The New Ultimate DC RPG: Sign-Up/OOC Thread

[Red_Robin77]

Screen name: Red_Robin77

.Character you wish to portray: Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter)

.Hero, villain, or walking the line?: Hero

.Powers and physical attributes: Booster possesses a suit from the 23rd Century, that gives him enhanced strength, flight, power blasts, energy shields and the ability to travel through time.

.Origin and backstory (as you see it): Michael Jon Carter was a star runner for Metropolis University, nicknamed Booster for his speed. He was a hero to the school, winning many races between schools for them, even gaining a gold medal for one effort. However, in a vital race for the school, Carter is disqualified for a false start. He instantly loses all respect from his fellow students for being disqualified and becomes completely unpopular. After that, Carter wore his only gold medal everywhere, to keep a memory of the glory days with him. After the incident, Carter found he only had one friend, Richard Hunter, or Rip as Carter called him.

Rip believes that he's created a suit that is capable of travelling through time, called a Sentient Kinetical Environment Enabler of Time and Space (S.K.E.E.T.S for short). Rip explains to Carter that the suit will be capable of travelling through time when he retrieves one final piece that can only be found in the Metropolis Museum. He gets Carter to help him, saying he can be popular again with the suit. Relunctantly, Carter helped Rip to get the piece, which Rip fitted immediately. The computer in the suit came alive, but soon after security catch up with them and Rip is caught. With just the suit with him, Carter is told by the suit's computer to put on the suit, which activated an emergency protocol, sending Carter hurtling through time.

.The burning question - Why this character?: Booster is a character I'm very fond of and I feel like I've finally come up with an ultimate version I'm happy with.

.How will this version of your character differ from others? How will it be Ultimate?: This Booster didn't choose to travel through time, he was forced to, or would have gotten caught. He's completely lost and his goal is to try and get home and isn't focused on being a celebrity until he can fix S.K.E.E.T and get back to the 23rd Century.

.What do you believe you can bring to the RPG?: I can bring somebody eager to try something new with a character that I feel will be fun.

.Provide a sample post as the character you wish to portray, in three paragraphs or more:

I skid down the corridor of the Metropolis Musuem, Rip behind my carrying his suit as he fiddles with it.

"Hurry up!" I yell back to my friend as I try and figure out where the exit is.

"I'm nearly done!" he calls to me, trying to keep up as well as tamper with the suit.

"You can finish it when we get out of this damn place!"

"There!"

I spin around to see Rip holding up his suit triumphantly and begins to speed up slightly. I can see the faint figures of the security guards catching up with us. I look at any other place to go than the corridor and spot a door to the left of us. I dive towards it and it slides open, Rip following on behind me. I look around at my new surroundings, seeing the Superman exhibit. I look back to Rip quickly as he admires his work on his hands.

"We need to get out of here."

"We can use the suit, let me just activate the onboard computer system and-

<S.K.E.E.T.S ONLINE>

"Woah..."

"I told you it would work!"

<HOW MAY I BE OF SERVICE, MR HUNTER?>

"We need to get-"

Before Rip can finish his sentence, the guards burst in, catching Rip by surprise and make him throw the suit in the air in surprise. I catch it as the grab hold of Rip.

"Get the suit out!"

Instinctively, I run through the exhibit hurriedly, clutching to the suit tightly.

<MAY I RECOMMEND THAT YOU PUT ME ON, SIR?>

Hesitantly, I dive off to a random door and leap into a cupboard. The door slides shut and I squirm into the suit in the tight space, before putting my jacket and medal over the top.

<ACTIVATING EMERGENCY PROTOCOL 1>

Before I know it, everything around me warps and I can see nothing as the cupboard disappears and all the world around me goes silent.

.Do you know how to post pictures on the Hype?: Sure do

Sorry for the lack of posting last time, I'll definetly be more frequent from now on.

 

[Batman]

Approved.

 

[Byrd Man]

Anything about Gordon/Flass/Essen you want me to change, Cats, just let me know.

 

[Spike_x1]

I will tell all of you this right now: Ultimate Kite-Man is made of win.

