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ximilia mods ([personal profile] ximilian) wrote in [community profile] ximiliugh2023-04-03 08:30 pm
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MISSION [ a matter of import ] + plotting post

OVERVIEWOBJECTIVEARRIVALLOCATIONSPERSONS OF INTERESTOOC NOTES


OVERVIEW

In the Zeta Alatheia galaxy, the Interstellar Federation is responsible for overseeing the safety of all its planetary systems, dealing with any threats to its many planets and their inhabitants. Recently, they have observed disturbances in the Planetary Complex of Ndiera on the Outer Edge — otherwise a system known for its ghost-matter, an unseen substance that surrounds the planets that feeds on anything that might be classified as “powers”.

These disturbances coincide with a recent breakout from the high-security prison Obsidian Deep, where a convict called Zandr has escaped through unknown means. But whether it’s all a coincidence or not… that remains to be seen.

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OBJECTIVE

Viveca has traced the orb to the Planetary Complex of Ndiera — however, the readings for the orb are confusing, and she has been unable to pinpoint its exact location to any of the three planets of Ndiera. The team must find out which planet the orb is on and recover it.

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ARRIVAL

In order to be able to cultivate background stories and have the time to establish them, the Orbers will be sent out in three batches — though all will be teleported at once, they will arrive in Ndiera at different times.

Group 1 will arrive one month prior to the next group and two months prior to the OOC start of the mission:

Shuntaro Chishiya, Unohana Retsu, Rita Farr, Newton Geizler, Kazuma Asogi, Yujin Mikotoba, the Darkling, Yzak Jule, Natasha Romanoff, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Wei Wuxian, Stephen Strange, Lúthien, Andromache, Cal Kestis, Castiel, Lan Sizhui, The Wrench, Yennefer of Vengerberg, Fox Mulder, Anthony Lockwood

Group 2 will arrive one month after Group 1, and one month before Group 3:

Finn Mertens, Takeshi Kovacs, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, Leondard McCoy, Itachi Uchiha, Gina Lestrade, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Mal Oretsev, Harley Quinn, Tim Gutterson, Tianyou Zhao, Shang-chi, Marta Cabrera, Nie Huaisang, Sabriel, Cassian Andor, Finn, Minimus Ambus, Geralt, Dana Scully, Adrian Bennet, Daisy Johnson

Group 3 will arrive two months after Group 1, and a month after Group 2, right before the events in the log:

Jake, Iris Black, Dante, Chuuta Kokonose, Ziggy Berman, Clarke Griffin, Yuri Leclerc, Alina Starkov, Poison Ivy, Yelena Belova, Joel Miller, Felix, Garma Zabi, A2, Joric, Jim Kirk, Jyn Erso, Rey, Dean Winchester, Vash the Stampede, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon

To reiterate, when the first log begins:
Group 1 will have been in Ndiera for two months, Group 2 for one month, and Group 3 will have just arrived.

Regarding powers, those with powers can use them for a maximum of two (2) times before the ghost-matter will start to feed on them, meaning they will have to decide when and where to use these two times before they go powerless.

Viveca will provide those Orbers who might need it with a tonic that will alleviate any adverse effects they might experience from not using their powers.

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LOCATIONS

Naephus is the biggest planet out of the three that make up Ndiera. The entire planet consists of multiple, sprawling cities connected to each other by speederways. Large skyscrapers reach for the stars, and the Federation insignia marks many of the buildings. The surface of the planet is covered in grimy streets, and only the brave — or the poor — use the streets that have become a hub of crime and various black market activity.

Nuhiri, the second-biggest planet in the Complex, is the polar opposite of Naephus: lush forests, crystal-clear lakes and even a few high mountain ranges present an ideal environment for the wealthy locals and travelers who want to stay away from the sometimes too-crowded, too-bustling city life. The capital, Xaolea, is both modern and curiously ancient, with sleek white buildings coexisting alongside stone-paved streets and pillars.

