@Thecrash20@Lmpkio Sounds better. Though I'm slightly curious if the Bio-Blaster "ammo" could be used to eat tiny holes in the hull of a ship, given they can eat through metal. Kind of wondering how it eats through metal given that different metals have stronger or weaker molecular bonds. I would assume it is through chemical reactions to weaken said bonds that the parasites then are able to break by eating.
Given their tiny size it would require a fairly regular stream to eat away at things like metal armor because each would not be able to carry that much caustic chemicals to quickly eat a hole though. I see this working sort of like an acid gun except instead of firing a liquid it fires the parasites as payloads for the chemicals. Obviously softer materials would be quicker and easier to get through. If this is a fair representation of the Bio-Blaster then I am okay with this.
Exactly that was in my mind. Also I made a note on my edit that they die rather quickly after leaving the gun. So no matter what really it needs constant application on the same area or they wont be effective. Even if they could eventually eat through, lets say a ships armor. It would take longer than its worth. I was thinking like 5 seconds till death. I thought of the acid gun idea, but that seemed too aggressive for the type of Char I wanted to make. So instead he shoots feels good sleepy bugs.
Description: A Sentient aquatic race from the frozen moon WT-319, also known as Aquaria. By the time of xenos discovery they had built a relatively advanced pre industrial society, culturally at least, despite the difficulties of performing metallurgy underwater. They live in undersea city states built around areas of large amounts of geothermal activity resulting from the gravitational heating resulting from its close orbit to its gas giant. Each city state has large hunting grounds around it, where the majority of their food comes from either net based fishing or trained shivers of hunters who bring in the larger catches. The geothermal vents are then used to cook these catches, to be server in grand feast halls found built in the center of the city.
After extraterrestrial contact and trading they made use of vacuum and space suit tech to finally make use of their moons rich ore deposits, massive accelerating their tech advancement. While still below other races they have made a habit of researching and making use of the technologies of all they come across. These days they are rather wide spread, their aquatic lifestyle allowing them to cohabitate world with other sentient species, occasionally without them knowing about it. For example, it took 20 years for humanity to realized they had built a city in the pacific ocean and another 30 to figure out whether that was legal or not, by which point it was basically impossible to remove them the colony anyway.
Physically they are a carnivorous water breathing race who are something of a cross between a shark and a mermaid, featuring a strong swimming tail, sharp teeth and tough skin. Their “hair” is a semi flexible series of tentacles that they have some control over and that can be an indicator of their emotional state. The existence of these additional mini appendages makes it much easier to wire in additional limbs than it does to other life forms, as an engineer can simply redirect some of the nerves from these tentacles to whatever mechanical components they desire.
When going on land they make use of modified space suits that filter and oxygenate water around their heads and use a variety of neural linked wearable cybernetics for mobility. Without these they will eventually suffocate and be limited to crawling and flopping for terrestrial locomotion.
Name: Arra Species: Syreni Chondrichthyes (Aquarian) Age: 21 Gender: F Height: 1.8M Weight: 56 KG
Personality: She is inquisitive, eager to explore the many strange worlds most of her kind will never other to even read about. Probably gets a bit too excited when killing things. When not hunting she is rather laid back and will generally either go sight seeing, be reading about new places she could go or trying out new meats.
History: One of the fairly rare members of her kind that take any interest in living above the waves she has taken up monster hunting as a profession primarily as an excuse to explore strange new worlds and get paid for it.
Originally one of the many hunters employed by her city to sustain it’s endless desire for meat she showed enough aptitude and saved enough money to take her profession to the stars. She is currently rather new to land based hunting, and thus lacks the firepower to take down anything particularly large or well armored. She learned this the hard way when a Rathanus Slicianus cut off one of her hands when her glaive got stuck in it’s cartilage. She managed to get away and then get mechanical replacement and was somewhat humbled by the experience, forcing her to come to terms with the fact that without a hunting shiver to back her up she would need to be more strategic with her approaches, which is when she bought the harpoon gun and dart launcher.
