[OOC] Arkos - [If you like the sound of superhumans fighting paramilitary troopers on a large jungle island, then this game's for you.]

[Inertia]

@SepticGentleman

Ayy if you want you can timeskip now xd, dealt with mysterious prisoner #4.

[SepticGentleman]

@SepticGentleman

Ayy if you want you can timeskip now xd, dealt with mysterious prisoner #4.

@Inertia

Preparations are being made. Dun worreh, this war'll start before the day's out (according to EST, that is).

[Lucidnonsense]

I might be interested in joining, considering either playing as:

A heroic PMC who used to fight to save the world against some of the most powerful superhumans, but the decisions he had to make haunt him forever.

A Super villain who's powers have been mostly neutralized, she had the power to spread a virus that was under her control and read the minds of people who had the infection. she claims she "Solved China's Population Problem" and is thus under trial for crimes against humanity and the verdict is almost unanimously "Guilty as hell" Luckily Scientists developed a vaccine, so she cant really use her powers as much any more. Science 1/Viral Hitler 0

If that character would most likely be executed, then perhaps I could play as a superhuman that causes all who look upon her to enter a transcendental mental state in which the ego is lost (until they leave the area) this state also boosts powers a little bit.

[LazyEgg]

uhm holy shit

[Maxx]

...Oh boy.

[SepticGentleman]

I might be interested in joining, considering either playing as:

A heroic PMC who used to fight to save the world against some of the most powerful superhumans, but the decisions he had to make haunt him forever.

A Super villain who's powers have been mostly neutralized, she had the power to spread a virus that was under her control and read the minds of people who had the infection. she claims she "Solved China's Population Problem" and is thus under trial for crimes against humanity and the verdict is almost unanimously "Guilty as hell" Luckily Scientists developed a vaccine, so she cant really use her powers as much any more. Science 1/Viral Hitler 0

If that character would most likely be executed, then perhaps I could play as a superhuman that causes all who look upon her to enter a transcendental mental state in which the ego is lost (until they leave the area) this state also boosts powers a little bit.

@Lucidnonsense

Solid ideas. For the PMC trooper - he'd have to work for Adelon, of course, but he'd get plenty of chances to be used in the coming conflict. Viral Hitler, on the other hand, would be tricky. If a vaccine was developed, and assuming everyone involved with Arkos has gotten it, she'd be pretty much useless. If they weren't vaccinated however, it depends - could she directly control people who are infected?

EDIT: That last one's an interesting idea as well. But power boosting is something I want to try to avoid on a major scale, so we'd have to discuss it.

[JunkMail]

I might be interested in joining, considering either playing as:

A heroic PMC who used to fight to save the world against some of the most powerful superhumans, but the decisions he had to make haunt him forever.

A Super villain who's powers have been mostly neutralized, she had the power to spread a virus that was under her control and read the minds of people who had the infection. she claims she "Solved China's Population Problem" and is thus under trial for crimes against humanity and the verdict is almost unanimously "Guilty as hell" Luckily Scientists developed a vaccine, so she cant really use her powers as much any more. Science 1/Viral Hitler 0

If that character would most likely be executed, then perhaps I could play as a superhuman that causes all who look upon her to enter a transcendental mental state in which the ego is lost (until they leave the area) this state also boosts powers a little bit.

@Lucidnonsense

Lets look at it this way.

If Hitler were alive today, how do you think his war crimes would've been treated?

Now, lets remember that Adelon culled any superhumans deemed 'too powerful'. While not a direct threat, if this idea is capable of that, I'd probably be safe in saying Adelon would've killed him or her long before nullification occurred.

[SepticGentleman]

Those among you, I'd like you to notify when you're ready to let me move things ahead. Like I said before, don't wanna cut anything important to you guys short.

[Inertia]

@SepticGentleman

Yeah, our little venture is done sir.

[LazyEgg]

@SepticGentleman giddy up

[Maxx]

@SepticGentleman James Franco will just pop up when he's needed.

[SepticGentleman]

THE WAR BEGINS WITHIN THE HOUR.

[Maxx]

THE WAR BEGINS WITHIN THE HOUR.

@SepticGentleman

IT BEGINS

[SepticGentleman]

WAR ACTIVATE.

The map has been updated. A portion of Adelon's ships are now under the Sunflower Group's control, and Site Aber has been turned into their field HQ.

Those of your characters at Site Haeda would be able to get a good view of the siege from afar.

[Lucidnonsense]

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Solid ideas. For the PMC trooper - he'd have to work for Adelon, of course, but he'd get plenty of chances to be used in the coming conflict. Viral Hitler, on the other hand, would be tricky. If a vaccine was developed, and assuming everyone involved with Arkos has gotten it, she'd be pretty much useless. If they weren't vaccinated however, it depends - could she directly control people who are infected?

EDIT: That last one's an interesting idea as well. But power boosting is something I want to try to avoid on a major scale, so we'd have to discuss it.

