A NISA Story - Red Iron: 5/13 Tuesday

[TheForeignGamer]

This is an RP that I came up with using the ideas that I have with the novel (or series, depending on its success) I plan on writing starting this summer. I've piled these ideas together over the past few months, and I had a fun idea. Why not let the people of the NISA forums design the story? I think it would be cool. If things go well, I might even implement your guys' ideas into the actual story when I start writing. Possibly character names and personalities as well. Besides, that's where I'm having the most trouble, is in the characters. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO as far as creation goes. I hope you guys will inspire me ~

The Premise:

The year is 2273. Long ago, the earth ran out of its metallic resources due to the corruption and greed of various mining companies. They have long since undergone massive projects to purge the earth of what it had. But two hundred twenty three years prior to this, scientists have discovered a way to harness the iron naturally found in human blood to turn into usable metal. This was accomplished through an injection that had been tested on various types of animals (as animals also have different minerals in their blood). The chemical in the injection altered a small part of the DNA in humans, allowing the iron in human blood to turn into what we know it as on the periodic table (Ferrum), albeit in a simpler form. This genetic rewrite did not harm humans in any way, shape, or form. Scientists were then able to separate the blood and the iron, and then were able to refine it and mold it to any shape they wanted, just like if it was iron ore mined from the earth's crust. At the start, it was done voluntarily by humans. The demand for iron was high, and none was left in existence on earth. However over time, greed overtook one particular family. This family owned easily the largest iron blood banks in the world, and had a lot of influence. Corruption eventually began to run its course, which consequently became more than just business. This eventually brought a man to absolute power after men before him. A man named Bartholomew Ferrum.

He is now the current tyrant of a long-standing bloodline of rulers, but he is the worst of them all. His rule has lasted for 24 miserable years, and has ensured the total enslavement of the human race. Bartholomew controls everything. He controls the media, the population, his guards, weapons, food rations. Anything that one can think of. He controls a global army that only serves to collect blood tithes from the weak, defenseless citizens of the world. Their skin is white from a lack of blood. They all maintain a look of fear and helplessness on their faces. Bartholomew lives within his palace in the capital city of the world: Roseus Ferrum (Latin for Red Iron). The city is located in a large country, the name of which has been long forgotten by the people outside of Bartholomew's inner circle.

However, there is still hope. A group of men and women will have to band together. Over two hundred years of strife will have to be undone by a few uniting the world. It will not be easy. A team of rebels with an extremely diverse skill set will have to work together to accomplish their goal. How will this happen? This is where you come in.

Important note: technology is not completely determined (as of yet), but plan on seeing things like jet cars and cloaking devices and such. Think along the lines of Deus Ex, Mass Effect, Crysis, and Star Wars.

Rules and Regulations:

This RP will be done a bit differently. I'm not totally stealing vampko's rule book, but I will add/change the rules to better suit this.

1. If you are going to post, make it significant, and at least a sentence. I don't ask for much, so that's all I will require.

2. Nothing too racy/sexual on here. I'm not saying keep it super tame, but just keep it like PG 13ish. The characters can of course pursue relationships.

3. No godmoding. If you do, I will inform you, and give you a warning. Don't tempt me from there.

4. On the same vein as the sexual/racy/ecchi stuff, keep the violence from being too graphic. We don't want Houk barging in. And this RP will definitely have some graphic violence, considering the setting, so we need to watch it. I don't care what any of your characters say unless it is hate speech. I will personally report it if it is.

5. Do not take control of anyone else's character, unless they are an NPC, or you are given permission by the owner. This can be arranged via forum PM, IM, or TS. Whatever you want.

6. When making a character you choose one weapon specialization and perk, and no more.

7. When talking out of character (OOC), please use spoiler tags.

8. Have fun with this RP. It will be a serious one, but that doesn't mean you can't joke around.

9. The age restriction has been lifted. I don't care what age your characters are as long as they're not ridiculously young. And no lolis, cause I hate lolis xD

10. When a "day" in the RP comes to end, that will be the end of a chapter. This is helping me write a piece of literary work, so I want to make it as legitimate as possible. Also, if a major event is about to occur, I will end a chapter just like in most books. Right before the "major" part.

