First and foremost: sorry for my absence. Got asked for things and then...... For the rest: As I was reading your description, I thought of Chiquita in Jormungandr, 2nd season, when the SR squad attack Kaspar's team(I would post the link to it but I don't know if I can). For weapons, I was thinking the following: 1 knife(that can be used as an emergency scalpel), 1 pistol (perfect the ariadna style, I really like the design of the weapon, as a backup weapon) and 1 rifle with underslung shotgun(covering both medium and close range). I could also take the sword as could give off the vibe of the stereotypical high class arab(scimitar + turban) image. In this system, none. I've read them but I need to study them better. I understood well the Dark Heresy series, D&D 5th and Pathfinder, though I never played them. Found the books in May, when I decided to start Infinity, for understanding what happened in the last eight+ years since I was introduced to it. Liked the setting but was more attracted towards GW's grimdark, than I got "tired"(I don't know what happened, probably overwelmed with the releases)and wanted to change... I simply liked the idea of a medic that got in the military for helping others and in the process got augmented. Also because @stevenart74 suggested as an idea. I also checked the Djanbazan Augmentation but it feels like it lacks something for this character. More than fine by me. I was a bit afraid of being the hacker or something more complicated than a basic support character for the first session.. I also thought about Outrage, but I'd prefer to leave the "canon" to the author/s and taking inspiration from it. A possibility was that my PC, during an operation, found a dying pregnant female Sakt, tries to save her, failing, but manage to save the cub who took with him to raise. The other I thought, I wrote it, gone to post, please entern CB ID, gone and can't remember it..... damn! .....Had something to do with the patron, your idea and could be seamlessly merged with the one above ....... Out of curiosity, is the AI a true AI(Nomad thing), a complex program or a virtual aspect of Aleph? Somethig like the trusted hand of Minotaur's board? Could easily explain all of the cool gadget and stuff.
@Ashen_Seeker . . . Have NO idea of what "Chiquita / Jormugandr / Kaspar" is / are. . .!! Anime? Manga?? American Comic / Cartoon??? Or is an action Videogame????? Spitfire as "Main Gun" and a Silenced Light Automatic Gun with underbarrell Shotgun as "Secondary" (such as when storming Close Quarters, like cramped trenches or narrow buildings) are VERY O.K. for Me. . . "Medic Bowie" too, along with an Arab Scimitar; all of course done in "High% Alloy" of Teseum-Nessium (the Minotaurs are tasked by Araidnan Government to RAID / PILLAGE / DESTROY any and ALL kind of Smuggling Operation AND ALSO the Hyperpowers "Legal Mining Supply Trains" that they can; they practically SWIM in Teseum Ingots, and have started to mint their own Currency, to act as "Tortuga Pirates Dobloons" that could be spent ALSO on complacent Nomads Missions and Haqq Caravanserais). . . Basically the WHOLE of the Minotaur Mercenary Brigade is a GIANT "Digitus Impudicus" (clad in a 100% Pure-Teseum Mormaer Armoured Gauntlet) toward Panoceanian and Yujing claims on SOVEREIGN Soil of Planet Dawn; the Federal Government of Ariadna wanted "Plausible Deniability" about the fact that: "Mysterious Human Edge Pirates with Advanced Technology and LOCAL Submondo Backup are Raiding Pan-O / State-Empire mining Operations on the Exclusion Zone!" "But a Multicultural Mercenary Firm, working as Hitech Security Consultants for the Matr Stavka and the Caledonian Justicar has managed to fend off the Raiders and retake the stolen Teseum Ingots. . .!!" "Of course, of course Mr. Pan-O C.E.O. / Imperial Party Member. . .!!" "You could have BACK what O12 Concilium declares RIGHTFULLY Yours! Just a Finder's Fee Tax, Surcharge for Spent Ammo and Fuel!! Secondary Collateral Life-Hazard Assicuration for our Personnel (You know We Yokels of Ariadna have NO Cube Backups !!!). . ." "Ah, Yes! There is JUST a tiny Extra Bonus as there was some Firefight with Local Wildlife too!! Antipodes are considered Protected Aboriginal Natives under Concilium Laws, and there were also Snakewolves, You know, the Endangered Local Fauna specimens. . .!!" . . . . . And so on, "Ad