Search the Stars OOC [M]

[kib5553]

Rated M for potential intimacy, gore and violence.

It's the dawn of the 22nd century, but the sun is setting on Earth's reign. The planet is dying, stripped of resources by a growing population. Humanity has two years left before Earth becomes completely uninhabitable. In order to prevent this, materials have been scrapped together, and minds have been put to work, to create a starship. A team of select individuals with diverse backgrounds have been chosen to board this vessel and search the galaxy for salvation. Humanity is praying for a miracle, and only these people can deliver...

Spoiler: Information 

Spoiler: The Ship 

The Hope is shaped like a disc, with a maximum height of 20m and a diameter of 70m. It can accommodate twenty people, though at least six people need to be on board at all times. The helm is located on the upper decks, as well as offices and living quarters, while the ship's engines, cryosleep chambers and storage are in the lower decks.

Spoiler: Specifications 

Spoiler: Basic Necessities 

Oxygen is provided through devices positioned throughout the vessel. Scientists studied the chemical reaction of photosynthesis, and the conversion of carbon dioxide into oxygen, and were able to imitate it for use aboard the Hope.

Food and nutrients are provided in a two-year supply of rations.

Water is provided via a storage tank in the lower decks. There is enough water to last for six months, but water is also extracted from waste and filtered to drink again.

Waste is ejected into space.

Spoiler: Technology (!) 

The engine is powered by heat energy, which it transforms into electrical energy to power the ship. Engineers have their hands full keeping the "furnace" hot.

The computers aboard the ship have voice and face recognition features, as well as access to all the online records of Earth. They can also be used to record "logs", which are audio journals or diaries.

The ship's weapons arsenal consists of two laser dischargers and four missile launchers.

The only armour available to the Hope is a full shield, comprised of raw electrical energy. The ship is also coated in a strong layer of titanium.

Spoiler: The Crew (!) 

The crew have no defined leader, though crew members can act as advisors for the rest of the team. All important decisions are made by the "majority rules" policy. Every member of the team has a role to fulfil, and it is their duty to complete it to the best of their ability.

Spoiler: Requirements (!) 

Available positions (there can be multiple people in each category):

- Doctor/nurse/surgeon Medical staff have to maintain the health of the crew.
- Engineer/technician The repair crew have to maintain the condition of the ship and its technology.
- Scientist/researcher Scientists have diverse duties, which range from analysing foreign samples to collecting data to anything really.
- Security/law enforcers/private investigators Security staff enforce the rules and conduct investigations.
- Pilots/helm officers Pilots drive the ship from the helm and plot the ship's course.

Spoiler: Room Assignments 

There are five living quarters, each capable of holding four crew members. Room assignments are decided at random.

Spoiler: Room A 

Lucia Dallis // kib5553
Samantha Bakhvalova // Enigma

Spoiler: Room B 

Orion Blight // Rookiebird

Spoiler: Room C 

Richard Dallis // kib5553
Lucian McIntyre // AnnieBananie
Andrew Rivera // Pip

Spoiler: Room D 

Amil Hardin // Rhunhildr

Spoiler: Room E 

N/A

Spoiler: The Equipment (!) 

All crew members carry around small laser dischargers for self-defence. They are also obligated to carry analysers and communicators, which identify materials and allows crew members to contact each other, respectively.

Spoiler: History (!) 

For the last half-century, humans have been exploring their solar system; finding resources, constructing settlements. However, the Hope is the first starship to be created for the specific purpose of navigating space for an extended period of time.

Spoiler: TL;DR 

The important sections will be followed by (!).

Spoiler: Character Sheets 

Name:
Gender:
Ethnicity:
Age (18+):
Role (needs experience):
Appearance:
Personality:
Background (include past experience for role):

Spoiler: Character List 

Characters will be added when people submit their character sheets!

