[CHAR] Convergence of Destiny, a Starship Military RP

[Lord Coake]

CS for applying

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Position:(Naval Crew or Marine, I'll PM a rank once the character is approved, which you will add in here via editing)
Personality:
Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise:
History:

And my character, the captain:

Name: Nicholas Stirling

Age: 48

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Position: Naval Crew, Captain of the newly-christened UESA Destroyer, the Convergence of Destiny

Personality: Very strict, to-the-letter, and rule-following. He often does random inspections to ensure his crew is performing at its very best. However, he also wants to ensure his crew remains happy and ready to serve 100% of the time, and isn't above the occasional morale-boosting shore leave. He does his best to keep the crew safe, while also completing the mission required. However, one regulation he commonly breaks, is the strict restriction on lighting a combustible aboard the vessel, because he is frequently seen enjoying a Cuban cigar, both on and off-duty.

Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise: Captain Stirling is a brilliant tactician, having taught at the Naval Academy at the UESA stronghold world of Orpheus IV. He's been a decisive part of several large-scale battles against various rebel forces, and is a valued captain of the UESA, which is why he was given command of the new Mayweather-Class Destroyer, the Convergence of Destiny. He also excels at both ship-board weapons and navigation systems, and has been known to take over those stations in a battle, should the situation require it.

History: Nicholas was born on Earth, in the sprawling mega-city of Chicago, in the Former United States. He was often found beating up other children, not because he wanted to start trouble, but because they had been attacking younger or weaker children. This concept of defending the weak would last throughout his life, as when he was 18, a massive news report came in of an entire UESA Colony being decimated by rebels that had obtained control of a UESA Cruiser, and bombarded the planet's surface. This act is what pushed him to enlist in the Navy, where he would excel in his Academy classes. He would initially be stationed on the Carrier vessel Defiance, as a Petty Officer First Class, eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant before being reassigned to teach Advanced Weapons and Tactics at the Naval Academy on Orpheus IV. As the rebel attacks got bolder and more devastating, Nicholas would be reassigned to ship service, first as a Commander and First Officer aboard Fleet Admiral Davis' Cruiser, the Dynasty. After proving excellent in ship command when Davis became too injured to continue during a battle, He was promoted to Captain, and assigned a new crew with a newly launched Destroyer, the Convergence of Destiny.

[Elitestpotato]

Steven Sans

Name: Steven Sans

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Appearance:
Steven is young, not quite handsome but a female would describe him as "kinda cute". He has a boyish face and a hot-shot look about him. He is constantly seen in sunglasses. He is 5'10 180 pounds and is quite muscular.

Position: Naval Crew, Lead Pilot

Rank: Master Chief Petty Officer

Personality: Steven is a young hot shot. He cracks jokes, flirts with every pretty lady, and occasionally can be somewhat arrogant. But make no mistake about it, Steven is committed to his craft. If he makes a mistake, he works on it until he's sure that that mistake will not happen again. He is not a drone, he will question orders and if he extremely disagrees with them he will out right refuse to follow them. He is a caring individual under all of his outward personality. He takes many risks, but they always pay off. Whether this is because of luck or skill is yet to be seen. He definitely thinks it's skill.

Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise: Ace Pilot. Top graduate of TOPGUN.
History: Steven Sans grew up in rural Idaho, the youngest of 5 brothers. His dad was an ex-crop duster pilot (before those became automated) and still had a crop duster around and flew Steven around in it. Steven grew an interest in flying ever since then. He learned how to fly in his father's lap.

After graduating high school, he followed in his family's footsteps (his brothers had also joined) by joining the military. He joined the Navy, like his brothers. Immediately after boot camp, he enrolled in the United Earth Naval Academy and finished at the top of his class (he may of cheated some when it came to science and math, but he was never caught).

He was one of the very very few invited to be a Naval Aviator straight out of the Academy. After a few patrol missions aboard a Carrier, he was invited to Topgun. He excelled at the school, earning top marks. In fact, he was universally praised as the top student to graduate in 100 years.

