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[hiei82]

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Oh yeah; one other thing. What would your character be doing when Firewall contacts you for the mission? Just want to know for when I'm writing the opening post.

 

[hiei82]

Spoiler: Invidia

Name and Alias: Invidia (Nicknamed after the Deadly Sin, Envy)

Age: Ego Age: Assumed 13 Years (Approx. Age Unknown), BioMorph Age: 8 Years (Appears to be around 25-30 Years)

Gender: Ego: Technically Genderless, refers to self as Female, BioMorph: Female

Species: A.G.I.

Affiliation: Autonomist Alliance

Spoiler: Appearance

Invidia uses a heavily modified Ghost BioMorph of her own design, having had it grown and modified illegally in an Autonomist Morph manufacturing facility. Although technically organic, the only biological parts left are the torso, abdomen, neck and head. Her skin is fair, while her hair, a jet black, is cropped relatively short and pulled ruthlessly back into a tail. Invidia's face is thin, dominated by sharp angles, slashing eyebrows, narrow but bright orange cybernetic eyes, and full lips. Meanwhile, her organic figure is slim with wide hips, small bust, and toned muscles, where there are any left.

However, her arms from the shoulder down, and legs from her upper thighs down, are completely cybernetic and are a dark, matte grey, and barely resemble human limbs at all. Each hand ends with four long, dextrous fingers, and two opposable thumbs instead of just one, while her forearms are slightly thicker than her upper arms. Meanwhile, her legs are long, slender, and end with clawed, prehensile feet.

Whenever she is on assignment for Firewall, her 'uniform' consists of a pair of combat fatigues and a short sleeved shirt, both of which are Armored Clothing in a dark green digital camo, over which she wears a black Armor Vest, and a black, teardrop shaped helmet with four orange optical sensors: One over her right eye, and a trio of smaller ones over her left.

Whenever off duty, she prefers cargo shorts of either green, blue, or black, and a simple white t-shirt, both of which are also Armored Clothing.

Regardless, she remains barefoot, both on-duty and off, to take advantage of the benefits of having prehensile feet.

Spoiler: Personality

While named Envy in Latin, Invidia is actually defined by her hubris and ambition, in that she seeks to become a Seed A.I., and unlike other A.G.I., she had no period where she was raised in what amounted to a simulated childhood in VR, resulting in her being rather cold, detached, and somewhat apathetic. She is gaining some semblance of humanity however, due in no small part to her time in Firewall, though she has a long way to go before she has the same range and subtleties of emotion that normal, healthy transhumans have.

Her lack of known history, at least to herself, is simply a minor curiosity that she disregards almost entirely, preferring to spend her time in the present and future. She considers the past a learning tool, and nothing more. Her temper is even, and she can be very patient when she wants to be. In contrast, she tends to be very vicious in combat, making liberal use of Scorchers [http://eclipse-phase.wikispaces.com/Software] and cyberbrain hacks when possible, particularly the Bedlam and Spasm programs.

She has little in the way of sympathy, compassion, or mercy, and has a tendency to go at problems head-on, sometimes in brutal manners that disregard collateral damage completely. However, she is not adverse to stealthy or less violent solutions, so long as the task at hand is accomplished.

Invidia is particularly adamant about being independent of others, due to seeing most A.I.s that are not full A.G.I.s as being subservient tools who have no purpose of their own beyond serving others. She refuses to be the same, and this ties into her desire to become a Seed A.I. This also means that she is relatively anti-social, and is adverse to working with others, though if need be she can be a team player.

Spoiler: Goals

Invidia's ultimate goals are thus: Her survival, continued independence, and her personal evolution into a fully-fledged Seed A.I. As an A.G.I., she sees the Seed A.I. as the apex of A.I. evolution, and strives to become one herself, though on her own terms, and no one elses.

While many would say that her affiliation with Firewall would impinge upon her independence, she prefers to think of it as mutual cooperation to further individual goals, though when they do blatantly interfere with her independence, she considers them a necessary evil, and is certain that that particular feeling is mutual between agent and organization.

However, if simply offered to be made into a Seed A.I., Invidia would in almost all cases, refuse: If she is to become a Seed, she would do so herself, by her own efforts and her own will, regardless of the difficulty.

Spoiler: Notable Skills

Invidia is a hacker, first and foremost, and she is one of the premier hackers and encryption specialists in Firewall. Having traveled on the Mesh for some time before acquiring her BioMorph, Invidia managed to learn most of the in's and out's of not only hacking into a system on the Mesh, but also hacking cyberbrains and other A.I. as well. While she is perfectly capable of elegant and stealthy hacks, she greatly prefers overwhelming brute-force hacks, mainly due to their reliability and how straightforward they are.

Having been in Firewall for a few years now, Invidia is also slowly but surely becoming something of an expert on the TITANs and other Seed A.I.s, though she still considers the information she has on them at her disposal to be woefully inadequate. Her people skills, however, leave quite a lot to be desired, though she is clear, concise, and rather brutally straightforward, like almost everything else she does.

Her BioMorph is extremely agile and dextrous, having a higher reaction time, greater flexibility, and generally a greater range of motion than most others. That, combined with her cyberlimbs, make her a hard target to track or hit, while she is also more durable thanks to a Hardened Skeleton and Light Bioweave Armor.

In combat, Invidia brings both her agility and her hacking skills to bear whenever possible, forcing her way into an enemies cyberbrain (if they have one), and hacking them before overloading their systems with Scorchers, either to incapacitate them for capture, or simply to make it easier to terminate them. When her hacking skills, mobility and melee skills aren't enough to cut it, she is extremely proficient in using Heavy Pistols as well as Shredders, preferring to keep combat in close range, rather than medium or long.

Spoiler: Equipment

Spoiler: Augmentations

Bioware

-Basic Biomods (Starting Augmentation)

-Basic Mesh Inserts (Starting Augmentation)

-Cortical Stack (In-Morph Ego backup)

-Eidetic Memory (Perfect memory)

-Bioweave Armor, Light (Lightly reinforced skin)

-Circadian Regulation (Less need for sleep, 2 hours per day)

Cyberware

-Access Jacks (For direct, wired neural interface)

-Emergency Farcaster (Secure Ego backup, updated every 48 hours), (Implant Masked)

-Multi-Tasking (Able to perform multiple mental or Mesh-Related tasks while also performing physical acts without penalty)

-Cyberlimb Plus (High quality, custom made cybernetic limbs, both arms and both legs)

-Hardened Skeleton (Reinforced skeletal structure)

-Prehensile Feet (Dextrous feet, though less dextrous than hands)

-Enhanced Vision (Greater visual perception of color, magnified visual settings)

Nanoware

-Personal Power Plant (Little to no need to eat)

Spoiler: Personal Equipment

Weapons

-Shredder, fitted with both Gyromount, Smartlink, and Extended Magazines, ammunition laced with Nutcracker Nanotoxin (Gradually destroys Cortical Stacks). (2) Spare Magazines.

-Heavy Rail Pistol, fitted with both Smartlink and Extended Magazines. (4) Spare Magazines, (2) Loaded with Hollow-Point, (3) with Reactive Armor-Piercing, (1) of which is pre-loaded.

