The Last Golden Eagle - casting call

[rashid]

OOC: Before we start - this is a casting call only - We are PREPARING for the main event so that it will be a really good story. The rules are simple but firm.
DO NOT just jump in - a lot of work is going into the organization of this thread and we hope it will make great reading and be a joy to write - A ship has only one Skipper and I am He. We will have no superman type players. Develop your characters as if they were real. If you have ideas for the plot SUBMIT them to me so the thing can stay on the rails. If these simple rules are not to your liking that's ok - don't play

The Last Golden Eagle. An Icon of the Third Reich liberated by yours truely and left for safekeeping in the hands of a Bedoin Chieftan named Al Shariff. The Eagle is twenty three kilos of pure three nines fine gold but that is only a small part of its true worth. The real value is a small scroll hidden deep inside which contains the secret to faster than light travel discovered accidentally by Dr Eric von Hoffton just days before he died at the hands of a lunatic deep in the Bavarian forest.

This is to be an adventure with many twists and turns, including but not limited to, travel to other continents. Let the story take us where it will. I have only one special request. All sexual interaction is to be more innuendo than blatant. A glimpse here, a touch there - work each other up like crazy and then take it to Private Messages or Email. The idea is to create a story that works, with a real plot, real character development and so on but spiced up with tremendous sexual tension. Is anybody game???????

The cast So far....... I'll update this right here as we progress

Robert Van - field op who gave the Eagle to Al Shariff for safe keeping.

HOW and from Whom he got it may have a lot to do with Mr Worthingtons father Charles (Charles is dead so don't play his part ok?)

Cathay Dupree - aka Catarina von Hoffton - daughter of Dr Eric von Hoffton. Has changed her identity and worked her way up the ranks of HQ to A) find her father's killer BUT to find his formula and B) protect it from da bad guys.

What does she want to use it for? (what were her fathers wishes?) - currently working with 009 to recruit a HQ staff of good guys.

Delia Evans - dead language specialist and archaeologist who has a passion for shopping and the search for ET. Roberts able assistant as designated by HQ

Nuff said

Shawn Williams (009)- secretly on loan from HRM, sent to find the Eagle but will destroy it if need be. This information is secret, he works underneath Cat and answers to her UNLESS it's in opposition to HRM's needs and requests.

A bit over the top but under HQ control. We don't know yet what Her Majesty wants with the Eagle (not so sure the old biddy isn't still humming "Rule Brittania")

Victor Worthington- Nefarious fellow who is following in his father's footsteps....only worse.

A worthy bad guy with an agenda to destroy all mankind except the Arian superrace or failing that to just take the superrace to a distant galaxy for further development towards galactic domination. (wow - what a job he's got) - currently creating his team of villians

C.G. Raven - experienced field op on loan from the Canadian Govt.

Currently in training to save 009's ass when he gets it in a sling

Still needed

Al Shariff and his merry band of Bedouins - Team leader position - apply to me please

Assorted good guys and bad guys (and gals) - apply to the appropriate team leader.

 

[Cathay]

Field Supervisor with a secret agenda

My birth name is Catarina von Hoffton, daughter to Dr. Eric von Hoffton, though this is unknown to anyone at HQ. I have spent years planning, and building this new life and I will succeed. At this moment I am finally in position to find The Eagle and the man who so callously butchered my father. Here, I am known as Cathay Dupree, a Field supervisor born and raised in Savannah
Georgia. Patience I have plenty of.........

 

[rashid]

Cathay has volunteered as the inventors daughter

AND field supervisor - Outstanding - please write a bit more about the character for the others to work with. Name, age, appearance, goals etc, GOOD ONE!!!!

 

[queen-mab]

Reporting for Duty! Sir!

Rashid, I have got company here right now, and cannot formulate a worthy character profile for you yet. Expect it before tomorrow though. I will write it tonight before I retire off to bed.

 

[cgraven]

C.G. Raven

C.G. Raven

Major Royal Canadian Army, Royal 22nd Engineering Regiment. Commando trained.

Veteran of Dunkirk, and raids on Norway, France and Holland.

Presently detached and serving with British Intelligence as a field operative, assignment undercover; classified Most Secrets - For Your Eyes Only.

