DocRock

All-Verse: The Initiative

Aerial Trooper

AT-967890

"The view sure is nice from up here, transmitting bird's eye view of battlefield, standby for map data."

[None ⫻ Dark Rockverse ⫻ 20 Months ⫻ Undecided/Lawful Neutral]

▼ APPEARANCE ▼

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"Yes, this is my default design, I am an airborne model."

Of average figure, 967890's body from neck down is covered for the most part in a black seemingly skintight material, hard to the touch. Her eyes are blue, and her long wavy hair black. Her feet are held by heels, and she has a pair of small, metallic like structure that extend from her shoulder blades.

▼ PERSONALITY ▼

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"I was designed for aerial observation and data transmission, I'm nothing special."

A model designed for transmission of combat data from on high, there are times that 967890 can seem flighty, but these are rare, compared to the baseline template used for her series. She tends to be straight and to the point, calm, and relaxed. That isn't to say she doesn't become nervous, as often happens when questions about her kind or her people are posed, in part due to her youthfulness compared to some. That isn't to say that she feels nervous due to her age, rather that her lack of exposure to the rest of the vast Imperium, as she never experienced the same thing the majority of her race has. Especially given her lack of going through the standard growing cycle of most Rock Androids, being a factory model, rather than a nursery produced unit. In other words, a quiet, nervous, but usually stoic Rockroid who hasn't had time to develop her own personality matrix.

▼ BACKSTORY ▼

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"As I said, I'm nothing special, I'm just here as per orders from the Master Diplomat."

When the Imperium became aware of other universes is something that not many can guess at. Given the vastness of the interstellar empire, it could have been at any point after the vanishing of their Goddess, to as late as within the past few years. Regardless, it was decided at a council of Masters, the second rank of faction leaders, that the Diplomatic Faction would be best suited to the objective of interacting with the other universes, before deciding if it was necessary to conquer them. After all, perhaps this was a test from their Goddess, their maker, so being as careful as possible, so as to not fail, would be crucial. Extensive hours were spent discussing just what to do or who to send of the Diplomat Faction, when a younger model, hailing from one of the worlds held for several centuries and stabilized, who had been silent throughout the meetings between Diplomat Masters, offered to be part of the group sent to investigate these other worlds. With this decision made, quick redesigns were made to the young unit, a weapon issued, and the proper power of flight. A former factory model that was expected to barely go anywhere beyond the role set for them was now on a course for who knew what.

And then, when no one was looking, she was plucked, yanked to the Initiative, before the Rock Imperium scientists were ready to send her to a nearby universe to explore. You can imagine the confusion back at the Imperium. As for the young Rockroid, she initially assumed that the test had been a success, only to learn...well this wasn't her superiors' doings. She's not much to look at, but perhaps she could be what is needed to help change things and restore reality?
Notes: Not my best attempt at a backstory, but its hard to work atm, as there's a thing that keeps disrupting my focus. I can easily make changes as needed. Basically she was a scout unit selected to decide what other worlds might be like outside of the Rockverse, only to get shanghaied by a power none of the Rockverse's higher ranked members could have seen coming. Hope this is good.

▼ ABILITIES & EQUIPMENT ▼

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"Nothing fancy, exactly what's needed to achieve the goals, I can fight, and I can fly. Exactly within parameters for design."

Rock Imperium Standard Buster Pistol - A small pistol like weapon wielded by many of the Imperium, and used for when the higher end weapons just are too messy. The Diplomat Faction is most known for using these weapons. While small, they're linked to the owner's weapons database, and can thus change to fire different Special Weapons when needed. Special Weapons in this case refers to data that replicates a feature of a defeated foe, that while less effective generally due to both the pistol's size and the new user not being a master by any means, may have different applications. At present, she lacks no Special Weapons, merely the pistol's ability to adapt to new ammo, and even use other world's energies as firepower, as well as the charge shot function. Normal function under normal conditions can kill a human being with about five shots, charge shot, while taking time, can destroy buildings, and anything below with ease. Unless said building is made from materials that render its durability higher.

Anti-Gravity Flight Modules - A pair of wing like constructs that produce an anti-gravity field when in effect, allowing the user to hover in mid air, or soar through the skies. Allows a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour, but can only last for about half an hour before needing to land and recharge.

Variable Weapons System - Also known as the Weapons Adaption System, allows a Rockroid to take the combat data of a fallen opponent, and gain a usage from it. In some cases, this may come in the form of increasing jump strength, movement speed, new attacks, or even need weapons. There are limits to this, such as applications that require means beyond a given Rockroid, such as the unit not having blood rendering blood related powers useless directly, or an ability that would be detrimental to the user can be applied, and thus cause issues.

Systems Adaption - While 967890 is not a Forest Monster, and thus unable to attain the same benefits as some models would have, the Adaption module allows her to steadily grow and evolve her systems on her own over time. This is done through training, or some other mechanism, allowing her to keep getting better. Slow gains, of course. For a mental image, think any series where training allows the user to grow steadily stronger and stronger, same idea here.

