Mass Effect -Ponies Interest check

[Shadowbolt0]

Hello Everyone

It's been a while since I've started anything, mostly because Fanficiton and Full-Time work has been invading my life (I'll admit, the last one was a failure due to work and me overworking myself and falling ill)

Anyway, been discussing with another RP'er on this site about doing a Mass Effect Roleplay set in ME 2. The premise is that Shepard (Controlled by me and following Cannon) will recruit Our characters and original crew members. Following the story to defeat the Collectors.

If you're interested, just throw something here. When you do, if you could start thinking up character ideas along with your 'Loyality Mission' and what way you get recruited by Shepard (Or Cerberus so Shepard doesn't have to look for you), that would make this much easier.

Cheers

[Zealot]

I remember some whisperings about this, I am sort of interested. I certainly like the idea of roleplaying in the mass effect universe and I have one or two old character ideas that I can use, though the idea of just going through the storyline of ME2 is a little off-putting. Is there going to be more to it than that?

[Shadowbolt0]

Yeah, there will. However, with no knowledge of how many people are intrested and what characters I have to work with story wise, right now I can't say there is a lot I can modify with certainty. I have ideas about extra missions (Since a lot of Me -2 is based on recuiting) to be more combat-Collector missions, but until I get numbers and characters, ain't a lot I can safely make.

 

I would do a ME-3 one, but this is a experiment/teaser to see how it will go.

[Zealot]

Is there a way we can steer it away from just doing missions? That'll get quite long and adventure RP isn't all that interesting most of the time. 

 

Way I would run it is to be a separate team entirely from Shepard, and chase down a different lead involving the collectors. A side story essentially, with maybe less of a combat focus. 

[Huscarl]

Another Mass Effect RP eh? I remember doing one on the site back in 2013. Was really fun. 

 

We did a similar scenario as Zealot mentioned. We had a group of ponies/krogans/quarians all in equine form (such as having 4 hooves) first off meeting the Illusive Man, and then kinda following in Shepards footsteps fighting the reapers

 

What made it really interesting was the character interaction, rather than the missions, we had a biotic griffon and a krogan who always butted heads. Anyway, since finding this topic, I've dug around on the site trying to find the RP and I was luckily able to find the ooc for it, however the RP is sadly long gone.

 

http://www.canterlot.com/topic/15564-mass-effect-echoes-closed/

 

If either of you are willing to do an RP similar to this, give me a shout, it was a riot, I loved it.

[RainbowDaringDash]

Their will be more then missions, me and Mids are still brainstorming idea's for the whole thing, though until we know how many will be interested, we cant really get anythign set in stone. I can bet, knowing the idea's Mids has, that this RP will be a blast, both char interactions, which will probably be explosive, and the missions might have twists lol

[Shadowbolt0]

Zealot:

 

Natually, there will be missions, however yes, there will be many opportunities for character development and the such that are going to be out of combat, as well as other situations that cannot be resolved by guns blazing, however, these are under advicement and will take time to make and create.

 

Also, I like the idea. Originally I was going to have them being in the Normandy, however, being a subset and working in parral I like much more.

 

Huscarl:

If you recall, I was in that Echo's Rp (I was the Quarian engineer/Infiltraitor, I can't recall which one) but I am using parts of Echos as inspiration. As I also had a good time in that Rp (shame it died, Spaced did a lot of work to start it)

 

 

As for missions having twists, its me...Of course we're gunna have a hella ride, I am an evil master-mind planning to rule the world and put Oc's through the torment itself

[Zealot]

Ahh, ok, that will be good then. Yeah, just best to start off with the characters actually knowing a little about each other before being thrown into the fire with each other. Hehe. 

 

Well, this is just my two cents it's your roleplay but I would definitely have it as a different team working another angle. After all there's a lot of different groups in the Mass Effect universe. I would have it as a council mission to allow multiple species. After all the council said they wouldn't look into the issue of the collectors but... well... politicians say a lot of things, or even a team of a spectre who sort of believes Shepard because they once served with Shepard. After all, the actual character of Commander Shepard isn't particularly fleshed out but hey, that's just my suggestions so feel free to ignore or whatever. 

 

At any rate, I'd be up for something like this. Just so long as there is character interaction going on and we don't drag it out too much. There's a lot that could happen but it's probably best just to stay simple and see how it goes for the first outing. 

