forum Mechanists: Attempt Two
Started by @Mr.Misfit
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@Mr.Misfit

So I tried to do this in futuristic where it belongs, but no one lives there. This is the next best place, I guess…

Anyone who’s done a roleplay with me knows I use one of three characters in sci-fi: Elizia, Brella, or Alaria. I decided that I’d focus a little more on Elizia and Brella Arazael, sisters and members of the Mechanist Faction. These two, as well as my Mechanist sub-plot, have been my biggest recent focus in regards to my Serathem Project, which is a sci-fi universe I’m building based on a race I made three years ago in Stellaris.

Here’s some vocabulary for ya:
Lovuthan: A race of humanoids capable of generating and storing pure energy, called Tis’Sindri in their language. They store larger quantities of this energy by creating additions to themselves with it. Brella and Elizia use butterfly wings(though they can’t fly with them), while other use it as armor or shielding. They mainly use laser technology to fight, and all of their technology is powered by Tis’Sindri.

Mechanists: The black sheep of the Lovuthan species. This is a faction of workers, mechanics, tinkerers, and realists where the majority of Lovuthans are devout spiritualists. Though typically left to their devices by most other Lovuthans, they often leave Love (The planet, not the feeling) far behind and work with more accepting species.

Lovuthans worship the Golden Age. That is, once upon a time they were nearly 5 times what they are now, but in a key stage of their star’s development their energy reacted and nearly caused a chain reaction of death. The ruins left behind still react to modern Lovuthan energy, and they began to worship them as they recovered from the near-extinction event.

So I want to do a Roleplay based on this to try and feel out the world a bit more, and maybe develop a practice draft for The Mechanists.

I’ll probably be playing Brella this time, as Elizia most likely won’t be out of the house yet. If anyone’s interested or has questions, just let me know!

@Mr.Misfit

I still haven’t quite decided how I’m gonna start this out, so I’ll probably give it ‘till tonight. Or until I get maybe three or four more peeps?

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Do you have a template for how you want our characters?

@Mr.Misfit

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Species(Doesn’t have to be Lovuthan. Be creative!):
Appearance:
Background:
If you want to be Lovuthan, what form does your excess energy take?(I.e. Brella’s wings):

@Mr.Misfit

Feel free to add a bit more! I usually like to let people flesh out their characters as they go, using text to fill in the blanks.

@Mr.Misfit

@CW_StarkSpangledBanner, what does the CW mean? I’ve seen that on a handful of people, like @CW-Write Like You're Running Out Of Time, but I have no idea what that is.

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I’ll drum that up here in a bit. Trying to balance several things at once is never easy…

I relate to this too much…

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Feel free to add a bit more! I usually like to let people flesh out their characters as they go, using text to fill in the blanks.

Awesome! I will finagle a bit :)

@StarkSpangledMayflower_Mad_Elder

@CW_StarkSpangledBanner, what does the CW mean? I’ve seen that on a handful of people, like @CW-Write Like You're Running Out Of Time, but I have no idea what that is.

A while back there was this really popular thread called 'who wants a British friend' that was run by a really nice guy we called chuck. Unfortunately he lost his battle to cancer. At least that's what I was told. He was a really nice guy so it's as a reminder

@Mr.Misfit

@CW_StarkSpangledBanner, what does the CW mean? I’ve seen that on a handful of people, like @CW-Write Like You're Running Out Of Time, but I have no idea what that is.

A while back there was this really popular thread called 'who wants a British friend' that was run by a really nice guy we called chuck. Unfortunately he lost his battle to cancer. At least that's what I was told. He was a really nice guy so it's as a reminder

Wow. I’ve been a member for about a year and a half and never knew. Thanks for catching me up.

@Mr.Misfit

So I think I have a good plot to start with, which should exemplify the spirit of the Mechanists and the anti faction that threatens them.

Brella and co. Receive their first assignment: resupply a medical space station they commonly work and trade with. When they arrive, however, the station is destroyed, and all signs point to a Lovuthan fleet doing the damage. Survivors say it was another Mechanist fleet, but Brella seems to think it was someone else. And we go on from there.

