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This is it, you finally made it out of The Solar System.
It's time to see what's out there.

The captain of the tramp freighter you booked passage on from Armstrong Outpost on Luna
indifferently orders you to take your luggage and get the hell off his ship.

As you and several other individuals take your first steps into the light of an alien star,
you and your companions are astounded by it's unequivocally bright albedo.

You watch as the freighter eclipses the mild radiance of the white dwarf hovering just outside New Okinawa's circular orbit.

The young white main sequence star bathes you in a healthy and welcoming glow,
as if it understands your anxiety and excitement and wishes to make the extra-solar transition as casual as possible.

Within a few minutes your small group arrives at a shiny step pyramid like structure much like the other various office
buildings within walking distance of the small spaceport you arrived at. It has rounded edges with grooves and channels
cut into the metallic polymer, obviously created to gather rainwater.

A few seconds pass, spent marveling at the environmentally friendly and pragmatically beautiful architecture,
when before you know it you are blasted by state of the art air conditioning and decontamination systems.

As if the universe is conspiring to over stimulate your senses, a large robotic arm with some sort of laser scanner
extends out of an otherwise solid wall of marble inlaid with with silver and gold, giving the room a feeling of
Roman exuberance with a Cyber Punk flair.

The terminal scans the room briskly, then retracts back into the wall, which is revealed to be a hologram of
sorts by the fluid motion of its surface. Had you not seen it for yourself you wouldn't believe it was even there.

Suddenly you receive a message notification on your cyber-optic heads up display.

Dallax Welcome Runtime #32487 wrote:Welcome to New Okinawa!

The local or "Orion" spur of our galaxy might seem small in comparison to the rest of The Milky Way,
but nonetheless this is a large and mostly unexplored region of space.

For the past two decades we here at Dallax Enlistment Services have aided in establishing Terran military and
economic dominance in this local sector. Our long lost brethren from among the stars might
see us as upstarts and novitiates to the ways of the galaxy, but we believe that our record breaking
rise to the 5th most powerful hominid species in known space speaks for itself.

It is our honor to accept all interested Terrans or those of Terran ancestry into our ranks.
There is no better way to see the galaxy than to serve with the United Stars of Terra armed forces and Merchant Marines.

Naturalized citizens are also encouraged to apply, we need all the help we can get!

Just as you finish reading the welcome message, you are pinged with another correspondence.

Enlistment Form wrote:Judging by your presence within this building of 156.45 seconds,
it can be safely assumed that you wish to enlist to the service of your country.

Please begin filling out this form while we contact a recruiter to meet with you.

Name:
Age:
Terran Citizen ID#: XXX-XX-XXXX

Height:
Weight:

Extent of Cybernetic and Genetic Enhancement:

Education Level:

Personal History:

Note that we will have to personally approve of your enlistment form before you can be processed.

Take some time to come up with your characters.
Three rules apply with character creation:

1) They must originate from Earth or somewhere in the Solar System.
2) They must be human, mutants are okay as long as you can make them believable.
3) They must have a definitive personality.

Three rules about the roleplay itself:

1) I am the game master and originator of this universe,
and if you have a problem or a question about the lore feel free to PM me.

2) Please use proper English grammar in OOC. If your character has an accent or something that's fine,
but otherwise we're doing this Merriam Webster style.

3) This roleplay is going to be fairly loose but I promise it won't be total anarchy.
Unless that's the current scenario, then there will be molotovs for everyone.

And on a last note, feel free to make up some of your own lore for your character's back stories.

I've got plenty of ideas but I'm open to suggestion and want you to feel like you have ownership of your PC's.

Name: Gane Kall
Age: 25
Species: Turian

Health: 280
Shields: 150

Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180 lbs

Extent of Cybernetic and Genetic Enhancement: N/A

Education Level: Doctorate Degree in Medicine

Extent of Biotic Powers: N/A

Specialization: Soldier (Medic)

Personal History: Gane Kall was born and raised on Palaven. Both of his parents were teachers,
although his father served in the military beforehand.
Gane completed four years of service from ages 15-19, then reentered schooling to become a doctor.
He soon re-enlisted, as his practice on Palaven was unsuccesful, and he felt his skills would be useful to the military.
He was assigned to a special operations group.

Decryption: 5
Neural Acceleration: 7
Stealth: 7
Endurance: 7
Strength: 7
Mechanical: 2
Biotics: N/A
Medical: 10

Powers:
Medigel: 10 uses - Restore party member or self to 75% health instantly.
Can be used on self or party member.
Shredder Ammo: Does extra damage to organics and organic/synthetic hybrids.

Weapons: Assault Rifle and Shotgun

Name: Gerdon
Age: 20
Species: Salarian

Health: 250 +5 Regen
Shields: 100

Height: 6'4
Weight: 60KG

Extent of Cybernetic and Genetic Enhancement: Major to Neural and muscle response.

Education Level: Military training at special task forces.

