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Title: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: ~Neri on April 25, 2016, 01:39:54 am

Spoiler: A note from Kevak: (click to show/hide)

This is a reboot of a reboot of a reboot of the original R2SP. Main reason for Reboot MKII is cause the reboot became a clusterfuck, I never updated the OP, and updates were sporadic. So anywho~ It's happening. Again. Universe is better fleshed out this time and there is more of a plot then faffing around on a ship and eventually going to stop at a planet. This is R2SP .. MKIV now?

Anyways. I'm pretty sure I'm sufficiently over my depression to run a game again. Eeeere we go again~!

IC Thread. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=158401.0)

Now onto charactersheets:

This is not minimalistic. This is going to be at least semi serious. (It's also going to be totally chaotic. You are a large number of possibly insane pirates.) There will be shenanigans and if you people haven't blown up at least two planets by the time this is over, I will be sorely disappointed.

This will use a D13 system. 7 is the best possible success with no overshoot or undershoot. 1 is a critfail. 13 is a critovershoot. Critovershoots can and will be just as bad as critfails, just in the inverse way.

Spoiler: Character Sheet: (click to show/hide)

Name:
Race:
Gender: (If applicable)

Skills: (Basically shit your character knows how to do. +/- is used for modifying rolls. Mundane means you autosucceed. If it is something that someone could feasibly make a check against you, it cannot be mundane. Normally a highly skilled professional in a field will have at most one or two mundane skills and a bunch of high modifiers for other skills. The average joe will have 1-3 in terms of modifiers, with the average being 2 but leaning towards 1. Refer to Juno as an example.)

Weapons/Equipment: (Basically items you have that provide modifiers for combat/defense. Refer to Juno's sheet for examples.)

Augments/bioaugments: (Certain races such as KX9 are augment heavy, most baseline humans or baseline Xenos will also have at least one civvie tier augment. Refer to Juno for examples. Juno has mostly military grade augments. As well as a few unique to KX9 augments. Ask if you have questions.)

Anything that's a more or less permanent status thing goes here: (such as Juno being a trap)

Misc items: (Just random shit you have, usually for fluff or plot reasons. Juno's Other Items is an example.)

Status: (Just have it here, I will fill this in for you. You will be required to post it in every major action post you make. Each major update may or may not have your status altered. Use the newer status if such a thing happens. As for items, keep track of them in your charactersheet. I'll actually link the sheets in the OP this time. Probably~)

Spoiler: Example Sheet: (click to show/hide)

Name: Juno Salket
Race: KX9 49c (In-setting race. It's a bit tricky to rp, so if you wanna rp it, ask about it and I can walk ya through it via pm/skype/steam/other IM program. And no, only 49's specifically are traps. The rest vary from normal looking people to to perpetual children to 7foot musclebound brutes who can tank a direct hit from an AP tankround and keep coming.)
Gender: Male.

Skills:
Cooking (mundane)
Piloting (+2/-1 full bonus applied)
Melee combat with claws (+/-1)
Melee combat with bladed single hand weapons (+/-2 full bonus applied)
Stealth (+2 full bonus applied)
Hacking (+2/-1 full bonus applied)
Starship related mechanics (+1)
Persuasion (+2/-2 full bonus applied)

Weapons:
Energyblade, various length settings and able to be used as a ranged laser weapon.
-Power 97/100
--Power Drain Short Blade 1 per turn. -1 melee combat roll. (Must be used.)
--Power Drain Medium Blade 2 per turn. +1 melee combat roll. (Must be used.)
--Power Drain Long Blade 4 per turn. +/-1 melee combat roll (Basically it can negate gone horribly right and utter failure, has to be used.)
--Power Drain Laser Burst 8 per turn. +/-2 ranged combat roll (One or the other, has to be used and has to use one full + or - bonus.)
Retractable claws, part of body, bioaugment +2/-1 melee combat roll (One option must be used fully.)
Military Grade Laser Pistol
-Power 100/100
--Power Drain Single Burst +3/-1, ranged combat roll, power drain 10 (Must choose one, must use full amount.)

Augmentations with effects.
Wolf Ears, +/-3 perception (Does not need to use full amount.)
Wolf Tail, +/-2 balance (Does not need to use full amount.), +10 fluffyness.
Extremely Dense Muscle Structure, +/-3 strength, (Does not need to use full amount.)
Highgrade Regeneration, heals very very quickly.
Hacking Suite, pretty straightforward. Makes basic hacks mundane. Advanced ones a +/-5
Sensor Suite/multispectrum retinal implants, Straightforward. Enables vision so long as some electromagnetic radiation is in the area. Enables zoom vision. Enables multispectrum sight.
KX9 Groupmind Uplink.
Retractable claws with hollow tips, toxins/other things can be dispensed via these. Create said toxins in the nanofactory.
KX9 Military Grade Nanofactory. Enables growing implants via ingesting metal, as well as certain other functions.
Augmented stomach. Enables eating metal. Tastebuds are altered as well. Gold tastes like candy!
KX9 Man Machine Interface.
Several minor implants/augments

Is a Trap, +2 Confusing People when gender is stated.

Other Items.
Mostly Black Clothing, (+1 to stealth)
?? Collar.
?? Earring.
Random multi colored ribbons. (-2 to stealth.)

Status
Healthy.
Slightly sleep deprived, -1 perception.
Full, 15/15 fullness.
Sated, 10/10 hydration.

Joke bonuses are completely fine, such as his +10 Fluffyness trait, they won't do much, so why not have them?

It is absolutely fine for a character to have difficulty failing in one area or another, there are plenty of status effects they will no doubt be exposed to over their pirating career that will cause problems. Although hopefully you guys actually get to the pirating part this time~ (I have said this three times now.)

If you want an SCP grade ability or trait, there will be a tradeoff, if you want a few examples, look at the old reboot thread. Also you will need to discuss it with me, preferably via PM or IM so plot stuff can be set up. There are a number of examples. The Pirate with the Parrot is an example. As is Sasha. And Zal's Character. Characters can be rather weird without being SCP style weirdness. Just as long as you aren't so OP you outclass erryone else. It's expected most characters are OP enough that the average joe would get decked enmasse. Last few games had a great mix from above average to early stage OP to literally average joe. All of those are good. So long as we have a mix of it. If everyone was OP it would be boring. If everyone was average it would be boring. Give the last few threads a look. Also, many of the characters in the Original Post of the last were not active. Might need to sift around. Use the search function.

Spoiler: Loresheet: (click to show/hide)

Name: (This is straightforward, you should not need this to be explained.)

Physical age: (Mental age is not posted, pm mental age if it is older or younger then the character's body. Technically Juno would be qualified as several hundred years old mentally, KX9 live a rather long time. However 49's have memory quirks.)

Race: (Anything is allowed provided it isn't a reference to some well known fictional sci-fi race Fuck it, if you can give a good reason for it go on ahead. If you want help with deciding on a race, there are several in-setting races as well that I have set up should you not wanna make a race up. KX9 as an example are both fun to rp as and tricky. I will provide help if you wanna do them.

Description: (A combination of personality and description, if you want to include backstory, then you can put some in also. If you want anything worked into the story in relation to backstory without others knowing about it, pm me and I will see if it works with the story and possibly do so. Odds are is most anomalous characters will need a pm or two.)

There is no character cap. For now. Previous characters are autoaccept should you want to do them again. I may tweak them slightly though to fit with the newer format.

Use my signature to locate the three or four older versions of this.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on April 25, 2016, 06:57:06 am

Well, applying.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Gunn Smith von Bob
Race: Bob Generation 3 Mutant (Dragon)
Gender: Male

Skills:
Gun Maintenance (Mundane)
Gun Smith (+/-1)
Laser Gun Smith (+3 full bonus applied)
Laser Rifle (+/-2 full bonus applied)

Weapons/Equipment:
Laser Rifle, Hand Crafted
-60/60 Main Battery, integrated, recharged from 3 slots.
--10/10 Extra Battery, slot 1.
--8/10 Extra Battery, slot 2.
--0/10 Extra Battery, slot 3.
- Power 78/90
--Power Drain Normal Shot, ranged attack, 12 Power Drain.
--Power Drain Power Shot, ranged attack, half second delay for charging, 60 Power Drain.
-Variable Scope (1.2x/3x), +1 full bonus applied to ranged rolls in 1.2x, +2/-1 full bonus applied in ranged rolls for 3x at more than 50m.
Knife, melee weapon, +/-1 full bonus applied.
Battery Pouches, containing 15 extra batteries.
-15/15 fully charged

Augments/bioaugments:
Advanced Respiratory System, mutation that allows breathing in toxic environments, but only to a certain extent.
Chemical Reservoirs, mutation that generate and contain highly flammable chemicals.
-Fire Breath, can spit and ignite the contained chemicals to spew fire.
Tough and Scaly, mutations which grants better resistance to physical damage.
Tail, scaly lizard tail, too short to be used for attack, but it's kinda cute.

Misc items: Mutant Bracer, dark kevlar bracer with striped bands of yellow and green near the wrist and elbow.
Big Laser Crocodile Tooth, a gift from his grandfather.

Status:

Spoiler: Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Gunn Smith von Bob
He was Gunn Alexander, but when awarded the title of Smith, the bureau of names had a bit of fun, and replaced his second name with his title.
It didn't take long until it stuck.

Physical age: 14

Race: Bob Generation 3 Mutant (Dragon)
Bob is a planet which has a lot of mutants, due to the environment being unsuited for human life, whoever lived there had to change. Combined with the use of excessive amounts of experimental drugs, and the population has reached mutations previously unheard of.
They're split into 4 generations based on when they emerge (pre-war, first war/second war, pre-third war, or later), the 4th being so recent that there's still emerging new entries.

The Dragons is a result of crossbreeding of the generation 2 mutants of Demonics and Lizardmen.
The Demonics were horned red skinned mutants capable of breathing toxic air and unleashing flame breath. But they went extinct.
The Lizardmen are a bit like a mix of crocodile and human. How they took on crocodile traits on a planet without crocodiles, is still a mystery.
Anyway, the Dragons take on the scales and tail of the Lizardmen, and the fire breath of Demonics.
They still retain a very humanoid look, so while covered head to toe in scales, they look human-ish, though their hands and feet are quite lizard-y.

Description: Gunn comes from Bob, being the son of Laser Crocodile hunters. He was taught how to make, maintain, and repair a gun, as is the custom of Dragons.
He eventually got pretty good at it, and at the age of 9 managed to create a really good laser rifle. But then a local lord stole it.
However, the local populace did pressure the lord into admitting Gunn had made the rifle, which was good enough to make him earn the title of "Smith".
But, the lord still kept the rifle, and Gunn didn't like the idea of having his future weapons stolen, so he left the planet.
It was a really good rifle too, and he forgot how to make it. So he's spent the next few years trying to recreate this rifle.
So far he's made it have quite an impressive charge shot function, but still nowhere near the original rifle. And in order to get the materials, he had to take some dodgy jobs.

Gunn is quite young, and looks the part, except also a scaly mutant capable of breathing fire.
Gunn has black scales, but they're grey on his belly, chest, upper arm, thighs, face, groin, and the underside of his tail.
He has red eyes, which light with fiery passion whenever he's about to bring his rifle one step closer to his best rifle.
His hands and feet are quite lizard-y, so he can't use normal gloves or shoes. Which is why he walks barefoot, and his rifle has a bigger grip and no trigger guard.
He also has black hair, which has grown quite long, and at times cover his eyes.
He wears a thick pair pants, a shirt, and a jacket.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 25, 2016, 07:15:46 am

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Characters

Gunn Smith von Bob (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6956655#msg6956655) (Happy Demon)

Octavius Williams (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6960481#msg6960481) (Yourmaster)

Victor J.P Glasgow (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6958467#msg6958467) (_DivideByZero_)

Mr. What Ho/Ms. Why Ho (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6962393#msg6962393) (FallacyOfUrist)

AHSA (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6962576#msg6962576) (blazing glory)

H (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6966637#msg6966637) (HugoLuman)

Ferrite (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6967927#msg6967927) (Coolrune206)

Karina Jackson (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6968139#msg6968139) (lawastooshort)

Kits (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6973851#msg6973851) (Lenglon)

Raiorei (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6968625#msg6968625) (WunderKatzi)

Kar Mercant (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=157783.msg6977240#msg6977240) (Andres)

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 25, 2016, 09:50:26 am

I realize I should probably reserve like five posts so we don't run out of room like last time. Gonna do that now.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 25, 2016, 09:51:05 am

Reserved.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 25, 2016, 09:53:42 am

Reserved~

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Coolrune206 on April 25, 2016, 09:15:53 pm

Hmmmm.... I think I'll pop in with good ol' Ferrous. Maybe. Gimme a day to fix up the ol' sheet.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: _DivideByZero_ on April 25, 2016, 09:55:10 pm

Aye?

I think I'll have a concept up sometime. Good to hear you're back!

EDIT:

Spoiler: Victor J.P Glasgow (click to show/hide)

Name: Victor J.P Glasgow
Object Class: Euclid
Race: Human (former)
Age: 40's
Gender: Male
Description:
In the early days of pre-FTL travel, there exist lesser-known reports of an identical criminal popping up on different planets, locations too far apart to be explained by existing travel mechanisms at the time.
In recent years, the states of Westphalia-Altair convened to form a joint investigation committee and investigate these occurences from an objective standpoint. Their studies brought them to a derelict lab deep in the Kuiper Belt where some of the first experiments with FTL technology were performed. Most documentation, however, has not survived, most of it discarded or intentionally suppressed by the powers that be.

The first experiments had to do with quantum physics and the possibility of a cosmic censorship mechanism. More specifically, scientists sought to investigate what would happen if an observer travelled to the past, whether or not it would annihilate the involved parties, split the timeline, or otherwise allow a paradox to exist in some way. This was long before the invention of the causal stabilizers that prohibit time paradoxes in modern FTL travel.

What they discovered were the preliminary results: gelatinized corpses, time loops, rips in spacetime bridging test chambers together, and contradictory data logs. They managed to retrofit an old experiment in order to collect new data to replace destroyed records, and the rest was history.

---

Augments:
Entangled Awareness: +/- 3 Perception. (Victor is aware of himself in multiple timelines)
Temporal Bridge: Victor can perform actions in similar alternate timelines. He always remembers what happens, even if he dies in one of the timelines. (If he dies in this one though, he dies. For good.)
Interference: Alternate timelines can interact with this one to an extent, depending on how similar the alternate-Victor is to this one. If both Victors, for example, are working to infiltrate the same ship and reach the same bridge, it is possible that both of them will actually be on the same ship, killing crew members independently. When they meet...
Feedback: ...if any two instances of Victor ever come into real-time contact with each other, either by wireless communication or by seeing each other in person, one of them will immediately die by some means, natural or unnatural (e.g. have a heart attack).

Skills:
Space Engineering (mundane)
Supporting Fire (+2/-1) (Applies to weapons like LMG's and such, which can suppress)
Reflexes (+3 always, he tends to overreact)

Equipment:
M2HB (To date nobody has ever made a better 50 cal)
--2x spare ammo belt (100 rounds)
Recoil Reduction Exoskeleton (Originally used by exploration teams to haul equipment. Provides no armor protection.)
--Spare 24v battery
3x Throwing Knives (He seems to find more scattered on the floor/in bodies every so often)

Misc Items:
An ever-growing pile of sandwiches (he sometimes finds them left behind by his alternate self)

---

Status
Healthy.
Asleep.
Full, 15/15 fullness.
Sober, 5/10 hydration.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: blazing glory on April 26, 2016, 12:09:35 am

How many of the old folks are actually still here? Oh well, here we go.

I think at least this time I can finally avoid being a passive aggressive shit now.

I think I'll take the MICCA arm from my last char, I liked that.

I'll do something later.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Yourmaster on April 26, 2016, 08:28:51 pm

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Octavius Williams
Race: Human
Gender: Male

Skills: Augmentation (Mundane)
  Medical Practice (+/-2)
  Drug Creation (+/-1)
Weapons/Equipment: None

Augments/bioaugments: Medical Grade Health Analyzer
Adrenaline Autoinjector (+/-2 to Physicals. If destroyed, addiction penalties apply)
Thermal vision
Solar Panels
Piloting Enhancement (+/-1 to Vehicle Operation)
Alien Language Transmitter
Built-in toolkit (Includes Can Opener)
Drug Synthesizer (Still need correct materials to create them)
Plant Scanner
Arachnoid Lower Body (See Darth Maul (http://www.mtv.com/news/wp-content/uploads/geek/2012/11/darthmaulspiderstatue.jpg). Chance to strike an extra time in a turn using legs. Can't fit through some doors. Allows for crawling via shoving legs through wall/roof.)
Acid Spit (Strong enough to melt through average spaceship metal)

Spoiler: Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Octavius Williams

Physical age: 33

Race: Human

Description:More machine than man, Octavius sits at eight feet tall. His dark brown skin is rarely shown in the places that he doesn't have metal in. Even his face is covered in metal, leaving only his extremely dark brown eyes. His history is unknown, having no existential records. Some things are better left unspoken, however. ((Will create backstory and send to Kevak.))

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: _DivideByZero_ on April 26, 2016, 10:56:36 pm

Question: What year is this?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 27, 2016, 08:59:02 am

Quote from: Yourmaster on April 26, 2016, 08:28:51 pm

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Octavius Williams
Race: Human
Gender: Male

Skills: Augmentation (Mundane)
  Medical Practice (+/-2)
  Drug Creation (+/-1)
Weapons/Equipment: None

Augments/bioaugments: Medical Grade Health Analyzer
Adrenaline Autoinjector (+/-2 to Physicals. If destroyed, addiction penalties apply)
Thermal vision
Solar Panels
Piloting Enhancement (+/-1 to Vehicle Operation)
Alien Language Transmitter
Built-in toolkit (Includes Can Opener)
Drug Synthesizer (Still need correct materials to create them)
Plant Scanner
Arachnoid Lower Body (See Darth Maul (http://www.mtv.com/news/wp-content/uploads/geek/2012/11/darthmaulspiderstatue.jpg). Chance to strike an extra time in a turn using legs. Can't fit through some doors. Allows for crawling via shoving legs through wall/roof.)
Acid Spit (Strong enough to melt through average spaceship metal)

Spoiler: Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Octavius Williams

Physical age: 33

Race: Human

Description:More machine than man, Octavius sits at eight feet tall. His dark brown skin is rarely shown in the places that he doesn't have metal in. Even his face is covered in metal, leaving only his extremely dark brown eyes. His history is unknown, having no existential records. Some things are better left unspoken, however. ((Will create backstory and send to Kevak.))

