Space Piracy

Ok Kobain72 and I have been throwing this idea around for a while now. I hope you enjoy it.

The Human race has expanded and colonised much of the galaxy. In this new eden for humanity there are still those who would rather steal, cheat and lie to survive. These people are Space Pirates.

Our story centres around a three world system on the outer rim of the universe.

Arkwald - A planet ruled by piracy. Corruption is rife and all manner of evil walks the streets. If you need to find someone, to do something illegal, you come here. It is the one place the law fears to enter.

Gensha - Home to the labourers and workforce of the system. Simple people who mine and farm, fighting desperately to survive and protect their few belongings from the pirates.

Drakenwald - The lavish home to the rich industrialists who own the mines and farms of Gensha. It is the home of politics and civility. It offers ever a tempting target to a skilled pirate and offers far greater rewards than Gensha.

Here are the kinds of people we need.

Genshans - The common men and women of the system who work on the farms and mines of Gensha. A few get jobs working in the great homes and manors of the Drakwald.

Drakwaldians - The rich and the powerful who live their lives of luxury at the expense of the poor.

Pirates - Men and women who would do anything to make a quick buck. From robbing the rich to running protection rackets on Gensha, if there is money to be made, they are sure to be about. Pirates band toghether into crews containing a captain, navigator, pilot and common grunts. Some crews create such a feirce reputation that people cower at the sight of them.

Spiral Guard - Soldiers/Police who are tasked with the protection of the inhabitants of the system from crime.

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Name -
Age -
Appearance -
Home world -
Occupation - (If a pirate include job on the ship)
Personality -
History -
Other -

Normal YWS rules apply!
Mild cussing is acceptable, after all they are pirates!

Feel free to make up famous crews and vicious starships. From here its all up to you! Will the common folk rise up against the rich? Will the Guard ever quell the piracy in the area? Its up to you to decide!

I'll be the first to join
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Name- Kirstyn Reeves

Age- 16

Appearance- Wavy dark brown hair, deep blue eyes, average skin color, tattoo of a wolf on her shoulder, slight figure, small knife hangs from her belt

Home World- Gensha

Occupation- Grunt, but hopes to one day work her way up to captain

Personality- Kirstyn is very adventurous. She has almost no fear whatsoever, except for a powerful curiosity which often gets her into trouble, She's fun, easy-going and likes to make jokes. She's pretty easy to get along with, but don't get on her bad side, for her tongue is just as sharp as her knife. Always smiling and can never keep a straight face.

History- Living on the planet of Gensha, Kirstyn's life was anything but adventurous. Her parents always expected her to go work in the mines just like they did and their parents did. Just before her 15th birthday, she ran away from home to the planet Arkwald were she roamed the streets for a while. After running out of money, she joined the space pirates. She soon found that this was the perfect job for her. Kirstyn loved the action she experienced, the voyages through the galaxy, and the people she met. Even though she did the most menial work on the ship, she always found a way to enjoy it.

Other- up for love

Name - Arka Brough (pronounced Arc-a B-ru-ff)
Age - 19
Appearance - Fresh-faced and youthful with dazzling, feathery blonde hair and sharp, green eyes. As he is so new to the force, he still looks, and feels, out of place in his police uniform.
Weapons - Pistol; Rifle; Dagger
Home world - Originally from Gensha
Occupation - Police cadet
Personality - Shy but still capable of independant thought and not entirely sure whether he's made the right decision joining the force
History - When he was very young Arka, like just about every child, wanted to be a pirate. But as he grew up and went through puberty he was carefully coerced - mainly by his over-ambitious father - into joining the police academy instead. Having just finished training he has been thrust straight into conflicts with the pirates and is slowly learning how to function in the field
Other - Will develop more during the main story

Name - Mikael Eisenstein
Age - 17
Appearance - 6ft with shaggy sandy blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail. Striking hazel eyes, tanned by his time cleaning the ships of Arkwald. Strongly built like his father.
Home world - Arkwald
Occupation - Captain of a small raiding ship.
Personality - A bit of a bad boy. He revels in the attention he gets from girls as a result of his build and his fathers fame.
History - The son of Huron Blackheart the famed pirate. After years of cleaning his fathers ship he was finally given a small ship of his own crewed by other young pirates in training.
Other - Definitely up for love. Weilds a blaster pistol and wrist mounted twin blade. He also carries a rapier which he rarely uses.

