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N.E.O. - A Vinto-Futuristic Nation RP (Inspired by S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Half-Life, and MGS4)

Short answer: No, but you could make The Monolith.

@Yam I Am

Ohmy. MONOLITH. I'll take it.

N.E.O. - A Vinto-Futuristic Nation RP (Inspired by S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Half-Life, and MGS4)

I would like to hear a more full concept before I go approving or shooting down ideas.

@Yam I Am

In short, some form of outside alien comes to Earth and invades some section of the planet after the first visits by those other aliens. A collaborative government is formed and citizens are expected to be collaborators, loyalists, to their new government. People are not really happy about it, but most follow in line to not die from starvation. It's a dystopia in nature. Only loyal collaborators with history supporting the actions of the government can have high positions. A central AI, Overwatch, manages the highest functions of the state while ensuring that no anti-citizen behavior is in the government. Our Benefactors (their alien overlords) have prepping humanity for their "ascend" or in other words their enslavement (tho, the full enslavement and integration of humanity is still ages off but it's getting there).

N.E.O. - A Vinto-Futuristic Nation RP (Inspired by S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Half-Life, and MGS4)

Would I be able to re-create something akin to the Combine from HL2? (plus the usage of their imagery/names in the nation's creation as well?)

Some kind of outside force that came to Earth. Different lads after the first visitors came.

"We should thank Our Benefactors for giving us respite from this overpowering force. They have thrown a switch and exorcised our demons in a single stroke. They have given us the strength we never could have summoned to overcome this compulsion. They have given us a purpose. They have turned our eyes toward the stars." - Wallace Breen in Half-Life 2

N.E.O. - A Vinto-Futuristic Nation RP (Inspired by S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Half-Life, and MGS4)

I'll take a look at the lore soon.

The Black Prophecy (Dead now; requiescat in pace!)

Living Sin

Identity: Living Sin

Type: Scion

Myth: Living Sin is hell incarnate. Summoned from Chernobog from an otherworldly plane, Living Sin was promised power beyond belief. All that Chernobog asked from the daemon was its aid in the conquest and subjection of humankind. Living Sin, while suspicious of the deal, happily accepted. Living Sin did not care for the power offered, but for the joy of bloodshed as the byproduct of Chernobog’s Great War. The agony and suffering of humanity were enough for Living Sin to join in the fun. This demon had strength and nightmarish powers. It was a towering, multi-eyed monster of brimstone and fire that walked upon the Earth itself, embodying the image of evil itself as the common folk imagined it.

Chernobog only had enough knowledge to summon Living Sin into this Earth, but the daemon had far more comprehension than Chernobog originally had thought. By the usage of orcs and enslaved persons, the daemon built the Gate of Sin within Cape Rot, far from the reaches of man. A series of magical rituals followed shortly after the initial construction of the gate and true horror revealed itself to the armies of man. Hordes of daemons, both lesser and greater, flooded into the Earthly plane of Outremer and began their slaughter of all that was good. The wicked deeds of Living Sin caught the whole attention of Outremer, especially the Exalted One.

To end this threat and to reduce the fighting strength of Chernobog’s armies, the Exalted One personally brought itself and its angelical allies to the Gate of Sin directly. In two weeks, a struggle occurred between Living Sin and the Exalted One. In the end, the Exalted One managed to seal off the Gate of Sin and banish Living Sin and his army back home. Now, the memories of Living Sin is simply a tale told by drunken men.

The Black Prophecy (Dead now; requiescat in pace!)

I'll drop a app soon.

Eden 2.0(Space NRP/Closed, see OP for details)

Tsunami Defense Systems
0100 - 1 : 00 AM, Varadi Standard Time
オペレーションハッピーゴーラッキー

Headlines in Columbian media news tell of a deal broke last month with Tsunami Defense Systems, a known defense subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. It appears that the Columbian military needs help and Tsunami is happy enough to follow suit. Afterall, that is what they are being paid for. Contracts like this are commonplace around Eden, some nations signing more deals with Tsunami then others. Whatever the case may be, Tsunami (and thus Kawasaki) is happy. The customer gets one of the finest fighting forces in Eden with cutting-edge-technology, and Kawasaki is happy that their defense subsidiary is making good profit from war. But that is enough advertisement for today. The situation on Varad is quite complex and detailed, but that is the worry of the federal Columbian military. The fifty-thousand Tsunami army is simply a major supporting actor. The concerns of Tsunami right now are cutting a path towards the Varadi capital, killing and capturing anything in their way. Of course, Tsunami has to follow regular military law set by their client as per for their contract. Bad PR is no good as one might put it.