Acid would probably have a hard time melting through exterior hull plating, since that is meant to protect from micrometeor impacts at multiple kilometers an hour, but internal walls would be perfectly possible to melt. Also that ability would be limited by materials for synthing of the acid. Otherwise it works~

Quote from: _DivideByZero_ on April 26, 2016, 10:56:36 pm

Question: What year is this?

3147. Third Millennium. Many other races have been encountered. Humanity itself has fragmented into hundreds of thousands of deviant races. Some more successful then others. Much of the galaxy has been colonized by something or other and parts of the Milky Way's Satellite Galaxies have been colonized.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 27, 2016, 07:13:55 pm

((After an amount of PM discussion with Kevak...))

Spoiler: Statsheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Mr. What Ho/Ms. Why Ho
Race: Artificial Intelligence
Gender: Avatar is Male(for Mr. What Ho)/Avatar is Female(for Ms. Why Ho)

Skills(Mr. What Ho):
[REDACTED]

Skills(Ms. Why Ho):
[REDACTED]

Weapons/Equipment(Mr. What Ho):
[REDACTED]

Weapons/Equipment(Ms. Why Ho):
[REDACTED]

Augments(Mr. What Ho and Ms. Why Ho):
[REDACTED]

Misc:
[REDACTED]

Status(Mr. What Ho): ()

Status(Ms. Why Ho): ()

Spoiler: Loresheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Mr. What Ho/Ms. Why Ho
Physical Age: [REDACTED](Mr. What Ho), [REDACTED](Ms. Why Ho)
Race: Artificial Intelligence

Description(Mr. What Ho):
[REDACTED]

Description(Ms. Why Ho):
[REDACTED]

((I'm going to be playing as the ship's AI(s). Have fun guessing at and asking about(alliteration, eh) the [REDACTED] portions, especially [REDACTED]. HAHAHAHA! Oh, and [REDACTED].))

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: blazing glory on April 27, 2016, 08:57:50 pm

This is gunna be interesting.

Spoiler: Lore sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: AHSA.

Physical age:6.

Race:Golem Robotics Brand Automated High Security Automaton.

Description:A bulky bipedal robot that stands at about 8 feet, it's painted grey with an oval-shaped head, it has large rectangular shoulder plates and looks like the sort of thing that'd do heavy lifting in military operations, the right forearm on it is rather out of place, apparently sized for a human while colored cyan rather then grey, despite the smaller size it looks like a decent amount of effort went into attaching it properly, although scratches indicate that the former arm was removed without such care.

While the robot itself seems rather basic, it has on occasion displayed uncharacteristic traits or determination in general.

Spoiler: Char sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:AHSA.
Race:Golem Robotics Brand Automated Heavy Security Automaton.
Gender: N/A

Skills:
Self repair (mundane.)
Shotguns (+/-2 Does not need to use full amount.)
Machine guns (+/-1 does not need to use full amount.)
Laser based weaponry (+/-1 Does not need to use full amount.)
Ship navigation (+/-1 Does not need to use full amount.)

Weapons/Equipment:
Large arm-fitted scattergun.
A shotgun designed to wrap around one's forearm and elbow when held, it doesn't look like it's sized for humans and recoil might be a problem for one who is big enough to hold it. (Unless you're a big robot.)
-12 "shot" shells loaded in gun.
--Close range bonus to accuracy, full damage concentrated in a single area. (+/-2 to accuracy and damage rolls, does not need to use full amount.)
--Medium range standard accuracy, penalty to damage and not concentrated. (-2 to damage rolls.)
--Long range harsh penalty to accuracy and damage. (-3 to damage and accuracy rolls.)

Steel bandoleer. (posted here instead of augments for the sake of convenient ammo tracking.)
-12 shot shells.
-24 slugs.
--Normal bonuses and penalties to damage and accuracy throughout the board.
Augments/bioaugments:
Large left arm compartment:
Hollowed space designed to contain a single large gun, however it can be utilized to hold any reasonable number of items, although it certainly cannot carry what would be designated as "Heavy Weapons" or anything of similar size, it has small folding arms inside designed to push and hold things outside of the compartment for easy grabbing.

Multipurpose infiltration and close combat arm (MICCA):
Energy shield designed to absorb energy based attacks, it has limited success with kinetic attacks.
-Blocking capability (+2/-2 full bonus applied)
-Power 150
--Energy based attacks drain 20 power per hit.
--Kinetic based attacks drain 60 power per hit.
--Power recharges 20 per turn when not in use.
--Has to completely recharge if overloaded by attacks.
Palm mounted device can be inserted into any panels or computers with an open port, using nanomachines to shape it to fit, once inserted can hack codes within 60 seconds, it also allows access to the systems without having to use any keyboards or the like. ((Maybe? I think Kevak might've told me at one point that the hacking was OP and then nerfed it but never actually edited the post, and I don't have any of the PMs anymore so I can't check.))

Permanent status effects:
Is Robot:Immunity to non-corrosive gases, poisons, no exertion, the works.
Oversized:Any non-custom fitted armor or weapons (fat fingers and hand is simply not wrapping around a trigger or hilt.) cannot be worn or used properly unless it is by the MICCA arm, however as a perk it can use bigger things then most without issues, as well as a permanent 2+ (fully applied) to damage for all melee rolls.
Thick armor: (+/-2 when receiving damage, does not need to use full amount.).

Misc items: ID tag on chain:It reads, "Captain Stanton Morley of the Inferno".

Status:

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 28, 2016, 02:15:09 am

Current sheets added to one of the OP posts~

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: WillowLuman on April 29, 2016, 04:34:08 pm

There we go, I've dug up the sheet from last time

Quote from: HugoLuman on May 07, 2015, 09:57:03 pm

Spoiler: Stat Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: H
Race:
Gender: N/A?

Skills:
Gadget making/repair (mundane) (small devices: trap components and other espionage stuff for the most part)
Stealth (+/-4)
Unarmed combat (+/-4)
Improvised weapons / environmental combat (+/-2)
Sabotage (+/-2) (A bit of a catch-all for breaking-and-entering, setting traps, rigging mechanisms to misbehave, etc. Might be broken up if needed)
Hacking (+/-2)
There are rumors of horrific results when H is asked to prepare food. Whether true, who knows?

Weapons/Equipment: (Suit stuff)
Utterly inscrutable interior, scan-resistant exterior (+3 to stealth against scans)
Tiny thruster ports to aid mobility in spacewalking (+/-1 to spacewalking)
Might be carrying some small explosives or gadgets in various pouches/pockets, depending on starting situation

Augments/bioaugments:
Ceaseless (Utterly immune to mental effects, such as pain, emotional distress, or mind control)
Inhumanly strong and flexible (+3,-3)
Damage resistant (+2?)
Utterly silent (+2 perception, +1 intimidation, communication problems)
Damage taken always seems to happen in such a way that doesn't reveal the contents of the suit.

Misc items: (Might have more depending on starting situation.)
Small toolkits for gadgeting/sabotage.

Status: ...

Spoiler: Loresheet (click to show/hide)

Name: H

Physical Age: Unknown. First unambiguously recorded appearance around 35 years ago, though many unverified sightings exist far previously.

Race: Unknown. H appears to wear a white pressure suit at all times, though it could be the outer softskin of a robot. The suit looks human-shaped, judging by
the profile and hands, though H has been observed moving in ways that would be difficult or impossible for a human.

Description: No one really knows who or what H is, much less what H thinks or wants. H is a fairly obscure figure, but the ones who know know only 2 things of H: H never speaks, and H seems willing to do anything, at least for the right price. People find H, standing around wherever travelers may gather, doing nothing in particular, and ask for a job, making an offer. If the offer is sufficient, H performs the task with uncompromising efficiency. If not, H simply ignores it. No one knows what H does with the money, though some suggest it might all be hoarded in some hidden place or secret account.

Due to the often clandestine contracts, little is known of H's methods, but there are rumors of latching onto the outside of ships, undetected through several security scans, ships arriving at their destination full of asphyxiated corpses, and ruthless, brutal efficiency in melee combat, combat augs being ambushed and beaten to a bloody pulp with their own helmets.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 30, 2016, 08:01:22 am

Added to OP~

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Coolrune206 on April 30, 2016, 09:00:54 am

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Ferrite
Race: Iron
Gender: N/A

Skills:
Engineering (+/- 3)
Explosives (+/- 3)
Hand to Hand Combat (+/- 2)
Programming (+/- 2)
VERY unskilled in stealth, due to him being a bloody rock. (Negative modifier)

Weapons/Equipment:
Comically small construction hard-hat askew on his head (+/- 1 to resisting damage from the environment)
Two large hammers, re-purposed from innocent civilian tools into weapons (+/- 3)

Augments/bioaugments: Ferrite was fitted with a Civilian Grade CZX 75.4, an augment to the ocular organs which allows the user to more easily and more rapidly detect damage to an environment, and environmental danger to the user. (+/- 4 observation when it comes to seeing damage or an environmental threat)

Anything that's a more or less permanent status thing goes here: Ferrite has terrible balance, and is prone to trip if he attempts to move swiftly (- 2 Balance). Ferrite can also mildly shift parts of his body around to fit through smaller holes. Ferrite's skin is made of iron, providing incredible physical protection (+/- 4 to defensive rolls). Ferrite is rather large and bulky, providing him decent physical power (+/- 2 to the power of attack rolls)

Misc items: A bunch of random tools stuck in small orifices on Ferrite's surface which he has clearly forgotten about. He also carries a small plush earth-rabbit toy, because he finds himself able to amuse himself easily with it.

Status: Nothing yet

Spoiler: Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Ferrite

Physical age: 463 Years and approximately 15 Days

Race: Iron

Description: As a member of the Iron species, Ferrite is a large hulking mass of raw metal. He originated on the planet Sigma X65U 4, like many of his brethren, although other Iron colonies have been established. Ferrite has seen several battles in his time, but has actually won few of them. He has various chips and burn marks over his rocky skin. It is evident he has tried to repair himself to no avail. Mentally, Ferrite is rather intelligent, having lived several hundred years. However, while he can create brilliant plans, his mind processes this slowly. He also has difficulty expressing himself as his "fingers" are more closely associated with chunks of rock than actual digits. Ferrite can speak, but the noise emitted from him is difficult to understand. Despite this, he can still get a message across; it just might take several tries.

Ferrite has mostly made his living as a ship engineer, but never stays on a ship too long as he usually ends up killing a crew member, either accidentally or intentionally.

Totally not the same as Ferrous.

Nope, I actually re-did everything :)

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 30, 2016, 10:27:47 am

I'd say the hammers themselves would be a +/-3 Notably, attacks have two stages. Attempting to hit and the actual damage done. Boni affect the attempting to hit. If hit, damage based on the weapon itself is done after armor and shield is calculated. Aka, no absurd critical hits damagewise with factory standard pistols resulting in an arm getting blown off. Rather the critical hit aimwise would be "How vital of a spot did I hit?"

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: lawastooshort on April 30, 2016, 11:25:39 am

Bother, forgot to post yesterday :)

Spoiler: Character Sheet, Karina Jackson (click to show/hide)

Name: Karina Jackson
Race: Human
Gender: Female

Skills:
Cooking (+2/-2)
Healing (+2/-2)
Melee combat with knives (+1/-1)
Melee combat with spears (+2/-2)
Missile combat with bows (+1/-1)
Plant knowledge (+2/-2)
Tracking (+1/-1)
Stealth (+2/-2)

Weapons/Equipment: Knife

Augments/bioaugments: None

Psion: Spatial Distorter
Psionic Mental Disorder: ()

Misc items:
Plain Beige Coloured Clothing (+1 to being unremarkable)
Long Fur Coat (+4 to being warm)
Bear Tooth Necklace

Status:
Healthy

Spoiler: Lore Sheet, Karina Jackson (click to show/hide)

Name: Karina Jackson

Physical age: 15

Race: Human

Description: Karina is a slight young woman with a mess of light brown hair and soft blue grey eyes. She is quiet and withdrawn, or, rather, detached, split away from the world. She is of an above average height. She looks soft and gentle, quiet-spoken, but there is a fierce wild look in her face too. She likes things to be the right way. Lined up. How she put them. She is quick and creative, but not well educated in the modern world. She is stubborn, and both fearful and prone to great bravery. She is from a backwards backwater planet and offers no real recollection of how she got off it, or how she appeared here.

Over the years, many children on Karina's home planet grew up to become shamans. Often in the same family as their shamanic mother or father, sometimes taken away from where they were born. On a world where technology was somewhat in retreat, the low-level magic and generational knowledge the shamans possessed were important in keeping people well, and keeping evil at bay – and on a world of perpetual winter, evil was all about.

Karina was one such child, showing potential in the minor magics that shaman perform and spirited away from the warmth of home at an early age. But something was not quite right. She progressed too quickly. Her power was not so minor. Worse, her power was not always her own.

Her mentor shaman loved her like a daughter, and tried to protect her, but there is a limit to what one can hide. Eventually though, he found the solution – he could imprison the evil spirit that was controlling Karina's powers in an amulet, which she would wear, and therefore not lose her power, but keep the evil away from her mind. But the ritual to do so was traumatic, and perhaps wrongly conceived, or naively. He ended up dead; she covered in blood and hunted across the wilderness. In a neverending blizzard she found refuge in the cold ruins of another time. She'd had enough and hoped to die, and as her adopted tribesmen closed in with torches burning and spear pointing, she hoped she'd die quickly.

The next thing she knew, that world had disappeared.

She's not sure if this one is real.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on April 30, 2016, 11:46:05 am

Added to the OP~

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: WunderKatze on April 30, 2016, 04:57:18 pm

I'll put up a sheet. This looks very very fun :3

Edit: Here it is new and improved. I guess it's mostly different. Mostly.

Thanks for the commentary Kevak! Hope this is better suited to your game.

Note: I balanced this character based on the example character.

Spoiler: Raiorei (click to show/hide)

Name: Raiorei
Race: Human (heavily modified.)
Gender: Male

Skills:
Marksmanship: +3/ -2
Stealth: +3/ -2
Acrobatics and speedy maneuvering: (mundane)
Martial arts/melee combat: +3/-2
Handling weapons of all forms and classifications: (mundane)


Weapons/Equipment:

92FS Samurai Edge Wesker variant.

Muddied AK-47 with a couple spare magazines.

Boot knife

Punch dagger

L83A1 smoke grenade

Medium sized shotel

Augments/bioaugments:

Super Human!: Raiorei is a stronger, faster and all around better than a regular human, this is due to genetic engineering. He is also known to withstand blows that should kill humans. He isn’t immortal though. Read lore sheet for details. +/- 3 to strength/endurance and reaction speed.

Extra sensory: Raiorei has the ability to receive a larger range of information than a regular human. +/- 4 to perception. Details in lore.

Restoration mode: this bioaugment allows Raiorei to quickly regenerate any physical damage; however, this power isn’t free. Read lore sheet for details.

Bone needle/poison glands: Raiorei can draw a small needle from his mouth that regrows upon use. Raiorei additionally can create a toxin from glands in his mouth, he can vary the concentration for varied effects.

Exceed regular strength: Raiorei can push himself beyond normal strength, next strength test is mundane, afterwards any strength test is made at -8 until after Raiorei enters restoration mode.

Quick learner: +/- 2 to actions that Raiorei recently witnessed someone else preform.

Copy action: Able to replicate motions made by humanoids (mundane). For example watching someone type a password would enable Raiorei to replicate it. Note this does not give a Raiorei an understanding of the motions: if he witnesses a master martial artist fight he won't make him a master martial artist.

Misc items:
A glass chess piece (bishop).



Status:
Mud smeared on body
Wound to the frontal cortex (perceptually blind)
Left arm shredded (hanging by muscles, bone broken) by a large caliber gun shot.
wearing dirty, muddied fatigues
5/15 fullness
7/10 hydration

Spoiler: Lore sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Raiorei
Physical age: 19 (actual age: 4 and half)
Race: Human male
Description: Raiorei has longish black; silver eyes; pale, skinny but muscled, flesh and a scar in the shape of an inverted scar (this scar doesn't heal though others do) that runs down his chest to his lower torso.

Raiorei is the product of a nobleman's ambitions to create a supreme breed of human assassin in order to cement and perhaps expand his estate on the neo-feudalistic world named (and aptly so) Schrecklicher. Raiorei was proceeded by a number of experiments each one armed with more and more bio-augmentations and behavioral features.

Raiorei was designed as the ultimate guerilla. His brain has been altered to facilitate quick understanding of machinery, weaponry and environments through augments that boost his capability to reason spatially. His vision incorporates night vision, thermal sensitivity, sensitivity to some IR and UV frequencies a form of cognitive filtering allowing his eyes to adjust to highly bright environments and other extremes and his brain is aware of magnetic fields that he is under the influence of. He has an extremely developed cerebellum that enables him to reproduce the movements of other humans even by merely observing their tendons through skin (I don't mean to imply that he can see through skin). Additionally like all badass assassins he is immune to basically all poisons, greatly boosted immune system, has a greater temperature threshold and has a different sense of pain that triggers reactions yet doesn't impede his cognition.

His body functions are more autonomous than a regular human making greater use of interneurons to regulate vital bodily processes in absence of the brain. This allows him to suffer wounds to what would be vital organs without dying, the exception to this is the heart and decapitation; however, his heart has a process to restart itself facilitated by interneurons. He can sustain damage to his brain (which is of a different consistency; less prone to pouring out like soup) excluding the very center of his brain. If this occurs he will lose the functions that correspond to the part of the brain that is damaged/missing. If he loses the front (frontal cortex) of his brain he will suffer perceptual blindness, if it's the right side of the brain he will lose motor function in the left side of the body (vice versa), if it's the back most bottom he will be unable to regulate typical motor functions (like walking) without extreme concentration. Raiorei can also maximize the use of his muscles for extreme bursts of strength; however, doing so will damage his muscles.

Raiorei has a special restorative bodily function which he can choose to activate. When activated he loses all social functionality and begins to consume whatever is needed (in whatever form, sometimes things that are typically food) to restore his body. His body heats up and his blood pressure increases from the use of his blood stream to rapidly transport material. After consuming all that he needs he will promptly fall asleep, sometimes for as long as a day. Raiorei also has another feature, after becoming familiar with a toxin Raiorei can recreate it from pores in his mouth his upperjaw also grows a very small bone needle that he can pull out and combine with any poison to create a poison needle to prick his foes with.

The noble that ordered the creation of Raiorei understood the potential of his creation and decided to design the mission that respected this potential. Raiorei was tasked with the murder of the highest king of the land. He was send in without any education (his body was as mature as a 17 old's although his actual age was 9 months) weapons or even clothing. He spent a year stalking wandering humans observing them. After learning some he spent the next year in a village, which after a moderately embarrassing initial attempt to fit in he was able to learn the language and social functions that would later enable him to carry out his objective.