Name: Gelding Noronian
Age: 38
Appearance: 5'11", medium build, red-brown hair flecked with grey, slate grey eyes, pale-ish. Strong jaw. Usually wears a dark suit.
Home world: Drakenwald
Occupation: Owner of several important farms in Gensha
Personality: Ambitious, headstrong, not easily bullied. Coldly polite to those he doesn't know well. Is somewhat ignorant of the living conditions of his workers.
History: Only son and heir to the great businessman Rince Noronian, his father's enterprise has flourished under his watchful eye. However, he and his family have been threatened by several pirate crews for refusing to pay them tribute. So far no one's been able to get to him. Though he doesn't let it show, he is very concerned for the safety of himself and his daughter. His wife died during labor.
Other: Carries an ornamental saber and a more utilitarian blaster. Knows how to use both quite well.

Name: Evin Noronian
Age: 17
Appearance: 5'7", medium build, wavy red-brown hair like her father's, grey-blue eyes, fair skin. Heart-shaped face. Only wears dresses on special occasions.
Home world: Drakenwald
Occupation: Daughter of Gelding Noronian, aspires to be a doctor
Personality: Finds social interaction a bit difficult. Studious. She inherited her father's stubbornness
History: Thus far Evin has lived a satisfactory life on Drakenwald with her loving father. She is a bit nervous for both her and her father's safety, however, and figures it's only a matter of time before their manor is attacked by pirates.
Other: Carries a blaster though she's a bit too hesitant for it to be of much use. Open for love.

Oi, Skull, I hope you're okay with this profile!

Name - Georgina Claudia Isobel Maria Clare Ellie Adele Santiago-Moretti-Rodriguez-Stone.
She prefers to go by "Georgie", though. Don't question how she has four last names, unless you'd like to anger her.

Age - Seventeen years young.

Appearance - Georgie is sort of a plain-Jane with naturally curly hair and bright blue eyes. She has an intense, daring look about her -- the type that gives off the impression that she's strong-willed and headstrong. Which she'd like people to think. She sometimes wears a dark-red headband around her head like a gypsy might, and always has multiple bracelets and bands around her wrists and arms. She tends to have writing all over her hands and arms so that she doesn't forget anything. One thing for sure though: she never wears skirts.

Home world - Gensha.

Occupation - "Cabin girl". She mostly mans the crow's nest and keeps an eye out for any enemies, etc.

Personality - A lovely girl with a bad temper. She easily over-reacts and flips out about the slightest things. If you offend her in the slightest way possibly -- even if it's only jokingly -- she will get angry. She is pretty unruly and daring, hence why she's up in the crow's nest. She'd rather be doing her own thing than follow orders. But don't get her wrong -- she isn't all temper. She has this thing where she has multiple listening frequencies -- she'll tune in at the end of your rant, and assume what you're finishing saying is directed at her. Or she just mis-hears things. She can't take hints, crazy metaphors, or sayings like "Look what the cat dragged in". She'll literally ask, "Why, what did Wally drag in?" (She has a cat named Wally that is the luckiest thing alive.)

She loves to take risks, and insists that she's an independent woman who doesn't need the help of a man or anyone; and as she says this, she probably knocks something over, breaks something, or hurts herself. She's a bit of a handful.

History - Growing up in Gensha wasn't something that was easy. She had to spend many hours of her day as a child with her father at the mines, because her mother was working in the rich peoples's homes. It wasn't until she was ten that she had to go work in the mines herself. She never did gain any education over the years, and she only knows simple arithmatic (like addition and subtraction for single numbers) and how to write her name. She has a heck of a time trying to attempt to read things, and tries to remain calm, though she always gets frustrated and angry when she can't decipher the little letters that everyone can so easily. She hates looking so stupid.

It wasn't until her sixteenth birthday that she met a man (Mikael) who owned a small raid ship of his own. She asked if he needed anyone, and received the job as a "cabin girl" (since she refused to have it called "cabin boy"). She's been on that ship for nearly a year, and hasn't seen her parents since.

Other - Up for love ... if you can handle her. And maybe someone on the same ship as her could teach her to read/ write/ etc.?

