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Looks good. Fenwai, start recruitin' pl0x.

Also, Skyborn are just people born aboard airships or other aircraft, and are considered international citizens rather than tied to one country.

Also, some muzak.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPH1OoTobtk

Nikolai will be commanding the Skybounder.

As for his crew, he will take Cameron as an engineer, Jonathan as Navigation, Christopher as gunner, and Alexei as security/gunner (if needed).


Crew list for Skybounder (SMALL Airship)

-Captain (Nikolai)

-Pilot (Nikolai, he always pilots his own ships).

-Navigation (Jonathan, also entails other roles).

-Engineer (Cameron, may be temporarily reassigned in emergencies.)

-Gunner (Alexei, fulfills security.)

Professor Fenway wrote:Nikolai will be commanding the Skybounder.

As for his crew, he will take Cameron as an engineer, Jonathan as Navigation, Christopher as gunner, and Alexei as security/gunner (if needed).


Crew list for Skybounder (SMALL Airship)

-Captain (Nikolai)

-Pilot (Nikolai, he always pilots his own ships).

-Navigation (Jonathan, also entails other roles).

-Engineer (Cameron, may be temporarily reassigned in emergencies.)

-Gunner (Alexei, fulfills security.)

And me?

Void wrote:

Professor Fenway wrote:Nikolai will be commanding the Skybounder.

As for his crew, he will take Cameron as an engineer, Jonathan as Navigation, Christopher as gunner, and Alexei as security/gunner (if needed).


Crew list for Skybounder (SMALL Airship)

-Captain (Nikolai)

-Pilot (Nikolai, he always pilots his own ships).

-Navigation (Jonathan, also entails other roles).

-Engineer (Cameron, may be temporarily reassigned in emergencies.)

-Gunner (Alexei, fulfills security.)

And me?

Guess you'll have to be on the other ship. Maybe captain it?

Let's kick dis off.

Recently, news has spread that the Northland raider ships have been travelling south. Raiding, running, or lost, nobody is sure. But they're only now 100 kilometers north of Nexus, and the locals are warning everyone to get out or go fight.

Northland raiders, for the OOC, can be assumed by to be old, rusting, junky ships that make up for the complete lack of speed and armor with huge amounts of firepower. All airships have some armor, but not much unless they're military.

For now, Fen, your ship has a pair of gatling guns, a rocket launcher, and a shotgun thing. Distribute these on the ship as you wish.

OOC: Apologies Void, you are also a gunner/Security person.



Nikolai surveyed his crew as they boarded the ship, keeping his mechanical eye trained on the dock workers as they loaded the ship with requested ammunition and supplies. The first he noticed was Alexei, an older fellow. From his appearance, he was certainly a veteran of some battle or another. But something in his features reminded Nikolai of something, but he couldn't tell what. He brushed this notion aside as he trained his eye on the next crew member.

Christopher was behind him, carrying some sort of box in his arms. He disappeared below deck rather quickly. He was a bit young to be retired, but his skills would still be valuable. He would need to learn about him.

A bit farther behind them walked Cameron and Jonathan, the youngest ones. Nikolai could tell by the glint in their eyes that they were adventurous, brave, maybe even lacking humility. Just like he was. He would need to make sure that it didn't get to their heads.

As he watched, one of the dock workers ran up to him, slapped down a small slip of parchment on the helm, and then ran off, avoiding the piercing gaze of his clockwork eye. Nikolai picked it up. It was a list of armaments the Nexus had allowed him to possess; a pair of Gatling guns, a rocket launcher, and a grapeshot cannon. Not ideal for this ship, but he would work with it.

He decided to fix the guns to the front of the ship, and they would be controlled from the helm. The rocket launcher would be mounted on the bow, sunk into the hull. It would be front facing, but have about 150 degrees of movement. The grapeshot would go above it, with a full 360 degrees of movement for full engagement capacity. There was a risk of it being fired at the helm, but Nikolai trusted that it would never happen. Probably.

A dockworker in finer dress than most strolled up to the ship next to the Skybounder. He spoke a few words to the captain, who argued something inaudible. The dockhand replied haughtily, and the captain held up his hands and muttered something.

With that, a crew of decidedly military appearance sauntered up to the vessel and boarded, shifting supplies and preparing to depart.

Alexei looked curiously at the Captain, thinking that he had seen him before as well. He became distracted when he saw the group of men board the ship. He shrugged and went up to introduce himself to the Captain, as was his custom. He held out his hand, and spoke in Russian,"Hello, sir. I'm Alexei Kirov, your chief security officer and gunner. It's nice to be on the ship."

Cameron introduced himself to Johnathan, best to make friends while he could because the other crew members would be cursing him out in no time. He would make the best of it anyways, adventure was waitnig for him and he couldn't wait to depart I'm probably going to regret thinking that later he thought, but for now, he was just happy to be looking at Nexus from the deck of an airship. He would work his way up, work hard and hopefully become a better man for it. He nodded to the captain who didn't seem to be one for shaking hands or talking much unless it was yelling out orders, so he'd respect that. Before Cameron knew it the airship was loaded and he heard the engines start up. Here we go

He was checking the weapons of the ship.

He would have to know each weapon as a extension of himself,so he could master each detail of then.

So does this correspond to any historical events? World War or something? Also what's "Native" and where, geographically, is Nexus?

Fuck I forgot this was a thing that was supposed to happen.
BIC: After talking briefly with Cameron and introducing himself to the rest of the crew, and then went to stand at the bow, looking out over Nexus and the landscape beyond.
It was a sunny afternoon. The sun caught the city and the ground below in a really beautiful way. "It's like a painting," Jonathan thought, "or something taken out of a children's book". His adventure hadn't even started and he already loved it. The old but proud ship, the clearly experienced captain, the crew, it all created an atmosphere that could have been taken straight out of a tale of adventures.
Jonathan heard the sound of engines starting up, and was instantly reminded of his job on board. He went to see the captain, to ask where they were headed.

Cats, the whole thing is roughly post apocalypse where Eurpoe is a desert, that's where we are, and Natives are just that, natives of the Great Desert.