[OOC] Fallout: Terror of the Everglades

[ProPro]

Jeez, do you think that I'm made of caps? Quit trying to break my bank.

[Orlan]

A wasteland bank would be the worst business proposition ever, nothing to invest in, no automated teller machines to give you the money or any other branches and the lack of trust in the economy.

[Orlan]

Anyone have any ideas for what unique treasures lurk in The Florida Jungle?

[Voltus_Ventus]

Disney Land.

[POOHEAD189]

<Snipped quote by Orlan>

And a mutated alligator named Sebastian.

@ProPro

Thank you for not forgetting.

[POOHEAD189]

Work in Progress. I just got my history left.

My character

Name: Carver Sutherland

Alias: Wetland Wanderer

Age: 24, give or take a few centuries

Gender: M

Race: Human

Primary Skills*: Guns, Unarmed, Barter

SPECIAL*: 33
Strength: 4
Perception: 7
Endurance: 6
Charisma: 5
Intelligence: 6
Agility: 7
Luck: 5

Gear/inventory:

• .44 Magnum (45)
• Lever Action Rifle (38)
• Combat Knife
• Drifter Outfit
• Radaway (x4)
• Nuka Cola
• Purified Water
• Stimpak (x3)

History: Carver was born in Jacksonville, Florida 23 years before the bombs fell to a family of mixed Celtic and Seminole heritage. His father worked in a steel mill and his mother worked as an attorney for the Mayor of the largest city in Florida. They never had the money to send him to college, and Carver had been working odd jobs since he was 15. The list includes bag boy, courier, zoo attendant, Karate instructor, deli worker, and now Everglades tour guide. For nearly 3 years, Carver was a freelance guide, being paid for the service of taking tourists out and viewing the Florida wilds up close. He came home for his vacation, spending a few weeks with his folks who had him sign up for the ridiculous 'Vault' idea. He was to head back to Brandon the next day when the bombs fell. He and his family made it in just in time. He was frozen in Vault 189.
Next thing he knew, his capsule opened and he fell out, coming face to face with an armed Ghoul who hid behind another capsule. Both seemed surprised to see one another, and after some convincing on the Ghouls part that he wasn't dreaming, he was given a gun. They both managed to dispatch the three raiders that had been chasing the Ghoul, which had led him inadvertently into the Vault, scrambling to find a button to close himself in, which instead opened up Carver's capsule. Unfortunately, the gunfire broke the opening mechanism, leaving his family frozen indefinitely.
He began to travel with his new companion, Chek, a heavily armored ghoul with a shotgun who almost never spoke. They traveled all along the gulf, and after a year of surviving fights against raiders, mutants, and even a super mutant or two, they found themselves back in North Florida.

@POOHEAD189

I hope this neat but relatively vague history works for you. Also, my guy kinda would look similar to my avatar from up ahead, except with darker hair (and no medieval armor).

[MarsAdept]

@ProPro@Voltus_Ventus@clanjos@Marshall@Orlan@ImpLaughs@EurmalEye@ProPro@POOHEAD189

I apologize for this being later than i said it would be. However, the rp has finally begun. Feel free to post in the IC now. Go mingle in the tavern, Pandora's Tears, in the town of New Hope.

@EurmalEye And yes, you may make a second character as long as you can do it as much justice as your first at least. Treat all your characters equally and fairly.

@POOHEAD189 your character is approved.

[ProPro]

@ProPro@Voltus_Ventus@clanjos@Marshall@Orlan@ImpLaughs@EurmalEye@ProPro@POOHEAD189

I apologize for this being later than i said it would be. However, the rp has finally begun. Feel free to post in the IC now. Go mingle in the tavern, Pandora's Tears, in the town of New Hope.

@EurmalEye And yes, you may make a second character as long as you can do it as much justice as your first at least. Treat all your characters equally and fairly.

@POOHEAD189 your character is approved.

@MarsAdept

Woo! I got mentioned twice, I must be important! Woo!

But yeah, I'll try to post tomorr-Oh wait it is tomorrow. Well, sometime after I go to sleep and wake up today. I'm pretty much already dead.

[MarsAdept]

Sorry, @ProPro i did not mean to mention your twice i just wanted to make sure I got everyone notified.

