New RP Static Team Forming!

Well, if you'd like you can go with the Fire/Pain or Fire/Rad Idea and let JKPhage go Thujgs/Poison that'd be swell!

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Will do then. It gives me an excuse to play around with the new Mad Scientist costume sets too. I'll go with Fire/Pain, since I really want to give Pain Domination a shakedown. Here's the backstory.

Doctor Elizabeth Vulcanna is a medical doctor specializing in paranormal research, particularly involved with the study of the mind and psionics. She had a theory that through specific treatments of certain wavelengths of radiation, latent psionic abilities could be unlocked in so called 'normal' people. Funding and research subjects were always a problem however, especially for such esoteric subjects.

Eventually she found a sponsor in the form of Hero Corps Inc, who wanted a way to develop new 'in house' supers for their company. Just one of their many projects. With their funding she was able to develop her Psion Wave Amplifier and test it on animals. Some success was made, however a rat with the ability to open it's cage door with it's mind was not exactly the results that Hero Corp was looking for. What few human test subject she was able to agree to the rather strong restrictions proved disappointing and inconclusive. In desperation and fear of losing her funding, she used the Psion Wave Amplifier on herself one night, unlocking latent pyrokinetic abilties in her own mind.

With proof positive, Hero Corp was quick to move in. They created a heroic identity for "Doctor Vulcanna" and put her in the field, despite her protests. They also quickly patented and sewed up the rights to the Psion Wave Amplifier, completely cutting Elizabeth out of any credit for her own invention. The PWA was used on a few other subjects who met the criteria for latent psionic abilities, to mixed results.

Bitter over the turn her life had taken and affected in other ways by the PWA, she began to sink into depression and paranoia. Every legal attempt to recover the rights of her invention was neatly blocked by Hero Corp, and her required service as a 'Super Hero' for them was a bitter pill to swallow. Eventually she was approached by the mysterious "Mister", who offered her a different way. A way to get revenge against Hero Corps and the legal system which betrayed her. A way to increase her own power to levels unimagined. A way to make all those who doubted or betrayed her to pay. And so she turned her back on the sun and embraced the shadows.

(Doctor Vulcanna was originally a Blaster I made up as a reluctant scientist working for Hero Corps. I was in a small SG with some friends that eventually kind of fell apart. She was later on reinvented as a Corrupter, but problems with the thermal set made her unpleasant to play for me, so she's been largely shelved for a long time. I really like the fire assault set, just flame shields used to give me bad headaches, so... I'll remake her, but I may lag behind a little bit, depending on when we start the group, since I have to start from scratch again, and the double XP weekend is pretty much over.)

I. Love. That corruptor backstory.

We'll meet after DXP obviously. I'm writing a more specific backround for my stalker tomorrow, who is currently level 8.

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Shameless Bump.

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I'm the affore mentioned Dom. I've gone with Mind/Fire. I figure along the cliche line of the psychotic, drooling monster. Her mind's become twisted enough that it started affecting (or infecting) others without her being able to control. She was drugged to her eyeballs and stuffed into a windowless room for God-knows-how-long. One day the meds start to lighten up, due to the intervention of our "Mister". Either a new chemical mix, or just enough to make her moldable into what he needs. Possible holds over her; the new cocktail is addictive as hell, or a simple, "Do what I need or it's back to the box for you". For the name, I went with Ann Arckey. (Anarchy :P )

Went with /Fire for the secondary. Simply, what raving lunatic isn't complete without a little playing with fire?

This team is shaping up good. Still short a brute though. Any Brute concept would be nice, though I would personally prefer a very large monster and/or killing machine, but I tend to always lean that way. Any powersets for brute are open for possibilities. If anyone is interested in the spot drop a post here!

@Tir: Dont raving lunatics usually have butcher knives?

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Not when it's easier to make the other guy with the butcher knives do the work for ya.

Agreed!

Found a very interesting RPer who sent me a PM about the team. Theyh plan on playing a brute and is currently working on a cencept for the character!

So! Here's the current team layout!

Black Marrow: Arcwave (Eletric Melee/Willpower Stalker)
Tirtuatha: Ann Arckey (Mind Control/Fire Assault Dominator)
Neko Ali: Doctor Vulcanna (Fire Blast/Pain Domination Corruptor)
Viseur: N/A (Radiation/Traps Corruptor???)
JKPhage: N/A (Thugs/Poison Mastermind???)
--------- Last spot will be announced once they post in this thread with their concept.



BIG EDIT: As you all have probably noticed by now, this RP Group is quite tragic. It's tragic for a reason and wether or not we come out on top at the end of it all is a complete mystery, story-wise.

Also, My character backround write-up is still in the works, will post it once it's ready. Base-Wise, I'm thinking of having a Tech/Sewer themed base. Have the entryway be a sewer and then have it move on to more archaicy-looking labs and such.