11. This RP will have to have a lot of NPC interaction, because we're obviously not going to have dozens of characters here. I will be handling most of it, so do not worry. Though if you control an NPC yourself (as mentioned in rule 5), I will not have a problem with it. If it's crucial to the story and I'm away, then be my guest.

12. Last, but not least, this RP will come to an end eventually. Just like any other book, it has to conclude somehow.

Note: There may be more rules made, depending on how things go.

Character Template:

Name:
Age:
Weapon specialization:
Perk:
Limit(s) to perk:
Personality (optional):
Appearance (either description or pictures):
Played by:

Something you all should know: a lot of the guards that Bartholomew controls are terrible at close combat, but are exceptional with a conventional weapon. So a melee specialist is definitely something you can consider, but we also need gun specialists as well. A balance and variety would be nice, and there is a lot of room for different kinds of characters.

Also something of note: as it is the year 2273, plasma-related weapons do exist as well. Consult videos of Fallout or Halo to get an idea if you're unsure.

Here are some possibilities for specializations: Melee (blunt, sharp, hand-to-hand), Guns (anything really), Plasma (pretty much anything laser-related). Just PM me your character profiles and I'll consult them.

However: NOTHING nuclear. That's too cheap.

Regarding perks: they're an ability that each character has that makes them unique. I have no parameters for what these can be, but you're not allowed to make your perk something that makes you insanely powerful, invincible, etc. This RP is about a group of people waging a war against a tyrant. You get to shape your character in any way possible. If you want to be a stealthy character that takes on recon missions and focuses on assassinating targets, then you can. If you're a guns-blazing sort of person, you can be one. The possibilities are virtually endless, as long as they are fair.

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Information regarding the calendar: Same days, same months. Nothing different.

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Any questions you may have, I'll be glad to answer them the best I can.

[TheForeignGamer]

Characters

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Name: Jade Incruentus
Age: N/A
Weapon specialization: Massive wrench
Perk: Technology-based skills as one may expect of an AI. Hacking, disabling tech equipment, etc.
Limit(s) to perk: May not do this to friendlies.
Personality (optional): N/A
Appearance (either description or pictures): Technically lacks an appearance due to being an AI; however, Jade occasionally interacts through a robotic avatar (humanoid form but not quite up to the technological standard of the current era)
Played by: Ubiquitor

Name: Annalisa Ferrum (Melissa)
Age: 18
Weapon Specialization: Knife.
Perk: Influence/Speech.
Limit(s) to perk: May not influence anyone other than hostiles. May only do it four times in a single day. Only works on one person at a time. Multiple targets are possible, but each person influenced counts as a use.
Personality: She is spoiled and sheltered, but has a good heart. She always tries her best to help those in need. Because of her good heart, she hates her family, who is full of evil and corrupt people.
Appearance: Brown-haired girl holding a knife
Played by: PringlesXD.

Name: Roxanne Carter (Roxy)
Age: 23
Weapon Specialization: Akimbo Pistols
Perk: Sharpshooter - allows her to slow down the flow of time and pick up to five targets and quickly dispatch them. Think Red Dead Redemption.
Limit(s) to perk: May only use twice in a day.
Personality: Tsundere incarnate. She is slow to fully trust anyone, but is really sweet if someone can get to her good side. She is not hesitant to kill. Shoot first and ask questions later is her philosophy. The way she sees things, others that die only increase her chance of survival.
Appearance: Roxanne holding her guns A better shot of her face.
Played by: TheForeignGamer

Name: Sophie Medley
Age: 23
Weapon specialization: Arm-Mounted Plasma rifle
-The level of energy put into the cannon determines the firing rate: more Energy = Slower Fire Rate
Plasma emitted from this weapon takes a dark red coloration.
Perk: Tactical Cloaking Device - Able to cloak for short to medium amounts of time. The invisibility isn't perfect, but most wouldn't be able to notice.
Limit(s) to perk: If the Cloak is kept on too long, it will overheat, causing a very long cool-down time, or even necessitating repairs before resuming use. The Cloak will only effect Sophie, and a small amount of things that she may be carrying.
Personality (optional): Due to a childhood trauma, Sophie hates the Ferrum Dynasty with a passion, and they know it. She makes no attempt to hide her disdain for Ferrum Guards, and it is for that reason that she was often told (by other Rebels) to "keep it cool".
Beyond that, she can be rather personable to other rebels, and the populace in general, even if she thinks that they could use a little backbone.
Appearance (either description or pictures):
Blonde Young Woman; With Life Support System (Cannot be Removed, due to surgery)
(Without the Life Support System)
Background info: Background info.
Played by: JerichoDeath

