Battleworld 2.0 (Signup Thread)

Alright, sure. I might not get around to doing my intro post for them tonight because that signup took a lot out of me.

Pure, unadulterated 2003.

• Main Character
  • Name: Bond. James Bond.
  • Age: Suffice to say that is a complicated subject, but mid-to-late thirties is the general range of appearance.
  • Appearance: We're going with this one, folks.◊
  • Personality: If only you could call him a sociopath and be done with it, but alas, Bond is more complicated than that. Outwardly, Bond is charming, suave, and confident. He's never without a retort or a quip, and takes even the most outrageous or life-threatening situations with a raised eyebrow and an application of dry wit. Hell, you could even go as far as calling him a jackass with the extent of nonchalance. He's also a massive hedonist, flirting with every woman who's remotely interested, drinking everything with an alcohol content, and enjoying food that costs more than a week's grocery shopping. Inwardly, however, Bond is cold. Ruthless. He is a spy, an assassin. His list of allies is short, his list of friends is shorter. He categorizes people into what they are to him. You won't find him making friends easy, especially given their tendency to die on him. But beneath even all this, Bond is... good. He has a sense of right and wrong, and although he takes his orders from Queen and country, he's gone against them in the past to fulfill his sense of justice, vengeance and a wish to see things through. What friends he has, he cherishes fiercely. Overall, his moral compass is askew, but generally pointing in the right direction.
    • While I'm making edits, I feel the need to point out that Bond is much softer around the teenagers around him than he usually is. It's a direct result of them reminding him of his own teenage years, and the adventures he had during that time. They remind him of a younger, more innocent him, now dead and buried beneath decades of dirty deeds.
  • Powers: No special powers to speak of, but he is a professional killer and spy, proficient in multiple martial arts, weaponry, languagescovert operations, demolitions, escape artistry... Two things to note are his insane tolerance to alcohol, managing to be completely sober on amounts of alcohol that make the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster look weak, and his seduction skills, which are legendary in and of themselves.
    • Cure Provided: Thanks to a wish to the Cure, Bond can now change his face and skin colour. He can't turn female, he can't alter much of his physical build, but it helps him disguise himself and gives me a reason to use the other Bonds.
  • Equipment: Standard issue Walther PPK/S 9mm pistol with integrated palm reader. Can only be fired by Bond. Also usually on his person is one of a variety of watches, which can contain gadgetry ranging from simple garrote wires and explosive kits, to outlandish inclusions such as miniature buzzsaws, cutting lasers, and a powerful electromagnet. His personal room will also contain a variety of gadgetry and equipment, mostly old prototypes and captured enemy weapons. This equipment will range from weaponized clothing and concealable weapons, to tricked-out sportscars and highly advanced technologies such as handheld energy weapons and virtual-reality training simulators.
    • Cure Provided: The Cure has given Bond a wedding ring, with which he summons portals into a storage dimension. He can't fit anything bigger than a M72 LAW rocket launcher in length, but that still gives him a larger carrying capacity for gadgets than normal. Note that this Bond's own wedding ring, from his wedding to Tracey Bond.
  • Backstory: Bond was born to a Scottish father and a Swiss mother. Both died in a mountain climbing accident when he was young. After an eventful childhood, he joined the Royal Navy, rose through the ranks of Naval Intelligence, and was eventually taken on by MI 6, with whom he has had many successful missions.
    • While I'm editing, let me expand this. Bond was born on November 11th, 19XX to Andrew Bond of Glencoe, and Monique Bond née Delacroix of the Canton De Vaud. His parents were killed in a "climbing accident" in the Swiss Alps when Bond was eleven years old. It has been implied that this accident was organized by the intelligence services of the Soviet Union, as Andrew Bond was using his job as an arms dealer to act as go-between for his brother Max, an agent of MI 6. Bond went to live with his aunt, Charmian Bond, in the small English village of Pett Bottom, for nearly a year, until he was enrolled in the prestigious boarding school, Eton College.
    • This is where things started to go wrong for Bond. Over the course of his year at Eton, Bond found himself involved in several different villainous plots, playing a hand in halting all of them. He stopped an American arms dealer from developing a super-soldier serum, stopped a Sardinian crime syndicate from starting a world war and resurrecting the Roman Empire, stopped the Soviets from getting their hands on the world's most powerful supercomputer, recovered classified documents for the US Navy and helped stop a bomb threat against the reigning monarch.
    • It was the last occurrence where Bond first came into contact with MI 6, who asked him to help them arrest the bomber's partner, a girl named Roan. Unfortunately, Bond had fallen for her, and by the time MI 6 caught up to them, they were in the Swiss Alps and Roan was dead. Bond would continue to associate with MI 6 during his teenage years, ultimately joining the intelligence branch of the Royal Navy after receiving a degree in Oriental Languages at the University of Geneva.
    • After four years in the Navy, Bond joined MI 6. By his eighth year in the service, Bond had been selected for the Double-Oh program, his first mission to beat the terrorist financier known as Le Chiffre in a high-stakes card game.
    • As a Double-Oh, Bond has completed well over twenty-four missions, spanning from Japan to Las Vegas, from the sea floor to outer space. He's been married twice (once for real, once as sham), widowed once, loved countless women (we know it's over sixty), been shot many times, tortured for a year in North Korea, tortured for a few minutes in rural France, tortured emotionally for decades, has saved the world at least half a dozen times, and saved large portions of the world around a dozen more. Sometimes he does small-scale things, like stop drug dealers, but usually in his spare time.

• Other Teammates
  • Name: Q
  • Age: He looks like a teenager, but his actor is 31.
  • Appearance: The face of British Invention has changed. No longer is it middle-aged eccentric boffins working in their garden sheds, now it’s people who really look like they should be in school.
  • Personality: This guy has a bit of an ego to him. He's smart, and he knows it. The future of espionage is down to the computer geeks, and he lords it over Bond a bit. He does acknowledge the need for men like Bond, but feels him secondary to his own efforts. He's also quite short-sighted, and easily gets wrapped up in projects and the present.
  • Powers: Apart from a genius-level intellect and a myriad of technical skills? Not much.
  • Equipment: He builds it, he doesn't use it.
  • Backstory: Somehow more secret than the spy's.

