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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1000 is a reply to message #999] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:11   |
artisticrainey
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I just got a few hazy ideas relating to the rebuilding of Thunderbird 7. Why not make it an "IR family" affair? A post could be written where Dom, Nikki, Dianne and Brains (along with a possible vid-phone input from Drew) could brainstorm about the interior of the craft, such as a better layout, more safety features, upgrades to the equipment, better storage, etc.
Another possibility would be one or more posts about the actual rebuilding. I can see everyone coming together to put TB7 together, with teams working on different sections. That way, it could be done in only a few of days - maybe three or four. Then afterwards, they could have a celebratory party (of course, when it is fully built, it will work perfectly.).
Pizza, anyone?
Hobbeth, August 16, 2007
  
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1003 is a reply to message #1002] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:12 |
artisticrainey
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From: Hobbeth Sent: 8/14/2005 2:48 PM
Here's a description of the area I've figured Tracy Island to be in, for the tsunami scenario and any future scenarios needing such information:
It's the South Fiji Basin. It (edit: the basin, that is) is a V shaped triangle, with New Zealand at the bottom, or south end. It is approximately 800 miles (that's approximately 1600 kilometers), north to south, although it is longer along the east side. The top of the V, along the north, is about the same distance.
Along the west side of the triangle is the Norfolk Ridge, running northwest, with Norfolk Island about midway up that side. There it bends more north to Noumea, The Loyalty Ridge and the New Hebrides Trench enter the basin from the northwest and Melanesia is to the east of it, running from northwest to southeast. The Hunter Island Ridge runs along the top of the triangle, running ENE up to Fiji and Suva. Northeast of that are the islands of Samoa.
East of Fiji is the Koro Sea, the Sough Fiji Ridge and the Lau Trough. Then there is the Tonga Ridge, east of which is Tonga. The Tonga Ridge runs southwest and meets up with the Kermadec Ridge (and the Kermadec Islands, which meets up with New Zealand again.
I suggest that the earthquake that starts the tsunami could occur in the southern part of the Central Pacific Basin, around the Winslow Seamount area, about 200 miles (or 300 kilometers) northeast of Kiribati.
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1007 is a reply to message #1006] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:12 |
artisticrainey
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From: Hobbeth Sent: 6/3/2006 10:07 AM
Here's a list of things anyone can write about their characters on Tracy Island. Remember, it isn't all rescues.
1. Have your character reading a newspaper - or the news on the internet - and later sharing a funny or unusual story with some of the others. You can check out "News of the Weird" for some ideas of stories.
2. Dom agreed to teach a yoga class. Write about it. If your character is attending, what is he or she thinking about it? Or about the others in the class.
3. Mail call. This can happen more than once, and to several characters. They can get mail from home, from friends, especially if it is someone who hates email and loves to write and receive handwritten letters. You can have your character reply.
4. Mail call 2. What if your character actually got junk mail. Or one of those "You may have already won . . ." - well, that's junk mail, too, but in a class by itself, imho.
3. Email. Have your character send or receive email. Here's also an opportunity for a spam message to get through, in spite of Brains' blocks. The character(s) would notify him and send him chasing down the glitch.
4. Have the newbies interacting with each other, or with the canon characters more. It can be serious or funny, whatever you wish.
5. Try writing a post with just the canon characters. Or with the canon characters and the younger children - after they return from South Carolina, of course.
6. Did anyone other than Dom decorate their apartments? How? Describe the colors, the accessories, etc.
7. Have a barbecue on the beach.
8. How about games, maybe even tournaments? There is a games room in Cliff House. They could choose the pool table, one of the electronic games, or something else.
9. What about secret talents? I know Brandon has a pretty good singing voice, and a couple of the girls did karaoke together when they celebrated Alan's birthday in Christchurch (sorry, I can't remember which two), but there are a lot of other talents to explore. Writing poetry, writing short stories, drawing caricatures, doing jigsaw puzzles . . . . you name it.
10. Have a movie night. Maybe several could get together - newbies and canons - and watch an old movie. If you included the canons, it could be at the Villa, in their "screening room", as I like to call it.
