So before we get started on this new RP idea of mine, I just want to say that this is basically Steampunk inspired. I was flipping through the channels today, and saw this show that I guess was steampunk. I couldn't find the name of the show, so don't ask me, I don't know. I caught it at the end, so I don't really know what it was about. As for the RP itself, I don't think there's anything that's been done like this before, so this should be interesting. (Depending on if anyone shows interest and joins. lol Anyway, enjoy and join! There are a lot of surprises and ideas I have in store for this story.)




Fire in the Sky



History

Like many men and women before, the sky became something to take and be apart of. For many generations, children and advlts of all ages dreamed of flying through the sky like a bird. And for many years, that became a reality for some. Before the bombs fell in 2077, the sky was filled with aircraft. But that all changed, when the bombs fell and all was ruined. The sky once again, became something to ponder and imagine. For those after the bombs, the sky was something not of meaning or delight. The sky was just another thing, and people became much more concentrated on the lands that they walked and lived on. Many years and soon, many decades passed before surviving man came to imagine flying again.

At first, it was not easy. Many who dared take to the sky, like their predecessors before them, failed and ultimately gave up or died trying. But when news of the Western Brotherhood of Steel, had once again taken to the sky by large flying air blimps, many across the wasteland began to make their own. It wasn’t easy, and most of the time it was just for kicks, to see if anyone could match what the Brotherhood of Steel. But then news of their failure, and the destruction of the flying crafts, soon dissuaded people from trying. But that all changed, many years later when flying airships soon became a means of transport for people and goods alike.

Soon, many had taken to the skies, and like anything else, corruption hit. Anyone with an airship, could become a “Pirate of the Air” so to speak. Not many did, but those who did caused many problems for those who used their airships as a transporting business. Soon the skies over the wasteland became a battle ground. Air Pirates coasted the skies, looking for their next prey while others tried fleeing or holding them off. Airships were soon fitted with weapons of war and destruction, not seen since the years of early colonialism many hundreds of year ago. Soon, the sky was on fire.



Backstory

The year is 2290, and it has been seven years since airships have become a major means of transportation. Not anyone can have or own an airship, and those few lucky enough to work or captain one, are usually not alive very long thanks to the Air Pirates that harass and shoot down the airships. Except for one Captain, and his well known ship “Ajax” who destroys any airship that dares get in his way; Air Pirate or not, the Ajax is the best known Airship in all the wasteland; spanning coast to coast. Stories of legend and folk tales are told of the ship Ajax, and it’s captain who do what they like. The NCR, had at one time tried using the Captain and his ship Ajax, but the Captain denied and soon the NCR was hot on his tail. Reasons behind this, are nothing but rumors. Some say the NCR wanted to recruit the Captain and his ship into their ranks. Use “Ajax” as their weapon of war. Others say the Captain had done bad in the NCR, and were after him. The most likely, is the first, because soon after the NCR put a bounty out for the Captain and the Ajax, they themselves had created an “armada” of battle airships. Soon the NCR was into the sky, and battles between the NCR and Air Pirates was rampant; all the while, free-lance airship captains and their “tugs” became a sort of smuggler.

The Captain and Ajax, were one of those smugglers. It didn’t matter what it was. Drugs, Guns, Slaves, etc. The Captain and Ajax, were up for the task. The only problem was, the Captains latest crew had gone their separate ways, and the Captain with his “tug” were forced to find a new crew.



Current Times & You!

In the settlement of Rad-cliff, a well known smuggler’s den, the Captain and his airship Ajax are on the hunt for a new crew. Many want to, but many don't get to join the Captain and his airship Ajax because the Captain is particular on who joins. There have been many NCR airship raids lately, and the jobs taken by these smugglers are getting more and more dangerous by the day. Though the pay is good, and the notoriety is bigger than ever. Even more so, than those they called the Vault Dweller, Chosen One, and Lone Wanderer. The chance to become big, and make it big money wise is immense. The Captain and Ajax are waiting, and so is the wasteland. Adventure and imagination awaits!



