[OOC] Convergence of Destiny, a Starship Military RP

[ClocktowerEchos]

I'm just sitting here waiting for everyone to respond to a dubstep remix of Yankee Doodle being blasted via the PA system before I reply everyone

[Tricheus]

I think it's fine? People can get annoyances like that in real life and could be a bonding oppurtunity?
@TheRealCrow

I'm working on a reply right now
@ClocktowerEchos

[TheRealCrow]

I think it's fine? People can get annoyances like that in real life and could be a bonding oppurtunity?
@TheRealCrow

I'm working on a reply right now
@ClocktowerEchos

@Tricheus

Actually yeah, you're right, it confused me in one of the first posts but I'll get used to it

[Elitestpotato]

I'm just sitting here waiting for everyone to respond to a dubstep remix of Yankee Doodle being blasted via the PA system before I reply everyone

@ClocktowerEchos

I'm planning on responding to it after Alice responds to Steven.

[ClocktowerEchos]

I hath posted once more, I am really enjoying playing a snarky ass character

EDIT: I think this will be one of the most hilarous RPs I've been in at this rate XD

[Mortarion]

Wow, you guys are going a full speed with the replies and me here, busy all day XD though I htink I'll enjoy this RP a lot, and you are right @ClocktowerEchos

[TheRealCrow]

Oh wait, the music is only in the cockpit, editing

[ClocktowerEchos]

Wait, should other people know what Alice's physical body looks like? Or should that be something that she uses to blend in with the crew in her down time?

[Mortarion]

@ClocktowerEchos I think it would be interesting, but that's jsut my opinion

[FPR]

Hey guys, I'm new here but I think your RP would best suit my interests-- if there's room?

Wasn't sure if you wanted this here first, to appraise it, or whether you wanted me to put it into the character's tab. Sorry if I missed the instructions telling me exactly what to do, but I have checked twice, so I'm either blind or it's not there :P

Anyway, here it is:

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, heavy weapons specialist if possible (like an anti-tank/anti-air craft type-- or a machine gunner as well/instead. Whatever you think is best.)

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.

I'm going to go and read the in character to see what's been going on. If there's anything wrong with my character sheet, then please go easy on me, I'm a reasonable person who will be prepared to change most of everything ;)

EDIT: Okay, I've read the IC, but just to makesure I haven't missed anything out, is this right?

The ship is enroute to a planet that is about to be attacked by rebels.

After two hours of hyperspace, the marines are awoken first. Snake proves himself a lady's man but also a Forest Gump style drill sergeant.

Alice, the AI, is obsessed with music and overly abuses the PA system, but blames a faulty gun turret?

In any case, everyone is out of cryosleep, throwing up and what have you.

Selene is all tooled up and figuring out who Alice is.

We're about to go into combat.

^ That about cover it? :D

[Lord Coake]

@FPR Accepted, expect a Rank PM. Just a general note, I'll be closing the applications for now from here on out.

[FPR]

@FPR Accepted, expect a Rank PM. Just a general note, I'll be closing the applications for now from here on out.

@Lord Coake

Muchas gracias, my man. I'll fire it over to the character section.

[FPR]

Eeeeek, first post.

I hope it's okay, please let me know if I've done anything wrong, like grabbing my weapon too early. I'll be happy to correct.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@FPR Alice isn't actually obessed with music, she just enjoy annoying the crew to hell. Sarcasm adn snark are her main skills after all :P

[FPR]

@FPR Alice isn't actually obessed with music, she just enjoy annoying the crew to hell. Sarcasm adn snark are her main skills after all :P

@ClocktowerEchos

I actually really like her, you've done a good job. I was expecting a Cortana copy 'n paste knock off, but you've pleasantly surprised me. :)

[ClocktowerEchos]

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I actually really like her, you've done a good job. I was expecting a Cortana copy 'n paste knock off, but you've pleasantly surprised me. :)

@FPR

Thanks, I actually used a combination of EDI from Mass Effect and Serina from Halo Wars to create Alice. Of course, the snark and the sarcasm have been turned up and I'm unsure if Potato want to continue on having some of a EDI/Joker relationship with Alice and Steven at this time though.

[Elitestpotato]

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Thanks, I actually used a combination of EDI from Mass Effect and Serina from Halo Wars to create Alice. Of course, the snark and the sarcasm have been turned up and I'm unsure if Potato want to continue on having some of a EDI/Joker relationship with Alice and Steven at this time though.

@ClocktowerEchos

Probably. I mean these two have to work together to run the ship. They're gonna develop a relationship. I'm not sure they're gonna start dating like Joker And EDI though Lol.

[ClocktowerEchos]

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Probably. I mean these two have to work together to run the ship. They're gonna develop a relationship. I'm not sure they're gonna start dating like Joker And EDI though Lol.

@Elitestpotato

Would Steven know about Alice's physical body or is that something he'll have to figure out later?

[FPR]

@Austronaut Sorry to be a pest, but we're (me n Crow) not actually at the dropship yet.

However I'm happy to have us fast-forward to it, if Crow is. The quicker the intro ends and the action starts, the better in my opinion ;)

[TheRealCrow]

At work on mobile, will type a decent reply when I get home... I'm fine with moving things along if others want to