Name: Rudy "Lone Wolf" Grants
Age: 19
Weapon specialization: Daggers
Perk: Advanced Parkour: allows him to scale buildings with great speed and dexterity.
Limit(s) to perk: Wears on his overall stamina. Can only do for a short time before it begins to tire him out. Usage is limitless, but can only be done when he's not tired, and the length of recovery depends on the length at which the perk is used.
Personality (optional): A happy-go-lucky individual, who attempts to be on everyone's good side. He has no sense of personal space, and will readily make contact in a familiar manner. Despite his friendly demeanor, He bears no hesitation to kill, and will do so in a gruesome manner with a smile, much to others disdain.
Appearance (either description or pictures): Similarly like this.
Played by: Rydux

Name: Lillith ???
Age: 16
Weapon Specialization: Twin Katars
Perk: Shadowwalk
Limit(s) to perk: Due to her strong aversion to sunlight, she is unable to fight nearly as well as when in the shadow.
Personality: Her haggard past hasn't worn down her optimism, but she does have a certain cynicism about her
Appearance: A teenaged girl, 4' 9'' with messy short raven black hair. Her eyes are like two emerald's, that have a strangely cat-like quality to them. She's always wearing a tattered hooded cape as well, possibly to hide something.
Played by: vampko

Dead Character(s):

Glenn Harbeck, 24, formerly played by vampko. Died In Chapter Two.

AWOL Characters:

Name: Richard Stone
Age: 22
Weapon specialization: Scythe
Perk: Warping
Limit(s) to perk: Distance limit 50m. Usage limit is 10 times a day.
Personality (optional): Resolved, a loner
Appearance (either description or pictures): Tall black haired man
Played by: raspberrylicious

[TheForeignGamer]

Table of Contents

Start of Chapter One.

End of Chapter One.

Start of Chapter Two.

End of Chapter Two.

Start of Chapter Three.

[vampko]

Darn you! I have to play a guy, cause if I play a girl, well yeah.

[TheForeignGamer]

Sorry vamp. xD Are you gonna make a character soon?

[raspberrylicious]

I will certainly play ~

[TheForeignGamer]

Awesome ~

Keep it up guys. I'll probably start the RP once we've got about maybe... 6-8 characters.

[PringlesXD]

Yayness, four characters already!

[MountainFresh]

Is it not too late for a new character? This really sounds fun, so... yeah. Just please, let me know.

[TheForeignGamer]

It's not too late; the RP has not started yet.

[MountainFresh]

Maybe I can try to make a character, just hoping I won't procrastinate. I'll let you know when I finish and when I can RP.

[TheForeignGamer]

It's all up to you. If you're not able to be active all the time, then you should allow one of the characters to take control of yours till you get back. If you decide you want to quit, just send me a PM or something. When you finish making a character, submit your profile via PM.

[MountainFresh]

It's all up to you. If you're not able to be active all the time, then you should allow one of the characters to take control of yours till you get back. If you decide you want to quit, just send me a PM or something. When you finish making a character, submit your profile via PM.

Thanks for understanding, jeez I would have thought that a trollstorm was coming. Y'know something like "Oh god, you wanna make a character but you can't always be here? What the %^#%!@!!!" or something along those lines. But anyway, I'll let you know as soon as I wake up in 8, maybe 9 hours? xD

[TheForeignGamer]

Lol, it's nothing. Also I forgot to mention, you're allowed to make a character at any point in the RP. You're allowed to have multiple characters, but if you're new to this kind of stuff, I'd suggest starting out with one.

We all will as it is. None of us are sure how this will turn out. Perhaps if this goes well we'll all make more characters ;D

[JerichoDeath]

Curses!
I have come up with a character, and now, I may not be able to resist joining!