@HachiRoku

Approved :D

Seems like we're just about ready to start.

I am actually right in the middle of making the first IC post :D

Oh, cool.

@Ithradine How long until it's done? Sorry if i'm being annoying, i'm just curious.

No it's fine. Well Its about half-way done, just finished your characters part. It won't be up until later cause I gotta go to an event. It will be up however when I get back.

Also for those who haven't written characters yet, Don't worry if the Post comes and you don't have one made up yet. Once you have it done, I'll just have you jump right in.

Ah, good. Thanks for keeping us updated.

The first step is introducing yourself to your squad so it's taking a bit

Umm wow this is moving quickly...

Umm wow this is moving quickly...

Because xcom is awesome!

XCOM gonna give to ya!

Is it alright if I join? Is there still availability?

@McSamsonite Yeah, go ahead.

Name: Trevor Hickory

Age: 26

Nationality: German

Appearance: Black shaggy hair and hazel eyes. Very defined jaw bones, and fairly short in height with lean, formed musculature.

Biography: Trevor grew up on his own most his life. He bounced from home to home within the system for the first years of his life, and when he turned 12 he left his current caretakers and vanished from the system with his best friend Tania. Never wanting to be apart of anything that could track him or make him do things that made him feel stifled, he and Tania lived on the go, never settling down longer than a year at most. They made their living from "confiscating" funds from agencies and programs they deemed unsuited for the capital. They became good at extorting, moving unseen, and hiding in plain sight. Tania was very good at the talking and grifting, while Trevor handled the subtle art of appropriating. They made many enemies with many gangs and thugs, making it necessary for them to learn to fight with guns just as well as with hand-to-hand weapons.
When Trevor was 22, he and Tania came into contact with a Thin Man. They knew about the alien invasions taking place, but they'd never had to worry about it as long as it didn't effect them. Then when they were confronted with a Thin Man, they were terribly outmatched and had to use all their skills in non-detection... and it still wasn't enough. Trapped on top of a building with the Thin Man making his way up the stairs to the rooftop where they hid, they had no choice but to climb down the outside of the three-story building. They made it one story down and didn't even have time to find a window to climb back into before the Thin Man discovered them and fired down at them from the rooftop. Tania was hit and fell without a sound. Trevor already knew she was dead before she hit the ground. With no alternative, he jumped the remaining height onto a patch of grass. He performed a roll back onto his feet, and before he could register any pain, he sprinted away as fast as he could, vowing vengeance for Tania. After he recovered from his fall and heartbreak, he was contacted by XCOM because of his innate tactical ability, and firsthand experience with the alien threat.

Base of Operations: Europe

Squad: (Will be assigned)

Class: Ranger

Rank: Squaddie

Personality: Very quiet and standoffish. He assesses situations well in advance before taking any action. He is closed off to anyone new until they gain his trust, then he is voraciously loyal. Because he had spent his life taking it upon himself to assess the nature of people he targeted, to determine if they were bad people and unworthy of their money, he tends to be very blunt when asked questions; both to give short answers, but also to see how people react when he tells them things they don't expect to hear. He finds that's usually when you see people's true colors.

Other: He prefers to sleep on the ground. Growing up as he did, beds were a luxury and he now prefers the comfort of minimalism. He owns only what's necessary for his immediate task, changing through his items as it suits him.

Strengths: He is very good at going unseen and quiet. He is quick and agile, using his speed in close quarters more than brute strength. Very loyal when befriended. He is honest in everything he does and thinks everyone else should be the same.

Weaknesses: (Anything that has a noticeable negative impact on your character such as Trust issues or Fears) He lacks strength to the fullest. Because he relies so heavily on his speed and agility, he is very minimally armored. His loyalty is both a strength and a weakness; if put in a situation of whether to sacrifice a friend or a population, he would save the friend. He is honest to a fault. His tongue sometimes getting him into more trouble than he can easily get out of.

Psionic-Potential: Yes

Mech Soldier Candidate No

@McSamsonite Not bad. The only criticism I can think of is that XCOM is completely hidden from the public- you don't contact them, they contact you.

Name: Cole Duponte
Age: 23
Nationality: French

Appearance: While sporting a light brown scruff beard, Cole stands at 5'11 with a light brown buzz cut, pale blue eyes which seem to pierce the soul of whatever he looks at, lean and toned physique, and a tattoo of a crow rests on his left arm to represent his pride in his work, and to remember all those he has killed.

Biography: Cole was born in Louisiana and raised just outside of New Orleans. His father died a few months after he was born while serving in the military on a classified operation so he never knew what happened to him. However Cole still felt pride when his father came up in conversation and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. He never imagined how he'd do that, but when his mother took him to France while she was a diplomat over there when he was 17 his friend's dad somewhat took Cole under his wing and taught him a few tricks from his own military days. After further discussion and loving the new place he lived in Cole joined the French Foreign Legion. With that came a new identity and the last name Duponte.

With several successful missions under his belt and clearly becoming a up and coming star in the spec ops world Cole was offered a job with XCOM to which he gladly excepted. He is part of the European branch and proudly serves his country and planet by whatever means are at his disposal.

Base of Operations: Europe
Squad: (Will be assigned)
Class: Ranger
Rank: Squaddie

Personality: While trying to be a honorable man, Cole struggles to stay honorable when it comes to dealing with the aliens. Unlike with other countries fighting, this is a whole different matter that seems so much more important. So when it comes to the aliens honor goes out the window. While in Cole's eyes honor has to do with two wits having it out, when it comes to the aliens he just views them as close to animals, or maybe even rodents. Pests that should be exterminated and kept off the world. If they were friendly and trying to make an alliance that would be one thing, but from what he understands all the aliens want is to take the world for themselves.

In his personal life he loves to have fun, make crude jokes, drink, and train. While he wants to get married at some point, he knows that his work comes first because without doing what he does there is no future for a family he builds. It is that dream of his baby girl or boy playing in the back yard while he's sitting in a chair with a smile on his face that keeps Cole going each day in this struggle.

Other: Has a tendency to be a little overly violent or excessive with things.

Strengths: Cole is excellent with the combat knife and his quick reactions to thigns that happens around him. Once he was given a sword he was able to become efficient with that as well along with close quarters combat.

Weaknesses: Cole's biggest weakness is how much he values his friends. It is the constant struggle for him seeing his closest friends die. He gets a huge adrenaline rush when it happens and he was trained to take advantage of that, but after that initial rush or the battle is over Cole struggles heavily with getting over the loss.

Psionic-Potential: Yes
Mech Soldier Candidate No

@thedman Okay I deleted the last sentence. Look good now?

Pretty good stuff. You'll have to wait for the GM to come and approve them before you can post them in the characters tab.

@McSamsonite I think you could replace the parts about him reaching out to his contacts with him being contacted by XCOM instead. Unless his contacts are extremely high ranking politicians, they wouldn't know about XCOM. Meanwhile, XCOM would probably be interested in him, as he's a survivor of an alien attack.

@thedman Okay I altered the last bit. I didn't know if I was supposed to add what XCOM's actions were since I'm not them.