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[SeriousConcentrate]

I have never played half life, been told it was good but have never played it...

Maybe it's just me but I feel Valve is kind of completely overrated. I'll be fair and say I don't remember anything of the original Half-Life, having played it about ten years ago, but the story of HL2 is incredibly boring. It's just another generic 'alien invasion' plot line and naming the man character Gordon Freeman, I mean, GORDON FREE MAN, is insulting. Like, 'durr, thanks for pointing that out, I was too ignorant to get that this guy is the protagonist without your ham-handed assistance.' Plus he's a dweeb in a tech suit. Let's be realistic here: I don't like Master Chief, but if I had to pick who would survive a war against an alien race, I would put my money on the genetically engineered, cybernetically enhanced super-soldier in the cutting edge armor with the best weaponry and soldiers the military can provide and not some mute four-eyed college grad in a HEV suit with a rag-tag band of rebels at his back and a crowbar in hand. Hell, I would give Jack or Delta much higher odds than Gordon. At least they have Plasmids, and Delta is also a super-soldier of a sort. Serious Sam and Duke Nukem? I prefer Sam, but at least both are over-the-top caricatures of action heroes, so yeah, they're both better than Freeman. Doom Guy? More believable as a hero. I could also rail about Alyx Vance for awhile. First of all, she's not that attractive and her personality is bland, so I don't really get why people are all about her. I guess because she gives you a hug at the beginning of Episode 1, and really, if you're that starved for some sort of human contact, you're just pathetic. The few times you have to escort her she's an annoyance and is prone to getting killed, and during Episode 1 she actively tries to troll you into shooting her by doing things like make zombie sounds while you're walking in pitch-black tunnels.

Anyway, as for controls, it's just like every other first person shooter. Same for guns. You get a handgun, a revolver, an uzi, an assault rifle, a crossbow that fires superheated rods and works like Delta' speargun, a laser-guided rocket launcher, and the gravity gun, which I think is the only reason people like this game. It's basically just telekinesis, like in Psi-Ops, but it's always fun to play around with. There are a few puzzles in the game but they're annoying and detract from the experience rather than add to it; they're mostly just moving the environment around in ways a three-year-old could figure out. Like: 'gee, here's an empty basket hanging from a rope, with the other end attached to a hatch. I guess I'll put these cinderblocks in this basket to lower it and raise the hatch.' Honestly I'd rather just grab a keycard, swipe it in a slot, and keep going than waste time doing something boring just to move on.

As for the rest of Valve's stuff, quick review: haven't played Counterstrike in long enough that I wouldn't feel it fair to comment on; Portal was only funny the first time, stfu with all the catchphrases - and on that note I haven't played Portal 2 and don't really plan to; L4D is all right but it should have had a few more levels, same goes for L4D 2; Team Fortress 2 is fun from little I've played of it but I'm not a competitive gamer, so in fairness I'll say that while it's not for me it's probably the best of the lot.

[Draignean]

I have never played half life, been told it was good but have never played it...

Maybe it's just me but I feel Valve is kind of completely overrated. I'll be fair and say I don't remember anything of the original Half-Life, having played it about ten years ago, but the story of HL2 is incredibly boring. It's just another generic 'alien invasion' plot line and naming the man character Gordon Freeman, I mean, GORDON FREE MAN, is insulting. Like, 'durr, thanks for pointing that out, I was too ignorant to get that this guy is the protagonist without your ham-handed assistance.' Plus he's a dweeb in a tech suit. Let's be realistic here: I don't like Master Chief, but if I had to pick who would survive a war against an alien race, I would put my money on the genetically engineered, cybernetically enhanced super-soldier in the cutting edge armor with the best weaponry and soldiers the military can provide and not some mute four-eyed college grad in a HEV suit with a rag-tag band of rebels at his back and a crowbar in hand. Hell, I would give Jack or Delta much higher odds than Gordon. At least they have Plasmids, and Delta is also a super-soldier of a sort. Serious Sam and Duke Nukem? I prefer Sam, but at least both are over-the-top caricatures of action heroes, so yeah, they're both better than Freeman. Doom Guy? More believable as a hero. I could also rail about Alyx Vance for awhile. First of all, she's not that attractive and her personality is bland, so I don't really get why people are all about her. I guess because she gives you a hug at the beginning of Episode 1, and really, if you're that starved for some sort of human contact, you're just pathetic. The few times you have to escort her she's an annoyance and is prone to getting killed, and during Episode 1 she actively tries to troll you into shooting her by doing things like make zombie sounds while you're walking in pitch-black tunnels.

