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[GreatWyrmGold]

Alright...let's see if we can have this work out. This asteroid seems to have strange properties on the surface, strongest in the caves and valleys. We're detecting a cave system underneath the surface, where these properties should be enhanced. Now, then...remember, here's what we need from you. First, set up the 'Port. This will let you get back and more easily send reinforcements. Secondly, explore. Try not to get lost! We've included some spray paint, use it to mark rooms. Thirdly, try setting up some basic equipment we've sent with you to make a temporary base until such time as you can return. Alright, do you understand everything? Good.

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This will be a fairly simple game. The premise is exploring a bunch of caves with weird effects, which would be called magic in many worlds but are called "Anomalies" here. You are a team of explorers, technicians, and such of various backgrounds, brought to investigate the Anomalous Asteroid, a small asteroid orbiting erratically and currently near the Earth-Sun L₄ point.

System:
While numbers won't be used much, anything needing such will use the same skill system as in A Beginner's Guide. Basically, a d30 is rolled and modifiers applied to figure out how well you succeed or if you fail.

Characters:
You're experts in your fields, well-known to fellow professionals and possibly to the public at large. You are the best of the best. That's why you were brought here.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Background:
Name: What your character is called by friends and colleagues.
Gender: Are you XX or XY? (Ignore chromosomal disorders, you know what I mean.)
Profession: What you did before being recruited.
Bio: What you did in your whole life, ideally including why you were recruited.
Position: What you are intended to do here. (Medical Officer, Technician, etc. Only one Leader may be present at a time, and the other players are under no obligation past good roleplay to listen.)

Attributes:
You get 25 points to spend between the following Attributes:
Academics--How learned your character is.
Body--How strong or tough your character is.
Cleverness--How good your character is at thinking quickly.
Dexterity--How fast or agile your character is.
These give bonuses or penalties to rolls associated with the Attribute:
0: -5
1: -2
2: -1
3: +0
4: +1 (Average Human)
5: +2
6: +3
7: +4
8: +5
9: +7
10: +10
You cannot spend more than 10 points on one Attribute.

Skills:
A. Primary Skills
You get either one skill at Skilled V level, two at Skilled III level, or three at Skilled II level for your Primary Skills. These must directly relate to your character's Profession.
B. Secondary Skills
You get two at Skilled IV Level or four at Skilled II Level. These must relate to your character's Profession or Position.
C. Tertiary Skills
You get three at Skilled II Level or five at Skilled Level. These should relate to your character's Profession or Position, or else be favored hobbies or something.
D. Background Skills
You get three at Skilled Level or five at Novice Level. These should be justified if they're not common skills.
Pretty much everything else will suffer Untrained penalties.
Skills can be fairly vague, like "Rifles" or "First Aid."

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[b]Skills:[/b]
[u]Primary Skills[/u]
[u]Secondary Skills[/u]
[u]Tertiary Skills[/u]
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The initial team will be somewhere between 4 and 6 members. Waitlisters will be added later, once the 'Port is set up.

[scapheap]

In.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Clair Bradley
Gender: Female
Profession: Solider
Position: security officer
Bio: In her youth, Clair was a keen parkourer, so much so, her school work sufferer. Just passing her final exams, Clair joined the army and became recon due to her hobby and natural dexterity. She eventure reached the rank of lieutenant. The government chose her to join this expedition, to officially be the protector, but is really meant to spy on them. She was chosen because she was the best spy who wasn't a spy, having never left the armed forces.

Attributes:
Academics: 3
Body: 7
Dexterity: 10
Cleverness: 5

Skills:
Primary Skills
Hand to hand SIII
Rifles SIII
Secondary Skills
First aid SII
Persuasion SII
Repair SII
Perception SII
Tertiary Skills
Parkour SII
Driving SII
Pistols SII
Background Skills
Cooking SI
Melee SI
Spying SI

[scapheap]

And finished.(Also bump for others)

[Dariush]

Oh hey look, topic #422 by GWG. I give it a week before it follows the rest into oblivion.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Only if no one else signs up within that week.

[Rolepgeek]

Name:  Otozomi Kamanashi
Gender: Male
Profession: Research Scientist
Position: Technical Officer
Bio: Kamanashi was born to an upper-middle class family living in Tokyo. They had high expectations for him, and he fulfilled all of them and more. By the time he was in the sixth grade, he'd constructed a scale model of a new rocket design. Next was a bio-engineered tree before he was a sophomore in high school. A true prodigy, he didn't get a 'real' job for a long time. Rather, he stayed in college for 14 years, learning everything he could. This was funded by the occasional spree of inventions and writing of books. To Kamanashi, learning and knowledge is the only purpose for human life, and he pursues those goals with a passion. When he was 44, the government approached him about some strange occurences they'd found, asking him to help with the technical aspect. Only too happy to oblige, having grown bored with most research he could do on the planet's surface, he went up into space for the first time.

Attributes:
Academics: 10
Body: 4
Dexterity: 4
Cleverness: 7

Skills:(If you want me to be a bit more specific, say so)
Primary Skills Physics V
Secondary Skills Biology IV, Chemistry IV
Tertiary Skills Astronomy II, Advanced Mathematics II, Engineering II
Background Skills Pistol I, Psychology I, Research I

[Brood]

Reserved.

[GreatWyrmGold]

(If you want me to be a bit more specific, say so)

Nah, that should be fine.

