{Set up}
Space has always been considered the final frontier, but it is also the most dangerous. Earth had invested heavily into space exploration, but only recently had it made any success. A planet far out past Pluto in a different solar system was found to have the ability to support life. The Space Station Tyo was established in its orbit to collect more information on the planet. Over the next few months the researchers confirmed that the planet had life and a human friendly atmosphere. Until now no humans had been allowed on the planet’s surface.
A team of specialists was deployed to the station to become the first explorers on the planet. This team codenamed EXO was a collection of humans with variable skills to aid in the exploration. On the day of deployment the EXOs entered the drop pods and were launched to the surface.
The mission was a success. The EXOs were able to expand the stations research potential exponentially. Within another few months the station planned to set up a lab on the surface. A new team of EXOs was organized to do this mission and all seemed like a success.
Eight EXOs and a group of thirty scientists prepared a shuttle to take to the surface and be used as a ferry between the station and lab as it was built. Then everything fell apart. Unknown to the EXOs or anyone else a ninth EXO had remained behind, and sabotaged the station. He had planned to destroy the station before the shuttle launched, but the flight had been moved up. The shuttle only barely made it into the planet’s atmosphere before the station exploded. Debris rained down around them, and pelted the ship. Most of its systems were knocked out, and it only just made a crash landing. None of the scientists survived, and the ship was too damaged to fly again without massive repairs. You know rescue will not come, so it is time to complete your mission.
{EXO’s}
The Exo’s are human pilots of mechanized suits. The suits they pilot were created originally to assist in the building of Tyo Station. When their potential as a way to explore the alien planet was realized the suits were re-designed and customized for the specialist who would pilot them.
each suit is designed specifically for each pilot. No two are the same. Some pilots have even customized their suits further to their own likings.Each EXO has their own special set of skills, and were hand picked for just that.
Work Skills: (this skill defines what your character would excel in.)
Engineer (sorry, but I had to pick one and
well…)
Botanist *
Astronaut*
Zoologist *
Medic
Marine x2
Scout *
Geologist/chemist
{Planet 4578}
This alien world has similar climates to earth, but has more continent then ocean. The planet is capped with artic poles like earth, and follows similar climate dispersion. Below the artic is temperate areas, below that are deserts, and at the equator rainforests. Few species on the planet have been researched heavily yet, and those that have share basic traits like those of earth animals, but many new and strange ones. The crash zone was in the southern part of the north temperate zone.
{Earth}
the planet we all hail from. Its still not the greatest place really even in the year four thousand there is a lot of political issues and all sorts of nonsense going on there. Space exploration has become very important as it has become harder to find places to live, and the moon colony was far too problematic in its construction to be used on full sized planets.
{Rules}
This is a survival style RP. I expect things to break, I expect people to get sick, and I expect you to treat it as a life or death situation. Yes you are EXOs but that doesn’t make you invincible. The suits will sustain their energy levels, unless their generator breaks, so you needn’t worry about that, but the armor, weapons, and other systems that take a beating will need repair and maintenance.[/LEFT]
EXO suits cannot be lived in twenty four seven. It is physically demanding to use the suit even though it improves physical prowess. You also will need to eat and drink, which isn’t so easy to do through a helmet, trust me I’ve tried. Not to mention it get’s hot in those things. (That is one draw back of them btw. They overheat after a while since they have to produce their own energy.)[/LEFT]
Play to your character strengths. If you are a marine don’t go trying to repair advanced devices without some help from the engineer. If you are the scout please don’t try and do surgery that’s the medic’s job.
I’m the GM, and I expect you to understand that things may not always benefit everyone. If something happens to you in the story I am not doing it to you for any reason other than the story and that you were the one who got picked by luck. I’m here to help you though. If you have questions ask me. I will remove you if you are inactive for far too long though, and re-open the spot.
