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After The Ash; Post-Apocalyptic, Runnin' and gunnin'!








2006: The start of the "Long Emergency" ushers in a new decade of slowly arising fear; growing anxiety, and a depleting source of peak oil. Governments and their populations are unhindered in their absolute consumption of the dwindling supply as oil prices begin an irrevocable rise that slowly begins to weigh on global economies and leads political leaders to increasingly place energy at the forefront of national policies.


2007: Ukraine joins the EU. A process of pulling the strategically valuable former soviet republics away from Russia and integrating them into the EU and NATO has begun, much to the chagrin of the Russians. As this occurs, second rate nations begin to attempt to break away from China; Nepal, Tibet, and numerous other districts are embroiled in a silent protest against their Chinese captors. The world slowly begins to slip toward war.

2008: Democratic Socialist movements have swept through every nation in South America, the continents nations build strong trade and aid agreements and weather the coming economic downturns quite well. With this, Venezualan oil begin to pump freely throughout a large majority of South America; much to the despise of the America's and other Super-Powers who are beginning to strain under the quickly drying stream of oil.

After several years of civil war that has severely undermined the civilian government, the US declares martial law in Iraq. Widespread suppression of dissent and massive military action against insurgents allows US forces to make permanent their fortifications. Iraq effectively becomes a US overseas protectorate and a semi-reliable flow of oil is established from the countries oil fields. However, because the occupiers can do little to stop the bloody civil war raging between the countries Sunni's and Shias, the conflict rapidly spreads to neighboring countries.

Global Influenza Pandemic; first of many subsequent H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks kills thousands, mainly in South East Asia, and causes tightened borders, and paranoia. The disease will continue to outbreak for the next 10 years. This puts strain on relations with China, Russia, and several other nations in the vicinity. With diplomatic talks between many Super-Powers beginning to deteriorate into nothing but angered babble, many nations consolidate themselves; and begin to resemble Militaristic Police states in all but name.

With an ever growing insurgency straining the government of Afghanistan, crippled and hardly capable of defending itself, invites US/NATO forces to establish permanent bases in and around Kabul and strategic cities in the nation.


2010: After an attempted coup by pro-US, CIA backed military officers in Venezuela fails and US involvement is revealed to the international community, the US retaliate with economic embargoes and surgical military action intended to cripple the economy and topple the regime. However, because of their solidarity with fellow South American countries, the country survives. Later that year the League of South American Free States is formed. Based mainly of Brazilian agricultural might and affordable Venezuela oil, the League is much stronger than anticipated.

The first of several large scale pro-democracy, pro-liberalization movements in China are brutally crushed. Over the coming years all of the major powers come to resemble military police states to some degrees. Secret police tactics result in massive civil unrest and domestic terrorism in all major states.

The EU builds large scale fortifications and military bases in the newly joined states of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. While officials downplay the significance of the build up, they are obviously geared towards protecting against the Russian Federation and securing access to the Caspian Basin oil reserves in these countries. With this bases constructed, and EU forces now within ear-shot of compounding Russian Forces; the Federation prepares for a large mobilization of soldiers and material on the borders. As Armies settle in to DMZ's, cameras roll at these locations; chronicling the build up.

2011: The superpowers pick sides in the escalating Sunni/Shia war. China and Iran sign a deal to trade arms and oil, thereby providing Shia forces with a nearly limitless supply of arms, including (secretly) Chinese nuclear technology. Conversely, the Western Powers arm the Saudi's, and their Sunni proxies, against the Iranians and the Shia militias they support. Because of the influx of high tech military weaponry, the conflict expands to include outbreaks of conventional air and land combat, as well as the use of high tech weapons against civilians.

Massive global recession. Political developments in the Middle East, rapidly falling oil yields, repeated disease outbreaks, and environmental degradation cause inflation and a recession across the globe. In 2nd world countries with less robust economies and larger populations, particularly China and Russia, this results in severe, violent political unrest, and large-scale anti-government insurgency. Martial law becomes all-but-officially permanent in these countries. In many parts of the developing world, particularly Africa, nations crumble and a new age of anarchy begins. Starvation on a hitherto unseen, massive scale occur. In other countries, many in South America, robust micro-economies allow much of the population to thrive.

With deaths raising in a number of countries; hundreds of Governments ration supplies and material. With this, open riots and complete civil unrest route many Governments; forced into exile, war crimes go unpunished as angered leaders use any weapons available to regain their control.


