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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #60 on: September 12, 2012, 01:19:56 am »

Name: Kaylee Averys
Age: 18
Description: Of nearly six feet in height, 'Kay' is a young woman of average proportions; long black hair falls naturally to arm-length, complemented by her light skin tone and dark brown eyes. She is usually dressed in common wear, preferring loose, light colored and simplistic outfits as opposed to what is currently in fashion as well as wearing a blue wristband on her left hand.

The government was always in the sight of the common people, now more evident due to being a dictatorship. Signs and rumors of rebellion were only a trivial joke to those who held power, but it was a harrowing reality to Kay. Taking a neutral side in the conflicting universe, she and her relatives, parents and neighbors worked only for themselves and for others who share common beliefs -- the dictatorship was only a thorn in humanity's survival, aiding those who only curry personal want through masks of nobility and service.

Kaylee was drafted into the serving military at an early age, taking formal education over the risks of other less than amiable jobs. Her social, mental and other aspects branched out at that point due to the numerous and varying encounters one has while in a private workforce. Dreams of traveling the stars, as told by the mariners and wayfarers she had crossed seeped into her life, comprised the driving force for most of her early career. The old adage of aiming for the stars was going to get real.

Her spare time was used in the field of mechanics and technical repairs, studying on the inner working of the current technology available and on those who work with such. There were always limitations in her current environment, though: Funding, Politics, Threats...There was little to be done in a static location. So she improvised, learning to love every tidbit of information presented to her.


Traits:
> Mech | Iridia
--Aptly named for the unconventional color combination it sports, this mech has been customized to suit an ever-changing environment, whether it be space or in a terrestrial atmosphere, the colors seem to shift and blend with the environment, acting more of an aesthetic role than a utilitarian one. Towering over the common footsoldier, it is believed to be christened as such due to Iris, the mythological god of Rainbows and the Sky.

Strangely, there is a white streak from the left shoulder moving laterally down to the ankle of the mech bearing no signifying marks.

> +1 to General Attack (possible detriment in flavor below)
--Due to hard training, both from personal pursuits and military-granted knowledge, Kay has a certain niche when it comes to dealing with obstacles in her path. Though, her abilities aren't honed to their maximum, being borne from unconventional learning and studies.



Finally!
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #61 on: September 12, 2012, 03:21:25 pm »

@Filex: Can't join IRC right now, workplace. We can still discuss by PMs, though.
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #62 on: September 12, 2012, 04:23:07 pm »

Name: Kaylee Averys
Age: 18
Description: Of nearly six feet in height, 'Kay' is a young woman of average proportions; long black hair falls naturally to arm-length, complemented by her light skin tone and dark brown eyes. She is usually dressed in common wear, preferring loose, light colored and simplistic outfits as opposed to what is currently in fashion as well as wearing a blue wristband on her left hand.

The government was always in the sight of the common people, now more evident due to being a dictatorship. Signs and rumors of rebellion were only a trivial joke to those who held power, but it was a harrowing reality to Kay. Taking a neutral side in the conflicting universe, she and her relatives, parents and neighbors worked only for themselves and for others who share common beliefs -- the dictatorship was only a thorn in humanity's survival, aiding those who only curry personal want through masks of nobility and service.

Kaylee was drafted into the serving military at an early age, taking formal education over the risks of other less than amiable jobs. Her social, mental and other aspects branched out at that point due to the numerous and varying encounters one has while in a private workforce. Dreams of traveling the stars, as told by the mariners and wayfarers she had crossed seeped into her life, comprised the driving force for most of her early career. The old adage of aiming for the stars was going to get real.

Her spare time was used in the field of mechanics and technical repairs, studying on the inner working of the current technology available and on those who work with such. There were always limitations in her current environment, though: Funding, Politics, Threats...There was little to be done in a static location. So she improvised, learning to love every tidbit of information presented to her.


Traits:
> Mech | Iridia
--Aptly named for the unconventional color combination it sports, this mech has been customized to suit an ever-changing environment, whether it be space or in a terrestrial atmosphere, the colors seem to shift and blend with the environment, acting more of an aesthetic role than a utilitarian one. Towering over the common footsoldier, it is believed to be christened as such due to Iris, the mythological god of Rainbows and the Sky.

Strangely, there is a white streak from the left shoulder moving laterally down to the ankle of the mech bearing no signifying marks.

