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[kj1225]

More charge.

[~Neri]

Based on how the battery cells would likely be used like clips. I don't think replacing the handle would benefit for rapid reload.

[kj1225]

Well, the way you say it I disagree and think it would improve the rapidness. You tear off the handle and then just slam a new one on without having to worry about things like the hole you'd normally need to put it in.

[~Neri]

You tear off the handle and then drop the gun cause you're not able to hold it by the superheated parts.

I feel like a clip would be more effective regardless, since with a clip, you don't need to reattach the entire handle in the first place.

[kj1225]

Well, you know the cockers on flintlocks? Apply those and now there's a handle to hold it by. And I'd rather not waste time on have to find the hole mid-fire fight than just slide the handle on and start back to shooting.

[~Neri]

... Wouldn't it be faster to slide the clip on?

[kj1225]

Not really no.

[~Neri]

Explain your thinking here. Since from looking at how a gun is designed. Removing the handle doesn't make sense. Even with some pistols irl, the handle has a clip hole that you slide clips in. Based on what you're saying, you think it would make more sense to just remove the handle and put on a new handle. There's a big reason why that isn't done.

[kj1225]

Yeah, you remove the handle since it's just a big fucking clip and then slap the bitch back on. Real quick.

And guns aren't lasers. Some things just don't apply.

[WillowLuman]

Barring some unlikely alien ergonomics, of course. But TBH, this probably qualifies as fluff.

[Tiruin]

Bluh, still sick. Sorry for lateness.

Would've submitted this later, but then the net died and I'm posting this in a public PC >_>

Can we at least give the AI's head monitor board a Top Hat?

Let's....just institute a crew costume day...to keep your silly in gear.
But really. If you're going to be silly, make it sensible with lore and a traditional flair. Makes it all the more fun. :3



Name: Sera "S4" Spero

Species: Umain

Personal Description//Species Description: Sera is of humanoid in shape--measuring about 1 and a half meters in height. Sera's body is comprised of lightweight alloys protecting the general thoracic and abdominal region as well as the extremities, while the rest is a covering mesh of synthetic fibers weaved along with the alloy plating to make a smooth and form-fitting outline.

The Umain are one of the newer encounters in the known universe: rarely encountered alone, and seemingly reclusive when separated from their kin. As a people, they are community-oriented as a society and very protective of each other, though in the current time this level of empathy has expanded to those they trust, including those in aid. They are generally described as both a hardy and a fragile race, able to survive in any atmosphere where a regular environmental suit would be required for any biological organism to enter alive, yet easily destroyed by moderate physical trauma and exposure to transient electromagnetic disturbances or radiated magnetic fields. In the current time, only one significant habitat has been encountered: a single ship the size of a small moon--knowingly termed as a ship by the first contacts due to its structural composition and on-board machinery. Though their current 'hiveship' is well documented, the true origins of the near-emotionless Umain are a mystery; it is known that the majority of their bodies are composed of biological and synthetic material, with the latter forming an exoskeleton over the former, which give the illusion of a silver-grey 'skin' with a metallic sheen, and that all Umain located outside of their hiveship are capable with the interface of general mechanics and servicing of interstellar craft. In record: they are aptly advanced in the fields of science and technology, philosophy and synthetic intelligence, seen as 'civilized lifeforms capable of understanding thorough and comprehensive speech and thought' during the species' first encounter.

An Umain {given as both the singular and plural form of the species} is relatively diurnal, requiring rest during varying portions of their time spent awake. Common to their species is a seeming determination acting as their driving force in all their actions, spurred on with tick-tock precision; from the first encounters until the current time, though thorough information regarding their race or their full capabilities have not yet been completed given their short length of introduction.

Personally, Sera is a stoic individual, yet was well-known by the individuals introducing her as a kind and compassionate being, loyal and willing to stand for what 'he' believes is right. Before this venture, Sera worked as an extra-atmospheric technician, and a part-time militia among one of the perimeter asteroid mining fields, sanctioned by the ruling authority in that region--though the region was well known for its notoriety in crime.