[Shadowbolt0]

Well, I like the idea of Spectres, it would heavily force our characters to change according to the needs of the Spectres and give the player less choice in what species and life-style their character has as Spectres have a very small enterence bar for being what is known as a legendary group. So honestly, I am a fan of the Secondary Cerberus Team that works alongside, but not with, Shepard.

 

And if this all goes well, then perhaps something involved with ME-3 could be an option (I would love to play the character I plan to use again, despite how 'Unstable' she is)

 

So we've got myself, Zealot, Rainbow, Huscarl and possibly 1 more (I was chatting to him over Skype)

 

I will put a character App sheet soon, OR if you wish to use your own one, go right ahead. Just please ensure it covers the needed basics and if you have ANY questions, Pm me or use the Skype I have in my canterlot acc to ask me because I am more than happy to help!

[Zealot]

I was more suggesting that our characters work with a spectre rather than be spectres themselves, but your call. 

 

Yeah, I shall dig up my notes on one of my old character designs. I suspect they will be asari if that's ok, but hey, depends on the notes when I dig them up.

[RainbowDaringDash]

Question Mids, do we have to be WITH cerberous to start with? Like, do we need to be in cerberous to be recruted, or can we meet up on some mission randomly, or bla... IM confusing myself

 

Base question, do we need to start as a cerberous agent?

[Shadowbolt0]

Zealot, I'll admit, I am startling to like your idea more and more with working along side a Spectre than Cerberus. I'll start brain storming new ideas Because with Cerberus, we are limited in what route we take to fight the collectors, with a Spectre, we have more freedom. However, that does mean someone will have to play the spectre if they come on missions with the team an which could be fun.

 

Currently the two options are:

1: Secondary Cerberus Team recruited by Shepard

2: Team working with a Spectre who believes in what Shepard said about the Reapers

I will need some time to make up my mind.

 

In relations to 'How' we start, we will have to be 'recruited' by the Spectre. Now you can have your character recruited straight away, or if you'd rather, the characters can go and find you. Which would people prefer?\

[Zealot]

I would prefer the whole spectre angle if that's ok, I'm fine with doing Cerberus but it might be difficult to explain them working with aliens. Because Cerberus, hehe. But yeah, someone would probably have to play the spectre, which would be fine if you were already going to play a military personality but hey.

 

I actually found I don't have my old notes for the character I wanted to play, but I'm starting to remember it. 

 

As for recruitment, I would like to have my character recruited sooner rather than later since that sort of means that roleplay can get under-way. I don't want to be roleplaying by myself after all. Still, I would be open to delaying my character appearance until they get involved. I'm already in quite a bit of roleplay after all, hehe.

[Shadowbolt0]

Well, due to a lack of votes, Zealot wins 1-0.

 

We're going to be doing the Spectre Angel. I will give you an application form when it's completeled to fill in then we'll start.

[Zealot]

Well, due to a lack of votes, Zealot wins 1-0.

 

 

 

I love democracy...

 

Hehe, yeah sure. I've made a few notes already. So yeah, keep me updated.

[Shadowbolt0]

If you've got the basis for your character already done, Pm me them just so we can speed up the app process

[Shadowbolt0]

Ok, here is the App form for your characters.

 

Name:

Gender:

 

Species:

Age:

Apperance:

Personality:

History(as short or long as you want):

Skills
If skill is custom, could you please include a detailed description of it plz?

Starting Armor

Starting weapons

Class
You can mix classes, though only if deemed not op as hell.

Occupation:

Fame:

Other:

[Shadowbolt0]

Updated the App to include Species when I noticed it was missing, cheers.

[Shadowbolt0]

Ok! I have the Spectre you will be following into battle! Hope to see everyones App's soon.

 

Name: Sinestro

Gender: Male

Species: Turian

Age: 30ish

Apperance: Average height for the Turians with red war markings on his face. His eyes are an emerald green.

Personality: A true warrior, he is very blunt when he speaks, not very strong with inter-species interactions outside of Turians. A warrior, his main interest is talking about battle and discussing ways to kill his enemies. A true leader, he has lead teams b example, always the first into the fire, never forcing his troops to do anything, but ready to push them when he needs to.