Limitless Energy Module - The source of power for 967890's systems, a self-sustaining system that seems to produce an endless stream of energy, though in reality, it should not be mistaken for an "infinite" supply, rather that under normal conditions, 967890 cannot run out of energy, due to the upkeep being about equal to or below the supplied amount. Going above in battle conditions will eventually force her to fall back and recover, generally taking about a minute to reach full capacity, before rejoining the situation. This is due to a slow depletion of the energy core that it cannot keep up with at present. This will eventually be overcome through the Systems Adaption. The central production core is located where a human heart would be, with backup smaller modules located in various other places.

Advanced Processing Unit - Located in the head, allows 967890 to process the world in multiple spectrums, akin to a wide spectrum camera, at a rate that to a normal person would make the world seem to be in slow motion. In other words, allows her to process and react to lightning speeds of movement, as is essential to a unit designed to gather data on a situation, and be up to date for allies.

▼ LIMITS-WEAKNESSES ▼

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"Like I said, I'm nothing special."

While able to process and react to high speed motions, 967890 is not a combat unit, as such, her defenses and strengths are low, putting her around city block for durability, and building level at max with weapons. She also lacks a defensive shield matrix, meaning that she must always be running around, to avoid issues. She's also not good at interactions, due to being separated from the semi-hive mind of the Imperium. She also lacks combat training, and can be clumsy. She is a fast learner, though.

▼ OTHER ▼

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"Let me work, that's why I'm here."

Not much to be said here, she's young for a model, and still learning. I mean, one moment you're in a sea of minds conversing about the latest trends, to now being alone, amid a group of people she knows not, nor understands exactly. Additionally, the lack of an actual name is normal, fresh models only have serial numbers, AT stands for Aerial Trooper, the number is random. A name is earned amid the Imperium when a given unit does something worthy of acquiring a name. Hope this is good, had to work amid chaos at home.

Character Sheet help

Appreciate the advice, as tbh, I was looking at how all the powers(Rune related at least) all basically stem from the same source, or are actually just done via magic. My character usually just pulls her stuff out of her treasury, as its a separate realm. Pocket dimension stuff, not quite the same as the RF inventory though. That thing was always fun, you could pull a dozen weapons out and still have more inside.

But I don't intend to go into detail on the treasury at present, even if I sat down and spent a few hours typing stuff out from the notes I have, I'd still have a bit to go. So I'll probably make like my title and not display what she's gathered publicly. But still have the sheet around, in the off chance I ever use her for anything other than just "hey, here's my main who I spent years on from off the site." Plus her other major powers are just straightforward or barely need mentioning. Massive crossovers get weird.

I mean, for her treasury, I might mention the stuff she always has to have on her, but that's her skinsuit and power suit. Since well, they're bonded to her. Love her to death, put her through hell, both on purpose and not(like the time a friend stabbed me in the back and broke the characters heart in the process), and she's come out mostly fine. Dragons who don't act like normal dragons due to their society are fun. Especially when they collect stuff to preserve a memory of someone, so they never "die".

At the end of the day, I think I just have stage fright, that's the core issue. And indecisiveness. When it all boils down, its just being a Rune Factory character from the Expanded Universe. With chaos involved. And evil grandfathers. And a dad who crashed a doomsday station on purpose to avoid the station hitting a populated area and killing millions. Sorry, I'm rambling, I tend to do that a lot when not focused.

All-Verse: The Initiative

I follow, makes sense. I'll see what I can come up with, a diplomat faction member then might make the most sense for the background. Or Subversion if we want a twist down the line or something. Finding a FC is gonna be fun, though, ah well.

Monsters and Men: A One Universe Comics Presentation

Sounds good! I'm all ears, and yo, all good, holidays are holidays for a reason! I'll be free most of today, tomorrow will be wonky due to winter term classes, but not enough to cause drastic issues. Just having to get up before the sun rises is a feeling I thought I'd left behind in high school, ha. In other words, take your time, no rush here!

All-Verse: The Initiative

Roger, won't have my CS up till "tomorrow," and I'm still unsure if I'll stick to Tyrant, or switch to Subversion Faction for the background of the character. Or introduce some of the others I have on the backburner.

Do our characters have to be part of the Intiative, or can they stand against? Asking since Tyrant would most likely be against, unless forced into things. Calm angry edgelord android who likes stabbing stuff. Maybe, unsure, since the FC I'm using for Tyrant is literally a tyrant in their series.

Character Sheet help

Just a question to the masses.

But you ever sit down to transcribe a character sheet, and want to simplify a character you've developed a long time so others can enjoy them without having to know every last weapon or item they've gathered in their years of existence? But then when you do it, you stop and realize there's sections you just can't simplify? Or are unsure how to?