> +1 to General Attack (possible detriment in flavor below)
--Due to hard training, both from personal pursuits and military-granted knowledge, Kay has a certain niche when it comes to dealing with obstacles in her path. Though, her abilities aren't honed to their maximum, being borne from unconventional learning and studies.



Finally!

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Age: 40
Descript: 5'9, sleek build, black hear,sparkling green eyes, wears monocle (occasionally).
Bio: As a son of a politician, Delaran gone to the army to increase the influence of his family. What they did not except was, that Delaran was a very capable leader of the ground forces. He crushed the rebellions of the barbarians (People, who were    subdued by the Ebrowians. They still don't accept their rule, so they rebel regulary) and fought of pirates, which wanted to etablish a base on Ebrow. But, after his father died, he got the blessing of the Bloodbrothers to take the place of his dad and serve the Council as new High Senator by Blood.
He earned his title by blood. He was the smartest son of 4 by the old High Senator, who sadly died by a heart attack, after his third sister got pregnant by a space goat (that was a joke, but he didn't get it.)
Traits: Planetary ruler
          Veteran General (+1 to tactics/ground combat)
          Charismatic leader (+1 to charisma/leadership)


Planet name: Ebrow(or Martius Insula IV in astronomical terms)
Planet Descript: 1.4 AU from its star, 0,92g surface gravity, average surface temperature 35C. Surface water: 73%
Valeria is a small world with a broad tropical zone. It's also mostly composed of water, which is largley the same as normal sea water on old earth. The vegetation is mostly composed of earth plants, due their nature as neophyts, but a few more alien plants remained. Same for the animals.
Spoiler: Council of Ebrow (click to show/hide)
Citizen name: Ebrowians
Government form: Timocratic/Meritocratic (explained above) Republic
Army Name: Echelon (Ecelon Schwert and Echelon Flügel)

You're in. Expect a wait, for your account and planet stats.
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #63 on: September 12, 2012, 10:03:33 pm »

Name: Doctor Gregor Karloff
Age: 82, presumably
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Ironically, Doctor Karloff was the product of genetic engineering. Less ironically, unless one would like to consider it a sort of cosmic irony, Doctor Karloff is the second to bear the name and title- the first was his father, an immenent genetic scientist who was, eventually, executed for crimes against humanity.

In short, Karloff, Gregor Karloff, was widely hailed as a genius even in his youth. He was dedicated. To his research, and to the advancement of the many fields which he studied be they anatomy, biology, genetics, chemistry, or physics. So dedicated, in fact, that he had little room to dedicate any portion of his life or studies to the moral code by which all scientists must bind themselves in order to remain sane.
No. Karloff was smart, Karloff was a genius. But Karloff was crazy.

It was because of this, perhaps, that when he began to reach old age, he began to slip up. You remember it, I'm sure. It was all over the headlines: MAD DOCTOR KILLED MORE THAN JUST FALSE PROOFS. The students at the university at which he taught had been going missing for years, but the Federation had simply chalked it up to piracy and human traficking. Nobody, nobody, had thought that their Professor might have been preying on them, making them out to be test subjects in his twisted (if enlightened) experiments.

But when the Interstellar Police came for him, Doctor Gregor Karloff was gone.

That? That was twenty years ago. Now, Karloff lives alone. Or as alone as one can get, when their only companions are mindless husks of metal and the sputtering almost-AI of a hacked and derelict space station. He has been testing, waiting. Theorizing. Working on theorems and ideas, trying to puzzle out that last secret, the one that eluded him. But it's time now, for his studies to begin anew. He needs to test, and for that, he needs subjects.

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Master Biochemist: +2 to rolls involving biology, chemistry, and genetics.
Engineer: +2 to rolls involving the creation and manipulation of technology. Also to physics and mathematics, obviously. What kind of Engineer do you think he is?
Drone Squadron: 1 Land Regiment. A robotic combat force built by Doctor Karloff himself, with the intended goal of defending his body and research, acquiring "test subjects", and keeping those aforementioned subjects in line.
A shitty, derelict space-station. (Free, as per Filex's consent)
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #64 on: September 13, 2012, 12:52:15 pm »

FUN FACTS ABOUT: Tapalcayo morphology.

