SLA Industries (pronounced slay)

AL][EN

so whats it all about then eh? heres some info i typed up myself about the game. its not canon as i dont have the rulebook handy here in work but this will give you a fairly good idea what the game is about:

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The world of SLA:

SLA Industries is set in a dark distance alternative reality on a planet called mort a pollution filled planet where it always rains and industry has choked the life from this once beautiful planet. SLA Industries is the company that controls everything, The food you eat, The air you breath, The houses you live in, The clothes you wear. The history of SLA industries is a dark and sorrid affair and would take far too long to go into but take it from me they arent as squeaky clean as you'd believe. they own countless star systems, Planets and recources, They collect billions of credits every day that keep the wheels of the world of progress turning. SLA industries has a very powerful tool at its disposal 3rd eye media. A state run media centre that control everything the people of mort see and hear TV news broadcasts, holocasts and news papers.

They are SLA's very own propaganda machine and there very good at their job. while the chosen elite and the very rich live a high life of sin and gluttony in morts central district, the hundreds of millions of people living in the captial city mort (yes its a city called mort on a planet called mort) live in the downtown sectors close to absoulte poverty. The only thing that stands between total anarchy is the fact that 3rd eye media control the Television stations and constantly bombard the population with volient shows and constant media coverage.

The captial city mort can be broken down into 3 general area's.

1) Central: This is where the rich and powerful live. The elite, also the location of Head Office of SLA industries in the giant pyramid where Mr Slayer himself resides and rules over SLA industries with an IRON FIST.

2) uptown: This is where the alomst well to do live and most soft companies (sub contractors of SLA set their buisniess up) are set up

3) downtown: Is a VERY dangerous place. this is where most of the normal people live in squallor. working 14 hour shifts for lousey pay. Thats if people work at all. Its a violent place where the lawless reside and only a contract police force (the Shivers) and operatives (players) stand between them and outright anarchy

4) the canabal sectors: Are off limits to ALL residants of mort. Not much is known about the cannabal sectors They completely sourround the city of mort there are 5 canabal sectors in total each one worse than the next. Mutants, Criminals, terrorists, Machines and all sorts of nightmarish creatures reside here, canabal sector 5 is the most barable of all the sectors with the worst being canabal sector 1. The average survival rate in canabal sector 1 of an operative (a player) is 17 mins.

Salvation tower and digger

THIS IS OFF THE RECORD AND EVEN REPETING THIS TO ANY RANKING OFFICER IN SLA INDUSTRIES WILL GET YOU KILLED

at the center of canabal sector 1 lies a mammoth structure known only as salvation tower. all records of salvation tower have been purged from every system on mort and 3rd eye media have a strict blanet ban on anything remotly connected to salvation tower. There are rumors of an ancient evil at the tower, a machine with vast artifical intelligence known only as digger. This "digger" seems connected somehow with salvation tower but to this day no one know the location of salvation tower or if this construct digger even exists. No living operative has returned from canabal sector 1 saying they have seen salvation tower. most say they hear things out there in the darkness those that have investigated have never returned, they tell stories like this to operatives in trainig, Salvation tower and digger most dont believe its real but is it ..... who really knows ....

the Truth:
A big big part of SLA industries relates to something called "the truth", SLA industries will do everything and anything in their power to keep "the truth" concealed from everyone. no one not even 3rd eye media know the truth, there are a handful of the highest ranking officers within SLA industries that actually know "the truth" but should it ever be revealed to the population it could spell the end of SLA industries rule over the entire known universe.

There are 3 top ranking members of SLA industries.

THE CEO of SLA industries is a man called Mr Slayer (if he can really be called a man). No know really knows the true origins of Mr Slayer, who is he where he came from. He weilds uncomprehendable power and has survived since the founding of SLA Industries 900 years ago (902 to be precise). there have been many attempts on Mr Slayers life including detonating a nuclear device on a planet he was visiting. He, Intruder and Seti walked away without a scratch on them. Since then no one has attempted to take his life.

Mr Slayers right hand man, is young man called intruder. He looks 19 years old but has survived as long as Mr Slayer and was their at the founding of SLA Industries over 900 years ago. He also weilds a strange power not seen in this universe and like Mr slayer is seemingly invincible to pain or damage. He and Mr Slayer seem about equally matched in control of this mystical power

Seti is 3rd im command at SLA she is even more of a mystery than mr Slayer and is rarley seen outside of Head office in central. Some say she is a witch others say she isnt truly alive. but what we do know is that she holds the position of head of research and development over all of SLA industries. as is Mr slayers closest advisor

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Playable races:
No matter what race you pick you all have the same profession. Operatives. operatives are SLA's vanguard in the fight against all those that would want to see SLA industries Fall. Operatives complete missions called BPNs all of which are to assist SLA industries continue to function. without Operatives Sla industries would spiral into chaos. They are agents for Slayer ready to die for his bidding

Humans: nothing special, there a dime a dozen hundreds of millions of them can be found all over the galaxy. But they are mainly found on mort. consists of 75% of the worlds population.