@SepticGentleman

Yeah the viral hitler one could be tricky, and while she might be able to create a virus that chemically influenced peoples minds, she would probably not be able to control them. Perhaps rather than a typical vaccine they figured out how the viruses transmitted the information and recieved instructions from the villain and found a way to shut down the whole "viral network" Perhaps before her viral manipulation was shut down she used her viruses to alter her form into some kind of beast which no longer has the power to do the viral thing, but is still fairly dangerous. Perhaps this beast is unfinished so she is slowly dying.

As for the last one, I was thinking that the power boosting would revolve around broadening the scope of powers rather than giving them more raw power, how that would work would depend on the type of power. For example someone who could usually manipulate only water might be able to manipulate liquids in general. This all comes with the downside of being in a transcendental state in which the ego ceases to be and a breaking down the boundaries of the mind, Its kinda like a strong acid trip. What exists inside the mind and outside the mind blur etc etc

Ultimately, The first idea might be the simplest to implement.

[SepticGentleman]

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Yeah the viral hitler one could be tricky, and while she might be able to create a virus that chemically influenced peoples minds, she would probably not be able to control them. Perhaps rather than a typical vaccine they figured out how the viruses transmitted the information and recieved instructions from the villain and found a way to shut down the whole "viral network" Perhaps before her viral manipulation was shut down she used her viruses to alter her form into some kind of beast which no longer has the power to do the viral thing, but is still fairly dangerous. Perhaps this beast is unfinished so she is slowly dying.

As for the last one, I was thinking that the power boosting would revolve around broadening the scope of powers rather than giving them more raw power, how that would work would depend on the type of power. For example someone who could usually manipulate only water might be able to manipulate liquids in general. This all comes with the downside of being in a transcendental state in which the ego ceases to be and a breaking down the boundaries of the mind, Its kinda like a strong acid trip. What exists inside the mind and outside the mind blur etc etc

Ultimately, The first idea might be the simplest to implement.

@Lucidnonsense

Yeah, mess around with the first idea and get back to me. I wanna stay away from power boosters for the time being.

[Lucidnonsense]

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Yeah, mess around with the first idea and get back to me. I wanna stay away from power boosters for the time being.

@SepticGentleman

I cant seem to find a character sheet though, and yeah, will go with first idea for the time being.

[SepticGentleman]

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I cant seem to find a character sheet though, and yeah, will go with first idea for the time being.

@Lucidnonsense

Second OOC post, blue text. It's pretty barebones compared to most other RP sheets. I prefer to keep it simple and easy for people.

[Lucidnonsense]

Dr. Prometheus

Dr. Prometheus (not her original name, but thats what she has gone by for decades) is an elderly scientist who has spent her life researching Cybernetic technology. While her original focus was civilian market neuroprosthetics (which the government was sometimes...less than happy about) After the rise of Superhumans, The Battle of New York, People breaking the very laws of physics, Prometheus worked with DARPA working on various projects. At this point she already had given herself a few basic augmentations but she occasionally had herself implanted with new toys. After the China incident, the unspeakable death toll, Prometheus became more than a scientist, She knew that humanity was losing hope, If this continued Sentience would not survive, Superhumans did not need intelligence to survive it was only a matter of time before natural selection weeded out the "moral" superheroes...replaced with Idiot Gods. Prometheus Joined the fight in full against the superhuman threat commanding robotic drones using her cybernetic implants. She fought alongside Alexander Haliat on Many occasions. While somewhat uncomfortable with Arkos, Dr. Prometheus believes its for the greater good But believes the implimintation could be better. She believes that the superhumans should be studied to understand how they came about. surely these breaches in the laws of physics cant have been random. Dr. Prometheus keeps sane through meditation, something she has done since University her cybernetics help her clear her mind and just let the stress wash away. She knows that this body will not last her forever and in order to continue work she will eventually have to leave the last of her meat behind, this doesnt bother her, meat is just clumps of matter.

[SepticGentleman]

@Lucidnonsense

Alright, I see you went with cybernetics instead of anything viral, which was unexpected. That means I should point out that this topic was covered at the bottom of the first page of this OOC. I want to preemptively apologize because I know that information wasn’t made readily apparent before you made this character, and that is absolutely my mistake, but if I say no to something for one person and then yes to the same idea only made by another person, then I’d feel I’m being unfair.

In the idea for Arkos’ universe, cybernetics have not reached the point where stuff like this can happen - that is, advanced physical capabilities and bio-augmented ‘powers’. It was agreed upon early that we wanted to keep it on a level of, say, ordinary prosthetics that function just as well as normal limbs. This was to retain some level of species-confirmation in those who had them, and not totally blur the line between human and superhuman, because then there’d be a whole new side of the fight to mull over.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of Prometheus - her controlling of drones (which would have to be the airborne kind and not the bipedal kind, since heavy-duty mechs and robots aren’t really a thing either) is a nice idea overall, and I would be more up to the idea if it were altered so everything worked on an external level, rather than internal. That helmet being an actual removable helmet (and not full-on replacing her flesh-and-bone head) that gives her full control of her drones, yeah I could definitely see that happening. I'd like it even.

But, as I said earlier, I just can’t double back on decisions I made earlier for the whole of the RP.