[M] Warhammer 40K: The Replicants - recruitment and OOC

[Felwether]

Awesome! I'll get Vincent's CS up tomorrow.

[Azazeal849]

Dough Guy and Felwether, I look forward to seeing your creations! And yes, Dough Guy, I'm afraid no Chaos in this one - although if all goes well then a sequel (either GM'd by myself or some other member of the Warseer crowd) might incorporate some.

I hope PaintSerf will be joining us.

[PaintSerf]

I hope PaintSerf will be joining us.

Of course I’m in, but there might be a delay on the character sheet for a few days because of the storm. Thirty inches of snow (+/-) without a blower is no fun at all, especially so when there’s freezing rain in the cards tomorrow.

[Azazeal849]

We were supposed to get snow here in the UK this weekend but it never materialised. Must have been diverted to your bit.

No problem - I haven't written out the intro post yet so take as long as you need.

[DoughGuy]

Eldas and Kally are NOT going to get along lol.

[DoughGuy]

Spoiler: DoughGuy's Character 

Name: John Shere
Age: 25
Position / rank: Psychic Support/Offence

Appearance: A young man of athletic build he has a muscular body and full face. He prefers to use his powers sparingly and focuses on his body which has allowed him to keep fit and healthy for so long. He has blue eyes and black hair though he dyes it gold blonde when he can. He stands at around 5’9” and weighs approximately 160 pounds.

Personality: A young psyker dedicated to the Imperial Cause. Unlike many psykers in service to the Imperium John very much enjoys his work and has an upbeat and enthusiastic personality. He has confidence in the Imperium and that it will prevail over the evils which assail it. However this side of him only applies to his interactions with servants of the imperium. When dealing with agents who oppose his sacred cause he becomes a silent figure who does not show mercy. He does have a moral line which he refuses to cross whoever the foe as well, a line which he draw between the Puritan and the Radical.

Weapons: A plasma pistol and a force staff.

Other: He wears a simple armoured bodyglove which is golden in colour. An imperial eagle has been carved in the front. He is a high gamma psyker specialising in pyrokinetics with a small skillset in logokinetics.

Background: Originally born in the hive slums of Radica Prime John was picked up by the black ships at the age of 8. Before they took him away he as a loner in the slums, barely surviving on the scraps of food he could steal from others and earn through small work for the gangs. While his psychic power made itself known occasionally it did not fully blossom and did not help him survive.

After being picked up by the black ships John found himself among his kind, the shunned and rejected, and found happiness. Years of loneliness were replaced by a sense of, albeit forced, belonging. His natural optimism came to the surface and he was one of the few who kept a happy face throughout the black ship’s journey.

Once he had been analysed by the Inquisition John was placed into training as a field agent due to the offensive nature of his power. As his pyrokinetics helped him pass the trails the Academy threw at him his logokinetics allowed him to survive the students with his optimism intact. At the age of 20 he was released into active service under Immanuel Sidonis though he only served under one of his interrogators. He has served in 2 missions under the current interrogator Javid Schafer and enjoys his work.

Redone

[Azazeal849]

My my, not one but two people who may or may not be related to local segmentum celebrities! Expect Marc to comment. Marc, by the way, is one of the other agents on-site who will be backing you up:

Spoiler: Investigator Marcus Black 

Age: 6 Solomon years, 27 Terran standard
Rank: Field agent
Profile: A former hive enforcer detective, Marc has actually served the inquisition in an undercover capacity for the last 2 years. Like Kally and Vincent, Marc is a survivor of the Pembroke Incident which destroyed Solomon's Makita hive. In the wake of this mysterious case he was transferred to inquisitor lord Sidonis and now serves openly as a field investigator, although this is his first official mission as such.

You will also be getting support from his sister, who works in forensics:

Spoiler: Verispex agent Kelly Black 

Age: 6 Solomon years, 25 Terran standard
Rank: Verispex / Crime Scene Investigator
Profile: Inadvertently caught up in the events at Makita hive, Kelly Black was also brought in for questioning and, ultimately, offered new employment under Sidonis. A qualified verispex, she has been planted among the post-mortem unit at the starport, as the xenotech dealer Sidonis is trying to apprehend is thought to be smuggling his forbidden artefacts inside John Does.