Ebons: The ebons are a race of aliens discovered over 650 years ago. Genetically they are quite similar to humans and the look almost identical is appearence apart from the lack of iris in their eyes. Pure white eyes. They are an emitional race who are very in touch with their feelings. They are one of the two races in the game that can channel the so called magic of the game which is called flux. Ebons channel flux to do amazing thing. They mainly concentrate on defensive abilities and healing they do have abilites which can be used in combat but more often than not they are reluctant to use them.

Brain wasters: If ebons are cousins to the human race, Then brain wasters are cousins to the ebon. They are an off shoot of the ebons race. technially spealking they are ebons however unlike ebons brain wasters tap into the darker side of flux. They are intune with the dark emotions such as rage, hate, jealousy. They appear quite similar to ebons too accept for charred black rings around the eyes. Brain wasters are cocky, arrogant and wreakless they apply themselves with the more destructive ebon abilities and rarley know how to heal.

Shaktar: Are an alien race of lizards. standing 7 feet tall and red in appearance. They are a feircly honourable. They live their life by the shaktar honor code. The shaktar are born and bred for combat from an early age and excel in melee and ranged combat. Shaktar are reluctant at first to trust any non shaktar they meet but once a shaktar accepts and trusts someone it will be that way until the shaktars death,

Wraith Raiders: are also an alien race of lizards who's homeworld is a planet of ice, They are small usually standing around 4 to 5 feet tall.
with white fur. They excel in stealth and make excellant scouts. Not quite as physically strong as a human they perfer to stay
in the shadows a hunter, stalking silently undetected striking at the last momnet from long range.

313-stormer: 313-stormers or stormers as they are known. Are a genetically created race killing machines created by SLA industries in huge Vats at the karma facility in central. They have been created for one purpose and one purpose only. killing. They are a hulking mass of mussle with the face of a deamon. They can be quite friendly with operative squads whom they are assigned to but usually more often than not send civilians screaming in terror, They dont really have people skills and usually have low intellegence. They do have do have quite a few perks tho, They are just as good in melee combat as the shaktar, They have unquestioning loyality to SLA industries and can never be bribed. and they have the ability to regenerate any would usually in a matter of minutes,

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BPN's - As ive mentioned earlier you start the game as a raw recruit just graduated from meny. They elite training facility for operatives. You start out as Security Clearence level 10. (civilians and the police force (the shivers) are SCL 11) In order to gain access to heavier weapons, more dangerous missions and get paid better you will need to gain SCL levels (security clearence levels) its not as easy as it sounds. Mr Slayer, intruder, seti and a handful of trusted chosen have SCL 1 once you attain SCL 1 you are entitled to know the trusth of SLA industries. until then you will need to successfully complete as many BPNS as you can.

BPN's are color coded for your convience and are stated below.
color code:

blue - Maintence: are the lowest of the low, Cleaning out sewage systems, killing mutant rat infestations, general patrolling only raw recruits usually go for these type of BPNs, most new operatives take these to get experience in the field as they are easy to complete but have long hours and very low pay.

yellow - Retreval: if you take a yellow BPN you will be asked usually to go somewhere get something and bring it somewhere else. Could be anyone or anything in the universe

white - Investigation: CSI eat your heart out. You will become detectives and sent to investigate things, Missing persons, murders, strange occurances etc etc

black - Back Ops missions. only the elite choose black ops mission and usually you are required to have a high SCL to perform black ops missions. under the table and off the record missions that the public are not ment to know about.

red - RED ALERT, RED ALERT missions are usually the best paid but usually carry a risk that at least 1 of your operatives in your squad will die. They are very very dangerous missions but the payouts on them are equally huge. they can range from terrorist attacks, to full scale mutant invasions from the cannabal sectors.

jade - Ebon, all things ebon related. The dept that deals with all ebon related matters is called dark lament. They dish out BPN's that could be anything, retrive a stolen ebon artifact. capture a rouge ebon. etc etc

grey - CLOAK DIVISION
Not much is known about the mysterious cloak division an arm of internal affairs. They are a law unto themselves and are to be feared and respected. Cloak division operatives have the power to take life at a whim and no one will question them. They are a dark and dangerous entity within SLA. nothing is known about them, no one knows who they are and their BPN missions are off the record and never to be discussed under pain of death. if you take a grey BPN TRED CAREFULLY and make sure that you dont fail it.

