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Old 09-29-2012, 04:08 PM   Top  -  End  -  #31
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Now I really have to try and push you to the face, just so we can have the small character confilcts of Alliance/Browncoat.

Good luck convincing Lia to take hers off...
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Old 09-29-2012, 07:33 PM   Top  -  End  -  #32
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Looks like a great plan. Character in the works.
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Old 09-29-2012, 10:43 PM   Top  -  End  -  #33
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Wow, overflowing interest!

Pickin' a crew will be a mite difficult.
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Old 09-30-2012, 12:24 AM   Top  -  End  -  #34
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You saying' there ain't enough room on the gorram ship for all of us?
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Old 09-30-2012, 12:36 AM   Top  -  End  -  #35
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Old 09-30-2012, 01:40 AM   Top  -  End  -  #36
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Good luck, there are some good submissions from some very dedicated Browncoats here.
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Old 09-30-2012, 02:49 AM   Top  -  End  -  #37
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More background (now spoilered for quicker scrolling!)



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Old 09-30-2012, 05:10 AM   Top  -  End  -  #38
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lentrax, would you mind if my Scar character was one of the Alliance troops that captured the location your character was working at? You could end up in an interesting twist being the doctor that stitches my character up after getting badly wounded.

What do you think?
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Old 09-30-2012, 09:03 AM   Top  -  End  -  #39
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Sure. I'll tweak the story a bit for some 'suggestions' the Alliance made to her triage order.
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Old 09-30-2012, 09:18 AM   Top  -  End  -  #40
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Awesome. Writing the backstory up now.
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Old 09-30-2012, 09:37 AM   Top  -  End  -  #41
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Is it just me, or are we shaping up for a Half-Alliance, Half-Browncoat crew?


@cgrela - just realised you made a pilot character too. I can tweak my character a bit and go more for the captain role so I'm not stepping on your toes if you like.

@Alpha - Can I buy a ship's cat? Or possibly parrot. I don't know, exactly, yet. I just like the idea of the pet being the only thing other than Jack to have survived two shipwrecks. There are some prices and stats in the Sixshooters and Spaceships supplement if you have it.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:20 AM   Top  -  End  -  #42
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Some more fluff for Tie Yi to strengthen the submission. She has moved farther from pilot into the gearhead/e-head department.

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Edit: Haha, I was typing this up as you posted Aneurin. I'll move Tie Yi back towards a pilot then.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:36 AM   Top  -  End  -  #43
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Sure. Jack will still be fairly pilot-ish, but I'll put more emphasis on leadership and captaincy. Or if you'd rather go Navvie/e-warfare I can stick as pilot.


Should I tweak the backstory so that the ship the crew has is the one that was crashed at Sturges? Wouldn't be hard to make that fit, and would explain why he's captain.

Actually, on that note, how will we handle ship generation when we come to it?
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:52 AM   Top  -  End  -  #44
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Sure. Jack will still be fairly pilot-ish, but I'll put more emphasis on leadership and captaincy. Or if you'd rather go Navvie/e-warfare I can stick as pilot.


Should I tweak the backstory so that the ship the crew has is the one that was crashed at Sturges? Wouldn't be hard to make that fit, and would explain why he's captain.

Actually, on that note, how will we handle ship generation when we come to it?
I've got enough concentration in my points that Tie Yi is fairly good at both piloting and e-war. She isn't naturally talented at piloting anymore, but she has been well trained. I'd say your sheet looks good as it is. Tie Yi can be primary pilot, but Jack can take over when e-war becomes a priority or there is something to repair, and he can be doing captainy things the rest of the time.

As for ship generation, I can do that. I have access to Six-Shooters and Spaceships. I like the ALST or the CL-54 for our ship.
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Old 09-30-2012, 11:27 AM   Top  -  End  -  #45
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Sounds like a good plan to me.

Though I'd favour a custom ship, or something a little more agile if we stick with the pre-gens. Of course, all depends on what the DM has planned.
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Old 09-30-2012, 03:34 PM   Top  -  End  -  #46
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Looking at an Engineer/Mechanic to round out the crew, but he's shaping up to be handy in a gunfight as well. Character should be up sometime soon.
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Old 09-30-2012, 04:30 PM   Top  -  End  -  #47
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@Alpha - Can I buy a ship's cat? Or possibly parrot. I don't know, exactly, yet. I just like the idea of the pet being the only thing other than Jack to have survived two shipwrecks. There are some prices and stats in the Sixshooters and Spaceships supplement if you have it.
Sure! An animal onboard would be fun
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Old 09-30-2012, 04:55 PM   Top  -  End  -  #48
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Sure! An animal onboard would be fun
Awesome!

Say hi to Bessie, the ship's cow!


I'll work the real animal into my background soon.
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Old 09-30-2012, 06:05 PM   Top  -  End  -  #49
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Awesome!

Say hi to Bessie, the ship's cow!


