Sep

Star Wars: Disintegration [adv. - NRP]

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Star Wars: Disintegration [adv. - NRP]

WIP

Name: Grand Moff Dashara Vanu
Age: 33
Personality:

History & Background:

@Ruby

What? It isn't finished?

I thought it was ;)

Brothers All - A Mandalorian Story

@Hexaflexagon I'll out-snipe him!

He is but prey.

>Game face activated.

Brothers All - A Mandalorian Story

@Sep
Yeah that is fine we already went over what we needed to go over in PM so as long as the touch ups are made we are good. ^-^

@Hexaflexagon

You know me and those histories. We just don't get along...

-fights bio in private-

Though yeah I'll add to it at some point hopefully if I garner up the time. As the CS is the hard part ;)

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Sheet for approval:
- Fixed that bio issue you didn't like
- Added explanation for tech slicer

2020

Name: HK-2020TEM
Callsign: 2020
Age: Unknown
Gender: Droid
Species: HK-type Combat Droid, Experimental Tech Evaluation model
Combat Role: Technician/Sniper
Years In Mynock Squad: 0.1

Appearance:

Picture

2020 is very large, compared to a combat droid. He is almost 2 meters tall, and much heavier than he appears. Regardless of his slick design, his movements are slow and measured, but contain a powerful mechanical relentnessness that make any decision an eventuality rather than an immediate threat.

His design appears jury-rigged, and rightfully so: Compared to the original model, he is fit with reinforced armor plates in key locations, advanced sensors, and equipment evaluation hardware usually present on assembly-line worker droids. Many of his parts do not fit in color, hinting at frequent repairs and replacements.

2020's voice is deep and calm, but crisp enough to convey that slowness of motion does not mean slow processing.

Skills and Abilities:

• Weapon Specialist - 2020 is an expert in maintenance and modification of a large variety of military gear, with emphasis on weapons and armor. He also possesses a generalization algorithm that allows him to quickly understand how to operate, and if necessary fix, a piece of equipment he meets for the first time. This does not make him the best marksman or pilot, just the one quickest to find the ignition button, or the safety switch.
• One-shot Marksman - 2020's extensive study of weapon ballistics allows him to fire a large amount of single-fire rifles with extreme accuracy. He is even able to reach optimal firing parameters in bad weather or in motion, though it might take a shot or two. When using auto-fire weapons, his accuracy drops dramatically due to his inability to compensate between shots.
• Tech Slicer - 2020 is fitted with offensive hardware and software used to assault enemy tech. His equipment is not meant for network-wide assault, but more for comandeering end-user terminals and controlling their peripherals (such as locally-operated turret systems, electronic/mechanical locks, protected vehicles, etc).
• Machine Strength - 2020 is fairly slow, and almost helpless in melee or hand-to-hand combat. But once he gets hold of an enemy, the fight would end there and then. His chassis is reinforced with thick armor and overcharged servos, originally meant for testing the maximum strength and resilience that can be gained by upgrading an HK model, and the result is devastating to anyone not quick enough. This strength also enables him to fire ridiculously large weapons with high accuracy, but renders usage of most standard melee weapons impossible.

Equipment:

• Experimental Coil-Accelerated Anti-Armor Slugthrower - This rifle was originally meant for ambushing light-armored convoy from a known position. Deployed similarly to a mortar, it would be carried on a car or disassembled and shared among a team of soldiers, and once deployed would remain stationary. The CAAS hasn't reached the assembly line yet, but this model is the newest and most reliable of all prototypes. It is too heavy to be carried by humans, but for 2020 it is just the right weight. The ultra-hard magnetically accelerated bullets are powerful enough to tear through an AT-ST and severely damage a light armored troop transport. Their effect on humanoid carbon-based meatbags is... well, amusing. It takes a few seconds to recharge between shots.
• Mandalorian Standard Issue Heavy Blaster - Always set on single fire. Always.
• Custom-machined Composite Alloy HK-2020 Armor Plates - Upgraded armor for the HK-2020 model. Especially effective against close proximity explosions.
• Radar Jammer
• Short Range Communications Jammer
• Toolkit
• Breaching Charges
• HK-2020 Sensor Upgrade - Short range radar, heat vision, ultra-lowlight vision, sonar, electronic "nose" for detection of explosives.

History:
Dissatisfied with the limited array of "legal" upgrade options on Mandalorian weaponry, a leading weapons researcher decided to devote a whole assembly line to customizable upgrades for all standard-issue mandalorian equipment. He would assign some experimental models of optics, sub-barrel grenade launchers, overchargers and more to some greenhorns from squads that his factory supplied (since the veterans refused to try new things), but the results weren't satisfactory - The greenhorns were either unable to use these upgrades properly, or would use them wrong and blow up.

