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The Island
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The SS Barracuda
This is a fan fiction tribute to the original TV series, but brought to a more modern setting, cast and technology. It will NOT be a comedy however. Each character will be partly defined, but need to be fleshed out. With modern technology there is no way a storm could be missed as badly as the one in the original series. So this is going to be a freak storm never mentioned by the weather services. Our yacht is going to be a good deal more modern and luxurious - worthy of the billionaires and a movie star.
I did research the original characters and will be drawing some from that, but with some original spins.
The Cast
I am using an all star cast or close to it. Each of you will select a character and give him/her a name. In the case of the Billionaire, you can name the wife as well if you run both. You to NOT need to use the original series names. In fact, I prefer you don’t. I have left them mostly barebones for a reason. Each of you should flesh the character out a bit. For example, I may have the Professor dying of cancer, but not tell anyone. The Billionaire might be facing bankruptcy and not told anyone.
Captain (Age 45)
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Retired US Navy pilot. Nicknamed Skipper by the First Mate.
He was shot down over enemy territory in the middle east and rescued by the First Mate. Owes the man his life. Retired in 2015 and couldn’t stand the constant babble of the civilian world. So he bought a megayacht and had it upgraded with a hybrid engine for the range. (He grew up on the seas and has spend more of his life on the water than land.)
First Mate (Age 28)
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Former US Marine. Nicknamed Gilligan by the Captain.
Did two tours in in the USMC Force Recon and saw a lot of combat. Was having troubles adapting to civilian life after getting out on an honorable medical discharge - for which he received a Purple Heart. Also has a Silver Star. He ran into the Captain at the VA hospital in Hawaii. The man hired him on the spot. That was 3 years ago. He was seasick for the first two years but never complained.
Billionaire and Wife (Age 53 and 46)
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Well, what says billionaire better than these two? Unfortunately life for this pair hasn’t been so great. The original Howells were billionaires who lost most of their fortune in the Great Depression. This pair will have suffered considerable losses as well, but still be easily multibillionaires. They had a separation for the past couple years and were trying to make another go at it on this vacation. They concealed their troubles (and infidelities) from the world largely for the sake of their business.
*This part can be roleplayed by one or two members. Two would be better.
Movie Star (Age 28)
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The very name Ginger screamed redhead … so I went with a redhead. She is a goddess of the big screen. She has starred in both movies and television shows, doing every imaginable scene that shows off her assets. She has posed for centerfolds, but never did any sort of adult movies. (She is not shy.) She found the Farmer’s Daughter at a car show and was amazed at how much the girl new. Then she bought a supercar right out of the show and asked the girl to show her how to drive one. The one quality she liked about the other girl was her honesty. While most people kiss up to her, her friend gives it to her straight.
As you may have guessed, these two will go for each other if there are no worthwhile guys around. She paid for the cruise for her friend and wouldn’t take no for an answer - not that she had to.
Farmer’s Daughter (Age 25)
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The original character of Mary Ann was a farm girl from Kansas. You do not have to be from Kansas. Nothing says country like the original Daisy Duke, hence the image chosen. Yes, this is a farm girl born and bred. But her primary quality is HONESTY. This girl absolutely cannot act. She tried. But stunts were another matter. She only did a few, mainly involving horses and cars. The ones involving cars have been simple ones, but that is because she was new and lacked the street cred to do more sophisticated stunts. She has also died her hair for one movie to be a stand in double for the Movie Star. She really knows cars - every bit as well as she knows farm animals.
Professor (Age 25)
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I intend to run this one. I am going to do a major nerfing of one of my characters to make him fit better. The original series character was just a high school teacher. He stands 6’7” tall. But he had a limp in his left hip and a nasty scar on his left hand where it looks like it was cut in half between the 3rd and 4th fingers. He brought his laptop and two guitars with him.
Native
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This is going to be a mystery character also run by me. Basically she is the survivor of an earlier wreck. She will not make her presence known right away.
