Star Brigade: Interest Thread (Closed)

[Tiger Sora]

Hope your still recruiting. Cause I wana join, where do I sign chief.
Heres my guy.

Edit: Chunk of my bio got eaten off, didn't notice. Now fixed and abit more polished.

Spoiler: Character Sheet

Name: Thor Arsiir

Gender: Male

Age: 39

Species: Human / Cyborg

Appearance: 5'9". Right arm, leg, and left eye are purely mechanical. From around his mechanical eye going back to his neck is all metal. His skin is white compared to most being more beige, an unexplained result from his augmentations. And the metal is a dark iron color. Clothing is a mix, fabric shirt and pants. Leather straps binding along his lower human arm. Two belts hang from his shoulders crossing his chest, holding some tools, and his full tool belt around his waist. His blaster pistol is holstered on the left of the tool belt. Military boots. And a brown slouch hat.

Job Title: Licensed Star Pilot, Ex-Mercenary.

Equipment: Belt tool kit, blaster pistol, metal claws (in arm). Bubble gum.

Personality: Good hearted and determined. Strives to overcome obstacles and keep others from fighting. He'll hold a strong grudge though if you wrong his sense of honor and pride.

Strengths: Street smarts. Computer neural interfaced brain allows for faster brain function and compatibility with electronics. (Plug in, no wi-fi).

Weaknesses: Fears his mechanical but more that his electronic components will fail in a critical situation. Electrical shock.

Bio: Thor is a son of New Maya. At 23 he lost his right limbs and most of his head in building collapse. He was lucky to be rescued and that his family was wealthy enough to have the cyborg augmentations done. It was only out of love that his parents paid though. Thor turned to mercenary work as a safer occupation than his mining career in the outer asteroid belts once he'd recovered. He joined a small mercenary guild called Ithos Executive Ops. The work ranged from low end guarding of property and convoys for private businesses, to SU contracts they couldn't or didn't want to handle themselves. It was mostly honest work, and anything that wasn't well, you know.

For 15 years Thor galaphanted across the stars. Met afew girls, took part in a giant space battle or two. And learned alot about various subjects from philosophy and planetary infiltration tactics to sewing (How else did he get such a cool attire). Years of work took it's toll before he slowed everything down for afew years of R and R. But he again wanted something to do and he found himself enlisting for the Diplomatic Corps. Why he did is up for debate, but it pays well and it's low risk, as far as he could tell.

 

[Krais101]

This sounds fun! Character Sheet below.

Spoiler

Name: Dr. Nathaniel James (Nate) Harris

Gender: Male

Age: 35.

Species: Human

Appearance: Nate isn?t a very imposing man. While taller than average at 5 foot 11 inches, his thin, lanky build makes him look more awkward than scary. He is quite pale from all his work in environment controlled laboratories, which isn?t helped by the contrast with his fairly dark brown hair.
While working he tends to wear a lab coat over a short-sleeved shirt (often a T-Shirt) and long pants, but when not working he removes the coat.
He is quite soft spoken, but can become quite loud when aggravated . When nervous, tired or stressed he has a slight stutter.

Job Title: Xenomedical Researcher/Doctor

Equipment: At all times Nate wears, or at least is in the possession of, a black leather satchel that was given to him as a graduation present by his sister. In it stores;
- Medical Emergency Kit
- - Basic First Aid Kit
- - Surgical Equipment
- - Respiration Equipment
- Biological Sampling Kit
- Digital Diagnostic Device
- Digital Stethoscope
- Universal Translator

Personality: A friendly and outgoing person, Nate is always smiling and talking to anyone who will listen. Despite his records referring to him as Dr. Harris, he personally hates that and much prefers to be referred to as Nate, Nathan or Nathaniel. He has a very active sense of humour and is always cracking jokes or laughing at someone else?s.
That said, sometimes the pressures of his job get to him. Identifying possible cross-species contamination of pathogens is hard work and sometimes it gets too stressful. In these periods he can become withdrawn, depressed and very abrupt. This tends to improve after anything occurs that reminds him of why his work is important.
Nate is very close to his wife and tries to communicate with her whenever possible.

