Across the StarsAbove the planet Linixus IV, the Autobots' and Deceptions' fleets collide with each other. Neither side seems to be winning. Large amounts of debris fall to the planet's surface. In the Autobot flagship, Optimus Prime gives a desperate order. "Autobots, the battle is lost. All ships jump into hyperspace!" But the maniacal Deception leader, Megatron has foreseen this move and he orders a full scale assault on the Autobot ships. A small team of Autobots has made a run to the escape pods. They ecape watching as their ship explodes. Looking aroun them as they fall to the planet they see other escape pods. They make themselves to the planet's surface alive and well. Megatron, knowing that the ship has fired some of its pods sends a group of Decepticons to investigate. This was a desert planet with little to no population, except for a spaceport and a fossil fuel mines, for which the conflict above happened. What happens next is yet to be known... (A bit of a backstory, the story is set in the IDW TF-verse, but character from other continuities can be used. It's set during the war and the Autobot survivors need to make their way to the Autobot Orbital Command Hub (AOCH for short). The Decepticons are sent after them and they have to kill them or bring them before Megatron. In the coourse of the story many points of view may change.) ******* I am making an RPG, if you want to join just post in this thread. You can choose whichever faction you desire. Each player can command up to 6 characters but you can post more than 6, the rest of them will be NPCs (maybe later on in the story). Please note that if you control characters from both factions, this won't give you an advantage over the enemy (for example let's say that your character is an Autobot and it's hiding from a group of Deceptions, one of them being the other character you control. You can't see where the Autobot is hidin and for that mattere you can't just go to its position. I hope you get what I've tried to say.) Rules The basic rules of RPG-ing, you can read them here if you haven't yet. Don't control other players's characters, no invincible characters (if your 6 main guys are all dead then you can use up to 4 more if you have suggested more than 6 when you have enlisted) No arguing with others in the thread. No one word responses. Please make your respond in more than one sentence. If you have to leave for a bit or permanently, be sure to inform the other participants. I'll try to accept everyone who wants to join but if it gets too full, I may close the signing up. If you're portraying a spy or a double agent, you actually have to play your targets to get what you need from them. You must have a cahracter bio if you want to participate. The story is heavily oriented around canon characters and technology. You can reimagine your characters. If you want to use an OC then it needs to be written well. Try to maintain a balance between Autobots and Decepticons. If you have to talk out of cahracter please use () or []. In regard to characters, big name characters are not permitted (eg Megatron, Starscream, Optimus). But B-class characters are (eg Tracks, Acid Storm, Star Saber, Hardhead). The big names can only be played by the GM (game master)/moderator. The story centers around less known characters and as such well known commanders or especially extreme powerhouses like Metroplex, Devastator, and similar are forbidden. You can't be a combiner or a part of a combiner. No Powermasters because they limit your actual powers (if you want a challenge then go for it), the same applies for Headmasters (you can be said character but without their "-master" extension). But you can be a pretender if you want. Everyone can participate in the naration (eg. "The red cybertronian touched the green lubricant." then someone else can continue "He then dropped unconscious to the ground.") Everything clear? Alright then, if you're still interested here's the character sheet template. Everyone of your primary statistics (from Strength to Luck) is measured from 1 to 10. If you have any more questions, post them here or DM me. Name: Appearance: (You can use fan art or a character's picture. Note: please use character pictures