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Chapter 1: Introduction and Lore Archive.

The Last Bastion: Bunker Chicago is a post-apocalypse role play involving mutations, mech-suits, near-future technology, radiation, politics, and general insanity in a screwed up version of a near-future/modern world. It involves dice rolls done in the background to help determine success or failure, with your every action having a consequence upon the world, and a plot about shadow zones, bizarre mutants and monsters, and distortions of reality itself.

If this interests you, please, feel free to read about the world and story, and make a character!

Backstory: Then and now

”We don’t know why it started. We don’t know what caused the terrible nuclear rain... All we know is that, sometime in December of the year 2020, nukes flew through the sky and ended a great many cities, a great many lives. Radiation world-wide grew to an all-time high, mutants of descriptions absolutely impossible to write down began to pop up, and further terrors stalked the waking moments of the few who lived to tell the tale.

That, however, was nearly sixty years ago. The year is now 2080, and as the first snowflakes fall I cannot help but wonder at how humanity made it this far. Mutants still exist, near impossible to categorize save a select few, and even then, most are hidden from the general public. We have homesteaders outside the walls producing food of all types, and bunker cities with great walls to keep the monsters out... But then, things changed, as they always do.

Recently, an area known as the “Shadow Zone” has begun to consume the city ruins of Chicago and some of the outlying homesteads. It has an abundance of monsters and creatures, but, it also has two unique properties: There are mutants wielding strange firearms and technologies with intelligence located in the Shadow Zone, and the Shadow Zone is increasing in size.

The Shadow Zone also has the nasty tendency of slowly consuming the exposed flesh and unprotected minds of those who reside within them... Meaning that coexistence with whatever lives inside is not an option.

We need to find the source of this Shadow Zone and destroy it... Lest the whole world be consumed by darkness and insanity. Stand together, or die alone... Hopefully, even the raiders will see this before it’s too late.” --Head of Bunker Chicago Security, BCSEC Colonel Marie Black.

Lore Archive: Below are archives of creatures, factions, important people, and more. You can skip these to begin with, but they are handy reference material for character creation and subplots.

Continents and You

(Optional fluff) North America: The last hub of “civilized” civilization purely by chance, there are small and scattered colonies all over the continent, though by and far the most powerful and well equipped are the Thirteen Colonies on the east coast, which claim to represent the interests of the entire continent, but generally don’t. Food stockpiles are made up over the spring and summer by the Thirteen Colonies, and are consumed during the fall and winter.

Europe: A series of despots, warlords, and military overlords gone mad, this landmass’ collective of nationalities only serviced to further agitate and inspire small collectives to pummel the ever lasting shit out of each other with artillery and other such weapons. On the flip side, Europeans tend to be ahead of the curve where it concerns weapons, and were the first ones to field mech troopers, a technology now considered invaluable to warfare.

Asia: The Asian continent is unique in that perhaps the most well established empires tend to be run by mad occultists who believe that the first of the “beautiful glowing ones” were launched from that area. There are few areas of true sanity and safety, but, on the other hand, the peoples of these war torn and radiation soaked lands tend to be hardier than the rest. Well, those who survive, anyway.

Africa: The African continent was both simultaneously blessed and cursed with its lack of significant nuking targets. On the one hand, it wasn’t immediately hit with radiation, and so many African villages were able to prepare for the worst. On the other hand, the worst turned out to be much more than most of them could handle. There are sparse few people who even live on this continent anymore, between the mutated versions of already deadly animals and horrifying nuclear winter that raped the ecology of the land for several years.

South America: The amazon jungle’s mutations have made it an unlivable nightmare zone. The only thing keeping it back from world domination is time, the oceans, and Mexico’s desert climate, really. As with Africa, sparse few people even live here, leave alone do so well.

Oceanic: Nearly every island was unable to support its current population. Between infighting, nuclear winter, and bizarre weather patterns, almost every island was entirely wiped out of life, leave alone human populations. The oceans themselves are filled with mutated creatures as well, though most remain fit for human consumption... Most.

Australia: Much like North America, Australia has also formed a small but tight series of settlements on its east coast. Much unlike North America, the already insanely deadly wildlife granted mutations have made communication with the Australian League very, very intermittent due to giant ants eating the comm lines. Anyone who manages to leave Australia alive tends to have a survivalist mindset that scares the average person.

Thirteen Colonies

(Optional, but useful, information)The Bunker Colonies are a series of Thirteen Colonies that were rebuilt along the east coast of Canada and the United States of America. Bunker Chicago is one such city. They are all allied under a constitution which was signed and ratified by a council known as ADAM. Each member of the council rules a colony, and does so in an autocratic fashion. The military and police forces are known in each sector by the first initials of the city name, followed up with SEC. For example, a member of Bunker Chicago’s military and police force is called BCSEC—Bunker Chicago SECurity.

The two main factions vying for control over the Bunkers are the Council of ADAM and U-ARM. U-ARM generally operates in city ruins such as Chicago City, and attempts to convince “the people” to overthrow the autocratic regime in favour of a more democratic version... Though they also look down upon all mutants, regardless of whether they are human or not. The two rarely have large-scale conflicts for reasons of limited resources, and recently, for the reason of the Shadow Zone consuming much of what was once U-ARM territory.

Bunker Chicago

Bunker Chicago is a walled bunker within the dead metropolis of Chicago. The walls stand a solid fifty feet tall, and are made out of pure concrete. Even tanks are unable to penetrate the outer shell, though occasionally, guards do disappear while on patrol just outside of the walls.

The bunker is divided into four rings. The outermost ring is where the most impoverished go to live. They also occasionally disappear, and typically, nobody notices. They usually live in hovels made out of aluminum, or other scrap metals. The third ring is comprised of renovated apartments, condos, and skyscrapers. There is little privacy here and people are packed tightly together, but it’s still better living conditions than the outermost ring. The second ring is at the very core and extends partway underground, and is where the military is located. This is also where the majority of the functioning industry is located. Tanks, cars, mechs, and other such things are fixed up here. The first ring is actually entirely underground, and this is where research and development calls its home. The reigning Council of ADAM member that runs Bunker Chicago also lives here.

Overall, the place is cramped, but it’s significantly better than the outside world, and it’s not uncommon to see children laughing in the streets, or tinkerers attempting to fix little knick knacks of the old world. There are roughly fifty thousand people who live within the walls of Bunker Chicago.

The most important people are Council member Ryan Dufont, whom is rarely seen outside of the first ring, BCSEC Colonel Marie Black, whom is often found amongst her troops or in R&D. She also deals with mercenary contracts.

Factions

This will be updated as more factions are discovered within and outside of the Shadow Zone.

Council of ADAM: The Council of ADAM is the official, autocratic government of the Bunkers. Each Bunker has a council member that ultimately helps to decide the future of the Bunkers. He or she has complete authority over every aspect of the Bunker in which he or she reigns, though often delegate power and only intervene when there are significant problems going on. They tend to rule with benevolence, as their ultimate goal is the recreation of human society.

U-ARM: U-ARM is classified by the Council of ADAM as a terrorist organization. U-ARM stands for: United-American Resistance Movement. U-ARM’s ultimate goal is to restore democracy, and eradicate all mutants. In this they are willing to pay any price, though they’ve been on the losing side of the conflict lately due to their failed attempt to detonate a nuclear device in Bunker Chicago.

Chapter 2: Character Sheet.

Note: There is a copy-paste version below, in a google doc, all formatted and ready for you to copy-paste. This just gives you a general idea of what the sheet looks like.

Name: Your character's name.
Age: Your character's age. (Note: Must be 16+. The platoon won't take anyone under 16 years of age save in “support roles”, such as a machinist, which are unplayable.)
Sex: Your character's biological gender, typically male or female.
Appearance: Your character's appearance. A picture or description will do nicely. (Or a hybrid of both if you prefer.)
History Type: Where your character grew up generally. It sometimes holds story importance, changes how NPC's behave towards your character, and sometimes causes a PM to magically appear in your inbox that tells you something useful that your character knows whenever it’s relevant to the situation.

Types

Choose one only!
Homesteader: Your character comes from the farms outside of Chicago City, where they grew up a farm boy. For one reason or another they left the life, but trade caravans are typically friendlier towards this character as they recognize him or her as one of their own, and this character tends to scavenge better than anyone else for products that they need most.
(Scavenge bonus, easier to negotiate better deals especially with traders and caravans.)

Bunker Boy: Your character grew up in the Chicago Bunker their whole lives. This will be one of their only times leaving the Bunker, perhaps even their first time. Your character typically finds it easier to cause others from Bunker Colonies and their supporters to listen and follow, and is often seen as being fairly trustworthy by most measurable standards. They’re also typically up to date on the latest and greatest in technology.
(Bonuses to diplomacy when conversing with other members of Bunker colonies or Council servants, bonuses to using advanced or foreign technology.)

Ex-Raider: Your character was once a raider and has that unique... Touch. They are quite intimidating to many people between the fact that they were tough enough to survive the raider-life and yet stalwart enough in character not to become the typical gangbanging lunatic that most raiders become shortly before dying.
(A little harder to kill, better chance at intimidating others.)

European Mercenary: Your character comes from the cutthroat European continent, a land of despots and mercenaries. Needless to say, they know their way around weapons, and never find themselves in a situation they cannot instinctively find an escape for... At least, for themselves, anyway. They tend to be distrusted more by others, but can bluff better than most.
(A little better on dealing damage, can usually find an escape route out of a terrible situation, generally distrusted by the majority, good at bluffing their way out of situations.)

Oriental Occultist: Your character comes from the oriental area of the globe, a place of occults and insane asylum nutcases heavily affected by radiation. Your character is no stranger to radiation, in fact, and finds that it doesn't bother him save in lethal doses, which are higher in order to affect him in the first place. He also has a higher resistance to being infected by the various diseases and viruses floating around.
(Immunity to radiation poisoning’s symptoms and effects until it becomes lethal, it takes more radiation to reach the lethal limit, greater chance of resisting diseases and viruses of all kinds.)

Australian Backpacker: Coming from the land down under with twisted, more dangerous versions of already dangerous wildlife, your character is a damned fine survivalist, and shows this with a knowledge of various creatures and wildlife a clear cut above that of the average person. They also tend to be better with last second melee weaponry than anyone else, seeing as how many of the creatures on the Australian continent are stealth predators...
(Can typically spot weaknesses in enemies before anyone else can, bonuses to melee weapons, have a slightly better chance at detecting an attempted sneak attack before it occurs.)

The Nobody: Your character has no real history, at least, none that anyone really knows about. To be sure you lose out on the strengths of the others, but then, you cannot suffer any undesirable, hidden weaknesses from them, either...
(No background bonuses, no hidden weaknesses... Note, that the GM will still capitalize on information in your biography regardless.)

[Custom]: Your character’s own, custom background, complete with its own strengths decided by you.

Biography: Your character's history and personality. Two paragraphs required.

Technical Information: This information is your character’s skill sets and inventory.

Career Path: Your character only has the time and resources to really devote themselves to one line of training to begin with. This determines if they’ll pilot small mechs, wield powerful mutations, or even fight as a special forces’ soldier might. To start with you may pick from one of three basic routes, which can evolve into specialties, cross-over into the other two fields, and more, as time progresses and your character’s skills grow. How you play your character will help determine how they shape out in what unique skills and items they accumulate, and what options you will be presented with later down the line. Essentially: Your actions will help dictate how your character grows in power and abilities.

The Choice

You may select one of three basic routes, which are as follows.
Pilot: The pilot is someone who has specialized themselves towards vehicles in general, ranging from aircraft to mechs to jeeps and tanks, they also tend to pick up mechanical skills and have the tendency to understand foreign technologies quicker than anyone else. As a benefit, they can also pass this knowledge onto others who might better benefit from certain technologies than the pilot would.

Pilots start with a small mech and simplistic personal equipment. They replace Civilian Clothing with a Mechanical Jumpsuit that offers them all the tools they need to do small time repairs in their mech in their pouches. This jumpsuit also protects them from certain elements, such as acid, but loses its stealth enhancing qualities. They also replace the First Aid Kit with a Technical Kit--they can use this to do more extreme repairs, and to analyze foreign and outright alien technology to unlock its secrets for the squad... Or for themselves.

Pilots can equip any unlocked modifications for their mech outside of a mission, but further slots are only unlocked through missions themselves, such as in analyzing enemy technology with the Technician’s Kit or bringing back scavenge for the Council to examine.

Listener: Those few that had the misfortune of being exposed to still unknown elements typically gained mutations. Without going so far as to call them inhuman, their mutations could be harnessed, and the evolutionary tract of their mutations could even be chosen and altered by the person themselves. A listener is, in essence, a master of biological warfare of the self: Evolving tools and weapons they need. The title comes from the fact that listeners can typically hear psychic echos of high ranking creatures nearby.

Listeners start with the basic equipment set, plus a series of mutations of their choosing. Be warned: People don’t tend to react well to some mutations, and the more mutations one gets, the more noticeable one becomes. As well, mutations can cause mental instability in those that gain them to an excessive degree... On the flip side, the more mutations a listener acquires, the better they can hear and understand the psychic echos of nearby powerful creatures. The longer you stare into the abyss...

Listeners start with two mutations within their Archetype, and gain more through using their mutations and gaining battlefield experience, as well as analyzing enemy mutations and defeating them.

Grunt: The grunt is someone who has become a grizzled war fighter, having chosen to abstain from both the more mechanized aspects of warfare and the temptation of mutations. They instead use specialty training and customized firearms to resolve the day. Often underestimated, their contribution to a battle tends to be less obvious than the other two, and don’t let the name fool you: A well trained, well equipped Grunt is just as deadly as a high ranking Listener or Pilot!

Grunts start with their Light Armour replaced with Medium Armour, still flexible but capable of stopping some damage in critical areas. They also have access to one of three starting weapons which replaces the Standard Issue Council Rifle.

Grunts start with two weapon modifications for their weapon of choice and can change out these modifications at any time when not in a mission. They also start with two pieces of Advanced Training.

Mech: Delete this if you didn’t take the Pilot route!
Designation: CSEC-SM-1. (This is your mech’s name. You can rename it if you want!)
Size: Small.
Occupants: One.
General Description: An all-rounder, standing roughly 15-20 meters tall with a clean paint job. The pilot is typically located at the core of the machine for maximum protection.
Equipment:

Left Arm

--.50 Calibre Rapid Fire.

Right Arm

--Right Arm: Narrow Beam Laser.

Legs

--Standard Midway Gyro.

Torso

--Medium Armour.
--Pilot Chamber. (Cannot be replaced!)
--Emergency Escape Hatch.
--Empty (slot 4).
--Empty (slot 5).

Top

--Standard Scanning Package.

Mutations: Delete this if you didn’t take the Listener route!

Archetype

Pick one: Swarm, Ghost, Brute. You start with two mutations from that archetype.
--Mutation 1:
--Mutation 2:

Grunt: Delete this if you didn’t take the Grunt route.

