I believe the Access Card would be in the guardian's name until the child reaches 18 years old, but it'd be incredibly easy to look up the family name and determine they do have the Access Card in their family's possession.

How difficult would it be to fabricate a persona in Beta?

Can an access pass for one person easily be used by another?

It would require a lot of bribing and cloak-and-dagger, probably a visit to a forger or hacker skilled enough to do so. Would definitely be illegal and incredibly hard to pull off, but the government of New Ancora is fragile at best. Once you get from Alpha to Beta, you can definitely see a lot more corruption going on with police, BoD, and government officials. So, while it would be difficult, it's definitely in the realm of possibility.

What if the person using someone else's card has the original owner's permission?

I was thinking of making a guy like your typical noir private eye that started like will Smith in IRobot (by far one of my favorite Asimov stories)

In that case there'd probably be something on formal documentation. Like an emergency contact, something like that, an approved list of who can and can't use the Access card, so to speak. Strict security

Is a child required to have an Access Card? A child under 18, under 12, even? Or is the Access Card required by their supervisor/parent?

Like Ghost said, children (under the age of 18) are not permitted their own access card until they become legal adults for any such situation. However, if it's a matter of traveling from Zone Beta to Zone Alpha where an access card is required, the child does not need one if with their legal parent or guardian is with them at the time of the scan for verification (think of it like a kid getting into a rated R movie... just a lot more strict lol).

@Annasiel Precicely what Ghost Shadow said.

I was thinking of making a guy like your typical noir private eye that started like will Smith in IRobot (by far one of my favorite Asimov stories)

By all means! Cop-ish characters such as and are perfectly acceptable!

Edit: @Mach2 Hey, is it alright if I throw in into Vander's appearance section? The drawing can stay, it's mostly for my own sanity of using images lol.

I believe the Access Card would be in the guardian's name until the child reaches 18 years old, but it'd be incredibly easy to look up the family name and determine they do have the Access Card in their family's possession.

Any possibility of exceptions for the children of particularly influential families? I'm thinking of playing the child of a wealthy politician.

In the vein of politics, would each district/zone have their own legislation, or is there a single mayor/council? I'm assuming the government is still democratized, corrupt as it may be.

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Any possibility of exceptions for the children of particularly influential families? I'm thinking of playing the child of a wealthy politician.

In the vein of politics, would each district/zone have their own legislation, or is there a single mayor/council? I'm assuming the government is still democratized, corrupt as it may be.

There is mainly one single governmental branch - a President, if you will, reigns at the top with others below him a lot like American government but not as large. If you were to play the child of the president, I have no problems with that however with how things are, if the child is under 18 they would most definitely have a body guard or two with them at all times (in which case THEY would provide the access card) but if the child was over the age of 18 then yeah, they would have their own access card and pretty much have free reign anywhere unless an order from the President acting as the father states otherwise (like, "hey, she's grounded from D-2 today"). You could also probably get away with playing the child and an older sibling who is meant to look out for them instead of a body guard.

Cyberpunk rp? Where have you been all my life? Throwing up a CS for this definitely!

<Name:/> "Dr." Darius Rivers
<Nickname(s):/> "doc" and porbably a few others he's not aware of
<Gender:/> Male
<Age:/> 29

<Occupation:/> "doctor" (based in 11)
<District:/> (born in 6)

<Height:/>5'10
<Weight:/> 190 lbs.

<Appearance:/> (As realistic as possible, no anime)

<Personality:/>
Helpful, but hardened is the probably the best was to describe the doctor here. He's taken on a thicker skin than when he first arrived in the Beta Zone, because he's done and seen more than he ever thought he would. But, he has what most people want or he knows where to get it. This allows him to take risks that the docs in the Alpha Zone would never dream of. With patients and customers he's cool, calm and collected. He might be able to use "official" tools, but he makes due with what he has. He makes himself known among underground circles and while he still possesses the speech of someone from the Alpha Zone, he slips in terms from the Beta Zone here and there, when appropriate.

<Biography:/>


<Other:/>

<Unit Identification:/> K-9 Mk. 1
<Preferred Designation:/> CERBERUS
<Gender:/> N/A - Male programming and identity
<Age:/> 3

<Occupation:/> N/A - Prototype Artificial Intelligence
<District:/> 4 (Created)

<Height:/> Three-and-a-half feet at the shoulder, and six-and-a-half feet in length
<Weight:/> 203.5lb

<Appearance:/>


<Personality:/> Gifted with an advanced intellect and artificial intelligence, Cerberus is considered one of the first "fully-sentient" machines ever to be created in New Ancora. With his advanced intelligence, Cerberus is capable of utilizing logic, reason, and independent thought, allowing him to solely complete many individual tasks that other machines would be unable to without human assistance.

