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Post by Cid on Oct 17, 2009 11:26:25 GMT -5
--JDEG GENERAL RECORDS INQUIRY--KIRKLAND ALBERT F Full name : Albert Filmore Kirkland, II Gender : Male Age : 37 DOB : 0042.5.1 FSN : ***-**-5590 Birthplace : Shangrila, Side 1 Ethnicity : Caucasian Height : 1.87 meters Weight : 70.2 kilos Hair color : Black Eye color : Brown Affiliation : Freelance Specializations : Operative, Space, Lucky, Intimidation, "The Wraith" callsign Languages : English, Spanish, and French Aliases : Captain Samuel Riley, "The Wraith," "The Arse of Jupiter," "Mr. Toast" (only by Addie Joiner) - Pirate HQ: Libertalia--PERSONALITY PROFILE--"Captain Wraith," as he so nonchalantly called himself (as if he somehow earned such a title--if you could even call it such), was a duplicitous creature. Mostly by habit, but then again, mostly by choice. There is little in life that he didn't take for granted, and little else he didn't just simply take. The man seemed plagued by contradictions, and even yet, he seemed to embrace them as if they were a badge to showcase. Pirates, he claimed, are the truest representation of the human condition. He knew, deep down, that modern "pirates," as they were, are a complete invention of the human psyche. There was no such thing as "walking the plank" or "shiver-whoever's-timbers," it was all simply fiction, created for an inane, vastly multiplying adolescent reader base with little inkling of what "art" was.
Pirates did exist, but not as they did inside dear Captain Wraith. I doubt they'll ever exist in such a way ever again. He sings his jolly ballads, praising the high seas and pirate way of life, yet I doubt the man's ever seen the ocean's of Earth. He was but a sad man, lost amongst the rocks.~Written by one Dr. Les Corrigan, acting physician aboard JDEG medical frigate Doryleen--SHIP REGISTRATION AND CREW MANIFEST--Total number of vessels : 9 Total number of fleets : 3 Total number of crew : 500+ Days out : 40 - Full crew manifest
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Post by Cid on Oct 17, 2009 11:31:13 GMT -5
--PHYSICAL DISCRIPTION-- Albert Kirkland, AKA Samuel Riley, "The Wraith." He dons traditional pirate regalia, though prefers a simple bandanna over the gaudy tri-point pirate hat. He walks with a limp and uses a cane when he isn't in zero-g, but pumps himself with pain relievers so he can lead his men during hostilities.
 Expired identification card of one "Albert Kirkland" when he was a lower-level JDEG employee . Age 12.
 The Black Rock Pirate flag: a laughing skull next to the Helium 3 isotope.
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Post by Cid on Oct 17, 2009 11:32:53 GMT -5
--BIOGRAPHICAL--** Doctored data tapes found discarded in waste bin on Bleeker St., Amman City, Luna -- AUDIO ONLY **Machine noise overpowered the microphone. Angry male voices are barely heard through the magnetic hiss and sound as though they're deep below the ocean--drowning."...gather 'round the campfire, kiddies, and let ol' cap'n Riley give his final thoughts on a life well rendered and a world sufficiently reaped. After a life as wrought with misfortunes as mine, I figur' I deserve a will n' testament ta match. So get yer marshmallows n' candied yams or what have you, 'n park yer keester on whatever seat edge ya' got, for this one's a dory. Yer bugger it is." A disturbing, phlegmatic cough interrupts the tape, but the fit subsides and the speaker begins his tale again."I ain't gunna piss n' moan about how my Da or Ma didn't love me, or how we didn' have any money ta' buy our fancy trinkets. No, I ain't. Even though it be true, I ain't. But what I will say is--I'll say how there was once a boy, a boy borne into this worl' as a flame kindles in the hearth. He came screamin' an' kicking into this shit heap with nothin' but a member as long as a three ores and a enough hate to boil the kettle over." A momentary pause."Hear that? I think I be whistlin'. Aye? No? Must be the morning shift change down at the Iron Works." There is an extended pause where it's obvious our speaker is having trouble breathing. Gulping noises, as if from a hidden flask or covered bottle—definitely something alcoholic—, are heard and finalize with a eager, resounding sigh of relief."...all right, dears, that's enough of that. Ol' Captain Wraith feels the clock ticking, mechanism by painful mechanism, and he senses--excusin' the phrase--a shift in the winds. So let me go on with my tale with haste and good humor, 'cuz that's all that seems to hold to my ribs most days and I hain't got too many of those, even. Ya' may not take to my tale, and I don't blame you, cully, so let this be an by-the-gods honest warning to ye: turn “'All that glisters is not gold,' they say.” Our narrator begins his tale with great earnest as promised, and dives in with surprising energy and enthusiasm. He paints his youth with utmost clarity, skipping any undue childish angst that most would dwell too deeply on. A faint chorus of rhetoric flows between his chapped lips as if he were singing, filling whatever backwater crater with an angelic choir. Light, even though this is merely a recording, is seen, as well s felt, and you can bet, dear listener, that our man Sam, he feels it, too.
