[NEPitp] New Era of Planets ITP IC.

[Beans]

The year is 2018 A.D., 17 years after the Nefas Adventum. N.A. was the incident that changed the planet forever.
Officially, not much is known. To the public, it is told that a tiny meteorite (10 cm in diameter) hit Antarctica at 95% of lightspeed. Its low mass and insane speed prevented its detection until it had already hit us, they say.
That is why weather conditions are screwed up. That is why Antarctica is little more than a bowl filled with a lifeless red sea in which chunks of rock float.
As if that were not enough, chaos and infighting enveloped humanity when it should have banded together. By the time of the Patrician Treaty, signed March 17th '02, the planetary population was halved.
But for several years now, an organization has been searching. For in the ruins of the NA, something otherworldly was found. It was analyzed and contained and restrained and copied. And the copies were made into protectors of the Earth, meant to prevent NA2.
The searching? It is for... pilots.

But how could something protect us from a second near-lightspeed micro-asteroid?
... Or is that what really caused the first Nefas Adventum?

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PLANETS
The planet designations are a guide for the qualities compatible with the corresponding planetial. Essentially, for a character to pilot a planetial, he or she needs qualities that can be applied to those of a planetary body. The required qualities can be hidden or overshadowed as long as they exist.
Note that in no way do I expect every planet to be taken.

The Lights
Sun: Leadership, authority. Its metal is gold. Its element is aether. Number designation 00.

Moon: Empathy, adaption. Its metal is silver. Its element is aether. Number designation 03.5.


The Truths
Mercury: Swiftness, skill in speech, dexterity. Its metal is quicksilver (contained in glass). Its element is water. Number designation 01.

Venus: Charm, persuasion, and skill in settling conflicts. Its metal is copper. Its element is air. Number designation 02.

Earth: Caring, sympathetic spirit. It does not have a true planetary metal, but its Pilot Designation Key is of lapis lazuli. Number designation 03.

Mars: Determination, strength, and skill in strategy. Its metal is iron. Its element is fire. Number designation 04.

Jupiter: Protectiveness and good judgment. Its metal is tin. Its element is fire. Number designation 05.

Saturn: Insight, inner endurance, and discipline. Its metal is lead (contained in glass). Its element is earth. Number designation 06.


The Shades
Uranus: Creativity, unconventional thinking. Its metal is uranium (contained in anti-rad glass). Its element is air. Number designation 07.

Neptune: Deception, trickery. Its metal is neptunium (contained in anti-rad glass). Its element is water. Number designation 08.

Pluto: Revolutionary spirit, cooperation. Its metal is plutonium (contained in anti-rad glass). Its element is earth. Number designation 09.

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PLANETIALS
All Planetials are armorsuit mecha devices around 20 feet tall. A vague approximation of their general shape: http://axuslords.webs.com/mech3lf.jpg
Note that the cape and ax and etc are NOT part of the Planetial design.
Every Planetial unit has a Progressive Blade, a weapon that vibrates at hypersonic speed.

NOTE ALSO that I can edit these to a degree if people ask. These descriptions are not totally set in stone.

Unit 00: Tan and flat gold in color. Its Astrokinetic Energy TeraHerz Emission Radiator (AETHER) system allows it to expel built up energy through physical contact. However, this energy must be built up by physical activity and its use can tire the human pilot. Its AETHER system is mostly within its large-ish round shoulderguards. Its Progressive Blade is oddly similar to an arrow in design, with a long and slim handle connected to a smallish blade.

Unit 03.5: Pale and silvery in color. It is slimmer than 00, with more crescent-like guards. Its AETHER system is a different type than that of 00; it manifests as a sort of short-ranged "pull" or "push" that can repel or attract the target to a reasonable degree. Its Prog Blade is similar to 00's.

Unit 01: An odd, darkish silver and grey color set. It is below average in size, but is also the fastest. Its Hydro designation is owed to its flexibility and good balance. Its Prog Blade has a longish thin handle; the blade part extends from the tip of the handle in the form of two winglike blades that make this weapon resemble a caduceus.

Unit 02: A red-orangey color set. It is ideal for drawing enemy fire off other units, due to its Aer designation---it has high agility and can turn on a dime. Its Prog Blade is similar to a stiletto.

Unit 03: Average in size, this unit is green with blue patches. It carries a Solenoid Oscillator UnduLative drive (SOUL drive) that allows it to apply bursts of positive energy to itself or other Planetials. Its reconstructive powers work better on others, though. Its Prog Blade is broad and spade-shaped.

Unit 04: A dull red and grey color set. It is somewhat bulkier than the average unit. Its Pyro designation is due to its propensity for quick bursts of energetic activity; however, this can tire the pilot. Its Prog Blade is like a bowie knife, and the arm of the opposite hand contains a small fold-out shield.

