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9-20-2008

Staff Applications are now up! It's about time. :B
I've also done some layout shifting: The chatbox is now at the bottom of the forum, and a staff list will be on the top in its place.:B
I'm gonna try to bring this place back up some. Let's hope for the best.

8-6-2008

Two NPCs have been added to 5. People and Organizations. Locke Harper is the fairly optomistic President and founder of the Esper Coaltion, while Nicholas Hobbes is the strict and serious Chief of the Vertex Police. Both are well known in the city, and both are named after old world philosophers. Have fun reading :D

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Nicholas Hobbes
Affiliation: Vertex Police Department
Position: Chief of Police
Appearance: Short black hair, brown eyes, muscular build. Distinctive burn scar on right hand and forearm. In his late 40s.
Nicholas Hobbes is the chief of the Vertex Police Department, and he's known for running a tight ship. He's seen a lot in his time as the chief. He has a rather dim view of people in general, and takes his job as a peacekeeper seriously.
He also holds a dislike for mutants in particular. In the beginning when mutants were just starting to come out as reality and he was still just an officer, quite a few people were injured or killed due to attacks by particularly violent or disturbed mutants. He himself has been victim to a few of these attacks, one of which resulted in the scar on his arm. Over time the force learned how to best handle these situations, but Nicholas stayed wary of people with powers, all the way up to his election as Chief. It is because of this that mutants are few in the force.
Nicholas is a rather grumpy and serious man, who has kept himself in shape despite his age. While mutants tend to dislike him, the general public admires him for having kept the crime late so low, considering the mutant situation.

Locke Harper
Affiliation: Esper Coalition
Position: Founder and President
Appearance: Red hair, green eyes, slim build. In his mid 30s.
Locke Harper is a somewhat famous figure in Vertex, especially among the mutant community. As a kid, he grew up in an environment where mutants were still rumor and stories. Thus, when his ability to create and manipulate fire manifested, his parents were horrified, thinking that perhaps their boy was possessed. They demanded that he cease to use his power, and kept a very tight watch on him.
Locke chafed under the rules of his parents, and despite their demands he would still actively practice his abilities, and would seek out others like him. He found them, and while they weren't always pleasant people and he occasionally had to escape them, he found out that there were plenty of other people who were in a situation like him.
These mutants began to meet in secret and communicate with each other. While they didn't know where their abilities came from, they did know that they couldn't simply hide them away forever. It was Locke's idea to create a public group, the Esper Coalition.
His abilities have gotten stronger over time, and he's the person people typically associate the Esper Coalition with. He's a generally nice person, with a pleasant attitude towards life and people.


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Vertex Police Department
The Vertex Police Department serves the city and surrounding regions. It is fairly typical, or at least it is at first glance. The VPD is overworked, understaffed, and struggles with keeping the crime in Vertex at low levels... even more now due to the presence of mutants, some of which are happy to use their abilities for personal benefit, and the demon infestation beneath the city. It does not help that mutants are typically not allowed into service, and the ones who do serve as officers are officially forbidden from using their powers on the job.

Esper Coalition
The Esper Coalition is the public face of the mutant community in Vertex. While they are not an official group, they are the largest, and most mutants know about the group and have made use of its services. They help people who have recently discovered their powers to control and master their skills, and offer assistance to families who have a young mutant in their midst. Their goal is to integrate the mutant community and stop the discrimination that many people hold.
Some people, however, feel there is a darker side to the Esper Coalition, although the group denies any accusations of conspiracy.

Shine Ex
Submitted by JDGreat
Shine Ex is the main energy supplier across the whole country, with Vertex being its birthplace. The company was started by Curtis Derestion, a business genius. Throughout the years, many have tried for completely efficient energy and so far, Shine Ex are the only ones to have accomplished it. Their secret has yet to be given out, due to it being ‘bad for business ’ as Curtis would say. There have been a few doubts about the company ever since Derestion’s wife died and his son ran away but Derestion remains confident that they will continue their bid to become the Number One energy supplier not just in the country, but in the entire world. Well, they would if their important documents stopped disappearing.
Edited by Tarkya, Wed Aug 6, 2008 11:58 pm.
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