Hostile Space

[Coral]

The EUN Distortion was a fine ship. Your average nuclear blast ship. Built in russia, captained by an indonesian! The vessel was to be on routine mission to deliver supplies for Phobos. But what could happen on a 1-month journey into.... Hostile Space....

The Distortion was a nuclear blast ship. It had 4 decks, a bridge, a medical bay, a storage//freight room, security bay with a brig, and some experimental research rooms. Of course, whats a ship without its engine and crew?

[Take a voyage on the distortion. Get paid 92 EUCs per hour to deliver plasma for research to an outpost and more. And survive the unknown]

Name: Coral Reefer
Job: Captain
Rank: Captain
Age: 29
Height: 5'4
Weight: 120 pounds
Skin Color: Tanned
Nation: Indonesia

Background: Routine shuttle captain for short range missions. Has done many missions to the moon and several to Jupiter Atmospheric Station.

Unfortunately, EUN overlooked the fact that he was an indonesian, and that Indonesians hated the west. Coral's objective is to steal some nuclear research documents, use up all the fuel aboard the ship, and then get himself to the Jakarta Station.

[Deimos]

((...ooookay...eh...yeah...))

[copyKatt]

((sounds like an intresting idea. and were always welcoming new faces and ideas, but the only thing, though, is that were already going to start an RPG thats kinda like this one (check out Children of the Void [CotV] for indepth specs), with a space ship and crew and all that. one of our members, Deimos, spent alot of time inventing a ship and universe and specs for it already, so it'd be kind of mean to just bump him of. were not saying you have to stop this RPG, people will still play most likely, but just letting you know that were going to lauch a big project kinda like this one already. Your definatly more then welcome to stick around and join CotV if you want to too. more the merrier, right? so its up to you, Coral. You can wait a lil bit for us to launch CotV and join up with that, or lauch this now.

yeah, i know, our RPing system works a bit different then most other boards. give it a try though, you'll prolly like it))

[Tassatul]

((*Artanis voice* I concur. While I encourage new members, and new RPGs, usually new RPGs go through a load of deliberation before actually coming into existance. But I do commend you for the initiative for trying.

wow, that looks really wordy. dont worry, im actually a fun person ))

[Cobra5]

((Well, hey... if you do go through with this, I'llplay this game too. I play pretty much every RPG on the board, except for maho ))

[Deimos]

((I hope that post of mine didn't sound un-encouraging or anyhting, sorry if it did- but know that I am game for this! definitely- you won me over when you made yourself an Indonesian!!! heck yeah! this just caught me off guard...but still, an Indonesian captain doesn't swing by very often- you have a fan over here!))

[Coral]

I didnt know.... so ill cancel it... But i looked at COTV and i saw a post with gravity guns? This rpg is about modern technology... No hyper doo hickies.... I wanted to see what it was like and I feel quite left out. I dont have the time to read 10 pages it cotv... And its not just a ship with a crew. There are several rounds each of which end when the ship is either blown up, or everyone makes it to the rescue shuttle when it arrives. Another words, There are traitors, terrorists, experiments gone wrong. No warp drive or anything. If you can, you try to make it go wrong. I was going to keep it a surprise but you people just jumped in on me. I mean, i been working to try and get this rpg go on about 8 sites for the past year!

[Deimos]

why do I have the strange feeling that this is my fault?

hey- sorry about that, you didn't need to cancel your game. I (and i'm pretty sure the rest of us) didn't know about the history behind it- and other information that I try to get a hand on before playing anything. Not to mention- the last person who joined, set up an RPG just up and left afterwards (he or she, has yet to come back I believe). So I got a wee bit jumpy, sorry again- but I think we can still go through with this...

[Coral]

The rpg kept not working because well.... It didnt have a warp drive. People thought to have sci-fi rpg you needed lasers and all that snazzy stuff. I found it rather boring to just have some old star trek inspired things. So i made up this rpg. It's had several names now. But okay. Everyone post you character. And whoever said thats theres a RPG like this, that cotv is so totally diffferent. The only thing thats comparable is that they both take place in space. Now ill get to work.

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The EUN Distortion is a standard, Zeppelin-class starship. It sports two silos for ICBMs loaded with conventional explosives, and about 48 more silos holding converted aircraft missiles. To take off, it explodes nuclear material to get it to escape velocity [25,000 mph]. Once at that speed, it burns alcohol and water to continue on its journey. Then, when its steers, its 24 maneuvring thrusters do the job.

The game will be carried out in several rounds. Each of which will be different. Players will state whether they will be terrorists etc in the biography before the rounds start. Through out the rounds, the terrorists may work together, kill eachother etc, but must have reasons for their doings. Terrorists dont neccesarily have to blow up the ship. The group may think experiments on board are inhumane and only wish to stop them. Or traitors may be paid to steal documents. If you dont roleplay why you did something, you will have to give a GOOD reason! But if you were ordered to do it by someone ON THE SHIP who is HIGHER RANKED then you, you're fine. Biographies are made solely to tell if you are a traitor//terrorist or a loyal worker, so please make them accordingly. Other players, in character, dont know about the bad stuff in your biography. They just know your a fellow crewman. And note that unexpected disasters which i will not list may occur. And we need a ship's pet . Feedback please!