Unit 05: A pale yellow and white color set. It is physically larger than average. Its Pyro designation is due to its energy-burst ability, but unlike 04's method of channeling this energy into physical activity, 05 is more defensive: its energy is encorporated into a temporary energy field that can protect it from harm for a short period. This makes it well-suited for protecting other units so they may fall back and regroup. Its Prog Blade is jagged-edged.

Unit 06: A dull dark grey and bluish-white color set. Its legs are more heavily armored than the average unit. Its Terra designation relates to the pseudogravity generators it contains, which allow it stability and balance to the extreme---it can resist being toppled by a very forceful blow, though it may be pushed back. This also allows it to add kinetic force to its attacks, though that can tire the pilot and leave the unit vulnerable if the attack misses. Its Prog Blade is gently curved like a scythe blade.

Unit 07: Mid-grey with hints of electric blue. Its legs contain additional shock absorbers that can be reversed to enhance its jumps. It is designated Aer, and has the capability of making quick darting movements in any direction due to pulsejet arrays. However, it is vulnerable just after these dashes. Its Prog Blade is like a trench knife with a knuckleduster hilt.

Unit 08: Teal with hints of silvery white. It is extremely flexible, to almost contortionist-like degrees; however, using such capabilities can tire the pilot. The unit's almost liquid flexibility makes it good in deceptive tactics, as it can be unpredictable. Its Prog Blade is like a fish knife, long and thin and serrated.

Unit 09: Dark purple with hints of grey. Its Terra designation stems from its pseudogravity projectors, which work like 06's. However, it can use such a great output that something can briefly go into pseudo-orbit around it---and if it deactivates its pseudogravity while the object orbits, that object can be flung by its own momentum. However, this uses much energy and tires the pilot. It is ideal for messing up an enemy battle plan with its Orbit Toss tactic. Its Prog Blade has two parallel stiletto-like blades.

The Character Registry will be contained with the OOC in the OOC thread. I will link your character posts to the first post of the OOC.

00 -
03.5 - Keveak
01 - iElf
02 - Reccy
03 - MZ
04 - Icey
05 - Quin
06 - Beans
07 - Raziere
08 - Inyu
09
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The island nation of Fenisle. That's pronounced Fenn-I'll, by the way.
Or, rather, about half of it.
The rest is under water.

Nefas Adventum (N.A.) caused both mass flooding and climate change, and Fenisle was not left unscathed. Mass flooding has left many former cities under water; in some places, the tops of buildings rise grimly from the encroaching ocean.
It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't always cold here. Forever between winter and autumn, Fenisle is lucky to still be around.
It's very lucky to contain the base of DREV, the organization devoted to preventing another N.A. event.
It's also very unlucky, in a way, to contain the base of DREV.

A plane lands in a city that is already on alert. Its occupants are rushed to a car.

One of them is a sixteen-year-old girl with long black hair.

((Basically, this is the bit where the pilots are all being acquired and stuff.))

[iElf]

sonja is in a bullet train arriving at the organisation. clad in her normal clothes she paces up and down, unable to sit still.

[Mina Kobold]

Another of the passengers is a fifteen year old girl also with black hair.
She is looking at the clouds drifting by as she is being lead to the car.

Her mind drifts along with the clouds, going wherever the wind of fate leads them.

[Beans]

The girls are each accompanied by a DREV agent in a black suit; the men are silent and stoic.

[Recaiden]

Another girl, clad in her heavier clothes, with blond hair, is walking up the docks, wheeling a massive suitcase behind her, to the waiting DREV agents and car. The submarine that had delivered her slips back below the waves, and despite the tension of the alert she smiles, glad to be in open air again for even a few moments.

[InyutheBeatIs]

Standing around. It can provide so much opportunity to make conversation. However, it seems that the people around him have shuffled away from him, the only people around being those dreadfully boring DREV agents. I mean, all they do is stand around and say stuff like "I am not permitted to speak on that subject" and "You're on a need-know-basis" and such irritatingly similar phrases. All he wanted to do was ask whether or not there's a nice restaurant! How hard can it be to answer that?

But, no sense being all pouty about it. Might as well keep on smiling. And playing with his blonde with white highlights hair, but mostly smiling. Good thing he's wearing this turtleneck and jacket. From what he's seen of the surroundings, it's going to be a bit chilly.

[Beans]

One agent gets out to put her luggage in the car.

There's another girl in the back seat of the car, not looking at the girl who came from the sub. Long dark hair and a black duffle coat are all that's really visible of her, as she's seen from the back.

[iElf]

the girl looks around at her agent, the only other person there "...is this DERV?"

[Beans]

"You will know when we arrive. Do not ask questions."

A few yards away, the other passenger's DREV agent hopes his charge will not ask the same question.

[Maximum Zersk]

Ah, Fenisle. Nice, place, despite what people'll tell you. At least, that's what Lev thought.

Or at least, what he would've thought, if he wasn't sleeping soundly, his head perched on the person besides him's shoulder/on the person's shoulders.