I'd like to note that there'll also be a team of R&D specialists from Q Branch who will be acting under Q's orders. They'll be building new gadgetry in time.

edited 9th Nov '17 3:30:36 PM by GeekCodeRed

Usually I say that chunkless groups don't really get generic mooks, but as they're just R&D guys and you only have 2 supporting cast, I'll allow that with no problem. Mr Bond is accepted. Now, you'll have to wait till next game day to join up, I'm afraid. Should hopefully not be too long of a wait. Hop on in to the discussion thread in the meantime if you want.

edited 16th Oct '15 6:16:26 AM by Meanken

All right so here comes soon-to-be-introduced solo character:

• Name: Spiritia Rosernberg
• Age: Around her late teen/early twenties
• Appearance: No matter where we go, we'll always find a place we can fit in
• Personality: Spiritia is a straightforward and honest young woman with a strong sense of justice and moral convictions that are second to none. She is known to be a bit of a klutz and for being naive at times due to her idealistic views.
• Powers: Spiritia has an innate power of being able to use the power of other Magi she defeats, though in the context of the RP it would only apply to Iris and the Black Cross. Outside of her basic weapon, Spiritia's hair, eye and necktie vary depending on what weapon she is using and she cannot use two different abilities at once.
  • Soul Rifle - Spiritia's basic attack is to gather energy and fire a simple energy shot, she can charge it in order to fire a significantly bigger and strong shot. This attack does not drain her of energy and so she can use it indefinitely
  • Sting of Joy - Spiritia's rapidfires icicles at her opponent that are just as strong as her basic weapon, but have a much faster fire rate.
  • Explosion of Anger - Spiritia produces a red bomb that soon detonates in a cross-shaped explosion. She cannot detonate them at will, but their explosion won't hurt her if she gets caught in it. She can charge it in order to produce a great amount of bombs at once that then explode in unison.
  • Harness of Sorrow - Spiritia creates three small whirlpools that go upwards, making it an anti-air attack. She can charge it and instead make a huge water pillar surround her, blocking attacks and also hurting those too close to her or above.
  • Breath of Desire - Spiritia fires small blades of wind that are otherwise identical in function to her basic shots, only stronger and actually drain her energy. They can be similarly charged, with the charged version being much bigger than that of the Soul Rifle.
  • Sword of Spite - A desperation attack, Spiritia fires a short ranged shockwave in front of her that gets stronger the closer to losing she is. She can charge it in order to fire a purple beam, but it doesn't get stronger as she gets hurt like the normal attack.
  • Tempest of Love - Spirita produces a fierce storm that can damage all those caught in it, including allies. It cannot be charged and can only be used about 4 times before she runs out of energy for it, so it's mainly used for dealing with a large number of enemies when she's by herself.
  • Mind Barrier - Spiritia generates a barrier made of maces that rotates around her and protects her from attacks, if she charges it, she can make the barrier expand and damage enemies in its path. The barrier itself can be very easily destroyed by a powerful focused attack.
  • Silverwing One - Spiritia creates a red platform that slowly moves up that she and others can use to reach higher area. She can have a maximum of three of them at once and each platform disappears after a set period of time or if they crash into a ceiling. While the platforms are out, Spiritia can still use her Soul Rifle
  • Silverwing Two - Spiritia produces a winged platform that she can use for locomotion as it's much faster than running. The more she stays on it the more her energy is drained though, so she only uses it when it's truly needed.
• Equipment: Spiritia carries with her 2 Cross Tanks, which are filled which a special soup that allow her to fully revitalize her body, and 3 Mana Tanks which instead refill her mana so she can go back to using her special weapons. Due to them being in few numbers, Spiritia will save them for the most dire of situations.
• Backstory: A member of the RKS, a military organization comprised of Magi, Spiritia once had to go against her own friends as they began terrorizing humans that they believed had turned on them. She defeats all of her former comrades and even the leader of the organization only to find out that the leader's daughter, Iris, had manipulated everyone into warring for her pleasure. After her former leader gets killed in cold blood by his own daughter, Spiritia set off to stop Iris and successfully did so, returning to her friends and becoming the new leader of the RKS. It wouldn't be too long until she met with Schirach, however, and she fell into a trap that led to her being captured by the former RKS member.

Not included: The time stopping power that would be insta-banned.

edited 16th Oct '15 12:25:12 PM by FullMoon

• Main Character
  • Name: Shantae
  • Age: 16
  • Appearance: That girl with the purple hair◊
  • Personality: Bubbly, energetic and an all around good girl that would help out anyone that needed it. She can be a bit dense at times but she carries with her a strong sense of justice and can problem solve like no one's business. She does have a bit of a mean streak when provoked however and does have a temper.
  • Powers: Being half-genie, Shantae can use her powers to transform into different animals and creatures. She can transform after belly-dancing, and she can transform at will at any time. Her hair can also be used as a whip to attack and help her fly in short distances.
  • Equipment: None
  • Backstory: Shantae was born in Scuttle Town by a genie mother and a merchant father. She has very little info to go on for both her mother and father, but she uses the powers passed onto her to protect her hometown of Scuttle Town. She becomes the Guardian Genie in short order and protects it from multiple threats against it, most common of which is a crew of pirates led by the nefarious Risky Boots.

• Supporting Cast
  • Name: Sky
  • Age: 17
  • Appearance: The girl with the blue hoodie
  • Personality: Sky serves as Shantae's lifelong friend, and nearly as a big sister figure to the half-genie. She's a level-headed girl who prefers not to go on many adventures and choses to live a simple life training war birds in Scuttle Town. Like Shantae she also has a bit of a temper and can explode when provoked.
  • Powers: None
  • Equipment: She has a pet bird named Wrench who is trained to help her deliver messages, warn for enemy attacks and generally help out Sky and Shantae.
  • Backstory: Sky is an immigrant from Oasis Town, with a father that often travels across Sequin Land to find ancient relics. She helps Shantae in her journey to defeat Risky Boots when the pirate made her way over to Oasis Town. After she helped her defeat Risky, she visits Shantae in Scuttle Town, eventually moving there permanently to set up her war bird training business.

