[OOC] Revenant: A Sci-Fi Adventure (Always Accepting!)

[Crossfire]

REVENANT

The idea behind Revenant stemmed from the phrase 'Dirty Dozen in space', but 'Suicide Squad in space' works as well. It is a science-fiction role play taking place in the year 2166, chronicling the adventurers of the crew aboard the Revenant. The crew is composed of 'degenerates': mercenaries, assassins, bounty hunters, smugglers, pirates, convicts, etc. They have been coerced (persuaded, hired, or forced) to work for the Human Alliance, who wants to use them to destabilize their rivals: the Federation. Before long, however, the crew learns of an even greater threat, one that threatens the galaxy as a whole.

Each player-character will begin with little to no backstory. The idea is for everyone to begin as a stranger. As the crew learns to work with and trust one another, they will gradually reveal more about themselves.

Short background

Humanity achieved FTL travel fifty years ago, in 2116, and joined the galactic community. Most of the sentient races were collectively governed by the Republic, a group of senators that debated intergalactic laws and policies and helped maintain peace and order from the planet Corvais. The Human Alliance refused to join, not wanting to be barred by unnecessary laws and Republic politics.

Human expansion was left unchecked, and they quickly colonized habitable worlds that would have otherwise been given to the Republic races. Those races who were halted by human expansion and opposed the Alliance were let down by the Republic, who failed to stop the humans growth. Before long, dozens of systems and races seceded from the Republic, forming the Federation. A cold war was effectively in place between the Federation and the Alliance, and the Republic's power diminished.

Five years ago a terrorist attack on Corvais prompted the Federation to attack the Alliance, who in turn defended themselves and declared war. The Corvais Wars only lasted for 3 months, but it was devastating to both sides. Whole colonies were destroyed and once-beautiful planets deemed inhospitable. The Republic finally convinced both sides to sign a treaty. When the war ended, the Federation and the Alliance retreated and started to rebuild.

The Alliance knows another war with the Federation is inevitable. They seek to win the war before it even begins, and they plan to do this via Project: Revenant. Attempting to perform covert activities with their own operatives may cause a war prematurely, so the Alliance plans to use mercenaries to destabilize the Federation. In order to accomplish their tasks, these mercs have been given an former Alliance frigate now known as the Revenant.

Combat and Role Play Special Rules

Each character has certain skills and abilities of your choosing. Throughout the course of the role play, on certain missions, these skills and abilities will be needed to progress further in the story. These skills can range from pilot and engineer, to medic and demolitions expert, and even technician and robotics expert. Be creative and try to think of unique talents for your character.

In this setting, weapons are either Ballistic or Laser. Armor is either Armored or Powered (uses shielding technology). Ballistic weapons use traditional bullets and ammunition, and are good at 'shredding' Armored opponents, but is ineffective against Powered armor. Laser weapons can disrupt and weaken shielded opponents, but is ineffective against Armored opponents. Conversely, rapidly-firing weapons are more effective at draining shields, and slow, high-caliber weapons are effective at chipping away Armored targets. Some weapons overheat, and Laser weapons can be affected by EMP blasts. You need to use the right weapon with the right capabilities to succeed at combat in this role play.

In this setting, exposure to an unknown energy found throughout space has given certain individuals psionic powers. They can shield themselves with powerful force fields, push and pull opponents with their mind, blast enemies with psionic bursts, turn invisible, and more. Some powerful psionic users can even use mind control. If you would like to use psionics, and want to use a certain power, feel free to ask me if it is okay.

The Revenant

The Revenant is an early model frigate that belonged to the Alliance. It vanished in Deadzone, a lawless region of space ripe with mercenary gangs and pirates, but it was recently recovered and upgraded. As far as anyone else knows, the Revenant is still missing, so no one will suspect it to be under Alliance control. By filling the ship with mercenaries, criminals, and other thugs, the theory that it was stolen by pirates is only made stronger. It is the perfect vessel for Project: Revenant.

This particular frigate can support a crew of up to 30 individuals. It contains a sizeable cockpit, war room, crew's quarters, and cargo area. While dated, it has been upgraded by Alliance personnel and is capable of stealth operations and combat situations.

For a labelled breakdown of the ship's layout click here --> http://imgur.com/a/3yzsn
For Floorplan of the top levels of the ship click here --> http://imgur.com/Gh3MQBB
For Floorplan of the lower levels of the ship click here --> http://imgur.com/a/9E9YR
Map of the universe as we know it --> http://imgur.com/DozQMmd

Characters

Characters

Name: Any names or aliases you go by.
Age/Race/Gender: Alien races are allowed, but they should be somewhat humanoid. Be creative and feel free to develop their own culture and history if you want. If you need additional space, feel free to add a description/history of the race at the bottom of the bio.
Appearance: The physical appearance of your character. A description or picture is suitable.
Occupation: What was their 'job'. Mercenary? Assassin? Ex-convict?
Weapons: What kind of weapons do you have? Are they slow or fast? Ballistic or laser? Do you use grenades? Are the grenades ballistic, or do they emit EMP blasts, etc?
Armor: A description or picture of your armor. Is it Armored or Powered? Does it have any special capabilities?
Items: Any personal items that may be important to your character, as well as any gadgets that you use.
Skills: Any 'passive skills' your character has. Are they a good pilot, engineer, renowned for their stealth, know a lot about robotics, cybernetics, are they technicians, demolition experts, trackers, a good cook etc? Be creative and think of any talent you want - I will do my best to have the skill be of use in the RP.
Powers: Do you have any psionic abilities? If so, what are they? Do you have any race-specific abilities (super-strength, for example)?
Other: Any additional information you want to add? Remember, do not reveal to much about your personality or backstory. One thing to include is where on the ship do they sleep? List of current living situations below.