One day, in a casual status report meeting with his boss, he got an idea - He could configure a droid to try out all parameters of a given upgrade, then proceed to stress tests, and eventually submit a full evaluation report that would take it days to complete, while a human would take months. He found a discontinued model in one of the facility's scrapyards, repaired it and programmed it with the task. Soon he realized the greenhorns would explode not due to mistakes, but due to equipment faults, and after the droid's 8th replacement of hands and legs decided to upgrade the droid's armor. Luckily, this particular model was meant for heavy loads and the upgrade did not affect its performance. From a certain point of view, it would also be considered lucky that it had one of the most advanced AI versions that one can find in the black market - the HK persona.

It was thus not surprising that the droid's performance improved daily. It quickly learned from past experience and found the best way to test any kind of equipment, shortening time-to-market by tens of percents. But once the product line was ready for public testing, another side-effect of this revealed itself - the droid was very critical towards improper use of the facility's equipment. For hours it would lecture newbies and veterans alike, on topics from programmable wind compensation to sight knob backlash, until one day his victim was a field martial of the Neo-Crusaders. The man challenged the droid to best him in a shooting contest, if he's so "smart". And on any weapon they used, the droid's first shot was better. After the contest, the man said he's enrolling the droid into the Neo-Crusaders, regardless of the scientist's protest. To repay this "favor", he signed a contract that allowed the droid to record all technical battle data and send it to the scientist periodically. Kind of like writing home to your parents, only your parents are a crazy weapon nerd, and you are a huge death machine.

Before shipment, the droid was cleaned, tested, and outfitted with an upgraded sensor array as well as evaluation tools to use on the weapons he was testing. And fortunately, while he was evaluated for a role in the Neo-Crusaders, these were found very useful in any situation enemy tech could be interfaced with. This, along with his ability with rifles, set 2020 as a Sniper/Technician.

Psychological Analysis:
It's strange to analyze a droid psychologically, but that's the problem with the HKs - They have no choice but to develop a personality. In most cases, it is some kind of perfectionalism about a certain topic. In most cases, that topic is death and destruction - and 2020 is not different.

His goal is to constantly collect combat data for his owner, but obviously, firing the same gun over and over again at the same target becomes useless after a while. So he constantly seeks the perfect shot, the perfect modification parameter, in as many different weapons as possible. His Experimental CAAS gun is a constant topic of research, since it was built more as an evaluation tool than an actual weapon, and thus allows for much micro-management.

This makes him openly critical towards any squad member or otherwise weapon user that "does it wrong". He is always happy to give out advice, even if it is unnecessary or impossible to follow. But as annoying as it can get, most of them remember that he would always out-gun them on the first shot of their own favorite gun.

Chracter Relations:
TBA

@Peaceless

Competition, Shots mine you tin can :P

Brothers All - A Mandalorian Story

Name: Mar Den
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Combat Role: Sniper/Force Recon
Years in Mynock Squad: 6
Appearance:

Image

He stands at around 5'11 and weighs about 200 pounds. Eyes a chill blue, and hair a deep brown (that is often joked at it being due to a lack of washing facilities) when it is allowed to grow though often it is shaved off. His face can quite often appear burned, depending on where he's stationed, rugged and cracked with a serious look often plastered to his face. Underneath his chin there's a thin scar as if something once almost cut his head clean off. Whoever it was did succeed though in removing his right hand, which has been replaced by a synthetic hand which is encased in armour. Though it looks a bit stupid in the few times he is out of armour when in armour it looks identical to his other hand.

On his left shoulder he has a tattoo of his clans crest, which also sits on the chest of his armour right beside a skull. Another piece of graffiti is that the armour casing for his right hand has a kill count on it for high value targets that he has taken out.

Skills and Abilities:

• Sharpshooter - Mar can boast impressive kill shots. Always hits his mark.
• Force Recon - No matter the terrain he can scout ahead by himself, getting into the best position possible to relay information to the squad.
• Melee Combat - He keeps a knife attached to just above his elbows, his middle, thighs and ankles in case he has to get close and personal. He also knows how to use them.
• Survival Training - This goes without speaking, he can spend days if not weeks on his own in inhospitable conditions. He knows how to care for himself.
• Air Capable - Naturally being Force Recon he has become quite practiced at using both Jump packs and speeder bikes.
• Artist - Yeah, he can draw too.

Equipment

• 1x Blaster Sniper Rifle - He doesn't get attached to a rifle, and will just use whatever is available.
• 2x Blaster Pistols - One on each hip, for if it's getting closer.
• Knives - One at each joint, and then some hidden blades. For when it gets really close.
• 1x Standard Issue Jump pack.
• 2x Flash/Stun Grenades
• 1x Notepad.
• 1x Pencil

History:

Mar Den is the youngest member of his family, and one of the many members of his clan acting as advanced scouts within the Mandlorian ranks. Even from a young age it was obvious what he would become, living in highland areas of Mandalore with vast forests his clan crew up being hunters. They wouldn't farm animals to butcher, for there was no challenge. Instead once a Den became old enough to carry a rifle he would be taught how to hunt.

Like the rest of his family Mar took a shining to this, he would go out on the hunting trips with other members of his clan. Often the youngers and the elders together as those of fighting age were often taken to be trained in the military for whatever the Manda'lor had planned.

