[CHAR] Crisis: Mars! [Full unless you're Brilliant]

[Sep]

LIST OF ACCEPTED CHARACTERS ON THE OOC

Watcher

Name:Watcher
Age:Unknown
Gender:Presumed Male
Ability:Presumed to have Precognative Abilities.
Personal Skills:Unknown
Personal Weaknesses: Unknown
History:Unknown.

Ryan Wells

Name:Ryan Wells

Age:29

Gender:Male

Equipment:Protective mining gear

Ability: Elemental - Control over Stone

-Abilities Strengths: His skin has hardened, and possibly his internal organs too. Right now it's a pale marble like substance that takes a saw or several bullets to break. Though he fears it is getting harder. Also as long as he is connected to the ground or some form of stone he can manipulate it, erecting walls or pulling the ground up to hit someone. If he is in the air or not touching the ground he cannot control it, he also cannot control any earth once it is already airborne. He is stronger than the average man, coupled with the fact he is a recent immigrant to mars it makes him a formidable opponent.

-Abilities Weaknesses: If he isn't touching the ground he can't control it, his thicker skin and stone composition make him far slower than he would usually be. He is also more vulnerable to the possibility of shattering with enough force. He is also far heavier than he used to be, and even with Mars Gravity that's starting to take it's toll on where he walks.

Personal Skills: Brute force and ignorance: has always been physically strong, boxer, experience with mining equipment, intiricate knowledge of Aires mines, connections within the less scrupulous areas of Aire.

Personal Weaknesses: Stubborn: Slow to accept change, definitely not a tactician, not much for out of the box thinking, no real life experience other than working in mines.

History: Ryan, unlike his younger sister. Took after their father. Their father being a boxer and a miner, just like he turned out to be. Originally from Earth the family moved to Mars when the Lorne Corporation required more miners in Aire, and rather than hiring on Mars it was more beneficial to move people from Earth with the fact that they would have extreme strength in the lesser atmosphere. Not much happened interestingly in his life throughout school, he flunked a bit and started boxing taking a real shining to a sport where he could solve problems by hitting things. It was during this time that him and his sister began to drift apart, his sister on the academic path and him on the path of a fighter and a miner they had little in common and fought more often than not on how things should be done.

After school his dad set him up with a Job in the same mines as him, and it was here he worked during the day. At night he started fighting professionally, the fights began to earn him more money than the mines. It was always of interest for people to watch boxers from Earth fight, they were always more serioues. The blows harder which made the whole fight more interesting to watch. It was during one of these fights, years later. That the incident happened, nobody noticed it of course.

There was no explosion, no flash of light. It just happened, Ryans skin began hardening in the middle of a fight and as his opponent punched him his hand was broken on contact as that piece of skin on his chest instantly hardened into a red stone. From there the stone spread, most of his body into a pale stone. Not knowing what happened people began to panic including him, he couldn't tell what happened next for next thing he knew he was in a prison cell within the Keep. Still feeling himself changing, ever so slowly.

Cassie Wells

Name:Cassandra "Cassie" Wells

Age:24

Gender:Female

Equipment:Nothing in particular

Ability: Spacial - Teleportation

-Abilities Strengths:Can teleport from one place to another.

-Abilities Weaknesses:The greater the distance, the more exhausted she becomes. Repeated small teleports also exhaust her quickly. She has to have a) Enough energy to teleport to the place (Or she'll fall sort), b) Able to see the place she's going or c) A memory of where she's going (This is risky as it may have changed or her memory could be distorted) or d) A strong connection with someone in that place (Dangerous for the same reasons as above)

Personal Skills: Well educated, tactical thinker, patient, charismatic.

Personal Weaknesses: While she has the perks of being the complete oppisite of her brother that has its flaws too. While she is well educated she doesn't have much real life experience outside of being an intern at a lab, and while she is a recent immigrant to Mars due to a lack of exercise her muscles have suffered fatigue to the level that she is just as strong as any of the 17th generation Martians. While also patient she will be slow to act, tyring to plan ahead as soon as possible.

History: Her life is the opposite side of her brothers, studious and sticking in school. It was throughout school that the muscle fatigue kicked in and she lost the advantage she had over anybody else. Her body adapting to the lower gravity though she wasn't a fan of working out and she didn't see the problem anyway. She wasn't her brother, she didn't need to punch problems to solve them. This realization is what set them apart, and why they began to drift apart.

The constant rivalry, when she finally left to go to university they just grew more and more distant. Rarely seeing one another throughout her degree even whenever she returned home on holidays she never sought him out. When the incident happened it was actually during an attack. On her way home on a friday night from working lat in the lab she was cornered by a group of thugs which was a rare occurence especially in that part of the city. By reflex when one went to grab her she just thought about being safe back in her appartment, and in a flash she was there. Though the exertion exhausted her, passing out on the floor.

Since then she has been contacted by the mysterious Watcher trying to discover the source of these powers though recently she has discovered that her brother has been pegged for experimentation within the keep, and its time that changed.

[Greatmar2]

Renat Emlyn

Name: Renat Emlyn

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Equipment: Nothing particularly special - he carries a backpack with assorted items such as a several credit chips, his personal tablet device that he uses for almost everything and other equipment almost any middle-class civilian could get hold of hold of.