This time, he was assigned to pilot a fighter aboard a front lines carrier named the UESAS Reliance along with his brothers. Rebels had obtained a Destroyer and were reeking havoc on colonies. The Reliance was the first ship there. The Reliance was absolutely decimated by the initial bombardment. Steven was the only one to make it out, and he just barely did in his fighter. His brothers dead, Sans vowed to avenge them. Then, he did something amazing. Steven Sans single-handedly destroyed a destroyer, with a single fighter.

From there he was promoted to the lead pilot of the UESAS Starwarmer. After a few years of daring missions and absolutely stellar flying, the Starwarmer was retired. So now, he is assigned to pilot the brand new Convergence of Destiny.

[Austronaut]

Name: Dr Selene Mazierska
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Appearance:


Position: Marine Master Sgt (Medical Officer)

Personality: Selene is cool and professional. She brooks no interference in her area of expertise but respects professionals in other fields. She views the Marines as her family and can be very protective of them.

Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise: Selene is highly qualified in the fields of medicine, biology and cybernetics. She has completed the basic marine combat qualification course but hasn’t fired a weapon since her basic training. She is physically fit and very agile. She speaks Enlgish, German, Swiss and Italian fluently and can also get by in Spanish and Mandarin.

History: Selene was born on a USEA base on Luna. Her mother and father were both members of the USEA marine corp. Her mother and father were frequently deployed and she grew up with her father’s relatives in Bern Switzerland.

She graduated at the head of her class and went to medical school at the University of Lucerne. A year before she graduated her father was killed in action during the suppression of one of the frequent rebellions sweeping the outer colonies. Against her mother and families wishes she enrolled in the USEA Marine Medical Corp. After service on several ground based medical facilities she has been posted to the Convergence of Destiny as the Marine Medical Chief.

[Didos]

Jeremiah Havey

Lt. Jeremiah Havey, M.D.

Age: 64

Gender: Male

Appearance:

• 5'9; dad-bod frame.
• Thinning white hair; balding.
• Often dressed in generic-patterned button-ups and khakis.
• Long white doctor's lab coat.
• Deep, husky voice; chain-smoker's rasp.

Position: Chief Medical Officer, Naval Lieutenant

Personality:

• Diagnosed with mild-to-moderate OCD.
• Perfectionist; extremely stubborn about his own work.
• Constantly requiring his personal environments be kempt (home, office, etc).
• Overly-conscious of own external appearance.
• Extremely intelligent; exceptional deductive reasoning.
• Always studying; conventional fear of becoming obsolete.
• Obsessive in own research, endeavors, and success.
• Sociable, yet very pretentious when it comes to fields of expertise.

Notable Skills, Combat or Otherwise:

• Doctor of Medicine
• Basic marksman training.
• Master's Degree in Philosophy
• B.A. in Applied Psychology
• Expressed interest in Mathematics and Computer Science.

History:

Dr. Havey was born to a humble farming family in North Dakota. He grew up playing gridiron football at competitive levels, while being an avid reader. He enjoyed his country-side living and his community, feeling a sense of pride representing his town on the football field, especially through high school. Havey had almost convinced himself that he would play through college and achieve fame and fortune at the national level.

However, his advisors pointed out his exceptional academic record, achieving Summa Cum Laude and surpassing the Valedictorian's own GPA. Havey had not taken notice of how well he did in school, rather the work was almost done automatically in his mind. His focus and obsession had been over football, but now he saw a new opportunity arise before him.

Havey became the first in his family to attend school out-of-state, going to a private research university in Washington, D.C. There, he joined the NROTC program to fund his education and declared a major in Pre-Med. For 10 years, he jumped from clinic to clinic, barrack to barrack, obsessively furthering his medical degree until he finally found himself considered an expert in his field. He had failed to notice the world pass by him during his studies, but now the world was presenting itself. He had offers coming in internationally to become resident at greater, better-funded private hospitals, yet Havey whole-heartedly believed that it was the military that pioneered the field of medicine, not some greedy institutionalized system.

He began research in optimal medical practices, as well as continually studying part-time in fields he gained interest in along the way, such as philosophy and psychology. He thought they helped his own interests in furthering the way hospitals were run, and it gave him a better general understanding on how to deal with patients in the degree and magnitude he had in front of him.

