Dark Space ~ A Cosmic Horror of Exploration and Survival (Open)

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@circadian Interesting... I wonder how Stèfan will get along with Mother. 

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Is this game still talking players?

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Is this game still talking players?@LotusWarrior

Certainly is. 

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Certainly is.@BlackBishop

Good because I was wondering the same thing

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Certainly is.@BlackBishop

Great! I'll be posting character by the end of the day tomorrow.

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I'm pretty much ready to start the game on my end, folks - all that's missing is the roster. I really like @circadian 's take on the chief engineer, so consider that position filled. The other positions are all still open. 

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Here we go. Thoughts?

Name: Jason Crawford

Biological Age: 38

Nationality: Floating City of New Virginia (Atlantic Ocean)

Preferred Position: Chief Medical Officer

Bio: Once a Fortnight, the laws of New Virginia demanded that the cities lighting be lowered down to minimum levels for one night. This was so the citizens could look up and see the night sky as their ancestors did, and to look upon the possibilities laid before humanity. Fortnight after Fortnight through his childhood, this view left a deep impression on Jason.

Jason's grades, aptitude, and family connections allowed for his entry to the United Nations Space Command recruitment office. The ways of microgravic/variable-gravic operations, combat, and logic were burned into his mind. Jasons aptitude for the biological sciences quickly led him to the medical field. Balancing his tours of service with intense study lead him to gain a Doctorate in Medicine as well as the role of Senior Flight surgeon of the UNSC Iroquois, at the age of 30. A position he served with distinction for six years.

The 'Death' of the Iroquois was marked as one of the darkest and brightest hours of the United Nations Space Command. The quick thinking and decisive action of Jason, as well as other staff, saved 55 crew from radiation poisoning and Vacuum death. After the Iroquois limped home crippled and barely holding together, Jason was awarded various commendations and choice of commission. 

When the position fo chief medical officer for the Erebus, the military was charged with filling the slot. Jason was a natural choice. He accepted without hesitation. To go farther than any man, to walk in the light of other suns. How can a son of New Virginia say no?

Putting down the mission briefing, Jason looked out to the port window. He remembers himself looking up into the inky black as a child, and smiled.

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Here we go. Thoughts?

Name: Jason Crawford

Biological Age: 38

Nationality: Floating City of New Virginia (Atlantic Ocean)

Preferred Position: Chief Medical Officer

Bio: Once a Fortnight, the laws of New Virginia demanded that the cities lighting be lowered down to minimum levels for one night. This was so the citizens could look up and see the night sky as their ancestors did, and to look upon the possibilities laid before humanity. Fortnight after Fortnight through his childhood, this view left a deep impression on Jason.

Jason's grades, aptitude, and family connections allowed for his entry to the Terra Space Force recruitment office. The ways of microgravic/variable-gravic operations, combat, and logic were burned into his mind. Jasons aptitude for the biological sciences quickly led him to the medical field. Balancing his tours of service with intense study lead him to gain a Doctorate in Medicine as well as the role of Senior Flight surgeon of the TSF Iroquois, at the age of 30. A position he served with distinction for six years.

The 'Death' of the Iroquois was marked as one of the darkest and brightest hours of the Terra Space Force. The quick thinking and decisive action of Jason, as well as other staff, saved 55 crew from radiation poisoning and Vacuum death. After the Iroquois limped home crippled and barely holding together, Jason was awarded various commendations and choice of commission. 

When the position fo chief medical officer for the Erebus, the military was charged with filling the slot. Jason was a natural choice. He accepted without hesitation. To go farther than any man, to walk in the light of other suns. How can a son of New Virginia say no?

Putting down the mission briefing, Jason looked out to the port window. He remembers himself looking up into the inky black as a child, and smiled.
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I like it. I can only add a minor nitpick, and that he would likely be involved with the United Nations Space Command, as opposed to the Terra Space Force, unless the TSF is some independent, private entity such as a corporation, which is totally fine.

