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[kj1225]

Added some skills that were previously unlisted to my sheet.

[~Neri]

My submission, now complete, is more or less the handyman. Fixing things, disposing of burned out lights, checking the air pipes are in order, or that the nav-systems don't have a glitch that will launch us into a nearby moon. Fix things, run thing, argue with people. Pretty much a backup anything, too.

We soooorta have an AI and drones to handle mundane things like that.

[WillowLuman]

My submission, now complete, is more or less the handyman. Fixing things, disposing of burned out lights, checking the air pipes are in order, or that the nav-systems don't have a glitch that will launch us into a nearby moon. Fix things, run thing, argue with people. Pretty much a backup anything, too.

Could you re-post/quote it to make it easier to find? Also, what with the AI and automated stuff we'll probably have, someone who's just a handyman/mechanic would be a little redundant. Give him some engineering skill at least, or maybe great understanding of computer science.

[Tiruin]

:v
I'll collate them.

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name:ebony macall
Discription: a tall terravore with a creamy yellow hide with light brown spots all over him. his black head contrasts well withe lighter colors accross the rest of his hide. His tail his abnormally short but that really dosn't affect his dooty as a swifted. The swifted are lightly-built warriors who make heavy use of toxins and stimulants which they are capable of creating on thier own they are also trained athletes whos training focuses on agility. they  have police level training with firearms/lazerguns/whatever they use instead of firearms/lazer guns

Species:the terravores are a race of bipedial bovine like aliens with an elabrate caste system. They are also highly advanced in the field of chemistry and surprisingly predominantly believe in magic  their home planet is reasorse poor but they make up for it by having an extremely efficient government. Their castes are determined by lineage , astrological events , and a test they take when they are six

Spoiler: Done (click to show/hide)

Name:  Indigo Diadem
Gender: Female
Race:  Bond-Hearts. A race who bonds with other races native to their planet. They under go two unique changes when their partner dies and they become adults. The first is they develop a certain love for what killed their bond-mate that borders on self-destructive. The second is they take on prominent features of their bond-mate's species, such as aquatic bond-mates giving their bond-heart aquatic features. Indigo's bondmate was a variety of giant flying lizard that can breath fire. Indigo has since gained a scaly red hide on parts of her body, claws, clawed digitrade feet, and the ability to sip small amounts of what we would compare to Wildfire.

Traits:  Positively axe crazy and tough enough to back it up. A neat master of inducing fear and fighting in close range combat. Can spit a sticky fire like substance.
Doesn't back down until almost dead or taking heavy losses. Refuses to fight with anything except her specialty shotgunwhich is seen below.

Skills:  Maintaining weapons, making ammos of many ages, expert on foreign cultures and impressively quick at learning new languages and cultures.

Spoiler: Picture of Indigo {This is huge, please edit the size, kj} (click to show/hide)

Name: shamus adversi

Spoiler: species (click to show/hide)

An insectoid alien with 4 arms 2 legs, a pair of wings, a pair of compound eyes, green and red chitin. Shamus is part of an alien species that evolved on a planet with very low gravity. Since departing that planet to join the (insert name of science company here) he noticed that his increased weight made him too heavy for his wings to let him fly. Now he must walk like the rest of the aliens on his team.

Spoiler: skills/abilities (click to show/hide)

Ambidextrous

Glide: can flutter wings very rapidly to slow down rate of falling on non-heavy gravity non-vaccum environments

Low gravity flight: In VERY low gravity, non vaccum environments shamus can fly
                       
Exoskeleton: hard shell on the outside, small squishy vital organs on the inside (you can make this whatever you want)
                       
Inefficient  Blood: Will suffocate much quicker than an average alien

Spoiler: Ship (click to show/hide)

The science company had very little expectations for this journey but on the off-chance that there was indeed something on the other side they did not want the ship to be destroyed by whatever was there. So what they did to reduce costs was to create a ship that would pay for itself. The Starcrafting Surveyor (S.S for short) was designed to travel to planets and asteroids to harvest and process resources from which were then able to be used to upgrade the ship into a true explorer vessel. It is currently outfitted with 2 pew pew lasers, a machine bay, a drilling rig, manufacturing bay, and a material processor in addition to all of the basic necessities. Certain structures such as the laboratory were designed to be manufactured on ship and then added on once the necessary resources were found.

