. Once inside of her Power Suit, her durability is increased exponentially, allowing her to take massive damage and still remain combat ready. The suit itself, though genius Chozo engineering, is compatable with multiple weapons and equipment systems. Her suit is directly connected to her nervous system-to take it off quickly, it only requires a mental command, and vice versa. The suit has almost no programming, so it is unable to be hacked. However, it does have a data storage component, which is where Veda puts a lot of the information she aquires.
Armor:
Veda's suit has been upgraded many times. While traveling, she has even found upgrades that change her suit to another, with upgraded characteristics.
* Power Suit - Built for her by the Chozo people. It is integrated with her body, acting as a sort of second skin, not only does it provide shielding in battle and augmented physical strength, but its life-support systems allow her to survive in water and even space without additional equipment.
* Varia Suit (which allows her to survive massive temperatures) - With the Varia Suit, Veda is able to survive extremely high temperatures.
* Gravity Suit (her current suit, as above plus allows Veda to move in water as if she wasn't) - The Gravity suit negates the effects of water, allowing Veda to move and jump normally even while submerged.
Veda's suit also has other attributes, such as allowing her to breathe and survive in space, and a meter that shows how close she is to danger.
The suit is compatible with many equipment systems, and thus, it's applications are nearly endless. Because of this compatibility, Veda has amassed a huge stockpile of abilities and powers throughout her lifetime. These include practical ones, such as the Space Jump (allowing her to repeatedly jump on air, and reach places otherwise inaccessible), the Morph Ball (allows her to be folded down into a ball about two feet wide, and go into otherwise unaccessable areas. How this is feasible is a mystery, even to Veda, though she believes the Chozo must know), and the Grapple Beam (allows her to shoot out a electromagnetic beam that she can swing on. She may also use this ability to pull something to her).
Weapons
* Power Beam - Veda's standard beam. Can be fired continuously.
* Wave Beam - Fires three oscillating waves of energy. Has a limited homing effect and can disrupt electronics.
* Plasma Beam - Launches streams of molten energy that can ignite some enemies and melt ice.
* Bombs - energy based concussive explosives that can be used while in the Morph Ball.
* Missiles, which are rockets which are able to bring down larger creatures. Can fire up to six at a time, and home in on enemies.
She can also charge her beams for a more powerful effect (a charged Power Beam is stronger than three missiles).
Visors
The Power Suit has several different Visors. Among them are the...
* Combat Visor - This default visor is standard for battle and provides Veda with all the general information she needs.
* Scan Visor (which allows Veda to scan a target for attributes, abilities, and weaknesses. The bigger the target, the longer the scan) - When Veda uses the Scan Visor, a magnifying reticule will appear in the center of her visor, this reticule picks out anything that can be scanned. From creatures to computer terminals.
* The Thermal Visor (allows Veda to see in infra-red) - The Thermal Visor allows Veda to track enemies using their heat signatures. Not only does this visor help locate enemies hidden in dark areas, but it can be used for acquiring alternate targets on enemies. A thermal scan can often find a hidden weak spot on an otherwise difficult enemy. Not only that, but thermal scans show other clues that the naked eye can't discern.
* The X-Ray Visor (allows Veda to see in X-Ray vision, obviously) - The X-Ray Visor allows Veda to peer through walls to find hidden passages and even see invisible objects. This visor also helps track any enemies that use optical camouflage to render themselves invisible to the naked eye.
Ship:
Weapons:
Veda has upgraded the Chozo ship nearly as much as the suit itself. A smaller gunship-class vessel built more for exploration than combat, it features larger versions of most of the weapons she wields in person.
*Power Beam - Standard weapon. Rapid rate of fire and ability to punch through armour after enough repeated hits makes it the weapon of choice against quicker targets as well as attacking internal systems on larger ships.
*Wave Beam - Basically an EMP weapon, great against Shields and electronics.
*Plasma Beam - Fires super-heated Plasma at the target. Most effective against hardened targets.
*Missiles - fired from a launcher hidden to each side of the ship, these are capable of fair damage against most vessels, although the tracking systems are insufficient to follow more maneuverable craft, such as fighters.
