Our Place Among the Stars (OOC/Signup/Open)

[Charmera]

How would you dodge something that is going at like 50+% the speed of light? He can also sweep it around, like a flame-thrower.

James doesn't often take risks, and if he does, they are calculated ones. If he bothers himself to see you, it'll be behind a shield or at a place with cover he can leap to quickly.

And these are heat rays, not lasers. I doubt they travel that quickly.

They are dodge-able, but just, just barely for Eidolon armour.

We're probably not going to have Pvp (Well, probably not...) So the "who could beat who" question is pretty hypothetical and won't really be tested.
Though Catherine could kick all yo asses.

[Dustain]

Just be careful with that. We don't want to have things escalate to "Nu-uh, 'cause my guy would dodge that!"

What kind of troll do you think I am? I'm not THAT immature. You can hit him, it's just that it's by far the easiest if you do it undetected. If he detects you, he can either make killing him impossible or a pain.

Then again, James is also that part of the personality who can make up strategies worth shiny. So don't kill him off yet.

[New Jordslag]

What kind of troll do you think I am? I'm not THAT immature. You can hit him, it's just that it's by far the easiest if you do it undetected. If he detects you, he can either make killing him impossible or a pain.

Then again, James is also that part of the personality who can make up strategies worth shiny. So don't kill him off yet.

She's not gonna kill him, all of this is purely hypothetical.

She wouldn't kill him even if he insulted Asuna, anyway.

Of course~

If he were to intentionally insult Asuna, it would likely be when he breaks down.

[New Jordslag]

What kind of troll do you think I am? I'm not THAT immature. You can hit him, it's just that it's by far the easiest if you do it undetected. If he detects you, he can either make killing him impossible or a pain.

Then again, James is also that part of the personality who can make up strategies worth shiny. So don't kill him off yet.

Of course no fun. What do you think I am, a Benevolent Dictator? Hah! Back to work, slave.

[Seno Zhou Varada]

What kind of troll do you think I am? I'm not THAT immature. You can hit him, it's just that it's by far the easiest if you do it undetected. If he detects you, he can either make killing him impossible or a pain.

Then again, James is also that part of the personality who can make up strategies worth shiny. So don't kill him off yet.

She's not gonna kill him, all of this is purely hypothetical.

She wouldn't kill him even if he insulted Asuna, anyway.

"Master permission to beat within an inch of his life?"

[Charmera]

Of course no fun. What do you think I am, a Benevolent Dictator? Hah! Back to work, slave.

[New Jordslag]

She's not gonna kill him, all of this is purely hypothetical.

She wouldn't kill him even if he insulted Asuna, anyway.

"Master permission to beat within an inch of his life?"

"Sure, go ahead, if it makes you happy!~"-Evans Personality.

[Charmera]

"Master permission to beat within an inch of his life?"

"Sure, go ahead, if it makes you happy!~"-Evans Personality.

Janett comes in with a creepy smile.
"Of course it does..."

[New Jordslag]

"Sure, go ahead, if it makes you happy!~"-Evans Personality.

Janett comes in with a creepy smile.
"Of course it does..."

*Glomps Janett*

"Janett-Sempai! How are you doing?!"-Evans personality.

You can imagine the huge smile on his face at this point.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

She's not gonna kill him, all of this is purely hypothetical.

She wouldn't kill him even if he insulted Asuna, anyway.

"Master permission to beat within an inch of his life?"

Nah. She wouldn't ask to do it. She'd ask if she was to do something about it, though. And she'd do it if ordered.

[Charmera]

Janett comes in with a creepy smile.
"Of course it does..."

*Glomps Janett*

"Janett-Sempai! How are you doing?!"-James personality.

You can imagine the huge smile on his face at this point.

Why would James be so happy to see Janett?

[New Jordslag]

*Glomps Janett*

"Janett-Sempai! How are you doing?!"-James personality.

You can imagine the huge smile on his face at this point.

Why would James be so happy to see Janett?

Shit, meant to write Evans. Then again:

Why WOULDN'T James be happy to see Janett?

[Charmera]

Why would James be so happy to see Janett?

Shit, meant to write Evans. Then again:

Why WOULDN'T James be happy to see Janett?

Yeah, Janett's fun... sociopathic but fun

[Bunkeranlage]

Shit, meant to write Evans. Then again:

Why WOULDN'T James be happy to see Janett?

Yeah, Janett's fun... sociopathic but fun

Of course. Fun sociopaths are twice as deadly.

[New Jordslag]

Great post, Charm. I would expect no lesser reply from Asuna-Chan~

[Charmera]

Great post, Charm. I would expect no lesser reply from Asuna-Chan~

Are you being sarcastic...?

[Brusia]

Sooooo... when do we get to start shooting things?

[Dustain]

Great post, Charm. I would expect no lesser reply from Asuna-Chan~

Are you being sarcastic...?

I wouldn't get too worried, he's just being a kiss ass so you'll let him dodge lasers

[Charmera]

Sooooo... when do we get to start shooting things?

Soon. Very soon...

[Seno Zhou Varada]

Sooooo... when do we get to start shooting things?

Soon. Very soon...

Yay because I want to test out my suit.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Soon. Very soon...

Yay because I want to test out my suit.

I can't wait to see how everyone who's seen Ereshkigal get all emotional will react to seeing her fight.

[New Jordslag]

Great post, Charm. I would expect no lesser reply from Asuna-Chan~

Are you being sarcastic...?

No.

