X-Stigma Strain: Beginnings [ OOC/ Characters ]

December 24, 2022....

The Story

It has been 14 years since the X-Stigma Outbreak. It all happened too fast for anyone to stop it. Millions dead, millions dying and millions of "them" rising back. No one was prepared for it, no one wanted to believe it was happening. Thousands by thousands they overran our cities and towns, no one was safe from them. They mutilated and devoured our families our friends. "They" were murderous sentient beings of their former selves, cannibalistic beasts now, dead fathers rose up to attack their once beloved children, brothers ripped apart sisters and young siblings without any second thoughts. It was a gruesome thing to behold....

For 14 years they have ravaged the world and taken many innocent people to their horrifying deaths. As the years progressed, the X-Strigma Strain evolved within it's billions of hosts. Walled fortress cities were erected around the world. People were trained daily to learn how to combat these "things". They were taught how to bear arms of many kinds and how to use their surroundings to survive if they were to ever find themselves running from a mob of flesh-eating hunters.

You are a survivor living in New Wall City, located in the middle part of the old New York City, it is one of the last places humanity can live and prosper in. It is up to you how the story will go. Will you try to find a way to remove the undying plague from your world or join the ranks of the flesh-eaters? Your actions and choices will determine if you live or live to eat your friends....

[ The IC Thread can be found here: http://www.roleplaygateway.com/stigma-strain-beginnings-t10662.html ]
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The T.R.A.C.U.

A special combat group called the Tactical Recon and Combat Unit (T.R.A.C.U) was formed to serve as the main policing forces of their walled cities, which there are only 40 left that is known to the world, maybe even less. It was a dangerous job as a T.R.A.C.U. soldier.

Their duties ranged from:

- Going outside walled cities and retrieving supplies from old cities and towns.

- Protecting the city and exterminating any zombie threats that come near or in rare cases, within the city itself (Reports of this is starting to reach common status now)

- Protecting caravans or convoys coming or going to other walled cities and dozens of other life-threatening jobs.

T.R.A.C.U. soldiers are trained in different and vital areas of expertise. There is usually 1 or 2 of each assigned to a squad.

These "jobs" range from:

Infantry - T.R.A.C.U. infantrymen carry standard issue equipment such as the M16 Rifle, a handgun, four grenades and the black gray camouflaged battle suit. They also have a backpack they can hold food or other items vital to their survival when they are outside of the walled cities.

Heavy Equipment Operations - H.E.O.s are responsible for carrying a single heavy equipment that is vital their squads mission. These heavy equipments can range from communications satellites to robotic vehicles.

Demolitions Experts - These men are the guys you go to when you want a metal door blown down or a zombie hole blown up. They carry a wide array of explosives with them and most are usually found carrying shotguns for close-combat situations.

Reconnaissance - Lightly equipped men serve as scouts and relay information back and forth the squad or headquarters. They carry semi-automatic handguns, binoculars and 12-inch combat knives.

Combat Medics - These people are usually people who have had past experiences with the field of medicine. They range from medical students to full-fledged doctors who are willing to go out into the combat zones with their squads. They carry important tools and medicines of different kind, such as anesthetics, for when they have to amputate a fellow squad member on the spot.

Z-Assessor - Z-As' are people who have been studying or know a lot about the different kinds of zombies known to man. The information they have can usually save their whole squad from imminent danger, making them a valuable asset...If your squad can hire one.
[ Zombie Types, can be found here. http://zombiedictionary.webs.com/zombietypes.htm ]
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Character Sheet

I'm not asking for a long elaborate essay but at least provide vital and visual information that can help others and myself understand your character and how he/she fits into the story. I will use my own as an example of how it should look like.

Name: Kevin Vankurst

Age: 33

Profession: TRACU Squad Captain, New Wall City TRACU Division

Gender: Male

Equipment/Clothing: Standard TRACU infantry weapons and urban camo uniform, with some wears and tears here and there from constant time out on the field. He also carries a gold locket containing a picture of his deceased 2 year old daughter, Junie.

Personality: He can be a hot-headed rebel when it came down to arguing with someone over important or non-important issues but that only clouds out his true colors. He was actually quite the joker and a respected father figure to his squad. He is a very virtuous TRACU soldier at heart and shows respect if respect is given back to him.

