[OOC/Sign-ups] Surge Story

[Sutoratosu]

I hereby declare the Intermission mentioned in the recent announcement to officially begin. Development and extensive world building currently in progress, some among you may or may not receive PMs from me on various subjects during this time period.

in closing, from this point until further notice, this RP's In-Character thread is now on complete lock-down, meaning none may post in it with the exclusion of the GM or RPH or whatever you'd prefer to call the guy running the show here (me)

the OCC thread will still be open for activity however, and during this intermission, the GM may ask for your opinions on certain story and world details

[Ojama Yellow]

So uh, yeaaaaah, small problem. I'm going to depart on a trip to France for two weeks tomorrow, and there will be no wifi for sure. So I won't be able to do anything those two weeks. Feel free to bunny me if necessary.

[Sutoratosu]

don't ya'll go thinking I've forgotten about my First Brain Child here. I'm still working on getting em straight, givin it some direction in it's life

anyways, sometime tomorrow I'll probably post a basic timeline of events for you all, from the incident at Hiroshima all the way up to the modern time frame of the story

Edited July 24, 2014 by Stratos

[Sutoratosu]

Sorry bout the silence around here lately, I've been working on a lot of other things lately and as a result, my work in developing this has kinda suffered.

anyways, here's a timeline of events prior to the story's exposition:

January 22, 2027: Dr. Hagiru Sato and his team of scientists from Japan, America, Canada, and Britain begin work on a matter-energy transference machine.

February 11, 2030: First machine is tested successfully after over a hundred failed tests. Controversy over the destructive nature of the technology ignites.

March 19, 2031: The War on Terror ends.

December 21, 2032: A catastrophic incident with an energy-matter machine destroys the city of Hiroshima, in devastation not seen since the atomic bombs were dropped nearly 90 years prior. Japanese government officials move to ban work on the technology, though Western powers urge them to allow it, despite the mishap.

May 12, 2033: Researchers in the US and Canada begin to carry on the EtM research of Dr.Sato. several facilities in both countries are constructed, and operation begins under government funding and close supervision.

April 22, 2035: First sighting of infected individuals. Most are animals; some humans are also shown to be susceptible to infection. Most seen around the ruins of Hiroshima, which had not been rebuilt.

January 1, 2040: 98% of all animals in Japan are wiped out, ecosystems ruled entirely by infected individuals.

May 8, 2048: Japanese Defense Force engages infected individuals to preserve quarantine. Coordinated attacks by infected humans and animals are seen. High levels of intelligence confirmed.

May 10, 2048: They fail, and the nation of Japan ceases to exist.

October 13, 2048: The United States Carrier George W. Bush is attacked and sunk by an unknown force. Later revealed to be a coordinated assault by the infected. Use of atomic weapons to destroy all life on Japan considered, but denied.

April 12, 2049: after months of attempts to re-establish contact with the Japanese archipelago, it is confirmed that no current means of tele-communications can reach the darkened Island chain. Efforts to do so cease entirely.

2050-2054: It is unknown how, but during the period of four years, the virus has somehow spread from the Japanese Archipelago, to Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and South america. several nations fare better in containing the disease than Japan did, however many millions still die. many small nations in Asia surrender their sovereignty to the Chinese government, in the hopes of being able to survive the pandemic, similar occurrences happen with Russia and several countries in Eastern Europe.

April 2, 2055: the Infection has been confirmed to have spread to North America. Military preparedness results in a far more contained infection. Hundreds of thousands in the United States, Canada, and Mexico die. Full Martial law is declared in the US, and strict curfews are imposed in many parts of the country.

July 15, 2056: Following an approval from Congress, several major cities and population centers in the US are outfitted with outer walls and fortifications in order to defend against several highly dangerous infected specimens. Fighting between US armed Service members and Infected animals becomes a common sight in the following years.

August 20, 2056: Congress authorizes GAOWP, standing for the "Genetically Altered Organism Wielder Program" after it is observed on several occasions that some Infected Creatures have developed Friendly connections with certain humans who treat them well. General Arnold D. McCarthy, Admiral Mitchel J. Sanchez, and General of the Air Force Kyle R. Matthews are approved by congress to be the overseers of the GAOW training program for their respective branch of the Armed forces. Major Stanley Freeman, a two star general tasked with developing appropriate procedures for Patrol Squadrons defending against the infected, begins to shift protocol for patrol squadrons from "Attack if sighted within the boundaries of civilization" to "Attack only if Attacked first or if necessary to defend Civilians".

