Space Cowboy's (And Girls)

[AriesWolf]

OOC: A new thread! SCI-FI! Please consider! I was hoping to find some Desperados to work alongside my character, smuggling, drinking and just generally doing bad stuff all across the galaxy.

My Character:

James Barden

25

6'4

200 lbs

Nickname: Bard

Appearance: James' Long black hair, contrasts sharply his acid green eyes which seemingly have a light of their own, he is tall, fairly good looking, and is well tanned.

History: Bard is the son of former business Tycoon Riley Barden, who was at one point owner of Barden Shipping Ltd, though the company went under when his father's shady business dealing dragged it too the ground. At 16 James left home, and struck out on his own, hiring himself out for odd jobs, though he normally works as a pilot.

A few moments ago the ship he was working on was bombarded for refusing boarding by Police. The ship went down fast and he barely made it too the escape pods. He is now wanted, and will be looking for work and way off planet without getting caught by the cops.

They were orbiting the Planetary colony of New York, in the Andromeda system. A Metropolis planet, New York is covered entirely in vast city scape. Only the brave stray below the ninth story of any structure, and only a very select few have ever actually set foot on the planets surface.

All buildings are connected by suspended walkways, and catwalks. Which form something akin to streets, though most people slimply fly wherever they are headed. Be it by public transport, or private crusiers.

New York is divided into Seven Sectors, They are ranked in descending order: The first being the top and the wealthiest, the second being right below and slightly poorer and so on all the way down the seventh. There are people who live below the seventh sector, but most of these are hardened criminals and lawless desperate people.

IC:

Atmospheric re-entry was always a rush, especially when it's pitch black, and you only have 4 inches of durasteel between you and 40,000 some odd degrees that would cook you in an instant, escape pods were a shitty way to travel, but hey beggers can't be choosers. All in all I suppose I'm lucky to be alive.

Considering that my ship is destroyed, and my captain and crew are all dead. I suppose I'm very lucky. Nothing to do now but hope I didn't land near a government patrol!

The Turbulence of the atmosphere passed and the wonderous feeling of a free fall under the influence of planetary gravity took hold. That's when my wonderous trip to planetside went from bad to worse. Red Indicator lights started popping up all over the place. FUCK!

Warning Impact Cushioning non-functional Big red letters and a computerized voice blazed through the blackness of the pod. What a polite way to say I'm fucked!

Altitude 20,000 feet.... 15,000....

"Shit shit shit! Not like this! I'm not going out like this!" I punched in an overide code on the control panel, and waited. 10,000 feet....5,000 feet.... 1,000 feet

I punched the controls hard, and my descent slowed. The Vertical stablizers burning through the pods 20 litres of fuel fast and hard. 15 litres 500 feet 10 litres 250 feet, 9 litres 200 feet, 8 litres 190 feet. SMASH! The pod hit something hard, pain shot through me as the indicator lights went out.

I waited, one, two, three, four... I was alive, that much was for certain, but was anything broken? I wiggled my fingers, then my toes. Everything seemed to be working... The pod didn't have alot of room, I could extend my arms about halfway out in front of me though. The heavy restraints loosened as I started to move. The pod was standing upright, which I took as a good sign, I had probably landed in something soft.

I pulled down a metal latch and the door hissed and disconnected. I found myself looking out at what appeared to be, a city dump. Of all the places to land... oh well at least I'm not dead. Climbing out of the Pod and onto the heaps of garbage around me I realized it wasn't a dump, but a garbage transport ship, I was still over 9 stories above ground, and I was perilously close to the edge! Staring down into the inky blackness below me I had to admit, was alittle unnerving.

The reassuring weight of my blaster at my hip I turned toward the cockpit of the garbage barge. A heavy-set greasy old man was staring at me, his eyes wide with shock. I waved, oh joy this would be interesting.

The old guy seemed to recover, he waved back, and opened the door to speak with me.

"You alright?" he asked.

"I'm fine... ahh where am I?"

"Your in Sector Seven..." he replied.

Oh great the poorest slum on this rock... I thought bitterly.

"Ummm any chance you could drop me off somewhere?"

"Where?"

"Ahhh how about right there?" I said pointing to a catwalk that joined two streets.