Name - Samantha Sharding

Age - 17

Appearance - Bright red hair and sharp green eyes. She is average height and has porcelien skin.

Home world - Drakenwald

Occupation - Wannabe photographer/ traveler for the family buisness never suited her tastes.

Personality - Hates the fact that she is from Drakenwald. USually when she mentions it the people either hate her or just try to suck up to her. She never is not smiling though and can get herself into any sort of anything at any certain times. She can talk any information out of most anyone, thats how comfortable she is to be around.

History - Her parents are some of the largest people in the mining buisneess. She doesn't mention that to most people.

Other - Up for love.

Name - Samantha Sharding

Age - 17

Appearance - Bright red hair and sharp green eyes. She is average height and has porcelien skin.

Home world - Drakenwald

Occupation - Wannabe photographer/ traveler for the family buisness never suited her tastes.

Personality - Hates the fact that she is from Drakenwald. USually when she mentions it the people either hate her or just try to suck up to her. She never is not smiling though and can get herself into any sort of anything at any certain times. She can talk any information out of most anyone, thats how comfortable she is to be around.

History - Her parents are some of the largest people in the mining buisneess. She doesn't mention that to most people.

Other - Up for love.

*sorry, accidentally posted it twice *

Can I reserve a spot for a space pirate captain? I'll post my profile later.

Name - Virandel Phillandio, alias 'Padrio Huvan'
Age - 25
Appearance - Fiery orange hair combed backwards, revealing the beginnings of a receding hairline. Dark blue eyes, has a sharp beard which seems to be an even brighter colour than his hair. Quite tall, wears elaborate clothing.
Home world - Drakenwald
Occupation - Aspiring undercover detective pretending to be a 'helpful' Pirate Captain in the hope that he will be able to gather intelligence regarding the actions and whereabouts of some of the system's more notorious pirates
Personality - Somewhat snobbish, Virandel hates pirates with a passion. However, he is very much willing to use whatever dirty tricks necessary to defeat his enemies, even if that means joining them. He is also very fond of the classics, spending most of his time reading or studying a famous piece of art, while listening to orchestral music. He has a reputation for playing the theme tune he composed for himself when communicating with other ships. Some people find his delusions of grandeur irritating, to say the least, while others find it awe-inspiring, or amusing.
History - Born to a very respectable family, Virandel was given the best education available. He joined one of Drakenwald's many universities at the age of 18 and graduated at 21 with the qualifications necessary to immediately start very high up in the police. He became a renowned agent by the time he was 23, when he adopted his current guise as Padrio Garant. As far as the public is aware, the notorious Smuggler Padrio Garant became classed as a Pirate after destroying Virandel's ship en route to Gensha. He has been co-operating with numerous pirates, including Mikael Eisenstein, waiting for the right moment to arrest or kill them.
Other - Up for love I guess. His ship was originally a military cruiser, but it has been heavily converted to resemble a small pirate freighter. It is unique enough in its appearance for the actual military and police to recognise it, reducing the chance of them mistaking him for an actual pirate while not revealing his true identity. He also wields a 'solid projectile pistol', preferring the 'feel' of these relatively crude weapons to the more conventional blasters, as well as a retractable wrist blade.

Name - Emuros Bigor, alias 'Jegor Huvan'
Age - 42
Appearance - Looks a lot older than he actually is due to his stressful life on Arkwald. His long-ish hair is mostly grey, with the odd black hair still remaining. He has blackish blue eyes, and he would be very tall if he did not stoop so much. His head seems abnormally large.
Home world - Arkwald
Occupation - Virandel's sidekick savant. Undercover as his demented father doing odd jobs for his son.
Personality - An 'idiotic genius'. Emuros doesn't have normal human emotions, and he often has difficulties when it comes to communicating with his fellow humans. But he has an excellent memory, ability to acquire vast amounts of data and he is an excellent mathematician.
History - Born on Arkwald, Emuros seemed destined to live a short, unhappy life to be ended by violence, drugs or a mixture of the two. Four years ago he encountered Virandel, who saved Emuros' life from a group of rowdy pirates as one of his first acts as a member of the Spiral Guard. Ever since then Emuros has offered his services to Virandel, making him Virandel's only consistent sidekick.
Other - Probably not up for love. He cannot fight very well, but he has access to all the weapons Virandel has access to (with Virandel's permission). As such, he usually goes into dangerous situations armed with a typical blaster pistol.