 

[Byrd Man]

Poor Kite-Man. It'll be painful when he has his head jammed up his ass.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Okay, with the current state of the Legion being solely myself and Byrd, we are pulling the plug on it. It's just not much fun RPing a big group like the Legion with only 2 PC members.
We're leaving them back at their HQ, so that if anyone is interested in picking them up down the road, they can do so without much hassle.

So, with Garth gone, I've got another character in mind for a 3rd and will have an app up shortly.

 

[Spike_x1]

So it is official now? We don't have to have a Legion character in order to pick up a 3rd one (that always seemed like a White Legion Supremacy rule to me anyway, segregating non-Legion players )?

 

[Batman]

It's official.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

.Screen name: Johnny Blaze

.Character you wish to portray: Richard "The Dragon" Yuanjia, a.k.a. Richard Dragon

.Hero, villain, or walking the line?: Villain

.Powers and physical attributes: None; The Dragon is a powerful Triad boss, with access to a good amount of resources. Richard is a master martial artists, one of the best in the world, who keeps himself in top physical condition. The Dragon is a highly skilled tactician, and, despite his ruthless demeanor, possesses an almost calm presence in even the most intense of situations.


.Origin and backstory (as you see it): The son of a Triad crime lord in Hong Kong, Richard Yuanjia grew up into the hard lifestyle of organized crime in China. His father thought the world of his only son, and so, since he was old enough to stand, he was trained in the martial arts. Richard's intelligence and learning ability became apparent early on, as did the cold, calculated ruthlessness he displayed as he proved himself to his father and his Triad brothers as he started out as a common enforcer, despite his pedigree.

Richard was brutal in carrying out his father's orders, often making bloody examples from those who crossed his family. His cold-blooded reputation and martial arts mastery soon spread throughout the Chinese underground, earning himself the nickname, The Dragon.
Richard eventually made his way up the ranks to serve directly under his father as his Deputy. With business growing stagnant in Hong Kong and China, Richard's father had ideas to move his operations to the United States. But there were those under him who didn't approve of that plan, thinking it was a sign of weakness to leave China. Some of the captains tried to take control of the Triad, and killed Richard's father.

Enraged at their treachery, the Dragon went on a killing spree, taking command of those who remained loyal to his father's Triad and viciously murdering those who had a hand in his father's death. Finally, when their Triad's civil war ended, Richard Dragon emerged the victor and fully took control of all of his father's dealings. Realizing his father's dream, Richard Yuanjia has moved his operation into Gotham city, but still maintains a presence in Hong Kong.

The Dragon's Triad has been silent since coming into the city only three weeks ago, spending that time gathering information on their new rivals as well as quietly settling in Gotham's Chinatown, right under the Maroni family's nose. It won't be long before Richard makes his presence known to the rest of Gotham's crime families. And when he does, they will come to learn why they call him The Dragon...

.The burning question - Why this character?: I'm a martial arts fanboy, and I wanted to play a villainous martial arts master.

.How will this version of your character differ from others? How will it be Ultimate?: He'll be Chinese, for one. And a villainous crime lord, for two.

.What do you believe you can bring to the RPG?: Experience in RPing.

.Provide a sample post as the character you wish to portray, in three paragraphs or more:

The Dragon stood on the roof of the restaurant, the noise from the busy Chinatown streets below echoing across the tightly packed buildings. He had been in the States for twenty-four days now, all within the city of Gotham.

Richard sighed, Gotham City...he did not think that a city as corrupt and Hong Kong could exist, but he was surprisingly proven wrong. This city was infested with dozens of different criminal organizations, all vying for power anyway they could get it. Gotham lacked the organized chaos of Hong Kong, but that didn't bother the Dragon.
It was just a minor nuisance he had to deal with, nothing more.

"Master Yuanjia", a voice from behind him called politely.

