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[retromach]

Shuttles take off and set down, red dust kicked up by VTOL jets beneath the harsh sky of Terra Cimmeria, Mars. Excavated from a hillside nearby, an ancient structure dated to be over 5 billion years old has become the subject of intense study and scrutiny. Akras, a mining concern, purchased this segment of Mars for mineral excavation before discovering the facility and beginning study. To their great surprise, something within the facility still worked - a strange computer system that defies comprehension, able to open gateways to other places.

Castle:Reboot will feature other Castles with alien relics to recover, alien worlds to mine and exploit, and eventually, alien civilizations to contact and trade with or even wage war with. It features a mix of mission types, from security to vehicular to scientific to construction. Individual characters will apply to join missions they are fit for, and over time, establish a human presence beyond our solar system, and face the growing social unrest from Earth.

The port is alive with ore and cargo processing, and with shops and services catering to those fortunate enough to find work in space. Akras provides basic cafeteria food and board for any employees on retainer, and bonus pay for those staying here. This channel is the dedicated IC hangout for characters off mission, where new jobs will be posted, and people can meet to shop, eat, talk, or read the news. Akras' corporate headquarters is unofficially here, so any and all luxury, sports, and training services can be found on station, though for activities beyond the cafeteria, bar, or routine clothing shopping, you may need to part with credits.

For those looking to play, read this primer on the world and character creation. It will be updated periodically as the story develops. There will be a number of mission threads, one for each GM running stories in the universe.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1luYQDNn5-vUpfD0AmR2Ahcdi6n76nOgCEJLQpYB7y5Q/edit#

For those of you who are interested, join our discord group to ask questions or receive help with character creation. Character creation should not be conducted in this thread, but ideally via discord. If you are not able to access discord, I can help you via private mail.

https://discord.gg/K4yBYJK

Keep an eye open here for news and events!

[retromach]

June 19th, 2117

Within the port, a lit up screen features a newscaster and a map of the Earth. Passers by cross it on their way to the bar after a long day managing drones at the mine or directing traffic from the port.

"Leaders from the European Economic Forum met today to discuss the ongoing debt crisis in Austria. Above average taxes have driven out local corporations, causing ongoing budgetary shortfalls as the state struggles to meet the standards of living present in other parts of the EEF. The fifth such bailout mission was nearing, but with few to no corporate concerns headquartered there, EEF members struggle to consider a means for Austria to retain it's current Universal Basic Income, arguing that sharper austerity is needed, such as eliminating public schooling and cutting the health benefit cap from 90 years old to 75, in line with other struggling economies."

"In sports today, Scotland won the America's Cup in yachting, defeating the English team narrowly. For weather along Terra Cimmeria, we have meteor showers expected through the afternoon, prompting changes to shipping schedules as noted in your manifest. Hello again, and welcome to Akras Mars."

The image faded, and the wanted boards come up.

POSITION OPENINGS

Date: Saturday, June 26th, 8pm GMT/Noon Cimmerian Time
Application deadline: Thursday, June 22, 8:01amGMT/12:01am Cimmerian Time

Akras seeks mercenaries and junior scientists for a dangerous experiment. Applicants will be transported using the Castle Gateway, explore the remote site, and attempt to determine a means to return home with their findings.

Employees are no doubt aware that technical issues have arisen with drones around the facility. Chief Engineer Yuki Nakatomi has suggested that these malfunctions are limited to drones deployed within the Castle. As a result, it is postulated that the facility may emit signals of some description which interferes with basic drone operation, which would account for the lack of return of exploration drones sent through the gateway.

The team will move through the gateway, recover lost drones, secure the site, and determine a means to activate the gateway device on the far side to return to Mars. The team will be equipped for scientific exploration and self-defense, including a Gauss rifle, in case any of the Mk3 heavy combat droids deployed have malfunctioned. Please submit your application below.

Mission pay: 3kc per astronaut.

[The mission's first post will be up on Saturday at noon PST. If you haven't signed up by thursday at midnight PST, you'll have to wait for the next one.]

[Bill Chompski]

Name: Danh Loi
Age: 34
Experience: Private Security, unlisted corporation.
Relevant Skills: Small Arms (2), Explosives (2), Commando (2), Martial Arts (2), Linguistics (1).
Fluent in Vietnamese, English, and Chinese.
Reason for application: Pay.

         The man in question, Mr. Loi, is in his barracks/room/quarters on the station, drinking from a cheap bottle of gin he had recently purchased from one of the stations many stores.
Other than this, he's watching whatever he can get his hands on. Tablet, phone, TV, whatever is on, he'll just watch it. Sports, reality TV, what the fuck ever.

