"A game?" Asks Jonathon.
"Yes it's the first of its kind, it has been out for about two years now. It has a large fan base of all ages, from the young who want to have fun, to the more serious gamer's after the prize at the end and even the elderly spending their retirement. The game has been herald the greatest invention of the century." Explained the doctor. The doctor had a very excited look on his face as he explained the game.
'Seems the doctor plays the game' Jonathon thought to himself. "What do you hope to achieve by having me play this game?" Questioned Jonathon to the doctor.
"Well, as I said you have sustained substantial injuries to most of your body, even with our current technology it was not enough to make a full recovery. You have been in a coma for 6 months in which your muscles have degraded, you will have a long and grueling recovery. Our hope is to shorten your recover by having you play Solar Frontier, in the game you can move your own body and you can do whatever you want." Replies the doctor.
"I understand your reasoning doctor and I will take it under advisement for the time being. Until I am fit to enter the game what is our course of action?" Asked Jonathon to the doctor once again.
"For now we will monitor your condition and see for any improvements to your condition. I predict in a week you will be able to enter the game. In the mean get plenty of rest, the nurses will keep an eye on you and bring you anything you may need. The Peacekeepers high command have arrange a visit with you in 3 days, so be prepared." Said the doctor.
"Yes doctor and thank you for saving me." Jonathon said to the doctor as he walked out the door and the nurses entered with his medication.
A week later Jonathon was preparing to enter the capsule. The meeting with the Peacekeeper's was short, they commended him for what he did in the battle and they were sorry for his losses in the battle. They were giving him the Peace Badge the highest honour a Peacekeeper can get and an honourable discharge from active service and they wished him a speedy recover before departing.
"Ok doctor how are things?" Asked Jonathon.
"Things are looking great." Replied the doctor. "Ok we are ready for you to begin the initializing procedure for Solar Frontier."
"Alright wish me luck doctor" said Jonathon as he laughed to the doctor and entered the capsule. The capsule was perfect for his size, he examined the capsule and found what appeared to be a display. Jonathon initialized the capsule where a liquid was secreted in to the capsule.
Jonathon remained perfectly still for this part, the liquid was crystal clear like the still ocean. Moments later a message appeared in the capsule.
The initializing procedure has been completed please exit the capsule. The draining process will now be completed. In a few moments to you may begin you journey In Solar Frontier.
Jonathon was ready to begin his rehabilitation in another universe called Solar Frontier. It had been a long and boring week just lying in bed with nothing to do. Now he could stretch his body so to speak and maybe he will be able to find what was lost in battle. One thing he was surprised about was that footage of the battle had survived the battle and he was now a star. Although he was not happy in the least, he wanted neither fame nor fortune.
Jonathon preferred to stay in the shadows. He liked to stay out of the spot light a true night crawler, every king must have a shadow. If Jonathon found someone he can follow, he will become their shadow and aid them in their goals, their conquests. Until they stood tall as the emperor of all.
"Alright looks like it's time to begin" said the doctor.
"So it is" replies Jonathon.
As Jonathon enters the capsule the Nano Knights begin to become operational. At first Jonathon begins to become sleepy all of a sudden and blacks out. When he regains consciousness "is this purgatory or am I dead?" He asks himself. Purgatory is a state known as the world between life and death, it is neither heaven nor hell. In this state people just exists there is nothing else they can do. However soon after he hears a voice. He soon realises this is the beginning of the game.
Solar Frontier has detected a new user. Do you wish to begin character creation?
"Yes" he replies as he wanders where the voice comes from. Will it even respond to a command or have I broken the machine already. These thoughts enter his mind until he heard the voice again.
Please state the name of your avatar. It is highly recommended that you use a nick name for your avatar.
Jonathon chose to use a name that his mates in the Peacekeepers gave him, Hades. He was given the name Hades because he could bring down a whole insurgent camp, never being detected and send all men present to hell. Therefore he was given the name Hades, in Greek mythology Hades was the ruler of the underworld, he traveled in shadows unknown to the world.
