Pirouette

Fallout New Vegas: Points of Divergence [Reboot]

@Pirouette, NCR serves Mr. House better. And, sorry for not giving you something specific to do, although I did leave a couple of 'general' plot hooks at the first half of the post.

Also, considering the fact that we have 10 characters now, want to be Co-GM?

@Letter Bee

That's fine. I can kind of picture something where House catches wind of/anticipates the Nipton plot and sends La Muerte to try and protect the town. In fact, probably more the latter as Kate will pack light and just kind of keep an eye out on the town. No sense in packing heavy based on a "gut feeling".

I'll try, sure.

Fallout New Vegas: Points of Divergence [Reboot]

@Letter Bee

So what is Mr. House's play at the very moment? What does he request of his new associate, La Muerte? Does Legion control serve him better or NCR? I figured NCR might still serve his goal as it provides citizenry a place to visit, gamble, spend money, whereas the Legion will be a bit stricter on control and ultimately bad for the House.

Fallout New Vegas: Points of Divergence [Reboot]

La Muerte

Name: La Muerte
Age: Unknown

Still somewhat debated, La Muerte is believed to be female. Although due to extensive kevlar padding, a heavy duster, and a sinister sounding voice synthesizer, some still believe it is a feminine male. There are also suspicions that La Muerte is multiple people, rather than a single person as each time La Muerte appears, their face paint is in a different pattern though some repeats have occurred.

Personality: People who have survived an encounter with La Muerte couldn’t hear much on account of the many explosions but some report that La Muerte is very preachy and apparently very religious. Among her acts of terrorism, she usually preaches about how society as fallen to far and must return to embrace “Him”. Whether this means she is a Children of Atom believer or some Old World religion worshiper, it isn’t certain. Probably the nicer thing about La Muerte is that she does not discriminate targets with the exception of children a few times. Whether La Muerte has a soft spot or likes to foster in fear is uncertain. However, it is likely the latter as La Muerte doesn’t seek to eradicate a populace, only inflict losses and scare them.

Faction: Mr. House? Independent?
S.P.E.C.I.A.L= (45 Points spread wisely. Cannot go over 10 on any one stat)
Strength: 4
Perception: 7
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 7
Intelligence: 9
Agility: 7
Luck: 6

Backstory:
La Muerte is a self-labeled terrorist that has recently been causing quite a lot of havoc and grief for both parties of the war: NCR and Legion. Some suspect that La Muerte may have ties to Vegas or be an associate of this Muted Man. However, others would argue that the Strip is a lot harder target to hit than the several installations that La Muerte has visited. Origins of La Muerte have been as difficult to determine as her motive. Some say La Muerte has come up from Mexico, a convict on the run. Others think she might be an exiled Boomer due to the love of explosives. However a few had noticed the striking similarities with a character from Drake Tungsten, Chrono Cowboy, including the name San La Muerte. Thus, a few believe that she just might be crazy.

La Muerte has been running rampant on and off for the past year now. There are sections where she terrorizes NCR territory before vanishing for about two weeks and then reappearing in Legion territory, terrorizing their population. She always leaves a calling card behind of some kind, usually a small hallmark card painted over with the La Muerte face and some holy verse scribbled inside. Nobody knows where La Muerte goes during her downtime but people assume that she has a workshop somewhere that she uses to restock. She’s likely to have an alias, too, but again, nobody is certain who is exactly under the face paint.

Weapon choice: Explosives

Perks (Add only three):
Demolition Expert,
Jury Rig,
Terrifying Presence

'Tagged' Skills (the skills you are strongest in; add only three unless you add a 'Weak Skill', see below):

Explosives
Science
Repair

Any other info not included in the above:

Major Character Spoilers enclosed

Name: Katherine “Kate” Marlo
Age: 29
Faction: Mr. House and New Vegas

Looks can be deceiving and Kate certainly likes to be deceiving... Kate is about average height for a female, has a very median build but noticeable muscle definition. Her skin tone is slightly tanned with freckles on her face. She bears a few scars, mostly on her torso. She mostly remains expressionless with a dead stare, only displaying emotion when putting on an act. At one time people thought Kate had quite a soft and soothing voice but as time has past, she sounds a bit hoarse as if she has needs to cough or something. Usually dresses up in leather bomber jacket, pants, an aviator, and a weathered hat.

