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Table of Contents:

Post 1: Rules
Post 2: Storyline
Post 3: Character sheets and accepted characters
Post 4: Species
Post 5: Groups and their weapons and equipment
Post 6: Locations

More To Come If Necessary

Storyline:

Saren is still at large, and not far away from completing his objective of finding the conduit to set the return of the Reapers. Only one man and his crew can stop him now, and are hot on his trail. Commander Shepard and his crew aboard The Normandy are the galaxy's only hope to survive the coming disaster.

However, while searching for the rouge Spectre in the Horse Head Nebula, The Normandy recieves a message from the Council to immediately assist a heated situation on the planet Kordo, a massive jungle planet housing a Council-funded Turian/Salarian/Asari/Human military base called "Norma", in the same system. Batarian, Frogan, and Turian extremists have hired a small army of mercenaries consisting of Krogan, Turian and Batarians to attack this critical military installation in hopes of demoralizing those loyal to the council. But these extremists have one more ace up their sleeves: they have successfully managed to weaponize one of the most dangerous species in the galaxy: the Xenomorph. Much like the Yautja, the extremist group, known as Black Hand, have seeded the densely populated forests of Kordo around the military base with these creatures, hoping to weaken the military base before taking the base for themselves. With the military base under heavy assault by Xenomorphs trying to expand their colony, the Black Hand moved in for their own assault, using their knowlegde of the Xenomorphs to avoid or destroy any opposition. A distress call was sent to the Council by a Salarian general by the name of Zoa from within the military base, causing the Council to act.

Their response was this: covertly send in Commander Sheperd and his crew, accompanied by 3 other Turian Spectres, into the fray to neutralize the situation and rescue any survivors.

But, unknown to all of them, a large hunting party of Yautja have claimed Kordo as their hunting ground, and the war between the factions has made their thirst for the hunt even more intense.

Species

((ALL INFORMATION ABOUT ALIEN SPECIES IN MASS EFFECT TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA))

Main Mass Effect Races

Asari


The asari are a humanoid species that hold one of three permanent seats on the Citadel council at the start of the game. All asari are mono-gendered, although they display, from a human point of view, female characteristics, with the ability to bear and nurse children. Their reproductive and dual nervous systems allow them to mate with any species or gender, with whom the offspring is always female and of the asari race. The asari are capable of participating in and enjoying physical sexual contact. However, to produce offspring, they form a mental and spiritual connection with their partners, and by doing so, draw genetic material which is combined with their own to produce offspring in a form of parthenogenesis. Sexually, the asari could be considered as xenophilic, as not only are they indiscriminate in regards to the races of their mates, but prefer to mate with other races, believing that the genetic and racial traits of other species, when combined with asari genetic make-up, is of benefit to the asari race as a whole. Conversely, they tend to attach a stigma to those born "pureblood" between two asari, as they believe that nothing is gained when two asari procreate (although most are too polite to openly speak of their prejudices). Their homeworld of Thessia is composed of an interconnected system of city-states, similar to those of medieval Italy.

Of all the species in Council space, the asari are the most widespread, powerful, and respected, due in part to their being the first species since the Protheans to achieve interstellar flight, to discover and learn how to use the Citadel, and their position as a founding member species of the Citadel Council. Despite this, the asari are open in their service to others, to the point where there is no cultural stigma attached to performance arts, even sexual ones. This has led to salacious rumors of asari promiscuity, which they consider unfounded.

Of all the galactic species, the asari are the most economically powerful; their culture, products and entertainment dominate the galaxy. They are governed by a loose democracy, known as the Asari Republics, and are known to be politically centrist, favoring stability that is conducive to cultural and economic development. Politically, they practice a form of direct democracy that could only be described as an e-democracy, where citizens contribute to the general consensus via a huge interconnected network. However, they also have a matriarchal council that heed the will of the people and make decision for their welfare accordingly. The asari can live for a thousand years going through three stages in life; the Maiden stage (lasting to 350 years,) an energetic phase in life in which an asari is growing up and setting the initial course of her life; the Matron stage (lasting from 350-700 years) where an asari draws back to a more deliberative phase and begins to lay the foundations of a family and her place in society, and finally the Matriarch phase (700-1,000 years) where the asari takes her place among the elite in society, participating more in cultural and political affairs and generally leading the next generation to fruition.