Spoiler: RACE (click to show/hide)

The Gornollians are the dwellers of Gornal, A fairly large swamp planet. They resemble Giant Snails and move very slowly. They are Herbivores although they can live off of nearly anything. They are also quite lazy and to a point gluttonous, However they are extremely intelligent to the extent that 10 times that of a human is considered sub-par, Their Eyes have multiple Pupils and have the sight capabilities of a Falcon,Along with their natural disease resistance and Regenerative properties.They manipulate their environment using small pod-less tentacles that they can withdraw from their skin and back at will. They do not have any gender and only reproduce once every 2000 years by splitting into two more of the Species.

Spoiler: ACTUAL CHARACTER (click to show/hide)

Name:Jiggle
Age:23
Back-story:He was wandering around in search of food when he came upon the ship. He liked it, So he stayed.
Job: Jiggle is the combination Ship Technician/Janitor, Although his natural slime trail makes the latter job quite redundant.

Spoiler: SKILLS (click to show/hide)

Absurd Intelligence- Has 12 times the average human intelligence.
Hard Worker- As Far as his race goes he is considered to be a true laborer.
Broom Warrior- Is capable of using a broom as a combat staff very proficiently.

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Name:Ra`Sara

Species: The Keox. Keox are a race of small fishlike creatures with massive rainbow colored fins from the planet, Jaaand`ak. Like many underwater species, they developed along the line of biotechnology, breeding living armor, houses, and even giant shelled creatures that they use as spaceships. They are a honor bound society, dedicated to expanding and exploring for the glory of their world government, The Empire of the Crimson Shell. Ra` Sara was chosen by the Grand and Most Honorable Emperor for her loyality to make sure his investment is not destroyed by some lesser aliens. She travels in a X`ra, a living creature created by the Keox to maneuver on land. It has three tentacles all attached to a massive sac of water which Ra` Sara is riding in.

Skills: Water Born: Unable to drown, but needs a continues supply of water.
Sword Fighter: All Keox from a young age are taught to use the A`xaa, a living creature whose shell is grown into the shape of a sword which can attach to the fins of a Keox.
Arrogant of Culture: Knows nothing about other lesser aliens and their poor cultures.
Will of Stone: Ra` Sara does not fear death, she only fears being dishonorable and will fight until the last breath for the glory of her Emperor.

Spoiler: Race (Prepare for a wall of text) (click to show/hide)

Description:

The Salavrand:

The Salavrand is a unique creature, surviving mostly because of it's ability to bond together temporarily with others of it's kind to become bigger. They are basically slugs with multiple connection nodes on their bodies, which can connect to another Salavrand's nodes to share thoughts. These 'nodes' allow them to communicate effortlessly amongst one another when connected, though in larger bondings there is often one Salavrand elected to control the others. The nodes also can carry a gas(that is the equivalent of oxygen for Salavrands) and food along, thereby relieving the need for worms deep inside the structure to breathe and eat. The worms can survive on their own, as they each have their own set of organs. A worm that has had it's nodes removed has it's ability to bond reduced drastically, and is considered an outcast to others of it's kind. Each worm is roughly 1/4 of a widely accepted Metre. It's eyes are very small and as such it's sight is very limited. Hairs on the body, however, can sense disruptions in the air, including where the disruption originated from and it's size. Using this, the Worm or Bondling can determine whether it has met whatever-it-is before. It can also sense disturbances in the air bouncing off other objects, such as walls or the ground or the ceiling. As such it can navigate with relative ease.

Reproduction:

A singular worm is asexual and may or may not carry eggs in it at any particular time. If a worm has eggs in it, and it is not hibernating as part of a Bondling, It will go to a nearby corpse of relatively large size(unless it is of a Salavrand worm) and lay it's eggs in it. The eggs will hatch and the resulting newly-born worms devour the corpse, and in extreme cases, each other, to gain energy. The growth process takes, roughly, one widely-accepted fortnight.

History (to explain some stuff):

At one point in history, the Salavrand realized the need to create a larger, uniform.....form, to be able to make advances in the field of, well, anything useful really.

