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Also i'll cover this in more detail when the IC starts in the briefing, but your first target will be a Human by the name of Hayden Kolac.

Hayden Kolac

Nicknamed 'The Archangel' by his men, he defected during the wars leading up to the destruction of Earth (through cybernetic enhancements, Hayden is over 300 years old and still going strong) taking a compliment of his most loyal soldiers and killing nearly 10 times their number in those loyal to the Empire. He now controls a small facility in orbit above Tyosis-Beta, dedicated to mining operations and development of specialised fuels.
The defector must be punished. His men must be destabilised. The first blow must be dealt to the oppressors.

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The Terrarial HAKESATH won't tell if it isn't asked, but it'll dispense public domain information on request, so it'd be safe to assume all characters at least know who the others are and some of what they're capable of. Bear in mind you're all working towards a single purpose, and you're literally the last hope of freedom throughout the universe. However clinically batshit your characters may be, surely they will see the enormity of their mission.

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You're all horrifically mentally scarred. You're all mad by my standards.

But then again, the targets...

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Raptorman said
I don't mind diving into the action. Though I do think it might be a good idea to figure out A. how long people have been working together and what everyone thinks of the other members of the group?

Not too long. The Terrarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H has spent the last year or so gathering the Ephemeral, but how much of that time they have been together is something I haven't specified and don't really plan to. Whether they like each other or not isn't really my concern either, you guys can choose to or not, but it will compromise your missions if there are domestic problems. that would be interesting for storytelling, but thats also a great way to get dead, so decide between yourselves at your own discretion.

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Or anybody who wants an intro can PM me their writing and it'll all go into the OP (is that what TTwoThumbsUp was suggesting? Sorry if it was), if somebody doesn't want an into, they need not PM me anything. Other than that, it'll be briefing straight from there.
If anybody does want a bit of intro, write your scenes in the Corvette, just as the ship has stabilised after coming through the wormhole.

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TTwoThumbsUp said
You do realize if you do that this is going to turn into a huge wank off

God I hope not.

On an entirely different note, does everybody want to be able to do an character intro post on the Corvette or just get straight into the action?

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TTwoThumbsUp said
In that case expect Pinocchio's first project to be a giant death mech of great deathy death. And maybe some destruction added in there for good measure

I'll make it my mission to wipe the thing from existence with an even bigger death mech of great deathy death.

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The Roman07 said
Lol I did actually see those but all too often I see gm's change their mind because too many original races tend to create confusion... so I figured id be polite and ask first lolThe Chitin are a pretty cool race that I've been thinking of for a book of mine so expect some fun stuff. I will be honest I'm going to steal some pics from D9 and maybe (big maybe) the mech as well, but I'm basically creating the chitin to be a honor and heritage based race (similar to bushido) with a complete lack of religion. Their science will be mostly biological based and "ancient ruins" will be similar to that of modern day robotics (modern=2014) Nowadays alltheir Bio-tech is "grown" not built. XD sound good so far? *fun fact= The Chitin were almost rendered extinct at one point due to the unusual chemical component in their blood that reacts like hyperactive stemcells. Often used in medical cures for many other races or super immunity boosters. The Chitin were often illegally harvested and "milked" of their blood, then sold on the black market.I'll be working on something later today since sleep is calling me lol

Not quite late enough into it for me to be going wishy-washy on my ideas yet ;) Still, I guess I appreciate you asking

I wouldn't worry about picture stealing from D9, all images have gotta come from somewhere, I don't expect anyone to be a character artist on a writing site. But yeah, that all sounds fine to me, bio-tech is still a great love/fear of mine since the goddamn nids, though i'd stray away from the mech. Mech is a bad idea. Mech is pretty much certain to not fit with the theme or style of the RP.

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The Roman07 said
Any chance your willing to accept an original race? I'm calling them "The Chitin" think District 9 bug humanoids XD what do you say?

(Can be one of the provided races (except Arakath) or something of your own design. If designing your own race, be creative. Anything based off of, or too reminiscent of standard sic-fi / fantasy archetypes will not be accepted. So nothing like a dwarf, or an elf... or anything that has been too overdone in sci-fi.)

There are a few predetermined races in Starfall, but this is by no means a complete list. When designing your character you may pick any of these to base him or her on (with the exception of Arakath) or make something entirely new of your own design. This is just a bit of background and fluff.

Yeah, I think you'll be okay
Good to have you on board, I look forward to being amazed by The Chitin!

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Synthorian said
I can already guess what a couple of those achievements are. Love the idea.Question: Will a new character be allowed to join this dysfunctional crew if someone dies for good?

Yes, any player who manages to get perma-dead will be unconditionally allowed back into the RP with another character. It's only fair.