[OOC][Open]The Pointless Odyssey of Navi's Gate

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

The Gate is as big as it needs to be to fit the first batch of characters. I expect it's a mod-bulk transport, though.

Ain't no politics you need to know. Dirt side doesn't matter in the RP, you're never going there again.

If it's for backstory, just run any ideas you have past me and I'll okay them or not.

So then are there any parasite ships? (Small craft that are good for surface-to-space runs but not deep-space travel on there own)

And it is for backstory, I'm just want to know what air force to have Vicious in that he learned all his skillz in. At the moment I've got it listed as CEAN.

Two shuttle craft that are deep space and FTL capable.

CEAN wouldn't work, they left and then disbanded hundreds of years before the RP starts. Pick a big city in a continent of your choice and make it megalopolis. There ya go.

[Hothnia]

I think these questions go missed...

The Gate is as big as it needs to be to fit the first batch of characters. I expect it's a mod-bulk transport, though.

Ain't no politics you need to know. Dirt side doesn't matter in the RP, you're never going there again.

If it's for backstory, just run any ideas you have past me and I'll okay them or not.

Do you have a science officer? ( Seismology, Biology, Geology, etc) if not reserve it for me please.

[House of Judah]

So then are there any parasite ships? (Small craft that are good for surface-to-space runs but not deep-space travel on there own)

And it is for backstory, I'm just want to know what air force to have Vicious in that he learned all his skillz in. At the moment I've got it listed as CEAN.

Two shuttle craft that are deep space and FTL capable.

CEAN wouldn't work, they left and then disbanded hundreds of years before the RP starts. Pick a big city in a continent of your choice and make it megalopolis. There ya go.

How about San Francisco-Los Angeles megalopolis called Pacific Republic or some such?

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Two shuttle craft that are deep space and FTL capable.

CEAN wouldn't work, they left and then disbanded hundreds of years before the RP starts. Pick a big city in a continent of your choice and make it megalopolis. There ya go.

How about San Francisco-Los Angeles megalopolis called Pacific Republic or some such?

I would go like Los Franciscos or San Angeles.

[House of Judah]

How about San Francisco-Los Angeles megalopolis called Pacific Republic or some such?

I would go like Los Franciscos or San Angeles.

Ew, I wouldn't sully the name of San Francisco by Bradgelinaing it with Los Angeles. If it is only one, then I will go with San Francisco.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

I would go like Los Franciscos or San Angeles.

Ew, I wouldn't sully the name of San Francisco by Bradgelinaing it with Los Angeles. If it is only one, then I will go with San Francisco.

I'm good with that.

[Doughertania]

Alright, I need a picture for my character. Here are my choices:

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Alright, I need a picture for my character. Here are my choices:

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I would go two.

[The GAmeTopians]

Finished, open to changes of course.

PONG Application

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Name: Lena Velton
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Appearance: Basically the picture. 5 feet 3 inches, 100 pounds flat.
Position on the Ship: Chief of Security
Skills: Shooting - Pistol and Rifle, including Sniper Rifle. Known Master of Brazilian Jiujitsu and Krav Maga, along with various skills from miscellaneous martial arts such as FMA (Filipino Martial Arts, knife fighting) and Aikido (unarmed, momentum-based, designed to not hurt the enemy in many cases). There's also the skill that might be her favorite - somehow managing to drink men 100 pounds heavier under the table with ease.
Equipment:
Weapons

• Beretta 92FS - At some point in her teen years she got ahold of a copy of Underworld: Evolution, a pre-ark movie, and decided to find Selene's main weapon(s). She succeeded. While it is admittedly behind tech-wise, it can still pack a punch, and it doesn't have electronics that could be bricked.
• Celvas D10 - Relatively standard handgun, semi-auto projectile weapon.
• Celvas A7 - A beast of a rifle in a small package - see the picture for reference. Though compact in form factor, its functionality is diverse. It features standard projectile ammunition, and full SMARTweapon technology - read more in SMARTlens description. Also, in case you couldn't tell, Lena has brand loyalty.
• Celvas L1 - Pretty standard single shot sniper rifle. Never hurts to have, although she's rarely used it outside of training.
• Multiple spares of every weapon except for her Beretta. That's one of a kind.

