Silly Mass Effect Character RP! Interest thread

[Kasten]

@CaptainAnon While I appreciate the opportunity to have a unique interaction between a dishonorably discharged soldier and the current military on the ship, I'm not sure why a mercenary would be out this far away from any profitable conflicts. The Batarians aren't powerful enough to have any wars, which is why the Alliance and some Council races are lending cruisers and frigates to patrol the area. I'm not saying it's implausible, just want something about it said. Accepted

@TheDoctor455 Try to round out the overall amount of ability both personalities have-there's more to being a good soldier than just shooting straight, it involves complicated protocols, codes, and command decisions. And Telekinesis in the Mass Effect universe, which is among the basic Biotic powers, is said to be fairly taxing. I'm delighted at having a two-faced psychopath to set loose on generic aliens, but I feel like the abilities should be defined more sharply. Otherwise, I like the idea, it's entirely unique. Accepted

 

[TheDoctor455]

@CaptainAnon While I appreciate the opportunity to have a unique interaction between a dishonorably discharged soldier and the current military on the ship, I'm not sure why a mercenary would be out this far away from any profitable conflicts. The Batarians aren't powerful enough to have any wars, which is why the Alliance and some Council races are lending cruisers and frigates to patrol the area. I'm not saying it's implausible, just want something about it said. Accepted

@TheDoctor455 Try to round out the overall amount of ability both personalities have-there's more to being a good soldier than just shooting straight, it involves complicated protocols, codes, and command decisions. And Telekinesis in the Mass Effect universe, which is among the basic Biotic powers, is said to be fairly taxing. I'm delighted at having a two-faced psychopath to set loose on generic aliens, but I feel like the abilities should be defined more sharply. Otherwise, I like the idea, it's entirely unique. Accepted

Okay. Made some changes to biotic and notes sections. Let me know if that works.

 

[JudgeDAN]

Hey again! I'll see about getting my sheet done by friday at the latest, in the meantime, I want to plan out my character to either an adept with strong focus on biotic potential human or the ships "medic". I wanted to have their personalities be very standoffish but generally not insane. The medic would be more tech savvy with some biotic abilities. They both would be limited in combat capabilities and would overall be the resident smartass. Let me know what sounds good, any additional information ill try to explain as i go.

 

[Kasten]

Man, none of you like psychology, do ya?

I'll see what you create, and we'll work from there. It'd hardly be fair if I started getting uppity before you got your sheet out, when I've given others that chance.

I'll look forward to reading it.

 

[The Hund]

Alright, this is my character idea. Feel free to tell me if I need to make him less powerful or describe his personality in greater detail. Also, I'm kinda new to the forums, could someone tell me how to label spoiler titles?

Spoiler

Name: James Northman. (A.K.A. The Saboteur)

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Age: 48

Years Of Service: 4 years as standard military infiltrator, 10 years at varying ranks of special forces infiltrator, 5 years as N7 infiltrator, 5 years as N7 spymaster

Level of Education: College Educated, majored in psychology, minored in sociology. Was an honor student in high school and took advanced courses.

Military Rank/Government Role: Unpopular N7 Spymaster

Biotic Potential: Very little, not enough to actually do anything without heavy augmentation that he's never gotten.

Psychological Stability: Sometimes civilians have to die in the name of council security, and at times he has had to kill civilians himself. He has never regretted it as it has always been necessary, except for that one incident with the reapers...

Biography: Despite what you may believe from a 48 year old N7 spymaster, he is quite a chipper individual always willing to help a soldier in need, whether they are another infiltrator or a krogan warlord. He also values the lives of civilians and does all he can to save them...when possible. Northman is also a man of action, he is easily bored when not blowing something up or assassinating someone.Despite his age he is still a handsome man, a nice full head of grey hair, the complexion of a 30 year old, and the body of well, a physically fit 48 year old man.He is an expert sniper, an expert martial artist, a master of disguise and stealth, and an explosives expert to boot.His four major weaknesses are: He is completely incompetent in a straight up gunfight, his persuasion skills could...use some work to say the least,he also would take shooting someone in the head to negotiating a peaceful surrender any day, and lastly his age is starting to show. He is extremely fit for a 48 year old and still more fit than your average citizen but is still going to be beat in a race or an arm wrestling competition by a physically fit 20 year old.

Notes: The one incident with the reapers as mentioned above is an incident in which during the reaper invasion of Earth he was given orders to take out a reaper by any means possible or necessary. He attempted to call in an orbital strike to destroy the bastard. Unfortunately he missed, not only giving the reaper ample time to escape but also destroying a civilian evacuation station. This event forever scars his mind, and has but a major dent in his career.

