I N F O ; A P P L I C A T I O N S

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APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED They will open on 01/08

RESERVES ARE OPEN They will close on 01/08

app and character limits

Players may app up to two characters per app round, and can play up to a maximum of ten. Moderators reserve the right to restrict how many characters a current player may apply for if it appears they are having difficulty maintaining activity with their existing characters. While not an absolutely immutable rule, before a player applies for further characters, we would like to see one post a month from all their characters already in the game or regular commenting on other characters' posts. This is not an AC requirement and no one will be removed from the game for not meeting it. It is a guideline to help ensure that our players can keep up with their character load. Since we accept AU characters and characters with CR from other games, we have a restriction on how many copies of a character can be in the game at a time before they become unavailable. As such, only one canon, one AU, and one other game CR AU will be accepted, for a total of three different versions. In the case of malleable protagonists, we allow three different versions. That could be three "canon" versions, or two canon and a CR AU, or any other combination. This is still the same effective cap in number as for other character types, but includes a little flexibility about how we define AUs for the purposes of the game, since any two Couriers or Grey Wardens can be very different, yet equally canonical. During the app round, a mod will reply with acceptance, rejection, or request for revisions as soon as possible. Please note that the mods and app team make a strong effort to respond to apps in the order received, but the mods may appear to skip over some apps depending on their familiarity with the canon or because of ongoing discussion amongst the team. Some apps are easier calls than others, but no app is ignored. If you would like to know the status of your application at any time, please ask a mod. When apps are closed, (stated in the status block at the top of this page) reserves will open here.

what is appable

For the most part, any character is appable, provided the player can demonstrate the ability to play them. Singularity accepts characters from all media, with a few exceptions: Media not available in English in any form, even fan translations. Fan characters. Real people, unless deceased and from a fictionalized portrayal. (Examples: The American Founding Fathers from 1776, Nicola Tesla from The Prestige, William Shakespeare from Shakespeare in Love.) Mythological/folkloric characters, unless taken from a specific adaptation. (Examples: Hades from Disney's Hercules, the Archangel Gabriel from Hellblazer, Constantine, or The Prophecy, Amaterasu from Okami.) Singularity does accept minor characters with little canon, but we require that the application thoroughly flesh out their personalities with well-reasoned extrapolation from what canon information is available. Occasionally, a rapidly-developing canon like Homestuck or Red vs Blue may throw plot curveballs. For well-established characters, this is not usually a problem, but minor characters may be substantially altered by new information. While not strictly banned, if your character is likely to be affected by revelations in the near future, we ask that you hold off on an application until the story arc is resolved.

original characters

Original characters are welcome, but only from existing players. This might seem unfair to some applicants, but we'd like to see how a player performs with someone else's character before playing their own. OC apps are given closer scrutiny than fandom apps, because we are essentially serving as editors in their case. Fandom characters have already been through the editorial process, and have been vetted for inconsistencies and implausibility. (Some more successfully than others, but we work with what we have.)

playing closely-related characters

As a general rule, a single player is not allowed to app two closely-associated characters. These would be siblings, lovers, close companions or rivals, etc, regardless of whether one is canon and one is AU. An exception is made for characters who naturally "go together." For example, 3 and 4 from 9, or Doc infected with O'Malley from Red vs Blue (since O'Malley has a different personality inside Doc as opposed to inside someone else). Players don't have to app pairs like these together, but they have the option. Additionally, both characters will count toward your character limit, so please app wisely. Another exception: characters with multiple personalities, whether perfectly healthy and functional or resulting from a psychological condition like Dissociative Identity Disorder can arrive with those personalities intact, and will count as only one character, regardless of how many identities they have.

playing physically-incompatible characters

Characters that are physically incompatible with the human-scaled, O2 environment of the station may be converted to a more compatible state--for instance, Na'vi from Avatar would be able to breathe oxygen, and Omega Supreme from Transformers might find himself only as tall as Optimus Prime. Characters without independent bodies (for example, the AI Cortana from Halo) have the option of being inserted into a mechanical body or some sort of mobile platform. They can always switch out to another body later. If you have a character with attributes not covered here and are not sure how they might live in Singularity, please visit the Contact page to speak to a mod or app team member.

apping from alternate universes or timelines

Singularity accepts multiples of all characters, but only one "canon"/original universe (OU) version of anyone. All others have to be alternate universe (AU). The least complicated AUs are the canon AUs, like the Kingdom Hearts versions of Square Enix characters or the various Commanders Shepard from Mass Effect. "Canon AU" is something of a misnomer; malleable protagonists and canons with multiple continuities are equally canonical and the apps are judged as such, but any duplicates are considered AUs for game bookkeeping purposes, such as community tags and caps on the number of multiples. Player-made AUs are also appable. However, this doesn't mean that any given player-created AU is going to be a good match for the game. You should be able to explain convincingly why your version of the character fits and will be playable while remaining recognizably a canon character. For instance, Commander Shepard can plausibly be male or female because the setting of Mass Effect is gender-egalitarian and the story does not change more than superficially with the player's choice of gender for their Shepard. On the other hand, an AU where Commander Shepard was not human--say, a Turian--would require the plot of the Mass Effect games to be entirely rewritten because it would change everything about the background and motivations of the character, and would make no sense without substantially altering the sociopolitics of the universe. A case where gender would matter is for a Disney princess like Ariel from The Little Mermaid or Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Because of the gender roles assumed by the setting and the major effect this would have on the character's relationships and the story itself, it goes beyond the scope of an RP character to simply do a gender change. Players may find it easier to app from AUs where one key event from after the story is well underway is altered--for example, if Luke Skywalker had accepted Darth Vader's offer at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. It is a challenge, but not an insurmountable one, to explain why Luke would have chosen differently in the AU. Star Wars would still be recognizable as Star Wars, and Luke as Luke. However, an AU where Luke and Leia were raised by Vader fundamentally alters the premise of the story; the plot of the Star Wars trilogy would be entirely different in a universe where Leia hadn't grown up on Alderaan as the adopted child of a Rebel leader and Luke had never been a farmer on Tatooine or met Ben Kenobi. The idea, while compelling, is material better suited for a fanfic than RP, where you as writer control not only your character, but other characters' reactions to them, and have the opportunity to set the stage for the reader and guide their expectations. RP is a collaborative exercise for creating and exploring stories jointly, and intricate AUs are a bad vehicle for this. Mods and app team members do reserve the right to reject or ask for revisions on an AU app if that app includes AU information that does not seem to make sense for the character/canon being apped. If you are trying to AU a children's movie into an unnecessarily dark scenario with cannibalism and murder and what have you, or you've turned a serious, philosophically-inclined canon with adult themes into a lighthearted slapstick AU universe, you may be asked to change the AU to fit the canon better, or have your application rejected entirely if the mods can't see how the AU could be made acceptable. Keep in mind that canonmates and gamemates in general will be directly affected by your AU, and not everyone may be comfortable with what you've chosen. Signing up your character's canon friends to interact with someone from a world either substantially more horrifying or substantially sillier than their own is not particularly considerate to their existing players, or to any who may app in the future. As a rule of thumb, the more extreme an AU is, the harder it will be for castmates to interact with, and a good AU for the game should not deliberately put castmates off from interacting. Plausibility and interaction dynamics are especially important in AU applications. An individual player is not allowed to app two versions of the same characters, no matter how distinct the AUs may be. If you are at all unsure whether an AU concept is suitable or not for the game, visit the Contact page to discuss it with a mod or app team member.

