Spessmen profiles: Tell us about yourself...

[Val]

Goonstation is a light RP server. We don't go overboard about our characters' fascinating backstories or even have consistency of behavior, habits, and relationships that span over the rounds.

However, nearly everyone has at least one 'character' that they play as consistently and some may even have befriended others who are part of the regular crew. Whether this is appropriate or not is debatable.

For those of you who do this, this is your chance to introduce those characters and tell us about them. "Who is Crewman X? What do they do on the station? Where do they hail from? Why are they here?"

These are all excellent questions to ask and would probably be asked if someone were to inquire about a character's role or purpose. You can be as creative as you'd like, but being concise is key.

Don't hesitate on detail is what I'm saying, but also don't write up a 9-page character sheet detailing their tragic family history and their immense interest in collecting knit sweaters.

And that's what this thread is about. Are you a bad enough dude to say who that 2d spaceman is?

[Ostaf]

Im a bisexual shrekky (like a furry but for shreks of shapes + sizes varying),

[Infinite Monkeys]

Im a bisexual shrekky (like a furry but for shreks of shapes + sizes varying),

whats like a trekky but even fatter, greener and lamer?












a shrekky

[AlphabetJones]

hi i am jones i have purple ooc text.

[Shoddy]

If you actually read the code text, congratulations you win the prize of being utterly disappointed.


I am the Doctor Swedlokim, He hails from the great land of Sweden, Sometimes life just isn't enough for him, he finds himself longing for things that he will never have, or will he?

things like, blowing up the entire station, killing people, being nice, not being a huge jerk and getting misunderstood all the time and on and on.

now here is his tragic family past, Which can be traced all the way back to 1678

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Back when sweden was actually a millitary force, yet their ships kept falling over, There lived a poor family who had been christened the Svaidlahckim's when they arrived on the immigrant carrying boat from indonesia(SS. PERIWINKLE) by a protestant priest.

the father and mother of the family Gerglegunk(name given, The mother of the family) and veltemem(the father)soon befriended another immigrant family who introduced themselves as the Telkordai, from spain.


The Svaidlahckim's soon had children, they named their eldest son Petre and his younger sister Agatha.


through much of his childhood petre spent his time dozing off when farm chores were done, he would walk to the pond with his sister and skip rocks(he learned from his father)

He also enjoyed what he called, a pulled pork sandwich with egg cream and chilli extract.

he enjoyed it so much, that he one day tried to make one himself, he asked his sister to try it when he was done cooking, she tasted it for a second, then her face grew contorted in pain has she fell to the ground paralysed, Alas! food poisening! something so easily healed in this day and age.


yet in this time it was quite deadly! His sister lay dead by his sandwich, and he vowed NEVER AGAIN! NEVER WILL I COOK AGAIN SO LONG AS I LIVE!

he never recovered from that day, his father blamed him and was cold to him from there on.

he eventually got married to a german woman named Brachennbabababababababababababababababa, their marriage was peaceful, they had 1 child, a son, Dukker, Dukker was very much like his father, he liked to write 3 page essays about his imaginary character's he made up, he liked to jump rope with his primitive invention, The "skip" rope.

one day he asked his papa if he would make dinner, Petre said flat out, No. Dukker asked him why? why papa? why do you never make us lasagna!

He simply told him under his tear choked eyes that he can't, so Dukker learned to cook for himself and eventually he became a cook at the fanciest resturant in Sweden, the "Bork".

His father was extremely displeased but would not make the mistake of growing distant to his son like his father did, and let him be, Dukker's father died when he was 16, Dead at the age of 49, From there on he became famous across sweden for his culinary skills, he hosted his own stage show called "the Iron Chef-Burk Burk Burk!"

he became rich off this fame and prowess of cooking skill, and retired at the early age of 26.

Skip to the year 2030 and Harrien Swedlokim( the english way of saying it) a rich university graduate who was fresh off the shuttle from Central command comes to seek pride in his work and signs up for the job of staff assistant for 14 shift's.

eventually, as he underwent advanced Nanotrasen Brainwa- i mean training he became a crewmember to be reckoned with trained in advanced engineering Weapons manufacturing and Advanced medial studies and neuro science.

eventually he was transferred from Hemera 7 over to space station 13 where he has stayed for all of his career, never looking back, he does not want to become rich from birth.

he wants to be respected, a friend, a coworker, and also, Rich from his own shennanigans, encountering future space buds along the way.