Ajax Description

The airship known as “Ajax” looks like most airships, but isn’t most airships. The main actual ship, is just basically that. It’s metal frame looks like that of an old http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/lennon/897/images/Ship1.jpg. It has two rows, opposite each other with a total of six 28 pound cannons on each side. Ajax is powered by two twin engines, that have propellers as part of the propulsion system. Above the ship itself, is a large balloon blimp, that is held by netting and ropes. Ajax is painted with a brown wooden-looking finish, rather a metallic look. At the bow inside the ship, two large 42 pound cannons point forward both nicknamed “Demi-Gods” because of their size and power. On the deck of the ship, there are four Gatling-gun emplacements: Two near the bow, and two near the stern of the ship. Considering the heavily armored airship, the sleeping conditions are rather comfortable and not very cramped even though the crew of the ship mostly sleep in hammocks stacked above each other in three. For anchorage, Ajax, like any other airship has just that; a large anchor that helps slow down the airship while the engines turn backwards; slowing the ship to a stop, and anchoring it down.


Rules: You should know them, but here’s just incase.

1. No God-like acts or characters

2. I am boss, and my word is final on any matter.

3. Keep posts a decent length. (That means paragraph or more.)

4. Use Common Sense

5. Don’t argue or OOC too much.

6. HAVE FUN!!!


Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Race: (Ghouls are allowed.)
Gender:
Hair Color:
Facial Hair:
Skin Color:
Scars:
Body Build: (Muscular, Scrawny, Toned)
Height:
Weight:
Personality:
Bio: (A little history about your character.)
Clothes/Armor: (Don’t always be wearing armor, do have at least one set of clothes.)
Weapons: (Nothing too over powering, remember, there are mounted weapons aboard that can be manned.)
Gear: (Food, Drinks, ammo, cleaning kits, etc.)

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My Character Sheet


Name: Joseph “The Captain” Conrad
Age: 32
Race: Human/Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Facial Hair: http://casarrubea.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ezra-pound-negli-anni-giovanili.jpg
Skin Color: Olive
Scars: None
Body Build: Well toned muscular body
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 188lbs

Personality: Suave, Cunning, good tactician, and a quick quiet talker. These are what make up Joseph Conrad’s personality. For the most part, Joseph is very friendly to his crew and quiet around those who aren’t apart of his inner circle, which involves just those aboard Ajax. He’s a keen tactician, for if he wasn’t, he’d be dead. He uses his wits and is always calm during a fight. He has to be, or it could mean his and everyone else’s life. Joseph knows how to treat his crew, and gives them only the best, and thinks of them only as the best because if they weren’t they wouldn’t be aboard Ajax as it’s crew.

Bio: Joseph was born somewhere in the NCR, but the settlement has long since been destroyed. As a boy, Joseph and his family moved around a lot. Never having a set house or place to call home, Joseph never made many friends and sort of became a recluse. When his parents died, and he had to take care of himself, Joseph began looking for all sorts of work. He did many things, but usually kept with a mechanics job inside the NCR. As a boy, and all throughout his life, he dreamt of the sky, and flying like a bird. That all came true when the rise of flight once again happened, and he became a crew member on one of the first airships to travel the wasteland. Joseph has seen many things, and been through many things while on an airship. He’s seen men and women killed, and killed them all the same. Joseph took control of Ajax, after buying it from a lowlife arms dealer who no longer had a use for it. The airship cost Joseph a lot, but it was soon worth it as he began getting job after job, for taking things back and forth. All of Joseph’s history, besides his time aboard countless airships, is unknown to people. Their captain and friend, is shrouded in mystery, especially after his last little journey to the NCR where he was soon tagged with a bounty; making him and Ajax a target for many. But many fear him, and that bounty continues to rise all the time.

Clothes/Armor:

- http://cosplaysky.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/d/o/doctor-who-brown-long-trench-coat-suit-costume-1.jpg
- White Long-sleeved shirt
- http://www.vestsbycharlette.com/images/vests/20e-tan-wool-vest.jpg
- http://cbertel.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/safari-pith-helmet.jpg
- http://www.transair.co.uk/images/images2008/flying_goggles.jpg
- Brown Slack pants
- http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/19766.jpg

Weapons:

- http://www.empirearms.com/147514.jpg
- http://crimsonsguns.tripod.com/Mauser_C96_AdamsGuns.jpg
- KA-BAR Knife
- x3 Frag Grenade

Gear:

- x5 Insta-mash
- First-aid Kit
- x5 Bottled Water
- Canteen
- x6 Bottles of Whiskey
- Rifle Cleaning Kit
- Pistol Cleaning Kit
- x12 Boxes of .30-40 Ammo
- x8 Boxes of 9mm Ammo

I'll join, I enjoyed your last RP and this looks very good. It will take a day or so for me to finish maybe longer if I can't stop playing RDR all evening.

That's fine. RDR's taken up most of my time too; I think it's become a heavy drug addiction for most.