Turian


The turians were the last of the Citadel species to join the Council. The turians gained this position after defeating the krogan for the Council during the "Krogan Rebellions," employing a salarian-developed biological weapon called the genophage which virtually eliminated the possibility of new krogan births and caused that species to go into a steady decline.

Turian features are avian in nature, resembling Terran birds or raptors. Most also have painted-on markings on their faces whose design and color denote which colony or system they were born or raised in. This cultural observance was first developed during the Unification War, in which various turian colonial holdings fought each other for territory and influence within the Hierarchy; however, years of infighting made most of them too weak to oppose the unifying influence of the Hierarchy itself. Outmatched, they accepted unification under the Hierarchy's leadership, but the markings remained. There are some turians who do not have face markings; during the war, they were typically Hierarchy loyalists and were referred to degradingly as "bare-faced." While turians without markings are no longer singled out as such, the slur remains and is commonly used to imply that certain turians are "politicians" or "untrustworthy"; in turian, these terms are synonymous and interchangeable.

Turians have a reputation for skill and bravery in combat, but are not considered bloodthirsty. In combat, turian units are highly adaptable and yet highly disciplined. Turian units do not break, no matter how disadvantaged; they will retreat and withdraw if necessary, but will do so in an orderly fashion, setting up vicious rear-guard actions and ambushes along the way. A rigid code of honor and strict discipline are the hallmarks of any turian officer and soldier. This includes humane treatment of prisoners and conquered enemies. A turian unit will never willingly leave behind one of their own, no matter what the cost of going back to retrieve their comrade. Turian society in general is very honor-bound, concerned with the performance of one's duty, regardless of one's role in society. All turians work for the glory of the state and are all state-employed in some way. Military service is required for all turian citizens, as well as client races who wish to become full turian citizens. While there are some turian criminals (a rather low number due to the typically turian devotion to the state and to society), even they maintain a level of conscience unheard of by criminals of other races; a turian criminal will, like most other beings, attempt to evade responsibility and consequence for their actions, but once caught and taken into custody, he or she will tend to admit their guilt and accept due punishment (which, in turian jurisprudence, is usually very harsh). Despite this preoccupation with law and order, many are surprised by the importance turian society places on personal freedoms. Turian society allows for freedom of speech, religion and the practice of practically any activity that does not harm or undermine the state. There are turians who are known to observe and adhere to asari and even human religious practices; there is an increasingly large segment of turians who are known to practice Confucianism and/or Zen Buddhism.

Their species is governed by the Turian Hierarchy, a collection of military leaders and autocrats, and of the three permanent council races, they possess the largest military force, even if they are not as powerful as the technologically, diplomatically and economically superior Asari. As such, they are largely employed as the front line of the Council's combined military forces. Most Council peacekeeping forces are made up principally by turians, and turians are also the largest racial group employed in the Council Office of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance (Spectres) and Citadel Security Services (C-Sec, the station's law-enforcement body; it was the turians who suggested the agency's formation). While autocratic in nature, turian hierarchs almost never cross the line into tyranny or despotism, for devotion to the well-being of the people is ingrained into every turian from childhood. Politically, the turians are conservative, paying great observance to tradition, duty, loyalty, honor and the preservation of the status quo. Still, they generally get along well with most other races. There is a great deal of hostility between the turians and the krogan for obvious reasons, and there is a lingering degree of distrust and enmity between the turians and the human race, the bitter memories of the First Contact War still very fresh for both races. However, the Turians still greatly respect the military tactics and aptitude of the humans as demonstrated against them in battle during the reclamation of the human colony of Shanxi. The rate of human colonization, material wealth and influence within the Council is known to irk some prominent turians, but there is a grudging respect between the two races.


Salarian


Salarians, who possess one of the three permanent Citadel Council seats, are a species renowned for their mental acuity, technical skill and their high aptitude for espionage. Salarians have a very high metabolism rate, lowering their life expectancy to about 40 Earth years, but also necessitating very little sleep, around 1-2 hours per day.

In the interstellar community, they have created many of the major technological advances that now fill the galaxy. Highly intelligent, their mental acuity is galactically renowned. In fact, they are considered to be hyperactive by most other races; salarians, however, disagree with this prognosis, considering other races to be slow and dim-witted.

