First Contact [OOC/Open]

[Nea Byzantia]

Can I be a KGB Sleeper agent disguised as a security guard at the base?

That would be hilarious but would break the roleplay in so many ways.

Why?

[Endem]

Can I be a KGB Sleeper agent disguised as a security guard at the base?

I can imagine everything that probably can go wrong and RP to be derailed because of that... If you swear to don't kill the alien you get my official acceptance of the idea

[Nea Byzantia]

Can I be a KGB Sleeper agent disguised as a security guard at the base?

I can imagine everything that probably can go wrong and RP to be derailed because of that... If you swear to don't kill the alien you get my official acceptance of the idea

Won't kill the alien, just there to gather information.

[Endem]

I can imagine everything that probably can go wrong and RP to be derailed because of that... If you swear to don't kill the alien you get my official acceptance of the idea

Won't kill the alien, just there to gather information.

Proceed with the idea

[Nea Byzantia]

Won't kill the alien, just there to gather information.

Proceed with the idea

I can't actually commit to this RP...Was a fun idea, though.

[The Archipelago Territory]

Fixed

[Chronodosia]

He hates that I Roleplay in the Present Tense because I am roleplaying the Actions I am doing not the actions I have done. He started B***hing at me on the OOC for Welcome to Calmora and I put him on my ignore list. if he wants to leave because someone roleplays differently from him let him. its his loss. I am not gonna change how I roleplay because I write it as what I am doing not what I have done.

And he's not alone. It's annoying to read the story and then someone breaks the form that everyone else uses. Overall I think past tense is slightly better then present tense because time skips and flash forwards/backwards come in more natural but having an unholy mix of past and present tense is worse then either.

After all, you are not describing your actions but the actions of your character. You are the author. And your character is not doing the action we just imagine he does and as the author you can use whatever tense works best.

As long as you don't also write in the first person, I guess I won't quit over such a thing but still I urge you: You are just writing it once but then 5 or 6 or so people have to read it, so please think of your readers and use the same tense then everyone else it using.

The Only time I ever use First Person is when the Character is talking like EX: Jason says, "I am going on duty now."
The is the extent of First Person I use I dont do it from the Characters Pov I just use Correct grammar when having the char speak. and I write in Present tense bc I am describing the Actions the Character is doing, Not the actions that they have done.

Its Operated in present tense so I write it like that. Doing is present tense, Done is past, Going to do is future, I had to learn that when I was trying to learn a second language.

and I am not getting at you or anyone I am just explaining why I write my IC Posts in Present Tense.

[The Archipelago Territory]

I did a different agency

[Endem]

NS Name: The Archipelago Territory
Char Name: Robert Allen
Gender: M
Appearance: (Image)
Bio:
The former OICI Chief of Staff joined the OICI as a lawyer in college, and rose up the ranks quickly to become one of the top legal staff. He met with the Deputy Secretary of Energy, who was the second-highest officer in the entire Department of Energy, and he marked him as a candidate for Chief of Staff, which the Secretary of Energy accepted. Allen had conducted intelligence and technological surveillance of the power grid, making him a good candidate for a technological researcher at the facility, and he’s secretly reporting this information to the OICI and DOE
Role: ( researcher or security ) researcher/investigator, OICI representative
Equipment:computer, handgun, notebooks

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Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:

Now, I can accept this

[Rykil]

NS Name: Rykil
Char Name: Nathan O'Leary
Gender: Male
Appearance: Rough a round the edges with a slightly squared face. Bears a lean yet muscular physique, one that is particularly good for running. Nathan has dirty blonde hair worn with a regular cut and a stubble.
Bio: Exobiologist Researcher Nathan O'Leary was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents of Irish descent. At a young age Nathan's father introduced them to science fiction, sparking an interest in astronomy and exobiology. Nathan graduated with above-average grade scores in both High School and College. Nathan found a job in biology, examining the different creatures that inhabited this here Earth. The almost alien nature and behaviors of Cnidarians particularly attracted them. Their work in the field of biology served as prime inspiration for the decent-selling science fiction short stories. Eventually, Nathan found a new role in the airforce, wishing to serve the United States in any possible war against the Soviets. Nathan became involved in the Roswell cover-up, followed shortly by his stationing at Area 87. With the possibility of contact just around the corner, Nathan's proficiency in biology and hypothetical concepts will prove useful.
Role: Exobiology Researcher
Equipment: Area 87 Lab/Field Equipment and Specialized Exobiologist Lab/Field Equipment.

