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Quake 2 Story
Written by: Fredrik Olsson
Published: 05-10-03 07:20 |
Overview
The action takes place in a sci-fi environment. In the single-player game, you play a human soldier taking part in Operation Overlord, a desperate attempt to protect Earth from alien invasion by launching a counter-attack on the home planet of the hostile cybernetic Strogg civilization. Most of the other soldiers are captured or killed almost as soon as they enter the planet's atmosphere, so it falls upon the player to penetrate the Strogg capital city alone and ultimately to assassinate the Strogg leader, Makron.
The Story
Location - Dallas, Texas
Time - Our Future
Shortly after landing on an alien surface, you learn that hundreds of your men have been reduced to just a few. Now you must fight your way through heavily fortified military installations, lower the city's defenses and shut down the enemy's war machine. Only then will the fate of humanity be known.
APPOINTMENT WITH ARMAGEDDON
by Paul Jaquays
(with thanks to Paul Steed)
Long shadows claw desperately away from your dusty combat boots, fueled
by the relentless sun of a late Texas afternoon. Shading your eyes against
the glare, you squint for the thousandth time at the line of soldiers
ahead of you. It stretches on endlessly across the rubble, disappearing
at last into the cool shadows of a looming C-30K Marine troop carrier.
Patience has never been your favorite virtue. It only seems endless. Soon
you'll walk up the ramp into the ship ... feel the frigid jolt of the
hyper sleep infuser ... and wake up half a jillion light-years away from
the blowing dust and blasted ruins that surround the remains of Dallas-Fort
Worth.
But, dammit! You want to FIGHT the Strogg, the alien vermin that've been
kicking the ever-lovin'-crap out of Earth since you were a kid, not stand
by while others do it for you. "Damn it!" You snarl again, slamming
the barrel of your M61 side arm blaster against the palm of your scarred
hand. "I've waited all my life to hit those Strogg bastards where
THEY live. Now the brass tell us we're reserves this time."
it continues at Paul Jaquays homepage >> |
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