Ability: Elemental - The ability to bond with matter and manipulate it - "Matter absorption and manipulation"
-Abilities Strengths: Renat can decide that matter which he is touching is now defined as part of his body and manipulate it how he wishes. If he wishes to dispose of matter, he can merely decide that the matter is no longer part of him. It will remain in whatever shape and form it was when he disconnected from it. For example, he could pick up a rock, form it into a bracer bonded to his arm, then cause it to fall off.
-Abilities Weaknesses: As he grows more skilled, Renat will gain finer control of the matter he has absorbed and become able to control more matter at once. However, currently he is not very skilled in its use. He also cannot absorb or create living matter. While he can make minor changes to form of his body, he cannot regenerate it or take matter from another person or animal - he will recover from an injury at the same pace an ordinary human will, though he can temporarily cover over a wound with another material so that it is not left open. The longer matter remains bonded to him, the harder it is for him to get rid of it.

Personal Skills: Renat is still a teenager and has not had as much life experience as an adult would have. He was an above average student at school, but still not one of the top. He has a decent skill with computers (though, who doesn't with them literally everywhere in the 23rd century?) and a natural artistic skill. He is patient and likes to try understand the world and people around him, thinking it will help him improve his art. He also has a good general knowledge and strong imagination, both partially due to his love of reading.

He is very close to his family and will do whatever he can to make sure they do not get hurt. This can be regarded as a strength or weakness.

Personal Weaknesses: Renat has had limited experience of the world, meaning that - while he is still open to learning new things - he does not know how to respond to some situations or to do in certain environments. His interactions with other people can influence him a lot if he trusts and/or admires the person. Sometimes he can be a bit distant or zone out when he is focusing on thinking about something else too much.

History:
The Emlyn family has been on Mars for 12 decades. They originally arrived on Mars seeking wealth, Gregory Emlyn's business on Earth having become bankrupt due to shifts in the economic environment. They established the Em-Corps which was profitable enough to keep the family from dropping below 'middle class' but neither was it a booming success. Since Renat's grandfather, the family has aimed to return to Earth, stories of the biodomes full of perfect flora and fauna where the rich dwell sounding far more enticing than the harsh and red Mars.

Renat is close to his family which consists of his father Timon, mother Gabrielle, younger brother Walter and younger sister Olivia. The children grew up with some of their favourite stories being about Earth. The family is still determined to find some way back to Earth, despite that it might not be as fantastical as stories tell.

Renat hasn't had a very social life, only having a few close friends at a time throughout his school career. He could often be found alone in a corner reading, whether an electronic book or a family heirloom - some books preserved before paper became almost completely outdated. He did well in school, though never becoming the top in the grade - always being a little below the top 10 students that were announced.

Renat does not know when he got his powers, he only discovered that he had any a week ago. He presumes that he first got them around a month ago, when the first reports of 'superpowered' people started coming in. He discovered them when he was fiddling with a puzzle ring that is supposed to fit into one ring. He closed his eye, picturing how the three rings could come together. A tingling on his palm caused him to open his eyes, upon which he saw the rings had fused with his skin and had begun to combine into one seamless ring. After some panic, he figured out what had happened and managed to put the partially-combined rings back on the table.

He has told his parents about his power, but not his siblings. They have done their best to support him, but he has since been spending a lot more time away from home, feeling that if he spent too long with his family he would be putting them in unnecessary danger. He has occupied his time exploring the city more than he had done so previously, while avoiding touching things where possible so that no accidents would happen and he would not draw attention to himself because of those.

[Zambu]

Name: Avina 'Fox' Westress

Age: 28

Gender: female

Appearance: has one white eye which is kept underneath bang and many peircings, most on ears and stomach, has snake bites also. rest in photo

Equipment: has a pair of glasses which allow her access to a data base to everyone living within 5 miles of location(to an extent)

Ability: Spacal- ability to teleport per say around close surroundings ( 3 times every hour or once every 5 posts)

-Abilities Strengths: taking that she can move through space, she is very light and graceful on her feet. She is very skilled at maneurvering between suspended areas and on the ground as long as she keeps a fast, steady pace.

-Abilities Weaknesses:although she is skilled at moving she is very clumsy when it comes to staying still or moving slowly. She has the attention span of a fly too which makes it hard for her to focus (unless she's in a life or death situation).

Personal Skills: she is very skilled at seduction and can observe alot in a single glance. She is very intellegent and Clever and can keep people interested. She has a very soothing voice (though she rarely uses it)

Personal Weaknesses: She has a very hard time believing people and letting them in. She is very skiddish around people and is hates spending extra time with them

History: After Avi was born her parents hung themselves for unknown reasons, She began to feel very lonely and started becoming ambivalent. People viewed her as a bad luck charm and shunned her (hence her dislike for people). She spent most of her time alone playing with rocks and running around, she grew in her stamina and endurance during this play. Some called her 'Fox' or 'Fox-Face' due to her ability to move every so gracefully.She found out around age 13 the reasons of why her parents hung themselves, they found themselves to weak to care for her, let alone love her,but could not live with the idea of leaving their baby girl behind. . As she grew older and more feminine, people began to take liking to her, she still kept to herself and never bothered with anyone unless absolutely necessary. She has been known as a bit of a kleptomaniac and has severe insomnia. She is a gatherer and isn't afraid to tip your bucket if she feels threatened. When she found out her spacial abilities she was wandering around town looking for someone to pick-pocket. Although she knows nothing of these "enhancements", she is starting to get used to it.

Photo:

(i'll change whats nessacary x3)

[Unknown100]

Name: Rose

Age: 24

Gender: female

Equipment:
Home-made night-vision goggles.
A tablet with lots of little useful functions. (nothing major like hacking)
A battery-less taser only she can power.

