August 2023 - Patron Update

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Patient Name: Raena Skye. Labourer from Cargo Bay 12C, Licensed for Exo-Suit piloting. Freak incident regarding electro-magnetic interference caused cargo crate to be launched.

Result: Raena Skye crushed under object.

• - Crate lifted off with help of Genejack Labourer’s and Drone Assistance.
• - Damage to suit detected. Suspected injuries to patient.
• - Patient was immediately transferred to emergency operation room.

SPIDER Authorized to utilize all tools available to save patient. STANDBY...

Welcome folks. Ki McKenzie at the helm with this update.   
Today we bring you OPERATION 2: Raena Skye.

After the murder of Zhao Feng, the next major operation confronting the SPIDER and medical department is a live patient operation that will explore our new health and gore systems and debut new characters.   

THE PATIENT

Raena Skye, a labourer from Cargo Bay 12C has been brought in after a harrowing incident left one of her arms and torso pinned brutally by a large steel cargo crate; launched by suspicious electromagnetic interference.

Raena is one of many thousands of crew who work on the TRH Rusanov... the former Capitol warship of the UESN. A mighty, venerable starship that has seen millions of boots traverse its steel clad decks, chambers and halls over the near half century of service it saw, a ship that alone had enough industrial output to service entire campaigns. 

Enough guns to shatter entire colonies on its own.

In the past it served under the mighty UESN Void Naval Fleet, crushing enemies of the regime. After it was privately acquired by Tank Rainer Holdings it was considerably downsized and converted into a large scale cargo ship, it still remains a formidable vessel with a large crew despite its aged state,  one of the dreadnought class of warships still in operation. That large crew however is still a far cry from what it was once in the past… corporate controls have seen to it to minimize and cut corners for the sake of operational cost on the ageing ship.

Divided between the department Wings of Labour, Science, Medical, Security and Command... the ship relies on both the strenuous efforts of its crew and all the advanced drones and cloned Genejacks (artificial humanoids designed for specific roles of specialist tasks) to accomplish objectives.

Workers such as Raena Skye toil in the bowels of the ship, living in small enclosed pods big enough to crawl into and sleep. And while in her waking hours has had to abide by martial law, curfew and lockdown… while also working in the hectic environment of Cargo Bay 12C.  The cargo bays rife with traffic and the flow of resources and material necessary for the ship’s day to day operation.

A tired face among many who operate in increasingly confined spaces with more and more strain on mobility and resources.

The UESN would identify Raena Skye as a spacer… a human woman of the stars, with elongated skeletal structure and thinner bones thanks to inconsistent and lesser gravitational conditions.

Born in the distant Bayron star system onboard an artificial space colony, her home was one aboard a station that rotated in the orbit of a gas giant with many satellite moons nearby, where the means of production lay in the harvesting of exotic gases, minerals. Life in the Bayron station is an existence of spartan resource conservation, a lonely candle outpost of humanity in the dark expanse of the cosmos.

The economy for the local populace reliant on the broad logistical arm of the UESN Void Fleet and its corporate subsidiaries such as Tank Rainer Holdings (TRH)… giant corporations run by complicated patchworks of cliques, dynasties and technocrats with heavy association with UESN government (primarily naval) bureaucracies…

Bayron, one of many colonies that supplied the vast amounts of materials and resources it harvested from the gas giant and surrounding celestial bodies in return for imported supplies and goods and increased credit balances.

TRH held shares and ownership of most of Bayronian harbours, the enterprise being one of the major corporate sponsors of the Bayronian colonial project, the other being Reinerstahl. It wasn’t long until she found employment with TRH whose first major job in her young career was service aboard the legendary Rusanov, for her a rare opportunity in the desolate reaches of space… and something to pay off inherited colonial debt and to see the rest of the galaxy.

A labourer who hasn’t served on the ship long, her young and novice career on the Rusanov has been marred by this horrific incident. Brought into emergency care… she is now at the mercy of the overworked and understaffed medical department.

THE SURGICAL TEAM

Samuel Edwards

Supervising the SPIDER is Chief Medical Officer Doctor Samuel Edwards- former paramedic of the 22nd Arctic Pioneers Regiment and veteran of Eden 213...

