Futuristic ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ ✭˚･ﾟ✧*･ﾟ* 𝐰𝐞❜𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬! ✧✭~ (interest check)

[Sugarnaut]

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we're off to mars!

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  roleplay made by

  sugarnaut

  
  
  

  Keywords

  Futuristic

  Science Fiction, Space, Spaceship, Space Travel, Sandbox, Slice of Life, Daily Life, Assigned Rooms, Stowaways, Movie: Moonshot, Generalized Sci-fi theme, Aliens, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs, Androids, New World, Cyberpunk, Urban Decay ™
  
  

  Frequency:

  Low

  One post every 2 weeks is preferred at minimum!
  
  

  Quantity:

  Low to Medium.

  Around 250+ words per post.
  
  

  Knowledge:

  None.

  You don't need to know ANY science-fiction tropes to be part of this roleplay. Just know you're in space and having a good time!~

  
  
  

  Plot

  
  01 January 3123.
  
  Departure from Planet Earth successful at 06:27 on AA-C009.
  Holding 1,524 Humans Beings, 12 Outer-Beings, 17 Cyborgs, and 8 Androids.
  A total of 1,561 passengers and 78 as crew members.
  Estimated arrival time...
  
  23 months,
  2 weeks,
  and 1 day.
  
  
  
  

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  Hey hey!~ So I've been thinking about a starting up nice little sci-fi rp for some time and I'm super excited to get an interest check started for it. This idea came to me while being annoyingly hyped to see Moonshot which is now removed from HBO Max ): I just think it would be so fun to play as characters who have to live on a spaceship to get to Mars. Imagine your Senior year of high school watching shooting stars pass by, pretending to be your brother on the voyage to start anew... Falling in love? Midnight bar fights with an alien? Being served divorce papers? All in a mental flying contraption?! All the drama, angsty, fun, and craziness we'll come up with...
  
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  Follow RPN TOS and RP RULES.

  Pretty simple and to the point. Keep violence to a minimal and sexual content isn't allowed on site or in this roleplay. Minors (people under 18) are not allowed to join this roleplay. I'm so sorry, as I'm just not comfortable with maintaining a platform with minors in general so please respect this decision. This roleplay is disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ friendly and would love to see more facets of diversity in the cast!
  
  

  2.

  Applications Process.

  This roleplay leans more to "free-for-all" than "first come first serve" mentality. You can reserve a face claim and self-made role for a character in the Character Sheet thread. There aren't "deadlines" for finishing your character sheet but if someone else submits a character sheet with the same role and finishes their profile before you, don't feel discouraged! I think there's always enough to accommodate two of the same role - and a very cool plot idea could brew from it. Just be flexible to changes. The only roles that are currently limited are aliens as it's a worldbuilding issue I'm still carving out the limits.
  
  

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  Characters.

  First of all, this roleplay uses realistic / real people face claims. All aliens and androids are default humanoid just for the sake of aesthetics. We'll expand upon the aliens in a future in OOC! Second, you can play up to four characters at the start of the roleplay and after a certain time period, I'll go ahead and open the flood gates. As of right now, everyone is limited to 2 non-human characters. Lastly, I reserve the right to decline your character if I don't see them as a good fit for the roleplay. I'm more likely to let you know you need to make tonal changes so I'm only really putting this as a line of caution, not some iron hand of authority.
  
  If you have more than one character, you do not need to fit all your characters into the chapter if you don't see them being active or prefer them to be inactive. Alternative events could occur at any time on the day of the event.
  
  

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  Out of Character.

  The OOC thread on-site is more for questions about lore and things before the roleplay starts. Most plotting and communication will be on Discord most likely when I get it set up. We most likely will not be using TupperBot unless requested in the server~ Activeness in the server is necessary, particularly to keep on track about the lore changes and planned events in the rp.
  
  

  5.

  Sheets & Codes.

  The only code I require is the Reservation code. That way I can easily plop your character into the "Roles" tab and not have to hunt the fc down. Make sure to let me know if your character is part of the crew or just a passenger. I did however make a simplified profile you can use OR use as a guide to fill out a different character sheet. I prefer profiles to stay on RPN so no Google Docs or Notion page links as your main profile. Totally go crazy for your own personal use of course.
  
  

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  Proactiveness

  I'm fairly lenient on posting schedules after a year of being in deadline-style roleplays. Life gets hectic so I don't ever want to be a bully in getting posts out. Just keep me up to date and I'll try to accommodate to the best of my abilities.
  
  Need a break? Tired of a character? Don't sweat it! Don't feel guilty if you have to recede from the roleplay. Just be communicative and the rest of us will stitch together what we have to. Your characters would instead just turn into NPCs (non-playable character) so any character plotting you've done still holds grounds for others. If anything, characters can reference your characters but not puppet them around. Please take care of yourself first - always! This system makes it easy if you ever want to come back, you don't have to worry about starting all over.
  