Other Stuff

• Datex SMARTlens - Visible in the picture above, the SMARTlens is must-have technology for staying ahead in a fight. Featuring an array of visual assists including infrared, magnification, and weapon link-up HUD, the wearer is ready for anything. (What this standard Datex ad doesn't tell you is that only the wealthy or corp-affiliated will ever get ahold of this kind of tech, with its exorbitant price tag.)
• Sekcram Officer's Armor - Sekcram being Lena's family's corp (read the bio), it wasn't a difficult task to receive permission to keep her service armor. Features material capable of slowing many calibers of bullets before blunt force trauma can occur, and electromagnetic holsters on the hips and back.
• Multiple tracking devices, in case a target or prisoner (for some reason) might escape.
• Grenades, Impact and Stun.
• Civvies, just in case she ever gets a day off. Some nice stuff too in case space bars exist.

Biography: If the Velton family had to be known for just one thing, it would easily be mercenary work. Though a wealthy family for hundreds of years, they made and kept their fortune through combat prowess and business sense. Every Velton child spent at least two years in the family corp, Sekcram (pronounced SEK-rum, for reference). Lena Velton was no exception. Training with experts as soon as she could walk and carrying out operations even in her teens, she might have been one of the strongest operatives to ever join Sekcram. Promoted to officer, Lena began leading entire teams, now a well-respected figure in the corp. But that was before she took a job protecting the daughter of a certain trillionaire family - Anastasiya Kuznetsov. A woman with a dream, a dream that happened to infect everyone around her. The rest of Lena's story is far more difficult to tell, mostly because it hasn't happened yet. The one certainty, for sure, is that there is more tocome.
Personality: Lighthearted, almost to a fault. Even on a job catchphrases aren't beyond her, as cliche as it is. She enjoys three things in life the most: Guns, Drinking, and Fighting. Lena's dislikes should be fairly self-explanatory: Strict Bartenders, Bad Fighters, anyone who disses Celvas, and anyone who tries to suggest that fighting isn't fun.
Theme Song: Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
RP Sample: You sufferin' from amnesia mate?

[Brusia]

PONG Application

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Name: Celsus Bell, M.D.
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Appearance: 6'3'' tall, 175lbs, usually wears jeans, a button up shirt, and a jacket; with a lab coat in lieu of the jacket when in sickbay.
Position on the Ship: Ship's Doctor
Skills: Brilliant physician and surgeon (when he's sober), good shot with a rifle (definitely only when he's sober), well educated
Equipment:

• Medical kit
• Remington MSR with 27'' barrel, chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum
• Some research equipment in the Sickbay
• Suitcase containing his clothes and a few hidden liquor bottles, his trusty flask, wallet with some money and photographs of his family, and an old pocketwatch that had been passed down in his family for generations

Biography: Born to a fairly wealthy family of physicians in the mega-city of New Atlanta, Celsus had about as decent a life as was possible on the largely ruined planet of Earth. When not in school, Celsus spent much of his youth assisting his parents in their clinic, or off with his father on hunting trips outside the city. They were dangerous, and his father had to spend a decent chunk of his income to bribe the guards at the city gates to let him out without a permit, but it was the only way to get fresh meat in their native city, and the moment the meat was cleaned and cooked, the smell alone made the trouble entirely worthwhile. It also had the added benefit of teaching Celsus to become a very good shot with a rifle.

After completing his schooling, Celsus attended the mega-city's finest medical school and graduated with honors. After completing residencies in general surgery and trauma surgery, he soon developed a reputation as one of the finest surgeons in his city. He also became an arrogant bastard with a god-complex that bordered on delusions of grandeur. As he became more and more sure of himself, he began taking on riskier and riskier surgeries. This paid off for a little while, and he managed to save patients that many wrote off as certain to die, but everything changed one night when a young girl with severe abdominal trauma was rushed into the OR. What everyone else realized was a lost cause, Celsus felt he could surely save, but even though he tried every surgical trick he knew, there was simply nothing he could do for her. Celsus learned in the most tragic way possible that he did not, in fact, have any power over life and death, and though he was not found to be responsible for the girl's death by the hospital, he certainly felt responsible.

The loss of a patient, of a child, under his care shattered his feelings of invincibility and left him feeling broken and powerless. He soon slipped into a deep depressive state that ultimately led to him quitting his job and slipping into alcoholism. Within a few weeks he had hit rock-bottom, and nearly threw himself off the balcony of a high-rise bar when he noticed a flyer on the wall recruiting a crew for a starship called the "Navi's Gate." Deciding going up was preferable to jumping down, the once good doctor stepped down from the ledge, then signed on with the ship's crew and a chance to leave his past behind. While this new opportunity has returned to Celsus some sense of purpose, leaving him feeling better than he has in months, he continues to struggle with his alcoholism, and only hopes he can get his proverbial shit together before someone on the crew gets seriously wounded...
Personality: Though the opportunity to leave the planet and his past behind have returned to him some sense of purpose, Celsus is still abit of wreck at the moment. He does care about his patients, and would never do anything to intentionally harm them, but worries that his drinking might one day lead to him doing precisely that. He's been trying to quit his drinking since he joined up with the Navi's Gate, but has so far been unsuccessful on his own, and may end up having to bite the bullet and ask a crewmate for their help; something that might not be as simple as it sounds given his current penchant for sarcasm and rudeness.
Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqFUmo8VVg0
RP Sample: viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=31&t=384650

[House of Judah]

Alright, I need a picture for my character. Here are my choices:

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Option 1 if your character is a snarky asshole.

