'Dragonfly' Preproduction - Epi. "Procrustean Karma" RP and Indi film.

POSTED BY: CapnRahn
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 7, 2004 15:42
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CAPNRAHN

Sunday, February 1, 2004 6:21 PM

Me, get it ... naw!

I know, you meant that fer the 'actors'.

Ignore the verdammit director, carry on...

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

ASTRIANA

Monday, February 2, 2004 5:01 AM

Actually, I get it and I agree. We'll just have to all stretching our patience muscles, if we're interacting with someone who isn't able to be online when we are. I know the difference in schedules has affected the ability of some of the AiGR RPers' being able to interact as efficiently as possible. It's all still fun, though!

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

MERCEDESTROY

Monday, February 2, 2004 12:03 PM

Oh, it looks like great fun, and I can hardly WAIT!!!!! I have been an RPG fan since the early 80's, and I am not involved in anything right now (right now being defined as for over a year) and I got a bad case of excitment!

I hope no one minds. I have enjoyed AiGR and the current section definitely has me champing at the bit for more - can't wait to see the resolution. Or at least the next bit. I can be patient too.

:sings: An-ti-ci-pation is making me wait.

Later Kiddies, still got the work thing today.

Merz

If Justice is the dish, then I am your waitress

GEEZER

Monday, February 2, 2004 5:03 PM

Slow day at work, so got to thinking about the theme song. Somehow the "Horse with No Name" tune just sounded a bit too cheery(?) and I started looking for a darker sound. Didn't take much of a leap to arrive at "Darkness, Darkness" written by Jesse Colin Young but using the Mott the Hoople arrangement. (Sorry I can't find a Midi file right now. Our firewall at work blocks some sites that have MP3s and Midis available.)

So here's three verses of the so-far unnamed song.

Dark and lonely is my future, and my honor stripped from me
By the men I called my leaders, in my hour of victory
Dark and lonely like the spaces, ‘tween the planets and the stars
But however deep the darkness, it can never hide my scars

Scars I earned in honest combat, on my body, on my mind
From the places I still remember, and the ones I left behind
Scars cut deep into my being by the weapons of deceit
By the ones who finally taught me the meaning of defeat

I must battle for my honor, ‘gainst the traitors I once served
And if I can ever beat them, then their fall will be deserved
I must battle for my comrades, who were slaughtered for a lie
So that I may stand among them, when I join them by and by
When I join them by and by

"Keep the Shiny side up"

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:02 AM

Hey folks like my shiny new ID fer seperatin' Capn Marovech Rahn and yer verdammit DiRecTor?

'Bout the song ... It sounds wistfult to me and a bit mournful of what was lost and gained by leaving civilazition behind.

Much like our 'crew' will do in DF. Leaves the brigth lights and easy living for the simpler life. (Please NO Paris Hilton puns ... ick)

I know where I am going with the lyrics, just hard to get it across w/o finishing the lyrics.

PUMAMANREDUX

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 5:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DragonFlyDirector:
Hey folks like my shiny new ID fer seperatin' Capn Marovech Rahn and yer verdammit DiRecTor?

nif-ty ... spiffy even

Quote:
Much like our 'crew' will do in DF. Leaves the bright lights and easy living for the simpler life. (Please NO Paris Hilton puns ... ick )

Capn ... would anyone here really want to make a Paris Hilton wisecrack? Now if you had mentioned Michael Jackson ...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. (Alfred Hitchcock)

CAPNRAHN

Sunday, February 8, 2004 3:14 AM

I have been asked (in various ways):
"Why are doing a spin-off of Firefly concerning the Alliance, aren't they the bad guys?"

The end of that question aptly illustrates my VERY reason for 'going to another perspective'.

Mostly it comes down to 2 points:

1) Most do not know that I am a Gulf War vet. Now you do.

2)

Quote:
"There are more shades of gray than stars in the 'Verse" -Marovech Rahn-

Point One
The idea that a government or military could betray their service members is close to my heart.

Most folks don't know that RIGHT after the GW, a 'cost-saving' proposal was passed to 'roll-out' 500,000 service members from EACH service. No matter the experance, skills or loyalty of the member. If there was a way -- roll 'em out.

So they did. Even offering soon-to-be-retirees a lump sum instead of their monthly (until death) retirement pay. Lump sums look good on paper, but dosen't come near what the retiree would get (then at 45% of exiting pay) if they lived for more than 8 or so years after they left the service. Don't invest smart, you end up working at Meijers as a 60 year old 'greeter' -- with nothing but social security and you retail store check for you to try to survive on. The 'help' seminars were just set dressing ... most of the investments they suggested were ... unhelpful.

