Sparks (Character Sheet)

[Sarah McFarlen]

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814-818A.S - The Criminal

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To: Those Rogue Lads - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Danny White, Jaws, Aiden Pryde, Dervin Malfient, Christopher Dangen
A sixteen year-old Sarah sends a communication into the Badlands from a stolen CSV in an attempt to contact the Rogues.

A Rescue Mission - Bounty - Complete
Johnathon McFarlen, Joao da Silva, Michael Trenton, Detective Travors, Austin Goodman, Unknown
With his daughter missing, Johnathon turns to the Freelancers of Liberty alongside the LPI to help locate her.

The Alcatraz Depot Lounge and Pub - Watering Hole - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Others.
Shortly after her induction into the Rogues, Sarah drops by a popular bar to absorb the atmosphere.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Dervin Malfient, Aigis, Christopher Dangen
A slightly haphazard set of snippets from Sarah's time in the Rogues between 814 and 815A.S.

Ta' the rest of the Junkers - Communication - Complete
Matthew Habrum, Jack Crow
Following the death of a Junker aboard Rochester, Sarah is barred from Junker facilities.

Rogue Message Dump - Message Dump - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Others.
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Liberty Rogue and Molly Republic Technology Negotiations - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Others.
Sarah puts in a good word for a friend.

In The Grand Scheme Of Things - Story - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Artemis Sworn
After the events of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Sarah answers the summons of a Lane Hacker.

Liberty-Wide Transmission - Communication - Complete
Johnathon McFarlen
A blind transmission from Johnathon to his wayward daughter.

Whispers in the Night - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen
Following a mind-wrenching encounter with a nomad, Sarah's visions of the Omicrons are not entirely her own.

To: Jeff Anderson - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Jeff Anderson
Every teenager has romance problems. Sarah's just happen to involve murderous gangs of mercenaries.

A weak transmission sent in the direction of Buffalo Base - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Unknown
Sarah receives a transmission from a friend she'd never quite forgotten.

To: Whoa... That's a lot of people. - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Alice, Christopher Dangen, Jeff Anderson
Sarah begins gathering a team to restore a crippled Osiris-class warship. Continued aboard Barrier Gate Station.

To: All Nomad War Veterans - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Unknown, Dalilama, Jeremy Hunter, Samantha Marquez, Unknown, Hangman, Edison Trent, Buro Der MarineIntelligenz, Hammer Solotov, Unknown,  Frank McLynn, Ronald Philipsen, Unknown, Unknown
Desperate to source more information on the war that nearly destroyed humanity, Sarah tries to contact those who fought in it, and draws the attention of individuals she would rather have left undisturbed, eventually leading to a meeting with an Order operative aboard Beaumont Base.

To: Sarah McGhee - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Sarah McGhee
Sarah looks into a missing person for a friend of a friend.

Message for the Rogue High Command - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Horus
Sarah answers a technology request.

To: Sarah McFarlen - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Christopher Dangen
Witticisms via extranet.

Liberty Rogue Recruitment - Recruitment - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Others.
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To: The Liberty Authorities - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Sergeant Dusentrieb
Fear of the BDM playing on her mind, Sarah appeals for and, thanks to the unexpected mercy of an LPI officer, is granted the chance to start again.

Flying Free - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen
Sarah leaves the Rogues behind to seek a new life in the Border Worlds, far from the houses of Sirius.

818-819A.S - The Explorer

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To: All Zoner Stations - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Vorandril
Sarah lends a fellow Zoner a hand, and earns a dinner into the bargin.

To: Captain Vorandril - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Vorandril
Keeping up a longstanding tradition of abusing favors, Sarah calls in some debts. Continued on Canaria.

To: Sarah McFarlen - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Jacob Blunt
The funny thing about favors is that they work both ways.

Owing Favors - Story - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Jacob Blunt
The ex-rogue rushes to save a former naval commander.

819-820A.S - The Freelancer

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Incoming open frequency transmission - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Unknown
Sarah plays at dial-an-engineer.

To: The Liberty Rogues (All of them.) - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Clyde Johnson
With her sights set on an LPI Liner, Sarah calls in the Rogues to help 'liberate' her new ship.

Breaking the McCreary - Event - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Others.
Sarah's plan grinds into motion, ending with the destruction of the LPI escorts, and an empty prison liner.

Pirate Pilots Plunder Prison - News Release - Complete
Timothy Harvard
The theft of McCreary manages to draw the attention of Liberty's media.

To: Station Owners - Sirius Wide - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Jay Gats, Templar
With her liner now in hand, Sarah searches for somewhere to lie low while she makes repairs, finally accepting an offer from the Temporary Autonomous Zoners.

To: Sarah McFarlen - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Clyde Johnson
Clyde calls to check in on Sarah's latest acquisition.

To: Jeremy Hunter - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Jeremy Hunter
Seeking a guide for her Edge Worlds expedition, Sarah calls the only nomad war veteran she can still contact.