apping from other game canons

"Can I app a character I used to play at another RP and keep their memories of having been there?" Yes! Singularity considers game-canon RP characters as acceptable AUs. Just include all relevant character development under Setting, Personality, and the AU justification section. It's especially helpful if you can provide links to CR charts, threads and screencaps that help to illustrate how your character has changed. Characters with CR imported from other games come with a few restrictions: Any game devices (like microchips, collars, curses of gradual insanity, etc.) cease to function while in Singularity, but are not removed either. They might still become active during events. On the other hand, any game-specific accessories, like that game's communicators, animal companions, or other equipment or resources they've accrued, do not accompany them unless carried on their person. These items will be nerfed as necessary upon the chracter’s arrival in Sacrosanct. characters can recognize anyone they had CR with in a previous game, but only provided the other player consents. Players found to be using past CR to corner a different player into filling the same role will be subject to mod action. ICness is still required. While your character no doubt has grown from their time spent in another game, it should not be so dramatic that they aren't recognizable. Finally, while characters can obtain items and critters from their homeworlds in Zone 00, they can't obtain specific items from other RP worlds. This is still a game, not a pan-RP dressing room.

other guidelines

Players are expected to familiarize themselves with all of the game's information pages (linked at the bottom of each page) before playing. If anything is unclear, use the Contact & FAQ page to answer any questions prior to apping. Serial apping, character squatting, and other activity issues can result in a warning, a strike, or the boot. Lying on the application in any capacity is grounds for expulsion. The same goes for plagiarism. After you submit your app, the mods will evaluate it and come back with one of three responses: ACCEPTED, DECLINED, or REVISIONS. Instructions for any necessary revisions will be included in the response. Apps posted during closed periods will be ignored until the next app round. Likewise, revisions submitted after the 72-hour window do not result in an automatic rejection, but will not be judged until the next round.

to apply
The application is divided into four parts: Player Information, Character Information, OC/AU Justification, and Samples. There is no upper limit on the length of apps.
	Player Information Your Nickname: OOC Journal: A sock is fine. Under 18? Singularity does not have an age limit; this is just for reference. Please be honest. Lying about your age is grounds for expulsion from the game. Email/IM: Characters Played at Singularity:
	Character Information Name: Personal name - family name, aka Western order. Name of Canon: If apping an OC, just put "original." Canon/AU/Other Game CR: Reference: Links to a wikia page, fansite, scanlations, etc. For obscure characters without a lot of information available, the more references the better. For OCs, a link to any place containing an applicable run-down of their story is helpful. Canon Point: Please don't just say "end of S4, E26." "Right after he finds out his mother's dead at the end of S4, E26" is much easier to understand for those not canon-familiar. Setting: Please describe your character's canon setting in a way that would help someone who is not already familiar gain an understanding of the universe. This doesn't mean the plot, but rather the major factors which shape their world and make it [if at all] different from ours. Is it our modern-day Earth with a slight twist? Is it the 22nd century and humans are part of a galactic community? What are the political bodies? Does magic exist? How is it used and by whom? You are encouraged to describe your character's role in the context of this world, so we can get a better perspective of who they are. Are they a normal high school girl? An adviser to a king? The leader of the Autobots? This is especially important for OCs and AUs, so please take all the space you need. This section should not necessarily be identical for characters from the same canon. Just as one character's highlight episode may not be important to another character's history section, not all details of the universe are equally relevant to all characters who share a universe. Any Star Wars app should at least mention the Force and the Jedi, but they are far more important for Luke Skywalker than they are for Han Solo, and the setting writeup should reflect that. Conversely, details about underworld are important for Han, but not for Luke. Please be aware: We do not want a plot summary. This is not a history section. If you would like to write a summary and include it in the reference section, please feel free to do so, but it is not required. Applications that go into detail about plot yet do not provide a solid explanation of the universe itself will be sent back for revisions. This is by far the most common reason we request revisions on otherwise good applications; before including plot events in this section, please consider whether they are relevant to an explanation of the setting rather than the story. A decent rule of thumb for which plot details are necessary for this section is to think about what events in the history of the canon universe brought it to the state it's in at the point in the timeline from which you're taking your character. Those are the pieces of information that help explain the setting. Events which have a significant impact on your character but not on the universe are better covered in the personality section. Events which are not watersheds for the world or your character are better left out entirely. We request setting rather than history because a plot summary provides little insight into character. Being able to explain the setting and your character's role in it in a coherent fashion demonstrates your understanding of both canon and character. Personality: Describe your character's personality. This would include their outlook, motivations, general experiences, and anything you feel necessary in order to communicate who they are as a person. Referencing events in their canon to support your interpretation is encouraged, but please don't provide pure summary without analysis. For characters with little canon information, this section is especially important. Without much canon to fall back on, we need to see that you've thought out the character in a consistent way that's well-supported by whatever information is available. Minor characters almost invariably require extrapolation from pure canon to become fully-realized; this is the section where you should lay out that extrapolation. Abilities and Weaknesses: Please outline, even if just in list format, your character's skills and/or capabilities, as well as their weaknesses. We would also like to see suggestions for power limitations if applicable. Please see below for details about what this entails. Notes On Power Limitations: If your character has extraordinary and game-breaking abilities, such as teleportation, time manipulation, magic, telepathy, a gun that blows up planets, or anything that puts them at a significant advantage over every other character in the game, we would like to see your suggestions for power limitations. Singularity does not forbid powers, but we would like players to think of this as the setting for stories. Every character should have their ways of triumphing and every character should have ways of being defeated, even if they were the most powerful individual in their original setting, because we want to create plots and CR that are more than just ‘this guy is the most powerful guy ever and no one can stop him from doing what he wants.’ This goes for heroes as well as villains. We want to see your suggestions for limitations because you, the player, would know best how to level down a character without making them unrecognizable or unplayable. You are welcome to lock abilities, downgrade overpowered weapons or items, or even AU weaknesses that don’t exist in canon--for example, playing a vampire character who suddenly finds the blood of willing victims far more nourishing than that of the unwilling. Another suggestion would be a ‘shot limit,’ where some ability that used to come naturally to the character in canon suddenly becomes extremely difficult and physically taxing and can only be used so many times a day. For powers like teleportation and telepathy, we have in the past asked players to keep these abilities confined to whatever zone or city the character is currently in. As a rule of thumb, if your character has any kind of destructive ability that would damage the station significantly, like a hull breach, or kill another character without them being able to stop it, you want to limit that ability. Blowing up buildings is fine, as any involved characters may be able to escape such damage. Instant kills and blowing up entire cities are not fine. Please note: If your character has any kind of ability that would directly affect another character in a way that can’t be countered, such as a telepath who always knows where everyone is all the time, you the player must always ask OOC permission of the other involved player(s) when your character uses that ability, whether or not that ability is being limited. An example of an ability that can can be countered is super strength, and this would not require OOC permission from other players to use. Mind powers, reading the future, telekinesis, and abilities like time manipulation cannot be countered and thus require OOC permission before they are used in-game. The mods and app team reserve the right to recommend greater power limitations than what has been suggested by the player when they deem appropriate. Inventory: There is no real limit to what characters can come in with, but please provide their starting inventory, including any weapons or other devices. Players can always acquire other items from the Junkyard. As with powers, if your character regularly carries a conventional item of ridiculous destructive capability around (is that a canister of anti-matter in your pocket, or are you just happy to see us?), we ask that it not come through the Rift with them, or that it be damaged or reduced in power. Appearance: This is most relevant for characters who do not have a canon appearance, or who are altered when brought to Sacrosanct. If using a PB, please provide the name and a link to a photo in addition to a description. Characters without bodies may be given them, or some other kind of mobile platform. Characters with unconventional appearances, like the tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell or some of the more out-there Transformers designs also benefit from having a visual aid. Age:
	OC/AU Justification If AU, how is your version different from canon, and how will that come across? Again, AU versions need to make sense. We don't need a doctoral dissertation, but please take the time to walk us through your AU and how they fit together. If OC, did you run your character through a Mary Sue litmust test? Here's one, for reference: http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm And another: http://www.ponylandpress.com/ms-test.html And what did you score? There is no hard and fast score for rejection. It's just one factor we'll be looking at in regards to your application as a whole.
	Samples Log Sample: 200 words minimum. The setting can be their transition from their canon setting to Sacrosanct, a purely canon setting, or anything else really, as long as it shows how you will be playing them in the game. If you would like, you can use a sample thread or log in place of a log sample, but please clear it with a mod first. Please write your sample to focus on your character's thoughts and motivations, rather than as a miniature fanfiction featuring multiple other characters. It's fine if other characters feature, but the majority of the sample should involve insight into your character. We have gotten some very good fic-like samples, but this section isn't just a test of your writing ability; we would like you to demonstrate understanding of the character, as well, sort of the "show" to the personality section's "tell." Network Sample: Describe your character's first experience using the station's network. It can be text, voice, video, hologram, or game; intentional or accidental. Keep in mind that "the device turned on by itself!" just doesn't happen here.
sample applications
Several of our players were kind enough to grant us permission to use their applications as examples of what we're looking for: Canon character: Charles Xavier, X-Men First Class [thanks to Roy] Minor canon character: Poniko, Yume Nikki [thanks to Pen] Other game CR AU: Terezi Pyrope, Homestuck, a_facility CR [thanks to Michi] AU: Chell, Portal [thanks to DC] OC: Ismene [thanks to Siri]
Fill out the following application and submit it below:
<b><u><i>Player Information</i></u> ;</b> <b>Your Nickname:</b> <b>OOC Journal:</b> <b>Under 18?</b> <b>Email/IM:</b> <b>Characters Played at Singularity:</b> <b><u><i>Character Information</i></u></b> ; <b>Name:</b> <b>Name of Canon:</b> (if OC, just put "original.") <b>Canon/AU/Other Game CR:</b> (please state one. If OC, put N/A.) <b>Reference:</b> <b>Canon Point:</b> <b>Setting:</b> <b>Personality:</b> <b>Abilities, Weaknesses, and Power Limitation Suggestions:</b> <b>Inventory:</b> <b>Appearance:</b> <b>Age:</b> <b><u><i>OC/AU Justification</i></u></b> ; <b>If AU, How is Your Version Different From Canon, and How Will That Come Across?</b> <b>If OC, Did You Run Your Character Through a Mary-Sue Litmus Test?</b> <b>And What Did You Score?</b> <b><u><i>Samples</i></u></b> ; <b>Log Sample:</b> <b>Network Sample:</b>
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686 EBULLIENT PRISM part I

