The NeoConstruct Armada

[Ziona]

I'm going to start compiling this MASSIVE RPG on the fanfiction portion here, turning in into prose so I can start getting things ready for full book format. The NeoConstruct Armada currently consists of seven separate sagas or books, each comprised of a single plot line with varying underlying plots.

The saga orders are:

Book 1: The Machiavelli
Book 2: The Beginning of the End
Book 3: AlphaOmega Factor
Book 4: The Gateway
Book 5: Lineage
Book 6: Book of Both Worlds
Book 7: Apocryphal Disturbance

This RPG started in the early months of 2000 and continued to exist through late 2005. It consisted of a good number of single people playing more than one character within the greater whole. All persons involved in this RPG have given consent for me to take creative license to compile this vast compendium of information regarding The Matrix history as produced by the fans.

I hope I give, to the best of my abilities, a good portrayal of their ideas, thoughts and hopes for this RPG. I own nothing of the original concept for The Matrix, however, I do lay claim to many of the characters involved in this given compilation.

~Ziona~

[Ziona]

The beginning was dark and cold. Misery was the most common element on this horrible planet. Misery was what ran the world, what fed the world. Many years have passed since, but the same misery that existed so many years ago still clings to every atom of humanity... current humanity. The human race was used... they were used and beaten down for years, only to rise up against a force many times more powerful than they. And humanity was crushed under the weight of the Machines, crushed and left to suffer a fate they had not chosen.

Fate, it seems, does not arrive without a sense of purpose, of irony, of cynicism. That is fate... purpose, irony and cynicism. Humanity was born to be killed... and to be used. Humanity is, was, and will be the Machine's greatest tool. And the Machines know this. They sense it. They feel it. They live off it. They designed it, nurtured it, thrived on it only to kill it. And humanity stood for it. They accepted their hideous fate and seemed to revel in the fact that everything they worked for was an illusion, a program, a lie.

Woe be to the life of humanity. Existence is worthless. Rebellion is eminent. Love is absurd. Hope is ignorance. Knowledge is weakness. Power is weakness. Everything is nothing. Eternity... ah... eternity...Time knows not the fatal ticking of a clock, counting lives away. Time knows only this. Time starts only to stop and stops only to start again. And death is only an escape into eternal nothingness. Humanity knows not true time but only a fragment of the infinite irony. Humanity, in its infinite wisdom, asks time for the only thing that time cannot give. Freedom... knowledge... and security.

I exist in a rift between what is and what might be. I exist in a darkness between the Machine world and the world of humanity. I am and I am not. I live and I die with every breath I take. I cry with every laugh I release. I die a little inside as I watch my people toil... as I watch my people disappear. As I watch my race die. If there was hope, it has long since disappeared. It has long since dissipated into nothing. It has left this world. Peace? What is peace? Peace is a long lost hope. I long no more for peace. Now� now I ask for revenge.

Welcome to the Riddle.
Welcome to the Chaos.
Welcome to the Matrix

~Ziona: The Daughter of Zion: Life 8~

[Ziona]

Name: Ziona (Life 5 @ Book 1)
Age: Physical 800+, Visual 25
Status: Single
Position:Recruit (The Machiavelli)
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110lbs
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Alliance: Resistance
Weapon(s) of Choice: Black Desert Eagles (2)

Background Information: Originally born to the founder of Zion and the Oracle, Ziona was born back in the original version of the Matrix and has subsequently survived all destructions of the Matrix through the storage of her coding in a program within the structure. Her programming has been saved by the Architect as a backup for the version of reality for each subsequent restart. (see background information for NeoConstruct Armada) Originally held as a priestess in the city of Zion, Ziona now runs the Rebel Machiavelli, leading attacks against both the Agents within the Matrix and the corrupt Council of Zion. She is seen as an exile in both the Matrix and the Real World. She has a twin program within the Matrix, Agent X, who's sole purpose is to prevent Ziona from discovering the whole truth about her being and history.

Physical Description: Standing at only 5'2", Ziona is slim in figure, small but agile. She has long black hair that falls just below her shoulder blades and dark eyes that seem to study and learn everything they fall on.

Name: Nerje
Age: 36
Status: Single
Position: Captain (The Machiavelli)
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 182lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Alliance: Resistance
Weapon(s) of Choice: Twin Desert Eagles (black)

Background Information: Nerje, having been freed from the Matrix ten years after Neo's defeat of the Machines, inherited The Machiavelli from his former captain (Script) who was killed within the Matrix. After visiting the Oracle, Nerje learned he was supposed to aid in the next Resistance movement against the now overpowering Zion Elite Forces within Zion. He was to help free and rescue a young woman whom no name was given. All he knew was she had a role to play. He follows his directions blindly, without avail or question. Ultimately, Nerje is disappeared for his belief and eventually is believed to be dead by all except Ziona.

