[OOC] Endymion: Symphony of Echoes [Sci-FI Squad based Horror-ish w/ Exploration elements] (Always Accepting)

[ClocktowerEchos]

E n d y m i o n : S y m p h o n y o f E c h o e s

"There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment."

- Hunter S. Thompson

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7 Months Ago:
Station Endymion reported troubles with power and life support systems as well as a dramatic increase of astroid showers and activity; requested inspectors and additional anti-astroid guns.

5 Months Ago:
Station Endymion reports that its residence are hearing strange things in the ventilation and people have started to go missing; power and life support systems continue to fail sporadically and gas leaks are reported

3 Months Ago:
Station Endymion goes dark, all contact is lost and station fails completely but final message assures that everything is alright; Galactic Senate votes to send Recon Team RO-1 to the Station.

1 Month Ago:
Recon Team RO-1 has been unreachable for several weeks now, other RO teams that have been sent in have also lost contact; Senate suspects something is wrong and votes to send in military; Ryukyuan Imperial Navy (RIN) volunteers to transport collation forces to Station Endymion.

1 Week Ago:
RIN ship HMG Dawnlight Spirit warps into Station Endymion's sector from closest warp gate with collation troops on board and moves to the now defunct and derelict station; prepares to land troops on the station.

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Hello! Welcome to Endymion: Symphony of Echoes. Inspired by several sci-fi franchises like Alien, Halo and Dead Space, Endymion revolves around the collation forces of the races of the Galactic Senate and its attempts to find out what really went down on Station Endymion, discovering that appearance aren't always what they seem.

Instead of making everyone a soldier of said gathering, I've opted for a more NRP-esque style with players controlling a squad of soldiers from the different nations and races of the Senate. I would like it for people who have played other Sci-Fi NRPs to use their nations as a base without having to worry about the political stuff since well, when you're on a creepy ass space station, politics isn't exactly the first thing you should worry about.

I would like to have at least one other co-GM to help me write and plan this RP since I'm still something of a green horn when it comes to horror writing (mostly because I'm a pussy, go ahead, judge me). I guess expect something less pure horror standard fare and more creepy/scary.

Current co-GMs: @WilsonTurner & @LHG100
Scientific Support: @RomanAria

Rules

• I am GM, my word is law as is the word of my co-GMs, rules may be altered at GM's will without notice
• Standard guild rules here, posts should be between Casual and Low Advanced.
• Be mature and don't fight over petty things and keep OOC drama to PMs or prepare to have my foot to be stuck up your ass.
• Don't argue about exact tech stuff, this is supposed to be a fun thing not a debate on the possibilities of nuclear cold fusion warp automatic railgun FEILJA weapons, if it seems like it'd work then it can.
• I am allowed to kill off any unnamed characters at will but will do my best not to randomly off people (I won't be doing this often, mostly to speed up the plot and in most cases I might just do it to myself). In return, I do expect people to be willing to off their own team members since no one is getting through Endymion unharmed.
• Be Nice, studies have shown that 94% of RPs are better when people are nicer to each other and help out
• Balance your stuff, there is no true way of obtaining "victory" in a traditional NRP sense, this is story and character based. If you bring a lot of guys, I expect there to be a counter balance.
• Have fun, seriously, stuff is better when you have fun
• Insult me in your CS to prove that you've read the rules. Go head, make it as nasty as you can/want

Squad Sheet Guide

Name: (What is the name of your squad, you can have both official designations and nicknames/alias)
Origins: (Where does your squad hail from in terms of race/nation? You can have multiple people playing the same race/nation as long as the others in that race/nation agree to it)
Emblem/Colors: (Does your squad have a symbol they use or colors they fly?)
Total Size: (How many people, remember, people are going to die so bring people knowing that they might get red shirted. I'd personally suggest something of a platoon-sized squad, any smaller then I'm not sure if it'l work quite as well and any larger will have serious meat shielding in effect)
Culture/Traditions: (What cultural things does your nation/race do that would affect them in this situation?)
Specialization: (What does your nation do best that could help here. Remember it doesn't have to be physical things, having larger numbers or better training also counts. Only use one.)

Units

(Basically your cannon fodder grunts. You can repeat this part for as many units as you wish to take. Remember, this isn't a black op, this is just some guys of your military took out on a space camping trip, they aren't specialized for what they might find, they will most likely have their standard gear)

Appearance: (How do they look?)
Skill: (How well are they trained/disciplined?)
Numbers: (How many of them are there?)
Equipment: (What are they bringing to the station?)
Description: (Just some background fluff to fill in if you want)

Important Characters

(Basically officers, badasses or people you have plans for and don't want me to touch with my stupidity. Just remember not everyone in your squad will be a special snowflake. In short, think of them as your hero characters; I am letting be a bit more fantastical than your standard mook.

Appearance: (How they look)
Age: (How old they are ofc)
Rank/Position/Title: (What is their position in your military/ are they known to be something famous ie war hero?)
Equipment: (What are they bringing? For importan character it can be more customized and personal)
Personality: (What are they like in general?)
Bio: (Please, make it short, no one needs to see a NaNo story for this)

Example CS

(incase you don't know, I tend to go overbaord with formatting on ocassion and is wanted for hider abuse.)

23rd Imperial Guard Platoon
"Wings of Honor"

Origins:
Holy Ryukyu Imperium

Appearances:

Ryukyuan

Ryuans or more commonly just Ryukyuans are tall, humanoid creatures with females standing at an average of 5' 10" and males averaging around 6' 1". The most noticeable trait they have are devil-like tails on their backs. They mature faster than humans reaching adulthood around 14 (but mentally they mature around 18) and can live long lives should the right conditions be met. Other appearance differences include longer fingers and "dual layered" eyes that some of the population has (the term "dual layered" means that while the eye has a solid color, their is another color on a "layer" behind it).