Deumia is the main centre of mining and technology — under direct Federation control, a wide variety of minerals are harvested for refining into products through the many factories scattered across the land. There is even a Federation Science Division Branch Office situated on the planet for more direct and efficient development of new technologies without having to first transfer raw material to the more central planets within the Galaxy.

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PERSONS OF INTEREST

ZANDR
Convicted with a life sentence for high treason and murder, there are as many stories about his crimes as there are stars in the Galaxy… and he’s done nothing to curb any of these rumours. Known for his penchant to work alone, Zandr is one of the most notorious criminals the Federation has ever had the luck of catching — and the misfortune of losing.



Commander Grant L. Brennon
Current Commander of the Interstellar Federation, Brennon is a often described as immovable as the planets themselves. His strong sense of justice and abiding by the laws of the Federation, as well as his prowess in battle over the years makes him a highly respectable individual with an impenetrable reputation.



Chief of Staff Emerton G. Haughtford
A former Interstellar Ops member promoted to a higher position almost seven years ago for his excellent leadership skills and calm, measured manner of dealing with situations. Haughtford has been known to have an impeccable memory, and an eye for faces, which lends itself to feeling like more than just a number in his presence. He is someone to have in your corner whose trust is invaluable.



Chief of Security Adit B’nin
As Chief of Security, B’nin runs a tight ship. They are meticulous, deliberate and unyielding, and according to public poll within the greater galaxy, under B'nin's leadership, the people have never seen a safer time than now. They personally oversee the training of new recruits into the security division as a matter of preference.



Head of Science Department Ziahra Breezr
Laureate for the Caddel Prize for her ground-breaking research in ‘spectral particles’ otherwise known colloquially as ‘ghost-matter’, there is no one who appears to know more about the galaxy’s atmosphere than Breezr. Dedicated to her studies and to getting results, Breezr is not one to easily forgive mistakes as much of her job relies on perfect results.


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OOC NOTES

This mission will span the months of April and May.

The team’s main objective is to find the orb and retrieve it. To do that, they have to find out which planet it is on, whether it is being used, and if it is, somehow get the current owner to hand it over to them.

As always characters are encouraged to share their findings and information through the network, and a mod-provided voting post will be posted later on in the month to prepare for Log #2.

The personal goals have been assigned, and can be found here. If you have any questions about your goal, please ask us here! In the same comment, there are instructions for what to do if you are unhappy with the task your character has received.

Please use this post to plot for the mission and make your own plotting comments. You can use the form below as a guideline:

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[personal profile] realists 2023-04-04 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: emma
Character: jyn erso
Personal task: betray a fellow teammate | she can and she will, so if anyone wants to fail their own task, she will gladly provide
Arrival: group 3
General plans for the mission: jyn is a child of space and she has lived on planets just like all three of these so this is finally a mission where she feels comfortable and will fit in perfectly lmao just completely fucking comfortable for once in her six months on board, if your character needs a hand fitting in, jyn is your (reluctant) girl, she will save poor schmucks from space customs aladdin-style, happy to figure out backstories if anyone wants to smush them together, this will be the return of one of jyn's fake names but idk which one yet it depends on what planet they start out on tbh, she is pro-zandr considering... she recently escaped prison :) (but jyn, he did a murder! good for him tbh GOOD FOR HIM)
ETC:
Edited 2023-04-04 18:20 (UTC)
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Jake the Dog (but like, an actual forreal dog now bye bye powers)

[personal profile] doooooog 2023-04-04 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Em
Character: Jake
Personal task: "Confess to a teammate your greatest fear."
Arrival: Group 3, coming in late with starbucks!

General plans for the mission: Jake will not have access to his powers, albeit until he really needs them, so he will be living most of this mission as a normal dog. Like, that's his cover story. He's a dog! And because it's extremely funny, I would dearly love people who want to volunteer to be his owner or co-owner.

Also, since Jake will be communicating exclusively through text over the network + barking/vibes, I also think someone out here should have their cover story be dog psychic. Potentially even a dog trainer/dog psychic + dog novelty performance act. People need entertainment, even in prisons and security offices and mining colonies!!

That, or someone make him one of these.

