A Defiant 'Verse OOC and Sign Ups

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DEFIANT2THELAST

Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:42 AM (P)

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=17&t=37972&m=697861#697861

We are ready to go!

BIGRICHARD

Saturday, April 25, 2009 5:45 AM (P)

just out of interest...am I allowed to post, prior to my joining the crew? Can I post my own story that leads up to my meeting of cap?

if so, I assume I'm joining from Thebarton Sky Plex?
If you have any way you specifically want me to join, let me know via this thread or PM, otherwise we'll just see what happens...

NATHANREY

Saturday, April 25, 2009 5:54 AM (P)

Unless you want to join differently, it's the Sky Plex for you, and of course you can post prior to joining the ship.

EDIT:

Defiant pokes the crew to join the chat when possible.

ELPAGAN

Saturday, April 25, 2009 7:36 AM (P)

hey yall. Just lettin you know-
I have no idea where my mini-plot is going.
Hell, it isnt MINE
contribute, interfere interact freely with it
I have no idea, nor true preference as to where it heads.

NATHANREY

Saturday, April 25, 2009 7:44 AM (P)

I would, but I don't want to double post.

EDIT:

Pokes El to get into chat.

BIGRICHARD

Saturday, April 25, 2009 7:56 AM (P)

Just testing sig...

ETA: It's just got N/A at the moment as I'm not part of the crew quite yet. Also..I had to change the size of the name to fit my characters name in...perhaps I'll shorten the name somehow.

LINCOLNZ

Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:52 PM (P)

I dunno man, it should work.

Zhù na ya tian guò de yú kuài!

YINYANG

Sunday, April 26, 2009 2:31 AM (P)

Alright, I just made my first post. For the Chinese which is in italics, if you put your mouse pointer over it, you should get the meaning. If anyone's interested in knowing how to do that, look here:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=12&t=23872

CELESTIA

Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:43 PM (P)

Very nice going, everyone! I have just now had the chance to sit down and read the RP.

Now I need to review and take a few notes and try to write something readable.

I might have accomplished that by now if daughter had not accidentally injured the dog and I had to doctor his profusely bleeding tail. And if not for several other interruptions today, when it was supposed to be my day to write.

Okay, enough whining. Time for me to get crackin'.

LINCOLNZ

Sunday, April 26, 2009 11:21 PM (P)

Oh no. Is the dog ok? We had a tail incident a few months ago, it was horrible. Poor guy lost about three inches off the tip when it was all over. He's fine now and lucky my mom works at a Vet Clinic.

Good luck with the post.

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Zhù na ya tian guò de yú kuài!

CELESTIA

Monday, April 27, 2009 2:22 AM (P)

It was just the tip of the tail, but it's sure a mess. I guess I'll be taking him to see the vet tomorrow.

Lucky you and your dog for having a mom at the clinic.

It's always something, ain't it?

I'm going to try to upload this post now. I hope it works easier than when I uploaded my first RPG scene at Yuku.com. *crosses fingers*

I'm sorry the scene is SO LONG, but I had a lot to cover to set things up. I'll try to keep it shorter in the future.

Hope that's ok. I'm sure Defiant will let me know if it's not.

LINCOLNZ

Monday, April 27, 2009 5:38 AM (P)

Yeah there's always something going on when you have pets, especially dogs(currently 11 total running around here with my sister visiting).

Nice post Celestia. Don't worry about the length you set it up well.

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Zhù na ya tian guò de yú kuài!

CELESTIA

Monday, April 27, 2009 10:43 PM (P)

Thanks, Bucket.

Yep, we got the dog patched up now and the vet gave us antibiotics and pain meds for him. He's 11 1/2 years old and still acts like a pup most of the time.

ELPAGAN

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:01 AM (P)

hey bucket. Nice (and very crazy) post.
Just one thing, Im only 3 inches taller than you, not a whole foot. So you might wanna change that. I kept on thinking of either you as a total midget or I as a giraffe :)

BIGRICHARD

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:50 AM (P)

could one of you be a midget or a giraffe? that'd sure keep things interesting round these parts!

not that we really need it, we seem to have all the excitement we need right now...