Ok Hades, please select your race. Solar Frontier has hundreds of races but you may only chose the 6 available. These are Human, Dwarf, Elf, Orcs, Pixies and Leprechaun.
"That’s not many choices" says Jonathon. Little did he know the difficulty of the game and it has taken two years, eight years in game time to unlock both the Pixies and Leprechaun races to increase the count from four to six races. However Jonathon was here for rehabilitation so he chose Human, why chose a different species when he needs to get use to his body.
You can choose to alter your appearance or you can remain the way you are.
What appeared in front of Jonathon was his appearance, about the time he entered the capsule. His hair had turned white after the battle, the doctor explained that from the severe pain and shock from loss. The pigment in his hair had turned irreversibly white. He had blood red eyes, it was explained that the blood vessels in his eyes had complete ruptured. When he was brought to an army medic he look like he was possessed by a demon. The eyes had turned completely blood red, there was no distinction between pupil, retina and iris.
The doctor was able to repair the ruptured vessels, however his eyes never returned to their natural colour and remained red. The doctor had no explanation as to why his eyes remained red, his theory was having been saturated with blood for a number of weeks his eyes retained the colour. The blood red eyes gave his face an eerily look, along with his pale skin he looked like a vampire.
His body had no fat, his muscles looked like they overlapped inward instead of outwards. He was a lot stronger than he looks. He had the scars from the battlefield covering a lot of his body ranging from bullet scars to scars from shrapnel. "I choose to remain the way I am" He answered to the A.I.
Very well. You can choose you starting location.
"Random will be best as I don't know the name of any locations as of yet" he answered.
Welcome to Solar Frontier Hades. You will be taken to a training location, there you will be provided with free beginner outfit as well as weapons. You will remain at the location until you die, you will gain no experience and skill masteries will not advance past beginner lvl 1 (99%). Your class and stats will be decided in game. The best of luck to you Hades.
"Thank you very much" Jonathon replies to the A.I before being blinded by a bright light. Next he found himself in a war room similar to his days in the Peacekeepers. The room look like a command centre with a holographic display in the centre. In the middle of the display was a fortress that was being attacked by an endless stream of spiders.
He saw three tables the first had amour on it. The amour was torn and bloody it look like it wasn't in any position to protect the body, it look like it could fall apart from being picked up. On the second table held many different types of guns from heavy machine guns, assault rifles, SMG and even things he did not recognize. The third table held knives and pistols of all different shapes and sizes.
"Hmmm, I can't believe this is virtual reality, it seems so real from the sounds of bullets and explosions going on outside. I can feel, smell and ear and see like in the real world." Hades says to himself as he open and closes his hands and moves about to see if his body works properly.
"Now what to do" Hades says to the air. "Well lets suit up and grab some weapons, but the amour is unacceptable." Hades says as he picks up the torso amour. A small window appears in form of him.
Light upper Body AmourAmour2Durability5/40QualityPoorLight upper body amour has seen better days. It is tattered and torn from many years of neglect. A stick would be better protection than this amour.RequirementsNone
The window disappointed Hades even more. The other amour and weapons are probably the same. "If this game is the same as real life then maybe I can patch these amours up using others on the table." Hades says to himself.