Option 2 if he's a pretty boy.

Option 3 if he used to live in the mountains and share his cabin with a bear.

[House of Judah]

-snip-

I think that's about done. Worked in the drone aspect we discussed. His first love is still the actual pilot's seat.

[Tasmansland]

PONG Application

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Name: B2S4 (abbreviated as B2)
Age: 839
Gender: Has a male voicebox.
Appearance: He has a holster for a small laser pistol.
Position on the Ship: General Assistant (can do a number of odd jobs to assist various characters)
Skills: Is a jack-of-all trades, knows a bit of managing the ship, engineering, cooking, other common jobs.
Equipment: B2S4 has almost anything he would need for a job; cooking utensils, tools for general repairs, and anything else he would need for his jobs. He also has a small laser pistol for self-defense.
Biography: B2S4 was one of thousands of his kind manufactured for working on the Arc ships. However, his programming malfunctioned, and B2S4 ended up with a snarky attitude, and sometimes refused to do things that he saw as dangerous. Therefore, his creators tried to destroy him. However, he escaped from the facility. His creators didn't try to give chase - they had a quota to meet.
Over centuries, B2S4 got into many sorts of adventures in many sorts of places with many sorts of people. Of course, B2S4 was never truly happy.
He was programmed do one thing, but he was denied a chance to do it. Therefore, he wandered from place to place, trying to find some kind of purpose. Finally, by pure luck, he met Anastasiya Kuznetsov. The two shared common goals, and so B2 quickly began working with her. He used his technical knowledge to help build her ship. Now, he will finally fufill his purpose. But will he be truly happy now?
Personality: B2S4 is snarky, and unlike most robots, has a sense of self-preservation. He won't do something stupid just because a human tells him to. Meanwhile, B2 has an attachment to the spaceship that he has helped built, and he is fiercely proud of it. He is much more like a man than a robot. (B2S4 is kind of like K2SO)
RP Sample: Life: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=415907

Denied for now. Your RP sample was not good enough and your bio didn't make up for it.

What do you mean?

[House of Judah]

Well for one thing, you linked to the OOC thread. It's no the OPs job to wade through a series of links to find an example of your RP. Try linking to one of your IC posts.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Well for one thing, you linked to the OOC thread. It's no the OPs job to wade through a series of links to find an example of your RP. Try linking to one of your IC posts.

That's not necessarily the only problem. His post sizes are rather small as well (From what I saw when I finally got to the IC posts) and he doesn't seem like the right fit for this RP.

[House of Judah]

Well for one thing, you linked to the OOC thread. It's no the OPs job to wade through a series of links to find an example of your RP. Try linking to one of your IC posts.

That's not necessarily the only problem. His post sizes are rather small as well (From what I saw when I finally got to the IC posts) and he doesn't seem like the right fit for this RP.

Really?

does some hunting on his own...

I see.

Also, is my app acceptable?

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

That's not necessarily the only problem. His post sizes are rather small as well (From what I saw when I finally got to the IC posts) and he doesn't seem like the right fit for this RP.

Really?

does some hunting on his own...

I see.

Also, is my app acceptable?

Give me some time. I have to finish the second OP app and then I'll get to accepting apps.

[Hothnia]

PONG Application

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Name: Hannah Leahy
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Appearance: 5'8 and 110 LBs. Usually has hair pulled back in a bun. Has a very heavy East Londonium British Accent.
Position on the Ship: Weapons Officer ( Her room also serves as the armory for the crew)
Skills:

Handling Firearms- Hannah is basically an expert in this matter having handled firearms for a majority of her life and being taught by a former military officer. She can strip, clean, shoot, or whatever you want with a gun. Somewhat overly cocky about this.

Fairly knowledgeable- Hannah, having grown up in a fairly affluent household, was given a good education and because of this she tends to be smarter then a majority of people. She said excels in geography, history, Physical Education, and science but has trouble in Math.