Lieutenant General Yutani Ryuichi, current commander of the whole Tsunami force on Varad, has grand plans for his time on the planet. He wants efficiency and he wants solid results. Luckily for him, he is commanding some of the best trained and hardened fucks in the whole of Eden. Tsunami corporate troops are no funny matter. State-of-the-art cyberware, fine-turned software, fancy ass guns, fancy ass tanks, and more are afforded to these fuckers. They may be small in force, but they make up for it in their heavy appliance of superior firepower and bleeding-edge-technology. Tsunami ground forces can level out a whole damn city in just a few seconds, if they want to. Of course, that likely is a crime war and quite the exaggeration, but you get the jiz. Manpower is precious, but shells and bullets are cheap.

Now let's take a look in at what the hell is actually happening on the ground. Lieutenant General Yutani Ryuichi is in a position to cut a path into the Varadi heartland and thus the Varadi capital. The main focus on the Tsunami army will be getting to that bloody capital. He has guarantee from the Columbian folk, that the wider front will be secured and safe for Yutani to commit to his plan. Two divisions will form the main thrusting force towards the Varadi capital while the three other divisions will be the rear guard to hold against any funny flanking business. The standard ground protocols are as follows. Any Varadi ground elements seen will be bombed back to the stone age. Bombers, gunships, long-range-short-range artillery, and anything else that can be lobbed miles away will be used. Send in the troops, tanks, and mechs in shortly after and clean up anything that was not bombed to death.

Tsunami has a reputation to hold up. They are the premier, cream of the crop, for Kawasaki. No other defense mega-corporation is this well-known or effective in its dealings in Eden. Intel from Columbian intelligence and from Tsunami’s own intel-department shows that Varadi resistance will be more then heavy - extreme - and Tsunami will be also outnumbered. That is to be expected. Tsunami can not muster up the same pool of manpower as like a nation. The road towards the Varadi capital will be a fun one to say the least. Bunkers, traps, large troop formations, insurgents, and likewise. The CCN has been supplying these fucks for some time now, and who knows what they have up their magical hand of cards. Better not underestimate your enemies. Yutani Ryuichi's next big paycheck depends on his success on Varad and he wants to buy a new luxury ship for his wife's birthday. The Operation name? Happy Go Lucky. Tsunami rather not keep their date waiting and their sexy date can not wait a second longer.

Eden 2.0(Space NRP/Closed, see OP for details)

The Republic

Republic of Striostan

History

Kingdom of Striostan

The history of Striostan, a very simplified version of it, can be broken up into distant eras. The Kingdom of Striostan, Striostani Empire, and the Republic of Striostan, with each era having profound effects on Striostani society as a whole. First up is the Kingdom of Striostan, the longest lasting era in Striostani history, enduring three-hundred or so years before its end. The early beginnings of Striostani society and civilization began with the consolidation of power of royalist rule by King Siro, who established the ethnic concept of Striostanis, within his holdings. First in a long line of kings and queens, the reign of Siro was most notable for setting up the customs, traditions, and religion (Iuduns) of Striostan, along with all the institutions during the Kingdom era. After the death of Siro, his son, Siro the Second, took over the throne. Siro II was known for his rapid expansion into nearby solar systems and the power curbing of the noble houses, forcing them to kneel before the central state.

The death of Siro II came and went, and his daughter, Rhushomal, secured the reigns of power. The rule of Rhushomal was marked by a troublesome internal religious reformation war provoked by the rising discontent among the Iuduns priests, who believed that the central church was corrupt and abandoned the true teachings of Iuduns. The rebellion was quickly put down, but Rhushomal was forced to install popular reform or face more displeasures from the general population. This resulted in the freedom of worship, unbanning of different Iuduns sects, and installment of a decent welfare system, known as the True Faith Reform. The death of Rhushomal came, and sparked a civil war among her many sons. In the end, in an odd coincidence, Siro the Third, took hold of the central state. Siro the Third marks the ending of the Kingdom era and the transition into the Striostani Empire, with the Declaration of Empire by Siro the Third, now known as Emperor Siro the Third.

