Dangerous Investigations and Strange Changes – SF/horror - OOC
Still open.
Inside the facility:
__ The sphere - hanging in mid-air just as it shouldn't - has a soft glow to it. The walkways assembled around it are too numerous and to conforming to its shape for them to not have been designed for exactly this. There are signs mounted around it:
DO NOT TOUCH THE SPHERE
If you touch the sphere call for an emergency pack.
Emergency packs are located around the sphere.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRAG OTHERS
IN WITH YOU OR YOU WILL BE SHOT.
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__ On the ground level a forklift backs into a makeshift wooden cabinet crushing it. As the pieces fall away you can see the remains of a person – you think. But the longer you look the less certain you are since the remains seem fused into an electronics console. The workers quickly move a screen to block the view then bring over another wooden cabinet. Then you can hear power ratchets and the broken cabinet is removed and the new one put in place.
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__ Your characters were chosen to investigate an unusual incident just outside of a small city in northern Illinois. The company that owns the facility has a government contract for developing new military technology. Reports came in to the police of an explosion or lightning strikes – from a clear sky. The police were turned away at the gate being told that everything was being taken care of. However they were able to observe irregular holes in the large main building.
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__ You can be a representative from the military conducting an official investigation or an intelligence operative sneaking in to find out for your organization (USA or other country) what happened. Other possibilities exist but will be more limited.
__ This will be your characters' introduction into the deeper secrets of the game world. Secrets of governments, corporations, covert intelligence agencies, bioweapons, wormholes, and whether there is any truth to stories about psychic powers, vampires or aliens.
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__ You might recognize material from other sources because I have borrowed heavily from one source and moderately from another. Please don't assume anything based on that other material - I have made changes.
__ I'm thinking this might be best as High Casual – if I correctly understand the category. Although once we get going, 1 paragraph each day is better than 3 paragraphs once a week.
__ Currently only 2 people have expressed an interest. If you two are willing, we'll start you guys off and add others.
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I'm starting this off using the (real) small town of Oregon, Illinios.
Population: 3,700
Latitiude: 42.014 N
Longitude: -89.332 W
Time Zone: Central
Standard Elevation: 695 ft
County: Ogle
Land Area: 2.0 Sq Miles
There is a single police station. There is also a Ogle county sheriff station.
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__ Between Oregon Park West and County Highway 6 (aka Pines Road) is a large field IRL (WSW of town - if you use a satellite view from a map service) which in game was purchased a few years ago by Guardian Defense Systems - a major defense contractor. They built a large facility with plenty of space for expansion around it. About 500 feet in from the road is a berm with evergreen trees planted on it. This provides visual blockage of the facility for most of the perimeter. Fifty feet further in is a 12 foot high chain-link fence. A gap of 25 feet then another 12 foot high chain-link fence. Each fence has razor wire on top.
__ The main access is from County Highway 6 and the parking lot takes up the area inside to the right (east) and to the left (west) is a 3 story office building. North-northeast of the parking lot is one warehouse-sized steel building. Behind the office building is an extremely large building - roughly 8 stories tall and about 475 feet on a side. It is this building which suffered the "storm" damage. Green dotted outermost line is the evergreen trees and the square they make is 1000 feet to a side.
GDS - The most advanced thing anyone knows of them developing is gauss weaponry - difficult until they solve the power problem. Otherwise they seem to only be working on conventional weapons and vehicles - ground and air. There is some specualtion that they might have a few innovations for their aircraft but nothing confirmed.
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Name:
Age:
Gender:
Occupation:
Personality:
Bio:
Skills:
Knowledges:
Appearance:
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Organization (military/covert/other):
Security Rating (within that organization):
Country (if from somewhere other than USA):
Weapons and Armor:
Other gear / equipment:
. Characters:
Name: Maximilian Monterey.
Age:38.
Gender:Male. Occupation:Investor, Head of Monterey Industries. Personality:Very Smooth and not affected by the environment around him, he always tries to solve a problem when apparent. He is however suspicious and always pays attention to his surroundings.
Bio:
Born to a wealthy family with European ties to the House of Hohenzollern. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard. (He majored in Finance). He traveled across the world learning multiple languages and trying to bring in more contracts to his father's company. During his travels he came into contact with a CIA handler codenamed "Uncle Sam". The handler recruited max for the CIA seeing how he was from a well known and connected family and the potential he had. (His persona and mastery of many languages would prove him to be a very valuable asset) Undergoing training for the CIA, he scored very high in his marksmanship training and also the physical. He went through the psychological training (One that was designed to not make him break and betray his handlers) and passed just fine. By the age of 28 Max became a covert CIA operative with the goal of discovering any type of Espionage activities within the united states. Assuming his father's office after his father stepping down to retire, Max lead the company into a new golden era with Billions of dollars in defense contracts signed with countries all around the world and the US.
Skills:
Full CIA training (Means he is lethal). speaks French Italian German and Arabic and Hebrew.
Weapons and Armor:
None, though he wears a bulletproof vest under his shirt. He uses a Beretta. Other gear / equipment:
Comlink.