History(as short or long as you want): Joined the Turran military at a young age and was seen as a ruthless assault force, incapable to protecting a location, he was always taking the offensive when he wasn’t suppose to, causing the death of several of his men until he was transphered to a special forces unit where his skills as a attacking and brutal leader made him one of the best commando’s. It was shortly after he moved to the rank of Spectre, and since then, has been following the works of Commander Shepard with great interest. Shepard vanished searching the these Reapers, and a year and a half later, Sinestro managed to get some solid info about the Reapers, plans to rally a small team and do his own investigation with the councils belief that it is simple a recon mission.

Skills


Starting Armor:

Customised Medium Turian Assault Armor

Starting weapons

M87 Revenant Light Machine Gun

M7 Paladin Pistol

Omni-Blade

Black Widow

Class
Warrior

Occupation: Council Spectre

Fame: Known as the ‘Unstoppable Force’, he is most known for his holding of the Citadel, holding down the C-Sec officers with a small number of officers, before going solo and providing escort for trapped civilians, and despite being alone, destroying what is recorded to be nearly 100 Geth by himself.

Other:

[Zealot]

Name: Tyrande

Gender: Female

 

Species: Asari

Age: 92

Apperance: She's purple skinned and thin but has muscled undertones to her form which indicate that she's had some form of martial training. Commando training is tough, even for the officers and though she hasn't excelled in her training, her unique abilities and enthusiasm is what has kept her in the commandos. 

Personality: She's a war nerd. She likes guns, technology, strategy games and all that. That can lead to her getting quite excited about missions even if she isn't going, the asari doesn't quite understand the seriousness of warfare. Tyrande doesn't know it, but she actually doesn't like getting shot at and she would likely get quite panicky in a firefight. She's never been in one before and all of a sudden guns are scary. Aside from being quite knowledgeable and happy to talk all day about topics she knows little or a lot about she likes astronomy, cartography, history and maths. Not as much as war sciences of course, but hey. I imagine she's quite an indoorsey person but is also quite sociable and has an immature side to her. Tyrande is a patriot above all else, she loves her race and the council and wants to help them as much as she can. 

History(as short or long as you want):The idea is that she's quite a young asari who has some unique gifts with biotics. She has only recently discovered her gift and decided to help the military with it. She has en-rolled in the asari commandos as a trainee officer and is still a recruit with the rank of lieutenant by the time the spectre picks her up. She has had no experience of combat and her parents sheltered her, giving her a good education and happy upbringing.

Skills: Combat wise she would be inexperienced and would only use a simple predator pistol. Her more general biotic abilities would be pretty good, but nowhere to the level of a very powerful biotic. So she would be reasonably competent on the battlefield, but not to the level that would be expected. She's much more focused on grand strategy and battle tactics than she is her own personal combat skill. I'd imagine she'd stay back on the comms and offer strategic advice or do her battle meditation. Of course she could be deployed on the ground but she would suffer in that role and wouldn't like it, having not been in a live fire situation before. Tyrande would have a lot of knowledge about weaponry, tactical scenarios, likely enemy positions, different worlds, technology. She's an asari and she's had quite a while to gain quite a bit of knowledge about a lot of things, even if she is young. She's not too physically fit either, though she is getting there.

 

Essentially she has the ability to focus her biotics on a battle that is happening and allow troops to fight harder, faster and better. She can get into an individual's head through telepathy, as long as they are willing, and she can offer tactical advice as well as be an extra set of eyes. Usually she would be kept back so that she could perform her battle meditation or "strategic biotics" as I like to call it, and she would focus on the fireteam to allow them to fight better. There are limits to how many people she can help with her biotics, and the more people she does assist the less the effect is. 


Starting Armor: Asari Commando Light Armour

Starting weapons: Predator Heavy Pistol

Class: Adept

Occupation: Asari Commando recruit

Fame: None.

[Huscarl]

Name: Saul Thiok

 

Gender: Male

 

Species: Drell

 

Age: 42

 

Appearance: Darker green skin tone throughout his entire body in comparison to other drell, though has Maroon coloured sections on his head leading up to his eyes, what are almost completely pitch black. His face is worn, and wrinkled from stress, and hasn't aged entirely well. Has an average build for a Drell, slender and agile with natural reflexes above that of a human or asari. Wears standard drell clothing what is a mixture of brown and black.