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Player Characters (the Crew of the Revenant)
Crossfire as Daniel Grayson "Maverick" and SAL (The Assassins)
Crossfire also as Stryker (The Captain)
Gardevoiran as Tibulass Sepitan (The Pilot)
Rultaos as Benjamin Quincy "Benny Boomer" (The Demolitions Expert)
iTem as Matija Holmström (The Dancer) and Koren Syr Ai Elanus (The Engineer)
BKburke as Tobi (The Commando) and Varrus (The Doctor)
superservo27 as Harrison Black (The Archaeologist)
TheEvanCat as Sadaet Kotayki III (The Officer)
ArkmageddonCat as ???
Silver Carrot as Taleste Jot-Anne
Vampire Stepdad as Kotze Wylk (The Patchwork) (Status Unknown)

Strange Rodent as "Henry" (The Retvvnd) (Temporary NPC)
sntabe as Ryan Rosq (The Chemist) and Mazie (The Roboticist) (Status Unknown)

The Fallen (Those No Longer With Us)

jordy0403 as Nathan "Rim" Briar (The Smuggler) - Re-assigned to another operation pre-mission 1.
Catchphrase as Hadrian Saul (The Arsonist) - KIA - Hunter Droid on Helsin Mining Station (Zargos System)
Metronome as Sasha Belov (The Mercenary) - KIA - Federation Troopers on the Helsin Mining Station (Zargos System)
Sombrero as Vavnr Sammn (The Pirate) - Re-assigned to another operation post-mission 1
baranica as Raisin (The Cook) - KIA - Incinerated alongside Maelstrom crewmate Ian Gudbranssen in minefield in Sovereign Valley on Rokarr.
Dark Light as Arex TSXIV (The Weapon) - KIA - Fed-Pirate Vendra Nekten in Sovereign Valley on Rokarr. Avenged by Amy Rosseau
t2wave as Harriet Matthias (The Biomedic) - KIA - Pirate Leader Amon Haresal in Sovereign Valley on Rokarr. Avenged by Kaeci LeTrouche. Later resurrected.
Dealdric as Lexi (The Biologist) - KIA - Died on Rokarr.
PlatinumSkink as Lataniva Allvert (The Hunter) - Assumed KIA - Sacrificed herself to prevent Sovereign Valley in Rokarr from a nuclear detonation.
Turbowraith as Joe Gore (The Mechanic) - KIA - Overwhelmed by Pirates in Sovereign Valley on Rokarr.
Azereiah as Ren (The AI) - MIA - Abandoned the ship at port in Republic Space.
Simple Unicycle as Ace (The Merc) - MIA - Abandoned the ship at port in the Deadzone.
Tickout as Maxi Churrox (The Medic) - Requested transfer from Revenant.
Hawlin as Kaeciel 'Kaeci' LeTrouche (The Privateer) - KIA - Committed suicide by sacrifice some time after Rokarr mission.
Shard as Willow Creed (The Virus) - KIA - Murdered by Skaldurm sniper during evacuation from Arbonne.
t2wave as Harriet Matthias 2.0 (The Biomedic)
Silver Carrot as Qoorb (The Scavenger)
ArkmageddonCat as PA(X)-1147j, "Pax" (The Caretaker)
Xandrya as Amy Rosseau (The Spy) - Status Unknown. Captured by Federation Troopers during mission on Teravainen.

Non-Playable Characters
Executor Lara - A high-ranking official in the Alliance. Technically, Lara's political and military power is shared with the other Executors, who govern the Admirals of the Alliance Fleet, and who are all commanded by the Chairman. The reality is, Lara may be the most influential and most powerful individual within Alliance command.
Captain Dawson - An officer of the Alliance Navy who works closely with Executor Lara. He's also Lara's direct contact when dealing with the Revenant crew.

Quarters

(2 Bunks in each room)
Room 1- (Out of Order)
Room 2- Harrison Black
Room 3- Matija Holmström & Koren Syr Ai Elanus
Room 4-
Room 5- Benny Boomer
Room 6- Sadaet Kotayki III
Room 7- Daniel Grayson
Room 8- Kotze Wylk
Room 9- Ryan Rosq
Room 10-
Room 11- "Henry"
Room 12- Mazie
Others:
Stryker- Captain's Quarters
Tibulass- Bunk in lower level of cockpit (also with Matija xD)
Varrus- Medical Officer's Quarters (Adjacent to Med Bay)
SAL- Doesn't require a bunk but will lie down when recharging, usually in Grayson's spare bunk or (not since Amy moved in) in one of the Engine Room bunks
Tobi- No bunk required
Pax- No bunk required

[Metronome]

Name: Sasha Belov
Age/Race/Gender: 35/ Human/ Male

Occupation: Mercenary

Weapons:

Combat knife: A bigass fighting knife.

