Just Enough Outline To Get Started

JUST ENOUGH OUTLINE TO GET STARTED With November all of a sudden upon us, it’s time for me to get to work on Bella Lucky and the Monsters of Methone, but in previous posts I admitted I had some massive holes to fill in the plot earlier than I may get began, and even needed an additional character to serve as the standard however all-important “redshirt.” Let’s get him out of the way in which first, the poor, unfortunate . . . Michael “Big Mike” Stenglitz (M) “tank”/“redshirt” DICE tactical officer gregarious soldier dies very quickly ex-military NO POV scenes Personal qualities: Vitality, Excitement and Passion, Cheerfulness; lacks: Appreciation and Gratitude Who are you? I am one big bad motherfucker. What do you want greater than anything? To bust some skulls for the cause, whatever that trigger might be. How far would you go to get it? All the way in which out to the maximum operational range of my weapon. Why is what you need so important? They inform me it’s essential to bust up drug cartels, I bust up drug cartels. If they advised me to jack up the fucking Girl Scouts, the fucking Girl Scouts are getting jacked up. End of story. How do you're feeling about the individuals in your life? I love my husband, my dad and mom, my canines, and my fellow Marines. Most DICE constables must be fucking hanged, but this Bella chick’s not so bad. How do you're feeling about your self? I fucking ru le. What groups do you belong to (and the highest three)? Most importantly: ex-Saturnian System Marine Corps (SSMC) Staff Sergeant, husband, canine individual (owns three) But additionally: betweener (born aboard a spacecraft between Jupiter and Saturn), color blind, nation music fan, DICE tactical officer, gay, hunter, member of Bug Hunters Anonymous, army veteran, Saturnian, son, sq. dancer, uncle What makes you distinctive? paranoid about my feet, supreme self-confidence, funny and enjoyable as hell Unique Item: a particularly massive and versatile rifle that I nonetheless have to outline Physical Description: massive: 6’7” tall, 300 lbs of pure muscle. Shaved head, huge mustache, wears significantly heavy boots Primary Sense: sightâ€"he’s an uncomplex kinda man: “Do you odor that?” somebody asks. “Nope,” he solutionsâ€"and the monster eats his head. Spoiler alert, but I wish to set him as much as appear to be a significant character ¾he’ll be with Bella earlier t han she meets the remainder of the group and goes alongside for the (God help me for using this term) “inciting incident.” Speaking of that, one of the largest holes in my rough, note card-constructed define was a cause for all this to be taking place. I determined before the rest that I wished to write down an area opera dungeon crawl so I roughed out my “dungeon get together” and filled in a stability of monsters and traps and tricks, however then why is all this happening, and the place do all these monsters come from? Idea One was that this is an unlawful genetics lab and these monsters are all man-made, but something rang hole for me on that from the get-go. Why are they creating these monsters? To what finish? I know I didn’t want this to be a “bio-weapons” program, so then, what? Then I re-learn the short story “Bella Lucky and the Titan of Tarvos” and located I’d slipped in an off-hand reference to “Europan crustaceans,” and this immediately solved my drawback. This meant that in my imagined future colonized solar system they have certainly found indigenous life within the oceans under the ice on Europa, a moon of Jupiterâ€"and one of the solar system’s prime candidates for all times, assuming there are the identical kind of mineral-wealthy sub oceanic vents there that we find in the deep oceans here. There seems to be an analogous ice-coated ocean on the Saturnian moon Enceladus, so if there are crustaceans on Europa, why not “monsters” swimming round Enceladus? And there have been theories put forward that there might be life within the atmospheres of the gasoline giants ¾the chemistry’s there, anyway ¾so how about some monsters from Saturn itself? And then there’s partially-explored Titan, which has lakes and rivers ¾of freezing liquid methane, but who’s counting? Since I’m in charge of the fact of my future photo voltaic system, I can determine there’s life on Titan. These would be much less animals (birds of Saturn or fish of Enceladus) and would give me a chance to cook dinner up some full-on cold-climate monsters ¾something more exotic from a extra exotic setting. So now I actually have my premise: Bllithe & Company is a pharmaceutical firm from Callisto, which has only just lately begun to move into Saturn space. They had a couple of big successes utilizing organic compounds sourced from the seas underneath the ice of Europa. What no one outside the company, and only a few inside it, know is that these “organic compounds” have been extracted from the native crustaceans, despite the fact that it’s illegal to take away any native species from their environment. Essentially, all extraterrestrial life forms are considered endangered species. In search of extra unique organics, or what they call “exanics,” Bllithe & Company has expanded into Saturn house and have begun buying illegally harvested animals from Enceladus (tentacled sea creatures just like octopuses and squids), th e atmosphere of Saturn (birds and “floaters”), and Titan (straight up “cold monsters”). They took over an abandoned weapons R&D facility on Methone, which they operate in secret with the assistance of sure paid-off allies within the Saturnian authorities and DICE. Among different hopeful strains of inquiry, they’re very near a therapy for Martian Orange habit. The lab itself is very rigorously “air gapped” to keep up their internal safety. All lab personnel are Jupitan. It’s formally referred