[OOC] Stargate - H.M.S Tempest

[Sep]

[center]This thread is subject to change.

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News:

Tearstone is now my Co-GM.
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Recap

-Ship has launched.
-Ship was nearly destroyed in a wreckage belt.
-Team was sent down to the planet to search wreck.
-Team is being gassed by malfunctioning ship and attempting to escape.

The Tempest is the first of its class, the EX-305 and the first British vessel under the control of the Royal Navy tried and tested in the late months of 2013 and then prepared for launch in January 2014. While her design is based upon that off the BC-303 it was changed significantly by the designers in the United Kingdom, and is the first ship to be built outside of Area 51 as the British decided to use their own resources and facilities. It is designed to be a Research and Exploration Vessel in contrast to the BC-304 which was designed specifically for combat leaving the niche wide open for ships such as the Tempest and several more are already being planned. However though she may not be designed for combat duties the Tempest is still fully capable of defending herself with four dual 4.5 inch Mark 8 Naval Gun Turrets, multiple railgun positions and six missile silos complemented with eight F-302s.

This ship is the epitome of Asgard and Human Technology. With the latest shields, hyperdrive and computer systems all complemented off with an Asgard Computer Core in the centre of the ship she is the most advanced thing to be constructed on Earth since the Ancient known as Orlin managed to build a Stargate out of a Toaster and some wire. It is the only vessel built on Earth to have a Stargate wired into the ship, the gate itself is from the Pegasus Galaxy so that it becomes the priority gate in orbit of any planet so that if the ship is in orbit it can be resupplied directly.

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IRC

Thankyou to Ellri and SunderedEcho at Coruscant Aftermath for sharing their IRC channel.

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The Tempest has a simple mission. She will go out and explore planets in the Milky Way whose gates are inactive, if anything is of worth on the planet the ground teams will attempt to activate the Stargate so that a link can be set up to Earth and a science/research team can be sent through the gate on a more permanent basis. However smaller items that could be dangerous can be brought aboard the ship for research at the Captain's discretion.

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This offers several roles:
Military
As a standing member of the Military you can be doing a multitude of duties. Army members make up the five ground teams whereas the Navy makes up the defence teams, gunners, chaplains, psychiatrists, medics, doctors and all the other members who serve their tours aboard ship.

They are lead by the Colonel of the vessel who is the commanding officer, a due to the size of ground operations they are lead by a Lieutenant and a Sergeant. However the Colonel does have overall say, however when on the ground unless necessary to call for advice the Lieutenant is in charge of whatever operation is being performed.

Civilian
As a Civilian you are a leading member of your field of expertise this includes but is not limited to, Doctors(Medical), physicists, astronomers, chemists, biologists and psychiatrists(For those not willing to go to a military shrink). You are the smartest of the smart and all play a role on the ship, each researcher is part of or leads a team, teams are made up specifically for missions. Though in the end it all comes down to the Head Researcher who is in control of all the scientists of the vessel. Scientists share labs with scientists either A) Working on the same project or B) Works in the same field of expertise.

However the Head Researcher is equal to the IOA representative.

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Ground Team Ranks

Ground teams are constructed from the Army Special Forces.

Lance Corporal (Six per section)
Corporal (One per section)
Sergeant (One per section)

Ship Ranks

Ranks for Navy Members which will construct the crew of the ship are as follows:
Able Seamen
Leading Rate
Petty Officer
Chief Petty Officer
Warrant Officer Class 2
Warrant Officer Class 1

Midshipman
Sub Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Commander (One, is the Executive Officer.)
Captain (One, is the Commander of the ship.)

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Available roles are below. In the application process select one.
Units titled (NPC) can be replaced by players as necessary and can be controlled by anyone.

Ground Units

Tempest Strike One:
Section Leader: James Miller
Second in Command: , LCorporal Tom Neilson

Section Members:Ariadne/Idalia, Alexander Johnson
Tempest Strike Two:
Section Leader:
Second in Command:

Section Members:

Tempest Strike Three:
Section Leader:
Second in Command:

Section Members:

Researchers

Head of Research:Dr.Abel Ishpetyr
IOA Representative:Dr.Adam McClellan

Scientists:
Bob Bishop

Tempest Crew

Tempest Crew
Commanding Officer:Alexis West
Executive Officer: Creon Thomas

Bridge Crew
Tactical Officer:Astridh Nic Shitric
Weapons Officer:
Navigation Officer:Logan Rodgers

Hangar Crew
Pilots:
Deck Chief:
Deckhands:

Medical Crew
Head Physician:
Doctor: Dr.Jason Lee

Other
Gate Technician: Sgt.William Thomas(NPC)

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If you are wishing to apply, follow the layout below. There is a layout for both military and non-military personnel. Note, the only Tok'ra aboard have already been selected and there are no other aliens aboard. All military members are British except for the XO. Research Personnel while mostly from the UK can have members from other countries. Roles and Ranks are above Appearance can either be an image or a description, or both.

I will be accepting no CREWMAN characters at this time. Applications are only open for Ground Team and Research personnel.

All roles EXCEPT for the IOA representative are OPEN for ANYONE. E.G. You can apply to be the Captain if you want.
Military

Appearance:
Name:
Rank:
Role:
Unit:
Age:
Gender:
Reason chosen for Tempest:
Personality:
Short Biography:

Non Military

Appearance:
Name:
Title:
Role:
Unit:
Age:
Gender:
Reason chosen for Tempest:
Personality:
Short Biography:

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Rules:
No Sex.
No Romance between Military Personnel as this is a deployment and if anything happens it will be found out.
No overuse of foul language, I can see characters having the need but don't overuse it.
I am God, even if we are on a planet/arc I am letting you have.
If you are going to be active forewarning is required, otherwise you will go on the kill list.
Military Members: Act like it, if you are military and do something that is against the rules your char can be sent home.
Use your COMMON SENSE
Have fun.

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Collab Sheets

Collab sheets are down right now.

If you need to collab just mention it on the OOC or do it via PM.

Though we're casual, so just post on the thread.

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Important things to remember:

Researchers can only access terminals in their own labs, if you go into someone else's' lab you can only use the computer if they have unlocked it.

