Sep

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Honestly, considering the massive amount of Japanese influence in Pacific Rim and the American habit of cranking the epic up to eleven... I could see it happening.

@Lennon79

Please no.

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Overall PPCD military command maybe? But I thought that's what the Marshall was... not that I know much beyond the film >>;

@Lennon79

Perhaps there is a Super Jaeger that requires 10 experienced pilots, it's invisible and can wipe out a city in one swipe of it's arm

^{*Not Being Serious, if you couldn't tell.}

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Y'know it's just occurred to me to ask, but where's Hansen? I thought he took over as Marshall after Pentecost died.

@Lennon79

Super Jaeger Command? :P

Crisis: Mars! [Full unless you're Brilliant]

It's my go next isn't it?

Either way I'll post tonight hopefully, more likely to be tomorrow though.

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Henry sighed. He had already slept on the chopper, on the bright side he did get his own room. That was a novelty. Being ex-force recon he was used to putting down just wherever possible. He moved to his room and threw in his duffel bag: After retrieving a smaller bag. After that he walked off in the direction of the mess hall. Walking in he immediately walked over and grabbed a tray. Looking at the trays of, probably cold, food he wasn't impressed. Then again, the Jaeger program was technically military. What was he suspect? And it made the whole thing seem more homely anyway. He grabbed a plate, throwing some cold bacon and beans onto it before moving over to an empty table. Once down he took a can of Irn Bru out of his bag and smirked. As far as he knew he was one of the few scotsmen here, he had to represent.

He closed his eyes as he took a drink. He had done a lot to get back here, last time he had barely started training before they canned the project in favour of the wall (Which was a completely and utter stupid idea from it's inception). At least they realized their mistake, though how long would it take them to get the funding behind the Jaeger program that it needed? Yes there was a lot of collateral damage but it was the only way. And even then a lot of the time Kaiju were taken out at sea, it was typically the higher classifications or more unique ones that managed to wreak havoc and if he got in a Jaeger, nothing was going to get past him. He'd see to that.

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

The reviews are coming along well now, but a few players need to fulfill the final CS requirement, that of composing an exit scene for their character(s) in case of an emergency of some sorts that means you'll have to drop out. The characters in question are:
@MonkeyBusiness’ Jade
@Lucius Cypher’ unsubmitted character
@Howler’s Arix Vaas
@Sonatina’s Miran Salem
@Sep’s Koren
@Bigscreech’s Avix
@My Lalia’s Blokere
@Flagg’s Callidus
@Hexaflexagon’s Quasasll
@Sep’s Lorn
@Heat’s Jakali
@Tzarima’s Ven'ren

If you’ve PM’d one and we’ve forgotten to post it in our depository, then don’t hesitate to point out the PM to us. With so many PMs about Aftermath, one or two may have gotten lost.
We're also keeping a running tally on here:
Aftermath Character overview

@Ellri

I have dutifully informed what's happening regarding to mine, and will do so when the time permits.

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Done, I'll throw an insult in there for good measure.

Just so you all know, I insult people all the time. So if I do it in the OOC know it's typically in jest (It will be obvious if it isn't), your chars can take it as a real insult or realize he's just being a twat it's your call.

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Henry sat in the chopper, a cap lowered over his face, legs stretched out (The most he could in confined space) and more or less let himself drift in and out of sleep on the way to the shatterdome. Though this did little to help his excitement as the chopper touched dirt (Metaphorically). Straight on his feet he moved into line, the indoctrinated part of him immediately had him standing at attention - Minus the salute. He was back in the program. Everything he had done brought him here, since the first Kaiju attack helping him to decide to join the military, all the recon runs. The fighting, pain, joys and thrills all brought him to this moment. Where he'd be tested and hopefully be put in a Jaeger.

One of the oldest in the group, he reckoned his chances were good. Yes like most of them he had no real experience in a Jaegar but he had been fighting longer than most of them. He'd been in the trenches, on the rooftops and behind "enemy" lines. He didn't doubt there were some fighters amongst them. Most of them had probably spent a lot of time in the simulators (Something he had only been in once) but he just hoped when it came down to a real fight, when lives were on the line that they could hold their own. The snow itself, didn't phase him. Scotland wasn't the most tropical of climates in existence, and he was too busy holding back his inner child. "Alright, so we've met the guard dog. We ready to get started?"

((*Note: I am actually Scottish. However I will not be changing EVERY word to the way I would say it. That shit just makes it confusing to read for people, and I'm used to typing without slang (However the occasional tidbit of how I say things will sneak in e.g. instead of now most scots say "The now" for some odd reason.)))

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

Aren't the Sith applications cut off now?

@Dervish

Tzarima has been going about her application for a while in the IRC.

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

Ven'ren

Name: Ven'ren Dijktra
Species: Human
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Faction: Sith Empire
Rank: Apprentice

Appearance: Ven'ren likes wearing his plain acolytes mask all the time, though he does not really need to hide anything, since looks quite alright aside from appearing like he suffers from chronic lack of sleep. When masked, those used to him can read expressions by the angle he tilts his head. He is thin, and when seen, pale and dark-haired.

