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Character sign-ups and their CS's is fairly straight forward here. Just follow my example below and you'll be solid. Pictures are not required, but you get fancy points from me if included. Note that where I break down into detailed sections like "Psychological Profile" and "Academic History", these can actually be anything you want. They are not required fields, but simply information of interest, so if you'd rather replace "Academic History" with "Occupational Accomplishments" or something, then be my guest.
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<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c19cc2206_BlackSuit.gif.89ee8055c46b6cd300f65e80042bba8d.gif" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="43072" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c19cc2206_BlackSuit.gif.89ee8055c46b6cd300f65e80042bba8d.gif" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Professor Virgil
Brief: A curious, recently graduated anthropologist. Was seeking full tenure at Harvard before joining the Iliad Program.
Full Name: Thomas J. Virgil
Occupation: Associate Professor of Anthropology at Harvard
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11"
Academic History: Tom was recently hired on an as associate professor in Harvard's anthropology department, which is noticeably smaller compared to their more renowned disciplines. As with the university's course, his reputation is also lacking any notable accolades and has yet to make a name for himself. To be fair, however, he did just graduate and was only just starting his career, hoping to one day attain full tenure, before being suddenly invited by Dr. Isaac Evenway, founder and CEO of the world famous Apex Corporation, to join the Iliad Program.
Two years before, while still a student seeking out his MA, Virgil authored two theoretical papers regarding human societies under the pretext of certain classical myths actually being true. These what-if scenarios derived raised brows from his academic peers, but praise and intrigue from his more liberal professors. He graduated from Harvard with honors and immediately turned back to seek a teaching position at the university to continue working on his theories, aiming to correlate his suppositions with modern cultures, in search of some altruistic lesson (an exact goal, he did not have).
Psychological Profile: Virgil is frequently absent-minded when it comes to social queues, though he does his absolute best to act like a caring gentleman. For instance, although he claims he is attracted to women, when a woman attempts to sway him with charm, he is most likely to notice the tangled curtains on the far wall behind her before realizing that she's flirting with him. Even though he believes himself to be unattractive; the fact of the matter is, Tom is an incredibly handsome young man. His folly: growing up living a sheltered life full of books, essays, advanced placement classes, and no prom date. A bachelor, ignorant of his self-torture.
Despite his social faux pas, his most admirable trait is his empathy… by way of listening. He may hardly know the right words to say when someone is suffering, physically or psychologically, but it is his insecurity and inability to put his emotions into words that affords him a remarkable skill for listening carefully and mulling over solutions. As such, Tom is able to read a person as if they were an open book and recognize the traits and quirks that no one else can easily see; discerning characters from actors, truths from lies.
Preferences and Tastes: (Still working on these... Come back later for details.)
Ezra Nash
Brief: Intellectual prodigy credited with making interuniverse travel possible.
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Height: 5'6"
Chosen as a member of the expedition team specifically for his critical comprehension of quantum string theory and dimensional travel. Abandoned by his parents when he was a babe due to their fear of him growing up as mentally challenged after being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). More specifically, and after later discovery of his unusual mathematical talents, he was diagnosed with savant syndrome.
Psychological Profile: Ezra's particular autistic trait, other than being a mathematical prodigy, is his compulsive need for organization and structure. He cannot stand messes and clutter, and detests the phrase "organized chaos", as "anything chaotic has no place among orderly structure." He prefers his pencils constantly sharpened and set out in an ascending order from shortest to tallest on his right-hand side of wherever he is working, the color of his beverage must be poured into a mug or cup of a matching color (with plain water, due to its transparency, always poured into a transparent glass without tint), and he will always insist on wearing a black tie and vest with a white button-up shirt when he is working.
There are multiple social disorders also attributed to his ASD. He is unable to fully comprehend sarcasm and can only recognize it based on memorized rhetoric or if there is enough exaggeration. Likewise, simple jokes go over his head and he fails to see much comedy in them, however, he finds riddles and word games to be quite amusing. Despite being a book worm and shut-in most of his life, he is not shy or reserved around strangers, but actually quite rude and inconsiderate, though not full of himself or boastful (he simply has a tendency to interrupt or talk over others, or even pry into their personal affairs with inappropriate lines of questions).
