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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:22 am
Cygnus X-1 - Rush
Invisible To telescopic eye Infinity The star that would not die
All who dare To cross her course Are swallowed by A fearsome force
Through the void To be destroyed Or is there something more? Atomized, at the core Or through the astral door To soar...
I set a course just east of Lyra And northwest of Pegasus Flew into the light of Deneb Sailed across the Milky Way
On my ship, the Rocinante Wheeling through the galaxies, Headed for the heart of Cygnus Headlong into mystery
The x-ray is her siren song My ship cannot resist her long Nearer to my deadly goal Until the black hole Gains control...
Spinning, whirling, Still descending Like a spiral sea, Unending
Sound and fury Drowns my heart Every nerve Is torn apart...
You are the crew of a starship. Your objective was to fly into the black hole in the Cygnus system, called Cygnus X-1, because you think that maybe it is a gateway to another dimension. Your bodies have been torn apart, but after the painful experience, you awake on the technologically advanced planet Cygnus... as a disembodied spirit.
I have memory and awareness, But I have no shape or form. As a disembodied spirit I am dead... and yet unborn.
lyrics from Cygnus X-1: Book II - Rush
It is the year 2112 and the planet is in the midst of a massive war; their world was torn asunder into hollow hemispheres.* On one side are the great legions of Syrinx. On the other, the massive hordes of Xanadu. Both sides have their strenghts and weaknesses, which will be described later, but both sides have at least 1 thing in common. They have both learned to harness the spirits that have been occasionally appearing, by binding them to armored warsuits, training them, and then putting them into teams of 3 to 5 called "Kill Teams."
Now, pick your side, pick your weapons, and fight without fear of death, for you are not alive!
Also, if you're bored, you can try to count all of the Rush references on this page.
*lyrics from Cygnus X-1: Book II - Rush
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:29 am
wahmbulance Rules: wahmbulance
1. Do not post until your profile is accepted. PM your profiles to me, with the topic "Cygnus X-1" 2. No godmodding or auto-hitting. This means that you can't control other players in any way, shape, or form. You can, however, control NPCs, since you will be fighting so many. 3. You must be literate. No £337, use proper grammar and spelling (if at all possible), don't write in all caps. 4. Posts should be longer than 2 sentences, seriously. 5. You can swear, but keep it to a minimum. 6. Romance is not allowed since it is not physically possible. 7. Don't worry about dying. You're spirit is immortal and all you need to do is go back to your nation and they'll fashion a new metal body for you.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:31 am
Nations:
There are two nations in this RP. One is Syrinx, and the other is Xanadu. Here I will post the territory map and a basic overlook at both nations. Individual technology will be elaborated on later.
Syrinx is the technological Empire lead by Appollo, Giver of Reason. They value knowledge, wisdom, and comfort. Their nation is covered in massive cities with shining, silver skyscrapers and efficient, clean modes of transportation, as well as a low crime rate, due to the past policies of the govermnent which created a successful Communist state. However, in creating this state, they have destroyed many emotions, such as greed and love. People marry to raise children, not for love. People are generally happy and successful, but miss out on some of life's greater pleasures. Their army consists of well-trained, well equipped soldiers, composed into legions.
What they have to offer you: --high-tech, high-power weaponry --strong, yet flexible armor --many attachments and gadgets for your weapon, and different types of ammo --small groups of well-trained soldiers to back you
Their army general is By-tor. He wields a fast shooting laser rifile, which has a scope, and sleek, high tech armor, filled with gadgets, along with a jetpack. He carries frag grenades as well. He can move very fast and has limited cloaking ability. He has killed at least a thousand men in his lifetime, and his only scar is his robotic arm, which replaced his former arm after it was cut off by By-tor, whom he fought off but could not slay.
Xanadu:
Xanadu is a smaller nation that live simple lives. They live in a small homes in the forests and fields in sleek, eco-friendly homes, farming or trading for a living. They value love and emotion, and strive to find their calling in life, and to find love. They don't live in quite as much comfort as Syrinx, and there are still castes defined by wealth, but in whatever caste, they are all generally happy.