2013: Iran/Saudi war, which has continued for years, spreads across region, erupts into direct conflict. Smaller Middle Eastern nations like Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan disintegrate, anarchy ensues. Iranian and Saudi forces clash over and on the Persian Gulf, and across the lawless deserts of Eastern Iraq. US forces in country can only retreat to their fortifications and continue to protect the oil supply.

Severe climate change ends seasonal weather predictability in many parts of the world causing intense strain on ecosystems, and massive devastation of dependent human populations as crops fail and food stocks disappear. Massive starvation, hitherto unseen in modern human history breaks out in Africa; entire populations disappear, nations crumble, wide spread anarchy ensues. The rest of the world looks on in horror.

Journalists reveal that Israel has been heavily arming and covertly aiding both sides of the Sunni/Shia conflict against each other. International outrage, particularly in Iran and Saudi Arabia is extreme, and both countries retaliate with conventional and guerrilla attacks against Israel. Israel strikes back against all of its neighbors, the final act that engulfs the entire region in bloody war.

Following the assassination of its dictator by Islamic militants, Pakistan disintegrates into chaos and tribalism. Only the capitol and certain strategic and urban areas remain under 'government' control, mostly with US/NATO and Indian assistance. NATO Fortifies bases in Afghanistan and US Troops prop up the ramping forces of the government in Pakistan. US Energy corporations gin a long term deal with Turkmenistan to exploit selected oil reserves along the Caspian Sea, and to ship it out via a new pipeline through occupied Afghanistan and Pakistan.



2014: The world is stunned as a three-way nuclear war between Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran decimates all three countries. Major cities and large tracts of previously inhabited land are rendered radioactive dead zones. Intermittent oil extraction continues from a few remote, well-fortified oil fields, mainly those held by foreign powers in Iran, Iraq and the Saudi desert. With this action, hundreds of nations begin to reform their Nuclear Arsenal, stringing up their payloads that would render Missile Shields useless due to sheer tonnage and damage alone.

Middle Eastern oil production, already low, falls dismally. The industrial economies of the world, which are floundering in a recession, still attempting transformation to post-petroleum sustainability, are thrown into full-scale depression, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the 1930s.

Global warming begins to cause the oceans to rise noticeably. Coastal populations in Europe, North America and China begin semi-orderly migrations inland. In less developed countries flooding kills millions who cannot go anywhere else. An "EU" style trade block forms in North America, called NAFU, the North American Free Union that includes Canada, The United States and parts of Mexico.

2015: The North American military begins hijacking foreign oil tankers leaving South American ports, setting off open hostilities between the two. Retaliations by South American intelligence agencies within the North American states serve as a pretext to justify invasion and NAFU troops attempt to seize key assets within Venezuela and Columbia. The League’s military and intelligence forces, bolstered by modern Chinese arms foil the attacks and inflict severe losses on the North American attackers. The North American command retaliates with a small number of strategic strikes on key SA assets. A militarized zone between the two blocks, in Central America, is established and fortified.

China and India skirmish several times, as do US and Chinese troops at the borders between China and Pakistan/Afghanistan. Tensions between China and India drive the latter into an alliance with the US designed to show a united front against increasing Chinese aggression in the area.

Petrochemical revenues from the Caspian Basin oil beds result in the Central Asian Republics, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, becoming "The New Middle East" as they become more prosperous economically and correspondingly more powerful in the world community. Some of these countries, such as Kazakhstan, use the wealth to industrialize. Russia and China, as well as a few smaller states in the region, form the Former Soviet Alliance, a framework for joint military operations under a single command structure, as well as energy and technology sharing agreements.


2018: Despite high tech solutions and centralized management, the major powers are unable to sustain agricultural yields sufficient to support subsistence levels for their populations. Starvation begins to become commonplace in developed countries.

Economists agree that the global depression has become more or less permanent. Previous economic models that relied upon supply/demand, industrial output and the flexibility of free markets are unable to account for energy depletion, environmental collapse, over population, and societal disintegration. Radical voices claim that the are simply not enough resources to support a recovery for the entire global population and that war is the inevitable outcome.

2019: War occurs, in a lightning move, the FSA strikes through Turkmenistan to seize the last fields of oil in the Caspian; completely bowling over NATO and EU forces stationed in defense of key oil fields and strategic locations. With this attack, China launches a separate attack to seize Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and the islands of Japan in a swift, unopposed move. With the end of the year, the FSA has completely repossessed strategic locations in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Seizing massive swaths of oil and manufacturing land that can be used to re-tool the Russian, Chinese, and Iranian Armies.