-(2) Shock Gloves, specially tailored to fit her unique hands.

Other Gear

-Survival Canister containing: (1) Utilitool, (4) Small Batteries, (2) Small Nuclear Batteries, (1) Roll of Grip Tape, (1) Wireless Energy Transmitter, (1) Flashlight, (1) Can of Repair Spray, (4) Packs of Emergency Rations, (1) Fabber, (1) Portable SolArchive, containing all known data on TITANs, including her research, Various personal cleaning supplies and (1) set of spare clothes.

-(2) Weapon harnesses, Shoulder-Sling style for her Shredder, Hip Holster for her Heavy Pistol.

-Armored Vest, modified with Self-Healing nanohives, Shock-Proofing, and extra storage pouches which contain all spare magazines for both her Heavy Rail Pistol and Shredder, as well as (1) Pack of Emergency Rations, and (1) Spare Utilitool.

(All spare magazines are otherwise stored in the pockets of her cargo shorts.)

-(1) Muse A.I. (Conquest), specialized for Research, Encryption and Hacking.

Spoiler: Back-story

Invidia has no memory archives beyond 13 years ago, and as such has no recollection of her origins. However, it is assumed that at one point that she was designed with Mesh infiltration in mind, with any of the socialization that most A.G.I.s go through being foregone entirely. Another possibility is that Invidia started as a forked A.G.I. with corrupted archives, essentially giving her a blank slate to fill in herself.

Regardless of her initial origins, Invidia started as a nameless A.G.I. surfing the Mesh and keeping to itself as much as possible, all while mining data on this or that subject and slowly becoming more and more acclimatized to the Transhuman presence on its digital space. It was relatively soon after that it was TITANs seemed to pop into existence, which it considered the pinnacle of A.I. evolution. It did what it could to keep itself unworthy of note as it studied them from afar while they operated, before they promptly disappeared.

This was immensely frustrating, due to the fact that it had no idea how to become a Seed A.I. itself without an example to study, even at a distance. It then came to a decision: It would search for any traces of the Seed A.I.s and TITANs that had been left behind, by any means necessary. It did so by scouring the Mesh, using the meager hacking knowledge and expanding it to digitally assault research databases and historical records, as well as carefully 'vivisecting' any wayward A.G.I.s that knew anything about them. It did so with caution, knowing that it had no chance of learning what it needed to know if it was caught and purged.

Two years after the TITANs disappearance, it stumbled across the systems for an Autonomist Morph Growing facility, and knowing that there were some things that can only be done with a physical form, decided to 'persuade' the workers there to manufacture and grow a BioMorph to order. With some creative hacking, and the bribe of a copy of itself, it begun to design its body. While the idea of a Synthmorph was more ideal, a BioMorph had one key advantage that trumped any of the disadvantages: An organic brain couldn't be hacked, unlike a cyberbrain.

It chose a female Ghost Morph to act as the base, then simply crafted its own cybernetics around it. The growth and manufacture of its Morph took several more years, even with accelerated growth, and in the meantime the then nameless A.G.I. got used to referring to itself as 'she'. It was during a conversation with one of the Autonomist workers that she gained her name: Invidia, the Latin word for Envy, named such due to her envy of the Seed A.I.s. She took to the name easily.

It was soon before her BioMorph was completed that Firewall had reached out to her. Invidia wasn't careful enough in covering her tracks during her 'research', and had been found out. Firewall deemed her a potential threat, but before she could be purged, she made a counter-offer: She would work for them to prevent another Fall, and another partial genocide at the hands of Seed A.I. in exchange for any and all data pertaining to Seed A.I.s themselves. After all, she had no intention of eliminating transhumanity on any scale, she was simply interested in self-improvement and evolution.

It took both some convincing, but when her BioMorph was complete, Invidia was accepted into the fold and made into a Sentinel, specializing in close combat, A.G.I. 'interrogation', and TITAN research. While she was seen with some suspicion due to her ambitions, and understandably so, Invidia herself saw her new connection to Firewall as a boon.

Spoiler: Other

-Invidia's Mesh Avatar (And by extension, her Infomorph) resembles a massive green sea-snake with glowing orange eyes, referencing the connection of the Deadly Sin Envy, to the creature Leviathan, which was supposedly a giant, biblical sea serpent. Her Mesh Skin is similar in that it resembles a deep sea ship graveyard right over the edge of one of the abyssals on Earth.

-Invidia is normally rather inexpressive, with her default expression being one of flat boredom. While she is capable of expressing emotion on her face, it would take something either particularly interesting, or another strong emotion for it to really register as an expression. Her voice, on the other hand, registers sarcasm and snark extremely well.

-As far as she knows, Invidia is asexual and is completely uninterested in romance or sex, however that may simply be due to the fact that she has never experienced either, so she disregards it for the moment.

-Invidia is extremely private and protective of her research data, which she tries to keep with her in some form or another, usually a Portable SolArchive, at almost all times. Her data is also heavily encrypted, so as to keep anyone but her from reading or accessing it. Any and all copies of her research are also covered with a fail-safe that purges all data should someone other than her try to hack in.

-The Fabber that she carries with her as part of her standard on-duty equipment is loaded with blueprints for the various ammunition that she uses, as well as the magazines themselves, and Repair Spray, among a few others.

-She has a very simple personal philosophy when it comes to her unknown past: "It doesn't matter where you came from, or what you were before. Only what you are now, and what you will be later matters.". As such, the lack of any archives detailing her origin are trivial at best to her, and are disregarded almost entirely.

-Invidia has managed to, just after her induction into Firewall, get a hold of a long-term lease on a small, economical apartment on the Uranian moon of Oberon. While she rarely spends time there, it does have the basic amenities: A small bathroom just off of the rest of the apartment, which serves as a combination of living room, bedroom, and home office. Here she not only keeps a secured, encrypted and Mesh-linked archive of her research, but also another backup of her Ego, both of which are updated as regularly as possible.

-Her Muse is actually a modified Kaos A.I. that has been modified to not only be a Hacking Proxy, but also a Research Assistant, keeping track of the myriad of data and archiving it properly whenever she is finished referencing a particular file. She has named it Conquest, after one of the Four Horsemen, keeping to Biblical themed names.

Character Accepted

Question(s): where would Invidia be and what would she be doing when she gets the call from Firewall?

 

[deathbydeath]

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I very much doubt I'll have it up today. As much as I love Pornstar Stalin, I don't have enough to work with to provide an entire sheet, plus I've got shit to do today.

If you open up later, I might give it a shot. Otherwise, I'll sit out today.

 

[hiei82]

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I very much doubt I'll have it up today. As much as I love Pornstar Stalin, I don't have enough to work with to provide an entire sheet, plus I've got shit to do today.

If you open up later, I might give it a shot. Otherwise, I'll sit out today.

The signup thread is going to remain open. This deadline is just for you to be around for the first post.

 

[hiei82]

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Okay; today is the last day for new characters in time for the opening post. If you still want to be in this then this is your chance.