History/Background: Born in New York City back in the days. He grew up to be your average typical high school athlete, had a nice girl and awesome friends. After he graduated college, he married his girlfriend and trained for the armed forces as a marine and wanted to do his part to show his patriotism. Then, it happened. The news reports. The attacks. The blood and the red terror it wreaked upon. The X-Stigma Outbreak tore out like a devastating wildfire and took his wife and his family. He fled, in tears and in anger. He drove for hours upon hours as far away from his home as he could, until he came upon a military command post. He exited the vehicle and entered the compound, holding a gold locket with the picture of his wife and daughter. He was devastated and raging with so much anger that day. It was a red day.

Now a squad captain of an 8 man squad, he leads them through perilous tasks all over the states in a hungry thirst to find a cure or any way to stop the end of the world.
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The Rules

-> No God-modding (Controlling another player's actions is strictly forbidden without written permission by him or her.)
-> No Meta-gaming (Knowing information your character has yet to see or heard yet, like secret doors, secret levers, password codes for computers and things of that nature)
-> Absolutely no super-human powers or super quick reflexes. You are a human being. You can get hurt. You can -die-.
-> If your character dies, I am allowing you to create another one, but he or she can not be anyway related to the deceased character.
-> Please, CONTACT ME, before joining. It is rude to just hop in unannounced.

join later .

Name: john paxton.

Age: 32

Profession: TRACU Squad captain( infantry ).

Gender: Male

Equipment/Clothing: Standard TRACU infantry weapons such as the famous m4 carbaine Delta issue along with a colt 45 and a desert cameo uniform,

Personality: smart but never sacrifaces his squad for the objectives unless forced 2 , he is very hatefull for the undead but he hopes he would help find in a cure for the disease .

History/Background:born in a small town in boston , grew up in a military base , joined Delta force under the age of 23 he served during the first attack of the virus he helped in both england and france and also when it first appeard in new york , he is bieng considerd a rising star in the military and an extreme killing machine .

Sounds fun. I'm in!
Name: Victor 'Sly' Housen
Age: 18
Description: A short, brown haired youngster with icy blue eyes, Victor, often called Sly by other recruits, resembles his twice-decreased father in every way, right down to the small muscle build and naturally good posture. He wears his hair long, with his bangs split along both sides of his face.
Profession: TRACU Private First Class, New Wall City TRACU Division, Recon
Gender: Male
Equipment/Clothing: Standard reconnaissance gear - a semi-automatic handgun with 12 round capacity, several clips of extra ammunition, binoculars, a 12-inch combat knife - plus a few of his own personal items. He wears the same style of clothes TRACU found him in. He wears a tattered half-cloak, tattered shorts, and hand/leg wraps.
Personality: Sly stands out from the rest of the TRACU recruits because of his preferred clothing style and overall ragged looks, not to mention the fact that he stands much shorter than the typical soldier. It would seem an obvious conclusion to draw that Sly is an outcast, as introverted as any man can be. But he is actually fairly extroverted, able to converse competently with other humans, and he is able to observe the dynamics of behaviors and actions to draw remarkably accurate conclusions. When he is at work, he becomes deadly serious and is not to be trifled with.
History/Background: Sly was found by a TRACU squad when he was 4, shivering in a closet with nothing except a makeshift half-cloak and tattered shorts. Since being rescued, Sly has trained mostly in hand-to-hand combat. He has just joined a TRACU squad, with special permission to not be in uniform.

Name: Vivian Valentine

Age: 28

Profession: Combat Medics with some training as a Demolitions Expert

Equipment/Clothing: Pockets. Vivian simply LOVES pockets, with which to carry all her supplies, always keeping the seemingly chaotic mass of things on her organized and filed. As such, she carries around a tattered white messenger bag with a spray-painted red cross over her shoulder, a belt on her waist that carries various medical supplies via bags and compartments that are on it, as well as a leather first-aid kit that goes on her back, attached by a belt that crosses over her other belt at the buckle. Aside from that, she sports a lab coat from her old days that go over her standard TRACU bullet-proof vest and ripped jeans that end at the ankles. In terms of weaponry, she sports a Colt SAA and a Glock, as well as a section in her messenger bag that is for small explosives that range from basic sticks of dynamite to jarred concoctions that will injure any zombie that it is thrown at (like, burning from acid or exploding in some molotov cocktail thing, since she knows her chemicals =B). rar

Personality: A frequent at telling her other squad members that hate makes waste, she is never one to allow her emotions to get into control, finding a distaste in those that will into their carnal instincts to lead them into a blood-frenzy of half-assed actions and sloppy maneuvering. Finding herself as the unwritten squad co-commander, she tries her best to remain calm and give orders when the situation calls for it. Despite being only a Medic, she portrays a calm strength and icy tenacity when in the field that may affect someone more than if she was simply yelling orders in the fray. Oh, and she's a skank. SKAAAANK D8 rar you'll seee |=

Bio: To be revealed during the story for it is scarring >3 Although she prefers to be called V inmstead of her actual name.

