[CHAR] Event Horizon

[FortunesFaded]

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Note: Any positions which are not filled will be filled by NPCs. Additionally, positions can be created by characters in their CS if it is approved by the GM.

Crew
Pilot --
Co-Pilot --
Navigator --
Mechanical Engineer --
Electrical Technician --
Quartermaster --

Willman Expedition
Fireteam Leader (Sergeant) --
Assistant Fireteam Leader (Corporal) --
Rifleman (Private) --
Rifleman (Private) --
Doctor (Medical Professional) --
Scientist(s) --
Official/Inspector --

Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Profession:
Nationality: I would recommend stating both the specific nationality (Like, Japanese) and also the political bloc that country belongs to (I.e. American Alliance)
Birth Planet: Or station, in the case of the BASS or the Willman
Appearance: Please write a description. If you’d like, you may include a picture as well in the space above the “Name” section. Please do not use drawings or anime.
Strengths: You must have at least as many weaknesses as you do strengths, and no less than two.
Weaknesses:
Personality:
History: This may be as brief or expansive as you’d like it to be. Just remember, revealing and expanding upon events in a character’s life is far more powerful when done IC – and that when you write something here, and not in the IC, other characters won’t know anything about it.
Family: Does your character have a spouse, or children? Are their parents still alive? Here you may list the names and ages of the character’s immediate family, if you so choose. This is mainly here because, again, lots of death in act one. You may end up playing as one of these folks in act two, if you so choose.

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John Howard

Name: John Howard
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Profession: Operations Sergeant, United States Special Forces
Nationality & Affiliation: American, American Alliance
Birth Planet: Earth
Appearance: John stands at six foot two, with short brown hair well below military regulation length, and a hard and emotionless face. His eyes are dark brown to match his hair, and his body is muscular just by the sheer requirement of his work in the field. He isn’t unattractive by any means, but he rarely smiles anymore – at least not genuinely. This gives him an element of distance which some (especially those outside of the military) find a bit off-putting or strange.
Strengths:
Primary – John has been enlisted in the United States Special forces for over a decade. He’s been trained on Earth and in the colonies. He’s been deployed to more places than most have visited. Simply put, he is a shining example of a competent and resourceful soldier.
Secondary – Due to the rigor of his work, John is in peak physical shape, far surpassing most men, despite his age of nearly forty.
Tertiary – John has been managing fireteams and personnel for years. As such, he’s developed inherent tactics to deal with team morale and tricky situations involving his group. Combine that with a natural sense of charisma, and John makes a fine leader in even relatively hostile environments.
Weaknesses:
Primary – Though he isn’t stupid, John has absolutely no schooling on the fields of science, including astrophysics and biology. He is totally in the dark when the conversation shifts to these topics, or when application of this particular brand of knowledge is necessary.
Secondary – While John has developed a sense of rapport and communication with his subordinates, he often comes off as brash and demanding to civilians, especially during stressful situations when he needs to give orders directly without wasting time. As a result, he may end up alienating some of the civilian members of the expedition, or be unable to rally them the same way he would with his squad.
Tertiary – Ever since the death of his wife two years’ prior, John has developed a concerning alcohol problem. It manifests more when he isn’t deployed and has more downtime, but lately he’s started carrying a flask with him almost everywhere, and a bottle of whisky can always be found somewhere in his quarters. He uses the drink to stave off a deepening sense of hopelessness and depression, a void which his work has long since ceased to fill.
Personality: John Howard is a man who tries his best to hide his emotions, and does it quite well. While it may not be unusual for him to crack a joke or give a halfhearted smile, there isn’t usually any amusement in his eyes. He’s quite good at instilling emotions in others which have long since withered in himself. It’s been a long time since he’s felt true happiness. Still, he is the type who gives his all no matter what has happened, and he has not stopped being an exemplary soldier. He cares for his fireteam and the civilians on board the expedition in equal measure, even though they may not ever see that from him, and he has no desire for them to recognize it.
History: John was born an only child in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Colonel in the U.S. Army, his father, and a financial accountant, his mother. John’s mother died when he was seven, and his father was never all that great at raising a kid. They moved around often, wherever he was needed, and John simply learned to give up the prospect of making meaningful relationships. Initially, he wanted nothing to do with the military, and, partially trying to distance himself from his father’s legacy, went to college for business. He graduated with decent grades and a job out of the gate, at a tech startup. However, he found no joy in it, and after his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer he resolved to go into the military. His dad passed away not too long after he completed basic training. For a few years, he was alone; all he had was his work -- and he did exceptional work. He rose through the commissioned ranks of the Army, before being selected to join the Special Forces. It was around this time that he met a girl, Susannah, at a bar while he was on leave. The two started a relationship that kept blossoming even when he was away on duty. They married a year later, and were together for just six months before an incident on the highway caused her car to be thrown into the oncoming lane. She died instantly. John was away when it happened – he didn’t hear until days later. Ever since then, he’s been alone, just as he was before. He proceeded to pour more of his energy into his work, and was well rewarded for it. Between routine stations on Earth, John has been sent to Mars, Hawking, and Tyson to take command of the local American militia forces and train discipline and readiness in the face of potential attacks. He has been tasked with protecting key government officials on Luna and the B.A.S.S.. Even still, much more of his work is classified, known only to those in the highest echelons of the American military.
Family: John has no family.

