Bliss - Recruiting

[Black Reaper]

Well.. Lets see if this works for giving everyone a small wake up call. The real thread is created. Those who do not have me on skype, please PM their skype to me.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/540.373381-Bliss-Living-Under-Occupation-Under-construction-Dont-you-dare-post-till-we-say-so#comment_form

Sorry bout that. Somehow it got cut off at the end. Anyway, I've made one change and retyped up what was missing

Spoiler: Will Galloway

Area: England

Name: Will Galloway

Nationality: Irish, but born in England.

Age: 26

Education: Studied Engineering and Mechanics at the University of London

Affiliation: Rebel (in secret)

Appearance: Brown hair, green eyes, pale skin. Athletic, but not too muscley. Often seen wearing overalls. Otherwise seen in jeans, a t-shirt and jacket.

Familial status: Single, likes a girl

Social Status: Working Class Engineer

Notable Skills: Will works at the rebel base and spends his time trying to figure out the mysteries behind the rebel tech with reverse engineering. He has some combat training from the rebel facilities, but he mainly specialises in Tech, and strategy.

Personal Philosophy: Will is very flexible in what he believes, although his main goal is to forcefully overcome the aliens, and use that as a stepping stone which might lead him to pioneer contact with deep space. He is not very violent, but is prepared to sacrifice everything for his ultimate goals.

Bio: Born in England, Will comes from a traditionally Irish family. He has lived his whole life in occupation and it was only since he finished his engineering course at University did he realise that with skills like his, he could aid the resistance.

Furthermore, the parents of the girl he likes were killed by the Aliens, which has been another driving force for him to assist the rebels in trying to drive them out.

He has sworn to get them out of this world, and so far, he's been pretty successful in the development of his first piece of comabt weaponry, called the acid bullet.

The acid bullet is like normal bullets, except at the tip, it contains a solution of highly acidic nitric acid, which will burn through most metals. Will hasn't tested this on anything yet, but he hopes to.

Moreover, he is in the process of working out how to tactically use these in the field of battle, as the alien weaponry is hyperadvanced.

Spoiler

Area: UK - England

Name: Brian Bennett

Nationality: English

Age: 20

Education: Academic education is minimal, literacy and numeracy at an 'adequate' level. However he has an ignored knowledge gained from the Alien workplace. *What types of work would an English worker/slave be doing for the Alien race, what are they manufacturing in England?*

Affiliation: Addict

Appearance: Starved and almost emaciated in figure with tufts of hair missing from the scalp and a haggard expression nearly permanently residing on his gaunt face.

Familial status: Single

Social Status: Mere worker

Notable Skills: Any skills needed for the workplace. *What What types of work would an English worker/slave be doing for the Alien race, what are they manufacturing in England?*

Personal Philosophy: "Keep quiet and do what you're told, don't deviate and what ever you do, make sure you submit!"

Brian was born with the oppressive nature of the Alien occupation in full swing. Brian had: little hope of a childhood, a bare essentials education and a life of drudgery waiting for him in adult life. Born from an unremarkable father and an outspoken mother, Brian's early years were remarkably boring. It was the sight of his mother being dragged out of the house, screaming about forgotten religions and oppressed rights, that produced even the barest hint of emotion from Brian. But it didn't take long for his father to quell even this flicker of emotion with a speech that would follow Brian throughout his childhood.

"Keep quiet and do what you're told, don't deviate and what ever you do, make sure you submit!"

It's not surprising that the allure of pills which could leave you in a blissful stupor was strong for Brian, even if you didn't follow the religion, and at a young age he was hooked. His after school hours were made up of an apathetic blur of begging and stealing to fund his habit. Years passed and the only constants in Brian's life are his father's words, a life of fulfilling the needs of his superiors as a minimum wage, glorified automaton and the promise of bliss once his days work is finished.

Is there a street name for the drug?

Alien occupied Earth you say? Have you been reading my journal or something? This sounds awesome.

Spoiler: Theodore Wash

Area: UK

Name: Theodore "Theo" Wash

Nationality: American-English

Age: 29

Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering

Affiliation: London Rail Transportation (employer), leaning towards rebels but not fully invested

Appearance: 6'1", medium build, short brown hair, dark blue eyes.

Familial status: Single

Social Status: Lower-middle class. Works as an engineer on star ships, which earns him decent pay for a human.

Notable Skills: Adequate firearms skills, understands basic language of (whatever race owns England), understanding of some alien technology.

Personal Philosophy: Communist. Theo has secretly obtained and read through the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, and others and firmly believes that a united communist Earth would be best for humanity.

Bio: The Wash family, like many others, immigrated from the United States to Europe pre-invasion to escape an increasingly oppressive government. Theo's parents wound up in the slums surrounding London, slums that now housed many other American immigrants. Theo was born in one of these slums post-invasion, and so has known no other life but one under the alien regime. Despite alien policy regarding human education, Theo's parents managed to get him into a private school of technology were he discovered a passion for building and engineering. Although he was not allowed to learn much history, he also found himself interested in old political philosophy. During the later stages of his education, Theo managed to smuggle some old books into the country, such as the "Communist Manifesto" and "The Prince", and began reading through them religiously. By the time he became a fully qualified engineer, Theo had already decided that he wanted to work towards a communist government. Once qualified, Theo got a job with the local railroad company, London Rail Transportation (rough translation). About 3 years into this job, Theo was approached by one of his co-workers in private and was asked to join the resistance. He declined, but swore that he wouldn't rat anyone out. The next day the co-worker mysteriously vanished, either taken by the government or fleed to the resistance. Although the man was gone, the idea of joining still lingers in Theo's mind, and recently he has seriously considered it, though has yet to act on it.

Just let me know if this conflicts with anything (which I'm sure it does) and I'll happily change it.

Spoiler: Colin Sunwood

I tried to make this character as balanced as possible, Tell me if there's any problems.



Area: the UK, England.

Name: Colin Sunwood

Nationality: English.