The only time Ezra can be seen losing his composure is when he is around other boys that flatter him by their behavior (or even presence). Ezra is gay, but he won't openly admit it or talk about it, fearing that his sexuality is another result of his "condition" (ASD). He is acutely aware that he is different because of his autism and secretly has trouble sleeping some nights because his thoughts are plagued by his awareness of it. The Apex psychologist that thoroughly tested each expedition team member concluded that, for Ezra, his fear of his own self is most likely a result of his parents' abandonment.
Preferences and Tastes: Aside from his socially-awkward tendencies and savant aptitude, Ezra is a perfectly normal teenage boy with mundane interests in pizza, video games, and lazing about on an otherwise boring afternoon. He's an avid manga reader, but believes most anime adaptations of his favorite volumes are often an affront to the mangaka's (manga artist's) vision.
His favorite weather conditions involve any kind of precipitation: showers, drizzles, pouring thunder storms, snow, and even hail. As long as the sky is falling, he is completely comfortable. His psychologist found this both fascinating and puzzling, due to Ezra's distaste for chaos; however, the boy claims that there is, in fact, an inspiring, melodic pattern (visual and audible) to be found in the pitter patter of rain drops, the soft whispers of snow, or the harsh plodding of hail.
<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c1aab784b_Isaac-longcut(2).jpg.a7b61eab2ff21cbe9d65bca1bf4949d8.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="43687" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c1aab784b_Isaac-longcut(2).jpg.a7b61eab2ff21cbe9d65bca1bf4949d8.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Commander Titus
Brief: Remarkable military strategist and commanding officer of the Odysseus expedition team.
Full Name: Johnathan M. Titus
Rank: Commander
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0"
Hand-selected as the officer to lead the expedition team through the gate solely because of his bravery and experience in the field, composure under stress, and because of his morale-boosting reputation. The commander is a symbol that the team will need to rely on to guide them safely in the new universe.
Psychological Profile: "Off the walls", according to report filed several years ago when the then-major was still an officer in the Marine Corps. The comment had been annotated by his CO at the time in an after-action report concerning the major's return from a convoy mission outside the wire near Kabul. The major's actions in response to an insurgent ambush were quick, but unconventional and sporadic, with Titus giving an order for the convoy to reroute directly into the enemy position, more than 50 meters off of the route. Standard FRAGO response for when such a situation occurs is to quickly "get off the x" as safely and as fast as possible, not set a collision course right for the enemy. In the end, however, the Titus' "counter-ambush", as his troops referred to it as, ended up being the right call, as the convoy would have been forced into a daisy-chain IED ambush if they stayed their original course out of the small arms attack. No marine was injured that day, and Titus' team ended up capturing two insurgents that surrendered.
Titus has made a number of odd, but astoundingly correct, calls many times during his service. He claims that his brain is "wired to always sense when something is amiss". Perhaps the commander possesses a far higher degree of instinctual perception than most… or maybe he's just really lucky. Either way, service record and medals speak for themselves.
Finally, Titus is often noted to be an all-around "people person" or "just a generally good guy". He makes no amount of effort to be the gentleman that he naturally comes off as to everyday people and colleagues. Despite his rank, he is not above cracking jokes and joining with subordinates during their off-duty hours.
ASF History: After separating from the USMC, Titus applied for a position with the Apex Security Forces, the privatized and well-equipped militia owned by the technology corporation and charged with guarding their employers' high-level assets. He served as an officer for a little more than one full year before being selected to captain the expedition team through the Polyphemus gate and establish a base camp.
During his time up until his special selection, Titus worked diligently on any assignment handed to him, and volunteered on every occasion to personally escort Dr. Evenway on his trips outside of Safe Haven. He eventually became the CEO's defacto bodyguard and promoted to the second highest position over the entire ASF. Now, stepping away from that position to lead an entirely new division (the Expeditionary Apex Security Forces, or XASF), Commander Titus will be taking on the greatest and most dangerous mission of his life.
