Karl Green
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October 10th, 2004, 1000 hours. Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Strategic Command Headquarters, Level 4 (Command)
Bit of background (most of it unknown to you before now)…
Most of you (military personal) have been serving at the base for a couple of months, in the upper levels of the complex, providing security, etc. This is the home of NORAD, and is a very secure facility, but some pretty weird stuff has been happens here. Of the 1000 or so personal that serve on the base, almost 2/3 of them are civilians, and a lot of them are working on some rather 'dubious' stuff. Rumors of psychic studies, weather controlling devices, and alien invasion war game scenarios, etc. Not exactly things most of you expected that the U.S. of A. government would spend hard earned tax dollars on, but then who knows? So most of the Military personal (except those mentioned below) provides security for the 11 underground levels of the base and sounding area. There are rumors that the base has lower levels, but this is not something that you are encourage to 'discuss' or talk about.
Captain Ben Torie and 2nd Lieutenant Jerrell West, were both on the original mission 4 years ago, Project Gaza, that lead to the desert planet Abydos, and the confrontation with the Red Dragon Lord known as Ra' shaDoom' Khan. Egyptian based myths seemed to make the case that the Dragon Lord had appeared on Earth thousands of years ago as the God Ra but for some reason he left. The Dragon Lord command a great deal of 'strange' knowledge and planned on destroying the Earth by sending back a nuclear bomb that the Strike Team had brought with them (in case they had to destroy the gate on the other side) by enhancing it with "…necromantic energies that will destroy all life on your pathetic world. I created your civilization, it seems only fitting that it will now be destroyed by my hand…"
But against all odds, Captain Torie and Lt. West were able to trick the Dragon Lord, and escape Abydos as the bomb went off (they are the only two known survivors). It was assumed that the gate only opened to this one planet and that with the gate destroyed on the other side, Project Gaza was shut down and the lower levels of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex were mothballed. Both of the soldiers were promoted and set up here at the base as part of a small 'security' force within the lower levels of the complex (levels 12 through 28). While troubled by their experiences off-world, they return to a more normal military life.
But Lt. West was 'changed' and started having some strange dreams. One day he wandered into one of the storage rooms within the lower level of the base and picked up a strange dark green/black sword. The sword seemed somehow 'right' in his hands and he started practicing with it. Later it was determined that the weapon was found in a crate that was supposedly from the Gaza site where the Stargate was originally found, no sword like this was ever made at that time on Earth! And the metal of the sword is unlike anything ever encountered before.
Other strange occurrences started happening in and around the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Strange lights were seen in the sky and the woods near by, but they could never be identified or located. Then weird sounds were heard in the corridors of the Complex, but again these 'events' could not be identified or located. Then one night on the upper levels, a group of strange little dog-faced lizard like creature appeared as if out of no where and attacked some of the civilians working there. Lt. West was 'drawn' there and easily dispatched the creatures with the sword he now carried. The beasts melted away into nothing after they died, and an investigation was immediately launched.
One of the civilian specialist on the base then came up with a very 'crazy' theory, that somehow when the gate was opened, Earth was exposed some kind of energy, call it mana or magic. Maybe because the gate had been sealed for so long that this magical energy had dissipated to nothing over thousands of years, but when it was re-open, that energy came back. This energy could be causing these problems and that this should be studied. It was also found that certain items from the ancient world, had strange powers that seemed to defy the natural order of things. So it was decided to re-open the lower levels to study and research these new phenomena (well only levels 12 through 23; the lower levels were still considered off-limits).
Lieutenant Simon Coville has been reassigned to this new research team and has gained some insight into magical theory and formulas (via his Knowledge - Arcane). Christopher Wolfe, a civilian specialist, was also assigned to this group, working on reverse-engineering some 'unknown' equipment that was recovered from a site in South America. He is also has been working on decipher some of the writing found at different sites around the world that seem to be related.
Then something happened a week ago and the base went into lock-down mode, no one in or out of the base under anything less then an Executive Order. None of your characters have any direct knowledge as to what caused this crises came about so you are not sure what is happening. Some of you might suspect, but no one knows. (those from the lower levels where off duty or doing something else where when this all happened)
Military personal is order to report to General George Hammond office on level 4 at 1000 hours. None of you have ever served with him before, and he seems to be a new commander of some black op that you have all been re-assigned to. Christopher Wolfe is also told to report to the General's Office at 10:00am that morning, no reason is given (as usual for these Military Types).
You all arrive outside the General's office at the appropriate time and can see each other's, along with 10 other military personal of various branches of the armed service. You are in your normal BDU's without weapons (except for Christopher of course, the only civilian here, dressed as he wishes) and can introduce yourselves to each other…
In a moment a Lieutenant Colonel comes out of the General's offices and says "Gentlemen, at ease. Would Major Torie, Lt. West, Lt. Minchen, Lt. McDhol, Lt. Coville, Master Sergeant Vasquez, Sergeant Johnson and you Mr. Christopher Wolfe please step into the General's office. The rest of you, follow me please. We have a lot to discuss"
[OCC] Go ahead and introduce yourself and give a quick description of your character. Then you will be going into the General's office to meet the 'man' and get the 'shock of your lives' (well not really but…) NOW I am not going to write up lots of the background info above again, the General will go over it, and you will each have a mission folder with all this and other information included. [/OCC]
Bit of background (most of it unknown to you before now)…
Most of you (military personal) have been serving at the base for a couple of months, in the upper levels of the complex, providing security, etc. This is the home of NORAD, and is a very secure facility, but some pretty weird stuff has been happens here. Of the 1000 or so personal that serve on the base, almost 2/3 of them are civilians, and a lot of them are working on some rather 'dubious' stuff. Rumors of psychic studies, weather controlling devices, and alien invasion war game scenarios, etc. Not exactly things most of you expected that the U.S. of A. government would spend hard earned tax dollars on, but then who knows? So most of the Military personal (except those mentioned below) provides security for the 11 underground levels of the base and sounding area. There are rumors that the base has lower levels, but this is not something that you are encourage to 'discuss' or talk about.
