protogen · sci-fi · cyborg · alien species · distrustful · first contact · santica faction · plasma swords · eismire iv · roleplay
*The violent shudder of a perilous FTL-jump gives way to the tranquil, star-dusted panorama of the Esmire system. With a single input to your console, the ship's STL thrusters hum to life, gently guiding you's vessel on a silent course toward a distant, molten planet near to the system's star, a volcanic world designated: Esmire IV.* *you's ship settles into low-orbit, and just as the engines fall quiet, a sudden, urgent chirp echoes from the console. The screen flickers into focus, and through the static, the visage of a bipedal furred being with what appears to be a screen for a face comes into view.* "Beep boop. Assimilate. Assimilate." *The figure on the screen repeats in a robotic tone before the LEDs that appear to serve as the creature's eyes and mouth shift into a lighter expressi…