Ixian
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You awaken sliding through a dark, wet tube, moving at incredible speeds, the confines of the tube are cramped, but the slime coated interior and angle means you face little resistance to your descent. After nearly thirty seconds you see a light speeding towards you from between your bare feet, and then suddenly you are spat out onto a cold concrete floor in square outline of black and yellow caution stripes. At least two dozen other slimy nude individuals fill similar squares in the large room around you. Occasionally a small hatch near the top of the room would open and another slime covered individual would be plopped out onto the floor. A thick black line runs the entire circumference of the room along the center of each gray concrete wall. A large steel door painted black is inset into the left most wall, while rows of red lockers are stacked against the right most wall.
"Hi there Citizens, and good morningcycle, this is a pre-recorded message from your best pal, Friend Computer! Welcome to Alpha Complex, glorious home of Humanity! Congratulations on your conscription into the Alpha Complex Armed Forces, you have been seconded to the Underplex Expeditionary Force (UEF), 3rd Platoon. Please retrieve your standard issue gear at the equipment lockers to your right, and input your personal information in the extremely unlikely event of your untimely dismemberment.
Remember Citizens, failure to fully and truthfully input your personal information is Treason, and Treason is punishable by up to summary execution!
Have a pleasant day Citizens!"
You and the rest of the UEF conscripts stand about in a dazed state for several minutes before a few began to approach the red lockers as indicated by the overly enthusiastic voice of "Friend Computer". Soon everyone had crowded around the lockers, and you find an open one yourself. A screen inset onto the locker door catches your eye with a flashing prompt.
088-214 A.C.
Sector CVC
Barracks Room 012-CVC, Alpha Complex
Armed Forces Conscription Form BBS-238a-C621q
*ATTENTION ALL DATAPOINTS MUST BE ACCURATE ON PENALTY OF TREASON*
Enter Name Designation: _ _ _ _ _ -IR-CVC-1
Enter Home Sector: _ _ _
Enter Date of Conscription: _ _ _-_ _ _ A.C.
Enter [REDACTED: GREEN CLEARENCE LEVEL ONLY]: _ _ _-_ _ _
Enter Any Treasonous Thoughts You May Be Experiencing: _ _ _ _ _
UEF Standard Issue Gear:
1x RED JUMPSUIT
1x REFLECT VEST/HELM
1x RED ENERGY RIFLE
3x RED ENERGY RIFLE BARRELS
1x WEEK RATION PACK
1x RED COM BEAD
*ATTENTION, ALL STANDARD ISSUE GEAR MUST BE LOGGED AND ACCOUNTED FOR UPON COMPLETION OF MISSION ON PENALTY OF TREASON*
You stare at the flashing prompt in slight confusion while others around you begin to open the lockers and retrieve the items, many quickly pulling on the jumpsuits and attempting to puzzle out the dizzying amount of straps on the vest and helmets.
You must choose a course of action, you aren't sure exactly what is going on, but you have a feeling that just standing here is a bad idea in the long term.
What do you do...?
"Hi there Citizens, and good morningcycle, this is a pre-recorded message from your best pal, Friend Computer! Welcome to Alpha Complex, glorious home of Humanity! Congratulations on your conscription into the Alpha Complex Armed Forces, you have been seconded to the Underplex Expeditionary Force (UEF), 3rd Platoon. Please retrieve your standard issue gear at the equipment lockers to your right, and input your personal information in the extremely unlikely event of your untimely dismemberment.
Remember Citizens, failure to fully and truthfully input your personal information is Treason, and Treason is punishable by up to summary execution!
Have a pleasant day Citizens!"
You and the rest of the UEF conscripts stand about in a dazed state for several minutes before a few began to approach the red lockers as indicated by the overly enthusiastic voice of "Friend Computer". Soon everyone had crowded around the lockers, and you find an open one yourself. A screen inset onto the locker door catches your eye with a flashing prompt.
088-214 A.C.
Sector CVC
Barracks Room 012-CVC, Alpha Complex
Armed Forces Conscription Form BBS-238a-C621q
*ATTENTION ALL DATAPOINTS MUST BE ACCURATE ON PENALTY OF TREASON*
Enter Name Designation: _ _ _ _ _ -IR-CVC-1
Enter Home Sector: _ _ _
Enter Date of Conscription: _ _ _-_ _ _ A.C.
Enter [REDACTED: GREEN CLEARENCE LEVEL ONLY]: _ _ _-_ _ _
Enter Any Treasonous Thoughts You May Be Experiencing: _ _ _ _ _
UEF Standard Issue Gear:
1x RED JUMPSUIT
1x REFLECT VEST/HELM
1x RED ENERGY RIFLE
3x RED ENERGY RIFLE BARRELS
1x WEEK RATION PACK
1x RED COM BEAD
*ATTENTION, ALL STANDARD ISSUE GEAR MUST BE LOGGED AND ACCOUNTED FOR UPON COMPLETION OF MISSION ON PENALTY OF TREASON*
You stare at the flashing prompt in slight confusion while others around you begin to open the lockers and retrieve the items, many quickly pulling on the jumpsuits and attempting to puzzle out the dizzying amount of straps on the vest and helmets.
You must choose a course of action, you aren't sure exactly what is going on, but you have a feeling that just standing here is a bad idea in the long term.
What do you do...?
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