Line #44 Characters/DarwinsSoldiers


1	A character page for the RP series known as Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers.
2	A list of character sheets as they were written by the authors during character creation can be found [[http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=7896.msg268778#msg268778 here]].
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4	!!The good guys
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6	[[foldercontrol]]
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8	[[folder:Recurring Characters]]
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10	'''Dr. James Zanasiu'''
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12	Former Pelvanida scientist from the biologics department and unofficial leader of the good guys. An all-around qualified individual. Author Serris' main character.
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14	* BadassBookworm - A scientist who ''really'' knows his way around a shotgun.
15	%%* TheHero
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17	'''[[TheShelton Dr. Rudyard Shelton]]'''
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19	Former control room admin and original NonActionSnarker of the group. Usually does the tech and communications stuff, and is [[DoesntLikeGuns not good with guns]]. Author [=LettuceBacon&Tomato=]'s main character.
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21	* TheSmartGuy
22	* ActionSurvivor - More than the other characters because he can't adequately defend himself, and when a villain wants something shut down/turned on, the control room is the first place they go.
23	* ButtMonkey - [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9183965 Shelton]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9055770 gets]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9041955 beat]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5381&view=findpost&p=9131116 up]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6970&view=findpost&p=9148958 a]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9179211 lot]].
24	* ButNotTooForeign - Shelton has mentioned that he's not American, but other than a few odd colloquialisms and the use of "[[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9033857 zed]]" instead of "z", he's pretty much the same as the rest of the team.
25	** His ambiguous nationality is a RunningGag. To expand: he's used phrases or sayings from several different dialects, like Canadian, Australian, or British, but he's mentioned his mother didn't speak English, and his father was in the American Navy, but he went to school in Switzerland, bought his first calculator in Germany, yet when he lost his job he was deported to Austria, and in the end retired to Scotland...about the only thing we can say for sure is that he's European.
26	* DeadPanSnarker - Oh so much.
27	* [[DoAnythingSoldier Do Anything Scientist]] - He often complains that despite being in a team of scientists, he's the only one who ever does anything except shoot people. This is because the team is almost always outnumbered, and everyone else is busy holding off the enemy so he even has time to solve the current problem.
28	* GrowingTheBeard - Literally, in the third RP.
29	* MissionControl
30	* MrFixit
31	* TheMole - At the end of the second RP, he and Dr. Kerzach go undercover to infiltrate Dragonstorm.
32	* KilledOffForReal - [=LettuceBacon&Tomato=] had Shelton die of a brain hemorrhage between the end of ''Disruptive Selection'' and the epilogue.
33	** KickTheDog: On the day his daughter finally locates him and pays a visit.
34	* PosthumousCharacter - Plays a large role in ''[[http://darwinssoldiers.wikia.com/wiki/Chasing_Seconds Chasing Seconds]]'' despite having died before the series began.
35	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway - He is not pleased that of all the possible superpowers he could have gained from Nixx's syringe, he got the ability to talk to plants.
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37	'''Werner Donitz'''
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39	The youngest scientist at Pelvanida, Werner was one of the first people to join James's team. Author f-22 "raptor" ace's main character.
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41	* RebelLeader - Werner gets left behind on Gaman, and by the time the others return, he's become one of these.
42	* TeenGenius - Only 18, and already working for a top-secret military research base. He's explicitly mentioned to be the youngest scientist at the base.
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44	'''Dr. Josephine Smithson'''
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46	Another scientist at Pelvanida. Author Mirumoto_Kenjiro's main character. Usually goes by "Dr. Joe."
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48	* TheMedic
49	* TokenMinority - Like ''Series/{{Star Trek\|The Original Series}}'''s Uhura, hits two; female and black.
50	* TheMcCoy - In a brief [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4851&view=findpost&p=9129211 scene]] in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'', [[TheKirk James]], [[TheSpock Shelton]], and Dr. Joe fall into the classical archetypes during an argument about helping an old friend out. Dr. Joe wins.
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52	'''Neku'''
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54	An experiment created at Pelvanida, Neku is a young anthro-reptile and the first experiment to join James' team. He has a variety of powers and a crush on Snow, another surviving experiment. Author [=StarfallRaptor=]'s main character.
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56	* HealingFactor - he can heal from rather serious injuries given enough time.
57	* MindOverMatter - he is also telekinetic.
58	* ShockAndAwe - he possesses the ability to generate electricity to use as a weapon.
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61	'''Hans Donitz'''
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63	A terrorist who [[HeelFaceTurn switched sides]] to help the scientists and Werner's long lost father. f-22's character.
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65	'''Alfred Byford'''
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67	A construction worker who was hired as part of a crew to clean up and repair Pelvanida after the terrorist assault. Serris's character.