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<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c19cc2206_BlackSuit.gif.89ee8055c46b6cd300f65e80042bba8d.gif" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="43072" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c19cc2206_BlackSuit.gif.89ee8055c46b6cd300f65e80042bba8d.gif" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Professor Virgil
Brief: A curious, recently graduated anthropologist. Was seeking full tenure at Harvard before joining the Iliad Program.
Full Name: Thomas J. Virgil
Occupation: Associate Professor of Anthropology at Harvard
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11"
Academic History: Tom was recently hired on an as associate professor in Harvard's anthropology department, which is noticeably smaller compared to their more renowned disciplines. As with the university's course, his reputation is also lacking any notable accolades and has yet to make a name for himself. To be fair, however, he did just graduate and was only just starting his career, hoping to one day attain full tenure, before being suddenly invited by Dr. Isaac Evenway, founder and CEO of the world famous Apex Corporation, to join the Iliad Program.
Two years before, while still a student seeking out his MA, Virgil authored two theoretical papers regarding human societies under the pretext of certain classical myths actually being true. These what-if scenarios derived raised brows from his academic peers, but praise and intrigue from his more liberal professors. He graduated from Harvard with honors and immediately turned back to seek a teaching position at the university to continue working on his theories, aiming to correlate his suppositions with modern cultures, in search of some altruistic lesson (an exact goal, he did not have).
Psychological Profile: Virgil is frequently absent-minded when it comes to social queues, though he does his absolute best to act like a caring gentleman. For instance, although he claims he is attracted to women, when a woman attempts to sway him with charm, he is most likely to notice the tangled curtains on the far wall behind her before realizing that she's flirting with him. Even though he believes himself to be unattractive; the fact of the matter is, Tom is an incredibly handsome young man. His folly: growing up living a sheltered life full of books, essays, advanced placement classes, and no prom date. A bachelor, ignorant of his self-torture.
Despite his social faux pas, his most admirable trait is his empathy… by way of listening. He may hardly know the right words to say when someone is suffering, physically or psychologically, but it is his insecurity and inability to put his emotions into words that affords him a remarkable skill for listening carefully and mulling over solutions. As such, Tom is able to read a person as if they were an open book and recognize the traits and quirks that no one else can easily see; discerning characters from actors, truths from lies.
Preferences and Tastes: (Still working on these... Come back later for details.)
Brief: Intellectual prodigy credited with making interuniverse travel possible.
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Height: 5'6"
Chosen as a member of the expedition team specifically for his critical comprehension of quantum string theory and dimensional travel. Abandoned by his parents when he was a babe due to their fear of him growing up as mentally challenged after being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). More specifically, and after later discovery of his unusual mathematical talents, he was diagnosed with savant syndrome.
Psychological Profile: Ezra's particular autistic trait, other than being a mathematical prodigy, is his compulsive need for organization and structure. He cannot stand messes and clutter, and detests the phrase "organized chaos", as "anything chaotic has no place among orderly structure." He prefers his pencils constantly sharpened and set out in an ascending order from shortest to tallest on his right-hand side of wherever he is working, the color of his beverage must be poured into a mug or cup of a matching color (with plain water, due to its transparency, always poured into a transparent glass without tint), and he will always insist on wearing a black tie and vest with a white button-up shirt when he is working.
There are multiple social disorders also attributed to his ASD. He is unable to fully comprehend sarcasm and can only recognize it based on memorized rhetoric or if there is enough exaggeration. Likewise, simple jokes go over his head and he fails to see much comedy in them, however, he finds riddles and word games to be quite amusing. Despite being a book worm and shut-in most of his life, he is not shy or reserved around strangers, but actually quite rude and inconsiderate, though not full of himself or boastful (he simply has a tendency to interrupt or talk over others, or even pry into their personal affairs with inappropriate lines of questions).
