Riley Novak

[Riley Novak]

Riley Novak

The Basics

Full Name: Riley Novak
Call Sign: n/a
Nickname(s)/Alias(es): "Sparkplug" by those who recognize her talent, "Bogey" (which is a synonym for ghost) by those who talk about her behind her back. Bogey is a reflection of her personality, as well as her inability, to socialize with others. Therefore, she's considered a "ghost" of sorts, or "Bogey".
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual.
Age: 24
Birthday: December 18th
Birthplace: Canceron
Occupation: Deckhand aboard the Hyperion (assistant to the deck leader)
Rank/Title: Petty Officer Second Class
Cylon Number: Seven

Physical Appearance

Height: 5'4"
Weight: 117Lbs.
Build: Lean
Hair: Black
Eye Color: bright grey
Distinguishing Marks: Scar on inner left forearm
Possessions, Equipment, Belongings: One of her most cherished items is a silver pendant that her mother gave to her. It has metallic sparrows attached to it as well as a birthstone. (Something like this img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5777430/il_570xN.193227308.jpg )
Other:
Play- By: Winona Ryder

Friends, Family, and Other Relationships

Mother: Julia Novak
Father: Benjamin Novak
Siblings: n/a
Significant Other: no one...yet
Children: n/a (only child)
Other Notable Persons: n/a (super shy and unable to make real connections)

Personality

Likes: Please list at least five (5)

• Work/workaholic
  
• Being around people/people watching
  
• Laughing, smiling, enjoying life (happiness)
  
• Religion (somewhat devout, but monotheistically and not that of the Lords of Kobal, etc etc).
  
• Food (loves the concept of eating and having unique tastes to a variety of things. From this, she's developed a large appetite despite her small physique.)

Dislikes: Please list at least five (5)

• Discrimination (cylon-specific)
  
• Mean/abusive people
  
• Suffering/Death
  
• Being picked on
  
• Becoming a disappointment/disappointing others

Fears: Please list at least one (1)

Strengths:

• Mechanical genius
  
• Technological genius (specifically computer stuff, although never mentions nor actively practices it)
  
• Highly Observant/Analytical

Weaknesses:

• Combat/Shooting/Fighting
  
• Socializing/Diplomacy
  
• overly-Compassionate

Aspirations: To some extend she wants to be accepted and to be loved, but that can only be achieved once she accomplishes her greatest goal, specifically regarding identity. She wants to find out and fully understand who she is and what is her role in the greater universe.
General Personality: Although she naturally shy, Riley always makes an effort to meet people and to be around them. However, because of her awkward nature, she is often shut out from people and social events. She is extremely disorganized and often embarrasses herself. If it wasn't her uncanny ability to repair and work on machines, there's a good chance she would've been fired long ago. Being shy, she is also very observant, and appreciates the small mannerisms of everyone. She yearns to belong and to make friends. Emotionally she can be a roller-coaster, sometimes being more energetic and social or sometimes she is quiet and apathetic.

The Backstory

History: Remembers growing up as an orphan on Canceron. Due to the large and poor population, she struggled in an orphanage and was often picked on for being small by the other kids. No real memories of her parents, and all the information she had about them included their names and her mother's pendant, with sparrows and her birthstone.

Although she was adopted when she was 11, her parents had repeatedly abused her over the years, and when she finally mustered the strength to run away, she was 15 and all alone. In order to survive, she rented out a crappy apartment and got a job working at a spaceport hangar, doing mostly custodial work. After noticing one day that one of the mechanics was fixing a ship incorrectly, she stepped in and fixed the problem. Realizing she had a natural talent for something, she was immediately picked up as a mechanic/technician and worked on ships for a few years. Along with her ability, she gained a bit of knowledge and tricks of the trade as years went by. Her handiness and resourcefulness would later stand out when she enlisted to work with the military.

When she was 18, she enlisted and started her service aboard the Patrolstar Hades. For two years she worked and proved herself skillful and resourceful, which earned her the ability to bounce around and work on the Gunstar Theseus and Gunstar Hera both. The following year she transferred to the Battlestar Pegasus, but found the experience upsetting. Within half a year she requested an immediate transfer and began serving aboard the Battlestar Hyperion, a place where she has been for a year now and still adjusting to.

Anything Else?: I initially created this character with the intent of her being a Cylon. Not a sleeper-agent, one that recoginzes that she is a Cylon. However, she is more indepedent and free-thinking, and harbors no ill-will towards mankind. In the History section of this character profile, I wrote "remembers" certain things. Indicating that those memories are not real, and part of her programming into a person. Because of her harsh, oppressive memory, she is much more soft spoken and emotionally charged. Understanding who she is, she feels extremely guilty for the suffering of others, specifically that of mankind. The longer she lives among them, the more she wants to be like them, which is why she makes an effort to socialize although she often fails.

It should also be noted that along with background information such as childhood, the rest of her line (Number Sevens) are programmed to be elite fighters/assassins/infiltrators. Their very nature is violent and aggressive (borderline bloodlust) towards the human race. Despite such predispositions, Riley actively blocks out her aggressive programming and in turn, blocks out her natural abilities to fight and kill. Considering that she chooses to be a pacifist, this isn't really an issue for her, but she's made herself weak and defenseless from that sacrifice.

The Player

Name/Alias: Sparrow, or by cbox username Obeythesink.
Experience: RPed swtor for a bit via forum. Then 'Verse. Also here for quite some time.
How you found Battlestar Hyperion: According to Number-Six, it was God's will.
Other characters: Plan to just 2 more though. DePaul and Weiss.
Contact via: PM or text

[Roger Davis]

There's a major timeline issue here.

Riley is 21 and enlisted at 18. So she has been in the military for 3 years. She spent her first two on the Hades and the last one on the Hyperion. However she also spent time on the Theseus, Hera, and Pegasus? She really must be a Cylon to have served in all those places.

She's also too young for her rank. She needs at least another year in service to be a PO2. She'll have to be a specialist like old Riley if her age and experience isn't increased.

[Riley Novak]

Jul 20, 2013 0:14:37 GMT -5 Roger Davis said:

There's a major timeline issue here.

Riley is 21 and enlisted at 18. So she has been in the military for 3 years. She spent her first two on the Hades and the last one on the Hyperion. However she also spent time on the Theseus, Hera, and Pegasus? She really must be a Cylon to have served in all those places.

She's also too young for her rank. She needs at least another year in service to be a PO2. She'll have to be a specialist like old Riley if her age and experience isn't increased.

With the revamping of the site, I wanted to rewrite Riley so that she's a bit more experienced around the beginning but not in any position to lead (cause she's shy and not a leader at all). After speaking with Onas, he recommended that PO2 would be a good rank for her; higher than a specialist, but not PO1 which is more of a deck leader role.

I think whats confusing is that my initial creation of riley (as a specialist) has her current age as 21 (and its reflected right below her name on the character profile), yet in my recreated profile, I note her being 24.

With the new age, i gave her a couple of postings, to indicate increased experienced. And as you rightly pointed out, PO2 couldn't be achievied without age AND experience, which i was hoping to have differently this time around with the rewritten profile.

Does that make sense or should I edit the app more to reflect that?

[Roger Davis]

Ah, so I'm just a fool for overlooking her changed age. Carry on then. You've got my stamp so you're waiting on Sid now to give it his too.

[Sidney Bainbridge]

All her details seem appropriate to me and all. Good age to rank and good strengths to weaknesses and everything seems in order.

APPROVED

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Note to Roger: did not update anything, not sure if you had or not yet.