Shathẻ was born into a family of some importance, his mother
was a member of the government and his dad was an architectural preserver.
Whilst clearing an area of land his father was slaughtered by a Tratchi worm as
was the rest of the team. Shathẻ was left on his own with his mother and needed
to keep himself occupied, already a smart child he focused on Biology and
Astrology. Anything biologically different fascinated him and the prospect of
such an infinite space outside his atmosphere intrigued him. He spent his life
trying to work in the NWD but never succeeded. When the humans were discovered,
the council started to privately fund terrorists to destroy the observatories.
They were terrified by change and another, potentially more primitive race.
From the ashes! The remaining scientists tried to continue their
research, and much to the council’s surprise, the Odalae people began to give
money to the scientists, they were excited by a new race and wanted to make
contact. Once this movement took hold, the council could do nothing to stop it.
And eventually an exploration vessel left for this new planet. While away, Shathẻ
was employed to study this new planet, atmosphere, size, and rotation, anything
to work out how this new species worked.
Almost a decade later, a signal came through from an unknown
satellite. Through the telescopes Shathẻ could see that is was not Odalai in
origin. When contacted by satellite, the Odalai were told about the demise of
the exploration vessel. A freak meteor storm destroyed their vessel sending the
shrapnel hurtling into the alien’s planet. It turns out that this alien species
had been studying the Odalaes aswell, so upon discovery of interstellar travel
they decided it was time to make contact. When the aliens were deemed safe,
they were invited to the planet.
Being one of the first to make radio contact, Shathẻ was
introduced to them first. This exposed him to their diseases before they could
be deemed physically safe. Within hours Shathẻ began to show signs of sickness,
as did the other members of the welcome party. That same hour saw Shathẻ quarantined
with the humans. Some of the Odalai died from the sickness, Shathẻ was close
but from the help of some alien medicine, was able to begin his recovery.
Whilst quarantined, Shathẻ and one of the aliens, a ‘war medic’, began to talk.
Shathẻ learnt about the aliens past and learnt that, though they may not be primitive,
they are a violent race capable of extreme violence. Shathẻ was told that he
was a ‘pacifist’, if worst came to worst, he’d act violently to survive but preferred
not to.
Eventually the government informed the terrorist cells of
the diseases that these aliens carried and risking war with the aliens, the
terrorists were tasked with killing all aliens, and Odalai that had made
contact with them.
When the attack inevitably started, Shathẻ was caught in one
of explosions burning and scaring him, it caused him to be knocked unconscious and
collapse. When he woke, he was in a jungle somewhere, he could smell smoke so
he was still close but the jungles are so dense he could see nothing. As he
began to focus, the alien, Saunders, was next to him, covered in rubble and
dust.
The aim is to stealthily reach the prototype space shuttles in
order to get Saunders back to his planet. He’s a non-violent character so has a
taser-machete in order to get through the jungle but not kill anybody. As the
game progresses, war does break out. The humans attack the planet and Shathẻ is
forced into killing his own people in order to protect Saunders. He despises
violence but his experiences begin to blur his loyalty and what he’s willing to
do for good or bad.
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