Most Ryukyuans can only use 80%-90% of the psychical strength a human could use but their brain capacity is 10%-20% greater than that of humans. Certain individuals will also express a rare gene that causes their mental power to grow to 50% or even 60% greater than that of humans. The Empire often stated these persons who usually become engineers, researches and the likes as the reason why the Empire's technology has advanced so quickly.

Total Size:
21 (2 squads of 7 soldiers and 3 robots lead by a Lieutenant)

Traditions:
Ryukyuan Code of Honor dictates that swords must be used instead of knives, citing knives as "dishonorable hidden weapons"
AI and AI controlled robots are considered as living as organic beings
Everyone must serve, gender is no excuse for service to the Divine Golden Emperor
The Divine Golden Emperor is God, you are his loyal followers
Die for the Emperor or Die trying

Specialization:
AI

Units:

Imperial Guards

Skill: Well trained but rely on moral more than sheer discipline
Numbers: 14 total (9 males and 5 females)
Equipment:

Weapons

Type 99 Rifle (x8)

Standard 30 round battle rifle for ground troops, its a solid weapon with two rails for attachments. The Type 99 can change between semi-automatic and a three round burst and comes in several variants like a carbine version that is lighter and shorter to a DMR version with a longer barrel and bipod.

Type 100 SMG (x4)

Common weapon seen across both military and police, the Type 100 is a rapid fire SMG excellent for suppressing or in areas where accuracy is less of a concern. They're commonly found aboard ship armories and private security guards. Has a suppressed version and can mount scopes/sights.

Type 14 Pistol (x14)

A gun with a legacy, the Type 14 is regarded within the Imperium as the best gun ever made, having served as the standard sidearm for well over a century now. Sturdy, accurate, strong, all in a compact package delivering Imperial Justice from a 8 round clip, one bullet at a time.

Type 0 Energy Blade (x14)

As Ryukyuan military tradition dictates knives are not suitable weapons for honorable warriors, swords take their place and are often found in various shapes and sizes depending on the user's rank and role. Made of a light weight alloy, the Type 0 is also referred to as a "Progressive Sword", not because its cutting edge technology, but because of how it can cut through just about anything with a veil of agitated molecules that can cut things at a molecular level.

IS-0 Grenade

Standard frag grenade, nothing too impressive here.

IS-4 Debilitation Grenade

A combination of an EMP, a flashbang and a concussion grenade, the IS-4 is the Imperium's go to grenade for tactical moves.

Description:
Standard Ryukyuan Imperial Army soldier, these soldiers have a life time of indoctrination in the form of propaganda and leader reverence behind them. They are well equipped and drilled who are trained in traditional swordsmanship and martial arts along with modern marksmanship. Flexible and versatile, Imperial Guards form the back bone of RIA

Imperial Aradaiyashi Drones

Skill: AI controlled, effectiveness determines on AI processing ability and connection strength
Numbers: 6
Equipment:

Type 22 HMG

Mounted in their right arm, the Type 22 is a three-barrel HMG firing high powered rounds to rip through just about anything.

Internally Mounted Blade

Literally a knife located in the left arm, super sharp, gonna cut chu up boi.

Description:
AI controlled drones that are lead by the dozens, the Aradaiyashi go where it would be otherwise too dangerous from biological beings to be. They have been around for quite some time and are considered an invaluable ally in RIA. They are suspectible to electronic-based attacks like hacking and EMPs but AIs usually out do any hacker's attempted to controlling the Drones

Commander

Name
Yoruha Nanashoku
Age:
31
Rank/Position/Title:
Lieutenant/Imperial Ronin Agent
Equipment:

Type 0-4S LMG

Yoruha's personal weapon, the Amaburi is a modified version of a prototype weapon, boasting a huge 100 round magazine and is said to be as powerful as the ones found on the Drones.

Type 0-Wz3P

Standard side arm for Ronin Agents, its a strong and durable pistol which has seen Yoruha through many a fights. Its well suited to his needs with an extended 15 round clip and internal silencer.

Nagitana Blades

Going against traditions, Ronin are allowed to carry knives and the likes instead of swords. Yoruha carries a long one behind his back and another in his boot.

IS-0 Grenade

Standard frag grenade, nothing too impressive here.

IS-4 Debilitation Grenade

A combination of an EMP, a flashbang and a concussion grenade, the IS-4 is the Imperium's go to grenade for tactical moves.

Personality:
Yoruha is most often cold and stoic with every little phasing him due to Project RONIN. The people under him dislike him as a person but see him as an exceptional leader as can easily motivate troops by words or by force.

Bio:
Like all members of Project RONIN, Yoruha's life is concealed in shadows and politics. Chosen at birth, he has been turned into a model of peak ability and physic for a Ryukyuan. What is known is that Project RONIN did not give him an easy or happy childhood, but it was worth being a super soldier, right?

For reasons unknown, he was personally assigned to lead the Ryukyuan expedition instead of a normal commander. He suspects something involving politics.

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Lore Bits

Galactic Senate

Entrance to the Galactic Senate Building

the Galactic Senate (usually shortened to GS or GalSen) is like the UN, it has many member nations of varying levels of development and technology and races. Although it does do a pretty good job at keeping peace, member nations still do fight each other resulting offenders on both sides being temporarily removed until the conflict has ended.

GalSen is lead by Chairman Charles Crommeld, the first human to take the spot and hopes to prove humanity's worth by doing an exceptional job. Under him is the senate itself which uses a checks and balance system that ensure neither the Chairman nor the Senate itself ever has too much leverage over other. Under the Senate are a variety of ministries which advise and assist in a multitude of fields.

Station Endymion

The station from various angles

Build many years ago, Station Endymion orbits around Planet Z3-U5 and is considered a monument to the collective efforts of the members of GalSen. It has many wards and levels with facilities that range from everything like manufacturing to entertainment and research to shipbuilding. Its basically a one-stop shop.