Like many other races, they reached the pinnacle of technology that was space exploration. They launched multiple ships, making their space-suit the priority for improvement, since they needed adaptability. Eventually, they made a space suit that houses a bipedal bonding similar to a human, with multiple slots on the side for suits that can be equipped by individual Salavrand so that exploration is made much more streamlined by the ability to launch several worms at once. The gas required of individual worms is quite high compared to larger, bonded forms, considering the lower metabolism in a larger bonding because of the very large amount of worms that are not doing anything exceptionally useful, except being there to maintain integrity of the whole. These worms slip into a state akin to hibernation. To counter the fact that individual worms could not carry large gas tanks, they simply made along, flexible but durable hollow coil that connects the worm suit to the suit of the whole.

Terminology:

- Bondling - A bonded entity composed of Salaravrand worms.
- Worm - A singular worm.
- Host - A corpse in which a worm has laid it's eggs.
- Bonder - The 'nodes' that connect to other worms to create a Bondling.
- Hibernation - The state a worm enters when it is only part of a Bondling to provide structural intergrity. Not actual hibernation.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Name: Averus Salamoth (Name of a worm residing in the middle of the body)

Description:

A Bondling fitted out in the standard space suit for it's race. Stands at almost 2.5 Standard Metres. A tall bipedal being made of many Salavrand Worms, coiled upon each after layer after layer, making the innermost worms very hard to damage. The Worms closest to the surface are the one's with the most muscle. Often seen wearing a complicated headpiece that is it's respiratory headset.

Backstory:

Averus, as he is known, made his way only to the best of schools known in the universe to study biology and other such sciences, in order to prepare for a trip he had been longing for, the longing manifesting itself almost straight after he became sentient. Armed with a great knowledge of biology and chemistry, he then started learning basic survival skills, so he could survive if an emergency happened. He was just about to embark on his journey when the Dark Star expedition popped up. He decided he would be better off on the expedition, as, even if he did not come back, this was even bigger than his previous wish.

Likes and Dislikes:
(Note: this is the controlling worm, not the whole.)
It likes being connected to other Worms, exotic forms of life, planets capable of supporting Salavrand worms and Advanced Technology. It doesn't like being backstabbed, outcast Worms, and things with 'an unnatural air about it'. It absolutely detests anything trying to kill it.

Abilities:

- Can Split - Can split up into multiple worms
- Critical and Intelligent Thinking - The many worms in the bondling combined make a huge amount nueral connections, enabling the controlling worm to be able to think incredibly quickly. Even if those worms are hibernating, their brains are still accessible to the controlling worm. 
- Unused to singular form - Will be unused to being a singular worm. Also gets dumber as number of worms in Bondling is reduced.
- Hard to kill. If a worm is killed, another worm will come to replace it until there is not enough worms left.
- Can change form - being an assortment of worms, It can manipulate worms to change body shape.


Skills:

- Basic Survival Skills - Knows basic survival skills
- Biological Knowledge - Knows advanced biology
- Chemistry - Knows the structure of atoms and advanced chemistry
- Advanced Lab Protocols - Familiar with all lab protocols and behavior
- Advanced Lab Tools - Familiar with almost all Standard Lab Tools
- Basic Firearms - Knows a bit about standard handheld projectile and energy weapons

Spoiler: Race info (click to show/hide)

