Icarus (Sci-fi/Time-travel|OOC|Open)

[Dyelli Beybi]

I don't know what you are talking about and I can't really be bothered to look it up right now.

There are two things you need to consider in the RP. First, to sort-of quote Arthur C Clarke, when a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong and any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. This is stuff from well into the future. Our current conceptions of how things work are almost certainly flawed and the AI and ship work in ways that you/Richard do not understand.

But how do they work? Exactly as is necessary to further my plot. In short, I don't really care about that kind of detail. Am I presenting everything as realistically as I can given modern scientific theories? Probably not. I have presented the historical details of Leuctra as reliably as I could because I'm interested in that sort of thing and, more importantly, that is a real thing that really happened. Sentient computers that run space/time ships are not a real thing that has happened yet so I'm going to use my imagination and write something that works best for the story.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Speaking of technology. Going forward, if you want to add any to the RP, going forward, please can you clear it with either me or one of the other mods on here first?

[Nagakawa]

Yo Alaska Hawaii and the Aleutians, are you gonna post for Marray Zeve anytime soon? Duong is currently with him after he passed out.

[Grenartia]

Alright, I'm back. Sorry for the pause in posts. What should I do now to get my character all caught up? Or should I say the realization of what happened finally hit Charles and he passed out?

I mean, Elizabeth's in the mess/cafeteria, if you want to interact.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Mercatus... there are a couple of issues with that last post.

First, Marcus is locked out of the armoury. It was locked down to prevent untrustworthy people getting access to weapons. The only people who can get to the weapons are the very small amount of people Hannah has told the machine to regard as legitimate crew members.

Second, don't take over the AI. There are things I do and don't want people to be able to do on the ship. The AI is the gatekeeper, not an open NPC. Marcus isn't crew (as far as the computer is concerned) and it won't follow his instructions or hand over control of the ship to him or anyone else unless specifically told to by Hannah.

I don't care about making coffee or whatever, but he is not in control and it is not relevant whether he trusts the AI or not; the AI does not trust him.

[Mercatus]

Mercatus... there are a couple of issues with that last post.

First, Marcus is locked out of the armoury. It was locked down to prevent untrustworthy people getting access to weapons. The only people who can get to the weapons are the very small amount of people Hannah has told the machine to regard as legitimate crew members.

Second, don't take over the AI. There are things I do and don't want people to be able to do on the ship. The AI is the gatekeeper, not an open NPC. Marcus isn't crew (as far as the computer is concerned) and it won't follow his instructions or hand over control of the ship to him or anyone else unless specifically told to by Hannah.

I don't care about making coffee or whatever, but he is not in control and it is not relevant whether he trusts the AI or not; the AI does not trust him.

I'll get around to editing it later because I'm working on an app for another RP. Otherwise thanks for letting me know.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Grand, thanks for editing and apologies for the slow response.

[Chia Dal]

How far in the past or future can a player from?

[Charoskania]

Character Description

Name:Henrich Von Adelberg
Gender:Male
Appearance:
5 Feet, a little skinny, Walrus Moustache brown hair, glasses

Original Lifespan:1891-1938
Biological Age now:25

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills:Medical, Dodging, Writing
Weaknesses: Shooting

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Background:

Backstory:Born In Stuggart, The German Empire to a Middle Class jewish Family. Middle child with 2 siblings. He was religious and kept a version of the old testament in his pocket. He sought an intrest in the Medical Career. He Graduated with a Neurological Degree. During WWI, He was a surgeon. However he suffered shell shock during the Battle of Verdun, Horrified at the Various degrees of Injuries. The Shell shock is mostly Recovered but he still sees scars on everyone he meets. After the War, he met fellow jew Maria Hermann in a Hospital. They married in 1920 and had Jerald in 1922 and Rolf in 1925, a very close family. He wrote a few medical books basing upon neurology. To the Riech at first he thought it was another political party. However he panicked at the Rise of the Riech in 1933. He tried to escape to France but he was a jew. He tried to bribe but they said no. Skip to 1958 where his life came to an end when he held back the SS for his familly to escape.
Cause of death:Shot at Kristallnacht

[Madrinpoor]

Character Description

Name: Earl Burle
Gender: Male
Appearance:


Original Lifespan: 1901-1953
Biological Age now: He would be 40, in the middle of performing various broadway shows

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills: Funny, good actor, charismatic, can entertain people well and great communicator, very smart and good with technology
Weaknesses: Clumsy, slightly overweight, a little arrogant, loud/boisterous, pretty naive, very hit-or-miss; either very annoying or very fun to be around