Hades picks up a knife which is blunt as hell and a couple of the light upper torso amour and begins cut the up as needed and began to patch up the amour provided by the base. Hades had found sowing needles and thread in a closet in the room. With the sowing needles and thread he also found rags and sandpaper to clean guns and a wet stone to sharpen the blades. The completed products were as follows:
Light upper Body AmourAmour15Durability20/20QualitycommonLight upper body amour that has been patched up an unskilled soldier. He was able to bring it a usable condition with his hard work and dedication.RequirementsNone
Light Lower Body AmourAmour15Durability20/20QualitycommonLight lower body amour that has been patched up an unskilled soldier. He was able to bring it a usable condition with his hard work and dedication.RequirementsNone
Light GlovesAmour5Durability10/10QualitycommonLight gloves that has been patched up an unskilled soldier. He was able to bring it a usable condition with his hard work and dedication.RequirementsNone
Hades was quite happy with his work so far. "Looks great if I do so say myself, but it's amazing that the system register the patchwork and combined the seams together to make it look like one set not many patched together." Hades says to himself. Hades placed the amour over his starter cloths which consists of a white shirt, brown pants and a backpack. He was a little disappointed to see the decrease in durability but he could live with it.
Now it was on to weapons, Hades had already decided what weapons he was going to use. He chose to use a sub-machine gun for the main hand and a pistol as a side arm and a knife. This was the exact same line up he had in the battle of New Deli. The only difference was that he didn't have all the high tech attachments as he did in real life.
What Hades found was a table full of different weapons, which he slowly searched through for a gun that will fit his purpose. "Ok now what do I use, I think a pistol and a sub-machine gun will be best to stay light and free." Hades said as he searched through the weapons.
MP5Damage5 - 10Durability50/50QualityCommonA common and widely used submachine gun. Suitable for all situations, reliable for long use. The magazine uses rechargeable energy good for 500 shots.RequirementsNone
Beretta 92Damage5 -10Durability20/20QualityCommonA commonly used semi-automatic pistol.RequirementsNone
Combat KnifeDamage2 - 3Durability15/15QualityCommonA common combat knife used by soldiersRequirementsNone
These were the weapons Hades had decided on. After polishing and sharpening them with equipment he found in a utility room, Hades took on last look around. Beside the amour and weapons on the table there was not much else to work with.
"Better see what the rest of the place looks like" Hades thought before the door to the war room burst open.
"What are you still doing here?" Questioned the man who burst through the door. This man had an air about that made Hades jump, like being in the presence of a commanding officers as you were lazing around. He was a man with a large build, muscle and scars like any veteran in an army. He wore shades that covered his eyes, a cap and a cigar caring the largest gun in the base.
"Who are you?" Asks Hades as he looked up at the man.
"I am the commanding officers of this base, now get your arse to the breech and kill some motherfucking spiders." replies the commander. "Move it, move it I don't have all day soldier" bellowed the commander to Hades as he ran out of the room.
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At the collapsed wall there were many gigantic spiders some larger than 7 meters tall attacking all of the other arrivals to the base. Many of the new arrivals wore the tattered amour and used the rusted weapons but most were killed before they could kill a single spider.
As Hades arrived he could see many different species of spiders. It was unlike anything he had ever seen before. The wall had collapsed and the spiders were pouring in like an endless stream. There were no lights past the wall only red eyes that penetrated the darkness.
Two spiders about 4 meters large spotted Hades and began to creep his way. "What are you fuckers looking at" Hades yells to them as he grips his MP5 about to fire at the spiders. "Shit" he yells as the spiders had already reached him. At the last moment before he was going to fire his body froze, the scene back at New Deli played in his mind over and over again. It had left a trauma in his subconscious, making him unable to fire his weapons.
Hades rolls away from one of the spider’s fangs, slashing at its neck out of habit killing the spider instantly. He pulls his Berretta out and fires six rounds into the other spider killing it also. "It seems in the thick of it all I have no time to think therefore I won't remember that day." Hades deduces from his actions.
Following that cause of action he sprinted to the darkness, like it beckoned to him. The look on the other arrivals was priceless as they see a white haired man sprint to certain death. However something changed 15 minutes later.
"Huh, where are the rest of the spiders?" says the commander as he see countless spider corpses and corpses of new arrivals, only the staff of the base were still standing. "Sergeant get that spotlight working" ordered the commander.
