IC now open: http://www.roleplaygateway.com/halo-sunrise-restarted-t17870.html

I got bored, so i decided to make a roleplay based on my favourite series of video games; Halo. First of all before you start reading, i want you to know that i will not accept characters that are SPARTAN II or SPARTAN III characters, there will be no Master Chief here.

Basic Information:

This is set during Halo 2, and many systems away from the events of the game. However even though we aren't picking up out battle-rifles and killing phrophets as the Master chief or hunting heretics with the Arbiter, there is still a war going in between the Human's and the Covenant. And yes i know there may be issues with the size of the human forces due to the whole "Pushed back/Last stand" stuff that innevitably happens during the games, for the sake of the roleplay i am going to tweak that a bit for the purpose of fairness.

The story is a fleet of Covenant ships and a fleet of Human ships are battling over controll of a planet called 'Sunrise', which has strategic importance in the sense of recourses to both factions. Sunrise is currently in a state of chaos, the Covenant controlls the surface and the Humans have deployed a fleet to take the planet, however the Covenant fleet is meeting them to defend it against the humans.

Weapons and vehicles that are in the game will be featured in the roleplay, i am not making up new ones for the sake of this roleplay. Not only that but i want a sense of realism as much as possible. I will instantly chuck out anyone who goes Master Chief and kills hordes of enemies by running at them head on holding down the trigger and mindlessly spamming grenades. The only thing i will allow is Infinite energy swords, as i never really understood why they ran out in the game in the first place. NOTE: Human characters can not start of with Covenant weapons and vehicles, and vice versa for Covenant characters.

If you have never played halo or read any of the novels but would like to join: Look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(series)

Covenant races:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_halo

Sangheili: Or better known as Covenant elites. See here for more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangheili

Brutes: Are rare in this roleplay until we get to the point (If it lasts that long) when Brutes take over the Elites as the main soldiers and guardians of the Prophets.

Grunts: Small alien creatures who form the mainstray of the covenant forces, they usually are active in squads of 5-9 lead by a single Covenant Elite (Although there are cases where more than one lead them). When they're leader dies and they receive no orders they panic and flee.

Hunters: Large brutes of a creature who operate in pairs. Are extremely powerfull and are hard to kill. They have shields and large laser beam things that blow the crap out of most infantry and light vehicles that gets in the way of the blast.

Drones: Small flying aliens which are weak, and only advantage is they're fast reactions and flying skills. They usually operate in small swarms.

Jackals: Small savage alien creatures who use one armed range weapons and hide behind an energy shield carried on the arm

(Those are honestly all i can remember of the Covenant races as my mind has suddenly gone blank. If i have missed one don't forget to punt me and then say what it is i have missed ^^)


----Covenant ranks----

We will, for simplicity use the elites ranking system for all races of the covenant(The different areas of the ranks are listed in authority from top to bottom, and the different ranks of that area are followed after a ':' sign, from left to right):

High council: Counciler.
High command: Imperial Admiral(Equipped with Active Comoflauge and legendary energy shields), Supreme Commander(Equipped with active camoflauge and legendary energy shields).
Zealot: Fleet master, Ship master, Field master. (Gold Armor, all three Zealot ranks are equipped with active camoflauge and enhanced energy shields)
Honor Guard: Honor Guard Ultra, Sangheili Honour Guardsmen. (Both have enhanced energy shields)
Covenant Special Operations: SOCC (Special Operations Commander of the Covenant), Special Operations Elite. (Both Special operations ranks are equpped with active camoflauge and average energy shields)
Specialists: Stealth Elite (Equipped with active camoflauge), Elite Ranger (Equpped with jet packs and oxygen tanks, however because of the technology they can only be used in complete vacuum, space to all you retards, also with minor energy shields).
Regulars: Elite ultra (White armor and everage enerygy shields), Elite Major (Red armor and minor energy shields), Elite minor (Blue armor and minor energy shields).

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Sangheili - Click and see the Ranks section for more information.







Human race:

Self explanetory. They are under the controll of the UNSC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNSC_halo

Human ranks:

Most are Self Explanetory, however i will list special ranks available

ODST: Stands for Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, they are elite soldiers who are used for Special op assignments and play the futuristic role of modern day paratroopers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odst_soldier


Sunrise description: A lush jungle planet featuring mostly land, however several thousand rivers and mountains dot the surface, aswell as covenant bases.

--Rules--

1: All basic forum rules apply
2: Be realistic, no master chief skill
3: Read the basic info section; and do what it says
4: I want reasonable sized posts. Although i dont want one liners i dont want posts that take to long to read either ^^
5: I want decent bio's however. I will check things before i accept -_-
6: If you do not understand something ask me or click one of many links above.
7: You can play as UNSC forces (Humans) and Covenant forces. Aswell as all covenant races. You can also play as ODST soldiers if your a human.
8: No SPARTANS or Arbiters -_-
9: Your characters cannot be too high in rank. That is my job, i will be the fleet commanders of both sides to make things fair.
10: If you wish you can captain your own ship, but it is one of many. And although you will be in charge of quite a few troops you do not have infinite men and supplies.
11: Do not be a grunt for the sake of pissing people off.
12: No flood
13: Only high rank elites can use active camoflauge in this roleplay, to make it fair for the humans.
14: The battle starts in space, there is no ground combat yet unless ship boarders are involved or the leader of the UNSC fleet (My character) Decides to send in ground troops to invade the planet.
15: Stick to the ranking system in your bios.