Age: 38.

Education: Advanced general healthcare, Practical emergency first aid experience.

Affiliation: Allied to the ruling government via career in the Military and police health services.

Appearance: 5ft 8inches, non-athletic but slim built, Usually wears plain shirts tie and trousers when off duty and a lab coat when he is. Cropped lightbrown hair with early flecks of grey, Always carries a pair of reading glasses and a penlight.

Familial status: Single, But parents and siblings survive elsewhere outside immediate travel range.

Social Status: Middle class worker, Would be well off if not for the alien occupation.

Notable Skills: Medical training for patent recovery as well as immediate aid for serious wounds, Has scattered knowledge of the alien agenda through patients but nothing of practical value, Once performed an emergency recovery of an alien during a riot and so knows a little of alien inner anatomy, Is recognised by enforcement in his local area and tends to be given slightly more liberty than the average citizen but is still subject to the same tight laws.

Personal Philosophy: Having grown up and been educated during the alien takeover living with aliens is very much he norm for him, Although he does recognise that life was better when humans had the planet to themselves. He does not wish for a mass extermination of alien kind but certainly sees the merit in humanity being given control of its own destiny as he seriously questions their motives. He has not worked towards accomplishing this goal particularly hard aside from offering aid to wounded rioters as he does not initially believe resistance will be successful.

Bio: Raised during the fall of earth his early memories are confusing and generally unpleasant, During adulthood he had garnered the skill necessary to practice medicine and went on to work as a police surgeon in order to gain some trust from the otherwise dystopian life on the streets. Through his career he has tended to rioters, rebels, citizens crushed under the heel of the law, Military and police enforcers and even the occasional alien. After seeing the effects of subjugation from wounded rebels brought to him he has little faith left in the resistance movement and can only hope for as painless an assimilation into the aliens plans as possible.

Spoiler: Lee Rouselle

Name: Lee Rouselle

Area: Australia, in the rainforest outside of Cairns.

Nationality: Australian

Age: 27

Education: Self-taught/homeschooled.

Affiliation: Rebel

Appearance: 6'2" and of medium build, highly athletic, with close cropped platinum blonde hair. A thin pale scar runs down the side of his left cheek. Hard, piercing steel-blue eyes.

Familial status: Single, Father died in combat when he was 17, mother died of overly high fever when he was 21. Possibly other cousins, parents did not speak of any brothers or sisters.

Social Status: A free man, fighting the Aliens in the northwestern portion of Australia, is part of a hidden conclave dedicated to fighting the Aliens. Acts as an advance scout and guerilla soldier when hitting Alien convoys.

Notable Skills: Firearms training, particularly in the use of rifles. Is also skilled in various survivalist abilities such as archery, tracking, and cleaning animals. Lee is also somewhat skilled in hand-to-hand combat, though it is not his preferred style of combat. He also has a solid understanding of basic linear algebra and basic calculus, along with a strong aptitude for physics.

Personal Philosophy: It is better to die a free man than to live as a slave. Lee has had this drilled into his head ever since he was born. He is dedicated to making sure that the Aliens get off the planet, at any cost. To him, there is no cost great enough to remove the invaders from his planet.

Bio: War is all Lee knows. Born in a compound of free men 7 years after the occupation started, Lee grew up learning how to become a better soldier. By the time he was 7, he knew how gather food and supplies, clean animals and the basics of making salves, poultices and dyes. Aside from those, he was also given an education equivalent to what a child his age would have, pre-occupation. By the time he was 14 he had learned how to hunt, and went on regular hunting trips in order to provide food and other materials for the colony. The purpose for him hunting was twofold. One, it would provide food for the colony, and two, it helped hone his long range combative skills.

When Lee turned 17, his father died while hitting an Alien convoy. The convoy was better protected than what they were expecting, and it took them by surprise. The death count was around 10 people, with another 10 wounded. It was the most devestating blow that the conclave had seen since it's foundation. Four years later, a fever ripped through the conclave, taking several lives, including that of Lee's mother. And so, at the age of 21, Lee Rouselle was without family. Blaming the aliens, he has wholly dedicated himself to the cause, and for the past 6 years, has managed to harry Alien convoys, disrupting some of their supply lines. However, it is not enough to cause any major disruption. Soon it might be time to bring a small war to the enemy doorstep.

Criticism is both encouraged and welcomed.

Alright I changed it to suit the UK now.
<spoiler=Isaac Ryan>
Area: UK (United Kingdom)

Name: Isaac Ryan

Nationality: English, born in London.

Age: 29

Education: Home schooled by his parents to secondary by his mother a high school teacher, and his father a dentist.

Affiliation: Was one of the Bliss, though he left due to their change in ideals. Isaac now takes up arms with a small rebellion.

Appearance: Isaac is a smaller guy standing in around 5'2" and is of an average weight of 110lbs. He has short brown hair, one blue eye and one brown eye due to acquired heterochromia from a tumor in his head (that was removed) when he was 7. Due to the occupation of London, he uses anything he can find in terms of clothing; currently he wears a bloodied t-shirt covered by a brown pull-over sleeve-less hoodie, blue jeans, and a dirty pair of grey sneakers he took from a corpse.

Familial Status: Single

Social Status: Free man. For now.

Notable Skills: Before leaving the Bliss, Isaac was a Reverend's assistant having many dealings with the aliens. This eventually allowed him to learn and speak the basics of their language. He would also be heard sometimes giving the daily chants and doing some of the recruiting for the Bliss making him a very persuasive individual.

Personal Philosophy: In the beginning, believing the aliens to be saviors he revered them as saints but once he began to see their true intentions, the former Bliss member saw that they were not here to bring them back to the euphoric land and find peace but to do the exact opposite. After leaving and abandoning his former brothers and sisters, his only beliefs became survival and to save those of whom he loves and cares for by helping to rid the world of this new-found evil.