Equipment:

• Data Pad- for basic research and to continue her education.
• M16 with ACOG sight
• 3 extra pairs of clothes, toiletries, etc
• Massive Bag full of extra firearms, other weapons- for handouts for members of the crew or replacements for broken weapons
• Some Books ( On how to work the large weapons and what to do if something goes wrong and others just for reading in boredom.
• Binoculars- for I don't know, looking at things?
• Dog ( Large German Shepard)

Biography: Hannah was born in New Londonium in a poorer neighborhood. ( Who wasn't?) Very early in life, she learned to scavenge old world stuff like her father in mother. After all, it was the only way they could earn money. Hannah tended to pick fights with other scavengers, a lot of the time over silly things like small pieces of scavenge. Usually these fights ended in violence, which Hannah usually won despite her small size and stature.

When Hannah was 8, her parents died in a sink hole near the family home. Hannah, unable to pay the rent, was kicked out of the home by the landlord and cast upon the street. Two days later, a kind, well off man found her and took her in to his house, a fairly large and nice house. The man eventually became her father and teacher. He, she found out, was one of the few rich left in the world and he had made his profits due to real estate. Hannah received a fairly good education by her adopted father.

Two years later, her " father" died. His son, a nasty 21 year old, took over his father's company. Hannah was forced to work if she wanted to stay in the household and Hannah begrudgingly chose to be part of the boy's security team. Here she was trained by the Captain of the security team, a former military man. He quickly took a liking to her sassy spirit and began to teach her what he knew. Hannah found happiness in her new job despite her hatred for the boy in charge and continued to work there, rising slowly in the ranks and learning more about firearms as she went.

Then Hannah heard about Kuznetsov and her ship. Hannah yearned for adventure and took this as a prime opportunity to escape the mess of steel and glass she called home. Hannah applied and beat out her competition despite not knowing much about heavy weaponry because of her strive and seemingly endless energy ( She personally thought the Captain thought her accent was funny and kept her for that). She quit her job much to her "brothers" displeasure and the Captain of the Guard's pride. He was glad she was finally making her own decisions and beginning her new life. While waiting for the trip to begin, Hannah studied heavy weapons and now has a fairly profound knowledge about them.




Personality: Hannah can be described as one thing, a bitch. She's disrespectful, quick to yell, prone to ranting, and rarely follows orders ( unless she truly respects the person.) Hannah trusts few but those she trusts know her as a kind and loyal friend. Oh, and she loves her dog to the death. Don't hurt her dog.
Theme Song:
RP Sample:

Commodore Bennet, HMS Princess Annette

" She's still a head of us Sir!"

Henry's Lieutenant shouted up to the bridge of the Princess Annette.

" Shall we raise the forward sails?"

" No Lieutenant. We can't risk losing control of the rudder. Fire chase cannons. Disable their starboard mast."

" It Will be done Commodore."

Commodore Bennet nodded and walked over to the starboard side of the ship and motioned over to the captain of the HMS Dragon, James Wellkorthy.

" James, fire chase cannons!" James nodded and began to yell commands at the crew of his ship.

The chase cannons on the Princess Annette fired, striking just below the captains cabin of the Queen's Bane, the ship that was being chased by the British patrol. The Dragon fired as well. This time, the Queen's Bane wasn't so lucky. The shot tore through the masts, disabling the ship. " Pull up beside her and prepare to board!" The Princess Annette crashed into the side of the Queen's Bane and fired a volley inside her. There was no need to board the ship as the cannonballs struck the Queen's Bane's powder magazine and the ship blew apart, throwing bits of wood everywhere.

The burning wreckage of Queen's Bane went down fast, leaving only bodies, chunks of wood, and a large black flag on the top of the water where the frigate once sailed.

" Congratulations Commodore, another Pirate ship sunk. At this rate, you'll have to be recognized by the Admiralty in some way. My, 3 ships in one week! Soon, the Carribean will be cleared!"

" Thank you Lieutenant. Now see to it that all of our men are fine. And set course back to Port Royal. I'm sure Princess Annette took some damage in that fight."

" Of course, sir."

Question: Why is Captain's last name the name of Russia's joke carrier?

[Nea Videssos]

People always seem to make interesting RPs when I'm on holiday.


*Briefly glances at the app above this post, sees "Heavy British accent"*

Er, might want to elaborate on that a bit. As far as I know, that could be anything from the east end of London to isle of Mull over in the Inner Hebrides.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Brusia and Spindle's apps have been accepted!

Just a few little nit picks for the others.

For GAme, I'm waiting on that second paragraph.

