Post by Bishop Morse on May 2, 2012 13:50:39 GMT -5
First Name: Bishop
Last Name: Morse
Alias or Nick-name: Morse
Age: 36
Height/Weight: 5”11 / 163 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde, long
Persuasion: Browncoat
Military Service: Former Independent Major
General Skills
- Negotiator - Bishop has been negotiating deals ever since 2507 when he was placed on the Logan. He knows what people want to hear, and knows how to set up deals which are either mutually beneficial, or weigh his side with a much higher value.
- Commander - Since the war, Bishop has been in command of both small and large groups of people
- Opportunist - Bishop has a good mind for benefit, both in the short and long term
- Weapons Affinity - Having fought in the war, Morse had handled his fair share of weapons of all kinds, is rather skilled with all of them.
- Self Preservation - Morse came up with the 'Logans Creed' which is "For Finance and Self Preservation", along time ago, and has lived by it ever sense. A sense of detachment has it's uses.
Talents Morse has knack for seizing opportunities, even if they haven't presented themselves yet. Often times this will lead to marginal financial gain. He is good with talking to people, and has had a fairly good amount of experience at leading people as well. His situational awareness is something which is very valuable, being to see if he's about to get swindled, or knowing if he should run away. He has a serious sense of fair play, but will always work an advantage in delicate situation, whether it be outnumbering the adversary or working a deal to get more then what was ever originally conceived. Morse has a lot of friends, not typically in the highest of standing in society. But while other people overlook the little things, Morse embraces them, and doesn't tend to cut ties with old friends.
Flaws Morse tends to have issues with loyalties. He's got a political mind, and considers things both large and small only in terms of benefit. This causes him to have very loose morals. He has what he refers to as "optimistic cynicism", which tends to make him rather bitter, not seeing much good in a lot of people, nor use in them. In a lot of ways Morse is a user, he has an agenda with everything, and the only consequences that matter are the ones that'll hurt him. Morse is highly insubordinate, and was somewhat problematic during the war, which was probably why he was placed in transfers. In spite of rank, Morse is a very fearful sort of person, not taking most threats lightly. He often times opts for hiding and running, a tactic he learned while in the Cavalry. He's an extremely selfish person, not particularly caring about fallout which comes to other people. He has an odd sense when it comes to politics. Realistically Morse hates the Alliance and everything it represents. But he likes is what the Alliance makes, in essence medicine and materials, where the former Independent Worlds, didn't make much of anything that was valuable. Because of this, his ideology seems to shift, but he does hold to a single set of values. He'd love to see another war for Independence, but first he would like to see the border and rim take everything it can from the Alliance. He a very evident superiority complex, and when people are around him, it shows who he believes is the better person. He has the habit of drinking something picked up during the war called "Homebrew", which is a back rim recipe. It has a very small, almost non existent alcoholic content, but also provides very good nutritional. However, it smell very literally like "Muddy, Grassy, Water", and tastes exactly the same. Long term effects of drinking it are still unknown, but it is a taste that Morse has acquired and loves, which most people can't stand.
History:Bishop was born on Beaumonde April 2nd, 2482. His father was a father was a small trade organizer and his mother was a school teacher, placing him in the middle class of the well to do world. Bishop had always been the very insubordinate type. He had above average marks in school in everything with the exception of general sciences and mathematics. But he at times seemed to have issue with his teachers since he had a very anti authoritative nature about him. His family primarily lived on a world called New Canaan, and Bishop would visit them often once a year. Bishop had also taken a great interest historical study and law which his father supported, since Bishop didn’t show a lot of interest in other activities at school. This continued on until he was 20 and in college taking basic studies, but he had always had a bit of an interest in the Navy, though never fully pursuing it. However when he was 20, Bishop stumbled into some interesting personal times, getting married to Heather Sluthburg (while intoxicated). She had fairly wealthy parents, which didn’t factor much into the equation as Bishop didn’t like them much, nor did they like him. Amidst the strange time time came their daughter, Jacky. But this was short lived as things took a very quick and heavy decline, as Slutherburg didn’t want to be tied down at all. The marriage was ended after only weeks, but Heather kept the baby, so she could hold it over her parents.
