[OOC] Along A Different Path (Robotech/Macross inspired anthro-optional RP)

[Rafale]

Love the idea for the MiG-27(? Did you mean the MiG-29 or Su-27?) silhouette on the SV-52. Brilliant idea.

[Slamurai]

Hurp; I did mean MiG-29! Looks nothing like a Flogger, hah.

[Rhona W]

Name: Iriana 'Irry' Jacquo
Age: 29
Race: Sentinel
Species: Olthranan, Red Panda.

Appearance:

Personal Info:
Twinkle-eyed, and cheeky-smiling, Irry looks almost impish and playful, even when tooled up in her combat harness. However, behind the visage rests a sharp mind and cunning wits.
Always something of a mischievous trouble-maker, she does nonetheless mean to do well, but has poor impulse control on occasion, leading to fights or problems with items from supplies occasionally vanishing, or Irry ending up where she's technically not supposed to be. It's not that she has a problem with the structure or authority of the military, she just gets curious and impatient, and sometimes that blots out everything else.
However, when the going gets tough and the chips are down, she'll pitch in and do her part, and she does believe in doing the right thing and helping people, and is willing to listen to people with more skill and experience than her - something she knows that there are an abundance of, despite her own prowess.
Otherwise, she is somewhat strong and bold in her personality, and is not afraid to talk to others and try to make friends, or to ask questions and get involved. She has a naturally fun-loving disposition, with little time to waste on those who are short-mannered, or otherwise lost in gloom and doom and their own opinions. She is not unkind or does not care, but is more of the opinion that life is too short, and there are bigger problems, and that one must take an active hand in making things better, both for yourself and others.

Personal History:
Irry was always an inquisitive and rambunctious girl growing up. Full of energy and a crafty intelligence and a twinkle in her eye, she was the kind of little girl who'd always have a torn dress and a scraped knee from beating up boys and climbing trees (well, more trees than normal, anyway).
Always going where she shouldn't and getting into trouble, she was loved dearly by her parents, but frequently drove them to their wits end as well.
Sending her to boarding school didn't help, and only made her a ringleader in her mischief, which grew in it's complexity and scope.
For her part, it wasn't that she wanted to be naughty, so much as she loved the thrill and excitement of knowing she was doing what she wasn't supposed to, and the challenge of coming up with schemes and not being caught.
She also loved the physical activity, and found it more mentally stimulating than being in classes or doing 'girl stuff', as she put it.
When she discovered boys, things only got worse, and alcohol added fuel to the fire. It wasn't long before she started getting into fights and serious trouble, though she always felt remorse for hurting others, and only ever fought after being provoked or to look after others - unfortunately for her, she had a hair trigger, and a habit for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Frustrated by her repeated trouble, her parents sent her off to military school, which she went to with some willingness. Doing well, she found the challenge refreshing - and a new opportunity to mess with the rules. However, her instructors were hard on her, and managed to curb and channel her behavior.
From there she found her way into the military, and from there the Special Forces detachment after showing her smarts and cunning, and her willingness to be bold and test the rules and limits, and her prowess as an aggressive fighter. She was trained in the piloting and operation of an Alpha.

Mecha: SV-VII Alpha Fighter
Weapons and equipment:
Razlan Arms 10mm Combat Handgun
RTA3A .308 Assault Carbine
Kukri Knife

Personal Theme: Get Free

Name: Gabriel 'Struck' Strucker
Age: 33
Race: Human
Species: Terran Human

Appearance:

Personal Info:
Gabe is a romantic and a daydreamer. He is a cheerful type, often using a blunt quip to take the bleak edge off of situations, and treating everything that comes his way with a mixture of head-on confrontation and cool, laid-back humour - even if it does faze or surprise him.
This is somewhat of a front, as he knows that however good you are and hard you train, there's always someone out there gunning for you who's better, and one day the golden BB will find it's mark. In the meantime though, he does the best he can, and tries to live life well and to the full.
Friendly, charismatic and somewhat cocky, he is easy to like and gets along well with most people, and tries not to let his problems show. While seeming superficial and lacking in connection with others - especially women - he does have a surprising amount of understanding and depth, which he lets show when it's needed.

Personal History:
Always looking forward, Gabe was a kid with his head in the clouds. Easy going but driven to explore and go higher and faster in all things, he was a kid - and an adult - who pushed the boundaries and bent the rules, but was always where the action could be found at the right time.
Possessed of a strong personality that others followed, he did well in school, though his teachers always commented that he day-dreamed. Once he found out about planes, and about girls, that was it for him: There was no other option than the UN Naval Air Forces
After enlisting and training, he fought in several major engagements in the third world war, piloting F-14 Tomcats. His prowess and quick-thinking got him promoted, and he was tipped for a top-billed slot until the Macross fell.
After the chaos was sorted out, he was quickly assigned to test and evaluation programs, which soon took on active duty roles too. He flew F-14++ KAI Tomcats for a brief period, before becoming part of 'Project Valkyrie', and piloting some of the first operational sorties of the VF-0 in combat.
He was transferred to the Macross Air Wing only a week before launch, and flew his first squadron sortie in combat after the disaster of the fold-jump. Several of his pilots died, and he blames himself, despite the utter chaos of the situation. He hopes to make amends with the mission with the Sentinels, and feels his edge is slipping after so many narrow escapes.

Mecha: VF-1S Phoenix, in a white-black-blue paint scheme

Weapons and equipment:
Standard Issue RDF gear and weapons for Variable Fighter pilot.
Personal flight suit colour scheme of dark red and royal blue.

Personal Theme: Information High

[Rafale]

Youngest again it seems. Well, let's hope that this time people don't instantly label my character as annoying/cocky/whatever, unlike a certain other flight RP that I played...

