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Post-Apocalyptic Superheroes

Also, @DocTachyon, Nanofreakv2 and I are bruhs4lyfe and sort of want to be a team in this RP, mind if we do that? I'm not sure about his character yet, but if a combo of our dudes would be too strong, you can make that less of a possibility if you want.

Post-Apocalyptic Superheroes

Hey, this still going on? This sounds really cool, just being like a superhero doin' shit after the apocalypse. I've been watching lots of post-apocalyptic animes and been playing fallout a lot, so I decided "fuck it I'll join this". My dude idea is basically, a metalworker and gun enthusiast who, for some damn reason, developed the ability to steal other people's body parts with no ill effects. In simpler terms, if you cut off his arm, he could just cut off your arm and attach it to the stump, then his body will automatically absorb it. Of course, this also gives him superb regenerative qualities.

I'm thinking, basically, it's sort of like his body produces a lot more stem cells with a special mutation, probably sort of like cancer, that gives him that ability. But it's superheroics! I ain't gotta explain shit, do I? Anyway, he also built himself a swanky little piece of armor after the apocalypse and modified his very favorite gun.

I'm not sure if he'll be a good guy, a bad guy, or just a guy though. Probably the third one.

Here's my current CS: If you have too many dudes, feel free to disregard this. If you're gonna do this with a lot of players, may I suggest having a defined post order, by the way?

CS

Name: Kent Cooper
Nickname/Alias: "Frankenstein's Gunman", and "Wastelands' Fox"
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Appearance:
He is a six feet tall, well built caucasian male. He has a rougher face and complexion, yet isn't 'ruggedly handsome'. Quite plain, really. Disturbingly, his left arm is not his own: He stole it from some thug who tried to kill him while on the road from Nevada to California. Thus, it's still a different shade, his body not fully making it his 'own' yet. He has blue eyes, and dirty brown-blonde hair.

Location: He is going to south-west towards Cali from Nevada, already at the border near Las Vagas.

Settlement: Drifter, yet he survived the invasion by being on a camping trip, alone, the entire time.

Profession: As mentioned, Cooper was originally a metalworker, and a gun enthusiast. He worked for a well respected establishment in Nevada, and went to the shooting range pretty much every saturday he could. He was eventually laid off from his job, and took the opportunity to take an extra long camping trip.

Skills: His days in the wilderness taught him how to hunt, and how to be respectably sneaky. In addition, his time spent as a metalworker, and at the gun range, made him grow as a smith and as a firearms expert, respectively. His time fighting as a teenager also gave him decent abilities in the ancient, hallowed, and eloquent arts of punching the shit out of people.

Powers: His only power is the ability to steal the body parts of others, and use them as well as if they were his own. Obviously, it's a long term thing at best.

Weaknesses: He struggles with his own urges to go around raping, pillaging, and burning. In addition, he's quite depressed, what with everyone he knew and loved dead when he came back from a simple camping trip. Finally, his ability is extremely freakish. It's likely no one will trust him for free.

Weapons: He has his rifle, a survival knife, and his own wits.

Armor/Clothing: He wears a makeshift suit of armor he fashioned himself; the most 'refined' part is the headpiece, which is pretty good for deflecting bullets and blows from melee weapons. It also features a metal chest portion, which is of less refined nature. The other parts are certainly not set in stone, being very mismatched, and constantly being changed when he finds things more comfortable or protective.

Equipment and Supplies: Kent carries enough water to survive a few weeks comfortably: he could ration it efficiently to survive a month or two. He has a similar supply of food on his back, consisting of things such as canned foods and dried meat, plus a bag of delicious Cool Ranch Doritos(tm) for special occasions. He holds all of this in a camping bag slung on his back. He also has a folding tent in there, and an Ipod modified to be able to charge with sunlight.

Personality: Cooper has a very aggressive personality, and has urges to get everything possible from a situation. While this wasn't too possible before the invasion, now he can be as much of an asshole as he wants, whenever he wants. If someone says "I'll give you this if you kill these raiders.", He'll likely kill the dicks, receive the item, then kill the person who gave him the item, so he can steal the rest of their stuff.

Of course... that's if he had no conscience. While he has the urges to do so, he has enough self-awareness and a sense of justice to resist them. At the very least, he hopes so. He's also highly afraid of commitment, and of getting too attached. Sadly for him, he keeps on finding himself deep in remorse over things he absolutely had to do. The Bandit he stole his new arm from still haunts his nightmares, even though that was quite a while ago.

History: He had a nicer childhood. No traumatic events, no innocence-shattering awakenings of his powers, he had a fairly normal life. Sure, he was in a gang in high-school and beat up plenty of other kids, but when he was little he was always tinkering with his own toys to make them better. He still does that today, simply replace toys with body armor and automatic weapons. When he entered adulthood and began doing his own thing, he started doing odd-jobs to decide what to do with the rest of his life. He eventually decided to work in a military related industrial company.

