Beyond Dark OOC

[Azena]

The IC

In the year 2286, humanity has extended its reach beyond the borders of our solar system. Colonies have been established on terra formed planets and contact has been made with alien species from nearby systems of the galaxy. After years of initial combat after first contact, there is a fragile understanding to stay with in respective territories. An understanding that is occasionally ignored as patrols travel outside their territories and 'mercenary' groups attack borderland colonies. Tension is at an all time high between humanity and the violent race known as Nevoans, while the more peaceful Rengians remain neutral in the conflict.

Resources are running thin in each civilization and the race to establish colonies and outposts in the Expanse is on. The hostile and dangerous expansion as forced the Earth Defense Fleet to send its best to protect the borderland colonies and the expansion projects. Invaluable to the success of the operation is the EDF Zermic, a monument to the might of the human fleet and the ship that the best pilots in the fleet call home. You are one of these exceptional pilots, a member of the elite Epsilon squadron. Currently, the Zermic is patrolling the outer reaches of the human territory, en route to a terraforming project in the Expanse.

Glossary and Information

Exterior Profile
Bridge
Crew Quarters
Small Craft Hangars
Corridor

EDF Zermic

The Zermic
The Zermic was designed to utilise the best in cutting-edge EDF technologies, acting as much as a flagship for Human achievements in science and technology as much as she does for the power of the EDF Fleet.

Zermic uses the same Foamed Titanium and composite material construction as the XR-23 Fighter; utilising mono-bonded Carbon/Carbon materials for her external armour sheath, though in much greater thickness than the much lighter fighter. This light material allows for her great size, and is reinforced with conventional toughened alloys to provide reinforcement and prevent twisting and sagging when under the forces generated by her great and powerful engines, and the stresses of travel and combat.

Onboard Systems:
The Zermic features much upgraded versions of normal EDF systems, often sourced from the most cutting-edge of contractors and design labs, emphasizing her position as the flagship of the fleet. Inertial dampening, artificial gravity control, atmospheric recycling, fly-by-light, all this and more feature as part of her onboard systems.

Her fighter and small craft complement are capable of being launched by electromagnetic catapult systems, giving them sufficient velocity to launch with a full fuel and weapon load for long-range missions and combat operations while using the minimum of fuel.

Weapon Systems
The Zermics' primary long range weapons consist of numerous Vertical Launch System (VLS) batteries capable of loading and firing numerous types of ship-to-ship and ship-to-surface missiles with a variety of warheads for all manner of engagements.

These are backed up with several double-barreled heavy Particle Lance cannon for engaging ships and small craft at medium ranges. Powered by the ships' reactor, they have effectively unlimited ammunition, and can cover the Zermic from virtually all angles, and be bought to bear on targets within a 360 degree field of fire.

The last line of offense and defence for the Zermic comes from its' numerous low-caliber, rapid-fire railgun turrets, acting as a Close-In-Weapons-System for shooting down incoming missiles and small craft attempting to attack the Zermic directly. Tied directly to the ships' sensor systems and LIDAR, they can pinpoint and target incoming attackers automatically without any input from the crew beyond enabling the system. Similar to the Particle Lances, they cover the ship from multiple angles, with the intention of eliminating any blind spots for an attacker to break through.

The Zermic is uniquely designed and labeled as a garrison ship, with the defense and firepower to withstand long engagements with enemy destroyers as well as being equipped to handle nearly every task the Earth Defense Fleet would require. It's small hangar bay stores the fighters and transport frigates the crew utilizes for numerous missions. She was recently completed as a testament to human ingenuity and is believed to be able to outmatch any ship in the galaxy. Commanded by Admiral Jeremiah Young, the crew consists of roughly three hundred, including the prestigious Epsilon fighter squadron.

XR-23
Cockpit Reference

XR-23 Multi-Role Aerospace Fighter

General Details:
The XR-23 represents a quantum leap in aerospace fighter design from earlier marques and models of EDF fighter-craft.
Designed to perform a wider range of missions than earlier models of craft, the XR-23 is able to be fitted with a wide variety of mission equipment packages due to its' modular design. Multiple payloads can be combined in the internal bay for multi-role mission profiles, such as long-range anti-ship or anti-structure attack, combined with interception and anti-fighter patrols, or for electronic warfare and self-defence and any number of combat or reconnaissance roles.
The internal electrical and avionics packages are equally capable of being swapped over in a matter of minutes by semi-skilled engineers with basic tools, in order to facilitate quick repairs, or configuring for any number of roles - such as electronic warfare, reconnaissance, or upgrades with newer models and marks of electronic packages.

The XR-23 is also sufficiently aerodynamic that it may successfully enter a planetary atmosphere and engage in aerial and atmospheric combat with other aerospace craft, and even launch attacks on ground targets, further increasing it's range of mission profiles, and adding another bolt to the EDF fleets' quiver. It possesses sufficient engine thrust and fuel reserves to exit the atmosphere of a typical terrestrial planet under its' own power as well, with sufficient reserves to travel to a nearby carrier or other station, or even engage in moderate combat activity.

Construction & Systems:
Utilising a newly developed series of light-weight foamed titanium alloys for the superstructure allows a much lower overall weight, increasing maneuvrability and range, while retaining an extremely strong overall structure.
The external hull is armoured with a mono-bonded, layered carbon composite material, which gives great ablative qualities against weapon impact and abrasion from interstellar mediums, as well as significant heat-shedding qualities for entry into planetary atmospheres, and for making identification at long ranges more difficult, by lowering the overall thermal signature of the craft.
On top of this base layer is a film-like refractive coating for dissipating incoming laser and energy weapon beams, and also adding difficulty in obtaining a solid lock with laser-guided weapons at long ranges. However, the coating require frequent re-applications between missions.

