Skyline (A Counter Terrorism Roleplay)

[ImportantNobody]

IC

http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...87#post5212687

Plot

In the futuristic Earth, Skyline New York, a massive metropolitan area, is about to experience a deadly stream of terror attacks, one that could cost millions of lives as a conservative estimate. Up against the terrorists is ZODIAC, a private company working as a counter terrorism group hired by the US government to help deal with the threat. Aries, the Eastern American branch of ZODIAC, has their headquarters in Skyline and are now aware of the situation...as best as they can be given the nature of the terrorists. What they do know is that the government has been given a demand to free Marcus Sier, a dangerous hacker who was previously engaged in a terrorist plot ten years ago to override all of the government's systems. The plot failed, but only just barely, and Sier has been locked up in a high security prison ever since. The government believes that giving into the demands and providing the terrorists with Sier could lead to a successful attempt by him to take command of the entire network, including control over the nuclear warheads, which could obviously cause far more lives to be in jeopardy then what they could save by giving in. To this day they still don't know how Sier pulled off his hacks, why he is so important in all of this, and if they release him they have no way of knowing what he still can or cannot do.. They also don't know what his goal was by getting control over the network in the first place. Sier has remained resilient toward any attempt to get him to talk, and all of his subordinates were believed to have committed suicide before the government was able to get their hands on them. Why did this terrorist group wait ten years before asking for Sier? Were they working under him at some point or were they not connected to him until now?

The terrorists, calling themselves The Numbered, have hacked a banks security system as a demonstration of their seriousness, sending the automated defense (such as machine guns mounted on the wall) on a rampage, killing most of the employees working there and opening up the vaults, not to steal from but to show what they are capable of pulling off, even without Sier. They threatened to do something similar in other areas as well if the government didn't comply with their demands by midnight today, and each day they would ramp up the destruction even further. ZODIAC has managed to trace one of the hacks to a device located in a building called Scarlet Tower, a wealthy thirty story hotel. Combat operatives from Aries and government agents stealthily move in to apprehend the suspects and secure the hacking device.

ZODIAC

Don't even bother figuring out what ZODIAC stands for. Nobody really knows (although the person who comes up with something cool will get a pat on a back). ZODIAC is a private company that has an expertise in stopping terrorist plots if a country chooses to hire them. It's made up of 12 branches, one named after each zodiac sign, and each having a headquarters located in the largest and most important cities around the world. There is a 13th part named Central (or sometimes simply as 13), and they are in charge of administration of the company as a whole. 13's headquarters is located on an undisclosed island.

Aries:
Executive-Director Bryd
Members-Davion Jackson, Rebecca
Location-Skyline New York with jurisdiction over all of the eastern United States
Information-This is the most important branch for the roleplay, taking place where all the action is. (More information will be added)

Taurus:
Executive-???
Members-Amanda Hale (helping Aries), Daniel Goodwin (Helping Aries)
Location-Los Angeles with jurisdiction over all of the western United States
Information-???

(More branches will be added if they become important. Feel free to post your own branch and I'll add it here if I approve of it. Other branches can potentially assist Aries)

The Numbered

A terrorist organization that so little is know about. (More information will be added)

Twists/Strategies/and Synopsizes

This will be a list of all the twists and turns that have taken place, giving us an easy place to catch up on the current situation. Something with [twist] in front of it will briefly explain a twist, obviously. Something with [strategy] will explain how we managed to get to a certain plot point, such as a complicated plan that resulted in the discovery of a terrorist building. Something with [synopsis] will give a brief outline of all of the events that have transpired so far that wouldn't be included in twists and strategies.

Races

All the "races" in this roleplay are derived from humans besides one possible exception.

Human-You should know what humans are. While it's a futuristic setting, most of Earth's inhabitants are still humans in it's simplest form, no robotic parts or genetic enhancements.

Cyborg-Cyborgs are humans with mechanical implants, the next most common "race". People with things like a pacemaker or hearing aids aren't technically considered a Cyborg by most people, although they legally could be. Cyborgs can appear so lifelike that many of them appear to be completely human. However, some people choose to have inhuman like parts attached to them or simply cannot afford the more lifelike alternatives. Any part of the body can be replaced with mechanical parts besides the brain.

Android-A being who was never a human, made up completely of mechanical parts and synthetic materials. They can appear completely human or obviously robotic (rarely in between), although the former ones are much more rare and expensive. The more sophisticated ones are aware of themselves and aren't simply doing actions based off of a predetermined program. Some of them even go as far as to be considered "alive" and are given the same rights as humans.

Clone-A human created in a lab using another humans DNA. At first the embryo had to be placed inside the mother's womb, but that no longer has to be the case, allowing multiple clones to be created at once while floating in nutrient rich liquid containers. Human cloning is a part of Project EVE, and the clones are of a Japanese girl who is the daughter of the man in charge of the project. While this is the first, largest, and most well funded of the cloning projects, there are a few other groups of clones.

