June 2023 Superdraft: Get Your Ship Together

[Pariah]

 

Ahoy, me hearties! It’s time for the first Get Your Ship Together Superdraft!

 

In this draft, you will select a ship, her crew, her cargo, and anything else you need to tell a compelling story. Supporting fiction is strongly recommended, as always.

 

We will begin the draft on Thursday, June 1st at noon Eastern Daylight Time. (Ask Siri what time that is where you live.) We will make one pick each day, including weekends, until Thursday, June 15th. That’s right, there are fifteen total picks available! Many of these will be Options, to allow you to go in whatever direction works best for your story. Your picks will include the following:

 

• The Ship: Pick a ship, any ship, any era. Pirate schooner. Aircraft carrier. Modern cruise ship. Cold War submarine. Starship. Viking longboat. Ghost ship of legend. As long as it’s some kind of ship, it’s good. This is the first pick (analogous to the Location pick in most drafts). Ships are exclusive, but different iterations of the same ship (Enterprise NX-01 vs Enterprise NCC-1701-D, frex) are acceptable.
• The Captain: Who’s in charge of this ship? This is the recognized leader of the crew. Why are they here? What are they trying to accomplish?
• The Number One: This is the second in command. What’s their relationship to the Captain?
• The Grizzled Veteran:  This is the old sea dog or space Marine who’s see it all, done it all, and lived to tell the tale. They may have more experience than the Captain or the Number One.
• The Rookie: This is the new crew member—straight out of the Academy, perhaps, or a new ‘recruit’ from the streets of some nameless port city. They have yet to earn their sea legs, or the crew’s respect. 
• The Lower-Decker: Every ship has its bridge crew, its key personnel—the PCs, as it were. This guy (or gal) ain’t one of them. This is one of the folks that, while perhaps very capable and even necessary to the ship’s function, probably isn’t someone the main characters would recognize immediately.
• The Misfit: At first glance (and perhaps second and third as well), this character has no business on a ship of this sort.  What are they doing on board, anyway? What’s their agenda?
• The Cargo: What (or who) is the ship carrying? Why is it important that the cargo arrive safely? 
• Options (7): Use up to seven Options to fill out your story. Use them for support personnel, adversaries (some stories may not have one, or need one), unusual events, MacGuffins, whatever. 

 

All character and Option picks are exclusive, unless there is a compelling reason for them not to be. The usual restrictions on character availability apply: Once a character is drafted, all versions of that character are off the table. Different characters with the same name/title are still okay, though. For example, if the Dread Pirate Roberts (Westley) is drafted, the original Dread Pirate Roberts (Cummerbund) is still available. 

 

A poll will be posted on or about June 23rd and remain open for a week or so. Winners will be posted on or before July 1st.

 

That’s about it. What questions do you have?
 

Edited May 30, 2023 by Pariah

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

If they're pirates, what should we list as cargo? Treasure? Booty? Or should we assign some sort of delivery?

[Pariah]

 

Player: Bazza

Title: Star Trek Picard Season 4: The Borg Empire Strikes Back

The Ship: The Death Star
The Captain: Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Voyager and Picard)
The Number One: Brainiac 5 (DC)
The Grizzled Veteran: Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: Picard)
The Rookie:  Jack Crusher (Star Trek: Picard)
The Lower-Decker: Hugh of Borg (ST:TNG / Picard)
The Misfit: The Borg Queen (Agnes Jurati)
The Cargo: The Allspark (Transformers)
Option 1: Replicators (Stargate franchise)

Option 2: The Dark Heart (DCAU)

Option 3: Vision (Marvel comics/MCU)

Option 4: Main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Option 5: USS Enterprise-D

Option 6: Galactus (incubating, additional cargo)

Option 7: Death Star evolves from the All Spark and the aforementioned Galactus

 

Player: Cancer

Title: Daisy, D a i s y . . .