Bishop had a great sense of family, but family as far as the courts were concerned had no place for him. His separation with his now ex wife, left their daughter in her custody, much as it bothered him, and very little visitation right. But as this was going on, Bishops focus was divided by the turmoil over taking the political arenas. The Central Planets were getting very antsy, and moving towards Unification of all worlds. Bishop had always hated the concept of Alliance control, and was greatly in favor of the independents that Beaumonde had always enjoyed. Because of this he joined the Independents at the age of 24, along with his friends Hoffman and Ray. He wasn’t very heavy on the idea of infantry fighting, so joined into the Navy instead. He commanded a minor troop transporter/boarding vessel, a Remora 1B. He got some practice on the vessel, and got a feel for commanding a heavier and less nimble vessel, and was placed at the rank of Lieutenant. While in command he got to choose his crew and complement, and picked up his old friends Ray and Hoffman. Hoffman had gone in as a ship mechanic, which came as no surprise since his father was an engineer. As for Ray, he was somehow a soldier in the marines. He had some of the lowest marks as a soldier could have, but was still up for vessel complement. Bishop decided to pick him up as his gun crewmen, as he knew full well Ray wasn’t equipped for the stresses of boarding action.
It wasn’t long before the war would come knocking though. After serving through several patrol missions over Verbena, he was moved to general duty and stationed with the “Adomant 83rd” Browncoat fleet. After a series of minor skirmishes which Bishop himself didn’t see much action they were stationed over Boros as they were anticipating an alliance attack. And the attack did come, but was much worse than what was expected. The battle itself was terrible. The Independent vessels had been outnumbered at least 3 to 1. Bishop had his vessel fly up and down and over the debris and crossfire but it was shot up pretty bad. He lost all of boarding crew, as well as his pilot, and was forced to switch vessels, and was placed in command of the Michelles Way for the remainder of the battle. Here he met his future pilot, Andy. Bishop moved to Verbena, where the Independent forces were regrouping some elements of the fleet. He was transferred off of his new command and moved out of the navy entirely. Because he absolutely refused to command a boarding ship again, and had completely taste in the Navy itself, Bishop was reassigned to the Cavalry, and given the rank Captain. He was aloud to select his own crew for his new vessel, a Mantis T5 called ’The Logan’. In addition, he was also placed under a new set of commanders, and a very different mission detail.
Bishop was now put on a different assignment, which was “High Value Transfers” which was just a fancy way of saying smuggling weapons and essentials from Central Worlds to the Independent territories, under the direct command of General Longstreet. Longstreet was an infantry commander, but also had heavy ties to the smuggling operation. A vessel the size of ‘The Logan’ was able to carry enough weapons and supplies to tithe over an entire regiment for several months. This was something that Bishop took quite a liking to, as it was easy, gave him a lot of freedom, and was extremely important to the war effort. He met quite a few people in this line of work willing to assist in such things, as well as others who had opted for designation to do such dangerous tasks. The Alliance was well aware that there were Independent smugglers stealing weapon and ordinance and using them against their soldiers, but they couldn’t find a way to stop them. During this time he was promoted to Major. The Logan was doing this for just over 3 years until the Alliance took control of a majority of the space shipping lanes, while cracking down on suppliers, making it almost impossible for them to continue. Because of this he was transferred over to infantry support. From then on the war was very different. They would fly in and pick up wounded, move supplies on a battlefield, deploy troops. As a result, they were a very prized target for the Alliance.
Like so many of the Independents, Bishop was present for the Battle of Serenity. He continued his role as a transport, supplier, and fast action troop deployment unit. His vessel, The Logan, could hold tons of ordinance, weapons, and supplies and command put vessels like this to work. At one point in the battle the vessel was shot down behind enemy lines, while carrying a full load of wounded and much needed supplies. After heavy skirmish, the vessel did manage to lift off again. Bishop was decorated for this, as well as many in his crew. The battle itself continued on like this for it’s entire duration. Many times Morse was forced to leave the vessel himself, and lead troops directly while under fire. The battle would come to a close with an Independent loss. Bishop surrendered without a fight two days after all combat actions had ceased, and his vessel was seized.