She is currently writing a cookbook of the various xenos meats from an Aquarian hunter’s perspective and is hoping to expand her repertoire of hunted beasts in order to expand it.
Weapons/Supplies: Mobility belt: an array of 4 tentacle like limbs that are used for on land mobility, generally for 4 legged walking. The limbs feature optical sensors that help the user gauge how close they are to terrain. These are naturally linked to her, and so their movements are the same as using her own natural limbs. Extra-aquatic survival helm: An extremely durable bullet proof glass dome and an accompanying life support system keep her from drowning on land. It also includes an inbuilt communication suite for getting sound in and out of her watery enclosure and for making long distance calls. Features an airlock system to get food in and out. Glaive: A traditional hunting weapon, though this example’s blade is made of steel rather than the sharpened bone of yester-years. Emergency survival kit: including flares, rations, glass repair patches, bottled seawater, a swiss army knife, emergency lift balloon and other small useful items.
A regular old harpoon launcher is useful for stopping pray from escaping. Featuring a strong cable trailing from the large metal bolt that stays fixed in its target, if the user manages to secure the launcher to a tree quick enough it can trap a quarry and leave them ripe for butchering.
While this pistol sized weapon features virtually zero penetration power, if it can deliver its payload of elephant tranquilizers to a weak spot of a target then it can knock small creatures out cold or make larger ones tired and sluggish.
@Lmpkio I'm gonna hold off on hopping into this-- if you think you've got too many people at the moment? Y'all seem to have more than enough participants this time around! HOWEVER. I will make my CS and submit it when/if someone drops off. Or if you gimmie the green light to make it now.
A C T U A L L Y *hit ya with that ol 1-2 post* Would a jetpack be too much? 3min of sustained flight with a 1min recharge rate was what I was considering.
A C T U A L L Y *hit ya with that ol 1-2 post* Would a jetpack be too much? 3min of sustained flight with a 1min recharge rate was what I was considering.
Ah, I just remembered that. It can depend on the mission, but my suggestion for her normally is make it like a jump pack. She can get up places, like small cliffs, etc, by a big jump boost. Flight she may add when encountering mega-fauna, but give it a minute per session before needing to recharge or something.
Also update, tomorrow or Saturday there will be an opening post for yall. Plan to first start on a ship, get your briefings at the HQ, and then head to the Jungle Planet for a starting mission. This was the exact scenario in the last RP.
Does that sound good to you guys, or do you want to go straight into the action with a holo-briefing?
After a bit of drinking and sparring, Zavid is ready for action, captain.
Name:
Zavid Nightblade
Species:
Primus Sapiens. Geneticaly Modified human
Age:
29
Gender:
Male
Height:
6'5
Weight:
130 kg
Personality:
Calculative~Bold~Honest~Stoic~Charismatic
Zavid is a calm tactician. He values honesty and loyalty, which is rare in his line of work. He aims to exceed expectations and to break down barriers he faces as he isn't a born human. Zavid is a smooth talker, knowing several languages and weilds a golden tongue. He may not be the frontline fighter, but none have his guts. He's a bounty hunter dating a high ranking officer of the very organization against them... He's got to have some crazy in him too, as most don't see the fun in chasing "monsters". Zavid is an active defender, seeking to help others and serve the good of the people any way he can. When stressed he's often found retreating into himself, as he didn't grow up in normal society, and doesn't exactly do well when angry, which leads to him drinking.
History:
Icarus Project: Clearance Level 9, UNFC
Goal: The Icarus Project was a trial to see whether or not one could create the Perfect human.
Result: Mass failure. Primus Sapiens are relatively unstable, having chemical imbalance and psychological disorders.
Trial: Conducted on Zecrux Prime, in the Milky Way Galaxy, Sector Omega. Total Number of Subjects equaled 3000 at start. All, gen-modded from conception.
Trial was 25 years long. 25 years of tests, of needle poking flesh, and of children who never knew what it was like to love. Unlike the Giantis Sapiens, this test was cruel, sadistic and inhumane. There were no names goven to the subjects. They weren't deemed as equal in the human subspecies. They were cattle. To be jsed for testing and creating a weapon capable of tearing down armies. There was no love given to them, so they grew up without it.
