The Colony (OOC|Sci-Fi|Open)

by **Anowa** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:06 pm

The Colony

>>IC<<
Theme
The Pub
OP: Anowa
Co-OP(s):

ark (ärk)
noun
singular proper noun: ark; noun: the ark
A vessel or sanctuary that serves as protection against extinction.
ex: "a starship ark built by their android protectors"

It has been 177 years since the establishment of humanity's first extraterrestrial colony. In that time they've discovered how to make fully functional and realistic prosthetics, artificial intelligence, medical advances that can extend one's natural life past 140 years, and most important of all, commercial sized fusion reactors. With a power source to field car sized fusion reactors, humanity all but exploded past the golden zone. Terraforming on the large scale became possible, asteroid mining became the norm, and colonies were set up outside the asteroid belt, on the Gallilean moons, Titan, and with a space station orbiting Neptune. Yet now humanity takes it's first steps past the Oort cloud.

With construction starting in 2203, the first colonial ark, The UTS Blissful Horizon, was finished and commissioned in 2210, with recruitment for humanity's first extra-solar expedition running from 2211 to 2215. The Blissful Horizon is the culmination of human achievement, equipped with an Alcubierre drive, ion thrusters, fusion based retrothrusters, a hydroponics deck, manufacturing deck, and cryogenics complement holding over 9000 colonists.

You will play a member of the ark's establishment crew, numbering less than 30 people you will be tasked with getting the basic necessities up and running; you are all that stand between success and the ultimate death of over 9000 people. You will play as a botanist, engineer, security officer, geologist, or any number of background, all working together in the vital mission of setting up a colony on Catan, previously known as HD20794 e, in the 82G Eridani solar system. An inability to problem solve or work together will result in the death of the colony, and the loss of human kind's future among the stars.

This RP is going to be a rather hard Sci-Fi RP. The softest two thing are the FTL drive and the state of the planet you're supposed to colonize. Everything else is going to be as realistic as it I can feasibly manage.

