searching Cowboy Bebop RP (sci-fi/SOL/Anthro)

[Jack Baker 698]

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The year is 2071. Years of technological progress and innovation have led ponies to discover the secrets to achieving faster than light travel, leading to exploration beyond planet Equestria and the establishment of multiple warp drive gates across the galaxy. However, an accident fifty years ago involving a warp drive gate located near the moon caused the planet to become almost uninhabitable, and as such, ponykind was forced to relocate and colonize the many different planets and moons in the Solar System. Crime rate has risen greatly since then, and the International Solar System Police (ISSP) have looked to the option of hiring bounty hunters, also known as "Cowboys", to apprehend criminals they cannot catch, bringing them in alive in return for a reward. You are one of these Cowboys, teaming up with others to form a crew who hunt down criminals across the Solar System, hoping to score a big reward.

As stated in the title, this is a roleplay inspired by the famous anime "Cowboy Bebop".

Rules specific to the RP:
- This RP mainly consists of the participants travelling the Solar System and hunting down criminals for a bounty reward, with a slice of life aspect as well. Not everyone needs to take part in the bounty hunting aspect; if you're not into that, and would rather just enjoy a relaxed RP with a sci-fi setting, you are more than welcome to do so.

- While it may be sci-fi, there are many modern aspects to the world of Cowboy Bebop, such as weaponry, and the look of some towns and cities. So no laser/plasma rifles here, just metal guns and lead bullets. Sorry if that's not what you're looking for, but I want to remain true to the aesthetic of Cowboy Bebop.

- You and the rest of the participants will be part of the same crew on the same ship. This is subject to change at my own discretion; I will only allow 5 participants max, however if more wish to join I will separate them into another crew of bounty hunters, which will also have 5 members. It is as this point I will allow 3 different crews, for a total of 15 people. I also might make separate threads for the other crews to post in and manage those as well, so as not to clog up one thread.

If this is the case:
1. The first person who joins after the first crew has been formed will be the captain of the second crew.
2. The captain must come up with a name for their crew's ship, and provide an image of what their ship looks like.

- Also in the case of multiple crews, you as an individual crew member don't have to be faithful to your own crew. Yes, backstabbing will be a thing in this RP, if there's someone on here that you want to be a member of your crew, you can convince them to betray their team and join your own.

- I said before that this RP has bounty hunting in it. I will mostly provide the bounties and play out the scenarios, however I am giving everyone the power to come up with their own bounty that they themselves can play out. Yes, you can be the villain if you want to!




General Rules:
1. No godmodding.
2. Action sequences must be PG-13
3. Make an effort to post here regularly
4. You can have romance, just keep like the action: PG-13
5. No gary-stu/mary-sue characters
6. Have fun!


Sign-ups:

Crew 1 | Ship Name: The Vega
1. Raze (Me)
2. Trinket (Driz)
3. Clockwork (Orange Sparks)
4. Bronze Bulwark (Hazard Time)
5. Skyhop (Commander Tangent)

 

Edited December 14, 2016 by Detective Adachi

[Jack Baker 698]

Bump

[Driz 1,552]

I have a question, if you don't mind.

 

Do I need to have watched the Cowboy Bebop show in order to fully understand and participate in this RP?

Edited December 9, 2016 by Driz

[Jack Baker 698]

@@Driz, 

 

Not exactly, Cowboy Bebop may be sci-fi but there's not much sci-fi in it; if you know about faster than light travel and spaceships you're pretty much set in that regard. 

 

A couple things I should mention though:

 

Guns are not really futuristic, the weapons you see in the show are pretty modern.

The currency is called "Wulongs"

You can only go from planet to planet using "Hyperspace Gates"

 

Just to name a few things off the top of my head.

[Driz 1,552]

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Gotcha... Well, this RP certainly piqued my interest! If you don't mind the fact that I haven't watched Cowboy Bebop yet - even though I am interested in it, so I might just get to it fairly soon - I'd be more than happy to join in. c:

 

This is Trinket, the character I'd like to be using. She's originally a toy maker, but given the sci-fi'esque genre and the post-apocalyptic scenario, I'd assume she'd be more fitted to be the ship's mechanical engineer or something along those lines. If she used to fabricate toys, she can most likely keep a spaceship from exploding in deep space, right? 

 

Also, whatever help you need, I'll gladly do my best to be of use to ya. I don't have the greatest roleplaying experience out there, but still, I'll try!

[Jack Baker 698]

Alright then, I'll keep your character in mind.

 

I think it'd be best if we all are on one ship, to be honest I could definitely do this like they do it in the show; start out with two people then have more people join along as time goes on.

@@Driz,

Actually, there is something i could use your help with: you think you could get more people to join this?  

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

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Interesting idea..I was actually in a Cowboy Bebop one on another forum that went dead..so what are the details? 