AL][EN

SLA it is so. i'll start PMing people from this afternoon so with some character ideas. However Im only going to be allowing 1 stormer and 1 magic user class character.

So its first come first serve. You can either pick a brain waster or an ebon, and im only allowing one.

Likewise with the stormer im only allowing 1.

If you want to play one of these character classes please PM me. its first come first serve so who ever gets their first gets the character. Its just if you have more than one stormer the answer to everything seems to be "send in the stormers" and if you have too many ebons or brain wasters the other players wont have time to do anything else as magic will be thrown all over the place.

just from past experiences DM'ing SLA the races are not balanced at all. trust me on that so im limiting the races that are over balanced

Thanks guys

Raphael

Interesting fact, the SLA core book is available to download free (and legally).

"Cubicle 7 Entertainment is releasing the SLA back catalogue in PDF to complement new books coming out this year and give new players a chance to explore the game's history." (apparently).

Want me to post up the link, or would you rather players not have the rules and just let you deal with that? Or are we just not allowed look at certain parts of the book?

AL][EN

i dont mind at all im a pretty easy going DM

Its worth noting tho my Version of SLA is different from the one in the rule book but most definatly post the link if its free and legal then all should benifit

there's allot of decent backstory in there and you get an idea how the game system works

post away

Raphael

Yup, s'entirely on the level.

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=21127

There's a free registration required, but it only takes a few minute. Pdf is searchable as well, which is a bonus.

tba

I have a simple layout of the districts in mort if anybody is interested, it claims a location of salvation tower....

Nevyn

Can I dust off my brainwaster ?

AL][EN

Apologies one and all I've been sick over the last 48 hours havent been able to get out of bed. SLA character gen rules will appear here by lunchtime

and no Thaed sorry you cant. You can still play a brain waster the character slot is still avaiable Tali is too powerful she's been on 2 (or 3) BPN's it wouldn't be fair since she'd be more experienced than the rest of the squad.

Sorry

AL][EN

tba wrote: »

I have a simple layout of the districts in mort if anybody is interested, it claims a location of salvation tower....

I know the exact cords of salvation tower in canabal sector 1. In fact 2 of my old characters went there only 1 returned alive. its a VERY VERY scary place

but if i were you mate id keep that secret between your squad mates and completely off the record if SLA (or god forbid cloak division) finds out your asking about slavation tower this is going to be a VERY short game.

AL][EN

ok folks here the deal, in order to gen you a character there are a few simple steps we need to do. If you could please PM me the following:

[1] Your characters name

[2] Your characters race (Stormer is already taken sorry)

[3] Is your character Male or Female

[4] The training package: there are a few basic trainig packages you can choose from these represent the skills you learnt while you were in the operative training facility at meny. they are listed below. Before you pick a package if your chosen package doesnt have a combat skill dont worry it is assumed that as an operative you recieved basic unarmed combat training and pistol skills (while they will be extremely poor you still in theroy SHOULD be able to defend yourself)

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(1)Death Squad Package:
Skills: Auto/Support, rifle, Evaluate Opponant, Tactics, Unarmed Combat, Rival Company,

(2)Kick Murder Squad Package:
Hide, Sneaking, Martial Arts, Climb, Acrobatics, Any Close Comabat Skill

(3) Investigation and Interrogation Package:
Skills: Detect, Rival Company, SLA Info, Streetwise, Interview, Forensics.

(4) Medical Package
Skills: Paramedic, Medical Practice, Forensics, Phychology, Pathology, Computer Use

(5) Pilot and Navagation Package:
Skills: Pilot Military, Drive Military, Navigation, Mechanics Repair, Auto/Support, Drive Civilian,

(6) Strike Squad Package
Skills: Drive Civilian, Drive Military, Rifle, Pistol, Paramedic, Any Close combat Skill

(7) Scouting Package
Skills: Tracking, Streetwise, Detect, Hide, Sneaking, Rifle

(8) Custom Package
Skills: you let me the DM pick 6 skills for you (MWUHAHAHAHAHAH)


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[5] Do you want a random advantage and disadvantage added to your character

[6] Does you character want to be chipped (BEFORE ANSWERING THIS QUESTION IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT BEING CHIPPED IS PLEASE PLEASE ASK ME ITS REALLY IMPORTANT) and your decision cannot be reversed once its made.

