Sandbox / Character Development Thread Space Liner

Space Liner

Locations

An overall deck plan of the ship can be found here (to zoom in, Shift-click the image to open in a new window). Much of the areas are ambiguous, but the most important ones are as follows:

Main Deck (Decks 1-3)

Deck 1

• Abandoned Theater: A truly grand and futuristic-looking theater, spanning Decks 1-3 at the front of the ship. However, it has been abandoned for some time, as all entertainment has been diverted to other areas. It's possibly haunted as well, but also makes for a great combat area due to how surprisingly indestructible it is. The orchestra pit contains musical instruments that can be either played or thrown at opponents.
• Arboretum: This place offers a glimpse of nature in a technological complex. There are few trees here, mainly flowers and such, and the place is supervised by robotic butterflies. There's also an enclosed meditation garden for silently contemplating things.
• Library: This great repository of books is watched over by Miss Shush, a robot librarian who insists on keeping the place quiet. Like the Nebula Lobby, it spans Decks 1-3.
• Computer Room: Adjacent to the library, this place has computers and other electronic gadgets available for rent. It even has a soundproof room for some reason.
• Nebula Lobby: A grand lobby spanning three floors (Decks 1-3), where many of the guests meet. Has many curved staircases for decoration, as people mainly travel between floors via elevator (indicated by the "L" boxes in the floor plan). Adjacent to this is the information desks, staffed by secretary robots who provide you everything you want to know about the ship and arrange room reservations and such.
• Storage Rooms: Exactly What It Says on the Tin. The floor plan is not accurate with these - there are as many storage rooms as are needed for the characters. The hotel rooms flanking the arboretum may be converted into storage rooms too.
• Spaceship/Pod Docking Area: Here characters can park any small spaceships they have arrived on. The area also contains various space pods - larger ones transport characters on and off the ship (so that the ship doesn't have to stop anywhere), while smaller ones are available for rent so people can fly around outside the ship.

Deck 2

• Nebula Lobby, Library, and Abandoned Theater, 2F
• Lucky Star Casino: The adult counterpart of the Quasarcade. It's designed like the themed casinos of Las Vegas minus the eating establishments (unless Square Root of Pie counts), with an outer space theme. Requires constant ventilation to avoid becoming stuffed with cigarette smoke. Of course, the cashiers and card table dealers are robots.
• Comedy Club: Pretty typical coffeehouse-ish area, featuring a bar that serves both liquor and espresso, and hosting open mics.
• Quasarcade: An arcade along the side of the ship. Also features individual gaming rooms. Great place for kids.
• Square Root of Pie: Mainly a pizza parlor, but it also serves dessert and savory pies just for S&Gs. It's a great place for arcade gamers to take a break, and even has a stage area where they host gaming competitions.
• Black Hole Lounge: This place is in total darkness, making it a perfect place for guests with non-visual senses to hang out.
• Sickbay: Located in the "Meeting Area" of the deck plan. This is the ship's main hospital, for anyone who is sick or injured on the voyage.
• Moonshine Bar and Lounge: The name is completely accidental. This is a wide open space featuring two dance floors flanking a stage area, and a long crescent-shaped bar staffed by robots all named Barkeep.
• Waste Facility/Combat Zone: Can serve either purpose. This large area spanning two decks features lots of floating platforms and other kinds of architecture you might find in the unstaffed area of a starship.
• Starlight Restaurant: Located in the rear of the ship with many windows opened to the outside, this massive dining area spanning Decks 2 and 3 serves every imaginable cuisine in the universe. There is no menu - simply tell the robotic waiters what you want and they'll try to come up with something suitable. If you ask nicely they may let you help out in the kitchen as well.