Ability: Energy absorption (Elemental)

Abilities Strengths:
Rose has the ability to absorb energy (limited to electricity at first), store it in her body, and convert it. She can then shoot it from her hands. Being about 2000 degrees, the blue beams can blast clean through walls and turn steel into butter.
Rose can also use the energy to power machinery, though mostly small devices and lamps.
Her third option, with the energy she stores in her body, is to create forcefields for protection; for herself or friends. These are energy bubbles that only stop fast-moving things like bullets, but not slow moving/walking targets. It takes energy to sustain, how much depends on the time Rose has to sustain it and the amount of force hitting the protection.


Abilities Weaknesses:
As the human body itself is energy, Rose can actually kill herself by spending all of her energy. Exhausting her power can also weaken her greatly, and make her unable to fight or escape. Once exhausted, Rose will not be okay right away even if she is able to recharge.
Her powers are not very subtle either; the beams light up and make a certain sound.

Personal Skills: An experienced tech-genius, resourceful and a skilled thief/scavenger. She’s also a skilled parkour free-runner; having escaped danger on several occasions down in the junk containers. Her physical fighting skills however don’t exceed the occasional kick-and-run strategy, not against trained soldiers.

Personal Weaknesses: Short tempered, reckless and inexperienced in fighting military guys.

History:
Rose had a hard time even before she discovered her powers; growing up at the edge of the outer wall was no easy life. Rumor had it she had been left in the poor district as an infant in some pretty expensive baby clothing. Whoever had done so was long gone, and as soon as she was able to walk she was expected to pull her weight. No one around did anything for free, not even the act of taking care of a child. Like so many others Rose was taught to mine and steal, yet somehow Rose never got caught.

While many poor kids spend their free time playing ball and such, Rose spend her time with the Educations synthetics. These results of charity were outdated, slow-thinking robots bolted to the floor. But they were working, and if you had years of patience, they could teach you to read free of charge.

Finally at the age of 12 Rose found comfort - comfort I books. Their cover might have been old and worn, but the words were still strong. Rose fended for herself now and educated herself further in the hopes of one day escaping the life of a simple miner and thief.
Early morning she got up to chop stone for The Coalition Mining Group, and late evenings she snuck down and stole. Not jewelry or money. Rose stole scraps, garbage and abandoned machinery from the great junk containers of Aire. One had to be quick in mind and body to avoid the sweltering recycle-fluid and the U.S.F surveillance. Luckily Rose had trained both. The things she uncovered down there she traded for food and supplies, or disassembled them to create new useful contraptions.

Then one month ago, at the age of 24, the unthinkable happened. Rose discovered she could do things others couldn’t. With the seemingly random bursts of energy, her body projected, having a job was no longer safe. Not for others and not for her. She had heard what they did to “freaks”. So she simply stopped showing up for work. No one knew or cared where she lived anyway.
There have been "little" accidents, but for now Rose has been able to keep her explosive gifts to a minimum. Time will tell Whether or not the U.S.F is on her trail.
Now without a job, stealing is suddenly more important than ever. It’s important for her in order to feed herself, and it’s important in order to learn what is going on. Books are still a part of Rose’s life, but now many of them revolve around the same subject: Energy. Rose seek knowledge about the force that drives her. However volumes about physics are not easy to come by for someone in society's lowest class, but where there is a will, there is a way.

[Travesty]

Matt Arnolds

Name: Matthew 'Matt' Arnolds

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Appearance: He's about 5 feet and 6 inches tall, and weighs almost 50kg. Matt is lean and a bit small for his age. He has honey blonde hair and fair skin that accentuated his deep blue eyes. Dotted with freckles, his face is something that doesnt leave an impression, though not hard on the eyes.

Equipment: Just his phone which is always connected to the internet.

Ability: Technopathy (Mental)

Abilities Strengths: Matt has the ability to control and alter data and digital information, allowing him to do various things to or inside computers such as hacking, manipulating computer programs, and acquiring information about almost anything. He can pretty much gain access to any tech system in a certain radius around him, and is able to operate them remotely with his mind. With his ability, he can easily collect any information accessible through the internet (which is pretty much everything). He is also able to understand even the most complex computer systems quicker than an average human or even a computer genius, and executes them as if he'd created it himself.

Abilities Weaknesses: His power's influence is specifically based on computer systems and all the data in it only. Meaning his power is useless once the hardware that held these data and digital information are broken or destroyed. He has no power to move the physical aspect of techs, although he can make them do what he wants by reencoding their core programs to his liking and provided their hardware is still operational. Because he hasnt mastered his powers yet, he needs at least half an hour to almost a day to fully understand certain systems, and depending on its complexity, the longer time he needed for him to understand them.

Personal Skills: If there's anything he's good at, that would certainly has something do with computers and video games. Even before he got his powers, Matt is already a computer genius. He is good at mind games, and solving puzzles since he has a thing for looking at finer details.

Personal Weaknesses: Given that he has extraordinary memory skills, he's body, however, is weak. Matt easily tires and he cant do much strenuous work else his body would collapse.

History: Matt is born in a middle class family. He is the third of 4 children, and he has always been the oddball of the lot. His 2 eldest brothers are both playing for their school's football team and one almost made it to become the quarterback. While his brothers are busy with their sports career, Matt is constantly preoccupied tinkering away with his gadgets and playing video games in his room. He rarely goes out of his room, so he hasnt really able to establish good relationship with his elder brothers or his parents for that matter. The only one who he seem to find interest of interacting with inside their house is his 3 year old sister, who in return regards him with equal affection. When he discovered his powers, he decided to keep it for himself save from his little sister whom he constantly show it to (not that there's much to show, and that she can understand). Most people only thought of him as a huge computer nerd, and unaware of the full extent of power. Sometime during the first month since he discovered his powers, he decided to use it to make some money by making programs for businesses under a secret identity. Some paid him handsomely for his work, and he has saved quite a sum now. As he learns to use his power, he plans to work under bigger companies until he has enough money to start his own.