Extent of Biotic Powers: N\A

Specialization: Infiltrator

Personal History: Gerdon was born to a rich family. He grew up in luxury, but was mostly distant from his parents. he was a quiet child, with not too many friends, mostly sticking to himself. When he came of age, he paid for his Enhancement with the wealth from his parents. and immediately join the Special task forces. Some said it was because of his family's influence. but he earned it. There was no one else who could match him in Sniping. even without his enhancements, he could take out a target before they even knew they were in danger.

Decryption 5
Neural Acceleration 10
Stealth 10
Endurance 10
Strength 5
Mechanical 0
Biotics N/A
Medical 5

Powers:
Active Camouflage: Gerdon becomes almost completely undetectable for a set amount of time.
Disruptor Ammo: Does extra damage to shields, synthetics, and organic/synthetic hybrids.

Weapons: Sniper Rifle and Submachinegun

Name: Kara Santoris
Age: 124
Species: Asari

Health: 250
Barrier: 140

Height: 168cm (metric system FTW)
Weight: 52kg

Extent of Cybernetic and Genetic Enhancement: Minor genetic adjustments made for biotic efficiency

Education Level: Being brought up in one of the seedier areas of Illium, she has a decent amount of formal education, but not as much as most Asari. She learned the ways of the galaxy from travelling at a young age.

Extent of Biotic Powers: Moderate (as in, she could tear the atoms in your body apart with her mind, but she's not some freakishly powerful Justicar)

Specialization: Vanguard

Personal History: Born and raised on Illium with a Salarian father, Kara was never destined to be a great diplomat or general. When she was 26 years old, her father died of old age. The conservative and calm nature of her mother clashing with her forward thinking and sharp beliefs she had inherited from her Salarian gene map, so she left the City-planet and began exploring the galaxy. She found herself on Eden Prime after being hired by a Volus to help protect merchandise he was delivering to the colony. Soon after they landed, Saren attacked, and Kara has been seperated from the Volus and other guards.

Decryption: 4
Neural Acceleration: 8
Stealth: 7
Endurance: 4
Strength: 3
Mechanical: 5
Biotics: 10
Medical: 4

Biotic Shockwave: Does damage in a straight line from the caster, with immense bonuses against unprotected targets.
Biotic Pull: Capable of pulling an enemy into the air for a bit of target practice.

Weapons: Shotgun and Submachinegun or Heavy Pistol

Name: Sairus
Age: 23
Species: Human

Health: 220
Barrier: 180

Height: 5'7
Weight: 132 pounds

Extent of Cybernetic and Genetic Enhancement: Special lens able to analyze data in an instance

Education Level: 1-100:89

Extent of Biotic Powers: High, Able to lift any object with ease, can create a healing aura. (This seems a bit OP to me, but we'll keep it.)

Specialization: Sentinel (Support)

Personal History: Sairus was born on Omega. Being a dangerous crime filled town, Sairus was taught many skills with sniper rifles.
When a raider pack killed his dad, Sairus was left to fend on his own. Not much else is known.


Decryption 8
Neural Acceleration 10
Stealth 5
Endurance 6
Strength 6
Mechanical 10
Biotics 5
Medical 2

Powers:
Healing Aura: Capable of restoring a party member to 75% health at the cost of 5% of the caster's.
Hack Synthetic or Dominate Mind: Converts one enemy to your side for the entire engagement.

Weapons: Sniper Rifle and Heavy Pistol

I have'nt played ME 1, is my view of the landscape correct?

Well enough, imagine Horizon with larger trees and a more developed infrastructure.

And extremely large conical skyscrapers spaced evenly on the ground.

I'll try to see if I can draw a map for you guys.

Name: Gatatog Korzin
Age: 584
Species: Krogan

Health: 300 +7 regen
Omni-Armor: 130

Height: 7'6" / 2.28m
Weight: 720 lbs. / 327.27kg

Extent of Cybernetic and Genetic Enhancement: He has several neural implants in addition to his biotic amp. These additional implants, as well as his modified armor, boost agility and reaction time.

Education Level: Almost non-existent outside of combat training.

Extent of Biotic Powers: Like any krogan battlemaster, he has considerable skill with combat-based biotic powers, such as Warp. However, he generally prefers to use his guns and his fists in combat.

Specialization: Battlemaster

Personal History: Being one of the few krogan biotics remaining, he was almost forced into battlemaster training. After successfully becoming a battlemaster and swearing allegiance to Gatatog Uvenk, he was sent across the galaxy searching for a salarian assassin who tried, but failed, to kill Uvenk. His search has continued for the last five years, at which point he was led to Eden Prime.

Decryption: 0
Neural Acceleration: 10
Stealth: 0
Endurance: 10
Strength: 10
Mechanical: 5
Biotics: 10
Medical: 0

Powers:
Biotic Warp: Using the power of subspatial anomalies, this power bends space time to randomly alter the shape of enemy defenses.
Biotic Blast: 3 uses - Raises a 30 point barrier and does 30 points of damage in a close combat radius.
Blood Rage: Increases health regeneration and increases damage at the cost of accuracy and cognitive ability.

Weapons: Shotguns and Heavy Weapons

Are we ever going to fight each other? Because if Mass Effect on Insanity has taught me anything, it's that you don't pick a fight with a Krogan Battlemaster.