Topic: Space Pirates! You know you want to.

[Historicity]

Hello there. This is an RP I have wanted to participate in for a very long time. However, no one has ever posted one which survived on any of the sites I frequent. I figure if anyone can make it work, it'll be the fine people here and elliquiy.
Just a quick note. I may be providing the setting, but I absolutely refuse to be in charge... I don't even want to roleplay the captain, I'll just keep things running from the background. Call me chief engineer.


Anyway, the year is 2505 AD, humanity has spread out across the milky way galaxy and found that he was truly alone in the universe. There are no sentient aliens, so we've pretty much run wild, terraform and claiming worlds with reckless abandon. Of course, with such a wide frontier, you can't expect anyone to really police the shipping lanes. So, there will always be room for naughty men and women to make a living on the less than legal side.

Organization: Every planet has their own government, and is in charge of their own orbitals. Above all governments is the overarching umbrella of the Solarian Union. The SU is basically a massive self fueling bureaucracy that collects taxes from all the planetary governments and is responsible for policing and settling disputes with their admittedly massive and fairly powerful navy. They don't really care what goes on out on the frontier, so long as they get their taxes. Of course, piracy does cut revenues...

Technology: Space ships sport FTL and reactionless drives, which double as shield generators, fusion generators, fractional C missiles and massive terrawatt lasers. Personal arms are typically small caliber Gauss guns and laser's. Medical technology has advanced enough to provide cloned organ and limb replacements, as well as cybernetic gear for those whose bodies reject cloned parts. Genetic engineering is easy and safe but, under Solarian Law, anyone genetically engineered from the ground up is not human, and has no rights as a human. This has led to a rampant completely legal genetic slave trade of Bioengineered individuals. Medical tech also allows people some quite affordable longevity treatments. For the price of... or, let's say how much a moderately nice car costs, a persons aging can be slowed for a maximum of three hundred years. Yeah, you can stay young for quite a while.

Your ship: You are a crew-member aboard the Spartacus. She's a small ship, basically a light cruiser. Looks like a pill about a hundred meters long, with the two rings of the gravity drive circling her hull like halo's at either end. Her bow and stern are capped with a pair of small domes containing 75 Gigawatt laser's and she's got forty-five missile tubes. Small, but deadly, and damn fast for a ship her size, but it's up to her crew to keep her alive and payed for.

Pirate crews typically take on anyone, and the crew of the pirate vessel Spartacus is no exception. Be what you want to be... ok, a few exceptions. Bioengineering cannot create a convincing super-soldier. Please, I have had so many of those cliche pansies that it makes me want to cry. Same goes for cyborgs. It's ok if you get creative, I only have a problem with cookie cutter characters.

Sexy stuff: This is not just an excuse for porn. I expect it to be fun, exciting, fast paced and dramatic as well. That's not to say I don't want sex involved. Should two characters want to shack up (Or three or four or who knows how many) they are encouraged to do so. Take it to the PM's if you're shy, or keep it in the open if you're an exhibitionist like me. I expect this too have a lot of sexual content, just not as priority numero uno. Let's try to keep the Male to Female ratio balanced here, or if you prefer the same sex, bring someone amenable to your advances.

Open Slots so far:
Captain: Elven Sex Goddess: Kendra Black AKA Black Mamba.
Tactical Officer/XO: Shadowfox?
Navigation/intel: Flaming: Dunner Koyshton AKA Bard
Assistant to the Navigator/takes over when he's drunk: Midnightkisses: Quinn "Fox" Cassidy
Boarders: Featherfall: Clay Jawkins AKA That one crazy motherfucker
Boarder2: Reia: Rissa Emrys
Chief engineer: Historicity: Lan Mei
Rich Kidnapped chick: Strictly optional, but what pirate story is complete without that one chick they kidnapped for ransom, who later decides to become a pirate too.

CS:
Name:
Age:
Sex: (Leave this one blank, it's for keeping score.)
Gender:
Appearance: (Anime pics, real pics, text descriptions, I don't care.)
Sexual Preference:
Position: (Your rank on the ship, not what you were thinking you pervert)
Personality:
Bio:
Skills:
Flaws: (Everyone's got em... almost everyone.)

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Name: Lan Mei
Age: He doesn't know, still looks younger than thirty, but that doesn't mean much.
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Yeah, he's a bishy. I may be able to salvage some self-respect eventually.