Anyway, as for controls, it's just like every other first person shooter. Same for guns. You get a handgun, a revolver, an uzi, an assault rifle, a crossbow that fires superheated rods and works like Delta' speargun, a laser-guided rocket launcher, and the gravity gun, which I think is the only reason people like this game. It's basically just telekinesis, like in Psi-Ops, but it's always fun to play around with. There are a few puzzles in the game but they're annoying and detract from the experience rather than add to it; they're mostly just moving the environment around in ways a three-year-old could figure out. Like: 'gee, here's an empty basket hanging from a rope, with the other end attached to a hatch. I guess I'll put these cinderblocks in this basket to lower it and raise the hatch.' Honestly I'd rather just grab a keycard, swipe it in a slot, and keep going than waste time doing something boring just to move on.

As for the rest of Valve's stuff, quick review: haven't played Counterstrike in long enough that I wouldn't feel it fair to comment on; Portal was only funny the first time, stfu with all the catchphrases - and on that note I haven't played Portal 2 and don't really plan to; L4D is all right but it should have had a few more levels, same goes for L4D 2; Team Fortress 2 is fun from little I've played of it but I'm not a competitive gamer, so in fairness I'll say that while it's not for me it's probably the best of the lot.

My desire to find it has now dropped sharply...


I've only had two games that I ever disliked, and those I hated with a mad passion. Never ever buy shattered suns or starship captains, you will hate yourself and you will hate their designers.

Shattered suns made a lot of promises that it just couldn't keep, the true 3-D space combat had me really psyched into buying it, and the customization of ships that they touted lead me to believe that it would be a Sword Of The Stars (Awesome Game) with better space combat. Instead it was bug riddled and made me want to hurl after about ten seconds of watching the screen. Cool intro cut-scene, but it was all downhill from there.

Starship captains... well that was right after shattered suns and it was an impulse buy to get the bad taste of the former out of my mouth... Sort of like trying to get the taste of sour milk out by gargling mouthwash, except you accidentally grab the bottle of rubbing alcohol instead and end up spitting it everywhere and swearing. That game was a poorly made abomination to the genre that it attempted to cash in on, the damn thing was a glorified re-skin.

Cryostasis and Amnesia were both games that gave me a lot more than expected, amnesia particularly...


(Progressing steadily, working on formula for automatic and burst fire weapons and crippling blows.)

[SeriousConcentrate]

TBH I think the thing with Half-Life 2 is that people were really wowed by its graphics and refuse to hear anything bad about it because of how superior they were for the time, regardless of how lacking the game was in other areas. I appreciate graphics as much as the next guy, but come on. Fallout 1 and 2? Great games, even though they can't compare to Fallout 3 in terms of how the world of the game looks. Fallout 3 is awesome, don't get me wrong, but the first two games are every bit as good. :3 And on another note, Half-Life 2 is an unfinished game. There was supposed to be an Episode 3 but there never was, so it just ends on a cliffhanger after Episode 2. >.> I hate it when games leave shit open for a sequel that never materializes, like Psi-Ops did. Fun if difficult game, worst ending evar. "Oh hey, destroyed the big bad, but now shit's really about to hit the fan! Play the next game!" *Psi-Ops 2 is never made* *raegface*

