application for capeandcowl
[PLAYER INFO]
NAME: Setine
AGE: 22
JOURNAL: theshinraco
IM: teamrocketeers
E-MAIL: on request!
RETURNING: [ N/A ]
[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME: Han Solo
FANDOM: Star Wars
CHRONOLOGY: Post Hoth evacuation during The Empire Strikes Back
CLASS: Hero
SUPERHERO NAME: The Falconer
ALTER EGO: Han Solo, Smuggler
BACKGROUND:
The world of the Star Wars original trilogy takes place a very long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. The war against the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance is reaching its peak, especially with stolen Death Star plans. Specially, Han makes his appearance in the seedy Cantina in Mos Eisley, sitting around while his partner, Chewbacca does most of the work. He doesn't introduce himself unless it's good money and whether or not its worth the work. But, there's a problem: Han Solo and Chewbacca are infamous smugglers and who so happen to owe Jabba the Hutt, a space mob don, a lot of money. But, that fact isn't made apparent until after he's done boasting about his ship, the Millennium Falcon, who can make a Kesel run in under 12 parsects. His debt makes him take the very nice price of 17,000 and just as he's about to leave, Greedo - a debt collector for Jabba, stops him and asks where the money is. There's a little talk about money and there's a shot fired - no one knows who started it, but as far as Han is concerned there's only more trouble ahead. Waiting for him in the hangar by his precious ship is Jabba himself asking for the money. Han simply states that his charter of Ben Kenboi and Luke will pay Jabba back, with interest.
The Falcon is his pride and joy, the moment that Luke states (and continues to state) that the ship is a pile of junk, Han gets defensive of her. Even when the Imperials catch onto what's going on, he makes it a point to put Luke in his place about the ship. Han takes the time to gloat for a escaping the Empire, even takes a few shots at the Force before coming up on a very suspicious asteroid field …
Han uses his cunning skill to follow a stray fighter, but the Falcon gets caught in a tractor beam pulling him towards the Death Star. They hide in the hidden cargo areas that Han uses for smuggling, unknowing that they had been marked as a ship blasting out of Mos Eisley. During a search of the ship, Han and Luke knock out two Imperial Stormtroopers and take over a communications hub in the station. Luke berates Han on all his blasting around and Han just wants the Empire to come at him bro.
Once Ben goes off to finish their new mission is rescuing themselves by switching off the tractor beam, R2D2 reveals that Leia is onboard and Han throws a small fit. Better her head than his, but unfortunately for him, Luke knows his soft-spot and they end up going to go rescue the Princess. He doesn't really know what to expect when he gets Leia (except for cash), but they clash the moment they meet each other. One garbage chute and a bonding experience from hell later, they all make it out and back onto the ship. Han takes care of the guards whilst Luke and Leia (who is really starting to grate on his nerves) head back to the ship and to get the droids. Han manages to scream like an idiot, chasing down several Storm Troopers into a horde of more Stormtroopers. Finally, they make it out of there, only to face even more Imperials. Han takes a mentor role with Luke and the ships guns and they deal with it easily (without knowing of a homing beacon on the ship). Han tells Leia straight to her face that he isn't in it for the revolution, at all.
Han doesn't even pay attention during the mission briefing, when Luke goes out to get into his own fighter to ask why he isn't staying to help, Han just states that he needs to take care of himself. Ironically, he does tell Luke after his failed attempt to recruit him, "May the Force Be With You" despite his own vocal objections to the Force.
Han' (Un)surprisingly, during the skirmish, Han assists his new bro Luke in destroying the Death Star. A New Hope ends with Han being awarded a medal and maybe even warming up to the idea of this working for a greater cause business.
During the Empire Strikes back, it's revealed that contrary to his selfish nature, Han actually stayed to help the fleet (for a short period of time, of course). Han and Leia get into a huge fight why he's leaving, even when he has something good going on. But, bigger things await him and he still has a debt to pay off.
