STAR FALL: A FORUM GAME (IN PLAY)

Rylah: You're not going to be able to do that. Your first shot killed the man already, and Jamis is making a run for it, having been successfully disarmed by Katya. As for Katya, she's bleeding from the shoulder and the hip, having been shot twice. You could shoot Jamis, but it's not recommended. This is a government controlled moon, and you are on a public street. Two uniformed officers approach. One addresses Katya. "You're lucky security cameras caught what happened, Kat. If you want some advice, lose this girl."

Katya laughs and says, "I'll keep that in mind. What's a girl got to do to get some medical attention?"

"Think I want to get mutate blood on me? Find it yourself, freak."

Katya stands up, barely. "Always a pleasure talking to you."

The officers leave and wave off the others in the area. They should be doing something, whether it's going after your attackers or arresting you and Katya, but obviously, they've been told not to get involved.

Lintis, Kassidy, & Ozardel: You don't have to go far to see what all the fuss is about. You see a mutate protecting a young girl. The girl is decidedly older than Agnelia, but still just a kid. She's covered in blood and gore, though she clearly couldn't have gotten in that state in this particular fight. The mutate appears to have feline DNA. Not only was this one fortunate enough not to be born deformed, but it seems the genetic splicing in her ancestry was perfect. Why anyone would have wanted to be augmented with feline DNA eludes both of you, but it's only a shame that those people's descendants now have to be cursed by their choices so many generations ago. The mutate obviously isn't responsible for the girl being covered in gore; she doesn't have any on herself.

Agnelia: One of the men runs from the tiger lady like a frightened pig. He runs kind of funny. The other two are on the ground, dead. Security forces have arrive, but when they see what the commotion is about, they look the other way and wait for it to finish.

All: Once Jamis flees, two uniformed men approach the mutate and the girl. After a minute or so, they leave, having clearly neglected some of their duties in the process...like actually doing something about a gunfight on their street. Somebody should be getting arrested, but nobody is.

Background: The introduction to Rylah Seneca has inspired me to add a story element to the game that I had been toying with for awhile. Katya is a mutate. In the world of Star Fall, the technology exists so that if you wanted, you could add genetic alterations to your body in the same way you'd add upgrades to a ship (or for a real life comparison, apps to a phone). However, this technology has been illegal for over a century. People like Katya are descended from people who submitted to such recreational genetic alteration. Though these people have no control over how they were born, there's a general underlying hatred and distrust of them...basic bigotry.

Lintis: The cat lady looks up at you, distinctly annoyed. "I was trying to get this kid to a doctor. It was obvious she needed one. Now, I need one, too. There's a scan blocker in it for you if you help."

SCAN BLOCKER - Ship Upgrade: A device used by smugglers and pirates to disguise the contents of their cargo from bounty hunters and security ships, and if needed, to disguise the identity of the pilots and passengers. Will block all passive scans. Warning: will not block a full scan.