Chrysalis

Concept

You are the pinnacle of human technological development. Superior soldiers, your bodies enhanced by nectar infusions, who have gained the ability to pilot mankind's ultimate combat machines - the Jaegers, or, as some took to calling them, the Papillons, semi-organic, living combat units created to combat the most dangerous threat that mankind has faced so far - the Leviathan.

The Leviathan have been attacking mankind seemingly without provocation for the last three decades, and the onslaught of the bizarre, inorganic living space organisms seems to be only growing stronger as time goes on. Conventional units of the Earth Sphere Defence Force are utterly outmatched - you and other soldiers like you are mankind's last hope.

You have been deployed to a frontier world which came under attack by the Leviathan. There are thirty million civilians alive within the system.

Try to keep it that way.

Character Creation

There are 4 stats

• Physical
• Mental
• Social/Command
• Integrity

You have 20 dice to assign to them. Social/Command also determines how effective the conventional forces under your command will be in actual battle, while Physical and Mental determine your Papillion's and personal combat prowess. (physical handles dodging and melee combat, mental is responsible for ranged and exotic weaponry, like bits etc) Integrity determines your own psychological stability and your innate resistance to nectar's less-than-welcome side-effects.

Jaegers/Papillons

Approximately 20m+ humanoid semi-organic adaptable combat machines, controlled by direct link with a nectar-infused pilot. Adapt to the pilot's preferences in aesthetics and tactics to a degree, though they universally have claws as melee weapons and Higgs boson particle cannons for ranged engagements; other weapons are either grown as the unit acquires experience, or are acquired from local conventional defence forces.

You

Nectar infusion results in significantly increased physical parameters as well as giving the pilot the ability to interface directly with their control machine, achieving precision and reaction speed normally thought to be impossible. However, there are some concerns about long-term psychological impact of the infusions, and pilots need to regularly take medicine to keep their bodily functions within approved norms.