They have a collective government, lead by a representative council, headed by Dionysus, the Grand Chairman. They have a gigantic army, which is surprising because they're all volunteers, and they fight zealously, despite not being trained as well. They also use three tactics that Syrinx does not use: Guerilla Warfare, fear tactics (dressing powerful fighters with intimidating armor, with spikes and skulls and stuff), and melee weapons for their better armored fighters.
What they have to offer: --very heavy armor, though lacking some speed and mobility --more cool stuff, like spikes and skulls to put on your armor --a good variety of weapons, including melee weapons --some gadgets and attachments, though not as many as Syrinx --large hordes of crazed zealots to back you
Their commander is known as the "Snow Dog." He wears a large, white, (fake), wolf pelt on his back and a white hood, under which is a helmet fashioned into a skull with a red sensor eye. His armor is very heavy and has spikes protruding from it, but he has built in hydraulic strength to allow him to walk at a decent speed, and even charge into battle, though he can't change direction or dodge very well. He wields a large, silver sword and a pistol. His gaze alone has been known to break the morale of the less confident soldiers of Syrinx.
Territory Map (Coming Soon):
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:32 am
Armor:
These are the armor types that your character can use.
Light Plate Armor (Xanadu): Interlocking plates that provide high dexterity, but not much protection. Worn by standard troops.
Medium Plate Armor (Xanadu): Interlocking plates that compromise protection and dexterity. Worn by squad leaders and shock troops.
Heavy Plate Armor (Xanadu): Interlocking plates that maximize protection. Worn by ranged troops who wield large guns.
Hydraulic Assault Armor (Xanadu): Extremely thick, interlocking plates. There are built in hydraulics to allow an almost full range of movement. Worn by Commanders and Elite Mecha-Fighters.
Light Mesh Armor (Syrinx): Extremely light, flexible armor, worn by scouts. They have no radar signal and have places to put many gadgets, such as cloaking. Does not offer too much protection.
Composite Armor (Syrinx): Light, flexible, durable armor. Offers a lot of protection, but is less customizable with gadgets. Worn by standard troops and squad leaders.
Cybernetic Armor (Syrinx): Armor covered in places for gadgets and attachments. It is heavier than Composite Armor, but still fairly light without any gadgets installed. It is extremely customizable and worn by Commanders.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:33 am
Weapon Types:
These are the types of weapons available. These are just basic types, however. Ammo types and attachments will be elaborated upon later.
Pistol: This is simple, one handed, ranged weapon.
SMG: This is a heavier ranged weapon which shoots at a rapid rate.
Rifile: This is a ranged weapon that is usually held in two hands. More powerful and customizable than pistols. Sniper rifiles fall under this category as well.
Mounted Rifile: This is a heavy ranged weapon, usually a machine gun, which needs to either be held with a shoulder strap or with a tripod on the ground due to recoil.
Shotgun: This is a gun which shoots a scattering shot. Most effective at close range.
Cannon: This is a very heavy ranged weapon, always held with two hands except under special circumstances. Shoots very powerful ammo. Rocket launchers fall under this category.
Daggers: These are light melee weapons designed as a last alternative if stuck too close to the enemy.
Blade (Xanadu): This is a simple blade, whose power is in the strength of the wielder.
Jet Weapons: These are guns like flamethrowers which shoot a stream of something at the enemy.
Bows: These are high-tech bows which can be customized and outfitted with a wide range of arrows.
Any of the above weapons can be built into a robotic arm or into other parts of the suit that you create for yourself, with the exception of bows.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:34 am
Attachments and Devices:
This is the place where you customize your weapons and armor.
