Unisystem - Aliens vs Predator - Lazarus

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aLIENS vs PREDaTOR:Lazarus

CONTENTS:Introduction............................................................................. Page 03History..................................................................................... Page 05Story Ideas.............................................................................. Page 10Humans................................................................................... Page 12USCM Armoury....................................................................... 4Motor Pool ............................................................................. Page 31Yautja Castes........................................................................... Page 36Yautja Weaponry.................................................................... Page 40Yautja Armour......................................................................... Page 43Xenomorph XT-302 - The Alien............................................... Page 45The Lazarus Spawn................................................................. Page 53Braxis’ World.......................................................................... Page 61Appendix................................................................................. Page 63

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REPORTS: BRAXIS OFFWORLD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COLONYTERRAFORMING = 73.1% COMPLETE >>>> LOCATION CLASSIFIED

RECALLING PREVIOUS TRANSMISSIONS>>>>>>>>>>>CLEARANCE GRANTED: CLASS 1 ACCESS>>>>>>> PLAY

BRIEFING: BRAXIS WORLD R&D DEPT.SECURITY: CLASSIFIEDOPERATOR: P. BELLMOREDATELINE: 12*23*2116SUBJECT: RAISING FAMILY

CONTINUOUS EXPERIMENTATION ON MOTHER AND CHILDREN HAVE SHOWN REMARKABLE RESULTS. SUSCEPTIBLE TO LA2 COMPOUND: CONFIRMED.

FAMILY HAS EXPANDED, YOUNGSTERS OBEDIENT. PRODUCTIVITY UP SEVENTEEN PERCENT.

REQUEST MORE PLAYMATES FOR JUNIORS.

END TRANSMISSION...OPERATOR: C. CLAYTONDATELINE: 03*27*2117SUBJECT: PARTY ATTENDANCE CONFIRMED

PLAYMATES ARRIVED, WELL RECEIVED BY CHILDREN.

MOTHER HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PETS - POSSIBLE TO SEND ANIMALS?

LA2 CONTINUES TO SHOW PROMISE

END TRANSMISSION...OPERATOR: D. MAYATODATELINE: 16322681SUBJECT: UNINVITED GUESTS

PARTY HAS BEEN GATECRASHED.

CHILDREN MISSING, MOTHER UPSET.

BABYSITTER REQUESTED.

END TRANSMISSION...SECURITY: CLASSIFIEDOPERATOR: F. ROMEREZDATELINE: 08*12*2117SUBJECT:

FOR FUCKS SAKE, SEND HELP.... Signal lost

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The last few reports from Braxis’ World glared at David Charlton from his monitor, and he read them slowly, his brow knitting into a frown as he thoughtfully sipped at the steaming black coffee. Progression with the Lazarus Project seemed to be going well, up until a month ago. Someone had stumbled upon the miserable little planet hidden far out into the reaches of space and stolen some of the Lazarus subjects.

If it was Grant Pharmaceuticals, he was fucked. The head of the Bioweapons Division would have his dick on a stick, and pack him off with the load of ‘Guests’ to the next party. He read through the final transmissions again, noting the names on the transmissions, then grabbed the folder from his desk and leafed through the contents.

Bellmore had been one of the chief research analysts on the project; he had been with Yutani for twenty years. Clayton and Mayato had both defected over from Grant Pharmaceuticals within the past five years, but Romerez did not show up anywhere on the lists of scientists. He had to be a terraformer, but what the hell was he doing using a secured operating channel? Who had given him access to the codes?

When Charlton found out what was going on down there, he was going to have somebody’s balls. Unauthorised use of secured channels, specimens and research going missing... Christ, it was going to cost the company billions.

He had not bothered to send a reply to the colony. The final transmission suggested a damaged transmitter at their end, and even if he did, it would take a month to get a response: deep space communication hadn’t been a priority when constructing Braxis’ World, the money went solely into the research side of it. They had their own small security detachment, though, a small platoon of USCM troops designated to keep the peace between the scientists and the roughnecks. Yutani funded a lot of the military, so it was easy enough to arrange a private security force and make sure they were kitted out with the latest of hardware.

What had happened to demand a request for help, a complete breach in protocol and communication standards?

“Fucking Grant,” he muttered, placing his coffee on the solid mahogany desk and pulling a cigar from the dispenser on his desk. He would wager his quarterly bonus that Grant had organised another of his famous ‘military’ expeditions, gathering mercs, hired guns and Marine drop outs to lead a strike on the facility, hoping to steal the latest research. He would have to send a contingent of troops out to check the situation, and a quick check on his charts showed him that one of the older Conestoga class starships, The Liberty Bell, was no more than a few weeks travel out of the system, and could pick up a company delegate from Leesons Point on the way. A few commands routed to their central processor should get them on track for their next mission.

“I’ve got you this time Grant, you bastard!” growled Charlton, smoothing his shirt and tie against his body. “And if I get you... I get a bigger bonus this quarter. You’re mine!

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HISTORY:DISCOVERY

The initial discovery of the first xenomorph species designated as XT-302 (unofficially referred to as Bugs or simply the Alien) occurred over a hundred years ago, on the small planetoid of LV-426, an uninhabitable rock in the Zeta Reticuli binary star system.Discovered by the commercial starship

Nostromo and her crew of seven (plus an additional cat for rodent control), the ship was forced to awaken the crew from deep hybernation when the main computer detected a sub-space distress beacon.Upon setting down on the planet, a group

of three crew members went on a search and rescue mission: instead, they found the remains of a ship and a creature that had been dead for centuries.This same ship had a massive storage

facility beneath the main chamber, housing thousands of the egg, the first stage of XT-302’s lifespan.One such egg hatched and released the

secondary stage of the lifecycle, a larvae that attached itself to one unfortunate crew member. This group returned to the safety of the Nostromo, and immediately took off from the planet.During the rest of the journey, the crew

member attacked by the larvae unknowingly played host to a parasitic embryo, the third stage, which hatched and subsequently escaped into the ducts of the ship.This embryo evolved into the adult form,

and systematically eliminated the crew one by one, until only one female warrant officer remained. The attempt to kill this creature by abandoning ship and detonating the engine core of the Nostromo failed, allowing for a final confrontation between the surviving crew member and creature. The result saw the creature expelled from the airlock and burned with the lifeboat’s afterburners.This Weyland Yutani knows for sure from

uplinked video footage and partially scrambled transmissions from the science officer aboard the Nostromo, though all evidence was denied and covered up by the company in the formal hearings the ensued.

War

57 years elapsed, and all records of the Nostromo incident were lost in the annals of the company.During that time, the planetoid of LV-426

became one of the many ‘shake and bake’ colonies set up by Weyland Yutani. The planet became known as “Acheron”, and no discovery of the derelict craft or any alien life forms were reported by the colonists there, though none of the settlers ever had any reason to venture far beyond the mountainous ridges the base was set up in.After this time, the sole survivor of the

Nostromo appeared in the Outer Rim territories, picked up by a deep space salvage crew.This survivor relayed her story to the

company board of directors, and was laughed out of the hearing, her name turned to mud without any solid or physical evidence relating to the incident. She was stripped of all rank, and her flight status revoked.Where others saw the massive financial

loss of a deep space refinery plant, one scrupulous executive saw profit and the opportunity to advance. He signed an order to send a small family of prospectors to investigate the location the survivor claimed the alien spacecraft had been left... and in turn, signed the death warrant of almost two hundred men, women and children.The XT tore through the colony in no time,

killing some and spreading their kin through others used as breeding stock.With the colony overrun, all

communications ceased and the company feared the worst. Convincing the Nostromo survivor to return to the planetoid with a small USMC platoon, rescue party was

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dispatched with the intention of saving the colony. As with the directors, many of the marines mocked the tale of alien encounters and super-strong creatures.Though much of events on the planetoid

were poorly documented, the central computer system of the Sulaco, the USMC ship sent on the mission, managed to document partial events from the landing. Broken video footage and snippets of

recorded dialogue did indeed point to an XT presence, similar to the Nostromo incident. Tough it was unclear as to what happened to the squad, it was apparent that three of the crew had survived: when the Sulaco was found floating in deep space, only three of the hybernation chambers had been used and consequently been jettisoned from the ship through an EEV after an electrical fire caused a major malfunction in the operating systems of the ship. The destination for this EEV has et to be revealed, though it was rumoured that this caused a further spread of XT-302.The Sulaco’s log also indicated a nuclear

explosion had occurred on the surface of Acheron , though all nuclear warheads aboard the ship were accounted for. A deep space probe sent to investigate showed that the colony on Acheron had been wiped off the face of the planet. The fallout pattern suggested a systems malfunction within the atmosphere processor.With the Acheron facility gone, this planet

was written off as a loss, and prospectors turned to look towards other planets closer to home for resources. However, work regarding XT-302 did not

end there.

Black Cancer

Further reports of this mysterious alien creature began to come in from various other planets around the Zeta Reticuli system: prospectors, marines, bounty hunters, all told tales of a black insect-like creature and how lucky they were to escape

from it.Despite all attempts by Weyland Yutani,

information regarding this remarkable creature was slowly seeping out into the public. Some feared the creatures, others embraced them as the new Messiah. The true malevolent natures of these creatures were revealed when they managed to overrun Earth, forcing humanity to either flee to the safety of the platforms orbiting the planet, escape to distant colonies, or seek refuge within the coldest and darkest recesses of the planet.Years after mankind’s exile from Earth, a

daring raid on one of the many suspected ‘homeworlds’ for the Alien resulted in capture of a powerful Queen Alien. Using this creature as bait, a chain of deadly bombs were set off across the planet’s surface, scarring the ground and wiping out the Alien threat as they flocked to greet their all-powerful mother.As all doctors know, even the most precise

of surgical procedures can often leave a trace of a malignant tumour deep within the incision. And that tumour can continue to spread the infection.As the fallout of the explosions degraded to

a more hospitable background level, mankind slowly returned to their home and began to rebuild their homes and cities; though some pockets of XT resistance still lingered in many areas, places untouched by the bomb and it’s destructive power. These hives were flushed out by highly trained soldiers, survivors and veterans of the first Alien-Earth war.As humanity recovered from the

devastating blow the Alien had dealt, they became the sole focus of thousands of scientists: biologists, engineers, geneticists, all became enthralled by the workings of XT-302, and studied them whenever they could.Some concentrated on the intriguing

immune systems and self defence mechanisms, the remarkable acidic blood that could eat through the most hardened and toughened of armours. Others looked towards their design, and their evolutionary

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progress into the ultimate of killing machines. And while many looked towards finding a method to wipe the species out, some dabbled with the benefits the Alien could provide mankind with.The first scientist to come up with breaking

research on the Alien/ human compatibility worked for a pharmaceutical company called Grant Corp. And his discovery was one of the largest of his time.

Xeno-XIp

From observations made in hives around the worlds, it was clear that the Queen, the Alien progenitor responsible for hundreds and thousands of eggs, was genetically no different to warriors and drones of the same hive. Through careful infiltration of nesting grounds and breeding centres, it was discovered that a queen could be made from any infected host by feeding them a biter-sweet substance called ‘Royal Jelly’, named so because of the similar process involved in beehives and their queen birthing process.This jelly seemed to stimulate unparalleled

growth in embryos and hatchlings alike, altering their structures and creating more powerful subspecies within the hive structure. Although the genetic makeup of the Alien was vastly different to that of a human, a small measure of the liquid was given to willing test subject, purely in the name of scientific curiosity.The results were remarkable, temporarily

augmenting the human test subject by increasing his reaction time, enhancing his strength and aggression, and cutting off the bodies pain receptors to make an almost unstoppable killing machine.The potential for such a drug in the Military

interested many of the higher ranking officers, and instigated a number of raids on various hives, both on Earth and large infestations on other planets. These harvests of the jelly were not without great casualties on both sides of the fight, but mankind and

their dependancy of technology saw them flourish over the species XT-302.As mankind reclaimed his domineering grip

on the galaxy, scientists continued to study the creature, many going to extremes to further their experiments: Infiltration missions deep into the Alien Hives, genetic manipulation of the species to try and create the ultimate creature, adapting their physical chemistry for the benefit of mankind. Many tried to tame them, all failed. Some deluded people even used them in the process of entertainment, their harrowing screams recorded for music.The Military, having gained their only

benefit from the malevolent creatures, knew only the desire to kill them: and kill them, they tried to.However, mankind wasn’t the only species

to kill the Alien.

