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Evil Lincoln

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Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« on: July 14, 2012, 09:42:59 pm »

Helvus
There it is, Helvus. There it is that you will make your fortune and future for yourself. Hopefully anyway, there is a good chance you’ll be killed down there.

As far as you can tell around 500 years ago Helvus was one of the key players on the inter-solar stage. Then something down there happened that it led to the rest of the partnership of planets to officially revoke it’s status as an civilized planet,  bombard the surface with nuclear warheads and erase it from all known star maps, Planetary charts and Galactic records.

Of course word gets out eventually, so after following long chain of leads and visiting several temples to obtain ancient scrolls, dealing with a lot of weird puzzle shit and finally sneaking your way through the powerful defence network that was presumably left behind to prevent people from visiting Helvus. You and your crew are in orbit around the semi-legendary planet with a hold full of stolen borrowed equipment.

Now admittedly it really doesn’t look that impressive. But according to the scans you took a few minutes ago show that the planet is M class with a breathable atmosphere and vegetation across most of the globe. It also looks like you’ll have the technological advantage over anyone down there. That satellite is very old and as far as you can tell is the only man-made thing in orbit.

You’ll have to decide where you are going to launch the teleport station. Once you’ve launched it down to the planet you’ll teleport down there and start doing whatever it is you are actually going to do. Come to think of it you’ve never considered what you were actually going to do once you found Helvus. Oh well, you’ll figure it out. But yes, where to launch the station. There are settlements down there large enough to be producing enough light to be seen up here, these settlements are closer together in the non-arid areas. According to the scans there are metallic deposits all over the surface but the ones in the southern desert area are more concentrated.

Oh yeah, you also have to decide who you are:

Name:
Gender:
Favorite Colour:
Former/Current Profession:
Personality Traits:
Landing site:


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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2012, 09:49:17 pm »

I saw this, thought, "Who made this?" Then, I looked down and saw the drawing of the man. "Oh."
Name: Steven Gales
Favorite Colour: BLUE
Former/Current Profession: Scientist, specializing in interplanetary animals.
Personality Traits: Serious, Moody, Rational
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When a soldier makes a mistake, one man dies.
When a captain makes a mistake, a dozen men die.
When a commander makes a mistake, a thousand men die.
When an emperor makes a mistake, well, there is a game save for retry.

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2012, 10:50:50 pm »

Name: Jaskirat Singh Dhaliwal
Gender: Male
Favorite Colour: Beige
Former/Current Profession: Surveyor/Architect
Personality Traits: Calm, Serious, Devout (Sikh)

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2012, 11:14:12 pm »

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Former profession: Was a quantum physics professor.
Personailty traits: Serious, cunning, assertive
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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2012, 12:01:06 am »

Name: Jaskirat Singh Dhaliwal
Gender: Male
Favorite Colour: Beige
Former/Current Profession: Surveyor/Architect
Personality Traits: Calm, Serious, Devout (Sikh)

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2012, 12:09:52 am »

damn you lincoln you always get me with your games.

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2012, 12:11:28 am »

Name: Jaskirat Singh Dhaliwal
Gender: Male
Favorite Colour: Beige
Former/Current Profession: Surveyor/Architect
Personality Traits: Calm, Serious, Devout (Sikh)

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When a captain makes a mistake, a dozen men die.
When a commander makes a mistake, a thousand men die.
When an emperor makes a mistake, well, there is a game save for retry.

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2012, 03:11:26 am »

Name: Jaskirat Singh Dhaliwal
Gender: Male
Favorite Colour: Beige
Former/Current Profession: Surveyor/Architect
Personality Traits: Calm, Serious, Devout (Sikh)

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Screw mine, THIIIIIIS

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2012, 05:11:33 am »

Name: Jaskirat Singh Dhaliwal
Gender: Male
Favorite Colour: Beige
Former/Current Profession: Surveyor/Architect
Personality Traits: Calm, Serious, Devout (Sikh)

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2012, 05:18:39 am »

Name: Jaskirat Singh Dhaliwal
Gender: Male
Favorite Colour: Beige
Former/Current Profession: Surveyor/Architect
Personality Traits: Calm, Serious, Devout (Sikh)

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2012, 05:31:53 am »

Devout (Sikh)
I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade here but I really don't think I can represent this in a really satisfactory way. This is actually the first time I have ever seen anything like the word Sikh so that should serve as a good example for how much I know.

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2012, 05:47:48 am »

Awwww...Just Devout in general then?
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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2012, 05:56:59 am »

Name: Jaskirat Singh Dhaliwal
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Former/Current Profession: Surveyor/Architect
Personality Traits: Calm, Serious, Devout (Sikh)

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Re: Helvus: Sorta a sequel but not quite.
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2012, 06:10:15 am »

Awwww...Just Devout in general then?
I'm not sure if you can even be devout in general.

How about we just use this:
Quote from: Wikipedia - Home of all knowledge
Sikhs are expected to embody the qualities of a "Sant-Sipāhī"—a saint-soldier. One must have control over one's internal vices... A Sikh must also have the courage to defend the rights of all who are wrongfully oppressed or persecuted irrespective of religion, colour, caste or creed.
As long as I stay away from the specifics and stick to this basic idea I think no one will get offended. Maybe change the name to Space-Sikh just for good measure. I am assuming that the reason people have jumped on this idea is because of that aspect (stands out most to me anyway).

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« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2012, 06:14:23 am »

Sure...or we can go the Dune route and be a Zensikh.
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