[Jack Baker 698]

@@Orange Sparks,

Well it's still a bit of a work in progress, I was thinking the participants would all be one big bounty hunter crew (max participants would probably be around 5 or 6), as the DM I will provide different bounties for the crew to go after; you can either start on the ship already, or you can come aboard the crew at a later time (i.e. you were originally a bounty the crew was hunting, but we decide to let you join instead).

 

That's what I have so far.

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

@,

 

Well I do have oc who's into things like mechanism and the such.. he also does stuff like automail and  stuff

https://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/clockwork-r9786

[Jack Baker 698]

omg he's got the Jet Black thing going on.

 

That's pretty good, I'll put him up on the sign up list.

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

He's even like Jet when he goes Mad Dog lol

[Jack Baker 698]

@@Orange Sparks,

Anyway, what was the Bebop RP on the other forum thread like? I could probably apply some of that stuff on here as well. 

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

Oh, I was actually doing my best to portray Spike..but yeah..the other person just kinda dropped out, I don't go on that site anymore. It was a romance one as well btw

[Jack Baker 698]

Ah, I got it. 

I was gonna incorporate romance on here actually. 

 

Also, this might be a bit much to ask, but do you think you could also help find other people who might be interested in this? I'd like to get this moving as soon as possible.

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

Sure thing and cool, well he's kinda both ways but he does prefers mares,. also is this anthro or feral?

[Jack Baker 698]

@@Orange Sparks,

i think anthro works better, but i'll leave the decision up to the participants. 

[Driz 1,552]

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Is there anything specific you'd like me to change about my character in order to better fit the universe? She's fairly recent, and I was about to edit/polish a whole bunch of stuff about her anyway. If you want, I can make a section dedicated to her CB's backstory, abilities (if needed) and such. Just tell me what to do~

 

Oh, also, I plan on watching a few episodes of it later today.

[Jack Baker 698]

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Is there anything specific you'd like me to change about my character in order to better fit the universe? She's fairly recent, and I was about to edit/polish a whole bunch of stuff about her anyway. If you want, I can make a section dedicated to her CB's backstory, abilities (if needed) and such. Just tell me what to do~

 

Oh, also, I plan on watching a few episodes of it later today.

I like her personality and things like that, those can stay. But yes, I think it would be best to make a section for her based solely around this RP.

 

Oh and if you watch the series, do the dubbed version. Seriously, it one-ups the sub by a crap ton.

[Driz 1,552]

Hmm... Are we gonna have specific roles in the ship if we end up being on the same crew, like the mechanic, the captain, the medic, etc. or are we all just straight up bounty hunters?

 

Also, as a side note, I just updated my character's profile with the info for this RP. If you want to check it out, do say if there's something off and I'll change it~

[Jack Baker 698]

Hmm... Are we gonna have specific roles in the ship if we end up being on the same crew, like the mechanic, the captain, the medic, etc. or are we all just straight up bounty hunters?

 

Also, as a side note, I just updated my character's profile with the info for this RP. If you want to check it out, do say if there's something off and I'll change it~

Well, in the show, the main characters didn't really have specific roles running the ship per se; for example if someone got injured or sick it was anyone's call as to who would help them. Also, it seemed that all maintenance of their main ship was handled by one person.

 

Granted, the main cast was somewhat disorganized as a crew, and not all bounty hunters operate the same way, but I did see ourselves kinda being like the main cast, where crew roles were pretty much nonexistent and anyone could deal with problems faced on the ship, if any.

 

TL;DR: yeah, we're straight up bounty hunters.

@Driz

Ah yeah, another thing I forgot to mention:

 

You should know what exactly the warp gate accident was. It blew up and shattered a huge chunk of the moon, and the debris fell onto the earth at the same frequency as rain, destroying the surface and killing 4.7 billion people. Debris still orbits the planet, and while Earth is still habited by people, they have to be careful of continuing rock falls from said orbiting debris.

[Driz 1,552]

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Ah, alright, gotcha, gotcha~ I'll keep that in mind. Thanks a bunch on filling me in on those details. Really appreciate it! I promise to watch the show real soon.   

[Sphinx-Ara 3,569]

So question, is this going to be post movie or pre movie (I.e. the halloween killer..i think it was called)

[Jack Baker 698]

It'll be pre movie.

 

I haven't actually seen the movie yet tbh.

Edited December 9, 2016 by Detective Adachi

[Hazard Time 1,127]

Admittedly, the most I know about Cowboy Bebop is what I read in the Wikipedia article, but I'm always game for sci-fi RPs!  I feel that the OC best suited for this thread would be Bronze Bulwark, whose bio you can find through the link in my sig.

[Jack Baker 698]

@@Driz,

Hey so I finally got around to thoroughly read your small bio for Trinket for the RP, and it's fine, only one slight problem:

 

The warp drive incident occurred fifty years ago from when the RP takes place. That would mean Trinket would be a lot older now than what she really is.

 

Unless she was cryogenically frozen and thawed out fifty years later, you might want to change that part of her backstory

Alright, I've officially updated the original post, it's now a full RP concept! With rules and everything!