At one point it was actually a space elevator but due to both heavy seismic activity on the ground and an astroid, it was saved and continued as a orbiting station that housed millions. While only armed with anti-astroid guns on the exterior, the interior had turrets and robots that supported the ELEA (Endymion Law Enforcement Agency).

Planet Z3-U5

Exploration ship pulling large artifact from Z3-U5's barren surface

A harsh and barren planet, Z3-U5's worth laid in its mineral value and its precursor ruins. Ancient structures dot the planet's landscape and shows signs of a former great civilization which up and vanished. Research posts have been constructed as well as a colony around the base of the former space elevators but have either since been abandoned or have lost contact.

HMG Dawnlight Spirit

"The Emperor's will must always be carried out not matter the coast" ~Ryukyuan Military Pledge

A seasoned ship commanded by Captain Hirisho Wutang, its is a Norico-Class frigate. Norico-class frigates are the standard space warship of the Empire. They are a good balance of speed and strength and are often the test subject for ship-based equipment. Their main gun is a Mass Acceleration Drive which fires a 500-ton shell that is a mix of tungsten and magnetic steel around a ferric core capable of destroying ships of the same class and even some larger classes with ease. The MAD Cannon is assisted by a broadside cannons of both the kinetic and electromagnetic varieties.

Its on board AI, Otomi controls the Ryukyuan drones and can be used to requisition additional forces from on board the ships which have been brought along. Whether they make it there or even show up at all is another story however...

[greywolf375]

The struggle of finding good pics....

[ClocktowerEchos]

The struggle of finding good pics....

@greywolf375

One thing I've learned is to try different words and also use the "more images" button when you click the image you like/look cool. Its the last one in the littler grid with the other, smaller pictures.

Something else you can do is look on dA, tumblr, blogspot, pintrest, etc since they usually have really good artists on them.

You can also find a picture and make your unit around that if you wish, just an alternate method.

[WilsonTurner]

GalSen Team G83

They ALL appear this way. The only difference is that the Commander's suit is red, while his three followers have very light blue coloring.

Name: GalSen Spectre Team G83
Origins: They're just humans, from any walk of life. Generally very shady, hard to get background on any Spectre
Emblem/Colors: They simply have a wolf head and a GalSen insignia over it.
Total Size: 36- 6 for piloting and maintenance, 24 for ship crew and ship guard, and the last 4 being elites meant to operate with the 'happy campers.' Aloof and silent, for the most part, unless you catch them unawares while they're discussing something with someone else.
Culture/Traditions: As far as everyone else is aware, they're blank slates. They stay silent around anyone that isn't GalSen, and only the squad leaders or their commander speaks to anyone.
Specialization: They're complete unknowns- they guard the ship, and the four soldiers going along is the commander, a lieutenant, and two officers, for recording all happenings and the like. Based on their rank and position, however, one would expect them to be elite operatives.

Clock is a load of bullshit! He's a fucking ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! I'VE SEEN HIS MAINFRAME!

Appearance: As shown at the very top.
Skill: Elite operatives, experienced. Unlikely they could be taken by regular military.
Numbers: 36
Equipment: The ship everyone's on, including its supplies, equipment, and weaponry. Besides that, they're outfitted as if they're gonna blow up the station- the ship itself has a smaller MAC hidden in the bottom. However, no one knows about the tactical nuclear device or the MAC or anything other than the usual rifles, grenade launchers, and flamethrowers.
Description: They're essentially NPCs- none of them will be having any real part of the roleplay.

Appearance: As seen up at the time, except with a light red suit.
Age: 43
Rank/Position/Title: GalSen Team Commander- "Brigadier." He's a somewhat unknown 'hero' that managed to quell a rebellion through the use of crashing a space cruiser into a planet.
Equipment: Advanced armor suit, plus his recoilless handgun, rifle, and several tools on his toolbelt. Knife and grenades; nothing more.
Personality: Gruff; professional. No nonsense; getting to know him is generally considered unwise, based on the fact that everyone around him usually dies.
Bio: A long-time veteran, whose history no one will ever entirely find. "Brigadier," however, is known for crashing a spaceship into a city to quell a powerful rebellion, for nullifying the rise of walkers and mechs with the sparse use of anti-tank mines, and other similarly unique cases.

THREE OF THESE GUYS
Appearance: Same as above; the suit's light blue, instead.
Age: 26, 33, and 34, respectively.
Rank/Position/Title: Lieutenant, Sergeant, Specialist, respectively
Equipment: They all have their suits, their recoilless handguns and rifles, and a variety of tools. Each have knives and grenades; one of them is armed with a larger long-ranged 14.7mm rifle, another with a flamethrower, and another with an automatic shotgun, respectively.
Personality: All three are seen more as robots, and are meaning to be so. Professional, though more understanding and helpful.
Bio: Each have their stories buried so far up their arses that neither story nor buttcheeks will ever be loosed.

Besides these guys, I'm gonna be playing the monsters. :D

FACELESS SPOOKS FINISHED!

[greywolf375]

@ClocktowerEchos Currently browsing Google Images, DeviantArt and Pinterest, I'm trying to find an image that I like, to base things off of. just found weapons, but no units yet.

[Eisenhorn]

And popping on over from the int check.

The Enstrian National Planetary League

A loose coalition of planets with various governmental systems and cultures within its jurisdiction. One thing is clear, typically, is that at least two partners and their allies are at war with each other at any given time. No subtle, cold wars either, but out and out open warfare. Since these are internal wars, the belligerents are not held to the standards of the laws of war, and as such can devolve into chemical, biological, nuclear, and other methods that, should outside parties get involved, could result in the GS organizing full scale peacekeeping efforts and pacifying the totality of the ENPL.

However, this also breeds a society based on survival and warfare, at the cost of all other notable advances. A common outlook among those that deal with the ENPL is that, while their technological levels are par, at best, hiring military advisers and mercenaries that have zero moral problems with engaging in almost any behavior, and will finish a contract once signed, makes ENPL mercenary companies highly sought after. In fact, their most notable export to the GS is in the form of mercenaries and military aid.