BLOODSPORT

For thousands of years, the race of predators known as the Yautja had hunted, travelling vast distances across space in their starships. These creatures were a proud and noble race, scouring the many star systems for any prey that may be considered worthy quarry. Relying on both brute strength and technology far in advance of our own, these predators lived only for the thrill of the hunt.What better to hunt than the Alien, the

perfect killing machine?Known to the Yautja as the Kainde Amedha

or Hard Meat, the Aliens were sought after and their head considered worth more than twenty lesser trophies. The scarcity of the creatures meant that hunts involving the Kainde Amedha were only confined to the few worlds the creatures had managed to populate, which were normally teeming with the Kainde Amedha themselves, and proved to be a bloody hunt with many casualties.The elders of the Yautja eventually came

up with a plan to take the ultimate trophy from a hunt: a live specimen of a Queen. With such a prize, the Yautja would have an

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endless supply of eggs, meaning they could seed any given planet and fight with more favourable odds.In many respects, the Yautja could be

considered responsible for the mass spread of the Kainde Amedha: were it not for the hunters, the Kainde Amedha may well have remained on the handful of planets they dominated for hundreds of years, an undiscovered race.As the Hunters left their Clanworld in the

pursuit of hunts, each bigger and more important than the last, they encountered hundreds of species in battle: some primal, other sentient, though none as feral and deadly as the Kainde Amedha. Though one species did come close.They weren’t as strong as the Kainde

Amedha, as even an unblooded Yautja could tear them apart in unarmed combat. This new species was far more intelligent than the Kainde Amedha, for instead of attacking in a relentless tsunami of needle teeth and claws, they would fall back from a fight, regroup, assess the situation, and develop new strategies.They were the Pyobe Amedha. The Soft

Meat.They called themselves “Ooman”.Hunts involving these unpredictable

creatures were rare, and many Clan Ships banned the hunting of them all together. The most intelligent of all sentient species they had encountered, the Yautja kept their distance from them. Few Hunters decided to break their laws and stalk this new and dangerous prey, their home planet holding many environments suitable for a Hunt.Even fewer of these hunters returned.

CODE OF HONOUR

The Yautja, still keeping their distance from the Pyobe Amedha and their home world, still had the rest of the galaxy to Hunt in, but over the millennia the Pyobe Amedha advanced in leaps and bounds. While never nearing the technological level of the Yautja,

they advanced from spear-weilding natives to explorers of the stars in less then a thousand years. With the Pyobe Amedha previously

confined to a single planet, it was easy to avoid them, but as they branched out into the universe on spacecraft of their own, it was only inevitable that the Yautja would encounter them.While the ruling of many of the Clan’s

Elders dictated they should still avoid the Pyobe Amedha, many conflicts became inevitable: from a single family being caught in the maelstrom of a hunt, to the entire destruction of a Pyobe Amedha colony on one of the many desert worlds used for seeding.The skulls of the Pyobe Amedha quickly

became as revered as those of the Kainde Amedha: a rare trophy from a forbidden hunt. A skull such as that would guarantee much interest from the Childbearers on the Clanworld.The Hunt Code slowly changed, allowing

the hunting of the Pyobe Amedha, but only in cases where they had wandered into a seeding area used to Hunt the Kainde Amedha. In cases when this happened, the Oomans

were fair game for either Yautja or Kainde Amedha.

BRaXISä WORLD

Braxis’ World was a hot, barren environment, it’s surface ravaged by dust and electrical storms. A planet such as this held no interest to Weyland Yutani, a company offering a better life for anyone willing to uproot their life and trek across the galaxy in the name of exploration.At least, that was the official story. While

the reports made public on Braxis’ World were true, stating there were minor traces of minerals beneath seven or eight hundred feet of solid iron ore, they neglected to mention the small colony of XT-302 that had set up nest deep in the natural catacombes

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of the large mountainous regions dubbed as Devil’s Teeth by the survey team that had evaluated the planet.This team had, of course, been attacked

and wiped out by the Aliens while relaying their report, leaving behind only a gutted survey vehicle for the rescue team to find.While Weyland Yutani maintained a zero

tolerance policy with the Alien menace in front of the public, it was a very different story behind closed doors. Despite everything that had happened in the past, the hundreds of people who had died while observing or experimenting on the Alien, they continued their research.Braxis’ World was deemed a perfect place

to set up a colony dedicated to research the Alien, and any benefits it may still offer mankind. Far away from the public eye and any rival companies that may be looking to steal research or scientists, the facility was run by a senior researcher called Peter Bellmore, a man who had been shunned by the science world for his immoral research, in which he dabbled in both Alien tissue experimentation and the use of recently deceased humans.What better a location to continue his

research than a distant research facility, protected by a small enclave of United States Colonial Marines?Upon arriving on the planet and going

through the lengthy process of installing the atmosphere processor, no one questioned how the Aliens had gotten there: The planet was devoid of life, and no visible signs of any previous habitants could be seen.What Weyland Yutani hadn’t realised was

that Braxis’ World hadn’t always been known as that.The Yautja had named it Co’Nix-Var, the

Short Rain, so called because of its brief periods of annual rainfall. They would seed the planet with Alien drones and warriors, allow them to establish a small hive, and then participate in a Hunt.When the planet became populated by a

small band of raiders and pirates looking for a safe haven, they unknowingly volunteered

as hosts for the next Hunt.The battle between Hunter, human and

prey was long and bloody, and the survivors, the Aliens, claimed the planet as their own..

MaKING BETTER WORLDS

The research facility was quickly set up, and the small hive of creatures contained within the confines of the research modules of the small and secret colony, and Weyland Yutani carried out their illicit work. Time moved slowly for the occupants on and above and within Braxis’ World:Doctor Bellmore’s research took on a new

twist as dead tissue was fused with various mutated samples of Royal Jelly and Alien DNA in an effort to increase the lifespan of the average soldier in the battlefield.At the same time, the Yautja watched these

events from their cloaked Clan Ships in orbit, slowly drawing their plans for a perfect Hunt and dreaming of claiming highly sought-after trophies.And the Aliens simply waited...

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STORY IDEaS

The scenarios that can be acted out relating to this setting can be set in one of three time periods:1> The initial war on Braxis between the

Raiders, the Yautja and the Aliens2> The assault by the Yautja on the

Weyland Yutani research post currently studying the native Aliens.3> The cleanup of the research facility

after the invasion has subsided.

It would be possible for these three stories to be played out consecutively as one multi-segmented campaign with enough forethought: The raiders could abandon their post, survive on the planet’s surface far away from the Aliens until the research station is made, then try to infiltrate that just days or weeks before it is lost in an outbreak. They then try to hold out until a rescue squad comes to save them.A similar tale could be spun for the Yautja,

with a little creativity

RaID ON BRaXIS

This scenario centres around the initial battle on Braxis, in which the Yautja, Aliens and raiders were caught up in a bloody battle. Players can choose to be either a Raider or one of the unblooded Yautja (see section on Characters later on for stats for these), and deal with an army of the Aliens. Additional information relating to the Raiders and their base of operations can be found later on in this adaptation, under the heading of Braxis’ World (page XXX).In this setting the players may have the

opportunity to form an allegiance with one of the other species involved in the battle (though an allegiance with the Aliens themselves would be very very unlikely.It would be possible for different players to

select different species to play in the game (at the Zombie Master’s discretion).

RETURN OF THE YaUTJa

In this scenario, players may be going about their usual roles in the company; scientists working on reports and experiments, clerical staff going over administration work, or maybe a marine on his or her regular patrol. A few hours of normalcy in a standard day, before a body of an officer is found outside the colony, slumped near an airlock. Medics on the scene can’t identify the means of attack, and the players may be discussing this when one of the seals on the Hive appears to fail, and the Aliens are released. As these beasts rampage through the colony, it become clear that there is more than simply the Aliens enjoying spreading carnage.Alternatively, players may choose to take

on the role of unblooded Yautja, who must infiltrate the colony and release their intended prey back into the wild and participate in their favoured bloodsport.As the battle rages on, some of the

biological experiments will more than likely escape from their holding cells, throwing an entirely new species into the mix.Regardless of which species is played, the

goal is ultimately the same: Survive.

OperatIon Cleanup

This third scenario concentrates on evens after the initial hunting party conducted by the Yautja, and works best with players as Marines.With the base having been out of contact

for some weeks now, Weyland Yutani have decided to send in a damage control team. Their goal is to secure the base, obtain any samples that may still be alive, find any survivors, and if possible, re-establish the base.However, just because the battle has

ended, this doesn’t mean the war is over.Some of the Yautja may have been left on

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Braxis’ World: Maybe their ship was destroyed in the battle, or maybe they elected to stay behind and protected the planet from anyone who may try to come and reclaim it as their own. Aliens may have retreated to one of the

nearby mountain ranges with a collection of hosts, and want t create their hive once more.A third party may be interest in Braxis’

World and the research that has been carried out there, and wish to claim it as their own.Some of the Raiders may have escaped the

original assault by the Yautja, and now seek revenge, wanting to reclaim their planet back.And not forgetting the presence of the

Lazarus Brood.These are just some of the perils players

may face in reclaiming Braxis’ World in the name of Weyland Yutani - or for the honour of the Yautja

No one said being a marine was going to be an easy job, and they don’t pay you by the hour.

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HUMaNSTravelling from planet to planet in their starships, Humanity is slowly spreading across the

galaxy, claiming worlds for themselves and adapting their environments for their own needs: such is their manner in doing this, some scientists have likened Mankind to the Alien, spreading from world to world, raping them of all natural resources, then moving on to the next inhabitable planet.Different humans have their own roles within this colonising. Some apply their skills in

building better worlds, through exploring or engineering: some offer their services for protection. Others use their intellect or muscle to take what they want or need to survive.

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MarIne RIfleman - SurvIvor

+2Tracking+2Stealth+3Running-Dash+2Intimidation

+2Hand Weapon- Knife

+4Guns-FlameThrower

+3Guns-Handgun+5Guns-Pulse Rifle+3Gambling+1First Aid+1Electronics+2Dodge+2Demolitions+3Brawling

-2Showoff-1Addiction-Smokes

+2Resistance (Fatigue)

+3Nerves Of Steel

61

+5Hard To Kill+2Fast Reaction

-1Clown+2Acute Sight

204116

4225

34

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DRAWBACKSQUALITIES

ESSENCEENDURANCESPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:Yeah, I seen bugs. Ain’t no person in th’Corps who ain’t. Th’ training vid’s essential, you

don’t graduate through Bootcamp without watching tha’ snuff vid.They’d always talk ‘bout th’Earth Invasion, ‘bout how we whooped their bug ass. Man, I

seen footage that wuzn’t released to th’public, an’ it wasn’ no walk in th’ park, let me tell you. A lot o’ good men died in those wars.Me? Yeah, I had some action wit’ them. One of them got loose on the Liberty Bell. We

had to chase it down, ‘neutralise’ it.What? Well, I’m still alive, ain’t I? Which means I done a lot better than those poor

bastards on Earth did back then. Ain’t no way I’m gonna end up as food for a baby bug.Yeah, we’ll probably meet more bugs. Those bastards are all over now. But me an’ my

Hombres, we’ll take care of them. All you gotta tell me, is where they are...QUOTE: “Th’most dangerous weapon in th’universe is a Marine an’ his rifle...”

