Good riddance to Florida and whatnot, I agree. But Rhode Island never did anything to deserve that fate. Boston is great but they're hard to defend. Same with New York. Thank goodness New Jersey gets washed away though.
Bio:The only thing Greg ever wanted was to go to the stars, to explore other worlds. When he was a boy, his father would tell him stories of the brave men and women who traveled to Invictus. Of cource, none of it was real, just made up by someone who was good at making stories, but Greg didn't care. All he could think about was how, someday, he would be the one on Invictus.
His schoolwork was all fine. He was a B student, and occasionally a C, but that changed when he started physics. In 11th grade he did high school physics, and he loved it. That was when he broke his record, and got an A. In twelfth grade, he took advanced physics. A year later, he moved on to college. Sure, it was expensive going to college, but for some reason, the UN wanted him. They gave him heavy discounts. While he was in college, he majored in Physics, then went on to get his masters and PhD in theoretical physics. He was 32 when he graduated with his PhD. That was when it happened. That was when he met her.
She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. Angela. They met just before his graduation, at a juice bar of all places. She was working to get her PhD in thermal engineering. She was right up Gregs alley. As the days and months went by, they eventually got married. It was right after that that the UN came to them with a job offer. They wanted them to work on the engine for the new UNIS Olympus, a new ship designed to take humans to Invictus.
It was everything he could ever have wanted, doing his dream job with his dream wife. It was all he could ever want. For 7 years, he worked on the engine, designing the next generation of space travel. He couldn't make it any faster, but he made it much safer. After the seven years were up, the UN came to him again, this time with a different offer. They wanted him to go to Invictus as one of the top engineers.
There was a small problem with that. They would only allow Greg to go, not his wife. Greg couldnt do it, he blatantly refused. That was his mistake. No one refuses the UN. Ever. That night an intruder came into the house in the middle of the night and killed Gregs parents. There wasn't even a funeral, those were UN controlled. Later, the UN came again, this time with a threat: Go or your wife dies next. Greg couldn't but go. He couldn't let his wife die, he had to protect her, and if it meant going away, so be it.
The night before his departure was an emotional one. Greg had went to the black market and bought a gun, which he now gave to his wife. It was his final way of protecting her...
Age: 40
Edit: Whoops... Forgot to mention, he's from Texas...
I'm not sure the UN would go to such lengths. They're mentioned as being oppressive but I don't think they're on the level of North Korea. And I don't think they'd go so far for a single person who doesn't even seem that important to the project overall. And I don't think they'd risk him trying to get some vengeance by sabotaging the ship or something.
I don't know, the story just seems really off and unlikely. And you don't really give us a reason for why he's so valuable to the UN.
Or you swam. Could have swam. Made a beeline straight for the Appalachians, hooked up with some inbred gal and live off of homemade jam until everything settled.
I'm not sure the UN would go to such lengths. They're mentioned as being oppressive but I don't think they're on the level of North Korea. And I don't think they'd go so far for a single person who doesn't even seem that important to the project overall. And I don't think they'd risk him trying to get some vengeance by sabotaging the ship or something.
I don't know, the story just seems really off and unlikely. And you don't really give us a reason for why he's so valuable to the UN.
Hadn't we talked about there being Shanghai'ers who were collecting rewards for signing people up? Maybe that is somehow involved.
hmm... ok. I guess i just assumed they would be a tyrannical government. That and they would want the best people to make sure nothing goes wrong... ill edit it in the morning, until then, goodnight!
Aim heer nao, gaiz. Today I have learned that writing bios for android isn't always easy.
Name: Alice, designation Administration and Mediation Assistance Android Mark 6.3(AMAA Mk 6.3)-1643
Occupation: A lifelike android designed to provide administrative and diplomatic assistance on military, corporate, and federal assignments. “She” can be addressed either by her casual name, Alice, or with her official designation of AMAA-1643 or AMAA Mk6.3-1643. Although she specializes in diplomacy, management, and administration, Alice is also skilled in numerous other professions such as applied and theoretical sciences, tactics, and applied sciences, she is not as skilled in such professions as those who specialize in such fields. She is trained in basic forms of combat, though only to such an extent that she can defend herself in minor situations.
Bio: Alice was created for the purpose of administration on the Olympus’s mission, in the event of a break in the chain of command. Her construction finished in the year 2172, immediately followed by her programming and special training for the (hopefully) oncoming of the mission to Invictus. Although her construction was based on the AMAA Mk. 6.0 class of androids, her design itself was drastically different in that she was designed to be self-powered for extended periods of time, using built-in piezoelectric generators and photovoltaic collectors. Despite this, though, she cannot overexert herself without requiring recharge time. Her appearance was designed specifically to make people feel comfortable around her while maintaining an aura of respect. Additionally, she was given the unusual feature of her being programmed to be able to utilize multiple personalities and mental profiles to better adapt to diplomacy or mediation with various people, though she almost always maintains the same experience and barely wears anything but her standard UN jumpsuit.
Partly due to the fact that she was designed to behave in a friendly manner, Alice is somewhat notorious for being overtly flirtatious and sometimes even sexual towards and around her inferiors and amongst civilians, despite her normally tomboyish manner of acting. She still is not incredibly forceful, and will easily back off when asked except in the event that doing so would override her primary assignment – to ensure that order remains on Invictus. She will almost constantly be trying to help others and sometimes appears to become almost excessively involved in the affairs of others, which see will always see out to the very end. She has not yet been activated since being placed on the Olympus, although most any military officer should be able to activate her relatively easily.