Biography:
Isaac was born shortly after the after the occupation of London, (one of the first contries to go) to Micheal Ryan a dentist and Janice Walters a high school teacher (who later changed her last name to Ryan). His father was one of the "first" Bliss to ascend on the 29th of February, leaving Isaac's mother and his belongings and returned with the common short term memory loss that all Bliss had.

Ten months after Isaac was born, his father was carrying him while walking downstairs to go partake in a "Blissful" moment, when he slipped and fell down the stairs. Fortunately Isaac was tightly held onto until he slipped out of his father's grip and fell one foot onto his head; to the surprise of his parents the Baby Isaac was fine. Though when at the age of seven, Janice and her husband Micheal seemed to notice that one of Isaac's blue eyes turned brown, and he seemed to suffer from frequent headaches. As this was not normal they consulted with their doctor and a cat-scan was preformed on him. The reason was revealed; a tumor. Lodged in his head from the drop when he was 10 months old; Isaac was lucky, a week later a life saving operation was preformed and the two inch tumor was removed.

As Isaac grew older, he was taught how to read, and write while being home schooled; all the while his father constantly trying to push the Bliss onto his son. Eventually it became too much for his mother and a one-sided fight broke out, and in a fit of fear and anger Isaac ran from the house. He ran until he had no breath left. He planned on running more but before he got the chance something calmed him, it was a public chanting session being preformed by the Bliss. It entangled him, it mesmerized him. The following week he joined the Bliss and when he came home wearing the Bliss' clothing he got mixed reactions, his mother scolded him and refused to talk to him while his father's face lit up more exuberant then a Christmas tree. Inevitably his mother and father broke-up, his mother wanting nothing to do with either of them, and his father slowly becoming more and more reliant on the pills and reaching eternal bliss. Isaac became the Reverend's assistant in dealings with the Harnoi, little by little learning their language and trying to understand their culture and sometimes giving public chants. But peace can't ever be eternal

When he was 25 it all crashed down on him; when returning from the church he personally witnessed the Reverend offering to show three muggers the life of peace and bliss, but they declined. Suddenly a Harnoi came from behind them and viciously, mercilessly killed them with some sort of device he'd never seen before. Terrified and confused he ran home to find his father had overdosed on the pink pills; he was gone. He drove angrily to the church of the Bliss, "Is this the way of the Bliss?" he frantically asked the Reverend who only seemed to reply "Have you taken the Blissful pill today?" As Isaac was about to retaliate in anger the church was engulfed in flames, they were under attack and Isaac ran out of the doors and dropped off the Bliss' clothing. He noticed the three muggers that were killed earlier and took clothing from each of them, his hand touched something metal in one of the pockets and as he pulled it out he realized it was a gun and dropped it in fear. A small crowd began to walk in Isaac's direction but because he no longer wore the clothes and was wearing his hood up no-one could recognize him.

He hid in the back of a Bliss supply truck until he made it back home. He continued to survive there for four more years until they began to show up more and more, then he was on the run.
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Spoiler

Area: Australia
Name: Hiko Tatewaike (known by most people as the Voltorb)

Nationality:Japanese, his family moved to Australia by stowing away on a cargo ship two years ago.

Age: 35

Education: master's in human psychology, with a minor in mechanical engineering. has since used them to plant bombs in Alien-supporter groups and buildings.

Affiliation: Rebel(known by his alias)

Appearance: 5'6", 120 pounds, black hair, olive skin, brown eyes, nothing really distinguishing him from anyone else besides him being Japanese in Australia. He has a barely visible scar over his left hand from a childhood accident with a paring knife.

Familial status: Has a dead wife back in Japan, but brought his kids with him, Shizune,15, and Kuno,13. Though they have begun to show interest in what their father does in the basement panic room.

Social Status Free man, outside the occupied zone, but makes occasional forays into the occupied zone to plant bombs and gather materials.

Notable Skills: some experience with firearms, but nothing noteworthy, so he doesn't normally carry one. He competed in local martial art competitions, enough to take on most police and guards, but not enough for actual trained individuals. Some understanding of how basic tech works, but not enough to do much more than tell you if it's real or not.

Personal Philosophy: Protect his family at all costs, and make the supporters of their oppressors pay for what they did to his wife.

Bio: Hiko was born just before the war broke out and grew up during the early years of the occupation. He went to TokyoU, and got his degree which is where he met his wife. For the next decade, he worked in the human resources office of a major corporation as a counselor. He came across an employee that had been tampering with the Alien technology and got dragged into it by association. His wife was ripped to shreds after he and the kids returned from a walk. He gathered what he could before fleeing the country, knowing now that his mechanical minor made him the next target. Since then, he has taken on the guise of Voltorb, his favorite pokemon from his childhood, known for explosions, and took it as a sign for what he must do. Since then, he's used his degrees to his advantage, making bombs that he inscribes with his signature, a Voltorb carved into the casing of the bomb. He sometimes plants them himself, but doesn't like to do it, on account of his children, he doesn't want them growing up without family of any kind, and he doesn't want them following in his footsteps.

