The Bac Disease - Shareable

The monster crumbles to the floor, even more lifeless than before, fluid leaking out of its head and forming a puddle on the floor. Before you can go to inspect the body, a blood-curdling shriek cuts across the room. Tens of bodies pour from the hallway you came from, blocking off the known exit. The only way to go is through the other hallway at the other side of the room. [[RUN!|COChaseSequence1]]

The monster stretches back, exposing a chink in its armor as it prepares to deliver a staggering blow. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossFight1.2]]] [[Block|BossFight1Damage1]] (if:$playerGrenade is true)[[[Grenade|BossFight1Damage1]]]

The beast stumbles back momentarily before turning to you with immense hatred in its eyes and stomping towards you, pulling its club-like arm back. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossFight1Damage2]]] [[Block|BossFight1.3]] (if:$playerGrenade is true)[[[Grenade|BossFight1Damage2]]]

The blow glances off of your armor before you tuck into a roll and dash to the side. You can see another exposed bit of skin right underneath the zombie's arm as he reaches to grab your squadmate. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossFight1.4]]] [[Block|BossFight1Damage3]] (if:$playerGrenade is true)[[[Grenade|BossFight1Damage3]]]

The shot hits the soft spot in the creature's flesh and it roars in pain, leaking black blood out of the wound. The rest of its armor starts to crack and it staggers away from your squad, putting distance between it and you. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossFight1Damage4]]] [[Block|BossFight1Damage4]] (if:$playerGrenade is true)[[[Grenade|BossDefeated]]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight1Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.1]]] (else:)[The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.1]]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight1Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.2]]] (else:)[The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.2]]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight1Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.3]]] (else:)[The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.3]]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight1Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.4]]] (else:)[The beetle creature swings down, and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight1.4]]]

The monster kills you and your squad, feasting on your remains as it rends the flesh from your bones. (set:$DamagedTwice to false) (set:$DamagedOnce to false) [[Here's hoping you're not nutritious|DeathScreen]]

The figure flies towards you, closing the distance terrifyingly fast. It raises one mutated hand back, preparing its sharpened nails to take a chunk out of you. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossFight2Damage1]]] [[Block|BossFight2.2]] (if:$playerGrenade is true)[[[Grenade|BossFight2Damage1]]]

You use your armor to block the beast's attack and push it backwards. It stumbles back, stunned, giving you an opening to attack. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossFight2.3]]] [[Block|BossFight2Damage2]] (if:$playerGrenade is true)[[[Grenade|BossFight2Damage2]]]

He's knocked backwards, giving you and your squad the opportunity to put more space between you and the monster. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossFight2Damage3]]] [[Block|BossFight2Damage3]] (if:$playerGrenade is true)[[[Grenade|BossFight2.4]]]

The grenade blast leaves the monster dazed and battered and as he stretches you can see a crack spreading from his eye socket to the back of his skull. He roars and your squad all pull themselves up to stand tall before him. (if:$playerBlaster is true)[[[Blaster|BossDefeated]]] [[Block|BossFight2Damage4]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The monster swings down, and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight2Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The monster swings down, and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.1]]] (else:)[The monster swings down, and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.1]]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The monster breaks apart the floor and tosses concrete at you and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight2Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The The monster breaks apart the floor and tosses concrete at you and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.2]]] (else:)[The monster breaks apart the floor and tosses concrete at you and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.2]]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The insectoid swings down, and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight2Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The insectoid swings down, and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.3]]] (else:)[The insectoid swings down, and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.3]]]

(if:$DamagedTwice is true) [The monster swings down, and your squad is eliminated.[[Well dang|BossFight2Death]]] (else-if:$DamagedOnce is true) [The monster swings down, and your squad takes more damage(set: $DamagedTwice to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.4]]] (else:)[The monster swings down, and your squad takes damage (set:$DamagedOnce to true)[[Damn...|BossFight2.4]]]

The monster kills you and your squad, feasting on your remains as it rends the flesh from your bones. (set:$DamagedTwice to false) (set:$DamagedOnce to false) [[Well that sucks|DeathScreen]]

You all keep running, not looking back until you reach your ship. Your leader yells at your pilot to leave. As you all turn to watch the bridge raise, you can see the hordes coming from the facility. The ship rumbles and takes off before they can reach you. The team all slump in their seats in relief and begin to take off parts of their armor. Your leader walks back up towards the pilot and takes a seat, taking off their helmet to scrub your hands through your hair. You follow suit, but as you run your hands through your hair, you notice blood dripping from the armorless space in the crook of your elbow. You quickly strip off your armor, and a pit of dread forms in your stomach as you notice the tear in the fabric. There, in the crook of your elbow, is a bite. Numbness spreads down your arm as you struggle to come up with words to warn the pilot. You open and close your mouth, but no sound comes out as you hear your leader say something to the pilot. Quickly, you cover your sleeve before anyone can say anything. "Just chill out back there!" the pilot chuckles, keeping his eyes on the stars, "We'll be to Star Destroyer //Raster// before you all know it!" (text-colour:cyan)[(Bitten Ending Achieved!)] [[The End|Ending Message]]

The horde is behind you; you and your squad must keep moving forward. A shelf has fallen over into the hall and is leaning across your path. [[Go under it|ChaseDeath1]] [[Jump over it|COChaseSequence2]]

You smoothly vault over the shelf, continuing on your path down the hall. In front of you, the hall splits into two different paths. [[Right|ChaseDeath2]] [[Left|COChaseSequence3]]

The exit is right in front of you but the doors are shut. To the right is the button that opens the doors. [[Shoot the button|CORealEnd]] [[Run over and press the button|COChaseSequence4]]

You run over and press the button, releasing the doors and sending light flooding into the room. You sprint through the open doors and through the hands of straggling zombies into the humidity of the camp. (if:$playerDeath is true)[[[Continue|COBittenEnding]]] (if:$playerDeath is false)[[[Continue...|COGoodEnding]]]

(set: $CommsVisit to true) (set: $MainLabVisit to false) The walk to the communications center is a long one. The tower is situated in a clearing not terribly far from the research center, but it's not the short jaunt like the other locations. Squishy sediment squelches in your boots, and your leader almost trips over a tree root, causing some well needed laughter to rippele through your group As you walk, you hear rustling in the bushes, and a low growl. Your squad goes on alert. [[Continue to the Comms Center |COComms02]] [[Maybe we should go somewhere else...|COCommsEnd]]

You and your team make it to the Comms Tower with no issue. Entering the single room, you notice right away that the place is wrecked. Multiple terminals are broken or powered off, and sparking wires hang from the ceiling. Precious few scorches from blaster fire are present, but not nearly enough to warrant this kind of destruction. There are still a few undamaged terminals in the center of the room. [[Check the working terminals|COComms03]]

You step up to the nearest working terminal and attempt to power it on. The screen remains blank. "Seems the power supply to this room has been cut," you hear one of your squadmates say. "Must be something to do with the wiring," your leader replies. "Trooper, go deal with those wires, there ought to be some sort of maintenance droid somewhere nearby." [[Attempt to fix the wiring yourself |CODeath3]] [[Search the room for a maintenance droid |COComms04]]

Electrical wiring is best left to those trained to do it, or expendable enough to not be missed if they mess up. Maintenance droids fortunately count as both. After searching for a while, you come across a droid compartment. Upon looking inside, you see that the maintenance droid is luckily untouched. Activating it with the compartment keypad makes it power on. After it looks at the four of you, it walks around the tower and begins working on restoring power. [[Wait for a while|COComms05]]

After about 10 minutes, the power is restored. The maintenance droid beeps in your direction before moving on to the broken terminals. In the meantime, you return to the undamaged terminal and power it on. From there, it's just a few short minutes until you find that the facility's commlink is unusable. There is an unsent transmission in the comms records. [[Playback the transmission |COComms06]] [[Return to the landing platform |COCommsEnd]]

