Scenarios

The Raid

My party slowly and stealthily approaches the new colony. They've been here for a few weeks, and we've been ordered to take a large force to raid them. Steal their stuff, destroy their property, etc. Pirate stuff. I can't wait to get in there. I'm gonna blow some people to pieces with my new shotgun. We finally enter their territory. Despite our carefulness, we've undoubtably been seen. We should be fine, though. They haven't bothered to set up any defenses yet. They're so screwed. I start laughing at their unreadiness and am joined by a few of my comrades. "This'll be easy," I say. I see the enemy start grouping up between us and their colony. They're preparing to fight us off. They are few compared to us, but they look powerful. A krogan, a crystalloid, a mantodean. Even a cave troll! We should be fine, though. "Get ready!" I say. Suddenly, large battle animals start rising up behind them. A huge ancient dragon. A smaller one stands next to it. A young man sits astride a colorful spinosaurus. The spino screeches at us. Uneasy murmurs ripple through the group. "Don't be deterred!" I call.
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"Don't be deterred!" Shouts our captain. It's a bit difficult, looking at the force of the new colony. The boss'll kill us if we come back empty handed, though. Suddenly the captain's head explodes, a plasma trail leading right to a blue-haired girl's beam rifle, and all hell breaks loose. The dragons take off, and start flying towards us. Small groups of trees start shaking behind us, and rising up out of the ground atop scaly mounds. Overgrown colossi were buried there. We passed right over them and didn't even notice. They bellow angrily and lumber into our escape path. We're trapped! We have no choice but to attack. "Charge!" Shouts the second in command. We rush forward. My heart pounds in my chest as my allies disappear beside me. They're being picked up by the dragons and killed in the air. Both sides trade a lot of gunfire. The cave troll rushes into our ranks and bashes us around with a gargantuan battle axe. My back slams against a tree as I jump into cover. "They have an arctic lion! We weren't told they had arctic lions!" Cries someone next to me. I don't respond. He screams as a byakhee drops from the sky and begins to maul him. I recoil and try to get away. "Byakhees?! How did they get byakhees!?" someone shouts, panicked. They're quickly cut off by a gunshot. "Retreat!" I shout. I don't care if I'm not the highest rank. I'm getting out of here. "Don't let them escape!" I hear the man sitting on top of the spinosaurus shout. A huge man with the head of a bear charges forward and roars. He's so close, his saliva splatters on my face. I scream and turn to run. I look back to see four of the colonists chasing us on meadow aves. We have no chance at escaping while they're riding those. Before I know what's happening, I trip. I look up just in time to see a colossus rearing up above me. It stands on two legs, and four more kick out in the air right before they come down on top of me.