Speaks: French, German, Norwegian, and has a working knowledge of Bedouin.

Present location: Rick's.

If I can be of any assistance don't hesitate to call on me, my dear Rashid.

OOC: If my character fits into your plans please PM me. I will be oout and aboout until the 14 Oct., Hush, hush you know.

 

[rashid]

Thank you miss Evans

and congrats on your lovely avatar - Enjoy your company.

C.G. There are lots of possibilities for you to take on a position - Since the Canuks were so instrumental in liberating Holland you could easily have interesting ties to HQ. Of course Royal Dutch Shell has it's fingers in many pies as one of the worlds largest conglomerates so you could easily be on loan from the Canadian government and show up at an opportune moment in keeping with your travel plans - Bravo I say - Bravo

 

[Cathay]

I was only 22 when my father was

so callously murdered and his life's work was stolen. I was at University in Bavaria but worked with my father as his lab assistant whenever I could. I am now almost 38 years old and a brunette. I was born a blonde but changed my appearance when I realized what my life's work would be. The justice that my father deserved and the woman vowing to find his work and protect it from this poor planet's enemies. I am 5'4" with green eyes, but those are easily changed with contact lenses. The color of my hair is all I could change, I would not cut it. My father loved it so. It is long and wavy. I have to maintain a tan so that no one can see that my "color" is not nautral. My skin normally is a very alabaster white, which of course goes with that Nordic look
my father and mother gave me. My mother died of a heart attack upon recieving the horrid news of my father's death. So...I am doubly deternined. Within weeks after the death of my parents,
realizing that the government was doing nothing to find my father's murderer, I decided to do it myself. I left Bavaria and travelled to the United States and began anew. Working slowly, I managed to develope a new identity, learned martial arts well,
investing the money my parents left me and started my life at HQ.
Now I am a field supervisor with Robert as just one of my field operatives. It has taken me many years to lose my accent and develope a new one. Southern, in fact deep south. I want no one to know who I really am and what my agenda is.

 

[rashid]

Quick note!!!!

I'm away this afternoon keeping a promise so please be a bit patient with my replies. Thanks to all - Even if you don't want to take a part yourself feel free to make suggestions about the plot, the characters etc.

 

[Arius]

A humble request

Victor Worthington
Age:28
Hair: Dark Brown, to shoulder Length
Eyes:Steely Grey
Height:Six foot

Sole heir to Lord Charles Worthington’s fortune, Victor speaks with a soft voice and a suave tone

The business of the Worthington’s family appears to be that of fine antiques. But this is a cover. After the untimely death of Victor’s mother Elizabeth, Charles was driven mad and began to turn his resources toward the research of time travel so that he might revive her, so driven in this was he, that Charles began to recruit thieves throughout the world to steal ancient texts and documents even to the point of murder in hopes of finding any clues within them to the secret of this technology.

Victor was brought up with all the refinements that money could purchase, he was tutored in several languages and bred to be an acceptable gentlemen within even London’s most exclusive social circles. It was here that Victor learned of the research of Dr Eric Hoffton and his controversial theories of travel beyond light speed. This research was viewed with great interest by the Worthington family for if one could travel as quickly forward as light then what should happen should one reverse such a process? Charles had ordered a steady watch on the good doctor for many years. He would speak to no one as to his purpose of this only that it was of “personal curiosity�E

The dark seed of Charles�Emad crusade was also placed within Victor as he was welcomed into his father’s criminal activities where young victor quickly rose within the ranks of the organization. During his time within the underworld, Victor began to devise his own plans for the future and his own uses for the technology that his father pursued with such eagerness. Some weeks ago, Charles departed to meet with Dr. Hoffton to discuss an important issue. Victor, growing more and more curious as to his father’s activities began to feel disdain towards his father and his concealed knowledge.

Recently, Victor has learned of the doctor’s death and that his father has disappeared as well. Victor departs to Bavaria to search for his father but more so, to find the reason for such a secret meeting..

