The Guardian Imperative: Story Outline

[Elliot Kane]

All characters have been classified as 'dissidents' on their home world. This may well be because they are petty criminals, they offended the wrong person or simply happened to be blamed for something they did not do.

As such they have been shipped off to the unnamed prison planet that was subsequently only the province of dark rumour. The game will start when your shuttle lands... sort of lands... OK, crashes ;D

All cybernetic limbs/devices has been disabled at the start of the game beyond basic function (You can walk on legs, etc) though a reasonable amount is allowable for each character if you so desire.

If you will be interested in playing the game, please say so in this thread. It is unlikely to start before the New Year, but I'd like to get some idea of the level of interest

[Hand-E-Food]

I am interested, definately not before the new year. Last time I tried to start playing one of these games, my work load suddenly shot up and I completely neglected the game. I can forsee some issues coming up, but I am definately interested.

[Elliot Kane]

OK, HEF Assuming we can get a minimum of about four people, I'll make a start.

As ever with my games, it'll be easy for new people to join in part way, too

[SilvaShado]

I'm interested, but not sure right now. Gotta talk to Will to see if he wants to play as well.

[Hand-E-Food]

A character proposal. Can you see any issues?

Luke Harris

4 Strength
10 Agility
5 Intellect
5 Endurance
40 Lift
100 Speed
10 Armour
50 Humanity
50 Health

2 Astrogation
1 Cooking
4 Drive Hover Vehicle
3 Electronic Engineer
1 Haggle
3 Mechanical Engineer
1 Merchant Etiquette
3 Read/Write Interlac
4 Starship Pilot
3 Starship Engineer
1 Use Light Firearms
1 Use Heavy Weapons

165 cm (5'9") tall
65 kg (143 lb) weight
25 years old

Luke is a tall, lanky, confidant man. He keeps his blonde hair short and straight and his eyes show he's hiding nothing. Always jovial in social situations, but when it comes to serious work, he's can focus completely. He easily makes friends, but can often annoy them with his single-minded passion.

Luke is a speed freak. His entire life is dedicated to high speed racing. He has made a name for himself on the amateur racing circuit. His prize posession is a highly modified racing hover-bike. Riding at over 400 km/h have tuned his reflexes immaculately. When not in competition, he keeps his bike safely garaged on his home planet. Luke is also no stranger to space-racing, completing several circuits inside asteroid belts.

However, this hobby has come at a cost, the simple cost of money. Luke is a private courier, shipping goods from star to star for cash. He owns a simple freighter and can pay the bills with a little left over to persue his dream. Other than his bike, and a few minor luxuries, Luke lives a very simple life with very simple posessions.

While Luke is a decent person, he is a slave to his passion. He has countless traffic offences on multiple planets and occasionaly ships cargo that the authorities would rather he didn't. His latest effort at importing "censored adult paraphernalia" has found himself arrested and his ship and cargo confiscated. While this is the first time he's been caught, it's not the first time they've traced smuggling back to Luke.

Luke's next trip is to the prison planet...

EDIT: Expanded basic abilities and biography. Adjusted Intellect and Endurance.

[Elliot Kane]

Character looks fine

[Ubereil]

Pff, unoriginal name... ;D

Übereil

[SilvaShado]

Here's my character, using the character sheet format from Awakening.

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Character Name: Tiassa Viarna
Player Name: Sarah

Physical Description: Long straight deep red hair. Sparkling dark green eyes. Pale alabaster skin. Long limbs and fingers. Thin, but not anorexic. Overall, delicate looking, like a porcelain doll on a shelf. She is 19 years old, 5'7" and 110 lbs.

Description – Groomed from birth to be the smartest she can be and as obedient as a robot thanks to regular drug inhibitors in her food, Tiassa has dutifully done whatever her parents have asked her to do. That is, until a few weeks ago. While working on her latest assignment, which was to create another experimental cybernetic implant, there was an accident in which a shock of high voltage electricity went through her body. Instead of killing her, the drugs running through her system absorbed the electricity and burned away, leaving her mind clear for the first time. That’s when she finally realized what was going on (human experimentation with her cybernetic creations) as well as coming into her full mental powers. Though confused and having difficulty controlling her mind, she stood up to her parents, hoping to convince them of their folly. Instead, they cast her aside, took her designs and formulas, and found someone else to finish the job. Hurt, angry and disillusioned, she lashed out by sabotaging the project with her new unstable mental powers, destroying all the work. Her parents immediately turned her into the authorities who classified her as a danger to humanity and had her shipped off...