I ask this because I'm working on the CS for a character who I consider my "main muse" and whose series verse(as she draws powers primarily from the Rune Factory series, as she was born to a Rune Factory OC as part of the RF Expanded Universe me and friends had going for a time and still do, though I stopped expanding the universe overall, and focused on more characters) has a lot of powers. I mean, it can be all summed up in just "Runic Energy" or "Rune" as its directly called in verse, and its countless applications. But yeah, its a lot of shit. Ranging from mundane stuff like getting stronger from everything you do, to having PCs punch gods in the face and even battle beings that should erase them with a touch(RF has a thing where if your character ODs on the energy, you get turned into a Runemon, and the final RF4 boss is implied to be someone who you watched OD in the second story arc finale, fun times), and come out fine. And to a point, that's all fine and good(and if you spend enough time around me, you'll find out I adore RF, especially Ventuswill, oh my god she's so adorable, sorry), but then you actually go to reduce the character sheet's powers so its less of a text wall for people, and you're like "How do I do this."

tl;dr: Over in the Character Sheet Sub-Board of this Board, I'm trying to set up a CS for a character I've put through hell and back, and who has a lot of powers due to how her verse works(its worse for Runemons to an extent, since they have some species centric powers that are just weird), but I have no idea how to properly condense, due to an inherent fear people will not want to read to the end due to the mountain of text that is my research into the Rune Factory series. Everything else can be slimmed or is fine(like her treasury, not showing that off just yet).
tl;dr of tl;dr: Help

What's Your Favorite Moment That Happened in an RP? (It can be either your character or someone else's!)

I'll be honest, I have a lot of favorites. Some that looking back, became such only after I had thought them bad.

About this time last year actuaally(I finished the post for it the last few minutes of 2017), ended up showing a character of mine, who was broken, and like a bad broken leg, had healed wrongly, being rebroken to properly heal. Amid the ashes of her army, the city she had built, she was thrust through thousands upon thousands of timelines, all with one shared theme. A bad ending for her. Over and over again, until eventually, amid it all, the thing that had dared call itself part of her was torn free from its grip upon her, and cast into the depths of her mind, and she blissfully passed out, broken both physically and mentally. She had been shot in the ankles and knees, and had been shot in the wrist and elbow of one arm, the gun placed in her hand, and her second personality, which had taken full control in a sort of twisted Jekyll and Hyde situation, couldn't understand what had happened(this was prior to the loop thing, the loop was performed in response to her failure to understand what was going on(in part mine, as I was in a pretty bad place at the time, I was pissed off and livid at people I now consider friends)). She had a sword shoved through her chest, not enough to kill her, a gunshot to the wound from her own daughter who had been turned into an agent of another reality, a reality she now calls home off this website, and then the injured parts of her body were removed.

IT was a brutal, humiliating moment for her as a character. What happened still haunts her to a degree, even though her time spent in a three month coma dulled many of those memories. Sure, she made up with most of the folks involved(sans the guy who stabbed her in the chest, in an rp we're doing right now he and her are about to come face to face for the first time since that event a year prior), like her younger brother, who she'd been fighting for(while also fighting to gain the power needed to ressurect the love of her life, the whole reason she'd fallen to such dispensable depths that she caused the deaths of thousands of "innocents"(actually enemy combatants, fun story there)), she's still healing. She's been put back on the right path, and while no one outside of those who have seen her inner self, and a few others, know she's a changed person, from a monsterous dragon scientist hellbent on doing whatever it took to get back the woman she loved, who had saved her from being trapped as a Robian for the rest of her life, to a troubled queen trying to set things right. Sure she still hates one of the reasons she's so fucked in the head(her mother abandoned her as a young child, and then when they met up years later in story, her mother broke her spirit and body, before just tossing her aside, before delivering my character to her grandfather, one of the bad guys of our writing group for some time).

But yeah, its one of my favorite moments, as despite some confusion later where that friend who stabbed me in character later threatened me to come back and do it again to me when he and others thought I was ignoring what had happened, it was a great turning point for my character. The conflict it was the cap to was one that shook two different writing groups to a degree, and heavily scarred many of the characters involved. Sure it failed as a cross-writing group arc, but it worked as a sole comm arc. It's still being felt now, so yeah.

I might post my CS for her at some point, since I adore her as a character. My little bastard child of a demi-god and a Sonic OC, who I put through so much unneeded shit so many times, who has more issues than any child her age ought to have(she has the mentality of an adult but is only nine in her timeline, cuz accelerated aging and spending seven years turned into a robot, Sonic stuff is fun), and still tries to make the world a better place.

I have other stories, such as how my character was conceived, to how she was "born." To her battle against her mother, and her loss. If not for how the site I used before is to shut down, I'd link it now...hmm, I might do it all the same, if folks want to see it. I'm not proud of hwere I was at the time as a writer mentally, but yeah. Wakeup calls in rp that help shake you back on course as a person are always nice. Got a bit winded there, whoops!

Hello! New here, but not to roleplay :^J

Howdy from the Americas! From the eastern seaboard beside D.C., to be precise!

The Battle of Westopolis (A Sonic AU RP.)

I forgot about this, my bad, if I feel motivated, the sheet will be up either in the next two hours, or by the end of tomorrow. As I have offsite rps I'm involved in that at least one I intend to respond to after the new year starts on my end. Sheet shouldn't be too difficult, just a matter of hoping the wiki for Neo Metal is up to date with all shown information.

Maximum City: Superhero Sandbox Adventure

@Animal
Yeah, its still going, if you haven't submitted someone yet, you should, it'll be fun-

That aside, I feel I could have picked a better color for the other person talking, but ech, didn't see till after.