Shandria

Mass Effect: The B Team

I was thinking it would be a 4 person squad, and it ended up as a 5 person squad which is fine but beyond that we'll see about more in the future maybe xD

For now I'll set up an initial post.

Soldiers of Camelot

Made the OOC, presuming you two are still interested.

Gundam OO - Celestial Intervention

Viraa sat in her seat with her arms crossed as she listened to people cut in and out of the communications. Both parts of the mission were beginning. She watched the Kyrios move out to engage the enemy, and just sat there like she was going to observe. Honestly she shouldn't even be needed, even if they put up a fight, the Kyrios should be able to handle six regular Mobile Suits. Unless... they split up.

Of course they had to split up. Actually that was a pretty smart move on their part. Most would be stunned to be met with such sudden and strong opposition from a single Mobile Suit, but it seemed this little band of terrorists were different. They were dead set on completing this mission. A shame for them they didn't have as much resolve as Celestial Being, or they might have gotten what they wanted today.

"GN-005 Virtue, engaging the enemy." She raised her GN Bazooka up, Virtue taking it with both hands and pressing it to the chest of the Mobile Suit to lock it in place. Her Optical Camoflauge faded just in time for the weapon to charge up, and then fire a single, long blast of energy that rushed through space in a stream. One of the three Mobile Suits was caught up in the blast, and over the course of a couple seconds, the entire machine, and the pilot inside, were turned to nothing but dust scattered through space. "Two Enemy Mobile Suits remaining from the group that split away from Kyrios. Enemy Mobile Suits appear to be protecting some sort of weapon."

As the two remaining Mobile Suits closed in on the Orbital Elevator, they managed to spot Virtue ahead, not a difficult task once they were close enough. They raised their weapons and started firing off Beam Rifles, but a large green shell appeared around her, and simply deflected the shots. For the moment, they kept up their fire, however as they were doing this, Virtue's two GN Cannons slid up onto its shoulders, and aimed down toward the enemies, preparing to take a shot at both of them at once as soon as there was a window to drop the GN Field around her.

Gundam OO - Celestial Intervention

I think you mean Viraa's group! It's right there on the mission details. "Team Viraa".

No yeah that works for me.

Soldiers of Camelot

You've heard the stories of King Arthur. The different tales that tell the vastly differing stories of the Knights of the Round Table, Sir Lancelot, Gawain, Bedivere, or Tristan. Everyone knows of the betrayal of the Witch Morgana Lefay, or how Mordred, Bastard son of King Arthur was the one who struck the fatal blow to the King. Everyone knows of the Sword in the Stone, and the fabled Excalibur. Many even know of the Dragon who aided Arthur in his quest. And of course, there are few who do not know of the great Wizard Merlin.

But stories don't often speak of the soldiers who fought for the King. The soldiers who followed orders from the Knights of the Round Table, and did what they could not do alone. Fought against armies and hordes that threatened Camelot and stood their ground when nobody else would. For the King, for their homes, for Camelot.

This is your story, in a new, original world of Camelot. This is not the Camelot of Britain. This is its own Kingdom, not just one city, but an entire stretching land for hundreds of miles around. Nestled between the Mountains, with the sea at its northern tip, this is the home of the Human Empire, at least, the most well known one. In a world of Elves, Dwarves, and Monsters, it is the people of Camelot serving under the Knight Lords who protect the land.

But who are you? Are you perhaps a novice Wizard trained under the great Merlin, now set loose upon the world to learn from your experiences, that which a book cannot teach you? Are you a Warrior who trained under the great Sir Lancelot and has been given the task of seeking out and hunting Monsters that threaten the people? For every class, there is a leader. And every Soldier, be they Wizard, Archer, Warrior or Rogue, fight for one of the Knight Lords. This creates factions that war among each other, but all in good will. There is no killing among the factions, but they can certainly get competitive when trying to prove the worth of their chosen Knight. Whether it's the faction wars trying to claim ownership of the many forts in the land, or tournaments that often are decided by how much support each Knight gets from their followers, it all strengthens the people as they work to be better than one another, and in doing so, become better than they could ever be on their own.

Of course, this is quite the different story than you are likely accustomed to when it comes to the story of King Arthur. The King already wields the Holy Sword, Excalibur, and those you know from other stories to have betrayed the King, you may yet find to be his greatest allies.

Welcome to Camelot.