Sexual Preference: Female, with some complications.
Position: Chief Engineer

Personality: Usually friendly, and humorous. Plain spoken and likely to take things at face value. Still has some unconventional ideas about human nature and freedom. He hates hates hates slavers and anyone who takes freedom away from another person. This includes Rapists, which may seem odd from a "bloodthirsty pirate."

Bio: Lan was born in a Manpower Unlimited laboratory as a Bioengineered genetic slave. However, he wasn't given the muscle upgrades used for manual laborers, he was designed for a more... interesting job. Lan 3216 was part of a special edition production run of sex toys for the extremely wealthy. He was marketed towards women with specific tastes, hence why he looks so effeminate, but his first owner was a man. Lan doesn't know how many owners he had, because he ended up memory wiped every time he changed hands. He can only remember the last owner, who had him with her when her private yacht was hit by pirates. They didn't set him free per se, he merely served another stint as a sex slave among pirates, only without the courtesy memory wipe this time. Let's just say it's a good thing he was designed to heal quickly in case his owners played rough. He managed to smuggle himself out and apprentice himself to an engineer on another pirate ship long enough to learn the ropes. He bought himself the chief engineer position aboard the Spartacus three years later.

Skills: He loves his machines, absolutely loves them, and since he took over maintaining the weapons to save personnel, he loves them too. He lavishes such affection on his machines that he almost cries every time they fire a missile, it's like watching his own children leave home. Fills him with pride every time. He's also become something of an impromptu counselor aboard the ship. People have problems, they come to him. Everyone needs to talk every once and a while, even pirates, and his history does make him uniquely approachable. I mean, if anyone knows how to deal with deep-seated emotional issues...
He was also specially designed to be the perfect sex slave, so I want you to think long and hard about that... funny I should mention long and hard. Just saying, they got creative.


Flaws: Speaking of deep-seated emotional issues. Lan went through a bit of a rough patch after his ordeal with the pirates. He was engineered to be completely obedient and submissive. When his last mistress went the way of the Dodo's, he had no one to obey, and  tried to latch on to literally anyone who would give him an order. With some help, he's gotten over that, and has even gotten more assertive, but under times of severe stress, his programming tries to reassert itself.
As the second part of his programming... well, his creators never wanted him to kill anyone, can you imagine the law suits? So he was programmed with an aversion to causing harm. He got over that too, but killing is still incredibly painful for him. He can kill someone if he needs too, and he can even remain cohesive for as long as the adrenaline lasts, but after that he tends to just curl up in a little ball and cry. Worse, under the stress he reverts back to the slave programming, and he hates it when people see him like that. Which is why he hasn't ever told any of his fellow crewmen/women about it.
 

[AndyZ]

Count me in.  Dunno what I want to play yet; going to wait for my lungs to stop hating me before I post a char.

[MidnightKisses]

I wanna play!! Give me some time and I'll have a char ready for you.

[Brandon]

Quite interested, the last time one of these came up I tried to run it myself but there was a large falling out due to an oversight on my part which killed the game. As long as this one has active players it will continue on though. I would like to take up the role of the ships doctor again

[Historicity]

ooh, hadn't thought of that. Good choice. So yeah, basically I'm hoping to just take this and run with it. We may lose some people, we may gain some people, but I don't plan on letting this die.

[Elven Sex Goddess]

I am interested in this.   Here is a character submission.

Character concept

Name:The Black Mam-ba

Age:  Dare ask then die fool.

Gender:  Female can't you tell douche bag.

Appearance: 
Yea I'm hot,  you do me.  Hell I do me if I leaned towards girls.

Sexual preference:  On top, doggy, what oh ya mean boys or girls.   Boys dam-it  and wipe that smirk off your face.

Position:  Like I said douche bag,  doggy and on top.   What?  Position on the ship.  I'm the captain fool.   

Personality:  Sweet innocent, clean cut proper lady.   So I cuss,  an bitch slap anyone acting the fool.   An you can bet  your ass I will if you disagree with me.   

Thou she may think she is sweet and innocent.   What others see behind the actual rough exterior is a charismatic leader.