The avionics and onboard computer and electrical systems use 'fly-by-light' fiber-optic relays for relaying flight control inputs and system information, giving near-instant response times to pilot inputs, and information feed to the pilot from the onboard computer system.
Targeting and scanning systems include high-resolution Infra-red search and tracking slaved to an input in a pilots' helmet, allowing targets to be identified in both non-atmospheric and atmospheric environments at long ranges. This is also augmented with the used of a LIDAR - or Laser Imaging Detection And Ranging - systems that uses multiple miniscule laser emitters (in the non-visible spectrum, of course) firing in pulses every few seconds to scan the surrounding area and return an image of objects to the fighter. The information is collated and correlated with onboard computer memory to provide navigational data and targeting for the pilot.
The LIDAR systems' lasers also act as a part of the communication system, transmitting information more reliably between friendly forces than radio in the depths of space - though radio is provided as a non-line-of-sight backup. All networked data and communications are scrambled to EDF standards at high levels of efficiency.

Onboard systems also include inertial dampening, allowing the pilot to survive High-G maneuvers that would have been unthinkable to earlier generations of combat pilots, and allow acceleration at high speeds in an exo-atmospheric environment. In a planetary atmosphere, the fighters' upper speed is limited by friction and drag and vibration that could prove a danger to the craft in stressful maneuvers.
Life support also includes oxygen recycling, linking the pilots' survival suit to the XR-23 itself. The fighter is also able to provide some onboard recycled water, recycled from 'waste products' as part of the life-support system.
In the event of a catastrophic emergency, the entire cockpit module can be ejected, and sealed within a protective cocoon to allow for an atmospheric re-entry, where it can glide to a soft landing under parachutes. Floatation bags automatically inflate in the event of a water-landing for the escape module, and onboard survival supplies for up to three days are provided as part of the survival kit.

The main engine is capable of using thrust-diverters to allow vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) when under gravity conditions and lightly loaded, but a short takeoff roll is required when the XR-23 is fully loaded and fuelled for a combat mission.
Additionally, numerous tiny gas-based Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters are placed all over the body of the craft to allow for fine maneuvers and changes of course, allowing the XR-23 to turn on a pinhead in non-atmospheric environments.

Weapon Systems:
Primary weapons are located within the ventral bay of the XR-23. The bay is covered by armoured doors when in normal flight, which are sturdy and sealed enough to survive atmospheric re-entry.
The bay's interior is usually filled by a rotary launcher for various types of missiles, bombs, or other payloads.
Many types of weapon are capable of being carried, such as anti-fighter short and long-range missiles, heavy anti-ship and anti-structure weapons, cruise missiles, anti-radar missiles and even unguided rockets and surface-attack guided and unguided bombs. The number of weapons carried depends on their size, and the range requirements of a mission.

Gun armament comprises the second-line armament of the XR-23. A single powerful Railgun is mounted on the dorsal nose of the XR-23, firing down the long-axis of the aerospace craft. The length of the barrel allows for a powerful muzzle velocity, and a weapon that can punch through the thickest of armour, but has a slow refire rate. Ammunition is limited to around a hundred armour-piercing dart-like slugs.
The ammunition requires no propellant or warhead - the kinetic energy alone causes tremendous surface damage when it hits. However, the projectiles travel only in a straight line.

Secondary gun armament comprises a pair of rapid-fire particle-beam weapons on the left and right wing extensions. While lower in damage than the spinal railgun, they are still potent, and can disable or damage other craft with repeated shots, as well as easily destroying missiles, drones, or other smaller craft through both physical impact and their electrically disruptive properties. They also have significantly more shots than the Railgun, and are limited primarily by the electronic systems in their construction burning out.

The XR-23 is the Earth Defense Fleet's newest addition to their starfighter arsenal. This multi-purpose fighter has a standard outfit for fighter-to-fighter engagements. However, the rotary bay in the center of the craft stores a number and variety of missiles and bombs that can be selected and prepped to the fighters missile bay on the bottom of the craft. This intricate system developed by EDF Head Researcher Isaac Dalton allows the XR-23 to be prepared for any situation and readily available for a quick load out change to keep up with the ever changing demands of the pilot. Fitted with the best scanning and recon systems available to the EDF, the XR-23 is quickly becoming an essential vessel for missions planetside as well as in space.

1. Exodus Station – Humanity’s first colony was a super station built just outside the Sol System. This station houses nearly 500,000 colonists and is the pride of the human race.
2. Olympia – The first world successfully terraformed and colonized by humanity. A lush, tropical planet the main colony houses nearly 100,000 citizens and the outlying cities are within a 100 mile radius and have populations of about 10,000 each.
3 & 4. Alpha and Omega – The next two terraformed worlds were completed at the same time and were there fore created as “twin” planets. However, they have drastically different climates, hence the opposite names. Alpha is designed much like Earth and has a population of roughly 250,000 colonists. Omega has a much more mountainous environment, with expansive forests around the mountain bases. The population there is about half of Alpha’s.
5. Jericho Station – Humanity’s forward station for advancement and exploration into the Expanse. The facility is designated as a research and exploration station, however there is a considerable military presence. 15,349 citizens have come to call it home. This is the base of operations for the Zermic.
6. Neveah – In the final stages of terraforming, this planet is preparing to be colonized and registration is in full swing back on Earth. Volunteers have been slow due to the increasing tension with the Nevoans and its distance from the fleet.
7 & 8. – Sword and Shield. These military stations were created shortly after the war with the Nevoans. Should the Nevoan army ever launch an attack for Earth, they’d have to go right through Shield, a battle station with the most advanced anti-cruiser and fighter defenses to date. Sword was established as a forward command center to give the fleets a point to swing around and spearhead the Nevoan homeworld. Both stations are regularly only manned by 5,000 personnel each. But are well equipped to take in 200,000 personnel in times of war.
9. The Tower – An inter-galactic hub. This considerable station is the only officially sanctioned zone for the three species to come together and trade. It is also the location of the Embassy, the seat of intergalactic politics where representatives from the three species are constantly regulating trades, policies, and government issues.