DEFIANT2THELAST

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:57 AM (P)

Sorry it's taken me a long time to post, I'm trying to be a good boy and do my assignments for once... Anyway.

Cel, you got me stuck between and a hard place. I haven't finished diolouge with Yin, and yors conflicts even if I were to interupt it. (Which is perfectly fine thing to happen, mind you). Could you edit the last part, so the time frame isn't so iffy, please?

ELPAGAN

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:33 AM (P)

I think so. Its been a small while since I last posted, and I really dont wanna write "and then they skipped off home", so the ad break thing sounds good. Just, where should we come in? Should we bump into Jackie as shes coming aboard? I dunno.
Im not sure what or how to write, but I think its coming up on my turn..

CELESTIA

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:09 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Defiant2thelast:
Could you edit the last part, so the time frame isn't so iffy, please?

Absolutely! No problem at all.

You mean take out the part where she arrives at the Defiant, right? I'll do that right away, Capn.

Also, when one arrives on a boat I know it's not kosher to say "Anybody home?" Do y'all think "Permission to come aboard?" would be better?

I'll delete that part and save it for later.

To everyone: Anytime there's a conflict with something I've written, please let me know. Surprises are part of the fun, but I don't want to step on any toes.

Thanks!

P.S. Does the "send message" dealie work here, the one in our profile? Where does it notify us if we have a message? (Sorry, I'm still feeling my way around FireflyFans.net.)

LINCOLNZ

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:46 PM (P)

As for the PM's when you receive one you should get a notice via email.

Personally I liked the "Anybody home?" line. Not everyone would use terminology like "Permission to come aboard?" Especially in less formal, non-military environments. If you think "anybody home?" is silly a simple hello or excuse me would work to. But of course I'm not the GM here so it's up to the Cap.

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

ELPAGAN

Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:47 AM (P)

If she did call out "Anyone home?" Bucket and I could greet her from behind, start talkin and the Cap could ignore her for the immediate

DEFIANT2THELAST

Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:19 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by LincolnZ:
As for the PM's when you receive one you should get a notice via email.

Personally I liked the "Anybody home?" line. Not everyone would use terminology like "Permission to come aboard?" Especially in less formal, non-military environments. If you think "anybody home?" is silly a simple hello or excuse me would work to. But of course I'm not the GM here so it's up to the Cap.

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

This. The only problem was the conflict between posts, I haven't even said hello to Ainsley yet!

CELESTIA

Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:18 AM (P)

OK, I kept the "Anybody home?" in the post. Thank you all for the input.

As you can see from my latest post, I need to brush up on my Mandarin. Is there a good cheat sheet anywhere? I've found assorted different threads here but not one good source yet.

Cap'n, I need to check in with you about an idea I have about the Doc's sticky situation for possible future reference. Should I send a message thru your profile? Did you get the other one I sent? Did I already tell you about the idea? I forgot.

DEFIANT2THELAST

Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:12 AM (P)

Looks like PM's aren't working for me. Email me at defiant2tl@gmail.com , It'll forward to my main email adress. Sorry all for anything I've missed.

CELESTIA

Sunday, May 3, 2009 10:26 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by yinyang:
For the Chinese which is in italics, if you put your mouse pointer over it, you should get the meaning. If anyone's interested in knowing how to do that, look here:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=12&t=23872

Yinyang, I finally had a big chunk of time today to do some more DefianRP homework and I think I can do this. Thanks!

And if anyone is interested (you all probably know this already), there's a fine Mandarin/English translation table here at Rachel's Pages, http://www.jiawen.net/phrases.html.

Gonna go work on my next post now and get that email out to the Cap'n.

LINCOLNZ

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 7:55 AM (P)

Sorry for the lull folks. Hopefully I'll find time to post more later this week. I'll definitely be back in action by next week.

As it is I doubt I'll post too much any time soon.

Also if anyone is wondering my email address is l.bargara@gmail.com. Feel free to use it, especially if the captain is otherwise occupied.

Also we're still working on a plan for weekly, informal and voluntary meetings in the chatroom. I'm also still at work with my timeline but given my busy-ish schedule I'll probably not have anything solid until this weekend.

