OOC: Planar Breach, what's that behind you? Options

[Kiedo]

Okay to start things off and so everyone can get to know one another's characters, I would like you all to post a two paragraph(minimum) description, one describing their background and the other covering thier physical description and personality. Post things that you fellow runners would know by either just hanging around you character or because they told them.

The IC will go up Wednesday and we will get crackin', do for future refrence all dice rolls here, please, sigs off, ect. When you cheat you not only cheat yourself but everyone around you.

[HMHVV Hunter]

Alright, here's my contribution:

Name: Jonathan Hawk
Occupation: Mage, with a Catholic slant
Profile:

Jonathan Hawk is 25 years old, with black hair and dark brown eyes that, at times, seem to have a haunted look behind them. He often wears casual clothes like jeans, but on missions involving action he's almost always decked out in double-layered armor (an undersuit of form-fitting armor and an armor jacket over it). When he's on the job, Hawk often carries a laser-like focus with him, seeming driven to complete the task at hand. During times of research and study, this focus often leads to him becoming rather irate if he's interrupted in some way, unless the interruption is a genuine emergency. He's also rather brusque in speech and manner on the job, seemingly having no use for social niceties or etiquette. Needless to say, this tends to put a lot of people off that don't know him well or that he's just met. Yet, despite his harshness, there's a strange sort of charm to him that most people detect given enough time around him (game terms: a Charisma of 5).

During free time, Jonathan relaxes a bit, letting off the built-up tension by watching trid and movies. Unfortunately, these times come few and far between these days, given his work for Pandora. Those closest to him (including, maybe, his teammates) are starting to worry that this growing lack of a release valve is starting to strain his psyche, but so far Hawk has never complained about it.

Jonathan Hawk was a university student in Seattle when he got into a car crash at the age of 20. He came out of the resulting two-week coma with no brain damage, but his experiences - his astral form being thrown into a metaplane he's convinced is Hell for the time of the coma - led to his personality being what it is today. He's told this story to his teammates and the upper echelons of Pandora, along with his suspiscion that the forces of "Hell" are preparing to invade Earth.

[jklst14]

Name: Cherie Marceau
Nickname/Handle: Nimble Little Minx
Occupation: Paranormal Bounty Hunter
Description: Quebecois caucasian human female in her mid to late 20's

Standing 1.65 meters tall, Minx is 60 kilograms of pure spunk and brash in your face attitude. Cigar chomping and hard drinking, she swears and brawls like a drunk viking. She has the temper of a soccer hooligan and a disposition to match, although she can turn on the charm when a softer touch is required. However, she knows her position in the hierarchy, and will follow orders though often with a little grumbling. Her hair had previously been shockingly blonde and styled in crazy little spikes but thankfully, that has long since grown out. Now, it's dark, straight and often pulled back in a simple braid. Her blue eyes are difficult to read but often seem to glimmer with mischief whenever they are not hidden behind her favorite mirror shades. Slim and lithe, most men consider her to be quite the looker. But only if they can ignore the gun she usually has pointed in the observer's direction.

Minx's background is clear, to any who are willing to sit and listen to her near endless chatter. She used to work for the Quebec Genderarmerie and left under uncertain terms. Rumor has it that she was booted for discipline issues. But by her telling, the Minister of Defense practically begged her on hand and knee not to leave and that she just gave him the finger and walked away. The truth probably lies somewhere in between. She does spin a good tale though and Anglos in particular, are often quite amused when they hear the words "fragger" and "drek" uttered in her surprisingly charming Quebecois accent. Afterwards, she went on to become a bounty hunter of some renown. Eventually tiring of bail jumpers and deadbeat dads, she began to take advantage of Quebec's generous paranormal bounties and stalk more dangerous prey. After a few years of great success, she came to the Project's attention and now, she's here.

[Streak]

Name: Lieutenant William Michael Burke
Nicknames: Sarge or Burke


Physical Description:
Burke as he prefers to be called, stands 6'4" tall (1.93 meters) and weighs 245lbs (111.23 kilograms), with a medium to large build. Burke looks to be in his mid 30s and in great physical condition. He has several bullet wound scars across his body, most noticeably the lower jaw, where a large scar stretches from his chin all the way up behind his ear. When asked he will reveal that in a firefight, he suffered a particularly nasty bullet wound to his face and the reconstructive surgery left a set of nasty scars. He has a dirty blonde crew cut, with a set of noticeable cyber eyes. Also, Burke’s entire left arm was replaced by an obvious cybernetic limb. Again, if asked he talks about another mission which he received multiple gunshot wounds, shattering most of the bones in the lower arm; he was unable to get to a hospital until days afterward. The blood loss combined with infection lead to him having his entire arm amputated and replaced with a cybernetic one.