The Head Researcher and Captain are the only two with access to the Asgard Core and are the only people who can give access to it.

The bridge can only be accessed by the bridge crew, Head Researcher, IOA Rep, Section Leaders and the Ground Commander(s). Everyone else needs permission.

Engineering is off limits to all but authorized personnel. Clearance must be requested from the head researcher - Ship Engineers already have access.

The hanger is off limits to all except flight staff, officers and pilots unless authorization is granted.

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Technical Specifications

Length: 200m
Width: 120m
Height : 65m

Weaponry:
30x Railgun positions.
6x Missile Silos
4x Dual 4.5 Inch Mark 8 Naval Turrets.

Tech
This ship has some advanced technologies such as:
Advanced Human/Asgard Shielding.
Asgard Beam Transporter(Off ship)
Ancient Ring Transporter (Beam to other Ring units or straight up/down a maximum of 50 metres).
Asgard Power Core
Multiple Naquadah Generators (Not all plugged in, mainly for backup.)
Asgard Computer Core
Asgard/Human Hyperdrive.

Positioning

Gateroom: The Gateroom is at the front of the ship, far away from the other important rooms.
Most rooms between the Gateroom and the engine rooms (Funnily enough AT THE ENGINES) is full mainly with Labs, Researcher quarters a gym and two mess halls.
The Quarters nearest the Stargate are for the Ground Team members to ensure that they can defend the stargate and have easy access.
The Hangers are obviously positioned (Hosting 12 F-302s between them), both hangers have quarters for pilots and deck crew. The engine space is largely off limit except to engineers and researchers, between the two hangers there is also quarters for the main engineers.
The bridge tower has quarters for the rest of the ships crew, as well as another gym, two mess halls and the officers mess. The officer quarters are at the top of the tower below the briefing room.
Directly above the briefing room is the ships bridge.

Tech Fluff

Gate Plug

The gate plug is a small circular device, the same size as the empty space in the gate. As the gate is placed up against the wall of the embarkation room the gateplug is built into the wall. At the press of a switch the gate plug moves into the void and creates a seal, that means that the gate can not receive incoming or make outgoing connections.

However this device cannot be used when the gate is active as such there is still a mechanical iris system in place.

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Any questions. Feel free to ask.[/center]

[Sundered Echo]

Ariadne

Appearance:
As a Goa’uld symbiote, Ariadne is not seen in physical form. Her appearance to everyone else is that of her host, Idalia. Ariadne, however, uses both the Eye Flash and Symbiote Voice when she is directly in control of Idalia’s body, partly out of habit, and partly to make sure there is no question of control for those not watching carefully for the usual signs of a Tok’ra taking or relinquishing control.
Name: Ariadne of Sheyet
Title: None
Role: Tok’ra Civilian Consultant
Unit:
Age: 1103
Gender: Asexual, Female personality.
Reason chosen for Tempest:
She has been sent to the Tempest for a multitude of reasons. The reason known by the Tau’ri is that a Tok’ra was requested for the mission and she is the one the High Council chose. The Tok’ra High Council chose her both as a final test of her loyalty and control, and also to distance her from the majority of the Tok’ra. Their desire to distance her stems from a particular philosophy where she claims the Goa’uld (and Tok’ra) should allow themselves to become extinct as their race has largely brought only disorder, pain and suffering to the Galaxy.
Personality:
Ariadne has a personality atypical for most Goa’uld, and does not even fit the normal Tok’ra personality. She is incredibly old by human standards, though not Goa’uld standards, by which she is middle aged. This only affects her personality in that she has lived for over a thousand years being in complete control of both her host body and almost all the people around her, and it has been difficult for her to get used to. As such, she resents being kept out of decision making processes and dislikes having information held from her. She nonetheless admires the Tau’ri as a species, largely for their ability to work together, something the Goa’uld are notorious for being incapable of. She also deeply respects and admires her Host, Idalia, for her fiery passion and her willingness to take on a Goa’uld symbiote, meaning she will almost never exert control without permission. Though hardly selfless, she still despises overly selfish behaviour, due to the belief that it is the reason the Goa’uld are not themselves the fifth race.
Short Biography:
After taking her first host, Ariadne began as a lesser Lord, ruling a trio of planets in the name of System Lord Ra. For a brief time she reigned supreme over her subjects, second only to Ra himself, bringing no change to them but also no hardships beyond their normal service. Her reign would not last long however. The System Lords battle each other for territory and status constantly, and Ariadne was quickly identified as a weak link in Ra’s territory. Two years into her reign, her Ha’tak was attacked and nearly destroyed by a rival System Lord. Rather than simply blasting it out of the Sky, he boarded it and captured Ariadne. She knew she would be executed, and to escape an early death she pledged loyalty to her captor. To her surprise, he accepted and gave her a position as an Underlord aboard his own Ha’tak.

It was as an Underlord that she truly learned the ways of the Goa’uld, both those of leading as a god, and what it meant to be under the thumb of the System Lords. She learned more effective military command and became a diplomat of moderate skill while with her first System Lord, serving as his hand on the battlefield and in court with other System Lords. It was during the many many years as an Underlord that she was taught the weaknesses of the Goa’uld, usually the hard way - learning from mistakes, both her own and those of others. She saw their arrogance, and that every Goa’uld, at the core of their being, valued only themselves. She saw these weaknesses in herself as well, and was careful not to allow others to manipulate this, even as she used this one piece of knowledge to win battles where otherwise her skill would prove insufficient.

She was largely satisfied with her life as an Underlord, and was content to be traded between the warring System Lords as property, for even as she was, she retained all the privileges of a Goa’uld. Sarcophagus use when necessary to keep her alive and young, a selection of hosts when she tired of her appearance, as well as relative safety. Her life, however, differed from that of the System Lords in a few key ways. She was considered by those servants that saw her as a minor god at best, all their reverence and awe often being directed at whomever was her Lord at the time rather than her. As well, she knew that the Goa’uld wielded no magic, for all the knowledge of their technology resided in her genetic memory, as it does for all Goa’uld. She was not tasked with the tiresome business of maintaining an empire or worrying about who was next likely to betray her as the System Lords kept such things close to themselves, closer than her. This absence of reinforcement of her Godhood meant that she suffered no delusions as some System Lords did, and developed some philosophies at odds with the usual Goa’uld ideas of exploitation.

