[OOC] The Gifted: A Fast Paced Superpower RP

[Eviledd1984]

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[Eviledd1984]

Are you talking to me?

[NarcissisticPotato]

Letter Bee said
Points taken, although there are still the C4 and Incendaries on the Cafeteria and Armory. And, yeah, Constantine may have positioned the EMPs away from Ruby's Cell, but if he managed to shut down the reactor - which I'm guessing he may not have - that would still be fatal.

Don't unintentionally kill my character, please! :P

[Letter Bee]

Don't worry; I'm sure Rumiko had the Reactor EMP-Proofed.

[AcerRo]

Letter Bee said
Are you talking to me?

Yes

I'm going to be doing an edit and add more to it. Times been scarce for me as of late.

[Letter Bee]

Busy reading a Web Serial Novel, Brennus and dealing with personal business. I'll split up my post, later.

Edit: I have no idea how to split up my post; can someone help me?

[Eviledd1984]

Hello how is everyone today?

[Letter Bee]

I'm fine, except for some personal business, and, of course, the aforementioned not knowing how to split my post.

[NarcissisticPotato]

The new IC guys!

Welcome back to the world of the Gifted! This world is unlike our own and after the events of the Maybark Incident, the population of humans with unnatural powers has increased exponentially. These humans, aptly dubbed "metas", are individuals with powers ranging from the most mundane of things to being able to wipe out entire towns in a blink of an eye. Due to initial public backlash, very little is known about the origins of these powers but after public opinion on metas changed, more and more research was indulged in the field. Now, five years later, there isn't a country on the Earth that has yet to arm itself with a powerful Meta or group of Metas.

Whether they serve the public, hire their services out to others or use their powers to make money, metas have become a critical part of life in this new-age of superpowers. The first group highlighted --the Heroes-- are the guardians of the common people and the main judiciary body when it comes to dealing with other metas. The second --the Mercs-- are typically lone-wolves who offer the use of their abilities in different situations, for the right price, of course. For example, a Merc could be paid by a celebrity to protect them or used by gangs for smuggling. The final group --the corporates-- are a group of metas that use their abilities to make money or become top of the food-chain of business. Each group has their differences but they're all linked by one single truth - Metahumans are driving society in a new and completely arbitrary direction.

So, will you climb to the top of the business empire and forge billions for yourself? Or will you protect the innocent from harm in this dangerous new world? Maybe you can even offer your services for a price? Whatever way you choose, it is guaranteed to be a long and bumpy ride.

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Background

May 1st, 2010: The Maybark Incident. At 3:41 pm, at the local community high school in Maybark, NC, student Joseph Brown went on a murderous rampage, ending in the deaths of three fellow students and one teacher. He was eventually taken down by local law enforcement. Normally this would go down as another school tragedy, and perhaps it would get some media attention before dying down after a month or so. This massacre, however, would go down in history books as one of the defining moments in human history. The reason behind this was the assailant's God-complex, largely fueled by his seemingly unnatural powers.

Following this, publicity around mysterious, previously thought unexplainable events exploded. Dozens of individuals were revealed to also have unexplained powers, and shortly after national efforts flushed many more out. Laws were passed in an effort to control those gifted in many countries, forcing thousands to take action: Either hide underground, or make themselves invaluable.

Now, five years later, the Gifted are separated into two groups. The 'Hots', those publicly recognized as having super powers and not treated as pariahs for it. Corporate moguls, public activists, and superpowered groups defending cities all fall under this category. Hots make up a vocal minority of the Gifted, making up perhaps one-tenth of their numbers. The remaining Gifted, 'Colds', stay out of the spotlight. Many try and live normal lives, ignoring their powers to the best of their ability. Some, however, spend their time as anti-heroes roaming the streets, or as private mercenaries and criminals.