*COUGHCOUGHFACELESS14COUGHCOUGH*

Good times.

[Rhona W]

Wow, great to see you've all been busy!

Ramzam, your character is great, I like him already. I can imagine he and Irry would probably be friends already.

Rafale, old chumly - your character is fine; if you have a backstory for ms. mysterious and how she got where she is, could you PM it my way (if you haven't already!) she's definitely approved otherwise though.

Aristo, your character is brilliant. I dig a girl with an eyepatch. I think, give Gabe's backstory, that we need to have some kind of connection there, even if it's an unknowing one.
Also, I mentioned Robotech-enhanced Tomcats in Gabe's background... they totally had to have done the same thing to MiG-29's or Flankers.

Youngest again it seems. Well, let's hope that this time people don't instantly label my character as annoying/cocky/whatever, unlike a certain other flight RP that I played...

That was more because of how smug and superior he was, and how I'M RIGHT AND YOU'RE WRONG he was as well, than his age >.< it was remarkably frustrating!
As long as she's not like that, it'll be fine :P

[Rhona W]

*fanfare* Confirmed characters are now added to the Opening Post! Huzzah!

[Ramzam]

How many slapfights do you think it'd take?

Anyway, pl;zdfblb;zdfn I forgot what I was actually going to say, so I'll just take a nap. After that I'll make a couple adjustments to my character and get back to work on my own game.

[Rafale]

Silverwind Blade said
That was more because of how smug and superior he was, and how I'M RIGHT AND YOU'RE WRONG he was as well, than his age >.< it was remarkably frustrating! As long as she's not like that, it'll be fine :P

Oh I see. Completely understandable reason. Well, you'll be glad to know that during the post forumpocalypse period, I spent a great deal of my time honing my skills on other site's roleplaying section, and most of the time, I didn't get yelled at! ;)

I'll send you the back story in a bit, pal. Also, Aristo, eyepatches for the win. Doesn't matter what kind (whether it be Big Boss black or Rikka Takanashi white), they're all wonderful! :D

[Rhona W]

Eyepatches are so cool, the coolest thing would be wearing two!

...wait, hang on.....

[Rafale]

Could definitely work, if both eyes were covered by...

Solid Eyes!

[Rhona W]

That would look hilariously ridiculous xD

[Rafale]

Very.

Finishing up the back story, will send it to you in a bit.

[HopelessIncubus]

tempted to make it cannon for mike, "the blind brawler"

[Rafale]

Well, sent you the back story, Silver. Going to bed now, I'll see your reply tomorrow and answer any questions if need be.

[Winter]

I'll probably get a sheet up soon. I just need some time to get stuck into the archive of information on the OP :P

[Rhona W]

Hey, it wouldn't be one of my games if there wasn't an essay to read through :P and besides, you all said it was one of the things that made it worthwhile last time.

[Minder]

Name: Tashia Wex
Age: 23
Race: Sentinel
Species: Tirolian
Appearance:
Tall and thin, with purplish-tinted skin and pale hair worn in a ponytail. Like this, only dressed more appropriately, and a bit less busty:

Image

Personal Info:
Deeply frustrated by the situation her race now finds itself in, Tashia is ambitious, driven and quite prideful – both personally and nationally. She hates the idea that the abandoned Tirolians are rejects or failures, the insinuation a surefire way to set her temper off. Keenly aware of her own failings, she comes off as a borderline workaholic, spending large chunks of her down-time in the simulators or reviewing past flight records, improving her skills through sheer persistence. People who get close to her, however, find that she can be a dedicated friend with something of a big-sister complex - she likes to see her friends do well too, and doesn't shy away from holding them to her high standards for their own good.

Personal History:
Tashia was born into a poor family, in one of the least well-off cities on Tirol. Her early life taught her the value of a tight-knit community, the adolescent Tirolian taking odd jobs or watching half of her accommodation block’s children to help the adults get by. When she was old enough, she would have most likely gotten a dead-end job and continued to make ends meet.

She wanted more than that, though. She wanted to better herself, and the best way to do that was to join the Imperial military as soon as she was old enough. The local unit was less of a military and more of a militia or police force, with outdated equipment and relatively poor discipline. Most of their time was spent patrolling the streets or dealing with the more serious crimes. Still, it was an income, a bunk, and training – a foothold she could use to push herself further up. Tash took the job as seriously as if she was stationed on the imperial flagship. She did well in the pilot aptitude test, was trained and eventually assigned one of the unit’s few Variable Fighters. Maybe, just maybe, if she proved herself capable her reassignment requests would actually get answered.

Then the Masters abandoned their home-world, and her unit was deemed unfit to join the exodus. The furious pilot was crushed, her unit left with the unenviable task of maintaining order in a poor city whose government had just disappeared, on a planet under attack from a vastly superior alien force. To her pride, her comrades rose to the task, gritting their teeth and defending the city long enough for the Sentinels to arrive and reinforce them. With her home relatively safe, Tashia immediately volunteered for duty in the fleet.

Mecha: SV-IX Gamma
Weapons and equipment:
-A pistol, small but punchy.
-A compact PDW.
-A long combat knife (almost a short sword, really), usually sheathed in the small of her back.

[Rhona W]

She's fine, gladly approved. I'll add Tashia to the list of confirmed characters shortly.
That marks enough characters to start, so I'll start working out an opening scene to get us moving, and have something up tomorrow during the day.
In the meantime - here's the original Macross Opening Theme redone with modern animation techniques, and a few extra scenes!

And, for the sake of it, here's another video with a
cover of the same song, and scenes from all of the Macross anime, and even a few of the games!

[Rafale]

MAKUROS
MAKUROS
MAKUROS
MAAAAAAKUROS

[HopelessIncubus]

I...I think rafale is having a stroke.....


also changing my music