JaceBeleren

Ravnica: A Magic RP

@Apollosarcher Makes sense, of course.

The Archimedian Collective: Home of the Future

@Arawak Not every member of the Collective is involved in research. The fleet recognises that it needs other skills, such as pilots, it just actively looks for engineers, scientists, etc. in a way it doesn't for others. If you would make a good researcher (or scientist or engineer), you're a researcher, if not, then you're free to pursue your own profession, so long as you continue to support the collective.

As for the demagogue part, most people really couldn't care less. So what if you follow their beliefs at a slightly more fanatic level? As long as you don't cause them any problems, they'd probably just see you as weird. The raised by machines part would be similar. Odd, but no one really cares that much.

It does touch on one idea I had for the Collective, though: an experimental program in which children are born, then uploaded into a cyberspace in which time moves, say, ten times more quickly, so that 1.8 years later it will be as if they have lived for a full 18 years, and they may be downloaded into a synthetic body to begin service.

Cult of Lycholme Recruitment Thread

@Pyromaniacwolf Interested in joining.

Anyone interested in a Group D&D campaign? New players welcome.

Edit: Never mind, you've got loads of interest already.

The Archimedian Collective: Home of the Future

@Arawak Awesome. Welcome to the team.

@Silvan Haven Thanks for letting me know, I'll look into it.

Olympus: School Of Demigods!

@The One Sorry, no. After the previous Olympus, I joined Expanding Horizons, the guild's new persistant world. It's taking up a lot of my time.

Farewell, fellow demigods, I hope that you enjoy yourselves, and that none of you get killed too quickly (except you, Riddley, if you're here. I was planning for Pheonix to get really pissed with your Athena crap all the time.)

The Technology Planet - Frixion Prime - Open

Diana stepped off the shuttle that acted as an intermediary between the station where the fleet's ships, too large to enter the atmosphere, were docked, and the main spaceport of Frixion Prime. The fleet had just arrived, and everyone who wasn't useful in the various processes that would take place while it was docked was on shore leave. Diana's very obvious augmentations drew eyes throughout the crowded complex, and made many of the peacekeepers seem, undertsandably, uneasy.

She was exchanging her drachmas for Frixian currency when the announcement was played throughout the spaceport, to the dismay of many people in the process of leaving:

"We regret to announce that, due to an attack on the planet of Furyk by an unknown force, travel between planets will banned until the purpetrators are captured. Compensation will be paid to those who..."

Lovely. Suddenly Diana was grounded potentially for months, unless the Collective decided it would be worth angering the UFP to get moving again. And it'd probably even be a nightmare to get back to the Ariadne and the fleet, though Diana expected that with enough effort and a little cash she'd be able to convince someone. Still, that could happen later. For now, though, she had some time for enjoying herself, and she planned to take maximum advantage of it.

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The bar was called Nova. It was one of those ones which tried to seem as modern as possible, without actually doing much differently besides giving the drinks weird names. It was nice enough, and several members of Diana's crew were with her, crowded around a circular table. They were off to one side of the room, so it was easier for other patrons to ignore the large group of inebriated people with augmentations.

Nova had its own specialty, shots of a drink "that could knock a troll onto its hindquarters, if it could get here". Need more be said? Of course, several people were accused of equipping alcohol scrubbers throughout that night, and come the following morning, several more regreted ever taking part.

The Technology Planet - Frixion Prime - Open

Diana Vultz

Character Sheet for Diana Vultz

Name: Diana Vultz
Title: Captain of the Frigate Ariadne

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 126lbs
Age: 31
Race: Transhuman - A human who is in the process of becoming an exhuman, a person who has been modified so much that they are not considered human by conventional standards.

Tier/influence: 3 (Regional) - Though extensively modified, Diana has no weapons or gear that could cause extensive damage on their own, and no supernatural, psionic or magical capabilities whatsoever. The only exception to this is her ship: though it is hardly unique, by the very nature of ship weaponry it will easily outmatch a personal firearm.
Groups: The Archimedian Collective

Appearance: Diana is of fairly average height and weight, with a metal-based product replacing her skin. It is obviously not real, but it is of the expensive kind that is close enough not to be considered ugly by non-Archimedians. She has bright blue eyes, and a brighter third eye in her forehead. There are very obvious lines where the sheets of synthetic skin meet, and a small vent on each cheek to prevent the overheating of internal mechanisms. Her hair is dark, and usually tied back in a ponytail.

Personality: Diana is a skilled leader, and very loyal to her crew. She commands loyalty through respect, being known as an excellent improviser. She'd rather act quickly with the best option immediately available than wait in the hope that a new one will present itself. Other captains call her impatient, but they can't deny that she gets results. She knows she'll have difficulty if she ever has to abandon ship, as it has significant sentimental value to her, as many other ships do to their own captains. Even if she does, she will make sure that every other person on the ship is safe before she'll even consider escaping herself. She is no fanatic, but Diana generally supports the exhumanist beliefs of the Archimedian Collective.

Abilities, Talents, Traits, Powers:

• ⁽³⁾ Noteworthy strategist: First and foremost, Diana is an excellent captain, capable of winning battles (somewhat) against the odds, but being able to recognise when the fight is hopeless and flee without letting pride get in the way.
• ⁽²⁾ Weapons traning: Diana is proficient in the use of personal armaments, primarily pistols but also assault rifles, carbines and subs when the need arises.
• ⁽³⁾ Respected Commander:It takes more than intelligence to be a good leader: you need to be able to command respect from your fellows as well, and Diana does just that. With a reputation like hers, her entire crew is happy to serve under her.

Items:

• ⁽³⁾ Metal-based skin replacement: Bullet resistant, and reduces impact from blunt force, but virtually useless against energy-based attacks, and armour-penetrating rounds will usually get through.
• ⁽³⁾ Third eye: Can zoom in on distant locations, apply night vision or thermographics, and overlay a heads-up display onto normal vision. Also can optionally transmit audio and video to another location or make recordings.
• ⁽³⁾ Piston-based muscle enhancement: Pistons built in and around muscles of arms and legs increase physical strength, and reinforce bones to protect them from being broken when maximum force is used.
• ⁽²⁾ Officer's revolver: Standard-issue high-calibre revolver. High per-shot recoil, high armour piercing capabilities.
• ⁽¹⁾ Officer's uniform: Mostly non-practical, but allows recognition by both allied and enemy forces.
• ⁽²⁾ Monetary funds: Officers are well-paid, so a large amount of money is available, in Archimedian drachmas.
• ⁽⁴⁾ Frigate Ariadne Frigates are ships designed to protect the main force, and the Ariadne is an example which is small, but highly manueverable, with mid-range armour and weaponry.

History:
Diana was born to Andrew and Eliza Vultz on the hab-ship Medea. Exposed to only one opinion on the subject of exhumanism her entire childhood, she quickly developed the same one. However, she did not have the patience for the slow, logical approach that a researcher or inventor which so many of the Collective were would need to take. She was more suited to acting on impulse, and the only way that kind of mentality can survive in the Archimedian Collective is in the military. So that's where Diana headed, distinguishing herself as often as she could and moving at a steadfast pace up through the ranks. She made it to where she is now and established a reputation for competence, earning herself some improvements along the way.

Roleplay and Group Recruitment

Group name: The Archimedian Collective
Group head: Myself, JaceBeleren
Link to group: roleplayerguild.com/topics/163717-loo…
Overview: The Archimedian Collective is a fleet-based, technologically advanced society which uses cybernetic self-improvement as a means of achieving enlightenment, and that has a penchant for naming things after famous ancient greek people, real and mythological.

EDIT: Whoops.