Post by Amelia Pond on May 16, 2012 23:43:40 GMT -5
GUIDELINES FOR JOINING
Torchwood 1, 2 and 4, India & Belfast, etc... members sort of have more free reign. Since they're mostly outside of Canon, with the exception of Torchwood 1 & India. In most cases with Torchwood 2, as far as we know, everyone but Jack was killed.With Torchwood 3, interested parties must RP their attempt to join Jack’s group; however, TW3 is not accepting new members, at this time.
Torchwood members Must Be at least 18 years old (the characters, not necessarily the players).
In order to form a new branch, a minimum of 3 characters must come together, and in-game, establish themselves as founders of such: a Leader, a Doctor and a Techie. The Staff must be petitioned for approval FIRST, and then their first priority will be a thread to establish their TW branch (ie: a New TW1, or TW5...)
9.99999999 times out of 10, Torchwood members must be human. After all, originally, Torchwood was an anti-alien group, and now they defend the Earth against aliens. Only the rarest of rare exceptions shall be made for any non-human who wishes to join; there ought to be less than one alien or alien-human hybrid per Torchwood Branch - and chances are, they better at least LOOK like a human/be able to pass as human.
New Torchwood members must join the team / new TW branches must be established post-Miracle Day. Neither OCs, nor DW/TW/SJA Canon characters seeking to become Torchwood agents shall be allowed to interrupt established TW Canon (including audios, novels & comic books). Exceptions may be made if someone apps an OC “pre-Canon”, so long as they don’t interfere with established Canon.
Mods have the final say on who's in and out, but we should make an effort to work with the members - we don’t want to tell them, ‘No.’; also, Jack & Gwen ought to be consulted as the only Canon Torchwood [co-leaders] still alive - well, Gwen’s 2nd in command, anyway, and leads in Jack’s absence, while Jack has become the de facto leader of the entire Torchwood Institute following the Battle of Torchwood at Canary Wharf. All other TW branches in Canon shut down around the time of The 456 affair.
Bear in mind that Torchwood is also an entity of the British Crown. It has no jurisdictional powers or legal authority outside the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, although individual nations of the Commonwealth of Nations may still respect the Torchwood Charter and allow cells to operate.
Any of the non-taken Canons below may be available for NPC use - please contact the Staff (and probably Jack as well, if he happened to be on that particular “team”) before writing for one of them. These characters may also be adopted and developed into a “pseudo-Canon”, or “sort-of” Canon (like Diane Holmes, for example - I took a few [what I thought to be logical] liberties with her History).
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TORCHWOOD INSTITUTE
Torchwood One: Headquartered at Canary Wharf in London, and destroyed during the Battle of Torchwood, and consequently abandoned. TW1 also had/has a base under the Thames Flood Barrier and owned the security firm "H.C. Clements" used to recreate Huon particles.
TW1 is active on Pete’s World, in an alternate reality, and known members are:
Past members of our regular Reality:
Torchwood Two: Run from above a bank in Glasgow, near the waterfront development on the River Clyde, by a "very strange man" called Archie. This branch was disbanded at some point prior to September 2009 - before The 456 affair.
Torchwood Three: Based in Cardiff, near the Cardiff Rift and under the leadership of Captain Jack Harkness since the year 2000. The Cardiff headquarters was destroyed on orders of the UK government circa 2009. After the defeat of The 456, Torchwood Three ceased operations, though two of its members currently carry on (Jack & Gwen).
Known members are:
TW3: 2507
Past TW3 Teams:
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MISC AGENTS:
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PETS:
Torchwood Four: Lost, but in the words of Captain Jack Harkness, "We'll find it someday". Jack also said that in 1941, TW4 was still missing; however, it has never been specified as to how this happened, nor where it may previously have been located before its disappearance. Torchwood's immortal assessor Agnes Haversham referred to TW4's disappearance as having been something of a messy business.
Torchwood India: This branch operated in Delhi under the cover of a gentlemen's club called the Royal Connaught Club, until it was shut down in 1924 by Captain Jack Harkness, and all of their alien equipment was taken back to Britain. In 2009, Jack and TW3 traced an alien energy field to the site of TW India, and discovered that Eleanor and the other TW India agents have been using a Time Store to prevent time from passing in the Royal Connaught Club by repeating the same day over and over - the very same day that Jack came to shut them down - so that TW India, effectively, never truly ceased operating. As the Time Store was never intended to be used for as long as TW India had been using it (85 years), it started needing more and more energy. At first, it powered itself, then it required more electricity, and then finally it found the potential energy it needed to function from humans. By 2009, thousands of people were being stolen to feed the Time Store. To deal with this, the Duchess intended to connect it to a wireless network, and return the whole world back to 1924, in the hope of returning the British Empire to its former glory. When the wireless network was shut down by TW3, the Time Store also shut down and froze TW India in time; its members refused to leave before the building was frozen in time, forever locked in 1924.