@StarkSpangledMayflower_Mad_Elder

Name: Robin Kennedy
Age: 23
Gender: female
Species: Tasfa, a tiger striped race that stores energy similar to the Lovuthan and converts it into lightning charged hair and wings, and adds mor stripes to their bodies
Appearance: https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/659/271/large/laura-sava-pellinireg.jpg?1464205090.jpg but with black and orange stripes, more transparent wings, and black hair cut into layers
Background: TBD
If you want to be Lovuthan, what form does your excess energy take?(I.e. Brella’s wings): see above

@Mr.Misfit

I like it! The idea of a sister species comes to mind, doesn’t it?

I’m getting ahead of myself, of course, but yeah. I like the character herself as well! Very good image!

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Name: Shay Luston
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Species: Calgrien, a nomadic rogue warrior type race.
Appearance: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/296041375484765775/
Background: Shay has a habit of accidentally getting into the worst type of situation, this time is no different as he literally stumbled into this friendship with the rest of the team.
If you want to be Lovuthan, what form does your excess energy take?(I.e. Brella’s wings): Calgriens don't use the same type of Lovuthan technology, instead they are able to wield a type of telekinesis that allows them to become extremely agile and acrobatic fighters

@Mr.Misfit

I suppose I should probably put in one with Brella:

Name: Brethelledonna Arazael (aka Brella)
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Species(Doesn’t have to be Lovuthan. Be creative!): Lovuthan
Appearance: Latina type skin tone, dark brown frizzy hair that get’s in her eyes and falls down to her mid back.
Background: Just having left Love two years ago and serving as an apprentice for two years, she is now a fully fledged Mechanist with her own ship, the Scarlet. After picking up a crew, she was issued an order from the Mechanist fleet.
If you want to be Lovuthan, what form does your excess energy take?(I.e. Brella’s wings): Brella’s wings are a neon pink. Her sister’s are a neon blue, but that don’t matter.

@Mr.Misfit

I’m gonna start you off by asking a personal favor. That one medical research station, the one that specializes in regenerative technologies? Oh, what was it… Farza-Oak 20? They’ve been asking for some extra supplies and aid from us for weeks. Get a load of supplies packed up in Scarlet and make them feel cared for, yeah?

Anything would’ve made her feel like a million bucks, but this was a golden opportunity already. Brella’s first assignment and she was already tackling a personal problem of the executive’s. And it was charity work, which got good notice in Mechanist circles.

Brella Arazael was set to be the best Mechanist the galaxy had seen. And she’d barely gotten a crew together. With her feet up on the dashboard of her ship’s controls and auto on to keep them headed in the right direction, she wondered what the future held. The starlight void wizzing by simply reminded her that there were plenty of possibilities out there.

“Robin,” Brella called over her shoulder, “you think these eggheads are finally gonna make you believe that we’re a sister species? I can’t quite remember if that was what you thought, or…?”

@StarkSpangledMayflower_Mad_Elder

Robin sighed and set down the magazine she was reading and sat up straight, following Brella's example and kicking her feet up on the dashboard. "I'm not sure. We do have similar ways of storing and using energy but we look and behave quite different from your species." She said, unconsciously fingering her now silver hair.

Standing up and unfolding her wings, she walked around her chair a couple times before sitting back down and facing Brella again. "I guess we are a sister species. However this occurred, I shall never know, but we are more similar that my elders care to admit. Perhaps we were borne on the same star?" She asked

@Mr.Misfit

Brella shrugged, “Maybe. I reckon we’re both the product of Golden Age genetic tampering. How Lovuthans evolved quickly enough to survive the solar shift is about as obvious to us as a bug in a firestorm. They panicked, yeah? Made up a whole bunch of different ways to leave a legacy. A chance to keep it going. Ya’ll got shot out and landed on another planet, while we were kept here.”

She got up and strode to the cockpit’s passenger table, where a cup of fresh coffee lay for her. She took the cup in her hands and sipped, closing her eyes with the warm smell of human brewed caffeine and water. Looking back to Robin, she shrugged again, “That’s what I believe, anyway. Don’t make sense any other way.”

@StarkSpangledMayflower_Mad_Elder

"Perhaps. It could also be the fact that my ancestors were thought to have been adaptors. They may have appeared on your planet and learned your ways, they passed them down to us." Robin said

Looking out the main window she sighed "where is our mission this time?"