2033 - The first self sufficient fusion reactor is powered on to supply energy to the civilian populace in Northern Germany.
2036 - Lunar Station: Athena, is created as a forward research station, for both military and civil purposes. Later that year, the United Nations Orbital Association is formed as the regulatory and governmental seat for humanity's further exploration of the stars.
2042 - The Colony of Olympia is set up on Mars, 300km southeast of Olympus Mons. The population sits at 200. Microfracture therapy is invented, to prevent brittle bone disease from cropping up en masse in Martian populations.
2055 - The Athena Reactor comes online. A scientific achievement due to it's size of less than 26 metric tons, it signals the true beginning of the fusion age.
2068 - At the age of 98 years, Elon Musk dies in his sleep of natural causes. He is buried on the peak of Olympus Mons, an onyx monument is placed near his grave site commemorating the man's contribution to human achievement. Olympus reaches the population of 272.
2075 - The first fully viable cryogenics pod is tested on one Marcus Willingham. The test succeeds, and Mr. Willingham survives with only minor freezer-burn. Humanity begins to draft plans to colonize the Galilean moons.
2088 - Europa is settled with a deep space mining station. Collecting water from it's surface ice and sending it to Mars.
2089 - Martian Colonists build a drone retrieval depot, for the purpose of 'fishing' asteroids from the belt, bring them into Martian orbit, and strip mining them there. It is met with apprehension.
2092 - Olympus' population breaks 1,000 people. Efforts to create an artificial magnetosphere on the red planet begin.
2097 - The Singapore Space Elevator completes construction, the artificial Island it is created upon become international territory and becomes strictly regulated by the UNOA.
2100 - Titan station is founded. It's mission is to aid in deep space exploration missions, and to harvest the moon's natural resources to aid in the full colonization of Mars.
2106 - In an effort to generate a greater atmospheric density, as well as to create a viable construction site for a magnetic pylon, 246 thermonuclear warheads and 3 asteroids containing a majority of frozen ammonia detonate in the Martian North Pole over a period of eight months.
2107 - Seeing positive effects of the previous attempt, the same event is simulated and attempted on the Martian South Pole over a similar time frame.
2117 - A large year for Martian development. The first three magnetic pylons are developed on the Martian equator, as efforts to melt polar ice continues. Meanwhile Europan efforts to provide water are halted temporarily as efforts to continue forming a magnetosphere forge ahead. Mars also receives a seat in the UNOA.
2123 - An industrial accident on Titan results in a hydrocarbon lake immolating and destroying roughly $8 trillion in crafted materials.
2128 - The final three magnetic pylons are finished on the Martian equator, the North Pole Pylon completes three months later, and eight months after, the South Pole Pylon too finishes.
2134 - After eight years of tests and deliberation, the Martian pylons come online. After six months, a notable change in the martian magnetosphere becomes apparent. Efforts to increase the atmospheric density of the planet continue.
2139 - The first lab grown human is born, with no birth defects, and from fully lab coded genetics. There is not a single person alive genetically related to the child. Named "Eve" she is adopted by the program's head geneticist Igor Rostislavovna.
2142 - Almost exactly one hundred years after it's settlement, Mars' atmosphere no longer requires pressure suits to traverse. Plants are shipped en masse from Earth to Mars, in an effort to finally make the red planet green.
2153 - Two more colonial stations are set up on Mars: Shepard, and Gagarin. As of their establishment, Mars receives official passports, and Martian becomes a nationality.
2154 - Following the example of Mars, Lunar, Titanian, and Europan too become nationalities. At this point the population of Luna breaches 13,000, Mars breaches 26,000, Titan Breaches 1,300, and Europa breaches 3,600.
2157 - Mars holds it's first election after the cities of New Alexandria and Armstrong are founded. A flag is selected to represent it as an independent nation.
2161 - In an expected turn of events, extremists bomb the Singaporean Space Elevator. Due to it's structural reinforcements and support redundancies, no real physical damage is inflicted. However 86 people of varying nationalities are killed. The UNOA quickly comes to the realization that they are not equipped for interplanetary warfare, and begin drafting plans to do so, as UNOA Officers apprehend any suspected extremists.
2162 - Mars' atmosphere becomes minimally breathable. Walking on the surface of Mars with neither pressure suit, nor oxygen mask is possible for roughly 18 minutes before early stages of hypoxia begin.
2164 - In an effort to prevent further extremist views from cropping up. The Lunar government outlaws the open practice of religion.
2166 - The Martian Insurrection begins. After one of the planet's magnetic pylons is targeted for destruction, local security forces proved themselves viable combatants by defending the pylon and disarming the explosives set around it's structure. After three similar attacks in the aim of destroying major population sustaining objects, the Martian government declares martial law, and requests UNOA aid. The UNOA notes that no help can be supplied, as they themselves are also vastly unprepared for such an eventuality. In November of that year, The Elysium proving grounds are established. The Martian Security Administration changes to the Martian Armed Forces.
2169 - The UNOA publishes 'Physiological changes in Extra-Terran humanity'. Within outlines the changes in the human physique on Mars, Titan, Europa and Luna. With Europans on average being the tallest, followed by Titanians, Lunarians, and Martians. Martians also seem to be the most able to adapt to low oxygen areas like the Himalayas. While Titanians seem to be the most adaptable to low light conditions. Eurpoans seem to be the most adapted to sub-zero environments, and Lunarians have extraordinarily elastic soft tissues allowing for a vastly greater chance of survival on low or even negative pressure environments.
2172 - Eve Rostislavovna, the first lab born human, gives birth to twins In Gagarin, Mars. Ulysses and Hapfthor.
2176 - The first fully sentient and unrestrained AI, Iris, is created in the Elysium Proving Grounds on Mars. After three months of being online it is given a connection to orbital traffic monitors, all tax records, traffic records, and helmet cams to every soldier of the MAF. He begins effectively ending the Martian Insurrection slowly and methodically.
2178 - The UNS Black Valour finishes it's construction at the Athena Shipyards. It is the first martially based starship created by mankind. Bolstering a number of fusion based engines, ion thrusters and a trio of Heavy Fusion Reactors, it can safely travel to Pluto and back before requiring a resupply. It is the most powerful object ever created by mankind, armed with a number of missile batteries, three belly based mass drivers, and a Heavy Coil gun mounted into the ship's superstructure, a single volley of projectiles could result in a combined energy output of 60 megatons of TNT. In April of it's first year, the Martian government resends it's request for UNOA assistance in attacking a Insurrectionist stronghold. The request is authorized, and the stronghold becomes the recipient to a single orbital strike, reducing it to nothing but a crater. A day later, the leader of the insurrectionist movement requests a parlay in order to negotiate a cease fire. The Martian Insurrection ends.
2183 - Orbital photos of mars show vast changes since it's first settlement. Large patches of green can be discerned, while superhighways and settlements dot and crisscross the now greening surface. Martian air has reached a point in which permanent removal of oxygen masks is possible. Mars becomes a fully sustainable planet should the magnetic pylons remain active. In an effort to change this, the Martian government starts brainstorming plans to restart the core of the planet.
2187 - A catastrophic failure of a fusion reactor on Europa converts three thousand tons of ice into steam, before a prompt electrolysis reduces it into oxygen and hydrogen. The resultant explosion causes the formation of the Bethe Crater, 727 meters deep, and over 2,300 meters in diameter. The shockwave resulted in ice fissures up to 600 kilometers away, and killed over 800 people. It remains the most notable reactor failure of this scale since the Chernobyl or Fukushima incidents.
2191 - The Oort Deep Space Monitoring Station (ODSMS) is built and deployed on the outside of the Oort cloud. Staffed by the AI Sparrow Hawk, the mission is to monitor for any transmissions sourced from extra-solar destinations and forwarding them to the nearest human population.
Early 2195 - After both Sparrow Hawk and a UNOA maintenance team lose contact with all human settlements, a recovery team is deployed, before subsequently being lost as well. Fearing the worst, Mars and the UNOA begin the fast track to continuing their orbital ship programs. The Black Valour is dispatched the the Oort cloud, and encounters hostiles. In the form of a rampant Sparrow Hawk and the weaponized civilian ships sent to check on the ODSMS. The Black Valour proves to be more than a match, dispatching the AI and the civilian ships in less than a day over Neptune.
Late 2195 - After news of the battle reaches the UNOA, they issue a ruling that all AI within the Sol system be indefinitely disabled or recoded to no longer remain sentient. All planets sans Mars comply. The UNOA maintains their pressure on Mars as the two try to negotiate.
2197
March - Two years of negotiations and attempts to get Mars to disable their AI reaches a head, as Mars completes it's first starship: The MSV Void Runner. The UNS Black Valour moves into orbit over Olympus, as they issue an ultimatum to the Martian Gov't, disable all planetary AI within three days, or Olympus will receive an orbital bombardment. Extra-Terran nations all protest to such a use of force, as well as a number of Earth based nations. On the third of March, at 3:47 PM, Captain of the Void Runner Ahmed Berrada and the AI aboard, settle to fire upon the Black Valour. Three minutes later a 600ky Nuclear warhead was fired from the ship's coil gun, impacting the bridge of the Black Valour and disabling all it's sytems in a nuclear detonation. The ship would then fall from orbit and land forty kilometers north of Olympus Mons. The UN-Martian War begins.
April - Less than a month after the destruction of the Black Valour, the Void Runner enters Earth's orbit, before deploying 2,000 members of the MAF through SSTO capable drop ships. The UN building in New York is seized, and Mars forces negotiations upon the UNOA. AI's remain heavily regulated, and are only open for use in vital postings, but Mars remains the martial superpower in the system.
2200 - Mars now has several biomes on it's surface. Ranging from boreal forest to red desert. Earth based life slowly begins to be introduced to the planet. Mars' population breaks 30 million. And the cities of Hawking and Curie are built near the equator and north pole respectively.
2201 - The still realtively broken spirited UNOA attends a final parlay between themselves, the Extra-Terran Colonies, and Mars. They sign the Red-Blue Co-Existence treaty. Reforming the UNOA, Extra-Solar Colonies, and Mars into the United Terran Federation. Mars remains the heart of Military authority and production, while Earth remains home to the softer side of things. The Extra-Solar Colonies remain small as ever, yet still growing and adapting, supplying both Mars and Earth with supplies to keep them alive.
2202 - The Ark Program begins.
2203 - The UTS Blissful Horizon begins it's construction at the Deimos Shipyards.
2210 - The UTS Blissful Horizon finsihes construction, and is commissioned later that same year.
2211-2215 - Recruitment drives for the Ark Program are started and finished in this time.
2216 - The Blissful Horizon departs Deimos for Catan.