They favor political liberalism, making them a counter-balance to the conservative turians and centrist asari on the Citadel Council. The Salarian Union is largely governed by a group of dynastic families ruled by female elders. Of the three permanent Council species, their economy is the smallest, but is still substantially larger than that of the human Systems Alliance. The salarians were responsible for the elevation of the krogan race to combat the invading rachni, and they were subsequently responsible for creating the "Genophage" biological weapon used to quell the later Krogan Rebellions. Militarily, they are considerably weaker than the turians in head-on combat, preferring to employ sabotage, reconnaissance, counter-intelligence and commando operations against any enemy. However, in this type of battle, the Salarians are perhaps par to none. They excel at information gathering and while they consider out right direct war to be a last resort, once they do engage in war, it's almost always by surprise (they see a declaration of war as strategically unsound) and by a strategically dominant force - after all, they've long since figured out what and who they are fighting against and how their foes are going to fight.

Religious views consist of the belief in a kind of "wheel of life", a concept known as Reincarnation in our terms.

In the novel Mass Effect: Ascension, a 'salarian Lystheni Offshoot' is mentioned. It can be speculated that the Lystheni are a criminal organization similar to the racist, human organization Cerberus as the novel describes them as 'those unwelcome in Citadel space', it could also be speculated that they are a salarian subspecies.

Krogan


The krogan are a species of large reptilian bipeds native to Tuchanka, a world known for its harsh environment, scarce resources and over-abundance of vicious predators. Once hailed as the saviors of the galaxy for their successful destruction of a dangerously xenophobic and powerful spacefaring insectoid race known as the rachni, the krogan are now a shadow of their former prominence. Flush with confidence following their defeat of the rachni and the recognition of the Citadel races and their subsequent leniency towards the krogans' obvious ambition for an empire of their own, the krogan began colonizing worlds at a dangerous rate, eventually forcibly colonizing inhabited worlds and encroaching upon Citadel territories. Unwilling to curtail their activities and relinquish those worlds and territories belonging to other races, the krogan rebelled against the Citadel council.

Initially, the krogan had considerable success in action against the combined militaries of the Citadel races; due to the hostile environment of their home world, natural selection had caused them to evolve various adaptations that made them a hardy species and their extremely high reproduction and maturation rate made it nearly impossible for the Citadel races to inflict any considerable and long-lasting damage to their war machine. The contact with the militarily superior Turian Hierarchy brought much needed relief to the beleaguered Citadel races, but not even then were they able to maintain the numbers and material necessary to defeat the krogan, only managing to stall for time. In desperation, the salarians concocted the genophage, a biological weapon that would infect the krogan on a genetic level and make only 1 in 1000 births viable. Once infected by the turians with this weapon, the krogan were unable to maintain their numbers and through attrition were eventually defeated.

Because of the continuing effects of the genophage, the krogan are a dying species and are trapped in a downward spiral of meaningless violence. Some krogan hire themselves out as mercenaries, assassins or muscle for various organized crime syndicates; others manage to eke out a living through brigandage and piracy. Many krogan still consider themselves at war with the galaxy at large and are still incorporated into small war parties or clans traditionally led by warlords. Increasingly, however, the krogan have taken to fighting amongst themselves for territory, resources, and even over those few krogan females who are still capable of producing offspring. Due to their slow extinction, most krogan are becoming increasingly pessimistic and self-centered. Few krogan have any interest in anything other than fighting or the acquisition of material wealth, even to the point of ignoring any possible way of countering the genophage. This fatalism makes their eventual extinction all the more likely. However, it is revealed that many krogan have allied themselves with rogue Spectre Saren Arterius and the geth in exchange for a possible cure to the genophage. It is also stated in-game over elevator public addresses that a krogan group contracted a salarian research organization to produce a cure for the Genophage. The krogan sued for a return of investment money when no cure was found.

The large shoulder humps on a krogan store fluids and nutrients, which enable them to go for long periods without food or water. Krogan also possess multiple instances of major organs, in which secondary organs serve as backups should a main organ fail or be damaged, including four testicles (evidenced by an optional conversation with Garrus on board the Normandy) [3]. A krogan individual possesses a thick hide, which is extremely hardy and very resistant to cuts, scrapes, and contusions. Krogan are also highly resistant to radiation, poisons, and extreme temperatures. Biotic individuals are rare, though those who do possess the talent are typically quite strong in their abilities and are referred to as battlemasters. It is stated by Shepard that Krogan can live for centuries.