"Alrighty"

A few moments and some "Tricky" piloting as he called it later I thanked him and was off, wondering at how odd it was that the man didn't ask any questions.
Now all I needed too do was find a place to stay.

 

[lost_pirate]

Anna Colins
Blonde, 36D-26-34.
130 lbs

Anna Colins, the 23 year old blonde from the planetary colony of Miami, had always been an adventorous kind. And she felt she had trained hard enough to keep hersel fit and athletic for just that. She had tried to get onto different ships leaving her colony, but to no success. To many documents needed. It had become increasingly difficult to travel around. The inter-galactic patrol had been almost paranoid of late given some of the recent troubles. Well, she had found a way out.

She had smuggled her way onto a ship which had stopped at her colony for refuelling. She had stayed hidden away,but not for long. The captain of the ship had discovered her. But as if she was meant to get away, the ship was attacked just at the time. The captain caught hold of her, and pulled her through the passageways into his personal quarters, which were linked to his personal escape pod. The captain quickly picked up a few papers and quickly threw them into the pod. She realized the captain's pod was quite large and looked sophisticated. She had tried simulation drives on a few pods, but this looked more sophisticated than anything she had seen.

The captain quickly pushed her, and she got into the pod. Just then she could see a few rays come in from behind, and the captain was dead. She sensed danger, and quickly closed the pod and launched away. As she was out in space, she saw another pod, which seemed to have been ejected from the same ship. She programmed her pod to track and follow that other pod. Soon they entered the system of another colony, and she detached from that pod. She sensed the pod was losing control, and tried to slow it down a lot. As she hurtled towards the ground, she could see the other pod crashed in the ground. She was beginning to lose conciousness as all kinds of alarms seem to be setting off in the pod. Last thing she could remember was that her pod was heading straight for a catwalk about a block down from where she had seen the other pod crash.

 

[AriesWolf]

Just when I thought things were finally looking up. I caught sight of a second pod hurtling toward the catwalk I was currently standing on. It was alot bigger than the one I had been in, but as I ran for my life that was the last thing on my mind. I desperately dashed along the catwalk trying to reach the end before the pod smashed into it.

Everything seemed to slow down as the pod connected heavily with the walkway, tearing away the railings and sliding along behind me sending up sparks and the screech of metal on metal it was almost as if it was chasing me along the catwalk. I was a fairly fast runner, especially when my life was in this kind of danger, but even still I barely made it. The Railings of the Catwalk and the friction of the dragging metal stopped the pod's forward momentum less than two feet from me.

I stopped running, the pod wasn't going anywhere. It gleamed dully under the artifical lights of the sector. I hadn't realized I was holding my breath, until it came out all at once in a line of steam in the cool air. Holy Shit. To think that I had signed on with my former crew for a more relaxed atmosphere.

 

[lost_pirate]

She had always been one of the best in simulation runs. Especially the crash landing runs. But then even though all simulations tended to throw you around, nothing can prepare you for the real thing. She was beginning to realize that. She held on tight, and tried to pilot the pod away from the cross walk. She could barely see a man run for his life.And luckily he was the only one on the walkway. and even he looked as if he will make it. She tried hard, but in vain. The pod crashed right into the walkway. The pod seemed to lose power after that as everything went dark. As the pod smashed around, she felt her head hit against something hard, and passed out.

The pods were designed to protect thei occupants. In a crash landing like this, they would never open should the surroundings be hostile. The only case they would open is if the computer sense that the pod was not safe. This was one of those occassions. The pod had taken too much damage. It ejected its passenger, and threw her clear of itself, and in a few minutes blew up sending pieces of metal all over the place with a loud explosion.

 

[AriesWolf]

I was just about to take a look at the pod when it began to hiss, Oh shit! Was all about all I had time to even think before the door of the pod shot off arcing into the air and into the black abyss below, and a girl was tossed bodily from the pod, crashing into me and sending the two of us tumbling back awkwardly as I tried to catch her.

She was unconcious, and limp which made it rather difficult to get ahold of her, and very difficult to move, as I knew the pod was about to self-destruct. I ended up half carrying and half dragging her away. We barely made it off the catwalk when the pod exploded, bits of metallic shrapnel shredding through nearby windows and neon signs. It was a miracle we didn't get ripped to shreds, and that she was still out cold!