As a people, the ENPL are typically your average human, with varying ethnicity and crude mechanical augmentation among wealthier and more militarily successful worlds. On average, they are an equal split between male and female in all aspects of the culture, since gender really means little beyond who is giving birth in a relationship. Military is even more so, and half of the military command are female, which creates interesting situations when operating with patriarchal, and matriarchal, societies that operate male or female dominated military organizations They also don't care about species or race, so long as the forces in question do their jobs.

122nd Rangers

Name: 122nd ENPL Security Regiment | 1st Platoon Detachment "The Rangers"

Origins: The 122nd Rangers recruit from the shattered remains of warzones, taking the surviving veterans for the sole fact they survived, refining each of them into high quality forces. While not being abnormally well armed, specifically trained, or any other notable measurement in training, the Rangers are feared amongst most territorial forces within the ENPL. They operate independent of any individual world, answering only to the ENPL Board of Command.

Emblem/Colors: Each Ranger only has two insignia. One on their left shoulder, the Coat of Arms of their home world of choice, which varies as much as the individual Ranger. The other is the flag of the ENPL emblazoned over their heart, on top of their chest plate. The ENPL flag is a backdrop of numerous planets around a single super station, with the ENPL name emblazoned across in a superimposed font. The backdrop is white, and each planet is a different color representing the surviving member planets.

Total Size: 31 Rangers (10 man Sections, 8 Regulators each led by a senior most Sergeant and supporting Corporal, Plus Detachment CO)

Culture/Traditions: 122nd Members will squabble and bicker among themselves in a friendly manner, and often times do not maintain what most would consider formal military bearing. And how they love to flaunt that towards allied regiments that operate on tight, formal tradition and militarism.

Specialization: There isn't a man or woman among the Rangers that isn't a veteran of at least several wars. Being a rookie only means years with the regiment, and has no bearing on their skill. Their specialty, in short, is providing veteran, blooded soldiers that know precisely what they are doing in a war zone.

Regulators

Appearance:

Image

Skill: Highly Skilled, Motivated, and Determined.
Numbers: 24 with the Detachment
Equipment:

Mk1 Mod 7 MAW (Modular Assault Weapon

Regulators carry the latest generation of MAW issued by the ENPL, designed for general purpose use and coverage of a variety of situations instead of being highly specialized for a specific purpose. Rangers carry kits for changing out parts to affect range, rate of fire, and other points. By default, the Regulators deploying on this mission are using a closer range Carbine set up, foregrips attached for increased control.

Mk13 Self Defense Pistol

As much a symbol of acceptance and status as a Ranger then anything else, the 30mm, single shot 'Self Defense Pistol' is in reality an oversized, massive hand cannon that is designed to augment the average Regulator's lack of extremely hard hitting tools. A 30mm slug tends to end arguments, and some Regulators jokingly call the Mk13's their way of solving an "Argument." Any argument needing the application of these sidearms tends to not be worth pursuing by the opposing party.

Det Charges

Regulators, and most Rangers period, only carry one explosive. Modular Det Charges, their payload and direction modified prior to deployment. Standard set up is a fragmentation grenade of average operation, but they can be directional for demolition work, should the need arise.

Description: Regulators are equipped and expected to fill any specific role in the battlefield should the need arise. To become one of the baseline troopers within the Rangers, Regulators have to have engaged in several wars at least, the more severe each war, the fewer the number. Section command, the Sergeant of a section or Officer in charge of a three section detachment, decides how severe a war was and how much worth it puts on a prospect. Beyond that, their individual skill and traits are taken into account prior to allowing entry.

Once accepted, they go through a form of basic training run by Rangers, for Rangers, to weed out those that don't have the fortitude to hold on to the will to survive. Wash outs go back to their old armies and worlds. Most see even being considered a badge of honor, but a few shun these failures, so washing out often times is not an option for prospects. Despite the brutal training and induction, it is rare for a recruit to wash out. Once successful, they receive their Mk13 and gear, and are assigned to a section. After that, they are part of the team, since no Ranger is green in the slightest.

Corporals

Appearance:

Image

Skill: Highly Skilled, Motivated, and Determined.
Numbers: 3 with the Detachment
Equipment:

Mk2 Mod0 Shotcannon

Corporals, being second only to the Sergeant of a section, are given more responsibility and a more focused job. They carry the specialized weapons for the squad, whether its a full heavy weapon or merely a specialized tool that would not fit for squad wide carry. In this situation, they were sent in with the Mk2 Shotcannon. A fancy name for a standard shotgun, the customized shotguns operate pretty much how you would expect, with one nasty surprise instead. Corporals modify their ammo to increase laceration and penetration, often in illegal manners under the laws governing war. Just don't tell the command, yea?

Mk13 Self Defense Pistol

As much a symbol of acceptance and status as a Ranger then anything else, the 30mm, single shot 'Self Defense Pistol' is in reality an oversized, massive hand cannon that is designed to augment the average Regulator's lack of extremely hard hitting tools. A 30mm slug tends to end arguments, and some Regulators jokingly call the Mk13's their way of solving an "Argument." Any argument needing the application of these sidearms tends to not be worth pursuing by the opposing party.

Det Charges

Regulators, and most Rangers period, only carry one explosive. Modular Det Charges, their payload and direction modified prior to deployment. Standard set up is a fragmentation grenade of average operation, but they can be directional for demolition work, should the need arise.

Description: Corporals are Rangers that have displayed two traits. They have leadership capabilities to some degree, not as much as a Sergeant, and are abnormally good at killing. With these traits in mind, they are given extra training in specialist weapons that are issued only on an as needed basis. Before each deployment likely compositions of enemies are figured out and gear is issued to the Sections as necessary. While not natural leaders like the Sergeants are, they are good at backing them up and supporting their jobs, which is the other half of their role besides specialist weapon support.