But yeah, I'm glad I don't play many flight sims. Ace Combat 4, 5, and 0 are pretty good, and I love the beginning of the next-to-last mission in 5, both the cinema that precedes it and everything up to when you get the orders about two minutes after the cutscene stops. Actually, no wait, I love that entire mission and the one after it. Zero has some hard as hell missions but the last boss fight is pretty cool and makes sense in the context of the game (basically the entire game centers on concepts of knighthood like honor, such as an area of the country called 'the round table' where most of the fighting takes place, and the last fight is a joust of sorts with a guy in a highly advanced fighter that's shielded from all sides but the front, and you have to fly directly at him avoiding his OHKO laser while shooting missiles) and I love the music. Those are all for PS2, so if you like flight sims based on modern tech and can find them for cheap, pick them up. 5 is probably the best of the three IMO followed by Zero and then 4. I haven't played 1, 2, or 3 in forever and I never touched 6 so I have no opinions there. ^^;

Pre-Post Addition after noticing an avatar: Tarran, you like Ace Combat too? Which one is your favorite?

[Draignean]

EUREKA!

The missing link in the recoil equation has been found!

An assault rifle that shoots a five round burst is now different from a rifle that fires a single high caliber round! (Shocking I know)

Now I just have to convert every single gun I ever created to have a critical threshold, a recoil sequence, and socket them all into my damage range sheet. *sigh* This may take awhile

Couple Points of interest while I work the rest out,

Criticals, still always rolled for on a natural 6, but they are no longer always triggered on a 4+1+1 or similar roll that comes to a six through the sum of its bonuses. Weapons instead have a critical threshold, this is the number that has to be rolled at or above to score a critical if you don't roll a natural six.  Some weapons and have a critical threshold lower than six, this indicates that they are much easier to score a crit with than standard weapons. Special ammunition can also lower the critical threshold.

New skill, Finesse is used instead of a glorified luck roll when determining whether or not the critical is confirmed or not.

Recoil, New mechanic used to simulate muzzle climb, each weapon will have a recoil sequencer (Generally between 1/6th and 1) this determines how hard it is to pull off repeated shots in one turn and is used to determine how many shots in a burst will hit the target after the first.   

New skill, Fire control is used to determine how well you can keep your gun steady.
 
Damage Types, Used to allow armors soak different values from different damage sources, (A Hostile environment suit for instance can seal and raise its environmental soak to 100%) wear the right clothes for the right occasion. Energy, Ballistic, Piercing, concussive, laser, and environmental are the types of damage that personnel armor can soak.

[Draignean]

Spoiler: New Skills (click to show/hide)

 

Fire Control: Used to determine how well you can keep your gun steady, your marksman value is added to this skill when you aim in. Also determines your accuracy with fully automatic weapons. (Base end)

Observation: Peekaboo, I found you… (Base int)

Mobility: How well you can move, used to cover distance and charge. (Base dex)

Finesse: Used to confirm criticals, the higher it is the better the chance that you’ll inflict a lethal blow. (Base will)

Reflex: How well you can move without thinking, in the first round of combat you gain initiative equal to twice your reflex. (Base dex)

Hacking: Split from mechanics, hacking now deals entirely with software, both in creating programs and manipulating systems. (Base int)

Medical:  Stitching people up and binding wounds. (Base int)

Intimidate: I dare you, I double dare you, say what one more Goddamn time! (Base Str)

Spoiler: Damage Scale (click to show/hide)

Very Low
1-7
Low
3-11 
Medium-Low
6-16
Medium
10-22
Medium-High
15-29
High
21-37
Very High
28-46
Extreme
36-56

Spoiler: Damage Types (click to show/hide)

Damage Types, all weapons have a base damage type, different ammunition may modify the damage type.