He spent the next 4 months pretending to be a painter, painting (repeatedly) the king's fortress home. During this time he studied the security and layout and then one day he accomplished his mission. The king died.

Pleased with his creation the noble sent Raiorei on more missions each seeming to get more and more dull. Eventually Raiorei ventured out leaving his master and began hunting exotic animals and just about whatever he deemed a challenge. This did not distress the noble too much who had perceived Raiorei as a son, he did however replace Raiorei with another bio-engineered assassin.

Raiorei judged this new assassin to be worth hunting however the new assassin had been warned of Raiorei's existence and dispatched Raiorei shooting him through the head and arm with a large caliber weapon. Raiorei however survived and left the world of Schrecklicher vowing to return to once again hunt his replacement.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Lenglon on May 02, 2016, 09:03:50 am

Hey Kevak? Remember Kit?
Mind if I bring her back?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 02, 2016, 11:16:08 am

Quote from: Lenglon on May 02, 2016, 09:03:50 am

Hey Kevak? Remember Kit?
Mind if I bring her back?

Go ahead~

Quote from: WunderKatze on April 30, 2016, 04:57:18 pm

I'll put up a sheet. This looks very very fun :3

Spoiler: Raiorei (click to show/hide)

Name: Raiorei
Race: Human (an evolution of humans)
Gender: Male

Skills:
Marksmanship: +3/ -2
Stealth: +3/ -2
Acrobatics and speedy maneuvering: (mundane)
Martial arts/melee combat: +3/-2
Handling weapons of all forms and classifications: (mundane)
Messing up other peoples’ good ideas: +4 (passively applied)

Weapons/Equipment:

92FS Samurai Edge Wesker variant. This is the only weapon Raiorei consistently keeps around him.

Augments/bioaugments:

Namens Auge: this is a race trait of Raiorei’s family line. When Raiorei sustains notable damage his eye changes and bares a circular runic name. This grants him a +/- 2 on his next turns actions.

Super Human!: Raiorei is a bit stronger, faster and all around better than a regular human, this is due to evolution and shit. He is also known to withstand blows that should kill humans and attempt normal living with holes all throughout his body. He isn’t immortal though.

Restoration mode: this bioaugment allows Raiorei to quickly regenerate any physical damage; however, this power isn’t free, Raiorei must be consuming a large amount of food to activate it and will be unable to make any other actions. The use of this augment will also heat up Raiorei’s body due to the high amount of material being transported quickly through his blood stream.

Malus Arms catalog v134.2 400,00,003 page edition: This neural implant allows Raiorei the ability to browse and order Malus Arms weaponry and replica weaponry from his brain, best part is that they have a 30 second teleportation delivery policy (no returns though)! Raiorei told them he’d pay them back eventually; large sums of money/valuables around Raiorei are known to suddenly teleport to Malus Arms HQ presumably as payment for the careless use Raiorei makes of their services.

Misc items:
A little piece of cloth tying his 92fs Samurai Edge to his body.



Status:
Armless (he usually has arms)
Completely naked
4/15 fullness
12/10 hydration (I think he needs to piss)

Spoiler: Lore sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Raiorei
Physical age: ~20 Raiorei doesn't really keep track.
Race: Human male
Description: Raiorei has longish black; silver eyes; pale, skinny, muscled flesh and a scar in the shape of an inverted scar that runs down his chest to his lower torso.

Lately Raiorei has been trying to recall his past. He seems to have recently suffered a brain injury, after healing a brain injury Raiorei tends to be scattered for a week or two.

All he can remember is being part of a circus act, browsing a museum on the history of Orthodoxy in the city of Petersburg and... Something about a mass cult suicide. Nothing else has come back yet.

You'll have to ask him about it when he finally settles a bit and, well, gets his arms back.

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Messing up other peoples’ good ideas: +4 (passively applied)

Why in the world would this be a good idea? No.

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Restoration mode: this bioaugment allows Raiorei to quickly regenerate any physical damage; however, this power isn’t free, Raiorei must be consuming a large amount of food to activate it and will be unable to make any other actions. The use of this augment will also heat up Raiorei’s body due to the high amount of material being transported quickly through his blood stream.

Ya won't just be needing food. You'll be needing (relatively) massive amounts of various materials as well. The previously stated durability doesn't come from natural biological materials. Evolution takes the path of least resistance, not the path of armoring cause why not. Odds are is both the durability and the healing are genetically engineered.

Quote

Malus Arms catalog v134.2 400,00,003 page edition: This neural implant allows Raiorei the ability to browse and order Malus Arms weaponry and replica weaponry from his brain, best part is that they have a 30 second teleportation delivery policy (no returns though)! Raiorei told them he’d pay them back eventually; large sums of money/valuables around Raiorei are known to suddenly teleport to Malus Arms HQ presumably as payment for the careless use Raiorei makes of their services.

Gonna veto this. 'Teleportation' is more or less restricted to psions literally breaking spacetime. Most FTL outside of Gateways and Jaunt Drives are also relegated to toptier psions. On top of that, what is functionally a hammerspace weapon storage isn't really balanced in the slightest. Sooooo no to that.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 02, 2016, 11:47:09 am

Heh, Raiorei reminds me of what the Strongarms and Goliaths originally were. Heck, I was originally going to call the Goliaths, Armstrongs.
Somewhere along the way, I went for the more rough and bulky look, but I think I kept the nanomachines reference.
I'm not one for creativity.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: WunderKatze on May 02, 2016, 01:36:15 pm

Fair enough.

 I see by "semi-serious" your leaning more on the serious side than not.

No spacetime inconsistencies? Don't worry I'll make sure information (physical information, referring to objects) travels at sub light speeds in my upcoming changes.

Expect more or less a complete design. I think I'll keep the name and appearance, otherwise I'll start fresh.

Edit: Also by the way, evolution does not always take the path of least resistance. There's a cognitive element to it and I'm not referencing creatures modifying their own genes through genetic engineering.

It's why crows (corvids) are so good at evolving.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 02, 2016, 02:20:14 pm

No spacetime inconsistencies without a measurable force triggering it. Normally psions. Information and objects Can travel at FTL speeds with certain mechanical tech, however it's very expensive (Lotta exotic matter needed for fuel, stuff's super expensive from a power standpoint to make) compared to the much easier to breed and control psions (Who often have crippling mental problems and varied forms of neurosis.) Sure a planet or two might fall out of existence during the initial breeding process, but once you have a stable genome with a neurosis that makes the psion in question easy to control, you've got yourself an entire family tree of living FTL drives if you happen to have gotten a type that manipulates spacetime.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: _DivideByZero_ on May 02, 2016, 05:47:35 pm

What if it's an organization of Psions that teleports things?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 02, 2016, 06:02:05 pm

Quote from: _DivideByZero_ on May 02, 2016, 05:47:35 pm

What if it's an organization of Psions that teleports things?

Oh hey, it's DbZ.

I think at that point, they should set up a Psi-teleportation-network. As that would take a lot of psions.
Charge people for instant transportation, and rake in the cash. Because you can't really compete with instant surface to orbit travel.
Of course there's the fact that you're basically making a huge cluster of lunatics, some of whom are less stable than an Eversor assassin. But no plan is perfect.
Just send in some janitors to clean up the blood either for when they go nuts, or their heads explode.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 02, 2016, 06:03:46 pm

Long range precision is not the strongsuit of psions. The larger the scale, the wider the zone affected. Especially with psi amps, which is the only 'safe' way to do largescale effects.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Lenglon on May 02, 2016, 08:00:33 pm

Quote from: Lenglon on May 07, 2015, 07:25:04 am

Spoiler: Kit (click to show/hide)

Name: Kit {Kitty Hive}
Race: Cat
Gender: Error -> Female in mind... somewhat? kinda a mix really. 5 female 3 male.

Skills:
Multitasking (Mundane)
Jack of all trades, master of none (+/-1 to skills kit has no bonus in)

Weapons/Equipment:
Guardian collar: creates a 1-foot bubble-shaped force-field around the kitten, keeping atmosphere inside and adding a small reserve of compressed atmosphere if it becomes necessary (if active for a long period of time). auto-triggers in presence of vaccum, toxins, or objects approaching the kitten at high speeds, and can be manually activated as well. bubble cannot be turned off while in the presence of an auto-trigger, kitten inside can turn it off when not in the presence of a threat anymore. while bubble is active the kitten inside is suspended in the middle and is unable to affect the outside world, and the force-bubble can be moved around by others with minimal effort.

Augments/bioaugments: This litter of kittens have had their brains linked since before birth, and are essentially a single mind spread across eight tiny bodies. They show near-human intelligence, and are able to operate independently or together as desired. Their maximum separation range has not been determined, but placing one of them in orbit with the rest left on the planet caused no negative effects, and they were still able to act cohesively with no measurable delay.
Has a generic psionics implant in each kitten, designed mostly for flexability and training the user in psionics uses. as such it is capable of the vast majority of psionics-related tasks, but it isn't particularly good at any of them.

Kitten Traits (cat-hearing, cat-eyesight, cat-sense of smell, tiny, weak, tiny claws, no thumbs, skilled climbers, can't speak except in cat-noises, etc)

Misc items: collars have a 12-character digital readout that displays whatever kit wants it to. if long messages are needed then kit can either display them in segments or have multiple kittens sit next to each other with their collars chaining the message together.

Status:

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: WunderKatze on May 02, 2016, 10:21:05 pm

Changed my sheet.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: _DivideByZero_ on May 03, 2016, 02:49:44 am

Quote from: Kevak on May 02, 2016, 06:03:46 pm

Long range precision is not the strongsuit of psions. The larger the scale, the wider the zone affected. Especially with psi amps, which is the only 'safe' way to do largescale effects.

Makes sense. It's a good way to limit the abusive power of groups that have large numbers of psions.

Quick question, would my character's anomalous properties fall under the realm of psionics? His mind is supposed to be linked across brains in other timelines, but the whole death feedback thing is caused by the fact that it's sort of FTL communication when he sees himself face-to-face, and he doesn't have any inbuilt means of preventing time paradoxes due to FTL aside from ensuring he dies.
(the death feedback isn't supposed to happen with just any interaction though, only real-time face-to-face, audio, or visual feedback I imagined. You can change that if you want)

I imagine psions wouldn't have problems with FTL communication in the setting, so my character wouldn't technically be a psion, but I'm not entirely sure on what falls into the realm of psionics and what doesn't.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 03, 2016, 04:28:44 am

Quote from: _DivideByZero_ on May 03, 2016, 02:49:44 am

Quote from: Kevak on May 02, 2016, 06:03:46 pm

Long range precision is not the strongsuit of psions. The larger the scale, the wider the zone affected. Especially with psi amps, which is the only 'safe' way to do largescale effects.

Makes sense. It's a good way to limit the abusive power of groups that have large numbers of psions.

Quick question, would my character's anomalous properties fall under the realm of psionics? His mind is supposed to be linked across brains in other timelines, but the whole death feedback thing is caused by the fact that it's sort of FTL communication when he sees himself face-to-face, and he doesn't have any inbuilt means of preventing time paradoxes due to FTL aside from ensuring he dies.
(the death feedback isn't supposed to happen with just any interaction though, only real-time face-to-face, audio, or visual feedback I imagined. You can change that if you want)

I imagine psions wouldn't have problems with FTL communication in the setting, so my character wouldn't technically be a psion, but I'm not entirely sure on what falls into the realm of psionics and what doesn't.

Your character would be considered a subtype of Temporal Psion. Specifically a low class Paradox Inducer type. Temporal Psions, especially PI's can be extremely dangerous in the higher tiers due to their tendency to accidentally unexist planets. Lowertiers they'e normally not as nasty.

Not all psions are capable of ftl comms, that's a specific subclass of Spacial Distortion and a few others lesser used ones.

Quote from: Lenglon on May 02, 2016, 08:00:33 pm

Quote from: Lenglon on May 07, 2015, 07:25:04 am

Spoiler: Kit (click to show/hide)

Name: Kit {Kitty Hive}
Race: Cat
Gender: Error -> Female in mind... somewhat? kinda a mix really. 5 female 3 male.

Skills:
Multitasking (Mundane)
Jack of all trades, master of none (+/-1 to skills kit has no bonus in)

Weapons/Equipment:
Guardian collar: creates a 1-foot bubble-shaped force-field around the kitten, keeping atmosphere inside and adding a small reserve of compressed atmosphere if it becomes necessary (if active for a long period of time). auto-triggers in presence of vaccum, toxins, or objects approaching the kitten at high speeds, and can be manually activated as well. bubble cannot be turned off while in the presence of an auto-trigger, kitten inside can turn it off when not in the presence of a threat anymore. while bubble is active the kitten inside is suspended in the middle and is unable to affect the outside world, and the force-bubble can be moved around by others with minimal effort.

Augments/bioaugments: This litter of kittens have had their brains linked since before birth, and are essentially a single mind spread across eight tiny bodies. They show near-human intelligence, and are able to operate independently or together as desired. Their maximum separation range has not been determined, but placing one of them in orbit with the rest left on the planet caused no negative effects, and they were still able to act cohesively with no measurable delay.
Has a generic psionics implant in each kitten, designed mostly for flexability and training the user in psionics uses. as such it is capable of the vast majority of psionics-related tasks, but it isn't particularly good at any of them.

Kitten Traits (cat-hearing, cat-eyesight, cat-sense of smell, tiny, weak, tiny claws, no thumbs, skilled climbers, can't speak except in cat-noises, etc)

Misc items: collars have a 12-character digital readout that displays whatever kit wants it to. if long messages are needed then kit can either display them in segments or have multiple kittens sit next to each other with their collars chaining the message together.

Status:

Will add to the OP~

Quote from: WunderKatze on May 02, 2016, 10:21:05 pm

Changed my sheet.

Overall good. Only issue is this bit:

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Bone needle/poison glands: Raiorei can draw a small needle from his mouth that regrows upon use. Raiorei additionally can recreate any poison from his mouth if has ingested it.

Most poisons rated for Bion Class 3 termination (Bions are specifically designed to be resilient and are entirely capable of surviving and thriving on deathworlds. Class 3's could walk on the surface of venus with minimal issues beyond overheating. The pressure would do jack shit.) are incredibly complex substances, requiring dedicated glands of significant sizes with minimal adaptability to produce. Just being able to make a single type of such a venom is a huge advantage. Multiple? That doesn't work. Biowarfare is very very very complex.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: WunderKatze on May 03, 2016, 02:32:40 pm

Changed.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 04, 2016, 04:21:49 am

Quote from: WunderKatze on May 03, 2016, 02:32:40 pm

Changed.

Added to the OP~

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 04, 2016, 06:39:21 am

Came up with this. Probably needs reworking and such.

Spoiler: Kar Mercant Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Kar Mercant
Race: Human
Gender: Male

Skills:
Maintenance (Mundane)
Standard infantry weapons (+/-3)
Hand to hand combat (+1)
General tech use (+/-1)
Persuasion (-2 full bonus applied)
Discipline (+2 full bonus applied)
Inspiring speech (-3 full bonus applied)
Not being a filthy heretic xeno mutant dickish psychic traitorous Abominable Intelligence (+99 full bonus applies)


Weapons:
Lasgun
-Charge pack (60/60), recharged via electrical socket/sunlight
-Blast charger: Focuses the entirety of a charge pack into a single shot. Power-inefficient, permanently ruins the charge pack, and chance of damaging the gun
-Single/burst(3-shot)/full-auto
-Very reliable
Laspistol
-Charge pack (30/30), recharged via electrical socket/sunlight
-Blast charger: Focuses the entirety of a charge pack into a single shot. Power-inefficient, permanently ruins the charge pack, and chance of damaging the gun
-Single/burst(3-shot)/full-auto
-Very reliable
Knife with carbon-coated edge, high durability
2 HE grenades
2 AT grenades

Equipment:
Charge pouches, contains 8 lasgun charge packs and 4 laspistol charge packs
Body nanoweave (low concentration)/plasteel armour: high protection against penetrative shots, good protection against energy weapons
-Computer+battery (20/20, recharged via electrical socket/sunlight): When the nanoweave is struck, it becomes rigid and unyielding, significantly increasing protection
Helmet
-Comm-system
-Voice caster
-Air filter
-HUD: aside from standard features, it highlights enemies and filters out useless information
-Mounted flashlight
Backpack (light metal lining)
High amount of space credits
Mind shield (under helmet): Nullifies weak telepathic attacks/probes/etc. and dulls strong ones


Bioaugments:
Physical stature
-Physical stature 2
--Kin of giants: Increases height to 2.7 metres (body proportions stay the same), allows for more bioaugments to be fitted in the body
Physical capability
-Physical capability 2
--Physical capability 3: Armour-like bones, sub-dermal armour (like a 'second skin'), fat stores increased amounts of energy, increased muscle density and strength (strength boost allows lifting of 2 tons with great effort, +/-6 to strength, speed, etc.), tripled calorie requirements, greatly increased body weight
Neural rewiring: Improved reaction speeds (+/-1)
Brainpower: Bonus to everything that requires thinking (combat, diplomacy, strategic planning, etc. +2/-1) (synergy with Physical stature), provides no additional resistance to alcohol, mind attacks, etc.
Biocoil (spine): Massive power generation and capacity (30/30, +5 every turn), improved reaction speeds (synergy with neural rewiring) (+/-1), grants magnetic levitation
Electromuscle: Increased electrical charge (synergy with biocoil and Physical stature/capability) (6/6, +1 every turn), can charge weapons and equipment even if not designed for that kind of energy-acquisition
-Electromuscle 2.0: Improved capacity and intensity of generated electrical currents and allows them to be projected at range (synergy with biocoil and Physical stature/capability) (10 metre ranged attack, 6/6, +1 every turn)
Magnoadrenaline gland: Improved reaction speed (+/-1), keeps the body awake and at peak condition for hours on end, small chance of side-effects if used constantly (20% per three days of heavy usage)
-Mega-adrenal gland: Improves positive effects of magnoadrenaline (+/-1), magnoadrenaline needs to be used twice as long for chance of side-effects
Echolocation (ear and throat augment): Greatly increased general hearing range and precision (+/3), blindsight
Sensory package: Massively improved taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing (+/-3 to aforementioned senses)
Anti-tox gland: Poison resistance, disease resistance, slightly lowers chance of side-effects from use of magnoadrenaline (-5%)
-Poisondrinker organ: Neuters effects of nearly all non-weaponised toxins, allows breathing of poisonous air, drinking fouled water, and eating most forms of biological matter without any ill effects. (High-tech chem/bio weapons are still dangerous.) Protects from just poison too
Subdermal blades (forearms): bone-like material, heals when damaged
Autosanguine gland: Accelerates healing, closes and heals small wounds in minutes. Protected by tough, redundant flesh
-Regenerator organ: Nasty cuts healed in seconds, grizzly wounds or broken bones in minutes, and limbs regenerated in days. Quite taxing depending on level of injury. Protected by tough, redundant flesh
Medusa (~2.4m long): Tentacle hair
Lifespan (~750 years)
Attractiveness (targeted to humans)
-Attractiveness 2
--Attractiveness 3
---Attractiveness 4: The peak of what can be achieved without going somewhere uncanny


Status:

Spoiler: Kar Mercant Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Kar Mercant

Physical age: 25

Race: Human (definitely not an alien hybrid or vampire)

Description: A perfectly ordinary (if slightly tall) human with poor social skills and incredible physical abilities. Pirating around the galaxy for no real reason at all and would be annoyed if people asked...not that he has anything to hide or anything. Underneath the armour, he is Caucasian with brown hair and bright brown eyes (some might say too bright, but they're wrong). Power bars and other high nutrient/low volume foods are his favourites.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 04, 2016, 10:26:34 am

Andres, did you create an OP character again*?

