shadowcat1313 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 dont remember if this has been done before Suggestions: James Bolivar DiGriz[stainless Steel Rat] Jayne[Firefly] Marcus Cole[babylon 5] Mal Reynolds[Firefly] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen My choices, given that I'm a TV nut, would be along the lines of: Dr. Julian Bashir [sT-DS9] River Tam [Firefly] Teal'c [stargate SG-1] Isabelle Tyler [The 4400] Chiana [Farscape] Gabriel Grey [Heroes] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen if were going combat heavy and literary heavy John Christian Falkenburg Juan Rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen if were going combat heavy and literary heavy John Christian Falkenburg Juan Rico In that case I'd want Kerk Pyrrus, from the Deathworld novels, and Donal Graeme of Dorsai! fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen No Starship Captains? James T. Kirk. Honor Harrington Colin MacIntyre Ivan Anatov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Paul Atreides/Muad'dib would be very handy to have around. You could go fully "superheroic" just by raiding the Star Trek universe, e.g. Data, Odo, and Kes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen No Starship Captains? James T. Kirk. Honor Harrington Colin MacIntyre Ivan Anatov Any more than one of them in group would lead to an ego-fueled implosion. My Crew: Han Solo Ellen Ripley (the non-cloned version) Spock A reprogrammed T-1000 (Arnuld!!) Seven of Nine Yeah, I doubled down on the cyborgs. So what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for Honerverse, I'd want Horace Harkness on my team, or working security on B5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for Honerverse' date=' I'd want Horace Harkness on my team, or working security on B5[/quote'] Victor Cachet running wet ops with Jeremy X leading the strike team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen For their ship (also a team member) - Dahak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen G'kar or Lennier from B5 would also work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I chose mine (above) based on these criteria: each person has a special ability that might interest someone for study and copying, and also has some dark aspect of his or her background that might make him or her an inobvious choice for a group of "heroes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen G'kar (in the first two seasons) and Lennier(in the last season) have some dark aspects. As for their special abilities, think of Lennier's martial arts and Ranger training, as well as G'kar's oratory ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen oooh, I wanna play! Need a pilot. The first names to come to mind are Han Solo (of course) and Wash (from Firefly). Who else could we consider? Starbuck....either version would work for me. Think I'll go with Starbuck, female version. Next, I need muscle. LOTS of muscle. First name that comes to mind is Friday from the Robert A. Heinlein novel of the same name. Strong, fast and smart. Pretty much in the same vein is River Tam from Firefly. Seven-of-Nine could work for the muscle, but I never did like Voyager very much. Speaking of Trek, should we consider Worf? Also Linnier from Bab5 would work wonderfully...very strong and an expert martial artist ta-boot. Hmmm...hmm, lots to consider. Think I'll go with River Tam. She's cute-ish and looks completely harmless which will throw the badguys off their game when facing up against her. Now we need a gunslinger. Lots of those in Science Fiction. Jayne from firefly pops in my head first...Jayne and Vera! I seem to remember Apollo from the original BSG being quite handy with a Blaster pistol. I think I'm going to have to go with the most badass Sci-fi gunslinger of all time.....Boba Fett. Now I need some brains. Someone who can calculate with the best of them. Someone with all the answers on the tip of their tongue...a walking encyclopedia to help our motley crew through any impossible situation. My first thought is of course Data from TNG. Data is a good pick because he could also double as muscle. Who else could fit that bill? Spock of course...but thats two trek dudes mentioned for the same role! I think I would go with Data...he's tougher than Spock. Now I need someone to lead this crew. Someone who can inspire his people when the chips are down. Someone with the ability to both negotiate when necessary or to beat the not out of their opponent when all else has failed. Maybe Captain Malcom Reynalds would fit those shoes. Kirk definitely has those chops, as does John Sheridan of Bab5. But when all is said and done I think Obi-wan Kenobi would be the best man for that job. So my League of Extraordinary Sci-fi Gentleman includes: Female Starbuck River Tam Boba Fett Data Obi-Wan Now for extra heavy firepower I would keep someone in reserve. To pull out all the stops if necessary. For that I would use Kimball Kinneson from Lensman. Now here's a question I have. Exactly what has happened in the realm of the Sci-fi multiverse that would require the gathering of such a devastating crew to face it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Sorry for the double post, but I'm seriously considering replacing Data with The Doctor of Doctor Who fame....thats a hard choice to make! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The problem with adding The Doctor (IMO) is that he's nearly omnipotent. He doesn't really need the others tagging along. Otherwise, he'd be great. We also get that from Paul Atreides, although he's confined to a single planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensman Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen My picks: Ender Wiggin : Leader, Ender's Game Maya : Shapechanger, Space 1999 John Preston : Jedi Gunslinger, Equilibrum Thx Major Tom 2009 Kerr Avon : Brilliant, Blake's 7 Philip Lynx : Linquist/Xenologist, Humananx Commonwealth Owen Deathstalker : Adventurer Deathstalker series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimera 12 Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen A "League" of popular SF characters may run into the problem of being only suitable for a one-shot scenario. If Jean-Luc Picard, Luke Skywalker, Captain Future, and Kai Allard-Liao "just happened" to suddenly all run into each other in a bar on Babylon 5, it's a pretty safe bet that the first thing on all their minds would be finding out how they got there and discovering a way back home to their respective native realities -- and that once they found one, they'd use it ASAP. You could declare that, well, tough luck, they're stuck in the B5 universe for keeps now -- but forcibly separating them from their canon backgrounds could easily rob them of much of their appeal. One way around that might be to introduce a way in which they can keep in touch and visit each other after their first big common adventure. Easy travel between different realities isn't much part of many SF settings (okay, Star Trek comes close), but allowing for it in a limited way -- as in, mostly just Our Heroes and maybe some helpers -- may be the most painless way to keep such a League operating. Trying to mash their different universes together so they all end up somehow coexisting in the same setting after all might also work, but woud involve a lot more work figuring out all the side effects. Just for starters, which version of Earth are you going to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I'd rather take Spock personally than Data but that may be my TOs-loving, TNG-hating self getting emotional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen So would the guy from Farscape work in this one (Crichton? My memory is fuzzy on this one for some reason) A SG character might be good too. Col. O'neil if we dont have a star trek cpt. as leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuclear Fridge Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen In that case I'd want Kerk Pyrrus' date=' from the [i']Deathworld[/i] novels, and Donal Graeme of Dorsai! fame. Kerk Pyrrus for the massive amounts of gunplay, and Jason dinAlt for the gambling & grifting angle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen A "League" of popular SF characters may run into the problem of being only suitable for a one-shot scenario. If Jean-Luc Picard' date=' Luke Skywalker, Captain Future, and Kai Allard-Liao "just happened" to suddenly all run into each other in a bar on Babylon 5, it's a pretty safe bet that the first thing on all their minds would be finding out how they got there and discovering a way back home to their respective native realities -- and that once they found one, they'd use it ASAP. You [i']could[/i] declare that, well, tough luck, they're stuck in the B5 universe for keeps now -- but forcibly separating them from their canon backgrounds could easily rob them of much of their appeal. One way around that might be to introduce a way in which they can keep in touch and visit each other after their first big common adventure. Easy travel between different realities isn't much part of many SF settings (okay, Star Trek comes close), but allowing for it in a limited way -- as in, mostly just Our Heroes and maybe some helpers -- may be the most painless way to keep such a League operating. Trying to mash their different universes together so they all end up somehow coexisting in the same setting after all might also work, but woud involve a lot more work figuring out all the side effects. Just for starters, which version of Earth are you going to use? We will use all of them! I would imagine that the necessity of gathering these heroes together would be for the purpose of opposing some evil that threatens not only our universe, but all universes. I would imagine that the main antagonist would probably also be gathering potent badguys to its cause as well. The main badguy might snatch Darth Maul, Feyd-Rautha, Bester, Khan Noonien Singh and Derek Sagan to lead the forces of darkness with promises that their ill-fated defeats and untimely demises would be averted if they aid the main villain in its cause, not knowing that its success will ultimately lead to the destruction of all their universes. An interesting twist could come when the badguys learn of their benefactors deceit and the possibility that they will join with the protagonists to oppose the ultimate evil.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Jason Dinalt and the Stainless Steel Rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Assembled by the mathematician from Asimov's Foundation Series....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Re: Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Gentlemen My picks: Ender Wiggin : Leader, Ender's Game Maya : Shapechanger, Space 1999 John Preston : Muscle, Equilibrum Kerr Avon : Brilliant, Blake's 7 Philip Lynx : Linquist/Xenologist, Humananx Commonwealth Owen Deathstalker : Adventurer Deathstalker series John Preston isn't so much muscle as he is, basically, a Jedi Gunslinger. Anyone who can take out a couple of dozen autorifle-armed goons while armed only with a pair of pistols quailifies for member- ship in the LXG. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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