People read the the list of the gundams and mobile suits and ships that I put up and some people who's opinions I value said that it was a mite spoilerish. Upon reflection I agree and so it has been taken down to be replaced with a new list, one that is less spoilerish. This is a list of the casts of my respective stories. Many of them will be familiar to readers who have read to the current chapter of Chaotic Cosmos, though few of you have any inkling as to what roles some characters will play in the greater scheme of things. Trying not to be spoilerish, let's just say that Chaotic Cosmos is more replacement material for SEED Destiny, rather than anything truly much of a continuation or expansion upon the series, which is what the Eden Disaster (story #2)and The Destiny War (story #3) will consist of. Of my three planned stories, I have to say, the Eden Disaster, though yet unwritten, will likely be the most epic of them. I'll do my best to get to writing it as soon as possible, but I still have a good few hundred thousand words of Chaotic Cosmos left to get through, or a lot of Eden Disaster won't make any sense. In any case, I should stop before I give something away. Below is a list of all characters in my stories, both canon and OC. I'm also always looking for new characters... if any of you feel like lending a helping hand, I would glad accept charcter names and a brief description of the character (mobile suit pilot, ship's captain, special forces soldier, student, etc) if you want to submit one. It's not nearly as fun as featuring a character in your own story, but hey, I might as well throw the idea out there... it might appeal to someone. If you're interested, just submit one in a review. Same thing if you think you have a really killer new idea for a ship or Gundam... I'm always willing to consider the inspirations of others. Anyway, here's the cast (with the exception of some characters which just by existing with their names would be spoilerish), along with a brief note in some cases.
Canon Characters:
Kira Yamato (Technically Kira Hibiki, but I like Yamato better)
Lacus Clyne (always paired with Kira Yamato, one of my many favorite couples)
Athrun Zala
Cagalli Yula Attha (probably my favorite canon female character, always paired with Athrun)
Dearka Elsman (the Gundam SEED character whom I flatter myself in thinking I'm most like)
Miriallia Haw (not always much of a loud presence, but she's everywhere Dearka is)
Ysak Jule (one of the most fun characters to write... a bad good guy)
Andrew Waltfeld (fun for his quirks)
Ledonir Kisaka (isn't explored enough in the series, so I rectified it)
Murrue Ramius
Mu la Flaga (he'll show up eventually)
Shinn Asuka (as yet undeveloped, but he'll be no less major than he was in Destiny, eventually)
Lunamaria Hawke
Rey Za Burrel
Talia Gladys
Gilbert Durandal
Martin Dacosta
Sai Argyle (Sai is also an underdeveloped character in the series... done my best to spice him up a little)
Chief Murdoch
Haro (questionably a character, but surprises may be in store)
Meyrin Hawke
Arthur Trine
Erica Simmons
Original Characters:
Alkire Majesty aka Robert Jones (one of my leading OC's, get used to him, leader of TEMPEST)
Raine Belaruse (paired with Alkire, a more quiet presence, sniper and unarmed specialist of TEMPEST)
James Ramsgoth (heavy weapons of TEMPEST)
Victor Klein (demolitions expert of TEMPEST)
Vladimir Vlakavich aka Andre Forkav (a man with a dark past, scout and assassin of TEMPEST)
Cervantes Zunnichi (my Lord Djibril, the leader of Blue Cosmos)
Vanai Zunnichi (Cervantes's daughter, Sai's wife)
Asmodeus Sark aka the Hellhound (Intelligence Director of Blue Cosmos, a fairly major bad guy)
Ray Sark (Asmodeus's son)
Cyprus Finch aka The Lieutenant (Proof that Coordinators aren't nearly as indomitable as some think)
Thomas Glory (The Lieutenant's giant sidekick and best friend)
David Icarus (Captain in the EA space force, an as yet undeveloped character)
Chanel Belaruse (the nicer twin of the adopted Belaruse sisters, Ysak's girlfriend)
Katie Belaruse (the more aggresive twin of the Belaruse sisters, Ysak's girlfriend)
George Borander (scientist-director of the PLANTS largest corporation)
Jeremiah Borander (George's brother, one of ZAFT's top aces with Le Creuset dead)
Noah Borander (George's ten year old son, a 5th generation Coordinator, a very undeveloped character)
Michael Genesis (mysterious man who serves as George's security director and Noah's caretaker)
Aireg Randolf (ZAFT commander, contemporary of Waltfeld, old acquiantance of the Clyne Family)
Jean Dylan (EA traitor and general scummy guy)
Franklin Borander aka The Doc (member of Blue Cosmos, he's not the average mad scientist)