*I haven't read it all yet, I'm just teasin'.

Edit: Okay, actually read it. It's definitely more powerful than every other character.
Seriously, can't you show a bit of restraint every now and then?
Edit 2: Well, okay, rude for me to say that. Hm...
Oh, and did you know there's a new Ye Gods going on? KJP didn't tell anyone for some bizarre reason.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: WunderKatze on May 04, 2016, 12:47:04 pm

Quote from: Kevak on May 04, 2016, 04:21:49 am

Quote from: WunderKatze on May 03, 2016, 02:32:40 pm

Changed.

Added to the OP~

Thanks! Looking forward to the game :D

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 04, 2016, 03:53:07 pm

Quote from: Andres on May 04, 2016, 06:39:21 am

Came up with this. Probably needs reworking and such.

Spoiler: Kar Mercant Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Kar Mercant
Race: Human
Gender: Male

Skills:
Maintenance (Mundane)
Standard infantry weapons (+/-3)
Hand to hand combat (+1)
General tech use (+/-2)
Persuasion (-2 full bonus applied)
Fear resistance (+3 full bonus applied)
Inspiring speech (-3 full bonus applied)
Not being a filthy heretic xeno mutant dickish psychic traitorous Abominable Intelligence (+99 full bonus applies)


Weapons:
Lasgun
-Charge pack (60/60), recharged via electrical socket/sunlight
-Blast charger: Focuses the entirety of a charge pack into a single shot. Power-inefficient, permanently ruins the charge pack, and chance of damaging the gun
-Single/burst(3-shot)/full-auto
-Very reliable
Laspistol
-Charge pack (30/30), recharged via electrical socket/sunlight
-Blast charger: Focuses the entirety of a charge pack into a single shot. Power-inefficient, permanently ruins the charge pack, and chance of damaging the gun
-Single/burst(3-shot)/full-auto
-Very reliable
Monomolecular knife, high durability
2 HE grenades
2 AT grenades

Equipment:
Charge pouches, contains 8 lasgun charge packs and 4 laspistol charge packs
Body nanoweave (low concentration)/plasteel armour: high protection against penetrative shots, good protection against energy weapons
-Computer+battery (20/20, recharged via electrical socket/sunlight): When the nanoweave is struck, it becomes rigid and unyielding, significantly increasing protection
Helmet
-Comm-system
-Voice caster
-Rebreather
-HUD: aside from standard features, it highlights enemies and filters out useless information
-Mounted flashlight
Backpack (light metal lining)
High amount of space credits
Psi-jammer (under helmet): Nullifies weak telepathic attacks/probes/etc. and dulls strong ones


Bioaugments:
Physical stature
-Physical stature 2
--Kin of giants: Increases height to 2.7 metres (body proportions stay the same), allows for more bioaugments to be fitted in the body
Physical capability
-Physical capability 2
--Physical capability 3: Armour-like bones, sub-dermal armour (like a 'second skin'), fat stores increased amounts of energy, increased muscle density and strength (strength boost allows lifiting of 2 tons with great effort), tripled calorie requirements
Neural rewiring: Improved reaction speeds
Brainpower: Bonus to everything that requires thinking (combat, diplomacy, strategic planning, etc.), provides no additional resistance to alcohol, mind attacks, etc.
Biocoil (spine): Massive power generation and capacity (synergises with electromuscle), improved reaction speeds, grants magnetic levitation
Electromuscle: Increased electrical charge, can charge weapons and equipment even if not designed for that kind of energy-acquisition, synergises with Physical stature/capability
-Electromuscle 2.0: Improved capacity and intensity of generated electrical currents and allows them to be projected at range (20 metres with Physical stature 3+Physical capability 3), synergises with Physical stature/capability
Magnoadrenaline gland (activateable): Improved reaction speed, keeps the body awake and at peak condition for hours on end, small chance of side-effects if used constantly
-Mega-adrenal gland: Improves positive effects of magnoadrenaline, magnoadrenaline needs to be used longer for chance of side-effects
Echolocation (ear and throat augment): Greatly increased general hearing range and precision, blindsight
Sensory package: Massively improved taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing
Anti-tox gland: Great poison resistance, great disease resistance, slightly lowers chance of side-effects from use of magnoadrenaline
-Poisondrinker organ: Neuters effects of nearly all toxins, allows breathing of poisonous air, drinking fouled water, and eating most forms of biological matter without any ill effects. Protects from just poison too
Pheromonal gland: +/-1 when diplomancing humans
Subdermal blades (forearms): bone-like material, heals when damaged
Autosanguine gland: Accelerates healing, closes and heals small wounds in minutes
-Regenerator organ: Nasty cuts healed in seconds, grizzly wounds or broken bones in minutes, and limbs regenerated in days. Quite taxing depending on level of injury
Nanoweave hair (~2.4m long): Made of biological nanoweave equivalent. Allows for fine manipulation of the hair as if they were tiny limbs. Capable of crushing very heavy power armour if all hairs are used and length is kept
Lifespan (~750 years)
Attractiveness
-Attractiveness 2
--Attractiveness 3
---Attractiveness 4: The peak of what can be achieved without going somewhere uncanny


Status:

Spoiler: Kar Mercant Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Kar Mercant

Physical age: 25

Race: Human (definitely not an alien hybrid or vampire)

Description: A perfectly ordinary (if slightly tall) human with poor social skills and incredible physical abilities. Pirating around the galaxy for no real reason at all and would be annoyed if people asked...not that he has anything to hide or anything. His favourite colours are red and black, or at least it can be guessed they are by his red robe with black trim. Underneath the robes and armour, he is Caucasian with brown hair and bright brown eyes (some might say too bright, but they're wrong). Power bars and other high nutrient/low volume foods are his favourites.

You're gonna need to stat out the augs before I do much nixing/approving. Gonna nix the nanoweave hair though from the getgo. Power armor is Armor for a reason. Hair ain't gonna cut it. Hair ain't gonna crush it. And keep in mind that the more organs ya have.. The more likely they get hit when ya get shot. Damaging or disabling what they do.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 04, 2016, 05:04:24 pm

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 04, 2016, 10:26:34 am

Oh, and did you know there's a new Ye Gods going on? KJP didn't tell anyone for some bizarre reason.

Yeah, a bit before T1 started. I'm gonna wait a bit before I write up my own god. KJP is an unreliable GM and I want to confirm that the game's going to stick around before I get invested.

Quote from: Kevak on May 04, 2016, 03:53:07 pm

You're gonna need to stat out the augs before I do much nixing/approving.

Got it, but can you remind me what the ranges of stat boosts are? IIRC it was 1-3 for mundane/professional and 4-6 for augs/savant.

Quote from: Kevak on May 04, 2016, 03:53:07 pm

Gonna nix the nanoweave hair though from the getgo. Power armor is Armor for a reason. Hair ain't gonna cut it. Hair ain't gonna crush it.

What about medium normal armour? (Power armour is powered to carry the heavy weight of the armour first and boost strength second, so theoretically medium power armour is a lot tougher than medium normal armour.)

Quote from: Kevak on May 04, 2016, 03:53:07 pm

And keep in mind that the more organs ya have.. The more likely they get hit when ya get shot. Damaging or disabling what they do.

That makes sense. I assume that goes for my regular organs too?

EDIT: Tentative stat changes made. I'm still not sure whether the stats match the descriptions or not.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Okay, gonna look really deep, and try to comment on everything.

Spoiler: Wall of Text (click to show/hide)

A solar powered laser rifle, pistol, a monoblade, and both anti infantry and anti tank grenades.
I can't really complain about the laser weapons, as my character has one too, but the monoblade irks me somewhat.
Those things cut insanely well, but their materials are also somewhat exotic, in order to gain and retain the edge.
If it was a carbon coated edge, it would be fine, because that can be done industrially, it's something you can get off an assembly line.
I think monoblades are above what one would put on an assembly line. And therefore it would be an exotic weapon.
The grenades, I'll nitpick. Wouldn't you use fragmentation grenades against infantry? And AT grenades aren't really used anymore. Except rocket propelled ones.

Charge packs, nanoweave plasteel powered armor, helmet with combat awareness systems, and psi jammer.
The charge packs are interesting, with them powering the same kind of weapon, I'd imagine you could use them for the other as well.
Then again, pistol pack has half the cap of rifle pack. They store power, easy, logical, and completely fine.
The armor, well, it made me finally look up plasteel. I don't get why that's a thing, plastic isn't nearly as flexible as one would think.
The powered nanoweave makes me scratch my head. Nanoweave is like kevlar, it wont stretch, so why make it rigid?
So actually, that armor isn't all that good, I misjudged it, it's actually quite weak.
The helmet, the vox caster, comm system, and... rebreather? Okay, brief explanation of rebreathers.
Rebreathers use a closed circuit to take in what you breathe out, and filters the CO2 out, thus you only need put in 25% of the new oxygen you'd otherwise need to put in.
A rebreather is larger than your lungs, as it need contain the capacity of your lungs. The rebreather is a system for breathing in a place with no air.
The rebreather would not really be a helmet thing, you need a backpack for that. Other than that, the mouth thingies are fine.
Flashlight and IFF system, just fine. So the helmet is mostly fine, thought the rebreather isn't really a helmet thing. Sure, the mouth piece is, but that's it, the rest is on your torso.
Psi-Jammer, this is a stretch. A mind shield I would understand, something hard to penetrate with psionics.
Jammers means that they can interface with psionics with electrical technology.

Bio Augments, that's quite a list.
Size, okay, though this also means he has a bigger head than everyone else, because you said he has the same proportions.
Durability, extra strong bones, sub dermal armor... um, why? Armor is better the thicker it is, sub dermal armor can't be very thick.
Sure, it lets you take stabs, but don't count on it blocking bullets anytime soon. The strength is high, but not quite the ridiculous levels I'd expect.
Neural rewiring, increased reaction speed, this is a flat benefit. And in close quarters, a really good one.
Brainpower, awareness, flat benefit again, though this could've been replicated with just good training.

Biocoil, oh hey, some of the crazy stuff. Another increase in reaction speed, that's gonna stack like hell. Magnetic levitation, oh boy, this is a bit extreme.
Electromuscle, wut? Recharging things at range, this is a bit absurd, and can end up with you firing lighting out of your hands.
Magnoadrenaline, another boost to reaction time, and better than regular adrenaline, it's pretty much a flat upgrade on regular adrenaline.
Echolocation, no, just no. Even with using quieter weapons, you're not going to get this level, improved hearing, sure, blindsight, just no.
Makes much more sense if it's a tech system, because this sort of mental process is not just trained, you either have to live with it, or an algorithm has to deal with the busywork.
Sensory package, yes, this is what I'm talking about, improved senses, not echolocation.

Antitoxin, a bit on the powerful side of poison resistance, those things are made to bypass immune systems.
The reduced chance of side effects make sense, but also combine to make the adrenaline lean more toward flat benefit.
The toxin drinker is just way OP, this just makes you immune to all the poisons. Even if you say it's almost all, it's all, we're not going to just happen to have the toxin that defeats it.
Pheromones, why? If your character is made to be a super soldier, why include a pheromone augment?
Subdermal blades, so your character has a knife and Wolverine claws? I see no situation where you'd need both.
Healing, sure, makes sense, and it's limited in power. Completely fine.
Nanoweave hair, same as the blades, why? It's also a bit too easy to control with the other augments.
Lifespan, sure, it's a super augmented person, he'll pretty much live forever. And when he gets old, there will be new augments to extend his life further.
Attractiveness, the levels he's at is not something that just happens, that has to be made to attract, indicating that these are no regular augments.

Conclusion:

For the weapons, they are fine, though a bit strange on the grenades.
The knife looks to be an exotic weapon, and not something that would be standard issue anywhere (KX-9 don't count).

Equipment, seems to be mostly mundane items, possible standard issue for some military.
I honestly expected the armor to be super OP, but it's actually pretty weak.
The psi jammer irks me a bit, as it implies either regular psion encounters or being soldiers made to deal with exotic threats.

Bioaugments.
I see some redundant and stacking systems here.
Melee abilities will never be disabled with 3 separate weapons. Combine that with the stacking reaction speeds, and he'll dominate any melee fight.
Echolocation is too extreme, and doesn't fit in, enhanced senses is enough. It would work as a tech system though.
The levitation and lighting shooting means this is no mundane super soldier, but an exotic one.
Healing is fine, but antitoxin goes a bit absurd, making him immune to pretty much anything.
Lifespan makes sense with the improved body. But the fabulous improvements of long hair and such beauty are definitely exotic augments, and not standard for any faction (KX-9 don't count).

All in all, there are some things that don't work, but this character is pretty okay.
I seem to have judged too early and labeled it as yet another stupidly OP character. Sorry.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

I can't really complain about the laser weapons, as my character has one too, but the monoblade irks me somewhat.
Those things cut insanely well, but their materials are also somewhat exotic, in order to gain and retain the edge.
If it was a carbon coated edge, it would be fine, because that can be done industrially, it's something you can get off an assembly line.
I think monoblades are above what one would put on an assembly line. And therefore it would be an exotic weapon.

Oh, I thought it was a top-of-the-line mass manufacture weapon. I'd intended for the psi-jammer to be my only piece of exotic equipment. I'll change it to a carbon-coated edge like you suggest.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

The grenades, I'll nitpick. Wouldn't you use fragmentation grenades against infantry? And AT grenades aren't really used anymore. Except rocket propelled ones.

That idea was that fragmentation wasn't as useful against highly armoured opponents so you'd use a HE grenade instead to harm them through the pressure wave. The HE grenades also have more utility than frag grenades. As for the AT grenades, that's just something for vehicles. Why wouldn't I have them?

If you have better suggestions for anti-heavy infantry and anti-vehicle/tank grenades, I'd like to hear them so I can possibly replace my current nades with them.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

The armor, well, it made me finally look up plasteel. I don't get why that's a thing, plastic isn't nearly as flexible as one would think.

I was thinking about what kind of armour isn't too heavy but also can't be called "light". "Metal" is too broad and then I remembered the word "plasteel" which seems to fit. I honestly know nothing about it. :P

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

The powered nanoweave makes me scratch my head. Nanoweave is like kevlar, it wont stretch, so why make it rigid?
So actually, that armor isn't all that good, I misjudged it, it's actually quite weak.

It does stretch - Kar's hair is made out of a biological equivalent. The stuff used in armour is kept quite packed together and doesn't move nearly as much as the hair but it's still enough to allow for easy movement. The only reason the entire thing's not made of nanoweave is because plasteel keeps the cost down and some areas (like the chest) don't need the extra flexibility.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

The helmet, the vox caster, comm system, and... rebreather? Okay, brief explanation of rebreathers.
Rebreathers use a closed circuit to take in what you breathe out, and filters the CO2 out, thus you only need put in 25% of the new oxygen you'd otherwise need to put in.
A rebreather is larger than your lungs, as it need contain the capacity of your lungs. The rebreather is a system for breathing in a place with no air.
The rebreather would not really be a helmet thing, you need a backpack for that. Other than that, the mouth thingies are fine.
Flashlight and IFF system, just fine. So the helmet is mostly fine, thought the rebreather isn't really a helmet thing. Sure, the mouth piece is, but that's it, the rest is on your torso.

Ah, so what I'm looking for is an air filter? Those are the things that let you more easily breathe in air, right?

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Psi-Jammer, this is a stretch. A mind shield I would understand, something hard to penetrate with psionics.
Jammers means that they can interface with psionics with electrical technology.

I'll change the name to Mind Shield to avoid confusion. The original name came from a device that did the same thing except to ALL psychic attacks (thought it was too OP so I limited it to telepathy).

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Durability, extra strong bones, sub dermal armor... um, why? Armor is better the thicker it is, sub dermal armor can't be very thick.
Sure, it lets you take stabs, but don't count on it blocking bullets anytime soon.

The answer to "why would I have it?" is "why not?" It's as you said, it lets me take stabs. Doesn't have to do more than that.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Biocoil, oh hey, some of the crazy stuff. Another increase in reaction speed, that's gonna stack like hell.

The total stack is +/-4, which is low augmentation range IIRC.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Magnetic levitation, oh boy, this is a bit extreme.

Not really. It lets me go up and down easily but not very quickly (meant to prevent death from falling), that's it.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Electromuscle, wut? Recharging things at range, this is a bit absurd, and can end up with you firing lighting out of your hands.

This (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Electro-priest) but less extreme. It's also recharging things at touch (or near touch), not at range.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Echolocation, no, just no. Even with using quieter weapons, you're not going to get this level, improved hearing, sure, blindsight, just no.
Makes much more sense if it's a tech system, because this sort of mental process is not just trained, you either have to live with it, or an algorithm has to deal with the busywork.

The mental processes necessary for echolocation weren't trained, they were wired into the brain. A few other augments necessitated a rewiring of the brain to properly handle them. It's why the Brainpower augment only gives a +2/-1 and not something higher like what a pure intelligence build would give.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Pheromones, why? If your character is made to be a super soldier, why include a pheromone augment?

Who says Kar is a super soldier? He's a perfectly ordinary man who's a bit taller than the average Joe. Nothing super soldiery about him, no siree. He's not a Lahmian either.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Subdermal blades, so your character has a knife and Wolverine claws? I see no situation where you'd need both.

Redundancy. He might end up losing the knife.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Nanoweave hair, same as the blades, why?

Why would I want extra arms that my opponents might not recognise as extra arms?

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

Attractiveness, the levels he's at is not something that just happens, that has to be made to attract, indicating that these are no regular augments.