[Dustain]

Alright, I did thise because I got annoying going to each induvidual page to read all your bios. With Charmera's permission I'm going to edit my application post to this so it's on the front page. let me know if I missed you, and also I couldn't find the NPCs.

Name: Maxwell J. Evans
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Appearance: Maxwell is a giant at 6'7'', towering over his classmates. He has jet black hair and piercing green eyes, which make him seem remarkably intelligent. He has white skin and usually wears a thick jacket.
Personality: Maxwell is best described as a 'Gentle Giant.' He is unbelievably polite to everyone, soft-spoken, and it seems near-impossible to get him angry. Despite the fact that his kindness could make him many friends if he wanted to, he keeps a very small circle of friends, and a very large circle of acquaintances. He is a peacemaker, and tries to prevent infighting in the academy when he can.
Bio: Born 2300 in London, England, to a posh family, Maxwell was never expected to amount to much. He was the unlucky Third son in the family, and the Family's attention was on the elder two. He was extremely depressed during the first half of his education, receiving terrible marks at the academy. Eventually, he had a realization: If he kept this up, he would prove his parents right. He then studied harder then ever before, surprising his teachers and fellow students. He was physically weak, so he still received bad marks in Physical activity, but did fine other then that. He remains terrible at physical activity to this day. He graduated at the top of his class, though due to him studying so intensely, he had made no friends. He is now looking to be deployed somewhere at the front.
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: Number 237: The Knights of Honour
Brief Core Description: Descended from Prideful British and Irish men and women, the Knights of Honour are arrogant, proud of their heritage, yet chivalrous to the point of stupidity. They pride Speed and Strength above all else, making Maxwell a practical outcast among the Core.
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Power Armour:
Name: Maxwell's power armor is referred to as 'Loyalty.'
Appearance: Loyalty is Blood Red, having Angelic-shaped Wings in the back. The only parts not Blood Red are the Hands and Feet, which are colored Jet-Black.
Physical Modules: Speed, Accuracy, Endurance.
Offense Modules: Tesla Module, Sonic Blast.
Transport Modules: Hover Wings (The reason for his wings in the back), and Long Range Teleportation.
Unique Module: 'Winged Avenger.' It allows him to 'scry' places far away, though he must be still while doing this, and his concentration must not be broken. For those who don't know, Scrying is the ability to see far away, though he is not physically there. He can not see into shielded places.
Model Number: EI-2142
RP Sample: OG&G, Infinity Justice, and my personal favorite, Lost Requiem.

APP:
Name: Nicolas Yan Kunxing (晏坤性)
Age: 18
Gender: M
Appearance:

Personality: Nicolas is inquisitive and curious about most things, but he can control it if he has to. He befriends many people, but is not particularly intimate or close with any of them. He has an obsession with trinkets, and will often collect 'souvenirs' wherever he goes. The Aheani are his idols, and he looks up to them with an unshakeable loyalty. He will fiercely defend the Aheani if anyone was to insult them.
Bio: Born in Tianjin, Hebei Province, China, to a wealthy Chinese entrepreneur and an English businesswoman and philanthropist, Nicolas was raised as an only child and was given the name Nicolas by his mother. He lived a comfortable and luxurious life in a large bungalow, with many servants to attend to him. A healthy diet ensured that he would not grow obese, though he spent most of his time indoors, and was not exposed to the harshness of life outside his home. He easily got into the academy, and breezed through all his exams with flying colours. He spent his free time sketching various household objects, and became quite skilled at sketching.
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Core Name and Number: Number 4: The Red Dragon
Brief Core Description: The Red Dragon is mostly made of Asians, specifically Chinese and Japanese. In terms of weaponry, it is quite diverse, but long-range weapons are the most common. It is also one of the larger cores among them.
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Power Armour
Name: Chu-ko-nu (or just Chu)
Appearance: Chu-ko-nu is completely white, with the exception of the visor, which is transparent. The Chinese characters '保卫国家' or 'protect your country' are inscribed vertically on its back in red, but they are very small.
Physical Modules: Agility, Suit Nanite Regeneration, Speed
Offense Modules: Energy Construct Creation, Killer Drones
Transport Modules: Spring Jump, Phase
Unique Module: 'Ancestor's Spirit', take control of any electronic device for a period of time. Cannot use in shielded places or against objects in shielded places. Device must be within line of sight, and there is a long recharge time.
Model Number: EI9413

Name: Harriet Mercury
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Apperance:
Harriet is an athletic girl of about average height. She has long amber hair with blonde highlights, often pulled into a pony tail. From a distance it looks as though her head is on fire. She has bright blue eyes and is rarely seen without a wide smile on her face. She generally strides with a bounce in her step and radiates a boisterous energy.

Personality: Harriet has been trained as a Thunderbird. She flys in quick, does a lot of damage and then pulls away before the enemy can respond, generally leaving a mess behind her as she flys away with a shit eating grin. She likes her service and has an increadibly cheerful disposition, but isn't what one would call loyal. She's been trained to see service and combat as more of a game than an occupation or a duty, facing pain or even death with a fearless disposition.

She's overly inquisitive for a Thunderbird and because her questions would always get her into trouble she supresses that nature as much as possible. She can come across as a niave ditz, but those who can make sense of her will find that she's deceptively intelligent and offers moments of clarity and unique understanding.

