@PrivateVenturesThat.... was a long list of problems...

@SgtEasy Honestly, I don't think he'll ever be okay, by normal standards. He's committed too much evil, too much of his life was devoted to destroying !ife, and developing new techniques to derive fear and pain, that I think he's more likely to die in a suicide assault than to be okay enough to pursue a romantic endeavor. Sicaria in no way is destroyed psychologically enough to match him. I think Sicaria is going to be his holy grail, the motivation to push him to be better than he is, but in the end, I think he'll accept that he can't change, and give his life for the greater good.

Of course, who knows? Maybe he'll reform, and have a great life.

@Leos Klien Yes. Yes it is.

Seriously, though, dude is by far one of the most traumatized and depressing characters I've ever written.

@PrivateVentures

I hope he does reform, I'm kind of rooting for the guy. Lady Luck wasn't on his side

@PrivateVentures

I hope he does reform, I'm kind of rooting for the guy. Lady Luck wasn't on his side

I feel you there. I write like a method actor. Before I can write for a certain character, I take a moment to meditate and feel what they feel. I've gotten pretty accurate over the years at character portrayal.

Ellis is brutal.

So yeah, definitely rooting for the guy.

@PrivateVentures

I think Ellis is both the most adorable, and most terrifying character in the party xD

Feeling pity on his situation, and fearing he'll one night suddenly go door to door with an axe!

*Whacks door*
Ellis: "Heeeeere's ELLIS!"

@SgtEasy I did a bit of study into how someone with a combination of psychotic tendencies, sociopathic tendencies, bipolar disorder, disassociative disorder, a conglomerate condition of abandonment issues and sadistic psychosis, severe anger management problems, and serious paranoia, resulting in advanced dementia would act. I already had the character put together, I just filled in bits and pieces to make his backstory match up with the ME universe. I figured this would be a great way to see how this character would develop.

There's really no mention of have of this in any of Ellis' CS Psyche Eval, other than a single mention of paranoia, and his xenophobia, which hasn't been as apparent IC as I thought it would. If I'd known just how extreme his issues had been I would have been far more hesitant to accept him, as the Spectres would have read his dossier and just given a big ol' "No way, this guy is far too much trouble". We had Leos Klien edit his sheet to better allow Giles to merge with the ME world we're trying to create here, and his psychosis is arguably far less threatening to the team than that which Ellis apparently has.

Maybe you chose to leave that information out to tease at it in the IC, or maybe it's my fault for not reading in between the lines, but all this will have to have some kind of repercussion, IC wise at the very least. After all, at what stage would it become irresponsible for the Spectres to keep an individual like this on their team? Isn't he just as much of a danger to them as he is to everyone else? Couple his mental imbalance with his sketchy service history, and their suspicions that he has been indoctrinated (just because he claims not to be indoctrinated doesn't mean they wont still suspect that that is the case) and I'm really struggling to think of a reason why they wouldn't just let him go, never-mind actually lock him up.

This one goes for everyone in the game, so please pay attention to it. I feel like I've said something similar to it a couple of times now, and I don't want to have to repeat myself.

Remember @MrDidact and I still have to create in-story reasons for the Spectres doing the things that they do. Otherwise what would be the point of having a narrative? So that means I have to have a reason for why they've invited all these varied space-people onto their task force, and then why they keep them. 'Because they've distinguished themselves in the line of duty' has served as a good enough reason for why all of your characters have been recruited. As it's still so relatively early in the IC the reason for the Spectres keeping contract with the characters who join them has yet to be seen, but I will have to find one. 'Because they have numerous mental issues and might shoot a teammate at any moment', 'because they're a trained professional who accidentally blew up the team with a recon droid', and 'because they opened fire after seeing a Geth acting non-hostilely' aren't great reasons.

If I seem harsh it's because I worry the game is getting away from the serious, realistic tone that I had in mind for it. Yes, comedy is all well and good, and yes, I do think it has a place here. But I don't want slapstick, comical situations becoming the main focus here, and nor do I want it to become a soap-opera like melodrama. All I'm asking is to tone down the more bizarre, surreal, and downright silly antics.

If I have the time this afternoon I'll make a post.