Striostani Empire

The Striostani Empire era is the shortest lived, yet eventful, era in the whole of Striostani history, with only ten years endured. Emperor Siro III went about the conquest of the Republic of Imnis, home to the people of Bresia, in a show of strength and territorial gain. After the annexation, the Bresian people were allowed to enjoy the same freedoms as their Striostani counterparts. After sometime, this minority were assimilated and a new designation followed, Striostani-Bresia. This would be the last successful assimilation done by the state of Striostan. Unknown to the Emperor, the conquest of Imnis brought home democratic ideals to the Striostani people. In hopes of more glory and power, SIro III pulled back the True Faith Reform set by Rhushomal, in order to fund new armies and navies to invade one of the core worlds known as the Sun Wars. Not surprisingly, it ended badly for Siro the Third. The war was lost and the people were angry at the loss of blood and their social system. Siro attempted to fix what he started, but an economic depression hit the Striostani economy in the aftermath of the lost capital in the war. Combined with the inability to produce a proper heir, some in the Siro’s count quickly became engulfed in radical ideals, such as republicanism and democratic rule. A writer, Lucio Farinelli, became a high profile figure near the end of the Striostani Empire era, advocating for such democratic ideals. Forseeing the end of his rule, Siro stepped down from his throne, and the first general elections were held. Lucio Farinelli won the elections in a landslide.

Republic of Striostan

The Republic of Striostan era brings us close to the modern era. After the elections, Lucio Farinelli became the first sitting president of the newly formed Republic of Striostan. In a short time, Lucio broke down all the old aristocratic institutions of the former Empire and Kingdom. He formed the National Assembly (a unicameral legislature), the Supreme Court, and the President’s Cabinet and its executive departments, in accordance with the ideals of republicanism and democratic rule, along with bringing back the True Faith Reform under a different name. Lucio Farinelli rulership marks a peaceful time within the early days of the Republic, and Lucio is remembered very fondly by future Striostani leaders and peoples. The few next elections would bring plenty of new presidents and with it brand new ideologies never seen before in the history of Striostan. Communists, socialists, liberals, conservatives, and others.

The Democratic Justice Party, a progressive liberal party formed by those who wished to follow in the footsteps of Lucio, won the next few elections. Instability and internal factors lead to growing discontent from the military, who at this point did not really mess with the political system. All that changed when General Rosalba Giganti, a self proclaimed Morganellist, launched a coup against the Striostani government. Inturn, General Medoro Roccaforte rose up in the name of nationalism to fight Giganti. After some years of brutal fighting, Eliodoro Armando, another general, rose up and quickly fought both generals and won. In the aftermath, Eliodoro Armando formed the United Striostani Party and ran for the next elections, winning in a massive landslide because of his actions. The 5th president of the Republic soon became the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and the 10th president of the Republic, running uncontested for 30 years together with the United Striostani Party.

Cracks started to form in the United Striostani Party after 30 years of long rule by Armando, and the people were happy enough to elect someone less authoritarian. Glauco Scarfo, who was a part of the Democratic Justice Party, was elected to power. Glauco’s grand plans made the Republic start to liberalize both politically and economically. This brought the nation some major forgein investment but the unwanted kind.

The Striostani Corporate War

The Corporate War was not an actual war, but a term to describe the rapid take over of the corporate world in the Republic of Striostan by outside corporate power known as Akaromi BioCorp, a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. With the liberalized economic reforms enacted by Glauco, KHI saw an opportunity to insert themselves in, and formed Akaromi BioCorp (ABC) for the job. By the usage of the vast wealth and power afforded by KWI, Akaromi BioCorp was able to quickly buy out small-time farmers and companies. Any officials suspicious of the creeping power of ABC were bribed and backroom deals done to ensure that no one understood what was really going on. A low profile was kept and ABC was happy enough to simply buy out more and more Argi-world farmland. Once big enough, things got more complex as ABC formed agri-shell companies to avoid attention to itself. To save you a long-story, by the efforts of massive lobbying and likewise, ABC (and thus KWI) managed to secure itself against the central state by the loopholes and liberal economy of the Republic to hold a massive monopoly on agri-land and food processing factories.

Economy

The Striostani economy heavily relies on its agricultural sector as its primary area for national growth and exports. The second largest economic sector is food processing, closely rivaling the Striostani agricultural sector in size and importance. The third most important economic sector is resource extraction, followed by heavy industry (the fourth largest economic sector). Resource extraction is a decently large economic area, but it cannot rival the agricultural sector in any-way possible in terms of size and exports. The heavy industry sector is the smallest economic area in the Striostani economy and barely factors in the overall Striostani economic reports. Given the highly underdeveloped heavy industrial sector of the Striostani economy, foodstuffs (both raw and processed) and raw resources are the largest exports. Unable to properly meet demands for heavy machines, mechanical parts, tools, and likewise, the Striostani economy is forced to import vast amounts of said goods, or be faced with a shortage of mechanical parts/tools and heavy industrial machines, and thus halting agricultural and processed food production. Given what was said, the Republic of Striostan is the largest producer of foodstuffs and luxury foods.

In the aftermath of the Striostani Corporate War, Akaromi BioCorp (a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries) owns 89% of the farmland on Agri-worlds (on average) and 95% of all food processing facilities in Striostan.

