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Y Crisis (Pat 1: Decline)

To get behind the frontlines you'd be dropped down from the air or sneak in from...probably Israel or Africa, although a guy sneaking around in the Arabian Empire would be very difficult without a clever ruse and stealthy...sneakery.

Y Crisis (Pat 1: Decline)

The US would be the main force invading Dubai, being the largest ally of Israel. Australia will be another major ally in the battle. New Zealand will also take part to some extent. I'll have a character from there.

You can change your equipment. Why not keep the knife as well?

Y Crisis (Pat 1: Decline)

We'll need to brainstorm how those characters can get involved in the plot, if you haven't done so already. You wouldn't want to miss out on the Dubai battle. Israel couldn't have a large scale there because they'd need to cross the heavily defended enemy territory, but they could drop in smaller amounts of help secretly. As for the guy, it will be harder coming up with why he'd be caught up in an active war zone. Unless he was captured while doing something else and brought over to Dubai for some reason.

Y Crisis (Pat 1: Decline)

They were mainly experimenting with super soldiers just before WW2, so if he was around during that time he'd be approaching 100 years old, give or take how old he would have been when placed into the experiments. It's possible they used children at some point, although given that they wanted super soldiers right that minute it would be unlikely that children had been the focus, even if we wouldn't put it past the Nazis to do so. The "super soldier era" was sort lived after their failure to make much progress, but I suppose it's not 100% impossible to claim that he could have survived that long as a result of the experiments (that being a super rare case), or that there were still some attempts made afterwards using what they had learned during that time, which was mostly what not to do. If he was in one such experiment that was more beneficial, it was already too late to be put into use during WW2, or perhaps on small scale and covered up after the war was over. Him being a success wouldn't have made much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. While they might not mind sacrificing hundreds of test subjects for the success of one super soldier, the Nazis fell apart at the end of the war and Himmelreich went into hiding, halting a lot of the progress. The most likely people to get their hands on it after that point is the Russians or maybe France after occupying Germany after the war ended. If the research fell into French hand then that would help explain why they have gotten so influential lately.

The men and their testosterone levels/decreased masculinity vary. In your guy's case he might be suffering worse then others. You are not going to get through one of the Nazi experiments unharmed, after all. It wouldn't surprise me that he'd have to take a boatload of pills every day.

EDIT: The characters are accepted.

Nobody's Character-A-Day!

(Okay, so I created this character sheet a long time ago and just scrounged it up from the depths of a forum due to running out of time to create a decent sheet from scratch tonight. I swear I came up with this character before RWBY came out, despite terms like Ruby and Dust being in the sheet and a few other similarities. I can link to the post that says the date that is posted before all that came out! I swear! lol)

Name: Alyssa Ralleail (Codenamed Ruby)
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian human
Height: 5'7''
Weight: Not nice to ask a girl that, you know! ;)
Appearance: She has a pear body shape. She has light red hair that extends halfway down her back. It has an unkempt look about it, with strands arranged haphazardly. She has no bangs or accessories in her hair. Her eyes are vivid purple that can give a wonderfully executed "death glare" that freaks people out. She's very vibrant with facial expressions in general, causing her to be an open book of emotions. She has a birthmark on the bottom of her left foot that has the general shape of a ruby, although it's made up of symbols arranged in what appears to be a puzzle or code of some sort.
Personality: A little on the sassy side, not taking crap from others. She stands for what she believes in even if it would be detrimental to her own well beings. She does her best to pull everyone around her up by their bootstraps so they can all be productive members of society. People wonder if she's every burned out from all this hard work before, as nobody has seen it happen. She doesn't like showing weakness. She doesn't like lying, but an important part of her existence, her magical abilities, was forced to remain a secret for the well being of those around her. She's not proud of herself for that, but she does admit that the safety of others is more important then her own pride.

Abilities

Physical Abilities- She's in very good athletic shape, more agile and flexible then even the most talented of humans, but her strength is within human range of the top weightlifters.

Magical

She has control over a substance called Ruby Dust. Under normal circumstances this "dust" is about the size of half a centimeter each and is shaped like a disk with sharp edges. It's durability depends on how much energy that she puts into them, but at their base durability they're like normal rubies (which are quite strong to begin with). She has best control over them while using flowing motions with large groupings rather then precise movements from lots of them going in different directions. Another thing that she can do with this Ruby Dust is to change it's shape and combine the pieces together. Both of these techniques require a minimal amount of energy from her, so she can use this in her fighting style for over 10 minutes before straight tiring out. Requiring a lot of energy, she also has the power to convert material to Ruby Dust at a speed that would take an entire minute to convert and average sized human. It works best when she has physical contact with inanimate objects that are sitting still, although that's not to say that this technique is impossible to do otherwise. Once converted to Ruby Dust she can then control it like normal, perhaps making it fall to pieces if she wanted to destroy the object. She can even do this on herself. As long as she makes the Ruby Dust remain intact, she can undue the process and allow the material to go back to normal, even if it was alive.