Spoiler

Area: UK
Name: Robert Sinclair
Nationality: English
Age: Mid 30s
Education: Top schooling available in his area, and books he stole, found or was given to satisfy what the mandated content of the education system could not. See bio for extra detail.
Affiliation: Mercenary, industrial spy for hire.
Appearance: Tall and semi thick set, with tight brown curls and a few days worth of beard on his face. Dark violet eyes and an unremarkable face showing signs of damage from past conflicts.
Familial status: Alone.
Notable skills: Adept at using and keeping firearms in working condition, lock picking, knowledge of the alien script and language.
Personal philosophy: Anarchist, there shouldn?t even be a government, and it sure as hell shouldn?t be some goddamn aliens who into came into power because of the failure of previous human ones. But the first step is removing the oppressor that so many seem complacent with.
Bio: Born in a small town set deep in the countryside isolated from any major cities Sinclair became used to isolation, and was always simmering with anger about the occupation of earth. To ensure his anger did not overtake he exercised in the outdoors, running, sit ups, etc. to build up his strength for the revolution he felt must be coming. On one of his runs he came across a cave system set deep in the hills, away from any other life, inhabited by a group of anarchists who had slipped away from the aliens early in the occupation. They gave him a copy of their handbook, which was select passages from various anarchist books and pamphlets. They undertook dangerous jobs for anyone who wanted them, and trained Sinclair to become one of them, teaching him how to use weapons, how to fight, and also training his mind with their library of books they had carried away in the hope of building a utopia. They warned him if the threat of organised power and religions, Bliss in particular. He was soon one of their key members, but the age of some members and the nature of their work thinned the numbers. Eventually he was the only one left.
One day someone left the signal they had a job they needed doing. Upon reaching the meeting point he was drugged into a stupor. The next thing he remembered was the floor slamming into him as he was thrown onto the city streets with a briefcase after him, then a car speeding away. Opening the briefcase he found he needed to join his employer?s gang and kill an informer.
After successfully doing so he was contacted and decided to stay in London and offer his services to the highest bidder.

Aww,i didn't get accepted?

 

[Malyc]

Well.. Lets see if this works for giving everyone a small wake up call. The real thread is created. Those who do not have me on skype, please PM their skype to me.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/540.373381-Bliss-Living-Under-Occupation-Under-construction-Dont-you-dare-post-till-we-say-so#comment_form

Sorry bout that. Somehow it got cut off at the end. Anyway, I've made one change and retyped up what was missing

Spoiler: Will Galloway

Area: England

Name: Will Galloway

Nationality: Irish, but born in England.

Age: 26

Education: Studied Engineering and Mechanics at the University of London

Affiliation: Rebel (in secret)

Appearance: Brown hair, green eyes, pale skin. Athletic, but not too muscley. Often seen wearing overalls. Otherwise seen in jeans, a t-shirt and jacket.

Familial status: Single, likes a girl

Social Status: Working Class Engineer

Notable Skills: Will works at the rebel base and spends his time trying to figure out the mysteries behind the rebel tech with reverse engineering. He has some combat training from the rebel facilities, but he mainly specialises in Tech, and strategy.

Personal Philosophy: Will is very flexible in what he believes, although his main goal is to forcefully overcome the aliens, and use that as a stepping stone which might lead him to pioneer contact with deep space. He is not very violent, but is prepared to sacrifice everything for his ultimate goals.

Bio: Born in England, Will comes from a traditionally Irish family. He has lived his whole life in occupation and it was only since he finished his engineering course at University did he realise that with skills like his, he could aid the resistance.

Furthermore, the parents of the girl he likes were killed by the Aliens, which has been another driving force for him to assist the rebels in trying to drive them out.

He has sworn to get them out of this world, and so far, he's been pretty successful in the development of his first piece of comabt weaponry, called the acid bullet.

The acid bullet is like normal bullets, except at the tip, it contains a solution of highly acidic nitric acid, which will burn through most metals. Will hasn't tested this on anything yet, but he hopes to.

Moreover, he is in the process of working out how to tactically use these in the field of battle, as the alien weaponry is hyperadvanced.

Spoiler

Area: UK - England

Name: Brian Bennett

Nationality: English

Age: 20

Education: Academic education is minimal, literacy and numeracy at an 'adequate' level. However he has an ignored knowledge gained from the Alien workplace. *What types of work would an English worker/slave be doing for the Alien race, what are they manufacturing in England?*

Affiliation: Addict

Appearance: Starved and almost emaciated in figure with tufts of hair missing from the scalp and a haggard expression nearly permanently residing on his gaunt face.

Familial status: Single

Social Status: Mere worker

Notable Skills: Any skills needed for the workplace. *What What types of work would an English worker/slave be doing for the Alien race, what are they manufacturing in England?*

Personal Philosophy: "Keep quiet and do what you're told, don't deviate and what ever you do, make sure you submit!"

Brian was born with the oppressive nature of the Alien occupation in full swing. Brian had: little hope of a childhood, a bare essentials education and a life of drudgery waiting for him in adult life. Born from an unremarkable father and an outspoken mother, Brian's early years were remarkably boring. It was the sight of his mother being dragged out of the house, screaming about forgotten religions and oppressed rights, that produced even the barest hint of emotion from Brian. But it didn't take long for his father to quell even this flicker of emotion with a speech that would follow Brian throughout his childhood.

"Keep quiet and do what you're told, don't deviate and what ever you do, make sure you submit!"

It's not surprising that the allure of pills which could leave you in a blissful stupor was strong for Brian, even if you didn't follow the religion, and at a young age he was hooked. His after school hours were made up of an apathetic blur of begging and stealing to fund his habit. Years passed and the only constants in Brian's life are his father's words, a life of fulfilling the needs of his superiors as a minimum wage, glorified automaton and the promise of bliss once his days work is finished.

Is there a street name for the drug?

Alien occupied Earth you say? Have you been reading my journal or something? This sounds awesome.

Spoiler: Theodore Wash

Area: UK

Name: Theodore "Theo" Wash

Nationality: American-English

Age: 29

Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering

Affiliation: London Rail Transportation (employer), leaning towards rebels but not fully invested

Appearance: 6'1", medium build, short brown hair, dark blue eyes.

Familial status: Single

Social Status: Lower-middle class. Works as an engineer on star ships, which earns him decent pay for a human.

Notable Skills: Adequate firearms skills, understands basic language of (whatever race owns England), understanding of some alien technology.

Personal Philosophy: Communist. Theo has secretly obtained and read through the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, and others and firmly believes that a united communist Earth would be best for humanity.