  • Name: Bolo
  • Age: 16-17
  • Appearance: This schmuck with the yellow bandana
  • Personality: Bolo is often seen as a dim-witted fellow whose denseness often manifests itself with his lack of reasoning and less than stellar handywork. He also thinks of himself as a ladies man, often flirting with women, and getting shot down every time. Despite this, he is often the first person (if Shantae isn't around) to answer a cry for help and be a hero whenever he can.
  • Powers: None
  • Equipment: He comes equipped with a pike ball that he uses as a weapon sometimes.
  • Backstory: Bolo comes from Water Town and helped Shantae out when Risky Boots made her way to the village. While he was enamored with the pirate when she was there, he has since grown away from his crush. He visits Shantae often in Scuttle Town since then, taking various odd jobs around Sequin Land and eventually becoming Uncle Mimic's apprentice.

  • Name: Mimic
  • Age: Mid-60s
  • Appearance: This gentleman with the long ass beard.
  • Personality: Mimic is the closest thing to family that Shantae has. He always looks out for the half-genie and she depends on him often for emotional supportand advice. He's also inquisitive and looking to find answers to the world's biggest mysteries. He is a bit clumsy.
  • Powers: None
  • Equipment: He has an entire workshop where he conducts experiments and keeps the relics he finds in his travels.
  • Backstory: Mimic is a well-known relic hunter in Scuttle Town, and is responsible for many discoveries seen in Sequin Land. He doesn't travel often these days as he mostly reserved to look after Shantae and conduct experiments at his workshop. Not much else is known about him other than these facts.

  • Name: Ammo Baron
  • Age: Early to mid 30s
  • Appearance: This orange cyclops here.
  • Personality: Intensely militaristic, Ammo Baron wants nothing more than the complete conquering of everything that comes in his path. A firm believer of "might is right", he often settles his disputes with his tanks, and Ammonian Army. Despite all of this, he is not evil, and in rare times actually helps out in defeating evil that comes to Sequin Land. He also sometimes vouch for diplomacy rather than all-out war
  • Powers: None
  • Equipment: He has a fast moving tank capable of shooting two different ammunitions, one slow moving, yet bouncing black cannonballs and fast shooting, yet deflective red cannonballs. The tank is not indestructible.
  • Backstory: One of the Barons of Sequin Land, Ammo Baron lived in a tent in the Baron Desert. His main goal in life is to lead a complete military conquest of Sequin Land and builds an Army to achieve that goal. He seeks out Scuttle Town as a hub for his conquest and repeatedly appealed to Mayor Scuttlebutt to take over Scuttle Town for the Ammonian Army, yet is shut down by Shantae every time... except for this time, where he was finally successful in getting the deed to Scuttle Town. He now is the sole owner of Scuttle Town, but before he and his Army can do anything with his newfound land, it's dragged to this wonderful world of crossovers.

  • Name: Rottytops
  • Age: Undead (appears as a late teenager)
  • Appearance: The greenest girl of 'em all.
  • Personality: Rottytops is a free spirit: always looking for the next place where she can have the most fun. She is flirtatious, mischievous and acts like an all-around Troll, loving to ruffle people's feathers. She is also extremely untrustworthy, and is considered bad news by everyone, including her fellow Zombies. Deep down however, she wants nothing less than a friend to depend on, which she finds in the half-genie Shantae (maybe even seeking something more).
  • Powers: None (though she can run pretty fast)
  • Equipment: None
  • Backstory: Nothing is known about Rottytops' past, who she was before death or how she was brought back from the dead. However, what is known is that she meets the half-genie often in her travels across Sequin Land and she helped out Shantae eventually defeat Risky. She stays in Scuttle Town, having Shantae as a roommate while her brothers investigate who they were before their death.

  • Name: Risky Boots
  • Age: Late 30s
  • Appearance: This woman right here.
  • Personality: She self-proclaims herself to be the "queen of the seven seas". Like Ammo Baron, Risky Boots wants nothing more than to conquer the seven seas with her Tinkerbats. A notorious cutthroat, she does what she can to set her dominance of the seas by any means necessary and loves only wealth, power and shiny things. She will run down anyone that gets in her way and she is extremely untrustworthy, as she is known to backstab those she works with. She does legitimately care about her Tinkerbats however, and while her relationship with Shantae remains adversarial as always, their relationship has eased up over the years.
  • Powers: None.
  • Equipment: She comes equipped with a scimitar, a flintlock pistol and a pirate hat that can double as a parachute when she falls from great heights. She has a pirate ship that can transform into a giant machine that can be able to shoot fire, lay down bombs and can run with great speed.
  • Backstory: While nothing is known about her upbringing, she was in a pirate crew before with a entity known only as The Pirate Master. She was his subordinate in his quest to rule the seas, but one day she staged a mutiny and took contol of his crew, killing him in the process (she actually wears his skull as a trophy). Since then, she has traveled all across Sequin Land, pillaging towns and ships for their riches. Scuttle Town is her most frequent target and Shantae is her arch-enemy. She comes again to pillage Scuttle Town befpre being dragged into this world along with everyone else.

• Chunk
  • Name of the World: Scuttle Town
  • Description: This dusty village is one of Sequin Land's port towns. A medium sized place, it's where people across Sequin Land sell things such as pottery, weapons, potions, relics and other different items. It's not the safest place in Sequin Land and it usually sees attacks by Ammo Baron's Army and Risky's pirate crew, but with Shantae as the guardian genie, it's usually well protected. It has an Arabian architecture and has a coastline.
  • Contents/Locations
    • Shantae's Lighthouse - Where Shantae lives is a lighthouse in the outskirts of Scuttle Town.
    • Mimic's Workshop: Where Mimic lives and Bolo works is a workshop where he conducts experiments, recreate the relics he found, and builds machines.
    • Bath House - A popular spot where people can rejuvenate their health and relax after a long day's work
    • Mayor's Office - Where Mayor Scuttlebutt used to work and Ammo Baron now works at is where the main politics of Scuttle Town comes from.
    • Item Shop - Where items are sold. From weapons, to tomes, to potions and vials, etc.
    • Sky's War Bird Shop - Where Sky lives and works is the place where she nurtures and trains War Birds for use elsewhere.
  • Specialties: Nothing
  • Population: Scuttle Town is a small village, so around 5000 people resides here. This does not include any of the Ammonians and Tinkerbats brought in by both Ammo Baron and Risky (which are about 25 men each).

edited 22nd Oct '15 2:19:49 PM by mrstack345

Ok, so moon. No one move jumpes out at me as OMG OP nerf! However, you have a LOT of powers listed. I see ranged attacks, anti air, chargeable shots, a sort of "Fuck you" move for when she's getting her ass kicked, Ao E moves, barriers, summonable platforms that she can use to get into the air and move really fast, and also make it all but impossible for melee fighters to engage. I think this may be a bit much. Do tell, what are her weaknesses? Like, what can't she do?

