Rusty's OC/Misc. Art and Fiction!

LoC978 wrote:

ElfenMagix wrote:It was something put in by the Guilani Administration, where at first all schools had to get school uniforms, and put them under competition with one another. The ones who do well with statewide examinations standings- uniforms became an option.

[sarcasm]good to see that facism lives on in the great US of A[/sarcasm]

LoC978 wrote:

ElfenMagix wrote:It was something put in by the Guilani Administration, where at first all schools had to get school uniforms, and put them under competition with one another. The ones who do well with statewide examinations standings- uniforms became an option.

[sarcasm]good to see that facism lives on in the great US of A[/sarcasm]

rusty-spring wrote:“Buried In Sand Pt. 1”

The heat was swealtering, nearing unbearable.

“It's hot as a crotch out here.”

*PHFFTBB....COUGH*

Clayland choked out the water that was in his mouth. With a tilt of the head, Laine looked over her sunglasses at her handler. She watched as one of his eyebrows arched in surprise.

“Laine!”

“Well it is...” Laine sighed and stared at her empty water bottle. Boredom and exasperation were clouding her mind as she thought how something, anything would be better than this current assignment.

...Two weeks in wonderful Ash Sharawrah, Saudi Arabia...

She attempted to wipe the sweat on her forehead with her arm, but that proved a pointless gesture as a thin layer of perspiration shone all over her. Laine crinkled her nose as she watched a stray cat shuffle around on the street. Silently she thanked the universe for not being such an animal in this climate.

“We're not here for much longer. Couple days at most. In the mean time, comments like that will only bring attention to ourselves.” The blonde cyborg scoffed at Clayland's remark.

“We're two Europeans in the Middle East...We already stand out.” Nudging her sunglasses higher up her nose, Laine couldn't help but state the obvious.

“Still, my point remains valid.”

Silence again rested upon the small street they were observing. Clayland peered through a pair of binoculars at regular intervals. So far this morning no one had left the target building. Laine was sure no one would but was proven wrong three hours later, an hour past noon.

“He's coming out.”

Their target was Habil bin Jericho Al-Nassar. Habil was believed to be heavily involved in black market weapon distribution, specificallly chemical weapons, with ties to over a dozen known paramilitary organizations. Orders were to locate, observe, and finally eliminate. After which they were to extract to the nearby Saudi border to Yemen.

For the Clayland and Laine team, this was the first combat operation in over two months. Laine was initially looking forward to the operation, but after a week and a half in the desert her enthusiasm dwindled.

“All right...get prepared.”

Reaching down she grabbed a dusty blanket and pulled it away. Beneath it lay her HK 417.

“He's heading away from us, walking down the street. There are five others with him. At least three are armed.”

From their meticulously chosen rooftop, Laine propped herself in a crouched shooting position. Through the rifle's scope she judged the target to be no more than 120 meters away, at most 130. She aimed her rifle at the back of Al-Nassar's skull.

“Take the shot when you have it Lai – ”

Clayland hadn't even finished his sentence before the rifle roared and her first round flew downrange. Unfortunately, it was also the precise moment one of Al-Nassar's taller lackeys decided to turn into the firing line.

A pink mist erupted from the man's skull as bits of it were sent flying, splattering the rest of the entourage in blood. What was left of the bullet skewed off path and managed to inbed itself in The weapon dealer's left flank. One couldn't plan a more spectacular case of bad timing. Civilians down below scrambled left and right, some screaming as they ran.

“Damn it!” Clayland swore. He watched through his binoculars as Al-Nassar and the four others dived for cover. “Can you get another shot?” Laine quickly panned her scope left to right.

“Not here. Unless you want me to shoot through women and children.”

“All right, pack it up quickly, we're going after him. He won't get far with that wound.” Just as Clayland was about to decend the the stairs down to the street he felt an iron grip on his wrist that threatened to yank him to the ground.

“Not without this you aren't.” While one hand gripped her handler's wrist, the other held out a vest. Clayland dryly scoffed at his impatience and hastily donned the body armor.

