RE: Esteem Vissal (a sort of space game) (4 slots left at the moment!!!)
05-23-2016, 01:30 AM
Username: CrimsonMage
Faction Name: The Starlight Slingers
Theme Song: Triggernometry
Color: A Brave Orange (#eb9007)
Species Name and Description: Although any who join the Slingers can live on Dustbowl, the planet is mostly inhabited by the Otlets: Short humanoids (averaging about 3 1/2 feet tall) with their slimy skin ranging from green to purple, with white markings. They have two sets of ears, and their entire face is taken up by a giant mouth, instead opting for echolocation to find their way, although visual bionic implants are quite common. Their torsos are short and stubby, with two long, armored claws. The legs of an Otlet are extremely long for their short size, taking around 3/4ths of their entire height.
The Otlet commonly consume toxic and irradiated materials, and are able to live in environments that are completely polluted and uninhabitable by other species. But other than this, the Otlet lack many natural advantages, their claws needing much care to maintain and unable to pierce good armor. Instead, the majority of Otlet get bionic implants or robotic limbs in order to enhance their combat ability. While these improvements certainly help in hunting the large beasts native to Dustbowl, combat ability is often considered before practical use. George "Gunfeet" Stoth has a very difficult time getting around, although he can shoot with his hands tied behind his back. It's rare to find an Otlet, or Slinger in general, without at least one robotic limb.
Faction History: The first inhabitants of Dustbowl were outlaws and criminals: over a million refugees fleeing from the destruction of their crime syndicate hundreds of years before the 3X Conflict. Although first bound together by their shared love of money and mayhem, this served as weak glue and the group quickly descended into chaos. At this time, a young woman found ancient tomes describing an organization known as The Starlight Slingers. Using them as an example, she became the first Sheriff and gathered a group of people to follow her in a stable organization. After the dust settled, the newly reformed Starlight Slingers were the only survivors.
The old Slingers were people of the frontier and existed in a land filled wagons, saloons, and vigilante justice. A Slinger's only goal in life was to search for an endless array of challenges, each more difficult and more deadly than the last, or to help someone else do the same. The new Slingers based their entire culture around these ancient figures, and thus adopted their creed of honor before reason. Luckily for them, enormous beasts larger than entire buildings roamed the land, and they constituted the perfect challenges to conquer. Although they looked and acted like cowboys and frontiersmen, the Slingers were monster hunters at heart. Even so, it's been difficult to leave their criminal background behind, and the loose vigilante law of the land led to a lot of illegal activity and black market trading in parts of the planet.
At the outset of the 3X conflict, the Slingers saw the war as a perfect challenge, and declared war on the entire sector. More suited to individual monster hunting than any large-scale conflict, the Slingers lost within weeks. Many settlements across the planet were bombarded by PretCorp in the space of a single day, leaving huge craters filled with fallout in their stead. During the coming years the Slingers did their best to reconstruct. Otlets gained a lot of importance due to their ability to clear the fallout, and rose to become the majority population. The Slingers have done an admirable job of rebuilding inside the craters of dust and dirt, forming even larger cities than before since the realization that they need to band together in order to face greater challenges, even if their innate desire for individuality remains strong.
Home Planet: Dustbowl - B1: A planet whose low mass and nutrient rich soil led to the growth of mega-flora and mega-fauna, Dustbowl is mostly taken up by dense jungle and forest. Even so, monolithic craters of dust and dirt spot the planet, and within the frontier-like settlements of the Starlight Slingers reside. Although lacking in minerals, the biodiversity on the living sections of Dustbowl is alarming, and very useful, although in the past the Slingers have ignored this in favor of monster hunting.
Faction Name: The Starlight Slingers
Theme Song: Triggernometry
Color: A Brave Orange (#eb9007)
Species Name and Description: Although any who join the Slingers can live on Dustbowl, the planet is mostly inhabited by the Otlets: Short humanoids (averaging about 3 1/2 feet tall) with their slimy skin ranging from green to purple, with white markings. They have two sets of ears, and their entire face is taken up by a giant mouth, instead opting for echolocation to find their way, although visual bionic implants are quite common. Their torsos are short and stubby, with two long, armored claws. The legs of an Otlet are extremely long for their short size, taking around 3/4ths of their entire height.
The Otlet commonly consume toxic and irradiated materials, and are able to live in environments that are completely polluted and uninhabitable by other species. But other than this, the Otlet lack many natural advantages, their claws needing much care to maintain and unable to pierce good armor. Instead, the majority of Otlet get bionic implants or robotic limbs in order to enhance their combat ability. While these improvements certainly help in hunting the large beasts native to Dustbowl, combat ability is often considered before practical use. George "Gunfeet" Stoth has a very difficult time getting around, although he can shoot with his hands tied behind his back. It's rare to find an Otlet, or Slinger in general, without at least one robotic limb.
Faction History: The first inhabitants of Dustbowl were outlaws and criminals: over a million refugees fleeing from the destruction of their crime syndicate hundreds of years before the 3X Conflict. Although first bound together by their shared love of money and mayhem, this served as weak glue and the group quickly descended into chaos. At this time, a young woman found ancient tomes describing an organization known as The Starlight Slingers. Using them as an example, she became the first Sheriff and gathered a group of people to follow her in a stable organization. After the dust settled, the newly reformed Starlight Slingers were the only survivors.
The old Slingers were people of the frontier and existed in a land filled wagons, saloons, and vigilante justice. A Slinger's only goal in life was to search for an endless array of challenges, each more difficult and more deadly than the last, or to help someone else do the same. The new Slingers based their entire culture around these ancient figures, and thus adopted their creed of honor before reason. Luckily for them, enormous beasts larger than entire buildings roamed the land, and they constituted the perfect challenges to conquer. Although they looked and acted like cowboys and frontiersmen, the Slingers were monster hunters at heart. Even so, it's been difficult to leave their criminal background behind, and the loose vigilante law of the land led to a lot of illegal activity and black market trading in parts of the planet.
At the outset of the 3X conflict, the Slingers saw the war as a perfect challenge, and declared war on the entire sector. More suited to individual monster hunting than any large-scale conflict, the Slingers lost within weeks. Many settlements across the planet were bombarded by PretCorp in the space of a single day, leaving huge craters filled with fallout in their stead. During the coming years the Slingers did their best to reconstruct. Otlets gained a lot of importance due to their ability to clear the fallout, and rose to become the majority population. The Slingers have done an admirable job of rebuilding inside the craters of dust and dirt, forming even larger cities than before since the realization that they need to band together in order to face greater challenges, even if their innate desire for individuality remains strong.
Home Planet: Dustbowl - B1: A planet whose low mass and nutrient rich soil led to the growth of mega-flora and mega-fauna, Dustbowl is mostly taken up by dense jungle and forest. Even so, monolithic craters of dust and dirt spot the planet, and within the frontier-like settlements of the Starlight Slingers reside. Although lacking in minerals, the biodiversity on the living sections of Dustbowl is alarming, and very useful, although in the past the Slingers have ignored this in favor of monster hunting.