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Space Scouts!
This is an all-band message from Prime Commander Wedson Opal,
transmitting to all Scouts embarked or otherwise!
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IC THREAD

..As you all know, some time ago we have crossed a milestone, one any civilized race might only dream of reaching. The achievement of faster than light travel. You Scouts have been organized to lead humanity into a golden age with this miracle of technology.

Casualties have only mounted as we make our initial excursions, the first in the history of our diverse culture, beyond the edge of the System and into the wellspring of exploration that is the Outer Galaxy. This is a relatively young organization, and while membership has seen some growth in recent days, demand for new recruits has only increased since our induction by the Council eight months ago. Ships are being issued as fast as they can be built and you men are being faced with responsibilities more massive than any living man has ever encountered now or since.

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Character Sheet - We take only the best and brightest here, no matter where they came from. You have no rank, because the only thing that matters is the Scout beside you when you're up against the universe..
Name: Space! A final name for a final frontier!
Gender: Male or Female
Cyber: See the Cyber topic
Appearance: What do you look like?
Background: Tell us what you did before you became a Scout. Not all Scouts were soldiers, though some were.
Stats:
STR0
DEX0
CON0
INT0
CHA0
WIL0

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[spoiler][b]Name[/b]: Space! A final name for a final frontier!
[b]Gender[/b]: Male or Female
[b]Cyber[/b]: See the Cyber topic
[b]Appearance[/b]: What do you look like?
[b]Background[/b]: Tell us what you did before you became a Scout. Not all Scouts were soldiers, though some are.
[b]Stats[/b]: 1 in a stat is +1 to related rolls. You get 6 points to spend.
STR0
DEX0
CON0
INT0
CHA0
WIL0[/spoiler]
Cyber - You are some of the fastest and toughest men in the history of Humanity, and while your average man is certainly the best looking, being able to pop a man's skull just by thinking hard is certainly a hell of a lot more useful..
Come up with robotic enhancements you might want and we'll negotiate the affects in your posts. At the very least describe them, you need not come up with your own bonuses or traits if you really don't want to. Especially powerful mods might have malus attached to them, but most will simply be positive.

Dice Rules and Stats - Our tactics are constantly being grown, scrapped and rewritten as we take our training to the very limit..
We'll be using d20 for this. Each point in a stat is a +1 to related rolls, so STR2 is a +2 to kicking the airlock open. High numbers equal high success.

STR - Your physical strength. Includes your ability to heft and lug as well as throw and dent. A strong Scout can carry lots of gear on planets.
DEX - Your agility and manual dexterity. Allows you to perform feats involving acrobatics, shooting accurately, and moving small things with your fingers.
CON - Your hardiness and ability to endure various kinds of punishment, as well as your resistance to neuropoisons, flesh-eating alien diseases, and being spaced.
INT - Your overall intelligence, the accumulation of your book-learning and trivial knowhow. Also rules your ability to deal with tech.
CHA - Your suaveness. The ability to talk your way into and out of things. Vital for conducting relations and convincing people to open pod bay doors.
WIL - Your raw mental power. Used to overcome challenges beyond the physical world, including being brain bombed and mind controlled. The higher this is, the harder you'll die when your health goes negative.

Scout Weapons - We wield the latest and greatest weaponry, developed by scores of experts ranging across the entirety of the System. We're counting on you to master these weapons and use them in the most efficient way possible to ensure your safety..
Flash Gun - a mid-range directed energy weapon; uses CO^2 cartridges to generate a concentrated beam of deadly radiation; beam widens quickly over longer ranges resulting in circular shapes which achieve a shotgun-like pattern that does little to damage anything tougher than bare skin but otherwise it can be handled like any other rifle; the most common weapon in the Scout arsenal

Cone Rifle Y - highEX material cannon fired from the shoulder; has no recoil or backblast unlike traditional launchers; trademark inaccuracy earns it its name

Sola/LINE - Sunlight!™ backpack draws on solar radiation to provide power to the connected pair of arm-mounted projectors; the rifle-like projector barrels mounted on the lower forearm have triggers that extend into the operators hands; they fire straight lines of pure sunlight that can cut through almost anything

KeyKite - a tandem rifle; one barrel projects a solid state infrared beam which is used to direct the powerful electric charge emitted by the other; can strike targets from extreme ranges and is super effective against metallic targets often causing instantaneous and sometimes fatal errors in electronics; electricity uses a form of reactive conductivity and arcs in atmosphere long before it normally would to hit its target

Scout Items, Vessels, Vehicles - Those of you embarked already know about these, the rest of you will just have to wait until you're underway..
[CLASSIFIED: UTMOST SECRECY]

Oh yeah, and to all our new scouts out there.. Congratulations on your induction, and good luck! This has been Prime Commander Opal, until then scouts!