Bio: Kendra Black,   aka the Black Mam-ba.    As most encounters with her are often fatal.    Enlisted in the space fleet of the SU when she was eighteen years of age.    Scored well in her aptitude tests and was a  fighter pilot within the fleet.     However,  due to circumstances beyond her control.   Things did not work out for her in the fleet.    Too many rules,  and too many people telling her what to do.     An one of those fools she cold cocked turned out to be an admiral.   Drummed out of the service on a dishonorable discharge.    Kendra found it hard to find descent honest work.   So  a pirates life is hers.    She worked her way from just a swab up through the ranks of pirates on various ships and captains.    Gaining the reputation as  the Black Mam-ba.   A  bitch with a fatal bite.   

How old Kendra is  highly speculative.   She could be around thirty the age she looks to over a hundred and fifty.  As Kendra has been known to  go through the expensive rejuvenation treatment offered on high end worlds. 

Skills: Pilot,  first and foremost her first love is being a pilot.   Be it in the cockpit of a fighter or piloting a pirate ship.    She is descent shot with small fire arms.     As for hand to hand combat, she is trained in such from her days in the fleet.   However its her raw intensity that gets her by rather then skill.   Finally she is able to knit.   As it is a calming influence on her.   

Flaws: Temper.   Fuck you all, I don't have a temper.   Remember I am sweet and innocent.   I can take orders,  and don't forget that douche bag.  An that admiral deserved it.   

From her days in the fleet,   to even as a mere swab starting out as a pirate.   She has trouble taking orders.    If she ain't captain then she ain't following orders.   

[Historicity]

I was laughing so hard by the time I got to the end of that. Accepted, accepted a thousand times accepted, lol. Welcome aboard captain.

[Elven Sex Goddess]

Thanks,  looking forward to it getting started.   As we have a galaxy to plunder.   After all its a pirates life or nothing.  :)

[Reia]

Sounds like fun. I'll have a CS up for an XO later today.

I also wouldn't mind being in charge. :)

[Flaming]

Navigation/intel: (In charge of finding prey and avoiding the law.)

CS:

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Name: Name's Dunner, born Koshyton, haven't heard? Big family? nasty neighbors? blood feud that almost wiped out 3 systems? Still no clue? You people really should read a book or two in a lifetime. Call me "Bard", that's what I'm now.

Age: 30ish? Lost count after I got old enough drink and pilot... Yeah, keeping doing those two things together, why?

Sex:

Gender: got a wiggly down there, wanna see?


Sexual Preference: Girls with a nice ass, girls with big boobs, shy girls, naughty girls, girls with small boobs, twins girls, drunken girls, blond girls, asian girls, brunette girls...

Position: Right here man, sitting for this interview! What a question is that?... Oh you mean my expertise, well, detractors would say babbling and gossiping, I prefer "Head of Intelligence and Diversion". Oh, and I'm also the official booze taster.

Personality: Magnetic, but you already know it: look at your assistant, she can't pull her eyes off me, and she has drooled during all the last 20 clicks. ... Babe, second deck, third door on the left, door always open, I'll be off for day shift.

Bio: Told'ja, big family, nasty quarrel with other one, just escalated sector wide... No, that thing about the major daughter happened when thing had already gone south... No, the general's wife was a completely different matter...
When things got nasty just fled the place, had to take care of my litl' sys, you know. Been there, done that. Jobs to buy next meal, but not a real hard worker, I prefer cards and secrets... How we did end up here? A girl needs a place to call home, not to wander around every night in a different bed. Couldn't stay in the same place too long but have to do sacrifices like a good old brother, you know, so we had to find a moving house, ya see?

Skills: I've been to Salkug IV. ...yeah, really... no they didn't invite me, and they didn't even realized I had been there for what matters. And... Remember that scandal in the Vaga III sector? Guess who leaked the gossip.
Oh yeah, I managed to bed 7 girls during the same wedding party...

Flaws: I haven't any! ...what? Booze is not a flaw, is a godsend molecule... C'mon, just a few credits in a casino, are you counting that too? ...that's enough! I'm an healthy young male, is my evolutionary duty to hit on every girl I see...
Ehi there! hands down from her, touch my sys and you lose whatever limb you used to do it. Am I clear?

[Historicity]

@Reia: Well, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but you'll have to take it up with the nice lady who just took captains position. As I said, I ain't in charge here if I can help it.