By the way on a separate note I'd like to ask anyone who supports our own BDH Adam and/or the TV series Chuck to try to make an effort to watch the show on NBC, NBC.com or Hulu or visit the website chucktv.net to find out how to help save it. Even if you don't care for it it is still a well written and exceptionally fun show and deserves another season, at the least. Things are looking good for a renewal(most likely mid-season 09-10) so keep your fingers crossed!

Sorry for the hijacking captain. I'd like to ask everyone to email me or PM me any comments or support and not use the board to discuss the Chuck topic further. Thank you. :)

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

BIGRICHARD

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 1:01 PM (P)

Unfortunately, I'm in a similar situation to Lincoln. I'm coming up to the end of semester and have a bunch of huge assignments to finish that require most of my time. The rest of my time is spent in class or at work, sleeping or eating. My apologies, but if you'd like to continue on without me, perhaps I can meet up with you all further on in the story. I'd much rather be writing this than most of my assignments (some of them are fun! I'm recreating the Dollhouse in Maya for 3D animation!) but unfortunately, my priorities must be thus.

Have fun. And yeah, definitely watch Chuck, Dollhouse, and Castle. They all deserve renewal.

ELPAGAN

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 1:30 PM (P)

Cool. Well, I've dropped my course so I'm pretty much free till next semester when I start a different one. I'm just waiting for time to pass in-game. Otherwise I'd be giving a desscription of, well, black, dreams, black. Maybe as third person I could describe his drool...

Umm. One thing about our world. The Thebarton skyplex doesnt make sense. Its all very well and good to make it feel like a city, but it isnt a practical design. For ships to come in and out of teh plex, and land on ground, like in on-world docks, you'd need massive ship-size airlocks.
The designs in Firefly are actually very sensible and realistic. Boring, but our one doesnt make sense!

DEFIANT2THELAST

Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:03 AM (P)

Yeah, I know the Sky Plex doesn't make sense. The thing about to ship docking, though, was not my plan. I'd always had it planned to akin to that of Niska's, but whatever. We'll be gone soon.

CELESTIA

Saturday, May 9, 2009 2:57 PM (P)

Defiant, did you get my email? My PM?

I'm sorry Jackie hasn't answered Nathan's question yet. It's been crazy here with roofing contractors, insurance adjusters, crazy neighbors, my sister's personal problems, hubs working nonstop and stressing everybody out.

Can you say "the full moon is coming"?

DEFIANT2THELAST

Saturday, May 9, 2009 10:24 PM (P)

Eeek! Sorry for not replying.

I think there all good ideas, but I don't really have anything to add/comment on them at the moment.

LINCOLNZ

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:07 AM (P)

Posted again... kinda feeling a bit of writer's block still. I've had a bad case of it for almost eight months now. Really cramping my style but hopefully this RP will break it. If it does I might get some short stories written too.

BTW I've also got a lot more free time now so I'll hopefully be around more often. Lets get some stories told people! Also I'll get back to work on my time line and the meetings idea this week.

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

YINYANG

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:32 AM (P)

Hey, everyone, things have been pretty busy for me lately. Sorry for taking so long to post; and, very sorry for the short notice, but I'm about to go on vacation for the next five days. I won't have any Internet access, so feel free to move Ainsley around where you need her to go. After she's finished dealing with the captain, she'll be off to collect her things and see if she can buy stuff for the shuttle.

LINCOLNZ

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:36 AM (P)

No worries. We all seem to be a bit preoccupied at them moment(besides myself who is VERY bored). At the rate we've been moving you shouldn't miss much of the action.

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

CELESTIA

Friday, May 15, 2009 4:38 PM (P)

Sorry to hear you're so bored, Linc. I have a feeling things will pick up around here after the temporary lull.

As for me, I hope to have some good writing time next month but it's still a little crazy around here.

Have a fun vacation, YinYang.

Nice posts from everyone.

As for the RP, I can't remember what's the sitch on Aberdeen ner Three Hills, but I'm gonna give Jackie a chance now to reply to the Capn. Maybe I'll let my own ignorance be hers, too.