Nothing can stop his spirit, always positive, ever vigilant, and a shining example of what he probably isn't.

[Mr Behling]

Name's Clay... I'm shifty-eyed and untrustworthy. I'll probably ditch you guys when the combat gets too intense, which is in keeping with my selfish, cowardly nature. Of course, i'll redeem myself later... After being wounded, and telling you to go on and to leave me behind.
Then i'll detonate a transfer valve bomb, killing myself but taking out some spies, traitors, changlings, ect. too. Allowing you to escape safely. 8-)

[BlackPhoenix]

Jebediah Flarearms is my character. I tend to just do my job. If I'm a traitor scientist though, I unfortunately get a bit...well, I teleport bombs to strategic places, killing anyone who would dare live on this station in those areas within an 11x11 radius. Then I bomb the shuttle with the people trying to flee. I love the smell of Plasma in the morning...

[Furbeh]

Big Boss is a bit of an oddball. After he was dumped in a random dumpster due to abortions being illegal, he was taken to a dump, and was lucky enough to be in the pile of trash that was being picked up for processing at a Dump shuttle. After somehow making it to the shuttle still alive, he was noticed by some of the workers, and became the crew's pet. For the first month he was simply called "That Baby" until the captain said one day that they treated "That stupid baby" like he was the "Big Boss" or somethin'.

This is the story of his childhood and how he got on Space Station 13

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He ended up finding a case of extremely outdated "DVDs" Containing episodes of "Metal Gear: The Animated Series", and was his main source of entertainment. He loved the fact that there was a guy named "Big Boss", so he started to attempt to make himself look like him. He found a old lab coat, a medical eyepatch, and a vice suit. It looked exactly how the man in the show looked like, but his hair was still not white, so he scavenged around for a bottle of bleach. After his attempt to bleach his hair white was known as futile, he ended up getting help from an ex-beauty salon worker who was their current intern for the captain.

Due to the intern caring for Big Boss, she started home schooling him, much to the captain's dismay. For the next 12 years she raised him as if she were his teacher, attempting to teach him right from wrong, while making sure he would not be an average idiot, and knew the wisdom of god. By the age of 20, Big Boss knew how to run most things on the shuttle, and was living a wonderful life, regarding the intern as his mother and angel. By now, anger had consumed the captain, and fate decided to send an angel of death his way. He was contacted by syndicate agents, and was told to destroy the ship to be rewarded extremely handsomely. In less than an hour, Big Boss's life became terror, welded into a locker by his intern to keep him safe, with a cheap shitty emergency space suit, a gas mask, a tank of oxygen, and his trusty "Big Boss" costume. He had to listen to the screams of his fellow crew who saved his life, and his teacher.

After a while, there was silence, and he wondered what was happening. Then, he heard a faint explosion, followed by a series of explosions! Before he knew it, the locker was forced into space by the explosions at a rapid speed, somehow managing to not become breached. Big Boss was rammed into the side of the locker, and knocked out. By the time Big Boss woke up, he knew that he was not moving, although there was still no gravity. He couldn't think straight, and kept sinking in and out of consciousness. He stayed in this situation for an unknown amount of time, and was woken up by the sound of his locker being rammed! He paniced, and started screaming. Quickly, the locker was broken open, and he was looking straight at a man with a pickaxe in his hand. The man was clearly shocked, and quickly shut the locker. He locked the locker closed, and started dragging the locker through space. Before Big Boss could attempt to react, he drifted out of consciousness.

When Big Boss was brought into the medbay, the doctors were amazed he was still alive. The pressure on the mask was set minorly too low, which damaged parts of his brain, and he suffered a concussion from the explosion, which the doctors realised he came from when they found explosion residue all over the locker. They ended up forcing him to eat much Alkysine, which ended up reversing most of the damage, but he still isn't fully right in the head. He is normally the chaplain of the ship, although he has been known to dress up as "Shits n' Giggles the Clown" or "Postman Pat, the Religious Mailman". He is a good cook, and his signature dish is a roburger cake topped with suicider icing. He has been caught changing the AI's name to "Metal Gear", and has both been a diplomat for the Wizard Federation, while a Bible Wielding Anti-Mage. Either way, Big Boss is a nutcase, and should be treated with caution.