"God girl I had better get laid for this!" I hissed, the police would be coming along shortly and the two of them most definately needed to be gone. So lifting her up and over my shoulder, still slightly shell-shocked as I was, I wobbled off down a nearby alley trying to put as much room between us and flaming heap of metal that had once been an escape pod as I could.

 

[lost_pirate]

Her head was hurting. She tried to open her eyes and it hurt even more, and she gave up. Why the hell was it hurting so much? She tried to think back and even that hurt. She remembered now. The crash. The pod. The entry into New York colony. The destruction of the ship. The escape from Miami. All of it. Well, Anna. You have gotten yourself into some deep shit this time, she thought. And it hurt. It really hurt.

She forced her eyes open, and saw a man. She seemed to have seen him somewhere, but couldnt quite place him. And he was looking at her. She stared back. "Where am I? And who are you?"

 

[AriesWolf]

"Your on New York, we're in sector seven, bout the dumpiest little slum this side of the sun, and you are very lucky that your good-looking... and light" I said. We had moved maybe a mile or two away from the crash before I set her down, and waited for her to come too. She was a pretty girl, and damn fortunate I had a soft spot for blonde's. I nearly said as much, but decided against it.

"My names Bard" I said offering her a hand up. "And next time your bringing an escape pod in for landing, try not to aim for Catwalk with someone standing on it"

 

[lost_pirate]

Well New york. she knew that much. And now that he said it, she could see that she was in the seventh sector. She had heard it was a great dump. And she could see how true that was.

She looked at him. "Thanks for helping. Looks like I owe my life to you. Even if you saved me just because I look good." She tried to get up but was a bit groggy so she laid back again. "Do you have some water? I really need a drink pretty bad."

 

[AriesWolf]

I sighed, I had a small canteen with me, it was only half full but I supposed it would have to do. I offered it too her.

"Drink that, but not too fast..." I looked away as she took the canteen. I could see up to about sector five from where we were, the cops would checking the surrounding area soon and we weren't that well hidden. The ship I'd had been on, "The Midas" was gone, and so I supposed was my paycheck. At this point I had maybe 80 bucks to my name, which at this point it would be a bad idea to use.

"Girl were you on the Midas?" I asked, as she drank the water. If she had been he assumed she must've been a stowaway, he knew all the crew, most were male, but a few had been women, and they tended to stick together on the ship. He had been in fairly good with them, as the pilot he had a certain appeal in the case of a mutiny. Which of course had been underway when the ship got bombarded. "Cos' if you were, we had best be leaving soon... the cops are on their way"

 

[lost_pirate]

She didnt know what had happened on the ship. "Midas? I dont know, but I think it might have been" But she knew that he must be right. They had been under attack after all.

She took a sip from the canteen, and then another. She didnt want to finish it all off - he had been good to offer it to her in the first place. She gave it back to him and forced herself up. It hurt. But she had to get up. She was standing now, and took a moment to steady herself. Then she looked at him "Which way?"

 

[AriesWolf]

I hadn't really thought that far ahead, but going up toward more wealthy areas would mean more people watching the news, and a better chance of someone calling the police if we were spotted.

Staying here in this sector was certainly tempting, we might evade the law for a while, maybe until they gave up, but I doubted we could find a way off world from here.

Going down would be more dangerous though, especially since the girl was with me, but it was perhaps our best chance to get away. No Cop would go below the ninth story, I knew that much for sure, and besides I had some contacts that might prove useful, a couple of them even still owed me favors.

"I say we go down... it'll be more dangerous but I know some people that can probably get us off planet, or at least hide us till they are hunting anymore"

 

[BRIGHTWELL]

Star Dancer

Occ:

My charactor:

Rex Lionheart

Occupation:Merc,Merchant Pilot.

Employers: Goverments,terrorists,pirate-hunters,pirates,smugglers,slavers,local operator,and long distance hauler.

Ship:Star Dancer

Recently escaped a star base brig. I have but one true mission, to kill the gatekeeper. This thread can include this mission or not include it at all. Right now I'm between jobs.