Elizabeth Sinclair

Name: Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sinclair
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Profession: Colonial Affairs Junior Administrator for the Mars Colony
Nationality: British, Commonwealth
Birth Planet: Earth (But she spent most of her adult life on Mars)
Appearance: Elizabeth is a petite brunette with sharp blue eyes that carry a sense of mischief and intellect. She is by all accounts attractive, and she often wears a smirk that seems to be a precursor for a witty retort. She stands at 5’4”, and is in pretty fit shape for a government official. Elizabeth’s hair is often done up in a loose bun, and she teeters between looking professional and being comfortable. The result is her own unique style, which gives off the impression that she really doesn’t care what anyone else thinks, but has still managed to have quite a successful career despite it. In actuality, she has reached a level of success and popularity back on Mars where she no longer needs to prove much of anything to anyone.
Strengths:
Primary – Elizabeth is highly intelligent and resourceful, having managed to rise from total obscurity into a prestigious post in the Commonwealth’s governing administration on Mars.

Secondary – Elizabeth has a silver tongue; she is gifted in the art of conversation, and can almost always win someone over to her side with enough time and exposure.

Weaknesses:
Primary – Elizabeth has zero combat training, other than very basic self-defense lessons taught to her by her father as a child. As a result, she is near useless in a combat zone, and must rely much more heavily on her charisma than her martial ability.

Secondary – She has the tendency to bite off more than she can chew: whenever opportunity comes knocking, she takes it, regardless of if she has the time or skill to handle it. Usually she’s able to feign stability, though there have been times where this has come back to haunt her.

Personality: Elizabeth is disarmingly genuine, to the point where most people forget that they’re talking to a bureaucrat. She insists that people call her Lizzie or Liz, and remains optimistic even at the darkest of times. She is the unique mix of ambitious and kind: willing to do anything both to further herself and help all those around her. Additionally, she has a sharp wit, and is one of the first ones to crack a joke when it is needed. Most of the time, she simply doesn’t let things get to her – when they do, Elizabeth becomes quiet and detached, but rarely ever lashes out.
History: Elizabeth was born in Canterbury, England, to a nurse (her mother) and a police officer (her father). As a child she seemed to have a natural charisma, and made friends with everyone even as she excelled and thrived in an academic setting. She was an exemplary student in college, graduating third in her class at Oxford, and was offered a job as an administrative aide immediately after graduation. After about two years, she was offered a promotion in the Mars colony and took it, boarding a shuttle and leaving her family and her planet. Upon reaching Mars, she found that the largest human colony was beset with a myriad of issues. The birth rate was off the charts following the successes of the Bessel Station’s sustainability initiative, securing an abundance of food for the colony. The population was growing at an alarming rate, and the infrastructure simply could not accommodate it. Elizabeth set to work fixing that. She dedicated the next five years of her life to getting things done from a position of obscurity, before being praised personally by the Colonial Governor of Hampton (The Commonwealth colony on Mars) and promoted yet again, this time as a junior administrator for the Global Coalition, in the upper echelons of the colonial political sphere. From this position, she had the ability to develop relationships with some of the most powerful people in the solar system – including the Governor, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, and Francois Moreau, the Executive Director of Colonial Affairs for the Global Coalition. It was he who asked her to join the expedition to the Willman Lab, as he felt that her resourcefulness and administrative talents may be of great use in the case of a potential colonial catastrophe.