You play back the transmission and an unknown voice is heard as the speakers on the terminal activate. "To all Imperial forces in the vicinity of Eobac this is a priority transmission! Stay away from Eobac! They have broken out and are running rampant across the facility!" Another voice can be heard, barely audible in the transmission. "They're at the door!" "Ready your blasters!" replies the original speaker. Loud banging can now be heard. "If any Imperial forces are sent here do not, I say again, DO NOT come for us! We are already dead, but if those things are allowed to leave the planet... the entire Empire could be at risk!" Metal can be heard bending from heavy impacts until you hear something breaking. "They're inside!" "Blast them!" Blaster fire commences for a few seconds until you hear a scream and the transmission abruptly ends. [[Return to the ship |COCommsEnd]] (set:$TransmissionPlayed to true)

"The researchers aren't here." Your leader states. "Let's keep going." (if:$TransmissionPlayed is true)["Sir." Your squad mate pipes up. "If the failed transmission is anything to go by, something... killed them. Something the Empire doesn't know about." (if:$ZombieDead is true) ["What if it was that thing that attacked us in the barracks?" the other squad member remarks timidly. You instinctually shiver. Your leader sighs. "Well... we know how to kill them. Don't waver, squad." You all look at each other as your leader walks away.] (else:)[Your leader turns back. "Then, it's our mission to find out what killed them, and if we can, kill it ourselves," he states, before walking away.]] [[Return to the landing platform|COEobac01]] (set: $CommsExplore to true)

(set: $StairDeath to true) On the fifth step, the concrete gives out. You are sent hurtling towards the ground as your squad shout at you. You flip around a bunch, and almost stick a landing. But, through some cruel twist of fate, you are unable to regain your footing. You fall backwards, crack your head onto the ground, and the world goes dark. [[1540 points is really what your life is worth, huh?|DeathScreen]]

The dead man pushes through your efforts to close the door and shoves you to the ground, lowering his head to rip into your throat with his teeth. Blood bubbles up through your lips as you struggle to call out for your teammates one last time. [[Eugh, what a way to go|DeathScreen]]

There's no guarantee that there even are any working droids. It can't be that hard to rewire this, right? "You idiot, don't-" You hear your leader's warning just as you grasp the first sparking wire. Before you can react, electricity courses through your armor and the world turns to black. [[Fried Stormtrooper... yum????|DeathScreen]]

You quickly open the rusty door and hear something click. Looking at the inner side reveals that a grenade had been taped to it. You watch the pin fall to the ground. Before the sign of danger registers in your brain, the bomb explodes with you right beside it. Half of your body is blown to bits, while the rest paint the nearby wall in red. [[Early bird gets... blown to bits.|DeathScreen]]

You turn around in an attempt to run for the door, but after your first three steps, you are picked up by two long arms with enormous hands. A tall, lanky, decayed creature with a frantically twitching head holds you at least four feet off the ground as it slowly brings you closer to its face. With one swift motion, the zombie bites your head off and your decapitated body is dropped to the wet floor below. [[Coward.|DeathScreen]]

You turn around to face the entity. It is a tall, lanky, zombie who twitches violently during each step they take. You pull the pin of the grenade and throw it point-blank at the creature. While the explosion does kill it, you feel immense pain as half of your body is blown to bits, and your innards paint the nearby wall in red. [[At least you did //something.//|DeathScreen]]

