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Ghost/Echo 2: Electric Boogaloo.

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Sablonus said:
I think I have a sheet somewhere for this system, there still room?
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Sure.

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Global Security Services Peacemaker & Wraith Hunter #1520-8-636, 'Mute'
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Name: Mute

The previous day...

They say AIs don't get pissed, that we're all about 'cold logic' without 'useless emotions'. Well, that's a load of shit. For one, that's mostly only those that work with/were captured by/were built by the Illuminate, and even then most of the time it's all just an act to fit in with those Wraith cultists. But I digress. I was having an internal monologue about why I'm pissed. You'd be too if your latest cred-stick payment was short by nearly 50% and missing the danger pay. The Paymaster was universally regarded as an asshole, who got his job thanks to being the District Commissioner's nephew, but I've put up with worse. In most circumstances, I would've been able to walk away without incident, but this was the 2nd time in a row he was shorting me and that last Wraith incursion killed half my squad. I earned that danger pay. So of course I knock his lights out. And now I'm suspended without pay for 6 months, some nonsense about permanent brain damage and a cracked skull. He wasn't using the former anyway and I refuse to believe the latter could be cracked by anything barring divine intervention.

So there I was in the Salty Spatula, a surprisingly classy joint where independent 'contractors' sell their services. Obviously it's illegal. But GSS isn't going to do shit. Our rank and file are useless rent-a-cops with barely any training, a gun they're not qualified to use and bright garish armor that makes that perfect targets for snipers. If the Rapid-Response Teams or us Peacemaker 'bots aren't present, GSS contracts these independents to do what our 'trained' security teams can't, which is anything that requires them to actually fire their guns. But anyway, back to the Spatula. I couldn't sample any product, because my pay was short. To make the day even worse, it was karaoke night. That was when 'Rat' came to save the day. The cleverly named Rat-Morph said he could hook me up with a paying job. Nothing too dangerous, just hang around looking tough in my chassis, keep quiet and some fully charged cred-sticks would be sent my way...

Present day...

What a load of shit. Nothing too dangerous my ass. Just because my in-built dampening field makes Wraiths easier to disperse doesn't mean they're particularly easy targets to take down. I should've known better. Rat just might be one of the best assassins out there, but he has a horrendous track record in handing out missions. Not out of malice, mind you, he's just that bad at picking them.

Thankfully, this slapdash operation has some decent contractors. Making sure my dampening field is at full power, I acknowledge Seer's words and take my position in formation, bringing up the rear and making sure we don't get hit by any surprise attack.

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Merlin
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    Wraiths. It had to be wraiths, didn't it?

    The first one got dangerously close before Merlin was able to respond. Somehow the thing had managed to avoid detection. There were equal levels hideousness and beauty to the aesthetics of its design, it was if someone had crossbred a dog and a giant spider, then replaced its skin and exoskeleton with well crafted if aged metallic components. A 'Houndcrawler' class, if he wasn't mistaken.

    In that moment, it didn't matter. What mattered was that his boomstick was out in time for him to shove it into the wraith's mouth before the wraith had its mouth on him. A pull of the trigger, and suddenly the Houndcrawler had a giant hole through the back of its head, orange ooze splattered everywhere. There was some leftover movement from the beast as it fell to the ground, but by all accounts the thing was D-E-A-D dead.

    He turned to see two more Wraiths closing in from down a narrow, elevated pathway. Clearly Skitters, what with their cobra-centipede builds. The lead one leapt at Merlin, he held up his hand and opened it as he twisted his wrist, summoning a defensive field of an electric blue-green hue, complete with a grid-like pattern weaved across it. With his other hand, he swung the Boomstick around in a rotating motion that charged the weapons explosion capacitor.

    Was the motion impractical?

    Yes.

    Was it awesome?

    Also yes.

    Was the weapon worth the effort?

    Without a doubt.

    The lead skitter impacted with a thud against his shield, then dropped to the ground where it fell easy prey to a blast from the boomstick, its head spread out in a bright, colorful pattern across the floor.

    Closing his open hand into a fist, the barrier reformed into a solid cube, which he punched forwards to smack the second Skitter square in the face, then brought the cube up and slammed it against the Skitter from the side. The resulting effect was like hitting a fly with a flyswatter.

