It has been 4 million years since the autocratic government of Cybertron was overthrown by a pair of revolutionairies named Orion Pax and Megatron. 4 million years since Orion Pax became Optimus Prime, and Megatron seceded from Prime's new order to form the Decepticons. 4 million years since personal dispute between the two grew into a war that reduced Cybertron from an empire that spanned galaxies and numbered in the hundreds of billions to a collection of individual worlds, looking only as far as their own survival. Both factions are spread thin. Resources are low, and science has turned from developing new things, to trying to find ways to stretch what is already had a little further. Both factions are on the lookout for worlds with resources to harvest. Both factions have Earth in their sites. The Autobot war-ship Casus De Malus and the Decepticon frigate Contumacis Libertatus clashed above the blue world in the year the planet's locals called 2015. In the course of the battle, both ships were damaged extensively, falling to Earth. Now, 174 Cybertronians, Autobot and Decepticon alike, are stuck on a world at the periphary of the developed universe, with ships too damaged to break orbit and no way of contacting their respective factions. Autobots and Decepticons alike call for help, and find only dead air. Autobots and Decepticons alike, are stranded. But they will not stay that way. As the humans struggle to decide whom to trust, and whether they can trust anyone at all, the Autobots and Decepticons gather their scattered forces, repair their ships, and signal Cybertron for backup as battles begin to break out across the blue world. Humanity reels in shock at attacks on multiple military-bases, but what they have experienced is not even the beginning. As conflict escalates, Earth transcends its status as a new source of fuel... It becomes a new battle-ground. Megatron's Seekers are dispatched to Earth, raining death from the skies. The dinobots march forth, the titans' primeval forms cutting a swath through the numbers of their opponents. The terrible weight of Cybertron's focus is beginning to fall on a woefully unprepared world, and while the planet itself may survive, the future of its inhabitants is uncertain..... RULES: -Note: The breaking of any one rule will result in a warning. After five warnings, you will be asked to stop posting for the day. If you continue to cause problems after that, I will speak to you privately, and I may remove you from the thread indefinitely. -No god-moding or power-playing. Your opponent decides if an attack lands. Don't abuse this. Even if your character is agile, he/she can't dodge EVERYTHING. -Be reasonable with the characters you create. No mary-sues, rip-offs, or super-OP characters, please. TECHSPECS TOTAL MAY NOT EXCEED 60. -Please use complete sentences when posting, and try to post at least 2-3 sentences per post. -Have fun and be creative! Dinobots, Insecticons, triple-changers, Predacons..... Pretty much everything is allowed, and you're encouraged to be original with it. -A character must, obviously, be approved by me before being used in the roleplay. That's it, I promise. Only other guideline is to follow the character-template below as much as possible. Additional detail is totally cool. Designation: Gender: Faction: Altmode: Height: Weight: Physical Description: Tech-Specs: Strength: Speed: Intelligence: Endurance: Firepower: Skill: Courage: Rank: Weapons: Abilities: (optional) Bio:
I should mention, people don't often write two to three sentences per post, heck, it's rare that I ever end one...I'd also like to mention that having a blank version of the template would be pretty handy and likely appreciated by just about anyone who happens to join,
And that's a big pet-peeve of mine. I see dialogue with no description or indication of what's going on, and it just makes things feel sparce and boring..... It's really not that hard to write what you're character's doing, or even thinking. And it adds soooooo much to the roleplay. However, you're totally right about the template. I'll post it here as well as in the OP. Not that anyone's actually going to join..... Designation: Gender: Faction: Altmode: Height: Weight: Physical Description: Tech-Specs: Strength: Speed: Intelligence: Endurance: Firepower: Skill: Courage: Rank: Weapons: Abilities: (optional) Bio:
Now I've gotta prove you wrong and make people join with what little leverage I have, Designation: Knutz Gender: Indeterminable Faction: Decepticon Altmode: Hightly damaged Cybertronian jet fighter Height: Twenty-two feet Weight: Five-thousand pounds Physical Description: Tall and Scrawny, right eye scope, left eye is little more than a slit...why am I describing? I have a picture...I'll put it in the attachments, Tech-Specs: Strength: Four Speed: Seven Intelligence: Nine Endurance: Two Firepower: Six Skill: Nine Courage: Ten Rank: Four Weapons: Standard seeker-grade null rays, a GHS Bio: Knutz and Boltz were some of the greatest minds in Decepticon science...until they were shot out of the sky, during the crash they seem to have lost their minds, they still have the same intelligence levels as before, but now their loyalties lie with the Decepticon cause second, and watching things burn first. Designation: Boltz Gender: Indeterminable Faction: Decepticon Altmode: Heavily damaged Cybertronian fighter jet Height: Eighteen feet Weight: Nine-thousand pounds Physical Description: Shorter and thicker than their twin, with a reversed facial structure Tech-Specs: Strength: Seven Speed: Four Intelligence: Nine Endurance: Two Firepower: Six Skill: Nine Courage: Ten Rank: Four Weapons: Standard seeker-grade null rays, multishot charge cannon Bio: Knutz and Boltz were some of the greatest minds in Decepticon science...until they were shot out of the sky, during the crash they seem to have lost their minds, they still have the same intelligence levels as before, but now their loyalties lie with the Decepticon cause second, and watching things burn first. EDIT: WARNING: THE IMAGES ARE MIRRORED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON!!!