LINCOLNZ

Friday, May 15, 2009 7:49 PM (P)

I didn't mean I was bored with the RP, really, just bored in general. :D

I've solved that by doing some work for an event coming up at the Vet clinic my mom works at. Also I've got that time line to do.... seriously I swear I'll get on it tonight some and hopefully more this weekend and next week.

Plus I've discovered about a dozen new obscure games... so there's that.

BTW Once I get all the "unchangeables"(Canon and semi-canon 'verse events) in the time line done I'll be doing a thread and asking everyone for information like birth dates, major RP-related life events and other ideas. I'm hoping to make it an interactive and fun-to-utilise time line. It'll span about a century(From early 2400's-current RP date) for the most part, I may include information dating back to the mass exodus from earth-that-was, though I'd remain vague on dates for those entries(i.e. mid-21st through 22nd century etc..) since they are merely speculative in nature, even within the canon of the 'verse.

Anyway, I'll stop now before I ramble on about this for hours.

~

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

CELESTIA

Friday, May 15, 2009 9:10 PM (P)

Quote:

Anyway, I'll stop now before I ramble on about this for hours.

Hehee. I have no idea what you're talking about. That's OK, you can 'splain it to me later when it's ready to begin. I may try to play along.

I didn't think you meant you were bored with the RP. Sorry to give that impression, the way I wrote my post above. I seem to do that a lot.

As for obscure games, here's one I like.

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/cgi-bin/top_scores.pl?game=multipopword

LINCOLNZ

Friday, May 15, 2009 9:36 PM (P)

Hmmm, seems interesting. I'll have to try it later tonight. Thanks!

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

DEFIANT2THELAST

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:31 AM (P)

..just a few edits to my IC post and the OOC introductory post. I wouldn't bother checking the later, and both are only minor.

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

DEFIANT2THELAST

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:43 PM (P)

The small edits have prompted me to do rather large edits to both, please read and critic. Anything from formating to spelling

Thanks,
Defiant

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

CELESTIA

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:13 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Defiant2thelast:

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

LOL

Since you asked, Defiant, here's a bitty typo I saw in a quick read of the RP post:

"Doc, your [you're] crew as long as the same stays in one piece."

When I have more time I'll have a look at the revised OCC stuff. And I'll write something about the Doc interiorly jumping up and down with excitement that she's about to make her escape.

Nice posts, everyone!

LINCOLNZ

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:31 PM (P)

I swear there is an innocent explanation for the quote.

I've recently acquired a couple games and have ripped all the sounds and music for use as ringtones and such.

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"Guys, I know Kung Fu."

DEFIANT2THELAST

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:34 AM (P)

Thanks Cel, fixed.

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

ELPAGAN

Saturday, May 30, 2009 4:51 PM (P)

umm, when are yall gonna post??
Dale aint got much to do as it is, Im just waiting for an opportunity.
This crew sounds great, but we've gotta get round to doing something with it!

CELESTIA

Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:00 AM (P)

Every time I think I've got a window of writing time, something else interrupts and takes priority.

It's going to slow down soon, though, then we'll burn up the keyboards.

Springtime is always hectic around here with all the home improvements and spring cleaning that have to be done while the weather permits.

After that, I'm just too pooped to think coherently.

CELESTIA

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:49 AM (P)

Woohoo, I finally did it and got that post up.

Watch out now, only one week from now the rest of the family will be away for nearly three weeks, so I'll have lots of writing time.

ELPAGAN

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:05 AM (P)

lolz. Nice post!

LINCOLNZ

Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:13 AM (P)

Posted.

Ok, I'll be frequenting the chat room more often. Checking in a few times a day. If anyone wants to chat.

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"Big.. big mug."

CELESTIA

Monday, June 15, 2009 1:59 PM (P)

New post is up. Let me know if I flub up anybody's personality or appearance and I'll be happy to make adjustments.

One question. Do we have "real" coffee or just a soy imitation. I vote for real. Maybe smuggled in as part of a payment on a job?

Looks like I'll have a chance to write something almost every day now for the next few weeks if anybody wants to play.

Also, a good time for the chat room meet-ups for me are in the late evening, Eastern Daylight Time. I'll try to check in every night around 9 or 10 p.m. to see if anybody else can make it.