Nauseam" ! There is a WHOLE Firm of Tunguskan Lawyers ("Prince Sacha Veblyn Attorneys" with Not-So-Distant Family Ties to Kazak Klans that went to colonize Dawn !!) backing these claims, sponsored too by 2-3 Silk Lords of Bourak that are "In The Scheme". . . . . . . . Ariadnans with stakes in the "Minotaur Operations" are FED up by the ideas of Panoceanian Megacorps and Yujingese Zaibatsus thinking to throw their weight around on the "Primitive Backwater Planet" and started to exploit Loopholes created BY THE HYPERPOWERS in the Laws of Concilium FOR THEIR OWN gain!!! . . . . . As for A.L.E.P.H. the "Chieftain Fiasco" (William Wallace, an Aspect of big Combat Skills sent to precipitate Civil War between Caledonia and the other Ariadnan Federal Nations, that went "Native") is BURNING very Bright still in Ariadnans. . . . . . . . They started to reach for Nomads-made "True Artificial Intelligences" to back them against the "Quantronic Deity" and ALMOST fell for Svengali (a Renegade A.I. created to be the ULTIMATE Criminal-Mastermind Mob-Kingpin; the ONLY A.I. outside A.L.E.P.H. capable of "Forking Itself" in multiple Lhost Aspects, albeit far limited than Devas, Asuras and similars !!!). . . With the help of the Haqqislamite Silk-Neuralware Researchers (to stave the fact that PRACTICALLY parts of Arachne are OWNED by Svengali) the Minotaurs now have the help of H.I.V.E.M.I.N.D. ("Single-Aspect" A.I.; singular mind controlling innumerable "Lesser Humandroid" Robotic Bodies, with CALCULATED "Limited Frames") to counter NOT ONLY Svengali machinations, but ALSO any kind of "Brilliant Chieftain-MK2" ideas by A.L.E.P.H. and other issues. . . H.I.V.E.M.I.N.D. recently warned the High Command od the Minotaurs that ANOTHER criminal concern PERHAPS guided by a "Secret Renegade A.I." is trying to muscle in the Ariadna Backwater Lands; preoccupied LESS with Teseum Smuggling and MORE with Gladiatorial Fights / Prostitution Slave-Rings of Antipode, Wulvers and Dogwarriors (almost a sort of "Dark Mirror" of the unsavory Chimeras-Pupniks-Uplifteds practices of Praxis Black Labs on Bakunin Mothership !!) is dubbed "N.E.M.E.S.I.S." !!! That weird "Crime Sectarian Conspiration" seems to be a DEVIANT Offshoot of the Moirae Observancers Creed, with Cruel Female Mob-Mistresses employing brainwashed / drugged / gene-modded Male Slaves. . . H.I.V.E.M.I.N.D. is busy collating evidences obtained on Dawn Outskirts, on the darkest recesses of the Nomad Motherships and in the far-off "Black Corners" of Bourak to understand if "N.E.M.E.S.I.S." is JUST another Front of Svengali (maybe controlled by one of the Female "Forked" Lhosts), a totally different Renegade Artificial Intelligence, or even something FAR MORE SINISTER. . . At least ONE "Secret Operative" of N.E.M.E.S.I.S. trying to infiltrate the Minotaurs was revealed to be a Shaasvastii Speculo Killer!!! When interrogated under "Quantronic Torture" by Tunguskan Interventor Specialists and Hashashins Elites the operative (codenamed "Erys" as the Greek Goddess of Strife !!) NEGATED any kind of collusion with the Combined Army E.I. High Command, insisting "She" was acting Renegade and "Freelancing for Likeminded Human Mothers". . .!! . . . . . @Golem2God ; @inane.imp ; @Nuada Airgetlam . . . Forgot to hyperlink the "STARTING TIME TABLE" of the Game; could be important to decide Character Background Details. . . The Game is set BEFORE any of the Big Impact Events that changed "Infinity The Wargame" from N2 to N3 and even N4. . . The Japanese Uprising HAS NOT yet underwent (and MAYBE will NEVER happen !!!); along with the Blockade of Svaralheima Circular Gate and other stuff. . . I will ALSO hear and consider SERIOUSLY some even VERY Radical changes to the Setting proposed by the Players; but we will need "100% Consensus" of ALL Players on this. . . . . . . . I Love the "Gameworld Background" created by Corvus Belli for their Miniature Wargame, BUT this is the " Shared Roleplaying" GAME of ME and OF MY PLAYERS; for something that is "Off" for Background, we could as well "Rewrite History". . . . . . . . Maybe, WHEN (and IF) the "Kurage Island Debacle" will happen, BOTH the Evolved Intelligence and the "Meddling Hyperpowers" (Pan-O; Yujing; A.L.E.P.H.-sponsored Operations) will find Novy Cimmeria as an "Impregnable Fortress" manned by all manner of "Minotaurs Freak Legions". . . . . . !!!