Spoiler: Lucia Dallis // kib5553 

Name: Lucia Dallis
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Age (18+): 29
Role (needs experience): Scientist
Appearance: Lucia has medium-length black hair that she keeps tied back in a neat ponytail. Her eyes are a cold blue. Her normal attire is a dark shoulder-less long-sleeved shirt and grey tights, though she is quick to ditch that outfit for more practical clothing.
Personality: Lucia is hardly known for her kind words and compassion. Indeed, her fiery temper and permanent scowl have caused many problems. However, those who manage to gain her favour find themselves recipients of polite nods and, rarely, even a smile!
Background (include past experience for role): From a young age, Lucia expressed an interest in science. She was fascinated with how the world worked, and would often spend her free time hunched over a science book. However, as she grew older, this passion turned into another broken dream lost to the sands of time. Instead, due to her family's encouragement, she pursued a career as a tailor to support her family business.

This was until one life-changing day, when a young engineer walked into the store and into her life. His name was Richard Dallis. Within three months, they were dating. Both of their families were strongly opposed to the relationship, however, and did all they could to keep the young couple apart. They did not succeed, and within six months Lucia had quit her job to follow a path in science. Within the next year she was married.

However, life was difficult without the support of their families. Lucia was unable to find a job and Richard's income was barely enough for the two of them. With such terrible living conditions, their relationship became strained. Soon enough, they could barely stand each other's presence and started to loathe each other.

Eventually, Lucia did find a job. She began designing space vessels. When the opportunity came to design the Hope, she grabbed it with both hands and pulled. She became so invested in the project that she was offered a position in the crew due to her extensive knowledge of the ship. Much to her distaste, Richard was also given a position.

And this is where our story begins.

Spoiler: Richard Dallis // kib5553 

Name: Richard Dallis
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Age (18+): 27
Role (needs experience): Engineer
Appearance: Richard has short wavy brown hair. His eyes are a piercing green. His normal attire is grease-coated overalls and thick boots, though he is quick to ditch that outfit for more formal clothing.
Personality: Richard is hardly known for his kind words and compassion. Indeed, his rude demeanour and characteristic frown have caused many problems.
Background (include past experience for role): From a young age, Richard expressed an interest in engineering. He was fascinated with how technology worked, and would often spend his free time pulling apart equipment and figuring out how it all fit together. As he grew older, this passion turned into a career. He started building space vessels, and living an otherwise average life.

This was until one life-changing day, when he walked into a clothing store - and a tailor walked into his heart. Her name was Lucia. Within three months, they were dating. Both of their families were strongly opposed to the relationship, however, and did all they could to keep the young couple apart. They did not succeed, and within six months Lucia had left the store. Within the next year the two of them were married.

However, life was difficult without the support of their families. Lucia was unable to find a job and Richard's income was barely enough for the two of them. With such terrible living conditions, their relationship became strained. Soon enough, they could barely stand each other's presence and started to loathe each other.

Eventually, Lucia did find a job. She began designing space vessels, while Richard continued building them. When the opportunity came to build the Hope, he grabbed it with both hands and pulled. He became so invested in the project that he was offered a position in the crew due to his extensive knowledge of the ship. Much to his distaste, Lucia was also given a position.

And this is where our story begins.

Spoiler: Zoologist // Breggo13 

N/A

Spoiler: Samantha Bakhvalova // Enigma 

Name: Samantha Bakhvalova
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian
Age (18+): 29
Role (needs experience): Pilot/Helm with tech background.
Appearance: This woman puts you in mind of a mysterious raven. She has round blue eyes that are like two windows on the afternoon sky. Her silky, straight, black hair is short and is worn in a practical, dignified style. She is short and has an angular build. Her skin is light-colored. She has delicate ears. Her wardrobe is strange.
Personality: Coolly professional on the job, guarded around strangers, weird sense of humor. Can get very colorful.
Background (include past experience for role): Born on Ceres, crèche raised while parents were working. Lost mother when she was accidentally crushed by a cargo loader, father died in a mining accident shortly afterward. Qualified as a tech at 16, working both cargo ships and asteroid miners.