It is August 1st, 2015 in Los Angeles. The city is one hit hard by change, having one of the highest rates of registered superhumans. It has recently lost its protectors, a 'hot' group of heroes known as 'The Magi' after the federal government asked them to take care of their new super-prison facility, known as 'The Sleeper Facility'. New heroes have been asked to take their place, from around the nation, and a handful have accepted. Word has spread, and gangs around the city challenge these new capes. Mercenaries are in hot demand as businesses and individuals are unsure of the new heroes, while the corporate 'colds' continue their business as usual. L.A. is rife with possibilities and opportunities for anyone with the guts to make them. The city is seemingly under siege from within, and the worst is still yet to come..

Character Sheet

Name: True, given name.
Alias(s): If you have an alias you're known by.
Age: Self Explanatory.
Affiliations: Either The Heroes, The Mercs, or Corporate.
Description: Basic description of your character in and out of costume.

Powers: Your supernatural abilities. Cumulatively, they should equal standards roughly meeting A Class Ranking or lower.
Skills: Your practical abilities, gained through hard work or natural skill.
Equipment: Any notable equipment you own goes here, including vehicles
Ranking: A Rank or lower.

(Optional) Brief History: A brief summary of your character's back story. Keep it brief.

Power Rankings

SS Rank: Abilities which make the user capable of taking out small cities, bending reality in some profound way, or taking control of small armies. Gifted with SS rankings often have issues with mental health, and given their capabilities, most have a Flee On Sight order.

S Rank: Abilities which allow their user to wipe out small towns, move faster than sound, or can create highly advanced weapons. Generally have a large range, and are considered to be highly dangerous opponents. Most have a Flee On Sight order.

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A Rank: Gifted with A Rank abilities are able to take out city blocks with their powers, lift tens of thousands of pounds, or possess functional immortality. The lower end of this is considered the ceiling for starting PC characters. Most have a Flee On Sight order, unless risk for civilian casualties is low and suitable firepower is present.

B Rank: Those having B Ranked gifts can wipe out commercial sized buildings with their powers, heal others of grievous wounds in minutes, or a strong elemental power. While still exceptionally dangerous, most have a Kill On Sight order, assuming capable personnel and low risk for civilian casualties.

C Rank: These abilities grant the user powers capable of destroying a typical ranch-style home, having a powerful animal physiology, or excellent speed and reflexes. Exponentially more common than B Ranks and above, C Ranked Gifted only have a Kill On Sight order when they refuse registration and resist law enforcement.

D Rank: Again much more common than C Ranked and above, these abilities are often minor but life changing, such as amazing senses or a minor elemental power. Most D Ranked and below accept registration and live normal lives. D Ranks have a Seize On Sight when refusing registration.

E Rank: Almost non existent abilities. Perhaps they can light a cigarette with a snap, or see marginally better in the dark. These powers are actually rarer than D Ranks and above. Most theorize this is because most powers grow over time, while these seem to have stopped after being discovered. Have a Seize On Sight order when refusing registration.

F Rank: The ones who drew the short straw in becoming Gifted. Their abilities harm themselves while offering little to no benefits. When combined with their sometimes uncontrollable nature, many live painful or erratic lives.

*Note, that all of these descriptions assume the height of a user's power. For example, an SS ranked criminal would have difficulty destroying a small city, but would be capable of it given focus and determination. Basically, all powers round UP, to their maximum capabilities.

**Also note, that multiple abilities in a Gifted are not uncommon. In this case the sum of all their powers are taken into account when assigning a ranking to that person.

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Rules

1. Due to our last GM going MIA, no one has particularly stood up to the GM post. For that reason, the decisions made are consecutive and are usually decided amongst the others.
2. This is a PG13 RP! Feel free to cuss and use adjectives in your fights, but no sex! Do that via PM.
3. Yes, this is Low-Casual and up. This means post at least two-three full lines in this thread. However, I still expect clear speech, decent grammar, and good formatting! Walls of text will be ignored until reformatted!
4. No PC Killing without its player's permission. This isn't a rule I'm a huge fan of, but I will enforce it just like the others.
5. Follow any other site rules, in addition to my own. If you make it a habit of breaking rules, you will be allowed a single post to say farewell with your character, and then you will be removed from the RP.
6. Please, enjoy yourself. Immerse yourself in the story, the characters and try to do the best you can!

