[OOC] The Nomad, a sci-fi epic.

[Ozymandias]

To be fair, there's a lot going on, a planet wide earth tremor just happened, there's mounting tension with the crowds, possibly an impending riot, loads of people rushing back and forth, etc. More interesting stuff than some guys with guns walking around

[ihinka]

Yes, I agree... But I believe military people would tend to zero in on the strangeness of a scientist getting a military escort on a nondescript moon after the war has ended and the focus is on civilian aid and relief. It is a bit out of place, don't you agree @Ozymandias

It was still worth the effort to poke the bear a lil' bit

[Ozymandias]

Eh, if there was a massive planet size earth quake, it'd make sense to escort important people to safety. Nothing suspicious about that

[ihinka]

I guess I've watched and read way to many crime and mystery themed stuff... Not to mention the conspiracy theory podcasts I used to listen at one point... The most innocuous things look suspicious to me now

[Ozymandias]

I guess I've watched and read way to many crime and mystery themed stuff... Not to mention the conspiracy theory podcasts I used to listen at one point... The most innocuous things look suspicious to me now

@ihinka

Ah, I see armed people all the time, nothing too suspicious about it

[TheMadAsshatter]

Ah, I see armed people all the time, nothing too suspicious about it

@Ozymandias

...Huh?

[drallinix]

Sammael

appearance

Name: Sylladrion, goes by Sammael.

Species: Veroxian

age: 30

Vocation: Mercenary/Bouncer

Caste: Draskoi

History: Born on their native world and passing into the ranks of the Lunarii Sylladrion had a similar childhood to most other male Veroxian. When he was 20 as was customary he went voyaging with a merchant vessel as a guard, this is where things took a slightly different turn. Coming into contact with pirates, their ship did not fare well in combat, but was not destroyed, instead they were disabled and boarded. Among the 12 person crew were 4 lunarii, including Sylladrion, being the youngest he was also the lowest ranking and was meant to guard the Savalii aboard. However, he disobeyed his orders, instead when he heard cries of pain from his lunarii brothers he rushed to aid them, he succeeded. When he arrived he burst into the hallway flanking the pirates, his shotgun roared, the massive weapon blowing the closest pirate off his feet, a cloud of pink mist following in his wake and blood spraying from the back, the weapon was known as a ripper for a reason, whatever body armor the pirates had been issued was of little use. As the others turned to fire on him, he was already moving, his semi automatic ripper shotgun scoring a bloody path through the small squad in the confined quarters, quickly he rushed to his fallen brothers. Seeing him the eldest lunarii, Mormesk, crawled to him, his wounds mortal, nevertheless he grabbed Sylladrion and roared his final order, to protect the Savalii, and suddenly it was clear, it was a diversion, nothing in this wing of the ship was valuable, at least not as valuable as slaves.

He rushed through the corridors trying to make it back and the last of the Savalii were being cuffed and prepared to be taken aboard as he arrived. Opening up on the first enemy with his ripper the hail of return fire caught him off guard, he was hit in the shoulder, the round going completely through in a painful, but not debilitating injury, but he was pinned behind what cover he could find. One of the Savalii, begged for him to kill them, they couldn't allow themselves to be taken, to be a slave was worse than death, so he did as was asked, pulling a grenade off his chest rig, he hurled the explosive into the closing boarding shuttle, and just after it launched a bright flash told him of its fall. For six months he sat aboard the ship, with no idea how to pilot it and rationing its supplies, eventually another of their merchant vessels found it and he relayed the story. They took him back to the matriarch of his tribe and his judgment was handed down. He had disobeyed an order, as such he had two options, death or become a Draskoi, he chose the second, much to the horror of his family. All watched as he was stripped of his name and caste, and they branded two lines under each of his eyes. the burning metal searing his skin and the fur that grew back there was black as night.

For many years he wandered from ship to ship, acting as a mercenary for various corporations and gangs. At one point he found himself serving the UWG against the nomad's forces on the ground, he fought in extremely close quarters to the enemy, always favoring his ripper shotgun, but each time he came out better than the last, his instincts and physiology helping him. Finally he found himself on the backwater that was RX3248 bouncing at a small and insignificant bar for free booze and a roof over his head.

Gear: Ripper shotgun and basic clothing, baggy beige cargo pants and white shirt, generally worn under a leather combat harness.

Ripper Shotgun

[Cath]

@drallinix Good character sheet! Accepted, begin IC when you're ready.

Does anyone feel they are unsure what would be best to post? If you are, please say here or PM me and i'll give you a few ideas. Ozy and myself have a lot planned but we appreciate there is a lot of secrecy so if you're confused just hit me up and i'll sort you out something

[drallinix]

Sure, ill bite, since he is generally bouncing or half drunk inside a bar, what would be a good way to get him involved with the main storyline here lol.

[Cath]

Sure, ill bite, since he is generally bouncing or half drunk inside a bar, what would be a good way to get him involved with the main storyline here lol.

@drallinix

There's something coming up which we're hoping will bring everybody together aboard the Scythian, at least temporarily. If Sammael is bouncing at a small bar in the spaceport colony then there is plenty of opportunity to interact with the desperate and increasingly angry populace. Many of them will be wanting a drink, but the whole place is busy and there are no wide open spaces to dissipate this energy. If its in a central location then i'm sure some other RPers will be interested in chilling out for a little bit.

[Silver Carrot]

@Catharyn

That description fits Dalry to a tee

[Ozymandias]

<Snipped quote by Ozymandias>

...Huh?

@TheMadAsshatter

See armed police and soldiers all the time. I don't immediately think 'Ah, some super secret state mission is happening' etc

[DracoLunaris]

@Ozymandias
RX3248 is the equivalent of a village out in the middle of nowhere though, and even in countries which suffer from police militarization I imagine it's odd to have that many heavily armed state personnel show up in a random small town.

[Ozymandias]

Point is, be aware of being too meta

[Cath]

Its mainly my fault for mentioning Naval Intelligence too much in the first two IC posts but yeah. For the record NI is the equivalent of the NSA before they got bust wide open by Snowden. Known about mainly by military high ups and conspiracy theorists. If we could continue the roleplay with that in mind that'd be brilliant as we can slowly learn about the motive of NI as the RP goes on.

@Ozymandias and myself will be working on a collab IC post tonight, very excited!

[Silver Carrot]

I admit I'm kind of lost.

[Ozymandias]

NI basically exists for GM reasons and has since the RPs inception, hence why it's so powerful, lets us control NPCs, etc.

I admit I'm kind of lost.

@Silver Carrot

What are we confused about?

[Silver Carrot]

@Ozymandias

There's just a lot of things going on and I've lost track of what's happening where and what Dalry would notice while she's unloading cargo and what's stuff that only the important people are awake of.

[Conscripts]

I'll be trying to post somewhat tomorrow or the day after that. Please bear with me. Thankfully, Nelson's interaction isn't really significant just yet

[Cath]

There's just a lot of things going on and I've lost track of what's happening where and what Dalry would notice while she's unloading cargo and what's stuff that only the important people are awake of.

@Silver Carrot

Totally understandable, don't worry we can sort this . If Dalry is helping to unload supplies from the Scythian, she will have seen some soldiers heading to the colonial administration building. She will also have seen the queues growing and growing until its basically a mass of people held back by Scythian crewmen.

I'll be trying to post somewhat tomorrow or the day after that. Please bear with me. Thankfully, Nelson's interaction isn't really significant just yet

@Conscripts

Alright cool no worries!