Flaws: Ven'ren has lost nearly all connection he ever had to the light side, and most of the things he was taught by the Jedi are useless to him now. Added to that, his education in the ways of the Dark Side is incomplete and chaotic. His connection to the force itself is strong, but most of the information he recieves he cannot make sense of at all. In addition the the mistrust Sith feel for eachother in general, the posibility of some Jedi remaining in Ven'ren's scrambled mind makes him even harder to trust and a target to those who do not find him useful. He is rather useful to those that control him, however, both smart, skilled and cooperative when he is allowed to act according to his own goals and motivations.

Skills: He is skilled with lightsabers. He is mainly a Makashii user, but also remembers some of the Soresu he was trained in as a Jedi. He is also far sharper that his behaviour usually suggests. He usually knows when he is being manipulated, but appears not to be especially bothered by it. He is an easy man to underestimate and one might forget he has survived amongst the sith for this long for a reason. He has a strong albeit somewhat chaotic connection to the force, making him hard to surprise and causing him to pick up on things not otherwise made clear, such as peoples emotions.

Force capabilities: Force Empathy. His Force Sense, Sight and Precognition are also strong. He is better at controlling his own body (with speed for example) than he is at controlling other things around him.

Biography: Ven'ren was made a knight at 17, and was captured by the Sith later the same year. Using the classic trick of threatening his friends, the sith got him to cooperate with them and he was later brought to Korriban for re-education. His cooperation with sith along with his fierce hatred for them started turning him to the dark side. It grew worse on Korriban, due both to the training and the fact that he was constantly surrounded by Dark Side influence, and that there was little around him that he did not hate. Unsurprisingly, his mind took a blow from this and he started to lose his sanity. He survived due to his intelligence and adaptability along with good combat skills he had previously learned from the Jedi.

Most of his time on Korriban was spent in the caves of one of the old temples where initiates were commonly tested. He attacked or helped these initiates on a ground of how much he liked them, and was in that regard interfering with the 'strongest survives' part of the testing. He was, in due time, picked up from there by Darth Sathren, who thought that Ven's survival alone in that cave for so long was a testament to his strength and adaptability. Ven was, when found, animalistic, paranoid and barely speaking, but perfectly coherent when he did so and appeared to understand his situation perfectly. He was easily convinced of leaving. He did, at that point, have the ability to see Sith as individuals, even though he kept his hatred for them at large.

Darth Sathren was at that point already old and it was known that physical strength was fading and that he would soon be replaced by a younger Sith. The Darth had many important things to do, and more than one young sith to train, but did take time for Ven'ren once in a while. This is were Ven was introduced to most of the ways of the Sith. The Darth's training mostly consisted of tormenting his apprentice with nightmares and visions, and then, after letting Ven'ren deal with the horrors himself, sat down to discuss what had been seen and how it is connected to sith philosophy. Ven was actually rather responsive to this method, that, at least in part, used kindness to make him listen. Sitting down and discussing the force was similar to the teaching methods of the Jedi, nightmares and horrors not withstanding.

This is also the time he came to Dromund Kaas and met more other apprentices on a more normal level then how he interacted with initiates on Korriban, and even managed to make friends with other sith. This allowed him to see some good things about the Empire and stopped hating everything around him as an effect of that. This made him less likely to turn on the Empire at first given opportunity, Before that, his hatred still made him want to destroy all sith. The decline of this hatred halted his fall to the Dark Side and his decent into insanity, though not undoing any of the (notable) damage that had already been done.

His master did, as expected, not live for that long before someone took advantage of his physical frailty and kill him. This, along with the death of one of the first friends he made, made him accept Jewels offer to make him her apprentice. With her, he would have a chance at revenge, and also the opportunity to learn more about how to survive in the world of the sith.

Personality and/or Motivation: It is unclear how much of his mind Ven'ren has actually lost. It mostly shows mostly in his odd speaking patterns and off-behaviours. Those used to half crazy sith would probably not even be that uncomfortable with him though. He tends to be oddly friendly, level of sincerity uncertain. He sometimes has a bizarrely strong sense of personal space only to suddenly have none at all.
What motivates him in a larger sense is unclear, if it is anything at this point. Revenge for his friend is one of his goals short-term goals, survival is another, and for both of these he is helped by his master, Jewel. Already skilled in combat, he does knows that it its the understanding of the more subtle parts of being a Sith that he lacks.
There are still some remenats of Jedi in him, such as a reflex to be protective of people, but this is almost entirely subconscious. There is a part of him somewhere that wants no one to die at all, imperial or republic.

Player’s long term goals: Ven'ren is possibly redeemable. Someone who cares about such things could see the light remaining in him and save him. A full recovery would naturally take a long time, but if he was to be removed from the Sith and brought back under the influence of the Jedi, it is possible. He would not however, think that returning would be a good idea and would be more likely to escape, not able to either completely cast of the darkness or let go of the light. He could remain the way he is, either still serving the Empire in his current state or for some reason or another fleeing into the vastness space, not really important enough to track an having no idea were to belong. There is of course also the not enierly unlikely outcome of him being damaged furter and beyond all repair, but that is the option I am personally least interested in playing out.

Relations: Jewel- master. On good terms. They find eachother quite useful.

So I have something now. I am sure that I've missed or misunderstood parts of the template, but at this point it is probably better that I have something here^^

@Tzarima

If i may offer a little bit of critique (Though ofc I'm not a GM). I can't talk for a lot of the Sithy stuff as I do know quite a bit about the Sith but @Ellri and @Sundered Echo understand them better in this era.

As a casual bystander reading it, parts of it seem quite broken up. It's very jumpy, though that could just be the way I'm reading it right now.