Superhero RPG - Rebellion

[Whale Biologist]

In an effort to post on this forum and not get yelled at because of it, I figure I'll try another RPG. This plot is lifted from one of my stories, but I'll pare down the history a little bit so it's not cumbersome.

The Year: 2460
The Place: Earth. For now, at least.
The Situation: Tense. Very tense.

For five hundred years, genomalies (mutants, paranormals, nosferatu, lycanthropes, and more) have been tagged and controlled by the reigning government, after the Incident of 2006, which resulted in roughly one billion deaths worldwide.

The short version of the Incident: a group of genomalies rose to prominence, trying to make political progress and prove that they were not evil, but in doing so caused a very short, unbelievably bloody war, with one billion deaths worldwide. The power struggle between Martyr and Demon, in the streets and sky of Washington DC, completely levelled the city. As well, it was found out later, Demon, who was telepathically linked via psychic contagion to billions of people, drained all of his victims during the battle in an effort to overpower Martyr, who grew stronger the more he was hurt. One billion dead, and one billion critically injured, in the space of a day, as well as a nation laid to waste.

It was not difficult, from that point on, to capture and control the genomalies of the world, since the two most powerful (estimated to be more powerful than the sum total of every other genomaly in existence) had been destroyed. For decades, they were used as forced slave labor, rebuilding the shattered remains of the world with their powers. For decades more, they were subjugated, imprisoned, and forced NOT to use their abilities. Eventually, in the 2300's, opinions softened, and genomalies were slowly reintegrated into society, but always tagged, and always marked by clothing, and sometimes occupation.

Nosferatu, not needing oxygen or even atmosphere, are now used almost exclusively as startship pilots, since their craft do not need to be sealed, or heated. Asteroid miners, experimental exploration, probes and research... NosCorp flies them all. Psychics are often used in hospitals as diagnosticians. Physically powerful genomalies are used in mining, construction, and other such fields, where their powers can be put to good use.

In spite of all this, they are still slaves. Their foreheads are tattoed, they must wear a bright orange vest at all times (attached, in fact, with unbreakable fibres so it can almost never be removed). They cannot own property, they cannot reproduce, and they cannot associate in groups larger than four without armed escorts (and even then, it's usually not allowed). More worryingly, very powerful ones often vanish, and are never seen again, particularly psychics. Despite the relative peace and safety of their lives, they are slaves to humanity. Many understand the reasons, but despite the generally pleasant attitude of humans toward genomalies (often approaching condescension), there are still groups who call for them all to be put to death. Mobs often corner, capture, beat, or kill genomalies found on their own, and the police often don't inquire TOO far into it.

The situation is once again approaching tension. Freedoms are being limited more and more on a weekly basis by the world government, and more and more, genomalies are disappearing.

Who will be next?

You?

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Character Sheet:

Name:
Race: (Human, lycanthrope, nosferatu... other? Assume most 'classical' creatures of myth are simply genomalies, like Minotaurs or Pixies, if you want.)

Physical Description:
Genomaly ID Name / Number:

Powers & Abilities:
Current Employment Status:
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation':

NOTE: The more powerful your character, the more they will be restricted, and the odds are good you may end up in prison, or START in prison.

EDIT:

Notable People In The World:

President Kennedy Unrelated to the American President of days gone by, this President is President of the world. All other countries have their own elected Prime Minister, who serve as advisory committee to the President, as well as to the United Nations, which the the governing military body. Elderly and crotchety, he won on a campaign of genomaly 'reform'.

Rowan O'Reilly The only living thing to survive ground zero of the Incident, Rowan is pushing five hundred years old. The reason for this is he is, for all intents and purposes, completely indestructible. When his cells divide, the genetic telomeres do not shrink, and as such, he has not aged appreciably. The only harm he has come to in his life was his retinas being burned to ash, when he watched the final apocalyptic assault between Martyr and Demon. Only he knows exactly what happened that day, and he has told the story thousands of times. Chief Genomaly Advisor to the United Nations. There is not much need to imprison him, as he is blind, and has no other abilities, so he is granted almost complete freedom, as per a normal person. He doesn't even need the vest. EVERYONE knows what he looks like. EVERYONE.