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Personality: Nathan approaches situations with a neutral, logical standpoint. One can reliably call upon him to act as a mediator or a fact-checker. The possibility of finally contacting alien lifeforms is of immense importance to him, believing that they can teach humanity a thing or two.
Likes: Science Fiction, Writing, a decent book, anyone who falls within their ways of thinking and beliefs, Cnidarians.
Dislikes: Gung-ho soldiers, stereotypes and redundant tropes, control freaks or anyone who falls under the category of manipulative, Arachnids.

[Endem]

NS Name: Rykil
Char Name: Nathan O'Leary
Gender: Male
Appearance: Rough a round the edges with a slightly squared face. Bears a lean yet muscular physique, one that is particularly good for running. Nathan has dirty blonde hair worn with a regular cut and a stubble.
Bio: Exobiologist Researcher Nathan O'Leary was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents of Irish descent. At a young age Nathan's father introduced them to science fiction, sparking an interest in astronomy and exobiology. Nathan graduated with above-average grade scores in both High School and College. Nathan found a job in biology, examining the different creatures that inhabited this here Earth. The almost alien nature and behaviors of Cnidarians particularly attracted them. Their work in the field of biology served as prime inspiration for the decent-selling science fiction short stories. Eventually, Nathan found a new role in the airforce, wishing to serve the United States in any possible war against the Soviets. Nathan became involved in the Roswell cover-up, followed shortly by his stationing at Area 87. With the possibility of contact just around the corner, Nathan's proficiency in biology and hypothetical concepts will prove useful.
Role: Exobiology Researcher
Equipment: Area 87 Lab/Field Equipment and Specialized Exobiologist Lab/Field Equipment.

Optional
Personality: Nathan approaches situations with a neutral, logical standpoint. One can reliably call upon him to act as a mediator or a fact-checker. The possibility of finally contacting alien lifeforms is of immense importance to him, believing that they can teach humanity a thing or two.
Likes: Science Fiction, Writing, a decent book, anyone who falls within their ways of thinking and beliefs, Cnidarians.
Dislikes: Gung-ho soldiers, stereotypes and redundant tropes, control freaks or anyone who falls under the category of manipulative, Arachnids.

Accepted

[The Archipelago Territory]

I think we should start the IC thread now. We’d get more characters that way.

[Endem]

I think we should start the IC thread now. We’d get more characters that way.

Yes, I'll start developing in tomorrow

[Endem]

Roster was made

[The Archipelago Territory]

Roster was made

Okay , thanks

[Talchyon]

OP - My app is all done. Sorry for taking so long. Looking forward to this.

[UniversalCommons]

Just curious. Are there any bystanders, trespassers, or witnesses. Reporter types, people who show up when strange things happen for no reason, crackpots, etc.

[Endem]

An app. All done.

NS Name: Talchyon
Char Name: Dr. Martin Oswald
Gender: Male
Appearance: (Image)
Bio: Martin Oswald was a brilliant, gifted young man growing up that excelled in math and structured activities, but was poor in athletics and social skills. It's not that he wanted to be asocial. It's more like he didn't understand social cues as well. With his thick glasses as a young man and his inabilities socially, Martin was often bullied and picked on as a child.

Growing up, Martin won a Rhodes scholarship and went to Yale. He again excelled in the classroom, his mental affinities bringing him to love advanced mathematics. Having a mind that could calculate complex numbers in an instant didn't hurt. He also picked up mechanical engineering, since the concepts were easy enough due to his consideration of it as basic as geometry.

Since then, Martin got 2 doctorates at MIT and Brown. He published several peer-reviewed articles and gained attention from the national government and the F.B.I. Hearing uncertain things about the loyalty of certain generals in charge, and looking to get an independent view on the alien spacecraft, Dr. Oswald was one of a few civilians at the top of list chosen to examine the spacecraft further. He has been paired up with other Army mechanical engineers, and due to Martin's memories of his youth, his feelings of physical inferiority, coupled with the dedication of proving that brains were better than brawn, Martin has not had an easy time so far with his military counterparts.

