RP Green Room for "Procrustean Karma" by CapnRahn

'Roundin' an' Writin'!

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

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Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:51 PM

if you folks wanna use pics of non-movie stars for female crew .. heres a site for redhead female pictures I have used in the past for characters in some of my online rpgs

http://redheadgallery.com/

just a random thought ..

:: disclaimer: there are some less than fully clothed shots ... and the like .. giving some warning .. there are quite a few good pics to use in amongst the 'bad ones' ::

i might be vaguely interested in the enginner job .. but my pref on character pics are to use unknomwns ... GM go ahead and email me whatever via my profile ....

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Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:47 PM

Thanks for the linek ... Red Head fancier myself!

However, I am using Actor/Actress pics because the Actor/Actress represents

1)the 'look' of the character(s) that I like/want

2)If I had the $$$$$ they would be my "Dream Cast" ... unfortunatly, 10 grand don't even touch any of their "going rates" ... even for a 5 minute trailer. Shoot John Aston asks (asked? is he still alive? ... it's been 2 years) for 5Gs for just ONE day ... Imagine what Milla Jojovich, Jason Scott Lee, Claudia Black, Oded Fhar ... (shoot-ALL of 'em)would ask for! S.A.G. minium can be a bastich too!

Sorry for the off-ramp here ... jus' wanted to clarify my use of the pics.

At least I am protected by my minimal usage of their images via 'Fair Use'.\

Night all!

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Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:09 PM

no prob on the pic use ... I'm outta here now ...

will root around here tomorrow

y'know who I'd pick for my dream engineer ...

Mike J. Nelson from MST3K ... or lesee ... Brian Downey from Lexx ... if male ... two less known actors ..

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Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:49 PM

Cool ...

Yes ... Downy meebe interesting ... let me consider it and check for pics ...

Gotta love pre-production!

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:13 AM

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:45 AM

Doh ... I mis-remembered ... I thought meant the guy who played Kai.

sorry, Downey is'na what I am looking for

What was his name (Kai) ... Michael McManus?

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:39 AM

*shudders* Kaiiiiii gotta love a dead man reanimated by green goo. He can be MY engineer :)

Gotta love Mr. Downey for comedy and sexual innuendo, though :) poll: did you like movie Xev or series Xev better? Me? loved movie Xev, but got used to series Xev

*gets back on-topic*

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
Thanks for the linek ... Red Head fancier myself!

However, I am using Actor/Actress pics because the Actor/Actress represents

1)the 'look' of the character(s) that I like/want.

So, Capn, if I could find a pic of a redhead with the same look as Veila, could I use that instead?

Just thinkin' out loud(ish)...

~A~

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

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:48 AM

OK, but I'll warn ya, fe me, Claudia Black is hard to beat!

And I think Milla is a red-head ... {must look up at 1st post to verify!} 2 readhead would be a war zone, hee hee 'specially if they were both Irish!

Yaaawwwn ... time to sleep for this ole lycanthropic RP'r.

Night!

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

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:27 AM

I can tint Claudia's hair red for ya in photoshop! hehe

Yup, Milla's a redhead, but I"m not entirely certain it's natural. She won't be one of those angry redheads, so we can have more 'an one

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:37 AM

Yeah, and I'm looking for more of a dark auburn anyway. Let's see what we come up with! Playtime!

~A~

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

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:46 AM

Yep .. Mc Manus played Kai ... I hope you find the perfect picture for the engineer in your game, Cap'n

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:07 PM

Hello. Just wanted to get this back on the opening page. But we're coming along wonderfully!

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:30 PM

Okay here goes a START on a character concept for an engineer:

Lets call him Heropa per the GM (name is negotiable I trust)

Heropa was a vetran of The War. He did his job keeping his platoon's ground vehicles, weaponry, and whatever else in working order with what little was on hand. The Independants withered his platoon down to himself, one of the sergeants and the lieutenant who was the Platoon Commander at the end when the Alliance forces were leaving the planet. Like on many other planets the Alliance and the independant ships left most of the survivors behind. These actions of the factions left the three survivors of the platoon and the civilians on the planet to fend for themselves. Heropa was, to say the least, not happy about being left but he did what he could to keep things going until a way off was found. Heropa eventually made his way offworld with a few followers and signed on the Dragonfly Class Ship (Verity?) as their miracle man of an engineer. Until recently this job was working out fine .. then the Captaincy changed hands due to the death of the ships Captain. The new Captain favored a new, younger, and female engineer. Heropa now is hoping his record of service over at the Verity and his assortment of tools of his trade will get him a new job .. perhaps with a new ship in town called the Justicar.

(I reserve the right to decide his anger or lack of same over his war treatment and those of his platoonmates and the civillians on the spot when rp takes place rather than define it now .. the above try at a concept is subject to change per mine, the GM or another players input ... if you other gamers or GM feel like emailing me do so via my profile)

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:50 PM

Pretty shiny.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:04 PM

Thank you, TeelaBrown ... [1]:: bows ::

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:05 PM

Thank you, TeelaBrown ... :: bows ::

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:12 PM

You're quite welcome.

Returns with my own bow/curstey/salute (in one easy move!)

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:02 PM

Photoshop away! Always wanted to see what Claudia would look like with a deep burnished copper hair color. Just never took the time to try it in PS.

Anyhoo, back to the MAIN purpose of this post.

I am gonna be gone for a coupla' days... Hopefully I'll be back with the full Bios, finished song lyrics and pics of the Justiciar and other such details.

And yes, I plan to incorporate what you folks have added to the Crew you have selected to play.

Thanks for your patience during preproduction of "Dragonfly" Procrustean Karma.

Yep, we have a Series title ... real original - I know, but hey! We want the connection known!

Originality is why I have chosen the $25 Pilot episode title...

(Thanks to Astriana, fer that monetary definition of the 'hi-brow' title!

)

... of Procrustean Karma.

{The Cap'n Rahn stands resolute, waiting for the hail of rotten fruit and veggies}

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

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:56 PM

dumb repost

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:56 PM

Here is my first attempt at Claudia's red hair--done in just a few minutes, so it's not so good. Astriana would like darker hair, maybe blue eyes (promise I'll get to it tomorrow, hon! Got sidetracked today ;))

Anyway, here she is with bright auburn hair 'an green eyes

here's a LINK since I cant seem to get my image tag to work *grumble*

http://www.geocities.com/winterblood_fyrestryfe/Picpage.html

P.S..I recommend saving it and then checking it out--for some reason the fullsize version isn't the one it shows *shrug* *yawn* nite all

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:03 PM

no pic is seen ... did you try to [img]uurl[/url] the link? .. just cut and paste the link inself Clara

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:06 PM

yeah--I suck--the above post should be fixed now :P

sorry for the thread-clogging!

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:15 PM

Ciara:

geocities must hate this comp I'm on ... guess the pop-ups are too much and crash it

an alternative to geocities ... you only get seven linked webpages here tho but no pop-ups .. http://freewebs.com/ or if that link doesn't work use http://members.freewebs.com/ ..

UPDATEused Internet explorer with the link and I go to see the pic fine ...

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:21 PM

OK try here:

http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=744266

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:25 PM

the second link worked with compuserve which is my main "browser" .. thanks Ciara

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:26 PM

Ciara, when you get it finished, (and I like it

) I'll host&post the pic in my alpha post here.

Same goes for anybody else who wants to play a bit with pictures. Have at! Don't forget this most important tip - HAVE FUN DOING IT!

If any of you want any of the ones I already have of the actors/actress', email me at CapnRahn@aol.com and I'll send you ,as hi-res as I got them, JPG gallery of your selected character.

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

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 7:47 AM

think I may finally have it right--lemme know where to send, Capn--or maybe Astriana would rather...

http://www.geocities.com/winterblood_fyrestryfe/Picpage.html

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:06 AM

Ciara the size is perfect for me to see on the new version of the page ...