Family: Elizabeth has a brother, Aaron, who is four years her junior and is currently an associate at a law firm on Earth. Both of her parents are still alive, and are retired and in their sixties living in England.

[Starlance]

Daniel Østergaard

Name: Daniel Østergaard

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Profession: Rifleman

Nationality & Affiliation: Danish; EU

Birthplace: Earth, Denmark, Køge

Appearance: Daniel stands at 168 centimeters and is a rather well built fellow. His brown regulation haircut matches his beard he’s grown mainly to conceal a scar running from his right ear to his chin. He has blue eyes, typical for his country, and is rarely seen without a Danish military field cap.

Strengths:

• When he sets his mind onto something, he won't be distracted easily. This can can backfire, however, as he might be focused on something less important instead of something more important.
• Daniel is extensively trained in close quarters combat and urban warfare, making operating in confined spaces easier for him.
• The safety and well being of his squadmates are paramount to him and he will go out of his way to ensure it if he can.

Weaknesses:

• Daniel never expects things to go well. This can make him irritate other people or make him focus on perceived or non-existent threats in stressful situations.
• He has a hard time adapting to unexpected situations when out of contact with a superior.
• Due to nearly drowning in his youth, Daniel suffers from aquaphobia and can start panicking whenever he gets as much as splashed with water unexpectedly.

Personality: Though Daniel is sarcastic and sometimes rude, he's happy to engage in idle chat. While he's not the brightest star himself, he tends to get frustrated when faced with people that take a while to understand him, although it may not be their fault. In combat, he prefers to be the grunt because he doesn't feel confident making decisions, especially those that can cost lives. He has an annoying tendency to switch to encyclopedia mode when people ask about weaponry or military history.

History: Daniel was raised on the outskirts of Køge. With fields and forests on one side and a public sports center on the other, he fell in love with sports quickly, leading to a good physical condition. He enlisted at the age of 22. In addition to basic training, he underwent specialised urban warfare training, but never progressed through the ranks due to his indecisive nature. He volunteered for the Willman Laboratory mission mainly to gain new experience as he never left Earth before.

Family:

• Father - Thomas Østergaard
• Mother - Annemette Østergaard (Nygaard)
• Uncle - Peter Østergaard
• Aunt - Nora Østergaard (Sørensen)
• Cousin - Anniken Østergaard

[Stekkmen]

Genna Wolgast

Name: Geneva "Genna" Wolgast

Age: 35

Gender: F

Profession: Electrical Technician

Nationality: European Union, Germany.

Birth Planet: Earth

Appearance: A short woman with a pale complexion and black hair tied into a professional ponytail. She has small, dark eyes behind a wiry pair of eyeglasses and inquisitive thin eyebrows underneath a large forehead. Her narrow lips complement a sharp chin. She's got an odd look about her, her dexterous fingers and small frame are engineered to maneuver into cramped spaces and fix vital systems, or at least be able to maintain the robot that goes into cramped spaces and fix vital systems. Either way works.

Strengths: Given her profession, Geneva is a brilliant electrical technician, and knows the ins and outs of the series of wires and routers that compose the stations electrical skeleton. She's also a good problem solver and can think practically. She's tri-lingual, being able to speak native German, quite fluent English, and clunky but adequate Japanese.

