[OOC] Phoenix Crew

[pyroman]

Dear valued associate,

You've been selected to join the crew of research vessel the ETU Phoenix! We here at Stratobask Industries cannot wait to get you on the frontier and assist you in learning everything you can about what has yet to be explored.

Attached is a boarding pass to New Rhodes, Calitica, Earth, as well as everything you'll need to get started at the Stratobask Headquarters. Once you arrive at the headquarters, you will be escorted to the Frontier wing. There you will meet the rest of your crewmates, be briefed on your mission, and be sent on your way!

We hope to see you soon,
Stratobask Industires

You may have been riding on this letter arriving to be your chance to leave, or maybe you applied on a whim. In any case, when you recieve the paper letter, you can't contain your excitement. As quick as you can, you follow the directions given to you, head to New Rhodes on planet Earth, and ship off in a top of the line Extended Travel Unit, the Phoenix.

The ETU Phoenix was designed for such a dangerous mission. Made to accomodate all of the known species, the Phoenix is large, but sleek, filled to the brim with all the bells and whistles that researchers and scientists would kill for.

Or maybe you're a part of the security detail? Worry not. The Phoenix is equipped with multitudes of non-lethal tools for you to use while keeping the peace and keeping people safe.

Maybe you're an adventurer. Maybe you wanted to leave your life or normalcy and go to the edge, wandering about to find a new place in life. The Phoenix is here for you too. While you will be serving the research teams and keeping them safe as they discover the depths of space, you will have time to establish yourself in your newfound life.

Stratobask Industries has a place for everyone, and they can't wait to see what you bring back.

Rules:
1. Romance is acceptable, but please keep it appropriate. If clothes start flying, you will be asked to stop or move it somewhere else.
2. This PR is exploration based, and people who are knowledgeable in multiple fields are more valuable to the company than those who are not. However, no one character can do everything. You might be the best and brightest, but everyone has their limits and circles.
3. Characters may come from one of 4 planets; Earth, Rhea, Hephaestus and Kepler-17x
4. Kinda goes along with number 2 but no marysue/garystus, seriously.
6. No godmodding, I don’t think I need to explain this one.
8. Any questions can be answered by myself or your fellow players.
9. Most important rule ever! Have fun!

All pertinent info is here:

Rhea

Rhea:
-First planet largely colonized by humans after the failure of their solar system.
-Densely populated by rainforests with most of the planet’s water below the surface, the rest is in the form of rivers and similar water ways.
-Cities are made of a hybrid, eco-friendly material and are mostly concealed by the canopy, only a few buildings tower over the trees.
-Central planet within the United Earth Coalition, a.k.a. This is where all of the important decisions are made.

Hephaestus

Hephaestus:

-Mining planet that was colonized after Rhea.
-Closer to the sun and has higher temperatures but life still exists in the form of mostly rodents and insects, there is only water below the surface.
-There is constant daylight until an annular solar eclipse drenches the planet in darkness for an entire week, causing temperatures to plummet to near subzero temperatures.
-The inhabitants are a bit wary of new visitors since it’s rare for new people to arrive.

Gliese 224

Gliese 224:

Hot, almost Tropical climate
Covered in large islands and few Continents
Continents lush with Vegetation and sparse desert area’s
Mostly reptilian and avian species, mimicking the early stages of Earth Life.
Very few species exported offworld as exotic pets and even a military project.
Colonization attempted twice, both attempts resulted in a 90 to 97% casualty rate

Gliese 224a

Gliese 224a:

The first moon of Gliese 224
Similar in appearance to Mars, almost no bacterial life supported on the surface. Worm like creatures and small insect organisms live below the surface, living in underground caverns where water is present.
Colonization not started due to hostile temperatures

Gliese 224b

Gliese 224b:

Last of Gliese 224’s moons
Similar to Gliese 224a, no life due to higher temperature making it impossible for survival.
Very little, to no water reserves underground.
Colonization never attempted

Kepler-17x

Kepler-17x

Although similar to Earth, Kepler-17x has day and night cycles that last a standard week, varying month to month by a day to three days in Winter months.
Polar ice caps fully formed, helping fuel nearby habitable planets that have low water content.
Native species mostly herbivorous with few predators, the result of a disease outbreak brought to the planet by the first Humans who colonized the planet
Now a fully functioning society, a large walled city the center of the minor Government stationed there, acting as a liaison to other sections of Minor Government

Kepler-17y

Kepler-17y
Moon to Kepler-17x
Lifeless surface, coated in layers of ice with rock and dust hidden beneath those layers
Several bases established as Observatories and Communication relays

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Hello! This is a reboot of an old RP, and I will be restarting it because some people wanted to bring this back. If you're a newcomer, or if you want to make a new character, the CS will be provided down below for you to use.