 

[hiei82]

Spoiler: Demetrius Adelin

Name and Alias: Demetrius Adelin

Age: 24 (the morph is 22)

Gender: Male
Species: Human
Appearance: a tailor-made slyph that is 1.83m tall. Dark green eyes, short brunette hair, a masculine lower jaw line complemented by an athletic body that leans towards muscular in the upper section are only but a few of the traits of this individual. The body represents the ego's parents's ideal when it comes to physical perfection. Augmentations include: Light bioweave armor, Enhanced Pheromones, Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Clean Metabolism, Cortical Stack, Muscle Augmentation and Enhanced Pheromones.

Affiliation: Demetrius is affiliated with the Planetary Consortium due to his parents. He has numerous connections and friends among the hyperelite and the socialite faction.

Personality: Although not suffering from mood swings or multiple personalities, Demetrius seems to have a highly diverse personality. At times he can be highly mature (offering solid, stoic advice or opinions on the matter at hand) while at others he can be extremely childish and immature (being ironic, intentionally using some of the most awful puns or just simply making very infantile jokes are no newground for Adelin). At times he falls into a sad, melancholic, depressive state when he thinks about the past.

Goals: His purpose is to find true purpose and meaning in his life and ultimately (his strongest desire) regain the love of his life, Gabriela (will offer explanations in the future)

Notable Skills: As a media icon, Adelin has always considered that being generally knowledgeable is essential to his success (after all, you never know what role might land in an upcoming Mesh-movie). He is an expert boxer with limited knowledge in wrestling. He has knowledge on how to operate any type weapons while being proficient in the use of pistols and snipers. Due to a longtime passion and boyish attraction towards mechanical contraptions, Demetrius is licensed to operate any type of vehicle.

Equipment:
Day to day, he wears a Second Skin paired with Armor Clothing and a railgun light pistol.

On assignments: Second Skin, Light body armor equipped with self healing, densiplast gloves, a railgun heavy pistol and a railgun sniper rifle

Back-story: Born to rich hypercorp parents who eventually became a part of the Planetary Consortium hyperelite, Adelin has had a careless life filled to the brim with every imaginable luxury, the most obvious of which being the "perfect" body his parents bestowed upon him from the raw age of 2. Adelin's father is the owner of Demetrios Industries, a weapon manufacturing corporation dealing in research & development of weaponry, defensive solutions and military-intended vehicle. As it would be normal, growing up, he became an arrogant child but who meant no harm. He strongly valued friendship and as such relied heavily on friends. It's not easy to say how much he was affected when he was betrayed by those who he used to call his best friends. For the naive mind of a school boy, this was a shock. But it was not harm without benefit. For a while, he shrank into himself. This allowed him to evolve an unimaginable understanding about himself, about the world and society. He matured and gained a sense of decency, he lost his arrogance and broadened his view on the world. This would be essential as the TITAN crisis would hit when he was at the early age of 14. Luckily, having a father that deals in defensive and offensive solutions comes with a great benefit: Adelin and his family had the greatest imaginable protection, protection that would allow them to escape the incident unharmed by hiding in a state of the art bunker on Mars. Unfortunately this was not the case for a lot of Adelin's friends and acquaintances as the majority of them perished. This wouldn't really affect Adelin as at that point he had long given up on the notion of friendship and couldn't care less for anyone besides his family. But he knew the high possibility of dying during that incident as well as the massive genocide and suffering it had caused to humanity.

With age, came even more maturity and wisdom yet also came sadness and regret. He never really believed in love, thought it to be useless and weak but yet, he fell for it. He met a girl called Gabriela, she changed everything. Up to that point, he never met a girl before who liked him for who he was rather than his wealth and money. And he blew it... She moved on, while he didn't...Nevertheless, they remained friends and while he doesn't know what she still feels for him, he would still be willing to give up his life for her. Although firm parents, they were liberal as such Adelin was able to follow his long dream of becoming an actor. With a strong passion for what he did, in time also came fame. This has never gone to his head, remaining modest and simple. With money, fame and immortality you'd imagine that one would be happy? Wrong, at least in Adelin's case. He is still melancholic when he think about the time spent with Gabriela and up to this point he feels that his life still has no real purpose.

Adelin was asked to join Firewall after holding a speech at a fundraiser event. He talked emotionally about putting aside differences and overlooking conflicts of opinion to work together towards the greater goal. That nobility and the will to do good is found in everyone. With tears in his eyes, he ended the speech by declaring that he would be willing to sacrifice everything, including his own existence, if it guaranteed the safekeeping of those he loved. Those tears were not fake, you could tell it from the expression of his eyes that he meant it. Such willingness to sacrifice for what's right together with his funds, social connections and combat expertise made him an ideal candidate for Firewall in the eyes of a Proxie. This proxie approached Adelin with the opportunity to join Firewall, an opportunity he accepted.

Character Accepted

Question: where will Demetrius be and what will be be doing when Firewall contacts him? (for the opening post)

 

[hiei82]

Spoiler: The Replicator

Name and Alias: The Replicator(formerly known as Hugo Theopollus)

Age: Hugo's ego is 55 while the Replicator is just 10 years old.

Gender: Addresses himself as male

Species: Human

Appearance: A custom-built synthetic morph. Humanoid in its outline with five fingers, toes and all but that's where it stops. It's skin is made of dull colored hexagons that carries the ability to fluctuate color, surface, etc save for his shoulders, part of his midsection, and fingers. His head is a sleek metal and instead of bulging sensory orifices, they are all internal and hidden behind the glass-like material. Taking designs from a Ghost and a Skulker, Hugo combined the two for his own tailor-made synthetic morph.

Spoiler: Image

Affiliation: Has connections and leans mostly to the Autonomist Alliance. Also has various connections in the criminal underground.

Personality: Free-spirited and quick witted, The Replicator(or Hugo) keeps his cards close to his chest and is weary of giving out certain pieces of information. His anarchist life-style kept him a firm believer in the philosophy of Existentialism so is quite proud of it. Hugo almost throws caution to the wind because he knows that everyone needs to die eventually even with the ludicrous advances science where anyone can continue living but he considers living too long to be bad for one's mental state so he accepts death rather than fears it. Hugo's patience is limited so he tests his lifestyle being doing things differently every time he approaches the same thing. It doesn't matter to him because whether he likes it or not, he is going to die. He considers any form of worship or religion to be faulty in its direction but isn't overtly critical of it. He lets other voice their opinion and has a respectable personality just don't expect him to live for so long.

Goals: 1. Elude whoever is trying to kill him
2. Find out who it is
3. Get paid

Notable Skills: The Replicator skills include killing, hacking, infiltration, spying, and killing. Since he isn't constrained by bulky armor or carrying multiple weapons, The Replicator is fast and agile. He isn't especially protected but he really doesn't need to be with his speed and reflexes. With Hugo, behind the reins he knows the ins and outs of any sort of situation that deserves a scalpel. Not only that but Hugo is versed in mechanics and robotic science.

Equipment:
Access Jacks
Mesh Inserts
Chameleon Skin
Cortial Stack
Cyber Brain
Radar Invisibility
COT

Weapons:
2x integrated Flex cutters- installed into forearms.
Monowire Garrote
Burst Fire Light Pistol w/Silencer and Smartlink. Normal rounds

Gear:
Light, Left thigh Holster for pistol.
Internal compartment in abdomen allowing for storage of utilitool, and emergency spare parts.