Custom Weapon

Pick one: Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Assault Rifle, SMG, LMG.
Modifications: You may start with two modifications to your custom weapon of choice.
--Mod 1:
--Mod 2:

Advanced Training

You may start with two pieces of advanced training.
--AT 1:
--AT 2:

Inventory: Your character’s inventory. You may add as many miscellaneous items as you wish, within reason. There are some things added here already: You get to keep these unless they’re replaced by a different item based on your career path. (ex: Pilots would replace Medkit with Technician Kit.)

Weapons

Combat Knife: The standard army combat knife. A design over a century old still more than effective enough to carry on into the future.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

Standard Issue Council Rifle: Your standard issue, thirty shot clip semi-automatic rifle, based on the M16AR2 of old with some near-future treatment to make it a little more effective.

Armour

Civilian Clothing: You wear a set of civilian clothing. This has no armour value and is thus pretty good to sneak around in, but, then again, if anything so much as breathes on you, you're a dead man.

Light Armour: Standard issue armour. It's light weight and looks like it might be able to defend against a kitten assault if you hold it just the right way. Needless to say, this armour won't stop anything from harming you, but it may at least lessen the damage you take.

Medicine & Tech

Medkit: Your standard medkit, including bandages, stitches, rubbing alcohol, and more.

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.

Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

Miscellaneous

Anything that is just excess fluff in most situations, like dog-tags, or a watch.

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Often mounted on a shoulder or duct-taped to a weapon.

Signature: To agree to the rules, type your user-name here. This is just to verify that you understand, and agree to the fact, that I can kill your character without your permission. Playing smart and working in a team lowers your death odds, but even then... There’s always the chance your character won’t make it to the end.

Click here for a pre-formatted sheet, which you can copy-paste to save yourself a lot of time formatting.

Chapter 3: Technical skills, mechs, mutations, training, and more!

MECHS

If you have chosen the path of a mech pilot, you may fiddle with the base design to your heart’s content.

These are extra parts you can add on, which must replace a pre-existing part if there are no open slots available.

Armour

Mech Armour can only be equipped in a torso slot. Armour tends to define which weapons and utility items you can equip, as thicker, heavier armour prevents certain technologies from functioning properly. You cannot stack armour, it doesn’t work.

--Light: Flexible armour likely made out of some variation of aluminum. This mech is fast and mobile, able to equip nearly anything, but vulnerable to direct assault. A lucky shot against the cockpit typically severely wounds a pilot, if not outright kills them.
--Medium: The standard armour of choice on most mechs as it is a best of both worlds design. It loses some speed and mobility and gains actual steel instead of flimsy aluminum. It’s thicker too. A lucky shot against the cockpit may still cause dislocated or broken limbs, but likely will save the pilot from a lethal blow.
--Heavy: Typically put onto mechs which are designed to be used as cover, or to simply take the brunt of the assault. Much of the mobility and speed is lost in this, reduced to a slow but steady pace, though, that thick, reinforced steel definitely reassures the pilot that they will not die. Even a lucky shot on the cockpit will generally only bruise a pilot so long as it doesn’t happen too often.

Weapons

Weapons are generally only equipped on the left and right limbs. Further weapons unlocked through missions into enemy territory will likely reveal more technology for use, as will technology recovered from the field perhaps make it possible to equip weapons in more slots.

--.50 Calibre Rapid Fire: A standard mini-gun attachment that fires high calibre rounds which can punch through most forms of cover. Generally fired in short bursts to prevent overheating.
--Narrow Beam Laser: A more precise and eloquent weapon that deals concentrated damage in one shot. While it cannot lay down covering fire like a 50 calibre mini-gun can, it is perfectly designed to punch through armour. Useful against large monstrosities, for instance.
--Powerfist/Grappler: Pretty much what it says on the tin. It is a power fist with a grappling hook attached to the wrist which allows a mech to both engage in proper melee and ascend/descend heights of several stories in but a mere couple of minutes. The grappler cannot be equipped on a heavy mech, but the power fist’s actual damage output is improved a little. One can shoot accurately while grappling, unlike jump jets which, while faster, do not allow accurate shooting during ascent or descent.
--Flamethrower: Exactly as it says on the tin. It is a flamethrower, with large, reinforced canisters connected to the limb to allow it to spit flames to light buildings on fire and burn targets alive. While it has a limited range, it has a generally traumatic effect on enemy morale to see their allies screaming and burning to death.
--HE Missile: This slow-loading weapon has the destructive power to flatten bungalows with a single shot. That may not sound like much, but consider the fact that most battles happen in suburban neighbourhoods where enemies take cover inside, say, bungalows... (Limited ammo: 2 Shots per mission unless ammo packs are installed. Each ammo pack adds 3 more shots.)

Movement

These technological marvels allow you to move around the battlefield, and are typically equipped on legs.

--Jump Jets: These allow a mech to “jump” up to reach higher locations. Jump jets are faster than a grappler, however, they do not allow for stable shooting while in the process of going from point A to point B. Just as with the grappler, jump jets do not function on a heavy armour design.
--Standard Midway Gyro: The standard gyro used in most mech legs. These provide the best balance between being a weapon platform and being able to get out of the way of trouble.
--WP Gyro: A weapons platform gyro, typically installed in heavy mechs and mechs which emphasize heavy weaponry (most notable the HE Missiles and .50 Calibre Rapid Fire mini-guns). It prevents the mech from moving while firing, but increases accuracy and decreases recoil while firing weapons, resulting in more hits. The mech is also slower than normal with this gyro equipped.
--Sprint Gyro: Useful for mechs who -want- to close the gap, these decrease the accuracy of weapons somewhat, but allow a mech a sudden and temporary burst of speed to charge into opponents or through small pieces of cover.

Utility

These items are designed to support and streamline a mech’s purpose, and a pilot’s needs. They are equipped on the top of a mech and in its torso.
--Emergency Escape Hatch: In the event of an emergency, you hit the emergency escape button, and your cockpit ejects you into the sky several hundred feet, where you parachute back down, safely.
--Standard Scanning Package: Your standard scanning package. It protects the mech user by giving them a heads up display of the battlefield instead of needing glass or other transparent materials to see the world around them. One other scanning package may be installed onto the standard package.
--Night-vision: Typically added onto a standard scanning package, this allows a mech to view the environment with night vision instead. The vision range isn’t as far as in standard mode, but it does allow a pilot some flexibility in finding where the enemy is in the dark.
--Infrared Scanning Package: Typically added onto a standard scanning package, this allows a mech to view the environment with infrared (thermal vision) instead. The vision range isn’t as far as in standard mode, but it does allow a pilot some flexibility in finding where the enemy is.
--Motion Detection Package: A scanning package that adds short range, directional motion detection. It does not, however, state which height the target is at, though it does give a rough estimate as to its size. The smaller, slower, or stealthier something is, the closer it can get without triggering motion detection.
--Ammo Pack: An Ammo Pack, protected from harm, which is typically directly connected to the ammo feed system in the limbs, allows for additional ammo to be fed to specialty weapons, such as the HE Missile.
--Emergency Life Support System: In the event that the atmosphere outside of the mech suddenly becomes poisonous, or worse, like, say, on fire, these handy dandy oxygen filtration systems can keep a mech pilot alive for several hours without the need for an outside atmosphere.
--Reinforced Ammo Feed: This reinforces the general structure of the mech’s ammunition feeding system to make it sturdier against attacks. Essentially speaking, it makes it harder to disable a weapon without having already destroyed that weapon. This is especially useful on weapons with low ammo capacity (HE Missiles) or weapons which have a spray and pray mentality (.50 Calibre Rapid Fire, Flamethrower.)
--Floodlights: Sometimes, it can be very dark at night, and some monsters like to hunt in the dark. These floodlights, typically mounted at the shoulders, will resolve that problem and sweep broad areas in lights which turn night to day. They can also be used at close range to blind some opponents.

LISTENER

Listeners are divided into two core pieces: Their archetype, and their specific mutations. While it is hard to truly classify groups of mutants, the general power set of a mutant can be classified. These are known as archetypes.

Archetype: Swarm

The Swarm archetype is exactly as it suggests. They tend to bend others to their will through parasites and psychic suggestions. It is theorized that these are the commanding officers of mutants in the Shadow Zone, simply due to their versatility and ability to manipulate Council of ADAM troops. Swarm Archetypes are strongest where there are large numbers of enemies to influence, or allies to calm or energize.

Below are starting Swarm mutations.

Psychic Taser: The nervous system of this being is enhanced in a manner that allows psychic energy to course through them in a more efficient manner. This, combined with a piece of the brain molded to suit its purpose, allows this mutant to pick a target in sight and overwhelm its nervous system akin to how a Taser would work, causing all the symptoms without the need of actually carrying a Taser. (Stun opponent for a few seconds) (Mutation effect: Paler skin.)
Note: Can only affect one target a time to begin with, is less effective against larger creatures, repeated usage will fatigue the user.

Synaptic Parasite: Upon touch, a parasite can leave the hand of the Swarm mutant, which burrows its way under the skin and into the nervous system of its victim. After a few seconds it begins to transmit psychic energy to the infecting character, which allows said character to forcefully control the victim. Due to the traumatic nature of possession, some will resist better than others, and some may even simply die or fall unconscious from shock instantly. (Forced Control over victim on physical contact) (Mutation effect: Occasionally has bulges under the skin which move.)
Note: Can be used to “trap” food and drink or other objects for a few minutes before the parasite dies without a host.
--Familial Legacy (Rank 2): Parasites can now travel a small distance independently to attempt to sneak up on and take over a host. They can also be thrown akin to grenades, however the parasites are quite vulnerable. The parasite now also has a 'kill switch', if someone attempts to remove it from its host or on command of its master, it will snap the spinal column and kill its host. Parasites can now attempt to dig into the host body's memories to find secrets and transfer these memories telepathically to the Swarm mutant, but this also gives the host a chance to overpower the parasite for a few moments. (General upgrades.) (Mutation Effect: Cockroaches and other insects are drawn to the swarm host.)

Symbiotic Connection: Upon eye contact this character can provide a bonus to another character of their choice, forming a psychic symbiotic connection, to calm them, or inspire them, or otherwise. The symbiosis is stronger with those they are emotionally connected with, and targets under control of a Synaptic Parasite or affected by Charming Aura. (Bonuses to allies/controlled targets in one area of choice: Armour, Accuracy, Speed, Strength.) (Mutation effect: Warmer body temperature than normal.)
Note: Can only aid one ally at a time in this manner to start with.

Charming Aura: Scent glands produce an invisible, scentless, and tasteless aroma that improves the demeanor of hostile targets, giving bonuses to diplomacy when not using threats or coercion. (Diplomacy bonuses.) (Mutation effect: Bodily odor no longer occurs, no matter how long going without cleaning oneself or how hard one exercises.)

Too Innocent To Kill: Subtle changes in bodily posture and displayed emotions from the eyes, as well as low wave psychic energy emitted in all directions, gives this character the most distinctive impression of innocence that shouldn’t be killed. It won’t stop enemies from using non-lethal force or wounding your character, or firing back if your character commits to hostile action, but it does mean that intelligent enemies will otherwise avoid lethal attacks on this character. (Survival, Diplomacy bonuses.) (Mutation effect: The Iris’ of the eyes turn to a pinkish-reddish hue.)

Archetype: Ghost

The Ghost archetype is the quintessential stealth predator. They use camouflage, enhanced sight and scent, speed, and small but deadly hidden weapons to take down prey in a flash before speeding back off into the cover of darkness. These are likely the assassins and scouts of the mutants in the Shadow Zone, purely due to their ability to remain hidden potentially even in broad daylight or in plain view of a soldier. Ghost Archetypes are strongest in locations with tight corridors or the cover of darkness and debris, and tend to be weak in large open spaces.

Below are starting Ghost mutations.

Feather Bones: This mutation involves decreasing the overall weight of a Ghost archetype by thinning out the bones and simultaneously making them out of stronger, tighter material. While a little bit of sturdiness is sacrificed it is immediately replaced with much faster movement, as well as the ability to jump twice as high and three times as far than is normal. (Faster movement, slightly increased defense.) (Mutation Effect: Unnaturally lithe and lightweight appearance.)
--Gas sacs (Rank 2): An evolution on the existing mutation, gas sacs are found all over the body, though most prominently in the limbs. These small sacs create small bumps on the skin that can be seen by the naked eye though can be hidden by clothing. They draw air from the lungs and store it, allowing the Ghost in question to fall slower, jump even higher, or even make course adjustments in flight. At this point the Ghost could jump to the top of a two storey building. Repeated use and abuse can easily fatigue the user, however. (Even faster movement, greater jump height, can survive greater falls, moderately improve defense while airborne.) (Mutation Effect: Visible bumps on the skin where sacs are located, unusually deep breathes with unusually shallow exhales from time to time.)

Chameleon: Just as this ability suggests, a Ghost archetype mutant can evolve the ability to blend in with the background environment, and even, through slight psychic talent, subconsciously do the same for their equipment and anyone or anything they are carrying close to themselves. (Stealth bonuses, defense bonuses.) (Mutation Effect: Subconsciously blend into the environment even when it isn’t necessary.)
--Omnistick (Rank 2): Like other lizards, this Chameleon is now capable of climbing and sticking onto any surface so long as they're using their hands and legs to crawl along the surface. They are capable however of remaining still and freeing their hands for usage of a firearm, explosive, or other tool. They can apply this sticky quality on touch to other items or to people, allowing them to make "sticky grenades" and to stop someone from moving. (Mobility bonuses, dodge bonuses while on walls or ceilings, can use their sticky quality on items and other people.) (Mutation effect: There are small, hair-like follicles all over their body, and other fluids from them are now sticky as well, such as blood, sweat, and tears.)

Predatory Instinct: This gives a Ghost Archetype a sixth sense that informs them when situations are ripe for traps, and often manages to detect last minute ambushes before they occur. It also makes the Ghost archetype harder to detect to such methods, seeing as how they instinctively know to look for them. (Stealth bonuses, stealth detection bonuses.) (Mutation Effect: Small spines grow on back approximately 10-20 centimeters in length. They do have nerves in them, which allows the feeling of air passing over them, heat and cold, etc. Akin to fingers.)

Psychic Meld: This is a two part mutation. Both are unlocked if this mutation is chosen.
[Ranged]: This mutation allows the Ghost Archetype to have an out-of-body experience with a nearby target, allowing them to see what their target sees, and hear what their target hears, even if they cannot directly see their target, so long as they know exactly where the target is standing. While having an out-of-body experience they become unaware of their own surroundings, as their brain can only handle one set of visual and auditory impulses, not two.
[Touch]: Allows a Ghost Archetype to forcefully enter the mind of a target to retrieve memories. It can take several minutes of interrogation to fish out a specific memory, and targets with great amounts of willpower don’t break easily, though surface thoughts are simple enough to catch on a simple brush of the hand.
(Mind/Sensory reading) (Mutation effect: Eyes turn entirely black.)
--Psychic Compulsions (Rank 2):
[Ranged]: Having evolved their capacity for reading the sensory inputs of others, they are now capable of inducing auditory and visual hallucinations in a victim. The less it needs to physically manifest itself in the mind of the target, the easier it is for the Ghost to maintain the connection and torture their victim.
[Touch]: Upon grabbing the victim, the Ghost can now leave compulsions in the mind of the target. Resisting the compulsions may cause brain damage. The more complex or overpowering the compulsion, the more time is necessary to implant it. It should be noted that at this point, they can also read the surface memories of shapeshifters. (Mutation Effect: Hair turns silver in colour, and now projects a small but noticeable and detectable amount of psychic energy at all times.)

