Storyline~

(A note; though things will stray away from the anime in this roleplay, and hopefully we'll be able to create a new storyline completely, though I'd like to keep certain aspects the same. [Basic timeline and the like...])

All right, this may not be the most original plot ever heard. Actually, it definitely is not the most original. However I do think that it could be interesting enough. So here is the basis of the plot, set during the anime timeline, starting after episode three, there is a large bounty on Mars. So with the bounty hunters and cops after them, there's nothing out of the norm, however if you throw in the Red Dragons and rival syndicates thing start becoming interesting. This roleplay will include side-stories and characters never seen the anime so you are more than welcome to play as an canon character or one that you have made up.

Background Information~

The story is set in such a way that you can refer to the many happenings on the original series, but the point is to flesh out original characters set in a highly imaginative and unique universe. Because there's a lot of things that are randomly referenced on screen that we never see in both the anime and manga versions of the series, this whole roleplay is about those side stories.

In the year 2021, ring-shaped hyperspace gateways ( "Astral Gates" ) were constructed across the solar system, allowing very fast and easy interplanetary travel between the colonies on other planets, moons, space stations, and asteroids.

Early on, a catastrophic disaster ( "The Gate Accident" ) happened, and meteoric debris from the devastated Moon rained down on Earth, destroying much of the besieged planet's surface.Decades later, debris from the disaster still falls on Earth with the same frequency as rainstorms ("rock showers" are a part of daily weather forecasts), forcing the remaining people on Earth to live mostly underground. Most left Earth after the Gate Incident and spread out across the solar system, living in colonies on Venus, Mars, some habitable asteroids, Saturn's moon Titan, and the Galilean moons of Jupiter, as well as many space stations and a penal colony on Pluto.

The solar community is still very racially and culturally diverse, and English, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Mandarin and Japanese are some of the languages shown to be currently used. The total population of the solar system in 2071, is only 1.5 billion.
Many of Mars's impact craters were domed and transformed into thriving metropolitan areas for those who could afford to live there. Venus was terraformed, with oxygen provided by a species of oxygen-producing plants floating in the atmosphere. This is not a perfect process, however, since the spores of these plants cause “Venus Sickness” in some people. This condition, left untreated, may lead to blindness or death, and proper treatment is expensive.

Many moons of Jupiter, such as Callisto, Io, Europa, and Ganymede, have been terraformed and colonized with varying degrees of success. Callisto is a cold, almost-inhospitable moon (with the entirely male city, Blue Crow). Meanwhile, Ganymede is almost completely covered by water and is known for its declining fishing industry.
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a barren desert world whose population has been at war since the 2060s.

There is a Solar System Penitentiary on Pluto, and certain asteroids (such as Tijuana, the asteroid colony seen in the first episode) have been colonized for their minerals and other natural resources.

After the advent of space travel, the bounty system of the Old West was reinstated by the government to help curb growing crime levels. Bounty hunters are encouraged to capture criminals and return them (alive and relatively unharmed) to the authorities for monetary rewards, in part through a regular television broadcast of "Big Shot", a bounty-hunter news program featuring a heavily-accented Mexican named Punch and a perky blonde named Judy.

In addition, ruthless crime syndicates have large influence in the Solar System, indulging in such fields as bribery, murder, extortion, drug dealing, money laundering and other criminal offenses. The Woolong is the universal currency, and paper money is less common since more people carry convenient money cards and rely on digital transfers.

The technology in the world of Cowboy Bebop has undergone advances to accommodate 21st century life in the Solar System. Medical advancements such as artificial organs, organ regrowth and cryogenic freezing have been mastered and are in full use. Hardware called the “Alpha Catch” provides a mind-machine interface for capturing or projecting video from memories. Virtual reality gaming is standard, and analog hardware such as videocassettes (VHS or beta) can only be found as antiques. Finally, World Wide Web has evolved into a massive Solar System Web (SSW). With these technological advancements also came a new breed of hackers, known as "Net Divers" in slang.

Space travel is made relatively easy, but artificial gravity is still limited to centrifugal force. Some directed energy weapons have also been built, but ballistic and explosive weapons are principally used. In addition to that many gun models present today are widely used in the series.