About the Island
The Barracuda departed Hawaii and ran into the storm about 500 nm southwest - halfway to the Midway Atoll. Unbeknownst to the crew and passengers they have slipped into an alternate earth. The island is a one of a group of five islands. The region of this group makes intermittent contact with our Earth. Because of this, from time to time radio signals may get through. This doesn’t mean the crew will be able to get a signal out. But hey, they can try.
The wildlife will be something that might have developed back during the Pleistocene Era in a tropical climate. It will resemble the megafauna of Australia and Insular locales both prehistoric and extinct. Examples will include the Haast Eagle, Moa, Australian brush turkey, cassowary, Meiolania, marsupial lions, etc. Some of the creatures will be an original design by me, but with some thoughts to evolutionary development - not so much for horror movies.
The islands are volcanic. The island the group landed on is about the size of Hawaii which is about 80 miles across at the widest point. (My picture doesn’t do the island justice.)
Yacht - SS Barracuda
Built for luxury cruises. Main reason I selected it was because I could read the layout better than most. It is a modified Ferretti 960. It has a hybrid engine. Not as fast as some other yacht, but it has the range for long voyages (3000+ nm). It was fully stocked two days before when they left Hawaii. Being ex-military the Captain added a Silent Guardian system (Active Denial) and has a weapons locker - for repelling pirates. This would include 2 Barrett Lt 50’s, and some smaller Class III weapons. The crew wouldn’t know about them, but probably find them not unexpected.
Drinkable water won’t be a problem as the yacht had solar distillers. There are enough MRE’s to last for 3 months, but it is ill advised to subsist on MRE’s for such an extended period.
Posting
My usual default for writing ability is Advanced. As this is to be a larger group, with interaction a must, I will be allowing High Casual. Please try not to hold up the RP by making others wait on a response. I am really looking for a 3 paragraph minimum. But I realize that in a conversation this won’t always work.
TAG your posts so people know when they are expected to reply.
RP Start
The RP opens in the Summer of 2020. I will handle the opening post. As a heads up, the yacht will arrived pretty much vertical, but beached on rocks with bad gashes in the bottom.
The Island
cdn-us.navisyachtcharter.com/images/y…
The SS Barracuda
This is a fan fiction tribute to the original TV series, but brought to a more modern setting, cast and technology. It will NOT be a comedy however. Each character will be partly defined, but need to be fleshed out. With modern technology there is no way a storm could be missed as badly as the one in the original series. So this is going to be a freak storm never mentioned by the weather services. Our yacht is going to be a good deal more modern and luxurious - worthy of the billionaires and a movie star.
I did research the original characters and will be drawing some from that, but with some original spins.
The Cast
I am using an all star cast or close to it. Each of you will select a character and give him/her a name. In the case of the Billionaire, you can name the wife as well if you run both. You to NOT need to use the original series names. In fact, I prefer you don’t. I have left them mostly barebones for a reason. Each of you should flesh the character out a bit. For example, I may have the Professor dying of cancer, but not tell anyone. The Billionaire might be facing bankruptcy and not told anyone.
Captain (Age 45)
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Retired US Navy pilot. Nicknamed Skipper by the First Mate.
He was shot down over enemy territory in the middle east and rescued by the First Mate. Owes the man his life. Retired in 2015 and couldn’t stand the constant babble of the civilian world. So he bought a megayacht and had it upgraded with a hybrid engine for the range. (He grew up on the seas and has spend more of his life on the water than land.)
First Mate (Age 28)
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Former US Marine. Nicknamed Gilligan by the Captain.
Did two tours in in the USMC Force Recon and saw a lot of combat. Was having troubles adapting to civilian life after getting out on an honorable medical discharge - for which he received a Purple Heart. Also has a Silver Star. He ran into the Captain at the VA hospital in Hawaii. The man hired him on the spot. That was 3 years ago. He was seasick for the first two years but never complained.
Billionaire and Wife (Age 53 and 46)
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Well, what says billionaire better than these two? Unfortunately life for this pair hasn’t been so great. The original Howells were billionaires who lost most of their fortune in the Great Depression. This pair will have suffered considerable losses as well, but still be easily multibillionaires. They had a separation for the past couple years and were trying to make another go at it on this vacation. They concealed their troubles (and infidelities) from the world largely for the sake of their business.
