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The Frontier ( An anthro space western roleplay)

Codec Arms Shell-138 'Luck'

Codec Arms Shell-138 'Luck'

Character summary

Name: Codec Arms Shell-138
Aliases: Luck
Age: 8
Birth planet/birthplace:Codec Arms Orbital Factory 37b Command & Management Wing
Species:Codec Arms Combat Integrated Positronic Entity
Gender: Male presenting personality
Role on the Dauntless: First Officer/XO/2ndLt

Appearance

Height:5'6
Weight:136kgs
Build: Short and long limbed, with a disproportionately short torso.
Faceplate color: LED Red
Plating colour: Standard temperate planet multicam (worn) ontop ofgrip-textured titanium.
Personal clothing style: Standard Codec Arms modular equipment carrier.

Psychology

Personality: Due to Luck's status as a premium naval command/ strategy droid he is fitted with a standard evolutionary personality package. Despite him being fully robotic and a completely artifical intelligence, he is fairly jovial and positive, instead of the stereotypical cold and icy. This is purely for personnel morale and loyalty. The standard personality matrix soon learns that personnel are more loyal and generally happier if the unit acts human. This also means the older a model is, the better it's leadership ability becomes, as it's social database increases. However unlike many Codec naval command units, Luck is not loyal directly to his command structure, or captain, but instead directly to his own survival drives, and secondarily the ship itself. His priorites ae very similar to that of a carbon lifeforms, at the top is his survival, directly underneath that is the survival of the ship, equal to the drive to improve his survival quality (profits), and directly under that is the survival and welfare of his CO and men. However for Luck himself, he has ascertained the survival of his current crew to aid in his priorities.
Likes:

• His continued survival.
• The ship's continued survival.
• Profits.

Dislikes:

• His continued un-survival.
• The ship's continued un-survival.
• Losses.

Flaws:

• Contains gas used for the high-speed transfer of data. Known as "airware" If it leaks then he will be effectively lobotomized, and if enough leaks he will be paralysed. However his hardware has enough redundant processing power that is completely drained of airware he has enough power to keep himself from going offline. Barely.
• Completely morally bankrupt.
• Hardcoded to be protect the Dauntless, and therefore involuntarily responsible for it until it is destroyed. He also cannot harm it in anyway.
• Mildly radioactive.

History

Background: Luck was produced as naval commanding IPE to be used in the Codec Arms Naval Fleet, in which he cognifies he would have most likely ended up scrapped if that plan had gone through; due to the fact Codec Arms was destroyed and it's assets divvied up between the other corporations. This would not have ended well to the robotic troops loyal exclusively to Codec. Fortunately for Luck he was stolen in a pirate raid and auctioned off to the previous First Officer of the Dauntless, who then programmed and socially trained Luck to take his place. As all first officers know, it is them who really manage the ship, so who better than a supposedly infallible AI?
Motivation: Luck has the same motivations as any other living thing: continue living and thrive. Except because of the sentimental old bastard that programned him, he has the extra caveat that he is durectly responsible for the welfare of the Dauntless.

Skills and talents

Space travel:

• Basic piloting skills.
• Textbook navigational skills (theoretically perfect, but completely lacking experience/comprehension in the skills/industry expertise).
• EVA capable, with magnetised soles, but completely lacks zero G maneuverability skills.

Combat:

• Reinforced titanium plating means he's heavily resistant to ballistics and low-end energy weaponry. However his airware arteries and QSU are vulnerable to people with knowledge on IPE units.
• Incredibly strong.
• Advanced targeting software, even more effective with weapons with compatible targeting software.

Utility:

• Superhuman organisational abilities.
• Increased reaction time.
• Only consumes energy, not oxygen or food. However he requires basic maintenance periodically.

Other:

• In-built karaoke software.

Gear and possessions

On person:

• RCI custom furnished naval issue Odium heavy 'Flyswatter' laser pistol, a very fancy pistol that is infamous for it's ability to completely obliterate a person's head through a traditional allistic helmet, while leaving most infrastructure unharmed, very useful for shipside combat. However it comes at the downside that the ammunition in incredibly radioactive and highly hazardous to health.
• RCI 'Flyswatter' custom side mounted lead lined ammunition pack.
• Quartermaster's cargo management pocketcom.
• Field maintenance kit.

In quarters/storage:

• Heckler & Koch 'Javelin' naval edition energy carbine.