 

[Captain Anon]

@CaptainAnon While I appreciate the opportunity to have a unique interaction between a dishonorably discharged soldier and the current military on the ship, I'm not sure why a mercenary would be out this far away from any profitable conflicts. The Batarians aren't powerful enough to have any wars, which is why the Alliance and some Council races are lending cruisers and frigates to patrol the area. I'm not saying it's implausible, just want something about it said. Accepted

I guess you could say even though he was dishonorably discharged a high ranking saw him and hired him to help patrol the area I guess

 

[Kasten]

Okay guys, I've worked out the specifications of our frigate, or at least what'll be left of it when we're flying off the planet.

The Arcturus class frigate is a new line of warships made in the late stages and briefly after the Reaper War as a poor man's Normandy. It's fast, has brand new shield technology, and extreme weapons at the sacrifice of most of it's armor. It has enough quarters and space for a tactical compliment of ground forces, usually a team with N-designation, and a shuttle or transport gunship to move them but it has a very limited med-bay. Drawbacks come in when in protracted battles, as it was designed as a special forces assault frigate, it was considered an acceptable design sacrifice to have it unable to participate in protracted slugfests common to strategic space battles. The space that would normally go to extra heatsinks for the weapons and engines is taken up by a stealth system and extra targeting sensors, to allow for better orbital or aerial support abilities.

Arcturus class frigates fit the standard profile of Alliance ships, with two diagonal 'wings' slanted from the back of the bow to the bottom of the ship's face, and a central pillar inbetween. It's main differences are that the wings are right triangles, allowing it's GARDIAN and mass driver systems to pivot with a wider firing arc, and extra newly developed antimatter drives.

The Antietam was in the middle of major repairs and refits, it was sitting in a surface shipyard being worked on even at the time of the attack on the planet. It doesn't have the usual weapons level, missing the larger primary Thanix Cannon of it's sister ships. It also does not have much of it's GARDIAN point-defense net, and so has to rely on it's oversized engines and core for defense through speed. Beyond that, engineering problems in the class mean that if any projectile or kinetic impact weapons hit the bow on the center of either starboard or port side, the structure which is normally astonishingly solid for a frigate, much less one without armor, will buckle if enough pressure is put on it.

NORMAL SPECS OF ARCTURUS CLASS

Light single-barrel 'cutter' Thanix Cannons, designed for vicious penetrating gouges in enemy hulls x2, one on each wingtip

Heavy Thanix Cannon, designed purely for maximum destruction of the target x1, runs the length of the ship, one of the ship's few anti-cruiser weapons.

GARDIAN point defense lasers x5, top and bottom of both wings, bottom of central section.

Mass Drivers x6, two that run the entire length of the ship, and artillery grade turrets spread through the bottom of the wings.

WHAT'S LEFT ON OUR DUCT-TAPE HOPE BOTTLE

Light Thanix Cannons x2

Mass Drivers x3

GARDIAN net intact.


The one advantage this gives the Antietam is more speed, as it has vastly reduced weight. However, engineers know that if you push a ship past it's regular speed and g-force tolerances, you have to be careful not to squish your ship to a glorified pancake with inertial forces, to say nothing of said engineer and their crewmates.

 

[Kasten]

Alright, this is my character idea. Feel free to tell me if I need to make him less powerful or describe his personality in greater detail. Also, I'm kinda new to the forums, could someone tell me how to label spoiler titles?

Spoiler

Name: James Northman. (A.K.A. The Saboteur)

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Age: 48

Years Of Service: 4 years as standard military infiltrator, 10 years at varying ranks of special forces infiltrator, 5 years as N7 infiltrator, 5 years as N7 spymaster

Level of Education: College Educated, majored in psychology, minored in sociology. Was an honor student in high school and took advanced courses.

Military Rank/Government Role: Unpopular N7 Spymaster

Biotic Potential: Very little, not enough to actually do anything without heavy augmentation that he's never gotten.

Psychological Stability: Sometimes civilians have to die in the name of council security, and at times he has had to kill civilians himself. He has never regretted it as it has always been necessary, except for that one incident with the reapers...

Biography: Despite what you may believe from a 48 year old N7 spymaster, he is quite a chipper individual always willing to help a soldier in need, whether they are another infiltrator or a krogan warlord. He also values the lives of civilians and does all he can to save them...when possible. Northman is also a man of action, he is easily bored when not blowing something up or assassinating someone.Despite his age he is still a handsome man, a nice full head of grey hair, the complexion of a 30 year old, and the body of well, a physically fit 48 year old man.He is an expert sniper, an expert martial artist, a master of disguise and stealth, and an explosives expert to boot.His four major weaknesses are: He is completely incompetent in a straight up gunfight, his persuasion skills could...use some work to say the least,he also would take shooting someone in the head to negotiating a peaceful surrender any day, and lastly his age is starting to show. He is extremely fit for a 48 year old and still more fit than your average citizen but is still going to be beat in a race or an arm wrestling competition by a physically fit 20 year old.