Pocket knife: Used as more of a tool than anything.

Wrist mounted laser pistol: A nifty little gun that sits on the forearm and wires into his spinal prosthesis for hands free firing. It takes small cartridges that have lots of rounds, but not a lot of umph.

Duel ballistic machine gun and pistol: When carrying a bag of medical supplies around, compact weapons are a must. This gun was made with that in mind. The machine gun is pretty standard, but it harbors a pistol in the handle that can be pulled out for one handed use.

Armor: He prefers old fashion armor designed to defend against ballistic weapons. This is mostly due to his spinal prosthesis being an older model, and the powered armor interfering with it.

Items:
Spinal prosthesis: Sasha is, technically, a paraplegic. He relies on his bionic spine to keep the use and feeling in his legs. After taking a several rounds from an assault rifle in the back, his natural spine was fucked. He didn't have insurance, so he had to get what he could afford, which was an older model of prosthetic that has long since become obsolete. It has external hardware that runs along his vertebral column. This hardware can be interfered with by powered armor or point blank EMPs. EMPs further than 20 feet will have less of an effect.

Field medicine kit: Contains three small bottle of lidocaine, several rolls of gauze and Ace bandage wrap, a small chest tube kit, splints, needles and syringes of several sizes, tourniquets, foil emergency blanket, sterile gloves, sterile cloths, providone-iodine, scalpels, saline flushes, clamps, scissors that cut through just about anything, cauterizing pen, suture kit, smelling salts, and a few other things that I may be forgetting.

Skills:

Battlefield Nurse: After a particularly brutal fight that left one of the men in his unit severely wounded, Sasha decided that he needed a certified medic on the team. Since no one else volunteered, he, as usual, took charge and sent himself to nursing school. He has been a certified RN for about five years, and he specializes in working in the field, with minimal supplies and under fire.

Leadership: Sasha has led several mercenary units over the years. Even when he doesn't want to lead, it always seems to happen somehow. Understandably, he has no interest in leading this particular unit.

Linguist: Having been born in Russia, Sasha's first language is Russian. He can also speak English, Spanish, some French, and a few other European languages. He doesn't know anything outside of human languages, but he's smart enough to learn simple phrases fairly quick if he studies them.

Powers: N/A

Other: He speaks with a Russian accent

Appearance: Sasha is a very large man. He stands five inches short of seven feet tall, solidly built and muscular. He has pale skin and dirty blonde hair that is kept in a neat buzz cut. His eyes are a gray-ish blue and steely. He wears mostly old military pants and shirts, in drab green and tans.

[rush99999]

Would it be ok if I played as the ship's somewhat homicidal AI?

[iTem]

may i copy paste my old character here with some additions and edits maybe?

[Rultaos]

I mainly copied my old CS (since the framework is the same as before anyway). I just changed the reference image for his rifle, made him a bit older, and some of the weapon characteristics that may be worth looking over first. Also, should I include a personality segment or will that just be revealed later? Because Metronome included a personality part in their CS. On another note, please let me know if my guy is too overpowered for the setting you have in mind for the roleplay. In the previous roleplay of this, the other characters were jacked up to some high levels of power so I scaled my character to be on somewhat equal level, but if that's too strong for this setting then just notify me and I'll make the changes as soon as I can.

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Name: Benjamin Quincy/”Benny Boomer”
Age/Race/Gender: 28 – Human (Scottish) - Male
Appearance: A young Caucasian male with short messy black hair (often made blacker with soot and explosive residue). Has wide blue eyes and rough skin that’s often gets riddled with bruises, burns, and explosive powder (whenever he decides a bath isn’t important). Face is mostly clean shaven but with the shadow of a beard starting to grow on it
Occupation: Mercenary (Demolitions expert, Professional heister, Ship raider) and Freelance hacker

Weapons:

RWC-BR7 Modular Battle Rifle

- RWC-BR7 Modular Battle Rifle (“The Boomstick”): A versatile weapon designed by the Rovik Weapons Corporation. It is a fully-automatic ballistic rifle with multiple firing modes (semi-auto, 3-shot burst, and full-auto) and a 30 round magazine. It can utilize both a reflex sight and adjustable scope as used by most common firearms. The BR7 was made for use in mid-range fire support. It is usually carried by designated marksmen in conventional Special Forces units. The barrel of the gun can carry a single interchangeable attachment for the fulfillment of different purposes

- Grenade launcher RWC-BR7 attachment: Can fire a variety of different grenades meant for use in many other grenade launcher models. Can hold up to 2 grenades at a time before being reloaded.