Government Structure

The governmental system of Striostan is not hard to understand from the surface level. The Legislative is the National Assembly, a unicameral body where seats are given, based on a proportional system instead of a “Winner Takes All” ordeal. Next is the Executive with the president acting as the head of Striostani main executive departments and agencies. Lastly is the Judicial, where power is vested in the Supreme to evaluate the constitutional laws, whenever they show up in the highest courts. That is all you need to know for now. The real complexity is when we look deeper into the legal system itself, but that is another topic for another day.

Demographics

84% Human | 16% Xeno

Military

The Striostani Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of Striostan. It consists of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. The overall state of the Striostani Armed Forces is lacking. All their equipment is quite old and outdated, but still functional at least. So, the general staff uses what they have and don’t complain too much about having decades old items and ships. Of course, the old tech is a big drawback, but leadership makes do as said before. The Striostani navy relies on simple brute force tactics. Given how old and outdated their ships are, leadership can’t do anything fancy in general tactics. Ships are protected by blocks upon blocks of armor and shields, a safety and necessary measure to get in close, as a lot of Striostani naval weaponry don’t have range or the targeting software to do long-range combat. Thankfully these weapons, while hella old, do quite the damage when in range. The ground forces are another matter wholly, but still fitted with old tech. The only reason that their ground forces are still a “decent” fighting force is because of the experienced Striostani general staff.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

History

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, or better known as just Kawasaki, has its beginning after two former Japanese-senators (Izumo Yura & Ushioda Shiho) in New Memphis were forced to leave the senate since it was then disabled for one reason or another, and decided to establish their own corporation. Out here in New Memphis, anything goes. The laws and rules are loose and credits don’t print themselves. At first, Kawasaki started out by selling and offering custom-made EXP-VR sex games and the likes. Gonna get credits somehow and sex sells damn well in the market of Memphis. Once capital and credits was enough, Kawasaki branched out to include other markets to ensure the steady flow of credits to the corporation.

A rising demand of heavy industrial goods and tooling became a lucrative market as new startups and companies were being formed left and right, just like Kawasaki. In a non-surprising turn of events, Kawasaki invested and got a couple of small workshops to pump out whatever industrial tooling and machines that would sell on the market. The investment paid out and gave more profits to Kawasaki. Of course, Izumo Yura & Ushioda Shiho wanted more profits and power from the corporation and so went into technological R&D as well. Business boomed and Kawasaki grew larger and larger by the year. But as you grow larger, you start to gather the attention of bigger players, and trouble struck Kawasaki after a raid on one of its factories was done. A warning by a rival.

To fix their issue, Kawasaki hired out a local security firm to protect their property. But as operations got bigger, Kawasaki needed a more permanent solution to their issues. Instead of using forgein firms to protect them, Kawasaki simply made their own security subsidiary and cybercorp to ensure that their profits will not harm from raids, attacks, and NET hacks. The harassment stopped and things were fine for a while, but things were only brewing and tensions soon rose over a certain issue.

The First Corporate War

Remember Kawasaki’s startup in the porn industry? Well, a new emerging porn corporation (SEXX Inc. as it is offical registered in the books) was quickly growing and soon out stripped Kawasaki in the sex sence. SEXX made threats to Kawasaki to backoff its market and Izumo Yura responded with a highly worded letter, which contents can be accurately summed up to “Fuck you.” SEXX launched an attack on a Kawasaki studio and Kawasaki returned the favor right back at them. Tesison rose and things escalated fast. This would be any other small-time corporate war between two decently corporate powers, but things quickly got more complex from there. SEXX was actually a subsidiary of a larger corporation known as Alstorm, an automotor company. It was “two against one” and Kawasaki felt threatened. Luckily, Alstorm had their fair share of rivals and said rivals, Siemens and Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist, joined into the war. Alstorm, not wanting to be ganged up like this, also called up the rivals of their rivals, BPER Banca and Credito Emiliano, promising to give them whatever reminds of the profits and loot from the war. More and more corporate powers got caught up in the war, and soon a major corporate war broke out in New Memphis.

Major battles and street fights occurred all throughout New Memphis. Freelance mercs also got into the fun as the war dragged out in the second year. Kawasaki was losing ground and needed an end to the war, or else their banks would be empty by the end of next year. Kawasaki hired a lonesome merc, Buke, to plant a tactical nuclear bomb in the main HQ of Alstorm. Assisting Buke would be a large multi-divisional assault on the Alstorm HQ, with Tsunami Defense Systems, the premier security subsidiary of Kawasaki, at the helm of said assault. In a turn of luck, Buke did actually manage to get into the Alstorm HQ and set off the bomb. In a few days, all the corporate powers in the war met up in a massive summit to sign a white peace. There was also a quick ban to the usage of nuclear bombs in New Memphis set by the central AI as well after war to avoid the risk of murdering the planet altogether.