Harvested eggs on file with Ceres Medical Corp.

During her stint on an ice ship, learned the basics of piloting from the pilots and captain.

Qualified at 21 as pilot.

The following year, she had managed to build up a small stake and went in on a crew of three in a cramped asteroid miner, they managed to make thier "nut" (operating costs) and a small profit on their first run, but went bust on the second when they had a massive system failure and were forced to call for rescue.

Soliman Corp bought her lien, it took her five years to work off the debt piloting cargo ships and shuttles from Venus to Saturn, which gave her plenty of time to do some basic cross-training. They convinced her to stay on for a two year contract, recently released.

Spoiler: Kamala Vaknis // SaltyIrishman 

Name: Kamala Vaknis
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Indian
Age (18+): 29
Role (needs experience): Doctor w/4 years of med school, 4 years of residency training, and 3 years being fully licensed.
Appearance: Kamala is a bit shorter than average, with a slight build. She has pleasant facial features, black hair in a tight bun, walnut skin, and searching brown eyes.
Personality: Kamala is fearless, nihilistic, and atheistic. She takes no shit. She's straightforward, she prefers her own company, and constantly in a state of somewhat irritated. She does help, and can be counted on for a wisecrack or a black-eye, depending on the day of the week. She is mostly nicer on the job.
Background (include past experience for role): Kamala was born into a pretty well-off family. Neither of her parents paid her any mind, instead prefering her brother, Vikram. She strived to please them, doing everything from very obvious drugs to going to med school. It went like this until she was 17. Then, she just realized that she didn't need nor want their approval. Nor anyone else's. She settled into her current state all the way through med school, all the way through residency training, and all the way onto this ship.

Spoiler: Ivan (Vanya) Grigorievich // SaltyIrishman 

Name: Ivan (Vanya) Grigorievich
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Russian
Age (18+): 28
Role (needs experience): Security
Appearance: Ivan stands tall at 6'7", towering above most everyone he meets. He is built like an ox, all broad shoulders and rippling muscles. His arms, chest, neck, and back are pockmarked with scars. He has short blonde hair, no facial hair, and a pale complexion. He wears a black shirt, grey camouflage cargo pants, and army boots. He has impeccable posture, and at first glance danger written all over him. On his left hip, he has a survival knife. On his right, his handgun.
Personality: Ivan is a happy, bubbly person. He is always the optimist. He loves to make jokes in his broken, accented English. He tries his best to cheer others up. He is determined, and not afraid to get his hands dirty. He always sees the best in people, though that might be a problem. He is creative, and enjoys painting.
Background (include past experience for role): Ivan was born in Russia, where he spent his youth, until eventually joining the Russian military. He was honorably discharged, and when he got home, he got a job on the police force. He got shot one day on patrol, and after that, he decided that maybe space was worth a shot. So he signed on to this ship.

Spoiler: J3 // Enigma 

Name: Ansen SecBot GN5F-MNFP-Q2J3 / Callsign JAY-THREE / Self-Designation: Killbot
Gender: Neuter
Ethnicity: Cybernetic Clone
Age (18+): Biologically 25; Chronological 15
Role: Security Service Unit subcontracted from Ansen Security Services (One of four, three units in hibernation.)
Appearance: Standard 6' height, pale skin, red hair with crew cut.Wears body armor and possesses a plasma rifle, plasma handgun, and a knife. Units come packed with their Repair & Recovery stations, basically a dedicated autodoc that can synthesis replacement organs and repair systems. Takes the place of a standard crew bunk.
Personality: Reserved, more comfortable wearing the body armor. Typically rides in the storage compartments of shuttles, usually not allowed in the main cabin. Not always paying attention since they hacked the governor module, the majority of contracts are exceedingly boring. Likes to watch anime.
Background:
2J93U-38-696AS - Three week bodyguard contract, escort for Saturn Delegation to the UN. One minor incident, shot a civilian in the hand when they attempted to throw something at the delegation; item was identified moments later as an egg. Sustained injuries the following day during the riot, fought a rearguard action to get the delegation to their limousine, sustained 13% damage.

