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[Sparks Murphey]

Thom Frankfurt, on 10 June 2012 - 12:44 AM, said:

Thank you! And which CBT RPG book? A Time of War? Well two type 4's would be accessable. That family gives each other mechs for presents. Though I think a 3025 tech Cicada *snickers* would be considered a gag-gift.

Especially considering her dad being an exec at the Enforcer (or is it Centurion?) plant on New Avalon


(I really need to get my books from Cali)

Uh, sadly, the WizKids "Classic BattleTech RPG" - 35030.

I've got both MechWarrior RPG 3rd Ed and A Time of War, but both are at home, and I'm posting from a friend's place. Pretty sure AToW is pretty similar.

[Thom Frankfurt]

Hmmm I wonder if there's any spacepirates with pegleg's, hooks for hand, or eyepatches floating around out there....

Heh, get a pigmey surat to be a parrot...

[Sparks Murphey]

So, long story short, Chaos, you'll be fine, we can make up stuff with references to lore to justify pretty much anything you say.

[ChaosGrinder]

Name: Elisabeth "Liz" OConnor
Callsign: Spitfire
Date of Birth/Age: 23 ,Born 9/11/3008, Isle of Skye, Solaris
Current Mech: Cicada
House Affiliation: Who pays most
Military History: 3 Years, her Mech was a Gift for birthday.
Physical Description: Tall and slender, raven black hair, brown eyes, fine lips. She normally wears a black Surcoat with brown shoulderpads and mechanic specops boots. (Picz below)
Open Background: Comming from the family OConor, she was born with a silver spoon. Her father was in the military, her mother a university teacher, and beside her older Sister Alyssa her only anchor of warmth. Her father was an inquisitive man, questioning everything and extremely distrustfull. He kept her at distance, showing her that she, asl the youngest of three kids wasn´t worth it.
After she graduaded from school, she went to the military , away from her dad, trying her luck there, but after only ona and a half years of service she quitted and went off als a Soldier of fortune.
As a result of that she is a shy and quiet person, monosyllabic but with a cracky mood. If she feels disrespected or hurt, she will react with violence and she is a good fighter. To people she trusts, she is utterly loyal and helps where she can.
Deep Background: Being left allone by her dad and due to her job also by her mum, Elisabeth had a quite lonely childhood with only few friends. That didn´t change during her school time and neither really during military service, though she has a few contacts from there. During that time, she lost her lower legs, wich not only left her with implants, but with a scarred soul. Due to that, she has problems controlling herself, sometimes insulting others, sometimes erupting in violence or sorrow wich results in alcohol consume.
Notable Equip: She carries a silver pocketwatch, her latest gift from her sister Alyssa, a memorycard with her favorite music, a multitool in a leather pouch and a archaic Autopistol wich was also a gift by one of her ex military companions.

All of this is still Subject to changes, if needed




This now has undergone some changes. Hope it´s a bit clearer now
Well, those legs can´t do more than normal legs, except looking fancy. I´m really no fan of a char that everyone looks at as to "op". Pleasepleaseplease tell me if there are any points unclear to you, till then, im roaming sarna.net <_> so much fluff

[Sloth901]

Sorry for the lack of posting. I put a short post down to get the ball rolling again and i will write more, im determined now. If i dont you all hereby have my permission to pester me by PM as mush as you want untill i post

[ChaosGrinder]

Uh, if that just doesn´t backfire

I´m waiting for the Lore-pros to give me tips and such

[Sparks Murphey]

ChaosGrinder, on 10 June 2012 - 06:17 AM, said:

Uh, if that just doesn´t backfire

I´m waiting for the Lore-pros to give me tips and such

Looks pretty good from a lore point of view. The only thing I'd consider plotting out here in OOC before entering the main thread is how you'll introduce her to the other characters so that she trusts/associates at least one of them fairly shortly into the RP. Thom's suggestion of a New Avalon background with her Dad as an Enforcer plant exec would have been a possible 'in' there, since Bertie has a slightly jury-rigged Enforcer and could use a hand. That's not a reason to change it purely for that reason, more of an example of how you could work it.