The Second Corporate War

A few decades passed and everything was back to normal, relatively speaking. Yet a new corporate war was building up on the horizon. A massive land dispute was ongoing between Kawasaki and Saras S.p.A out in the frontier sector. A ungodly deposit of Psionium was found on the empty planet of Ken Six. A settlement could not be reached and both corporate powers saw that there was no other way to settle this peacefully, not with profits and power always involved. Of course, other corporate powers got involved since this was not normal vein of Psionium, and that amount could sell high on the market, or be used for big R&D projects.

Two corporate power blocs soon formed in the early start of the war. The Kawasaki Bloc and Saras Bloc, with their own series of allies and partners. The Second Corporate War only lasted for some three months, but was highly intense. In the first week of fighting, two hundred thousand had died from the usage of new technology and methods of conducting warfare out on the planet of Ken Six. Meanwhile in New Memphis, a corporate shadow war was ongoing with a large amount of hired out mercs being used in said shadowy war. Teams of highly trained corporate special operations teams and smaller bands of army units fought in the streets and underbelly of New Memphis. By the end of it, the Kawasaki Bloc emerged as the winners of the war, and reaped their rewards from it. For Kawasaki’s part, they managed to forcefully take over a large amount of smaller and medium companies, and integrate them into the wider network of Kawasaki’s subsidiaries, or into the main company itself. Ken Six was also taken and then divided among the allies of Kawasaki, with Kawasaki taking up the largest sum of the Psionium-rich land.

The Striostani Corporate War

Who has thought that a Japanese mega-corporation would ever own Eden's main food supply? Well, that happened and Kawasaki now owns and operates the largest agri-corp in the whole of Eden. It all started with the Republic of Striostan. Their economy was undergoing massive overhauls and general liberalization. Kawasaki saw an opportunity to secure a new market. Akaromi BioCorp was formed as a subsidiary and was given the task of taking over the argi-worlds in Striostan. Given the flawed nature of the Republic, Akaromi had a decent time in buying up small-family farms and companies. Sadly, it was not New Memphis with its bare minimum of laws concerning corporations, and so it took a bit more longer, along with sizable lobbying to keep the monopoly train rolling out in Striostan. By the end of it, Akaromi became the premier shipper of foodstuffs and luxury foods since it owned about 89% of the farmland on Agri-worlds and 95% of all food processing facilities in Striostan.

Today

Izumo Yura & Ushioda Shiho now oversee one of the largest and most powerful interstellar multinational corporate empires in the whole of Eden, with operations in many other nations. They’re everywhere and their products are often unrivaled by most corporations, say for one or two corporations that might be on the same level of power of Kawasaki.

Economical Power

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a major player in the realm of economical concerns. Kawasaki’s operations on New Memphis alone brings ungodly amounts of wealth and industry by itself. Combined with operations and bases out in other nations, KWI is able to rival the economics and activity of large nations in Eden. Kawasaki has their hands everywhere and most often in the deepest pockets of certain people in certain nations. Wealth, power, industry, and likewise, fuels Kawasaki as they always seek ways to generate more industry and profits for themselves. KWI has a wide network of subsidiaries that range from porn, toys, banking, and whatever other industry you can name. They have it.

Military and Security

In order to protect its property and interest as a mega-corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries owns multiple security subsidiaries. Those subsidiaries are most commonly nicknamed “ArmaCorps” for their high level of organization and lethal nature, rivaling that of nations. Tsunami Defense Systems is the largest and most important of the security subsidiaries, and are often at the forefront of major operations for Kawasaki. Given that Kawasaki’s wide network of security firms is not a nation and cannot muster up the same manpower or the same nationalist duty that a state can, they instead have given into the saying of “quality over quantity.” As an example, Tsunami Defense Systems (TDS) has some of the best and most hardened ground units in the whole of Eden, with highly advanced technology to back them up. With what little manpower they have, TDS is forced to use advanced munitions and aircraft to simply bomb the living hell of its enemy before a major assault can be done. For TDS ships, they’re also highly advanced technological marvels, but very costly to make and maintain. Advances in point-point warp teleportation have allowed TDS ships to quickly enter into visual range of enemy ships and blast away. As you can see, the standard naval doctrine for TDS is to warp in fast and get into range quickly to engage to rip away ships with highly costly munitions.