OOC:

So the basic idea here is that it's an original world, and doesn't follow all the lore of most Arthurian Legend you might know. For example, this will not be following the same old story of Lancelot and Guinevere, or Morgana and Mordred, these won't be happening here. This world is a bit, brighter than many other worlds of King Arthur, so if you're looking for some Grimdark, you're not likely to find it here I'm afraid. Some examples:

Lancelot is Guinevere's Brother, and there is no lack of love between the King and Queen.

Mordred is the legitimate child of King Arthur and Guinevere.

Morgana, while using darker magic than most would usually accept, is still accepted as Royalty, and is not any sort of Villain. Yes, she is Morgana Pendragon. Also she won't leave Lancelot alone.

Classes:

Each Class has a Class Leader. However, keep in mind that this has nothing to do with your faction. There are also advanced classes, that you can only 'earn' through RP, such as the Knight, or Beastmaster. These are evolution classes, meaning you must start as an Archer to become a Beast Master for example. The Class Leader also has no effect on power or standing. Just because you were trained under King Arthur himself, doesn't mean you're better than anyone. Except when it does, and changing to an advanced class does not always change your Class Leader. Some advanced classes can be advanced into from more than one class... does it make sense that a Cleric can suddenly become a Paladin with absolutely no experience with heavy armor, swords or shields? No, but why not.

Note that not all classes have an advanced class, or the same number of advanced classes. (You are also not required to advance if you don't want to.)

This is an early development of the classes. It may change, it may not, by time this becomes a full OOC.

Warrior - Sir Lancelot
Wizard - Merlin
Cleric - Queen Guinevere
Rogue - Mistral (Dark Elf OC)
Archer - Cynal (Wood Elf OC)

Advanced Classes:

Warrior:
-Knight (Class Leader becomes King Arthur)
-Paladin (Class Leader becomes Sir Mordred)
-Berserker (Class Leader becomes Ghamki, a Dwarf OC)

Wizard:
-Warlock (Class Leader becomes Morgana)

Cleric:
-Paladin (Class Leader becomes Sir Mordred)

Rogue:
-Shadow Assassin
-Shadow Archer

Archer:
-Beastmaster
-Ranger
-Shadow Archer (Class Leader becomes Mistral)

Factions:

The factions are a Knight that each individual swears loyalty to. This puts them in a faction, and it's their duty to compete with other factions for fame and glory, while raising their standing with their chosen Knight. No faction is stronger than any other for any reason beyond the strength of its members, and a Class Leader does not care if those studying under them choose a different faction. For example, Sir Lancelot isn't going to care if a Warrior joins Sir Mordred's faction. The Knights who have their own faction are as follows:

Sir Mordred
Sir Gawain
Sir Lancelot
Sir Bedivere
Sir Percival
Sir Tristan

Something to note, is that these are the "Knight Lords", meaning that if your character changes class to the Knight, you won't be on the same level as them. If anything, you answer even more directly to the Knight Lords as a Knight than you would as a Warrior.

The Point?:

Now after all this you're likely wondering, okay, but what will we as participants in this RP actually be doing? And to put it simply, you will be adventuring through Camelot as members of the Camelot Military. A diverse (Hopefully) group of Humans from different factions. Just because you're in different factions doesn't mean you can't team up after all. The only times you will be secluded into your own faction is during things such as tournaments.

And yes, while it may seem odd to limit you to only Humans in a world that as stated, has anything from Elves and Dwarves, to many other fantasy races, it would kind of defeat the purpose if you were another race. While King Arthur has employed allies, such as a pair of Elven Twins, and a Dwarven Smith to help train Camelot's people, the members of the Camelot military still remain entirely Human.

As for more in depth story, beyond just adventuring around, fighting Monsters and saving towns and the like, you will also be able to aid famous figures from Arthurian Legend on their quests, and see more of their story building up, such as Sir Mordred's Quest for the Sword of Choosing, or Sir Lancelot's Quest for the Holy Grail, a totally, 100%, entirely serious storyline. Without a doubt.

What I Expect From Players:

I know a lot of RPs can sometimes be a little open to interpretation on what they expect from the quality of writing, just leaving it up to 'this RP is Advanced' or Casual or Free or whatever. I'd like to get more specific than that.

This RP will be in the Casual section, but I'm looking for more, high Casual to Advanced Writers. Posts should be at least one Paragraph, and anywhere up from there that you feel comfortable with. No one liners. And most importantly, have competent grammar and spelling. I understand mistakes, but if you consistently spell things wrong, especially if it's the same words over and over again suggesting you legitimately don't know how to spell something, that's not the kind of person I'm looking for here.