[mechaphilia.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Vic
OOC Journal: mechaphilia
Under 18? No
Email/IM: sliversofjade[at]gmail[dot]com // vicious hallway
Characters Played at Singularity: None

Character Information ;
Name: 686 Ebullient Prism
Canon/AU/Original: Halo: Blood Line
Reference: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/686_Ebullient_Prism
Canon Point: Post destruction.
Setting:

So approximately 9000 million years ago we had some hyper-advanced alien race who had an unfortunate encounter with Sentient Space AIDS. They left their tech all over the galaxy and yadda yadda and were then wiped out by the aforementioned plague of space zombies.

Ages later, roughly 500 years in our future where we've moved on and colonized a load of planets in variou star systems, human kind runs into some less than friendly alien zealots who want to murder them in the name of their prophets and whatnot--they worship the Halos and pretty much everything else the Forerunners left behind. You should probably remember that.

One guy accidentally unleashes a heaping pile of Sealed Evil in a Can when he messes with one of these Halos. Then activates it. And pisses the Covenant off even more in the process. The Halos were around to keep the Flood (space AIDS) in check. There's a race to fight off the Covenant (and later make bffs with them kinda-sorta) and stop the Halos from activating and murdering all sentient life as we know it, as well as keeping mankind safe from the zombies and shit. SHENANIGANS AND RACIAL TENSION ENSUE.

Monitors (which would be what Prism is) are an example of old Forerunner tech and are generally found around their facilities making sure things run as they're supposed to, overseeing research, and various other junk. They have a tendency to be perky, creepily upbeat, and rather annoying. Think of them as a super high-tech version of Microsoft's Clippy. Prism's particular function is to gather any and all organic life that wanders into his region and reduce it to a fine meaty paste to analyze it for resistance to the Flood infection.

Delta (1)

[alaspooryork]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Anarin
OOC Journal: starlit_dragon
Under 18? Nope
Email/IM: anarin[at]gmail[dot]com ; Zeteram (on AIM)
Characters Played at Singularity: None

Character Information ;
Name: Intelligence Program Delta

Canon/AU/Original: AU (Red vs. Blue from these logs).

Reference: Here is his wiki page; here is one on AI in the Haloverse.

Canon Point: Post-Out of Mind; post-second log linked above.

Setting: It is the middle of the 26th century. Humankind, once spread out over many successful worlds by faster-than-light Slipspace travel, came under an attack by an alien Covenant of races whose religion declares their very existence anathema. The Covenant was better organized, better equipped, and far larger in population than the humans, and we have been losing the war world by world for nearly three decades. The United Nations Space Command, or UNSC, has been trying desperate strategy after desperate strategy to get some kind of advantage, but few have ever shown any successful results. As the aliens spread their reach to the Inner Colonies and even, potentially, to Earth itself, things became even more strained. Dr. Leonard Church was given free reign over his own military experiments and Project Freelancer was born. Its mission statement is "To ensure the security of humanity in a harsh and violent galaxy" and is focused around the idea of pairing soldiers in advanced power armor directly with aggressive artificial intelligence programs via neural interface. Of the 49 Freelancer agents, each were given a codename corresponding to a state and competed against each other in training missions to test their suitability for AI implantation. One successful team was Agent New York and Delta, specializing in infiltration. York and Delta ran many missions together before York's eye was injured in an incident with Agent Omega-Texas. After that, they left the Program and lived on their own for some time before a distress call from Tex led them into another battle where York nearly died. Then, to repair a damaged code segment of Delta's, they snuck into Command and repaired him, acquiring the AI Epsilon in the process. They had been attempting to repair Epsilon when they found themselves in Sacrosanct.