Deck 3

• Waste Facility/Combat Zone 2F, Library/Nebula Lobby/Abandoned Theater 3F
• Starlight Restaurant 2F - features an area where you can watch the robots in the kitchen at work.
• Mini Mall/Art Gallery: Features shops for gifts, clothes, jewelry, what have you, plus an art gallery with a special exhibit on holographic art, and also a 3D printing station.
  • Galaxy Apparel - A large vintage/secondhand clothing shop featuring clothing and trinkets from everywhere across space and time. Run by a boyish young man named Gerald; the rest of the staff is robotic.
• Sushi Gundam: A sushi bar staffed by human-sized mechas. Where they get the fish is anyone's guess.
• Zero-Gravity Lounge: A large area of Deck 3, this place features floating tables, recreational areas... basically no structure, just have fun.

Hotel (Decks 4-8)

These decks are where people sleep. There are bath areas and small lounges interspersed throughout. Each floor features rooms of many sizes, from compact rooms with one or two beds, to suites containing several bedrooms and a common area.

Room plans and indicative pictures can be found here.

Entertainment Center (Decks 9-11)

Deck 9

• Fitness Center: A place where guests can work out in pretty much any way possible.
• Stellar Salon and Spa: A perfect place to relax after a good workout. Here guests can get massages, haircuts, manicures, and all your other beauty and relaxation needs. Kind of interesting having robots do all these things. There's a hair salon and a nail salon and several individual spa rooms scattered about.
• Pool Deck: This place is encased by a large glass window with a view of the stars. There's a wading pool, a lap pool, several jacuzzis and saunas, and even a few waterslides (don't heed the floor plan). And too many poolside lounge chairs to count. Several service robots staff the place, providing towels, pool noodles, beach balls, water guns, what have you. What are called "bars" on the floor plan are actually drink and snack stalls.
• Dark Matter Lounge: Located adjacent to the pools. This lounge is a bit quieter than the Moonshine Lounge. There's also a bar, and you can take the beverages "outside" into the pool area. The stage is set up for karaoke.
• Solar Clubs: A series of clubs named after planets of Earth's solar system. Each contains a small bar area, a stage, and lost of cool flashing lights. Six robot DJs perform here (one per club): DJ Mercury, DJ Venus, DJ Mars, DJ Jupiter, DJ Saturn, and DJ Neptune. Club Mars, Club Venus, and Club Jupiter are on Deck 9; the first two are supposed to be gender-exclusive, but nobody enforces it.
• Holodecks: Four of them, specifically. Here you can conjure pretty much any inanimate object imaginable, including furniture, from Hard Light. Watched over by robots who will rent you headsets needed to create such, and security robots to help prevent trouble. Each holodeck has different levels of gravity - heavy, moderate, light, and zero. Each also has windows open to the outside.

Deck 10

• A few Stellar Spa rooms, a smoking lounge, and a billiard room
• Comet Cafe: This Art Deco themed cafe mainly features light snacks, desserts, and an espresso bar - the latter is infamous for its Rocket Fuel Shot which contains so much caffeine that you'll be bouncing off all the ship's walls for hours. For some reason the lead robot barista, the eponymous Comet, is dressed like a reindeer.
• Club Saturn: One of the Solar Clubs, this one looks the most futuristic. The barkeep is quite the lunatic.
• Planetoid Park: For kids or kids at heart, this area contains a playground and even some small amusement park rides. There's even a soda fountain and a candy shop.

Deck 11

• Sports Area: This area features a bowling alley (the top "empty" area) and a few courts that are switchable to suit different sports - everything from basketball to tennis to cricket to fencing... or football if you don't mind a small-ish field.
• Club Pluto: Located in the checkerboard area above Club Saturn. Was one of the Solar Clubs, but now this place is abandoned. People who die on the ship are dumped here, so it's the perfect hangout spot for necromancers.
• Club Bizarre: Formerly Club Uranus. On the back half of Deck 11 is a multi-purpose room containing haphazardly scattered toasters, beanbag chairs, disco balls, and various things to make you lose your mind. A popular place for people to astral project or teleport to. Also features a bar famous for absinthe and various Gargle Blasters, and a tea parlor where the tea is served on flying saucers... get it?
• Clubs Mercury and Neptune: If Club Bizarre is too weird for you, you can go to these more normal Solar Clubs instead.