When its reported that Luke has disappeared during a scouting mission on the frigid planet, Han is the first to go to look for his friend, regardless of the conditions. He doesn't stop looking, despite the blizzard and it's out of sheer luck that he finds Luke wandering around. When his space llama does kick the bucket, he guts it out and shoves Luke in there to drag him back to safety. But, they can't stop there, this is Empire country-- well, soon anyway. The Empire launches an invasion on the planet and all the rebels have to scurry to evacuate. Despite the rising tensions between Han and Leia, he grabs her and the droids and shoves them on the Falcon. For the sake of Cape and Cowl, this is where he comes in.
PERSONALITY:
From the beginning of A New Hope to the Empire Strikes back, Han transforms from a selfish smuggler to a reluctant hero. He's sarcastic, he's rude, he's patronizing, smug - the very innate qualities you might see in a smuggler. Han has a very hot temper, despite his ability to think quickly on his feet and even faster with a blaster.
You meet him in the seediest parts of a remote desert planet and he only comes out when there's the promise of hard cash. Contrary to this facade, Han displays loyalties to only Chewbacca, who is more like a brother than he is just a co-pilot. The two are always together and Han is always watching his partner's back. At first it seems that Han is also a regular smuggler who owes the wrong people a very large sum of money, but its obvious that he has bigger dreams than just smuggling things for the rest of his life. Han is a gifted mechanic and a damn good pilot, but to get the ship that he loves so much, he had to get into debt.
And damn, does Han love that ship of his. Every time Luke or Leia calls it a bucket of junk, Han feels the need to interject and boast about it. And it says a lot about who he is- the Falcon has a lot of modifications that he did personally on it. It's his handiwork that's made it as fast as it is. He's determined to fight anyone who wants to take it away from him, he'll never give it up without a fight; the Falcon is like a representation of who he is. Han portrays himself as tough, slick and cunning, just like the ship and how it's piloted. Han does everything himself, whether its running calculations through the computer himself rather than a program do it or working on his own ships parts.
For the most part, Han keeps himself guarded. In the beginning, he's all business; he just wants to get from Point A to Point B, drop off Luke and Ben and give the money to Jabba so that he can just fly his ship in peace. When Greedo comes to visit him in the Cantina, he thinks fast on his feet to shoot the debt collector. Han doesn't like to be cornered, which may seem cowardly at first, but he's actually quite bold. While he doesn't exactly stand up to Jabba the Hutt when talking about his debt, Han does step on his tail several times before getting his other side. While he claims to be one for calculation and tact, sometimes his own temper gets the best of him and he goes in guns blazing. This is true with a blaster and in personal relationships. Han likes to think that he isn't one to show a lot of emotion, but he likes to be acknowledged for his skill, as evident on the Falcon when they were en route to Alderaan. It's there that Han displays that he would much rather be rooted in the real world than tangle with something as metaphysical as the Force. It insults Luke, but Han tells it as it is.
While he does a lot of things to keep himself alive, but on the Death Star it's revealed that he actually isn't one to throw another person under the bus. While he does resist going to rescue Leia and even with the promise of a reward, he could have easily left Luke behind in several occasions or allowed Chewbacca to be a meat shield, but he doesn't. Instead, during a shootout, he tells everyone to get behind him and he's the last one to escape down the garbage chute. More importantly, Luke stops being just cargo to Han and actually a friend. Han starts referring to the younger man as "buddy" or "kid" in non-condescending ways, but he's actually sincere about it.
Han also does things that are completely hypocritical: saying that he would rather go guns blazing rather than sneak around or hide, but stating that he won't go to a detention block to get a Princess, saying that he won't stick around for the mission to blow up the Death Star and then coming in at the last minute to help save the day.
In the Empire Strikes Back, it's even shown that he stayed to help the Rebel Alliance find a new hiding spot. He's very well aware that Jabba is pissed at him for not paying him back, but still he helps Luke place sensors in the middle of frozen fields. Luke has become a friend to Han and those are very, very rare for him.
