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HeroicSociopath, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 03:13:51 AM, no edits (Post #91):

"Tendencies, hm?" Shepard asked, raisin an eyebrow at Councilor Anderson. Some of Shepard's own behaviours had been described as "tendencies". Had he met a kindred spirit? Did the Turian hide beneath his manly exterior a tender soul like his own? He made a mental note to investigate further.

"It's good to know the Council is taking the Reapers seriously." Shepard said. "I'm not worried. If Zytex and I work together, we're gonna put boots to asses." He nodded, glancing to the side, as he imagined himself and Zytex back to back, murdering reapers. "Leave it to me, though I might ask for a bump in my pay grade." He chuckled. "No, but seriously, it seems like 'save the galaxy' sums up the Spectre job description, doesn't it? No further questions." He said.

((Basically a high tech sword that N7 Slayers wield in ME 3 multiplayer. It's pretty much just a really, really sharp blade.))"

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 03:24:13 PM, last edited on 15th Nov '15 6:58:15 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #92):

"Heroic Sociopath's Samuel Shepard summoning

Anderson responded back,"If that's the case, I have to get back to work. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in my free time, our people, or General Zytex's people. And about General Zytex's tendencies, it's nothing like you. Let's just say he likes to do his own thing sometimes during missions or have his own agendas. It's never gotten bad with him, but it has raised complaints. Anyways, take care Shepard.". Anderson did a gesture of farewell then walked off.

(respond in some way and we are done. The sword sounds okay as long as all it does is be a super cutter. I think I've seen the sword in ME 3 MP and shoots out things there. I don't know how ME 1 lore friendly a sword that shoots out things is. Of course, this is open to discussion. And don't expect to use that sword as much as you might be thinking. In an age with super powered guns and other weapons, using a sword in general combat seems akin to suicide. To compensate for the guns in ME 1 being mostly short to mid range designed, I'm buffing their long range accuracy. Shotguns for example can now hit in longer ranges. Let's call the guns' ranges in ME 1 a gameplay feature, not strictly how'd they'd actually operate. Also remember I will be allowing SMG class guns and that the guns still operate on an overheat system with effectively infinite ammo. Thermal clip weapons are planned to show up later, but they will not replace the overheat guns. Instead they will be hybrided with overheat guns later. The overheat system will rightfully be called the superior method over the thermal clip guns. Guns can operate in different firing modes IRP and do not have to follow ME 1's strict "this weapon type only fires in one firing mode". I am open to discussion about other weapon classes as well.)"

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 03:28:27 PM, last edited on 15th Nov '15 3:29:02 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #93):

"(The main thing that is tripping me up about my new OC is what race they should be. I have other details ready, but my desire to make a diverse cast is tripping me up. Zytex worked well because I like Turians and in retrospect it makes a lot of sense that Turian would be charge of a task force like this or at least be a high ranking member. This new OC's race is tripping me up, speaking that I want them to be an non-Human, non-Turian that is a race that makes sense. This OC will be an old military friend of Zytex's.)"

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ParadoxialStratagem, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 05:10:18 PM, no edits (Post #94):

"(The only race I can really suggest at the moment for your new OC is Salarian, but I'm sure. It's ultimately your choice.)"

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 06:50:22 PM, no edits (Post #95):

"(I was thinking a Salarian at first, but I see some problems. First is Salarians's short life span of around 40 Earth years. This means even if the Salarian was in their late 30s to be an old military buddy of Zytex, they wouldn't have met until later (it might be okay if this is done though). I mean Salarians mature faster than other races to compensate, but meh. Also, I want to make another (female) Salarian OC down the line. Having two (or more) Salarians without having other characters of different races. Or perhaps I'm worrying too much. Salarians make a ton of sense, but yeah.)"

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 09:04:26 PM, last edited on 16th Nov '15 10:44:26 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #96):

"(my new OC. Sorry for the poor writing.)

