Character Count
Due to the nature of XCOM as a guerrilla resistance, the number of members of the organization should naturally start out small. This applies to the amount of characters each roleplayer can have. To begin with, the number will be fairly small. This fits with the theme and ensures that our writers can focus on a starting set of characters before fanning out.
At the beginning of the story, our staff numbers (leaders not included) will be as follows:
- 4 Scientists
- 3 Engineers
- 5 Doctors
- 9 Skeleton Crew Workers
- 2 Pilots
- Around 10 to 20 soldiers
The initial number of soldier characters allowed per person is 1-2. Ideally, not everyone is going to want to start out with 2 soldier characters (as more than ten members means we hit the cap of 20 soldiers) but if that becomes the case the GM(s) will decide how to divvy up slots. The soldier cap does not include NPCs, but the civilian staff positions do.
The initial number of civilian staff characters allowed per person is 1. This means that if you want a civilian staff character you may only play a scientist, engineer, OR doctor. However, it is worth noting that the majority of soldiers will likely be helping out one of these 3 departments in their downtime, or even the skeleton crew with ship operations/maintenance. There should be no dedicated player characters amongst the skeleton crew. Trust me/us, having that is your only job would get boring fast.
Character Count per Roleplayer
Soldier Limit: 1-2
Staff Limit: 1
Ideally, your characters should be evenly split in terms of sex. As most people will start with two, that means one male and one female. Some exceptions may occur, see below:
It is worth mentioning that playing a department leader does not count towards your character slot/gender limits. The GM(s) will only choose someone they feel is up to the task for these positions.
- Commander (CENSORED) will be played by (Hidden by the Kurai Suta).
- Central Officer Bradford will be played by DarkGemini24601.
- Dr. Richard Tygan has not yet been claimed. (Science Chief)
- Dr. Lily Shen will be played by DarkGemini24601.
- The position for Medical Chief is currently vacant.
- The position for Skeleton Crew Chief is currently vacant.
Additionally, ‘Legacy Characters’ will not count towards either quota. These are characters that were active during one of ChristopherOdd’s roleplays and probably appeared in SoD in some fashion. As they have a spot in the hearts of the community they are not bound by the slot limits. However, no one will start out with more than 2 soldiers, so likely you may have to introduce them later.
Finally, character “sets” will be counted as one entity. These are usually 2 characters that can’t be separated, like a parent and child or two siblings that join XCOM together. If they’re both one gender, then they will count as 1 male or 1 female and 1 slot, or if they are separate they won’t matter towards the gender balance but will still take up 1 slot.
Big Sky (Skyranger Pilot) will be given a basic description and will be playable by whoever is taken to a mission site by him. Just don't have the poor guy do anything crazy or die without GM approval. The position for Avenger Pilot is currently vacant, though anyone that wants the position should consult DarkGemini24601 (me) about the role and for approval over a PM.