I'm up for anything! Search requests, assisting with personal goals, general tomfoolery, putting him in your purse. Because Jake can't stretch, he will be relying on everyone else for traversal (think getting asked to pick him up so he can see, etc). Have fun with that, Orbers!

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Edited 2023-04-04 18:43 (UTC)
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Lae | Anthony Lockwood (Group 1) & Tim Gutterson (Group 2)

[personal profile] recklessenough 2023-04-04 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Lae
Character: Anthony Lockwood
Personal task: For 24 hours, every decision of yours must be made by the person next to you. - Given what I am planning for his backstory and approach, ICly this goal is going to be low on his priority list. That said I am open to getting some help with it, would OOCly like to make it happen, just ICly it will take some plotting.
Arrival: Group 1
General plans for the mission: Despite the lure of learning more about the ghost-matter, the fact that his Talent is going to be taken from him, something that in canon causes a lot of anxiety, Lockwood is going to go for classic avoidance. As such he's going to fall back on his history and experience with people like Flo Bones and Danny Clough; he's going to try to infiltrate the Black Market and see if he can get a line on Zandr. If he can manage this he could definitely use the following support:

  • Any other orbers want to try to infiltrate the criminal element? After all, we've got to sleep sometime, right? Probably a good idea to have each others' backs.
  • Orbers on the outside for passing along of information?


Name: Lae
Character: Tim Gutterson
Personal task: Let a teammate get injured for you. - Tim's not really going to be on board with letting this happen in any serious way. But OOCly I would love to come up with some sort of amusing scenario? Like a massively stubbed toe, or something along those lines? Help?
Arrival: Group 2
General plans for the mission: I have a question out to the mods about the viability for Tim to be able to establish a backstory that would allow him to apply as a recruit in the Security division. If he can manage this route, he's going to try to talk with people who are more 'boots on the ground' in terms of understanding how Obsidian Deep functions and let that line of inquiry lead him along the chain of command.

  • Would love to be able to have conversations and compare notes with characters who are also going to be investigating the Federation side of things?
coordination: (guess I'm not as straight as I thought)

[personal profile] coordination 2023-04-04 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Tara
Character: Yzak Jule
Personal task: Make every decision by flipping a coin for 24 hours. PLEASE everyone take advantage of this. (´◡`)
Arrival: With the early bird Group 1!!

General plans for the mission: Mister space opera commander man is absolutely gonna put himself within Federation things. So if anyone from groups 2 or 3 likewise want to get involved, feel free to assume that Yzak put in a good word for you to colleagues around their same level for tiny bit more ease of settling in!

Otherwise, any other spacey or soldiery/governmental types who wanna GET TOGETHER FOR THINGS and combine our powers, my arms are open.
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[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-04-04 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Jess
Character: Shuntaro Chishiya
Personal task: Commit an act of violence against someone who doesn’t deserve it

Unsure if he will actually follow through with this or not. On the one hand he’s capable of it, but on the other he’s trying to be less of a selfish jerk, so it depends on how things go. We'll see!! If someone wants to volunteer for it then maybe we can plan something.

Arrival: Group 1!
General plans for the mission: I’m kind of bad at plans before the log goes up, but! I’m thinking he might either focus his energy on the backstreets of Naephus or be interested in the tech stuff on Deumia. If anyone wants to coordinate backstories or anything let me know! Chishiya doesn’t have much experience with those IC and is the type to rely a lot on being cagey, but I am flexible and open to shenanigans.
ETC:
Edited 2023-04-04 18:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] wrenchedup 2023-04-04 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Kitch.
Character: The Wrench.
Personal task: Confess to a teammate the last time you let someone down. Over drinks, perhaps?

Arrival: Group 1



General plans for the mission: Oh, huh. The biggest planet is also the one that has the most poverty "on the ground". SQUINTS @ THE FEDERATION. this got long..... sorry

He'll fit in on Naephus well and is willing to use all sorts of "unconventional methods" to gain information or gear. Absolutely an Crimbinal. Potentially predictably, Wrench is not going to give a single shit about helping The Government and their recapture or whathaveyou of Zandr. He IS curious to know more about Zandr. Wink wink nudge nudge.

