Runaway Robot

I started an RP to introduce XM-01 after Aiden's New Kid RP kinda died.  He's currently about to wander into Westopolis on Christmas Eve since it was Christmas Eve IRL when the thread was posted.  People will no doubt be out and about doing last-minute shopping and the like.  What I'm hoping for is that someone notices him and perhaps really notices that he's non-hostile.

Of course, there should be conflict as the RP progresses.  Operatives of Machina, the group that created XM, should probably show up to try to capture him for debugging.  I created the Machina faction in the Fanmade Factions subforum, and it's open to others' characters.  GUN could also get involved due to XM's perceived threat.  If that happens, whoever befriends XM should probably try to convince the military that he's friendly.

I'd like to take part in this RP with my main faction, DVNz. There are 5 members total—Volt, Mirage, Overclock, Gust, and Alloy—that I wish to get involved. I only have bios finished for two of them (linked on the DVNz bio), so the other 3 may take a more passive role unless the situation calls for it. In any case, I'll most likely introduce them as the RP progresses instead of all at once, starting with Volt (since he's my main).

I really feel like things could get interesting if DVNz ends up helping XM, since they're at odds with G.U.N. and all. Could make for some nice conflict

I just posted a bio for Dr. Reginald Koren, a psychopathic surgeon who works as a covert operative for Machina.  I'm thinking of having him "operate" on XM-01 should he fall into GUN custody if having connections between them and Machina is alright.

((Do you guys mind if I move the van-passing-by thing from my post before the last to my next post? I'm trying to make an opening for Mike, and as of now its kinda just there for no reason lol. If so, I think we should let him post afterwards. (Aaaand I also left out some important stuff last post, but I'll just call that an L on my part .)

Also, can we please establish a turn order after this round? I really like where things are going, but I'm starting to get a little lost between expositions. A turn order I feel would help the plot develop more naturally.

Lastly, I'm just gonna post WIP bios for the rest of the DVNz members soon, for reference. I don't think it'll be long before it's time to introduce them. I'm really only missing bits and pieces from their backstories; the rest—appearance, personality, combat traits, etc.—will all be there.))

imbadwithnames wrote:((Do you guys mind if I move the van-passing-by thing from my post before the last to my next post? I'm trying to make an opening for Mike, and as of now its kinda just there for no reason lol. If so, I think we should let him post afterwards. (Aaaand I also left out some important stuff last post, but I'll just call that an L on my part .)

Also, can we please establish a turn order after this round? I really like where things are going, but I'm starting to get a little lost between expositions. A turn order I feel would help the plot develop more naturally.

Lastly, I'm just gonna post WIP bios for the rest of the DVNz members soon, for reference. I don't think it'll be long before it's time to introduce them. I'm really only missing bits and pieces from their backstories; the rest—appearance, personality, combat traits, etc.—will all be there.))

I'm supposed to be after you I presume.

((I think so, yea. How about Gamma, Mike, me, then Jared? If that's fine with everybody else, especially Gamma.))

i'm fine with that order

Alright. So I guess we'll start following that after me and Jared's next posts then.

That'll work.

I'm considering bringing in another OC that is a bit unusual.  She's an AI in a mass-produced household appliance (ceiling fan) that would need another character to own her.  These fans would have a backdoor that would allow groups like Machina to use them as covert spying devices.  Due to a glitch in the learning algorithm that serves as the foundation of these fans' voice recognition program, some of these can become sentient if exposed to the right triggers.  I'd like to have XM befriend one of these at some point, which could bring Machina down on him.

Gamma V wrote:That'll work.

I'm considering bringing in another OC that is a bit unusual.  She's an AI in a mass-produced household appliance (ceiling fan) that would need another character to own her.  These fans would have a backdoor that would allow groups like Machina to use them as covert spying devices.  Due to a glitch in the learning algorithm that serves as the foundation of these fans' voice recognition program, some of these can become sentient if exposed to the right triggers.  I'd like to have XM befriend one of these at some point, which could bring Machina down on him.

I was thinking personally somehow the Chaos Mobian Cult would get involved and perhaps try to either corrupt the robot or perhaps manipulate Machina. I was going to either perhaps send Festor to assist the Machina agents, (and fight both Agatha and David), or have Alex and Trarius meet up with the group and offer assistance with their 'talents'. They could perhaps want the robots to turn into a death machine.

That'd be interesting.  If they manage to turn XM evil, it could be either Amber or the fan girl who brings him back.

Regarding said fan girl, I'm thinking she would've been owned by Professor Mitsuda and would've been an early model of IntelliBreeze which lacked a Remote Reset function, which would allow outsiders, like Machina, to remotely wipe her memory and restore her to factory default settings.  Just before Mitsuda's death and Rocky's botnapping, she would've gone sentient from her interactions with the android.  What she saw and heard, though, would've caused her to become extremely withdrawn.  Either XM or Overclock would bring her out of her shell.  In return, if the bad guys manage to turn XM evil, she'll help bring him back.

