Quote:If you listen closely, you may here the high-pitched whine of the fuser drum on the laser printer in my brain heating up.
You know, it seems to me that all the "action girl" fen are probably in the Senshi, including "Kim Possible", "Really Spies", "Sabrina The Teenaged Witch" and even "Birds of Prey" (although that one probably overlaps with the Supers).
Senshi Subfactions, Suggested
Love: As written earlier
Justice: As written earlier
Black: As written earlier
Sailors: While the term 'sailor-suited warrior' is integral to the base description of the canonical ur-senshi, the 'Sailor' part has, over the years, become something more generic. The Senshi have become the default 'woman's lib' faction of Fenspace, though even they have to admit that women get a more fair shake than they ever really have on the 'old dirtball'. This has led to quite a number of residents of the Crystal Cities being people who don't really 'cleave' to the concept of the Sailor Moon anime that the Crystal Cities draws its central image from.
These folk, mostly female, but of both genders, have latched onto the 'sailor' appelation, and made it their own. The various countries on Earth have long and, in the most part, honorable and glorious, naval traditions. To be a sailor in the British Navy or U.S. Coast Guard is an honorable thing, and provides a set of goals and rules to live a good life by.
The Sailors have done their best to put this concept into work in Fenspace, borrowing heavily from the naval traditions of Earth, ignoring most of the bits that simply don't apply anymore (the practice of 'casting the log' has survived, but is now a hazing ritual designed to make newbies realize that yes, they actually are in outer frigging space).
The crowned golden anchor insignia of the Sailors (or as they over-arching organizational body is referred to, the Senshi Sailors Armed Militia is a very recognizable symbol around Fenspace, and strongly implies that the bearer is trustworthy, honest, and courageous.
Sailors are colloquially called 'Sailors', or 'Sammies', and these terms apply equally to all genders. Many Sailors are not full-time military members, many people who have full-time occupations maintain a rank (usually simply an organizational convienience - ranks below Colonel are assigned on a fairly ad-hoc basis in the Sailors) and membership in the Sailors organizaiton.
Notable Sailors include Hermes, the AI Majordomo of Hephaestus, 'Mizz' Nezumi of the Blue Blazer Irregulars (Pending Ebony's approval, of course), and others. As 'Reserve' Sailors, their duties are primarily to live by the Sailor code, to respond to high-priority requests for assistance by Sailor central command, and to maintain a 'State of Readiness to Act Against the Enemies of Humanity' (Sailor bureaucratic plumage has taken a close dramatic resemblance to Age of Sail British nomenclature)
'Active' Sailors are those who are full-time members of the Sailors corps, and can be found on patrol, training new recruits, researching, or active in the _other_ main pursuit of the S.S.A.M., search and rescue. Noone has responded to more distress calls and automated beacons than the Sailors, and while they do carry that as a mark of pride, they search and save because they believe it's the right thing to do. We're all alone in the Long Dark, after all..
OOC:
Submitted modification and amplification to the Sailors breakdown presented earlier in thread, request additional female personnel to be granted Reserve status, and the whole lot to be bunged into the Glossary.
And yes, I have been reading the Horatio Hornblower books, and yes, it is affecting my brain.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979