Captain Ben Torie and 2nd Lieutenant Jerrell West, were both on the original mission 4 years ago, Project Gaza, that lead to the desert planet Abydos, and the confrontation with the Red Dragon Lord known as Ra' shaDoom' Khan. Egyptian based myths seemed to make the case that the Dragon Lord had appeared on Earth thousands of years ago as the God Ra but for some reason he left. The Dragon Lord command a great deal of 'strange' knowledge and planned on destroying the Earth by sending back a nuclear bomb that the Strike Team had brought with them (in case they had to destroy the gate on the other side) by enhancing it with "…necromantic energies that will destroy all life on your pathetic world. I created your civilization, it seems only fitting that it will now be destroyed by my hand…"
But against all odds, Captain Torie and Lt. West were able to trick the Dragon Lord, and escape Abydos as the bomb went off (they are the only two known survivors). It was assumed that the gate only opened to this one planet and that with the gate destroyed on the other side, Project Gaza was shut down and the lower levels of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex were mothballed. Both of the soldiers were promoted and set up here at the base as part of a small 'security' force within the lower levels of the complex (levels 12 through 28). While troubled by their experiences off-world, they return to a more normal military life.
But Lt. West was 'changed' and started having some strange dreams. One day he wandered into one of the storage rooms within the lower level of the base and picked up a strange dark green/black sword. The sword seemed somehow 'right' in his hands and he started practicing with it. Later it was determined that the weapon was found in a crate that was supposedly from the Gaza site where the Stargate was originally found, no sword like this was ever made at that time on Earth! And the metal of the sword is unlike anything ever encountered before.
Other strange occurrences started happening in and around the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Strange lights were seen in the sky and the woods near by, but they could never be identified or located. Then weird sounds were heard in the corridors of the Complex, but again these 'events' could not be identified or located. Then one night on the upper levels, a group of strange little dog-faced lizard like creature appeared as if out of no where and attacked some of the civilians working there. Lt. West was 'drawn' there and easily dispatched the creatures with the sword he now carried. The beasts melted away into nothing after they died, and an investigation was immediately launched.
One of the civilian specialist on the base then came up with a very 'crazy' theory, that somehow when the gate was opened, Earth was exposed some kind of energy, call it mana or magic. Maybe because the gate had been sealed for so long that this magical energy had dissipated to nothing over thousands of years, but when it was re-open, that energy came back. This energy could be causing these problems and that this should be studied. It was also found that certain items from the ancient world, had strange powers that seemed to defy the natural order of things. So it was decided to re-open the lower levels to study and research these new phenomena (well only levels 12 through 23; the lower levels were still considered off-limits).
Lieutenant Simon Coville has been reassigned to this new research team and has gained some insight into magical theory and formulas (via his Knowledge - Arcane). Christopher Wolfe, a civilian specialist, was also assigned to this group, working on reverse-engineering some 'unknown' equipment that was recovered from a site in South America. He is also has been working on decipher some of the writing found at different sites around the world that seem to be related.
Then something happened a week ago and the base went into lock-down mode, no one in or out of the base under anything less then an Executive Order. None of your characters have any direct knowledge as to what caused this crises came about so you are not sure what is happening. Some of you might suspect, but no one knows. (those from the lower levels where off duty or doing something else where when this all happened)
Military personal is order to report to General George Hammond office on level 4 at 1000 hours. None of you have ever served with him before, and he seems to be a new commander of some black op that you have all been re-assigned to. Christopher Wolfe is also told to report to the General's Office at 10:00am that morning, no reason is given (as usual for these Military Types).
You all arrive outside the General's office at the appropriate time and can see each other's, along with 10 other military personal of various branches of the armed service. You are in your normal BDU's without weapons (except for Christopher of course, the only civilian here, dressed as he wishes) and can introduce yourselves to each other…
In a moment a Lieutenant Colonel comes out of the General's offices and says "Gentlemen, at ease. Would Major Torie, Lt. West, Lt. Minchen, Lt. McDhol, Lt. Coville, Master Sergeant Vasquez, Sergeant Johnson and you Mr. Christopher Wolfe please step into the General's office. The rest of you, follow me please. We have a lot to discuss"
[OCC] Go ahead and introduce yourself and give a quick description of your character. Then you will be going into the General's office to meet the 'man' and get the 'shock of your lives' (well not really but…) NOW I am not going to write up lots of the background info above again, the General will go over it, and you will each have a mission folder with all this and other information included. [/OCC]
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