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It is the year AD 2235. Roughly 220 years ago, Earth became too polluted to sustain humanity. They developed the technology for interstellar travel, and left Earth in a massive exodus. They piled into a massive colony ship, designed to find a hospitable planet. For five years, they sailed the sea of stars, until they finally found one. They also found that humans are not the only sentient life.

They encountered a race of beings capable of manipulating an energy all life forms produce. Humans called it soul, the aliens called it ki, although under either name, it allowed beings who could use it to perform feats that could only be described as magical. With enough training, people could fly, shoot bolts of lightning, and reanimate corpses as undead slaves. It was discovered that humans are innately skilled at wielding ki. And the humans discovered that there were other aliens. The galaxy was filled with sentient beings, and it was governed by a body known as The Galactic Alliance. The humans were welcomed into it with open arms.

People lived in harmony. Humans breed relatively fast, and soon, they outnumbered the other races. Fifty years after joining the alliance, humanity had reestablished itself. The leader of the humans in the alliance, Counselor Pierre, decided that mankind deserved better. They had lost their homeworld. The galaxy owed them. He began making alliances with other counselors. He promised them that their races would reign over the others with the humans. In the year 2075, they staged a coup. With the allied races, and humans innate skill at ki and combat, they took over the galaxy. Every race that wasn't with Pierre and his allies became second-class citizens.

A century and a half has passed since then. The Alliance is now an alliance in name only: All non-humans, even the ones who sided with Pierre, are treated as beneath humans. There has been some social change: Aliens can join the military, and even become honorary humans. There are still lynchings in many parts of the galaxy, and law enforcement will turn a blind eye to hate crimes in many places.

There needs to be change. There are still planets in the galaxy that The Alliance hasn't found. Here, rebel groups plot. You are a member of one of these groups. You've received intelligence that the government is shipping a convoy of weapons. Your mission: To hijack the ship, and take the weapons.

Little do you know, that while the cargo is weapons, it's definitely not the kind you're thinking of. What you'll find may very well give you the edge you need to restore the galaxy to what it used to be. You will sail the sea of stars, fighting tyranny in the endless void of infinite space.

Ki
Basically, Ki is the magic in this setting. It's energy produced by all living things. It doesn't always go by ki: Some call it magic, others call it psionics. And nobody is sure exactly what it is. Some believe that it's the energy that lets one create a picture in ones mind, others think that it's powers granted by some deity, and others think that it's mystical energy plucked from the air. However, the effect is the same: Ki can, with the right training, be used for anything: Energy blasts, teleportation. So long as it's not too OP, go nuts.

Technology
If it's in a sci-fi setting, odds are it exists in this world. Faster than light travel is achieved using artificially made living tissue that produces ki. The internet is extremely popular, and social media sites span entire star systems. Hackers can use virtual reality to hack into them, either to steal money or simply look at risque photos. There are androids, sentient machines used for labor (And occasionally partnership, although this is considered taboo by many). Energy weapons such as plasma rifles and laser swords are used by much of the military, although civilian use is quite illegal. However, more archaic weaponry is quite popular, as it is easier to augment with ki. In the hands of a skilled ki-user, a katana imbued in mystical fire can hurt just as much as a laser sword, and is cheaper too. As with ki, go nuts tech-wise.

Races
Though humans are the most common, there are many, many, many races throughout the galaxy. Some, like the Nekkos, are almost indistinguishable from humans, outside of perhaps some fangs and pointed ears. Others, like the Drakken, look like what we would consider monstrous, with lizardlike heads and wings like a bat's. They all have unique abilities, such as acid spit or the ability to shoot web. Feel free to create your own for your character, although saying they are the last of their kind will earn you an immediate rejection.