Characters

Izumo Yura, CEO and Founder of Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Ushioda Shiho, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Yggdrasil Chronicles: Iron Grip

Bailey Hart

Appearance: Hart
Name: Bailey Hart
Age: 32
Race: Human.

Personality: Bailey Hart has one defining characteristic and that he’s very nice. Anyone that meets him would quickly understand that Hart is a gentle person. There is also the fact that Hart has a big dislike for any kind of violence. “We’re civilized people, not thugs or criminals,” as commented by Hart himself. Of course, if his hand is forced then Hart will use force as a means to end injustice. Mother was killed by heretics, and so Hart will not repeat the same mistakes. Hart is very egalitarian as well, seeing no other race as inferior or superior to each other. Bailey never likes to see others in pain and will seek out to heal or aid them in any way, if it is his enemy, “I am the child of the Mother, and all are equal under her eyes.”

Backstory: Bailey Hart, also known as Father Shepard, has no memory or knowledge of his own parents or where he was born. He only remembers being dropped off at the doorsteps of a small Iuduns church, called Eplon, belonging to the House of Paupers within the Dreisal district (known as the poorest area in the Lesser Kingdoms of Asgard.) Growing up within the Eplon Church, Hart was well taken care of, and more importantly was educated in the humanities, theology, and maths. A very rare and lucky person Hart was for such a privilege, given how poor Dreisal was. Not surprisingly, Bailey quickly gained a strong moral-compass rooted in egalitarianism because of his education and life in the Eplon Church, combined with the fact that the church was also a-part of the House of Paupers. Early on, around the age of 10, Hart was “gifted” the task of aiding book-keepers in handling inventory. For one reason or another - likely the fact that Hart developed a talent for logistical work over time - stayed at his post, promoted to higher positions over the course of his life.

While at Eplon Church, Hart was given a quick course in combat for the shake of more security since the Dreisal district was known to house a lot of bandits and unsavory peoples. And so, Hart was transfer to the Warrior Caste for a year or so to learn about combat. More specifically, he was trained in the usage of pistols and melee weapons. After the year was up, Hart was transferred back to his normal duties.

The Eplon Church did all forms of humanitarian efforts in the Dreisal district, and were a part of a bigger series of different churches that were affiliated with the House of Paupers. By the age of 23, Bailey Hart had his work cut out for him, managing the vast inventory of supply used for feeding, clothing, and aiding the poor. Humanitarian charity was the normal ordeal for the Eplon Church, and Hart was very happy. Bailey felt that he was doing Mother’s work, and his good deeds have gained Bailey Hart good reputation among his co-workers and wider district among many others, especially the poor. What else could Hart ask for in life? Well, of course, this is not the end of the man’s story. This is merely the start of it. Later in life, Hart relocated to the Tyberian port city, more or less to aid the urban poor and to explore the world a bit more. While in Tyber, Hart got wind of alleged corruption from the House of Paupers but never did any heavy research into the subject, too busy to do so. Co-siding, a new political ideology was getting massive popularity among the workers and urban poor called Socialism. At first, Hart became a simple detractor of it. Too radical for him to fully adopt, but as Hart spent more and more time with the poor and average worker, he became more understanding on why it was so popular, and soon became a decent supporter for Socialism because its values and beliefs aligned well with his Iuduns faith.

Time went on and Hart became dissatisfied with the House, feeling that they were not really fixing any of the issues of poverty, and instead just provided short-term solutions. Not only that, Hart became sympathetic with the Tyberian cause, soon becoming quite the anti-imperialist and advocated for self-determination. Because of Hart’s association with politics and more so with a rising new radical ideology, Hart was forced out of the House of Paupers. Of course, Hart’s work is yet done. Hart started to stage peaceful protests against the occupation of Tyberia. At first, Hart was more peaceful and wanted to do things in non-violent ways. In a short time, Hart realized that the second revolution of the city would not be peaceful, evidenced by the increasing violence displayed in street protests and battles between the citizens and occupation force. Without any other choice, and angered by the fact that he is forced to commit violence against his fellow men and women, Hart has taken a more “liberal” approach to the Asgard question.

There will be no mercy for those who impose injustice on the helpless and poor.

*Iuduns is a faith based on a woman, who’s name has been lost to time, instead is just called Mother. She is largely based on legend and myth as she is dated back some 20 centuries ago, and any detail on her is merely just guesswork with what text or lore there is. The basis of the faith is very egalitarian and sees power and wealth as absolute corrupting powers. Instead, a person can find true faith and spirit in the easing of pain of the suffering and aiding those less fortunate than you. If one stays true to that then one can ascend beyond and gain higher knowledge and understanding in the world from the acts of good.