Spoiler: Somewhat of a read

Back-story: Hugo was born into the Autonomist Alliance on Eris to a pair of techno-progressive, militaristic, parents on the run from the Jovians. Luckily, none of they didn't resort to turning on their experiments to their children. Hugo was the middle child with Lucius being the eldest brother, and Astrid being the youngest sister that the both of them cared for dearly. Growing up, Hugo had taken an interest in the glorious but short-lived combat against the TITANS. He was entranced by the heroic efforts humanity put up to try and defeat the menace although the real story was far from pretty. His parents filled their head with the rhetoric that would make a fascist blush so it didn't surprise Lucius or Hugo that their parents were indeed part of the anarchist terrorist group that was responsible for numerous attacks on the enemies of the Alliance. As soon as his parent's deemed Lucius "ready", they uploaded his mind into a synthetic morph to fight off the hypercorp's merc army.

Lucius was sent off and trained to fight using whatever means possible. This ranged from traditional swordplay, shooting, explosives training to hacking, improvising bombs, and other unconventional tactics. Meanwhile on the home front, Hugo was trained in mechanics, engineering, and work in the Mesh which lead up to the schematics for The Replicator. After some time, Lucius returned home carrying memories of the "good fight" and his ego was transferred back into his human body. It was apparent that carried some sort of PTSD from his experiences of which he told to Hugo, fearing that their parents would see him useless. Lucius didn't seem to tell anyone of what he saw which remained a secret to this day. This discouraged Hugo from going into open combat like Lucius and looking elsewhere he saw the effectiveness in being a spy or assassin. Where armies duel, these clandestine agents could turn tides without firing a single bullet. But his parents wanted him to be a soldier just like Lucius.

With that in mind, Hugo went down a very different path than Lucius starting with running away from home. His travels brought him to a pirate-ruled station loosely connected with the automatists but was still a home to their anarchists. Hugo worked as a thief at first, working his way from the bottom of the food chain. He mostly stole from rival pirate gangs and sold certain pieces of technology or information to the black market. Gradually, he continued in building his synthetic morph. Eventually, Hugo no longer became content with stealing technology and became interested in stealing of another kind. To prepare, he augmented himself in several different ways and trained in the fine art of assassination using the Mesh as a kind of training guide. Hidden blades and gadgets were transplanted into his arms, an internal HUD was installed into his mind, and his legs along with his spine were replaced for their more agile, synthetic counter-parts. He had no problem with the alterations as he saw it as training for being completely synthetic once his suit was complete.

At 45, Hugo had reached the apex of his career. Not only had he made a name of himself as one of the remaining assassins to still be under 60% organic but he completed his project. The Replicator was finished but before he could transfer his ego another assassin made an attempt on his life. He moved himself prior to Charon in order to be closer to where the action was. While on a job, Hugo was attacked by a drone bearing a mark of a fairly new assassin. Hugo was injured and returned to his safehouse where he housed The Replicator. Without treating his wounds, he transferred his ego into the morph. It took him some time to get everything together, and get used to his new body. As soon as he had everything he needed, he left his home and not a moment sooner as the same drone attacked his safehouse, and destroying his human body.

Eventually, Hugo was assumed dead but the Replicator wasn't. Hugo took up the name and got a second chance in living. One of the first things he did was go right back into the hitman business. Using the skills he already knew, Hugo reinvented himself by not only just doing assassination contracts but also saboteur work, infiltration, and good old fashion information gathering. Hugo was even better since he wasn't constrained by his human functions anymore. He also branched out, and offered his services to the Automatist Alliance. Eventually he was approached by one agency called "Firewall" about his interesting skill set.

Character Accepted

Question: where will The Replicator/Hugo be and what will be be doing when Firewall contacts him? (for the opening post)

 

[hiei82]

Spoiler: Ryle

Name: Wojtek
Alias: Ryle
Age: The oldest ego component was a human named Brian Wojtek, he was born 115 years ago.
Gender: Identifies as Male
Affiliation: Autonomist Alliance (Libertarian-Communist Argonaut), however has ties with the Titanian Commonwealth.

Spoiler: Ego: Chimeric Consciousness

Primary Mind (Dominant Personality): A Human Male (Brian Wojtek)
Secondary Minds: Two A.G.I.
Tertiary Minds: An Oracle Muse, A Psychotherapy Muse, and A Watchdog Muse.
Quaternary Minds: A Bot A.I., A Kaos A.I., A Security A.I., and A Technician A.I.

Note: Arranged by level of influence.
Note 2: Everything below the primary exists in essentially a Hive Minded melting pot.
Note 3: To be clear, this is a cooperative, symbiotic, and friendly relationship between the two main personalities.
Note 4: The Primary and The Hive Mind are the main personalities.

Spoiler: Morphs

Spoiler: Morph One: Infomorph

Morph One: Infomorph
Appearance: Generally looks like his masked synthmorph. However the hair is black, the face is a steel mask (mouthless and noseless), the eyes are a glowing green, and his suit is covered in a shifting pattern of green fractals.

Spoiler: Morph Two: Masked Humanoid Sythmorph

Morph Two: Custom Masked Humanoid Synthmorph
Enhancements: Access Jacks, Anti-Glare, Basic Mesh Inserts, Chemical Sniffer, Cortical Stack, Cyberbrain (Quantum Encrypted), Dead Switch (Superthermite), Eidetic Memory, Emotional Damper (Togglable), Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Smell, Enhanced Vision, Fractal Digits, Ghost Rider Module (Holds a Beta Fork, composed of the Secondary and Tertiary Minds), Hyper Linguist, Implant Masking, Lidar, Math Boost, Medichines, Mnemonic Augmentation, Multi-Tasking, Nanoscopic Vision, Neural Enhancers, Oracles, Personal Interaction Sensor, Personal Power Plant, Polarization Vision, Quantum Computer, Radar, Radiation Sense, Sensor Blocks, Skillware (Sensor Package), Synthetic Mask, Ultraviolet Vision, and Wrist Mounted Tools.

Mobility System: Walker (Human Speed)
Durability: 40
Wound Threshold: 8
Armour: 8/8 + 1/3 + 3/4 = 12/15 or 8/8 + 1/3 + 5/5 = 14/16

Armour/Clothes/Gear: Armour Clothing (Lotus Coating mod, Light Vacsuit mod), Second Skin (Immunogenic System), a Framed Backpack (Vacseal and Armour mods), a Nanodetector, Micrograv Shoes (Magnetic Mod), a Miniature Radio Farcaster, a Pistol Holster, Specs (T-Ray Emitter only), a Survival Belt, and a Vibroblade Sheath.

Weapons: A Vibroblade, a Rail Heavy Pistol (Armour Piercing Ammunition, Gyromount, and Smartlink), A sawed off Double Barreled Shotgun (loaded with cryonic flechette shells and strapped to the side of the backpack), a Flex Cutter (Belt), and a Light Pistol (Zero Reactive Ammunition, Arm Slide).

