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Space 1999

Once upon a time, there was a view of the future, a future shaped by the technology and aesthetics of the day.

Background: The

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==In The Beginning==
June 1946.

The War is over. Welcome home, GI.

Love is in the air, and with love come nuptials, and with nuptials comes honeymoons. In this case, then comes Florida and in particular, Miami is always a wonderful place to be.

In this case...it hasn't turned out like you'd wanted. But still...love is in the air, and sometimes you're head over heels enough to ignore the little things and go on an adventure.

The Honeymooners IC Thread:

The Honeymooners OOC Thread: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/coc7e-the-honeymooners.934031/

==Locations==
==='''The AMS ''Honeydew'' '''===

The AMS (which stands for ''Alberto Marin's Ship'') the ''Honeydew'' is a 40' shallow draft houseboat; her beam is about 15'. She is of pre-war build, then again, these days, most everything is as US production shifts from Wartime to Peacetime production. With her small gas engine, she has a normal cruising speed is 2-3 knots. Cabins are plainly furnished on the portside of the boat, but the cabins are comfortable. The engine is also the generator for electric lights; she has a battery that will give an hour or two of light when the main motor isn't running. There isn't power for major appliances, so food is cooked on an oil stove on the aft quarter. The cabin roof is a sun deck with reclining chairs, tables, and sun beds. A canvas awning can be rigged in wet weather. The other deck areas are small and cluttered with hatches and fittings. There is a drop privy amidships, and there are two two-hundred gallon tanks, one fore and one aft. The forward is potable water for cooking, the aft is for gasoline.

There are two 20-gauge double-barreled shotguns and fifty cartridges in a gun case in the wheelhouse. A fire axe is clipped to the bulkhead in the galley. There are also several sharp knives aft, in a pair of broad cabinets with utensils, cooking and eating gear, and this qualifies as a basic galley. Other equipment inc1udes four oil lanterns and two large flashlights, several coils of rope, six fishing rods and reels (bring your own bait), a 78-rprn record player with a stack of jazz and Andrews Sisters records, and a boat hook. A four-seat rowing dinghy emblazoned with the name, 'Al's Little Princess' is towed aft. It can hold 5-6 people if the extra passengers sit between the rowing benches, but is easily swamped if heavily loaded.

[[File:AMS Honeydew2.jpg]]

==='''The Everglades'''===

Picture a fifty-mile-wide slow moving river of depths ranging from a few feet to a mere few inches, subdivided into a complex maze of islands, swamps. and streams. This is the Everglades. There are literally thousands of small islands, and they are home to many plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth.

Cypress trees grow in the water, with tubular air roots sticking up as snorkels, Festoons of Spanish moss cover their branches like strange wigs, twisting lianas strangle trees and bushes. Log-like shapes float in the water, sometimes opening cavernous mouths, then slipping underwater as the boat approaches. Snakes and amphibians swim and cling to trees while flamingoes and pelicans flap overhead.

Pitcher plants lure insects into their lethal maws, and orchids attract lovers of beauty. Insects are everywhere, from gigantic dragonflies to mosquitoes and hordes of stinging midges. Small lizards and amphibians find their way into cabins and beds. At night bats swoop through the trees, eyes glimmer from every tree and islet the boat passes, and every light is besieged by moths until the lights are put out.

In the 1940s the Everglades have been explored, and areas are being drained. Wildlife is plentiful, and alligators are common, though becoming rare around the main channels. Other large animals include a few crocodiles and manatees. There are no hunting restrictions. There are houses and farms on some of the largest islands, and villages in the drained areas, but most of the region is still uninhabited.

[[File:Everglades 001.jpg]]

==Dramatis Personae==
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
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| Naphthalim || William James || Male || 70 || 70 || 70 || 40 || 70 || 40 || 60 || 43 || 14 || 40 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
|-
| ferretribution || Thérèse ''Terri'' James || Female || 25 || 55 || 65 || 90 || 65 || 75 || 50 || 80 || 8 || 75 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
|-
|| Gryffon15 || Arthur Buller-Cott || Male || 25|| 50 || 60 || 70 || 55 ||50 || 80 || 60 || 7 || 50 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
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|| Daxian || Harlow Buller-Cott || Female || 40 || 65 || 80 || 70 || 40 || 60 || 50 || 55 || 10 || 60 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
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| Eplov || Cole Carter || Male || 50 || 50 || 90 || 50 || 50 || 75 || 44 || 55 || 10 || 75 ||
|}
'''Age''': 26

'''Hometown''': Homestead / Florida City, Florida

'''Marital status''': newly married to "Kitty Carter"

'''Pre-war'''
Cole grew up in the canal-and-farm seam south of Miami. He learned shallow water travel early and, by his late teens/early twenties, became a night boat runner moving misappropriated surplus and other gray-market goods through back cuts and canals. He wasn't a mastermind or kingpin; he was a pilot—the guy trusted to move cargo unseen, quietly, and on time. The work paid, but it also meant living around men who treated people as inventory.