@Flaming: Good so far, just get that appearance up and you'll be fine, might want to get a bit more history though. That's optional. Also, what is this, a bloody comedian's convention?

[ShadowFox89]

 What positions are still open?

[Featherfall]

This looks like it will be a ton of fun; I'm all in, if you'll have me.

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CS: Boarder (Preferably Commander of the group)

Name: My name is Clay Jawkins. Yes, THAT Clay Jawkins. The door's that way in case you want to start run-that's what I thought.

Age: 37.

Sex:

Gender: Male

Appearance:


There is a horribly burned patch of skin where his Marine tattoo used to be. [Note, he has both arms unlike what the picture suggests]

Sexual Preference: Women; sensitive to the touch, willing to be all wrapped up and blindfolded for good ole' Clay, maybe even trade who takes charge, and not afraid to laugh *wiggles fingers*

Position:Commander of the boarding party of the good ship.

Personality: An incredibly tough individual who wants everyone and their mother to know it, and wants to turn everything into a contest, from killing to plundering to drinking. When bullets start flying he becomes an almost sadistic madman, hell bent on killing whoever was stupid enough to try and play hero. He's also a weapons geek, always trying to get the latest in guns, blades and armor. He also has a soft spot for children and puppies for some ungodly reason that he couldn't explain even if he tried, and won't abide by anyone abusing either.

Bio: Clay Jawkins was once part of the dreaded Marine Corps, the first wave of attack on boarding parties or planetary invasions. They didn't bother securing territory or holding lines; that was what the "Rearliners" were for, not Frontliners like the Marines. And like most Marines, Jawkins was a bit "blood-crazed", what they called those who loved what they did probably a little too much. During an incident known as the "Zero-1 Colony Massacre" Jawkins led a team of marines into a colony that had been captured by terrorists. For reasons that were never released and Jawkin's himself is unwilling to explain, it was an unmitigated disaster, leading to multiple civilian casualties, the escape of the terrorist leader, and Jawkin's dishonorably discharged and jailed. He was able to escape with some of his men, and formed their own mercenary band when the Captain hired him and his "boys" on.

Skills: Jawkin's Marine training was tailor made for boarding ships and subduing any resistance quickly and efficiently. His training in weaponry and unarmed combat is as high as any marine, and he has some knowledge in both setting up and disarming small-scale explosives. He's also excellent at commanding a small attachment of men, and is able to improvise if things go badly.

Flaws: Jawkin's is "blood-crazed". If someone stupidly tries to play hero, or the anti-boarding measures are greater than they thought, then he goes off on a rampage of blood and gore, even if it behooves them to take a few people alive. He also has difficultly following orders to a "T". For example, sure, he'll bring in the crate marked, "F-R-A-G-I-L-E"...or at least two of the three pieces anyway. Probably wasn't all that important. He also has a tendency to underestimate women, even the ones under his command (if any). Oh, and he's also a chain-smoker. He knows that it's a highly explosive area, damnit, but a man's gotta have his smoke!

[ShadowFox89]

 If you've still got room, I'll look at writing up an XO/Tactical Officer.

[Reia]

@Reia: Well, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but you'll have to take it up with the nice lady who just took captains position. As I said, I ain't in charge here if I can help it.

Ah, that makes sense. :)

Will have the XO CS posted in a bit.

[ShadowFox89]

 Alright, looks like most officer positions are going to be taken. I'll bow out then.

[Reia]

Alright, looks like most officer positions are going to be taken. I'll bow out then.

Actually, I was just about to edit my post - as much as I'd love to be in charge of the weapons, my knowledge for having such a character is rather limited. I think I'll be going with a boarder/generic pirate.

[ShadowFox89]

 That works then.... Let me think of something.

[Reia]

General Pirate/Boarder

Name: Rissa Emrys
Age: 27
Sex:
Gender: Female
Appearance: -see image on right-
Sexual Preference: Bisexual
Position: Boarder/Damage Control (helps fix the ship up, general maintenance)

Personality: Rissa is a tough cookie and doesn't take shit from anyone. Because of her family's background and the environment she grew up in, she can be extremely manipulative. She loves to twist things so that they work out in her favor, regardless of who she hurts along the way. What most don't know is that she's a bit soft hearted and once she takes someone in, they're a friend for life.