“All right. I'll get down to ground level and approach from there. Think you can do your roof hopping thing to get a better angle?” She nodded and slung her own gun over her shoulder.

“Ready?”

I'm not going to miss a second time... Laine thought and smirked coldly.

“Absolutely.”

Nachtsider wrote:Is it me, or does Clayland look extremely young?

eusty-spring wrote: Doesn't sound all that bad to me. *shrugs* If you ask me, any school that makes skirts common place is A-OK.

rusty-spring wrote: (...) more importantly the
girls wear plaid skirts and white blouses. They look great if you ask
me. Very clean cut, none of this "chick wearing a shirt that shouldn't
be wearing a shirt like that."

rusty-spring and Nachtsider wrote:
You've mentioned it prior, Rusty? Darn it. I must be getting old.

No worries Natchtsider, I often remember absolutely nothing from everything all the time.

3klicks wrote:I don't know why, but messy haired guys always seem young to me. Maybe if the hair looks more heavy. I'm not making any sense, forget it.

rusty-spring wrote:
Northern Sphere Organization

The Northern Sphere Organization (so named due to all participating nations being located within the northern hemisphere) was created in 1940, with six member countries. A collaboration between the United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, India, and China. Largely spurred on by the vast amounts of infrastructure created by World War II, this unprecendented alliance between nations created one purpose – regulation and cooperation of technology and industrial research.

An example of an event controlled by the NSO was the emergence of “The Nuclear Club.” It is not a coincidence that within a span of 30 years, all members of the NSO were able to estabilish nuclear weapon stockpiles. Using political subterfuge of unheard of proportions, each nation worked together to develop what has now become the modern nuclear device. The entire “Atomic Era” that occurred was an elaborately crafted plan with each country giving false information about it's nuclear weapon research to its respective citizens and worldwide audience.

Later in the century, cyborg technology was soon to follow nuclear research in prominence.


NSO Timeline up to 1974

• 1940 – Northern Sphere Organization created.
  
• July 16, 1945 – The United States, as the single largest contributor of funding for the NSO, is granted the priveledge of first nuclear weapon test unit, codenamed TRINITY.
  
• August 6 and 9, 1945 – After a successful test detonation near Alamogordo, the United States, upon agreement of the NSO, deploys the first ever nuclear weapons. One for Hiroshima, the other in Nagasaki, Japan.
  
• 1947 – The NSO transfers American data and research of nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union.
  
• August 29, 1949 – The USSR completes its first nuclear weapon test in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. Codenamed RSD-1. Later reports shock American Intelligence agencies when descriptions of RSD-1 are similar to “Fat Man,” the same bomb design used in TRINITY. Much later, information made public that the Soviet Union had extensive knowledge of the “Manhattan Project.”
  
• 1950 – The NSO transfers nuclear weapon research to Britain.
  
• October 3, 1952 – Great Britain tests its first nuclear weapon codenamed Operation Hurricane. The design of the British bomb closely resembles “Fat Man”
  
• 1954 – With data gathered from TRINITY, RSD-1, and Operation Hurricane, the NSO begins development of higher yield nuclear warheads. Research is begun in France.
  
• Febuary 13, 1960 – In the Algerian Sahara, France conducts it's first nuclear weapon test. Codename “Gerboise Bleue.” This test weapon with a yield of 70 kilotons, was three times more powerful than the previous three nuclear tests.
  
• 1961 – China demands it be the next in line for the nuclear weapon research or threatens to withdraw itself, and its funds from the NSO. After a concession of a 25 kiloton yield limit, China is granted access to the nuclear weapon research.
  
• October 16, 1964 – The People's Republic of China tests its first nuclear weapon, Codenamed “596”, at Lop Nur. It's yield is recorded at 22 kilotons.
  
• 1966 – Due to escalating conflict in Vietnam, the United States reduces funding to the NSO. This unpopular event prevents any major progress in nuclear weapon research.
  
• Early 1974 – America begins withdrawing from Vietnam. Any USA war funding is shifted back into the NSO nuclear weapon project.
  