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Height:
Species:
Role:
Affiliation:
Relationship Status:
Appearance:
Facts/Backstory:
Weapons:
Skills:

[datadogie]

@Nevix@Claw2k11, new stuffz here! :P

[Nevix]

Looks good. I'd change a few things in the OP, though. No Aubrey, anymore. ;)

Also, was that line about treating cyborgs an in-joke? I remember being confused about it in the original RP, lol.

Figure we can also do a bit of our own lore and world development, but that can come later.

All in all, pretty stoked.

[datadogie]

It's pretty much just copy-pasted with an edit or two. Anyhow, just work on a character, really. :P

[datadogie]

Adali "Addy" Polana

Name: Adali "Addy" Polana
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"

Species:

Zenohunt

Zenohunts are almost similar to Humans apart from the fact that they often have some minor changes in personality based on their animal traits; Zenohunts have some features of animals, let that be a tail or ears. They sometimes vary, some having claws, for example. It is uncommon to rare for a Zenohunt to have wings, however only one Zenohunt, Amelia Lara, was able to use them to fly, and even then she could only fly for a small amount of time.

Zenohunts came from their home planet, Lemia, and were quite territorial. They often started wars amongst tribes for food or land. After a long while, official 'peacelands' were made, but few still raided these for what they needed before they were cut down. It wasn't until Zenohunts expanded into space that actual peace started among them. Meeting other species was usually met with confusion on their side: The Zenohunts would arrive in their territory with a massive battlefleet or Supership, yet claim they wanted peace.

Zenohunts usually start out young: In systems where they are government, they are allowed to leave school and work at the age of twelve, and at that age they are also allowed to marry and have a family (though this requires permission from the local authorities as well as some tests to make sure that the couple are sure of what they are doing). This includes the military: They are allowed to join the Zenohunt army at twelve (Home Deployment Force) or fourteen (Non-Home Deployment Force), the Zenohunt Navy at thirteen (or fourteen if they wish to become an attack pilot), and the Zenohunt Marines at fourteen. Zenohunt intelligence usually recruits from the ages of six and up, particularly if they have military experience. All of this can change depending on the rules of where they live: Zenohunts obviously cannot join a Human military at the age of fourteen, since there are rules regarding this, though it is not unknown of Zenohunt Intelligence to still recruit at young ages (with less frequency) in other species' territories where Zenohunts reside.

Zenohunt relation with other species is that their military forces, including (but not limited to) their Space Navy, Army, Intelligence, Marines and Zenofighters (Super-Special forces) are not integrated into any other species' militaries, and are in a separate but stable alliance. Their merchant marine and trade ships, however, are free to flutter in and out of societies (the former able to until called to war), and their people and free to mingle with other species.

More information is available if asked for.

Role: Security, both interior and exterior.
Affiliation: Acionna Expedition, Zenohunt Military
Relationship Status: Single
Appearance: Addy has dark brown hair that falls down to just over halfway down her back. She has a clean and pretty face with brown eyes and brown eyebrows. Small lips and small ears add onto this, as well as a pair of orange fox ears on her head, which marks her clearly as a Zenohunt if she isn't wearing a hat or hood over them. Going further down, she has a small bust, and she is quite slim. She has a orange fox tail, which also marks her as a Zenohunt if the ears were not clear enough.
Facts/Backstory: More of a timeline;

• Born to a pair of Zenohunts on Kepler-17x.
• Grew up in a boarding home as her parents were away serving the military.
• Addy reaches five years of age
• Had a desire to join the military like her parents but was unable to for the foreseeable future because of the non-Zenohunt ruling.
• Addy reaches fifteen years of age
• Parents died during combat against pirates.
• Zenohunt Intelligence uses parent's deaths to recruit Addy into them.
• Addy is trained, then made tasking-available and sent out
• Addy reaches twenty-one years of age
• Addy receives the letter and at the same time a message from her superior that she will be going there.
• Addy reaches present day.