which are from G1, IDW, DW, Unicron Trilogy or Prime only) Faction: Funtion: (eg. what do you do, what do you specialize in) Bio: (If you don't want to or don't feel like making one for your character, you can copy it from TFwiki) Weapons and Abilities: (If your character is an Outlier, you can post their power here) Strength: (It affects your overall carry weight capacity and effectiveness of melee attacks) Perception: (It affects your awareness and weapon accuracy) Endurance: (It affects your health points. The heavier the class the more you have) Charisma: (It affects your ability to persuade others) Intelligence: (It helps you with hacking, picking locks and everything else that affects Magic Agility/Speed: (It affects your speed and sprinting. The heavier the class, the less Agility points you have) Luck: (It affects your good fortune. If you have a higher luck, it'll be easier to get out of sticky situations) Class: (This varies from bot to bot. If you're character is big and bulky you're Tank class, if you're faster/more agile then you're Scout class, if you're an air vehicle then you're Infiltrator class and if you're and if you're a triple-changer or huge truck/beast then you're a Destroyer class) Character Log: Autobots: Star Saber - Pax Cybertronia Crossblades - Pax Cybertronia Swindler - GogoDG Laster - GogoDG Stakeout - GogoDG Hot Spot - Awesomepow Seaspray - Awesomepow Searchlight - AutobotAvalanche Quickswitch - AutobotAvalanche Safety - Grimlock22 Decepticons: Acid Storm - Pax Cybertronia Sunstorm - Pax Cybertronia Red Wing - GogoDG Ground Hog - GogoDG Demolishor - GogoDG Mohawk - Awesomepow Blackjack- Awesomepow Clench - AutobotAvalanche Rage - AutobotAvalanche Glit - Grimlock22 Dead Characters: Snapdragon - GogoDG
Would it alright if I reserved Star Sabre and Crossblades for the Autobots, and Acid Storm and Sunstorm for the Decepticons?
No problem. Funny thing is that I searched for Star Saber fan art/design and he doesn't have cool redesigns. The closest you can get is digibashes or Energon Wing Saber. Or if you want you could draw your interpretation (something I am thinking to do for my characters). --------- I am reserving Swindler, Red Wing, Snapdragon and Laster.
Is Star Sabre going to be leading the Autobots on Linixus IV? ----- Name: Star Sabre. Appearance: Faction: Autobot. Function: Knight. Bio: Trained in the famed Cyber-Ninja Corps by Yoketron himself, Star Sabre joined the Autobots at the start of the Great War. He took up the name "Star Sabre" after the sword wielded by Prima, and sought to eventually take up leadership, something that those higher up in the chain-of-command admitted could be possible one day. He fought alongside Optimus Prime on that fateful day that he would crash on Linixus IV with a crew of Autobots. Egotistical, he considers himself to be a herald of Primus Himself, destined to achieve victory. He acts like your stereotypical "knight in shining armour": someone with an unending passion for justice who seeks to vanquish evil wherever it is, because of his ego. He doesn't take evidence to the contray or criticism too well. He has formed a rivalry with Dai Atlas. Weapons and Abilities: He is a master swordsmech, famed for his expertise at sword-based combat, and some even consider him to be the best in the cosmos, which has certainly increased his ego. His time serving as a member of the Galactic Defence Force certainly increased his expertise. This may be something he could rely on in the future. In jet mode, Star Sabre is very fast and maneuverable, but more lightly-armoured than the likes of Dai Atlas. Able to achieve orbital flight, he could traverse space but was not fuel-efficient enough for prolonged journeys throughout the cosmos. Strength: 9. Perception: 9. Endurance: 8. Charisma: 7. Intelligence: 8. Agility/Speed: 9. Luck: 8. Class: Infiltrator. Name: Crossblades. Appearance: Faction: Autobot. Function: Pilot. Bio: Crossblades is legitimately dedicated and hard-working as an Autobot. Problem is, he never shuts up about how much of an ace he is, both in the land and in the air. He could probably stand to stop trying to corner everyone he knows and regale them with every fascinating detail about his newest addition