• May 18, 1974 – India, the final member of the NSO tests it's first nuclear weapon codenamed “Smiling Buddha.” Officially India reports that the test yield was 12 kilotons. In actuality it was larger at 20 kilotons.
  

Post 1974 NSO Activities

It would be foolish to think that while the “Atomic Era” was underway, nuclear weapons were the only order of business amongst the NSO. Research into cost effective ways of fielding an army led to the idea of non-human combat substitutes – namely mechanized infantry. As computer science had not yet blossomed, these forays into what can only be called "robotics" were doomed to failure, but at the same time proved highly promising.

Instead of creating a complete artificial soldier, research shifted towards augmenting living men and women to superhuman ability. This research led to what is now presently called a “cyborg.”


NSO Timeline 1974-Present

• September 12, 1974 – The last attempt at autonomous mechanized infantry, codenamed GENIE, was tested in the United States deemed a failure. No further attempts at robotic soliders are made.
  
• Late 1976 – With NSO funding, the Great Britain develops Internal Support Reinforcement (ISR).
  
• 1977 – Promising headway is being made with the first “cyborgs” complete with reinforced bones and muscles. Due to the vast energy reserves needed by the manufacturing of artificial body structure, the entire cyborg research division is moved to the newly commissioned Chernobyl Nuclear Powerplant in the USSR.
  
• 1980 – The Soviet Union begins using prison innmates and other socially unwanted for test subjects in the continuing research into human/machine augmentation.
  
• 1984 – The NSO, at the success of the Soviet test facility in Chernobyl, begins preparation for the first trial combat exercise involving cyborgs for the Soviet Union's war with Afghanistan.
  
• 1985 – The first combat cyborg is proven a success as it is integrated into the Soviet Army without incident. Combat efficiency is high, though unstable mental conditions cause the NSO to withdraw the cyborg soldier and return it to Chernobyl.
  
• April 26, 1986 – The Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Meltdown. Official statements conclude that a malfunction in Reactor 4's coolant system caused a runaway reaction. Because of heat, steam explosions destroy most of Reactor 4 causing graphite fires and radioactive debris to be flung for miles. It is unknown to what extent, but the NSO believes an event occurred within the cyborg test facility causing the accident. The NSO shifts all of its available resources to covering up and masking the cyborg test facility in Chernobyl.
  
• 1993 – Seven years after the Chernobyl accident, it had been deduced that one of the test cyborgs had managed to break free of the facility, confused and crazed, and began attacking and destroying personnel and equipment within the nuclear power plant itself. After many deliberations, the NSO grudgingly resumes it's cyborg research. Amongst this research, a technique known as “conditioning” is devised. This Conditioning is stated to be able to link each cyborg with their direct commander, instilling obedience and devotion. Some members of the NSO disagree to this method.
  
• 1996 – The NSO decides to restructure it's cyborg research program. An as of yet unnamed agency would oversee all training and housing of future cyborgs. Location of this Agency is also yet to be determined.
  
• 1997 – The idea of children used as cyborgs is first mentioned. The ability of a child's brain to adapt more easily to mental stimuli than that of an adult is but one advantage. The very nature of children - their innocence - may prove to be a valuable asset. This would make future cyborgs no longer capable of blending into a military, but value as an assassin is clear.
  
• 1998 – Italy is chosen as base of operations for the new Agency. With careful moderation by the NSO, the Italian government establishes the Social Welfare Agency. Within the SWA, it's own staff and personnel are under the guise that the Italian government controls their actions and for a large part, they do. The NSO only intervening during extreme situations. The Italian government deploying cyborgs is merely part of the NSO's research.
  
• [Events of Gunslinger Girl Canon]
  
• Present Day – Wary of the SWA's independant research and its subsequent Generation 2 girls, the NSO deploys (without the SWA's knowledge) a cyborg under their exclusive jurisdiction to observe the SWA Fratellos. This marks the first time the SWA is not in control of a cyborg since its creation in 1998. Project DARK VIEW thus begins.
  