Refers to the colonies and stations closest to the borders of the human territory, especially those along the border of the Expanse.

The unknown territory beyond the colonized regions of each territory. Most commonly refers to the region between the territories and dark space (‘north’ on the map).

Homeworld: Rengi Prime
Notable Colonies: T'si Lok (cold-climate world near Earth-Rengi Border); Perra II (Successful civilian space station, remodeled after critical failure of first station).
Characteristics: A distant, ghostly voice. Hyper-intelligence and logical personalities. Biological composition relatively unknown.
A peaceful race and seemingly primitive race, the Rengian were the first species that humanity made contact with when a human patrol came across what we thought was their homeworld in the year 2248. However, it was only the closest colony, now sitting just on the other side of the Earth-Rengi border. The Rengians have adequate space travel and had established a few colonies in their time, but are content with their current territory and have no desire to expand. They maintain peaceful relation with the other races and travel freely in the human territory. They have started to be integrated into the human fleet as well for their surprisingly astute insight into technology, given their tendency to use more primitive technologies relative to old tribal cultures on Earth. The have withheld information about themselves out of fear of human exploitation.

Homeworld: Nevo
Notable Colonies: The Reach (a series of twelve worlds that reach around the human territory) and The Axe (Military station built in response to humanities Sword and Shield stations).
Characteristics:

Engagement Reports from autopsies of confiscated soldiers: Highly aggressive and regenerative skin makes Nevoan warriors excellent at prolonged engagements. Ability to see in low-light conditions with ease. Snarled voice and aggressive personalities. Organ systems similar to humans, with the exception of secondary, smaller heart. Could be a support organ that allows for the regenerative properties. Elbow and knee joints are noticeably weak, could point for exploitation in hand to hand contact. Rough skin provides increased endurance to damage in hand to hand combat.

The Nevoans were the second race to come into contact with humanity in the year 2251. Their greeting was much more hostile. Nevo saw the establishment of human colonies too close to their own and took it as an act of war. They eagerly took the chance to establish their authority and attacked the outlying colonies and terraforming projects, many of which had to be scraped due to the damage. However, they underestimated humanity and were repelled. Now, after peace treaties were made, the Nevoans and Humans stick to their respective territories and have mutual relations only taking place at The Tower. No Human is welcomed in the Nevoan territory, but some Nevoans have risked the danger and racism of the human territory to gain a much more rewarding life than the slave-like culture on Nevo and its colonies. They tend to live on Omega or The Tower and a few have even been accepted into the Earth Defense Fleet when proven to be exceptionally skilled. Though, they find life difficult as they are often ridiculed and abused.

EDF Zermic : Fighter Crew & Pilots : Epsilon Squadron : Personnel Files

Name: Pilot’s given and family name.
Call Sign: To be filled out by Commanding Officer.
Birth: Pilot’s date and place of birth.
Gender: Male/Female
Race: Request to allow one (1) Nevoan and up to two (2) Rengian Squadmates has been approved.
Marital Status: Single/Married/Divorced/Widowed.
DOE: Date of Entry into military service.
Rank: To be filled out by Commanding Officer.
Service: Vessels and stations served on.
Psych Evaluation: Personality and mental traits to note.
Personal History: Pilot’s pre-service background.
Physical Appearance: Pilot’s physical description. Attach photo, if available.

Player: NPC - GM, unless specified.
Name: Regina H. Titus
Call Sign: Sentinel
Birth: 29th of February 2252 -- London, United Kingdom, Earth
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Marital Status: Widowed
DOE: 17th of August 2274
Rank: Colonel -- Commanding Officer
Service:
EDF Global Academy: Officer Program, Agust 2274 - June 2277;
Program complete. Transfer to Active Command Training;
EDF Apollo, June 2277 - December 2277;
Training complete. Transfer to Ship Command;
EDF Ecuador, January 2278 - July 2283;
Position Relinquished. Reassigned;
EDF Zermic, November 2283

Psych Evaluation: Subject: Regina Helena Titus. Subject has been very stubborn throughout evaluation. Notes state that this is a recent change after event that occurred July 17th, 2283. Before this date, subject was out-going and very enthusiastic. It is likely she holds a desire to retrieve the recognition she used to have which is driving this intense focus on duty and service. She has taken to no non-sense outlooks and thus has become a respectable officer once again, but still has a long way to go before she is completely trusted by her peers and allowed to advance from her current position. Her resentment to this fact is painfully obvious by her choice of words in my evaluation.
Personal History: Regina always had a hard time growing up. Her father was unemployed and her mother worked dead end jobs to put what little food she could afford on the table. However, they tried to give her as normal of a life as possible and it showed. She attended good schools, was active in extra-curriculars and was very popular with many friends. In her final year of school, she met Joseph Titus and they instantly fell for each other. Both from poor families, they saw an opportunity to avoid the fate and enlisted together. They got married five days before they shipped out.

They went through basic together, but eventually had a fork in their interests. Regina wished to continue officer training with the aspiration to command her own ship one day. Joseph hoped to pilot said ship and immediately enrolled in the Flight Academy. They stayed together and were involved in each others lives as often as they could. Regina excelled in the Officer Program, completing the four year course in only three. After that, she was sent to active training where she commanded ground forces on simple protection details. She proved herself a capable commander when her unit diverted a Nevoan mercenary band from attacking a supply warehouse. Her supervisor promoted her and recommended her transfer to ship command training and she was then one step closer to following her dreams. Better yet, she was assigned to the ship that Joseph was serving on as a transport pilot.

On a routine mission to meet up with an excavation vessel in the borderlands, her ship lost contact with the excavation site, but were picking up encrypted messages being broadcast. Instead of waiting for the communication team to decrypt them, she sent a ground team to recon the site. Joseph volunteered to pilot. The transport was destroyed a mile outside of the site. The encrypted message was a warning from the excavation team. They were hit hard by mercenaries and activated anti-air cannons to attack their ship while the mercenaries on the ground raided their camp. Regina's quick action was reckless and cost the lives of her crew and her husband.