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1019 is a reply to message #1018] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:15 |
artisticrainey
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I think that - of the canon characters - John, Virgil, Grandma T, Tin-Tin, and Kyrano would be the most likely to be interested. Jeff might, too. I'd be afraid to have Gordon there. image
Of the OCs, I'd expect that Dianne, Gherie, Lisa, Nikki, Callie, and Elise would. Perhaps even Dom.
Somehow I don't see Alan or the youngest Tracys going. I'm not too sure about Brains, either. He might be interested, but something going on in the lab would divert him, and he probably wouldn't show up - unless, of course, Tin-Tin went and got him.
So, I think there would be around 11 people there, maybe more (if Luke comes, that is.).
Hobbeth, August 208, 2007
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1028 is a reply to message #1027] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:17 |
artisticrainey
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I suppose this could be put under either this title, or the Rescue Suggestions one, although it isn't exactly that, but here goes:
There are still famines in African countries. If one country couldn't get aid to many of it's people, due to corrupt government officials or civil war - or both - what would happen if IR was recruited? Food, medicine and materials to build, farm, find wells (there could be a drought, too, or the water source was some distance from a village) could be ready. But the people with the programs to get these things to those who need them are stymied.
If they called IR to help take the people and supplies to the villages in need, would IR agree to do so?
Hobbeth, October 13, 2007
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1033 is a reply to message #1032] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:17 |
artisticrainey
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More from the MSN site:
People who are in the news today are not going to be in the news in the 2060s. People who are famous today for one thing or another aren't necessarily going to be famous in the future. People who are famous in the UK for something aren't always known in the US, and vice versa.
What I'm trying to get at is: if you have to name a musical group, artist, or any other kind of personality, think about them in regards to whether or not they'd be known in the future, and if they'd be known across the pond from where you are. Same thing for songs, books, movies, etc. There are some things that will stand the test of time, but a lot more that won't. It's better to make up a group, song, artist, whatever, than to be anachronistic.
Any questions? Ask.
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1034 is a reply to message #1033] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:18 |
artisticrainey
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And more from Liz at the MSN Site:
Along the lines of the previous post here, I'd like to add something more.
Since this RP takes place more then sixty years from now, a lot will have changed. Most of us, myself included, seem to be writing as if things are happening in this time period, and having our characters using procedures and going to places (with a few exceptions) that exist today
Here's where we can use our imaginations. What sorts of medicines might be found in the next sixty years? What new types of vehicles would be available to the general public? Has solar energy or wind energy become more widespread? What types of transport for land and sea, as well as air, might be around? Has the way people entertain themselves outside of their homes changed? And so forth, and so on.
I'm not saying we can't use currently existing things. We have, and in well done storylines. But we can go a little farther, I believe.
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1035 is a reply to message #1034] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:18 |
artisticrainey
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mentioned this in the January brainstorming session, but I think it should be here. It can be a storyline for any of the characters on Tracy Island, and I feel it's worth exploring.
We all know that the rescues have a strong element of risk to them, but what if the risk meant someone loses something? I'm not talking about a piece of equipment or part of their clothing. I'm talking about part of the person.
Say someone goes blind or deaf. Perhaps it's temporary, maybe not. Is the technology or medical treatment advanced enough in 2068 to correct it? And what would it be?
Or someone could lose a body part: an arm, a leg, an eye, a hand or a foot, for instance. What would the replacement be, if there was one? By that time, would the replacement - assuming it exists - be good enough to let the character continue working for IR? And what would that character's traumatic experience be like, both during the event that caused it, and afterwards?
This could make for one heck of a storyline. But not one to be written just for the angst factor, please.
Hobbeth, January 19, 2008
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| Re: Plot Suggestions [message #1037 is a reply to message #1036] |
Wed, 25 July 2012 19:18 |
artisticrainey
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What if we did one month where nothing was happening? There were no rescues, no reason for a party, training was getting monotonous, and everyone was getting bored. What would they do?
What about a live action murder mystery? No one (except for two or three people, who make up the clues) would know who the victim is, or whodunit. Each day, they'd get a new clue in their email.
Or a treasure hunt. Everyone would get a riddle clue in their email one day. They'd have to figure out the riddle, which would send them to a certain location on the island. There they'd find the next clue, sending them to the next location, and so on.
The prize for solving the murder, or the treasure, could be some time off to go home, or go on a vacation and play tourist.
Hobbeth, February 4, 2008
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