Ballistic (Standard to Bullets)
Laser (Self explanatory)
Energy (Plasma, Particle Weapons, Pyrokinesis primary)
Concussive (Part of grenade damage, blunt weapon attacks, some psionics)
Piercing (Sharp weapons, some psionics, few guns)
Heavy Weapons (Tank guns, Direct Rocket launcher impacts, etc)
Massive (For things that really go boom)
Environmental (Vacuum, cold, secondary effects of pyrokinesis)

Spoiler: New Armor Layout examples (click to show/hide)

,  (Soak is the percent of the current armor value that is used to divert the attack)

Values not listed are assumed to be zero

Name: Reinforced Combat fitted Hostile Environment Suit
Max Armor:  125
Soak,
Ballistic: 20%
Laser: 15%
Energy: 25%
Concussive: 20%
Piercing: 10%
Environmental: 50%
Enc:  4
Special: Can be sealed, increasing environmental soak to 100% for Ten turns.

Name: Heavy Body Armor
Max Armor: 150
Soak,
Ballistic: 25%
Laser: 15%
Energy: 20%
Concussive: 25%
Piercing: 35%
Environmental: 10%
Enc: 6
Special: None

Spoiler: New Weapon layout Examples (click to show/hide)

 

Renfield SMG
10 round burst.
30 round clip
1 handed, requires 2 hands to make an aimed burst.
+1 at short range, -1 at medium, -3 at long. 
Very Low Damage (x10)
Base Damage Type: Piercing
Recoil: 1/6th
Critical Threshold: 6
Caliber: .115
Desciption: (Snipped)


Wolfkin Heavy SMG
Semi-automatic, 3 round burst.
18 round magazine
Two Handed
Accuracy Modifiers: +1 Short, -1 medium -4 long
Medium-High Damage x1 Or x3
Base Damage Type: Ballistic
Recoil: 1 
Critical Threshold: 7
Caliber: .50
Description: (Snipped)


Jormungandr Assault Rifle
Single, 5 round burst, full auto
35 Round magazine, 70 round power cell
Accuracy Modifiers: +1 Short, +1 medium -0 long
Medium-Low Damage x1, x5, x15
Recoil: 4/6ths
Caliber: .223
Critical Threshold: 7
Ballistic
Description: (snipped)

Spoiler: Multiple Shots (click to show/hide)

When firing a semi-automatic weapon multiple times in the same turn you have to roll for each individual shot, but the recoil still effects you. For instance the Abassy Pistol (Recoil 1 2/6ths) Would get a penalty of 1 on the second shot and a penalty of 3 and the third shot. As with standard burst fire you get to add your marksman skill to your fire control if you had aimed in.

This Does NOT apply to burst fire weapons.

Spoiler: Burst Fire (click to show/hide)

When firing in a burst you make your standard marksman or quickshot roll, then -if you hit- you make a fire control roll to determine your spread. The fire control roll determines how many of the shots impact, fire control is modified by recoil.

Each weapon as you may have noticed has a little indicator labeled recoil, this is used to simulate muzzle climb when using burst or automatic fire. Each shot after the first gets a penalty equal to the recoil plus the recoil of the previous shot. The end result is rounded for simplicity. (So if the recoil was 4/6ths it would sequence as -1, -1, -2, -3, etc)

Fire control is also modified by the same range modifier that effects accuracy in ballistic weapons, making many more shots hit in close encounters. When making an aimed shot you also get to add your marksman skill to your Fire control skill for the purpose of determining a bonus.

Every shot after the first is compared to the fire control roll, if the Recoil penalty for that shot brings the Fire Control roll down to 3 or lower then that shot and the rest of the burst will miss.

Example using the recoil sequence of the Jormungandr and a 5 round burst, at medium range.

[Quickshot 3+1] [Fire control 4+1 Three rounds hit.] (Automatic for the first round fired, then it’s 4+1-1 for the next two, but 4+1-2 brings it to three on the fourth shot and ends the burst.)