Batarians


The batarians are a species that are socially not unlike humans, and as such have a political rivalry with the Human Systems Alliance, with whom they compete for unclaimed territory. The batarians have a slimmer build than the average human but are about the same height, on average, as a human. They have four eyes, one inner set located approximately where that of a humans would be, and a second pair on top of the first pair's browline. Their noses have eight openings, four on each side of the head. Their skin is a cream color with a purple stripe running down their chin and a chocolaty brown area where hair would be on a human. Batarians used to have an embassy on the Citadel, but they closed it in protest of the council's decision to allow human colonization to continue in the Skyllian Verge, an area that the batarians considered within their sphere of influence. As a result, the batarians have essentially placed themselves at odds with most of the other Citadel Council races and particularly the Systems Alliance. This rivalry has led them into something of a proxy war with the Alliance, with the batarians using their influence in the chaotic Terminus Systems (especially in areas bordering Alliance space) to foment political instability and criminal activity that could eventually cause problems for the Alliance. As a result, batarians have many contacts with and in many cases are in direct control of galactic organized crime syndicates and terrorist groups.

Humans


Humans in Mass Effect are generally similar to those in modern day life, although more technologically advanced. Human society in Mass Effect is both similar and dissimilar to modern human society. Independent and separate nations still govern various landmasses on Earth. In regards to the galaxy at large however, the Systems Alliance is the face of humanity. The Systems Alliance is a multi-national independent entity supported by the various nations of Earth that is, for all intents, it's own political, governmental, and military entity; it controls and manages all off-world activities. A recent addition to the galactic stage when the game is set, human society advanced significantly with the advent of interstellar travel, made possible with the discovery of lost Prothean technology. Humans quickly expanded outwards and established more and more colonies on uninhabited planets. This rapid expansion brought them into contact with the batarians and turians, with whom they quickly came into conflict. The human-turian First Contact War brought humans to the attention of the species of the Citadel Council. Due to the System Alliance's quick and effective military response to the turian occupation of the human colony of Shanxi and the stunning defeat of the turians at the hands of this relative newcomer to galactic politics, the Citadel Council wasted no time in mediating an end to the war and gave the human race considerable latitude in their colonization efforts, much to the dismay of the batarians, who abandoned their Citadel embassy in protest. In the brief decades since their appearance, humans have quickly risen to prominence. In addition, humans have recently been given an embassy at the Citadel as associate members of the Citadel Council.

Humans are seen by most galactic races as intelligent, aggressive, and highly adaptable. Their brisk population growth and rapidly developing military strength have led to resentful speculation that the newcomers will soon be given an invitation to become full members of the Council, at an unprecedented rate. Due to their military aptitude and rising force levels, they are limited by the First Contact War-ending Treaty of Farixen, which limits the Alliance military to 1/5th the number of dreadnaught warships the turians possess. In order to gain diplomatic recognition and respective associate member status on the Council as well as an embassy on the Citadel, the Systems Alliance agreed to this stipulation.

During the game, Commander Shepard (the main character) comments on the difference between the lifespans of the asari and humans, saying that humans are "lucky if they reach 150," therefore implying that humans have extended their average lifespan by several decades.[1] It is also revealed that humanity makes extensive use of in utero genetic screening and engineering to eliminate or repair many congenital defects. Genetic engineering is also used (mostly by the wealthy) to enhance appearance, physical ability, and mental acuity.

Minor Mass Effect races (These races are not available to choose for your RP character, but they will be present within the RP at times. Feel free to use these races as NPs as you choose)

Quarians (the only Quarian is Tali)


The quarians are a nomadic species of humanoid aliens. Quarians are generally shorter and of slighter build than humans. They dress in a scavenged assortment of materials, hiding their faces behind visors, goggles, or breathing masks. Due to living upon completely sterile spaceships for most of their lives, quarians have virtually no immune system, and cannot remove their life-support systems until they return to their fleet. Due to their limited amount of living space and resources, quarians are only allowed one child per family. All young quarians are required to solitarily embark upon a Pilgrimage, a rite of passage where they leave their home ships and set out to discover and bring back something of value or use, whether it be an artifact, equipment, or even knowledge, which they would present to the captain of the ship of their choice. (Quarians are also required to move to and live on a different ship than the one they grew up on, in order to promote genetic diversity and eliminate genetic damage through inbreeding.) Once the gift is accepted, the quarian is accepted into the ranks of the ship; gifts are rarely declined, as most captains are bound by tradition to accept anything that can be of use, but a stigma is attached to those who offer substandard gifts.

