Metaloids

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:Day 1: [There has been odd activity reported at Titanium Metropolis. Ever since the asteroids landed, swarms of small insect/tortoise like creatures the size of a cat started interfering with the electronic devices and dismantling equipment and vehicles throughout the city. They seem to be organic and mechanical in nature, small lights produced from their metallic and shifting chromatic skin. They seem to be most interested in the consumption of electricity and metal. It was even reported that under their 'shell' that there are various devices that aid them in their purposes.

The evacuation is inconclusive, since it is believed that 45% 60% of humans remain in the restricted area. The percentage rate of casualties is unknown. The restricted area is now 2.3.8 6 miles in diameter. Attempts have been made to rescue civilians, but the machinations that have invaded would swarm if soldiers opened fire. Codenamed "Drones".]

:Day 2: [A new entity has been identified as the restricted area now grew to 7 miles in diameter. It has been recently reported that the drones used gestated metal to produce this entity. Its size is said to be about two bus's or more in length and diameter, has various fins to guide itself and fly around, and has a large mouth with a very dextrous tongue. It has been reported that it was consuming various metallic objects that it found or was brought to by the help of the drones. It also seemed to be consuming the drones as well, increasing in size. The entity seems to store the drones and other various things inside its stomach. When threatened, it opens its mouth to release a swarm. Has the same skin as the drones. Codenamed "Sky whale".

Rescue parties are 32% successful, but it is suspected that human casualties are to be expected. Entire platoons have been swallowed whole by the sky whales. The air force was called and they have proved effective against both drones and sky whales. A rescue camp has been installed.]

:Day 3: [The rate to rescue civilians safely becomes 2% successful. A new entity has been discovered, appearing to be covered in many tentacles that serve as limbs. These limbs are pronged near their tip, and produce a strange frequency. They seem to have a snake/centipede body and bear a mouth that splits vertically and horizontally. They have been reported to produce strong electromagnetic fields in short bursts, or an energy shield, being able to reflect/stop bullets or missiles to a degree, or being able to manipulate non-ferrous metals. They even have the ability to use this energy as a projectile attack. It was also reported that these entities has been stealing weaponry outside the restricted zone or wiping data stealing data from computer sources. Has the same skin as the drones and sky whales. They were codenamed "Shield Hackers" or "Hacks". It was reported that the highest concentration of hacks was found in the middle of the city.]

:Day 4: [Attempts of rescue are deemed negligible, as declared by the general. Civilians and military personnel have been reported to be held captive at the center of the restricted zone, even soldiers that were suspected to be KIA, via consumed by the sky whales. They were however 'fed' to a new life form.

A plant like life form has been identified, having sharp oval mirror like leaves, disk shaped 'flowers', vines that seem to entrap and ensnare whatever movement it detects, and huge gourds that seem to spawn more of the creatures. It has been confirmed that the disk flowers has a small hole in its center, and when something rests on the disk, the flower would envelope the object and pass it into the root. It was theorized that objects that is inside the root would travel through it, believed to lead to where this plant has rooted itself. Has the same surface texture as the other creatures. It was codenamed "Dragon weed".

Special military unit issued to project "chemical fire". Project is in effect.]

:Day 5: [Artillery bombardment and incendiary perimeter has been ordered by General Hutch to prevent and drive back the spread of dragon weed. Dragon weed is now developing trees with volley ball sized growths at the end of its branches, and on such growths oval leaves, heights ranging from 25-4500 meters. Project "Chemical fire" is deemed successful. Analysis of different specimens of each type of invader yields useful data due to project success.

The military research base "Odin's Tree" has been infiltrated by a new type of entity. Creature is said to have reptilian characteristics and an aggressive disposition. They stand at 7-10 feet tall on hind legs, and seem to be able to change the properties of their flesh to adapt in combat. New data was collected from a captured intruder. They were codenamed "Raptors". They are capable of flight, making the restricted zone a no-fly-zone.

Artillery bombardment and incendiary perimeter was later called off by order of General of the Army Thadeus due to new data regarding dragon weed. It was incapable of reaching beyond 7 miles from it's origin.]

:Day 6: [Civilians and military have been sighted at the perimeter wall. Another rescue camp has been installed for evaluation and interrogation, though the numbers of civilians have been reported to excel the estimated population of the city.

A new weapon has been developed due to research gathered from project "Chemical fire". New weapons now utilize EMP technology to temporarily paralyze the creatures that have been collectively dubbed the name "Metaloids". Unfortunately, security has been compromised as a misuse of the weaponry firing off revealed that an imposter was among the scientists, and a new creature has been reported and immediately transferred to "Odin's tree". It is suspected that there may be more of such entities in disguise within the public.