Khasin, really, this is a little thing... but you can't see the stars on Earth. Replace it with sky and we're good.

Judah, everything's great but you got the same problem as GAme. I would really like that second paragraph.

Hothnia, you have a few problems. First, like what Vid said, could you please elaborate on the accent? Second, technical officer is a little vague. We already have two engineers and a hacker. Could you please elaborate on your desired position? Thirdly, your skills are a bit of a mess. Wiring and electronics are already covered by the engineers, coding is Spindle's thing, ranting and being disrespectful aren't skills but more personality things, and basic engineering and medical skills are kind of unnecessary. Could you please be a little more specific on your skills and put them in the format of the other apps? Fourthly, could you use the list function on the equipment? Fifthly, small one here, the old London area is now called New Londinium. Finally, the dialogue for your RP Sample is not properly formatted, meaning if you did format it correctly it would look more like a few lines and one paragraph in the center. For now, I'm going to have to say denied.

Also, to everyone (Even those that have been accepted), I would really prefer that you edit your apps to the point that you were personally recruited by Ana. I hope it's not any trouble, but she wouldn't have fliers out looking for crew nor would she allow her ship to become general knowledge. She would be swarmed with applications, if we're to be honest, and she just wants the best she can get.

[House of Judah]

Second paragraph for which portion?

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Second paragraph for which portion?

Bio?

[House of Judah]

Second paragraph for which portion?

Bio?

looks at app...

Sonuva...

[Hothnia]

Brusia and Spindle's apps have been accepted!

Just a few little nit picks for the others.

For GAme, I'm waiting on that second paragraph.

Khasin, really, this is a little thing... but you can't see the stars on Earth. Replace it with sky and we're good.

Judah, everything's great but you got the same problem as GAme. I would really like that second paragraph.

Hothnia, you have a few problems. First, like what Vid said, could you please elaborate on the accent? Second, technical officer is a little vague. We already have two engineers and a hacker. Could you please elaborate on your desired position? Thirdly, your skills are a bit of a mess. Wiring and electronics are already covered by the engineers, coding is Spindle's thing, ranting and being disrespectful aren't skills but more personality things, and basic engineering and medical skills are kind of unnecessary. Could you please be a little more specific on your skills and put them in the format of the other apps? Fourthly, could you use the list function on the equipment? Fifthly, small one here, the old London area is now called New Londinium. Finally, the dialogue for your RP Sample is not properly formatted, meaning if you did format it correctly it would look more like a few lines and one paragraph in the center. For now, I'm going to have to say denied.

Also, to everyone (Even those that have been accepted), I would really prefer that you edit your apps to the point that you were personally recruited by Ana. I hope it's not any trouble, but she wouldn't have fliers out looking for crew nor would she allow her ship to become general knowledge. She would be swarmed with applications, if we're to be honest, and she just wants the best she can get.

I'm going to redo my app. I didn't really like it. It felt messy to me, What positions are still needed? I'm not feeling this " technical officer" thing. I have very little know how on tech.

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Brusia and Spindle's apps have been accepted!

Just a few little nit picks for the others.

For GAme, I'm waiting on that second paragraph.

Khasin, really, this is a little thing... but you can't see the stars on Earth. Replace it with sky and we're good.

Judah, everything's great but you got the same problem as GAme. I would really like that second paragraph.

Hothnia, you have a few problems. First, like what Vid said, could you please elaborate on the accent? Second, technical officer is a little vague. We already have two engineers and a hacker. Could you please elaborate on your desired position? Thirdly, your skills are a bit of a mess. Wiring and electronics are already covered by the engineers, coding is Spindle's thing, ranting and being disrespectful aren't skills but more personality things, and basic engineering and medical skills are kind of unnecessary. Could you please be a little more specific on your skills and put them in the format of the other apps? Fourthly, could you use the list function on the equipment? Fifthly, small one here, the old London area is now called New Londinium. Finally, the dialogue for your RP Sample is not properly formatted, meaning if you did format it correctly it would look more like a few lines and one paragraph in the center. For now, I'm going to have to say denied.

Also, to everyone (Even those that have been accepted), I would really prefer that you edit your apps to the point that you were personally recruited by Ana. I hope it's not any trouble, but she wouldn't have fliers out looking for crew nor would she allow her ship to become general knowledge. She would be swarmed with applications, if we're to be honest, and she just wants the best she can get.

I'm going to redo my app. I didn't really like it. It felt messy to me, What positions are still needed? I'm not feeling this " technical officer" thing. I have very little know how on tech.

We could use a gunner. Like, fires the weapons on the ships kind of person?