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UnjustExitus

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:46 am


Humanity.

Is the miracle that is life wasted upon this species? This creature?

Why would the powers that be choose to create a being that is intent upon self destruction. A natural time-bomb?

Most would say that this question falls into the genre of "Why Are We Here?" The Question of Life. What is the Meaning of it all? You catch my drift. The greatest of Philosophers and the most average of Joes have all contemplated this question, spanning back to the dawning of Awareness in Man. No, I'm not talking about Intellectual Awareness. No, I'm talking about Man's realization that, when compared to the grand scheme of the Universe, he equals even less than an atom. The realization that human life could be snuffed out in an instant and noone would notice. Noone would care.

That's pretty much what happened.


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User ImageLet us go back to the beginning. Mankind comes into creation, whether through Divine Intervention or through Evolution of His own means, it doesn't matter. This species aged and advanced on the small blue planet known as Earth. Man called this planet Home, living most of His life upon it. Mankind would kill itself, it's species fighting amongst eachother for bare essentials such as food and living territory. Ages passed, though in the Universal perspective it was merely an eye blink, and Humanity claimed to have become sophisticated, compared to it's savage past. Any creature, whether Earthling or not, would laugh at this idea. Sure, Man may have developed better clothing, buildings, and ways of entertaining oneself, but they still killed eachother relentlessly. However, it was no longer over such trivial matters as food. No, Mankind started fighting itself over natural resources to fuel their machines of war.

This was one of the first steps into the complete destruction of this race.

The wars raged, and over the years the weapons got bigger, better, more devastating. The very Earth that they lived on was threatened by their own destructive hands. They were soon building bombs that could wipe out entire cities, hundreds of thousands of lives, in a flash. It seemed that Humanity would never learn from its mistakes, until it was too late. Finally that war came. The last, great war of Humankind. The War to end all Wars, so to say. Their missiles were fired, their planet was devastated, their species diminished to but a handful. Those that did not die during the bombardment soon died afterward, and those that persevered were driven into insanity, becoming irrational and animal-like until they, too, died on their poisoned world. The last death throes of the planet Earth were witnessed by the last vestiges of Mankind.

The long-voyage spaceship, UNE Ishimura, hung in orbit around the planet while it destroyed itself, unable to do anything to stop the carnage or to help their brethren. They realized that they were the last of their kind. Their once blue world that teemed with life of all kinds was now a poisonous, brown wasteland. It's nuclear radiation, residue from its Final War, hung in the atmosphere like that of the planet Venus. Finally, after the initial shock of near-extinction had passed months later, the people of the Ishimura decided to fulfill their original mission: To seek out a habital planet and set up a colony.

The crew rechristened the ship Ark, referring to the famed Bible character Noah and his Ark when God flooded the Earth. The last of Humanity, these refugees, had finally learned to put aside their differences and work together, being forced to make it to their new world, or kill eachother in the process.






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PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:52 am


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Rules of Ark


Follow the Guild Rules
Follow the Gaia Forum Rules
In being the creator of this thread, I reserve all rights to make final judgements and maybe even destroy the ship on a whim rofl
Keep it PG-13 people
That means keep swearing to a minimum, and if you must go beyond kissing, take it to PM's
Send character sheets to me via PM
If you are not accepted do not flame me, though I see no reason why I wouldn't accept
There is a post limit of at LEAST two paragraphs. I understand writers block, and it will be ok for a while, but for the love of Pete people this is the Roleplaying Gems, try your best to shine
Keep all OOC in the OOC Forum. I don't want any **, (()), OOC:, anything in the IC channel that isn't in character
I know this is a hassle, but when you send in a character profile I want you to tell me the rules, in your own words, so that I know you read ALL OF THEM, not just skimmed through for a "put this in the headline." I don't care how short it is, a "Two paragraph minimum" or "Don't cuss a lot" will suffice

UnjustExitus


UnjustExitus

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:31 pm


The OOC is Open to any and all who wish to post here biggrin

Use this thread to ask any questions or make any statements you have pertaining to the Roleplay
PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:44 pm


Guess what??

I'ma make somewhat of a little contest on here for those of you interested in joining!

This is a great way for me to be lazy and help others be creative ^^

I don't really want to make a Character Skeleton, to be honest I'm not really great at making them, so I've decided to make this little contest. Whoever sends me the best Skeleton gets to be a GM of this roleplay rofl

There are some restrictions, however.

I don't want it to be some flashy, "New Age" CS, as I call them. This is the kind that has things like "People say that I'm ____" for a Personality, or "When I look in the mirror, I see ____"

No, I just want a basic, simple CS that everyone can get along with. Name, age, gender. That's pretty much all I want.