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:08 AM

Yay! The eye color came out just right, Ciara! And the hair color is better, too! Woo hoo!

Capn, your thoughts?

~A~

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

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:14 AM

Very nice!

Did you have to lower the res. tho? The orginal I nabbed was ... 360x280, at 75ppi, I think...

I have another larger one of the same pic ... I'll check.

BTW ...check out the primary post ... replaced old Veila pic with Ciara's. I upped the ppi and size a bit.

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

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:41 AM

(never mind this post .. testing something ...)

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

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:28 AM

yay I did something not-bad....took me forever to get it right ;)

anyway, I'm sure photoshop messed with the image---plus there was little compression when I uploaded it to Ivillage.

Glad you likes

--Ciara

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:48 AM

*coughs* Ahem, um, I hate to mention this, but...
Since we changed Veila's eyes in the after, should we change them in the before, too? I mean, I know we all know about colored contacts, but, well...

~A~

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

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:33 PM

*laughs* didn't even think of that--if you want me to I can do it :)
OOH OOH or maybe those are the eyes of a blind woman! She was blinded in a big...kitchen/medical accident! yeah yeah!! aaaand now she's a blind medic--I'm scared. It would explain that outfit she's wearin *ducks* I'm pickin!! jokin jokin!

UPDATE: Went ahead and did the pic--it's at the same URL- http://www.geocities.com/winterblood_fyrestryfe/Picpage.html

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:00 PM

Been doing some thinking about alternatives for actors to use pics of for the engineer ... putting them here in case the GM doesn't get to the email I sent via the message another member system here at fff.net.

my 5 choices are: Greg Kinnear, Cary Elwes and Emilio Estavez ... thought of ll cool j or Daryll Mitchell ('Tommy Laredo' from GalaxyQuest ) after emailing the GM as possible actors to use for the engineer's pic.

well they are only choices ... I'll try to keep brainstormin' ... and CapnRahn ... I'm still not sure I can get my brain around the name given to the engineer by you ...

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

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:28 PM

Just double checking on characters...

We have...

*1 twin (Gigi)

*The Avionics Techie

*The Medic and Cook

*The Engineer

*The Captain

Please correct me if these are not taken, or if I forgot a person.

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Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:47 PM

sounds right to me!

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:22 PM

No email ... if you want to send anything, email it to CapnRahn@aol.com.

I hope folks realize that "Dragonfly" will not be starting in the near future. About 1 or 2 weeks or so. But I will get the full synop and character bios up beforeI discomboobulate my computer.

Absence Reason: Moving and settling in ... hate moving, but it is nice to have a house and not be renting the smegger!

I might not get the computer up and the cable connection installed fer a bit.

BTW ... because of my impending week-long absence - in the orginal RP, you think I should I let someone else have a chance to play Simon?

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 3:34 AM

fantastic post today Capn...sure, find someone you think knows what Simon needs to do in the next few days, and let 'em take over--at least so we'll have a medic, not necessarily to advance his plot.

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

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Friday, January 23, 2004 3:57 AM

Hummm ... or meebe ya'll just use Simon as ya need him.

Any info that you need (as a 'deus ex machinia' tool, for ya) and you think Niska would have - you could get from Simon -

Only a single caveat: This Info-Gathering-Session (IGS, so I don't have to type it so much) HURTS and will drain Simon and he will become VERY quiet and distant. He will act 'differant' for about an hour or so, depending on the length of the session and number of answers he is able to pull up.

As to post-IGS action:
Simon will drift around like a shadow, observing everyone - not necessarily being a voyeur, just direct attention to details. If caught 'observing', he has no shame of it - just looks 'em in the eye, nods to aknowledge the oher characters wish for privacy and moves on.

Speaking to others Post-IGS:
Answers questions with them most minimal of words. If he can, he will use gestures to indicate any answers, pointing to a shuttle or room in answer to "Where is So-in-so?" for example.