Skills and Abilities: Legendary Theology - “Faith is the strongest tool and weapon in the arsenal of men and women. For when there is God on your side, there is nothing that you can’t do in pursuit of justice against evil. I have combed through almost every piece of text and lore in pursuit of unearthing the truth of Mother and the higher powers above. For I am the servant of Mother and her justice.”

Master Logistician - “My time in the Eplon Church and elsewhere has given me great talents in managing the transportation of goods and keeping stock of inventory, along with the proper protocols and procedures on how to properly handle issues and mistakes that might arise from the complex nature of moving bread from field to storage.” (Likely would not be used often, but it's there if it ever comes in handy).

Accomplished Politics - “For when the House of Paupers abandoned me, I felt betrayed. There, I understood that higher moral ideals did not appeal to them. I forged my own path, one infused with the faith of Mother and one with the ideals of a worker revolution.”

Adept Pistolier : “I am a man of peace, but the reality of the world forces my hand to do otherwise. If those who wish to impose injustice by violence will not lay down their arms, then I will forcefully remove their arms for them.”

Adept Mace User : “Bash the heretics and heathens to death, if you have no bullets.”

Equipment: Ballistic revolver and mace.

Mass Effect: Phoenix | A 24th century adventure in space

Sam W. Bridge

Full name: Sam W. Bridge

Race: Human

Citizenship: Systems Alliance

Aliases: Sam has been called the ‘Bane of Cerberus’ by various new media outlets before, but Sam never calls himself that or anything else.

Age: 90

Gender: Male

Psych. Eval.: “Sam Waltz Bridge is quite an open person. He doesn’t have much to hide nor does he shy away from stating his feelings or concerns. He is very honest to say the least, more so then a lot of other people that I met. Sam has great hospitality towards friends and family, even with strangers that he has yet to meet. He’ll feed you, cloth you, and let you take a bath in his shower, if you need it. There is no sight of antagonistic behavior in his bone, albeit that can quickly change. Sam, seen in his history and in various interviews, has no heart for anyone that crosses him or anyone else in his circle.

Sam has also no concerns for himself, displaying a truly selfless method of thinking to his world views. He greatly cares for others and for their wellbeing, and does great with kids. He respects those who go out of their way to aid others, akin to himself. He lacks patience and respect for people who actively harms others, innocents and likewise, and those who don’t give a damn about others and who don’t think about their actions and consequences. Sam doesn't have any kind of hidden agenda and has provided himself to be highly reliable in his words. If he is going to shoot you then expect to be shot within the next few seconds, if he is not being sarcastic that is, but he often does say that he is being sarcastic. A result that comes from his time spent with orphans with psychosocial and social disabilities.

Sam is very hard to anger. We try everything from making his food the wrong way, messing up his room, and anything else, but it never gets to him. The only anger we saw from him was when he read the news on the current development in either local, national [Systems Alliance], or galactic news and politics.” - Psychologist Adam Will.

Phys. Eval.: “Sam has not let up his physical health in his life span of 90 years. From our standards, he is very healthy and I don’t have much concern for his health because of it. Besides from his general health, Sam has a much higher level of endurance, able to endure multiple marathons. Strength wise, he is above average, and his vision is a 20/20.” - Doctor Oates

Biotics: N/A

Qualifications: “Sam has an interesting set of qualifications for himself. The man is a competent soldier, resulting from his time in the Systems Alliance Marine Corps. He understands how to handle a rifle, throw a grenade, and what have you. In the marines, he was a heavy weapon specialist. The skills from his specialisation is still with him today, as we have actively seen in his time right now in an active warzone. He can lug around a light machine, rocket launcher, and general heavy weapons with ease and speed. He can reload a LMG or rocket faster than your regular time user of heavy arms, and aim it pretty damn well too.

Moving on, we will explain his political and educational qualifications. Sam has only finished high school, but he displays a great understanding of the social-economic and political situation in the Systems Alliance, and to a lesser extent other nations on a case-by-case basis. This stems from, as even Sam had said for himself, his time in the Systems Alliance Socialist Party. Sam also knows a good deal of Cerberus itself from self-study and source finding. Of course, it's nothing too confidential but it is enough knowledge to gain an edge over them.

Sam has a talent for cooking as well. We have tasted his food before and it's quite good for what mounts to a budget of 3 credits for our whole group. As an added bonus, he also makes for a good janitor too. Not only that, Sam is a highly experienced veteran in combating slavery and trafficking from his 30 plus years of it. Sam also has vast experience in running radical groups and movements for some 40 or some years as well.” - Evaluation Paper on Sam Waltz Bridge

History: “Sam has an interesting upbringing to say the least. He was born on the planet of Rows, just a few years before the Reaper Wars. His parents were killed in the aftermath of the conflict, and got adopted by Amelie Atkinson and Tel'no T'reava. At the age of 19, Sam was captured in a slave-raid while in transit to one of the Systems Alliance world repopulation programs out in the Terminus Sector. For 5-years, Sam labored under various different masters, traded and sold off every so often. Sam, as noted in his early interviews, did have a romantic and sexual relationship with a Quarian male named Zaator'Teerul vas Jeedir, who later died in the service of the Terminus Black Army, an organization I will explain shortly.