With such aberrant ideas, the Tok’ra tried to convert her to their cause, but, remaining ever selfish, Ariadne refused them, even as she let them escape. Hers was a life of luxury and excitement, all the pros of being Goa’uld with few of the cons.

It was only when the Tau’ri stormed head-first onto the Galactic stage. The death of System Lord Ra by the hand of mere primitives threw the careful balance between the System Lords into chaos, and for the first time Ariadne was forced to consider that her life as an Underlord might not be as everlasting as she’d believed. When her own System Lord eventually fell, Ariadne was far away from him. She’d predicted that he would not survive the onslaught, and she had ensured that she wasn’t brought down with him. At this point, she had only a Tel’tak and her weapons to her name. In a move both practical and figurative, she discarded her Kara’kesh. This was to ensure she wasn’t easily noticeable as a Goa’uld, as well as to signify the end of her association with the Goa’uld ways. This drastic change had been inspired by the Tau’ri - Ariadne admired how they worked together to achieve the impossible. How they united the many peoples of the universe where the Goa’uld had instead wasted away their lives fighting amongst each other for personal power.

What she could not bring herself to discard, however, was the complete control she still exerted over her host.

It was not until an encounter with the forces of one of the remaining System Lords that she made the final steps toward becoming Tok’ra. She had recently landed on the planet Sheyet to acquire supplies when the Goa’uld attacked. Ariadne was heading to her Tel’tak to leave the humans to their fate when, SG7 arrived to defend the population. Ariadne could not resist the temptation to watch the infamous god-killers of the Tau’ri in action, and so stayed. In the course of the battle, she saved the life of one of the women of the planet, showing her how to wield a Goa’uld weapon against the Jaffa and, inspired by the woman's courage, decided to stay with her and fight the Jaffa.

It wasn’t long before SG7 found their way to the System Lord himself and eliminated him, and, with their god slain, the Jaffa retreated and fled. SG7 also departed not long after, and though Ariadne had been careful to avoid direct contact with them, she had been impressed by their ability to organise a militia from the natives of the planet as well as their co-ordination within their own team. She decided to stay on the planet herself and try her hand at co-ordinated rebuilding, remaining slightly protective of the woman she had saved, whom she’d learned the name of - Idalia.

She wasn’t the only one to stay, however. A group of fanatical Jaffa bent on avenging their God remained on planet and set out raiding the settlements of the Native populace in heavy handed attempts to show power. Ariadne was presented with two options. Present herself as a Goa’uld to these Jaffa and assume control of them as their god, or organise the natives to cast down the few Jaffa warriors. Partially as an experiment in the effectiveness of her ability to bring the humans together and partly out of fondness for Idalia, Ariadne chose to side with the Natives, training those that were willing to wield left over Jaffa staff weapons. With her deep knowledge of Jaffa tactics and strategies, she was able lead the natives in several victorious skirmishes against the left over Jaffa fanatics.

Before the battle with the final group of Jaffa, however, Idalia confronted Ariadne to find out how she knew so much. She was forced to reveal her nature as a Goa’uld, as Idalia would not accept anything but the truth. Ariadne expected to be cast out for sharing the knowledge, but instead Idalia thanked her for choosing to save the people of Sheyet.

During the battle, even as they fought side by side, Ariadne was struck by a Staff weapon blast from one of the last of the Jaffa. Her host body was damaged too much for her to repair on her own, and without a sarcophagus nearby she believed she had finally met her end. Instead, the completely unexpected occurred. Idalia, seeing the saviour of her people dieing, offered herself as a Host for the creature that was truly Ariadne. Ever wishing to live, Ariadne accepted, allowing the previous host body to die. Initially, she suppressed Idalia as she was used to doing with hosts, but it was not long before she realised her error, for that was no way to treat a willing host, or one who’d saved her life.

Ariadne and Idalia officially joined the Tok’ra not long before the death of Ba’al. The System Lords were cast down, and Ariadne did not know what to do, turning to the Tok’ra partially for lack of anywhere else to turn. To the people of Sheyet, it looked as though their hero had been slain while freeing them, and her companion had left through the stargate in despair. A deception Ariadne was happy with, despite how far from the truth it was.

The Tok’ra were slow to accept her, as they are with any Goa’uld turncoat, and they have kept her from leaving the Tok’ra homeworld until now while they ensure her loyalty. Years are largely inconsequential for the Tok’ra, and thus such a long time of mistrust was not seen as strange. The Tok’ra still only partially trust her, but among the Tau’ri, who know well the dangers of a Goa’uld, they believe she can do some good while she properly adjusts to her new existence.

Idalia

Appearance:

163 CM or 5'4 in height. Onboard the Tempest Idalia tends to wear clothing of Tok’ra make that displays to some extent her body, which is in excellent shape due to the presence of a Goa’uld. It is still in muted colours not designed to attract a large amount of attention, merely meant for tasteful aesthetics. On ground missions, she wears the standard Tok’ra uniform, except in situations where a particular camouflage uniform has been issued to the ground team, in which case she will wear that instead. Over her uniform she wears a forearm holster for a Zat’nik’tel reminiscent of those usually found on Jaffa armour. Her uniform also always has space to store a Tok'ra healing device for when she is not wearing it on her hand.
Name: Idalia
Title: None.
Role: Tok’ra Civilian Consultant
Unit:
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Reason chosen for Tempest:
Idalia is aboard the Tempest because Ariadne is. She has no skills to contribute to the Tempest mission, and for all intents and purposes is aboard solely to function as the host for the Tok’ra she carries.
Personality:
Idalia is a fiery and determined woman, with a strong sense of morals and a great hatred for the Goa’uld. She often acts brashly if she believes she has a chance to succeed in a task, though this trait has been somewhat curbed by Ariadne. Having spent most of her life in a fairly small community, she dislike the idea of leaving anyone behind, and will try to support those in need as best she can. she is also filled by a strong wanderlust, and even despite the knowledge of Ariadne being accessible to her wishes to explore the galaxy and see new things. On matters where she believes strongly, she is capable of resisting the control of Ariadne, but it is rare for her to come into conflict given their largely similar opinions, even if the reasons for such can be quite different.
Short Biography:
Idalia was born on the planet Sheyet, in the community centered around the Stargate. Much of her life was unremarkable, the only real distinguishing attribute about her being that she managed to avoid being taken by the Goa’uld for a potential host. Among her people she was something of an agitator against them, wishing to fight them instead of hiding, but she was never foolish or stupid enough to actually challenge them on her own. This unremarkable existence continued until a System Lord invaded her planet with the intent of destroying the human population present there.