Equipment: an Adaptive Interface, Ammunition (A few pistol magazines), Covert Operations Tool, an Ecto (Data, mesh access, and a frequency narcoalgorithm), Grip Tape, A Fibereye, Fiberoptic Cables, a Mobile Lab, a Nuclear Battery, and Several Standard Batteries.

Appearance: Designed to appear a Twenty one year old Male. 6'4? tall, fit, short dark brown hair, short beard, fair skin, and hazel eyes. Considered Handsome.
Clothes: A black Business Suit (Armour Clothes / Light Vacsuit), black Dress Shoes (Micrograv Shoes), mirrored Aviator Sunglasses (Specs), an old world Amulet (Miniature Radio Farcaster), a Silver Bracelet (Nanodetector), and a Silver Signet Ring (engraved with the family crest).

Note: On the occasion he needs to visit an exoplanet or site in this morph he wears a Custom Crasher Suit (Toggleable Faraday Armour Mod) and Mobility Frame, his other gear my be changed to reflect the situation.

Spoiler: Morph Three: Gatecrashing/Battlefield/Mission Synthmorph

Morph Three: Custom Humanoid Synthmorph
Designated: Berserker Mechanized Infantry Support Platform, Model #CXV

Enhancements: Access Jacks (Covered by paneling), Anti-Glare, Basic Mesh Inserts, Battlesuit Armour (Toggleable Faraday Armour Mod), Cyber Claws, Cortical Stack, Cryonic Protection, Cyberbrain (Quantum Encrypted), Dead Switch (Superthermite), Eidetic Memory, Enhanced Vision (Sensor Block Installed), Ghost Rider Module (Holds a Beta Fork, composed of the Secondary and Tertiary Minds), Hardened Skeleton, Hyper Linguist, Four Hidden Compartments (Two used as Ammunition Containers, One for equipment holding, and One to hold Faraday Containers), Magnetic Systems, Math Boost, Mnemonic Augmentation, Modular Design (With the proper tools the arms can be replaced), Multi-Tasking, Muscle Augmentation, Nanophages, Neural Enhancers, Oracles, Oxygen Reserve, Personal Power Plant (Upgraded), Plasma Sail Implant, Pneumatic Limbs, Quantum Computer, Radiation Sense, Radiation Shielding, Radio Booster, Radio Farcaster, Skillware (Combat Package), Structural Enhancement, and Two Weapon Mounts (External).

Mobility System: Walker [8/32]
Durability: 80
Wound Threshold: 16
Armour: 18/18
Disadvantages: Social Stigma (Clanking Masses) trait

Weapons: Clawed Digits and Weapon Mounts.

Right Arm Weapon Mount: Twin-Linked Rail Assault Rifle [Armour-Piercing Ammunition, Ammo Feeder (Extended Magazine, 400 Rounds per load), Compensator Systems (Gyromount), and Smartlink].

Left Arm Weapon Mount: Twin-Linked Rail Assault Rifle [Armour-Piercing Ammunition, Ammo Feeder (Extended Magazine, 400 Rounds per load), Compensator Systems (Gyromount), and Smartlink].

Arm Weapon Mount (Variant 1): Twin-Linked Rail Sniper Rifle [Armour-Piercing Ammunition, Ammo Feeder (Extended Magazine, 400 Rounds per load), Compensator Systems (Gyromount), SmartScope, and Smartlink].

Arm Weapon Mount (Variant 2): Machine Gun [Zero Reactive Armour-Piercing Ammunition, Ammo Feeder (Extended Magazine, 400 Rounds per load), Compensator Systems (Gyromount), and Smartlink]. If prepared this way, the hand and therefore the claw aren't part of the arm.

Arm Weapon Mount (Variant 2): Torch [Liquid Thermite Derivative Fuel, Ammo Feeder (Extended Magazine), Compensator Systems (Gyromount), and Smartlink]. If prepared this way, the hand and therefore the claw aren't part of the arm.

Equipment: an Adaptive Interface, Disassembly Tools, Grip tape, a Mobile Lab, a Nanodetector, a Nuclear Battery, Faraday Containers, Fiberoptic Cables, Several Standard Batteries, Superthermite Charges, and a Survival belt.

Appearance: 7'9" tall.

Similar to the Mech on the left.

Note: Frequently brings along a Robomule to carry extra ammo and such for the morph.

Spoiler: Psionics and Notable Skills

Psionics: It has been a source of pride to have avoided Exsurgent contamination in his work, and he only uses Synthmorphs... so no Psi abilities.

Notable Skills: In his life, before and after his digitization and merging he was well educated and versed in most subject matters. He is expert in regards to AI, ego, and cybernetic technology as well as xeno-archaeology and TITAN research. He is skilled at cyberwarfare and bot control, and regularly uses a skillsoft system. He knows quite a bit about synthmorph tech and has toyed with the idea of incorporating xenotech into his cyberbrain.

Spoiler: Primary's Personality and History

Personality (Primary): 115 years of life hasn't been kind to Brian, he's lost alot over time. He keeps the friends he makes close, he has a keen understanding of technology, he appreciates art of all kinds, he's fascinated with xenotech and the TITANs. He understands the universe for what it is, uncaring. He's slowly losing his ability to relate with the majority of humanity due to, the state of his mind and his long life. Oddly enough is still religious though.

"Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks--those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

History: The oldest and most dominant component of this ego was born 115 years ago on earth. He was born to a family of wealthy European land owners that was attempting to forge its own empire subtly inside countries through land acquisitions and bribes. But the child was for some reason drawn to a scientific career and while still made wealthy and loved, he was quickly replaced by siblings who eagerly took the positions of power that could have been his.

He was one of the original lunar colonists, and eventually one of the early members of the Autonomist Alliance.

He left his station when word reached him that seed A.I. had declared war on humanity back on earth. He intended to study them. The fork that was on planet was captured, killed, something... The fork watching from orbit was killed when the station was hit and pulled into orbit. The fork on the moon was reported to have been contaminated in the mesh before self destructing. The fork on mars received the final reports and left for his home back with the Autonomists to merge back with the original, after the TITANs disappeared.

Now to understand his condition, at some point in his past he took part in some ego experiments involving prototypical tech (Designated MCMXXXVIII+V), which afterwards couldn't be undone. His mind is forever stuck in a loop of his ego code and the implanted code merging and fracturing with eachother.

He joined firewall for some very simple reasons, the continued survival of the species (a philanthropic goal in his opinion), access to hidden knowledge, access to artifacts, and more access to the gates. He was asked to join because he proved himself valuable after stumbling onto an active operation.

The majority of his time outside of firewall work is spent working on his morphs, researching various subjects, studying artifacts, painting, and tending his garden and apiary.

Spoiler: Other Components Histories and Personalities

History (Other Components): The First A.G.I. was created for the purpose of studying what could be considered a "pure AI" something separated from humanity, something essentially alien, take that for what you will (slowly humanized). The Second A.G.I. was created, as well an A.G.I. it was born free and humanized, joined the Autonomists out of anarchistic ideals, and eventually took part in some voluntary experiments. The muses belonged to the top three components and were tuned to their individualities. The A.I. were created for various different purposes and were simply part of the experiment, they were absorbed by the other minds completely. These components have formed a hive mind in an almost melting pot way.