-Character Bio-

Name:
Age: (Be reasonable)
Faction:
Race:
Rank:
Appearance:
Starting weapons: (Be reasonable)
Personality:
Background:

-My Characters-

Name: Atu Tsan'ade
Age: 31 human years.
Faction: The Covenant.
Race: Sangheili.
Rank: Ship master and Field master (A special position given to him for the defence of Sunrise)
Appearance: Atu has a warriors build, muscles ripling through-out his body, covered only by the shining gold armor of the Elite high ranks. His eyes are a yellowish colour and his pupils are but slits. He stands at 8"7, slightly taller than the average elite, but giving him a look of power and controll.
Starting weapons: Energy Sword and a Plasma Rifle
Personality: Like many of his kind, he was brought up to honor a warriors code and be proud of his race and faith. His people are a race of proud warriors, and like many of the other elites; blood is of importance to him. He has a reputation for not following his orders as well as he should, however his higher ranking officials do not mind as his decisions often turn out for the best.
Background: Atu grew up a soldier for the covenant. He was trained from an early age and showed talent for battle. He came from the proud Tsan'ade house on his home world of Sanghelios, which had a reputation for producing high standard tactitions and front line warriors. He joined the covenant navy with his brother San, and they both fought together through many hard battles. Atu was there at the fall of Reach, however his brother San was killed in action and Atu quickly avenged his death. Atu's actions through-out his many battles were recognised and he was promoted quickly to captain, and was given controll of a covenant Capital ship and a small army.

Name: James Mitchell
Age: 42
Faction: UNSC
Race: Human
Rank: Fleet Admiral
Appearance: James stands at 6 feet tall, his eyes blue and hair cut short. Almost to baldness. Telling its original colour is almost impossible to onlookers. His face is wrinkled from his age and scars of battle. He wears a white uniform and hat, promoting his rank to people who see him.
Starting weapons: As he rarely gets involved in combat, his only weapon is a hand gun which he keeps for personal protection.
Personality: James is a a man who rarely makes decisions without thinking them through to the last detail. He is a serious man who looks down on people who would joke about the war; as he has seen things which would make those not prepared insane. He hates stupidness and idiocracy, however admires courage and smarts. And occasionly a quick trigger finger over the brain.
Background: Unkown

-Accepted Characters-

Oris Vadum'ee
Charles Dickinson
Nick Armbruster
Jik’Ara
Lucas 'Luke' Caldera
Hteik
.....

There; i have finished flooding you with information. I think i put to much though, i haven't made an opening yet as that will be in the IC. The IC won't start until i have enough people.
If you have any suggestions tell me, and if you feel i have missed something; tell me.

Name: Nick Armbruster
Age: 30
Faction: Marines, ODST Medic
Race: Human
Rank: Cpl.
Appearance: Standard ODST Armor but with a Red cross on his right arm




Starting weapons: SPARTIN LAZER AnD A GraVeTie HammuR, lol no. Just a Assualt rifle and a magnum for me.

Personality: I would describe him as Hudson from ALIENS

Background: Nick was an army mutt, dad was Marines, Mom was Marines, Grand-dad and grandma too. He had to join, but he joined as a medic, he wasnt afraid to plunge his hands into a 98.6 degree pile of gore and guts to help someone, which he couldnt say about most other medics in the corps. He is one of the only medics that would probably stay and patch up your leg Vein by vein while the Hunters and Wraiths smash through his defences. You can really trust him.


(Will we be backed up by any spartans?)

Rooster, accepted ^^. And i don't know yet, i might bring some spartans in eventually but none of them will be player controlled. As it just wouldn't be fair

Name: Oris Vadum'ee
Age: (Be reasonable) 25 human years
Faction: covenant
Race: Elite
Rank: Spec ops commander . (used for scouting, assassination, quell a heresy, or commandos)
Appearance: Black armored elite with red secondary color. He has a back holster for a rifle and two side holsters for side arms as plasma pistol and energy sword, another one in the back but lower to hold a plasma rifle, and a small pouch to hold misc. stuff.
Starting weapons: (Be reasonable) Carbine, plasma pistol, plasma rifle, garrote wire, and energy sword, active camo.
Personality: Doesn't believe in the covenant way nor the prophets. Lucky for him, the others don't suspect a thing.
Background:
squad- 12 spec op grunts, an engineer from time to time, and 10 spec op elites.