Name: Roger Radcliff
Age: 35
Gender: Male Occupation: Consultant Detective (Yes, like Sherlock Holmes) Personality: Witty and a little bit of a smart ass at times but not rude and more of a gentleman. Bio: Roger has once been part of the British Special forces some years ago. With this training he decided to leave this for another line of work, solving crimes and mysteries. It here he meet Smith, who has from a task force in the British army. Together they solve crimes for anyone who is in need.
Roger has come to this investigation alone. He was show a rather high interest in this story and wishes know more, however his interest is not shared by Smith who thinks that the Americans should deal with their own problems. Skills: Fencing, some sword play, some martial arts, forensics, forensic pathology, & decent at MacGyvering things. Knowledges: Some chemistry, Criminology, all around science.
Appearance: About 5' 10", wears a fine pinstripe suit, Light brown hair and eyes, on the skinny side, carries a cane around.
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Organization: None, currently
Security Rating: None, officially
Country: England Weapons and Armor: Cane, small pocket gun (half the time), no armor. Other gear / equipment: Pocket watch, handkerchief. Other than that he MacGyvers things as needed.
__ On Wednesday January 2nd, 2013 at 10:04 am the townspeople on the southwest part of Oregon, Illinois began calling the police and sheriff's offices reporting a single loud boom but numerous short-lived ropes/tongues/curls/streaks of lightning from the location of Guardian Defense Systems. The officers and deputies dispatched for the initial investigation were stopped at the closed gate and not allowed entry. They were informed that there was no danger. GDS had expected the results that occurred but simply underestimated the extent somewhat.
While the GDS people were correct in that the facility lay outside of the actual town limits, the sheriff did have authority to examine things to verify everything was safe. Which he did after his deputies returned and told him they were turned away. GDS kept him waiting at the gate for his "escort". They took him on his tour of the facility.
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Text from the sheriff's report:
__ Don't know what they were doing there. Had an empty building where something had happened. This is the huge building where no one from town works. Big glowing white sphere in the middle balanced on not much. Odd curvy tunnels at all angles going into the ground and through some of the walls. Sheets covered some equipment and cabinets.
__ They got something strange going on there but nothing illegal I can see. No fires or damaged equipment – except maybe under the sheets. They claimed the sheets were to keep me from seeing what they called proprietary equipment. (Spell checker tells me it's a word.) But they brought in a lot of stuff as they built that huge building but the center is really empty except for that glowing sphere. Very odd.
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__ A day later the sheriff contacts a cousin who works in the state capital and talks with him a while. His cousin says he'll try to find out what's going on.
Name: Maximilian Monterey.
Age:38.
Gender:Male.
Occupation:Investor,Head of Monterey Industries.
Personality:Very Smooth and not affected by the environment around him, he always tries to solve a problem when apparent. He is however suspicious and always pays attention to his surroundings.
Bio:
Born to a wealthy family with European ties to the House of Hohenzollern. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard. (He majored in Finance). He traveled across the world learning multiple languages and trying to bring in more contracts to his father's company. During his travels he came into contact with a CIA handler codenamed "Uncle Sam". The handler recruited max for the CIA seeing how he was from a well known and connected family and the potential he had. (His persona and mastery of many languages would prove him to be a very valuable asset) Undergoing training for the CIA, he scored very high in his marksmanship training and also the physical. He went through the psychological training (One that was designed to not make him break and betray his handlers) and passed just fine. By the age of 28 Max became a covert CIA operative with the goal of discovering any type of Espionage activities within the united states. Assuming his father's office after his father stepping down to retire, Max lead the company into a new golden era with Billions of dollars in defense contracts signed with countries all around the world and the US.
Skills:
Full CIA training (Means he is lethal). speaks French Italian German and Arabic and Hebrew.
Knowledges:
Military technology. Espionage.
Appearance:
Organization (military/covert/other):
CIA.
Security Rating (within that organization):
High. (Administrator)
Weapons and Armor:
None, though he wears a bulletproof vest under his shirt. He uses a Beretta.
Other gear / equipment:
Comlink.
(If my character is very powered..please do tell me so...)
Not too powerful. I am curious as to why he would continue to work for the CIA after taking control of the business?
And who does he trust to run it when he is "busy"? A single individual or a group? Even if he keeps his little side trips secret (which would be wise), that means someone needs to cover for him within the company.
What aspects of defense does the company cover?
Is your character (once he finds out who he's investigating) planning on some personal extra effort within GDS - since they are a competitor?
Well there is a board of directors and a managerial hierarchy, the company would be fine if he left since they secured allot of defense contracts over the years to keep them occupied for a decade.
My character can buy the whole town if he wanted . But no he is just investigating for the CIA.
Here's a character for this. If ya don't like it then say so and I will try again. I will to be somewhat different in some way. Also, this character is still kinda being worked on along with his counter part character so sorry if his CS seems a little patchy.
Name: Roger Radcliff (RAD-klif)
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Occupation: Consultant Detective (Yes, like Sherlock Holmes)
Personality: Witty and a little bit of a smart ass at times but not rude and more of a gentleman.