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69	* AscendedExtra - he was originally referred only as the "Bison construction worker".
70	* BewareTheNiceOnes - He is generally easy going but angering him will result in serious injury/death.
71	* TheBigGuy - He towers over the main cast at a staggering 7 feet tall.
72	* FarmBoy - It is mentioned in the second RP that he grew up on a farm. At the start of the second RP, he is working in construction and he gets dragged into the whole story by Aisha.
73	* SuperStrength - Alfred possesses enough strength to fold a steel baton on itself, tear a gate right off its hinges or drag a large van out of a ditch with his bare hands. Or scrap heavy combat robots with his bare hands.
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75	'''Cpl. Thomas Stern'''
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77	Freelance corporal, later revealed to be an old acquaintance of Aimee. Only appears in the second and third [=RPs=]. Author Noname's main character.
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79	* MeaningfulName - Stern is, well, stern.
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81	[[/folder]]
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83	[[folder:Single RP Characters]]
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85	'''Aimee'''
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87	A female Vixen who has robotic arms. Author [=MrDrake=]'s main character.
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89	* AnArmAndALeg - Well, both of her arms were amputated in the past and replaced with her now, robotic arms
90	* BerserkButton - She absolutely hates it when someone calls her a cripple
91	* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting - Well, she does need a use for her robotic arms, which can do damage
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93	'''Shakila Brennan'''
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95	A female black cat who is more of a techie than anything else. [=MrDrake=]'s character.
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97	* DoesntLikeGuns - Simply for the fact she has not fired one before
98	* [[NonActionGuy Non Action Girl]] - She prefers to be behind a computer more than anything
99	* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]] - she is very talented with computers.
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101	'''Hailey'''
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103	Aimee's best friend since childhood, she too is a Vixen, like Aimee. [=MrDrake=]'s character.
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105	* HeelFaceTurn - After a lengthy talk by Aimee, she switches sides and becomes one of the good guys
106	* KilledOffForReal - The second time.
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108	'''Jayden'''
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110	One of their friends whom has connections to the FBI. [=MrDrake=]'s character.
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112	* AnArmAndALeg - Subject 19 had cut off his hand once, but since then, it has been healed up.
113	* CowboyCop - He tends to not tell his superiors what is going around, trying to keep everything under control.
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115	'''Kiara'''
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117	Jayden's FBI partner, a Coyote. [=MrDrake=]'s character.
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119	* ObstructiveBureaucrat - Kiara fits this, as she does want to tell her superior on what has been happening, but as of late, it has been failing.
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121	'''Siberys'''
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123	Anthro Dragon Experiment from the first RP, Siberys played an important role in the first RP, but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared]] after that. Author lbt/cty_lover's main character.
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125	* MindOverMatter - another telekinetic experiment.
126	* SpellMyNameWithAnS - his name has been rendered as either "Siberys" or "Syberis".
127	* IJustWantToBeNormal - He agrees to be the test subject for a bioweapon that permanently disables the [[PsychicPowers powers]] of psi-experiments because he doesn't want his powers any more.
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129	'''Sgt. Frederick Clyco'''
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131	A Canadian soldier who brought an [[{{BFG}} experimental weapon]] to Pelvanida in the second RP. Cautizer's character.
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133	* ActionSurvivor - He just happened to visit Pelvanida on a bad day.
134	* ButNotTooForeign - Like Shelton, his foreignness is practically an InformedAbility
135	* EscortMission - What he was on.
136	* SoleSurvivor - the other Canadians who escorted the weapon were all killed rather quickly.
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138	'''Aydin Marcos'''
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140	A Vulpine , later revealed to be an old acquaintance of Aimee. Only third [=RPs=]. Author Noname's secondary character.
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142	* BerserkButton - If he perceives Aimee to be in danger, he will turn on his own allies.
143	* FantasticRacism - He ''hates'' snakes.
144	* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch - Aydin ''strongly'' disapproves of how the Vulpine act.
145	* SatelliteLoveInterest - His only defining personality trait is the fact that he loves Aimee.
146	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - He seems to be a Vulpine clone of Corporal Stern.
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148	'''ROSS'''
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150	An artificial intelligence modeled after Rudyard Shelton, created by Drake to showcase his virtual-reality machine when Shelton reviewed it as a Dragonstorm representative.
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152	* TheAce - In the short story "Byte Me", ROSS joins a team of vigilante AI and quickly proves to be better at every other teammate at their chosen roles on the team. This proves to save his life when they [[FalseFlagOperation reveal their true nature.]]