Personal spacecraft

Manufacturer and Type: Venuscorp IPE light scout harasser MK. III
Seats: 0. IPE QSU physical computing matrix transferal unit and cradle.
Max acceleration in space:500kmph
Max range in space:~2 AU from host ship.
Max speed in atmosphere: 320kmph.
Armament: Basic ballistic railgun, medium weight repeating turbolaser. Basic ballisitc armour. Basic Conciousness cradle ejection unit.
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Dreaming Together With You - A Fading Memory Experiment - On Hiatus

@Fading Memory Fantastic to hear! If nothing else is his is memorable ;)
I'll probably make his into IC post soon.

Hard Sci-fi Crime/Military

Interested in starting a Hard Sci-fi story with heavily developed lore. Can't seem to find anything, and I don't know how to GM. Very willing to talk more about ideas. It would be heavily world driven, with character development as people want. Currently have a coupleccharacter ideas as well as pretty developed worldbuilding. Happy to post more as wished but unfortunately I am on mobile so advanced formatting may not be present.

The Frontier ( An anthro space western roleplay)

@Milkman@EmiliaBaiYue Definitely agree with you both. Maybe the best middle ground would be something similar to the Dune approach? Normal ships are fitted with a fusion engine of some sort to travel short-mid distances in "realspace" between individual planets/stars, and then to travel between clusters of stars (a far greater length) you attach/park your ship on massive ships equipped with "jump" drives/engines and be isolated inside your ship, but attached to the carrier for transport. And then you could add a megacorp eith a monopoly over jump tech/jump carriers. And then the possibility for rickshaw and or smuggler jump carriers, which are riskier but cheaper/not tracked (potential for smuggling).

I also have a few questions about the setting:
1) What're the races like? Have alien races been absorbed into the UNS? How alien are we talking? Can we make our own races up for characters? Because I'm aware you talked about players adding onto the lore. I have some cool ideas for races.
2) What company does the Dauntless serve? One of the main megacorps? A small freight company? Freelance? Is it a UNS government vehicle?
3) Can get some more details on roles? What does being the First Officer entail? How about the Navigator?

Dreaming Together With You - A Fading Memory Experiment - On Hiatus

@Gisk I'd imagine due to her extroverted/more outspoken nature Brown might have some kind of admiration/interest in her. Though I wouldn't imagine they're especially close, if nothing else due to a lack of interaction. Though depending on Audrey's relationship towards Aleyn that might change. Because Aleyn and Brown are fairly close. Still have yet to get it approved though, so waiting on that.

Dreaming Together With You - A Fading Memory Experiment - On Hiatus

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I'm down for it. Brown and Aleyn could definitely be friends.

@Taka

Great! In that case he will be added to Brown's CS under the connections tab.

The Frontier ( An anthro space western roleplay)

Interested. Looking fascinating. However you mention "near light speed" multipletimes, however under the ship tab, you also say the engine is only capable on 0.085% the speed of light. You also say it's roughly 900 AU from Terra to the nearest system. That means ot would take roughly 14,500 years to travel between them with the Mark II Fusion Engine. But multiple times you say most trips are only a couple months long, and it's advised to only be in hibernation for a year? I'm guessing the engine figure is an error, or is transport between the Core, Border, and Frontier virtually non-existant and done by civilisation-scale ships?

Dreaming Together With You - A Fading Memory Experiment - On Hiatus

@PerfectThought Well, as of now, there’s slightly over 12 hours left of the day. I will not be extending the deadline in any way due to the high volume of characters already present, but anyone who skates in today will be viewed/reviewed/potentially approved with all fairness.

@Fading Memory

Thanks!

Brown L. Cheeseman

Name: Brown L. Cheeseman

Age: 15

Gender|Sex|Identity: Male

Personality Description

Brown L. is a quiet, bookish chap that looks through an analytical lens at most times. Generally charitable and naïve, he has a penchant to look at people's best qualities. His mother taught him to be kind and altruistic to a fault. Though many in the town do not know him well, as he is very introverted, most knowing him as "the librarians assistant", or the "son of a the primary teacher", or the just "the boy that lives on the lake". Those who know him closely know he is a harmless individual that is loyal to his friends, kind to strangers, and likes nothing more than to have his nose in a book. He holds a deepseeded and unresolved grief due to his father's not unrecent death. Despite him personality-wise seeming an easy target for the town's harassers and bullies, he never found himself under serious harshness from them, possibly due to his size and appearance.