*Bombs - dropped from the back of the craft in groups of up to five at a time, these can do massive damage to stationary targets, but also have minimal target tracking for use as mines or countermeasures in a dogfight.
Like the beams in her suit, Veda is able to charge the beams on her ship, which takes only 3 seconds and amplifies the beam for a more potent effect, equal to almost a full minute worth of firing the weapon normally. The resulting projectile moves more slowly, however, limiting its use to much larger vessels.
The ship's defenses are above average, utilizing the same defensive system of her suit. Instead of a shield, the entire ship is made of an alloy that utilizes an energy source to negate almost any sort of attack. It focuses an equal amount of energy on the point of impact, completely neutralizing almost any form of energy and keeping the ship intact. This includes Kinetic, electric, and plasma energy, among others. This gives it defenses equal to a powerful shield, but unlike a normal shield bubble, it does not take damage from shots that would be near misses to the ship. The alloy is quite sturdy itself, and even after this unique 'shielding' fails, can take several hits to an area before failing. Its main defense is it's maneuverability however. Relying on its comparatively small size, it evades most attacks and concentrates it's fire on weak spots.
The ship uses the expected means of propulsion, and has a Chozo-made hyperdrive almost as advanced as the Alderans, Capable of reaching The nearest Galaxy as ours in 4-5 hours. It as no cloaking capability at this time, but one can be easily integrated if Veda can find an intact unit.
The ship also contains a mobile energy-recharge system, microfactories designed to produce ammunition, and an advanced, but cramped, medical bay, holding almost everything she used to store in her original ship for her genetics research. She also has storage area for her newfound profession, holding Chozo artifacts she collects from the various ruins around the galaxy she has visited.
((alright, 99% done, just finishing touches and such))
Alright, I'm in, pending final approval. Here we go:
Database Entry-Chozo:
A long-dead race of peaceful scientists and explorers, wiped out millennia ago by some unknown galaxy-wide threat. Their ruins dot many planets, some of which are still active in small ways. From what can be gleaned, it was a matriarchal caste society, though females did not hold every position of power, so it may have evolved past the need for a superior gender before the race was wiped out. Their technology was mostly focused in non-aggressive or defensive areas, with a definite focus on hostile environments. The technology is highly adaptable in and of itself, able to be merged with many different components and easily adapting even to technology from other races.
Character-Veda Narasumas:
Veda is a human geneticist and xenobiologist, branching out into many other fields, including spatial physics, archaeology, and historian of the Chozo race, though those didn't come until later.
She was on one of the first interstellar colony ships sent out from Dejarik IV, and managed to convince the rest on her ship not to scrap it for parts once they arrived to find a Chozo ruin. Nothing of it was left active, but they used it for shelter as they explored and cataloged the ruins, learning what they could of the extinct race. Veda spent more and more time among the Chozo artifacts and less time with her own people. She felt a kinship with the dead race of scientists that she never felt among the farmers, builders, and engineers of the people on the colony with her. Eventually, she stole the still-working colony ship and left them all behind, having learned the location of several other planets once inhabited by the dead race.
Unfortunately, since interstellar travel was fairly new then, it was up to cryogenics to keep the passengers alive on the long trips, and there was only enough of the necessary materials to freeze everyone on the initial trip, none left for Veda to use on her lonely trip through the galaxy. She fell back to her knowledge of genetics and after almost a year of research and testing on the way to the first planet, managed to remove the genes that caused aging in her body, giving her the time she needed.
It came at a cost though. Her body needed more to operate, more food, more sleep, more hydration. She began sleeping days at a time, and rapidly running out of food. She managed to counter this with genetics once again. She knew that all beings ate and rested for energy more than anything else. She also knew that some creatures lived off nothing but geothermal energy, kinetic energy, or even solar energy. After another time-consuming procedure, she managed to tie herself to the power of the ship itself, bringing her needs back down to that of an ordinary human.
She lived like this for three planetary visits, carrying an energy cell in a backpack for power as she examined the ruins left on each. On the third planet, she was attacked by a native creature she couldn't handle, and was mauled badly. The last thing she saw before passing out was a live Chozo in a suit of armour she had seen depicted in her studies appearing and killing the creature, saving her life.
