Author Topic: Jack Denham: Dinosaur Hunter (Read 58380 times)

Packraptor · « **on:** November 04, 2006, 01:43:57 PM »

The name's Denham, Jack Denham, and I'm a dinosaur hunter. To some, it may sound strange, but to me, it is very real.

I started out as a zoologist, but when the boss of a company called DPF, the Department of Prehistroic Fauna, called me, he suggested I come meet him.

I did, and he told me of his time bending portal. It had been tested already, and worked amazingly. He asked me if I was up to a challenge, and this challenge was to create and maintain a small breeding center of long-extinct animals. I took the job, and he put me in charge of everything.

This is my story...

orangemonkey22 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 04, 2006, 01:47:15 PM »

ooh, can't wait to see what critters you'll be encountering!

Packraptor · « **Reply #2 on:** November 04, 2006, 01:50:12 PM »

About a week later, he escorted me to a large tract of land. It was far from any civilization, and had no interaction with the outside world, except for that of a long road leading to- Heh, sorry, I can't tell you where this place is.

We started work on the exhibits that would one day hold the massive beasts, and we had used the natural resources to our advantage. We surrounded a small hardwood forest with thick electrical fencing, to keep in the animals. We put a small fence around a large fissure in the ground, which would one day become the home of an animal that would change my life, or possibly end it...

We continued construction for another five months, and when it was done, I was ready for the adventure...

Venatosaurus · « **Reply #3 on:** November 04, 2006, 01:50:19 PM »

whoa how ya gonna make a good story there are bareley any prehistoric fauna in the game or for download?

Packraptor · « **Reply #4 on:** November 04, 2006, 01:51:07 PM »

You'll see...

ZAMAN · « **Reply #5 on:** November 04, 2006, 01:57:20 PM »

http://z14.invisionfree.com/Zoo_Tycoon_Volcano/index.php?showforum has alot of extinct animals.

Packraptor · « **Reply #6 on:** November 04, 2006, 01:58:41 PM »

Sorry, but I don't use user downloads, which makes this a little more interesting, at least how I'm gonna use my extinct animals.

ZAMAN · « **Reply #7 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:02:08 PM »

Packraptor · « **Reply #8 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:05:19 PM »

RAAK! RAAK! The birds of the late cretaceous filled the jungle with noise. The steamy atmosphere made my skin sweat. During this time, the planet was much, much hotter. I was in what would one day become Montana, but now it was the home of dinosaurs.

willoughby · « **Reply #9 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:32:08 PM »

I don't mean to be a know it all but there was no grass in the late cretaceous.

Packraptor · « **Reply #10 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:37:36 PM »

Yes, I know, but it's the best I could do with ZT2.

The bushes nearby rustled, and my team and I crouched, guns poised, ready for attack. Out from the underbrush came the beak of an animal. But this was no bird's beak, this was the beak of a dinosaur.

ZAMAN · « **Reply #11 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:41:13 PM »

styracosarus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Packraptor · « **Reply #12 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:50:49 PM »

My team quietly crept back, as the creature emerged from the forest. I noticed it to be a cerotopsian, a horned dinosaur. It had long spines on it's frill, and a long horn above it's beak. Styracosaurus, I thought, Styracosaurus albertensis, to be precise. Styracosaurus was a close relative of Triceratops, but it was smaller. When it came into full view, it did not run, nor did it show any signs of aggression. Possibly because we smelled of mammals, which, at this time, were all very small, about the size of possums.

HAL9000 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:17:34 PM »

Can't wait for more:specool:

willoughby · « **Reply #14 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:19:06 PM »

You could always just use dirt, which has less grass. Otherwise great story Packraptor.

Packraptor · « **Reply #15 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:23:41 PM »

The dinosaur watched us for a while, then made a bellow-grunt, and a few more of them came into view. I could tell that this was a small herd of animals, led by a pair of males. There were only four of them, two males and two females. They probobly strayed from the main group to forage for food.

Sorry for editing the last post, I found out that one of the pics was supposed to go here instead.

ZAMAN · « **Reply #16 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:24:30 PM »

I was right

Packraptor · « **Reply #17 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:29:46 PM »

I had to act fast. I knew these animals would want to move on, and I knew that they wanted to return to the main herd, so I...

Venatosaurus · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:39:14 PM »

awsome story so far if zt2 extinct expansion pack is real when it comes out imagen the possibilities of time traveling stories you could make

Dinosaur Keeper · « **Reply #19 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:39:37 PM »

Quote from: willoughby;154292

I don't mean to be a know it all but there was no grass in the late cretaceous.

I hate to prove you wrong, but quite recently, paleontologists found fossil grass that dated back to the late cretaceous, it was already highly evolved

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8336

Just read this article

ZAMAN · « **Reply #20 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:40:04 PM »

ya ventoasaurus

Packraptor · « **Reply #21 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:48:15 PM »

Seventy five million years after I saw the Styracosaurs, my team was herding them into their new exhibit, in the hardwood forest of the reserve. We had been watching them for quite some time, and we already had names for them. The first one we saw, which was one of the males, seemed to be the most dominant of them all, so we named him Sergeant. We named the other male, who preferred to hang out with the females more, "The Lady's Man", or TLM, for short. The two females were named Thelma and Louise, as they acted like the intrepid duo.

King Hoopla · « **Reply #22 on:** November 04, 2006, 04:04:49 PM »

Quote from: Packraptor;154257

About a week later, he escorted me to a large tract of land. It was far from any civilization, and had no interaction with the outside world, except for that of a long road leading to- Heh, sorry, I can't tell you where this place is.

Well, if you want guests in your zoo, you'll have to tell someone where it is eventually.

Serously, great story so far. Can't wait to read more.

MarineManiac · « **Reply #23 on:** November 04, 2006, 04:36:59 PM »

yeah, the story is great. I look forward to hearing more.

Packraptor · « **Reply #24 on:** November 04, 2006, 04:44:56 PM »

Thank you, everyone, for your replies. I've already got some more of the story ready, but I'm saving it for tommorrow. Hope yall will like it.

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Author Topic: Jack Denham: Dinosaur Hunter (Read 58380 times)