Rules
-Don't god-mod. Instead of saying an attack hit, say it tried to hit.
Example
Good: Mario ran towards Bowser, and took a leap into the air, attempting to crush the overgrown tortoise underfoot.
Bad: Mario ran at Bowser and leaped on his head, crushing his skull underfoot.
-Don't make your characters too overpowered. They should be strong, but not enough to take out more than one skilled opponent. You'll be able to make your characters more skilled as the game goes on. As it stands, your characters can probably take on three or four Alliance recruits at a time. Maybe a soldier or two at once if you're clever. A veteran will give you a serious run for your money. All of you together can take on a Captain. If you see an Admiral, though, you should seriously consider running.
-Keep things PG-13. Kissing and stuff is fine, but any hanky-panky needs to be done off-screen.
-On that note, use the term "hanky-panky" somewhere in your sign-up if you read this.
-Despite the world being kinda crappy, the mood I'm going for with this RP is a bit light-hearted, with some serious moments.
-While it says near the top that you're a member of the rebels, you don't necessarily have to be. You could be a grunt with the military who is sympathetic to the rebels cause. Or you could be one of the prisoners aboard the ship, willing to do anything to get away from the madmen who have been playing with your DNA like a slinky.

Sign-Up Form
Name: Everyone's got a name. That said, naming standards very widely from planet to planet and species to species. So name your character whatever you like.
Species: What race is your character? Humans are the most common. If not human, include some details about how your race differs from them, and if you like, some history.
Gender: List whichever your race is closest too.
Age: How old is your character? Most anything is acceptable here, seeing as some races have lifespans spanning only a decade, while others can live hundreds of years, barring accidents.
Position: If you're a member of the rebels, what do you do as a crewmember? They don't have a single rank for "Captain" or "Leader". The players need to decide to elect one themselves, or simply share the role amongst themselves. Also, you will need a pilot. The pilot gets to choose what each ship the crew gets looks like, and, of course, use it in battle.
Appearance: What does your character look like?
History: Optional, although it is nice.
Techniques: What does your character bring to the table in a fight? Do they combine ki and martial arts, imbuing their fists with lightning? Or are they a defector from the Alliance Military, wielding grenades and a plasma rifle? Or perhaps they are a trained assassin, with a cloaking device and a pair of katanas? Or maybe an alien who has mastered the natural weapons of their race, firing spikes from the backs of their forearms and spitting acid into your foe's eyes. List three or four "moves" your character has. If your character is skilled in their weapon being just having a general knowledge of where one holds it, that should also take up a slot.
Skills: What can your character do outside of a fight? Stuff like hacking computers, first aid, and repairing machines goes here.
Equipment: What does your character typically carry with them?
Other: Anything else you want to put?

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Mechanic/Weapons Researcher: @Flaze
 
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Example SU:

Name: Cadet Leo Kilcannon
Species: Leo is a Valkyrian. They look mostly human, except their skin tones are much more colorful, coming in any shade of blue, green, or purple. Also, they have mouths on the palms of their hands, from which they can extend a spiny tongue. This tongue can be used to grab onto things, and will grow back if sliced off.
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Position: Leo was formerly a member of the Alliance military. However, he has defected a few weeks ago. He was trained as a medic, and that's the row he fills within the rebellion.
Appearance: As a former soldier, one would expect Leo to be fairly muscular. This is not the case. Like most Alliance soldiers, his training was very brief. As a result, he's a bit of a twig. He's lanky, with long arms and legs. As a valkyrian, he has blue skin. His eyes are green, and his hair is brown. As for clothes, he tends to wear a red jacket over a yellow shirt, with khaki cargo shorts and black sneakers. He does still have his Alliance Military uniform, although he doesn't use it for obvious reasons.
History: As a non-human, Leo and his family suffered quite a bit of persecution. His father found it very difficult to hold down a job, and Leo was picked on at school. His parents had a plan to escape this: As soon as Leo was old enough, he would join the military. If he did well enough, he could get himself and his parents honorary human status. Leo could go to college, and his parents wouldn't have to just barely eke out a living.
However, a soldier's life was not for Leo. His first mission was to put down a riot on his own planet. Among them, he saw people he knew: His neighbors, one of his teachers. He couldn't serve the Alliance. He later met up with one of the survivors, who gave him directions to join the rebels. Now, he's ready for his first mission.
Techniques:
-Combat Medic: Leo trained as a medic in the military. So not only can he heal people out of battle, he can quickly patch someone up in the middle of a fight if he needs to.
-Grenade Proficiency: Leo is more accurate than the normal person with grenades, able to hit enemies behind cover and around corners with little difficulty.
-Valkyrian Martial Arts: Leo was bullied as a kid a lot. His father taught him how to fight. Now, while he may not look imposing, he can definitely hold his own in cobat. His fighting style revolves around using one hand to punch and block attacks, while his left hand, the one with the mouth on the palm, extends it's tongue for sneak attacks, either from thrown objects or by whipping at opponents. Like all unarmed combat styles, it can be readily augmented with ki, although Leo isn't quite at that level yet.
Skills: Leo is a skilled medic, and he also has some knowledge of explosives. And as a member of the Alliance Military, he has an understanding of their ranks.
Equipment: Leo tends to carry a trio of frag grenades on him, as well as a first-aid kit on his back.
Other: Hanky-panky
 