Skills/Abilities:

> Foresight: S4's visor contains a suite scanner availing the detection of organisms in the infrared and thermal spectrum, when the normative light spectrum fails.
> Mobility: 'Hooks' and grappling mechanisms, personal "gravity" stabilizers (utilizing magnetic forces, though termed as such for novelty) as well as an on-person propulsion module allows minute boosts of movement in an otherwise vulnerable position.
> Medicae: S4 has personally customized their function to be a limited-extension of the ship's medical station, with the ability to 'heal' organics in a moderate radius (~10 yards), which would interface with the on-tech catalogue of alien biology information collated and reform to sublimate with the specie in-situ.
> Marksmanship: Optical and parasympathetic nervous motor conduits stabilize aim at long ranges, allowing a greater magnitude of precision and accuracy with projectile weaponry.
> Personal weaponry: As a reputation for purveyors of technology, Sera's suit utilizes micro-thin energy fields, located near the wrist section; monomolecular blades accompanied by holographic outlining form for visibility of the user and any allies around, to work as weapons against foes. This also conveys short-ranged heat dispersion in the form of kinetic blows or very quick gouts of short lasting, highly volatile yet incendiary flame.
> Xenozoologist: Having a penchant in the field of biology and the inner mechanisms of each, widely known alien lifeform--the use of cross matching and identifying similarities and empirical data qualifies analysis of newly encountered life-forms.
> Autonomous: Sera only requires recharging with the ship's main power core, as well as occasional purging of chemicals after any exposure to the external environment.

[Dorsidwarf]

Exactly. Eventually outright loonyism gets stale, so you have to be creative. Like how I wrote hundreds of words to justify playing a blimp.

[Harry Baldman]

Hm... to put up a sheet for posterity or not? Such is the question, indeed.

Ah well, here goes!

Spoiler: Spacefriends: A Modern Solution to an Age-Old Problem (click to show/hide)

Introduction:
Welcome, friends! Have you been to space before? Have you felt the crippling loneliness, experienced the inevitable claustrophobia, eaten the crappy food, put up with condescending artificial intelligences and more? Do you not wish there was somebody to take your murderous impulses out on? Somebody that could scream, ineffectually resist and bleed as much as is necessary for your amusement without any important consequences to be had afterward? You're obviously not alone in feeling this way, as from entirely top secret regions of space we have obtained for you the Spacefriend, the uplifted solution to all your rage issues. Each Spacefriend has been individually trained and vetted to perform the duties of ship cathartic psychologist via harnessing the power of hatred and annoyance toward a common source - itself.

Physical Profile of a Spacefriend:
Each Spacefriend has been engineered specifically to reasonably resemble no other known politically notable species. All Spacefriends are exactly 1.5 meters in height for easy accessibility of the face for a wide variety of races, have skin that is somewhere between detestable pink and awful light brown in color depending on lighting, two eyes, a single lumpy nose to aid targeting, oddly placed bits of hair (colored a displeasing Brellow^TM - a patented mix of brown and yellow - on the top, sides and back of the head as well as above the eyes and in a circle around its fleshy mouth, the edges of which possess a strange reddish swelling around them dubbed the "lips", a word tested and confirmed to produce at least mild feelings of aggression in five out of seven halfway important races. A Spacefriend has no sexual characteristics in order to make it more accessible for haters everywhere. Each Spacefriend is programmed to eat far more food than it requires, then vomiting up the difference in inconvenient places until verbally or physically assaulted for doing so, at which point it will stop this practice for a full month.