The Ship: Nostromo (Alien)
The Captain: Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)
The Number One: Miss Piggy (Pigs in Space)
The Grizzled Veteran: Long John Silver (Treasure Island)
The Rookie:  Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost In Space)
The Lower-Decker: Number Six (Battlestar Galactica 2004)
The Misfit: Ralph (Romancing the Stone)
The Cargo: A$$holes
Option 1: The entire cast of Seinfeld

Option 2: The entire cast of Friends

Option 3: The Entire Cast of Married ... With Children

Option 4: Every character played by Peter Serafinowicz

Option 5: Automated crew from MST3K (Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, and Cambot)

Option 6: Bernard Law Montgomery and Douglas MacArthur

Option 7: Ship's computer HAL 9000 (@001: A Space Odyssey)

 

Player: csyphrett

Title: The Making of Gallifrey

The Ship: USS Voyager
The Captain: Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
The Number One: Han Solo (Star Wars)
The Grizzled Veteran: Snake Plisskin (Escape from New York)
The Rookie:  Victor Stone (Cyborg, DC)
The Lower-Decker: T-800
The Misfit: Johann Kraus (Hellboy)
The Cargo: The Genesis Device (ST: Wrath of Khan)
Option 1: Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott (Star Trek)

Option 2: Conrad, the planet maker

Option 3: The High Evolutionary

Option 4: Klingons (Star Trek franchise)

Option 5: The Master (Doctor Who)

Option 6: Daleks (ibid)

Option 7: Space Ghost

 

Player: Death Tribble

Title: Mulling Around Kintyre

The Ship: Greasy Bastard (Michael Palin's "The Curse of the Claw")
The Captain: Steamboat Bill Jr. (portrayed by Buster Keaton)
The Number One: Rachid (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)
The Grizzled Veteran: Master Chief (Halo)
The Rookie:  Wesley Crusher (ST:TNG)
The Lower-Decker: Private Fraser (Dad's Army)
The Misfit: Kerr Avon (Blake's 7)
The Cargo: The Blue Riband
Option 1: Kaywinnet Lee Frye, Chief Engineer (Firefly)

Option 2: Para Handy, Rival skipper of the Vital Spark

Option 3: Clyde Puffer

Option 4: The crew of the Vital Spark

Option 5: A race between Steamboat Bill Jr. and Para Handy for the Blue Riband

Option 6: The Government Inspector

Option 7: 

 

Player: Hermit

Title: Myth-takes Were Made!

The Ship: Skidbladnir 
The Captain: Benjamin Franklin Gates (National Treasure)
The Number One: Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
The Grizzled Veteran: Egg Shen (Big Trouble in Little China)
The Rookie:  Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter franchise)
The Lower-Decker: Janine Meinitz (Ghostbusters)
The Misfit: Leeloo (The Fifth Element)
The Cargo: Dagda's Cauldron, a/k/a The Cauldron of Plenty
Option 1: David Xanatos (Gargoyles)

Option 2: Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief)

Option 3: Sibyline Books

Option 4: Moon Rabbit Elixir of Life

Option 5: Gargoyles (Disney animated series)

Option 6: Merlin (Excalibur movie)

Option 7: The Seal of Solomon

 

Player: Logan D. Hurricanes

Title: Time Pirates

The Ship: Queen Anne's Revenge
The Captain: Benjamin J. Grimm (Fantastic Four)
The Number One: Kurt Wagner, AKA Nightcrawler (X-Men)
The Grizzled Veteran: Volstagg the Voluminous (Marvel comics)
The Rookie:  Jim Hawkins (Treasure Island)
The Lower-Decker: Kronk (The Emperor's New Groove)
The Misfit: Lunella "Moon Girl" Lafayette (Marvel comics)
The Cargo: Dr. Doom's Time Platform
Option 1: Black Manta, Rival skipper

Option 2: Anne Bonny, Rival skipper

Option 3: The Time Trapper

Option 4: Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

Option 5: She-Hulk

Option 6: Kang the Conqueror (Marvel)

Option 7: Rassilon the Resurrected (Doctor Who)

 

Player: Old Man

Title: The MacGuffin Run, or Why Are They Shooting At Us?

The Ship: The Liberator (Blake's 7)
The Captain: Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)
The Number One: Dr. Lazarus (Galaxy Quest)
The Grizzled Veteran: Rocket Racoon (MCU)
The Rookie:  Hermione Granger (Harry Potter franchise)
The Lower-Decker: Milton (Office Space)
The Misfit: Din Djarin (The Madalorian)
The Cargo: Grogu (ibid.)
Option 1: Plans for the Death Star (Star Wars)

Option 2: Darth Vader (ibid.)

Option 3: The Element Stones (The Fifth Element)

Option 4: Zorg (ibid.)

Option 5: The Time Stone (MCU)

Option 6: Thanos (ibid.)