Notes: The one incident with the reapers as mentioned above is an incident in which during the reaper invasion of Earth he was given orders to take out a reaper by any means possible or necessary. He attempted to call in an orbital strike to destroy the bastard. Unfortunately he missed, not only giving the reaper ample time to escape but also destroying a civilian evacuation station. This event forever scars his mind, and has but a major dent in his career.

Accepted, although please specify which classification of N7 he was, not just his job AS an N7. I would assume Infiltrator, since he's a spymaster. You may also want to consider bumping him down to N5-N6, while I have no objection to N7s being on the team, as the Captain will be one, remember that N7 is a promotion given after a long time of combat experience from a lower classification. During the Reaper War, class 7 operatives of every designation became command presences and crucial heroes in the war. It was a promotion given to you by central or a class 7 themselves, and more or less meant 'you're a highly experienced person of mass destruction'. classifications 1-6 were simply passing aptitude standards. 7 is more or less being TOO BADASS for the command structure to regularly apply.

That said, lots of class-7s were made and killed in the Reaper War, and with a little specification, and perhaps a little nerfing on his college education (passing up to class 6 in any designation requires a Master-Degree level of education in martial affairs, diplomacy, first-aid, and other hard topics along the way), I think he'll be super cool.

Accepted after you adjust him a little.

As for spoiler titles, just click 'quote' on a post with a spoiler title label. Whenever you want to know a formatting trick, find an example and click that 'quote' button, it'll break it into raw text for you, so you can see with your own eyes.

 

[The Hund]

Accepted, although please specify which classification of N7 he was, not just his job AS an N7. I would assume Infiltrator, since he's a spymaster. You may also want to consider bumping him down to N5-N6, while I have no objection to N7s being on the team, as the Captain will be one, remember that N7 is a promotion given after a long time of combat experience from a lower classification. During the Reaper War, class 7 operatives of every designation became command presences and crucial heroes in the war. It was a promotion given to you by central or a class 7 themselves, and more or less meant 'you're a highly experienced person of mass destruction'. classifications 1-6 were simply passing aptitude standards. 7 is more or less being TOO BADASS for the command structure to regularly apply.

That said, lots of class-7s were made and killed in the Reaper War, and with a little specification, and perhaps a little nerfing on his college education (passing up to class 6 in any designation requires a Master-Degree level of education in martial affairs, diplomacy, first-aid, and other hard topics along the way), I think he'll be super cool.

Accepted after you adjust him a little.

As for spoiler titles, just click 'quote' on a post with a spoiler title label. Whenever you want to know a formatting trick, find an example and click that 'quote' button, it'll break it into raw text for you, so you can see with your own eyes.

Alright this would be the slightly edited version,(I still have a few things to work out) though when you say I should "nerf" my college education, wouldn't several master level degrees be boosting, rather than nerfing? I don't know whether you typed it wrong or I just don't understand.

Spoiler: James Northman

Name: James Northman. (A.K.A. The Saboteur)

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Age: 48

Years Of Service: 4 years as standard military infiltrator, 10 years at varying ranks of special forces (N1-4) infiltrator, 5 years as N5 infiltrator, 5 years as N5 infiltrator spymaster

Level of Education: College Educated, majored in psychology, minored in sociology. Was an honor student in high school and took advanced courses.

Military Rank/Government Role: Unpopular N5 Infiltrator Spymaster

Biotic Potential: Very little, not enough to actually do anything without heavy augmentation that he's never gotten.

Psychological Stability: Sometimes civilians have to die in the name of council security, and at times he has had to kill civilians himself. He has never regretted it as it has always been necessary, except for that one incident with the reapers...

Biography: Despite what you may believe from a 48 year old N5 spymaster, he is quite a chipper individual always willing to help a soldier in need, whether they are another infiltrator or a krogan warlord. He also values the lives of civilians and does all he can to save them...when possible. Northman is also a man of action, he is easily bored when not blowing something up or assassinating someone.Despite his age he is still a handsome man, a nice full head of grey hair, the complexion of a 30 year old, and the body of well, a physically fit 48 year old man.He is an expert sniper, an expert martial artist, a master of disguise and stealth, and an explosives expert to boot.His four major weaknesses are: He is completely incompetent in a straight up gunfight, his persuasion skills could...use some work to say the least,he also would take shooting someone in the head to negotiating a peaceful surrender any day, and lastly his age is starting to show. He is extremely fit for a 48 year old and still more fit than your average citizen but is still going to be beat in a race or an arm wrestling competition by a physically fit 20 year old.

