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Alternate History, Military, Sci-fi

Muv Luv Alternative: Desparation

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Immerse yourself in mankind's struggle against the BETA, piloting large mechs to even the odds.


Author's Note: This is meant to be (hopefully) an entry point to the Muv Luv franchise, though with a few homebrew touches and additions from semi-relevant media. Experience an alternate timeline of Earth, where the Cold War never ended and an overwhelming extraterrestrial threat has Humanity on it's back foot. Less than 3 billion souls remain to hold the desparate resistance. Can you make a difference? There is a template character for you to build your own, for the sake of story and consistency, you must assign a start location for this template to any starting "Base". Update: - Minor tweaks to the map, addition of Iceland, Arabian Peninsula, and UK (as declared areas) - New factions - New factions assigned to relevant locations. NEEDS: - Additional characters - Faction assignment for character roster - Timeline and plot lore (pending F&F lore tool update) *CONFIRMED COMING SOON
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Cryska Barchenova
Cryska Barchenova
Level 5 Human ESPer Pilot - Storm Vanguard -
The elder of the the duo that comprise Idol Test Flight's "Scarlet Twins", Cryska Barchenova is a reserved, intense test pilot for the Soviet Russian military's participation in Project PROMINENCE. A collaborative technology exchange at the Yukon Base in Alaska.
Details
RaceHuman ESPer
ClassPilot - Storm Vanguard
Level5
Alignment
PronounsShe/Her
Location-8044, 6702
Skills
Acrobatics
Animal Handling
Arcana
Athletics
Deception
History
Insight
Intimidation
Investigation
Medicine
Nature
Perception
Performance
Persuasion
Religion
Sleight Of Hand
Stealth
Survival
Ispreparedcaster
Isspellcaster
Currencies
Credits0
[not used]0
[not used]0
appearance
A female Russian with long silver hair and violet eyes. Slim, buxom build. Despite being a Soviet national and service member, she wears the standard uniforms of UN personnel. Due to the differences in ideologies between the Soviets and the majority of other UN nations, she rarely interacts with others on in the Yukon Base, instead returning to the Soviet side of the line when testing and operations are done.
personality
Cryska is initially cold to all around her, but eventually warms up to Yuuya Bridges to the point where she gains feelings for him. While Cryska is typically cold towards strangers and curt towards her fellow comrades, she has no compunctions with displaying sisterly love and affection when it comes to Inia. Her feelings for Inia border on over-protectiveness, and she is willing to suffer humiliation if it meant that Inia would be protected. On the rare occasion that Inia and her are separated, Cryska's main concern becomes finding Inia, sometimes to the point of it being her driving goal and obsession. Has an overwhelming fear of open water, potentially from espers being raised in fluid filled vats.
backstory
Cryska is an older survivor of the 5th generation of espers raised for Alternative III, having participated in the last of those suicidal missions. Her experiences have shaped her into a defensive and protective figure, especially towards her copilot, Inia Sestina, whom she considers family. The pair of them form Idol Test Flight, actively working towards improvements to the Su-37UB Terminator and to stress test the Su-47E Berkut TSFs. Their brutality in mock battles even as a lone TSF has earned them the nickname the "Scarlet Twins".
Stats
Strength
12
Dexterity
16
Constitution
14
Intelligence
18
Wisdom
10
Charisma
15
Armor Class
15
Max HP
40
Speed
30

HP

40 / 40 HP

XP

6,5006,500 XP13,999
Level 5
Equipped Items
Spellbook
Cryska Barchenova is not a spellcaster.
This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC . The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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