Name - Grif

Age - Unknown

Appearance - Grif likes to wear orange. When in his ship, he wears an orange jumpsuit, when he's outside the ship, he dons an orange armored suit, like this guy

Home world - Unknown

Occupation - SPEW Commando/Captain/Trader

Personality - Grif is calm and calculating. He prefers to let others do the talking, asking short and precise questions when necessary. He thinks ahead, so he is often prepared for things that others don't take the time to see coming.

Grif has, at times, done things for motives other than profit, such as a number of rescue missions, evacuating refugees, even fighting tyrannical governments. Such actions are rare, but have occurred.

History - Grif set out from a far off place known as YWS Station. Ever since, he has been on a mission to sell and carry goods. Some of his clientele has been less than respectable, but he'll do what it takes to keep the ship flying. Pirates have, at times, attacked him and they were never heard from ever again.

Other - Grif is the Captain of the SPEW Gryphon II, a large bulk cruiser. The ship has been designed to be extremely flexible, so that a cargo bay could easily become a hotel, or a fighter bay. It is a very large ship and have been given a wide array of weapons and shields in order to protect itself during long crossings in unknown, sometimes hostile, territory. Most of the weaponry are kept internally, in order to prevent them from being damaged by navigational hazards. The weapons are only revealed during an attack.

The ship is very large, but Grif is the only crew. The SPEW Gryphon's systems have been heavily automated, so that an on board AI, named Adelaide, is capable of taking care of virtually everything.

Name - Lenala Jaymes

Age - 23

Appearance - Straight white/silver hair that ends at her waist. Grey eyes (more like slate grey). Semi-muscular build and is always decked out in pirate attire.

Home world - Genesha, now resides in Arkwald

Occupation - Pirate, captain

Personality - Lenala may be a pirate, but she is good at heart. She enjoys her life at piracy, but only from constant practice. She hated it at first but pressed on to help her brother. She is loyal and trusting, but has a smart head on her shoulders.

History - Lenala grew up an orphan with her brother, living on the streets after their parents abandoned them. Lenala always believed her brother when he told her they just didn't have enough money, even though he always had enough to get drunk on. Lenala was always unswervingly loyal and to this day is sending money back to her good for nothing older brother.

Other - Up for love

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Name - Milo Jaymes

Age - 27

Appearance - Straight, long white/silver hair. Grey eyes (more like slate grey), but usually look more light blue from his addiction to odd drugs and alcoholic beverages. Muscular from working in the mines and hardly ever looks clean or decent.

Home world - Genesha

Occupation - Miner and addict

Personality - Milo pretty much has no personality, he is almost always wasted. His mood swings from one emotion to the other. He only really associates with other addicts. Milo is also an excellent liar.

History - Milo grew up an orphan with his sister, living on the streets after their parents abandoned them. Milo eventually became a miner and made just enough money to get drunk on. His sister always ended up drawing the short straw, but Milo always convinced her that they just needed more money.

Other - Up for love, if you want to deal with him

**Do we have enough people signed up to start?**

*Sure we can start. People can always drop in from other parts of the galaxy.*

Mikael

"Alicia?" Came the voice of pirate captain from downstairs. "Alicia where are you?"
"I'm up here daddy," she called. "I'll be down in a minute." She turned to me. "You need to go now. If my dad finds you your as good as dead." She tossed me my jacket and i quickly pulled it on.
"I'll see you later." I winked before clambering onto the windowsill.
"No you won't." She smiled. "But thats ok." With that i lowered myself over the sill and dropped heavily into the street.
"You!" Came the angry shout of Alicias father. "I told you to stay away from my daughter!" I heard the blast of a shotgun and a plant pot above my head shattered. I took off followed by the occasional blas of a shotgun. I sped round the corner of the shipyard and dived through the slowly closing hangar doors of my ship.
"Go go go!" Is shouted exhilarated by the rush.
"Whats her name this time?" Asked Kirstyn sighing.
"I think its Alice or maybe Alicia." I smirked slighly. The only reply i got was a sigh and the roar of the engine.
"So Georgie where we headed?"
"Up to you Captain." Came the reply through the intercom.