Name: Fa'ana (Fana) Seleya
Race: Asari
Gender: Female (like all Asari)
Age: 460s in Earth years
Skillset: Powerful biotic, very good with people, excellent at training others in spec ops and biotic techniques, great strategist and tactician, good at leading
Occupation: High ranking member in the task force, higher ranking Asari special forces, trainer
Personality: Very personable. Loves training new talent, esp. in special forces and biotic techniques. When out of combat, friendly, kind, etc. In combat, serious and can be a hard ass; but is fair, level headed, etc. Prefers to be closer to the front lines with her troops. A bit less relaxed than Zytex when it comes to matters of race, but is still nice to most races. <possibly more later>
Home: TBD
Biography: Fa'ana Seleya, also known as Fana, is a higher ranking Asari special forces member. Ever since she was a young girl, Fana was very interested in military service and protecting galaxy. When Fana thought she was old enough; she joined various mercenary groups, security forces, and more (all "ethical" and "lawful" though) in an effort to gain more experience to be accepted into the best of the best of the Asari spec ops. Throughout her service in the various groups making a name for herself, she would periodically put in requests to be accepted, but she had no luck in her maiden years until she was in her early 300s.

Upon being recruited into the Asari special forces, Fana was put in a place lower place than she had wanted. Still, she was happy to finally be a member in the organization she had always wanted to be in. Fana put in lots of effort when she was recruited, hoping to make more of name for herself besides just her reputation she built in her mercenary days. Even when Fana hit her matron stage, she had no desire to quit the special forces and in fact had even more drive than before to succeed. Due to the Asari having many ranks in their special forces and it being harder to be promoted in Asari units due the Asaris' long term view of the world, Fana found it took a while to get higher in the ranking. This did bother her much however, as she found it fun to take on the foes of the Asari Republics and Citadel space.

Fana continued making a name for herself in the Asari special forces and found that she loved leading and training others. She eventually applied and was accepted to be a junior field commander and trainer, training new recruits in special forces operations, and not just Asari ones. She also had developed a huge competency for biotics and also became a junior trainer in that field as well.

One of Fana's most successful trainees was the Turian Zytex Gyrandros. Due to the Turians' distrust of biotics (Zytex is a biotic) and Zytex's high competencies, Zytex was assigned to the Turian special forces. While being trained, Fana was assigned to train the Turian in both special forces and biotics, among other things. The two developed a strong friendship and bond during their time training, which persisted even after they where done. The two went on plenty of missions together which increased their bond even more. Eventually Zytex was able to secure a higher rank than Fana in the Citadel special forces (based on ranking in their own species' ranking systems. Asari rank up slower and have more ranks than the Turians due the Asari having a longer lifespan and worldview), but the two still maintained close relations, with Fana serving under Zytex's command several times. While Fana has some issues with Zytex's quirks, such as his tendency to do his own thing; Fana calls Zytex one of her greatest students. The Turian in turn returns the compliment, calling her the best teacher he's had.

Even after finishing training Zytex and working with him, Fana sill continued leading and training, eventually being promoted past the junior stages and being a full fledged leader and trainer. During the incident with Saren, Fana showed interest in taking down the Spectre, but was always too late to do anything. She was allowed by Zytex to read the mission reports he was allowed to get his hands on. While Fana was disturbed by some of what she saw, especially the Reapers, she did not take it as hard as him. When Saren and his Geth attacked the Citadel, Fana was in Zytex's defense group as they attempted to stop the invaders. She was surprised when the attack was over far sooner than she expected and led the group that swept the Citadel for remaining Geth after the attack. Fana was also able to read the classified reports of mission reports of the attack on the Citadel, Ilos, and more through Zytex.

When Zytex was asked to lead the Council's new black ops task force, one of the first people he recruited was Fana. The Turian asked her to be a subordinate leader, trainer, tactician, strategist, and more; which Fana gladly accepted. Fana now hopes to take down the Geth, Reapers, and anything else that dares to threaten the Asari and Citadel space.

<More if I want to>

Character plans: Friends with Zytex and a subordinate leader. Will likely be a field commander, secondary recruiter, and trainer to those in the task force. I doubt she'll die IRP, but she's not as important as Zytex, so who knows. Also, I plan on keeping Zytex and Fana's relationship strictly a platonic good friendship. I see no reason to have romantic relationships ever, especially amongst my own characters.

(Updated the "character plans" field of the signup sheet)"

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Renewal, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 11:41:05 PM, no edits (Post #97):

"Is it too late to express interest in the RP? I'm thinking of putting together a Krogan OC, but it'll take a day or two for me to properly write up a character sheet."

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 15th Nov 2015 11:45:23 PM, last edited on 15th Nov '15 11:47:16 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #98):

"[up]Except during specific times, I'm planning on new OCs and the like coming in at anytime during the RP's session. Go ahead and draft me up your character's sheet and I'll look at it when I have time. We're still getting started, so you have some time without worrying on missing some things.

