Since I couldn't figure out how to delete this thread, I'm just setting it as defunct. --- "What is Engstom-Holbach?", you may ask. Well, dear reader, we are happy to oblige! Engstrom-Holbach is a corporation started 325 years ago by two business partners, Isaac Engstrom and Gavin Holbach. Mr. Engstrom and Mr. Holbach started as business rivals, but soon grew to realize that they could make a profit faster by working together. In the beginning, we were a measly company focused on giving our consumers what they wanted: Machines to make life easier, from robots to take the trash out, or fetch the morning paper. We made a foray into the chain-restaurant business, to a resoundingly positive results, making us the first successful electronics/food vendor business in recent history. After the success of our initial business, we decided to move up and out... To Space! With the help of a few aquired companines, we pioneered the first Hyper-Warp™ brand affordable hyperdrives, for getting you there fast; as well as designed low-cost, low-maintenance spaceships to get you to those relatives on Mars! Since then, we have evolved from our small, "local" business to the sprawling, interstellar corporation that lived up to it's expectation, and beyond! As well as crafting high-quality-but-affordable starships, we offer a number of other services such as: - Waste Disposal/Recycling - Hypernet™ High-Speed Communication - Luxury Resorts and Cruises - Starship Repairs - And now, for the first time ever, Private Security! Please direct any and all questions to the head of our HR department, Vivyl! Disclaimer: Engstrom-Holbach Corporation is not responsible or liable for injury or death in any situations, dangerous or not. We reserve the right to terminate you should the occasion arise. © ENGSTROM-HOLBACH CORPORATION 2574 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Engstrom-Holbach: Your Life, Improved! --- - You are part of a multi-billion dollar corporation (Engstrom-Holbach Corporation) wanting to increase security around their important shipments. - Things are going bad, so you need to stop the bad things from happening. - Depending on your actions, things will play out differently. - Sometimes things may get confusing. If you get confused, PM me (I won't bite!). -Time plays a big part in this RP. Notes: - I may not be able to respond a whole lot during weekdays, which is why I'm not going to give myself a very important character (finals suck). - As in almost all RPs, your character may die (or something like that), so be prepared to send another character. But don't worry, that (probably) won't happen! - I will post the RP thread when I get enough players. Also, if you have any questions put them here -OR- send me a PM. Character Sheet: Name: (Self-explanatory) Age: (Self-explanatory) Sex: (Self-explanatory) Race: (What race your character is) Appearance: (What your character looks like) Occupation/Relation with E-H: (Why your character is involved with this operation) Enhancements/Cybernetics: (stuff that makes you better than you could be naturally) Personality: (It helps determine how your character will react to situations) Equipment: (Things that the character carries at almost all times) Skills/Abilities: (Self-explanatory) Trivia: (Stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else/interesting facts) Example: Name: Thyliune “Ty” Reksa Age: 32 Sex: Female Race: Avian Appearance: A tall, wiry, white-feathered Avian, with piercing blue eyes. Occupation/Relation with E-H: Chief Engineer, Outpost Waylon-4 Enhancements/Cybernetics: An eyepiece that gives a readout on tech Personality: Level-headed but irritable, she has a small group of dedicated friends. Equipment: A toolbelt with a large wrench, personal log and various drill bits Skills/Abilities: Working with machinery History: She came from a rough-and-tumble upbringing on the grittier section of Earth, she spent most of her time working with machinery at a repair shop. She eventually joined the Engstrom-Holbach “family” as a mechanic, but was later reassigned and promoted to Chief Engineer of Outpost Waylon-4. Trivia: - She has many connections, ranging from scum-of-the-earth mobsters to Engstrom-Holbach VPs. - Her wrench is made of a superconductive material, allowing it to be quickly turned into a stun baton.
As in I must? Or you must? I'm pretty sure you're referring to the character sheet when you say "application", and that IS up there, so...?
Well, you certainly can join! I don't want to push it on you, but I've come back from a long hiatus of writing RPs after the forum that I first started on went down in flames, and I think that I've finally got a good enough idea.
Okay, done with revision Number... 20? Anyway, a flyer-style write-up has been made for the Engstrom-Holbach Corporation.