[twave]

Name: Edith Rendel

Age: 87

Gender: Female

Appearance:


Equipment: She still has a stash of credits and a handful of weapons. The weapons would likely be considered antiquated by most standards.

Ability: Localized time manipulation.

-Abilities Strengths: Edith is able to create pockets where time is displaced within a 2 yard radius. As time naturally progresses forward it is easiest to speed it up or slow it down. The limit of which appears to be a factor of 1000. While rolling back time within the displacement is possible she has no cognitive ability to make it happen at will. The single example being the unwitting regression of her own age which was at a much higher rate than any of her other abilities.

To help explain how things would look to our characters please see the hider below.

Time Displacement Field

Inside the Field:

Fast: Things outside the field appear slower. When something enters the field it moves at normal speed.
Slow: Things outside the field appear faster. When something enters the field it moves at normal speed.

Outside the Field:

Fast: Things inside the field appear to move faster. When something exits the field it moves at normal speed.
Slow: Things inside the field appear to move slower. When something exits the field it moves at normal speed.

-Abilities Weaknesses: Only a single area of displacement is possible at a time. If there are multiple targets but they are not close enough to each other then only one will be able to be affected. She is also not immune to the effects should she manage to be in the field at the time. Use of her abilities seems to take a toll on her mind and liberal use requires sleep to recuperate. Overextending can lead her to pass out on the spot.

Personal Skills: Somewhat proficient with firearms, can fashion makeshift explosives, decent with hand to hand, can speak three languages (English, French, and German), and is rather commanding.

Personal Weaknesses: Can be extremely hot headed. While her years in prison has helped mute some of that her new found youth has her itching for action again.

History: In her prime she was the leader of a radical group that originated on Earth. They believed that use of AI would bring about the end of humanity. To be sure they were way out on the edge and would do anything to end use of such things. At first they were tolerated as nothing more than another conspiracy group filled with the paranoid. And for the most part they were right until Edith started riling them up. Just 29 at the time she had plenty of issues. Not the least of which was the mental damage done through use of drugs. Unhinged and unopposed she managed to get a small number to declare war on companies that created AIs.

Several factories were destroyed, some with people still in them. Edith and her group became public enemy number one and a manhunt began which forced them underground. One by one her followers either broke off or were captured. With the authorities getting closer she opted to go off world to Mars. Smuggled in she tried her best to fit in. But even with those breathing down her neck she attempted to destroy another facility. Her attack was thwarted however and she was captured. At 34 she was tried and convicted of multiple accounts of murder, property damage, illegal possession of explosives, and numerous other infractions. It was an open and shut case and it her sentence was life in prison.

When you're already crazy having 43 years mostly to yourself doesn't help. Even at 87 she was looking at 20 to 30 more years in the hole. That's the wonders of modern medicine for you. Even still she didn't have the spunk she once did and the facility was more than enough to keep her contained. On the occasion when a human guard would be by she could either be very friendly or shouting obscenities. Senility had had its way and it looked like she would just wither away in her cell. After the many years it had been and so far away from Earth most of the public didn't even know she was still alive.

And then the unexplainable happened. Up late one night (not that it was easy to tell the time) she drifted off into a stupor. A mutation manifesting her biological clock began to tick backward. Hours past and she went from a 87 year old woman to a youthful 17. How far back she would have gone no one knows because the process was interrupted by alarms and yelling. Abruptly ending the first action of her powers she passed out. When she awoke she was somewhere else. It was still a cell but not one she remembered. Being somewhere else wasn't nearly as alarming as finding herself a teenager again. On top of that she could think clearly again, having reversed the mental scarring of those many years ago. The only visible remnant of her former self was her white hair. Wisdom apparently did mean gray hairs.

[Peaceless]

Christopher Abu-Machlouf

Basic Information

Name: Christopher Abu-Machlouf
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 70 kg

Appearance

Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Physical Appearance:

Externally, Chris is your typical nerd. His already narrow, lean build is further enhanced by the loose-fitting clothes he wears. On top of this is a head slightly larger than perfect proportion allows, adorned with an explosion of disheveled hair. His large, round, thin-framed glasses complete the picture - a young, green techie, fitting the social stigma of his kind.

But the first thing almost immediately apparent is his complete lack of facial expression. According to context, one can imagine him being bored, sarcastic or even silently angry. And when his words do not fit this, he slowly appears more and more creepy. Sometimes, when the effect is especially bad, he looks like a bad hologram, with unfocused eyes and computer-generated face with a generic expression. He sometimes notices this, and attempts to imitate facial expressions appropriate to the context or his mood. This generally makes things worse. And his monotonous, almost robotic voice does not help matters.

Underneath his loose clothes, Chris is built like an athlete. Tight, sinewy muscles cover his body, visible through thin skin almost entirely devoid of fat. He looks like the standard male muscle diagram in anatomy books, if the diagram was slightly thinner and a giant nerd. He is not built for volume, and none of this is visible through his clothes.

When he walks or participates in any other physical activity, the experienced would notice a certain determination in his steps, coupled with balance and control, typical of martial arts practitioners. Usually there is a determined facial expression in this package, so the experienced quickly become confused.

Attire:

Chris dresses with complete disregard for fashion or style, preferring practical work clothes for all events, even social ones. His usual attire is a pair of cargo pants, light work boots, and a simple shirt underneath a jacket made of some tough material. His clothes are usually a few sizes larger than he is, making him look small.