by **Anowa** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:07 pm

reserved

by **Turmenista** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:13 pm

Tagging

by **Danceria** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:02 pm

Tag aboard.

by **Turmenista** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:39 pm

Name: Jai Perryman
Age: 27
Home Nation: United States of America (Atlanta)
Gender: Male
Appearance: Jai stands at exactly 6'2" and weighs in at 200 lbs. He's African American with an otherwise well built and imposing physique with no visible prosthetics, tattoos, scars or other markings on his body. His black hair has been cut down to a buzz cut and facial hair limited to a mustache. Possesses black eyes.
Personal Belongings:

Shaving Kit
Wireless earbuds
Father's 21st century watch (good luck charm)
Oakley Aviators
Standard-issue safety gloves
Standard-issue safety helmet (orange, decorated with decals + flip-down heads up display visor + microphone)
Spare Engineer coveralls (yellow outline on USA flag patch)
Spare tank top

Educational Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Role in the Colony: Power Loader Operator/Mechanical Engineer
Background:

Jai was born in July of 2189 in Atlanta, the only child to Tanya Perryman. With a practically non-existent father figure in his life (and the only evidence he had of said father ever existing being in a simple 21st century-era watch) Jai had to provide mostly for himself and his mother who juggled working long shifts of a government job. Despite his hardships, Jai seemingly had an affinity to the STEM field, especially in the area of Engineering and Technology. Outside of his studies in school, Jai would find his natural affinity for Engineering in the form of working at Bradley's Repair Shop, a part-time job which he would keep until his eventual graduation from high school.

While working at Bradley's, Jai would gain an extensive knowledge in the inner workings of various things from his coworkers and superiors, ranging from the complex like operating and maintaining heavy machinery like power loaders, to the more simple like changing a tire, replacing a faulty part, or asking a girl out on a date. Jai especially found an interest in operating the heavy power loaders, putting his skills to use in moving otherwise immovable or difficult objects around the shop and assisting in other tasks at hand.

Jai's hard work in school and dedication outside would eventually pay off in the form of admittance to arguably the hardest and most prestigious school on his list: The Georgia Institute of Technology, where he would continue his studies to become a mechanical engineer later in the future. While taking part in his studies for a Bachelor's Degre, however, Jai and many other engineering students at the school learned of the beginnings of the Ark Program and the potential openings of engineers on the then-under construction Blissful Horizon. In 2211 it became especially evident when the Ark Program began recruiting, picking forth bright minds both young and old and of all nationalities and backgrounds to represent humanity's next great big leap into the stars.

