[OOC] ENDGAME

[PrivateVentures]

Welcome to Endgame

The year is 2242. Humanity has successfully built and harnessed the power of the Graviton for instantaneous space travel, through the opening of a corresponding black and white hole. Earth watches with envy as Mars sends probe after probe after warship after warship into the darkness of space, a combination conquering effort and exploration endeavor. Humanity now begins toeing the line between science and enigma, reaching its long fingers into places that life as we know it has never belonged. We call out into the abyss, and the voices beyond the void have answered.

This will be a dark sci-fi adventure, controlled only by my own mathematics and your imagination. I will be your captain, of the pirate vessel, Endgame. I will provide you with maps, missions, intel, briefing, and debriefing, and your all-powerful armaments. Humanity lives within solid shells of graphene and titanium, pressurized and sealed against the vacuum of space. Choose your profession and forge your destiny.

This will be DnD styled, with my own dice rolls controlling your fates. The numerical rules of your weapons and gear will be largely unknown to you as the players, but will be the ruling factor in combat. If your character dies, you are free to create a new one, but your old one will remain deceased. Make your choices carefully, for each death will affect the morale of your captain and your crew.

PLAYER CLASSES

THIEF: Excels at lockpicking/hacking/searching/looting, falters in direct combat

ASSASSIN: Excels at stealth/hiding/agility, falters in direct combat, particularly close quarters

RAIDER: Excels at fast, powerful frontal assaults, combat oriented, low armor, low equipment load, falters in prolonged combat

BERSERKIR: Excels at taking ground, heavily armed and armored, high equipment load, falters in prolonged combat

NEGOTIATOR: Excels at disguises/mimicry, high charisma, falters in direct combat

BATTLE MASTER: Tactical command, excels at long-range combat, equipped with long range bioscan, falters in direct combat

PYROTECH MECH: Excels in direct combat, heavily armed, extremely heavily armored, slow boarding mech, fired like a missile into enemy hull, falters when heavily outnumbered

WEAPONS AND ARMOR

KINETIC DISPLACEMENT SWORDS: Deployable close-range weapons, designed to shatter hardlight ablative webbing, (energy shields), excessive damage to unprotected armor and soft bodies, usable by all classes aside from PYROTECH MECH.

KINETIC DISPLACEMENT MORTAR: Deployable close-range weapons, designed to destroy anything and everything that gets within range, excessive, often lethal damage to hardlight ablative webbing, unprotected armor, soft bodies, vehicles, mechs, usable only by PYROTECH MECH.

DISPLACEMENT RIFLES/PISTOLS: Short to mid range weapons, excessive damage to hardlight ablative webbing at short range, moderate to severe damage to ablative webbing at mid range, damage suffers a steep drop after thirty yards, becoming completely ineffective. Usable by all classes except PYROTECH MECH.

GAUSS WEAPONS: Magnetic accelerator weapons, require reloading, typically have 1 to 3 barrels, designed for extreme damage against unshielded armor, can be shut down by EMP weapons or Tesla Guns.

MAG PISTOLS: Magnetic Accelerator weapons, require reloading, typically only carry 1 to 4 rounds, excessive damage against unshielded armor, against shields, the kinetic yield is generally enough for severe formation disruption. Useable by all classes except PYROTECH MECH.

GAS POWERED RIFLES AND PISTOLS: Standard firearms, vacuum-sealed cartridges, ineffective against armor, but effective at overwhelming shielding. Upon reloading, require rechambering.

HARPOON GUNS: Use a pressurized gas cartridge to launch a harpoon, linked by a cable, often electrified to make the dragged target more "persuadeable", single shot, require reloading, ineffective against ablative webbing, moderately effective against unshielded armor, completely ineffective and certainly lethal against soft bodies. Useable by all classes except PYROTECH MECH

SKILLS

LOCKPICKING/HACKING: Requires proximity to console/Hacker Drone/code injector attachment

STEALTH: Active Camoflage is finnicky, as such, is easily disrupted

ASSASSINATION: Can only be achieved while cloaked or disguised, instant kill on soft bodies, moderately successful against unshielded armor, 50/50 chance against Ablative Webbing.

BOOST CHARGE: Only useable by RAIDER and PYROTECH MECH, requires a DISPLACEMENT SWORD or DISPLACEMENT MORTAR, can be used to hit multiple targets along the way

HEAVY RUSH: Same ruleset as BOOST CHARGE, except only up to two adjacent enemy targets can be selected. Successful implementation can easily disrupt enemy formation.

