I had an idea for a modern day RP. It would be based in today’s world, using the same countries, technologies and the like as are available today.
However, there will be a few differences. Such as possibly made up organizations, and people.
The basis for this RP would first off to establish the league/group/unit, whatever our characters will decide on calling themselves, or whatever the world might insist on calling them.
From then on, we can use the group in a variety of places throughout the world from everything to assisting with nuclear clean up to instigating war. I thought it might be fun, however, to have it based somewhat in reality, using our characters in a way as to have an effect on the actual real world outcomes. For example, say somebody has a character that for whatever reason does something to cause said huge earthquake off Japan that has been in the news recently. Well, we all know that in real life it has to do with the fault lines/ring of fire that Japan sits on; however in our world, perhaps it was something that went terribly wrong in a secret operation that caused it and now the heroes/villains/whatever they end up being, feel the need to assist in the efforts to clean up, rescue the lost, ensure the complete destruction of the Japanese nuclear power plants, etc. . etc. . .
So what say you?
I say if each of us have no more than three “special” characters that would be good. That way one does not need to use all of them in each story; as I think we could do different stories as the RL world progresses. Heck! If some important leader gets assassinated or the like, maybe our guys were in on it, working for a foreign government as an assassin or maybe a stray bullet the rest of the world thinks is an assassin! Possibilities are endless.
Anyway, I figured we should have a sign up type thread as well, so we can ensure that characters are not too powerful (whatever that might mean) So go ahead and post the info on any characters you might wish to use here. I think I’ll start out the entire thread, if you like the idea, with one of my characters beginning the formation of the group, perhaps freeing one who was held in a secret prison in Egypt, having caused the massive riots as a distraction. . .
Character: Gregory Deng
Nationality: United States Citizen
Associations/Employer: Secret C.I.A. Assassin
Official Classification: Outright government denial of his even existence
Powers/Abilities: Enhanced strength and senses of hearing and sight
Personality: The variety of operations/outright violations of core human rights/’tests’ performed on Deng in the name of advancement by the government left him with almost no ability to feel most emotions. The mere concepts of “weaker” emtions such as love and compassion are quite foreign to Deng, who does not understand them, though he cannot help but feel that he is missing a core facet of his being, having only memories of such emotions to serve him; while feeling such as anger, loneliness, failure, and hatred were left untouched. Deng is truly a monster of a man, plagued by the past he has recently decided to part ways with the government, but may need assistance in doing so; even as a super enhanced human he cannot hope to stand up against the multiple governments and other entities that want his services or destruction.
Character: Name unknown
Race: Alien of unknown origins
Government Classification: E.T. 44 (Extra Terrestrial #44)
Government of holding: Japan-held in a top secret secure research center
Genetic Makeup: Quite foreign to human beings, ET44 seems to be composed of a sort of gelatinous opaque orange substance. He is able to form his body into a variety of shapes and has the limited ability to alter his size. He does not thrive well in dry environments or in areas of exceptional cold, due to the high liquid content of his body. Other skills held by ET44 include the ability to absorb and interpret information quickly, thus learning Japanese and other languages, including English, rapidly. This skill is related to the fact that ET44 is a technopath, allowing him to manipulate any variety of mechanical equipment within a set range of his person. As such he is housed in a large lead lined cage to prevent him/it form taking control of any outside machines.
Appearance: due to his gelatinous make up, ET44 can take on a variety of shapes, always remaining the bright orange color. He has recently taken the form of an average sized human, minus any visible hair, eyes, nails, etc, having only the basic outline of a human, and wandering about his secure cage as top Japanese scientists study him.
Character: ‘The Headless Horseman’
Real name: unknown
Origins: Unnamed WWI U.S. Combat Veteran
Appearance: clothed in a black early Republic era black coat, with black breeches and black leather boots, and riding a black horse, this being sits tall, albeit headless, so not that tall. Strapped to each of his sides, within his coat are a variety of small, polished steel throwing blades. And on his left hip hangs a bright silvery steel rapier.
Misc. Info: Not much is known about The Horseman, as he is rarely seen, except for on dark lonely stretches of highway in the eastern United States. Although those who claim to have seen him are often dismissed as being slightly off their rocker, or as total delusional psychopaths. Every few years it seems that some crack pot TV Show attempts to prove/disprove his existence, after rumors begin to abound of Horseman sightings. As you might guess, no sightings of the horseman have eve been recorded by these shows.