Sabre Fangs: Retractable and extendable fangs in the mouth made out of a biological material comparable to the hardness of diamond, these fangs can pierce most types of armour and hide and dig up to half a foot into a target. This is a very lethal attack against the standard human. It’s comparable to having a pair of armour piercing combat knives hidden in your mouth. (Hidden, armour piercing melee weapon) (Mutation Effect: Unnatural fangs are easy to spot whenever mouth is open, unnaturally sharp teeth)

Archetype: Brute

The Brute archetype is violence incarnate, and by the standards of some, the pinnacle of biological perfection. Brutes have damage resistant hides, claws and scythes, and impressive regenerative properties. High ranking brutes are likely used by the mutant forces in the Shadow Zone to demolish tanks and engage in close range fights with mechs. They are strongest where they can do the most damage, or soak it for allies.

Below are starting Brute mutations.

Muscle Stimulus: With increased blood flow and nutrients to the muscles, as well as tougher cells to better resist the stresses that come with it, this character enhances their strength and overall dexterity, allowing them to bend iron and giving them an overall more intimidating figure. (Bonus to intimidation, enhanced strength beyond human norms, slightly higher defense) (Mutation Effect: Most clothing will be tight and they will look uncannily, almost inhumanly muscular, complete with an eight pack and thighs that dwarf small children.)

Thick Skinned: With thicker skin that is made out of tougher materials, it becomes harder to penetrate. Regular melee weapons, such as bayonets, have a harder time piercing this character’s outer hide, and when it is pierced the damage tends to be minimal. It acts like Kevlar, basically. (Bonuses to defense especially to melee, lessens the overall effect of wounds.) (Mutation Effect: Skin will be imperfection free. No scars, no pimples, no warts, no birth marks, no wrinkles. It will look quite odd, almost doll-like.)

Acidic Spit: Certain glands within the mouth become factories for high concentrations of acid, which can melt through some surfaces, armour, and severely burn flesh and destroy eyes. It has a limited range, but is a very good initiation tool, and a surprise weapon against some. (Ranged Weapon: Acidic Spit.) (Mutation Effect: Jaws look inflated to add space for the acidic sacs, food is eaten quickly or is dissolved unintentionally.)

Secondary Organs: The body creates an additional set of backup, multipurpose organs which can take over for other organs should they fail. Wounds that would normally kill instantly--such as a knife to the heart--instead cause a momentary stun and a lot of pain as a backup organ takes its place. This does not work against head shots. Secondary organs are regrown after a while, but not quickly. (Harder to kill, reduces the severity of wounds.) (Mutation Effect: Causes the overall form of the person to enlarge, their chest and stomach areas especially. This is cumulative with Muscle Stimulus.)

Supersonic Scream: Enlarges the chest cavity a small bit, though most especially the lungs, to allow for the capacity to unleash a massive roar that temporarily deafens enemies and makes enemies within a few feet dizzy and less accurate. This is also highly intimidating, naturally, and can knock down smaller opponents who stand in front of the Brute. (Knock-down opponents in melee, make dizzy opponents a few feet away lowering their accuracy, deafen a small area.) (Mutation Effect: Slightly enlarges the chest cavity and gives the character unnaturally long periods of time between each breath unless they are fatigued.)
Note: Only lasts a few seconds, can affect allies as well as enemies, repeated usage in a short period of time will fatigue the user.

GRUNT

Weapon Choice

It is traditional for many Grunts to name their own weapons after modifying and tweaking them. Whether you do so or not is up to you.

Shotgun: The classic automatic shotgun, fully capable of wiping out entire rooms of enemies without backup so long as the room isn’t all that big. Great at close range, weaker as the range gets longer. (Damage and accuracy bonus at short range which dwindles quickly as the range increases.)

Sniper Rifle: Your classic, high calibre sniper rifle. Likely bolt-action or with very small clips to accommodate the very large rounds of ammunition used. While it can’t be used on the move, it does have a significant range advantage over the other two options. (Very long range weapon with good accuracy which cannot be used while moving.)

Assault Rifle: The best of the average, this weapon is useful but doesn’t particularly excel at either short or long range combat. Its greatest feature is its flexibility. (Performs well at all ranges.)

Weapon Mods

LAS-Mod: The latest and greatest imported from the hotbed of Europe’s war zones, the LAS-Mod is an overhaul modification to the entire weapon that replaces the clip with a battery, and the inner workings of the firearm to fire heated lasers at targets. As an added bonus, the laser’s colour can even be changed to suit the whimsy of the one using it. This removes any concerns with weapon jamming and has greater overall damage, though has lower penetration against targets with thick armour and can have overheating issues, such as burning a user’s hands. (Higher damage, no potential for jamming, more shots = greater chance to overheat especially on shotguns, lower armour penetration.)

Hi-Tech Scope (Night-vision): Attaches a scope to your weapon of choice which has night-vision installed. (Can be used with Infrared & Target-Tracker)

Hi-Tech Scope (Infrared): Attaches a scope to your weapon of choice which has thermal vision installed. (Can be used with Night-vision & Target-Tracker)

Target-Tracker Scope: The Target Tracker is a form of primitive AI assist that aids in allowing a user to track targets through walls and around cover, and grants minor aim assistance against such targets it has marked, but only against targets it has marked. (Aim Assist, target marking) (Can be used with Night-vision and Infrared)

Bigger is Better Calibre: Increasing the size of the bullet or firing chamber in a laser weapon to increase the overall damage output of that weapon. Crude, but efficient. (Increases damage.)

Silencer: A simple silencer that reduces noise and muzzle flash of a firearm. It’s fairly ineffective on laser weapons, which have an easily sighted trail between firing point and target... (Noise/Light reduction on traditional firearms; little effect on laser weapons)

Electrified Bayonet: A large, electrified bayonet attached to the end of your weapon. Upon striking a target it electrocutes them, even on a minor cut, allowing an easy finishing blow in what would otherwise be a one way fight with any halfway decent melee-oriented mutant. It’s also a not-so-surprisingly effective weapon to charge into enemies with.
(Melee bonuses, charge bonus)

Taser Attachment: A Taser attachment on your weapon which allows you to stun some targets a few feet away from you with an electrical current that generally interferes with a creature’s nervous system. Obviously not as effective on larger targets, but more effective on humanoid targets. It can miss, unlike the electrified bayonet, but has a little range on it, which the electrified bayonet does not.
(Stun opponent for a few seconds)

Combat Training

CQC: This character has been officially trained in close quarters combat and can more than hold their own in a pinch. They can even sometimes take on targets bigger or faster than themselves, though, betting on CQC alone is not recommended. (Melee bonus)

A Soldier’s Wrath: There is nothing stronger than the bonds of brotherhood. Anytime an ally is hit and takes an injury as a result of that hit, this character will take a free shot at that enemy so long as there is clear line of sight to do so and it wouldn’t break stealth. If a shot can be feasible taken without breaking stealth, the shot is taken. If multiple weapons are equipped and some have special ammo limits, the ones without special ammo limits will be used instead. (Free reaction fire.)
Note: This bonus does apply on self: If the Grunt takes a wound from enemy fire, they will retaliate if they are able to do so as a free reaction shot.
--Rampage (Rank 2): When an ally is hit, this character now gains an accuracy bonus against the opposing target both for his reaction shot and for the next post. If an ally (named NPC or PC) is incapacitated, badly injured, or slain outright, this character enters into a battle fervour that renders them immune to panic and greatly increases resistance against psychic assaults until the target which harmed their friend retreats from the field of battle or is slain.

GECKO: Your character has received training in the art of blending in with the terrain, moving quietly, and more. They are naturals at not being found, and vanishing into thin air where it counts. In places rife with physical cover or cover of darkness, or with sufficient distractions nearby, a Grunt can escape from plain sight and dart to another location to hide. (Stealth bonuses, allows a Grunt to sometimes escape from plain sight with sufficient prerequisites around.)
--Baited and Outsmarted (Rank 2): An amusing catchphrase screamed out by some of the more juvenile, though completely appropriate to describe this duel edged upgrade to the Grunt's arsenal and tactical thinking. First: Their flashbangs now double as smoke grenades, and they now start with four per mission instead of just two. It is also presumed that they know how to properly cover their eyes and have grown accustomed to it, no longer being blinded even if dropped at point blank so long as they cover their eyes, with the ringing in their ears reduced in intensity. The smoke within the grenades expands nearly instantly into a small space, though out in the open its effects are limited. Second: When escaping from harm, they have a good chance of predicting where it is the enemy will search, and thus, whatever path they take is the least likely path by which the enemy will follow. (Improved flashbangs/smoke grenades and a greater chance that enemies will take the wrong path to pursue them once they've lost eyesight.)

Adrenaline Junkie: This character is the epitome of risk-taking. The worse the situation is for the Grunt, the greater the chance that excessive amounts of adrenaline will start to pump through their system, making time itself slow a tad from this character’s perspective and giving them bonuses to avoiding damage and hitting enemy targets. (Bonuses to defense and offense when in highly dangerous situations.)

Damned Fine Aim: A character with a natural tendency to hit targets in critical points if they stop, aim fully, exhale, and pull the trigger. If a character takes added time to line up a shot, they generally almost always hit that shot. (Greatly improved aim if time is taken to line up a shot instead of reaction firing at a target. Increases chance of hitting a weak point without knowing where it is. Decreases defense for that round.)
--Eagle Eyes, Eagle Ears (Rank 2): Having spent ages looking down scopes and looking for the finest of details, the Grunts who pursue tactical shooting find themselves learning tactical searching. These Grunts now come with one motion detection camera and two invisible laser tripwires, wirelessly connected to their radios to give them a warning beep if anything triggers them. They can be set up in seconds and are generally hard to spot, allowing for safe sniper nests to be set up. Atop this, they've also become more adept at passively spotting enemies hiding behind cover or who are using stealth technology, even stealth mutations, and doing this faster than the average person can. (Greater stealth detection, simple gadget.)

Full American Unload: Your character is trained in the art of unloading an entire clip of ammunition as fast as possible at a certain piece of cover, generally obliterating that piece of cover, and sometimes, whatever was hiding behind that piece of cover. It’s the American Way. (Suppression against a target, occasionally destroy cover.)
--Break Their Will (Rank 2): Individual bullets now have a small chance to pierce cover before destroying it, and spraying an area down generally causes mass hysteria and panic attacks in those caught under fire, even after the barrage has stopped, until they snap out of it by random chance or someone snaps them out of it. There is also a greater chance of simply obliterating whatever cover the enemy is hiding behind. (Suppressed targets panic, can pierce cover, greater chance of destroying cover.)

HE Training: High Explosives training. This character is trained to effectively utilize, arm, and disarm highly explosive weapons. On every mission, they may choose to take six charges of C4, which is a remote detonated explosive, or a rocket launcher with two shots. Add to inventory and swap out whenever between missions if desired. (Self explanatory.)
--Class 3 Explosives License (Rank 2): As per the training manual, there are three levels of explosives licensing detailed. The third level grants access to "suitcase explosives", while not always contained in a suitcase they often are as it's a simple, effective method of storing the components. The case is often bulletproof. Armed with a digital timer and a remote detonator, the suitcase explosive is fully capable of devastating a small city block. It's most often used inside apartment buildings to knock the entire building down with one carefully placed explosive. Their vast knowledge of explosives by this point also makes it possible, though difficult, for a Grunt to aim and fire at enemy explosives, causing detonation instead of simply damaging them. A grunt may carry one suitcase explosive, or, give up his six charges of C4/rocket launcher with two shots for a second suitcase explosive. Lesser, improvised suitcase explosives can also be "jerryrigged" on the battlefield if given a sufficient amount of supplies and time. (Self explanatory.)

True Grit: This character, not having the benefit of either mechanical expertise or mutations, has likely pushed themselves to the limit, and beyond that limit, in attempting to keep up as a mere mortal man. This “mere” mortal character, however, has trained hard and long enough that pain itself doesn’t affect them. Grit allows a character to continue fighting through wounds unabated, though fighting with certain wounds may worsen those wounds. (Continue fighting at full strength even while wounded.)

Jump Pack Training: Add a Jump Pack to your inventory. This allows your character to use a jump pack to ascend and descend from high locations, such as rooftops, just like how mechs can, only on a smaller scale. Attempting to fire weapons whilst in the middle of flight is a highly inaccurate affair and not recommended, but throwing grenades is still unaffected by flight.

Chapter 4: Rules and Extras.

1. The GM's word is law.


2. Nobody is exempt from death. Not a plot NPC, antagonist, or player character. That's right; even you can die! Very quickly I might add!


3. I can and will add more rules in the future as they are needed, and reserve the right to do so without warning... Though I will try to at least make an OOC post mentioning it.


4. Type “Vlad has Camoflauge” somewhere in your sheet to verify that you read the rules.

Characters
Active: 17.
--Men: 12.
--Women: 5.
--Pilots: 4.
--Listeners: 5.
--Grunts: 7.
--Pilot-Grunt Hybrids: 1.
Dead: 2.
--Men: 2.
--Women: 0.
--Pilots: 1.
--Listeners: 0.
--Grunts: 1.
Inactive: 1.
--Men: 1.
--Women: 0.
--Pilots: 1.
--Listeners: 0.
--Grunts: 0.

Active Characters

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Author: Jorick.

Daniel Ezekiel Anders. Author: LimeyPanda.

Bruce "Brucey" McFoster. Author: Kadaeux.

James Wolff. Author: Heyitsjiwon.

Roman Cassidy. Author: PCSutfin.

Jenive Rousseau. Author: Brovo.

Georgia Rhettland. Author: Tempest.

Junko Heizen. Author: GreenGoat.

Eira Mairwen. Author: Holmishire.

Kiku. Author: LimeyPanda.

Kai "Lupus" Aevephasa. Author: Raen Elvarasi.

Matthew Fetcher. Author: Alphakoka.

Peter Táo. Author: GourmetItalia.

Liam Grillod. Author: Orion Icarus.

Marvin Walters. Author: Maxim.

Paris Rience. Author: Herzinth.

Edward 'Ned' Lawson. Author: Gat.

Dead Characters

Chris. Author: MelonHead. Death: Brutally ripped to shreds.

Sam Houston. Author: Zed. Death: Too slow.

Inactive Characters

Graf von Helldorf. Author: RichterGotz.

[Heyitsjiwon]

Name: James Wolff
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Appearance:

History Type:

That Cousin from New York: James grew up in Bunker New York, and was a member of the security force there. Thus, he has he has some combat experience, but since New York was a very urbanized city James is used to more small scale, quick paced, intense close combat where small unit tactics made the difference.
(Bonuses to diplomacy when conversing with other members of Bunker colonies or Council servants, and slight combat bonus when ambushing and when firing when on the move.)

