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Lost but not Alone

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Lost but not Alone

Have you ever felt like you were at a point in your life where you didn’t know what to do with it? How to live your day to day or where you were going with it. That was essentially how 90% of the colony felt ninety days after the comms went silent. At first people thought it was some sort of war breaking out, that rebels would rise and take the colony. Which did happen in some fashion. The gangs took each of the three islands for themselves and essentially divided the city into three. But they weren’t a rebellion. They didn’t have any demands and there was no military to wage war with them. They took what they wanted and things went quiet. Very quiet.

That feeling we were talking about before about not knowing what you were doing with your life? Imagine being trapped on an island under the control of a tyrannical gang and your only option is to fit in or leave...to another island, with another tyrant gang in charge. Feeling a bit better about your dead end job and your financial woes now aren’t ya?

Our story starts with a few souls who had to face that question of what to do and make a choice. What were they going to do with their lives? Let’s see…

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Players and their Characters

Players and their Characters

A detailed list of Characters are listed below with their Character Sheet quoted.

Tyre/Tritech
@BigPapaBelial - Chance Rollins Jr - Primary Character

@ModeGone - Antonio "Nino" Smith - Primary Character

Chimera
@SaintJackal - Cassius Dwight - Primary Character

Toxins
@cthulu - Amala "Astral" Garsendis - Primary Character

@Synthesis - Mikhael Ward - Primary Character

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Name and Role
Name:

Character Type: (Primary or Supporting)

Appearance

Age:

Skin Tone:

Mutations (Toxins and Chamira only):

Body Build:

Weight:

Height:

Hair Style:

Hair Color:

Eye Color:

Character Stats
Primary Characters only (These update every now and then)

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Plot

Plot

One day they just stopped.

No warning. No word.

Nothing.

One moment we were connected to the universe.

Then the next it went silent.

All our communications, quiet.

Our supply shipments, absent.

We were a commerce colony. We weren’t built to provide for ourselves.

You know... I always thought I’d see it.

That there would be a big bang, a flash of light, something.

I thought there would be a sign that the end was near.

…

But there wasn’t.

Just one day, it ended.

Like flipping a switch, one moment we were connected...the next we were alone.

You are living on a colony that has been cut off from the rest of the universe. Communications went silent, supplies have stopped coming in, and a defensive barrier that was meant to protect the colony in case of invasion has now been permanently left on, preventing any ships from going in or out of the colony. The colony was based around commerce, focused mainly around business and science it depended on supplies from other colonies to keep itself running.

As the colony struggles to survive on its own, three factions rise up and divide the island city that makes up the majority of the colony into three regions. Each region is divided into several districts. You live within one of these districts.

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Background Info

Factions

Factions

Chimera
Originally a small street gang of petty criminals, hardly anything of note. During a robbery of a laboratory their leader, Colin Gates, discovered the scientist there had been studying how to mix animal DNA with human DNA. The research was incomplete and not ready for human testing but Colin decided to push the research ahead of schedule and used the scientist there as his human subjects.

The scientist came out mutated and hardly human, losing their sanity in the process. With a few adjustments Colin put himself into one of the machines and came out with superhuman strength and incredible speed. With claws like a wolf’s to boot. He was able to withstand the change without completely going insane, but he wasn’t exactly far from it. From that point forward he became known as Cerberus and his petty gang became one of the most violent and destructive criminal organizations the colony had ever known.

When the universe went silent the Chimera took over a portion of the city with little resistance. Seizing supplies and money for themselves. However the inner fighting and lack of stable leadership has turned their portion of the colony into a war torn ghetto. One starving and stepping ever closer to death.

Leader - Cerberus

Primary Character - Cassius Dwight
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Tyre - Tritech
A successful businessman by the name of Abe Adon, grew two empires alongside each other with his invention of the Eden Device. A machine which allowed you to generate worlds for people to visit, allowing them to live another life for a short time. Though versions of this machine are still used for medical purposes it became the first machine to be listed as a drug under the Controlled Substance Act. This forced Abe Adon to change the focus of his business to military tech and abandon the Eden Device. That’s what it looks like on paper at least.

In reality, Abe took the Eden Project the black market and grew far richer off the abuse of those looking for an escape from reality. Through laundering, Abe was able to have each of the businesses feed each other. Tritech would provide the machines and weapons for his Tyre Mafia to grow and the money and fear created by Tyre would help Tritech grow at an exponential rate.