The specimen was humanoid in shape, but it is later revealed that the entity was an amorphous slime able to take the shape and mannerisms of what it imprints. It also seemed to have a higher intelligence than the other metaloid creatures, even being able to understand human languages. It also had the ability to form a means of communication to humans. Communication has been established between the humans and the metaloid. The results show that there are two other entities that are of metaloid origin. They were codenamed as "The founder" and "Overseer". The entity codenamed its rank as "Agent", and dubbed its name "Jess".

The tree growths produced by the dragon weed was forming an impervious spherical shape, now preventing military forces from entering the restricted zone, but somehow allowing metaloids in and out, making the protection of the perimeter outside the zone detrimental. Jess stated that the entity "Overseer" is due to be built on the next day at 1200 hours.

Thadeus and Hutch had a private conversation discussing whether or not to nuke the restricted zone.]

:Day 7: ["Overseer" is scheduled to be built today. Status relating to "the founder" remains unknown. Jess has spoken to General of the Army Thadeus that a truce could be made, stating "If our kinds could find peace, then the overseer can seek out a means of friendship and trade between the metaloids and humanity. We'll even give you your humans back. From what I hear, the few that are remain in the restricted zone are becoming terrible house guests. I doubt that the escorts would tolerate them for long."

It was later confirmed that "escorts" were another type of metaloid. Described by Jess to being a protective entity assigned to a human to protect, supply information, and care for. Escorts are the same as agents, but taking a more passive role.

General of the Army Thadeus agreed to a truce and called for the president and an ambassador. Jess then opened a way inside the sphere and offered to guide them to the center where the overseer was being built. Along the way, Jess explained that the founder was an asteroid. When it landed, the founder became the first drone, then used the metal it ate to produce more drones, as well as the other metaloids.

The entity "Overseer" has been identified as a huge metaloid the size of a football field, resembling a floating shifting mass that could take many shapes and forms. Many sensory tendrils connect from the sphere to the overseer, modified from the trees produced by the dragon weed. It shifted its form to a female shape as it communicated with Thadeus and his group.]

:Day 8: [Relations between humans and metaloids are now stable. They have agreed to rebuild destroyed property, return the remaining humans, and give blueprints to special technology said to help humanity.

The sphere removed itself from the foundations of the earth and hovered 300 feet from the ground, supporting the theory that the structure was now a metaloid fortress, now capable of flight. Some suspect that the fortress, codenamed "Hive", is also capable of space flight. Tentacles came out from the sphere to rebuild Titanium Metropolis, while transporting a few metaloids down to the city to help with rebuilding, and given to humanity as 'gifts'.

The fortress then floated beyond Earth's atmosphere and left, leaving behind the metaloids it gifted. It was reported that a smaller version of an overseer now represents as the representative for the metaloid presence on Earth. Theory's now circulate that the hive went to nearby planets. It's also speculated that each sphere on the hive is a pubescent founder, and is able to spread the metaloid presence via releasing such spheres as pods, to descend to other planets and mature into hives, repeating the process.]

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Short version is here.

Drones: Workers. Looks like turtle shells affixed on top of tarsiers.

Sky whales: Carriers. Whales, but have multiple long fins to help them fly and be used to attack. Tongue is more dangerous.

Hacks: Ranged defensive unit/information gathering. Snake like, being able to move on its belly, or use its tentacles to move like a centipede.

Dragon weed: Resource gathering vegetation. Can be pretty small when it starts, but can only start voring when it forms its 'flowers'.

Raptors: Warriors/Strike unit. Reptiles that love a good fight. They love to dominate too. And look pretty scary. They are also loyal.

Agents: Infiltration/stealth unit. Can be any shape that they want. Also has the ability to enter the human body and feel their brain cells to figure out what they know.

Overseer: Supreme commander. Like agents, they too can be any shape that they want, but are more powerful.

Hive: Metaloid fortress. A huge sphere that is made up of smaller spheres produced by dragon weed trees. Very hard to destroy.

Founder: Drone that hasn't hatched from a pod yet. Are found inside the spheres that is the outer shell of the hive.

Chat color codes:
White= Idle. Continues with protocols, orders, and patrols.
Yellow= Metaloids are suspicious.
Orange= Alerted. Seeks out threats.
Red= Threat detected. Elimination of threat commences..

((... Was that too short? ... well, here is a slightly longer description.))

