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But I was thinking it would be cool if we start at the very end of the of the story in chapter one then jump back to the start of it all, that would really bring people in I think. What does everyone think?
I will write up the profiles for the characters I am doing and post them as soon as I can.
Name: Captain Patrick Sullivan
Age: 32
Team Position: Head of team, selected for years of experience, secret mission to destroy experiments and creator if needed.
Hair: Light Brown, short military cut
Skin: Fair rough skin
Marks: Tattoo on left shoulder blade (Sword with lightning bolts crossed behind the words OJT (Orbital Jump Trooper) at the top, upper right arm (Skull with a dagger in the teeth and a fern wreath upon its head, death from the heavens at the top3-45th OJT at the bottom) and lower right forearm (wolf head, and claws grasp the earth, its claws cut into the planet, 7-101st OJT at the bottom) scar across lower left nose and down left cheek, Two bullet wounds on his upper right chest, stab wound through his right calf.
Short Background: Served in the Unified Planetary Expeditionary Orbital Jump Force. He is brash and says whatever is on his mind regardless of feelings, however he is fiercely protective of his team, and will open up about himself when he gets close. Could be a character you hate till you learn about him. Certain characters can bring out his more personal side.
Name: Private Kara Martin
Age: 19
Team Position: Medic, brand new right out of military medic training. She was selected for mission due to her high scores and ability within the medical field.
Hair: Blonde, Shoulder length, mostly kept in a bun.
Skin, light but tanned.
Marks: No Marks or Tattoos.
Short Background: Excelled at military medic training, she was only out of training for two weeks when she was selected for this mission. She is a bit naïve of the world and believes that it is generally good. Will try her best to save anyone, has never actually seen any combat or a wounded or dead person (this could make for very interesting emotions.) She can serve as one of the more hopeful members of the team.
Age: 48. (Looks roughly 40)
Team position: Not yet part of the team, but can later be a source of information from the labratories.
Appearance: Scruffy-looking brown hair with streaks of grey. Dark green, bloodshot eyes. Sucken face with prominant cheekbones. Wears a dark grey round-neck wool jumper and black trousers. He appears as a semi-transparent vision.
History: He had a PhD in Bionics by the age of 32. He started to teach at a University, where he met and fell in love with a mature student. They have four children and have been married for twelve years. He mysteriously disappeared years ago, and was never found. Truth was, he was put under experimentation, and was killed in the process. His ghost now haunts the labratories where the soldiers are being produced.
I hope it's okay if I just post as one character after all, and if it's not part of the Team. Lucius can team up with them at some point.
Interesting character profiles :).
Name: Dr. Elias Michaelson
Team position: Strategist.
Age: 30
Appearance: Has spiky brown hair, green eyes and fair skinned. He is 5"8 in height and has a rather slim body. He also has a stubble on his chin.
Short background: He is a scientist whose focus is human enhancement. He had was able to create some serums which have worked but they all had major side effects and only lasted for a number of days.
He is a cheerful, optimistic yet arrogant man who always find ways to be entertained. He would sometimes ask for things before giving away information or ask someone to do something which we would think is amusing. He takes pride in his intelligence and appearance. He hates being wrong and will avoid admitting his mistakes. He is calm and is the type who studies the situation before acting on it. He is a hypocrite and is quite biased.
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Name: Elizaveta Stefanova Wysterovitch
Team position: A fighter. She was selected to be on the team after persuading her father (Who was previously an Army General) to request her to be put in the team. She was provided with a test and proved to be a rather exceptional fighter.
Age: 24
Appearance: Messy blonde hair which reaches her waist and baggy grey eyes. Pale skinned and has a strong face. 5"11 in height and shoulders are a bit broad. Has a scar starting from her neck and back. (originally multiple scars however had them surgically removed)
Short background: Did not receive any formal training but was secretly trained by her brother who used to be an assassin. She cares deeply for him and was close to depression when she discovered that he was missing.
She cares very little for her comrades and often tell them to not get in her way. She does not like being treated as inferior and will act rebellious at times. She is cynical and rarely trusts those around her.
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since @ TheGirlInTheCupboard is only doing one we should come up with with another character each, that will make three each, but that is not a problem.
Once all the characters are done we can start building the basic realationships between then. I can already see some friciton betweeen Elizaveta Stefanova Wysterovitch and Captain Patrick Sullivan, there personalities seem to be at ends. Also maybe he can be friends with her dad, maybe the served together.
It looks like we need one more Strategist and Medic, I am fine with doing the other Strategist if Viscaria wants to do the other Medic.
Haha that sounds good. Sure, I can do the other medic. What about the mastermind?
*Brainwave* OR... maybe the mastermind is a failed subject? Maybe he/she wanted to become a superperson or something, but it went horribly wrong?
If a strategist, he could provide various false information.
If medic, he could inflict poison or something to the members.
Any ideas on who the mastermind should be?
This is getting quite complicated XDD.