Mass Effect - Characters thread (OOC discussion)

Born on the Volus homeworld, set out to fulfill a parental expectation of commercial success. 
More interested in intrigue than commerce sadly, a huge disappointment to the family.

Weapons

Delan has two Volus built (Elkoss Combine) weapons, both in top condition (latterly unused outside of a firing range).
An M-4 Shuriken Pistol and an M-8 Avenger Assault Rifle.

Background:

As per turian custom, Aleeta Cassian joined the military at age 15. Due to her biotic dash ability, she was sequestered away into a Cabal unit. She served for eight years, specializing as a saboteur that could infiltrate military and terrorist facilities, steal intel, plant explosive charges or tracking devices onto enemy vehicles and airships, or rig a facility to be remotely detonated. Aleeta was on track to earn a distinguished period of military service when the turian separatist group, Facinus, rammed a ship into Vallum, the capital city of the Taetrus colony. The event started a war that devastated her home colony.

When Aleeta could not obtain permission from her superior officer to take leave and go check on her parents and younger brother on Taetrus, she went AWOL. Abandoning her unit, she fled home only to discover the population split between being herded into safe camps or falling to the execution squads going door-to-door in every neighborhood. Aleeta's stealth and saboteur skills aided her in staying undetected from the hastatim squads as she desperately sought out her family, friends, and neighbors. Many were dead, including her parents. Some neighbors and family friends were safe in the camps. Her brother, however, was nowhere to be found; not as a body and not in a camp. It was as if he'd disappeared entirely.

She searched for her brother for weeks, living off the land and remaining out of sight of the turian military. Eventually, Aleeta lost hope. When the trail went cold, so did her heart. With no home left and branded a deserter to her unit, she fled turian airspace and resolved to take up a mercenary's life on Omega, where she hoped to take out her anger and aggression on anyone she deemed deserving.


Appearance and Weapons:
 
Aleeta retains her Cabal armor, although she has painted it black to hide any military identifiers and insignia. As a female turian, she lacks the head crest that quickly identifies the males of her race. Her face bears the tribal markings of her home colony - white paint done in such a way that it gives her visage a rather frightening, skull-like appearance. Her eyes are sharp and golden in color, giving her a rather hawkish look.

Aleeta prefers close-quarters combat, disposing of enemies by using her beloved M-11 Wraith shotgun or, if feeling a little more hands-on, stabbing them with the poisoned nightshade blades attached to her gauntlets.

Character background

Born in the mean streets of New York, the only thing that was on Tarik's mind was to escape the gang violence that was going on in his neighborhood. Despite doing well in school, Tarik knew that his parents couldn't afford him to go to school so he enlisted with the alliance. At first Tarik wanted to be with the alliance so he can explore the galaxy and use the benefits to pay his way through college. However he found that Alliance life suited him well so he extended his service. Despite excelling in the simulations, Tarik has yet to experience warfare whatever that comes his way though, Tarik is sure to be prepared.

Physical appearance

Standing about 6'3 Tarik is a dark skinned with a firm jaw, brown eyes and a military cut head. He possess broad shoulders and considered to be fairly handsome. He's rarely seen without his Alliance issued armor that has a blue tint to it.

Personality

Despite living a hard life, Tarik is a friendly, laid back and generally goofy young man. These traits made him very popular amongst his peers and Tarik is often seeing conversing with them. Tarik is a idealist who believes in the best of everyone, and would often try to befriend anyone he meets. However due to his limited time in the galaxy, he can be naive to the politics and nuances of it. Considered to be a great soldier with a promising career (where a few higher ups believe him to be a candidate for the N7 program.) , Tarik will do what it takes to finish his missions with minimal bloodshed. Tarik wants to protect the innocent and hopes to explore more of the galaxy.

Abilities

Tarik is a well rounded soldier who prefers to wield the M-8 Avenger with the Heavy Pistol as his side arm. He does have a passing knowledge of other weapons, but his lack of experience may leave him vulnerable to more battle hardened enemies.

Adrenaline Rush
Concussive Shot 
Frag Grenade
Incendiary Ammo 
Disruptor Ammo 
Cryo Ammo  
Fitness

Erm I made this



Backstory: I have 3 potential ones, all kinda similar, havent decided yet because each back story will end up taking or somewhere else whether its Omega or the Citadel or whatever... nothing drastic happens in them she just ends up going somewhere different, so yeah this will change. One thing for sure though, shes been in prison for stealing before.