Deck 12

• Cockpit/Control Room: The front half of Deck 12, collectively called the Adminisphere. This entire area is off limits, as it holds the cockpit in the front and the main data systems for the ship in the back. Looks kind of like this◊.
• Spirit Room: An area dedicated to metaphysical practices, conveniently located above Club Bizarre.
• Observation Deck: A spacious area in the rear of the ship encased in a large glass dome offering a great view of the space outside. Bright lights are not allowed in here.

Characters

Active Troper Characters

Deck 1

Spaceship/Pod Docking Area

• Anton Stronach (Stegomasaurus): The leader of the Band of the Black Rose, which held power over a whole county before Anton and his two closest colleagues got flung into a different dimension. He knows how to run an effective and completely legitimate business. He's highly adaptable and ever the optimist, searching for the best in any scenario.
• Timur Rychen (Stegomasaurus): A jack of many trades under the employ of Anton. Being quite rational and level-headed, he's tactful with his decisions and is the only Black Rose member likely to pass for "normal". One might notice something he's missing if they stay around him long enough though...
• Isabelle Tavora (Stegomasaurus): A glamorous and extremely introverted woman under Anton's employ. She's untrusting and misanthropic, refusing to even speak to someone else unless it's necessary. The talent Anton hired her for is not a pleasant one.

• Ay Reshk (nrjxll: A vaguely fishlike alien from a species called the oquar, who describes himself as a merchant starship's captain.
• Bryan Donneley, code name Halberd (Ladytanuki): A large, imposing Man in a Kilt. The captain/mechanic of the Sky Pirate, and part of a crew of scoundrels called the Black Cat Bandits. Staying in Room 7.051.

Deck 2

Deck 3

Deck 4

Deck 5

Deck 6

Deck 7

Deck 8

Deck 9

Pool Deck

Holodecks

Deck 10

Comet Cafe

• "QR" (nrjxll): A female qrtxian. Not much else known beyond the surface just yet.
• Juan de Luiz, code name Warren (Ladytanuki): A teenage boy who talks pretty fast. One of the Black Cat Bandits, a crew of scoundrels flying the Sky Pirate. Staying in Room 7.051.

Deck 11

Club Pluto

• Ryya (Pyxo): A young senjai, skilled in martial arts. Wishes to explore the ship and enjoy the experience to its fullest, although she has a bit of a hard time adapting to the place.

Club Bizarre

Herb Shop

• Nemaforte: (Ladytanuki) A "short elfin albino witch" who runs a small magical herb shop inside Club Bizarre. Almost always high on one or more of said herbs.

Deck 12

Observation Deck

• Proseda: (Aqueos) Incubus who often uses magic to hide his form, and usually appear as a somewhat attractive but unremarkable man. Unsurprisingly, he is quite prone to hedonism.
• Vincent Estrel, code name Merlin (Ladytanuki): A short, flamboyant, and eccentric young man with a fascination with the paranormal. One of the Black Cat Bandits, a crew of scoundrels flying the Sky Pirate. Staying in Room 7.051.

