Post by MWW on Jan 25, 2009 22:55:48 GMT -6
Took away our homes, our lives. Left us all out in the black, men without worlds to go back to.
Setting: 2518, Firefly 'Verse
Characters: Canons & Originals
Rating: 15+
Description: Men Without Worlds is a 'verse filled with cowboys and spaceships. Open to anyone looking to explore the black, so long as they can do it well, you don't need so much a working understanding of the 'verse as you do a good creative head on your shoulders. Just don't expect a board that's all heavily moderated. We're more open to member driven plots and long tangents of free play.
Every Man's A Hero
Sometime, back around 2505, there was a war. The sorta war that ripped families apart, that left planets broken and charred. The sorta war that left certain men without a world to call their on. These men, they'd stake claims out on the edges of space, they didn't want it taken away. So they fought, and they killed, and they knew that they were right no matter what happened. The sorta war no man ever really wins.
Not that it matters much. See, in his own mind every man plays the hero, the lead role with the whole 'verse watching. Only real difference is what history ends up calling him.
Could be that he's one of those dust devils, Independents that can't leave the past alone and are stuck still fighting for a victory. Certain soldiers, they're not quite done with the fight. The crew of the Cressida doesn't care that the alliance calls them criminals and scum, they believe in what they're doing and they won't let anyone take away their worlds. All the need to find is a dent in the alliance's armor, break them down and prove they were right all along.
Course the men aboard the A.P.V Shandgi see it a damn sight different. They're the ones patrolling the border, bringing peace and lawfulness to these people. Without them, how would the medicine get out here for the sick, the help for the helpless. All they want is to do right, so why does everyone out here treat them like the bad guys?
Then there is Serenity, who carries enough in her small bulk to sway this 'verse to either side of this conflict, and all she wants to do is get away from both, make some money, and maybe stop on a planet were no one is shooting at her for a while. Why is it always so difficult?
So the question isn't one are you good or bad, but what kind of hero are you going to be? Who is going to go cheering your name, and who is is your villain? You can't stay out in space forever. Eventually, every man has to find his place in these worlds.