Name: Charles Dickinson
Age: 24 Years of Age
Faction: UNSC Marines, OSDT Heavy Support
Race: Human, Caucasian
Rank: PFC
Appearance:

Starting weapons: M247 LMG, can alternate with either a MA5B Assault Rifle or M6D Sidearm.
Personality: A usually quiet man, he can become quite violent, but is usually calm and says little, though when he says something, it is something he feels strongly about, in example of his usual catchphrase, "Shit...". He's a spray and pray kinda guy. Trusts easily.
Background: Born and raised on the Mars Colony, he went to college, majoring in Political Science, and even married his sweetheart, Jessica, but when the Covenant, and War called, he answered. Denied entry to the Navy due to his eyesight, he enlisted with the marines.

Comrade Vallici accepted. However i would like you to edit your weapon's

Ottoman, i see nothing wrong with it ^^ Accepted

I dont really have much to say about myself

Joel 0_o wth?

So, will there be any Forerunner Relics/Ruins on Sunrise?

Maybe, i'm not really giving away much.

Oh and i will start the IC sometime this weekend, we dont have many people but i will leave the signups open so others can join.

Anyone want to be old friends in this rp?

Ok i'm about to start the IC, people are obviously hard bent on joining so hopefully an In Character will make people more interested xD

Rooster wrote:Anyone want to be old friends in this rp?

Why not?

-Character Bio-

Name: Lucas 'Luke' Caldera

Age: 28

Faction: UNSC, ODST Sniper

Race: Human

Rank: Lieutenant

Appearance:
Luke does have an appearance below the armor, even if the Covenent don't know it. He has a pair of hazel eyes that are set into a good looking face. His brown hair is as long as the UNSC will permit, which isn't much. He has a lean, well-toned body with 'farmers tan' skin.

Starting weapons: S2 AM Sniper Rifle, M6C Magnum Sidearm, M6C Magnum Silencer Attachment

Personality: When on the battlefield Luke is smart, calculating, and deadly. His persision with a sniper rifle is matched only with the persision of his mind when it comes to outwitting and escaping his enemies. When he is around friends, however, he is charming and funny and great to be around.

Background: Luke was born and raised in a small, backwater town in southeastern Oklahoma. He joined the UNSC at the age of 18 and graduated from his training at the top of his class. Luke was immediately thrust into the chaos of combat, quickly proving himself again and again in tough situations. His superiors soon took interest in him.

At the ripe age of 23, after being promoted a few times for his skill in combat, Luke was approached with the opportunity of a life time. The UNSC wanted him to join the ODST program. Soon after Luke joined his mettle was tested in the throes of battle. His first ODST mission was where he found his calling.

After his HEV (Human Entry Vehicle) had landed in the wrong coordinates, along with half his squad, he quickly found himself trapped behind enemy lines. Covenant swarmed the drop site, killing three of Lukes squadmates. Luke, after running out of ammo, was forced to pick up a mud-caked sniper rifle. Three days later Luke, and the other two remaining squad mates, were found in the jungle during a ferocious downpour. Luke had managed to not only survive, but to lead the rest of his squad through enemy controlled territory and back to the UNSC.

He was rewarded with the rank of Lieutenant.

Other: Speaks with a small southern accent, barely noticable.

Luke, accepted ^_^

oh and change of plans, ill start the IC either later tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks ^^

I had to break out the ol' Halo 2 Strategy Guide for meh bio

Name: Jik’Ara

Age: 29 Earth Years

Faction: The Covenant

Race: Sangheili

Rank: Major

Appearance: Full ‘Elite Combat Armour’ attire (for images, just equip your elite on halo 3 with all Combat attire)

Starting weapons: Plasma Rifle 100% Energy, Plasma Pistol 100% Energy, Two Plasma Grenades.

Personality: Loyal, Noble, Proud

Background: Jik’ara has always looked up to the Majors and Zealots of the Covenant fleet, since he was old enough to know about the war against the ‘Humans.’ He joined the Covenant forces at 20, as a foot soldier. At 28, he was promoted by his battalion’s Zealot to the rank of Major for his loyalty and prowess in battlefield action. He now prepares for orders upon his battalion’s ship, Lightguard, in orbit above Sunrise with the rest of the Covenant fleet.

Accepted Phate ^^

Name:Hteik (Hi-Tech)
Age: (Be reasonable)32 in human years
Faction:Covenant
Race:Sangheili(also known as elites.)
Rank:White.(Elites ranks are shown by there armor and they receive promotions from the amount of casualties they inflict upon there foes.)
Appearance:
Starting weapons: (Be reasonable)Energy Sword and Beam Rifle.
Personality:He is trusting,loyal,and protective of his allies and Merciless to his foes.He enjoys a fair fight and is always in search of one.He is very difficult to anger but once he is...run.
Background:Originally he was part of the elites chosen to protect the prophets but once he heard that the Humans were trying to stop the Covenant's search for their god's artifacts he pleaded the Prophets to put him on the Front Line.The prophets were pleased by his eagerness and let him fight.Now he is incharge of a 3 squads.A total of 3 jackals,15 grunts,and surprisingly a brute.

(If the brute is to much give me the word so i can take him off cuse I'm kinda iffy on having him or not).

don't forget that Majors have red armour.