Poll: Would this make a good RP? (Sci-Fi idea)

[Mordereth]

Example Character:

Human Sheet-

Name: John Legmen
Nickname: Leggy
Age: 27


Hair Color: Brunette
Hair style: Short cut, military style
Appearance: Tall and wiry, quite skinny.
Clothes worn most often: Black pants and a white T-shirt with a brown jacket.


Weaponry: 9mm pistol, Three mags, Assault-Rifle
Items: 3 LTG Syringes, one data-pad, one ear-piece communicator, a frag and smoke grenade.


Other: Stamina Implant that helps him run at a sustained speed for a ridiculously long period of time.

Occupation: Marine.

Bio: After successfully escaping one of the three moons of Lismose after being enslaved, he managed to run to freedom by jumping into the back of a troop transport and stowing away on one of Turncoat Co.'s vessels it eventually landed on. He then made a transfer to one of the ships they were searching and ran to Rumare where he spent three years working up a career as a hired gun before signing on with the [captain will pick the ship name, with perhaps some help from the crew depending on how friendly he's feeling]. He's received the moniker "Leggy" because he's fast and has large calf muscles.




The World:
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The Intergalactic Democratic Republic of Planets (I.D.R.P.) is a collection of eight planets. Below are only 2.

Lavaron (High-Sec): The planets single moon is something of a resort compared to the rest of the industrial planet. Space-ports and factories abound. Trade goods are in relatively low demand at the moment, but it sells products cheap that outer-lying planets would pay well to get.

Marvous (High-Sec) : Copy-paste Lavaron, except ten-times the military facilities. A large arms manufacturer.

I.D.R.P's two main planets are High-Security, but the outer lying planets aren't quite so tight.

Aside from I.D.R.P. there is Rumare, a break-away republic. Border tension is high, but no real conflict has escalated. Rumare is famous for having a planet with no moon, which means it's nights (which last 10 of the 24 hours in a day) are pitch-black. It is a den for illegal commodities, as the Republic made them legal upon realizing they didn't have near the man-power to enforce those sorts of laws.

Rumare has a doomed government system, and is truly run by criminals.

Aside form one corporately owned and horrible oppressed planet inside I.D.R.P., there is also a red zone of raiding where I.D.R.P's Mutually Assured Military Assistance (MAMA) will not treed.


The Story:

With threats from all directions and within, I.D.R.P. needs a long-term plan. But in the mean while, there's a fortune to be made for any ships crew willing to take risks.

Guns to be sold, exotic items and drugs to be trafficked, space to be protected. Almost anything at all these days is outsourced to roaming freelance starship crews.

The Turncoat Corporation has gone out of check, literally buying planet Lismose and it's three moons from the corrupt Planetary Governor, who shortly thereafter died in an air-car accident. With the three moves full of minerals and a planet's population now legally property, nothing but disaster could be reaped.

You:

Are a member of a Star ship crew. This is no normal spaceship. It is equipped with a Warp Drive capable of reaching distant star systems and modest armaments to defend itself. It also has cargo space to spare for trading. With infinite possibilities before you, who will you be?

A piolet? The livelihood of the crew depending on you? A marine-esque hired gun, ready to at any moment board a ship? A technician who must help sustain the equipment on-board, possibly through poverty and stranded scenarios? A medical officer, whose prowess and daring could save or lose the life of a fellow crew member? That one dude who carries the crates? The lady on the intercom even??? The possibilities are infinite.

 

[Mordereth]

Ack, hadn't finished the last paragraph it just said "A piolet". If you didn't see the rest of it please give it a glance.

EDIT: Is it just me who can't see the poll?

 

[Shapsters]

Ack, hadn't finished the last paragraph it just said "A piolet". If you didn't see the rest of it please give it a glance.

EDIT: Is it just me who can't see the poll?

There is no poll. The RP seems very well planned out, but the concept isn't all that original, space smugglers isn't the most creative thing. But as I said, it seems very well laid out and I would probably join.

 

[Mordereth]

Ack, hadn't finished the last paragraph it just said "A piolet". If you didn't see the rest of it please give it a glance.

EDIT: Is it just me who can't see the poll?