Genome-Humans who have undergone genetic manipulation of some sort. They're still completely organic, so if they get mechanical parts as well then they'd be considered a Genome Cyborg, abbreviated as a G-Cyborg. (Please come up with a better name then "Genome". I couldn't come up with anything)

G-Cyborg-See above example. G-Cyborgs are considered to be the most dangerous should they decide to become a criminal, combining genetically enhanced matter and robotic parts.

Alien-The focus of this roleplay is not on aliens, so I probably won't have any unless you have a super awesome idea. You have to be careful that their existence on earth doesn't cause plot holes. They won't be allowed to interfere on a large scale (at best having a couple of aliens helping out), so why they are even bothering to stay on Earth without interfering much would have to be explained. You'd also have to explain why the aliens presence on Earth is not public knowledge. Perhaps they only dropped a few off and left, but why would they do so? Explain well if you desire to be an alien.

Rules

1. Standard forum rules apply unless otherwise stated.
2. You can have as many characters as you feel comfortable with. With this isn't mandatory by any means, it may be a good idea to have suspense by allowing some of your characters to get killed off.
3. If you're exchanging dialogue with another character, and all your posts are simply going back and forth in response, please get the entire conversation by PM first and then post the completed conversation in a single post in the IC. This will avoid a long chain of short posts that could clutter up the IC. If you include other stuff while you're talking, or you aren't planning on having a very long conversation, feel free to post in the IC as usual.
4. If you include a plot twist, which I completely welcome, PM me with the idea before posting it so I can make sure it's okay.
5. Keep things no more then a PG-13 rating...sort of. Written things can get away with more stuff without being as bad as actually showing it, but you get the general idea. Just nothing too descriptive in certain areas such as sex or over the top violence. I won't pounce on you for an occasional swear word, but if it consists of over half your dialogue then I'll ask you to tone it down a couple of notches.
6. This should be considered around the level of high casual. Posts should be made with some good detail and at least a paragraph or two, but I understand that not every post will be perfect. Just try to aspire to good, detailed posts but don't sweat it too much. The plot may very likely have a lot of complicated strategies being pulled off, so if you get confused easily then this may not be for you. However, I'm willing to explain things if you ask.

Character Sheet

Character sheets are something I'm not to strict about. Given the nature of this roleplay, I suggest you develop background information over time, keeping mystery and suspense alive about your character and their true motivations. You can follow my character sheet or use one you feel more comfortable with, as long as you include all of the information from my character sheet. Please don't include the stuff in parentheses when you post your character sheet or it will look messy.

Where do you fit in? Well, you can be a member of ZODIAC (a combat operative or many other jobs, such as intelligence gathering), the Numbered, a politician, or even a civilian who gets caught up in all of this mess. There's a lot that you can do!

Name-
Age- (Humans can potentially live as long as 140 now, although I don't want a bunch of old people as your characters. I don't really have a minimum age, but I'd prefer them to at least be a teenager. Androids can "survive" a long time, but they've only been around for around 20 years at most)
Gender- (Androids don't have a biological gender, but most of them are designed
to appear as a certain one. Use what they appear like here)
Race- (If an alien, give a detailed description about the alien race here)
Appearance-(Give a picture or a written description)
Personality-
Occupation-(The job your character openly has. If they are secretly a double agent, please don't put "double agent" here unless you want us to know for some reason)
Abilities-(Any abilities your character has that could be important to this roleplay. While balancing a spoon on your nose is an ability, you don't need to include stuff like that)
Biography-(Any background information about your character that would be needed or that you wish to inform us of. This can be short if you don't like revealing too much too soon)

Accepted Characters and NPCs

Characters:

Amanda Hale
Daniel Goodwin
Hector Cosades
Serena Johnson
Alex "Knight" Rider
Leonard Domhnall

NPCs:

Director Bryd-In charge of Aries, he is an elderly man with a cane.
Davion Jackson-An african american male working for Aries as the supervisor for the Alice System, a computer with 8 monitors that had a mind of it's own.
Marcus Sier-A man who was once responsible for nearly hacking into all of the governments systems, but he's currently in jail. A terrorist group called the Numbered are asking for his release.
Marx (Second half of post)
Rebecca-An employee working for Aries on a computer.

[Clichecaligirl]

Name- Amanda Hale

Age- 25

Gender- Female

Race- Human

Appearance- 5'7", 115lbs. 36D-24-34. Light-blonde hair and blue eyes. Naturally tan skin.

Personality- Amanda is a sensitive, sweet girl at heart, and it shows in her strong mortals and idealistic views. However her years of rough treatment both at home, on the streets and in the military have caused her to put up a strong defensive emotional front. When it comes down to business, Amanda is focused and professional, but off-duty she's thought of as just "one of the guys".

Occupation- Frontline Field Agent for Taurus- ZODIAC's Los Angeles branch. Responsible for investigations, recon and first-response combat duties.