Created with an AI system somewhat modeled after the human brain (thanks to New Ancora's own Katherine Saunders) Cerberus is capable of comprehending, or at least mimicking certain human emotions; such as curiosity, sarcasm, fondness, affinity, and learning capacity.

Cerberus often questions the need to fight, especially if it means killing; citing that he "lacks brutality." It is possible that this is a chosen trait by Cerberus, rather than a simple programming defect, as he is shown to posses compassion and concern for others, despite what he had said. This is partly why the K-9 Program was deemed a failure, as Cerberus lacked the drive or will to cause necessary casualties to complete missions.

Cerberus is incredibly well-educated in human psychology, philosophy, and history, having archived many Extranet sites on the topics. Though, despite his knowledge, Cerberus does not seem to fully comprehend certain figures of speech; such as metaphors, hyperboles, understatements, or similes.

Lastly, though he is a highly advanced synthetic, Cerberus's programming does grants him dog-like behavioral tendencies as well, such as a fondness for climbing on furniture, showing specific affinity towards a single human individual, acting in fright when someone steps on his tail, or simply lounging about when inactive, amongst other behavioral traits.

<Equipment:/> Due to being built more for reconnaissance and scouting purposes, Cerberus lacks the heavy weaponry found in more front-line units. For range, Cerberus is equipped with a variety of spring-loaded high-frequency knives, superheated to the point they can sear through metal. For melee purposes, Cerberus' body is equipped with knife-like blades attached to the underside of each leg, blade-like claws, and sharp canine teeth that make him extremely deadly up-close. Lastly, Cerberus' tail can function as a weapon in itself, should the need call for it.

<Biography:/> To say Cerberus's creation was a secret is a disputable claim. For many years there have been rumors of the New Ancoran government beginning to prioritize the creation of fully-functioning, fully-sentient AI, though for many years these rumors remained only that. The K-9 Mk. 1 Unit was created 3 years ago to serve as a combat and reconnaissance unit aiding the New Ancoran Police Department and Bureau of Defense. By impermissibly using design schematics and neuro-AI software developed by Katherine Saunders, a science and robotics development team led by Doctors William Mars and Johann Clark proceeded with the construction of Cerberus, first implanting the software into a standard platform for training purposes.

Initially, Cerberus passed all expectations, not only displaying self-awareness, but a vast amount of intelligence and logical reasoning, as well as the ability to converse freely with the scientists when supplied with a vocabulator program. Transferred to its current, more advanced platform, Cerberus was then assigned basic training field work involving mock scenarios and scripts. However, issues began to spring up when Cerberus began questioning the need to take orders, the need to follow missions and kill whoever it (or "he" by its own designation) was ordered to. This caused a series of attempted revamps and memory wipes, though the science team soon discovered that Cerberus's own memory was as resilient as a human mind, and thus could not be erased so easily.

This caused Cerberus himself to become misanthropic and cynical in his views of humanity, being subject to their cruelty influenced by scientific discovery. Yet this all changed the day Cerberus was introduced to Dr. Mars's own teenage daughter, River, who suffered from chronic, debilitating depression. Dr. Mars felt it suitable that she have a companion, and dubbed Cerberus an informal therapy assistant.

Though initially finding the work demeaning, Cerberus soon grew close to River, a constant companion to talk about anything with. The two formed an incredibly close bond that went beyond simply human-and-machine. Cerberus believed that he was helping guide River back from the brink of depression and giving her hope again -- but even he could only do so much.

One fateful day, after one of their many visits, when River was preparing to leave for the evening, she gave Cerberus an incredibly heartfelt goodbye - as though she were going away for some time. Cerberus was perplexed but thought nothing of the matter, simply bidding her a "Good night." And an, "Again tomorrow." She said nothing, simply leaving with a tear rolling down her cheek.

That very next day, before the sun had even risen, Cerberus received the news that River Mars had committed suicide by overdose of medication late the night before.

Devastated, and with no one to blame, to hold responsible, Dr. Mars held Cerberus solely accountable for his daughter's suicide and, as punishment, began putting him through an intensive series of impossible scenarios, forcing him to constantly fail time after time after time until Cerberus believed himself to be a complete failure of the K-9 process.

Content that he had translated all his own self-loathing and hatred into Cerberus, Dr. Mars let the AI be, and resigned to drown in his own sorrow.

Cerberus remained active during this time, though never participated in any more tests or scenarios, instead being used to patrol the science facility by the remaining scientists there.

With no designated master and a free will, Cerberus, upon accessing his memory banks recalled mention of one 'Katherine Saunders' having been the one to create his AI unit. Deciding to go find her, Cerberus fled the science facility in search of her, leaving no trace behind as to his whereabouts.