[copyKatt]

oh! well when we all first posted, we didnt have alot of info on what your RPG was going to be like, and from what it seemed, it was alot like CotV. we barely knew that much, but from what i heard just now, it seems a lot more intresting. with the terrorists and what not, and how its not all "star trek" like, as you put it. actully seems like it will be fun.

oh right, and sorry if we made it seem like we were 'jumping' on you about this. like we said, we run rpgs a bit differently than most other boards (as far as ive seen anway) and like we said, CotV was being planned for a while and we didnt want it to get replaced. but now it seems like these are two very different things, so we dont have to worry about that. but your still welcome to join CotV anyhow ;D. or just about anyother RPG at that, so long as you fill out one of the character thingies. you seem to know what your doing in the whole RPG business anyway, so you know the drill.

im looking forward to playing ;D, you want us to use that character sheet you used? ill make my basic character first. tell me if we need any more info.

Name: Kattrina Clearheart (Katt)
Job: Medic, Medical Bay... uhh, person
Rank: medical doctor
Age: 23
Height: 5'6
Skin Color: White
Nation: New Zealand
Background: Has been studying to become a medic since she got out of highschool, and was always the top of her class. she graduated and was offered a job in the Medical Bay of the EUN Distortion. she doesnt have much experience in space other then what she experienced (or is about to experience?) on the Distortion, but when it comes to her job, she knows what shes doing. Katt is looking forward to a career in space.

that okay? and do you have any more info for us about the RPG or anything else?

[Coral]

Thats okay. And it depends, because this is the Distortions 1st mission since its nuclear refit. Before that, its had 12 voyages.
Ranks in order from most important to least.

Ranks:
A. Captain
B. Head of Personnel
C. Head of Research
D. Security Officer
E. Engineer // Toxin Researcher // Medical Doctor
F. Technical Assistant // Staff Assistant
G. Crewmember // Medical Assistant // Research Assistant

Rooms:
Bridge, Medical Bay, Security Bay, Engine, Storage Room, Crew Quarters, Dining Room // Kitchen, Experiment Room 1, Experiment Room 2, Toxin//Plasma Research

[Deimos]

Well then, my turn- but know that as an Indonesian myself, I am quite taken aback by the fact that there’s someone out there who plays as Indonesians. And with that said and done...here I go

Name: Taisho Askaa (the third ‘Sho’ persona)
Job: currently under suspension
Rank: *demoted* crewmember
Age: 25
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 185 lbs
Skin Color: lightly tanned
Nation: Indo-Japanese
Background:
Taisho was at one point a well respected Toxins Specialist, he had studied extensively to gain entry onto the Distortion. When he finally earned a spot onboard as part of the ship’s toxin research crew- he accepted- but what made it truly amazing was that he got the offer at the age of 18. He was a hotshot at the job: capable of getting things done...but in a rather brusque manner. It was a manner that nearly got him demoted five times...until a critical accident occured...which got him fully suspended for the next ten years.
At this point...he dropped from sight...no one is really sure as to what he did during this time. But considering his knowledge and talent in toxins, rumors had it that he delved into all sorts of underground business. But what is known is that he was apparently a salvager- picking up junk and making use of it. He was brought back after the refit by military force (his skills as a toxins specialist were still needed), and now serves as a ‘limited’ advisor to the current Toxin Research team.
By now, he’s become somewhat cold- but he still has the skills that earned him a place onboard the Distortion those few years back. He can really care less about the voyages now...unlike before. He appears to be a man with a bad attitude, still retaining his hotshot mannerism...but underneath...he knows what he is doing- better than anyone on the new team. The accident that got him suspended still hangs over him...it’s got another three years before he’s recommissioned. But now that he’s back onboard...there’s something he has to finish...

[Cobra5]

Well, since everyone is being a good guys... I will be a bad guy My original idea was to be a counter-terrorist specilist, like a SWAT or RAINBOW unit or something... but instead, I think I'll go the other way...

Name: Will De Schryver
Job: Maitainence Engineer (AKA Janitor)
Rank: Engineer
Age: 20
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 160 lbs
Skin Color: White
Nation: Unknown (Probably Western or European)
Background:
Will keeps to himself about most things... he dosn't talk much about his past. He has only limited conversations with the other crew members, talking when nessicery, but nothing extrordinary. The reason is, he dosn't want to make any friends... because if things go according to his plans, they will all be much less happy people.

The colonization of space is needless. Humans ruined Earth- and now they threaten to do the same in space. One planet is enough. And all space travel must be brought to a halt!

Will studied nuclear physics most of his life, and this is where he learned a lot of his beliefs- humans corupting and spoiling thousands of habitats with their wretched wastes- and dedicated himself to bring this to an end. He applied as an engineer to the space agency... hoping to get a job as an engine specilist. He's been on only one other space voyage... a voyage which ended aburptly due to mysterious 'engine failures'. Three deaths and numorous injuries resulted... Will was the lucky one, however... the only one to escape on an ejection pod shortly before the ship splashed down in the atlantic ocean. It seems that the other ejection pods were... 'faulty'.

He sometimes questions his own beliefs... but he sticks to them nonetheless. He has no backup or affiliation with any specific terrorist group, not to mention that his threat to the ship is minimal- He applied to be an engine moniter, so he could sbotage the ship from there... but instead got a job as head janitor! To him, this is only a setback. He'll find a way to gain access to the engine room... somehow...



Let me know if I need to change anything ;D

[Coral]

Excellent profiles. And cobra, please note im not a good guy, but im not bad . And someone please sign up for Head of Personnel atleast. And about the ship, the 48 converted aircraft missiles dont show up, the open when needed. The ICBMs however, show up. And the ship looks like, well, the Hindenburg with rockets and the EUN flag.

[Deimos]

(yep, i'm Indonesian)
oh- for anyone who didn't notice- my character is technically a 'terrorist'- it has to do with the accident.

but a multi-lingual RPG...hey, this just gets better and better...;D