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the_hard_6ix) wrote2011-12-05 06:53 am
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Character Name: Caprica-Six
Series: Battlestar Galactica
Age: Late 20s (apparent)
From When?: Following being shot by one of the Fives in Precipice.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. Caprica-Six has the ability to repent and feel remorse and will likely graduate to Warden without too much difficulty.
Item: N/A
Abilities/Powers: From Battlestar Wiki: The bodies of humanoid Cylons have stamina and strength above human average, and are designed to destroy or resist commonly dangerous human diseases, although they are not immune from all contagions. In keeping with their desire to be a better human, however, the Cylons did not or could not further improve on other characteristic design flaws of the human body. Humanoid Cylons are heavily fortified to resist damage from intense radiation fields that would kill a human after short exposure, but they are still susceptible to damage from certain types of radiation or trauma. Despite their resistance to certain forms of energy, humanoid Cylons, unlike the Cylon Centurion, cannot be made "bulletproof" and are as susceptible as humans to piercing or blunt force weapons. They require oxygen to live, and thus can be killed by suffocation.
Personality: The Number Six models of Cylon all began with the same basic personality, but as with Humans, personal experience shapes and changes that personality. Caprica-Six is smart, capable, and confident. Her mission on Caprica was to seduce Doctor Gaius Baltar and use him to gain access to the Colonial defense mainframe so the human race could be wiped out on all twelve colonies in just hours. Billions of people were killed at once by nuclear warheads, and Caprica-Six (so called for her role on the planet) was hailed a hero. And most importantly, she was comfortable with what she had done.
Many Sixes are sensual beings, and Caprica is no exception. She believes in love – God's love and the love between people. For all that she liked to rile Gaius up by asking him if he loved her, she didn't care that he didn't. She understood it wasn't in his nature (personally) to love her. Not at that time, at any rate, and she had no problem with her love for him not being returned. That said, sex need not be about love with her. Seduction and flirtation can be a means to an end, or for fun. She's both fickle and resolute in this way.
Despite her confidence that being instrumental to the destruction of the Colonies, when Caprica awoke from her death, shielding Doctor Baltar from the nuclear blast that destroyed Caprica City, she found the idea of having lost him exceptionally distressing. She also found a hallucination of him telling her to lie about that fact, for the sake of her own self-preservation. Sixes are skilled liars, and perhaps Caprica-Six is the exemplary of her model.
The Cylon agenda became less and less important to her once she began to feel it contradicted with the word of God. Caprica-Six is deeply religious, and realising that her actions may be sins in the eyes of God doesn't sit well with her. This isn't to say that she attempts to live a life wholly free of sin. To err is Cylon, too. The One model had such plans for the Cylons, that they bought into – Caprica included (perhaps especially so). There is direct conflict between that plan and God's Plan that she has yet to fully reconcile.
The Barge will represent a very unique spanner thrown into the works. There is no Cylon fleet, and no Earth to search for. No Colonials to blame or revere for the creation of the Cylons. This calls into question what she has to stand for. To be removed from the Cylon way of life – where unity was so cherished, and where she chose to individualise herself above her model as an example of what it is to be Human, to show that perhaps it wasn't all bad – will be jarring. She is likely to take an inquisitive approach to this new culture, because seeking to understand the philosophy of these other facets of humanity is extremely important to helping her understand herself, and where she fits into God's Plan.
Path to Redemption: Initially, Caprica was very self-assured that her mission (to help assure the genocide of humanity by subverting the Colonial defense mainframe through Doctor Gaius Baltar) is righteous, and that the Humans deserved to die. Eventually, she came to realise that it was wrong. Her religious nature will cause her to continue to raise questions about the Cylon agenda and how it conflicts with her God's commandments with minimal coaxing. Being made to sympathise with the suffering of the Humans will go a long way to redeeming her.
The ease with which this can happen may raise the question of why Caprica-Six is an Inmate at all. She spoke for her model on New Caprica during the Cylon occupation. She along with an Eight called Boomer used their celebrity status as Heroes of the Cylon to influence their race to seek to hold a benevolent dictatorship over humanity rather than simply continue to try and wipe them out. The acts she authorised on behalf of the Sixes were awful, and that's something she needs to atone for. She needs to realise that humanity doesn't require Cylon overlords.