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Background: Born in 1901, Earl discovered early on that he had a natural talent for acting. He and his friends put on neighborhood shows for people as kids and into his teens. In 1918, when he was 17 and finished college, he joined a traveling Vaudeville troupe entertaining soldiers that had come back from the war. When the war ended his Vaudeville troupe broke up, and Earl decided to go to drama school. He graduated in 1921, and became an actor in the theater industry, being a supporting character in multiple drama and comedy plays. In 1926, he starred in the Broadway show Twisted Grapes and continued starring throughout the 1930s. When World War II broke out, he became a stand-up comedian entertaining troops in California. Later in the war, he starred in propaganda films advertising war bonds and enlistment. When the war was over he got into TV and became a very big star, headlining in major movies and some TV shows. In 1951 he began directing, writing, and starring in a TV show about two friends, Jerry and Jeremy, who spend nearly all their time complaining about life in a bar, making get-rich-quick schemes, or trying to find dates unsuccessfully. The show received very high ratings and gained lots of publicity, making Earl lots of money and gained him fame. That all came to an abrupt end in 1953, when Earl went on a charity trip to Chile and his plane crashed into the Andes Mountains, killing everyone aboard, including Earl.

Backstory: Should I copy and paste from above?
Cause of death: Plane Crash

[Europa Undivided]

Character Description

Name: Earl Burle
Gender: Male
Appearance:
(Image)

Original Lifespan: 1901-1953
Biological Age now: He would be 52

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills: Funny, good actor, charismatic, can entertain people well and great communicator, very smart and good with technology
Weaknesses: Clumsy, slightly overweight, a little arrogant, loud/boisterous, pretty naive, very hit-or-miss; either very annoying or very fun to be around

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Background: Born in 1901, Earl discovered early on that he had a natural talent for acting. He and his friends put on neighborhood shows for people as kids and into his teens. In 1918, when he was 17 and finished college, he joined a traveling Vaudeville troupe entertaining soldiers that had come back from the war. When the war ended his Vaudeville troupe broke up, and Earl decided to go to drama school. He graduated in 1921, and became an actor in the theater industry, being a supporting character in multiple drama and comedy plays. In 1926, he starred in the Broadway show Twisted Grapes and continued starring throughout the 1930s. When World War II broke out, he became a stand-up comedian entertaining troops in California. Later in the war, he starred in propaganda films advertising war bonds and enlistment. When the war was over he got into TV and became a very big star, headlining in major movies and some TV shows. In 1951 he began directing, writing, and starring in a TV show about two friends, Jerry and Jeremy, who spend nearly all their time complaining about life in a bar, making get-rich-quick schemes, or trying to find dates unsuccessfully. The show received very high ratings and gained lots of publicity, making Earl lots of money and gained him fame. That all came to an abrupt end in 1953, when Earl went on a charity trip to Chile and his plane crashed into the Andes Mountains, killing everyone aboard, including Earl.

Backstory: Should I copy and paste from above?
Cause of death: Plane Crash

Not the OP

As far as I know the biological age we have upon resurrection in the Icarus is between 25-40.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Character Description

Name:Henrich Von Adelberg
Gender:Male
Appearance:
A jew with a slight moustache, brown hair, glasses

Original Lifespan:1891-1938
Biological Age now:25

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills:Medical, Dodging, Writing
Weaknesses: Shooting

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Background:

Backstory:Born as a Jew in Stuggart, German Empire, he gathered up his medical career. He joined WWI as a medic, and earned Steel Cross rank 2. He had a familly until Kristalnacht
Cause of death:Shot at Crystalnacht

I'm not declining this app, but can you expand on this a bit please? This is extremely bare bones and I'd like to know a bit more about your character. Have a look at some of the other apps if you are looking for inspiration on what to right.

Character Description

Name: Earl Burle
Gender: Male
Appearance:
(Image)

Original Lifespan: 1901-1953
Biological Age now: He would be 52

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills: Funny, good actor, charismatic, can entertain people well and great communicator, very smart and good with technology
Weaknesses: Clumsy, slightly overweight, a little arrogant, loud/boisterous, pretty naive, very hit-or-miss; either very annoying or very fun to be around

