spacepirate
space dragons in space
You were a Spacelancer of no great renown, when you were kicked out of your previous crew for one too many flubbed jobs. Stranded, penniless, and without a friend in sight, your only apparent options were to succumb to the elements of an alien world, or try to call for help. Spacelancers weren’t always welcomed on all worlds, but there was one option left, to join up with a fly-by-standard-night Job Board company called SolSuckers. Legend has it, if you just dialed their Galactic Token into your device, they would send a rescue pod to your location and give you a second lease on life.
Sure enough, a rescue pod arrives only three standard days from the initial call. It‘s cramped inside and smells faintly of grease (the cooking kind, not for ship maintenance) and there are mysterious stains on the seats, but at least they’ve provided some dehydrated H2O and ration cubes. Before too long, the pod comes to a complete stop.
You tiredly stumble into the space station that the rescue pod brought you to, only to hear a booming voice welcome you in!
This is your orientation leader, SoLeader Vampadril speaking. And BEFORE you ask, YES my wings are real and NO, you cannot touch them! That’s a very rude thing to ask a Phandrossian, but I figure you duds wouldn’t know the first thing about cosmic ettiquite, or you wouldn’t be here! If you’ve found your way here, then I can only ASSUME that you poor sods are all out of options and looking to register with SolSuckers. So pat yourself on the back, because we assume that approximately 73.9% of terminated Spacelancers would rather expire than sign up with us… so you’re part of the lucky few!
Yeah, yeah! I know what you’re thinking… “SolSuckers isn’t a REAL job board”, “Are you guys even still credentialed?” And “Is this going to disqualify my life insurance?” Well, the answers to that are Yes it most ascer-tootin’-ly is, technically everywhere other than the Permean and Mgla-Mgla-Mgoolah Systems, and yes! For the most part, no insurance company in the galaxy will touch you once you’re partnered with us.
But fortune favors the bold, and insurance hates the old! So what‘ll it be, pancakes and pogwoggles?!
First things first, you’ll need to learn about SolSuckers. If you work for us, you’re technically a Spacelancer, but you won’t be able to accept gigs from other Job Boards. Still, we follow the same rules as other boards! No killing other Spacelancers unless it’s part of the job, only take jobs your crew is qualified for, all payments are split evenly with the crew taking half and us taking the other, and lastly… fail too many times, and you won’t love what happens to you. That’s a company promise!
Just as a reminder, Jobs come in six ranks: A, B, C, D, E, and F, with you lot being stuck with F rank, for now! They also come in five different types:
Squabbling, to fight!
Services, to provide!
Sourcing, to find!
Synthesizing, to create!
Scrambling, to get the job done!
Next, you’ll need to submit your personnel file so the good folks there are SolSuckers will be able to pick you out of our randomizer— oops! I mean, carefully curate a team based on your aptitudes and set you up for success.
Character Sheet
Company Rules:
1. Respect all other players OOC and do not attack the writers.
2. Follow and respect all RPN rules and guidelines.
3. This is a semi-literate to literate rp. There will be no length or frequency requirements, though it is appreciated to let the crew know if you want to have your character resting on the ship for some time.
4. Submit character sheets and other lore/RP questions in this thread.
RP Guidelines:
Company Handbook:
(work in progress! These are going to be quick links to lore, character sheets, and more!)
(Another note, since this is an RP that encourages all players to be creative with their backstories and characters, feel free to create original homeworlds and species for your characters! I’ll have a format similar to a mini character sheet I would like us to collate them in.)
SolSucker SoLeaders:
If you ever have QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, or want some extra PTO (ha-ha!) then you should contact any of the GMs below:
spacepirate
Note: You are welcome to be as creative or straightforward with your CS as you like. However, please use the below outline as a base!
Sure enough, a rescue pod arrives only three standard days from the initial call. It‘s cramped inside and smells faintly of grease (the cooking kind, not for ship maintenance) and there are mysterious stains on the seats, but at least they’ve provided some dehydrated H2O and ration cubes. Before too long, the pod comes to a complete stop.
You tiredly stumble into the space station that the rescue pod brought you to, only to hear a booming voice welcome you in!
This is your orientation leader, SoLeader Vampadril speaking. And BEFORE you ask, YES my wings are real and NO, you cannot touch them! That’s a very rude thing to ask a Phandrossian, but I figure you duds wouldn’t know the first thing about cosmic ettiquite, or you wouldn’t be here! If you’ve found your way here, then I can only ASSUME that you poor sods are all out of options and looking to register with SolSuckers. So pat yourself on the back, because we assume that approximately 73.9% of terminated Spacelancers would rather expire than sign up with us… so you’re part of the lucky few!
