ToadKing85

Into The Micro-World!

In the aftermath of the Nanigen Incident, following the disappearances of several people (including the head of Nanigen, Vince Drake, and the designer/inventor of The Tensor, Ben Rourke), it seemed as if all was said and done for "Micro-tech".

Yet, the espionage engine always keeps running; in the literal death-throws of Nanigen, one man escaped with several terabytes worth of data and designs, including that of The Tensor- one Dr. Edward Catel, of the Davros Consortium.

In addition to controlling Micro-Tech, while the Consortium continues to develop the technology further, other companies proceeded to pick apart the remains of Nanigen, even engaging in bidding wars for rights to what tech Davros sees fit to offer! Now, multiple companies have been stumbling their way into the Micro-World, and clashing, for a variety of goals. Some, more altruistic. Most not. And all of it shrouded in secrecy.

One such battle ground is developing in a research station, in the Pacific Northwest, in one of their national parks...

Welcome to my Micro themed RP! the aim here is to survive expeditions/adventures in the natural world (and sometimes the unnatural one), with themes of both wonder, and horror. There's room for drama, to a degree, so long as it doesn't grind scenes to a halt.

I'm allowing players control of 1 character, and up to 3 npcs, provided some caveats:
Don't create npc's/situations solely for having the clear advantage over other players; conflict is allowed, but this isn't a versus battle game.
Make your npc's easily distinguishable from your pc; different color text is a pretty easy way to accomplish that.
Plot Armor? What's that? the Micro-World is savage, brutal, and without mercy. People are going to die, and much like in the novel on which this is based, it doesn't care how much of a main character you are. I'm not saying don't put effort into your characters, just don't get so invested that you can't handle having to make a new one.

Other than those caveats, feel free to message me with character submissions and/or questions!

Character Sheet

Name:
Player/NPC (put a line through whichever it is not)
Corporate/Military/Civilian
Field: (if the character is a scientist, identify their field of study/expertise. If not a scientist, but an expert in some capacity, write that down and be clear about your field of work. If just someone doing their job, or a civilian with no expertise whatsoever, feel free to leave this blank.)
Background: (Give a brief description of your characters history, focusing on how they came to be involved with the Micr-World, or at least how they got involved with a person/company that is)
Personality:
Appearance: (face claims are fine, no anime for this one. Descriptions without images are fine too)

Micro: Into The Micro-World

Ugh, I'm sorry this is taking longer than anticipated; I'm settling into a new job, and it's sucking up a lot of my time and energy. I've got the next couple of days off, though, so progress shall be made

Micro: Into The Micro-World

Wow, I'm really pleased with the enthusiasm, here!

Either this evening or tomorrow I'll go ahead and work up a proper OOC, including some character guidelines.

Micro: Into The Micro-World

I'll have something established for the setting, for sure.
@ImaginedBird67

Micro: Into The Micro-World

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I am going to assume there is a central hub of sorts. Unless you thrust straight into the middle 0f it.

@ImaginedBird67

You mean like a base of operations, within the setting?

Micro: Into The Micro-World

Risky idea, but I'm even toying with the idea of offering up a few plot ideas, and letting the players come to a consensus on what to do?

Micro: Into The Micro-World

Oh hell yes! I always liked the idea of being tiny!

@ImaginedBird67

Sweet! I hope we can get some more players, at least 2 or 3 more, but I'm also going to provide some npcs, and I'll let players have more than one character, for... Reasons... >:)

Hello, Nice to Meet You All!

Welcome

Micro: Into The Micro-World

This would be based loosely on the Micheal Crichton novel, Micro, wherein a corporation figured out a way to use concentrated tensor fields to shrink machines, and even people! Reduced to half an inch tall (give or take), they were sending research teams and "expeditions" into natural areas, referred to as "The Micro-World". The Micro-World is a pretty dangerous place, even for it's normal denizens, and they're adapted for life at that scale!

This rp wouldn't follow the story of the novel, instead the focus would be on different people. I also would do away with a ticking clock plot device called the "micro bends" (similar to the bends, a medical ailment one can develop from spending too much time in a pressurized environment such as the deep sea).

The premise of "Into The Micro-World" would, frankly, be equal parts "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" and "Jurassic Park"; a mixed group of people, intended to only be in the micro-world for a short time, perhaps for professional reasons, instead end up lost and forced to try and survive long enough to be rescued, or otherwise find their way to a point where they can somehow try and contact the larger world for help.

If enough interest can be drummed up, I'll move this to Casual with a proper OOC page and character guidelines

My RP Wish List

Cool! I wouldn't mind discussing some of these ideas!