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Beacons (A Post Apocalyptic RP)

Mortalbean said
Of course not, why use good ammunition when you can use coca cola bottle caps.

What could go wrong?!

Beacons (A Post Apocalyptic RP)

Mortalbean said
Oh my god that game is amazing, ever read the book?

Mmm, no, I haven't. Going to have to get it though, methinks.

Damiann47 said
Funny thing is I was thinking about Metro with this, mostly due to the gas masks.

Think Metro but with cooler guns.

Though if you're curious, a lot of the underground living quarters are very much like the conditions in the Metro stations. Though ammunition isn't used as currency.

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Mortalbean said
The issue is that on xmas break everyone who has school is on during US hours. From about 12-7 EST the site is down.

Mmm, true.

Well, lucky I don't sleep much :P

I'll try and get the first IC post up soon, been playing Metro 2033 and I feel some creative tingling in my brain.

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Damiann47 said
Site had been really moody for me, so kinda haven't been around pruely because I can't connect. Hope things stabilize soon.

The site's been crashing for everybody, it's not just you.

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Mortalbean said
Please don't let this die, I was so excited for this D:

Trying not to, don't worry, I haven't forgotten this! You'd be amazed how hard it is to juggle 5 different RPs though >.<

Beacons (A Post Apocalyptic RP)

Twenty One of Fifty

Name: Twenty One of Fifty (Note: Subject prefers to go by “Blackjack”, anomaly pending further investigation. Of Project Vanguard, subject is the only one of 33 successful to show this trait, all other subjects show no signs of discontent with numerical naming system.)

Sex:Female

Age: 10 (physical and mental age appear to be early twenties.)

Appearance: Subject is of average stature, roughly 5’ 7” and about 160 pounds, not including the weight of cybernetics. Subject possesses dark auburn hair, which is kept in a ponytail. Subject has brown eyes and a pale complexion. Subject possesses a cybernetic optical prosthesis in her right eye, and both arms have been replaced with cybernetic prostheses.

(If anybody’s wondering, her arms look like the cybernetic arms you see on Adam Jensen in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The cybernetic eye just looks more or less like a normal eye.)

Skills: Subject shows remarkable skill in the use of small arms, even accounting for training and conditioning, primarily semi automatic rifles and heavy hitting sidearms. Subject has been seen to fire all eight rounds of a full Sturm, Ruger Silverhawk Combat Revolver in under four seconds, with all rounds hitting their mark. Subject is also proficient in the maintenance of her firearms and other gear, and possesses knowledge of jury rigging electronics, where this latter knowledge originated from is still under debate and investigation. Subject has received basic field medicine and trauma training, and is also more than able at setting up temporary safe zones with standard issue Enviro-Tents.

Traits: Subject has been augmented with a Model 220 Optical Prosthesis, granting multiple modes of vision in one eye as well as other capabilities such as recording high definition video for playback later. Subject has also been augmented with a Series 26 Spinal Reinforcement and two Series 60 Military Grade Prosthetics in place of arms. Subject’s internal organs are largely intact save for the heart, which has been replaced with a high performance electrically receptive organic polymer cardiovascular organ, as well as a metabolic energy converter, also of organic polymer. While combat efficiency and overall situational effectiveness are greatly improved, subject is vulnerable to EMP weaponry (exposure to which requires at least an hour for autorecovery systems to repair damage to circuits) and requires far more nutrient intake than normal. Subject’s standard gear has been modified to accommodate this.

Personality: (Excerpt from the notes of Dr. Francine Ken Stein, PhD): Subject is most unusual, other surviving subjects of Project Vanguard appear to be functioning exactly as expected, autonomous but with little independant wants, not so with Twenty One, or, Blackjack.

Subject appears to have deduced downtimes in daily training schedule, and is often found in such downtimes either sleeping in a corner or otherwise occupied, usually at an information terminal. When asked about this behavior, subject responded with, “Because I’m bored. What do you expect us to do when we’re not shooting at steel plates, stand in a line?” This behavior is most peculiar, and the previous response is unique among Project Vanguard subjects, with others merely stating their occupation in a dull monotone, with no reference to first person. The stints at a terminal are also responsible for subject’s choice of a nickname, subject having discovered the card game blackjack at some point, and drawn the connection between her assigned number and the fact that she is an anomaly among the subjects.

Subject has been observed to idly poke other subjects on downtime, and ask researchers if there is some activity she might partake in. Subject is overall inquisitive and precocious, and appears to be highly suspicious of unknown people. This suspicion also shows itself in that the subject appears to have severe hindrances in socializing and human interaction, likely the result of mainly having no true peers to speak with. Several researchers are reluctant to deal with the subject after several practical jokes and other pranks were pulled, in one case causing a researcher to lose bowel control in surprise. Further psychological investigation after initial mission is pending, nonetheless, subject displays behavioural maturity in line with her physical age.

Backstory: Project Vanguard was initiated six years after the apocalypse, as it is now termed, using genetic material from a detachment of United States Marines stationed in Dallas at the time. The goal of Project Vanguard was to develop individuals with the skills and physiology needed to survive in the wasteland for extended periods of time and conduct field operations in the reclamation of salvage from the wasteland as well as research. Of Project Vanguard, numbers 1-10 were designated as research personnel and noncombatants, numbers 11-35 were designated as soldiers and escorts, while numbers 36-50 were designated as mechanics, engineers, and to provide other utility services.