Name: Frank Ashworth

Age: 34

Profession: TRACU Corporal, Demolitions Expert

Equipment/Clothing: Donning the standard TRACU vest, shotgun and uniform isn't sufficient in Frank's opinion. Over it, he's equipped himself with a Kevlar vest (by the logic that if it stops bullets, it'll stop teeth) and a military-grade gas mask to protect himself from the volatile chemicals he mixes around with on a regular basis. He carries two bags with him, one on his back containing his mobile apothecary of chemicals and concoctions, the other at his side holding his ready-made explosives of all kinds.

Personality: Moderately paranoid, he is constantly watching his back for any undead presence. He never takes off his equipment during missions, which sometimes leads to pronounced body odor during extended assignments. He will never hesitate to lob a grenade into any suspected zombie hideout, which often puts him at odds with Vivian's 'haste makes waste' attitude. Additionally, his gas mask leaves his speech quite mangled and muffled, though not indecipherable.

Bio: Before the strain broke out, he was an aspiring and talented chemist, but little else is known about him.

Name: Asriel "Az" Boldman

Age: 36

Profession: TRACU Sergeant, Heavy Equipment Operations

Equipment/Clothing: He is clad in the ready-made TRACU armour and weaponary, everything that defines "heavy, well armed and well defended". He has a tattoo of a cheeky looking monkey on his neck, a picture of his wife and child in the back pocket of his military issued heavy cargo pants, which has more guns stuck to it than an armoury holds, are a constant reminder to him about his life. Also, he has a dog-tag around his neck with his military code, 3173AZ, imprinted on it.

Personality: A man of many words, and a lot more action, Srgt. Az; known to his friends; is one who could not care less about what anyone says about him. His actions are harsh, his bullets are fast, and -to him - Allison is a bigger problem to him compared to anyone else, even the zombies. He can be a very serious person when he wants to. But is laid back most of the time. He loves to see things blow up, and when it happens he is more than likely to have a huge smile on his face. To him, his life is perfect, even though there are deadly zombies running about mutilating people.

Bio: Born in Chicago, Asriel has always had a love for guns, bombs and fast cars. He is a married man and has a son named, weirdly enough, Barret Carbine, but he calls him "Gun". He used to be a bank clerk before the outbreak and joined the TRACU special forces two years later at the age of 24.

Said Characters are approved:

John Paxton
Victor 'Sly' Housen
Allison Maycare
Frank Ashworth
Asriel "Az" Boldman

You all may now start Role-Playing in the IC Thread.

and where is that ?

http://www.roleplaygateway.com/stigma-strain-beginnings-t10662.html

Here ya go.

Name: Samuel "Sam" Nelson

Age: 24

Profession: TRACU Private First Class, Infantry

Gender: Male

Equipment/Clothing: Sam dons the black and gray combat suit used by all TRACU. This is accompanied by knee and elbow pads. Being an infantryman, Sam is supplied with four m67 fragmentation grenades, and a Beretta M9A1 semiautomatic handgun. The M9A1 was originally used by the Marine Corps, the main difference form the M9 being the Picatinny rail system on the underside of the handgun's barrel. On the rail is mounted a laser sight that projects a small red beam, much like a laser pointer. Samuel's M9A1 utilizes 15 round box magazines or in less complicated terms, the kind of magazine used in all modern semiautomatic handguns. For a primary weapon platform Sam uses the versatile M4A1 carbine. Sam has scouted the armory and abandoned arms crates for the parts and pieces for his M4A1 and he holds it very close to him. In the times between training and sleep it is what occupies his attention. Sam has outfitted his carbine with the Tritium TA01NSN ACOG. This sight is useful in lowlight and night as well as daytime. The sight magnifies the image so it is also useful for long-range encounters. Vital if their are any Spitters in the vicinity. He also has found and attached a fore grip to complete his M4A1. Along with his M4 and his M9 Sam also has come into the possession of a combat knife. The blade itself is black to prevent glare and is made of stainless steel. Of which 5 inches make up the composite grip and 7 consist of the blade. The back of the blade is serrated and the knife also has a nylon sheath. Along with this array of weapons Sam also lugs around a pack. Like his other equipment this is also from a crate salvaged from a United States Armed Forces depot. It is a large pack but very basic as well. It is black and gray and is made of a very durable nylon like material. The pack has several different compartments. The main one containing rations and water. The other compartments contain ammunition, batteries for his equipment, a flashlight, standard issue supplies and equipment, and what little personal effects he might have.

