World Domination - an interest thread

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Name: Jason Rommel Jr.

Aliases: Lord British, Sir Rommel, Knight Lord

Appearance: Standing almost 7 feet tall and with a toughened build Jason is naturally an imposing figure. However, his somewhat rounded face and premature smile wrinkles tend to detract from that part of his appearance. His naturally blond hair is died black and usually cut short and complimented by a small well trimmed goatee. His eyes are black as well. Due to his large build he tends to look a bit older then his 32 years. He often wears outlandish costumes in an old-fashioned medieval style including a cloak. When he's really ready for a fight he instead wears a lightweight but strong suite of titanium plate mail that is layered with Kevlar.

Disposition: For the most part Jason is a happy fun loving guy. He likes to relax and joke about when the time is right. However, when he becomes serious about something he devotes himself to it with every bit of his being and displays his deep reserves of determination. He tends to be a bit rash and his temper can get the better of him if he thinks he's been slighted, a bit of a hot head. He may not be massively smart, but he's quite clever when he wants to be. He's a personable and charismatic leader.

Bio: Jason's parents were wealthy entrepreneurs in America and Jason grew up with a comfortable early life. Jason was constantly obsessed with stories of knights and adventure even from a young age. At the age of 12 he was already learning swordsmanship and 'courtly arts' certain that this was the proper way to live life. When he was 28 years old Jason's parents died in a unfortunate accident. Taking a portion of his fortune he began to travel, he searching for individuals who would be willing to join him in 'returning humanity to it's state of greatness'.

Organization name: Knighthood of Light

Base of operation: An old disused castle in the English countryside. The castle itself is crumbling and the actual base is located underneath the ruins.

Legal standing: None, as far as the world is concerned this group is only rumored if known at all.

Income/fiscal resources: The only major income the Knights have is Jason's fortune which is being invested and handled by several investment firms under several false identities. However, the Knighthood's expenditures tend to outpace this income and resources have been short lately.

Mono-swords: These master-crafted blades have their edges honed and sharpened by computer guided lasers to be a single molecule wide at the edge. This method of sharpening leaves the swords able to cut through most all man made materials with surprising ease. Only Jason and his knights have such blades, yeomen must do with a normally sharpened dagger or short sword.

Crossbows: These modern takes on ancient weapons are made of lightweight plastics and use pulleys to magnify the shooting power. The bolts they fire are particularly effective at piercing modern armor which is mostly made to disperse bullet impacts though the range is still relatively short compared to a gun.

Motorcycles: The common 'mount' of the Knighthood. These sport bikes have been modified to have better performance off road without sacrificing too much street potential. They also often have horse themes and are extensively customized by their owners. The knighthood also owns a few cars and trucks, but these bikes are their most common form of transportation.

Battle-lances: These archaic pole arms are a common weapon for the members to use from their bikes. While the points are sharp enough for personal combat these weapons also have a hidden secret. The tips of the lances are loaded with plastic explosives and can either be detonated on the lance (bad idea), or be launched at short to medium range as a small rocket (inaccurate, but safer). This is mostly intended as an anti-armor attack and a fresh 'lance head' can be affixed to the weapon reloading it.

Personnel: Sir Rommel leads the Knighthood himself 'by right of strength and virtue'. His top lieutenants are the inner Knights, and each such individual has about 30 yeomen under them. Sir Rommel also personally commands a group of 12 of the best yeomen. The inner Knights are as follows:

George Bernard (Sir Bernard, The Lancer) George is Jason's right hand man and his old childhood friend. The best rider and lancer in the whole group. He, Jason, and Rita are sometimes known together as 'The High Three'.

Rita Kuram (Lady Kuram, The Archer) Jason's and George's other childhood friend. Not only is she the best with a crossbow in the entire Knighthood she also has extensive martial arts training.

Kichirou Jiro (Sir Jiro, The Samurai) An individual recruited from Japan who holds closer to Japanese Bushido traditions then European Knights. His Mono-sword is in the form of a katana.

Alejandro Jones (Sir Alejandro, The Builder) Though skilled enough with a blade, his Knightship is probably more honorable then the others. He is the one mostly responsible for maintaining the Knighthood's tools as well as developing new equipment.

Kent Rossini (Sir Rossini, The Traveler) The oldest of the inner Knights. He was once a well traveled journalist.