Are the students among us done with school now?

LINCOLNZ

Monday, June 15, 2009 6:12 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Celestia:
One question. Do we have "real" coffee or just a soy imitation. I vote for real. Maybe smuggled in as part of a payment on a job?

That's the idea. We've got a bit of a surplus on the stuff since it was payment for a heist or something. The story isn't really fleshed out.

So yeah it's real coffee.

I have a class tonight and a good many chores and tasks to complete beforehand... so I doubt I will post until about.. 11:30-Midnight EST... yeah.

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"Big.. big mug."

LINCOLNZ

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:18 AM (P)

Just to clarify; I'm not still in school, I just had a driving class. I have anxiety issues and sorta put off driving for as long as I could... now I'm 25 and I just have to do it. So I'm taking some safety council classes and lessons. To boost my confidence, and to be the best driver I can be. Tonight was four hours of Defensive Driving... fascinating. Now I just have three, two hour driving lessons(behind the wheel). Oh and some winter driving classes in October/November.

Anyway, look out for a post in the next hour or so...

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"Big.. big mug."

CELESTIA

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:11 AM (P)

My post went a little long but I wanted to include everybody that's in the conversation.

I won't be in the chat room tonight like I'd planned. Gotta go make up the work I missed while I was writing Jackie's scene.

None of you could probably be there over the next hour anyway.

CELESTIA

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:13 AM (P)

We need an image of Bucket.

If you don't have any particular actor in mind, may I suggest Gordon Michael Woolvett? (Any Andromeda fans here?)

Here's a link to the gallery at his main site (I know the Web Master). Let me know if you have trouble seeing it. At the moment I forget how to upload images here.

http://woolvettbros.biz/gallery/30-gmwgallery/16-gallerygmw

Ainsley needs an image too. YinYang, I sent you an image I thought might be good if you don't have one, but maybe you didn't get it. It's been awhile. It was the actor who played Tory in Battlestar Galactica recently but I don't have the image handy.

Much more fun (at least to me) when we can see the character's face in a picture.

This is fun! I hope everyone else can join in soon.

ELPAGAN

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:31 AM (P)

Cool posts you guys! Im bummed about the lack of sugar though..
One thing about my post and the universe at large.
I was thinking that the cortex seems, well, kinda core-ish.
Its a central information, communication and media creature, and as much as its likely decentralized in the sense that it exists kinda like the internet, I still think it just feels core-ish.
Not necessarily alliancy (though a bias should be noticeable if the independents dont post much on it, preferring their independent media and communications- [thats what my made-up indep-casts are])
If anyone disagrees, let me know and I can remove it. Or adjust to a happy middle.

LINCOLNZ

Friday, June 19, 2009 6:45 AM (P)

Not sure man. I'd have to think on the cortex thing a bit more when I have some thinking power left. Writing my post tonight took about all the last of it I had.

Going to bed soon but I just wanted to post to say I posted.

Maybe we can find a way to pick up even more crew on our first job, eh?

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"Big.. big mug."

ELPAGAN

Friday, June 19, 2009 10:16 AM (P)

Sure could, if theres willin writers out there. A wounded survivor could definitely be rescued and patched up, or several other scenarios.
Whats happening with our stowaway? Havent heard from Alexander of late..

LINCOLNZ

Sunday, June 21, 2009 11:34 PM (P)

I'll post more late tonight(in a couple hours or so).

Also I'll be hanging out in the chat then as well, for a few hours.

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"Big.. big mug."

SHADESIREN

Monday, June 22, 2009 4:14 AM (P)

Are you all still looking for more writers?

I'm interested enough to speak, but near terrified, as I'm kinda shy around here. I don't speak up a lot :)

I'm working on a CS, I've read all the posts I can find (I hope I got them all). I tried to send a pm to Defiant, but I honestly don't know if I did it right, I've never doen it here before lol.

I'm impressed enough with what I see in-game, I'd love to try and join you :)

You know you want it - http://www.shadesiren.com

You know you need it - http://www.oberonrpg.com

LINCOLNZ

Monday, June 22, 2009 4:44 AM (P)

Welcome Shadesiren!

