[OOC] Jubilee: Space Voyager

[Metronome]

Year 2205, almost one hundred years ago, Earth underwent a massive change. The human were, as per usual, going about their typical wars and feuds, over resources, revenge, dominance, or anything they could think of. Even with their advancements in medicine and technology, peace seemed so far away.

Russia, the new leader in space travel, was about the send off their very first inter-galactic ship to explore other galaxies. This occasion, unbeknownst to mankind, would mark Earth as a new class of planet: one that had the ability to reach, and therefore threaten, other worlds.

There are two types of planet: Civil and savage. Civil planets seek out peace and the end of war. Savage planets openly incite it. Earth, at the time, was considered to be savage. Their closest lifeform planet, Altoran, was tasked with keeping tabs on the humans in case they should ever reach this point in their technology. And sure enough, once humans set foot outside of their solar system, the Altorans invaded.

Known for their telepathic abilities and peaceful dispositions, the Altorans were not looking for a fight. They merely sought to reshape the Earth to prevent an intergalactic war from tearing it apart. They informed the leaders of Earth that if they did not end their warmongering ways, that Earth would be destroyed. Fortunately, they listened.

Over the next 100 years, Earth became a civil planet, and the Intergalactic Space Alliance, or IGSA, was formed. Now, instead of fighting among each other, the humans form voyager ships and seek out other civilizations to form bonds with. We will follow the journey of one of the voyager vessels, the IGSA Jubilee, as she continues on her 5 year mission to explore and form alliances with other planets in the name of Earth.

[Metronome]

Our daring crew, trained by the IGSA Academy, will be undertaking the journey of a lifetime. We will join them one month into their travel, after acquaintances have been made. Their ship is carrying a crew of four hundred and three, all dedicated to their respective duties.

Uniforms for officers and crew are simple and comfortable, with a (in order of appearance) formal dress, business dress, and casual dress. All are color coded for ease as follows:

Captain: Gold with black pants
First officer: Blue with black pants
Lieutenants: Red with black pants
Science officers (include ship surgeon): Green with black pants
Security officers: Copper with black pants
Crewmen: Black with black pants

The Jubilee:

Only 12 ships like her exist. She can fit 500 comfortably, but currently only carries 403. She has deadly phasers mounted on the front underside, although they are for defense purposes only. Her top speed is warp 9, nine times faster than the speed of light. She has transporters than can lock on to a lifeform from 40,000 kilometers away and instantly teleport them onto and off of the ship.

[Metronome]

Most of the crew will be human, with a few Altorans among them. By this time in their history, humans and Altorans gets along very well. Although most Altorans returned to their planet after Earth achieved peace, a few preferred to stay. Their offspring have integrated into Earth society, but they are still fairly uncommon. Other alien species can be created with a detailed description.

The modern human:

Humans have evolved slightly over the centuries. Although they appear the same as they have for hundreds of years, they are slightly more intelligent. They are still born with an innate fear of things different from them, although by adulthood, most have learned to overcome it. They despise being held captive, even if their captivity isn't unpleasant. They are strong willed and resourceful. Perhaps their largest evolution is their slowly increasing sensitivity to ESP, or extrasensory perception. Some humans have higher ESP ratings than others, and those ratings are rarely ever used to benefit nor exclude anyone. All this means is that certain members of the human race are more sensitive to things that your other senses cannot pick up, such as magnetic fields, radiation, the influence of telepaths, ect.

Altorans:

Altorans are very different from the humans of their sister planet. To start, their species is sexually amorphic, meaning that, to an outside species, their males and females are virtually impossibly to tell apart. Both genders have skins that varies in shades of blue, an average height of five feet tall, golden eyes with pink irises, horns, and bright colored hair. Neither have distinguishable features that set the two genders apart, however, males and females do exist. The species reproduces via extended physical contact between a male and female with designated parts of the body, usually being the hands. Because of this, Altorans appear to be amusingly prudent. Most find the human urge to casually touch one another while conversing, or any sort of PTA, incredibly inappropriate. As the two societies have mixed over the past century, this has become less prevalent, but still existent.