August 30, 2056: Congress authorizes the construction of the Military base code named "Fort Bexley" along the US-Canadian border (With the prior approval from the Canadian government) and positioned in a previously unexplored thickly forested area along the rocky mountains. Construction begins immediately.

January 5, 2057: After many hours of crews working around the clock, Fort Bexley is completed and prepared to be manned. the nation's EtM research is moved to the base shortly afterwards.

February 12, 2057: at 11:05 AM, Dr. Urban James Ray is approached by the US Secretary of Defense and is offered a high security clearance position as a Lead scientist in the GAOWP. he accepts and comes into the employ of the US armed forces. later that same day, renowned Professor of Genetic sciences and Psychology, Samuel Oak, and renowned professor of Biology, John Rowan, are approached as well and also accept the offer. all three are later stationed at Fort Bexley.

February 15, 2057: Following the Authorization of the GAOWP several months ago, Dr, Kendrick Rain and his team of scientist begin to experiment with Energy to Matter technology, theorizing that it may be possible to contain infected individuals with some type of stasis containment system. after many waking hours and failed trials, the team finally completes and successfully test a functioning GAO containment system, which involves using an immensely large EtM Console to condense an infected organism into an energy form and then seal said energy in a spherical capsule outfitted with an apparatus to translate the Energy back int matter and then back into energy as needed. (Test are carried out to see if the capsules are able to capture GAOs without having to use the Console, but it is found that they are found, for some unknown reason, to be unable to do so despite theoretically having all the appropriate functioning and components to.)

May 1, 2057: the capture of GAOs, as the infected have come to be known as, begins by the orders of the US government. thousands of specimens are tranquilized and transported to various undisclosed facilities to be sealed within capsules. Major Stan Freeman again goes to work developing procedure to go about capture without causing to much damage to either the infected, or to soldiers. they prove highly infected.

July 1, 2057: The First storm encounter occurs. Major Freeman is confirmed to have been KIA by an Infected animal. his then 16 year old son Erick is the sole survivor of the incident. No one is appointed to take Freeman's Former Position as the Drafter of Patrol Protocol.

July 3, 2059: the GAOWP is finally ready to begin active operation. several potential GAOWs are given psychiatric evaluations to determine if they're fit to become enlisted in the program. the resulting number of soldiers mentally eligible are pathetic at best. It is debated by congress whether or not a draft or public recruitment should be held.

October 10, 2061: Congress has decided to hold a massive recruitment campaign to draw in more individuals to the GAOWP... and so our story begins...

well, there it is. I'll edit it into the OP. any ideas what should be done next?

Edited August 2, 2014 by Stratos

[Sutoratosu]

...

Screw it, I'll continue my work as the story goes on.

The intermission is officially declared to be over.

the IC will be opened again once I figure out where everyone is right now and get a basic count...

I don't know if Bibs (Pineapple) is still in france or if he's returned. Maddie... at this point I'm 90% certain that she's not coming back to Reborn after having dropped off the face of the earth without a single word. Murdoc's been away for a while, don't know whats happening with that.

now then, onto those whom I know are around the forums:

Jory

Flux

Chimchain

Kenny (K_H)

Typhlosionrulez

Supernovae

anyone of you who are still around got any info about the missing ones?

Edited August 2, 2014 by Stratos

[K_H]

Murdoc said something about going on Vacation for a few days.

Pineapple said he'd be gone for two weeks, beginning on the nineteenth.

Maddie's whereabouts are unknown.

[uPDATE]: Murdoc is still Active on the Forums. He has Posted today.

Edited August 2, 2014 by K_H

[Sutoratosu]

alright... guess I know now...

since there's probably a good chance Maddie's gone for good, I'm seizing permanent control of Enyo Greyjoy as of now. she's now a host controlled character. Murdoc and Bibs can join back in the story once they return.

I'll get around to updating the IC later

[Sutoratosu]

Alright, the lockdown post in the IC had been edited to become a story update.