He's a bit busy lately but I'll make sure Defiant is aware of your interest. I am sure we'll take you on but his word is of course law around here.

Also, very nice art.

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"Big.. big mug."

SHADESIREN

Monday, June 22, 2009 4:47 AM (P)

*blush* thank you very much! Way to make me more shy lol (j/k)

I'm thinking of applying for a muscle position. I'm not thrilled with the background story I have though - not the story, but the way I've written it out. Gives me time to keep, err, ironing lol.

You know you want it - http://www.shadesiren.com

You know you need it - http://www.oberonrpg.com

LINCOLNZ

Monday, June 22, 2009 4:55 AM (P)

Take all the time you need. If you need any help or info not provided just ask.

And feel free to stop by the chat, I'll be hanging around for a while longer. It's a bit dull there... this month. Heh

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"Big.. big mug."

SHADESIREN

Monday, June 22, 2009 6:25 AM (P)

For Your Consideration: (Open for edits)

Name: Delshadi “Shade” Whitmore (del-SHAH-dee)

Age: 26

Sex: Female

Social Control Number: 042,123,4,8997

Role: Muscle

Gear: Flat brimmed black hat, knee-length coat, endless supply of green tank tops, and mismatched pistols. Also often accessorized with various bruises.

Assets: Resilient, loyal, determined and resourceful, high tolerance to alcohol, good hand to hand instincts and excellent shot

Complications: Violent, hot-tempered, doesn’t tend to flex the brain-muscle as often as any others, stubborn

Physical Description: With warm brown eyes and unruly brown hair, Shade would probably pass as quite pretty if she put the effort into it. No one has ever been quite brave – or stupid – enough to suggest it to HER, though. Long dark hair, wiry and strong, very fit. Tallish, but not tall, there’s always a little spark of looking-for-a-fight in her eyes. Sports various scars, a few visible when she’s wearing a tank top. Has several tattoos, including a pale sword on her upper right arm, point down; a simple mandala on her inner left wrist, and a few chinese characters up her spine, (champion, valiant, and truth, top to bottom).

Personality: Shade has a soft spot for the underdog, and a passion for defending the defenseless, but it’s not obvious unless you get to know her. She seems brusque and cocky, impatient with self-indulgent nonsense, and certainly never quite what you could call “ladylike”. Too often, she seems to go looking for a fight, usually with a sense of ‘this is going to be fun’. Too often she comes home with bruises and other injuries – but she always comes home, and through sheer determination rather than any magical fighting skill or martial arts, she usually does more damage than she takes. She’s fiercely loyal to her boss – until the day the boss crosses “that line” and then all bets are off. Most of the time, she’s fairly easy going, a sort of slightly beyond tomboy, ‘drinking buddy’ sort of person.

Background:
About ten or eleven years ago, a somewhat scrawny teenager got off a transport, and disappeared into a crowd. That was the last time anyone saw Venice Casey. Her father put up only the most cursory search, and then forgot about her. The ‘Verse forgot about her.

Shade worked on various vessels and for various private parties over the years. Her first jobs were grunt work, but she did them, and happy for the chance at real work. Her nature led her to one too many altercations, and one enterprising old shepherd introduced her to ‘boxing’. It was really more a basic punching bag workout, and it gave her the chance to work out her aggression and learn to throw a better punch at the same time. She stepped up to guns on accident – a shoot out lead to a dead-but-armed-crewman, and from there an armed and pissed off young woman. Only thing she’s never sold is that one gun – Egg, after the Chinese man that had previously owned it.

She got a reputation for being a bad girl – not the fun kind, the ouchie kind. Eventually, she was hiring on as security, goon, even cargo handler, whatever job title they chose to give her, the real job was always about how fast and well she could shoot – and how much muscle she could dish out. More than once her femininity helped her get a job – they never expected the GIRL to kick ass – but Shade never paid much attention to it, beyond when she could use it as an excuse for a fight.

Work helps her keep her more self-destructive tendencies in check, occasionally even giving her a purpose. It rarely lasts. Neither does the money after each job – leading her back to the start finding a new one.