EQUPIMENT:M41A Pulse Rifle, three spare magazines, 4 x M40 Grenades, M4A3 Pistol & three spare clips, Camo-pattern Battledress Utilities(BDU), M3 Personal Armour, M10 Ballistic Helmet (both armour class 3, see AFMBE corebook).

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MarIne Machine gunner - SurvIvor

+2Throwing-sphere+1Traps+1Tracking+2Stealth

SKILLS

+4Notice+3Intimidation

+3Hand Weapon- Knife

+3Guns-Smartgun+5Guns-Smartgun+3Gambling+2First Aid+2Dodge+1Demolitions+3Brawling

-2Reckless-1Addiction-Drink

+2Situational Awareness

+3Nerves Of Steel

57


-1Charisma+2Acute Sight

2041

16

3324

44

DRAWBACKSQUALITIES

ESSENCEENDURANCE

SPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:When that bug broke out on the Liberty Bell, we wuz the point men. True, the IR trackin’

ain’t worth shit against the bugs, and we couldn’ shoot for the kill there. But just the knowin’ that me and my boys were carryin’ these bad-boys, that was enough to get us through.See, that weapon puts out an aura of badass like no other weapon the Corps has to offer.

Hose that thin’ across a corridor packed with the critters, and you’re looking at a lot of dead bugs.Others don’ like it, but it’s all your own preference. Me, I like the weapon. Makes me feel

in control, gives me a lot of respect from my fellow Marines, and I wouldn’ take any other gun into an area hot with bugs.QUOTE: “LET’S ROCK!!!”

EQUPIMENT:M56 Smartgun & two spare ammo drums, M4A3 handgun & two Clips, 3 M40 Grenades, Communications headset (Com-Set), lucky cap, Head Mounted Sight.

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PIlot/ Weapons OffIce - Norm

+3Science (Maths)

+2Guns-Handgun+1First Aid+3Computers+3+2Brawling

SKILLSComputer Prog.

+2Photographic Memory

+1Stealth+6Pilot-Dropship+4Notice+2Mechanic

-1Minority

57


-1Status+2Acute Sight

1441

16

1322

42

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ESSENCEENDURANCE

SPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

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PERSONALITY:I know what you’re thinking. Probably the same every other marine here does. Another

waste of space, some washout who wasn’t smart enough to be an officer, but not strong enough to be a Marine. Another drop-puke, a zero-G jockey.Well I got news for you. If it wasn’t for the likes of me, pulling hard G’s at mach 10 with a

belly full of marines and a full load of Beehives, the likes of you’d still be sitting up aboard the Liberty Bell, scratching your ass and trying to call for a cab.Earth Invasion? Shit, yeah, I was there. ‘Drop-Pukes’ played a big part in that battle. Me, I

flew in low over the Kazakhstan border, sweeping over the plains and wiping out hives with clusters of Banshee 70’s. I seen as much action as any other marine here, so don’t give me any shit just because my personal armour flies and can carry an entire platoon in it.QUOTE: “Beacon Co-ords locked, LZ is hot. Prep missile pods A to G - on my mark...

Fire”

EQUPIMENT:M4A3 handgun & three spare clips, Pressure mask, Flight suit, Security Access Codes to UD4L “Cheyenne’ Utility Dropship.

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LIeutenant - Norm

-1Humorless

+3Humanitis- Marine Laws

+3Guns-Handgun+2Bureaucracy+4Computers+3+1Brawling

SKILLSComputer Hacking


+3Research+3Questioning+4Instruction+4Driving- APC

-1Charisma

22

+2Hard To Kill+3Nerves of Steel

-1Status+2Acute Sight

1420

8

3332

21

DRAWBACKSQUALITIES

ESSENCEENDURANCE

SPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:While it’s no secret that Marines loath officers, they’d be the first to admit that without their

‘Loot’ keeping eyes on battle cams, vitals and motion sensors for nine different men, they’d be doing nothing other than run around combat zones with their dicks in their hands.Still, that being said, they all do what I tell them. They’re marines, after all. Siemper

Fidelis, all that crap. That’s what they teach in Academy. Though they say that nothing can prepare a Loot for combat against bugs. Watching your entire squad being fed to those creatures...But my squad’s one of the best. Their handling of the stowaway aboard the Liberty Bell

was certainly admirable, with no casualties. It ran like clockwork: me passing out the orders, they following them to the letter. My men are better than I originally thought. Maybe I’ll cut them some slack. One day.QUOTE: “Grap your handbags and put on your makeup, ladies. We’re moving out”

EQUPIMENT:M4A3 handgun & two spare clips, Coveralls, Marine Corps cap, Access Codes for M577 APC, Clipboard, Com-Set.

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AndroId - SpecIal

+2Fast Reactions+3Nerves of Steel

+6Sciences- All

+6Driving- APC+4Computers+4Computer Prog.+4+1Brawling



+5Piloting- Dropship+3First Aid+3Electronics+3Elec. Sureveillance

-2Talentless

50

+2Accute Hearing-3Honorable+2Acute Sight

NANA

18

3715

45

DRAWBACKSQUALITIES

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SPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:We were initially placed in platoons to act as medics and scientists. Artificial people, I

mean. At first, the marines found it had to accept. Synths, Droids, Robots... to them we were just another piece of hardware, and expendable. They tried to get us to do the more dangerous jobs, but the Lieutenants never let us, they kept saying we were part of the team, and should be treat like one.The truth was that although we are stronger and more intelligent than humans, we aren’t

any tougher then them We can’t survive in hard vacuum, if we get shot we suffer the same debilitating injuries. The main difference is it takes something like $150,000 to train one marine rifleman, where as it costs $8.5 million to replace an Artificial Person. Because of the dollar value, they couldn’t afford to treat us as expendable.Once you’re in a team, it’s hard to adapt, but once you come through for the men and

women a couple of times, they soon accept you. Strange that they would accept an Artificial Person into their ranks, yet they refuse to socialise with the Lieutenant...QUOTE: “The chances of completing the mission are approximately 150,356 to 1. I

estimate casualties will come to 83%”EQUPIMENT:Coveralls, Remote Link-up, Com-Set, Torch.

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SecurIty Guard - SurvIvor

+2Situatioanl Awareness

+1+2Fast Reaction

Charisma-2Impaired Smell-2-2Addiction-Smokes

Lazy

+1Writing+3Tracking+4Surveillance+2Questioning+3Notice+2Intimidation+4Guns-Handgun+1Guns-Pulse Rifle+1Gambling+2First Aid

+4Electronic Survaillance

+2Disguise+4Computers+2Brawling

42

+2Acute Sight

204116

3324

44

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PERSONALITY:Once you leave the Marines, there isn’t much you can do until your pension kicks in.

Policing or security work are pretty much the only options you have, at least if you want to stay on the right side of the law.So I became a security guard. Got selected for the Weyland-Yutani job, mainly because

of my background, and got shipped out here. Braxis. A shitty little dump, with an en-suite hive. Last thing I need after all the bugs trying to take over Earth is to have a bedroom right next to the hive.And now the latest scuttlebutt is that there’s something else here. Now, I don’t know the

truth behind all this, but there’s been a lot of weird shit going on, what with accidents in the Maintenance area and the monitors on the fritz; a lot of ghosting on the screens that can’t be explained. Whenever I ask admit about it, they just tell me to file a report. A frigging report, what use is that going to do? That didn’t do Mike in Maintenance any good when he...Shit, there it was again, screen 5. Did you see it?QUOTE: “Who’s that out there? If those kids are playing that damn game again I’ll

string them up and skin them alive. Just an expression, you realise...”EQUPIMENT:Coveralls, Com-Set, Torch, M4A3 & five spare clips, crossword book.

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Terraformer - Norm

+4Engineer- Mechanical

+2Science (Maths)

+4Electronics

+5Driving- Daihotai Tractor

+2+2ClimbingSKILLS

Dodge

+4Science (Physics)+2Research+4Mechanic+2First Aid

34


+2Resources-2Cowardly+1Contacts- Admin

1426

10

3134

12

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WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:It’s not an easy life, being shipped around from planet to planet and setting up different

colonies. I’d never been on the same world for longer than a couple of months. Until now, that is. Now I’d give my left nut to get off Braxis.There’s too much weird shit going on here. Only last week, they found my buddy Mike

hanging by his feet in Maintenance. No one knows how he got up there, and of course the monitors have been playing up for weeks, too, so there’s no way we’re ever going to find out how it happened.Now, I can believe it might have been an accident. Crawling along the pipes above the

ceiling, gets his leg caught, down he comes. But Jake up in Admin level, he files all the base’s reports, and he says that Mike had his spine removed. What the fuck does that? If I didn’t know better, I’d say one of the bugs had got loose. But there’d be a hell of a lot more causalities by now. And now the relay station is down, and I’ve got to get in my tractor and trek halfway

across this rock just to fix it. On my own.QUOTE: “S’bad enough I gotta hump all this shit across the planet on my own, but now

with a bug loose?”

EQUPIMENT:Coverall & Cap, Daihotai Tractor, Notebook, Toolkit, Map of Braxis.Ben Black XIX

ScIentIst - Norm

+2Acute Smell


+3Nerves of Steel

+4First Aid+4Computers+4Computer Prog.+2+3Bureaucracy


+5Sciences- All+4Research+2Medicine

-2Talentless

22

+3Contacts- Scientists

-2Covetous- Ambition

1417

6

2532

11

DRAWBACKSQUALITIES

ESSENCEENDURANCE

SPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:The species designated XT-302 is a fascinating organism, with truly unique hive structure.

Braxis is the best place I could possibly learn anything of them, especially seeing as I’m in a unique position where I can work up close with the creatures, and observe them.Their fusion of biological and technological elements is unique, and this may be something

that we could use in our LA2ARU5 project. I’ll make a note of that and present it to Rumiko in our next meeting.I’ve heard the rumours that’s going around the base. People vanishing, people being

found dead, the most recent and public that of Mike Davison in maintenance. People are obviously wary of the stories they’ve heard from other scientists working with aliens, and the staff there who also seemed to vanish. I’m talking about that crazy old bastard running Innominata, or the administrator on Charon. They used their own crew for experiments, I guess it’s only to be expected people start thinking the same here.Live test subjects would be beneficial for our research, though, especially if we’re going to

dissect the XT’s, we’ll need to replace them. Maybe I’ll have a word with Bellmore, see if I can come to an arrangement. Until then, I’ll just have to keep using the corpses...QUOTE: “He’s dead. I’m calling it, 26:32 Braxis Time. Okay, now link the body up to

the LA2 system, we need the subject fresh...”

EQUPIMENT:Labcoat, Clipboard, Restricted Access Pass, Medical Bag, Com-Set..

