BSH Reboot Character Discussion

[Roger Davis]

As mentioned here, please post your ideas about your characters in this thread. Be as brief or incredibly thorough as you like. In particular, please post what departments/jobs you want them to have so we can form a list down below in this opening post.


Character Claims

[Roger Davis]

Sid discussed handing the CO position over to me and stepping down to XO or something, but frankly I don't really want it. I didn't really want XO either. Both positions are great ways for me to further the plot, but I was much happier with Roger down as a Major. I'm not exactly sure where he is going to go this time or if I'm 100% giving up on CO but I'm just tossing that out there for you guys to know.




In related news, Lars has voiced his interest in coming back to the site if there is a reboot and he might resurrect Kielen into a command position.

[Azura Lockhart]

I'm gonna have Daphne as my character, i might tweak her app a bit and may change PBs

as far as position; i'm not quite sure on -- I'm not the best RPer with flying , i'll have to think about it / ideas are welcome

[Erica Weiss]

Although I've made my fair share of characters, I can most definitely cut down to the essentials and focus on what I've been most interested/invested in.

In the other thread there was discussion about perhaps having at max 3 characters? If thats the case I have 3 in mind. If not, I can still put into order my character choices, all depending on the limit.

1. Riley Novak

Points: One of my first characters, and one of the more complex ones. Neither human nor entirely cylon at heart, she's a great middle-ground that I could explore and RP with. Theres external issues I can work with (shyness, awkwardness) as well as the inner struggle (identity). Its a shame that I rarely got to use her, but hopefully with a re-vamped site opportunities will spring up.

Concerns: Implicitly I enjoy her character and want to RP her because her unique position as a cylon. In the revamped site i don't know if we'll even allow the roll to play as one. Her position limits the ability to RP. I can't have her as the Chief, cause she's too young and thats too similar to BSG. So without a real position of power, its safe to say she won't be directly influencing the plot and moving it along. Because she's a specialist, few will actually need to interact with her, which is what I struggled with in the first place, having someone to actually RP with.

Possible Solution: I could potentially make her a secondary character, someone who is a bit more fleshed out than Johnny-NPC or whatever. I'd like her to be my main character, but unless someone can suggest how she could be more involved in the main plot, she'll have to be shelved. Perhaps she could pursue a different career in the revamped site? A position that requires slightly greater importance/interaction but not necessarily a position of power.

2. Erica Weiss

Points: One of my other favorite characters to RP with. I think I had tons of RP opportunity with her, not only because of her position as head of the Raptors and assistant to the CAG, but also because there were few Raptor pilots to begin with when I first signed on. Keeping her means I'll have plenty of missions to go on with.

Concerns: the new site might not even have a position like Deputy-CAG. Still, if she lacks a position of power, that won't hinder my desire to RP her. One of my concerns (which I would have to address myself) is how lax I RPed her when it came to Max her ECO. Her profile clearly states how she's all business but over the course of certain threads she started to appear soft. I was hoping to find a balance, something that indicates she isn't a heartless robot but also is true to her beliefs and discipline.

Possible Solutions: revamped site means new opportunity to find a balance. If you could suggest ways of achieving this, I'm all ears.

3. Mark DePaul

Points: I hardly got to use this character as much as I'd like, but I want to explore further. Like Weiss, his role was a position of power and a unique niche that had plenty of people to RP with. Also, I saw potential to have many unique RPing with him, because of the whole dead person ghost thing. Similar to the Gaius Baltar thing with the cylon, but his own unique inner struggle and overall personal emotional torment.

Concerns: In creating a doctor I hoped more would RP with me, but the reality is, not everyone is going to be sick all the time. As much as I enjoy RPing with Abby, I felt like I was only interacting with her. Unless I find more people to RP with, pursuing a character in the medical field might not be the route for me.

Possible Solutions: RP with me -.- or at least help me find more ways to integrate in the overall plot.



So those are my 3 characters, I'm not sure if we decided on a limit yet.


Possible secondary characters:

Kali/Cylon #7 - already a side character, but would like to keep her around in the revamped site if possible. Everyone and their mother wants to be a viper pilot, but I like RPing the villain. My ONLY concern is that I need more villians to work with. Possibly conspiring with other cylons or can be part of a underground crime syndicate. That in itself might also be hard, if we stick with RPing on one ship. No villains on the Battlestar -.-

Charlie Diaz- least favorite of my characters, hardly got to RP with her anyways. I had her planned out with her little profile but it seemed like when I actually RPed her I was going down a different path. I could rework her in the revamped site and keep her as a marine but with a more fleshed out personality. (edit: actually, I feel somewhat equally about Charlie or Dave. Whichever one gives me more RP opportunity, I'd like to pursue that one as a secondary character, but not necessarily both)



DISCARDING


Dave Senate - Hardly got to RP him, and found it difficult. His background story is intriguing, but since I generally lacked people to RP with, I couldn't really explore his deeper emotional problems.

Ezra Lincoln- mildly amusing, but one did one thread with him. Will most definitely not have anyone to RP with if I kept him around.

[Drake Wolfe]

Fairly certain I'll be keeping everyone, shifting my focus back to Drake. Probably like to get him back to more of a loose cannon, like he's supposed to be. Over the course of the threads, it became necessary for him to really change because his charges were less disciplined than he was.

Eric and Calvin will stay much as they are. If people want to thread with them, great. But I'm not really worried about them getting chest deep in plot.

Joseph requires some thought, but he has a lot of feels for me, so he might become my off-main after some tweaking, dependent on how we change the site.

[Samuel Lion]

Warning I'm on my phone so this will be short.

I will keep Samuel and the Gunny (Jerome if everyone wants me to keep him).
I am already making tweaks to Samuel he will remain a viper jockey. The gunny will go back to being a gunny with possible wants to become an officer. He to will get tweaks. Play bys will remain the same but I will be posting a wanted ad for the gunny play by must be Jan Claude van dam and they will be buddies.

[Samantha Casey]

Keeping Samantha Casey as is, and same pb: Alyson Michalka. Keeping Emily Nash as well with pb Mila Kunis and changing her name to Emma Nash. Once I get them squared away I may create Alicia Carrington a marine a la pb Sabina Kelley. That would be my 3 characters. xD

[Sidney Bainbridge]

Roger for the C.O. and X.O. lets turn Sid in to an admin NPC and make an Admin NPC for the X.O. and that will solve that. I can play Sid when needed for some fun sidness, and yet we will have him safe for when I might be gon and if the site were ever to roll on later it would be open to future admins as well if that were to happen.

[Sidney Bainbridge]

Ok so if Roger goes for the Sid as a Admin NPC/semi-my character thing then I will keep Chris and I am thinking most likely Maxwell. If I do any secondary characters it would be Gabe and Toby but I am not sure on those either especially Toby as I could see him being to in depth to be a secondary but we shall see.