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Michelle the Editor
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The universe is a lot bigger and scarier than you might think. For the moment, that's probably a good thing. The kinds of creatures we encounter tend to be a little hard to handle if you think too much about them. That's a major problem when dealing with beings as ancient and malevolent as the Ancients, or any of the beasties that work for them. By most metrics, we're nothing but ants compared to them. Emphasis on "most."
See, we've learned enough about them to know what makes them tick, as far as our little reality goes. They could squash our planet like a bug, but with the right rituals and tricks, they go back to sleep, leave us alone for another few hundred years. Their minions are another story, which is where you come in. You, and the rest of the team, will be monitoring a section of our ocean, keeping an eye out for any of the things that go bump in the night and making them disappear. It's not a fun job, you'll probably have nightmares for the rest of your life and the shifts are murder, but hey, at least the world's in good hands.
I'm kidding. If you took this job you're an idiot.
Welcome to Ocean Patrol.
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Atlantic Station 37
This is one of the last of the old stations, built in the 1950's over the sunken Atlantis. It's an ancient, ugly clunker, very rusty and dingy, but it's bristling with scanning equipment, weapons, supplies and everything else that its occupants can force inside. It's self-sustaining, with an insulated hydroponic garden, solar panels (that break a lot), a wind turbine, a well that purifies seawater and so on.
On the other hand, the wifi is glitchy and the delivery runs to and from the mainland are sometimes delayed by storms or monsters, so it can get pretty boring. Supplies come on a weekly ferry from the small fishing village of Rocky Point, which is rumored to house a cult that worships the Incarnates and their servants, the Deep Tribes (in the human sacrifice/having their babies way), but those are unfounded…probably…
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The Ancients
A set of beings with mind-warping levels of power, which exist outside our reality in five or six dimensions humans can't comprehend. Usually, if they do show up, they look like a lot of tentacles and talons—for the few seconds the viewer has before losing his or her mind.
The Incarnate
Massive, powerful beings believed to be avatars or servants of the Ancients, the Incarnate are a race that inhabits this world and are often worshiped as gods. They look monstrous and act worse, but tend to be inactive, as long as no one disturbs their slumber or forgets a critical sacrifice.
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Cambrianite is a blanket term for a variety of monsters who resemble life forms from Earth's Cambrian period.
The Marrella
This race appears to be intelligent, by their actions, but cannot communicate with humans, nor do they seem interested in doing so. Their main goal seems to be either destroying humanity (and possibly all dry land) or subjugating it to themselves. They cannot travel on land, but they have a lot of monsters that can—evidence suggests that many or all of the other Cambrianites are created and controlled by them.
Single-occupant living submarines, controlled directly by Marrella pilots. Generate electrical pulses. Controls are attached directly to the brain, lobotomizing the Peytoia in the process.
Equivalent to armored tanks, thanks to their scaly uppersides and large spines. They digest anything they crawl across.
Their spines produce a venom with hallucinogenic effects. For this reason they are often captured by various cults in order to produce the venom for their ceremonies.
Traps its prey in its spines like the Venus Flytrap on land.
Largest of the Cambrianites by far, these creatures act as living battleships for the Marrella. They fire energized plasma blasts and are large enough to wreck the average ship.
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The Lost Tribes
A race of relatively human-like merfolk. According to legend they were created by the Marrella by surgically modifying humans to be their servants. They rebelled centuries ago, and these ones live near the surface, in the sunken city of Atlantis. Every pod has its own rules regarding territory and humans, and breaking the wrong ones can be a fatal mistake.
The Deep Tribes
Merfolk that still work for and worship the Marrella and the Incarnate. They're more organized but a lot nastier. They also live deeper down in the ocean, so they have fully scaly bodies with inhuman flexibility, bulbous eyes and major underbites covered in teeth. They don't like light.
[fieldbox="Rules, red, solid"]- I'm going to be very strict about special abilities and powers. Any special gifts should come with significant drawbacks, and I mean legitimate drawbacks, not something that makes the character more powerful but scarier, like a berserk mode.
- This is not an anime (unless Junji Ito's been adapted and I haven't heard about it). I don't want to see anime character pictures or anime-level powers. No giant swords, no hadoukens, etc.
- Mystery is going to be a major part of this game, so try to avoid metagaming.
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Age: (If this character is under 18, they'd better have a really good reason for being recruited.)
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Appearance: (Either a detailed description or a picture.)
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