Spoiler: Medicine (click to show/hide)

When healing you have to make a combined Med, Int, Dex, Luck roll, each turn. At the beginning of healing you set how many HP you want to heal, you then have to roll twice that number (This can be spread over any number of turns as long as it is uninterrupted.) Anything over the number you set is wasted.

You cannot heal more than two thirds of the damage they have received using medical kits, advanced measures like ORS or just old fashioned sleep is needed to actually restore tissue.

Healing a status effect takes a single turn and uses a charge from the kit, but a single medical kit cannot cure every ailment. Dislocations, fractures, bleeding, and pain below severe can be cured by a basic medical kit. Broken bones, internal bleeding, severe bleeding, severe pain, shrapnel, and acid can be cured by an advanced medical kit. Deep shrapnel, embedded objects and similar require a field surgery kit.

Spoiler: Criticals (click to show/hide)

Weapons now come with a critical threshold, this is the number that must be surpassed for you to score a critical hit with that weapon. (Unless you roll a natural 6, which always results in a critical)  Thresholds differ weapon to weapon, and can be modified with upgrades and different types of ammunition.

The finesse skill is now used for your critical confirmation roll, allowing you to accrue bonuses just like any normal roll.

Criticals multiply damage by four against NPCs, they multiply it by 2 against players.

Spoiler: Crippling (click to show/hide)

Getting hurt happens naturally when fighting, crippling also now happens in the same way. You start with a cripple resistance of 25%, each point of endurance raises your cripple resistance by 2%. Your cripple resistance is how far your health has to be reduced before you can be crippled without an enemy specifically trying to inflict a crippling blow. (I.e if you have an endurance of 6 your health would have to be below 63% for an enemy to cripple you without a called shot.)

If your health is knocked into the range where you can be crippled you will have to make Soak rolls to determine whether or not you receive a crippling injury. For every point above one on the die, you gain an effective 10% of cripple resistance. For instance if in the above example that person had been reduced to 45% of their health total they would have to roll a three or better to avoid a cripple. A cripple roll must be made for damage taken from each unique source (So being getting caught in a machinegun burst would only require one roll, but being shot by one person and then shot by another would require two. 

If you fail the resistance check then you get a cripple effect, the severity of the effect is determined by how much damage you took from the blow and what type of damage it was. (Bludgeoning damage for example will nearly never give the bleeding cripple, but it can administer unconscious and stun)  The most common cripple is pain, followed closely by bleeding or stun depending on the damage type.

Spoiler: Called Shots (click to show/hide)

Called shots are a way of reducing an enemy’s cripple resistance, at a cost of -2 to accuracy you can negate a unit’s base cripple resistance if the shot lands. The effect depends on how much damage you did, where you tried to hit, and what you hit them with. The only called shot that does not inflict a cripple is the headshot which inflicts 2x damage (against biologicals, 10x against deadheads.) if the cripple roll succeeds.

Alright, Thoughts and suggestions time.

You will have the opportunity to reshuffle your skill points shortly, you will also gain three skill points to spend to compensate for the new skills.

(Going to run a turn after this, then integrate the new stuff and update all the weapons and armor.)

[wolfchild]

it looks liek a pretty well thought out system

[Tarran]

Is it me or is the game going to get much harder for us? D:

[Draignean]

Is it me or is the game going to get much harder for us? D:

What makes you think that?

A benefit of the new burst mechanics means that armor is much more effect at stopping small arms fire, since it's dealing with multiple small impacts rather than soaking for the sum of five impacts.

[Tarran]

I mean all the crippling since 3/5 of us have endurance as a kinda dump stat (thus we will all get crippled very, very quickly) and the medicine requiring a advanced medical kit to remove bullets.

[Draignean]

Dominique Wakeman

"Ok, that should fix ya up. Now I gotta get to the boss; try not to hurt yourself," Dom admonished him as she made her way to Tarran. "OK, sit down. Let me see what I can do for ya." After getting shocked he probably needed some medical attention.