'''The incident that forced enlistment'''

Cole crossed a corrupt official / law-adjacent operator who used paperwork and muscle to control local smuggling and "surplus" flows. When Jack Carter (Kitty's brother/cousin/whatever) was about to be disposed of as a loose end, Cole intervened and saved him. That drew a personal enemy with reach. Laying low wouldn't solve it; the operator could weaponize both the law and the underworld. Cole's safest move was to become hard to touch: he enlisted.

'''War service'''

U.S. Coast Guard, Pacific Theater. Served as small-craft coxswain/boat crew supporting landings, harbor control, towing disabled craft, rescue/recovery, and night navigation through reefs and surf under pressure. No supernatural encounters—his war scars are human: cruelty, triage decisions, and the cold logic of logistics. He survived because he is meticulous, calm under stress, and unnervingly competent on dark water.

'''Post-war (June 1946)'''

Recently home and newly married, Cole is trying to go legitimate. He's oriented toward law enforcement after returning (application in progress or newly hired—keeper can place as needed). The Miami/Everglades honeymoon is both a real attempt at normalcy and a return to terrain that remembers him.

'''Personality and tells'''

Quiet, watchful, protective. Doesn't glamorize violence. Habitually checks lines, fuel, light sources, and exits. Avoids war stories. Carries himself like a man who expects plans to fail and has already rehearsed the backup.

[[File:Colecarter.jpg]]

{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ''||
|-
| PathfinderQ1 || Katherine ''Kitty'' Carter || Female ||
|}
She was Kitty all through high school, and during the war years in her hometown- she tried to shift to Kate when she moved to Boston and started working for the Daily Record (but she kept slipping back to Kitty out of habit. Now that she is married, she is trying even harder to go by Kate.

She went down to Florida to track down people who had known her cousin before the war, as part of a family history project (and to polish her research and writing skills). And well, there was Cole, who had some interesting stories about Jack. He was hardly the sort of man she would have ever thought she would fall for. But, as the saying goes, "the heart wants what the heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care" (of course Kitty, er Kate, has read Emily Dickinson- she has read a bit of everything).

The courtship was a quick one, and Kate set about getting a job at "the local newspaper"- for now, just like in Boston, it was mostly filing, typing, and background research in the newspaper's file room (or "morgue", in newsie-speak). She isn't sure if she will keep the job up just yet, but she isn't really intending to be a traditional housewife.

Only four of her family members came down for her wedding- strictly speaking, three family members and her mentor Franklin Temple (an aged historian, editor, and bookstore owner). She had been mostly raised by her aunt and uncle- her mother had died when Kate was very young and her father was not equipped to be a single parent (while her aunt and uncle had wanted children but couldn't have their own). Kate's father was a quiet man, but Cole saw something in him, some qualities he recognized- while Ben Braithwaite was quiet, he hadn't always been that way- and he seemed like he would be a terrible man to cross. When he shook his son-in-law's hand and said "Take care of my little girl," there was definitely an unspoken "Or else" in there.

==Known NPCs==
'''Captain Honest Al Marin''': A transplanted Cubano who owns Honest Al's Boat Rentals south of Miami. He's run-and owned-the place since he came to the US in 1915. He rents small boats for day and week excursions into the Gulf, and also small shallow-draft boats for coastal and trips into the Everglades.

[[File:Honest Al.jpg]]

'''Selah Clancy''': She's lived her life in these swamps. Her mama and papa were raised in these swamps, and her grandparents before them. She's got some education to her, she completed the sixth grade before she got married, and she's still interested in reading and writing, some - and she knows her numbers. Don't let that fool you: she's fairly bright. She has three children, Ruth, Ezekial, Sarah.

[[File:Selah clancy.jpg]]

'''The Clancy Children, Ruth (9), Ezekial (8), and Sarah (5)'''

[[File:The clancy kids1.jpg]]

'''Jonah Clancy'''

[[File:Jonah clancy.jpg]]

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==In The Beginning==
June 1946.

