War has changed. No longer are battles fought with blades, guns, or machines manufactured for combat. Gone are the days when the lives of men were meaninglessly lost for vague, and empty ideals. In this present time, those holding power assault each other with words, politics, economics... the way of the sword has ceased to continue. Old men with suits and status took their place on the higher pedestals of society, doing their best to keep everything, as well as everyone, in order. The technology to monitor every person's status was now prohibited, and no longer in use by any nation of the world.

During this era of tranquility, there was no need for soldiers, or massive, destructive weaponry. Since the dawn of time, war has been apart of life, apart of the natural order of things on this Earth. For the passed decade, there has been no need for struggle, no need for slaughter, and the cries of the wounded and dieing have not been heard upon a battlefield for what seems like forever. No, finally all was right in the world, and excluding those who chose to cling to their grudges, nothing could be any better. The light was shining brighter now than any other generation in history. However...

With every radiant light... an even darker shadow is cast.

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It is the year 2024 A.D., and due to Solid Snake's act of bravery, an era of peace has been ushered in for the passed ten years. Snake has been deceased for nearly a decade, and all who were apart of what he accomplished have not forgotten his great deed. War, and anything associated with it has been restricted, or disposed of. Since the destruction of the Patriots, the U.N. has raised up a new world order, one which does not thrive upon a war economy, but rather everything except for that. Obviously there is still hostility between the groups, but the U.N. no longer hesitates in stepping into conflict zones, relieving as much of the problems as possible.

Though, what the public doesn't know is that this peace may soon be shattered once again. The Pentagon, as well as other high places of authority around the world, have received messages. Threats against the world they have been building for the passed several years may not be a haven much longer. Something, or someone is attempting to disrupt this world order, though the true intentions are unknown. The signs and words come in many different forms, but one that has been sent frequently is as follows:

May blood be spilled upon the Earth once again.

Whatever this threat may be, it will not divulge any information on it's goals or actions. The only other bit of information that it would give out was the name that it went by. Ares.

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IC can be found here metal-gear-ares-war-reborn-t31115.html


RULES

1) NO GOD-MODDING -- This means no acting as if you're immortal and unbeatable. If this happens frequently, you will be booted.

2) NO POWERPLAYING -- No taking control of other characters without the user's consent.

3) NO MACHINE GUN POSTING -- I think this one explains itself, but to put it in other words, no double/triple/quadruple/etc posting.

4) NO ONE-LINERS -- Again, self explanatory.

5) Romantic interactions must be kept BELOW AN X-LEVEL! Seriously, we want to keep it real, but this isn't erotica.

6) Just as in all Metal Gear games, there will be plenty of violence, but don't be completely morbid.

7) This is a literate RP, so try and achieve at least a two paragraph post.

No character shall have a blood or genetic connection with Big Boss or any of his clones. He is deceased, as well as all of his genes (your character may, however, have had relations with any of the Snakes, as long as a plausible explanation is given). Though we are in the Metal Gear universe, in terms of going along with Kojima's wishes of moving on from the Snake saga, we are doing just that, though not leaving it behind altogether.

9) You may have as many characters as you'd like; just don't take on more than you can handle.

10) Most of all, just have a good time. This is made for fun, so enjoy yourselves. =D


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CANON CHARACTERS


Keep in mind that some of these characters will be controllable, while others will not. Some Metal Gear canon characters will be cast important roles, while others may only be around for cameo appearances. I will let you know which ones will be available for the taking, and which ones will not. Note that this may be subject to change. A short summary of what each character has been doing during the last decade will be given as well. For the useable characters, whoever chooses them may make their own back-story for that character that covers that passed ten years, just to give you a bit of creativity. Be sure that it fits their character, however.


Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich: Ever since Snake died, Hal has never been quite himself. With Snake, there was always something exciting and lively happening, not to mention he also had a great friend by his side, but no longer are those days. Since that day, Hal has been working as a computer tech living in Washington D.C., and at times is called to places such as the Pentagon to do some tweaks and updates there, and every now and then repairs. He lives in a decent house. Sunny is still with him.

He has just been recently summoned to the Pentagon with very few details as to why. Soon enough, everything will be revealed...

Sunny Gurlukovich (useable): Sunny continues to live with Hal, now able to go freely in the outside world. She has been enjoying her life as any person should. Though now aged seventeen, she still has that kind, loving, eccentric spirit about her.