Personality: Samuel's personality is one that is rather timid. He is not a stand-up kind of guy, during school he was one of the kids that sat in the back and hoped not to be noticed. The only people he really cared for before the outbreak was his family and they didn't make the exodus to New Wall City successfully. He is emotionally scarred from the events that tore his family from him and as such is an introvert. He tries to be as distanced as possible from people. He knows that seeing a stranger's decapitated body strewn out on the side of a rubble covered street is much easier than facing the corpse of a friend. His strategy when dealing with people is to try and stay as dispassionate as possible. This marblehearted view of suffering is only a mental paradigm as he can't stand to see people being harmed in anyway. Something that gives him a passionate association with the TRACU. A bit of an idealist, he wants to make the world peaceful again even though all odds are stacked against him and the human race.

History/Background: Samuel Robert Nelson was born the third child of two parents. He lived in a large town South East of Pittsburg, a little to the South West of Pennsylvania's center. He was a normal 10 year old when it started happening. Like most confused small children he looked up to his parents to protect him. His sister was out west in college and Samuel's brother was a Marine in Iraq. It was a confusing and scary time for Samuel and even more so for his parents. It was a a cool Sunday afternoon when they made the decision to go to join the Exodus to New Wall. Most of the United States had already been ravaged by the disease and Samuel's parents had been reluctant to go. They had lost contact with Sam's sister as well as with his brother and they were being pressured to evacuate to New Wall immediately. They set off in the family SUV, all their belongings with them and Samuel with a small hiking backpack. In it were some changes of clothes and a picture of his entire family. They had made it a few miles past the border into New Jersey when it happened. The small convoy of cars they were traveling with was swarmed by a horde of Crawlers. They had no choice but to abandon the SUV and try to escape by foot. The only weapon was his dad's 12 gauge shotgun. They had almost gotten away when an undead with red eyes approached. Samuel's mom became transfixed by its stare. In a single moment Samuel came to know death and the feeling of helplessness losing a loved one brings. He saw the tide of moaning flesh fall upon his mother. The librarian had no chance of survival. She was still aware of her surroundings as her heart was torn out of her chest and eaten. Samuel's father went insane and charged the horde. He sent wave after wave of lead into their midst and yet they did not fall. He ran out of shells and dove into them, kicking, scratching, and biting in a crazed effort to save his wife. Then he was enveloped just she had been. His screams ringing in the ears of his son. After Samuel's parents were killed he ran. As long and as fast as a ten year old could. He walked when he was to tired to run and crawled when he was too tired to walk. He was driven on by the hope that he might find his brother or sister and the fear of being taken by 'them'. It was nearly four days after the ambush that he couldn't go on. He collapsed on a stretch of road leading to a maze of gray pillars. He had made it to old New York on his own sheer willpower alone. After a few hours he was discovered by a small group of people on their journey to New Wall. He was unconscious but alive and safe within the confines of New Wall. There he trained and learned. His only goal to find his brother and sister, whether or not the were alive or dead. Or of course, undead.

Name: Carlos Romeo (Muty)(mew-ti)

Age: 16

Profession: Infantry, Combat Medics

Gender: Male

Equipment/Clothing: TRACU Combat uniform, Battle equipment and guns, medical equipment

Personality: Carlos is a quiet boy who hardly ever speaks. He is very nice to people and will help any one in need. He will usually do whatever high ranking people assing him to do unless he has a good reason not to .

History/Background: Born in Houston,Texas Carlos was transported to New,York when he was a kid, he never knew his parents so he just carries a locket wtih a picture of a man and a woman. He was trained to do what he knows since he can remember. People have almost never heard him speak, some think that he is a mute. People have hardly ever heard him say a sentence

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u could be part of my squad >

so does that mean that i can join this rp

will im not the Gm , but judginng on ur character i guess u are just pm the GM ad post ur intry and be mah medic .

do you think i might get in trouble if i just start without his permissino

will judging from ur character u can but i think its best for u if u pmed him or waited his approvalment for ur character .

Welcome to the squad, Sam Nelson and Carlos Romeo. You both may assign your characters to either John Paxton's squad or mines, or you may even be a rogue soldier. Heh.

All right thats cool ,,,, its a nice thing that I'm by myself...well in the rp of course, but my character will help

yeah ^

but if u joined a squad u will be be much more safe , its kinda realistic ad its aint ur nice zombie rp