[Orlan]

Well we know the favourite so far then.

[Marshall]

@Orlan You mentioned something about the Brotherhood of Steel? Lol

[Orlan]

@Marshall Yes, I personally think of them as trumped up scavengers... Lewellyn has a slightly stronger version of that opinion.

[Marshall]

@Orlan Honestly I see them as something greater. I see your point because that is essentially what they are at the core.

[Orlan]

Lyons did a good job really but in 4 they're no better then a personality cult, haven't a clue about them before Lyons.

[Marshall]

Theres so much to the Brotherhood. Like so much.

[ProPro]

Lyons did a good job really but in 4 they're no better then a personality cult, haven't a clue about them before Lyons.

@Orlan

That depends on which chapter you look at, and the time period. The Brotherhood was probably at their most "likeable" during Fallout 1, but even then they were xenophobic, distrustful, and looked down on regular people. After all, they were founded on the idea that humanity's technology had evolved more quickly than their sense of morality, so it was the job of the Brotherhood to keep all of the "good toys" out of the hands of everyone else, which is how they believed they were protecting all people. Time passed and other factions began developing, which had far greater numbers, most notably the New California Republic. The NCR got people organized and actually developed something of an infrastructure, thus they were able to use good old world tech too... Something the BoS didn't like. That lead to the BoS attempting to enforce their Codex and wage war with the NCR, because they were too short-sighted to see the world changing around them. As it turns out, having better weapons, armor, and training doesn't mean jack when you're outnumbers 30 to 1. So the West Coast BoS ended up a shadow of its former self.

Before that though, the BoS sent two separate expeditions to the East. The first one left on airships, but due to complications ended up crashing in the Midwest, around the Chicago region. This chapter of the BoS had far more limited resources and manpower, in foreign territory, so they chose to ignore certain parts of the Codex in favor of survival, in order to bring law to the new land they found themselves in. So the Midwest BoS began recruiting from the local population, leaving behind their xenophobia as they welcomed tribals, super mutants, ghouls, and even trained some deathclaws. While they are the most accepting of different peoples, they're also very facist and rule over the midwest like feudal lords.

The second expedition sent East actually made it to their destination, and that was the Lyons chapter that you're familiar with. At first they were no different than their West Coast brothers, but Elder Lyons grew attached to the local populace and decided that in order to protect humanity, they should, you know, actually protect humanity. Some members didn't like where this was going, so they split off into their own more fundamentalist group known as the Outcasts (ironic since they're infinitely more traditional to the original BoS than Lyons). Something that you don't actually see much in gameplay, but crops up in small bits here and there (supplemental materials, computer terminals, the rare piece of odd dialogue) is that while Lyons' chapter is devoted to helping the people of the Capitol Wasteland, they're still racist and bigoted against non-humans, which includes sapient ghouls. Anyway, after Fallout 3, Maxson takes control of the Lyons BoS at age 16. He's a direct descendant of Captain Roger Maxson, the founder of the BoS, so he's got some birthrights there, on top of having re-established contact with the elders on the West Coast and having earned his own chapter's respect. So once he takes over, he turns them back into a more fundamentalist group once again, the Outcasts rejoin because of this, and they lord over the Capitol Wasteland as its rulers. However, due to all the work that Lyons put into helping people before and being more welcoming to outsiders, they're still well liked, and their policy of recruiting outsiders remains.

And everything after that, you know. This has been "An Abridged History of the Brotherhood of Steel" by ProPro. Tune in next week to learn the specifics of the Brotherhood in its formation before the games take place! Same Rad-channel, same Rad-time!

[EurmalEye]

@Orlan Lol I am very interested to see if your character is going to buy like 20 bags of rad away after this scene. Otherwise you may die from the radiation that glowing one is putting out

[ProPro]

@EurmalEye Funny you should mention that, since I just addressed that in my first post, hahaha.

[Marshall]

@ProPro I'm amazed you didn't notice something roughly your size enter the bar lol.

[ProPro]

If there wasn't a ghoul being treated like a piece of meat being tortured in multiple restraints, then that wouldn't have been a problem for sure, hahaha. :P Joshua's got kind of some issues with "equality" though. He still believes in some form of Unity, even if the Master is dead and the psychic link between super mutants is now null.