Avery Calhoun

Gates of Eden IC

Orion, everything is still here and kicking, I intend this thread to be a lot like Last Embers as far as the collaborative world creation goes so if you have any Sci-fi ideas you want to throw in feel free..

Wernher and Canoli thanks for stopping by and I hope I can make it interesting enough for you to stick around. Also Grav (is that fine for shorthand shutupgravity?) glad to see you too. If any of you want to mull over character ideas just shoot them to me here or privately, also feel free to ask any questions as we move along.

Zran, thanks for showing interest too and despite any "rust" I think you'll be just fine here. As far as a specific "weapons" engineer though I am not sure. You have a valid point about not being defenseless but I don't know if they would send someone that has that as a primary expertise. Now, expanding on your idea, someone who is an expert at Terran survival skills, possibly with a prior military or security contractor background, and has been studying the ecosystem on Gilese from a survivability aspect for years would be more like it. This kind of person could very well be a weapons expert and could have been pulled in to help the PCC develop defensive countermeasures and weaponry that would work within Gilese's atmospheric and gravitational confines... that would be good to go. Gilese has actually been studied by a good many probes and such so they have a good idea of what to expect (more on that soon) but there will be some X-factors that a character like that would be ideal at handling.

I will be posting an Earth history timeline and Gilese description here soon (by Saturday!) Any new notes, descriptions, or story points will be edited into the first post, so check it often. I want to load up the file with my spoken notes but I am having a tough time doing that. Anyone know a good program for uploading and linking audio files?

I know it may be hard to put together a character without the total world info up but feel free to create what you want and if it works in the story we will add it into the world.

Gates of Eden IC

Okay, so for those of you that have expressed interest here is the basic character submission that I will be using for this story. The first three areas are self explanatory but here are a few notes. Please include first and last names and any common nicknames (not required) and as far as age goes I am looking at any young super geniuses being no younger than 25 and this will not be the common case. Only your crazy Spencer Reed, Beautiful Mind types would be that young and still skilled enough to be selected, most character will be 28-30+ at the younger end of the line.

Nationality and/or ethnicity is a bit different in this year 2400 world. I have already listed some of the new nations in the intro bullet points (Northern China Free State, the Mongolian Protectorate, and the Russo-Siberian Nation) and there are many new faces on the global stage. Besides those above established nations, The Confederated States of America (The U.S. East Coast from VA to FL and the "South" up to Texas), The Pan-Amerada Alliance (The North-East of the U.S. and Canada along with every State on a Great Lake), The Plains Nation (the U.S. Great Plains and north-central Canada), The new Japaneses Empire (the U.S. west coast... Japan is gone), The Republic of Texas (all of Texas, Oklahoma, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras), and The Greater Alaskan Free Zone (Alaska, western Canada, the Bering straight, and Russia east of the Kolyma river) are all new nations I want in the story. I will give a brief outline of all of these listed nations tomorrow. As for the rest of the world, divide it up as you see fit if you want to play with the NWO concept of new nations and such. If you create a place though just be prepared to post a paragraph or so of why this place came into being, if you do that we can edit it into the story concept.

For education and skills be specific and remember these people are the kind of people that make professors and other experts feel nervous. Your characters are the people on the cutting edge of their fields so be liberal with your qualifications but not super-human... just shy of that please.

Positive and negative qualities. Please find it in yourself to list at least two of each and make them playable qualities that will be present in a character's life. I find that laying these out on paper beforehand brings some interesting things into the story dynamic.

As far as the Vignette/audition goes it is optional but encouraged. Write a quick couple of paragraphs to strut your characters stuff and get a feel for how you will write them and how everyone else will write theirs. It doesn't have to be anything epic just a quick blurb, put your character in a situation and show us how they deal with it. Like I said it is optional but I appreciate them and if (it doesn't look like it will) we get more than 10 offers for interest, these auditions will help when making my final cast choices.

Lastly, concept pics are cool but not required.

Name:

Gender:

Age:

Nationality/ethnicity:

General description:

Education/skills:

Positive qualities:

Negative qualities:

History:

Vignette/audition (optional):

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Previously rated.

Image editing is beyond any skill I really have, though I have never really tried, all my signatures have been made by others. Thanks for the background on the image as well... never hurts to be exposed to something new.

Last Embers ~Reboot~

You were the driving force on it, I just helped you fill in a few areas that my OCD took over on. If it comes to writing a new one I would be more than happy to help out with that

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7/10

Can't tell if it's time lapse'ish or just otherworldly but it's very nice art.

Last Embers ~Reboot~

I am still here as well but have not been able to find that opening post anywhere or even my parts from the Red Seminary. This is literally akin to when you get a new console or PC game, play for hours and forget to save before you die for the first time.

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Banned for thinking you wouldn't need a reason.

Gates of Eden IC

Yes we are still online for this. I am working out a few things but I will post that promised Tuesday info tonight. I also recorded myself talking about world ideas on my five hour drive back to VA. Once I find a way to upload that and link it I will post it so anyone who is interested can hear me blab about how I think the world should behave.