Especially given that Caprica's brand of mercy involved the torture of humanity in order to show them “the way.” In such contradiction, she both wanted to understand humanity, while also crushing any strength the human race might be attempting to cling to. She would see members of the resistance executed, as well as uninvolved members of their families in the name of stamping out the struggle for Human freedom. The idea of “having” to do these things upset her, but only in so far as she was upset that humanity wouldn't just roll over and allow the Cylons to dictate how their lives should be lived.
Even if she didn't always participate in the terror inflicted on humanity, she condoned much of it. That she's acted in the name of the Cylon God she believes removes her from any personal guilt. Caprica-Six needs to accept some personal responsibility for her actions.
An ideal Warden for Caprica-Six is someone prepared to discuss things logically and methodically, when she feels she has a need to discuss anything with someone with the sort of authority her Warden would represent to her.
History: Taking from Preparation and the Attack through the first two paragraphs of The Attempt at Benevolent Dictatorship for canon point, while drawing from the rest of her history for her personality and possibility of redemption.
Sample Journal Entry: “I never thought being boxed would include all the comforts of home.” She hadn't been living on a basestar, or even arguing on one when the Five shot her. And she hadn't woken up in a tub on the resurrection ship. There are few options for what happens to a Cylon after they experience death. “I'm not dreaming.” Of this she is quite certain. “But this place is an impossibility. I have to admit I'm at a loss...”
----
Having had some time to come to grips with her surroundings, or at least gain some sort of understanding that she is not anywhere she'd call home, it's time to make her broadcast, as she's seen and heard others do. “I believe I understand why I am meant to be here.” Voice seems the safest medium for this admission. Broadcasting her face – one that she suspects will be familiar to some – doesn't seem the wisest move. “This is a part of God's plan for me, so I accept my place here.” Never mind that all mention of God's Plan™ generally gives her away as one of the twelve models of Cylon.
“But I don't believe it's because I have done wrong. I've been sent here to help others. If it is to be in this role, as an Inmate, then it is because it is where I can do the most good.” Caprica-Six smiles, and it can be heard in her tone. “Now, what is this technology? It's really quite impressive. This room is almost identical to my own, but I know better.”
Sample RP: Memories flashed, as they do when Cylons die. Dinner on Caprica with Gaius Baltar, kissing him, making love to him. Meeting with Cavil – the One – to announce the success of her mission. Returning again to Gaius to tell him what she was, and what he had allowed her to do. Glass and steel exploding about her and destroying her body as she pushed him to the ground – a different death. Another explosion, this time in a parking garage, where she took the first step toward civil war by killing a Three, and making a pact with an Eight. Arriving on New Caprica to show the Humans a new way. Months of unrest and insurgency.
Finally, Colonial One.
“This is crazy!” The anger at the other models for what they wanted to do to humanity, this perversion of God's Plan, it made her heart hammer in her chest, and she could hear the blood pound in her ears like the sound of drums.
It was almost enough to drown out the report of gunfire. Not that she had any time register the cacophony of it for what it was. Caprica-Six was dead before she hit the floor, a neat hole in the centre of her forehead in retaliation for her need to protect the humans. To protect Gaius.
But she didn't awaken in a tub of thick fluid of translucent white, with the trauma of death and rebirth clawing at her mind, leaving her disoriented. She instead found herself staring at a ceiling, in a bed that hadn't been hers for at least four months. And watching over her, a version of the man she just died speaking out in defense of that she knew was not that man.
“No, darling,” Gaius said to her in a hushed voice, smooth as silk. “This is crazy.”
Special Notes: She's not going to be terribly difficult to redeem, but I still feel redemption is worth exploring with Caprica. Additionally, like Gaius, Caprica-Six has a corresponding, “hallucinatory” version of Baltar that resides in her mind and tends to serve as her devil's advocate. He is more cynical than the actual Gaius Baltar, and tends to steer her toward understanding humanity. I intend to incorporate head!Gaius into Caprica's interactions from time to time much the way Samm incorporates head!Six, with mod permission.
User LJ:
cottonandiceAIM/IM: yrbirdcanscene, or PM via character LJ.