The War is over. Welcome home, GI.

Love is in the air, and with love come nuptials, and with nuptials comes honeymoons. In this case, then comes Florida and in particular, Miami is always a wonderful place to be.

In this case...it hasn't turned out like you'd wanted. But still...love is in the air, and sometimes you're head over heels enough to ignore the little things and go on an adventure.

The Honeymooners IC Thread:

The Honeymooners OOC Thread: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/coc7e-the-honeymooners.934031/

==Locations==
==='''The AMS ''Honeydew'' '''===

The AMS (which stands for ''Alberto Marin's Ship'') the ''Honeydew'' is a 40' shallow draft houseboat; her beam is about 15'. She is of pre-war build, then again, these days, most everything is as US production shifts from Wartime to Peacetime production. With her small gas engine, she has a normal cruising speed is 2-3 knots. Cabins are plainly furnished on the portside of the boat, but the cabins are comfortable. The engine is also the generator for electric lights; she has a battery that will give an hour or two of light when the main motor isn't running. There isn't power for major appliances, so food is cooked on an oil stove on the aft quarter. The cabin roof is a sun deck with reclining chairs, tables, and sun beds. A canvas awning can be rigged in wet weather. The other deck areas are small and cluttered with hatches and fittings. There is a drop privy amidships, and there are two two-hundred gallon tanks, one fore and one aft. The forward is potable water for cooking, the aft is for gasoline.

There are two 20-gauge double-barreled shotguns and fifty cartridges in a gun case in the wheelhouse. A fire axe is clipped to the bulkhead in the galley. There are also several sharp knives aft, in a pair of broad cabinets with utensils, cooking and eating gear, and this qualifies as a basic galley. Other equipment inc1udes four oil lanterns and two large flashlights, several coils of rope, six fishing rods and reels (bring your own bait), a 78-rprn record player with a stack of jazz and Andrews Sisters records, and a boat hook. A four-seat rowing dinghy emblazoned with the name, 'Al's Little Princess' is towed aft. It can hold 5-6 people if the extra passengers sit between the rowing benches, but is easily swamped if heavily loaded.

[[File:AMS Honeydew2.jpg]]

==='''The Everglades'''===

Picture a fifty-mile-wide slow moving river of depths ranging from a few feet to a mere few inches, subdivided into a complex maze of islands, swamps. and streams. This is the Everglades. There are literally thousands of small islands, and they are home to many plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth.

Cypress trees grow in the water, with tubular air roots sticking up as snorkels, Festoons of Spanish moss cover their branches like strange wigs, twisting lianas strangle trees and bushes. Log-like shapes float in the water, sometimes opening cavernous mouths, then slipping underwater as the boat approaches. Snakes and amphibians swim and cling to trees while flamingoes and pelicans flap overhead.

Pitcher plants lure insects into their lethal maws, and orchids attract lovers of beauty. Insects are everywhere, from gigantic dragonflies to mosquitoes and hordes of stinging midges. Small lizards and amphibians find their way into cabins and beds. At night bats swoop through the trees, eyes glimmer from every tree and islet the boat passes, and every light is besieged by moths until the lights are put out.

In the 1940s the Everglades have been explored, and areas are being drained. Wildlife is plentiful, and alligators are common, though becoming rare around the main channels. Other large animals include a few crocodiles and manatees. There are no hunting restrictions. There are houses and farms on some of the largest islands, and villages in the drained areas, but most of the region is still uninhabited.

[[File:Everglades 001.jpg]]

==Dramatis Personae==
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
|-
| Naphthalim || William James || Male || 70 || 70 || 70 || 40 || 70 || 40 || 60 || 43 || 14 || 40 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
|-
| ferretribution || Thérèse ''Terri'' James || Female || 25 || 55 || 65 || 90 || 65 || 75 || 50 || 80 || 8 || 75 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
|-
|| Gryffon15 || Arthur Buller-Cott || Male || 25|| 50 || 60 || 70 || 55 ||50 || 80 || 60 || 7 || 50 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
|-
|| Daxian || Harlow Buller-Cott || Female || 40 || 65 || 80 || 70 || 40 || 60 || 50 || 55 || 10 || 60 ||
|}
{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ||
|-
| Eplov || Cole Carter || Male || 50 || 50 || 90 || 50 || 50 || 75 || 44 || 55 || 10 || 75 ||
|}
'''Age''': 26

'''Hometown''': Homestead / Florida City, Florida

'''Marital status''': newly married to "Kitty Carter"

'''Pre-war'''
Cole grew up in the canal-and-farm seam south of Miami. He learned shallow water travel early and, by his late teens/early twenties, became a night boat runner moving misappropriated surplus and other gray-market goods through back cuts and canals. He wasn't a mastermind or kingpin; he was a pilot—the guy trusted to move cargo unseen, quietly, and on time. The work paid, but it also meant living around men who treated people as inventory.