Truth: The Horseman actually does exist, though proof of his existence cannot be found except for in a very rare few top secret government documents, known to even fewer people. What these documents would reveal would be that The Horseman was once a severely injured WWI combat veteran who was brought back to the United States and placed into a cryogenic stasis as doctors and scientists worked to ensure the survival of them man’s life. Eventually, his very head was removed, and in the base of his neck a rather advanced sonar type piece of technology was implanted. The man was then awoken, and to the surprise of all adjusted quite well to being headless. However, being as he was, the soldier was not allowed to leave the secure confines of his treatment center; after all what would you do if you saw a headless guy walking down the street? After several years the headless man, underestimated by his captors, was able to devise a way to escape, and upon doing so took up the mantle of the fabled Headless Horseman.
It is not known where exactly the horseman resides, but what is known is that on most occasions, when seen, he seems to hold a flaming jack-o-lantern under his arm. On a few rare occurrences The Horseman has even engaged in combat with local ‘truth seekers.’ It is rumored that no matter what happens, The Horseman seems to have a never ending supply of flaming pumpkins.
Other facts: the Horseman, for the fact of not having a head, cannot speak; though his odd technological life sustaining wonder allows him to project 3D words into the air for others to read-in addition to allowing him to take in sustenance. It is also suspected that the frequencies of the device allow the horseman to project a number of realistic appearing sonic images, as well as allowing The Horseman to render himself nearly completely invisible to the human eye. It is unknown where this particular device came from or what other applications it might have.
As with many secret government projects, The Horseman’s original files have been all but lost or destroyed, his true name lost to history, and most facts left up to myth and rumor. It is known, that due to some unknown portion of his treatment, the aging ability of The Horseman is quite slow if not nonexistent.
These will be the three characters I will most likely be beginning with. Feel free to use a mutant of some sort, or whatever you can come up with, it almost seems to have a super hero/Avengers type feel to it. And from here, we will just see how it goes!
I will most likely start off with my 1st character, Deng. I am thinking he will be attempting to locate one of your characters, perhaps both if they are held in the same place, and then one at a time begin to grow the group.
Thoughts? Ideas? Characters?
However, there will be a few differences. Such as possibly made up organizations, and people.
The basis for this RP would first off to establish the league/group/unit, whatever our characters will decide on calling themselves, or whatever the world might insist on calling them.
From then on, we can use the group in a variety of places throughout the world from everything to assisting with nuclear clean up to instigating war. I thought it might be fun, however, to have it based somewhat in reality, using our characters in a way as to have an effect on the actual real world outcomes. For example, say somebody has a character that for whatever reason does something to cause said huge earthquake off Japan that has been in the news recently. Well, we all know that in real life it has to do with the fault lines/ring of fire that Japan sits on; however in our world, perhaps it was something that went terribly wrong in a secret operation that caused it and now the heroes/villains/whatever they end up being, feel the need to assist in the efforts to clean up, rescue the lost, ensure the complete destruction of the Japanese nuclear power plants, etc. . etc. . .
So what say you?
I say if each of us have no more than three “special” characters that would be good. That way one does not need to use all of them in each story; as I think we could do different stories as the RL world progresses. Heck! If some important leader gets assassinated or the like, maybe our guys were in on it, working for a foreign government as an assassin or maybe a stray bullet the rest of the world thinks is an assassin! Possibilities are endless.
Anyway, I figured we should have a sign up type thread as well, so we can ensure that characters are not too powerful (whatever that might mean) So go ahead and post the info on any characters you might wish to use here. I think I’ll start out the entire thread, if you like the idea, with one of my characters beginning the formation of the group, perhaps freeing one who was held in a secret prison in Egypt, having caused the massive riots as a distraction. . .
Character: Gregory Deng
Nationality: United States Citizen
Associations/Employer: Secret C.I.A. Assassin
Official Classification: Outright government denial of his even existence
Powers/Abilities: Enhanced strength and senses of hearing and sight
Personality: The variety of operations/outright violations of core human rights/’tests’ performed on Deng in the name of advancement by the government left him with almost no ability to feel most emotions. The mere concepts of “weaker” emtions such as love and compassion are quite foreign to Deng, who does not understand them, though he cannot help but feel that he is missing a core facet of his being, having only memories of such emotions to serve him; while feeling such as anger, loneliness, failure, and hatred were left untouched. Deng is truly a monster of a man, plagued by the past he has recently decided to part ways with the government, but may need assistance in doing so; even as a super enhanced human he cannot hope to stand up against the multiple governments and other entities that want his services or destruction.