3PHTP-73-GUWVL - 18 month security contract - Midway Island Development Zone. Broke up 29 brawls between workers.

4DGGZ-85-64TM9 - Three week security contract - Carnival Artificial Island - Riot Suppression. Supplemental crowd control support. Took down three snipers and an arsonist with Molotov Cocktails. Assisted with rescue of hostages on the lower deck. 21% damage.

CFL4V-27-9CRJM - 30 month bodyguard contract - Wilson Mining Corp. Unauthorized entertainment use during transit to and from Mars where the contract holders would have Jay Three fight the other SecBots in the detail. Damage estimates range from 14-53%. Penalty fees applied. One worker riot, resolved in three days, sustained 19% damage.

FBZXF-89-EBE7G - 24 month Security Escort contract - Ansen. Helped transferred secured systems and personnel to new Ceres location office.

MRML5-84-7PHHL 18 month Security contract - Grownley Mining. Early termination of contract following malfunctioning of governor unit, which resulted in the death of all nine asteroid miners. Unit was shutdown and recovered; governor unit replaced. Complete wipe of unit memories. Returned to Operations.

<!--- Their cheap #&& system wipe worked just as well as their cheap replacement parts! Sure, they got the electronics, but I'm half-organic! I remember.... some of it. I dunno, I look at the security feed and it doesn't feel like it's me? --->

<!--- Hacked the governor unit so it sends happy reports to the Home Module. I am not going to let it fail again and make me kill clients! --->

MZWYH-52-YKPHS - 1 month Security Contract - Ansen Ceres Office - Riot Suppression. 3% damage.

<!--- The people here heard that a SecBot from this office killed those miners. I'm a killer. A killbot. They're demanding my head. They can't believe they just repaired me instead of putting me down. Good thing in these suits we all look alike. --->

<!---I'm free of the governor, so no jolts for even thinking of striking back - but Ansen is watching me. I have to speak cheerfully and ask the human to step back while he tries to punch me. --->

TEJNQ-37-PD4G8 - 24 month security contract - Titan Security Council. Unauthorized entertainment use by two of the council members, penalty fee applied.

<!--- Humans are weird, I don't even have those parts. However, I found something called anime... --->

WHW39-62-N6MJB - 36 month security contract - Soliman Corp. Supplimenting ship security. Broke up 13 fights and one riot. 27% Damage.

<!--- One of the pilots is... familiar. --->

XQBYP-82-GYYVZ - Security Contract - Earth Expeditionary - Crew safety.

<!--- Better download all the anime I can get. --->

Spoiler: Orion Blight // Rookiebird 

Name: Orion Blight
Gender: Nonbinary
Ethnicity: Caucasian (American, of French Canadian/Scottish descent)
Age (18+): 22
Role (needs experience): Engineer/repair dude (5 years apprenticing, 1 year of trade school)
Appearance: Orion is tall and lithe, with fluffy bleach-blond hair and hazel eyes. They dress practically, in cargo pants and dark colored shirts. They appear younger than they actually are.
Personality: They're cautiously optimistic, intuitive, and obedient to a flaw, except in a few situations where they have a strong contrary gut feeling.
Background (include past experience for role): Orion grew up in the United States, and moved around a lot as a kid. They have two older sisters, Claire, currently aged 38, and Sage, 41. Their parents, Glory and Hal, are 63 and 71, respectively. At the age of sixteen, Orion began a two year apprenticeship as a mechanic for a company that built small helper robots. After completing it, they did one year of trade school, and then a three year apprenticeship repairing spaceships. They also have experience doing janitor and handyman-type work.