The Yilgs, as the closest verbally pronounceable version of their true name sounds, are essentially giant ameobas. They can manifest pseudopods capable of crude but powerful manipulation of objects and share information via connecting directly to other Yilgs. While they are capable of making almost any sound with their surface membrane, Yilgs do not usually talk to each other verbally. They are asexual and they are physically incapable of creating more of themselves. The closest thing to reproduction they have is Schisming, where an EXTREMELY conflicted Yilg will split into two halves, each with a different stance on the controversy and fight each other to the death. This odd phenomenon is defended fiercely by the Yilgs and is considered semi-sacred. Since Yilgs cannot create new Yilgs and shun cloning technology as unholy, there have been no new Yilgs since the species was born. Attrition has slowly lowered the population until they now stand near the brink of extinction, with only a few million surviving Yilgs. While they naturally cannot be any form other then large blob, they can fit themselves into suits to assume different forms. Usually, when they must leave their native planet or when they need to perform fine manipulation, they occupy two-armed bipedal spacesuits to appear relatively normal and gain the use of articulate limbs. The surface membrane of a Yilg will freeze at low temperatures, rendering the Yilg immobile, but fully alive and conscious as it slowly dies from starvation. Cold and winter have a special stigma in Yilg society, being almost synonymous with death. Yilgs don't speak of their religion with outsiders, but its apparent to anyone who inquires that they HAVE one. Yilgs require sustenance, water and oxygen like most races, but seem to have no limits as to their natural lifespan. Yilgs are rarely seen off their home planet, whose only importance is as a resupply stop between two important trade systems. So it came as a surprise to everyone when the race collectively booked a valuable spot on the vessel that was to enter the Dark Star.

Spoiler: Character info (click to show/hide)

Name: Cathelyn

Background: Cathelyn spent nearly their entire several-million year lifetime performing heavy lifting to create the gigantic stone block citites the Yilgs are famous for. Later, when the Yilgs were discovered by explorers, Cathelyn was one of the few Yilgs to ever leave their home planet, leaving to study genetic synthesizing and advanced microbiology on a prestigious off-planet university. When the initiative to enter the Dark Star was announced, Cathelyn was chosen as the one to go through by lottery. Cathelyn, like a sizable faction of the Yilg population, believe that the long-lost gods and creators of the Yilgs lie on the other side of the Dark Star.

Skills and Abilities:
Abilities common to all Yilgs:
Amorphousness: Cathelyn can fit through tiny spaces and is naturally a blob, but cannot form any limbs more complex then a pseudopod or shape themself into any specific forms. Cathelyn requires a special suit to do that and starts with a basic two-armed bipedal suit that allows it to perform tasks like a normal humanoid.

Cold vulnerability: Cathelyn's exterior membrane freezes and traps them at approximately 0 C, rendering them helpless, but unharmed.

Schisming: If extremely conflicted by a moral dichotomy, Cathelyn might split into halves, each on one side of the dichotomy, which will then battle to the death. The victor declares itself Cathelyn and has all of their memories and skills.

Mimicry: Cathelyn can make any sound they have ever heard by vibrating their exterior membrane at a certain pitch. They also have a near perfect audio memory, although this does not extend to anything else.

Skills possessed by Cathelyn proper:

Genetic Synthesizeation: Cathelyn can, given the correct facilities, combine or modify DNA or any genetic structure similar enough to it to achieve a given purpose. This takes time and may require rare genetic samples which are not always on hand.

Architect: Cathelyn is a master of identifying the purpose of structures, their composition and structural stability. Cathelyn also has considerable experience building stone structures with their pseudopods and can draw out and read detailed 3D building plans nearly effortlessly.

Personality: Cathelyn is curious to a fault, especially about the complex gender and reproductive systems of other races. They are usually calm, but can be roused to white-hot fury if they or anyone they care about is threatened with cold, even if they wouldn't be harmed by it like a Yilg would. Cathelyn comes off as emotionless and is often compared to an organic computer, but they do have standard emotions and can develop fairly normal relationships with others. Cathelyn speaks in eerie fragmented snippets of speech in the voices of others they have heard. As Cathelyn learned many of the words it uses in casual conversation from a computer training program, they mostly speak in an electronic monotone, reinforcing the impression of a robot.

Role on the ship:Cathelyn will probably serve as a survey officer, one who would examine and analyze any lifeforms found on the other side of the Black Star.

Spoiler: THE INCOMADS (click to show/hide)

 

THE INCOMADS

Appearance: Not much. A dark figure with red eyes. The uniform - which Incomads are born with the intelligence to make - is a cloak and a mask.

Behavior: Dubbed 'Wanderers' due to the fact that they roam across large expanses of land alone. Incomads train themselves into merciless hunters at the age of three cycles. They seldom communicate with anyone they meet.
They don't seem to have set up civilization anywhere in particular. Many theorize that they had once been together, but some sort of 'tragedy' had broken the race apart, resulting in the Incomads. They seem to have access to extreme intelligence.

