Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:21 am
The Lancersreactor Webstory techy bits
OK, thought I'd start this thread (Hope you dont' mind Wizard. If you do just wipe this thread.) to keep all the little niggling questions out of the story thread. Its really annoying to be reading the story punctuated by questions. Like can this happen can that happen etc.
Also, I tried (I'm sure others did) to post their characters background after the thread was locked. So here's mine. I wrote it in New York as a background, but I'll adapt as Wizard writes me into his story...
Lutz "Widowmaker" Walsh, life alignment= Lawful good, changed in story to Neutral, Neutral (Zoner type thing going on, all will be explained)
Current Location: Brushal Base, Frankfurt.
Lutz started out at the age of 18 in the Liberty Police, working first on the patrol duty around Manhattan, then after a daring raid on a Liberty Rogue smuggling ring he was promoted, gained his own wing of ships and was sent to patrol around Zone-21. It was also where he earned his nickname, WidowMaker after he destroyed 8 veteran Rogues, 2 on the most wanted list, in what remained of his heavily damaged Defender. Within a year at Zone-21 he was offered a role within the Navy as a patrol leader within the Alaska system. Lutz accepted, was sworn into the Navy, was sworn to uphold all Liberty justice and to not tell souls of what he knew and/or saw out in Alaska (Basically an oath of silence that spies and whatnot take)
At 22 he was one of the youngest to reach is relatively high rank in the history of the Navy.
At the age of 20 he meet a girl called Alys (Any spots the name links, they get a prize!
) whom he fell in love with. And at 23 years old Alys and Lutz tied the knot. Many happy years were upon them as they worked away, Alys a commodity trader on Manhattan, Lutz working in the Alaska system.
His keen flying skills and almost intuitive sense of danger brought him to the attention of the Navy once more; at 26 he was offered something that he never expected, test flying. He piloted new ships that came off the drawing boards, new weapons that were developed were tested by him. He lead three ships against a Xeno supply depot and they wiped it out, out numbered almost 4:1. Lutz career looked fine. Until 3 weeks ago.
Lutz was out by Ouray Base, chasing down a Xeno transporter carrying large quantities of uranium, rumours had been abound for a long time that the Xenos were attempting to develop a weapon capable off shutting a jump gate permanently. His chief superior, one Andy Smith, had personally flown the sortie against it, flying the latest technology that was fresh out of Alaska, the Defender-xs, also known as the Sentinel. 3 Sentinels made up the wing; Andy, Lutz and a old veteran called Togi. The transporter had almost made it to dock, and Andy and Togi were being hard pressed by Xeno ships, only Lutz had the chance to take out the transporter. With the transporter shields down, he powered up the new particle disruptor which would take it down in one shot. As he fired though, the whole coolant system backfired, fusing the weapon, rendering it useless. The transporter had made it, Lutz had failed. The three Sentinels quickly made their escape.
Upon their return to Alaska Andy Smith placed the blame firmly on the shoulders of Lutz. And as word reached them 3 days later of a nuclear blast in the Silverton Asteroid Field, he was court marshalled, stripped of rank, and was sent away in disgust at his failure. He was accused of not reading the specifications about the use of the particle disruptor and negligence in his role as an officer. The fact that scientists later scrapped the idea was never raised by the Navy officials. Knowing all the information that he did the Navy imprisoned Lutz in the Alaskan prison station. His appeal was denied, no contact was allowed back home to friends and family.
On route the transporter taking him to his fate was sabotaged from the inside by a Liberty Rogue leader. The man had a chemical injected into his body, and when mixed with pure water (And that was the only drink prisoners got to help lower disease rates) it mixed and exploded with extreme force. The prison ship was stranded just outside of port, and was quickly towed back to dock. The entire ships internal defences to hold prisoners had been compromised, and when it docked all hell broke loose. Lutz's only thoughts were escape. He almost made it to the hanger containing the Defender-xs, when Togi caught up with him. Lutz couldn't kill his friend, who had stood up for him in the trial, and agreed to come along quietly. All would have been different had Togi not been shot by three rogues who had the same idea as Lutz. One was taken out by Togi, the other two grabbed Lutz and forced him to the Sentinels. Strapped in they blasted their way out of dock, the computers were tapped into by the rogues, and they escaped Alaska. They went past the police as if nothing was happening and then fled. Lutz broke off for Manhattan. He managed a mere hour with Alys before his name was flashed up by the police on the local news. Declared an outlaw he had no choice but to flee, leaving Alys behind. Jump hole after jump hole and he finally found a place to accept him, Brushal base. There he currently is, pondering his future, stuck with a top of the range ship with a broken proto-type weapon, a destroyed life, a marriage he cannot have and a destiny he cannot control.
If it wasn't for the inky blackness of the night you wouldn't appreciate the brilliance of the stars...
Also, I tried (I'm sure others did) to post their characters background after the thread was locked. So here's mine. I wrote it in New York as a background, but I'll adapt as Wizard writes me into his story...
Lutz "Widowmaker" Walsh, life alignment= Lawful good, changed in story to Neutral, Neutral (Zoner type thing going on, all will be explained)
Current Location: Brushal Base, Frankfurt.
Lutz started out at the age of 18 in the Liberty Police, working first on the patrol duty around Manhattan, then after a daring raid on a Liberty Rogue smuggling ring he was promoted, gained his own wing of ships and was sent to patrol around Zone-21. It was also where he earned his nickname, WidowMaker after he destroyed 8 veteran Rogues, 2 on the most wanted list, in what remained of his heavily damaged Defender. Within a year at Zone-21 he was offered a role within the Navy as a patrol leader within the Alaska system. Lutz accepted, was sworn into the Navy, was sworn to uphold all Liberty justice and to not tell souls of what he knew and/or saw out in Alaska (Basically an oath of silence that spies and whatnot take)
At 22 he was one of the youngest to reach is relatively high rank in the history of the Navy.