to his vast and obsessively-maintained arsenal, whether they are interested in hearing it or not. Most 'bots look past it because he is actually rather competent at what he does. Weapons and Abilities: Crossblades is a Pretender whose outer shell is capable of an additional transformation. In helicopter mode, the shell has 35mm machine guns, air-to-air missiles, and a thermal cannon. The roto-blades can eat through metal, and the helicopter can refuel in mid-flight. His shell possesses a cloaking device that renders himself invisible to most optic sensors and scanners. The inner robot’s dragster mode can reach supersonic speeds with turbo boosters. He possesses electro-jammers that disrupt targets’ circuitry functions. The helicopter and dragster can combine to form an ultra-sonic flight mode with front-mounte magnet-ray that immediately magnetizes any metallic target. Strength: 7. Perception: 8. Endurance: 7. Charisma: 6. Intelligence: 6. Agility/Speed: 8. Luck: 7. Class: Infiltrator. Name: Acid Storm. Appearance: Faction: Decepticon. Function: Seeker. Bio: Acid Storm is a member of the Rainmakers: a cadre of Seekers who can create acid rain. He is highly intelligent, eager, and dedicated utterly to the Decepticon cause, and can marshal vast quantities of data at a time. Personally, he would rather remain anonymous along with the Rainmakers. However, his ability to seed clouds with acid rain has caused him to gain recognition among those higher in the chain-of-command. Weapons and Abilities: Acid Storm is talented at marshalling vast amounts of data, and is actually quite charismatic. His Hyperon 3 blasters can seed natural clouds with a highly destructive form of acid rain, giving him the capability to manipulate localized weather patterns to attack enemy movements. He is extremely manoeuvrable in vehicle mode, making him highly effective in dogfights and can reach similar speeds to Starscream. Strength: 8. Perception: 7. Endurance: 8. Charisma: 7. Intelligence: 10. Agility/Speed: 7. Luck: 7. Class: Infiltrator. Name: Sunstorm. Appearance: Faction: Decepticon. Function: Seeker. Bio: A clone of Aerospace Commander Starscream, like many others, Sunstorm believes he is the living embodiment of the Guiding Hand, placed by the divine to deal righteous judgement on the blasphemous who reject their will. Most of the other Decepticons tend to stay away from him because of his odd behaviour. This all originates from his ability to incite pain, injury and even death in other 'bots and cause their circuits to short-circuit. While science explains this as his chassis being aflame with radiation, he believes this to be a miracle by Primus. Weapons and Abilities: Sunstorm possesses great speed, firepower and courage, which he claims is because of his faith, though his speed and firepower probably truly originates from the fact that he is a clone of Starscream. Deep inside his armour plating, a built-in fusion reactor burns at temperatures beyond original specifications. He can focus this energy into a weapon that produces intense heat and electromagnetic pulses. He can reach similar speeds to Starscream. Strength: 9. Perception: 7. Endurance: 6. Charisma: 8. Intelligence: 7. Agility/Speed: 9. Luck: 8. Class: Infiltrator.
@Pax Cybertronia Your characterization of Star Saber was what I was thinking of an egoistical, cocky rookie who thinks he is the best. Good job! -------- My characters will be done by the end of the day.
Um..I'll take Hot Spot.Someone else can take the other Protectobots. Name:Hot Spot Faction:Autobot,Protectobot Bio:As the courageous leader of the Protectobots,Hot Spot does whatever it takes to get the job done.His fellow Protectobot Groove likes to do things his own way,but Hot Spot is always making sure his recklessness won't cause trouble. Weapons:A Heavy Assault Cannon,and 2 Spray Guns. Abilities:Transforms into a Fire Truck,Is Good at Destroying Constructicons for some reason.(You don't want to know!) Strength:8 Perception:7 Endurance:9 Charisma:7 Intelligence:9 Agility/Speed:8 Luck:8 Class: Protectobot Leader Appearance:G1 but with modified arms. @GogoDG ?
@Awesomepow Okay you can get Hot Spot, but don't you want more characters or are you happy with just one?
