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Blackout 2030

WIP because I ran out of time. Will try and finish it off tomorrow. :-/

Name: John MacIntyre
Alias: Mac, or 'Old MacDonald'
Nationality: Dual Nationality; English-American
Gender: Male
Age: 44

Appearance:
Height/Build: 5' 9", Quite solid, muscular build. Thick limbs and neck. Good muscular definition. Square jaw and angular, rugged features.
Skin tone/colour: Somewhat tanned and weathered Caucasian skin from a lifetime of outdoor work and recreation.
Hair colour and Style: Short, choppy dark brown hair. Receding a little at the front into a widow's peak, with a high percentage of grey shot through it. Temples are greying especially. Has a rough goatee and moustache.
Eye colour: Green-brown eyes, no regular eyewear.
Scars/tattoos/birth-signs: Small scar on left cheek, vertical. About .5" long, running from jawline up. Tattoo of a tribal-style fox on left bicep, tail curls around his arm and ends above elbow.
Fashion: Tends toward clothing that is tough and practical, such as Dickies or other style 'work-wear', or clothing that looks inconspicuous, but is designed for miltiary work, such as the 5.11 range. Wears things lik caterpillar-style boots, cargo/combat style trousers, checked shirts, soft-shell or flying-type jackets etc.
Voice: Fairly deep and rough, but has an edge of humour and enthusiasm to it. Tends to be very flat and quiet when he's angry, instead of loud.

Personality:
Pretty easy-going and laid back guy for the most part, but keenly intelligent and attentive. Good listener and very curious, will ask questions for clarification rather than be ignorant or assuming, even if it makes things awkward. If accused of being stupid for doing so, will shrug it off and point out how stupid it'd be to not know in the first place.
Has little room for those who are unwilling to accept others on whatever basis or prejudice - will be politely dismissive of them, and will separate himself from them, unless forced to work with them.
Has a pretty good sense of humour otherwise, enthusiastic and positive about life in general. Always curious to try new tasks and challenges, but can get frustrated sometimes, especially when forced into a difficult situation he can't control or assist in.
Values honesty, loyalty and openness in others, despise manipulative people and those who take advantage of others. Will treat them harshly and coldly.

Biography:
John's live was relatively uneventful. He joined the British Army as a teenager out of school, as he wasn't sure what he wanted to do with his life, but had good grades. His parents worked in completely different professions: His Dad worked as a crane driver at Southampton Docks, and his mother was a school teacher.
He did well in testing on entry, and his intelligence and aptitude were noted, and as such he did very well, and achieved a lot.
Initially training as an infantryman, he fought well in the field and was very good at interacting with civilians and gaining their confidence and understanding, and was frequently requested for 'hearts and minds' patrols and jobs. This lead to him being scouted for MI6, which in turn lead to his inclusion in the programme, after some further training in psychology, observation, interrogation and 'human intelligence' gathering.

During his time in service with the Army, he met and fell in love with a woman by the name of Amy Dunham while on leave. An American Journalist, the pair hit it off despite sparks flying at first, and after further meetings on his periods of leave, they decided to get married.
The wedding was not lavish, but was grand enough, and their honeymoon in the Caribbean was idyllic. However, in the following years things turned sour as John's career with MI6 took him away from home more and more often, and their marriage became strained. Finally, they split up after his return over a Christmas period, when he found she had been cheating on him for the past several months. Strained emotionally and mentally, he took compassionate leave for several weeks, and it was during this time he accepted the offer to work for the UN programme.

Tired of spending so much time abroad and wishing to return to having some link with home, he accepted the offer and returned to the UK. There, he returned to the roots of his mothers' side of the family, and took a job as a school counselor in a secondary school in Hampshire. Based in the Portsmouth area, he was well located close to main military installations of a sensitive nature, as well as being close to the countryside to practice his fieldcraft, and as location for caches of supplies and equipment.

Civilian Specialisation/Job: Psychology and counselling.
Combat Specialisation: Stealth, subterfuge, Espionage and infiltration.

Weapons and ammo:
H&K USP Compact .45 in an 'in the pants' type holster, worn at the small of the back. Three spare magazines in internal pockets in trousers.
H&K MP-7 PDW, carried folded and compacted in a messenger-type bag along with four long MP7 magazines. Micro-red dot sight attached.
- A suppressor threaded for both firearms is carried in an inside jacket pocket.
Folding knife carried clipped in one trouser pocket. As much of a tool as a weapon.

All standard issue equipment as normal, plus the following carried in the backpack.
Personal flashlight and penlight.
Firelighters and camping kit
100m paracord
Water bottle with built-in purifier
Multi-tool
Personal first-aid kit.

