I'm a fan of what's being discussed.

We'll start soon hopefully, I don't want to make the OOC/IC just yet because there's still some things we should consider writing for the thread. I was thinking about sections like: Science & Technology, Residencies, and The World Beyond. Open to any and all suggestions.

You mentioned a basic character sheet. When will we get that up. I, personally, would like to see everyone, including myself getting a character up for others to read. But, it's your call GM :)

Fill out as much as you wish, just make sure to highlight your character enough in your posts. Add any categories you deem necessary.

Name:
Age:
Appearance: (description or picture, illustration is fine as long as its realistic, no anime art pls)
Personal Details: (personality/history/etc)
Occupation:
District:
Additional:

I say that the Districts should be the only ones left, it kind of adds to the whole aspect of solidarity and adds to the dystopian aspects. The people couldn't go anywhere else, even if they wanted to.

Name: Unit 0.18462958 - Designation: SEKTOR

Gender: n/a - Male programming

Age: Activated 48 hours ago

Appearance: (http://videogame-art.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/VideoGameArt_MassEffect3_GethRKT02_RodriguePralier.jpg) - Sektor's model is tall and imposing, standing at about 6'8". The arms, legs, and portions of the torso and spine are made up of artificial synthetic tissue, allowing malleability and flexibility not dissimilar to organic muscle movement. The rest of Sektor's frame is covered in lightweight, yet sturdy white plate metal. Sektor's 'head' is equipped with a communication module, allowing communication between multiple signals, targeting system, and night vision/thermal vision/x-ray vision overlay.

Personal Details: Personality: Sektor does not express individual personality, instead viewing itself as a AI Guardian unit. However, it will show loyalty to any organics it has deemed worthy and will sacrifice itself for them if need be. Sektor focuses on logic and calculations above compassion or empathy and will calculate situation choices based on probability and statistics before making a decision. Sektor's most interesting feature is its emulation feature, a residual program that studies and copies the behaviors of organics around it. Allowing it to eventually 'grow' a personality, however the 'type' or 'strength' of the individual personality has not been observed.
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History: Little is known of Sektor's existence. Rumor of development of an advanced AI beyond the normal realm has been around for quite some time, but only a select few from Districts 0-3 were given any information on the subject. Sektor's construction went well and there were no faults, except for a self-preservation program. Upon 'hearing' two of the head scientists discussing possible deactivation, Sektor activated the self preservation program, and killed 67% of the science team in the facility before escaping...

Occupation: Guardian Unit AI

District: 0 currently

Additional: Sektor will most likely be leaving the district as soon as possible, seeking a safer haven.

Name: Asper Hansen

Age: Unknown, reportedly between the ages of 22 and 33.

Appearance: While glimpses of Asper Hansen are fleeting, it is apparent that he has every intention of rubbing the system the wrong way. Eye witness accounts of his appearance seem to indicate a tall, lanky man with shoulder length hair and a penchant for facial jewelry. With the Mors usually sticking to the lower levels of the sixteenth District, it is widely assumed that Aspen is of a naturally pale countenance. His fingers are adorned with eight stylized metallic rings and his clothing seems partial to some theme of maroon, the official color of the Mors.

Personal Details: Asper Hansen was not born to wealth nor to poverty, but rather to the mischance of poor fortune. When his parents were suddenly (and perhaps rather suspiciously, in some circles of discussion), killed on their way home, Asper was sent from District 2 to live with his aunt in the lower edges of District 16. His aunt, while not apathetic to young Asper, was certainly not appreciative of his rather immediate intrusion into her life and pharmaceutical drug habits. When she failed to pay up on a loan edged against a rather disciplined group of gangsters that called themselves the Greasers, nine year old Asper came home to a disembodied aunt and a ransacked housing unit.