Inactive Troper Characters

• The Wild God (Darkblood Carnagefang): A chimeric creature with mostly reptilian traits that is very much like a child.
• Joshua Murphy (DarkbloodCarnagefang): A field agent for a secretive organization based in London. Staying in room 4.120
• Hadia al-Filistini (Killer Clowns): Chief Operating Officer of Western Amalgamated, treating this as a vacation
• Enkar Zaa: (Killer Clowns) First Advocate of the Republic of Zavi. A veteran of the Revolution, mourning those who did not live to see the final victory — most especially his late brothers.
• Ethoya Uvalex: (Killer Clowns) A former goddess turned angel of sorts; wise, but impish and more fond of minor sins and vices than an angel might be expected to be.
• Gabriel Kardos (Killer Clowns): A flamboyant demon-hunter dressed in angelic gold and white, with a pair of Combat Hand Fans.
• Jen Jara (Miss Desperado): An adult Void Maiden Viporis, her chest is flat because she's a marsupial. Jen Jara is wearing Cool Shades and a black toga-like garment. She has deposited her harness with an Inter-Galactic Positioning System in Room 8.091. She is not wearing shoes. Jen Jara's head-feathers are black with iridescent purple and her leg chitin is black. Heads-up for adult humanoid male characters: Jen Jara forgot to take her heat control pills and she's now in heat.
• Syrni Sandra (Miss Desperado): An adult Void Maiden Viporis, her chest is flat because she's a marsupial. She's wearing Cool Shades and a dark gray toga-like garment. She has deposited her IGPS harness in Room 8.091. She is not wearing shoes. Syrni Sandra's head-feathers are orange and her leg chitin is green. Heads-up for adult humanoid male characters: Syrni Sandra forgot to take her heat control pills and she's now in heat.
• Tigris Liarren (Brain Sewage): A sorceress from Earth, formerly of Illenmere, and now an associate of the warrior Theign Felschier.
• Carlotta Posset (Ladytanuki): A fancily-dressed living doll made of some unusually sturdy non-porcelain clay. Part of Lucina's court, but doesn't want her or Emille to know that she was instead created by Sinistrina. (picture)
• Catalina Mavik, code name Panther (Ladytanuki): A energetic and enthusiastic biker. One of the Black Cat Bandits, a crew of scoundrels flying the Sky Pirate. Staying in Room 7.051.
• Winky (Ladytanuki): Previously known as Euler van Winkle, the human mayor of Solevaille, but was turned into a marionette. Typically sits on Lucina's shoulder. (picture)
• Sinistrina von Schwarzwald (Ladytanuki): Originally Sinistrina Geppetto, twin sister of Lucina. A somber-looking necromancer and "lich witch". Carries a Magic Mirror leading to the Deathly Glade, and has a pet spider named Anima. Staying in Room 6.013. (picture)
• Edwin Tasselbury, code name Lupin (Ladytanuki): A stoic, bespectacled British lad dressed all in black. One of the Black Cat Bandits, a crew of scoundrels flying the Sky Pirate. Staying in Room 7.051.
• Lucina Geppetto (Ladytanuki): The lively and exuberant Queen of Solevaille, who brought a bunch of dolls and other toys to life. Staying in Room 2.002 with her dolls. (picture)
• Phagora Blackspawn (Daird): Head chef of the Starlight Restaurant, and daughter of the Demon Lord of Gluttony.
• Rebecca (Daird): A surprisingly friendly lich witch who can raise and contact the dead, with a scarlet cloak and a crystalline Heart Drive.
• Ulf Marten (Slysheen): A Finnish werewolf traveling for a new cartography job. Staying in room 7.056.
• Mina Fichera (Slysheen): A grey necromancer wearing a strange mix of guantlets and casual clothes, dark hair, pale features and eerily bright green eyes.
• Rolph (Corvidae): A Mroothan scientist, traveling with his robot sidekick Glitch.
• Glitch (Corvidae): Rolph's scout drone AI companion. Not technically self-aware, but "still very clever" according to Rolph.
• Sakura Saitou: (Blackfire 667) A girl in her late-teens to early twenties, she isn't entirely sure. Adventurous trainee samurai with some limited ki powers. Kiryu Saitou's daughter.
• Kiryu Saitou: (Blackfire 667) A surly, cynical samurai with a fondness for strong drinks. Sakura Saitou's father.
