X-COM/XSDF RP THINK TANK (part3)
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Taxor_the_First
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Is this a bandwagon I see before me? The handle outstretched toward my hand?
As for aliens, I can say I am going to be playing 1 Volomi Princess (likely Support) with her associated small entourage of mostly nameless mooks and 1 Humilitia, alongside a couple of humans. I might pick up a Thin Man at some point, but not for this RP... hehe...
Name: Isaac “The Judge” Anderson
Title/Role: Retired Overseer, Intelligence Correspondent for the XSDF
Age: 66 (actual 79)
DoB: 2nd February 1964
Sex: Male
Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Race/Nationality: Caucasian/Australian
Height: Taller than average
Weight: Lean
Hair Color: Greying brown
Hair Style: Short
Eye Color: Green
Immediate Family: Thomas A. Anderson (Father, deceased), Claudia Anderson (Mother, deceased), Penny Hu (Daughter), Samantha Steele (partner)
Place of Residence before XSDF: Newcastle, Australia
Distinguishing Features: Right leg from the knee down is prosthetic, uses a wheelchair to get around. Usually insists on doing it himself. Has refused obtaining a functional prosthetic on the grounds that it would “make me lazy and give me an excuse to come out of retirement”.
Personality: To people only just meeting him, Isaac typically comes across as confrontational, a bully, or a grumpy old man. Those that get past that, however, discover a friendlier demeanor. If he trusts someone, he does so absolutely. If he perceives he has been wronged, he will pursue a “righting” with a single minded determination.
Bio: Isaac Anderson’s early life was remarkably unremarkable. He studied law at Sydney University before beginning practicing in criminal law, where he met an Italian migrant by the name of Maria. Out of pity for her financial situation, he assisted her in gaining some information pertaining to a case his firm was working on. When he discovered how lucrative such a practice was, he continued doing it, thus contributing directly to the rise of the woman later known as the Overseer.
Using his knowledge of criminal law, Isaac then went on to break it, going deeper and deeper into the criminal underworld. He shot his first man not long after. After he was disbarred from practicing law, he was offered a contract as an assassin. He took it and took on the moniker “the Judge”, proving on many occasions that he was able to locate a target and take them out quickly, cleanly, and efficiently. He became known as one of the Overseer’s staunchest allies, and one of the more dangerous ones too. He met the mercenary Samuel Yokolov during one of his contracts, and the two would later become a fearsome duo in the criminal underworld. For a time, Isaac was even a part of the newly founded “Tribe” mercenaries, though some awkwardness with their leader (whom he now lives with) caused him to casually avoid them for a long time afterwards.
At the age of 26 he married a Chinese woman by the name of Helen, and had a child a year later with her they called Penny. Helen mostly stayed out of Isaac’s “job”, and though mildly disapproved also knew that he was killing people who had killed others and worse besides, and contented herself with that. Unfortunately, her presence and their daughters was discovered by the man Isaac would later call his nemesis, and Helen was assassinated in her own home. After leaving his daughter Penny with Samuel, he began hunting Helen’s killer down, a hunt which would take decades to complete. When his daughter turned 18, the two had a falling out and she left to pursue her own life in Australia, where she became a successful physicist.
A few years later, Isaac became the Overseer when Maria died of lung cancer. Using his new contacts, he continued the hunt, though he did not neglect his new duties. When the Ethereals attacked Earth, he was asked by the Council to continue his job, but to report to them. Reasoning that not helping the defenders of Earth would be stupid, he complied, putting his projects on hold to assist the fledgling X-COM in spotting their enemy and reacting accordingly. After the surprise entrance of EXALT, the Council demanded the Overseer take a more personal role, a directive Isaac reluctantly accepted, opening a dialogue with the then-Commander O’Brien. Discovering his daughter was working for X-COM, he proposed to the Commander a trade: he would bring the Commander’s own daughter to her provided she maintain the safety of Penny.
Isaac was accidentally caught in the group of civilians evacuated from Cairo after Superbia crashed his ship into the city. After revealing himself to the Commander, he began working from X-COM’s base, though he hardly had time to set up before the base itself was destroyed. He participated in Operation Finem Timere, where he and the Tribe successfully deactivated a device that would have made the Ethereal Commander Phobos nigh invincible by consuming the psionic power of his own civilians. Though he survived, Isaac asked that his name be placed on the first X-COM memorial erected in Washington, allowing him to fake his death and draw out his wife’s killer.
A few years later (See file “Judgement Day”), he and a group of other operatives found and killed his target Matthew Lester, CEO of Trust Industries after a series of operations. Having lost his right leg from the knee down as a result of the conflict, he accepted retirement at long last and went into seclusion, though he maintains a dialogue with the current Overseer. This connection is what makes him valuable to the XSDF as a representative of sorts.