Certainly. Do you have a specific position within the crew you'd like?
 
Name: Flint

Species: Human
Gender: Boy
Age: 30

Position: Alliance grunt (swordsman)
Appearance: Flint is a moderate height of around 6 feet, with a fairly average muscle build but a bit on the light side. His skin has a nice tanned shade to it. Typically Flint will be seen in his alliance uniform but on assignments of low importance he is able to wear a customized suit that includes light weight armor plates on places such as the chest, forearms and shins. The colors alternate between a dark blue, white and black.

History: Flint was one of the people that drunk the koo laid and for a long time just blindly followed directions from others. However while watching holographic tv, he randomly stumbled upon a galaxy news network that exposed the alliance doing horrible things. After Flint did some investigating, he found that the news story was true. It was pretty disturbing but there is not much that Flint can do about it with his low rank. Sympathizes with the rebels but prefers not to stir up trouble unless he really needs to.

Techniques: Weapon of choice - Beam saber.
1. Swordsmans expertise - While still a few years short of being a master, Flint is more than competent with a blade.
2. Rain of pain - Flints distance attack, a swipe of the blade creates a narrow glowing field that showers a target in weak energy needles.
3. Ki push - A fairly low powered telekinetic push. Mostly used to distract or annoy
4. Endless laceration - Flint diverts his ki onto the edge of his sword to increases its sharpness exponentially for a short time. While powerful, it can only be used for a few minutes before Flint becomes completely exhausted.

Skills: Mr. Resourceful - Flint is good at making even the most worthless junk into something useful, like a sharp stick sword.
Equipment: Custom modified beam saber, (looks like a straight sword with a solid back side and a laser energy edge (neon magenta colored), pouch of high tech snack pills
Other: I caught a Hanky panky mon'
 
I was referring to things such as... Mineral lif--Know what? I'll go ahead and post it. I know I screwed up somewhere, but...
Name: “LC”—designation only.
Species: LC is from a race of living, oddly flexible crystals with a low melting-point. Their normally-stationary nature means that, while intelligent, they have no method of communication with each other. In liquid form, they can freely reshape themselves, though their frigid homeworld grants no opportunities to do so.
Gender: None, but keeps a female appearance and goes by feminine pronouns for simplicity’s sake.
Age: Roughly 421 Earth years.
Position: Sniper
Appearance: LC‘s preferred form is that of a young woman—roughly 19 in appearance and composed out of orchid crystal, though her outline leans on cyan. Her “hair” is rather undetailed and reaches down to her neck. Around said neck is a thin choker which keeps her solid. She also wears a heavily-torn, crimson cowl which is missing its right sleeve. Underneath that are a bulletproof vest and cargo shorts. A pair of crystal spikes juts from her back.
History: LC was taken off-world during a mining operation on her planet, before it was known that its plentiful crystals were alive and aware. She outright refuses to divulge any further information.
Techniques: Thunderclap—LC channels ki to create a deafening (erm, not exactly literally) sonic boom.
Lattice Recalibration—LC can alter her body's shape by disabling her choker. However, its deactivation and subsequent reactivation are several seconds delayed and requires a few minutes recharge, leading to the possibility of losing some of her mass while it is in liquid form.
Sniper—Er, LC has received advanced training as a sniper. While she keeps secret the circumstances under which she began are unknown, the results of the training are far from questionable.