Biography: Growing up in New York was tough. Since New York has historically been largely urbanized, producing food has been a continuous challenge for the New York Bunker. The fact that only 20,000 people reside there is proof of it. Still, James grew up believing in the cause of the Council, and it wasn't much of a surprise when he joined the security force. His training in the city is none like any other. Since there were so many buildings, a lot of the training was focused on clearing rooms and methodically, but quickly moving from point A to point B. He was also trained in hiding and moving by some guy named Vlad who wore camouflage (Yes, Vlad has camouflage) since ambushes and flanking were the most deadly and useful tactics in the city. He was also trained in the use of explosives as sometimes the most effective way to deal with enemies were to literally destroy the building that they were using for cover.

Then came the news about the Shadow Zone from Bunker Chicago. Bunker New York and its leaders knew that if something were to happen to Bunker Chicago, then Bunker New York would be the next target. Thus, it was imperative that the threat be neutralized in Chicago. It was then that Bunker New York decided to send some support to Bunker Chicago and James was a part of this initial shipment. Although he's hundreds of miles away from his home, James still understands the gravity of the situation and seeks to do his best to protect Bunker Chicago and ultimately the constitution.

Technical Information: This information is your character’s skill sets and inventory.

Career Path:
Grunt: The grunt is someone who has become a grizzled war fighter, having chosen to abstain from both the more mechanized aspects of warfare and the temptation of mutations. They instead use specialty training and customized firearms to resolve the day. Often underestimated, their contribution to a battle tends to be less obvious than the other two, and don’t let the name fool you: A well trained, well equipped Grunt is just as deadly as a high ranking Listener or Pilot!

Grunts start with their Light Armour replaced with Medium Armour, still flexible but capable of stopping some damage in critical areas. They also have access to one of three starting weapons which replaces the Standard Issue Council Rifle.

Grunts start with two weapon modifications for their weapon of choice and can change out these modifications at any time when not in a mission. They also start with two pieces of Advanced Training.[/hider]

Grunt: Delete this if you didn’t take the Grunt route.

Custom Weapon

Assault Rifle.
Modifications: You may start with two modifications to your custom weapon of choice.
--Mod 1: Bigger is Better Calibre
--Mod 2: Hi-Tech Scope (Infrared)
--Mod 3: Target Tracker Scope
--Mod 4: Integrated Grenade Launcher

Advanced Training

You may start with two pieces of advanced training.
--AT 1: GECKO
--AT 2: Advanced HE Training
--AT 3: Damned Fine Aim

Inventory: Your character’s inventory. You may add as many miscellaneous items as you wish, within reason. There are some things added here already: You get to keep these unless they’re replaced by a different item based on your career path. (ex: Pilots would replace Medkit with Technician Kit.)

Weapons

Combat Knife: The standard army combat knife. A design over a century old still more than effective enough to carry on into the future.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

Assault Rifle:

C4

Armour

[b]Medium Armour:

Medicine & Tech

Medkit: Your standard medkit, including bandages, stitches, rubbing alcohol, and more.

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.

Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

Manifest Destiny: Electronic Grenade

Miscellaneous

Anything that is just excess fluff in most situations, like dog-tags, or a watch.

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Often mounted on a shoulder or duct-taped to a weapon.

Achievements:

--Eyes Everywhere: After an incident that nearly took his life, James has become aware to watch his own back, even when his eyes are peering through a scope. (Greater chance of detecting enemies sneaking up on him with sound if his sight is preoccupied.)

--The Key is More Nitroglycerine: James and explosives go together like sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. That is, he's spent time understanding how to make glorious plumes of fire. (Explosives tend to be more devastating against enemies and less effective against James and any nearby allies.)

Signature: Heyitsjiwon

[Jorick]

Name: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Age: 28
Sex: Male.
Appearance: Nathaniel stands about six feet tall and has dark hair and skin on the pale side. His eyes were once a rich brown color when he was a child, but they are now somewhere between pink and red thanks to one of his mutations. He is not particularly muscular, nor particularly attractive, but he is not rail-thin or horrifying. He is decidedly average in appearance aside from his height and the signifiers of his mutations.

History Type: Custom
From Commune To Bunker: Nathaniel was born and raised in a small commune of mutants, made up of those who hated the way they were treated by non-mutants and chose to brave life in North America outside the Bunker colonies. They did not fare well, but they more or less scraped by in the ruins of a small town in what used to be Missouri. Nathaniel had only ever associated with mutants until his adulthood, whereupon turning sixteen he decided to go to the Chicago Bunker and see what life was like there. It was not pretty in the outermost ring, but it was a hell of a lot better than trying to live outside the walls, and so he stayed and there he fared well enough and got used to normal humans. Spending his developmental years in the company of mutants made Nathaniel highly sensitive to their particular personality quirks, and spending the rest of his life amongst regular humans has honed his social skills with them as well. However, due to his particular life circumstances, Nathaniel never had much exposure to technology and is thus at a disadvantage when trying to use anything more advanced than a gun.
(Bonuses to social interaction with mutants and non-mutants alike, penalties to understanding and using advanced and foreign technology.)

Biography: Nathaniel was born in a mutant commune and knew only mutants for the first half of his life. He was never sure who his parents were, though that could be said of almost all his fellows as they were raised by the community rather than by one couple. He was a very socially adept person from the time he was a young boy, able to make friends without much effort and capable of winning over adults as well. He had a penchant for drama and delusions of grandeur, but everyone wrote it off as the products of a child's active imagination... at least until he was about thirteen and they saw it as time for him to put away his play and become a man. Pressure from these sentiments plus a desire to see and interact with the great crowds of the Bunker colonies were the combined cause for his choice to leave the commune at the age of sixteen.

Upon arriving to the Chicago Bunker, Nathaniel found that things were not as grand as he imagined, though admittedly he only saw the slums of the outermost ring for most of his time there. The soldiers hadn't seemed very keen to let him into their home, understandably enough, but he had been able to convince them of his lack of ill intent after a lot of questioning and so he was allowed to stay. Having learned by this point to keep his mouth shut about his grand image of himself, Nathaniel managed to blend in fairly well. He learned that regular humans were not so different from mutants after all, despite all the cynical talk in the commune about how they might as well be another species.

Of course this revelation did not change anything for Nathaniel. He had always viewed mutants and humans as being equal in all relevant matters. More specifically they were all beneath him, for he was the greatest there ever was or would be. For all their apparent differences they were in truth all the same. After all, why should differences of physiology in lesser creatures matter to a god?

Self-affirmed divinity aside, Nathaniel led a rather mundane life in Bunker Chicago. He learned how to ingratiate himself with humans just as he had with mutants, and he did so with aplomb. Though he somtimes slipped and freaked people out by talking of his godhood (sometimes as if he was a god, others as if he was going to become one somehow, it varied from day to day), Nathaniel managed to smooth things over by claiming things from idle fantasy to a poor attempt at humor. Eventually he evened out somewhat, thanks to the use of narcotics stirring his scrambled mind about and leaving him with a more or less cohesive story about his godhood in his own mind and quieting his need to verbalize his thought processes. He later stopped using these drugs, for they were unbecoming of a god, but he held on to the apparent stability.

Upon hearing of the Shadow Zone, Nathaniel immediately weaved it into his mental narrative. Therein would be the place where he would die and be reborn as a god, though not until he had passed through the trials and tribulations necessary for the transformation. Thus he sought to join the efforts to learn about and fight the Shadow Zone, for he saw it as his calling.

Technical Information: This information is your character’s skill sets and inventory.

Career Path: Listener

Mutations:
Swarm
Synaptic Parasite: Upon touch, a parasite can leave the hand of the Swarm mutant, which burrows its way under the skin and into the nervous system of its victim. After a few seconds it begins to transmit psychic energy to the infecting character, which allows said character to forcefully control the victim. Due to the traumatic nature of possession, some will resist better than others, and some may even simply die or fall unconscious from shock instantly. (Forced Control over victim on physical contact) (Mutation effect: Occasionally has bulges under the skin which move.)
Note: Can be used to “trap” food and drink or other objects for a few minutes before the parasite dies without a host.
--Familial Legacy (Rank 2): Parasites can now travel a small distance independently to attempt to sneak up on and take over a host. They can also be thrown akin to grenades, however the parasites are quite vulnerable. The parasite now also has a 'kill switch', if someone attempts to remove it from its host or on command of its master, it will snap the spinal column and kill its host. Parasites can now attempt to dig into the host body's memories to find secrets and transfer these memories telepathically to the Swarm mutant, but this also gives the host a chance to overpower the parasite for a few moments. (General upgrades.) (Mutation Effect: Cockroaches and other insects are drawn to the swarm host.)

Too Innocent To Kill: Subtle changes in bodily posture and displayed emotions from the eyes, as well as low wave psychic energy emitted in all directions, gives this character the most distinctive impression of innocence that shouldn’t be killed. It won’t stop enemies from using non-lethal force or wounding your character, or firing back if your character commits to hostile action, but it does mean that intelligent enemies will otherwise avoid lethal attacks on this character. (Survival, Diplomacy bonuses.) (Mutation effect: The Iris’ of the eyes turn to a pinkish-reddish hue.)

Other
In Forma, Quod Puritas: Having a closer connection to the mutants in the fog than any human could ever hope to have, these individuals have started to realize their true potential in the face of the oncoming force. They can now acutely hear and understand what the mutants in the shadow zone say to each other verbally or telepathically, and are immune to the horrible side effect of coming into direct contact with them: They cannot be either absorbed or burned. Situations which would petrify a normal person, such as the glare of a shadow wolf, have no effect on this mutant.

Wounds sustained are now rapidly healed, though this exhausts the mutant. For perspective: They can heal broken bones in minutes. This doesn't however render them immune to pain, which can still send them into shock, nor to blood loss, which can end their lives. Though notable their blood has taken on a somewhat lighter hue than that of a regular human, a more pinkish colour than red.

Divine Flesh: Nathaniel's body, having experienced its first real life or death combat with a gun, has adapted to improve his odds of survival. His hand-eye coordination has improved quite a bit, and his arms are much steadier when holding a gun, though both of these mutations seem to be almost entirely tied to use of guns and have had no noticeable effect on his coordination and steadiness in other activities. (Bonus to gun accuracy) (Mutation effect: The veins in Nathaniel's hands and arms now stand out very clearly and vividly through his skin, and they appear red instead of blue.)

The Voices: Nathaniel has noticed that on occasion he can hear the voices and conversations of entities within the Shadow Zone, even miles away back in Bunker Chicago. The only issue is when this happens, he has no way to discern or filter the voices, and so thousands of voices ring through his mind, some louder than others. This can induce nose bleeds and cause him to hallucinate. On the other hand, this can also give him extremely valuable intelligence about what the enemy is about to do. (Mutation effect is clear) (Mutation Effect: While in this state he very visible sweats and his pupils envelope the entirety of his eyes.)

Achievements:
Mind on the Money: More often than not when Nathaniel takes a guess at where his objective or target is, he's spot on. (Increases odds of randomly finding whatever it is he's looking for.)
The Chosen One: Having been touched by the ghostly touch of a very important figure, other listeners and enemies within the shadowzone tend to be more likely to listen and comply with Nathaniel's requests. (Bonuses to diplomacy with mutants of all kinds, intelligent or not.)

Inventory: Your character’s inventory. You may add as many miscellaneous items as you wish, within reason. There are some things added here already: You get to keep these unless they’re replaced by a different item based on your career path. (ex: Pilots would replace Medkit with Technician Kit.)

Weapons

Combat Knife: The standard army combat knife. A design over a century old still more than effective enough to carry on into the future.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

Standard Issue Council Rifle: Your standard issue, thirty shot clip semi-automatic rifle, based on the M16AR2 of old with some near-future treatment to make it a little more effective.

Armour

Civilian Clothing: You wear a set of civilian clothing. This has no armour value and is thus pretty good to sneak around in, but, then again, if anything so much as breathes on you, you're a dead man.

Light Armour: Standard issue armour. It's light weight and looks like it might be able to defend against a kitten assault if you hold it just the right way. Needless to say, this armour won't stop anything from harming you, but it may at least lessen the damage you take.

Medicine & Tech

Medkit: Your standard medkit, including bandages, stitches, rubbing alcohol, and more.

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.

Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

Miscellaneous

Anything that is just excess fluff in most situations, like dog-tags, or a watch.

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Often mounted on a shoulder or duct-taped to a weapon.

Bracelet: A bracelet made of a plain silver chain with various bits and bobbles attached to it, mainly things like pull tabs from soda cans and other oddly shaped pieces of metal.

Signature: I, Jorick, hereby swear to not be a little bitch about my character dying if/when it happens. I also acknowledge that Vlad has Camoflauge.

[PCSutfin]

Name: Roman Cassidy
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Appearance: Tall, black, bald with a goatee, scars and burns all over. Wears an eyepatch over his left eye.

So basically Nick Fury

History Type: Custom
The Black Raider: Years of using the Viper's techniques to kill raiders in Europe have taught Roman how to silently and quickly move to and dispatch enemies from behind with his knife or bare hands. The unfriendly way he carries himself makes those who see him have negative first impressions.
(bonus to, sneaking, attacking enemies at close range; penalty to social interaction and introduction)

Biography

You may have heard of the black viper, an extremely dangerous snake found mainly in Eastern Europe, known for having sharp fangs and strong enough venom that a single bite almost instantly kills a human. If you frequented any bars in Europe, you'd have definitely heard at least one story of the Black Viper, the caravan protecting, raider hunting Bulgarian known for the raider corpses he dots his path in life with. The stories traveling merchants tell one another to feel safe, the fables raiders try to scare each other with in the dead of night, the tales mothers tell their children to frighten them into leading honest lives and staying out of trouble.

And he is real, this mythical man, but he's dead. Not that anyone will ever know that.

The stories of the Black Viper began in the 40s and never let up. First he a was caravan bodyguard for hire that would travel ahead and silently dispatch any dangers between the client and their destination. Then he was the guy that managed to slaughter an entire raiding camp, leaving a dead black viper in their leader's throat. After that came the story of the raiders who tried to ambush him and were all killed so quickly and quietly that the last one alive tried to attack him and only noticed that he was the only one left when it was too late. Of course, that's where things stop being impressive and start smelling like bullshit. He can turn into an actual viper, he can blend into his surroundings like a chamelion, he's made of shadows. Nonsense. But, like I said, he was real, and he did kill a lot of raiders on his way to the ether.

One of the many raiders that crossed paths with the Black Viper was John Cassidy, a bad-ass with a mean streak and more intelligence than a raider rightfully should have. Cassidy only spared one life in his tenure as the leader of his raiding party, and that was his own boy, a son he had with an attractive woman he kept as a literal trophy wife. The woman tried in vain to teach her son the ways of kindness and goodness, but John saw to it that he be introduced to the worst kind of violence when he killed the boy' mother in front of him after a younger, more attractive woman had the bad fortune of being caught by the raiders. What she did give him was a name: Roman.

