OPs. "The next step on the evolution of mankind" they called them. More like our replacements...
Overpowered (A Superpower Military Quest)
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Cryptix
Oberon Main
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OPs. "The next step on the evolution of mankind" they called them. More like our replacements.
Their offical name is actually OP of course. Its some scientific mumbo jumbo like "Homo Comotatius" or something like that, but once the OPs became an official military unit, it caught on. No one knows where they came from: the religious nutjobs we're fighting say they're angels come to Earth, the glasses think they're the natural end result of all the fighting that's going on, and everyone else just wonders when this war will be over.
And I'm one of them.
Hey everyone its me again! I've got another original idea for you lot! I swear I won't disappear for 6 months again, scouts honor. Blame college. This quest is primarily story driven, and as such the only stats you'll have are your health and your stamina, which dictates your ability to last in combat and how often you can use your powers, starting at 100 and 35 respectively. Everything else is DCs. But first, some important questions!
1) Choose your gender.
-[] Male
-[] Female
-[] Genderless
-[] Other
2) Choose a power from the list, or make up one within reasonable bounds. I'm looking at you Superman fans.
- [] Hyper-regeneration - Can recover a large portion of your health but consumes a lot of stamina, so you'll have to eat and rest a lot.
- [] Shapeshifting - Can change physical appearance to one of similar size/shape, constant drain of stamina.
- [] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [] Foresight - You can see up to a day into the future, but spur of the moment decisions cannot be seen and instead will give you a vision of possible futures. Requires intense concentration.
- [] Telepathy - You can mentally communicate with people nearby or attempt to glean information from enemies. Requires you to first form a link and long conversations are strenous.
3) Choose your unit, to determine what kind of training you received.
- [] Paratrooper Battalion - Also known as the Airmen, these guys are the first ones in combat and the last ones out. They are deployed via rail-chutes to the battlefield and are focused on moving quickly on the battlefield with light weaponry and scouting deployment areas for the big guns.
- [] Mounted Armor Unit - This unit is focused on using vehicles to break through sieges and cross long distances towards the battle. Armed with the big guns, but you're in the thickest action.
- [] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion.
- [] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
Feel free to post, I'm trying to keep relevant info in the OP this time so no reserved posts.
Their offical name is actually OP of course. Its some scientific mumbo jumbo like "Homo Comotatius" or something like that, but once the OPs became an official military unit, it caught on. No one knows where they came from: the religious nutjobs we're fighting say they're angels come to Earth, the glasses think they're the natural end result of all the fighting that's going on, and everyone else just wonders when this war will be over.
And I'm one of them.
Hey everyone its me again! I've got another original idea for you lot! I swear I won't disappear for 6 months again, scouts honor. Blame college. This quest is primarily story driven, and as such the only stats you'll have are your health and your stamina, which dictates your ability to last in combat and how often you can use your powers, starting at 100 and 35 respectively. Everything else is DCs. But first, some important questions!
1) Choose your gender.
-[] Male
-[] Female
-[] Genderless
-[] Other
2) Choose a power from the list, or make up one within reasonable bounds. I'm looking at you Superman fans.
- [] Hyper-regeneration - Can recover a large portion of your health but consumes a lot of stamina, so you'll have to eat and rest a lot.
- [] Shapeshifting - Can change physical appearance to one of similar size/shape, constant drain of stamina.
- [] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [] Foresight - You can see up to a day into the future, but spur of the moment decisions cannot be seen and instead will give you a vision of possible futures. Requires intense concentration.
- [] Telepathy - You can mentally communicate with people nearby or attempt to glean information from enemies. Requires you to first form a link and long conversations are strenous.
3) Choose your unit, to determine what kind of training you received.
- [] Paratrooper Battalion - Also known as the Airmen, these guys are the first ones in combat and the last ones out. They are deployed via rail-chutes to the battlefield and are focused on moving quickly on the battlefield with light weaponry and scouting deployment areas for the big guns.
- [] Mounted Armor Unit - This unit is focused on using vehicles to break through sieges and cross long distances towards the battle. Armed with the big guns, but you're in the thickest action.
- [] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion.