That too much?

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 3:48 PM

Hello all .. been talking to our GM about character choices .. going to give the role of the the engineer a pass ...

He has said I could design a new main bridge pilot of my own design who has to talk his way onto the crew of the Justicar rather than be already established in the role .. or it might be a pilot of one of the shuttles or fighters ... he can be ex-alliance if the GM want .. it might be interesting to throw in a browncoat into the mix ...

not sure right now ... probably will opt for the main pilot option and only the pilot job (and the GM can have a seperate first officer position taken by Major {ret} Hlastoni ... the GM and I discussed my character being of higher rank or somesuch and I forget the conversation right now but I don't see the need for the good Major to be downgraded ... perhaps hes not needed ... maybe the Cap'n is looking to fill the slot after the Major left or was crippled ... and let those regular PCs vie for the first officer spot ... I kinda like that option .. random thoughts here )

and its likely I will use as my avatar Cary Elwes ... I and another were having trouble seeing all the pics ... so I took them down .. might be able to post the links or the pics on my blog .. maybe

(if you folks want to see the two other images I was going to use for Cary ... one is in the photo gallery at imdb.com for the movie "Comic Book Villains" ... the other was a pic from a party ... email me and I'll email you the links if you are bored )
(pic3)

Alright I'm outta here

>> MJ mstiemike2000@yahoo.com

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

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Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:40 AM

All things on this thread are -bouncing ideas around- type of situation.

One I get most of the synop and a good handle on the bios. I will make this thread "RP 'Dragonfly' spin-off series bible"

...or some such, so readers of our experiment can catch on in an easy manner AND I have a place to put the 'decided on' items. Doesn't make the things posted there immutable, just ideas from the "RP Green Room for"PK" firmed up, so to speak.

Oh, StJayne sent me an excellent email. He had his ideas for Hlastoni in 'bullet statement' fashon. If yer unfamiliar, here is an example ... I'll use Marovech:

1) Marovech is war torn and weary, but he belives in rolling with the blow.

2) He has a scar running from the top of his skull down through his left eye, the eye prostetic/bionic (but not bionic man quality, just the minor attempt of the Alliance to fix Maro), an artifact he gained after the Battle of Serenity Valley {forever now acronymed as BoSV - editor}

It gave me the opp to insert agreements, changes and additional Dir. info. I think it works out quite well as a tool to suss out a character.

I have several ideas about each character ... but there are SO many. This method helps me solidify the ideas.

Thanks to St.J for reminding me of that type of question/info format! And to PumaManRedux for his email ideas for the new 'outsider' character.
{btw: I agree on having him a Browncoat, was thinking the crew needed a liaison to smooth things over in the mid worlds and rim.}

BTW, thank you ALL for your enthusisam!

EDIT
St.J sent me a series logo in the color and font from 'Firefly' (much grass, mi amigo!) but I thought it should be a different color to differeniate (color) 'Dragonfly' from 'Firefly' but show a connnection (font). So I altered it a bit ... I can alt LEAST do that on Photoshi ... I mean ... shop.

anyhoo, here 'tiz:

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

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Saturday, January 24, 2004 2:23 AM

MERCEDESTROY

Oooh, I like that logo!

Feeling a but of enthusiasm myself, up at the crack of dawn unburying myself from a blanket of cats, to work on my bio. You will likely have it today, Capn.

Nuthin' else to say right now - will check back later.

Merc

"I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning."

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Saturday, January 24, 2004 4:07 AM

Yeah, that logo is beautiful. I like the color difference.

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Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Saturday, January 24, 2004 4:10 AM

Capn: Very spiffy logo!! I will take some time to work on Veila's backstory this weekend. If you have a beginning framework you'd like me to work from, e-mail/IM me... I got AIM working at home, by the way... MissAstriana

~A~

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

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Saturday, January 24, 2004 5:26 AM