The quarians are divided politically into two branches of government: the Conclave, a civilian body that represents the majority of the people on the various ships of the Migrant Fleet, and the Admiralty Board, comprised of the five highest-ranking naval officers in the fleet. The Conclave is subdivided into councils on each ship who advise the captains of the individual vessels; however, the captains still have the final say on all issues and all matters of jurisprudence. Captains who override their respective councils on too regular a basis are either ordered by the Admiralty Board to settle their disputes on their own or relinquish command. The Admiralty Board has a great deal of influence on all matters pertaining to the fleet, has direct command of the fleets' military forces and has veto power that overrides any decision the Conclave makes that is seen to be detrimental or dangerous to the fleet. However, the decision must be unanimous and once this veto is invoked, the entire Admiralty Board must resign their seats immediately, to prevent any possible abuse of power. Any Admiralty Board member who refuses to relinquish his or her seat is subject to arrest.

The quarians are looked down upon by the Citadel races, mainly due to their creation of the geth three hundred years prior to the game's timeline. As it was they who created the geth, were unable to quell the subsequent geth insurrection, and were finally forced off of their homeworld by the geth and relegated to roaming the galaxy in an increasingly threadbare and derelict migrant flotilla, the quarians are generally unwanted throughout the galaxy. The unsightliness of their fleet and their tendency to take whatever employment they can find, often at the expense of native inhabitants, further harms their reputation, and the leaders of any colonies or systems through which the Migrant Fleet might pass are often inclined to donate any spare items of use to the quarians as a bribe to keep them from visiting. Quarians are grateful for the assistance and have never abused this tendency, but many feel insulted by the motivations behind these "gifts." Despite all this, their skill at electronics, engineering and cybernetics make them ideal workers for major corporations and mining firms; quarians are considered to be amongst the best and brightest of the galaxy when it comes to technological and geological aptitude.


Volus


Little is known about the volus to date, but their pressure suits and breathing masks are necessary when away from the much thicker atmosphere of their home world. Their home planet's gravity is 1.5 times that of Earth's, with a high-pressure atmosphere, making their bodies short and almost spherical, and requiring them to wear protective suits; if exposed to the toxic atmospheres and wildly differing pressure levels on most other worlds, they will suffocate and their bodies will eventually split open. However, this condition makes the volus ideal for colonizing worlds with great material resources that remain untapped due to lethal atmospheres. They are controlled by the Vol Protectorate, an interconnected system of clans and fiefdoms, but they willingly made themselves a client race of the Turian Hierarchy, sacrificing political independence in exchange for military protection and stability; in exchange for this protection, the volus offer the turians (as well as the Council and other groups in the galaxy) their knowledge and prowess in economic matters. It was the volus who developed the Uniform Banking Act for the Council and the credit system in use throughout most of the known galaxy. They are known to be prolific traders, and possess an economy far larger than their territory would suggest

Elcor


Elcors are large elephant-like aliens that speak in a slow, monotone fashion. The elcor use scent and subtle body movements, rather than tone, to convey meaning and intent when conversing. The elcor found that when they encountered other races, these subtleties were lost on them; because of this, elcor choose to describe their emotions before making any statements. Elcors evolved on Dekuuna, a large terrestrial world, with enormous gravitational pull; forcing them to become extremely deliberate with their movements (as any stumble, no matter how minor, would result in injury, if not death.) This physical necessity therefore resulted in a political, social and cultural philosophy that extolled the virtues of caution, deliberation and patience. The elcor's main political body, the Counts of Dekuuna, demonstrate this tendency in their political decision-making process; their millennia-old archives are constantly kept up-to-date and are constantly consulted by the Counts when making decisions to ensure that precedent is respected and all options are kept in consideration. As such, the Counts take a very long time in making decisions or enacting laws, sometimes taking decades to decide on relatively simple matters of state. Though large and physically powerful creatures, they are rarely violent. However, if pressed into violent situations, their extremely thick hides make them nearly invulnerable to conventional weapons and their extraordinary strength allows them to carry various amounts of heavy weaponry and commensurate ammunition with ease.It is believed the elcor mount weapons on their back as all their limbs are used for locomotion.

