[OOC] ODST: Survive

[VKAllen]

@The ghost in black No. Its not that simple.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@AliencowYour character seems more than a bit over-powered. Can I suggest toning him down?

[Zetsuko]

can i join here?

a cs

Name: Mareck Kane

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Rank: 1stLt First Lieutenant

Appearance:

Face

Armor

Weapons:
Sniper Rifle System 99D-Series 2 Anti-Matériel
M6C/SOCOM handgun

Equipment:
Combat Knife
Field Radio

Other:

Starting Location: Island One, South East Near Pelican crash site

[The ghost in black]

can i join here?

a cs

Name: Mareck Kane

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Rank: 1stLt First Lieutenant

Appearance:

Face

Armor

Weapons:
Sniper Rifle System 99D-Series 2 Anti-Matériel
M6C/SOCOM handgun

Equipment:
Combat Knife
Field Radio

Other:

Starting Location: Island One, South East Near Pelican crash site

@Zetsuko

You should read the bottom of the first ooc post

[Aliencow]

Hi I already made a cs

[Aliencow]

@ClocktowerEchos

hi just wanted to let you know that an IFAK( Individualized First Aid Kit) is handed out to marines who aren't medics just in case they get wounded so they can hold out until then. Especially snipers cause they're usually alone or with a spotter.

[Zetsuko]

@The ghost in black the cs template?

EDIT: oh. I always put cs in ooc first, just a habit. Ill move it when i get home. Im on my phone right now

[Nallore]

can i join here?

a cs

Name: Mareck Kane

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Rank: 1stLt First Lieutenant

Appearance:

Face

Armor

Weapons:
Sniper Rifle System 99D-Series 2 Anti-Matériel
M6C/SOCOM handgun

Equipment:
Combat Knife
Field Radio

Other:

Starting Location: Island One, South East Near Pelican crash site

@Zetsuko

Looks good to me your accepted.

[Nallore]

Name: Cassandra Smith.

Gender: Female

Age: 26

Rank: Sargent Major

Appearance:
With Armor On
Without Armor

Weapons: MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System and M7S Caseless Submachine Gun

Equipment: Tactical pad, combat knife, first aid kit, C-12 shaped charge http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/C-12_shaped_charge

Other:

Starting Location: North western part of island two near the ruins.

[The ghost in black]

This is what will happen

Grunt: *spots Mercy* Demon!
Mercy: *pulls out tomahawks* you're goddamn right

[Zetsuko]

are we suppose to use Navy or marine ranks?

[ClocktowerEchos]

Marine

[Zetsuko]

@Thang is using the wrong rank then, unless he means 1stLt, 2ndLt, Lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant general, that should be Captain rank...

@ClocktowerEchos and you misspelled "Corporal"
and are you a regular marine or odst?

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ZetsukoODST but I couldn't find the indivdual ODST ranks so I used a marine on. They have Corporal in the ODST if I remeber correctly. They should at least.

[Zetsuko]

@ClocktowerEchos your rank is fine but you're using regular marine armor

[VKAllen]

@Nallore@Thang Opinions about having a Katana for my character?

[Nallore]

Personally I think it shouldnt be used. But that is just me ill leave it to bossman to decide.

[VKAllen]

Personally I think it shouldnt be used. But that is just me ill leave it to bossman to decide.

@Nallore

May I have your opinion as to why it shouldn't be used?

[Nallore]

@VKAllen In the past when i was either running a halo rp or in one and someone chose to use a katana they tended to either be one man army killing machines.

And from an RP and lore perspective if there was a sangheili with an energy sword veruses a steel katana the sword would cut the katana like it was butter. And we are ODSTs fighting hand to hand with a sangheili the sangheili would win unless he were to get creative and not to mention shields it would only damage them a little and not taken out fully. Or a Brute chieftan with a gravity hammer, in Halo 3 ODST it took almost a whole squad in a cutscene to take out the cheiftan.

Those would be my points but again I shall leave it up to Thang.

[Thang]

@Thang is using the wrong rank then, unless he means 1stLt, 2ndLt, Lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant general, that should be Captain rank...

@ClocktowerEchos and you misspelled "Corporal"
and are you a regular marine or odst?

@Zetsuko

My apologies, I'm British and follow our ranks out of habbit. British Lieutenant = American 1st Lieutenant. I shall make the change.

UNSC Ranks, for those who are needing help with that part.

@Nallore I needn't say it, but: accepted, obviously :)

@ClocktowerEchos Your armour is fine, it's on the marine side of things, but it looks sufficiently tactical to me. If this were casual/advanced, I might be a little more anal about it, but in a free RP I see little point in hounding people over little details like that. <-- used "little" three times in one sentence, that's some awesome writing right there, boo yah!

Oh, and you've spelt it "Corperal". Auto spell check has caught me out with that a few times as well. It's Corporal.

@Nallore@Thang Opinions about having a Katana for my character?

@VKAllen

I've nothing against an ODST possessing some kind of ceremonial sword, or an unofficial armament (think the marine in Aliens with the 21st century pump action shotgun :P), but as Nallore has said, it'd be pretty ineffective against Elites and above. Not to mention, you'd have to get close to the Covenant first to use it, and depending on whether or not your guy is Grey Fox from MGS, you might have a hard time taking on aliens that bear weapons capable of melting your armour and flesh in one single hit.

So long as you don't go all rambo, I've not an issue with it.

@Aliencow Hey, and welcome :)

I've got a couple of nit picky issues with your app, and they are:

1) Unless I'm mistaken, the guy is Russian, but has a Spanish name?

2) "has family history with Spetznaz" doesn't really come under appearance, move it to Other: instead :) Also, it's Spetsnaz (I didn't know it was spelt that way until a few weeks ago) but not that it really matters.

3) "Would rather sacrifice himself for the mission instead of getting shot" sound awfully similar to me :P You mean he would rather sacrifice himself for the mission, than die pointlessly? Who wouldn't? Have a go at re-wording it, just so's I know what you're talking about; use child speech if you have to, I aint half as smart as I sound.

4) Tone your rank down. A lieutenant colonel isn't going to be found wandering around with a sniper rifle; that's more of a command position. Depending on your character's prestige as a marksman, I'd aim for Lieutenant and below. Oh, sorry, FIRST Lieutenant and below.

^ Have a crack at these for me, and let me know when you're done :) I'll be happy to accept you after they've been addressed.

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Right, have I got around to everyone? Sorry if not, I'm doing this between house chores.

In any case, I think there's enough of us for the RP to start. I'll open the IC in due course.