(if: $firstArrival is false)[You walk back to the steel platform that contains your ship, and the four of you look around at the rest of the base. (if:$GuardVisit is false)[[[Go to the Guard Barracks|COGuard01]]] (if:$CommsVisit is false)[[[Go to the Communications Tower.|COComms01]]] (if:$MainLabVisit is false)[[[Go to the Research Lab|COMainLab01]]]] (else:) [You step off of the ship and onto the steel platform. The trees drip with excess water and every breath slightly fogs up your helmet. Research bases are something that you're used to. The hustle and bustle of ships, troopers, lab coats, and unexplainable weapons passing through the landing bay. Now, here on Eobac, it's a ghost town. The leader of your squad points ahead. "There are a lot of different places we can explore. I suggest starting in [[the Guard Barracks|COEobacToGuard]]." Another squad member walks up to the leader's side. "Well, if the missing parties are researches, wouldn't it be smarter to look in [[the research lab?|COEobacToMainLab]]" The final squad member, standing next to you, speaks up. "Maybe we should give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they were trying to [[communicate with us|COEobacToComms]]." The three squad members bicker back and forth, with no sign of stopping.]

"Imperial forces are trained to communicate with their main ship. I think that's a sound line of logic to follow." You state, gesturing to your fellow squad member. The other two look at you. "Valid point. Let's head to the communications tower." the leader states. (set: $firstArrival to false) [[Continue|COComms01]]

Finally, you decide to speak up. "I think we should listen to our leader. Let's check out the guard barracks." "Thanks for your cooperation, solider. Let's move out." the leader replies. (set: $firstArrival to false) [[Continue|COGuard01]]

You speak up, "You know, they're right. We are looking for researchers. They should be doing their jobs, in the lab." The leader looks at you. "The both of you make a solid point. Let's head to the lab." (set: $MainLabVisit to false) (set: $firstArrival to false) [[Continue|COMainLab01]]

You all keep running, not looking back until you reach your ship. Your leader yells at your pilot to leave. As you all turn to watch the bridge raise, you can see the hordes coming from the facility. The ship rumbles and takes off before they can reach you. The team all slump in their seats in relief and begin to take off parts of their armor. You walk back up towards the pilot and take a seat, taking off your helmet to scrub your hands through your hair. "Thank the empire you took off when we left, the whole lab was filled with those things," you say, throwing a glance towards them. You look back at your squad, who have all removed their helmets. They nod in the direction of the pilot. "Of course," they say. "You best return to your seat so you don't die on the way back." As you turn back around, you see your leader pull their sleeve down their arm, a worried expression on their face. //Eh, doesn't matter,// you think to yourself. You would be returning to Star Destroyer //Raster// soon enough. (text-colour:cyan)[(Good Ending Achieved!)] [[The End|Ending Message]]

You open the door to the Guard Barracks. It is dark and the light from the doorway is the only thing illuminating the room. You spot the small reflection of a couple of puddles scattered across the floor, most likely formed by the leaks in the ceiling above. The mattresses, in fact almost everything made with fabric in the barracks is damp, torn, drenched, or covered in stains from the water damage. There seems to be nothing lurking within the shadows at the moment, since you would probably hear their footsteps splashing across the wet floor. You spot various footlockers and bags riddled across the floor, along with what seems to be more storage at the far side of the room. (set: $GuardVisit to true) (set: $MainLabVisit to false) (set:$ZombieDead to false) (if: $playerBlaster is true)[(set:$ZombieDead to true)] [[Maybe we should leave...|COGuardEnd]] [[Check the bags|COGuard02]] [[Open the footlocker|COGuard03]] [[Search the bed|COGuard04]] (if:$ZombieDead is false)[[[Inspect the farside storage|COGuard05]]]

The bag is filled to the brim with soaking wet towels. On the front of the bag is a note labeled “DO NOT USE”. "What's wrong with the towels?" a squad member asks. "Stay focused," remarks your leader. [[Leave the barracks|COGuardEnd]] [[Open the footlocker|COGuard03]] [[Search the bed|COGuard04]] (if:$ZombieDead is false)[[[Inspect the farside storage|COGuard05]]]

You kick open the footlocker and find nothing but a canteen of water. Someone drank half of it. One of your fellow squad members picks up the canteen and waves it around near an air hole in their helmet. "...That smells like piss." You turn away from them, thoroughly disgusted. [[Leave the barracks|COGuardEnd]] [[Open footlocker|COGuard02]] [[Search the bed|COGuard04]] (if:$ZombieDead is false)[[[Inspect the farside storage|COGuard05]]]