When the colony was cut off from the rest of the world and things began to look dim for the general populous, many took to the Eden Device as an escape from their suffering. As a means to return to how things used to be. Rich or poor you looked to Abe Adon to provide you with protection and happiness. However, there was a cost to both of these and it would be far too easy to lose yourself to a life of debt and addiction.

Leader - Abe Adon

Primary Character - Chance Rollins Jr
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Toxins
Maya Sekaitsu was studying mankind's impact on the universe with its ever increasing amount of terraforming and colonization. Her studies showed the potential threat mankind posed to life as they knew it. She hoped her research would show mankind so alter its expansion in a sustainable way. However, her studies were seen as incredible and worthless. Mankind simply couldn’t grasp an apocalypse scenario that wouldn’t happen for tens of thousands of years.

A certain AI far out in space shared a similar concern with Maya and sent her a gift. A few days after the universe went silent a ship crashed into the barrier that engulfed the colony. Most of the debris landed in the ocean but a small chunk the size of a softball landed in Maya’s backyard. She being the curious scientist she was, sprayed down the metal cluster with a hose to cool it down. The sudden change in temperature caused the metal to break off, revealing a cluster of green crystals underneath.

Maya picked up the cluster and upon doing so was thrown into a chaotic state of mind. Visions of all the horrors mankind had done upon itself and life throughout the universe tore through her mind. The crystals turned into an acid like toxin that soaked into her skin and her veins became a neon green. One of her neighbors came to check on her upon hearing her screams of terror. He found her on all fours, her body shaking. He placed a hand on her shoulder and asked what was wrong.

She threw out a hand and the liquid toxin coursing through her veins seeped out of her pores and pooled together, hardening back into crystal form and piercing through the man’s chest. She stood and tossed him aside through the fence that separated their yards. Her eyes were filled with hate and she took steps to the waters to retrieve her tools of destruction.

A week later she set off chemical bombs throughout her district with a gas version of the crystals that had turned her. Several blocks fell into chaos at once. Masses went insane and their bodies altered. Many died, unable to survive the change, but some changed like she did and their agony caused them to kill anyone near them. Her plague spread throughout the city and it wasn’t until the bridges and tunnels connected to her part of the island were shut down that her apocalypse came to a halt. Now she stands in a tower of ruin over looking her city, planning its self-destruction.

Leader - Maya Sekaitsu

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Regions

Regions

South Island
Under the control of Tyre and the collapse of most of the city into chaos this region has essentially become a small city of its own. You are most likely to live a “normal” life here, though that life is dictated by Tritech mercenaries and the Tyre Mafia. It’s easy to get dragged into or become reliant on these two organization as you try to get by in life.

District One
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East Island
Ran like the animal kingdom, it’s a fight for power and dominance on this island. You either rise or fall in the food chain. Challenging those above you and keeping an eye out for anyone who might be out to take your place is the only way to survive. You take what you need in order to survive and look out for you and what is yours. At the top of that food chain is Cerberus who you must serve until the day you can challenge him.

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North Island
The largest of the three islands by far. This city has fallen to ruin and has the appearance of the apocalypse. Toxins roam the city in the search for those left unturned. Survivors make desperate attempts to fortify their positions or make an escape for one of the other islands. Life in this region is often short and filled with suffering.

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Map

Map

Currently there is no map available. For more information about locations please read the Regions section.

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Character Roles

Character Roles

Left but not Alone (LbnA) is going to be ran as if it were a videogame, but with the freedoms of a roleplay. Meaning there will be some core mechanics to the roleplay but the stories can branch as much as you’d like since we don’t have the technical limitations of a video game.

There are two types of characters, Primary and Supporting Characters.

Primary Characters
Primaries act like a character in a role-playing game. Going out and doing quest, working with others, while trying to pursue their own goals. They have the largest impact on the story but they also have to follow the rule that their main goal is to rise in power and their views are very much influenced by the faction they are under.

(This role is recommended for those who want to be active participants in the roleplay and are willing to put in the time to have a great understanding of the world, the roleplay’s mechanics, the other players in the rp and what their character is doing at any given point)

Supporting Characters
Supporters live out their own lives doing whatever it is they feel like doing, within reason. They do not have to have a direct tie to any particular faction. They can be bartenders, garbage men, ex-soldiers, whatever you want them to be that makes sense for the world. They give the world depth and help create complexity in the Primary Character’s story lines.

(This role is recommended for those who want to experience the roleplay without having all the responsibility of a primary role)

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Actions

Actions

These are mechanics that determine what your post is based around and its impact on other players. These should be listed as a sub title to your post.