[Felwether]

Name: Vincent Nyl (That's Nil if anyone's interested.)

Age: 57 Terran Standard

Occupation: Bounty Hunter, Ex-IG

Personality: Vincent is known to have something of a split personality, at times he can be cheerful (even if he is getting cranky in his old age), talkative and even a bit cheeky, enjoying the company of his comrades and telling the odd tall tale. At other times, however, he is belligerent, aggressive and prone to sinking into periods of depression as well as fits of extreme violence.

Appearance:

Spoiler: Vincent Nyl 

Physical Description: 5'10”, stocky and very powerful in the upper body. Nyl's torso is covered in various tattoos from his days in the guard. His face, again mostly thanks to guard service (but including injuries from more than a few barfights) is a patchwork of scar tissue and old burns that many people find unsettling to look at. Though he looks every year of his age juvenat treatments he underwent during more profitable times have kept his body in fairly good physical condition. The left side of Vincent's chest, along with his arm were torn up in the riots on Solomon and have since been replaced with high quality but brutal looking augmetics finished in matte-black - a development that he was less than impressed by as that arm bore both the symbol of his former regiment as well as his kill-markings.

Equipment:

Vincent flatly refused to surrender his equipment after the Makita incident and it was perhaps his willingness to cooperate under interrogation that convinced his new employers to allow him to keep almost everything that survived the destruction of the Hive.


Acheron IVb pattern Hellgun. A lightweight hellgun model, the Acheron IVb marries accuracy, power and a potentially blistering rate of fire into a deadly weapon capable of piercing most armour types and dropping the hardiest of opponents at close to medium range. The weapons hotshot power cells are housed internally meaning that while the operator has to reload more often, they are not forced to wear a bulky backpack to provide power.

20 Gauge Sawn-off Shotgun "Lupara" : This short-barrelled, break action, over and under shotgun can commonly be found on Vincent's right hip, opposite his laspistol.

Mars pattern laspistol: A standard issue IG sidearm, the very same weapon Vincent used when he deserted nearly thirty years ago.

Full carapace armour: This suit of high grade armour, a recent enough acquisition, is very similar to the carapace armour used by Imperial Stormtroopers. Consisting of armoured plates over a pressure suit it provides ample protection against small arms fire - even if it is a bit bulky. The suit incorporates a webber into the left vambrace to help apprehend marks who can't simply be shot in the back. It is finished in simple grey primer and Vincent generally only wears it when he's expecting a heavy firefight.

Bionics: The left side of Vincent's torso have been replaced by highly functional augmetics. His arm, while crude and brutal in appearance, is made from high quality materials. The hand can be swapped out for a wicked-looking combat attachment consisting of three short, powered claws should the need arise.

Guardsman's bayonet.

Frag, Krak, Flash and Tanglefoot grenades.

Combat blade: This forearm length, blackened steel 'Night Reaper' blade hails from Catachan and is Vincent's most prized possession.

Motion tracking auspex.

Civilian clothing: Vincent generally wears some kind of fatigues and a t-shirt or vest along with a pair of sturdy steel-toed boots. He will often be seen wearing a trench coat - ideal for concealing a shoulder holster and flak vest.

History:

Vincent's history is as long as it is bloody and the details are largely unimportant. Suffice to say that he has known little other than violence since he was a small child. Vincent Nyl has borne witness to more than his share of horrors – from the hell of large-scale warfare to the sinister depths of the criminal underworld. He has seen the worst the galaxy has to offer and it has left an indelible mark upon him as a person.

Vincent was among the first to be recovered by Sidonis' people. Outwardly he appeared more than happy to regale his interrogators with tales from Makita, animatedly retelling his version of events time and time again, as if recounting them to a stranger in a bar and seemingly revelling in the attention. He has since been cleared for duty, and seems to be glad of it. In truth he is currently finding it difficult to adjust to life in the employ of The Inquisition and the months of confinement he endured following the Makita Hive incident have left him with no small amount of resentment towards Lord Sidonis and his organisation as a whole, so much so that he intends on cutting himself loose once his wounds have fully healed and disappearing once again into wilderness space.

[Azazeal849]

Accepted!

Hey guys, ask him about what happened to him on his first trip through the warp, that was a fun story...

[Felwether]

For some strange reason he can't seem to remember it, it's like he wasn't really there...