Board Thread:Random RP/@comment-26347028-20160726181650

It was a time of greatness, not too long after a period of nuclear disarmament and the aversion of a global disaster, the world was at peace. Humans stood for once looking upon each other mostly as good men, and flawed ideals such as racism stood on the verge of defeat. But, as we all know, Valar Morghulis; All Men Must Die. And all things must end.

This golden age of fruitfulness was not to be. Soon enough, there were random satellites dropping out of orbit. At the time, it seemed a major problem with the navigational systems perhaps. But we would know soon enough. Soon enough would it begin.

At first, it looked as if the last remnants of terrorism had gathered together to fight their last stand to the defenders. What other explanation did they have? So they gathered together a large force of peacekeepers, to make an example and spread the word. But, almost as hastily as it had been transported there, it disappeared. The only things to return were crazed men with silly ideas about aliens.

But they weren't silly. They were real. And this was only the beginning.

The story begins with you taking control of the life of a person who lives upon Earth. Unbeknownst, a large alien force has landed and begun "exploring". Only now are the correct authorities becoming aware of the true threat. And now it's too late. It's a question of whether they can weather the coming storm, or be broken like a sandcastle in the tide. But, even if it's the former, how long? There's only one thing that your characters know for certain. Irrational or not, they would far rather survive than die.

GM's word is law, as usual. If you're caught godmodding, you're out after a warning. Any offensive language out of character will not be tolerated. The RP is R-rated just in case that is judged to be a necessity, but this is for the purposes of storytelling - not the characters, so please keep any of the things not allowed in a PG-13 setting to a minimum.

Now, since I've figured out the storyline, I'll make things vague as usual so everyone can inspect for themselves and make up their own minds about things. The storyline will change dramatically depending upon which path you take, and I have pre-written parts of such endings already. I will say one thing, however. No matter how dark it seems at the start, you have a chance. You may squander that if you wish, but at the very start you have a chance. This is fairly near enough modern-day Earth for me to consider technology the same, and for the sake of simplicity no new developments may be requested or anything because if some new thing is going to come into play then I will be the one to introduce it. This includes alien technology.

Character template is as follows;

Name: Gender: Age: Affiliation (Country/NGO/other): Skills: Equipment:

Personalities and appearance are unnecessary as they should be revealed in the story. To be on the safe side, perhaps it would be better to include appearance into the template.

So, my template;

Name: Jodie Boddice Gender: Female Age: 34 Affiliation: The UN, and England. Skills: Diplomacy, but she's proficient in many "old school" weapons. She's also not a bad shot, but more of an amateur in that sort of fighting. Equipment: About what you'd expect from the average middle aged woman, except for the fact that she collects weapons and armour for HEMA fighting. What use that will be will still be seen.  