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HeroIc Terraformer - SurvIvor

+2Pilot- Starship+3Mechanic+3Storytelling+4Notice+1Intimidation

+5

+2

Guns- Flamethrower

Demolition+3Guns- Pulse Rifle+4First Aid

+5Driving- Powerloader

+2Craft- Weapons+1Brawling

+3Nerves of Steel


-2Obsession (Killing Bugs)

-1Recurring Nightmares

61

+5Hard To Kill

162041

2335

34

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INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

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STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:I first encountered them in the outer rim. Ruthless little bastards, killing machines bent only

on increasing their numbers.Of course, I wasn’t just a nobody back then. Warrant Officer of a commercial starship was

a high ranking position, but once we ran into those creatures it meant nothing. A small group of them stowed aboard the ship, wiped out my entire crew ‘cept me and the ships dog, went about reworking the whole ship into their own mobile hive. What did I do? What could I do? I sent the engines into overdrive, frying the whole god

damn hive. Bowser an’ me escaped, but naturally the company didn’t want that story getting out into the public. A bad image for them, you know their bullshit with hating the creature. So they sent me out to this backwater place to keep me busy.Now, the shit’s really hit the fan. Half the colony’s missing, people are turning up

decapitated or skinned, and you know that’s not a bug doing that.QUOTE: “Big bugs, undead bugs... What’ve those mad bastard scientists been doing?”

EQUPIMENT:M41A Pulse Rifle & 3 clips, M240 Flamethrower, 20 marker flares, Bandoleer of twelve M40 grenades, CAT P5000 PowerloaderBen Black XXI

Corporate DIrector - Norm

+1Seduction+3 Smooth Talking+3Questioning+4Research+4Haggling+2Gambling+3Computers+2Cheating+5Bureaucracy+3Acting

-3Secret+2Photographic Memory

-3-3Covetous-

Ambitious

Cowardly+2Contacts-

Weyland/Yutani

+2Charisma

1761814

12

3

34

1

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WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:Damn Charlton, sitting in his cushy office back at Gateway. He’s so fucking paranoid

about Grant Pharmaceuticals stealing our research that the minute some fruitcake flips and sends a decoded message on a secured channel, his completely overreacts and sends a troop of Marines out to the colony.As it that wasn’t bad enough, he makes them pick me up from Leesons’ Point. Next thing I

know, I’m on a Conestoga Starship heading to the Backwater Outpost, on the very edge of Space, where no sane man fears to tread. And the company is nothing less than 25 shaven and rabid primates, hooting and hollering over weapons, porno magazines and tri-dee holocron vids.When I get back from this, I’m going to get even on Charlton. Unless I can find something

in this Braxis debacle that would financially compensate me for my trouble... I’m always open to negotiations...QUOTE: “I don’t care what some fucking civvie bitch said, this is a W-Y run facility.

Nukes are not an option, not while I’m breathing.”

EQUPIMENT:Expensive Suit, Briefcase, Portable Data Pad, Handgun, Ben Black XXII

RaIder - SurvIvor

+1Smooth talking+2Pilot- Dropship+4Haggling+4Guns- Automatics+2Guns- Shotgun+3Gambling+2Escapism+4Disguise+2Demolitions+2Comp. Hacking+3Cheating+4Brawling+3Acting

+3Resources-2Reckless+6Multiple Identities

+2Fast Reaction Time

-1Covetous- Greed

-5Adversary- USCM

61

+5Hard To Kill

41 2016

35 2

334

SKILLS

DRAWBACKSQUALITIES


WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:Fucking Bug-World. Nobody said Braxis was a planet riddled with Bugs, nobody in any

space ports tried to warn us offa it and tell us it was crawling with the little bastards. Course, I don’t know if that would have swayed our decision or not. What better defence from any Marine bastards then an army of the aliens?The destruction of ‘Hayley’s Hump’, our outpost there, wasn’t as quick as someone would

have figured. After all, we’re tougher than any Marine shit-head any day of the week. We put up a good fight, probably would have won, too, if it hadn’t been for those invisible bastards that turned up.Now our base is gone, our vehicles trashed, and Bugs are closing in all around us. We

have to hang on until rescue comes, though. Ain’t got no choice in that. QUOTE: “There’s something out there... and it ain’t no fuckin’ Bug!”

EQUPIMENT:Flack Jacket, ‘Klassic’ Aurora assault rifle & 5 clips, F-48 ‘Dog Chopper” & 3 magazines M5 RPG & 5 grenade rounds, Com-Set, Polarised Lenses, Utility Belt & forged documents.Ben Black XXIII

armouryThe USCM has a large array of weaponry available at it’s disposal, each weapon having

its own role and purpose within a squad. It is worth noting that some Marines still favour older weapons, such as pump-action shotguns customised to take the modern M108 Canister rounds, and some officers still carry a regimental-style sword into battle. This is, of course, next to useless in modern warfare.

M41a PULSE RIFLEThe M41A Pulse Rifle is the standard issue rifle for the USCM, firing M309 10 x 24 mm caseless round which has been developed to penetrate armour, and then ‘explode’ after impact, ergo creating a armour piercing and hollow point bullet in one go. It can be fired in bursts of four shots, or in full automatic mode. It can also be fitted with a 3X day/night scope, to increase accuracy at range or in Low Lighting Conditions. On the underside of the rifle is a 30 mm grenade launcher, which fires an assortment of different grenades.

UNCOMMONAvailability $£ 2,500 per unitCost:

10/5Encumbrance Value:

Rifle = 99 rounds per magazine (though normally filled with 95 to prevent jamming)The rifle also needs a Lithium Battery to fire the weapon, which is inserted near the stock. This is good for about 10,000 shots before it needs to be recharged.Grenade Launcher = 4 grenades.

Rifle = D6 x 5 (Halve armour value, triple internal damage)Grenade Launcher = Various, dependant upon grenade used (listed below)

Capacity:

Damage:

Rifle = 10/250/500/100/2100Grenade Launcher = 10/50/180/300/400 (with a few noted exceptions)

Range:

GRENADE TYPES:

M40 High Explosive:A simple fragmentation grenade.Damage Zones = 1/3/6Damage = D6 x 8/D6 x 4/ D6 x 2

M38 High Explosive Armour Piercing:Designed for penetrating thin layers of steel armour. Damage taken in Ground Zero and General Effect is armour piercing. Damage Zones = 1/3/5Damage = D6 x 10/D6 x 5/ D6 x 2

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M108 Canister (Buckshot) Round:Essentially, a large and heavy duty shotgun round, whose range differs to that of normal grenades. This gains +2 to any Strike-tasks.Range = 3/10/15/20/30Damage = D8 x 8

M230 Baton Round:A safety bullet, essentially a long plastic projectile designed to incapacitate instead of kill. Again, range is different to other grenades.Range = 3/5/10/15/25Damage = D10 x 6 (blunt - if Endurance rules are in play, this will only damage endurance points.)

M60 White Phosphorous Incendiary:A grenade which creates a thick cloud of white phosphorous smoke within a range of 15 metres/yards from the point of impact, reducing visibility to Bad Lighting Conditions, as well as having a secondary incendiary effect against vegetation and materials. A direct hit with an M60 Grenade will inflict (D8 x 4) + D4

M72A1 Starshell:This can be launched 200 metres into the air, where it bursts into a flare giving off light equivalent to 50,000 candelas for approximately 45 seconds. If used as a weapon, apply the same damage as a normal flare.

M51A Bounding Fragmentation:Instead of detonating on impact, this grenade has a small explosive charge that propels the grenade 2 metres/ yards into the air before erupting, ideal for clearing out foxholes.Damage Zones = 1/3/6Damage = D6 x 8/D6 x 4/D6 x 2

Other variants of the Pulse Rifle include include the M41A-E2, which doesn’t come with the the under slung grenade launcher, but instead uses a large drum magazine which can hold up to 300 rounds.

If using a Pulse Rifle, the operator is just as adept at using the grenade launcher as the rifle itself, so if a Marine takes Guns (Pulse Rifle) +4, then he has +4 when using either rifle or the attached grenade launcher.

M56 SMaRTGUN:The Marine’s primary light support weapon, the M56 is a heavy and robust weapon that the operator does not actually carry, but wear it. The weapon itself is aimed by an IR sensor near the muzzle of the gun, which tracks its targets automatically by moving on the self-aiming articulated arm. The operator does not need to fight the gun, merely move with it. The operator also still needs to fire the weapon. Using M250 10 x 28 mm ammo, the operator has the option of setting the fusing of the rounds, which is selected by flicking a switch: Anti-Infantry(AI) setting (hollow point), which makes the shell explode on contact, and Delay (armour piercing, then normal bullet), which makes the shell explode only after Ben Black XXV

penetrating the armour. The weapon also has the choice of 4-shot bursts, or continuous firing types.

RAREAvailability $£ 9,000 per unitCost:


400 rounds per drum (also requires a DV9 Lithium battery, good for 50,000 rounds).

D6 x 5 +5 (20)Capacity:Damage:

15/400/800/1500/2100Range:

Notes = Self-targeting arm gives a +5 to targeting tasks, unless otherwise deemed by the Zombie master (a secret roll of one on a D10 malfunctioning the IR tracker because of: targets that are shielded or give off no heat signature, desert-like environment can that play havoc with the IR sensor) in which case modifiers can drop to -3. Self targeting is not affected by pitch black conditions. This weapon automatically inflicts Light Encumbrance.

M240 INCINERaTOR RIFLE:The M240 Incinerator Rifle is a carbine-format flame-thrower, designed specifically for close-combat situations. Though its maximum effective range, ordinarily, is only thirty yards, it can be almost doubled by raising the muzzle to a 45 degree angle and raining the flaming napalm down on the target. This weapon is disliked by many Marines, as the fuel reservoir is particularly vulnerable to shrapnel and small arms fire, making Flame-thrower units favourable targets for snipers.



Sufficient fuel for a continuous burst of 20 seconds.

D4 x 2 Fire Damage (burns for thirty seconds) - Use in a pressurized or Oxygen-rich environment will cause three times the damage, but will also destroy the fuel reservoir. Destruction of this causes D12x5(60) damage to the operator and anything within five yards.

Capacity:

Damage:3/7/12/30/50Range:

M42a SCOPED RIFLE:The M42A scope rifle is a powerful sniper rifle used primarily by scout-snipers within the Marine Corps. Able to use either normal Smartgun M250 ammo, or its own M252 supply with no reconfiguring or adaptors required, Smartgun ammunition is only effective out to about 1,500 yards, while its own tailor-made ammo is effective up to distances exceeding 3,000 yards. It comes with a targeting scope attached as standard, which offers magnification at 20-times, and can also display various spectrums and tactical data received Ben Black XXVI

by orbiting satellites.



15 rounds per magazine.D6 x 5 + 5 (20)

Capacity:Damage:

10/500/1200/2950/3800Range:

M4a3 PISTOL:The M4A3 is the standard sidearm of the Marines, and has been in service for over sixty years now. Fed from a magazine in the grip, the weapon offers little to no stopping power against someone wearing body armour, and has a limited effective range even against fleshy or soft targets.

COMMONAvailability $£ 300 per unitCost:


12 rounds per magazine.D6 x 4 (12)

Capacity:Damage:

3/10/25/50/150Range:

M5 ROCKet Propelled Grenade:Designed more for use against infantry dug into bunkers or building strong points than tank armour, the M5 is a basic, low-tech weapon which fires a 60mm hypervelocity rocket, and is sighted visually. Using a 4x telescopic sight (+2 targeting tasks), this weapon has a maximum range of 2,000 meters is favoured for the lack of muzzle flash, and its reliability over more complex heavy weapons available to a Marine.

D10 x 16 (80)D10 x 8 (40)D10 x 4 (20)20

105

Max. Range:Gen. Effect:Ground Zero:



1 RocketCapacity:

40/150/300/500/2000Range:

M78 Phased PIG:A powerful, man-portable anti-armour weapon, the Phased Plasma Infantry Gun (PIG)

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consists of two parts: the gun and its power pack. Firing vaporised pellets fed from the magazine, this energy weapon has been known to penetrate the armour of tank at up to 1,000 meters. Because both the power pack and gun need to be carried, this weapon automatically provides Medium Encumbrance.