E-mail: aleecat [at] gmail [dot] com
Other Characters:
bestlietenant, and fortherightguyCharacter Name: Caprica-Six
Series: Battlestar Galactica
Age: Late 20s (apparent)
From When?: Following being shot by one of the Fives in Precipice.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. Caprica-Six has the ability to repent and feel remorse and will likely graduate to Warden without too much difficulty.
Item: N/A
Abilities/Powers: From Battlestar Wiki: The bodies of humanoid Cylons have stamina and strength above human average, and are designed to destroy or resist commonly dangerous human diseases, although they are not immune from all contagions. In keeping with their desire to be a better human, however, the Cylons did not or could not further improve on other characteristic design flaws of the human body. Humanoid Cylons are heavily fortified to resist damage from intense radiation fields that would kill a human after short exposure, but they are still susceptible to damage from certain types of radiation or trauma. Despite their resistance to certain forms of energy, humanoid Cylons, unlike the Cylon Centurion, cannot be made "bulletproof" and are as susceptible as humans to piercing or blunt force weapons. They require oxygen to live, and thus can be killed by suffocation.
Personality: The Number Six models of Cylon all began with the same basic personality, but as with Humans, personal experience shapes and changes that personality. Caprica-Six is smart, capable, and confident. Her mission on Caprica was to seduce Doctor Gaius Baltar and use him to gain access to the Colonial defense mainframe so the human race could be wiped out on all twelve colonies in just hours. Billions of people were killed at once by nuclear warheads, and Caprica-Six (so called for her role on the planet) was hailed a hero. And most importantly, she was comfortable with what she had done.
Many Sixes are sensual beings, and Caprica is no exception. She believes in love – God's love and the love between people. For all that she liked to rile Gaius up by asking him if he loved her, she didn't care that he didn't. She understood it wasn't in his nature (personally) to love her. Not at that time, at any rate, and she had no problem with her love for him not being returned. That said, sex need not be about love with her. Seduction and flirtation can be a means to an end, or for fun. She's both fickle and resolute in this way.
Despite her confidence that being instrumental to the destruction of the Colonies, when Caprica awoke from her death, shielding Doctor Baltar from the nuclear blast that destroyed Caprica City, she found the idea of having lost him exceptionally distressing. She also found a hallucination of him telling her to lie about that fact, for the sake of her own self-preservation. Sixes are skilled liars, and perhaps Caprica-Six is the exemplary of her model.
The Cylon agenda became less and less important to her once she began to feel it contradicted with the word of God. Caprica-Six is deeply religious, and realising that her actions may be sins in the eyes of God doesn't sit well with her. This isn't to say that she attempts to live a life wholly free of sin. To err is Cylon, too. The One model had such plans for the Cylons, that they bought into – Caprica included (perhaps especially so). There is direct conflict between that plan and God's Plan that she has yet to fully reconcile.
The Barge will represent a very unique spanner thrown into the works. There is no Cylon fleet, and no Earth to search for. No Colonials to blame or revere for the creation of the Cylons. This calls into question what she has to stand for. To be removed from the Cylon way of life – where unity was so cherished, and where she chose to individualise herself above her model as an example of what it is to be Human, to show that perhaps it wasn't all bad – will be jarring. She is likely to take an inquisitive approach to this new culture, because seeking to understand the philosophy of these other facets of humanity is extremely important to helping her understand herself, and where she fits into God's Plan.
Path to Redemption: Initially, Caprica was very self-assured that her mission (to help assure the genocide of humanity by subverting the Colonial defense mainframe through Doctor Gaius Baltar) is righteous, and that the Humans deserved to die. Eventually, she came to realise that it was wrong. Her religious nature will cause her to continue to raise questions about the Cylon agenda and how it conflicts with her God's commandments with minimal coaxing. Being made to sympathise with the suffering of the Humans will go a long way to redeeming her.
The ease with which this can happen may raise the question of why Caprica-Six is an Inmate at all. She spoke for her model on New Caprica during the Cylon occupation. She along with an Eight called Boomer used their celebrity status as Heroes of the Cylon to influence their race to seek to hold a benevolent dictatorship over humanity rather than simply continue to try and wipe them out. The acts she authorised on behalf of the Sixes were awful, and that's something she needs to atone for. She needs to realise that humanity doesn't require Cylon overlords.