Now, Dr. Havey finds himself in a time of conflict. He is called for duty on the Convergence of Destiny, and he knows this ultimate test of his knowledge will either make or break his career.

[SuperTacticalDerp]

Snake J. O'Hennessey

Name: Snake J. O'Henessey
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Position: Marine Corps, Warrant Officer

Appearance:

In Armor

Out of Armor

Personality:

- Unstable
- Bloodthirsty
- Cynical
- Cruel
- Unusual
- Perverted
- Quote, "Life of the Party!"

Notable Skills:

- Skilled Wildlife Exterminator
- Skilled Life Exterminator
- Veteran Marine
- Adept Flamethrower Operator/Aficionado
- Basic Firearms Training

History: Snake J. O'Hennessey was born on Phobos, the largest of Mars' satellites. Phobos was a little too crampt and overpopulated, leading to many of it's districts to house the poorest percent in the solar system. Fathered by a military man with no mother, Snake found himself finding friends in dark places. Throughout most of his young life Snake was active in gang activity, usually involving robbing small convenience stores or picking fights.

At the age of eighteen, Snake was arrested for nearly beating a store clerk to death. Snake's father disowned him as soon as he got word from the police, ashamed of his son. Snake would spend three years in the Phobos jail system, facing harsh conditions and eventually joining a prison gang for protection. At the age of twenty-one, Snake was enlisted into the Marines as a wildlife exterminator. This section of the Corps was infamous for usually consisting of suicide missions and convict soldiers. Despite the odds, Snake lived through every mission with a kill count almost unseen until his enlistment.

Years later, far after his sentence was served and his debts to society paid, Snake still fights in the Outer Rim slaughtering wildlife and fellow humans alike. Maybe he is broken from his years in jail and on the front...or maybe he loves the violence too much.

[Tricheus]

Name: Kathy Kuznetsov
Age: 32
Gender: Female

Appearance:

Chloe is 6'5" tall.

Position: Petty Officer First Class

Personality: Kathy is a lady of few words. When she does speak, it's usually a gruff and short response. Unless if she talks about the strange inner workings of machines and computers, then she can almost talk non-stop. It's not that she dislikes or is unfriendly towards others, she just doesn't understand them so well, not like machines anyways. Machines are just so much more logical and easier to work with. Thus, she may find social interactions very taxing and will leave without apology or excusing herself. But even then, Kathy has been known to be a good and quiet listener. She may not know what to do with the information being spewed, but she will listen.
Rank or station don't impress Kathy. She more respects those who have a level head and know what they're doing. If the ship is in danger of breaking apart or she needs help at a crucial part of a repair, she Will issue commands and expect them to be followed, again, regardless of rank or station.

Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise:

• Informal then formal mechanical engineering training
• Formal computer programming training
• Innate creativity and resourcefulness in coming up with improvised and unorthodox fixes (MacGyver)
• Surprisingly tremendous body and arm strength
• MMA mix of boxing, tai chi and judo
• Speaks English and Russian

History: Mr. Kuznetsov ran a little repair shop in Texas. Growing up, Kathy was always ordered to spend time with her father and help out. She would have absolutely hated this if not for the fact that she ended up loving the work. She even dropped out of highschool to work full time, but eventually earned her GED so she could go to college for further education.
Finding work in aerospace development and maintenance she made quite the name for herself for her efficient work and surprising effective hack fixes. She was recommended for a mechanic role on board the Convergence of Destiny and Kathy gladly accepted, since it would be a new experience and she knew her skill and knowledge would be pushed to the limit.

