Are you the doctor or the hacker?

Anyway, yeah. If you're young and out of college, then I'm not going to be a bit resentful to you.

So a rivalry works fine. Its probably not gonna start out all that friendly though. That could change over the course of the season.

 

Both?

Sounds good with me then. Might be a bit mean at first, but I'm sure we'll move past it !

 

Oh, and sorry, I just noticed I never posted my smattering of background stuff. Here it is:

Origin: Orphan on Londinium

Age: Basically in the general realm of the characters in Firefly. Thinking 28, give or take a little bit.

Hobbies: He spends most of his free time trying to make improvements to his gear, work on a cure to his disability, and attempting to build relationships with the permanent or semi-permanent crew. Aside from that, enjoys the fine things on occasion, and likes to learn new things in his fields of choice.

Personality: Friendly enough, and occasionally witty, but largely a quieter type who only speaks up when he has something good to say. Tries to avoid any physical confrontations, since he can hardly directly defend himself. Yet.

Training: In the Core. That's all anybody on the boat knows, besides the Captain. Knows what he's doing, though, and his mannerisms show that he has been in decent places with excellent training. Doesn't really care where people come from, though, as long as they're competent and decent folk.

Skills: Piloting, tech stuff, influencing people, knowledge of math, science, and navigation routes and other piloting information.

Physical gifts: Nonexistent. He has a muscular disorder that renders him terrifically weak. He can walk around the ship very carefully, due to improvements he made to it, but outside he is essentially limited to the hoverchair that he has built and modified for himself.

Recent history: Since he left the Core, he has been with the Captain. He is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) members of the Manifest Destiny.

 

So, as promised, the ship sheet. If you folks will send me your Google ID's in a PM, I'll give each of you editing permissions and y'all can duke it out between you.

 

Anyone wants to be my friend or family member that convince the captain to take me in as ship's doctor because I was in a wee bit of trouble and wanted to avoid notice for a while? Still trying to tie my character to the ship somehow.

 

Young tech-friendly doctor? From the core? If you could swing Londinium schooling, then I could probably do that. I'm pretty anti-Alliance post-Unification War, and I'm an orphan, so it would have to be a school friend, but I could probably swing that. If you're good, anyways.

From the discussion that Lamora and I had about his character, though, it would definitely be more of getting you an audition than outright getting you the job.

 

Sounds good for me then. I'll modify my background a bit to reflect that. Thanks Typhon.

 

What's our relationship gonna be?

Maybe mutual respect for each others skills? And the fact that I've likely helped with your modifications to the ship since I've come on board?

Hell, maybe you recruited me...

 

As long as you're willing to treat me like a person and not just a cripple, I see no reason we shouldn't be at least decent friends. We both seem like the quiet type, both know our trades quite well, and both need each other to keep the ship in good condition.

Definitely respect for one another, and I'd appreciate any assistance you might lend with modifications. I'm mostly a tech guy, as I lack the physical strength for any heavily mechanical stuff, so where I need that you could definitely win some points. In return, I can kinda see myself being the voice of reason to kinda mellow the captain's angry, so while maybe your actual assessment was just between you and the captain, I could've helped by softening the stuff she said a bit afterwards, or helping to convince her that you knew your work, or something like that. Clearly you'd have your stuff together, so it would just be a little nudge, but I'd imagine that would be a pretty good start to our relationship.

Additionally, as it looks like I'll have both been on the Manifest Destiny with you for some time (plus whatever you want to pull/spin your own way from the above scenario) and be at least part of Basalisk's in on the boat, and you guys will be somewhat antagonistic (which I love, considering it fits what I know of the character well), I could even by a bit of a help (or attempt to be, at least) in smoothing that out after your inevitably bumpy start.

 

My character's got a major chip on his shoulder against those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and just got everything handed to them on a platter. Education, jobs, wealth. He saw a lot of that happening growing up on Persephone and obviously he wanted it.

That doesn't apply to you. Hell your character would probably have had to work harder than anybody to get to where you are. He'd respect the hell out of you.

And I'd like to think they'd met when my character was in-between jobs, and they were at the same store and my character stopped yours from getting ripped off over some piece of tech or some part for the ship that you were trying to acquire.

 

That would be an interesting start, yeah! I like it. You stopping me from buying a faulty mechanical part (my tech knowledge is solid, but I only know what a pilot would about about engines) would probably piss me off instantly (I'd probably see it as cripple sympathy), but I'd get over myself pretty damn fast and be thankful. If your guy could take a short "fuck you, I can handle myself" (and perhaps pass me a reprimand about how I clearly can't, considering I was going to pay double for whatever) . If you could take that, I'd get my head out of my ass and realize you were just trying to help. After I got the part and we talked further, I could easily see bringing you to the captain and trying to get you hired. I think growth would be completely natural after that.

 

Considering I came up around criminal lords, a "fuck you I can handle myself" is actually pretty mild. My actual response would probably be: "Yeah, I'm sure you'll be handling yourself just fine when <unnamed Macguffin> fails catastrophically and you blow yourself to pieces. But clearly its none of my business."

 

Perfect. In that case, we have a backstory!

 

Okay, just checking in to confirm I still intend on playing. This week, particularly the past few days, have been hella busy but I should have time to play once this is all done. I'm working on my character sheet now, I'll try to have it in ASAP.

