Sempiternal: The Path to Immortality (OOC-NOW OPEN)

[The Tophat Empire]

IF you want to maybe my character and yours could have a shorter interaction, seeing you are(if i got it correctly) a member of the Helvetica security forces, and my char is a officer of said forces

(I am also an officer. My guy controls Helveticas London forces.)

And that works.

for clarification, what rank(preferably in nato code) is you character?
Would it be ok if you gave my character a call, or something like that, went to his office for a meeting, or whatever

[Finland SSR]

Rather weak post, but I don't bother now.

[Nekronia]

I was actually going to let my character instigate a war between Helvetica and someone else. It was going to involve Guy Fawkes Day, and blowing up a Helvetica Inc building.

I just want to help a terrorist organization of some kind in brining down the everything.

I want in on "give war a chance" too. MASS CHAOS FOR EVERYONE!

Just to help me understand the situation of who we're playing as (even if it's de facto): Is this looking to be combat-oriented, business-/politics-oriented, or something else? What rank should characters be? I ask because having a random beat cop in a political shadow game would be pointless and exclude the character, while having a "our money makes money" rich aristocrat would probably be pretty dull in a setting of PEWPEWPEW street fighting over chems and stims.

All of the above.

I'm playing a random beat cop on the streets of NYC personally, along with an undercover Sinopec Operative in Canada. Soooo, just about anything is allowed.

Alrighty, thanks for the info. I'll probably be trying to get in on that sweet anarchy plot going on. I'll have more details on character backstory and stuff when I read the IC and... well... have more details.

Name: Ugo the Sinner

Um...I'm not going to be able to accept this yet.

1: Do you have any previous RP examples? Because I need to know if you can RP properly.

2: The Roman Catholic Church is not well funded or powerful enough to have mechs. In fact, the most powerful militant Christian group, the CLA, does not have enough funding for mechs.

3: Any purely Christian organization would not have the capability of just rushing a PPsyC bank and wiping everyone in it out. They are far too heavily guarded, and even the CLA, is described thus:

"Armed with looted weaponry and private transactions, this growing gathering of God-fearing freedom fighters are wholly out of their depth in open war. So they have most often resorted to acts of terrorism, such as suicide bombings, assassinations, and sabotage."

So, terrorism is allowed, but such groups are wholly inadequate for open war or head-on battles with MC forces.

I'm not sure how much mechs cost, but the Roman Catholic Church has funding comparable to entire countries. From Business Insider: "Cologne, [Germany's] largest diocese, had a 2012 operating budget of 939 million euros". 939 million euros is equal to about 1.03 billion dollars. That's not all of the Church, not all of Europe, just the biggest diocese in Germany. Meanwhile The Economist estimates the Roman Catholic Church has an operating budget of $170 billion in the US.

So yeah, I think that the Catholic Church has enough to do some serious stuff, assuming that it hasn't died out in the future or something else has impeded it dramatically (like megacorporations treating church taxes/donations like funding terrorist cells). It probably wouldn't be able to go to all-out war with the bigger powers, but it certainly be able to afford the expenses necessary to do the "elite strike force" idea that PFSoC was proposing, assuming they could pull it off correctly and had more of their funding directed to the central 'government' for organization and coordination of the off-the-books paramilitary operations instead of the dioceses being as independent.

So while it wouldn't be able to take on major powers like Helvetica and Constellis head-on, it would certainly be able to afford the mechs, training, equipment, transportation, etc. for deploying small-but-elite black ops like some kind of CIA deniable ops stuff. Hell, with $1.2 billion dollars being discovered in hidden assets (because of embezzlement, corruption, clerical errors, miscommunication, etc.), it just goes to show that a LOT of the Church's money can go missing without anyone outside noticing since the Church doesn't reveal all of its finances and a lot of it needs to be estimated by tallying up expenditures if outsiders want to get a fuller picture.

I don't know why I suddenly got all fired up over that, but whatever. My point still stands: Pope be pimpin'. They might not want to be fighting their own wars and might just want to sit on the sidelines and cheer anti-PPsyD people, but they certainly aren't low on cash.

[crusades internally]

[Doughertania]

So, who wanted a Knight of the Scale character, and where are you at?

