Biolab 10-12 and lore (Patreon)

Biolab 10-12: The slime mold vein on the ceiling was growing too thicc to hold itself up. Seriously, Ellen (see below) could have been standing anywhere but just had to pick that specific spot.

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A bit of a lore dump to go with this week's update.

We are following the day to day activities of an offworld branch of the Department of Wildlife Management (logo above): an Earth government organization that studies local wildlife, does wildlife conservation and population management, and protects colonies from potentially dangerous forms of wildlife.

Scientific and support personnel are civilians. Military personnel required for security and field work come from the system's local garrison. They are basically park rangers with big guns.

The oganization also employs outside contractors for field work, people like Jasmine and Lena. Jasmine we will see again soon, Lena is still very much missing.

The 2 soldiers are part of a standard 3 person team, similar to Sarah's team in Actual Rescue Party (with Martha and Iris as engineer).

• Jane Demeter, brunette, sergeant, squad leader. Rank is indicated by the 2 gold bars.

• Ellen Hunt, blonde, specialist, cannon fodder. Rank indicated by 1 gold bar.

• Third member, specialist, combat engineer, not part of this story. As with all field operators with special skills (engineers, medical personnel, science), on base duties involve more useful tasks; engineers can be assigned to maintenance for example. Troops without technical skills like the other two get assigned to guard duty, inventory management and other menial tasks.

I will need a better way to organize this. Maybe a google doc, if people have better ideas, do tell. For now this will be posted here only, like this.

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