Omni-RP Primer

While I was searching for my PDF on the History of the Solitus I stumbled across an old RP Primer I made for Omni-Tek employees.

I figured I might as well make it available as well.

So, for anyone who is interested, you can find it here.

So if my org name is Omni-Pol Alpha Division - it doesn't really mean i'm in control of Omni-Pol!? :o

Jheez. No wonder you people hate me :)


Juuuust kidding. Nice memo pantsman! I shall be using it for all my future slaves employees ;)

Not that I'm an OT member or nothing, but:

Quote:

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During character creation you are not selecting a first name like most MMO’s but rather a unique nickname. Everyone, no matter how shady will have a first and last name their parents gave them.

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OBJECTION!

For the case of my main, Namiru, I never chose a first name, as I assumed his first name was unique enough to be used as a nickname. So he became "Namiru" Hayataki. I wouldn't see why it wouldn't be the same for an OT Employee with a unique first name.

Not quite likewise, my fixer's first name is simply listed as "Mr.", and his last name "Johnson" It is assumed that "Mr. Johnson" is an alias, but no-one knows who Weefleboy is. All of his birth or ICC immigration records have mysteriously vanished. ;)

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Originally Posted by Namiru

I never chose a first name, as I assumed his first name was unique enough to be used as a nickname. So he became "Namiru" Hayataki. I wouldn't see why it wouldn't be the same for an OT Employee with a unique first name.

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It's not really an Objection then. Your election to use the game mechanics a particular way doesn't negate the fact that Character naming is, by design, FirstName "NickName" LastName.

How you choose to employ these are entirely up to you. The memo just outlines how it's intended to be used.

From Wikipedia
Noms de guerre

In Ancien Régime France, Noms de guerre (French phrase meaning "names of war" or "war names") were adopted by new recruits (or attributed by the captain of the company) as they enlist in the French army. These nicknames had an official character and were the ancestor of identification numbers : soldiers were identified by their first names, their family names, and their noms de guerre (i.e. Jean Amarault dit Lafidélité). These pseudonyms were usually related to the soldier's place of origin (i.e. Jean Deslandes dit Champigny, for a soldier coming from a town named Champigny), or to a particular physical or psychological trait (i.e. Antoine Bonnet dit Prettaboire, for a soldier prêt-à-boire, ready-to-drink). In 1716 “noms de guerre” were mandatory for every soldier, officers did not adopted noms de guerre as they considered them derogatory. In daily life, these aliases could replace the real family name.[7]

((this is the part that fits here))
They were later adopted by members of the French resistance during World War II for security reasons. Such pseudonyms are often adopted by military special forces soldiers, such as members of the SAS and other similar units, resistance fighters, terrorists, and guerrillas. This practice hides their identities and protects their families from reprisal; it may also be a form of dissociation from domestic life.

For "Gunfytr", his use of a Noms de Guerre is to protect his past from clients and enemies both.