[OOC] Anthem(Cyberpunk/Sci-fi)

[DAWNSTAR]

"The train has now arrived at Red Line Station 5." said the electronic voice. It said the same thing every day to those arriving at Station 5 but something was different this day. The moment that passenger started to disembark, a massive explosion shook the Station causing it to flood. The bulkheads began closing as soon as the leak was detected. Few people survived this event but those who remember the explosion will be scarred for the rest of their lives.
*The widescreen T.V. flickers off.*
"This is the second time this month that the Stations have been hit by some explosion. Some say that this was just some crazy freak accident where a part wasn't working correctly. They are wrong!"
The man who was speaking stood at the head of table with five other men and three women. As the man finished speaking, he slammed his fist into the oak table. His security card read that he was Vincent Hightower of Hightower Robotics.
"Don't you fools understand?! This is not an accident, it is a terrorist attack! We have to nip this threat in the bud before they hit major Stations like Yellow Line Station 8 or worse, the Hub." As the man finished his statement, a audible click came from the door as it opened to reveal a older woman. Her security card read that she was Rio de Gras, Mayor of Anthem.
"You are just worried, Vincent, that these terrorists might just hit the Stations which transports your company's products. Should that happen you would lose not only profit but also have delays in the transportation of your products. It could also lead to quite the distrust for your Robotics if terrorists are starting to target your rail lines."
Madame Mayor answered to Vincent who, with a furious look on his face, sat back down in his seat. Hightower Robotics was the leading producer of artifical body parts and repair bots.
"We are sending in a special team of people to get to the bottom of these attacks so there is no need to worry. I am sure our team will be able to takedown the terrorist group before any major damage is done."
With the final statement from Madame Mayor, everyone stood up from their seats at the table and started to leave. The room was eriely silent with everyone gone. Madame Mayor, the only remaining person in the room, pulled out seven files from her purse. They were the files of those selected to infiltrate the terrorists group.

Welcome one and all to the city of Anthem. It is a sci-fi/cyberpunk city that is completely underwater. Yep, it is every land dweller's worst nightmare! In this city, people will have one, if not more, robotic body parts. Yet, there are those who don't want the robotic parts. It started out as protesting places like Hightower Robotics and Bour Robotics Research Labs. After a few months, the protesting died down and it was believed that the protesters had died down. They were wrong. Green Line Station 2 was flooded by an explosion caused by a part malfunction. Luckily, Green Line Station 2 was transporting building materials that week. Now with Red Line Station 5 being hit by a similar explosion which led the the above conversation. You will play as either a member of the team selected to infiltrate the terrorists, a citizen who is a member of the terrorists, or a citizen with no ties to the terrorists.

Anthem

The city of Anthem is found twenty five miles underwater on a planet known as Viora Minor. Now your main question would be, how can Anthem hold against that water pressure? Anthem is designed so that the water pressure is all applied on an outer shell of metal. Every building in Anthem has two parts, the outer shell and inner shell. The outer shell is made from titanium and the newly discovered metal, Vordium. The alloy of Titanium and Vordium can take the pressure which would crush the inner shell and instead redirects the pressure into triangular struts. The inner shell of the buildings of Anthem consists of steel and LCDs so as to emulate life on dry land.

Once again you would ask, how does it stay heated and powered? Geo-thermal energy. Anthem is sitting at the lowest point on Viora Minor and is prime position to harvest the Geo-thermal energy and use it as their primary power. The bowels of Anthem are notoriously warm and is generally where those who have poor paying jobs or who work on the Geo-thermal engines live. Red Line Station 27 is the only Station known to take you to the bowels. Green Line Stations are known mostly for transporting building supplies while the Yellow Line Station is used for transporting trade materials. Red Line Stations are used to transport people throughout Anthem while the Blue Line Stations exist to take citizens of Anthem above water to the floating cities of Arbor and Polarti.

The terrorists

Little is known about the terrorist but it is believed that they are all are against the use of robotic body parts. Their attack on Green Line Station 2 was believed to cripple the building of another factory that would produce more products for Hightower Robotics. The following attack on Red Line Station 5 crippled the work force of Bour Robotics Research Labs.