Sergeants

Appearance:

Image

Skill: Highly Skilled, Motivated, and Determined.
Numbers: 3 with the Detachment
Equipment:

Mk1 Mod 8 Modular Assault Weapon

Sergeants are issued an updated platform of the MAW not normally issued to rank and file Regulators due to cost. Effectively the same weapon, the Mod 8 MAW has a smoother, more easily altered part system and has unique attachments that cannot be used by the Mod 7. In this case, the Sergeant's MAWs are deployed as Carbines by default with foregrips instead of underslung attachments, increasing their control and accuracy.

Mk13 Self Defense Pistol

As much a symbol of acceptance and status as a Ranger then anything else, the 30mm, single shot 'Self Defense Pistol' is in reality an oversized, massive hand cannon that is designed to augment the average Regulator's lack of extremely hard hitting tools. A 30mm slug tends to end arguments, and some Regulators jokingly call the Mk13's their way of solving an "Argument." Any argument needing the application of these sidearms tends to not be worth pursuing by the opposing party.

Det Charges

Regulators, and most Rangers period, only carry one explosive. Modular Det Charges, their payload and direction modified prior to deployment. Standard set up is a fragmentation grenade of average operation, but they can be directional for demolition work, should the need arise.

Command and Control Suite

Accessed from either the helmet HUD or the wristpad, the C&C Suite is the Sergeants link to the rest of the squad, and head of operations, to ensure smooth, easy operations and an effective chain of command. Should the Sergeant become a causality, the wristpad can be detached and integrated with the corporal or another Regulator's kit, ensuring that a loss of communication and chain of command is less likely.

Description: Sergeants lead the Regulators with the aid of their assigned Corporal. Responsible for the men and women under their command, each Sergeant has undergone several more wars with the Rangers before even being considered, and all have done time as Corporals for previous sergeants so they know better what their job will be once they advance. Most Regulators, Corporals, and Sergeants never leave these levels, as officers are drawn in as officers and only a select few will be picked as aides to the officers. Being at the top of their chains, the Sergeants can focus solely on their jobs instead of worrying about promotions or other things that might cloud judgement in an operation.

Important Personnel

Name: Captain Damian Kurtz
Appearance:

Appearance

Age: 47
Rank/Position/Title: Captain/Known Hero of the ENPL
Equipment:

Custom .380 Import Special

Personally purchased by Captain Kurtz on his own pay, the Custom .380 was built on an old name stolen by a ENPL arms producer and he painstakingly went about rebuilding it and custom tooling it into a high class sidearm. Lacking the raw power of the Ranger standard pistol, it has advantages in practically every other field. A semi automatic pistol, utilizing grip inserted magazines, to pump out .380 caliber rounds at a fast pace, it provides Captain Kurtz his primary means of ranged combat and, while nothing to sneeze at, certainly is not the most effective means of self defense. To be fair, coupled with his other equipment makes the Custom .380 far more effective than one might initially give credit for.

Backbiter

A personal blade that Kurtz inherited from the last Captain of his detachment, the blade utilizes a monomolecular edge that can cut most materials to ribbons, with enough slashes. The blade is well balanced for the ambi dexterous man, and he can often hold the Backbiter in one hand and his Custom .380 in the other hand. This is what makes his natural combat style with his sidearm as lethal as it is, and able to keep up with his fellow Rangers. Plus, it provides a positive moral vision when he charged into a combat zone, blade raised in one hand and sidearm leveled upon the enemy with the others. Rangers gladly follow such a man, since he will lead the way into the maw of death and violence itself.

Custom Combat Armor

Having earned the right to real combat armor, instead of the standard issue, crude looking ballistic plates that the regular grunts utilize, Kurtz wears a rare example of advanced tech within the ENPL. This is relative, since his armor is still considered outdated since it lacks most features that one would expect out of full suited armor of a design like his. But it still regulates internal temperature and can void seal, and provides better protection than the average armor, so its not all bad.

Command and Control Master Module

Issued to the CO of any given detachment or regiment, the C&C Master Module allows him a constant feedback of individual soldier data, reports from the field, effective remaining fighting members in an assigned field of operations, and other vital information for making intelligent decisions on where and when to send men, hold out, retreat, or attack from. Likewise, his Sergeants can keep up with the information being sent back from the CO to them, so they can operate and make smarter decisions based on information beyond their normal ability to detect or gather.

Personality: Captain Kurtz is a cunning, level headed man who will not discount any possibility in a possible warzone situation. Having seen the worst of what the ENPL does to each other, the good Captain will not discount any report from his men, or those of trusted allies, willing to operate and investigate using his own resources and manpower as needed to respond to potential threats. He takes life seriously, but remains jovial to his men and courteous to his allied forces as well. No one has ever seen him panic, or at least that they know of thanks to his armor, which helps create an air of confident authority that others outside his own detachment tend to notice.

Bio: Captain Kurtz is a household name in many ENPL households. Some consider him a lauded hero of the ENPL and their security forces, fighting the good fight and doing what he must to defend the innocents caught in the crossfire between provincial forces fighting each other from planet to planet. Others, think he is a war criminal like any other ENPL officer, willing to resort to any means necessary to achieve ultimate victory. The truth is hardly as sinister, or even heroic. He is a soldier and a leader of men, and while he fully intends on insuring the lives of his men are secure, the mission will come first. He makes this very clear to each and every man under his command that, should the mission demand it, they will be sacrificed in the name of completing the mission. He remains frank with those under his command, and gets results that made him noticeable by the ENPL command structure. For good or ill, though, is debatable as he finds himself assigned to backwater jobs as well as frontline work. But he goes where he is needed, according to his superiors, and does his job with no complaint.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@greywolf375Use stuff from video games/movies. Its a huge help

[greywolf375]

@greywolf375Use stuff from video games/movies. Its a huge help

@ClocktowerEchos

yeah, I had just realized that something from a video game I enjoy could work swimmingly, lol!