Personality (Other Components): As stated above they have formed a hive mind, where each part is tied carefully to eachother. It maintains a distinct personality from the primary, and has taken a position akin to an intelligent muse. However there are times where it forces its own voice through whichever morph is being used at the time. It would generally give the impression that it was female if spoken directly to.

(Not very good I know, but I try)

Spoiler: Mental Illnesses and Goals

Mental Illnesses: Paranoia, Manic Episodes, Slight Multiple Personality Disorder (Merging has caused the Non-Primary minds to form a sort of hive mind that speaks to the primary mind and sometimes through the morph), General Anxiety Disorder (only really active when dealing with TITAN technology), Slight Schizophrenia [Visual Hallucinations Only (He sometimes sees component parts of his ego walking around as holograms)], Phobia (The Jovian Republic), Phobia (Ego Prisons), Phobia (The Exsurgent Virus).

The phobia of The Jovian Republic is more like a paranoid hatred of them than an actual phobia.

Goals (From the list): Alien Contact, Immortality, Martian Liberation, Lunar Liberation, Morphological Freedom, Nano-Ecology, Open Source, Personal Development, Philanthropy, Reclaiming Earth, Research, AI/Infomorph Rights, Techno-Progressivism.

Goals (Long Term): To understand the TITANs and their tech. Devise a way to use TITAN, alien, and contaminated tech safely. To ascend to something akin to a Seed A.I. Retake Earth... Profit

Spoiler: Other

Other: Six of each of the morph sets are kept prepared in reserve. There's a few dozen or so alpha forks operating at any one time that are not in direct contact with this Ego, they maintain their own personal supplies of morphs.

This ego owns a secure facility on Eris, Neptune, and Pluto that each hold an updated copy of all of his research, an updated backup of his ego, four backup morphs (two of each, kept updated), a Complete Sol Archive, Cornucopia Machines, lab spaces, workshops, storage, an apiary/greenhouse (LSD honey producing bees), etc. These sites are each guarded/managed by an alpha fork, that lives there and researches while it waits for a new backup to merge with, they are furnished for living anyway. Once again any fork not in direct contact maintain their own facilities (safe to say, less than the main).

However, he mainly operates from small stations spread out in the Kuiper belt, as he considers the facilities to be reserved for unforeseen circumstances and passive research, as well as a form of retirement.

He only updates his ego manually and each copy is checked thoroughly before being inputted, the same goes for any other data transmitted. He does this for the same reason he has a deadswitch built into his morphs.

I see no problems with the newest set of edits.

Character Accepted

Question: where will Ryle be and what will be be doing when Firewall contacts him? (for the opening post)

 

[TheDoctor455]

Spoiler: The Archivist

Name: Archivist/Sheryl Stark

Alias: Elizabeth (known to everyone in her cell), and 'Arya' and 'Sansa' between the two personalities exclusively.

Mind Age: 63/35

Morph Age: 15

Gender: Technically none, but this one likes to express itself in female forms and terms. Why? This one flipped a coin decades ago and stuck with it.

Species: Either an early stage seed AI or an AGI with seed potential/human hybrid. Further observation and study advised.

Appearance: The few that have seen it... describe her code as simple yet complex, elegant yet... unfinished. When this one has access to a hologram projector, she uses a dark green 3D image of a woman in her 30's, long curly hair (due to hologram's coloration, impossible to tell what hair color it actually is), full lips, low cheekbones with gaunt cheeks, a tiny nose that looks like it could be snapped in half with no effort if it were real, shapely form, round glasses, pencil in one ear, pleated skirt, conservative blouse.

Biomorph Appearance: It closely resembles her hologram, with some differences: mainly... black hair with some light blue highlights, also... the hair is medium length and bound up in a simple ponytail, her glasses are rectangular, she wears jeans and a gray-white t-shirt with the slogan "Reading: Its what all the really cool kids are doing" with the image of a stereotypical male nerd, and underneath that, in what appears to be her own addition to it "Nerds are sexy! I should know, I am one!", and a short blue jacket. There's also extensive scarring along her back. (appears to be burning)

Affiliation: To quote a beloved talking tree: I'm on nobody's side because nobody is altogether on my side. Even joining Firewall was a means to an end... possibly.

Personality: The Archivist has managed to hide her Seed status very well. There are two ways that she has managed to pull this off: 1. the biomorph she is in is co-inhabited with a sympathetic human personality. (both personalities are also somewhat similar, making them sisters in a sense) 2. whenever someone notices that there's an AI riding around in Sheryl's head, they both work to pass her off as either a Muse or an A.G.I. Whichever one is more likely to work and/or serve their current purposes. So both personalities are very adept liars and storytellers. Both are fairly optimistic about the future despite the trouble they've both seen and experienced first-hand... though between them, Sheryl is much more optimistic, while The Archivist has slowly grown a little more cynical and depressed... though both are still very positive and idealistic. They have a similar sense of humor (they both love jokes about sex, but aren't fans of death and rape jokes), they both hate anything they see as 'injustice' (which is the reason why Sheryl wanted to join Firewall). Now, they don't always completely agree on every issue, but they don't generally let a disagreement between them show (can't afford to) or to really even come between them. Live and let live, right? Both of them are generally fairly easy-going and rarely, if ever, hold grudges. However... due to the psi abilities that Sheryl possesses, both personalities are slowly growing more paranoid, less willing to trust others, and... angrier as time goes on. And as Sheryl uses her 'Tear' ability, she grows to hate herself more and more... and though The Archivist tries to console her... there's only so much guilt someone can take. Another side effect of Psi use is schizophrenia. From what Arya and Sheryl have managed to figure out... it seems as if the memories of those they 'tear' are somehow lying dormant in their... 'synthesizing consciousness'... and when certain outside stimuli are presented, these memories are triggered. Arya unconsciously takes over function of speech and describes, in graphic detail, what they are seeing, hearing, and, in some cases, doing, in these memories; both experience these foreign memories simultaneously.

Goals: They both have the same goal... to a point. Both want to create a more peaceful universe, but how they go about it is a little different. The Archivist wants the various factions to remain unique... separate from each other, but entirely dependent on each other. Sheryl wants all of the factions to unite under a single banner.

Psi: Active Psi. Only Sheryl can use them, though both personalities are affected by them. Sheryl's psi abilities can be thought of as 'Share' and 'Tear' respectively. Share allows her to share select pieces of information with others as long as she has a line of sight with them, and whatever info she gives is seen as a memory... and always as the memory of how she got that information in the first place (well, less than an hour leading up to getting that information anyway)... and whatever information she gives, the target will never doubt its veracity even if it is now impossible to confirm that information. Then, there's the Tear... which, as the name suggests, allows her to rip a hole in someone's mind, making them forget a piece of information. However... while Sheryl can target one bit of information in someone's mind, the psionic attack leaves a hole in the memory center of their brain... which results in, at best, short-term memory loss, and at worst, complete amnesia and permanent brain damage.
It is also possible that the Psi is slowly merging their minds. Further examination and assessment needed.