There is no poll. The RP seems very well planned out, but the concept isn't all that original, space smugglers isn't the most creative thing. But as I said, it seems very well laid out and I would probably join.

Yes. I mean hey they could also do contracting work, and whose to say revelutionaries wouldn't want them to join the cause? Or the cause was theirs?

Though in the end yeah I don't think it's awfully original either, I just hope I can add some nice twists and do it well =)

Also, Engineers, Medical Officers, Piolets... I'm really trying to make things that may seem "boring" to most more important/fun. For instance, barrel-rolling out of the way of enemy fire, choosing to amputate a limb or not (they can be vat-grown at planets but it's expensive and they'd be gimped until then) having to scrap parts to maximize engine speed, shield capacity, keep the life support going. That sort of thing.

 

[Shapsters]

Ack, hadn't finished the last paragraph it just said "A piolet". If you didn't see the rest of it please give it a glance.

EDIT: Is it just me who can't see the poll?

There is no poll. The RP seems very well planned out, but the concept isn't all that original, space smugglers isn't the most creative thing. But as I said, it seems very well laid out and I would probably join.

Yes. I mean hey they could also do contracting work, and whose to say revelutionaries wouldn't want them to join the cause? Or the cause was theirs?

Though in the end yeah I don't think it's awfully original either, I just hope I can add some nice twists and do it well =)

Also, Engineers, Medical Officers, Piolets... I'm really trying to make things that may seem "boring" to most more important/fun. For instance, barrel-rolling out of the way of enemy fire, choosing to amputate a limb or not (they can be vat-grown at planets but it's expensive and they'd be gimped until then) having to scrap parts to maximize engine speed, shield capacity, keep the life support going. That sort of thing.

Ok, sounds good, when do you plan to start? Do you have character sheets? Are humans the only race?

 

[Mordereth]

Ack, hadn't finished the last paragraph it just said "A piolet". If you didn't see the rest of it please give it a glance.

EDIT: Is it just me who can't see the poll?

There is no poll. The RP seems very well planned out, but the concept isn't all that original, space smugglers isn't the most creative thing. But as I said, it seems very well laid out and I would probably join.

Yes. I mean hey they could also do contracting work, and whose to say revelutionaries wouldn't want them to join the cause? Or the cause was theirs?

Though in the end yeah I don't think it's awfully original either, I just hope I can add some nice twists and do it well =)

Also, Engineers, Medical Officers, Piolets... I'm really trying to make things that may seem "boring" to most more important/fun. For instance, barrel-rolling out of the way of enemy fire, choosing to amputate a limb or not (they can be vat-grown at planets but it's expensive and they'd be gimped until then) having to scrap parts to maximize engine speed, shield capacity, keep the life support going. That sort of thing.

Ok, sounds good, when do you plan to start? Do you have character sheets? Are humans the only race?

I was thinking of getting that stuff out once it gets a lil more attention. Like two more people saying they might consider.

Yes Human's are the only race (unless there are lots of alien fans).

 

[Mordereth]

Well, actually you can be a Robot. Hell you could be a ships A.I. if you really want to try to RP. I definitely draw the line at animals, though. No one RP's a dog. You can have them, you can control them, but you need a real character.

The RP will start within three days of someone other than you (Sharpsters) or me posting on this poll. I'll have the character sheets up in a jiff.

 

[Mordereth]

Human Sheet-

Name: (Anything you want, last names are encouraged though)
Nickname: (Your first name, nothing, whatever you want people to call you by)
Age: (Unless your like a stowaway or special case [that would be in the bio] I'd suggest between 20 and 45ish. 18s and 50s are okay but try not to leave those caps)

Hair Color: (tell us, even if your bald incase something were in happen where you couldn't shave etc. etc.)
Hair style: (optional)
Appearance: (how you look, facial and the rest of your body. Don't hurt yourself here, but cover tattoos and scars at least)
Clothes worn most often: (think Star Wars or most any other sci-fi, and fashions from all over space change so if your wearing a jacket and jeans and someones wearing a white jump suit just laugh at him behind his back)

Weaponry: (9mm pistol and three mags is standard for everyone, Tech's get a blow torch to boot, Marines think assault rifles carbines I'll describe them after you pick them. Medical personnel also get a surgical knife. There will be plenty of chances to get more.)
Items: (3 LTG [Life to Go] Syringes, one data-pad, one ear-piece communicator, a med kit if your medical staff, two grenades if you a Marine [options are frag, incendiary, smoke, or plasma. Mix and match and ask me if you want to know precisely what they all do.] Repair kit if your a Tech.)