Technology is highly advanced, but still recognizable as "human" in origin (for example, the Warthog is still known to many as a Jeep). Moreover, 21st-century Earth has had a lasting impact on those in the Program, as they often make reference to pop culture and celebrities of that era. As an AI, Delta is familiar with these references but attaches no emotional significance to them. This is because, as an intelligence program, his role in society is to assist humans, specifically the UNSC and more specifically his assigned partner, York, in whatever they should need assistance with. Whether it's managing a city like the Superintendent AI of New Mombasa or piloting a starship and hacking into alien databases like Cortana, Delta is prepared. However, his main use is to analyze a tactical situation and provide guidance, suggest strategy, notice and take into consideration all facets of a situation, and if necessary directly control his partner's body to accomplish a mission.

Agent New York [1]

[lewdness.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Chii
OOC Journal: lewdness
Under 18? No.
Email/IM: Chii is a pedo // bubbled.teas @ gmail dot com
Characters Played at Singularity: None

Character Information ;
Name: York
Canon/AU/Original: AU; a spin on a “what if” York had survived being shot by Wyoming in OoM 5.
Reference: http://rvb.wikia.com/wiki/York
Canon Point: After being shot in OOM.
Setting:

Halo/RVB is an extension of the question “what’s really out there?” Years in the future, humans and alien races do end up meeting and the result of this is the start of a war that nearly eliminates the human’s presence in the galaxy. Faced with destruction, different groups of people started different programs to try and combat the fact that without some way to fight back against the Covenant, they would all surely die. In RVB, Leonard Church is given the ability to have free reign over his own project, labeled Project Freelancer. The problem with giving someone free reign over their own project, is that sometimes corners are cut and some of the results aren’t exactly as planned. Only granted the use of a single AI, Church systematically tortured it until it fragmented itself to save itself, and then these fragments were placed in the heads of the Freelancers, one by one.

As a whole, the experiment was largely a failure. People went insane, were unable to function, all sorts of horrible things. One pairing that did not fail, however, was York and Delta. The two of them were extremely lucky, all things considered, and were able to function together extremely well, until an incident with Omega and Texas results in his eye being damaged in some way. Delta and York end up leaving Freelancer and its whole mess behind, until years later Texas finds them once more, this time without Omega, to ask for their help.

Canonly, York dies in the resulting firefight that he and Tex get into with Wyoming. In this AU, however, York survives- barely, and he and Delta escape to live back on their own again, while he recovers. Things don’t proceed as easily as they’d like, however, and at one point, a part of Delta’s code is corrupted and they’re forced to seek a replacement, which means breaking into the very place they’d spent so long trying to escape from- Freelancer Command. The code is acquired from Epsilon, who both had thought dead, and York and Delta are unwilling to leave him behind, resulting in them taking him as well, well aware of the risks that are going to result from that. Just before being kidnapped to Sacrosanct, they’re trying to piece Epsilon together into some kind of fixed state, with limited success.

AGENT MAINE (THE META), PART 1/5

[griefer.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Chelsey.
OOC Journal: griefer.
Under 18? No.
Email/IM: bargateprison@gmail.com/big zombie boss.
Characters Played at Singularity: N/A.

Character Information ;
Name: Agent Maine/The Meta.
Canon/AU/Original: Red vs. Blue, AU. I should also note that the Wash apping will be from this same AU.
Reference: Red vs. Blue Wiki (http://rvb.wikia.com/wiki/Meta).
Canon Point: Revelation: Chapter 11.
Setting:

UHHH. Well.

Our charming tale begins in a box canyon far, far away from here. The Blues have just been supplied with a brand new sparkling tank -- okay, no, I'm just fucking with you. Red vs. Blue kind of serves as an alternate universe to Halo. While it does seem to vaguely follow the Halo storyline, it doesn't entirely depend on it. Meaning, yeah, Master Chief, the Covenant, SPARTANs, all seem to exist in the Red vs. Blue world, even if we never actively see them in action or hear anything about them in great detail.

The main settings in Red vs. Blue are pretty average; it's shit you'd see anywhere on Earth. Canyons, deserts, concrete and steel facilities and bases, rivers, lakes, healthy green trees and grass, bright blue skies, et cetera, et cetera. The storyline follows a very "anti-war" ideal, wherein a SUPER TOP SECRET program is started during a time where humanity is losing the fight against a foreign, alien invader.

Project Freelancer installs a number of AI fragments, which have been broken off from the Big Bad Boss Alpha AI, into its specially trained soldiers, amping them up into the status of Super Soldier. It all goes to hell when they push it a little too far, driving some of their soldiers insane, and THEN ONE DAY, a former freelancer from that same agency breaks off from the program and begins collecting the AI fragments, storing them in his armor.

Blah, blah, blah, a guy named Church turns out to be the Alpha, the Director justifies his torturing of the Alpha by using the excuse of "WELL, IT WAS ME, SO IT DOESN'T COUNT," except no, you're a jackass, it totally does. I seriously have no idea what else to put here.

As for the AU I'm apping Maine in, I talk more about that down in the "AU justification" section below.

LAIN IWAKURA 1/5

[demotivate.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Mote
OOC Journal: demotivate
Under 18? nein
Email/IM: AIM: Piloten Wie Wir
Characters Played at Singularity: Lev (NPC)

Character Information ;
Name: Lain Iwakura
Canon/AU/Original: Serial Experiments Lain (canon)
Reference: TOW article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_experiments_lain)
Canon Point: Layer 08

WASHINGTON, part i.

[ilkanta.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Abi
OOC Journal: ilkanta
Under 18? Nope.
Email/IM: ilkanta@gmail.com, AIM: frostedmirrors.
Characters Played at Singularity: N/A.

Character Information ;
Name: ( Former Project Freelancer Agent ) Washington, real name David.
Canon/AU/Original: AU.
Reference: RvB Wiki. (http://rvb.wikia.com/wiki/Washington)
Canon Point: Revelation, chapter 11.
Setting:

Hoooo boy.

Red vs. Blue kind-sorta takes place in the universe of the Halo, roughly set against the backdrop of the Human-Covenant ( AKA: Religious Fanatic Aliens r' Us ) war. Most of it takes place in a canyon pretty damn isolated in the rest from the rest of the world, or indeed, the rest of the known universe, where two arbitrarily divided armies are apparently fighting out a human civil war, battling for control over some bases that -- really don't seem to have much strategic value. Most of these soldiers seem kind of resigned to the apparent pointlessness of their job, and their everyday lives consisted of trashtalking the other team and being annoyed by random mercenary "Freelancers".

