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This RP, is not like many I've done. Rather, it is simply put, a mesh of influences infused into a much more over-the-top style. Realism, authenticity, all of that, doesn't exist here. Neither, does much common sense. There will be ridiculous characters, and ridiculous opponents. While we are still grounded to our world, this isn't exactly what I would call very...well, rooted to what I've done. Moreover, badassery>realism. Ridiculousness>Authenticity. There's some basis for a few things, but this isn't meant to be real. Consider the fact that there are 7"5 giants in this RP, and you realize why.

Scimitar is a mercenary team in our near future, contracted for any matters that need a specialist touch. Where an SF team cannot penetrate, they come in. When a politician needs to go, they come in. When you have eight foot mechanized armor soldiers trying to breach a high-security Gulag, they come in. Scimitar views the world as a little too conventional, and when things are beyond the sanity of any force on the planet, they exist just to keep things from spilling over. They are beyond what you would normally call a sane bunch of men and women, but are what little stands between some of the most technologically advanced and well armed forces of natures nobody even hears about on the news from making the world a miserable place. Not just "terrorists". Far more sinister forces are at work, and sending Delta is no longer the solution. For an asymmetrical and superior force, you need your own mirror.

This isn't an RP grounded in reality- and I want ridiculous characters. There isn't one thing- but you can have a look for yourself in what part you'd like to play in Scimitar. The RP functions around six characters, who have been provided a skeletal background for you to develop them on top of. They have different strengths and specialties- so pick wisely who you feel would best be played by you if you're interested. They will be expanded on- there's a rough description of all six to see what you'd like to pick out. I might add some more later on, to give them a better feel.
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Hmmm.

Will you have me bro?

If you would, I'd like to call that Mohican.
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Put me down for Bjorn.
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I'd actually love to play something like this if you actually, you know, didn't determine the players' characters for them from the getgo. I know they're supposed to be skeletons and that players can slap on whatever backstory they want but you already determine what they can do, what they'll be able to do, what they look like, a good deal of their personalities and even who they want to fuck in some cases instead of seeing what your players come up with and how the characters develop. It's too bad because it sounds like a Sci Fi Expendables and that'd be a blast to play.
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I agree with space ghost
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I like the idea and I like stealth so pencils me in for Antoine
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Spartan023 said
I like the idea and I like stealth so pencils me in for Antoine


Sure, no problem. OOC will be up once we have Svetlana filled in.

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I'd actually love to play something like this if you actually, you know, didn't determine the players' characters for them from the getgo. I know they're supposed to be skeletons and that players can slap on whatever backstory they want but you already determine what they can do, what they'll be able to do, what they look like, a good deal of their personalities and even who they want to fuck in some cases instead of seeing what your players come up with and how the characters develop. It's too bad because it sounds like a Sci Fi Expendables and that'd be a blast to play.


I'm open to change features of them if you'd like- there are certain things that will alter all over the place. The reason for it was simply to kind of make sure I had certain archtypes of characters filled in, though I am more than happy to alter large portions if you'd like. Without it, I'd have, say, too many of one character and not enough of another- and I have had requests to change a specific character, something you could do later on just so long as you just had a good idea and felt it would work better overall (which I'm absolutely open to). Appearance isn't even a picture yet, so that's just a vague idea of some physical attributes- and no, I don't even control them, I've just got a vague abstract lines on which you can make a fully-fledged character in terms of what they do and moreover, how they'd do it on top of what you see. People in other RPs, surprisingly enough, I've seen not really do a lot of their own romantic conquests within a large team or you know, form subplots to expand the story's direction (though there are one or two that I know are absolutely awesome at it and are great to have), and even so, I haven't done much to really direct any liking to anyone. For all I know, Li could probably hate Antoine or something as random as that, it's just a simple case of characters being not so much manipulated, but created in a format that at least concentrates their direction.

And in regards to that Love Triangle- it's more of a comedic device, you know. I'd like to do it for the shits and giggles really, that kind of makes it a bit awkward around those three characters to keep a sub-plot going in terms of will-they won't they. I mean, it isn't much of their personality judged down, it's a feature of it. There's a lot of room for you to give their personalities, their histories, and keeping that skeleton means that I can vaguely put across a concept of what kind of character I'd like to have in the RP. It's less sci-fi ish really, it's moreover an exadurated version of near-future combat. So of course, there's killing grunts and all, but then there's killing more resilient enemies, but it is within the grasp of plausibility. The rest is just a bit more future-y.
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I'm pretty interested in this, but it looks like all your slots are full already, unfortunately.
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You could have Svetlana, though I'd be willing to change that character quite a bit if you'd like.
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Bump? One more character space to be filled!
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Everyone still in for this? I'll get the OOC up soon, since I don't think we can get that one last character- though I'll keep looking.
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Still here.

Haven't ditched on you yet brother.

Why should I start now?
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http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/29503/posts/ooc

OOC is up!
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