[Brood]

Name : Jared Khan
Gender : Male
Profession : Animal specialist
Position : Animal specialist
Bio : Jared is a hunter and an animal lover, he has spent his life tracking animals across the world, living with them and training them to use in future.
Having discovered almost every form of animal on the planet Jared then decided to join the team studying the " anomalies " In the hope of discovering new species.
He took a special liking to birds of prey, big cats and canines devoting a lot of time to living amongst wolf packs and taming the biggest and smartest of the packs. Jared now has a small private plot of land in which he houses hundreds of animals all of which are trained to serve him.


Attributes
Academics : 3
Body : 8
Dexterity : 6
Cleverness : 8

Primary skill : Animal Mastery V ( Taming, Studying and so on. Just anything to do with animals )
Secondary skills : Biology/Xeno Biology IV, Hunting/Stealth IV. ( All the skills needed to track something without it knowing it's being tracked. )
Tertiary : Animal medic II, Rifles II, Bladed combat II.
Background skills : Survivalist I, Geography I, Animal Crafting I. ( Using parts of animals to make stuff )

[RangerCado]

I'm in. Character in a moment.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name/Nickname: Doc
Gender: Male
Profession: Surgeon
Position: Field Medic
Bio: Dan led a very normal life. Got good grades in school, stayed out of trouble, and was well on his way to Med school. After just 4 years he had done more work than those in their final year. He was hired for this fact after graduating in his fifth year, being a fully certified surgeon in half the time most would. He was hired almost right after he left the grounds to provide medical aid to those needing it during the expedition. He was given some basic weapons training as a just in-case. Along with this, he has a carefree nature and likes to play computer games in his spare time. He doesn't hesitate to crack a joke when someones hurt, no matter how bad the injury or joke, to help lighten the mood.

Statistics: 25/25
Academics: 8
Body: 3
Cleverness: 6
Dexterity: 8

Primary Skill: Surgery V

Secondary Skills: First Aid IV and Trauma Expert IV

Tertiary Skills: Pistol Training II, Computer Programming II, Study II

Background Skills: Cooking I, Sewing I (He's a surgeon, he knows this), Athletics I.

[escaped lurker]

Reserving a spot before they are all gone.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Yevgeniy Zwetkow
Gender: Male
Profession: Astronautical Engineer
Position: Dedicated Engineer
Bio: Yevgeniy comes from a rather humble background and achieved most of his higher schooling by schoolarship. Still, after completing his studies he was burdened with debt and drafted into mandatory service. With good results in basic training and a sleugh of apptitude tests later he was scouted as candidate for the (quite good paying - his reason d' entré) space program and - long story short - by commiting for 10 years he got in. Most of these and the years after he has spent in space. After surviving the occasional particle-collision, freak solar-flares nebst other mishaps and having participated in his share of emergency missions, "Yev" is one of the most experienced personel "up there". When he got the offer for the current mission, the pay seemed good enough - even after he got to know the specifics by commiting. His main objective in the mission is to ensure the functionality of the technical equipment and setting up the base.

Attributes:
Academics: 6
Body: 4 (That's what years up in space do to you )
Dexterity: 8
Cleverness: 7
Skills:
Primary Skills Engineering V
Secondary Skills No/Low-Gravity Movement III, Ship-Technician III
Tertiary Skills Piloting II, Critical Thinking II, Jury-Rigging II
Background Skills Architecture I, Programming I, Rifle I 

Edit: Finished - Let's see how my take on this works out ;3

[Cheesecake]

Wait list or something I guess. Later.

By the way, GWG. Nice new avatar.

[GreatWyrmGold]

By the way, GWG. Nice new avatar.

Thanks. I set it up as a rotating avatar. If you see something that really puzzles you, it's probably a cupcake.

Anyways, let's summarize the crew:

Spoiler: Roster (click to show/hide)

Clair Bradley, Security Officer (scapheap)
Otozomi Kamanashi, Technical Officer (Rolepgeek)
Jared Khan, Animal Specialist (Brood)
"Doc," Medic (RangerCado)
Yevgeniy Zwetkow, Engineer (escaped lurker)

We could fit one more, but this is plenty fine. Update (sorta...) coming.

[Parsely]

RESERVED! Give me about an hour!! Done!

[Parsely]

Background
Name: Doctor Siegfried "Sig" Moller
Gender: Male
Profession: Military Cosmonaut
Bio: Siegfried grew up watching old VHS tapes of American and Russian satellite launches. His father was an aerospace technician working in Berlin who dreamed of bringing the miracle of space flight to his country, and brought back new tapes as often as he could before he died one day in an unfortunate car accident. He finished college with a doctorate and a major in Chemistry to join a new Eurasian space initiative dedicated to establishing the first Terran navy. It was only 8 years before the project was scrapped, during which time Moller had already designed several extreme environment suits as well as worked with military experts on developing zero gravity infantry tactics. He was recruited several months later when it was learned of his expertise in conducting operations in 'exotic' environs.
Position: Zero Atmosphere Operations/Chemist

Attributes
You get 25 points to spend between the following Attributes:
Academics--7
Body--4
Cleverness--8
Dexterity--6

Skills
A. Primary Skills
Chemistry (knowledge of matter and chemicals) V
B. Secondary Skills
Zero-G Combat and Movement IV, Rifles IV
C. Tertiary Skills
Repair II, Crafting II, Explosives II
D. Background Skills
Athletics I, Throwing I, Blocking I