Personality:
Kate is much for conversation often finding people are too wordy or dull to really attract her attention. In her eyes, they were all savages in a way. A bit hypocritical but she didn’t care or really notice. She has an extreme hatred for the NCR and usually lumps the Legion, finding them to be a bit depraved and deplorable. This fueled hatred does lead her to take an active role against them and as long as you aren’t associated with either, she doesn’t care too much about you. There have been a few who have been able to crack her shell and extremely outgoing people or the sincere,j soft, and caring type can soften Kate’s hard exterior for her to open up. Anybody who can keep her entertained is a plus, like some of the show business people on the Strip. While she also values the true friendship in people like the Followers of the Apocalypse as this was how Kate use to naively envision the world.

Backstory:
Growing up, Katherine was originally part of the Boomer clan that had emerged from their vault to populate Nellis Air Force Base. Due to the xenophobic nature of the Boomers, they all spent their time isolated from the outside world. As Katherine grew up, however, she wanted to experience what was out there and had tried to petition her tribe to maybe send someone out. Denied repeatedly, Katherine grew frustrated and eventually thought it a good idea to sabotage one of the Boomer’s flight simulators in an attempt to have them search for outside help on repair parts. Of course, Katherine was found out and seeing as she wanted to experience the outside world so bad, they exiled her, threatening her to never comeback.

Not the way she wanted it to go, Katherine grew a bit hostile which fueled her discovery of violence and theft being the keys of survival outside the Air Force Base. Eventually this caught up to her and firefight with the NCR lead to her becoming wounded, left her dead on the roadside. She was only saved from death due to a passing Follower of the Apocalypse. Katherine recovered in the Old Mormon Fort, grateful for the help, but grew very aggravated with the rest of the world. From that point on, she swore she had enough NCR and suspected Legion could do the same. She now realized why the Boomers did not want to leave because this outside world was horrid and now with both power factions threatening her family and friends back home, she vowed to do something….

Inspiration for La Muerte did indeed come from Chrono Cowboy as there had been a few comics floating around when she was a kid. She had always loved the La Muerte and Muertos bad guys she decided that she should take up that model. The explosives came when she got lucky on a tip and discovered an old firework factory that was stocked with enough black powder to blow up the Strip. It was also a boon to her that she knew and worked with explosives plenty when growing up as everyone was trained with the artillery. Creating explosives was another thing but after some practice, Katherine did managed to become quite good at the process.

For a whole year, Katherine hid under the guise of La Muerte using facepaint to play the part, a salvaged voice unit from a sentry bot to disguise her voice, spouting religious crap to disguise her intentions... Loot she gained was put back into her work and the excess to fuel her found love of gambling. It had been going well she thought until a mysterious man approached her just last week. The Muted Man was quite persuasive, albeit intimidating too, and offered her a position to work for Mr. House. There were plenty of perks in addition to that thinly veiled threat that Katherine decided to accept and see where it takes her. She had always spared New Vegas due to the Followers of the Apocalypse being there and not necessarily as a show of respect to Mr. House, but it appeared it had been interpreted that way. Still, Katherine couldn’t complain being given access to the Strip proper now. It sure beat those shitty knock offs off the strip.

Fallout New Vegas: Points of Divergence [Reboot]

La Muerte

Name: La Muerte
Age: Unknown

Still somewhat debated, La Muerte is believed to be female. Although due to extensive kevlar padding, a heavy duster, and a sinister sounding voice synthesizer, some still believe it is a feminine male. There are also suspicions that La Muerte is multiple people, rather than a single person as each time La Muerte appears, their face paint is in a different pattern though some repeats have occurred.

Personality: People who have survived an encounter with La Muerte couldn’t hear much on account of the many explosions but some report that La Muerte is very preachy and apparently very religious. Among her acts of terrorism, she usually preaches about how society as fallen to far and must return to embrace “Him”. Whether this means she is a Children of Atom believer or some Old World religion worshiper, it isn’t certain. Probably the nicer thing about La Muerte is that she does not discriminate targets with the exception of children a few times. Whether La Muerte has a soft spot or likes to foster in fear is uncertain. However, it is likely the latter as La Muerte doesn’t seek to eradicate a populace, only inflict losses and scare them.