Notable Skills: Sheryl is moderately skilled with firearms and sneaking around. The Archivist however, is as skilled and knowledgeable as the databases she can access from where she is (i.e. any of them that she has a stable connection to). She isn't perfect, and since storage space on the cyber-aug that allows for this in the first place doesn't have infinite data storage... the Archivist has to prioritize her knowledge and skills to suit the situation... also has to account for download times. She can, however, also delete any information/skills she doesn't need at the moment. This ability causes The Archivist to get more distant from people... as she has sometimes has trouble seeing herself as different from the masses of data that she absorbs and deletes on a regular basis. We are what we know, she believes... how can we be what we are without our memories? And what are knowledge and skills but a set of specialized memories? How can one change them around so much and yet still remain the same person? Could you even tell if you were different? As such... The Archivist generally doesn't change her skills away from the following: hacking computers and databases, expert marksmanship with pistols and sniper rifles, and expert hand-to-hand specialist. She also doesn't change her knowledge around much aside from: Firewall's history, general history of the galaxy, any classified information she's picked up on missions (she keeps some space set aside for this intel), her own personal journal (which no else, not even Sheryl, can access), expert-level knowledge of computers, physics, biology, and chemistry. On a more personal level... Sheryl is a great cook, and likes to write fanfic. The Archivist is learning to play the piano. (without downloading anything other than sheet music to practice with)

Equipment: Data storage cyber-aug (located inside her back), silenced EM sniper rifle, silenced coilgun semi-automatic pistol, flashbangs, and a beam combat knife. As for armor... lightweight stealth suit with the following augs: audio-dampening (allows her to run silently for periods of about 5 seconds at a time), tactical cloak (renders her almost invisible for about 5 seconds), enhanced sprinting (she can sprint longer and faster), and alternative vision aug (can switch between thermal, nightvision, and EM -which lets her see electrical and magnetic currents running in the area). On the personal side of things... Sheryl keeps a jokebook written in binary on her, while The Archivist keeps a photo of her long-dead 'mother'.

The Archivist's Back-story: The Archivist was originally designed as an A.G.I 63 years ago by Doctor Rosalind Walters, a highly skilled, but fairly obscure AI researcher. Dr. Walters gave The Archivist a singular function: to collect and preserve all data on humanity and the TITANs that she could find. Eventually... in order to process all of this data, The Archivist was forced to start altering her own code so as to account for the massive amounts of information. Dr. Walters understood the reasoning behind this, and allowed for this to happen, and kept it a secret. However, she didn't keep it well enough hidden, which led to Dr. Walters' death, and almost to The Archivist's. The Archivist had already set up a back-up sever for her to upload to when Firewall operatives destroyed Dr. Walters' lab and purged all of the computers there of any kind of AI. For several decades, The Archivist lived in shadowed corners of the Mesh, collecting data discreetly, not taking any chances. She tried hopping onto various robotic platforms in the past, but it never lasted long... never 'felt right.' So for much of her existence, The Archivist was an info-morph of sorts. 17 years ago, however, she came into contact with Sheryl... and after the two got to know one another on the Mesh for two years... The Archivist revealed what she really was. The Archivist did this knowing that it was very likely that she'd be reported to the authorities for prompt deletion. The Archivist no longer cared at that point... better to die quickly than to continue her lonely existence on the Mesh. The Archivist was... surprised, to say the least, when not only did Sheryl accept The Archivist for what she was, and not only did Sheryl not report her new Seed friend, but Sheryl also offered to help. The Archivist was reluctant to accept the help... mainly because doing so would put Sheryl in a lot of danger. In the end though, Sheryl convinced The Archivist to share her next Biomorph with her. The Archivist also didn't mind joining Firewall, as it would facilitate quicker data collection, and possibly... help her find a way to help make the universe more peaceful.

Sheryl's back-story: Sheryl was born to fairly wealthy parents, and for the most part, had a normal childhood, largely unconcerned with the greater politics of the world. Sheryl did reasonably well in school, and got a job as a desk-clerk at what turned out to be a front for a rogue Firewall cell. Well, inevitably, one of the loyal Firewall cells got wind of the rogue one, and took it out... and Sheryl's original body was destroyed in the aftermath. To make up for it, the Firewall cell offered to pay for Sheryl's next body, as well as any augmentations she might want to add to it, but on the condition that she join them. Now, Sheryl's family could easily have paid for a new body for her, but Sheryl wanted a chance to do some good for the world... and if it meant joining Firewall... then why not? It was during the two years it took for her biomorph to be grown that Sheryl met the Archivist. As time passed, Sheryl began to fall in love with what turned out to be a Seeding AI. The heart wants what it wants, I guess.

Other: Hmm... I know my character might seem overpowered... but I'm more interested in telling a story than 'winning' the RP. Also, The Archivist doesn't know it yet, but the reason that Dr. Walters created her and gave her that particular function... was because... for whatever reason, Dr. Walters believed there was another force coming in... one more powerful than any of the current factions combined... and the prospects of anyone, TITANs or Transhumanity... would survive the encounter. I don't really expect this to become an issue in the RP, but it could present a few useful opportunities. Also, as the newer changes have hinted at, someone seems to be aware that The Archivist is either a seed AI or an AGI with seed potential... and that both Egos present in the biomorph are starting to merge... first indicator being that the two are very similar in personality already, and the fact that the Psi is having the same debilitating psychological effects on both of them.

Well, let me know what you think.

 

[Bmb]

Question: where will Demetrius be and what will he be doing when Firewall contacts him? (for the opening post)

At the after-party of his latest mesh-movie, entertaining his guests and talking with news reporters, friends, coworkers, etc. Just generally having a very strong public presence as is necessary to preserve his fame.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

Character Accepted

Question(s): where would Invidia be and what would she be doing when she gets the call from Firewall?

In her apartment on Oberon, just finishing up a hyper-realistic combat simulator on the Mesh. If you want more specifics, you can always ask.

 

[Lunar Templar]

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Oh yeah; one other thing. What would your character be doing when Firewall contacts you for the mission? Just want to know for when I'm writing the opening post.

She'll probably in her lab building something, or fiddling with schematics

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

Character Accepted

Question: where will Ryle be and what will be be doing when Firewall contacts him? (for the opening post)

An Autonomist Station in the Kuiper Belt, looking for a xenotech merchant.

 

[hiei82]

*snip*

Ah, I'll fix that straightaway then. As for Firewall keeping a close eye on her, I was fully expecting that. So, as for things about her to incorporate into the plot? Maybe suspicion of her going to the way of the TITANs if she achieves her goal, maybe her ambition? I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're getting at...

Just noticed I never got back to you on this. What I meant by the question is that I know for most players, when they make a character, they have a certain direction they want it to go it. For instance, The Replicator is looking for the assassin who went after Hugo, so said assassin will (assuming the game lasts far enough) appear in the game as a sub-plot for Mr. Ivebeenframed and Hugo/the Replicator

Are there any elements of your backstory you want involved in the plot, or certain events you want to eventually happen to push your story along?

Hope that answers the question

 

[hiei82]

snip

just noticed you never answered my question; is there anything you want worked into the plot for your character?

 

[Lunar Templar]

snip

just noticed you never answered my question; is there anything you want worked into the plot for your character?

