Yes, Hello! I would like to welcome you, mods and other viewers alike, to this thread in hopes that we, myself and my fellow partners in crime, can discuss the possibility of a thread we wish very much to start. Hopefully this will be a place to clear up the details of said adventure, and to (hopefully) speed up the approval time.

Our purpose is: to get permission to have the use of Aeroship possession, and to bring about the first Sky Pirates for the thorns world, and roleplay forum.

We begin this adventure with a very short intro to the character to be that will be starting of the chain of events for the thread.

Molly Scarlette, a young piratess born and raised, is mutinied upon by her crew when she would not give up the whereabouts of her plundered treasure store. After managing to get back to shore, Molly curses her crew as her enemies and swears off the sea, resolving to become a Aeroship Pirate.

With the help of an old friend, a mechanic named Grisha who you will hear about from Sabu, and Aye the street girl turned hopeful sky pirate, they begin building one in secret. What they are doing is highly illegal, not to mention the fact that they have to steal most of their supplies. Realizing that they need the use of magic to get their ship off of the ground, they convince Charlie Ewing to aid them with promises of money, sex, and a really big hat. Grisha and Charlie will both end up working on building the Aeroship, butting heads and generally getting on each other's nerves.

They will eventually manage to get the Aeroship off the ground, only for it to crash, often and it always seems to need repairs after it lands. But when they do get off the ground, it is to raid sea-going pirate ships of their plunder, or to kidnap galdori for their magic waving skills as Charlie is just barely passable. This gives the ship it's name "The Kidnapped Golly", and they become a legend and a nuisance to the people of Anaxas.

That's the first overveiw of the story so far... at least as much as I can remember at them moment. Good news, however, is that with this thread we shall be posting our up-and-coming ideas for our adventure, where Mods, such as yourselves, can see and discuss them easily.

We are very excited for this idea to come into fruition. We have at the moment five people wanting to be involved in this, myself included, and we are all eager for your feedback and hopeful that you will see the potential of this storyline. Much thanks for all the time and work that all of you mods put into this world all of the time, and hope to be hearing from you soon.

Hullo. I'm one of the guys who helped concoct this travesty. I guess I'll just talk about my character, and then a little bit about the ship, since it's my big thing.

Grigori was born to a blacksmith who made tools. He was apprenticed to him for a few years, before going off to work in a factory as one of the mechanics on the big assembly line machines. Being slight and having nimble hands, he was able to get to places and fiddle with parts the larger adult mechanics couldn't reach, so he made a decent living, sending most of his money to his family. Eventually, he met a girl at the factory (details pending), got married, and realized he had to make more money if he wanted to support a family of his own.

He eventually joined the Anaxas Navy, being lured by their excellent enlistment posters, and quickly became known as a competent and talented mechanic. He easily qualified for watches, and his knowledge as both a smith in his dad's forge and a machinist in the factory meant that if he couldn't find a part or a tool, he could sure as hell make it.

He did pretty good for himself, even managing to sire a child in between deployments, and his family was never hungry. He even ended up becoming something of a foster parent for Molly, as her father couldn't raise her because of "career difficulties". Grigori honestly just thought he worked on a merchant ship.

Things were going just swell, until it was time to put in for his next reenlistment package. Of course, his evaluation was impeccable. Uniform appearance, military manner, all above average, with an outstanding record in technical knowledge and application. So, when the galdor dispatch officer asked where he wanted to be stationed, and Grigori hopefully but still confidently requested a post as a senior engineer watch on an aeroship, he had no idea what would happen. The officer laughed. Laughed uncontrollably, before finally saying that this was impossible in the most condescending way possible. Explaining his lack of latent magic made him a liability and all but saying he was lucky to even have a job in the navy to begin with. This was too much for him.He reamed into the officer, yelling at how he'd been fixing ships before even his mother looked upon his newly born face in disgust, threatened to crack his head open with a spanner wrench if he didn't pay him the respect a senior sailor deserved, and all but punched him in the nose. The navy, of course, didn't look well on this. Grigori was given an other than honerable discharge, a very meager retirement pension, and no hopes of joining the Anaxi Armed Forces in any capacity again.

He wallowed in despair for a few days, trying to figure out how he would be able to support his wife and his children, until someone from the past came to visit him. His foster daughter Molly, now a rather strangely dressed young woman, came to their house and asked Grigori the single greatest question he could be asked.

"Wanna build an Aeroship, Uncle Grisha?"