Notes: The one incident with the reapers as mentioned above is an incident in which during the reaper invasion of Earth he was given orders to take out a reaper by any means possible or necessary. He attempted to call in an orbital strike to destroy the bastard. Unfortunately he missed, not only giving the reaper ample time to escape but also destroying a civilian evacuation station. This event forever scars his mind, and has but a major dent in his career.

 

[mcpop9]

hey kasten, mind if i edit my sheet a bit? i want to give her a bit of experiance as a pilot. it would serve to fit her as she's been on quite a few ships in different positions.

 

[Kasten]

I mean that it's just odd that he has college education AND that level of military education. I'll accept what you have now, it about equal to what the others have.

Gladly accepted, in any case.

 

[Kasten]

@mcpop9 Go ahead! Make her a fighter pilot even, since we'll have a gunship. We'll need a pilot character, and a Quarian pilot sounds awesome.

 

[mcpop9]

sure. that'll work. i'll send you the updated sheet.

 

[mcpop9]

ok, that should be the final version of my sheet.

 

[The Hund]

I mean that it's just odd that he has college education AND that level of military education. I'll accept what you have now, it about equal to what the others have.

Gladly accepted, in any case.

Alright, sounds good.

 

[EnigmaticSevens]

Hmmm... damn, I really have been itching for a mass effect RP....

Question, is Grissom Academy still running?

 

[Kasten]

Yes, although now it runs off a small, mobile flotilla of refit colony ships and Alliance adaptions of the Quarian liveship.

And it's technically a Council project. There are some alien students, but not very many, because the Systems Alliance is the power with control over the ships and such, so many of the other races are still more comfortable using their own projects. Most of the non-human students come from families that are living in Human space.

 

[Ruedyn]

Spoiler: Arcos

Name: Earth Spain Madrid San Blas Avidan Arcos (Goes simply by Arcos, sometimes "The Magnificent")

Gender: Male

Species: Salarian

Age: 19

Years Of Service: 4 years as an STG operative, under multiple(4) cells.
Level of Education: Grissom Academy, as well as several human colleges and post graduate training. Mentioning lack of true Salarian education is met with instant hostility.

Military Rank/Government Role: STG Operative, Adept.

Biotic Potential: Surprisingly high, considering. He's taken many classes to maximize his potential, though he seems to spend most his career doing lab work. He seems capable as an asari, though that might be the few modifications he has. He's prone to headaches and confusion, but power is something he has in spades.

Psychological Stability: ... Pffffffft. Bipolar paranoid with anger issues is about the short of it, but that REALLY doesn't do justice all the little ticks he has. His augmentations have affected his mind something fierce, he seems to have no idea which language he speaks half the time, and his ability to stay on topic for too long is almost

Biography: Arcos is not the average Salarian. He was actually born on Earth, a rarity among his species, though he quickly discovered he was going to be unlike many of them. His mother was a female Salarian, and his other mother was an Aasari Biotic with a lot of power. It seemed a bit of that was inherited by young Arcos, and he trained under her for a bit. As thus, he imprinted himself to her.

When his Salarian mother died, he was sent off to Grissom Academy, to train even further... after quite a bit of education on earth. His time there is hazy, he didn't spend too long afterall. He was picked up quickly by his own species, and given a cushy job in intelligence, and the STG.

Most the rest of his history is Classified, though there was one action during the war in which he was credited with, no matter how much the Salarian Government denies. Regardless, everyone knows it wasn't an Asari that went berserk and wiped out a small group of Krogan. Recently, he's been deployed with a small Alliance ship, due to "Wanting to observe post War behavior," and to keep Arcos out of the public eye for awhile.

They didn't expect him to like it...

Notes: Arcos is never seen in anything less than his normal three layers of clothes, which is his normal civilian clothes, his sleek ash grey armor, and a black silk hooded cloak. He usually paints a skull pattern on his face before missions.

He fluently speaks 12 languages, and his ability to stick to one of them at a time is hazy at best. He tries, and usually remembers to keep his advanced translator around his neck to help out on his bad days.

Arcos is under orders to not draw attention to himself on this assignment, and he has taken that to heart. He is only allowed to act in secret.

Here's my submission.

 

[Kasten]

OKAY! I think that we've given enough time for sheet submission. Who wants to start, and is there anything people want to be done about start, EG, do people want anything different than what I've been talking about?

 

[Captain Anon]

OKAY! I think that we've given enough time for sheet submission. Who wants to start, and is there anything people want to be done about start, EG, do people want anything different than what I've been talking about?

yeah I'm good to start and no not really