What do you mean they're not regular augments? I can tell you now that they're not chemical/psionic/whatever augments, they just make his physical body aesthetically pleasing.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

I see some redundant and stacking systems here.

The redundancy is intentional and the stacking isn't astronomical. +/-4 is, as I mentioned before, low-end augmentation.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 03:24:00 am

All in all, there are some things that don't work, but this character is pretty okay.
I seem to have judged too early and labeled it as yet another stupidly OP character. Sorry.

I'm glad to know I made a decent character. Thanks.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 06:47:16 am

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

I was thinking about what kind of armour isn't too heavy but also can't be called "light". "Metal" is too broad and then I remembered the word "plasteel" which seems to fit. I honestly know nothing about it. :P

I think ceramic will fit the bill. Thing is, there are people that use steel armor against bullets. But first, I'll explain modern body armor.
From what I've seen, there's 2 types of body armor, hard and soft.
Mostly they seem to be vests with inserts, ballistic plates. Soft seems to be Kevlar fiber, layered cloth, and other soft materials layered to provide protection.
Hard armor, is ceramic and steel, steel is the cheap option, but if you want to block rifle bullets, it's going to be heavy.
Then there's ceramic, which is lighter for about the same protection, they're expensive though, but the price of life is very high.
From what I can see, there is level 4 plating, capable of blocking black tip armor piercing rifle rounds.

Though I should add that this is bullet resistant armor, which is why they're always replaceable plates. You don't want to trust the armor with a second rifle bullet.
Then again, you wouldn't want to get hit in the first place. Also, vests usually have webbing on the outside, you know, those stripes you see on the armor.
The webbing lets you attach all sorts of pouches and stuff to it. Which is why you almost never see bare ballistic plates.

Spoiler: Vest with MOLLE webbing (click to show/hide)

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/policestuff_2415_30613386965)

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

It does stretch - Kar's hair is made out of a biological equivalent. The stuff used in armour is kept quite packed together and doesn't move nearly as much as the hair but it's still enough to allow for easy movement. The only reason the entire thing's not made of nanoweave is because plasteel keeps the cost down and some areas (like the chest) don't need the extra flexibility.

If it stretches, it compromises it's defensive capabilities. By not stretching, a bullet's force would have to either push a large amount of surrounding area, or it'll have to tear through the material.
Though it does technically stretch most of the time, due to how they create it. But if it stretches anymore than denim, then it's going to start doing real damage through the armor.

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

Ah, so what I'm looking for is an air filter? Those are the things that let you more easily breathe in air, right?

Ah, the filter masks, the source of the iconic masked heavy breathing.
As the filter becomes saturated with filtered agents, it becomes harder and harder to breathe. So some include replaceable filters.
Though I'm unsure if Kevak will include such mechanics. Or if he'll include the replacement of ballistic plates.

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

I'll change the name to Mind Shield to avoid confusion. The original name came from a device that did the same thing except to ALL psychic attacks (thought it was too OP so I limited it to telepathy).

Yeah, after some thinking, I think I can word my argument a bit better too. A psi-jammer has you attack the psi signal, and scrambling it, it's an active countermeasure.
That's why I think a psi-jammer has technology be used to do psionic stuff.
But yeah, mind shield works better, as it's either a passive or active defense system.

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

Not really. It lets me go up and down easily but not very quickly (meant to prevent death from falling), that's it.

So it's basically the Icarus system from Deus Ex: HR? Well, except it also lets you climb upwards. And without the lightning. ... So basically nothing like the Icarus system.
Shot down my own comparison there, anyway.
It's just that, levitation doesn't imply limits, so it sounds like you can just hover 10 meters into the sky, and do the XCOM Ethereal tactic (rain heavy plasma fire upon their enemies).

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

This (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Electro-priest) but less extreme. It's also recharging things at touch (or near touch), not at range.

Well, not charge at range, but he can still shoot lighting at people. Seems a bit of a strange augment. Well, guess it's another redundant system.

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

The mental processes necessary for echolocation weren't trained, they were wired into the brain. A few other augments necessitated a rewiring of the brain to properly handle them. It's why the Brainpower augment only gives a +2/-1 and not something higher like what a pure intelligence build would give.

Well, maybe it is possible with just enhanced senses. But I just don't picture him being blinded enough to learn how (just dodge the smoke instead).

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

Who says Kar is a super soldier? He's a perfectly ordinary man who's a bit taller than the average Joe. Nothing super soldiery about him, no siree. He's not a Lahmian either.

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

What do you mean they're not regular augments? I can tell you now that they're not chemical/psionic/whatever augments, they just make his physical body aesthetically pleasing.

The charisma augments are a bit non-standard. Not standard space pirate fare. Combat augments, dime a dozen, charisma augments, they tend to not be factory standard.
This would make the best ones be hand crafted, as beauty isn't something you can just pin down.
I just judged from the more standardized augments and equipment, that he went for a bit of a package deal.
Specifically, the super soldier package, because who wouldn't want that package.

Quote from: Andres on May 05, 2016, 04:43:33 am

I'm glad to know I made a decent character. Thanks.

Well, it's mostly that it's not as OP as I initially assumed, as for decent character, we'll see. ... Once Kevak decides to start this game.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 05, 2016, 07:02:36 am

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 06:47:16 am

I think ceramic will fit the bill. Thing is, there are people that use steel armor against bullets. But first, I'll explain modern body armor.
From what I've seen, there's 2 types of body armor, hard and soft.
Mostly they seem to be vests with inserts, ballistic plates. Soft seems to be Kevlar fiber, layered cloth, and other soft materials layered to provide protection.
Hard armor, is ceramic and steel, steel is the cheap option, but if you want to block rifle bullets, it's going to be heavy.
Then there's ceramic, which is lighter for about the same protection, they're expensive though, but the price of life is very high.
From what I can see, there is level 4 plating, capable of blocking black tip armor piercing rifle rounds.

Though I should add that this is bullet resistant armor, which is why they're always replaceable plates. You don't want to trust the armor with a second rifle bullet.
Then again, you wouldn't want to get hit in the first place. Also, vests usually have webbing on the outside, you know, those stripes you see on the armor.
The webbing lets you attach all sorts of pouches and stuff to it. Which is why you almost never see bare ballistic plates.

Spoiler: Vest with MOLLE webbing (click to show/hide)

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/policestuff_2415_30613386965)

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 06:47:16 am

Though it does technically stretch most of the time, due to how they create it. But if it stretches anymore than denim, then it's going to start doing real damage through the armor.

This is what I'm going for, if it helps:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

She does not go for simple, conventional armor of flak or carapace, instead choosing to make extensive use of nanoweave fabrics (of a low grade, of course). The durable material is incorporated along with other materials both soft and rigid, forming a suit of armor with multiple 'layers' where a nanoweave hauberk serve as the 'core'. The hauberk provides excellent protection against penetrative shots and is also fairly potent at dispersing directed energy (compared to flak), and works great in combination with the more conventional alternatives. Some versions of the armor, more akin to the carapace worn by Stormtroopers, have a fullbody suit instead of a hauberk.

However, perhaps the greatest feature is that the 'nanoweave armor' can be hooked up to a small cogitator and battery. The result is that when struck by some force, the nanoweave will instantly become rigid and unyelding, reducing the chance of penetration or bodily harm significantly. Though of course, this system has it's limit.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 06:47:16 am

As the filter becomes saturated with filtered agents, it becomes harder and harder to breathe. So some include replaceable filters.

Bah, can't I just say it uses space technology so that it doesn't need refills?

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 06:47:16 am

It's just that, levitation doesn't imply limits, so it sounds like you can just hover 10 meters into the sky, and do the XCOM Ethereal tactic (rain heavy plasma fire upon their enemies).

There's a reason why I don't give my guys Archangel armour in XCOM: all enemies can see them and they have NO COVER. I could hypothetically do what you suggest, but it's basically suicide.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 06:47:16 am

Well, maybe it is possible with just enhanced senses. But I just don't picture him being blinded enough to learn how (just dodge the smoke instead).

I picture it being more useful in a no-light scenario than a low-light one. His enhanced eyesight should be more than enough for the latter.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 07:12:19 am

Well, as I said. It depends if Kevak goes the extra mile.
The masks can work off one filter, or require several. It's all about how Kevak does it.

As for the carapace armor, sure, go ahead. I just went a bit too deep into the topic.
You can just use ceramic plating, it has high durability and low weight.
I kinda enjoyed reading Wikipedia and looking around too much, so I ended up bloating my post with info.

As for stretching, it's possible it would have to have less stretch than denim, but my point is: It'd be like stiff pants, but still pants, while it wont stretch, it will bend.
You can't have comfort and protection, there's always a compromise. Unless you go into the exotic stuff, like power armor with air condition, fluffy padding, and an integrated beer dispenser.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 05, 2016, 07:35:44 am

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 07:12:19 am

As for the carapace armor, sure, go ahead. I just went a bit too deep into the topic.
You can just use ceramic plating, it has high durability and low weight.
I kinda enjoyed reading Wikipedia and looking around too much, so I ended up bloating my post with info.

As for stretching, it's possible it would have to have less stretch than denim, but my point is: It'd be like stiff pants, but still pants, while it wont stretch, it will bend.
You can't have comfort and protection, there's always a compromise. Unless you go into the exotic stuff, like power armor with air condition, fluffy padding, and an integrated beer dispenser.

Edited my post. You may or may not want to have another look at it.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 07:12:19 am

You can't have comfort and protection, there's always a compromise. Unless you go into the exotic stuff, like power armor with air condition, fluffy padding, and an integrated beer dispenser.

Doesn't power armour require the former two accessories you mentioned? PA needs a way to keep the armour cool or the user will get boiled alive and it needs to be padded so the user can survive explosions and such.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 08:29:55 am

Yeah, sorta noticed the edit in the middle of writing that post, but I was getting a bit incoherent after writing for a while, and decided to post anyway.

Actually, despite what people say, air condition isn't a requirement.
Even medieval plate armor was hell to wear, it's thick clothes with steel plates covering them.
But I'm sure if power armor became a thing, pretty much everyone would dedicate some of the power just for ventilation systems, because happy soldiers are willing soldiers.

But I said air condition and fluffy padding. In other words, more than necessary, things which go from practical to luxury.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Lenglon on May 05, 2016, 08:56:28 am

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 08:29:55 am

Yeah, sorta noticed the edit in the middle of writing that post, but I was getting a bit incoherent after writing for a while, and decided to post anyway.

Actually, despite what people say, air condition isn't a requirement.
Even medieval plate armor was hell to wear, it's thick clothes with steel plates covering them.
But I'm sure if power armor became a thing, pretty much everyone would dedicate some of the power just for ventilation systems, because happy soldiers are willing soldiers.

But I said air condition and fluffy padding. In other words, more than necessary, things which go from practical to luxury.

Padding on that kind of armor is not optional. if you don't have it the motion of the armor causes massive chafing to the soldier inside, and after a single full day of wear they aren't going to be able to function effectively. and ventilation or other thermal management systems are again not optional. the medieval plate armor you're talking about was hell to wear, and it was primarily used in European countries, which are generally very cool and moist. there's a reason that they had to remove a lot of their armor during the crusades, it wasn't for comfort, it was because if they didn't they would quite literally collapse from the heat. ever been in 120+ degree weather?

power armor, especially in a space-age-setting, has every reason to have a fully-climate-controlled system with the ability to seal itself off from the outside temporarilly. ship boarding actions are going to have to deal with the ship's internal defenses, and since every spaceship that doesn't suck is going to have sealable bulkheads and internal climate control, they ARE going to be sealed in a room that is made as hostile to stay in as possible with the ship's standard systems. like by routing freshly heated engine coolant there, or venting the atmostphere, or attempting to deep freeze it. this is especially true if the boarder and boarded have differing native environments, with their comfortable tempature levels being extremely different, because then they don't even have to work hard or make it hostile to themselves to make it hostile to the boarder, just have some being from a desert planet turn the regular heater on and laugh as her opponents cook to death and she's simply a little warm.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 04:43:03 pm

I never said padding was optional. I said fluffy padding was a luxury.
Well, I guess I'm wrong on the ventilation part, it is required.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 05, 2016, 10:18:29 pm

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 05, 2016, 04:43:03 pm

I never said padding was optional. I said fluffy padding was a luxury.

Just a misunderstanding, then.

Quote from: Kevak on April 27, 2016, 08:59:02 am

3147. Third Millennium.

Fourth millenium. 0-999 was first, 1,000-1999 was second, 2000-2999 is third, 3,000-4,999 will be fourth.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 06, 2016, 05:47:11 pm

Sorry for general delay, been fixing sleep schedule.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 07, 2016, 10:34:47 am

Quote from: Kevak on May 06, 2016, 05:47:11 pm

Sorry for general delay, been fixing sleep schedule.

About damn time, too.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 10, 2016, 08:07:58 pm

Kevak, what's taking so long? You should've fixed your sleep schedule by now.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 10, 2016, 09:24:11 pm

Dealing with irl stuff. Irl comes first. Patience.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: lawastooshort on May 13, 2016, 11:13:08 am

I am away for a week, if you happen to start this in that time.

If not, well, best of luck with sorting your irl stuff out dude.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 22, 2016, 12:22:21 pm

Alrighty! Lets get this on the road. Gonna check which characters I haven't plopped in the OP yet and do so/state what needs fixing and then turn this into the OOC thread before making the IC thread.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Lenglon on May 22, 2016, 12:34:58 pm

YAY!

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Name: Kar Mercant
Race: Human
Gender: Male

Skills:
Maintenance (Mundane)
Standard infantry weapons (+/-3)
Hand to hand combat (+1)
General tech use (+/-1)
Persuasion (-2 full bonus applied)
Fear resistance (+3 full bonus applied)
Inspiring speech (-3 full bonus applied)
Not being a filthy heretic xeno mutant dickish psychic traitorous Abominable Intelligence (+99 full bonus applies)


Weapons:
Lasgun
-Charge pack (60/60), recharged via electrical socket/sunlight
-Blast charger: Focuses the entirety of a charge pack into a single shot. Power-inefficient, permanently ruins the charge pack, and chance of damaging the gun
-Single/burst(3-shot)/full-auto
-Very reliable
Laspistol
-Charge pack (30/30), recharged via electrical socket/sunlight
-Blast charger: Focuses the entirety of a charge pack into a single shot. Power-inefficient, permanently ruins the charge pack, and chance of damaging the gun
-Single/burst(3-shot)/full-auto
-Very reliable
Knife with carbon-coated edge, high durability
2 HE grenades
2 AT grenades

Equipment:
Charge pouches, contains 8 lasgun charge packs and 4 laspistol charge packs
Body nanoweave (low concentration)/plasteel armour: high protection against penetrative shots, good protection against energy weapons
-Computer+battery (20/20, recharged via electrical socket/sunlight): When the nanoweave is struck, it becomes rigid and unyielding, significantly increasing protection
Helmet
-Comm-system
-Voice caster
-Air filter
-HUD: aside from standard features, it highlights enemies and filters out useless information
-Mounted flashlight
Backpack (light metal lining)
High amount of space credits
Mind shield (under helmet): Nullifies weak telepathic attacks/probes/etc. and dulls strong ones


Bioaugments:
Physical stature
-Physical stature 2
--Kin of giants: Increases height to 2.7 metres (body proportions stay the same), allows for more bioaugments to be fitted in the body
Physical capability
-Physical capability 2
--Physical capability 3: Armour-like bones, sub-dermal armour (like a 'second skin'), fat stores increased amounts of energy, increased muscle density and strength (strength boost allows lifting of 2 tons with great effort, +/-6 to strength, speed, etc.), tripled calorie requirements, greatly increased body weight
Neural rewiring: Improved reaction speeds (+/-1)
Brainpower: Bonus to everything that requires thinking (combat, diplomacy, strategic planning, etc. +2/-1) (synergy with Physical stature), provides no additional resistance to alcohol, mind attacks, etc.
Biocoil (spine): Massive power generation and capacity (300/300, +50 every turn), improved reaction speeds (synergy with neural rewiring) (+/-1), grants magnetic levitation
Electromuscle: Increased electrical charge (synergy with biocoil and Physical stature/capability) (60/60, +10 every turn), can charge weapons and equipment even if not designed for that kind of energy-acquisition
-Electromuscle 2.0: Improved capacity and intensity of generated electrical currents and allows them to be projected at range (synergy with biocoil and Physical stature/capability) (20 metre ranged attack, 60/60, +10 every turn)
Magnoadrenaline gland: Improved reaction speed (+/-1), keeps the body awake and at peak condition for hours on end, small chance of side-effects if used constantly (20% per three days of heavy usage)
-Mega-adrenal gland: Improves positive effects of magnoadrenaline (+/-1), magnoadrenaline needs to be used twice as long for chance of side-effects
Echolocation (ear and throat augment): Greatly increased general hearing range and precision (+/3), blindsight
Sensory package: Massively improved taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing (+/-3 to aforementioned senses)
Anti-tox gland: Poison resistance (+3) , disease resistance (+3), slightly lowers chance of side-effects from use of magnoadrenaline (-5%)
-Poisondrinker organ: Neuters effects of nearly all toxins, allows breathing of poisonous air, drinking fouled water, and eating most forms of biological matter without any ill effects. Protects from just poison too (+3)
Pheromonal gland: +/-1 when diplomancing humans
Subdermal blades (forearms): bone-like material, heals when damaged
Autosanguine gland: Accelerates healing, closes and heals small wounds in minutes. Protected by tough, redundant flesh
-Regenerator organ: Nasty cuts healed in seconds, grizzly wounds or broken bones in minutes, and limbs regenerated in days. Quite taxing depending on level of injury. Protected by tough, redundant flesh
Nanoweave hair (~2.4m long): Made of biological nanoweave equivalent. Allows for fine manipulation of the hair as if they were tiny limbs. Capable of crushing medium armour if all hairs are used and length is kept
Lifespan (~750 years)
Attractiveness
-Attractiveness 2
--Attractiveness 3
---Attractiveness 4: The peak of what can be achieved without going somewhere uncanny


Status:

Couple things need fixing with this.

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Attractiveness
-Attractiveness 2
--Attractiveness 3
---Attractiveness 4: The peak of what can be achieved without going somewhere uncanny

This would be targeted towards specific species/mindsets. Physical attraction is very very very finnicky.

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Autosanguine gland: Accelerates healing, closes and heals small wounds in minutes. Protected by tough, redundant flesh
-Regenerator organ: Nasty cuts healed in seconds, grizzly wounds or broken bones in minutes, and limbs regenerated in days. Quite taxing depending on level of injury. Protected by tough, redundant flesh

This is a military grade set of regeneration augs. You better have a daaamn good reason for them backstorywise or they're nixed.