24/12 (Including gun and power pack)Encumbrance Value:

30 Pellets per round feed(D10 x 22) + 20 (130) (Armour Piercing)

Capacity:Damage:

10/50/300/600/1000Range:

M83a2 SaDaR:The Shoulder-launched Active-homing Disposable Anti-tank Rocket is a lightweight and disposable one-shot anti-armour missile capable of engaging vehicles within 1,000 meters. Tracking via a cooled infrared imaging sensor, once activated and primed for firing, this will remain active for up to twenty minutes (+4 to targeting tasks). After that, the tracking ability is lost, and the weapon must be targeted manually (-2 to targeting).

D10 x 28 + 10 (150) (AV divided by 3)D10 x 14 + 10 (80) (AV divided by 3)D10 x 5 + 10 (35) (AV divided by 3)15

105




1 RocketCapacity:

50/150/500/800/1000Range:

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M112 HImat:Another man-portable and disposable antitank weapon, the HIMAT is a ‘brilliant’ weapon, controlled by an APS-100 Fire Controller which collates information from local sensors, scanning targets and identifying them before automatically releasing the hypervelocity missile. This weapon can also be targeted and fired manually by SR-90 Macro binoculars. The Himat is ideal for tactical strikes on armoured vehicles, or breaking open heavily fortified buildings such as bunkers of fortresses.

D12 x 8 + 30 (78) (Armour Piercing)D12 x 4 + 30 (54) (Armour Piercing)D12 x 2 + 30 (42) (Armour Piercing)25

155




1 RocketCapacity:

100/500/1500/3000/5000Range:

Ua Sentry Cannon:The UA Sentry Cannon is a fully automated weapon, often positioned in tactical locations to defend bases in cramped areas of operation. Easily assembled in less than 2 minutes, once activated the cannons can independently track and target anything not emitting any IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) frequency. The weapon has a forward-facing sensor scanning a 60 degree cone, and it is often common practice to set up secondary cannons with overlapping fields of fire.The Sentry weapon comes with three different mounted weapons : The UA-571-C mounts a pulse action machine gun, firing M250 10 mm HEAP rounds, fed from an external magazine of 500 rounds. The UA-571-D variant mounts a 20 mW HF laser, providing good protection from any armoured vehicles what may be approaching the protected position, while the UA-571-F model incorporates a 40 mm grenade launcher.

Ua-571-C


84/42 (Disassembled)Encumbrance Value:

500 rounds per magazine

D6 x 5 +5 (20) (Halve armour value, triple internal damage)

Capacity:

Damage:10/30/150/300/500Range:

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Ua-571-D



100 Shots Per Battery D10 x 20 (100) (Armour Piercing)

Capacity:Damage:

10/50/100/250/350Range:

Ua-571-F

D6 x 10 (30)D6 x 8 (24)D6 x 3 (9)10

62




80 Grenades per BoxCapacity:

30/70/150/250/400Range:

F-48 áDog Chopperà:A heavily modified pump action shotgun, this weapon is an enhanced version of the old style combat shotgun, and is normally loaded up with M108 canister rounds, though law enforcement agencies had been known to use them loaded with M230 baton rounds. Though this appears to be nothing more than the grenade launcher section of the Pulse Rifle with an oversized external magazine, it can not fire any of the other grenades mentioned previously in this section.



6 rounds per MagazineD8 x 8

Capacity:Damage:

3/10/15/20/30 (M108 Canister)Range:

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âKlassIcä auROraOld models of assault rifles can be modified to take the same ammunition as the pulse rifle, with a little ingenuity. It is not uncommon to see Raiders or frontier Terraformers armed with an old weapon such as this: Modification is not entirely legal, and the ammunition is particularly hard to come across, often only available from Military supplies. While a Raider may have a large supply of this, a Terraformer may not be able to come across any until a run-in with a reliable merchant. This can be fired in single shots or fully automatic, depending on how the selector switch is set.Converting an old weapon requires an Intelligence and Craft (Weapon smith), with bonuses taken into account for any Gunsmithing specialities. When firing the weapon, Roll a D10. On a roll of 1, the weapon jams, meaning the person using it has to remove the bullet from the weapon to get it working again. A role of three success levels (using Dexterity & Guns- Automatics or Weapon smith) or or more means he can remove the jam and fire one shot before the end of that combat turn. For two success levels, it will take him one full turn of combat to remove the obstruction, while it will take him three for a single success level.

COMMONAvailability

Cost of weapon (antique) plus black market cost to convert (normally between 1,500 - 2,000 $£

Cost:

4/2 to 10/5Encumbrance Value:

30 - 50 rounds per MagazineD6 x 4 (Halve armour value, triple internal damage)

Capacity:Damage:

10/250/500/750/1500Range:

Royal Jelly/ Xeno-XIpWhile not a weapon strictly speaking, this natural product produced by the mother of an Alien hive is issued to many soldiers on long tours of duty in he form of tablets. More powerful than a hundred high-strength caffeine pills, one tablet of processed Royal Jelly can increase all the primary aspects of the user by 2, heightening their strength and perception, and increasing all their secondary attributes accordingly. The effects of each tablet can last for D12x3(18) minutes, and afterwards, the user must rest for an hour to recuperate from the massive strain that the body has been though. Another tablet can be taken before this rest period has expired, but this will result in a 1 in 10 chance of a massive heart attack, causing instant death. A third pill would increase the chance to 2 in 10, a fourth to 3 in ten, and so on. Xeno-Xip is a narcotic substance controlled by the USMC, and can only be distributed by the Marines or a high ranking Surgeon to aid recuperation. Crates of this substance can often go missing from high security storage facilities, and normally find their way into the cargo holds of Raider’s craft to be sold on the black market.The pheromones given off from Xeno-Xip within an Alien hive environment will attract D4 Aliens per minute, until the Jelly is either destroyed or sealed away in an airtight container.

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Motor POOLWhile Marines depend on their weapons, they rely on their vehicles just as much. From

the Cargo Loaders used in everyday and menial tasks, through their combat vehicles, to the Conestoga Class starships they use to ferry their forces from planet to planet; behind every Marine platoon there is a wide variety of different vehicles at their disposal.

UD-4L UtIlIty DropshIp:

RARE

$£ 15,000,000

5

75 + (D10 x 2)

4

4

700

100

Mach 12/Mach 4

42037,240

Availability

Cost

Accuracy

AV

DC

Handling

Toughness

Range

Acceleration

Speed

Weight

Armament:25 mm Gatling Gun & 900 Rounds D12 x 10 (60) 10/50/300/1000/2500150 mm Mk. 16 Banshee 70 Unguided rockets (x32)70 mm Mk. 10 Zeus Unguided Rockets (x12)120 mm Mk. 88 SGW Guided Rocket (x8)AGM-220C Hellhound II (x7)AGM-204A TSAM Threat Suppression Missiles (x3)AIM-90E Headlock Air-to-Air Missiles (x3)

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M577 aPC:

RARE

$£ 12,000,000

4

120 + (D10 x 2)

4

6

300

10

70/ 50

34029,000

Availability

Cost

Accuracy

AV

DC

Handling

Toughness

Range

Acceleration

Speed

Weight

Armament:20 mm Gatling Cannon (x2) & 1,700 rounds (HEAP)

- D6 x 10 (30) - 20/50/150/300/900TURRET WEAPON - dependant on model.M577A - ‘PARS 150’ 20 mW Phased Plasma Cannon (x2) & 1000 rounds

- D12 x 7 (42) - 70/200/500/1500/4000M577A2 - ‘M2025’ 40mW Free-Electron Lasers (x2) & 40 seconds/fire

- D12 x 9 (54) (Armour Piercing) - 30/100/300/1000/3000M577A3 - 20 MeV Charged Particle Beam Cannon (x2) & 50 seconds/fire

- D12 x 12 (72) (Armour Piercing) - 50/150/500/1000/3000

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CaT P5000 Powerloader:

COMMON

$£ 85,000

N/A

30 + (D8 x 2)

6

3

20

**

*

1504,000

Availability

Cost

Accuracy

AV

DC

Handling

Toughness

Range

Acceleration

Speed

Weight

* = Half of operator’s natural Speed** = Half of operator’s ability.Additional Notes:The Powerloader is worn by an operator, and multiplies the user’s strength by a factor of 5, enabling them to lift heavy loads up to 4,000 kg (endurance is lost at a rate of 1 point per ten minutes of lifting). Using this vehicle decreases the operator’s Dexterity down to 1 automatically.The Powerloader provides armour to the operator on both sides and the back, leaving the front exposed and open to attack. The cage around the operator can block some physical attacks, using half the AV. To use a Powerloader takes 6 weeks of training: for every week of training yet to be completed, a -1 penalty must be taken into account for any task. (eg. Riley has four weeks of training with the Powerloader, and so incurs -2 on each task involving it).

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CONESToGa-Class StarshIp:

VERY RARE

$£ 8.9 Billion

9

350 + (D10 x 12)

1

10

1 year of travel

10 km/second

FTL/ 0.74 Light years/day

10,000,00078,000

Availability

Cost

Accuracy

AV

DC

Handling

Toughness

Range

Acceleration

Speed

Weight

Armament:XIM-28A Long Lance MissileParticle Beam Weapons (forward facing, x2)Railgun Turrets (Ventral & Dorsal, x2)Rear Laser Turrets (x2)Orbital Mines (x60)

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DaIhotaI Tractor:

COMMON

$£ 80,000

N/A

25 + (D8 x 3)

5

3

500

30

75/ 40

15020,000

Availability

Cost

Accuracy

AV

DC

Handling

Toughness

Range

Acceleration

Speed

Weight

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XENOMORPHSThe Alien is a common foe: it seems that wherever Mankind resides, the Alien will surely

follow.Harvesting the living for incubators and feeding from the dead, an Aliens operate as one

entity, moving towards the ultimate goal of total domination of whichever world or space station they are released on. Controlled by the all-powerful Alien Queen, these creatures know no fear; they keep advancing on their prey with a malevolence unrivalled by any other creature in the known universe, attacking as one.The Yautja are a different case all together. Travelling across the stars in their clan ships,

they scour the universe for a quarry worthy of their time. Possessing advanced technology and strength rivalling that of the Alien, the Yautja rely on tactics and honour, while the Alien depends on animal ferocity.

Yautja Blooded Page 38Yautja WarrIor Page 39Yautja Elder Page 40Yautja Weaponry Page 41Yautja Armour Page 44Alien Larvae Page 46Alien Calf Page 47Alien WarrIor Page 48Alien PraetorIan Page 49Alien/Yautja HybrId Page 50Alien Queen Page 51Alien HIve Structure Page 51

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Yautja Blooded

4Tracking5Traps3Throwing- Kinfe3Swimming3Survival- Desert3Survival- Forest3Survival- Jungle2Survival- Urban3Storytelling4Stealth

4

1

Rituals (Boning & Skinning Prey)

Language Human3Piloting Ship

6Myth&Legends Hunting Tales

5Intimidation5Yautja Melee4Yautja Guns3First Aid1Demolitions3Climbing3Brawling3Acrobatic

-3Zealot-1Humourless-3Honourable-7Attractiveness

SKILLS

+3Sit. Awareness+3Nerves of Steel+2Fast Reactions+2Acute Hearing+2Acute Smell+7Hard To Kill

25

16

47

75

3

4

46

3

5

DRAWBACKSQUALITIES

ESSENCEENDURANCE

SPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:To hunt Kainde Amedha is an honour, and to track the Pyobe Amedha as the same time is

something far more. The skulls of warriors and oomans alike will surely bring favour with the Childbearers, and gain the chance at many matings. To return from the Hunt with the skull of the Lou-bte klaei Kainde Amedha, though, the child bearing hard meat, that would guarantee matings for years to come. They would sing songs of the battle, the tale recorded in vaults of the clan for eternity...I will earn it, though, earn the right to fight the mother of the hard meat. Follow the code,

match prey weapon for weapon, ascend through the castes. Young though I may be, experience will bring it its own benefits. Soon I will have enough trophies to prove I can be a warrior: not just any, the greatest warrior ever known.QUOTE: “Live to Hunt, Die with honour, accept only Nain-desintje-de (pure win).”