When next Veda awoke, she was looking at a view of the milky way galaxy that made it look about the size of a frisbee. It took her a moment to realize that it was a shielded window on the ceiling and not a monitor or viewscreen. She tried to move, but found herself held down in all but her head by some sort of energy field. Looking down at her body made her more confused. It was mostly healed, with a lot of pink skin and very fine scars. It looked like she had gotten expert medical attention within hours of nearly dying, but if she would have travelled this far in her own ship, it would have taken millennia at a sub-light speed. That was when the Chozo walked through a sliding door in front of her. It spoke to her in near perfect English, hampered only by the fact that it was speaking through a beak, and told her all that had transpired. How they had noticed her from the first planet she had visited on her own, how they had sent a warrior to keep watch over her on the second and third planet. How that warrior had killed the creature that had almost killed her, and picked up her broken and battered form, taking her here as fast as she could to be given medical attention. She didn't ask how she had gotten here so fast, for she had records stating that Chozo ships could travel so fast the could reach another galaxy in a matter of hours. She did ask why, however. The Chozo told her that she was a scientist and explorer, like them, that they admired her courage and wished to help her on her journey.
Her and the Chozo talked for the week she was confined to healing, and she learned she was on an observation ship the size of a small moon, and on it were all the surviving Chozo in the universe. She found out that to save her life, she had been infused with Chozo DNA, which strengthened her physical body enough to survive the ordeal. In exchange, all the Chozo wanted was her to not reveal their continued existence, and to continue her research. Once she finished healing, they gave her a Power Suit of her own, modified to her proportions, and a small ship, both highly advanced and even more highly upgradeable, and sent her on her way. She first went back to the planet she nearly died on and retrieved everything she needed from her old ship, mostly her genetics lab and the artifacts she collected from the first planets she went to. She has been to dozens of planets since, collecting data and upgrading her suit and ship with almost every ruin explored. Having been around for such a long time, she has encountered or heard pieces about almost every race out there, though she tries to stay out of everyone's way, content to be alone in her ruins. She does have a soft heart however, and has been known to stand up and help those that need it.
Abilities:
After being enhanced by the infusion of Chozo DNA, Veda's physical capabilities were enhanced beyond that of any human. Once inside of her Power Suit, her durability is increased exponentially, allowing her to take massive damage and still remain combat ready. The suit itself, though genius Chozo engineering, is compatable with multiple weapons and equipment systems. Her suit is directly connected to her nervous system-to take it off quickly, it only requires a mental command, and vice versa. The suit has almost no programming, so it is unable to be hacked. However, it does have a data storage component, which is where Veda puts a lot of the information she aquires.
Armor:
Veda's suit has been upgraded many times. While traveling, she has even found upgrades that change her suit to another, with upgraded characteristics.
* Power Suit - Built for her by the Chozo people. It is integrated with her body, acting as a sort of second skin, not only does it provide shielding in battle and augmented physical strength, but its life-support systems allow her to survive in water and even space without additional equipment.
* Varia Suit (which allows her to survive massive temperatures) - With the Varia Suit, Veda is able to survive extremely high temperatures.
* Gravity Suit (her current suit, as above plus allows Veda to move in water as if she wasn't) - The Gravity suit negates the effects of water, allowing Veda to move and jump normally even while submerged.
Veda's suit also has other attributes, such as allowing her to breathe and survive in space, and a meter that shows how close she is to danger.
The suit is compatible with many equipment systems, and thus, it's applications are nearly endless. Because of this compatibility, Veda has amassed a huge stockpile of abilities and powers throughout her lifetime. These include practical ones, such as the Space Jump (allowing her to repeatedly jump on air, and reach places otherwise inaccessible), the Morph Ball (allows her to be folded down into a ball about two feet wide, and go into otherwise unaccessable areas. How this is feasible is a mystery, even to Veda, though she believes the Chozo must know), and the Grapple Beam (allows her to shoot out a electromagnetic beam that she can swing on. She may also use this ability to pull something to her).