Bio: As has become tradition for the Thunderbirds Harriet was brought up by the community as opposed to a single set of parents. Though she is aware who they are so inbreeding is prevented she's just as close to the rest of her elders. Being a loyal Core, the bar for the Thunderbirds is quite high. Harriet was considered something of a screw up, she'd get easily distracted and was rather undisciplined when compared to her brothers and sisters, often going off mission, breaking established procedures and sometimes asking "inappropriate" questions. The Aheani overseers noticed this and concluded that she was more independent compared to a normal Thunderbird and so gave her a position at the prestigious Gold Class to maximise her potential.

Core Name and Number: Core 034 - Thunderbirds

Brief Core Description: After humanities first contact war there were a lot of child refugees in Earth's southern hemisphere. Though the adults had not been completely annihilated they were now greatly outnumbered. The Aheani collected a lot of the unclaimed children and relocated them to Australia's Northern Territory where they were brought up under the alien's tutelage. There they formed a culture apart from the rest of humanity that was highly trained, competent and deeply loyal to the Aheani. Now more or less left to their own devices with quarterly visits from Overseers they gain great satisfaction from fulfilling their duty to the galaxy.

The Thunderbirds are speed demons. Their armour systems all utilise Aheani jet packs and are optimised for speed making them effective shock troops and suited to maintaining air superiority. Using their swiftness they get up close and personal with their enemy before striking them in their vulnerable spot. A precision strike from a squadron of Thunderbirds has been known to cut the head of many an army and quickly decide a battle. However, they are ill suited to fighting more heavily armoured adversaries and if their enemy knows of their attack beforehand they lose a lot of their edge. They have a handful of snipers and heavy artillery specialists to make up the difference but ideally they'll sortie with a more heavily armed Core and co-ordinate their attack.

The Thunderbirds are increadibly loyal to the Aheani with very few exceptions. They are considered rather naive among humans, their archives having little information about the time when humanity was its own master. They also treat their jobs as more of a game than an occupation. They'll salute and act professional around superiors but are very rarely seen without a wide smile on their faces, even in the middle of combat (especially in the middle of combat).

Theme Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM

Power Armour
Name: Garuda (The mythical bird from Hindu mythology, akin to a Phoenix.)

Appearance: Basically this without the exposed panties and the F22 nose cone. The main body of the suit is comprised of armour segments of a moderate thickness that still give the form of a woman underneath. The helmet is collapsible and modular with the ability to hermetically seal against her face or the rest of the suit with a command. Avionics antennas are located on either side of the head along with additional hardware for communications and a collapsible targeting and vision screen. The legs and arms have fins and RCS thrusters on them to aid in manoeuvring.

The jetpack sits on the back. The unit itself is quite long, almost as long as the body suit with a hybrid air intake/Hydrogen collector allowing the unit to function in both atmosphere and space as economically as possible. The long module also houses special weapons hidden away in the air frame to reduce its signature and increase its aerodynamic profile. Further towards the base of the unit there are a set of swiped back wings with flaps that increase manoeuvrability and improve stability. At the very back of the unit are the thrusters which have the ability to vector.

Garuda can take off and land vertically though is unstable at velocities less than 150Kph (1 ATM of pressure, 1 G, 0 degree angle of attack) and will stall. The black thermal absorbent armour plating white and blue. In atmosphere the back of Garuda's helmet opens slightly and allows Harriet's fiery hair to trail behind her.

Physical Modules: Speed, Agility, Endurance

Offense Modules: Heat Ray, Sonic Blast

Transport Modules: Jet Pack, Blink Teleportation

Unique Module: Munitions Replicator - Garuda has a device on board that can create simple items such as rounds for projectile weapons and chemical explosives. More advanced items such as plasma power cells can be generated but at a massive expenditure of energy compared to replicating conventional munitions. Though the materials are less advanced, the standard items produced by the device are engineered in such a way as to maximise their destructive impact. Using this device Garuda can mine a road, provide additional ammunition and food to allies or by using her blink teleporter drop an explosive on a vulnerable spot before blinking away. All replication requires energy, so any prolonged use will eventually drain Garuda's battery.

Model Number: EI 7523

Name: Paul Jenner
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Appearance: Around 6' 4'' tall and quite thin with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Personality: He is very intelligent and rational, usually friendly and polite, empathetic and compassionate. He loves to read and spends much of his free time with his books. Recently, he started reading many early American texts (such as the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and Common Sense) and became enthralled by the ideas of freedom and independence found in those texts. Though outwardly he still supports the Aheani, inwardly he longs for the freedom he has been reading about.

Bio: Like most of the Hospitallers, Paul Jenner was very well educated. He did very well in most of his studies (thanks in large part to his love for reading) and particularly excelled in his Medical classes (which were largely why he made it into the War Academy's Gold Class). In addition to the Academy's regular studies, Paul also took additional medical classes (though by that point he scarcely needed them) to become certified as a combat medic, and spent a longer than average amount of time at the Academy as a result.
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Core Name and Number: Core 10: Hospitallers

Brief Core Description: The Hospitallers are a core of healers: nurses, medics, physicians, and surgeons can all be found in the ranks of the Hospitallers. Members of the Hospitallers are well educated, and trained from youth in the Sciences and in Medicine. Additionally, since the Hospitallers treat people from all cores, they do not have rivalries with the other cores.
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Power Armour:
Name: Sano (Latin for "I heal")

Appearance: Similar in appearance to this armor:

but with a white Hospitaller cross on the front.