Horatio (Sir Horatio, The Strategist) No one among the Kinghthood actually knows what his real name is. What is known is that he used to be a soldier or peacekeeper and has extensive knowledge of tactics and logistics.


The Knighthood is ultimately a militaristic group with heavy ritualistic elements. The group may be somewhat small but they are well trained and absolutely dedicated to their cause. The fraternity nature of the group has caused them to bond closely and forged a fierce spirit.

How's that? I was aiming for some kind of old-meets-new vibe.
 

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Irony said:
Hmm. This sounds like a very interesting idea. I might be interested in trying this out. I'll admit that I've yet to ever try something like this so I'm a bit inexperienced, but hey, you got to start somewhere.

As for the the setting, I've got a couple questions. Is the Concern one giant corperation or is it more of a conglomerate with different sub-corperations running individual fields (an agri-indutry, a manufacturing-industry, a communications-industry). Reason I ask is the character I'm thinking of is a regional manager of one of these sub-corps (specifically mining and ore processing).

Also what's the state of the world. Are individual nations still around or have they all joined together? Is humanity still pretty much on Earth or has it began to spread to other parts of our solar system (colonizing or gathering resources)? How much wealth are the "upper class" (you said that there weren't really any classes but I imagine some people are still much richer than the majority). Also is the Concern more socialist or capitalist?

And you said that technology hasn't advanced too far, but what's viable. Are cybernetics and robotics common now? Is AI generally seen or are they only kept and used in scientific settings.

From what I've thought of my character he's the regional manager of a mining/ore processing sub-corp and is well respected by his workers (they might serve as his personal army eventually). He's been reading a little too much history and now has plans to carve himself a realm like the empires of old.
The Concern is rather socialist, but only in the sense that capitalism is fast becoming pointless. Everyone is entitled to the necessities of life, and with hyper-efficient industry everything is available at almost no cost. Thus, everyone can afford to live like kings.

The celebrities of this world are those who have advantages that cannot be bought; creative talent, inventive intuition, charisma and so forth.

The nations no longer exist, save as the names of regions; the Concern is in charge of everything in every way. As for how it's laid out, there is no definite line between what is and isn't 'in' the Concern; they have influence over every area, and in theory at least, everyone works for them.

If your character is going to be a mining manager, that's fine; he can be the person in charge of a certain region. Also, I'm liking the idea of a thirst for empire fuelled by the Bad Old Days

Robotics is advancing, and cybernetics is viable, but frowned on, so advances are rare. It is sometimes used, but only to replace limbs lost in accidents and so forth. Space travel, too, is possible but humanity has to yet left Earth on a mass scale, mainly because the Concern is dedicated to fixing things here before they look toward the stars.
AIs exist, but are few and far between; their pseudo-sentience causes the Concern's philosophers confusion, and they cannot decided whether they should be treated as beings with rights or just advanced tools. Creation of an AI without permission and supervision is illegal.

Fishtie said:
Looks good


Anarchemitis said:
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I'm gonna have to object a little; mainly, the Concern are in charge everywhere. The anti-concern group might have existed in Ferdinand's early youth, but by the time this RP takes place, their influence is total.
Ferdinand is allowed by the Concern to have his island kingdom, and he might think of the Concern as a foreign power, but until he begins to fight them, he is only there because they tolerate pretty much any sort of eccentricity.
 

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ThreeWords said:
Anarchemitis said:
Ferdinand Vizral
I'm gonna have to object a little; mainly, the Concern are in charge everywhere. The anti-concern group might have existed in Ferdinand's early youth, but by the time this RP takes place, their influence is total.
Ferdinand is allowed by the Concern to have his island kingdom, and he might think of the Concern as a foreign power, but until he begins to fight them, he is only there because they tolerate pretty much any sort of eccentricity.
Edited within realm of objection.
 

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Can we be Concern?
I'd rather not; the idea would be for players to be fighting against the world. On the other hand, I might be able to put up with one Concern player, but you'd be more of a Co-Gm than anything else.
 
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Could I make a character who's schtick was he was C.E.O of a robotics company before being in a really bad accident (Not really mind you,the best accidents are manufactured...) but he was so badly injured that they couldn't fix him in a hospital,so he was taking back to his factory,where they developed him a newer body.Which,upon completion,they wired his head into,and he was reborn as...THE ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP! or THE ENGINE!.No physical enhancement mind you,aside from being pretty darn hard to kill with knives,guns and hand to hand combat,but easily killed by EMP or other anti electric weapons.No reason behind this beside I like the idea.So could I do?
 

