I was thinking of having a really old guy like pushing 90-100. In his life, he was set up as a sniper or "ranger" back in his day. They were based on your smart applicants and patience ones. After that, he gets wounded and needs to take leave, honorable discharge. Probably got a medal or something. It could be a spinal injury, which caused paralysis from the waist down. After that point, he moved towards science in hopes of restoring his body and helping those like him make it through. Near the end of his life, he started to hate being alive. Always needing help when he was once strong enough to care for himself. That piled on with being crippled. In a sense, he gave into depression near the end. Could say that he was one of the benefactors who helped with the project or funded it, as he was looking for any way to fix himself. However, I would say that he wasn’t part of the project specifically and could have just been someone too close to the real experiment when it went off. To him or in his mind he died and was reborn into a youthful body.

I was thinking of having a really old guy like pushing 90-100. In his life, he was set up as a sniper or "ranger" back in his day. They were based on your smart applicants and patience ones. After that, he gets wounded and needs to take leave, honorable discharge. Probably got a medal or something. It could be a spinal injury, which caused paralysis from the waist down. After that point, he moved towards science in hopes of restoring his body and helping those like him make it through. Near the end of his life, he started to hate being alive. Always needing help when he was once strong enough to care for himself. That piled on with being crippled. In a sense, he gave into depression near the end. Could say that he was one of the benefactors who helped with the project or funded it, as he was looking for any way to fix himself. However, I would say that he wasn’t part of the project specifically and could have just been someone too close to the real experiment when it went off. To him or in his mind he died and was reborn into a youthful body.

That makes total sense to me. There would have been a number of other research companies in the same facility, probably on one of the upper levels. The people responsible for the accident worked out of one of the basement floors.

Did you give any thought as to what kind of life your host body had before your character wound up inside them? Athlete? Gladiator? Or some other idea of you own?

@Balthazar007
I was thinking of a few things.

Bountyhunter/Assassin - Someone who captures or eliminates specific targets for a price.
Lord of War - Someone who sells weapons/information to both sides.
A scientist trying to unlock the next evolution or mutation for their species if not mix both. Ohh such a taboo.

I was thinking that in any case, the body he jumps into is trying to find a way to stop the war. He could possibly have started another faction or is part of one. Mainly I would like to know a lotta bit more about the people at war and how they govern one another. Like is there an agreement in using or not using specific types of weapons? How do they eat? Are there rules in not harming Civilians? Does this world have special animals and wildlife? I mean I wouldn't mind having him be a Gladiator or someone in the military it just depends.

@Aqutanama

So the way this world works is that there are about five great land masses or continents. Each continent is ruled by a militaristic regime. About 30 percent of each continent is comprised of urban, suburban, and rural areas that are well protected behind walls and defence systems. The other 70 percent of the world's land mass is an open battlefield.

There are some rouge civilizations that live out in the 70 percent war zone, but they are small and well hidden and/or well defended.

The only type of weapon that is forbidden are nuclear weapons, but everyone has them in abundance. Basically, mutually assured destruction is the main motivating factor in not using nukes. Poison gasses aren't a huge threat, as almost any helmet will have top notch filtration and self sufficient air supply. Also, since they've been at war for so long, their bodies have grown resistant to poison and almost any kind of sickness.

They eat like we do. They raise farm animals that are basically like our own here on Earth, but they are generally larger, through genetic engineering. Same goes for fruits and vegetables. They might not have as much area to farm, but they have found ways to maximize output. Also, the world's population is only 1 billion people, because war keeps the population count down.

There aren't any rules against harming civilians, but it is impractical. Even the most important civilian, if held hostage would be left behind by their government. Everyone on this planet knows that you could die at any time, so they don't fret if even their warlord/president is killed. They just raise the next in line to take the spot. Also, the cities and protected areas are so well protected, it's impractical to attack a city (though there are no officially off limits zones).

The main way war is fought is by attacking supply routes of your enemy. Each continent has to transport raw materials from one protected zone to the other. Like transporting food or metal ores from well protected rural areas and mines to the cities. That is when you are most vulnerable. So basically, all nations have a half of their armies on home soil, protecting their shipments. And half of their army is out attacking their enemies' shipments. Then or course, there are the battles fought to keep your enemy off your continent in the first place.