BACKSTAB: Can only be used while disguised, instakill on most unshielded targets, but disengages disguise

MIMIC: Can only imitate certain enemies, but is a foolproof disguise, unless discovered. Must mimic a previously killed target.

SAVING GRACE: Can only be used by BATTLE MASTER armed with a projectile weapon, can be used to interrupt another player's combat. If successful, can kill, stun, or maim an engaging enemy on contact

FIREFIGHTER: Only useable by PYROTECH MECH, is able to damage up to three enemies per attack, can be used in lieu of other Mech abilities, requires a projectile weapon, moderately ineffective against shielding, high damage to unshielded armor and soft bodies,

SHOCK AND AWE: Only useable by PYROTECH MECH, affects all adjacent enemies with excessive electrical current, stunning or killing small targets outright, can disrupt shielding with moderate effectiveness.

PATRIOT ACT: Only useable by PYROTECH MECH, affects up to five enemies at once, instant formation disruption, mild direct damage

SIX GUN: Only useable by PYROTECH MECH. Target one enemy, strikes six times, requires projectile weapon

SPEARGUN: Only useable by PYROTECH MECH, targets one enemy or mech, and cripples it, (unable to move or attack), only effective on unshielded targets

IDENTIFY: Only useable by THIEVES. Allows thief to scan for loot or useful materials.

SMASH AND GRAB: Only useable by sword-wielding THIEF. Deals slight damage, gives random loot or materials.

PLAYER STATS

DURABILITY- Determines how much damage an unshielded body can sustain before death

EQUIPMENT LOAD: Determines how much weight in equipment that a player can carry before being over-encumbered

STRENGTH: Determines bonuses when engaging in unarmed combat, i.e. punches, kicks, throws

DEXTERITY: Determines bonuses to sword damage and critical hits

VISION: Determines ranged weapon roll bonus

CHARISMA: Determines Mimic/Persuade/Haggle/Negotiate bonus and effectiveness

AGILITY: Determines speed and dodge/cover roll bonuses

SKILL: Determines dodge roll/sword deflection/cover roll bonuses

LUCK: Determines the mercy of the game on your character

CLASS VARIANTS

THIEF
CAT BURGLAR: 2DUR/9EQU/0STR/1DEX/1VIS/2CHA/4AGL/2SKL/4LCK
MUGGER: 3DUR/8EQU/3STR/2DEX/0VIS/1CHA/1AGL/1SKL/1LCK
PICKPOCKET: 1DUR/7EQU/0STR/1DEX/3VIS/2CHA/3AGL/3SKL/3LCK

ASSASSIN
STREET SNIPER: 3DUR/9EQU/3STR/0DEX/5VIS/0CHA/1AGL/2SKL/1LCK
HITMAN: 4DUR/9EQU/4STR/3DEX/2VIS/0CHA/0AGL/2SKL/1LCK
SIC SEMPER TYRANNUS: 2DUR/8EQU/2STR/2DEX/3VIS/6CHA/4AGL/1SKL/2LCK

RAIDER
BULLET BILL: 3DUR/9EQU/2STR/6DEX/0VIS/3CHA/6AGL/1SKL/1LCK
HYPERSCOUT: 2DUR/9EQU/1STR/4DEX/1VIS/4CHA/7AGL/5SKL/2LCK
BLACK IRON: 4DUR/10EQU/3STR/5DEX/1VIS/2CHA/5AGL/7SKL/2LCK

BERSERKIR
KNIGHT: 6DUR/10EQU/4STR/6DEX/0VIS/3CHA/1AGL/5SKL/3LCK
THE ROCK: 7DUR/8EQU/6STR/5DEX/2VIS/3CHA/0AGL/6SKL/2LCK
PSYCHO: 4DUR/10EQU/5STR/6DEX/4VIS/1CHA/3AGL/1SKL/4LCK

NEGOTIATOR
HANNIBAL: 1DUR/8EQU/7STR/1DEX/0VIS/8CHA/4AGL/3SKL/2LCK
GRIFTER: 2DUR/7EQU/1STR/2DEX/2VIS/8CHA/5AGL/2SKL/4LCK
DOPPLEGANGER: 2DUR/7EQU/1STR/2DEX/3VIS/10CHA/3AGL/5SKL/1LCK