 

Personality: A recluse and a drell of very few words. Saul is an incredibly pious drell who from a young age, has been specialized in taking out single targets from a distance. Calm, cool, collected and serious despite any situation, Saul is an asset to be relied upon even at the worst of times. Saul considers the best company is by himself, as he regularly prays alone to the old Drell religious ways before doing simple and complex tasks alike. 

 

Saul is also very straight laced, and is somewhat un-amused by sarcasm and other petty jokes, especially if they are poorly timed, such as in the middle of a firefight. Though, he respects teammates who do their job and are kind to him and others, who don't take unnecessary risks are generally kindhearted to civilians and other non-combatants. He believes that only those who stand in the way of peace and unity should be annihilated.

 

History: Saul grew up on Kahje, the Hanar homeworld, like many Drell wondering space. He started his life being trained as an assassin, though ultimately couldn't grasp the skill to properly complete sneaking missions successfully, so he decided to focus more intensely in using sniper rifles. When he came of age, he decided to enter bodyguard service for high ranking Hanar acting as a 'counter-marksmen' in public appearances, to ensure the absolute safety for his client before the oration began. At this time in his life, Saul was irreligious, denouncing the gods old and new alike, he was energetic, arrogant in his own abilities and somewhat impatient. Traits that would lead him to the next chapter in his life. 

 

Inevitably, he left the Hanar homeworld in search for a new calling, growing tired of the repetitiveness of his job, and ended up on the hollow asteroid, Omega. It was in this environment, completely foreign to the Drell that he entered freelance mercenary service. An act that would soon become his undoing.

 

After a few years jumping around as a sniper for hire, playing a pivotal role in many firefights, he was hired the by Blue Suns mercenary organisation to assault the fortified position of the mysterious turian vigilante, 'Archangel'. Thinking Archangel would not have the sense to search for a sniper as other freelance mercenaries charged up the bottleneck, being teared to shreds by Archangels fire, Saul laid in wait patiently with his Krysae sniper rifle, assuming that he was the greatest sniper in the entire galaxy. 

 

He aimed at the building, searching the windows for Archangel, as he heard a single gunshot.

 

He was shot directly through the chest, a large sniper rifle's bullet piercing his body, courtesy of Archangel himself. 

 

Laying down, motionless. He had an epiphany. He saw visions of gods of old. Amonkira, Arashu, Kalahira all appeared before him as he closed his eyes. He realized he wasn't the best marksmen in the galaxy, and that life is fragile as he fully expected to close his eyes for the final time. He was bested after all the training he forced himself through at adolescence to young adulthood. 

 

Waking up in a medical bay, a few days after the assault on Archangel, he decided to change his ways, investing the majority of his time to religion and calm tranquility. He returned to Kahje a changed drell, rough and wrinkled from the stress of many years of battle and devoted his time to retiring at a (somewhat) early age on the money that he had earned throughout his careers.

 

But now, the Drell has returned...

 

Skills: Saul is an absolute marksman. Not the most stealthy operative by any means, but a crackshot from a distance with his Krysae Sniper Rifle. The one of the heaviest and most damaging snipers available, Saul wishes to ensure when he shoots his target, it stays down, what happens 90% of the time if you was to be shot by a Krysae. That and his natural drell recollection of memory, make him a formidable foe indeed. He can also operate with a standard M-7 Lancer assault rifle in standard battle procedures, but will be outclassed by a more experienced foe in a one on one firefight.

 

Starting Armour: None

 

Starting Weapons: Krysae Sniper Rifle, M-7 Lancer

 

Class: Infiltrator

Occupation:  Priest 

Fame:  Used to be a renowned marksman on Omega, but now nothing more than a footnote in history.

Other:

[Shadowbolt0]

I didn't except a drell to make it on this list, but I like it. An added history would be nice, if at all possible.

 

Accepted for the Asari, we'll wait a little for the Drell history + another to create his app before we start.

[Huscarl]

Updated, hope it's good now.

[Shadowbolt0]

The Drell is accepted.

 

Ok, so since the other interested person had yet to write his app, I'm not going to wait. I'll get what everything done and going ASAP. For the accepted characters, would u like the Spectre come and recruit you, or would you like to already be with him. If so, then i'll need a brief idea about where he could find your character.

[Huscarl]

I like the sound of you coming to recruit us. I'm happy to let you two start off the RP and have my character to be introduced a little bit later. You'd find my character on Kahje, but I can be anywhere your character's would like to be if it's too inconvenient.