Bio: The Wash family, like many others, immigrated from the United States to Europe pre-invasion to escape an increasingly oppressive government. Theo's parents wound up in the slums surrounding London, slums that now housed many other American immigrants. Theo was born in one of these slums post-invasion, and so has known no other life but one under the alien regime. Despite alien policy regarding human education, Theo's parents managed to get him into a private school of technology were he discovered a passion for building and engineering. Although he was not allowed to learn much history, he also found himself interested in old political philosophy. During the later stages of his education, Theo managed to smuggle some old books into the country, such as the "Communist Manifesto" and "The Prince", and began reading through them religiously. By the time he became a fully qualified engineer, Theo had already decided that he wanted to work towards a communist government. Once qualified, Theo got a job with the local railroad company, London Rail Transportation (rough translation). About 3 years into this job, Theo was approached by one of his co-workers in private and was asked to join the resistance. He declined, but swore that he wouldn't rat anyone out. The next day the co-worker mysteriously vanished, either taken by the government or fleed to the resistance. Although the man was gone, the idea of joining still lingers in Theo's mind, and recently he has seriously considered it, though has yet to act on it.

Just let me know if this conflicts with anything (which I'm sure it does) and I'll happily change it.

Spoiler: Colin Sunwood

I tried to make this character as balanced as possible, Tell me if there's any problems.



Area: the UK, England.

Name: Colin Sunwood

Nationality: English.

Age: 38.

Education: Advanced general healthcare, Practical emergency first aid experience.

Affiliation: Allied to the ruling government via career in the Military and police health services.

Appearance: 5ft 8inches, non-athletic but slim built, Usually wears plain shirts tie and trousers when off duty and a lab coat when he is. Cropped lightbrown hair with early flecks of grey, Always carries a pair of reading glasses and a penlight.

Familial status: Single, But parents and siblings survive elsewhere outside immediate travel range.

Social Status: Middle class worker, Would be well off if not for the alien occupation.

Notable Skills: Medical training for patent recovery as well as immediate aid for serious wounds, Has scattered knowledge of the alien agenda through patients but nothing of practical value, Once performed an emergency recovery of an alien during a riot and so knows a little of alien inner anatomy, Is recognised by enforcement in his local area and tends to be given slightly more liberty than the average citizen but is still subject to the same tight laws.

Personal Philosophy: Having grown up and been educated during the alien takeover living with aliens is very much he norm for him, Although he does recognise that life was better when humans had the planet to themselves. He does not wish for a mass extermination of alien kind but certainly sees the merit in humanity being given control of its own destiny as he seriously questions their motives. He has not worked towards accomplishing this goal particularly hard aside from offering aid to wounded rioters as he does not initially believe resistance will be successful.

Bio: Raised during the fall of earth his early memories are confusing and generally unpleasant, During adulthood he had garnered the skill necessary to practice medicine and went on to work as a police surgeon in order to gain some trust from the otherwise dystopian life on the streets. Through his career he has tended to rioters, rebels, citizens crushed under the heel of the law, Military and police enforcers and even the occasional alien. After seeing the effects of subjugation from wounded rebels brought to him he has little faith left in the resistance movement and can only hope for as painless an assimilation into the aliens plans as possible.

Spoiler: Lee Rouselle

Name: Lee Rouselle

Area: Australia, in the rainforest outside of Cairns.

Nationality: Australian

Age: 27

Education: Self-taught/homeschooled.

Affiliation: Rebel

Appearance: 6'2" and of medium build, highly athletic, with close cropped platinum blonde hair. A thin pale scar runs down the side of his left cheek. Hard, piercing steel-blue eyes.

Familial status: Single, Father died in combat when he was 17, mother died of overly high fever when he was 21. Possibly other cousins, parents did not speak of any brothers or sisters.

Social Status: A free man, fighting the Aliens in the northwestern portion of Australia, is part of a hidden conclave dedicated to fighting the Aliens. Acts as an advance scout and guerilla soldier when hitting Alien convoys.

Notable Skills: Firearms training, particularly in the use of rifles. Is also skilled in various survivalist abilities such as archery, tracking, and cleaning animals. Lee is also somewhat skilled in hand-to-hand combat, though it is not his preferred style of combat. He also has a solid understanding of basic linear algebra and basic calculus, along with a strong aptitude for physics.

Personal Philosophy: It is better to die a free man than to live as a slave. Lee has had this drilled into his head ever since he was born. He is dedicated to making sure that the Aliens get off the planet, at any cost. To him, there is no cost great enough to remove the invaders from his planet.

Bio: War is all Lee knows. Born in a compound of free men 7 years after the occupation started, Lee grew up learning how to become a better soldier. By the time he was 7, he knew how gather food and supplies, clean animals and the basics of making salves, poultices and dyes. Aside from those, he was also given an education equivalent to what a child his age would have, pre-occupation. By the time he was 14 he had learned how to hunt, and went on regular hunting trips in order to provide food and other materials for the colony. The purpose for him hunting was twofold. One, it would provide food for the colony, and two, it helped hone his long range combative skills.

When Lee turned 17, his father died while hitting an Alien convoy. The convoy was better protected than what they were expecting, and it took them by surprise. The death count was around 10 people, with another 10 wounded. It was the most devestating blow that the conclave had seen since it's foundation. Four years later, a fever ripped through the conclave, taking several lives, including that of Lee's mother. And so, at the age of 21, Lee Rouselle was without family. Blaming the aliens, he has wholly dedicated himself to the cause, and for the past 6 years, has managed to harry Alien convoys, disrupting some of their supply lines. However, it is not enough to cause any major disruption. Soon it might be time to bring a small war to the enemy doorstep.

Criticism is both encouraged and welcomed.

Alright I changed it to suit the UK now.
<spoiler=Isaac Ryan>
Area: UK (United Kingdom)

Name: Isaac Ryan

Nationality: English, born in London.

Age: 29

Education: Home schooled by his parents to secondary by his mother a high school teacher, and his father a dentist.

Affiliation: Was one of the Bliss, though he left due to their change in ideals. Isaac now takes up arms with a small rebellion.