Weapons:

• Zenohunt Military-issue IAP-221 (Interchangeable-Attack Pistol)

  A reliable pistol that packs a punch. It has two modes, a standard kill mode, which fires your standard kinetic ammunition, and it has a secondary mode that fires a bolt that stuns a target to the point where they are sprawling on the floor.
• Zenohunt Intelligence HIP-4 (High Impact Pistol)

  A pistol limited to that of Zenohunt Intelligence, it is barely the size of a small palm and to most would be a very hard pistol to use due to it's small size. To those of Zenohunt Intelligence, however, it comes as almost second nature - the very small size of the weapon makes it incredibly easy to conceal, and it's a very efficient weapon.

Skills:

• Bilingual
• Hand-To-Hand combat
• Security
• Lying

[Kazemitsu]

It sounds interesting...and you have "species" listed in the CS. Does that mean pretty much everything is game?

[datadogie]

@Kazemitsu, I believe mainly anything is allowed (within reason). Just as long as your character comes from the three planets listed.

[Kazemitsu]

Hider

Name: Kaze
Age: N/A
Gender: Male
Height: 8'7

Species:

Hider

Dragon-kin: A race of overly large reptilian beings that have been apex predators in the wild areas and mountains of Kepler-17x. When first discovered by humans the Earth-borne thought they were actually dragons, hence the given name. The native inhabitants obviously didn't speak Human and their own name for themselves is such a mess that translators can't actually say figure it out. Until humans came the race was still very tribal and a show of force is what made them peaceful, after all humans were smaller. Edible. The species is also not nearly as plentiful as the normal races due to harsh practices. Laying eggs in the desert and leaving the young to fend for themselves until they're able to find a tribe to join in the mountains. This method prevented the weak and lame from taking resources and allowed diverse mating prospects since it's rare to find your Layer. No one knows exactly how long they live thanks to them killing each other, or falling in off-world combat, long before their scales start to dim.

The earthling arrivals didn't go unnoticed by the Dragon-kin. Sickness came but it wasn't as devastating to them as it was to most other predators of the planet. Their reptilian make-up, and the eating of rotten meat, gave them a severe boost to their immune systems to help keep unnatural sickness down. Afterwards though humans civilized the Dragon-kin, to a degree anyway, after the reptilian people 'made peace'. Which was offering up kills after a hunt. The language barrier was a huge issue that humans fixed pretty readily by setting translators on the reptilian people. Now they're mostly exotic bodyguards or geared up to be soldiers. Still they return to Kepler-17x to continue their laying practices.

Role: First Responder: In dangerous areas he's supposed to be the first one in. Tank: Heavy ordinance and heavy armor.
Affiliation: Dragon-kin Tribes.
Relationship Status: Single
Appearance:

(Yes the artwork is mine. Bought and paid for)

Kaze is big, even for a dragon-kin. Standing at eight feet seven inches tall and built like the old worlds strongest men from earth. But with a lot more muscle definition. While he may have wings, he's far to heavy for flight, like most of his species, and really just uses them for fighting, aid in climbing, gliding, and swimming. His are oddly unique, having claw-like fingers instead of the classic wing 'thumb'. His scales are black with a purple sheen in certain lights with purple underbelly plates running from his chin to his tails tip. Given his size, and attachments, normal clothes aren't a thing. He's mostly seen in a red skirt...kilt...thing with a golden border. Or he's clad in metal plates in certain locations. Namely chest, abdomen, fully encased arms, and the fronts of his legs with some weird elastic stuff on the back. He didn't pay attention to what it was.

Facts/Backstory:

• Hatched in the desert among other broken old eggs.
• Survived the desert despite black coloring, dug in the sands until nightfall.
• First successful hunt outside of desert.
• Found a tribe in mountains.
• Fully trained in ways of combat, mostly instinctual reactions.
• Observed humans until he was 'of age'.
• Underwent the translator surgery, first to have it in the brain and not as a concealed headset and choker.
• Grew more as he stayed with humans for more training. Biggest known dragon-kin.
• Discovered smaller weapons to flimsy. Was given bigger ones to use and train with.
• Training complete, was offered first assignment as bodyguard.
• Was found to excel in combat scenarios and protecting targets.
• Received Message and package, it sounded fine and scientists on new planets needed guards.
• Present day?