Ranger An exceedingly powerful genomaly, capable of fantasic flight speeds as well as telekinesis-based feats of strength, he acts as a global Search and Rescue team. Also world famous, it is only through years of flawless service and selfless acts that he is allowed out without a guard (mostly because they can't catch him).

Former President Marshall Currently in jail for life for Impersonating a Human. Only genomaly elected to office in five hundred years, as she avoided the genetic birth testing somehow. Powers were revealed by an anonymous tip to the UN, who staged an assassination to force her to reveal her powers. Location unknown.

Tanto Michiba Leading crusader for Genomaly Reform, linked (unconclusively) to several bombings resulting in genomaly deaths. On TV every night, wherever you go in the world. Extremely rich, extremely powerful, and extremely popular. Young, strong, and Japanese pureblood, which is rare after four centuries of inter-racial mixing.

Martyr Rumored to NOT have died in the Incident, but living underground and planning a rebellion to free his kin. Mostly folk tale.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Name: Aran Holder

Age: 27

Race: Lycanthrope

Physical Description: He is 6'7, and has brown eyes. He is white. He has slightly more hair on him than usual. He has brown hair. He is built well, with more muscles on him than your average joe. He has a constantly angry look on his face.

Genomaly ID: Luna/3967

Powers & Abilities: When he wills it, he becomes a wolf-like creature. He stays the same basic shape (humanoid), but gains near bulletproof skin, enormous strength (he can lift up to two tons) and agility (he can run at about 30 mph), a thick grey pelt of fur, razor-sharp claws, yellow eyes, and a greatly enhanced sense of smell.

Current Employment Status: In Jail

Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': He hates it. He has come to believe that humans are an inferior, petty race, and genomalies are superior. This attitude is not soothed at all by the titanium jail cell he's kept in (complete with gas vents). He is famous for the "Full Moon Massacre", where one night (during a full moon), he dragged a several families (one by one) out of bed and killed them in the town square, and painted pro-genomaly slogans with their blood. He was captured by the army shortly after that.

[Whale Biologist]

My character, for various purposes...

Name: Marcus Cole
Race: Human

Physical Description: Marcus is a tall man with noticeably white skin and noticeably black hair. He is often mistaken for a very well-fed Vampire, since he is well-muscled and not at all gaunt.

Genomaly ID Name / Number: Umbra / 0791

Powers & Abilities: Was responsible for the assault on the Solar Space Agency headquarters, single-handedly responsible for the destruction of $30 billion in hardware. Reports of exact powers vary, but generally revolve around "unstoppable juggernaught". Exact powers undisclosed to public.

Current Employment Status: In Jail.
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': Not...very... happy...

As of yet, he has not broken out of jail, causing some to wonder what sort of jail he could be held in that would stop him. Not many are privy to his exact abilities, but they assure the rest that, yes, he's perfectly contained where he is.

[Marinan]

Cassandra
Genomaly: Esper(fairy)
Physical Description: Caucasian, with naturally white hair(albino), slim, yet muscled figure. She has green eyes. Stands about 5'11, and weighs 170 pounds.
Genomaly Name: Project 857259
Attitude Towards the Genomaly Situation: She has a Magnetoesque attitude towards them. She tends to think that they must be set free through violent revolution, but she hates the suffering of innocent people.

Powers and Abilities: She has power over both weather patterns, cold, and heat.(Maybe she's being used in a project to grant vast energy)She also has enchanced vitality, strength, agility and intellectual capacity.

[Heliomance]

Sean Malya
Physical Description: Effeminate male, long brown hair in a ponytail, hazel eyes, stand just under 6', enough muscle to avoid being scrawny
Genomaly ID Name / Number: Gaia / 2697

Powers & Abilities: Has an incredible empathy with nature. This allows him to control plants and to communicate with animals.
Current Employment Status: Bioscientist
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': "Don't **** with me, I won't **** with you." At least, that is his outward attitude. Covertly, he helps those who have fallen foul of the government.

