We are no longer accepting characters, but feel free to post an App! The Story The blur of space flew by the window of your ship, but that's not all. A small craft, barely capable of withstanding FTL, blurred by faster than most species could blink. Just moments later, the entire vessel on which you had spent years upon lurched sideways. Screens switched to static, lights flickered, and your heart stopped as the FTL drive lulled for a precious second. Then came impact. Of over fifty people, only a handful survived. For better or worse, one of those people was you. Setting This role play is a fusion of Starbound based Sci-Fi and Fantasy. You have crashed landed and must escape using the wreckage of various ships which have crashed landed here. However things will not remain so simple, for you have landed on an odd planet, floating in parts left largely uncharted as no corporation saw much worth in it. In fact, this particular world is unnamed by space-faring races. The entire planet is cloaked by strange energy fields, and has been the ruin of many ships, both greater and lesser than yours. Were this planet discovered, it would be the source of myth, for it holds resources of vast power: crystals made of energy itself. Rules Obey the forum rules! Disobeying the rules may result in a temporary or permanent ban from the thread. A person partaking in the RP may only have more than one character if the thread is lacking in people, or a certain situation requires it, but either must be approved. The thread may be sponsored by the Space Pirates clan, but is by no means limited to its members! Everyone may feel free to apply! There should be a minimum of 3 sentences per post, and hopefully most people will post more, but try not to get unnecessarily wordy A reminder that any posts that aren’t actual roleplaying should be posted within the OOC thread (here). The Cast GMs: Draken09 Exodus Torang12 Characters: Rowan Seong Yury Komarov/ Keith Landen Wyatt Banks Jack Winter Centauri Jordens Gouto Ibuki Crazyon James Wolfe Polaris Aldrich Application Name: Species: Gender: Age: Crew Position: Personality: Starting Gear (Subject to Approval, 1 weapon and 1 position-related item, see example CS): Appearance (Image from Starbound Character Generator Please): Example CS Name: Alisha Greyson Species: Human Gender: Female Age: 27 Crew Position: Guard Personality: Confident and borderline arrogant, Alisha needs no one. Independent to a fault, she resents aid and infrequently provides it. While she may repeatedly threaten to abandon others, she has just enough wisdom to realize that it would be a bad idea. Starting Gear: Small, solar-powered pistol (holds enough charge for around 3 shots and recharges one around every 10 minutes in bright sunlight). An antique (current day in reality) swiss army knife, well maintained. Appearance (Image from Starbound Character Generator Please): Lore The Pelican MkIV This is the shop which crashed on that fateful voyage. It was a merchant vessel, dealing mostly with food and primarily between human and hylotl settlements. Since it travelled to border colonies, the crew was prepared for the threat of pirates. However, no one foresaw what actually happened. The Pelican MkIV was an older model, and hence carried relatively low-value cargo. The company in possession of the ship, a smaller, predominantly human-hylotl corporation known as Kraken Shipping, was in fact preparing to have the ship decommissioned after this final transport. Most of the parts were to be melted down, and a large portion of the employees laid off, though most of them were unaware of it.
Can you provide anymore information on the type of ship and it's purpose for traveling near the planet?
I believe we can come up with what type of ship it was, but we will not be revealing what its purpose was until later.
What are some of the jobs on the ship? I think I'll choose a job and then create a character based on it.
Think generally. Guard, engineer, medical staff, pilot, etc. I would think you know what to do by now... H- hiii... [/Stitch]
I'll go ahead and make the badass pilot with the attitude of Winston Churchill He'll be called Harrison Ford
Name: Alaizia Robin Lorrimore Species: human Gender: female Age: 21 Crew Position: navigation and technical support( techy ftw)) Personality: Alaizia is a soft spoken, timid yet talented navigator. She is introverted and tends to shy away from large interactions wither other people, preferring to focus on her assignments or reading. The longest times she can actually talk to people without socialy-akward behavior is when she is working on the areas she is good at such as Technical work and the navigation of ships. Starting Gear (Subject to Approval, 1 weapon and 1 position-related item, see example CS): Small pistol, technician's tools Appearance (Image from Starbound Character Generator Please): uhhh still working on this, how does it look ?