Skills: LC has no need to breathe… Not sure if that counts or not… Also, any part of her body is able to "see", but only her "eyes" provide clear vision.
Equipment: The choker around her neck, which serves to prevent melting and translate her thoughts into words, and her plasma (sniper) rifle.
Other: LC’s sentences usually do not exceed four words, for some hanky-panky reason that she keeps to herself.
 
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Name: Lytlyt
Species: Lan’iard, they are very much like humans, however Lan’iards are born with a specific control of psychic ki abilities that allow them to expand their powers. Lan’iards have all kinds of different hair colors as well as eye colors.
However, one of the things that define them the most is the Lan’iards evolution, they are originally much like humans in their first stage but there will come a point when a member of the species will evolve into a Beast like stage usually treated as a cocoon, in this stage the Lan’iard’s power increases but they also become wild and destructive, after this they will evolve into what they call a ‘Perfect’ stage, though not many are able to reach this point.

Gender: Male
Age: 67 but looks 25
Position: Lytlyt is in charge of researching, investigating, repairing and even creating weapons for the crew to use, he’s also a skilled mechanist which allows him to take care of any problems that their ships might have.

Appearance: Lytlyt has long blue colored hair that falls down to his waist, his hair in turn matches with his similarly colored eyes. He has pale colored skin along with a thin built, though he can usually be described as a pretty boy due to how it matches with his eyes and overall appearance. Lytlyt usually wears a long sleeved white long coat that he closes up along with a black shirt underneath it. He also wears a pair of black pants.

History: Lytlyt was born to a Lan’iard soldier and a human mother, due to being half human and half alien he always had to deal with prejudice from other species as well as humans themselves. Lytlyt didn’t pay much mind to this, he only cared about one thing and that was to one day become a great researcher. That all changed when his father was killed in the line of combat though, it was a very controversial event as there were some rumors that he had even been killed by one of the alliance groups that they were working with.

This led to Lytlyt and his mom having to fend for themselves; unfortunately due to her weak constitution she couldn’t hold down a job so it came down to Lytlyt. He was able to make a decent living thanks to his keen mind and ability to create, but he always worried about what had happened to his father which led to him deciding to ally with the rebels.

Techniques: Lytlyt isn’t very strong when it comes to hand to hand combat, he’s able to use his psychic abilities for things like telekinesis or basic energy attacks. Because of this Lytlyt relied on his intellect to come up with ways to fight and created his own special weapons that he uses for combat, among them being:

100 KO: a pair of white gauntlets that allow Lytlyt to fire up to 100 consecutive punches, the force of the punches is enhanced with Ki and allow Lytlyt to even punch through walls with enough force, of course the attack is very straightforward and relies mainly on the opponent being hit enough so that they can keep being hit, if the punches are dodged then Lytlyt won’t be able to do anything until he’s done firing the amount of punches that he had assigned.

Elemental Roulette: A special scepter that Lytlyt uses in order to fire different elemental attacks, the scepter has a roulette like wheel at the top which changes and even combines elements before using Ki to summon elemental attacks.

Cannon Sword: A metallic stick like gun that absorbs Ki and turns it into a beam saber, the saber’s size can change depending on how much ki is infused into it. A person can also gather the key inside of the gun and fire it in the form of a blast of ki energy.

Black Cloth : A cloak that allows the user to become invisible

Crasher: A hammer that can increase in length and can also increase the power of its hit, the hammer is made of multiple red disks on both sides that can in turn separate and function as shields.

Skills: Lytlyt is able to create multiple kinds of weapons as well as fixing them, he’s also a very skilled mechanist and knows his way around any kind of machine.

Equiptment: Aside from his weapons Lytlyt also carries a special cube, when infused with ki this cube works as a portal to a pocket dimension where he can store all kinds of objects in

Other: hanky-panky
 
Name: Nikolai Leonidas

Species: Hybrid. Half Human, half Nemean, a species similar to Earth's felids. They have a near human appearance, but generally have much darker skin. Their hair placement is very similar to that of humans and rarely varies from a black coloration. Females usually don't grow that long of a head of hair, strands normally shedding before they reach 5 inches. Males on the other hand grow long bushy manes and thick beards. Their digits end with sharp black retractable claws. They have pointed ears and their noses look like a mixture between those of humans and cats. Their eyes have a black sclera, varying colors of iris, and a slit shaped pupil.