You look underneath the sheets of a bed less soaked than others. You find a bunch of old notes. Some are scribbled to the point where they are unreadable, while others are blurred from the water. However, there is one note that remains in alright condition. You hold it facing towards the illuminated doorway to read it. (b4r:"dashed")+(b4r-size:0.9)+(b4r-colour:(hsl:60,0.8039,0.5,0.65),(hsl:60,0.8039,0.5,0.65),(hsl:60,0.8039,0.5,0.6),(hsl:60,0.8039,0.5,0.6))[“It’s been a week since the glacier melted. We have been stuck here ever since. The water from the ice is now starting to leak through the ceiling. It is very hard to resist drinking it when our supply ran out yesterday. We would go out to try finding some more, but almost all of our guns have broke from the constant use. We weren’t given the best equipment at this facility. We decided to lock the last gun we have in the locker after one of us decided that they were gonna eat my hand. I left a little surprise in there for anyone who tries to open it. //Hehe//”] (if: $ZombieDead is true)[//Well, that would've been a nice warning...// you think to yourself.] [[Leave the barracks|COGuardEnd]] [[Check the bags|COGuard02]] [[Open the footlocker|COGuard03]] (if:$ZombieDead is false)[[[Inspect the farside storage|COGuard05]]]

You walk to the far end of the room, where barely any light remains. It is hard to see, but you can clearly tell from the shape that these are lockers. You look down and see the very faint shine of the locker’s door handle. From the faint light, you can see one that is unlocked. It has the number "09" written on it. Before you place your hand on the handle, you hear a splash coming from one of the puddles by the doorway. Then, you hear another. The splashes continue in a slow pace, getting progressively louder and louder. This cabinet has the chance to save you from whatever is slowly approaching. [[Open door quickly|CODeath4]] [[Open door slowly|COGuard06]]

You slowly open the rusty door. As you peek inside, you see a grenade taped to the inner side of the door you are pulling on. A string is tied between the pin and the back of the locker, meaning that opening this door any further would have triggered the grenade to explode. You carefully reach your hand inside the locker and remove the grenade from the door and untie it. Before you consider throwing the grenade towards whatever is behind you, you find a blaster inside the locker. [[Grab the Blaster|COGuard07]] [[Run to the Door|CODeath5]] [[Throw the Grenade|CODeath6]]

You grab the blaster and turn around to face the entity. It is a tall, lanky, zombie who twitches violently during each step it takes. You raise your blaster and light them up. It falls dead in the puddle below you, as their blood slowly colors the water red. "Nice work." your leader states, kicking the creature's head. "The hell was that thing?" One of your squad members ask, their voice shaking slightly. You don't respond, instead turning back and pocketing the grenade, as it could be useful later. "No idea, but I'd rather not stay for long if there's more of them. Let's look through the rest of this place quickly before moving on." your leader responds. You nod, and turn to face the rest of the barracks. [[Check the bags|COGuard02]] [[Open the footlocker|COGuard03]] [[Search the bed|COGuard04]] [[Leave the barracks|COGuardEnd]] (set:$ZombieDead to true) (set:$playerBlaster to true) (set:$playerGrenade to true)

You turn around and face your squad. "I think we've seen everything there is to see here." Your leader nods, "Yeah, the place seems abandonded. The researchers have a lot of explaining to do." (if:$ZombieDead is true)[Your leader stops, and turns back to face your squad. "Although, it's safe to bet whatever that was," he gestures to the corpse on the floor, "it's got something to do with the silence from this base. Everyone keep your guard up."] The rest of your squad nods. The leader walks out of the room. "Team, follow me." [[Return to the landing platform|COEobac01]] (set: $GuardExplore to true)