Skills: As mentioned before, they are trained into adept hunters. Born with hyper-developed reflexes. Acute hearing.

Reproduction: Incomads disintegrate upon death, leaving behind an egg. Occasionally they are born with more than one.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

MORKAD ABVOD

Background: Morkad was born in a cave as an only child. After somehow finding his way out, he became a wanderer as all Incomads were. Apart from his racial uniform and a wooden staff, he did not own any possessions.

Many lonely years passed.

Morkad came across a city. When he heard news of the dark star, being a born explorer as all Incomads were, he did not hesitate to join. Not that he expected to be let in, of course.

SKILLS

Skills that are a result of being an Incomad:

JUMP: Advanced use of leg muscles allows Incomads to jump to incredible heights.

INTELLIGENCE: Born smart. Very smart.

Skills that Morkad possesses:

HYPER-DEVELOPED SENSES: Helps with being a hunter.

NIGHT VISION: That's what comes of being born in a cave.

LIGHT BLINDNESS: He can't bear sunlight, or any other source of light for that matter. Also what comes of being born in a cave.

[Gooderthangood]

Why? I can think of several reasons for them to do that.

Take a look at Orks from Warhammer 40K if you want an idea or four for why~

Hey, even I don't like my race anymore.

I think I want to remake the race.

[WillowLuman]

Why? I can think of several reasons for them to do that.

Take a look at Orks from Warhammer 40K if you want an idea or four for why~

Hey, even I don't like my race anymore.

[Note: you can make a character of someone else's race if you can't think of your own.]
Well, do you have another race idea? If not, I'm sure we can make the one you have work.

[Gooderthangood]

Why? I can think of several reasons for them to do that.

Take a look at Orks from Warhammer 40K if you want an idea or four for why~

Hey, even I don't like my race anymore.

[Note: you can make a character of someone else's race if you can't think of your own.]
Well, do you have another race idea? If not, I'm sure we can make the one you have work.

I have another race idea.

[WillowLuman]

Well, let's hear it! Having a character idea to go with it would be good, too.

BTW, thanks for that Tiruin

[Dorsidwarf]

It was like 3 posts above where I said "Done now"


@Kevak: I'm not seeing any description of the AI except for grandiose statements about how pathetically small and unsafe some proposed ship designs were, and how a 'Ceta class AI' would refuse to be installed on one. I'm aware that there's automation on the ship, but as you chanted over the people saying we didn't need a second reactor "Back-ups are vital". Or do you find any situation where the AI/ it's repair bots are compromised, damaged, insane, or dead to be neglible and not requiring any sort of step-in?

[Dorsidwarf]

Spoiler: Race (click to show/hide)

The Sigmites are a race of essentially 1-2 metre long gasbags. Evolved to live in the upper atmosphere of their home planetoid, Sigma XCIIR/-54-IIII, they consist of a thin layer, extremely dense with blood vessels, around a series of Helium-filled gasbags, which provide the lift needed to sustain this delicate species. Gaseous exchange from the dorsal and ventral gills allows fine control of the buoyancy of the Sigmites, which under gravity allows them slow vertical travel, albeit at varying rates depending on local gravity.

Sigmites move slowly, by fluttering the frills across their body, or twisting them self from side to side, as if a fish. They possess a mouth which extends outward elastically into a scoop, naturally used for catching food. They have six ventral short grasping appendages, each with a circular 'palm' surrounded by 8 bijointed 'fingers', capable of fine manipulation. The eyes are evenly spread along the centre of the underside, in two rows of 6, with an additional 4 compound eyes spaced roughly around the nose, allowing forward and limited vertical vision.

The culture of Sigmites varies vastly depending on where the colony in question is located. On the home world a wide net of ranging sky-clans co-exist, largely spurning technology, whilst those more trade-minded dwell deeper in the atmosphere, where merchants from the colonies below come to trade & invent, while on newer and more far afield worlds, either civilisation recedes completely, incomprehensible direct democracy sub-clans form, or brutal dictators seize control. Interstellar Sigmites, however, tend to preach solace and peace, can often be found in intermediary positions, and assume no great parts in the world, drifting quietly and working carefully, always saving constantly. Many resent them for their placidity, and tendency to quietly, without fanfare, obtain valued jobs, buy up consortiums, invariably remaining polite, and being submissive to any form of physical violence, whether it endangers them or requires them to drop a hotly-contested debate.