[Guilty Spark]

WIP

The Fifth and Ninth Dorë of Perëndi (and Galactic Senator) Zellshëm Heshtur

Origins: The Theocratic Ascendancy of Vatan

Total Size: 14 (2 Squads of 5 Zotëria, 1 Xhenio, 1 Mjeku, and 2 Others)

Culture/Traditions: The Vatani are isolationists, so they are not particularly dynamic in their methods, but they are also zealots who are willing to lay down their lives in the name of their Gods, called Perëndi, (who just so happen to be their politicians). They (the Zotëria) also have a limited knowledge of technology and equipment maintenance.

Specialization: Zotëria are Vatani military's elite infantry, and the ones escorting Perëndi Zellshëm are the only Vatani troops at the "disposal" of the Galactic Senate.

Units [-]

Zotëria

Appearance: Armor (Ignore Flags); Species (Politician, Not Soldier)
Skill: They are expertly trained and conditioned, possessing an abnormal stamina and determination.
Numbers: 10
Equipment:

• Exceptional Powered Armor (Pictured)
• Railgun (4) (Pictured)
• Electromagnetic LMG (1)
• Vibro Sword (Pictured)
• Rations/Ammunition

Description:

Xhenio

Appearance: Shorter and thinner than the Zotëria. They wear lighter ceramic armor, and are fitted with a mechanical exoskeleton that has yellow markings.
Skill: They are expertly trained in their field (Engineering), but not as physically or psychologically conditioned as the Zotëria.
Numbers: 1
Equipment:

• Maintenance-Specialized Exosuit
• Ammunition Synthesizer
• Specialized Replacement Parts
• Electromagnetic Sidearm & Knife
• Deployable Mantlet
• Rations

Description:

Mjeku

Appearance: Shorter and thinner than the Zotëria. They wear lighter ceramic armor, and are fitted with a mechanical exoskeleton that has white markings.
Skill: They are expertly trained in their field (Medicine), but not as physically or psychologically conditioned as the Zotëria.
Numbers: 1
Equipment:

• Medical Exosuit
• Medical Supplies/Nanobots
• Electromagnetic Sidearm & Knife
• Rations/Ammunition

Description:

Important Characters [-]

Hider

Name: Zotëria Krenari
Appearance:
Age: 48
Rank/Position/Title: He is the Zyrtar in charge of Zellshëm's escort.
Equipment:
Personality:
Bio:

Hider

Name: Zellshëm Heshtur (Against GS Recommendations)
Appearance: Armored
Age: 1,164 (Religious); 70 (Physical)
Rank/Position/Title: Perëndi, one of the over five hundred "Gods" who make up the Vatani government.
Equipment:

• Qiellor "Divinity" Armor: It is tapped into his vitals and can deploy nanobots for healing, or violently self-destruct in the case of his death.
• Particle Lance: A mobile particle beam weapon.

Personality: Imperious, supremely confident, and shrewd.
Bio: According to Vatani scripture, Zellshëm was one of the Kryesor who stood at the right hand of the Perendor during the War of Ascendancy, the culmination of which led to the apotheosis of his closest staff. The divinity of the Perëndi has been sufficiently "demonstrated" to persuade the Vatani people, but most of the galaxy recognizes them for what they are, which has fueled their isolationism. Zellshëm has a position on the Senate solely for the purpose of keeping them away from his world, and is known to recuse himself from most senate decisions unless they give him an opportunity for excitement.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@Guilty SparkLooking good but I have some bones to pick

The specialization, it seems like you're troops aren't exactly elite in the terms of training/discipline/moral but are have more of a technological superiority in equipment. Given all the things in your CS, I'd say that having nanotech would be your speciality although @RomanAria had been talking to me privately about from the Int Check. Not saying you can't have it, just be aware someone else might also have it. Or you two could talk it out in PMs or something.

The ammunition synthesizer is somewhat troubling to me. Does it mean that you're guy has a finate amount of resources to make bullets or can he bascially warp in bullets? Does he have to set it down for it to work or can he do it on the fly? Sorry if I'm sounding whinny about it, but I feel that there is less of a horror feel to a horror game (or RP in this case) when you can spam bullets at that nasty looking beasties over there instead of hoping the half a mag you have left will be enough to protect you from the scary noises in the air vents.

On a similar note with the mantel, how large is it exactly and whats it made of? I'll assume its deployable in some way and I'm not questioning it as much as the other stuff I've mentioned, I'm just curious.

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As a general notice to everyone, technology will not keep you safe, hiding behind large amounts of metal and electronics will only make your vulenerable to that less-tech reliant platoons don't have to worry about quite as much. Everything has its pros and cons. Remember, the beasties don't care if you're wearing fancy power or fancy 19th century uniforms, you are still very tasty on the inside :P

[Eisenhorn]

As a general notice to everyone, technology will not keep you safe, hiding behind large amounts of metal and electronics will only make your vulenerable to that less-tech reliant platoons don't have to worry about quite as much. Everything has its pros and cons. Remember, the beasties don't care if you're wearing fancy power or fancy 19th century uniforms, you are still very tasty on the inside :P

@ClocktowerEchos

Doesn't matter if the tasty treat is in cans or wrappers, eh? Also tweaking the attire of my guys, wont change the verbage, but figured the armored look doesn't fit most of them.

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EDIT: And done, decided that the Captain needed some clarification on his armor and the fact that it really isn't that advanced.

[LHG100]

I love how peeps are using the "GalSen abbreviation, that I coined.

[Eisenhorn]

I love how peeps are using the "GalSen abbreviation, that I coined.

@LHG100

LHG is credit to team.

[GingerBoi123]

And here it is:

7th Recon Group

Names:

1st Squad- Raider
2nd Squad- Warrior
3rd Squad- Tracker
4th Squad- Reaper
5th Squad- Marauder
6th Squad- Hunter

Origins: Human Soldiers in the 7th Recon Platoon are handpicked warriors from a classified jungle planet, where most organisms have evolved into superior predators. They already have the capability to survive the planet, and to move through the dense jungle environment. They are almost perfect scouts. Their training within the military gives them specialised gun training, making them proficient in SMG's, Marksmen Rifles, and Snipers. However, there is a strong brotherhood among the men, as they are all from the same planet. How the humans got there is unknown, but it's population's harsh way of life is now all they've ever known. Under the military training provided by GalSen, the soldiers make a magical transformation from almost medieval warriors to scarily efficient scouts.