The Intermission is officially over, let's get on with the story, people.

(If you can't find the IC thread, use the link at the top of the OP to get there)

Edited August 3, 2014 by Stratos

[Ojama Yellow]

You re-started at the best possible time because I am back today. Yay!

[Sutoratosu]

Good to have you back, Bibs.

[Sutoratosu]

A note on those new capture-ready Capsules (Pokeballs)

you know that whole "Mark" feature in the anme and the games? not like the option in the PC in the games, but the thing that prevents someone from catching a Pokemon that already has a current trainer.

((Here's an exceprt about the matter from bulbapedia:))

As shown in Two Degrees of Separation, a Pokémon caught by a Poké Ball is "marked" by it, and thus most Poké Balls thrown at it will have no effect aside from temporarily stunning it. In the games, as well as in Bad to the Bone, however, the Trainer of the Pokémon will block a Poké Ball thrown by another, though it is possible that this is more out of courtesy to their Pokémon than to prevent capture outright. In Charmander – The Stray Pokémon, Ash was able to catch his Charmander in a Poké Ball despite his previous ownership by another Trainer, though it may have lost its "mark" when it abandoned its previous Trainer by refusing to return to its old Poké Ball. Earlier in the same episode, Ash failed to catch the same Charmander while it still held its loyalty, despite its weak condition.

Yeah, that doesn't exist yet. so that means that at this point in time, any capsule thrown at any GAO will be able to capture it, whether it's already been caught and tamed or whether it's feral. so in a sense "Stealing Pokemon" with a Pokeball is quite possible. that said however, don't any of you dare try that against one another, because you all are a team, and that type of shit will only prove to be harmful to your trust in each other when you need it most. (You can steal mons from enemy soldiers once we get to that point, but you MUST ask me for permission first.)

And for those curious as to what happened to Enyo's party, at this point she won't be getting the capsules back... so she'll be capturing new partners from scratch now.

Edit:

as a side note, Rule 9 has been added to OP of this thread:

9. If a Player of this RP is inactive for more than 45 days (A month and a half) without giving any notice of their absence to the host prior, then the Host reserves the right to assume that said player is not going to be returning, and take permanent control of their character if necessary. the waiting period before the host can do this can grow longer or shorter from case to case as necessary, but 45 days is the standard. If a player who was Assumed permanently gone by the host returns, then control of the character will be relinquished back to them only if requested.

Edited August 5, 2014 by Stratos

[K_H]

Ethic, I'd like to know if it would be OK for my Character to encounter an Emolga. (He wouldn't know the Species Name yet, of course.) Here's how i imagine it playing out: It would swoop out of the Trees, and attempt to hit Ryu while it was still Gliding. Would that be OK?

Edited August 5, 2014 by K_H

[Sutoratosu]

Oh hell, it's gonna be a awhile until we get to the point I have planned to intro them...

and I've already introed Gen 5 technically speaking, with the Vanillux attacks and all...

so yeah, go ahead, encountering a Gen 5 pokemon like emolga at this point would be fine.

EDIT:

and you can all feel free to add 3 levels onto your mons from the victory in the Articuno fight. (that is of course, if you Partners were still up and kicking by the end, fainted ones aren't eligible to gain levels.) if it can evolve at it's level, then you are free to evolve it if you choose. from now on I won't require you to check in with me before initiating it. (But I will call you out if something doesn't seem right about it...)

Edited August 5, 2014 by Stratos

[K_H]

All righty, then, the Encounter will be made once Fox1 has headed off into the Forest.

[Chevaleresse]

I want a Deino but pseudo-legends are annoying as hell in RPs because they take so damn long to evolve.

How about a Skarmory?

[Ojama Yellow]

and you can all feel free to add 3 levels onto your mons from the victory in the Articuno fight. (that is of course, if you Partners were still up and kicking by the end, fainted ones aren't eligible to gain levels.)

Aw. I was wondering if I could catch a Drilbur, because my team has an extreme weakness to Electric.

Edit: Also, a question. What does my character have to do right now? Wait in the medical ward, or join up with the others? Leave Shadow behind in the ward for the time being, or could he already be healed by then?