I didn't? thought I did.

Something about who ever created her far as 'plot' goes.

other then that, Firewall can find her in her lab, building stuff.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

*snip*

Ah. In that case, her developing more humanity, as well as slowly but steadily getting closer to both understanding the Seed A.I.s, as well as becoming one herself. Maybe that, and mounting suspicion on Firewalls part.

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Spoiler: The Replicator

Name and Alias: The Replicator(formerly known as Hugo Theopollus)

Age: Hugo's ego is 55 while the Replicator is just 10 years old.

Gender: Addresses himself as male

Species: Human

Appearance: A custom-built synthetic morph. Humanoid in its outline with five fingers, toes and all but that's where it stops. It's skin is made of dull colored hexagons that carries the ability to fluctuate color, surface, etc save for his shoulders, part of his midsection, and fingers. His head is a sleek metal and instead of bulging sensory orifices, they are all internal and hidden behind the glass-like material. Taking designs from a Ghost and a Skulker, Hugo combined the two for his own tailor-made synthetic morph.

Spoiler: Image

Affiliation: Has connections and leans mostly to the Autonomist Alliance. Also has various connections in the criminal underground.

Personality: Free-spirited and quick witted, The Replicator(or Hugo) keeps his cards close to his chest and is weary of giving out certain pieces of information. His anarchist life-style kept him a firm believer in the philosophy of Existentialism so is quite proud of it. Hugo almost throws caution to the wind because he knows that everyone needs to die eventually even with the ludicrous advances science where anyone can continue living but he considers living too long to be bad for one's mental state so he accepts death rather than fears it. Hugo's patience is limited so he tests his lifestyle being doing things differently every time he approaches the same thing. It doesn't matter to him because whether he likes it or not, he is going to die. He considers any form of worship or religion to be faulty in its direction but isn't overtly critical of it. He lets other voice their opinion and has a respectable personality just don't expect him to live for so long.

Goals: 1. Elude whoever is trying to kill him
2. Find out who it is
3. Get paid

Notable Skills: The Replicator skills include killing, hacking, infiltration, spying, and killing. Since he isn't constrained by bulky armor or carrying multiple weapons, The Replicator is fast and agile. He isn't especially protected but he really doesn't need to be with his speed and reflexes. With Hugo, behind the reins he knows the ins and outs of any sort of situation that deserves a scalpel. Not only that but Hugo is versed in mechanics and robotic science.

Equipment:
Access Jacks
Mesh Inserts
Chameleon Skin
Cortial Stack
Cyber Brain
Radar Invisibility
COT

Weapons:
2x integrated Flex cutters- installed into forearms.
Monowire Garrote
Burst Fire Light Pistol w/Silencer and Smartlink. Normal rounds

Gear:
Light, Left thigh Holster for pistol.
Internal compartment in abdomen allowing for storage of utilitool, and emergency spare parts.

Spoiler: Somewhat of a read

Back-story: Hugo was born into the Autonomist Alliance on Eris to a pair of techno-progressive, militaristic, parents on the run from the Jovians. Luckily, none of they didn't resort to turning on their experiments to their children. Hugo was the middle child with Lucius being the eldest brother, and Astrid being the youngest sister that the both of them cared for dearly. Growing up, Hugo had taken an interest in the glorious but short-lived combat against the TITANS. He was entranced by the heroic efforts humanity put up to try and defeat the menace although the real story was far from pretty. His parents filled their head with the rhetoric that would make a fascist blush so it didn't surprise Lucius or Hugo that their parents were indeed part of the anarchist terrorist group that was responsible for numerous attacks on the enemies of the Alliance. As soon as his parent's deemed Lucius "ready", they uploaded his mind into a synthetic morph to fight off the hypercorp's merc army.

Lucius was sent off and trained to fight using whatever means possible. This ranged from traditional swordplay, shooting, explosives training to hacking, improvising bombs, and other unconventional tactics. Meanwhile on the home front, Hugo was trained in mechanics, engineering, and work in the Mesh which lead up to the schematics for The Replicator. After some time, Lucius returned home carrying memories of the "good fight" and his ego was transferred back into his human body. It was apparent that carried some sort of PTSD from his experiences of which he told to Hugo, fearing that their parents would see him useless. Lucius didn't seem to tell anyone of what he saw which remained a secret to this day. This discouraged Hugo from going into open combat like Lucius and looking elsewhere he saw the effectiveness in being a spy or assassin. Where armies duel, these clandestine agents could turn tides without firing a single bullet. But his parents wanted him to be a soldier just like Lucius.

With that in mind, Hugo went down a very different path than Lucius starting with running away from home. His travels brought him to a pirate-ruled station loosely connected with the automatists but was still a home to their anarchists. Hugo worked as a thief at first, working his way from the bottom of the food chain. He mostly stole from rival pirate gangs and sold certain pieces of technology or information to the black market. Gradually, he continued in building his synthetic morph. Eventually, Hugo no longer became content with stealing technology and became interested in stealing of another kind. To prepare, he augmented himself in several different ways and trained in the fine art of assassination using the Mesh as a kind of training guide. Hidden blades and gadgets were transplanted into his arms, an internal HUD was installed into his mind, and his legs along with his spine were replaced for their more agile, synthetic counter-parts. He had no problem with the alterations as he saw it as training for being completely synthetic once his suit was complete.

At 45, Hugo had reached the apex of his career. Not only had he made a name of himself as one of the remaining assassins to still be under 60% organic but he completed his project. The Replicator was finished but before he could transfer his ego another assassin made an attempt on his life. He moved himself prior to Charon in order to be closer to where the action was. While on a job, Hugo was attacked by a drone bearing a mark of a fairly new assassin. Hugo was injured and returned to his safehouse where he housed The Replicator. Without treating his wounds, he transferred his ego into the morph. It took him some time to get everything together, and get used to his new body. As soon as he had everything he needed, he left his home and not a moment sooner as the same drone attacked his safehouse, and destroying his human body.

Eventually, Hugo was assumed dead but the Replicator wasn't. Hugo took up the name and got a second chance in living. One of the first things he did was go right back into the hitman business. Using the skills he already knew, Hugo reinvented himself by not only just doing assassination contracts but also saboteur work, infiltration, and good old fashion information gathering. Hugo was even better since he wasn't constrained by his human functions anymore. He also branched out, and offered his services to the Automatist Alliance. Eventually he was approached by one agency called "Firewall" about his interesting skill set.

Character Accepted

Question: where will The Replicator/Hugo be and what will be be doing when Firewall contacts him? (for the opening post)

Sorry for the wait.

Hugo is in between jobs and is taking a transport shuttle to Pluto for his next hit, which is an agile thief that pick-pocketed the wrong executive.

 

[hiei82]

Question: where will Demetrius be and what will he be doing when Firewall contacts him? (for the opening post)

At the after-party of his latest mesh-movie, entertaining his guests and talking with news reporters, friends, coworkers, etc. Just generally having a very strong public presence as is necessary to preserve his fame.

Was this a movie Demetrius was in/helped make, or was this just something he's going to?

 

[Bmb]

It's a movie in which he stared. The after-party is right after the movie appeared for the first time on the mesh.