• Cirranze / Sii-razh: (Eterna Memoria) A member of a diplomatic mission from the Arginan Empire (well, technically from its Church, but the division between it and state follows very different rules from the ones in modern western republics.). Looks mostly mundane on the surface, but appearances deceive, and if he is human something about him was changed.
• Durante "Dante" Hisakawa (Millership): A lounge singer looking for a job. Looks like a tall, thin, middle-aged, vaguely Asian man in tacky white tuxedo. In reality he is the Shattered World's incarnation of Time.
• Shireen of Karaozen Valley (Millership): Conveyor of souls in service of Shattered World's incarnation of love. Has the appearance of Central Asian woman with long thick braid and striking grayish blue eyes, wearing black waistcoat above dark blue blouse and black trousers. Staying in Room 1.007.
• Albert Frost (Millership): High-ranking member of Eckstein Incorporated, illegitimate son of its head, and owner of the Afalina airship. Staying with Ed in Suite 7.091.
• Aethelweard (Millership): Also known as Ed. Frost's right-hand man and bodyguard. A taciturn fellow. Staying with Frost in Suite 7.091.
• Karl Hummel (Millership): The cook of the Afalina airship. Ex-con man. Staying with Max in Room 7.089.
• Robin Agnesdochter van Segher (Millership): The mechanic of the Afalina airship. Rather attractive androgynous red-headed dusky young woman. Wears yellow cocktail dress. Staying with Cecilia in Room 7.068.
• The One Who Brings Horizons: (Eterna Memoria) A curious Precursor looking for "horizons to bring home". Looks like the vague silhouette of a tall robed person with constellations shining in and out of view on its "skin".
• Magistralis: (Slysheen) An amorphous being of data, possibly a product of technomancy. Not used to human communication.
• Eliza Augustus/Astaphanos (Yomegami): The abnormally young Sixth Archon of the Bleaksteel and a Sorceress, here on diplomacy duties. Doesn't seem to be entirely comfortable with her duties here.
• Samuel Douglas/Iao (Yomegami): The second Archon of the Bleaksteel, here on diplomacy duties. Is one of the more amiable members of the group.
• Kaswaesa, a.k.a. "Ron Jones" (Merseyuser1): A large owl-like being disguised as an ordinary human. He's still getting used to his human form.
• Iragan (Millership): Shattered World's high spirit of the Past, freed from his prison by Discoverer of Subversions. Discoverer's armor acts as an anchor for him, much to his chagrin. Looks like a skinny old man with long, disheveled hair and a beard. Wears golden robes with a hood.
• Ora (Millership): Short for Orain (Now). A Shattered World's high spirit of aforementioned domain, banished from physical and spirit realms for unspecified transgression. Now she entertains herself by narrating whatever events are unfolding before her. Generally, she can't interact with anyone (and vice versa), but certain kinds of characters can take notice of her, and even talk to her.
• Cecilia Bergmann (Millership): The healer of the Afalina airship. Cold and aloof, not unintelligent. Middle-aged brunette with bob haircut in white blouse and trousers. Staying with Robin in Room 7.068.
• Max Ahlstrom (Millership): The captain of the Afalina airship. Currently on vacation, although he himself doesn't think so. A dark-skinned, middle-aged man with strong build, and scarified and covered in tattoos head to toe. Wears black shirt and white summer trousers. Staying with Karl in Room 7.089.
• Striga (Ladytanuki): A young lady, probably a witch, with some form of selective omniscience.
• Faustus "Faust" Julius Marcellus Pantera (Will De Regio): A three-foot-tall Roman centurion cat doll, and First Spear of Mirmillon's Feline Legion^note not a full legion.
• Geoff: (DarkbloodCarnagefang) A shoggoth wearing a suit that keeps it into a roughly humanoid form. Generally more saner than its kin
• Ray (Gault): Engineer of the starship Pride of Rust. (picture◊)
• Kiran (Gault): Captain of the starship Pride of Rust. Looks kind of cat-like.
• Mashala (Gault): Cargo crew of the starship Pride of Rust. Ray's big brown furry sidekick.
• Akira Michi (Masterof Chaos): A twenty year old Japanese man who's really unhappy about his situation.
• John Richman (Masterof Chaos): A gun store owner and Akira's friend. Also very unhappy with being transported away from home.
• Jake Ronso (Kkutwar): A seemingly young man, he introduced himself as a Demon Lord of Greed- And the aura of pure evil would back that. Yet something about his aura seems wrong for that to be true...