Faction: Mr. House? Independent?
S.P.E.C.I.A.L= (45 Points spread wisely. Cannot go over 10 on any one stat)
Strength: 4
Perception: 7
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 7
Intelligence: 9
Agility: 7
Luck: 6

Backstory:
La Muerte is a self-labeled terrorist that has recently been causing quite a lot of havoc and grief for both parties of the war: NCR and Legion. Some suspect that La Muerte may have ties to Vegas or be an associate of this Muted Man. However, others would argue that the Strip is a lot harder target to hit than the several installations that La Muerte has visited. Origins of La Muerte have been as difficult to determine as her motive. Some say La Muerte has come up from Mexico, a convict on the run. Others think she might be an exiled Boomer due to the love of explosives. However a few had noticed the striking similarities with a character from Drake Tungsten, Chrono Cowboy, including the name San La Muerte. Thus, a few believe that she just might be crazy.

La Muerte has been running rampant on and off for the past year now. There are sections where she terrorizes NCR territory before vanishing for about two weeks and then reappearing in Legion territory, terrorizing their population. She always leaves a calling card behind of some kind, usually a small hallmark card painted over with the La Muerte face and some holy verse scribbled inside. Nobody knows where La Muerte goes during her downtime but people assume that she has a workshop somewhere that she uses to restock. She’s likely to have an alias, too, but again, nobody is certain who is exactly under the face paint.

Weapon choice: Explosives

Perks (Add only three):
Demolition Expert,
Jury Rig,
Terrifying Presence

'Tagged' Skills (the skills you are strongest in; add only three unless you add a 'Weak Skill', see below):

Explosives
Science
Repair

Any other info not included in the above:

Major Character Spoilers enclosed

Name: Katherine “Kate” Marlo
Age: 29
Faction: Mr. House and New Vegas

Looks can be deceiving and Kate certainly likes to be deceiving... Kate is about average height for a female, has a very median build but noticeable muscle definition. Her skin tone is slightly tanned with freckles on her face. She bears a few scars, mostly on her torso. She mostly remains expressionless with a dead stare, only displaying emotion when putting on an act. At one time people thought Kate had quite a soft and soothing voice but as time has past, she sounds a bit hoarse as if she has needs to cough or something. Usually dresses up in leather bomber jacket, pants, an aviator, and a weathered hat.

Personality:
Kate is much for conversation often finding people are too wordy or dull to really attract her attention. In her eyes, they were all savages in a way. A bit hypocritical but she didn’t care or really notice. She has an extreme hatred for the NCR and usually lumps the Legion, finding them to be a bit depraved and deplorable. This fueled hatred does lead her to take an active role against them and as long as you aren’t associated with either, she doesn’t care too much about you. There have been a few who have been able to crack her shell and extremely outgoing people or the sincere,j soft, and caring type can soften Kate’s hard exterior for her to open up. Anybody who can keep her entertained is a plus, like some of the show business people on the Strip. While she also values the true friendship in people like the Followers of the Apocalypse as this was how Kate use to naively envision the world.

Backstory:
Growing up, Katherine was originally part of the Boomer clan that had emerged from their vault to populate Nellis Air Force Base. Due to the xenophobic nature of the Boomers, they all spent their time isolated from the outside world. As Katherine grew up, however, she wanted to experience what was out there and had tried to petition her tribe to maybe send someone out. Denied repeatedly, Katherine grew frustrated and eventually thought it a good idea to sabotage one of the Boomer’s flight simulators in an attempt to have them search for outside help on repair parts. Of course, Katherine was found out and seeing as she wanted to experience the outside world so bad, they exiled her, threatening her to never comeback.

Not the way she wanted it to go, Katherine grew a bit hostile which fueled her discovery of violence and theft being the keys of survival outside the Air Force Base. Eventually this caught up to her and firefight with the NCR lead to her becoming wounded, left her dead on the roadside. She was only saved from death due to a passing Follower of the Apocalypse. Katherine recovered in the Old Mormon Fort, grateful for the help, but grew very aggravated with the rest of the world. From that point on, she swore she had enough NCR and suspected Legion could do the same. She now realized why the Boomers did not want to leave because this outside world was horrid and now with both power factions threatening her family and friends back home, she vowed to do something….