She has been called along with her uncle to the Pentagon, though why is still a mystery.

Meryl Silverburgh(useable):

Has been called back to the Pentagon.

Johnny (Akiba) Sasaki (useable):

Has been called back to the Pentagon.

Amadu Barada (aka Drebin 893) (useable):

Jack (aka Raiden) (useable):

Has been called to the Pentagon.

Rosemary (useable):

Little John (useable): Now aged fifteen

Roy Campbell (The Colonel): Being a member of the UN, he has been a huge asset in the restoration of the world. For the passed ten years he has been working to the bone to do what he can for the residents of Earth, trying to make all their lives a little easier.

Is currently at the Pentagon.

Jonathan (useable)(In current FOXHOUND Unit):

Is currently at the Pentagon.

Ed (useable)(In current FOXHOUND Unit):

Is currently at the Pentagon.


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TeMpLaTe

Name/Codename: Your character's real name, followed by an alias should they have one.

Age:

Ethnicity/Race: This will just let us know a bit more about your character.

Appearance:

Alignment/Affiliation: You have several choices for this criteria, and if you have any other suggestions, just let me know and I’ll give you my input.

FOXHOUND: This Black Ops. Unit has been reassembled due to the threat of this ‘Ares’. Reinstated members are Meryl, Johnny, Raiden (Jack), Jonathan, and Ed.

Army Operative (country of your choice): Rank and position is up to you.

Ares: Person or organization you will be working under, for those of you choosing this, PM me for details. This is, at least at the current time, the antagonist of the RP.

Ex-Mercenary: Former mercenaries who have managed to hide away their weapons and other restricted materials since the fall of the war economy. Whether you are hired by the higher ups to investigate this disturbance, or by Ares, or whatever, is totally up to you.

Rogue/Terrorist: Perhaps you’ve caught wind (through one way or another… again, Ares is something not known to the masses at this point in time) of the threat and it’s message, and perhaps you agree with it and wish to join in on the action? Maybe you have your own ideals and plan to act. Heck, you might have empty ideals and just wish to kill people, or you could be a guy who just want to help out society.

Persona: Personality or traits that make your character who they are.

Specialty: This is more of a way to effect your writing style. For example, say your character wasn’t so skilled with stealth. You couldn’t just write about them going through, say, a based with maxed out security unnoticed. Another example is marksmanship. If they were picking off targets, and they had quite poor accuracy, they wouldn’t be able to shoot everything that they set their sights on (constantly, that is). Here are the options you have to choose from. Your total may add up to eight (this number will make sense once you've read the orange text).

Marksman (Long-range weaponry such as the VSS, SVD, or DSR-1)


Firepower (Medium to short range weapons, anywhere from handguns to assault rifles and shotguns)


Strategist (Brilliant thinker and excellent at coming up with good plans on the fly)


Stealth


Explosives User (Includes rocket launchers/etc as well)


CQC [close-quarter combat]


Scout (good at both tracking and handling blades and swords. Another name for them could be ninja… I guess. That doesn’t make them the ‘ultimate warrior’, for all you ninja lovers out there)


Endurance (very high stamina, well built, somewhat stronger than others [though that doesn’t make you a skilled fighter], can take a lot of pain and mental damage; strong willed; etc)


Speeder (Movements, including running, are much swifter and carry a bit more power


Techy (Skilled at repairing machines/weapons as well as handling computer related matters)


Medic (A note to keep in mind; they are more proficient at this task, and also are the only ones that a granted the right of carrying healing or pain relieving items and drugs)

These specialties go by a ‘level system’ of sorts. For those of you who know Metal Gear Online, it is similar to that. As I said, you may have up to five, however how many actual specialties you get depends on the skill level you choose for it. Here are the levels for these specialties: Novice(1), Experienced (2), Veteran (3), Master (4).

Say, for example, I chose to completely Master a certain specialty. Because it comes at a cost of 4, I would have the ability to equip two Experienced Specialties. Or maybe I chose one at a Master, and three at a Novice, and one Experienced--that equals 12 as well. You can spread it out how you like it. Again, there is no RP system to this Role-Play, it is merely a way of uniquely effecting your writing style when dealing with another person, or when writing your own scenario. Your specialties are made to make your characters experience, actions, and outcomes different from others. A goal of mine is to improve writing through set conditions, and I hope that it will help all of you to improve as well.