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Background: Born in 1901, Earl discovered early on that he had a natural talent for acting. He and his friends put on neighborhood shows for people as kids and into his teens. In 1918, when he was 17 and finished college, he joined a traveling Vaudeville troupe entertaining soldiers that had come back from the war. When the war ended his Vaudeville troupe broke up, and Earl decided to go to drama school. He graduated in 1921, and became an actor in the theater industry, being a supporting character in multiple drama and comedy plays. In 1926, he starred in the Broadway show Twisted Grapes and continued starring throughout the 1930s. When World War II broke out, he became a stand-up comedian entertaining troops in California. Later in the war, he starred in propaganda films advertising war bonds and enlistment. When the war was over he got into TV and became a very big star, headlining in major movies and some TV shows. In 1951 he began directing, writing, and starring in a TV show about two friends, Jerry and Jeremy, who spend nearly all their time complaining about life in a bar, making get-rich-quick schemes, or trying to find dates unsuccessfully. The show received very high ratings and gained lots of publicity, making Earl lots of money and gained him fame. That all came to an abrupt end in 1953, when Earl went on a charity trip to Chile and his plane crashed into the Andes Mountains, killing everyone aboard, including Earl.

Backstory: Should I copy and paste from above?
Cause of death: Plane Crash

This app is generally grand, but like EU pointed out, Earl will be younger, when he wakes up, than he was at the point where he died.

As I wrote in the first paragraph of the opening post; if you were old or infirm, you aren’t anymore. Old scars and injuries that you accumulated through the years of your life have been washed away and you are in the peak of health. You are, in fact, healthier than you have ever been (though there will be plenty of time for you to change that). That is significant for the plot later on. If you change that around to make it applicable to your character we should be alright.

[Charoskania]

Edited

[The New Byzantine II]

Character Description

Name: Bernard Gino "Biggie" Chen
Gender: Male
Appearance:





Original Lifespan: 1990-2017
Biological Age now: 26 years old, turning 27.



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Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills: Intelligent, cunning, diplomatic, hand-to-hand combat, skilled in pistol & melee and being practical
Weaknesses: Arrogant, stubborn, impatient, illegal drugs (specifically meth).




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Background:

Backstory: Bernard Chen was born in the late 1990 in the capital city of the Philippines; Manila, to a flight attendant Filipino mother and a businessman Chinese-Filipino father, making him a Filipino of Chinese descent. Bernard is obviously born in a wealthy family, he was in the upper class of the Filipino society due to his background. During his childhood, the parents were annulled and separated (since divorce doesn't exist in the Philippines), Bernard was snatched by his father. His relationship with his mother & his younger sister most likely get affected in the future. By 2006, since the Philippines doesn't have a K-12 Education system yet - he finished high school by the age of 16, he have never heard of his mother and his younger sister - he doesn't have plan to meet them because at the back of his mind, his mother/sister really never cared for him. He decides to forget them. By the time he reached college, his father introduced him to the Manila underworld and Bernard was surprised how his father has deep connections with the local Triad syndicate based in Manila and is considered a high-rank officer Heung Chu which is an equivalent of a Caporegime in an Italian Mafia organization. His father taught him how to negotiate with businessmen, and taught him how business works as it is related to his bachelors' degree. His father always gave him advice that "there are no friends in business but only to yourself", his father also stated that even a family will betray the family due to the temptations from outside sources.

By 2010, he graduated college and was groomed to be a Triad member under his father's wing. This was also the time where illegal drugs began to pour to the Philippines coming from China and Mexico. In terms of the criminal underworld, there were no organized crimes in the Philippines which the Triads and the drug cartels in Latin America considered the Philippines a ripe for the taking. By the year of 2010 to 2016, it was this era where the Philippines was turning into a narco-state as the administration under the former President Benigno Aquino was decent but corrupt. The old oligarchy (who backed the former President due to his lineage) at this time were part of the illegal drug trade. Bernard Chen is part of this drug trade, so does his father. As a Triad, Bernard began to make a name for himself as "Biggie Chen" due to the fact that he is a ruthless, tall guy and his body tone is chiseled. He rose to ranks in the syndicate using his father's advice and connections. Biggie was groomed to become an officer anyway, landing him the Sin Fung spot which is a low-ranking officer in a triad syndicate. He is a businessman in the legal world, a drug lord in the Manila underworld.

Fast forward to mid-2016, when Duterte took over the Philippines by storm - the bloodiest drug war was launched. The Manila-based Triad syndicate is obviously affected by Duterte's drug campaign due to their affiliation to the "old oligarchy". Most of the high-ranking officials including his father were killed without legal process. Biggie got mad by this but he realized that all of this is just business. He thought that without illegal drug trade, the servants of the new oligarchy or the police in general wouldn't profit from their worthless jobs. He immediately got promoted toHeung Chu and was given a territory in the slums of Tondo, a barangay called "Gracia". At his father's funeral, only him and the Triads were present, not his relatives... nor his mother or his younger sister. Biggie wondered where his mother/younger sister are now. Are they in another family? A loving family perhaps that lived a normal life? Biggie has some doubts in his life as a Triad member and a ruthless drug lord.