When the Goa’uld arrived in ships, SG7 seven was not far behind, emerging from the Stargate as if they had known the moment they were needed. Idalia witnessed both the arrival of the Goa’uld ships and the arrival of SG7, taking heart in the confirmation of rumours of humans from another world that fought the Goa’uld. It seemed as though her dreams of being free from the oppression of the Goa’uld were finally going to be fulfilled. She was eager to help SG7, but as an untrained civilian she was unable. She nonetheless tried, organising a small group of her fellow townsfolk and attacking a Jaffa with improvised weapons when they stormed the town. She was easily defeated by the Jaffa about to be killed for resisting. Fortunately for her, Ariadne had been watching the events unfold and was inspired by her courage and killed the Jaffa with her Zat’nik’tel, before approaching Idalia. Ariadne posed as a normal human, and taking a Jaffa Ma’tok Staff Weapon, showed Idalia how to fire it.

Unfazed by her brush with death, Idalia immediately sought out more of her kin and taught them what she had just been taught, eager to take the fight to the Jaffa. Ariadne was able to stem Idalia’s lust for revenge long enough for SG7 to finish the System Lord, but the moment the Jaffa started retreating, Idalia stormed after them with her new weapon in hand, eager to ensure her worlds invaders were driven away. This brashness almost cost her her life once more, as she was ambushed by several of the fanatical Jaffa who chose to stay and avenge their gods death. Once again at the tip of a staff weapon, she remained defiant. Once again, she was saved by Ariadne, who with the help of several villagers ambushed the ambushers, killing them.

Twice indebted to Ariadne, Idalia began to stay near to the women whom she considered her saviour, seeing in her what she’d always wished she could be. A brave and skilled warrior that would stand up to the Goa’uld no matter the odds. Idalia provided the local knowledge that allowed Ariadne to rally a proper militia on Sheyet, and fought alongside Ariadne against the Jaffa, leading several successful battles that inspired her with every Jaffa death. However, during this time acting as almost a second in command, she noticed that Ariadne had near perfect knowledge of the Jaffa’s tactics and positions, something no ‘normal traveller,’ as Ariadne claimed to be, could know so well.

Before the final battle to defeat the last of the Jaffa, she stormed into Ariadne’s dwelling and demanded to be told how she knew so much. She deflected the first and second false stories Ariadne gave, driving for the truth. Eventually, Ariadne told her of her true nature as a Goa’uld, demonstrating with an eye flash and the symbiote voice to prove it. Idalia at first had trouble believing, yet after a long silence between the two woman, she decided that Ariadne could not be evil. She was brought to the conclusion by the apparent selflessness shown by Ariadne, a small amount of feeling indebted to her and perhaps a little hero worship.

In the battle the following day, Ariadne was struck by a blast from a staff weapon even as the last Jaffa fell. Idalia’s world nearly shattered as her friend lay dying, and for what seemed like an age, she simply knelt by the wounded form of not knowing what to do. Eventually, it came to her - her friend was not the body that lay dying, but the creature within, a creature that could survive in any body. In what she believed to be a sacrifice of her own life to save the one good Goa’uld she had ever known to exist, she offered her own body for Ariadne. the Goa’uld accepted, and with a kiss Ariadne left her old host body and entered Idalia. When the militia found the two bodies lying side by side after the battle, they assumed both had fallen and bore them back to the town. In reality, Ariadne was carrying out the unfamiliar process of blending, having chosen not to simply dominate her new body.

The next that Idalia knew, she was on a verdant world far from her home sitting by a Stargate, suddenly finding herself able to talk to Ariadne through thought alone, and able to access memories that could not be hers. The two spent a week on the planet while Idalia adapted to what she had become before they both decided to travel to the Tok’ra.

Idalia adapted remarkably well to most aspects of her new life, relishing the chance to see worlds beyond her own and experience things she had never dreamed of, but other aspects were not so easy to come to terms with for her. Specifically, the memories of the many atrocities Ariadne had committed in the name of her lord, and the few she had committed for her own pleasure. This was the harshest thing to come to terms with, something she has still not fully reconciled, but something she is determined to reconcile now that the two share a body.

Capabilities

While most members of the team have fairly clear cut abilities and roles in the program, Idalia | Ariadne have a much more vague ability set, which I shall define here for reference.
Combat:
As the host of a Goa’uld symbiote, Idalia is in perfect health and excellent shape. She possesses a strength far greater than would be suggested by her appearance, though hardly stronger than the marines aboard the Tempest. Idalia is capable of firing a Ma’tok Staff Weapon with reasonable accuracy, but has not been trained in its melee applications. She has also learned to fire a Zat’nik’tel. She is capable of using a Tok'ra healing device, but lacks practice.
Ariadne, on the other hand, has over 1000 years experience wielding Goa’uld weapons. She is quite skilled with a Ma’tok Staff Weapon, including its applications in melee combat. She is skilled with a Zat’nik’tel, as well as a Karra’kesh. She is also reasonably skilled in practical unarmed melee combat. Ariadne can use a Tok'ra healing device with some skill, as its function is not dissimilar to that of a Kara'kesh.
Neither Ariadne nor Idalia have been trained in the use of Tau’ri firearms.
Knowledge:
Idalia
Ariadne possesses the genetic memory of the Goa’uld race, and thus knows all there is to know about Goa’uld technology. She is capable of manipulating Tau’ri control crystals to some extent because of this. This knowledge also gives her a limited understanding of Ancient technology. She is a diplomat of moderate skill, and she also knows almost all Jaffa and Goa’uld standard tactics in both ground and space warfare.