If you have a suggestion for another specialty, don’t be afraid to suggest.

Weapons/Items: This will most likely be influenced by your specialties, but it’s alright to choose something that doesn’t necessarily compliment your character. It just wouldn’t make much sense. Since weapons have basically been banned for the passed ten years, their have really been no advancements in development, so whatever you saw in MGS4 is basically what you get. However, Ares may have the upper hand in this area… though that will be for you all to find out.

As for what you can have at one time, let's limit it to two medium sized weapons (sniper rifles, rocket launcher, javelin, shotgun, etc), two pistols, and four grenades of any kind. Medical equipment, which only medics can use, is dependent on what it is.

There is one exception. Only explosives users may use explosives, no one else. This does NOT mean grenades, but rather objects such as C4, claymores, sleep gas mines, etc.

History: This is a must. The Metal Gear series has always been quite deep and developed, and I expect no less from you. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect a masterpiece, but put thought into it.

Other: Whatever else that you feel should be known about your character.

Foxhound
Canon Characters
Black Panther - DeeviousDemon
Fox - Choidos
Viking - Mephisto


Ares
Harlequin - Tigeress
Mindfray - Iced Fire
Massacre - Azure Limit
Ghost - Vizcious


Army Operatives
None as of yet

Ex- Mercenary
None as of yet

Rogue/Terrorist
None as of yet



If you have any question's feel free to ask. I'll do my best to help you.

Hey, I will using Raiden. I'll update this post, I just don't want someone to 'ninja' me. Also, do we post the template for cannon characters? We shouldn't, 'cause people shouldn't join if they don't know these characters by heart. We just put a small summary of what's happened, right?

FreeHat wrote:Hey, I will using Raiden. I'll update this post, I just don't want someone to 'ninja' me. Also, do we post the template for cannon characters? We shouldn't, 'cause people shouldn't join if they don't know these characters by heart. We just put a small summary of what's happened, right?

Basically. But by usable im referring to that they are free controllable NPC's. You should still make a character

It's just by usable im referring that anyone can use them to help advance their story not that they are your character for this RP.

and as for someone ninjaing you wouldn't happen as that would most likely interfere with Godmoding xD

Nice Bio

I'll post mine so people can have more of an example.

Name/Codename: David/Fox

Age: 29

Ethnicity/Race: American/Caucasian

Appearance: Fox has the same suit as Grey Fox accept Fox's is pure black with the red center eye. When the face plate open's up *Occasionally* It reveals his face. Fox has brown hair that falls over one eye. He has crimson eye's that represent the hell's he been through his whole life. He has a scar that starts from his left temple and cross down over his left eye and down onto his cheek.

Alignment/Affiliation: FOXHOUND

Persona: Fox believes actions speak louder than words. He may voice his opinion on certian occasions he Sholom speaks unless to engage in a conversation. He prefers silence so he can listen and observe everything around him.
Fox feels no remorse for anything he does. He has a cold personality, ruthless,he rarely helps anyone unless it some how benifts him. Fox is neither friend nor enemy.

Specialty: Stealth [Mastered] Scout [Mastered] Speeder [Experience] Endurance [Experienced]

Weapons/Items: A pair of katana are his main set of weapons he also has numerous weapons built into his suit high-tensile metal wire than can be used for climbing, movement or various combat advantages. Obviously carrying many small throwing weapons about his person as well. He is most definitely in his element as a close combat fighter, that takes advantage of stealth to kill his target. His fists are made of the hardest metal but are as light as a feather for quick movements.

Stealth Camo undetected by any means. Only detected if heard or bumped into.

History:Fox was a killer since he was born. He is the only one aside Grey Fox to recive the commendation of the code name Fox. Fox has been one of FOXHOUNDS best agents aside from Big Boss, Solid Snake and Grey Fox. Fox was a legend in his own right. Until one day they lost him and he was marked KIA, by the government.

Fox was found barely alive, he had been tortured and left to die. He has lost 65% of his blood. several broken bones and torn muscles. he had part of his face cut open on his face that crossed down his eye. They where conducting tests and making an advanced suit off the Gray Fox blueprints. They made one for Fox the same way accept they had it advanced the Stealth Camo. Once activated you cannot be seen. By anything radar or thermal goggles your basically not even their. But it does not cover footsteps of breathing. They had the perfect test subject. David... Last name unknown. His life was destroyed and he was basically an immobilized body. Fox had two options have the suit permintaly grafted to his body restoring him complete and beyond. Or live out the rest of his life crippled and unable to move living day by day as nothing. However Fox was needed elsewhere back at FOXHOUND. As one of the legends return from the dead.