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Pheromonal gland: +/-1 when diplomancing humans

Pheromones don't work like that. Humans aren't responsive to pheromones because they flat out don't function in the biology or have any form of receptors

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-Poisondrinker organ: Neuters effects of nearly all toxins, allows breathing of poisonous air, drinking fouled water, and eating most forms of biological matter without any ill effects. Protects from just poison too (+3)

No. Not even military grade would allow negation of Class 3 Hazardous Agents. Toxins are so heavily varied in function, makeup, and route of harm that you can't really negate them all.

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Magnoadrenaline gland: Improved reaction speed (+/-1), keeps the body awake and at peak condition for hours on end, small chance of side-effects if used constantly (20% per three days of heavy usage)
-Mega-adrenal gland: Improves positive effects of magnoadrenaline (+/-1), magnoadrenaline needs to be used twice as long for chance of side-effects

This isn't how adrenaline works. Making an organ to amplify effects also doesn't work. That isn't how hormones work. Expect ODing very easily.

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Biocoil (spine): Massive power generation and capacity (300/300, +50 every turn), improved reaction speeds (synergy with neural rewiring) (+/-1), grants magnetic levitation
Electromuscle: Increased electrical charge (synergy with biocoil and Physical stature/capability) (60/60, +10 every turn), can charge weapons and equipment even if not designed for that kind of energy-acquisition
-Electromuscle 2.0: Improved capacity and intensity of generated electrical currents and allows them to be projected at range (synergy with biocoil and Physical stature/capability) (20 metre ranged attack, 60/60, +10 every turn)

This makes exactly zero sense from a scientific perspective. Production of sufficient energy to fire a laser weapon via muscles alone would normally cause total destruction of biological tissue. Expect extreme levels of internal burns and scarring that cannot be healed from regen organs cause said organs will suffer the same levels of internal damage. That or nix it.

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Brainpower: Bonus to everything that requires thinking (combat, diplomacy, strategic planning, etc. +2/-1) (synergy with Physical stature), provides no additional resistance to alcohol, mind attacks, etc.

Makes more sense to just have a computer lodged in your brain. Having a larger capacity to think is not = to intelligence relating to concrete things.

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Nanoweave hair (~2.4m long): Made of biological nanoweave equivalent. Allows for fine manipulation of the hair as if they were tiny limbs. Capable of crushing medium armour if all hairs are used and length is kept

No. Hair and physical pressure do not work like that. Ya'd need something along the lines of strands the thickness of a forearm.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 22, 2016, 06:27:13 pm

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

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Attractiveness
-Attractiveness 2
--Attractiveness 3
---Attractiveness 4: The peak of what can be achieved without going somewhere uncanny

This would be targeted towards specific species/mindsets. Physical attraction is very very very finnicky.

Targeted towards humans.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

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Autosanguine gland: Accelerates healing, closes and heals small wounds in minutes. Protected by tough, redundant flesh
-Regenerator organ: Nasty cuts healed in seconds, grizzly wounds or broken bones in minutes, and limbs regenerated in days. Quite taxing depending on level of injury. Protected by tough, redundant flesh

This is a military grade set of regeneration augs. You better have a daaamn good reason for them backstorywise or they're nixed.

He's military (just don't tell the others). That's a good reason for having military grade augs, right?

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

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Pheromonal gland: +/-1 when diplomancing humans

Pheromones don't work like that. Humans aren't responsive to pheromones because they flat out don't function in the biology or have any form of receptors

Ok.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

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-Poisondrinker organ: Neuters effects of nearly all toxins, allows breathing of poisonous air, drinking fouled water, and eating most forms of biological matter without any ill effects. Protects from just poison too (+3)

No. Not even military grade would allow negation of Class 3 Hazardous Agents. Toxins are so heavily varied in function, makeup, and route of harm that you can't really negate them all.

What's the max I can get, then?

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

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Magnoadrenaline gland: Improved reaction speed (+/-1), keeps the body awake and at peak condition for hours on end, small chance of side-effects if used constantly (20% per three days of heavy usage)
-Mega-adrenal gland: Improves positive effects of magnoadrenaline (+/-1), magnoadrenaline needs to be used twice as long for chance of side-effects

This isn't how adrenaline works. Making an organ to amplify effects also doesn't work. That isn't how hormones work. Expect ODing very easily.

It's not how adrenaline works, but that's because it's not adrenaline. Magnoadrenaline is just a name. The mega-adrenal gland isn't to make the magnoadrenaline work better, it's to alter the body so that it's more receptive to the magnoadrenaline and can more easily make it a part of its natural biology. The name "mega-adrenal" is kind of confusing I guess.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

This makes exactly zero sense from a scientific perspective.

There is a guy who exists across multiple timelines simultaneously that have a very real chance of touching each-other, all without getting into magic. There is literally a hulk of walking iron. We have a pack of sentient hive mind kittens. Being able to do something tangentially similar to what eels do seems...well not mild in comparison but it certainly seems to fit in.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

Production of sufficient energy to fire a laser weapon via muscles alone would normally cause total destruction of biological tissue. Expect extreme levels of internal burns and scarring that cannot be healed from regen organs cause said organs will suffer the same levels of internal damage. That or nix it.

Daww, but I really wanted to play an electro-priest... :'( :'(

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

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Brainpower: Bonus to everything that requires thinking (combat, diplomacy, strategic planning, etc. +2/-1) (synergy with Physical stature), provides no additional resistance to alcohol, mind attacks, etc.

Makes more sense to just have a computer lodged in your brain. Having a larger capacity to think is not = to intelligence relating to concrete things.

It helps him learn, it helps him with stuff he's learned, and it helps where learning by rote isn't as useful (solving puzzles, for example). Basically like an ordinary genius, except not to such a high level.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:37:16 pm

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Nanoweave hair (~2.4m long): Made of biological nanoweave equivalent. Allows for fine manipulation of the hair as if they were tiny limbs. Capable of crushing medium armour if all hairs are used and length is kept

No. Hair and physical pressure do not work like that. Ya'd need something along the lines of strands the thickness of a forearm.

I don't understand. You say the hair wouldn't work like that and then go on to say that it can totally work if it's thick enough. Individually the hairs are nothing, but bunch them all up together and you get your forearm thickness pretty easily.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

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I don't understand. You say the hair wouldn't work like that and then go on to say that it can totally work if it's thick enough. Individually the hairs are nothing, but bunch them all up together and you get your forearm thickness pretty easily.

There is a huge difference strengthwise between one solid mass and lots and lots of little masses. Think of it sorta like a fuckton of threads. A fuckton of threads makes a very strong rope when woven. However trying to reach the same level of weightbearing without weaving them would not work. Also I'm not interested in giving you something absurdly exploitable.

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He's military (just don't tell the others). That's a good reason for having military grade augs, right?

Nope. Based on how he's a pirate and fucking around on a temporally detached ship randomly jaunting around the galaxy no. He isn't military. Also by military. I mean toptier grade. The kind of shit that you won't find outside of a T2 civ's Military Castes.

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What's the max I can get, then?

Well what specific kind of toxin are ya wanting immunity to? Nerve toxins? Toxins that cause cellular destabilization? Toxins that cause filtering issues? Stuff that overloads certain receptors to cause crippling pain and bodily harm? There are a hell of a lot of toxins.

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It's not how adrenaline works, but that's because it's not adrenaline. Magnoadrenaline is just a name. The mega-adrenal gland isn't to make the magnoadrenaline work better, it's to alter the body so that it's more receptive to the magnoadrenaline and can more easily make it a part of its natural biology. The name "mega-adrenal" is kind of confusing I guess.

So. Your character is a human with biological augments. In order to get a hormone that would induce the required output for the 'Magnoadrenaline' to work, it would require a total rewrite of the genetic structure. Far beyond the kind of augment that a standard human would have access to and way more then enough to mark the person as "Not Human." An example of this output is the KX9. Bred and augmented and engineered for specific tasks within their specific castes.

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There is a guy who exists across multiple timelines simultaneously that have a very real chance of touching each-other, all without getting into magic. There is literally a hulk of walking iron. We have a pack of sentient hive mind kittens. Being able to do something tangentially similar to what eels do seems...well not mild in comparison but it certainly seems to fit in.

The Temporal Psion has significant neurosises an disabilities. As do All psions. The hunk of walking iron has some pretty significant pros and cons to it as well. The kittens for obvious reason have pros and cons (also their hive is produced by technology).

The issue with doing not only what an eel does, but doing the equivalent of functioning as a constantly running generator capable of powering a small skyscraper is that biological tissue was not made to do that. If your character was a machine the size of a car? Sure. That would be totally acceptable, as machines are built Specifically to handle that level of electrical charge. But just slapping electricity generation onto a relatively small humanoid? Not gonna fly and it's gonna fry your bits.

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It helps him learn, it helps him with stuff he's learned, and it helps where learning by rote isn't as useful (solving puzzles, for example). Basically like an ordinary genius, except not to such a high level.

Alrighty. Thanks for clarifying.

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Daww, but I really wanted to play an electro-priest... :'( :'(

..Then use mechanical augments and not bioaugments? Specific conductive routes and storage spots to prevent significant organ damage? An example with the KX9 is how they use cybernetics for anything that it would be inefficient or stupid to use biology for.

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Targeted towards humans.

Alrighty. Keep in mind various ethnicities and deviant species will not react the same. Especially the deviant species. What is attractive to a mantis man is not attractive to a human. And vice versa.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 22, 2016, 09:42:00 pm

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

There is a huge difference strengthwise between one solid mass and lots and lots of little masses. Think of it sorta like a fuckton of threads. A fuckton of threads makes a very strong rope when woven. However trying to reach the same level of weightbearing without weaving them would not work. Also I'm not interested in giving you something absurdly exploitable.

Alright, well can I downgrade to Medusa hair then? The augment lets me use the hair like additional limbs but since they're not made out of nanoweave, they can't really crush anything more than regular arms can.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

Nope. Based on how he's a pirate and fucking around on a temporally detached ship randomly jaunting around the galaxy no. He isn't military. Also by military. I mean toptier grade. The kind of shit that you won't find outside of a T2 civ's Military Castes.

*tsk* There goes my plan for playing a mysterious character who's for some secretive reason bumming around as a pirate despite being loaded with top-tier military grade augments and (badly) pretending to be a normal human. I guess I'll come up with a full backstory now rather than make one up as the story develops leaving hints along the way. I'll need some time but I don't want to hold the game up. If you start the game now, will I have a chance to join up later?

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

Well what specific kind of toxin are ya wanting immunity to? Nerve toxins? Toxins that cause cellular destabilization? Toxins that cause filtering issues? Stuff that overloads certain receptors to cause crippling pain and bodily harm? There are a hell of a lot of toxins.

Well what do the KX9 use? I'm certain they have immunity to all such toxins despite being organic.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

So. Your character is a human with biological augments. In order to get a hormone that would induce the required output for the 'Magnoadrenaline' to work, it would require a total rewrite of the genetic structure. Far beyond the kind of augment that a standard human would have access to and way more then enough to mark the person as "Not Human."

I don't see how it would require a total rewrite. They're bioaugments, not gene augments. I can see some genetic alteration to eliminate the chance of rejection but a full genetic rewrite seems as unnecessary as when putting in augments made of metal rather than flesh.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

The Temporal Psion has significant neurosises an disabilities. As do All psions. The hunk of walking iron has some pretty significant pros and cons to it as well. The kittens for obvious reason have pros and cons (also their hive is produced by technology).

My point was that "scientifically impossible" is what didn't apply. Something doesn't become scientifically possible just because you tack some pros and cons on it.

For example, someone who can make matter out of literally nothing is still doing something scientifically impossible regardless of if they have a con like becoming suicidally depressed as a result.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

The issue with doing not only what an eel does, but doing the equivalent of functioning as a constantly running generator capable of powering a small skyscraper is that biological tissue was not made to do that.

First, biological tissue can be made to do many, many things. It's less intuitive to make a biological equivalent of something mechanical but it's hardly impossible. Second, a skyscraper!? Ok, I seriously didn't mean to give my guy that much electricity. Enough to kill a guy with his electric powers, yeah, but certainly not that much. If it was the total charge I put inside him that was the problem, can I have the augment back so long as I scale down how much electricity he can hold and generate?

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

..Then use mechanical augments and not bioaugments?

Why would I? Bioaugments are significantly easier to maintain and can self-repair, even if they are less durable. Far more optimal when finding spare parts can be an issue. I certainly hope you're not one of those "flesh is weak" Old Guard tech-priests who deny the utility of organic matter and decry it as inherently inferior.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

Specific conductive routes and storage spots to prevent significant organ damage?

That's probably what Kar uses, just they're made out some kind of organic material instead of metal.

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 08:35:11 pm

Alrighty. Keep in mind various ethnicities and deviant species will not react the same. Especially the deviant species. What is attractive to a mantis man is not attractive to a human. And vice versa.

Never expected anything else.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 23, 2016, 04:40:54 am

I'm getting a bit bored of waiting, so I'll just make another character.
Mostly because I like doing so. I don't plan at all to use it.

Spoiler: Fun Little Lightning Dragon (click to show/hide)

Name: Siv Executor von Bob
Race: Bobite Generation 3 Mutant (Lightning Dragon)
Gender: Male

Skills:
Melee Weapons (+2 full bonus applied)
Breath Attack (+/-2)
Pistols (+/-1 full bonus applied)
Psychic Resistance (-3)

Weapons/Equipment:
Pistol, Firearm.
-16 bullet magazine, hollow point rounds.
--Single.
--Burst.
--Full auto.
Knife, melee weapon, +/-1 full bonus applied.
Tactical Vest, steel ballistic plates.
-Ammo Pouches, containing 4 extra magazines and some loose rounds.
--4/4 fully loaded magazines.
--37 loose rounds.
Blocking Hood, a highly conductive hood, which lessens memory absorption by preventing the transmission of electric impulses.

Augments/bioaugments:
Dermal Galvanic Isolation, mutations which makes the skin have an abnormally high resistivity, even the air is a better conduction medium.
Conductor Pathways, mutations which make low resistivity pathways in the body.
-Ground Feet, one of the pathways is a ground circuit, directing the electricity to the ground, with a minimal amount going through vital organs.
-Ostium Circuit, one of the pathways leads to the mouth.
Chemical Reservoirs, mutation that generate and contain conductive gasses.
-Pressurized Reservoirs, these gasses are kept in high pressure, so they can spew it further.
Organic Battery, mutation producing electroplaques, for storing electric charge. These batteries are chiefly present on the back.
Tough and Scaly, mutation that gives higher resistance to physical damage.
-Armored Back, the scales are thicker and denser on the back, especially along the spine.
Tail, scaly lizard tail, helps balance. It's application as a weapon exists, but is not recommended.

Lightning Breath, spews conductive gas at someone, then negative electricity runs from the electroplaques through the conductor pathways, the gas, and into someone. At the same time, positively charges the ground, creating a circuit where the path of least resistance is through a target. Metal surroundings increase the chance of missing, the more conductive the metal, the worse the penalty.
Memory Absorption, psionics. When killing someone with lightning breath, or being close to an electrocution, Siv will absorb some memories, involuntarily.
Memory Ghosts, when absorbing memories, they appear in dreams, flashbacks to memories that aren't his, or as apparitions, in a range of different senses (touch, sound, smell, taste, vision, etc.). There's even times when he can talk with a ghost for several minutes until realizing nobody was there.
Lingering Ghosts, certain intense ghosts stay, and some have even done so for almost a decade.
Not Quite Stable, he is vulnerable to psionic effects due to his inherent instability.

Misc items:
Psychic Anchors, these items let him reaffirm his grip on reality for some time when he touches, sees, or hears them (if they hit a hard surface). But they have less effect if he uses them often.
-Worn Out Badge, from a Bobite police department, which he served at. Obsolete and illegal for him to own. Smuggled.
-Amulet, from his sister. He almost choked her to death when he first started getting Memory Ghosts. He wears it to remind him that not all the enemies are actually there.
-One Bullet. If Siv is experiencing a really intense occurrence of hallucinations, he will load this bullet into his gun and aim at his head. The hallucinations have always ended, so far.

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Spoiler: Race (click to show/hide)

Name: Siv Executor von Bob

Physical age: 17

Race: Bob Generation 3 Mutant (Lightning Dragon)
A mutation of the Dragons, but appearing so shortly after that they are considered to be of the same generation.
The flammable chemicals replaced with conductive chemicals, and has electric circuitry to guide electricity where they want it.
They have the visual difference of thicker scales, especially on the back. They also tend to more grey scale coloration.

Description: Siv is from Bob, a planet of murderous mutants. He joined a police force at the age of 7, together with his family, who he worked alongside.
He gained the name Executor because he tended to volunteer to electrocute the worst criminals. He did this because it let him experience the target's past joys.
But as his psionic abilities developed, he started to absorb more and more memories, to the point where he did everything in his power to prevent people being electrocuted.
His first psionic ghost incident happened at the age of 9, after which his sister gave him an amulet, to prevent it from happening again. She also didn't tell anybody, until years later.
When deeply troubled with hallucinations, he often gazed into his badge, engraving it into his mind, by the age of 10, this was another of his Anchors.
At the age of 11 however, puberty struck, which made the psionic experiences even worse. To the point where he put his gun to his head, just to stop it. He did this frequently until he was 16.
He always used the same bullet when that happened, but he hasn't used it since his puberty ended.

Eventually, his sister did tell the others what Siv was doing. Years of mental instability, along with the many crimes he himself did. Which was mere weeks after puberty ended.
During puberty, he did many crimes, like substance abuse (none worked to get rid of the ghosts), killing innocent people, beating criminal to a bloody pulp, etc.
There were even cases where he had flat out became the criminals he had killed, but his sister always brought him out of it.
His family bargained with the rest of the police force, and Siv was given an ultimatum. Either be executed, or be exiled. He chose exile.
He harbors no hatred toward his sister telling them about what he did, if anything, he's angry she didn't do it sooner.
So now he's roaming the stars. He's quite stable at the moment, though he does speak to people who aren't there, in combat he's quite reliable.
Though that's mostly because he hasn't absorbed memories for several years.

This is also a check if this sort of character is acceptable. So I can know a bit more about the limits of what you'll allow.
Also, what penalty do I need to give him for having psionics?

I still don't intend to use this character.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 23, 2016, 08:14:50 pm

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Alright, well can I downgrade to Medusa hair then? The augment lets me use the hair like additional limbs but since they're not made out of nanoweave, they can't really crush anything more than regular arms can.

Yes. You can indeed!