Though if he really could, he'd just stay in his lab coat all day.

Equipment:

- Glasses (-0.5)
- Lab Coat
- Thermometer
- Pen pocket friend (or whatever the name of this thing is)
- Multitool
- Digital/Analog Wristwatch

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Chris is cheerful and friendly, and truly believes in every person's power to change the world for the best. Nothing of this comes through when he talks with people - His body language appears to be limited to hands alone, as his voice and face do not cooperate. It is so strange, that people truly need to get to know him before they can understand everything he's saying - especially his nerdy humor which he finds hilarious.

He is naturally curious, and tries to gain a deeper understanding of any topic he comes across, especially through conversation with professionals (who are his favorite conversation partners). His head, by now, is filled with bits of various information that may some day be useful in highly specific situations (Did you know standard water faucets have two different thread lengths for hot and cold pipes so they don't get mixed up?).

Since he had not dealt with any real danger before, Chris is kind of cowardly, and prefers to escape various dangerous situations. Though it would be interesting to find out what would happen if another's life was on the line.

He takes his glasses everywhere, though he's pretty fine without them. He likes the effect they have on people.

Hobbies/Interests:

Beyond his job, Chris has done a little research on every scientific field available to him. He is thus very slightly versed in all kinds of sciences, and may even recognize a term or two in a scientific paper by accident. He is particularly interested in medicine, though so far he has gained only the basic first-aid skills crucial for anyone working in a medical lab.

He tries to live a healthy lifestyle, though he seems to eat more than one would expect. He claims his body needs it. He also practices a kind of military self-defense technique, more for strength and coordination than true self-defense, but for some reason he's very perceptive and the few basic techniques he knows he can perform with near perfection.

Chris is also interested in various military technologies, from firearms to land vehicles and naval vessels. His father's career has left him curious about the world's military tech advancement, and he makes sure to follow on the latest developments and releases, through his father's sources of information. He has fired a few guns in his life, but other than having knowledge of how to operate many weapons, he has close to zero experience.

Skills/Talents:

Chris has a Magister's degree in Physics. His degree was very general and encompassed many different fields in physics, from analytic thermodynamics to relative gravitational analysis. His Magister's was about a new type of medical imaging, the first step towards his chosen career.

Chris is also versed in many kinds of medical equipment, and while he dealt only with specific equipment he will most likely be able to operate many others. He is able to analyze results of various tests as well, on a very basic level (though considerably upgraded by him testing various anomalies he had artificially induced in his body).

History/Bio

Christopher Abu-Machlouf was born in Egypt, Earth, in a time of great technological leaps. His father was a military contractor, and often took him as a child to gun shows and other events. The child took everything in with great joy, excited by the technological complexity and ease-of-use of the various "problem-solvers" he was shown.

His father thought he would continue in his steps and become an engineer, but Chris soon found that what excited him is not technology itself, but the principles on which it was built. Additionally, he was a pacifist, and preferred to advance the world of Medical technology instead of the Military. He finished school with honors, and immediately applied to the best university his parents' money could buy.

After receiving his Magister's he decided to join his university's mission to Mars. Its purpose was to study the living habits of miners, and eventually develop tools that would improve their health and prolong their lives. The expedition's base of operations was founded in Aire - The team would do rudimentary health checks of many miners, and it was important to have access to workers from all over the planet.

Christopher's primary work was to operate the various testing equipment, which was too complicated and unwieldy for doctors that were used to working with people. He tried to learn everything he could from them, but much of what happened went over his head. He did gain a good idea of how the testing equipment worked, on a physical level, and what the results meant - Since in his free time, he would run various tests on himself, in different conditions (After a workout, just waking up, hungover, etc). He was glad this machinery was available to him, as it encouraged him to live a healthy lifestyle.

One day, it happened. He woke up, not particularly tired, but looking in the mirror as if he partied hard yesterday and was going to pay for it. Through communication with the others, he realized his face was numb - or, emotionally numb. He could do anything he wanted with it, but it would not change according to his tone of voice or his mood. During the day, he noticed his voice becoming monotonous.

He quickly put himself in a device used to measure cardiovascular function. It was a stationary bike-like contraption with many sensors. He would often toy with the life-signs on the screen, trying to force them up or down using his thoughts.

This time, it worked.

He felt a sharp pain in his chest as his heart went from 60 to 160 in 3 seconds. His temperature jumped. His lungs forced oxygen inside with a coarse gasp. His hands, forehead, body became covered in hot sweat. A minute later it was over, after he was sure he was going to die from the weirdest cardiac arrest known to man. A slight but annoying headache was beginning to develop at the back of his head, so he got off the bike and poured himself a cup of juice. A few moments later, he was in front of the punching bag. He tested his strength a few times, his strikes fast and accurate from the self-defense classes he was taking (As they proved to be the most effective for his shape). Then, he forced himself to strike harder. And harder. His muscles bulged. Sharp pain spread through his elbow, to his shoulder and back. The next punch made a small crack in the cheap bag's fabric, simultaneously dislocating his shoulder.

He made it to bed somehow, his shoulder returned to place but his hand almost completely useless. He wondered if he was going to simply break apart at night. He wished himself to get better. He did not want to die. He did not want to die! His right hand twitched. When he woke up the next day, his arm was fine.

Using the tools at his disposal, Chris spent the following month working at day and researching his power at night. He was able to fine-tune his body to make his workouts more effective as well, and made almost inhuman progress. That was until the quarantine. He spent a day hiding his logs, to one day send them to Earth and continue his research. And while the lab is slowly transformed into an emergency treatment clinic, he can't help but wonder if it will soon be used to diagnose people with powers.