BATTLE MASTER
HOLLYWOOD: 3DUR/10EQU/1STR/2DEX/16VIS/7CHA/2AGL/8SKL/4LCK
BRIGHT FUTURE: 4DUR/8EQU/2DEX/2STR/5VIS/8CHA/1AGL/9SKL/5LCK
TACTICOOL: 2DUR/12EQU/3STR/2DEX/5VIS/6CHA/2AGL/7SKL/4LCK

BOARDING AI (PYROTECH MECH)
SPARTAN 117: 10DUR/8EQU/8STR/4DEX/3VIS/0CHA/4AGL/2SKL/6LCK
HAL-9000: 7DUR/8EQU/1STR/2DEX/7VIS/0CHA/3AGL/2SKL/4LCK
DREADNOUGHT: 15DUR/10EQU/1STR/1DEX/6VIS/0CHA/1AGL/4SKL/3LCK

ADDITIONAL INFO

In the event that one's shields are broken, they will not recharge. Ablative Hardlight Webbing is generated by a "AbWeb Module" that must be replaced in order to restore shield functionality. Without such a module, that player will be without shielding for the remainder of the mission, relying on their character's durability and tactics to keep them alive.

Swords and electronic weaponry can be shorted out if exposed to excessive electrical stimulus or significant EM frequencies

[PrivateVentures]

Don't worry about writing in enemy reactions. Just focus on your own character's thoughts, feelings, and actions. Leave the enemy response to me.

[Gunther]

@PrivateVentures I made the changes you suggested and found a Gauss Rifle to add into the equipment section.

Jhang Meili

Name: Jhang Meili (Nickname: Mei Pronounced 'May')

Appearance:

Meili stands 65” tall and weighs 110 Lbs. She has brown almond shaped eyes and a fair, youth-filled complexion. She has several scars of varying length across her body; trophies from the many fights she has been involved with. Meili’s hair is completely black. She keeps it long, either braided to the rear or in a high ponytail, often tucked inside the back of her armor. Her hair is rarely permitted to splay across her back in an unkempt manner. She is muscular in a lean way, more thin than robust from years of a cardio vascular dominated training regimen.

Meili wears a black form fitting leather body suit with golden markings of dashed lines or highlighting accessories. Her high soft leather boots are also form fitting, giving her additional flexibility during movements. They fit her feet smoothly allowing her to walk quietly when necessary. Atop her head is a hooded cloak and optional helmet she wears when necessary. Generally, when in an inhospitable climate. The hood conceals her face quite easily. When not engaged in the act of her profession, the hood reveals her girlish looks.

Hider

Bio:

Meili was born in the Guangdong Province of Southeast China, near Hong Kong. Her parents were not wealthy, working menial labor for a local railroad or city government in Hong Kong. Jhang Li and Jhang Mei were happy with their lot in life and bore five sons to help protect their baby sister, Meili. Their second youngest child Jhang Meili was not happy to remain in Hong Kong or China, leaving the family home when she was sixteen years of age to make her own way in the world.

As children, Meili and her brothers practiced unarmed combat, developing their own skills. They fought just like any group of siblings in the world. It was their thing to do. The brothers did not spare their sister. They wanted her prepared to take whatever abuse the world could dish out. There was no way she would be released upon the universe as a delicate untainted flower.

Meili wanted to fight as a warrior, learning what skills she could. She attempted to join the Army, but was denied due to her age. She found a skilled master of Gong fu willing to train her in Wǔshù (unarmed combat) and Quan Fa. Quan Fa is a form of fist fighting similar to Muay Thai. She spent four years training with Master Peng until she attained a black belt in his disciplines. This achievement entitled her to be a master of the basics. There was still a lot more to learn.

At age 22, she was permitted to join the Army. She learned discipline and how to use various weapons including sniper training on the Ruan Rifle, one of the premier sniper rifles designed in the far east. She spent the next four years training as an infantry soldier attaining the rank of 班長, “Officer of the squad” or Sergeant. During her time in the military, she continued to train in Wǔshù and Quan Fa, achieving a second degree in the martial skill during her third year of service.

After four years in the Army, she was ready to try something different. She hired on as a bridge crewman on on a merchant ship and headed for the stars. She trained on a couple of duties including helmsman and navigations. She also continued to keep her martial arts skills honed to a crispness, never allowing herself to become soft. While aboard ship, she trained in the use of a few melee weapons including the Dao, a single edged sword; the Ge, a form of pole axe; bo staff, daggers and throwing knives.

By age 30, she had developed a reputation as a tough fighter, sparring with several ship mates. She has also become skilled at maneuvering large space vessels and plotting their location amongst the stars.