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CS Examples:

MiddleEarthRoze - Nightingale
AcerRo - Elijah Craigh

[Letter Bee]

Cool post!

[NarcissisticPotato]

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/71712/posts/ooc?page=1#post-2224290 T'is up!

[Eviledd1984]

Letter Bee said
I'm fine, except for some personal business, and, of course, the aforementioned not knowing how to split my post.

Well that is a shame well i hope you have a better day and a coming week.

[Teal]

"Lighthouse"

Full Name: Alec Miller.
Age: 35.
Alias: Lighthouse.
Alignment: Heroes.

Description: First thing that you'll notice when you first get to meet Alec are his many
scars. He has one that crosses his nose and a big wound that covers most of his right eye,
especially his eyelids. Off-duty, he sports a green jacket and a pair of beige pants along
with a nice pair of black military boots. His Lighthouse alter ego wears a standard spec ops
suit, with a mask covering his nose and anything below it. Another defining trait that he
possesses are his radiant eyes, courtesy of his powers.

He stands at 5'10 and weighs 179 kilograms.

Powers: Penetrative vision - Alec's most precious ability is the penetrative vision. With
it, he can clearly see through a 12 inches thick wall, and I'm not exaggerating the
'clearly' part. He can make out important features such as tattoos, birthmarks, battle scars, et cetera.
As the ability is obviously connected to his brain, Alec can tap on his brain willingly
and then fix his vision to cover as much field as he wants. Which leads us to his other ability

Cerebro mode; rational and experimental - There are rare moments where we get to experience
something in slow-motion. Alec can do that everyday, basically. As mentioned previously,
he can tap into his brain willingly and fix his vision, but he can also switch between
two neural modes that affect his battle performance - rational and experimental. Rational
is related to rational decision making part of the brain (hence the name). It allows him
to assess his chances at winning a battle, find out new items to use for different purposes
or even create an escape route. The experimental mode, in the other hand, is where the fun
is. Taping into experimental mode allows his adrenaline levels to increase, which in turn
makes everything in slow-mo. In reality, it's actually him who is moving slightly faster
than your average joe.

Needless to say, the experimental mode is risky. If shit hits the fan, he might not be able
to switch back to normal without having himself drained of stamina first

Skills: While both of Alec's powers serve him good in a battle, they don't directly lead
to physical harm. That's where Alec comes in.

As a former NAVY Seals operative, Miller is proficient in light and heavy firearms. He is also
very good at Krav Maga, an Israeli fighting technique which relies on quick takedowns.

Equipment: Since Alec mostly relies on his gained skills, he is almost all the time in the
background, providing covering fire. He uses a Walther 2000 sniper rifle just for that.
To avoid close encounters, he uses a FN Five-Seven w/ talon grips and a silencer, so as to get a clean kill.
When close combat can't be avoided, his Tracker knife does the job.

As means of transportation, he owns a MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) Plasan Sandcat

Ranking: C Rank

Brief History: Before his powers began to surface, Alec was a decorated Navy SEALs operative
working under the guise of a secret sub-branch codenamed 'Arclight'. The revelation of his
powers led to him losing his mind and, with it, his job as a NAVY Seals. However, the worst
was yet to come. His fiancé, Penelope, who was an investigative journalist working on a case
possibly related to the metahumans, died by the hands of one. Fueled by grief Alec snapped
and went on to adapt an anti-hero persona called Metakiller. He would give himself to
anyone who wanted the head of a metahuman in a plate, no exception. After being saved by one
of the members of the Magi superhero squad, Alec soon began to have a gradual change of heart.
He realized the error of his ways and began to consider the possibility not every metahuman is evil
He went cold for two months before finally resurfacing by the alias of Lighthouse, a reference
to his radiating eyes.

[NarcissisticPotato]

Teal said

Approved!

[NarcissisticPotato]

Found some new people! Feel free to say hello, guys!

[Letter Bee]

Sorry to sound stupid, but how do I get Constantine out of his bind?