 

So can anyone tie themselves to me somehow? I expect i'm a later comer to the Manifest Destiny, maybe someone called in for a job that needed his touch. "Oh, I know a guy who'd be good at this." Possibly a posh party or a horriby difficult paperwork mess. He has some tie in to the browncoats, and has a pretty face that is quite memorable.

 

You could be an old client of mine that wanted a taste of adventure.

 

No worries. Just a shout out to you, Riley and Sorrows. Today's the last day I'll be accepting new character sheets. Submit them if you've got them, even if they're incomplete. I want to spend my free time this weekend doing some prep and to do so I'll need a rough idea of your characters.

 

Name: Morris "Momo" Phan

Origin: Raised by his father. Mother died from a Reaver attack

Age: 32

Hobbies: Cleaning and maintaining his impressive cache of weapons. Target practice when ground-side. Also proficient in horse-riding and hunting. Very good shot.

Personality: Dry wit and no nonsense. Most would say he's a block of granite for all the talking he does. Think witty one-liners said in a soldier's cadence. A follower, not a leader. Wears a Browncoat everywhere he goes.

Training: Hunting and tracking. Military Training via Browncoat Military. Martial Arts, melee weapons and shooting. Crack shot and knowledge of explosives.

Skills: Protection and Defense, guerilla warfare and combat awareness. Not the smartest at books, doctoring or hacking but damn good in a fight.

Physical gifts: Strong, sharp eyes and quick draw reflexes.

Recent history: Has been on the ship a while now as the Captain's walking artillery (If Lamora allows). Mostly hides in the hold or his bunk for the most part.

 

Wireless access has been spotty all day. I'm almost done, and I'll turn it in when I get back to my hotel room in a few hours (so technically before the end of Friday, at least here, though admittedly cutting it close -- sorry). I'll also amend this post to include character info for people to see as others have done.

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EDIT: Okay, submitted it. Hopefully. As for this I'll copy the format Riley used. Character's an ex-Independent soldier/agent turned lawman. I dropped the Reader idea, but I gave him some detective's skills in addition to combat skills.

Name: Gareth Clark

Origin: Born and raised in Red Sun system (unsure which planet). Father was native sheriff, mother Core-born schoolteacher. Extended family (uncle, aunt, his cousins) owned ranch nearby that his family aided with. Received upbringing with aspects of both worlds, good education. When War broke out he was barely eighteen, but he was convinced to join Browncoats by eager Independent-sympathizing cousins, against his parents' wishes.

Age: 29

Hobbies: Reading, target shooting, practicing martial arts.

Personality: Mostly keeps to himself and stays quiet, especially around strangers, but gradually opens up around those he considers friends. Possesses a sarcastic streak. Can sometimes be grumpy. Demeanor becomes colder and more focused when in action.

Training: Groundwork of his skills were laid growing up back home and learning from his father, but his training while in the Independent military focused them. He was trained not just as a soldier, but also as a field agent after the higher-ups saw better use for his skills.

Skills: Ranks highly in combat skills, particularly hand-to-hand combat, where he has been trained in Jujutsu. Possesses investigative skills which were of a great aid in the war, and are invaluable in police work.

Physical gifts: Keeps himself in good physical shape and is skilled with close-quarters combat.

Recent history: Joined the Pinkertons (lacking a better in-universe term) shortly after the end of the war. Some time ago attached himself to a ship for greater ease of transport. (I could use some input on how to flesh this out more.)

 

Name: Jolene "Jo" Ang

Origin: Born to middle class parents on Sihnon, Jo knew from a young age that she wanted to be a policewoman. The Unification War interrupted that, however. She joined up immediately out of high school, full of patriotism and the need to show those dirty Browncoats how wrong they were. The violence of the war quickly disabused her of the notion of heroism, but you don't get to survive such a huge conflict without learning a thing or two about fighting. When the War ended Jo decided that she'd rather follow her dream and become a cop.

She rose through the ranks quickly, reaching detective at the age of 25, but became jaded as she went. Corruption was a problem on Sihnon and the higher you went the more obvious it became. So she quit her job and set to travelling, earning her keep as a detective solving murders on the various worlds she visited.

Her father gave her the family rifle; a repeating rifle that had survived as an heirloom from the days of Earth-That-Was, both as a means of defending herself while out in the Black and as a show of support for her choices. It has become something of a habit for Jo to hold on to her gun as she works as something to help her focus.

Age: 29

Hobbies: Practising on the firing range, reading literature from Earth-That-Was, making terrible pottery and arguing with the captain (this can change). Sparring with Gareth on occasion too.

Personality: Stubborn and honest with a kick of integrity to go along with it. Is willing to let some things slide as long as no major crimes are committed. Understands that people need to do shady things to get by, but hates corruption among those who have money. Feels most alive when she's working a case and gets bored on long stints in the Black.

Training: Heavily focused in detective and shooting skills. Got into boxing in the academy and has kept up the regimen ever since.

Skills: Detective skills, primarily, with the ability to back it up if worst comes to worst.

Physical gifts: Lean build that errs more towards fighting than running. Sharp eyesight that comes as a great asset in finding clues.

Recent history: Will edit in later.

That's my character background all but done. Here's a link to my stat sheet to go along with it.