Oh, and of course she has the stash of mana and health potions as well, forgot about that.

edited 16th Oct '15 5:29:40 PM by Meanken

Well first of all she can't fight up close so she has to keep her distance at all times. I did mention that she can't use two powers at once outside of the Silverwings and even then she can only use the Soul Rifle.

So she might have a barrier, but when she uses it she can't do anything else other than block an attack with it or then later fire it away and the barrier disappears if she tries changing to another weapon. She also heavily telegraphs what she's going to do thanks to her hair/eye/necktie color changing and, though I forgot to mention it, every time she begins to charge a weapon a magic circle appears around her, it also takes a little time for her to charge her weapons and so she's completely vulnerable during that period and she can't transfer the charge from one weapon to another so now charging the Soul Rifle then changing to the Breath of Desire and firing the charged version of it.

So she's powerful and versatile, but everything she does is very telegraphed since she's always giving it away which moves she's gonna use. Granted, her enemies won't know everything she can do from the get-go but she won't know what they can do either.

I gave her the tanks because since she's going to be mostly by herself (and I thought maybe she would be denied of using the portals since she's a late addition or maybe that could be the case though a request by Iris) it would be her "survival kit" (and considering how much of a good girl she is, she might even use one Cross Tank on someone else she feels needs it more than her).

I'm also fully intent on making her running out of mana for her other moves a real handcap so like, if she has 100 MP then one use of Tempest of Love by itself would take away 20 MP which is already 1/5th of her mana, which is also why she's carrying more one extra Mana tank.

Any new additions get auto access to the common room, as presumably they were important enough to hand select by the leader, so they're important enough to get in.

Anyway.....I am still worried about the massive number of powers we're looking at here. I'm going to take you at your word here that she'll be properly limited by her mana here, and unlike Dark, who I eventually just shrugged to and said "Eh, I don't care much, just don't go nuts", this is going to be a maintained hard rule here if you wanna bring her in as it stands now. With that understanding, she'll be let in, and I'll be keeping a close eye on her if and when she gets into combat.

Aye sir. If you feel like she's being too much just tell me that I'll tone her down.

• Main Character
  • Name: Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao
  • Age: 30
  • Appearance: Sun-Tzu On His Throne◊. A close up.◊ How he looks at the time he is taken from.◊ Wears a number of different silk robes, many of which have ornate patterns and the colour gold◊ – the latter of which is traditionally reserved for emperors (and now the Chancellor). In a similar affectation, he has grown the nails on the three last fingers of each hand to lengths of 10cm.
  • Personality: Sun-Tzu is a cunning and highly intelligent man. He almost always keeps his true feelings under wraps, only showing others what he wants them to see. Observant and dedicated wholly to the Capellan Confederation, he nevertheless knows all too well the dangers of hubris thanks to the actions of his insane mother. Unlike many former Chancellors – his mother included – he is willing to delegate power and let those who are “in the know” actually do their jobs. Sun-Tzu is both well read and well educated. He has no time for religious or spiritual beliefs.
  • Powers:
    • Strategist: Sun-Tzu Liao, true to his namesake, is well versed in the art of warfare – as well as political considerations. Although he usually delegates the actual conduct of his plans, he knows enough to get involved if necessary.
    • Survivor: Having grown up in the madness of Romano Liao’s court – not to mention enduring several attempts on his life – Sun-Tzu knows how to keep himself alive even in dire situations.
    • Silver tongue: As befitting one of his station, Sun-Tzu Liao is excellent at bringing others around to his way of thinking, even if he has to lie through his teeth to do so.
  • Equipment: Sun-Tzu is first and foremost a politician. He does not fight on the battlefield except in the most dire of circumstances. Nevertheless, he does have access to one or two pieces of equipment that would prove useful in a battle.
    • Nails: Sun-Tzu’s longer nails are carbon reinforced, making them a sharp, deadly weapon, albeit one that could only be used at close range. Nevertheless, they may make for a fine ambush weapon.

    • Emperor◊: Although as mentioned above he does not normally fight on the battlefield, and is only a middling pilot at best, if need be Sun-Tzu can take the field in his personal BattleMech, a 6.096m tall war machine (though lighter ones are smaller). Like all mechs, Sun-Tzu’s Emperor comes equipped with a 360 degree vision strip to give its pilot a view of the battlefield. It can also display thermal, radar, and MagScan (magnetic) images. Furthermore, as an Assault mech the Emperor can take a significant pounding before it is destroyed. Its armour is designed to ablate rather than break. Because of its weight and size, the Emperor can only reach a meagre 54 km/h when running. A number of jump jets allow it to soar above obstacles - or land on top of a stubborn opponent. The mech is - again, like all mechs - watertight, and contains a 15 minute supply of emergency oxygen.

An Inner Sphere design, the Emperor carries fairly standard weaponry. Designed for stand-off ranges it uses an Extended Range (ER) Particle Projector Cannon (PPC), a weapon which showers the target with protons and ions to deal kinetic and thermal damage. These are powerful weapons, though, and cannot be fired too rapidly. Furthermore, it generates significant heat which even the Emperor’s double heatsinks may struggle to disperse. It also employs a gauss rifle, a railgun that propels a nickel-ferrous slug at high velocities. Although this weapon does a lot of damage, it is slow to reload and if its capacitors are struck they will immediately release all their energy in a devastating discharge. Even the machine’s CASE ammo protection system cannot fully mitigate this, and such a blow would take it out of the fight. It also has a minimum range. A quartet of Medium Pulse Lasers provide close-in striking power. They cause damage by melting or overheating the target, and although they are more powerful than normal laser weapons they generate more heat.

Sun-Tzu’s personal mech also takes advantage of a technology known as Triple Strength Myomer (TSM). As the mech runs hotter due to firing weapons, TSM activates, allowing it to move faster (although due to being an Assault design this increase is not too marked) and deal more damage with physical attacks. However, a fine balance must be achieved between keeping TSM active and avoiding the significant costs incurred by getting too hot. It is also more expensive (and presumably harder to replace) than the regular myomer that acts as the “muscles” of a mech. An auto-eject system allows the pilot to escape if critical damage is sustained.