Since the breakup of the Olympus, she remains one of the most advanced pieces of technology that survived the breakup of the colony ship, and it is yet unknown what the true extent of the damage she received truly is.
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"Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement."~Winston Churchill
In other news, I found out that I accidentally put got on my Landfall playlist. In some weird, maybe abstract way: it's like Invictus. UN just chucking the least-desirable people onto giant space-ships to send to somewhere as far from Earth as possible.
So we're gonna need more violent criminals and drug addicts.
My DeviantArt, so sexy
RIP cigars.
:c
Occupation: Theoretical Physicist
Bio:The only thing Greg ever wanted was to go to the stars, to explore other worlds. When he was a boy, his father would tell him stories of the brave men and women who traveled to Invictus. Of cource, none of it was real, just made up by someone who was good at making stories, but Greg didn't care. All he could think about was how, someday, he would be the one on Invictus.
His schoolwork was all fine. He was a B student, and occasionally a C, but that changed when he started physics. In 11th grade he did high school physics, and he loved it. That was when he broke his record, and got an A. In twelfth grade, he took advanced physics. A year later, he moved on to college. Sure, it was expensive going to college, but for some reason, the UN wanted him. They gave him heavy discounts. While he was in college, he majored in Physics, then went on to get his masters and PhD in theoretical physics. He was 32 when he graduated with his PhD. That was when it happened. That was when he met her.
She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. Angela. They met just before his graduation, at a juice bar of all places. She was working to get her PhD in thermal engineering. She was right up Gregs alley. As the days and months went by, they eventually got married. It was right after that that the UN came to them with a job offer. They wanted them to work on the engine for the new UNIS Olympus, a new ship designed to take humans to Invictus.
It was everything he could ever have wanted, doing his dream job with his dream wife. It was all he could ever want. For 7 years, he worked on the engine, designing the next generation of space travel. He couldn't make it any faster, but he made it much safer. After the seven years were up, the UN came to him again, this time with a different offer. They wanted him to go to Invictus as one of the top engineers.
There was a small problem with that. They would only allow Greg to go, not his wife. Greg couldnt do it, he blatantly refused. That was his mistake. No one refuses the UN. Ever. That night an intruder came into the house in the middle of the night and killed Gregs parents. There wasn't even a funeral, those were UN controlled. Later, the UN came again, this time with a threat: Go or your wife dies next. Greg couldn't but go. He couldn't let his wife die, he had to protect her, and if it meant going away, so be it.
The night before his departure was an emotional one. Greg had went to the black market and bought a gun, which he now gave to his wife. It was his final way of protecting her...
Age: 40
Edit: Whoops... Forgot to mention, he's from Texas...
I don't know, the story just seems really off and unlikely. And you don't really give us a reason for why he's so valuable to the UN.
Or you swam. Could have swam. Made a beeline straight for the Appalachians, hooked up with some inbred gal and live off of homemade jam until everything settled.
Hadn't we talked about there being Shanghai'ers who were collecting rewards for signing people up? Maybe that is somehow involved.
Name: Alice, designation Administration and Mediation Assistance Android Mark 6.3(AMAA Mk 6.3)-1643
Occupation: A lifelike android designed to provide administrative and diplomatic assistance on military, corporate, and federal assignments. “She” can be addressed either by her casual name, Alice, or with her official designation of AMAA-1643 or AMAA Mk6.3-1643. Although she specializes in diplomacy, management, and administration, Alice is also skilled in numerous other professions such as applied and theoretical sciences, tactics, and applied sciences, she is not as skilled in such professions as those who specialize in such fields. She is trained in basic forms of combat, though only to such an extent that she can defend herself in minor situations.
Bio: Alice was created for the purpose of administration on the Olympus’s mission, in the event of a break in the chain of command. Her construction finished in the year 2172, immediately followed by her programming and special training for the (hopefully) oncoming of the mission to Invictus. Although her construction was based on the AMAA Mk. 6.0 class of androids, her design itself was drastically different in that she was designed to be self-powered for extended periods of time, using built-in piezoelectric generators and photovoltaic collectors. Despite this, though, she cannot overexert herself without requiring recharge time. Her appearance was designed specifically to make people feel comfortable around her while maintaining an aura of respect. Additionally, she was given the unusual feature of her being programmed to be able to utilize multiple personalities and mental profiles to better adapt to diplomacy or mediation with various people, though she almost always maintains the same experience and barely wears anything but her standard UN jumpsuit.
Partly due to the fact that she was designed to behave in a friendly manner, Alice is somewhat notorious for being overtly flirtatious and sometimes even sexual towards and around her inferiors and amongst civilians, despite her normally tomboyish manner of acting. She still is not incredibly forceful, and will easily back off when asked except in the event that doing so would override her primary assignment – to ensure that order remains on Invictus. She will almost constantly be trying to help others and sometimes appears to become almost excessively involved in the affairs of others, which see will always see out to the very end. She has not yet been activated since being placed on the Olympus, although most any military officer should be able to activate her relatively easily.
Since the breakup of the Olympus, she remains one of the most advanced pieces of technology that survived the breakup of the colony ship, and it is yet unknown what the true extent of the damage she received truly is.
In other news, I found out that I accidentally put got on my Landfall playlist. In some weird, maybe abstract way: it's like Invictus. UN just chucking the least-desirable people onto giant space-ships to send to somewhere as far from Earth as possible.
So we're gonna need more violent criminals and drug addicts.
My DeviantArt, so sexy