srwuga_mods | SRWUG@ Applications

Application Rules

Before you can post or comment with a character in either comm, you must apply and be accepted here.
Each player is be limited to 6 characters. However, provided a player has six characters and maintained good activity for all of them, they may request a seventh slot. In the event they drop a character though, they will have to request the seventh slot again. More details on the seventh slot can be found here.
Furthermore, after introducing a new canon to the RP, each player will have to wait at least one full activity cycle before they may do so again.
When posting an app, please put the character name and whether the character was reserved in the comment subject
You may not app characters who are Reserved, Taken or serve a primarily antagonistic role without working something out with the mods first - please read those two entries first, along with the FAQ if you're new.
The template is below, note that depending on what kind of character you are apping you may be able to ignore some portions of the template.
You must fill out all sections marked REQUIRED; other sections are optional or may not be relevant to your character.
Please note that the Unit/Flagship sections are required if you want to have one, and should be written in your own words. Supplemental links to wikis or MAHQ are fine, but only as supplements; we need to know you can play your unit in combat just like we need to know you can play your character in RP.
Before writing the app, it is extremely important that you familiarize yourself with the world of UG@ and read the wiki. The world is not a blank slate for you to work with; it is a specific post-apocalyptic setting with a large amount of predetermined backstory and as a result, there are some things which simply will not be found in it
If you want to app an OC (original character), please view the section below the app template.
Any character for which canon review would be difficult and/or require a large amount of money (such as video games and untranslated works, fan translations are usually okay) requires a full write up, using the rules outlined for Original Characters below.
For notes on each specific section click here.
Due to UG@ entering endgame, limitations on applying new canons come into effect. These affect only already-established players who have characters in the game, not new players. Details are here.

The Application (Copy and paste this, then fill it out.)

Player Name: (Just whatever you want to be called, doesn't have to be your IRL name.)
Personal LJ: (This can be your character Journal)
AIM Contact: (May be switching to IRC or something similar for missions, but we would like some way to contact you in real-time)
Character Name: (Uh... yeah)
Source Canon: (For an original character, it would be good to give your canon a title, otherwise this is pretty self-explanatory)
Community Tag: (So we don't end up with multiple tags for the same character, should be some form of the character's name. If nothing else, “Firstname Lastname”, preferably in Western order, should be satisfactory.)

Notes: (While this is positioned at the top of the app for our convenience, feel free to add things to it as you go along.)

Background: *REQUIRED* (This is a description of your character's background as per canon. This can be a wiki link for a translated canon, or a full text description for anyone. If you are writing it up and want to avoid spoilers you can send it to the mod account. If you do so title the message “[Character's Name]'s Background” and note here that you sent it to the mod account.)

Personality: *REQUIRED* (Show us you know the character. At least 3 or 4 paragraphs is a good length for this section.)

Capabilities and Resources: (We know your character has something to do with robots, otherwise you wouldn't be here. But what else does s/he do? Newtype? Geass powers? Own a company? Member of a military in good standing? That all goes here.)

(*REQUIRED* if you have a robot. Power armor/transformed forms also belong to this section)
Robot Name: (Uh... yeah)
Robot Description: (What weapons does it have and what can they do? Is your mecha a super (superhero-y) robot or a real (military-ish) robot? Does it have any special armor or forcefields? Magical powers? Traits? Can it fly? How? Feel free to link to a wiki or fansite to give an overview, but write the details down here.)
Terrain Stats: (This is optional, but for those who have played SRW, this is a good way to give us a quick judge of how good your mech is overall. For those of you who haven't played the games, they are measured: --, D, C, B, A, S, with -- or D meaning it can't fight there at all and S being the best. Note that only upgrades tend to have an S unless they are entirely gimped or unusable in other areas.)
Land:
Air:
Sea:
Space:

(*REQUIRED* if you captain a flagship)
Flagship Name: (Uh... yeah)
Flagship Description: (Essentially the same as a robot description... except for a flagship instead. What abilities does it have? Does it have any special support capabilities? Is it intended to be used with specific units or kinds of units?)
Terrain Stats: (Same as above.)
Land:
Air:
Sea:
Space:

Upgrades: (if any)

Job: (if any)

Suggested Event List: (The event list should consist of important combat actions that would make good material for missions, or special events and logs that require mod or NPC intervention. Feel free to label an event as a Mission or a Log. For a description of differences between Missions and Logs, please consult the Specific Application Section Notes. At this point, canons should not have more than 20 events total.)

Sample Post: *REQUIRED* (This should be in character, though it could be a journal entry or an action post or what have you. The purpose of this is to get a feel for your writing style and portrayal of the character.)