Background:
Lieutenant Burke was born in a small town outside of Flint Michigan in the UCAS, both his parents, 2 sisters, 1 brother and 1 son are all still alive. He isn’t coy about hiding his background; he is proud of his accomplishments. Burke served for 8 years in the UCAS 213th Ranger division attaining the rank of Lieutenant at a very fast pace, with his natural leadership abilities, take charge attitude and tactical excellence in the field. After his divorce, Burke decided to seek a change and hired in to Lone Star working in the SWAT division for 7 years making the rank of Sergeant there. Less than a few years ago, right about the time Haley’s comet caused all the uproar, Burke was imbued with a gift. The gift to see into the magical realm, see horrors as they are and not as they want us to see them. This “Gift of Sight” as he calls it, has allowed him to hunt and track paranormal creatures. This gift is what lead his astray from Lone Star, his choice of missions and Tactical experience are probably what caught Jack Crowley’s eye when he hand picked Burke as a member.

Personality:
When the group firsts meets Burke, he comes across as arrogant, vain, and unforgiving. He is used to having control of most situations in order to produce a tactical advantage for the team. This can be an irritating experience to those who are fiercely independent or vying for leadership. As a concentrated professional in the field, his presence demands respect from those under him. He is quick to warm up to any team members who have military background and can relate to “his” way of thinking.

[Thanatos]

Your probably wondering why i'm posting since my name wasn't on the list of excepted but i'm one of the preselected members.

Name: Zane Johnson
Nickname: Lingo
Occupation: Field Researcher (Dangerous Paranormal Creatures)

Lingo is a 59 year old punker elf he's 1.9 meters tall and weighs 90 Kilograms. He has multiple piercings and tatoos. Blonde hair with short black spikes and penetrating blue eyes. Lingo's one of those people who while smart doesn't really care if he comes off that way. Slightly impulsive Lingo tends to speak without thinking, (not to say that he gives up information but that he responds to statements or questions in a smartass way without thinking of the consequences.) but is otherwise calm and mellow.

Lingo was born Zane Johnson in Alaska, USA but moved to Japan at the age of three where he attended school till he graduated and moved back to the states, which had changed dramatically from what he had been told by his parents, where he attended DIMR where he studied Paranormal Creatures and eventually went on to become a field researcher. After years of field research on dangerous paranormal creatures the Draco Foundation took notice of Lingo's abilitys and recruited him for Project Pandora.

[Ecclesiastes]

Name: Paladin
Nicknames: None


Physical Description:
Paladin, stands 6'8" tall and weighs 275lbs, with a large, muscular build. He is middle aged for an Orc, around 25 maybe, but the years are showing on him more than most due to the life he's lead. He keeps his dark brown hair cut close to his scalp, never letting the hair get more than a quart of an inch long, less mess to deal with he always says. Most of the time you'll find him wearing black jeans with a white t-shirt and a black long coat over that.

Background:
Asset DC598 always loved his job. He was cold, calculating, and fast. He was the best assassin Ares had. Then they sent him someplace he wouldn't ever return from.

The job was a simple one. There was some leader down in the Orc Underground, some modern day Martin Luther King Jr., was causing problems. He kept claiming that Ares was a racist company and in return, Ares wanted him eliminated. Being that Asset DC598 was an Orc, he seemed the perfect assassin to go into the Underground. That was their mistake. Asset DC598 tracked the leader's every move for a month. Also during that time, he heard every speech and message the orc leader had to give. It spoke to Asset DC598, the message reached him, down to his soul, and told him that what he was doing was wrong.

Asset DC598 went AWOL. He left his old life of assassination behind him and decided to take the high road. He used his time and skills to help those who couldn't help themselves. He went to O.R.C. demonstrations and stood up for the rights of his people. He was doing what was right and with his old life dead, so was his name. Now he was Paladin.

After a few years of operating in the Underground, the Project took notice of his talents. Paladin had specialized in hunting down the worst of the worst, and that is just what they delt with.

Personality:
Paladin has always been a little withdrawn from the group, never getting too close to anyone. When asked about his past, he quickly finds ways to change the subject and move on. He has revealed that he has a lot of ties with the Orc Underground and has managed to get the team safe passage through its tunnels on more than one occation. He does his best to get along with everyone, but always with a lack of intimacy that keeps everyone from getting to his core.