Emblem/Colors:

Total Size: The Platoon is 30 men strong, each divided into six five-man squads.

Culture/Traditions: Every warrior has a bone charm necklace. The necklace is simply a piece of string with one small animal skull of that soldier's choice. It is tradition that, when a warrior falls, their necklace is to be returned home and hung over the Tree of Afterlife. They are also not allowed to abandon a member unless the squad commander says so. This is to ensure their necklace is collected.

Specialization: The 7th Scout Regiment's soldiers have all individually been trained in the art of stealth and movement. Hiding in vents or clambering down elevator shafts with finesse is not uncommon amongst the men. Stealth is an essential skill to being a scout.

Units

Appearance:

Skill: The entire platoon has a minimum amount of discipline, unless it's towards each other. However, no one in GalSen could deny their efficiency in what they do, whether it is reconnaissance to assassinations.

Numbers: 5 in each squad, six squads.

Equipment: In this mission, 4 soldiers have been equipped with a silenced sub machine gun, similar to the old Vector model, but instead fire energy rounds.


The fifth member (voted by the members of the squad) has been given an MK28, also with a silencer and foregrip.


All visors come with a Heads Up Display, Night-Vision and a Thermal Detection mode which only highlights enemies, and doesn't turn the whole screen blue.

Description: Display incredible talent, skill and many, many traits from their home planet. Although their speaking skills are... basic, to a more or lesser degree, they communicate with each other well and get the job done.

Important Characters

Tracker Squad Commander

Name: Lt. Aaron "Yuppie" Cromwell

Appearance:

Age: 23

Rank/Position/Title: Squad Commander Lieutenant.

Equipment: Aaron has a standard Recon eyepiece. His weapons of choice are two silenced SIG P462's (developed model of the SIG P226) and a silenced Vector model too.


Personality: Aaron Cromwell, or "Yuppie" as his comrades call him, is very light-hearted and is the most well spoken out of the platoon. He has a yearn for learning all sorts of skills that he teaches to his Squad, including how to speak like the rest of GalSen. He's been through the works back at their home planet, just like everyone else, but he has the utmost respect for everyone in the platoon, mostly because they have more experience in general. Modest, skilled, and adaptable, Cromwell is a diamond in the rough with a bright future in the military for him.

Bio: Cromwell was the youngest ever to join the platoon, the quickest to become fully trained and the youngest squad commander yet. Aaron always found a way to dodge a charging Tuskar (planet inhabitant) or wrestle off a huge version of the common Venus Fly Trap. With soaring expectations, he finds himself under the close watch of Platoon Commander Beleren, who has been recording every detail since Cromwell took command of Tracker Squad.

Raider Squad Commander, Commander of 7th Recon Platoon

Name: Commander Alicia Beleren

Appearance:

Age: 35

Rank/Position/Title: Platoon Commander

Equipment: Alicia dons an active camouflage ghillie suit, as well as the standard MK28 (although usually she would be carrying a high calibre sniper rifle)

Personality: Alicia is cold, calculated and ruthless. When her squad respects her, a tiny bit of it is out of fear. If you prove your worth, then you are respected back by the Commander. She takes all aspects of her home planet, and made it a part of her. Truly with the eye of an eagle, you do not want to be the one in her crosshairs when she's been given a target.

Bio: A record setter herself, she is the only woman to become a fully fledged member of the Platoon. Her current rank was given when she beat the previous commander in hand-to-hand combat. As the representative of the platoon to GalSen's military, she has now been giving the task of analysing Lieutenant Cromwell's performance, and if good enough, he MUST challenge the commander to become the head of the 7th Recon Platoon

[ClocktowerEchos]

@GingerBoi123@WilsonTurner@Eisenhorn

As stated in the Int Check, you gents are all ready to go. Put 'em in the Chars tab, and see you on Endymion.

[GingerBoi123]

@ClocktowerEchosTy!

[Starlance]

I know I'm late, but do you still have room?

[Guilty Spark]

@ClocktowerEchos Well the synthesizer could make ammunition out of materials found aboard the station, preferably of quality composition while still being possible to make lower quality materials into lower quality ammunition. Also, I don't mind someone else having nanomachines, I'm sure in a galactic senate there are plenty of races that do. The mantlet is folded up and attached to the back of the engineer's exosuit, it's made of the same stuff as the power armor (albeit thinner) and once its unfolded it can cover, generously, three people; it's mainly to protect the engineer or medic as they work.

Also, all of the stuff they have is designed for bullets, I understand that whatever you have planned isn't going to be stumped by thick armor but if the Vatani really didn't know that they wouldn't be deployed wearing paper bags. And do you want me to go into more detail on their training and personal capabilities?

[RomanAria]

@Starlance We always have room for another!

[RomanAria]

Also, sorry for double post, but my sheet:

The Deminutian Space Navy, Squadron M2

Origins

The Deminutian people are tiny humanoids who hail from a dwarf planet that orbits Alpha Centauri A and B. They evolved their small stature and relative weakness because of how slight the gravity of their planet is.
Deminutians stand between 3 and 6 inches tall, with females averaging 3.5-4.5 inches and males averaging 4.5-5.5 inches. They look rather like tiny humans, except they have pointed ears and rather sharp-looking teeth; though they normally have a similar build to humans (five fingers and toes), it seems as though they have more susceptibility to mutations such as having extra, or too few, fingers. They on average have a fifteen-Earth-year lifespan, and reach physical maturity by age 5 and mental maturity by age 6. Deminutians breathe hydrogen, as that is all that their planet’s gravity can hold down to the surface.
The Deminutian people are fairly pacifistic; with only one empire that was generally well-supported by all, their military has been a recent (within the last ten generations) development that was caused by the Deminutians’ first request to join the Galactic Senate. To do so they had to have a space navy; thus the Deminutian fleet was born. They sent their most elite squadron on this mission because they sensed the Senate was getting angry at their lack of military contributions.