A last addition – perhaps bizarre for a heavy hitter like the Emperor – is a Guardian ECM Suite and Stealth Armour. The ECM Suite is used to blind enemy non-visual sensors and attempt to disrupt their communications in a small area. It can do this in a number of ways. However, it has a very limited range and units being jammed by the Guardian ECM Suite would immediately know that jamming is taking place. The suite is also required to utilise the Stealth Armour, which reduces the mech’s non-visual signature, thereby rendering it harder to hit. It only affects the Emperor. Unfortunately, when Stealth Armour is active the mech generates a significant level of heat, preventing it from using as many weapons as normal for fear of causing problems. If the Guardian ECM Suite were to be damaged or destroyed (for example, it was hit by incoming fire) the Stealth Armour would stop working. Damage to the armour also makes it less stealthy for obvious reasons. Both of these systems also make the Emperor’s sensors suffer as if it were itself being jammed by an enemy ECM suite. Lastly, the pilot can choose only to activate the ECM or the Stealth Armour – not both at the same time.

However, there are several flaws with the Emperor inherent to all mechs - the most prominent being the need for heat management. Although due to its double heatsinks it can cool itself better than designs with only single heatsinks, if the pilot is overeager with his weapons he risks cooking himself - or worse yet, setting off ammo explosions that could destroy his entire machine. Hence, a safety system automatically shuts down the mech if it overheats, leaving it helpless. This can be overridden in an emergency at great risk to the pilot, however. In hot environments or if struck with an incendiary weapon, heat management becomes much trickier, and vice-versa in cold/watery areas or if it is struck with cryogenic weapons. Jump jets cannot work underwater – and if it is attempted, it simply results in an impressive explosion. If the mech falls over, it may suffer internal damage that could even destroy it if the pilot gets particularly unlucky. Lastly, weapons or equipment can always be shot off, not to mention the fact the cockpit is more weakly armoured than other areas.

Furthermore, although the mech's armour is tough, if certain critical areas are hit - such as the fusion reactor that powers the mech - the machine is likely to suffer crippling damage. The legs, although well armoured, are another such weak spot. In short, the Emperor is a high risk, high reward piece to put into play, not least due to its priceless value and the difficulty in repairing it.

• Backstory: Sun-Tzu Liao was born in 3031 and grew up in the court of Maximilian and Romano Liao. Both were utter tyrants, their reign of terror later casting a very dark shadow over Sun-Tzu’s rule. After Romano’s assassination in 3052, Sun-Tzu found himself thrust into the role of Chancellor. Since then he has led the Capellan Confederation from glorious triumph to glorious triumph. Aside from feted incidents like Operation Guerrero, one of his most well known acts is the Xin Sheng (New Birth) movement, designed to encourage pan-Capellan nationalism and bring reforms to revitalise a nation that was so often brutalised during the wars that have wracked the Inner Sphere.

In the spring of 3060, Sun-Tzu Liao – now the leader of a freshly reborn Star League – wielded his considerable influence in an attempt to bring the St. Ives Compact (which had split from the Confederation during the 4th Succession War) back into the fold. Far from relying on brute force, he manipulated the power of the newly implemented Xin Sheng to create an ethnically Capellan populace that was sympathetic to the Confederation and manufactured border incidents to give him a casus belli to invade St. Ives. The war dragged on for several years (during which time Sun-Tzu’s term as First Lord of the Star League elapsed and he severed ties with his wife-to-be), and his insane sister Kali Liao almost cost him everything, but in the end the Capellans’ superior stratagems and military might were too much for the Compact to resist and they were duly brought back into the fold in time for the 3062 Zhong-qiu-jie, or Autumn Moon Festival.

• Supporting Cast
  • Name: Gao-shiao-zhang (Lord General) Ion Rush
  • Age: 56
  • Appearance: Such a cheerful looking fellow!◊ In uniform◊.
  • Personality: A model Capellan, Ion always put the Confederation first and any individual Chancellor second. Nevertheless, he can always be relied upon. Stoic, he rarely offers his opinion unless it is solicited.
  • Powers/Equipment:
    • Diàn-ya Laser Pistol: Although larger and more expensive than a normal laser pistol, as well as only having a range of 195m compared to the norm of over 200m, the Diàn-ya is capable of burst fire and makes an already deadly weapon even moreso despite conserving extra energy. If the trigger is held down, it can even act as an impromptu laser cutter, although it will usually deplete its entire battery charge in the process.
    • Myomer Implants: When Ion Rush was grievously wounded as a result of Kali Liao’s assassination attempt, Capellan surgeons improved his physical capabilities by giving him a full body myomer implant. This has made him much stronger (to the point where he can throw a full grown man), faster, and improved his stamina. However, this was not without its downsides: any additional surgical procedures on the enhanced sections of his body are more difficult to perform, while treatment and recovery time from any wounds to the affected area are double their normal length. Worse still, he has suffered some complications – namely, he struggles to perform fine movements.
    • Military communicator: This portable communicator gives Ion Rush the ability to communicate with his forces over a variety of secure frequencies at a range of 10km. However, it can presumably be jammed.
  • Backstory: Ion Rush came to the fore following the Fourth Succession War and the almost complete devastation of Warrior House Imarra. During that battle on Sian, Rush was able to defend the members of House Liao, earning him the incredibly rare trust of Chancellor Romano Liao. Rush became the Master of Imarra after the war. As commander, he strove to restore the Warrior House's lost prestige and reputation.

Later, Rush helped Candace Liao – a relative of Sun-Tzu - get to Sian so that she could assassinate Romano and her lover, Tsen Shang (Sun-Tzu’s father).

In 3057, Rush led all nine Warrior Houses into battle. The largely ceremonial gesture allowed the Warrior Houses to regain the prestige they had lost during the Fourth Succession War by liberating the ancestral fiefdom of Liao. Rush then led Imarra against another planet. Though he failed to reclaim the world for the Confederation, he proved that Imarra had recovered.

