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monbvol

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Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« on: 24 October 2023, 20:02:24 »


Tranh Truk Ngo

 A rebel leader leading rebels against Amaris, Helena learned his darkest secret at Elbar-the man is dying of an incurable disease.  This man led charges against 'mechs from the back of a barely-adequate Personnel carrier and broke fortresses through sheer crackhead focus and the lives of his countrymen.  (Not sure what admirable traits she might remember beyond that ruthlessness and charisma).  Ngo would never have been accepted into any SLDF or House unit had he not built his army himself.



Anh Cu'ong 102(yes I'm using the same image)

 The 'professional', a Spacer, known for dropping the rocks that led to the end of Rim Worlds domination on Kowloon and in that system.  Improviser, logistics genius, nauseated by going surface-side, but everything the ground commander wasn't in terms of diplomatic skill as a negotiator.  Ex-SLN, formerly a wanted pirate and smuggler, had to be pardoned for crimes committed pre-war.



Saul Maskowitz

 Elbar survivor, part of Ngo's staff after Running Deer Mountain.  Former SLDF Special Forces.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #1 on: 25 October 2023, 03:16:35 »
Perfect selections so far! :)

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #2 on: 27 October 2023, 23:09:52 »
Now for some new comers to the story:



Bianh Vu Dao

Gifted Starship navigator and born Spacer (Rockjack).



Alicia Li

Acting leader of Kowloon's paramilitary police force in the outer system (The Coast Guard).  4th Succession War vet, left AFFC service after completing her tour rather than remaining in the Regulars.  Li is every inch the professional military spacer.  Notable trait: Severe Planetophobia (progressive).  Sits on the Board of Ngo Industries, and holds the ceremonial seat for the Boojum belt and moon systems.

Special note: Li is a member of Heimdall.



Evelynn James Mosovich(pre-Tamar)

Former Kommandant, 26th Lyran Guards, lost her face at Tamar (Patient Status), currently in the running for Elizabeth Ngo's Ducal Seat due to being the widow of Patrick Ngo (died in the same action).  The reconstruction that saved her life left her with a 'face for radio' and an artificial voice fit for silent movies.  Highly effective tactician in ground warfare.  Baroness Golden Lake District, Kowloon.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #3 on: 27 October 2023, 23:22:16 »
And I might see what I can do for new images for Helena and Elizabeth Cameron since they've kind of role reveresed for this story.

But for now I should go ahead and post Helena's staff/protection detail.



Lieutenant Fletcher, Jacob Irons

Commander of Helena's tiny bodyguard detail, Royal Black Watch officer, loyal to Helena unto death.  He is also insisting that the other support members of Helena’s detail take up bodyguard training to get the maximum effect of the tiny detail.



Dr. Caprice, Majery Thoms

Helena's personal physician, one of the best doctors in the 28th century, former chair of exotic medicine, Oxford University Terra.  Was fortunately away from Terra at a conference on New Avalon at the start of the Amaris Crises.



Sgt. Dhaim, Muhammed

Reputed to be a man with no fear, this hardened veteran is absolutely devoted to the duty of protecting the First Lord.  Devoted Muslim.



Corporal Smythe, Bertha

Her Majesty's valet since the Escape.  Somewhat cunning and often spouting naive statements that don't match with her crafty actions unless you look at it crossways.



Corporal Anderson, Samantha

Pulled from a marine billet to supplement Helena’s protection detail Samantha is a wizard with a communications set, which often takes people by surprise.  She’s a bit unsure of herself and if she can really live up to the responsibility placed upon her but earnestly tries her best no matter what.



Dayyan, Moshe L

Private Moshe Dayyan is an Elbar Survivor who managed to impress someone in the chain of command enough to get assigned to Helena's bodyguard detail.  He will obey any order she gives him, without hesitation or consideration, and he's an outright gifted stealthy killer, with a good instinct for spotting physical dangers.  Moshe is unassuming and often carries her Majesty's 'briefcase', and has a talent for fading into the background.  (the joke being he could hide in a featureless white room).  Dayyan is ethnically jewish, but non-practicing.  What his life was before he was sent to Running Deer Mountain remains somewhat shrouded. [note: He was there on purpose-infiltrating as part of the Elbar Resistance]  Moshe speaks multiple languages, including German, Hebrew, Vietnamese, French, Greek, and Latin.