Physical Modules: Accuracy, increased suit durability, and suit nanite regeneration

Offense Modules: Gun drones and energy construct creation

Transport Modules: Blink teleportation, hover wings

Unique Module: Medical omnitool (a diagnostic tool which is also able to administer medigel, an Aheani substance which can help treat many battlefield injuries)

Model Number: EI-1701

And your squads Commanding Officer...
Name: Asuna Ikan-Gai
Age: 420 (The Aheani equivalent of 21) (Every 20 human years is a single Aheani year)
Gender: Female
Race: Aheani
Appearance
Personality: Somewhat arrogant and more than a little condescending, especially to humans. She can have a somewhat caustic tongue and enjoys poking fun at others. She does have a strict code of honour and loyalty however, and will do everything in her power to make sure her squad stays alive and gets the best possible treatment. She's very responsible, and will often take responsibility for her own mistakes, but will expect others to do so too.
Bio: Asuna was born third child (Hence the title Gai) of the Ikan family, a line of Aheani which were once hand to the old God-Kings of millions of years ago. Her family is one of the surviving links to the Lost age, and so are staunch traditionalists and are very involved in the military. So Asuna was trained from birth in the martial skills, which she took to quite well.

She was trained by her elder brothers, Akai and Ronu, since her father and mother were often in combat. As a result, she had little to no connection with her father before he was killed in action a hundred years ago. Her mother had since retired, though does still try to keep her connections with the military and the humans within strong. Asuna was then determined worthy to inherit Ayshenai Jai-Un Mak (Called Ayshenai for short) and the modules with it.

Within she found the copied minds of her ancestors and family, in particular she found her grandmothers advice useful, though unfortunately she has never managed to find her father. She was part of the military academy on Auo, her home world, where she proved herself to be an exceptional warrior with a lot of potential. After she finally graduated, she suddenly found herself assigned to this new program as the officer in charge of the squad. So far she had reserved judgement, though she has minor suspicions this might be a dead end for her career, especially if this new core fails.

Power Armour:
Name: Ayshenai Jai-Un Mak ("Spirit of the Endless War" in Aheani)
Appearance
Physical Modules: Speed, Strength and Increased Suit Durability.
Offense Modules: Energy Construct Creation, Tesla Module
Transport Modules: Blink Teleport, Burrow
Unique Module: Aheani Spirit Warrior Summoning: An old and very rare module passed down along the Aheani Ikan family. This module is heavily based upon the Aheani reincarnation belief, whereby each individual has past lives and upon death (usually not of natural causes for Aheani, due to their very long lives) each person in reincarnated as something different based on what they did in life. While not literally drawing upon past lives, the module instead uses a sophisticated mental interfacing and recording software to store copies of the minds of past users of the module so the wearing can receive council from them. The module also allows for those "souls" to be projected into hard light constructs which can take a lot of punishment and can have a multitude of melee or ranged weapons, they can think for themselves(But won't communicate with anyone but the user), but will follow the users orders to the letter. So far the module is limited to projecting six of these copies at a time and once a copy has been destroyed, it can be regenerated for some time.
Model Number: EI 3782 (The Aheani refer to the Eidolon Armour as the Sysshuam Armour, after the souls designated by the Creator to live outside of the reincarnation cycle. It is often debated among Aheani Theologists whether this was a curse or a blessing.)

Name: Felix Jakobsson "红毛 (hóng máo)"
Age: 20
Gender: M
Appearance: An average sized Swedish-Chinese man, 170 cm, brownish yellow neck length hair, some stubble
Personality: Felix was always rather introverted, preferring to stay in the book room reading than to go out and play. After his father's death, he developed a sarcastic undertone in his speech, though he was still a charitable person within. After he lost his legs, he didn't worry too much, even making jokes about his prosthetics.

Most of the time, his sarcasm and pessimistic tone made him seem like an unfriendly person. However, if others were in need, he never hesitated to step in and help.

Bio: Born in Västergötland to a Swedish father and a Fujian Chinese mother (who died during delivery), Felix Jakobsson spent much of his childhood learning to play musical instruments and writing music, as he had perfect pitch. When he was 10, his father died of a heart attack in his sleep. The young Felix decided to make a living for himself rather than sponge off the work of other people. After attempting various odd jobs, he then decided to join the War Academy, where he graduated with flying colours. When he was 19, he was involved in an accident with machinery, resulting in the loss of both his legs below the knees. This did not bother him, for shortly after his recovery, he attempted conscription, wishing to contribute to humanity's war efforts.
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: Core 073 - Red October
Brief Core Description: Red October, Core 073, was founded by a Marxist, who believed that all people, as stated in communist doctrines, should be equal. This core sought to create equal opportunities for everyone, an idea which attracted the double amputee Felix.
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Power Armour (Not sure how this is done, correct me if I made any mistakes)
Name: The Silent Eagle
Appearance: A silvery, gunmetal colour with a slight tint of gold. The hands and helmet are slightly darker in colour. Since Felix is a double amputee, the legs of his suit have been modified to fit and enhance carbon-fibre blades.
Physical Modules: Speed, Agility, Accuracy
Offense Modules: Railgun, Heat Ray
Transport Modules: Hover Wings, Spring Jump
Unique Module: Tuning Fork: Allows the user to manipulate certain sounds, useful when it comes to covertly altering enemy orders and coding friendly ones. Uses huge amounts of energy, though.
Model Number: EI-3262