Would he like to show his superiority to every stupid galdor mechanic who worked on the Anaxi Armed Forces machines? Would he like to create something legendary, the first of its kind? Would he like a job that would allow him to possibly support himself and his family?

And thus, Molly gained a mechanic.

So, a little bit about our ship, the Captured Golly. Please realize, it's a very amorphous thing, prone to quickly changing depending on the fancy of the various people who are part of this venture. All who are attached to the Air Pirate deal are free to post their own ideas about it. Here's just what my obsessive mind could come up with. (please note, these are from a rather sleep deprived navy mechanic. Expect lots of technical information and craziness. You've been warned.)

The captured Golly is probably the ugliest thing to ever lift off the ground. A mixture of Charlie's whimsical genius, Grisha's mechanical expertise, and a complete lack of resources, patchwork does not even begin to describe it. Because the only one capable of wielding magic is Charlie, most of its power is mechanical, and thus rather inefficient.
The most interesting thing is the air cooled condenser, which allows the engine to run at surprising efficiency without having to bring extra water for cooling, making it lighter than an aeroship of comparable size. It was one of the few things the two ship mechanics worked in concert on.

It's mainly made of wood, since wood's light and easy to steal. There is some very thin bronze armored plate, chosen mainly for its malleability and resistance to corrosion, but mainly only around the powder room and engineering spaces to maximize the maneuverability of the craft. The engine parts are made of aluminum where they could find it, steel when they couldn't find aluminum, and in a few places, it's probably held together by string and spit. So much of it was fabricated, put together, forge welded, and kicked into place that almost no standard pieces can fit in the damn thing. Grisha's prior experience in tool forging and in keeping records in the navy allowed him to make a sort of technical manual with part specifications if something breaks (which it does. Often, at the worst possible moment) so they manage.

The thing's slower and far less efficient than a comparable water going vessel, and is always on its last leg. The spells keeping it from blowing up were woven by a practical passive and to top it all it's being captained by a crazy girl with delusions of grandeur. Still, through wit and guile and a lot of luck, the Captured Golly can be a force to be reckoned with.

So that's it for now. Next time I'll go more in depth with individual parts of the ship as well as how this thing fights. Can you tell I've been thinking about this a lot?

ok, i want this to be approved badly!!!!

Aye would be a cabin girl~ she wants to be a pirate, i think it makes sense that she would start out as a cabin girl, even if its not the sea sailing pirate i originaly had in mind for her. it will at least give her pirate experience.

i imagine the crew would get along great, as long as charlie was well paid and people didnt mind his flirting lol ive been told aye will be ordered around alot, i like this idea... it will give her experience with following orders or whatever.

so the ship sails, people cook and mop and junk, and they use ropes and chains and hooks to board sea ships from above, i imagine this would be hard but im sure it will be cool~ they loot the ships, run off to shore, eat, pay alot of money to make ship repairs, all while keeping their illegal aeroship a secret from *deep voice* the law. and if they get caught, the ship would be taken and they could rp escaping and taking back the ship.

i definately think this idea is worth doing, just think of how much fun it will be!

i'm yet another schemer in this grand plan, though i came in a bit later than the rest. but i'll admit i'm just as excited about it, 'cause heck, who doesn't love story-esque pirates?

i've claimed the position of helmsman for a 42-year-old Mugroba character i'm in the midst of creating: Akiili Bem. She was born on Isla Ix, and after going through a bit of a family crisis (which will be further displayed on her char. sheet once i get it up here), she ends up becoming a sailor at around 16, learns the ropes (ha ha), and becomes a helmsman on several different ships over the course of around 2 and a half decades.

i'm not sure where she's going to fit into the lives of these other chars at this point, meaning whether she'll have been with them for some time or if she's just been recently signed on, but we'll work it out. i'm not going to submit her, however, until i know whether or not this whole thing will work out, so fingers crossed! :3

This idea has been given the go-ahead. Keep in mind that running an aeroship without golly supervision is dangerous and that a special design must be implemented in order for humans to fly the machine. Such a design would be available from smugglers or pirates. Flying would still be dangerous, but possible. This is a risk every air pirate takes on.

I think it's great you guys are doing this! Have fun

I believe I speak for everyone when I say...

"THANKYOU!THANKYOU!THANKYOU!THANKYOU!THANKYOU!"

lol

lol yes, and we have charlie, as long as he is well paid

oh joyness

i'll be posting my character soonishly!