[RoflsMazoy]

You could always just get captured and break out

That works sometimes

Also, hi everybody, I'm one of the new guys

Will be doing an intro sooner or later but I'm busy watching all of the stares in the twilight saga

Character sheet is below

[RoflsMazoy]

Name: Alto Ganze

Alias(s): Bio-Weapon

Age: 22

Affiliations: Heroes/Mercenaries


Description:
He now ties his hair up in a ponytail most of the time because his hair got pretty long. He also keeps his hair out of his face with hair pins.

In public, he always wears a lab coat fully buttoned up that would seem a little bit too large for him. When out of the eyes of the public, he wears a red version of the above jacket instead. The sleeves are normal and he now wears a full glove over his right hand as well as the fingerless glove on his left and he keeps spares for both of them in his pockets.

Powers: Alto’s actual power is that he is able to program everything that is programmable as if it was a natural thing to him. His power makes programming second nature, and can also be extended to hacking. Normally that would put him at about A rank still, but then there’s the robot arms.

One day (which will be explained in history), Alto got a robot arm. A bunch of stuff happened (which will be explained in history) and now he can use it as an extremely potent weapon. The arm is in fact a symbiotic life form which latched onto Keith because of his actual power.

The arm seems to run on a mysterious kind of energy which cannot be separated from the arm and can only be used by the arm itself. The energy levels seem to increase over time.

Alto currently has two robot arms, and both of them have immense power. His left arm, which he named Theo, is able to use and manipulate its latent energy directly while his right arm, which he named Con, is currently only capable of making constructs out of something resembling black steel. His basic abilites are also boosted to the point of becoming a super-human, but Alto can turn this on and off as he wishes.

Now he is able to physically manifest the personas of his arms as energy constructs.

Presently he has a massive number of programs and protocols which he can use to adapt to an innumerable number of situations. He also currently has a secret weapon.

Skills: Science, physics and genetics specifically, engineering, some martial arts

Rank: S Rank

Equipment: Glasses, Theo, Con, secret weapon, pockets full of gloves

Brief History:

Brief history is brief

In his younger days, Keith was renowned as a child genius in the science and engineering fields. If anyone asked him why he would say it was because he wanted to have a robot arm someday that could do a rocket punch. Later in life he would discover that by the time his dreams were made a reality, he would be pretty old and he wouldn’t get to enjoy it.

Regardless, he threw himself into research and he had many findings on robotics, prosthetics and similar things. Eventually, he got bored of researching such mundane things, but he couldn’t research rocket powered robot arms because the industry didn’t see any use in it and wouldn’t fund his research. Having run into such a roadblock on the way to his dream, he wearily resigned himself to weeping bitterly (not really weeping but you know what I mean) to himself as he thought about what could’ve been. Until that is, it happened.

On the night before his 16th birthday, he wished on a shooting star that his birthday present would be a robot arm that at least shot lasers or something. As he was sleeping, the shooting star turned around and started plummeting towards the earth. When he woke up, there was a smoking crater next to his bed and his left arm had been turned into a sweet ass robot arm.

Before he even got up however, it started playing a pre-recorded message in his mind.

“This is a pre-recorded message for the bearer of this life-form.” The message said. “You have no doubt found that you suddenly have a limb that has been changed into a robot arm. If this inconveniences you, then I sincerely apologize but this is necessary for my race’s survival. I am the last of my kind, so I sought a way to further our species again. I found that we were once made, and I thought perhaps we could be made again. Your planet had the most promise of being able to recreate us, so I have been orbiting the planet seeking the best candidate for the task. Now the task falls on you, I have depleted myself in my travels, and I must enter hibernation.”

With that, the arm became inert, and his mind immediately filled with questions such as can it shoot lasers? and, can it do a rocket punch?! He would find out in the following year that yes, it can shoot lasers and no it could do a rocket punch.

He also found out that the arm actually was an organic life-form. It had formed some sort of symbiotic relationship with his left arm which apparently still existed but was not part of his actual arm. He found this out by taking a look into its programming and that’s when he found out his actual powers of programming. There was a recharge program running in his arm and looking at the code he somehow understood that the life-form was somehow recharging itself using his left arm which was now somehow in another dimension. He didn't really understand that either.