Original Characters

The most important thing to remember when designing your original character: your OC can't do everything. As well, be reasonable with your character's powers: the "power level" here is pretty high, but try to be self-consistent at least.
Your original character must be detailed enough that we can run a game with them, and show us that you have put enough thought into the character that you know them as well as you would know any other character that someone else made up. While we don't necessarily expect you to not make up anything on the fly while RPing your OC, we do need them to have enough definition in the first place that they don't become your personal "whatever is convenient at the time" spouting device.
The above also means we reserve the right to ask for longer or more detailed Personality and/or Background section, simply to make sure we have a full idea of the character without canon review to fall back on.
The mech/battleship and capabilities/resources sections are just as, if not more, important than background and personality, if they're applicable to your character. Also, a physical description of its appearance is highly encouraged.
If your OC is written using plot devices from another canon, please make sure you ask the player's playing from those canons first. Some things are assumed to be part of the setting as opposed to any particular canon, so being a Coordinator, Newtype, Psychodriver or what not is generally okay so long as you aren't a super special example. Anything more specific, such as being a member of such and such organization or having been at a historical event definitely needs permission.
You need an event list if you want events, and your event list needs to be a little more detailed than for a canon character for the same reasons as personality and background.
The sample post section may take several forms for non-OCs, but for original characters we ask for a post on testrun_box. This is to ensure you have a good grip on your character's personality and how to roleplay them.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Suggested Event List:
1 Three Angels (SRWJ Mission 2 Calvina Route) - The Bellzelute shows up in the middle of a random battle, being piloted (poorly) by Katia, Festenia, and Melua, pursued by unknown units (Ja-Mu and Fury Mooks). Calvina is persuaded to pilot and help out in the current battle, Ja-Mu leaves to go help his allies off-camera

2 The Growing Darkness (SRWJ Mission 10) - The team encounters Al-Van and Ja-Mu by chance as they're using Larseilam to wipe out a group from another faction. Al-Van attempts to do the same to the heroes, but Calvina stays aware inside the time freeze and breaks the group out of it. Al-Van and Ja-Mu then attack in normal time until they have an excuse to retreat.

3 There Is No Single Truth (SRWJ Mission 20) - Al-Van and Ja-Mu attack again, this time revealing their identities and mutually recognizing Calvina. Rageangst ensues, as well as a boss fight with Al-Van's Laftcrans.

Optional Random fights with Ja-Mu and Fu-Lu Mulu, another knight, are entirely possible in this interlude. This would also be a good time for Calvina to get stuck somewhere and have a heart-to-heart log with one of her copilots, or possibly Tohya.

4 Choosing the Road (SRWJ Mission 38) - Al-Van and Ja-Mu show up one more time, and Al-Van has a decisive duel with Calvina. His Laftcrans and her Bellzelute end up double-KOing each other, and Al-Van takes the time to apologize and explain the Fury's motives before exploding. The Bellzelute, afterwards, gets its core systems transferred to an upgraded model.

5 Dark Side of the Moon (SRWJ Mission 43) - The Fury under a completely berserk Ja-Mu are wiping out [random enemy group #17] hardxcore using Larseilam, and the Bellzelute must ride to their rescue for some plot or political reason.

Optional + Log There are also more possibilities for random encounters with Ja-Mu and Fu-Lu here, but not Al-Van. At some point before the next mission, Calvina will access Franz Zeppelin's data disc and find out how to contact the Fury. She does this to get the rest of the story infodumped and, simultaneously, the Fury mount a full scale attack.

6 Uncountable Nights, Unimaginable Darkness (SRWJ Mission 50) - The Fury forces led by Ja-Mu start devestating some good guys around the moon; the J protags come in to stop them from godmoding entire fleets. When Ja-Mu has to retreat, Arch Knight Gu-Landon shows up in his godly mech and needs his own ass kicked back under the moon's surface.

The last two missions should happen right in a row or be combined, possibly including story logs before each one.

7 Coldhearted World part 1 (SRWJ Mission 51) - Gu-Landon and the Moon Knights have retreated inside the Gau-La Furia (i.e. the Moon) and having said "fuck it, we'll try again in another 4 billion years" to the colonization plan, are planning to reactivate the battleship, obliterating Earth's surface in the process. With Shana-Mia's help, Team Protags warp inside the enormous sleeping battleship. First, there's a final showdown with Ja-Mu and Fu-Lu, whose Laftcranses act as keys to the ship - they have to be destroyed before they can start up the engines.

8 Coldhearted World part 2 (SRWJ Mission 52) - after Calvina (and probably Tohya) try and fail to jack a Larseilam System and take on the final boss by themselves, everyone breaks into the central engine block to fight Gu-Landon and finish the job. After beating up the Zii Gaden's first form, it merges with the battleship and forms an impenetrable Orgone Barrier. Al-Van Dynamic Entries (we told you he was a Sanger wannabe) and exposes the four invisible Orgone Extractors Gu-Landon is using to draw power from the ship. Once those are destroyed, it's real final boss time with Gu-Landon just going ape shit with a mech made entirely of funnels until he's put down. Al-Van and Calvina then destroy the out-of-control reactor core, Calvina and the girls save Al-Van from An Heeroing, and the day is saved.

Sample Post: http://testrun-box.livejournal.com/232897.html

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The game officially starts July 7; characters who are ICly with the main group from the start may start posting on June 20.

Man I totally didn't see this coming.

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