((Description from discord channel; Danh is a rather large Vietnamese man, standing at about 6’7”, with a beefy, husky physique, probably comparable to a bear. This is largely due to his visible strength, with large arms and a solid looking back. His eyes are black, much like his hair, which has been shaved down to a rough buzz cut. He always seems unhappy, with a sloppy five-o-clock shadow. Probably smells like inexpensive booze 24/7.))

[Kuma]

Sertan shakes their head at the news and looks at the wanted board. They eye the current posting and rub their beard. Thinking aloud,"Hmm all these skills, might as well put them to use and start making some cash for people back home." Sertan faces their watch towards the board, after a short time the watch vibrates. Sertan looks at their watch, the screen reads:

Name: Sertan Tarf
Age: 20
Relevant Skills:
Small Arms 3
Commando 2
Martial arts 2
Reason:
Work/pay


Sertan nods and continues walking down the street towards the ocean.

((Sertan is 5'10" wearing black shorts and tank with the name of some band on it. He is average build with black hair pulled back in a short ponytail (like doesn't even hang short, just sticks out a few inches) with the sides/back cut short. Brown eyes and tan skin.))

[retromach]

The only real disadvantage to living on Mars is the time delay. You send a message to earth, it takes 5-20 minutes to get there, depending on the time of year, then 5-20 to get back. 40 minutes of latency is no good, and online gaming here sucks.

Still, Akras keeps a server up for local networking and chatting, for gaming, and for cloud streaming, keeping anything streamed from earth for 18 days before deletion, so the internet is still workable, especially streaming news services and trending videos. No doubt Danh's quarters has a relatively nice computer, and an Akras drone that cleans up empty bottles and makes his bed.

[JaxtalMK2]

Name: Kaito  Yorito
Age:   24
Experience: Martial arts/Gauss training, no real combat experience
Relevant skills: Commando (2) Martial arts (2) Gauss (2) Small arms (2) Linguistics (1) Sensors (1)
Fluent in Japanese and English
Reason for application: Ability to use skills gained in real life scenarios.

Kaito was currently kicked back against a wall, having used up most of his money buying experiences and training, he always tried to keep enough on him for the basics... but eh, when you get a chance to really learn to shoot a gauss rifle, it's fine surviving on ramen for the next few weeks. 'Sides, he had his comm, and a few games to run on it he picked up here and there... made it easy enough to just kick back and game a while, see who came by.

((description from the discord.
Kaito is a youngish man, slim, but a fit slim. His black hair frames a smooth face, and cool grey eyes carefully regard anyone he meets. He doesn't come off as suspicious though, if anything he just tends to come off as that shy awkward kid. Then again, that's always the one they warn you about huh. ))

[Happy Demon]

[Tina Murdoch + Priscilla]

Spoiler: Info (click to show/hide)

Name: Tina Murdoch
Android Drone: Priscilla
Age: 19
Experience: School, everyday usage of single android type drone.
Skills: Drones 2, Computers 2, Engineering 1, Linguistics 1, Sensors 2
Additional Skills (bought after character generation): Commando 1, Martial Arts 1, Small Arms 1
Reason for application: Tina's from a working family, and didn't want to let her family down.

Tina looks like a NEET shut-in, with long uncontrolled brown hair, bags under her green eyes, she's thin with pale skin, and it's hard to imagine she's a worker, until you see Priscilla.
She doesn't cut her hair, because she rarely shows her face in public.
She's got bags under her eyes because she is working on her computer most of the day, controlling her drone.
She's thin because she uses her drone for social interaction, which means she often keeps talking and interacting even when she's hungry, thinking it'd be weird to go afk while with other people.

Then there's Priscilla, her android type drone. She's tall, muscular, got blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, but not sickly pale. She can carry big things, and has an integrated toolset. Aka. everything Tina is not.
Tina thinks of Priscilla as a second body. She even feels pain whenever Priscilla is damaged, and feels fatigued when Priscilla's joints are getting worn out. The android is incapable of feeling pain, and the uplink allows no such transfer of sensation. This pain is purely due to a mental disorder she's developed.
Tina feels real bad when Priscilla breaks down, which she has, on several occasions. But that's probably for the better, as her having to drag Priscilla to her workshop means she's got SOME muscle.
Tina's warranty on Priscilla has expired some time ago, but it's uncertain she could ever replace her. And Priscilla being permanently broken may cause... problems, for Tina.