Name: Jon Ambrose
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Appearance: Thin and wiry, he's tall with the build of a runner, but he's always had a face that looked half his age, his hair is blonde but kept buzzed. His eyes are green and his features are soft.
Personality: Jon is stubborn to the core, not mean or cruel, but extremely stubborn. He tries his best to be polite but usually his own convictions overwhelm his regard for other people. However, if he agrees with you then he's a funny and caring person.
Bio: Jon was born on a massive station orbiting Mars, since day one of his life he had grown accustomed to the rigors and luxuries of life in space. His family was the very definition of middle class, in fact, the only way he made it into the Academy was on merit. He had earned this merit from his extreme reluctance to accept defeat, often times arguing with instructors on the validity of demerits or bad grades, sometimes he even won these arguments. He was popular among his peers, but he never much cared for their opinions. At the beginning of his adolescence he set his sights on the Military life. Soon he found himself among the legions of other human conscripts, seeking glory in combat.
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: Core-144 "Red Bedouin"
Brief Core Description: A specialized core dedicated to pioneering operations on inhospitable worlds, it helped to clear infestations on the desert world Sahel-Zema, but suffered extreme casualties and now awaits reconstruction and reinforcements.
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Power armour APP
Name: Kodiak
Appearance: Light and flexible, with some less-essential sections of armor removed to allow for increased mobility. The armor is beige with green lines painted along the edges and a amateur painted spider on the chest.
Physical Modules: Speed, Agility, Endurance
Offense Modules: Energy Construct Creation, Heat Ray
Transport Modules: Burrow, Jet-Pack
Unique Module: EL-9698 "Understanding" a system of micro-drones, hacking modules and Electronic warfare systems capable of mapping, hacking and disabling almost anything running off of electricity or some form of it within a medium range, its a favorite among boarding parties as it can be used to open and close doors at the users whim, offering a distinct advantage when vacuums come into play.
Model Number: EL-9698

Name: Ereshkigal
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Appearance: Ereshkigal is a young woman of average height, but lean and muscular, with smooth, bronze colored skin. She has reddish black hair falling in curls down to her shoulders, slightly longer on the right side than on the left, and bright, piercing amber eyes, with a small, slightly crooked nose but otherwise soft facial features. Her hands are always covered in bandages. She has a large tattoo of a blood-stained black butterfly on her back.
Personality: Ereshkigal, like the rest of her people, is a quiet young woman. She is humble, though aware enough of her abilities to seek to assume what tasks she believes fit her best. Completely loyal to the Aheani, as the rest of her people, she is recklessly selfless, willing to throw herself in front of danger if so ordered or required, not only to appease the Aheani, but to protect her fellow humans as well. In that regard, one could say that her sense of altruism goes beyond the dictated by her people's idolatry of the Aheani. Honest in the battlefield, like the other Einherjar. She is known to be a bit more emotional than her peers, but every bit as incompetent in displaying such emotions, causing her to behave erratically sometimes. Unyielding, she is willing to dedicate herself to a task for as long as required. Unafraid of death, her greatest fear is instead drawing the disappointment and ire of the masters of her people. She is unaccustomed to physical contact.
Bio: Children born of the willing union of two Einherjar are a strange thing to see, as these proud warriors live by the sword and die in their youths, only maintaining the size of the core thanks to the reproduction program enforced by their Aheani overlords. And yet, despite all of this, Ereshkigal was just that: Born from the unlikely love of two Einherjar who had managed to stay alive, she was, perhaps, the closest an Einherjar could get to being 'normal' by the standards of the rest of humanity.
Of course, this does not mean that she was exempt from the culture of the Einherjar in any way. She was trained to be a warrior since young, as all of her people are. She was taught that there was no honor greater than to fight and bleed and burn for the glory of the Aheani, and that her life was meant to be spent in the pursuit of their glory. Her indoctrination was swift and severe, as with the rest of the children of the Einherjar. And yet, despite that, her parents, Anu and Embla, gave her a very strange thing for any Einherjar child to have: love. Clumsy as they were in expressing their own emotions, even after having managed to form a family, Anu and Embla made Ereshkigal feel appreciated, important. This had some peculiar effects on the young girl's psyche. On one hand, it caused her emotional side to be stronger, but it taught her very little about how to control such things. Coupled with the indoctrination, it also caused her loyalty to the Aheani to be even greater, as she associated this love, this feeling of importance, to her foretold sacred duty of serving the Aheani in their battles. Aside from that, it made her values towards her fellow humans be stronger, causing her to feel a duty towards them as well, though not as strong as the duty she had towards her masters.
As she grew, she became more and more skilled at combat, her ability to withstand pain something unprecedented even among the self-sacrificial, masochistic Einherjar people. For this, and her unusually graceful looks, they associated her with the obsidian butterfly, a creature rumored to have been associated with beauty and sacrifice in the old times of the humans as they were before the Aheani, of which the Einherjar knew very little. This figure was etched into her back with ink and with blood, marking her as the blood-stained obsidian butterfly among her people. Now with a symbol all of her own, she began gaining notoriety as her fighting abilities grew, first gaining renown in the inner fighting circles of the Einherjar society, and eventually becoming known to even outsiders. Noticed by the Aheani at last, she was judged worthy to attend to the War Academy in the Gold class. Ereshkigal, ever so humble, never understood why she was picked for such a thing over her peers, but she never questioned it, for such was the will of her masters. And so she went, to the War Academy, to become the perfect sacrificial lamb for the Aheani.
For an Einherjar, there is no greater honor.
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Core Name and Number: Core 289 - Einherjar
Brief Core Description: One of the last cores to be formed, the Einherjar is largely made up of the descendence of the various outcasts of the world, unfit for other cores and thus rounded up and herded together to be used as shock troopers for the Aheani. The Einherjar were swiftly indoctrinated, becoming a force loyal to their Aheani saviors and perfectly willing to fight for them, and in fact, fighting for them was what they excelled at. Born to fight, the Einherjar, a melting pot which has evolved into its own culture, are a fierce, proud people, who move on through the hardships of life and believe their service to the Aheani to be their glory and greatest duty. Selfless in their service and silent in their pain, the people of this core are not very communicative, often having trouble to express their emotions in a way not involving sacrifice, and many tend to shy away from foreigners, though they are not rude towards them, necessarily. They interact the most through combat, and in fact, it is said that combat is the way Einherjar grow closer to others and to each other. Their capacity to understand each other during battle is such that many Einherjar are able to, with just one prior battle worth of combat experience, fight as a single entity on the battlefield. Such does not often happen with those of other cores. Such does not tend to happen when outsiders enter the equation, and this is because of the Einherjar fighting style: They hold nothing back, simply because they do not see any worth in doing so. In the battlefield, the Einherjar are honest, all their cards are placed upon the table at the beginning of the fight, and it is this that allows them to synchronise so well with their own, but not so much with foreigners. Nevertheless, the battle intuition of an Einherjar is still something to be reckoned with. They view the other cores with little interest, though not with apathy or contempt, but they do view their rivalries with disdain, believing that, if all of them are in the service of the Aheani, there should be no reason to compete. In fact, this lack of desire to compete, along with their idolatry of the Aheani and their peculiar cultural development are what give the Einherjar their characteristic values: Selflessness, patience, loyalty, humility and perseverance. They adopted the mythology and symbology of the ancient peoples of Earth and incorporated them into their cultures in a seemingly asystematic manner.
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Name: Obsidian Butterfly
Appearance: The Obsidian Butterfly is an armor suit that adapts well to Ereshkigal's figure. It is almost entirely covered in black, yet somehow its surface reflects light. On the chest, it has the symbol adopted by the Einherjar core to represent them as a whole: A simple bloodstained gladius within a red circle. The helmet would be best described as a metallic fascimile of the skull of some beast, though in the place where the eye sockets would be, there is a red visor to allow Ereshkigal to see through. The gauntlets function normally, but ornamental claws are present above them, and the foot pieces are stylized in the shape of eagle talons, though in such way as to not hinder movement in any way. On the back are the armor's hover wings, in the form of large, colorful butterfly wings, with black blades attached to them. It also has a long scorpion-like tail, black like the rest of the armor, which functions as the venom injector.
Physical Modules:

