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<blockquote data-quote="tmart" data-source="post: 3574992" data-attributes="member: 11198"><p><strong>From “Travels in the Pacific Northwest”, the autobiography of Dorn</strong></p><p><strong>Edmunssen, Chapter 12</strong></p><p></p><p><em>written by the intrepid GM</em> </p><p></p><p>“The first major expedition undertaken by the newly installed Chancellor</p><p>Flowers was to the old military research base far to the north of Haven.</p><p>While I did not participate in the venture, I did have a chance to speak</p><p>with most of the survivors.</p><p></p><p>The mutant problem had been growing steadily worse for several years, though</p><p>it was at first easily managed. Most mutants were essentially mindless,</p><p>displaying only instinctual behavior. Furthermore their unique physiology</p><p>confined them to irradiated zones; if they left those areas they began to</p><p>slowly decay into nothing. It should be mentioned that the strain of</p><p>mutants from the northern research base was a far different breed from those</p><p>originating elsewhere. For example, the mutants from Old Vancouver are</p><p>“mostly human” where as the research base mutants are “mostly monster”.</p><p></p><p>In any regard, as the years passed the mutants began to act in a more</p><p>strategic and intelligent manner. At the same time, new and more deadly</p><p>strains of mutants began to appear. While individually the mutants were no</p><p>more intelligent than before, there actions as a whole seemed to be guided</p><p>somehow. What ultimately forced actions from the southern states was the</p><p>mutants spreading radioactive waste southwards, gradually increasing their</p><p>territory while spreading terror and death through the farm families of the</p><p>region.</p><p></p><p>Chancellor Flowers and his friends set off to destroy this threat. They</p><p>traveled far into the irradiated badlands, eventually arriving at the</p><p>research base. They found it infested with mutants and employed a strategy</p><p>of stealth. Eventually they found themselves cornered by an enormous</p><p>psychic presence and forced to retreat into a pre-Drop missile defense</p><p>system control center created by the ATMA Corporation. While this shelter</p><p>protected them from the presence and the growing horde of mutants, they were</p><p>under siege and could not last forever.</p><p></p><p>It was then a strange quirk of fate gave the expedition a chance to survive.</p><p> At the break of dawn all the mutants just wandered away and the presence</p><p>was similarly diminished. Emerging from the confines of the control center,</p><p>the group found a crate of C-4 lying by the base of the center. Pausing</p><p>only to grab the C-4, the expedition hurried forward into the base.</p><p></p><p>Inside, the area appeared to have been hastily evacuated, with a large</p><p>amount of valuable equipment left lying around. Unfortunately, they were in</p><p>too much of a hurry to collect any of it and had no means of transporting it</p><p>in any case. Eventually, the bottom most lab in the research facility was</p><p>reached and within it lay a monster.</p><p></p><p>The psychic presence returned immediately when this lab was breached and</p><p>seemed to emanate from a massive writhing pile of flesh and organs.</p><p>Chancellor Flowers was able to see that it was likely the “hive mind” or</p><p>source of the intelligence of the mutants. A battle ensued as a pair of</p><p>extremely large and powerful mutants emerged to defend the mass. Dexter</p><p>Kablowski set the C-4 and the group evacuated through an emergency exit</p><p>tunnel just in time to avoid the explosion.</p><p></p><p>On their way back through the badlands the expedition observed the mutants</p><p>moving listlessly. As they returned to the colony the general consensus was</p><p>that the threat was over and hopefully life would return to normal. Of</p><p>course, they didn’t know the true nature of the mutation or what threats it</p><p>would cause in the future…”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tmart, post: 3574992, member: 11198"] [b]From “Travels in the Pacific Northwest”, the autobiography of Dorn Edmunssen, Chapter 12[/b] [I]written by the intrepid GM[/I] “The first major expedition undertaken by the newly installed Chancellor Flowers was to the old military research base far to the north of Haven. While I did not participate in the venture, I did have a chance to speak with most of the survivors. The mutant problem had been growing steadily worse for several years, though it was at first easily managed. Most mutants were essentially mindless, displaying only instinctual behavior. Furthermore their unique physiology confined them to irradiated zones; if they left those areas they began to slowly decay into nothing. It should be mentioned that the strain of mutants from the northern research base was a far different breed from those originating elsewhere. For example, the mutants from Old Vancouver are “mostly human” where as the research base mutants are “mostly monster”. In any regard, as the years passed the mutants began to act in a more strategic and intelligent manner. At the same time, new and more deadly strains of mutants began to appear. While individually the mutants were no more intelligent than before, there actions as a whole seemed to be guided somehow. What ultimately forced actions from the southern states was the mutants spreading radioactive waste southwards, gradually increasing their territory while spreading terror and death through the farm families of the region. Chancellor Flowers and his friends set off to destroy this threat. They traveled far into the irradiated badlands, eventually arriving at the research base. They found it infested with mutants and employed a strategy of stealth. Eventually they found themselves cornered by an enormous psychic presence and forced to retreat into a pre-Drop missile defense system control center created by the ATMA Corporation. While this shelter protected them from the presence and the growing horde of mutants, they were under siege and could not last forever. It was then a strange quirk of fate gave the expedition a chance to survive. At the break of dawn all the mutants just wandered away and the presence was similarly diminished. Emerging from the confines of the control center, the group found a crate of C-4 lying by the base of the center. Pausing only to grab the C-4, the expedition hurried forward into the base. Inside, the area appeared to have been hastily evacuated, with a large amount of valuable equipment left lying around. Unfortunately, they were in too much of a hurry to collect any of it and had no means of transporting it in any case. Eventually, the bottom most lab in the research facility was reached and within it lay a monster. The psychic presence returned immediately when this lab was breached and seemed to emanate from a massive writhing pile of flesh and organs. Chancellor Flowers was able to see that it was likely the “hive mind” or source of the intelligence of the mutants. A battle ensued as a pair of extremely large and powerful mutants emerged to defend the mass. Dexter Kablowski set the C-4 and the group evacuated through an emergency exit tunnel just in time to avoid the explosion. On their way back through the badlands the expedition observed the mutants moving listlessly. As they returned to the colony the general consensus was that the threat was over and hopefully life would return to normal. Of course, they didn’t know the true nature of the mutation or what threats it would cause in the future…” [/QUOTE]
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