*This part can be roleplayed by one or two members. Two would be better.
Movie Star (Age 28)
i.pinimg.com/originals/76/8e/d8/768ed…
The very name Ginger screamed redhead … so I went with a redhead. She is a goddess of the big screen. She has starred in both movies and television shows, doing every imaginable scene that shows off her assets. She has posed for centerfolds, but never did any sort of adult movies. (She is not shy.) She found the Farmer’s Daughter at a car show and was amazed at how much the girl new. Then she bought a supercar right out of the show and asked the girl to show her how to drive one. The one quality she liked about the other girl was her honesty. While most people kiss up to her, her friend gives it to her straight.
As you may have guessed, these two will go for each other if there are no worthwhile guys around. She paid for the cruise for her friend and wouldn’t take no for an answer - not that she had to.
Farmer’s Daughter (Age 25)
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The original character of Mary Ann was a farm girl from Kansas. You do not have to be from Kansas. Nothing says country like the original Daisy Duke, hence the image chosen. Yes, this is a farm girl born and bred. But her primary quality is HONESTY. This girl absolutely cannot act. She tried. But stunts were another matter. She only did a few, mainly involving horses and cars. The ones involving cars have been simple ones, but that is because she was new and lacked the street cred to do more sophisticated stunts. She has also died her hair for one movie to be a stand in double for the Movie Star. She really knows cars - every bit as well as she knows farm animals.
Professor (Age 25)
selectspecs.com/fashion-lifestyle/wp-…
I intend to run this one. I am going to do a major nerfing of one of my characters to make him fit better. The original series character was just a high school teacher. He stands 6’7” tall. But he had a limp in his left hip and a nasty scar on his left hand where it looks like it was cut in half between the 3rd and 4th fingers. He brought his laptop and two guitars with him.
Native
i.pinimg.com/originals/41/63/49/41634…
This is going to be a mystery character also run by me. Basically she is the survivor of an earlier wreck. She will not make her presence known right away.
About the Island
The Barracuda departed Hawaii and ran into the storm about 500 nm southwest - halfway to the Midway Atoll. Unbeknownst to the crew and passengers they have slipped into an alternate earth. The island is a one of a group of five islands. The region of this group makes intermittent contact with our Earth. Because of this, from time to time radio signals may get through. This doesn’t mean the crew will be able to get a signal out. But hey, they can try.
The wildlife will be something that might have developed back during the Pleistocene Era in a tropical climate. It will resemble the megafauna of Australia and Insular locales both prehistoric and extinct. Examples will include the Haast Eagle, Moa, Australian brush turkey, cassowary, Meiolania, marsupial lions, etc. Some of the creatures will be an original design by me, but with some thoughts to evolutionary development - not so much for horror movies.
The islands are volcanic. The island the group landed on is about the size of Hawaii which is about 80 miles across at the widest point. (My picture doesn’t do the island justice.)
Yacht - SS Barracuda
Built for luxury cruises. Main reason I selected it was because I could read the layout better than most. It is a modified Ferretti 960. It has a hybrid engine. Not as fast as some other yacht, but it has the range for long voyages (3000+ nm). It was fully stocked two days before when they left Hawaii. Being ex-military the Captain added a Silent Guardian system (Active Denial) and has a weapons locker - for repelling pirates. This would include 2 Barrett Lt 50’s, and some smaller Class III weapons. The crew wouldn’t know about them, but probably find them not unexpected.
Drinkable water won’t be a problem as the yacht had solar distillers. There are enough MRE’s to last for 3 months, but it is ill advised to subsist on MRE’s for such an extended period.
Posting
My usual default for writing ability is Advanced. As this is to be a larger group, with interaction a must, I will be allowing High Casual. Please try not to hold up the RP by making others wait on a response. I am really looking for a 3 paragraph minimum. But I realize that in a conversation this won’t always work.
TAG your posts so people know when they are expected to reply.
RP Start
The RP opens in the Summer of 2020. I will handle the opening post. As a heads up, the yacht will arrived pretty much vertical, but beached on rocks with bad gashes in the bottom.