It turns out that none of them were real soldiers, that the Freelancers aren't really a neutral faction, and the civil war was never really happening. Project Freelancer was an experimental military research program, created to test the benefits ( and complications ) of battle-assisting partner AI units, and the whole Red versus Blue war an elaborate ruse to provide realistic battle training for their agents. Then it turns out the Project has it's fair share of skeletons in the closet: rogue agents gone batshit insane, other agents maybe not so insane but well on their way, and the fact that there are maybe 49 agents in the program, many of them completely fucked up by their respective AI partners. But, well, the Project was only ever provided with one AI unit.

They'd tortured that one, the original, the Alpha, to the point where it fragmented into tiny little pieces, harvested the fragments to use for their experiments, and to make sure no one ever knew what they'd done, hid him in a backwater canyon that no one ever cared about and made him think he was a soldier, just like everyone else.

Whoopsies. So much for that.

Right now it's a whole mess of Freelancers, confused not-really-soldiers and fully autonomous AI fragments competing with each other to try and achieve their own ends, and it's hard to explain what the hell is going on, so I'm not going to. Suffice to say it's more than a little bit of a clusterfuck.

GRID part I

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: vic
OOC Journal: mechaphilia
Under 18? nyett
Email/IM: vicious hallway (AIM)
Characters Played at Singularity: 686 Ebullient Prism (creepersphere)

Character Information ;
Name: Grid

This is just for references sake, as this is the name this individual xenomorph is referred to by in promotional and marketing material. No character, or indeed Grid herself, refers to her by this name in canon.

Canon/AU/Original: Alien vs Predator - AU
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(Alien_franchise)
Canon Point: End of movie
Setting:

Basically our world as it is now, only there are secretly huge alien pyramids hidden on our planet used by an alien race for their badass hunting rituals. They unleash xenomorphs in these and hunt them for sport--if they can't kill them all, they blow up the entire thing to prevent the xenomorphs from spreading all over the globe. Ancient humans worshiped the aliens for some reason and were the willing bait & breeding grounds for the xenomorphs because clearly that was the only entertaining thing to do on a Friday night back in bumfuck BC. The alien hunters are known as Yautja in their own language, and they consider xenomorphs to be 'perfect prey.'

Grid is one of the xenomorphs bred in one of these pyramids, located in the antarctic. Xenomorphs are present in several castes, with their appearances differing depending on what animal they were born from. Grid is one of the warrior caste, born from a human, which means she serves the enormous Queen her mother). Queens head eusocial colonies very similar to those of social wasps, ants, and termites, with the other castes serving as sterile workers and defenders. The Queen is enormous, can pump out dozens of eggs a day, and is extremely dangerous once she becomes mobile. Her Queen, along with the pyramid and the rest of her broodmates, have all been destroyed.

Zoe Washburne [1]

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Breepants!
OOC Journal: breepants
Under 18? Nope.
Email/IM: Shadowbree at gmail dot com // chaosdialectic
Characters Played at Singularity: None

Character Information ;
Name: Zoe Washburne
Canon/AU/Original: Canon
Reference: http://www.fireflywiki.org/Firefly/Zoe
Canon Point:After the TV series and before the comics
Setting:

You know when your mom is telling you to not waste, but to do good things like recycle—stuff that would conserve the earth rather than deplete it? Yeah, well in Firefly’s canon, someone’s mom was either absent or not loud enough. All in all, the Earth was exhausted of all of its resources, which caused human kind to go the only place they could—in space. There they terraformed (colonizing) the planets, making them livable—some of the prosperous, others just as poor as their Earth counterpart of the ‘third world’. But true to mankind, they survived and thrived, expanding among the stars. Some would say they expanded too much, as the Alliance tried to create a centralized power system—one that would essentially limit the liberties and freedoms of those involved.

Not everyone wanted to be a part of such a system, and the Unification War was fought. Of course, history is determined by the winners, and the Independents were deemed treasonous as they lost the war. But again, mankind survives; although there is still tension between the factions, few willingly remember the struggle that happened and cost many planets their autonomy.

But I digress—space travel! Space travel is the mode of transportation—even the most rickety of ships traveling the stars. If you can keep in the air, you’ll go very far.

Planet far, essentially.

But there are things to watch out for: the Alliance for one, especially if you are on the wrong side of the law, and even more so if they find out you used to be an Independent—Browncoat as they’re referred to. But the Alliance at least plays by the rules most of the time, but Reavers are another story. Some say that they’re humans who have ventured to the edge of the ‘verse and gone mad—becoming cannibals and who torture and rape their victims. But it’s hard to see any humanity in them.

[up-in-flame.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Mouse
OOC Journal: http://screeee.livejournal.com/
Under 18? No
Email/IM: up.in.flame@gmail.com / whatuhflamer
Characters Played at Singularity: none

Character Information ;
Name: Raptor Red
Canon/AU/Original: Canon personality combined with an AU in which she was abducted by time-travelers and fitted with some mad futuristic hardware FOR SCIENCE. They were teaching her human stuff- like how to NOT EAT HUMANS and how to read and it was all for some big science fair. She was cool with it as long as they fed her meat. Lots of it.

She’s mastered the hologram projector and has come to understand that humans communicate primarily with words instead of body movement.


Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_Red

Canon Point: January. Chapter: Segno Caves. At this point in the story, Raptor Red is with her sister and nieces. It has been around seven months since her sister chased away her mate in a fight.

Setting: Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era in what is presently known as Utah. The land is covered with rocks and ferns and sometimes dinosaur carcasses because dinosaurs are delicious. Also: tar pits. Gotta watch out for those.

Hanna Falk Cross (1/4)

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Mote
OOC Journal: demotivate
Under 18? nn
Email/IM: IM: Piloten Wie Wir
Characters Played at Singularity: Lain Iwakura and NPCs Lev and Hypatia \o/

Character Information ;
Name: Hanna Falk Cross
Canon/AU/Original: Hanna is Not a Boy's Name (AU)
Reference: main site with comic archive (http://hanna.aftertorque.com/), main TVTropes page (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/HannaIsNotABoysName), TVTropes character page (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/HannaIsNotABoysName).
Canon Point: Some time post the Christmas Fedora Strip (http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=401)

Havemercy p1

[disobeying.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Chii
OOC Journal: lewdness
Under 18? N.
Email/IM: Chii is a pedo // bubbled.teas @ gmail dot com
Characters Played at Singularity: Freelancer New York

Character Information ;
Name: Havemercy
Canon/AU/Original: Canon
Reference: [LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havemercy)]
Canon Point: Post-Havemercy, after she’s crashed in the desert.

BLU Pyro lolol

[kinduvabigdeal.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Case
OOC Journal: technophile
Under 18? N
Email/IM: semeface
Characters Played at Singularity: uuuh none

Character Information ;
Name: BLU Pyro
Canon/AU/Original: Canon? As far as TF2 canon gets
Reference: http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Pyro
Canon Point: N/A
Setting: 1968 Earth with a few big twists. Everything is owned by two companies, RED and BLU, and they have mercenaries fight over territory and intel and stuff. Pyro is one of those mercenaries. Most of Earth history before that is probably intact, though, as there are things referencing WWI/WWII et cetera in the game (uh like Medic with his BlKritzkrieg and all his "Heil" lines. Game also contains references to TV shows that did exist during that time).

