Air dropping troops just became a lot more horrifying if we're all as fat as those guys. Just how much weight is the lift rated to carry?

...xD I am so sorry!

@GhostReaper

Wouldn't he have to walk over to 09 to tell her to turn her thingy off? (This accident may turn to benefit us!)

@Shadowman215 Wouldn't he have to walk over to 09 to tell her to turn her thingy off? (This accident may turn to benefit us!)

They were all just sitting in a row of chairs so he'd only have been about ten feet away from her at the most (and probably only about five or six feet.) More than enough to point at a highly trained close-combat specialist threateningly while armed only with a knife.

You know I feel like saying Highly trained is redundant.

It's just to differentiate Saf from the other specialists, since her training has been primarily close-combat and squad tactics while Jax is trained in stealth and marksmanship.

It's just to differentiate Saf from the other specialists, since her training has been primarily close-combat and squad tactics while Jax is trained in stealth and marksmanship.

I was more meaning that specialists implies highly trained. A highly-trained specialists is kind of like saying, ATM machine or white albino. I wasn't really singling you out, I think we've all done it.

I tend to think of a specialist as anyone who focuses on a certain discipline, whatever field they're engaged in. A highly-trained specialist would be someone who has not only chosen a specific discipline, but one who's also spent time perfecting their skills within that discipline.

Another way of saying it would be to call someone who has started training in Kung-fu as a martial arts specialist, and calling a Kung-fu Senpai a highly-trained specialist.

Of course, in Saf's case I'm still wrong, since she's not really had any extensive training in close-combat compared to any other military officer, but she has had extensive battlefield experience in its use and tactics, which would make her more of a veteran specialist rather than just a highly-trained specialist.

Sorry bout that, I thought it was a circular table, I'll revamp the post and try to get it up before tomorrow, if not I'm sorry, but I'll hurry! :D

Would you happen to still be accepting new players?

This post is more malleable than clay, so if shizbangs need to change, say so.

...his Battalion's symbol with the Winged Dagger of the S.A.S., on the dagger hung a gas mask. Above it read '23rd Battalion, He Who Dares Wins'.

Did someone mention gas masks..?

...I do not know what to say as a witty rebuttal.

Uhh, a few questions:
1- If we didn't specify the kind of gear/equipment that our character would be using in our form (like I did), will we explain what we get in a IC post, or should I edit my form?

2- Would conglomerate be the correct word for the EMA Conglomerate? I mean, wouldn't Federation or Republic or Union fit a bit better? 'Cause, as far as I know, a conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group.

3- Not really an important question, but I just though about it making my post. Indar says "By god" when talking about the elevator. Would people still believe in God, or Christianity, or any organised religion in that point in time? Would we have proven/disproven religion by that point? Or would it just have been fazed out?

@nk1506 1- If we didn't specify the kind of gear/equipment that our character would be using in our form (like I did), will we explain what we get in a IC post, or should I edit my form?

As far as I understand it we're just on our way to pick up the tech now, so should get the opportunity to explain the gear/equipment IC just as soon as the lift finally gets there. I know people complain about the lifts in Mass Effect, but two-weeks for a ride down to the cargo bays seems a little excessive. :P

@nk1506 2- Would conglomerate be the correct word for the EMA Conglomerate? I mean, wouldn't Federation or Republic or Union fit a bit better? 'Cause, as far as I know, a conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group.

A conglomeration is any group formed from disparate factions, and could imply that the constituent members were federal, republican, dictatorships, or pretty much any form of government prior to joining the EMA. If some are still autonomous within the Conglomeration they might take offense at being referred to as 'Federal states', or whatever.

@nk1506 3- Not really an important question, but I just though about it making my post. Indar says "By god" when talking about the elevator. Would people still believe in God, or Christianity, or any organised religion in that point in time? Would we have proven/disproven religion by that point? Or would it just have been fazed out?

Personally I'm of the opinion that there will always be some form of religious belief, whether people choose to accept it as such or not. In the future people may turn away from deities and spiritual beings and instead take up worshipping technology and science instead. Also different people across multiple planets and colonies would likely develop their own versions of established religions, creating off-shoot faiths with differing philosophical beliefs and practices.

Saf's a non-practicing Pastafarian, although she only converted to the religion so she and her wife could have their service in a Pizza Hut restaurant when they got married.

Yolanda's a hard-line Fundamentalist Pastafarian who believes that the True Word of the FSM has been watered down by modern believers and has dedicated herself to the return of the True Path of Pastafarianism, as described in The One True Book. Luckily that just means that the couple tend to eat pasta most of the time and celebrate Holiday instead of Christmas each year, and occasionally laugh at Creationists.

Unfortunately it does mean that Saf's more likely to attack pirates vigorously, as she perceives them as infringing on her religious beliefs, profaning her faith.

Well a conglomerate would be every single part of it is independent. It's more of a group with an agreement to share information and help eachother, but none of them are "in charge" A federation would mean they govern themselves to and extant, they still answer to a higher form government.

It basically boils down to law.

A Confederation would have an overarching legal system which applies to all members, a Federation allows members to have legal powers within their own jurisdiction but would impose federal law when crimes are committed between jurisdictions, a Hegemony would require each member to answer to a central authority for all decision made within their jurisdiction and an Empire would require all decision to be made by a central authority for all members.

With a Conglomeration there's no requirement for members to ever answer to each other for decisions made, and no 'Federal law' to bridge matters which fall outside of a member nation's jurisdiction. Theoretically a member nation could hunt down and prosecute a citizen of another member's nation for breaking the law in the first member nation's jurisdiction without having to apply for extradition first. The citizen would then have to answer directly to the prosecuting member nation under that nation's laws.

It's possible that, as an extreme example, one member nation could make it illegal to wear purple on Wednesdays, punishable by death. If a tourist was seen wearing purple they could be executed without the member nation having to explain the action to the tourist's home nation, even if the law in that nation stated that every person must wear purple on Wednesdays, or face death. They broke the law, they suffered the consequences.

@Dragonite777 -Note to self: check for social normality in keeping all team relationships positive. Video games have proven otherwise. Source - Alpha Protocol.

Glad to see Alpha Protocol managed to stand the test of time. Damn, that game needs a sequel. Which ending do you think would be best to continue the story from?

Glad to see Alpha Protocol managed to stand the test of time. Damn, that game needs a sequel. Which ending do you think would be best to continue the story from?

It does. And I think a sequel for it should either not focus on Thorton at all (merely referencing him once or twice) and just have other allies be in it, or have Thorton lead whatever replaces Alpha Protocol

P.S. (cheap plug) I'm starting up an Alpha Protocol based RP. Still in the interest check phase though.

@Dragonite777 P.S. (cheap plug) I'm starting up an Alpha Protocol based RP. Still in the interest check phase though.

Link?