[bubs]

the personality of your spaceman is the personality of yourself. you've mentioned twice now on the forums that you play ~characters~, but that's because you're ridiculous.

also, everyone who posted a "character summary", is actually just an ass. and that's who they play as. asses.

[Val]

the personality of your spaceman is the personality of yourself. you've mentioned twice now on the forums that you play ~characters~, but that's because you're ridiculous.

also, everyone who posted a "character summary", is actually just an ass. and that's who they play as. asses.

I have one self-insert character, and I just play as I would otherwise then.

I think it's generally accepted that behind all these warm and genuinely horrific 'characters', everyone is an ass at the end of the day. It's game about ass, assery, asses, and assing around in space.

Hold onto your butts - now introducing the 'characters' I may crop up as.

>Name: Danny Valiant -- Sex: M -- Age: 27 -- Blood Type: A- -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color: Brown/Black -- Skin tone: 69/220 -- Occupation(s): Engineer/Electrician
Bio: Hailing from Space-America, Danny Valiant comes as a fresh face to NanoTrasen's new fleet of plasma research vessels. Hired out of an internship program, he has been assigned onto the station's engineering and electronics division and is a fastidious, consummate professional.

When the station inevitably falls into some peril, he can't help but feel like it's his responsibility to contain the matter himself. He is a serious, grim man with a lot of baggage, but is otherwise friendly and unassuming. He also has the best mustache on the station, whether anyone agrees with him or not.
Notes: This is my self-insert character. Honke.

>Name: Rae Aenaemae -- Sex: F -- Age: 21 (16 physically) -- Blood Type: AB- -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color:Red/L.Blue -- Skin tone:1/220 -- Occupation(s): Geneticist/Roboticist
Bio: Rae is a second-generation clone, coming from a family that was well-known in the MedSci Research world as those who could cheat death. Her mother, a geneticist, went insane and committed suicide when Rae was young. Her father, a roboticist, couldn't handle the grief and murder-suicided himself and Rae. Both parents were NT employees at the time of their deaths.

Considering the circumstances, only Rae was able to be saved through their work. She now follows in their footsteps, attempting to further their research in an attempt to learn more about herself and her purpose. She is stoic, philosophical, anti-social and passive. Often found talking to herself or among a small army of clones/borgs.
Notes: No points for guessing who this is supposed to be. Bonus points if you don't point it out.

>Name: Roberto Kelly -- Sex: M -- Age: 34 -- Blood Type: O+ -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color: Black/Black -- Skin tone: 170/220 -- Occupation(s): Botanist/Barman
Bio: A schizophrenic long gone from years of dealing with pesticides/alcoholism, Roberto Kelly is convinced he is the reincarnation of popular 21st century R&B superstar "R. Kelly". Heavily inspired by his songs and the ever-shocking hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet", he occasionally attempts to describe his situation or otherwise communicate in verse similar.
Notes: That's about it really. For the record, he doesn't piss on anyone, so don't worry about that.

>Name: Fartmaster Flakes -- Sex: M -- Age: 38 -- Blood Type: O+ -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color: Black/Black -- Skin tone: 187/220 -- Occupation(s): Assistant
Bio: Once a budding rap-emcee/space mechanic, Aaron "Fartmaster" Flakes has fallen on hard times and could only put his technical degree so far in the space-labor market. NanoTrasen, upon seeing his previous track record (and record tracks), hired him immediately to fill in on their supposed shortage of assistant talent aboard their many research stations.

Known for his boisterous and fun-loving attitude, Flakes attempts to assist or otherwise entertain himself and the crew with his antics. Every now and then he may quip out some steady rhymes, while preaching the virutes of having 'a fly ride'. He has also had a terrible GI disorder most of his life, leading to his nickname, "Fartmaster". He takes the moniker with pride and often challenges crew to best him.
Notes: *fart

>Name: Val Venice -- Sex: M -- Age: 36 -- Blood Type: A+ -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color: Black/Brown -- Skin tone: 35/220 -- Occupation(s): M.D./Scientist
Bio: A former pornographic actor and freelance athlete turned medical doctor/researcher, Val Venice knows quite a lot about the human anatomy and all the best ways to ease its ills or otherwise break them. He is known to make lewd references and innuendo at appropriate situations, sometimes referring to himself by his stage name of "The Big Valbowski". Despite this, he is a serious about his job and the extent of his studies shows in his work.

