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≫ WHAT'S UP WITH GATEWAY ROLEPLAY? ≪

  • We've been radio silent for a long time now. We posted an announcement in our Discord server back in April of 2025, but never updated the forums. So what's up with Gateway Roleplay?

    After 5 long years, we've decided to place the development of Ties That Bind on an indefinite hold.

    This doesn't mean it's cancelled. We fully intend to run Ties That Bind: What Lies Beneath and Ties That Bind: City of Angels eventually. But to do so, we need to take a step back. In the meantime, we'll be working on smaller, invite-only projects.

    Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us this long! MindGate and I (Pika) have been working on this server for over a decade now. It truly is a passion project for us.

File #6: Dark Sector | Matt Slater | AmongTheCold

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Which scenario are you applying for?
File #6: Dark Sector

What would you like your character's role to be?
Seaman

Primary Weapon
SKS

Sidearm
G18 Pistol

Melee Weapon
Military Knife

Throwable #1
Smoke Grenade x2

Throwable #2
Flare x3

Armor
Ranger Body Armor

Held Item
Canteen x1

Attribute
Investigative Intuition

Ability
Monitor

Passive #1
Night Vision

Passive #2
Lightning Reflexes

Character Name
Matt Slater

Age
33

Character Image Link
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...fb934a7bee1a636aae00022e463b453c0f49b75c3106&

Mechanical Occupation
Veteran

Mechanical Traits
Weak Stomach, High Thirst, Slow Learner, Slow Reader, Gymnast, Dextrous, Cat Eye's.

Biography
The game is something everyone plays, intentionally or unintentionally. We all contribute to it day in, day out. Matt Slater's mentality incurred in him from early in childhood was you either recognize it and know where to go all in or you let someone swipe the chips from under you. He grew up in the streets of Fairport in the early days, fell in with bad crowds, once pushing product for an up-and-coming criminal organization in the centre. He hedged the wrong bet, organization toppled, and Matt was left to recount and throw in elsewhere. Now when war came to Fairport most threw in for their home- Matt's aspirations were climbing the social ladder. He wasn't dumb, he knew the only way to move up in life was to stand atop another person's head. Made friends with some old faces, served in the Commandos with Derek Roscoe during the war, had some joint ops with Francis King and his squad. Then when all was said and done, another lost bet.

Now he was cast back down, slaving in the factories like so many from Fairport. Forced to relocate to Pittsford to make a living. It wasn't enough, it never was. When dissenting voices rose up and one man arose to head them, Matt once again saw opportunity. Instead of overthrowing an organization, this time he worked to secure one. First it was simple acts of feeding information to the CPF. OSI became interested, extensive military past and prime location had them come with an offer. Join the OSI, feed anything and everything to them, and his place would be secured in Anton Korshunov's new regime. He committed to the role, did his due. When the tides started changing and he was called back, he fled to the RFO. He fed everything he knew up till he left to Francis Hood and Shelby, expecting swift victory at the destruction of New Karanda.

Then Matt Slater found himself at the wrong end of losing game for the third time, and he was not going to let everything he's worked for fall to nothing. With his access to records he scrubbed his name clean, as if he never existed outside the memory of those he worked with. The ones at the top were sure to get away, and Matt was barely above the significance of an insect to them. Just another player in a larger game, as he always was. He propped himself up as a POW with the others, the people who helped assure his cover he personally executed after Nazareth was captured by Marshall.

With the shift in staff, his guaranteed OSI position never returned. He served under the CHG for sometime longer after the restructuring to no avail, with this new administration population monitoring was a thing of the past- and Matt's specializations had to be kept hidden. Taking a new direction, he volunteered for the new CMDF to hopefully find himself an in to either the RIG or the CCS. He's served 2 years on the CDS Roderick J. Wynn, and just recently hailed a distress signal. Now Matt's past meets his present, and his future remains uncertain. One thing is for certain, he will do anything he can to scrub away any trace of his influence in the war with whatever remains may be on the CSS Terrafaux.

Would you like your character to start with any skills?
Sprinting 10, Aiming 10, Reloading 10, make me god.

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The Night Vision ability is actually tied to a specific item (the news broadcast camera)! Could you pick another passive? I don't want to leave you with only one.
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Is there any way I could just, have NVGS for the op? If not I'll pick another, doesn't really matter to me
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Sure! That's fine. The ability isn't tied to NVGs yet (but it definitely should be) so for this test just reference the ability list. All you really need to remember is that using the goggles costs 1AP.