Role: Researcher. Martin is an advanced mathematician with a mind like a lightning calculator. He also has a background in mechanical engineering. While the Army has their own mechanical engineers, the government wanted a civilian's input as well. The relationship between Dr. Oswald and his military counterparts have been less than ideal.
Equipment: Dr. Oswald has a 1961 Ford 4-door. He has and uses a slide rule, index cards, a briefcase, various files. He also has been assigned to an office that has various scientific and engineering tools.

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Personality: Logical. Looks down on athletes, but mitigates that somewhat for athletes who are at least capable in their mental facilities. Struggles socially. Feels inferior in some ways. If pushed, he may explode in repressed anger coming out.
Likes: Logic and order. Rational explanations for all things. The music of Brahms (he has with him at the base several LPs of Brahms' chamber and symphonic works.)
Dislikes: Braggarts. Men strong in body but not in mind. Those who look down on intellectuals.

Accepted, but everyone starts at Area 87

Just curious. Are there any bystanders, trespassers, or witnesses. Reporter types, people who show up when strange things happen for no reason, crackpots, etc.

Those people will be a part of the mission, misinformation and keeping off

[Kaledoria]

Seriously, US Intelligence is crazy. And my character must know, having worked for the USAFSS
It was not as crazy in '64 as today but still:

So we have the Department of Justice, that has the FBI, the Department of State has the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), the CIA is standing in the corner looking shady without a superior department and then there is the Department of Defense and that has at top level the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the NSA. And then there are the Intelligence divisions of the military branches USAF Security Service, US Army Security Service, Coast Guard Intelligence and Office of Naval Intelligence and they are more or less below the NSA?
...And then there is Robert Allen, who works for the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI) for the Department of Energy (established a bit earlier then in our timeline but okay).

How do so many spies get anything done?


My character's "big moment" in the Bio would be more representative of a DIA agent then a USAFSS agent, since the later don't usually do clandestine stuff but rather, as his academic background suggests, listening in on radio and telephone calls of the enemy. He probably got help from a DIA agent during that mission.

[The Archipelago Territory]

Seriously, US Intelligence is crazy. And my character must know, having worked for the USAFSS
It was not as crazy in '64 as today but still:

So we have the Department of Justice, that has the FBI, the Department of State has the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), the CIA is standing in the corner looking shady without a superior department and then there is the Department of Defense and that has at top level the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the NSA. And then there are the Intelligence divisions of the military branches USAF Security Service, US Army Security Service, Coast Guard Intelligence and Office of Naval Intelligence and they are more or less below the NSA?
...And then there is Robert Allen, who works for the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI) for the Department of Energy (established a bit earlier then in our timeline but okay).

How do so many spies get anything done?


My character's "big moment" in the Bio would be more representative of a DIA agent then a USAFSS agent, since the later don't usually do clandestine stuff but rather, as his academic background suggests, listening in on radio and telephone calls of the enemy. He probably got help from a DIA agent during that mission.

I know it was made in the 70s but it may have been made earlier because it deals with the power grid and Cybersecurity so if aliens came in the 50’s it might have been established then.
Also my person is secretly working for them

[The Archipelago Territory]

Hi, are we ready to start?

[Endem]

Hi, are we ready to start?

Today was a busy day for me and I'm currently not in a position to write the IC thread. Don't worry, it should be out this evening or tomorrow morning

[Zjaum]

Just a note: I will be gone through the entirety of next week. I will try and attempt an initial post and hopefully one or two follow-ups, but there will be a point of absence. Just know that I am not inactive, just on hiatus.

[The Archipelago Territory]

Hi, are we ready to start?

Today was a busy day for me and I'm currently not in a position to write the IC thread. Don't worry, it should be out this evening or tomorrow morning

Ok, thanks. Don’t be in a rush, quantity over quality

[Endem]

Today was a busy day for me and I'm currently not in a position to write the IC thread. Don't worry, it should be out this evening or tomorrow morning

Ok, thanks. Don’t be in a rush, quantity over quality

I think it goes Quality over Quantity but, thanks for the advice