First meeting will be at around level 12, once we've all reached that level, or have at least gotten close, we'll start with our first AE arc. Our first AE Arc will only be a couple missions long and will introduce us to our various predicaments with mister. Afterwards we can move on to ordinary missions for the night.

Also, this group may eventually be opening it's doors to 2 more characters. Specifically characters more directly linked to Mister (Like a direct employee scientist working with the group) or a character whose tragic sense is even worse than the rest of us (like a Blackmailed Arachnos soldier or something like that). However, that's going to be quite far down the road, so dont anybody rush to fill those spots.

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Alright! The Rad/Traps Corruptor has been created and is sitting at level 7, if I remember correctly. Should be able to get him to 12 quickly. I ended up going with the name Noxtech for him.

I'm liking the total layour for this so far... Ok, seems almost everyone is ready to go. What days of the week are you guys available around 8pm EST? Once I have a list of available times I suggest a couple days and we can get started.

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8:00 EST? I'm good pretty much every night at that time.

I would currently be available Saturday-Monday nights, though I might arrive a little late on Sundays. I currently do static group in another game Sunday afternoons which ends at 8pm EST, so assuming it ends on time I would still have to switch over. Sometimes it goes on a little long of course.

The other days of the week currently have things planned for the 8-12ish slot, but those are subject to eventual change, so depends on how things go.

Ok, how does 1 a week, Mondays at 8pm EST sound for now? Like I said, I would REALLY like to add a second day, but for now we can keep it once a week. The schedule for these will look like 8-9ish RP, 9- mission time. Also, I would like to point out that 8pm EST means ready to go at 8pm EST. I don't want to be a time nazi about this but the last static team I was a part of sometimes liked to think 8pm EST meant: log on another character, check the market, do some base work, log off, use the bathroom, log in at 8:30. I'd prefer we were all ready to go as close to 8pm as possible (of course someone is late or can't make it sometimes, just be sure to tell us before the next meeting so we know you didn't quit on us :P).

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Monday at 8 seems fine to me. Just need to level up Vulcanna some more and I think tweak her costume some, and I'll be ready to go. I'll hit that later today, once I'm done work.

Obviously not meeting today, but monday next week will be our first meeting. Get near level 12 and we'll meet in Pocket D.

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Oh, NOW ya tell us it wasn't yesterday. :P

Hit level 12 anyway. Ready to go.

Ok, our first meeting is this Monday at 8pm EST. Hope to see you all there!

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Black Marrow, I'd like to be a part of this as well. I have a brute in mind and I've sent you a private message with her origin as I'm not sure her violent past would be appropriate for these boards (not to mention that I'm greedy with novel origins and I think hers is).

Although, if you believe I should post it I will.

I wouldnt post the specifics, just the general idea. I avent heard from the brute we already have, but we'll see this monday if they'r still committed. I'd say come on monday night though if you can make it, a 7th person would be a great addition, especially a brute (considering our other brute is /Dark Armor, I think). We'll see how it goes.

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Hmm, I think I'll just say that my Brute is Mace/Willpower and is an unwilling participant in her condition that was perpetuated by circumstances beyond her control, her father, and manipulation by Mr. ???.

I'll add a snippet from a letter that Shatterswift's father David Wright emailed to Mr. ????:


"Mr. ??????:

I look upon her and I cannot stop myself from going mad at just the idea of what I have done to her and with your "help".

In your previous missive, you mentioned that what she is is a direct result of my actions and my actions alone, but by just looking into her eyes, I can see there is nothing of my daughter there and therefore nothing of me. This is not what I wanted.

I cannot shake the feeling that perhaps this is what you wanted and that *you* guided me here with guile, deception and/or false concerns for my daughter's welfare.

But, then I remember all that you really have done for me.

I've taken note that even those that escaped my lab have been silenced and perhaps the police have been paid off as I have not recieved even a single inquiry by either the press or the authorities as to what happened there.

There used to be a street vendor that I would occasionally purchase my lunch from that would stop right outside the lab on the street. He would sell me the most wonderful bratwurst. I have not seen him since that day.

Perhaps I am being paranoid, but I have this feeling that even his dissapearance is a direct result of what happened as well.

So, I wanted to inform you that I am not resigning, nor am I hiding Molly away from you.

Just tell me who her target is. I'll send her to take care of it.

Sincerely,
David Wright"

Just wanted to bump this thread in an effort to remind everyone that's participating that this is tonight at 8pm EST (7pm CST), according to Black Marrow.

Only 4 People came, including me. What a shame. If we can get 5 people at least next week, we'll do the AE Arc.

Incidentally, the MM and 2nd brute spots are now open. The theme and such is on the earlier pages, feel free to come up with something of you'd like.

EDIT: The RP was kind of awkward tonight, and I blame the lack of people. The AE Arc was meant as an intoduction to it all, but seems i'll need to save it for next week. Monday, 8pm EST (7pm CST, 5pm PST).

I'll be working on the base this week, feel free to comment or put suggestions here. SG Name was name official today as 'Algorithm'.

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Meeting this Monday Night everyone.

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