When the spotlight was working all the soldiers of the base stared at the scene in utter silence. In the middle of spider corpses stood alone figure, to the soldier his eerie red eyes gave the presence of death as he slowly walked back to the base.
Hades had become a bloody mess after sprinting into the spider infested darkness. "That felt good but all those popup boxes were annoying, I don't even know what was on them." Hades says as he walks past the hole in the wall. "Commander is there a library in this base?" Asked Hades as he saluted the commander. He was hoping to read about his world and maybe about the spider attacks.
"Down the hall to the left, last door" was all the commander could answer, he was still in shock as to what he had seen.
Hades used this time to check the boxes that appeared during the battle. He also wiped as much of the spider blood of him as he walked to the library. His amour was all tattered after fought all those spiders.
You have learned new skills
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Experience:FrenzyBeginner14%Due to past experiences you have lost the will to fight. Yet you are presented situation where it is inevitable. You induces an uncontrolled frenzy till either you kill all in front of you or you die.Effects:
* You are unable to discern friend from foe, 90% chance to kill people in your party
* You emanate intense blood thirst inducing fear and terror in your enemies, 10% chance to fear and a 1% chance to force enemies to retreat.
As level increases you can gain control to a level where you can induce the state whenever you feel and control it.
New Stat:BloodlustYou have shown such intense thirst for blood that creatures will see you as death. You can frighten and stun creature depending on bloodlust stat level. You cannot distribute level bonuses to this stat as it will increase based on avatar actions.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Experience:Sub-machine Gun MasteryBeginner112%Due to constant use of a sub-machine gun you now have a better understanding of its operation and usesEffects:
* 10% damage increase, 3% weapon speed, 1% increase in accuracy
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Experience:Pistol MasteryBeginner112%Due to constant use of a pistol you now have a better understanding of its operation and usesEffects:
* 10% damage increase, 3% weapon speed, 1% increase in accuracy
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Experience:Knife MasteryBeginner112%Due to constant use of with a knife you now have a better understanding of its operation and usesEffects:
* 10% damage increase, 3% weapon speed
"Wow, this is nice, the game creates skill base on actions that’s amazing, it really is" Hades says to himself. Hades is currently walking through the dreary grew corridors of the base to the library. The library was as Hades expected bare. The library only had a few books. It would only take him about 8 hours to read at most.
As Hades placed down his third book he received a surprise.
Through diligent studying you have gained +1 intelligence
"Hmmmm, how do I even see the status window" Hades spoke to himself as a window appeared.
Status WindowNameHadesRaceHumanClassN/ATitleNoneJobNoneHealth115Shield100Strength15Agility15Vitality15Stamina65Intelligence11Wisdom10Bloodlust4
"Ok so its voice activated, that nice to know" concluded Hades as he reached for another book and began to read.
After three hours and 32 more books later he gained another skill and a couple of stats in wisdom and intelligence. Hades has always been a speed reader and could finishes many books very quickly.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Experience:Speed ReadingBeginner120%Having accustomed yourself to reading you can now read at a faster speed.Effects:
* reading speed increased by 2%
Five hours after reading Hades finds a dust covered book in the draws of one of the tables. It was an old diary about 5-10 years old, the pages were torn and fading on the edges. The words were fading from the pages, it look like no one had touched it in years. The book was a diary of one of the workers in the library before the spider attacks.
When he finished reading he discovered that the spider attacks might not have been a coincidence. The day before the first attack an eerie red glow covered the sky for a few minutes and then vanished without a trace. From that day on the spiders had become extremely aggressive, constantly attacking the base.
"It has been six months since the spiders began to attack the base, it was decided that a squad of five men will be sent out to find out the cause and if need be put a stop to it. The five men were the best the base had to offer and had been preparing for many days. As they said their last goodbyes the hope of the base and its inhabitants have been placed on their shoulders. Their mission was to find the source of what made the spider aggressive in the first place. They were never heard from again." played a hologram from the table Hades was sitting at, it began as he finished the book.