Handler Recruitment

The NSO cyborg does not undergo conditioning, reasons for being that Conditioning has the unacceptable risk of creating mental conditions even more unstable than non-Conditioning. Major breaches in discipline is seen worse than milder (though more numerous) deviations in obedience.

Unlike it's SWA counter part, the handler does not choose it's cyborg. Rather, the cyborg chooses it's hander.

This was done to create a team bond of obedience and discipline by having the cyborg pick someone whom it would obey and respect out of personal choice and preference. New handlers are judged by the NSO easier to hire for a cyborg, than creating a cyborg to fit the handler.

As of yet, no major incidents have occured regarding the handler's ability to operate with the non-Conditioned cyborg, though this too is under continuing research.


DARK VIEW Teams

DVT-01 (INACTIVE)
Handler – Luzio Fusco (Deceased)
Cyborg – Laine (Reassigned to DVT-02)

DVT-02 (ACTIVE)
Handler – Clayland Stanaway
Cyborg – Laine

Wileama wrote:I take it the NSO is like the Illuminati or Free Masons of conspiracy? Secretly running the world? One question though. What does the NSO gain by having it's various members fighting each other?

rusty-spring wrote:Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I sometimes have a hard time wrapping my head around the mess I've created as well.

rusty-spring wrote:
Project DEEP VIEW: An Overview

DEEP VIEW is the codename for the latest department of the Northern Sphere Organization. It was formed with the duty of monitoring the SWA and to gather intelligence on its cyborgs.

The NSO found a need to watch the Social Welfare Agency after the implementation of the Generation 2 cyborg. There was nothing inherently wrong with advancing cyborg research and technology, except that it was done without NSO authorization.

It was feared that the SWA, and it's primary control of cyborg operations, was preparing to split apart to pursue its own agenda. As all political organizations are bound to have, a major oversight had occurred when the SWA gained research, development, and deployment control over cyborg technology.

Some wonder why the NSO didn't merely disband the SWA, and the answer to that is simple. Investments of such size and complexity as the Social Welfare Agency is not one that can be quickly “removed” once implemented. It also gave the NSO an opportunity to learn even more from the SWA's advances and training methods, as the cyborgs currently in use are “field tested.”

Project DEEP VIEW consists of three stages.

From an NSO Project Dossier wrote:

“In Stage 1, the NSO's cyborg is produced into the SWA. Likewise a chosen NSO agent is “filtered” through the ranks to gain employment as the handler of said cyborg. During this stage, the DEEP VIEW team (DVT) will perform for the SWA in any capacity the Agency sees fit.

Stage 2 begins after the acclimation of the DVT. When the cyborg and handler have become intimately accepted into the Agency, covert observation and information retrieval is begun. It is unfortunate for the DVT to abuse the trust they have worked hard to gain, but in this instance it is unavoidable.

Stage 3 is only to be executed if the DVT finds the situation at the Social Welfare Agency a threat to the interests of the NSO. This includes releasing data of any kind of the cyborgs to any other country, government, or agency. Any signs of splintering off from the NSO heirarchy is also grounds for a Stage 3 execution. First and foremost, the technology and knowledge of the cyborg assassin must be preserved.

During all stages, “Aggressor” behavior is allowed in a limited manner in order to gather cyborg vs. cyborg combat data. The DVT however must make sure that such acts do not cause arousal of suspicion. If such acts hold the possibility of compromising the DVT, then they will not be performed.”

DEEP VIEW Deployment History

DVT-01 – Luzio Fusco and Laine

This team operated for only a month after Handler Luzio Fusco's selection. As one of the most highly experienced soldiers in the Italian armed forces, no troubles were predicted in the training of the cyborg Laine. The team began a specialized regime concentrating on firearms proficiency, strategic planning, infiltration, and close-quarters-battle techniques. Non-combat skills were seen uneccessary. Luzio's reasoning being that they were to gather intelligence. Effectiveness, not personality, was the order of the day.

Unfortunately, during a training exercise on February 25, Handler Fusco was killed by a defective explosive charge.