Credit goes to Wikipedia...

Rules~

Rules
Follow TOS.
I'm a fan of doubling, so you may play as maxunum of four characters as long as you can keep up with them all.
I think literacy is a given. At least a paragraph per post please. Spell and grammar check.
Please message me all profiles and character requests with the title as, "Lost."
Use (()) or something of the like for OOC.
While, I will not require to create a profile for canon characters, I do ask that you make one for original characters.
If I feel the need, I'll update this but at the moment, I see no need.
Have fun!~

Canon Characters~

1 Spike Spiegel
2 Jet Black
3 Faye Valentine
4 Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV
5 Ein
6 Vicious
7 Julia
8 Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener
9 Punch and Judy
10 The Three Old Men
11 Lin
12 Rocco Bonnaro
13 Laughing Bull
14 "Bob"
15 Annie
16 Vincent Volaju
17 Electra Ovilo
18 Rasheed
19 Lee Sampson
20 Shin

If I've forgotten anybody and there is somebody you would like to play, let me know and I'll add them. ^^;

Original Characters

Username: What we know you as.
Name: Character’s Name
Alias: Character’s Nickname
Birthday: His/Her Birthday
Sex: Male or Female
Orientation: Gay, Bi, Straight?
Sign: Astrological please.
Age: How old is your character?
Birth Place: Where was your character born?
Blood Type: Blood Type?
Info: Bio, personality, etc...
Loves: At least three things your character likes.
Hates: At least three things your character can't stand.
Fears: At least three fears.
Known Weapons: Does your character fight at all?
Vehicles: Ships, Cars, Bikes, Et cetera
Occupation: What puts food on the table.
Affiliation: Freelancer, Bounty Hunter (if you’re part of a group [i.e. Bebop] then specify, please), Syndicate, et cetera
Appearance: Link, photo, description, etc..

Username: Soquira
Name: Flarissa Nicole Woods
Alias: The Butterfly Princess, as she always wears a butterfly mask and formal wear when pulling off a heist. (Often makes cameos at masquerade balls.)
Flare, as she cannot stand the name Flarissa.
Ki, a childhood nickname, that only a few may use.
Birthday: May 26, 2045
Sex: Female
Orientation: Straight
Sign: Gemini
Age: 25
Birth Place: Mars
Blood Type: A-
Info: A thief, Flare has a large bounty on her head due to her tendency to rob the rich and the powerful. With a minor case of kleptomania, she has no inhibitions when it comes to her "career," and has made quite a living stealing and pawning off stolen goods. Clever, and confident, Flare attended college for psychology for two years before growing bored of it after she had attended her first masquerade. Where her career stated for that matter. That night she spied a woman with a necklace that she wanted. A necklace that could have been pawned off for thousands. So, that night, she stole it, of course, it wasn't exactly the brightest idea, following the woman home and sneaking into the house after she had gone to bed. But the money the necklace brought gave her the opportunity to stop living off of her parents money and make her own living, at least for awhile. Afterward, she began stealing nearly anything and everything of value that really caught her eye.

Flare loves to tease others, and no matter her mood she is always playful in some way or another. Treating life as a game, she hides her own issues, and continues to wear her mask of confidence. One thing that she cannot stand is the feeling of losing control, as she tends to manipulate situations to work in her favor. She prefers to keep most of her past to herself, and though she does not show it, she is easily hurt and does not trust others in the slightest.

One fact that about her, that is known to some is that she is former member of the Siiver Rain syndicate, a rival of the Red Dragons. Originally, a member for a year, before she left when she was twenty-three. Another random fact is that she almost always wears formalwear.
Loves: Dancing, jewelry, tea.
Hates: Ignorance, small dogs, fish
Fears: Pain, being alone, and being in a situation where she no control.
Known Weapons: She does keep three guns on her at all times, and is known to turn almost anything into a weapon, whether it is meant to be or not.
Vehicles: Surprisingly. she has no vehichle of her own.
Occupation: Thief, former syndicate member,
Affiliation: Freelancer.
Appearance: