Inter Astrum- Sci Fi RP Interest and Discussion Thread

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**Devastator**

I was going to say that we should let GMs do the Shaped just to maintain the shock/surprise value, but meh.

**ineptus astartes**

how was that (I am pretty proud of the horrifying aspect I managed to capture)

edit: ninja'd

the GM can make more units and such, or not OK these ones at all

**yeroc500**

Shapers i got nothing. I dont do aliens so I`ll stay out of this. But good, ineptus. Though I can find spaceships for the shaped.

**ineptus astartes**

I heard they were like a combo of hiveships and normal ones.

**yeroc500**

Right I got some cool hive ships. I dont do armaments though, because they would be so over powered so i`ll do another combi pic post and let you choose which ones you wanta use and their armament.

**Mordoskul**

Perkustin wrote:A quick pic for ya, i think alot of the horror of the image i have is lost without colour. Think horrible pale batterie farmed chicken skin, or a burns victim with veins and mottling.

You've got the body down pat, but I imagined their heads a little more elongated. They have two mouths, (think hydralisks in terms of mouth shape) on on top of the other. Beyond that, I love your work. Keep it up, Mordo approves.

**yeroc500**

Heres the organic looking ships.

**Berserksteve**

Hay, I know you guys probably have a bunch of RPs on your list but I just want to let you guys know I'm making an RP. This is just an idea thread. I will most likely run when things have slowed down.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/384113.page#3090928

**ineptus astartes**

whoa. nice.

(do I have the go-ahead on the shaped forces [that I can think of] mordo?)

**yeroc500**

Yeah. Turst me you need ships, robots, tanks come to me. I got them all. But the shapers/ shaped look really nice, and fit the descriptions perfect. So I`m with ineptus on this subject.

**ineptus astartes**

third from the bottom looks like a bio-titan.

fourth from the bottom looks like a flagship.

fifth looks like some kind of harvester.

**yeroc500**

The titan i feel is like that fleshforge thingy. Or a mass scale harvester.

**Mordoskul**

ineptus astartes wrote:whoa. nice.

(do I have the go-ahead on the shaped forces [that I can think of] mordo?)

Go ahead, I will approve or veto as I see fit.

**yeroc500**

Shapers are now set. I`d say this RP universe is practically as complete as most, GOOD, games universes. I`m really looking forward to our combined work forming into a great RP. Plus we`re not even done making the universe.

**ineptus astartes**

Goleph

The Goleph is a true horror on the battlefields. it stands at twice the hight of a shaper, andis one of the few tool-using shaped.

the shapers create them using the left over flesh of battlefields, and piece them together, forming the remains of brains into a grey blob, then giving it a partial sentience, but also driving it mad, due to the dozens of leftover memories from different people. the shapers themselves do not enjoy the fact that these almost-perfect beings, due to the former personalities inhabiting ther 'heads' use tools.

the Goleph is created after a battle is won, so only after the first engagements are these beasts seen rampaging over the blood-soaked warzones. they eat by stuffing their prey into their mouthes (once thoroughly dismembered) then mulching hem into bloody chunks, and keeping the mulch in their open stomachs. where Scupper-Rats gather the flesh and as always, bring it to the forges.

**ineptus astartes**

so mordo. what do the harvesters, brutalizers, and constructors, do?

**ineptus astartes**

Fleshforge

the shaper Fleshforgos are actually non-sapient creatures. who produce shaped according to their condition. a small fleshforge that is not fed regularly produces Scupper-rats (the lowliest of shaped) while the largest produce the towering Behemoths.

**yeroc500**

Idk about that one. It looks like something that is already made. It looks like it was produced, and is some water form shaped.

**ineptus astartes**

hmm...it could be some thing that is a part of a fleshforge sticking out of the ground.

**yeroc500**

Ah good point nvrmind. I veto my critisism,

**Mordoskul**

ineptus astartes wrote:so mordo. what do the harvesters, brutalizers, and constructors, do?

Harvesters collect the fallen bodies of the dead and wounded, vomiting them back into the seething mass of a fleshforge as raw materials for the Shaping process. Harvesters hover several meters off the ground, their flight granted to them by great, bulbous sacks of flesh filled with a buoyant gas. Harvesters are rarely seen on the battlefield, and are typically deployed during the first wave to assimilate the local wildlife.
Brutalizers- Constructed purely for combat, the brutalizers have enhanced adrenal glands and circulation systems, ensuring their ability to fight for weeks on end.
Constructers- These crab-like shaped are deployed during the final wave, planting themselves deep into the earth, absorbing the nutrients from the soil to produce the strange structures utilized by the Shapers.

**ineptus astartes**

I see. many of the shaped seem to be bulimic.

working on Scupper-Rats, the snotlings of shaped society.

**ineptus astartes**

scupper-Rats come by three types.

the Ratlings, are a race from the shapers own galaxy, remade here to be used to scavenge the fields, and bring back flesh. they are little more than a nucsance, but in large groups are quite deadly.

the Goblins buzz about the battlefield on their insectoid wings, stinging protective shaped with powerful neurotoxic stingers that almost if enough sting, cause unctuousness. they are about 3 feet tall

the Toothy-Maws are the third type. filling the role of cannon-fodder and foot-solider, in between the goblins and the 'real' shaped warriors. they use their large amounts of teeth and mouths to tear their opponents apart, even though they stand at just 4 feet high.

**Tyranic Marta**

This is all looking seriously creepy

however i must say that i am fully on board with having exosuits for combat that we can access later, ecpecially for the soldiers and maimers, maybe even for the tech.

Expecially liking the last one on one of the previous pages, blue and B*tchin

EDIT

Its actually about 6 up on the page before this one XD

**ineptus astartes**

shapers are meant to have utterly repugnant troops

**Tyranic Marta**

good
I like seriously creepy

its part of who i am

**ineptus astartes**

oh...good?

**Tyranic Marta**

*nodding*
Im looking forwards to ACTUALLY playing the game
We need to sort out some group dynamics
Get some team roles in place between ourselfs

**Sister of Krieg**

ineptus astartes wrote:Make: Bandore munitions

Powerplant: fission

Armament: twin-linked railguns

movment: Walker

deploys 'laying down'

crew: 2, one gunner, one pilot/loader

now that is definatly the Star wars tank from Clone wars game ^.^

**ineptus astartes**

never played it...so I would not know

BTW. what do you think of my ships and Shaped?