• Endurance
• Increased Suit Durability
• Suit Nanite Regeneration

Offense Modules:

• Energy Construct Creation
• Venom Injector

Transport Modules:

• Blink Teleportation
• Hover Wings

Unique Module:

• Repulsion Field: The armor quickly generates a transluscent dome of light around itself. Anything whatsoever that impacts said dome will be instantly rejected, being sent back in the direction it came from with considerable force. The field is able to withstand an enormous ammount of damage, and lasts for considerable time, but Ereshkigal can not move or attack while the field is active, and the field will only deactivate when all of the module's energy is drained, effectively making it a once-per-battle ability. Anything caught inside the Repulsion Field will be safe as long as the field is active, and the field works only one way, so it is possible to fire at the enemy from within.

Model Number: EI-0207

Name: Sang Yi
Age:18
Gender: Male
Appearance: Height of 5:7 feet take or give a little. A lighter black tone of hair with tired brown eyes. His skin is a tad paler than usual for humans. His body is lean and a bit muscled though it's obvious workingout isn't his forte and his legs are less muscled than his arms. He also always seems in a paranoid position always looking around.
Personality: Always sort of shy in some sense and more of a loner preferring a small group of friends over a medium or large amount. He gets scared easily by a lot of things due to paranoia. He also loves to get up high and kinda fly and jump around. He is also very loyal to the saviors of humanity and not very willing to betray them in any way.
Bio: Born in a more rural area near Seoul in South Korea he was brought up in a more lower income of the middle class family the last son. He was however the 2nd to graduate out of 4 children including himself. His other brothers always slacked off at the academy never studying and always partying with the other children of core 49 Silent Nights. He on the other hand always studied and kinda exercised as he saw that was the only way to get any attention from his family. The only reason he was 2nd was his oldest brother just got too old for the academy so he graduated first. However his social life was very lonely and his partying brothers always seemed to get in the way of any attention that he would have got. However despite this he graduated the academy with flying colors and now wants to be assigned to most anywhere so he can get rid of his brothers.
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: 49 Silent Nights
Brief Core Description: Korea had seemed to be on the verge of death from the alien attacks. Many refugees gathered together in the mountainous regions of the Korean peninsula. The aliens had just began to hit their hardest on them when the Aheani came in the best of times and rescued the Korean people. Eventually this core became know for their use of suprise attacks with heavier weapons as time went on. Many members absolutely love the Aheani for their rescue and very few actually hate the loss of freedom of jobs and those that do are usually social outcasts. However a bit of hatred still resides for the Chinese and Japanese cores.
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Power Armour
Name: Midnight
Appearance: http://shimmering-sword.deviantart.com/ ... -182928353
However has a paint job of raven black with red dotted like blood plus used modules.
Physical Modules: Speed, Accuracy
Offense Modules: Retractable Aheani Railgun, Killer Drones
Transport Modules: Hover Wings, Spring Jump
Unique Module: Suprise motherf*****: The armor can manipulate light waves and use them to either distort the armor's appearance or turn it invisible and lasts for a couple minutes but it has a long cooldown and noise and footprints can be noticed.
Model Number: EI2V72