Alliances have been made in the past, but currently, it is every continent for itself.

Any more questions? I like answering them.

My schedule this week is pretty full, but I can do Friday evening any time. Or Sunday from 1pm to 3pm.

Which would you all prefer?

This is only referring to our discord meet-up. I'll be online a little each day.

I have a Game on Friday. Not sure if I can wake up at 1PM. West coast and waking up at 3PM has how I have been living my life... so yeah. I mean I can try. 9AM isn't bad I'm just not good at sleeping when I have nothing to do.

@Aqutanama

If your three hours behind on the west coast, it would be 10am not 9am, right? Also, you could join in an hour late at 2pm (11am your time). That first hour is just for helping others with their character sheets and answering questions and stuff. You and I havee been doing that steadily through PMs already. So you wouldn't be missing anything.

@alexfangtalon@Cerces22: Hey there you two. I doubt you'll see this in time, but I'm currently on Discord right now, and I have @Aqutanama on the line as well. Here is a new link to the Discord channel (a link that won't expire).



I will be available for the next hour or two for anyone that wants/needs help with their character sheets or anything.

Sorry. I vomited all over the IC. Was going to leave the Military to you @Balthazar007. I would like to see how you shake it up.

Wow, that was long. It took about ten minutes to read. So in your mind, why are they taking him to a military base? Or were you just wanting to leave that up to my interpretation?

Thinking that they know that he should be dead. Like they set up the fight near the end. Possibly drugged him. I mean our cameras now can catch some really good detail. I imagine that in this world they are even better. That tied in with a mental analysis they could determine that he has some kind of amnesia. Scans would tell them that he isn't himself nor will he revert. The person they were trying to punish died. Thus they could try to recruit him for something. Either that or the general holding a grudge will want to do something to him. It could be both. Give him some kind of insane mission with a limited crew/team. State that he served his time and welcome back to the military fold. Here is a massive house somewhere in the middle of who knows. More like a bunker and yeah. I don't really know how the military on this world works but those were a few thoughts I had on the situation.

@Aqutanama

I'm going to sleep on my next post. I'll have something up by tomorrow. It will be a continuation of my character's situation. I'm thinking it will start with a dramatic run through the battle field, ending up at the military base. There, he will be examined by a medic (and other things that I haven't thought of yet).

My post will end with your character and mine meeting. I'm thinking that your character will be joining my character's military unit. That sound good?

Sounds interesting. I think it would be more interesting if the military career that my characters host had was not as a sniper. So, when he asks for long-ranged rifles people are like... wtf?

@Balthazar007

I am sorry I am going to pull out. I hve had some family issues and I just can't commit to this wonderful idea. I am sorry I didnt say anything sooner but I spaced on this. If things calm down enough and you will have me I will rejoin.

@Balthazar007

I am sorry I am going to pull out. I hve had some family issues and I just can't commit to this wonderful idea. I am sorry I didnt say anything sooner but I spaced on this. If things calm down enough and you will have me I will rejoin.

You're always welcome back Cercess, no worries. Take care of your business. :)

@Aqutanama So, in my latest post, I brought us to two days later, where your character enters an interrogation room with my character. The man sitting across from them is a high level general. I'm thinking that we can do this scene through Discord this weekend. I can do anytime Friday, or I can do Saturday as long as we start by or before 2pm EST time (11am your time).

Also, I'm thinking that Alexandria is not in the interrogation room. They only want to speak with our two main characters right now, as we both seem to be going through the same thing.

If you're itching to make a post between now and our Discord meet-up, you could catch us up to speed with what your characters have been going through these past two days that led them to this military base.

Can't do Fridays. I have been trying to wake up earlier. We could possibly try for Saturday?

@Aqutanama

Yeah let's try for Saturday

NVM looks like the next few days are busy. -le sigh

NVM looks like the next few days are busy. -le sigh

That's okay. We can skip the Discord meetup this weekend. We can post slowly over this next week. :)