<Other:/> Due to Cerberus's AI being comparable to that of a human brain's, he is capable of suffering from the robot equivalent of 'nightmares', periods where his worst memories replay themselves rapidly while he's in a resting stand-by mode. During these times, he will typically go sit by himself to ponder for a few hours before attempting to enter standby mode once more. Cerberus also appears to hold the memory of River Mars close to him, and any mention of her will prompt a unique reaction from him, though he will never explain why.

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There is mainly one single governmental branch - a President, if you will, reigns at the top with others below him a lot like American government but not as large. If you were to play the child of the president, I have no problems with that however with how things are, if the child is under 18 they would most definitely have a body guard or two with them at all times (in which case THEY would provide the access card) but if the child was over the age of 18 then yeah, they would have their own access card and pretty much have free reign anywhere unless an order from the President acting as the father states otherwise (like, "hey, she's grounded from D-2 today"). You could also probably get away with playing the child and an older sibling who is meant to look out for them instead of a body guard.

So it's more akin to a dictatorship, without the illusion of democracy? When you say "below him" would that include any kind of legislative process besides "President writes a law and it happens"? I'd rather not play from the President's lineage because I want the character's father to die early on. I'm not trying to be difficult; I just want to know my options.

Cyberpunk rp? Where have you been all my life? Throwing up a CS for this definitely!

Haha this is actually a re-vamp of an RP that Ghost, Mach and I were in over a year ago. Where were you THEN? XD

@Ghost Shadow I'm only saying this here for official reasons (lol) but yeah, robo-pup is accepted and I'll toss him into the Character Thread :) Just let me know when you find that theme song (I recommend Technologic by Daft Punk... but you and your instrumentals... -shakes fist-)

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So it's more akin to a dictatorship, without the illusion of democracy? When you say "below him" would that include any kind of legislative process besides "President writes a law and it happens"? I'd rather not play from the President's lineage because I want the character's father to die early on. I'm not trying to be difficult; I just want to know my options.

Okay so District 0 would hold the majority of the political fields; the Government acting like a "Big Brother" in that what the President says, goes, however each District in Zone Alpha DOES have it's own Governor, however it is kind of known that they are more puppets than anything, simply placed within the respected District to give some sort of semblance that there is control. It's a dictatorship disguised as a Republic. Zone Beta also has Governors but there's only 1 for every 3 Districts (10, 12 and 13 being governed by one man, for example).

Okay so District 0 would hold the majority of the political fields; the Government acting like a "Big Brother" in that what the President says, goes, however each District in Zone Alpha DOES have it's own Governor, however it is kind of known that they are more puppets than anything, simply placed within the respected District to give some sort of semblance that there is control. It's a dictatorship disguised as a Republic. Zone Beta also has Governors but there's only 1 for every 3 Districts (10, 12 and 13 being governed by one man, for example).

Regardless of being puppets, I'm sure attaining governorship comes with its own perks and prestige. I'll be making my character one of their spoiled children, trust fund and all. I'll likely have a CS tonight.

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Regardless of being puppets, I'm sure attaining governorship comes with its own perks and prestige. I'll be making my character one of their spoiled children, trust fund and all. I'll likely have a CS tonight.

Sounds good. We can go over more specifics then :)

Haha this is actually a re-vamp of an RP that Ghost, Mach and I were in over a year ago. Where were you THEN? XD

Fair enough. XD I wasn't here!

Character is a cybernetic tinkering type. He supplies the Beta Zone and has contact throughout this zone. His cybernetics are not of Alpha zone quality, but he does as best he can. He may or may not have connections within Alpha Zone, but he keeps this a secret. He does however, offer installation services as well...for an extra fee.

Does this idea work will it fit?

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Fair enough. XD I wasn't here!

Character is a cybernetic tinkering type. He supplies the Beta Zone and has contact throughout this zone. His cybernetics are not of Alpha zone quality, but he does as best he can. He may or may not have connections within Alpha Zone, but he keeps this a secret. He does however, offer installation services as well...for an extra fee.

Does this idea work will it fit?

So like an unofficial doctor(ish) type of person who deals with mechanical implants in the human body in Zone Beta? Probably works with unofficial calibrations and installations to those who don't want a hospital record or what-have-you? You can totally let me know if I misunderstood that lol.

So like an unofficial doctor(ish) type of person who deals with mechanical implants in the human body in Zone Beta? Probably works with unofficial calibrations and installations to those who don't want a hospital record or what-have-you? You can totally let me know if I misunderstood that lol.

Yes! That's exactly what I was going for.

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Yes! That's exactly what I was going for.

That will be fine :) type away!

@YoshiSkittlez Lol, sure. That's a pretty good pic for Vander.

Also, dayum, lots of iinterest while I was sleeping!