On his thirteenth birthday it came time to go through Verd'goten, and he was ready. He was given a beast to track, a rifle and some basic rations. From there, it was up to him. Verd'goten would last as long as it took him to return, however he could not return without his prey. It took him three weeks, his clothes were tattered and his rifle only had enough charge for one shot. Though over his shoulder he carried the best, dumping it in the centre of town with a smile on his face. He had done it, he had become a hunter and he had become a man.

There was much celebration that night, as now an adult he took his first drink (With many more to follow) in celebration. They danced, and they sang songs. Until the headache in the morning. Training before he was an adult had been tough. What he was about to be put through was something more.

Though most Mandalorians didn't know it the Manda'lor had plans to expand, to let the Mandalorian people have the glorious battle they deserved the chieftens did and they had to get their people ready. As some of the best hunters on the planet the Den tribe had to get better. They could track prey across a planet, but could they track other living beings? The forest and nearby mountains became fake warzones. Mar would both be hunted, and th ehunter. Wearing the most basic armour provided to him.

His face became rugged, cracked and bruised as he climbed through trees and waded through foliage. It wasn't until he had five "Confirmed" kills that they felt him ready to be trained in a jumppack.

That was a new challenge entirely. It changed the playing field, he was used to fighting using variances in terrain but now he could reach places previously unreachable. At the cost of being noticed, the packs not being the most quiet of devices. His kill streak improved, then the war broke out.

Being immediately assigned to Mynock squad it was a change of pace again. Yes he had targets, but he had time limits. He had to hunt, and then relay the information back. Having worked as a team before it had always been with his clan mates, people like him. Now he was put into an entirely new theatre of conflict. Six years on, and he hasn't changed. Except for the loss of a hand, and it's subsequent replacement.
Psychological Analysis:

• Emotionally Distant - He's spent most of his life hunting, he doesn't speak unless he needs too and is used to having to work by himself. That doesn't mean he can't work as a team.
• Hunter - Years hunting he has grown accustomed to it. He sees himself very much as a predator having little to no care to the targets he's after, they're just his prey.
• Clan Man - Like most Mandalorians he is very faithful to his clan, will likely marry someone within his clan and spent most of his life with them. They are his main weakness
• Honour Bound - He may be a hunter, but he is honour bound. If challenged to a hand to hand/melee fight he will likely accept. That said if it's a mission he won't risk everything on his honour. Even if it breaks him.
• Caring - Don't expect him to ever show it. But he cares, if his comrades are in combat he will engage the targets who are the biggest threat to them first. That said like before he won't risk the mission on it but if he can it is what he'll do.
• Artistic - Nobody really knows where it came from, but he's artistic. He'll quite often spend time drawing scenes while he waits, usually requests from other Mandalorians

Character Relations:

Star Wars: Disintegration [adv. - NRP]

Posting here to confirm my participation.

Here's a list of the planets I have claimed in advance:

Halowan
Drearia
Per Lupelo
Paqualis
Bogden
Nessem
Kidriff
Draria
Adin
Corsin
Skorrupon
Taris
Bandomeer
Harloen
Botajef
Drackmar
Hijado
Celanon
Ord Cestus

People who might care about these claims: @Heyseuss, since Mandalore is nearby.

As for finding these planets: Take a look at this map, and scan the Hydian Way. You'll know them when you see them.

Official NS in progress, which will include a much neater overall map.

@Terminal

The Hutt Sector is mine....

But I'm willing to share if anyone wants to go halvsies.

Brothers All - A Mandalorian Story

Edit:
Anyway I'm making a notice here and I'm sticking to it. The first IC post is coming up on Saturday when I get back from work, it is currently thursday where I'm so that gives anybody who is still working on a CS two days to finish anything up before I start up. Any Character applications received after Saturday can still be accepted but they will not be with the team at the start of the RP.

@Hexaflexagon

If you allow I can throw my sheet in the CS section now and maybe flesh it out more later.

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

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Yes, I would be distinctly uncomfortable with having Sish do that to a nine year old. He would, and has with his trademarked grin, without batting an eye. But yes Sish would be convinced through various IC reasons not to meet nine year olds.

@Rtron

Whelp, we now know Sish' weakness.

Young children.

JEDI INITIATES, ATTACK!

Star Wars: Disintegration [adv. - NRP]

I will have a sheet up at some point @Sini for the evilguys

*InsertBattlecryHere*

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

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I do and I also made my point clear on the matter. I'm fine with players not wanting their PCs involved in romance plots, it's your choice, but sadly that doesn't mean others will tiptoe around the subject. While you can ignore or gloss over the bit with romance in it (easier in the summary bth to do this), ignoring the unrelated aspect in a post is something I would have an issue with. AKA, literally just pretending the Post doesn't exist because it has kissing, romance, etc in it, even a little isn't as I've mentioned this. This goes for all Players within Aftermath which is why I said it on the OoC instead of the chat.

@Fallenreaper

I never said I'd skip out posts. As I say above, it is my choice. If people do it they do it. I'm also not going to pretend the post doesn't exist either, I said it here I said it to Gowi I'll skim over the lovey dovey bits.