Engineering 1st Class Jennings, Rachel Anne

Rachel Jennings came to Elbar with the 1st Coast Guard (Kowloon).  Prior to that, she was a Rockjack and member of the anti-Amaris resistance in the Kowloon system.  She's a gifted technician almost without regard for what you're fixing.  She is also Kowloonese(Hatter subcolony in the system), making her one of the few crew that even the ship's AI has problems communicating with or understanding, though this doesn't extend to any technical problems that might come up.  Rachel is a practicing "Ell-Dee-Ess"  (a variant strain of Christian), though not a very good one.  (she also lapses into buddhism, occasionally swears in hebrew, and has a collection of catholic religious iconography among the other elements of faiths she seems drawn to.)
Physically Rachel is more muscular than most women, having grown up in the Hatter Mining burrow on the mercury-like first planet in the Kowloon system.  Notably, Rachel tends to pray whenever the ship is going to jump.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #4 on: 28 October 2023, 07:49:59 »
Either I missed it before, or Lieutenant Fletcher has gained a cyber-eye...

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #5 on: 28 October 2023, 11:30:31 »
One of the frustrating parts of the art bot.  He's not called out as having one but the image I gave him seems to certainly imply it.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #6 on: 28 October 2023, 11:49:54 »
At the height of the Star League, I don't think it would be called out as exceptional... ;)

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« Reply #7 on: 28 October 2023, 15:55:29 »
While I still grapple with if an existing art bit I have will work or if I should make the artbot take cracks at Elizabeth Jane Cameron and Helena Cameron I have this to tide you all over:



Elizabeth Ann Ngo circa drug rehab(3040s) on Donegal



Elizabeth Ann Ngo circa 3053-55 or so.

Duchess of Kowloon, Baroness Spider Moon, Chairwoman of the board Ngo Enterprises.  Medically calculated lifespan 34 years, Cholmann's syndrome patient, juvenile delinquent, local warlord of the Kowloon system, "Loyal" Lyran subject.  Owns the largest tooling contractor left in the Lyran Commonwealth after four succession wars.  Physically: Sickly, small, stunted growth due to the 'medications's she's taking.  Socially stunted as well.  Ruthless to herself as much as she is to her enemies, currently using 'soft drugs' to mitigate increasing chronic pain and sleeplessness.  Likely to be on Neuroin by the end of 3057, likely to die in agony and insanity by 3067/3068.  Medical disqualification from Military Service code 4M (Medical), subsection 18, (No Waiver permitted).  Helena may note similar behavioral and thought patterns with her ancestor Tranh Truk Ngo.  Gifted economist.  (this version will not be a gifted navigator.)



Miss Whyte

Corporate Counsel for Ngo Industries and subsidiaries, comptroller for Ngo Corporate Credit Union, there's been a 'Ms. Whyte' since 2786, it's a generational title and role… they always dress in white, they are always white-haired, they tend to be tall, and speak with the clipped accent of a Spacer, and they always seem to be very good lawyers.  The current Ms Whyte is dark skinned and likely bleaches her hair, and has served in the role since the death of Elizabeth's Grandfather in 3046.
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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #8 on: 28 October 2023, 15:58:03 »
Ms. Whyte's text and image aren't matching... ???

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #9 on: 28 October 2023, 16:04:27 »
I know not of what you speak.  :P
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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #10 on: 28 October 2023, 16:28:29 »
Okay sat down with the Artbot after all for Helena but I'm kind of torn and since I know Cannonshop and Daryk aren't the best at voting I'll go ahead and put the two that are my finalists for this version of Helena here to see what people think.



Option 1.



Option 2.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #11 on: 28 October 2023, 17:13:01 »
I thought Helena was blonde? ???

And that's a MUCH better Ms. Whyte! :)

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #12 on: 28 October 2023, 17:24:54 »
Again as with the Revenants thread it's not officially stated anywhere that I know of what Helena's hair color was and the only color artwork I have found is for Richard who has brown hair.  So while siblings are not always going to have the same hair/eye color it is a high probability and with Richard having brown blond is a reduced probability.  So until we get something more definitive she gets brown.