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Position: Repairs

Appearance: As a hybrid, Nikolai's appearance falls between his two parent species. He stands at 6'4 with a muscular build. His skin is a dark brown, rather light for a Nemean, and his eyes have pure black scleras, amber irises, and his father's round pupils. His hair is entirely black, the top is combed away from his face and the back flips outward, similar in appearance to a lion's mane. On his chin he has grown a petite goatee style beard. Nikolai's nose is much more human in appearance than his mother's but still ends with black, leather like skin. Unlike a purebred Nemean, Nikolai's claws do not retract, instead acting more like sharp black nails. His ears are pointed at the top, but not as drastically as his mother's.
Nikolai usually wears a plain grey t-shirt, khaki cargo pants, and brown combat boots. He wraps what remains of his family's royal cape around his neck, using it as a cloak. On his right wrist he wears a metal gauntlet, he made himself.

History: Nikolai is descended from the Nemean Royal Family. That however means little under the Galactic Alliance. His once noble family was forced into the ghettos on the, appropriately named, planet Warsaw. His mother had been born into this poverty, but was raised to always have her pride.
Nikolai's father had been raised on the same planet; however under far different circumstances. His own father, an avid human supremacist, had been put in charge of the planet. Despite his biased upbringing, he could tell something was wrong. Unbeknownst to his father, he began to socialize with the planet's other species. Eventually he fell in love with a Nemean princess. When his father discovered this he immediately disowned him, from that point on, denying that he had ever existed.
Soon after, he and the princess decided it was about time to start a family. However their species were biologically incompatible and therefore any hanky-panky couldn't result in children. They visited the local gene splicer, more commonly called a weaver, in order to have a child of their own. Such practice being quite the norm on planets where interspecies relationships are commonplace. That child would become Nikolai.
Nikolai would be raised by his extended family, including his father and his mother's entire pride. Trained in his species traditional use of ki and excelling in it because of his half-human heritage. For a life of poverty, Nikolai's was a happy one. At least until the uprising. Ever since their relocation, Warsaw's Nemeans had been planning a revolution. At first it seemed to be a success with the supporters easily taking down the planet's stationed defenses. The Alliance of course couldn't let this happen. The full brunt force of their military was sent to the planet. Those not killed in the retaliation were captured. The next day a public execution was held for those in charge, the royal family. Nikolai and his father were spared, most likely because of their humanity and his young age at the time. From that point on he was raised by his father and taught by the planet's other Nemeans. He vowed to finish his mother's work and restore his race to its former glory as the crown prince.

Techniques:
Transmutation - A traditional Nemean practice amplified by Nikolai's humanity. He uses his ki to alter matter's molecular structure. This technique is bound by the Laws of Equivalent Exchange. The first, The Law of Conservation of Matter, states that matter can not be created from nothing nor can it be reduced to nothing. What he creates must have the same mass as the source material. The second, the Law of Natural Providence, states that matter can only be altered into something similar in structure and properties.

Swordsmanship - Trained by his father, Nikolai is a highly experienced swordsman and has worked with many different variation of swords. So many in fact that he can almost instantaneously design his fighting style around a blade he has never used before.

Eye of the Tiger...and ears...and nose...and claws... - As a Nemean Nikolai has heightened senses. His night vision is impeccable, his sense of smell superb, and his hearing fantastic. He does however have some slight trouble differentiating yellows and reds. He can use these in combination with his claws to act as a hunting machine.

Skills: Nikolai has a very good understanding of chemistry as is necessary for successful transmutation. He also has reasonable knowledge of machinery.

Equipment: A pair of twin gladiuses forged from his own structured metal.

Other:
 
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Alright, sorry for the delay. I will totally be starting this either tonight, or if worst comes to worst, tomorrow night. So last call for players.
 
I'd like to reserve a spot. Working on my SU right now.
 
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