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

[Sep]

"Another incident on Mars today when-""...U.S.F Confirms another incident-""Announced five missing, presumed dead-""We simply have more questions than answers at this time-""... No official comment on the issue-""... Man who can breathe fire."
"I can't believe it. Those bastards did it."

The Year is 2300, with 27 decades worth of colonists on the Red Planet Mars. Once inhospitable thanks to, rudementary, terraforming techniques now a inhabitable and severly profitable red planet. However after roughly one hundred and seventy years of nothing but building and mining, something strange has happened. People have began to perform amazing feats only one month ago. Create fire seemingly from thin air, read minds, create illusions and so many more abilities seem to exist. The problem is not everyone can control it, and with the loss of innocent life the United planets Security Force has stepped in to take control of the incident. Now Aire is on lock down, nobody in nobody out except members of the U.S.F and powered people are being hunted down.

It's time for answers, why is this happening? Why to only certain people?

IC Status:

Aire is under Quarantine, Soldiers and X3 patrols are common and Enforcers have been seen on patrol.

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Throughout the course of the RP there will be people with powers, or gaining powers trying to avoid the forces of the U.S.F - United planetary Security Force and as such imprisonment or even death. Though what will you do with these powers is up to you. Try to become a super villain, hero or just find out why this is happening it is up to you. Though be careful, you're being watched and while there will be empaphizers trying to help you there is still the ongoing investigation to find out what happened...

Whose side will you be on?

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Powers:

Powers will come under one of the following classes and there can't be cross overs between any of them. Also please remember characters will only of had their power for roughly a month.

Physical - Either having a physical alteration (Speed, strength, regeneration) or the ability to alter your bodys shape and composition.

Mental - The ability to influence a mind, be it to try and read someones mind, puppet someone or make them see things.

Elemental - The power to control the elements or have changes that are in regards to them. Any for of energy manipulation I am putting in this class.

Spacial - The ability to control/move through space. This is an extremely rare class and anyone wanting a power from it will be heavily scrutinized.

Temporal - The ability to control time. This is an even rarer class, and anyone wanting this will be even more heavily scrutinized.

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Helpful information.*You do not require to read this, however to get background I would recommend reading up on Aire (Within the Coalition then Mars Tab), U.S.F and the Coalition itself. This is the universe we play in. The repo will have files added to it in time, anything that is considered finished/canon will be not be editable.
Repository knowledge

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Rules:

1. I am GM, yes so in terms of acceptance what I say goes. But if I get something wrong... tell me.
2. We're having a semblence of realism, but it's people living on mars and some people having super powers...
3. No Powergaming/Metagaming/Godmodding
4. No Smut(Duh)
5. If someone has a problem with swearing, I expect you to stop.
6. Have fun, not optional.

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CS-Skeleton

Post it in the CS tab, I shall announce once you're accepted, or if you're denied.

-Picture if you have one-
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:(If there are any changes from the picture or if you don't have a picture)
Equipment:(Any tech or gadgetry you have)
Ability:(If you have one)
-Abilities Strengths:(What is your ability? What can you do?)
-Abilities Weaknesses:(What are the weaknesses for your ability? What limits it? What can't it do?)
Personal Skills:
Personal Weaknesses:
History:

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Accepted Characters

Watcher @Sep - Unknown
Ryan Wells @Sep - Ground/Rock/Stone Manipulation
Cassie Wells @Sep - Teleportation
Rose @Unknown100 - Electrical manipulation[Player Busy, now a NPC]
Matt Arnolds @Travesty - Technopath[Player Missing]
Christopher Abu-Machlouf @Peaceless - Bioelectrical manipulation
Edith Rendel @T2wave - Local time manipulation
Renat Emlyn @Greatmar2 - Elemental Control to add enhancements.
ARTEI-0014 'Artie' @Vietmyke - Experimental X4 AI system.

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This took me some time, and a movie in the middle, to make. Though I could refine some details in the future. I'll make sure to alert you all to any changes. If you have any questions/suggestions feel free to share.

Thanks for reading.

[Unknown100]

Well, all this can seem a little confusing, but I'm sure I'll understand it all better in time :)
I have a few questions though.

1. Characters can breath outside right?

2. Does the city have rich, regular and poor sections?

3. What's the most normal kind of protection on the streets? Soldiers?

4. Can we control and make dialog for NPC's? Because that often makes for the most dynamic fight sequences and for good storytelling.