He's a young man when he starts, barely enough to be out of diapers. The "Ma" and "Pa" he referred to are tucking him in and telling him be on his best behavior, because tomorrow they start their new life. Tomorrow's the day they move alllll the way across the stars to a giant planet of gas. All little Al can manage is a "gaaaassh!" He's so excited, he's so ready for this big move. Today Fred Miller was mean to him. He shoved him an called his mommy something--something about her private parts--something ol' Al didn't take a liking to. He'd never heard of a c-word (that's what he calls it now, because anything else will get him a spanking), but he hit big, fat Fred right in the kisser. Fred fell and cried, and told Ms. Beesley that he hit him for no reason. Al spent the rest of the day stony-faced and in the Principal's office. A place he's never been before.
He was ready to see the big ol' "gash" planet, since he knows that it's much, much bigger than Earth--the ball of blue and green he sometimes sees on television, when the cartoons are interrupted. He knows Earth is small--it's only as big as his fist, probably. Jupiter is much, much bigger. Da' says it's probably the biggest thing Al will ever see. Al believes him, for Al's only dreamed of things like dump trucks, and afternoon recess when no one ever uses the slide and it's to him, and his Ma's curly hair. Stuff like that. He's never thought much of space or "gash" planets. But now, now it's all he thinks about.It's finally the "Big Day," something his Da' insists on calling it. They're on a shuttle ship. A space ship--something. All he knows is that being weightless is weird and he doesn't much care for it. When he tried to move down the shuttle hallway, he just skipped in place. His folks thought it was endearing, but Al certainly did not. Kipp, his dog, got out of his kennel and made a mess. Things weren't going as Al had dreamed, but his will didn't falter. Soon they'd be millions of miles away, on a big, fast ship, and nobody would call his mother c-words or forget about him. It'd be the three of them, all warm and happy on the planet Jupiter, where dreams are meant to come true--or, at least, Al's dreams were meant to come true. It made him forget about the embarrassing zero gravity incident and smile.The tears stung his cheeks since they were covered in dirt. Rubbing his eyes only made them sting, too. Al wasn't quite sure what had happened, but something definitely happened that wasn't meant to happen. Something happened that wasn't a part of Da's "Big Day." A smoldering whole was where the door to the cockpit was, where some big men had attached a box to it and made it disappear. They had been "bolded," something his Da' had screamed before the cabin pressure lapsed and masks fell. There was banging on the side of ship--loud banging, and then some pretty scary men had come in and started yelling. Da' didn't listen and was forced to sit by an even louder bang. Ma' was very sad, and her curls were wild. She too was quieted. So Al just sat there in the shuttle ship, trying not to cry because it hurt. Fred Miller would have probably called him a c-word, too, if he had seen him crying.Where is Jupiter? is all Al can think.Years pass and he's been "at" (since you can't call it "on") Jupiter for six years now. He knows now that his parents are dead and that he's alone. He's been in a government sponsored boarding house since the age of six, so that makes him twelve. The boarding house is where he gets his tattoo--a brand, as he comes to call it--and it itches every now and then. He wears gloves, though, just like all Jovians do. But since he isn't really a Jovian, he's ignored.He doesn't excel in any of his business classes--or any class in general. He's pretty stupid, that's what the other boarders say, anyway. He ignores them and reads. He reads and quotes what he reads. He reads and he tries to make sense of what he reads. He thinks he has a pretty good grasp of it, but he still feels stupid. One day, to feel smart, he takes an old Jovian cargo hauler for a spin. He's caught. He's punished, but this only strengthens his resolve. The next day he does it again, but instead of giving up like he does last time, he fights. He fights and wins. He runs the old cargo hauler into the approaching authority ships and smashes them up.This time he's put under house arrest, and it won't be 'til three more years pass that he steals his beloved. The day he steals the Interplanetary Transport Ship he'll come to call "Ol' Jove's Bones," he's mightily pleased with a comment one of his professors gave him today. He said, "Albert, you have a very complex mind, and I like that." Albert had tossed the compliment around and decided it was, in fact, a compliment, and not what all his other teachers had been telling him for years--things Albert didn't want to think about now. All he wanted to do was go out and see that new ship everyone's been talking about, the precursor to the new Jupitoris-class he'd been hearing so much about.The ship, as he suspected, was brilliant. It looked like two large hangars bays with a gangway running between them. He guessed that a lot of fighters could launch from such a ship, if it were ever in a situation that warranted it. That's when he got the idea to take it.He deserved it, afterall. Property is organized robbery, George Bernard said. This makes Albert chuckle. Soon, he'd be behind the wheel of that ship and robbin' the daylights out of every halfwit from here to the Mars' Sphere. That much he was sure of.Back on that ragged Luna crater, Samuel paused, out of breath. He'd seen the good and the bad, all his life he'd favored the bad. But now he relishes the nostalgia his tale resurfaces."So ye see that I wasn't always the slum-fuck you see before you--that I was once a chile with somethin' more in mind. Mayhaps be that I'm nearin' the end o' my journey, comin' in to port. Mayhaps I find that I ain't nothin' more than a pile of worthless shit in an alleyway." Shuffling is heard from a nearby doorway, and Samuel barks at them to "shut their bloomin' whale cunts.""Mayhap I don't give a rat's arsehole what people think, or what they say about me when I go. I know what they'll say, and it don't bother me. I jus' hope that, Ma', if you're watchin' now, that ye know that I'm sorry for never makin' our dream come true. I should have done right by you, I know this much now. Twain said, 'The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.' An' I know I ain't ready, Ma, I jus' know I ain't." The tape ends with a scratchy, disappointing hiss.