    Looking up, he spotted two other Wraiths looking onward, with a more humanoid build. Whether that was because they'd used to be human or not, he couldn't tell at this distance. Probably better not to think about it too much, either.

    Looking around, it became clear to Merlin that while the Wraiths were temporarily gone, so too was the rest of his crew. Whoever had set up the ambush had also seen to it that they'd be separated as well.

    "Smart." He thought. Whoever had planned it had at least some idea what they were doing.

    He recharged his Boomstick, then swapped it for his Grimvolver. A laser light shown out into the darkness, and he moved out to search for the others. He needed to find them quickly before the Wraiths got their act together first and either started overwhelming them or picking them off one by one.
     
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    'Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit!!!' The heavily suited man stumbled as he ran for help, coming across a dug in group of wraith tends to strike fear into the hearts of anyone. He struggled to keep his Heavy Rifle with him as he ran, hoping his suit hadn't been compromised. He screamed for help hoping any of his comrades in arms were near. "Anderson!!! Jenkins!!! Lewis!!! Anybody!!!"

    Church hastily hid behind a fallen tree. "Come on come on, where is everybody?"
     
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    I went full nerd gun in the end, sorry. ^^' When I get the opportunity to present awesome sci-fi guns from another universe and gloat over them, I can't help myself. :p
     
    MedievalParadox said:
    Don't worry about it,just make sure it makes sense for your character to have it.
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    I did, yes. My character was kind of blank and I added some interesting bits for other players to go from. This type of game looks pretty awesome where each player as we go on build the world around us.
    Yuki no Yue said:
    Seems good to me.

    Ah, right: The image on your character sheet is broken.
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    It still works for me, tho.
     
    Might be an odd question, but how competent are you guys picturing the people in this universe? The image i have in my head is that everyone is hyper competent. The 'useless' rent-a-cops of GSS? average swat team irl. Rank n file of the best armies like tr and bsi? Irl special forces. Specops of tr and bsi? Beyond what anyone irl has (and could?)ever achieved.

    basically everyone is a player character in an rpg competent.

    Can't really say why i like it this way. Guess i feel it adds to the mayhem somehow. Anyway, off to bed. Cya in the morning.
     
    always_confused said:
    Might be an odd question, but how competent are you guys picturing the people in this universe? The image i have in my head is that everyone is hyper competent. The 'useless' rent-a-cops of GSS? average swat team irl. Rank n file of the best armies like tr and bsi? Irl special forces. Specops of tr and bsi? Beyond what anyone irl has (and could?)ever achieved.

    basically everyone is a player character in an rpg competent.

    Can't really say why i like it this way. Guess i feel it adds to the mayhem somehow. Anyway, off to bed. Cya in the morning.
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    It's up to you guys how that goes.
     
    always_confused said:
    Might be an odd question, but how competent are you guys picturing the people in this universe? The image i have in my head is that everyone is hyper competent. The 'useless' rent-a-cops of GSS? average swat team irl. Rank n file of the best armies like tr and bsi? Irl special forces. Specops of tr and bsi? Beyond what anyone irl has (and could?)ever achieved.

    basically everyone is a player character in an rpg competent.

    Can't really say why i like it this way. Guess i feel it adds to the mayhem somehow. Anyway, off to bed. Cya in the morning.
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    Well, people going out to scavenge in a psychic realm of some sort, they need to be at least somewhat competent and we aren't Mary Sues/Gary Sues anyway. My character is completely inept in social relationships or discussion. She's a shoot, kill kind of person.

    It set a balance that isn't easy to overcome for my character, she's not one you can depend on when you need to negotiate with a crime lord. Do you need to kill him? Sure, that's where her specialty enters in play.

    So yeah, our characters can be super-competent in something but not everything. That's how I see it at least.
     
    Suggestion - less of the infodumping. By all means come up with all these elaborate backstories and worldbuilding, but let it come out organically, in how the characters behave and speak. Let it trickle out so you can change and adapt to what other players come up with, and also so you don't put too much of your stamp on the world before others can reply. Otherwise those of us who can't post as regularly or write as much will have a lot less influence on the game - which is a bad thing for everyone involved.
     