She was relieved of command and demoted. Not to mention the emotional and psychological harm she has inflicted on herself from Joseph's death. However, she knows that Joseph would not want her to destroy herself and instead works twice as hard as anyone else to regain her life and prove, mostly to herself, that it was just a bad call. Now in charge of the fighter squadrons aboard the EDF Zermic, Regina works tirelessly to reclaim the life she was building.
Physical Appearance:

Player: Azena
Name: Ryder J. Montierro
Call Sign: Eve -- Only official female member of the squad.
Birth: 16th of April 2262 - "Shield" Station, Granite Wing
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Marital Status: Divorced
DOE: 18th of April 2280
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service:
"Shield" Station, April 2280 - June 2280;
Requested transfer approved;
Alpha, June 2280 - December 2280;
Recommended transfer approved;
Jericho Station, January 2281 - March 2285;
Fighter training complete. Transfer to assigned cruiser;
EDF Zermic, June 2285 - Present.
Psych Evaluation: Subject has a surprising will to under-achieve. Parental success in military contributing factor to, as subject describes it, "find my place". Pressure from subject's mother and father to follow in their footsteps has caused the subject to become uncomfortable in positions similar to their own. Neither parent has experience in fighter training and review of flight recordings indicate the subject is content and "feel(s) free" in the cockpit. Mental as well as physical focus is at an exceptional level when subject's mind is set on the fighter. This was evident in the top-level performances in the academy as well hastened transfer to the Zermic. Subject has proven friendly and responsive to crew members and respectful to authority. Overall evaluation places subject as healthy and fit for duty, no immediate concerns to note.
Personal History: Born to Marcus and Jane Montierro, both privates with the Earth Defense Fleet stationed on "Shield" Station. Marcus Montierro is military police assigned to the Granite Ward of Shield Station. Jane Montierro is a research hand for civil control development. Raised with a military mindset, Ryder Montierro was strongly influenced to enlist and did so at the age of eighteen. Upon enlistment, a call-in favor from Marcus Montierro placed Ryder in the Granite Ward as a training cadet, to follow in her father's footsteps. Within a month, Ryder placed a request for transfer and it was granted the following month. Ryder continued training with military police on the terraformed colony Alpha. It was there that she met Christian Powers, a pilot stationed on the planet who she later married. However, Ryder's proficiency with fighters, both in simulations and one reported incident of unauthorized training, did not go unnoticed and she was recommended for a position in the Flight Academy to receive proper fighter training. Over the course of her studies, Ryder excelled in all programs even officer training, though she noted it was not a branch she wished to pursue. Her marriage also suffered as they had to spend the time apart. Upon completion of training at the academy with top marks, the good word of a high-ranking officer placed Ryder on board the EDF Zermic. At this point, her marriage was over. Christian was angry that she didn't try to join his carrier and accused her of having an affair. Her file was been passed along to Col. Regina Titus for evaluation of entry into the elite Epsilon Squadron. After a few trial runs, including one mishap with an unresponsive missile release, and Montierro was reluctantly accepted into the ranks.
Physical Appearance:

Name: Farley "Ley" Strickand
Call Sign: Hotshot -- Aggressive and self-sacrificing flights.
Birth: May 10 2260 (26 years old)
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Single
DOE: May 10 2279
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service:

• Graduated from Halifax Academy, 2280
• EDF's Homeland Fleet, 2280 - 2282
• Jericho, 2282 - 2284
• Shield, 2284 - 2285
• EDF Zermic, 2285 - Present

Psych Evaluation:

Subject proves to be friendly and unburdened by current work. Stress levels are predominantly normal, although he has proven to show problems with previous missions - he is unable to let go of the past, and suffers from it. Despite this, Strickand is quite optimistic in any other context. He has proven to be *a supportive individual, displaying teamwork and reliability. Due to background and raising, Strickand has a unique sense of humour and form of speech, often using both hand-in-hand with each other. Strickand's appreciation and consideration of others is more than compensating, and often invests great time and effort in relationships with his team.

Although he has insisted it on being "normal back home," Strickand has received disciplinary action on several occasions for excessive use of alcohol and disorderly conduct. Therapy and counseling for alcoholism has been met with a deepset stubborn attitude and unwillingness to cooperate. Strickand has been stubborn in other areas of his career, too, with both positive and negative results because of this (note: S&R records show failure to follow orders for a number of missions and patrols following the cruiseline attack).
Intelligent and well-educated, Strickand's overall impression of simplicity is deceptive and has proven to humbly rise above what is expected of him. Unsure of whether this image of a simpleton is intentional or not. Regardless, Strickand's intelligence proves to make him a fast learner and adaptable. Attention span is somewhat lacking at times - especially when he finds something boring.

Personal History:

The shores of Newfoundland have always remained relatively quiet, locked away from the rest of the world's affairs like the icebergs that rest along its northern waters. The folk who dwell there are simple, hardworking and peaceful. But in this small bubble of relative calm, it is foolish to think that a man born of such a place is incompetent *at many things they'd be *surprisingly good at.

Farley, or Ley as his friends call him, is *one born of that yolk; raised by a fisher who served in the navy during his youth and a female writer, Ley spent his life primarily traveling around North America with his mother and at some lengths onboard fishing vessels where he would work for his father. Homeschooled, Ley received a thorough education. His mother graduated from Saint Bonaventure, and he saw himself excelling in many things he did - not in any small part thanks to his mother's teaching. After finishing his education at seventeen, Farley spent a number of years searching.