Thats really it once i recieve all PM's i'll get the characters Genereated and sent back to you then we can start.
Thanks guys

AL][EN

Any Questions on the above skills please ask i'll be glad to shed some light on the subject

tba

Whats a chip?

AL][EN

When you join SLA industries you have the option of being chipped.

This essentially means when you join SLA industries they implant a small organic microchip into the frontal lobe section of your brain, Once the chip is implanted it can NEVER be removed. Once the chip is active everything you see and hear is transmitted to a SLA monitoring station and monitored by SLA employees. These transmissions are live 24 hour a day 7 day a week for the rest of your natural life. SLA considers this the ultimate act of loyality

The pros of getting chipped are:
an extra 100 credits per BPN that you successfully complete
an extra 1000 credits annually for ever year you are chipped
faster promotional options for chipped agents

The cons of getting chipped are:
SLA watches you 24 hours a day 7 days a week
everything you see and hear SLA sees and hears
anything illegal you do could get you arrested or terminated


Its also worth noting that you cannot get past SCL Level 3A without being chipped. And ebons and brain wasters cannot be chipped something to do with the flux they channel interferes with the chip

Its a personal choice, Some Ops get offended if they find out your chipped. some BPNs you wont be able to accept if your chipped. and if you do ANYTHING illegal its on your own head.

however there are benfits to being chipped that are not always seen right away

qwertz

I'd like to take the brainwaster slot.

Hivemind187

lol ... I'll take option 8

Nevyn

'AL wrote:

[EN;54599877']Apologies one and all I've been sick over the last 48 hours havent been able to get out of bed. SLA character gen rules will appear here by lunchtime

and no Thaed sorry you cant. You can still play a brain waster the character slot is still avaiable Tali is too powerful she's been on 2 (or 3) BPN's it wouldn't be fair since she'd be more experienced than the rest of the squad.

Sorry

/me sniffles

Thats ok.

Rigth I will not play a brain waster so, I wanna play a frother.
Played one at Gealcon this year it was shiny.

AL][EN

qwertz wrote: »

I'd like to take the brainwaster slot.

The Brain waster is yours so. Can you PM me a the details listed above and i'll get to work on all your characters!

AL][EN

Hivemind187 wrote: »

lol ... I'll take option 8

No probs i promise i wont give you knitting as a skill!

can you PM me the rest of the details we will be kicking this off next week
YAAAAY

AL][EN

qwertz wrote: »

I'd like to take the brainwaster slot.

just missing your character details and were good to go can you PM them too me i'll generate the characters PM them back to you and we can start definalty this week folks looks like the team will be made up of #

1 stormer
1 brain waster
2 humans
1 frother (im allowing them just for the hell of it)

interesting team mix i must say. game threads will be going up this week so watch this space

Nevyn

'AL wrote:

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1 frother (im allowing them just for the hell of it)

huraah \0/

'AL wrote:

[EN;54622308']
interesting team mix i must say. game threads will be going up this week so watch this space

Oh we don't have a healy dealy ahem, I mean bandaid er um saw bones
an Eben I mean.

AL][EN

Thaedydal wrote: »

huraah \0/
Oh we don't have a healy dealy ahem, I mean bandaid er um saw bones
an Eben I mean.

Nope, you have a brain waster you can let them try and heal you if your feeling brave!! plus i might add no one has taken paramedics in the team so TECHINALLY you dont have a healer. unless hivemind was serious about letting me pick his skills in which case i'll probably pick paramedics for you guys cos otherwise you cant really heal

furthermore i have tba's and Raphaels characters done up im doing yours now thaed

AL][EN

i now have hivemind and thaedyadl's Characters generated im just missing Qwertz's PM to me about his character i can gen his character and we can go. I've given Hivemind the paramedics skill along with some stealth and combat skills.

only Qwertz left now and we can start

tba

*superpokes Qwertz*

qwertz

Will get right on it, sir Mr AL][EN sir!

AL][EN

qwertz wrote: »

Will get right on it, sir Mr AL][EN sir!

B*^^SI%%T I still can't hear you sound off like you got a pair

aaahhh full metal jacket!! what a film

no rush mate honest take your time. By now everyone else will have recieved there character sheets Via PM. Take time to study them You skills and equipment in paticular. I'll have Qwertz's character done in about 40 mins from once i recieve it and we should be good to go then.

honest qwertz take your time mate whenever you get the chance