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*tsk* There goes my plan for playing a mysterious character who's for some secretive reason bumming around as a pirate despite being loaded with top-tier military grade augments and (badly) pretending to be a normal human. I guess I'll come up with a full backstory now rather than make one up as the story develops leaving hints along the way. I'll need some time but I don't want to hold the game up. If you start the game now, will I have a chance to join up later?

Make up a backstory as we go but make sure to run it by me first so I can actually incorporate it into the game. Or at the very minimum have bulletpoints and a vague timeline by the time we start.

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Well what do the KX9 use? I'm certain they have immunity to all such toxins despite being organic.

The KX9 do not have baseline immunity to toxins. They use something called "Group Adaptation." The first people to get the toxin analyze and transfer data on it to those around them before promptly succumbing. The receiving group uses the data to begin developing antibodies and counters before transmitting and also succumbing. The more successful variations of said antibodies are refined and further transferred to the general population. A targeted Class 2 Biobomb could be expected to terminate about a city worth of KX9 before the planetary population adapts sufficiently to stabilize patients, not counting ecological harm induced by the bioweapon. In comparison, a Class 2 biobomb on a purely baseline human planet could be expected to desolate the region both populationwise and ecologywise. When it comes to direct affecting bodily toxins and not dispersed toxins, the KX9 usually find it easiest to cut out the afflicted flesh and let it regrow over the course of hours to months depending on the strain and availability of a Medical Caste KX9.

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I don't see how it would require a total rewrite. They're bioaugments, not gene augments. I can see some genetic alteration to eliminate the chance of rejection but a full genetic rewrite seems as unnecessary as when putting in augments made of metal rather than flesh.

I don't think you quite get why I'm saying a total genetic rewrite would be needed here. You are attempting to institute an Entirely new hormone into the body. This involves changing multiple neurological, cellular, and sub cellular receptors, inputs, outputs, and is an extremely complex procedure. By default the human body is built to react with x y and z in x y and z manners. Adding in h and expecting it to do anything other then be toxic or not react at all is silly.

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My point was that "scientifically impossible" is what didn't apply. Something doesn't become scientifically possible just because you tack some pros and cons on it.

For example, someone who can make matter out of literally nothing is still doing something scientifically impossible regardless of if they have a con like becoming suicidally depressed as a result.

Psions have physical laws. They just don't get their energy and matter from the same places as the rest of the universe. Nothing is created from Null.

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First, biological tissue can be made to do many, many things. It's less intuitive to make a biological equivalent of something mechanical but it's hardly impossible. Second, a skyscraper!? Ok, I seriously didn't mean to give my guy that much electricity. Enough to kill a guy with his electric powers, yeah, but certainly not that much. If it was the total charge I put inside him that was the problem, can I have the augment back so long as I scale down how much electricity he can hold and generate?

Lets put in perspective how many watts you need to produce a lethal laser. There's a reason laser weapons are ranked as [Not Practical] by current global powers. On top of the obscene power requirements, they get some rather nasty heating problems. You want to produce sufficient energy to regularly charge a laser capable of deading someone in a reasonable amount of time. That's the equivalent of the production of a small irl modern day skyscraper's internal generator or a small nuclear reactor. Sufficient electricity to incapacitate in its raw form is Vastly different from the level of electricity needed to kill someone. There is a Huge difference energywise between internal first degree burns and scarring and internal third degree burns and scarring.

I'd say scale it the hell back.

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Why would I? Bioaugments are significantly easier to maintain and can self-repair, even if they are less durable. Far more optimal when finding spare parts can be an issue. I certainly hope you're not one of those "flesh is weak" Old Guard tech-priests who deny the utility of organic matter and decry it as inherently inferior.

Arguably mechanical and biological augments are indistinguishable from one another when you get to a certain threshold of technology. Organic matter and mechanical matter both have their uses.

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That's probably what Kar uses, just they're made out some kind of organic material instead of metal.

Conductive materials are metal. Safeconductanium is not a biological material. Gold however is used as a minor building block within the body. As are zinc, iron, and many other trace metalloids.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 23, 2016, 04:40:54 am

I'm getting a bit bored of waiting, so I'll just make another character.
Mostly because I like doing so. I don't plan at all to use it.

Spoiler: Fun Little Lightning Dragon (click to show/hide)

Name: Siv Executor von Bob
Race: Bobite Generation 3 Mutant (Lightning Dragon)
Gender: Male

Skills:
Melee Weapons (+2 full bonus applied)
Breath Attack (+/-2)
Pistols (+/-1 full bonus applied)
Psychic Resistance (-3)

Weapons/Equipment:
Pistol, Firearm.
-16 bullet magazine, hollow point rounds.
--Single.
--Burst.
--Full auto.
Knife, melee weapon, +/-1 full bonus applied.
Tactical Vest, steel ballistic plates.
-Ammo Pouches, containing 4 extra magazines and some loose rounds.
--4/4 fully loaded magazines.
--37 loose rounds.
Blocking Hood, a highly conductive hood, which lessens memory absorption by preventing the transmission of electric impulses.

Augments/bioaugments:
Dermal Galvanic Isolation, mutations which makes the skin have an abnormally high resistivity, even the air is a better conduction medium.
Conductor Pathways, mutations which make low resistivity pathways in the body.
-Ground Feet, one of the pathways is a ground circuit, directing the electricity to the ground, with a minimal amount going through vital organs.
-Ostium Circuit, one of the pathways leads to the mouth.
Chemical Reservoirs, mutation that generate and contain conductive gasses.
-Pressurized Reservoirs, these gasses are kept in high pressure, so they can spew it further.
Organic Battery, mutation producing electroplaques, for storing electric charge. These batteries are chiefly present on the back.
Tough and Scaly, mutation that gives higher resistance to physical damage.
-Armored Back, the scales are thicker and denser on the back, especially along the spine.
Tail, scaly lizard tail, helps balance. It's application as a weapon exists, but is not recommended.

Lightning Breath, spews conductive gas at someone, then negative electricity runs from the electroplaques through the conductor pathways, the gas, and into someone. At the same time, positively charges the ground, creating a circuit where the path of least resistance is through a target. Metal surroundings increase the chance of missing, the more conductive the metal, the worse the penalty.
Memory Absorption, psionics. When killing someone with lightning breath, or being close to an electrocution, Siv will absorb some memories, involuntarily.
Memory Ghosts, when absorbing memories, they appear in dreams, flashbacks to memories that aren't his, or as apparitions, in a range of different senses (touch, sound, smell, taste, vision, etc.). There's even times when he can talk with a ghost for several minutes until realizing nobody was there.
Lingering Ghosts, certain intense ghosts stay, and some have even done so for almost a decade.
Not Quite Stable, he is vulnerable to psionic effects due to his inherent instability.

Misc items:
Psychic Anchors, these items let him reaffirm his grip on reality for some time when he touches, sees, or hears them (if they hit a hard surface). But they have less effect if he uses them often.
-Worn Out Badge, from a Bobite police department, which he served at. Obsolete and illegal for him to own. Smuggled.
-Amulet, from his sister. He almost choked her to death when he first started getting Memory Ghosts. He wears it to remind him that not all the enemies are actually there.
-One Bullet. If Siv is experiencing a really intense occurrence of hallucinations, he will load this bullet into his gun and aim at his head. The hallucinations have always ended, so far.

Status:

Spoiler: Race (click to show/hide)

Name: Siv Executor von Bob

Physical age: 17

Race: Bob Generation 3 Mutant (Lightning Dragon)
A mutation of the Dragons, but appearing so shortly after that they are considered to be of the same generation.
The flammable chemicals replaced with conductive chemicals, and has electric circuitry to guide electricity where they want it.
They have the visual difference of thicker scales, especially on the back. They also tend to more grey scale coloration.

Description: Siv is from Bob, a planet of murderous mutants. He joined a police force at the age of 7, together with his family, who he worked alongside.
He gained the name Executor because he tended to volunteer to electrocute the worst criminals. He did this because it let him experience the target's past joys.
But as his psionic abilities developed, he started to absorb more and more memories, to the point where he did everything in his power to prevent people being electrocuted.
His first psionic ghost incident happened at the age of 9, after which his sister gave him an amulet, to prevent it from happening again. She also didn't tell anybody, until years later.
When deeply troubled with hallucinations, he often gazed into his badge, engraving it into his mind, by the age of 10, this was another of his Anchors.
At the age of 11 however, puberty struck, which made the psionic experiences even worse. To the point where he put his gun to his head, just to stop it. He did this frequently until he was 16.
He always used the same bullet when that happened, but he hasn't used it since his puberty ended.

Eventually, his sister did tell the others what Siv was doing. Years of mental instability, along with the many crimes he himself did. Which was mere weeks after puberty ended.
During puberty, he did many crimes, like substance abuse (none worked to get rid of the ghosts), killing innocent people, beating criminal to a bloody pulp, etc.
There were even cases where he had flat out became the criminals he had killed, but his sister always brought him out of it.
His family bargained with the rest of the police force, and Siv was given an ultimatum. Either be executed, or be exiled. He chose exile.
He harbors no hatred toward his sister telling them about what he did, if anything, he's angry she didn't do it sooner.
So now he's roaming the stars. He's quite stable at the moment, though he does speak to people who aren't there, in combat he's quite reliable.
Though that's mostly because he hasn't absorbed memories for several years.

This is also a check if this sort of character is acceptable. So I can know a bit more about the limits of what you'll allow.
Also, what penalty do I need to give him for having psionics?

I still don't intend to use this character.

He actually seems to have the requisite neurosises built in. Psions have some very severe neurological disabilities. Often to the point that natural bred psions are more of a danger to themselves then their abilities are beneficial. Artificially bred psions tend to have targeted, specific neurosises to make it easier for the breeding entity to keep them stable and direct them. The KX9 Psionic Castes are a fairly good example of this. Specific purposes. Specific roles. Specific mindsets. Specific neurosises. Hyperspecialization for the field they are intended for. Completely nonfunctional and often dangerous outside of said role. Extremely good at what they do when within their role.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 23, 2016, 09:12:18 pm

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 08:14:50 pm

Make up a backstory as we go but make sure to run it by me first so I can actually incorporate it into the game. Or at the very minimum have bulletpoints and a vague timeline by the time we start.

Here's what I have so far:

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Technocrats who send out agents to find strange and/or advanced technology. The temporally detached ship is likely to come into contact with strange technology and sending someone pretending to be a pirate would help. Bioaugments with heavy regen to minimise unwanted contact with others (repair shops and hospitals unneeded). Strange/advanced technology means strange/advanced opponents, necessitating combat mods. Psi shield to protect the mind since biomods don't help with that. No tech experts due to lack of manpower, necessity to minimise presence, and tech experts only needed to analyse, not recover.

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 08:14:50 pm

The KX9 do not have baseline immunity to toxins. They use something called "Group Adaptation." The first people to get the toxin analyze and transfer data on it to those around them before promptly succumbing. The receiving group uses the data to begin developing antibodies and counters before transmitting and also succumbing. The more successful variations of said antibodies are refined and further transferred to the general population. A targeted Class 2 Biobomb could be expected to terminate about a city worth of KX9 before the planetary population adapts sufficiently to stabilize patients, not counting ecological harm induced by the bioweapon. In comparison, a Class 2 biobomb on a purely baseline human planet could be expected to desolate the region both populationwise and ecologywise. When it comes to direct affecting bodily toxins and not dispersed toxins, the KX9 usually find it easiest to cut out the afflicted flesh and let it regrow over the course of hours to months depending on the strain and availability of a Medical Caste KX9.

Well my guy would still get very quickly murdered by Life Eater Virus or any high tech bio/chem-weapon, but he should be able to handle low-grade stuff easily as well as most non-weaponised toxins. Is that ok?

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 08:14:50 pm

Psions have physical laws. They just don't get their energy and matter from the same places as the rest of the universe. Nothing is created from Null.

Kevak, psions don't follow the laws of physics. They're not actually real, it's all either fiction or made up. While they make sense in your world (which is fine), they can't ever possibly exist IRL and are thus scientifically impossible.

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 08:14:50 pm

Lets put in perspective how many watts you need to produce a lethal laser.

I was going to ask, why do you keep mentioning a laser? I'm thinking less a biolaser and more this. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_DqV1xdf-Y)

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 08:14:50 pm

I'd say scale it the hell back.

I've cut capacity and generation to a tenth. Is that sufficient?

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 08:14:50 pm

Conductive materials are metal.

Strictly speaking this is incorrect. Water is conductive, as is fire. Creating electric channels (I don't know if that's a thing) out of biological matter isn't out of the realm of possibility. Bone is an insulator, if it helps to imagine a hypothetical process.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 23, 2016, 10:39:22 pm

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Here's what I have so far:

Poke in PM so we can flesh out the civ properly.

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Well my guy would still get very quickly murdered by Life Eater Virus or any high tech bio/chem-weapon, but he should be able to handle low-grade stuff easily as well as most non-weaponised toxins. Is that ok?

That works fine.

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Kevak, psions don't follow the laws of physics. They're not actually real, it's all either fiction or made up. While they make sense in your world (which is fine), they can't ever possibly exist IRL and are thus scientifically impossible.

..I question why you feel it necessary for you to state this. I am aware psions aren't real in reality. I'm talking about inuniverse that they have physical laws that they must follow. I am noooot talking about reality here.

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I was going to ask, why do you keep mentioning a laser? I'm thinking less a biolaser and more this.

I keep mentioning a laser cause one of the stated intended uses in the original version was charging an antipersonal laser weapon. As for lightning from hands, honestly you'd be better off having palm mounted electrolasers. At least then you'd be able to aim rather then be just as likely to hit yourself.

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I've cut capacity and generation to a tenth. Is that sufficient?

Ja. It's good.

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Strictly speaking this is incorrect. Water is conductive, as is fire. Creating electric channels (I don't know if that's a thing) out of biological matter isn't out of the realm of possibility. Bone is an insulator, if it helps to imagine a hypothetical process.

Fire is not a conductive material. Fire ionizes the atmosphere and creates a conductive area, it in and of itself is not a conductive material.

Water is conductive yes, however it is not as conductive as other available materials. Bone is an insulator but not a good insulator. Other insulators exist that are considerably better.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 23, 2016, 10:59:47 pm

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 10:39:22 pm

That works fine.

So what sort of bonus am I getting? ATM I have +/-6 with both organs.

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 10:39:22 pm

..I question why you feel it necessary for you to state this. I am aware psions aren't real in reality. I'm talking about inuniverse that they have physical laws that they must follow. I am noooot talking about reality here.

I thought you meant the thing wasn't scientifically possible IRL and that's why it wasn't being included in the game, not that it was scientifically impossible the in-game standards. But still, if psionic powers are scientifically possible in your universe, how are bioelectric attacks not? Or was it just the sheer amount of electricity involved?

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 10:39:22 pm

I keep mentioning a laser cause one of the stated intended uses in the original version was charging an antipersonal laser weapon. As for lightning from hands, honestly you'd be better off having palm mounted electrolasers. At least then you'd be able to aim rather then be just as likely to hit yourself.

Come again? How come my force lightning won't work?

Quote from: Kevak on May 23, 2016, 10:39:22 pm

Bone is an insulator but not a good insulator. Other insulators exist that are considerably better.

I just gave bone as an example of something biological that could be used to handle electricity. A system designed and researched to the sheer extent that the other biomods were would work much, much better.

EDIT: I just realised that in making the biocoil only have 30 charge, it only has as much electricity as a standard lasgun charge pack. Something as big as the spine should probably have more than that. Permission to double capacity and generation?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 24, 2016, 12:15:18 am

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So what sort of bonus am I getting? ATM I have +/-6 with both organs.

Toxins are a damage type. Damage types don't get bonuses/maluses. They inflict maluses and potentially death. The organs are basically a "How badly does this affect the body" rather then "How much of a roll bonus against it does it have?"

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I thought you meant the thing wasn't scientifically possible IRL and that's why it wasn't being included in the game, not that it was scientifically impossible the in-game standards. But still, if psionic powers are scientifically possible in your universe, how are bioelectric attacks not? Or was it just the sheer amount of electricity involved?

It's the sheer amount of electricity involved. Even specialized machinery can only handle so many volts.

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Come again? How come my force lightning won't work?

Electricity follows the path of least resistance. In this case the path of least resistance is your waterfilled flesh and not the air. An electrolaser bypasses that by shooting a laser to ionize the atmosphere and provide a better path for the electricity to travel along. Force lightning by nature is nonfunctional without a method to ionize the air and therefore allow the electricity to actually hit the intended target and not just travel along your vulnerable fleshy bits.

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EDIT: I just realised that in making the biocoil only have 30 charge, it only has as much electricity as a standard lasgun charge pack. Something as big as the spine should probably have more than that. Permission to double capacity and generation?

Keep in mind the sheer level of energy required for an antipersonal laser. Again. There is a reason irl handheld lasers are marked as Not Plausible. Huge powercost. Huge heat issues. Producing the requisite energy to fire a laser is a huge amount of energy,

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 24, 2016, 12:37:45 am

Quote from: Kevak on May 24, 2016, 12:15:18 am

Electricity follows the path of least resistance. In this case the path of least resistance is your waterfilled flesh and not the air. An electrolaser bypasses that by shooting a laser to ionize the atmosphere and provide a better path for the electricity to travel along. Force lightning by nature is nonfunctional without a method to ionize the air and therefore allow the electricity to actually hit the intended target and not just travel along your vulnerable fleshy bits.

Can I use it as a touch attack/near-touch attack, then? Any ways to get around the problem? Application of non-conductive paint or something?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 24, 2016, 12:40:33 am

Touch/neartouch would minimize the backlash but it would be very advisable to be careful.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 24, 2016, 01:37:59 am

Quote from: Kevak on May 24, 2016, 12:40:33 am

Touch/neartouch would minimize the backlash but it would be very advisable to be careful.

I'm going to need clarification. What does "be careful" in this case mean?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Happy Demon on May 24, 2016, 05:19:30 am

Electric touch, reminds me of the Thunderdragons.
Speaking of which...

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Vick Spike von Bob
Race: Bob Unofficial Generation 4 Mutant (Thunderdragon)
Gender: Female

Skills:
Hand-to-Hand Fighting (+/-1)
Sword Fighting (+/-2)
Two Weapon Fighting (-1) ((Better than most))
Disassembling Machinery (Mundane)

Weapons/Equipment:
Primary Sword, modified so it can be used to make circuits. Conductive core, and partial covering of grip.
Second Sword, modified so it can be used to make circuits. Conductive core, and partial covering of grip.