[Terintania]

So, who wanted a Knight of the Scale character, and where are you at?

I wanted a Knight of the Scale to interact with Leroy. I think Hetland was going to make one, and possibly be Leroy's teacher (Don't even know if it works like that, but it'd be nice if it did). Leroy's just kind of at one of the bases. Don't really know where

[Doughertania]

So, who wanted a Knight of the Scale character, and where are you at?

I wanted a Knight of the Scale to interact with Leroy. I think Hetland was going to make one, and possibly be Leroy's teacher (Don't even know if it works like that, but it'd be nice if it did). Leroy's just kind of at one of the bases. Don't really know where

Alright, if Hetland doesn't I totally will. I have a pretty good idea for a Knight, and I think I know what I'll have him be doing in the arc as well.

[Isle of Lithonia]

So yeah, I think that the Catholic Church has enough to do some serious stuff, assuming that it hasn't died out in the future or something else has impeded it dramatically (like megacorporations treating church taxes/donations like funding terrorist cells).

The church isn't so powerful in this RP's canon, which is exactly the issue. Not saying the Catholic Church, if it stayed the same, wouldn't have money. Rather, the church in this RP specifically doesn't have the power nor resources. There are things which have impeded its power dramatically, such as the rise of secularism in the mainstream of humanity, making the legitimacy of the church and its requisite tithes rather shaky to say the least. Moreover, the MCs don't even allow small businesses to run on their own, and there's no way secularized MCs are going to just let the church maintain its current revenues and not tax it to death, or otherwise control it. They can't allow any possible contenders for power have that much money on their hands.

So my declaration still stands that the RC church does not have sufficient funds for a mech. And if it did, such funds, and the entire church itself, would be ruled over by Helvetica Inc. (the ruling MC in Europe), which is described as, "one of the more dictatorial of the corporations, often using their advanced and numerous security forces to quell anyone who disagrees with them."

Yo Pops. You think Chris is going to be involved with the Xiao at some point? I'd love to see Chase acting like somewhat of a nemesis to the straight-laced cop.

Eventually he will.

[Terintania]

I wanted a Knight of the Scale to interact with Leroy. I think Hetland was going to make one, and possibly be Leroy's teacher (Don't even know if it works like that, but it'd be nice if it did). Leroy's just kind of at one of the bases. Don't really know where

Alright, if Hetland doesn't I totally will. I have a pretty good idea for a Knight, and I think I know what I'll have him be doing in the arc as well.

I mean, you could make a knight anyway, if you wanted More then two or whatever knights would be nice.

[Nekronia]

So yeah, I think that the Catholic Church has enough to do some serious stuff, assuming that it hasn't died out in the future or something else has impeded it dramatically (like megacorporations treating church taxes/donations like funding terrorist cells).

The church isn't so powerful in this RP's canon, which is exactly the issue. Not saying the Catholic Church, if it stayed the same, wouldn't have money. Rather, the church in this RP specifically doesn't have the power nor resources. There are things which have impeded its power dramatically, such as the rise of secularism in the mainstream of humanity, making the legitimacy of the church and its requisite tithes rather shaky to say the least. Moreover, the MCs don't even allow small businesses to run on their own, and there's no way secularized MCs are going to just let the church maintain its current revenues and not tax it to death, or otherwise control it. They can't allow any possible contenders for power have that much money on their hands.

So my declaration still stands that the RC church does not have sufficient funds for a mech. And if it did, such funds, and the entire church itself, would be ruled over by Helvetica Inc. (the ruling MC in Europe), which is described as, "one of the more dictatorial of the corporations, often using their advanced and numerous security forces to quell anyone who disagrees with them."

Alright, I'm satisfied. Thanks for the explanation, senpai.

[Isle of Lithonia]

Alright, I'm satisfied. Thanks for the explanation, senpai.

*chuckles* Anything for my favorite kouhai. ;P

[North America Inc]

Hey Isle i had a question posted earlier.

[Doughertania]

I'm making my post now, I'll finish when I get back from my monsters class.

[Isle of Lithonia]

Hey Isle i had a question posted earlier.

Umm...I missed it then. Which one?

[North America Inc]

What's OP skilled?