In and out of the local Ancoran adoption homes until his late teenage years saw Asper continually picked on and bullied. He did not learn to wistfully escape or defy his attackers with an immense cerebral intellect, but instead sought revenge in the most devious methods possible. His last charade saw him expunged to the streets for allegedly forcing one of the more provocative bullies to gargle down motor oil. The details, even for the remarkable computing systems of District Zero become hazy here, as Asper moved to and fro the societal hierarchy of Ancora, eventually sinking deep enough to become less a person and more a fragment. He has supposedly returned to his roots in District 16, where he is inching his own influence onto the seedier dissidents of the anarchy that is District 16.

District: District Sixteen.

Additional: Asper is the leader of a gang called the Mors. They are numerous and well known, but considered a relative non-threat to the people of District 16. They are no friends to law enforcement and the more wily of members have been known to jump isolated law enforcement officers. There is more glory than guts here, as most of these incidents end in arrests for the Mors members, but rumor has it that it's some obscure right of passage. They deal primarily in high grade pharmaceutical drugs and small time prostitution within District 16. Most of the members of this outfit are drop outs, teenagers are prevalent and women can often be seen wearing the maroon imbued handprint of the Mors.

The Mors are the primary handlers and dealers of a well known deliriant called Fuzz, which is an active psychopharmacological drug that inhibits the production of glutamate, which carries neurons to the hippocampus and stores information, such as memories. While a bottle of whiskey might wash away your problems for a night, the residual and euphoric (often referred to as a fuzzy feeling) feeling is replicated on a much more immediate level without the post bottle hangover or the debilitating physical effects of natural intoxication. The drug must be administrated via neural injection and common signs of use are needle marks at the base of the neck. Long term use is errant memory loss and possible damage to the central nervous system. Short time use includes forgetting targeted and commonly induced memories and thoughts and a slight feeling of euphoria across the temporal lobes and across the epidermis.

Law enforcement often identifies citizens on the drug by asking them easily identified but rather obscure questions like what they ate for lunch, or who the last person they talked to on the phone was -- while not a surefire way, minor events are often not recorded at all by the brain under the effects of Fuzz and missing one or two key questions can lead to incarceration. Current charges brought for use, possession or intent to sell are unknown.

Is it okay if we make more than one character? I was thinking of doing twins, or at least siblings of some kind.

If my application has taken too many liberties, just let me know.

You have my attention and interest.

Gonzo said
I say that the Districts should be the only ones left, it kind of adds to the whole aspect of solidarity and adds to the dystopian aspects. The people couldn't go anywhere else, even if they wanted to.

that would be interesting, perhaps the lands outside the city are inhabited by horrifically modified fauna that followed the catastrophic event?

both applications look great. YES, multiple characters are definitely a go!

So I agree with Gonzo, and here's my creative two cents.

There was an event of some kind (be it a natural disaster or WW3) and most of the worlds population and land masses were wiped out, reducing the entire population to just a couple thousand (or whatever). The survivors began to gather, and over the years were finally able to establish this city. However there was no set form of government, the people need to be ruled, therefore they created the District system, going by (at the time of origin) how much money you had (the more money you had, the less the number). Of course this didn't seem fair to those less fortunate, and therefore the ill/bitter feelings that say District 16 would have against District 3 people began, being handed down generation after generation. It would also explain how the cops were corrupt, they didn't give two shits about the legal system, they just knew that they were living better than those below them.

Sorry, got a bit long-winded there lol

I think there should be another prominent City State a long ways off, but reachable. This manner you can introduce new characters without merely having to pull them up out of the muck and have somebody say "Well, where was this guy all along?!"

Still a work in progress, just wanted your guys’ opinions so far.

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Name: Deon Desmond Saunders

Age: 24

Appearance:


Personal Details:
Born into a very poor family as the oldest, Deon was forced to start working at a very young age, therefore not able to experience much of any kind of child-hood. He had only his mother and younger sister for family; he had never once met his father getting the rather illustrious nickname ‘bastard child’ and his sister had a different father, who died when Deon was 16 by a group of gang members wanting his wallet. At first Deon was just a messenger boy, delivering secret messages to organization members that were more than a bit sketchy, but he knew better than to ask questions. The pay was poor and he was lucky if he didn’t get beaten by his boss on a daily basis, even if he delivered on time. As Deon grew up, however, he left the job as a messenger boy and started working in a slaughter house, butchering up the livestock into fresh meat for his district to purchase at ridiculous prices. Deon soon grew bored of killing animals however, and when he was 21 he got a job fighting in the ring at a local bar. He found that fighting others was something he enjoyed, even if a bit too much.