( Two skills at master is 8 then two experienced is 12 right? Over your limit on the sample char or did I miss something? lol, i'll wait for the reply before i put a char in.)

Tigeress wrote:( Two skills at master is 8 then two experienced is 12 right? Over your limit on the sample char or did I miss something? lol, i'll wait for the reply before i put a char in.)

oh dammit I must have forgot to edit out the 8 to 12. Sorry for that inconvenience it's supposed to be 12 points.

(haha thats even better, i felt restricted with 8.. now that I got more room to play with I can start this thing. Besides, everyone makes mistakes, like I one time forgot to put a few letters in the word cutlass, so when I typed "Tigeress shakes her cutlass" it raised quite a interest.)


Name:Thought to be Julie Joyce Codename: Harlequin, for the once famous bards and clowns that decorated their faces.

Age: Assumed to be 24

Nationality: French perhaps, though it is speculation, as her speech changes often.

Group: Aves

Appearance: Fairly tall and with the physical appearance of a olympic gymnastics expert, her face is almost always hidden behind face paintings, often of sad clowns and various other carnival features.

Her clothes change often, but she seems often always a jester of sorts, changing her outfits according to "needs".

One of her eyes is a birilliant blue, and the other a glossy green, and both seem to glow in the dark.

Persona: Changing often always the woman is a natural actress and performer. However, instead of using this talent to hide her feelings, she uses it to bring them into extremity, dramatizing her features in every moment.

She is romantic, even in battle, spouting lines that could be considered worthy of grand shows. This gives her a extremely peculiar nature, but makes it nearly impossible to tell if she is taking somone seriously or not.

She loves beautiful things, various violin music, and festive foods. Oddly, this all combines in the midst of battle, often listening to head phones while wearing her most elogant costumes. She has been even known to offer her victims treats ect.

It is unknown whether she is of a healthy mind, or completely insane.

Specialties: Stealth (novice, her flashy clothing makes it difficult to hide by traditional means, mostly, she excells at camo techniques, such as hiding in plain sight, however, she has tricks for fooling radar and heat signatures)

Scout (master, expecially at blade to blade combat)

Explosives (Novice, as she mainly uses grenades and claymores, having a uncanny knack for them, but doesn't use rocket launchers ect.)

Speeder: Master (her speed is phenomal, perhaps inhuman. This has been tempered by acrobatic movements and a seemingly uncanny reaction time to events.)

Endurance: Novice (a uncanny way of surviving most things, she is never the less extremely human.)

Strategist: Novice (Mostly, she has a knack of predicting people and planning traps. This makes her extremely dangerous to chase.)

Equipment: A large assortment of knives used for throwing and melee Even a nasty looking meat cleaver. Many can be hidden easily.

A enhancement for a sonar system embedded in her ears. It not only allows her to "see" perfectly fine in the dark but hear others as well, giving her a extreme amount of ability to detect others. If you can be heard in the slightest near her,the more chance it is that she knows where you are, exactly, even if behind a wall ect.

16 various explosives, such as flashbang, smoke, frag, and claymores. (no pistols, so i thought it worked. but feel free to knock the number down.) All of them look exactly the same, giving her a edge as one cannot accurately tell what was being thrown at them. In addition to this, she is a profient juggler, sometimes throwing mutiple grenades and keeping the momentum with the others.

History:

Perhaps one of the biggest mysteries of the woman is why she turned to violence. From a young age, the jester-like performer had been phenomal for her throwing knife acts and various other talents, being a skilled actress and singer as well.

The humble carnival where she worked at was her young life, a wonderful constant never ending festival.

To the little girl, it meant everything, and when it became bankrupt it is assumed that is when the girl took up violence as a way to pay for the expensive costs of running such a park, though little or no evidence has been recorded.

She was eventually noticed by both Foxhound and Ares, and her alignment seemed to shift more so to Ares, before completely disapearing, as is her nature.

Other: One of her major weaknesses is that she is theatricle, always wanting to make a fight interesting. As such, she rarely engages the enemy when she's supposed to, getting the job done her own unique.

I think you missed out on a part of the sign up
I'm pretty sure you missed Affiliation if im not mistaken.