• Fiona Mulier (Kkutwar): The Demon General of Lust. Wears a fancy red dress and acts with an almost fangirl-ish level of enthusiasm.
• Anna (Kkutwar): Gabriel's companion, she was created as a tool for piloting effectiveness- And thus isn't very strong.
• Gabriel Jones (Kkutwar): A mecha pilot from a destroyed universe, this mostly-human young man is still adjusting.
• Natalie (Kkutwar): A technological slime girl, Natalie was sent by the organization "Servants of Humanity" to investigate this ship and its passengers.
• Miss Loki (Kkutwar): Claimed to be a goddess, she works for the same organization as Natalie and didn't seem amused being left out initially.
• Lux Sniper (Kkutwar):
• Conrad Weiser (Kkutwar): Thrown out from a portal, Conrad is a young dark-skinned redhead who possesses a draconic appearance and utterly unusual looking eyes.
• Mancipium (Kkutwar): A mostly soulless individual said to be Conrad's bodyguard, her exact appearance is impossible to deduce with the silver bodysuit she wears.
• Kittan Christian (Kkutwar): A sickly-looking demon who hates humanity and loves chopping up corpses.
• Discoverer of Subversions (Kkutwar): An enigmatic individual who abruptly appeared in a seamless manner, incredible power seems to be hidden under his all concealing armor.
• Jinsui Feng: (Snowy Foxes) A young Renesian army lieutenant who likes to draw in their spare time. They are a solemn and reserved individual who is a bit more prone to pretentiousness than they may like to think.
• Emille Laroux (Ladytanuki): A living porcelain doll created by and princess to Lucina, holding a parasol even when there's no sun. Recently acquired a Transformation Trinket allowing her to transform into a human woman. Currently in doll form. (picture) (human form)
• Aubrey Branscombe (Wolf1066): A cultured man formerly from London but now a resident of Hartmouth on Terra Nova. Image◊ Balcony Stateroom "BA" 5.110
• Pearl (Wolf1066): A young English woman formerly from Manchester, UK, now a resident of Hartmouth on Terra Nova. Balcony Stateroom "BA" 5.110
• Teri (Wolf1066): A young woman of African descent, born and raised in London's East End but now resides on Terra Nova Picture◊. Balcony Stateroom "BA" 6.108
• "Wolfe" (Wolf1066): A not-so-young man formerly from New Zealand but now a resident of Terra Nova Picture◊ Balcony Stateroom "BA" 6.108
• Gwion (Wolf1066): Street-savvy cyborg with "no fixed occupation" and "no fixed abode". Obvious mechanical arm and red-irised artificial eye. Picture◊ Balcony Stateroom "BA" 7.072
• Alpha/Sophia (Wolf1066): Gwion's "co-worker" and "room mate". Natural-looking artificial eyes with automatic Digital Night Vision System and optional Thermographic Imaging. Picture 1◊ Picture 2◊ Balcony Stateroom "BA" 7.072
• Minerva Ingram-Walters (Will De Regio): Looks like an innocent, blond-haired, blue-eyed young woman. Is actually a combat gynoid with enough firepower to overthrow a banana republic. Staying in Room 6.202.
• Kokoro (Will De Regio): A double amputee Magical Girl and member of the Magical Misfit Squad, a subdivision of AEGIS. Her transformed state is that of a "tar monster." Currently transformed.
• Loki Laufeyjarson (Will De Regio): Norse trickster god(dess) who works for AEGIS and is stuck as a little girl. Has an odd sense of fashion.
• Ayako Watanabe (Will De Regio): A fifteen-year-old Magical Girl with the ability to manipulate string, thread, and fabric. Staying in Room 6.202.
• Mari Dojima (Will De Regio): A buxom redheaded Oni and one of AEGIS's resident Ms. Fanservice, she's accompanying the others as their chaperone(and for the booze). Staying in Room 6.202.
• Junko Shibata (Will De Regio): A seventeen-year-old, white haired Magical Girl/martial artist, who specializes in fire magic. Team leader of AEGIS Japan's Alpha Squad. Staying in Room 6.202. Magical girl form.
• Lady Nana (Will De Regio): A jurōgumo thora who hails from Senjimese port town of Tetsuzaki.
• Nameless Songmind (Killer Clowns): A Chord of the Song, seeking answers to questions in the blind spots of its supposed omniscience. Has accepted the title "Muse" for now. It waits for entities able to challenge it, and will seem like nothing but part of the decor if most beings use the room for their own battles.