- Compact Shotgun RWC-BR7 attachment: Fires shotgun pellets in a spread with enough force to send most unarmored targets staggering backwards and fires independently of the main rifle. Used for close-quarter engagements.

- Laser-cutter RWC-BR7 attachment: Generally used for slicing through hardened surfaces, it can also be used as an emergency weapon against shielded targets, though it is prone to overheating from sustained fire.

- L32-PDD arm-mounted laser pistol: A small personal defense device worn on the arm like a gauntlet by Las-32 Enterprises that functions much like a standard automatic laser pistol (firing small bursts of laser energy) though it overheats faster than most laser-based weapons due to its small size. The trigger is located on the arm, behind the gun itself and is pressed downwards to fire. It can fire 10 shots in full automatic before needing a cool down. The rechargeable magazine installed into the weapon can fire a 100 shots before being completely drained and requiring a long recharge time from power stations. In emergency situations, the battery can be solar-charged, but it takes 10 minutes of exposure to charge a single shot.

- A bionic arm (See Items)
- Removable scope with adjustable zoom (4x minimum - 12x maximum)
- Fragmentation grenades
- Tear Gas grenades
- Sleeping Gas grenades
- EMP grenades (for disabling systems, weapons, and shields)
- Incendiary grenades
- Cluster grenades (breaks apart into smaller less potent frag grenades, poor at breaking through armor but lethal to soft targets)
- Frag and Incendiary Tripmines (sticks to surfaces and detonates when internal sensors detect movement)
- Remote Explosive charges
- Acid Bomb (device meant for melting through hardened surfaces but can double as a bioweapon)

Obviously he doesn't carry all these explosives at the same time, but he chooses the ones he believe might be necessary for his job.

Armor: (Armored)

Helmet: BDT-BioVisor Tactical

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Produced by Bulwark Defensive Technologies, it is a sealed environmental helmet complete with a heads-up display and vision modes that include Night vision and Thermal Imaging. Designed for use in hazardous environments by both soldiers and civilian militia

Body Armor: BDT-Specialist Utility Suit

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Sealable suit made by Bulwark Defensive Technologies as an engineer/technician suit that doubles as civilian ballistic body armor for use in violent or lawless zones. Contains various pockets and compartments for carrying gear, as well as magnetized sections for attaching large objects such as rifles.

Items:
- Bionic Arm (“Ol’ Skelly”): Used as a powerful throwing arm for grenades, a general melee combat weapon. It also contains the “Skeleton Key” software designed by Benny that allows him to interface with almost any known computer device or electronic system to manually hack into their functions using a holographic display projected by a device just underneath the arm’s surface.
- Box of spare parts: A small box containing bits and pieces of scrap either collected from the field or salvaged from failed devices and/or experiments. Kept around in case he needs to jury rig something on the fly
- Jade turtle keychain: Carried out of sentiment

Skills: Knowledge in almost every form of explosive device and software system in Alliance space, and then some.
- Is aware of the various utilizations and blast radii of any explosive
- Can hack into nearly any electronic system known to man (Time and level of success varies depending on security measures)
- Has moderate skills in repairing and maintaining weaponry
- Can create improvised explosives with scrap as long as he has the right parts.
- High IQ and the ability to quickly analyze and multitask because of his ADHD
- Due to his ADHD, his brain pumps out an abnormally large amount of adrenaline which increases his pain tolerance to high levels.

Powers: Was considered to be screened for Psionic potential but left the educational system before tests could be taken. Has not exhibited further signs so far.
Other: Behavior is incredibly unpredictable and borderline insane, but should not be mistaken for incompetence if his criminal record is anything to go by.

[Gardevoiran]

*runs in*

Don't forget the produce section! I am interested here!

Can I be a skeleton though, is the real question.

[Crossfire]

@Metronome From the CS format:

Other: Any additional information you want to add? Remember, do not reveal to much about your personality or backstory.

The level of detail you put in is excellent, but you've revealed a little bit too much to start off, I'd recommend taking that section out and saving it elsewhere to refer back to, the idea is to let the character's personality and backstory come out through the course of the story. As for your weapons, I can definitely help out with that, just shoot me a PM with some basic ideas of what you want him to use!

@rush99999 I don't see a problem with it, as long as they have a physical form to take part in missions, looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

@mackielars Yes of course!

@Rultaos You can definitely leave everything as is! Personality and all that stuff will come out in the rp itself, so no need to reveal it here! Great to have ya aboard

@Banana If that's what ya wanna do, go right ahead! Just make up a short description of the alien race they'd be a part of!

[Gardevoiran]

@Crossfire
Can I create my own, or do I have to find one on the internet?

Edit: Assuming I can make my own. Will post a CS shortly.

[Crossfire]

@Banana Yeah make your own, but you're already doing that, so carry on then!