I don't want to know everything about the character, like what they like and don't like, because that is what the Roleplay is for. It's to discover what these other characters are like. So what if you say something that might offend someone elses character because you don't know what they like; It happens in real life all the time. How are you going to make enemies and friends, REAL enemies and friends, if you know everything about the person before you even interact with them?

So, just a basic character sheet. I could do this myself, but I want a GM and this seems like a fun, creative way of finding one. Enjoy.

-Exitus

UnjustExitus


x_Squiddish_x

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:06 pm


@w@ This sounds.. AWESOME!

I'm totally interested in this, and I will work on a character skeleton thing for you, as well. ;D YAY!
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:23 am


Seconding the 'this sounds awesome!' idea. o3o

I'll send over a profile skeleton once I can come up with a good character to fill it out with, haha.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:08 am


Interesting idea UnjustExitus. I would partake in wonderful fun, but I too am lazy right now and hopefully will be creative enough to wait ideally for a skeleton to appear...a character one that is. From then I'll decide if I will join, though kudos on the general rp scheme and I wish you luck with it.
In addition, thank for no "new age" cs. I think they not only make my fingers sore before the actual fun typing, but squeeze all the info out of me which usually makes the roleplaying fun. Double kudos, and one for me too because I'm hungry...
PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:11 pm


Good news, Everybody!

So far I've recieved two PM's with character skele's in them, with a third supposed to be on the way. I'd like for this thread to get a little more attention, but I'm fine with those of you who have expressed interest in joining.

If you are wanting to submit a Character Sheet, do so soon, for I will be ending this CS Contest sometime on Monday. We need to get the IC up and running, and to do that I'll need a CS to use x]

Thank you all for posting here in the OOC, and especially those who have sent in Character Sheets.

-Exitus

UnjustExitus


UnjustExitus

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:30 am


Well I'm glad to say that a Character Skeleton has finally been accepted. After waiting for a week or so, I've had to choose between 2 different skeletons, and I've made my decision.


                (Image here)
                Name: Character's Name Here
                Age: Character's Age Here
                Gender: Character's Gender Here
                Hair Colour: Character's Hair Colour Here
                Eye Colour: Character's Eye Colour Here
                General Appearance: Character's General Appearance Here (As in normal attire, body build, height.. whatever you care to share)
                Position On The Crew: Character's Job Here (Optional, depends on if you want to work or not)
                Back Story: Character's History Here (Optional)
                Other: Other Comments Here


Congradulations Squiddish rofl
PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:46 pm


So. I wonder if maybe because no one has posted is because it isn't Open yet? I'm ready to get started whenever, just so you know my interest is still here, and who is to say, the interest of others might be too.

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Rhode Harshaw

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:38 pm


So I sent skeletons for the family I'd like to play in this game sometime late last night, and I'm just posting here to to say that I'm really looking forward to seeing the game start.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:43 pm


Uh... My character is no longer on the accepted list. And I can't remember for the life of me what it was I posted... I was about to post and... Well now I can't.

Jadeathian

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UnjustExitus

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:04 pm


"Name: Serinity McLyod
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
General Appearance:u] Serinity trys to keep her appearance respectable, she is kind in nature so it shows in her face. She seems to be a dark person at times, but who wouldn't be due to the sudden result of the world. She is a fan of light make-up (Mainly on the eyes) She holds a petite build and stands to be 4'9. She has crystal blue eyes that stand out from the rest of her, soft brown hair that falls slightly short of her shoulders
Position On The Crew: As of right now she has no job, but if the crew needed her help, she would happily give it..
Back Story: Serinity went out to her mail box, seeing a letter from NASA. It was odd, why would the United States Space Station be sending her a letter? She was still a student, her major being space expeditions and astrology. It was a brief introduction to a colony ship, in need of people to harbor and live upon it. This thrilled Serinity! What a better opportunity then to live aboard a ship, searching the solar system. It was her dream, and it was coming true.. (More shall be revealed as the story goes.)
Other: Played by Jadeathian."


Sorry for the mix-up there, Jade. Your character has been in the accepted list the whole time, but the picture you sent me messed up so it's only the profile, no pic.

Again, sorry x.x'

Feel free to post any time ^^
PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:01 pm


Exitus- could you clue us in on your net availability? I realize it must be somewhat limited, and I do understand, but I'm curious as to how often I'm really going to need to check the thread, and how long it's going to take us to get to a day shift where we could have some opportunity for more group interaction.

Rhode Harshaw


Zahth

PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:09 pm


So uh....

I was accepted but my profiles not up I hope I don't get in trouble for premature posting.
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