This is to say that Wrench will immediately be suspicious of the feds and try to find what they may be hiding. Anyone else that has the means and desire to snoop where they shouldn't, lets do it! Team hackers unite. I have a couple of inquiries, but lets make that list even bigger friends!!

Overview, IG, of things he can offer to the team / would love to have peeps to team up with on (and may make a network post about this later?);
- Running interference / making a big damn mess so you don't have to
- Some morally questionable things (within reason)
- Hacking/Infiltration into places one aught not be in
- Mechanical repairs as needed; quick and dirty explosives as needed
- Getting drunk and being mad about Governments
- Profit?? and then hand said profit to the poor ;)

ETC: Tail end of April and into May gets a little busy for me so I have to pace myself and might be a little slower!
Edited (no, happy face only.) 2023-04-04 19:11 (UTC)
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zelly | obi-wan kenobi (sw) + shang-chi (mcu)

[personal profile] ascetical 2023-04-04 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: zelly

Character: obi-wan kenobi
Personal task: Be brutally honest to three different teammates. nO!!!!! no its fine, there are all sorts of ways to be brutally honest … anyway this could be a really good jumping point for some kind of hilarious shenanigan, and obi-wan is just chock full of those. c’: i’m taking volunteers now
Arrival: group 1 baybee!!! gonna lay down some roots, be mildly deja-vu-y about this whole … federation … thing … and the galaxy and … it’s gonna be a good time. he’ll need that extra time to adapt. (if anyone wants to coordinate backstories though, do let me know. i’m open to shenanigans!)
General plans for the mission: obi-wan hasn’t really made use of his force abilities since his arrival (though there have been a couple instances when he thought real hard about it), and as such, he’s probably going to remain pretty chill about it during this mission as well. (if they only get two chances to really let their powers fly, he’s going to pick his moments wisely. patience, after all, is key.) just a harmless old man nothing to see here why would vivgar even recruit such a dude


Character: shang-chi
Personal task: Speak your every thought for 24 hours. — be prepared for polite and gentle chaos i guess
Arrival: group 2 ayyy! (and again, if anyone wants to coordinate backstories, let me know! i’m kinda keeping things loose rn)
General plans for the mission: shang-chi is probably going to keep his rings in their box for this mission until absolutely necessary by the end in order not to get fed on by this ghost-matter. i’m thinking loosely for him to investigate things from the federation side, but this could change depending on what goes down in the log.
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[personal profile] jedied 2023-04-04 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Michelle
Character: Rey
Personal task: "Leave a teammate in trouble when you could help them." Rey isn't inclined to do this unless A. she's sure the teammate can handle themselves and they tell her to go, or B. you're a colossal dick to her in such a way that she doesn't care what you do. She's early-canon Rey, so her survival instincts are still possible to override her helper instincts, but it'll be a hard sell. Anyone got an idea, ping me.
Arrival: Group 3
General plans for the mission: Rey likes the idea of checking out Nuhiri, so she'll probably tag along with anyone who goes there. Otherwise she's likely to just find someone who looks like they know vaguely what they're doing and like they could use her help.
ETC: I am currently coming up on tech for two separate theatrical productions this month so I may be scattered all to heck.
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[personal profile] homeostatic 2023-04-04 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Beck
Character: Leonard McCoy
Personal task: Make a teammate cry. He'd like to not be awful to someone, so who's up for mutual sads or hysterical laughter instead?
Arrival:Group 2!
General plans for the mission:

Space travel is old hat for Bones, so if it isn't for his teammates, he's nudging them toward Yzak & his space course, trimmed for time before they depart in a couple days.

Historically he's absolute trash at caring to change his name or choosing a different profession on missions so he's just...mostly gonna be himself. Much like on E23-b, he intends to play to his strengths here, and see if he can't utilize his medical credentials to get into places, whether science or medical division Federation things (gross, it's another dystopia), into the wealthy civilian circles on Nuhiri, the black markets of Naephus, or the mining and technology center of Deumia.