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The primary directive of the Space Scouts at this time is to explore the Outer Galaxy. Chart any planets you can find and move on as quickly as possible. Help other Scouts in your area as needed. Procedures for this are entirely up to your discretion. Once you leave the System, you are outside the law. There is no way to contact home or HiCom and you will be completely in the dark once you reach the System edge. This mission will update as and when needed. Until such a time as then Scouts, once this message ends you are hereby free to act as you see fit. This has been an all-band transmission from HiCom. Out.

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Important Details
Your HP is 5 plus your CON. When your health hits zero you go unconscious and you lose 1 HP per round. If it hits -5 you die.
You get 1 Item Slot for every 2 STR.

Inventory Key:
}    Utility Slot
>   Armor Slot
=   Weapon Slot
-    STR Item Slot
+   Utility Item Slot

Other Details
Weapons might have stat requirements.
We're playing with realistic lasers, meaning the beams they fire are invisible unless they have the Solid-State trait or you have vision enhancement that allows you to see that type of radiation.
Your background and appearance can give your character inherent traits, but only if they're good.
There is no reason not to take a cyber mod. You can also acquire more later on. Veteran Scouts often have very little flesh left.

Reminder
I started with just the weapons from notes I had written down, then spent the past four hours drawing this up in forum, so I might've forgotten some things, and I'll let you guys know if I update the OP.

Players:

Spoiler: darkpaladin109 (click to show/hide)

JonathanGray.Male.AngryEngineer.
[Background] >Professional ship engineer
>Convicted for a single count of murder and sentenced to life without parole
>His valuable experience has earned him a temporary pardon which will be made permanent depending on his performance
>Prone to emotional outbursts

[Cyber]
BioEye [H] - The right eye and parts of the temple is replaced with an optical augment that allows ranged scanning for the presence of biomass.

[Traits]
Ship Engineer - +1 to general mechanics, +1 to shipboard systems
Furious Fixits - when you activate this ability roll STR; any success or failure is an automatic natural (critical) roll
RAEG - make a WIL roll to induce or end this state; +2 to STR and CON, -1 to DEX, INT and CHA become 0

[Character]
HP 7/7 +1
STR1 DEX1 CON1 INT2 CHA1 WIL0
}Null Belt +1 INV
>Bodysuit +1 HP
=Hands
+

Spoiler: Funk (click to show/hide)

IsabelRamirez.Female.CyberDoc.
[Background] >Crippled in an accident that left her bedridden but after receiving post-operative augments she was able to continue living a normal life
>Had enjoyed swimming since she was young and was devastated to learn that it was no longer possible for her to safely submerge herself
>A specially built mod to her respiratory augment led to her becoming an expert diver; she still couldn't float, but she learned to love walking along seabeds without the need of protective gear
>Her primary passion would always remain cyber implants
>Her research has led to many of the advances in implant miniaturization that provide levels of physical and social comfort that weren't available to her at the time of her accident

[Cyber]
ZerGTorso [H] - The entire upper chest and throat is replace with complex yet robust respirating and filtrating apparatus that offers a small range of functions. Allows for breathing in toxic environments and is also resistant to sudden changes in pressure. Maintains a backup oxygen supply that can last up to 10 minutes.

[Traits]
Cyber Doc - +1 to administering basic aid, performing surgery; can install cyber implants, can upgrade implants to [G] class
Zero-G Experience - +1 to actions while in low-g environs

[Character]
HP 7/7 +1
STR1 DEX3 CON1 INT0 CHA0 WIL1
}Null Belt +1 INV
>Bodysuit +1 HP
=Hands
+

Spoiler: bsnott (click to show/hide)

AlekStarsurge.Male.BattleScout.
[Background] >Has minor credit at university level in astronomy as well as in starguiding
>Later had his eyes replaced with Cybers so that he could look up and gaze at the stars without the aid of a telescope
>Was intensely interested in his weapons classes during the brief stint of combat training all scouts endure
>Neglected the technical side of his education both inside and outside of the Scout corps
>The exception to this was his studies in xeno language theory for while no other intelligent species had ever been encountered the Scouts could not ignore the possibility and so those interested underwent training in interpretation
>All Scouts have some training in this area though Alek was particularly apt

[Cyber]
LensHed [H] - A sensitive visual suite protected by a drop-down glass shield replaces both the eyes as well as the lower brow. Includes telescopic as well as electronic ranging periphery for effective scouting.