The first test group was a failure. Too violent for their own good and were put down. The second, well, the second went the same way, but took out some scientists with them. The Infamous Doctor Icarus refused to stop, creating a third group. To the ones doing well, he cherished, gave them treats. Let them outside the lab to see the sun. Unlike the other humans, Primus Sapiens could handle the intense gravity of Zencrux with ease. With it's double moons and blue star sun, the planet was lush with life... But the lab only knew death.
An accident saw Icarus killed. Some say it was sabotage, others say suicide, when he realized what he'd become. The project continued, only lead by an even more evil man... Doctor Eisenhower. He wanted weapons. So he turned these young teens into a fighting force. Primus are capable of many feats humans cannot do, being faster and stronger due to the environment they were created in, and the gene edits that were dome to them. Many had "damage" and were destroyed. They say that it was because some subjects developed mental illness and Eisenhower wouldn't tolerate it.
There were a few that stood out among the rest. Subject 233, 257, 859, 860, and 1000. These five formed a close bond. When put together, they excelled in everything. Eisenhower took them and did separate tests, to see if he could do his next step: Integrate them with technology.
But it wouldn't happen. The Federation had gotten word of the project and swarmed in force with their own gene-mods, the Giantis. These humans were titans of flesh and used powerful mechs. They took control of the base and started to looknthrough the files, only to find them wiped. Eisenhower was taken in along with the other scientists and the subjects were assimilated into the military for a while. Most stayed, sekingb the thrill, but one notably broke off and decided that he wanted none of it. He took on the name Zavid Nightblade, Subject 1000.
Zavid was part of a cancelled Icarus Project. He and his kin were genetically modified at birth to be stronger, faster and smarter. Which was the goal... What they got was warriors who lived off rage and fought so much that death was a large part of the program. Following a raid by the government the project was shit down. Only a few of the subjects remain, most having to be put down for how volatile they were. Zavid was noted as one of the few successes... out of nearly a thousand subjects.
The subjects who were deemed safe were assimilated into the military. They became known for their strengths... and feared for their fits of berserker rage. The hundred or so who were left have been slowly dwindling, until only a few remained. Zavid relates to these last ones as his family, a thought shared by them all.
After a year or so of wandering, Zavid met a man who called himself Shinzo Shida, who offered him a job as a tester for his inventions. It worked out so well the pair became friends and Shinzo would get him tech to do bounty hunting and escort jobs. Currently, Shida is looking for new materials for weapons and armor, as he is the name in all advanced tech.
After a few years of bounty hunting, Zavid met Brant Quentin a man who he met after... A long night of drinking. The two stayed in touch, went on a few dates and then decided to stick together... Despite Brant being an officer in the UNFC who is against bounty hunters.
Weapons/Supplies:
Zavid prefers to be as far from targets as possible, but is one of the best in close range. His weapons and armor are made by his closest friend, who's known for his top of the line gear under the pseudonym Shinzo.
Prototype HPGR: Custom made Sniper Rifle. High powered Laser weapon.
Centipede Exo Gear: Fits like a second skin, this further enhances his alread high strength and speed. Has a built in jetpack and active camouflage(works only when still).
Centepede WPT: A beta tech that enables a short FTL dash in almost any direction. Has a long power up time.
Centepede Visor: Detects all bands of the EM spectrum. Also has a active HUD for overall status, map and motion sensor.
High Frequency Communicator: Used to communicate with Shinzo and Brant. The former as it is the only direct line to him, no one besides Brant has this. For Brant, it's how they communicate, as they are often far apart.
Lux: A rechargeable energy broadsword Can be used even when powered off like a regular blade. Blade is a meter long and made of a special alloy.
Misc:
Zavid is from Zencrux, a planet with extreme gravity. He has denser bones and higher strength than normal humans. Zencrux' gravity is 26.48 m/s2. Brandt has a six year old son, Leon who lives with his parents on Earth.
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