It’s suspect she harbors some sort of personal tragedy, but Shade’s not the sort to whine about it. There’s more fun to be had by living life, and what’s happened in the past can’t be changed.

(Note: Deslhadi is Iranian, and means “Cheerful, Happy Little Heart”)

Full backstory available upon request, but it’s

DEFIANT2THELAST

Monday, June 22, 2009 7:29 AM (P)

WOW!

I'd like to come back when I've been away to characters like that everytime. Accepted without a doubt, and I'm sure no one can dissagree it's an absoloutly brilliant character sheet.

Anyway, I've had RL problems and internet problems, but I'm back.

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

ELPAGAN

Monday, June 22, 2009 7:30 AM (P)

wow.

I love it!!
I vote yes anyway :)
Great to have another girl onboard, but even better to have an arse-kickin fight-startin tomboy babe!
I had worried a little that our crew would be overall a little to meek and mild, and here you come!
Every interesting ship needs a "Jayne". Glad to meet one :)
Any ideas on where we could pick you up?

LINCOLNZ

Monday, June 22, 2009 7:39 AM (P)

We have the best crew. :D

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"Big.. big mug."

DEFIANT2THELAST

Monday, June 22, 2009 8:02 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by LincolnZ:
We have the best crew. :D

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"Big.. big mug."

This x1000

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

SHADESIREN

Monday, June 22, 2009 4:10 PM (P)

She's recently "left her position" (re: had a fight with someone and been booted) and has been spending her last paycheck in the local bars gathering a new collection of bruises and leaving a string of dazed and broken men in her path.

She's looking for a new post before she goes "too far", so if there's still word on the cortex you got a position, she'll present herself for an interview.

If you've spent some time here (and I gather you have, if not a LONG time), chances are you may have either seen her in a fight, or overheard the commotion.

She has a tendency (like Mal's going to a Alliance bar on Uni Day) to sort of encourage inappropriate men so she has an excuse to kick their asses. She's already been banned from at least two bars.

So... I can start whenever you want.

and wow, talk about smiles and blushes - I didn't really expect such a nice reaction to what felt a little like a dashed together CS.

I may change her description (coloring only) once I find a face - that's my goal this morning, finding her a face. Limiting it to the slightly ethnic looking dark hair and eyes is kinda making it more of a challenge (I keep finding semi-decent light colored people, but no really suitable dark ones). I'll keep looking!

And thanks ^.^

oh - and I'll hang out in the chatroom today, much as I can, so if I'm there but don't answer, I'll be checking it again soon :)

LINCOLNZ

Monday, June 22, 2009 4:26 PM (P)

If you knew what sort of RP a few of us started on you'd understand our excitement at having another great writer/character on board. :D

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SHADESIREN

Monday, June 22, 2009 5:43 PM (P)

ok, I so hope that was ok - I so don't want to jump the gun or step on toes jumping in too soon.

Just kinded flowed, seemed general enough where it lets off to be flexible, but I can change or remove if needed.

You know you want it - http://www.shadesiren.com

You know you need it - http://www.oberonrpg.com

SHADESIREN

Monday, June 22, 2009 6:52 PM (P)

I found a picture I'm happy with. Tossed in a background from Serenity part one, so she wasn't just against a white background. If you squint, you can kinda tell it's a blue sun logo on something in the background.

ok, I made two, but I mostly had to share cuz I changed her T-Shirt. The original had a man on his knees offering someone standing a kitten, from a basket of kittens on the ground between them.

I changed it to a man begging for his life over a bag full of money. Note the gun under the edge of her hair, and the double-slashed C on the bag of money.

Yeah, I was looking for something to do today...

I'm not much good with Sigs, but it seems Defiant makes those shiny ones you guys have? *bats her eyelashes hopefully*

I found this useful, sharing if anyone wants a copy - https://home.comcast.net/~shadesiren/Defiant_Bios.doc

You know you want it - http://www.shadesiren.com

You know you need it - http://www.oberonrpg.com

LINCOLNZ

Monday, June 22, 2009 11:53 PM (P)

Sweet post. Introductions are always the most awkward part too. At least in my experience. Could be interesting showing up at the very last second before we leave.

