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Post by rizahawkeye on Jun 8, 2008 16:11:26 GMT -5
Hmm, I like it.
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Post by Orca on Jun 8, 2008 17:18:49 GMT -5
Very well. I'll start drafting the opening post - keep it generic enough for a starting scene to take place in the air.
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 8, 2008 19:24:05 GMT -5
And it is not unusual for military folks - at least the unlisted ones - to have connections to the seamy side of life, or even join gangs after their hitch is over. Case in point: many of the original Hell's Angels were ex-fighter pilots who never got over the adrenaline high they'd experienced in combat situations in WW2.
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Post by Orca on Jun 15, 2008 3:29:18 GMT -5
I was just wondering about this, seeing where we are now: do we plan for an incident to occur with another gestalt (I have a few NPCs on stand-by, if need be) here, or would that be better suited for another time?
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 15, 2008 19:04:45 GMT -5
It might be a good idea to introduce some NPC's in anticipation of using them later. I suppose jet gestalts would not be so common because they need better facilities, but perhaps there might be stray helos out there as well.
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Post by Orca on Jun 15, 2008 21:02:22 GMT -5
I can see the probability of gestalts made up of helos existing. I only wonder what sort of models would gravitate toward that kind of living: offspring of outdated ex-military?
As for jets, I'd imagine they would only be involved with the more successful, profitable gangs, either as lesser-known members if not as the head honcho.
NPCs - I've got those three Airacobra boys. They could be part of a larger local gestalt. If they were to put the word out to their fellows that a good-looking female was recently seen in the vicinity, that might stir things up (nothing that sinister, just an obnoxiously flirtatious kind of deal).
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 15, 2008 21:10:30 GMT -5
Heh, the three pests? Yeah, that would lead to some laugh potential.
The "affluent retired officers, relatives and associates" could be a gestalt network of their own. Blanche also has one son who is currently serving in the Australian military but is due to muster out in a few years. He is probably already getting set to join the camarilla.
And don't forget those crafty old bush planes that could teach a thing or two to the new generation...
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Post by Orca on Jun 15, 2008 21:27:55 GMT -5
I see: like an underground military unto itself. In the front you've got teenaged birds and their immediate overseers. And, in some instances, behind them come the more experienced, commissioned types that hand out instructions. It goes to show how sophisticated these gestalts can be, ethically approved of or not.
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 15, 2008 21:41:37 GMT -5
That kind of a gestalt would be something tacitly condoned if it serves the purpose of an unofficial reserve/militia and keeps the stray teens socialized and out of trouble and eventually finding some useful occupation. They could also step in if a wild gestalt, for some reason, finds itself in some serious conflict or gets in over its head. Suppose Zelda and her group went after what looked like an easy target and found themselves biting off more than they could chew?
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Post by Orca on Jun 15, 2008 21:55:11 GMT -5
It would provide some interesting depth contradicting the unsavory popular opinion of such an arrangement. More folks have heard of what bad gestalts have done as opposed to the good. An assembly following the same basic premise but for vastly different reasons would make for good diversity.
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 17, 2008 19:08:43 GMT -5
I was thinking of introducing some other characters, including a new one, a Bearcat who is definitely the "strong and silent" type and might be attracted to an available female. Of all American types, the Bearcat comes closest to the FW-190 in its performance profile and can be blinding fast for a prop-driven aircraft. Blanche also knows the Arrows, who are a high-level gestalt of their own, quite clannish and not the most trusting types, and their historical background guarantees that they come by their suspicious nature honestly.
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Post by Orca on Jun 17, 2008 19:17:06 GMT -5
I'd be game for that. Have you got a particular idea as to when you would like to have them enter?
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 17, 2008 19:24:22 GMT -5
I might like to introduce the Bearcat soon. Maybe the Floyds and Gordons (the Arrows and their supporters reverted to using their family surnames rather than identifying by type, initially for security reasons but now out of force of habit) might show up at the airport when the others return. I've been wanting to get Blanche off the ground, hmmm...
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Post by Orca on Jun 17, 2008 19:27:32 GMT -5
Hm...
Wouldn't it come as a surprise to the gestalt boys (and Malcolm, perhaps) if Blanche were the one to suddenly swoop in and scatter them?
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Post by Orca on Jul 4, 2008 21:45:38 GMT -5
Just a bit of planning ahead here, in respect to two new characters I plan to incorporate in the near future.
Jean Pienaar, the orange P-63 who had a brief cameo on Page 13, is known as "Pinball" for a reason other than the Kingcobra being used for target practice in the American military. Though known to associate with gestalts, he has made a semi-cushy living out of being a messanger between "officers" in local underground operations. While his loyalty is to his bosses, other lesser lowlifes still view him with sketchy eyes, being that he came from a line of Armée de l'Air (ALA; French Air Force) veterans.
Note: Jean was originally intended as a love interest for Anita, but I think this revised angle diversifies things a bit more. He could be one of those to first fall for Malcolm's ruse.
"Murphy" (his actual name is a mystery to most outsiders) is an off-white, scrappy, cantankerous old Bird Dog, employed in the general maintanence divisions of the 'port. While he doesn't appear all that likable, the rest of the airport's personnel take him with a kind of "our grouch" label. And contrary to popular belief, he was never a bona-fide war plane, even if his attitude suggests otherwise.
Note: Murphy is intended as another diversifying agent in the plot. I was thinking that if the story were ever to become two-tiered, he might be someone to introduce to Todd and Oliver. Or Otter, should she reappear.
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