Important people

Rio de Gras- Madame de Gras is the Mayor of Anthem who personally picked out all of the operatives assigned to infiltrate the terrorist responsible for the attack on Red Line Station 5. She is an older woman of sixty-five with a robotic left arm and leg. Her hair is a salt and pepper color and always kept up in a simple bun. Her tanned skin tells of the years she spent above water. Madame de Gras was once married to Vincent Hightower's father, Marcus Hightower, and still holds some resentment towards Vincent and his father. Madame de Gras is not a nice woman but very practical and cold hearted.

Vincent Hightower- Vincent Hightower is the current owner of Hightower robotics. He is a young man of twenty-eight with pale skin and brown hair. His cold nature is countered only by his love for robotics. Vincent himself has robotic arms and legs with bionic eyes that change from blue to the occasional gold. All his robotic and bionic parts enhance his physical capabilities and make him quite the formidable man. Vincent Hightower helped cause the divorce between Marcus Hightower and Rio de Gras.

WIP

Rules:
1. No cookie cutter characters. Try to be original when you design a character.
2. There will be several violent scenes throughout this but sexual scenes are to be pm only.
3. Follow site rules.
4. Romance, it is likely to happen sooner or later and it is entirely possible and allowed.
5. Events will happen every now and again and they will be under my control but your input will be considered.
6. Your characters will get hurt and it is more than likely you will end up in a hospital every now and again.

Character sheet:

Appearance:
Name:
Age:
Personality:
Gender:
History:
Occupation:
Faction:(Civilian, terrorist, or agent)
Other:

Character List:
Nothing so far.

[RumikoOhara]

Name: ? (Real Name Unknown)

AKA: Toy

Age: ? (Unknown)

Personality: Her present personality is a result of her status as a Playbeing Implanted Personality Chip and her current assignment to the special investigation branch.
She is a very sensual person when not engaged in her duties.
Intelligent and insightful Toy is not a typical Playbeing and her employment as an agent of special branch is only partially the cause.
Friendly and dedicated to her team she is a good friend
Clever and adaptive she is able to undertake any and most non-combat assignments.

Gender: Female

History: Toy's exact age is unknown due to intensive genetic manipulation that some say displays the signs that she is a bioroid.
She was discovered in a raid on a criminal cartel's hidden weapons plant which had been supplying illegal cyber weaponry to criminals and other organizations.
She was one of three such beings found wired into a type 63 military tactical computer which they'd been ordered to Hack and had done so.
They were all identical in appearance but their genetic codes dissimilar enough to remove any trace of their being triplets or clones.
They were Coded as Toy, Widget and Kitten.
Named the Three sisters by special branch they were taken away for study and later repurposed.
Widget now works as a Data retrieval and research specialist in Special Branch.
Kitten is now an specialist for the tactical communications analysis branch were she decodes encrypted data and mail along with performing signal analysis studies.
Toy proved to be the more adaptive of the sisters and due to her cleverness and intelligence was absorbed into Special Branch's covert operations teams
Toy and her sisters share an unusual language that is in dynamic evolution that requires little or no contact for each of them to be able to decrypt, this gives Special Branch a computer language that cannot or is extremely difficult to Hack.
The sisters were all offered the chance to change their names but each one declined saying they were who they were.
Toy has previously been deployed on two covert assignments where her performance and adaptability were beyond expectation.
She is now Special Branch's favored Net Diver and when not on assignment assists her sisters in their duties.

Occupation: Net Diver and Infiltration expert (Spy/Undercover)
Faction: Agent
Other:

Playbeing Package

They are the true life of the party. The ”Erotic, Exotic” is always a welcome and popular guest.
And what makes a Playbeing different from a normal exotic? Those ”Special extras under the hood” so to speak. Lose your inhibitions, become a Master (or Mistress) of the arts of the arts of physical pleasure. Who needs drugs or pleasure-center wire heading?
Please yourself and others with just a few ”enhancements”
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Disclaimer
The rumors of persons being converted to exotic Playbeings against their will by Biotechnica are false; as can be seen below, Biotechnica requires a legal waiver indicating intent and protecting against unfounded legal action before allowing any person to purchase a Playbeing accessory package for installation.
Any proven incidents of ”Playbeing manufacture” are due to unscrupulous agencies not connected to Biotechnica.
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Biotechnica refuses to install the Playbeing package in any person without a signed waiver indicating that the applicant wishes to become a Playbeing and absolves Biotechnica of all legal responsibility for any and all psychological aberrations or problems arising from the Playbeing package.
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The Playbeing package is usually added to an existing exotic conversion but can be purchased without exotic conversions.
Playbeings usually have their Attractiveness raised by the finest plastic surgery available.
The Package includes a Mr. Stud/Lady Midnight implant
(the add for the Mr. Stud package reads ”All night, every night an they'll never know the difference” or (The Lady Midnight package)
Tactile boost hard wired into sexual implant.
Chipware socket with the ”Maximum Lover” chip and a Behavior chip, specific behavioral slant is chosen by the user to correspond to his/her emotional patterns and wishes, in any case the chips stimulates the libido; plus a contraceptive implant.
Optionally the pleasure impulses from sexual activity can be fed to the tactile boost.
This can lead to addiction to such activity as well as nervous or physical overload
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Specialty Wetware
Toy's neural pathways are laced by a complex nano-web CPU suspected of being an illegal installation of the banned Thoth project.
Thoth was an experimental project of the now disbanded Heradon Corporation which sought to combine the human brain with a molecular computer in an effort to make a infinite memory system for storing data in a secure and mobile space. The project was banned and the Corporation disbanded when it was found that the development group had been hiding a large number of fatalities among the test subjects. Those few that did survive were vegetables and of little use as their altered brain structures made data retrieval impossible.
Toy's brain while resembling the Thoth system dose display a more complex pattern than the banned technology and her functionality is not as a Data Citadel but as a Cyber Deck that is three to four generations ahead of any currently in production.
It is for this reason that Toy was made a member of special branch instead of locking her away in a shielded mental institute.

Special training: Toy is by nature of her Playbeing programing a borderline pacifist so her weapons skills are limited to handguns an stunners.
She is trained in evasion, stealth, disguise, security systems, interview and gymnastics

[The Fated Fallen]

Name: Benito Vertelli

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Personality: Untrusting and quick to leave when the going gets tough, a life in cyber crime will do that to you.
Tries to be honourable and help people as much as possible, but thinks that people don't always see the greater good that is needed
Having doubts as to whether the bombings are the right thing to do

Appearance: Rugged, long coat and quick smile. Normally seen with sunglasses and glued to a digital tablet. Clean shaven and pretty skinny, not very well built

History: Used to work as lead IT technician at Hightower Robotics but left after realising (or being led to believe) that they were using immoral means to generate sales
Dropped into the criminal underbelly of Anthem, where he developed skills and contacts. Notably as a fixer and an operation leader by hacking from a distance
Was related to the operation involved in the creation of Toy and her sisters which is why he seeks to redeem himself by working for a higher cause

Occupation: Cyber criminal / Fixer

Faction: Terrorist

Other: Preffered weapon is a pistol or a Tanto.
Likes peanut butter sandwhiches
Addicted to Methadone, which almost acts as a leash to the terrorist group
Hates acting alone, or blackmailing people

[DAWNSTAR]

RumikoOhara said
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Yep, that is accepted.

[DAWNSTAR]

The Fated Fallen said
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Accepted

[Lord Wyron]

Appearance:

Emmett

Name: Emmett Frost

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 186 pounds

Age: 37

Personality: Calm, collected, professional
Courteous and kind, if only on a professional level
Intelligent and resourceful
Addicted to antipsychotics
Empathetic to schizophrenics
Severe hatred for terrorists

Gender: Male

History: Emmett first worked in Anthem as a security guard, stationed at Hightower Robotics to keep the facility safe. Emmett did his job well and with professionalism, which increased his reputation in the company. After an unspecified amount of time, Emmett underwent a prototype surgical procedure to graft a neurological implant to Emmett's brain to increase his performance and abilities, along with prosthetic eyes. The surgery was deemed a success (though the degeneration of the neural implant was unforeseen) and Emmett was released, where he was promoted to the rank of 'Agent' and eventually assigned to the mission of infiltrating a group of high-ranking terrorists who were attacking Anthem.

Occupation: Agent, former security guard

Faction: Agent

Arsenal: Emmett's weaponry consists of a standard-issue handgun, combat knife, and a tazer.