Hanar


The Hanar are a species resembling Earth jellyfish. Hanar stand slightly taller than a human and have 3 fingers at the end of each of their tentacles. Having no physical means of verbal communication, they converse with each other using bioluminescence (which modern translators will automatically render into something that can be understood by other races). Their speech is very polite and very eloquent. They are governed by The Illuminated Primacy, a theocracy that worships the Protheans as mythological "Enkindlers", although they are tolerant of other species and the religious and spiritual creeds that they adhere to and espouse. For this reason, they have difficulty seeing the Protheans as an extinct biological species as do most other Citadel races, instead tending to view them as components of their religious mythology. Their extreme cultural obsession with politeness and protocol sometimes leads to problems interacting with other species, who may not understand their rules of etiquette and manners. As the majority of the Hanar dominion is entirely self-sufficient and thus trade and diplomatic relations are generally unnecessary, this tendency doesn't pose much of a problem with matters of intergalactic state or foreign affairs. However, any Hanar who choose to take up residence on alien worlds or who man outposts that come into regular contact with alien races are advised to take special classes that help counter this tendency and smooth-over inter-species relationships.

Among Hanar, it is customary to refer to oneself as "I" or by one's birth name(Soul Name) only among family or close friends; with others, "it," "this one" or a public name(Face Name) are used. Every Hanar has two names, the "Face name" and the "Soul name". The face name is the name that is known to public and referring to oneself as anything more personal, such as 'I' or the soul name, is considered egotistical. Financial interaction with the galactic economy is limited, and Hanar space has few facilities designed to provide bipeds with a means to operate equipment such as computer terminals, contact generally being limited to border trade stations. Being an oceanic invertebrate life-form, they cannot support their physical forms in standard gravity, instead using mass effect contra-gravitic levitation packs. Their bodies are 90% water content.

Xenomorph Classes

((Due to the massive amount of different types of aliens that could be created from all the different species, there will be no new alien types [Turian alien, Salarian alien, etc]. However, if you can create an alien based off of these species and do a good job, I will consider allowing you to be an alien like that))

Queen Alien (Only I will get to be an alien queen unless I know that you will be devoted to the RP until it ends or dies)


Queen aliens are significantly larger and stronger than the warriors, approximately 4.5 meters (15 feet) tall.Their body structure differs also, having two pairs of arms, one large and one small, and being built more similarly to a theropod than a humanoid. Queens have a much larger brain case than the average adults, protected by a large flat crest above their heads. Unlike other xenomorphs, the Queen also has high heel protrusions from her feet. The Queen also seems to have increased intelligence compared to the other lifecycle stages, as the Queen on LV-426 was able to learn to operate an elevator. Pregnant alien queens possess an immense ovipositor on their lower torso, similar to a queen termite's, which is responsible for creating facehugger eggs. The queen is able to detach from the ovipositor. When attached to her ovipositor, the queen is supported by a "biomechanical throne"that consists of a lattice of struts resembling massive insect legs. Unlike insect queens, there appears to be no need for drones to fertilize an alien queen's eggs. Smaller drones are only mentioned in the novelization of Aliens by Alan Dean Foster, where they transport eggs from the egg chamber into the hive. The newest film installment, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem also features a new form of oral implantation, by which the Predalien mimics the action of facehuggers, directly depositing chestburster embryos into a host via its inner jaw.

Alien Drone


Drone aliens stand roughly 7 to 9 feet tall and and weight a few hundred pounds. They are the basic "worker" if you will of hive and are meant to do the queen's will, varying for gathering hosts to fighting for the hive. Alien drones are stronger and faster than all Yautja types except for females, are use their tail, claws, teeth and double jaw as weapons.

All drones are created through face hugger implantation followed by a short time of being a "chest burster" before maturing into a full adult.

Drones are completely selfless when it comes to defending the hive or doing the will of the queen, but are known to exert independent self-preservation and will when by itself.

Runner Alien


Runner aliens are basically like the drone aliens, except faster, weaker and smaller in stature. They run on all fours and can chase down any species present in the RP.

Praetorians

((Info from AVP Planet.com
As the Queen's Royal Guard and prime defender of the Hive, the Praetorian is the most heavily-armored class. While it does lack certain abilities normally attributed to Aliens, those 'balance cards' only reinforces how such a strong and powerful creature it is.


Yautja





Yautja are a race of hunters with a strict code of honor and incredibe technology. They only hunt prey they consider worthy and use a wide variety of weapons, from simple blades to shoulder cannons that fire plasma. The Yautja can be compared to ancient Samurai in their everyday culture, and live in classes from young bloods or unblooded (novice hunters) to highly skilled Elder Yautja. The greatest honor a Yautja can achieve is an honorable death in combat.