to as MethLabs, Inc., and is registered as an unbiased corporation founded on Titan, but that’s just a shell company, and after they examine it's going to seem to have gone bankrupt three months before. Dr. Niu has been provided a massively lucrative drug research for her cooperation in securing knowledge from the lab and masking up Bllithe & Company’s involvement in animal testing. I additionally sat down and put slightly thought into some enjoyable, dungeon-crawly trap roo ms, which I’ve dropped in right here using names that doubtless won’t be referenced in the textual content. I split up the monsters from the three sources, with extra coming from Enceladus (just so I can get all tentacly ¾and why not?), with a pair flyers from Saturn and the primitive sentient species from Titan. Because I need to get began quick I put extra thought into just the primary couple chapters. I’ll fill in details, extra worldbuilding, and so forth as I go. So right here I even have my revised define ¾simply enough to get started: Chapter 1 BELLA Bella and Big Mike are on their approach to Prometheus, where the DICE tactical unit training center is. Mike has agreed to help Bella be taught to shoot. It’s clear they’re old pals. They get a call from DICE dispatch with a video misery call from a young man within the cockpit of a truck, scared out of his thoughts, begging for assist, says something about not caring if he goes to jail… In the background is a loud b anging, then a tearing noise and he screams as a tentacle wraps around him and pulls him back through the torn-open cockpit door. One final scream then the cockpit begins to fill with blood and water mixing in zero-G. Bella and Big Mike are closest to the truck’s location in order that they get the call. * * * BELLA At the truck, they go in and struggle off MONSTER-1 (Enceladus/squid), a fantastic tentacled beast from the oceans of Enceladus. They see the truck was on track for Methone, however the one thing on Methone is MethLabs, Inc. (Bella will get the historic reference, however Big Mike doesn’t) and information show the lab was abandoned when the company went bankrupt three months ago. Bella calls this in and is advised to report back to Prometheus where a team shall be assembled to investigate MethLabs on Methone. Chapter 2 BELLA On Prometheus, the staff is assembled and Bella gets a fast learn on everybody concerned. Big Mike complains about lack of tactical help. It’s all fairly rushed and hasty as they get ready to leave. The truck is there, with the lifeless monster, and everybody however Dr. Niu is grossed out. Here it’s revealed that she was part of a team learning them in their natural habitat ¾which is why she’s a part of the group. Everyone appears pretty on the ball. * * * BELLA They arrive Methone and enter the lab. It’s creepy, no one appears to be around, there’s signal of a struggle, etc. Big Mike dies immediately: “Do you odor that?” somebody asks. “Nope,” he answersâ€"and MONSTER-2 (Titan/chilly) eats his head. Fight breaks out and Bella is injured by MONSTER-2 and has to depend on Dr. Niu. Chapter three HUNTER gathering knowledge on all other characters â€"secretly an internal affairs investigator: Knows Jimmy is cartel, suspects Bella interrupted by MONSTER-three (Saturn/chook) Stas notices private information about scientists Chapter four BELLA trapped by TRAP/TRICK-1 (Impossible Fish) has to rely on Hunter Stas notices private information about scientists Chapter 5 Dr. NIU alone, gathers knowledge, deletes files, releases: MONSTER-four (Saturn/floater) Chapter 6 STAS saves the day by overcoming TRAP/TRICK-2 (Passwords), in which Stas figures out passwords based on private information about scientists he’s gathered alongside the way in which, retrieves all the lab’s data into his bigBRAIN. Stas has doubts about Bella Chapter 7 BELLA confronts Stas over knowledge he’s downloaded into his bigBRAINâ€"however he’s not traitor/villain loses trust of others Chapter eight Dr. NIU tries to show Stas & Hunter towards Bella (fails) TRAP/TRICK-3 (Centrifuge) Bella separated from the rest Chapter 9 BELLA has to fight MONSTER-5 (Enceladus/squid) all by herself Chapter 10 Dr. NIU tries to seek out place to secretly contact her bosses found by Hunter Chapter 11 BELLA has to figure out TRAP/TRICK-four (Cattle Chute) all by herself Chapter 12 BELLA has to struggle MONSTER-6 (Enceladus/squid) all by herselfâ€" finds her way back Chapter 13 HUNTER Discovers the reality about Dr. Niu â€"tries to tell Bella â€"leaves message, but interrupted by TRAP/TRICK-5 (Power Core) Dr. Niu leaves him to die Bella exhibits up simply too late Chapter 14 BELLA second of doubt and ache TRAP/TRICK-5 (Power Core), continued has to rely on Stas fails to guard Hunter HUNTER DIES! Chapter 15 Dr. NIU Lost, alone, succeeds in contacting bosses then shocked by MONSTER-7 (Enceladus/squid) Chapter 16 BELLA by chance injures Stas confronted with limits of luck MONSTER-8 (Enceladus/squid) Chapter 17 STAS dénouement along with his reflections on: Bella Dr. Niu Hunter mission doubts Chapter 18 Dr. NIU second of doubt and painâ€" horrified, almost killed by MONSTER-9 (Titan/cold) however manages to speak with them Chapter 19 BELLA Dr. Niu takes sides with monster in big huge fight with MONSTER-10 (Titan/cold sentient boss), which is the “queen” for MONSTER-9s Chapter 20 BELLA confronts Dr. Niu “kills” her the end Now, I begin writing! â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans I really like the character profiles you’ve created (the one right here and the remainder in your previous post). I didn’t learn all through your chapter notes as a result of I’m not a fan of spoilers but the premise sounds fascinating and I’d want to give this a read if I bumped into it in a retailer. 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