Jai, practically finished with his now Master's Degree of Mechanical Engineering and with a deep knowledge in his field, was very lucky to even be considered a potential candidate for the crew of the Blissful Horizon but, nontheless, was accepted alongside a myriad of other engineers, chemists, biologists, and other scientists from all walks of life. Given his skill set as a mechanical engineer and adept power loader operator, Jai would easily find work in the form of a Power Loader Operator, being the one of the only crew members — at least, to his knowledge — with the skill set and proper qualifications to operate such pieces of heavy machinery.

DO NOT REMOVE: 2184

by **Tayner** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:05 am

by **Riysa** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:44 am

Looking great Anowa. Gonna represent my field.

Name: Dr. sc. Carlo Didier
Age: 30
Home Nation: Switzerland, Earth
Gender: Male
Appearance: Average height (180 cm), slightly heavy (85 kg), not very muscular. Has a birthmark on his back, between his shoulder blades.
Personal Belongings: Grooming kit, personal computer and tablet, Victorinox multi-tool and watch, AR visor/glasses, some classic science-fiction novels, and an amateur astronomer's guide to the stars.
Educational Degree: PhD in Computational and Systems Biology, MSc in Biostatistics.
Role in the Colony: Analyzing biological data and samples (computational xenobiology), computer specialist.
Background:

Carlo is one of those unusual individuals who somehow ended up in biology, despite being an engineer at heart - also known as computational biologists. Born in Geneva, he has always been very into STEM as a whole, but a childhood fascination with microbes and viruses led him down the path of biology. However, after he started his undergraduate degree in microbiology, he realized that while he enjoyed learning about the subject, he did not like doing the benchwork. Instead, he preferred working with the lab machines and computers, and analyzing the output data that most considered tedious. Bored, he did some research, and learned about computational biology. Matching what he wanted to do, he switched to the university's bioinformatics program in his second year.

After graduation and while waiting to be accepted to grad school, he interned at a European multinational academic organization specializing in computational biology; it was here that his career took off for real. Working on alien microbes, he completed a project on the microbial environment of Europa's seas, identifying several new genes essential to surviving the extreme cold of that moon, along with a new biovar of Europan bacteria. Impressed with his work, he was invited back to complete his masters thesis with them, this time on tracing the genetic lineage of Europan viruses through statistical analysis. With some help from their recommendation, he was immediately accepted into a PhD program in computational biology after graduation. Long fascinated with microbes, and with his previous experience, he was allowed to pursue the thesis projected he'd dreamed of doing since his undergrad days - a massive search for new microbial and viral life on Mars, in massive underground lakes, which had been preserved for millions of years without contamination.

Following the completion of his doctorate, he wanted to do something a bit different than the typical postdoctoral/academia route. Even though there were plenty of jobs available in national and colonial governments, the Ark project had been making headlines for the past couple of years, so he looked into it and applied for a position on the biology team. It was competitive, but his experience in xenobiology and familiarity with computers - along with a heaping of luck! - gave him the edge, and so on one day in 2216, he ecstatically found out that he was going to be one of the 30 establishment crew headed for Catan.

The idea of going out among the stars, discovering new life and furthering humankind's knowledge had captivated him as a boyhood dream. Now, finally, he has the chance to live that dream out.

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by **Utceforp** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:46 am

Tag, thinking of going for a xenolinguist. (Or just a linguist that has to also take on the role of a xenolinguist.)

by **The GAmeTopians** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:54 am

I'll at least lurk, might app later.

by **Brendislav** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:03 am

Name: Amanda Wiesmann
Age: 30
Home Nation: Europa
Gender: Female
Appearance: (What isn't mentioned or obvious from the character picture, like height and weight, markings on the body etc.)
Personal Belongings: Laptop, Headphones, a small cactus, a journal, extra clothes and a dress.
Educational Degree: MSc Biotechnology, MSc Botany
Role in the Colony: Operates and maintains the Hydroponics Bay, participate in terraforming the planet for agriculture.
Background: Amanda was born into a small mining family on Europa, her father and mother both worked drilling the ice to provide water for the solar colonies. Her older brother would grow up to serve in the United Terran Federation as a crewman on a military ship. Amanda showed promise in her academic studies from an early age, she excelled in Math and Science. Her parents saved all they could so that their children would have a better life than just mining ice, and lucky for Amanda, she received a scholarship to study at Mars. Amanda walked in with an open mind, not really certain on what she should study. But she was fascinated by the amount of life Mars had, she had only seen forests or animals in her classes, or as pets while she lived in Europa. Because of this she dedicated her time to learn Botany and Biotechnology, to study the plants that had filled her world with color and utilize technology to help them grow. After she had graduated she signed up for the Ark program to help aid in the efforts to terraform new planets and see new life. She was elated to be accepted and looked forward to exploring with the crew. With her knowledge of both Botany and Biotechnology, she was a perfect fit to work in the hydroponics bay.
DO NOT REMOVE: 2184

