Xeno-Sapian

A Matter of Life and Death PIRATES OF THE CALESTON RIFT Balor System, Caleston Rift, Terminus Systems – 07:20 ZULU – 9th November 2185 CE Valni looked up from the image of the Cerberus corvette hovering above her wrist and glanced at her companions. Vetra and the geth looked concerned. Well, Vetra looked concerned – the geth was still standing in the crate, its glowing photoreceptor focused unblinkingly on her face. Valni quickly gave up trying to guess what the alien machine might be thinking. Geth were impossible to read. She turned to Vetra; they shared a look. "Trouble?" Vetra asked. "Trouble!" "They're attempting to doc

A Matter of Life and Death NYXING THE IDEA Balor System, Caleston Rift, Terminus Systems – 06:10 ZULU – 9th November 2185 CE The MSV Icarus wasn't what she was expecting. The majority of cargo ships operating in the Terminus Systems were owned by traders and independent contractors who would often purchase obsolete junker ships at knockdown prices and overhaul them. Most of these freighters looked like they were held together with spit and polish. Start-up costs for independent traders often proved to be prohibitively expensive, and many struggled to make a decent living. As a result, many traders resorted to smuggling or transpor

The Matter Trilogy Character Alignments As defined by tvtropes.org The Matter Trilogy falls under the Girls with Guns trope Character Name                                     Morality                              Team Role Valni Severan                           –             Lawful Good        –              The Heroine/Cute Bruiser Kenneth Donnelly                    –             Chaotic Good       –             The Charmer/Chivalrous Pervert Gabriella Daniels                     –             Neutral Good        –             The Reliable One/Wrench Wench Zaalia Gerumis                        –

A Matter of Life and Death THE ANDROMEDA INITIATIVE High Lunar Orbit, Earth's Moon, Sol System – 21:30 LT – 8th November 2185 CE The view of Earth was spectacular. Valni gazed through the Alliance shuttle's portside window at humanity's homeworld. At 380,000 kilometres, the bright blue planet hung motionless in the black sky, the light from the sun sparkling off the cerulean surface and the shape of one of its major continents just visible beneath the wispy clouds – 'Africa,' she seemed to remember it was called. Despite the overabundance of water (Earth had far too many oceans for Valni's liking), the planet was undoubtedl

Dramatis personae Valni Severan                      –     Turian female         –     Spectre Gabriella Daniels                 –     Human female       –     Former Cerberus Engineer Kenneth Donnelly                –     Human male          –     Former Cerberus Engineer Erata D'Ceni                         –     Asari maiden         –     Structural Engineer Zaalia Gerumis                     –     Turian female        –     2nd Lieutenant/Cabalite Lia'Vael vas Moreh               –     Quarian female     –     Special Projects Researcher Urdnot Chaill              

FADE IN 1.  INT. BANK, PRESIDIUM COMMONS, CITADEL – NIGHT CYCLE The DETECTIVE is mediating a dispute between a male VOLUS and a female ELCOR. DETECTIVE (to the ELCOR) So… why exactly did you threaten to sit on him? VOLUS (interrupting) Bah! She's claiming I mis-sold her payment protection insurance. Can you (wheezing) believe that? DETECTIVE Definitely. The DETECTIVE receives a call via their omni-tool. C-SEC CONTROL (Comm) Code 119. Code 119. Disturbance reported at the apartments - Possible abduction in progress. All available officers to the Presidium Commons immediately. DETECTIVE (into comm) Acknowledged. I'm en route

Another day, another Twine game link. I'm starting to experiment with Twine games so here is something a little different - and a tad more ambitious. I've always been slightly disappointed with the Mass Effect games that you can't play the single-player campaign as anything other than a human (multiplayer notwithstanding). You can play as other races in the Dragon Age games so why not in Mass Effect. So I decided to make a short Twine game set in the Mass Effect universe in which you could play as a human, asari, salarian or turian character. 2185 CE - You are a detective working for Citadel Security. When you foil a kidnapping on the Pres

2819 - The Quarian Ark has been found. Quarians, hanar and elcor have rejoined society in the Heleus Cluster. When a bomb explodes on Eos, Pathfinder Ryder investigates and discovers the blast is linked to a new craze sweeping the planet: Motor racing. This interactive story was built using the Twine software. You can play it here: http://philome.la/houzi771/mass-effect-andromeda---grand-prix Alternatively, you can read the full script, with branching player choices and alternative squad dialogue here:  ME:A - Grand Prix Think of it as a short piece of (very, very unofficial) DLC. Please note, this is my first attempt at a Twine game and