And please be active. Nobody likes sitting around for days waiting for one person to post just so the RP can keep moving.

If you have questions feel free to ask here or PM me. If you show interest in the RP, I'll assume you want to take part and I'll keep that assumption for a couple days at least before opening your 'slot' so to speak to someone else. I'm not going to be too picky on the size of the group for this, I would prefer 4+ people.

I'll also say that I'm a big Fate fan, and while I don't know everything about it, it won't hurt to assume that some things from it will bleed into this RP. I'm not going to make King Arthur a woman, but some... other changes may be made as a reference to Fate. Oh and if you have an issue with 'not being true to the legend' well it's not hurting anyone for you to just not take part honestly.

Ah yes and finally, I myself will be playing a normal character, while also sort of, GMing everything else, from enemies, to the higher up figures like King Arthur or Sir Lancelot.

Oh and if you have an issue with 'not being true to the legend' well it's not hurting anyone for you to just not take part honestly.

Character Sheet

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Class: (Chosen from above, no Custom Classes)

Faction: (What Knight do they follow. List is found above.)

Appearance: (An image is preferred, but if you really don't like images, just use a description. Keep in mind the intent is for your character to be just a normal soldier, so typical medieval style armor for warriors, leather armor for archers and robes for caster types is what you're looking at here. No full suits of Knight armor (Yet) or anything like that. You have to work your way up.)

History: (Feel free to make up names of towns or anything for the sake of your character's origins. Camelot is the Kingdom. Just make the names make sense... something ending in shire or town (Like Rivershire or Hilltown) is always a safe bet. Also detail how they came to join the Camelot Military, or at the very least how they came to be trained by whoever your Class Master is.)

Equipment: (Just a general rundown of the weapons they carry. Sword, Shield, Axe, Bow, Crossbow, and the actual types of weapons. You can use images for more detail, otherwise give information about what kind of weapon they use. Like a sword sure, but is it one or two handed, for dueling or extremely heavy, all that stuff.)

Mass Effect: The B Team

@Dumb1And1Lazy@SpaceMan

Taking from another RP I'm in, would you two like to start a sort of downtime part of the RP where you can post as you wish around the Citadel while we wait on everything to be set up?

SpaceMan, I only just noticed this but in equipment, did you mean the M-3 Predator, or the M-8 Avenger? Cause you put a mix of the two, M-8 Predator.

Mass Effect: The B Team

That's fine, just making sure the interest is still there.

Gundam OO - Celestial Intervention

Unlike Atalei, Viraa had no concerns about who or what was piloting the Mobile Suits she was going to destroy. The others who met her likely thought of her as emotionless, with no remorse or care for anything but the plan. It wasn't entirely true, what she did, she would do for Humanity. But she had accepted what that meant long ago, that many people would die. Starting today, they were kicking off a plan that would leave countless people's lives in ruin, and even more dead. But it was for the sake of peace.

As she listened to the chatter over their comms it, like many things, baffled her that the other pilots needed to hype themselves up for this, that they needed words of encouragement. They were chosen for the plan because they were the ones for the job, the only ones. Veda didn't make mistakes, they weren't about to die on their first mission. They had much, much tougher tasks ahead of them than taking on an enemy that didn't even know they existed yet.

As she heard the words of encouragement from the Captain, she almost rolled her eyes. Of course they were better than the enemy. That's why they were here. Not just these Gundams, but the pilots inside them had to have the skill, and the resolve to do what needed to be done. And that meant defeating the enemy. That was the most basic of requirements for each pilot, be better than the opponent.

A short "GN-005 Virtue, on Standby." was all she gave to confirm she was ready for her part in the mission. Like a machine, reciting its cerial number rather than giving a name, she was a piece of a puzzle, not a singular, named pilot. Not right now.

It was fortunate that her Gundam had Optical Camouflage, considering it was by far the largest and bulkiest of the four Mobile Suits. Speed and Agility was not its primary function. No... but surprise, that was her part to play. And so she waited, watching Kyrios as if from the shadows, wondering what he was thinking. Did he have the resolve necessary to be a Gundam Meister? Did any of the others?

Mass Effect: The B Team

Just checking if you other two are going to be joining us.

@XAnth@tal0n

Mass Effect: The B Team

Looks good to me. It's fine that she has no actual combat experience, and seems to not know how actually horrible war is, at least, when you're the one fighting it especially.

I'm going to add a section I forgot, gender. Put it right between Species and Class, just

Gender:

@SpaceMan@Dumb1And1Lazy