Edited August 5, 2014 by Pineapple

[Ragnar]

^aw you ninjad me, i want Drilbur. but meh whatever. guess i'll have to pick another one. maybe ill go for Croagunk or Treeko.

[K_H]

You do realize that you two can both have Drilbur? the two Drilbur simply have to be of opposite Genders.

[Ragnar]

hmm..i guess i could choose a different gender drilbur, but nah, there are 719 Pokemon to choose from, why the repetition? i'll stick with treeko or croagunk.(still choosing) as my third poke if ever.

[Sutoratosu]

I want a Deino but pseudo-legends are annoying as hell in RPs because they take so damn long to evolve.

How about a Skarmory?

Yeah sure. Skarmory would be fine. they tend to nest in an area of the Bexley forest thick with Thorn bushes (They like to scratch up against the thorns in order to strengthen their skin) so have fun...

Aw. I was wondering if I could catch a Drilbur, because my team has an extreme weakness to Electric.

Edit: Also, a question. What does my character have to do right now? Wait in the medical ward, or join up with the others? Leave Shadow behind in the ward for the time being, or could he already be healed by then?

Go for it. grab a Drilbur. they have to stop digging and eat sometimes...

^aw you ninjad me, i want Drilbur. but meh whatever. guess i'll have to pick another one. maybe ill go for Croagunk or Treeko.

Either of Coragunk or Treeko is fine, Typhlo. Treeko are found in the canopy of the forest. Croagunk live near bodies of water.

and to answer Pineapples question about what Lionels supposed to do:

Time: 11:34 AM

Location: Conference room 2A, Command Central, Fort Bexley, USA

"And that finishes my Report, Sir," Surge said, sitting back down at his spot at the table. after the General had lead them back to the Ward and delivered the news that the Bird was dead, he'd collected Lionel and Dr.Ray and had then stolen the Squad away from the celebrations that were breaking out and taken them directly to a Conference room for Surge to file his Mission report, they'd left so fast that They hadn't even noticed Enyo approaching them, and she had had to catch them in the corridor. and Oak and Rowan had popped in shortly after that and had explained what had happened to them to the entire group (and had been a bit too excited about it, honestly...)

I said that the General collected Lionel and Ray from the GAO ward before he took the Squad to be debreifed. so right now Lionel is already with the group. no Character on the team was intended to be missing during Oaks demonstration.

Edited August 5, 2014 by Stratos

[Ojama Yellow]

...I really need to read your posts more carefully. Completely read over that one, sorry. Is it okay to just leave Shadow in the ward for the time being? His wounds were pretty severe after all. Also, I'll take the female Drilbur, since both of my other team members are male.

[Sutoratosu]

I kinda intended for Ray to be all done with the treatment and for Shadow to have been healed and with Lionel. But if you want to spin it that he needs more time to recover from his wounds, which were nearly mortal, and is still in the Med Ward being Treated, then we can go with that too. (Just don't forget to get him later....)

Edited August 5, 2014 by Stratos

[Ojama Yellow]

My idea was that Shadow had to stay in the ward for at least some more time, and that Lionel needed a second GAO, and that's why he would go searching for a new one, which will be Drilbur.

And sorry to you, Typh. I just really needed a Ground type, and Drilbur/Excadrill line is kind of my favourite of all Ground types. That is, if you don't count Diggersby... But this is only up to gen V, correct?

[Sutoratosu]

up to Gen 5 only... for now.

and as a note:

the Ecosystem of Bexley forest is quite diverse. Ergo, the levels of feral GAOs will vary tremendously. that said however, whenever you go out to capture another Partner, you'll be the ones to decide what level the GAO you encounter is, I trust you to use common sense. in this world, this is no such thing like a level 1 Aggron or Level 20 Tyranitar. additionally, I'll be setting a max possible level cap that you can't exceed for wild encounters. it will rise as you all grow stronger in the story, and the current cap will always be displayed in the OP from now on.

The Current Max Level cap for Wild Encounters:

Level 20

((There may be a map of the base and the forest coming soon...))

[Ojama Yellow]

The leveling things would make...Shadow lv 17, as it already was, and Buddy lv 19. That means the Drilbur I will catch will be lv 17. Hey, I'm not going to catch a wild Pokemon that is higher leveled than the ones I already have.