Weaknesses: She's athletically inept for one thing. Never been in a fight her whole life, nor fired a gun. As a normal human person, she does not show bravery in the face of danger. Because she's never been in true, immediate danger, she doesn't know it: but she's prone to mental breakdown when under immense stress.

Personality: She prefers the company of circuits, routers and automated personnel rather than actual human people. Even though she's rather amiable, a fear of being ostracized has, ironically, lead her to occasionally ostracizing herself from the ship's crew. She often is known for disappearing in her quarters for days at a time, tinkering and tweaking on various devices until she is satisfied, or until she runs out of food and has to leave. This doesn't happen all the time, mind you. This isn't a cycle of loneliness, but every few months her thoughts get all jumbled up and she has too many things to try and it just sort of...happens.

On the majority of her days though, when she doesn't live in isolation, she can be perfectly friendly, though she is quick to frustration when people don't do the things she has them pictured in her head. Why can't people read her thoughts? This is ridiculous. She can't work in these conditions! Following this train of thought usually ends with her back in her room. But like anyone aboard the station, she has great ambition and has a true wonder for the mysteries of the universe.

History: Growing up in a middle class family in Germany with ample access to education meant her affinity towards the electrical was quickly picked up on. There was no real conflict in her life- it was like she was living in a commercial. Everything was just...okay. And she was fine with that. Her parents were supportive, her younger brother was annoying, happy tears were shed when she left at the age of 28 to be among the stars and explore the Universe's far regions.

Family:
Father, Gerald.
Mother, Anna.
Brother, Adrian.

[The1Rolling1Boy]

Character

Name:
Marie Antoinette Vandersnappe
Age:
26
Gender:
Female
Profession:
Mechanical Engineer
Nationality & Affiliation:
Scotish, European Union
Birth Planet:
Saturn
Appearance:
Marie has dusty blue doll-like eyes to go with her barely tan skin, with multiple tattoos on her arms of different symbols and one of a vine wrapping around both of her upper arms, she also as one on her back of a group of brightly coloured Lotus flowers, her natural hair colour is an oak brown but she dies it a rusty red, she is very small even though she is really strong compared to everyone. When she is on the way to the car repair shop which is where Marie works at or at work she is normally running around in a pair of dirty overall shorts and a black crop top, with a tool belt pair of black generic brand sneaker and an old faded gray Tam o' Shatner hat, when she isn't on duty she is wearing a white bagging t-shirt with the words "I <3 Scottland" on it that she got from a gift shop out of boredom and a pair of bell bottom jeans with a pair of white converses that she draws all over, tho she does wash them ever month so she can have a portable blank canvas.
Strengths:
She is physically strong and really smart, there is nothing that she can't do, or use her brute strength and fix
Weaknesses:
She is emotionally weak, so she is very emotional and haves a hard time controlling them so she will say things she doesn't mean to say, plus she has a soft spot for stuff animals, she collects them cares for them and sometimes she would talk to them
Personality:
Marie is like a little kid in a nut shell but she gets her work done and is more than happy to help someone out if it's needed and if she is either really bored or she has to because someone higher ranked than her, tells her too but even then she would end up complaining sometimes because she does enjoy kicking back and listening to music peacefully
History:
She has never really talked much to anyone, except to her brother. For as long she could remember ever since their parents died in a house fire that Marie started on accident due to her being so young and not knowing what a candle and a blanket can cause by being stuck together, her older brother was always there for her no matter what.
Family:
-William Anthony VanderSnappe: Older brother, Alive; Currently studying to join the fireteam
-Lynn Lee Hynghen VanderSnappe: Mother, Dead; Worked has a merchant for jer one shop
-Micheal George VanderSnappe: Father, Dead; Worked has a miner on Saturn and its moons
-Beatrice Boin Hynghen: Aunt, Alive; Works as a scientist where abouts unknown