City of Heroes : Reincarnation

Department of Defense file no. 2113590

TOP SECRET: HIGHLY CLASSIFIED.

Date: September 19, 2012

Subject: "The Clash"

At 13:24:05 on 19 September 2010, there was a deafening explosion. Our sources have revealed that this had come from atop the Empire State Building, 10 minutes after that this was followed by several explosions around Lower Manhattan. The military had worked with us to track the cause of this and we are trying to capture all civilians capable of these things. We have so far only tracked down three metas capable of these anomalies. XY-3278, XX 2535, XY 4097. We have also released Project 51, currently under the care of Lieutenant James Monaghan as well as activating the Pulse Project. WARNING: XY 4097 has fallen off the grid after an incident involving a civilian death. Consider him extremely dangerous.


OVERVIEW:

This is a PvP role play in which you become meta-humans in a time of great change. The story begins with a short post describing “The Clash,” the final epic battle of a growing war between super heroes and villains. The carnage spreads throughout the streets of New York City like a virus, leaving burning buildings, crumpled cars, and bodies of civilians lying dead in the street.

In the bloody aftermath the government, decides that it is time to put an end to the vigilante justice that has been plaguing the streets. They begin unleash secret meta-human research projects into the streets under a tight leash to begin to bring the Heroes and Villains alike to justice, using force only if necessary. For a time this works, meta-human violence begins to decline and a public outcry for all supers to register as government super-agents ensues. However, the peace was only temporary.

The crime rate rose sharply, as the now corrupt and (quite bluntly) lazy police department was once again in charge of bringing criminals to justice. The resurrection of super villains came quickly. Most realized that without super heroes to muck up their activities, they had free reign of the city. Bank heists, hold ups, and the occasional murder began making news on a nightly basis. Many heroes grew tired of sitting around and letting the trash run through streets, and came out of retirement. More and more battles have been breaking out and the government is starting to lose its grip of the City.

Welcome to New York, year 2014. This is the year that changed the way the world viewed meta-humans.

There are 4 organizations in this RP:
Heroes
Villains
Civilians (Survivors of "The Clash". Do not have any powers)
Military

Rules:
-No God modding (If there are violations, actions will be taken to remove your character from play)
-If playing a superhero, give your powers a certain limit.
-And all other FOG rules

Character Sheet:
(Do not answer questions in blue if you are planning to play a civilian)
Name:
Age:
Alias:
Organization: (Military, Heroes, Villains, Civilians)
Power(s):
Appearance:
Brief History:

CHARACTERS:
HEROES:

VILLIANS:

Phantomzaber

Spoiler:

Name: Benjamin Walcott
Age: 22
Alias: Nightmare
Organization: Villains
Power(s): Telekinesis
Appearance:
Normal:
Costume:
Brief History: Mild mannered Benjamin Walcott is in trouble. While trying to pay for hospital bills for his sick father, he has run out of money. He has turned to a life of robbing banks and picking up money however he can. The only problem with this is that his alter ego, Nightmare, has become synonymous with the side of evil. While not wishing to harm others, he continues to rampage through the streets in his ongoing quest to save his father by any means necessary. (More in depth background coming soon)

GOVERNMENT:

You know I'm in. Will revamp my profile right away.

So you want us to go ahead and post a cs?

Edit: Just noticed this is in the Interest section, so I'll wait 'till the ooc section.

yeah, go ahead.

Oh you know that I am in.

Count me the freak in!!

Hell yeah. Now, do I bring back old charries, or make up new ones??? That is the question!

I'd miss flare if she didn't end up coming back. lol.

Is this still open?

If it is, I wouldn't mind reserving a spot

What sort of business would the military be getting their dirty paws into?

Oh, that reminds me. Last time, the policies, agenda, and actions of military were left up to me for the most part.

Will someone be Rping Pulse's superiors other than myself this go around?

I see no problem in you having control of the military's actions you did a good job last time. Mind you the final word is Zaber's.

From the sound of things there was a previous RP. Any chance there's a link for that thread, or is it not that big a deal?

Once we get the actual OOC board up I think we will be putting a link in. Again defer to Zaber.

Name: Georgia Kensington
Age: 24
Alias: Surge
Organization: Villains
Power(s): Water
Appearance:

Spoiler:

Brief History: Georgia works in a large science pharmaceuticals factory where during her own personal testing she discovered a drug that altered her physicality. She can now control water in all forms, whether solid, liquid or gas, and is able to expand or minimalise it. Since then, after being jaded by an now ex boyfriend, she has personally vendetted herself against the city.

