The Thing

The Thing

Movie Plot:
In 1982, an American Antarctic research station is alerted by gunfire and explosions. Pursued by a Norwegian helicopter, a Siberian Husky makes its way into the camp as the science station's crew looks on in confusion. Through the reckless use of a thermal charge, the helicopter is destroyed and its pilot killed shortly after landing. The surviving passenger fires at the dog with a rifle, grazing Bennings (Peter Maloney), one of the American researchers. The passenger is subsequently shot and killed by Garry (Donald Moffat), the station commander. Not knowing what to make of the incident, the station crew adopts the dog.

Unable to contact the outside world via radio, helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell) and Dr. Copper (Richard Dysart) risk a flight to the Norwegian camp to find it destroyed, its personnel missing or dead. Finding evidence that the Norwegians had dug something out of the ice, the pair return to the station with the partially-burned remains of a hideous creature which bears some human features. An autopsy of the cadaver by Dr. Blair (Wilford Brimley) is inconclusive, save to find that the creature had what appeared to be a normal set of internal organs.

At Bennings' request, the station veterinarian, Clark (Richard Masur), kennels the stray with the rest of the station's sled dogs. Noises from the kennel cause Clark to return, finding almost the entire sled team in the process of being messily assimilated by the stray dog, which has transformed into a monster. MacReady summons the rest of the crew to the kennel with the fire alarm and orders Childs (Keith David) to incinerate the creature with a flamethrower. A subsequent autopsy by Blair reveals that the stray dog was an alien capable of absorbing and perfectly imitating other life-forms. Realizing the implications of this, Blair quickly becomes withdrawn and suspicious of the rest of the crew. A second helicopter expedition discovers an alien spacecraft unearthed by the Norwegian research team, revealing that the creature had awakened after being buried within the permafrost for thousands of years.

Bennings and Windows (Thomas G. Waites) quarantine the burnt remains of both the dog-creature and the Norwegian cadaver in the storage room, but in the process Bennings is left alone. Moments later, Windows discovers Bennings in the process of being assimilated. The crew burns the Bennings replica before its transformation is complete. Determining that all life on Earth would be assimilated in just over three years if the creature were to reach the mainland, Blair goes berserk, destroying the helicopter and radio equipment and killing the remaining sled dogs. The team overpowers him and confines him in the tool shed. With all contact to the outside world cut off, the crew wonders how to determine who is still human. Paranoia quickly sets in as the first attempt to develop a test is sabotaged by an unknown party.

Fuchs, attempting to continue Blair's research, goes missing shortly afterwards during a power failure. While searching for Fuchs' body, MacReady comes under suspicion and is locked outside in a severe blizzard. Somehow finding his way back to camp without a guide line, MacReady breaks into a camp storage room and threatens the rest of the crew with dynamite. In course of the MacReady's standoff, Norris (Charles Hallahan) suffers a heart attack. When Dr. Copper attempts to revive him, Norris' body transforms and kills Copper. Norris' head detaches from his body, sprouts legs and attempts to escape as the others burn the body, leading MacReady to theorize that every piece of the alien is an individual animal with its own survival instinct. In an altercation that precedes a test proposed by MacReady, Clark tries to stab MacReady, who shoots and kills him. The rest of the crew complies with the test; blood samples are drawn from each member of the team and jabbed with a hot wire to see whose blood will react defensively. Palmer (David Clennon), the backup pilot, is soon unmasked as an imitation, and manages to kill Windows before being lit on fire by MacReady and blown up with a stick of dynamite.

Confirming that MacReady, Childs, Garry, and Nauls (T.K. Carter) are still human, the surviving crew set out to administer the test to Blair, only to find that he has escaped. After discovering that Blair had been constructing a small flying craft of alien design underneath the tool shed and witnessing Childs inexplicably abandon his post at the main gate, the facility loses all power. Realizing that the creature now wants to freeze again so a future rescue team will find it, the remaining crew acknowledge that they will not survive and set about destroying the facility with dynamite and molotov cocktails in hopes of killing the creature. While setting explosives in the underground generator room, Garry is assimilated by Blair. Nauls follows the sounds of a creature and is never seen again. Suddenly alone, MacReady prepares to detonate the charges when the creature, now huge, emerges from beneath the floor. MacReady kills it with a stick of dynamite, which sets off the rest of the charges and destroys the entire facility.

After some time, MacReady is shown wandering alone in the flaming rubble. He encounters Childs, who claims to have seen Blair and gotten lost while chasing him in the snow. With the polar climate closing in around them, they acknowledge the futility of their distrust, sharing a drink as the camp burns. It is never revealed if either of them had been infected.


Halo Game Plot:

Because of the strange accident of the Norwegian team, most of the American team is at the Norwegian camp to try and solve the strange incident. They have discovered what has been dug out of the ice and are attempting to make it back to the American Research facility with this informaion!

One of the American Research Members has been assimilated by the alien life form that entered camp in the form of a dog and is attempting to convert the humans. Will the entire team be assimilated or will mankind prevail!

Game Details:

Kill Human: 1 point
Kill Alien: 1 point
Suicide: 0 point
Betrayal: -1 point

5 Rounds

Map: The Thing (Avalanche)

Alpha Alien: Upon first re-spawn, will fall to death and be re-animated. This was to give them only one life. Your weapon is the energy sword.

Humans: If you are killed by an alien, you will be assimilated.

Assimilated Aliens: The humans are fighting for their very survival so they have set out to eliminate all of you, so once you are dead you stay dead.

Human & Alien Starting Weapons: Battle Rifle and Shotgun

Weapons on map: Flamethrower, Rocket Launcher, SMG’s, Frag Grenades, and Molotov Cocktails.

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