Expressing interest is almost never too late though except until we reach our endgame, which is a long ways away."

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 16th Nov 2015 09:40:25 PM, last edited on 16th Nov '15 9:40:41 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #99):

"Finally, my new OC is done. She may also recruit people, esp. later on."

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 16th Nov 2015 10:32:06 PM, last edited on 16th Nov '15 10:56:11 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #99):

"Paradoxial Stratgem's Juun'Reyan Recruitment

Zytex got more serious but still formal and said with a very slight tinge of disappointment in his voice into his communicator,"I do expect those who join the task force to have their own agendas, including myself, but know this. Do not treat your fellow task force members poorly or inferior to you, got it? Anyways, welcome to the task force. I am sending you and your crew a temporary docking license and business license, which will allow you to dock in a good place on the Citadel and actually be able to carry out some business. Also, I am sending you, Mr. Juun, a file that will serve as authorization to get into the Citadel Council Chambers on our first meeting date. The docking and business licenses will last a bit of time and will not be able to be revoked by any C-Sec officer or any military officer of a lower rank than me. However, I highly recommend that once you get into the Citadel's space that you contact me immediately. Quarians still have lots of prejudice against them, including on the Citadel, which is why I am giving you this advice and the licenses. I will be able to pull the right strings to get you hear rather safe and soundly. If need be, I will send some of my people to get you. Still, you must contact me beforehand as otherwise I will be too busy to help you until it's possibly too late. Please take this information to your Captain, assuming he doesn't know already. I expect to see you on the the date I have given you Mr. Juun. You will need that file to get in. If you have any other questions, contact my people. Good day.". Zytex cut off communications. However, he was soon contacted by his friend, Fa'ana Seleya.

"Zytex, we were listening into that conversation and it seems like the conversation was be listened onto by Juun's shipmate's. It was easy stuff to crack, their systems are old and not very secure by today's standards. We didn't cut it off because we thought there was no reason too.", the Asari said through her communicator.

Zytex sighed and then said,"I suspected as much. Thanks for the information, Fana. And good call. I'll continue to look for other people to recruit.". Zytex went back to browsing his files for more interesting people to recruit into the task force.

(respond and we are done)"

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ParadoxialStratagem, first posted on 17th Nov 2015 05:26:03 AM, no edits (Post #101):

"(Normally it would take a couple pages or so for me to type actual dialogue between my own characters, so I'm just going to save time by cutting it and summarizing the results of their talks.)

Once the conversation ended, Juun'Reyan left the barracks and was on his way to the bridge before his superior summoned him, requesting his presence to where he was already going...which he felt was annoyingly redundant. At first Zhet'Torva was adamant about keeping Juun in his group, and the two would exchange words for what would feel like 45 Earth minutes even though it was a lot less. At first Juun tried to explain all the benefits of his task force job offer that he couldn't pass off, but Captain Torva didn't seem to care. He was more concerned about the state of their fleet detachment, as their ships constantly needed repairs and supervision. He explained that Juun was "too valuable an asset" to just give away to some cause, and wondered why the council was even bothering to ask a quarian for their help considering how prejudiced they became against their species ever since the Geth Revolution.

That part of the conversation made Juun realize that he had taken the wrong approach, and decided to use reasoning that made it sound like him joining the Task Force would benefit the Migrant Fleet, which wasn't entirely false. He explained that during these missions, he would have more of an opportunity to not only combat the Geth, but also find potentially devastating information that would shift the Quarian-Geth War in the Migrant Fleet's favor. While 'Torva was starting to show signs of being convinced after this sound argument, he was especially sold that Juun's new superior would provide the group an opportunity to trade all the salvaged supplies they had collected on the Citadel, which was something they weren't entirely sure they'd be able to do.

At first Zhet'Torva figured they should scour every star with a Mass Relay on their way to the Citadel, but Juun used the Scarcity Tactic to convince his captain to set an immediate course directly for the Citadel. Upon reaching the Mass Relay, the group prepared for the next jump one ship at a time, ensuring their systems were as repaired as they could be before setting their course. After the last ship entered the Mass Relay, there was no backing down."