2020: The Nuclear Dawn ushers in destruction. In a last ditch attempt to relinquish FSA control of key oil assets, the NATO, EU, and US strategically deploy both Tactical Nuclear Devices and Mega-Nukes in an inferno of atomic might. Thousands die in split seconds as a nuclear barrage is launched into the combat areas, soldiers eviscerated in searing clouds as they fought, tanks turned to melting chunks of irradiated metal in split seconds. As the inferno died down, and the human cost was tallied, it was evident that more missiles were inbound.


2021: With the new year, brings more hell raining down upon the world. North America has been scared by Nuclear Fallout, climate change has destroyed cities on the coastline; beaches now reside tens of miles inland. Through all this, a central government, and a still powerful Military assume control of the last vestiges of defense. On both sides, and in one swoop, the last batches of Nuclear Weapons are discharged toward selected targets world wide. In a final act of complete destruction, humanity obliterates itself as the dominant species on Earth. With billions dead, merely millions exist in isolated batches.






Humanity is an enduring species, they need to survive, they strive to exist. Prior to the final salvo of nuclear weapons, a group of the Military risked everything to huddle a group of nearly 12 hundred people into a massive bunker complex that extended a total 4 kilometers below the surface of the Earth. The complex itself was complete with the needs to sustain human life indefinitely, it was itself a masterpiece of human engineering. Capable of feeding a gross amount of nearly 40 thousand, the number existing currently could survive easily with the supplies set forth. The group sat inside their bunker, going about the daily objectives as the world crumbled around them.

A major drawback to this, though, was once the massive doors closed; and they were locked inside their utopia, they were completely severed from the outside world. This left them alone, separated. But it remained this way, it remained this way for the next five years. 2026 emerged on the calendar, and finally, someone decided to organize a group. A team to journey from the confines of the complex and explore the outside world.

2026: Nearly half a decade has gone by without a word spoken to the outside world; or what is expected to be left of it. 600 Military Personnel were holed up inside what has now been called the Delta Complex, and are contemplating the organization of a group of Military and Civilian personnel.

The bunker, equipped, built, and sustained by the US National Guard several years prior to; is a metaphorical armory of sorts. A mass of weapons, ammunition, and vehicles are stored within it's depths. The Military plans to utilize this in their expedition. Fifteen volunteers are chosen from the Military, and soon, volunteers are accepted from the civilian population.

Soon, a group emerged. By the beginning of Summer, or what it's expected begin would be, the group had trained together and appeared to be ready for their journey.

Summary = Someone pressed to many fuckin' buttons ...


Characters; I spent way to long on that intro ...


Name; (Standard)
Rank; (Applicable only in Military)
Age; (How many Grandpa's we got here?)

Appearance & Personality; [Pictures are fine, yet frowned upon by the Great Az. >=(]
History; (You can not exist without a past ... And no Super-Heroes, either)

My turn ... my turn!


Name; Robert Archer
Rank; Master Sergeant
Age; 45

Appearance; 6'3 and weighing in at 210 pounds, Archer is an age old replica of a pristine soldier. Fighting close-in with soldiers and personnel much younger than him has left him in a constant form of peak physical performance. Many of his notable campaigns were the Taiwan-Defense as well as the Tajik Offensive in 2019. Preferring to let the mottled brown hair sit loosely on his head, unlike many of his counterparts who prefer to keep it closely shaven and cropped, Archer still maintains his hair at a constant length. Barely ear length.

While calm green eyes are constantly scanning those he interacts with, Archer is a stern man. Rarely ever seen doubting himself openly; calm, cool, and collected, Archer is a specifically taciturn man. Though he feels he has more connections to the Military population, Archer is an avid supporter of many children in the community. Rising in the ranks slowly during his five year stay in the bunker complex.

History; Joining the United States Army at a young age, Archer was a prominent soldier during the Tajik Build-up; Archer was a primary combatant during the festering period that would lead to open combat with the FSA. Upon the initial open warfare, Archer would be one of only twenty soldiers to survive the initial Tac-Nukes that were deployed by the Russians on the Tajik Front. After his brush with death, it was quickly realized by the Military's upper-class that the Tajik Front and all the oil that came with it wasn't worth fighting for.