[Mortarion]

Gabriel Devin Frost

Name: Gabriel Devin Frost
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Appearance:

My Hider

Position: Marine; Private First Class
Personality: Gabriel is generally a carefree individual, he enjoys reading and going to the bar when on shore leave. He has a slightly rebellious atitude, often challenging, or outright disobeying, orders that he finds are either agaisnt his personal morals or could be resolved in a better maner, but knows when not to disobey orders. Despite the previous trait, Devin is generally a quiet man and finds it difficult to strike conversations, unless it's a topic he finds interesting, but tries to be helpful to other people.
Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise: Urban and guerrilla warfare, minimal technical skills (just enough to do a quick repair on the field, but otherwise doesn't knows much)
History: Gabriel was raised in the United States, in a small city which name he never bothered to commit to long-term memory and quickly faded from it altogether as he moved away. His father was an entrepeneur and possesed a starship, using it to bring goods back and forth from the various human colonies to the earth and then viceversa. He was always expected to continue his father's legacy and so he was tutored in economics ando other such matters by private teachers, Devin failed miserably in this endeavor. HE couldn't listen to the teacher's lecture without falling asleep or quickly getting distracted and reading a book from different topics. By the time he was 18, he ran away from home never to look back; he took various jobs over a period of 3 years -drifting from city to city, continent to continent- until he joined a small group of smugglers. During that time he got into a few fights due to deals gone wrong or by getting caught into a few small conflcits with the rest of his group, gaining knowledge of urban and guerrilla warfare along with a few bits of knowledge on how to do shoddy repairs on the field.

He stayed for the next 9 years with his group of smugglers, unfortunately they were shot down as tensions escalated and Devin -with no other thing to do and wanting some payback- enlisted in the military.

Note: One clarification that I didn't know hwo to fit into the bio proper, Gabriel left his group jsut a few months prior to the conflict in the RP and enlsited a few weeks afer the death of his smuggler friends.

[TheRealCrow]

Sorry for taking so long after the interest check, I was having some trouble thinking of what character I'd want to play

Name: Tyrone Harvey
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Position: Marines, Private
Personality:
-Nervous if things don't go according to plan
-Obedient, never questions authority
-Friendly and easy to get along with if you can catch him while he's calm
-No ego whatsoever, willing to adapt and be a cog in the machine
-Kind of dumb when not given orders, does what he's told and does not improvise much

Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise:
-He's a very good shot, excelled in marksman training
-One of the best physical specimens coming out of basic training
-Never thinks twice about an order, would charge to his death for the mission

History:
"I'd rather you come back dead than dishonored, I hope you feel the same."

That was the last thing his loving father told him before he was sent off to basic training. Tyrone came from a military family, and his house was certainly run like it. He was always pushed to be in peak physical condition, and was taught how to handle a firearm before high school. Orders in the Harvey household were always answered with a sharp "yes sir". Tyrone never got time to explore much else besides his grueling daily routine, and as a result, he never really found himself. A young interest in poetry was shut down by his father tearing all of his work up and calling him a woman. His 2 brothers were given the same treatment, and while one is younger, his older brother, Marcus, has excelled in his time in the marines, rising through the ranks through a combination of skill and nepotism. As a result of his upbringing, there was little thrown at him in basic that he couldn't handle. Behind the scenes Tyrone would be an utter wreck after even the slightest hint of failure; he dreads the thought of not living up to his father's or brother's legacy, and tarnishing the Harvey name. All he wants is to make them proud of him. When he found out his first deployment would be aboard a starship, he knew that he would finally get his chance to really begin climbing the ranks.

[ClocktowerEchos]

Name: Unit 04-B31 Smart AI Model: C0C3, Designation "Alice"
Age: Appears to be early to mid-twenties
Gender: Female

Appearance

Position: Ship AI, self-proclaimed Supreme Benevolent Master Commander of the Convergence of Destiny
Personality:

"I advise you not "accidentally" to do that otherwise I might "accidentally" forget to recycle the Destiny's oxygen supply."

Speaking with a slight British accent, Alice often seems cynical and snarky to her crew and the ship she serves. Sarcasm is one her best talents and on occasion she'll taunt and act sadistically toward the human on board the ship. However, she still does deeply care about her crew and the ship despite her outward appearance and is kind at her heart when its not a ball of pure snark.

Like all AIs, she has ethics programing which prevents her from acting too rashly or doing anything considered inhuman and immoral. This also applies to the ships itself as she has the most power over it, basically being the ship itself. Things like shooting at a civilian vessel with civilian inside to kill some dangerous enemy officer inside does not go down with her too well and at which usually involve locking down weapon systems. However, like other AIs, she has a ethics nullification code known only by the ship's captain, vice-captain and chief engineer which is "the sin I take to lead to hell".

Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise:

- Controls all on board systems systems like weapons, gravity, FTL and life support
- She can look through anyone's browsing history and find them via any of the ship's cameras meaning its best not to piss her off.
- Being an AI, she is very good at all types of games, she especially favors chess playing as black
- She can download herself into anything with enough storage capacity. She has her own "body" which is kept in the AI core room equipped with a short-range taser for self defense. She does not take it kindly if anyone tries to fool around with it.
- Has access to most military files except for the super classified intelligence
- Good at electronic warfare, but as she is designed as a ship AI not a EW AI, she can be outclassed by specialized systems.

History:

Like many AIs, Alice was based on a real human being at one point. However, she claims no recollection of her time as a human only remembering a point where she "kissed a guy". There isn't much to say about her as she lacks human memories and has spent most of her time either floating about in cyberspace or on board other vessel which not much happened (although she will tell a story on how she almost made a space station go nuclear after accidentally rerouting the reactor overload command to a toaster).

[FPR]

Sergeant Anan Ihejirika

Compactor Device

N.A.M.E: Anan Ihejirika

A.G.E: 32

G.E.N.D.E.R: Male

A.P.P.E.A.R.A.N.C.E:

-( Height )- 6'1
-( Build ) - Heavy set
-( Weight ) - 200 ib
-( Skin Colour ) - Dark, African Descent.
-( Hair Style ) - Cleanly shaven.
-( Head ) - Almost rectangular in appearance, with a cast iron-jaw and a scalp that has a shallow curve.
-( Eyes ) - Dark brown.
-( Nose ) - Large, with flared nostrils.
-( Ears ) - Left is rather large and perky, the right is missing its top centimetre.
-( Lips ) - Plump and pale.
-( Torso ) - Toned and muscled, but few scars and no tattoos.
-( Trinkets ) - Silver crucifix on a neck chain.

A.R.M.OU.R: Standard marine combat armour, with a modified back plate to allow for weapon holding.

P.O.S.I.T.I.O.N: Marine Sergeant

P.E.R.S.O.N.A.L.I.T.Y:

-( Religious Faith) - Believes in the Christian God.
-( Temperment ) - Chilled, and relaxed. Slow to anger.
-( Courage ) - Tries to let his beliefs in Heaven block out the worst, but he is not impervious to fear, and knows when to run from a battle.
-( Respect for Authority ) - Dislikes being talked down to, and contemplates disregarding orders he believes are erroneous.
-( Selflessness ) - He'll do what he can for anyone, but he's not suicidal on their behalf.
-( Intelligence ) -Not the brightest spark.

S.K.I.L.L.S:

-( Weapons Training ) - Heavy weapons, including handheld AA and AT weaponry. Also trained in the use of explosives, such as C4, or the modern equivalent, and anti-personnel/tank mines.
-( Flight Training ) - Completed basic surface flight course, but failed the orbital flight course.
-( Technical ) - Advanced urban warfare training, covering the breaching and clearing of claustrophobic hostile environments.

B.A.C.K.G.R.O.U.N.D: Too stupid for the flight deck, and too big to be wasted on a civilian trade... this is Anan's story in short.

The long version is best described as a troubled childhood, living in the slums of a rising Somalia, where wealth disproportion left the many masses hungry and the few elite very wealthy. He has six brothers, three sisters, and about a dozen half-siblings-- his father was a serial adulterer who flew from the nest the moment he'd sired his children.

Therefore, Anan's early life was dominated by desperate women, fighting the daily struggle to get by. He learnt from them to be tough, and though he suffered mercilessly at the hands of neighbourhood thugs, who took out their frustrations on him for debts his father had not paid, he grew strong.

Every day Anan put himself through a gruelling physical regime, training hard to become stronger than those who beat him. Eventually, his swollen body became hardened as iron, and one by one he took vengeance on those who had crippled his childhood. However, though he was successful in the martial world of street thuggery, he was a failiure in the academic one, and fell out of school with no qualification to his name.