If anyone wants to coordinate backstories, put in a good word ahead of him, or work together on a search, he'll be into it.

Expect him to pack plenty of Space Dramamine. 👍

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Edited 2023-04-04 19:32 (UTC)
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rhys' menagerie

[personal profile] kenpachi 2023-04-04 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: rhys
Character: unohana retsu
Personal task: `Loudly express an emotion and create a scene.` She's going to be amused by this — right now my general idea is maybe rescuing a character from a disaster by pretending to be their Angry Mom ('what are you doing out after curfew? Just wait until I tell your father—' sort of thing. younger characters would work best for this but lbr she's Ageless and given the society they probably have pretty long lifespans so idk?? Could also work for angry girlfriend/angry wife/disappointed teacher/etc)
Arrival: Unohana is in group 1! She's probably going to try to coordinate with Mikotoba re: medical care for the Orbers. (@DANNI?)
General plans for the mission: Unohana is not going to really bother with a cover story beyond her basic 'I am a doctor' vibe. I'd be down for her to have family shenanigans tho if anyone is interested!
ETC: She'll have a pretty easy time of not using her powers on the mission bc she's still happily undercover, but I'd love to have a dramatic situation where the options are helping someone with magical healing or having them die — obviously she'd choose to help! So if anyone wants to get their character injured... js.




Character: uchiha itachi
Personal task: `Impersonate a teammate for 24 hours.` When you give a spy a cookie... he may or may not use one of his 2 designated Power Uses for this, in which case he'd actually transform into someone else. If that's off the table he'll just impersonate someone on the network for 24 hrs.
Arrival: Itachi is in group 2!
General plans for the mission: space married to Wei Wuxian i gUESS but otherwise wide open. Itachi is always down for a wide variety of backstories given his perfectionist nerdery + eidetic memory so I can justify him doing p. much anything in terms of fake occupations/etc. If anyone wants to coordinate something, let me know and we can hash it out. Looking to deepen existing CR here or build new CR. Also, I 100 percent have the most fun when he's just going fullstop Spy Nonsense so like. If desires drive...

— for the newbies, a caveat: Itachi can be a persnickety motherfucker at times (tho ~18 months of development have mellowed him a bit he can still be a tough nut to crack) but I'm game for any sort of CR (neg or positive) and any direction that seems fun. let us go where our heart takes us!
ETC:

catboy reporting for duty in spACE?
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Alms (Dana Scully)

[personal profile] faithfulskeptic 2023-04-04 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Alms
Character: Dana Scully
Personal task: Allow yourself to be vulnerable with a teammate you barely know. She 10000% Does Not Want To, but of course I'd love to do it... I'm just not sure yet how to get there or what to have her open up about, so I think I might just. Play it by ear.

Arrival: Scully is in Group 2! She's still Deeply Suspicious and now there's gonna be time travel in play to be cranky about.
General plans for the mission: Much as she doesn't trust things, this seems like a good opportunity to build some reliance with groupmates and other orbers. She'll at least take a familiar face over literal alien strangers. Probably.
I think she might try to find a way into the Scientific branch on Deumia, but I'm game if anyone thinks she'd fit in well with their plans, and definitely if people want to make up other backstory connections.

ETC: I am also a n00b so you know. Let's do Things?!
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[personal profile] laviny 2023-04-04 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Jess
Character: Yelena Belova
Personal task: Do the opposite of what you’re told for a day

Look, she’s ready and willing to have fun with this, let’s go.

Arrival: group 3!
General plans for the mission: She may very well be acting as Jake’s personal dog trainer and one of his multiple dog parents, idk. She may also do some sneaking around and building climbing, if the opportunity arises, it’s been awhile since she got a chance to do that. (I’ll have a better idea when the log goes up)

ETA: if anyone wants to coordinate back stories with her lmk!! she has more experience with that than Chishiya.
ETC:
Edited 2023-04-04 20:44 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bindsthedead 2023-04-04 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Sarah
Character: Sabriel
Personal task:
Tell a teammate the quality you admire most about yourself.