When the warheads fell on Tajikistan, Archer was in Paris. Moving to engage advanced Russian and Chinese forces in their move on central Europe. This campaign would also end in defeat for the NATO/EU Task Force; it was later learned that a major reason for the NATO defeats at strategic locations in Europe was due mainly to Russia's tendency to outwardly deploy high-kilo tonnage Tactical Warheads on both their own forces and enemy groups. With this distinct objective of the FSA; total domination at any cost, the NATO/EU Task Force was pushed off of mainland Europe, and practically into the sea.

Now, he finds himself in the Delta Complex. Under the command of a Tactical Assistance Squad, one of the few surviving groups of specially trained soldiers that existed before, during, and after the war. Commanding his own squad at the moment, he was one of the names drawn during volunteer operations for the Military Personnel.



Rules;
Yadda' yadda', you know them ... just shut up and listen.

1: Gateway Rules apply ... I guess.
2: It's the world ... killed by nukes. We won't know where we're going until we get our lazy, post-apocalyptic asses out there.
3: Mary Sues be gone! -Throws Mary Sue Water toward select Mary Sues-
4: God Modders be gone! -Throws God Modder Water toward select God Modders-
5: If you wish to play one of the Military Crew accompanying the Civilians, you must state so in your profile.
6: Not everyone will be in the Military ... maybe one or two.
7: Romance is encouraged but you must -- Who's seriously gonna' have sex in a desolate nuclear wasteland? Either way ... keep it within boundaries.
8: Plz dont be dum ... k?

(Hold this spot, back at 3:00 PM)

(i'm going to keep this spot reserved^^)

Ranks I found.

Name; Johnathan M. Lamus (M for Matthias; Jon-a-than Ma-thy-us Lame-mus; He prefers to be called Matt)

Rank; Private First Class

Age; 27

Appearance; Matt is blessed with a respectable figure. Standing at 6'1" and weighing, nude, at 175 lbs. He's rather a young soldier with a mended medium body build that includes slightly bulging muscles, not ripped, and a six pack. His slightly tan skin due to his southern origins. His dark brown hair is trimmed and kept at a comfortable, convenient buzz-cut style. Other traits are his exotic dark green eyes. This trait was always sealed up to him and labeled a mystery. But, they always look as if they're always braced for battle, action, and orders.

Personality; Matt is young, his sarcasm comes naturally along with talent for being a jackass. He has an astounding temper limit that's so durable, it can tolerate insult after put downs and vice-versa for hours. Although with that blessed trait he has a downfall. Well, not always, it's his curiosity. He's always looking for answers, whenever and however he can. This, most of the time, leads him into labyrinthine situations and complicated problems. Other than those he has the basic foundation of emotions every regular being has, sorrow, excitement, happiness, etc.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. There's another side to Matthias. He has multiple personality disorder. He has a dark side which is relaxed, cold, and calm in the situation he would normally be frightened of. This side thinks it through thoroughly and is much more aggressive than Matt. Unlike Matt this parallel side prefers being called John. The majority of the time this personality is unintentionally triggered by seeing innocent bloodshed, or in life threatening moments. Because of this Matt is constantly in a complex war inside his mind, repressing this side.

History; (I'll get it done tomorrow Az. It's 12:00 AM, and I got to wake up at 6:00 AM, lucky me eh? Agh, screw you I'm sleeping *Shuts down comp*)

Name; Isabelle Brisson

Rank; Is for doesn't apply >>

Age; 20

Appearance & Personality;

-Appearance-

Bella has dark, crimson-red hair that falls in straight, choppy layers down to near her shoulders, with bangs brushing just above her eyes, which are a stormy blue color. She's a small girl, standing at 5' 3”, and weighing in at 114 lbs; her body is slender, though she isn't sure why. She exercises perhaps, but her diet is atrocious. Her skin is pale, probably partially thanks to the complete lack of any real light in her home for the past years. She has a scar marring her face, cutting across the top of her nose next to her right eye and leading downwards just a bit towards her cheek. Her clothing normally consists of simplicity: t-shirts, tank tops, and jeans, as well as a pair of heavy black boots.

-Personality-

Bella is normally outgoing and opinionated; her words quick and hard-edged, fast to be filled with hurtful sarcasm. She's got an explosive temper, quick to be set off, and she often over-reacts in her anger, not waiting to know the entire situation before she responds. She's quite slow to trust, and slower to open up, however, when she does trust someone, she's extremely loyal to them and will stick by their sides until she dies. She doesn't believe in lying, even to spare someone's feelings, and sticks with this belief by being brutally honest. Lots of people think she's cruel and unkind because of this; in reality, she really can be quite mean, though in general she's good-hearted. She does what she feels is right at the time, and only follows the people she respects.