Other: (Anything else you 'have' like implants that increase your accuracy or dexterity for some reason or another, try to have that match your occupation and any other 'other' thing you can think of, just ask me for approval)

Occupation: (Captain, Pilot, Co-Pilot, Cargo-Manager, Cargo-Loader, Marine [you're not a soldier and you're not a Spartan, you just board ships and do ground missions], Janitor, Tech [maintenance], Tech Officer [in charge of Tech's and telling the Captain what the hell's wrong], Nurse [Male or Female], Medical Officer, Doctor, Surveillance Officer [you run the scanners and probes])

Bio: (please at least a small paragraph)


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Robot Sheet-

Name of Model [NM]: (Look below for inspiration, or like [Battle Droid Mark IV]
Designation [Name]: (Have fun here, but most will be something like [PO-5k] or [R1-31])
Nickname: (Probably given by the crew for an obvious trait, like [clanky])

MOD: (Method of Transport, do you hover/ride on treads/walk on two legs?)

Scanning capability: (These are like Splinter Cell goggle views, the ones available right off the bat are thermal, optical [normal sight], and electronic)

Appearance: (you can make up something totally original or base it off of something from fiction. Does he have a head, is he treads a box and a periscope, what?)

Armaments: (Flame throwers, stun batons, tazers, Ion weapons, blasters, you name it I'll decide whether it gets in or not)
Other: (Other)

AI level: (Are you supposed to be a basic cleaning bot whose gone hay-wire or translator robot [HK-47 reference in there])?

Maintenance: (Do you charge for an hour, two, or ten? Does your Vertical Stabilizer need to be replaced/repaired so you'll stop falling over? Do you run on fuel [expensive, probably hybrid])

Bio: (Where have you been? What have you done? What have you been used for?)


There be the character sheets.

I'll PM you in depth about the occupation you take.

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

So this isn't about space smugglers?. Then is it like Beyond the Helios Belt?

 

[Mordereth]

So this isn't about space smugglers?. Then is it like Beyond the Helios Belt?

Well it's Free-Form, you could help the oppressed citizenry of Lismose escape corporate rule, or be slavers and sell them moon-miner recruits.

You could run around selling things legally,

Sell things illegally (smuggler),

Or do Mercinary work shooting up raiding ships in the Red Zone or, alternatively, be a raider to try and make money. All the players will be on the same ship (at least to start) so we'll have to make up ours minds on what we want to do, but after that's done we could head off and do something else.

Also, there will be some persistent enemy Captains/Characters (i.e. Space Pirates, MAMA captains, the CEO of Turncoat Co.) who will be hanging around, maybe some mad scientists to boot. So as we do stuff a story will start to form.

I.E. We decide to go Space Pirate, board a freighter and make off with some of the most valuable ores. To hide evidence of the deed we rig the engine to implode and break the air ventilators to make sure nobody survives. BUT a small group of people manage to stow-away on our ship/find an escape pod and are dead-set on avenging their crew.


So it's about US, is what I'm trying to say.

 

[Outasync]

I would definitely join, sounds fun, you should make it...please?

 

[Mordereth]

Skarin posting (as I mentioned above) sets the maximum launch date to June 23rd, so three days from now. But if enough people get interested we can launch earlier. If you are interested one step you might wish to take would be PMing me a character sheet so we can work through that. Officer Captain and pilot positions are first-come first-serve. Also, we'll need small-vessel (i.e. shuttle) pilots. You will need daring and guile as getting hit by a real ship or AA gun almost ensures crashing, and you'll need to crash-land well if you hope to survive with enough of the shuttle intact to repair.

Any position not taken will be an NPC. Being an officer with no-one else in your zone (i.e. medical officer with no doctors/nurses) will result in you getting command of two or more NPCs. I'll try to give the NPCs as much character as possible but it will work out best if we flesh out most major positions with real people. Note: Minor positions, I'll go out of my way to make sure you feel special =)

 

[Zombie_Fish]

So this isn't about space smugglers?. Then is it like Beyond the Helios Belt?

