The intro!
Hello to my four new players! Very excited to introduce you guys to REKT with a oneshot! Sorry for the wall of text, but I promise that every word here matters! (Note, though: I don't necessarily expect you to make accounts for this - you can talk elsewhere or just wait until you see me at work.)
To help save time before the session, I'm gonna let you guys choose your characters right now. You can talk it out and ask whatever questions you want - here or elsewhere and I'll happily answer - I'll give as much extra info as you need, so you don't feel like you're choosing a character completely blind. When everyone's decided, we'll lock it in and get the session going.
The plan!
Right now the plan is to wait until Paul's schedule for September comes out and then we'll look for a day on a weekend that everyone has free, and then all schedule that day off (it has to be a weekend because the group includes two teachers, which is kind of neat). My expectation is that we'll meet up somewhere like the Green Dragon Inn downtown (or anywhere else where we could sit for 3-4 hours with drinks and snacks while we play).
The characters!
SO! Characters! I have six premade characters for you guys to choose from, and all of them are tuned to let you hit the ground running even if you have no idea how to play REKT - just like the oneshot we're going to be playing. Right now, Michelle is the only one who's played REKT before, but it's been about a year since she had her last session, so you're all in good company.
Keep in mind that these characters can be genderswapped if you like, or have their personalities rewritten - these are just the names and personalities I picked out to work with. After everyone makes their choices, I'll link full sheets and proceed to dance excitedly on my toes until we find a day to play.
Character summaries
Atlas Torrin
The Tank
Atlas is a tank - his goal is to get in there and soak up damage so nobody else has to. He's brave, ruggedly handsome, and a born leader: he's able to give direction to his allies, giving them free actions. He's got advanced armor that lets him deflect more shots than most, a heavy-duty riot shield he can use to provide mobile cover to himself and an ally, and a plasma-wreathed baton for cracking skulls, which is pretty fun.
Jax Okudo
The Ninja
Fancies himself a ninja. Very stealthy and skilled at using his suit's active camo to blend in with his surroundings. Fast - much faster than anyone else. Wields an upgraded monoedge katana, and his suit is upgraded with hyperattack capabilities. As if that wasn't enough, he has a crossbow he's modified to fire electroshock and smokescreen ammo. Beneath it all, though, he is very much an overdramatic nerd.
Kai Rhee
The Wild Card
Kai is an uncontrollable tempest of fire. She has a PSI Pack, modded to let her manipulate the gravity around her with her mind. She also has a Warp Bracer - a device that lets her warp space and move at hyper velocities to close distance with a target - and a "Chaos Gauntlet" - a device intended to break spacetime when she punches something, or in an area around her. She's balls-to-the-wall risk-taking aggression.
Seraphina Vale
The Combat Doc
Nervous but compassionate, and a savior to all her patients. Her gauss rifle and laspistol are great for picking off foes from a distance, even when enemies are trying to hide behind cover. Her medkit can not only save lives - it's also capable of folding out into a wall of cover a couple allies can hide behind. It can generate a force field, too, capable of protecting two people while they hack or heal their wounds.
Milo Aurellius
The Engineer
Milo is cold and serious, able to make complicated repairs on the fly. Despite being armed with an assault rifle and a machine pistol, his style is cautious and tactical, revolving around his two mentally-controlled combat drones - each armed with their own microrifle. While both of them are launched and in combat, Milo gets four actions per turn instead of just two, and can spread them between himself and his drones, maneuvering them like part of himself.
Nova Sans
The Hacker
Stylish. Brilliant. Devastating. Nova Sans is all of these and more. Ready for anything, she's a clever hacker with skills tuned both for hacking into hostile systems and bolstering the combat suits of her allies. As if that wasn't enough, she's a skilled negotiator, able to easily turn a bad situation into a good one. And finally, she sports a plasma rifle, a gauss pistol, and a little scout ball drone she can roll into dangerous areas.