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 17th Nov 2015 03:17:46 PM, no edits (Post #102):

"Paradoxial Stratgem's Juun'Reyan Recruitment

(And we are done. I'm still awaiting responses from Heroic and Renewal)"

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 03:29:22 PM, last edited on 18th Nov '15 3:31:32 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #103):

"Heroic, I need you to finish up this summoning convo. I need some sort of response from Shepard if we're going to finalize you playing him. Your long bouts in between posting concern me. If something's going on, please tell me in this thread or in PM. Same goes for you, Renewal, I haven't heard anything for days. I can be understanding, but if I don't know what's going on, how can I work with you two? It's not fair to wakdatstomp or Paradoxial who are all done and waiting for this to begin. From the looks of things, this RP will be slow paced, but still, you need to contact me, both of you Renewal and Heroic. If don't hear anything from you two by Friday-Saturday, I will be sending P Ms expressing my concern. Heroic, since you are playing a major character, I will only be giving you until the 30th of November to respond somehow until I remove your Shep assignment and put you in the list of people who expressed interest. Renewal, you only have an OC, so you have more time. Really, I hate being this way, but sometimes my foot must come down. If I do remove you from the roster, I hope to see both of you later and hopefully it turns out better. Sorry wakdatstomp and Paraxdoxial for the delays, and also I'm for the delays to Renewal and Heroic. I'm trying to send updates as they come.

Also, anyone want to play Tali or Garrus? I'll take the other who was not picked. I like both a lot so I don't care who I play. For them, I write up the character sheet, but you get to contribute in the "Character Plans" part along with me; and maybe some other parts, such as maybe the "Personality" and the "Biography" felds. Also, Liara and Kaidan are available."

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ParadoxialStratagem, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 05:57:17 PM, no edits (Post #104):

"I feel half-tempted to take your offer to use Tali...but I think one quarian character is enough for now."

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 06:09:54 PM, last edited on 18th Nov '15 6:10:31 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #105):

"It may be better that I use Tali, speaking that I already have a Turian, but I want it to up to someone else. Garrus and Tali are pretty much my top characters from the BW games. Garrus being my all time favorite character in the BW series and Tali working her way up slowly but steadily until she hit top tier under Garrus's tier. Either way, I'm going to be using a major canon character I like."

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Renewal, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 07:12:57 PM, last edited on 18th Nov '15 7:13:21 PM by Renewal (Post #106):

"Sorry, been a bit busy with school this week. Managed to finally nail down my concept today, so here you are:

Name: Rait Vek

Race: Krogan

Gender: Male

Age: 200-250

Physical description: A fairly nondescript krogan—that is, roughly seven feet tall and just under half a ton of muscle and redundant biology—with deep green armor plates and eyes a slightly lighter shade of green. His only especially distinguishing feature is a vicious scar running down the length of his head plate, nearly bisecting it, before trailing down to end at his left temple.

Skillset: Unusually for a krogan, has some skill as an infiltrator—a trained sniper with moderate hacking and other minor tech skills, and general proficiency with most firearms from decades as a mercenary. However, there are obvious limits to what a so-called krogan infiltrator can accomplish—Vek's infiltration methods tend to favor shock and awe over stealth and silence.

Occupation: Mercenary, as is common among most of the krogan diaspora.

Personality: Short-spoken, short-tempered, and blunt—not unusual for a krogan. However, he is rather more reserved than the average krogan; a veneer of indifference coats his usual demeanor, and his rage is the sort that stays suppressed for a time and eventually builds up into a volcanic fury. But this reserve comes from an unusual wellspring of patience for a krogan; he is generally agreeable if cold until his temper finally hits a boiling point. As with all krogan, he respects strength above all else, but tempered by a fierce sense of loyalty: once you've proven your worth to Vek, you have it for life—unless you give him cause to reevaluate that worth. Ultimately, Vek is the dutiful if somewhat unapproachable sort: he'll get the job done, get it done right, and make sure everyone else gets it done too, but he's not necessarily in it to make friends.

Homeworld/space station/ship: Tuchanka.

Biography: Born on Tuchanka, Vek was simply yet another krogan born into his people's pointless and unending struggle for survival and dominance over the blasted wastes of the planet. However, he had the misfortune (or perhaps fortune) to be born into the doomed Clan Rait, a clan with ambitions far outstripping its abilities and luck—it was eventually wiped out and assimilated in a brutal clan war. Vek is the last surviving male of Clan Rait; only a few decades old with plates barely hardened, he was given the ultimate insult of being deemed "not worth killing" at his clan's massacre, and so escaped with life (and his grievous head wound). With no ties and no clan left on Tuchanka, Vek followed the path of many other krogan and became a mercenary. The wounds he suffered at Clan Raik's massacre gave him an unusual appreciation for caution and an understanding of traditional weaknesses; rather than focusing on domination of the battlefield through overwhelming firepower and presence, he favors the tactical mindset of an infiltrator, using a sniper rifle and offensive technical abilities as his preferred weapons. It is this distinct skillset that makes him an interesting hire as a mercenary—not as effective as a fabled battlemaster, of course, but interesting nonetheless—and thus a candidate for the Citadel's task force.