Weapons:

• Archaic Battle Scythe: A rather old looking weapon with some odd features. The long curved blade can collapse and pivots on a hinge to become a large axe. If pivoted the other way it becomes sort of like a pole-sword due to the length of the haft. It's Kaze sized so it's very large.
• Punt Gun II: A massive shotgun based off of Earth's old discontinued thirteen foot long mounted shotgun. Like most shotguns that use shot the range is fairly limited and the sheer size of this behemoth limits its usage as well. But it's capable of using a slug and the classic pellet shot rounds for devastating effects within its range. Single round chamber that has the archaic breech loading method.
• Aegis: A massive plate of metal with strapping on it to act as a shield. It resembles the ancient tower shield except it's eight feet tall and four feet wide. The edges of the slab of metal are honed down and sharpened while serrated spikes dot the front.

Skills:

• Melee Specialist: Hand to hand or various forms of melee weaponry, it's his preferred way of fighting.
• Heavy Weapon Specialist: His secondary way of fighting is using large forms of various guns.
• Defensive Strategy: He tends to look for the best possible way to defend a position. If he has multiple views he can do a better job of it.
• Multi-linguist: The technology allowing him to speak in various languages allows him to understand what others are saying. Mostly because it's translating as they talk into his own language which is nothing but hisses, growls, and oddly enough chirps.

Yes he's strong but he's limited to certain things given his size, and the size of his preferred weaponry.

[pyroman]

@Kazemitsulooks good. Not asking you to change anything, but due to his immense size, I hope you know that he's going to have a hard time moving around inside of a ship, even if it is a fancy research vessel.

accepted.

[Kazemitsu]

@pyroman That's why he's triple jointed to fit where he needs to. Animals have some of the craziest flexibility...

[Metadude]

@pyroman

Not cool to literally take all of the information from the previous rp. Idea's/generalization is fine, but all that work was hours upon hours of brainstorming from the original creator and myself. When a reboot happens, people take the concept and change many things around. This isn't that.

[pyroman]

@Metadudeunfortunately, I was in a rush to pick an OOC out for people to get interested in. I am in the process of working out a new plot and story, but my time is limited and I’m quite busy, so work on things will be slow. I’m sorry if you felt insulted by the fact I drafted everything from the previous RP, but since that was what everyone was familiar with, I figured it was safe to start there

[Metadude]

@pyroman

Still not a cool thing to do. Being in a rush isn't much of an excuse when there was plenty of time on the thread to create something new. But, fine. The creator knows and both of us will be keeping an eye on this, as i'd mentioned they're turning this into a book. So, they don't want their idea's associated with this.

[datadogie]

Still not a cool thing to do.

@Metadude

Whilst we understand that taking the original thread is a bit uncool, he stated his reasons for it, and has said he is working out a new plot and story. This is just a baseline for the original peeps to make their stuff again, and is being changed.

Being in a rush isn't much of an excuse when there was plenty of time on the thread to create something new.

@Metadude

As he said, he himself was quite busy. Realise that many people have different meanings when it comes to "being in a rush". He perhaps rushed because he wanted the base up just so people could work on their characters and formulate ideas, as he has already stated in the post.

The creator knows and both of us will be keeping an eye on this, as i'd mentioned they're turning this into a book. So, they don't want their idea's associated with this.

@Metadude

I'll be surprised if during the course of the RP we get anywhere close to where the book is intending to go, due to the fact that the RP literally went nowhere when the creator ditched the RP. If we do, that's pure coincidence as there is no path on the original RP, just the very basic fact that "We're researchers, researching places" and nothing else. This idea that you've spent so many hours brainstorming, etc. can literally just come down to the most basic of RP ideas from what information we have. We have none of your future plot, plans, characters, etc. So, feel free to keep an eye on this. More popularity.

[ArenaSnow]

The creator knows and both of us will be keeping an eye on this, as i'd mentioned they're turning this into a book.

@Metadude

Would the creator himself be inclined to substantiate that/lend his opinion on the matter?

[Kazemitsu]

Soooo is this thing still a thing? o.o

[pyroman]

Indeed, but we can't exactly do much with two characters

[Kazemitsu]

Datadogie did a character o3o

[Nevix]

I forgot to sub this. I'm still here!

[Kazemitsu]

So this didn't take off I see >.>