{Sign Ups}
Name: First (middle optional) Last
Nickname: (optional)
Age: (17-42)
Gender: (M or F)
Appearance: Paragraphs and pic (the picture is optional the writing is not). I want to know their physical appearance and their typical clothes. It isn’t required for you to wear any combat armor or anything like that though you obviously can.
Background: You’re history before the EXOs, on earth, and on the station(if you were on the station before being and EXO), and you’re experience as one. Note this is the first ground mission EVER.
Personality: I want to know who this person is almost as well as they do. Also how they cope with stress, their ideals, and a few quotes by them or another person (real or from the IC world).
EXO suit: (name, appearance (pic is ok), weapons, and other notable features. These suits are generally only a little larger than the pilot. Think War Monger from Iron Man, but each one is made specifically for its pilot, so EX. I’m playing the engineer so mine is built so I can still be dexterous while working with machines. A marine’s might be a much bigger one made for combat.)
Work skill:
Personal weapons: (one large and two small. Ex. Sniper rifle and two pistols. OR four small Ex. Two knives two pistols.)
Survival gear: (try to work off of what others brought so that everyone is equipped. Five items. Ex. Tent, flares, canteen, hatchet, tool kit)
RP example: (I’m looking for a rather large example based on this RP. I do NOT want previous work. I want an original one based on this RP. You need to Rp the scenario of your preparation for the mission which begins tomorrow. You’ve been on this station almost a year now as one of the EXOs and you are finally getting your first mission down on planet 4578. I want to see that personality and background come up in this.)
RP theme song: this is fully optional, but if you had to put a theme song to the RP what would it be?
((I apologize for the crudeness of the post I'm working to refine it as we go. I find the OOC is usually easier to work on over time, and this way you guys can start working on characters.))
Anyway so heres my character so far. you guys have me so excited that I had to post him even though I still have edits to make,
Name:
Izic Jacker
Age: 28
Gender: M
Appearance: Izic’s age doesn’t show in his looks. He could easily pass for some a good ten years older than him. He’s around six foot tall, and has a very average weight. A mop of shaggy dark brown hair cover the top of his head. His amber eyes make him look like he is always thinking. It’s the stubble on his chin and the wrinkles by his eyes and jaw that make Izic seem old. He’s just gotten them over the years, but no one really knows why. Izic doesn’t care as his physical appearance isn’t the most important thing to him. With oil in his blood Izic has always found it on his hands as well. His skin is also a bit tanned from using torches often in his work, this also got him tan lines around where his goggles would be.
Oh and uhm… his left arm got cut off. He has gotten a mechanical replacement for it, but its not subtle. The arm is completely metal, so it stands out. The arm itself has no special features, but replicates his dexterity perfectly as well as being articulated just as a normal hand world be.
Izic’s wardrobe would consist of cargo pants, and solid dark colored shirts. He typically would wear a black pair of cargo pants and a dark green shirt when going piloting. He’s got a pair of rather generic black sneakers. Those welding goggles he has are always with him just because he likes having them. He also has a black military style vest.
Background: Izic has a long history with the station. His dad was one of the mechanics for the station, and thusly he and Izic lived up there after it was built. Izic’s mother didn’t support his father’s ambitions to join the space program, and their marriage just didn’t last. So Izic was raised by just his father. His years on earth we nothing special really.
As the station was under construction Izic and his father went up to join the crews. Well technically Izic was just there since there weren’t many other options. Izic was only twelve or so when they did, and it was terrifying. Yes shuttles were much less intense and were safe for an everyday person to ride on. Izic was only a kid, and what could anyone really expect? Once they were on the station Izic was fine, but Izic refused to get on the shuttle again for a good couple more years.
With the station mostly completed and the interior work, things like computers, doors, etc. being the main focus Izic got to grow up seeing his father work. He took great interest into it even, but the one thing that caught his attention more was the exo suits used for the major construction. They were amazing to him. A marvel of technology. Eventually he was assigned to the engineering division, and got to work with and inside of them.
