Noralia. The farthest outpost of the Cherithian empire, Noralia was founded sixteen years ago. Colonized by the Cherithian government after a mineral scan revealed titanic amounts of the minerals Titanium and Platinum. As the years went by, the planet became more than a simple mining colony- it's position on the edge of republic space, combined with it's beautiful temperate climate and high quality goods and fuels, made it a thriving economic powerhouse that became the center stone of the rim systems. Then, five years ago, a dispute with a self titled "nation" in the Thirian Verge led to the devastation of the colony. A massive orbital bombardment left the colony a radioactive ruin. The ruins of the great utopian cities swarmed with the irradiated mutants that remained of the planet's inhabitants and the indigenous fauna.

It wasn't realized until two months ago that an irreplaceable technological marvel had been left behind in the evacuation- the Anima, a device designed to accelerate the growth and evolution of both fauna and flora. The device was revealed to be the source of the planet's apparent survival of the bombardment, and the Cherithian government was amazed at the power of the device. They enlisted the aid of the Republic's elite task force- a diverse team of commandoes, baptized by fire in the first C'thu'Kan conflict, to land on the planet and extract the device.

You are part of that team. Brave the dangers of the ruined utopia, retrieve the Anima, and escape before the Thirian scum realize that the Republic is operating in their territory.

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That being said, this roleplay will be a combat-oriented roleplay taking place entirely on the surface of the planet Noralia- and occasionally under it. The roleplay will be based around a main squad that remains the same from the beginning to the end- there will be no splinter groups, and once the roleplay begins, noone will join. Starting on the dropship in descent to the planet, the roleplay will take players across the ruined planet, going toe-to-toe with the mutated inhabitants and delving into the conspiracy surounding the planet.

I'm down for this. Vladic Nickatina is back.

good. Though i'd rather not do this with only two people, I will if we haven't gotten any more before long. That, or I may just leave it open for people to drop in in some way. I dunno. Any suggestions?

Up to you really.

Okay, I'm back. And i'll do my best to stay back this time, if only to be able to say that I'm back when people ask.

What were we talking about? Oh yes. Uhm, I'm working on a character sheet for this right now, as well as a few other things. But, I thought I'd bring up a few points that may help others get set up.

1. The task force that will be the roleplayers in this RP are a kind of mix between Spectres and Alpha Protocol- elite soldiers, above the law but unacknowledged by the government. The point of their existence being plausible deniability.

2. This group serves only the republic council. All species can be part of it that are allied with the republic.

3. I'd like to know whether or not you're okay with your character dying. Not saying that I'll kill off characters, but it's nice to know if, as GM, I have the option.

Just some questions. What are Spectres and Alpha Protocol elite soldiers ? Describe them a bit or will you cover that in another post ? Either is cool. And secondly, yeah you can kill my character off but a heads up on how, why, and when would be cool too.

the Spectres from Mass Effect are an elite unit of agents of almost superhuman skill, with authorization to do any and everything to get the job done, no matter the cost. Alpha Protocol, from the game that shares the same name, is an unofficial branch of the US Government with basically the same deal as the Spectres- do whatever's necessary to get the job done.

Just so you know I haven't played any of those games lol. But I'll do some research into it. When do we begin ?

Fairly soon. I'm working on my character sheet still. Seeing as this is going to be a rather small RP, perhaps I'll have you just post character sheets in this thread rather than in the Character Submissions board.

I'll just use the one character I usually use. When you post your character sheet here I'll make mine immediately after. Coolios ?