Before her 31st birthday, Meili returned to Hong Kong in order to test for her third-degree black belt in Wǔshù and Quan Fa, which she achieved in three months.

At this time of her life, things changed drastically. She completely fell out with her family. They felt she no longer respected them or the old ways of her culture. She felt they didn't understand her. It was as much a shock to her as anyone who knew the family. They wanted to have nothing to do with her, turning their back on their own daughter. This has left her bitter, but now Meili has taken in with pirates and signed on as a bridge crewman aboard the Endgame.

Class: Assassin

Sic Semper Tyrannus: 2Dur/8Equ/2Str/2Dex/3Vis/6Cha/4Agl/1Skl/2LCK

Skills:

Stealth
Assassination
Backstab

Equipment:

Beretta Arms M-35 "Puma" Displacement Sword (Blade Length: 65cm/25.6”)
Beretta Arms M-17 "Kobun" Hardlight dagger (Blade Length: 20cm/8”)
Durandal Arms and Armor D-4 "Ripper" Automatic Displacement Submachine Gun (gas operated, 9mm Parabellum)
DSG-4A2 Sniper Rifle, with scope and reflex sight. (bolt action .338 Lapua Magnum)

Stats

DURABILITY- Determines how much damage an unshielded body can sustain before death

EQUIPMENT LOAD: Determines how much weight in equipment that a player can carry before being over-encumbered

STRENGTH: Determines bonuses when engaging in unarmed combat, i.e. punches, kicks, throws

DEXTERITY: Determines bonuses to sword damage and critical hits

VISION: Determines ranged weapon roll bonus

CHARISMA: Determines Mimic/Persuade/Haggle/Negotiate bonus and effectiveness

AGILITY: Determines speed and dodge/cover roll bonuses

SKILL: Determines dodge roll/sword deflection/cover roll bonuses

LUCK: Determines the mercy of the game on your character

[LordofthePies]

R3N-G30

NAME:
R3N-G30

APPEARANCE:

Armored

Unarmored

BIO:
The first years of her life, like the majority of creatures, was based around learning. R3N had "simple" mathematics down first, then came finding purpose. She was created to destroy and after year 3, she had the first chance to do so. Ever since she succeeded in her first mission she had been around the globe, "finding her purpose".

CLASS:
PYROTECH MECH
- DREADNOUGHT: 15DUR/10EQU/1STR/1DEX/6VIS/0CHA/1AGL/4SKL/3LCK

SKILLS:
SHOCK AND AWE
FIREFIGHTER
SIX GUN
EQUIPMENT:
HayMaker Defense Co. M4 Kinetic Hammer
Durandal Arms and Armor D-2 Dillinger Heavy Carbine

Stats

DURABILITY- Determines how much damage an unshielded body can sustain before death

EQUIPMENT LOAD: Determines how much weight in equipment that a player can carry before being over-encumbered

STRENGTH: Determines bonuses when engaging in unarmed combat, i.e. punches, kicks, throws

DEXTERITY: Determines bonuses to sword damage and critical hits

VISION: Determines ranged weapon roll bonus

CHARISMA: Determines Mimic/Persuade/Haggle/Negotiate bonus and effectiveness

AGILITY: Determines speed and dodge/cover roll bonuses

SKILL: Determines dodge roll/sword deflection/cover roll bonuses

LUCK: Determines the mercy of the game on your character

@PrivateVentures

[PrivateVentures]

@LordofthePies Very interesting. You are aware, though, that your Mech is piloted by an artificial intelligence, not a human, though, right?

Also, replace your weapons with this list:

HayMaker Defense Co. M4 Kinetic Hammer
Durandal Arms and Armor D-2 Dillinger Heavy Carbine

Other than that, I like the vagueness of the bio. Gives a lot to work with.

[PrivateVentures]

@Gunther you're all set. Make that a DSG-4, scale it up to 8mm Magnum, and you're good to go.
.308s are alright in today's world, but you need a little more force in this one to be effective. I figure 8mm Mag would be more than enough to crack a shield open.

[LordofthePies]

I'm aware of her robot-ness. I'll get to replacing the weapons.

@PrivateVentures

[PrivateVentures]

@LordofthePies When you're done with that, feel free to put it up in Character

[Ryougu]

@PrivateVentures
Are we supposed to discuss tactics IC or OOC? As in, if I were to respond to your summary with a suggestion (from an IC perspective, if need be) should I leave this as a comment IC or OOC?