Project Vanguard appeared to go well initially, with embryonic development proceeding normally. The project called for an accelerated initial growth rate, aging supplied zygotes to a physical age of roughly 20 in half the time, then the artificial growth hormones would be removed, and the subjects would ideally be ready for field work shortly after, with the culmination of training in chosen fields as well as physical and mental conditioning hopefully rendering the subjects prime candidates for extended trips in the wasteland. Unfortunately, several of the subject’s systems could not handle the strain of the regimen, and many expired even before leaving the growth tubes. The survivors all show diminished mental faculties and independent decision making, save for the anomaly Twenty One of Fifty. While the other subjects can operate independently, they lack any higher reasoning skills that would suit them for extended operations, showing only basic initiative in tasks other than those assigned to them. This is where Twenty One differs.

Roughly one month after being removed from the growth tanks, 21 displayed remarkable cognitive development, unlike the other subjects. Within a year, 21 had to be provided with additional activities to occupy her mind, and Dr. Stein, whose notes have been utilized in a prior segment, took it upon herself to provide the subject with a computer for personal use in downtimes, and to speak with the subject on a one to one level. Dr. Francine was the first to notice the subject’s preference for the nickname Blackjack as opposed to her assigned number, and to push other researchers into using this nickname also.

Unfortunately, Dr. Stein suffered an accident where she was exposed to lethal doses of hazardous chemicals, and died 12 hours later. Upon hearing this news, the assistant researcher described the subject’s reaction as, “devastated”, and subject was observed to confine herself to the small cell assigned to her and obsessively use the computer provided to her by Dr. Stein, only leaving for designated training and conditioning, and continued to do so up until being told of her first outside assignment. As subject is the only one of 33 to be viable for outside duty, having performed above expectations, the funding of Project Vanguard’s second generation depends on her performance in the field.

Equipment: Subject is to be equipped with a standard issue environmentally sealed armored suit, and 4/2 filter gas mask, with twelve extra primary filters and two extra secondary filters. Subject is equipped with a customized Sturm, Ruger Silverhawk Combat Revolver, with an extra twelve full 8 round cylinders. Subject is also armed with a FNH M39 BBR, modified for the heavier hitting 6.5mm cartridge, and twelve extra twenty five round magazines. Subject is also equipped with a breakdown Enviro-Tent, and spare parts for maintenance of the tent and her weapons. Subject has also been given an under-suit three gallon canteen, as well as purification tablets designed to break down or kill exterior toxins and other contaminants in small amounts of water. Subject carries two weeks worth of energy dense nutrient tablets, designed to provide enough energy for full function of cybernetics and biological processes.

(Again using DX:HR, the revolver looks and functions not unlike the one in the game, the main difference being that this revolver can use semi AP ammunition as opposed to HE ammunition. The rifle looks like a combination of the combat rifle and sniper rifle from the same game, with the magazine being located behind the trigger like other bullpups, and the barrel longer and similar in appearance to the one on the sniper.)

Other:

Subject is under orders to allow another member of the team she will be joining assume the leadership position, unless no other team members can adequately fill that role.

Sorry that took so long, Google Docs failed to save something and I had to write this twice.

And if anyone's wondering, the bit under the "Other" section is some roleplaying of my own, I'm definitely GM'ing this, but as far as IC, I'm curious to see who'll step up as a party leader, and I should have the first IC post up some time tomorrow.

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Damiann47 said
Right so are we ready to get rolling soon? Had ideas how to start out floating around in my head for a few days now.

We should be good to go pretty soon. Sorry this has been taking so long, I'm a disorganized klutz with all this stuff.

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Ragnarok said
So I have a quick question. Does our lovely team meet up through random happenstance. Or will there be some benefactor that is gathering useful talents from around the dome.

Hmm, it'll be a combination, actually. Essentially the dome says "Hey, anybody interested in going outside and grabbing some useful stuff for us?" and anybody with the gear and the guts to do so can apply ahead of time and show up, and in some cases (such as my own character, whose sheet which should be up sooner rather than later at this point) they don't have a choice. While there are occasionally privately funded and organized groups that go out, for the most part and in this case, it's the government of the dome setting up a scavenging group. This tends to happen once about every three months, but not many people have much of an interest in going outside (wonder why?).

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Damiann47 said
Hang on... yep my brain crapped out... I read "outside" the domes. Carry on as I personally facepalm.

Well hey, worst case scenario someone cracked a grin.

And as to the exterior, yeah, anybody you find is likely to kill you for food, gas mask filters, and other supplies the moment they lay eyes on you.

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Mortalbean said
What is the government inside the domes like?

It varies greatly between the domes, but as far as the Dallas one goes, it would not be unlike the pre apocalypse. While there are limits on children per family, (adopting lacks this limit, for any children without a family.) there are still elections, freedom of speech, et cetera. The Dallas dome is one of the ones that attempt to maintain at least some semblance of former life, along with parts of the NYC dome, and the Atlanta dome, as far as Domes in the US go. As to other domes outside the US, I don't know enough about foreign laws, but for the most part they will not have devolved into tyrannical dictatorships. So people will still gather to protest over something, you'll still find waffle houses (though there isn't any actual meat raised on farms and such, that'd take too much space. As such, "meat" is primarily soy based, and for the most part is close enough to the real thing that most people don't raise too much fuss), you'll see people going to the movies, there are shooting ranges (this is Texas, after all, grocery stores and so on. As far as the government itself, it's not unlike a miniaturized version of the US government today, though there are two people in the position of "president" kind of like Roman consuls, the Senate being drawn from different city districts, so on and so forth. Judging on a scale of "tyrannical" to "benevolent" or 1-10 (10 being benevolent), the Dallas dome government would be about a 7-8, or "Not too bad."

If I didn't actually answer what you wanted or you want to know about other domes, don't hesitate to ask, it helps me remember this RP is in existence so I don't completely wander off from bad memory.