'''The incident that forced enlistment'''

Cole crossed a corrupt official / law-adjacent operator who used paperwork and muscle to control local smuggling and "surplus" flows. When Jack Carter (Kitty's brother/cousin/whatever) was about to be disposed of as a loose end, Cole intervened and saved him. That drew a personal enemy with reach. Laying low wouldn't solve it; the operator could weaponize both the law and the underworld. Cole's safest move was to become hard to touch: he enlisted.

'''War service'''

U.S. Coast Guard, Pacific Theater. Served as small-craft coxswain/boat crew supporting landings, harbor control, towing disabled craft, rescue/recovery, and night navigation through reefs and surf under pressure. No supernatural encounters—his war scars are human: cruelty, triage decisions, and the cold logic of logistics. He survived because he is meticulous, calm under stress, and unnervingly competent on dark water.

'''Post-war (June 1946)'''

Recently home and newly married, Cole is trying to go legitimate. He's oriented toward law enforcement after returning (application in progress or newly hired—keeper can place as needed). The Miami/Everglades honeymoon is both a real attempt at normalcy and a return to terrain that remembers him.

'''Personality and tells'''

Quiet, watchful, protective. Doesn't glamorize violence. Habitually checks lines, fuel, light sources, and exits. Avoids war stories. Carries himself like a man who expects plans to fail and has already rehearsed the backup.

{|
|| Player || Name || Gender || STR || CON || DEX || INT || SIZ|| POW || EDU || APP || HP || SAN ''||
|-
| PathfinderQ1 || Katherine ''Kitty'' Carter || Female ||
|}
She was Kitty all through high school, and during the war years in her hometown- she tried to shift to Kate when she moved to Boston and started working for the Daily Record (but she kept slipping back to Kitty out of habit. Now that she is married, she is trying even harder to go by Kate.

She went down to Florida to track down people who had known her cousin before the war, as part of a family history project (and to polish her research and writing skills). And well, there was Cole, who had some interesting stories about Jack. He was hardly the sort of man she would have ever thought she would fall for. But, as the saying goes, "the heart wants what the heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care" (of course Kitty, er Kate, has read Emily Dickinson- she has read a bit of everything).

The courtship was a quick one, and Kate set about getting a job at "the local newspaper"- for now, just like in Boston, it was mostly filing, typing, and background research in the newspaper's file room (or "morgue", in newsie-speak). She isn't sure if she will keep the job up just yet, but she isn't really intending to be a traditional housewife.

Only four of her family members came down for her wedding- strictly speaking, three family members and her mentor Franklin Temple (an aged historian, editor, and bookstore owner). She had been mostly raised by her aunt and uncle- her mother had died when Kate was very young and her father was not equipped to be a single parent (while her aunt and uncle had wanted children but couldn't have their own). Kate's father was a quiet man, but Cole saw something in him, some qualities he recognized- while Ben Braithwaite was quiet, he hadn't always been that way- and he seemed like he would be a terrible man to cross. When he shook his son-in-law's hand and said "Take care of my little girl," there was definitely an unspoken "Or else" in there.

==Known NPCs==
'''Captain Honest Al Marin''': A transplanted Cubano who owns Honest Al's Boat Rentals south of Miami. He's run-and owned-the place since he came to the US in 1915. He rents small boats for day and week excursions into the Gulf, and also small shallow-draft boats for coastal and trips into the Everglades.

[[File:Honest Al.jpg]]

'''Selah Clancy''': She's lived her life in these swamps. Her mama and papa were raised in these swamps, and her grandparents before them. She's got some education to her, she completed the sixth grade before she got married, and she's still interested in reading and writing, some - and she knows her numbers. Don't let that fool you: she's fairly bright. She has three children, Ruth, Ezekial, Sarah.

[[File:Selah clancy.jpg]]

'''The Clancy Children, Ruth (9), Ezekial (8), and Sarah (5)'''

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The honeymooners

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