[Traits]
Prodigal Battle Scout - +1 to using Scout weapons
Theoretical Linguist - +2 to communicating with nonhumans
Exhausting Focus - +3 to all actions this round, -1 to all actions for the rest of the combat; can activate once per combat

[Character]
HP 7/7 +1
STR1 DEX3 CON1 INT0 CHA0 WIL1
}Null Belt +1 INV
>Bodysuit +1 HP
=Hands
+

Spoiler: Lenglon (click to show/hide)

Kit.Female.ROLE.
[Background] >ACCESS DENIED
>OVERRIDING
>Eight kittens all sisters grown from seed data archived at [DATA EXPUNGED]
>Mimetically disguised as a young woman with cyber that give her catlike appearance and abilities
>Trained in human mimicry and other espionage tactics in order to prevent discovery

[Cyber]
HIVE - [CYBER ARCHIVE] [UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DETE-yber with an organic brain artificially grown around it, then implanted into the subjects. The device amplifies the psychic potential of the subjects and then forcibly and irreversibly tethers their minds to one another, merging their consciousness. Their former identities are obliterated and a new one has to be programmed. Experiments with humans have been unsuccessful but projects with most sentient organisms continue as this technology is further develo-[DATA EXPUNGED] [A LIQUIDATION TEAM HAS BEEN DISPATCHED TO YOUR LOCATION] [PLEASE STANDBY]

[Traits]
Uncanny Mimic - +2 to imitating actions you've recently seen

[Character]
HP 6/6 +1
STR0 DEX4 CON0 INT0 CHA2 WIL0
}Null Belt +1 INV
>Bodysuit +1 HP
=Paws
+

Spoiler: kj1225 (click to show/hide)

KyleJohnson.Male.Lover.
[Background] >Kyle laid some hot officer babe
>Then he woke up on a ship
>Just another day in the life of a Johnson

[Cyber]
Pheremitter [H] - A series of microfactories sewn into the skin cells that produce and emit airborne chemicals that increase an individual's susceptibility to suggestion. The user has to be in extreme proximity to ensure effectiveness, and the microfactories take over a full cycle to generate enough chemical to be effective again.

[Traits]
Love Machine - +2 to love
Adaptable - +1 to dealing with unexpected situations
Dead Gorgeous - +4 to dealing with the opposite sex

[Character]
HP 6/6 +1
STR1 DEX1 CON0 INT1 CHA3 WIL0
}Null Belt +1 INV
>Bodysuit +1 HP
=Hands
+

Spoiler: GiglameshDespair (click to show/hide)

Xy'thy.Male.Allium.
[Background] >[PLEASE ENTER LOGIN KEY]
>[LOGIN ACCEPTED]
>[ACCESSING PERSONNEL FILES]
>[NEW ENTRY]
>"A pitch-black, four-armed humanoid with hard, scale-patterned skin. Does not have lips, revealing a mouth full of fangs. People always seem to think he's grinning. Geometric patterns have been dyed into the skin with red dye, covering much of it's chest and back. Has an otherwise humanoid body except for the lack digitigrade feet. Exclusively carnivore, and not very fussy. Would, for instance, eat cat chow without an issue. The lower two arms are sloppily painted grey, and are declared to be his "robo-arms". Has two robotic limbs attached below the others. Honest, fellow human! Has two solid, faintly glowing red eyes, typically covered with polarised sunglasses. His blood is green. His flesh, below the skin, is a light blue colour for the most part. Has a forged doctor's note, declaring his humanity. "His appearance is merely a genetic anomaly. Please ignore anything suspicious that your puny human minds might detect. Signed 'Dr Alium'."
>[ENTRY LOGGED]

[Cyber]
PsyAmp [H] - A strange alien device implanted in the skull. Stimulates growth of certain areas of the brain, amplifying psychic activity and allowing the recipient to perform basic telekinetic feats. Influence should be limited to smaller objects to avoid strain, which can be .

[Traits]
Four-Arms - grants a second equip slot
Pest Species - +2 to surviving in extreme environments
Armored Skin - +1 HP

[Character]
HP 7/7 +1 +1
STR2 DEX2 CON0 INT2 CHA0 WIL0
}Null Belt +1 INV
>Bodysuit +1 HP
=Hands
=Hands
+
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[Parsely]

SHIP DETAILS

Spoiler: Ship Interior (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Compartments (click to show/hide)

>Dorms. Cryo pods double as bunks to save space. Food making/eating area is seperated by a good amount of space.