Strengths:
- Doctorate of Xenomedical Studies
- Surgical Training (Human)
- Great Social Skills with non-human life forms

Weaknesses:
- Very Sensitive. Many things can cause him to become upset. Notable examples include;
- - Losing a patient to an otherwise treatable condition
- - Reaching a dead-end on research
- - Social Problems with Crewmates
- Suffers from mild Agoraphobia, enough for him to be uncomfortable and edgy in open spaces but not a full on panic attack. This is due in part to being born and raised on a ship and not having much experience with the outside world.

Bio: Born on a small trade ship to a repairman and a cook no-one expected Nate to be the brilliant scientific mind he is today. At 15 years old he began to study science long distance, but when he decided to study xenomedicine he left the ship to study on earth. After completing his degree he worked on earth for a while in a clinic near the space-ports

In an ironic twist of fate Nate?s first patient was his own father. He had contracted a disease after trading with the Norg. Nate toiled and toiled, day and night trying to find a cure. He eventually found one, but his father was crippled for life. This left Nate feeling dejected and useless until his father pointed out that if it weren?t for Nate, he would be dead. This was a revelation to Nate. He began to realise that even if total cure was impossible, saving the lives of his patients is all that matters. For several years he worked in the clinic but when the opportunity came to do real good in the universe he joined the Diplomatic Corps

About 5 years ago Nate treated an engineer hurt in an industrial accident. The engineer, Samantha Jacobson, began a recovery program with Nate. They became friends, and later lovers. 3 years after they met Nate proposed. Nate and Samantha have now been married for 2 years. She is now pregnant with their first child, a boy named Peter. He is sad to leave them, but honestly believes that he is making the world a better place.

EDIT: Changed the bit about the Accent to be more fitting with the time period, and added to the bio.
EDIT 2: Added a Universal Translator to Equipment and improved formatting.
EDIT 3: Removed the Accent, and replaced it with a nervous stammer.

 

[JoJo]

I did all the fixing.

Cool, no problems with the sheet now.

Ah what the hell its been a while since I rp'ed last but this seems like fun

Name: Sturn heartfield


You would think after all the time hear I would have learned to use the spoiler tags

edit: hey it worked

As my lore expert Avouleance2nd mentioned above, Mars is no-longer permanently inhabited so it's unlikely that your character could have be born there, though there are mining operations and historical sites on the planet so your character could have spent some time there. I recommend picking another SU planet off this map:

Spoiler: Map

[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/galaxy5202map4.png/]

As a disclaimer I must add the reason I hadn't posted this map up yet is that it's out-of-date as it's missing the most recent additions to the universe, but what is on there is actually on there is accurate.

For your entry, you've a chance of making it in depending on how many other sheets I get, no promises for anyone yet until the thread closes.

Hope your still recruiting. Cause I wana join, where do I sign chief.
Heres my guy.

Thor Arsiir

I am still recruiting and I don't 100% agree with AV2 about cyborgs not being allowed, I see no reason why not, so hang on and I'll edit this post when I've reached an agreement with him on your character.

Edit: It's been decided that a cyborg character is allowed, on the understanding that they are not a separate race to humanity, simply humans who have be helped with technology like modern day glasses wearers.

 

[theonecookie]

I did all the fixing.

Cool, no problems with the sheet now.

Ah what the hell its been a while since I rp'ed last but this seems like fun

Name: Sturn heartfield


You would think after all the time hear I would have learned to use the spoiler tags

edit: hey it worked

As my lore expert Avouleance2nd mentioned above, Mars is no-longer permanently inhabited so it's unlikely that your character could have be born there, though there are mining operations and historical sites on the planet so your character could have spent some time there. I recommend picking another SU planet off this map:

Spoiler: Map

[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/galaxy5202map4.png/]

As a disclaimer I must add the reason I hadn't posted this map up yet is that it's out-of-date as it's missing the most recent additions to the universe, but what is on there is actually on there is accurate.

For your entry, you've a chance of making it in depending on how many other sheets I get, no promises for anyone yet until the thread closes.

Hope your still recruiting. Cause I wana join, where do I sign chief.
Heres my guy.