[Gardevoiran]

PROFILE OF TIBULUS SEPITAN

Name:
Tibulus Sepitan (color is a7a7a7)
Age/Race/Gender:
Deceased / Funganoid (see Powers) / Male
Appearance:
Take a skeleton, add a blue mushroom helmet, give the mushroom gray spots, and the skeleton has blue lights for pupils. That's literally the base appearance for Tibulus. Otherwise, a tight navy jumpsuit is worn at all times by Tibulus, and is never taken off for an unknown reason.
Occupation:
Electrician, Botanist and Pilot.
Weapons:
The only real weapon that Tibulus will carry is his custom made stun blaster, powered by the coherent power of Funganoids being able to create a good amount of electricity with direct contact. The stun blaster is a pistol with no real lethality unless it connects to bare skin. Otherwise, it acts as an EMP and will short-circuit any technology it comes into contact with, but it must be charged with every use and can only short circuit for a small amount of time.
Besides the stun blaster, he also carries a single glove, able to amplify the electricity generated from being a Funganoid into electrical punches. It causes a similar EMP effect to the stun blaster but does it over an area. The stronger the punch, the more area it will cover. If a punch is too strong, it will cause Tibulus to have a migraine.
Armor:
Power armor is the way to go, and Tibulus carries around a lightweight full-body shield unit. It coats the whole body in a relatively strong shield, and it shall hold up for a damn good time. When it's depleted, however, it will cause an EMP around him in about a 2 meter radius, and will not work for a good amount of time. Once it's recharged though, the EMP will also be recharged, so there's that bit of tidbitual informationing.
Items:
- A bunch of rechargeable batteries, which can have the energy absorbed out of in order to get Tibulus drunk.
- A photo of Tibulus when he was alive, with his wife and 2 kids, William and Rodney.
- Multiple cigars. It's rare to see him without one in his mouth.
- A single snack-pack of Goldfish brand crackers. He wants to find more.
Skills:
- Tibulus claims he can pilot anything with a simple look over the controls. This has been unproven.
- Tibulus has extensive knowledge of electronics, and can create incredible things provided you give him resources and time.
- Tibulus is a botanist, and as such he has extensive knowledge of plant life. From crossbreeding to genetically engineering.
- Tibulus is a master when it comes to the art of knitting. Nobody knows why.
Powers:

Funganoid Race

The Funganoid is a relatively newly discovered race, taking on the appearance of a parasitic fungus that will attempt to latch onto any deceased life within a good radius and effectively reanimating them and using the deceased as a body. This is not a case of zombies, this is a case of the person being given a second chance at life, as the deceased is reanimated with all knowledge from the previous life that they have experienced, and is largely the same person as they once were. This is overshadowed, however, by the grotesque appearance of the deceased as they slowly lose all of their skin (provided they had any) and become the definition of feared.
One of the most interesting traits of the funganoid is the unexplained ability they possess. When a funganoid possesses a host, the host gains the ability to conduct a certain kind of static electricity through their bones, and some are even able to channel it into fully fledged thunderbolts of destruction. This is reserved only for the most experienced of the race, and currently only one funganoid was found with this capability.
Due to their skeletal bodies, funganoids are considered immortal, and cannot die from old age. In addition, the funganoid does not have a need to eat, drink, or breathe, unless they so desire to. They also cannot be afflicted with mortal ailments excluding any sort of brain disease, which is typically passed down genetically anyway.
Further research is being conducted on the nature of these mysterious beings.
~ Professor B. Nan; Head of the Racial Research Branch in [REDACTED]

Other:
Nothing here yet!

[AstroLu]

Oh man this reminds me so much about SWN. Great game. That and Eclipse Phase stuff.

[iTem]

here's my girl. ;)

Character Sheet

Real name: Matija Holmström (A.K.A. “Brown Recluse”)
Current joke name: Sandra Bollocks

Age/Race/Sex: 29, Half-human (aquatic alien type hybrid), (Non-binary) female

Appearance:

Appearance

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She has a spider tattoo on her back, hence her name.

(Helmet Image Source)

Occupation: Professional thief, underground fighter, street musician, stripper

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Weapons:
Modded LP4 (.45 Gauss Beretta) Pistol (2 pcs):
The LP4 is a semi-automatic handgun that uses .45 bullets as ammunition. Because it uses gauss technology, the gun has less recoil, more power, but heavier by 205 grams (plus 163 grams more with the additional grappling hook attachment) in comparison to its more original ballistic siblings. It has been modified to allow a grappling hook attachment for Matija’s harnesses.

LP4 with Grappling Hook Attachment:

SV-98 GS Series Sniper Rifle:
The original SV-98 was designed to “engage targets at a range up to 1,000 m (1,100 yd)”. Its heavier, bulkier, and more powerful sibling, the SV-98 GS (gauss) series increases its range for up to 500 m (550 yd) but with the additional weight for the electromagnets (plus 0.5 k for the original 7.8 kg). The effective firing range for this gun is 1500 but will experience considerable environmental effects (wind, gravity, etc.) after 300 meters.

Gauss Sniper Rifle:

Throwing Knives (12 pcs):

Throwing Knives:

Retractable Tanto Short Swords:
Can retract towards the half-circle handle for portability. The blade is designed to get sharpened everytime it retracts. Please handle with care.