History; Her life if quite plain, or as plain as the life of an apocalypse-survivor can be. She was lucky enough to be caught up in the group taken into hiding with the military, though she has no idea what's become of the rest of her family. Her father died fighting in the battles that waged before the nuclear holocaust got to it's worst. Her mother, Bella is sure, has gone insane; she was with her before she went into the bunker, and thought that she'd entered as well, but she hasn't found her, and is now sure that she wandered off and got separated.

To pass the time these years they've been hiding, Bella has taught herself what she's been able about fighting and firearms. Although she's considerably unskilled with weaponry, she's a fairly decent fighter. She received the scar on her face in a fight with a young man she met a year after entering the shelter; he swiped at her with a broken bottle. She isn't bothered by the mar; she's just glad it missed her eye.

When she learned about the expedition into the open, she knew she'd go insane if she stayed here instead. Regardless of the wasteland that doubtless awaited them, she needed to see the outside world. She looked into it, and now, has managed to weasel her way into the expedition party.

Name; Owen Ramsey

Rank; Private

Age; 28

Appearance & Personality;

-Appearance- Owen is an average soldier, with cropped brown hair and a stubble beard from not shaving on a regular basis. He has strong facial features and pale skin from his life underground combined with regular exercise and plain 'ole genetics. He has green eyes and stands a respectable 5'9", not towering over his comrades, but right on the average. His clothing consists of the usual BDU for the military forces of an embattled earth, and a single gold pendant on a chain around his neck, that he keeps tucked in his undershirt.

-Personality- Owen is rather cheerful and fine to get along with, but retains some pride for Queen and Country, something he's very touchy about.

History; Owen lived in the glorious U.K. of A., as he called it, due to the U.k.'s close ties with American leading up to the Great War. He was shipped out to protect the Falklands once again, before being pulled back to defend the U.K. by his Commanding Officers as the Falklands fell to the South American Republics.

During his entire career in the Military, he did one thing: fly UAVs.

Since then, he found himself volunteering with the Delta Project, due to his talking with a recruiter one night, and some "research" into the matter that wasn't entirely legal; Using the whole thing as an excuse to get out of service on the Coast of England, he was shipped off to the Delta Project facility, and has been living life in a Post-Apoc world ever since. The outside world is his biggest interest, since there has been no communication for five long years.

Name: Jack Hopper
Age: 30

=Appearance=: Jack has shaggy dark-brown hair, framing an oval face and hazel eyes. He stands at 5' 7", and weighs 135 pounds. He wears a faded EMT uniform and a pack filled with various equipment.

=Personality=: Jack is pacifistic and non-aggressive, being more focused on saving a life rather than ending another. He is not one for being in the action, preferring to be behind and ready to help at a moment's notice.

History: Jack was an EMT in a rather nasty part of the city he lived in. Car accidents, gang shootings, he witnessed all of these. Despite the shocking injuries he witnessed, he proved to be one of the best EMTs at the hospital.

While down in the bunker, he tended to those who got sick or injured. While helping the occasional needy person, he took time to learn some weapons training from the military personnel stationed in the bunker.

He heard about the expedition to the surface, and jumped at the chance when he considered that his medical skills would be a necessity in a world without hospitals.

Looks like it's gotten a good group, but there's some things we need to go over before the IC goes up.

Civilian to Military Ratio:

1 to 4 ... does that not seem right? There's 12 hundred people inside the Delta Complex, the Military personnel stand alone with a 600 man count.

Rokku; Seeing as how you're the latest addition to the group, and also seeing as how "Field Medic" isn't a rank; I'm going to ask you to reforge your character sheet. Make him a civilian or something near the sort. You can still choose to be a Paramedic, someone who worked at a hospital or something like that. But we've hit the limit for the Military Personnel.


It also looks like we've got two others who haven't filled out their sheet yet, Sage and that Mynx guy. So you guys need to get your character sheets up.

Name; Ben Schmidt

Age; 26

Appearance; Ben weighs in at only 170 pounds, and is 6'1", which shows his relatively skinny frame. Since he hasn't been able to do much since they went underground, his skin is sort of pale, and his body does not carry much muscle. Fresh out of medical school, he was about to begin real work for the underground hospital there, but was recruited for this expedition to the land above the complex, since he is a young, and able-bodied doctor.

Ben isn't one of the most outgoing people that you will meet, and he is always nervous around new people. Although he is fairly excited about being picked, he is also a little nervous about working under military command, since he wasn't taught much about field medicine in medical school.