Gadgets:
Enhanced hearing and minor enhancements to vision and sense of smell to detect and analyse changes in voice-stress patterns, pupil dialation, speech pattern, skin-sweat and pheremone production, in order to establish and understand a person's behaviour and establish whether they're lying, hiding something and otherwise to better gauge their emotional and psychological state.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Sorry man - I thought I'd told you, or that you would've picked it up from the other threads. I can open up a space for you so we're back to even numbers if you really want to play. TBH, I hadn't seen anything from you around at all, so I thought you'd dropped off of the forum altogether.

EDIT: Bearing all of this in mind, I'm going to say now that I'm going to be particularly ruthless on those who don't get their fingers out of their bumholes and post in a timely fashion. If you don't post within a week of a GM post and don't have an explanation beyond 'sorry, I'm lame at posting', then I'll kick you out. Sorry if it sounds harsh, but I'm not willing to let this die through inactivity this time around, and if there's this many people as starting players with interest, I'd quite like to see it run for a while, and complete at least some of the long-distance plot.

Chasing Away Shadows - near future military sci-fi RP (Metal Gear inspired)

Right, all the characters have been added to the OP, and that's as many as I'm accepting for now. I've pretty much got the idea sorted for the first mission and what it'll lead us into. I won't be able to get the in-character up tonight, but I'll endeavor to get it up tomorrow evening UK time so we can begin.
In terms of who's leader, I won't have Sabine be in charge this time, if someone else wants to step up to the plate? Put your suggestions forward, and whoever asks first can have the job. And if everyone else doesn't like it (in character or out, once we start), then it can always change.
There'll be an NPC you'll get your briefings and missions from, and who will support you in the field - a Colonel Campbell sort of figure for those of you who've played MGS, a senior military officer, who's a fatherly sort, but has a tough side if pushed, and is very knowledgeable. Someone you can count on, basically.

Chasing Away Shadows - near future military sci-fi RP (Metal Gear inspired)

Yeah, you don't need to have masses of experience or understanding. I'm not expecting academic levels of knowledge, and they're no replacement for interest or excitement in the plot and the setting anyway. The rest of us are happy to help you out, and you've said you're more than willing to look for yourself as well, which counts for a lot.
I'm more interested in people having fun and enjoying things, rather than everything being 100% realistic and accurate, just so long as it stays at a comfortable level, and things don't get too silly or OP, but I can't see anyone who's here causing that kind of issue :)

Mobile Frame: Honor Among Mercs (VOTOMS/Patlabor-style Mecha RP)

While I do appreciate the positive nods towards GEARs - and if I do say so myself, it is awesome - I'm currently full up on players, with 12 people currently involved. If anyone drops out you're welcome to join in (if you're not already involved), but if you want to read along you're more than welcome to do so. I didn't know it would be so popular o.0

As far as collabs go, I'd be happy to do something like that again, I love collaborating on creating things!

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

URGH, we're kind of full up on players here, alas. 12 is pretty much my limit, but I'll let Aristo in, since he did post in the original interest check. But I REALLY don't have any room for anyone else, since this sprung up a whole mess of interest as soon as I put up the Int Check and OOC. Not to cast aspersions on anyone, but I'm kind of expecting a few people to drop off once things start, since that's usually what happens.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

That's the idea I had in mind. Though I was also thinking that some of them might have been pushed his way by LDF command too, as a compromise for choosing others.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Both approved, I'll add them to the OP a bit later, when I'm not running out the door to work.

I've got ideas on how we'll start already, and how that will link into the larger plot. Just waiting for the last couple of peeps to post their characters.

Chasing Away Shadows - near future military sci-fi RP (Metal Gear inspired)

Yeah, I think this is big enough. I'll get an ib character up soon.

Chasing Away Shadows - near future military sci-fi RP (Metal Gear inspired)

Rafale said
Is it just me, or does the first name 'Sabine' sound familiar?

I first heard it on Top Gear - it's the name of a German racing driver. I really liked it, so I've nicked and used it here, and in other places too. If it is in Fable 3, then that's a coincidence - I haven't played any of them yet, but I do plan to at some point.

Rultaos said
So... Are all of the current characters apps accepted, Silver? You haven't said anything about them yet. Also,who's supposed to act as the Blaze Unit leader?

Yes, sorry. They are all fine so far. I meant to do more today, but the site dropping out for a few hours and then coming back up just in time for me to go to bed threw me off :P
I was going to have Sabine be the leader, as it makes it easier, but I might delegate the role to someone else. I'll have a think about it when I'm not in as much of a hurry.

We need more ladies, so if anyone's working on characters, please let them be of the fairer sex. Otherwise poor Sabine (*nudges Silver and clears throat in an obvious manner*) will have a sausage fest on her hands...

Oh that sounded wrong.

She has access to tear gas and tasers. She'll be fine.