- [] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
Feel free to post, I'm trying to keep relevant info in the OP this time so no reserved posts.
DevilsAdvocate
Always follow the golden rule.
Could we choose something like "Being able to erase anything out right plan can touch" or "the ability to fix things instantly, but not ourselves"?
Cryptix
Oberon Main
- Location
- LA
ConfusedPotato
Unverified Verifier
- Location
- Australia
[X] Plan No.47
-[X] Male
-[X] Camouflage - You have what some people call a Somebody Else's Problem field, so long as you look like you belong there and aren't doing something too obvious or noteworthy, people tend to fail to notice you or if they do they fail to recall any details about you.
-[X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
-[X] Male
-[X] Camouflage - You have what some people call a Somebody Else's Problem field, so long as you look like you belong there and aren't doing something too obvious or noteworthy, people tend to fail to notice you or if they do they fail to recall any details about you.
-[X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
Chronobreak
Chara Appreciator
- Location
- Chicago
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Plan Without a Trace
-[X] Genderless
- [X] Tagged - Can, at will, share the eyesight of anyone you have gathered sufficient data on and know the rough general location of. This can only be done on one person at a time, though tagging someone once makes it easier the next time. Is a constant drain on stamina.
- [X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
I have a clear idea in my head of tagging an important enemy officer and waiting for them to read battle plans or something equally important. When they see it, we will see it, and can write a copy of the report/strategy/logistical records to send to our superiors.
-[X] Genderless
- [X] Tagged - Can, at will, share the eyesight of anyone you have gathered sufficient data on and know the rough general location of. This can only be done on one person at a time, though tagging someone once makes it easier the next time. Is a constant drain on stamina.
- [X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
I have a clear idea in my head of tagging an important enemy officer and waiting for them to read battle plans or something equally important. When they see it, we will see it, and can write a copy of the report/strategy/logistical records to send to our superiors.
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- Location
- St. Petersburg
[x] Plan Titanic
-[x] Male
- [x] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [x] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion.
-[x] Male
- [x] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [x] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion.
[X] Plan Ditto
-[X] Genderless
-[X] Shapeshifting - Can change physical appearance to one of similar size/shape, constant drain of stamina.
-[X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
-[X] Genderless
-[X] Shapeshifting - Can change physical appearance to one of similar size/shape, constant drain of stamina.
-[X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
NuclearConsensus
Herald of the Thorned One
- Location
- the Philippines
[x] Plan Titanic
DevilsAdvocate
Always follow the golden rule.
How about the instant fix thing? Limit it by touch and that it cannot effect us and its a reasonable power right?
Cryptix
Oberon Main
- Location
- LA
The fact that it even says the word "instant" disqualifies it. This more of a Worm-setting than a marvel one, so I'd like to keep *some* realism in it.
- Location
- USA
[x] Plan Titanic
-[x] Male
- [x] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [x] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion
-[x] Male
- [x] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [x] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion
[X] Plan ninja
-[X] Male
- [X] Foresight - You can see up to a day into the future, but spur of the moment decisions cannot be seen and instead will give you a vision of possible futures. Requires intense concentration.
- [X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
what´s better than a stealthy assasin ninja ? a future seeing one that always know where you are. within reason of couse
-[X] Male
- [X] Foresight - You can see up to a day into the future, but spur of the moment decisions cannot be seen and instead will give you a vision of possible futures. Requires intense concentration.
- [X] Clandestine Intelligence - Known unofficially as Section 6, the soldiers in clandestine intelligence work behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, assassinate enemy officers, and perform counter-intelligence. Once you're in Section 6, you only leave with a star or in a body bag.
what´s better than a stealthy assasin ninja ? a future seeing one that always know where you are. within reason of couse
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Cryptix
Oberon Main
- Location
- LA
[x] Plan Titanic
-[x] Male
- [x] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [x] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion.
The military jeep dropped you off in front of the hastily erected building, one of the largest in the camp. Despite the long journey by chopper, train, and now jeep, there was still one more step you had to go before you reached your goal. You look up, gazing upon the symbol adorning the door - a golden fascimile of a man, holding the sun in his hand. Project Hyperion.