Mind if I jump on board? I've not RPed in months if not over a year. And this looks pretty interesting

Though I do have exams this week =/

Come aboard. There's still plenty of room for anyone wanting to join. There's not that many people joining, and no one who's showed interest or said they're joining has posted a Character Sheet, so there's still time for you yet.

Name: Katie "Crystal" Crisetti
Age: 22
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Facial Hair: None
Skin Color: Slightly tanned
Scars: None
Body Build: Slim, Athletic build
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 134lbs

Personality
Bubbly, cheerful and fun loving. Though despite these traits, Katie is a hard worker, obidient and knows when to shut up. Disobidience had been a downfall of Katie once before, and she has learned from her mistakes. Seen as a weakness by some, Katie is quite merciful, even to those who have harmed her. She knows that this could bite her in the future but finds it hard to rid herself of her merciful nature.

Bio
Katie was born in the NCR, living a quiet life with her family. Too quiet for her liking. She began taking risks in various settlements, stealing and fighting in some places. She took pride in her sneaking skill, hardly ever caught in the act and if she was, it would take little time to lose her pursuers. Katie would spend days away from her home, exploring and adventuring. It was this that saved her life. Upon the Ajax's visit to the NCR, bounty hunters mistook the small settlement where she resided as a safe spot for Ajax's crew. Without listening to the pleas of the residents, the bounty hunters slaughtered the people who lived there, only then realising their mistake. Katie returned to the ruined settlement a few days later. She spent a hours searching for survivors with no luck. Blaming Conrad and the crew of the Ajax, she travelled the land, finding clues as to where the Ajax was next making port. Upon finally catching up to Conrad, she found the truth of the disaster that destroyed her home. Knowing she wouldn't last long against the NCR and bounty hunters alone, she requested to join Conrad's crew, promising hard work and obidience.

Clothes/Armor

- http://homeshopsite.com/img_goods/urban/bomber-jacket-w-rivets-an.jpg
- White vest top
- Olive combat pants
- Black Boots

Weapons

- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/1956prime2.jpg
- Bowie Knife

Gear

- x4 Rat meat
- First-aid Kit
- x6 Bottled Water
- x5 Boxes of .45 Ammo

Alright Cutie-Bi, you are accepted. Nice character. Haven't had a woman play a woman for a long time on here.

I don't feel like doing this anymore don't take this personal or anything it is just I am not vary good at making stuff up nor writing. When it comes to the bio and personality I just go blank and nothing seems to come out.

Looks to be so. Only two people have a CS up, and that includes just me an Cuti-Bi. No one else has posted one, so yes, there's still time to join. And there will be time still, when you post a CS. (For anyone else asking, if there's still time or room to join.)

I'll post one up later today.

Alright Broadside, get to it when you can sometime soon.

So I'm waiting on Hircine (if you're still going to join. Tell me if you're not.) And Aussie-made, I look forward to seeing your CS sometime later today.

Also, Mr. SmileySmile, I'm guessing by my last PM to you, you're not interested in joining anymore? That's alright, it's up to you.

OOC: Sorry this took so long to submit,studying for finals and RDR consumed almost my entire weekend. I was wondering if my character could be your first mate or second in command?

Name: Vincent "Birdman" Graves a.k.a Sniper

Age: 28

Race: Human/Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Jet Black
Facial Hair: Soul Patch
Skin Color: Light Tan
Scars: Burn covering most of his right hand from a fire gecko.
Body Build: Physically fit but no muscle
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 172lbs

Personality: Charismatic, but is keen and very devious in his dealings.For the most part he follow orders but has a slight problem with authority. Vincent has a cocky attitude and a very dry sense of humor. He is a remorseless to those that have become his enemies but treats his small circle of friends in high regard.

Bio: Vincent was born and raised in the sleepy mountain community of Modoc. From his childhood into early advlthood Vincent dreamt of flying aboard one of the many "tugs" in the sky. Eventually he signed up with the NCR hoping he would get to join one of the newly formed airship brigades. This dream however was crushed when Vincent was assigned a job on the ground as a ranger which he hated. Two years passed while in the employ of the NCR, Vincent applied for transferal into the air brigade but was denied each time. Finally fed up Vincent deserted around the same time Joseph Conrad was tagged for bounty by the NCR.

Vincent became a mercenary in the hope of crossing paths with Conrad and becoming a member of his crew. Vincent traveled across the wastes chasing any word of the captain's whereabouts. In his pursuit Vincent honed his skill with small guns while becoming an avid geographer. He also took up the nearly lost art of sword fighting when he came across a merchant with one of the ancient weapons in his pack. Weeks turned into months which became years without many clues on where Conrad had went.

