m4st4 wrote:

RULES OF THE GAME:

1) Want to come aboard? PM! - no more posts within this thread, soon it'll only be the story of NFs journey into the unknown. Our main goal?

TO MAKE THE UNKNOWN KNOWN.

TO REACH OUR ULTIMATE GOAL - STARDATE NOVEMBER/7/2014 - INTERSTELLAR PREMIERE!

2) Choose your role carefully - LEARN IT WELL, you can't choose what's already taken; use your imagination, we have zero gorilla scientists for example. Once you get into your character, stick to it, don't play around with other archetypes, we need to have at least one or two character constants in order to make this hype thread consistent with the genre of exploration SciFi.

3) We'll reach some sort of milestone BIWEEKLY - for example, I'll post that we reached a supernova, or yet another unknown planet, along with a short story/video/loose instructions, that whole week we'll be stuck within that adventure point, our characters will interact through dialogue (more on that later).

4) WHAT DO I DO within this thread if I a) already have my place in the crew and b) already picked my role? You post... but not as yourself, you're playing your character. Be it a peace of dialogue, or a short piece of story. You need to think about other roles too, if you're not sure about the ship's doctor, consult the OP, seek the doctor (etc.). It's like a forum filled with characters that live in this thread and tell a story of interstellar travel.

5) Why are we doing this? For fun, of course (/Bane voice), it'll make the wait easier, every know and then it'll be funny to read the story from the begining... try to be creative when you feel like being creative, don't troll... but trolling as your character is welcomed of course, it is expected of you to act like a completely restricted cliche, but that doesn't mean you cannot play with everyone's expectations. Challenge other role players as well, make them enjoy the game as much as you do.

6) Every time we hit a milestone within our own world, for example a new Interstellar trailer is out, or Empire article, interview from our 'mars face' - Chris Nolan - some sort of featurette... We can use it as an inspiration for this roleplay too. The crew will gather around and talk about the latest peace of discovery they've found. After all - Interstellar is this crew's number one priority, everything else is Flash Gordon style adventure. BUT! NO SPOILERS ALLOWED. Only use it as a reference for future roleplaying. After all, we're trying to reach a myth, everything we gather is a vital peace of 'ancient message from Nolan'.

7) The ship is already drifting through space... you can start the game; if anyone wants to join in, PM, we'll figure out some way (nearby colonies, space pirates, stowaways etc.)

8) Wanna change your character - modify it a bit? Sure thing - PM the details!

9) Use italic for dialogue and monologue, non-italic for narration. You can also use audio and video, picture material, but make sure to work it into story, other than simply 'post a gif'.

10) No matter what you do with your character, or the story as a whole, you cannot destroy the ship. Intergalactic NolanFans is our Ark and it will lead us to our destiny. You may, eventually, wound or scar (etc.) other characters if it's a part of some biweekly goal, but everyone will eventually re-appear in a different form... We will reach our goal together, as NolanFans.

11) If anyone wants to help out, making anything that might help us look serious here, sure, PM the details! Braked is already making ship schematics, for example. You can draw your character, send your character's favorite tune, more detailed description of HQ... DO WE HAVE A TUNE? Maybe someone could make one? CAN SOMEONE DRAW US A BETTER LOOKING T3DDY 'THE ROBOT HAND'? etc. etc.

12) If you're suddenly out of character because you know it and you want it, use the *out-of-character* symbols, just make sure it's not too long.

13) Eventually, some of us could make a video, in the character! It could be a part of our biweekly goal.

14) We will sometimes have a 'story so far' for those of you who want to catch up... basically, copy-pasted material from before put under spoiler tag. But the easiest way to read through everything is to go page by page, starting from page 18.

We don't know what this can be, but we know what we are know - creators of The Hype. When will this end? We can build more material around and for our characters, there's a new (original) ship schematics incoming... We're going to drift through space and time all the way until November 2014, at least!




The Shuttle's Bar


T3DDY_BL4SS-2009 - our own robot hand! Often miscalculates, never in handy.


Ship's Cat - she apparently exists, but no one has ever seen her. Her precious Cone aka Cat's House is the one place you will never ever find her, but please make sure to leave some food if you're nearby, by the time you're back - the food is gone (bodies can disappear and re-appear on whim too).

Crew member roles:

m4 -his existence and overall purpose on the ship is unknown, he might have a destiny awaiting for him somewhere in the future, but right now he's mostly cranky, or moody, undecided
ChristNolan - overseer of the corn lab, trippy most of the time, says 'pull my finger a lot'
RatedR - Head Doctor/Surgeon, his operation table is rated-R for disturbing scenes of violence
11072014 - PhD - dies staring at the Sun with no sunglasses and loves it
Ruth - awesome & sexy engineer, also a freelancer botanist specialized in alien plant life; has a plant called Benjamin (ala Leon: The Professional) who is like a part of the crew, to most
Panapaok - engineer and colleague of dr. Ruth, weird cliché accent. A paranoid scientist like Dr. Strangelove with one desire - kill Ruth and take her role!
Lionheart - hot dude, gets all the alien (three headed) chicks, also - alien std
BaleFan - ghost member of a previous crew, a bit of a creep, likes to visit engineering
Yusuf Dazz - The Sacrifice - always draws the short straw, gets left behind, plays Mr. Likeable Guy, eventually turns evil
Picklen - He's the chef. Prepares delicious food for everyone. Food shortage? Fret not, plenty of crew members.
aleks989 - 'Smoker'- misterious man who wants to stop the NF expedition, disguised as a (sex) toy maker
DoubleD - delusional crew member who believes he has already 'seen the light'
antovolk - the guy in charge of the in-flight entertainment. Featuring true IMAX versions of films and unreleased trailers (apart from the new one for this film called Interstellar cause some idiot thought it would be funny to encrypt it) with DTS DOLBY HD MASTER AUDIO ATMOS AURA 52.52 surround sound
Bacon - A Spiritual Guide - his master, father Grigori, was a victim of chef Picklen due to food shortage near Saturn; he is a preacher. A special sermon is prepared if the ship catches on fire, it's a manuscript worth of 500 pages.
EnzoTheBaker - Picklen's numero uno baker - NOT from 221B Baker Street, just don't ask him, he hates it every time!
anepicmoviereviewer - antovolk's assistant, techie, his dream is to catch a looping deep space S.O.S. signal
thegreypilgrim - believes Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain are part of the crew. However, they are on a separate mission for the movie called 'Interstellar', has a couple of volleyballs with drawn faces called Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain
Pratham - Computer guy, mostly services T3DDY_BL4SS-2009 (although he wishes it was Ruth), but the damn plastic keeps on breaking... or planning a violent takeover of the entire ship!
TehBatGetsBraked - Historian, writing down all them bootylicous adventures in space like A.C. Clarke, GRRM and Carl Sagan combined!
MiracleSleeper2 - AndroidSleeper 2 - the only non-organic member of the crew (apart from constantly jealous T3DDY_BL4SS-2009). At some point, his head will be severely severed, and he will talk. Also has a form of robotic narcolepsy, means he regularly restarts or shuts down when you need him.
chinn70 - The Optimist - he believes that glass is always full, even when it's clearly fokken empty; he also believes there's water on every planet because 'You just have to believeee'
Cilogy - The Pessimist - he believes the ship will likely explode at any given moment because nothing matters and everything is an illusion. Ironically, he is also the ship's resident psychiatrist, but spends most of his energy obsessing over T3DDY_BL4SS-2009, and he's probably the reason the damn plastic keeps on breaking.
kanjisheik - Astrobiologist, dies first on the alien planet after running out of O2 while busy searching for strange life forms...
Ericmase - The Random Dude that don't know anything
fenwayconnor - The Crew Member that the rest of the crew was unsure about, but one crew member vouched for him because why the hell not. Eventually he goes crazy and tries to sabotage/kill the rest of the crew (no teamup with Yusuf Dazz, aleks989 and T3DDY though, that would make them too strong) because he believes that humanity is meant to die.
nolannolanchrischris - The crew member that didn't take his application seriously and spends the trip trying to convince T3DDY_BL4SS-2009 to print him a new name tag. He does so, and violently. N.N.C.C. also went on a pilgrimage via hallucinogenic frog pimple extract a decade or so ago and is the only member who has actually 'seen the light'; his life long mission is to spread the truth via interwebs. There were also 'false prophets': StarFox and DD, the latter is still on medication and ninja supposedly believes him because they're equal in rank.
Chastainer - Female psychiatrist who becomes suicidal after getting involved in an intricate love triangle with RatedR and aleks989.
Rudinet - Stowaway, eventually ranks up and becomes captain of the crew ala Star Trek 2009 Kirk. Probably related to Orci and Kurtzman
the_red_ninja - The 'spunky' A.I of the shuttle yo. Sorry guys, no physical presence of the red ninja. She is the voice you constantly hear in the back of your head, while you eat, sleep and shit; watching and listening to everything happening on the spacecraft - Mothervoice. Her personality is more like Glados' than Hal9000 (hint: not a good thing, even for y'all portal gun bearers)
Sandy - Ship's bartender, ala The Shining, too cool for school and possibly even undead friend of BaleFan.
Dragon_316ca - A breaking news reporter who communicates over the Public Address (PA) sound system and interacts with one or more source inside the shuttle.
Starfox - Fitness entertainment Strip Guru, only 80s leg warmers allowed. He's also got the moves yo.
Sky007 - One legged weapons handler, badass as it gets. Gives free advice and occasional grenade.
BlairCo – Head Quartermaster of the ship. He’s rather laid-back and easy going, but when it comes to his work, he does not joke about it. He does seem to care about the mission, but he prefers not to know too much about it either.
John Constantine - The Outsider, no one knows when he boarded the ship (is it on earth? is on the way through space? on a planet?) and no one really bothers about that. He doesn't speak much, just being there in the background, poping here and there, usually not being noticed by the crew. Like an extra. Through naration shows what he is thinking of (if he really thinks about something at all, and sometimes in an absurdist, even bored, way). He is the only one who sees the ghosts on the ship. He has one sock (on his left foot, the other one is bare) and responds to the name of John (although no one on the ship notices him to call him that)



*This OP will be updated frequently, be sure to stop by from time to time, see what's going on.

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