Character: Name unknown
Race: Alien of unknown origins
Government Classification: E.T. 44 (Extra Terrestrial #44)
Government of holding: Japan-held in a top secret secure research center
Genetic Makeup: Quite foreign to human beings, ET44 seems to be composed of a sort of gelatinous opaque orange substance. He is able to form his body into a variety of shapes and has the limited ability to alter his size. He does not thrive well in dry environments or in areas of exceptional cold, due to the high liquid content of his body. Other skills held by ET44 include the ability to absorb and interpret information quickly, thus learning Japanese and other languages, including English, rapidly. This skill is related to the fact that ET44 is a technopath, allowing him to manipulate any variety of mechanical equipment within a set range of his person. As such he is housed in a large lead lined cage to prevent him/it form taking control of any outside machines.
Appearance: due to his gelatinous make up, ET44 can take on a variety of shapes, always remaining the bright orange color. He has recently taken the form of an average sized human, minus any visible hair, eyes, nails, etc, having only the basic outline of a human, and wandering about his secure cage as top Japanese scientists study him.
Character: ‘The Headless Horseman’
Real name: unknown
Origins: Unnamed WWI U.S. Combat Veteran
Appearance: clothed in a black early Republic era black coat, with black breeches and black leather boots, and riding a black horse, this being sits tall, albeit headless, so not that tall. Strapped to each of his sides, within his coat are a variety of small, polished steel throwing blades. And on his left hip hangs a bright silvery steel rapier.
Misc. Info: Not much is known about The Horseman, as he is rarely seen, except for on dark lonely stretches of highway in the eastern United States. Although those who claim to have seen him are often dismissed as being slightly off their rocker, or as total delusional psychopaths. Every few years it seems that some crack pot TV Show attempts to prove/disprove his existence, after rumors begin to abound of Horseman sightings. As you might guess, no sightings of the horseman have eve been recorded by these shows.
Truth: The Horseman actually does exist, though proof of his existence cannot be found except for in a very rare few top secret government documents, known to even fewer people. What these documents would reveal would be that The Horseman was once a severely injured WWI combat veteran who was brought back to the United States and placed into a cryogenic stasis as doctors and scientists worked to ensure the survival of them man’s life. Eventually, his very head was removed, and in the base of his neck a rather advanced sonar type piece of technology was implanted. The man was then awoken, and to the surprise of all adjusted quite well to being headless. However, being as he was, the soldier was not allowed to leave the secure confines of his treatment center; after all what would you do if you saw a headless guy walking down the street? After several years the headless man, underestimated by his captors, was able to devise a way to escape, and upon doing so took up the mantle of the fabled Headless Horseman.
It is not known where exactly the horseman resides, but what is known is that on most occasions, when seen, he seems to hold a flaming jack-o-lantern under his arm. On a few rare occurrences The Horseman has even engaged in combat with local ‘truth seekers.’ It is rumored that no matter what happens, The Horseman seems to have a never ending supply of flaming pumpkins.
Other facts: the Horseman, for the fact of not having a head, cannot speak; though his odd technological life sustaining wonder allows him to project 3D words into the air for others to read-in addition to allowing him to take in sustenance. It is also suspected that the frequencies of the device allow the horseman to project a number of realistic appearing sonic images, as well as allowing The Horseman to render himself nearly completely invisible to the human eye. It is unknown where this particular device came from or what other applications it might have.
As with many secret government projects, The Horseman’s original files have been all but lost or destroyed, his true name lost to history, and most facts left up to myth and rumor. It is known, that due to some unknown portion of his treatment, the aging ability of The Horseman is quite slow if not nonexistent.
These will be the three characters I will most likely be beginning with. Feel free to use a mutant of some sort, or whatever you can come up with, it almost seems to have a super hero/Avengers type feel to it. And from here, we will just see how it goes!
I will most likely start off with my 1st character, Deng. I am thinking he will be attempting to locate one of your characters, perhaps both if they are held in the same place, and then one at a time begin to grow the group.
Thoughts? Ideas? Characters?