Though I'm not opposed to the idea that she's taken to dying her hair or does have a different hair color in this setting if enough people think I should switch it up a bit.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #13 on: 28 October 2023, 17:44:12 »
Option 2 for Helena gets my vote, she looks more like someone who has had hard experiences.

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« Reply #14 on: 28 October 2023, 17:54:08 »
Yeah I think I've just been needing that little extra push to go with that second one.  It does look older and while I like certain aspects of the first one in their own way(uniform details, in particular the wearing of gloves) the second does just have that harder life look while having it's own details I like in different ways.

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« Reply #15 on: 28 October 2023, 18:24:43 »
Between the two, I think the gloves say more about her, and like that better...

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« Reply #16 on: 28 October 2023, 19:23:21 »
Between the two, I think the gloves say more about her, and like that better...

And there goes Daryk reminding me why it is such a difficult decision for me.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #17 on: 28 October 2023, 19:56:02 »
Until Google decides to cooperate again, that's the best I can do... ;)

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« Reply #18 on: 28 October 2023, 20:05:14 »
I do wish you were local because I don't get what is going on.  I even went through the trouble of sending the links to an e-mail account of mine that has no google account associated at all with it and had no trouble editing and commenting.  Never once asked me to login or anything.  And yes I checked to make sure my browser hadn't automatically logged me in.

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« Reply #19 on: 29 October 2023, 05:34:11 »
Of course, if we were local, we'd actually be PLAYING BattleTech too... ;)

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« Reply #20 on: 31 October 2023, 08:37:20 »
Official entry time.  I've decided I agree with Daryk, that the first has enough hints she's been through something that when combined with the small extra details ultimately wins out but only by a narrow margin.



Helena Jessica Cameron

Youngest daughter of the Cameron trio.  She only survived because Amaris got distracted by Elizabeth and this gave Helena and Elizabeth a chance to escape.  Kerensky kept her hidden and secret aboard the CASPAR that housed Elizabeth’s core because he saw that Helena was a stabilizing influence on the Warship.  A very small detachment, the lack of proper accommodations meant no more than a medical staff and a handful of bodyguards of the Royal Black Watch was maintained aboard the vessel just in case though.

For this incarnation Helena was never actually pregnant.  She just happened to be gaining some weight and an offhand joke by Elizabeth got misheard and taken out of context that then blew up into the tabloids making her life miserable that she was supposedly pregnant that persisted past the point she fell into the clutches of Amaris and his goons.

Special note I(monbvol) will never officially confirm just how far Richard’s abuses against Helena actually went in this timeline but I will say I am inclined to go with that he was indeed one of her tormentors because it is called out in his official CGL write up that he did abuse Helena.



Elizabeth Jane Cameron(AI)

Elder daughter of the Cameron trio. Amaris instead of executing her he thought he would turn her into his personal plaything and if he was feeling generous, maybe pass around to his most loyal supporters and troops.  Indeed this was his plan for both Cameron sisters and as such he spared no expense or effort on the remotes for both the Cameron sisters and there is some question about what kind of other special features he placed in them as Elizabeth is now extremely forward and provocative, nearly always making double entendres and other sexual innuendo.

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Re: Beyond Hope Character Art Gallery and Directory
« Reply #21 on: 31 October 2023, 08:52:16 »
So that should leave me with just Linda Sithers for someone who needs artwork.  But really before I can do that I really could use more details for her.

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« Reply #22 on: 31 October 2023, 16:03:04 »
Cannonshop's version of her in the actual War Lord Elizabeth (the orc) story stuck with me the most... ;)

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« Reply #23 on: 01 November 2023, 12:40:16 »
So that should leave me with just Linda Sithers for someone who needs artwork.  But really before I can do that I really could use more details for her.

Linda Sithers: (current story)

Age: 31
Ethnicity: Belta (Caucasian/Asian/polynesian mix)

Height: (english measurements because I don't want to go through the hassle of metric conversions) 6'

Weight: 176 pounds.

Build: Dense/narrow athletic.

Hair: This week it's light brown, last week it was red, she only tried blonde once and it was a disaster.
Hair is kept shorter than required due to her Rockjack background and active service role (Hair should be no more than one, maybe two fingers deep, in a buzz-cut)

When her hair is allowed to grow out (either due to mission, or time off) it's a wavy/curly type and quite thick.