Inspiration for La Muerte did indeed come from Chrono Cowboy as there had been a few comics floating around when she was a kid. She had always loved the La Muerte and Muertos bad guys she decided that she should take up that model. The explosives came when she got lucky on a tip and discovered an old firework factory that was stocked with enough black powder to blow up the Strip. It was also a boon to her that she knew and worked with explosives plenty when growing up as everyone was trained with the artillery. Creating explosives was another thing but after some practice, Katherine did managed to become quite good at the process.

For a whole year, Katherine hid under the guise of La Muerte using facepaint to play the part, a salvaged voice unit from a sentry bot to disguise her voice, spouting religious crap to disguise her intentions... Loot she gained was put back into her work and the excess to fuel her found love of gambling. It had been going well she thought until a mysterious man approached her just last week. The Muted Man was quite persuasive, albeit intimidating too, and offered her a position to work for Mr. House. There were plenty of perks in addition to that thinly veiled threat that Katherine decided to accept and see where it takes her. She had always spared New Vegas due to the Followers of the Apocalypse being there and not necessarily as a show of respect to Mr. House, but it appeared it had been interpreted that way. Still, Katherine couldn’t complain being given access to the Strip proper now. It sure beat those shitty knock offs off the strip.

Fallout: New Vegas - Points of Divergence [Reboot]

@Letter Bee

Hi Bee!

Star Orphans (A Fantasy Sci-Fi Space Opera Epic)

ALI

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ALI's expression provided no indication that she was satisfied with the answer provided or not. The truth was that despite ALI's inexperience with the outside world, she could already deduce at least that much in the answer provided. This answer had made ALI feel letdown. It wasn't that Axon had provided an inadequate response, his was calculated to be the most likely truth, but hearing it, made ALI feel... guilty. If she had discovered how to counter the Swarm Code sooner, she could have saved many AI from going rogue. Not that she cared for any other AI, but she thought of the many organics that could have potentially been saved, especially considering that other AI became 'heroes'. It was as if she didn't want to hear that answer as it confirmed the reality where she missed her opportunity to feel rewarded in becoming a 'hero'.

ALI offered no other words as Axon bid farewell and his image vanished from view. ALI remained, unmoving, from her spot as she internally considered something for a few seconds before snapping her attention forward and proceeding down the corridor and into the lounge.

Captain Abetchi's address was an unexpected twist that ALI hadn't expected. There was a formal address to the volunteers but after there was stated urgency to rescue organics from Vetrasis. ALI had no data to confirm the one organic's response that it was "swarming with Toliath Forces", but she made a note of that possibility, especially because the Captain did not deny this statement.

ALI quietly assessed this operation and found difficulty in the Captain's choice. If Vetrasis was occupied by Toliath Forces, then a venture into this system, especially pursuing a distress beacon of anti-Toliath organics, means that the entire ship and occupants would be in danger. Sure, if there were more organics to save than those on the ship, you could make a 'profit' on total number saved if you had losses. However this raised its own concerns. Logistics. The Delilah is a Frigate class vessel and the facilities on board will likely have been built to accommodate a three or four individuals, not a number over thirty. An assumption was made that contingencies and modifications were made for the original crew manifest but adding more would likely strain the already strained resources.

As the other volunteers stormed off for armament, ALI approached the captain. "Captain Abetchi. My programming insists I mention my advice to you. By my initial estimation, adding additional organics to this vessel would significantly strain the facilities and supplies designed for the initial manifest of passengers. Not to mention the inherit risk of Toliath presence. Thus, I conclude that there would be a greater risk of loss of life if we perform your planned maneuver and rescue those organics on Vetrasis."

Star Orphans (A Fantasy Sci-Fi Space Opera Epic)

Hey @Pirouette, I was talking with @Utrax. You put up an awesome character sheet and I'd hate to see that effort put to waste. If you think you can commit to posting with us, we're willing to leave this RP open in casual and continue on. FYI, you'd be next in line to post in IC.

@ROADWARRIOR

I mean, it is a good character. I'd hate to see it not even used once. :/

And yea, I'll definitely do what I can to keep up.