Family:

Father: Frederick Abu-Machlouf, Project Manager, Egypt Military. Alive.
Mother: Dianah Abu-Machlouf, Writer. Alive.

Abilities

Power Class:

Physical - Bioelectrical Signal Control

Power Description:

The human body is controlled by decisions, some automatic and some intelligent, of all parts of the human brain. These decisions translate into bioelectrical signals, sent from the central nervous system to all parts of the body. Unlike normal people, Chris has control over many automatic signals, and is able to transmit them in his own body by will, overriding many of its automatic functions.

He also has a limited ability to transmit bioelectrical signals by touch to others. The effects on them are similar to those on him, but are also quite different, sometimes destructively so. The brain has no ability to transmit these signals outside the body, but Chris is able to overcharge the brain to do so. This takes a heavy toll on him.

(note: Chris does not actually have control over electricity - only over his body's communication signals).
Current State
The commands Chris can currently use are:

Biomechanical
- Strength

Removes limiters from the muscles, allowing the body to exert more force than it naturally would. If used for extensive periods or for extremely hard tasks, may damage the muscles.

- Speed

Similarly to strength, allows the limbs to move faster, with the same limitations.

- Flexibility

Allows muscles and tendons to lengthen beyond their limit. This lowers strength and makes the body more susceptible to physical damage.

- Control

Allows higher coordination and more accurate movements. Can be used for accurate throwing, pinpoint firearm accuracy, or complicated surgery (as long as he knows what he is doing). Decreases all other biomechanical parameters.

- Defense

Temporarily hardens muscles and bones, to allow the body to survive higher physical trauma. Decreases speed and flexibility.

Sensory
- Sight Accuracy

Allows clearer view of objects far away, or noticing minute details.

- Sight Speed

Allows the mind to respond to visible events faster. This is like bullet time, only without hastening the body. The higher the response speed, the greater the strain on the mind and eyes.

- Variable-Light Vision

Allows faster adaptation to low or high light environment. Within human limitations, this causes no strain, but when pushed beyond (i.e. darkvision) it causes strain as usual.

- Hearing

Enhances hearing beyond human capability. Works only in low-noise environments.

- Smell

Allows recognition of familiar smells in smelly environment.

- Taste

Food is more awesome than ever.

- Pain Resistance

The ability to ignore pain and prevent it from affecting sensory or physical parameters. This does not prevent actual damage to the body.

Internal
- Active Healing

Enhanced regeneration of wounded (or missing) tissue. Can be used to repair self-inflicted damage caused by other abilities.

- Adrenaline Control

Increase of adrenaline increases strength and speed, lowers coordination and sensitivity in all senses (including pain). High amounts of adrenaline in the blood for extended periods of time cause extreme fatigue. The usage of the ability itself does not strain the body (Within the body's limitation of producing and breaking down adrenaline).

- Sleep Control

Can fall asleep instantly and in any environment. External awakening must overcome the noise within which this power was used (kick to the head works every time).

- Digestion Control

Can, within certain limitation, process barely edible food, and in general take whatever materials he chooses from any ingested food. Cakes are not fattening anymore.

- Metabolism Control

Can hasten or slow down cardiovascular functions. Outside of human parameters, this is the most dangerous power to use, since passing human limitations in both directions leads to death.

Transmitted
- Sense Other

Able to sense and understand (within the limitation of the language used to describe these powers) any problems or wounds that a person has by touching them. Only serious problems are felt.

- Heal Other

Able to induce regeneration in subject touched. The subject must be organic and the touch must persist for the duration of the ability. Exerts the body just like normal regeneration but is generally less effective.

Other
- Genetic Modification

In conjunction with healing, this can be used to modify a parameter beyond a human's capability permanently. This power is very long term, and its results take effect whenever the GM wants. This is basically my character's level up mechanism.

Future Advancement
- Increased bioelectrical stamina (decrease strain of powers on body, extend duration)
- Increase amount of simultaneous powers used (at the moment limited to 1)
- Increased effectiveness of all powers
- Improve Other (Biomechanics)

- Future genetic modification results:

- Echolocation
- Thermal Sight

Limits:

Issuing a command requires a strong bioelectrical discharge in Chris's brain. The organ responsible for it takes time to recharge, and at the moment is limited to one discharge between recharges.

Using a command on someone else, including healing, takes greater effort and increases recharge time. It also damages Chris's nervous system slightly, requiring him to heal himself after a few uses.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

The weaknesses of particular powers are in their description. There are some general weaknesses however:

- Since Chris is able to change parameters humans usually have no control of, he is particularly susceptible to mind control. If forced to use his powers incorrectly, he can hurt himself and even die.

- As most parameters within the human body, Chris's power requires the body to be in optimal temperature. If Chris is too cold, his power weakens, and he loses it in particularly cool environments. He can increase his cardiovascular parameters to warm himself, but only while it isn't cold enough. When it is hot, on the other hand, Chris's power may go off randomly, on himself or on an innocent bystander touched at the wrong time. This depletes his ability as usual. His powers do not discharge randomly while charging. He can decrease his cardiovascular parameters to cool himself, but this makes him sluggish and tired if done in excess.

[vietmyke]

Name: ARTEI-0014 'Artie'
Age: 10 Months
Gender: None - Vocalizer uses male voice pattern.

