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▶ MAKE FRIENDS, INFLUENCE PEOPLE

Welcome to our CR Meme page!

We intend for this meme to remain active throughout gameplay so that as new people arrive, they can hash out connections that came before their game play begins, as well as plot out new game play. Specifically, this could also be a good venue to find ship crews that are looking for new crew mates, and for prospective crew mates to find new ship crews.

Please fill out the form below for your character, and then comment around to other characters! Also be sure to check back as more people filter in.

▶ YOUR CHARACTER NAME

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▼ IC INFORMATION
Character name:
Canon: Or specify if Free born.
Job/Role: Either your character's official title, or something less formal.

General Reputation: If you have one, anyway. Share the pertinent information of who your character is, what they are like, and what they do. If they have been free for a while or have been free all their life, you might want to share what they've done so far.

Looking For: What CR are you after? What kind of RP would you like? Along with general RP wishes, we would also encourage setting down any shopping around you are doing for more crew mates or a ship to call home.

Notes: Anything else of note that isn't already covered off in the above, such as future plans, specific hooks, or hidden character secrets relevant to CR.

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▶ SIMON METZGER

▼ OOC CONTACT
Your name: Rockefeller
Contact:

thehoodedfigures

▼ IC INFORMATION
Character name: Simon Metzger
Canon: Unplugged - Original Character
Job/Role: Captain

General Reputation: Politics: Metzger is far-leaning to the point of extremism on the anti-machine spectrum, and vocally resistant to compromise with machine influence beyond what’s absolutely necessary for survival. He is suspicious of “benevolent” programs like The Oracle and derisive of widespread use of the network, her supposed gift to mankind. For those more open to cooperation with the machine world, Metzger is a well-known as an all-around pain in the ass. Think John Adams in 1776, with more hostility and less singing.

Business: Although he’s never been pinned down for it, it’s generally understood that Metzger is “connected” with the criminal underworld. He rarely moves black market goods on his own ship, but has fostered relationships in Zion, Irkalla and Antioch over the last two decades that allow for him to make arrangements for other ships to transport arms and other contraband between settlements off the books. He pays a fair cut and most instinctively seem to know better than to doublecross him.

Nidhoggr: Metzger has been Captain for 6 years and was First Mate for 5 years before that. He runs a tight ship and takes pride in being a shock to the system of freshly unplugged recruits who have big ideas about their importance in the scheme of things -- particularly those who previously believed they were superheroes, aliens, elves, etc. Although he’s protective of the crewmembers he maintains, most of the new recruits he gets wind up being cut or request transfers to other ships.

Approximately a year ago, over half of the Nidhoggr’s crew was killed in an incident whose details were never made public. Rumors about the incident, the ship, and Metzger’s skills as a Captain have been stormy in the months since.

Personal Life: It is a mystery. He’s usually working and is difficult to find at celebrations. In the years following the death of the Nidhoggr’s previous Captain, he’s been quieter. Even on the political front.

Looking For: Political (or personal) allies and enemies, business arrangements with other characters inclined to engage in black market trade and crew members past or present. Currently only the position of First Mate is filled by Cage, so bring on your pilots, operators, operatives, engineers, jugglers, etc.

Simon’s been in Zion for 17 years and is infamous to some degree, and recently lost half of his crew, so preconceived notions are welcome. If you have anything you want to establish for previous or upcoming CR hit me up, I’m down.

Notes: Metzger is rough on his recruits, and generally won’t keep anyone that doesn’t have the stomach for vigilante enforcement wrt his business affairs, but those who tough it out are rewarded with a Captain who will defend them to the death. See his app for additional details.

Edited 2015-02-24 05:38 (UTC)

we are already talking anna upthread but preemptive seoraj ideas: has cycled on and off, toured on other ships, but keeps on coming back to nidhoggr / is considered part of that crew that incidentally gets loaned out periodically. he is probably slightly long-suffering about black market involvement but not immune to hypocrisy of "well i trust THIS bastard, just not THOSE bastards".