Equipment

Weapons- She has a "sword" so to speak, that attaches to a strap on her back. It's comprised of a red handle, a golden colored guard like a square protecting it, and a silver rod with fancy designs in it that have multiple openings leading to the inside, which is hollow. Perhaps you can think of it is a long, cylindrical cheese grater for lack of a better term. Inside this rod is Ruby Dust, which can escape through the holes. With the Ruby Dust inside the "sword" is actually quite heavy and able to do lots of blunt force damage, but with her power over it she can make it feel much lighter in her hands. Without the Ruby Dust it's less powerful, although still able to provide blunt force trauma given enough force.
Items-She has six small vials of Ruby Dust attached to her belt.

Background

Alyssa was born into what is known as the Apocrypha Gems, a group of individuals known to have gemstone related powers and a birthmark somewhere on their body that's the color and shape of their gemstone. The birthmark on the bottom of her foot was concealed, upon the request of her parents, due to them wanting her to at least live a normal childhood and give Alyssa the option of wither she wanted to reveal this secret or not. This went according to plan and she lived a normal life up until the age of 14. She obviously knew that she was special, due to the unique birthmark, so she started experimenting with all different kinds of red gemstones in secret. This lead her to become an unofficial treasure hunter due to her family not being able to afford such gemstones. Her parents disapproved of her increasingly dangerous explorations, but were unable to stop her. Once such adventure lead her to the Tomb of the Ruby Dust, which mysteriously opened for her while all other explorers couldn't find a way inside. After going through all of the obstacles and collecting the Ruby Dust that lay inside a large golden chalice, she returned to her village to find that it was under attack by a mysterious black hooded group asking for the Apocrypha Gem that lived there. Had the tomb been calling out to her at that time to get her safely out of the village, or had her going into the tomb somehow triggered these people's arrival? Whatever the case it most likely wasn't coincidental. She had remained in secret to avoid this problems, but wondered if she had made a mistake and gotten too careless during her quest for red gemstones. She felt responsible for this attack and wouldn't have abandoned them regardless, so she rushed down to fight. She was able to knock two of the attackers out, but she was surrounded and about to be killed until she made one last ditch effort. She called out to the Ruby Dust and it flew out of it's container, cutting through all of the attackers at once. With her identity revealed, a new wave of curiosity surrounded her and she became famous both around her village and some surrounding villages who also got word of what happened there. She knew hat this birthmark has a very important code on it, but she couldn't figure it out. It could be dangerous in the wrong hands, so she only allowed the most trusted of individuals to study it, although they also didn't have a clue of what it could mean.

A silver haired woman codenamed named Diamond showed up around this time of curiosity and trained her how to use her special powers, and revealed that her own silver colored birthmark on her upper back was also made up of symbols. Perhaps the secret could only be found out when all of those symbols were put together? After four years of training she has become quite proficient and is able to fend off the occasional attacker who wishes to gather the secret of her birthmark. After practicing her sword fighting, Alyssa was able to hit Diamond one time during a match and was rewarded with an unnamed weapon (the one in the equipment section of the character sheet). Alyssa is supposed to name it, although she hasn't come up with anything yet.

Female Warriors of Feudal Japan

I've still been too busy to catch up on my reading here, but now that my OOC is finished for my own roleplay that should free up some time, plus I'll be less busy this coming week. Want to check out my roleplay? It also involves practically all female characters, only in a modern setting: Here it is for all those interested. Don't expect it to be a roleplay about yuri, but it may quite possibly have some in it.

Dont yu hate it whn yu mispeall the title?

And can't change it? So you're stuck with a typo? And have to come up with why it says "Pat 1" instead of "Part 1"? Yeah, I know that feeling, bro. Of course it's my fault and being tired is no excuse, but whatever. Anyone else have any funny typos in their titles you'd like to share? Any advice on the secret meaning I could have "Pat 1" actually mean, thus having it totally not a typo?

Y Crisis: decline of the Y chromosome

Here it is

If anything seems missing, feel free to inform me and I'll fix it up tomorrow.