History;
Before the bombings of the world, Ben was living a sub-normal life, since his close family died from starvation and worry. When people were picked to go underground, he was lucky, and got into the batch that would stay in the Delta Complex. When life settled down in the complex, he began medical school, and graduated when when he was twenty-six, because of the delays after he had graduated out of high school, and before he went underground. Working as an intern in the hospital of the complex, he's helped deal with some odd injuries and ailments, many that come from living underground like this.

While working in the hospital, a retired field medic that was in the Army, taught him a few things about emergency survival and medicine, such as making splints out of natural elements, and on-the-second surgery. With this limited supply of knowledge, he applied for the expedition, and to his surprise, was one of the few that was picked.

Name; Martin Flint.
Rank; N/A
Age; 24
Appearance & Personality; Martin is rather short, standing only at 5' 4" and weighing only 140 lbs. but he makes up for his short stature with a sharp tongue, quick to making snide remarks. he is rather mousy in appearance, with tousled brown hair, and a thin pointed face. he loves being the joker, though most are at the expense of others around him. he is a very talented card player, and often cheats, just so he can win. he is quick, and sure in his movements, and has very sharp dark blue eyes, capable of picking out objects, one might point out, in a very cluttered room cloaked in semi darkness. he does not like fighting, preferring to be the one who starts the fight. though if he finds himself in a fight, and no easy way out, he becomes rather fierce, wielding a short knife wildly.

History; Martin started out with the normal life, living in a house in California, with parents and a brother. but once he turned fifteen, he went into a "evil stage" as his parents described it. he started filching things, and joyriding. and he became a accomplished . he got tossed into a juvenile detention center three times, each time he escaped somehow. finally when he turned 18 he decided he must be more discreet, and moved to another state. he set up a small operation, where he hacked into databases of businesses, and distributed their wealth among other less fortunate businesses, taking a small "fee" for himself. eventually he stopped , and went back to filching things, becoming very accomplished. he recently was caught again, and thrown into jail, where he decided to play it cool, and serve his time to get the police and other agencies off his back. he was released after a period of a month, and moved once again, to Ely, in Nevada, where he has since then stayed low, and kept himself anonymous.

AzricanRepublic wrote:Looks like it's gotten a good group, but there's some things we need to go over before the IC goes up.

Civilian to Military Ratio:

1 to 4 ... does that not seem right? There's 12 hundred people inside the Delta Complex, the Military personnel stand alone with a 600 man count.

Rokku; Seeing as how you're the latest addition to the group, and also seeing as how "Field Medic" isn't a rank; I'm going to ask you to reforge your character sheet. Make him a civilian or something near the sort. You can still choose to be a Paramedic, someone who worked at a hospital or something like that. But we've hit the limit for the Military Personnel.


It also looks like we've got two others who haven't filled out their sheet yet, Sage and that Mynx guy. So you guys need to get your character sheets up.

EDIT: I reworked it. Hope this will earn me an approval.

I would really like to join in this, it will be my first Rp in a long while so I may be a little rusty, please forgive me for that. And also a heads up, I will probally only be able to post once a day. Just in case that would be a problem.

Name: Robert Frost

Age: 26

Appearance: Robert stands about 5'11 and weighs about 200 pounds. He is of average build and is no stranger to some physical activitie, though he is by no standards an athlete. He has a squared jaw and intense green eyes giving him a menacing appearance, though he does not like any form of fighting and prefers to avoid it when he can. Though when he is pushed enough and it does come down to a fight he will do anything within his power to come out on top.

He normally wears a backwards trucker cap, with his messy brown hair left uncombed underneath. He wears a white T-shirt with a light green vest most of the time and darker green cargo shorts. And he is almost never seen far from any one of his three cameras, two being still cameras and one being a small handheld camcorder.

History: Robert grew up in your average american suburbian family with nothing really notable happening until he turned eighteen and finished highschool when he decided to attened a film school to become a director. A year through the four year course he abandoned it, finding that he did not have what it took to direct a whole movie. Instead he followed up another facsination he picked up during that time, photography.

Taking an internship with a local telivison studio he learned how to use a Camcorder to its full potentiol while refining his skills with a still camera at home during his spare time. For a year he was an intern until he was good enough with a camera that they hired him full time. He worked as a camera guy for the news program the studio ran for another year. Which is when he was selected, by pure chance to go into the massive underground bunker.

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P.S: Anyone looking forward to Fallout 3 as much as I am?