Roman grew up in the harsh world of raiding camps and decimated settlements, resenting those who fell to the might of his horrible father enough to become one of his father's men when he came of age. John joked that any kid should know not to be a raider unless they were willing to run into the Black Viper, and his son silently pulled a freshly-killed black viper out of his pocket to show his willingness to risk his life. The Black Viper stories didn't scare him; nothing made him feel anything outside the range of annoyance and rage.

And, the night after a successful attack on a settlement, it all changed. Roman woke up to gunshots, screams, panic. The group had been hit by something big, something powerful. Most of them were dead before the few survivors were even awake, their throats slit or single bullet holes in their heads; if you couldn't see the blood pooled around them you'd have thought they were sleeping. John Cassidy rounded the living up and went looking for the people responsible.

Or, well, person. The Viper was sloppy, alerted someone of his presence and had a bullet in the gut because of it. Now the predator was John's prey, and John had his son and five other raiders with him.

John Cassidy tracked him to a cave, following the blood trail to a dead end. That's when he noticed that only Roman was behind him. The Viper had silently dispatched all but two of the entire raiding party. Making their way back up to the surface, past their old allies' corpses, they found the extremely long barrel of a silenced shotgun in their faces. The Viper had been waiting for them.

Realizing that he was about to die, Roman suddenly attacked his father, choking him to death in front of the surprised Viper. If anyone was going to kill John, it would be Roman. By the time he realized that the Viper was still there, the man had fallen unconscious due to blood loss. Roman patched his wounds while he was out, and by the time the Viper had woken up Roman was gone and so was the Viper's shotgun. The kid returned a day later, informing the Black Viper that he didn't have to worry about the rest of the raiding party- he'd taken care of it.

Roman needed to learn how to rely on himself and the Black Viper was weak, so they began working together. Roman would do all the heavy lifting, the Viper telling what to do and sharing stories of his more successful days. The man was old, tired, not as quiet as he used to be. They both knew it, and it came as no surprise to Roman when the Black Viper offered to teach him now to move and kill without making a sound.

After some time, the Viper healed, begun telling Roman about how it all started. One day, working as the bodyguard of a merchant's caravan, Viper had to take a piss. Had the decency to do it off the road instead of whipping it out in front of his client, but when he came back the unprotected man was standing at the end of a gun held up by a single thug. While he was busy demanding everything of value the trader had, he didn't notice that he was being snuck up behind, and got a snapped neck for his trouble. The thankful merchant jokingly said his bodyguard was like a black viper and that was it. The Viper spent his early days learning how to sneak up on people, used it as a selling point to customers for his bodyguard service. Eventually people started talking like he cared about killing the raiders more than making money, like he was a hero. One day he heard that raiders were starting to travel more carefully in case of a Viper attack and knew he'd done some good in the world. That side of him took over, the man realizing that the myth of a monster-killing-monster scared people into being good, the idea that there was nothing to fear if you hadn't done anything wrong catching fire wherever people talked about the Black Viper. So that's what he did with his life, hurting bad people and leaving a legacy behind. The eye patch was simply part of the man's mystique, and was practically used to keep one eye looking at pitch black so he could remove the patch when going out to dark areas without having to slowly let his eye adjust to the dark. Eventually everything he did and was worked towards building himself a legacy worth remembering.

Roman didn't care for legacies, but the refreshing idea of the raiders being in the wrong and others being innocent started taking him over. It felt good to be good, and being the Viper's apprentice was welcoming opportunities for that feeling every day. People like his mother didn't deserve what they got, but people like his father did, and Roman hoped that one day he'd feel more like his mother than John Cassidy.

So a year goes by, and by that time Roman's gotten better at being the Viper than the Viper himself. So when he's out killing raiders, Viper finds himself a black viper slithering on the ground. Catches it, waits for his apprentice to come back. He thanks the kid for being such a good listener, makes him promise that he won't let people forget about the Viper and lets the snake bite him. So the boy dug a hole right there, killed the snake and set in the old man's dead hands, and buried the Viper... but not his eye patch or shotgun.

So for over a year, longer than he'd even known the Viper, he kept doing what the man did. One day, Roman overheard a discussion about the Viper. People were sharing stories about the Viper's recent activity, and none of them were true. Whatever he did, the myth of the Viper would overshadow him. The original Viper had succeeded in creating a raider's boogeyman, and what Roman had been doing in his name wasn't going to help or hinder it. He realized, then, that he had no legacy to carry for another and no legacy of his own, but still wished for the world to be a better place. Heard word of the Colonies across the Atlantic wanting soldiers, so he made his way there.

And that's the story of the Black Viper, one nobody will ever tell. But maybe, one day, someone will start telling stories of Roman Cassidy. Not stories of what he'll do to you later, not stories of what he's doing anymore, but stories of what he's done for you already.

Technical Information

Career Path: Grunt
Custom Weapon: Shotgun
Modifications:
--Mod 1: Silencer
--Mod 2: Hi-Tech Scope (Infrared)
Advanced Training:
--AT 1: GECKO
--AT 2: CQC
Inventory:
--Combat Knife
--Standard Issue Council Pistol
--Shotgun with infared scope and silencer
--Civilian clothing
--Medium armour
--Vlad has Camoflauge
--Medkit
--Radio
--Frag Grenade (2)
--Flashbang (2)
--Dog-tags
--Standard Watch
--Flashlight


Signature: PCSutfin

[LimeyPanda]

I am currently at an indecision about which of two characters I plan to use. For now though, I'll post the first one, and let others choose later.

Name: Daniel Ezekiel Anders
Age: Twenty Seven
Sex: Male
Appearance:

Daniel

History Type:

Ex-Raider

Your character was once a raider and has that unique... Touch. They are quite intimidating to many people between the fact that they were tough enough to survive the raider-life and yet stalwart enough in character not to become the typical gangbanging lunatic that most raiders become shortly before dying.
(A little harder to kill, better chance at intimidating others.)

Biography: Born into a raider family: Daniel was expected to descend into the same level of madness and revelry that came along with a Raider’s lifestyle. He was forced to grow up fast and mean, but instead of becoming a wild beast, Daniel seemed to excel in the madness of his station in life. He developed a keen intellect and a vicious willpower that made him both a powerful ally and a dangerous threat amongst the Raiders at large.

His rapacious mind that seemed to devour any and all knowledge: Daniel was assigned to one of the Raider family’s few stolen mechanised War-suits at the young age of thirteen. These stolen pieces of technology were difficult to use well, and the raiders were loath to let anyone use them: yet Daniel was given the unique opportunity, if only because he was one of the few people who had the knowledge to learn how to use them. He took to the task with a dedication and fervour and soon became one of the raider’s most vital members. Even more so than Vlad, who had Camoflauge

As he grew older and older, Daniel’s mind built a deeper gulf of disparity between himself and the other raiders. The only reason he didn’t wake up with a knife in his back was due to his skill as a Pilot, but his skill would only protect him for so long. As he rejected more of the Raider’s promotions and more of the clan’s whores, the gulf widened and Daniel, being an intelligent man, was more than aware that his days were becoming numbered.

One night though, Daniel was struck by something…powerful. He had managed to recover an undamaged copy of the Holy Bible and had begun to read it with a (forgive the pun) religious dedication. The more he read the text, the more he was enraptured by its powerful anecdotes and interesting, intricate stories and its divine message. Put simply, he was converted by it.

Having found a sense of peace in the text, Daniel became unsure of himself as a person and found an unsettling level of worry overcoming him. He was a sinner, to be sure: he had killed, he had stolen, he had worshiped possessions over the lord, he had raped, he had pillaged, he had maimed and he had sinned in nearly every perceivable way that the text of the holy bible had just finished teaching him not to. Frankly, Daniel felt a looming sense of inevitability in his damnation. He had sinned beyond sinning and there would be no son of God to cleanse him of his sins, just as there was no priest to absolve him and speak to him on behalf of god.

One contemplative night managed to lead to Daniel forging a new conviction. He had an epiphany. He even goes as far as to claim he had a vision, a message from god. It was a message of salvation and it gave Daniel the chance to absolve his sins. He knew what he must do, and the first step in absolving his sins was in cleansing.

Jesus was baptized by John in a lake. Daniel was baptized in a river of blood by his own hands.

The Raiders had organized a raid on a Bunker compound, specifically one of the many homesteads surrounding Chicago city. Daniel was, as always, assigned to the vanguard in his mechanised War-suit and he pretended to entertain the motions of a blasphemous raider for a while longer. He stormed into the homestead, as if he were a crusader on the doorsteps of Jerusalem.

What happened next is mostly here-say. All that is known is that Daniel wiped out the entirety of his own Raider party. Many of the homesteaders were thankful to the stranger in the War-mech, and as such, most of the stories surrounding the day are regarded with suspicion and disregarded as overhyping a man. The only confirmed facts are that Daniel wiped out the entirety of the Bandit group alone, and that the only mark he gained was a deep cut across his left cheek: a memento of when he disembarked from his mech and personally dealt with his old boss.

Daniel waited at the Homestead for the inevitably late retinue of BCSEC soldiers with a trained patience and gentle calm. He had not a worry in the world as the men moved towards him; with guns drawn and fingers on the trigger. He did not flinch when he was handcuffed and beaten. The Ex-raider had expected this, nay: he had been warned of this! He didn’t even show fear when the men went to execute him, for they were stopped by the homesteaders he saved. Unsure of what to do, the BCSEC troops instead took Daniel to meet with their commanding officers.

A day later, Daniel’s hastily typed up résumé was handed to the council of ADAM, and he was quickly given a placement on the Pilot program.

He was Twenty One then. Time has changed little for Daniel, except that his resolve has become stronger and his zealotry has become more refined.

Career Path-

Pilot

The pilot is someone who has specialized themselves towards vehicles in general, ranging from aircraft to mechs to jeeps and tanks, they also tend to pick up mechanical skills and have the tendency to understand foreign technologies quicker than anyone else. As a benefit, they can also pass this knowledge onto others who might better benefit from certain technologies than the pilot would.

Pilots start with a small mech and simplistic personal equipment. They replace Civilian Clothing with a Mechanical Jumpsuit that offers them all the tools they need to do small time repairs in their mech in their pouches. This jumpsuit also protects them from certain elements, such as acid, but loses its stealth enhancing qualities. They also replace the First Aid Kit with a Technical Kit--they can use this to do more extreme repairs, and to analyse foreign and outright alien technology to unlock its secrets for the squad... Or for themselves.

Pilots can equip any unlocked modifications for their mech outside of a mission, but further slots are only unlocked through missions themselves, such as in analysing enemy technology with the Technician’s Kit or bringing back scavenge for the Council to examine.

Mech:

Design

Designation: CSEC-SM-1: “The Crusader mk-II.”
Size: Small One-man unit
Occupants: One.
General Description: A personalised CSEC SM-1, Daniel has dubbed his mech ‘Crusader’ and uses it in a rather unique capacity. He engages foes in deadly close-to-midrange battles and uses every advantage he can grasp at in order to crush any foe, be they a listener, a brute or a fellow Mech.

Equipment:

Left Arm

--Mech Shield: A beefy slab of reinforced metal that is designed to block bullets, missiles and mutants. oh my. It is essentially a re-purposed bank vault door.

Right Arm

--Power Fist with Grapple attachment + Power Mace: Daniel brings the righteous fury with this rather painful-looking, rather potent flanged mace. It is designed to bring huge amounts of blunt force trauma against whatever gets in the way. Its size and weight has a similar effect to a demolition Crane, meaning it can be used to smsh holes through normal masonry rather quickly.

Legs

--Sprint Gyro.

Torso

--Heavy Armour.
--Pilot Chamber. (Cannot be replaced!)
--Emergency Escape Hatch.
--Motion detection Scanning Package.
--HE Missile unit.
--Emergency Life Support System.

Top

--Standard Scanning Package.

Technology marches on upgrade - Dove: An unarmed floating Scout drone that allows Daniel to scout out an area before diving into the fray. It is equipped with an Infrared Scanning Package.

Inventory: Your character’s inventory. You may add as many miscellaneous items as you wish, within reason.

Weapons

Combat Knife: A rather useful but rather cruel looking combat knife, its handle is worn from use and it’s serrated on one edge. One of the only things he kept from his time as a Raider. The handle has a number of notches on it.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

Armour

Mechanical Jumpsuit: All-purpose Pilot gear designed to be both mobile and protective against hazardous conditions. The Jumpsuit is equipped with a jump jet and certain useful tools for basic maintenance.

Medicine & Tech

Technical Kit: Designed to scan technology, the Pilot’s bread and butter survival tool: The key to unlocking important technological advancements; as well as more hard-core Mechanical maintenance and repair.

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Miscellaneous

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Holy Bible: The very same copy of the bible he scavenged seven years ago. Daniel keeps it as a good luck charm.

Rosario: A very standard Rosario, or prayer necklace, that Daniel keeps inside his mech.

Perks: Technology Marches On: All pilots are now equipped with a pair of nanotech gloves which have wireless technology. State of the art, these gloves allow them to attempt to hijack the controls of an opposing mech at short range, and grant them access to a small, mechanized companion. This can be anything from a small aerial gun drone to a robotic puppy. Their "companion" has two ability slots and so long as there is no interference in the gloves, will obey every command given to them.

The gloves are also quite hardy and thick to protect the nanotechnology, however, they aren't indestructible. Given that you will typically be wearing these gloves however, if they are damaged, it should be noted that the amount of force or heat to damage them will likely completely wreck the user's hand. So it's only a small concern, so long as the technology isn't hit with an electromagnetic pulse or other similar device-ruining weapon.

--Isaiah 13:13: "Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning anger." (Bonus to melee combat, blows hit slightly harder.)

--Returning Fury: Having lost his mech in battle, Daniel better understands how to deal with such mishaps in the future: Dodge the wrench. (Bonus to mech survivability.)

Signature: To agree to the rules, type your user-name here. This is just to verify that you understand, and agree to the fact, that I can kill your character without your permission. Playing smart and working in a team lowers your death odds, but even then... There’s always the chance your character won’t make it to the end. LimeyPanda

[Tempest]

Name: Georgia Rhettland
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Career Path: Listener
History Type: Bunker Baby

Details

Georgia grew up in the Chicago Bunker their whole lives. This will be one of her only times leaving the Bunker, perhaps even her first time. Georgia typically finds it easier to cause others from Bunker Colonies and their supporters to listen and follow, and is often seen as being fairly trustworthy by most measurable standards. She's also typically up to date on the latest and greatest in technology.

(Bonuses to diplomacy when conversing with other members of Bunker colonies or Council servants, bonuses to using advanced or foreign technology.)

Appearance:
Reference Image by the artist Wulfsbane on DA

Georgia stands at approxiamately 5'3", is very slight of frame and light-weighted even with her diminutive body. Her skin is fair and holds a ghostly pallor given her lack of sunlight. The entirety of her eyes are black, appearing to have no iris of white area, and are typically hidden behind a pair of reflective aviator sunglasses. Typically, her long hair is bound back in a ponytail slipped through the back of a worn red ballcap. Across her arms, she has heavy scarring that appear to be from something with very vicious claws.