by **Utceforp** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:04 am

Name: Dr. Sebastian Khan
Age: 37
Home Nation: Martian
Gender: Male
Appearance: 6'8 feet tall, weighs 67 kg. Has the thin physique of someone who eats well but doesn't regularly exercise. Has a tattoo of the Padmavyuha on his upper left chest.
Personal Belongings: Computer, books, family photographs, various clothes.
Educational Degree: PhD in linguistics, specializing in theoretical linguistics. He wrote his dissertation on how underlying neurological differences between humans and AIs impede true communication between the two, and how one might approach the task of communicating with an AI in "its own language".
Role in the Colony: His primary role on the ship is as a translator, in the improbable event that the colonists encounter sapient alien life or remains thereof. Since that is unlikely to occur, he has also been trained to act as one of the supervisors of the ODaMn AI, monitoring its behaviour for signs of impending rampancy, and helping it maintain its stability and mental health. Also, he acts as an unofficial translator for colonists who didn't do well in the "foreign languages" segment of the Ark Program's training.
Background: Sebastian was born in Olympia, the son of two second-generation Martian immigrants. His parents were members of a pacifist counterculture that developed in the wake of the Insurrection. His father was a Sunni Muslim and his mother was Catholic, but neither were particularly religious and thus Sebastian was never really exposed to organized religion during his upbringing. The exception were the stories told to him by his Terran grandfather, which were drawn from a variety of sources including the Qu'ran and Hindu epics like the Mahabharata.

Sebastian's interest in linguistics started at any early age, stemming from the fact that various members of his family spoke Urdu, Spanish, and English depending on their needs. It became his passion in his teenage years when he became friends with a newly-arrived French colonist and made an effort to learn her language. While he eventually lost touch with his French friend, he remembered the language, and decided to study linguistics further at university. He was introduced to the field of theoretical linguistics by a professor, and decided to focus his studies on it.

Several years later, while working on his doctoral thesis on AI languages, the Ark program began recruitment. He decided to sign up, undergoing the training program after finalizing his thesis. After looking at his credentials, the program made him the chief translator of the Blissful Horizon.

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by **Mechadopeland** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:40 am

by **Favation** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:38 am

by **The Vekta-Helghast Empire** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:17 pm

Hey, this looks awesome - consider this a tag of interest. Though, admittedly - it's been a long while since I last RP'd on NS, so I may be a teeny bit rusty.

by **Danceria** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:29 pm

I'm not sure how to be a farmer boi.

by **Vacif** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:25 pm

I’m still in Japan but I’ll see what I can do on mobile.

by **Anowa** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:27 pm

Danceria wrote:I'm not sure how to be a farmer boi.

Ecology, botany, and soil sciences come to mind.

by **Tayner** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:35 pm

Name: Montgomery McBride
Age: 44
Home Nation: Mars
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short red hair, and a short stubble on his face. Blue eyes and fair skin. 6"3', rather muscular for his build, and has a scar that reaches from the back of his right shoulder up into his hairline on the back of his head due to a shrapnel wound.
Personal Belongings: A couple cans of tobacco dip, a picture of his old MAF unit, three sets of security clothing, and one set of civilian clothing (Red flannel, blue jeans, ball cap, brown steel toe boots, white t-shirt) Two dozen pairs of socks and underwear, a pocket knife, and a old analog watch.
Educational Degree: Bachalors Degree in Engineering, and a Bachalors Degree in Law, as well as a Masters in Buisness Security and a Philosophy Masters.
Role in the Colony: Executive Officer of Security (Second in command and master of paperwork)
Background: Montgomery was born into a middle class family on Mars just before the Martian Insurrection. His oldest brother and father were both killed, and he was left to be raised alone by his mother. For many years they would be on their own, until his mother re-married when Montgomery was 12. His step father was an officer of the line in the newly formed MAF. Montgomery didn't like his step father, and when he turned 18, he enlisted in the Martian Marine Corps to spite him.

Only Montgomery was sent to Earth aboard the Void Runner after he finished training. He was one of the first boots on the ground, as he landed at the steps of the UN building in New York. Under heavy fire, Montgomery did what Marines do, secure a foot hold. After reinforcements arrived he stormed the building, clearing room after room until he was hit with shrapnel from a grenade in the back. After he was patched up he was ordered to be a sentry, and he manned a machine gun on the second floor of the UN building that overlooked the entrance. After that he would push the limits on how much he could fire before his barrel melted, until Mars finally claimed victory.

After that there was little need for wounded marines, and Montgomery was sent back to Mars to serve in some POG unit. He used government bonuses and financial aid programs to go to school for the next many years, ending up with two bachelors and two masters degrees. He became an officer for some time, but after just over a decade of military service he resigned. It was then he got an offer to become a colonist.