The choice to not Condition Laine caused expectable results. The medical team noted that while she did display an amount of grief for her partner, she was fully capable of continued training with a new partner. The search for a new handler began immediately and DVT-01 was officially deactivated.

DVT-02 – Clayland Stanaway and Laine

The next candidate for Handler was chosen within a week of Luzio Fusco's death. It was noted that instead of chosing purely on the basis of experience and credentials, importance was also placed on creating a report with her prospective teammate. On March 3, Clayland Stanaway is selected as the Handler for DVT-02.

Coming from a largely different background of law enforcement compared to the previous handler's combat background, Laine's training was changed accordingly. Emphasis was placed on observational abilities, undercover work, and non-combat skills such as sports, music, and popular culture. This proved to be a difficult transition from her past aggressive combat based training. Despite these difficulties, the pair's teamwork has been above expected results.

On June 29, DVT-02 was cleared to begin Stage 1 of Project DEEP VIEW.

rusty-spring wrote:




Name: Lauren Sinclair
Nationality: British
Age: 28
Height: 175 cm ~ 5'9”
Weight: 54 kg ~ 119 lbs
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Auburn
NSO Affiliation: Great Britain Branch
Position(s): Branch Representative*, Head of Special Projects Division, Research Advisor
Draft Notes:

• Despite being a non-concrete test of intelligence, has never once scored below a 175 on an IQ test.
  
• Has Ph.D.'s in Biosystems Engineering and Mechatronics.
  
• Though not the youngest researcher amongst the NSO, Lauren is the youngest Branch Representative.
  
• (Unfriendly) Professional rivalry with Harmon Kosch - United States Branch Technology Division.
  
• Oversees NSO Special Projects, which includes Project DEEP VIEW.
  

rusty-spring wrote:Boobz & other bits....

rusty-spring wrote:And because everyone has been great about posting comments and helpful hints...

Nachtsider wrote:

rusty-spring wrote:And because everyone has been great about posting comments and helpful hints...

It's meant to be a reward?

Nachtsider wrote:I don't have anything against it, Rusty - those are very well
illustrated pictures. I was just pondering how and when 'fanservice'
started to mean 'adult content' and be considered a reward in some
cases.

rusty-spring wrote:18 year old boys who are suppose to be 30.

emperor wrote:She's HOT!!! :face:

LoC978 wrote:

emperor wrote:She's HOT!!! :face:

indeed. I wouldn't toss her outta bed (until I was done with her, anyway :twisted: )

p.s. - We just kicked the max members online meter up a notch. It's at 9 now.

3klicks wrote:Her eyes have the "I know where you're looking" type of expression.

LoC978 wrote:indeed. I wouldn't toss her outta bed (until I was done with her, anyway :twisted: )

rusty-spring wrote: EDIT: Incidentally, during creation when I thought of gorgeous British brunette, Kate Beckinsale instantly came to mind. So I figure if she was going to go RL, Beckinsale would be the person to portray her.

Nachtsider wrote:I originally had Catherine Zeta-Jones in mind

rusty-spring wrote:I've been playing tennis for a while now and this is an example of probably the most important reason why I have.

ElfenMagix wrote:
Lots of Up-Skirt Action? :twisted:

Triela wrote:Did you actually make a comic?

emperor wrote:Ah..look like she use Ikido

emperor wrote:against that giant!!

Heh, looks like a giant but it's not. It's the persepective. You're to the left of "No face" as she kicks Laine away from her (who is already standing further away.) Though you're right. That person is probably too tall in the first place.

Rusty wrote:
Making a comic of my own was the ultimate goal, but I'm not sure if
that'll ever pan out. Mostly I've just been doing small practice panels
to work on poses and consistency.

I won't say "never", but I'd need a lot more time and energy than I have right now.

rustyspring wrote:

ElfenMagix wrote:
I cant say its an improvement, but it is different!

rusty-spring wrote:

ElfenMagix wrote:
I cant say its an improvement, but it is different!

I know what you mean. I may very well go back to how I had been doing eyes before, just wanted to try something different.

ElfenMagix wrote:Thanks!