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Yautja WarrIor

5Intimidation5Yautja Guns5Yautja Melee3First Aid2Demolitions3Climbing4Brawling3Acrobatics

+4Status

-3Zealot-1Humourless-3Honourable

-8Attractiveness

SKILLS

+3Sit. Awareness+3Nerves of Steel+2Fast Reactions+2Acute Hearing+2Acute Smell

+8Hard To Kill

29

20

59

90

3

4

48

4

6

DRAWBACKSQUALITIES

ESSENCEENDURANCE

SPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

2Trip3Grab4Headbutt3Jab

4Jump Kick4Roll With Blow4Disarm4Martial Arts

5Tracking+5Traps4Throw Knife3Swimming

4Survival- Forest3Survival- Desert4Survival- Jungle1Survival- Urban

5Stortelling6Rituals- Boning & Skinning Prey

6Myth & Legends- Hunting Tales

3Language- Human

PERSONALITY:The young Blooded do not know the dangers we face with this Hunt. Not only do we hunt

the Kainde Amedha, we also know there to be Pyobe Amedha on the planet of the Short Rain. The more experienced of Warriors know that the Oomans are by no means an easy prey; we know the tales of Jungle Stalker and his defeat, or the expedition to the City of Fire which resulted in the death of Skull Claimer. Oomans are clever, and can be deadly.Even the Blooded, with their experience of the Hard Meat, don’t know what they face.

Their hot-headed nature will result in many casualties if they do not keep their wits about them. Though a true Warrior knows better than to question a higher caste, especially an Elder, I wonder if old Gnarled Foot knows what he’s doing...QUOTE: “For a Warrior, there is only Victory or Death: There can be no defeat.”HUNTING GEAR: Wrist Blades, Shoulder Cannon, Spear Combi Weapon, Helmet, Custom

Body Armour, Gauntlets, Shift Suit, Cutting Disc, collection of skulls & skins.Ben Black XXXIX

Yautja Elder

4Martial ArtsAll moves at level

-2DisabilityPhysical

+10StatusSit. Awareness

6Sciences- Hunting Lore5Tracking4Traps2Throwing- Kinfe1Swimming

2Survival- Desert

3Survival- Forest4Survival- Jungle1Survival- Urban5Storytelling3Stealth

8

2

Rituals (Boning & Skinning Prey)

Language Human5Piloting Ship

6Myth&Legends Hunting Tales

7Intimidation7Yautja Melee6Yautja Guns2First Aid4Demolitions1Climbing5Brawling1Acrobatic

-3Zealot-1Humourless-3Honourable-6Attractiveness

SKILLS

+3+3Nerves of Steel+2Fast Reactions+2Acute Hearing+2Acute Sight+10Hard To Kill

2816

5092

4

6

37

2

6

DRAWBACKSQUALITIESESSENCEENDURANCESPEEDLIFEPOINTS

WILLPOWER

INTELLIGENCE

PERCEPTION

CONSTITUTION

DEXTERITY

STRENGTH

PERSONALITY:Younglings. Pah. They think I don’t know what they call me behind my back. Gnarled

Foot, Metal Leg... I am Yeyinde, Brave One, and the acid scaring of my foot proves it. Named after my Father, I wear my scars of battle with pride, just as he did: Different Knife, because of his broken mandible. Scars of battle against any prey can be as impressive as several trophy skulls, and tales of my battle against the child-bearing Hard Meat have only built upon my reputation.Visits to the Clan World bring invites from many potential breeders and admiring glances

from fellow Yautja Hunters. Surely once I return from Short Rain with news of Hard Skull’s lost hunting party, with yet more trophies, more and more offers will come.QUOTE: “Thin-de le’hsaun ‘aloun’myin-de/bpi-de gka-de hsou-depaya (Learn the gift of

all sights or finish in the dance of fallen gods)”

HUNTING GEAR: Wrist Blades, Body Armour, Gauntlets, Shift Suit, collection of hard meat and ooman skulls, antique pistols and blades.

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YauTJa Weaponry

SPEaR COMBI WEaPON:The primary weapon and the Hunter, the Spear can be used as both melee and ranged attacks. Favoured more for close combat, it's cutting edge can vary in style and size, depending upon the skill and ranking of the Hunter. A novice Hunter's spear would have a small blade, or maybe just a point, while a leader of a Pack could have a blade two foot long, with many prongs. The barbs themselves also vary in style and appearance, though they all have the same characteristics. Because of their design, the barbs act like armour piercing bullets, slicing straight through armour, flesh and bone. They can be retrieved from any scenery and reloaded into the cartridge that fits into the spear (one cartridge holds 32 barbs).

32 Barbs per CartridgeCapacity

VERY RAREAvailability

10/30/100/200/400Barb Range

D8 x 6 (24)Spear Gun Barb

D10 (5) x (Strength +1) SlashingSpear Blade

CUTTING DISC:Held in a holster secured to the armour of the left thigh, the Cutting Disc is a discuss-like object with five holes in it, each tapered and measured for individual Hunters. Although the disc can be used handheld in a similar way to an axe head, it's intended purpose is to be thrown, in a similar way to the way aborigines use a boomerang. The advanced technology of the Hunters means the disc is filled with targeting computers linked in to the helmet's targeting system, navigation circuits and power couplings, which enable the disc to return to the operator, as well as a field generator which surrounds the blade with a small electrical field which enhances the cutting ability.


10/30/100/200/400Disc Range

D12 (6) x Strength (Slashing)Cutting Disc

WrIst BlaDES:The standard weapon of a Hunter to fall back on, the wrist blades of a Hunter can remain retracted in the right gauntlet until such a time arises when they are needed. The dual blades are constructed from a light titanium alloy, but are incredibly strong, and can tear through armour and most bulkheads. Used primarily for beginning the slow ritual of skinning prey, the wrist blades are also highly effective in combat, although their size does make them an extremely close-combat weapon. Only the most fearless and experienced Hunter will use these primarily as their weapon of choice.

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D8 (4) x Strength (Slashing)Wrist Blades

SHOULDER CaNNoN:The most-used ranged weapon of the Clans, the shoulder mounted Plasma Cannon is a formidable weapon, who's limitations are only hampered by sight. Essentially, the Cannon is keyed in to head movements of the Hunter, though this function can be overridden. The basic premiss of the Mounted Cannon is that if the Hunter can see and target it, then the cannon will lock on, and will remain locked on until the target is either out of vision, or destroyed. It has no range other than vision, though isn't suited for sniping. This being said, sniping isn't the Hunters' style.

100 shots per power cell.Capacity


Vision-basedCannon Range

D10 x 8 (40)Shoulder Cannon

PlaSMaCasTER:The Plasmacaster is essentially a hand-held version of the Shoulder Cannon, though it isn't quite as powerful. It has a limited spread, similar to a shotgun. Hence this weapon can target up to three close-together targets at once, though with this particular weapon, targeting does have to be done manually, as it isn't keyed into the Helmet and it's targeting system. Taking separate power cartridges, Plasmacasters aren't standard issue for a Hunt against the Hard Meat, though they are used in force when employed in a nest raid.

30 shots per charge.Capacity


10/50/100/300/500Range

D6 x 10 (30)Plasmacaster

WrIst LaUNCHERPurely a back-up weapon, the Wrist Launcher is a disposable weapon that is part of the left gauntlet. If all other weapons are inoperative for one reason or another, and the situation is dire, then the Wrist Launcher can be employed and brought into action. It can only discharge a certain number of shots before having to be discarded. Nowhere near as powerful as the Plasma Cannon, it is rarely used.

7 per gauntletCapacity


10/30/100/200/400Barb Range

D6 x 6 (18)Wrist Launcher

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NET GUN:Not so much a weapon as a tool, the Net Gun is used to apprehend prey. If the target is near a wall, the barbed tips of the net will dig in to the wall, surrounding the prey, and the netting will slowly contract, slowly slicing and dicing the prey.

12 capsules per gunCapacity


1/14/20/26/32Range

D12 (6) per turn (once contraction begins).Netting

WaR BlaDES:An addition to the standard gauntlets employed only for the hunting of highly lethal prey, such as the Hard Meat, War Blades are two-foot blades that lock into place, and inflict the same damage as the blade of the Spear Combi Weapon. While the normal wrist blades are for skinning, these weapons are meant for all-out combat, and are completely immune the corrosive effects of the Hard Meat blood. In times of dire need, these blades can be fired up to 10 yards away.

EXTREMELY RAREAvailability

D10 (5) x (Strength +1) (Slashing)War Blades

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YauTJa aRMOURHELMET:Made from a metal that can be found in abundance on one of the Clan Worlds, the Helmet is one of the Hunter's primary tools of hunt, giving it life support, as well as giving it the ability to see the world through a plethora of spectrums, including Ultra Violet, Infra Red, Electrical Pulses, and many more. Targeting with the built-in targeting system will only work on targets that visible with that particular type of vision: An alien can't be targeted in Infra Red, as it gives off no heat, though it's body does emit a large Electrical field. Likewise, a human in a heatproof suit won't be easy to spot, unless another vision preference is used. An undead may give of no heat, but depending upon resurrection techniques, may be rife with radiation. A seasoned hunter carefully selects what vision is best.Armour Value : Type 4

Body armour:The Predator isn't entirely armoured, it does have areas that remain vulnerable. Areas protected by armour include the feet and shins, upper thighs, forearms, shoulder and upper chest, and groin. This is an armour made on the Clan Worlds, and consequently is extremely strong, yet very light and durable.Armour Value : Type 3A

GaUNTLETS:The gauntlets have a number of different purposed. The right houses the Wrist blades, and also monitors the Hunters' vital stats, such as Heart rates, Pulses, etc. The left gauntlet is that which has the Wrist Launcher, as well as controls for altering the strength and settings of the weapons, visions and Mesh-suit. It also houses the detonation settings and device of the Warriors Death Knell, the Predator's ultimate last-resort weapon.Armour VAlue : Type 3

75

30

3

Max. Range

General Effect

Ground Zero

Warriors Death Knell

D12 x 5 + 100 (130)


D12 x 10 + 200 (260)

D12 x 20 + 300(420)

ShIft SUIT:The Predator's entire body is covered in a fine mesh, which offers little to no protection, but does have two purposes. It masks out the heat trace of the Predator itself from all sensors, and also is filled with Micro-Fibrous circuitry which alters and 'bends' the light, giving the Predator a shimmering, almost invisible effect. Hunting lore does dictate that some weapons can not be used while cloaked, including weapons like the Spear, the Plasmacaster, and the Shoulder Canon. Some Hunters, especially those that are under the supervision of mentors on Hunts, have their cloaking devices set to deactivate if these weapons are used. The cloaking field is also useless against the Aliens, as they track their prey by Pheromones. The mesh also help regulate body temperature.Ben Black XLIV

RESPIRaTOR:Only designed for sort periods of use, and in no way intended to replace the ability of the Helmet, the Respirator feeds a direct supply of methane and nitrous oxide into the Hunter's system, simulating the environment of the home world.