Special Notes: Even as a cripple, Isaac remains dangerous. His connection with the current Overseer warrants concern, and he is no less accurate with a gun. He has proven himself trustworthy as the Overseer, but the current one has yet to. Thankfully, his connection with them is one of master and student, and thus he still has power over them. It is likely that, at least until old age takes him, Isaac will keep them in check if necessary.
Title/Role: Retired Overseer, Intelligence Correspondent for the XSDF
Age: 66 (actual 79)
DoB: 2nd February 1964
Sex: Male
Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Race/Nationality: Caucasian/Australian
Height: Taller than average
Weight: Lean
Hair Color: Greying brown
Hair Style: Short
Eye Color: Green
Immediate Family: Thomas A. Anderson (Father, deceased), Claudia Anderson (Mother, deceased), Penny Hu (Daughter), Samantha Steele (partner)
Place of Residence before XSDF: Newcastle, Australia
Distinguishing Features: Right leg from the knee down is prosthetic, uses a wheelchair to get around. Usually insists on doing it himself. Has refused obtaining a functional prosthetic on the grounds that it would “make me lazy and give me an excuse to come out of retirement”.
Personality: To people only just meeting him, Isaac typically comes across as confrontational, a bully, or a grumpy old man. Those that get past that, however, discover a friendlier demeanor. If he trusts someone, he does so absolutely. If he perceives he has been wronged, he will pursue a “righting” with a single minded determination.
Bio: Isaac Anderson’s early life was remarkably unremarkable. He studied law at Sydney University before beginning practicing in criminal law, where he met an Italian migrant by the name of Maria. Out of pity for her financial situation, he assisted her in gaining some information pertaining to a case his firm was working on. When he discovered how lucrative such a practice was, he continued doing it, thus contributing directly to the rise of the woman later known as the Overseer.
Using his knowledge of criminal law, Isaac then went on to break it, going deeper and deeper into the criminal underworld. He shot his first man not long after. After he was disbarred from practicing law, he was offered a contract as an assassin. He took it and took on the moniker “the Judge”, proving on many occasions that he was able to locate a target and take them out quickly, cleanly, and efficiently. He became known as one of the Overseer’s staunchest allies, and one of the more dangerous ones too. He met the mercenary Samuel Yokolov during one of his contracts, and the two would later become a fearsome duo in the criminal underworld. For a time, Isaac was even a part of the newly founded “Tribe” mercenaries, though some awkwardness with their leader (whom he now lives with) caused him to casually avoid them for a long time afterwards.
At the age of 26 he married a Chinese woman by the name of Helen, and had a child a year later with her they called Penny. Helen mostly stayed out of Isaac’s “job”, and though mildly disapproved also knew that he was killing people who had killed others and worse besides, and contented herself with that. Unfortunately, her presence and their daughters was discovered by the man Isaac would later call his nemesis, and Helen was assassinated in her own home. After leaving his daughter Penny with Samuel, he began hunting Helen’s killer down, a hunt which would take decades to complete. When his daughter turned 18, the two had a falling out and she left to pursue her own life in Australia, where she became a successful physicist.
A few years later, Isaac became the Overseer when Maria died of lung cancer. Using his new contacts, he continued the hunt, though he did not neglect his new duties. When the Ethereals attacked Earth, he was asked by the Council to continue his job, but to report to them. Reasoning that not helping the defenders of Earth would be stupid, he complied, putting his projects on hold to assist the fledgling X-COM in spotting their enemy and reacting accordingly. After the surprise entrance of EXALT, the Council demanded the Overseer take a more personal role, a directive Isaac reluctantly accepted, opening a dialogue with the then-Commander O’Brien. Discovering his daughter was working for X-COM, he proposed to the Commander a trade: he would bring the Commander’s own daughter to her provided she maintain the safety of Penny.
Isaac was accidentally caught in the group of civilians evacuated from Cairo after Superbia crashed his ship into the city. After revealing himself to the Commander, he began working from X-COM’s base, though he hardly had time to set up before the base itself was destroyed. He participated in Operation Finem Timere, where he and the Tribe successfully deactivated a device that would have made the Ethereal Commander Phobos nigh invincible by consuming the psionic power of his own civilians. Though he survived, Isaac asked that his name be placed on the first X-COM memorial erected in Washington, allowing him to fake his death and draw out his wife’s killer.
A few years later (See file “Judgement Day”), he and a group of other operatives found and killed his target Matthew Lester, CEO of Trust Industries after a series of operations. Having lost his right leg from the knee down as a result of the conflict, he accepted retirement at long last and went into seclusion, though he maintains a dialogue with the current Overseer. This connection is what makes him valuable to the XSDF as a representative of sorts.
Special Notes: Even as a cripple, Isaac remains dangerous. His connection with the current Overseer warrants concern, and he is no less accurate with a gun. He has proven himself trustworthy as the Overseer, but the current one has yet to. Thankfully, his connection with them is one of master and student, and thus he still has power over them. It is likely that, at least until old age takes him, Isaac will keep them in check if necessary.
