| The Tampa Twins [message #57262] |
Tue, 24 April 2012 23:29  |
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 Tsureai
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The original Buccaneer left one hell of a legacy for an alcoholic 'Nam vet with PTSD and trunk of souvenirs.
He first showed up in the late 70's, a lone nutcase wearing a jumbled mix of body armor, NFL gear, and a football helmet over a skull mask. He'd fire off flares when the Buccaneers scored, blow up the occasional car full of cocaine dealers, and generally was more a local character than hero.
That changed when he came down with some kind of cancer from a combination of agent orange and napalm fumes. The original Bucc passed his gear on to the quarterback of the team, who had no real idea what to do with a a suit of military spec body armor, a trunk of assault rifles, and a grenade launcher. But the team rather liked the lovable nutcase, and when he retired their winning streak almost immediately dried up.
So they hired a stadium guard to dress up in his gear on game days, and things kind of escalated from there. Thirty years later Bucc had picked up a baby sister Bolt, sponsored by the local NHL franchise. Instead of a mishmash of army surplus vests and weapons, they're armed with heavily themed army surplus power armor and custom weapons.
Bucc is actually two suits of heavy assault armor, painted up in Buccaneers colors while still retaining the characteristic skull face helmet. Bucc carries a 40mm rotary grenade launcher, and a pair of electrified cutlasses. Bolt is again actually a pair of light recon suits, up-armored to have a female silhouette and limited flight capabilities. Bolt carries a 40mm grenade pistol, and a pair of retractable whip tazers.
Instead of a single security guard Bucc and Bolt are piloted by a hand picked corps of pilots. The six of them rotate out being on standby, giving Bucc and Bolt the appearance of inhuman stamina and health.
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57289 is a reply to message #57263 ] |
Wed, 25 April 2012 12:46  |
Isodecan
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Interesting story idea, although it might have gone better in the actual fanfic, or with just a little framing, say being told from the POV of one of the current pilots, in the Micro Scenes section. But still, the idea of a sports franchise sponsoring a superhero is really cool.
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57306 is a reply to message #57262 ] |
Wed, 25 April 2012 21:06 |
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Tsureai
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Location: Texas Y'all! |
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I think I put this in the wrong forum. Oh well!
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57359 is a reply to message #57262 ] |
Fri, 27 April 2012 00:32 |
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trusting
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loving it so far , im a big fan of crunchy bits like know where something comes from 
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57424 is a reply to message #57262 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 00:26 |
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trusting
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im rather fond of the bite size chunk serial nature
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57425 is a reply to message #57262 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 00:27 |
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Tsureai
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Hey Yall.
So, aside from like, one or two definite goals, I really have no idea where to go with this. Bucc and Bolt are kind of like a fever dream I had while playing in a story arc in the Darkmyst RP channel. As such things often do, they kind of took on a life and momentum of their own.
But I have no idea where to go with it. So I'm asking you.
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57426 is a reply to message #57424 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 00:28 |
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Tsureai
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Location: Texas Y'all! |
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| trusting wrote on Sun, 29 April 2012 00:26 | im rather fond of the bite size chunk serial nature
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That's my ADD showing Trusting. If I don't post in small bits as the mood hits me, experience has shown it never gets posted.
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57477 is a reply to message #57262 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 14:19 |
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Tsureai
Messages: 126
Registered: July 2008
Location: Texas Y'all! |
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I need combat quips. Like, ones appropriate to ice hockey and grrl power.
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57510 is a reply to message #57483 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 19:32 |
Isodecan
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I like that Bolt is getting set up as an actual frontline unit, with Bucc more as a heavy backup unit, Although, rather than "Bucc and Bolt", it might have been better to do "Bucc and the Lightning Girls", playing off the Tampa Bay Lightning cheerleaders, that way there could have been several of them. You might do catchphrases based off of team motto's, like Be the Thunder.
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| Re: The Tampa Twins [message #57513 is a reply to message #57262 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 20:16 |
LadyTycat
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Registered: December 2011 |
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I have to say I like this line. It stands out very nicely and evokes a great image.
| Tsureai wrote on Sun, 29 April 2012 13:59 | Bolt? With Bolt you can dance in the sky..."
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My hat is off to you for that one.
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