Well after all that screaming the boss probably needs a bandage or a staple or something. You make your way around the pond carefully avoiding the worst spots on the ground, then you realize what you're doing. It's very nearly pitch black, you shouldn't be able to see the crap on the ground, let along step around it. It isn't like seeing it, it's more like just knowing that it's there, you don't need to see it anymore than you need to see the ring on your finger to know that it's there. Well, at least your life isn't dull. With a grumble of mild discontent at the unasked change to your bodily functions by something you don't understand you walk the rest of the way up to Tarran.

Sure enough he's still busted bloody, though he's slightly better than the last time you saw him. Ashely's man patched him up but you're sure you can improve on the job if Tarran would stand still.

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Tarran Smith

"I'm fine, it's just a little jolt. Now, help me with this goddamn door before this idiot-" *points at James* "-kills himself kicking the door. "

Try the door again, requesting help from anyone around.

Dom appears quite intent on doctoring you despite your insistence that you're going to be fine, you just need help with the damn door before James decides to bash his brains out on it. In the end she brandishes the medical stapler and threatens to staple you to the wall unless you hold still and stop being an asshole about it. You mentally make a note to never have her treat anyway with psyche problems. [Dom Int 2, Dex 4, Fight 4, Luck 1 +5 Treatment 10/20] You laugh at the thought of her telling a depression patient to "stop being an asshole" at the wrong moment and she staples you in the chest by accident. Ouch.

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Ashley Fey & Jordan Grey

Jordan pops the seal on the implant, [Mech 5+1, Int 3+1, Dex 5, Luck 4 Treatment 19/10] wasting no time in repairing the damage and diverting the power back along the proper channels. This is why he didn't like the finnicky activated stuff, to much shit that could hit the fan.

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Harry Nakamuno

While Ash was getting her work done Harry works on making a pile of the enemy equipment in the dark, none of the ammunition fit his gun but they were the same type as used by the other group, so it shouldn't be a problem as long as the others could hold up their end.

Spoiler: Loot (click to show/hide)

Dybbuk Flechette Rifle 35lbs (1/2)
20mm Flechette Canisters x2 (A 35/35 E 35/70)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle x2 (A 30/35 E 30/70)
.223 clips x2
Power cell x2

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James Evan

James would like to go back to the main group since he failed to break th edoor down.

You rub your buttocks vigorously as you pick yourself up, note to self; Do not try to kick open six inch thick sliding doors made of alloyed steel. Main group is bit difficult, Dom is right here with Tarran, Taric is somewhere back south, and the others are god knows where. Considering your track record with moving about you stay with the largest group of people who you're for sure on their location. This means you stand right where you are, pulling your pilfered clothing tighter in the chilly breeze from the AC.

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Taric Sizier

Head over to the unconcious Immortal, Mind probe him. If I can't do this for whatever reason, Try and remove the armour from it. Also laugh at Tarran/James.

Growling at having to move after being stitched up like a childs doll, you carefully seek out the path along the pond. Guiding yourself along the trail leading to the mind almost as unusual as your own. A long walk an a few near slips later you're kneeling by the unconscious body of the immortal. Carefully placing a hand on his head you reach out into it's mind, searching for... something. [A. Empathetics 4]

The outer shell has a separate brain located in a strung out line laying where the spine would be, a brain that is desperately attempting to restart the human mind that Dom dealt such a blow to. The human is in a curious state, while it is difficult to make an accurate conclusion based off of a damaged brain your best guess lies along the lines of a form of lobotomy... This individual's ability to make choices and perceive morality has been looped through the brain of the bio-suit, forming a curious kind of symbiotic organism. Without the suit the person is a vegetable, without the person the suit is useless, nearly incapable of movement. [Intuition 4] It's all a little fuzzy but you think you might be able to extract and re-live the host's last memory.

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Facility

The air is getting distinctly cold, enough that you're shivering in the wake of hot bloodlust of the battle.