Montgomery, having picked up philosophy, decided that he would best benefit society if he helped build a new world that would be independent of Sol's war-like history. He was also qualified for many positions, and he was selected to be a security officer. He is now responsible for the welfare of the crew, colonists, and for keeping the peace.
DO NOT REMOVE: 2184

by **Anowa** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:45 pm

Turmenista wrote:
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Name: Jai Perryman
Age: 27
Home Nation: United States of America (Atlanta)
Gender: Male
Appearance: Jai stands at exactly 6'2" and weighs in at 200 lbs. He's African American with an otherwise well built and imposing physique with no visible prosthetics, tattoos, scars or other markings on his body. His black hair has been cut down to a buzz cut and facial hair limited to a mustache. Possesses black eyes.
Personal Belongings:
Shaving Kit
Wireless earbuds
Father's 21st century watch (good luck charm)
Oakley Aviators
Standard-issue safety gloves
Standard-issue safety helmet (orange, decorated with decals + flip-down heads up display visor + microphone)
Spare Engineer coveralls (yellow outline on USA flag patch)
Spare tank top

Educational Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Role in the Colony: Power Loader Operator/Mechanical Engineer
Background:
Jai was born in July of 2189 in Atlanta, the only child to Tanya Perryman. With a practically non-existent father figure in his life (and the only evidence he had of said father ever existing being in a simple 21st century-era watch) Jai had to provide mostly for himself and his mother who juggled working long shifts of a government job. Despite his hardships, Jai seemingly had an affinity to the STEM field, especially in the area of Engineering and Technology. Outside of his studies in school, Jai would find his natural affinity for Engineering in the form of working at Bradley's Repair Shop, a part-time job which he would keep until his eventual graduation from high school.

While working at Bradley's, Jai would gain an extensive knowledge in the inner workings of various things from his coworkers and superiors, ranging from the complex like operating and maintaining heavy machinery like power loaders, to the more simple like changing a tire, replacing a faulty part, or asking a girl out on a date. Jai especially found an interest in operating the heavy power loaders, putting his skills to use in moving otherwise immovable or difficult objects around the shop and assisting in other tasks at hand.

Jai's hard work in school and dedication outside would eventually pay off in the form of admittance to arguably the hardest and most prestigious school on his list: The Georgia Institute of Technology, where he would continue his studies to become a mechanical engineer later in the future. While taking part in his studies for a Bachelor's Degre, however, Jai and many other engineering students at the school learned of the beginnings of the Ark Program and the potential openings of engineers on the then-under construction Blissful Horizon. In 2211 it became especially evident when the Ark Program began recruiting, picking forth bright minds both young and old and of all nationalities and backgrounds to represent humanity's next great big leap into the stars.

Jai, practically finished with his now Master's Degree of Mechanical Engineering and with a deep knowledge in his field, was very lucky to even be considered a potential candidate for the crew of the Blissful Horizon but, nontheless, was accepted alongside a myriad of other engineers, chemists, biologists, and other scientists from all walks of life. Given his skill set as a mechanical engineer and adept power loader operator, Jai would easily find work in the form of a Power Loader Operator, being the one of the only crew members — at least, to his knowledge — with the skill set and proper qualifications to operate such pieces of heavy machinery.

DO NOT REMOVE: 2184

Accepted.

by **The Grand Rift** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:48 pm

Name: Elliot Roosevelt/ Dr. Roosevelt
Age: 42
Home Nation: Titan
Gender: Male
Appearance: lanky 6'6, weighing around 201 pounds, with a birthmark on his neck.

Personal Belongings: multiple Blank Virtual Maps, digital Camera, old-fashioned pen and pencil, climbing gear, UV Goggles, enhanced binoculars (like new world binoculars....just think of scouters from dragon ball.), remote scouting drones, Nanofilament combat knife, a small flag of Titan, a picture of his first hike to the top of Mt. Everest and Titans Mithrim Montes and a standard issue HK&R M12 Match (10x22mm)

Educational Degree: PhD in Terran Geography, Martian Geo, and Titan Geo. Bachelors in GIS (geo info systems), and robotic-assisted Geography.

Role in the Colony: Cartographer/ Scout.

Background: In the year 2176 at the coat-ales of the first fully sentient AI, Elliot Roosevelt was born into the still small Titan Colonies. His father worked as a natural gas miner, among the thousands of oil and natural gas rig workers already there, his mother being an engineer was always out preventing the worst from occurring on their isolated station. Elliot, therefore, lived an almost entirely self-sufficient lifestyle immediately after his infancy. Elliot seemed always ahead of the other children in school, much of the leadership recommended him being put into an accelerated program for engineering.

However, by age 14 Elliot was found more often exploring the terrain around the station, than attending class. Several times search parties were sent out after him as well as Elliot many of those times barely escaping with his life. At this point his mother knew she couldn't control him, so he was sent to Earth otherwise known as Terra to finish his education while living with his father's uncles. Once upon this foreign planet, Elliot only amplified his love for dangerous terrain and the outdoors in general. While in the meantime switching his accelerated course against his mother's wishes from engineering to geography and by age 16 knew he wanted to map the entirety of Titan himself. With his uncles enabling him rather than discouraging him, Elliot finished his schooling around 25.

