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Post by kestrelwing on Jan 15, 2012 22:35:24 GMT -5
Okay, so I feel like we need to flesh out some details about O:FF. Because it's such an integral part of the main plot, and not many members are currently being RPed (I think it's just my Kay and Courtney's Tony) we need to work out what the organization is actually like.
1) About how many members does O:FF have? Do the members have ranks, or is it a more informal membership? Do members recieve certain privileges (living quarters, food, access to weaponry, etc.)?
2) What is the history of O:FF? Who was the leader before Tony and how did he run things? What does Tony want to change? Where did the idea of O:FF begin? How old is the oldest member?
3) What are the plans of O:FF? How much do they know about the government/the government's plans? Do they seek to take down the entire regime? And if so, how do they want to restructure society? What are their views on force and sabotage? (Keeping in mind the idea of collateral damage, that is.)
I think that's about it. I do have a few opinions of my own, but I figured I'd put this out there as a general questionnaire first and try to get some discussion going? It has a lot of potential as great backstory work. =)
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Post by Admin Courtney on Jan 15, 2012 23:15:31 GMT -5
1) About how many members does O:FF have? Do the members have ranks, or is it a more informal membership? Do members recieve certain privileges (living quarters, food, access to weaponry, etc.)? My thoughts about this: I'd think the member count varies, but perhaps the active member count could be around fifty? Not enough to do anything, but not too little that it's just a dream. I feel membership would be mostly informal, but some members would have important jobs. Like Kay for example. My character Tyler is also a 'member' but he just 'joined' to protect himself should anything happen. He's safe no matter who wins. ;P I feel it would be difficult for O:FF to have a lot of privileges to offer, but weapons access could be one. As well as the opportunity to live in the O:FF headquarters, which is kept up maintenance-wise by O:FF members. Food everyone would have to fend for themselves for, but some people might be able to bring extra food on their hunts to share. It could be like a family almost in that way. If that makes sense. 2) What is the history of O:FF? Who was the leader before Tony and how did he run things? What does Tony want to change? Where did the idea of O:FF begin? How old is the oldest member? Hmm, I've never really thought about this one. Off the top of my head... The last leader (let's name him Ivan) contracted the flu and his fever got bad enough to weaken him and he died from it, since access to medicines is difficult. Perhaps O:FF was his idea, but he was not all that great at moving it anywhere other than gathering members. Tony's goal is to do some damage. Gather more members, and cause some chaos to the factions so that their attention is divided. Take them down from the inside until they have enough information, power, and people to rise up and say "Hey. You're treating us like crap and it's not fair. Forget the whole faction thing. We need to unite and stop categorizing us and punishing those who don't fit etc etc." 3) What are the plans of O:FF? How much do they know about the government/the government's plans? Do they seek to take down the entire regime? And if so, how do they want to restructure society? What are their views on force and sabotage? (Keeping in mind the idea of collateral damage, that is.) I outlined some of the plans in #2, but basically: They don't think the factions are a good idea They think 'faction before family' is just sad. No one should have to dismiss their family if they don't want to, and many don't want to. They think the idea of the factions is setting people against one-another. They want to take over the government, scrap the whole faction idea, and try to rebuild society from scratch with less constrictions. Or create a faction for those who don't fit in. But nothing's set in stone. Perhaps a democracy. If they have to use force and sabotage, so be it. But they'll avoid hurting people as much as possible. But they're fighting for their lives here, so unfortunate things could happen. There could be a war. So these are my thoughts and ideas on this. Anyone feel free to add to it, challenge it, question it, scrap it completely and give your own ideas |
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Post by kestrelwing on Jan 15, 2012 23:24:34 GMT -5
As for #1, I'm in total agreement, but it brings up another question: What exactly is the O:FF headquarters like? Does it have any sort of heating? Do members live there? Is it large? I'm imagining that it needs a lot of room for planning stations and supply rooms. Not that they really have many supplies, but Kay and some other members (Can she be on a small task force?! I want a weapons-making team! xD) must have gotten some stuff together.
As for #2, that all sounds pretty good, but yet again, there are still a few more questions. Is there a senior member of O:FF? I mean, she or he would obviously defer to Tony as the leader, but there needs to be someone to help him organize intelligence and keep control of basic things. Basically, who would be Tony's "deputy"?
#3 also works just fine. Is it fair to assume that some members of O:FF want more violence than others? I mean, Kay wouldn't mind bashing in a few heads. Also, she needs to meet Tony soon. She has a couple ideas. xD
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Post by Admin Courtney on Jan 17, 2012 12:07:05 GMT -5
My vision of the O:FF HQ:
- an old building with several floors (4-5), perhaps what used to be an office building.
- several rooms turned into apartment-like rooms for members to sleep in.
- meeting rooms on the lower levels used as, well, meeting rooms
- I wouldn't see them as having heating, but they could build firepits. Would be a safety hazard but I think over time they'd have built them up so it's safe.
- THey'd have limited electricity but perhaps someone figured out a way to steal some from the factions.
- a room for supplies and weapons and such.
Also your idea for Kay's task force makes sense. She could head it if you'd like.
2. I hadn't really thought about senior members, but I could see someone he'd have as a 'deputy'. Just no idea who they would be.
If someone wants the job, go for it.
3. There would definitely be some type of head-bashing within O:FF in regards to a more violent approach versus a more peaceful one. Tony would rather avoid what he could, but he's not objecting to blowing up a few things just to set the factions on edge.
We should rp them soon
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Post by kestrelwing on Jan 18, 2012 15:45:54 GMT -5
Okay, that's enough info for me to get to it. Want to create a thread? Basically, Kay can just interrupt Tony doing anything. (I just hate starting threads, no idea why. I can do it if you'd prefer, though.) =)
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Post by Admin Courtney on Jan 18, 2012 16:10:32 GMT -5
I can start one, then  |
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Post by marcus89 on Jan 21, 2012 15:26:20 GMT -5
O:FF Sounds great Courtney, but I think having the Gastrelium in the picture would make it more interesting. I really have no idea myself or my character on the uprising within the faction area. So far enough, its only a rumor. But what if Marcus learned it isn't? And Tony learned about Marcus as well. It would totally be a sort of a weird situation. "Hey Im trying to bring down the government." "Yeah me too." Its not going to be an easy encounter. So I thought, what if they come down to a moment that they would use each other to outsmart each other. Marcus has what Tony needs, inside information. He has his two sisters in the faction that mostly act on the government, he as well is in between the politics because he's a Dauntless and they control security. While Tony has what Marcus wants, numbers. Because he doesn't know if his sisters are really recruiting or what. They don't tell him. So Marcus would be really interested in getting a hold of rebellious numbers.
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Post by Admin Courtney on Jan 21, 2012 22:03:48 GMT -5
It would certainly be interesting if they did end up meeting each other. Not sure how the subject of an uprising would come up, but they're both smart to some degree, so they might be able to be like "Hm, the way he's talking.. it sounds like he hates the government" and go from there.
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