-A-P-R-D- The Academy of Psionic Research & Development ~Information & Sign-up Thread
In the near future of the twenty-second century, mankind broke off the attempts of extraterrestrial research and exploration, having charted and navigated the miriad of planets in the solar system, they had come to the conclusion that man was truly alone. The funding that once flowed into the cause for finding new territory ended, mankind was doomed to scratch a living on the home it had desolated over the generations since the discovery of fossil fuels and the deterioration of the ozone layer. Now with the black-fuel in severe-dwindling supply and the human population nearing the tens of billions, expansion and free land is difficult find as new methods of energy are discovered and fail to cope with the consumption requirements of such a population.
The ancient predjudices running between the different faiths and communities result in minor skirmishes on the civillian level, discrimination arises as the differing beliefs and cultures are divided by the governments to postpone violent encounters. As each generation is taught by one-another to hate and dispise the seperate communities, hostilities crept up to the point where military involvment becomes more severe than ever in recorded history. The violence eventually spreads as tension between individual nations and threats of retalliation if the resulting massacres are not stopped.
War... War never changes...
War was the result of the constant debates over land rights and migration, descrimination led to violecnce as countries begin to tear at one another as the cycle of hatred grows to uncontrollable levels.
Fear of an impending ice-age further add to the fires of wars as the larger powers of the Earth engage one another out of either frustration, tension and revenge. With the absolution of nuclear weapons and the mass requirements of nuclear power, the atomic weapons of old remained only in history, leading to the production and wide-spread use of biological warfare.
Europe is a desolate wasteland and the great plagues sparked by the warring nations spread frther and threaten all life upon the Earth. During the great stalemate of 2136, a new weapon is discovered; some of the children of the survivors from the wars since 2112 are born with strange mental characteristics believed spawned as a result of the developing immunities to the weapons of the previous generations.
These children are taken by the few remaining governments to unique military facilities dubbed by most to be the birthplace of the next breed of soldier. once such facility located in the former Republic of America, The Academy of Psionic Research & Development [A-P-R-D] Promising to turn the tides of the the great war and finally bring peace to the remaining two billion population...
In this Role-Play by Aliies (Me 😛), the participants act out the characters of the myriad of conscripted students at the -A-P-R-D-, the story will begin where the next batch of new 'applicants' arrive for the first time, not used to the militarialistic regime of the academy. Here you will be forced to hone your abilities to one-day become a weapon of the government, a Psychic warrior of the New-American Empire.
As a beginning student, your powers will have no refinement or anny significant ability, if you did the government would've deemed you a threat and had you black-bagged. the student starting her are between the ages of nine and fourteen, the different types of abilities are divided into classes:
Telepathic:
One of the aims of academies such as the -A-P-R-D- is to create a soldier with abilities of Telepathy, the ability to manipulate the thoughts and images in the minds of others and to extract information through powerful or subtle use of their power.
Telekinetic:
Although one of the more favorited classes of the Academy, the Telekinetic is extremely rare, most psychic power focusses upon the connection between two minds by use of thought while the Telekinetic can apply their thoughts to innanimate objects to openly manipulate them. As rare as they are, it is possible to find one with a small trace of Telepathic power as well.
Super-Soldier:
Not all psychics use others to emphasize their power, there are those who have the mental strength to apply enhancements to themselves through conditioning, they can use this ability to increase their resistance to fatique or sprint faster than humanly possible and leap in a similar fashion. These are the sole focus of the academy as once fully trained as they see fit, they are the ultimate soldier...
The Deep-thinker:
Strategists, inventors and leaders. Unlike their counterparts, the 'Deep-Thinker' can be mistaken for a mundane civillian save for their incredible mental capacity. The Academy is forever watching these individuals as they can be the most dangerous schemers and have been known to cripple facilities like theirs from the inside by leading revolts through both student and trainer alike with mere words.