Ammo:
The simplest way to customize your weapon is by picking your ammo. Ammo types: --Metal: Standard ammo, inexpensive, light, can pierce light armor with ease and medium armor fairly well. Heavier armor requires a lot of shots to pierce. --Metal, Piercing: Sniper ammo. This is shot at a very high speed with a special bullet shape, allowing it to pierce heavy armor. --Laser: This ammo creates a laser shot which is better at cutting through heavy armor, but is still practical for use against light armor. --Plasma (Syrinx): This ammo cuts through heavy armor with ease, but the slow rate of fire, high heat, and high recoil make it impractical for use against ligher targets. --Explosive: This ammo explodes upon contact with a solid object. Can be small bullets or large rockets. --Shock: Ammo which gives off an electric shot when it hits a solid object and for several seconds afterwards, screwing with mechanical components of enemy armor. --Fire: Ammo used in flamethrowers. --Acid: Ammo used in an acid-spraying weapon. --Gas: Ammo used in a gas-spraying weapon. --Proton (Syrinx): Extremely powerful ammo that creates a laser beam which atmoizes a long beam of enemies. Requires a Proton Converter and an Advanced Cooling System.
Arrows: --Metal: Standard Arrow, used for light or medium armored foes. --Metal, piercing: Arrow used to pierce heavy armor. --Explosive: Arrow which explodes upon contact with a solid object. --Acid: Arrow which explodes and sprays acid everywhere upon contact with a solid object. --Heat-Seeking: Arrow which will seek out objects that give off heat signatures, changing its midair course to hit them. --Shock: Arrow which embeds itself in whatever it hits and emits an electrical charge, screwing with mechanical components of enemy armor. --Heat: Arrow which melts through metal.
Attachments:
These are things that you attach to your weapons to increase effectiveness.
Scope: The wielder can look through this to increase accuracy. The most common use is in sniper rifiles.
Long Barrel: This increases a weapon's accuracy, but decreases rate of fire and increases weight. Used often in sniper rifiles among other things.
Short Barrel: This decreases a weapon's accuracy, but increases its power and decreases weight. Used in sawed-off shotguns among other things.
Double Barrel: The weapon shoots two shots, at the cost of increased weight.
Triple Rotating Barrel: This is a barrel especially designed for machine-guns. It is large and heavy, but increases accuracy by a lot.
Strap: This absorbs recoil and allows the wielder to carry heavier weapons by allowing your shoulder and arm to hold it and absorb the shock, not just your arm.
Tripod: This is an attachment which allows the weapon to be mounted on the ground, absorbing a lot of recoil.
Shock Absorber: This decreases recoil, but increases weight.
Increased Ammo Storage: This increases ammo storage, but increases weight.
Increased Rate of Fire: This increases rate of fire, but decreases accuracy.
Increased Power: This increases power, but increases weight.
Cooling Fan: This cools a weapon so it doesn't overheat. Required on plasma weapons, can increase efficiency of machine guns. Increases weight.
Target Lock: This has a screen with a crosshair. The crosshair changes colors and beeps if it locks onto a target, which means that you're much more likely to hit an enemy. Increases accuracy.
Bayonnet: This is a knife which is attached to a gun, allowing for emergency close combat as well as a powerful charge.
Combi-Weapon: This weapon has another weapon attached to it.
Advanced Cooling System (Syrinx): This is a cooling system which cools a weapon extremely fast if it reaches a high enough temperature.
Proton Converter (Syrinx): This weapon shoots proton ammo, which atmoizes a long line of targets. This creates the ammo by stripping air particles of their protons. It is extremely heavy and can only be used on mechanized armor.
Advanced Target Lock (Syrinx): This is like a target lock, except it also shows the heat signature that the target is giving off, allowing hot spots to be located for heat ammo, as well as showing armor thickness, to locate weak spots.
Fury Converter (Xanadu): This channels the extra body heat created by the Xanadunian soldiers' rage and adds power to their weapons.
Blade Enhancements: --Cerrated Blade: The blade is cerrated, allowing it to cut less smoothly, doing more damage to flesh and armor. --Reinforced Blade: The blade is reinforced so that it can be swung harder. --Chain Blade: The blade moves like a chainsaw, allowing it great cutting power. --Heat Blade: The blade melts armor it touches. --Power Blade: The blade projects a field around itself, allowing it to cut through anything with ease. --Shock Blade: The blade shocks anything it touches, stunning enemies and disabling electrical components. --Acid Blade: The blade shoots acid as it cuts. --Combi-Weapon: The blade is combined with a gun.
