Project Freelancer
As the Human civil war rages on between the United Nations Space Command and the Insurrection, one Special Operations program has begun research into an experimental field that could end the hostilities, peacefully or otherwise.
Welcome to the UNSC Mother of Invention Agent. You have been selected as the best of the best to begin training with experimental weaponry that could lead to a huge military leap for the UNSC and Humanity. As one of the strongest soldiers of the UNSC, you are capable of handling these experimental training exercises with the high difficulty and priority of the missions to follow. You were brought in because we can not fail. You are our greatest chance of success Agent.
Due to the high sensitivity of this program, your identity has be erased. Your files will simply state that you were off duty for your time under this project, and the new you will answer to and address your fellow agents as their call names. Any breach of protocol will be severely punished.
Now go prove to the big shots that you're as good as your file said you were. Your Pelican leaves Hanger 14 at 06:00 hours tomorrow morning, and you better be on it.
Welcome to your new life Agent! Welcome to Project Freelancer.
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Project Freelancer, for those not familiar with the web series Red vs Blue, is an experimental program based in the Halo universe around the study of A.I. implantation to Spartan soldiers. The Spartans are known only as their call names of a USA state (ie: Agent Washington, Agent Texas, and Agent North Carolina), and follow a leader board to compete for the top position. The higher ranking you are, the higher on the list you are for many of the experimental weapons (dome shields, camouflage, speed boost, and of course, the A.I. implantation).
However, all of the agents in the show are being replaced by players. This game is hoping to get a large enough player count that there could be a player for every agent (50 tops). With this high cap for a player base, it opens many opportunities for roleplaying scenes, allies, friends, and enemies (we never said you had to like each other, just work together). Also, with the leader board, the extra element of PvP among the players could bring in more rivalries and help you reach your maximum potential to get better toys and missions.
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Character Creation Rules:
Level: 2
Stats: 25 point buy (RaW)
Health: Max at level 1, roll at level 2
Wealth: Wealth is being replaced for a "Favour" stat. After every successful mission, you will be granted a Favor bonus to your current balance. Project Freelancer supplies you with your equipment and ammo, but for anything in-mission you would like, you have to spend the favor points. For example: If you spend 1 favour point in a mission, Project Freelancer would drop you the requested ammo supply to refill your guns. If you spend 8 favour points, they may drop a Scorpion tank for you for the rest of the mission. When creating a character, your wealth bonus becomes your initial favour stat.
Armor: For fluff purposes, your only combat uniform is your Spartan armor. For the actual stats, you will need the armor proficiency feat. For example, if you have armor proficiency light, you will add the stats of the Flight Suit Armor, but you will always be addressed as wearing the Spartan armor.
Equipment: You will be outfitted by Project Freelancer before every mission with a reasonable amount of ammo. For weapons, you are given one combat knife, one pistol , and one rifle-type weapon of your choice (Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle, DMR, Shotgun, ect). As the game progresses, you will be given more and more equipment, such as grenades, motion trackers, camouflage, vehicles, heavy weapons, and so on. Weapon request will also be considered on a case by case basis. If you are a gunslinger and request a second pistol, you may receive it.
Background: You are welcome to run with whatever you want, but a few paragraphs are required. You are all Spartan-I's, which means you volunteered to the project willingly as an adult. After a few years of modifications and special training, you showed you are the best, which earned you the invitation to Project Freelancer. How you act and who you were before the Spartan program is up to you. The Skills from a standard background can be applied, but everyone starts with the same amount of favor points at the beginning. 0.
Alignment: There is no alignment, similar to the show. Agents like York believe in being good and doing right, North Dakota will die defending somebody, Texas refuses to fail, Carolina refuses to lose to anybody, Maine searches for any method of becoming stronger, and Connecticut (not spoiling anything, but you get the idea).