Retractable Tanto Short Swords

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Armor:
Modified Ragno Experimental Gravity Armor (see image in appearance):
A medium powered armor that can ground the user to a surface that they are standing on for a total of 15 minutes within a single charge. While the rest of the armor is designed to support the user’s body as well as distribute the artificial gravity throughout the body, the armor’s footwear carries the brunt of its gravitational power. The footwear is aesthetically bulky, but its sole is designed to almost completely muffle the user’s footfalls to effectively hide the user from audio detection. While the armor’s function remains the same, Matija had already heavily modified the suit for her own use, barely resembling the original design.

Originally, the armor was created for reconnaissance and space travel for low-gravity planets (to stop the use of weights). It was supposed to be “a personal artificial gravity field that allows its user to launch themselves to any direction and walk on any surface, regardless of orientation (i.e. the user’s initial and aimed orientation) for almost an indefinite period of time (time is battery dependent)”.

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Items:
Balam Experimental Body Suit:
Worn under her armor. Balam is designed to act like a second skin. It is made using a material that allows whatever it is covering to be almost completely invisible within 4 seconds the moment the material's atoms are excited through direct electrical shock (800 volts or higher). The suit's invisibility field can last for a total of 30 minutes, and it only mostly affects organic materials.

Others

• Climbing harness
• 300 meter harness cables with hooks (3 pcs)
• Harness gears (2 pcs)
• Smoke grenades (2 pcs)
• Lock picking set: For the people who prefer it old style.
• “Rocky”: A small handheld device that dispenses and ignites Matija’s personalized thermite mixture. It can either create a thermite laser or a one-time thermite bomb that can be attached to a safe’s frame using some electrical tape and C4.
• Block of C4 (usually cut into 4 separate and smaller blocks)
• Piezoelectric Violin and bow:
  
  Piezoelectric Violin:

  
• Dentures
• Various contact lenses
• Headphones

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Skills:
Because of the nature of her jobs, Matija learned that constantly moving made her a difficult target to catch. This mindset made her learn and hone her ability to parkour almost anywhere. Her heightened bodily sensitivity and intelligence helped her balance her strength, flexibility, and agility into impressive proportions. Her unique physiology allows her to eat and digest almost anything with (usually) little to no negative effects (her stomach acid is very corrosive), an ability to adapt to sudden temperature and pressure changes easier (in comparison to standard human limits), and stay underwater up to an hour and a half (and around 15 minutes when swimming). She is also believed to have very sensitive auditory capabilities, can pole-dance, knows first aid, and has very good accuracy (due to acute spatial senses) for both maneuvering and sniping.

Powers: No known psionic abilities.

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Other:

• Authorities handling her has been warned to handle her with care, especially her mouth because of her pointed teeth. She is usually transported in a reinforced strait jacket and a muzzle.
• She takes off her contacts and dentures if she is only going to stay indoors
• Has ADHD, cannot sit still for too long
• Hates lugging her sniper rifle around, will not take it as much as possible, will fite you for it
• Very strong swimmer, can easily drown people
• She is well versed on most basic security systems but more advanced security jobs are usually handled by her associates. She would insist that she is an infiltrator, not a "security wizerd."
• She picks locks on her free time

On the Humanoid-Amphibious Aliens:

Mecorians:

Her ‘alien’ genes are from an isolationist humanoid-amphibian alien race from an ocean planet (dubbed as “Mecor”) in the uncharted galaxies of the universe. Heading towards the planet can be dangerous (or even fatal) because of it remoteness and the electrical storms that are constantly raging at the outskirts of the Beul (Be-yool) 4428 galaxy. There are only two successfully recorded trips towards the planet, and no known successful contact that did not result to the death of the scientists that attempted the said contacts.

The planet itself is composed of approximately 90% water, with white sandy beaches, hard soil, and hot tropical weather. Some of the planet’s ‘trees’ appear to be made out of coral (especially those by, and near the bay) and those with soil have thick forests that are too hard and too thick to trek. Scientists initially believed that their civilization is on the edge, or just past its ancient era. The speculation was derived through remote areal drone feeds that showed shanty-like dwellings near the bay areas and that the Mecorians are likely seen wearing loose tunic-like fabrics as clothing. This speculation had just recently been refuted when the scientists saw that the aliens used steel and seemingly ballistic weaponry similar in function to the earth’s post-colonial or industrial era weaponry. Scientists believe that the dwellings near bays may be ‘temporary homes’ for the Mecorians, and that their actual homes (or even cities) might be located somewhere in the think forests, or even underwater.

At present, the race refuses outside contact and is hostile with outsiders so very little is known about them. Based on what is known about them, it is that they are amphibious humanoid creatures with skin colors ranging from light brown to black, white hair, pupil-less eyes, webbed hands and feet, webbed dorsal spines, and sharp nails and teeth for tearing food. Note that scientists are only able to observe the physical features of the planet’s inhabitants and culture through drones equipped with powerful cameras hovering approximately 200 feet from the ground.

