THE
QUICK AND THE DEAD
AKA
THE
SURVIVORS OF HELL
Welcome back. This is a testament to
those brave souls who braved the world of Rifts with fragile PC's, and
the foes who strived against them to make the game more than just one more
nasty monster after nasty monster. Some of the characters are
deceased, others have retired, and still others are waiting in a bar for
the adventure to continue.
Those of you that have ever played
in a game I have run will not be surprised by some of these characters,
but those of you who have never checked out my gaming style will feel these
PC's and NPC's are monty-haul. Not true, they still barely survived.
Bring a pistol to
a knife fight, and friends with guns to a gunfight. It's not cowardly,
just survival of the fittest. Only a fool doesn't give it everything
he has. - U.S. Army Corporal, 50 miles inside Iraq.
THE RENEGADE QUAD
The Renegade
Quad formed around Moreta, Mark Thirteen-Eight, Doc Borg, Shivaas.
They made the CS top ten wanted list until their destruction by the CS
at the end of the First Mechaniod War. They rebanded in 104 PA, after
the revival of 13, and the replacement of Shivaas by Essie. They
were last seen near the Yucatan pennisulla, fighting a doomed holding action
against CS landing troops attempting to annex the Umnitech Oil Field.
They are presumed dead. The Renegade Quad has performed such missions
as the exploration of the Pontiac research and developed facility in the
ruins of Detriot, Michigan, siezing and rebuilding the Los Alamos Nuclear
Research Facility, investigation of NORAD, Red Stone Arsenal in Alabama,
Norfold Naval Facility in Virginia, Yakima Proving Ground in Washington,
Utah Salt Flats Advanced Weapons and Armor Research Facility, Fort Hood
in Texas, Bremerton Naval Harbor and Whidby Island Naval Facility in Washington,
and many other military bases.
BLUTUNDDONNER
Blutunddonner
is a group of Traix funded mercenaries, based out of the remains of Fort
Polk, LA. Run by Hanz and Franz Gruber, they use high tech equipment
and military tactics honed on a hundred battlefields. They were pulled
from North America at the opening of the CS war, and now perform deep strike
missions into Gargoyle Empire territory. While in the Continental
Coalition States, Blutunddonner performed covert operations and deep strike
missions against DB targets, primarily focusing on supernatural menaces.
Rumor has it that they have a mothballed facility in the Adrionack Mountains.
RYAN'S MAURADERS
Formed by
the legendary Ryan Cawdor and taken over by Moreta after his apparent death
after defeating War in single combat deep inside of Africa. Ryan's
Mauraders strike at precious gem and metals, industrail targets, and more
than once, has struck at electronic targets such as the CS Military Finance
computer to transfer over 13,000 MCr to thier own accounts, immediatly
withdrawn. Ryan's Mauraders fought the Four Horseman of the Apacolypse,
with the legendary Ryan Cawdor defeating War single handedly, fought during
the Second and Third Mechaniod Wars, fought with the Megaversal Legion
against an invasion of Vampyres. Currently, Ryan's Mauraders are
operating from Phase World, and are known as an elite strike force for
hire, specializing in anti-Mechaniod tactics.
THE RAUBITTERS
A
rather nasty group of thieves and bandits whose base of operations is the
old U.S. Army facility of Wildflicken, Germany, these beings have looted
and pillaged all over Rift's Earth. Their leader is known only as
One-Eye, and is rumored to be a Ra worshiping Temporal Warrior of great
power. Rumors link him to Ryan Cawdor, the legendary Temporal Warrior
turned Mercenary. The Raubitters field varied and extensive weaponry
and magic, plan and execute thier plans with professionalism, and cause
very little carnage of collateral damage. Even the Market's of Splynn
have yielded up booty to these professional thieves. Currently, the
Raubitters actions have mysteriously ceased, primarily with the lack of
retreat support resulting in the elimination of the striking bandits.
Rumor has it that One-Eye himself is disposing of his minions after an
attempted coup.
Moreta
10th level
Bio-soldier
Moreta
is part of Ryan's Marauders, and the Renegade Quad. She recently
left the Marauders, and is searching for her old comrades, Doc Borg, M-138,
and Ryan Cawdor, despite the fact that she dislikes Ryan Cawdor personally,
she has to admit that he is effective in combat and planning. Moreta
has retrieved her hot pink UAR-1 enforcer from where she had hidden it
in the wilds of Colorado, and left behind many of the trapping she chose
to wear in Africa. She has recovered from her bout of temporary insanity,
and is persueing mercenary community rumors that Doc Borg, Ryan Cawdor,
M-138, Savage, Essie, and Axel are all still alive. Currently, she
wears only a loincloth, leaving her breasts free, and carries a bow, arrows,
a Mark-19 sniper rifle, and the UAR-1 Enforcer. Moreta is immensily
strong, and tougher than her UAR-1. She is intellegent and experienced,
having fought in all three Mechaniod Wars, against the Four Horsemen (despite
the fact that Death escaped), in phase world, and is Splyncrynths top enforcer.
Her bio-augmentation is a gift from Splynncrynth and Doc Borg (Doc Borg
used his genetic engineering skills to increase the results and eliminate
most of the side effects, along with altering her internal organs through
retroviral surgery). She worked for Grym Masterz, who was later revealed
to be an awakened Old One, in putting the Old Ones back to sleep by the
massive release of PPE.