While held in captivity Bishop placed before a board of inquiry to find out what his part was. Unlike many others, Bishop didn’t have hope that the Independents would return any time soon, and had no trouble with telling them all about the massive smuggling operation and espionage acts during the war. Because of his involvement, in what had been deemed a very serious action, he was viably labeled as a war criminal, though he had very little to do with the “war crimes” brought up against him. His sentencing was put on hold while his worth and credibility was evaluated. At that time a proposal was put before him. For the actions he was involved in his minimum sentencing would be 60 years in prison, the maximum would be execution. The proposal came from an alliance officer, Lieutenant Colonel Parkhill. Since the war had been at its end for nearly a month, there were now a large amount of illegal operations springing up all over the border territories, smuggling being one of the bigger issues, as well as large criminal rings being built up. The proposal stated that if Bishop were to act as an informant for the Alliance, and gave any information that he would have at any time that helped lead to the arrest of suspected fugitives he would be granted certain freedoms. He would be given back command of his ‘Mantis T5’ and granted specific I.D Codes. The codes listed the vessel as an I.S.C.S ship, and it was not to be boarded. But it would be watched carefully as in his vessel was to be bugged and tracked by Parkhill. If he were to attempt to remove the bug, or give completely fabricated information, he would have him arrested the next time the vessel made port.
As the only alternative to such a position would be death or life in prison, which wasn’t much better then death, Bishop didn’t have a lot of issue with this. He understood that the Independents had lost, and the only way to make it in the verse’ was by taking advantage of presented opportunities. The ‘Logan’ was returned to him, and Bishop was essentially an Alliance Snitch. He was placed in a regular internment camp to gather together future crew. Here he met Scruggs, his future technician, and Bobo, his soon to be medical officer. He tracked down Andy as well, and offered the positions on his ship. The last of his crew were easy enough to find, Hoffman and Ray. His crew being together he retook his old ship. However with this freedom Bishop didn’t hesitate to start up a heavy smuggling operation by moving large shipments of illegal ship parts and other less then legal elements around the verse’. He did give up quite a lot of information to the alliance though, and his handler, now Colonel Parkhill, was quite aware of his criminal enterprises. But Bishop in this time had gotten greatly involved with his former commander, Longstreet, who had set up quite the less then legal enterprise himself. Longstreet, being made fully aware of Bishops position, used it to his advantage to remove the competition, while Parkhill completely reaped the benefits of bringing such highly valued criminals to justice. Even today this circle of benefits continues as Bishop continues to command the Logan. Bishop had completed a higher learning degree just before the war broke out, and could pursue a career in education, but has decided that he likes this life too much to give it up. He is still very much in contact with his daughter, but doesn’t speak on to anyone outside of his crew, due to the vulnerability it provides.
Last Name: Morse
Alias or Nick-name: Morse
Age: 36
Height/Weight: 5”11 / 163 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde, long
Persuasion: Browncoat
Military Service: Former Independent Major
General Skills
- Negotiator - Bishop has been negotiating deals ever since 2507 when he was placed on the Logan. He knows what people want to hear, and knows how to set up deals which are either mutually beneficial, or weigh his side with a much higher value.
- Commander - Since the war, Bishop has been in command of both small and large groups of people
- Opportunist - Bishop has a good mind for benefit, both in the short and long term
- Weapons Affinity - Having fought in the war, Morse had handled his fair share of weapons of all kinds, is rather skilled with all of them.
- Self Preservation - Morse came up with the 'Logans Creed' which is "For Finance and Self Preservation", along time ago, and has lived by it ever sense. A sense of detachment has it's uses.
Talents Morse has knack for seizing opportunities, even if they haven't presented themselves yet. Often times this will lead to marginal financial gain. He is good with talking to people, and has had a fairly good amount of experience at leading people as well. His situational awareness is something which is very valuable, being to see if he's about to get swindled, or knowing if he should run away. He has a serious sense of fair play, but will always work an advantage in delicate situation, whether it be outnumbering the adversary or working a deal to get more then what was ever originally conceived. Morse has a lot of friends, not typically in the highest of standing in society. But while other people overlook the little things, Morse embraces them, and doesn't tend to cut ties with old friends.