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AIs exist, but are few and far between; their pseudo-sentience causes the Concern's philosophers confusion, and they cannot decided whether they should be treated as beings with rights or just advanced tools.
And now my mind can only think one thing: Make an evil AI! Make one, make one, make one!

As such, I reserve an evil AI character. Until such a point that I actually say that I'm not taking part, assume that I shall be.
 

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Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
Could I make a character who's schtick was he was C.E.O of a robotics company before being in a really bad accident (Not really mind you,the best accidents are manufactured...) but he was so badly injured that they couldn't fix him in a hospital,so he was taking back to his factory,where they developed him a newer body.Which,upon completion,they wired his head into,and he was reborn as...THE ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP! or THE ENGINE!.No physical enhancement mind you,aside from being pretty darn hard to kill with knives,guns and hand to hand combat,but easily killed by EMP or other anti electric weapons.No reason behind this beside I like the idea.So could I do?
Unfortunately not. Firstly, to hold an intelligent mind would require an AI core the size of a building, and secondly, there's no technology capable of transcribing the mind into electronic code. You can make an artificial intelligence, but you can't reproduce a human one.
 

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revolverwolf said:
ThreeWords said:
AIs exist, but are few and far between; their pseudo-sentience causes the Concern's philosophers confusion, and they cannot decided whether they should be treated as beings with rights or just advanced tools.
And now my mind can only think one thing: Make an evil AI! Make one, make one, make one!

As such, I reserve an evil AI character. Until such a point that I actually say that I'm not taking part, assume that I shall be.
You'll be stuck in a research centre, unless you somehow break out, or get stolen by another player. Otherwise, feel free. You'll have adequate reason to hate the Concern
 
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ThreeWords said:
Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
Could I make a character who's schtick was he was C.E.O of a robotics company before being in a really bad accident (Not really mind you,the best accidents are manufactured...) but he was so badly injured that they couldn't fix him in a hospital,so he was taking back to his factory,where they developed him a newer body.Which,upon completion,they wired his head into,and he was reborn as...THE ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP! or THE ENGINE!.No physical enhancement mind you,aside from being pretty darn hard to kill with knives,guns and hand to hand combat,but easily killed by EMP or other anti electric weapons.No reason behind this beside I like the idea.So could I do?
Unfortunately not. Firstly, to hold an intelligent mind would require an AI core the size of a building, and secondly, there's no technology capable of transcribing the mind into electronic code. You can make an artificial intelligence, but you can't reproduce a human one.
oh...Could I make it so he's purposefully made himself mostly cybernetic?
 

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Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
ThreeWords said:
Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
Could I make a character who's schtick was he was C.E.O of a robotics company before being in a really bad accident (Not really mind you,the best accidents are manufactured...) but he was so badly injured that they couldn't fix him in a hospital,so he was taking back to his factory,where they developed him a newer body.Which,upon completion,they wired his head into,and he was reborn as...THE ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP! or THE ENGINE!.No physical enhancement mind you,aside from being pretty darn hard to kill with knives,guns and hand to hand combat,but easily killed by EMP or other anti electric weapons.No reason behind this beside I like the idea.So could I do?
Unfortunately not. Firstly, to hold an intelligent mind would require an AI core the size of a building, and secondly, there's no technology capable of transcribing the mind into electronic code. You can make an artificial intelligence, but you can't reproduce a human one.
oh...Could I make it so he's purposefully made himself mostly cybernetic?
You could.... As I've said before, as personal power goes up, your resources will go down, so your not overpowered.
 
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ThreeWords said:
Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
ThreeWords said:
Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
Could I make a character who's schtick was he was C.E.O of a robotics company before being in a really bad accident (Not really mind you,the best accidents are manufactured...) but he was so badly injured that they couldn't fix him in a hospital,so he was taking back to his factory,where they developed him a newer body.Which,upon completion,they wired his head into,and he was reborn as...THE ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP! or THE ENGINE!.No physical enhancement mind you,aside from being pretty darn hard to kill with knives,guns and hand to hand combat,but easily killed by EMP or other anti electric weapons.No reason behind this beside I like the idea.So could I do?
Unfortunately not. Firstly, to hold an intelligent mind would require an AI core the size of a building, and secondly, there's no technology capable of transcribing the mind into electronic code. You can make an artificial intelligence, but you can't reproduce a human one.
oh...Could I make it so he's purposefully made himself mostly cybernetic?
You could.... As I've said before, as personal power goes up, your resources will go down, so your not overpowered.
Fucknuggets...
okay,that ideas scrapped
 

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All the new info and responses to questions has been put into the OP. Please, feel free to ask more questions so I know where to supply info.
 

