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The Matrix, Devolutions

Ah, I love the smell of RPs in the morning. Blue_Elf and myself are now accepting character submissions!

The Back Story

The war is over, and the humans were freed. At least that was the intent, but something went wrong. The Architect no longer has control of the Matrix. The machines, in fact, appear to be divided in their loyalties. The machine nation is in the middle of a civil war. On one side is the machine city, along with entities like the Architect and the Oracle. On the other, is the newly sprung up 'Matrix City' formed around the massive power plant which houses the MATRIX itself. The Matrix is now controlled by the Merrovingian, and his horde of lackeys both mechanical and program.

The humans too, are not as united as they once were. With the war over, and the ever-present threat of annihilation gone, they have begun expanding out of Zion. A few major political factions have arose. The first most active is the Zion Peace Party, lead by Senator Morpheus. It's goal is to expand and create new cities, and to ensure lasting peace with the Machines. And, the second is the Zion Freedom Force, lead by General Niobe. Their belief is that a lasting peace between humans and machines is a dream which will never be realized. Their efforts are spent fortifying for the renewal of the war, and freeing trapped humans from the ever more hazardous MATRIX.

These four factions are now entering a cold war, in which one's allies and enemies are more difficult to discern, and other more mysterious forces, not aligned with any side, are plotting their own agendas. The future of the MATRIX is still being decided, as the next chapter of Humanity's darkest hour begins to unfold.


Submission Info
To join this RP you must first submit a character to either The Demon Angel, or Blue_Elf, by PMing their bio to one of us. We ask that you spell check your bio, and thoughtfully consider every aspect of your character. We also strongly discourage usage of similies such as "looks like my avatar" Please fully write out every part of your bio.

Required Categories (Feel free to add more, but you must include these.)

Designation: Name(s), Alias, etc.

Classification: Freed Human, Freeborn Human, Matrix Bound Human, Sanctioned Program, Rogue Program, Machine. This should also include your relative age, or time since your 'creation'.
Vocation: If human, then your military rank, or civilian occupation. If machine/program, then your purpose, and role.
Specializations: Describe any abilities powers, preffered equipment, etc.
Manifestation: Describe your character's appearance in all forms, including within, and outside the Matrix if applicable.
Motivation: Describe any desired or intended character roles, such as supporting character, antagonist, etc. and how you see your character contributing to the story. Also you should include a brief history of your character, if aplicable.


Posting Format
For posting within this thread we ask that everyone avoid as many grammatical and spelling errors as possible. Feel free to check your posts on a word processing program like MS Word before posting. Also we ask that everyone attempt to write in standard novel format. This means stadard grammar and punctuation as taught in English classes. "Quotation" marks around speach normal parpagraph returns, bold for emphasising words, etc. Also all out of character comments should be black, and containted inside ((double parenthesis)).
For this particular RP we are initiating a color code system for different areas in honor of the style of the Matrix.
Green: All text involving intereaction and story within the MATRIX should be green.
Olive: Use olive collored text for any virtual environment besides the MATRIX. Such as loading constructs, or training programs.
Orange: Use orange for machine controled areas such as the power plant, or the Machine City.
Blue: Blue is the standard color for human populated areas such as Zion, or ships throughout the real world.
Brown: Brown text should be reserved for the scorched deserts, and blasted landscapes of the surface world. Areas generally unclaimed by either side, and rarely ventured into.
Black: Lastly normal black text is only for Out of Character comments, which should also be enclosed within ((double parentheses)).

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Notes:

Rankings within the Zion Military Forces

Officers
General [O-10]
Lieutenant General [O-9]
Major General [O-8]
Admiral [O-7]
Captain [O-6]
Commander [O-5]
Lieutenant Commander [O-4]
First Lieutenant [O-3]
Lieutenant [O-2]
Major [O-1]

Enlisted
Chief Master Sergeant [E-10]
Master Sergeant [E-9]
First Sergeant [E-8]
Gunnery Sergeant [E-7]
Staff Sergeant [E-6]
Sergeant [E-5]
Corporal [E-4]
Lance Corporal [E-3]
Private First Class [E-2]
Private [E-1]

Bastion is the first and only (so far) city/base built outside of Zion by members of the Zion Freedom Force. It is only relatively close to the surface compared to the much older human city, and has been heavily fortified against assault or siege. However it's strength is still not as great as that of Zion itself and as such it is also designed so that it can be easily abandoned by the soldiers there should it 'fall'. It's recently completed factory has begun producing hovercraft, specifically for use by the ZFF, and the very first ship off the line has been named, "The Destiny" and is a truely state of the art combat/matrix insertion vessel commanded by Captain Judas and his new crew. As the day opens on this ship's maiden voyage Captain Judas is heading to his new craft to inspect it, and meet with his soon to be crew, who also have all been informed to meet him there, where they will recieve their first mission orders. Although this sort of thing has happened on numerous occasions in the past a small celebration has been scheduled to see the ship off. Since it is likely the first ship in centuries at least to be built outside of Zion. So this is truely a day of firsts, and beginnings.

((At bloody last, I had lost hope for a while.))

Standing some twenty feet from the ship that Glitch would be calling home for the duration of his assignment to Bastion, looking at the ship and allowing himself and small sigh that only hinted at his admiration for the Zion War Machine, but then as he began to walk down towards the ship a small thought surfaced.
Oh ********, were going to be the first ones to fight, bloody cannon fodder. Just ********>
But moving this thought from his mind and reminding himself he knew what was expected of him when he applyed, finish the mission, kill the machines, but just not necessarly in that order.

Cam entered the ship a little ahead of Glitch, though she didn't notice him behind her. She smiled at the interior wondering how quickly the shiney clean walls would get dirty, with no one able to clean them thuroughly. Still she didn't join the military for it's hygene benefits. She looked around wondering if she was the first one there, and also where she would be rooming. She also wondered if she'd be the only female aboard.

((allright, I'll get Yume to post as soon as possible, in the mean time let's get a little interaction going shall we?))

((about the exact same size as the Nebacanezer, though a it's built a little more compact, and with a bit more firepower than said ship.))

Cam smiled back at him, "That's right, I take it you're not Judas? Sorry I guess I should have have familiarized myself more with the ship roster. What's your name and rank?"

((hey if anyone would like to look up some ship statistics for Matrix hovercraft that would be seriously, cool, then I could decide on some exact specifications for this thing. Also we could use a listing of the rankings they used in the Matrix military, if the information is available anywhere, I'll look myself when I have a chance.))