In practical terms, all of this means that Ariadne | Idalia can provide both strong combative support to a unit including healing of the injured, as well as scientific and technical opinions concerning some of the things they may find, though this is almost entirely due to Ariadne, not Idalia.

[Ellri]

Yes, we'll do the same here.

As mentioned prior to DB loss, we'll be going with a young female Lieutenant who is in secret one of the Tok'ra.

Military

Name: Astridh Nic Shitric | Eydis
Rank: Lieutenant | Senior Deep-cover agent
Role: Tactical officer. Prefers to stay shipboard. Basic medical training | Infiltrator
Unit: Tempest Crew | Tok’ra.
Age: 25 (born January 6th, 1989, Ireland) | 1928 (spawned sometime in year 14 AD, unknown location)
Gender: Female | asexual, prefers female hosts and considers self female, but will not get mad if referred to as male while in a male host.
Sex: Yes, please.
Appearance: Neither thin nor thick, Astridh is in remarkably good shape for someone her age. As she has been a Tok’ra host for the past six years, she looks considerably younger than her twenty-five years. For this reason, she has at times had trouble with soldiers ranked below her not believing her rank. Physical prowess (a good, formal thrashing) has convinced them otherwise.
While her hair is pale golden blond and is typically tied back to be out of the way, her eyes are cold blue. She has the pale skin common to those of norse descent. She keeps her hair cut relatively short, but long enough to easily tie back.
As clothes go, she either wears a functional uniform or a shipboard jumpsuit, both with appropriate insignia.
Astridh is 158.3 cm tall.

Reason chosen for Tempest: Skill. She has proven remarkably skilled for her age, both as a soldier and as an officer. Her loyalty to the royal navy has been found to be without flaw. There is nothing on earth that could cause her to betray it.
Personality:
As Tok’ra, Astridh/Eydis has a complex personality. There are traits common to them both, traits only one has, and even some things they do not agree upon. While Eydis could have forced Astridh here, it goes against every belief she holds.

They are both very private and do not share much about themselves, preferring to keep quiet. While Eydis can be a bit social, Astridh has never been all that comfortable in disorderly crowds. Unlike most Tok’ra, they avoid, for obvious reasons, using the distinctive Symbiote voice trick.
The three primary goals they both have are simple:
- They seek to save the Tok’ra from extinction
- They want Eydis’ presence to remain a secret.
- They wish to do as good a job in the Royal Navy as they possibly can, so long as it does not interfere with the other two goals.

While fairly uncomfortable with Social reaction, they share an ability to focus utterly on a job, even if it is noisy around them, be it tactical planning, passing orders on to troops, treating injuries or reading books. Astridh is inherently against cruelty to others, whereas Eydis will at times be open to using whatever force she deems necessary, much to Astridh’s chagrin.

They are also very patient. They know that while it would be nice to complete the task quickly, sometimes patience is rewarding in itself. Naturally, like all Tok’ra, they both hate goa’uld, and are distrustful of any goa’uld that have gone over to the “good” side, demanding far more of them to prove their loyalty than most others will require. A few years of good behavior do not weight up for centuries of bad behavior.

So far as politics go, Astridh could not care overmuch. Her family, when they were still alive, never had a habit of caring much about who had political authority over whom. As a member of the navy, she prefers clear-cut chains of command. As such, she is not overfond of civilian posturing or civilian oversight. Eydis on the other hand, is fairly good at politics. She's been infiltrating goa'uld power structure on many occasions, manipulating events there and elsewhere. She might've been on the Tok'ra high council a few times, but she is not there now, nor has she been recently. As such, when it comes to politics, Astridh prefers to stay in the background.

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Notes:
Astridh regularly takes a naquadah suppressor injection to hide Eydis from detection by other symbiotes or former hosts.
Nobody except the Tok'ra High Council knows she's Tok'ra.

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Short Biography:

Astridh

Astridh, being of irish descent (with ancient norse roots), grew up in her family’s ancestral home in northern environs of Ireland, where ancient vikings once chose to settle. She has known well about her norse roots, but never really cared much about them. They were not all that relevant to her. Like most others in that region, she had a fairly normal childhood. Some, but not many friends, regular school. Unlike most others, neither she nor her family ever really cared all that much about religion. As such, they had stayed well out of the religious conflicts otherwise permeating their region. After completing her senior cycle of school, she enlisted in the navy. Of course, there were things that changed in her life between those last two events.

It was during the summer of her nineteenth year that she encountered her first alien. Not that she knew he was one at first. Or that it would matter to her. You see, shortly before she finished her senior cycle, her parents both died in an accident. A plane crash, to be precise. When there were no others around who would comfort her, he appeared out of the evening mist. [stereotypical much, eh?] He wasn’t remarkable to look at, but it turned out he could listen. More importantly, it soon became clear he could understand. He too had faced sudden loss. At first, he would not explain exactly how, but she did not mind, for he was willing to listen. He provided much-needed comforting. As the weeks of summer went by, he slowly opened up. He told her stories of ancient wars throughout the stars, of mystical gateways to travel between worlds. His stories were similar to many she had read before and seen on TV, yet they were unique. They distracted her from her grief.

It was only after the fifth week that he revealed the full truth. The fact that his stories weren’t merely made-up stories, but true events. When he revealed his spaceship. Astridh was, naturally, more than a little shocked, but she was also intrigued. Why shouldn’t she be? Though he turned out to be an alien, she still felt she knew him, especially after the stories he had told her, which she quickly realized had to be parts of his life story. Once the initial shock had passed, he revealed that he had come to earth, or to the Tau’ri, as he called humans, with the hope of saving his people, but he had a problem, his host and friend, was dying from something that could not be fixed. He had told his life story so that even if he could not find a solution, someone would know of it. He would not pass unforgotten.

Over the next couple of weeks, she questioned him more about that. What it would mean to be a host. She wanted to know more. He was, with her former friends, few as they were, having moved out, her only friend left. She could not bear losing him as well. “Joining me could mean persecution from your leaders should they find out.” he told her. She had, from his tales, suspected the same, but she did not care. She would not allow him to die. She could not allow it.