After five years, Alto has stopped his research on the Bio-Weapon as now that it is conscious, it can simply tell him everything he needs to know. But, due to the fact that Aperture was utterly destroyed, his science and engineering skills have been in high demand over the 5 years since the Raid. The Government granted him funding to continue his research on robotic limbs, and even let him design some weaponary as well.

Other than that, he has made several breakthroughs in the field of prosthetics. Mostly in the fields of the physical responses and feedback of prosthetic limbs, but if you asked him what they were, he wouldn't know because; "There are so many other people who know, I don't bother remembering."

The government and the public are unaware of the true nature of his arms, as he doesn't truly show their full power to many people and he doesn't talk to them in the presence of people he doesn't trust. He is also secretly manager of a mercenary team, and goes around the underworld calling his group Illegal Stuff Pty Ltd. It's safe to say he doesn't get taken very seriously a lot of the time.

But for those who have used his services, he has an unbeaten track record, especially in the field of hacking. He is also capable of pulling off bank heists, espionage and other similarly illegal things by himself, even though Illegal Stuff pty Ltd. is technically a team.

[WatermelonTango]

Can we have a basic run down on what's going down at the moment?

Edit: Oh, right.

Name: Pamela Mars

Alias(s): The Twist

Age: 24

Affiliations: The Heroes

Description: Pam is a tall woman, standing at 6"3. She has a medium build, and is generally athletic looking. She has red hair she often ties back in a bun. She doesn't have much of a costume really. She'll wear a masked visor to protect her face and shield her identity, and a military jumpsuit she owned from her time in service. Obviously she stripped the rank and anything else that would identify her. She does still wear her dog tags, but in a concealed fashion. She wears a helmet, elbow and knee pads, as well as protected boots and gloves.

Her regular attire is pretty casual. Jeans, sweat shirt, maybe a ball cap if she's feeling adventurous.

Powers: Pam's powers involve centrifugal force, basically spinning. She can cause any object to spin at incredible speeds, including her own body. She could spin the tires on a bicycle to give her a very quick speed boost, even spin the air making contact with her body to whip up small scale tornadoes. This makes "The Twist" capable of making regular household items highly lethal weapons. Imagine the damage a pencil can do to a person if it is spinning at hundreds of miles per hour.

These powers can extend to Pam's own body. One of her signature techniques is performing aerial somersaults and high speed cartwheels, since her ability gives complete control over her positioning. The Twist is known for just about always landing on her feet. These powers make her capable of dealing some hefty blows assuming she has suitable room to wind up. Her abilities also make it so that Pam is incapable of becoming dizzy, and give her a spacial awareness that remains even if her body is spinning at ridiculous speeds.

These powers do come with limitations. While the internal workings of her body (her organs) have a natural resistance to the g-force she can create, what they aren't protected against is high speed impact. Friction is also an extremely dangerous force, capable of skinning her like a rabbit easily. To use her powers to their full potential she is seriously risking her own health and well being, not to mention the property damage that can be caused by the raw destructive force of her abilities. Also, due to the mechanics of torque the larger the object is the slower it takes to build up speed. Cars can be toppled, but things heavier then that are mostly out of her ability. Notable exceptions are things designed to spin, like wind turbines or helicopter blades.

Skills: Rollar blading, Kick Boxing, Wielding military weaponry, Basic first aid.
She is also a talented breakdancer and parkour artist, but that is more so due to her powers then any particular talents she had before.

Equipment: Military grade roller-skates. It might sound silly, but Pam has roller blades designed to be able to take the strain her power has on wheels. Most wheeled vehicles she has will fall apart after a single use, but these babies are built to last. The wheels can be removed and stored and leaves behind an extremely tough pair of boots that offer a firm grip on the ground. Her combat style usually involves more kicks then punches, so these boots are potent weapons that protect her feet against all but the most ridiculous speeds.