This. I really recommend it. The anime is only 24 episodes, divided into 2 seasons. The story might not be the greatest but, personally, I find there are really good idea and points of reflection. Got it!
@Ashen_Seeker . . . Glad that the "Infomeme Data-Dump Memetic Textwall-Attack" was not too much (I joke, but these are terms of "Informatic Combat" inside Infinity; especially between A.L.E.P.H. Humandroids and the Hackers of the "Nomad Nations" such as the Character of @inane.imp . . .!!) . . . . . Settling just some minor background details with @Golem2God about His character, but everything should be finalized very soon!!! @Nuada Airgetlam , do You need some clarification for the Role of Your Character and the Culture from which He come. . .??
I'm going to have to bow out. I'm pretty much tapped for gaming capacity right now and my next month is really up in the air.
Hey, I am very sorry for silence, but due to recent events and my work (Medical IT) I am sadly slightly less available. While I did adore concept I had for Alistair, I simply may not have enough time to offer regular posts.
Al can come back at anytime you are ready. His story does not have to end. Whenever this situation dies (literally) down I hope we can get together once again. Hope you are blessed and protected in your medical job. God be with you and may the LORD shine his face upon you.
@inane.imp . . . Sorry to hear of Your predicament, but BAD Times have BAD Effects on Everything. . . Feel free to check anytime if Places are open to re-join; we will say that Your Morlock Hacker is STILL an Hired Minotaur, but will join the rest of "Fireteam Alpha", along with His remotes, anytime. . . @Beodren . . . Glad to hear of You! Also You feel free to check anytime that You have free spots to Play; we will se how it is possible to re-join (maybe ALSO with a "Parachute Insertion", Duroc-Style, EVEN in the Middle of a Firefight !!!). . . @Nuada Airgetlam . . . Glad to hear You STILL in the saddle with us. . . I think that Your Character is ready to "Rock'N'Roll". . . . .??? @Golem2God . . . The same for You; after We check some rather unimportant details we discussed in PM, then You are "Green Light To Go". . .?? @Ashen_Seeker . . . You O.K. ?? Still with Us and ready to go. . .?? . . . . . Anyway I think that an Idea of a VTOL-Based "Mobile Rapid Deployement Squad" sat well with ANY of You. .? We will keep this idea in mind; it is just that a Nomad Hacker with Robotic Remote-Drones is NOT YET of the "Tactical Planning". . . . . . . . I wrote a rather LONG list of "Minotaurs High Command" Officers with NPC stats. . . What do You think about some kind of "Escort Duty" (not "Vip H.V.T. Protections" but rather "Shieldwarden Retainers" of a FRONTLINE Officer touring DANGEROUS Zones); with SOME of the Minotaurs HQ deidedly going to negotiate better contract with Ariadnan Potentates, allied Silk Merchants from Haqqislam and Nomad Commercial Mission "Foremen". . . So "Urban Police Missions" with plenty of "Bodyguard Duty" on rooftops and backalleys; gallivanting around the Semi-Rural Cities of Planet Dawn. . . . . . . . Others of the High Command are some of the BEST "Military Assets" of the Minotaur Merc Brigade; they will be rather HYPERSPECIALISTS attacking "Code Ultraviolet" Targets of Opportunities (Pan-Oceanian Mining Ops with "Elite Fusilier Level" Corporate Security / Yujingese Triad-Based Crime Cartels of Teseum Smugglers with Wuming-Shaolin-Ninja types of "Alpha Enforcers" / Local "Ariadnan Submondo Kingpins" with Wulvers and Dogwarriors armed with the best Weapons that could be smuggled on Planet Dawn). . . . . . . . The "10 Men-Strong Fireteam" idea is to be reconsidered; IMPORTANT is to decide: 1°) The EVENTUAL number of "Attack Pets" to build with "Uplifted / Pupnik / Antipode-K9" Stats that EACH Player Character is familiar with (I think 2-3 Symbiobeasts for the Tohaa Commando; 1-2 Cyborg "Sakt Tadeer" for the Haqqislamite Khawarji). . . . . . . . 