HP: 50
AR: 5
Humanity: 100
Speed: 50
Lift: 40

Strength: 4
Agility: 5
Intellect: 10
Endurance: 5

Skills:
Read Write Interlac: 3
Cybernetics Engineer: 5
Electronic Engineer: 5
First Aid: 5
Mechanical Engineer: 5
Psionic Power skill: 4

Psionic Powers:

Redaction: Healing with the power of the mind. Damage may be healed on a point for point basis. Other things - such as dealing with poisons or diseases - will have a cost.

Telekinesis: The art of moving things with the mind. Can be used to create shields, absorbing damage on a point for point basis, or to deal damage the same way. Moving stuff will have a variable point cost depending on weight. Flying will drain five points per minute of flight with a minimum five point cost for flights ofless than a minute.

Clairvoyance: Seeing things over a distance. This includes spying into areas you cannot see. Cost varies by distance and if there's is anything awkward to try to scan through...

Telepathy: Mental communication. sending a thought takes five points, reading thoughts takes 5 points per minute. Sharing thoughts with other Telepaths is free of cost over reasonable distances.

Equipment:
Prison jumpsuit (or whatever they put her in)

[Will (Property of Silva)]

Here's what I got.

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Character Name: Neil Smerk (a.k.a. Joker)
Player Name: Will
Description:
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Age: 65
Height: 5 ft
Weight: 117 lb.
Background:
A rather small man, Smerk stands aprox. 5 ft tall. Growing up as a rather sickly child Smerk found himself most of the time nose deep in a book. Having a family that had careers in the technical side of anything and everything directed Smerk into being a professional engineer. No matter what the problem was Smerk could do it with a smile. This led him to meet all sorts of interesting people. Many of whom were radical by nature. Combine this with Smerk's love of Cowboys, space cowboys which were based off the old west models, gave birth to a rebellious streak in Smerk. Using his nick name as a new persona Joker became a confidence man. Of course, his motives leaned more in favor of the common man.
A normal job for Joker would be to straighten a fixed election, or help that certain rich individual claiming cherity donations with the actual distribution of those hidden funds. No matter what the job Joker never took anything for himself. Though this does not mean he is selfless. By nature Joker is a coward and gets sick just thinking about violance. He really only feels brave from a distance with many safe guards.
Therefore, it was rather odd that he was caught. The reason is rather straight forward. He helped a group of fellow conspirators to redirect a medical supply ship. This involved decompressing a certain air lock to prevent the guards from moving into his location. While monitoring the area once the plan passed the point of no return one of the crew's child started playing in the air lock. Knowing that it would mean certain death for the child Joker allowed himself to be caught.
HP: 20
Armor Rating: 10
Humanity: 75/100
Speed: 100
Lift: 20
Strength: 2
Agility: 10
Intellect: 10
Endurance: 2

Skills
Chemistry: 4
Computer Use: 4
Computer Engineer: 4
Electronic Engineer: 4
Mechanical Engineer: 4
Read/Write Interlac: 3
Software Engineer: 4

Cybernetics
UUU personal interface
Cybernetic Arm
Basic tools for an advanced engineer. Includes:
Scanner- To identify different elemental compounds, energy levels, radiation, magnetism, temperature, and different types of pressures. Housed in forearm, has a 3 ft cable for hard wiring, otherwise uses a wireless scanning system. Also doubles as a isolated computer interface.
Lazer Torch- meant for delicate electronic soldering and minor welding. Located in index finger.
Utility Driver- Multipurpose screw driver, ratchet, and drill. Primarily used for minipulating bolts. Found in ring finger.
Minipulator Claw- A tiny claw concealed in a finger tip that is used for handling the smallest wires and circutry. Middle finger.
Side of the hand (where pinky is located) is reinforced and doubles as a hammer. Pinky can be adjusted to become a more precise hammer.
Utility light- Small light found in the thumb.
Bicep houses a portable jack. Can be wedged in between an area 1/2 cm wide and expands out to 15 cm.
The false skin is a tough synthetic and flame retardent.
The bicep also has room for a small storage space. Aprox. the size of a can of soda.

Equipment:
Prison jumpsuit (Perhaps in a light floral pattern)

[Hand-E-Food]

I expanded my basic abilities and biogaphy above. I also adjusted my Intellect and Endurance.

[Elliot Kane]

All look good to me

Assuming we can get at least one more player, I'll put up scary stuff like the official character sheet thread, and we can make a start

[Elliot Kane]

Looks like this one is dead in the water, for now. We'll pick up again if interest increases

[Hand-E-Food]

I've been trying to think of anyone I know who'd be interested and willing to put the time in. Sad...

[SilvaShado]

Sad.... but we can't think of anyone else either. hopefully with time... someone else will be interested.

[Elliot Kane]

We'll give it a while, hopefully get a few new boardies, see what develops...

I appreciate everyone's interest, though