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Post by Cid on Nov 6, 2009 9:40:17 GMT -5
--QUICK-LINKS TO PAST RP'S--- 10/21/09, Dance the Hempen JigNotes: General RP about The Bones' crew. - 11/04/09, Diesel and ShailNotes: The grumblin' and blusterin' Mr. Toast. - 11/14/09, The SailorNotes: Haywood meets Callysto's new crew. - 11/16/09, MykonosNotes: The doctor is introduced. - 11/18/09, Oak n' BlacknessNotes: Mutie is introduced. - 11/30/09, Fever DreamNotes: Captain Riley, again. - 01/11/10, Luke 7:31, In the MarketplaceNotes: Captain Riley goes to Mars. - 02/04/10, Riley's ReturnNotes: Captain Riley arrives in the Earth Sphere ready to wreak havoc or have havoc wrought upon him. - 02/11/10, Golden Age of PiracyNotes: The shuttle, Blunderbuss, is procured through questionable circumstances. - 02/20/10, Briny DeepNotes: Samuel Riley's creation story. - 04/26/10, Hoist the ColoursNotes: Riley mourns Addie. - 06/02/10, All Along the LighthouseNotes: The pirates return to deep space and set their sights on Lighthouse Station. - 06/20/10, The Devil and Mr. RileyNotes: With Lighthouses taken, the Wraith sets his gaze upon his ultimate enemy. - 07/12/10, Doth Jove fear God for naught?Notes: Riley makes his last remarks before his ultimate showdown with the illustrious Jove. - 10/07/10, The Old ManNotes: The pirate lord's legacy. --QUICK-LINKS TO PAST BATTLES/EVENTS--- 10/26/09, Stirring the PotNotes: Dark Star mine takeover. Successful. - 11/02/09, Samuel Riley, James Radcliffe and Robin Sayer SparNotes: Spar between the pirates. Riley wins. - 11/05/09, Samuel Riley, James Radcliffe, and Robin Sayer's day outNotes: Callisto Trader heist. Successful. - 11/11/09, Black Rock ZNotes: Spar between the pirates in space without mobile suits. Joiner wins. - 11/16/09, A Royale of KingsNotes: Spar between the pirates at BR-1. Riley wins. - 12/09/09, How the Wraith got his hobbleNotes: Failed assault on Lighthouse Station, Riley gets his hobble. - 01/22/10, Pirates Commandeer Solarium MasqueradeNotes: The Black Rock Pirates take a private ITC as their own. Successful. - 02/01/10, Cheap shotsNotes: Joiner and Radcliffe spar in the Earth Sphere. Joiner wins. - 02/03/10, Back Room BrawlNotes: Riley sword duels Conroy, a new crew member. Riley wins. - 02/11/10, Riley's Jihad[/url] (3 events) Notes: The pirates attack three hapless trading ships simultaneously. Sayer is captured. - 02/15/10, Nadia Adelaide vs. Addie JoinerNotes: Adelaide and Joiner spar. Draw. - 02/16/10, The Dangers of Dealing with PiratesNotes: Conroy captures Adelaide for leverage. Successful. - 02/17/10, Bad day on the bonesNotes: Pirate fleet delayed. - 02/18/10, Space JamNotes: Pirate fleet blocked. - 02/22/10, SuppliesNotes: Riley buzzes the Horseman's Banquet. Riley wins. - 02/24/10, Plans Within PlansNotes: Riley, Joiner, and Conroy steal a Gwazine. Addie dies. Successful. - 03/09/10, Please remove any metallic objects such as keys, coins...Notes: Pirate fleet blocked by Solomon Defense Fleet. - 03/22/10, Black Rock Z: Episode 2Notes: Sayer and Conroy are released. - 04/23/10, Sappin' my Sentry! (4 events) Notes: The pirates attack and capture four Zeon mines. Successful. - 05/14/10, Sparring PiratesNotes: Riley and Radcliffe spar at Port Royal. Riley wins. - 05/20/10, Paint vs laserNotes: Riley spars Conroy when he isn't in a mobile suit. Riley wins. - 05/28/10, MAN UPNotes: Riley and Sayer spar in deep space. Sayer wins. - 06/02/10, Second time's a charmNotes: The pirates take a second stab at Lighthouse Station. Successful. - 06/05/10, Pirates in spaceNotes: Riley and Sayer spar one last time. Riley wins. -07/12/10, The Black Rock PiratesNotes: Their last showdown.
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