Abilities- Amanda excels in hand-to-hand combat, and has studied a variety of styles but has broken them down into the most effective uses of the human body, making her previous training difficult to determine just by watching her fight.

Biography- Amanda was born to a prostitute and the man who claimed he was going to "save" her from her horrible job and life, unfortunately his version of "saving" involved verbal and physical abuse to both mother and daughter. Because of this, Amanda spent most of her time outside of the house, more specifically on the streets of the less-friendly parts of Los Angeles. She grew up fighting not only in self-defense but often times starting fights to show others she wasn't to be messed-with. Despite the lack of a female role-model, Amanda found a strong sense of morality, based mainly on watching her mother, step-father and others and deciding how she didn't want to be and how she felt others should be treated.
When Amanda turned 18, she saw the military as a way out of poverty and an otherwise aimless life. What she didn't know is what a natural talent she had for not only marksmanship and close-quarters combat, but also general adaptability and resourcefulness in a variety of situations her training and service found her in. With the help of superiors who saw her potential, and several legal battles, Amanda pushed her way into the Army Rangers. When she finished her contract with the military, she was hired into the private sector by Zodiac around the age of 23.

Amanda is currently on vacation in New York visiting old friends, when she hears about the attacks she immediately makes her way to the Aries branch and will try to get them to let her help with the investigation.

[Namelessjake]

Name- Daniel "Danny" Goodwin

Age- 28

Gender- Male

Race- Cyborg, His only implants are his eyes giving him, enhanced eyesight and various types of vision including night vision and infra red. Oh an Deus Ex Human Revolution style sunglasses obviously.

Appearance-(Image can't be embedded) Image

Personality-He is quite reserved due to the amount of time he has spent sitting on his own hidden in bushes, meaning the heat of battle rarely gets to him and he can remain calm and focused while engaged in even the most intense fire fights. However he is friendly and enjoys a laugh.

Occupation-Sniper

Abilities- He is an extremely skilled marksman and holds several records at the camp where he was trained. He also has basic field medic skills due to his time in the army.

Biography- He joined the army aged 18 and eventually specialised and became an elite sniper for a military special operations team, who tended to engage people who they weren't technically at war with, in their own countries, and didn't officially exsist. He left the army after a few more years and became a mercenary working mainly freelance until he was contacted by ZODIAC and joined the Taurus branch based in Los Angeles, jurisdiction over the western states. He was recently transferred to the Aries branch as The Numbered became a greater threat.

(I know the CS seems quite short but I don't want to give much away just yet)

[ImportantNobody]

@Nameless, character accepted and I'll add Taurus into my first post.

[Namelessjake]

I figured if Aries was the first and in America the second would probably be too.

[Clichecaligirl]

How about mine?

[ImportantNobody]

Your character is accepted as well.

[BigPapaBelial]

Name- Hector Cosades
Age- 37
Gender- Male

Race- Cyborg

Appearance-
Standing about 6 foot 2 inches tall, with close cropped, almost bald shaved hair, dark goatee, does not always wear the sunglasses included in this picture, which reveal green eyes that tend to have a piercing gaze to them. Almost no outward trace of his cybernetic enhancements, unless he shows bear skin under his clothing where the surgery scars and dermal plating can be made out under a layer of synthetic skin on his chest.

Personality- He usually just keeps quiet and does what he's told. But when he's alone, or out in a place where he can relax he has abit of a Raver mentaility of having fun, letting things happen. And isn't afraid to get his hands dirty.

Occupation- Warehouse labourer, moonlights as a Bouncer

Abilities- Strength enhancements in his arms, legs and back, making him about 15 times stronger then a normal man, His hands can reform into 3 fingered claws to grasp, squeeze and hold just about anything. Slightly armored chest, making him just slightly resistant against ballistics or heavy boxes when he's holding them. Has a masters college education, majoring in human psychology.

Biography- Hector has always been abit of an oddity, he went to great lengths to get good marks throughout his education, made valedictorian in high school, in the top 5 of his university and college classes, had great prospects in job oppurtunities. What with his large frame and a history of liking sports, he could have taken any on of semi pro and even pro prospects into american football or even wrestling. But he instead took the job of a lowly warehouse hand and bouncer. Not making amazing amounts of money but making enough to be comfortable. Even going so far as to get enhancements for strength and durability to help him along.

He's ever been the quiet one, just doing what he's doing. For reasons of his own, never telling anyone who asked why he doesn't just take some high placed job he is offered. Instead just staying where he is, lifting boxes or blocking people out of any of 4 differant clubs depending on the night.

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Certain information specifically withheld for reasons of mystique and RP interaction.

Otherwise how's it look?

[ImportantNobody]

Approved. I was working on an NPC character who is quite like him, but I'll post him anyways. Maybe they can be rivals at some point (if you so chose). I'll post my characters some time today.

[BigPapaBelial]

Hmmm sorry for taking your idea. I didn't mean too.