Physical Description: Well-built and impressive, Nerje lords over his ship with an iron grasp. Mentally hardened and tough, Nerje finds Ziona able to sway him from time to time. However, he has no feelings for Ziona for the trouble she brings to the ship, via the influence of the Zion Elite Forces.

Name: Phoenix
Age: 29
Status: Celebate
Position: Technician (The Machiavelli)
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Alliance: Resistance (Guardian)
Weapon(s) of Choice: Twin Desert Eagles (Black)

Background Information: Given his freedom at a rather old age (21), Phoenix was assigned the task of following and protecting Ziona. Unknown to him, Ziona's DNA and his DNA would eventually yield one of the protectors of the programs through an unnatural twist of fate. Phoenix is also a reincarnation of one of the original men chosen to rebuild Zion after its fourth destruction. His bloodline leads back to the Royal Family of which Ziona is a direct descendent.

Physical Description: The "pretty boy" of the bunch, Phoenix leads a rather solitary life with light skin and light hair and eyes. He isn't strong and he isn't well built. He's slender and, overall, not meant to survive within the Matrix itself. Phoenix, however, is very intelligent and aids the crew through his intelligence with machines and computers.

Name: Dark
Age: 37
Status: Consort
Position: Runner (The Machiavelli)
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 165lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Alliance: Consort to Ziona
Weapon(s) of Choice: Twin Desert Eagles, Twin Glocks (black)

Background Information: Dark came to The Machiavelli as a recruit, sent to make way for the rescue of Ziona. He has a hate for the Zion Council like nothing ever seen in any rescued soul. The children of Ziona and Dark eventually lead the next movement of Resistance after the death of Dark and the disappearance of Ziona into the Matrix. Dark protects his "princess" dearly and, eventually, dies for her in order to give her time to escape back into the Matrix.

Physical Descrption: Dark is a rather bulky, well-built man. He has a hard, angular face and eyes that burn into his enemies. Although he seems rough on the exterior, he is completely under the thumb of Ziona.

Name: Ace
Age: 29
Status: Single
Position: Mechanic (The Machiavelli
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 165lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Alliance: Resistance
Weapon(s) of Choice: Twin Desert Eagles, AK-47

Background Information: Freed in the same run as Ziona, Ace is a natural genius in regards to mechanics and computers. He was one of those chosen who always knew something was wrong with the world and, through a twist of fate, ends up becoming one of the main protectors of Ziona. Eventually, through his connections to Ziona, his soul is saved and re-coded into the Matrix when he dies in the end of Book 1.

Physical Description: Ace is another who is not completely well-built. He is average in strength, but the areas where he lacks in strength he makes up for in intelligance. His hair is long within the Matrix and short outside. Within the Real World, Ace sticks to himself and spends most of his time in the Core working on computer programs and training with Phoenix and Dark.

Name: Rush
Age: 37
Status: Single
Position: First Officer (The Machiavelli)
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185lbs
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Black
Alliance: Resistance
Weapon(s) of Choice: Twin Desert Eagles, Twin Glocks

Background Information: After the death of his original captain, Script, Rush stepped up as First Officer to his friend of many years, Nerje. Rush and Nerje were on the same ship together before The Machiavelli and were rescued together. Rush will ultimately live throughout various stages of the NeoConstruct Armada and will be awarded his own ship by Ziona when the Armada is fully formed. He dedicates his life to Nerje and, once Nerje disappears, Ziona.

Physical Description: Rush is an impressive male with broad shoulders and a physique like a football player. Despite his looks, Rush is the soft commander of The Machiavelli. He respects his crew and does everything in his power to keep the ship at peace.

Name: Agent X
Age: Irrelevant
Status: Encoded to Matrix
Position: Task Leader to Sentinel Task Force
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110lbs
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Alliance: Setinel Task Force
Weapon(s) of Choice: Twin Desert Eagles (Silver)

Background Information: Programmed when Ziona's encoding was absorbed into the Matrix, her task is to keep Ziona from learning who she is and why she exists. X follows, tracks and, ultimately, is told to destroy Ziona.

Physical Description: Identical to Ziona, except in Agent dress instead of Resistance dress.