Arrival:

Group 2!
General plans for the mission: Sabriel will be passing herself as a college student and part-time musician. She'll be careful with her power uses- although if anyone needs emergency healing, checking for Orb Vibes at a suspicious occurrence, or just need the equivalent of an EMP to knock out all tech at a particular location, she's your girl. She will be looking for info on Zandr and ghost matter, as well as cheerfully sticking her nose into anything else that looks interesting.

I also love, love fake backstory shenanigans. Want Sabriel to be your characters student/classmate/old friend/former babysitter/family member/employee? I am totally up for it!
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Space Finn

[personal profile] hatejakku 2023-04-04 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Lina
Character: Finn Starwars
Personal task: Tell a teammate what you most admire about yourself. Finn hasn't been too preoccupied with his tasks in a long while, but this could really be a good not-therapy session for the poor guy.
Arrival: Group 2!

General plans for the mission:
- If there's an option for it, Finn's going to try infiltrating the security division as a new recruit. He's hoping they have leads and information on their escapee and, perhaps, the ghost-matter.

- Speaking of the ghost-matter, might play with that, too. Going to wait and see what the consequences of that would be first, but it might be something interesting to explore, maybe even for a search request.

- As far as backstory goes, idk, refugee from another planet? Poor guy trying to make his way in the world? Something that hopefully won't require the background check that the security division will no doubt want to give.

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Saro | Girlies

[personal profile] deaddrop 2023-04-04 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Saro

Character: Natasha Romanoff
Personal task: Let someone else make decisions for you for 24 hours.—Natasha is planning to try for this, and she will almost certainly fail, but if anyone wants to give it a go with her, let's do a thing!
Arrival: Group 1
General plans for the mission: Nothing too solid, so if someone wants to link up for this, I would dig it. I think Natasha's impulse would be to find out more about Obsidian Deep and Zandr, either to confirm or rule out that the orb played a role in his escape. Getting arrested is not not on the table, but probably not the first choice.
ETC:


Character: Poison Ivy
Personal task: Confess something you hate about yourself to a teammate.—There are a few to choose from.
Arrival: Group 3
General plans for the mission: Science, maybe? Ivy will want to go to Nuhiri, which is where her powers will give her the biggest oomph, but also where it will be the hardest for her to avoid using them unconsciously. She might bust out her biochemist/botanist/toxicologist hat to see if it gets any traction with the science division.

ETC:
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Yak | A2

[personal profile] a2brutus 2023-04-04 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Yak
Character: A2
Personal task: A2's personal task is to abandon a teammate to fend for themself and while she hasn't really been here long enough to make friends, it is going to pose a bit of an issue, especially in regards to humans. For non-humans it'll be easier for her to do, since she doesn't have programming in her brain to help and protect them. On the other hand, if she's asked for help by pretty much anyone... she is going to STRUGGLE.

Arrival:

GROUP 3 REPRESENT
General plans for the mission:

  • Dealing with her personal task
  • tbh A2 has zero concern with everything other than her personal task and finding the orb. She will likely be her usual cryptid self and skulk about. Cover story? What's that, never heard of her.
  • Unfortunately, A2 is a combat model, and subtlty is not her forte. Her modus operandi is to either hit it until it stops working, or hit it until it works. Expect this to come into play some time or another.
  • I desperately need people for her to rely on!!! She is very closed off as an individual, but honestly if she can make friends with a machine as fast as she does in the game, she can probably befriend just about anyone.

    ETC:
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    [personal profile] karumic 2023-04-04 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
    Name: Lex
    Character: Kazuma Asogi
    Personal task: Gather information using seductive means. This is extremely funny and he will be horrible at it, I would love for him to get help with this as it sounds like an incredible bonding experience.
    Arrival: Group 1! He gets to be there the WHOLE TIME, BABY
    General plans for the mission: Kazuma already doesn't have powers so the ghost-matter isn't going to impact him any, but he'll still be incredibly disadvantaged by the setting since he's from late 19th century Japan and this will be his first time in an environment this, uh, urban. He will DEFINITELY need some help adjusting, especially since he's with the first arrivals!