Appearance: She has long black hair and brown eyes. She only tends to wear as minimal armor as possible because it tends to be pretty heavy, preferring to stick to lighter, tighter fitting materials because speed and agility are her strengths and she doesnt want to be slowed by heavy armor.
She uses one of those holographic eye-things which helps her with targeting and also lets her see details on objects when she zooms in with it, but it has other uses too.
She owns a helmet which she stole from a military cache, a breather helmet which has a scratch down the side after she annoyed a Vorcha, just in case of bad conditions but she doesnt usually wear it, instead preferring a smaller breather mask which covers her mouth only and its darkened so it hides her mouth completely... so she will wear the breather mask and a hood to hide her identity while she steals things.
She tends to stick to wearing black, just because it helps her blend in a little more with the night.
She has a scar on her neck after a shot grazed her in her first gunfight
Shes very pretty, but not the most attractive prospect for a partner because of her personality and that shes a criminal
If she decides to wear makeup, she will go for dark lipstick and eyeshadow instead of lighter colors, but she doesnt wear makeup most of the time.

Personality: Kalia is, above all else, selfish. She doesnt get involved in things which dont directly involve her, and she doesnt feel the need to help people. She has trouble accepting authority, because she cant stand the idea of people being superior to others. She dislikes politicians, businessmen, soldiers and cops, viewing them as hypocritical and just as bad as she is, or worse.
She also finds it difficult to take things seriously. Shes a mostly cheerful person, very fun loving, but shes likely to tease people or make jokes when she probably shouldnt (thats why she has a scratch on her helmet from a Vorcha).
Although her moral compass is a little meh, she doesnt kill people unless its 100% necessary... she thinks murder is messy and it will attract a lot of attention... people being more likely to accept a thief than a killer. She also only steals what she needs to survive, never going too far with it, but she breaks the law... a lot. Likely to not get along with some of the more morally driven characters, and may get punched in the face. In terms of alignment like lawful good etc she would be more chaotic neutral



So yeah her thing:




Ok this keeps going wrong... erm..  could I have some help with the table please??? 

May need to change to a different Asari since aria is canon

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Full file, as presented in the Quarian Archives on Rannoch, only available with proper clearance:

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Her point allocation, as per the (actually rather decent) system DR proposed in the other thread:

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As notes, I have to say that she is a strictly post-Reaper war character. One of these days, I will finish that fic that goes up until then...
I also have to mention that the entire biography can be edited later, to account for lack of clarity, nonsense, required changes, or simple typos. The base of her background, however, is set in stone and has been so for years.

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Picture found here: www.deviantart.com/art/Tali-Zorah-no-mask-official-390913713 - to the best of my knowledge, they just posted official concept art. I have used this to describe the character once before, and only the suit color/pattern does not match. If it becomes an issue, I will remove it.

I might end up changing parts as I go along since I haven't finalized on every aspect of his character yet.



Zahn Viratas
Turian
Male
Age: 23
Mercenary, Traveler, and Writer


Background: Zahn grew up on the Citadel. He learned combat from his father and mother , they were war veterans who fought in battles such as the First Contact War. Though Zahn learned most of what he knew while traveling. He didn't join the military. He wasn't interested. Activities such as writing and traveling appealed more to him, so he decided to travel across the galaxy and write about his experiences and anything else that came to mind. His father's high position allowed him to get away from having to serve in the military. Zahn would take mercenary jobs to help fund his travels.

Personal Goal:  It'll depend on which RPs I use him in.  I'll adapt accordingly to the focus of whatever the objective of them are. His main goal is to his brother. (More on that later).

Personality: Outgoing, he likes to have fun. Zahn is serious, but he makes sure not to take life too seriously. Some wouldn't think that due too his recollections of many encounters which turn out to be quite ridiculous. He values life and tries to avoid unnecessary conflict. He only kills when necessary. 

Zahn is not above breaking the law as long as what he does what he feels is right. He does everything he can to uphold his moral compass.

One thing he admires in other people is a strong will.



Weapons: Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, pistol, and Wakizashi. The Wakizashi is just a souvenir he picked up because he liked how it looks. Zahn doesn't actually fight with it, but he will on occasion if he finds himself without guns for some reason. He has limited biotic abilities, but chooses not keep it from being public knowledge so he can stay one step ahead of his foes. 

Another character because ive been invited to join like 2 more roleplays by now than the one on Omega and I need more characters basically





Age: 28.

Backstory: Isabella was born in Canada, the daughter of an Alliance scientist (her mom) and a medical researcher (her dad). They had always planned for her to go to college and follow a similar career path to them, but it was not what she wanted. She wanted to see more of the galaxy, and joined the Alliance as soon as she could. She eventually gained the N7 rank after lots of hard work and chose to specialize as a Demolisher.

Appearance: She wears standard issue N7 Demolisher armor, but has an upgraded supply pylon so doesnt carry one, and has a pack on her back instead. Under her helmet, she has long blonde hair and green eyes, and a tattoo on her face in the shape of a dove. She is approximately 5ft 8, and has an athletic build from her years of military training.