In that time Izic had his accident. He’d been doing a run in an astral EXO, one of the exterior repair units, and there was an issue with the airlock. He came in the first door and it shut, but the second wouldn’t open. The oxygen wouldn’t activate to refill the room. Izic attempted to fix it from inside the airlock, but as he repaired it the system went back online and the machinery activated. This included a safety device which would seal off the oxygen system in case of fire. Izic’s arm was still in the machinery as the heavy doors slammed shut. Even with the suit on the doors were made to resist the vacuum of space and easily crushed Izic’s arm. By the time he was able to get out of there it was pointless to keep the dead limb, so they removed it, and provided Izic with a prosthetic. Izic refuses to speak about that day not because he lost his arm, but because he made an engineering mistake that bad.
Personality: Izic is a pretty good hearted guy. He’s on the team for his skills as an engineer, but also because he’s got the skills to get jobs done. Izic will go to great lengths to accomplish goals even if it makes it harder for him. He’s a bit obsessive about getting tasks done very well, so he occasionally gets work piled up.
He really hates people messing with delicate machinery since he’ll be the one who has to fix it. He also dislikes the lack of order in the EXOs. There is no leader, and the mission was very open ended. He wants to organize the team and the scientists to get the job done right.
Izic’s method of keeping sane is rather simple. He just keeps doing his job. It both stresses him and relieves his stress so that he is balanced. He’s lucky in that sense. So long as he can do something productive he’s alright. Waiting and wasting time makes him lose it.
“The difference between me and machine? I’ll take pleasure in my victory.” Izic
“Oh this? This is just a giant sword for my Exo suit. It’s nothing special there’s already another one in the other arm.” Izic
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
B. F. Skinner
EXO suit:
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Canustrike. A custom EXO that Izic built. He refused to let anyone else do the job. It’s visually simple EXO. It has the basics of an exo-suit in that it cover Izic completely in a good six inches of suit. It is designed to have excellent movement capabilities, so the armor is still very light. It has a black, dark grey, and dark green paint job like old military camo, but he just used the colors overall not camo. The suit is about nine and half feet tall since Izic prefers the additional size when he‘s doing big jobs. The head/helmet is modeled after a wolf’s head, and the optical ports seem to have a very menacing glare to them. The feet and hands are both clawed. Two hooked longs swords come out of the top of the forearms. Izic put theses in to highlight the agility of the suit, and make it a great melee unit. Even as an engineer Izic wanted a very strong combat EXO. He also put in two heavy fire shotguns which attach to his back. These spray after impact and cause more damage to the inside of the target. Izic’s main excuse for his weaponry is that he’s the only one capable of doing extensive repairs to the weapons for the marines and scout, so he likes to think that he could act as a backup soldier.
But there is a flipside to this EXO. Izic knew he’d have to still work in it so the claws on the hand retract, or can be used as misc. tools while working. The dexterity and precision of the EXO also lets Izic work as well in it as out of it. Most of his work is done outside of it though, so the suit mostly is there for heavy lifting, protection, and hunting.
Work skill: Engineer
Personal weapons: Black ace Shotgun: the ammunition is specially made to be able to pierce as well as a pointed slug. Dual laser pistols: not modified, but they still work great as a spot welder on the lowest setting.
Survival gear:
tool kit: contains a selection of standard tools including: hammer, screwdrivers flat and philips, wrench set, sockets, etc.
Pocket tools: Izic has three different pocket tools including a swiss army knife, a set of hex keys, and a cutlery set.
radio equipment: acts a as radio hub for the EXO communications. Its main components are a transmitter dish, a central computer with mic and speaker, and a number of small walkie-talkie style radios incase a suit’s radio goes out.
A pair of sturdy stainless steel canteens. He swears its water inside.
Replacement parts: Izic kept a crate of spare parts for the EXOs on the ship incase any repairs were needed. The parts are mostly gears, servo’s, springs, etc. smaller pieces that are most likely to break or wear down.
RP example:
Theme song:
Do NOT push the button