Star Orphans (A Fantasy Sci-Fi Space Opera Epic)

ALI

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"Goodbye Dr. Marvark. This unit appreciates every-..." The monotone feminine figure ceased her comments suddenly when pulled in for an embrace by the scrawny, older man. He didn't look the part of a respected doctor, having rough facial hair and a general messy appearance. The scene had attracted some wary looks as several refugees passed into the ship. Some had even spat an insult as the doctor pulled away with a kiss on the impassive, emotionless droid. "I have detected an unusual amount of attachment, Dr. Marvark. Would you like this unit to remain behind?" The doctor shook his head, looking like he'd almost break down a tears but his smile must have steeled himself. "No. You need to go. I'll be fine. Goodbye, Ali." Without another word, Dr. Marvark had turned and hurried away, leaving his creation, ALI.

The orders that ALI was given were clear and concise. Rule one was that she was to ensure her survival by any means she can, while following with what she believed to be 'good'. Rule two was that she was to board this ship, knowing full well that she should never plan to reunite with her creator. Other than those two instructions provided, ALI had the ability to do whatever she deemed was necessary to carry out those tasks assigned to her by her creator. She did not know the exact reasons why, only that she perform them.

Task number two was completed on schedule as ALI had boarded the ship, the Delilah without any trouble and due to technical loopholes, ALI could leave the ship at their next port-of-call without failing her directive. However this was a distant thought in ALI's processor as she considered the reality of her situation. Her creator had been strangely vague about her situation but it didn't take an advanced AI to figure out that her origins and original purpose were designed to be anti-Toliathian and discovery of her existence would likely mean her termination, thus having her fail the first task assigned to her by the creator. It was clear that this ship was being boarded by individuals that wanted to avoid Toliathian attention, for whatever their reason. However, ALI had estimated that there was a fair chance that the crew of the Delilah could sell out the refugees on board for little risk and major reward to the Toliathians if they wanted to. Further analysis would have to be conducted to determine the intention of the Delilah.

An address by the captain of the Delilah soon followed departure from Belltown. ALI had not spoken since being onboard the ship and despite being included in the address, she ignored the intention to 'correct the record'. On the topic of logistics, which had turned the refugee population into a collection of frenzied murmurs and outrage, ALI had cared not for the specifics. She did not need to eat or sleep, though she did shutdown occasionally to update software. In fact, she was entirely self-sustaining and thus largely unsympathetic to the outrage. The captain had raised a valid point and if the refugees had wanted more, they were mistaken. This ship was clearly not designed to handle the current extra on board personnel.

Captain Abetchi had brought forth an interesting proposition though. By ALI's initial estimates, volunteers that offered assistance for the duration of the Delilah's service could be treated as more of a priority than the refugees. In addition, the chance to survey the ship and crew for their intentions, and be in on the intimate, secret details would provide a higher chance of ALI's survival. Thus, the only logical move was to volunteer for service. In an additional note, ALI had grown concerned by the few looks she had received while on board the Delilah by some of the refugees, but ALI's limited experience in the outside world had not provided her with any logical assumptions as to why that was.

Still, ALI wasn't going to ask as she turned and proceeded through the ship, acting as the Captain's stalker for a moment before ALI perceived that her distant presence may have been alarming the captain. Thus, ALI had slowed in the hallway and considered something for a moment. "Axon." The mention of the name had called forth the holographic image of the dark-skinned man, just as promised. ALI glanced up to meet the man's projected gaze, her lips and face unmoving as she asked, "I concluded that you are aware of what I am. How do organics perceive an artificial intelligence? I have limited experience outside of a carefully guarded compound and by initial account, Toliathian existence has lead to distrust of sentient machinery. Do you believe this to be true?"

Star Orphans (A Fantasy Sci-Fi Space Opera Epic)

@Pirouette Sorry to hear about your internet! Unfortunately, it's been about a week since a post has been put up and I want to get this RP moving at at much more faster rate than that.

@ROADWARRIOR

Right. I understand. I'm pretty episodic so sometimes I post a lot, sometimes I drag my feet. So I dunno.

Star Orphans (A Fantasy Sci-Fi Space Opera Epic)

Thank you to everyone who applied and showed interest, but the level of inactivity and lack of communication has forced me to close this down and keep it a 1 x 1 with @Utrax.

@ROADWARRIOR

Wait. Sorry. My internet went down at my place so I was stuck checking my phone.

And I occasionally end up being super slow with posting with stuff.