  

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  Posting and Literacy

  This roleplay is a 3rd POV multi-paragraph roleplay. I like using word count so you know exactly what you're signing up for. The 250+ word count is a loose minimum to help you push your scenes along and I won't go around checking every post so don't worry~ Non-native English speakers are welcomed with open arms!
  
  

  8.

  Kindness

  It goes a long way and I'll always put players over the roleplay. I love getting to know more people who are in this funky little hobby and want continue growing a good community of roleplayers as friends. Us weird writing nerds need to stick together! That being said, don't take my kindness as being a pushover because I will kick you out if you're being mean and rude to other players.
  
• CREW
  People on board who have the sole task of keeping the spacecraft running at its best at all times. Many basic functions have been solved by artificial intelligence and unitasker type robots. The spaceship is top of the line and the standard for all civilian transportation. If you'd like a role as a Crewmember, you can check out this list as inspiration.
  
  5/6 Humans Beings
  1/2 Outer Beings
  2/2 Androids
  1/2 Cyborgs
  
  Captain --- Ronan *
  Chief Officer --- Sarah
  Lead Doctor --- Seoul
  Lead Nurse --- Soleil
  Chief Engineer --- Solomon
  Security Officer --- Robert
  Head of Research --- Fletcher
  Flight Pilot --- Jessie
  Chief Navigator --- Rory
  Role --- Name
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  PASSENGERS
  People on board who have finally decided to make the trek to Mars. For whatever reason you're going to the planet, you hope to make the two year journey memorable. Names with ^ beside it are characters who are under the age of 20 years old.
  
  4/6 Humans
  0/2 Outer Beings
  0/2 Androids
  0/2 Cyborgs
  
  Translator --- Finn
  Artist --- Nari
  Extrovert --- Minseo
  Heiress --- Margot
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  So, who's on the ship?
  Humans, Outer Beings, Cyborgs, and Androids! You can play characters starting from age 14 and up. Cyborgs must be at least 20 - there are exceptions to the rules but I'll only accept one minor cybrog in the rp.
  
  
  What kind of aliens?
  Right now, we only have ONE race on board but two other types that can be CREATED. I don't know how many people would be interested in making a whole alien species and lore for them so let me know if you are and I'll try to whip some questions for you that I'd like to have answered or something.
  
  
  Outer Being Species 01: [SPECIESNAME] --- infiltrated Earth in secrecy when Humans first reached the Moon in 1969. The alien race volunteered in the Council to watch Humankind to see if they were ready to be part of the Galactic Council. This race can easily be mistaken as Human with their own features very similar. This species is from a matriarchy-lead planet where the beauty is currency and brawns doesn't hurt. They are the youngest species to join the Council before Humans joined in 2181.​
  
  
  Outer Being Species 02: [SPECIESNAME] --- Second Aliens introduces Humans to alternative ways to mend their dying world. Help me expand on this if you'd like!~​
  
  
  Outer Being Species 03: [SPECIESNAME] --- Third most common Alien introduces Technological advances. Help me expand on this if you'd like!~​
  
  
  Why does it take longer to get to mars in the future?
  The larger the ship, the more careful you've got to be! Space has changed tremendously in the 1,100 years from present day. Seriously though, I just made up an allotted amount of time that includes this many people. I'm not a scientist.
  
  
  What's even on mars?
  Most people are volunteering to move to Mars to help sustain the health of Earth. That's the BIG push the governments have agreed upon. Most of Mars is already discovered and settlements are more like cities and towns. Life on Mars was once thriving but the planet's main species died out millions of years before life even started on Earth. There are relics humans are focused on studying in the desolated Old City.
  
  
  Why are they called Outer Beings instead of Aliens?
  The Outer Being species would be fine with the term if humans weren't already using the term in a derogatory manner to themselves. Outer Beings prefer being called Outer Beings out of respect and formalities. Note: Space racism is just racism with stars floating around. As a person of color, I would like people to not make space racists. Totally call them aliens in OOC though because that's what they are.
  
  
  Why are cyborgs restricted at 20?
  In the future, Earth culture has turned to accept age 20 as when you become an adult. Drinking, smoking, military enrollment ages have shifted to 20 as well. Cybernetic connection to minors are frowned upon due to consent laws unless it is a dire need (and your family could afford it). Almost all teens wait until they're 20+ to be cybernetically linked if they choose to because it's cheaper, safer, and the options are much cooler than underground/black market options.
  
  
  Androids
  Around the 2300's is when we perfect androids when [Outer Being Species 03] introduces themselves to Earth. "You humans have it close, let us help." Since then, Androids have been a helping hand to humans. There aren't many human/android tension as most androids fill needs where Humans would prefer to avoid (example: call centers) or prefer less margin of error.
  