Skills: Being a special agent for Hightower Robotics, Emmett is trained in the use of firearms, CQC, and various melee weapons. His neural implant grants him abnormal reflexes and reaction time, and his optical implants grant him sight that far exceeds that of a normal human.

Equipment: Emmett has a wrist-mounted computer device that has access to both the database connected to his implant and to the Internet. The computer can monitor vital signs, accesses a targeting system connected to his optical implants, has a radio, and a downloadable map of Anthem.

Other:

Information on Neural Implant

Emmett's neural implant was an experimental device that, when implanted, was said to enhance the user's senses, reflexes, and base performance, as well as allowing him to access a database that collects memories/thoughts/people and organizes them as such. The surgery is dangerous and high-risk, with even the slightest error resulting in possible brain damage or brain death. However in Emmett's case, the implant was successfully inserted. An unforeseen consequence of the implant that the surgeons failed to recognize was the possibility of the implant slowly degenerating, giving the user symptoms of schizophrenia/bipolar disorder and eventually leading to the death of the user. Antipsychotics can be administered to curb the symptoms of delusion.

Coat

Computer

Pistol

Work Uniform

[DAWNSTAR]

Ghost Shadow said
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Accepted. I will wait for a few more sheets before making the IC.

[DAWNSTAR]

Wellp, this is another time one of my rps have died.

[RumikoOhara]

Sometimes it requires a bit of shameless promotion

[Lord Wyron]

I concur, we need more interest.

[Voltus_Ventus]

I am quite interested.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Appearance:

Name: Klexton Starkweather
Age: 30
Personality:
Quick to the point, he dislikes formalities because he just doesn't have time for them.
Honest, to the point that it can hurt if it is directed to the right people, some would call him frank, others blunt.
Calm in stressful conditions, when the world seems to bare down on him, he pushes it back up.
Brutally perceptive, he can see weaknesses and strengths and knows how to avoid and exploit them.
Negotiator, he has a way with words that makes him suited to getting what he wants and when he wants it.
History:
Born in the underwater metropolis, Klexton was raised in the ever changing world of business. Technological advancement after technological advancement fueling the growth of industries and companies from start ups to mega-corporations, making the stock market an interesting and profitable place to be and that's what he specialized in, advanced stock broking, foreseeing the future of the market and profiting from greatly. Raised in a fairly religious family he grew up to shun enhancing the body with technology but did not mind being around people with enhancements, he was taken to court on many occasions under the suspisian of being an anti-enhancement terrorist, however he defeated these baseless claims easily but his company -Starkweather Advanced Broking- was hit hard because of the allegations, a lacking PR department coupled with an untrusting populace turning his once prosperous organization into shambles. He pooled up as much money as he could and legally declared the company bankrupt, selling his assets and moving to the far side of the city to live in the family estate. Soon he was contacted by Hightower Robotics and offered a job in their market department, he accepted and worked there till the day of the attack where he was on the bombed platform, the company refused to pay him his insurance to get biological parts so had to get bionic parts, angering him and making him quit.
Occupation: Former stock broker, currently in arms manufacturing.
Faction: Civilian
Arsenal: Fex-88 Bolt Thrower ( gun
Other: Deals weapons to anyone with the cash. His entire torso was hit by the explosion so all his origins in that area were replaced and most of his joints replaced with servo motors, he can run faster then your average Joe and can do so for longer.

[The Fated Fallen]

Perhaps I could get some friends in? (That's a big perhaps but I'll see what I can do)

[DAWNSTAR]

Voltus_Ventus said
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Accepted

The Fated Fallen said
Perhaps I could get some friends in? (That's a big perhaps but I'll see what I can do)

Alright then. I won't be starting until I get one more sheet. After that I will close the applications for agents but it might open again in the future.

[BingTheWing]

Making a CS sheet...

[Lord Wyron]

Fantastic! I think we're finally getting the attendance we asked for :)

[The Fated Fallen]

With any luck

[Voltus_Ventus]

I am quite partial to cake my self.

[The Fated Fallen]

Who isn't? Put a crumb of cake in a mouse trap and you'll never fail to catch someone's finger

[Voltus_Ventus]

Or tongue, depending on how "special" they are.