Ground level in zone 7. Here the scum fear the shadows and that in it self is a good trick. The darkest of the dark live here. Weather heart or soul, only the truely dead rest in peace. Death is like a fine mist that meanders over the smooth rock surface. It crawls allong looking for its next victim. At ground level business takes a holiday, unless your business is death, then a bumper crop can literally explode before your blood shot eyes. This is the world Rex finds himself.
The TORN TOKEN is a tavern of sorts, barely lit and heavily protected. Fed police don't patrol the streets here, street gangs rule and force those still alive to be about their business. No one is out on the street long, and tonight the Token is quiet.
Rex is sitting at the end or the bar facing the door which he keeps a wary eye on. Sitting next to him is Dylithium Fuel trader. His name is Trok-men he has D-Sludge that needs to be carried to the Barcakas refinery to make D-Fuel. D-Fuel is the highest paying fuel anywhere. D-Fuel when refined and blended with additives can make STAR-D (TM),Mil-D (TM), Race-D(TM). Star-D is used by long haul shippers for its ablity to move a ship faster and burns smooth then any other fuel.
The problem is that D-Sludge is highly toxic and needs special contains for handling. Most ship jockies wouldn't even talk to Trok because of the costs involved in hauling D-Sludge. So here sits Rex trying to decide if the risk is worth the reward.

 

[lost_pirate]

Go down to "the sectors" - the sectors simply known as "the sectors". She was not well travelled, but she knew what those places were like. She wasnt a seasoned adventurer either yet. But she knew instinctively that he was right. She could do the basics in her head. Upper sectors would not be places for fugitives like them. They would be work with police if asked to and get them caught. And no one will help them.

The only place fugitives, criminals now, like them could expect to get help was a place that would be full of other criminals. Some maybe too dangerous to even deal with, but some maybe useful enough in their current dilemma.

She was still not entirely comfortable. "Okay. Lets go. But you think we need some weapons before we go? I have nothing to fight back with if we are attacked." then she saw his expression that looked like it almost called her stupid for thinking of a fightback. and hastily added "you know. go down fighting if you have to. even if we wont have a chance if it happens."

 

[AriesWolf]

I patted the gun at my hip, a semi-automatic pistol.

"This'll due for protection in most situations... but if you feel the need for some firepower, I think I could probably get you something"

My thoughts strayed to who would be around this time of year. Rex might be onworld, but getting to him might be a trick.

"Alright look... I have a friend who might be able to help us, he's got his own ship and he's decent enough... for a pirate"

 

[lost_pirate]

She looked at him. "Okay. Lets go meet him then. Hope he will be able to help us get off the planet as well." she though for a bit and then added "hat do you mean by decent enough...for a pirate"

She wasnt entirely convinced, but she knew they had no options. They needed help, and it would have to come from criminals. And they had to get help fast,

 

[AriesWolf]

"I mean he's decent enough so long as you don't have your money on you..." I smiled, she sounded so apprehensive! That kind of innocence was something I hadn't in years. Taking her arm I led her throught a winding maze of alleys.

"Now look "officially" knowone lives below sector seven, the government doesn't even recognize that these people exsist" I stopped, a elderly woman with a bag of food was walking past slowly, she hadn't seen us yet and I intended to keep it that way. I dropped my voice to whisper

"and they thrive on that, there are no laws for them, you are gonna have to be careful, especially since your a girl" I let my tone say the rest. "But I'll keep ya on the right track for abit..."

My mind started to wander abit, she was a rather pretty girl, how could she compensate me for my time and effort? What was I thinking? I didn't even know her name!

"By the way... you never told me your name"

 

[lost_pirate]

She realized that he didnt know her name "Anna. I am from the colny of Miami. And I understand what you mean. I will really be grateful if I could count on you to help me wherever possible. You dont have to risk your life for me. But..." she let it hang there.

"Lets go then" she said.

 

[AriesWolf]

"No worries girl I'll keep ya on the right track for now" I said, I meant it, for some reason she seemed like the type who would genuinely appreciate the help. I darted across a larger street, we were getting closer to a stairwell to the lower sector's. "Almost there now be ready, were going to take the stairs down the lower levels, and we might meet some... unsavory characters at the top..."

It wasn't uncommon for some loser to set up a "Toll Booth" for access to the lower areas and I was counting on one being here today, sure enough some big thug was standing at the top of the steel stair case, a large tin in one hand and gun at his hip.