    Kensai said:
    Suggestion - less of the infodumping. By all means come up with all these elaborate backstories and worldbuilding, but let it come out organically, in how the characters behave and speak. Let it trickle out so you can change and adapt to what other players come up with, and also so you don't put too much of your stamp on the world before others can reply. Otherwise those of us who can't post as regularly or write as much will have a lot less influence on the game - which is a bad thing for everyone involved.
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    I don't think it would be that much of a problem, I just like writing long posts where I like to explain things. I mean all of my blah blah there could have been translated to there is a fascist xenophobic republic that my character secretly work for, oh and I got some cool LMG and a submachine gun to apply my character's preferred tactic, spray and pray.

    My post would have been then less than four lines and I would have contributed as much as my long post did. I think everyone can contribute and they don't need to feel obligated to write 600 words for that. The rest of my long post was just some meanless details that no one cares about, I mean what do you remember about the Terran Republic beyond it likes loyalty, duty, it's xenophobic and fascist? I'm pretty sure no one actually remembers the names of the guns that I mentioned there. It's a bit of world-building, some small details that add a nice touch but it's not really necessary.

    What I am getting at, is everyone can contribute to the world-building unless they are purposefully holding themselves back. And if someone is putting more effort into world-building, should they hold themselves back for others, too? If you get what I mean.

    PS: Mine didn't have that much of effort put into it really. I'm just taking some inspirations from one of my favorite universes.
     
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    Sorry guys, wouldn't be able to post until a few hours later. Got an exam that last around 4 hours more
     
    Terran Imperium said:
    Because fucking psychoses or weirdoes like to undergo weird surgeries to have fucking realistic horns on their heads. Fucking shit. Ember didn't like Rouge. She didn't have anything against her as a person but its hard to resist the impulse to shoot her. People like her are shot down because of illegal surgeries or genetical modifications. She didn't even know what the hell was an Oni even if it was mentioned a lot these previous days by her teammates.
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    I'm not sure I like this. It's one thing to define the world or NPCs, it's another thing to define another player's character like this. 'Oni' is not even something I had use with my character. It's something that@Yuki no Yue/Quantum used on their intro (which was fine, since it just something like a nick by them).

    Even if I want to contradict this in subsequent post, something like making it as Ember just making assumption on her own, it is hard. Beacuse it is in Embers internal thoughts, so I cannot challenge it IC. And the way Ember's so confident in the statements, leaving less room for ambiguity in the narrative.
     
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    Salbazier said:
    I'm not sure I like this. It's one thing to define the world or NPCs, it's another thing to define another player's character like this. 'Oni' is not even something I had use with my character. It's something that@Yuki no Yue/Quantum used on their intro (which was fine, since it just something like a nick by them).

    Even if I want to contradict this in subsequent post, something like making it as Ember just making assumption on her own, it is hard. Beacuse it is in Embers internal thoughts, so I cannot challenge it IC. And the way Ember's so confident in the statements, leaving less room for ambiguity in the narrative.
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    Okay, yeah your character is yours. no one else's we define the world and that's it.
     
    See my smile said:
    Okay, yeah your character is yours. no one else's we define the world and that's it.
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    Just to add, I can see possibility of someone's worldbuilding indirectly pose a problem to someone else character, but that's a low possibility, and we can talk it out if it happens.

    When in doubt, just speak up, folks.


    See my smile said:
    And yes.
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    Okay, so for those who don't see the previous game, quoting verbatim

    Kensai said:
    Basic rules -
    You have (almost) full creative control. Don't be afraid of using it. By that token, respect each other's creative control. Everything, once posted, becomes canon unless I as GM revoke it.
    Don't write someone else's character for them. You can fuck around with anything that happens around them, but they always have control over their character's thoughts and actions.
    Each player gets one post per round. Meaning once you've posted, wait for everyone else to post at least once before posting again. The only exception is the GM, who will post as necessary, but you don't have to wait for me. If every player has posted at least once, you can initiate a new round without GM input.
    If things aren't going right, talk it out in this thread. And ping me if there's something you're worried about. I won't hold your hands, we're running this because I think you guys can handle it, but I'll be available to moderate.
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    Anything you want to add or change, See?
     
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