As for aliens, I can say I am going to be playing 1 Volomi Princess (likely Support) with her associated small entourage of mostly nameless mooks and 1 Humilitia, alongside a couple of humans. I might pick up a Thin Man at some point, but not for this RP... hehe...
DarkGemini24601
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I know it's not for my side RP
With the colony, but shameless plug I'm probabky still doing that. Will explain further when I have the info together.
Adrammalech
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Taxor_the_First
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Uhh...something...wrong?
Hmm? No... I just like that seen.
Oh! Now that I have time, I wanted to share something with you guys. With the end of our Story of Defiance, I look back, and recall many times in which people took their characters, and pointed to a song that people should think of.
Well, I thought, if I could take the songs I think of for each person and turn it into my own mix track what would I have. After all, it is easy to say what your character's songs are, but what do others think of when they read your characters.
So here it is. My list of songs your characters made me think of. I picked two characters per person, and I followed one simple rule; the song I picked had to be on my phone's mp3 list. Hope you guys like the picks. Some of them were hard (two characters I literally changed nearly half a dozen times each). And if it is your character, you have to listen to the whole song. If you don't... um... I'll be sad...
Desmond Walker
Elizabeth Rinly
Eva Aegerter
Ashley Van Dam
Ammelia Cross
Mary Thomas
Albert Foulke
Fay Henderson
Amelia Fischer
Luxuria
Penny Anderson
Isaac “The Judge” Anderson
Modya Dragomirov
Atka Ipiktok
Adrammalech
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Pretty fitting, Luxuria's kind of goes through her characterization in reverse, and Emily has certainly "been around the block." Although I do wonder why you have these songs on your phone.
Yeah, those songs fit them pretty good. I also find it funny how they are both from Final Fantasy as well.
For you Zombie (Also don't judge my playlists )
Morrigan O'Brien
Jan' Tiala (Also fits Alice)
(Also don't judge my playlists )Morrigan O'Brien
Jan' Tiala (Also fits Alice)
Um... b-because their good... songs... though... Tata Young isn't... all that bad to look at...Pretty fitting, Luxuria's kind of goes through her characterization in reverse, and Emily has certainly "been around the block." Although I do wonder why you have these songs on your phone.
Yeah, kinda worked out that way. I love the oriential mix of Desmond's song, and Emily did have that waiting for Desmond return thing going on.
Desmond's song is for Gilgamesh, the hardest boss in FFXIII-2:
Any DBZ fans recognize that fan shaped weapon he uses that summons small tornadoes?
Not bad... not bad at all...For you Zombie
Morrigan O'Brien
Jan' Tiala (Also fits Alice)
DarkGemini24601
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"I live to serve, Mistress Exalt." - Legion Collective Intelligence
Gemini here. Why is there a picture attached to this post? Because it's important information coming your way, and this is something everyone ought to read. Here we go:
- As stated previous, I will be going on a trip to Europe. In terms of availability, this means that I will have very sparse use of google docs, and when I do I won't have the chat function so interaction that way will be very, very slow. I'll still have internet access on my phone for the most part, but expect responses to be slow or nonexistent some days. I shall return on June 22nd, and soon after the XSDF story "Vanguard of Forseti" will likely start.
- How do I expect the next 18 days to go, then? I'd like for everyone to start/finish working on their character biographies. Let me give you a reminder: Character Biographies are not to be posted on the biography thread until the final draft has been submitted to and approved by ZombieSplitter53 or DarkGemini24601. You need GM approval before the character is official, canon, all that jazz.
- When would I like the biographies done? By no later than when I get back on June 22nd, but ideally you'll be done a good deal before that, say... June 15-17th. Why is this the case? Next comes "Negative Week", which shall be explained in #4.
- Week -1 is the time period roughly a week before the events of the story will begin. Think of it as a prologue for your characters. For the most part, people will be joining the XSDF for the first time during this prologue. You don't have to cover the whole week, but at least for your 1-2 main characters write something interesting showing what they were doing beforehand and them arriving on the Einherjar. Obviously, just write a few paragraphs/combine intros for any other characters you have so you're not overwhelmed and can finish by the time I'm done with mine.
- This leads me into my (sort of) final point. When will the story start? Since I am finished with my biographies (for the most part) but may not have the ability to write all my week -1 posts while I'm gone (at least 1-2 are collaborations not solos), probably not immediately after I get back. For now, I'll say we're starting the story officially, prologues done, on June 26th.
- As an additional but important note, while ZombieSplitter will still be here, understand that he has a few things he needs to take care of. He'll still be reviewing biographies with me, but if he's as slow to respond know that he'll be a little busy for awhile.
Edit: Please don't post for awhile so people can read this. I don't want anyone missing it.
Frostlich1228
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Ammy's was really good. It certainly fit her character very well, not to mention that music video was... interesting to look at.
Mary's took me a second to get, but once I finished the video I totally got it.
Great choice!
On the topic of songs, I thought I would just share some of my favorites. And if it isn't obvious, I am a big fan of FFDP.
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