Thus, the following week, she told him of her decision, that she would be his next host. She knew there would be no turning back, but that did not matter to her. What would she turn back to? Living alone in the ancestral castle? Mourning her dead parents? Having no ideas about a career? The following evening, they decided to go through with it. “How?” she asked him. “Kiss me. Open-mouthed. I will do the rest.” he had answered. Feeling more than a bit awkward, she nonetheless did as instructed. Without warning, she felt something slippery shoot past her lips, then a sharp pain at the back of her throat. Then, she had blacked out.

When she next woke, probably no more than a minute later, there had been another presence in her head. That is the only way she could have described it. Her friend sat beside her, his breathing labored. “Goodbye, my love.” he said. Seconds later, her voice sounding deep and hollow, and not doing so at her command, answered “Goodbye, my friend.” It shocked her to have her voice outside her control, but then she could feel her symbiote’s thoughts within her head. She, Astridh only realized now that her symbiote preferred to be called as such, told her name was ‘Eydis’. It had not been revealed before because it would only have been confusing. Before their very eyes, they saw their friend’s labored breathing get harder and harder, then stop completely. He was dead. For an hour, if not longer, they sat there, simply learning more about each other, exploring each other’s memories.

Once they had a better idea of each other, they carried their deceased friend outside. Astridh marvelled at how easy it was to lift him, despite him being considerably taller and heavier than her. Inwardly, she could Feel Eydis smiling. Increased strength, she explained, was but one benefit. Astridh stacked firewood around the body, then Eydis took control and lit the pyre. It would take her a long time to get used to not always controlling her own body.

Once autumn came, they chose to enlist in the Royal Navy. In order to complete Eydis’ task, Astridh knew she would have to stand out from the rest. It might take years, but she knew she had more years than she had ever thought possible ahead of her now. The americans already had a number of warships and there was an international agreement, so they both figured it would not be too many years before Great Britain demanded to get one. They would do everything in their power to ensure that when that time came, they would be assigned to it. As such, they committed fully to the task of becoming the best the Royal Navy could produce. Eydis’ nearly two thousand years of experience certainly helped there. For somewhat over two years, she went through navy ratings training and service. Due to skill, both inherent and aided by Eydis, she rose through the ranks there. Slowly, but deliberately. some three and a half month into her third year, she was offered the chance to go on to take Navy Officer training. A chance she almost jumped at, knowing it would lead closer to their goal. Never once did she deviate from both that goal and from the loyalty to the navy. Other than an empty castle in northern Ireland, she had nothing to distract her or divide her loyalties. Tok’ra policy when infiltrating was to be as loyal as possible to the society infiltrated while accomplishing goal, so that worked out well.

Following officer training, Astridh specialized towards tactics, while also taking some training as a medic. With Eydis’ knowledge in her head, both of those were easy fields of study. For the next couple of years, she served with pride and skill eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant. This continued until sometime mid-autumn in her twenty-fourth year when she was approached and asked to join a “special unit” of the Navy, to receive unique training. This quickly turned out to be a cover for the Royal Navy’s acquisition of the latest class of starships, first of which bore the name Tempest. With this assignment, Astridh knew their mission was potentially approaching its final phase. Using a mix of medical training and Eydis’ own knowledge, they crafted a concealed injector for a naquadah dampener drug that would suppress the signs of their being Tok’ra from detection. All they could now hope for, would be to eventually gain access to Asgard Tech. The only evidence they carried with them of being more than human was the injector and Tok’ra ID, both of which were concealed well.

Eydis

Eydis is one of the older Tok’ra, from one of the last birthings of Egeria. Like others of her ilk, she strongly believes in the act of sharing the body equally with her hosts. Where some might spend days to transfer, she often takes weeks or more, simply to get to know her future host better. Had she had any interest in it, being of the generation she is, she could now have been on the high council, but she does not, preferring to stick to the same type of roles she has held in the past, i.e. that of deep-cover infiltration, where she speaks with other Tok’ra on a highly irregular basis.

When it comes to hosts, she has a preference for younger women who are smart, but have not reached their full potential. She will, if necessary, take male hosts, but she does not like those as much. As such, she is by most other Tok’ra considered “female” despite not being a true queen.

She has a long chain of successful infiltrations behind her, both of Goa’uld hierarchies and of lesser societies. It has not been unusual for her to behave as if she is a “good goddess” when taking more visible infiltration roles (i.e. acting goa’uld). The result often had her subjects adoring and or loving her. However satisfactory it might have been to have such adoration, she never let it go to her head. Whenever she infiltrates a society, she does so at the express order of the High Council, for a task assigned by them. The task is always foremost in her head. This keeps any reaction from any people she might be forced to rule from overwhelming her as it does to so many Goa’uld. Mind you, not all her infiltrations were successful in completing her task. Sometimes the result of such long-term gambles was simply another host to associate with for a century or two.

Ever since the Tok’ra queen, Egeria, died in 2002, Eydis has been working hard on finding a solution to their negative population growth. Technically she worked on it prior to that as well, but the work intensified afterwards. Her current plan involves gaining access to an asgard computer core, which she has heard rumors of the power contained within. She has hope that it might in fact be the solution to their problem. Though when she picked the host they had yet to gain access to such, Eydis knew that the Tau’ri had better relations with the Asgard. When they later killed themselves and left their legacy to the Tau’ri, her task only became more important. As long-lived as she is, she has no trouble starting an operation a decade or more before its fruition. Should her task actually meet with success, Eydis would sacrifice herself in a heartbeat.

Some technical info

Very little of this is IC knowledge for other characters. Other than what is in public/military records, of course.


Eydis/astridh notes:

Eidetic memory. Read things once – know it well.
Tok'ra knowledge. She has, naturally, got access to all of this. She has taken some classes to explain away how she knows some of these subjects. A large portion of her knowledge is still unavailable, as she hasn't found a way to “study” those subjects.