Okay, Name:Mohawk Faction: Decepticon Stunticon Bio:A Stunticon wild motorcycle at heart,Mohawk is truly motivated to destroy the Autobots.He is very wild when it comes to his team,but that is part of his crazy attitude.He has a strong rivalry with Drift. Weapons:Samurai Twin Blades,Plasma Beam Cannon Abilities:Transforms into a motorcycle,can outrun any(most)Autobots. Strength:7 Perception:8 Endurance:8 Charisma:7 Intelligence:8 Luck:9 Agility/Speed:10 Class:Stunticon Motorcycle Scout Punk. Appearance:TLK Form. And that's all.
Name: Red Wing Appearance: Faction: Deception Function: Seeker, loves working alone. Bio: "Experiment SC35078, code named Red Wing. The subject was a clone of Starscream and because of this it takes part of Starscream's personality, in this case arrogance. He likes to work alone and doesn't trust anyone. I personally approve of this behavior to an extent. Megatron wants an army and that's why I'm building them." — Shockwave's log C22-148 Weapons and Abilities: Two Null-ray guns and knows how to do stuff. What stuff, one may ask? Nobody knows for sure... Strength: 8 Perception: 8 Endurance: 6 Charisma: 6 Intelligence: 5 Agility/Speed: 9 Luck: 6 Class: Infiltrator ------------- Name: Swindler Appearance: Faction: Autobot Function: Interrogator and Scout Bio: Swindler is resourceful and efficient bot, always trying to get the job done with as little effort as possible. He's professional and graceful, but he's also very, very cocky. He'll put his life and those of his friends on the line more readily than they'd like because he always expects to come out on top. He's not a very good fighter, but he gets by using his brains and his skill with a sidearm. And for Primus' sake don't call him a Micromaster, he utterly hates when people call him that! Weapons and Abilities: As an Outlier, Swindler can detect energon and energon based matters (eg. Shockwave's ores from IDW TF-verse, earth fuels, ect). He likes using all kinds of weapons that shoot, even though most of them he can't carry because of his shorter size. Strength: 4 Perception: 7 Endurance: 7 Charisma: 8 Intelligence: 7 Agility/Speed: 10 Luck: 6 Class: Scout ------------- Name: Laster Appearance: Faction: Autobot Function: Medic and self-proclaimed Scientist Bio: He keep his cool even in the most tense situations, that ranging from operation on a half functioning body on the battlefield to disarming a bomb in zero gravity while being shot by an army of Decepticons[citation needed]. Some argue that everything he says is some mumbo jumbo nonsense, but this has yet to be prooved. He falls a bit antisocial, he can't start conversations nor he can finish them. What's true about him and what's not is yet to be written. Weapons and Abilities: Master swordsman (what does this guy don't have???), gun nut and master in science. Some argue that he may be an Outlier but let's face it, this can't be true, right... right? Strength: 9 Perception: 7 Endurance: 7 Charisma: 3 Intelligence: 10 Agility/Speed: 8 Luck: 5 (he says he doesn't need luck, what matters is what his circuits tells him) Class: Scout ------------- Name: Snapdragon Appearance: (KFC Kingzilla) Faction: Deception Function: Muscle, Field operations supervisor Bio: What Snapdragon does, he does it with deliberation and love for the Decepticon cause. He loves nothing more than bathing in putrid grease pits or, if those aren't available, the running fuel from his victims' corpses. His bouts of animalistic fury and sheer love of destruction would make him an excellent warrior if not for the fact that he's also as lazy as the Emptiness in the Dead End. Somethimes he acts like he's more than meets the eye. Strength: 8 Perception: 10 Endurance: 8 Charisma: 2 Intelligence: 3 Agility/Speed: 8 Luck: 7 Class: Destroyer
Maybe we should start Episode 1 now with just the characters we have right now...people can join with later episodes maybe.
Sorry for not answering this earlier, I didn't see it. Well this is a team of ordinary soldiers so they have to learn to work together. And therefore to become a team.
If you want you can take/create more Decepticons or Unaligned cybertronians/aliens. It's always good to have more bad guys to shoot at.