It was after some years of being a kitchen porter, working at a posh hotel frequented by wealthy tourists, that Anan stumbled upon a Nigerian born colonel, who served with the fleet. The colonel saw something in Anan though he wasn't sure what, but it didn't matter much-- the young man was enthralled by the colonel's tales of space adventure and the financial benefits of serving in the military.

Anan signed himself up the next day, and has been a serving marine ever since. His brash and thuggish attitude was quickly beaten out of him, and now he carries around a much more relaxed - almost sedated- demeanour. He's popular with most people, and is always present at the marines' poker table.

As his mother was a devout Catholic, he has never been far from his indoctrinated belief in God. Sometimes his dogmatic view of things can get on peoples' nerves, but other times his actions and words can be a source of inspiration to those who need it most.

[Warrior in the Shadows]

Name: Cleon Mantis
Age: 23
Gender: male
Appearance: His uniform is faded from years of use and not getting a newone, as he hates spending the money on the military.

Position: Marine machinegunner, corporal.

Personality: Very laid back almost all of the time. It's rare to see him overly emotional. He has a very monotone voice and likes to talk in a new age hippy sounding way (copious use of the words "man", "vibes", and anything else that sounds less than intelligent). It's not often you see him, as he is an expert sham artist and manages to fly under the radar enough to avoid hundreds of work details. He can be found in different areas, with his uniform out of regulation and his hands in his pockets. All of that aside, he is anything but irresponsible, and is a very capable marine in the field and in combat. So calm, people have accused him of substance abuse on many occasions. He likes to be called the "Rooster". His favorite song is Rooster by Alice In Chains.

Notable skills: He can out ruck any marine any day of the week. He can carry the heaviest of loadouts, and is a squad machinegunner. He is very good at avoiding work and trouble. Very cool and calm under pressure. The last combat mission be was on he could be seen smiling as he fired his machine gun into terrorists and rebels, so we know he loves his job as machine gunner.

History: He grew up working under his father, who was anot engine mechanic. He grew under his father's tutelage, and his father wanted him to become a great engineer, but Cleon had smaller ambitions in mind. He wanted to find a steady job that would give him plenty of travel and a reasonable pay check. So he chose the Marine Corp. His father hasn't forgiven him since. His mother is the only one who talks to him, plus his siblings.

Most of his siblings were more educated than him and more academically inclined. He wanted more action and travel. Of course he didn't realize all the bothersome work details he would be in store for.
Cleon has served for four years now and shows no ambitions of leaving or moving up higher as he does enjoy doing his job, unless it involves a work detail.

[Lord Coake]

My Marine Command Character

Name: Jason Blackburn

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Position: Marine, Chief Warrant Officer 5

Personality: Jason tends to be very friendly and easy to get along with generally, but shifts to a much more serious personality when taking command. He is very careful to make sure that if he spends the lives of his troops, he does so for a legitimate tactical reason, and not some "ideological assault." He takes an insult to either the Marine Corps, or anyone in it, as an insult to his personal being, and will quickly react accordingly.

Notable Skills, Combat or otherwise: He is trained in field command, squad, platoon, and battalion tactics, a skilled marksman, machine gunner, sniper, and grenadier, basic combat medicine, and a damn fine cook. He is also certified to drive the main combat jeep, MBT, and standard dropship. His personal armament preference is with a standard assault rifle and sidearm, with a few grenades on hand just in case. He takes a "lead from the front" approach to command, which has gotten him reprimanded for risk-taking more than a few times.

History: Jason grew up in the region of the former UK, in Weymouth. He was always a leader among his friends, getting them both into and out of trouble with his plans. He admired the soldiers of the UESA growing up as a child, and always dreamed of being one. This is why he enlisted as soon as he had the chance. He proved to be an exceptionally skilled soldier, and quickly gained experience to back that up. As he climbed through the ranks, he quickly showed that he was perfect for a command position, which is where he ended up. After commanding several ground engagements against rebel forces, he was assigned to the Convergence of Destiny, as the head of all ground forces aboard the vessel, and receives his orders directly from the captain, or Alice in a pinch.