Appearance: Isaac is a smaller guy standing in around 5'2" and is of an average weight of 110lbs. He has short brown hair, one blue eye and one brown eye due to acquired heterochromia from a tumor in his head (that was removed) when he was 7. Due to the occupation of London, he uses anything he can find in terms of clothing; currently he wears a bloodied t-shirt covered by a brown pull-over sleeve-less hoodie, blue jeans, and a dirty pair of grey sneakers he took from a corpse.

Familial Status: Single

Social Status: Free man. For now.

Notable Skills: Before leaving the Bliss, Isaac was a Reverend's assistant having many dealings with the aliens. This eventually allowed him to learn and speak the basics of their language. He would also be heard sometimes giving the daily chants and doing some of the recruiting for the Bliss making him a very persuasive individual.

Personal Philosophy: In the beginning, believing the aliens to be saviors he revered them as saints but once he began to see their true intentions, the former Bliss member saw that they were not here to bring them back to the euphoric land and find peace but to do the exact opposite. After leaving and abandoning his former brothers and sisters, his only beliefs became survival and to save those of whom he loves and cares for by helping to rid the world of this new-found evil.

Biography:
Isaac was born shortly after the after the occupation of London, (one of the first contries to go) to Micheal Ryan a dentist and Janice Walters a high school teacher (who later changed her last name to Ryan). His father was one of the "first" Bliss to ascend on the 29th of February, leaving Isaac's mother and his belongings and returned with the common short term memory loss that all Bliss had.

Ten months after Isaac was born, his father was carrying him while walking downstairs to go partake in a "Blissful" moment, when he slipped and fell down the stairs. Fortunately Isaac was tightly held onto until he slipped out of his father's grip and fell one foot onto his head; to the surprise of his parents the Baby Isaac was fine. Though when at the age of seven, Janice and her husband Micheal seemed to notice that one of Isaac's blue eyes turned brown, and he seemed to suffer from frequent headaches. As this was not normal they consulted with their doctor and a cat-scan was preformed on him. The reason was revealed; a tumor. Lodged in his head from the drop when he was 10 months old; Isaac was lucky, a week later a life saving operation was preformed and the two inch tumor was removed.

As Isaac grew older, he was taught how to read, and write while being home schooled; all the while his father constantly trying to push the Bliss onto his son. Eventually it became too much for his mother and a one-sided fight broke out, and in a fit of fear and anger Isaac ran from the house. He ran until he had no breath left. He planned on running more but before he got the chance something calmed him, it was a public chanting session being preformed by the Bliss. It entangled him, it mesmerized him. The following week he joined the Bliss and when he came home wearing the Bliss' clothing he got mixed reactions, his mother scolded him and refused to talk to him while his father's face lit up more exuberant then a Christmas tree. Inevitably his mother and father broke-up, his mother wanting nothing to do with either of them, and his father slowly becoming more and more reliant on the pills and reaching eternal bliss. Isaac became the Reverend's assistant in dealings with the Harnoi, little by little learning their language and trying to understand their culture and sometimes giving public chants. But peace can't ever be eternal

When he was 25 it all crashed down on him; when returning from the church he personally witnessed the Reverend offering to show three muggers the life of peace and bliss, but they declined. Suddenly a Harnoi came from behind them and viciously, mercilessly killed them with some sort of device he'd never seen before. Terrified and confused he ran home to find his father had overdosed on the pink pills; he was gone. He drove angrily to the church of the Bliss, "Is this the way of the Bliss?" he frantically asked the Reverend who only seemed to reply "Have you taken the Blissful pill today?" As Isaac was about to retaliate in anger the church was engulfed in flames, they were under attack and Isaac ran out of the doors and dropped off the Bliss' clothing. He noticed the three muggers that were killed earlier and took clothing from each of them, his hand touched something metal in one of the pockets and as he pulled it out he realized it was a gun and dropped it in fear. A small crowd began to walk in Isaac's direction but because he no longer wore the clothes and was wearing his hood up no-one could recognize him.

He hid in the back of a Bliss supply truck until he made it back home. He continued to survive there for four more years until they began to show up more and more, then he was on the run.
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Spoiler

Area: Australia
Name: Hiko Tatewaike (known by most people as the Voltorb)

Nationality:Japanese, his family moved to Australia by stowing away on a cargo ship two years ago.

Age: 35

Education: master's in human psychology, with a minor in mechanical engineering. has since used them to plant bombs in Alien-supporter groups and buildings.

Affiliation: Rebel(known by his alias)

Appearance: 5'6", 120 pounds, black hair, olive skin, brown eyes, nothing really distinguishing him from anyone else besides him being Japanese in Australia. He has a barely visible scar over his left hand from a childhood accident with a paring knife.

Familial status: Has a dead wife back in Japan, but brought his kids with him, Shizune,15, and Kuno,13. Though they have begun to show interest in what their father does in the basement panic room.

Social Status Free man, outside the occupied zone, but makes occasional forays into the occupied zone to plant bombs and gather materials.

Notable Skills: some experience with firearms, but nothing noteworthy, so he doesn't normally carry one. He competed in local martial art competitions, enough to take on most police and guards, but not enough for actual trained individuals. Some understanding of how basic tech works, but not enough to do much more than tell you if it's real or not.

Personal Philosophy: Protect his family at all costs, and make the supporters of their oppressors pay for what they did to his wife.

Bio: Hiko was born just before the war broke out and grew up during the early years of the occupation. He went to TokyoU, and got his degree which is where he met his wife. For the next decade, he worked in the human resources office of a major corporation as a counselor. He came across an employee that had been tampering with the Alien technology and got dragged into it by association. His wife was ripped to shreds after he and the kids returned from a walk. He gathered what he could before fleeing the country, knowing now that his mechanical minor made him the next target. Since then, he has taken on the guise of Voltorb, his favorite pokemon from his childhood, known for explosions, and took it as a sign for what he must do. Since then, he's used his degrees to his advantage, making bombs that he inscribes with his signature, a Voltorb carved into the casing of the bomb. He sometimes plants them himself, but doesn't like to do it, on account of his children, he doesn't want them growing up without family of any kind, and he doesn't want them following in his footsteps.