Now known somewhat famously throughout the district and certainly bringing in more customers during the night, he earned a comfortable amount of money to provide for both his mamma and sister. His whole world came crashing down though as one night when Deon came home from work, he found his mamma and sister dead in their beds, stabbed maliciously, strangled, beaten…tortured. Unable to bear their memories any longer, Deon moved up from district 16 to district 4 with his younger cousin, though he was immediately granted a position as a fighter in ‘The Spit’ in another district. The commute doesn't bother Deon much, it's nice to get out of the 'rich' neighborhood once in a while. That was nearly a year ago, and the emotional wound that Deon carried has subsided some, but not much.

Occupation: Ring Fighter

District: 4

Additional:

W.I.P

I will have my CSs up tomorrow.

Still a work in progress, just wanted your guys’ opinions so far on my second idea for a character

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Name: Katherine Riley Saunders

Age: 22

Appearance:


Personal Details:
Katherine, or Kate as she prefers to be called, grew up in the fourth district with a very comfortable life. She had good parents, a great childhood, a stable home, and a bright future. As a child, Kate’s imagination and prowess seemed to know no bounds. At first her teachers were rather worried about her intangible ability to ‘think outside the box’ at such an early age, but they later began to embrace it as she got older and joined clubs like the spelling bee or science club and continually brought home the blue ribbon for her school.

All through the rest of her school days, Kate remained ‘stuck’ to the science club, earning the interest of many different colleges as just a Sophomore to join their science department. Despite the wishes of the colleges, Kate remained as ‘normal’ as she could be and continued to graduate with the rest of her year and then had the selection of what college to attend to, full ride.

As Kate’s specialty and experience resides in robotics, she has a few prototypes of her own in her own home which proved to be better than a security system since she was broken into shortly before her cousin came to move in with her. The ‘prototype’ had successfully stuck the robber with a sleep dart, rendering him completely unconscious until Kate was able to call the cops after getting an alert on her phone about the break-in. Since her cousin has moved in, however, there have been a few accidents.

Occupation: Student of Science/Technology

District: 4

Additional:
W.I.P.

Name: Den
Age: (Approximately) 25
Appearance: A young adult male, appears to be in his mid-twenties. His long brown hair almost completely covers his whole forehead. Blue eyes, and a semi-muscular body type.
Personal Details:

Personality
The silent type. He doesn't usually say much.

History
Waking up, naked, bloodied and bruised, he tried to recalled what had happened. He couldn't, since he lost all memories of who he is. He came up with a new identity, Den. An idea that came from a nearby license plate. He hid nearby, when he heard a small group of people. It was the Mafioso gang, dumping a body that belong to their rival gang. A soon as they were gone, Den to check on the body. Raiding anything he thought could be useful, and the dead Anarcho-Punk's clothing.

Although he's capable at close-quarter combat, he usually refrain himself from killing (this is by instinct, so even he's not sure why he does it sometimes). Whenever he could, he tries to avoid combat overall, preferring stealth to get what he wants.

Occupation: Local Thief
District: 17
Additional: Not a lot of people know that he's a thief, since he steal from behind. He does so, mostly because he doesn't carry a weapon with him (though he's always ready to punch the victim's lights out, in case they noticed and turn).

This is getting quite exciting.

I think the Mors will be finding Den, soon. Bahahaha!

Hey Yoshi, will Kate have been somewhat involved in Sektor's design. Or even it's make? She is in one of the more expensive districts, and has extensive knowledge in robotics.

Ghost Shadow said
Hey Yoshi, will Kate have been somewhat involved in Sektor's design. Or even it's make? She is in one of the more expensive districts, and has extensive knowledge in robotics.

That would be up to you, I can totally see her having some hand in it, but he's your character so I'll let you decide that :D