Good, the 'government' is saving money -- right? Nope - the money 'saved' went elsewhere, most notably into the pockets of congress-members -- remember the 50% raise they gave themselves in '91/'92?

I am not here to debate this, I lived it. This is information about my reasons for doing Dragonfly, only. Savvy?

OK, now you know the barest minim, there many other reasons for my feelings concerning 'betrayal'.

Point Two
I feel that lumping EVERYONE exists/lives/participates in a system, government, corporation, religion or just plain fan group - into a bigoted pile, is wrong.

There is another story to be told here in the Firefly 'Verse. I am going to attempt to do so, with the help of the players/actors in the proposed RP.

Quick Synopsis of Dragonfly
During the Battle of Serenity Valley a group of intelligent and loyal Alliance elite military engineers {A.P.E.s} come across information that shows that the Alliance faked several incidents to precipitate a war with the Independents.

The Commodore in charge gets wind of this and insures the group is persecuted in various manners that cannot, or will not, be questioned {see point one for the tiny basis for this}.

Before the Commodore's plan can move to completion, the APEs decide to resign/break-out/accept-forced-retierment and attempt to right the wrong that they helped to perpetrate. They disappear to the mid/rim worlds. To one planet in particular - Arcade' {r K dee a}

They build a ship out of scrapped vessels (most notably Firefly class) while on this Alliance junk yard/trash-dump planet.

Arcade' was once a garden-world, one of the 'breadbasket' planets of the Alliance. It's biosphere was all but destroyed in one of the falsified incidents nearly 10 years before the incidents shown in Firefly. It is now a junk yard/trash dump planet.

The APEs spend 5 years building a ship. One they can utilize to fulfill their reasons for being in the military in the first place -- help and protect the citizens, regardless of their affiliation.

However, the loss of faith in the APEs ex-superiors has made a mark. One visible example is the name of the vessel they build - Justiciar.
{jus tish E air : to and of the dispensation and administration of justice.}

Well, there ya go... I hope that answers the question!

Shades of gray ...

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Monday, February 9, 2004 7:52 AM

Well, here is the prelim. sketch of the last bit of the Justiciar ...

I present, The Outrider Class F.A.C.V.
{Forward Area Controller Vessel}:

Starboard View:

Dorsal View

I know it needs work and the drawing shows the wings in the stowed postion.

When deployed, the wings are a variable 'morphing' poly-organic sheet connected to the wing tip and main body.

The wingtip can be seen in the pics, tucked just forward of the platypus tail (Think of a variation of the F-117 exhaust ports) ion engine.

STATS:
Length : 23ft 3in
Beam {width}: 33ft
Height : 5ft 3in

Crew: 1 Pilot
In prone postion on silding/rotating gimble couch. Much akin to the refueling jockey couch that is on KC-135 air refuelers.

Passenger: 1 to 3
Number of passengers epends on the size of the passenger(s) and hoe friendly they are with each other.
Prone behind pilot.

Weapons:
{in each 'horn')
1 - 111.5mm OD (outer diameter} MetalStorm cannon capable of firing up to 80mm caseless rounds of various payloads.

16 - 25mm OD MetalStorm RFG {Rapid Fire Gun}capable of firing up to 15 mm caseless rounds.

Info on real world Metalstorm weapons, 100%electronic ballistics technology:
http://www.metalstorm.com/

More later...

Oh yes, StJ... no longer using the working name of 'Meg' ... I gotta find a new 'name' fer this little vessel.

Not sure I am happy with it, but here it iz!

"Observe Analyze & Respond"
Motto of the A.P.E.s

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Monday, February 9, 2004 8:45 AM

I posted this as an answer to a question Teela 'almost' asked on me b-log 'Answer to the question:"Why Dragonfly"' ...

Bleah ... yor gonna KILL me for the acyronym ...

I liked the CO Lt. Razak calling his troops 'apes' so much, from the CGI show called "Roughnecks:Starship Trooper Chronicles", I had to ... ahem... borrow it.

So get yer guns and get ready to shoot me...

Just keep in mind the Alliance seems to like their wordy labels and titles!

A.P.E.s = Alliance Protean Engineers

StJ {he is playing in DF} jokingly asked if the APEs made protein ... I had to laugh!

Chuckling aside, I figgered I better define Protean a'for I get shot!
{and I dinna check to see if I had already noted/defined Protean, previously on this thread.}

Protean {pro tee ann}
1)Readily able to take on varied forms or shapes - 2)exibiting considerable variety or diversty.
synonyms: adaptable, flexable or multifaceted.

"Observe Analyze & Respond"
Motto of the A.P.E.s

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:20 PM

OK, here is the Outrider with the wings deployed...

...And yes, it is still unfinished, lol.

"Observe Analyze & Respond"
Motto of the A.P.E.s
Alliance Protean Engineers