Y Crisis (Pat 1: Decline)

(Curses! Typo in the title! lol *ahem* No, that was on purpose! Pat 1 is a secret code, of course!!!)

Timeline/Background Information

1924-1935 -A genius in the field of genetics named Professor Himmelreich had revolutionary new ideas in the field of genetic manipulation. Following the defeat of the central powers in WW1, he was hired to lead a multi-national team of the greatest minds from the central powers working to create a super soldier so that they would not suffer the same fate when WW2 came along. At the very least it would be a good deterrence to their enemies. Progress was rocky at best, but it's not correct to say that nothing came about as a result. It's this event that diverted the timeline from the one we have come to know.

1935-1937 -All test subjects used for their genetic manipulation had their y chromosomes destroyed rather then enhanced like they had planned. Pressure was increasingly being placed on the scientists as WW2 was drawing closer. Without enough time to create a super soldier given the pace they were going, they decided to shift gears and take advantage of what they did see in their tests; the destruction of the y chromosome. They put all effort into finding a way to weaponize it against their enemies. It was placed into a gas form that would alter DNA when breathed in.

1939-1945 -WW2 began despite Germany threatening to unleash their new weapon should the allies get involved. As the war dragged on more and more of these gas attacks were unleashed as they desperately hoped for it to work as their last resort. However, there were no immediate observable effects despite their best efforts, so the allies brushed it off. By the end of the war the gas had diffused throughout the atmosphere on a global scale, but in barely detectible levels. The war still ended with the defeat of the axis powers.

1955-1962 -A noticeable decrease in the amount of males being born had been detected. However, most considered it to be mere coincidence and/or simple fear mongering. Focus was still primarily on the Cold War with this "minor issue" as an afterthought. Little did they know that putting it off would have dire consequences that would forever change the course of history.

1962-2003 -Focus had shifted to this new dilemma dubbed the "Y Crisis" as the male birth rate declined to unprecedented levels. At first most of the damage was done in the areas most highly contaminated with the gas back in WW2, cities and places directly bombed by the Axis, but scientists determined that it's unlikely that any area is safe, and everyone had been breathing in the gas for some time now, building up in the body and accelerating the destruction of the y chromosome. The male/female birth ratio dipped below 30/70. Scientists desperately searched for a cure, starting with efforts to filtrate and quarantine the gas. The Cold War was officially put on hold as this matter now took precedence. Nuclear weapons were largely disarmed during this time to take advantage of this brief period of "peace" between nations.

2003-2013 -So far scientific efforts have failed to resolve the crisis and an official state of emergency is declared by the US government and many other countries following suit. Males now make up only 24% of the entire population and most of them are in the unfertile older crowd, tending to die at younger and younger ages. The male/female birth ratio is now 10/90 with no signs of stopping. Scientists believe that the damage has already been done even if no additional gas is breathed in. Reverse engineering the gas has given no clues how to stop it once it's already deteriorating the Y chromosome. Arguments grow even more heated between those wanting to turn to cloning, inducing parthenogenesis, continue with artificial insemination and hope the Y chromosome can hold out, and many other plans (some crazier then the next). Some even wish to do nothing, claiming it God's will to strike down mankind for their transgressions. Companies and groups involved in all of the major strategies grow in power tremendously, politically or otherwise, and some even turn to violence against one another. Many strict laws are passed during this time to deal with the crisis, including the formation of the Genetic Conservation Agency (GCA) as part of the United States Department of Defense. They now took on all issues regarding the crisis, including serving as bodyguards for the remaining males and to quell the chaos experienced at home and around the world as a result. As time goes on they have received more funding and powers then any other agency in the government, becoming like a second army that can do almost whatever they want in the name of resolving the Y Crisis.

2014-??? -WW3 breaks out as an alliance known as World Revolutionary Powers (WRP) makes their attempt to gain control over the world, taking advantage of these desperate times, and the New United Allies (NUA) created to stop them. With the current male population the way it is an individual country would be unsustainable for very long (relatively speaking), so the WRP claim it was either play nice and go extinct or fight for one's survival to take the much needed male "resources" from others, thus buying them more time to find a more permanent solution and allow the stronger countries to live on. Although smaller countries had been squabbling amongst each other for this reason before, most notably leading to the formation of the Arabian Empire, it had not been declared a world war yet until these larger alliances had been made and put into opposition with one another.

