This choice: I'm a researcher, looking for new samples. • Go Back...Chapter #2Stand Back, I'm going to try Science by: ex2000   Men and woman of science have every reason in the world to visit this bizarre world, though many find themselves out of their league as the planet perpetually baffles even the best experts. Whether it be independent research, government funded organizations, or for corporate gain, experts often find themselves drawn to this planet where the impossible lies behind every corner.
Are you Lance Palrmer, the young 21 year old Climatologist assistant. Your have come down to this planet with a full team of experts that you hope to learn from, even though your still getting used to swallowing your pride around the experts. You grew up as colonial nobility, youngest son in the Trethewey family, with no pressure to carry on the family business and all the money to explore your passions. You'll be investigating the mysterious Velvet Oasis, situated in the middle of the Malevolent Flatlands, the hottest desert on the planet. The Oasis seems to exist consistently at below freezing temperatures for no known reason. You are a 178 cm (5'10") a Your skin has a natural tan, and you have black hair in a crew cut, with a matching well groomed pencil mustache. You have a tattoo, your first, on your right arm, a 3 eyed alien skull surrounded in blue flames, and you have plans for more in the future
Are you Renee Rivera, the biotechnological prodigy at 27 years old. You work for the prolific Houndsun corporation, and are trying to become head of the biotech companies research and development. When the company asks for volunteers to study the organisms of the Hamplants River on TF-J3FF, you are the only one that jumps on the opportunity. Your 163 cm (5'4") tall. Your body is a temple and you intend to squeeze every year out of it. You have dark skin, and are naturally bald, but your smooth head and square jaw combined with your trained body makes you an imposing man all the same.
Are you Cynthia Paterson, 43 years old respected exo-paleontologist. You've raised enough money to take a small group of scientists to the planet's surface to try to learn about the history of life on the planet, your search is starting in the shale deposits on the edge of the modern day Tortoise Swamp. Your a sturdy woman woman, standing at 168 cm (5'6"), your overweight. Most of your weight is in your hips, but you also have your share of muscle and fat, and sport a comfortable B cup. Your olive skin is weathered from the variety of alien environments, and your once long silky black hair is now almost completely grey, and equally abused by the elements.
Are you Hugo Luis, sociologist extraordinaire. You have gotten to the ripe old age of 91 and maintain your adventuring spirit. Your body has been augmented with experimental gene therapies to keep it fully functional, but even though your muscles have undergone intense atrophy after an accident on the volcanic world of MF-T117HX left you hospitalized for nearly two decades. To assist you you wear a full mechanized suit, which lets you keep up with the young men in your field, though keeping it powered and maintained is a constant headache. You are heading to this planet to examine a race of reptilian humanoids that live at the base of The Moaning Mountain, an active volcano. You suspect they may be not only intelligent but truly sapient. You were 180 cm (5'11") and the automated systems of your life support suit are barely able to maintain though you are frail. your suit covers that nicely, making you stand at nearly 214 cm (7ft) tall and weighs a monstrous 137 kg (302 lb) empty. The armored exoskeleton has everything you need to live, and cannot be removed without severe repercussions, meaning you've been put under every time its been removed. you haven't seen your true body in decades. You secretly hope you happen into something that can restore your body, but its not your focus
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