A known womanizer. Likes to relax in the cafe or in the lounge when not working. He is pleased with the addition of the fitness center and sometimes can be found there, beckoning others to match his might in the ring of honor. Lately, an old friend of his passed away, with a dying wish to him to find the secrets behind a particularly difficult drink recipe. He has vowed with his life to honor his friend's request.
Notes: His perverted and womanizing aspects are downplayed so much you wouldn't even note them.

>Name: Zack Johnson -- Sex: M -- Age: 30 -- Blood Type: B- -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color:Grey/Yellow -- Skin tone: 25/220 -- Occupation(s): Janitor/Miner
Bio: Zack Johnson came to NanoTrasen as part of the family tradition of working for the same company as a means to find steady work. The Johnson line of employees stretches all the way back to the founding of NT itself, with "Big" Richard Johnson being one of the key instigators to their plasma energy monopoly. He is the elder brother to Long Johnson, Richard Johnson IV, and Gina Johnson.

Coming out of a rough divorce five years in the making, Zack often finds himself cleaning up after himself or digging around where he isn't supposed to be. He is otherwise passive-aggressive and highly suspicious of the crew around him. Prone to substance abuse and fits of anger, sometimes culminating in over-the-top schemes to get back at someone for a petty remark. Likes to go on spacewalks.
Notes: Walk, don't run.

>Name: Richard Butte -- Sex: M -- Age: 44 -- Blood Type: B+ -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color: Black/D.Grey -- Skin tone: 50/220 -- Occupation(s): Detective/Security
Bio: A hard-boiled cop working the beat. He is stern, but fair. Intuitive without being indecisive. He knows that there is no judgement but his own gut feeling. He is the personification of the law and will do everything within his power to uphold it. Also known as a hard-ass by most officers, but no one can argue against his arrest record. A bit of a loose cannon, but he prefers to be safe rather than sorry.

A notorious chain-smoker, known for being the only other person on board who would dare light up a cigarette during a raging plasma fire. The others being the rookie detectives who only do it to look cool. Those who know him call him Dick. So do his foes and anyone he's generally managed to upset. Tends get caught up in cases, only communicating with others when it's absolutely necessary.
Notes: I don't play sec very often myself. Mostly a filler character.

>Name: Lilly Monroe -- Sex: F -- Age: 20 -- Blood Type: A- -- Race: Human --
Eye/Hair Color: Blue/Yellow -- Skin tone: 15/220 -- Occupation(s): Chef/Chaplain
Bio: A blind Scottish woman with fair hair and complexion. Calm, soft-spoken, and elegant would be words used to describe her. As part of NanoTrasen's policy of not discriminating against anyone for any reason whatsoever, she has been enrolled as a cook/spiritual counselor on board the station. She heals others not only through her work, but with her generally kind attitude and warm outward demeanor.

Has a lot of issues within her family and prefers not to talk about it. Likes tea and drinks it regularly, but will try to sneak in a glass of wine every now and then. Had a friend, Hannah Kohl, pass away in a horrific accident aboard Prison Station 22. Sometimes claims to be able to speak to her ghost or feel her presence. Occasionally forgetful, especially when it comes to bringing her prosthetic glasses to work.
Notes: Will actually stumble around and fall until she gets VISOR goggles.

Welp

[AlphabetJones]

RP STATION 13???

[Spacemarine9]

helo my nam is mikheil tenant i like to explode everywhere very often

[Infinite Monkeys]

i,too, have chronic gbs

[Infinite Monkeys]

I'm dr kay and I'm a gibaholic

[Val]

RP STATION 13???

Space Station 13 is a role playing game. It is a game where you play a role. How much you do so and to what extent depends entirely upon you. I don't think anyone can say that playing a character specifically is therefore incorrect or unnecessary, but most people who play on Goonstation don't give it much thought themselves.

Too much RP is actually a bad thing. Take a look at Athena station for example. Then we have tryhard RPers on LLA and D2K5. I like that Goonstation is more laid back in that regard, but then again almost no RP happens most of the time anyway. Even then, when it does happen, it's mostly reserved to one-round gimmicks or something.

I'm dr kay and I'm a gibaholic

Dr. Kay has no face and can phase through walls. Explain that.