Augments/bioaugments:
Dermal Galvanic Isolation, mutations which makes the skin have an abnormally high resistivity, even the air is a better conduction medium.
Conductor Pathways, mutations which make low resistivity pathways in the body.
-Limb Outlets, mutations which lead to pathways going through each of the four limbs. Ending in outlets on the hands and feet.
Discharge Control, can change the polarity of each of the four outlets to better
Organic Battery, mutation producing electroplaques, for storing electric charge. These batteries are chiefly present on the back.
-Enhanced Battery, mutation which replaces most of the electroplaques for ones with better capacity, but also less stable, often leading to unwanted discharge.
Adaptive Electric System, mutation which stabilizes the electricity conduits, and even allows charging from an external source.
Tough and Scaly, mutation that gives higher resistance to physical damage.
-Armored Back, the scales are thicker and denser on the back, especially along the spine.
Tail, scaly lizard tail, too short to be used for attack, but it's kinda cute.

Lightning Charge: 0.1/20 Ah, going above that causes passive discharge.
-Can charge to 0.5 Ah before discharge equally paces charge.
-Can siphon electricity from other sources, needs direct physical contact.
-As they gain further charge, the passive discharge becomes more and more powerful.
-Upon 2 Ah, can initiate half discharge.
-Upon 20 Ah, passive discharge stops for 40 seconds, and can initiate full discharge.
Lighting Discharge, as long as a circuit is formed between two limbs, Vick can electrocute them.
-Natural Discharge, stuns, low lethality.
-Half Discharge, kills regular creatures, stuns resistant creatures.
-Full Discharge, going to f*** up pretty much everything. Humans not only die here, but their corpse is left burnt and smoking.

Misc items:
Tooth of a Laser Crocodile.
Note with a crude drawing of lightning. From back when Vick and her siblings thought about forming a Space Gang.

Status:

Spoiler: Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Vick Spike von Bob

Physical age: 13

Race: Bobite Unofficial Generation 4 Mutant (Thunderdragon)
This kind of mutant has yet to qualify as an official mutant type. Which is to exist for 100 years, and have a population of 10 000 members.
The Thunderdragons are descendants of the Lightning Dragons, but with more electric storage, and a different way to discharge.
Electricity storage can go up to 20 Ah, but they cannot reach this limit naturally. As they begin to passively discharge at 0.1 Ah, and they can only reach 0.5 before they deplete as fast as they replenish.

At this charge, they can only discharge at 1 kV, which lets them stun humans, and if they hit properly, cause heart fibrillation (shaking instead of beating, requiring defibrillation to survive).
But, Thunderdragons can charge from other sources of electricity, as long as two of either hands, feet, or one hand and one foot, is interacting with it.
With this, they can reach 2 Ah easily, which allows them to discharge at 10 kV, which is a guaranteed kill on almost any human. But as they charge, their passive discharge increases.
If they reach full charge, at 20 Ah, things get strange. Their passive discharge suddenly stops, for a solid 40 seconds. While in this state, they can do full discharge.
Full discharge, 100 kV, not only kills humans, but also causes severe burns. They can do this discharge only in their stable state, and can do it for as long as it persists.

Thunderdragons don't shoot lightning, they instead have outlets on their hands and feet, as long as two limbs connect to a target, they can unleash their charge directly into them.
This focus on hand-to-hand/foot-to-foot/hand-to-foot discharge means that their combat style is very much centered around two limb hits, and grabs.
To create a circuit, electricity has to go in at one point (negative), and out another (positive). The Thunderdragons can instinctively choose the polarity of their outlets.
Also, Thunderdragons can enhance their electric discharge with augmentation.

Description: Vick was born to a single mother of Bob, who's boyfriend had been killed by the Speartails (main population of Bob, and borderline psychotic).
Vick grew up to become a guard, protecting goods from thieves. But one day, an incident with the local Laser Crocodiles (yes, Laser Crocodiles) left her with only her sisters and brothers.
Mother and friends dead, with only a handful of siblings, they decide they were going to start anew, somewhere else. And the decided to become Space Explorers.
Two years later, and she's separated from her siblings, and almost flat broke.

Vick dual wields swords, which she can use with her electric powers. If the two swords hit someone, it makes a circuit, which she can then send electricity through.
Vick has short black hair, and silvery scales. She doesn't like backpacks, as they feel weird on her back, which is spiky. She walks around with a bare back.

I got bored again, so I decided to make another character sheet I'm not going to use.
Mostly to see if it's acceptable for me to make Thunderdragons, if I'm ever going to.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 24, 2016, 11:33:07 am

Quote from: Andres on May 24, 2016, 01:37:59 am

Quote from: Kevak on May 24, 2016, 12:40:33 am

Touch/neartouch would minimize the backlash but it would be very advisable to be careful.

I'm going to need clarification. What does "be careful" in this case mean?

Be careful means that the further away the target is, the higher chance you zap yourself.

Quote from: Happy Demon on May 24, 2016, 05:19:30 am

Electric touch, reminds me of the Thunderdragons.
Speaking of which...

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Vick Spike von Bob
Race: Bob Unofficial Generation 4 Mutant (Thunderdragon)
Gender: Female

Skills:
Hand-to-Hand Fighting (+/-1)
Sword Fighting (+/-2)
Two Weapon Fighting (-1) ((Better than most))
Disassembling Machinery (Mundane)

Weapons/Equipment:
Primary Sword, modified so it can be used to make circuits. Conductive core, and partial covering of grip.
Second Sword, modified so it can be used to make circuits. Conductive core, and partial covering of grip.

Augments/bioaugments:
Dermal Galvanic Isolation, mutations which makes the skin have an abnormally high resistivity, even the air is a better conduction medium.
Conductor Pathways, mutations which make low resistivity pathways in the body.
-Limb Outlets, mutations which lead to pathways going through each of the four limbs. Ending in outlets on the hands and feet.
Discharge Control, can change the polarity of each of the four outlets to better
Organic Battery, mutation producing electroplaques, for storing electric charge. These batteries are chiefly present on the back.
-Enhanced Battery, mutation which replaces most of the electroplaques for ones with better capacity, but also less stable, often leading to unwanted discharge.
Adaptive Electric System, mutation which stabilizes the electricity conduits, and even allows charging from an external source.
Tough and Scaly, mutation that gives higher resistance to physical damage.
-Armored Back, the scales are thicker and denser on the back, especially along the spine.
Tail, scaly lizard tail, too short to be used for attack, but it's kinda cute.

Lightning Charge: 0.1/20 Ah, going above that causes passive discharge.
-Can charge to 0.5 Ah before discharge equally paces charge.
-Can siphon electricity from other sources, needs direct physical contact.
-As they gain further charge, the passive discharge becomes more and more powerful.
-Upon 2 Ah, can initiate half discharge.
-Upon 20 Ah, passive discharge stops for 40 seconds, and can initiate full discharge.
Lighting Discharge, as long as a circuit is formed between two limbs, Vick can electrocute them.
-Natural Discharge, stuns, low lethality.
-Half Discharge, kills regular creatures, stuns resistant creatures.
-Full Discharge, going to f*** up pretty much everything. Humans not only die here, but their corpse is left burnt and smoking.

Misc items:
Tooth of a Laser Crocodile.
Note with a crude drawing of lightning. From back when Vick and her siblings thought about forming a Space Gang.

Status:

Spoiler: Lore Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Vick Spike von Bob

Physical age: 13

Race: Bobite Unofficial Generation 4 Mutant (Thunderdragon)
This kind of mutant has yet to qualify as an official mutant type. Which is to exist for 100 years, and have a population of 10 000 members.
The Thunderdragons are descendants of the Lightning Dragons, but with more electric storage, and a different way to discharge.
Electricity storage can go up to 20 Ah, but they cannot reach this limit naturally. As they begin to passively discharge at 0.1 Ah, and they can only reach 0.5 before they deplete as fast as they replenish.

At this charge, they can only discharge at 1 kV, which lets them stun humans, and if they hit properly, cause heart fibrillation (shaking instead of beating, requiring defibrillation to survive).
But, Thunderdragons can charge from other sources of electricity, as long as two of either hands, feet, or one hand and one foot, is interacting with it.
With this, they can reach 2 Ah easily, which allows them to discharge at 10 kV, which is a guaranteed kill on almost any human. But as they charge, their passive discharge increases.
If they reach full charge, at 20 Ah, things get strange. Their passive discharge suddenly stops, for a solid 40 seconds. While in this state, they can do full discharge.
Full discharge, 100 kV, not only kills humans, but also causes severe burns. They can do this discharge only in their stable state, and can do it for as long as it persists.

Thunderdragons don't shoot lightning, they instead have outlets on their hands and feet, as long as two limbs connect to a target, they can unleash their charge directly into them.
This focus on hand-to-hand/foot-to-foot/hand-to-foot discharge means that their combat style is very much centered around two limb hits, and grabs.
To create a circuit, electricity has to go in at one point (negative), and out another (positive). The Thunderdragons can instinctively choose the polarity of their outlets.
Also, Thunderdragons can enhance their electric discharge with augmentation.

Description: Vick was born to a single mother of Bob, who's boyfriend had been killed by the Speartails (main population of Bob, and borderline psychotic).
Vick grew up to become a guard, protecting goods from thieves. But one day, an incident with the local Laser Crocodiles (yes, Laser Crocodiles) left her with only her sisters and brothers.
Mother and friends dead, with only a handful of siblings, they decide they were going to start anew, somewhere else. And the decided to become Space Explorers.
Two years later, and she's separated from her siblings, and almost flat broke.

Vick dual wields swords, which she can use with her electric powers. If the two swords hit someone, it makes a circuit, which she can then send electricity through.
Vick has short black hair, and silvery scales. She doesn't like backpacks, as they feel weird on her back, which is spiky. She walks around with a bare back.

I got bored again, so I decided to make another character sheet I'm not going to use.
Mostly to see if it's acceptable for me to make Thunderdragons, if I'm ever going to.

It's acceptable notably due to the output being contact and having multiple requirements for discharge. Notably multiple contact points.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 24, 2016, 05:47:00 pm

Quote from: Kevak on May 24, 2016, 11:33:07 am

Quote from: Andres on May 24, 2016, 01:37:59 am

Quote from: Kevak on May 24, 2016, 12:40:33 am

Touch/neartouch would minimize the backlash but it would be very advisable to be careful.

I'm going to need clarification. What does "be careful" in this case mean?

Be careful means that the further away the target is, the higher chance you zap yourself.

Seems fair. So is that all?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 24, 2016, 06:58:56 pm

Yup!

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Lenglon on May 25, 2016, 06:13:44 pm

Quote from: Kevak on May 22, 2016, 12:22:21 pm

Alrighty! Lets get this on the road. Gonna check which characters I haven't plopped in the OP yet and do so/state what needs fixing and then turn this into the OOC thread before making the IC thread.

May we please begin the game, and if Andres can't finalize a design for an acceptable character before you finish making Turn 1 then could his entrance into the game simply be delayed until his character design process (which could continue here in the soon-to-be-OOC-thread) has  been completed and accepted?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: Andres on May 25, 2016, 07:34:10 pm

My character is 100% complete. The delays to the game aren't related to my character.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 25, 2016, 10:15:15 pm

Pretty much what Andres said. RL tends to like butting in when it isn't wanted.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : Rebooting a Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot.
Post by: ~Neri on May 26, 2016, 07:53:45 pm

Writing up IC thread now~

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Andres on May 26, 2016, 08:19:15 pm

:D

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: FallacyofUrist on May 26, 2016, 09:27:51 pm

All of my yes. And more.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: ~Neri on May 26, 2016, 09:40:45 pm

IC thread~ (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=158401.0)

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Andres on May 26, 2016, 11:58:54 pm

I have a couple of requests.

First, could you change the titles so that the IC/OOC tags are at the beginning? Makes it easier to differentiate the two in my bookmarks.

Second, change I change Fear Resistance (+3 full) to Disciplined (+2 full)?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: ~Neri on May 27, 2016, 12:16:09 am

Sure and sure.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Andres on May 27, 2016, 03:33:24 am

Thanks.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: blazing glory on June 14, 2016, 05:26:01 am

Hum.

In this future, can we assume that high quality robots are typically capable of operating indefinitely, or do they need to be recharged like most things? Or is it really just something that varies?

Are there robots out there that are a match for the insanely tough superhuman ninjas kicking around places or is there a certain 'threshold of overpoweredness' that robots can't clear? (Mostly thinking about things like the psionics and stuff kicking around and wondering if the 'bots have anything that can compare)

Can we reasonably be assumed to be able to get things underway without having to deal with haunted toasters and genetically mutated mice first?

Also does spooky shit happen on a regular basis (rephrase, do people notice the spooky shit that happens on a regular basis) or are we just cursed for being the protagonists?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: ~Neri on June 15, 2016, 06:25:06 am

All mobile entities require some sort of power source. Something without energy cannot move.

With organics that's food and sleep and possibly stored up material.

With robots that might be recharging, might be solar power, might be internal fission reactors, it heavily varies.

With cybernetic entities (KX9 as an example) it might be food, might be various input materials, might be solar, might be smallscale reactors, again heavily varies.

Psions can be both mechanical or biological. Certain kinds of psions can attain sustanance through their psionic abilities but that's rather rare. There's no necessary upper limit. Generally speaking, the higher the tech, the nastier the damage that a given agent can do. Even with the average of T1.3 for most human civs, the every day civvie would be able to mop the floor with trained soldiers from a modern military irl due to the various extensive genemodding and implants for both longevity, increased productivity, and general capacity. That just won't be readily apparent outside of feudal world raiding. As people got harder to kill, guns got more killy.

There are absolutely bots that are a match for the various posthumans running around. Hell. If we take into account the sheer scale of some bots (Namely shipdrones that the more advanced races use), the average post human would be able to do exactly jack shit against it. There is only so much one can do when they attempt to punch a literal starship. And in the end? Tactics is the biggest killer. Four bots with superior tactics will normally off a given posthuman.

Anomalous events and entities crop up on a semi regular basis. Some of the population are aware of them, others are not. That depends heavily on the civ in question, on one hand, ignorance can be a shield, on the other hand, watchful eyes can lead to quickly noticing a problem before it gets bad. Depending on the severity, how early it was noticed, and the specifics behind the anomaly, it can lead to a quick resolution and erradication/containment, to an entire district being quarentined, or to a planet being glassed and the oceans boiled. Most civs have a significant portion of their budget going to various mopup teams for dealing with the various weird bullshit that crops up and a number of higher tier civs have entire fleets dedicated to it. When you loose an entire planet to toothpicks that burrow into your skin and lay eggs or an entire colony literally falls out of existance and is replaced with a rip in reality full of hungry eyes, you will generally take that kind of shit seriously the moment something is reported. Expecially subversive anomalies, memetic agents, and anything that can make more of itself or spread. It isn't necessarily an increase in frequency as time goes on, it's more of a "More people leads to more psions/anomalous inputs leads to more problems and data transmission has become easier over time, leading to better recording of events."

You can reasonably assume that you'll have to deal with a few active anomalies aboard your ship at some point or another. The Clusterfuck is relatively dormant, but that doesn't mean all of its denizens are asleep. Any old vessel capable of intersteller travel is going to have something or another lurking in it. Especially when the ship was made specifically to draw them in.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Andres on June 15, 2016, 06:28:28 am

When will we go back to our regularly scheduled bark?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: ~Neri on June 15, 2016, 06:31:34 am

Waiting on a a couple people. One of them I Believe is having rl stuff. Will prod them again.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Andres on June 15, 2016, 06:38:46 am

Quote from: Kevak on June 15, 2016, 06:31:34 am

Waiting on a a couple people. One of them I Believe is having rl stuff. Will prod them again.

Boot them. It's been more than two weeks since the last update. Such a long delay over a couple of people is absurd.

Quote from: Kevak on June 15, 2016, 06:25:06 am

Even with the average of T1.3 for most human civs, the every day civvie would be able to mop the floor with trained soldiers from a modern military irl due to the various extensive genemodding and implants for both longevity, increased productivity, and general capacity.

And you say this is for civilians? Well, this is certainly of interest to me...

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Lenglon on June 15, 2016, 07:06:36 am

Quote from: Kevak on June 15, 2016, 06:31:34 am

Waiting on a a couple people. One of them I Believe is having rl stuff. Will prod them again.

I honestly thought the game was dead. 2 weeks is a bit much to wait.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: blazing glory on June 15, 2016, 07:58:51 am

We have 11 people kicking around, I'd rather not have to wait for every one of them to get something out before a turn can be posted, given how long that can take. (If at least one of them is dealing with RL issues then who even knows how long it could take, best put them in stasis in such a case)

Should probably get actions from the majority of players and then wait a couple of days and then continue without the rest if they can't post.

Although I personally wouldn't mind if the majority posts and then the turn goes up without waiting for stragglers after the majority is up.

Quote from: Kevak on June 15, 2016, 06:25:06 am

With robots that might be recharging, might be solar power, might be internal fission reactors, it heavily varies.

Mmh, rephrase, how common are bots that work off internal power sources that don't need exterior input at different intervals? I don't into Hard Sci-fi so would that be possible?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Happy Demon on June 15, 2016, 08:54:30 am

Quote from: Andres on June 15, 2016, 06:38:46 am

Quote from: Kevak on June 15, 2016, 06:25:06 am

Even with the average of T1.3 for most human civs, the every day civvie would be able to mop the floor with trained soldiers from a modern military irl due to the various extensive genemodding and implants for both longevity, increased productivity, and general capacity.

And you say this is for civilians? Well, this is certainly of interest to me...

Well, Gunn is certainly boned then.
Because the Bob mutants, even later generations, can't best trained soldiers on their own.
They'd either get outsmarted or outperformed.

The Bobites aren't made to be better, they just have advantages, and they get disadvantages as well.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: WillowLuman on June 16, 2016, 07:16:18 pm

I have been prodded, and apologize for my absence. Been off the forums for a bit for RL reasons.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Andres on June 24, 2016, 03:57:30 am

Come on man, everyone's posted. Can we finally start playing this game?

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: ~Neri on June 24, 2016, 12:06:25 pm

Since ya probably aren't aware due to not being in any of the multiple IRC's and similar programs I use, currently I am suffering from a rather severe bout of depression. Give it a bit.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: WillowLuman on June 24, 2016, 12:59:06 pm

Hey, don't sweat it. You'll find the motivation sooner or later and we'll still be here.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: FallacyofUrist on June 24, 2016, 05:19:20 pm

Mm. I wish you luck.

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: WillowLuman on September 11, 2016, 10:31:39 am

Pooooke

Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: Happy Demon on September 11, 2016, 01:10:07 pm

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Title: Re: Roll To Space Pirate: MKIV OOC : A Pair of Boots, A Cutlass, and a Parrot. OOC
Post by: ~Neri on September 11, 2016, 03:24:10 pm

Will likely remain on hiatus until I feel like I can actually stay consistant with it.