>Lab isn't extensive. Limited to secure containment for various organic and inorganic specimens in the form of special containers located in a storage area. There is also a teleporter. More on that later. Specimen storage is a secure room separate from the lab proper, which is the medical bay.

>Command and Control (CnC) is the observation room. The Ops console manages things like sensors and external cameras, as well as comms. There is a Pilot's Cradle for manual flight. There is a systems terminal here for diagnosing problems with the ship.
 
>Holds. This is where cargo and most other kit goes. This is also where the main airlock is for landing and embarking. If you need a mental image imagine the hangar in the Deathstar, except not so freaking tall and much wider. You guys have a pair of shuttles that are entry capable. There aren't any escape pods.

>Preparation. This is where your null suits are, as well as exoskeletons and maneuvering gear. Weapons are also here. If you need to make repairs outside the ship there are also cutters and other tools.

>Engineering. This is where the TriCore is. You've got three separate cores linked by corridors and a large cooling system. Core1 is the Fusion Reactor, used to engage FTL and also as the primary means of propulsion and maneuvering. Core2 is the reserve Nuclear Reactor which powers most of the ship and can be used to provide extra propulsion in an emergency, should Core1 malfunction or the vessel requires a burst of speed. Core3 is where the AI is housed. There is a systems terminal here for diagnosing problems with the ship. There are assorted tools here for general maintenance.

Spoiler: The AI (Image) (click to show/hide)

[darkpaladin109]

Name: Jonathan Gray
Gender: Male
Cyber: A cybernetic eye with various functions, such as scanning objects to see how damaged they are and where they are damaged, showing life signs etc.
Appearance: A tall man with a shaved head and a goatee.
Background: Jonathan was a ship engineer. One day on the job, he snapped and murdered another crew member. He was arrested and given a life sentence. Many years later, he was offered the choice to participate in the Scout program in exchange for his freedom.
Stats: 1 in a stat is +1 to related rolls. You get 6 points to spend.
STR1
DEX1
CON1
INT2
CHA1
WIL0
Is there anything wrong with the sheet?

[Parsely]

EDIT: Looks super barren but its passable. I did change the number of points from 9 to 6 though so you should account for that.

[Parsely]

Excellent.

[Funk]

Done

Spoiler: Isabel Ramirez (click to show/hide)

Name: Isabel Ramirez
Gender:Female
Cyber: Due to a car accident her lungs and vocal cords have been replaced with an augmented cybernetic system.
The process left her with a pair of visible copper colored tubes in the place of throat and a raspy robotic taint to her voice, on the up side the new lungs are larger and can hold air at much higher pressurizers than normal, also a number of filters where built in to the system, along with an inlet for piped air.
mechanical
Appearance:A pale and tall lady of 27 years, her chest is unnaturally large and rounded with a network of scars from her surgery's
A pair of large copper colored braided pipes replace her throat.
Her shoulder length hair is dyed blue.
Background: Isabel worked as a Cybernetic surgeon and a part time diving instructor.
Stats:
STR:1
DEX:3
CON:1
INT:0
CHA:0
WIL:1

[Parsely]

Spots are infinite. Everybody will just get shoved onto the ship.

[bsnott]

Name: Alek Starsurge
Gender: Male
Cyber: Telescopic zoom installed into his eyes. (should be useful for scouting)
Appearance: A young, medium-sized man, clean shaven and bald.
Background: Alek was more of an athlete than a student at his schools in England, but he exceled in Astronomy. The stars and planets of the unknown interested Alek more than anything, and he wanted to be one of the first to step foot on more than a few. He isn't extremely strong, but he isn't a twerp. Years of sportsmanship have given him good hand-eye coordination and a bit of strength. When he was accepted to the Space Scout Academy, he didn't listen much to the safety aspect of things, but did listen to combat maneuvers and paid great attention in Extraterrestrial Languages class.
Stats: 1 in a stat is +1 to related rolls. You get 6 points to spend.
STR1
DEX3
CON1
INT0
CHA0
WIL1

[Parsely]

Name: Alek Starsurge
Gender: Male
Cyber: Telescopic zoom installed into his eyes. (should be useful for scouting)
Appearance: A young, medium-sized man, clean shaven and bald.
Background: Alek was more of an athlete than a student at his schools in England, but he exceled in Astronomy. The stars and planets of the unknown interested Alek more than anything, and he wanted to be one of the first to step foot on more than a few. He isn't extremely strong, but he isn't a twerp. Years of sportsmanship have given him good hand-eye coordination and a bit of strength. When he was accepted to the Space Scout Academy, he didn't listen much to the safety aspect of things, but did listen to combat maneuvers and paid great attention in Extraterrestrial Languages class.
Stats: 1 in a stat is +1 to related rolls. You get 6 points to spend.
STR1
DEX3
CON1
INT0
CHA1
WIL1

Your stats total to 7 points spent.