Thor Arsiir

I am still recruiting and I don't 100% agree with AV2 about cyborgs not being allowed, I see no reason why not, so hang on and I'll edit this post when I've reached an agreement with him on your character.

Fair enough I don't much like the bio anyway it was late when a wrote it an looking at it it don't make much sense

 

[JoJo]

This sounds fun! Character Sheet below.

Dr. Nathaniel James (Nate) Harris

I like a lot, quite different from any entry we've had before, like that he has a family at home and his fear of open spaces will be interesting on missions. Just one nitpick, I'd recommend changing his accent to "resembles an Australian accent" since Australia hasn't existed in this universe for over 3000 years, so that would be like someone alive today having inherited a Roman or Anglo-Saxon accent ;-)

 

[Krais101]

This sounds fun! Character Sheet below.

Dr. Nathaniel James (Nate) Harris

I like a lot, quite different from any entry we've had before, like that he has a family at home and his fear of open spaces will be interesting on missions. Just one nitpick, I'd recommend changing his accent to "resembles an Australian accent" since Australia hasn't existed in this universe for over 3000 years, so that would be like someone alive today having inherited a Roman or Anglo-Saxon accent ;-)

Also like it but might help if you expanded slightly on the Bio as it's a bit short.

Okay! No problem! I'm changed it up there, but if you want me to re-post I can. If there is anything else you want changed let me know.

 

[JoJo]

Okay! No problem! I'm changed it up there, but if you want me to re-post I can. If there is anything else you want changed let me know.

Edited is fine, if it gets accepted it'll be reposted under the OP anyway with all the others for easy access.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Interesting that we seem to have a primarily human crew. Makes sense given the ties it has to the Union.

 

[JoJo]

Interesting that we seem to have a primarily human crew. Makes sense given the ties it has to the Union.

Well a majority human and crelm one would make sense.

Maybe crelm don't make generally make good diplomats due to their predatory nature? So far out of all the entries including mine we have 7 humans and 4 non-humans, NPCs will probably make up some of the difference though

 

[Tiger Sora]

I am still recruiting and I don't 100% agree with AV2 about cyborgs not being allowed, I see no reason why not, so hang on and I'll edit this post when I've reached an agreement with him on your character.

Edit: It's been decided that a cyborg character is allowed, on the understanding that they are not a separate race to humanity, simply humans who have be helped with technology like modern day glasses wearers.

Well suppose I should of said I'm not like the Borg. I still have my humanity and emotions and all that jazz. I'm human, just with machine parts. And I changed where I was born to New Maya, since Mars isn't a choice.

So it's all fixed, and hope its all good.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Any ideas on ship design? I could come up with something.

 

[JoJo]

Well suppose I should of said I'm not like the Borg. I still have my humanity and emotions and all that jazz. I'm human, just with machine parts. And I changed where I was born to New Maya, since Mars isn't a choice.

So it's all fixed, and hope its all good.

All good, choosing a planet in the Horizon system was a fitting choice for your character's past in mining as it's one of largest sites of SU mineral extraction. The results for who got in will out in one or two days.

Any ideas on ship design? I could come up with something.

Good point, that's something I hadn't thought of, if you want to design something then go ahead. As AV2 mentioned, requirements for various races are one aspect though it would be primarily designed for SU races with others coming as a secondary situation. I can't think of many other specific requirements, other than it needs to be able to land on planets and should probably have some sort of escape system.

Maybe crelm don't make generally make good diplomats due to their predatory nature? So far out of all the entries including mine we have 7 humans and 4 non-humans, NPCs will probably make up some of the difference though

Ignoring the outrageous casual racism (which doesn't really make sense most crelm would never think of eating human).

I do find it weird that a peace keeping force designed to Stop Norg and Durra fighting doesn?t actually contain Norg or Durras yet.
Also I have an idea which might help with the decision making and get some pre RP development in. If we open up this thread (Or another temporary one) we can have some of the NPCs (or new NPCs entirely) interviewing potential applicants (we could even set up tasks) Then anyone we want on-board can be offered the Job and anyone not chosen can be rejected. (and of course Interviews that aren?t chosen just won?t show up again).
Thoughts?