Another thing that's evolved is his relationship with Leia. It's obvious that Han stayed not only to help the Rebel Alliance, but to also get close to the Princess. Even though in A New Hope, they spent the entire time bickering, The Empire Strikes Back shows that something developed between the two of them. When he says that he's leaving, as much as he likes to hear that he has amazing skills, the fact that Leia doesn't want him to stay for another reason irritates the crap out of him. They even get into a fight in a hallway about her ~*~feelings~*~ and Han just gets more and more angry because of her refusal to admit those feelings. But, his friendship to Luke is more important and he doesn't leave without saying goodbye and he wants to make sure that his friend is still alive.
Once more, Han is called on to be a hero when they start to evacuate, but its shown that he's embraced the fact that he's giving himself to a cause greater than himself. But, sadly, the whole interpersonal relationships seems to be over complicated for him and he spends more time arguing or making a conflict worse because of his stubbornness rather than trying to create a solution (in this case, admitting his own feelings for Leia).
What hasn't changed is Han's devotion to his machismo. He isn't like Luke when it comes to accepting a range of emotions. Han would much rather someone take that move forward rather than him, despite the fact that he gets into Leia's face about her own feelings towards him. Han shows anger, concern or a cool cunning - anything deeper is a no-go as evident by his awkward goodbyes.
POWER:
Since Han is human, he doesn't have any canon powers.
His powers in Cape and Cowl would similarly reflect his role in canon: kindred spirit of non-English speakers/he's Dr. Doolittle: Han is able to understand the language of those who cannot speak a language but rather communication in roars, grunts, bear growls, Wookie cries.
He's also a dead shot, his accuracy is now 90% which will slowly rise as he gets used to using weapons that require you to reload them (bullets are so old-school, man).
[CHARACTER SAMPLES]
COMMUNITY POST (FIRST PERSON) SAMPLE:
voice;
Oh, would you look at this hunk of junk. Do you know how long it took me to be able to use this thing? Too long, that's what. Look, I hope I'm not going to have to deal with some ancient civilization here because chances are either you'll get this message and you'll want to shoot me or you'll get this message and you won't have any idea what I'm saying. [look, he's being positive! progress is sweet…]
But, what do I have to lose? I've already lost the ship, the Wookie, the droids and a Princess -which, ironically is exactly what I'm sort of looking for. But, the funny thing is that this place doesn't even look like it could hold any of it and I haven't even heard word about them with the reports on these hunks of junks -- I said that already, right? -- you call monitors.
So, here's what I am thinking. We got eaten while we were on that asteroid or Jabba has gotten really creative and he's trying to get his money's worth through laughs . I am banking more on the first rather than the latter, only because Jabba pays people to have an imagination for him and they don't have any either. If this was the Empire, I would have already been shot.
Someone care to help me out? Where am I? [also if you happened to have seen a rather large Wookie, please contact Han Solo.]
LOGS POST (THIRD PERSON) SAMPLE:
Why did it always have to be waking up in a strange place? The first time this had happened was when he was still a pickpocket on his home planet. The second time, he was a teenager and then the times after that usually involved something odd, him getting shot at or a woman. While the latter was rare, the blasters were more frequent than not and the odd thing was usually Chewie in his face about something or the other.
Han became painfully aware of his surroundings the moment that he realized that he was on ground and not on a ship. The sun was out (rare feeling thanks to Hoth), there were noises of … just humans … and oh, what hell had he landed in. Sure that he was probably dead, but he had been through a lot of close calls, right? Right? There was no way that that he could have possib-
Wait.
Wait.
If he had died, wouldn't Chewie even see him in hell? It was strange that he'd think of something like that, but he and the Wookie had gone through a lot of things together, it was perfectly normal for him to consider that maybe he'd have a little help here, right?
Though, if it was one thing that Han was extremely good at, it was getting people to tell him things the wanted to know. Whether it was at the end of a blaster (…speaking of, why weren't people carrying any?) or through his own persuasions. First thing on his list: find out where the hell he was, then ask about the princess, then the wookie, then the ship--
He was pretty sure that was the right order he wanted to do it in, too. Knowing those droids, he'd probably start to hear C-3POs whinings even here.
FINAL NOTES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:
I apologize if I did the powers section wrong! Most of his skills are more hands on or technical, such as his mechanic, piloting and accuracy. Those abilities are more than easily transferred into a place that has internal combustion engines, guns and airplanes.