He then began methodically exploring Earth and Mars itself but he wanted something new and wanted to serve his parents and the colony for something meaning more. He then returned to Titan working for the energy council and the Habitation Council, scouting out new locations suitable for human development, while also painstakingly exploring the volatile extreme terrain of Titan such as its famed hydrocarbon lakes. Again after exhausting his adventures, and with his father died in an industrial accident, Elliot expanded his horizons eventually finding it with Ark. His mother not willing to find a new home out of connections to her father or her age gave her last goodbye to Elliot. Now Elliot was devoid of family.
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by **Anowa** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:09 pm

The Grand Rift wrote:
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Name: Elliot Roosevelt/ Dr. Roosevelt
Age: 42
Home Nation: Titan
Gender: Male
Appearance: lanky 6'6, weighing around 201 pounds, with a birthmark on his neck.

Personal Belongings: multiple Blank Virtual Maps, digital Camera, old-fashioned pen and pencil, climbing gear, UV Goggles, enhanced binoculars (like new world binoculars....just think of scouters from dragon ball.), remote scouting drones, Nanofilament combat knife, a small flag of Titan, a picture of his first hike to the top of Mt. Everest and Titans Mithrim Montes and a standard issue HK&R M12 Match (10x22mm)

Educational Degree: PhD in Terran Geography, Martian Geo, and Titan Geo. Bachelors in GIS (geo info systems), and robotic-assisted Geography.

Role in the Colony: Cartographer/ Scout.

Background: In the year 2176 at the coat-ales of the first fully sentient AI, Elliot Roosevelt was born into the still small Titan Colonies. His father worked as a natural gas miner, among the thousands of oil and natural gas rig workers already there, his mother being an engineer was always out preventing the worst from occurring on their isolated station. Elliot, therefore, lived an almost entirely self-sufficient lifestyle immediately after his infancy. Elliot seemed always ahead of the other children in school, much of the leadership recommended him being put into an accelerated program for engineering.

However, by age 14 Elliot was found more often exploring the terrain around the station, than attending class. Several times search parties were sent out after him as well as Elliot many of those times barely escaping with his life. At this point his mother knew she couldn't control him, so he was sent to Earth otherwise known as Terra to finish his education while living with his father's uncles. Once upon this foreign planet, Elliot only amplified his love for dangerous terrain and the outdoors in general. While in the meantime switching his accelerated course against his mother's wishes from engineering to geography and by age 16 knew he wanted to map the entirety of Titan himself. With his uncles enabling him rather than discouraging him, Elliot finished his schooling around 25.

He then began methodically exploring Earth and Mars itself but he wanted something new and wanted to serve his parents and the colony for something meaning more. He then returned to Titan working for the energy council and the Habitation Council, scouting out new locations suitable for human development, while also painstakingly exploring the volatile extreme terrain of Titan such as its famed hydrocarbon lakes. Again after exhausting his adventures, and with his father died in an industrial accident, Elliot expanded his horizons eventually finding it with Ark. His mother not willing to find a new home out of connections to her father or her age gave her last goodbye to Elliot. Now Elliot was devoid of family.
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Tayner wrote:Name: Montgomery McBride
Age: 44
Home Nation: Mars
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short red hair, and a short stubble on his face. Blue eyes and fair skin. 6"3', rather muscular for his build, and has a scar that reaches from the back of his right shoulder up into his hairline on the back of his head due to a shrapnel wound.
Personal Belongings: A couple cans of tobacco dip, a picture of his old MAF unit, three sets of security clothing, and one set of civilian clothing (Red flannel, blue jeans, ball cap, brown steel toe boots, white t-shirt) Two dozen pairs of socks and underwear, a pocket knife, and a old analog watch.
Educational Degree: Bachalors Degree in Engineering, and a Bachalors Degree in Law, as well as a Masters in Buisness Security and a Philosophy Masters.
Role in the Colony: Executive Officer of Security (Second in command and master of paperwork)
Background: Montgomery was born into a middle class family on Mars just before the Martian Insurrection. His oldest brother and father were both killed, and he was left to be raised alone by his mother. For many years they would be on their own, until his mother re-married when Montgomery was 12. His step father was an officer of the line in the newly formed MAF. Montgomery didn't like his step father, and when he turned 18, he enlisted in the Martian Marine Corps to spite him.

Only Montgomery was sent to Earth aboard the Void Runner after he finished training. He was one of the first boots on the ground, as he landed at the steps of the UN building in New York. Under heavy fire, Montgomery did what Marines do, secure a foot hold. After reinforcements arrived he stormed the building, clearing room after room until he was hit with shrapnel from a grenade in the back. After he was patched up he was ordered to be a sentry, and he manned a machine gun on the second floor of the UN building that overlooked the entrance. After that he would push the limits on how much he could fire before his barrel melted, until Mars finally claimed victory.

After that there was little need for wounded marines, and Montgomery was sent back to Mars to serve in some POG unit. He used government bonuses and financial aid programs to go to school for the next many years, ending up with two bachelors and two masters degrees. He became an officer for some time, but after just over a decade of military service he resigned. It was then he got an offer to become a colonist.

Montgomery, having picked up philosophy, decided that he would best benefit society if he helped build a new world that would be independent of Sol's war-like history. He was also qualified for many positions, and he was selected to be a security officer. He is now responsible for the welfare of the crew, colonists, and for keeping the peace.
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Both Accepted.

by **The Vekta-Helghast Empire** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:33 pm

(Incorrect size, as to not take up too much space)

Name: Edward ‘Eddie’ Macpherson.