(I will be adding to this as needed and if I can think of anything else.)
Bio: Roger has once been part of the British Special forces some years ago. With this training he decided to leave this for another line of work, solving crimes and mysteries. It here he meet Smith, who has from a task force in the British army. Together they solve crimes for anyone who is in need.
Roger has come to this investigation alone. He was show a rather high interest in this story and wishes know more, however his interest is not shared by Smith who thinks that the Americans should deal with their own problems.
Skills: Fencing and some sword play, some martial arts.
Knowledges: Some chemistry, Criminology, forensics skills, all around science.
Appearance: About 5' 10", wears a fine pinstripe suit, Light brown hair and eyes, on the skinny side, carries a cane around.
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Organization (military/covert/other): None, currently
Security Rating (within that organization): None, officially
Country (if from somewhere other than USA): England, London
Weapons and Armor: Cane, small pocket gun (half the time).
Other gear / equipment: Pocket watch, handkerchief. Other than that he MacGyvers things around him.
I would like to apologize in advance for my CS and writing. First off, I'm not just getting back to Group RPing from not being on for about 6 months. Second, I usually don't do Causal but I like the story and idea and I'm feeling a little brave. So please forgive me if I don't seem to be the best or on top of my game. If it's too much then I can take a hint.
Also the Skills and Knowledges got a little interesting for me while writing them. You might want to have a look at them.
Last edited by Eldest Wolf; 01-05-2013 at 10:33 AM.
I am a Texan!!!
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Never ask a man where he's from! If he's from Texas, you won't have to ask, he'll tell you!
And if he isn't from Texas, you shouldn't embarrass him by calling attention to it!
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Originally Posted by Church
"Ya ever wonder why we're here?"
"Ya know Caboose? I use to not care. I just went along with orders and hope everything would work for me.
But after all that's happened you know what I've learned?
It's not about hating the guy on the other side because someone told you to. I mean you should hate someone because their an asshole or a pervert or a snob or their lazy or argent or an idiot or a know-it-all. Those are reasons to dislike somebody. You don't hate a person because someone told you to. You learn to despise someone on a personally level. Not because their Red or their Blue but Because you know them and you see them ever single day and ya can't stand them because their a compete and fucking dosh-bag."
Originally Posted by Church
~"I'd like to say I found her right away, that I just walk into the Epsilon unit and there she was waiting for me.
As you can probably guess it didn't happen that way. But I know she's in here somewhere and I'll find her. We always seem to find each other for better or for worse.
I don't know why the Director did what he did. I don't know if he was trying to revive a memory from his past or if he was just trying to get it out of his head.
But I figured out something the Director didn't.
It took Alpha, Delta and the rest to help piece it together for me but what I've learned is that,
A great love is a lot like a good memory.
When it's there and you know it's there but it's just out of your reach it can be all you can think about.
You can focus on it and try to force it,
But the more you do the more you seem to push it away.
But if your patient and you hold still ...
Well maybe, just maybe it'll come to you.
I just need to make sure that I'm somewhere that she can find me.
I think this place is a little different then it was before.
See out there everything is based on the Alpha.
But in here ... well I guess I'm the Alpha.
And maybe this time though everything'll be different for me as well. I guess I'll find out...
And I mean hell, If you have to live the rest of your life in a memory,
ya might as well make it a good one."~
"Why not take advantage of things that are possible while they are possible?" Nick Wieme
Here's my basic schedule. (CST/GMT-5) Early Morning/Day: RPing Afternoon: RPing/light Gaming Early Evening: Light RPing/Gaming Night/Late Night: Gaming (Maybe some light RPing) Note: My interests may change, so I may not always post. See rest of sig blow.
I plan to post maps here a little later tonight (assuming things go well). And I want to finalize what additional info you guys would already have (that I'd be supplying) at the start of the game.
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Things haven't gone well so the maps might end up here tomorrow instead.
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Hmm, can you tell this is my 1st online game? Dark, accepted. Eldest Wolf, accepted (pending your decision about him).
sorry guys - not feeling well - I'll try to get this going over the next couple days - finishing up info you'd already have - finally decided on what but writing it up is difficult when mind is fuzzy
Mostly better so let's get things rolling.
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Okay, you have your characters, some basic info and the layout of the place.
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The soonest either of you can get there is Friday - two days after the incident. For Max the op needs to be approved then assigned so Max could be in Oregon, IL by 1 pm Friday. For Roger, the news needs to gather enough of the story for it to spread to newspapers in England so Roger's connecting flight would get to O'Hare about 7 pm local time. Renting a car and driving out there gets Roger to Oregon, IL about 9 pm. What would be each of your rough idea of how to proceed so I can set the stage in the IC?
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As you may have guessed there are guards. More info when you get there and observe - or research (depending upon what you do for research).
Max - you would have a little more info: some personnel commute from Rockford IL about 30 miles to the north-east.
. But no he is just investigating for the CIA.
Originally Posted by Church