I will also take the time to say that I can see you have put a lot of work into this. *applause*
I also like that the military seem to really be able to put up a fight against people with powers. I always like when NPC's have strength too, because fights are more dynamic and exciting then.

[Sep]

Well, all this can seem a little confusing, but I'm sure I'll understand it all better in time :)
I have a few questions though.

1. Characters can breath outside right?

2. Does the city have rich, regular and poor sections?

3. What's the most normal kind of protection on the streets? Soldiers?

4. Can we control and make dialog for NPC's? Because that often makes for the most dynamic fight sequences and for good storytelling.

I will also take the time to say that I can see you have put a lot of work into this. *applause*
I also like that the military seem to really be able to put up a fight against people with powers. I always like when NPC's have strength too, because fights are more dynamic and exciting then.

@Unknown100

1) Thats actually something I meant to cover. Each of the three cities(Though we will all be starting in Aire) Will have a dome of breathable air.

2) Yes, again something I must have forgotten to put in (And will put in the OP later I am working on something IRL atm) towards the centre, and the actual space port will be the "nicer" area as that's the first bit people really see. The further out from the centre you go out and the closer you get to the wall and the industrial district the worse it gets, kind of like in real life.

3) Indeed, that's why they're the "security" force ;) With a little X3 backup (Check the robotic section of the USF)

4) You can indeed make Dialogue for NPCs. I mean if I need to make someone uber important I'll make sure it's known how important they are.

In terms of your applause thankee :P

and in terms of the military handling powers, expect it to change as it progresses. As it is the standard patrols will be X3s and Soldiers and there will be some Enforcers walking around but don't expect to see any Hunters or Pacification Units yet.

[Unknown100]

Cool - cool :)

[Sep]

Working on my sheets now.

[Sep]

Cool - cool :)

@Unknown100

After being awake and thinking about things we've went to going into a dome, just so you're aware. It'll be a pretty big dome, but very lightweight and durable at the same time. I was just reading and thinking about it and my previous answer didn't make sense.

[Weird Tales]

I would list cartoon constructs as an elemental power

[Sep]

I would list cartoon constructs as an elemental power

@Weird Tales

Throw something together (Just the bare bones) so I know what it is exactly you're trying to do and then we'll see. I could be having a completely different view in my head to what you're saying. Even if you just put together the Abilities part of the CS we'll see what's going on.

[Peaceless]

Hey @Sep, can I use a different template? It's more detailed and it helps me write better. I'll make sure to address all parts of yours.

[Sep]

Hey @Sep, can I use a different template? It's more detailed and it helps me write better. I'll make sure to address all parts of yours.

@Peaceless

Go for it.

[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.

[Unknown100]

And there's mine. Tell me if there is something I should edit, or you want to know :)

[Peaceless]

@Unknown100, we are supposed to have these powers for only a month, no? Or were they discovered a month ago?

[Sep]

And there's mine. Tell me if there is something I should edit, or you want to know :)

@Unknown100

1) You can maybe trap people EVENTUALLY, but certainly not yet
2) Powers haven't existed for years, they have existed for about a month (To make things interesting).
3) U.S.F encode their radio transmissions independentaly and the codes change quite often, short of being a technopath it won't be hackable.

These edits and we'll be okay, I like the weaknesses of her abilities but if you could (When you make your edits) give us a bit more about her time before her abilities. In terms of suddenly using her abilities remember the U.S.F is watching...

[twave]

I am interested in this. I'm leaning toward a physical, visible mutation.

[Sep]

I am interested in this. I'm leaning toward a physical, visible mutation.

@t2wave

Physical seems to be the popular one :P

Go for it, though if it is a visible change... you will be hunted more easily than anyone else.

[Unknown100]

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1) You can maybe trap people EVENTUALLY, but certainly not yet
2) Powers haven't existed for years, they have existed for about a month (To make things interesting).
3) U.S.F encode their radio transmissions independentaly and the codes change quite often, short of being a technopath it won't be hackable.

These edits and we'll be okay, I like the weaknesses of her abilities but if you could (When you make your edits) give us a bit more about her time before her abilities. In terms of suddenly using her abilities remember the U.S.F is watching...

@Sep

I'll edit then :)

[twave]

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Physical seems to be the popular one :P

Go for it, though if it is a visible change... you will be hunted more easily than anyone else.

@Sep

Yes I know.

[Sep]

<Snipped quote by Sep>

Yes I know.

@t2wave

Well feel free to join.

[twave]

@Zambu

I believe we established that the mutations have only just started a month ago.