A Spacefriend is virtually impossible to kill via any form of conventional assault, and thus can be freely used as a firing squad target, training dummy or for good old fashioned physical abuse. With its advanced regeneration enhancements supported by state-of-the-art nanomaterials reinforcing any truly vital component, personnel-grade weapons have almost zero chance of permanently harming a Spacefriend, although it can very effectively and gorily simulate being grievously wounded by conventional assault. Its pleasingly red, viscous, hypoallergenic blood is known to non-invasively provoke feelings of satisfaction in most sentient races of the galaxy by way of its texture and smell, and its screaming is known for being highly motivational as well, though care must be taken to not eviscerate the Spacefriend too often, as it tends to desensitize the user to violence. Grisly acts deemed illegal to perform on other lifeforms should therefore be saved for special occasions and strictly policed by the commanding officer to promote feelings of fruitless, unifying hatred among the crew.

A Spacefriend can survive in hard vacuum while retaining its mobility for up to two hours. If it hibernates, it can stay in hard vacuum indefinitely.

Mental Profile of a Spacefriend:
A Spacefriend has been tirelessly conditioned to the point where it possesses an unending desire to aggravate its peers, incompetently perform any shipboard task it is grossly unqualified for at every provided opportunity, fling racial epithets, metaphors, comparisons and personifications at crew members and more, depending on circumstances. Keep in mind, however, that the Spacefriend poses no real danger to ship operation aside from trace risk of shipwide mutiny observed in one particular control scenario. It has been schooled in most areas of sentient knowledge to the point that it can perform virtually any task without any chance of success and with the full appearance of imminent catastrophic failure, yet without any risk of causing real damage, providing passing concerned crew the illusion that they have prevented the Spacefriend from causing grievous harm to the public in the nick of time. It has massive learning capacity and is able to accommodate its insults to a wide variety of races, including heretofore unknown ones that may join the crew in the event of First Contact. A Spacefriend is guaranteed to not attempt to jeopardize a diplomatic mission unless specifically asked to, in which case it will proceed to catastrophically fail at doing so.

Notable Skills of a Spacefriend:
Expert of Aggravation - a Spacefriend exists to aggravate others, and shows remarkable adaptability in this area.
Master of Incompetence - a Spacefriend is guaranteed not to endanger ship operations under normal circumstances, merely to provide the illusion of endangerment with a high degree of verisimilitude.
Adept at Vocalization - a Spacefriend's screaming is said to provide great feelings of catharsis for its abuser, and similarly it can adapt its voice for maximal annoyance, distraction and audibility, depending on circumstances.

How Best to Apply a Spacefriend to a Work Environment?
A Spacefriend is best introduced in an environment as a member of an exotic race with a suitably useless, yet vital-sounding job description, such as Assistant Ship's Engineer. The crew should be kept ignorant of a Spacefriend's nature and actual role for best results, though its meta-awareness has been shown to adapt to having its purpose revealed to a limited degree. A Spacefriend should be given a name when placed in its post, preferably by a supervisor of some kind. Do not attempt to reverse-engineer the Spacefriend for combat or alternative purposes under any circumstances, as doing so violates the Spacefriend Exploitation Contract, which may or may not imply dire consequences.

How Much Is My Spacefriend Likely to Deviate from the Average?
The deviation is minimal, and all Spacefriends are fundamentally interchangeable to the point where, should it be needed, a replacement Spacefriend can be brought in as a perfect stand-in for an older one. Spacefriends can also hibernate if exposed to low temperatures or hard vacuum, so storage of additional Spacefriends is possible and even encouraged for longer voyages or generational ark ships.

Not sure if I actually want to be or can logistically be in the game itself, but felt I needed to make a sheet anyway.

[WillowLuman]

While funny, it does sound like a fairly obvious human expy (in appearance anyway), which goes against the spirit of the rule a bit.

[Harry Baldman]

While funny, it does sound like a fairly obvious human expy (in appearance anyway), which goes against the spirit of the rule a bit.

Well, what do all these diverse aliens have in common?

...

That's right, they don't look like humans! So a human shape is ideal for a Spacefriend. That it may resemble any other races we may encounter on the way is merely extremely unfortunate coincidence, though for who exactly, I cannot quite say.