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Character Sheet:

Name: Safiya Kensington
Age: 21
Alias: Flare
Organization: Heroes
Power(s): Fire manipulation and creation. Also has heating abilities.
Appearance:

Spoiler:

When in hero mode... During the day

Brief History: Safiya had always been a pyromaniac. It was only natural that when she evolved, she retained her pyromaniac ways. When she hit puberty, she singed of a boy's eyebrows at school without even touching him, just because he looked at her funny. She has since managed to control her powers, being able to heat up a single coin in someone's pocket just for fun. It took a while for her to develop and manage her skill, but now that she has a grasp of it, she uses it to the best of the city folk, by defeating the villains.
A drawback of her pyromancy, is that her metabolism is very high, and she must eat very very large meals or constantly snack throughout the day. An accountant by day pays her rent and food bills, the crime-fighting business doesn't pay very well.

P.S. If you haven't figured it out.... Georgia and Safiya are sisters.... lol.. taking sibling rivallry to a whole new level...

OK. Sorry for the short absence, but I had a very busy last 36 hours. As there is obviously enough interest in this RP, I will be posting the OOC section tonight.
Onward to the Q&A section:

quakernuts wrote:Is this still open?

If it is, I wouldn't mind reserving a spot

Yes it is. I have heard nothing but good things about you from Sunwolf. Welcome aboard.

Edon wrote:What sort of business would the military be getting their dirty paws into?

Anything and everything that has to do with Meta humans. Their primary objective is to make NYC a safe place for citizens by eliminating the current super human threats. Just how dirty your character can get is up to you. Although if you stray too far the higher-ups may not have much a choice but to reel you in. :-)

Lumeus wrote:Oh, that reminds me. Last time, the policies, agenda, and actions of military were left up to me for the most part.

Will someone be Rping Pulse's superiors other than myself this go around?

I will be leaving the Pulse Project completely in your hands of course, however I would like to allow the government Projects to create their own handlers. We can discuss rank and procedures in the OOC thread when I start it up.

Hello Danger wrote:From the sound of things there was a previous RP. Any chance there's a link for that thread, or is it not that big a deal?

Yes, it’s actually a third restart of an RP from RPG Forums Online. I’ll post a link to the more recent one (Mainly because it is the better read of the two). However it is a restart, so we will be scrapping a large amount of information.

Good lord, I actually had to break out word for this post. See you on the otherside!

Zaber wrote:Good lord, I actually had to break out word for this post. See you on the otherside!

You had to break out word???? OMG!

DO you want me to get the link from RPGFO, considering I've already pilfered my CS's from there today?

EDIT: NVM: It's in the post below this one....

City of Heroes: Rebirth (RPGFO)

When you say military you mean, a meta-human that is part of or working for the military? Or can you also have regular human characters working within it?

I have my sheet done. I'll try to post later tonight.

If there are still openings, I think that I am interested.

If it's open, I'm definitely interested too1

Its still open but we are using an OOC topic now. Good to see another V:ED writer interested.

woot Hi! With you and Quaker on board I knew it'd be good!

Anything with me in it instantly becomes awsome so...^^

Just kidding...sorta

Actually I always say if its on FOG its quality. I can't wait to get this RP started.

Name: Jade Amane
Age: 23
Alias: The Badass
Organization: Hero for Hire
Power(s): Personal Molecular Manipulation. Moves really fast/really slow and can walk through walls. Hardening her molecules to take more impact.
Appearance: 5'1" One emerald eye one normal blue eye. Short black hair. pale skin.
Brief History: The Badass is a hero for hire. She takes jobs from anyone who needs help and will pay her anything at all. Because most normal people don't have much use for hiring a hero mostly only rich people give her jobs. Because of this she lives in a penthouse apartment with it's own armory. This is funny because for a cover job she's a barista at a local bookstore coffee shop. Jade really doesn't have any memory from before her 22nd year. So there isn't much to tell. She loves to have fun, she's a serious flirt, but some people are convinced she's a little crazy. Even if she is completely sane, she has grown quite jaded from being the paid help.

Name: Stephanie Walcott
Age: 18
Alias: Project 51
Organization: Government
Power(s): Creating a force field to protect herself. Becoming invisible.
Appearance: Dark chocolate brown hair a little longer than shoulder length. Blue eyes and pale skin. Stephanie is really skinny and appears taller than she is.
Brief History: Stephanie was taken from her family at the age of 2. Her powers have been discovered to early, and this was reported to the Military. Since then she had trained day after day to get her abilities to its maximum potential. While she was in Alaska, she was sent to New York to blend in and try to find out more about the heroes in the city. Then, The Clash started and that was when he saw Benjamin and remembered everything. She used her knowledge and since she worked for the Military, she basically knows all the other heroes alter egos.

The OOC is open. post there?
http://www.footstepsofghosts.com/casual-ooc-discussion-f13/city-of-heroes-reincarnation-open-t2600.htm

Yeah. Post in the OOC from now on.