Using the QR code tattooed on your neck back during enlistment, you enter the building and are chilled by the temperature in here - it was 16 degrees in here easily, maybe even lower. The secretary smiled at you while he was on the phone, waving you on towards a heavily scuffed up door. It opened at just your touch, and you stood in the dark room after the door closed automatically after you. Suddenly, a light turned on above: floodlights lit up the immediate area, and on a pedestal rested a AR headset. You had heard about these: the pilots supposedly used them to see the battle from inside a Titan's metal cage, but why was this one here is what you don't understand. Sitting down on a nearby crate, you pick up the small device and examine the electronic stimuli sensors that connects the user to whatever the hell this thing is hooked up with. Looking around to make sure no one was here, you slip it on your head and feel the slight rush as you enter a new world.
Darkness, no, Chaos, reigns here. The boundaries of this world are in constant flux, a dark zone. Instictively you know that this is incomplete, only a part of what you were meant to see. There. 4 pillars of light, order in this realm of change, each topped by a distinct signal. You are drawn to one of them...
- [] The transient, yet solid light of balance. Dependable yet adaptable, the ideal of humanity in all its forms.
- [] The ever-glowing, furious flames of passion. Never dying and yet always on the verge of collapse, offense in its purest form.
- [] The stone-cold and eternal nature of diligence. Lasting for all of eternity, an unbreakable constant in the winds.
- [] The fleeting and capricious winds of hope. Flirting with death is no strange thing, unpredictability a guiding compass.
-[x] Male
- [x] Enhanced Combat - A combination of increased strength and heightened reflexes make you excellent at close quarters combat, with all the inherent dangers.
- [x] Project Hyperion - One of the most elite units in the military, soldiers in Project Hyperion form a bond with the semi-sapient 3 meter tall exosuits known as Titans. However, the bond has been known to drive those without a prodigious amount of willpower insane, and you'll be fighting against OPs on a daily basis - only the brave, the patriotic, or the suicidal volunteer for Project Hyperion.
The military jeep dropped you off in front of the hastily erected building, one of the largest in the camp. Despite the long journey by chopper, train, and now jeep, there was still one more step you had to go before you reached your goal. You look up, gazing upon the symbol adorning the door - a golden fascimile of a man, holding the sun in his hand. Project Hyperion.
Using the QR code tattooed on your neck back during enlistment, you enter the building and are chilled by the temperature in here - it was 16 degrees in here easily, maybe even lower. The secretary smiled at you while he was on the phone, waving you on towards a heavily scuffed up door. It opened at just your touch, and you stood in the dark room after the door closed automatically after you. Suddenly, a light turned on above: floodlights lit up the immediate area, and on a pedestal rested a AR headset. You had heard about these: the pilots supposedly used them to see the battle from inside a Titan's metal cage, but why was this one here is what you don't understand. Sitting down on a nearby crate, you pick up the small device and examine the electronic stimuli sensors that connects the user to whatever the hell this thing is hooked up with. Looking around to make sure no one was here, you slip it on your head and feel the slight rush as you enter a new world.
Darkness, no, Chaos, reigns here. The boundaries of this world are in constant flux, a dark zone. Instictively you know that this is incomplete, only a part of what you were meant to see. There. 4 pillars of light, order in this realm of change, each topped by a distinct signal. You are drawn to one of them...
- [] The transient, yet solid light of balance. Dependable yet adaptable, the ideal of humanity in all its forms.
- [] The ever-glowing, furious flames of passion. Never dying and yet always on the verge of collapse, offense in its purest form.
- [] The stone-cold and eternal nature of diligence. Lasting for all of eternity, an unbreakable constant in the winds.
- [] The fleeting and capricious winds of hope. Flirting with death is no strange thing, unpredictability a guiding compass.
NuclearConsensus
Herald of the Thorned One
- Location
- the Philippines
- [X] The transient, yet solid light of balance. Dependable yet adaptable, the ideal of humanity in all its forms.
- Location
- The Greenest Pastures
- [x] The fleeting and capricious winds of hope. Flirting with death is no strange thing, unpredictability a guiding compass.
Hyperion, pillars of light, I see what you did there.
Hyperion, pillars of light, I see what you did there.