"Yes, Rabbit", Richard asked as he turned to meet eyes with one of his top level enforcers.
Rabbit, like his eleven brothers, were each given names corresponding with the Chinese zodiac by their late father. Called the Twelve Brothers in Silk for the silken Wushu robes they wore, Rabbit and his brothers were each of them masters in the martial arts. Together, they were one of the deadliest forces in all of the East. And now the West would soon learn of the formidable might of the Twelve as the Yuanjia Triad began to sink it's teeth into Gotham's underbelly.

"Our spies report that the Jew has arrived."

"Really", the Dragon smiled.
"I think we've waited long enough. Gather the men...it's time we show Maroni that he is no longer welcome in Chinatown."

.Do you know how to post pictures on the Hype?: Yes

And, yes, I realize that's a pic of Shang Chi from Marvel. He's pretty much what I'm going for in the Ultimate Richard Dragon, as far as looks go.

 

[Batman]

Approved.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

 

[Byrd Man]

Got a replacement for Brainy

Screen name: Byrd Man

Character you wish to portray: Det. Victor Sage/The Question

Hero, villain, or walking the line?: Hero

Powers and physical attributes: No powers, but Sage has a keen detective mind and is skilled at Martial Arts.

Origin and backstory (as you see it):

A cop that's been through the rough patch for his job. He signed up to the GCPD to do the proper thing, only to walk in on corruption after corruption after corruption. He got married to a beautiful woman, but she didn't realise he was married to the job beforehand. She divorced him when he got in so deep that she only saw him at breakfast as a hopeless slump of a man. He'd made himself invest so hard in the job because he had to pick up all the slack from the corrupt cops. He knew there were good men in the force, but there were so little of them compared to the many corrupt that he couldn't stand it. He knew he had to go beyond the law. He found himself with a murder case, which couldn't be solved by any lawful means. When he dragged in the suspects their allies in the force dragged them right back out. He waited till dark, using a balaclava to hide himself, and broke into the suspect's house and beat the answers out of him. The suspect handed himself in the next day. Sage had beaten corruption, and took it upon himself to continue the mission, to win every case, lawful or not. The next day he broke into Star Labs, hoping to find something to aide his crusade. Inside, he found a prosthetic skin, that could bind to your face with the addition of a gas. He stole as much as the gas as possible and took the prosthetic, making himself a new identity. He was The Question.

I will expand on that some too.

The burning question - Why this character?: The Question is a character I've always been interested in and I have some ideas for some stuff he can do. That and he can play into a storyline I have going with Nygma.

How will this version of your character differ from others? How will it be Ultimate?: This version of Q is a cop, not a journalist. Plus, his battle against the corrupt members of the GCPD has left him jaded and on the verge of burn out.

What do you believe you can bring to the RPG?: Decent RPer with experience

Provide a sample post as the character you wish to portray, in three paragraphs or more:

"Should we run it on him?" I say to Cris as we stand outside the interrogation room's sweat box.

Since his transfer into Homicide five years ago, Crispus Allen has been my partner and is one of the few men I know I can trust.

"I don't know, Vic. This guy ain't a dummy."

"If he was so smart, he'd have lawyered up a long time ago."

Cris shrugs and takes a drag off his smoke. "What the hell? Let's burn him."

I hang back as he goes into the sweatbox and takes the man out.

William Matthew Stephens, age 22 and the lead suspect on a triple homicide Cris and I have worked for three weeks.

While Cris explains what's going to happen, I go into the squadroom's break room and slide paper into the copy machine. Like always, two true and one false.

Fields pokes his head into the door and laughs. "I can't believe this still works."

"Believe it, baby. Put on these glasses, professor."

By the time Cris leads Stephens into the room. Charlie has on a pair of fake reading glasses and is studying the copy machine intently.

"Mister Stephens, this is the Truth-o-Matic 3000. Now, before we begin. Are you sure of your statement that said you were nowhere near 650 Adams Avenue on the night of October 10th?"

"Y-yeah..."

Cris nods at Fields. "I think we're ready, Professor."

Cris places Stephens' hand inside the copy machine and I begin.

"Is your name William Matthew Stephens?"

"Yes."

Fields hits the button and Cris checks the paper tray. He holds up a white sheet with the words "TRUE" written on it.

"Do you reside at 1102 Kane Street?"