Personality:

Uhhh, all over here (http://hadorken.livejournal.com/633.html).


Abilities and Weaknesses:

Uhhh, also all over here (http://hadorken.livejournal.com/633.html).


Inventory:

- 1 huge thick asbestos suit with gloves and boots
- 1 gas mask
- 2 oxygen tanks
- 1 homemade flamethrower
- 1 fire axe
- 3 napalm grenades
- 1 colorful beanie
- $16.45 in 1968 USD (in suit)
- 3 Coca-Cola bottle caps (in suit)
- 1 half-eaten lollipop (in suit)
- 2 paper clips (in suit)
- 1 small rubber band ball (in suit)
- 1 pair of striped boxers (in suit)
- 1 postcard with a puppy on it, containing half-finished letter to his mother in Korean (in suit)
- 1 Scout leg he was just beating on a Spy with (in hand)


Appearance:

GUESS WHAT I'M LINKING AGAIN (http://hadorken.livejournal.com/633.html).

Age: 25.

OC/AU Justification ;
If AU, How is Your Version Different From Canon, and How Will That Come Across? N/A
If OC, Did You Run Your Character Through a Mary-Sue Litmus Test? Y, just cause I could
And What Did You Score? -4 (D:)

RED Pyro for Justice

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Odd
OOC Journal: ishosophy
Under 18? 19lol
Email/IM: Cakeimus Prime [AIM]
Characters Played at Singularity: nnnope

Character Information ;
Name: RED Pyro
Canon/AU/Original: Team Fortress 2
Reference: Here (http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Pyro), Here (http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Pyro_taunts), and Here (http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Pyro_responses)
Canon Point: 2Fort, post-Engineer Update, although that really doesn’t affect him.
Setting:
1968 Earth with a few big twists. Everything is owned by two companies, RED and BLU. History itself hasn't changed much, at least from what little is shown except that Australia is like A REALLY BIG SUPER POWER in terms of like, having a grip hold of all the world's Australium (long story, it's a macguffin element kind of). Real world references on the era's pop culture and history are made about stuff occurring in WWII. So aside from being at the mercy of two totally insane companies and a really manly Aussie named Hale everything's....totally normal and Earth-like.
Personality:
Here (http://twinkieroast.livejournal.com/629.html)
Abilities and Weaknesses:
THE REVENGE OF THE TEAL DEER (http://twinkieroast.livejournal.com/629.html)
Inventory:
-1 heavy-duty asbestos suit
- homemade flamethrower, the “Backburner (http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Backburner)”
-2 oxygen tanks
-1 gas mask
-8 pens
-3 blood-stained hats
-1 fireman’s axe
-Sensible dance shoes
-1 brain slug (http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Triboniophorus_tyrannus)
-1 Bobbles (http://myhouserabbit.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/project.jpg)
-1 letter to his mother in poorly written Mandarin Chinese
Appearance:
Pyro isn’t terribly tall, standing at around 5’5”. Running around in a heavy asbestos suit all day has made him relatively wiry, as well and only weighs around 143lbs. Of entirely asian decent, his hair and eyes are a uniform black and his facial features are pinched but not quite “chiseled.”
He keeps his hair high and tight in a crew cut so it doesn’t mat over his eyes when he’s suited up. He’s also surprisingly tan, considering his aversion to say in his suit. Other than that, he’s pretty regular. His PB is this cool kid here.
Age:
Unknown/Relatively young or at least in good enough health/shape to be running as fast as he does in a thick and heavy asbestos suit; guessed to be in his early to mid twenties. This would make him the second youngest member in the team.

OC/AU Justification ;
If AU, How is Your Version Different From Canon, and How Will That Come Across? (Again, AU versions need to make sense. We don't need a doctoral dissertation, but please take the time to walk us through your AU and how they fit together.)
If OC, Did You Run Your Character Through a Mary-Sue Litmus Test? (Here's one, for reference: http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm)
And What Did You Score? 1 Point ‘cause he’s a rebellious princess syndrome sufferer.

Wally West/The Flash

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Boo
OOC Journal:merboo
Under 18? Nope
Email/IM: Damage Ovr Time
Characters Played at Singularity: None

Character Information ;
Name: Wally West (aka The Flash)
Canon/AU/Original: Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (Animated)
Reference: http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Flash
Canon Point: End of series
Setting:
Modern day earth with a slight twist - it’s full of superheroes and supervillains. Aliens, people with specialist equipment and people with actual superpowers, Wally is one of the latter. One of the man factors is the Justice League, a band of over fifty superheroes, of which Wally is one of the original seven founders. The Justice League help civilians defend the earth and even other planets, from alien invasions, natural disasters and one of the biggest factors, crime.

Saren Application

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App here! (http://reaperjesus.livejournal.com/628.html#cutid1)

Commander Shepard

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Hiku
OOC Journal: N/A
Under 18? Nope.
Email/IM: hikuswing@gmail.com
Characters Played at Singularity: N/A

Character Information ;

Name: Commander Jane Shepard

Name of Canon: Mass Effect(s)

Canon/AU/Game Canon: Canon, at least insofar as any Shepard can be.

Reference: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Commander_Shepard

Canon Point: Post ME2, but if that doesn't jive with other players, I'm good with pretty much anywhere in the second game.

Setting: Mass Effect takes place in the Traverse and Terminus systems on the outlying arms of the Milky Way Galaxy. Between a wide variety of worlds, star systems, and space-stations, it is populated by a rainbow of aliens, criminals, and mysterious happenings.

Personality:
Commander Shepard gets it done. She has no qualms about how, she only cares about results. She has a firm hand and a firmer grip on her pistol. Ultimately, however, her firmness comes from the fact that the universe is in danger, and she'll be goddamned if she's going to let anyone else screw up the overall chances of survival.

An Earthborn orphan, she grew up in the obligitorily dark and scary slums, fighting her way and so forth. At the first given opportunity, she decided to get the hell out of dodge and joined up with the Alliance Navy, became a Marine. After an illustrious beginning, and several years of service, she was the sole survivor of a bloody, terrible assault on the planet Torfan. Her command style became clear at this point. Commander Shepard gets the job done, no matter the cost.

Her die-hard loyalty and technical skill in the military arena earned her the privilege of being the first human Spectre, an entity that lives above galactic law as a special agent of sorts. She began her career hunting down and gutting the rogue spectre Saren who had been absorbed into a much larger plot to wipe out organic life in the Galaxy. Naturally, this became the task at hand. After fighting the Reapers directly, quite literally returning from the dead, and fighting the Collectors, their organic minions, Shepard stands ready to take the fight to them, and fucking win.

Abilities and Weaknesses:
Shepard's career military with a penchant for taking on aliens several times her own size. Upon her rebirth, in order to reverse some of the effects of explosive decompression, most of her organs were regrown with biotic implants. They don't afford her much by way of usable power, but they do make her harder to kill and more able to take a solid beating.