New Quest ReceivedNo Man Left BehindThe spider attacks are believed to have been orchestrated by unknown individuals. The soldiers that were sent to find the cause never returned and other soldiers have never had an opportunity to search for them. Now that five years have passed and many have forgotten about them. It is asked that you find a trace of these men and bring back word of their situation.DifficultyCRewards??FailureDeath
Hades was surprised by this window, he never knew how to get quests and now here he was with one. The description of this quest hit home, soldiers missing in the line of duty. Having been living by the credo no man left behind, Hades immediately leaped from his chair and sprinted to the commander of the base to get any information he can.
"Commander I am leaving the base for a while" Hades told the commander as he rushed to wall and had a look over the end. Hades saw nothing but a black abyss with red beady eyes in the distance. The eyes didn’t get any closer, they were stalking the base.
"For what purpose could you possibly have for going out their" retorted the commander.
"Others might have forgotten, but we have men out there. The chance of them being alive are almost non-existent, but I have lived by a principal, No Man Left Behind all my life. If there out there I'll bring them home, even if it means my death. It is what I expect my comrades to do if I'm missing out there." Explained Hades.
"You little shit, you don't think it doesn't affect us. Our own men are out there and you’re blaming us for not going out to get them. Every day we have wanted to abandon this base and go look for those soldiers, but we are soldiers we must follow orders." replied the commander as he stared into oblivion.
"I meant no disrespect. I understand the troubles of soldiers, the morals of soldiers. I am saying I will go in your place. I have no obligation to stay here." Stated Hades as he was starting to feel hungry he had no idea that he could get hungry in the game and decided to check the bag he got.
In the bag was 10 pieces of stale bread and a canteen of water. Hades decided to eat some bread, it was like chewing on a rock and it was bland tasteless. However it was enough to fill his satiety bar. He took out some water to wash the bread down before he departed from the base.
"Hey wait" shouted a mysterious voice. The voice came from behind Hades and he heard several other footsteps come along with her. It was a group of four people who seem to have come from the direction of the command room. This women was a beauty in her own right. She had long blond hair and her facial feature complimented her entire body.
She must have overheard their conversation because she looked intrigued that he wanted to leave the base. She knew he was a player because his amour was in the same condition as there’s. She decided to introduce herself to the man that must have arrived just before them.
The others in her group gave him the evil eye, like he was some kind of monster. They continued to the wall and were surprised at what they saw. They saw an abyss, with red eyes staring at them then they notice the eyes began to move.
"My name is Kate, it's nice to meet you" Kate introduces herself as she waits for his reply.
"Hey don't ignore me" yelled the female as his reply never comes.
"Yes" was all she got Hades to say.
"Don't you think as players we should stick together to learn about the game all we can?" Asked the women.
"Why I was just leaving" stated Hades
"The spiders will launch another attack" inputted the commander. "They attack periodically at the arrival of a new batch of soldiers.
From the information Hades understood that the spiders will launch attacks at specified times when new players arrive. Hades had deduced he must have arrived just before the attack commenced. He must have pushed them back or there might have been a time limit where they would retreat after a certain amount of time had passed.
"Here they come commander" Yelled on the soldiers on the wall.
"Well before we begin, add me as a friend…" asked Kate
"…Hades" answered Hades. Hades saw a window that said friends request accepted. At this he also became friends with Tom, Harry and Samantha. The others in her group, they seem to know each other in real life.
After becoming friends with Kate and her group, Hades began to walk to the breach in the wall with Kate. He closed his eyes and concentrated as he brought his MP5 up and aim at the corner of the spider attack. He opened fire and began to sprint into the darkness and he vanished like a ghost.
"There he goes again" says the commander.
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Well chapter 2 is finished. Thanks for reading. I would appreciate any comments on the story so far, if anything doesn't make sense let me know and i will change it.
Thank you again, Nate12168