Idea Info Name: The LTP-90 Program Index: Primary Category: RPG Submitted: 3/28/2004 10:12:37 PM Written By: Truth and Untruth Game Architecture and Design: A New Edition Book Highly Recommended !

Story:

This game takes place in the distant future.  During this time, humans have reached planets on distant galaxies and discovered new forms of intelligent life.  The story begins on a barren, moon-like planet, called Epsilon-Rho 282, where the OUtsOUrce Latent Tech-Pro Robotics Research and Development Facility is located.  The facility is underground because the surface of the planet is extremely hot for thirty earth days (when it faces its sun) and extremely cold for another thirty.  Massive oxygen and fuel tanks that are refilled almost daily allow humans to conduct their research and create exactly what OUtsOUrce wants: weapons.
The LTP Facility has recently succeeded in developing something especially deadly: something with the intelligence of a human and the power of a machine.  This was the Facility's big project since the beginning, but it took them decades to successfully create a fully-functional "cyborg."  This success is LTP's 90th attempt at cyborgizing a human being, so the creation is named LTP-90.
The LTP-90 is a fully-functional robot that is controlled by a human brain.  It is fueled by a special nuclear energy called ACU.  The ACU generates nutrition for the human brain as well as the fuel that is needed to power the LTP's mechanical components.  The LTP stores another kind of fuel in its tanks called DHO, which allows it to use "energy" attacks rather than consume ACU for pure physical attacks.  The LTP is also designed to run largely on oxygen (and the human brain needs it), so as long as there is oxygen around, ACU consumption is minimized.
Most importantly, the LTP-90 is designed to grow.  As it performs actions, its power actually increases rather than wearing out.
Of course, the LTP system doesn't really care what happens to it, it's human "component," Aija does.  No one knows the story of Aija, because apparently he volunteered readily for the LTP-90 program and after the procedure, Aija could not remember anything from his past. Supposedly, Aija was very enthused about being fused with a machine, but after the project has finished, Aija has feelings of great regret (even though he does not remember why he volunteered) and accepts the missions to which the LTP-90 is assigned with great reservations.
The story of this game is Aija's story; as the LTP-90 he has superhuman strength, but of course this makes him wonder if he is really still human.  At the beginning of the game you work for OUtsOUrce, running various errands that your cyborg body allows you to excel in.
Characters:
Aija: Apparently 19 years old when he agreed to participate in the LTP-90 project, Aija now regrets his decision.  Aija has absolutely no memory of his past, and the scientists that worked on him tell Aija that he shared nothing of his life with them before the procedure.  Aija has no other contacts that he knows of, so he feels forced to go along with OUtsOUrce's designs for him.  He is full of regret and hatred for OUtSOUrce because he does not like being treated like a project or a machine instead of a person.
LTP-90: The robotic component of the entire LTP-90 system.  This is a machine without feeling that does whatever Aija tells it to (although it is designed to protect itself regardless of the cost, so it sometimes overrides Aija's orders).  Aija does not really feel like he is part of LTP-90, and he is unable to relate to his robotic half because it only says things like "Organism detected: 50m NW."
Cyrus: A 50-year old scientist became head of the LTP project when he was in his thirities.  He is Aija's only real friend because he treats Aija like a real person.  Still, he often thinks of Aija as his masterpiece and underscores Aija's humanity.
Sapphire: A young woman who is also a "project" like Aija.  One of Aija's major mission