Nova Trooper Zeta-5



Nova Trooper Zeta-5 (stylized as Nova Trooper ZETA-5) is a fanonical side-scrolling run-n'-gun game created by JustAlex93.

Synopsis
In the Satune Galaxy, there is a professional paramilitary organization known to one and all as the Nova Force, which consists of volunteers from every corner of the galaxy. Their purpose is to fight against those that threaten the sanctity of civilization, ranging from the criminal element to hostile invaders from outside the galaxy.

This is the story of a soldier in the Nova Force known as Zeta-5, a graduate from the Nova Force's secret academy who is thrust into a conflict beyond anything the galaxy had previously faced. An alien empire, known as the Xud, arrived in the Satune Galaxy with aspirations to invade and conquer. Ostensibly, a war breaks out, and the fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of the Nova Force and Zeta-5.

Gameplay
Nova Trooper Zeta-5 takes inspiration from Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug, and Gun Force II. Zeta-5 is capable of using ranged weapons and close quarters maneuvers, such as to grab and throw enemies, perform jumping and sliding attacks, and a long-ranged skid attack. He also carries an assault energy sword for cutting down enemies. For the ranged weapons, Zeta-5 can aim and fire them in any direction. He starts out with a burst-firing laser machine pistol, which can be switched out for more powerful weapons, each of which having a limited supply of ammunition, which can be replenished by picking up ammo crates. When you run out of ammunition on a weapon power-up, Zeta-5 will switch back to his laser machine pistol.

Nova Force

 * Zeta-5 - The player character. Real name withheld. He is a member of a human-like race of aliens in the Satune Galaxy, the Somar, which are based on the planet Seiphus. Zeta-5 had recently graduated from the Nova Force's secret military academy, when he was immediately brought on to fight in the conflict against the Xud Empire.
 * Colonel Scudea - Zeta-5's commanding officer, who gives him mission briefings. He is later captured by the turncoat Lion Squad and held hostage at one of the Xud Empire's bases.

Xud Empire

 * General Renzull - The commander-in-chief of the Xud Empire's invasion forces.
 * Lion Squad - A squad of Nova Elite Troopers in the Nova Force. They were initially allies to the player, but at one point in the game, they turned traitor, defecting to the Xud Empire and kidnapping several high-ranking officers in the Nova Force.

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