Physical Description

Brown is exceptionally tall for someone of his age, standing easily above 6'4" at the age of 15. His limbs are disproportionately long, however not enough to be casually noticeable. Because of this and his weight, he could be accurately described as "lanky". Despite this he doesn't weigh more than 70kgs. However he takes careful effort to hide it by wearing baggy/oversized clothes. His face is still visibly gaunt though, and his sharp blue eyes are surrounded by tired looking black circles and framed by an unruly nest of blonde hair. Other facial features include a perfectly straight roman nose, one of his few traits inherited from his mother. And blonde peach fuzz on his top lip and face, typical of many unshaven teenagers.

Backstory

Brown lives on the coast of the lake on a small, slightly run down barge, with his mother. He feels an undying love and devotion to his mother, Violet, a small kind woman that works at the school with younger kids. Though the pair aren't particularly wealthy they are happy together on their boat. They have just enough to eat, have clothing, and maintain their boat. Barely. Brown tends to spend his days in the local library reading and helping Hickory, who Brown would consider to be his male rolemodel. He would not call his father abusive, and neither would his mother, as they both genuinely love him, however they both considered him completely unsuitable to be a father. He was killed when Brown was ten years of age, leaving him naught but the family boat, a small sum of his savings, and a grieving mother to take care of. Fortunately for him he managed to step up to the plate with the support network comprised of his few close friends, Hickory, and strangely enough the Bilica family, as his father worked closely with them and they considered him and his son a friend, despite them only recently entering the town's social ecosystem. The Cheesemam family migrated to the town when Brown was still a babe in arm's, his parents sailing there down the river and settling their due to it's calm nature and his father taking up work with the Bilica family. Unlike most kids his age, Brown has never had any intention on leaving, partially because it work be fiscally implausible, and partially because the slow speed of the town suits his temperament.

Notable Connection

Violet Cheeseman - Brown is deeply loving and loyal towards her mother, given they have relied on eachother for such a long time. She is a short, small woman with dark hair and green eyes, and she works at the local school with the younger students. She is adored by the younger children in the town, and taught and was loved by most of the teenagers at some point in time.
'Hickory' Earhart - The local librarian, Brown work's as his assistant. Brown feels at home in the library, and spends long hours there reading and helping out. Brown also views Hickory as his primary male adult rolemodel, and considers him a friend.
The Bilica family - Depsite the Cheeseman families presence in the town being less than a decade and a half, the Bilica's count Violet and Brown among their friends, due to the fact their father worked for the Bilicas loyally for close to a decade. Not only that but Violet taught every single one of the children. They are welcomed to dinner every few months and get along very well, despite the general town's view of the family.
Aleyn Ward - Despite Aleyn's general reputation as an asshole, Brown is quite good friends with him, and knows his true character fairly well, that of a comedian. And though their general attitudes may seem juxtaposing, the pair get on very well and Brown considers him his closest friend, helped by their proximity in age and the fact they go through schooling together.

IC Prompts

You're in class and the Fire Alarm goes off. Everyone begins to panic.
Well I'm for sure not going to be the first or last out. I'd go along with the rest of the crowd. However I'm going to double check my friends and mother are safe.

You've made plans to go to the festival and are running late, but may make it in time to see the fireworks with your friends. On your way, you see a stranger with a flat tire on the side of the road.
I'm not that into fireworks anyway. I don't know their situation. What harm could it do to stop and ask if they need help?

You fall asleep in class and begin to dream; you're atop a ruined tower and a massive dragon circles overhead. You reach for...
The dragon, the scales must feel like gemstones. I wonder what the view is like, who the people in this world are, what grows in the woods and who built the tower? If only I could know.

The world is so boring; you wish you had a super power. What do you wish for?
Sometimes I wish I was better at talking to people. It's hard to be so insular, but I just don't know what people want me to do. Have I said the wrong thing?

You are suddenly reminded that tomorrow is the Midterm Exam.
Oh well. I guess I'm not sleeping tonight. I'd sure like to do well. But it's not the end of the world if I don't. Mum sure wouldn't be pleased though.

(Apologies for any mistakes, mobile is bitch.)

Dreaming Together With You - A Fading Memory Experiment - On Hiatus

Hoping someone wants a connection before a do this backstory cause whoever can stomach Aleyn will be rather important to his development and backstory.

@Taka

Still interested in this? Because I think the character I have in mind could work pretty well with yours.

Dreaming Together With You - A Fading Memory Experiment - On Hiatus

Hello Mr. @Fading Memory. Bit rusty on this site, but your concept looks interesting. Aware of the lateness of my interest and the looking presence of the application deadline. Requesting some form of greenlight for my participation. Fairly interested in participation.

Appreciations.