Yeah, yeah! I know what you’re thinking… “SolSuckers isn’t a REAL job board”, “Are you guys even still credentialed?” And “Is this going to disqualify my life insurance?” Well, the answers to that are Yes it most ascer-tootin’-ly is, technically everywhere other than the Permean and Mgla-Mgla-Mgoolah Systems, and yes! For the most part, no insurance company in the galaxy will touch you once you’re partnered with us.
But fortune favors the bold, and insurance hates the old! So what‘ll it be, pancakes and pogwoggles?!
First things first, you’ll need to learn about SolSuckers. If you work for us, you’re technically a Spacelancer, but you won’t be able to accept gigs from other Job Boards. Still, we follow the same rules as other boards! No killing other Spacelancers unless it’s part of the job, only take jobs your crew is qualified for, all payments are split evenly with the crew taking half and us taking the other, and lastly… fail too many times, and you won’t love what happens to you. That’s a company promise!
Just as a reminder, Jobs come in six ranks: A, B, C, D, E, and F, with you lot being stuck with F rank, for now! They also come in five different types:
Squabbling, to fight!
Services, to provide!
Sourcing, to find!
Synthesizing, to create!
Scrambling, to get the job done!
Next, you’ll need to submit your personnel file so the good folks there are SolSuckers will be able to pick you out of our randomizer— oops! I mean, carefully curate a team based on your aptitudes and set you up for success.
Character Sheet
Company Rules:
1. Respect all other players OOC and do not attack the writers.
2. Follow and respect all RPN rules and guidelines.
3. This is a semi-literate to literate rp. There will be no length or frequency requirements, though it is appreciated to let the crew know if you want to have your character resting on the ship for some time.
4. Submit character sheets and other lore/RP questions in this thread.
RP Guidelines:
- As a semi-lit to literate rp, there are no length or content requirements. However, posts must be legible and you should keep typos, errors, etc. to a minimum. All posts must be written in third person.
- Do not powerplay or godmod. In this RP, powerplaying is defined as controlling another player’s character without their permission. This includes being able to pull, attack, or assume interactions with their character. Godmodding is defined as having your character be so powerful to the point it makes the rp less fun or immersive for everyone else. Note: The one exception to this rule is that the GM may have characters exit a scene if a player is inactive or on hiatus.
- Content: Site rules explicitly ban sexual or extreme violence and gore. Players are encouraged to allude or use innuendo when appropriate, but the GMs reserve the ability to ask players to edit content out of their posts at their discretion. Let’s keep the rp all above board! You can refresh on site rules here: RpNation Community Guidelines
- You are welcome to creative with your post format. However, all posts should also include a mobile-friendly text version if you are using code.
- The RP will be formatted as a series of jobs/adventures, with characters voting on jobs after every adventure. If your character is not on the current adventure, then please wait until the job concludes or we have an intermission for you to Post.
Company Handbook:
(work in progress! These are going to be quick links to lore, character sheets, and more!)
(Another note, since this is an RP that encourages all players to be creative with their backstories and characters, feel free to create original homeworlds and species for your characters! I’ll have a format similar to a mini character sheet I would like us to collate them in.)
SolSucker SoLeaders:
If you ever have QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, or want some extra PTO (ha-ha!) then you should contact any of the GMs below:
spacepirate
Note: You are welcome to be as creative or straightforward with your CS as you like. However, please use the below outline as a base!
Name:
Kanreo Cassior Pxan (& Symon)
Age and Place of Birth:
27 standard years . Leor Mitt Havvra, Benthic 7.
(Unknown, discovered on Alpha Chiori)
Gender:
Male
(Unknown, referred to as male)
Species:
Blue Havvrian
(Lanta Construct)
Species Info/Description:
Havvrians:
Blue Havvrians are one of six different Havvrian polymorphic expressions, and the only one that qualifies as a near-human species. Havvrians greatly vary in size and shape, with Blues appearing very similar to humans, save their pure black sclera and frond-like appendages instead of ears, while Pinks take the form of massive nudibranch-like organisms without the capacity for verbal speech. All Havvrians share their frond growths regardless of expression, and on Havvrian homeworlds, bioluminescence using these appendages is the standard form of communication. In fact, many Blue Havvrians who stay on their homeworlds never to learn to speak at all.
All Havvrians are born as fully amphibious beings, and grow into different expressions as part of their maturation cycle, after which their forms become permanent. How and what triggers this metamorphosis is still not fully understood. Some researchers even theorize the original ‘proto-Havvrian‘ ancestor were the frond-like growths found on every organism, especially considering how removing said fronds is usually fatal.
Lanta Constructs:
Not much is known about the Lanta, a mysterious civilization that left no written history nor fossil record, only their mysterious machines and constructs, though even those are few and far in between. Their power source and the process of creating one remain a mystery, as Lanta constructs seem to crumble into dust upon taking fatal damage. However, the value of a Lanta construct comes from its ability to “eat” just about any material, although it is said that each Lanta will only eat one type of substance for its entire life. One dominant theory is that the Lanta constructs functioned as mobile waste receptacles.