The Zenarch - A Zoner Agora at Mal's - Watering Hole - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Jeremy Hunter
Contact made, Sarah meets Jeremy aboard Mal's to discuss liners and aliens. Continued in This Way Up.

To: People of Sirius == From: Ordo Malleus - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Others.
Irritated at the latest gang of warmongers to stomp through the Omicrons, Sarah speaks up.

To: Katherine Pennybrooke - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Katherine Pennybrooke
United in their opposition of the so-called Ordo Malleus, Sarah reunites with an old acquaintance.

To: A lone ship leaving the Sirius sector. - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Ellie Hunter, Christopher Dangen
As his ship slips from the range of the furthest scanners, Sarah says a final goodbye to Christopher Dangen.

To: Sirius, not Transmitted to Gallia - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Charles Hall, Edwin Pennybrooke, Alice
Sensing the possibility of profit, Sarah takes on a job for the Bretonian military.

To: MV-Contents May Differ, Captain Sarah McFarlen - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Charles Hall
With the aid of Vice Admiral Hall, Sarah finalises the details of the Bretonian-sponsored smuggling effort.

To: Rogues, Pirates, and Freelancers of all stripes! - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Elise Pennybrooke, Erich Klugmann, Blain Spike, Carollate Champagne, Derrick Rose, James Dean, Keiko Matsumado, Gerald Robertson
With the plan set down, Sarah looks to gathering a team to accomplish it. Follow-up transmissions were dispatched in a flurry of neural-net activity.
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To: McFarlen's Free Company (List enclosed) - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Elise Pennybrooke, Blain Spike,  Gerald Robertson, Tal Ravis
Sarah prepares a final 'meet the team' before setting off on the Vice Admiral's mission, continued here.

820-822A.S - The Revolutionary

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VWA| Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee - Recruitment - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Erich Klugmann
Liner and life in tatters, Sarah signs on with the Widerstand.

VWA| Communications Hub - Message Dump - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Others.
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To: Rheinland Junkers - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Robert Lang
Seeking parts to patch the Widerstand's limping fleet, Sarah puts out feelers to the local Junkers.

One Year Closer - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Erich Klugmann
As she spends her first New Year's aboard a Widerstand base, Sarah's mind drifts to thoughts of home.

Combat Craft of the Widerstand - Database - Complete
Sarah McFarlen
Slowly coming to understand the Bunschuh's way of doing things, Sarah assembles a database of their combat capable craft.

To: Erich Klugmann - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Erich Klugmann
Sarah seeks, and receives, both permission to travel to Liberty and to contact the Junkers for additional replacement parts.

To: Erica Hartman - Communication - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Erica Hartman
Hesitant to trust the Junkers, Sarah turns to a sympathetic member of the ALG as an alternative method of securing ex-military weapons.

To: The Lane Hackers - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Nicole Hunter
When her efforts to secure a military transponder code in Rheinland fail, Sarah turns to the one group she knows can provide it.

The Portside Embassy - Watering Hole - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Michael Hermann, Freya Eistochter
Sarah's attempts to install a set of projectors in the Widerstand's favorite bar end, as such things inevitably do, horribly.

To the VWA - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Robin Cornell
The VWA is contacted to restore an old, ex-military bomber to serviceable conditions. Sarah, of course, volunteers.

To: Clyde Johnson - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Clyde Johnson
Sarah renews old contacts in preparation for her trip to Liberty.

To: The Sirius Coalition's Revolutionary Army - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Joseph Garcia
When her attempts to disassemble the Coalition fighters stationed on Bruchsal Base end poorly, Sarah contacts the shadow-state for help.

To: Natio Octavarium Civil Response - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Harold Kane
After intercepting a slaver ship in Pennslyvania, Sarah's faced with the difficulty of what to do with four hundred starving people.

To: VWA - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Shiranui
In the wake of the Zwickau massacre, weapons flow freely between the Widerstand and the Vagrant Raiders thanks, in no small part, to Sarah giving them the keys.

To: VWA - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Kronos
Sarah answers a second weapons request.

To: Sparks - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Harold Kane
Badly damaged during the defense of Zwickau, Sarah offers what help she can to the crew of the Vagrant Raider flagship, Metropolis.

To: VWA Pilots, VR Pilots, Zwickau Depot - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Kelly Combs
With Erich Klugmann in attendance, a Vagrant Raider bomber squad manage to destroy the station that had been the original target of the forces stationed at Zwickau. Sarah traces down the news after the fact.

To: "Sparks" - Communication - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Erich Klugmann
When Sarah's latest attempt to automate the Widerstand's trade fleet results in the near-death of three pilots, the revolutionary commander is less then pleased.

Aftermath - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Alexander Fuchs, Axel Eichel
With Zwickau screaming for supplies and her fellow activists lying in the hospital beds her actions put them in, Sarah is left to pick up the pieces as best she can.

To: Sarah - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Axel Eichel
An unexpected message arrives on Sarah's datapad.

To: JM|-Innocent.Bystander - Communication - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Grand Marauder
When a deal with the Lane Hackers falls through, Sarah turns to the Marauders to supply the parts she needs.