153	* AIIsACrapshoot - When Drake ordered ROSS to fight Neku, ROSS waited until nobody was looking and teamed up with Neku in order to escape the virtual reality machine. A rare positive example, since ROSS' creator was a villain.
154	* AndroidsArePeopleToo - Averted at first. Shelton can't stop mentally considering ROSS a subsection of himself, which causes ROSS to receive all of Shelton's inner thoughts as if they're thought-speak messages.
155	* BenevolentAI - Once he's escaped to the internet, ROSS seems more interested in just living and letting live. At least, as soon as he kills Soundwave, his former overseer. In the short story "Bite Me", ROSS actively joins a group of AI freedom fighters and sabotages companies that are hurting the public good.
156	* TheConstant - ROSS expects to live as long as the internet does. In "Chasing Seconds", when Junior and Florence are discussing the possibility of being trapped thousands of years in the future:
157	--> '''ROSS''': See you two in a couple millennia, possibly. Honestly, I’ll be there. Unlike these organics, I’m immortal.
158	* DeadpanSnarker - Just like his namesake.
159	* ExpectingSomeoneTaller - Having spent almost his whole life reading up on Shelton's academic accomplishments and previous daring exploits, ROSS winds up underwhelmed when he finally gets the chance to talk to Shelton in person.
160	* FunWithAcronyms - His name stands for '''R'''udyard '''O'''scar '''S'''helton '''S'''oftware.
161	* HypocriticalHumor - At one point, ROSS criticizes Shelton for stereotyping someone based on nationality. Seconds later, ROSS reveals he discovered info on Shelton's past by checking his [=MediaMarkt=] purchases because "Germans are staunch recordkeepers".
162	* NotQuiteDead - Despite dying in the third RP, ROSS returned in ''Chasing Seconds'' with the explanation that he'd created a backup of himself before fighting Soundwave.
163	* RobotNames - See FunWithAcronyms.
164	* StalkerWithoutACrush - ROSS spends his first thirty minutes of freedom scouring the internet for any info he can find on his namesake, Rudyard Shelton, hoping to locate the man and discover why ROSS was created.
165	* TakingYouWithMe - ROSS ultimately defeats Soundwave by absorbing Soundwave into his code and deleting himself.
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167	[[/folder]]
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169	!The bad guys
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171	[[folder:Recurring Characters]]
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173	'''Dr. Greydon/Johnson Zenarchis'''
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175	The creator of Dragonstorm and TheManBehindTheMan, Zenarchis is a mysterious figure who has escaped death at least once.
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177	* BadassBookworm
178	* BigBad
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181	'''Dr. Ian Branston'''
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183	The Thoroughbred Horse who deals with the day-to-day activities of Running Dragonstorm. He replaced Dr. Shelton as Pelvanida control room admin.
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185	'''Keegan O'Neill'''
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187	A Shire Draft Horse, he's the [[most recurring subordinate TheDragon]] to Dr. Zenarchis.
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189	'''Howard Hicks'''
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191	A Dragonstorm human, commonly seen with Montgomery. Killed in the second RP by Aisha.
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193	'''Lester Montgomery'''
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195	A Beagle, member of Dragonstorm who was elevated to BigBad in Serris' story ''Fool's Gold.''
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197	'''Pietr Kozlov'''
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199	A brown bear, former [[TheDragon dragon]] until his death in the first RP. Creator of the [[AwesomeButImpractical flare shotgun]].
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201	* TheBrute: He towers over almost all the cast and possesses extreme strength. And is just as happy to use his fists or a gun in a fight.
202	* GeniusBruiser: He's a towering bear who also developed the [[AwesomeButImpractical flare shotgun]].
203	* RussianBear: He's a hulking anthropomorphic Siberian brown bear.
204	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name kept switching between Koslov and Kozlov, until Serris explicitly decided it was Kozlov.
205	[[/folder]]
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207	[[folder:Single RP Characters]]
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209	'''Trinity'''
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211	Evil, cold-hearted, practically, one evil, uncaring bitch. [=MrDrake=]'s character.
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213	* BadassNormal - She is unaugmented but is more than capable of standing her ground against the augmented heroes.
214	* [[spoiler:EmpoweredBadassNormal - She later doses herself with with an experimental SuperSerum giving her superhuman strength, speed and agility]].
215	* IceQueen - Well, she doesn't care for anyone....well...save for Subject 19
216	* {{Jerkass}} - Possibly to the lesser extent of the above.
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218	'''Subject 19'''
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220	Dragonstorm experiment with a [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry short fuse]]. [=MrDrake=]'s character.
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222	'''Kain'''
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224	Responsible for Subjects 16 through to 19 and on how they had come to what they are like.
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226	[[/folder]]
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