Plot

France is widely considered to be the leader of the WRP, being a major threat on it's own right, only getting more powerful as the Y Crisis went on rather then being weakened despite being heavily bombed by the chromosome changing gas. While it's true that their male population has been dwindling like other countries, they spent a lot of time and effort to resolve their problem from the beginning, being united under a woman known as Anastasia De La Fontaine. Great Britain and Germany lead the counterattack against them and their allies in the area, but it's not looking good for them as countries not prepared for this new world war quickly fell to her might. The NUA barely managed to hold the defensive lines in Germany, and it's here that they have remained for some time in a stalemate.

Although the United States and other allies attempted a counterattack to aid them, they experienced great difficulty as a result of the Arabian Empire, lead by Saudi Arabia. They were the only country in the area to adapt quickly to the change. While other Arabic countries were hesitant to change their gender roles as would be required, the new Empress of Saudi Arabia took power in a coup d'état that changed all of that on it's heels, ruthlessly crushing any and all opposition, starting with her own country. The men of the region had been too weakened by now to put up much of a resistance at all. It is in this Empire under her rule that gender roles have been reversed to more of an extreme then any other. The Arabian Empire may or may not be working in conjunction with the WRP, but what is certain is that they are no friend of the allies. Israel is one of the few countries in the area among the allied forces, able to withstand the invasions due to their small yet elite military with female soldiers already trained for such a difficult task, and rapid leaps in technology similar to what the Arabian Empire experienced. The United States, being Israel's closest ally, put focus on aiding them by wiping out the Arabian Empire before they became too powerful...if it's not already too late. Some forces sailed off to Europe to help in the fight against the WRP, but the larger of the two fleets used Australia as their staging point, heading directly to the heart of the Arabian Empire through the Indian Ocean. Their landing point? One of the most technologically advanced cities in the world; Dubai. This is where we find ourselves, just moments before touchdown.

Map

Map

Blue=NUA
Red=WRP
Pink=Arabian Empire
Green=Asian Alliance
Keep in mind that the map isn't absolute, just showing the general trend of the nations. It would be very splotchy in some places if meant to be taken 100% literal on every individual country's alliance.

Rules

1. Standard forum and casual rules apply such as god modding.
2. This will be PG-13 with R rated stuff fading to black to continue in PM's if desired. Although I do see this as being more suited for a mature audience such as a show like 24, this is forum rules so don't blame me. We'll have bloodless carnage and like it, d@#& it!
3. You can be a male character, but should have a valid excuse to be taking part in the action, such as you just got caught up in the crossfire and have no choice in the manner, or got a super rare permit allowing men to take part in jobs listed at such a high threat level by the GCA.
4. This will be "mostly" realistic, so no leaping off twenty story buildings while getting shot at, brushing off the landing while effortlessly slaughtering a hundred enemy soldiers. Basically, make Rambo green with envy and you'll be asked to edit your posts to a more realistic manner. Let's use teamwork and strategy rather then everyone running off expecting to be a one woman army.
5. If people are waiting on you to post for more then 3 days then I or someone else I designate can do some minor controlling of your character to move the plot forward. If you remain gone for an entire week then more severe meddling can be made (anything at all that is deemed necessary to move the plot forward).
6. There will be no exact posting order, but do not post again until two others get a chance to post between each of your posts. Also, if you're in a situation involving other people then you should wait until all others involved post before posting again. If rule number five is invoked with their absence then you may post again before them.
7. Posts should be a good five sentences in length, although preferably longer. I have no upper limit unless you start mindless rambling. Well, perhaps if your character has gone crazy then that would be a nice touch, but otherwise, just be reasonable and you should be fine.
8. You don't have to be from the US. You can even be an "enemy", although with this roleplay everything's not so black and white. Wherever you're from, just make sure you can get involved with the main plot around the general vicinity of the Arabian Empire.
9. You don't have to be some sort of an action hero. Civilians are allowed, which may include politicians discussing matters with each other off in some darkened room.
10. Feel free to contribute ideas of your own to the plot, but if it's a really large plot twist or something then I'd need to confirm it in a PM first before you spring it on everyone.
11. This is just one plot that will come about from this universe. Additional ones may be created in time to explore other aspects of it, including every day life and the changes that they have faced, to an espionage roleplay with the GCA as the primary protagonists.
12. This roleplay is always accepted new people. In fact, please join! We'd be glad to have you!

Character Sheet

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Y Crisis: decline of the Y chromosome

Protagonist said
I think I'd like to join as well.

Yay!

Err...I got distracted for a brief moment that turned into 30 minutes. :P
I'll see if I can still get it out in my time frame provided.