Personality: Isabella is strong-willed and determined, putting her duty first before anything else. But she is kind and caring, genuinely valuing her team and willing to relax when she isnt on duty, becoming quite the party girl when shes out of her armor. She tends to have good friendships with her commanding officers, and is loyal soldier, and its almost impossible that she would betray her friends or the Alliance as a whole.

Equipment/skills:
Modified supply pylon which supplies her with grenades and basically looks like a pack which she carries instead of the usual pylon which needs to be put down before it will start to give you grenades, the grenades are just deposited into her pack.
Arc grenade
Homing grenade
Omni-tool (ofc)
M-99 Sabre

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Character background


Ben Walker was born on the snowy planet of Gilean, his father and mother who worked in the mining company was one of the people who struck it big by helping record the planet as it was about to hit an asteroid. After making a sum big enough to move to another planet, Ben and his family settled down in the upper middle class of the Citadel. Throughout his childhood Ben was described as: "Brilliant, but lazy": He can do really well in school..... If he put his mind to it. The problem was that Ben spent most of his time with the "duct rats" or orphan children who would play or explore the Citadel and would steal things from the marketplace, often aggravating C-Sec officers. This caused friction between Ben and his parents, who eventually sent the boy to boarding school in London when he was 15 years old in hopes of disciplining him. This seemed to work, as Ben would excel in his studies and was given high praise for his work ethic and behavior. Ben's parents hoped that he once he graduated, that he would go to a university and get a high paying job but at graduation day, Ben surprised them by announcing that he was going to join the Alliance military.

Throughout his military career, Ben was once again hit with the: "Brilliant but lazy" tag again. When he was given a mission, he would do an outstanding job the problem is that he would often clash with other officers over "moral judgments" and would go AWOL only to be found in a club drunk. Still his talent for soldiering would go unnoticed by the N-7 program, who would invite him for training despite his baggage. Ben would go on to receive top marks during N-7 training and was considered a promising prospect. Ben would graduate and was assigned to the most difficult tasks the Alliance Military has to offer, he would succeed and as a result Ben gained respect in the Alliance military his past long forgotten. Life as a N-7 solider suited Ben all was going well until one day he was given a mission to assassinate a non-violent rebel leader. Ben devised a plan to plant a bomb in his home and try to frame it as an accident as orders by the Alliance military, however what command didn't tell him was that his family was there as well. When Ben found out he tried to run in and try deactivate the bomb somehow, but it was too late. The house exploded, killing the leader and his family of 4 a wife and three kids (two girls and a boy). Devastated, Ben would be haunted by this for the rest of his career, which accumulated of him not renewing his tour and leaving the military to the shock of everyone. Ben would work as a mercenary, growing increasingly bitter at the Alliance and the guilt he harbored for killing innocents.


Physical appearance

Standing about 6'2 Ben is a African American with a shaved head, black eyes and a goatee He's very muscular, considering his time as a N-7 Soldier. He likes to wear a red tanktop  complete with black pants and would sometimes wear a grey jacket.


Personality

Throughout his life Ben has been described as a rebel. Whenever someone tells him one thing he would usually do the opposite, however when he is engaged there is few who are better than him at his job. Ben is a somewhat of a kleptomaniac owning to his childhood of stealing in the Citadel. He would use this ability as a N-7 Soldier and as a mercenary for stealth missions. When doing missions, Ben is calm almost stoic devoting his time and energy to a mission however when he is partying Ben is wild and crazy and is often the life of the party. The killing of the rebel leader and his family has scarred Ben and he would often have nightmares almost every night, this caused him to take up alcohol and party harder in an effort to forget but the nightmares will always return to plague him. Ben is a loner, but can work well in groups or with a partner. He hesitant to make friends, but wouldn't mind one if they can party with him.


Abilities

Ben is a trained N-7 soldier and a damn good one at that. When he is engaged, he is described as a one man army in battle or a ghost during stealth missions. A jack of all trades who is very good at every single one. Ben is often prepared for any type of species that comes his way. In case of a big battle, Ben will wear his old N-7 armor and will take on anyone. However while he is very good at everything he is NOT great at it, and he can get very cocky sometimes, which leaves him vulnerable to opportunists. Also he may not always be fully engaged often because he drank too much or partied too hard...... or both. Ben favors the M-76 Renevant and the Heavy Pistol as his sidearm.

Powers
Multi-Frag Grenade
Power Hawk Missile Launcher
Devastator Mode
Fitness
T5-V Internal Systems
Heavy Melee

It's what I've been testing, you can shrink it yourself in that HTML code. Just find something about 100 percent and adjust. I think Sar's profile pic is actually 25 percent.

It seems to mess with the table though for me... it makes the words and the picture very far apart, so I kinda had to manually adjust the size of the images and that worked better