Tapalcayo mate by locking their maws together, then regurgitating reproductive slime into each other's mouths, and swilling it about until it forms a consistent lump. This lump of slime is deposited in a body of shallow water, where the genetic material of the two parents mixes together, and life is created.
For the first few (weeks) of its life, the Tapalcayan is a helpless lump of flesh, bobbing around in a pool of water. The pool must be of exactly the right chemical composition, be in the sun, and safe from predators. These days, such pools can only be found on a Tapalcayo hive-ship, which contains a host of high-tech, delicate equipment to maintain the fragile environment required.

Eventually, the child will grow a shell, covering its entire body. Initially, the shell is tubular, with the unprotected maw at one end and the unprotected... waste-end at the other. Deformities will emerge in the shell over time, which grow into limbs and a head. At this point the child moves from the pool to dry land. Over the course of a few years its forepaws will become arms, and it will start walking upright.

The Tapalcayo regard their shells very highly. Other species' lack of shells is mocked. The maw and waste-end are shameful things, to be hidden away behind their respective shell-flaps when not needed. Wounds in the shell- such as from dismemberment- will heal quickly; they bleed heavily, covering the wound in a massive scab, which allows the shell to recover within a few days.
Dismemberment is an excellent way of demonstrating the nature of the Tapalcayo shell. The wound scabs over and the shell recovers. After a few days, the shell begins to elongate, as the flesh within pushes it outwards. A long peg of shell grows in the limb's place, thin and spindly. The musculature within then bends the shell until it breaks, forming the points of articulation. The shell then grows over itself, leaving the limb fully enclosed, yet capable of movement.
Tapalcayo shells, then, are not dead tissue, but living; it is flexible, it grows, it heals. And, of course, it is photosensitive, giving the Tapalcayo primitive sight in all directions. The shell is naturally a chalky white, but the colour is easily adaptable by way of dietary changes, and the application of special paints. Spacefaring Tapalcayo enjoy painting their shells in a variety of bright colours. Partly to impress aliens, partly to make it possible to distinguish individuals by sight- useful when using human technology, which tends to be visually focussed.

The Tapalcayo eat paste and goo. Their maws do not have teeth, and their stomachs are weak; as such, they must crush their food into mush before eating it. Their native foods are- to outsiders- all variations on the theme of 'slime'.

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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #65 on: September 13, 2012, 04:01:19 pm »

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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #66 on: September 13, 2012, 06:42:24 pm »

This is a WIP

Name: Doctor Gregor Karloff
Age: 68, presumably
Description:
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Traits:
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Engineer: +2 to rolls involving the creation and manipulation of technology.
Drone Squadron: 1 Land Regiment. A robotic combat force built by Doctor Karloff himself, with the intended goal of defending his body and research, acquiring "test subjects", and keeping those aforementioned subjects in line.
A shitty, derelict space-station. (Free, as per Filex's consent)

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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #67 on: September 14, 2012, 04:25:48 am »

According to Fed laws, shooting anything at the local sun, at reasonable accelerations,  is punishable by death xD
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #68 on: September 14, 2012, 06:29:57 am »

According to Fed laws, shooting anything at the local sun, at reasonable accelerations,  is punishable by death xD
Now you know why I hate the dictatorship? XD
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #69 on: September 15, 2012, 01:37:12 am »

Spoiler: Avens Urbanum sheet (click to show/hide)
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #70 on: September 15, 2012, 01:50:34 am »

Spoiler: Avens Urbanum sheet (click to show/hide)

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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #71 on: September 15, 2012, 06:39:06 am »

To Hell I go.  :P

Also, nice sheets!  :o
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #72 on: September 23, 2012, 07:29:32 pm »

We have an ooc IRC channel.

Go to #voandrath on http://webchat.freenode.net/
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #73 on: September 25, 2012, 05:17:10 am »

Guys, what do you think if I try to make a map (key word being try)?

There are two options. I can make voandrath sector map with respect to the galacitc centre as point zero, or with Voandrath as the point zero (the fed capital would be in the middle of the map).

Tell me your preference and then your position vis-a-vis Voandrath.
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Re: Voandrath (OOC Thread)(Yak-Space)
« Reply #74 on: September 25, 2012, 06:20:19 am »

Let's start out simple.

Voting for Voandrath being Point Zero -- Fed Capital being the midpoint.

I'm currently near Hellstal...with NUKE and Skyrunner, Caellath and...General Versen who is an NPC.
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