The Automation Gamer Challenge [NEW THREAD]

variationofvariables · 16 November 2020 19:15

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THE VEHICLE

In TIME ATTAC, terrain inconsistencies are everywhere, hell it's even made its way into the race's name! From large dunes to thick jungles, messy marshes and irradiated wastelands, TIME ATTAC proves itself as having one of, if not the toughest terrain of any underground race.

Round wheels would simply not "just work" for this, and so what do you do as an arakune, a species known for making one of the toughest materials known to mankind? You make an entire vehicle out of it based on one of the spiders' best known ability; All-terrain.

Powering this one-of-a-kind unit is a prehistoric beast of an engine, an old but powerful 10-litre Nitromethane V10. Quad supercharged and making over 40,000 horsepower split into all eight of it's arakune silk-reinforced titanium alloy legs. The engine is surprisingly fuel efficient thanks to highly advanced fuel delivery systems and near frictionless materials used in its construction.

As such, it is no wonder such a vehicle can reach unprecedented speeds of over 200 miles per hour, with a potential of nearly 300 when utilizing the rear mounted solid rocket motors that provide over 250kN of combined thrust at its peak.

You're likely wondering how such a large and powerful engine could keep itself fueled, that's all thanks to multiple integrated self-sealing pressurized carbon fibre fuel tanks that hold enough fuel to keep this vehicle running for up to 3000mi before needing a refuel.

As for weaponry, the car is fitted with four webslingers that can fire ultra-hardened arakune silk, provided by our spider driver, who we will get to in a second. These four webslingers cannot be aimed and are fixed in place, but the driver can manipulate how the silk can travel to its target.

Also fitted is an underbelly fully-automated Close-In-Weapons-System with twin miniguns that fire at any incoming projectiles or missiles.

You're wondering again, aren't you? The windows are blocked out, how would the driver see? The windows are covered in the same bulletproof silk-reinforced titanium alloy as the rest of the body, there's no way you'd be able to see outside, right?

Wrong, as fitted on the windscreens are small cameras encased in a highly advanced form of ALON, and so the driver gets a very clear view of the surroundings while remaining encased in highly protected materials. If you ask us, the interior is rather cozy even if your head would start to hurt trying to control this without any assists, as this interior was custom-made for the driver who utilizes all of their eight legs to multitask different things at once and keep the vehicle on the move and in combat.

THE DRIVER

Cecillias Rach’nea (Preferred name; Cecillia) is a female of the endangered Arakune species.

She was born during an era where Arakune hunting ran rampant, as the protection act was still years away from activation. She was rescued and eventually worked at a famed research facility that focused on the research and protection of her own species for the benefit of society.

During her stay there, she had been treated well, but for some unknown reason she had escaped the facility, and local police deaths nearby the facility had suddenly risen out of nowhere. Bodies of police officers wrapped in the extremely strong Arakune silk over 10x tougher than steel, with their life sapped out and bite marks visible on their foreheads.

Instantly, almost all of her kind and the research facility were placed under question, but thanks to connections within the facility, she managed to keep their mouths shut.

The rest of her story seems to be unknown, and she doesn’t want to talk about it either, all we know is she seems to enjoy the thrill of racing in her custom made machine evading police and trying to win the grand prize.

Personality-wise, she’s not exactly the kind of person one could call friendly at first, especially towards humans and likely due to trauma. But getting to know her more, you will soon find out she’s actually a kind and soft-hearted person, and will be there by your side when you need her to.
you’ll only ever actually get to interact with her if you buy the DLC, more below

The Arakune is a species of carnivorous, mono-gendered demi-human liminals that have a human torso but are attached at the hips to the body of a giant spider. They are physically strong and fast and have great reflexes.
Arakune are most noted for being able to create a silk 10 times stronger than steel, and is often more elastic than nylon. They’re capable of producing multiple variants of this silk, ranging from soft, to sticky, to extremely tough to suit whichever situation that requires it. This silk was first discovered around 1400 AD, and later rediscovered in 2023.

Arakune had existed for thousands of years now, and had evolved in almost the same way humans have. Yet, over 600 years ago they disappeared from the public eye. No one knows why, but it is assumed they did so because of how regular humans treated ones with simple differences, and them realizing they are demi-humans, have just straight-up decided to leave.

The species had split into multiple hundreds of tribes around the world, but still live in relatively modern conditions to regular humans, minus the technology and stuff. They’d live in almost absolute seclusion for the 6 centuries they’d been away, occasionally capturing a few lone sailors that’d sail too close to their islands every now and then to mate.

Disaster struck in 2021, when one of the larger Arakune tribes came into contact with a modern human military off the coast of Japan. The JSDF 1st Division was holding a training drill, and had assumed the large island was uninhabited. A training shell landed nearby the camp and unable to hold back their anger for their seclusion by humanity, they struck back at the approaching military, who weren’t armed with much and were almost entirely decimated in a bloody massacre by the Arakune.

It wouldn’t be until 2029 when an expedition would be held to the first known island, where peace talks were first made with the species. From 2035-2045, other tribes and demi-human species would start showing themselves to the world. The world was still divided with the introduction of these new “people”, protests for and against their rights brewed up around the world as the poachers with bigger pockets ran rampant for demi-human resources since they didn’t have any rights yet and weren’t classified as humans.

In 2069, after decades of poaching and abuse, demi-humans were finally being granted human rights by their respective governments. Many people were happy, but some still held a grudge in their heart for some unknown reason.
2077 would also mark the year where the “Culture Exchange Program” would begin, in an effort to bring humans and demi-humans closer to one another by having humans live with demi-humans and vice-versa.

From our resident man of culture.

POTENTIAL DLC

Potential Paid DLC: "A Humble Slinger's Wish"

In this potential extra paid DLC, explore Cecillia's past and learn about what decisions of hers brought her to where she was right now. Form a bond with her and gain her trust as you help her to achieve her lifelong goal of eventually winning the TIME ATTAC, and explore multiple good and bad endings in this romantic action-packed side story!

From helping her to get as much power out of that Nitromethane V10, to even the most unusual of quests like that of knitting fancy gloves to assist in better vehicle control, there's plenty to explore in this DLC.

As a bonus, who knows? We might even get to a very special good ending where we would cross some boundaries most people wouldn't even bother to.

Would you want to?

might remove this part later honestly

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