Isn't it 2300, I thought it has been a while since they were made.

[Isle of Lithonia]

What's OP skilled?

Isn't it 2300, I thought it has been a while since they were made.

1: In other words, he shouldn't be able to bend the world to his every whim, nor can he do such high-end things like make direct hacks into PPsyC banks. He should not have ridiculous might, and he should have decent weaknesses.

2: I meant that today was 2300, buuuuuuut then I forgot to take away 150 years from that to tell you what year the PPsyCs were created. So what I meant is that it was 2150 when it was made.

[North America Inc]

1: In other words, he shouldn't be able to bend the world to his every whim, nor can he do such high-end things like make direct hacks into PPsyC banks. He should not have ridiculous might, and he should have decent weaknesses.

2: I meant that today was 2300, buuuuuuut then I forgot to take away 150 years from that to tell you what year the PPsyCs were created. So what I meant is that it was 2150 when it was made.

1. I wasn't planning for him to be all powerful, he doesn't have an Army art hits disposal or anything. However since he was instrumental, i was planning for him to be able to hack it. What alternatives would you suggest?

2.Okay, he'll be 197 years old.

[Isle of Lithonia]

1. I wasn't planning for him to be all powerful, he doesn't have an Army art hits disposal or anything. However since he was instrumental, i was planning for him to be able to hack it. What alternatives would you suggest?

2.Okay, he'll be 197 years old.

1: Alternatives? Well...I'll think about it. Honestly I'm trying really hard to finish my own app before I head to work. So I'm pressed for time. But I'll do my best to get back to ya.

[Terintania]

1. I wasn't planning for him to be all powerful, he doesn't have an Army art hits disposal or anything. However since he was instrumental, i was planning for him to be able to hack it. What alternatives would you suggest?

2.Okay, he'll be 197 years old.

1: Alternatives? Well...I'll think about it. Honestly I'm trying really hard to finish my own app before I head to work. So I'm pressed for time. But I'll do my best to get back to ya.

Are you not going to post in the IC before work?

[North America Inc]

1. I wasn't planning for him to be all powerful, he doesn't have an Army art hits disposal or anything. However since he was instrumental, i was planning for him to be able to hack it. What alternatives would you suggest?

2.Okay, he'll be 197 years old.

1: Alternatives? Well...I'll think about it. Honestly I'm trying really hard to finish my own app before I head to work. So I'm pressed for time. But I'll do my best to get back to ya.

Thanks, just take your time.

[Isle of Lithonia]

Are you not going to post in the IC before work?

I'm going to try, but I can't promise anything. Sorry.

[Terintania]

Are you not going to post in the IC before work?

I'm going to try, but I can't promise anything. Sorry.

No worries. I was just going to stop waiting if you weren't going to post

[Isle of Lithonia]

Character App

Name: Haley Grace

Age: 21

Body Form: Cyborg

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: Cis-Female, Bisexual

Personality: Very alert, mostly introverted, calm and patient, rather to-the-point when she speaks (a woman of few words), prefers to do things herself rather than foist duties upon her subordinates, concerned with the well-being of her subordinates and fellow officers but indifferent to opponents, isn't easily bothered, prefers stealth to frontal assaults, prefers flexibility in plans to rigid and complete planning, will not shirk from taking risks if she thinks they will pay off, emotionally controlled, prefers to be alone, extreme workaholic (doesn't really know how to "just have fun").

Skills: Extensive small arms training, arctic survival training, intelligence training.

Faction: Sinopec

Occupation: Undercover winter operative

Starting Location: Somewhere in the Canadian Wilderness (waaaaaaay up in the northwest near Alaska)

Bio: Classified

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Extra Info

Equipment, Weapons, and Vehicles: Plasma Assault Rifle, Plasma Pistol, Plasma Knife, Nuclear-powered Snowmobile, Arctic tent.

Likes and Dislikes: N/A

Moral Alignment: True Neutral

Crimes convicted of: None.

Theme: That Distant Blue

[Terintania]

I should add a theme song for AStra

[New Strausberg]

Hey I'm gonna land in New York anyone wanna meet me there?

[Mirakai]

I'll finish my app for Scale Knight brocon once I'm done with this stupid Lit assingment