Near the end of that career (Almost just before he got fired), he suffered an accident, and his doctor noticed his extreme condition. It was considered definitely abnormal, but was nothing for him to be registered as an 'actual super'. After being fixed, he was fired for other reasons, and decided to go on a hunting trip for giggles, to test his mettle and if all those hours wasted at the Gunrange was worth anything. H thinks he did reasonably well, poaching enough to feed himself, but he lost track of time.

What 'felt' like weeks turned out to be years as he returned to the world to see that it was in ruins. He still has no fucking idea what actually happened, and is wandering the wastes, assuming he's the last man alive.

Other: He has a skeleton inside of him. 2spooky, ain't it?
Basics of his ability: Remember this: "If it's supposed to be there and it isn't hit, it'll fit". He can also regrow the simpler and less important parts of his body over time (weeks to a full year, generally), but larger things, in addition to complex things, (E.G. legs, hearts, his lungs) will need a full replacement.

The only thing he can't completely replace is his brain. However, it could be possible if he's, say, lobotomized, to just grab the part that was cut off and throw it back into his skull, and it should heal.

Edit: yeah I wrote this first so disregard me asking about shit at the beggining. But still answer those, please?

Post-Apocalyptic Superheroes

Me too. Will be posted in a bit.

Crapsack worlds and downer endings (RP idea list)

I'd be interested in doing the post-apocalyptic prisoner thing, as long as I can be a truly-good-at-heart political prisoner. Specifically, I sorta wanna do like some sort of cybernetic monk or something. Really religious type, quiet, unassuming, wanders the wastes trying to right wrongs and kick evil ass, but generally failing miserably on the second one. That sound alright?

Edit: Obviously the kinda-cyborg thing is totes optional, but I just like stuff like that. I can remove that from the concept if you want.

Conquest of Andromeda: Absolutely Full!

Alright @Alses, your turn.

Please, in the end of your post mention who should post next, by the way. It'll make stuff go smoother. E.G. Alses'll mention Gowia in the end. And Azereiah's post is a very good example of what you should do: E.G. how your dudes are responding to this occurence, like, what's happening?

Conquest of Andromeda: Absolutely Full!

Now that I think about it, how we'll post: Character list, top-down. E.G. azereiah will post first, then Alses, Glowia, Bright_Ops, NickinTy, then NanofreakV2 (But he'll be introduced later ahuhuh). After that, repeat.

Conquest of Andromeda: Absolutely Full!

Alright, ready! If it's not to your liking, please tell me so I can fix.

Conquest of Andromeda: Absolutely Full!

It is the year 6521, in the standard Human Calendar, January 27th. Humanity, in its' loneliness, has sent out innumerable mother-ships to the Andromeda galaxy to colonize it, and to hopefully find life, like itself. Of course, the mighty vessels making up the vast 'fleet' broke down on the way here, if something can go wrong, it will go wrong, after all. The colonists in these craft, not united, have seeded a few worlds with themselves.

The 'Terrakin', as they shall be called in history, are grouped in the galactic west, specifically a star cluster noted for nebulae that should hinder any attempts at coming in with FTL, or out. Not impossible, of course, but it will protect the denizens from invasions for a while. Terrakin star charts, while damaged, will also note the rough estimates of where the other peoples 'landed'.

Obviously, the Terrakin can't communicate with each other just yet, but are nearing that point.

The Midorian Domain is deep in the New Midoria system. the Ordered Dominions lurk near the Sophia star, their Homeworld is Tenefuge. The Most Holy Empire of the Gentelli is stationed on Beacon, in the Austoria system. The 'Norgul' are on a deathworld known as Anyanwu, in the Horizon system. The Event Horizon Coalition is based on Crucible, in the Agromega system.

They all have minimal knowledge of eachothers' existence, but know they aren't alone. The systems are all equally scattered in the cluster, and ships coming from each system could go to any other system. Interestingly, each nation's best astronomers would notice something unusual in the Nebulae protecting them from the rest of the galaxy...

Something massive, nearly moon-sized is coming in anyway. Information would vary wildly: The most developed Nations would detect that it's definitely 'man' made, and seems to be highly advanced, in general. It looks like a half hollowed out super asteroid, a rocky bowl lined with what appear to be engines, dragging a large amount of modules behind it. Especially at this range, however, no one could certainly take in any other details. The less developed Nations could see it, but would have no ideas other then that it looks to be vaguely round, and very fast.

It should come out of the nebula in two to three years, and then have access to any FTL systems on-board. Whatever the hell it truly is, the Terrakin should decide what to do about it... Find eachother and prepare for the worst together, simply hide and wait it out, or something else?

Conquest of Andromeda: Absolutely Full!

Alright, it's simple, but first post is almost ready.

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Welcoming party.

Conquest of Andromeda: Absolutely Full!

I'm digging it, please put it into 'Characters'.