Marie Kelly

...And Head Nurse Marie Kelly, hailing from Proxima Centauri’s orbital Shinji Station (A very busy planetary port with high traffic and high demand for healthcare!), one of the few experienced medical professionals who serves as the right hand woman in the medical department. An exhausted but dedicated medical professional who is a consistent presence in live patient operations.

Kelly's medical suit.

Kelly uses an EMT chestplate to protect herself from XRAY radiation.

Kelly wears a labcoat over her suit to make 'decontamination' easier.

Kelly wears a 'Scouter' to allow her to see what the SPIDER sees on its sensors.

THE OPERATION

Raena’s life hangs in the balance, as the accident has devastated her body and left her crippled... forcing punctuality in her treatment.

Step 1. The Shoulder piece is removed with precise laser cuts that pierce the support bolts under the piece that hold it in place

Step 2. Laser cuts are made on the exposed bits of the suit's heavy protective fabric, this process is slow in order to insure the cut burns through the multilayered gear. The armor piece that is attached to these parts is also removed.

Step 3.  A cut along the seam of the crushed armor piece is done in order to reveal the thick protective fabric underneath

Step 4. An injection of a numbing solution is administered to prevent any discomfort when removing pieces of gear from the injury site. A laser cut is made along the length of the protective fabric, and again a slower more precise cut is made in order to avoid any further damage to the arm. Once the fabric is cut, bleeding begins due to the release of pressure that the fabric had on the injury, allowing blood to flow to continue.

Step 5. After the Fabric is removed, the injury is as bad as it was assumed after x-rays showed crushed and splintered bone. The arm is then cut by laser at the lowest possible location due to there being somewhat salvageable muscle and bone for an implant. The laser is then turned to a higher setting in order to ensure the bones are cut.

Step 6. The arm is now removed and put aside for disposal. The Spider then uses its smaller arms and one medium sized arm to hold the flesh closed as other smaller arms begin the suture, while lower parts of the flesh are left exposed for the implant to be inserted. As the implant is inserted the Spider's smaller arms are tucking in any protruding flesh as the implant is fixed in place. Then nanite spray is administered to the site to encourage a faster healing.

NOTE: The reaming part of the operation was added after these animatics were created. The SPIDER will need to ream the bone with the laser tool before the implant can be inserted.

The 3 stages of bone reaming. Don't laser anything BUT the bones!

The Operation Systems

The clock is ticking, and throughout it all you will witness the grisly, morbidly fine tuned gore systems, bodily health and blood systems our team has been diligently developing.

From interior organs and the subsequent layers of flesh that make up a body, to mechanics such as blood loss/hemorrhaging, hypoxia/blood oxygen trackers, drug overdose and heart rate simulation, our team has been hard at work with research, creating the assets and doing extensive implementation of these systems into the game.

We hope to deliver a nail biting, tense and immersive operation with innovative visual effects work and poignant sound design and talented voice acting to complement the experience.

A showcase of the dialogue & XRAY systems.

https://youtu.be/mNBYYjnhnd4 

https://youtu.be/-MGJKhQpIMA 

In this operation, Raena has suffered a debilitating injury that will require amputation. There are many obstacles to overcome, from removing the armoured exo-suit that entombs her body, to cutting the flesh within...

A quick sample of the gore & malpractice systems....  

https://youtu.be/me3LEEswZ3E

THE SPIDER

The SPIDER is an advanced medical robot with its own form of artificial intelligence granted to it by its powerful biological computer processing unit (BCPU). Development of the BCPU and other synthetic human nervous tissue reliant creations combined with other advances in bio-engineering has resulted in advanced synthetic life forms over the course of the 22nd and 23rd centuries…

Honed into and limited to specific applications of thought that operate within controlled parameters.

The SPIDER BCPU awaits the inputs in order to do its job… with the oversight of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Edwards and Nurse Kelly as a human liaison and patient support. A number of procedures will be needed to preserve the patient, and error can lead to premature demise…

Ultimately the SPIDER holds Raena’s life in its cold, meticulous mechanical appendages as it grabs, inspects, lasers and applies various medications to the patient.

THANK YOU

A thank you to all Patrons for your continued support. Operation 2 brings the first live patient mission to the public, and we look forward to seeing your attempts at handling Raena Skye’s mortal condition.  

Take care out there, and best of luck handling a live patient in the upcoming operation!

- Sunscorched Studios

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