A year on,Sun-Tzu asked Rush to attack the Sarna Supremacy. The Capellans conquered their breadbasket world of Kaifeng and used it to manipulate the Chaos March state as they desired. Around the same time he informed the Chancellor of his previous ties to Duchess Candace Liao. During a meeting of his advisers, Sun-Tzu implied that Rush was known to leak information to Candace. This reminder of Rush's earlier treason inflamed Kali Liao. She had a bomb planted with the intent to assassinate Rush, though this failed. It was officially explained, including to Rush, as a gas leak. Following the blast, he needed physical therapy. In the end, he was augmented with myomer musculature. It could not, however, repair his damaged vocal cords, giving him a more gravelly voice. His new myomer muscles did, however, make him among the strongest men in humanity. In 3062, in addition to assisting Talon Zahn in coordinating the Capellan-St. Ives War, Rush worked with Candace to minimize the damage from the terror attacks by Kali’s Thugee Cult. It was in this year an assassin attempted to kill Sun-Tzu. Rush threw Liao behind a credenza and dispatched the exoskeleton-suited, would-be assassin; but not before being shot twice in the arm himself. His actions brought him fully into the Chancellor's trust.

• Supporting Cast
  • Name: Sang-jiang-jun (Strategic Military Director) Talon Zahn
  • Age: 36
  • Appearance: Like so, though this is an image of him much later in life.◊
  • Personality: Talon Zahn is straight-talking, never shying away from telling Sun-Tzu exactly what he needs to know despite the vast gulf in their respective statuses. Nevertheless, he always maintains a quiet respectful air around the Chancellor. Like the man he serves, Talon Zahn possesses a keen intellect, particularly for matters of military import. He is very serious, rarely if ever relaxing.
  • Powers/Equipment:
    • Diàn-ya Laser Pistol: As per Ion Rush.
    • Military communicator: As per Ion Rush.
  • Backstory: With a talent for command, Talon was enrolled in the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) Officer Candidate School. After his unit failed to take a Federated Commonwealth planet despite warning the Strategic Military Director at the time about it. Furious, the SMD tried to bury his report and charge him with insubordination – only for an intrigued Sun-Tzu to have the story investigated, clear Talon’s name, and later promote him to the role of Strategic Military Director.

• Supporting Cast
  • Name: Nancy Bao Lee
  • Age: 33
  • Appearance: Like so, though she is younger than in this image◊.
  • Personality: A beguilingly friendly woman, Nancy is nevertheless as cunning and ruthless as any Maskirovka agent. She is eager to prove herself in the eyes of Sun-Tzu, and extremely aware of what awaits her if she fails.
  • Powers/Equipment:
    • Maskirovka Training: Nancy is very knowledgeable in all matters espionage - and counter-espionage - related.
    • Apple-Churchill Personal Surveillance Kit: The Apple-Churchill personal surveillance kit includes a fully functional basic forensic kit, 6 microphone bugs, a micro-camcorder and a bug scanner. A personal surveillance kit is designed to provide all the tools an operative might need to enter a suspect’s home or office, monitor for sound, vision and electronic surveillance, and exit without leaving a trace. Compact enough to be carried in a backpack, the Apple-Churchill PSK is the preferred tool of domestic (and foreign) Maskirovka operatives. The kit’s basic units are suites of extremely difficult to detect visual and audio monitors, designed to be hidden in light fixtures or air ducts. A pre-loaded software package can be added to suspects’ personal computers, and a small base station can be hidden to accept the draw from all these sensors and transmit it either continuously or by burst. A small assortment of forensic devices is offered as well, used for collecting hair, skin and fingerprint samples. Most of these devices are undetectable to the naked eye, and designed to be quickly retrieved by the operative who placed them. To protect the Maskirovka’s anonymity, a full-body catchsuit is provided—it protects the operative from leaving his own forensic evidence behind by covering his hands, feet and mouth, as well as his head to keep in loose hairs.
    • Ceres Arms Slasher Combat Knife: Modelled on the Fairbairn-Sykes combat knife of ancient Terra, this stiletto-style weapon is made from high-quality nickel steel. It is double-edged and balanced for throwing, and the tip and cutting edge are custom-tempered to hold their sharpness. The grip is rough steel (though some users wrap thin leather around it) and is hollow with a removable cap.
    • Ceres Arms Stalker Sniper Rifle: Firing a 12mm round from a bolt-action chamber, the Stalker is rated accurate as far as 1.5 kilometers. Rumours claim it can fire even further. However, for balance reasons this will be reduced to a much more reasonable distance (i.e. the GM’s discretion). As with most Ceres Arms weapons, the Stalker breaks down easily for cleaning and service. The weapon is fed from a nine-round magazine and has a built-in telescopic scope with low light and infrared modes.

    • Military communicator: As per Ion Rush.
  • Backstory: Very little is known about Nancy Bao Lee, except that she was brought in as a potential replacement for the Director of the Maskirovka after Sasha Wanli defected from the Capellan Confederation during the St. Ives conflict. However, she currently has to report directly to Ion Rush – a choice by Sun-Tzu to foster distrust and thereby prevent plotting against him.

• Supporting Cast
  • Name: Sang-shao (Colonel) Michael Hyung-Tsei
  • Age: Unknown. I will assume 30.
  • Appearance: Of asian descent, he is extremely fit. Presumably, he wears the uniform of the Death Commandos◊.
  • Personality: Taciturn and duty driven, Michael is ever-vigilant for assassination attempts. He has a keen attention to detail. Like all Death Commandos, he is fanatical to the Capellan Confederation and his Chancellor.
  • Powers/Equipment:
    • Death Commando Training: As a Death Commando, Michael has been trained in all forms of combat, including 'mech warfare.
    • Ceres Arms Slasher Combat Knife: As per Nancy Bao Lee.
    • Gyroslug Carbine: The Gyroslug Carbine is a smaller version of the Gyroslug Rifle, which fires self-propelled explosive-tipped projectiles. The major difference between the two is the carbine's much shorter barrel, cutting down on the weapon's weight at the expense of range. Although the weapon is quiet in operation, they are very expensive to produce and maintain, limiting their use in most cases to special forces teams such as the Death Commandos. They also create a cone-shaped exhaust plume when fired which is highly visible, especially in the infrared spectrum.
    • RVN-4L Raven:◊ A light Battle Mech, the Raven is only 5.1816 metres (17 feet) tall. It is very speedy due to its small size and light weight – it has a top speed of 97.2 km/h. It lacks any jump jets whatsoever. Its armament is very meagre, including a pair of Extended Range Medium Lasers and a single SRM-6 (6 round Short Range Missile launcher). However, it was always intended to remain in the back of a fight, as its electronics are far more useful. It possesses Stealth Armour and a Guardian ECM suite akin to the Emperor. On top of this, it has Target Acquisition Gear (TAG) to guide artillery munitions (although there is none available to the Capellans). It also has a Beagle Active Probe (BAP), which is a powerful sensor used to detect enemy vehicles and mechs, even through jamming. The BAP can also be used to record a battle for “what if” scenarios later. Unfortunately, this is of no use against conventional infantry (i.e. infantry not wearing powered armour). Finally, it can wield a NARC homing missile beacon. Although this projectile does no damage on its own, if it successfully attaches to the target then friendly missiles can home on to it. However, its limited range (which puts the fragile Raven in severe danger) and the fact the NARC can be removed makes it of limited utility. The only other item of note is that it has double heatsinks.
    • Military communicator: As per Ion Rush.
  • Backstory: Much like Nancy Bao Lee, very little is known about him. However, he is a high ranking member of the Death Commandos – indeed, he heads the group of Death Commandos assigned to protect the Chancellor.