Yautja are very strong, fast, and intelligent, but what makes them as deadly as they are is their skill with their technology. HOWEVER, Yautja ARE NOT stronger or faster than xenomorphs. To put it into persepctive, look at this photo:

The Yautja follow a strict caste system. Those lower in rank WILL obey those higher in rank.

Locations

SSV Normandy:
((Info from Mass Effect Wiki))

The SSV Normandy will not be in the RP very much, but will have its moments in the game.

The SSV Normandy SR-1 (Systems Alliance Space Vehicle) is a Systems Alliance frigate. She is a prototype starship co-developed with turian engineers, and incorporates several innovations. The most important of these are her drive core and unique stealth system. The Normandy was initially captained by David Anderson, but she was handed over to Commander Shepard when the commander became the first human Spectre, serving as Shepard's main source of transportation and base of operations. She is ably piloted by Jeff "Joker" Moreau and carries a crew of around thirty people. She is named after the Battle of Normandy in World War II in 1944.

The Normandy is a prototype "deep scout" frigate, developed by the Systems Alliance with the assistance of the Citadel Council. She is optimized for solo reconnaissance missions deep within unstable regions, using state-of-the-art stealth technology.

Kordo (planet): The planet Kordo is a heavily jungled planet, roughly Jupiter sized, that also houses massive Lakes (Ocean sized) all throughout the planet. The land is pangea, and thousands of different life forms live within the land. The Council's Military base as built there because of the planet's massive size and almost endless resources.

Kordo is within the Horse Head Nebula.

Norma Military Base 4467: Norma Military Base 4467 is a Council base formed to house thousands of soldiers of all Council race species. The base is immense, covering a large area of 8 sqaure miles. Several soldiers and scientists live there, as well as several merchants of the Hanar, Volus, and Elcor races trying to make a living selling their goods to the military. The base also holds several Mako tanks and vehicles. However, the base was not meant for the airforce, and very few ships are there.

The four Generals, one being a Turian, the other a Salarian, the other an Asari and the last a human.

Before the assault by the Xenomorphs, there were approximately 4,000 soldiers living in Norma. However, after the Xenomorph attack, due to the fact that so many Xenos were created, only a 1,000 remained. But later after the Black Hand started attacking, only a few hundred remain, all spread out throughout Norma and the jungles of Kordo.

Grevious: The Grevious is the Black Hand's primary place of operations. The Grevious is a Turian Warship, roughly double the size of the Normandy, and is capable of holdingup to 400 crew members inside. From the Grevious the Black Hand leaders give their orders to ground troops below.

The ship is also a warship, and as such will be used from time to time to engage enemies.

Xenomorph Hive:

The Xenomorph hive covers most of the jungle around Norma, but the main section of the hive, where the queen is, in located within a cave a mile from the Norma Military base. There are an unknown amount of Xenomorphs within the jungle and around the Norma, but it is estimated that atleast 10,000 are present.

Versus (Spectre ship):

This ship is a Turian ship that the 3 Spectres took to get to Kordo. This ship is small and incapable of any combat. However, ship is good for stealthily entering any location and dropping off ground forces, in this case the three Turian Spectres.

Cresant Scar Ship:


This is the ship the Yautja came on to Kordo. The ship a standard Yautja ship that houses 150 Yautja. All aboard are blooded warriors and have some experience hunting humans and Xenomorphs. The ship is located on the ground, cloaked, several miles away from Norma. Only a few Yautja have stayed witin the ship to guard it. The rest are out hunting.


Starting Locations:

Start Locations are where RP members may start when the RP officailly begins. After The RP begins, RP members may do as they wish within story limits that do not affect the flow of the RP.

The Council Loyalists can either start a couple miles away from Norma Military Base where 50 survivors are holding up waiting for the help from the Council or they can start on board the Normandy on route to Kordo. On request, Council Loyalists RP members may also start off within Nomra, but may have a slimer chance of RPing with others at first.

Black Hand Members can either start outisde Norma, inside Norma, or onboard the Grevious

Xenomoprhs can start pretty much anywhere you want besides inside the Black Hand or Council Loyalist locations.

Yautja also have the same freedom, and can also start off near Council Loyalist locations. However, they cannot stary off in the Norma Military Base.

The 3 Turian Spectres start off onboard the Versus, and will arrive at the Council camp before the Normandy does.