Well, I figured that I should give the Corporation at least a little history, but the important thing isn't really the Corporation itself. It can stand to be cliché without derailing or otherwise interfering with things.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, I actually approve of it. Seems like you're setting them up to be the villain.
Sorry, I just realised that I never actually posted this... I tried to make it balanced but didn't do a good job, so tell me what needs change. Name: Shade Age: 20 Sex: Male Race: Hylotl Appearance: Shade is a 5ft black helots with black scales, he has three fins positioned around his head, one on each side and one on the top of his head. Occupation/Relation with E-H: Corporate hunter, Shade is one of the guys E-H goes to when they need someone to infiltrate another business, kill someone or perform an otherwise shady task. Enhancements/Cybernetics: -Shades genetics have be modified to allow him to move at much faster speeds than a normal person could as well as to make him incredibly flexible and enduring. -Shade has a miniature supercomputer located in his skull, it allows him to analyse his surroundings, calculate risks and percentages and handle/store massive amounts of data effortlessly. Personality: Shade is psychotic, he is willing to kill anyone that gets in his way, though he generally prefers to remain anonymous and is enjoys killing for a sport. He loves watching his victims suffer and die, but only if it was a challenge for him to get to that point. He is also known for taunting and teasing his victims before the kill. Equipment: -Portable Worp Drive: Shade is equiped with a modified, miniature warp drive. With it he is essentially capable of teleporting through unobstructed paths, but only over a distance of several meters. The warp drive is hooked up to and controlled by the computer in his head. The imitations to this device are that he can only travel a few meters a a time, it takes several seconds for the device to be prepared for use again, he can only use it to travel paths that are completely unobstructed and if broken it will explode similarly to a nuke. -Knives x2: Shade is armed with two long thin blades designed for combat. -Combat headset: Shade has a computerised thermal imaging goggles, designed for hylotl use. The thermal camera is incredibly weak, as the main purpose of the set is to interface with the computer in his brain to help it with navigating his warp drive. Skills/Abilities: -Shade is skilled with blades and acrobatics, he is also more than capable of effectively using his warp drive in combat and is made more deadly by the assistance given to him via the computer implanted in his brain. -Shade s incredibly fast due to his augmentation and the computer in his brain allows his reaction time to be almost instant. -Shade is overly reliant on his warp drive -As a side effect of his genetic modification Shade is susceptible to bleeding out. History: Shade was born into a family of crime, his mother was a drug dealer and his father a gang member. From an early age Shade was desensitised to violence and wanted to go into a life of fighting and killing. He saw a glory in killing and beauty in pain, but he didn't wish to become like his parents, instead he wished for more, what he wanted was to hone his skills and potential to the best they could be and find a rival, equal in potential, for the ultimate battle. It was this goal that lead him to learn how to use the blade and the same goal that lead him into working as the living weapon for E-H.
Name: Strel Kesi Age: 22 Sex: M Race: Avian Appearance: Tall young figure with light blue feathers and a white face like that of a parakeet. He is almost always seen wearing his very toxin/acid resilient janitors uniform. Occupation/Relation with E-H: He's a janitor. They need someone to do the jobs nobody wants to do. Enhancements/Cybernetics: N/A Personality: He's really not a fighter, and will run from most situations he knows he can't win. But otherwise, he's the kind of hard working employee who diverts his attention from the tedium with daydreams and thoughts. Equipment: Most of the stuff he keeps in his cart. Basically any and all high quality cleaning supplies. On his belt, he carries a cleaning rag, spray device with switchable bottles, one of powerful enzymes for organic material, one for chemical stains, and one for all purpose grime. He also totes around his trusty multi-clean tool. Can be used as a broom (push or standard), mop (standard or sponge), or floor buffer. He also has his face mask for toxic environments, elbow length gloves, and a standard issue emergency pistol. Skills/Abilities: Cleaner- He can clean stuff very well... Almost any job is well within his ability to clean. Reaching- He knows how to get to places most others can't. Hell, he'd probably be an excellent spelunker. Improvising- He can figure out a solution to most problems. Maybe not as fast or as effectively as a specialist, but eventually he'd come up with something. Trivia: He's worked with the company since he was 16 and they've not given him a raise since. Thankfully, he makes just enough to live paycheck to paycheck, but he's not saved very much by way of pixels.