"$30 to go down" he said jingling the can, it sounded pretty full. I smiled, I was a great shot, I turned to Anna. I pulled her close, "Play along" I whipspered in her ear.

"Ummm... baby, here could you hold this for a sec?" I reached into my pocket and handed her a few bills, making it look like more by forcing her to use two hands to hold it. The Thug took a step toward us, perfect I smiled at Anna and mouthed silently "Step Back"

My gun came around hard and fast, connecting roughly with the side of the Thug's head. Dropping him like a stone.

 

[lost_pirate]

She walked around behind him. She was really worried when they ran into the big thug. For a minute she was relieved when he hit him and knocked him out cold. Then she panicked "Do you think his friends will come afetr us for that? I think we should move quick, or we might get into trouble." and then looked at him to see if he felt the same. She quickly bent over to pick up the weapon that had ust dropped out from the thug.

 

[Makisan]

"HA HA! You'll never catch me!" The girl of seventeen cried, clinging to a bag in front of her. She raced down empty alleyways, brown hair following behind her. She turned a corner, skidding slightly, before running again, laughing as she heard the footsteps behind her disappear.

"SUCKER!" She yelled, turning another corner, before slamming into Bard. "Motherfuck!" She yelped, falling back, dropping her bag, cans and other food scraps falling out. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" She snarled, standing up and stomping her foot.

She blushed a bit, being way shorter than the man in front of her. She scowled, then bent down, picking up her things. "You need to watch where you're going, bud..." She said, holding her things closer to her.

"Dammit, Sedain," said a voice coming from behind them. A girl of twenty walked out, going over to the girl, grabbing her by the ear. "What did I tell you about stealingt?!" She hissed, tugging on her ear. "I'm really sorry about that..." She said, ignoring the cries the girl had ("DAMMIT, YAONIE, LET GO OF ME!"). She nodded her, dragging her sister along.

The older sister, came back out, glaring at her younger sister, who walked up to the man, her head lowered. "I'm sorry for bumping into you and your girlfriend... Thing..." She huffed, then walked back, smacking her sister and running away.

"Gah... I'm so sorry about her..." Yaonie said, staring at the both of them. "She's young and wants to do things her way..."

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Yaonie Griffith

20

Mid-back, dark brown hair

Dark green eyes

36C, 26, 34

5'7

140 lbs

History- Yaonie grew up in sector seven of New York, knowing only theivery and murder. By the time she was thirteen, her mother had passed away, and she had to take care of her ten year old sister, Sadine, by herself.

As of late, her sister has been rebelious and has ventured away from their home many times, only to have Yaonie chase after her and dragging her back home.

She saw escape pods falling down from the sky, and went to find them with her sister, only to have her sister run off and steal someone's food.

 

[lost_pirate]

**edited**

 

[Makisan]

.....

 

[lost_pirate]

Anna looked on with an amused expression on her face as the little girl came in,bumping into them. Followed by her big sister. The new girl looked pretty, but embarassed at her little sister's actions.

"Well, the girlfriend ...thing..isnt really the girlfriend. We just happened to crash here together. I dare say though Bard here has been friendly enough to me to help me about."

She then wondered if the girl would know her way about the place. She knew Bard did, but a local was...well, a local. She asked her "Are you from around here? We are looking to get some, uh, help. We need to get off the planet. I think Bard knows a few people here, but if you know of something that would help, that would be great too." She then looked to Bard to make sure he was okay with it. She was only finding out other options, not ruling out his idea of talking to Rex.

 

[Makisan]

"Mmhmm! Like the back of my hand." She said, smiling at them. "Do you want the long way or the short way, because the long way is filled with cops... Some pods had crash landed and they ain't too happy about it..." She said, rocking back and forth on the heel of her raggidy boots.

She watched them. "So, where are you guys from?" She asked, trying to figure out where they were from and what they did.

 

[AriesWolf]

I stepped over the body of the downed thug,

"Ladies please," I said gesturing them toward the stairs "Let's get to know one another LATER"

Taking hold of Anna's hand I led her toward the spiralling stairs. I was glad she had the sense to pick up the dropped weapon. I didn't like the idea of another person tagging along... too many women meant too much trouble, Rex had better be in a decent mood.