/THRUST MICROPHONE IN FACE YR THOUGHTS ROCKE

That sounds v. true to how I've imagined the hogg's operations to have worked in the past, with some solid connections with other crews and familiar faces to supplement the full-time crew and constant turnover of fresh unpluggeds. If Simon's confident an established asset knows what they're doing and knows how to keep their mouth shut he's probably a pretty decent boss -- more flexible than most about creative use of downtime, singing chumbawumba, etc. participation in criminal activity isn't required, he'd just have to be willing to turn a blind eye, probably with the sense that he might wind up having an accident if he doesn't.

by the same token, he sounds old and skilled enough that Metzger'd value his expertise (and continued existence) enough not to bin him lightly -- like he'd probably have some leeway to speak up or step in for shaking things up's sake.

how does that sound

Edited 2015-02-25 07:44 (UTC)

this sounds essentially like my dream cr for seoraj's ~main captain~, so i'm all about it. get ready for some proclaimers action metzger. but yeah i think wrt blind eye - seoraj is largely Not That Guy when it comes to challenging authority, he likes a clear chain of command that he is somewhere in the middle of, and because humanity exists he doesn't actually expect to always respect the person whose orders he is following. he will try and work the letter but not the spirit of really bad orders, but as a rule, you give him a command, it gets followed.

in a position where he's valued enough to have that leeway to speak up, he'll still reserve it 9/10 times - if he does speak up with dissenting opinion (unasked; he'll tell you what he thinks if you ask) y'all know he's weighed and measured and reconsidered, he feels strongly, and will ultimately be satisfied with having lodged that opinion if all it results in is "noted, go do your job", and pleasantly surprised if he successfully catalyses change.

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hellbrokeloose - 2015-02-26 10:31 (UTC) - Expand

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ironwork - 2015-02-27 11:34 (UTC) - Expand

Incredibly anti-Machine, you say? He might have heard about Dust, who has serious anger issues all focused towards them.

If that's the case he could well have blipped on Metzger's radar. He's a little new to be trusted with acts of sabotage and so on but Simon could certainly make contact/or have made contact to feel him out.

His real strength right now is in the Matrix, he's absolute crap with anything technological. But it's always good to know where to find an operative for a dangerous mission, right?

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hellbrokeloose - 2015-02-26 09:49 (UTC) - Expand

Oh my god, bless you for the 1776 reference.

I doubt Emily will get there right away, but I anticipate her being interested in business arrangements eventually, of some sort.

Aww yiss. What sort of business arrangements might be especially relevant to her interests?

In aside, Cage mentioned you'd be interested in extraction CR. Whether or not the Nidhoggr would've been operational to extract her depends on some OOC stuff (whether or not we get crew positions filled) but if the ship is still grounded for game open, Simon and Cage might've been moonlighting as operatives on another ship to help pull her out.

I am totally down with extraction CR, contingent on those other things!

As for business arrangements, while it will probably depend on where she ends up and and what she ends up doing, information is going to be Emily's favorite currency 5ever, and she's not terribly concerned with the means by which she gets it. Given his reputation, I can definitely see her feeling him out as she's in the Real long enough to get nosy in less officially sanctioned ways, if that makes sense. She'll also be hunting for a particular person, which may lead to her wanting resources/contacts off the beaten path.

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hellbrokeloose - 2015-02-26 09:53 (UTC) - Expand

On the one hand, I adore the idea of having your character pull his harsh reality buzz on Captain, who was the luckiest human in the world in their matrix, known by some nerds as a super. Unlike some, Captain would blithely go along with Metzger's tough-luck speech and possibly hold a grudge if the man got personal about it. On the other hand, Captain has fostered a deep grudge -- much deeper -- for machine kind within their own matrix. If Metzger happened to see past the silliness to that, there might be some use between them for CR!

Essentially Captain was experimented on by humans who worked for the architect of their matrix and got revenge by destroying a huge swath of their databanks; this began a huge dump of human minds and unplugging bodies in the measure of billions, but which ultimately crippled the architect beyond the point of no return. :I If one doesn't call that extremist I don't know what is!

