Chapter 1
Humanity has tried to colonize the alien world known as Shear. Some time after, hostile alien creatures had attacked, overwhelming the planet's defenses, and destroying a portion of the colony. Over the planet, a dropship was orbiting, looking over the destroyed colony. There were 12 people, all armed with different tools and weapons, and characterized into 4 different classes. In the Assault class was Garnet, Greg, and Smiley. In the Support class, there was Bill Dewie, Sadie, and Steven. In the Trapper class, there was Amethyst, Connie, and Onion. In the Medic class, there was Pearl, Lars, and Jenny. Bill Dewey and Sadie lead the hunters, and assembled them together. During transport, Sadie suffered an accident, from which she survived, but her head and stomach were disfigured and her right arm was gone. To compensate, Bill created a prosthetic arm with a rocket launcher, a detachable UAV head, and a carrying compartment with floating sentry turrets for her to replace her lost or disfigured limbs. The ship flew over the planet, with Bill and Sadie looking over a holo-view of the planet Shear.
Sadie: Are you sure about this, Marshall? These creatures overwhelmed colonial security forces in less than a week. Clearly we're dealing with something far beyond ordinary wildlife.
Bill: Clearly. Take us in, Sadie.
Bill walked over to look down upon the hunters assembled for the mission.
Jenny: What could've done this?
Bill: Apparently, the things we were hired to kill. I just got off the line with Colony Command. This is no longer a wildlife problem. It's a full-scale evacuation. Gear up. We drop in 5.
The group was packaging their things together. Onion was armed with stasis grenades, a custom shotgun, and a tracking dart pistol.
Onion: "Join the team. See the Galaxy". Hmph. You failed to mention, "Drop into a meat grinder" in your sales pitch, boss man.
Bill: There's a lot of people down there, Onion. They're going to die without our help.
Jenny was loading her grenade launcher with healing and napalm grenades. She also had an adrenaline field to boost the movement speed of people around her.
Jenny: Sadie. Any ideas what these creatures are?
Sadie grabbed her head, and attached it to her body. She was armed with a guided missile launcher in place of her right arm, a detachable UAV head, and sentry turrets in a stomach compartment.
Sadie: Nobody knows. Colony records say: "Unknown species of mega fauna. Extremely cunning. Aggressive. With an alarming rate of growth and reproduction, and a ravenous appetite."
A sentry turret flew into her stomach compartment.
Sadie: They're probably not native to...
Connie: Monsters.
Connie was loading her harpoon trap launcher. She also had a machine pistol, and a pet pink lion.
Connie: We're hunting monsters.
Steven grabbed his massive laser cutter, his shield generator, and his orbital strike marker.
Steven: We have to evacuate the whole colony? Hope they're used to disappointment.
Bill grabbed his rail gun. He also had a weapon that amplifies damage done to a target, and a radioactive dust tag marker.
Bill: Right now, they're used to being eaten. We're going to cover their retreat. Get as many people off world as we can.
Smiley grabbed his rocket launcher and his shotgun. He had a super-soldier serum in his arm he could inject to himself.
Smiley: Fine by me. Always wanted to lead a desperate retreat against impossible odds.
Lars was grabbing his silenced sniper rifle. He charged up the Lazarus device in his hand, and had a personal cloaking device.
Lars: Might be desperate. But nothing's impossible.
Pearl grabbed an armor piercing sniper rifle, and loaded it up. She had a medgun to heal friends, and a tranquilzer gun.
Pearl: What's our timeframe?
Bill: Last transport leaves in 2 weeks. Anyone we get to that ship is a win.
Garnet grabbed her lightning gun, arc mines, and assault rifle.
Garnet: 2 weeks of battle. I like it.
Amethyst loaded her harpoon gun. She also had an SMG, and sound spikes.
Amethyst: Garnet thinks we're on vacation.
Greg loaded his left arm mounted flamethrower, grabbed his toxic grenades, and his minigun.
Greg: 2 weeks sprayin' fire? Meltin' faces. Amethyst is right. This isn't a vacation. It's paradise!
Bill: Connie, Onion, and Amethyst. Take these.
He threw a small device to each of them.
Connie: What are these?
Bill: Mobile arenas. Throw them out, traps the monster in a big dome. Try not to miss it.
Amethyst: Gee. Thanks.
Bill: Garnet, Greg, and Smiley. Take these.
He threw out small chest devices.
Bill: Personal Shields. They don't last forever, but they can get you out of a tight situation.
Greg: Cool!
Bill: Sadie, Steven and I get these.
He took out different back pieces.
Bill: These can make you and your team invisible.
Sadie: That's useful.
Bill: Lars, Pearl, and Jenny. Attach these to your jetpacks. Medbursts. Heal yourself and anyone around you instantaneously.
Lars: Cool.
Bill: This is the greatest team of hunters ever assembled. Our target prey is over 2 stories tall. Heavily armored. And real ugly. They can breathe fire. Fry your ass with lightning. And that's just the ones we know about. These things think they're at the top of the food chain, but they haven't met us.