Flaws Morse tends to have issues with loyalties. He's got a political mind, and considers things both large and small only in terms of benefit. This causes him to have very loose morals. He has what he refers to as "optimistic cynicism", which tends to make him rather bitter, not seeing much good in a lot of people, nor use in them. In a lot of ways Morse is a user, he has an agenda with everything, and the only consequences that matter are the ones that'll hurt him. Morse is highly insubordinate, and was somewhat problematic during the war, which was probably why he was placed in transfers. In spite of rank, Morse is a very fearful sort of person, not taking most threats lightly. He often times opts for hiding and running, a tactic he learned while in the Cavalry. He's an extremely selfish person, not particularly caring about fallout which comes to other people. He has an odd sense when it comes to politics. Realistically Morse hates the Alliance and everything it represents. But he likes is what the Alliance makes, in essence medicine and materials, where the former Independent Worlds, didn't make much of anything that was valuable. Because of this, his ideology seems to shift, but he does hold to a single set of values. He'd love to see another war for Independence, but first he would like to see the border and rim take everything it can from the Alliance. He a very evident superiority complex, and when people are around him, it shows who he believes is the better person. He has the habit of drinking something picked up during the war called "Homebrew", which is a back rim recipe. It has a very small, almost non existent alcoholic content, but also provides very good nutritional. However, it smell very literally like "Muddy, Grassy, Water", and tastes exactly the same. Long term effects of drinking it are still unknown, but it is a taste that Morse has acquired and loves, which most people can't stand.
History:Bishop was born on Beaumonde April 2nd, 2482. His father was a father was a small trade organizer and his mother was a school teacher, placing him in the middle class of the well to do world. Bishop had always been the very insubordinate type. He had above average marks in school in everything with the exception of general sciences and mathematics. But he at times seemed to have issue with his teachers since he had a very anti authoritative nature about him. His family primarily lived on a world called New Canaan, and Bishop would visit them often once a year. Bishop had also taken a great interest historical study and law which his father supported, since Bishop didn’t show a lot of interest in other activities at school. This continued on until he was 20 and in college taking basic studies, but he had always had a bit of an interest in the Navy, though never fully pursuing it. However when he was 20, Bishop stumbled into some interesting personal times, getting married to Heather Sluthburg (while intoxicated). She had fairly wealthy parents, which didn’t factor much into the equation as Bishop didn’t like them much, nor did they like him. Amidst the strange time time came their daughter, Jacky. But this was short lived as things took a very quick and heavy decline, as Slutherburg didn’t want to be tied down at all. The marriage was ended after only weeks, but Heather kept the baby, so she could hold it over her parents.
Bishop had a great sense of family, but family as far as the courts were concerned had no place for him. His separation with his now ex wife, left their daughter in her custody, much as it bothered him, and very little visitation right. But as this was going on, Bishops focus was divided by the turmoil over taking the political arenas. The Central Planets were getting very antsy, and moving towards Unification of all worlds. Bishop had always hated the concept of Alliance control, and was greatly in favor of the independents that Beaumonde had always enjoyed. Because of this he joined the Independents at the age of 24, along with his friends Hoffman and Ray. He wasn’t very heavy on the idea of infantry fighting, so joined into the Navy instead. He commanded a minor troop transporter/boarding vessel, a Remora 1B. He got some practice on the vessel, and got a feel for commanding a heavier and less nimble vessel, and was placed at the rank of Lieutenant. While in command he got to choose his crew and complement, and picked up his old friends Ray and Hoffman. Hoffman had gone in as a ship mechanic, which came as no surprise since his father was an engineer. As for Ray, he was somehow a soldier in the marines. He had some of the lowest marks as a soldier could have, but was still up for vessel complement. Bishop decided to pick him up as his gun crewmen, as he knew full well Ray wasn’t equipped for the stresses of boarding action.
It wasn’t long before the war would come knocking though. After serving through several patrol missions over Verbena, he was moved to general duty and stationed with the “Adomant 83rd” Browncoat fleet. After a series of minor skirmishes which Bishop himself didn’t see much action they were stationed over Boros as they were anticipating an alliance attack. And the attack did come, but was much worse than what was expected. The battle itself was terrible. The Independent vessels had been outnumbered at least 3 to 1. Bishop had his vessel fly up and down and over the debris and crossfire but it was shot up pretty bad. He lost all of boarding crew, as well as his pilot, and was forced to switch vessels, and was placed in command of the Michelles Way for the remainder of the battle. Here he met his future pilot, Andy. Bishop moved to Verbena, where the Independent forces were regrouping some elements of the fleet. He was transferred off of his new command and moved out of the navy entirely. Because he absolutely refused to command a boarding ship again, and had completely taste in the Navy itself, Bishop was reassigned to the Cavalry, and given the rank Captain. He was aloud to select his own crew for his new vessel, a Mantis T5 called ’The Logan’. In addition, he was also placed under a new set of commanders, and a very different mission detail.