What he was searching for, he wasn't quite sure. Farley would often find himself stargazing at the end of the day, looking at the endless shrouded expanse, dotted with twinkling stars, planets and anomolies. Farley found comfort in the universe and its complexity, finding consolotation that the universe would always have something new for him. His feelings and search for purpose often felt as big, as unexplainable and never-ending, just like the space above his head. And after two years of writing, traveling, and doing internships, Farley found his calling. It was in plain sight this whole time.

When Farley initially told his parents that he was joining the military, they expected he would join the navy like his father. The announcement that he would join the EDF was unexpected, but not *a surprise when paired with his character. Like his parents, Farley had a wanderer's soul. His mother was initially stubborn about letting him leave *but she finally accepted it on the day of his birthday, being accepted for applying to the Halifax Academy for space pilots.

Since then, Farley has served the EDF faithfully. A flying ace, he began as a search and rescue pilot for the EDF fleet stationed around the homeland territory of earth that sent him on patrols and missions around the Sol system. He was then transferred to Jericho Station, serving just in time for the location's increase in pirate raids. *After risking his life for a daring rescue attempt on a distressed cruiseline ship where it faced a fleet of pirates, Farley received an award and recommendation for a transfer where he accepted a placement within one of the top-performance fighter squadrons. He received training shortly after and transferred to Shield for his integration into the new role. Farley's service record prompted the pilot to be recruited for the EDF's Zermic. Since his recent arrival, they have been preparing to undertake a tour in the outer reaches of EDF territory.

Physical Appearance:

Photo of Strickand's interview following the cruiseline incident.

5'10" and 170 lbs, Strickand is a lithe and slim man. He has short blonde hair - usually slicked back - and hazel eyes, Strickand's light personality complimented by his easy smile and tendency to look friendly rather than the opposite.

Name: Masato Onodera*
Call Sign: Mouth (Reference to late 20th century cartoon character) -- Only Xenolinguistic specialist on team.
Birth: April 11th, 2261 AD (Age: 25), Elysium City, Omega
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Single
DOE: Febuary 12th, 2282
Rank: Major -- Communication and Xenolinguistics

August 2282 -Graduated Tel Aviv Naval Intelligence Academy
December 2282 -Filed for reclassification to XR-23 Pilot
July 2283- Graduated Richthofen Flight Academy, Mars
--Released to Active Duty--
July - November 2283 -Olympia Orbital Defense, Ajax Station
--Recommended Promotion Approved--
--Transfer Accepted--
November 2283 - April 2284 -EDF Mamlambo
--Transfer Accepted--
April 2284 -August 2285 -Stalingrad Station, Titan Orbit, Sol
--Recommended Promotion Approved--
--Transfer Accepted--
September 2285 - February 2286 -EDF Ashur
--Recommended Promotion Pending--
--Transfer Accepted--

In all aspects of his life, Masato is a quiet man. He rarely talks to fellow squad-mates and almost refuses to develop a friendship with them.Even during missions, his actions are subtle as well as his communications with squad-mates. He talks in a slow, emotionless manner, this tends to discomfort many of his peers. In every duty station, Masato picks one or two superior officers, develops a friendship with them. He follows the rulebook to an extreme, only violating it when it can benefit him. He dislikes most people, and while he makes an excellent leader and tactician, he lacks communication skills. When he has served as a squad-leader, his unit shows exemplary skills on missions but poor conduct and a lack of respect for their leader.

*

Born to Masaaki Onodera, younger brother of Taro Onodera. The family lived at various locations on Omega through his childhood, father took a job as the colony's defense chairman. Early life is unremarkable, Taro took enlisted in the Pilot Corps [See File: Taro J. Onodara], Masato graduated public schools early and moved to Earth to study Human-Alien relations where he learned to speak Nevoan. When border disputes intensified left, Masato collage to enlist and was immediately turned to Naval Intelligence due to his language expertise.

After the death of his brother (now a record kill holder and war legend) and the disappearance of his father [See File: Masaaki Onodera], Masato turned down a commission and joined the Pilot Corps, graduating 3rd in his class. After standard service with the Olympia Defense Group, he was offered a promotion in exchange for a position with a fleet patrolling the Expanse. The mission came to an end and Masato gained a position at Stalingrad Station in Sol due to contacts made in service. During that mission he would lead escort missions for VIP Vessels, he gained friendship with the station XO and promptly received another promotion. He transferred to an old EDF Frigate in a combat zone for a short time before it was decommissioned. Before the mission was over he was chosen from his flight-group to join Epsilon Squadron, his commanding officer has recommended promotion, his supervisor advised against it.

Physical Appearance:

Credit given to MeganeRid of Deviantart

Name: Cameron Ortega
Player: Gisk
Call Sign: "Red" -- Hair color
Birth: Earth, New York, November 23, 2255
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Single
DOE: *April 22, 2275
Rank: Lt. Colonel
Service: Quantico, Virginia, Earth, April 2275 - June 2275
Stationed in "Shield" June 2275 - October 2280 Undergoes piloting training.
Transferred to "Sword" October 2280 - May 2283
Transferred to Jericho May 2283 - January 2285
Deployed on the EDF Zermic January 2285 - present.
Psych Evaluation: Subject closed off and does not respond well to probing questions. *Interviews of those that know him have revealed sentiments ranging from fear to respect. *Opened up some when he found out I was speaking to old squadmates. *It seems he'd rather subject himself to me, than his comrades. *Records of assignments suggest that he can remain quite calm under pressure. *I believe his test scores may be misleadingly low, judging from what little I've gotten out of him. *He's not in charge for nothing, after all.
Personal History: Cameron was born to a single mother in the Bronx. *The many colonization attempts have eased the overpopulation that plagues Humanity's home planet, but the billions who remain still clog the streets of urban centers like New York. *Cameron made a point to do well in high school for the single and solitary purpose of staying on the school's football team. *He played quarterback, directing his team(under the command of his coach) from the thick of the game. *It was his dream to play for one of the truly big teams, and he might have managed it if the coursework in college hadn't crushed him as he struggled to keep his GPA high enough to keep his scholarships. *In the end, he failed. *He only managed two years before his GPA slipped too low and he couldn't afford to stay in school. *Somewhat broken up, he enlisted in the EDF and launched out into space after a bit of training in Quantico. *From that moment on, the military became his life, eclipsing his old dreams. *