Another notable feature of the Altoran race is their telepathic capabilities. Born almost blind, they learn to establish telepathic bonds with other, seeing lifeforms to make up for their own lack of sight. On their own planet, these lifeforms are often highly trained pets. But on Earth, where having an animal around at all times isn't always convenient, they have adapted to form these bonds with human friends. Altorans form close bonds with those around them, and those within their trusted friend circle are often used to see the world through their eyes. Humans with higher ESP ratings make these bonds easier. Alone, without a mental link, an Altoran is truly blind.

Aside from using their abilities to see, Altorans can use their telepathy to make up for what they lack in physical strength. Although an inherently peaceful species, they can use their mental capabilities to defend themselves by attacking their enemy's mind. Pain can be artificially placed into their opponents mind, hindering, even killing, them if necessary. Suggestions can be put into another's mind, although mind control is out of the question. And mind reading can be accomplished via contact to the forehead.

The ship will need the following before the start of the RP:

Captain: Captain Isam Barad
First officer/ second in command: reserved
Third in command: Lieutenant Commander Jennifer Emerald
Doctor:
First class security officer: reserved
First class science officer:
Chief Engineer: Nikita Rosalie Fay
Helmsman:
Communications officer:
Navigator:
Engineers:
Security Officers:
_______Petty Officer Mackenzie Searoby

Other ranks can be created

Character forms most include the following. More fields can be added if you please.

Name:
Age: (18+)
Gender:
Species: (If alien, please specify if their species is classed as civil or savage)

Rank:
Role:

ESP rating: (High, medium, low)

Personality:

Appearance:

History:

[Metronome]

Bump

[Hael]

Hael, reporting for duty!

[Metronome]

I was worried that I'd have to give up on this =P

[Hael]

I call dibs on First Class Security Officer!

[Metronome]

I'll make a note

[Hael]

I'll make a note

@Metronome

Coolio.

Also, just to be sure, we're allowed to have our characters be from an alien species, right?

[Metronome]

Yes, as long as you give a detailed species description and I approve of it.

[datadogie]

Do we post characters here or in the character section?

[Metronome]

Character section please

[Hael]

@Metronome
I have another question! I have a lot of these so be prepared

Alright, so it seems clear that once this RP starts, we will spend a good bit of our time dealing with aliens and space creatures and such (afterall, our mission is to explore the universe and meet alien civilizations, Captian Picard style) as they do in shows like Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Babylon 5. What I have to ask is: will you be taking suggestions for possible missions, NPC aliens and so on? Or do you want to handle and GM all of that yourself? I'm good either way, but I have a few potentially feasible ideas for unusual alien encounters, villains so our characters can fight something, and other weird shit that only belongs in sci-fi.

[Metronome]

Perhaps later in the rp. I'd like to handle the first couple missions to set the tone of the rp.

I plan on doing 'episodes' if you will. So instead of dealing with one problem throughout the rp, our crew will face one, solve it, and we will time skip a month or so to the next incident.

[Metronome]

I'm also open for any species you'd like to make. Just give enough info on them.

[Hael]

Perhaps later in the rp. I'd like to handle the first couple missions to set the tone of the rp.

I plan on doing 'episodes' if you will. So instead of dealing with one problem throughout the rp, our crew will face one, solve it, and we will time skip a month or so to the next incident.

@Metronome

Awww, alright.

For the record, though, I like the episodes idea: I was hoping we would be doing something like that, actually

[FantasmaAzul]

I'd like the doctor role, will start working on the CS.

[datadogie]

@Metronome
I'd like to reserve the Third in command, if that is okay.

[Metronome]

Got it

[thedragonsimon]

I would like to claim engineer. I am working on a character sheet now