Some scientists have hypothesized that this alien race might be related to humans because of the structural similarities of the two races. There is currently no data to back-up this claim.

[iTem]

i love that we have a banana here.

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[Metronome]

Whatever you have for the picture, it doesn't appear to work.

[iTem]

@Metronome fixed. :)

[PlatinumSkink]

Hiiii. I kind of wanted to join some form of space-roleplay, and this looks interesting. Then, I kind of got this surge of inspiration when I read about the existence of psionics, and, well, I made something built on that. I might have gotten a little excessively excited making this character, but hey, I got excited.

As many things were left vague about the details, I went ahead and did something with it. I am fully prepared that I might have done something that needs to be heavily modified, so, yes. I wanted to try to make this kind of character, because I wanted to. I'd be willing to hear how I did and what I might need to change. I could scrap the entire character and go for something a bit less extreme, haha, but I wanted to try my luck first. How did I do?

So, for clarification, I shouldn't even have an idea of what her past might be when we're starting? Or should I have something basic written up that I'm keeping to myself? I've not been able to help but have some idea to start out from in order to make the sheet, but, yeah, mostly now the sheet is about the race rather than the character. I'm wondering if I should be intentionally not writing the backstory, even for myself, or if I should have that thought-out and just not revealed. Yeah.

Lataniva

Name: Lataniva Allvert
Age/Race/Gender: 24/Dalentian/Female
Appearance: _{Googled mystic woman sci-fi, found what I wanted in the fantasy section, hahaha}

An inspiratory image

Dalentians by themselves are usually tall humanoids with exceedingly white skin and haunting black eyes. A person looking at a unarmored Dalentian might take notice of their naturally thinner build and limbs, making them feel unnatural to a human. Yet, they have mouths, noses and eyes with senses very comparable to a human’s, except the advanced night-vision. But, their bodies have an easier time building an acrobatic build and even normal Dalentians can do complex jumps while still wearing armor. They’re natural hunters, silent in their movements and fast in their strikes. All of them likely have some form of markings on the side of their face, which designates their role in Dalentian society.

Lataniva herself is 188 cm tall, which is actually short for a Dalentian. As any Dalentian, she has white skin and black eyes, with long flowing black hair behind her. She wears tight black clothes along her body, which hides her body’s shape by virtue of being dark. Her armor is flexible and light, despite how it looks, and allows her to move quickly in exchange for some durability. There are gems from her home-planet on the armor, and a gem on a headband she has attached to her forehead. Dalentians are under the belief that these gems enhance their psionics… though that’s ludicrous. … Right?

Occupation: Convict, due to a specific set of circumstances. Might have acted as an assassin, at times. Hunter-Warrior of Dalentia, otherwise.

Weapons: A halberd, used for stabbing and slicing. The dangerous part is pretty small, it’s made for doing injuries rather than killing mostly, hurting and incapacitating rather than finishing off. The size also lends itself to homing in on weak points in armor. Also, a number of (6) daggers sheathed here and there in her outfit, just in case.
Armor: Classical armor, made out of metal from her homeworld. It covers her legs, arms and torso. It’s light, to allow for acrobatics, meaning it isn’t quite as durable as it looks, which is intentional. Dalentians focus on dodging attacks above all, so the armor is mostly to look imposing, but it also protects against smaller attacks. Counts as Armored.
Items: Several gems, one on a headband she’s always wearing, others on her armor. She brought a backpack, which contains things for surviving. Like, a simple cooking set, many days’ worth of emergency provisions, a few replacement tips for the halberd if it breaks, tissues, several changes of clothes, what’s left of her funds, a sleeping bag…

Skills: Considerably acrobatic, her body is that of a trained Dalentian warrior, able to make use of her enhanced awareness to avoid attacks. Lataniva also has considerable skill with her halberd, trained to be able to target weak spots in enemy armor and hit them. She’s a skilled tracker, able to follow the slightest signs of that someone has gone through an area, and she can be absolutely silent sneaking up on prey. She has the knowledge to cook and survive in the wild without technology if that ever becomes relevant. She has pretty good memory as well as deductive capability. And, on top of this, her considerable prowess with psionic powers is not to be underestimated.
Antiskills: Dalentians are seemingly incapable of understanding how technology works. Even if they learn what buttons to press or how to use it, they can never become actually good at it. This includes aiming, piloting, operating consoles or instruments, etc. This obviously comes as a weakness in a world of space-crafts. In addition, as an alien with somewhat different values, it is often difficult for her to understand some things of the other races, and she will definitely normally stand out if trying to go unnoticed in a city.

Powers: Dalentians are powerful psionics.

Powers

Telekinesis: Using their minds, a Dalentian can push and pull objects around. It becomes an instantaneous amount of force, but with focus they can steadily lift something and move it. This has a limited range of 20 meters, and it grows weaker the further away from 10 meters the target is, and regardless it can only be used to lift up to 100 kg at a time, the effect growing predictably less impressive the more weight that has to be affected. Lataniva herself likes using it to pull guns out of the hands of enemies or sending her halberd or daggers flying into enemies, or to pull on enemies in close combat to make them lose balance and give her a chance to strike.