Biography:

Georgia Rhettland was born within Bunker Chicago and has lived her entire life there. Her entire existence was within the cramped confines of the great walls with her mother, grandfather, and older sibling. However, she often dreams of how things must have once been. She would hear of the wastelands outside from a young age, namely from her elder brother, Thomas, but that all seemed unreal given the enormous walls. The stories of the great lake Michigan was even more mind-blowing. The idea of life outside was impossible to comprehend. Yet, she still found herself daydreaming of the wide open areas and how those of the old world would live. So much so, in fact, that she began to grow a strong passion to restoring artifacts back to working condition.

Since a young child, she had begun gathering whatever scraps she could find and began to rig them back to working condition when others would well have declared them beyond repair. In this, she began to garner a name for herself in the outer rings as she would repair household items, toys and more for those, if only for an excuse to tinker more. It seemed like a simple, healthy hobby that could later become a career for the girl perhaps as a mechanic or a labcoat within research and development... However, growing signs of mutation began to become apparent within her as she aged. It was a small isolating factor between her and other kids, and her personality quirks only seemed to add to the gap between them. She was, for the most part, the eccentric tinkering mutant. How else were they to take her alarming advantage in games and strange obsession with technology?

She was well on track to a position, though, within the mechanic department still in adolescence. She had begun a mentoring program, largely due to influence of her grandfather and older brother given their placement in Bunker Chicago's technological branches. She did well and even excelled given her petite form, though some of the more unwieldy tools were still well beyond her. Of course, an incident with experimental technologies threw her far off course.

The incident, involving classified war technology, devastated an entire lab area. Carelessness or simply fiddling with something they did not understand resulted in an explosion. The entirety of the staff on the project was either dead or injured to varying degrees. Her brother was involved and amongst the casualties. The event resulted in distressing effects upon Georgia. She was given leave from the mentoring program and, quite immediately, the changes became apparent. For the most part, she began to push away reality and began existing within her own world. Most everything was about gathering bits and pieces of the old world and working upon them desperately in seclusion. Her grandfather was the first to notice the changes and attempted to console her through the events. So involved was he in attempting to bring her back into the real world, he took an early retirement from his work. However, when he walked in on her, talking to an old teddy bear her older brother had gotten for her, and referring to it as Thomas, he began to lose hope that she could be drawn back to sense. Georgia began to, as some would say, revert back to a more childish state. Some speculated developmental disorders unseen in early years were the problem. Others said it was simply a mental problem spurred on by trauma. Regardless, she appeared happy.

Her grandfather passed within the year. Her mother would simply shake her head and dismiss it as he was too heartbroken to keep going. Georgia, however, seemed to hardly notice. At least, until she began to notice the lack of parts that had been largely supplied from the departments by Thomas and her grandfather. Scolding Thomas for not telling her he could not get her parts anymore, she began to go on excursions, without clearance, into the inner sectors in search of, as she would call them, shiny bits. It was upon one of these excursions, she ended up meeting her best and perhaps only friend, Carolyn.

Carolyn appeared baffled and amused by Georgia's determination to find what she was calling "sparkly plugs" at the time while talking to her bear and calling it Thomas. Instead of reporting Georgia, Carolyn assisted her in finding them and even build her projects. It was, perhaps lucky, that her friend was the daughter of an influential individual in Bunker Chicago and could get her in and out with relatively no issues. The two began to become inseparable and even started to begin work out in the outlying districts. One such instance would be during the holiday seasons where, inspired by old world stories, they began to string up repaired christmas lights about the bunker, much to the approval of the citizens.

However, their childish theft and activities were bound to come to an end. Adulthood brought on the need to settle in for a career. Concerns over her mental state and potential traumatic symptoms were she to work in the labs brought an end to any notions of Georgia resuming her training in the mechanics division or following the path of her family members. Instead, it became clear that she would be needing to join the security force. The idea of venturing beyond the walls and being able to see for herself what lay beyond was an interesting notion to her. She hardly had any issues with it. Besides, she could run faster and jump higher than anyone else if she ran into trouble. So, leaving teddybear Thomas with Carolyn, who had become a mech pilot, she was out on her first mission.

The squad had not ventured out too far outside of BC before they began to find the signs of the dangerous mutant that had been preying upon caravans. Georgia was sent out as a forward scout given her speed and small frame. It was assumed that if it could even notice her, she could outrun it. It was successful, up to a point. Slipping on the devastated rubble, she had drawn the mutant to her existence. The creature began to take chase. She stayed ahead of it for a time, but another slip sent her crashing down. She had been so close to getting back to the team, but in that single misstep, the creature was atop her. She drew her whole body in on itself and began to guard herself with her arms. The creature was shredding through the armour as if it was nothing. Deep gouges began to be ripped into her flesh before the others were able to make their way in to a safe distance to take their shot. The mission was successful, but Georgia had to be taken back for medical attention, field kits being incapable of dealing with the wounds and concerns apparent of any toxic effects the mutant could have possessed.

She was stuck in medical care and had to undergo rehabilitation for some time before being released. Carolyn had been present throughout much of the time and deeply concerned. Georgia's only apparent concern at the time was simply how bright it was outside. For the most part, whenever she could break away from the medical services, she found herself in hangar where Carolyn's mech was stored, assisting whenever she could manage to repair and improve the machine. However, fully recovered, it is apparent that it is time again for her to go outside the Bunker.

Mutations:

Ghost

The Ghost archetype is the quintessential stealth predator. They use camouflage, enhanced sight and scent, speed, and small but deadly hidden weapons to take down prey in a flash before speeding back off into the cover of darkness. These are likely the assassins and scouts of the mutants in the Shadow Zone, purely due to their ability to remain hidden potentially even in broad daylight or in plain view of a soldier. Ghost Archetypes are strongest in locations with tight corridors or the cover of darkness and debris, and tend to be weak in large open spaces.

--Feather Bones: This mutation involves decreasing the overall weight of a Ghost archetype by thinning out the bones and simultaneously making them out of stronger, tighter material. While a little bit of sturdiness is sacrificed it is immediately replaced with much faster movement, as well as the ability to jump twice as high and three times as far than is normal. (Faster movement, slightly increased defense.) (Mutation Effect: Unnaturally lithe and lightweight appearance.)

--Psychic Meld:
[Ranged]: This mutation allows the Ghost Archetype to have an out-of-body experience with a nearby target, allowing them to see what their target sees, and hear what their target hears, even if they cannot directly see their target, so long as they know exactly where the target is standing. While having an out-of-body experience they become unaware of their own surroundings, as their brain can only handle one set of visual and auditory impulses, not two.
[Touch]: Allows a Ghost Archetype to forcefully enter the mind of a target to retrieve memories. It can take several minutes of interrogation to fish out a specific memory, and targets with great amounts of willpower don’t break easily, though surface thoughts are simple enough to catch on a simple brush of the hand.
(Mind/Sensory reading) (Mutation effect: Eyes turn entirely black.)

--Psychic Compulsions: (Rank 2):
[Ranged]: Having evolved their capacity for reading the sensory inputs of others, they are now capable of inducing auditory and visual hallucinations in a victim. The less it needs to physically manifest itself in the mind of the target, the easier it is for the Ghost to maintain the connection and torture their victim.
[Touch]: Upon grabbing the victim, the Ghost can now leave compulsions in the mind of the target. Resisting the compulsions may cause brain damage. The more complex or overpowering the compulsion, the more time is necessary to implant it. It should be noted that at this point, they can also read the surface memories of shapeshifters. (Mutation Effect: Hair turns silver in colour, and now projects a small but noticeable and detectable amount of psychic energy at all times.)

--Too Innocent To Kill:: Subtle changes in bodily posture and displayed emotions from the eyes, as well as low wave psychic energy emitted in all directions, gives this character the most distinctive impression of innocence that shouldn’t be killed. It won’t stop enemies from using non-lethal force or wounding your character, or firing back if your character commits to hostile action, but it does mean that intelligent enemies will otherwise avoid lethal attacks on this character. (Survival, Diplomacy bonuses.)

--Neural Circuitry:
The mind is a machine, with circuits and data drives. You just have to learn to use it. This is a two part mutation. [Effects, always carrying a faint electrical charge that causes feedback from machines.]
[Ranged] Haywire: Through brute force, Georgia has figured out how to use the basic neural connections to override the technology in an area and cause it to act haywire in random ways. Has little effect upon more simple technologies, IE) Radios may experience little more than feedback and background chatter.
[Touch] Hi-Jack: Upon contact, Georgia can delicately establish a connection with the circuitry of the technology in question and gain deeper access, overriding and assuming control of it

--In Forma, Quod Puritas: Having a closer connection to the mutants in the fog than any human could ever hope to have, these individuals have started to realize their true potential in the face of the oncoming force. They can now acutely hear and understand what the mutants in the shadow zone say to each other verbally or telepathically, and are immune to the horrible side effect of coming into direct contact with them: They cannot be either absorbed or burned. Situations which would petrify a normal person, such as the glare of a shadow wolf, have no effect on this mutant. Wounds sustained are now rapidly healed, though this exhausts the mutant. For perspective: They can heal broken bones in minutes. This doesn't however render them immune to pain, which can still send them into shock, nor to blood loss, which can end their lives. Though notable their blood has taken on a somewhat lighter hue than that of a regular human, a more pinkish colour than red.

Achievements:

--Toyland: Georgia has grown up her whole life building gizmos and putting them to good use. (She now keeps a small package of random material with which she can make nearly anything.)
--SPARKLY PLUG, WOOSH!: Faster, faster, faster, faster, faster, faster! (Georgia sprints faster and has a small defense boost while sprinting in the first few seconds of any dash.)

Inventory:

Weapons

Combat Knife: The standard army combat knife. A design over a century old still more than effective enough to carry on into the future.

Tactical Tomahawk: A carbon-cast grip supports a steel tomahawk designed for a variety of situation. The front end is a typical tomahawk while the reverse end sports a vicious pick. Extending from the top of the grip to the base of the pick is a serrated edge meant for sawing.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

Pre-Owned Standard Issue Council Rifle: Your standard issue, thirty shot clip semi-automatic rifle, based on the M16AR2 of old with some near-future treatment to make it a little more effective. The pre-owned factor comes from the various clashing designs painted onto the metal and names scratched into the stock. Hopefully the weapon serves her better than her predecessors.

Armour

Civilian Clothing: Typical civilian clothing. Typically, Georgia will be sporting an oil-stained white tank-top and a standard issue bunker jumper, the top of which is typically unzipped or tied about her waist, whenever she is off-duty.

"Modded" Light Armour: Standard issue armour. Of course, with a slight touch from Georgia as she took duct tape and permanent markers to it in order to "improve the design," because "the amazing factor directly correlates with effectiveness." Most notable is a skull and crossbones design featuring a teddy bear head design replacing the skull in silver sharpie across the span of her back.

Medicine & Tech

Medkit: Your standard medkit, including bandages, stitches, rubbing alcohol, and more.

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.

Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

[/b]Wrist-Mounted UI[/b] Bit of like a personal computer. Able to connect to and download information from other computers, tracks ally locations.

Miscellaneous

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Often mounted on a shoulder or duct-taped to a weapon.

Gasmask: A standard old-world gasmask. It provides simple air filtration and it is uncertain which airborne hazards it may protect against now, if any. Of course, she just like how it makes her look more like a bug.

Multitool: A standard multitool. The tinkerer's swiss-army knife.

Sunglasses: If you spent your entire life in an artificially lit bunker... You're going to need these. A simple pair of aviator shades, dark black and with a reflective surface.

Duct Tape: It fixes everything. And then some. More is better... Right?

Wire Spool: A small spool of conductive wire that can do in a pinch

Ball of Twine: It's teddy bear rope!

Chalks: A set of multi-colored chalk already worn down and showing a fair share of use

Toy Grab Bag: Various toys and knick-knacks Georgia carries about with her

Electronic Scraps: Various Electronic scraps that Georgia can rig in a pinch to facilitate whatever needs she might have

Micro-torch: Portable torch that can be held in the palm of one's hand with a small tank that can be carried in one's backpack. Meant for quick patch jobs or for cutting through thinner metals.

Insulated Gloves: A simple pair of gloves with grips on them insulated to keep her from accidentally short-circuiting any of her equipment.

Signature: Tempest, but Vlad has Camouflage.

[Kadaeux]

Name: Bruce "Brucey" McFoster
Age: 35
Sex: Male
Appearance:

History Type: Australian Backpacker
Biography:
Bruce was born in the Blue Mountains of Australia, a hard harsh living with monstrous spiders and insects. Bruce however, being Australian, wasn't fazed about it, the idea that other people didn't have to deal with firebreathing ants, giant funnel webs or worse... It was simply part of living, however as time went on Brucey found the old McFoster wunderlust rising. As an experienced pilot he didn't consider it difficult and began the wander with the love of his life.

Travelling the wastes with her eventually lead to an encounter with raiders which lead to the death of his love, before or after the rape Bruce never found out. Instead the next night he returned in the Ignis Dei and burned the night, and raiders, away. On the next day Bruce wandered the charred grounds and discovered a baby wallaby abandoned in the wreckage. Bruce torn with remorse, but seeing it as a sign of new beginnings took the baby and, after getting some help figuring out how, raised it. But since that night Bruce had become unhinged and slightly unstable founding the "Flamma de Ecclesia quod purgatio" a church dedicated to flames.

Bruce however decided to discard that part of the world. He booked a boat over to the States to make a new way for himself.

Mech:
Designation: Ignis Dei
Size: Small.
Occupants: One.
Equipment:
Head:
--Standard Scanning Package.
--Jury-Rigged Loudhailer connected to hard drive with media player.
RShoulder
--.50 Minigun (Head Tracking)
LArm:
--Incinerator Flamethrower
--Chainfist
RArm:
--Incinerator Flamethrower
Torso:
--Light Armour.
--Pilot Chamber. (Cannot be replaced!)
--Emergency Escape Hatch.
--Emergency Life Support System.
--Reinforced Ammo Feed.
Legs:
--Sprint Gyro.

Inventory:
Weapons
Combat Knife: The standard army combat knife. A design over a century old still more than effective enough to carry on into the future.
Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.
Standard Issue Council Rifle: Your standard issue, thirty shot clip semi-automatic rifle, based on the M16AR2 of old with some near-future treatment to make it a little more effective.

Armour
Mechanical Jumpsuit: You wear a set of civilian clothing. This has no armour value and is thus pretty good to sneak around in, but, then again, if anything so much as breathes on you, you're a dead man.
Light Armour: Standard issue armour. It's light weight and looks like it might be able to defend against a kitten assault if you hold it just the right way. Needless to say, this armour won't stop anything from harming you, but it may at least lessen the damage you take.

Medicine & Tech
Technicians Kit: Stabbing Screwdrivers, Bludgeoning Spanners and repair Hammers.
Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.
Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.
Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

Miscellaneous
Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?
Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.
Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Often mounted on a shoulder or duct-taped to a weapon.
MP3 player jerry-rigged to a hard drive with headphones and solar cells.
Pet Wallaby "Jacko"
Dozens of Lighters/Boxes of Matches
A half dozen sticks suitable for rubbing to make fire.