Protective gloves. These resemble her boots in that they are protected against friction. The knuckles have cushions iron bars, making her punches rather formidable in and of themselves.

A military grade helmet. Protects her noggin.

Ranking: B

(Optional) Brief History: Pam is a native to Austria who worked for most of her life in the military. She has seen some horrible things happen, but on the same note she has seen some incredible feats of human bravery and this background has given her an overall positive impression of humanity. Pam's last mission was a peacekeeping one, in an American neighborhood with a large population of gifted. It was on this mission that she had discovered she was a gifted as well, but it didn't sit well with her commanding officers. She was labeled as a defector. She would have been put down to execution... if they were able to catch her.

Currently she is stranded in America away from her native country. She doesn't have a citizenship, but as a gifted she isn't really allowed anyways.

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

Name: Kent Don Phillips
Alias(s): The Sheriff
Age: 60 years old
[B]Affiliations: Mercs
Description:
A family man. He lost his father to an abusive Government "Hero", his pregnant wife to the assassination orders of an evil Corporate CEO, and his three fifteen year old children to vigilantes who were busy having a shoot out with criminal and "Hero" Metas. As a result, he has grown bitter against both the people in charge which he ominiously calls "The Government", and Corporate thugs, who he calls the "Green Jackboots". He has his brothers, and sisters to look after. His brother, John, is in danger from the Mafia back east over in New England. His sister, Martha, is in trouble with a gang of hitmen in Phoenix, Arizona.

Also, because of complications, every family member in his extended family has a death order on them, so he is really pissed off if you do anything wrong against his family. He has managed to assassinate the man who had his family targeted for assassination, and eliminated an entire squad of Government Sanctioned "Heroes" to their deaths in a fierce battle in Time's Square. He is a wanted man by both Law and Lawless.

Powers:
He is incredibly intelligent, super human intelligence is very strong in his brain matter. In addition, he is a Rank B in his physical capabilities, all of them. So he has armor all over his body from a suit he invented. This exoskeleton automatically injects medicine, from antidotes, to bio-chemical healing agents that can quickly restore his body even if all major organs have been shut down, and the brain had been shut off to the point of clinical death. His suit automatically revives him during Code Blue emergencies, and is capable of short range teleportation. The suit is capable of moving at Mach 2.5 safely with him inside, with functional short range and long range sensors, which double as sniper scope. His exo-skeleton can emit hyper sonic rounds of ammo with mono-molecular sharpness, at a range of 1 mile, and he can utilize weapons from his suit that can fire energy rounds that can encompass an area of 300 feet, capable of exerting 25 whole decatons of force. He even has the ability to equip a sharp thin, sword like blade from a concealed compartment in his exo-skeleton for melee combat.

Skills:
Melee Combat, Marksmanship, Survival, Hand to Hand Combat, Espionage, Weapon's Engineer/Engineer, Combat Surgeon, Law Enforcement|Investigation
Equipment:
Sheriff-Exoskeleton
Ranking: A

(Optional) Brief History:
Sheriff was a real Sheriff ten years ago. He returned home from work on one evening to find that his father, George, and his wife, Martha, had been brutally massacred with his unborn son, David, with a clear note from Corporate Executive Officer, Bill Canner's termination orders marked them for death as a warning and message to Kent not to mess with him, since Kent had arrested Bill Canner's son, Travis, for beating a hooker. Kent didn't have time to mourn before receiving a phone call giving him condolences for the death of his three children on the answering machine. . . and quit his job so he could go after the "Son of a bitch who killed them!" Meaning the CEO.

The Metas and Vigilantes who killed his son and daughters in the crossfire already had wiped each other out by then. Finally Sheriff had finished constructing his Meta-Sheriff Combat Exo Skeleton, or the M.S.C.E.S, busted through CEO Bill Canner's entire security network, and splattered him to a red soaking mass of broken flesh and bones before tossing him out the twentieth floor from the Sky Scraper, ending his life. There's only one problem about calling Kent D. Phillips a vigilante, he doesn't give a damn.