To: Alexander Fuchs - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Alexander Fuchs
With Metropolis' departure imminent, Sarah sends an alert to her fellow passenger.

Deus Ex Machina - Story - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Alexander Fuchs, Harold Kane
Preparations complete, Sarah boards the most advanced ship in the Vagrant Raider's fleet, bound for Liberty.

To Sparks from Wolf - Communication - Abandoned
Sarah's Answering Machine, Wolfgang Weber
A former military Captain tries to make contact with Sarah. Unfortunately, she's several star systems away.  

All My Sins Remembered - Story - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Alexander Fuchs
Barrier Gate; a center for free trade and free pilots alike and, perhaps, a hub for something much darker. When Sarah and Alex arrive, old scars resurface with them.

To: Red Hessians CC: Friends and Allies - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Gotthold Ludewig, Others
When the Hessians and their allies gather for an attack on a corporate station, Sarah pledges the backing of the Widerstand's forces.

To: VWA - Communication - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen, Kapitan Katyusha
Beware Coalitioners bearing gifts.

To: Gotthold Ludewig - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Gotthold Ludewig
Following up on a deal struck with the Junker Marauders, Sarah attempts to secure the hulk of a Hel cruiser.

To: The Vagrant Raiders - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Kelly Combs
When the Hessians turn down her request, Sarah turns to her allies in the Vagrant Raiders to retrieve the plans - only to meet with the same response.

To: The Junker Marauders - Communication - Abandoned
Sarah McFarlen
Sarah reports her failure to the Marauders.

Dear Sparks - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Robin Cornell
When Robin turns herself in to Liberty's authorities, Sarah takes custody of her ship.

To: The VWA - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Tanken
The Blood Dragons extend greetings - and a warning - to their old allies.

The Portside Embassy - Watering Hole - Complete
Sparks, Axel Eichel, Freya Eistochter, Alexander Fuchs
Another meeting in the Embassy.

To: Erich Klugmann - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen
Sparks sends a message to the Widerstand's vanished Oberst.

Akabat, The Order war council - Story - Abandoned
Sparks, Michal Golanski, Freya Eistochter
Sparks finds herself assigned to a Bundschuh delegation to a fortified Order installation as a technical specialist.

To: Christopher Dangen - Communication - Complete
Sparks
Sparks receives a message from a long vanished acquaintance, and sends one in return.

Recipient: Sarah McFarlen - Communication - Complete
Sparks, Christopher Dangen
Sparks finally receives a message in reply.

The Jackal and the Wolf - Story - Complete
Sparks, Vaelin Darklight
An old friend reappears in Sparks' life, and is dragged into the political machinations of the Widerstand.

No Good Deed - Story - Complete
Sparks, Vaelin Darklight, Freya Eistochter, Jana Achen
Sparks and Vaelin are dragged in front of the Widerstand's political leaders, with predictable results.

822A.S-Present - The Exile

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In The Black - Story - Ongoing
Sarah McFarlen, Leslie Durant
Stories of life on the Adventure Galley.

31st May 822
Classifieds (Rheinland): Drive Engineer Looking for Work - Communication - Complete
Sparks, Niklas Posse, Rachel Winterton, Leslie Durant, Henry Morrison
Lost and without work, Sparks posts an ad in the classifieds and gets a surprising array of responses.

7th June 822
Nostalgia for Infinity - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Leslie Durant
Sparks meets Leslie Durant, the captain of Adventure Galley and her new employer. For the first time in two years, Sparks goes by her real name.

14th June 822
Stars Unending - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Leslie Durant, James Arland, Lisa Jaeger
Unbeknownst to her latest crew member, Leslie invites an old friend aboard the Galley.

16th June 822
The Bottom Line - Story - In Progress
Sarah McFarlen, Leslie Durant, Peterson, Clarke
Suits and flightsuits clash when Leslie and Sarah meet two Bowex managers.

21st June 822
To: Lisa Jaeger - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Lisa Jaeger
Concerned with an increase in traffic on the Widerstand's communications network, Sarah calls in help to find the cause.

30th June 822
Dubious Company - Story - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, Leslie Durant, Sakuma Hitomi
Leslie, Sarah, and an Admiral of the exiled Kusari Navy hit Barrier Gate after a long flight.

1st July 822
To: James Arland - Communication - Complete
Sarah McFarlen, James Arland
After tracing a handful of strange transmissions in the Barrier back to a lost pre-jumpgate slowboat, Sarah turns to James Arland for help securing it.

5th June - 10th August 822
Derelict - Story - In Progress
Sarah McFarlen, Leslie Durant, James Arland
With the help of James Arland, Leslie and Sarah set course for the remains of the derelict Chardon, and find far more than they bargained for.

Note: The information in some of these threads is rather old, and some of it was written before I finalized Sarah's character concept. So, anywhere descriptions or ages conflict, go with the description on the character sheet.

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"This is really sort of a personal project of mine."

- James Arland, on single-handedly engaging an enemy regiment.

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