Primary Actions
These are actions that have a large impact on your character and their place in the world. As such you can only perform two of these an rp day. (Only able to perform if you are a primary character)

(Tyre Only) Manage Businesses - As you rise amongst the Tyre you will begin to own businesses such as Eden Stations, Clubs, porn, and so on. These businesses will generate you money and affect your renown. You will need to manage these businesses to keep them running efficiently.

(Chimera Only) Manage Projects - As you rise amongst the Chimera you will begin to organize events such as fight clubs, races, drug trafficking, and so on. These projects will generate you money and affect your renown. You will need to manage these businesses to keep them running efficiently.

(Toxins Only) Exterminate - The Toxins require bodies, you need to provide those. Abduct, raid, and farm the surviving human populace within your districts. These events will provide you with more Influence and Stability.

Attack/Defend Districts - With enough resources and people under your command you will be able to capture districts. This will allow you to own more businesses and greatly impact your renown and moral. Other Primary Characters can attack your districts too so you must be ready to defend them.

Perform Quest - Quest can be provided by Supporting Characters and provide you with a mix of money, renown, moral, and tech based on what the Supporting Character is offering.

Sub Actions
These are minor acts that your perform that don’t impact the world to greatly on their own. You can perform as many of these in an rp day as reasonably possible. (Can be performed by both Primary and Supporting Characters)

Text/Call - An interaction with any character you’ve previously made contact with as long as they have given you their info.

Freeplay - Letting your character go out and do whatever it is they like to do. Bar hop, sightseeing, write whatever you want to develop your character.

Co-Op - This is a post shared between two characters. In order to prevent spamming the rp please do these outside of the rp (through pms, google drive, or whatever you prefer to write in) and then share the full post here. For example if you and another character meetup and talk at a bar, don’t make one line post back and forth but instead share the whole conversation as one post.

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Stats

Stats determine what a character is possible of doing and their impact on the world. These need to be tracked by each Primary Character and vary based on the faction the Primary Character is a part of.

Tyre - Stats
Money - A resource used to purchase most things. Items, tools, even some people can be bought with enough money.

Renown - How well known you are. The more renown you have the more people will be willing to join you on your mission. (This both affects the number of people who will join your cause and the rank of people who will see you as their equal or superior)

Moral - Effects those already under your command. The lower your moral the more likely people are to flee or betray you. Have it high enough and your followers may go to extreme measures to make sure you succeed in your mission. (This varies per battle)

Tech - Determines what you have access to in regards to both military and consumer technologies.

Chimera - Stats
Money - A resource used to purchase most things. Items, tools, even some people can be bought with enough money.

Renown - How well known you are. The more renown you have the more people will be willing to join you on your mission. (This both affects the number of people who will join your cause and the rank of people who will see you as their equal or superior)

Moral - Effects those already under your command. The lower your moral the more likely people are to flee or betray you. Have it high enough and your followers may go to extreme measures to make sure you succeed in your mission. (This varies per battle)

DNA - Determines what type of enhancements and mutations you have access to.

Toxins - Stats
Survivors - The number of unturned left in your districts. (Necessary to create more infected)

Influence - How many infected you can have under your control.

Stability - How much you are able to control those under you. This dictates how likely an infected under your control is going to respond to your orders instead of their usual mindless rage. (This varies per battle)

Mutations - What mutations you’re able to give yourself and your infected.

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Units, Technologies, and Projects

Units, Technologies, and Projects

Each faction has different units and technologies they can use both on and off the battlefield. You must unlock each before you can purchase them.

Tyre - Units
Well suited for defending what is theirs with a focus on ranged attacks. If structures are available they can use them to their advantage.

Grunt - Basic man with a gun. They provide a decent offense or defense with enough numbers and they’re cheap.

Medic - Armed with a pistol, they aren’t the best fighters but they can heal other units.

Juggernaut - Heavily armed and armored. They’re basically a really expensive Grunt that’s better in every way.

Sniper - Does high damage and has incredible range. If stationed in a building they can target anyone on the battlefield.

Gauss Cannon - A defensive structure. Extremely powerful and expensive. Capable of killing most units in one shot. However, they can not move and thus only serve as a defense for the district they are bought in.

More Coming Soon...

Tyre - Technologies
Armament - Provides you with new weapons and armor. Allowing you to purchase Juggernauts and Gauss Cannons.

Support - Provides you with access to Medics and Snipers.

Eden Project - Allows you to purchase Eden Machines and subsequently setup Eden Stations.