Name: Delta
Age: (Graduates are usually aged 18 at youngest and 23 at oldest) 20
Gender: Male
Appearance: (Image or description)

Personality: Delta possesses a Positive and optimistic personality. Preferring to always see the silver lining in any situation and trying to never say anything unless its something good to say or a constructive criticism (tries not to insult or say negative things about other people, especially behind their back). He is very trusting of others and quite innocent in nature. Due to his lack of socialising much early in life he didn't learn many of the more 'unfortunate' language (four letter words) and other 'odd' concepts and ideas that the other kids learned from each other. This lack of contact with practically anything negative early in life led him to become very trusting of others, which simultaneously caused a small shock in high school when he came in more close contact with the other students and learned that not everyone was so 'moral', he is quite innocent and now seemingly constantly learning new concepts and words from his colleagues with not everything being for the best and some more shocking then others. He is very honest, and is considered by those around him to be very trustworthy for this reason among others. He wouldn't talk of a (obvious) secret entrusted to him by another without there express permission prior to disclosing the information to another. One major example of this is finding the answers to a test and immediately handing them into the instructor, viewing cheating with distaste and seeing it as something that wouldn't benefit anyone in the long run and will only harm both the cheater and those around them. D.E.L.T.A. has a great memory, rarely forgetting anything that he learns and gifted with the ability to recall most of the information he learned when its needed, this is tempered by a moderate or poor short term memory in comparison to his medium and long term memory. Delta is a "Gentleman and a scholar" having being someone who truly loves to learn new things and enjoys making other peoples day. He likes putting a smile on the faces of others, frequently doing this through complimenting and offering assistance to others in need of assistance near him. He is Compassionate and honourable and when fighting would try to fight fair, and at least give the enemy a chance, advocating taking prisoners and treating them with dignity over executing them. He follows a set of morale codes that help guide his actions. logical, He is very logical and analytical, preferring whenever possible and viable to look at all possible perspectives on an issue and the strategies to solving a problem before attacking it. This makes him great at decision making in addition, although he is also more susceptible to over analysing situations and being a 'captain obvious' as it were but is quite intelligent and mentally agile as well. D.E.L.T.A has a good sense of humour and although independently natured, enjoys the opportunity from time to time to socialize with others and make them laugh, an act that is frequently performed on the comparatively rare times when the opportunity arises to de-stress and do such socializing with his colleagues. He normally portrays an air of confidence in his dealings. When the rare occasion occurs where he can de-stress off mission he tries to do so, occasionally connecting more with others and trying to improve his fairly developed interpersonal skills.

Bio: Delta was born in Western Canada, a town known as Rolo (if your familiar with this town perhaps your familiar with the Canadian comedy television series "Corner Gas"). He is descended from people of UK and Russian blood. He joined the army cadets in his early years and went on numerous summer activities like marksmanship, drill and ceremonial instructor and expedition instructor. He achieved the honour role in school numerous times and graduation was pulled into the army like everyone else on earth. He became a specialist in security in the armed forces, renown in the core for his skills in the security field such as hacking enemy Intel and using firearms among other things. He tried to get involved in optional training whenever possible to help himself with his job, especially in simulation programs. Soon after joining the core he realized how stressful the job gets but tried to make the best of it, and despite circumstances has made 'friends' or at least 'friendly acquaintances' while in the academy, especially during optional training and on simulation missions that Involve more then one physical person and not all these 'friends' from his own core.

The story continues from there.

-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: Core 237: The knights of Honour.
Brief Core Description: Descended from Prideful British and Irish men and women, the Knights of Honour are arrogant, proud of their heritage, yet chivalrous to the point of stupidity. They pride Speed and Strength above all else, making Delta a respected member among the Core, though a minor few might have an opinion of him as 'aloof' due to his independent nature.
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Power Armour (Just paste the Power armour APP in here)
Power armour APP
Name: 'Hope'
Appearance:

2 triangular motorized 'wings' can come out of the back of the suit. Drills can come out of the uniform for burrowing, and a long tail can come out of his suit's rear abdomen. His armour has chameleonility.
Physical Modules: Strength, Speed, Suit Nanite Regeneration.
Offense Modules: Hologram creation, Venom injector.
Transport Modules: Hover Wings, Burrow.
Unique Module: Enhanced AI(s).
Model Number: (EI then four numbers ____) EI-94 (= EI-DT)

Name: Jerome Forren
Age: 20
Gender: Heterosexual male
Appearance: 6 feet and 3 inches tall, white skin, skinny and slightly muscular, black hair, brown eyes, no facial hair
Personality: Somewhat cold and merciless (this will especially come into play during combat). He is also very arrogant, and he tends to act without thinking first.
Bio: Jerome was born in New York City, New York, United States to a middle class family. Although he didn't have a lot of luxuries, he still lived a decent live. Unfortunately, he had been conscripted into the military and was forced to attend the War Academy. Jerome previously had no interest in the military, and Jerome's parents had tried to prevent him from being conscripted, but they had no choice. This led to Jerome's extreme hatred of the Aheani, and he soon made it his secret mission to one day win humanity's independence from the Aheani. Nevertheless, Jerome made it through the academy and graduated at the top of his class.
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: Number 80: Freedom Riders
Brief Core Description: The name of the core was inspired by the USA's historical tradition of promoting individual freedom. As such, all of its members are from the USA. Many of its members are arrogant, but are generally skilled warriors. N
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Power Armour (Just paste the Power armour APP in here)
Name: Patriot
Appearance: Standard Eidolon power armor. The head of the power armor is red, while the chest and back is blue, and the legs are white. The hands and feet are black.
Physical Modules: Strength, Agility, Suit Nanite Regeneration
Offense Modules: Heat ray, Overdrive
Transport Modules: Long Range Teleportation, Hover Wings
Unique Module: Gravitational Manipulation
Model Number: EL-9107