Name: Rowan Seong Species: Human Gender: Male Age: 27 Crew Position: Head of communication and negotiation, in case we run into foreign species. Personality: (short history) Rowan never expected to be on a spaceship... he is (or perhaps was, before this mess) a politician. He ran for governor last year and lost. His insane father somehow thought that this was the beginning of the end of Rowan's career and life, and pushed him into joining this ship's journey, hoping that he would get some recognition for being a space hero... in any case at least his experience and knowledge of communication and negotiation (he had to study so many languages) should be helpful to the crew. Or, they could have been helpful when they were still in the ship. Now they will all die, so it doesn't really matter. (personality) Rowan (, being a politician,) kind of has two personalities. His fake personality is that of a charming, kind and patient person with a captivating smile that makes you wonder what he's like behind that facade. When he's in politician mode, he also becomes manipulative. He knows exactly what people want to hear, and how to appeal to people to change their minds. Behind the politician personality, he's actually a bit of a nervous yet sarcastic pessimist. He's kind of childish, too. But these traits create an effect that makes one feel like they already know him. He's a pretty open person who likes to talk as much as possible, although he tries not to act like he's talking to you because he likes you. Teasing people is how he shows his love. Bad habit- binge eating sweet food Favorite food- Cookies and cream ice cream.. (im dying here) Zodiac- Cancer the crab Has broken 16 light bulbs. So far. Starting Gear (Subject to Approval, 1 weapon and 1 position-related item, see example CS): A 500,000 volt stun gun with two 9 volt batteries (such short range that it should only be useful in certain situations), a sucky prototype translator. He's been playing with it throughout the flight. An example of its suckiness- When Rowan commanded it to say 'Vous voulez couchez avec moi?' in English and aimed it towards Alaizia, it translated it as 'I can have your couch?' The translator isn't necessary due to Rowan's vast knowledge of languages, but it's for emergencies. It also has a button that detects what language someone is speaking so that the language becomes an option to translate words into. Appearance (Image from Starbound Character Generator Please): Half Korean, half American. Dresses formally. wow..
Name: Yury Komarov/ Keith Landen Species: Human Gender: Male Age: 34 Crew Position: Engineer/EVA Specialist Bio: Parents: Merissa & Carl Landen (Deceased) Siblings: none Home Planet: Mars Education: home school/ Cydonia Tech, graduated in top 5%. Gene Strain: Perfect match Personality: Yury/Keith has always been a quiet one, only using his voice whenever it was necessary. He's never trusted those who spoke more then needed, an unfortunate trait that he acquired due to his father's penchant for lying. Because of that, Yury/Keith adopted an actions over words attitude, judging other based on what they did rather than what they said. However, while that attitude has caused him to come across as stand-offish, he is generally nice to those he meets and it takes alot for him to truly dislike someone. Though mostly quiet, Yury/Keith will take charge of a situation if he feels that nothing is being done. The transition is noticeably however; going from a somewhat laid back and soft-spoken demeanor to a stern and commanding one. Starting Gear: A modified muti-tool (acts as both a weapon and position related item). Yury altered it himself with a bladed attachment for personal protection. In addition the muti-tool comes equip with a plasma cutter(Close range, only active for 10 seconds and requires ten minutes to recharge.), diagnostic scanner (can quickly scan a computer or ship's mainframe to diagnose the status and any problems, provided that there is power.) , and several utilities for small repairs. Story items: A faded photograph, an artificial amaranth, and a small paper notebook. Appearance:
Name: Harrison Ford Species: Human Gender: Male Age: 31 Crew Position: Pilot Personality: A magnificently charismatic and lethargic guy, he's a smooth operator with barely a sense of ethics. He's a high roller with dignity, and his laziness just goes to show that the dignity is just an act. He's got an iron will, and a smart intuition for being right, which fails him at the most crucial of times. If anyone accuses him of being the reason behind the crash, he'll stay on his chair with his legs on the table, and flip them off, some way or another. Ford is rarely seen without his sunglasses and cigarette, so he will start to get annoyed as time progresses as his cigarette supply runs low. And he's also a damn good pilot. (blatantly Han Solo-ish) Starting Gear (Subject to Approval, 1 weapon and 1 position-related item, see example CS): A single antique fly swatter (position), and an old revolver with 6 bullets in it. Two remain in his pocket as extras Appearance (Image from Starbound Character Generator Please): (Frick, it won't work, have the link) http://imgur.com/jPXtalv
What's with all of the humans? If I may elaborate, all main Starbound races are permitted. I'm afraid you'll need to be a tad more specific. Is that a mundane pistol (current-age bullets) or energy weapon? And how much ammunition? And that "technician's tool," please be a bit more specific. Does the stun gun run off of solar power? A battery? And does it work by touch or shot? (Personally, I'm leaning towards touch, but that's not concrete if the rest is balanced.) The plasma cutter seems like it could be abused, but I will need to talk with the other gms first. And I would like a small explanation of the diagnostic scanner. I'm afraid that the kukri would qualify as a weapon, and I struggle to see how it pertains to being a pilot. Also, more details on the ammunition of the revolver, please. (btw, image is broken.)