[Lenglon]

Name: Kit {Kitty Hive}
Gender: Error -> Female in mind... somewhat? kinda a mix really. 5 female 3 male.
Cyber: Linked hivemind.
Appearance: A small, mute girl, genemodded to be catgirl, of the minimum age to be here, rumored to be running from her abusive parents who genemodded and silenced her. {Mementic Disguise - is actually a litter of 8 kittens}
Background: This litter of kittens have had their brains linked since before birth, and are essentially a single mind spread across eight tiny bodies. They show near-human intelligence, and are able to operate independently or together as desired. Their maximum separation range has not been determined, but placing one of them in orbit with the rest left on the planet caused no negative effects, and they were still able to act cohesively with no noticeable delay. To facilitate communication each kitten has been given a collar with a small digital display that shows whatever text the kitten desires it to display, up to a maximum of 12 characters long.
Stats: note that all the kittens have the same stats, but they are technically different bodies.
STR: 0 => it's a kitten! not a bodybuilder!
DEX: 4 => it's a kitten! fuzzy little ninjas.
CON : 0 => it's a kitten! not a battle tank!
INT: 0 => it's a kitten! despite their enhancements, the kittens still aren't the smartest.
CHA: 2 => it's a kitten! so cute! not the most eloquent, but it's so hard to say no...
WIL: 0 => it's a kitten! they're always getting themselves in trouble.

[Parsely]

Name: Kit {Kitty Hive}
Gender: Error -> Female in mind... somewhat? kinda a mix really. 5 female 3 male.
Cyber: Linked hivemind.
Appearance: A litter of 8 kittens
Background: This litter of kittens have had their brains linked since before birth, and are essentially a single mind spread across eight tiny bodies. They show near-human intelligence, and are able to operate independently or together as desired. Their maximum separation range has not been determined, but placing one of them in orbit with the rest left on the planet caused no negative effects, and they were still able to act cohesively with no noticeable delay. To facilitate communication each kitten has been given a collar with a small digital display that shows whatever text the kitten desires it to display, up to a maximum of 12 characters long.
Stats: note that all the kittens have the same stats, but they are technically different bodies.
STR: 0 => it's a kitten! not a bodybuilder!
DEX: 4 => it's a kitten! fuzzy little ninjas.
CON : 0 => it's a kitten! not a battle tank!
INT: 0 => it's a kitten! despite their enhancements, the kittens still aren't the smartest.
CHA: 2 => it's a kitten! so cute! not the most eloquent, but it's so hard to say no...
WIL: 0 => it's a kitten! they're always getting themselves in trouble.

Add what other people see you as to your appearance. Memetic disguise FTW.

[Lenglon]

Do I have to have a disguise? :3

[Teneb]

Name: John Doe
Gender: Formerly male
Cyber: See below
Appearance: A brain in a jar, filled with preserving fluid, encased in a cybernetic device equipped with two robotic arms and treads to move around. The cyber "shell" is painted bright yellow and possesses an in-built communication device as well as cameras to provide vision.
Background: A disembodied brain with nothing to lose, John was a steel mill worker who was caught in a very nasty accident while working overtime. With most of his body destroyed by the molten metal poured onto it, he was turned into his current state at [REDACTED]. While the operation was a success and saved his life, the loss of his body left him somewhat unhinged and prone to psychotic outbursts.
Stats:
STR0
DEX0
CON1
INT1
CHA0
WIL4

[kj1225]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Kyle Johnson
Gender: Male
Cyber: Pheromone emitter. May or may not abuse it for getting dates.
Appearance: Black hair brown eyes and a face that reminds most people of (insert handsome male here).
Background: Kyle used to seduce random women in bars for fun and profit. He's not really sure how he became a scout.
Stats: 1 in a stat is +1 to related rolls. You get 6 points to spend.
STR 1
DEX 1
CON0
INT 1
CHA 3
WIL0