Bio:
As the only child and the first girl to be born into the family in over ten generations, her position was an interesting one. She had a rough childhood, because while loved and pampered, she was expected to live up to the family's expectations. Her father had arranged a marriage for her when she was a girl to strengthen her family's political standing. However, after meeting her future husband (a man 15 years her senior), she decided to take things into her own hands.

The night before her 18th birthday, and subsequently her wedding, she ran away from home.

The first few years were tough for her as she learned how to navigate the ins and outs of ship life. Over the years she learned how to cook and has become quite adept at making the oddest ingredients appetizing.

This was how, four years ago, she earned her passage onto The Spartacus. She cooks meals for the crew and helps with general maintenance duties.

Skills: Cooking is her best skill, one she uses to ensure her continued space on the ship. She's also pretty good at mending and fixing things (tinkering), be it clothing or machines - even if she doesn't know much about them.

Flaws: She can still act like a spoiled child, especially if her space is encroached upon. She has a sharp tongue, often hurting others even when she hasn't meant to. There's also her tendency to shut others out - it's very hard for her to let others in.

[Historicity]

Good CS, the tinkering bit may mean you work in engineering or Damcon (Damage control) when not actively boarding a prize, I'll leave that up to you.

[MidnightKisses]

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Name: Quinn Fox" Cassidy
Age: I'm 20, nope not yet able to drink...legally
Sex:
Gender: I'm a girl, so Female
Appearance:

Sexual Preference: Bi
Position: Assistant Navi.
Personality: I'm sweet...Caring... No I didn't just trap my eccentric chief in the closet... let him out? But hes drunk again... oh fine. Like I was saying I'm really nice and...What? no! Well... Yeah OK so I was a brawler, and I have a volatile temper, and i might be a bit bipolar... But I'm still sweet I swear.
Bio: OK so I grew up with my mom and dad, he was a war veteran you see and had PTSD and when we were hunting in the forest behind the house he would often leave me on accident. I learned quick how to navigate the thick forest and the sense of direction has stayed with me sense, when I was 13 I snuck on a ship and when the Chief Navi. had an accident...No I didn't cause it. Anyways I took his job but that was really boring when I was 16 I switched to a pirate ship and a few months ago I came to be aboard this ship. My Chief Navi here though is kinda weird but he knows what he is doing.. I think.
Skills:Navigation, Martial arts, Listening to commands
Flaws: Being a mild submissive when ever someone gives her a command no matter what it is she will do it before thinking, she has a temper, and she does like to drink but she wont while on duty.

[Elven Sex Goddess]

Really shaping up with a nice collection of characters for a crew.   

[ShadowFox89]

 Anyone got a name for my character >.<'

 I need to go read a book on names or something..

I aim to misbehave

Name: Jackson 'Jack' Xitomer
Age: Late twenties? Early thirties? No one knows....
Sex: (Leave this one blank, it's for keeping score.)
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Sexual Preference: Hetero/straight.
Position: Any that you... Oh, right. XO and Tactical Officer.
Personality: Not against telling a joke or two, he prefers to have an orderly ship run. He'd be the first to draw a gun, if the captain wasn't faster. When things get rough, he would rather everyone have their heads than lose them.
Bio: Jack was born and raised on Mars. When he was seventeen, he joined the Mars Defense Force. There, he learned most of the skills he makes use of as a pirate, how to shoot and fight, how to pilot, and how to keep a crew that would otherwise not listen to any orders in line.
 After a few years of service in the MDF, Jack left the force. The exact details are unknown, but it was something involving a senior officer. Shortly after leaving the force, he joined up with Kendra Black's crew as the XO and tactical officer.
Skills: Excellent shot, fairly skilled pilot, has some mechanical talent and a passing understanding of how to fight with a blade.
Flaws: Has a tendency to blame himself for any failings of those under his command.

[Historicity]

Harkness is always a good last name for a badass. After that, it's usually Samuel or John or Jack.

I'd suggest Malcolm Reynolds, but I wouldn't want to break immersion too much. Although, having actually seen Nathan Fillion naked once, that is going to leave interesting pictures in my head once things develop

[Brandon]

I noticed there was no mention of extra terrestrial life, or Im just blind and didnt see it. Basicly what I was thinking was making my futa neko from the last game since I never got a chance to play her but I dont know if thats going to fit for the setting. Care to comment?