"Yes."

Fields hits the button again, another "TRUE" comes out.

"Did you kill Bill Albright and his two associates on the night of October 10th?"

"N-...No!"

Charlie hits the scan button and Cris chuckles as he checks the tray.

"False. You lying piece of crap."

"No!"

Fields looks at Stephens over his fake reading glasses. "The machine doesn't lie, son."

With his free hand, Stephens wipes sweat off his brow.

"Okay. Okay. I helped rob Billy and his buddies. Okay, it was Rob who killed them. Rob Evans! I know where he lives!"

I smile as I look at Cris and nod.

This case is down.


Do you know how to post pictures on the Hype?:

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Damn those wascally law dawgs!

Tricking stupid street thugs with copy machines is wrong.

 

[Batman]

Byrd is approved aswell.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Wow, ten out of the nineteen total characters in this game are based in Gotham City. We should change the name from Ultimate DC to Ultimate WSS and Friends.

 

[Byrd Man]

I thought about that. But, you know what? **** it. WSS? failed, so this is my revenge!

 

[Batman]

. THE NEW ULTIMATE DC RPG .
Character Application

.Screen name: Batman

.Character you wish to portray: J'onn J'onnz - The Martian Manhunter

.Hero, villain, or walking the line?: Walking The Line

.Powers and physical attributes: Superhuman strength, speed, durability, flight, telekeniesis, tangibility, and the ability to shape-shift. Martians as a species cannot age, either, so J'onn could be close to anywhere between one hundred and five thousand years old.

.Origin and backstory (as you see it): Born as a Martian, J'onn J'onnz was apart of an ancient
race of peace that populated the red planet of Mars. But such peace was short-lived, as tensions grew with the continuing debate between religion and science. When the war between Martian civilization grew hostile, J'onn became the forefront leader for retalliation, and was instantly labelled a war criminal for his subsequent acts of extremism. It was not until J'onn's own wife and child were killed in the conflict that a grief-ridden J'onn surrendered himself to the high council of Mars. Banished from his homeworld as an act of absolute punishment, J'onn was left to drift through space until he could find a new home. Using his telepathy, he settled himself on the planet Earth, studying the world's customs and species over a period of several hundred years. Posing as a human being, J'onn became John Jones, and quietly began a simple life in the city of New York.

But his secrecy amongst civilization would not last. Discovered by the secret organization C.A.D.M.U.S, J'onn was immediately captured and evaluated through various scientists and psychologists, working to discover his intentions. When they realized he posed no threat, they decided that his unusual talents would benefit their cause: to find and capture the blossoming number of metahumans appearing throughout the world. J'onn agreed to become their agent, but only to maintain a life of secrecy, after being threatened to be exposed to the world at large. Now, J'onn is a top ranking agent in the organization's ranks, and known only to few as a fabled metahuman hunter dubbed The Martian Manhunter.

.The burning question - Why this character?: A couple of obvious reasons. For one, he's the only original member of The Justice League to never be introduced in this game. Secondly, I came up with the premise for an Ultimate MM back when the game began, but never got around to applying due to a poor record of posting. Now that I'm feeling better about it, I want to see what I can do with this. And thirdly, he's one of my favorite DC characters.

.How will this version of your character differ from others? How will it be Ultimate?: Well, the J'onn of the comic books was more of a peace bringer. Literally, everything about the character lent itself to the idea that J'onn is a character who's not inherently hostile. This version of J'onn is different: He's very much trying to pull himself away from the darker soul he once was, but apart of that still lingers within him. I also think that the idea of him being an agent for a faction of the government makes more sense than seeing him decide to become a superhero. While he may one day become that, it'll be far more of a progression than what's ever been depicted with the character.

.What do you believe you can bring to the RPG?: My main goal with the character is interacting with others, so I want to bring in someone that can easily pop up here and there with a simple excuse for doing so, while establishing a founding character in the RPG.

.Provide a sample post as the character you wish to portray, in three paragraphs or more:

"Target sighted, M2. Ready to roll?"