[largo833]

Name: Jay Damen
Race: Human

Physical Description: About 6 feet tall, caucasian, with red hair and green eyes. He generally tries to make sure he appears reasonably well-kept (combed hair, clean clothes, etc.)
Genomaly ID: Phys / 2168

Powers & Abilities: Has significantly increased physical abilities - strength (can lift a very small car if he really strains himself), speed (can reach a max of 25-30 MPH running), and endurance (can survive up to 4 gunshots to the torso if he's lucky)
Current Employment Status: Package handler
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': Likes to think that there's still hope for most non-genomalies, though he hates the current political and military leadership.

edit: fair enough. occupation changed.

[Krylo]

Name: Nathan Kalinis
Race: Human
Physical Description: A thin and relatively lithe human male. He isn't in the best physical condition, but he has good genes, beyond his genomaly, and, thus, despite his relatively sedentary life style he still has a relatively atheltic build and can't be considered unhealthy by any means.
His hair is brown, short, and meticulously trimmed, and his face, though rather average in most aspects, still comes across as attractive due to his perfectly clean skin and scarless features--a side effect of his powers.
Genomaly ID Name / Number: Lifestream/5429

Powers & Abilities: Power over life. By placing his hands on another human or genomaly's body he can infuse them with energy--accelerating and perfecting the metabolic process to unnatural levels, regenerating even lost limbs. The flip side is that he can also drain life from people in the same manner, causing unconciousness, followed by organ failure, and then death. These powers act upon his own metabolism instinctually, as well. As a result he is hard to kill, but a bullet (or other attack) to his brain stem would stop his body from regulating his powers and end his life quite quickly.
Current Employment Status: Healer. He works in a hospital, using his powers to save people--but due to his genomaly status, he can not be considered a doctor.
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': No man is happy as a slave--however Nathan has seen too much death too closely working in a hospital, and too many grieving family members to be willing to kill for any cause. Thus, though he is unhappy as a slave, he--at this time--refuses to support any kind of rebellion that could lead to more death. This political view is most likely the only thing that keeps him from jail.

[Whale Biologist]

Neat, I got a mod! And a good range of powers.... goodness, we might even have enough to start playing! Poop on a stick, that was ahead of schedule.... I'll have to work up an introductory post. In the meantime, feel free to ask me any questions any of you may have about the world, and I'll do my best to answer.

Also, a minor point, but I don't think Jay would be unemployed... jobs for genomalies are ASSIGNED, not interviewed for, so he might be some sort of laborer, or another physical job he doesn't like.

[Bass]

Name: Sin Reizend
Race: Human

Physical Description: Sin is blessed with an unusual appearance, just wierd enough so that even if she tried going around without the marked clothes she would be easily recognised as beyond human; golden eyes peer out from behind messy, medium length, dark blue hair laced with a few blonde strands. She stands at just over six feet and has rather a pale complexion thanks to a lack of light over the years. Possibly her oddest feature is a birthmark shaped almost like a cross between a swirling vortex and a tribal tattoo over her right eye.
Genomaly ID Name / Number: Solitary/ 6401

Powers & Abilities: - Can access ‘endoverses’ inside herself and other psysical objects; this essentially allows her to be absorbed into something and walk out, almost instantly of a different part of it or any other object in physical contact with the first. She may also choose to stay inside and hide within something rather than coming out. She can also store an almost infinite amount inside herself using the endoverse within her own body; thankfully she can pick and choose which part of her own endoverse she reaches into so that she is not forever searching for things she placed in there.
The endoverses are not particulary pleasant, mostly black voids filled with smoke that appears to form into the shapes of what exists at your relative position in the real world.

Current Employment Status: Employed/Incarcerated as the solitary confinement in one of the larger prisons. Unruly prisoners are thrown into her and left for a day or two. This is not by choice.
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': She hates it, big time, since thanks to it she is merely a breathing jail cell.

[Whale Biologist]

Oo.... I gotta say, that's actually pretty sweet.