You and your squad step through the broken doors to the main lab building. The lobby is half-flooded, with various papers and pens lying in puddles throughout. A secretary desk, unmanned, stands guard between the waiting room and a door that must lead to the inner-workings. To your left, there is a crumbling staircase that must lead to the second floor. (set: $MainLabVisit to true) [[Go up the stairs|COMainLabStairs]] [[Return to the landing platform|COEobac01]] (if: $GuardExplore is true) + (if:$CommsExplore is true)[[[Go down the hallway|COMainLab02]]]

You step into the hallway and are instantly hit with the horribly sweet smell of rot. Thickened blood coats almost every surface and has congealed into the cracks in the linoleum floor. A decomposing body leans against a door to your right, hand grasping the handle in a last-second attempt to get inside. There's another door to the left of you, but it is already slightly ajar, revealing drag marks in the blood. [[Right Room|COMainLab03]] [[Left Room|COMainLab04]]

You carefully move the body away from the door, leaning it against the wall. As you move it, you get a glance of his face and for a second you swear you could see something moving underneath his skin. You chalk it up to insect activity and open the door to the room, entering before your squad. The inside of the room is cleaner than the hall, with the blood presence being much less. Still, a large puddle pools in the furthest corner of the room, though there seems to be no source. "Maybe someone made it out?" you whisper, but your words still echo through the room, hanging in the air. "I... I don't think someone could bleed that much and still be alive," another squad member replies. Your leader makes a small nod down before turning around, surveying other areas of the room. You spot two points of interest, lockers nearest the pool of blood and cabinets on the wall across from you [[Lockers|COMainLab05]] [[Cabinets|COMainLab06]]

You step into a room that was obviously used to store information. On the wall across from you is a whiteboard listing various scientific words you can't understand, but one written in block letters stands out to you. ''HIVE'' Brief scrawlings in pencil on a paper nearby reveal more information. //Burn the dead. It is better than what they become after it gets to them. People started getting sick and we didn't take it serious enough. DO NOT let them bite you.// There are many papers on the desk nearby that appear to be more formal. [[Look at the papers|COMainLab09]] [[Go back to the hallway|COMainLab02]]

You go over to the lockers, carefully avoiding stepping into the blood. One is already open, displaying its contents of a pair of used lab coats covered in various burns. The other two lockers are closed, but only one does not have a lock on it. The locker appears to have been recently opened as its lock sits open on the ground. As you go to open the door, a person lunges out of it, skin dripping off of its muscles as it shoves the door aside. [[Slam the locker door!|CODeath2]] [[Try to shoot it!|COMainLab07]]

You open the cabinets to find them covered in pictures of the scientists. Many of the photos look like family ones, awkward poses and all. You can tell that this base had been close since the start and that they had grown connected. You give the pictures a sad look before turning back to the room. [[Go back to the hallway|COMainLab08]]

You shoot the dead man and shove him off to the side. The locker is empty, and you kick your boot against the wall before looking back over to the body. The eyes are gone, vitreous humor leaking down the cheeks, displaying empty sockets. His skin is a shiny yellow and seems to bristle even in the stale air. You look away, finding yourself staring too long. [[Go back to the hallway|COMainLab08]]

The hallway in front of you is dark, but you know you must continue if you are to discover what the became of the rest of the scientists. [[Go forward|COMainLab10]] [[Go back|COMainLab02]]

The papers on the desk appear to be some kind of lab report. (b4r:"double")+(b4r-colour:yellow)[''EOBAC BA-7 ''First appeared after scientist expedition to'' LAKE 873 Symptoms: * AGGRESSION * BLOOD CLOTTING * LESIONS * STOMACH PAIN * VOMITING * OVERBEARING SMELL OF DEATH * SEIZURES ''Appears to be spread through bodily fluid.'' //Those suspected of being infected must quarantine in the main lab sector and be put under observation.//''] [[Go back to the hallway|COMainLab08]]

The hallway somehow gets darker, swallowing up the lights of your blasters. [[Go forward|COMainLab11]] [[Go back|COMainLab08]]