Racism takes on a different meaning though when it comes to different species. Racism between different ethnic groups of humans doesn't make much sense since we're all pretty much the same give or take a few minor physical characteristics, on the other hand considering crelm are a different phylum to humanity with a completely different path to sapience it's more credible they might have a different mindset to humans.

It may not be that weird that there aren't norg or durras present on the ship, in-fact thinking about it the SU might have deliberately prevented any members of those two species joining this mission. The reason? This way the DC will appear neutral to both sides, for example if a durras notices a norg on the team meeting her she may assume that the DC are on the norg side.

As for the final part, it's an interesting idea but I think sheets are enough really to judge, I've already gravitated towards a "yes" or "no" answer on most the sheets present so it would be a waste of time. The more pertinent question I'm still thinking over is how many to let in as a maximum? I've been a player in two RPs (on had 12 players, the other 17) which ended up sinking partly due to too many players, the former lost all but 4 players within a month and a half but eventually pulled through, the other just fell apart altogether. Both those were poorly managed though so the same might not happen here if we plump for a large number.

 

[Bravo 21]

Here is the beginning of my character, ill add more when i have more free time

Spoiler: character sheet

name: Muokilaxese

Gender: Male

Age:12 (If I understand correctly, the Ferrax are able to live independenlty at 6 months, so this isn't all that young)

Species: Ferrax

Appearance: Tall, for one of his race, standing at 7'5" tall, and weighing several hundred pounds, he wears light armor, as befits his role as a diplomatic bodyguard, he is blue grey in color, and has many scars across his larger arms, He is also missing one finger on one of his grasping arms. He wears a large coat, which provides him with more pockets, and, he hopes respect from the humans of the Solaric Union, who will see that he can adjust to their culture.

Job/position: Security Officer, Second Class, Seventh Diplomatic Corps

Equipment: One laser pistol, with additional batteries. He also keeps an assault rifle(not certain about weapons, ill add more detail later) and heavier armor in his quarters, because he subscribes to the philosophy that sooner or later, he will have to kill people in the the name of diplomacy

Personality: Aggressive, Stubborn and determined. he, like most of his race, would sooner solve problems through force than through negotiations. He chose the diplomatic corps after his time in the military because he figured that it was the best way to ensure he would be on the from lines of any imminent wars, and give him the possibility of winning honor and glory. He also distains weakness, and dislikes guile, seeing it as a shield of the weak.

Strenghts: Courage, determination, strength, he is a fighter, loving the exhileration that he gets from combat.

Weakness: Stubborn and none to diplomatic, he is prone to solving problems in the simplest way available. He isn't dumb, but he is by no means an intellectual giant. He also looks down on beings that he perceives as "weak".

Bio: Born on the planet of Mantis Minor. He was the largest of all the siblings from his brood, and used this to establish his dominance over all of them.
Once he got older, he went on to compete in the Blood Sports, proving his strength and skills, and maiming several weaker competitors. He left Mantis Minor and joined the Solanic Union Military seeking glory.
However, he found that there was far less violence in the military than he had hoped for, and spent a lot of time bored, or looking for a fight with another soldier, this let to him being discharged after starting a brawl between the ferrax shock troops and the Human Soldiers, after he claimed that the Human soldiers "Didn't respect him". Because of this, he has mixed feelings for humanity, as he has seen many fine and brave human soldiers and officers, but he holds his discharge from the military against humans in general.
He joined the diplomatic corps because he had little other choice, none of the mercenary groups he approached were inclined to hire a Ferrax with a recent discipline issue, and to return to Mantis Minor after being dishonorably discharged would bring shame upon himself. Because of this, he intends to serve with the corps until he finds glory and honor, or dies trying.

 

[A Gent of Villainous Intent]

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[theonecookie]

Well I got round to re-doing my character this ones a bit better I think ,well it makes more sense at any rate

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Dude do it as a text document then copy paste it then you don't have to put upwith the sites asshatery

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Snip

Having written the Ferrax, I'd say you got what I was aiming for. I admit I hadn't thought up any sort of naming system for the species, so yours works.

In other news, I'm working on the ship's exterior. I'm going for a design that can land on water or on land, and I've made considerations for Crelm housing on board.

