Re: [HOE] Misc. Saints for All Occasions

["c m hylton" <cmhylton@earthlink.net>]

I was thinking of von Richtofen (Sp?) (can't remember his first name to save
my sanity) aka the Red Baron, but purely based on reputation.  That and I
did a book report in grade school on him.  Must have been the old aviator
headwear my dad had in his closet back when it was cool to wear that stuff.

C M Hylton
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From: "Kartzoffs" <kartzoffs@optusnet.com.au>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] Misc. Saints for All Occasions


> *snip* I should have a decent Saint of Pilots to work on *snip*
> Although I'm not intimately familiar with pilots, a couple of suggestions
> would be Eddie Richenbacher or the Red Baron. Or alternatively, if you
> happen to be Australian, Charles Kingsford-Smith.
>
> *snip* As for thinking about the
> > "Saint of Junkers," I realized that someone may have suggested Percy
> > Sitgreaves.  Did anything come of that? *snip*
>
> Yeah, I made Sitgreaves. Republished below for your perusal.
> R Percy Sitgreaves, Patron Saint of Junkers
> R Percy Sitgreaves was the first Junker, though not in their current form.
> He was the one who
> created the theories and principles by which Junkers base their own form
of
> magic on in his own
> Thaumaturgic Diffusion; building devices by the use of forcing the
Manitous
> of the Hunting
> Grounds to aid in the construction process.
> Sitgreaves created these theories of Thaumaturgic Diffusion when he
> discovered that Mad
> Scientists unknowingly consorted with Manitous to build their wondrous
> devices. A good man,
> Sitgreaves was horrified. He theorised that Mad Science essentially was a
> tool of the Reckoners
> to bring humanity to some infernal end the Reckoners had in plan (with the
> development of the
> City Busters he was proved right) and so he developed Thaumaturgic
Diffusion
> to force the
> Manitous to aid him in the building of any device.
> His fight against the evil inherent in Mad Science was a lone one in his
> lifetime but after him
> there were others who saw the evils of Mad Science and now in the Wasted
> West there are the
> Junkers who use inhabitants of the Hunting Grounds called Tech Spirits to
> aid them in the
> development of strange devices. It is a practice similar to shamanism and
> one that Sitgreaves
> also developed
> Later in his life he had discovered the fledgling Tech Spirits and began
> using techniques similar
> to those used by Shamans to acquire the aid of them. However Tech Spirits
> proved more willing
> to serve humanity than the Nature Spirits and Sitgreaves thought he had
> found the replacement
> to Mad Science.
> Sadly however soon after he made this discovery he disappeared, after
being
> stalked for many
> months by a beast known only as "The Gorgon" and his final fate is
unknown.
> The Deed:
> Similarly to Saint Rising, Saint Sitgreaves has only appeared to a
Companion
> but differently, one
> who was a Junker. He blesses Junker Companions who build devices designed
to
> help
> settlements deemed worthy of aid by the beliefs of the Templars. To those
> blessed by him he
> emulate the effect of Tech Spirits called "Browsers" that the Junker
> Companion mightn't have.
>
> R Percy Sitgreaves, Patron Saint of Junkers
> Sitgreaves did more for the way of the Junker than any other person and
> almost 200 years
> before Junkers even existed. Although he was not remembered after his
> disappearance by the
> people of his time he is one of the greatest unsung heroes for what he did
> in the Hunting
> Grounds in the 19th Century and how it has helped the folk of the Wasted
> West.
> Deed: Sitgreaves appears to Junker Companions who build a device designed
> for the sole
> purpose of aiding a settlement. It has to be a settlement deemed worthy by
> the Junker and the
> device has to aid the entire settlement so a new rifle for a militia
member
> won't cut it. A power
> generator or a machine that makes medicines will earn Sitgreaves attention
> however.
>
> Sitgreaves abilities work differently to other Martyrs in that he can mimc
> the abilities of a
> browser. If your Junker has Sitgreaves as a Saint then he can spend chips
on
> a Browser he
> doesn't have. However he can only use each Browser he doesn't have once a
> day. Consider this
> ability to be using level 5 Browsers.
> Vexation: Sitgreaves was appalled by the use of New Science as a means of
> building weapons
> of mass destruction and is similarly appalled by Junkers who use Junker
> Magic for the same
> purpose. If your Junker builds a weapon designed to kill several people
> simultaneously then he
> is immediately forsaken. What exactly falls under the category
> "weapon designed to kill several people" is up to the Marshal but in
general
> things like Machine
> Guns and Bombs and Missiles is what we mean.
>
> Alex
>
> 2MTD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "c m hylton" <cmhylton@earthlink.net>
> To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 6:57 PM
> Subject: [HOE] Misc. Saints for All Occasions
>
>
> >
> > >
> > > Assuming any of you are still here (doubtful), then if you're
interested
> > > I'll post any of them you ask about.
> > > Yep, I really lack a life...
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > 2MTD
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Clint Black" <cblack@ohtinc.com>
> > > To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:47 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [HOE] Road Warrior Second Chance!!!???
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Glad someone was keeping track.  I was but when you delve into the DLL's
> of
> > your computer trying to erase a Trojan Horse, you tend to screw
something
> > up.
> > I think this is more suitable title.  I think we went a bit off target
> from
> > the Road Warrior/Redemption/Reward etc that was initially asked.
> >
> > Now, maybe I should have a decent Saint of Pilots to work on.  Oh, and
> what
> > would be the vexation on the "Saint of Redemption," the former
> > Biker-turned-do-gooder with a limited lifespan.  As for thinking about
the
> > "Saint of Junkers," I realized that someone may have suggested Percy
> > Sitgreaves.  Did anything come of that?  Or since the Junkers started to
> > rise in the aftermath of Judgement Day after the Manitous left the
"Mads,"
> > would it be someone after the "Burn."  Need to delve a bit into my
> lexicons
> > (ugh, I had to use that word, didn't i?) to see if I can find a likely
> > subject.  Or if anyone actually has a decent, admirable, or somewhat
> quirky
> > Junker who bit the big one and could inspire those in his footsteps to
do
> > what's right.  However, I feel that Simon wasn't exactly keen on the
> > Junker's way.  Not sure if it was concrete but something about them
didn't
> > seem to set right with him.  (Mental Note: delve into the "Last
Crusaders"
> > once again).
> >
> > C M Hylton
> >
> >
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