On another note, I'm making a Black Iron Raider

[PrivateVentures]

@RyouguIf it's questions on the world or setting, OOC, if it would officially be a question from your character, I would appreciate it if you would italicize your character's comm dialogue to the captain, and use standard text for communication with your squad and the world around you.

Also, Black Iron Variant is one of my favorites, named after Black Iron Tarkus. My personal first pick would have been Hyperscout Raider. But that's just me.

[PrivateVentures]

Also, be aware, you'll all be receiving upgraded versions of the suits you create, from a manufacturer near and dear to my heart, before the first mission, to give everyone an edge.

I look forward to seeing everyone's characters, and even more so to see everyone's characters in action!

[Gunther]

Are we supposed to discuss tactics IC or OOC? As in, if I were to respond to your summary with a suggestion (from an IC perspective, if need be) should I leave this as a comment IC or OOC?

On another note, I'm making a Black Iron Raider

@Ryougu

Personally, if we have a question about tactics, I hope we can talk about it in OOC before our characters discuss it; simply to share ideas. If our characters disagree with us, the authors that is fine. Based on real world experience, I know I personally (Gunther) have more knowledge and experience in small unit tactics than my character even though she served as an infantry squad leader at some time in her life. I find it would be easier, f the group (authors/writers/gamers) come to some form of an agreement before we start plugging in responses In Character.

I wonder how others feel about this?

[PrivateVentures]

@Gunther I am A-okay with that. Nothing wrong with careful planning.

[Gunther]

@Gunther you're all set. Make that a DSG-4, scale it up to 8mm Magnum, and you're good to go.
.308s are alright in today's world, but you need a little more force in this one to be effective. I figure 8mm Mag would be more than enough to crack a shield open.

@PrivateVentures

Would you be OK with a model of weapon that chambers the .338 Lapua Magnum? Equivalent to 8.6mm Magnum Cartridge?
DSG-4A2 or something?

Personally, I prefer the .338 Lapua round over the 7.62mm (.308) or .50 cal round. The .50 is too damn expensive and overkill. The 7.62mm is effective out to 800m - 1000 meters, but .338 can reach out to 1500 meters which is not too shabby. You rarely get 1 mile shots anyway.

[Ryougu]

@Gunther@PrivateVentures
Very much the same. So on that note, how about trying something sneakier than bursting in, perhaps we could develop a plan to enter through the garbage vent and drill the wall into the armory?

[Gunther]

@Gunther@PrivateVentures
Very much the same. So on that note, how about trying something sneakier than bursting in, perhaps we could develop a plan to enter through the garbage vent and drill the wall into the armory?

@Ryougu

Optical Security sensors watch all airlocks at all times, monitored by a team of two Marines in the Armory.

How many people do we have?
I would prefer two infiltration teams. The first team should be loud and contain a shit load of firepower to take out that Mech as PV suggested. The second should be covert and enter through some access that might possibly not have an optical security sensor. Or, if by chance your garbage vent does have an optical sensor, the overt/loud boarding team should enter 30 - 60 seconds before the covert team, thereby distracting the defenders from our subterfuge.

Before we say who is on what team, we need to know what we have.

[Ryougu]

@Gunther
Actually, the idea is to go entirely unnoticed so that they wouldn't have an opportunity to destroy the data

[PrivateVentures]

@Gunther@Ryougu.338 Lapua is more than enough. That's perfect. DSG-4A2 sounds good. The big problem with sneaking in is that a simple AI monitors all access points at all times. Unless we could slide in within the three-minute window, maintain perfect camoflage as we enter through the garbage chute, and silence the two engineers in the maintenance bay before they can sound the alarm, the data will still be updated, backed up, sent off to an allied ship or station, and destroyed in a matter of moments. They will likely also be monitoring when the doors open and close. It could be possible to launch the Mech at the garbage chute instead, killing both engineers on depressurization, forcing the troops to respond to the disturbance in the rear of the ship, while our assassin roots through the cargo bay, and the rest of the team moves ahead of the Mech to disable life support.

On a separate note, I'm assuming the DSG-4A2 would be semi-automatic?

[PrivateVentures]

@Ryougu@Gunther Another problem remaining is that if the Graviton Drive isn't shut down, the weapons could still fire. If they realize they're under attack in time, they could severely damage the ENDGAME if we're not careful.

[PrivateVentures]

@GuntherOh, bear in mind, of course, the penetrative capability of the .338 is outdone by the .50 BMG and the Cheytac .480 . .338 Lapua, I believe is more anti-personnel than anti-material, right?