  
  Inter-being relations
  Human and Outer Beings have lived among each other tracing back since 1970. Love... Affection... Adoration... Fondness... Not only Human traits but Interplanetary relationships have never been able to procreate a hybrid species. It has never been possible, it'll never happen. This is a very weird situation to immediately add to lore but I've seen weirder questions. (: I put this out just in case.
  
  
  Question
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  Need a question answered? Ask in the Interest Check Thread and I'll answer it there and then add the answer here.
  

 

[Sugarnaut]

Post this in the Character Sheet Now ~​

name

the role

Spoiler

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tell me here if your character is part of the crew or a passenger.
also if they are human, outer being, android, or cyborg.
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[Ayama]

I am digging this premise and these codes

 

[Sugarnaut]

I am digging this premise and these codes

Thank you Ayama

 

[Sugarnaut]

I've been afk all day but here's the Character Sheet link!

Note: Thank you for everyone that's reached out to my about being interested so far!
Also, I'm going to get this Discord server going after work tomorrow!~​

 

[idalie]

ugh this is looking so good! i might throw in a texan engineer reserve

 

[Sugarnaut]

ugh this is looking so good! i might throw in a texan engineer reserve

Thank youuu, idalie!
Solomon's officially in the roles tab~
I'll ping you again when I've got the server running. (most likely tomorrow)

 

[CaptainSully]

Le strong interest!

Trektek this might be up your street bud

 

[Sugarnaut]

Le strong interest!

Trektek this might be up your street bud

Robert's on the call sheet now! ~
Weather's got my internet being spotty so I'm struggling on that discord server still.
I'll tag you when it's live!

 

[wheeler]

EYES BULGE OUT OF MY HEAD I LOVE THIS

 

[SavannahSmiles]

Sugarnaut Hello ^^ I was wondering if there are already people established on Mars or if this voyage is aiming to do that. I had an idea for a characters whose father is already on Mars and due to her mother passing away she has to make the journey to him, but I wanted to check if that would be possible.

 

[Sugarnaut]

EYES BULGE OUT OF MY HEAD I LOVE THIS

Fletcher is on board! Thanks for joining!!!!

Sugarnaut Hello ^^ I was wondering if there are already people established on Mars or if this voyage is aiming to do that. I had an idea for a characters whose father is already on Mars and due to her mother passing away she has to make the journey to him, but I wanted to check if that would be possible.

Hii thanks for being interested in joining! Mars is very much populated already so your idea works out perfectly~

 

[SavannahSmiles]

Fletcher is on board! Thanks for joining!!!!


Hii thanks for being interested in joining! Mars is very much populated already so your idea works out perfectly~

Great! ^^ I'll get a placeholder up soon; I think I might make twins.

 

[Sugarnaut]

SavannahSmiles Whenever you can, could you insert a role instead of the type your characters are?
Ex: The Perfectionist, The Shy Chef
I realized I wasn't too clear about that, sorry!

 

[SavannahSmiles]

SavannahSmiles Whenever you can, could you insert a role instead of the type your characters are?
Ex: The Perfectionist, The Shy Chef
I realized I wasn't too clear about that, sorry!

Like that?

 

[idalie]

Ooh speaking of 2 characters i may throw in a passenger as well, if thats alright??

 

[Sugarnaut]

Like that?

Yes! Perfect, thank youuu for the speedy change.

Ooh speaking of 2 characters i may throw in a passenger as well, if thats alright??

Of course take a whack at it~

 

[Arai]

I'm interested in this! I've put together a character and may do more if you need!

 

[idalie]

Yes! Perfect, thank youuu for the speedy change.


Of course take a whack at it~

Finally got her up too x
Can't wait to start writing these backstories eeee

 

[Sugarnaut]

Updated Roles and We are still accepting placeholders!~
Discord will be up tomorrow after I clean up all the fancy things~

Here's what we've got so far!

Crew - 7/12​

Passengers - 4/12​

Human - 7/12​

Outer Being - 1/4​

Cyborgs - 1/4​

Androids - 2/4​

 

[Sugarnaut]

idalie Arai SavannahSmiles wheeler CaptainSully neverbackdown Steve Jobs
The server is now live. Join the server whenever you can!

If anyone would like to lurk or unsure if you'd like to join yet, totally join the server to feel it out~​

 

[too.matcha.a.good.thing]

I am so interested in this! I just finished reading The Martian so this definitely scratches the itch that it left

 

[Sugarnaut]

Roles updated!
CS soft deadline is 3 weeks from your initial placeholder posting.~
Alien lore is being cleaned up and Spaceship layout is being rendered.

Thanks to everyone who's been interested and shown support!

 

[Sugarnaut]

Bump!~

 

[eyclore]

is there space for one more ? :0