At the age of 20 he meet a girl called Alys (Any spots the name links, they get a prize!
) whom he fell in love with. And at 23 years old Alys and Lutz tied the knot. Many happy years were upon them as they worked away, Alys a commodity trader on Manhattan, Lutz working in the Alaska system.
His keen flying skills and almost intuitive sense of danger brought him to the attention of the Navy once more; at 26 he was offered something that he never expected, test flying. He piloted new ships that came off the drawing boards, new weapons that were developed were tested by him. He lead three ships against a Xeno supply depot and they wiped it out, out numbered almost 4:1. Lutz career looked fine. Until 3 weeks ago.
Lutz was out by Ouray Base, chasing down a Xeno transporter carrying large quantities of uranium, rumours had been abound for a long time that the Xenos were attempting to develop a weapon capable off shutting a jump gate permanently. His chief superior, one Andy Smith, had personally flown the sortie against it, flying the latest technology that was fresh out of Alaska, the Defender-xs, also known as the Sentinel. 3 Sentinels made up the wing; Andy, Lutz and a old veteran called Togi. The transporter had almost made it to dock, and Andy and Togi were being hard pressed by Xeno ships, only Lutz had the chance to take out the transporter. With the transporter shields down, he powered up the new particle disruptor which would take it down in one shot. As he fired though, the whole coolant system backfired, fusing the weapon, rendering it useless. The transporter had made it, Lutz had failed. The three Sentinels quickly made their escape.
Upon their return to Alaska Andy Smith placed the blame firmly on the shoulders of Lutz. And as word reached them 3 days later of a nuclear blast in the Silverton Asteroid Field, he was court marshalled, stripped of rank, and was sent away in disgust at his failure. He was accused of not reading the specifications about the use of the particle disruptor and negligence in his role as an officer. The fact that scientists later scrapped the idea was never raised by the Navy officials. Knowing all the information that he did the Navy imprisoned Lutz in the Alaskan prison station. His appeal was denied, no contact was allowed back home to friends and family.
On route the transporter taking him to his fate was sabotaged from the inside by a Liberty Rogue leader. The man had a chemical injected into his body, and when mixed with pure water (And that was the only drink prisoners got to help lower disease rates) it mixed and exploded with extreme force. The prison ship was stranded just outside of port, and was quickly towed back to dock. The entire ships internal defences to hold prisoners had been compromised, and when it docked all hell broke loose. Lutz's only thoughts were escape. He almost made it to the hanger containing the Defender-xs, when Togi caught up with him. Lutz couldn't kill his friend, who had stood up for him in the trial, and agreed to come along quietly. All would have been different had Togi not been shot by three rogues who had the same idea as Lutz. One was taken out by Togi, the other two grabbed Lutz and forced him to the Sentinels. Strapped in they blasted their way out of dock, the computers were tapped into by the rogues, and they escaped Alaska. They went past the police as if nothing was happening and then fled. Lutz broke off for Manhattan. He managed a mere hour with Alys before his name was flashed up by the police on the local news. Declared an outlaw he had no choice but to flee, leaving Alys behind. Jump hole after jump hole and he finally found a place to accept him, Brushal base. There he currently is, pondering his future, stuck with a top of the range ship with a broken proto-type weapon, a destroyed life, a marriage he cannot have and a destiny he cannot control.
If it wasn't for the inky blackness of the night you wouldn't appreciate the brilliance of the stars...
. It had been rumoured that there was a rogue force within Kusari space, supplied by the Bundschuh, that had been causing massive riots in which entire neighborhoods had been burned to the ground. One of those neighborhoods was where Seki and Shiro’s parents lived. That was 2 years ago…their parents had died in the flames of that uprising. After attempting to hail the vessel several times, Seki fired his non-lethal Tizona del Cid and collapsed the shields of the luxury liner. Unfortunately, because of the jerry-rigged nature of the mount, it overloaded his systems and disabled his ship. Fearing for their lives, the captain of the cruise liner admitted to being a trafficker for the Bundschuh and that they were en route to the Hokkaido system to transfer their goods to a rebel envoy…the captain was surrendering his ship. Seeing the people responsible for his parents’ deaths, Shiro, filled with rage at his loss, plunged his ship at the cruise liner, firing all his weapons. When his barrage burned away several layers of armor from the vessel’s hull, Shiro fired his salvaged “Wild Fire” cannon and watched as it set off a chain reaction of explosions (it would later be theorized that the “Wild Fire” had caused massive damage to one of the cruise liner’s reactors, causing it to rupture and detonating the entire engine room). Upon their return to their carrier, Shiro was awarded a medal of commendation for meritoriously serving the Kusari Empire and stopping the shipment of weapons to the renegade Kusarians. Disgusted by his brother’s elation at that celebration of butchery, Seki became disillusioned with the Kusari government and began to see the many injustices the military, police, and government officials were wreaking on their own people. Seeing this, Seki fled Kusari space (his visions of a better future for the people of the Kusari Empire were seen to be antagonistic to the Kusari government). Shiro was too indoctrinated into the ideal of “honor for the empire” that when the time came for him to choose either the empire or his people, he chose service to the empire first. Now, Seki is loosely affiliated with the Bundschuh, for even though they indirectly caused his parents’ deaths, he could never forgive the Kusari Empire for the suffering it had been causing its own people.