Fields of study she has unlocked:
Genetics & medicine:
Human body. She knows a lot about how it works, how to fix it, and how to break it. Perhaps even a little more than most humans know.
retroviral engineering
First aid (advanced, due to her intricate knowledge of human workings)
Military:
Ground tactics (some. Not a major focus. Too much of her knowledge is based on energy weapons to be able to explain in-depth knowledge)
Naval tactics (adapted from tok'ra knowledge combined with RN training)
Space tactics (tok'ra, with spatterings of Tau'ri. Excuse: gaming.)
Sensor studies (not quite to asgard level, but SG-program level Tau'ri & some tok'ra)
Beaming (she’s tried, but she and Eydis are still working on getting the knowledge “translated”.
Astridh doesn’t have deep earth science knowledge to understand the not-too-good earthly explanation for how it works.
Even though Eydis understand the science of ring platforms, those are ancient, whereas beaming is asgard. Think comparison of English and German.
Unarmed combat - Due to her knowledge of the human body, she’s good at disabling others, or even killing them.
Other knowledge:
Politics - She’s fairly adept at such maneuvering. Tok’ra origins, but the essence of politics is much the same everywhere.
Sci-fi - Astridh actually likes it. Eydis mocks its flaws while Astridh watches/reads. They find that ridiculously enjoyable.

Some knowledge she can’t very well reveal:
In-depth knowledge of galactic history. Eydis was there for much of the past two thousand years. She couldn’t not have picked up on it.
Goa’uld/tok’ra engineering. She knows quite a lot about it. Some she can’t bury
Naquadah-reliant tech - As a tok’ra she can use it. Not a good idea to reveal.
She knows a lot about Ariadne. Probably more than Ariadne knows anyone knows. Confidential Tok’ra records.

Flaws that can be abused:
Lawyer-hidden medical records. She’s keeping almost too much secret. (Joseph is curious why.)
Naquadah in blood. Hidden with Dampener. Not 100% certain. Probably won’t stand up against blood lab analysis.
Symbiote - X-rays and such will not lie. Eydis cannot hide from them
Dampener - She takes injections with this. Could feasibly be discovered/damaged.
Knowledge - some of her knowledge is simply too deep to be human. She tries to keep it down, but nobody’s perfect.
Memory - She might be listed as having eidetic memory now, but she did not have it during school. If someone digs deep enough, they will discover this. It is not something that can be normally gained.
Wounds - She heals quickly. She can slow it down, but neither likes prolonging dysfunction. The medic in her doesn’t like leaving injuries longer than absolutely necessary.
Strength - while its voluntary, she has access to superhuman strength. Sometimes she forgets she shouldn’t have that.
Perfect health - she doesn’t get sick. No sick leave during her entire military service. She can survive adverse conditions far longer than a human could.

[Marrow]

well.. shall i just try to repost my character then?

[Sep]

Yeah, remember the only way you can be dutch is if you are dual nationality and in the British service, also the only American is the XO.

[Marrow]

Appearance:

Name: Alyssa Aldurren

Rank: SGT :(

Role: Automatic Rifle(wo)man

Unit: Tempest Strike One

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Reason chosen for Tempest: Elected by her commanding officer

Personality: Alyssa is always cheerful and looks at everything from the bright side. However when in Dire situations she is completely rational and realistic. Born a natural leader she is the perfect Lieutenant. Being friendly and kind to everyone but if you annoy or oppose her prepare yourself for her tongue is sharper than any knife.

Short Biography: Alyssa has been working in de British army at the age of sixteen. Mocked by all the boys, she had a hard time establishing herself. After two years in service it became way easier for her as she developed faster than any other boy who did the same training. A sharp eye and steady hand made her an excellent shooter. Her physical strength increased and became on par with the average men and she was faster than most of them. After spending four years in service she finally reached the rank of Sergeant and was immediately send on a mission in a foreign country. Countless missions followed from building a base to recon and firefights. Alyssa reached the rank of First Lieutenant at the age of 23. Not long thereafter she was sent on another dangerous mission. She barely made it out alive, trying to save as moony comrades as she could instead of running away and saving at least herself. On her return she heard she was being awarded a Medal of Honer for saving that many lives. Awaiting the ceremony she got a letter saying she was recommended to join the Tempest Project Program by her commanding officer. The only downside was that the departure date was the same date as the date of her Award Ceremony just a few days after her 24th birthday. Alyssa not present on her own ceremony, left Earth to serve the British Military on the H.M.S. Tempest.

[Sep]

No it isn't sexual orientation that was a mistake... I better fix that.

[Ellri]

Marrow, if you access your browser cache you might be able to recover it. Depending on browser, you might need an addon to access stored web pages, but it might be possible to get it recovered.

anyways, the answers Sep had yesterday about nationality were more or less as such:
Characters (other than the XO, which is American and is there for teaching and advisory purpose only) have to be British. Or Scottish. Or Irish. Or Welsh. Basically: they have to be from a nation it makes sense for to serve on a vessel in the British Royal Navy. While many other nations are allied with Britain, they still have their own navies and need really good reason to serve on navy vessels not belonging to their own nation.

Dual citizenship is one way to get around that, but even then (s)he has to be extremely exceptional to be assigned to a secret vessel. People of dual citizenship might end up having problems with loyalty to two governments and might have to spill secrets to the other.

Sep: You know we'll include that line in our CS when we post it anyways, right? Its too fun to mess with not to.

[Sep]

Right. Two problems now, the Army isn't a school. You don't just "exchange" army. You can sometimes work with others in terms of two squads working together but you don't actually swap over.

Second, to join the British military you have to be a citizen for at least... ten years I believe. Seriously if you are dead set on Dutch just mention having a dual nationality, and you simply joined up in the British military OR.. You were in the Dutch army, did your term and then enrolled in the british army as an officer.

[Forsythe]

So you said CO would be better huh? OK, challenge accepted ;-P

Name: Alexis West

Appearance:
Alexis stands 173 centimeters tall. While by no means physically weak, her frame seems rather skinny. She keeps her blond hair a few inches short of shoulder length, using it to partially cover the scar that starts close to her right eye and goes all the way below her ear. Her green eyes are always ticking checking out her surroundings and hardly ever still, only when she gives someone her trademark piercing gaze. She is not a fan of distinguishing herself from the rest of the crew and welcomed the uniform green jumpsuits worn on Earth ships, most of the time wearing one of those.