Chunk

• Name of the World: Zi-Jin Cheng (Forbidden City)
• Description: The seat of Capellan governance, the Forbidden City is on Sian, the capital world of the Capellan Confederacy. In this case, the chunk consists of part of the Forbidden City and the Celestial Palace, where Sun-Tzu Liao rules from. It is sizeable, but not large.
• Contents:
  • Celestial Palace: As mentioned above, the Celestial Palace is the building from which the Chancellor rules his territory. It contains the Celestial Throne – the very literal seat of Capellan governance – as well as a Strategic Command Centre several floors beneath the Celestial Palace to keep both senior military officials and the Chancellor abreast of developments. It also contains personal quarters for the Chancellor, as well as others. Meeting rooms are another feature of the Celestial Palace. Although it is unlikely to see much use, there is a ballroom on the third floor of the Palace.
  • Zi-Jin Cheng: The capital city of Sian, it is not surprisingly home to a number of important government functionaries. It has little in the way of fortifications, with the bulk of protection provided by garrison forces.

• Specialties: N/A.
• Population: Aside from the civilians, government officials, and Maskirovka secret agents and police, the Forbidden City includes a mixed battalion of the Warrior House Imara (a unit garrisoned on Sian) and the Death Commandos (a special forces group given wide latitude in the execution of their duties). The latter are trained not just in the use of Battle Mechs, but all forms of combat. For our purposes, the basic lance of 4 mechs will consist of 1 x Raven (described above) and 3 x VND-3L Vindicators, which shall be described shortly. The battalion consists of 36 Battle Mechs overall (so 9 lances), along with medical, recon, and support staff. All in all, there are between 200-300 personnel (including non-combatants) in the unit. The House Imara forces have a different, more restrained doctrine to the Death Commandos, which may lower unit cohesion and cause issues in the field.

Capellan society is divided into seven official castes and 1 unofficial one – from highest to lowest, Directorship, Intelligentsia, Supporters, Artists, Entitled, Commonality, Servitor, and what has been tentatively termed the Janshi (Warrior) caste. To summarise, the Directorship caste consist of bureaucrats, the Intelligentsia scientists, technicians, and religious leaders, the Supporters non-scientific professionals, Artists are self-explanatory, Entitled are medical professionals, Commonality are “none of the above”, and Servitors are second class citizens. Two of the most important things to keep in mind are that Capellans are taught from birth to put the Confederation above their own needs and desires, and citizenship must be earned – it is not given at birth. However, Sun-Tzu’s approval rating amongst the Servitor class are the highest in Capellan history due to his Xin Sheng reforms that demanded their rights be recognised.

As has been implied earlier, Capellan society is subject to intrusive and frequent surveillance, if not by the Maskirovka intelligence agency then by others who ensure that the populace maintain proper Capellan values. Indeed, schools and teachers are constantly monitored by the Philosophical Examinars. Propaganda is widespread to the point where the Capellan Broadcasting Service maintains a political commissar in each region (openly identified as such in Sian’s case, due to the political realities being more openly acknowledged).

• VND-3L Vindicator◊ A Medium ‘mech, the Vindicator stands 18 feet (5.4864m) tall. It has jump jets, a single Medium Pulse Laser, and an ER PPC. It also carries a six missile LRM-6 (Long Range Missile). In order to deal with the increased heat requirements, it has double heatsinks and CASE to mitigate damage in the event of a LRM ammo explosion (although it will still be in all likelihood disabled – just not outright destroyed). Its top speed is 64.8 km/h. It is an average machine in all respects.

Edited by Flanker66 on Nov 26th 2018 at 11:33:20 AM

Alright, I don't see any glaring issues, so you are accepted and will be placed in next game day. Welcome back flank!

Hopefully this new place will replace the Resistance Base. NOW Bludflagg's crew can choose from from a whole assortment of giant robots to loot! :D

That is indeed the plan.

Task Force 29

Main Character

• Name: Adam Jensen
• Age: 36
• Appearance: The Cyborg Super Cop.
• Personality: Adam's a reasonable individual if a bit of a loner, he believes in finding another solution beyond violent resolution and will attempt to talk down his opponents. If no one needs to die he will go for it.
• Powers: His mechanically augmented body holds a PEPS stun rifle in his left arm, nanoceramic blades within his forearms that can be launched, his knuckles have a long range tesla dart stun rifle, a Icarus landing system that can be supercharged to launch him, a Titan Nanoshield that improves his damage resistance, a cloaking system, a Typhoon launcher, a quicksilver augment that allows him increased reaction time, improved durability and strength thanks to artificial muscle fibers and subdermal armor, a Smart Vision system that allows him to see basic information through walls, a sentinel repair system to heal him, and a CASIE social enhancer that allows him to get through social situations easier. Safe to say he's a walking arsenal, quite literally.
• Equipment: 10mm Pistol, Combat Rifle Grenade Launcher, Stun Gun, Various, Tranquilizer Rifle, Kinds, Of Grenades, Shotgun. In other words standard FPS weapons.
• Backstory: Adam is the result of various experimentation upon kids, being raised by adoptive parents, working for the Detroit SWAT team, quitting his job and working for a CEO in a Biotech company, almost dying, being rebuilt, uncovering the illuminati, almost dying again in a major incident out in the pacific and recovering and joining Task Force 29.