Known members are:
Torchwood Belfast: Operates out of the Museum of Human Antiquity. A small office, typically not more than three to four agents. (This one's the Meddler's baby).
Known members:
Torchwood 1, 2 and 4, India & Belfast, etc... members sort of have more free reign. Since they're mostly outside of Canon, with the exception of Torchwood 1 & India. In most cases with Torchwood 2, as far as we know, everyone but Jack was killed.
Torchwood members Must Be at least 18 years old (the characters, not necessarily the players).
In order to form a new branch, a minimum of 3 characters must come together, and in-game, establish themselves as founders of such: a Leader, a Doctor and a Techie. The Staff must be petitioned for approval FIRST, and then their first priority will be a thread to establish their TW branch (ie: a New TW1, or TW5...)
9.99999999 times out of 10, Torchwood members must be human. After all, originally, Torchwood was an anti-alien group, and now they defend the Earth against aliens. Only the rarest of rare exceptions shall be made for any non-human who wishes to join; there ought to be less than one alien or alien-human hybrid per Torchwood Branch - and chances are, they better at least LOOK like a human/be able to pass as human.
New Torchwood members must join the team / new TW branches must be established post-Miracle Day. Neither OCs, nor DW/TW/SJA Canon characters seeking to become Torchwood agents shall be allowed to interrupt established TW Canon (including audios, novels & comic books). Exceptions may be made if someone apps an OC “pre-Canon”, so long as they don’t interfere with established Canon.
Mods have the final say on who's in and out, but we should make an effort to work with the members - we don’t want to tell them, ‘No.’; also, Jack & Gwen ought to be consulted as the only Canon Torchwood [co-leaders] still alive - well, Gwen’s 2nd in command, anyway, and leads in Jack’s absence, while Jack has become the de facto leader of the entire Torchwood Institute following the Battle of Torchwood at Canary Wharf. All other TW branches in Canon shut down around the time of The 456 affair.
Bear in mind that Torchwood is also an entity of the British Crown. It has no jurisdictional powers or legal authority outside the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, although individual nations of the Commonwealth of Nations may still respect the Torchwood Charter and allow cells to operate.
Any of the non-taken Canons below may be available for NPC use - please contact the Staff (and probably Jack as well, if he happened to be on that particular “team”) before writing for one of them. These characters may also be adopted and developed into a “pseudo-Canon”, or “sort-of” Canon (like Diane Holmes, for example - I took a few [what I thought to be logical] liberties with her History).
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TORCHWOOD INSTITUTE
Torchwood One: Headquartered at Canary Wharf in London, and destroyed during the Battle of Torchwood, and consequently abandoned. TW1 also had/has a base under the Thames Flood Barrier and owned the security firm "H.C. Clements" used to recreate Huon particles.
TW1 is active on Pete’s World, in an alternate reality, and known members are:
- Stevie (worked at Torchwood during the creation of the Cybermen, circa 2007)
- Rose Tyler (hired due to experience with aliens, circa 2010)
- Pete Tyler
- Mickey Smith
Past members of our regular Reality:
- Yvonne Hartman (Administrator until 2007, deceased or trapped in the Void in the Battle of Canary Wharf) Upgraded into a Cyberman. Killed ordinary Cybermen but was sucked into the Void.
- Doctor Rajesh Singh (researcher, deceased in the Battle of Canary Wharf).
- Adeola Oshodi (deceased 2007). Died in a cyber-brain transplant when the Tenth Doctor destroyed it. Cousin of Martha Jones.
- Matt Crane (deceased 2007). Died in a cyber-brain transplant when the Tenth Doctor destroyed it.
- Gareth Evans (deceased 2007). Died in a cyber-brain transplant when the Tenth Doctor destroyed it.
- Ianto Jones (junior researcher; transferred to Torchwood Three in 2007 - See TW3 for more)
- Lisa Hallett (deceased 2007). Partially cyberconverted, shot to death by Torchwood Three.
- Carlie Roberts (biologist)
- Rupert Howarth (mentor)
Torchwood Two: Run from above a bank in Glasgow, near the waterfront development on the River Clyde, by a "very strange man" called Archie. This branch was disbanded at some point prior to September 2009 - before The 456 affair.
Torchwood Three: Based in Cardiff, near the Cardiff Rift and under the leadership of Captain Jack Harkness since the year 2000. The Cardiff headquarters was destroyed on orders of the UK government circa 2009. After the defeat of The 456, Torchwood Three ceased operations, though two of its members currently carry on (Jack & Gwen).