(Caveat: my approval counts for nothing but goodwill, bunnies and sunshine, so check with Thom or Gozer for approval)

[ChaosGrinder]

Bunnies are fair enough :3

I will have tr read the RP closely , aybe i´ll find something i can start with.
If not, then i´ll work on the bio, maybe thom´s suggestion really is the better one

[Vodkavaiator]

ChaosGrinder, on 10 June 2012 - 03:14 AM, said:

Callsign: Spitfire

Sorry, had to be done in honor of the sadly absent Nor Azman.

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Character looks interesting, however, on a merely personnel level I enjoy seeing specific detail in regards to military service or experience.

Such as units served with and combat experience in general. A character could have years of service without really seeing much action in a garrison posting or they could be quite experienced having participated in several battles in the same amount of time.

Otherwise Sparks'/Thom's advice seems quite good, having a good explanation why a character would take to or befriend another always makes things easier.

Edited by Vodkavaiator, 10 June 2012 - 07:37 AM.

[ChaosGrinder]

Yeha Actually one of my favorite songs and origin for the callsign ;D
Can you read minds ?

That´s the think where my low lore-knowledge gets me. I don´t know enough to tell where she served, where she fought. I have to look it all up. :/

[Vodkavaiator]

ChaosGrinder, on 10 June 2012 - 07:58 AM, said:

Yeha Actually one of my favorite songs and origin for the callsign ;D
Can you read minds ?

It is the power of vodka!

Joking aside, the Prodigy are nice so I tend to think of either the fighter or that song when I read Spitfire anywhere...

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I also am rather unknowledgeable about the lore, however, I found it quite good to utilize the 4th Succession Wars as a starting point. Reading on Sarna, I found a random faction(in my case the Lyran Commonwealth) and looked for suitable(small-scale or unknown) mercenary companies that were involved in some fighting.

Edited by Vodkavaiator, 10 June 2012 - 08:16 AM.

[ChaosGrinder]

But remember, in Sovjet Russia, vodka drinks you

i think i could stick to Lyran too. Sounds legid to me. Fought a bit in the last battles of the 4th succession war, then left the military to become a Soldier of fortune. Hope that´s ok that way

[RogueSpear]

Depending on how high tier and tolerant your character is, she could have come across mine before if she's a Lyran. Before he became Jack Churchill he was Hans James von Bracken-Steiner, a member of the Steiner nobility. That is in his deep background, but if you need a way to avoid compromising your background, I don't mind you knowing about it and running in Jack, him telling you not to mention it etc...We'd need to talk about it. Anyway, offer is on the table if you want it

[ChaosGrinder]

That sounds good to me.

She isn´t exactly noble, but was born with a silver spoon, she´s rich, so she may have met Jack before.

[RogueSpear]

Could have met him in passing once or twice. Did you read my bio in here? He used to go drinking, gambling, womanizing, etc *a lot* so if she has similar tastes they could even have been friends.

[ChaosGrinder]

Your Bio gave some good lulz Sounds like a mix of Jim Raynor and Han Solo to me

She drinks too, but she´s not a gambler´s nature

Dunno, maybe she knows him from the Military. Or maybe he knows her and remembers her from his army time
What would you say ?

[RogueSpear]

Knows him from the bars, seen him around campus, served on a tour with him in a different unit (So she didn't find out how much of a proper lazy ******* he was - he did get DIShonourably discharged )?
Enough to recognise him and be on friendly terms with him.
Sound good?

[ChaosGrinder]

Sounds great Need to get approved by the Bosses, then i hopefully can start soon :3

[RogueSpear]

Awesome, when you get approved, let me know before you link up with Jack so we talk about how to handle it.

[ChaosGrinder]

Yup, i´ll let you know.

Actually i wanted to pilot a Stalker but naww, they won´t let me :<