 

[JoJo]

Finally it looks like I?ll need to find a different excuse to pre-RP and pastime. Or I could just do it anyway since it isn?t really going to be of consequence (since I can?t go against you and have to interest in doing so) that and it could be fun.
Anyone up for some pre-rp stuff?

Or prehaps we could meet in a meta RP?
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/540.207020-The-Pub-A-Meta-RP-Always-Open

I've no objections to anyone-else meeting up in the Pub, sadly I'm too busy right now :-(

Muokilaxese

Nice to see someone-else playing an alien, no objections to this sheet, it appears almost finished so you shouldn't have much editing left (neatingly a little might help)

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Gah, this site has been annoying since the update. Try to get it in by tomorrow if you can since I may close the thread then.

Well I got round to re-doing my character this ones a bit better I think ,well it makes more sense at any rate

Cool, more detail is always good.

In other news, I'm working on the ship's exterior. I'm going for a design that can land on water or on land, and I've made considerations for Crelm housing on board.

Good to hear, I'll be interested to see what you come up with.

 

[Krais101]

Out of curiosity when do applications close?

 

[SeanTheBlueSheep]

Hrm. I'll write something up, but only if you fix something in the Norg description - Can they detect muscle movements or mussel movements? Because being able to figure out where Crelm are sounds kinda dull.

I think I might accidentally be developing a "thing" where I register interest and point out flaws.

Spoiler: Sheet. To be edited at GM's discretion.

Name: Til Wing

Gender: Male, but identifies as female

Age: A fairly young adult in the terms of the Astrid, the human equivalent of early to mid-20s. Roughly 30 years old physically on the Earth standard calendar.

Species: Astrid

Appearance: Slightly taller than average at 2.6 metres tall, Til has a fairly skinny body for an Astrid. Her face is quite rounded, making her seem older than she really is because of the angular contrast. Til usually wears fairly utilitarian clothing, mostly white so it her luminescence isn't misinterpreted.

Job Title: Consultant linguist and shipboard counsellor

Equipment: Personal tablet and stylus for note-taking, Unicom I translator, locket with a picture of her father.

Personality: Guarded about herself, Til is quite passive, and only really reveals anything about herself when asked a direct question. She tends to be extremely calm, projecting light blues and turquoise mostly, unless an insult is levelled directly at her, at which point she takes serious offence. She retains the Astrid sense of curiosity and will try to find out more about others with a quiet enthusiasm, almost drinking in information, and retains personal information with near eidetic efficiency. Til has a secret loathing for the Schrier, but tries not to let it affect her in her work.

Strengths: A trained counsellor, Til is getting people to open up to her and can persuade people to talk about many things they may not wish to otherwise. She is quick to notice what may be bothering people, and will try to help in any way she can. Gifted with a good tongue for languages, she is fairly fluent in most xenolinguistics, save Ferrax and Schrier.

Weaknesses: Til has something of a one-track mind, and once she becomes focused on something, she often excludes everything else except the object of her attention. She is quite a perfectionist, but is a little hypocritical and has a deeply immature sense of humour.

Bio: Til grew up on an Astrid-dominated, but fairly cosmopolitan SU planet in the middling to outer reaches of Union-controlled space named Blabeir. His father was very close to him, but his father's job job with a human owned mining corporation called him off to help with initial settlement of a new planet. Unfortunately, the planet in question was Tomhana - The Schrier homeworld. Til's father was one of two fatalities sustained in an unexpected attack around the northern reaches of the Schrier territories. When Til learned of his father's death, he developed a form of gender identity disorder, associating as a female instead of a male.
Til had a knack for languages and understanding others, and gathered a large group of friends from various races in her mixed-species school, taking the languages she had to learn to maintain those friendships as a challenge, she learned them eagerly, trying to fill the hole her father had left in her life.
Once she left her formal education, she moved away from the cities, further from the poles of her axially tilted planet, and lived alone, trying to sort her mind out for a year. She returned slightly withdrawn, but with a new, more positive outlook on life that she had been without previously.

I'll spend the next couple of days reading up fully on the lore, but for now I've just read what was in the OP.

EDIT: Oops, I accidentally a sheet in less than two hours. Tell me anything that needs improving etc.