Metaloids: They are a species of robotics so advanced their flesh is almost like organic flesh, except it's all circuitry. They even have genders when they are made, enabling them to produce more metaloids, but a a slower pace than the drones mass produced method. The genders include males, females, dick-girls, fem-boys, hermaphrodites, and the genderless unichs.

Drones: Tiny little workers that skitter about and tinker with stuff. Having two or three around the house can help with daily life, like fixing broken stuff, or massaging a predators stomach. Oddly enough, these little guys can be digested! They are made from an edible metal after all, including the other metaloids. It will take a long time to digest however.

Sky whales: They eat their prey in a single gulp and most other things three times their size. That and their tongues are very wriggly, not just for tasting and feeling, but also pleasure. They are basically carriers for metaloids, or other such passengers.

Hacks: They coil around what they intend to eat. Just be careful with their tentacles, since they can emit an electrical shock equivalent to a cattle prod. They are an effective ranged support in a cross fire. Also effective in data gathering.

Dragon weed: A metallic plant growth that grows like... well... a weed. The vines not only catch prey, but transports it to the flowers. From there, objects would travel up the root and too the source. All objects end up at an underground chamber, the interior being a smaller version of a hive. The roots interconnect with one another like a spiderweb, and not like the roots of a tree. It is possible to ride inside the roots to travel from one place to another, or request something and have it brought to you. The leaves are pretty sharp, but they can be soft if the dragon weed senses no aggression in the area. This plant's roots dig deep into the ground to mine for metal deposits, and it's leaves collect energy from the suns rays. Dragon weed is even able to transform energy into metal, and metal into energy.

Raptors: Reptilian monsters that are VERY dangerous. Do not shoot at them or wave a blade wildly around because these guys would either swallow you whole (If they are feeling merciful.) or tear you to pieces. If you want to kill one quickly however, all you have to do is shoot it enough times when it has no armor. Like all creatures, wounding the heart, brain, or liver kills the creature. But prepare to face more metaloids. Felling one of them always brings more.

Agents: Metal slime creatures that can take the shape they imprinted on. Think of them like the T-1000 from Terminator 2. There is a variant called "escorts" but are referred as such when they choose their owners.

Overseer: The leader of the metaloids. Like agents, overseers can take the shape they imprint on. Not only that, they have much capability to manipulating energy, be it fire, electricity, and magnetism. There is also a smaller version of overseers. And like agents, both the smaller version and the leader can choose to have owners.

Hive: A fortress that is also a spaceship. Pretty hard to destroy with all that dense metal made from the device called 'the quantum engine'. Such a device is able to produce energy without the requirement of a fuel source. It can also produce metal but only by using energy as a fuel.

Founder: Found inside the round beach ball growths produce by trees, produced by the dragon weed. Sent to worlds to go through the developmental cycle as described in the events above.

Chat color codes:
White: They are approachable. Just don't attack them or act aggressive or it may be enough for them to attack.

Yellow: They see something that catches their interest. They'll investigate it until their curiosity is satisfied.

Orange: They know that a threat is around somewhere. They just need to find it to eliminate it. If it's already eliminated, they'll try and find more threats to eliminate.

Red: They detected a threat and they'll pursue it until they achieved a means to neutralize it.

((Holy crap that was long typing all that. To be honest, I'm not sure what to do with this kind of character. Maybe I just kind of god modded it too well? Whatever. I'm thinking about using it just to test the strength of other characters and how they survive. I might even let them choose a scenario for the part of the story they want to be in.

A: Day 0 Meeting the founder. Play with a single drone.
B: Day 1 Drones everywhere! Have fun being swarmed by multiple drones.
C: Day 2 Sky whale fun. Be rescued by the military or swallowed up by giant flying sea mammals.
D: Day 3 Get coiled by them tentacles! Or be part of the military force.
E: Day 4 Plant fetish. Play with the vegetation or be part of project "Chemical fire".
F: Day 5 Reptiles who play rough! Either hide from them or fight them off as you protect reasearch base "Odin's tree".
G: Day 6 Agents, who can be anybody and anything. Possibly help one escape or interrogate the first agent, Jess.
H: Day 7 The overseer is here! Be processed by the godlike entity or be part of Thadeus' team.
I: Day 8 Hive becomes operational. Either war has been declared or peace has been accepted.
J: Request the scenario you want! Limitless possibilities...

For 'requested scenario' one could just talk to me about the scene of what they want to do with the metaloids. I'm happy about it. Let the shenanigans commence.))

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