Spoiler

Area: UK
Name: Robert Sinclair
Nationality: English
Age: Mid 30s
Education: Top schooling available in his area, and books he stole, found or was given to satisfy what the mandated content of the education system could not. See bio for extra detail.
Affiliation: Mercenary, industrial spy for hire.
Appearance: Tall and semi thick set, with tight brown curls and a few days worth of beard on his face. Dark violet eyes and an unremarkable face showing signs of damage from past conflicts.
Familial status: Alone.
Notable skills: Adept at using and keeping firearms in working condition, lock picking, knowledge of the alien script and language.
Personal philosophy: Anarchist, there shouldn?t even be a government, and it sure as hell shouldn?t be some goddamn aliens who into came into power because of the failure of previous human ones. But the first step is removing the oppressor that so many seem complacent with.
Bio: Born in a small town set deep in the countryside isolated from any major cities Sinclair became used to isolation, and was always simmering with anger about the occupation of earth. To ensure his anger did not overtake he exercised in the outdoors, running, sit ups, etc. to build up his strength for the revolution he felt must be coming. On one of his runs he came across a cave system set deep in the hills, away from any other life, inhabited by a group of anarchists who had slipped away from the aliens early in the occupation. They gave him a copy of their handbook, which was select passages from various anarchist books and pamphlets. They undertook dangerous jobs for anyone who wanted them, and trained Sinclair to become one of them, teaching him how to use weapons, how to fight, and also training his mind with their library of books they had carried away in the hope of building a utopia. They warned him if the threat of organised power and religions, Bliss in particular. He was soon one of their key members, but the age of some members and the nature of their work thinned the numbers. Eventually he was the only one left.
One day someone left the signal they had a job they needed doing. Upon reaching the meeting point he was drugged into a stupor. The next thing he remembered was the floor slamming into him as he was thrown onto the city streets with a briefcase after him, then a car speeding away. Opening the briefcase he found he needed to join his employer?s gang and kill an informer.
After successfully doing so he was contacted and decided to stay in London and offer his services to the highest bidder.

Aww,i didn't get accepted?

That is the group from the UK. If I'm not mistaken, you wrote yours up for Columbia, correct?

We havn't been informed as to our status yet.

 

[CJ1145]

Aww,i didn't get accepted?

You did get accepted. To Columbia, which you applied for. Nikolaz was only responsible for the UK, you're in my territory. The first post will be going up tonight.

Here we go I fiddled with it a bit more added some more detail removed one of the languages.

Spoiler

Area: Columbia.

Name: Sean Mason

Nationality. American. From Boston Massachusetts.

Age: 29

Education: High School, ROTC in High School, and Infantry Training.

Affiliation: United States Army/Rebel

Appearance: 6 feet tall. Dark Blonde hair. Grey eyes. Has a Buzz Cut. Tattoo of a fleur de lys over his heart. Muscular build. Wears an olive drab shirt, with multicam fatigues.

Familial status: Married. Has twins that are 6 years old.

Social Status: American Special Forces. Helping local Foreign Resistance.

Notable Skills: Gun training, Survival training, infiltration training, Driving training,
and a couple of languages. Including Spanish, French, and has a basic knowledge of Alien writing. Basic First Aid. Special Forces.

Personal Philosophy: Terra belongs to Terran's.

Bio: Having grown up in Boston. He was a long way away from all of these vague rumors he
had been hearing from other countries. He couldn't quite believe what he was hearing until
he joined the United States Army at 17. The Army would teach the soldiers about what was
happening in other countries, and how it was slowly happening here. He served his 6 years
in various places. He was sent to various border posts as tensions rose in that area.
(Mexican/American border most importantly.) After his initial 6 years he left the Army.

He met his wife who was from France. Their family left the country because of the restrictions and the control the Aliens were putting on their government. They married after three years. For multiple reasons. He was starting to think about rejoining the Army, and she was starting to draw attention from the government. He learned French for his wife.

Joined the Boston Police force. With his military training he joined the S.W.A.T. team. He
spent two years on the force. He started to notice that more and more restrictions were
being placed on his country.
At 25 years of age he decided to rejoin the army. He went into Special Forces training, and
became a Green Beret, and is the rank of Sergeant. He Learned more about these Aliens, and why they needed to be stopped some way. Then he was sent covertly to Columbia. To help
the local Resistance.

Accepted, by the way. Terribly sorry for my spottiness in getting back to you all. That will change once I get into the swing of this co-GMing thing.

Spoiler: Hank Green

Name: Hank Green
Area: Columbia
Nationality: American. He was in the middle of a research when the war in columbia started
Age: 35
Education: Has a PhD in engineering and applied sciences
Affiliation:Rebel, used bliss a couple of times in the past
Appearance: Skinny, pale, gray messy hair, 5'11", wears big round glasses, always wearing a tattered lab coat
Familial status: single, no interest in marriage
Social Status: Free man. Currently developing new tech for the rebels
Notable skills: highly skilled in the field of science and technology. Very knowledgeable in burnel and harnoi technology. Fast learner. Not great with firearms, but he is a decent fighter when using melee weapons.
Philosophy: Screw it, Anything goes.
Bio: Hank has always hated his life. Ever since his childhood, he has always complaining about how his life was too bland, and how the people around him were too uninteresting. This left him to become antisocial and sadistic. Because of his natural curiosity, he excelled in the field of academics. His mind was years ahead with his peers,and the lessons that were given to him at school were no challenge for him.He was in college when he first heard about the drug called bliss. The first time he took it, he became tempted to take it again, so he did. For a time, he thought that what he was doing was harmless, but each and every time, the urge to take bliss became harder and harder to control, and he knew he needed to stop. After months of rehabilitation, he was able to stop his addiction. He even got a PhD after finishing college. But the temptaion of taking that drug still lingers in his mind.

