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Dr. Richard Dasher, aka "Dash", has spent his whole life preparing to visit Mars, ever since the Curiosity Rover landed on the planet in 2012 and discovered organic compounds. But despite being in the top 3% in his field, Richard was passed over for the Mars One colony time and again because of severe hemophobia (fear of blood). Perhaps if he'd been there, the disasterous events of 2036 might have been averted.
When the government-backed Mars World project was initiated in 2040 Dash was finally given his travel documents. He quickly secured his position as leading expert on the planet and put in charge of all planetary exploration. He has been instrumental in the pilot phase of the project and his work has allowed construction of a full-scale base to begin. He now spends most of his time dealing with geological and environmental problems that arise with the building of the base, and has been kept fairly isolated from the prisoner population because of his importance to the project.
Mag-Pack - portable magnetic field generator, installed on vehicles to protect occupants from harmful cosmic rays without the need for space suits. Too large and heavy for personal use.
PEx - A Powered Exo-skeleton complete with space suit for heavy-duty operations on the Martian surface. The PEx comes equipped with a multi-purpose third arm which extends over the driver's head, much like a scorpion's tail. The arm is fitted with a multi-purpose head replete with various tools such as a laser cutter, arc welder, sonic pulverizer, and magneto-clamp.
PIGs - Durogatory slang used by selected command personell (Farthing?) to refer to the inmate workforce. It means; To imitate or to aspire to be a slave.
I going to have to ask at least one of you to change your character from a convict to a politician or staff. There's too many convicts to start. I'm happy you all want to write for convicts but there needs to be other factions available at the begining otherwise I'm not going to be able to write the first few pages.
Also, when thinking of your terms try to think of ones that can actually be used. I question we can use DiaLeak unless we were writing a balls out comedy. Also, why would they smuggle it in, I would think it would be considered a useful drug.
Not meaning to be overly critical here but were all going to have to write using these characters and terms - best to put some thought into them.
Agreed with everythign Michael said! I bet Michael is in shock how agreeable I've been with him lately - it's the new me, Cornie!
My character will be coming soon, and it will not be a convict.
I'm not 100% sure, but do we have a female convict already? If so, I think it's a mistake - in logic. We see the size of the Mars base and it's obviously ont a huge place. To have both male and female convicts would be very expensive and toally unnecessary.
i dunno if or how this may fit into the story... but just an idea i had... i'll leave it up to you guys to take it or leave it.
JAWS - Farthing's pet dog.. A staffordshire terrior (with a touch of Bloodhound) that Farthings keeps in his quarters to discourage "thieves." The dog has an uncanny ability of consistantly getting loose in the compound. Not so coincidently some of the dog's favorite pass times include cornering/chasing roaming inmates around the compound and deficating in their living quarters.
We have two female convict and while I wasn't exactly crazy about the idea of having female convicts - two female two male would balance the population nicely at the start. So, I'm cool with that. However, we need more staff and politicians and those can be male or female.
i actually think that works better. gives him more depth.... an ex-con working amongst prisoners...
being this is a bit of a collaborative project... i had a thought.... what if hes an older guy? who spent his best years wrongly (perhaps) behind bars...?
However, I do have a suggestion before we finalize him.
What if you made him a politician?
That short stint in prison as motivation and some new found fame from his highly publicized release catapulted him into a life of politics where he's made his name pushing for prison reforms.
Just another lost soul on the mean streets of New Compton, West California, Quinn has made a career out of staying alive. Whether it's stealing his first meal in a week or taking shelter in an abandoned steel mill, he's done it all in the name of survival. His soft-spoken demeanor and articulate nature contrasts the lost and lonely life he's endured.
Despite this, he respects the mantra his mother passed onto him, "An uneducated man is nothing while an educated man can have anything." After having attended every day of school in Torrance, DeSean graduated with a 3.37 GPA but was arrested two days later for grand theft auto. Knowing that he did steal the car, there was nothing to fight until the police informed him of the body they found in the trunk. Even after swearing he didn't kill the person, he was sentenced to life without parole under the Three Strikes policy. It didn't help that the body was a movie star and the high-profile trial was fueled by a media out to convict a killer - any killer.
Fueled by the the injustice against him and the abomination that is prison, DeSean studied law and passed the bar exam six years later.
After eight years behind bars, an investigator hired by Quinn's mother discovered evidence from the scene was improperly handled. Quinn used this new information to get his murder charged dropped. His release sparked a new media event.
Quinn parlayed that notoriety into a seat in Congress. Where he has become a major voice in the fight for prison reform.