She possesses a few underdeveloped biotic abilities. These mostly pertain to the ability to throw, lift, or pull items and enemies without actually being closer than a few meters to them. She doesn't utilize them often, as a gun is frequently much more effective and doesn't come with violent migraines and mid-battle downtime.

As far as guns are concerned, her favorite is easily her small side-arm. Whether it's interrogations, shooting at enemies, or just getting a better discount at a store, her pistol has never failed her. Unsurprisingly, this is a quality segue into the next section:

Paprika 1/? (for reals this time)

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Coffee
OOC Journal: tallwhite
Under 18? HAHAHA no.
Email/IM: heisskaffee@gmail.com
Characters Played at Singularity: Hypatia

Character Information ;
Name: Paprika
Name of Canon: Paprika
Canon/AU/Original: canon
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika_(2006_film)
Canon Point: Post-movie
Setting: Satoshi Kon's Paprika is set in a world that's mostly like ours, but a bit more advanced. It's not very clear whether it's set slightly in the future or in the present, but it's not terribly relevant to know the exact date. Kon's Tokyo is a lot like the real thing, only...odder, much odder by the end of the film. The whole premise hinges on the existence of a device called the DC-Mini, which is capable of recording and letting a person share their dreams. It's also the major plot point, along with the exploration of human unconsciousness (which is a running theme in Kon's stuff). The DC-Mini also is the entire reason for Paprika's existence.
Personality: Typically like a ray of sunshine. Paprika has a very warm and compassionate personality, something that was likely chosen by Dr. Chiba to get patients to open themselves to her brand of therapy. It's easy to trust someone like her, to tell her your problems. Which is exactly the point; I would go so far as to say she was designed that way.

She seems to genuinely care about the people around her, going so far as to put herself in harm's way to solve the main mystery of the film. To her, it was imperative. The world was in danger and she was the only one who could have fixed it, therefore it was a simple decision. Terms I would pick for her are upbeat, headstrong, confident, take charge, charming, curious, and helpful. (Yes I reused that.)

Abilities and Weaknesses: Paprika's a creature of dreams, and as such, she's as malleable as her natural surroundings. This can be something as subtle as a quick-change costume to physical changes like becoming a fairy or a mermaid, complete with the inherent abilities therein. She can also jump into and out of various visual media (TVs, print ads, a video camera, a computer monitor). Sort of a "if you can dream it, you can do it" kind of thing. She's also capable of simple feats of gymnastics and is portrayed as being pretty bold. She jumps right through a screen and pops out about a mile about the earth, letting herself freefall before taking up a legendary Japanese guise to fly the rest of the way down (unless she's in direct physical harm; she has a really healthy sense of self preservation). She's the kind of person who knows when to fight and when to run, really aware of her own limits. She can also pull other people with her through the same media she uses, albeit only at the end of the movie, when her powers are particularly strong. This is going to be a last resort option only when ingame.

LEGION part i

[cohesions.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: vic
OOC Journal: mechaphilia
Under 18? I'm over 18 years old and what is this
Email/IM: vicious hallway @ aim
Characters Played at Singularity: Prism/Grid

Character Information ;
Name: Legion
Name of Canon: Mass Effect series
Canon/AU/Game Canon: Canon
Reference: ME Wikia Page (http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Legion)
Canon Point: Pre-Suicide mission, other details here (http://cohesions.livejournal.com/2627.html)
Setting:

A few hundred years in the future and mankind has joined the galactic community—although not exactly quietly. After conflict arose out of their first encounter with an alien species (the turians), humanity was on a bit of awkward footing as they tried to establish themselves amongst the other species in Citadel space. The Citadel acts as the central hub of alien politics, with the central three council species being the turians (military power), the asari (political power), and the salarians (research/espionage)--after the events of the first game, humans have also joined the council.

Currently all sentient life is at risk from an ancient omnicidal race of sentient organic machines known as 'The Reapers' to most of the universe, and the 'Old Machines' to the geth. With the arrival of Sovereign, a faction of the geth (known as heretics to the 'true' geth), declared it to be their god and dithered off to go help it destroy all organic life under the command of it and Saren. Shortly after the destruction of Sovereign (aka 'Nazara' to the geth), Shepard was killed during an attack on the Normandy. Two years later s/he was resurrected by an organization known as Cerberus to fight off the Reapers and the Collectors and all hell breaks loose again.

Legion is one of the true geth—a platform (mechanical body) constructed specifically to seek out Shepard, who is something of a Big Damn Hero for killing off the false god Nazara. Legion was taken by Shepard on board the derelict Reaper, and subsequently recruited to the fight against the Collectors.

Garrus Vakarian 1/3

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Stefan
OOC Journal: dragoon1940
Under 18? No.
Email/IM: dragoon1940 @ gmail.com / dragoon1940
Characters Played at Singularity: None.

Character Information ;
Name: Garrus Vakarian
Name of Canon: Mass Effect
Canon/AU/Game Canon: Canon!
Reference: Mass Effect Wiki (http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Garrus)
Canon Point: Prior to the suicide run through the Omega 4 relay.
Setting: In the Mass Effect universe, humanity is one of many space-faring races, who use a system of relays to achieve faster than light travel and journey between the stars. An interstellar community, comprising many races, has sprung up. Acting as a sort of ruling body and interstellar peace-keeper for many of these races is the Council, made of the Asari, the Turians and the Salarians. Recently, the humans joined them on the council, due (in part) to the heroic actions of one Commander Shepard. Technology is highly advanced. Soldiers going into combat use personal shields. Medical technology includes cybernetics. People are able to create AIs, but generally do not due to an AI rebellion several centuries ago. There are hover cars. Ships use rail guns. Due either to tech or innate abilities, some beings can use powers, known as biotics, to manipulate the world around them. Slavery, poverty, disease and corporate greed still run rampant. Some people fight the good fight. Others don't.

And that's the good news. The bad news is that a race of sentient machines known as “Reapers” are poised to enter the galaxy and sweep it clean of organic life, harvesting them for some unknown purpose. Fortunately for the galaxy, it has Commander Shepard, a human marine who has near single-handedly been attempting to rally the galaxy at large to fight the threat. Shepard defeated Harbinger, a Reaper “scout” two year prior, an action which earned humanity a place on the Council. Despite being killed shortly thereafter, death only served to piss Shepard off after Cerberus (a pro-human group) brought the marine back from the dead. Since then, Shepard has gathered a rag-tag band of heroes and ne'er-do-wells to fight back against the Reapers – even if the Council refuses to acknowledge said Reapers as a threat. Garrus is one of those heroes. He's also a Turian.

Doctor Mordin Solus 1/??