Skills and Aptitudes:
Kanreo
Kanreo
Job Board and Acceptance Data: Havvrian Worldsea Exchange; Accepted by the Royal Spacelancer Vessel Ora‘Kaori
Job Classification: Sourcing
Job Description: Acquire 18 Standard Tons of Phoma Jelly and Deliver to LFKS Pharmaceuticals, Epipalegic 2.
Client Review: “I’ve never seen such a catastrophe… I’m only bothering to write this as it’s required by the insurance. The crew of the Ora’Kaori had successfully gathered the requisite materials from outlying planetary colonies and was in the process of delivery when a rogue robot came in with propulsors, flitting from place to place. Of course, as Phoma Jelly is highly flammable, everything went up in a burst of bubbles and flames! It took us nearly three days to clean out all of the jelly from the Streets and channels of Epipalegic 2! If it were up to me, the Royal Council themselves would go down there and strip the Ora’Kaori of their patronage!!”
Supervisor Review: “I’ve told the damn kid to get rid of that mechanical pest too many times to count. He’s lucky I just stuck him with the collateral fees and not prison time…”
Cause of Unemployment:
Inability to control equipment and weapons; surplus of collateral damage.
Appearance/Description:
KANREO is a Spacelancer who stands at 5”10, weighing about 160 lbs. As a Blue Havrian, he closely resembles a human male at about the same age. His skin is a light gold color, and his eyes have a full black sclera. The two fronds on either side of his face are made of cartilage and are usually coral while dormant, but do change color either intentionally or during high-stress situations. His hair and eyebrows are a dark slate color, and several colored growths are mixed in with his hair. While his outfit changes in the situation, he is hardly seen without his PopPunch gauntlets and shoulder guards, which allow him to safely handle Symon and other hazardous equipment, as well as enhancing his strength. However, they are not callibrated for combat and contain no armaments.
SYMON is a small Lanta construct, a mechanical/synthetic lifeform of relatively unknown origin. Its body is made of a purple alloy that is both durable and flexible, and it can jet around using propulsors at the end of its ‘legs’. It has a screen for a face with two glowing green “eyes”, though whether or not it uses them to see is a mystery. It is only half a foot tall but is incredibly dense, weighing at about 400 pounds if it is not flying or carrying itself.
Kanreo Cassior Pxan (& Symon)
Age and Place of Birth:
27 standard years . Leor Mitt Havvra, Benthic 7.
(Unknown, discovered on Alpha Chiori)
Gender:
Male
(Unknown, referred to as male)
Species:
Blue Havvrian
(Lanta Construct)
Species Info/Description:
Havvrians:
Blue Havvrians are one of six different Havvrian polymorphic expressions, and the only one that qualifies as a near-human species. Havvrians greatly vary in size and shape, with Blues appearing very similar to humans, save their pure black sclera and frond-like appendages instead of ears, while Pinks take the form of massive nudibranch-like organisms without the capacity for verbal speech. All Havvrians share their frond growths regardless of expression, and on Havvrian homeworlds, bioluminescence using these appendages is the standard form of communication. In fact, many Blue Havvrians who stay on their homeworlds never to learn to speak at all.
All Havvrians are born as fully amphibious beings, and grow into different expressions as part of their maturation cycle, after which their forms become permanent. How and what triggers this metamorphosis is still not fully understood. Some researchers even theorize the original ‘proto-Havvrian‘ ancestor were the frond-like growths found on every organism, especially considering how removing said fronds is usually fatal.
Lanta Constructs:
Not much is known about the Lanta, a mysterious civilization that left no written history nor fossil record, only their mysterious machines and constructs, though even those are few and far in between. Their power source and the process of creating one remain a mystery, as Lanta constructs seem to crumble into dust upon taking fatal damage. However, the value of a Lanta construct comes from its ability to “eat” just about any material, although it is said that each Lanta will only eat one type of substance for its entire life. One dominant theory is that the Lanta constructs functioned as mobile waste receptacles.
Skills and Aptitudes:
Kanreo
- Mecha-Zoology Expertise (5/5):The study of synthetic lifeforms and the environment.
- “This is the only thing this g’riik can do! And it barely comes in handy! When are we going to meet robots we want to study instead of blow up, anyways?!” - Glowil Sigck, Former Supervisor
- ”Well, we originally contracted this crew to retrieve some iridium components that had been lost in a starship scuffle… but his knowledge on robotic forms and adaptations seemed to tickle our boss quite a bit, so we got extra vacation days. Would hire again!” Jason Iteration P378D, Client.