2°) Rather than FORCING someone to "Adopt" a "Stray Lonewolf" of the Antipodes could be INTERESTING to have attached to the group a WHOLE "Self-Aware Complete Pack" of THREE Antipodes acting as a complete Allied Non Player Character; will "Help" the PC "Handlers" WITHOUT overshadowing their capabilities, as they will EXCEL rather ONLY in two things ("Sniffing" hidden threats; savagely fighting in Hand-To-Hand or "Primitive Ranged Sniping" with Teseum-Tipped Arrows and Javelins). . . They will be LESS "Other Humanoid Players" and MORE akin to "Very Smart" independent Attack pets; much like in D&D a Ranger Class "Animal Companion" (sometimes SMARTER than the Humanoid "Master") or a Paladin Class "Consecrated Mount (that being possible a METALLIC DRAGON, was sometimes debatable who was the STRONGER between Knight and "Mount" !!). . . . . . . . 3°) Rather than "Zoo Seraglio" attach, as Mission Parameters need basis, some OTHER Minotaur "Trooper Grunts"; either some mission-specific ones or something that the Player Characters are intimately familiar as "PC Retainers" (Ariadnan Scouts for Artair; Chaksa Servants / Reex Escorts for the Tohaa; ANY kind of Bourak-Borne "Sidekicks" for the "Handsome Desert Prince" such as EVEN an "Hashashin Counselor" or "Odalisque Personal Secretary" !!). . . . . . . . Tell Me what You like more. . . . .
I'm in. No problem. Mission idea: great For the Fireteam composition, I would go with the third option (ogling that pretty Odalisque, lol) Jokes aside, the third option might be the most useful: we act as commanders and the "grunts" obey/alleviate/help us
@Ashen_Seeker . . . Very good; I'll start to plan accordingly to Your wishes. . .!! @Golem2God ; @Nuada Airgetlam . . . What are Your ideas about it all. . . . .???
So I think that We could try a "Matched Mix" of "Attack Pet Animals" and "Subordinated Troopers" based on what the PLAYER Character could decide is wise to carry on Mission. . . Essentially they will be a "Sub-Company" of the Minotaurs, excelling in R.R.R. (Rapid-Response-Rescue) for assisting, escorting and providing bodyguard duty for "High Command Officers". . . They will have AT LEAST one of the "Multipurpose VTOLs" described in the Mercs Handbook; a 10-strong carry vehicle that could AT LEAST embark 2 small "Offroad Big Buggies" with a pintle mounted Heavy Weapon (an Ariadnan Version of the U.S.Army 40mm. Automatic Grenade Launcher, not Belt-Feed but rather "Dual Revolver Cylinder" with ammo-selector could be the more versatile, not last because could share "Special Warheads" with smaller weapons employed by the Characters). . . When the Dune-Buggy Minicar (quick, rapid, nimble, able to navigate easily BOTH rural countryside and the narrow back-alley of Ariadnan Frontier Settlements) are NOT practical, such as when escorting H.V.T. under threat of "Heavy Snipers" I was considering to have the Character employ one of the most famous, and widespread, Wheeled APC of the Infinity Universe. . . The Haqqislamite "Luzige" widely employed by the famous "Halqa Mechanized Infantry" of Bourak. . . . . . . . As for "Crew Composition": 1°) Was thinking to KEEP the Character written by @inane.imp but in an "Assistant Semi-NPC" capacity; His "Morlock Hacker" was YET done with regards to be balanced with the others of the Players' Characters. . . Also (IF and WHEN Inane would be able to rejoin Us); the Character will be YET in the "Middle of the Action" so We will need very few "Suspension Of Disbelief". . . As per previous declaration of His Player, the Character would have been a "Rearguard Paranoid Supporter" that would have gladly staid in the VTOL; as for this I think to have Him as "Dedicated Pilot" of the VTOL, with the help of 1-2 Robotic Drones slaved to His Comlog-Geist. . . Was also thinking that could provide too "Field Hacking Support" should the other PC will be endangered by a "Too-Technical" kind of adversary; going insofar to send one of the Drones as "Mobile Repeater", alongside the Character, should the need arise. . . For His kind of Drones I was toying with the Idea of shaping them like "Robotic Antipodes" (hunchbacked simian-like anthropoid beasts; inspired by the "Attack Robo Pets" of O12) to help cope with the dangerous Ariadnan Aboriginal Natives (either as Free Tribal Warriors attacking frontier outskirts, or Phero-Controlled "Tri-Packs" or "K9 lone-Wolves" employed by Submondo Smugglers to complement Dogwarrior Thugs and Wulver Bodyguards !!!). . . 1 Nomad Morlock "NPC" + 2 "Anti-Antipode Droids" would be OUTSIDE the normal "10 Men Fireteam2 as rather "VTOL Crew". . . . . . . . 2°) @Nuada Airgetlam ; as previously discussed I was thinking to grant AT LEAST a "Surda Symbiobeast" (stats calculated in the "Chimera Monster Creation Rules" in the Nomad Handbook). . . As for "Subordinate Troopers" any Tohaa could have, as previously discussed, "Living Bio-Servants" like Rasail Chaksas and/or Reex Escorts; these "Uplifted Aliens" rather "STRADDLE THE LINE" between Auxiliary-Ancillary Troopers and Remote-Controlled Drones. . . The Tohaa inside the Minotaurs are QUITE few and far between; many of them are rather of the Lab-Scientist type; anyway a Kumotail-Styled "Field Genetech" could be added; will NOT be a very good "Combat Monster" (I'll daresay the Nuadha's PC will be the MOST Veteran Paramilitary Commando between the fledgling Tohaas in the Mercenary Brigade !!) but could prove invaluable in the weird "Fusion" between Field-Medic and Field-Engineer that the "Artichokeheads" could provide. . . . !!! 1 Tohaa PC + 1 Surda Symbiobeast + 1 "Mission Choice" kind of Support (Heavy Weapon Carrying Chaksa / Reex with Viral Shotgun for Close-Combat / Kumotail "Techno-Nerd" when subtler approaches of the "Smart Variety" are needed !!!). . . . . . . . 3°) @Ashen_Seeker ; like for the Tohaa "Symbio Pet" the Cybernetic (or, more in line with Haqqislamite Biomedicals, Gene-Enhanced) "Desert Big Cat" of the "Bourakite Sakt Tadeer" race could be easily created with the Nomad Manual stuff. . .!! Could as well, as befitting a Luxurious and Flashy "Noble Warrior of Haqqislam" have the PET somehow "Fully Covered" in some "Custom Animal Armour"; even with Regenerating Enhancements of the Haqqislamite Manual, sending a Big Cat attacking Powered Armour Thugs (such as "Wuming Enforcers" for Triad-Controlled Wumingese shipping concerns) or Military Remotes (such as those guarding Panoceanian-Sponsored Mining Operations) would result in a "Slowly Regenerating Limbless Mewling Cat-Torso". . .!! Haqqislam have access to ALL manners of interesting, useful personnel. . . 3-1°) First of al, I think that the Player liked the idea of an "Odalidsque Personal Secretary"; while could be a demure, shy, timid AND ANYWAY Fiercely Defensive kind of "Personal Assistant" (and ALL MANNERS of "Yandere / Tsundere" female characters from Manga and Animes comes to mind !!) the Odalisques are SPECIALIZED in Bodyguarding. . . Organic Subdermal Platings, Nerves and Muscles "Wired" for Rapid Response Reactions, empowered sight (as to BETTER spot any offending enemy camouflaged nearby) will be the NORM with a similar character. . . 3-2°) As I inferred previously, the Haqqislamite Branch of the Minotaurs is replete with Hashashins, in particular those following a rather "Phylosophical Savant-Warrior" bent as esemplified by their Leader (called "Grand Master Azrael"; think of "Shinobi-Manga Ninja-Clan Jonin Clanmaster", but Bourak-Styled !!). . . ANY kind of Hashashin Operative could be dispatched; as thinking of someone that could complement well a Khawarji Supersoldier, toting a Belt-Fed Spitfire, and charging fiercely an Enemy "Machinegun Nest", flanked by Odalisque Bodyguard armed with Boarding Shotgun, some kind of "Lasiq Sharpshooter" covering them, comes immediatly to mind, but REALLY. . .possibility are endless. . . 