ER it was hinted, as for what parts i missed I don't know, fill me in (i tried to balance between things I removed ect. but eh, thats why I have alot of notes for people say "Yay" or "Nay" to)

Tigeress wrote:ER it was hinted, as for what parts i missed I don't know, fill me in (i tried to balance between things I removed ect. but eh, thats why I have alot of notes for people say "Yay" or "Nay" to)

you missed out this part.


Alignment/Affiliation: You have several choices for this criteria, and if you have any other suggestions, just let me know and I’ll give you my input.

FOXHOUND: This Black Ops. Unit has been reassembled due to the threat of this ‘Ares’. Reinstated members are Meryl, Johnny, Raiden (Jack), Jonathan, and Ed.

Army Operative (country of your choice): Rank and position is up to you.

Ares: Person or organization you will be working under, for those of you choosing this, PM me for details. This is, at least at the current time, the antagonist of the RP.

Ex-Mercenary: Former mercenaries who have managed to hide away their weapons and other restricted materials since the fall of the war economy. Whether you are hired by the higher ups to investigate this disturbance, or by Ares, or whatever, is totally up to you.

Rogue/Terrorist: Perhaps you’ve caught wind (through one way or another… again, Ares is something not known to the masses at this point in time) of the threat and it’s message, and perhaps you agree with it and wish to join in on the action? Maybe you have your own ideals and plan to act. Heck, you might have empty ideals and just wish to kill people, or you could be a guy who just want to help out society.

Ah thats what i thought, i have it hinted slightly that it was Ares, i'll throw in that part now, (sorry was busy so couldn't make a intelligent explanation >.<)

alright. I guess I better fire you a PM explaining Ares. A bit more in depth.

But that is tomorrow as it's 12:06 AM xD and I'm off to sleep.

Alright then

Name/Codename:
Viktor Svensson / Viking

Age: 23

Ethnicity/Race:
American of Swedish decent

Appearance:
Shoulder length, wavy, brown hair. A pale skin tone. Bright, piercing, green/blue eyes. He wears black steel-toed combat boots and black colored standard issue pants. He has pistol holsters on each thigh, each containing a pistol. A dark gray belt with pouches with ammunition and grenades. He wears a Kevlar vest over a black T-shirt. He has two vertical cases for holding his shotgun and rifle on his back.

Alignment/Affiliation:
FOXHOUND

Persona:
Optimistic. Friendly and light-hearted towards comrades. Vengeful and ruthless towards enemies. Patriotic. Not the biggest of talkers, but far from the silent type. Very much and individual and proud of it. Fond of things that are different and out of the ordinary, things that 'break the mold."

Specialty:

Firepower[4]

Stealth[2]

CQC [1]

Endurance[2]

Techy [3]

Weapons/Items:
Shotgun, Assault Rifle, two Semi-automatic Pistol and two frag grenades, two smoke grenades.

History:
Viktor did not have a great younger life, to say the least. His outlook on life, though always optimistic (even to this day,) slowly went downward gradually over the course of his life, the same going for his faith in his own species. He now has a dwindling faith in man kind as a whole. He has a great admiration for those individuals who he comes across in his live who aren't afraid to be their own person.

Eventually, as things continually went down hill, he decided one day to join the military, since things would become simpler, everything would be taken care of. There was also the perk that the military was there as a precaution and had no real function in recent years.

During training, he was very surprised to find the he had a lot more of a talent and aptitude for being a soldier than he had ever realized or imagined. Soldiering had always been a last result to him.

When Viktor first caught wind of "Ares" was when he was called to a private meeting. His higher ups had called him together to recruit him into FOXHOUND, Viktor being one of the more capable Marines. FOXHOUND took only the best, for obvious reason.

great bio. What is your intake on this, should we start with four, or wait for a bit more?


lol that rhymed.

Haha! Yay for rhyming.

Hmmmm, it's really up to you, I'd say. I'm not really sure though. Anyone else have any thought on when to start?

Mephisto wrote:Haha! Yay for rhyming.

Hmmmm, it's really up to you, I'd say. I'm not really sure though. Anyone else have any thought on when to start?

because for me it dosn't matter, I just want you guys to be comfortable to start.

I'd be fine with four, I suppose. But I want to make sure the others agree. Since you and I don't mind either way, let's see what they think. If none of us mind, then we could start!

I don't have anything against a four men/women start