Designation: Backlash Gender: Male Faction: Autobots Altmode: B1- Lancer Height: 16 meters Weight: 3 tons Physical Description: An above average height Autobot with a slim torso but bulky limbs do to his alt modes thrusters turning into his lower arms and lower legs. His alternate modes wings form a back pack of sorts. His body is mostly silver with red optics and a blue head. Tech-Specs: Strength: 4 Speed: 10 Intelligence: 8 Endurance: 4 Firepower: 8 Skill: 4 Courage: 9 Rank: 5 Weapons: twin swords and a double barreled laser rifle. Abilities:Flight in robot mode and can go invisible for short amounts of time Bio: Backlash was a simple cargo hauler until the war started. When the war began he was one of the first to sign up for the Autobot war effort. He saw action in several battles, usually as a bomber. Designation: Nitra Gender: Female Faction: Autobots Altmode: 1962 cadillac Height: about 7 meters (about 22 feet) Weight: 1 1/2 tons Physical Description: She is close to average size. She has a thin sleek orange body typical of most females on Cybertron. She has very little armor on her body and has small horns on the side of her head. Tech-Specs: Strength: 5 Speed: 5 Intelligence: 5 Endurance: 2 Firepower: 3 Skill: 3 Courage: 7 Rank: 3 Weapons: a light hammer and a pistol. Abilities: (optional) Bio: Nitra is... She's weird to say the least. She isn't the brightest star in the galaxy but she has a strong moral compass, she always protects her friends and never is afraid to fight for them. Before she was a soldier she was nicknamed by her peers at the academy "Orange Mouth", as she never shuts up. She waited for along time before actually joining the Autobot army along with her sisters. She simply wants to have some fun because she knows that she could die at any time.
You're accepted, Grimlock! Though, at 16 meters(50 ft), your character would be considered very, very tall. Average is about half that.
Thanks Fixed it to sound accurate! I thought most Autobots were about 50 feet tall but hey everyone messes things up sometimes.
What continuity are you thinking? Most times, 25 ft is around the norm. Characters like Optimus Prime and Megatron and Ultra Magnus are considered imposing and large at 32 feet, 35 feet, and 40 ft respectively. Grimlock is considered monstrously huge at around 50 feet...... Bumblebee, who is considered quite small, stands at around 16. Not a problem at all, but now I'm curious.
I guess now that people are signing up, I'll have to make the actual RP thread. I really should have added "signup" to the title of this one....
Designation: Omegapulse Gender: Male Faction: Autobot Altmode: Red and Orange Truck Height: 12 Meters Weight: 2 tons Physical Description: Tech-Specs: Strength: 9 Speed: 6 Intelligence: 9 Endurance: 7 Firepower: 8 Skill: 8 Courage: 10 Rank: 8 Weapons: Dual Blasters Bio: Omegapulse trained at Autobot Academy with Orion Pax and was loyal to his companions and became commander of Team Omega Strike 13 and crushes con tailpipe. He can sometimes get emotional. Designation: Starpunch Gender: Male Faction: Autobot Altmode: Orange Camaro Height: 6 meters Weight: 1 ton Physical Description: Tech-Specs: Strength: 8 Speed: 8 Intelligence: 8 Endurance: 6 Firepower: 7 Skill: 7 Courage: 9 Rank: 8 Weapons: Dual Swords and Two Blasters Bio: Starpunch was training one day when he was captured and taken hostage and held captive for more then 5 stellar cycles. He escaped and now uses his anger to guide him to make great choices and decisions
Sean, Optimus Prime is 32 feet, or 10.1 meters tall. 20 meters would be around 65 feet, which is much too large for a semi-truck, and borders on being a bit too large for a character in general. Also, I do ask that this character be totally original. Which means, not a female version of Orion Pax. Sorry to be a spoil-sport, but I do have to enforce limits and common-sense stuff.
Sean.... Bumblebee is 16 feet, or 5.5 meters..... 17 meters is about 54 feet, which is still very large for a semi. Once you change the heights to something a bit more appropriate, they're both approved.
Starpunch is approved. Still waiting on Omega. I like that he's an orange truck, by the way. You don't see enough orange 'bots.
Waiting for you to change the height to something that matches the robot's alt-mode. Something in the 9-12 meter range. Remember, 1 meter=3.1 feet.