RP - Out of Character Commentary - "Badger's Betrayal" or "Adventures in Gunrunning"
POSTED BY: Astriana
UPDATED: Monday, January 19, 2004 16:42
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(it got too darn long to post here. but I linked it)
Ciara, here's that character rundown of Inara you were asking about.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3396
I hope it's helpful. =) Really you've been doing fine I think, but hopefully my longwindedness with help scratch that itch for ya.
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"Hang on, travelers..."
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I was wondering what y'all got out reading of the Infirmary scene.
I got some specfic ideas for further-down-the-road character arcs (not just for Simon)... but wanted to see if I had "planted the foreshadowing seeds" correctly.
So, just let me know what ya think of the full Infirmary moves.
Yes, I have been trying to collate the posts into their 'scene/set/location' pieces IE Bridge, Inara's Shuttle, Infirmary, Reaver Ship, and Transit(walkin' and talkin' from one location to another)etc...
If Astriana is amenable and since we seem to be 'working in parallel', I would like to work together in formatting our little RP into a script and keep it updated as we go.
Thoughts?
"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"
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CAPNRAHN-I reread you're Infirmary posts. Am intrigued with direction you're taking Simon in RP. Hidden agendas and skills are always a plus. Nice segue into an interesting side story off main plot. I like the interaction between Book and Simon. Good character development. Oh, and the script update is a VERY good idea. Kind of got lost where everyone was in the RP for a while.
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During the break. while installing a DVD R/W on the computer(Look out Capn, I'll be an image clippin' fool soon!) I worked out a bit of Thorne's backstory. This is always malleable if needed down the line.
Thorne is a native of Hara, and was the second son of a well-off farm family which lived in Serenity Valley(where else?). As the second son, he goes into the military, which at that time meant the Alliance forces. My Avatar is his graduation picture from the military academy. (A cyber-cookie to the one that tells me who the picture actually is.) Thorne doesn't talk much about his time in Alliance service, but is a colonel by the time of the Unification war.
At the start of the war, he resigns his Alliance commission and volunteers to fight for the Independents. This is not a popular decicion with his family, who support unification. Due to his prior military experience, Thorne is involved with strategic planning, but, also due to other prior experience, he spends some time on clandestine operations to obtain weapons and supplies.
After the war is lost, Thorne returns to Hara, although he now has no ties there. His sister moved off-world years ago and the rest of his family were lost in the devastation of Serenity Valley. He uses contacts developed during the war to open an import/export business that is quite successful, if somewhat less than 100% legal.
Thorne is well traveled, and at home in a variety of cultures and social levels. Somewhat of an antiquarian, he loves ancient music, literature, movies, video, and popular culture. His language is sprinkled with 600 years of slang and catchphrases. For some unknown reason he refuses to speak Chinese, but throws in an occasional word in other Earth-that-was languages, which few understand. In business he is direct to the point of bluntness, but when socializing can get quite verbose.
He likes a drink now and again, and occasionally goes on a real toot, as though he were trying to forget something. Enjoys good food (and can cook his own), although once again no Chinese. Likes women, but isn't involved with any one at this time.
Also, as noted before: about 50, good shape, left-handed, right ear missing, short salt&pepper hair, clean shaven, well armed.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Thanx Humble!
Geezer - Tahnx to you too! As a non-canon guest-star you have free reign on your back story.
Do you mind if I include it in the RPs show 'bible', if I do one?
Just a Note - I am thinking of starting an RP, but not the crew of the Serenity.
It would be a group of disaffected Alliance folk and retired Federal Marshals who found out the hard way that they were used. They don't feel they were on the right side of the war.
So, they quit their jobs or (if military) were 'rolled-out'. The main cast is based around a Fighter Craft Crew Chief (forcably reitred Seinor Master Sergant) by the name of Marovech Rahn.
(yep, the name is from an old DnD Character and the last is, of course, my ID 
)
He and his 'sympathizers' (engineers and his ground crew)scavanged and 'kitbashed' their own ship out of - primarly -Firefly class transports. It is slightly bigger and to keep within the 'bug' aspect, I am calling the 'new' class the 'Dragonfly Class Frigate'
I'll post a synop and ship drawings in another thread as soon as I have it fleshed out.
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Thank you SO MUCH for the Inara rundown, Zach--I think I'll keep it for future reference and study :)
I think the Inara I play has been too damsel-in-distress...but that's a side of her we don't ever see, I guess. She'll be back to her old hidden self again soon, I promise it :)
The only person I can imagine Inara sharing her confidince with is Kaylee--maybe we can work with that later, Boomer :) when Kaylee's not pinin for Simon! *grin*
Thanks again, Zach, as always, my Hero
Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss
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Geezer-Way to go to town on the backstory! Sounds like quite the rennaissance man. I look forward to interacting Mal with Thorne. CAPNRAHN-Sounds like an interesting idea for kind of a spin-off RP of FIREFLY. I like it.
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Heh, I had put this on the IRC Alpha Chat, but what the heck ...
POSSIBLE RP SPOILER ALERT
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Was wondering what you folks thought about the infirmary stuff.
I may do a ... ahem 'tribute' to FarScape .... A Neural Niska clone in Simons head ... so he and his sis can both be crrrrazy ...
It would be amuzing to see how long it will take for someone to accuse me of ripping off FarScape ... hee hee
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Quote:
Originally posted by HUMBLE:
Geezer-Way to go to town on the backstory! Sounds like quite the rennaissance man. I look forward to interacting Mal with Thorne.
Being new to the RP world, I'm not sure how much to reveal in backstory, and how much to let come out as things unfold. I have an idea of how Thorne/Mal interaction may work out down the road, and may check with you offline to see how you feel about it.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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OK, here is a PRELIM UNFINISHED hand-drafted (I am not an artist, period) of the Dragonfly Class Frigate. 
It can also haul cargo containers ... just no pics of them on my comp yet.
Shoot away!
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