Age: Twenty-Eight.

Home Nation: Mars.

Gender: Male.

Appearance: The man stands at around five-foot and eleven inches, and weighs around one-hundred and sixty-five pounds. He also has a small scar on the right-side of his neck, as a result of an accident during a live-fire training exercise.

Personal Belongings:

A small set of scissors for maintaining his beard and hair.
One Smart-Watch.
One set of Wireless earbuds.
One set of earplugs.
Three miniature notepads, blank.
Two miniature notepads, lined.
Five pens and six pencils.
A thick backpack marked with a white cross, containing a variety of combat-medical equipment, clamps, scalpels, plasma, morphine and the likes for in-field stabilizations.

Educational Degree: Four Years studying Medicine at University, achieving a masters degree, before spending one year in medical school studying to become a doctor before dropping out and serving four years in service to the Martian Navy as a Combat Medic, the last year being spent in training for the Ark Project.

Role in the Colony: Field Medical Officer.

Background: Born on May 12, 2188 to a middle-class family on Mars, just before the results of terraforming became apparent to the wider public. Edward spent more time outside than many other Martians who’d set-foot, or been birthed on the planet before him. A first generation outsider. His father worked in Hydroponics and his mother was a junior officer aboard a freighter which was later commissioned by the Martian Navy when things escalated in 2197. Him only being nine years old at the time. And so, he spent many a night fearful of the dreaded call that his mother wouldn’t be returning. A call which never came, and within a few months - his mother was returned with a number of commendations from the Martian Navy following her service - marking her shift from Civilian life, into Military life. A career change that lingered on the mind of the then-boy Eddie.

But in 2206, under the advice of his father - he left highschool and immediately departed for University at the age of eighteen, where he spent four years studying Medicine. Gaining his bachelor's degree in 2210, and moving into medical school to study further. But after just a year, that old lingering thought of military service got the better of him and he dropped out without a word to his parents and enlisted in Martian Navy. He would spend four years there as a combat medic, earning experience in a number of small skirmishes with criminal and foreign entities and a number of accolades for his duty. Then, at the end of that fourth year - he received a call from the Ark project, announcing that they’d called him in for an interview. Before he knew it, he was enlisted into the program and began his specialist training for the mission - dealing with foreign terrain and the likes.

Although perhaps, among the less educated of the task-force: he is, most certainly an experienced member, on a practical level.

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by **Danceria** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:37 pm

Anowa wrote:
Danceria wrote:I'm not sure how to be a farmer boi.

Ecology, botany, and soil sciences come to mind.

Thanks, I was thinking initially being from Europa, then going to school on Mars, allowing him knowledge on terraforming. This seem feasible?

by **Anowa** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:37 pm

Danceria wrote:
Anowa wrote:Ecology, botany, and soil sciences come to mind.

Thanks, I was thinking initially being from Europa, then going to school on Mars, allowing him knowledge on terraforming. This seem feasible?

Yup.

by **Favation** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:14 pm

Name: Liam Gozyak
Age: 48
Home Nation: Mars
Gender: Male
Appearance:

6'5 ft
Bio mechanical augmentation in legs, arms, and the back.
Scars in chest and the back.

Personal Belongings: Kukri machete,
Educational Degree: Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Administrative Justice.
Role in the Colony: Part of the Security Team.
Background: Born to a South African father from Earth and a Physician mother from Mars, Liam grew up in Mars and grew up to see his home fighting the insurrectionists for ten years until their defeat in 2178. His mother worked at a prime hospital in New Sanctum and his father as a private military contractor for the Martian government, fighting the Insurrectionists ever since Liam was born. Liam never quite understood much about the conflict up until a few years afterwards when his dad explained to him that they were nothing but rebels and terrorists that harmed the delicate balance of peace and that he should always be ready to fight for his people in any case, much to the disapproval of his mother. After growing into adulthood, Liam studied engineering at the Military College of the Sanctum of Mars and soon joined the Martian Defense Forces and by 2195 he had the rank of Sergeant Major.

He was present at the battle of the Black Valour and the rogue Sparrow Hawk. He assisted during the battle and earned the rank of Lieutenant. He kept working in the MDF. He saw as his home planet became more and more like Earth, different from the many barren and cold red landscapes he had grown up. A few years passed after the Red-Blue Co-Existence treaty was signed, until he was promptly honorably discharged from the Reforming Martian military in 2205 with the rank of Major. He began his own engineering company from home alongside his wife Tara and daughter Rachael. After years of retirement from the military life he was contacted by the Ark Program in 2214. The government offered him a chance to become a part of a new effort of colonization for his years of distinguished service. With some reluctance and encouragement from his family he signed up, with his entrepreneur efforts proving not as profitable in the last few years he decided that a new life fresh for their daughter and wife could work. Soon the family found itself in the Blissful Horizon in 2216, assigned to the Security Team. What does this life offer for him?
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