Especially given that Caprica's brand of mercy involved the torture of humanity in order to show them “the way.” In such contradiction, she both wanted to understand humanity, while also crushing any strength the human race might be attempting to cling to. She would see members of the resistance executed, as well as uninvolved members of their families in the name of stamping out the struggle for Human freedom. The idea of “having” to do these things upset her, but only in so far as she was upset that humanity wouldn't just roll over and allow the Cylons to dictate how their lives should be lived.
Even if she didn't always participate in the terror inflicted on humanity, she condoned much of it. That she's acted in the name of the Cylon God she believes removes her from any personal guilt. Caprica-Six needs to accept some personal responsibility for her actions.
An ideal Warden for Caprica-Six is someone prepared to discuss things logically and methodically, when she feels she has a need to discuss anything with someone with the sort of authority her Warden would represent to her.
History: Taking from Preparation and the Attack through the first two paragraphs of The Attempt at Benevolent Dictatorship for canon point, while drawing from the rest of her history for her personality and possibility of redemption.
Sample Journal Entry: “I never thought being boxed would include all the comforts of home.” She hadn't been living on a basestar, or even arguing on one when the Five shot her. And she hadn't woken up in a tub on the resurrection ship. There are few options for what happens to a Cylon after they experience death. “I'm not dreaming.” Of this she is quite certain. “But this place is an impossibility. I have to admit I'm at a loss...”
----
Having had some time to come to grips with her surroundings, or at least gain some sort of understanding that she is not anywhere she'd call home, it's time to make her broadcast, as she's seen and heard others do. “I believe I understand why I am meant to be here.” Voice seems the safest medium for this admission. Broadcasting her face – one that she suspects will be familiar to some – doesn't seem the wisest move. “This is a part of God's plan for me, so I accept my place here.” Never mind that all mention of God's Plan™ generally gives her away as one of the twelve models of Cylon.
“But I don't believe it's because I have done wrong. I've been sent here to help others. If it is to be in this role, as an Inmate, then it is because it is where I can do the most good.” Caprica-Six smiles, and it can be heard in her tone. “Now, what is this technology? It's really quite impressive. This room is almost identical to my own, but I know better.”
Sample RP: Memories flashed, as they do when Cylons die. Dinner on Caprica with Gaius Baltar, kissing him, making love to him. Meeting with Cavil – the One – to announce the success of her mission. Returning again to Gaius to tell him what she was, and what he had allowed her to do. Glass and steel exploding about her and destroying her body as she pushed him to the ground – a different death. Another explosion, this time in a parking garage, where she took the first step toward civil war by killing a Three, and making a pact with an Eight. Arriving on New Caprica to show the Humans a new way. Months of unrest and insurgency.
Finally, Colonial One.
“This is crazy!” The anger at the other models for what they wanted to do to humanity, this perversion of God's Plan, it made her heart hammer in her chest, and she could hear the blood pound in her ears like the sound of drums.
It was almost enough to drown out the report of gunfire. Not that she had any time register the cacophony of it for what it was. Caprica-Six was dead before she hit the floor, a neat hole in the centre of her forehead in retaliation for her need to protect the humans. To protect Gaius.
But she didn't awaken in a tub of thick fluid of translucent white, with the trauma of death and rebirth clawing at her mind, leaving her disoriented. She instead found herself staring at a ceiling, in a bed that hadn't been hers for at least four months. And watching over her, a version of the man she just died speaking out in defense of that she knew was not that man.
“No, darling,” Gaius said to her in a hushed voice, smooth as silk. “This is crazy.”
Special Notes: She's not going to be terribly difficult to redeem, but I still feel redemption is worth exploring with Caprica. Additionally, like Gaius, Caprica-Six has a corresponding, “hallucinatory” version of Baltar that resides in her mind and tends to serve as her devil's advocate. He is more cynical than the actual Gaius Baltar, and tends to steer her toward understanding humanity. I intend to incorporate head!Gaius into Caprica's interactions from time to time much the way Samm incorporates head!Six, with mod permission.