Gamma V wrote:That'd be interesting.  If they manage to turn XM evil, it could be either Amber or the fan girl who brings him back.

Regarding said fan girl, I'm thinking she would've been owned by Professor Mitsuda and would've been an early model of IntelliBreeze which lacked a Remote Reset function, which would allow outsiders, like Machina, to remotely wipe her memory and restore her to factory default settings.  Just before Mitsuda's death and Rocky's botnapping, she would've gone sentient from her interactions with the android.  What she saw and heard, though, would've caused her to become extremely withdrawn.  Either XM or Overclock would bring her out of her shell.  In return, if the bad guys manage to turn XM evil, she'll help bring him back.

Right, I mean the Chaos Mobian cult is largely nerfed for what they are elsewhere. Normally it's almost impossible to bring back someone fully converted to the service of Chaos, but hey then again the Warhammer fandom already hates me because I think outside the box anyways so yeah we could go with that.

Alright, now we just need to see where the Chaos Mobians would come in, perhaps they would send Alex and Trarius as representatives to Machina and perhaps Festor would be deployed to convert XM to evil?

Yeah.  I need to find a way of getting Rika (the fan) to them or getting them to the Mitsuda estate.  The latter could be an option if DVNz decides to do their own investigation into his death to learn more about Machina.

I see, well I was thinking that Festor has been tracking XM all along and began to wait, however Trarius and Alex have ways of finding who they're searching for, (slight future foresight. Maybe Trarius and Alex could encounter agents on Machina's side and they're led to their HQ?

Jaredthefox92 wrote:...and offer assistance with their 'talents'.

Eh, I hate to play buzzkill but...I'm not really a big fan of involving sorcery and occultic stuff into an RP with this kind of venue, for personal reasons and for integrity of the sci-fi esque genre/theme. I mean, I don't have an issue whatsoever with including more people to side with Machina—as long as Machina continues to be the main threat—or them trying to turn XM evil, but I'd rather there not be anything that changes the feel of the plot, if that makes sense. 

Gamma V wrote:Yeah.  I need to find a way of...getting them to the Mitsuda estate...if DVNz decides to do their own investigation into his death to learn more about Machina.

That can be arranged . I kinda have an idea how to work that out, but it might have some loose ends to tie up.

imbadwithnames wrote:

Jaredthefox92 wrote:...and offer assistance with their 'talents'.

Eh, I hate to play buzzkill but...I'm not really a big fan of involving sorcery and occultic stuff into an RP with this kind of venue, for personal reasons and for integrity of the sci-fi esque genre/theme. I mean, I don't have an issue whatsoever with including more people to side with Machina—as long as Machina continues to be the main threat—or them trying to turn XM evil, but I'd rather there not be anything that changes the feel of the plot, if that makes sense. 

Gamma V wrote:Yeah.  I need to find a way of...getting them to the Mitsuda estate...if DVNz decides to do their own investigation into his death to learn more about Machina.

That can be arranged . I kinda have an idea how to work that out, but it might have some loose ends to tie up.

Honestly it can work..

I mean that's sort of the purpose of Agatha and David, to prevent this from happening.

Also if need be I can just have the Chaos Mobians act on their own accord and play both sides or basically combat either to corrupt XM. Also yes, Chaos can corrupt machines such as XM and it will  still sci-fi, about as much Star Wars would be with the force and the Dark Side. (Also need I not remind you that Eggman is the smartest and most technologically advanced character in the Sonic series, yet he heavily relies on demons, magic emeralds, magic trinkets and conch shells, and all manner of supernatural being?)The Sonic universe is just filled with magic and fantasy in and of itself.

XM would be easily be able to be corrupted by the cultists.

Jaredthefox92 wrote:Honestly it can work..

Um...sorry but I don't really understand what the picture's supposed to represent lol. 

Jaredthefox92 wrote:(Also need I not remind you that Eggman is the smartest and most technologically advanced character in the Sonic series, yet he heavily relies on demons, magic emeralds, magic trinkets and conch shells, and all manner of supernatural being?)The Sonic universe is just filled with magic and fantasy in and of itself. 

I'm aware of this, I truly am. However, with this RP, there were no initial grounds to believe that things would go that way; otherwise, I would not have signed up because my characters are out-of-place in occult subject matters, let alone my personal convictions. The premise was initially established to be, as paraphrased from Gamma, to overthrow a secret organization of technology supremacists which operates by covert government and corporate manipulation, and that's currently hunting down a failed killer-AI to forward plans of creating a world where only machines exist. If this is true, then it's sort of like SkyNet meets Illuminati: I personally don't see how that points towards the use magic, sorcery, or occult themes, or how things could turn in that direction.