Psionic Burst: By focusing power, a Dalentian can cause some form of unnatural explosion of power. It can be either directed in a direction away from the Dalentian’s hand or the power can be thrown to explode upon impact within throwing distance. The power is roughly that of a hand-grenade. However, this particular ability should be used sparingly, as focusing that amount of psionic power can take its toll on the Dalentian. Any more than two without rest in between can lead to severe exhaustion and headaches for the Dalentian, and even just one can impact the Dalentian’s fighting prowess for a while.

Hyper Awareness: Naturally, sensing through a sixth sense, Dalentians can sense the presence of things in their surroundings using psionics. This is completely natural to a Dalentian, just as hearing and sight. With this sense, they know the movements of allies and enemies, and can predict when they’ll be in danger so they can dodge. They use this to deftly avoid gunfire and attacks. The range is, if not blocked, around 30 meters. However, it is blocked by any and all walls, just as sight, as the sense somehow cannot go through physical objects. It can move around some limited things, you can’t hide from it by hiding behind another person or a fence, but a wall will block it. As in, it can sense on the other side of a car, but it can’t sense inside the car. Not usually an issue in the jungles of the Dalantian homeworld, but in civilization more so. It cannot sense through windows. Still, it means any Dalentian has an additional source of information about the area, one which might seem disturbingly unnatural to any onlooker.

(limited) Mind Reading: The Dalentians’ greatest pride is their ability to distinguish the liars from the truthful. If they are allowed to touch a person, they can use their psionic talent to search the target’s mind. To effectively search, they need to know what they’re looking for, or the brain is just going to be a tangled mess to read. In addition, they’ve learned that other races don’t appreciate being mind-read on a daily basis like back home, so they save it for enemies and possible liars. This power is what gave rise to the Dalentian’s excessive obsession with trust and truth, for they had ways to find it. It should be noted, it is harder for a Dalentian to use this power on anything that isn’t a Dalentian, harder the more foreign the mind is, but they can get it to work.

Mind Control: The most dangerous weapon in a Dalenian’s psionic range. Given touch, and long enough time to touch someone, a Dalentian can rearrange a target’s mind from the outside. With that, they can include ideas, missions, instructions to commit a certain action at a certain point of time. The procedure might take a long time, because the Dalentian needs to ensure every detail is perfect as s/he’ll be completely unable to adjust the plan after having let go of the subject. The effects naturally wears off after a couple of days, faster the more complicated the instructions were, to the degree they might have worn off by the time it was time to actually put it to work. It should be noted that in Dalentian culture use of this power is seen as the ultimate betrayal of trust, and a Dalentian can tell a mind has been affected should they mind-read, and Dalentian culture has been built around discouraging the use of this power. But, sometimes, push comes to shove…

Other: Dalentians are a fairly mystic race that have lived on their planet in peace. They were fairly astounded to learn that not everyone in the universe has use of psionics. They live in some manner of primal society, with the chieftains on top and everyone else trying to scrape together enough to make a living. They live in constructed homes up in the trees of woods or inside of caves to protect themselves from the naturally powerful wildlife, and have plenty of traditions of connecting each-other’s minds for absolute trust and truth. They value those matters above all, and betrayal/lying is met with punishment of immediate death. You’ll find they usually speak only the truth. This because, unlike humans, other Dalentians have ways to find a liar.

They believe in a god, the Paionéè, who they explain is the source of psionics. They, among other things, believe the gems they sometimes find in the mountains are his work and wearing them boosts your psionic prowess, so it is tradition for a Dalentian to wear these gems on their armor and body if one uses psionics for combat. … Their mythology around him is utter nonsense, but that doesn’t entail the story yet.

What does, is that their planet was believed to be uninhabited when some species of the Republic moved to colonize it. There was a realization that this planet did have some form of indigenous life-forms, but eh, they could take them on, superior technology. Turns out, the Dalentians had more fight in them than expected, and were offered a deal. So, the Dalentians had absolutely no use of the technology given to them because they couldn’t make use of them for life, but they got to live in peace and in exchange many Dalentians got work for their psionics here and there in the Republic. They’re fairly rare due to their low numbers in the grand scale, but they exist.

As the Human Alliance entered the picture and the Federation took shape, the few Dalentians out there in the galaxy found themselves a little bit of everywhere, supporting themselves wherever they found it the most comfortable…

As for Lataniva’s story… Well. That’s another story entirely. We shall see.

[Rultaos]

@PlatinumSkink Personally I suggest having the character's backstory prepared, but kept to yourself. Because a character's history is a large reason for their personality and motivations. It would be a good way of keeping your character's actions consistent with the way they've dealt with their experiences and whatever their current agenda is (other than not getting killed by the Alliance, since I'm guessing they were brought along on this crew against their will because of their criminal record )

[Gardevoiran]

@mackielars
I know right? I love myself too.

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[Hannibal]

I will get mine up tomorrow probably. The muscle is inbound

[Andreyich]

Sorry, too many RPs, dropping out.