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@BlackBishop Corrections made.

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Well color me interested, here's a submission

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Name: Dr. Kaitlyn Mbonambi

Biological Age: 36

Nationality: South African

Preferred Position: Chief Science Officer

Bio: Dr. Mbonambi was born in Cape Town, South Africa to a mother who released custody of her daughter to the state for unknown reasons. She was adopted by her parents Dr. Mangosuthu Mbonambi and Dr. Francine Mbonambi shortly after her second birthday and even from such an early age, her parents stressed the importance of education. This push for academic excellence is to be expected from two esteemed researchers and they were absolutely delighted as their adoptive daughter skipped multiple school grades and took to fast-tracked college like a fish to water. Everyone told her she was a prodigy when she graduated from the University of Cape Town with a dual masters in geology and biology at the age of 23. She merely asserted she works harder than other people as she went on to earn her doctorate in biology four years later. Whatever the reason for her success, her groundbreaking research in the fields of organic machinery, speculative astrobiology, and synthetic biology as well as the parts of her work with the ever-secretive Yggdrasil Initiative that she’s legally allowed to disclose garnered the attention of United Nations recruiters. They were happy to overlook her… eccentricities as well as the more legally and ethically dubious portions of her research when they offered her the position of Chief Science Officer aboard the Erebus. She accepted the position without hesitation and wasted no time in giving herself a tour of the ship and organizing her quarters.

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Intrigued.  Let me give this a shot.

Name: Maria Mitchell Astrena

Biological Age: 41

Nationality: Second Lagrange Observatory

Preferred Position: Chief Navigations Officer

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People who work in Second Lagrange Observatory have a reputation: sober, competent and humorless.  People born there ... well.

Lagrange 2 is permanently shaded by the earth's shadow.  This makes it perfect for experiments so sensitive that they could be disrupted by a stray photon from the sun.  It also makes it perfect for exacting stellar observations without interference.  Such work requires a steady hand and an absolute focus.  A sense of humor is an optional extra that most can't afford.  The residents have accepted the unofficial designation of Second Lagrange as "Where the Sun Doesn't Shine" without a hint of a smile.

Born from a rare relationship on the observatory itself, Maria was born looking up at the Earth's darkside.  Not surprisingly, she decided to look in the other direction.  Named after the famed astronomer, she grew up carefully measuring the stars.  

Navigating a starship requires an absolute dedication to precision and efficiency.  On a self-sufficient ship where 80 people require a constant stream of resources to survive, any amount of waste is too much.  At the same time, it requires an intuitive grasp of the technology that controls the ship's movement.  Many things - like time dilation and drift - are too complicated to build equations around in a way that humans can grasp them. AIs can only do so much. Playing it by "feel" is the only workable solution.

Maria combines both into a single stone-faced package.  The courses she plots will show up in the next generation's textbooks.  Her crew - the helmsmen and assistant navigators - admire her skills even as they mock her inability to recognize a joke.

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Howell Carver

28MaleAustralian

Preferred Position: 
1. Captain
2. Commander 
4. Security

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Coincidentally born in Australia, most of his life was spent in the colonies. Growing up he traveled around a lot due to his fathers job and position in the U.N.S.C.

Like his father and his fathers father, Howell was born to serve and fly. He enlisted as soon as he could and with a natural talent he followed in the steps of his idols before him. He dedicated his life to the space core and aimed excessively high, reaching for every rank he could obtain as he followed the expectations laid out before him.

Suddenly he took a little veer to the path laid out before him, slowly having grown tired of the ever looming shadow cast by his families name he applied for an early promotion on an exploration mission.

He would go where his fathers had not. He would make his own name.

His family, including his grandad were all against the idea and scolded him for giving up the bright opportunity of following his fathers path. It was only his younger sister, studying to be a medical professional, who raised concern due to the worry of what might happen out there and if he should ever return. But his mind was made up. He was determined and nothing could stop him when his mind was made. He would take what ever position he could.