When the Interstellar Sigma Group, one major group of companies largely owned or staffed or run by Sigmites,announced that they were forwarding a candidate for the Dark Star mission, there was mild confusion in why a placid group of assorted companies run by quiet beings was participating in what was widely considered one of the most expensive suicides ever.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Sound-Glorious-And-Bring-New-Life-Unto-Creation
Sound-Glorious-And-Bring-New-Life-Unto-Creation, or Life Unto Creation to anyone who will ever have to write or speak his name, is a mid-sized Sigmite, around 1.3 meters in length, and just under half that across at his widest. His compound front eyes are rounded and glint, always swivelling and angling in their recesses, as if to get a better look at the viewee. His ventral eyes are cyan, whilst his body is swirled with a light green and blue color pattern. His gills are constantly waving gently, giving him the appearance of movement even when standing still. His voice is whistling and high-pitched, occasionally difficult to make out when speaking rapidly or in a noisy environment.

Life-Unto-Creation, or Bringer to people who know him better than 'Paperwork annoyance', is a general-purpose subsystems specialist. He is trained in basic use of all minor controls and tasks, from Air Support Operation to correctly managing and overseeing takeoffs and landings in the hangars. He specialises in maintaining electrical connections and calibrating navigational equipment.

Bringer is space-born and raised, and exemplifies an Interstellar Sigmite, willing to discuss, and even argue many topics, almost endlessly debating, both with friends and the grudgers, and yet instantly submitting at physical aggression. He whistles in Sigmite cloud-speech as he slowly wafts his way along corridors, unhurriedly manoeuvring to a broken terminal, failed light, or anywhere, all at the same drifting, patient pace,

For people who don't use 50ppp and therefore my posting might be several pages back for

[WillowLuman]

It was like 3 posts above where I said "Done now"


@Kevak: I'm not seeing any description of the AI except for grandiose statements about how pathetically small and unsafe some proposed ship designs were, and how a 'Ceta class AI' would refuse to be installed on one. I'm aware that there's automation on the ship, but as you chanted over the people saying we didn't need a second reactor "Back-ups are vital". Or do you find any situation where the AI/ it's repair bots are compromised, damaged, insane, or dead to be neglible and not requiring any sort of step-in?

From what he's told me, since the ship's systems would serve as the AI's body, its character depends on what the ship ends up being.

[Dorsidwarf]

Didn't everyone argue for ~50 posts about the ship because some people wanted an exploration ship and some a rust bucket and some a flying garden and some a generational ark?

[Pencil_Art]

We should really settle that sometime soon.

[~Neri]

Didn't everyone argue for ~50 posts about the ship because some people wanted an exploration ship and some a rust bucket and some a flying garden and some a generational ark?

Yup. I have a base personality since we seem to be leaning towards a science and industry oriented ship, however the finer details are based on what specifically that ship is.

[Gooderthangood]

Alright, here goes, for the second time.

Spoiler: RACE (click to show/hide)

KOLPADS

APPEARANCE: Short green-skinned humanoids with large heads (in comparison to their bodies). Three small horns jut out of their heads, which have hard plating on them. Has a large cyclopean eye.

BEHAVIOR: Most Kolpads are born geeks. Have interests in technology. Seem to be pacifistic. Kolpads are interested in exploration, and so have knowledge of most places.

SKILLS: Able to jump high. Nimble. Good scouts.

(Again, sorry for "Kolpads" sounding like "Kobolds")

Spoiler: CHARACTER (click to show/hide)

KULMOD IMBAD

BACKGROUND: Kulmod, as a boy, liked exploration and nature. He learnt many things about wildlife and different places at a very young age, and so having great knowledge of many things in exploration. He grew to hear about the Dark Star, and decided that he wanted to go. He believed he would be a good trapper (for specimens to study).

TRAITS:

Hypergintasmatigism: What humans refer to as O.C.D. Can't stand the look of a dirty room.

Fast: Enough said. Can run fast.