He would have either died as a slave or likewise, but he got lucky. The Terminus Black Army, an anarcho-communist anti-slave militia, freed him on a small trade station. From there, Sam joined the Black Army, and aided them in their anti-slavery operations in the Terminus Sector for some 10 years, before the Systems Alliance caught him and mistaken him as a slaver himself. It didn’t take long for the Systems Alliance to realize their mistake. In an odd turn of events, the local Systems Alliance Marine Colonel offered Sam to join their ranks and help them in combating slave raids back in the core systems of the Alliance. Without much choice, Sam joined. For the next 16 years, Sam served as an anti-slave operator at the Local, Shanxi, and Skyllian Clusters. Sam, feeling dissatisfied with the Alliance military as a whole, joined the Democratic Military Movement with other disgruntled veterans. Their demands? Collective bargaining for soldiers, an end to censorship and intimidation within the military, the stopping and abolition of mental and physical cruelty in military brigs, correctional custodies, and basic training, higher wages equal to the federal standard, end of glorification of war, abolition of court-martial and non-judicial punishment systems, among a massive list of other demands. In short time, Sam became a vocal speaker for the Movement, and also quickly became forcibly discharged from the military. This would be the start of Sam's political career.

In an effort to silence the man, the Alliance military canceled all benefits to Sam as a veteran and marked him on a blacklist. Inturn, Sam became starved of financial support and was forced to take on multiple jobs to ensure a basic living. Early on, Sam took plenty of odd jobs to support himself. Noted by Sam himself, he took on culinary jobs primarily and quickly picked up his cooking skills from there. He also earned an affinity for cleaning as a janitor too, something that resulted from his time as a dish and mop-cleaner in kitchens before he was allowed to take more serious culinary duties. In between his jobs, Sam heavily involved himself in the Systems Alliance Socialist Party and the Democratic Military Movement, advocating for radical policies against current mainstream discussion. Later, Sam became known for his anti-Cerberus speeches and aggressive rhetoric against human supremacists and the Alliance military on the Extranet and more commonly out in public affairs. Generated credits from his new found exploits in the political realm allowed Sam to pursue his own programs, most famous is his War on Poverty Society that gave the poor and homeless, free homes, food, water, and the comforts of modern life for free. Back on his home planet of Rows, Sam built the Bridge Orphanage, primarily taking in alien children and housing alien refugees.

At the age of 85, Sam left his position of power to better fit younger candidates, but Bridge Orphanage was still managed by Sam himself. C-Sec provided Sam with a more stable income and better safety overall against the Alliance military aggressive stand against him. Sam applied for C-Sec and quickly became a senior officer in anti-trafficking operations, and he would use his paid vacations to advocate for his beliefs. As of now, we have reason to believe that he is on the planet of Rows, which is currently engulfed in a civil war.” - Psychologist Adam Will.

Position: N/A (until recruited)

Recruited: Yes

Inventory & Logistics: Terminus Black Army Flag, a psychical music disc labeled as “Mother Anarchy Loves Her Sons,” Photos of Amelie Atkinson and Tel'no T'reava, Pictures of Bridge Orphanage and his own kids, MF Doom Food Album, Music Disc named "Got to be Real" by Cheryl Lynn.

Notoriety: “Sam has a large footprint behind him. First, he was a slave captured in a raid at a young age. He worked until an anti-slave militia freed him. Sam then joined this anti-slave militia and began his exploits as a freedom fighter in the Terminus system. He was captured as a POW by the Systems Alliance, mistaken as a slaver himself. Sam, for one reason or another, joined the Marines on his merits of his former job as an anti-slave operator, and helped to resist various slave raids on stations and planets. Later, Sam opted out of the military to pursue a political life in the Systems Alliance Socialist Party. Using his funds, Sam formed the War on Poverty Society and quickly became a heavy anti-cerberus demonstrator and speaker. He even opened and ran an orphanage that still stands today. Sam then left his position of power to a younger candidate and joined C-Sec. Sam used his paid vacations to take visits to his orphanage on the planet of Rows.” - Unknown Extranet User Post. (Notoriety 7)

Misc.: N/A

[Blasts from the Past]: Yes