Also, you forgot Bucket in your bio sheet.

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SHADESIREN

Monday, June 22, 2009 11:58 PM (P)

He shows up as the third one when I viewed it - but it's set up wierd, I tried to get everyone on one sheet, to mimic a handful of RPG character sheets.

I'm working on how she's going to approach the ship, I've kinda seen what going through her mind, as she's looking at the ships available - might have to post one fail before she approaches the firefly.

You know you want it - http://www.shadesiren.com

You know you need it - http://www.oberonrpg.com

LINCOLNZ

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:05 AM (P)

Oh dang, my mistake. I missed it when I looked.

Might be the headache and the three hours sleep I got. Thanks for keeping me up chatting :P

Seriously kidding, I slept more like six or seven. Not about the headache though.

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SHADESIREN

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:14 AM (P)

Sorry about the headache :( *sends positive anti-headachey vibes* Hope that helps :P

I am SO tempted to print up the bios, I so prefer paper to text for stuff like that... but I'm saving the ink lol and I have WAY too many notes and papers all around my chair here already lol

ADDITIONALPYLON

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:37 AM (P)

Hi there Defiant, you know me as... well you can probably guess it, EH?

Lo, I have (most of) a CS done. I'll wrap it up tomorrow, I just want to know what you think of the guy before I delve into his backstory.

CS-

Name: Maurie "Moe" Kasper

Age: 35

Sex: Male

Role: Mechanic

Gear: Black faux-leather jacket and appropriately vintage brass-rimmed shades; keeps a short blade in a spring-loaded sheath up his right sleeve, and a two-shot derringer around his right ankle. Not one to go around with fat bundles of tools dangling off his belt, as he prefers to leave them where they're most likely to be needed.

Assets: Quick-witted and canny with words; Coolheaded, knows when to fight and when to fly; Accomplished mechanic, guy knows his stuff; Fast draw and steady shot make him a sound last line of defense.

Complications: Doesn't mingle a whole lot, aloof demeanor and bouts of sandpaper wit oft had him labelled a self-important ass; Self-centered pragmatism makes it hard to win his respect and loyalty.

Physical Description: A tall man, with rugged good looks salt and peppered with stubble. A thin ridge of scar tissue hoops around his neck, arching from one earlobe to the other, no doubt a token of an earlier brush with death. He is loosely fit, with a healthy coat of fat and thick, muscled limbs. He might not have the endurance of a cross country runner, but he packs a knockout, and his knobby, callused knuckles attest to his readiness to use it.

Personality: Moe is a man wary of the trappings of an overburdened mind, and as such lives by a disarmingly simple motto: shore up the good and brush off the bad. His likes include high-risk, high-paid employment, and he gravitates towards individuals who demonstrate qualities of self-reliance, whereas he dislikes meek and indecisive people and typically looks down on most all instances of neediness. That aside, he also keeps a few hobbies: He is a collector of exotic ammunition and and his liking for unsafe velocities is what got him into mechanics and engineering in the first place. He lives his life looking dead ahead, his thoughts focused solely on the present moment, and leaves the worrying and guesswork to those still trudging under the shadow of doubt.

Background: I'll... fill that up later, tomorrow hopefully. I hate writing backstories v_v

LINCOLNZ

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:00 AM (P)

Uh yeah... no sorry REJECTED!

.... :P Just kidding. Of course it's accepted. :D

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DEFIANT2THELAST

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:15 AM (P)

...Bitch took my line. =(

Anyway, welcome to the crew man.

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

DEFIANT2THELAST

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:52 AM (P)

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=17&t=38853&m=711762#711762

Yes, it's the new OOC thread. Lincoln braught this up with me earlier, and I agree that this one is to bulky. Please repost all CSs there.

- Thanks,
Defiant.

Lincolnz: I'll have an explosion in my pants pocket when I get a text message now

CELESTIA

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:34 PM (P)

FAAAR OUUUT!!

Excuse my lapse back to the 70's but I'm just awed at the new people!

This is gonna be so fun. Hi, everybody!

I still have a pile of work left, but I hope to have time to play on the Defiant tonight.

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