More Coming Soon…

Tyre - Businesses
Bar - Provides you with a small amount of money every day.

Night Club - Provides you with moderate amounts of money every day and some renown.

Drug House - Provides you with large amounts of money but reduces your renown some every day.

Porn Studio - Provides you with small amounts of money, renown, and increases moral of the units stationed in that district.

Eden Station - Provides you with a large amount of money every day and a moderate amount of renown. Lowers Moral for units stationed in that district.

More Coming Soon…

Chimera - Units
The brawlers of the three factions. They prevail in close ranged combat and are better suited for guerrilla tactics than long term combat.

Feral - Lower end mutants. Only able to access low-end DNA that offered little benefit such as frogs or lizards. Usually armed with weapons than using their actual mutations.

Bull - Hulks of the food chain, with DNA from animals like elephants, rhinos, and gorillas, these mutants have larger builds and serve well as tanks. Able to withstand a fair amount of punishment and have incredible strength.

Dasher - The scouts of the faction. With mutations ranging from wasp to spiders, these mutants are able to get around quickly.

Ranger - These are some of the few mutants that can attack from a distance. Usually mixed with animals such as porcupines and cobras. They tend to offer support to other mutants in combat.

Paralyzer - Mutants with abilities that have lingering effects on those they attack. Usually having their DNA mixed with creatures such as Jellyfish and Electric Eels.

Parasite - Essentially vampires, their DNA mixed with leeches, fleas, and other blood sucking creatures. They refill their health with successful attacks.

Champion - Those with higher end mutations such as lions and alligators. The best mix of damage, health, and speed.

More Coming Soon...

Chimera - DNA
Low-End DNA - Allows you to purchase Ferals, Dashers, and Rangers.

Intermediate DNA - Allows you to purchase Bulls, Paralyzers, and Parasites.

High-End DNA - Allows you to purchase Champions.

More Coming Soon…

Chimera - Projects
Fight Club - Provides you with a small amount of money and renown every day.

Street Races - Provides you with moderate amounts of money every day and some renown.

Drug House - Provides you with large amounts of money but reduces your renown some every day.

Arena - Provides you with a large amount of money every day and a moderate amount of renown. Raises Moral for units stationed in that district, some units must fight to the death in order for this project to take effect.

Toxins - Units
What sets Toxin Units apart from the others is that they will act uncontrollably on their own if you do not have the Stability to control them.

Zombie - Basic infected. A person gone mad and determined to kill.

Glutton - Large infected that can take a lot of punishment and explodes upon death.

Greed - The soldiers of the group. They can take and dish out more damage than a zombie but are a bit slower.

Sloth - Large in build and dish out incredible damage. However, they require a large amount of Stability to listen to your commands.

Envy - Takes the form of a random enemy unit, acting just like them but under your control.

Lust - A siren among men. They are able to take control over an enemy unit if they come in contact with them. While controlling a unit they can not act themselves.

Wrath - Extremely fast and deadly. Wraths are hardly human and next to impossible to control.

Hubris - Your own character on the battlefield. Their abilities are determined by what mutations you give them. (If you choose to put yourself on the battlefield and take too much damage you will be forced to surrender and retreat)

Toxins - Mutations
Desire - Provides access to Greeds, Gluttons, and Lust.

Depression - Provides access to Sloths.

Hate - Provides access to Wraths and Envys.

More Coming Soon…

Toxins - Extermination
Abductions - Provides you with a small amount of influence and decreases the amount of survivors in your region by a small amount.

Raids - Provides you with moderate amounts of influence and reduces your survivors by a large amount each day.

Clone Lab - Provides you with moderate amounts of influence every day. Reduces your stability by moderate amounts every day.

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Additional Information

Additional Information

Please feel free to make any suggestions to the rp as it is still in the interest check stage and could use some fleshing out. Some information is provided below.

• All Primary Characters start out with nothing. You must earn your stats through roleplaying.
• Support Characters can start with some benefits if they so choose. For example if your character is a bartender they could also own that bar if you want. But they can not own a series of bars and have 50 bazillion dollars.
• The strategy element of the game isn't well planned out yet and requires a map, so Primary Characters will not be able to attack or defend early on in the rp. (Since they start with nothing this shouldn't be an issue)
• In order to help keep everyone in the same timeline the OP will make post that progress the rp into the next stage of day. For example, everyone will be given a fair chance to write a post for what they do during Day One - Morning. Then the OP can decide to make it Day One - Night so that everyone is in the same general time. (this keeps players from writing out a week's worth of actions while you were at work/school)
• The OP plays a mode god like role and tracks the players and their actions to make sure everyone is acting fairly and within the rules provided. He can also introduce minor characters to help push the story, such as receiving a text from a random stranger saying you need to meet him at the subway.
• There can only be a few Primary Characters per faction to avoid the rp becoming clustered.
• There is no limit on supporting characters.