Name: Jackson (Jack or Jax) Mallard
Player: Seraphs Revenge
Call Sign: Irish
Birth: November 6, 2253. Alpha.
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Divorced
DOE: October 17, 2279
Rank: Sergeant
Service:
*2280-2282 Served on Exodus Station. Transferred after Drunk and disorderly and several other infractions.
*2282-2286 Served on Sword and Shield (whichever is closer to the expanse). After showing a matured nature, and having calmed down, transferred to the Zermic.
Psych Evaluation: Mallard has problems with authority that he dubs as unreasonable. He has been known to be somewhat wild and hard to control. He tends to cause trouble on occasion but, does his job and does it right.
Personal History: Mallard spent most of his early life on Alpha on farm land. He was born to Earth-born parents who were from the UK. His father was from Scottland and his mother from Ireland. He had married a girl from his childhood around the age of twenty-four, the military had ruined their marriage and they had gotten divorced about a three years ago.
Physical Appearance: I'd like to uncover scars and tattoos as the plot progresses if that's cool.

Spoiler

Player: Lucius Cypher
Name: Donny Kain Yang Maverick (Maverick is his father's surname, which he doesn't use often)
Call Sign: BA (Reference to Benedict Arnold) -- His past around the supremacist group give him a shady background that many are wary of.
Birth: 29 of July, 2262 (Twenty-Four years old) The Tower
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Single
DOE: 2284 (Served two years, has gone through basic training)
Rank: Sergeant -- Maintenance
Service:
2272-2280 - Attended and Graduated from The Tower's "Universal Congregation" Military Academy
2280-2282 - Sent to Jericho Station for Military Training in and Piloting
2282-2286 - Completed Basic Training and Advance Piloting Course. Assigned to EDF Zermic.
Psych Evaluation: Subject Donny Kain Maverick "Yang" shows signs of a stable young man, though introverted and prone to emotional detachment. Assumed to be due to training, the subject also shows signs of social awkwardness and inability to convey non-critical information about himself. In a teamwork exercise, subject follows commands and orders diligently, through his willingness to preform orders despite the context brings to question his ability to weigh the legitimacy of his orders. Also shows to be over-zealous in the safety of his comrades, and prone to preform martyrdom actions. The subject is also seen cowering and speaking incoherently to himself when left alone, but denies this and shows no evidence of doing so when confronted.
Personal History: Donny Kain Maverick was born in The Tower, an intergalactic hub. Shortly after his birth, his father and mother divorced for reasons he never discovered, but it seemed that he would never see his father outside of pictures afterwards. Donny's father, Louis Cypher Maverick, was one of the top Pilots of the EDF Zermic, thus granted Donny and his mother benefits even though they had cut ties from the man. Donny never understood why his parents had to divorce; his mother never remarried, claiming to still love his father.

Capitalizing on his father's benefits, Donny attended The Tower's unique "Universal Congregation" Military academy at a young age. Built to strength the relationship between the three races, the Universal Congregation Military Academy taught Donny about the other alien species, a bit of their culture, and much of their technology. Not to say it was all rainbows and sunshine; despite being made to foster a relationship between the three species, more often then not, they never associated with each other beyond mandatory get-together. Pseudo supremacist groups were formed, and despite Donny's desire to not be associated with them, he became part of a group calling themselves "Covenant". Donny never bothered to understand their tenets and ideology, as they were one of the three more notorious human supremacist organizations in the Universal Congregation Military Academy. Despite the race war, however, Donny did exceptionally well during his time at the Universal Congregation Military Academy. He would have attended for a full ten years, had an incident not occurred.

Five Earth years is the standard time it takes for someone to graduate with the most basic degree from the Universal Congregation Military Academy, but Donny was aiming for ten; this would allow him better job offers once he graduates, and if he joins the Human Universal Military Forces, he would already earned the rank of Major. That is, if he wasn't caught in a violent attack between the Covenant and another rival supremacist group, Redlight. Donny was in his eighth year of his ten year course. He never knew what the conflict was about; if he had known, he could have saved himself. What happened could be best described as open warfare, as the two organizations openly attacked each other in a public area, using smuggled firearms or engaging in melee combat. Bombs were set around the area, and Donny was caught in the blast of one of them. When he awoke, he was in the hospital, and being questioned by police forces of all three races. Apparently, due to his membership to the Covenant and that he was found at the location where they had caused basically terrorism, he was considered a terrorist. The issue was soon solved, but he did not leave without loosing something; he was forced to drop out of the Universal Congregation Military Academy during his eighth year and accept the standard five-year certificate, essentially wasting three years of his life due to being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Not only did he loose three years of his life during the attack, but his history continued to follow him. His attempts to obtain jobs met with denial due to his past associations, despite his innocence in the matter. Eventually, the only place that would accept him was the one place that put in in this predicament; the military force. After a psych analysis and pleading loyalty, he was shipped off to boot camp and began basic training. He specialized in Piloting and Spacecraft maintenance. After his training, he was shipped off to EDF Zermic, and assigned to ship maintence and repair.
Physical Appearance:

EDF Zermic : Fighter Crew & Pilots : Delta Squadron : Personnel Files

Name: Ben Cameron
Call Sign: LM (Lady's Man) -- Only member of the squad currently married.
Birth: 16th of August 2256, Gauntlet City, Olympia
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Married
DOE: 11th of September 2274
Rank: Captain
Service:

• Olympia, Olympia Defense Group, September 2274 - January 2275
  --- Completed Boot Camp, recommended for transfer, recommendation approved, transfer executed ---
• "Sword" Station, January 2275 - May 2279
  --- Requested transfer because of personal reasons, request approved, transfer executed ---
• Jericho Station, May 2279 - February 2280
  --- Successfully graduated Flight Academy, recommended for transfer, recommendation approved, transfer executed ---
• Alpha, Hammerhead Station, February 2280 - June 2282
  --- Recommended for transfer, recommendation approved, transfer executed ---
• EDF Apollo, June 2282 - March 2283
  --- Patrolling mission finished, recommended for transfer, recommendation approved, transfer executed ---
• EDF Zermic, Epsilon Squadron, April 2283 - Present

Psych Evaluation: Subject is very determined, respectful and seems to always be cool under pressure or stressfull situations. He seems pretty distrustful regarding strangers or even people he does know and dosen't talk too much either. Because of those two aspects, the subject dosen't have too many friends and is not very popular, but the subject dosen't seem to care very much about these things. However if approached by someone and asked a question or if someone requests help from him, then the subject will do whatever he can to be useful, but he will never go further then that. Seems to talk in small sentences all the time and never engages in lengthy conversations. Seems to have a soft spot for women, who he is nice with and always acts like a gentleman. The subject loves his wife very much and will do whatever he can to make her happy. When it comes to battle, the subject fights with passion and hates his enemies very much. Subject also seems to be very open-minded and a positive thinker.

Personal History: Ben Cameron was born in the terraformed planet of Olympia, in a british family originating from Manchester, England. As a child he was often shy and retreated. As he advanced in age, he attempted to change this attitude enlisting in the army at just 18 years old. He did 5 months of boot camp with the Olympia Defense Group, passing it with success and beying assigned to "Sword" Station, where he did standard service for 4 years. After 4 years he requested a transfer to Jericho Station in order to pursue a career as a fighter pilot. He became very fascinated by that in the last year and a half. His request was approved and he was sent to Jericho where he enlisted in the Flight Academy, from where he graduated with success, beying transferred afterwards on a station in the orbit of Alpha, where he served for the next 2 years. Afterwards, he was offered a position as a fighter pilot in a fleet ran by EDF ship Apollo. Not long after that, the fleet was imidieatly sent in a patrolling mission throughout The Expanse. After 10 months the mission ended and EDF Apollo returned back to it's base of operations, with Ben beying transfered to EDF Zermic, Epsilon Squardon. Ben has been on Zermic for the last 3 years. Here is also where he met Maria, a doctor, 4 years older the Ben, that is serving on the ship. Ben did the first step and was always nice and romantic, eventually winning her over. The two married at the end of last year.

Physical Appearance: Subject known as Ben Cameron has a weight of 216 lbs and a height of 6'1". He has caucasian skin, black hair, dark brown eyes and an athletic build. He is in good health and has not suffered from any disease or infection since the age of 17, when he suffered from a pneumonia for about a month.

[SilverwindBlade]

As discussed on PM, I'm happy to take on the tech/help role.
I'll get my character sheet up this evening (I'm on UK time) as I won't have time to fill it out fully during my lunch break. Plus it gives me time to formulate a good character.

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Name: Alexander Winters
Call Sign:
Birth: 27/06/2251, Armstrong City, Luna
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Single
DOE: 2269
Rank:
Service:

June 2271 - August 2275 Aldrin Training Station, Luna
Op. Deployment
Sept 2275 - Jan 2276 Heinlein Station, Ganymede
Jan 2276 - Aug 2277 EDF Illustrious
Requested transfer, request approved
Aug 2277 - Jan 2280 EDF Agincourt
Squadron stood down, reassigned to Test & Experimental wing,
Feb 2280 - March 2285 EDF Test & Experimental Wing, Ceres
Rotated back to active duty squadron, stood up for duty with Epsilon Squadron, EDF Zermic

Psych Evaluation:
Subject has a strong sense of duty and responsibility, yet displays a somewhat dismissive and laissez-faire attitude at times to serious situations and desperate tasks; evidently a coping mechanism for trauma and danger. When pushed, displays considerable anger and aggressive tendencies, channeled into the performance of his role.
Shows considerable aptitude for learning and development in his role, despite occasional stubbornness. Has trouble grasping complex scientific principles, but often hides true intelligence behind good-humoured-yet-dumb facade.
Aggressive tendencies show particularly in piloting style. Conceivably could pose a risk to self and others if not operating as part of a squadron.

Personal History:
Born to Janice and Christopher Winters. Janice was a private citizen, working as a hospital nurse; Christopher was an aerospacecraft engineer; formerly a pilot. He retired due to a wound sustained on a routine mission. Alex was enticed to join by the stories his father told him of his service, and those of his buddies.
He enlisted following his fathers' stories, and those of his fathers' friends. He received excellent grading scores on entry, but was soon noticed for his stubborn streak and 'lively' personality. He made many friends as a result and was somewhat popular, but not always for the right reasons, and developed a tough streak and a habit of challenging orders he doesn't agree with.
Following the successful completion of his training, he served within the Home system for the most part, but was soon seeking a reassignment following several brushes with authority and incidents of disobeying orders or breaking regulations - though in notable cases, it lead to a corrupt officer being exposed.
His later career was more exemplary, following a short period of leave and visiting home, as well as a discussion with an admiral. He later served with some distinction, though his stubborn streak remains strong, but has lead him to find favour with some officers and other members of the EDF as he shows considerable initiative and resourcefulness.
His stint as a test pilot and member of the experimental flight was very productive, and lead to a number of minor improvements in a number of design programs. Following this tour, he was requested for the elite Epsilon squadron, something he was surprised to hear, and accepted after some consultation with his colleagues and friends. However, his acceptance seems to have come with a careful and wary eye, due to his personal reputation as a 'wildcard'.