MEDICaL KIT:Kept attached to the rear of the belt, the Medi-kit is a large collection of tools and apparatus that the Hunter can use to heal itself and remove any and all toxins. The only thing the Hunter must supply in addition to the contents of the medi kit is a good amount of solid matter that can be used to form a paste to quell blood loss and infection. This heals 7 life points per success level.

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alIen Larvae

Acid blood +5Special

110

+39Special - see notes

Dumb As Dead Wood 0Who Needs Food? +8Like A Hawk +2, Life Sense +6Dead Joe Average 0, Iron Grip +1,Strength

Climbing +218

The Quick Dead +10, The Lunge +3, Climbing +2All 0

2603-2312

PowerSpreading The Love

IntelligenceSustenanceSenses

Getting AroundWeakspotSkills

Essence PoolEndurance PointsSpeedDead PointsWillpowerPerceptionIntelligenceDexterityConstitutionStrength

Notes:The Alien Larvae, commonly referred to a sa Facehugger, is a small, spider-like creature with a tail three foot in length. Able to leap great distances by using its tail as a powerful coiled spring, this creature knows only one purpose in life: to impregnate a target with its seed.When attacked by a Larvae, the target must succeed in a hard strength test in order to escape the grip of the creature. If they fail, the creature can attach itself and implant the seed of the alien in the chest cavity. After D10 hours, the creature falls off and dies, and a further D10 hours after this, the calf emerges from the host body. To remove the creature, a fourth level must be scored on the success table, using a roll of intelligence and any medical skills available combined with the bonus any available medical equipment. D12+5 damage is incurred for each attempt to remove the parasite, regardless of the outcome.

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alIen Calf

Special Acid Blood +7

26

+23N/A

Mother Knows Best +8Daily 0, All Flesh 0

0 9* 1

32

Like The living +1

Bite D6 x Strength

1

Ninety-Pound Weakling -3, Teeth +4Strength

4

2

Life-Like +3, Burrowing +3All 0



Getting AroundWeakspotAttack


Notes:The Calf, commonly referred to as a Chestburster, is a snake-like creature no more than 3 foot long, which expends most of its energy to burrow its way out the host body in a grisly birth (viewers of a birthing must pass a Hard Fear Test). The calf will normally retire to a secluded area to feed and mature into an adult, though it will fight if cornered.

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alIen WarrIor

Who Needs Food +8Senses Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen +10, Life Sense +14

42* 1

1

+89Bury The body -2Acid Blood +10SpecialMother Knows Best +8 (see appendix).

77

18

3

Monsterous +10, Claws +6, Iron Grip +1The Quick Dead +10, Leaping +3, Climbing +2, Wall Crawl +5All 0, Fire -1Brawling +3, Climbing +2Tail D6xStrength=1 dose Curare per strike (AFMBE p.107), Jaw D12x7Attack


IntelligenceSustenance

StrengthGetting AroundWeakspotSkills


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alIen PraetorIan

Bury The Body -2Spreading The LoveSpecial

Attacks Tail D6xStrength=1 dose Curare per strike (AFMBE p.107), Jaw Strike D12x8, Acidic Spit D8 x Constitution (Range is 6 foot)

+98

74 0 23* 07

Acid Blood +10

Mother Knows Best +8

Strength

Who Needs Food +8

Elite Strength +12, Claws +6, Iron Grip +1, Damage Resistance +5Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen +10, Life Sense +14

18

36

The Quick Dead +10, Leaping +3, Climbing +2, Wall Crawl +5All 0, Fire -1Brawling +5, Climbing +2

10

Power




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alIen/Yautja HybrId

+95

24* 0

18 0

37

Bury The Body -2Mother Knows Best +8Who Needs Food +8Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen +10, Life Sense +14

The Quick Dead +10, Leaping +3, Climbing +2, Wall Crawl +5

66

All 0Brawling +4, Climbing +2, Stealth +3

Acid Blood +6Special

Elite Strength +12, Claws +6, Iron Grip +1, Fire Resistance +3Strength

Tail D6xStrength=1 dose Curare per strike (AFMBE p.107), Jaw Strike D12x8, Crushing Mandibles D4 x Strength

Attack

410

Power

Spreading The LoveIntelligenceSustenanceSenses



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alIen Queen

+99

407 4

4 0

27

Bury The Body -2Mother Knows Best +8Who Needs Food +8Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen +10, Life Sense +14

Life-Like +10, Leaping +3

150

All 0Brawling +6

Acid Blood +12, Natural Armour +4 (D8x2)+8 (16)Special

Unnatural Strength +13, Claws +6, Damage Res. +5, Fire Res. +3Strength

Tail D6xStrength=1 dose Curare per strike (AFMBE p.107), Jaw Strike D12x8, Forearm Slash D6x3(9)

Attack

1015

Power




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alIen HIve Structure

The structure of the Alien Hive is bizarre fusion of biological forms and mechanical shapes. The Alien creates this structure through secretion of a thick, resin-like drool which dries and hardens into a strong crystallised substance.The Hive has a number of functions, the first of which is immobilise potential hosts, fixing them to the walls of breeding chambers and ensuring they do not escape. The erratic nature of the structure often means that bodies must be broken and twisted to fit into the design, which is something the Alien is able to do without a second thought. To escape unaided from the Hive, a potential host must pass one hard strength test for each hour they have been imprisoned to break free from the cocoon. A second person may offer assistance, adding his own successful strength tasks to the count.The second function of the Hive is to provide an environment in which the Alien can thrive. Hollowed tubes and small chambers provide a basic heating system for the structure, but these tubes and conduits can also be used by the Alien to travel between areas. The appearance of the Hive also makes it possible for Aliens to blend in perfectly with the scenery, giving them a +7 to any stealth tasks while stationary, and +3 when moving.The Hive has an armour value of 15, a damage capacity of 50 per yard/ meter and a barrier value of 25.

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THE LaZaRUs SpawnThe Lazarus Project took the somewhat controversial work of Doctor Bellmore several steps

further than what had been possible within Grant Pharmaceuticals. His work with Alien DNA and genomes was frowned upon mainly as his work started so soon after the collapse and reclaim of Earth, but he was convinced that his work would be of benefit to mankind, especially with the store of pure Royal Jelly they held. When his experiments turned to experimenting on dead humans and combining them with reconstituted Alien DNA, Grant Pharmaceuticals had no choice but to terminate his employment.Though Weyland Yutani publicly applauded Grant for firing Bellmore, upholding their

public image of ‘Loathing the Alien’, they secretly admired the man’s work, and were interested in the potential profits of his claims: enhanced soldiers, unstoppable killers, and the promise of a tame Alien creature that a man could control.As highly improbable as his claims were, early experiments with dead tissue and infusions

of Royal Jelly provided startling results, and the Corporate Directors agreed that with the right resources to hand, they would get the results they desired within a few years. After all, Weyland Yutani had a vested interest in the Marines, and a more efficient killer would certainly be beneficial to them.Once Braxis’ World had been colonised, Bellmore and his team moved in almost instantly,

and the results were startling. By taking dead bodies and flushing their systems with the compound La2ArUS, a mix of various chemicals and pure Royal Jelly, it was discovered that a normal Alien Larvae could infect a dead body; even a decapitated corpse proved no problem, as long as the spinal column was intact.The ramifications of this alone were astounding; decades of study of Alien biology had

shown that it needed living and organic material to sustain the young creature during the ingestion stage.The dead hosts didn’t remain corpselike for long, either. As the Alien seed developed, it

wrapped itself around the spinal cord of the host body, the mix of chemicals and Jelly mutating it into another stage in the alien life cycle. The seed seemed to tap into the central nervous system and could actually control the body, while the strange mix of chemicals promoted mutations within the body itself. Organic material became fused with mechanical elements, creating a twisted bio-mechanoid entity similar in appearance to the Alien and its hive structure. The Chestburster would only burst from the body upon destruction of the hosts spine, and then go on to mutate into an Alien strain never yet encountered.This new subspecies, neither living nor dead, became known as the Lazarus Spawn, and

the potential of the creature excited the Directors of Weyland Yutani more than anything had before. As the experiments progressed, and results continued to come in reporting of the superb process of the project......Transmissions suddenly ceased.

Lazarus Spawn Human Page 54Lazarus Spawn Yautja Page 56Lazarus Spawn Calf Page 58Lazarus Spawn WarrIor Page 59Lazarus Spawn Queen Page 60

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LaZaRUs Spawn human

The frailty of the human body sees the infected host undergo a vast and horrific transformation, not just the with the addition of biomechanical implants. As the mutated cells of the Lazarus Spawn work their way through the host, the body becomes twisted and deformed, taking on many visual characteristics of an Alien Warrior, each host mutating in a different way. The combination of chemicals in the host’s bloodstream goes some way towards neutralising the acidic qualities of the Alien blood.

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Special Acid Blood +2, Natural Armour +2 [D6 +1(4)]

26

+23N/A

Problem Solving +15, Teamwork +4, Long Term Memory +5Who Needs Food +8

0 92 1

32

Like The living +1

See Weapons Note below

4

Like A Bull +5, Hug Of Death +8Strength

4

2

Life-Like +3, The Lunge +3Spine +5





Weapons Note:As the body absorbs the weapons and armour the host would carry or wear, the Lazarus

Spawn quickly reforms them to operate on an organic level, the body providing them with an organic substitute for ammunition or protection. These Bio-mech weapons can include, but are not limited to, the following:Bio-mech Armour Plates - Standard Marine protection that has fused to the skin of the

Lazarus carrier, this crystallised compound can add an extra D12+4 points worth of armour protection. Bio-mech Bile Projector - Constructed from the infused case of an M240 Incinerator, this

projectile can hurl a stream of acidic bile a distance of 1/5/9/10/20, and can cause D8x2 Chemical Damage. The strength of this concentrated liquid can effectively half the points of any armour it comes into contact with.Bio-mech Cyst Rifle - The Cyst Rifle is based on any rapid-firing projectile-firing weapon,

and is modified to fire a stream of 9mm cysts that are produced within the host body. These cysts act like regular 9mm bullets, and are produced automatically and stored in sacs of 100, normally near the gun appendage itself. The body can create 100 cysts in a little under 5 minutes.Bio-mech Webbing Cannon - Based on the Dogchopper shotgun, this device can fire a

web of resinous material over a distance of 1/2/3/4/6, which instantly encumbers the target 2 levels upon a successful strike. Each resultant shot further encumbers the target by one level, until he or she is incapacitated. No damage is given directly by this shot.Bio-mech Exoskeleton - Any Lazarus-infected humans attached to a powerloader at the

time ot mutation absorbs the mechanical exoskeleton, enhancing their strength by 4, gaining an extra 20 dead points, and adding Class III armour to their torso and limbs. Their mobility and speed are seriously decreased by this addition (see powerloader stats).Bio-mech Enhanced Vision - The infusion of video recording equipment and cameras

enables the Lazarus Spawn human to be able to see in a variety of different spectrums, as well as interfere with radio signals.It is not unknown for Lazarus Spawn Humans to grow tails or other Alien appendages

during the transformation. The appendages can cause the same damage as their alien-based counterparts.

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LaZaRUs Spawn YauTJa

Already a formidable hunter and killer, a Yautja infected with the seed of the Alien only has these natural instincts magnified tenfold by the mutant embryo. As the corruption of the parasite spreads, the Yautja becomes fused with any hunting gear it may carry at the point of infection, many elements of it’s offensive array of weaponry taking on a bio-mechnical appearance and trait. As their body and metabolism are vastly different to a human, they do not take on as much of the Alien’s appearance, though they can take on the same traits.