Tina is in her room, in her underwear, she's eating a salami and cheese sandwich.
Priscilla is currently recharging, her battery may need replacing soon, it's currently only storing 68% of what it should.
Tina's making an application for the Gate travel assignment. Despite being a drone controller, where drones don't work.
She reasons that, if she comes with her drone through the gate, she'll be able to get it working despite the interference.
She cites her experience in repairing her drone, her daily usage of her drone, her experience in troubleshooting her drone, and her experience in dealing with interference with her drone. And that she can control the drone much more directly, by relying on less of the helping programs that may be malfunctioning on the other side.

[PaPaj]

Name: John Boiy
Age: 18
Skills: Archeology II Astrophysics I Historical Weapons I
Good in English,Fluent Polish
Bio:
John as his parents are the working class.
He was into ancient alien ruins from when he was a younger teenager,his parents helped sponsor his education in it.
Sent him out to a few seminors.
He's convinced that the gateway theory is correct and that there's something on the other side
Reason:
"Fame and Glory kid"

John was just doing his own thing,eating some noodles,becuse as any other normal person spent everything on his skills.
And just looking for something to watch on Space Netflix

[zomara0292]

Vigil Henderson
Age: 20
Profession: Akras Intern (Historical major)
Bio: An intern for the Akras College of Research and ( trying to make a funny acronym), Vigil took to historical lessons like heat to the sun, and became consumed with the idea of living in one of those time periods. The word of the Gate reached him through friends of friends, and, soon, he found himself with an ‘Internship’ of study and a chance to live out his dream, if things go baddly.
Skills
   Martial Arts 2 ( /roll 1d100+10 )
Sensors 1 ( /roll 1d100+5 )
Commando 2 ( /roll 1d100+10 )
Historical Weapons 1 ( /roll 1d100+5 )
Archaeology 1 ( /roll 1d100+5 )
Biology 1 ( /roll 1d100+5 )


No Cybernetics
4kc

[Prophet]

Name: Wolfram von Steinheil
Age: 24
Experience: A collage education in Archeology (2). Independent study and frequent use of multiple languages (2). Some basic research and study into Biology (1). 
Fluent in: German, French, Italian, English, and Latin.
Reasons: Knowledge, study, research, and entertainment.

Wolfram was hunched over a desk in his room. Writing things down next to sketches of strange symbols. Words and pictures of the same symbols flashing across the lens of his glasses when ever he would take a break from his writing.

[Description from Discord:  Wolfram is a 6 foot tall man. He has short brown hair and blue eyes. His frame and limbs are slim. When suitable he prefers to wear a pair of glasses that work as a mobile device.]

[Hawk132]

Name: Jonathan Cross
Age: 29
Experience: Private Military.
Fluent in: English, Chinese, Russian.

Relevant skills:
Martial Arts 1
Commando 2
Small Arms 2
Explosives 1
Gauss Rifles 1
Historical Weapons 1
Computers 2
Marketing 1
Command 2
Linguistics 1
Sensors 1
Biology 1

Reason for application: You pay well.

Having sent his resume to the Akras Corporation, Jon closed his laptop and reclined in his chair.

Something tells me this is going to be an interesting contract.

[LordPorkins]

Name: Reginald "Frazz" Goldman part 2: Electric Boogaloo
Age: 27
Experience: Theoretical Biology Genius
Fluent in: English, Binary, Quenya, Japanese
Relevant Skills:
Biology 2
Small Arms 3
Engineering 2
Martial Arts 1
Computers 1


Balance:7.5 K
Stocks: 140

Reason for Applying: N/A (Was brought onto the Gate Project 6 months prior, gave no reason other than "Wanted to make my own way". Is currently stationed in science department for testing of Gate Safety for Biologicals)

Description
Frazz Goldman stands at 6 2, with an extra 3 inches composed of his hair. Said hair is bright orange, and is kept in an array  of semi-organized dreadlocks, usually left to dangle. He is skinny, but wirey.

[Insanegame27]

Name: Ricardo De Castillo
Age: 25
Experience: Ancient History lecturer and Professional Re-enactor.
Fluent in: Spanish, English (US/simplified, Biritsh, Australian)
Relevent skills:
 - Martial Arts 2: 6k
 - Commando 2: 6k
 - Historical Weapons 1: 2k
 - Small arms 2: 4k
 - Command 1: 0.5k
 - Linguistics 1: 1k
 - Sensors 1: 1k
 - Swole Injections: 5k


Reason for applying: Looking for exhilarating adventure

[S34N1C]

Name: Ian Klemmer
Age: 27
Experience: Engineering courses
Relevant skills:
Engineering: 2 (25k)
Magnetic Finger Implants: (5k)
Reason for applying: To put his engineering skills to good use. (Read: money)

Ian stands at 5 feet 8 inches, and has long dirty-blonde hair thst he keeps in a ponytail, which he ticks underneath a hat while working. 

[PaPaj]

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