By 2017, he controlled Brgy. Gracia with an iron fist - fighting against other local syndicates and the law enforcement. His drug operations went smoothly - pouring the drug money to the already-weakened Triad syndicate, Biggie still believes that the Manila Triad can survive the Philippine Drug War. He made deals with corrupt PDEA agents based in Tondo (equivalent to American DEA) to make sure he isn't caught by the authorities. Nothing significantly happened in Tondo as fighting against the Triad's enemies became a daily basis until the so-called "One-Time, Big-Time" operation was launched.

“Operation One-Time, Big-Time”, which happened in August 2017 - was considered a big blow to the Manila illegal drug trade - thousands of criminals across Manila were killed by ruthless law enforcement, and Biggie Chen was one of them. Barangay Gracia was one of the main targets of the so-called operation. Of course, Biggie Chen and his forces fought a fight against PDEA agents and operatives. He had the upper hand as Biggie's forces knew the maze-like slum better than the agents. The civilians also fought against Biggie Chen's men and the agents as they also had enough of the non-stop drug wars where civilians are also caught in a crossfire. Barangay Gracia would become one of the most deadliest battles in this operation - or the drug war in general. Biggie Chen got heavily wounded and was arrested by the law enforcement. After he got arrested and put into a police van, the corrupt agent proceed to shoot him in the head, killing him instantly. The corrupt agents attempted to kill an innocent agent (as this agent isn't part of the Old Oligarchy faction) however the innocent agent gained an upper hand and proceeded to kill the corrupt. The result would be that the suspect (Biggie Chen) fought, killed three [corrupt] agents and was shot in the head by the [innocent] agent.

Cause of death: Got shot in the head by a corrupt agent.

Terms:
*Based in real life*
Old Oligarchy: It is the main and largest faction in the Philippine oligarchy centered by the three families; Cojuangco, Aquino and Lopez. They are formed during the second-phase of the Philippine Revolution. They replaced the full-blooded Spanish oligarchy. Their powers diminished when Rodrigo Duterte took over as the 16th president of the country.

New Oligarchy: It is a faction of oligarchy to oppose the mainstream oligarchy. It was formerly a one-faction oligarchy headed by the Marcos family. Formed in 1965, the New Oligarchy was cast out and basically non-existent from 1986 up to the early 2000s. Currently, it is headed by the three families; Marcos, Villar and recently Duterte. They are the current oligarchs in the Philippines.
[These two oligarch factions are all the same, they are both corrupt but both have different agendas.]

PDEA: Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Heung Chu: Basically a high-ranking officer position in any Triad syndicates.

Sin Fung: A low-ranking officer position in any Triad syndicates.

By the way, if you asked why I know about the oligarchies, how the criminal underworld in the Philippines are operated (depending on the region) and the events that happened during the early years of the Philippine drug war is because I'm a Filipino myself, lol.

[Charoskania]

Fellow southeast asian here

[Madrinpoor]

Character Description

Name: Earl Burle
Gender: Male
Appearance:
(Image)

Original Lifespan: 1901-1953
Biological Age now: He would be 52

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Skills: Funny, good actor, charismatic, can entertain people well and great communicator, very smart and good with technology
Weaknesses: Clumsy, slightly overweight, a little arrogant, loud/boisterous, pretty naive, very hit-or-miss; either very annoying or very fun to be around

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Background: Born in 1901, Earl discovered early on that he had a natural talent for acting. He and his friends put on neighborhood shows for people as kids and into his teens. In 1918, when he was 17 and finished college, he joined a traveling Vaudeville troupe entertaining soldiers that had come back from the war. When the war ended his Vaudeville troupe broke up, and Earl decided to go to drama school. He graduated in 1921, and became an actor in the theater industry, being a supporting character in multiple drama and comedy plays. In 1926, he starred in the Broadway show Twisted Grapes and continued starring throughout the 1930s. When World War II broke out, he became a stand-up comedian entertaining troops in California. Later in the war, he starred in propaganda films advertising war bonds and enlistment. When the war was over he got into TV and became a very big star, headlining in major movies and some TV shows. In 1951 he began directing, writing, and starring in a TV show about two friends, Jerry and Jeremy, who spend nearly all their time complaining about life in a bar, making get-rich-quick schemes, or trying to find dates unsuccessfully. The show received very high ratings and gained lots of publicity, making Earl lots of money and gained him fame. That all came to an abrupt end in 1953, when Earl went on a charity trip to Chile and his plane crashed into the Andes Mountains, killing everyone aboard, including Earl.