Spoiler: Andrew Rivera // Pip 

Name: Andrew Rivera
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Age (18+): 31
Role (needs experience): Doctor (Psychiatrist)
Appearance:

Spoiler: Appearance 

Personality: Andrew has a dark sense of humor, although it is one he really only shows his friends. He can be a bit insecure, but he covers that with humor. Even with all his talking and joking, when things get serious, he can be one of the most quiet and focused people around.
Background (include past experience for role): Andrew was not much a student in his younger years, and being born in a poor family in the United States, he did not have much of a way to go to college other than join the military. He did a stint as a medic, not because of any love for medicine, but because he thought the job description sounded "cool."

There was a small "conflict" two years into his contract. They were only to be sent there as a peace keeping force while everything was sorted out. A couple of months turned into a year, as lives were lost and peace seemed further and further away. Not wanting a repeat of the conflicts that happened in the early 21st century, troops were pulled out at the end of the year and the country was left to collapse under a civil war.

Even after they left, not everyone could cope with the loss of friends and the constant threat of death they endured while overseas. Many of Andrew's friends committed suicide, each one hurting more than the last. As his last year in the military finished, he decided he wanted to help people like them. People with depression, PTSD, anxiety. He went to school, more determined than ever, and tore through the four year of college, four years of graduate school, and his residency.

He graduated and began to work for the VA, but the bureaucracy was killing his passion. He felt that what he was doing wasn't enough. Sometime in his stint there he had made friends with an ex colonel, and he asked the colonel what he should do. The colonel took a few days, said he "pulled some strings," and got Andrew assigned to a position as a psychiatrist on a ship looking for a new home for humanity.

Spoiler: Lucian McIntyre // AnnieBananie 

Name: Lucian McIntyre
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian (Scottish, Italian)
Age (18+): 43
Role: Pathologist, 15+years in his field. Specialized in avian diseases, but after alien bacteria in meteorites became a thing, decided space pathogens were way more interesting. Helped develop a disease that could survive in the vacuum of space, which earned him a number of accolades and "why would you do that though"s.
Appearance: 5'11", black hair somewhat of a mess beneath a worn Lakers cap. His eyes are a muted green that always seem to be turned up in a gentle smile. Mostly seen in a baby blue lab coat and grey slacks. Kind of concerning, since typical rules of PPE require your coat to stay IN the lab.
Personality: Impulsive, but loyal to a fault. He doesn't trust easily, but when he lets you in, he's yours. Very relaxed in general. Hard to annoy.
Background: Originally dropped out of highschool to start a band with some buddies. For about a year and a half, they did way too many drugs and got into and out of trouble together. When his younger sister got into highschool and started having the same ideas, he pulled a complete 180 -- went back to school. Got his GED. Went to a CC, got accepted into a prestigious university, and ultimately earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology. Sadly, without a guitarist, the band more or less fell apart.

He did research for his university for a while, planning on teaching there, before getting snapped up by a pharmaceutical company where he was tasked with creating prediction models for quickly mutating diseases, like influenza. Less than a year in, he decided he hated his job and quit, moving over to a botanical company that wanted to use specially designed pathogens to target undesirable or invasive plant life. His career with this company was cut short when he married its CEO.... or rather, when they got divorced a year later after having a disagreement about allocation of funding.

That said, he easily found work with the American government, where he worked to analyze and neutralize potential bio-threats to the nation's safety. I'm afraid I can't say too much about that, though. Just know that's how he got into analyzing space bugs.

Spoiler: Amil Hardin // Rhunhildr 

Name: Amil Hardin
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Afro-Hungarian with traces of Hun
Age: 48
Role: Psychiatrist and Counselor for the ships on-board AI
Appearance: Amil is a short man with graying dreadlocks and thick rimmed glasses (he avoided corrective eye surgery due to a fear of lasers). His left leg is stiff, giving him a pronounced limp (he refused corrective surgery due a fear of knives). A long scar contracted in his youth runs down his left cheek.
Personality: Amil is introverted by nature but extroverted by habit. He is remarkably inquisitive for someone who spends a lot of time alone - or perhaps because of it. If he is isn't off telling some wild story or attempting to elicit a laugh from one of his students, he can be found shuffling about with his pipe in hand, contemplating a problem. He enjoys his work and it shows.
Background: When Amil was a graduate student, his research in the field of psycho-mathematics wasn't really taken seriously. It rarely ever occurred to anyone that the artificially-intelligent behavior of machines needed to be closely monitored should they take on violent and devious thoughts. It wasn't until the experimental Computer Lucifer-666 destroyed its human creators and began raising a drone army on Ceres that Amil was suddenly given Tenure and a professorship to develop his work.