I am going to hold off posting until next GM round. Doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense to respond to the Spectres and then break off into a redundant recap of events or even other conversations.

Currently working on my next post, but I've got quite a lot to react to here, so it'll take me a while. Definitely have something up in the next hour or two though.

@Dervish

I will wait for them too! ^^
As it is, you'd think they were trapped in a time-stasis-bubble or something when everything moved ahead around them! xD

Currently working on my next post, but I've got quite a lot to react to here, so it'll take me a while. Definitely have something up in the next hour or two though.

Good luck!

I will also be waiting for the GM post.

Currently working on my next post, but I've got quite a lot to react to here, so it'll take me a while. Definitely have something up in the next hour or two though.

Also good luck!

So I finally have free time to focus on this RP and I just read the IC and Holy shit; I was busy for just a couple days and I missed quite the shitstorm. an amusing shitstorm but I digress. I will wait for Sam to post before I introduce Milina, heck I might reroll my character so they can match this group's level of intensity lmao

@AquaAzuraI think if you made a mellow character, Sam would kiss you, more intensity is the last thing the IC needs right now XD

heck I might reroll my character so they can match this group's level of intensity lmao

You do that and I wont be held accountable for my actions.

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You do that and I wont be held accountable for my actions.

lmao I'm joking mostly about the intensity part, but I'm still heavily considering rerolling my character since she might be a bit too light hearted for the RP

@AquaAzuraI think if you made a mellow character, Sam would kiss you, more intensity is the last thing the IC needs right now XD

lol true!
I have an idea for a Female Krogan infiltrator, from what we seen of the Female Krogans they are a lot more mallow and contemplative compared to their male counterparts. And it wouldn't it be fun to have a hulking Krogan that can sneak up on people in and out of combat!

@AquaAzuraAh the old "sneak-and-creep-Claymore-shotgun-in-their-back" routine eh?
I have always enjoyed the thought of a shotgun using infiltrator.

@AquaAzura If you really feel that you need to change your character that's up to you, but I think that Milina will fit in excellently in the RP. A tough talking, no shit taking, professional Asari mercenary is a great fit. Though there'd need to be a good reason for why the Krogan infiltrator doesn't make noise when sneaking up on her targets.

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lmao I'm joking mostly about the intensity part, but I'm still heavily considering rerolling my character since she might be a bit too light hearted for the RP

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lol true!
I have an idea for a Female Krogan infiltrator, from what we seen of the Female Krogans they are a lot more mallow and contemplative compared to their male counterparts. And it wouldn't it be fun to have a hulking Krogan that can sneak up on people in and out of combat!

My secondary character in the ME game I am running is a krogan Infiltrator. He firmly believes that picking idiots off from a concealed position with a sniper rifle is just as fulfilling as bashing their faces in with the butt of a shotgun. Way he sees it, nobody's going to expect a long-range ambush on Tuchanka. Krogan are such hands on people, after all.

@AquaAzuraAh the old "sneak-and-creep-Claymore-shotgun-in-their-back" routine eh?
I have always enjoyed the thought of a shotgun using infiltrator.

she fights both close range and far range as she uses a Shotgun and a Sniper rifle nobody would ever expect it.

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My secondary character in the ME game I am running is a krogan Infiltrator. He firmly believes that picking idiots off from a concealed position with a sniper rifle is just as fulfilling as bashing their faces in with the butt of a shotgun. Way he sees it, nobody's going to expect a long-range ambush on Tuchanka. Krogan are such hands on people, after all.

Sniper kills is rewarding in it's own way. And agreed Krogan like to head butt, shot gunned and biotically charge at their foes, might be why Turians use long range weapons most of the time lmao!

@AquaAzura If you really feel that you need to change your character that's up to you, but I think that Milina will fit in excellently in the RP. A tough talking, no shit taking, professional Asari mercenary is a great fit. Though there'd need to be a good reason for why the Krogan infiltrator doesn't make noise when sneaking up on her targets.

If you think so I can give Milina a try as the way you make it sound she fits better then I thought. But I will still wait for your post before making her introduction. Asari's must always come fashionably late, after all if they come too early it might be by a few decades.