I think it is definitely workable for Metzger to see some use in Captain on the anti-machine front, particularly if he's aware of what occurred with dumped bodies and so on. The main difficulty to a more formal working relationship will be if Captain comes off as insane to the point of liability, which is likely if they're talking about ruling their own country and so on.

The former is enough to mitigate the latter for some potentially nefarious CR, but not enough for real trust, I think. What are your thoughts?

I can dig it! If Metzger wants to come at it from a round-about way, 100% go for Snippy first, who's played by Dilly. I've told the Cage player this as well, but just to reiterate in case you're not a comment-trawler!

With regards to the extraction background: we're saying that the RA matrix was an experimental set-up on the part of the machines, some distance from the area where the current game-play is happening. Perhaps following machine activity and discovering a new pod tower, the first ship that went to investigate only came limping back with their Operator; the rest had died in virtu during the big old die-off. The second crew to go out is briefly touched on by Dilly in Snippy's application; Captain of the name of Hammer went on behest of the Operator, who said that a powerful program urged them to come back to extract a human who was causing a lot of problems and would be better off in the real. Hammer extracted Snippy by accident. Third try was the charm and Captain was extracted more recently! In any case, Cage might have better luck talking with Snippy about the strangeness that happened to wreck nearly an entire tower; he may know less about the shenanigans going on in their Matrix but who is entirely more sane.

Hammer is currently an NPC, as is the unnamed Operator who witnessed through the code the shut down of ANNET and the wipe of most of that matrix. If you want to bring those up w/ regards to Snippy, Captain will probably be in the background to pick up on and analyze (and they'll be analyzing and leading astray as much as possible!)

Edited (wrote 'bockquote'... pfff ha ha) 2015-02-26 14:36 (UTC)

Emma might be an option for his ship? I would really like her to be a trainee! She may be called the savior at home but no worries, he doesn't need to tell her it's bullshit, she totally knows (wasn't even good at it back then!). She's a hard worker and really wants to learn, but getting chewed up and spit out would just make her work harder, so I'm game for anything in that respect!

Sooooounds good to me. If she can tolerate an occasionally-hostile work environment she should fit in fine!

Occasionally hostile would be just like home, really! She would manage just fine.

Crowley certainly has no moral compunctions about a little illegal activity in the name of profit. I would love to get him involved with Metzger's illegal dealings.

YES GOOD. If he's going to be merchant-ing he might make a good fence in addition to being in a good position to have his ear to the ground about general goings on. Do you have anything in particular you'd like to work in?

Nothing too specific yet. He would definitely be happy to fence and to help with smuggling, in general. I want to have him start off in the game being fairly unconnected and desperate and build towards the connections. I do think that when Metzger's political reputation reaches Crowley, it will make him more interested in seeking him out/earning his favor in general and that could be interesting to play with.

points to u points to me makes all the grabby hands

fusion dance i commented on your thing

SO I WOULD super like to put Bucky through operative boot camp on Metzger's ship once he's past his initial hesitance to jack into the Matrix, maybe in a couple weeks?? Bucky would gravitate toward a tight-run ship and respond better to a harsher style of command (y...ay, thanks HYRDA) vs. a more coddling approach, and in turn he's highly disciplined and efficient and good at murder, if a total disaster on the interpersonal front. He's got some fledgling machine-hatred, too.

I could even see him sticking on a while depending on how things jive and where his own character development goes, but either way.

Edited (it's my turn for a thousand edits ;;) 2015-03-01 09:20 (UTC)

i'm down

if metzger detects any reluctance to jack in he will assess situationally whether to pull him out of the chair or ram the needle in before he can get cold feet -- not to be mean but to try to work out whatever kinks asap before it gets someone hurt etc. bucky is one he might tell he's jacking into the matrix only to put him into an uncomfortable simulation and so on.

if pussy-footing were to continue long term he'd cut him as a liability for someone else to risk their crew on but that's a thing that happens all the time and he'd be damn sure to instill enough basics for bucky to be very functional first

idk up to you we can see where it goes fo sho

rad \m/ i'm anticipating bucky will swing back the other direction toward aggressive attempts at desensitization, once he gets over the hurtle of jacking in the first time, but a few pushes wouldn't go amiss & we can see how things pan out.

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