 

[Roland Gilliad]

Name: Sir Shawn Lyrhea Williams
Former Occupation: Top rated Agent in the SAS, Delta Force, The IM Force, GSG-9, F.B.I, C.I.A, N.S.A, and MI6, . Argueably known as the best of the best of the best when it comes to Special Operations
Age: 67 but he doesnt show it.
Height: 5'10
Weight: 185 lbs

History: Born Oct, 23rd
Joined S.A.S at age 14 by saying he was 18, Finished training at age 16, 33 successful operations by age 18, He retired to the United States Newly Forming Delta force, by taking Black Ops positions in the F.B.I, C.I.A and IM Force, at age 33 he retired And Joined MI6, under code number 009. He still retains his Licsence to Kill to this day. He is currently Under command from the British Govt. to Retain the Golden Eagle before it falls into the wrong hands, He has been given strict orders to destroy the plans if it becomes impossible to retrieve them, but no one is aware of this. He is on the H.Q. Team under the guise of a Veteran Delta Force Agent. Any other details are impossible to find out. His mission is a secret, and His true Identity is unknown to everyone Save the other Double-0 agents and 'M' herself.

righty-o...Edit like craaaaaazy!

 

[queen-mab]

Delia Evans, aka The Brain in the Black Lace Brassiere

Official Dossier: Delia Inanna Evans

Reputed to be a descendant of the late Arthur John Evans, excavator of the palace of King Minos at Crete

Age: Somewhere between 25-35 (Great governmental resources in the form of bribes at Fendi were expended to get even that broad an estimate)

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 125

Hair: Silken black, the product of a “Babylonian” mother.

Eyes: Peculiar clear grey, the product of an English/Welsh father



Characteristics: Very long-legged but short-sighted scholar; requires corrective lenses, but would rather die than be seen wearing them. Consequently has been known to blunder into as many risky adventures as high-end Knightsbridge clothing boutiques.

Education: Educated at Cambridge, where she studied archaeology under the redoubtable Dr. Angus Farquhar. Assisted on numerous digs in the Ancient World (although one might say “assisted” was rather too charitable a word). Although Miss Evans herself is a first-rate scholar, specializing in ancient and extinct languages, her presence in the field has been most notable for causing much pandemonium and bad blood between members of the academic staff. On several occasions ( most notably when she proposed to sunbathe nude on the ruins of Troy) local militia has had to be called in to keep order between rival gangs of sex-starved archaeologists.

At this time, Miss Evans is working hard on deciphering a form of ancient script known as “Linear D” (for Delia; the tribute of Dr. Farquhar, whose scarcely concealed passion for his assistant is a source of ridicule amongst his peers). Linear D, for the moment, exists only as a series of some 10,000 ideograms encoded on a particular shard of clay currently in the possession of the University. Unfortunately, the shard is incomplete, half of it having been mysteriously stolen at last year’s departmental Christmas party. (When Dr. Farquhar was – not so figuratively speaking – caught with his pants down.)

Notebooks found in the study of Professor von Hoffton after his untimely death show transcriptions of ideograms amost identical to the markings on the shard at Cambridge. Had von Hoffton himself succeeded in deciphering the code? And if so, what relevance could an ancient language possibly have to rocket science, Von Hoffton’s consuming passion? Is Linear D a piece of the puzzle?

The fragments of the shard were originally manufactured, scholars estimate, at roughly the same time as the erection of the Great Pyramid at Giza. If von Hoffton really did know the secret of interstellar travel, and if he learned the secret through breaking the code of Linear D, then one pertinent question remains, at least in the mind of Delia Evans. Who, in 2560 BCE could possibly have known anything about interstellar travel to begin with? The Ancient Egyptians? Possibly. But if they knew, their knowledge had to have come from another, much more advanced source.

“Linear D” might just be the first example of extra-terrestrial linguistics ever to be uncovered on earth.