Backstory: Should I copy and paste from above?
Cause of death: Plane Crash

This app is generally grand, but like EU pointed out, Earl will be younger, when he wakes up, than he was at the point where he died.

As I wrote in the first paragraph of the opening post; if you were old or infirm, you aren’t anymore. Old scars and injuries that you accumulated through the years of your life have been washed away and you are in the peak of health. You are, in fact, healthier than you have ever been (though there will be plenty of time for you to change that). That is significant for the plot later on. If you change that around to make it applicable to your character we should be alright.

edited, is it better now?

[Dyelli Beybi]

Edited

This is still too short. I appreciate you are relatively new to the forums but you are supposed to wait for me to accept you before posting. There's nothing wrong with your intro post, but please don't post anything else until we've sorted your app out.

Here are a few pointers you might find useful. You don't have to include all of this,

1. Appearance. 'A jew' is not a description of a physical appearance, it's a description of an ethno-religious group. How tall is he? What is his build? What shape is his face? What colour are his eyes? Does he have any distinguishing scars or birthmarks? You've said he has a moustache... what kind of a moustache?

2. Backstory. He was born in Stuttgart and trained in Medicine. Was he from a wealthy family or a poorer one that struggled to get him that kind of education? What were his experiences growing up? Did any of them inform how he behaved later in life?
You've said he was a surgeon in the army, but he got shell shocked at Verdun. I'm assuming this is PTSD related to all the mangled people who he had to treat? It would be worth explaining that. It would also be worth expanding on how this experience affected him in later life. Was he more or less recovered? Is he still suffering from it? Is this going to affect how he behaves on the ship?
You said he had a family 'with 2 kids and a wife'. You could expand on how he met his wife. Was she a nurse on the front, a childhood sweetheart, the widow of a deceased comrade in arms? Was she Jewish? (this makes a massive difference for the kids) How old were his children at the point when he died? How close were they as a family? All of this could and should affect the way he acts when he wakes up.
He wrote a few medical books. I'm assuming these are textbooks... though they could be scurrilous romance novels with a medical theme. What is he area of medical expertise? Was he working at a hospital or an academic institute? Which one?
You then say he was killed while resisting arrest on Kristallnacht. This skips past the whole rise of the Third Reich which would be a pretty significant part of his life. How did he see the Nazis, as a former veteran? Was he worried about them or did he think they were something that would go away on its own? Did he consider emigrating and decide not to? Did he try to flee somewhere and find the borders closed?

Incidentally, it's 'Kristallnacht'

Hopefully that's enough to get this looking a bit less bare bones.



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[box]Character Description
[list]Name: Bernard Gino "Biggie" Chen
Gender: Male
Appearance:

(Image)

(Image)

Original Lifespan: 1990-2017
Biological Age now: 26 years old, turning 27.

Accepted!

edited, is it better now?

Perfect, also accepted.

[Madrinpoor]

Does anyone have a character I can interact with on my first post? If I finish before any of you answer that's fine, I'll just have my character sit there.

[Khasinkonia]

Charoskania, you haven't been accepted yet. Stop posting until you address Dyelli's concerns with your application.

[The New Byzantine II]

Does anyone have a character I can interact with on my first post? If I finish before any of you answer that's fine, I'll just have my character sit there.

Speaking of interaction, I will post sooner or later. Also, I suggest you join the Discord server since most of the OOC and planning things are held there.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Charoskania, you haven't been accepted yet. Stop posting until you address Dyelli's concerns with your application.

What Khas said. I have already asked you to stop posting and fix your app. Also, there isn't 'a guard' on the ship.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Does anyone have a character I can interact with on my first post? If I finish before any of you answer that's fine, I'll just have my character sit there.

Speaking of interaction, I will post sooner or later. Also, I suggest you join the Discord server since most of the OOC and planning things are held there.

Yes... it is a very active community and while you don't have to join, I'd definitely recommend it!

[Charoskania]

Edited

[Dyelli Beybi]

Edited

I'm still not getting a feel for your character. You've given simple sentence answers to some of the questions I posed but you still haven't told me much about your character. There are also historical errors such as referring to the 'Reich' as a political party. Reich is the German word for Empire, your character would have fought for the Second Reich. The party you are referring to was the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, otherwise known as the NSDAP or Nazi Party.

I'd recommend hopping on the Discord and going into the 'Character Creation' channel so we can have a proper conversation about getting your app ship-shape.

[Madrinpoor]

I won't be here this weekend (I'm going camping) so if it takes me a while to post, that is why. Sorry for any inconvenience! I'll be back Sunday around noon probably