Known members are:
- Jack Harkness (leader; active 1899-2008, 2008-2009 & 2011+)
- Suzie Costello (weapons expert; active unknown-2007; died, twice - 3 months apart - in 2007 [in the episodes: “Everything Changes” and “They Keep Killing Suzie”)
- Toshiko Sato (technological expert; active 2004-2009; died 2009 [in the episode “Exit Wounds”])
- Owen Harper (medic; active 2005-2009; died twice in 2009 [Site Canon: restored to Life w/ help from the Meddler post-Miracle Day])
- Ianto Jones (factotum - a person having many diverse responsibilities; active 2007-2009; died 2009 [during the affair of The 456])
- Gwen Cooper (police liaison, field agent; active 2007-2009; temporary leader 2008 [after the episode “End of Days”, up until Jack returned in “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang”]; active again 2011+)
- Rhys Williams (Gwen’s husband; “honorary” member since 2008 [the episode “Meat”])
- Diane Holmes (pilot, first active in 2507 ~6-9 months; then active again in 2011 post-Miracle Day)
TW3: 2507
- Jack Harkness (leader; active 1899-2008, 2008-2009 & 2011+)
- ? (Techie)
- ? (Doctor/Medic)
- ? (Weapons Expert)
- more?
- Diane Holmes (pilot, first active in 2507 ~6-9 months; then active again in 2011 post-Miracle Day)
Past TW3 Teams:
- Emily Holroyd (former leader; active circa 1897 - 1901)
- Alice Guppy (active circa 1899-1901)
- Charles Gaskell (active circa 1901)
- Jack Harkness (Freelance agent at this time; active 1899-2008, 2008-2009 & 2011+)
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- Gerald Carter (Leader circa 1918)
- Harriet Derbyshire (Physicist; died circa 1919)
- Douglas Caldwell (active circa 1918)
- Lydia Childs (active circa 1918)
- Charles Quinn (active circa 1918)
- Jack Harkness (Freelance agent at this time; active 1899-2008, 2008-2009 & 2011+)
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- Tilda Brennan (former leader; active circa 1941)
- Greg Bishop (active circa 1941)
- Llinos King (active circa 1941)
- Rhydian (active circa 1941)
- Jack Harkness (Freelance agent at this time; active 1899-2008, 2008-2009 & 2011+)
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- Alex Hopkins (former leader; Died New Year's Eve 1999)
- Unamed Agents (Died New Year's Eve 1999)
- Jack Harkness (active 1899-2008, 2008-2009 & 2011+)
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MISC AGENTS:
- Philip Lyle (active circa 1898)
- Kenneth Valentine (active ????-1967; died 1967)
- Charles Cromwell (active circa 1945-1975; died 2006)
- Lucia Moretti (active 1965-1977; died 2006)
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PETS:
- Yvonne - TW3's cat from early 2000 until 2007 - just a few weeks after Ianto Jones joined the team. The cat ended up at a restaurant in Cardiff and was taken in as a pet.
- Myfanwy (Pteranodon) - Kept by TW3 as a pet; came through the Rift in 2007 [“Everything Changes”]
- Janet (Weevil) - Caught by TW3 and kept in its holding cells [prior to the episode “Everything Changes” in 2007]; treated as a pet; presumably killed when The Hub was destroyed during The 456 affair.
Torchwood Four: Lost, but in the words of Captain Jack Harkness, "We'll find it someday". Jack also said that in 1941, TW4 was still missing; however, it has never been specified as to how this happened, nor where it may previously have been located before its disappearance. Torchwood's immortal assessor Agnes Haversham referred to TW4's disappearance as having been something of a messy business.
Torchwood India: This branch operated in Delhi under the cover of a gentlemen's club called the Royal Connaught Club, until it was shut down in 1924 by Captain Jack Harkness, and all of their alien equipment was taken back to Britain. In 2009, Jack and TW3 traced an alien energy field to the site of TW India, and discovered that Eleanor and the other TW India agents have been using a Time Store to prevent time from passing in the Royal Connaught Club by repeating the same day over and over - the very same day that Jack came to shut them down - so that TW India, effectively, never truly ceased operating. As the Time Store was never intended to be used for as long as TW India had been using it (85 years), it started needing more and more energy. At first, it powered itself, then it required more electricity, and then finally it found the potential energy it needed to function from humans. By 2009, thousands of people were being stolen to feed the Time Store. To deal with this, the Duchess intended to connect it to a wireless network, and return the whole world back to 1924, in the hope of returning the British Empire to its former glory. When the wireless network was shut down by TW3, the Time Store also shut down and froze TW India in time; its members refused to leave before the building was frozen in time, forever locked in 1924.
Known members are:
- Eleanor, Duchess of Melrose (leader)
- George Gissing (strategist)
- Mr. Das (butler)
- Mahajan (support staff)
Torchwood Belfast: Operates out of the Museum of Human Antiquity. A small office, typically not more than three to four agents. (This one's the Meddler's baby).
Known members:
- Moira Blake (Station Chief 1904 - 1932, 1944 - present. Nobody's noticed.)
- Celia Sionnach-Goodall (Field Operative 1927 - 1932, Station Chief 1932 - 1944)
- Robert Goodall (Field Operative 1935 - 1944)