Equipment:
Artie's AI core is equipped within a prototype X4 Tactical Combat Unit. The Combat Unit is a state of the art droid, designed specifically for combat, using advanced cyberlimbic technologies to create a single body. The body itself is made up of advanced electronic circuitry housed within a EMP-cased shell of advanced artificial servomotors and processors. The artificial body is then clothed with diamond-carbon weave kevlar, and additional high strength alloy armor plates are equipped in a manner to make the robotic unit considerably more durable. The X4 Tactical Combat unit is able to use U.S.F. standard equipment, and comes with its own built in weaponry. Alongside its light machinegun, the X4 also houses a control system with which several X3 units can be slaved to.

ACR-10 Battle Rifle
Combat Blades
APP-3 Machine Pistols x2
Electrical Whipcord
Mini-Rocket
Suppression Foam

Personal Skills:
Highly mobile and capable in both long ranged warfare and hand to hand combat. His hardy construction makes him extremely durable and capable of taking much punishment. He has the logic and computing skills of a supercomputer and has the ability to control multiple X3's at once.
Personal Weaknesses:
As one of the first attempts to mass produce AI's, Artie is prone to the occasional glitch. He also occasionally expresses conflicting opinions, and exhibits less compliance than many Corporates would like.

History: Advanced Reconnaissance and Tactical Electronic Interface, Serial number 0014, commonly referred to by the squad as 'Artie' is a prototype Artificial Intelligence unit created by the Lorne Corporation for the Coalition, with the intention of mass producing capable and efficient, yet cheap AI. Only created in limited numbers as of now, each ARTEI unit is typically bound to a human "Operator", either a USF Squad leader, or Hunter unit, to provide it with tactical as well as strategic advice. ARTEI is capable of re-tasking local X3 units in order to provide further aid.

ARTEI-0014, commonly known as Artie by development teams as well as the few ground teams its been in contact with was the first ARTEI unit to complete training 5 months after its creation. 0014 then spent the next 4 months conducting classified raids against various pirate forces in order to continue gathering combat data and combat experience. ARTEI-0014 has spent the last month at a holding facility, where he maintains guard over a select group of unique humans.

[Elekrisk]

Name: Ethan Peterson

Age: 16

Gender : Male

Appearence: Black hair, pale skin, blue eyes, often wears a black hoodie. About 170 cm tall. He is pretty thin.

Equipment: A bow, arrows and a grappling hook.

Ability: He can create a barrier of compressed air around his body, effectively eliminating sounds like footsteps.

Ability strenghts: The barrier eliminates any sounds trying to escape, making Ethan able to sneak around without anyone hearing him. The barrier doesn't break when he fires an arrow.

Ability weaknesses: When he uses his ability, he grow tired quicker than otherwise, and he can't execute complicated tasks without breaking the barrier. The barrier also prevents sounds from entering, making Ethan deaf for the world.

Personal skills: Ethan is very good with a bow, he is pretty agile and has extremely good sight; he can easily spot a persons eyecolor from 200 m.

Personal weaknesses: He acts before he thinks and believes almost anything you tell him, unless it conflicts with his general view of the world. He has almost no melee skill.

History: Ethan was a child who lived in the richest part of Aire. He was happy thinking that everyone had a equally good existence has he did. At the age of 12 he saw the movie Ranger: The Second Soul. He began to train archery, as the protagonist in the movie used a bow. He immediately showed a talent, and at the age of 15 he was the best archer on Mars. There weren't many archers on Mars, but he still felt he had achieved something.
Then he became sixteen. And weird things started happening. Sometimes when he was concentrating harder than normal on something, the sounds around him faded away. It was like he became deaf. When that concentration broke, he regained his hearing. When he told about this to his parents, who were watching the news on TV, they stared at him with terror. They locked him up in his room, before calling the U.S.F.
But while they were doing that, he slipped out of his window, and ran away. He reached the outer part of the city, and was shocked by their poverty. Filled with hate against the rich who oppressed the poor, ignoring them when they needed help, he thought of a way to get revenge. He could only think of bringing down the Coalition. He had found a good bow and some old arrows on the black market, and now he wanted to bring down the Coalition. The only question was how.

[DELETED324324]

Name:Garret Wilhelm
Age:28
Gender:Male
Appearance:Underneath the helmet is pale golden hair that is closely cropped, his hazel eyes have a green tinting to them and they seem distant as if he is in another world.
Equipment:1 H&K MP500 machine gun
1 APP-3 pistol
1 Data pad that feeds into the hud device over his eyes.
1 pair of HUD glasses that keep track of ammo count, help identify targets, and give live feeds to Tactical HQ and his employer.
1 Respirator for breathing on the surface.
4 stun grenades.
spare magazines and pocket lint.

Ability:Photographic Reflexes (Physical)
-Abilities Strengths:He is able to see any physical move and copy it. So martial arts forms and moves he can learn it just by watching, this makes him the perfect soldier but despite this he isn't any faster and stronger than any peak physical human so he isn't a super soldier.
-Abilities Weaknesses:His mind can only hold so much information so there are often gaps in his memory where he will forget things he also gets frequent migraines and headaches, also he is physically no better than any peak athlete and his ability prevents him from copying any physical abilities that would otherwise be impossible for humans.

Personal Skills:Advanced martial arts skills, skilled with a weapon, engineering experience especially in robotics, combat experience.
Personal Weaknesses:Post Traumatic stress from battle and from childhood, Anger and control issues, Alcoholism, and women who he sees as he has to go out of his way to protect.

History:Garret grew up in South Africa on Earth, his father and mother were extremely neglectful and often ignored their child, it wasn't until a few warlords rose against the U.S.F in South Africa that his parents actually paid attention to their child and it was to often blame them for why they were broke and why things were hard to come by. Often this ended with a smack across the face from his mother and a hit or two from his father, things escalated from slaps to hits, from hits to kicks and then beatings often times ending in broken bones. By 14 years old the warlords milita, finally reached his part of the country and he left to join the rebels learning how to fight.