    On a personal level, I'm interested in exploring the black markets of Naephus or Deumia in general, and would love to team up to do a search with somebody! I am trying to get him a little more involved in missions this time around and he's the type to throw himself into investigations so if any other gung-ho detective types wanna party lmk!!
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    [personal profile] drawsblood 2023-04-04 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
    Name: Megan
    Character: Joric
    Personal task: Tell a teammate your worst quality. I'm not sure I'm going to do this one since anything that isn't unveiling his secret would be pretty minor.
    Arrival: Group 3, aka Team Starbucks
    General plans for the mission: He'll be spending a lot of time on Nuhiri amid the mountain ranges and will go with some kind of park ranger/lumberjack/outdoorsy cover story as the situation dictates. Surely some wealthy people are out glamping and he can lend a hand, right? I'm going to ask the mods about accommodations on the planet to get a better idea of where he can fit in and I'll have him check out the other planets as time and transportation allows.

    I'm open to a search request team up regardless of what planet it's on as I can play fast and loose with his cover story depending on where he is.
    ETC: As part of their cover story, Joric and Jyn will be playing siblings. Catch him giving her noogies and her punching him in the gut for it.
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    [personal profile] youre_nicked 2023-04-04 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
    Name: Harry
    Character: Gina Lestrade
    Personal task: "Confess to a teammate an unachieved dream of yours." Should be pretty easy; Gina has no qualms with admitting she's only an apprentice detective when it suits her. Might get a little bit feelingsy though...
    Arrival: Group 2!
    General plans for the mission: Gina's inclination will be to spend some time trying to blend in in the lower levels of Naephus to see what she can sniff out in more illicit circles. Of course her grasp on scifi stuff is shit awful but she's pretty confident that the underbelly of a city will be a familiar environment even when the city is a whole planet...we'll see if she's right! Either way, she might benefit from having someone work with her who's a little more tech savvy, lmao.
    ETC: i would loooove to coordinate backstories but Gina will absolutely ham it up unconvincingly
    Edited 2023-04-04 23:04 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] peasant 2023-04-05 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
    Name: ellie
    Character: alina starkov
    Personal task:
    gather information using seductive means.

    SADLY NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE'S DONE THIS ... she's fairly good at manipulation when she puts her mind to it. rip to whatever npc she encounters — i'm thinking it'll depend on what looks like the most likely lead for juicy info! possibly somewhere in the security office to get access to files or somewhere in the criminal underground, maybe. so if your character needs someone digging around, feel free to utilize her, lmao.

    i guess she could ALSO seduce information out of a teammate but like, why would you want to inflict that on the universe


    Arrival: group 3! walking in late like troy with pizza on fire.

    General plans for the mission:
    generally, i think alina will be focusing on the seedy underbelly and spend most of her time near the criminal underworld. vague plans for her rn are to be some kind of courier for less than legal acquisitions or smuggling, to get a foot in the door there. she's also yet another one not completely down with governments and what they're usually selling, due to past experience, so she'll be less than trusting in that regard.

    depending on consequences, i might also play around with the ghost matter ... recklessly trying her powers to See What Happens may potentially be a thing. otherwise, she'll be having to use the tonic regularly to soothe the effects of suppressing her power; in the moments in-between, cr might notice that she will look particularly haggard/exhausted.


    ETC: here to help fulfill personal goals if needed!! i'm also always down with fake backstories and fake connections between characters so hmu if you'd like to map something out. c:
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    Sue | Ade Bennett

    [personal profile] landing_lights 2023-04-05 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
    Name: Sue
    Character: Adrian "Ade" Bennett
    Personal task: Tell a teammate your worst quality. Ade has terrible self-esteem so he'll be pretty brutal on himself when sharing his worst qualities; bc he's not super sure what the Powers That Be dictate is really the worst of his undoubtedly terrible traits, he'll probably share a couple: namely that he's a coward who's always running away from his problems and that he's a pushover who doesn't know how to say 'no,' even when he really, really should.

