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The Rachni Wars.

The wars were a devastation to the Galaxy as the Council knew it until the Salarians uplifted the Krogan to turn the tide of the war. Gradually the threat was driven back, destroyed; a shell of what they had once used to be, all their power lost. The Rachni were contained, left to their own little slice of the galaxy as their relay, the mass relay known as Relay 314, and the Council found all actions to reactivate this relay as illegal and declared that the Rachni menace was extinct. With that, the Turians safeguarded this relay to prevent activation attempts by any means that they deemed necessary. The end of the Rachni Wars came about 300 CE.

Centuries later, exploration came about, but not by any Council races and not by a species that was particularly known about either. This new race, the Human race, expanded at an unprecedented rate and never had seen any intelligent species, no first contact. Reactivating relays, exploring, being humans. That was until they came about the famed relay, Relay 314. Of course, they had no clue about council laws and thought themselves alone in space. Then, Turian warships struck the exploration group, destroying all but one ship that escaped amongst the Chaos. This was the start of what the humans called “the First Contact War.”

Soon enough, the war turned from a naval war to a ground war as Turians besieged the human colony of Shanxi. Turian forces then began landing on the colonial planet as warships seized air control and bombarded the planet. This is where you come in. A merc, a soldier, a medic, maybe even a scientist come to study these new people? Only you know for sure and it is up for you to decide what happens. However, whatever comes next will be caused by whatever you decide.

What will happen next?

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Welcome to Mass Effect: First Contact! As you could guess this roleplay would be set in the Mass Effect universe and in the First Contact War between the humans and the turians. Primarily, the beginning will focus on the Battle of Shanxi but here is the catch; we shall be playing from the Turian point of view, we are the bad guys to the humans. I'm looking for about 4-6, casual to semi-advanced people to join me on the this quest! If you have questions, feel free to ask me!

Happy hunting!

Hmmm, if I have time I'll join!

I'm tentatively interested in this. I'll tag some dork I know, see if he's game as well.

Ayo @Krayzikk

@POOHEAD189
I pray that you have the time then!

@Plank Sinatra
Much appreciated, I tip my... I don't have a hat so I can't tip it to you.

@GeneralNox
Interesting choice! I guarantee that everyone in the scientific community is going to love him!

I am the very model of a scientist salarian, I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian. I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because i am an expert (which i know is a tautology). My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian.

@LauderI'm interested in this, though I don't know much Mass Effect beyond the basic premise/story, and even less about the specific races.

@DepressedSoviet

I'm glad you have gave interest! Here is a wiki link. I would recommend looking up information of the First Contact War, the Rachni Wars, and the Krogan Rebellions. Also feel free to look up any races you wish but I would recommend sticking with Asari, Salarian, or Turian, if you do not have specific knowledge on races.

@Lauder This has my interest. Are you expecting this to stay casual, or go more towards advanced? Normally I'm easily able to write for an advanced RP, but right now I have a lot on my plate. Question 2: Are you going to allow non-Turian races? I realize it would be fairly rare for a non-Turian (or non-human) to be fighting in this war, but I figure there might be a few individuals of other races willing to work with the turians, at least in a strike team capacity. I was considering running a batarian (this would be before the Skyllian Blitz if my Mass Effect history is correct). This character would help fill the relative biotic void (turians tend to specialize in tech more often than biotics) with a Vanguard style of play.

@LauderThanks for the response! I'll keep this subbed until the OOC is started. Do you have a sneak peek at CS formatting so we can get a head start, as well as other information regarding the format of the RP itself? For example, rules that are in play (other than the obvious no meta / godmoding rules)? Seeing as we're in a war, I assume there may be some combat involved, and information on how that will be handled is especially useful.

Speaking of character concepts: I'm thinking of playing a medic-type character.

@GeneralNox If the DM doesn't allow that, I might be willing to put my PC's services up for hire.

@JBRam2002 That would be awesome. Do we want to do it like that anyway? Makes it more colourful if I'm not in full control of you

@POOHEAD189@Plank Sinatra@JBRam2002@GeneralNox@DepressedSoviet

CS is now up in the OP while I work on the OOC! Do not submit them to me just yet when you finish, do that when the OOC is up!

Another quick question...would I be able to control a second, well, secondary character? My head-scientist Turian isn't going to be combat focused at all, so I was thinking of a hired Krogan or Batarian that serves as a body guard?

I do not see why not, if you intend on doing a second sheet for the body guard or if @JBRam2002 still wants to go along that little path you guys have going. Whatever you want!

@GeneralNox I think the bodyguard idea would fit well with my character. If you would like to PM me, we can talk about things like how we met up, details of the arrangement, etc.

Ive been waiting for one of these to pop up! I'm interested!