The only time Ezra can be seen losing his composure is when he is around other boys that flatter him by their behavior (or even presence). Ezra is gay, but he won't openly admit it or talk about it, fearing that his sexuality is another result of his "condition" (ASD). He is acutely aware that he is different because of his autism and secretly has trouble sleeping some nights because his thoughts are plagued by his awareness of it. The Apex psychologist that thoroughly tested each expedition team member concluded that, for Ezra, his fear of his own self is most likely a result of his parents' abandonment.
Preferences and Tastes: Aside from his socially-awkward tendencies and savant aptitude, Ezra is a perfectly normal teenage boy with mundane interests in pizza, video games, and lazing about on an otherwise boring afternoon. He's an avid manga reader, but believes most anime adaptations of his favorite volumes are often an affront to the mangaka's (manga artist's) vision.
His favorite weather conditions involve any kind of precipitation: showers, drizzles, pouring thunder storms, snow, and even hail. As long as the sky is falling, he is completely comfortable. His psychologist found this both fascinating and puzzling, due to Ezra's distaste for chaos; however, the boy claims that there is, in fact, an inspiring, melodic pattern (visual and audible) to be found in the pitter patter of rain drops, the soft whispers of snow, or the harsh plodding of hail.
<p><a href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c1aab784b_Isaac-longcut(2).jpg.a7b61eab2ff21cbe9d65bca1bf4949d8.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="43687" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2015_02/57a8c1aab784b_Isaac-longcut(2).jpg.a7b61eab2ff21cbe9d65bca1bf4949d8.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p> Commander Titus
Brief: Remarkable military strategist and commanding officer of the Odysseus expedition team.
Full Name: Johnathan M. Titus
Rank: Commander
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0"
Hand-selected as the officer to lead the expedition team through the gate solely because of his bravery and experience in the field, composure under stress, and because of his morale-boosting reputation. The commander is a symbol that the team will need to rely on to guide them safely in the new universe.
Psychological Profile: "Off the walls", according to report filed several years ago when the then-major was still an officer in the Marine Corps. The comment had been annotated by his CO at the time in an after-action report concerning the major's return from a convoy mission outside the wire near Kabul. The major's actions in response to an insurgent ambush were quick, but unconventional and sporadic, with Titus giving an order for the convoy to reroute directly into the enemy position, more than 50 meters off of the route. Standard FRAGO response for when such a situation occurs is to quickly "get off the x" as safely and as fast as possible, not set a collision course right for the enemy. In the end, however, the Titus' "counter-ambush", as his troops referred to it as, ended up being the right call, as the convoy would have been forced into a daisy-chain IED ambush if they stayed their original course out of the small arms attack. No marine was injured that day, and Titus' team ended up capturing two insurgents that surrendered.
Titus has made a number of odd, but astoundingly correct, calls many times during his service. He claims that his brain is "wired to always sense when something is amiss". Perhaps the commander possesses a far higher degree of instinctual perception than most… or maybe he's just really lucky. Either way, service record and medals speak for themselves.
Finally, Titus is often noted to be an all-around "people person" or "just a generally good guy". He makes no amount of effort to be the gentleman that he naturally comes off as to everyday people and colleagues. Despite his rank, he is not above cracking jokes and joining with subordinates during their off-duty hours.
ASF History: After separating from the USMC, Titus applied for a position with the Apex Security Forces, the privatized and well-equipped militia owned by the technology corporation and charged with guarding their employers' high-level assets. He served as an officer for a little more than one full year before being selected to captain the expedition team through the Polyphemus gate and establish a base camp.
During his time up until his special selection, Titus worked diligently on any assignment handed to him, and volunteered on every occasion to personally escort Dr. Evenway on his trips outside of Safe Haven. He eventually became the CEO's defacto bodyguard and promoted to the second highest position over the entire ASF. Now, stepping away from that position to lead an entirely new division (the Expeditionary Apex Security Forces, or XASF), Commander Titus will be taking on the greatest and most dangerous mission of his life.
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