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Special Acid Blood +2, Natural Armour +2 [D6 +1(4)]

26

+23N/A

Problem Solving +15, Teamwork +4, Long Term Memory +5Who Needs Food +8

0 92 1

32

Like The living +1

See Weapons Note below

4

Like A Bull +5, Hug Of Death +8Strength

4

2

Life-Like +3, The Lunge +3Spine +5





Weapons Note:As the body absorbs the weapons and armour the host would carry or wear, the Lazarus

Spawn quickly reforms them to operate on an organic level, the body providing them with an organic substitute for ammunition or protection. Lazarus Spawn Bio-mech Metal Hide : As with the human Lazarus Spawn, the toughened armour plating

worn by the predators are absorbed as crystalline cysts around the body, providing (D6 x 2) + 9(15) points of armour protection.Bio-mech Plasm Cannon : Firing 3-shot salvos of neon-blue organic plasm, each shot costs

three essence points and can cause D8 x 2(8) points of damage, with D4(2) points of splash damage within one yard of impact.Bio-mech Calcium Blades : Wrist blades absorbed by the body and converted into a

metallic bone extension of the arm, these blades are armour-piercing and cause D10x2(10) x strength points of damage with a single slash. Unlike the suit of armour worn by normal Yautja, these can not be retracted into the flesh of the Spawn.Bio-mech Skullblade : Based on the Cutting Disc, this compressed plate of cartilage and

nerve tissue is like a living extension of the Spawn, and homes in on its targets with deadly accuracy. Vibrating the tiny cartilage teeth surrounding the edge, this can chew its way through D10(5) x Intelligence worth of damage.Bio-mech Mucus : Working on a similar principle to the Net Gun, the mucus launched

from the nozzle of this weapon incapacitates the prey by inflicting D12(6) points of endurance damage upon contact, and D8(4) points per turn after that as it begins to shrink and harden around the target. One shot from this costs 2 essence points.Bio-mech War Scythe :The organic equivalent of the Warblades, these scythe-like blades

of bone can cleave through almost any substance by excreting a powerful acid through tiny pores running the length of the sharpened edge. Any armour is effectively zero against it, and they cause D12(6) x Strength+1 damage, with extra chemical damage of D6(3) for three turns of combat.Bio-mech Critical Splash : A far less-impressive biological alternative to the devastating

Warriors Death Knell, activation of this organic device floods internal cavities of the Spawn with a volatile mix of carbonates and acids, the results of which is an acidic shower over a 10 yard radius, inflicting D6x2(6) damage for D12+5(11) turns.

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LaZaRUs Spawn calfOnce they have been forced from their host body, the ‘Spawn Calf’ must eat

approximately 180 pounds of food to grow to an adult warrior. Unlike the normal Calf, which requires living tissue, the ‘Spawn Calf’ can gain the nutrients it needs from anything in it’s surrounding environment: meat, bone, gristle, metal, rock, earth, it can digest and absorb anything it can eat. It only differs in appearance to a normal ‘Chestburster’ as its skin is a pale grey-blue colour. As with the Spawn hosts, the acidic qualities of its blood are drastically reduced due to the mix of chemicals in the bloodstream.

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LaZaRUs Spawn WarrIorAs the Calf grows and matures it evolves into the ‘Spawn Warrior’, which again differs in

appearance only though colour; the resinous carapace of this creature is a muddy blue-grey colour, and it gives off a faint luminous glow which can only be seen by the naked eye in total darkness. This unearthly glow comes from the cocktail of various chemicals that still linger in its metabolism from the host body.Lazarus Warriors have also demonstrated the fact they operate on an individual,

animalistic level. While the normal species of Alien seem to rally around the Queen, reacting to silent orders given by her, the Lazarus Spawn seem to act on its own initiative, though it can work in a team with fellow Lazarus Spawn.As with the normal breed of Alien, the Lazarus Spawn Warrior is able to create the same

Hive Structure.

Daily 0, All Flesh 0Senses Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen +10, Life Sense +14

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LaZaRUs Spawn QueenAs with the Warrior, the queen is a muddy blue-grey colour, with a slight luminous glow

created by the chemicals of the host it was previously infused with. Rendered infertile herself, the Lazarus Queen still has a strong maternal instinct, leading to her conducting raids on Alien breeding grounds to obtain her own eggs. The Lazarus Queen has the ability to seep an organic variant of the synthetic La2ArUS compound from her pores, meaning she is able to infect dead bodies with the reviving liquid to spread her own creed.Though the Lazarus Queen does not posses the same physical strength as the Alien

Queen, it is faster, more agile and incredibly resistant to all forms of attack, making a much tougher creature to eliminate.

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Bury The Body -2Animal Cunning +2, Teamwork +4Daily 0, All Flesh 0Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen +10, Life Sense +14

Life-Like +10, Leaping +3

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All 0Brawling +6

Acid Blood +4, Natural Armour +4 (D8x2)+8 (16)Special

Elite Strength +12, Claws +6, Damage Res. +5, Fire Res. +3Strength

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BraxIsä WorlDBraxis’ World: M-Type Planet

Distance from Sun: 140 x 106Diameter: 12,100 km

Relative to Earth 0.95%Orbital Duration

263 Earth daysDay Duration

32 HoursGravity 0.9 GMoons 1Outposts 1

Braxis Off-World R&DAtmos. Process Comp. 73.1% +

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Braxis’ World is a harsh and arid planet, with little to offer the casual prospector. With ore samples showing a high contents of impurities, unbreathable atmosphere and harsh weather conditions that ravaged the surface of the planet, word was put out by Weyland Yutani that the planet was nothing more than a chunk of useless rock floating in the void. A planet with no natural resources held no commercial interest for the multibillion dollar company, and it was passed by in the initial survey reports of its system.That was the story released to the public; however, the truth was very different.Years before the survey, a small band of raiders and pirates had set up base on the

planet, a makeshift port that acted as a go-between for illegal trade and the black market, and a base of operations for many plunderers in the sector. Their base, located beneath the thick crust in a mountainous area of the planet, provided protection from the elements and a safe, sealed environment to work and trade from. Spanning seven subterranean levels, the base was roughly square in shape, each floor the same size with the exception of the topmost floor, and each level had its own specific purpose: the lowest level hosed the machinery and power generators required to sustain an environment in the enclosed station, and the one above that used as an equipment store. The fifth and fourth levels were used as bunks and barracks, while the third was used as the control deck, where he base was run from. Trade and deals were conducted on the second level of the base, and the topmost level acted as the actual port for the base, a large expanse that had been cut out the side of the mountain at an angle and able to hold a large number of flying machines.Unknown to the raiders, the planet was used as a hunting ground to train younger clan

members of the roaming Yautja tribes, an ideal location for accustoming them to harsh elements and unfriendly environments. When the presence of the human colony was revealed to them, their training missions were scrapped for blooding ceremonies, and the Aliens were released on the world, infiltrating the underground layer and drawing all three species into a bloody conflict that ended in victory for the Alien. Some hunters and raiders Ben Black LXI

fell in battle, others fled the planet, and few survived, while the Alien claimed the underground base as its own, spreading the hive within it and causing a massive infestation.It was this infestation that caught the attention of the biological weapons division of

Weyland Yutani in a scan of the planet, which led to the terraforming of the planet.Terraforming a planet wasn’t an easy or cheap process, and something that was reported

in financial reports released each quarter: Supporters of the company with a loathing of the Alien creatures would pull their financial backing if they knew of the involvement of the parasitic creature before results were ready to be released, and so the colonisation of the planet needed to be kept low-key. But how could a piece of terraforming equipment such as an atmosphere processor, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, be set up on a planet without shareholders knowing the truth?Cargo ships filled with all the buildings and equipment required to terraform an

environment were often targeted by raiders, mostly for much saught-after hydrogen fuel cells, and it wasn’t hard for the company to fake the loss of one or two ships in the depths of space: these would be investigated to a lesser extent when compared to an entire processing set-up disappearing.And so the processing station was set up dangerously close to the already-established

hive, sitting in the depths of a rocky region called the Devil’s Teeth, the same area that had once served as the battleground to a bloody war. With canyons leading away from site in many directions, it is possible to access almost any area of the planet from that central hub, though why anyone would want to take to the canyons was uncertain: Most regions of the planet were dry and desert-like, the mountains acting like a refuge, an island in a sea of dust and craters. With no plant or animal life, other than the Aliens in their cavern, here wasn’t any need to leave the confines of the base.The colony itself comprised of the atmosphere processor: a massive structure that climbed

over thirty levels into the air and had roots another eight levels beneath the ground, linking directly to the hive by a tunnel carved out the rock on the lowest level. This tunnel was constantly under guard by a number of soldiers and automated defences.Above ground, three larger outer buildings had been erected around the perimeter, and

were connected by a ten-foot high storm-wall: a three-story building to the north of the compound acted as the main gate and hanger for any vehicles, while a building of equal proportions sat to the south of the compound, this one used by many of the colonists as their residence. The third building, in the centre of the perimeter, was the main base of operations for the colony, a five-story mixture of machinery and controls. Within the walls of the compound there was a number of makeshift buildings and cargo storage pods, including three bars and a strip club that had been set up.Further details of the colony are classified.

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appendIxSkills/ Special Augments:Created Specifically for this scenario:

Mother Knows Best +8A special brand of intelligence shared by the Alien, this version of a Hive Mind allows Aliens to

sense what each other experiences, using the Queen as a central communication hub. As an extension to this, the creatures also have a genetic memory, meaning that each creature is born with the same knowledge as the latter.

Elite Strength +12An enhancement of the Monstrous strength aspect (AFMBE, page 151), the creature imbued

with this strength quality is quite capable of rending flesh, bone, concrete and steel. Crushing a skull is no problem for anything with this level of strength as its joints, even finger joints, are as strong as pneumatic pistons. Strength +10

Unnatural Strength +13,And you thought Elite Strength was tough! Making the tough impossibly tougher, this knocks the

strength of the creature up to a level unheard of, making it a rarity to behold and something few would live to tell the tale of. Strength +15

Rule books/ Supplements Used:

All Flesh Must Be Eaten: Core Rule book - You need it to play it. If you haven’t got it, go buy it. If you already have it, buy another copy.

All Flesh Must Be Eaten: Atlas Of The Dead - Mainly for the natural Armour aspect, but a damn fine read, none the less.

Source books I would have liked to use but couldn’t:

All Flesh Must Be Eaten: All Tomorrows Zombies - I really don’t know if this physically exists yet or not... It’s a bit like the Matrix, where there is no spoon. It’s a little like the Holy Grail.

Other Sources of Information:

Aliens - Colonial Marines Technical Handbook - Like a bible for the Marine technology.

Aliens vs. Predator novels: Prey, Hunters Planet and War - Pretty good novels, let me build on the knowledge and background of the Predators a little. Nice one.

Thanks and Big Cheesy Grins To:

Jack Daniels - For giving me that incentive and edge I needed at half one in the morning sometimes.

Jim Beam - A close friend of Captain Jack.

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Kerrang!!! - For the music that moved me.

Renderosity.Com, Sparkyzworld.com, Sixus-1 and others I can’t remember - The resource sites I used to obtain the models used in some of the graphics - the models were ace, the piecing them together and rendering them a breeze.

20th Century Fox:For letting me see a toothed worm burst out of a mans chest when I was 6, and change

my life from then on.

Eden Studios:They made the game.

Legal Gumph & Jargon:

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