Two years later the war ended and the sixteen year old Garret returned home the rebellion a failure and anyone who joined their cause as a war criminal so his final act as a rebel was to burn down his home and ensure his parents were within the flames as he burned them alive. Then he went on the run, his life on the lam led him to a mechanics shop and a friendly old mechanic whose son died a rebel so naturally he took the boy under his wing and taught him how to fix vehicles from there Garret remained with the older man as a mechanic hiding in plain sight.

Shortly after his 18th birthday Garret joined the U.S.F base stationed in Africa and his skill as a mechanic quickly earned him a spot into the 212th Combat Engineering group, a group that was quickly thrust into fighting in Africa which had remained quite a hive of civil unrest even into these years. His job was to squash the occasional dissenting group and uprising that wanted to be free from U.S.F hands. This led to somewhat of a internal debate in the mind of Garret, who for the most part used to be one of them and now he was killing them.

Finally he had enough of the fighting and after his 22nd birthday ended up returning home to the mechanics shop only to found the only man who had ever fathered him dead. Alone, scared and looking for a place in the world he walked out of the only place he called home.

So he left Africa and ended up in the hands of the Lome Corporation who used his knowledge of a mechanic for their robotics program and his knowledge of combat to be used as a private contractor so they trained him. They transferred him to Mars and he did combat and mechanic work for Lome there until his ability manifested, there they took notice and they transferred him around a little before putting him in with their best and brightest soldiers and robots. His mission was to watch and train, maintain company property and interests, and plug up any leaks.

[philp123]

Name: Leo Renton

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Appearance

Head: Blonde hair which has a schoolboy cut with a long fringe that covers his right eye. His eyes are blue although not many people see them as he will normally wear sports sunglasses to cover up the scar on his left eye. Although not many people see his eyes they are a blue turquoise but his left eye is dark red. His complexion is slightly tanned he has a few spots appearing just below his nose but they aren’t very noticeable.

Torso: Leo will normally be found wearing a black Hoodie which is black with silver details it has the insignia of his favourite earth Team (England) on the right hand side. Underneath this he is normally wearing a long sleeved black and blue striped shirt. In the right pocket of his tracksuit he always keeps a picture of his family and him.

Arms: Leo’s Arms aren't normally visible but when they are you can see distinct tan lines on the upper arm. His arms are quite long but also muscular.

Legs: Leo normally wears some sort of cargo trousers normally in black or brown. Again he has long legs. He has a scar very visible on his right thigh from his knee up to the hip.

Equipment, Abilities, and Personal Strengths + Weaknesses

Equipment: Leo Carries the Knife that was stabbed into his leg, he carries it as a sign of what happened and to make sure that he never has to run away again.

Ability: (Spatial) Light control, Photo kinesis.

-Abilities Strengths: With his power Leo is able to bend light around his body turning him practically invisible. Light is able to become a hard substance. Enough to create a small shield that could protect light him for projectiles

-Abilities Weaknesses: The bending of light creates a distortion where he is, it is easily noticed by the trained eye. The Hard light is like plastic, it can take a few shots before shattering, as more shots impact the shield it becomes harder to keep it up and eventually he would have to destroy it.

Personal Skills:
Personal Weaknesses: He is very weak minded. If confronted with a problem it would hard for him to make decisions easily. He despises thugs or any type of gang this would influence his decision making skill massively.

History

Leo has had a somewhat troubled past. He was always the friendly one of his friend group that, at least that was until the event with his family. Leo and his Parents were walking in a shady part of the city when they were surrounded by a gang of thugs. His father was always an honourable man and tried to fight to protect his family. Unfortunately he was massively outnumbered, he was hit by some and one of them had a knife. Leo could do nothing but hide, after all he was only nine at the time. The thugs stopped attacking his father once they were certain he wouldn’t be getting back up and turned their attention towards Leo and his mother. They split them up whilst one half attacked the mother, the others went for Leo, He tried to block out her groans of pain and instead focused on staying alive. The thug with the knife stabbed him in the leg, just as he did so Leo kicked back at him dragging the knife back with him. He took it out and hit the others who were surrounding him. He was crying like never before, he ran as fast as he could towards the nearest medical centre. He stopped when he reached the corner luckily the area he was now in was equipped with CCTV, due to this fact it seemed that the men chasing him had lost interest. He wouldn’t dare look to see what they were doing to his mother, her screams explained the whole story. He limped towards the medical centre, he was not proud of what he had done and did not tell any of the staff in the medical centre what had happened that night.

Ever since then he was never the same child. He became quieter more defensive. He was left to an orphanage who looked after him. He hated the place, he couldn’t think, he would often just go outside and stare into the distance, and he would just to relax. His bonds to his friends faded over time. After the event Leo’s personal life went downhill, He didn’t have the cleanest record. His school colleges would often bully him about the fact he was a loner, or a low life, and most of the times he would react with violence he’s had several cases of Assault and Verbal abuse, and has been in prison for 6 months in total. After coming out he was a different person, he was calmer he could hold his own. He was still very defensive, but he had changed for the better. He now resides at a foster home and attends school two years behind everyone else.

His power was a surprise to him, He never would’ve thought of him having an ability like that. He practiced out of sight, if his foster parents had found out they would’ve freaked out and reported him to the military. No one could know. He practiced his power in private and never told anyone. He knew what they would do if the military found out.