Achievements
--Australia's Number One BBQ: Brucey is a damn fine frycook. Yes, oh yes, he most definitely is. So much so that he has tweaked his mech to ensure perfect tenderness in 0.5 seconds instead of 0.6. Mmm, extra crispy. (Bonus to flamethrower intensity.)
--Out of His shining light: Brucey has seen shit no man could ever wish to see, from his homeland, to the pacific theater, to the west coast, and across the barren central nightmare. Being the leader of his "church" for some time and having seen active duty, he can break his fellow non-mutants out of a panicked state simply by bellowing orders at them. (Can reform mentally broken allies, PC or NPC.)

Traits
Technology Marches On: All pilots are now equipped with a pair of nanotech gloves which have wireless technology. State of the art, these gloves allow them to attempt to hijack the controls of an opposing mech at short range, and grant them access to a small, mechanized companion. This can be anything from a small aerial gun drone to a robotic puppy. Their "companion" has two ability slots and so long as there is no interference in the gloves, will obey every command given to them.

The gloves are also quite hardy and thick to protect the nanotechnology, however, they aren't indestructible. Given that you will typically be wearing these gloves however, if they are damaged, it should be noted that the amount of force or heat to damage them will likely completely wreck the user's hand. So it's only a small concern, so long as the technology isn't hit with an electromagnetic pulse or other similar device-ruining weapon.

Companion
Aliquam Ignis Dei

(Type: Tracked Drone)
Standard Scanning Package
Drone Narrow Beam Laser

Signature:
Kadaeux.

[MelonHead]

Chris

Name: Chris
Age: 32
Sex: Male
Appearance: Chris is six foot two inches tall, noticeably muscular with a well-rounded and hard physique. Caucasian skin well-worn and scarred mars any good looks he may have been born with, and his decision to shave his naturally brown hair adds little to his attractiveness. His eyes are a bland shade of brown, while the rest of his features are relatively average, except for an unusually strong jaw-line and a broken nose. His left ring finger is missing, and burns mark the far right of his face leading up to the top of his ear, which is also missing.
History Type:

European Mercenary: Your character comes from the cutthroat European continent, a land of despots and mercenaries. Needless to say, they know their way around weapons, and never find themselves in a situation they cannot instinctively find an escape for... At least, for themselves, anyway. They tend to be distrusted more by others, but can bluff better than most.
(A little better on dealing damage, can usually find an escape route out of a terrible situation, generally distrusted by the majority, good at bluffing their way out of situations.)

Biography: Chris hails from hearty old England, somewhere on the outskirts of what used to be London. The capitol city was bombed into oblivion, leaving it the most dangerous place in Europe for mutants and other nasties. The UK split into a number of factions, with the re-emergence of the IRA resulting in significant hostility and almost constant warfare. Chris lived with homesteaders from his youngest years, and developed a nasty streak which was capitalised by the farmers because he was more than willing to do things others weren’t, making him ideal for protecting property. It was quickly noticeable that he had a knack for killing, resulting in his recruitment by Bell’s Brigade, a notable mercenary force from west England.

He flourished under their questionable guidance, growing accustomed to killing and fighting at nasty close quarters. During his fifteen years in the Brigade he took place in countless skirmishes and raids, but also three set-piece battles. The first was after three years in the brigade, and began with ferocious fighting off the east coast of Ireland smashed between swarms of mutants and relentless IRA fighters continuously for three days and nights. He found himself held up with some of his brothers atop a machine gun nest and probably mowed down close to fifty soldiers himself. The Brigade eventually pulled out of the conflict through mutant territory, where Chris gained some serious experience.

His second battle was in mainland Europe, somewhere in Belgium, where artillery landing close to his position put him out of the fight early. He recovered one week later in some form of hostel, thanks to some kindly nurses, the exact details of his stay aren’t recorded.

His third battle was the one which convinced him that fighting for close to nothing as a mercenary in Europe wasn’t worth the risk. In close range house-to-house fighting somewhere in Germany he was attacked by a foe with a LAS Shotgun, which burned the right side of his face. To compound his problems, one of his allies then shot off his finger with a pistol, he killed both of them with a knife, stole the gun, and deserted.

Around half a year later he turned up in Chicago, where lack of funds forced him to seek work. With only one skill-set he found that any other job he could do was far below his dignity, so against his better judgement he ended up working for the Bunker.

Technical Information: This information is your character’s skill sets and inventory.

Career Path:

Grunt: The grunt is someone who has become a grizzled war fighter, having chosen to abstain from both the more mechanized aspects of warfare and the temptation of mutations. They instead use specialty training and customized firearms to resolve the day. Often underestimated, their contribution to a battle tends to be less obvious than the other two, and don’t let the name fool you: A well trained, well equipped Grunt is just as deadly as a high ranking Listener or Pilot!

Grunts start with their Light Armour replaced with Medium Armour, still flexible but capable of stopping some damage in critical areas. They also have access to one of three starting weapons which replaces the Standard Issue Council Rifle.

Grunts start with two weapon modifications for their weapon of choice and can change out these modifications at any time when not in a mission. They also start with two pieces of Advanced Training.

Grunt:
Weapon: Shotgun
Modifications:
--Mod 1: Las-Mod
--Mod 2: Bigger is Better Calibre
Advanced Training:
--AT 1: CQB
--AT 2: Adrenaline Junkie

Inventory: Your character’s inventory. You may add as many miscellaneous items as you wish, within reason. There are some things added here already: You get to keep these unless they’re replaced by a different item based on your career path. (ex: Pilots would replace Medkit with Technician Kit.)

European Combat Knife: The standard European Combat Knife is significantly longer, twelve inches in length, with a particularly sharp point.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

Shotgun: A beautiful piece of hardware fresh from the fuck-fest which is Europe, this huge beast is jet-black and equipped with a nasty LAS modifier which adds to its already sizable bulk.

Civilian Clothing: You wear a set of civilian clothing. This has no armour value and is thus pretty good to sneak around in, but, then again, if anything so much as breathes on you, you're a dead man.

Medium Armour: Standard issue armour. It's light weight and looks like it might be able to defend against a kitten assault if you hold it just the right way. Needless to say, this armour won't stop anything from harming you, but it may at least lessen the damage you take.

Combat Gloves: Some hardy gloves picked up from some army surplus sometime in his travels, useful for protecting his hands from the heat of his weapon.

Medkit: Your standard medkit, including bandages, stitches, rubbing alcohol, and more.

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.

Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

Anything that is just excess fluff in most situations, like dog-tags, or a watch.

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Duct-taped to his weapon.

Hip Flask: Usually filled with alcoholic beverages.

Sunglasses: Military issue, for looking cool, and not hurting your eyes.

I've read the rules, what I'm still trying to work out is if there's some ulterior code I'm not seeing when looking through everything. If not, then nice camouflage vladdy,

Signature: MelonHead

[Brovo]

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Approved.

Daniel Ezekiel Anders. Approved.

Bruce "Brucey" McFoster. Approved.

Chris seems unfinished? But approving, as all the necessary details are there. (Shotgun has no details?) Also, fyi: If he is shot in the face with a LAS-Mod Shotgun, he's a goner. Just so you know. ;)

@Everyone else: When your sheets are finished post in the OOC again to let me know and I'll review them.

As for missions, it's on a "wait and see how many come" business. As it stands, don't be afraid to use your abilities in unorthodox ways. I might also create a character, but I will wait until I get the general sense of numbers here, who is playing as what. :p

[MelonHead]

Brovo said
. Approved.. Approved.. Approved. seems unfinished? But approving, as all the necessary details are there. (Shotgun has no details?) Also, fyi: If he is shot in the face with a LAS-Mod Shotgun, he's a goner. Just so you know. ;) When your sheets are finished post in the OOC again to let me know and I'll review them.As for missions, it's on a "wait and see how many come" business. As it stands, don't be afraid to use your abilities in unorthodox ways. I might also create a character, but I will wait until I get the general sense of numbers here, who is playing as what. :p

I left the shotgun in his inventory blank because it's described in the custom weapon part, but I've added a visual description now.
Also, just for clarification when he was 'shot in the face' it technically just grazed him close enough to burn through half his ear and scar up his face, it wasn't a direct hit or anything. He wasn't wearing his sunglasses, so he would have died.

[MelonHead]

I'm also going to add he's wearing some combat gloves, because if I carried a weapon which got hot as hell after a few shots it's what I'd do.

Though I don't expect this to completely counter-act the overheating limitation of the LAS modifier.

[Tempest]

MelonHead said
I'm also going to add he's wearing some combat gloves, because if I carried a weapon which got hot as hell after a few shots it's what I'd do.Though I don't expect this to completely counter-act the overheating limitation of the LAS modifier.

Haha, I think overheating kinda implies that your gun won't fire. Ya know, back in mass effect 1? Those obnoxious weapon cooldowns on shotties, Gosh! A shotgun with a hammerhead mod or two, just increase that impact and damage. Next thing ya know, you're launching things into orbit as you one-hit em, but you have to go "oh crap oh crap oh crap" and switch your weapon after that one good blast X3

[MelonHead]

Tempest said
Haha, I think overheating kinda implies that your gun won't fire. Ya know, back in mass effect 1? Those obnoxious weapon cooldowns on shotties, Gosh! A shotgun with a hammerhead mod or two, just increase that impact and damage. Next thing ya know, you're launching things into orbit as you one-hit em, but you have to go "oh crap oh crap oh crap" and switch your weapon after that one good blast X3

You may be right, but you do tend to hold a shotgun by the hot end, so you never know.

[Heyitsjiwon]

I believe that I am done with my app now.

[Brovo]

I will review more characters when I get home from work tonight, and after a couple more days should be getting ready to unveil the first mission(s)!

[Zed]

Name: Sam Houston (A blatantly patriotic nom de guerre assigned to him upon his joining of U-ARM)
Age: 40
Sex: Male.
Appearance:
Source Image
History Type:
New Age Renaissance Man: Sam, is to put it quite simply, a polymath, which is somewhat of a surprise to those who usually assume anyone associated, previously or not, with the term “U-ARM” are raving psychopaths such as General Washington. While it is true that Sam was heavily indoctrinated with the beliefs of U-ARM, all that indoctrination was no match for the freedom he gained after his first sip from the founts of knowledge. Of course, it wasn’t an easy process to break free of such indoctrination, but Sam persevered. In addition to his already gifted aptitude for technology, Sam possesses considerable knowledge of most intellectual matters, ranging from the nuances of philosophy and economics to the fundamental tenets of medicine and psychology, allowing him to more easily converse with those “enlightened” peoples such as himself. However, as a result of such intelligence, he has little time for the hoi polloi of this grand New Age, and due to his affiliation with U-ARM, is also distrusted by the rulers of Bunker Chicago, who he could consider equals if not for their close-minded ways of thinking. Finally, one must consider the hatred that U-ARM’s leadership harbors for him as a traitor to the cause, hatred that manifests through orders to U-ARM soldiers to focus their attention upon him in the event that he is involved in an engagement against them.
(Bonuses to using and adapting advanced or foreign technology, as well as conversing with other “enlightened” individuals (read: intellectuals). Penalties to dealing with the hoi polloi of the New Age as well as Council of ADAM members. In addition, U-ARM forces focus their attentions on him during combat engagements)
Biography:
Kill the mutie. Fuck the tyrants. Free the oppressed. These are the words that Sam once lived by, words that were so completely ingrained within his mind that they were more of a prayer to him at one point rather than the U-ARM slogan that they were. Born on the outskirts of Bunker Chicago, to parents whom he’s since forgotten, Sam was seemingly destined for a life of suffering and poverty. That is, until the United-American Resistance Movement got its hands on him as a youngster.

U-ARM gave Sam a cause to believe in and a life beyond the pitiful existence he’d lived on the edge of Bunker Chicago. His eyes were open, and he could see the future rebirth of America as preached by the U-ARM’s leaders. Hour after hour, day after day, Sam trained with his brethren in order to better Hour after hour, day after day, Sam trained alongside his comrades in arms in order to better serve the glorious American cause. As time passed by, his superiors began to notice Sam’s aptitude for technology of all kinds, and assigned him to one of the precious few mechs left in U-ARM possession. Sam couldn’t have been happier.

Quickly adapting to the unfamiliar technology, Sam became adept at piloting the mech, making use of its inherent functionality as an engine of destruction in order to lay waste to the enemies of America. His superiors heaped praise upon praise onto him for every successful action he was involved in, even ones where he wasn’t even involved. It was during that period when he first discovered the truth about the New Age and took his first steps towards enlightenment. He had been on leave after a successful mission for the cause when, while scavenging for useful parts with which to improve his mech, he came upon a collection of texts from before the nukes launched. Curiosity took over for Sam, and he began to go through the texts, which turned out to be nothing more than some old pre-nuke educational textbooks, but it was too late, he’d tasted the fruit of knowledge, and wanted more.

From that moment on, Sam sought to learn more knowledgable information, of any kind, whenever the opportunity showed itself. He even went out of the way during missions for the cause if there was even a thought that he could find a suitable source of knowledge, something that caused no end of frustration for his superiors. Eventually, his personal collection of knowledge included pre-war texts on a range of diverse topics, from textbooks on medicine and surgical procedures, to books detailing the finer points of psychology and sociology, as well as dusty tomes explaining the intricacies of various pre-nuke philosophies and economic systems. With each book he read, his mind grew broader, and he begin to quietly question the methods used by the cause to achieve their goals of a new America, but he suppressed these thoughts as nonsensical notions. As he learned more about the philosophies of old, one philosophy in particular stuck with him, the philosophy of Enlightenment (and the Age of Enlightenment that it had accompanied).

Enlightenment preached that men should rely on reason and rational thought to dictate their actions, rather than relying on faith or dogma. In addition, it preached that the intellectually superior (or enlightened) should rule over the lesser peoples (or hoi polloi), in order to properly guide them on the path to enlightenment, because all enlightened know that the hoi polloi cannot possibly form the proper frame of mind (without the aid of the enlightened of course) in order to rely solely on reason and rational thinking without resorting to crude ideas such as faith or dogma, thus preventing the enlightened from bringing forth the grand New Age that’s in store. Sam latched onto this philosophy like a babe to a teat, realizing that U-ARM was getting in the way of the tree of the enlightened’s labors being able to bear the fruit of the New Age. So he did the rational thing to do in his situation: he defected to Bunker Chicago, intent on eventually eliminating both U-ARM and the Thirteen Colonies (because, like he’d realized with U-ARM, he’d also realized that the Thirteen Colonies were standing in the way of the enlightened bringing forth the New Age), in order to bring the hoi polloi under the heel of enlightenment, and usher in the New Age, through any means necessary. For Sam, this goal is above all others, with the ends truly justifying (in Sam’s mind, at least) the means.

Technical Information: This information is your character’s skill sets and inventory.

Career Path:
Pilot: The pilot is someone who has specialized themselves towards vehicles in general, ranging from aircraft to mechs to jeeps and tanks, they also tend to pick up mechanical skills and have the tendency to understand foreign technologies quicker than anyone else. As a benefit, they can also pass this knowledge onto others who might better benefit from certain technologies than the pilot would.