Eyes: Two, they're both blue.
Skin-tone is a "Permanent Tan" type often encountered in mixed race ethnicities and backgrounds.

Tattoos: Neck, scalp, around her eyes.

Affiliation: Lyran (Kowloonese Rockjack, Sithers-Deen affiliation)

Career notes;

Nav officer
Police training/investigation
(Specialist in personal crimes including abuse cases)

Tours:

Ship crew: Jumpship (apprenticeship)
Surface Tour: 5 years (3048 to 3053)
Ship Crew: jumpship (Journeyman's level)

Certified Pathfinder Jumpship officer (60 jumps, 10 of which were through non-standard points of diminished duration and size).

Marine Training: cross-trained MOS Marine Boarding specialist (Space).

Linda Sithers has specialist training in Gravity Operations and Civil Affairs missions. 

If Linda were a proper Lyran with her training and experience, she would be holding at minimum an O-3 rank, as it sits, she is ranked as a Lieutenant (O-2) with pay addendums for specific roles.

This relfects the "reduced rank in service" that the Coast Guard (and Kowloon Militia) hold in relation to LCAF Regulars or normal LCAF reserve units.

including a heavy reliance on NCO grades to handle positions that the LCAF uses junior officers for.

this translates in turn to "She is actually quite experienced even if she's very quiet about it."
"If you have to ask permission, then it's no longer a Right, it has been turned into a Privilege-something that can be and will be taken from you when convenient."

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« Reply #24 on: 01 November 2023, 12:50:55 »
Linda Sithers: (current story)

Age: 31
Ethnicity: Belta (Caucasian/Asian/polynesian mix)

Height: (english measurements because I don't want to go through the hassle of metric conversions) 6'

Weight: 176 pounds.

Build: Dense/narrow athletic.

Hair: This week it's light brown, last week it was red, she only tried blonde once and it was a disaster.
Hair is kept shorter than required due to her Rockjack background and active service role (Hair should be no more than one, maybe two fingers deep, in a buzz-cut)

When her hair is allowed to grow out (either due to mission, or time off) it's a wavy/curly type and quite thick.

Eyes: Two, they're both blue.
Skin-tone is a "Permanent Tan" type often encountered in mixed race ethnicities and backgrounds.

Tattoos: Neck, scalp, around her eyes.

Affiliation: Lyran (Kowloonese Rockjack, Sithers-Deen affiliation)

Career notes;

Nav officer
Police training/investigation
(Specialist in personal crimes including abuse cases)

Tours:

Ship crew: Jumpship (apprenticeship)
Surface Tour: 5 years (3048 to 3053)
Ship Crew: jumpship (Journeyman's level)

Certified Pathfinder Jumpship officer (60 jumps, 10 of which were through non-standard points of diminished duration and size).

Marine Training: cross-trained MOS Marine Boarding specialist (Space).

Linda Sithers has specialist training in Gravity Operations and Civil Affairs missions. 

If Linda were a proper Lyran with her training and experience, she would be holding at minimum an O-3 rank, as it sits, she is ranked as a Lieutenant (O-2) with pay addendums for specific roles.

This relfects the "reduced rank in service" that the Coast Guard (and Kowloon Militia) hold in relation to LCAF Regulars or normal LCAF reserve units.

including a heavy reliance on NCO grades to handle positions that the LCAF uses junior officers for.

this translates in turn to "She is actually quite experienced even if she's very quiet about it."

Yeah I'll probably have to sit down with the art bot and hope it'll give that particular combo.

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« Reply #25 on: 01 November 2023, 18:37:09 »
Heck, that's more than enough for me to take a swing at her in AToW this weekend... ;)

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« Reply #26 on: 01 November 2023, 19:43:55 »
I'd like to get something a bit better for her outfit but:



That work for Linda Sithers?

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« Reply #27 on: 01 November 2023, 19:46:21 »
I think that's a perfect Seether on liberty (lazy eye or no)... ;D

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« Reply #28 on: 01 November 2023, 19:51:31 »
I kept going anyway to get some options:



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« Reply #29 on: 01 November 2023, 20:04:47 »
And a minor spoiler but one I'm pretty sure people are expecting:



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