Lost but not Alone (Sci-fi gang rp)

I'm not sure what I was expecting with the name but this sounds really interesting. Are you still looking for players?

Nino Jones

Name:
Antonio "Nino" Smith

Character Type: Whichever is still available, but probably Supporting.

Appearance

Body

Face:

Hair:

Body:

Clothes

Work:

Casual:

Age:
38

Skin Tone:
Olive but a paler shade from lack of sunlight.

Body Build:
Gangly with a gaunt face. Looks like he has regularly missed meals but eats just enough to continue. Should be a fit ectomorphic build but due to present life-style has become thin and sickly with the occasional burst of speed.

Weight:
123.9 lbs

Height:
6' 2"

Hair Style:
Long, a bit oily, poorly brushed and pulled into a limp ponytail with a few strands hanging free over his face.

Hair Color:
Dark brown

Eye Color:

Hazel

Character Stats
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Background:
At first Nino worked in the shipping industry as a glorified 'truck driver'. He eventually bought a permanent residence at one of the colonies he transferred goods to, thinking the colonists led far less stressful lives. Finding work was easy as local businesses were booming and he had a few friends willing to give him a hand.

Life in the colony was pretty easy but when the colony was cut off, he was one of the many who wound up turning heavily to Eden to the point where he feels more alive, more real within the fantasies. Nino's paycheck and pantry both suffered as more money was funneled to Eden-use.

Nino had worked for a Tritech company as a office minion desk jockey but due to Eden his productivity suffered. He was let go with the implied but never actually stated promise that he might be rehired in the future. Now he works part-time at an Eden Station for the company discount. What little time not spent in his fantasies or helping others live theirs' is spent doing a few jobs under the counter as necessary.

@ModeGone

I am and Nino sounds like a great character to have. Would be interesting to either see him as a support or one of those broken characters that grows into something else as a primary. Tyre/Trictech still has one primary character slot left so you're free to take it :)

On a different note two of my co-workers quit so I don't actually have any free time. I'm going to get started on an IC post now but if I don't finish I'll just have to post it later when I get the chance. Thank you for your patience!

EDIT: I have the OOC up, basically a copy of the interest check. I also updated the characters list with eveyrone and put it up on the character's page. Here's the link, roleplayerguild.com/topics/153251-lost..

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I've got tomorrow off so I'll likely post an IC then or tonight if possible. If anyone wants to create a character they should do so now.

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@jasonwolf I look forward to seeing what you come up with :D

As for everyone else I have one day off this week (today) and I'm rather busy so I'm going to have to push creating the IC (Or OOc I forget how these rps work) until next week. Should give some time for new people to join too n_n

EDIT: @cthulu I just saw you updated your bio. Amala looks and sounds awesome. Can't wait to see more from her!

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Yup, looks just like him @BigPapaBelial :P

On a real note good to see old Chance back!

Okay so looks like we have three people, one for each faction so far. I would like to have more per faction so you can have "friends" to rp with but it's been some time now. I will launch the IC on my next day off from work this week. If anyone wants to join or invite buddies, now is the time n_n

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@cthulu Looks good. Just realized though I used Mutations incorrectly in the Character Sheet. I meant visual mutations like if you had a third eye or a tentacle for an arm XD Not the strategy unit mutation.

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So you're going to work out starting stats closer to the IC then? Happy to be accepted and looking forward to seeing how this pans out.

@SaintJackal

Yeah. I need to flesh out how everything works before your stats are decided. You'll likely start out with close to nothing and then through the rp you'll work your way up.

EDIT: Created a basic map system in RENPY for districts. I only know how to make square ones atm but it's something XD

My Hider

If we get people playing as support characters owning things like stores, clubs, and so on, then I'll add them to their district. For those playing primary characters by the time you start to own businesses I'll try to have a system in place where you can pick districts of where to put them and we'll have the map reflect that.

EDIT EDIT: Just wanted to clarify that the little minigame thing I'm making is mainly just to help with things that can't be accurately tracked in the rp (like the turn based strategy stuff) the rest is just extra fluff and you don't need to do anything more than just write your rp post.