Your plans for your character: Essentially, finding roots with the task force and building a sort of substitute clan—he's a rather lonely and isolated person, and has been for decades. He also has some eye towards building a future for the krogan, but he's not as ambitious as Wrex—rather than seeing the genophage cured and Tuchanka restored or some other grand goal, he simply wants to see an end to the destructive and pointless internecine conflict that consumed and eradicated his clan. A last distant dream for him is to see the name of Clan Rait passed on somehow, that it might survive his inevitable death.

Again, sorry for the delay here; I'm a little more used to slower-paced forums."

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 07:22:44 PM, last edited on 18th Nov '15 7:25:03 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #107):

"[up]Looking at your sheet, it looks fine, barring that Wrex hasn't started much on his grand ambitions yet. And thank you for telling me issues that you have (school). I'll have to keep that in mind, barring the fact that I'm semi impatient. Also, what is Vek's opinion on Turians? I want to know if Zytex should hand over the recruitment to Fana for Vek due Krogan usually disliking Turians.

Also, we as a group all have to talk about how we're going to handle the genophage and the like in this RP. I haven't given it much thought sad."

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Renewal, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 07:30:01 PM, no edits (Post #108):

"Ah, the Wrex thing was just an OOC reference to the events of the games. I'm just asserting that Vek's not the type to go all krogan overlord and reunite the krogan like Wrex ultimately did. Vek probably doesn't have a clue who Wrex is unless he's done something drastic in the aftermath of ME1.

As for turians, Vek's generally indifferent to them, being a professional and all. He has a bit of lingering racial dislike towards them for everything that went down during the rebellions, but he's dealt with turian clients amicably in the past. Essentially, unless the turian in question has a problem with krogan, Vek's neutral enough with them.

And yeah, the whole genophage question is why I wanted to play a krogan ^_^. I guess it's okay if you don't have a plan for it yet; we can just see what arises organically over the course of the RP."

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King Feraligatr, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 07:44:06 PM, last edited on 18th Nov '15 7:59:44 PM by KingFeraligatr (Post #109):

"Renewal's Rait Vek Recruitment

Browsing through his files, Zytex found yet another person he thought would interesting to recruit into the task force. A Krogan infiltrator, that's something you don't see everyday., Zytex chuckled to himself. A warrior like him could be a very great addition to our force, especially with his unorthodox methods. It also says he's fine with Turians such as myself. Zytex put in Vek's contact information and awaited a response.

(remember, that this is based off my total Rewrite of ME 2 and 3. BW ME 2 and 3 never happened (I'm not really even going their direction), but are pools for ideas. I don't mind you bringing in things from those games, but be careful as I reserve the right to have your remove inserts from those games or change them to serve the RP. But you're fine.)"

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Renewal, first posted on 18th Nov 2015 08:01:48 PM, no edits (Post #110):

"Rait Vek's Recruitment

Rait Vek nursed his drink at the seedy bar deep within the lower reaches of the Citadel Wards. The past few weeks had been good to him; mercenary work always spiked in uncertain times. Fear was always the best incentive for people to swallow their qualms and hire on a little more armed muscle; he'd seen more barefaced turians, krogan, batarians, and even vorcha in the seedier parts of the Citadel in the past month than he had in the past decade. Desperate times made for desperate measures, he supposed.

His omnitool beeped, and a knowing smirk came to Vek's craggy features. For the first time in decades, he was in something resembling demand. Most times, people wanted krogan for shock and awe and sheer firepower; a krogan infiltrator was little more than a novelty. But the attack on the Citadel had shaken everyone up—now people wanted every card possible in their hand, and a krogan infiltrator was unusual enough that Vek stuck out. It wasn't quite the sort of infamy he'd wanted when he started up as a mercenary, but business ultimately was business.

Swallowing his drink and letting the soothing burn slide down his gullet, he tapped on his omnitool to respond to the message. "Vek speaking."