- Veterinary Training (1/5):The ability to treat, diagnose, and assist animal life.
- “Out of the sixty beuxox we were supposed to get to Jericho Prime, he saved two of them from the bovian flu, so I guess that counts for something…?“ — Kli Kli Vanxatrus, Former crew.
- “What kind of ‘vet’ doesn’t disclose he’s allergic to fur, feathers, and scales?!“ — Billie Robertson, Client
- Maintenance (2/5):The ability to repair and care for systems, equipment, and facilities.
- ”He did a wonderful job repairing the hydroponics deck on our station! When he wasn’t playing with that little robot of his, of course…” — Stationette Automata 4309, Client.
- “Those gauntlets he wears are top-of-the-line exoskeleton stuff, so he can lift something like ten times his weight in low-gravity situations. If only he knew what the hell he was doing…” - Gan-Ryou Jeu Marou, Former Crewmate
- Combat (1/5)
- ”The only thing I wanna use that piece of junk for is a shield since it seams nigh-indestructible, but Kanreo protects the damn thing like it’s his kid…” - Pharlene Chimneys, Former Crewmate
- Scouting (0/5)
- ”I mean, sure it flies around… but I don’t think he can understand what it’s trying to say…” - Verabea Lanlilly, Former Crewmate
- “Kanreo said he’d get his stupid robot to scout for us and all it did was nap. We walked right into an enemy ambush and the damn thing didn’t even wake up!!” - Glowil Sigck, Former Supervisor.
- Recycling (1/5)
- ”So get this, this spacelancer gets up in my face and claims his little robot pal can trash anything for me, no questions asked… turns out that all it wants to eat is normal food?! And this thing is picky, too! What the hell kind of useless bot is that?! And why is he trying to make money using it?! Would NOT recommend!” - Chuierrit LaCore, Client.
Kanreo
- Archival Research
- ”I didn’t spend all that time in the Royal University for nothing! I can research just about any topic! … hm? Computerized? Well… certainly, but I think there’s nuance that requires an organic touch, right?”
- Tutelage
- “I was an assistant lecturer, you know! Want to learn about how Pedality in Synthetic Organisms affect their ability to hunt? Oh! Or perhaps the nuances between electromagnetic and fission energy signatures? Huh? Dismantling and combat with synthetics…? Why ever would you want to learn a thing like that…?”
- Animal Training
- ” You know, there was this one time that I got Symon to fetch a ration chunk that I threw at him from all the way across the med bay! Oh, I’ve also gotten him to roll over a couple of times! … uhm… biological animals? That might be a tad out of my depth…”
- Boop boop bidi boop!
Job Board and Acceptance Data: Havvrian Worldsea Exchange; Accepted by the Royal Spacelancer Vessel Ora‘Kaori
Job Classification: Sourcing
Job Description: Acquire 18 Standard Tons of Phoma Jelly and Deliver to LFKS Pharmaceuticals, Epipalegic 2.
Client Review: “I’ve never seen such a catastrophe… I’m only bothering to write this as it’s required by the insurance. The crew of the Ora’Kaori had successfully gathered the requisite materials from outlying planetary colonies and was in the process of delivery when a rogue robot came in with propulsors, flitting from place to place. Of course, as Phoma Jelly is highly flammable, everything went up in a burst of bubbles and flames! It took us nearly three days to clean out all of the jelly from the Streets and channels of Epipalegic 2! If it were up to me, the Royal Council themselves would go down there and strip the Ora’Kaori of their patronage!!”
Supervisor Review: “I’ve told the damn kid to get rid of that mechanical pest too many times to count. He’s lucky I just stuck him with the collateral fees and not prison time…”
Cause of Unemployment:
Inability to control equipment and weapons; surplus of collateral damage.
Appearance/Description:
KANREO is a Spacelancer who stands at 5”10, weighing about 160 lbs. As a Blue Havrian, he closely resembles a human male at about the same age. His skin is a light gold color, and his eyes have a full black sclera. The two fronds on either side of his face are made of cartilage and are usually coral while dormant, but do change color either intentionally or during high-stress situations. His hair and eyebrows are a dark slate color, and several colored growths are mixed in with his hair. While his outfit changes in the situation, he is hardly seen without his PopPunch gauntlets and shoulder guards, which allow him to safely handle Symon and other hazardous equipment, as well as enhancing his strength. However, they are not callibrated for combat and contain no armaments.
SYMON is a small Lanta construct, a mechanical/synthetic lifeform of relatively unknown origin. Its body is made of a purple alloy that is both durable and flexible, and it can jet around using propulsors at the end of its ‘legs’. It has a screen for a face with two glowing green “eyes”, though whether or not it uses them to see is a mystery. It is only half a foot tall but is incredibly dense, weighing at about 400 pounds if it is not flying or carrying itself.
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