Physical Appearance:

[Azena]

Was starting to think everyone changed their minds. This post also serves as *le bump* lol

[Cpt Toellner]

Name: Masato Onodera
Call Sign: N/A
Birth: April 11th, 2261 AD (Age: 25), Elysium City, Omega
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Single
DOE: Febuary 12th, 2282
Rank: N/A

August 2282 -Graduated Tel Aviv Naval Intelligence Academy
December 2282 -Filed for reclassification to XR-23 Pilot
July 2283- Graduated Richthofen Flight Academy, Mars
--Released to Active Duty--
July - November 2283 -Olympia Orbital Defense, Ajax Station
--Recommended Promotion Approved--
--Transfer Accepted--
November 2283 - April 2284 -EDF Mamlambo
--Transfer Accepted--
April 2284 -August 2285 -Stalingrad Station, Titan Orbit, Sol
--Recommended Promotion Approved--
--Transfer Accepted--
September 2285 - February 2286 -EDF Ashur
--Recommended Promotion Pending--
--Transfer Accepted--

In all aspects of his life, Masato is a quiet man. He rarely talks to fellow squad-mates and almost refuses to develop a friendship with them.Even during missions, his actions are subtle as well as his communications with squad-mates. He talks in a slow, emotionless manner, this tends to discomfort many of his peers. In every duty station, Masato picks one or two superior officers, develops a friendship with them. He follows the rulebook to an extreme, only violating it when it can benefit him. He dislikes most people, and while he makes an excellent leader and tactician, he lacks communication skills. When he has served as a squad-leader, his unit shows exemplary skills on missions but poor conduct and a lack of respect for their leader.

Born to Masaaki Onodera, younger brother of Taro Onodera. The family lived at various locations on Omega through his childhood, father took a job as the colony's defense chairman. Early life is unremarkable, Taro took enlisted in the Pilot Corps [See File: Taro J. Onodara], Masato graduated public schools early and moved to Earth to study Human-Alien relations where he learned to speak Nevoan. When border disputes intensified left, Masato collage to enlist and was immediately turned to Naval Intelligence due to his language expertise.

After the death of his brother (now a record kill holder and war legend) and the disappearance of his father [See File: Masaaki Onodera], Masato turned down a commission and joined the Pilot Corps, graduating 3rd in his class. After standard service with the Olympia Defense Group, he was offered a promotion in exchange for a position with a fleet patrolling the Expanse. The mission came to an end and Masato gained a position at Stalingrad Station in Sol due to contacts made in service. During that mission he would lead escort missions for VIP Vessels, he gained friendship with the station XO and promptly received another promotion. He transferred to an old EDF Frigate in a combat zone for a short time before it was decommissioned. Before the mission was over he was chosen from his flight-group to join Epsilon Squadron, his commanding officer has recommended promotion, his supervisor advised against it.

Physical Appearance:

Credit given to MeganeRid of Deviantart

[Lucius Cypher]

Could I play as an AI of some sort? Like an on board Targeting/Life Support AI on the fighter vessels or power armor.

[Azena]

Well, it happens when an OOC takes so long to come out, people loose intrest if their tastes are not met imediately.

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Name: Masato Onodera
Call Sign: N/A
Birth:
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Marital Status: Single
DOE: Date of Entry into military service.
Rank: N/A
Service: Vessels and stations served on.
Psych Evaluation: Personality and mental traits to note.
Personal History: Pilot’s pre-service background.
Physical Appearance:

Yep, which wasn't intentional but was beneficial. Hopefully, now the apps I receive are from serious and dedicated players so I won't have to worry about anybody disappearing on me and can get great players to help me build this little galaxy of ours. As I've said before I have a lot planned for this series and hope to see it take off.

Could I play as an AI of some sort? Like an on board Targeting/Life Support AI on the fighter vessels or power armor.

Hm...I'm not totally against an AI. I can't see it being directly linked to the fighters or our armor, but as the Zermic's AI it could provide tactical analysis and mission updates through comms to the fighters, like EDI does for Shepard and crew.

[Lucius Cypher]

I was thinking more like the JARVIS AI on Tony Stark's Iron Man suit, or like the AI on the Super Sneaky Stealth Suit in Fallout New Vegas Old World Blues. Here's the idea; say that in one of the Power armor, the pilot is for some reason incapacitated. The AI (me) can then take control over the armor and take the unconscious user somewhere safe. I can also act as a sort of extra eyes in power armor, or for a space ship, I can operate other parts of the ship without someone having to be there, like rear guns or some such. Of course, there are restrictions on what I can and can't do; for one, I'm only allowed to work with certain members, and even then they have to allow me to control whatever system they want me to control. Otherwise I'm just software.

I'd like to think of myself more as a Post-Synchronized Geth then EDI.

[Assallya]

I don't know about others but I'd never trust an artificial intelligence, a virtual intelligence certainly, but never an artificial intelligence. Thus I'd never allow an artificial intelligence access to any critical systems and if I had an artificial intelligence for analyzing battle strategies there's no way I'd allow it access to any sort of communications outside of the briefing room in case it wanted to share our strategies with our enemies. Compartmentalization is absolutely necessary in such cases lest you give birth to race of deadly murderous machines.

[Azena]

You'd have to get someone to agree to have you as their AI and even then I'm still not wild about it, I'd have to see the CS's

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I don't know about others but I'd never trust an artificial intelligence, a virtual intelligence certainly, but never an artificial intelligence. Thus I'd never allow an artificial intelligence access to any critical systems and if I had an artificial intelligence for analyzing battle strategies there's no way I'd allow it access to any sort of communications outside of the briefing room in case it wanted to share our strategies with our enemies. Compartmentalization is absolutely necessary in such cases lest you give birth to race of deadly murderous machines.

That's been my reservation about it. I can't quite see a civilization that doesn't trust aliens to trust a machine with the potential to turn rogue. I'd be much more comfortable with a VI and that doesn't make more much of a character to play :/

[Cpt Toellner]

My CS is complete, also: Bump.