Status Warnings
Tarran is at <50% Health
Taric is at <50% Health

Temperature
45 F

Turn Notes,

Tarran is learning that you shouldn't argue with a feminist woman wielding a stapler
Taric is using the probe
Dominique is stapling people in the chest
Powder is rubbing his buns
Ashley is almost done with her treatment
Jordan is Masterfully repairing Ash
Harry is Looting

Relevant Items
Memory Stick (Dom)
Broken Pad (Taric)
Ident Badge (Taric)

Spoiler: Enemies (click to show/hide)

? (Unconscious)

Spoiler: Ashley Fey (click to show/hide)

Health: 75/100
Charge: 130/150
Carried Weight: 94/200 (-25%)
Attire: Plain gray under-armor padding. [10lbs] Heavy Combat Armor, 116/150. [45lbs]
Inv:
Leanashe Assault Rifle [22/30 18lbs]
4.73 mm Caseless box mags x2
Cirri Light pistol [20/20 8lbs]
Energy cell x5
Mechanical Bypass kit 5/5 [3lbs]

Arc implants, Planerian Implants
 Stormcrow implants
 Javelin Implants, Duelist Implants

Status: Mavaren Gardens

Spoiler: Companions (Ashley) (click to show/hide)

 

Harry Nakamuno
Health: Damaged
Charge: Half Charge
Description: 6'3", weighing three-hundred and fifty pounds Harry is the frontline muscle. Generally calm but a man who dislikes doing nothing, slow to anger he's been friends with Jordan since the Conclave gained their freedom.
Personality Complication: Just cause. Harry Believes in the work he does, and he believes hard. He won't hesitate to put a hole through anything in the way of his duty.
Skills: Melee 2, Soak 2, Brawling 2, Marksman 1
Attributes,
Strength (Str): 6
Dexterity (Dex): 3
Endurance (End): 6
Charisma (Char): 3
Intelligence (Int): 3
Willpower: (Will): 3
 Staggershock implants,
 Aegis implants, Lazarus implants
 Samson Implants, Duelist Implants 
Equipment: Heavy Combat Armor 111/150, Wolfkin SMG 15/18, .50 cal drum clips x3, HE grenades (2), Thermal Paste (3), energy cell x2


Jordan Grey
Health: Damaged
Charge: Almost Full
Description: 5'9'' Jordan is a slender blond man with the red scraggle of beard perpetually encroaching on his chin. Part of his memories were lost during translation, and all hope of recovering them lost in the second battle. His name is a combination of earth history and the book Grey's anatomy. His medical expertise remains intact along with his sarcasm and combat skills, but most of the rest of his life is hazy.
Personality complication: Hatred, he might not show it much of the time but Jordan holds a grudge against the... thing that robbed of the chance to ever recover his memories. He is determined to kill it, if it's the last thing he ever does.
Skills: Mechanics 2, Marksman 2, Dodging 3,
Attributes,
Strength (Str): 1
Dexterity (Dex): 6
Endurance (End): 1
Charisma (Char): 3
Intelligence (Int): 6
Willpower: (Will): 6
Javelin implants,
 Spider implants, MD. Ande Suite
 Toxicology and hazard recog, Arc implants
Equipment: Combat Armor 76/100, Laelaps Laser rifle 10/12 (15lbs), energy cell x5, Field Surgery kit 1/5, Advanced medical kit [4/5], basic medical supplies [3/5] , ORS pack 3/3.