The creature's crimson eyes merely opened, in response to the faint question. It had already known where the target in question was, long before any of it's fellow C.A.D.M.U.S agents had pinpointed his location. The creature simply did not choose to inform them, mainly for reasons of it's own. In truth, the person they were looking for wasn't even any real danger to anyone... but such a minor detail did not matter to it's superiors. They only wanted to subject to be captured.

And indeed he would be.

Phasing from it's invisible form, the skies of New Mexico were now inhabitant with the one called The Martian Manhunter. Silently hovering high above the small town that hid the objective, J'onn closed his eyes once more, and focused on each lifeform in the area. Every beat of their heart, every breath of their lungs... even their very DNA structure was seen within his mind's eye in an instant, through an ancient Martian form of telepathy. He could hear their every thought, aswell. And like many of the humans he encountered, such thoughts were insignificant. He only sought the essential whisper among the flock...

"... -onder if my kids are in the-..."

"... -ammit, Jean, why'd you have to sign those divorce pap-..."

"...-ommy! Where's mommy?! Why isn't she-..."

"...-ope to hell that call was just a threat, not an actual-..."

J'onn's eyes re-opened. And in an instant, he was gone. Flying through the air, at supersonic speeds, heading directly towards the objective's location. Even his fellow agents were amazed at how powerful The Martian seemed to be becoming each and every day. J'onn simply focused, and phased through the buildings below, locking directly onto his target. He shall not escape me. No man shall ever escape me.

Appearing through the wall of the target's home, J'onn rendered himself invisible as the man entered his bedroom in a panic, carrying an empty suitcase. His wife followed him, evidently in tears as her husband began to pack his clothes.

"Steve! Steve, talk to me! What's going on?!", She screamed.

The husband spun around, grabbing his wife's shoulders. "There's no time for that! Listen to me! You need to get the kids! Head out to the car and drive as far away from here as possible, alright?!"

"Why?!", She demanded. "What's this all about?!"

With unmistakable dread in his voice, the man looked off. "T-They're coming for me."

"Who?!"

"People. Dangerous people, alright? People who might be looking to..."

The husband resumed packing. "Look, just get the kids out of here! I don't want them to get caught up in this!"

"Steve...!"

"GO! GO NOW!"

The wife, taken aback, instantly complied and ran out of the room, heading for her kids. Before he could even turn around, J'onn had rendered himself visible once more, appearing behind the target out of thin air. The man spun around, wide-eyed at the sight before him.

"Steven Miller. You are wanted by Cadmus for questioning."

"Holy-...!"

Instinctively, the man raised his hands and looked away. But nothing happened. He looked back, staring at his hands in confusion. J'onn narrowed his gaze.

"Your inherent energy reserves would not have affected me,", The Manhunter coldly replied. "I have disabled your use of them through a telepathic hold on your mind."

The metahuman's jaw dropped, as J'onn was instantly upon him, grabbing him with an iron-grip force that only further surprised his captive.

"No! Please! Please, I... I didn't do anything wrong!", The man pleaded. "Don't kill me, please!"

J'onn looked back, unmoved, nor with any emotion at all. He simply replied in honesty.

"Your evident stress is unnecessary, metahuman. I do not live to kill," , He began, before flying the both of them through and out of the home's roof, leaving no trace of their existence whatsoever as they vanished within the night's sky.

"I only live to hunt."

.Do you know how to post pictures on the Hype?:

(Oh, yes. I'm not pulling any punches with his Martian look. Black Lantern J'onn all the way!)

 

[Byrd Man]

Approved

 

[Trigger]

What's a "WSS"?

 

[Johnny Blaze]

WWS? stands for Why So Serious?, a Gotham-based RPG that didn't last on the Hype.

 

[Trigger]

Huh. Then it really is ironic that our RPG features so many Gotham-based characters. I feel so in the loop now.

 

[Andy C.]

Verily. Although really, the first UDC game was pretty much just Ultimate Gotham most of the time anyway.

 

[Spike_x1]

Perky.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Perky.

Excellent plastic surgeons in China.

 

[Spike_x1]

It's all about getting just the right center of balance for her.