Rank: Captain
Role: Commanding Officer
Unit: EX-305 HMS Tempest
Age: 41
Gender: Female

Reason chosen for Tempest:
Previously a CO of a Trafalgar-class fleet submarine, Captain West is most capable of acting on her own without contact to higher ranks. Her record shows she is very good at utilizing the stealth capabilities of the submarine for precision strikes, a skill that was deemed very useful on a ship not primarily designed for combat. Taking a lesson from the US, the Royal Navy opted for a submarine skipper rather than a ship captain due to the three dimensional nature of combat in space. The fact that West has next to no family also played in her favor

Personality:
Alexis is fairly silent person, preferring not to speak at all unless there is something of value to be said. She's calm under pressure and believes that optimism is caused by lack of information, giving her an overall cold personality. In private life, she only keeps a handful of true friends. As far as work relationships go, she can be tough and expects only the best from the crew, but in return she always fights for them and gives them relative freedom in their jobs, counting on her staff to know what to do. Captain West is rather fond of coffee, Swiss chocolate and and Sci-Fi literature, although her interest in the last has somewhat dropped with her new assignment.

Short Biography:
A daughter of a Czech immigrant and English small company owner, Alexis' education options were limited by her family's financial situation. Her father died in a car crash in her early years, further adding to the need to support her family form early age. As such, she joined the BRNC at the age of 18 and graduated on the top of her class. Her first assignment was a sonar service on board a destroyer. During NATO war games, she was able to predict the movements of enemy submarines with astounding accuracy and her ship made the major contribution to the list of destroyed targets. Following that she took special interest in submarines, studying their tactics. This did not go unnoticed by her superiors. With her cold and calculating mindset, she was offered service on board one. In the next round of drills, she managed to help shed a pursuing destroyer by guiding the vessel directly between it's two propellers. With her good performance, she was permanently transferred to the submarine service. Initially West was not considered for command, but when her CO got incapacitated during an operation, she took charge and completed the mission, earning her own sub.

[Sep]

Forsythe said
So you said CO would be better huh? OK, challenge accepted ;-P Alexis WestAlexis stands 173 centimeters tall. While by no means physically weak, her frame seems rather skinny. She keeps her blond hair a few inches short of shoulder length, using it to partially cover the scar that starts close to her right eye and goes all the way below her ear. Her green eyes are always ticking checking out her surroundings and hardly ever still, only when she gives someone her trademark piercing gaze. She is not a fan of distinguishing herself from the rest of the crew and welcomed the uniform green jumpsuits worn on Earth ships, most of the time wearing one of those. Captain Commanding Officer EX-305 HMS Tempest 41 FemalePreviously a CO of a Trafalgar-class fleet submarine, Captain West is most capable of acting on her own without contact to higher ranks. Her record shows she is very good at utilizing the stealth capabilities of the submarine for precision strikes, a skill that was deemed very useful on a ship not primarily designed for combat. Taking a lesson from the US, the Royal Navy opted for a submarine skipper rather than a ship captain due to the three dimensional nature of combat in space.Alexis is fairly silent person, preferring not to speak at all unless there is something of value to be said. She's calm under pressure and believes that optimism is caused by lack of information, giving her an overall cold personality. In private life, she only keeps a handful of true friends. As far as work relationships go, she can be tough and expects only the best from the crew, but in return she always fights for them and gives them relative freedom in their jobs, counting on her staff to know what to do. Captain West is rather fond of coffee, Swiss chocolate and and Sci-Fi literature, although her interest in the last has somewhat dropped with her new assignment.A daughter of a Czech immigrant and English small company owner, Alexis' education options were limited by her family's financial situation. Her father died in a car crash in her early years, further adding to the need to support her family form early age. As such, she joined the BRNC at the age of 18 and graduated on the top of her class. Her first assignment was a ship, but her superiors quickly recognized her skills were better used below the surface. Alexis ascended through the ranks fairly quickly, but initially she was not nominated for command. However when she was forced to take command during a drill when her CO was incapacitated, she demonstrated enough skill and was given her own sub. She is single, never married.

You'll have to go on to explain the Submarine edge a bit more. It is VERY rare for a woman to be assigned to a Submarine. Typically they are male only roles simply due to the close quarter situations.

[Marrow]

Done Editing... now Alyssa is form the UK... sparkly populated area close to the woods... whatever, not mentionable

[Sep]

Marrow said
Done Editing... now Alyssa is form the UK... sparkly populated area close to the woods... whatever, not mentionable

All right then, Dual nationality was an option but whatever works.

Sorry for being complicated but playing by Logic and Military standards it makes sense that there wouldn't be other military members.

Welcome Aboard! I'll add you to the OP.

[Forsythe]

Edited (In the biography section). Not sure if I understood correctly what the problem was tho.

[Sep]

Doesn't matter, last time I looked it up Women couldn't serve on Submarines. Apparently they can now. Welcome aboard Ma'am, as the IOA representative (Main char probably) I will be your worst nightmare.

[Forsythe]

Yeah the only position they can't get into now days are the marines. And not necessarily a nightmare, unlike the Yankees the Brits don't know yet that IOA is a can of worms ;P

[Marrow]

Is the Second in Command (next to the commander, not the section leader) One of the Lieutenants or a whole other character?

[Sep]

You are right, sorry my brain wasn't working. Also I should point out that if you go to the commander role you will not be frontline. Are you okay with that or do you want to simply change rank and be frontline? Also as LT you are the commander of all the ground forces. A SGT. Is your second, though I'm willing for someone to apply as a 2nd LT as your second. If you want to stay as a LT that is.

[Forsythe]

Q: What's the status of SGC? I assume we'll have some contact (Sending stuff back to earth etc.), who's in charge there? If the game (can't remember the name) is to be considered, then Sam Carter was promoted to general and given command of SGC in 2011.

[Marrow]

yeah, can't really make head or tails of this. let me put it this way.

I'll be the highest commander while also battling in the frontline

that'll be my rank