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 Real Worlds Character backstories

Short story - Cat and Mouse


The Plague unit codenamed Stalker was originally a ranger squad leader. They were hired by Mazon Labs to act as security alongside his or now its squad. One day there was an outbreak on the site, the ranger squad obviously tried to protect and evacuate the scientists however once the plague had gotten out they had no way of containing it anymore. A distress call was sent out to all channels across the system and the Asterians were the first to catch wind and respond a team of cyphers and a new unit called the Scytale were sent out to clear out and try and stop the spread of the contamination. 

Unfortunately all personnel on the site were dead when the Asterians arrived there was no possibility of saving them. There were masses of infected corpses stuck in fleeing poses eyes twitching while their bodies were reconfigured into distorted versions of themselves. A large mass about the size of five people housed a large writhing pustule inside of it, it was soon quelled by one of the Scytale units with a blast of its plasma gun. The Asterian unit continued to subdue the plague ridden site however, something wasn’t quite dead. A looming figure with an overabundance of eyes and a still smoking, vacuous cavity in its stomach had somehow crept up on the Asterian strike team and managed to ravage them in their entirety. 

The Asterians themselves were fine, they remotely pilot these frames however they were rife with the guilt and disappointment that comes with failure in their society especially if they are decorated soldier like this Scytale pilot. The only way to balance out failure is with success. The scytale unit pilot had that original frame retrieved and repaired to their own specifications cutting down on some weight for a more agile frame. The Asterian Scytale pilot would obsessively try to track down this Stalker and each time they crossed paths they would battle but the Stalker always managed to slip away, it may have been due to its capacity to form strategies and given it is speculated to have the combined mental fortitude of 5 GCPS operatives it’s possible it retains a lot of memories and it may be having a twisted version of what would call fun playing this game of cat and mouse.

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