[perfect complex]

im also one of the preselected members.


Name: Gerard Donnovan


Description:
approximately 3'4'' and 40Kg. he has medium length spiky brown hair, and a full mustache that hangs past his chin in braids on each end along with a short beard.

Donnovan was born in Alaska where he was a member of the local law enforcement agency. He soon became bored with the lack of excitement in Alaska and decided to move to Seattle for more interesting fields. after moving through the ranks of lonestar he was offered a job with the CIA where he caught the attention of project pandora and was recruited. Donnovan is a percrastinater who tries to put things off but once he gets going he works hard till its done. same with partying. he says he doesn’t want to but once starts hill go all night long.

[Kiedo]

Wow, it's a good thing I don't count off for spelling mistakes, perfect. But in all fairness this is both Perfect complex's and thanatos' first forum run. So those of you who are more experienced or well versed I would ask that you be patient with them and help them out to the best of your abilities.

For those of you who have yet to post or send me your sheet, please once the IC is up don't post in it until you've sent me your sheet. For the rest of you once I get finished with my other online things I will be putting it up shortly.

Lock and load,
Jacob

[jklst14]

I have no problems giving the other players as much time as they need nor am I in a rush to start. But perhaps while we are waiting, those of us who are already done could start some IC posts, in a 'getting to know each other' kind of fashion (i.e. sitting around Pandora headquarters just talking or drinking at a bar after a mission). Does that sound okay Kiedo?

[Kiedo]

Sorry it took so long to get the IC up, lets kick it into gear.

Also I need the character sheets from some of you still, hurry please so we can get the ball rolling.

[Ecclesiastes]

Sorry for my lag on the sheet, I have it done up to the point of spending karma. Today was a vacation day for me at work, tomorrow is my wives birthday, and then there is Mother's Day, so I won't be able to get you a sheet until early next week.

[Kiedo]

thats fine, go ahead and role play if you have time, just don't do anything that involves dice or skills, until you've got me the sheet

Just a heads up I'm missing sheets from these people:
Ecclesiastes
perfect complex
Thanatos
Flipshow

thats more than half of you, which is dissapointing but not entirely bad per se. I've got things I need to attend to offline, like tuesday I'm starting a new job, so I can completely understand the delay.

[jklst14]

Kiedo,
I'm going out of town tomorrow and will have limited ability to post over the next several days. Just wanted to let you know...

jkl

[Streak]

Sorry fellas for not getting my post in the last couple days .... i went out of town for mother's day, took my laptop and requested a motel with a broadband connection. They provided one ... just didn't expect it to be a "wireless" connection! ;) lol Sorry again! :D

[Kiedo]

thats fine we have a couple people out this weekend, and I still haven't heard from one of the people I had picked for this. If he doesn't contact me soon I'll have to cut losses and reduce the team to 6 instead of 7.

I'm only missing one sheet now (if you don't count the guy who hasn't given me heads or tails yet) but Ecclesiastes has given me a reason so I'm not to worried about it.

I'm looking forward to this run getting going, I've got some great runners, and a good story planned out.

[Ecclesiastes]

I edited in my description. The sheet is coming, but work is pounding me right now. I am at the moment locked in a supply closet so I could get the minute I needed to catch up here. :)

[Kiedo]

Two things, I would encourage everyone to proof read and spell check *cough*youknowwhoyouare*cough*, and also I would just like to point out that Tim, the guard at the front door has had a different personality for each person who's posted (it's not a bad thing, I just thought it was interesting, since it reflected your character's personality slightly). Thats all keep up the good work, and once the action starts I'll begin awarding karma.

[jklst14]

Perhaps Tim is actually a Troll Face with an aptitude for etiquette? ;)

[Kiedo]

yeah that works for me. :P

[Ecclesiastes]

Yes. I know I still owe you a character sheet. Yes. I suck. Work is poundnig me. I will get it done as soon as I can, even if I have to take my laptop into the supply closet and lock myself in to get it done.

[Kiedo]

take your time, just have it before you need to roll for anything.

[Ecclesiastes]

Done! :)

I PMed you a link to the sheet.

[Kiedo]

got it you now have dice rolling status

[Kiedo]

Who hasn't arrived at the complex yet? I think streak is the only one who has yet to show, but I could be wrong.

As soon as everyone is there I'll start the briefing.

[Kiedo]

My bad for not being clearer with the briefing, I know all the little tid bits and plot hooks and when I wrote it I for whatever reason just assumed you guys knew too.