Option 7: Riddick

 

Player: Psybolt

Title: The Matter of Time

The Ship: RMS Titanic
The Captain: The (Tenth) Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Number One: Phineas Bogg (Voyagers)
The Grizzled Veteran: Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap)
The Rookie:  Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
The Lower-Decker: Dirk Gently (The Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul, et. al.)
The Misfit: Desmond Hume (LOST)
The Cargo: The Omega-13 (Galaxy Quest)
Option 1: Victor Timely (Marvel)

Option 2: Rose Dawson Calvert (Titanic)

Option 3: President John Adams (Killadelphia)

Option 4: Skynet (Terminator franchise)

Option 5: The Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

Option 6: Mobius M. Mobius (Loki)

Option 7: Loki (ibid)

 

 

Edited June 26, 2023 by Pariah
Final Roster Update, Sunday 25 June 2023

[unclevlad]

Can we list the same person as The Captain and The Misfit?

 

There've been cases where this is, IMO, true...............

[Pariah]

48 minutes ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said:

If they're pirates, what should we list as cargo? Treasure? Booty? Or should we assign some sort of delivery?

 

Yes, certainly one of those. Go with whatever they do best / most often. Or what is best for the story you want to tell on this occasion.

 

 

42 minutes ago, unclevlad said:

Can we list the same person as The Captain and The Misfit?

 

There've been cases where this is, IMO, true...............

 

True, no doubt. But for the purposes of this exercise, these two roles should be filled by two different characters. 

 

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Edited May 30, 2023 by Pariah
Clarification

[Cancer]

Fictional characters only, or are historical personalities available?

[Pariah]

I'll allow historical personalities — and ships.

[Hermit]

Oh boy oh boy...

My Frankenstein's monster She-Hulk romance can at last become a reality and..

oh.. right, an ACTUAL ship

 

that'll work as a draft too  guess

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

Wait, go back. 

 

 

Tell me more about this Frankenstein's monster She-Hulk romance...

[Pariah]

The Love Boat™ is a ship....

[Bazza]

53 minutes ago, Pariah said:

The Love Boat™ is a ship....

but who is the other boat in the ship? 

[Cancer]

The Rocket Hydrofoil of Lust, baby!

[unclevlad]

There are some mildly crazy approaches to this, and plenty of opportunity for seriously mixed and bent metaphors as one intermixes real and fictional and sci fi...

[Pariah]

Experience tells me that "mildly crazy approaches" are the minimum criterion for entry into something like this.

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

Too bad this has been done. 

 

 

[Pariah]

21 minutes ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said:

Too bad this has been done. 

 

For many, many reasons. 

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

Oh, if I don't get my first choice for ship, I'm definitely grabbing the Love Boat. 

[Cancer]

I have nothing like a concept yet, and ship has to be first.  Chances are I'll come in late.

 

EDIT: It will be tempting to draft this guy strictly for his surname.  

Edited May 31, 2023 by Cancer

[Pariah]

First picks in just under 90 minutes. Just FYI.

[Cancer]

💡   Truly sick concept, but discarded because the selection of the ship itself would give it away.

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

I think we're good to go! So let me start by drafting Queen Anne's Revenge!

 

 

AKA Blackbeard's ship

 

[Old Man]

The Liberator (Blake's 7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[unclevlad]

Heh...Queen Anne's Revenge was one on my list of amusing choices...but the historical version.

[Hermit]

Captain's Log, 12th year after the Collapse (or A.C. as some are calling it)

There was a time I would written this log not on paper, but in pixels. Now, there are children who don't even understand what a Pixel is, or was. How could they, when twelve years ago, seemingly without warning, technology at the level of the industrial age just stopped working. No, this is on paper, with ink and handwritten. What a kick in the pants this is, isn't it? I remember when a computer printer was the most hated device in 9 out of 10 offices. Now, I'd give almost anything to have even a fussy one because it would mean we had electricity again, and so much more.  We took a lot of our technology for granted. It wasn't perfect, but it could be a great shield against pestilence and famine as we've learned when hospitals went dark, and crops are now tended by hand again.

 

The laws of physics and chemistry seem purposely altered just to reverse centuries of progress. But I have proof that out with the new, there's a return of the old. Where history is undone, mythology is arising. In short, Magic has returned.

 

I ought to know. I've got a doozy of a ship, and with it ,and the right crew? I'm going to find the other mythological items out there and put them to use for all of humanity. I just hope the previous owner doesn't return as well. He might be mad I've got his ride.

 

Ship: Skidbladnir (Finest Ship in Norse Mythology)

 

 

 

[death tribble]

I'm going real obscure The Good Ship Greasy Bastard from Michael Palin's Ripping Yarns, The Curse of the Claw