I'll work the real animal into my background soon.
I'm not saying no to free milk! Perhaps some chickens as well..
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Old 09-30-2012, 06:12 PM   Top  -  End  -  #50
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Crunched the numbers, here goes:

Grace Willows



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So, might we have a wee little bit of space on board for a hydroponic garden of sorts? (Up to now, I've planned about 4 gardening bunks' worth, but I can squeeze in a few more if need be.) Think of all the fresh food we could have! Well, sometimes at least.

Bessie the cow surely would approve... (Hmmm, can you use cow manure for fertilizer? Gotta google that...)

Jokes aside, I'd really like a cat onboard
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:39 PM   Top  -  End  -  #51
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Alright, rounding out the roster with an engineer.

Morgan "Gears" Blake, Former Alliance Agent and Mechanical Genius

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In case you missed it, he's also a mute.
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Old 10-01-2012, 08:17 AM   Top  -  End  -  #52
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@Creed: Your attributes are 4 points too high, unless there is something I'm missing.

@Unkabear: You've got a Big Damn Hero up, 16 says greenhorns.

So, here is a table of submitted characters. Sorry if I missed someone's concept exactly how the envisioned it. Narmoth and Pyrocide, I've kept yours off until you decide which one to submit.

Player Character Primary Role Secondary Role(s)
cgrela Léi Tiě Yì Pilot Technical Engineering, Nav, E-war
Lentrax Sia Ann Ling Doctor Face, Fighting
Narmoth --- ??? ???
Pyrocide --- ??? ???
Aneurin Jack Oregon Captain, Pilot Fighting
Sunfall Grace Willows Gardner/cook Science!
Unkabear Tap Mechanic Tech, Pilot
Karnius Tobias Hill Face Sneaky-type
Creed Morgan Blake Engineer Fighting
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Old 10-01-2012, 08:52 AM   Top  -  End  -  #53
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@Unkabear: You've got a Big Damn Hero up, 16 says greenhorns.
That is completely my fault, I read

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Old 10-01-2012, 10:55 AM   Top  -  End  -  #54
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@Sunfall I'll allow the Superfriends in High Places trait. I have faith you'll role play it well.

@cgrela Thanks for the table!

@Unkabear Please do retool the sheet. I can't imagine you'll scrap the whole thing though, so it won't be a dealbreaker if you haven't finalized changes before I pick.

On that note, I had planned on leaving this open for a little while longer, but it looks like we already have more than enough for a crew, so I suppose I'll close this soon. Probably sometime this afternoon (EST). Then comes the fun/unfun part of picking/not picking. Thanks for all the submissions, everyone!
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Old 10-01-2012, 11:49 AM   Top  -  End  -  #55
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Due to rl commitment, I have trouble finishing up the sheet for the face/gunman (who's name I'm changing to Adrian Starr from Dane Starr by the way) today. The doctors sheet is finished, but I'm going for Adrian So we can all fit in on the crew and no one needs to be left out.
Although I would like to start as a passenger rather than employee if that's possible. It fits better with the background of the character
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:16 PM   Top  -  End  -  #56
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Wow... this exploded!
I was starting a pilot character, but that seems to be a popular choice (even the concept I had seems to be similar to someone else's), so I will roll up an alternate as well. I really like the backstory that I came up with, so I will keep a lot of it the same and simply just switch the "specialties" around.

Randall "Run" Dixon (Pilot)
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Jeremiah "Cole" Coleman {Soldier}
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:38 PM   Top  -  End  -  #57
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I have no idea if you're still accepting submissions, but I had fun making this character, and would love to show my interest in playing.

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Name: Stirling 'Shooter' Young

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Experience: Greenhorn

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Old 10-01-2012, 01:26 PM   Top  -  End  -  #58
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@cgrela: Yes, thanks so much for the table! It must have cost you some time, looking at all those excited concepts here and dividing them apart...

@AlphaPanda: Thank you, I will Seeing as she's very uncomfortable with that kind of connections, she was hardly gonna flaunt them anyway.
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Old 10-01-2012, 01:39 PM   Top  -  End  -  #59
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Alrighty! Gonna officially close this down to new interest, lest we get drowned in applicants.

Will go through the characters and hopefully come up with a crew before too long. Good luck to everyone!

If you're jonesing to flesh out your character even more (I know I sometimes am in these situations), feel free to answer some/all of these questions. It's not required, and answering can only have a positive impact on me. Credit to CosmicOccurence for giving me this idea in another recruitment thread.

1. What's your character's greatest accomplishment / fondest memory?

2. What's your character's worst nightmare?

3. What're your character's views on the other side, whichever side that is?

4. On a scale from 1 to genocide, how far would your character be willing to go to get what he/she wants?

5. On a scale from 1 to death, how much would your character be willing to sacrifice to protect his/her interests and/or the others?

6. Is there anyone in the 'Verse who wants your character dead? If so, who / what organization(s) / how badly?

7. What is your character working for? (Money, fame, adventure, survival, etc.)
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Old 10-01-2012, 01:54 PM   Top  -  End  -  #60
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Are you absolutely sure y'all couldn't take one more application, Alpha? I have a mostly-done character from a game with friends that died that I could rework slightly to have an application set up in a jiffy. His role would be that of Captain/Face, and I already have his backstory etc. written up from that previous game.
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