Years later, he became an engineer for a well known company. He had to move to columbia for a project that he was involved in. When the war broke out, his company left him and the other employees stranded in Columbia. He doesn't know how they did it, but he and his colleagues survuved the start of the war. They even met the rebel forces that gave them shelter and food in exchange for helping them develop new weapons and technology for fighting off the enemy forces. Things were finally getting exciting in his life, There were stuff going on around him. Things are needed to be done, and there's no time to waste for him. He wasn't sad that his whole career was torn apart by the war. He doesn't care about the people dying in the streets. All he wanted is something interesting to happen in his life. And he got it. If anything, he's actually much, much happier since the war in Columbia started.

I blame the Martians for why I didn't see this application. If you're still interested, then Accepted!

Everybody in the Columbia half of the game should go ahead and PM me and get acquainted on Skype, according to our Master GM.

 

[TheIronRuler]

Aww,i didn't get accepted?

You did get accepted. To Columbia, which you applied for. Nikolaz was only responsible for the UK, you're in my territory. The first post will be going up tonight.

Here we go I fiddled with it a bit more added some more detail removed one of the languages.

Spoiler

Area: Columbia.

Name: Sean Mason

Nationality. American. From Boston Massachusetts.

Age: 29

Education: High School, ROTC in High School, and Infantry Training.

Affiliation: United States Army/Rebel

Appearance: 6 feet tall. Dark Blonde hair. Grey eyes. Has a Buzz Cut. Tattoo of a fleur de lys over his heart. Muscular build. Wears an olive drab shirt, with multicam fatigues.

Familial status: Married. Has twins that are 6 years old.

Social Status: American Special Forces. Helping local Foreign Resistance.

Notable Skills: Gun training, Survival training, infiltration training, Driving training,
and a couple of languages. Including Spanish, French, and has a basic knowledge of Alien writing. Basic First Aid. Special Forces.

Personal Philosophy: Terra belongs to Terran's.

Bio: Having grown up in Boston. He was a long way away from all of these vague rumors he
had been hearing from other countries. He couldn't quite believe what he was hearing until
he joined the United States Army at 17. The Army would teach the soldiers about what was
happening in other countries, and how it was slowly happening here. He served his 6 years
in various places. He was sent to various border posts as tensions rose in that area.
(Mexican/American border most importantly.) After his initial 6 years he left the Army.

He met his wife who was from France. Their family left the country because of the restrictions and the control the Aliens were putting on their government. They married after three years. For multiple reasons. He was starting to think about rejoining the Army, and she was starting to draw attention from the government. He learned French for his wife.

Joined the Boston Police force. With his military training he joined the S.W.A.T. team. He
spent two years on the force. He started to notice that more and more restrictions were
being placed on his country.
At 25 years of age he decided to rejoin the army. He went into Special Forces training, and
became a Green Beret, and is the rank of Sergeant. He Learned more about these Aliens, and why they needed to be stopped some way. Then he was sent covertly to Columbia. To help
the local Resistance.

Accepted, by the way. Terribly sorry for my spottiness in getting back to you all. That will change once I get into the swing of this co-GMing thing.

Spoiler: Hank Green

Name: Hank Green
Area: Columbia
Nationality: American. He was in the middle of a research when the war in columbia started
Age: 35
Education: Has a PhD in engineering and applied sciences
Affiliation:Rebel, used bliss a couple of times in the past
Appearance: Skinny, pale, gray messy hair, 5'11", wears big round glasses, always wearing a tattered lab coat
Familial status: single, no interest in marriage
Social Status: Free man. Currently developing new tech for the rebels
Notable skills: highly skilled in the field of science and technology. Very knowledgeable in burnel and harnoi technology. Fast learner. Not great with firearms, but he is a decent fighter when using melee weapons.
Philosophy: Screw it, Anything goes.
Bio: Hank has always hated his life. Ever since his childhood, he has always complaining about how his life was too bland, and how the people around him were too uninteresting. This left him to become antisocial and sadistic. Because of his natural curiosity, he excelled in the field of academics. His mind was years ahead with his peers,and the lessons that were given to him at school were no challenge for him.He was in college when he first heard about the drug called bliss. The first time he took it, he became tempted to take it again, so he did. For a time, he thought that what he was doing was harmless, but each and every time, the urge to take bliss became harder and harder to control, and he knew he needed to stop. After months of rehabilitation, he was able to stop his addiction. He even got a PhD after finishing college. But the temptaion of taking that drug still lingers in his mind.

Years later, he became an engineer for a well known company. He had to move to columbia for a project that he was involved in. When the war broke out, his company left him and the other employees stranded in Columbia. He doesn't know how they did it, but he and his colleagues survuved the start of the war. They even met the rebel forces that gave them shelter and food in exchange for helping them develop new weapons and technology for fighting off the enemy forces. Things were finally getting exciting in his life, There were stuff going on around him. Things are needed to be done, and there's no time to waste for him. He wasn't sad that his whole career was torn apart by the war. He doesn't care about the people dying in the streets. All he wanted is something interesting to happen in his life. And he got it. If anything, he's actually much, much happier since the war in Columbia started.

I blame the Martians for why I didn't see this application. If you're still interested, then Accepted!

Everybody in the Columbia half of the game should go ahead and PM me and get acquainted on Skype, according to our Master GM.

.
Great, CJ! I was already about to answer that confused guy before I went to the shower.
I hope your OP is going well. Talk to me if you have any issues.

 

[willofbob]

Will post sheet tommorow
Note: due to the lack of players in the Aussie field, I will be choosing U.K., If the opportunity opens up, however, I will gladly move to a new theatre of war

 

[TheBlueShotgun0]

Will post sheet tommorow
Note: due to the lack of players in the Aussie field, I will be choosing U.K., If the opportunity opens up, however, I will gladly move to a new theatre of war

That awkward moment when you post on a thread that's been inactive for a month. That being said, a few more players wouldn't be unwelcome, as most of the current players haven't posted in a week. I'd pm Iron and ask him.