Emblem: They fly the Deminutian flag: A dark purple background with silver/light gray stylized circuitry patterns covering it, with the central device of a silver/light gray crown of laurels.
Colors: The colors associated with them are royal purple, silver, and black.
Total Size: Seventy soldiers. Only ten really useful bodies, however (This will be explained later on, and yes, I have gotten Clock’s approval on my number of soldiers.)
Culture/Traditions: Deminutians are very pacifistic; they do not like to fight, and they do not like to use force unless it is absolutely necessary. But when they do, they try their hardest to end their enemy so that they don’t need to fight again.
Specialization: Deminutians are quite cunning and clever and known for thinking outside the box. Their homeworld is surprisingly rich in resources for a dwarf planet and they've made the most of them.

Units

Appearance: The vast majority of Deminutian soldiers are males; although both genders are opposed to violence the males are extremely territorial, and so they generally can be more easily conditioned to fight furiously for the sake of their people.
Skill: Each unit is fairly well-trained at operating their mechs and can work together seamlessly as a team—they have to, when running the mechas. This precision and almost anticipation of how each one reacts carries over to when they’re fighting alone, with just their tiny laser guns. They’d be quite formidable as an army… except for their size.
Numbers: There are ten units of seven soldiers each.
Equipment: Each soldier is equipped with one laser gun which is basically just the lasing crystal and a tube to focus it. They aren’t very effective for anything except the small creatures that are hunted on the Deminutian homeworld.
Each unit of seven has control of one Mensi unit. These are enormous (well, to the Deminutians) robots, that stand about five to five and a half feet tall and are designed in a humanoid shape. The “head” of the mecha has a window so that the people in the control room can talk to the other people outside.
It takes seven Deminutians to pilot a robot well: One is assigned to each limb for gross motor control (moving the whole limb) and an additional one is assigned to each arm for fine motor control (moving the individual fingers). A seventh oversees the operation of the whole thing.
Inside each control room there is a large (relatively speaking) three-dimensional holographic display that shows the mech and its surroundings. Each of the limb pilots has a small version of this holo for reference. The controls for the limb pilots are small puppet limbs; when they are bent the whole machine moves. The finger pilots controls operate the same way, but they have to move all five fingers.
Description: The Mensi are numbered 1-10 and units are referred to as such. The M in the squad designation indicates that this squadron specializes in Mensi operation.

Important Characters

Aeliryn “Aeli” Asandre

Appearance: Standing two and a little-less-than-three-quarter inches tall and weighing barely two ounces, Aeli is especially small even for her race. Her stringy medium-brown hair is badly cut into a bob. Her eyes are an especially piercing, intense blue, cold and calculating. The freckles that splash her cheekbones, as well as her somewhat childish size and form, make her look young and naïve, but don’t let that fool you.
Age: Five and a quarter; developmentally the equivalent to a fifteen-year-old human, give or take a year.
Rank/Position/Title: Unit Commander DSN-M2-1, Captain of Squadron DSN-M2
Equipment: She brought only the standard equipment.
Personality: Aeli is an extremely intelligent girl and she’s not a fool, despite her age. She’s a shrewd and cunning commander, if very, very demanding of her subordinates. It’s thought that she runs the most cohesive squadron in all of the Deminutian navy. She’s absolutely ruthless in battle situations, driven by an all-consuming desire to be the best. As a person, others find it hard to relate to her; she’s arrogant and cocky and has a very much abrasive personality. She has few people she actually trusts, and fewer still that she actually likes.
Bio: Aeli was the only child of Saelosti Asandre, a renowned commander of the Deminutian navy. He wanted a son, but instead he got Aeli. A sickly runt of a little girl. Aeli never knew her mother; she died due to complications of childbirth. But if Saelosti couldn’t have a son, he’d educate his daughter as though she were a son: Military tactics, math and science, all the things that boys learn and girls don’t. She was clever and absorbed the lessons rapidly. On her fourth birthday she enlisted in the navy; when they tried to refuse her, her father pulled rank and made them test her along with the boys her age. She came out the top of her class, raced through command school, and was the commander of a Mensi team within three months, though this was mostly due to her father’s power and overwhelming desire for his daughter to succeed. But then Aeli’s potential as a commander really started to shine through; by her fifth birthday she was the commander of the whole squadron, the youngest in the Deminutian military’s (brief) history.

Kaiov Niredus

note, just because Kaiov is one of my named characters *doesn’t* necessarily mean he and his unit need to survive the whole RP.
Appearance: Kaiov is tall… for a Deminutian. He stands just shy of six inches tall. He’s quite muscular, weighing about eight ounces. With his rugged features, dark hair, and dark eyes, he’s a real “looker”.
Age: Seven and three quarter (something like a 28 year old human)
Rank/Position/Title: Unit Commander DSN-M2-2, Lieutenant of Squadron DSN-M2
Equipment: As with most of the other soldiers, Kaiov brought only the standard equipment.
Personality: Kaiov is there seemingly to balance Aeli. He is quite laid-back most of the time and helps improve his soldier’s morale (especially after they get an Aeli-tongue-thrashing). He’s generally an aloof “doofus”… when off-duty. When it comes time to fight he dials in, sometimes even more intense than Aeli. The military is his life; he wouldn’t take time off to go back to the homeworld and raise a family, even though he’s more than earned it.
Bio: He’s been a low-level soldier since his fourth birthday; he ascended to a position of command about a year ago, and was then pulled into Aeli’s squadron when she started throwing out the ones who were lazy and stupid.

EDIT: Also, am I the only girl here? O.o