3-3°) Some kind of Hunzakut Scout, maybe who served ALSO in the "Naffatun Flamethrower Korps" could be what complement best the rest of the Troopers with "Needed Complimentary Skillset"; any other kind of Haqqislamite Infantry in a Pinch can do (especially a wide-skilled "Tuareg Scout Ranger" !!). . . 1 Khawrji PC + 1 Sakt-Tadeer "Chimera Symbiobeast" + 2 "Mission Choice" kind of Support (Odalisque Bodyguard IS A MUST, with far ranging Talents; then based on "Mission Parameters" : Heavy-Flamer Carrying "Naffatun" / Hashashin Sniper / Tuareg Field-Medic / Bourak Infantry Veteran). . . . . . . . 4°) @Golem2God character is a Scout, Ranger and "Frontier Rifleman" kind of "Non-Ariadnan Better Than Ariadnans", a Background as Bounty-Hunter and rugged "Old Earth Survivalist" kind of Veteran that the Minotaurs are busy scooping around the Human Sphere (and Beyond. . . . .as said previously are EVEN recruiting "Alien Xenos" like Morat Krakot Renegades on the run from Paradiso's Combined Forces !!). . . Is a Combat-Scout and Survival-Expert kind of Character at home BOTH in Ranged AND Close-Combat; at FIRST was thinking to "Saddle Him" with some number of Antipode Natives, but the idea did NOT sat well. . . He created anyway an interesting couple of "Subordinate Background-Related NPC" that could be QUITE the "Complement Troopers" that He need. . . 4-1°) Nomad Babe with a similar Background in Bounty-Hunting, but with a far different Skillset and Choice-gear selected from the CRAZIEST stuff the the Motherships provides; some kind of "SMG-Toting Lass" with a fondness to launch around Grenades with all manner of interesting Nonlethal Capacities, if I understood well the gist of what He wrote. . . 4-2°) Nomads, especially those from Bakunin would be NOT COMPLETE without some kind of "Weird Bodyguard" from the Praxis Blacklabs; He wrote about a Uplifted Anthropomorfic Dog-Man with "Black Mastiff Genomes"; an hulking brutal "Slab Of Muscles" that will be wearing Heavy Armour to shield "His Ward-Charges"; some kind of "Heavy Boarding Shotgun / Machinegun" will complete the ensemble. . . As Antipodes are essentially "Alien Wolfmen" and Black Mastiffs were employed in the past to hunt Wild Wolves, then the "Anti-Antipode Specialty" of the "Alpha Fireteam" would be quite ready to rumble. . . 1 Scout-Ranger PC + 1 Nomad Support Babe + 1 Chimera-Pupnik-Uplifted Bodyguard will result in a complete "10 Man Strong Fireteam" that the Merc Manual so insisted upon (coincidentally Carrying Capacity of Onboard Personnel of a Merc VTOL, excluding Piloting Crew !!!). . . . . . . . This is JUST a "Generic Suggestion" by the GM; let Me know waht ALL You think about it. . . . .!!!
Sounds good. Could you please handle statting that beastie up? I don't have access to that book, unfortunately. Sounds great - or a Kaauri guard for detecting infiltrators, Chaksa Baggage for a literal mule who also supports with "radar" (Sensor)? . . . . .
I would think the Nomad pukette wouldn't be on the field. She is more of a stay away from danger due to her small stature. A T.A.G. pilot would be more to her liking. If she is going to be in combat it's going to be with layers of armor protecting her. As for Masty/Rexus Maximus (need a good name for the big black Mastiff) I don't know about him joining the fray. Then again their is some background aspects of the animal uplift that need to filled such as the name & personality. @Nuada Airgetlam What do you think would be a good name for a Mastiff dog breed?
Been thinking of having Brutus & Tabitha/Tabby being in the background. On a separate job that they contact Arty during his downtime. Basically old friends conversing with each other. Could also be a good way to reveal some of Art's background.