    He might also make a network post asking what the etiquette is for completing these kinds of personal tasks bc it sure seems weird to just... spring that on somebody.
    Arrival: Group 2
    General plans for the mission: Ade's going to be one of the folks trying to infiltrate the security division as a new recruit. That said, he HATES lying and espionage, so he'll be threading through a lot of details about his real background into his backstory to avoid having to lie too much. Basically: he was a commando operative on his home-planet, but felt that he and his squad were treated unfairly by the leadership and is now looking for new work. Once he's in, he'll want to learn more about the disturbances occurring in the system and potentially any leads about Zandr.
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    Aisu | Felix & Zhao

    [personal profile] swordandshield 2023-04-05 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
    Name: Aisu

    Character: Felix
    Personal task: "Confess to a teammate an unachieved dream of yours." Not sure what this will be yet but I think he can manage to do this one without too much fuss. Maybe even just randomly blurt it out to someone. Anyone want to have a non-sequitur thrown out by Felix?
    Arrival: Group 3
    General plans for the mission: Being a part of group 3 he'll have to work at getting into his cover but that's sort of his thing so he should be fiiiine. I asked if there would be any mercenaries in the area and got this so that's cool. I'm going to go with that for his search request because why not. If anyone would like to join him, lmk. He'll be trying to get in good with whichever group sounds more interesting or useful and attempting to get himself access to a spaceship that he can pilot around. If he can, he'll make trips between the planets if people ask him real nicely. Or just demand it. Ya know. Teamwork or something. Anyway! It'll be great, that's his whole shtick, he'll have fun no matter what type of mercs he runs into. Looking forward to it. I'm excited to have Felix in his element though! He's def got some advantages to being in space if they need any of that sort of thing. But if just roaming the three planets is all, that's fine, too. Hopefully he'll get to pilot some though!


    Character: Zhao
    Personal task: "Follow a teammate's every command for 24 hours." lol. Any volunteers? He can probably do it unless someone really fucks with him but he'd do his best.
    Arrival: Group 2
    General plans for the mission: Zhao will be fascinated with the space stuff but if he just ends up on one planet it'll probably be Naephus to go hang out with the criminals and be in his element. It'd be easy for him to blend in there. But we'll see! If something else peaks my interest with the log drop I'll fly by the seat of my pants.


    ETC:


    Edited (updating info) 2023-04-06 21:50 (UTC)
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    Possum | Ryunosuke Naruhodo

    [personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2023-04-05 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
    Name: Possum
    Character: Ryunosuke Naruhodo
    Personal task: His goal is "make every decision by flipping a coin for 24 hours", but he never does these... And he's also fairly disapproving of other people doing theirs, bc he's one of those guys who just doesn't trust these dang orbs! THAT SAID: I am 100% game to have him be an unwitting pawn in someone else's goal completion 8')
    Arrival: Group 2! And he's going to be extremely worried about Yujin and Kazuma knowing that they'll be there an ENTIRE MONTH ahead of him, but he's just gonna have to SUCK IT UP AND DEAL W/ IT
    General plans for the mission: Rubbing my hands together like a fly over here bc like. Crime and punishment? Laws? PRISONS? At last, something that's VERY MUCH in Ryu's wheelhouse. He can easily make a cover story out of what he already knows for this one, and I'm planning on having him get in DEEP with the system and seeing what he can find out from some of the higher ups. Depending on what details we get about whether this planet has some kind of judicial system, I'll probably have him be some kind of practicing law student... It's what he knows, and that way he'll hopefully have access to student resources, and the benefit of the excuse of not being 'fully trained' if he runs into any gaps in his understanding of how things work around there.

    Barring that he'll play Herlock Sholmes and be some kind of investigator maybe??

    What he IS going to be out of his element on is like.... Space stuff. His only experience w/ that is the Ximilia itself, so help from any seasoned space farers will be greatly appreciated, tbh.
    ETC:

    LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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