Spoiler: Domninique Wakeman (click to show/hide)

Health: 110/115
Stamina: 87/115
Carried Weight: 99/200 (-25%)
Attire: Arbiter dress Uniform, pristine [10lbs] Standard Body Armor, 74/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Abassy Heavy pistol -laser sight- [3, 8lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Fuath Riot suppression carbine [7, 13lbs, Caustic load]
.50 caliber pistol clips x8 (7, 2lbs)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A30, E65, 16lbs,)
.220 gauss slugs x2 (35)
Smoke Grenades x1 (neg)
Field rations x2
Basic medical kit (3/5) (5lbs)
Data storage drive [Romance novels]   
Status:  Mavaren Gardens,

Spoiler: Taric Sizier (click to show/hide)

Health: 27/70
Stamina: 65/70
Carried Weight: 133/170 (-25%)
Attire: Technocrat Commander Dress uniform [11lbs] Standard Body armor, 66/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Energy Cell x8 (3 lbs)
Frankenstein Versatility Rifle (A35, E70, 31lbs, in hand,)
.220 gauss clip x4
Basilisk pulse rifle 4/5 (13 lbs)
Piru Gauss Rifle (4/5 4/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slugs x2 (5)
Saun's Helmet (2lbs)
Box of terrible scrap components (20lbs)
Short Range Radio, (Off)
Memory Foam centerfold
colonist rations x5 (5lbs)
Tripwire emitter
Status: Mavaren Gardens

Spoiler: Tarran Smith (click to show/hide)

 
Health: 25/75
Stamina: 68/75
Carried Weight: 138/150 (-25%)
Attire: High-prelate Uniform [8lbs] Standard Body Armor 60/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Ichneumon Anti-Armor Rifle -Scope- (1, 20lbs, 1 rounds in speed loader)
1' sabot packs x3 (2)
Chimera pistol (0, 5lbs)
Chimera pistol (0, 5lbs)
Chimera pistol (15, 5lbs)
Combat Knife (1lb)
Sleipnir SMG (A10, E40 9lbs,)
Sleipnir SMG (A10, E40 9lbs,)
3 energy cells
5 .220 gauss clips (35)
1 .220 gauss clip (25)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A35, E70), 16lbs, in hand)
Status:  Mavaren Gardens,

Spoiler:  James Evan (click to show/hide)

Health: 38/75
Stamina: 52/75
Carried weight: 44/200 (-25%)
Attire: Exarch Dress uniform [8lbs]
Inv:
Renfield SMG (10, 10lbs, in hand)
Riot shield (10lbs 30/30)
Piru Gauss Rifle (E5/5 A5/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slug clip (5)
Energy cell
Status:Mavaren Gardens, Wet, incredibly Smelly. The Devil inside (unknown effect)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

[Tarran]

"AGH MY CHEST! Dom, watch it for god's sake!"

"Wait... is it me or is it getting colder? ...We really should get the door open. Quick."

Get the door open!

[SeriousConcentrate]

BOOYAH FOR TOUGH CHICKS! It's kind of sad that of the five of us, I have the highest endurance and the second highest strength, and wolfchild has the second highest endurance. Just a question, though. I have a lot of #/8ths. Would it be possible to just roll all of that into one or two skill points when we reshuffle the skills?

"Well, if you'd stop moving around like an impatient asshole I could be done a lot quicker, boss," Dom said, menacing him with the stapler. "Hey, James? You mind grabbing that flechette rifle?" she yelled over her shoulder. "It might come in handy soon. Get the Jormungandr ammo too and give it to boss, he probably needs it."

[Tarran]

"I don't know if you can feel it or not, but we're slowly freezing to death. I think my impatience is justified. _{At least, this time it is.} I'm not planning on becoming the latest caveman to be found in ice. As soon as we get out, you can work on me. Until then, HELP ME."

[SeriousConcentrate]

"What, you can't take a little temperature drop? Wuss," Dom said warmly, thunking him in the forehead with her index finger. "I'll be done in a moment. Once you're patched up you can help me put some effort into getting that door open. Hey, boss. A question. Is it just me, or is it easier to see in here or somethin'?" she asked, looking around before returning to her task.

[Tarran]

Some time passes in silence as Tarran looks around. "...I can't see shit. Nothing improved. I still can't see if your face was blown half off or if it's untouched. Likewise, I likely wouldn't be able to see an uncovered landmine if I needed to to save my life.

Also, I don't think this temperature drop is unintentional... We really should hurry."