I'm just saying—and forgive me if I sound too assertive, I'm just simply voicing a concern, not trying to cause friction—I'm a little worried there's too big a mismatch between the elements you're trying to introduce and elements of what's been already established for the general plot direction. And I fear that that would affect my ability to actively participate for the reasons I've stated earlier.

TBH, Jared's characters seemed out of place in the RP to begin with.  Now that they're in it, though, I was figuring Machina could have some connection to their organization, perhaps as a heretic group.  Amber even wondered if Adeptus Mechanica was a sort of "Anti-Machina" when David told her about it and their "Machine God."  Machina could be aligned with what they view as "Machine Satan."

Gamma V wrote:...I was figuring Machina could have some connection to their organization, perhaps as a heretic group.  Amber even wondered if Adeptus Mechanica was a sort of "Anti-Machina" when David told her about it and their "Machine God."  Machina could be aligned with what they view as "Machine Satan."

Yea, like, if we're simply speaking about matters of alignment, I'm totally fine with that. If Adeptus is simply there to try and protect a peaceful robot they heard was on the loose, feeling it's their duty as "ambassadors" of a "machine god" they believe in or otherwise, I don't mind that at all. I just have an issue with adding subject matter that clashes with the original premise of the RP.

I'm afraid that heresy only works one way, Chaos. (Actually Chaos works all ways), but the point is that if there was a heretek cult, ( a group of basically what David is but all evil and putting daemons into machines to turn them to Chaos) that would be more likely. Also, Chaos isn't monotheistic, it's polytheistic. If you look at the deeper nature of Chaos it is very much pagan and even Norse inspired. The thing is, Chaos corrupts big time, yes you could have a heretek cult potentially wanting XM merely for their own selfish gains, but these are the same guys who relish in making 'machine spirits' suffer by tossing daemons into them so they go haywire.

There is no machine devil, the Dark Mechanicus view the Machine God as a part of Chaos and a fifth Chaos god. It's merely a difference of viewpoints on if the Ominissiah is the Emperor of Mankind, a Necron Void Dragon on Mars, a Chaos God, or somehow a god of order. (Most would point between Emprah and a fifth Dark God.) If there is a heretek group they would more than likely be with the Chaos Mobians anyways as Chaos seems to either fight one another or rally to each other for the overall goal of spreading itself.

That's...nice and all, but what does that have to do with Machina? Or, more directly, what does that have to do with what has already been established as the direction of this RP? It seems like you're trying to shift the focus into a Warhammer 40k crossover...and aren't crossovers against the rules in the first place?

imbadwithnames wrote:That's...nice and all, but what does that have to do with Machina? Or, more directly, what does that have to do with what has already been established as the direction of this RP? It seems like you're trying to shift the focus into a Warhammer 40k crossover...and aren't crossovers against the rules in the first place?

Trust me, if it were an actual crossover everyone would already be dead in a grimdark setting like 40k. It's not a crossover as I've made my own characters with their own abilities, religious beliefs, and I have let it pretty ambiguous as to how. If the Imperium were to literally warpspace jump over to Mobius the battle would be laughingly short with pretty much everyone wiped out. This is not the case as it isn't a crossover, however my characters fight the way they are and there is a reason Agatha and David are here. You see Chaos is like a cancer, it seeps through when you least expect it and gradually grows, even homegrown. Chaos can even infiltrate organizations of the highest order, (and does so quiet a lot. Tzeentch is the master manipulator.)

Ok...then that brings me back to my prior two questions: what does that have to do with Machina, let alone the direction of the RP? Crossover or not, that still seems far from what has already been established as this RP's core premise, and I still don't see how it fits in this kind of theme/setting...

imbadwithnames wrote:Ok...then that brings me back to my prior two questions: what does that have to do with Machina, let alone the direction of the RP? Crossover or not, that still seems far from what has already been established as this RP's core premise, and I still don't see how it fits in this kind of theme/setting...

Machines can be corrupted by Chaos, Chaos does this for giggles and it's really bad when this happens. The cultists want to do this to XM so they can have a robot killer. Agatha and David are sworn to stop this at all costs. To be honest the cultists could be quite capable of doing this or at least attempting to do this by themselves. That's why I said if they had to be the third 'faction' here to work against both sides it can happen. I joined because I thought this would fit the idea of David and Agatha trying to save XM from being corrupted by Chaos. Agatha and David don't even care about G.U.N, they're here for the overall benefit of humanity. Whereas the Chaos cultists can work in either way with 'help' from Machina or they will just attempt to go it alone.