Gadgets:
These are implants, grenades, or other devices that might be held or implanted into armor.
Grenades:
Fragmentation Grenades: Grenades that explode in a set time after being thrown.
Needle Grenades: As frag grenades, except when these explode, they let out insanely sharp needles in every direction.
Gas Grenades: These let out toxic gas after being thrown.
Smoke Grenades: These create a smoke-screen after being thrown.
Haywire Grenades (Syrinx): These will disable any electrical component in armor that it hits.
Melta-Bombs: When these explode, they melt through the armor of those nearby.
Plasma Grenades (Syrinx): When these explode, they let out plasma in every direction, melting anything it touches.
Acid Grenades: When these explode, they spray acid in every direction. Napalm Grenades: When these explode, they spray napalm in every direction, which catches fire and burns anything it touches.
Flash Bangs: These explode with a great flash and a loud bang, blinding, deafening, and disorientating nearby people.
Suicidal Spiderbots (Syrinx): These are manually controlled spiderbots which run around and are manually detonated with a large explosion.
Spy Spiderbots (Syrinx): These are spiderbots with cameras. They don't explode, they deactivate themselves and then release an acid which quickly eats them away.
Gun Spiderbots (Syrinx): These are spiderbots with guns. They shoot things.
Smart Bombs (Syrinx): These are manually detonated grenades.
Armor Attachments:
These things attached to armor that either do something or have an effect.
Jetpack: This allows the wielder to jump extremely long distances, but not fly.
Gliding Jetpack (Syrinx): This allows the wielder to shoot up into the air, then deploys wings, allowing the user to glide around.
Personal Cloaking Device (Syrinx): This cloakes the wielder for a short period of time.
Personal Shielding (Syrinx): This makes the wielder invulnerable for a short period of time.
Extra Arm: You have an extra arm.
Tail: You have a tail.
Speed Enhancement: You can move especially fast.
Strength Enhancement: You're much stronger than an average robot.
Vision Enhancement: You have advanced vision sensors, allowing you to see longer distances, or to see 360 degrees or something.
Hearing Enhancement: You have advanced hearing.
Olfactory Enhancement: You have an advanced ability to pick up smells and recognize them.
Tactile Enhancement: You have very advanced touch sensors.
Self-Destruct Device: You can self-destruct.
Fully Independent Torso: Your torso can rotate 360 degrees at the waist, as opposed to the normal range.
Back-Mounted Weapon: You have a heavy weapon mounted on your back. Requires deploying stabilizers.
Deploying Stabilizers: You have stabilizers that root you to the ground, allowing you to absorb massive amounts of recoil, though you can't move while they're deployed. You can, however, rotate normally.
Target Lock: You have a target lock built into your eyes.
Healing Nanobots (Syrinx): You have nanobots which repair your body, allowing you to regenerate.
Advanced Target Lock (Syrinx): You have an advanced target lock built into your eyes.
Spikes (Xanadu): Your body is covered in spikes.
Organic Alloy (Xanadu): Your armor is partially organic, allowing it to regenerate.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:35 am
Profile Skeleton:
Gaia Name: Name: Nation: Appearance: Personality: Armor Type: --(list attachments) Weapons: --(list weapons) ----(list ammo and attachments under each weapon) Gadgets: --(list gadgets)
Squad Number: (I will assign this)
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:36 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:37 am
Current Missions and Objectives:
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:41 am
Current Technological Prototypes in Development:
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:33 pm
Cygnus X-1 is now open and accepting profiles!
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:18 am
Is there really no one interested in this RP?
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:05 pm
Come on... there has to be someone who's interested in this RP!
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:29 pm
Close this thread, this RP has been moved to the Sci-Fi RP guild.
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