 

[Cathay]

My head is reeling...I need to re-group

It is much more difficult than field ops realize to keep all the pots a-stirring as it were. But most interesting, is the fact that most of the time...we are never introduced. This is mostly for the protection of the agents themselves. We...Field Mgr's always know what our ops look like, where to find 'em, Hell......we even know what they want in a lover, when they get some...and how often they visit the bathroom. It is alot more fun from this end.
I hated working "blind" in the field, of course.....I've always had
a private motive but I worked hard to get in this position of the food chain. I can move freer now. It's what I've worked so hard to achieve.
I also have a great deal of fun watching some of these ops in the field. They have no idea how many times I've intervened on their behalf...saving their collective butts as it were. And Lord, I've had some doozies! Take Robert's assistant, Delia Evans. A brilliant woman (in her field) but hmmm scary in others. She has been led to believe that aliens left this formula hidden in the Gold Eagle. *trust me......I had to work very hard planting the correct clues. it's called misdirection. (I am good at that)
I have been watching Robert off and on since I became his supervisor....and it's been much better than anything At The Movies. Hmmm Delia. How to use her and make sure she doesn't get hurt. But.......I smile. She has this almost uncanny
inncocent bumbling ability to get out of scrapes.
I digress.
Some pieces are starting to come together now. But I have to get a message to him. There's something I need him to follow in
the Giza.....Gonna drop back and patch a message thru HQ.
Can't have him wondering who I am now, can I?

 

[Roland Gilliad]

Secret Agent Man

[H1]Sp0000n![/h1]

 

[Cathay]

[No message]

 

[queen-mab]

Calm Before the Storm: An Expedition in London

This post will be relocated to the main thread later.

 

[rashid]

new info

At this point we're lacking only Al Shariff and his bedouin band.
Al Shariff is a very noble and honerable man. He has pledged to protect the Eagle because his friend (Robert Van) requested it and for no other reason. He may be a nomad chieftan but is wealthy beyond measure and has oil related holdings throughout the middle east.

In spite of his immense wealth he prefers the life of a desert chief. There is tremendous beauty in the desolate reaches of the Sahara dunes and Al Shariff is a great lover of beautiful things. He is educated, sophisticated,wise and ruthless.

Unknown to anyone the Eagle itself has been hidden in plain sight. Shariff was wise enough to put it inside a sculpture on display in one of the worlds lesser museums, knowing no one would ever care to look deeper than the obvious. Only he knows which sculpture and which museum. He has never told anyone else. In the event of his untimely death his son Abdul has been instructed pass a message to Robert. The message will be revealed in the thread when he dies.

Shariffs death is a pivotal point in the story and will lead the protagonists to other places. This is my secret of course and will be revealed at the right time.

 

[queen-mab]

I have reworked the relationship of Linear D to Professor von Hoffton and interstellar space travel. I think my logic is sound. I hope so. At least Cat won't have to cover for my oversight now

Scientists suggest that we are hundreds, if not thousands, of years away from discovering the secret of traveling faster than the speed of light. Which is why I had problems with von Hoffton working out the logistics of flying between solar systems at beyond lightspeed all on his own. It is perfectly plausible, however, for him to have deciphered an ancient script.
I would propose that it is his translation of the secret that is hidden inside the Golden Eagle.

Just one short note in the interest of authenticity:

Here in Germany, a guy like von Hoffton would probably be called Professor instead of Doctor. It does not mean he teaches classes. It means he has reached the pinnacle of academic achievement.

 

[Cathay]

Thank you Mab

Of course, I am sure I knew that my father would have been called Professor but sadly, have been so long in the States that I have unconsiously used the Western terminology for a man in his position. Now, I worry......Have I been too long here in the decadent West, that I am starting to feel and think like...Egads..
an American? I do not wish to forget my heritage, but now....
I no longer think in my native tongue. This worries me. I do not want to lose sight of my goals! They are, I fear what has kept me going all these years. Not to mention....... alive.
At first my goals were strictly to find the man responsible for my parents deaths..but now I am becoming side-tracked. Now, it seems I have to find the Eagle and my fathers translation to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. My fathers's dream was to use this formula for "higher" purposes. He felt that by using the formula correctly, we humans could travel and find wiser, older civilizations and mayhaps we could find cures for cancer, but mostly, he was obsessed with the idea of time travel. We could correct so many wrongs, especially those recent events that "that little Austrian peasant Adolph Hitler had perpretated on the human racee." My heart still aches for the loss of that good and gentle man. Oh, I cannot let his dream fall, refuse to let his death mean nothing. I want the world to know what a good humane man he was and I WILL make it happen. *drumming my fingers on desktop* How to do both? And still try to have a personal life...that which I have foregone in my quest.........

 

[rashid]

still seeking

Al Shariff - please see earlier post for details.