I think a list of main, recurring characters with a short bio would be great here. Not to much but just a little background to sell the books.
I definitely would like that! It would be difficult to decide whether to make it informal, or like a service/intelligence file which could end up rather dry (see below). Also, pictures would be problematic, I guess.
Name: Alfred E Neuman
Height: 5' 4"
Weight: 71 kg
Hair: Red
Distinguishing Features: Gap-toothed smile.
Bio: Found in a stasis tube in a pre-plague garbage landfill, he was successfully revived although his mental acuity tests were borderline. He was last seen sweeping floors in Jung-occupied Banff, NAU.
An intel file!!! Great idea... not to much but enough to set up the character for new readers. LOVE IT!!
Seems like this is something to be done by one of us obsessed fans. Any volunteers?
How about this... And please feel free (all of you) to cut and paste and add your thoughts of if I forgot anything... 🙂
Name: Nathan Scott
Affiliation: Earth Defense Force (EDF)
Rank: Captain (Field Promotion due to losses during battle)
Posting: Commander UES Aurora
Education: B.S. Degree - Earth History (Pre & Post Plague)
Graduate of EDF Academy of North America
Graduate of EDF Flight Training
Campaigns: Battle of Resistance to Ta'Akar Empire (various)
Liberation of Cornair
Liberation of Antoc
Liberation of Ta'Akar
First Battle of Earth Resistance
Liberation of Tanna
Additional Info: Capt. Scott is quite frankly a natural leader. While lacking much experience, he is adept at adapting to a battle situation and using his ship a technology in a very effective means of battle. His very lack of experience is good in that he is not limited to any certain way of thinking. The term "thinking out of the box" best describes his battle tactics to date.
He is not afraid to use his personnel to get possible new or better strategies to accomplish his goals. First and foremost on his mind is the liberation of Earth, and he will do all he can to accomplish that goal.
His one weakness is that he can take losses of people a little personal. Capt. Scott is still a little "green" when it comes to losses of people and can affect his judgement at times.
This might be a good time to start breaking up the status of characters by the situation after each episode to avoid spoilers. Best to start now before there's a backlog of 20+ episodes.
Nuclearman - So, the Bios would change based on a lens of which episode you are looking at? Like this:
Nathan Scott (ep 1) - A young Ensign on his first cruise.
Nathan Scott (ep 9) - Captain of the Aurora, Hero of the Takaran campaign, Commander of all military forces arrayed against the Jung.
Sounds complicated. I'd love to read it, but not sure how to organize it.