Weapons
* Power Beam - Veda's standard beam. Can be fired continuously.
* Wave Beam - Fires three oscillating waves of energy. Has a limited homing effect and can disrupt electronics.
* Plasma Beam - Launches streams of molten energy that can ignite some enemies and melt ice.
* Bombs - energy based concussive explosives that can be used while in the Morph Ball.
* Missiles, which are rockets which are able to bring down larger creatures. Can fire up to six at a time, and home in on enemies.
She can also charge her beams for a more powerful effect (a charged Power Beam is stronger than three missiles).
Visors
The Power Suit has several different Visors. Among them are the...
* Combat Visor - This default visor is standard for battle and provides Veda with all the general information she needs.
* Scan Visor (which allows Veda to scan a target for attributes, abilities, and weaknesses. The bigger the target, the longer the scan) - When Veda uses the Scan Visor, a magnifying reticule will appear in the center of her visor, this reticule picks out anything that can be scanned. From creatures to computer terminals.
* The Thermal Visor (allows Veda to see in infra-red) - The Thermal Visor allows Veda to track enemies using their heat signatures. Not only does this visor help locate enemies hidden in dark areas, but it can be used for acquiring alternate targets on enemies. A thermal scan can often find a hidden weak spot on an otherwise difficult enemy. Not only that, but thermal scans show other clues that the naked eye can't discern.
* The X-Ray Visor (allows Veda to see in X-Ray vision, obviously) - The X-Ray Visor allows Veda to peer through walls to find hidden passages and even see invisible objects. This visor also helps track any enemies that use optical camouflage to render themselves invisible to the naked eye.
Ship:
Weapons:
Veda has upgraded the Chozo ship nearly as much as the suit itself. A smaller gunship-class vessel built more for exploration than combat, it features larger versions of most of the weapons she wields in person.
*Power Beam - Standard weapon. Rapid rate of fire and ability to punch through armour after enough repeated hits makes it the weapon of choice against quicker targets as well as attacking internal systems on larger ships.
*Wave Beam - Basically an EMP weapon, great against Shields and electronics.
*Plasma Beam - Fires super-heated Plasma at the target. Most effective against hardened targets.
*Missiles - fired from a launcher hidden to each side of the ship, these are capable of fair damage against most vessels, although the tracking systems are insufficient to follow more maneuverable craft, such as fighters.
*Bombs - dropped from the back of the craft in groups of up to five at a time, these can do massive damage to stationary targets, but also have minimal target tracking for use as mines or countermeasures in a dogfight.
Like the beams in her suit, Veda is able to charge the beams on her ship, which takes only 3 seconds and amplifies the beam for a more potent effect, equal to almost a full minute worth of firing the weapon normally. The resulting projectile moves more slowly, however, limiting its use to much larger vessels.
The ship's defenses are above average, utilizing the same defensive system of her suit. Instead of a shield, the entire ship is made of an alloy that utilizes an energy source to negate almost any sort of attack. It focuses an equal amount of energy on the point of impact, completely neutralizing almost any form of energy and keeping the ship intact. This includes Kinetic, electric, and plasma energy, among others. This gives it defenses equal to a powerful shield, but unlike a normal shield bubble, it does not take damage from shots that would be near misses to the ship. The alloy is quite sturdy itself, and even after this unique 'shielding' fails, can take several hits to an area before failing. Its main defense is it's maneuverability however. Relying on its comparatively small size, it evades most attacks and concentrates it's fire on weak spots.
The ship uses the expected means of propulsion, and has a Chozo-made hyperdrive almost as advanced as the Alderans, Capable of reaching The nearest Galaxy as ours in 4-5 hours. It as no cloaking capability at this time, but one can be easily integrated if Veda can find an intact unit.
The ship also contains a mobile energy-recharge system, microfactories designed to produce ammunition, and an advanced, but cramped, medical bay, holding almost everything she used to store in her original ship for her genetics research. She also has storage area for her newfound profession, holding Chozo artifacts she collects from the various ruins around the galaxy she has visited.
((alright, 99% done, just finishing touches and such))
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