[Quinsar]

A boy with long black hair is... Arriving. By plane probably. He looks less than excited to be here, and, if he's being escorted, is watching his escorts.

[Beans]

Lev's agent ignores the boy's head on his shoulder. The man could outstare a freakin' statue!
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Veran's agent escorts him to a black van.
"We will wait for #3 to join us before we depart."

[Recaiden]

"I'll get the luggage myself. It's fragile." Grace will do her best to put the luggage away without the agent interfering, and sit in the back seat by the other girl.
"Good morning. Are you Allie, or Elina?"

[Quinsar]

Sure. So where are we headed exactly?

[InyutheBeatIs]

Ah, finally, progress! The boy arrives at a station. Yet another station in many it seems. Airplanes, metros, car rides, it's a wonder he doesn't get sick! Maybe it's that smile that never leaves him ever. Of course, it means another boring DREV agent to escort him to where ever it is that they're going.

The boy was right, it was chilly. What was even chillier was the reception he got from his new escort as he stepped into the back of the car. Not a "how do you do", not a "I hope you enjoy the trip", not even an almost instinctive "hello"! Are these agents even human?!

After a while, the boy inclines towards his new escort, ever-persistent smile, well, persisting. "It looks like we aren't anywhere near our location, I suppse." He almost makes it sound like a question. Of course, the agents made it very clear that they don't like questions, so he just made a statement. Hopefully they'll respond to that differently.

[iElf]

sonja sighs, as the train arrives at it's destination

[Beans]

Blond-boy's agent doesn't blink.
Well, you can't tell behind the sunglasses.
"We will get there."
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The dark-haired girl turns groggily to the newcomer to her car.
'S 1 in the morning.
'N I'm being woken up, so it's not good.
She turns away again and tries to sleep.
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Sonja's agent and the other girl's agent stand.
"Numbers 3.5 and 1, come with us."
They will lead them to the same car the blond kid is in.

[Quinsar]

Veran nods and sits back with smile.

[Recaiden]

Blond girl shakes her head.

And then puts a jacket over Dark-hair girl like a blanket.

[InyutheBeatIs]

Ah, of course he'd react that way. How else, really? At this point, might as well enjoy the scenery. So, blonde-boy turns to the window and looks out at the place, occasionally snickering at something that passes by in an instant, along with the snicker.

[iElf]

Blond-boy's agent doesn't blink.
Well, you can't tell behind the sunglasses.
"We will get there."
---
The dark-haired girl turns groggily to the newcomer to her car.
'S 1 in the morning.
'N I'm being woken up, so it's not good.
She turns away again and tries to sleep.
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Sonja's agent and the other girl's agent stand.
"Numbers 3.5 and 1, come with us."
They will lead them to the same car the blond kid is in.

she follows then and looks over to the blond girl

[Beans]

Just to clarify, Sonja and other gal are in the car (we'll call it a sedan so I'm not saying Car twice) with the blond dude, not the car with Alllie.

So yeah.
Allie sleeps.
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Sedan prepares to leave.
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Lev is probably taken to the Van.

[Mina Kobold]

The cloud looking girl skips flowingly to the blond kid's car along with her agent and sits in, she keeps looking slightly upward all the way but never miss step.

Once inside she shakes some snow* of her hair and turn to the blond kid

"I'm Rina..."

She sits there happily for a second until she seems to remember that something is missing.

"What's yours?"

She asks happily.

*If it's snowing, if not then she doesn't.

[iElf]

Sonja is constantly fidgeting in the sedan...she is trying hard to sit still...but just can't

[Quinsar]

... Veran is in a car with Allie? Maybe? i'm unsure.

[InyutheBeatIs]

...Wait, there's people in the car?

JOY OF JOYS THERE IS A GOD!!! When the new arrivals show up, and step into the car, the very androgynous boy practically beams with joy for a fraction of a second. The beams could almost blind a person, they're so intense.

The androgynous boy has medium length blonde hair with white highlights. He looks extremely skinny, not in an unhealthy way: it's just his frame that's thin. His legs are crossed, and he smiles to whoever is there.

[Recaiden]

... Veran is in a car with Allie? Maybe? i'm unsure.

I think it's like so:

Sedan - Blond Guy, Sonja, and Rina.
Car - Allie and Grace
Van - Veran and Lev.
Train - Elina.

[Maximum Zersk]

Lev gets taken to the van.

(Just to clarify, who else is in there? Oop! Never mind!)

[Lord Raziere]

On the bullet train

Elina is looking out the window, absentmindedly scribbling on her drawing pad.
The picture forming on it seems to be a bunch of train windows each showing a different landscape.
Bored, She looks over to the others on the train.
"The Elina greets you."

[Quinsar]

Veran smiles at Lev.
Hey. I'm Veran. Who are you?
He offers his hand to shake.