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I'm still thinking of having my forces made up of an aerial flotilla, if I were to, at the beginning before we start growing more, how large would my flag-ship be? saying my others would be progressively smaller.
 

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I've never been on one of these before, so I'm amateur at this game, sorry :)
So if they supply to everyone and everyone is equal, why would we want to stop them? Or do we have to answer this when making a character? I'd like to play but it'll be difficult to make a character that I don't understand.
But this sounds pretty great! I'm wonder if its very big-brother like, so they know what you're doing and they might have cameras or microphones everythere or they try and control how you think or anything?
 
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LuckyClover95 said:
I've never been on one of these before, so I'm amateur at this game, sorry :)
So if they supply to everyone and everyone is equal, why would we want to stop them? Or do we have to answer this when making a character? I'd like to play but it'll be difficult to make a character that I don't understand.
But this sounds pretty great! I'm wonder if its very big-brother like, so they know what you're doing and they might have cameras or microphones everythere or they try and control how you think or anything?
Three words has already stated that The Concern are truly the good guys here.They violate humans rights in no way and just want everyone to be the ahppy.The reason we're uprisising is,to put it in a way much less eloquent than Three Words,We're just really bloody bored."

Also,if this is your first time,then three you might not already know:

1.Writing is done third person,past tense.
2.Not controlling other peoples character.
3.Gm's words is law.

Have a nice eterninty in Rps,because this is truly the plane of the addicted and the damned.
 

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ThreeWords said:
Yorgmiester said:
Can we be Concern?
I'd rather not; the idea would be for players to be fighting against the world. On the other hand, I might be able to put up with one Concern player, but you'd be more of a Co-Gm than anything else.
Could anyone be someone who is in the Concern, but wants to take it down, like an inside person. Like those guys who supply Wikileaks :)
 

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Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
LuckyClover95 said:
I've never been on one of these before, so I'm amateur at this game, sorry :)
So if they supply to everyone and everyone is equal, why would we want to stop them? Or do we have to answer this when making a character? I'd like to play but it'll be difficult to make a character that I don't understand.
But this sounds pretty great! I'm wonder if its very big-brother like, so they know what you're doing and they might have cameras or microphones everythere or they try and control how you think or anything?
Three words has already stated that The Concern are truly the good guys here.They violate humans rights in no way and just want everyone to be the ahppy.The reason we're uprisising is,to put it in a way much less eloquent than Three Words,We're just really bloody bored."

Also,if this is your first time,then three you might not already know:

1.Writing is done third person,past tense.
2.Not controlling other peoples character.
3.Gm's words is law.

Have a nice eterninty in Rps,because this is truly the plane of the addicted and the damned.

Who is GM? Game Master? Would that be ThreeWords?
 

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LuckyClover95 said:
Sir Strange Of The House Lycan said:
LuckyClover95 said:
I've never been on one of these before, so I'm amateur at this game, sorry :)
So if they supply to everyone and everyone is equal, why would we want to stop them? Or do we have to answer this when making a character? I'd like to play but it'll be difficult to make a character that I don't understand.
But this sounds pretty great! I'm wonder if its very big-brother like, so they know what you're doing and they might have cameras or microphones everythere or they try and control how you think or anything?
Three words has already stated that The Concern are truly the good guys here.They violate humans rights in no way and just want everyone to be the ahppy.The reason we're uprisising is,to put it in a way much less eloquent than Three Words,We're just really bloody bored."

Also,if this is your first time,then three you might not already know:

1.Writing is done third person,past tense.
2.Not controlling other peoples character.
3.Gm's words is law.

Have a nice eterninty in Rps,because this is truly the plane of the addicted and the damned.

Who is GM? Game Master? Would that be ThreeWords?
Yep, that'd be him.

Also, reasons can range from "bored" to "insane" to "greedy" essentially.
I think I have a motive for a character, but I'm not sure if I'll make one. If I don't then I'll open up the motive for anyone interested.