You almost slip on the blood that coats the ground, each step you make pulling up with a wet schlock sound. [[Go forward|COMainLab12]] [[Go back|COMainLab10]]

The darkness feasts open your light leaving you and your squad in heavy silence as you move forward. [[Go forward|COMainLab13]] [[Go back|COMainLab11]]

Thick, fleshy webs string between the walls, dangling bodies like ornaments. The further you go, the more bodies you see. [[Go forward|COMainLab14]] [[Go back|COMainLab12]]

"Maybe we should go back," one of your squadmates says, looking around hesitantly. Though you know you must continue forward for the mission, part of you wants to listen to him. [[Go forward|COMainLab15]] [[Go back|COMainLab13]]

You break free of the suffocating darkness into a fork in the hallway. Both paths appear the same: bloodied, covered in bodies, and smelling of death. [[Go left|COMainLab16]] [[Go right|COMainLab17]]

Your squad steps into the room, you trailing behind last. You are the last in the room to see the man drop from the ceiling into the center of the room. The figure rises, it's movement similar to that of a puppet being roused to a dance. Its face is the first thing your eyes are drawn to. It clearly used to be someone, most likely a scientist. But now its face was disfigured to the point of inhuman. What used to be the lower jaw broke apart to mandibles that drip with a yellow-ish sheen. Its head flits from side to side, but it stays put, not making any movement to attack, It hasn't seen you yet. [[Attack|BossFight2.1]] [[Go back|COMainLab15]]

You enter the room and immediately notice the massive hulking figure near the center of the space. Obsidian-black exoskeleton forms thick shields on its back, and as it turns you can see the decaying muscle of the former human. It hasn't noticed you yet. [[Attack|BossFight1.1]] [[Go back|COMainLab15]]

The stairs seem to be in a state of disrepair; each concrete step is crumbling in some way, and the handrail is broken in multiple places. (if:$StairDeath is true)[(set: $increment to it + 1)] (else:)[(set: $increment to 0)] (if:$increment is 1) [There is a fresh body at the bottom of the stairs. The helmet that it's wearing looks scarily familiar...] (if:$increment is 2) [There is a body at the bottom of the stairs. It's decayed, and missing an arm.] (if:$increment is 3)[There is a skeleton at the bottom of the stairs. There's no skin or muscle on it, like it was freshly picked clean.] (if:$increment > 3)[(set: $increment to 0)] [[Try to climb?|CODeath1]] [[Go back|COMainLab01]]

(text-rotate-x:33)[(align:"=><=")[(text-colour:yellow)[STAR WARS EPISODE 3.92: THE BAC DISEASE IMPERIAL OUTREACH HAS SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE GALAXY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DARTH VADER AND THE EMPEROR. REBELS HAVE STARTED TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE TYRANNY, BUT NOTHING HAS SUCCEEDED. THE EMPIRE'S GALACTIC WEAPON, THE DEATH STAR HAD BEEN COMPLETED, AND IT'S CAPABILITIES ARE FEARED BY ALL. HOWEVER, A HIDDEN PLAGUE IS ABOUT TO THREATEN IMPERIAL FORCES, AND HAS THE CHANCE TO SEVERELY WEAKEN THE EMERGING POWER... (set: $firstArrival to true) [[Continue|COShip01]]]]]

You fire your blaster at the button and the pane. The shots make explosions of sparks, but the doors remain closed. You and your squad attempt to pry the doors open, but you're not working fast enough. The horde catches up to you, and your efforts to fight them off only result in more bites tearing into the soft parts of your armor. Despite the sheer amount of undead bodies piling onto you, your squad manages to finally pry the doors open and push your leader forward. He looks back at you, debating helping the others, but you look into his eyes and shout, "GO!". The last thing you see before succumbing to the sheer amount of blood loss you have experienced is your leader, limp-running through the ruined buildings back to your ship. [[Continue...|COTrueEnd]]