Bishop was now put on a different assignment, which was “High Value Transfers” which was just a fancy way of saying smuggling weapons and essentials from Central Worlds to the Independent territories, under the direct command of General Longstreet. Longstreet was an infantry commander, but also had heavy ties to the smuggling operation. A vessel the size of ‘The Logan’ was able to carry enough weapons and supplies to tithe over an entire regiment for several months. This was something that Bishop took quite a liking to, as it was easy, gave him a lot of freedom, and was extremely important to the war effort. He met quite a few people in this line of work willing to assist in such things, as well as others who had opted for designation to do such dangerous tasks. The Alliance was well aware that there were Independent smugglers stealing weapon and ordinance and using them against their soldiers, but they couldn’t find a way to stop them. During this time he was promoted to Major. The Logan was doing this for just over 3 years until the Alliance took control of a majority of the space shipping lanes, while cracking down on suppliers, making it almost impossible for them to continue. Because of this he was transferred over to infantry support. From then on the war was very different. They would fly in and pick up wounded, move supplies on a battlefield, deploy troops. As a result, they were a very prized target for the Alliance.
Like so many of the Independents, Bishop was present for the Battle of Serenity. He continued his role as a transport, supplier, and fast action troop deployment unit. His vessel, The Logan, could hold tons of ordinance, weapons, and supplies and command put vessels like this to work. At one point in the battle the vessel was shot down behind enemy lines, while carrying a full load of wounded and much needed supplies. After heavy skirmish, the vessel did manage to lift off again. Bishop was decorated for this, as well as many in his crew. The battle itself continued on like this for it’s entire duration. Many times Morse was forced to leave the vessel himself, and lead troops directly while under fire. The battle would come to a close with an Independent loss. Bishop surrendered without a fight two days after all combat actions had ceased, and his vessel was seized.
While held in captivity Bishop placed before a board of inquiry to find out what his part was. Unlike many others, Bishop didn’t have hope that the Independents would return any time soon, and had no trouble with telling them all about the massive smuggling operation and espionage acts during the war. Because of his involvement, in what had been deemed a very serious action, he was viably labeled as a war criminal, though he had very little to do with the “war crimes” brought up against him. His sentencing was put on hold while his worth and credibility was evaluated. At that time a proposal was put before him. For the actions he was involved in his minimum sentencing would be 60 years in prison, the maximum would be execution. The proposal came from an alliance officer, Lieutenant Colonel Parkhill. Since the war had been at its end for nearly a month, there were now a large amount of illegal operations springing up all over the border territories, smuggling being one of the bigger issues, as well as large criminal rings being built up. The proposal stated that if Bishop were to act as an informant for the Alliance, and gave any information that he would have at any time that helped lead to the arrest of suspected fugitives he would be granted certain freedoms. He would be given back command of his ‘Mantis T5’ and granted specific I.D Codes. The codes listed the vessel as an I.S.C.S ship, and it was not to be boarded. But it would be watched carefully as in his vessel was to be bugged and tracked by Parkhill. If he were to attempt to remove the bug, or give completely fabricated information, he would have him arrested the next time the vessel made port.
As the only alternative to such a position would be death or life in prison, which wasn’t much better then death, Bishop didn’t have a lot of issue with this. He understood that the Independents had lost, and the only way to make it in the verse’ was by taking advantage of presented opportunities. The ‘Logan’ was returned to him, and Bishop was essentially an Alliance Snitch. He was placed in a regular internment camp to gather together future crew. Here he met Scruggs, his future technician, and Bobo, his soon to be medical officer. He tracked down Andy as well, and offered the positions on his ship. The last of his crew were easy enough to find, Hoffman and Ray. His crew being together he retook his old ship. However with this freedom Bishop didn’t hesitate to start up a heavy smuggling operation by moving large shipments of illegal ship parts and other less then legal elements around the verse’. He did give up quite a lot of information to the alliance though, and his handler, now Colonel Parkhill, was quite aware of his criminal enterprises. But Bishop in this time had gotten greatly involved with his former commander, Longstreet, who had set up quite the less then legal enterprise himself. Longstreet, being made fully aware of Bishops position, used it to his advantage to remove the competition, while Parkhill completely reaped the benefits of bringing such highly valued criminals to justice. Even today this circle of benefits continues as Bishop continues to command the Logan. Bishop had completed a higher learning degree just before the war broke out, and could pursue a career in education, but has decided that he likes this life too much to give it up. He is still very much in contact with his daughter, but doesn’t speak on to anyone outside of his crew, due to the vulnerability it provides.