Post by president laura roslin on Dec 23, 2010 22:58:11 GMT -5
ALL ABOUT YOU!
ALL ABOUT THEM!
PROVE IT!
your name ooc: Amelia
your age: 17
experience: Oh, around 5+ years
what do you hear?: nothing but the rain (i could also add then grab your gun and bring in the cat, but i won't)
ALL ABOUT THEM!
character name: Laura Eileen Roslin
canon: Battlestar Galactica
canon point: Around the end of Season 2 - her cancer is cured for the time being, and they've just discovered New Caprica.
important history:
- full history HERE
- Before the attacks, her parents and sisters died, she was promoted to Secretary of Education under President Adar, then proceeded to have an affair with him. he nearly terminated her employment before the attacks, but she convinced him to wait until after the decommissioning ceremony of Galactica. She finds out she has terminal breast cancer.
- The attacks occur, all 41 government officials above her are killed, she becomes President and is sworn in. She orders the rescue of several thousands of civilians, but ends up leaving half of them behind. On Galactica, she butts heads with William Adama, then calls him out on knowing where Earth is.
- They find out cylons can appear human, and it's kept a secret. She undergoes cancer treatment with a drug called chamalla (aka the good shit). She orders the interrogation and eventual airlocking of Leoben Conoy, a human cylon found on Gemenon Traveller. She meets with the Quorum of 12, fights with Zarek about the Vice Presidency - Baltar takes over and she is rather relieved. (until she realizes how evil he is, but that comes later)
- She starts to hallucinate because of the drug she is on, and is soon convinced she is the dying leader of the scrolls of Pythia who will lead her people to earth, but will not live to enter the new land. After ordering Kara to steal a raider to go and get the Arrow of Apollo, she is thrown in the brig. After gaining support, she escapes and is taken to the Astral Queen, where it and a little over a third of the fleet jump to Kobol and attempt to explore the planet for the Tomb of Athena.
- Adama leads a recon mission to recover her, they resolve their differences, and find the tomb and are shown the way to Earth. She is reinstated as President. They run into the Pegasus - and Admiral Cain (teh betch) - just as Laura's health begins to get worse. After Admiral Cain is killed, Laura promotes Adama to Admiral, and seals it with a kiss. Not long after, she is rushed to Galactica's sickbay, where, after some hesitation, she is cured by the blood of Sharon's half cylon child Hera.
- She was preparing for the election against Baltar when she was whisked away to this world here.
character age: 53
face claim: Mary McDonnell
notable weaknesses:
- her cancer
- children
- william adama (though she won't admit it at this point)
notable strengths/abilities:
- she's one hell of a president
- she stands for what she believes in and frak whatever anyone else says
- she knows what she wants (and gets it)
- she's good at teaching
- she's good at hiding her emotions
general personality: Laura Roslin is a woman of many faces. Before becoming President, she was mostly quiet, and let Adar's administration order her around like some cylon. She did as she was told, exactly as she was told, when she was told to do it. When she succeeded as President, something inside her changed. She turned into a leader who was prepared to hold office until it was pried from her cold, dead, fingers. One moment she could be your best friend, having a normal conversation, and the next minute she could be an ice cold bitch that could rival Admiral Cain. Her temper is not one to be messed with. She's a redhead, after all, and will airlock you, especially if you a cylon in her general radius.
She intelligent and she knows it, and isn't afraid to show it. It takes others (*coughBaltarcough*) to realize it. Her faith is not one to be messed with either, because she is the dying leader whether you like it or not, and she's going to lead you to earth, even if it kills her. She's humourous at times if you catch her in a good mood, and she does enjoy joking around when she's not busy being all presidental. Catch her in a bad mood and you'll probably find yourself out the nearest airlock.
anything else important about your character: she's president of her world, uh . . . her cancer will come back eventually as a plot point on this site, probably . . . and that's about it at the moment.
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sample rp post AS YOUR CHARACTER:
Laura was not one to be frakked with, especially in that very moment after her meeting with Gaius Baltar. Oh, how she wanted to wrap her hands around his neck and throttle him. She picked up the nearest paper and fanned herself with it, heated after the arguement she'd held with Baltar a moment before. Her heart was still ramming hard against her chest from her yelling and she was burning up, feeling slightly sick to her stomach. The latter was probably from the chamalla she had taken less than an hour ago.
But she couldn't kill Baltar, as he was Vice President and killing him would leave Tom Zarek to take the position. Yeah, over her dead body that would happen.
But she was dying, so that whole 'over my dead body' thing probably wasn't appropriate to use anymore. Sighing, she glanced down at the various papers and files scattered across her desk. Somehow, at the end of the world, they had so much paper. Sure, food was hard to come by, but not paper. Of course not. No one had ever told her being President required so much Gods damned paperwork.
Picking up the nearest file, she glanced through it, realizing she'd already read it and given her notes to Billy. Getting organized needed to be a priority on her list of things to do. She sat the file on the corner of her desk before catching movement out of the corner of her eye - Gaius Baltar was coming back into her office.
"I thought you were leaving?" She fought to keep her voice level after the arguement she had just held with him. He jumped, twitching - odd man he was - and came toward her like a man on a mission.
"Forgot my pen."
He snatched it up and left her office as quickly as possible, leaving her to stew alone in silence once more. She glared after him, not for the first time wishing that looks could indeed kill. Brushing hair from her eyes, she turned back to her papers - only to find that they were gone, and she was no longer at her desk. No longer even in her office for that matter. Instead, Laura found herself standing in the middle of a forest clearing that looked strangely familiar - she'd seen it before in a dream.
She looked back up - straight into the eyes of Leoben Conoy. Her mouth opened to say something, but she found no words came out, and she was met with the sense of not being able to breathe. Trying to take in gasps of air, she stumbled away from Leoben - he was saying something, but she couldn't hear him. The blood was rushing in her ears as she tried to breathe, but found she still couldn't. She was dying. She was -
- face down in her pillow. Laura jerked up in a cold sweat, her blankets falling off of her as she nearly fell sideways out of the cot she slept on, on Colonial One. It had been a dream, another hallucination. She'd been dreaming about the arguement with Baltar and it'd slipped into a less-than-helpful vision.
Irratated and knowing there would be no going back to sleep now, she grabbed her glasses and got to her feet in search of a glass of water.