[milo1047.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;

Your Nickname: Milo

OOC Journal: milo1047

Under 18? No

Email/IM: milo1047 AT gmail.com / milo1047

Characters Played at Singularity: N/A

Character Information

Name: Doctor Mordin Solus

Name of Canon: Mass Effect

Canon/AU/Other Game CR: Canon

Reference: Mass Effect wiki (http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mordin_Solus)

Canon Point: Just before the Omega 4 mission

Setting: Mass Effect is set in the future of our race: the 22nd century and human kind has joined a galactic community with dozens of alien species and races each with their own cultures, religions and beliefs. This is all made possible by the ancient mass relays, which allow faster than light travel and communication and were left by an even older, now extinct species. The galactic community is (for the most part) governed and regulated by a governing body known as the council, made up of several of the most powerful and influential species, now joined by humanity thanks to the efforts and heroism of one Commander Shepard, the first human Spectre. The Council is, of course, full of typical bureaucrats and the galaxy has its fair share of criminals, bounty hunters and other ne’er do wells.

Of course that heroism wouldn’t have been needed if it weren’t for the Reapers, an ancient machine race that periodically purges the galaxy of all organic life. Shepard, in a titanic effort, destroyed the vanguard the Reaper fleet, and was hailed as a hero. Of course, that didn’t stop him/her from being killed by the Collectors, agents of the Reapers, a few months later. But then he/she came back from the dead and was angrier than ever and went off to kick more ass.

[hadorken.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Case
OOC Journal: technophile
Under 18? N
Email/IM: semeface
Characters Played at Singularity: BLU Pyro

Character Information ;
Name: Terrence "Terry" McGinnis | Batman
Name of Canon: Batman Beyond | DCAU
Canon/AU/Other Game CR: Canon
Reference: http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_Beyond
Canon Point: Post-season 1.



Setting:

Set in the year 2040 AD, 40 years after most Batman "canons." Gotham City has been overrun by crime after Bruce Wayne gave up the cape and cowl about 20 years before the present day, and while other heroes have tried to fill in for him, none have succeeded (or not with anything of note, anyway). Terry is a teenager (and Bruce Wayne's biological son through weird creepy-ass superhero cloning justification without asking the permission of anyone involved, which should totally have been illegal in the first place, but Terry doesn't know that yet) who stumbles across Wayne's secret by accident and originally steals the batsuit to get vengeance on Derek Powers for the murder of his father. Shit happens, Terry and Bruce argue a lot, eventually Bruce decides that Gotham does need a new Batman and Terry is the super special teenager for the job (except he's not actually special or anything, just there). ANYWAY so they team up and Terry becomes the new Batman with the totally cooler suit.

Part 1 of over 9000

[talksicko.livejournal.com]

Player Information ;
Your Nickname: Taters
OOC Journal: apocalipstick1
Under 18?Nope.
Email/IM: potathive@aim.com
Characters Played at Singularity: nobody, yet

Character Information ;

Name: Wade Wilson/Deadpool

Name of Canon: Marvel Comics

Canon/AU/Other Game CR: Canon

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadpool_(comics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_&_Deadpool
http://www.comicvine.com/deadpool/29-7606/ <--This one is a doozy! It will tell you everything that has ever happened to Wade. Seriously. Everything

Canon Point:Immediately after attempting to kill himself by putting a bullet in his brain at the end of Deadpool: Dark Reign (issue 12)

Setting: Marvel Universe, Earth 616. This means spandex, explosions, portals to alternate realities and other dimensions, speech bubbles, giant monsters with names like “Fing Fang Foom”, aliens, talking ducks that smoke cigars, zombies, T-rexes, Zombie T-Rexes, magic, science that does not make sense, world-eating galactic conquerors that wear giant pink hats, super powers, team-ups, and…well. It’s a comic book universe. The only rule is that there are no rules. This is the world of Captain America, Iron Man, and Squirrel Girl, and shit here is pretty bananas.

Personality:Known as "Wade" or “Wilson” by his friends and "Deadpool" by those who aren't sure whether he'll shoot them or not, The-Merc-With-A-Mouth is widely acknowledged as utterly unstable, though certainly not malicious--unless you happen to be a clown. He really hates those. Convinced that he is a comic book character, Deadpool claims that he is not responsible for his own actions, often blaming mysterious unseen forces with typewriters. His behavior is best described as that of an emotionally challenged man-child with ADHD who’s had one too many hits of any given hallucinogen. A mercenary and sometimes assassin by trade, Wade is by no means a bad guy—just a very, very confused, slightly amoral, and thoroughly mad guy. In describing himself, he says, “I might be an annoying, brain-addled, absurdly conflicted individual…but I can still kick ass better than the best of them!”

Recently, he’s been trying very hard to be a good guy, mostly due to Cable’s influence. While the two were maintaining a friendship, he refused to take any work that involved assassination, sticking to thefts and bodyguard detail. However, his moral compass was still not exactly functional, leading him to make some poor decisions during the Marvel Civil War. Despite the fact that the government was seriously violating civil rights and throwing costumed heroes who resisted the Registration Act into the Negative Zone (a very nasty place) without trial, by Wade’s reasoning government=good guys. He chose to work for them, hunting down unregistered heroes and betraying Cable in the process. Nate eventually changed Deadpool’s mind and the two reconciled, but only after a very nasty argument involving guns, telepathically induced hallucinations, and some major explosions.

After Nate’s “death” (which Deadpool at first accepted but now seems to consider abandonment since it has come to light that Cable is, in fact, alive and well, albeit 800 years in the future), Wade has experienced some backsliding, having returned to assassination work seemingly without remorse. It should be noted, however, that he is now careful of innocent bystanders and will even inconvenience himself to protect them, something the old Deadpool would have done only rarely, if it all. He is also still very much trying to be a hero, having single-handedly saved the Earth from alien invasion and continued with his efforts to assist more legitimate heroes.

PYRAMID HEAD part i

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Player Information ;
Your Nickname: vic
OOC Journal: mechaphilia
Under 18? nein
Email/IM: vicious hallway @ AIM
Characters Played at Singularity: Prism/Grid/Legion

Character Information ;
Name: Pyramid Head
Name of Canon: Silent Hill series
Canon/AU/Other Game CR: Canon
Reference: http://silenthill.wikia.com/wiki/Pyramid_Head
Canon Point: Post-Homecoming
Setting:

Silent Hill is just another quiet resort town, likely somewhere on the East coast of the US, with gorgeous scenery and a dark secret. If you've ever read a Stephen King novel set in a sleepy Maine town, that's the sort of place Silent Hill is. The town itself can trace its history back centuries to ancient rites performed by the native peoples, all the way up to the current cult prescence in the area. It's a dark place, lorded over by pagan blood gods and goddesses, where reality bends to the will of the subconscious.

The town itself varies wildly depending on who goes there. It seems as though innocents, such as Laura in Silent Hill 2, see the town as perfectly normal. Others see it depending on the particular brand of darkness in their hearts; Angela saw it as constantly burning, Eddie saw it as a frozen meat locker, and James saw it as... well, no spoilers. Pyramid Head only makes his appearance in the dark Otherworld, a place where the towns influence is strongest on those it has trapped. He is part of the local mythology, a sort of punisher who appears to those who the town (or even the individual in question) has deemed guilty. Executioners of the cult would don red hoods over their ceremonial robes, either taking inspiration from Pyramid Head or inspiring his form, which nods to his particular role within the canon.

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