You are part of a squad of Stormtroopers tasked with investigating the Imperial-controlled planet of Eobac. Eobac was once an icy planet, but over the years has been reduced to a humid mix of swamps and rainforests. The ship touches down on a landing pad close to an Imperial research base. As the ship engines cut off, your squad commander comes over your comm link. “Troopers, your squad is tasked with finding where our research scientists have run off to. They haven’t sent any transmissions for a week, and they aren’t answering ours. Your task is to find them and bring them to your ship, or find confirmation of their deaths. As far as we know, they should still be on base. That’s where you all should head. I’ll mark it on your maps.” "Affirmative. We'll get started." Your squad leader replies, turning off their commlink. "Let's roll, team." They state, jumping out of the ship. Your squad members stand up and begin exiting the ship. [[Hang back|COShip02]] [[Go explore|COEobac01]] (set: $MainLabVisit to false) (set: $GuardVisit to false) (set: $CommsVisit to false)

Your fellow squad members exit the ship, but you hear a whisper. Looking to your left, your pilot waves you over. "What is it, sir?" you ask in a low voice. "Listen, I have a weird feeling about this place." "Well, we've been sent here because we haven't been getting comms, so-" "That's not what I mean." the pilot cuts you off. "I just... there really isn't something right. Like you all aren't going to come back. Please. Make sure to (text-colour:red)[look everywhere before you go into the main lab.]" You simply nod, and turn to exit the ship. [[Go explore|COEobac01]]

Time has passed, but it matters not to you. Eobac is your new home. Your new master. You follow orders to protect it, as it screams in a shrill voice that has twisted into a comforting anchor. An anchor to life. "INTRUDERS." the voice booms into your mind. "KILL THE INTRUDERS." One of your squad members puts out an arm and points, growling. You've evolved beyond the need for language. The growl in that tone means //there.// You look at where they're pointing, and see four figures. Tired, exhausted. They've been fighting for their lives. Walking towards a ship. Two humans lead the group. One with black hair, short but nimble. The other, buff, with a shotgun slung across his back. Another pair of humanoids follow. One is another human, with darker skin and long hair. The other is a Twi'lek with what seemed to be a ripped headtail. //Finally...// you think to yourself. //Fresh meat.// (text-colour:cyan)[(True Ending Achieved!)] [[The End.|Ending Message]]]

You struggle to slip your body underneath the shelf, but you misjudged how much space there was. Your foot gets caught, and you can do nothing as the horde catches up with you, ripping you out from under the shelf and tearing into your flesh. [[That's gotta hurt|DeathScreen]]

You and your squad sprint through the hall, quickly turning a corner to reach the exit, but instead feeling the gruesome flesh of the undead. Your limbs are grabbed and torn into eagerly waiting zombie scientists, You all scream as the group is sandwiched between the horde behind you and the group in front of you. [[There is no escape...|DeathScreen]]

You died! I'm sure that happened in a spectacular way. ...hopefully (set: $playerDeath to true) (set: $firstArrival to true) [[Try again?|COShip01]]

Thank you so much for playing! [[Credits]] (set:$ZombieDead to false) (set:$playerBlaster to false) (set:$playerGrenade to false) (set:$TransmissionPlayed to false) (set:$playerDeath to false) (set: $MainLabVisit to false) (set: $GuardVisit to false) (set: $CommsVisit to false) (set: $CommsExplore to false) (set: $GuardExplore to false) (set:$DamagedTwice to false) (set:$DamagedOnce to false)

(align:"=><=")[''Star Wars: The Bac Disease''] [[Start the Game|COOpeningCrawl]] [[Credits]]

(align:"=><=")[//Star Wars: The Bac Disease//] Game created by: Peyton Ostack Alejio Uranga Simas Nicklin Nicolas LeMaster Written as a project for SCAD class ITGM 342: Narrative Content Design in the Spring Quarter 2024 Note: Please do not use the back button for escaping deaths! This will break the endings and you won't be able to see all of them :) [[Go Back|Start of Game]]