Mary O'Brien (Nurse at Orb Red Cross Hospital, fond of loud music)
Amy Sihov (my rather less pleasant replacement for Stella, member of the BCPU project)
Craydon Thresher (a depraved maniac killer, one of the continuation of the BCPU series)
Zacharis Frost (Everything Cray is, but worse and in a smaller, meaner package, member of the BCPU project)
Markov Ashino (there's always one bad guy who's not so bad, member of the BCPU project)
Jean Kellson (just an average Natural girl, Ashino's love interest)
Eric Kellson (Jean's older brother, member of the EA 72nd Autonomous Core Mobile Suit Division)
Lain Debora (Orb Mobile Suit ace, undeveloped)
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Review Replies
As some of you know, often when I get review I send a private message back to the person who reviewed, usually to thank them for reviewing and also to explain/reply to the questions or advice they gave in their review. I'll still do that, but I'm also posting this new section which will be updated frequently, where I will publicly reply to some reviews, ones that bring up questions I either see often or cover material I think might need some explanation. I hesistate to say justification, since it's my story and I'll write it how I like, but I like to have the events in my story make sense to more than just me, so I'll elaborate as need be to show my reasoning for some events that seem arbitrary or inconsistent.
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End of a Nightmare, part 2: Well, my anonymous reviewer, yes Ashino and especially Frost do have similar... greater in Frost's case... damage resistance to Cray. Also, I don't recall a condition where Frost or Ashino was in a cockpit that actually caught fire and burned extensively while they remained inside. They've both been in cockpits that have exploded, but not immolated. In any case, I base the survivability of my characters off of Kira's own survivability from both Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. In Gundam SEED Kira was practically inside his own cockpit when Athrun's self destruct device destroyed both the Aegis and the Strike and he walked away from that without even a permanent scar. Similarly, Kira survived the destruction of the Freedom when Shinn in the Destiny stabbed it through the chest and it blew up in an almost nuclear detonation for some reason (as a nuclear engineer I can tell you, a Nuclear reactor doesn't blow up in a nuclear explosion when destabilized... its just not the same sort of thing as a bomb). If Kira, who's not exactly Mr. Super-buff soldier man, can survive things like that, I don't feel too bad about having my BCPU's, designed and specifically augmented to be tougher and stronger than Coordinators, survive things like they do. It lets me screw them over without having to get rid of them until I want to. And to respond to your first sentence... is Cray really anything, now? He's not dead... but he's an invalid, completely at the mercy of other people. For someone like Cray, who's always enjoyed lording his physical superiority above everyone, I can not imagine a worse fate than to be dependent on others for everything for the rest of his life... his resilience worked against him this time, since if he was dead then he'd be free... he's still a prisoner to the schemes of others now. His freedom is still a long ways off...
My Latest Anonymous Reviewer (Chap 85): The Judgement was designed to be used by a BCPU. However, the BCPU designated for it was not Frost or Cray or Ashino or any other BCPU yet named in the story, though the Doc did once mention that both Cray and Frost had the necessary level of ability to handle the Judgement. But they already had Gundams, the Merciless and the Fury, built for them. The Judgement would have been assigned to some other BCPU, had JIHAD and the Doc not met their fates. As for what Lacus and Co will do, well its always hard for me to say, as their position is not intuitively easy for me to write, it being very idealistic, but they won't kill everyone. They will still play a critical role in finally ending the war, when the time comes for it to end. As for the range of Noah's Newtype power... well its very relative. Against someone like Frost, he was able to reach him from quite far away... hundreds maybe even thousands of kilometers. Against a Stump, probably only a few hundred feet at the very most. Other Newtypes would fit somewhere in those boundaries, though he could also sense Lacus from very far away. And don't fret... Alkire and co still have a lot to do in the story, and the ones after... they won't be slipping off backstage anytime soon.