There's also a space smugglers RP [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.117430] already as well.

The idea isn't 100% original but it is a good idea still. Make it, but I have doubts about whether or not I would join it. I'm in quite a few RPs already and it has started to get confusing about which ones I'm in or not.

 

[Mordereth]

So this isn't about space smugglers?. Then is it like Beyond the Helios Belt?

There's also a space smugglers RP [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.117430] already as well.

The idea isn't 100% original but it is a good idea still. Make it, but I have doubts about whether or not I would join it. I'm in quite a few RPs already and it has started to get confusing about which ones I'm in or not.

I know exactly what your saying, and it's hard to remember whether your in space or Medieval England when some of the same users are in both =P

 

[Birras]

I might join. I'll start thinking about my character/

 

[Mordereth]

I might join. I'll start thinking about my character/

Awesome, like I said just PM it to me for approval. It'd be great if when it starts we could just copy-paste the character sheets up and get rolling.

 

[Mordereth]

Right, so we have 2 robot sheets approved. I'd like it if someone (Sharpey?) went in as a human and I could too to sort of give it an even feel but you know I'd like this to be sort of like Star-Trek (even though I never watched that series all to much). You had the officer for this and that and they went on having some jolly good sci-fi adventures. This being said both robots are quite cool and I don't mean to discourage anybody but if your not one of the two (Birras or outasync) I'd appreciate it if you tried to go in as a human. I might add an example human sheet (or mine) to the OP.

 

[Birras]

Spoiler: Birras

Name of Model [NM]:Biological Intelligence, Replicating Reactor Automated System (B.I.R.R.A.S.) Prototype
Designation [Name]]: [XB-05]
Nickname: Birras

MOD: Bipedial

Scanning capability: Optical, thermal

Appearance: Somewhat resembeling a large man. Body is titanium. Areas such as the chest and legs are somewhat exagerated to facilate room for critical parts. Head resembles a PC monitor with cameras on either side. Monitor usually blank, but sometimes features data, or a facial expression similar to an emoticon. One arm is similar to that of a humanoid being, the other somewhat resembles a Swiss Army knife, and has many retractable tools, including welding torches, mining tools and a blade for close combat.

Armaments: Shoulder-mounted blaster, retractable blade in tool arm

Other: Due to an unfortunate incident involving Birras and a frighted man with a stun baton, Birras's lingustics unit is damaged, and he is unable to use inflection in his voice. Birras compenstates by stating what sort of sentence he is saying before saying it.

AI level: Near-human intelligence, has a limited range of emotion

Maintenance: Due to Birras's replicating reactor technology, Birras can consume rocks, scrap metal and other inorganic compunds that is then reconstucted into the fuel Birras's small nuclear reactor runs on.

Bio:XB-05 was the fifth, and arguable the first succesful, prototype in the B.I.R.R.A.S. line of robots. Unfortunatley, the company that made Birras shut down before they were able to complete the XB-12, which was to be one of the most human-like robots avaliable. He did some work around the system before being bought by the ship he currently serves on.

Self-gratifying exclamation:Haha! I am the pinacle of artifical life!

 

[Mordereth]

Unless your like a stowaway or special case

So if we want to... we can be stowaways?

Totally. Be some 15 year old orphan stowaway. Or of any age or reason.

 

[Outasync]

NM: Syncen(pronounced singken)
Designation: Shives
Nickname: Shiv
MOD: walks on two legs
Scanning capability: optical

Appearance: Like a skinny human, silver body except for two red eyes, black fingers and plams, and black toes and bottoms of feet(for grip), fingers are claws

Armaments: right arm turns into ion blade, left arm turns into laser blaster

Other: can feel things on black parts of body because of hi-tech sensory technology

AI level: Has high intelligence and many skills.Was created to guard the ruler of Ramure, but escaped on a spaceship.

Maintenance: battery charges for 9 hours while people sleep

Bio: Was created on Lavaron as a high-level secutiry unit for the military. It was stolen by bandits and brought to Ramure. It became weaker because of bad treatment, and escaped to an abandoned space craft. It now lives in that space craft, but is about to die out because of lack of power.