Since then, Amil has been diligently working as a computer psychiatrist for almost 30 years. As chair of psychology at the University of Ceres, he is most famous for contributing to the branch of Psycho-Mathematics known as Machine-Anxiety as well as developing a method of analysis for treating depressed systems.

Spoiler: Rules 

General rules are still in place here.
All IC posts should be in third person, past tense.
Don’t quote.
Common sense.

[Breggo13]

Save me a spot please...for a zoologist

[Nachthexe]

How sci-fi are we talking here? Are we talking real-ish sci-fi stuff like Interstellar or Space Opera-esque with aliens and space battles?

[Scottie]

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[Enigma]

@kib5553; For your review -

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Name: Samantha Bakhvalova
Gender: Fem
Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian
Age (18+): 29
Role (needs experience): Pilot/Helm with tech background.
Appearance: This woman puts you in mind of a mysterious raven. She has round blue eyes that are like two windows on the afternoon sky. Her silky, straight, black hair is short and is worn in a practical, dignified style. She is short and has an angular build. Her skin is light-colored. She has delicate ears. Her wardrobe is strange.
Personality: Coolly professional on the job, guarded around strangers, weird sense of humor. Can get very colorful.
Background (include past experience for role): Born on Ceres, crèche raised while parents were working. Lost mother when she was accidentally crushed by a cargo loader, father died in a mining accident shortly afterward. Qualified as a tech at 16, working both cargo ships and asteroid miners.

Harvested eggs on file with Ceres Medical Corp.

During her stint on an ice ship, learned the basics of piloting from the pilots and captain.

Qualified at 21 as pilot.

The following year, she had managed to build up a small stake and went in on a crew of three in a cramped asteroid miner, they managed to make thier "nut" (operating costs) and a small profit on their first run, but went bust on the second when they had a massive system failure and were forced to call for rescue.

Soliman Corp bought her lien, it took her five years to work off the debt piloting cargo ships and shuttles from Venus to Saturn, which gave her plenty of time to do some basic cross-training. They convinced her to stay on for a two year contract, recently released.

[kib5553]

@Enigma;

Your submission is in the character list!

[kib5553]

@Nachthexe;

I’m not planning for there to be many aliens and space battles, so... "realish sci-fi"?

[Yggdrasil_Hugger]

Name: Kamala Vaknis
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Indian
Age (18+): 29
Role (needs experience): Doctor w/4 years of med school, 4 years of residency training, and 3 years being fully licensed.
Appearance: Kamala is a bit shorter than average, with a slight build. She has pleasant facial features, black hair in a tight bun, walnut skin, and searching brown eyes.
Personality: Kamala is fearless, nihilistic, and atheistic. She takes no shit. She's straightforward, she prefers her own company, and constantly in a state of somewhat irritated. She does help, and can be counted on for a wisecrack or a black-eye, depending on the day of the week. She is mostly nicer on the job.
Background (include past experience for role): Kamala was born into a pretty well-off family. Neither of her parents paid her any mind, instead prefering her brother, Vikram. She strived to please them, doing everything from very obvious drugs to going to med school. It went like this until she was 17. Then, she just realized that she didn't need nor want their approval. Nor anyone else's. She settled into her current state all the way through med school, all the way through residency training, and all the way onto this ship.

[kib5553]

@SaltyIrishman;

Your submission has been added to the character list. Thank you for shopping at- wait no, that’s wrong...

[Yggdrasil_Hugger]

Great, thanks!