With 7? years of searching Vincent was content in giving up his search for the wayward Captain Conrad. However a chance visit to the town of Rad-cliff in search of work would make all his dreams come to fruition. Upon entrance into the smuggler's den he heard gossip of an airship captain looking for a crew to raid the skies with. When he found out that the captain was none other than Joseph Conrad, Vincent realized that fate had finally deemed him worthy to fly with the greatest airship pilot of his time.

Clothes/Armor:
-Vincent's outfit http://www.flickr.com/photos/afterfate/300232431/in/set-72157594381485935/


Weapons:
-Bolt Action Rifle (With removable scope)
-Chinese Officers Sword
- Colt 1911

Gear:
-x5 pork n' beans
-x6 boxes of rifle rounds
-x4 boxes of .38 ACP rounds
-x5 stimpacks
- Various wasteland maps
- compass
- pocket watch (that surprisingly works)
- canteen

Name: Jack Scott
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian with Australian background
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Blonde
Facial Hair: Rough 5 o’clock shadow
Skin Color: Tanned
Scars: Large whip marks across his back from lashings in prison
Body Build: Toned but not very big.
Height: 5’9
Weight: 79kg
Personality: Jack is loud and boisterous, he doesn’t care about people’s opinions of him, all that matters is that he paid and paid well. He is rarely seen offering help or caring about others but once in a blue moon it does happen. Jack has a cut throat attitude and only concentrates on the task at hand.

Bio: Jack was born into a raider party and spent most of his youth learning the ways of the immoral raider. Although it never occurred to him that what he did was wrong, as far as Jack knew this was how the world worked, murder, torture and things along those lines were just a part of the daily grind. It wasn’t until the age of 10 that this all changed, the NCR began to crack down on the constant raids from the various groups and had found the den of Jack’s particular group.

All members of the group were killed except for Jack, the NCR believed that due to his young age they could change the way Jack thought, and they were also going to use him to gain an insight into the lives of the raiders as the NCR believed there was a reason behind why the raiders did what they did. The NCR failed to find a reason behind the raider attacks, the raiders just did what they did because they knew no better. As for the education of Jack, they did succeed in changing parts of his mind but into something they did not expect. Jack’s time in the NCR showed him one thing, that money made the world go round and the quickest way to acquire money was not by being honest and friendly.

Soon enough Jack turned down a slightly different path, still torturing and murdering but now it was for money and when people took to the skies once more, Jack knew that there was plenty of money to be made. Eventually he got into piracy and joined one of the most infamous pirates crew. For many years they instilled fear into honest merchants, traders and anyone else who dared to take to the skies. This was until the NCR declared war on all pirates; it took five NCR war ships to take Jack’s ship down. Most of the crew was killed but the rest, including Jack, were captured and taken to a prison.

Two years later Jack was involved in a daring escape with 9 other notorious inmates. The NCR placed quite a large bounty on Jack’s head for his capture, dead or alive. Nowadays Jack spends his time on the run taking refuge in a place the NCR would fear to tread, Rad-cliff.

Clothes/Armor: I couldn’t help myself, http://tallshortgirl.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/johnny-depp-johnny-depp-wax-figure-of-captain-jack-sparrow-from-pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-dit6x3.jpg. (It’s actually a wax sculpture of Johnny Depp, it’s creepy how life like those things appear.)

Weapons:
- http://www.survival-gear-guide.com/browning-92-lever-rifle-in-357-magnum.html
- http://guns4u.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/163501_large.jpg

Gear:
-x3 tin cans of spaghetti
-x4 stimpacks
-x4 boxes of revolver rounds
-x5 boxes of rifle rounds
-x1 compass
-x1 large bottle of vodka

EDIT: links inserted for weapons

Alright Aussie, looks good and interesting. Should make for a good character and crew member aboard Ajax.

I'll wait for Broadside and Hircine to finish up, and then I'll see what you've got and accept you or ask to clear something up. But I probably won't.

If anyone else is interested, I'll still accept one or two more people. If not, than the rest of the crew can be NPCs like I was already going to have some be anyway.

So lets get those CS's finished and accepted, and get this RP on the move.

All finished, are we going to wait for anyone else or are we going to begin?

Nope, I'll be writing up the OP soon. I've got some stuff to finish up first, and then the RP in another thread will be up. :celebration:

EDIT: This thread shall be locked, and anyone interested in joining can send me a CS via PM.