Other Teammates

• Name: Elias Chikane
• Age: 46
• Appearance: [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/deusex/images/e/e0/Elias_Chikane.png/revision/latest?cb=20150507112131&path-prefix=en
• Personality: Distrustful of Augmented individuals, sarcastic to a fault, will follow his
• Powers: none
• Equipment: His VTOL, Zenith Pistol
• Backstory: Elias has served Task Force 29 for years and only recently begun working with Jensen

• Name: Jim Miller
• Age: 48
• Appearance: The leader.
• Personality: A reasonable indig
• Powers: none
• Equipment Cell phone
• Backstory: Jim has worked with Interpol for many years and was recently put in charge of Task Force 29, though he has begun to question some of his orders.

Here we go. Anything I should change?

edited 19th Oct '15 6:06:41 AM by EchoingSilence

Well, Jensen has a lot of powers, but this is offset by the relative lack of abilities that the other supporting cast has beyond shooting stuff. So, you are accepted.

Yep. David Sariff wanted to make him strong.

And sweet.

The about to be added bit for Outworld's newest sorcerer. If anyone's got objections/concerns, I again ask you to let me know.

• Name: Quan Chi
• Age: Unknown
• Appearance: here
• Personality:Quan Chi is the most powerful sorcerer and necromancer in the Netherrealm, and he combines both cunning and brute force in his never-ending plots to overtake not only Earthrealm, but all of reality. He is an opportunist and will ally himself with anyone who can help him further his own goals. He is notable in particular for his ruthlessness and pragmatism. His manipulative and deceptive nature has earned him many enemies,
• Powers: (Note that Quan Chi is taking some hard nerfs here and having a number of powers the wiki states that he has removed for balancing)
  • Portal Magic-This works identically to Shang Tsung's portal magic, with the same limitations. Notably, Quan Chi is shown to be slightly more proficient in the use of this magic and actively makes use of it in combat to move around quickly and take enemies by surprise (By, for instance, creating a portal behind a for and pulling them through it for easy damage). However, due to the nerfs to the time it takes him to create it, this will become somewhat harder for him to do, though if left unpressured he will have time to work his magic.
  • Necromancy-While he does not have access to the netherrealm, the realm of the dead in the Mortal Kombat universe, Quan Chi can still resurrect the dead and press them into his service. However, due to his inability to access the netherrealm to complete the ritual, this is an incomplete process, and the control he wields over his thralls is not as complete as normal, and can be broken by sufficient application of a fist to the thrall's face or by forcing him to remove the control. Note that due to his loss of connection to the netherrealm, he cannot create full armies of the dead and anyone he does resurrect will require time for him to work the ritual, preventing this from being something he can just snap his fingers and do
  • Soul Steal-This is how Quan Chi obtains new souls to turn into his thralls. While he does not have to be the one to land the killing blow, Quan Chi can only steal the souls of the dead, and must be close to said dead person in order to do this.
  • False Copy-Quan Chi can create illusions of himself (Limited to up to 2 extra at any time) that serve to misdirect his foes. These are purely illusions, and cannot attack or be harmed.
  • Hellfire-A basic green blast of energy in the shape of a skull that deals magic damage
  • Ground Burst-Quan Chi creates a circle on the ground around the opponent that, after a moment, fires a pillar of magical energy around them, harming them and knocking them backward.
  • Summoner-Quan Chi can summon a netherrealm bat to assist him in combat. While mildly irritating, it is still just a bat, and serves mostly to distract opponents while Quan Chi does something more powerful.
• Equipment:Bout the only thing he has is a ritual knife that's not really suitable for kombat and assorted artifacts that he keeps in his stronghold and probably won't make appearances in this RP.
• Backstory: Originally a Netherrealm demon, Quan Chi evolved into one of the most powerful sorcerers in the realms. While nominally in the service of Shao Kahn, Quan Chi secretly serves the fallen Elder God Shinnok. However, with Shinnok's lack of presence on the Battleworld, Quan Chi for now remains loyal to Shao Kahn. For now.

edited 20th Oct '15 7:01:15 AM by Meanken

And done! If there's anything needed to add and subtract, please let me know.

Ok, so your guys are in no way OP. In fact, I have the opposite problem here, I don't think your guys are gonna be powerful enough to fit in/last on Battleworld. From what I'm reading, this is a chunk that has no native defenses at all, and who's only significant defenses come from a usurper with a comparatively small military squad and a pirate captain with an also very small crew. Even Edge and Mitakihara, who's cites are basically half destroyed at the time they arrived, have somewhat better defenses then this chunk would, if I am reading this right. I don't wanna approve you just to see you get taken over by the first semi-powerful guy to enter the town and smell weakness.

Those nerfs were imposed because I was unsure how many mooks both Ammo Baron and Risky should have, if it was even allowed at all. I should say all of Ammo Baron's mooks have the same tanks and fire power that he himself has and Scuttle Town would be in the process of being converted to Ammo Baron's town with cannons, turrets and machines being built everywhere on Scuttle Town's buildings. Risky's Tinkerbats would also share the same equipment that Risky has (the ship being their main hub, and having scimitars, pistols and cannons themselves). And all of the characters can be able to use their equipment obviously.

And I'll up the mook count for each from 25 to about 200. Is that a good enough buff?

More mooks makes me feel much better, as does the addition of fortification to the city. I don't require you really specify how many you have, assume you have enough mooks to cover the city effectively. That said, with the higher mook count,not every one of them will have a tank. beyond the problems with being too far in the other direction, the city will just flat out not have enough resources to keep that many tanks active for any significant amount of time given the description I saw. While I usually tell players to handwave away any issues with resources, that's just nonsensical.

Because I get the feeling this guy's a tank nut, I would say that he can maintain a sizable tank unit, but not every single mook is going to have one. Say their tanks got left behind and didn't get to the city before the move if you need a handwave. Those mooks will be basic infantry with the standard arms and survival rate expected of them. Also, I would suggest having the commander be a touch more powerful then the standard mook tanks, rather then being on the same level as a mook, maybe give him a custom version of the brand of tank used here with some upgrades to it.

Sound good?

Sounds good.

Ok, you are accepted. Pop over to the discussion thread and you'll be placed in soon. Where would you like to be on the map? Link to current map is in the OP of the main thread.

Well, because Scuttle Town is mostly desert, and I think Ammo Baron would get along so well with Immortan Joe, maybe place Scuttle Town close to The Citadel?

Alright Stack, can do that, also thinking of extending the chunk so it borders the soon to be placed Zi-Jin Cheng and City 17. That cool with you? I can probably not put a border on City 17 if you'd prefer not to have one.