Host's OOC Thread: "Diverted"

[BigBubblehead]

PLEASE NOTE:​

This thread is for the organization
of the Role Play's essential facts.
PLEASE
do not post questions or comments here.
We have a Discussion Thread for that.
I sincerely thank you in advance.

Host's OOC Thread​

Story Introduction

Cast of Characters

History Thus Far

Nitty Gritty Details (aka "What you need to know")

 

[BigBubblehead]

Introduction​

What the World knows:

• On 15 July 2014, a QANTAS Airbus-380 left Sydney bound for Tokyo.
• It carried only 180 passengers, a fraction of its full capacity; a reduced Attendant staff of 12; and a regular flight crew of 3.
• It never arrived.
• Data gathered immediately and over the next 6 weeks seemed to indicate that the jet had suffered a decompression, possibly from explosion, after which it fell into the ocean.
• A flight recorder was detected days later but, due to the depth of the ocean trench in which it sank, it was never retrieved.
• Debris found in the area seemed to be from an Airbus-380. It included personal items, too, some of which were positively identified as being from passengers aboard the flight.
• The conclusion was easy: the plane went down and all lives were lost.

What really happened:

• The plane was hijacked as part of an elaborate conspiracy.
• Using a new anesthetic, the passengers and Attendants were rendered unconsciousness. (They would not regain consciousness for nearly a full day.)
• The jet was diverted to a small, now-supposedly-abandoned Pacific island that had once been a U.S. Submarine Warfare Station during the Cold War.
• There, the hostages were moved to a building basement, where they were secured and watched over by armed guards.
• Out on the landing strip, the jet was drained of fuel and emptied of much of its contents, airline and passenger both. It was then disassembled with explosives and heavy equipment, then drug by a cable towing sea tug into the ocean for burial at sea.

The Problem:

• This elaborate conspiracy was designed to get to just one person, one single passenger aboard the flight.
• Once that person was separated, other valuable targets would be ransomed. (After the ransom was received, they would, of course, be killed.)
• Everyone else on the flight -- the normal everyday people -- were all to be executed without delay.
• Unfortunately, due to the conspiracy's compartmentalization, the man in charge of the island -- Cooper Lee -- didn't have the name of the primary target. And now, because of that compartmentalization and because of a loss of communication with those for whom he works, he can't even get that information.
• So, no one dies yet. Good for the passengers; bad for Cooper Lee.

About the Characters:

• Be whomever you wish to be.
• Create your back story.
• Create relationships with the other passengers ... or maybe with those who hijacked the plane.
• I -- or someone else -- will create or suggest mini-plot lines in which you can participate. (Those ideas should be shared in the Discussion Thread, not here.)
• Twists will occasionally occur, sending characters in new directions.
• Suggestions from the writers are always welcome, so long as they don't adversely affect the ongoing plot lines in which other characters are already involved.

More:

• I will add more information as I come up with it.
• Feel free to post your questions or comments in the Discussion Thread, not here.
• The goal, of course, is to create some interesting and varied plot lines.
• We must all be careful not to infringe upon the plot lines of other characters, though, so if you have a question or concern, post it in that Discussion Thread linked above.