Name: Vlad Caesar
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: (Image or description) 5'6", thin, steel hair and eyes, smart, and human. He has some scars of his arm, and a tattoo on the back of his neck saying the core he is from.
Personality: Cunning, merciless, planner, passive-agressive, has a slight self esteem problem which he take out by shooting bad people, and he has a verity polarized view of what is right and wrong and will do whatever it takes to destroy the wrong. He tries to be as efficient as possible, and has some trouble with people (a bit because he tries to be as efficient as possible)

Bio: Born to psychopathic, scientist parents. He is not a psychopath, but has some of the traits. He was born in Germany to Italian/Russian/German parents. He Often practiced shooting in his spare time, and joined the military right when he was able. He has trained in the Death Hand Core for the required 5 years. He just got out, so he has not experienced combat before. He is a on a first meeting level not pushy (passive), but that is because he thinks about decisions for what he feels is the proper length of time. His parents died in a car crash when he was 14, and so he went to go live with his uncle, who taught him military tactics (uncle was a general (and a psycho), and other military craft things.


Core Name and Number: Core 42, Deaths Hand. mascot is death aiming a sniper rifle
Brief Core Description: Devoted to the snipers of the universe, and is very open if you can shoot very, very well. People are modeled to be like spock/german worker/general. They have what is regarded as the hardest, longest, and most painful selection process. Training is worse, and it spans 5 years. They train you to be good enough to kill in your sleep (they test if you can at the end), and will always help a core member, even a ex-core (if they completed training) member.

Deaths (sniper) Rifle

Appearance: molted (changes due to surroundings)
Agility
Accuracy (Increased ranged weapon accuracy)
Increased Suit Durability

Railgun
Heat ray

Burrow
Phase

Penetrating gaze (using your helemts visor it's in a lower power state, so it can't just penetrate everything, but using your scope it focuses the sensors and allows for deeper penetration)

Name: Janett Delleron
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Appearance: http://i50.tinypic.com/wcmmxh.jpg
Personality: Very self interested. Easily bored and indifferent to almost anything which does not entertain her. Though she's exceptional in combat Janett is more preoccupied with her own fun from the experience rather than following orders or completing mission objectives. Pyche evaluations have found her to be very mentally unstable.
Bio: N/A
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: Core 62: "The Repentants"
Brief Core Description: An extremely ironic name for the core, seeing as it contains all the unrepentant criminals of old earth. These individuals are kept under constant watch and almost always have a supervisor nearby, as well as a chip implanted in their head which can give them a nonlethal dose of a muscle relaxant, which paralyses them.
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Power Armour (Just paste the Power armour APP in here)
Name: The Hurt Machine
Appearance: http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2 ... 57zl6i.jpg
Physical Modules: Strength, Speed, Agility
Offense Modules: Killer Drones, Sonic Blast
Transport Modules: Spring Jump, Phase
Unique Module: "Power fists": These fists release a shockwave upon contact with solid matter designed to increase the power of that attack. Less effective against organic tissue but very effective against bones and tank armour.
Model Number: EI-4513


Name: George Bolson.
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Personality: Friendly and confident, though somewhat serious and taciturn, especially during battle. He is especially concerned with the wellbeing of others. Follows an old code of chivalry and honour.
Bio: N/A
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: Core 274: Drake Knights
Brief Core Description: A recently formed core and rather small in numbers. The Fire Drakes were formed from several humans of different cores who wanted to conduct battle differently. Honourable to a fault and dedicated to upholding truth and justice, most recently this core has been used for internal policing, keeping other cores stable.
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Power Armour (Just paste the Power armour APP in here)
Name: Red Drake
Appearance: http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dun ... 0210094606
Physical Modules: Accuracy, Endurance, Increased suit Durability
Offense Modules: Heat Ray, Gun Drones (Plasma)
Transport Modules: Burrow, Hover Wings
Unique Module: Fire Shield: This module can create a shield of incredible heat around a target area within range.
Model Number: EI-B372
RP Sample:


Name: Kiku Tsukuda
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Appearance: http://static.tumblr.com/f820a3f4d1f959 ... 0x1080.jpg
Personality: Cold, reserved and very dedicated to restoring her lost honour. Utterly ruthless and unquestioning in battle, she is efficient and deadly as possible. She
Bio: N/A
-- (What core your character comes from, you can make it up)
Core Name and Number: "Coreless"
Brief Core Description: Kiku has no core, though previously she was part of the Fourth (Red Dragons). But due to complications she was removed from that core. Part of those rare few without any core (Due to the fact that most Coreless get picked up by other cores or end up completely destitute and unemployed after graduating), she still excelled in her training, and so was requested to join the 303rd.
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Power Armour (Just paste the Power armour APP in here)
Name: Phantom
Appearance: http://www.playemergence.com/news/wp-co ... -small.png
Physical Modules: Speed, Agility and Accuracy
Offense Modules: Energy construct creation, Hologram creation
Transport Modules: Blink Teleport, Phase
Unique Module: Energy Tendrils: This module can generate tendrils of purple energy which can either slash opponents or stick to them, dragging them towards the wielder.
Model Number: EI-1312

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