Pilots start with a small mech and simplistic personal equipment. They replace Civilian Clothing with a Mechanical Jumpsuit that offers them all the tools they need to do small time repairs in their mech in their pouches. This jumpsuit also protects them from certain elements, such as acid, but loses its stealth enhancing qualities. They also replace the First Aid Kit with a Technical Kit--they can use this to do more extreme repairs, and to analyze foreign and outright alien technology to unlock its secrets for the squad... Or for themselves.

Pilots can equip any unlocked modifications for their mech outside of a mission, but further slots are only unlocked through missions themselves, such as in analyzing enemy technology with the Technician’s Kit or bringing back scavenge for the Council to examine.

Enlightener

Designation: Enlightener
Size: Small.
Occupants: One.
General Description: An all-rounder, standing roughly 15-20 meters tall with a clean paint job. The pilot is typically located at the core of the machine for maximum protection.

Equipment:

Left Arm

--HE Missile

Right Arm

--HE Missile

Legs

--WP Gyro

Torso

--Heavy Armor
--Pilot Chamber. (Cannot be replaced!)
--Ammo Pack
--Ammo Pack
--Reinforced Ammo Feed

Top

--Standard Scanning Package.

Inventory: Your character’s inventory. You may add as many miscellaneous items as you wish, within reason. There are some things added here already: You get to keep these unless they’re replaced by a different item based on your career path. (ex: Pilots would replace Medkit with Technician Kit.)

Weapons

Combat Knife: The standard army combat knife. A design over a century old still more than effective enough to carry on into the future.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

Standard Issue Council Rifle: Your standard issue, thirty shot clip semi-automatic rifle, based on the M16AR2 of old with some near-future treatment to make it a little more effective.

Armour

Mechanical Jumpsuit

Light Armour: Standard issue armour. It's light weight and looks like it might be able to defend against a kitten assault if you hold it just the right way. Needless to say, this armour won't stop anything from harming you, but it may at least lessen the damage you take.

Medicine & Tech

Technician’s Kit

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.

Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

Miscellaneous

Anything that is just excess fluff in most situations, like dog-tags, or a watch.

Collection of Texts: Sam’s ever-expanding hoard of tomes, including such works as Leviathan, Candide, The Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, The Illiad, and many others.

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Often mounted on a shoulder or duct-taped to a weapon.

Signature: I, Zed, agree to the possibility of dying in the process of bringing the New Age into existence.
Oh, and Vlad has camoflauge.

[Brovo]

James Wolff, approved, though add whether you're taking the C4 or RPG in your inventory somewhere. You can switch it out later, I just need to know that before you start any missions.

Roman Cassidy, remove one of your bonuses on your custom history type and it should work out fine.

...Though admittedly, a silenced shotgun won't be too effective on the "silence" part until it receives further upgrades down the road. Don't expect to be able to fire that thing in a building and not get the attention of everyone in the same room, or even in adjacent rooms. It will probably prevent reverberation from alerting the entire block, so, it's not entirely useless, just giving you a heads up.

@Everyone: Two quick updates while I'm here.

First, missions. Missions will be using a new system with a familiar structure. Instead of several disparate missions, there will be one "main" mission set up in a chapter-like structure, dividing players and NPC's alike into squads of anywhere between 3-6 players. This way, if one squad is decimated by deaths of player leaves, they can reunite with another squad, and the actions of one squad can directly impact another. (ex: If Squad A is trying to slip past, say, a U-ARM convoy, and Squad B uses an RPG on some mystery creature, the convoy might hear that and divert course to investigate.) You can also use this to coordinate flanking maneuvers.

Mission Teaser
"Alright, listen up. We all know the shadow zone is a threat. Under my explicit orders, only scouting squads were to be allowed to enter. The council of ADAM granted our local representative, however, to counterman that order, against all sound logic and reason, and decided to send an entire mechanized convoy in. We sent in forty mechs, sixty tanks, and twenty jeeps, with enough firepower to level half of the old city. They were supposed to report back every two hours. They have failed to reply back in four hours. We're sending you to investigate.

You may enter the shadow zone fog if you have no other choice, but remember, that you'll only be equipped with gas masks. You will die within the hour in there, mutant or not, according to council intelligence, and if you lose your masks, you will instead die within seconds.

If you find any survivors, bring them back alive. We need them more than anything else. Failing that, bring back any of the mech logs. Any one with a sensor package should have one located in the black box compartment.

I will not be able to accompany you on this mission due to the need to interrogate a U-ARM agent we captured, they were planning on attempting a second nuclear attack on Chicago, and we need to put a stop to that. Instead, Captain Derek will be accompanying you in his attack chopper, Achilles Heel. Try to bring him back alive as well. He may be a show off, but he is the son of a council member, so his loss would be a hard blow to my credibility, and by extension, yours.

Dismissed. God be with you all, if he should listen to such petty things as human prayers." -Colonel Marie Black, BCSec.

Second, a teaser on my own character, who will be a woman. Maybe a listener, maybe a grunt, still juggling which I should do. Inspiration for her, (source). Either way, likely building a team player.

[Alphakoka]

Brovo said
Achilles Heel.

Well, that doesn't sound dangerous at all.

[PCSutfin]

Brovo said Roman Cassidy, remove one of your bonuses on your custom history type and it should work out fine.

I removed the intimidate bonus and mention of it in the history description.

Thanks for giving clear details on how effective my gun's going to be. It's also good to know that I can get upgraded parts for my gun later on, too.

[GreenGoat]

This is longer than I thought. ._.

This alright?

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Name: Junko Heizen.

Age: 25

Sex: Female

Appearance:


History Type:
European Mercenary: Your character comes from the cutthroat European continent, a land of despots and mercenaries. Needless to say, they know their way around weapons, and never find themselves in a situation they cannot instinctively find an escape for... At least, for themselves, anyway. They tend to be distrusted more by others, but can bluff better than most.

(A little better on dealing damage, can usually find an escape route out of a terrible situation, generally distrusted by the majority, good at bluffing their way out of situations.)

Biography: Someone always wanted someone else dead. The truth of this was hammered in her through her turbulent childhood, filled with the barks of guns and the smell of spent bullets and blood. Her own father was shot through the neck; she had tried to staunch the bleeding as he gurgled his last breath. Her own mother was torn apart by a tank shell meant for a heavy mech covering them; she had looked through her remains later to recover whatever she could keep. There was no mourning, no sadness, just the depressing truth of her life, those born of the mercenaries fighting a war for the blue blooded people. There was no doubt in her mind that she would die pretty much the same way her parents did.

Before they died however, they did manage to teach her how to hold a gun and some basic trainings, so she took to the mercenary trade by herself. Junko had no desire to become one of those people who cowered with every gunshot they heard, who ran powerless as soldiers kicked down their doors. But mercenary trade was a hard one, and often contracts were tied to one's reputation amongst the other mercs and those middlemen who sought out employers for them. Often times she was hired onto a squad expected to be nothing more than meatshields to slow the enemies down. Very bad for one's health, but often pays half upfront and half later if you came back alive, regardless of the outcome of the battle. A lot of the people she took money from looked rather surprised to see her, then a very young girl, lining up the next day after the mission to receive her pay. Of course, her learning how to hide herself, and finding good escape routes early helped a lot.

Her reputation soon skyrocketed, being so young and to have survived many of the grasscutter contracts was enough to set mercs talking. And finally, she got hold of one of the better contract, being a spotter in a two man op. She was paired up with a very old looking man holding an old looking rifle with a wooden stock. Though at first she had her own doubts about the man, her first mission with him proved how a man's will could be a powerful weapon. She took another mission, partnering with the old man again, and after that another mission, with the same partner, and again, and again. In time she learned a lot of things about combat from the old man, and gained a reputation for being the 'Lecherous old sniper and that young girl" duo. Not really a title she wanted to hold but it does send a lot of the better contracts their way.

As time passed the old man's hands were too shaky to hold a rifle straight, and they switched duty; she became the sniper, and he was the spotter. The first mission she took as a sniper went shakily, but was successful. Soon, while she wasn't quite as good as the old man, she became very competent shot.

But as there are beginnings, there must be endings as well. The old man, being as old as he was, passed away during one night. She had seen squadmates die, seen people explode, shredded to bits of meat, bone and gristle, but this old man dying somehow was different. A feeling she didn't understand hung over her for weeks, before news reached her of some sort of dangerous shadow zone in America. Junko wasn't anywhere near understanding that feeling, but dangerous zones was something she understands.

Danger means contracts, and contracts mean money.

And money is power.

Technical Information: This information is your character’s skill sets and inventory.

Career Path: Your character only has the time and resources to really devote themselves to one line of training to begin with. This determines if they’ll pilot small mechs, wield powerful mutations, or even fight as a special forces’ soldier might. To start with you may pick from one of three basic routes, which can evolve into specialties, cross-over into the other two fields, and more, as time progresses and your character’s skills grow. How you play your character will help determine how they shape out in what unique skills and items they accumulate, and what options you will be presented with later down the line. Essentially: Your actions will help dictate how your character grows in power and abilities.

Grunt:

Custom Weapon

C-DMRS308 "Vladimir"
Modifications: You may start with two modifications to your custom weapon of choice.

--Mod 1:
Hi-Tech Scope (Infrared): Attaches a scope to your weapon of choice which has thermal vision installed.

--Mod 2:
Silencer: A simple silencer that reduces noise and muzzle flash of a firearm. It’s fairly ineffective on laser weapons, which have an easily sighted trail between firing point and target... (Noise/Light reduction on traditional firearms; little effect on laser weapons)

--Mod 3:
Electrified Bayonet: A large, electrified bayonet attached to the end of your weapon. Upon striking a target it electrocutes them, even on a minor cut, allowing an easy finishing blow in what would otherwise be a one way fight with any halfway decent melee-oriented mutant. It’s also a not-so-surprisingly effective weapon to charge into enemies with.
(Melee bonuses, charge bonus)

--Mod 4:
Quality Make: Replaces the parts of the weapon with precise, custom made parts, improving its machination. Improves on the weapon's structure's strength and integrity, while giving a slight boost to accuracy due to the barrel and sight's quality.

Advanced Training

You may start with two pieces of advanced training.

--AT 1:
CQC: Crab battle!! (Melee bonus)

--AT 2:
GECKO: Your character has received training in the art of blending in with the terrain, moving quietly, and more. They are naturals at not being found, and vanishing into thin air where it counts. In places rife with physical cover or cover of darkness, or with sufficient distractions nearby, a Grunt can escape from plain sight and dart to another location to hide. (Stealth bonuses, allows a Grunt to sometimes escape from plain sight with sufficient prerequisites around.)
>Baited and Outsmarted (Rank 2): An amusing catchphrase screamed out by some of the more juvenile, though completely appropriate to describe this duel edged upgrade to the Grunt's arsenal and tactical thinking. First: Their flashbangs now double as smoke grenades, and they now start with four per mission instead of just two. It is also presumed that they know how to properly cover their eyes and have grown accustomed to it, no longer being blinded even if dropped at point blank so long as they cover their eyes, with the ringing in their ears reduced in intensity. The smoke within the grenades expands nearly instantly into a small space, though out in the open its effects are limited. Second: When escaping from harm, they have a good chance of predicting where it is the enemy will search, and thus, whatever path they take is the least likely path by which the enemy will follow. (Improved flashbangs/smoke grenades and a greater chance that enemies will take the wrong path to pursue them once they've lost eyesight.)

--AT 3:
Damned Fine Aim: A character with a natural tendency to hit targets in critical points if they stop, aim fully, exhale, and pull the trigger. If a character takes added time to line up a shot, they generally almost always hit that shot. (Greatly improved aim if time is taken to line up a shot instead of reaction firing at a target. Increases chance of hitting a weak point without knowing where it is. Decreases defense for that round.)

Manifest Destiny:
[hider=explanation]Humanity has a knack for survival, for a variety of reasons. The first is their versatility: These Grunts have trained hard enough that they can wield any weapon masterfully and without penalty. The second is their numbers: These Grunts can radio in for artillery strikes or aerial support and generally can get at least one per mission. The third is their stubborn ingenuity: These Grunts have access to top of the line technology like Pilots to amplify their abilities, and have access to the same laboratories. This grants access to one piece of custom technology; Grunts are of course free to make up their own ideas.

XCELL Visor Mk.I: One of the newfangled device, overlaying on the user's vision a HUD, with custom renameable markers, new ability to take HD pictures and videos, sillhouette ID matching for convenience when tagging with the markers, MP3 player, customizable tint color on the go, and several choices of frame colors, and last but not least, a fashionable bag to keep it in when not in use.

Also comes with a brand new motion detector integrated.[/hider]

Inventory: Your character’s inventory. You may add as many miscellaneous items as you wish, within reason. There are some things added here already: You get to keep these unless they’re replaced by a different item based on your career path. (ex: Pilots would replace Medkit with Technician Kit.)

Weapons

Combat Knife: The standard army combat knife. A design over a century old still more than effective enough to carry on into the future.

Standard Issue Council Pistol: Your standard issue, eighteen shot clip pistol provided to nearly everyone in the bunkers and on most homesteads, to both civilians and armed personnel alike. This is based off of the glock-18 model, with some near-future modifications.

C-DMRS308 "Vladimir": A Russian made DMR custom tooled for her.

Armour

Civilian Clothing: You wear a set of civilian clothing. This has no armour value and is thus pretty good to sneak around in, but, then again, if anything so much as breathes on you, you're a dead man.

Medium Armour:Much medium. Such protect. wow

Medicine & Tech

Medkit: Your standard medkit, including bandages, stitches, rubbing alcohol, and more.

Radio: A simple radio for contacting others.

Frag Grenade: A small hand held explosive. Pull the pin and throw it into a small room for maximum effect, as it isn’t all that effective in a large area with several pieces of cover... Each character starts with two frag grenades.

Flashbang: A non-lethal version of the Frag Grenade, this weapon’s purpose is to cause a bright flash of light and a loud bang, blinding and deafening opponents. Each character starts with two flashbangs.

Respirator: An item she had taken to wearing out of habit. A device designed to protect the wearer from inhaling harmful dusts, fumes, vapors, or gases. She keeps several slides of the filter handy, should she need to replace the filter.

Miscellaneous

Anything that is just excess fluff in most situations, like dog-tags, or a watch.

Dog-Tags: A way to identify your horrible mangled corpse. Congratulations! At least you won't die forgotten mister... Uh... What was your name again?

Standard Watch: Your standard wrist watch, likely powered by gears and springs as in old clockwork, only compartmentalized to fit on the wrist.

Flash-Light: Useful in dark places. Often mounted on a shoulder or duct-taped to a weapon.

Story Driven Development

Junko Heizen
--Two in the Bush: Having struggled to shoot through the Shadowzone earlier, she's trained and adjusted her scope accordingly. (No penalties for shooting long distance in the Shadowzone. Bonuses for chances to cause debilitating injuries to mutants that are otherwise extremely hard to kill.)
--Juggernaut Killer: Junko has thought long and hard about the heavy armour that U-ARM soldier was using before... What a shame if it had failed him. (Greater chance to pierce heavy armour.)

Signature: Greengoat. Vladimir lied to Brovo about his camo btw.