Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 08:57:03 -0700 From: Rauhnee Ranshanka Subject: Re: {SKFF} KATMIN: Who's here? I asked, so I better answer first. Rauhnee Ranshanka wrote: > What is your name (real or log name)? Rauhnee Ranshanka > How old are you (rough range is good enough for the shy)? 24, born april 12, 1974. > Gender? Female. > Where do you live (country and territory is good)? Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA > Are you willing to Betaread SWAT Kats only work? Not at this time. > Are you willing to Betaread cross-over work? Yes > If yes, what series? The Sentinel only. > Do you have any areas of expertise or research materials > you'd be willing to answer questions on? Yes, quite a few. Military Aircraft (particularly post 1960. US birds I know the most about, but USSR and European craft are also in my head and books). Military (Specialty: US Marines) attitudes/ training/ methods/ gear etc. from the inside. Music Song Lyrics (ask for a song, please) Computers (and DOS/Win/Win95) and their quirks (and how deal with them -- I'm serious here.) RPGs: GURPS, AD&D, AD&D2, D&D, White Wolf World Of Darkness (all), Palladium (Rifts, Robotech, TMNT, Ninja and Superspies and Heros Unlimited only), Shadowrun (basics only), and many many smaller ones (ask if I have it please, as I have over 1500 RPG books, so there's a good chance of me having something, even if it is a bit obscure or rare these days). Time/ Dimensional Travel/ Theory (several SciFi/ RPG versions, not much RL, but I know some theories here too) TV shows/ Book Series I have on tape/ book form: Babylon 5, Batman The Animated Series, Catwoman (DC title only), Chir Ality, Disney's Gargoyles, Dragonriders of Pern, Elfquest, Fangs of Kaath, Gunsmith Cats, Inu-Yasha, Katmandu, Lady Death, MacGyver, Midnight Panther, Ogenki Clinic, Oh My Goddess, Piers Anthony (All but Xanth), Ramna 1/2, Reality Check, Rhuddiprrt, Robotech, Sailor Moon, The Sentinel, Stainless Steel Rat, Stargate SG-1, SWAT Kats, Team Knight Rider, Tenchi Muyo, Thundercats, Voyager, Wildfire, Xanadu, Xena, Zaibatsu Tears On the personal side, I can also cover Marriage (that works) and Lesbian families (also that work), living with cats, and the down side to fish tanks. It will only be my experience, but it might be of use to someone and I'll share. Also, "Ask me anything if the category doesn't exist". I know a fair amount about a lot of things that may be useful but I wouldn't dare list them because I don't know *that* much. Just enough to help someone who knows less, or different parts. I'll make no guarantees I can help on any given question, but you won't know until you ask. > Are you an artist or writer? Mostly a writer, but I try my hand at art every so often. > If an artist or writer, what SK work have you done, and where is it? Somebody's probably gonna want to yell at me for this, but oh well. It all true, and who am I to pass up free advertising? Down These Mean Skies: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Mean_Skies.htm Along an alternate timeline, in a MegaKat City and Enforcers where corruption is rampant and most rank is bought, four kats on two unrelated teams take the risks to bring the festering corps of the government down in hopes of a better one, but they aren't the only ones with visions of a different MegaKat City. Dragon Fire, Dragon Flight: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Dragonrider.htm Technically, this begins on the world of the SWAT Kats TV show, but that's only an excuse to nab three of my favorite characters for export to a very weird world (unless you like Dragonriders of Pern) with their modernist opinions intact. I think I just gave away a major plot point there. Oh well, there are more. Eternity's Price: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Eterny_Price.htm With Zed's attack two years behind them, the latest threat to MegaKat City seems to be a series of beheadings -- and that another serial murderer is taking an interest in the Feral males, eighteen of them to date. The weird part is that none of the regulars have made a peep since the first murder. So how does Jake fit into this mess, why does a phantom she-kat keep calling him Ameroth and trying to get him to follow her, and what in eternity was Dark Kat thinking when he all but begged for Jake's protection with all sorts of promises in return for mercy? Time and rage will tell all in blood. But first a little background. For a Future Foretold: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Future_Foretold.htm The story that began on the TV show continues with a few rather strange twists including relationships for the several of the main characters, two female SWAT Kats from the future in for an extended stay, a dragon, a government reorganization and a conspiracy dating back four hundred years to a link between the Feral family and the crown of an empire with a history nearly five thousand years long. For A Future Untold in The Dark: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Future_Dark.htm In the world our SWAT Kats turned upside down in "The Dark Side of The SWAT Kats", a team from Aristal RANGE One's future arrive with bad news and more than a few ideas about how to deal with it. And then there's the tech they have, and are more than happy to share, for a price. Governor SWAT Kat: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Governer_SWAT.htm In an alternate timeline a slightly different, and much more dangerous, MegaKat City fights for survival and cheers the appearance of the Enforcer's newest specialists -- The SWAT Kats. But it is not just the likes of Dark Kat they must fight -- the survival of their institution in the government is in severe question too. SAC Force One: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/SAC_One.htm Sixteen months after Zed's rampage, a flash that lights up the morning sky off the MegaKat City coast as a monster spaceship arrives and quickly retreats. The important point is the four alien fighters that ship leaves behind off the coast; and more critically, the rest of their friends scattered across the world. How do you say 'hello, peace' to a warrior kat from another world that doesn't want to land? Spread Your Wings in a Hurricane: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Wings_Hurricane.htm Beginning at the end of the TV show, this world is on a timetable that would make a god's head spin, but it is a handful of mortal kats that must deal with the chaos unleashed by Fate, dumb luck, and bad timing all around. Though the Fates are trying to make amends for their mistakes, it's up for debate whether they do more good or bad. StarGate Team Alpha: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/SK_Stargate.htm The faces are the same, but the world has taken a beating. This group is using a technology left from something else to travel the stars to see what's out there. Their mission is to bring the information back home to prepare for an invasion the Ferals are sure is coming. And yes, the inspiration is from Stargate SG-1 on Showtime! SWAT Kitten: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/SWAT_Kitten.htm A few weeks after the TV show ends, the guys get a little surprise in the Hanger one day when they return in the TurboKat, and life will never be the same. But isn't that the point sometimes? SWAT Squadron Six: http://www.peak.org/~dragon/SWAT_Six.htm Two years after Zed's rampage, with the SWAT Kats temporarily out of commission, Deputy Mayor Briggs gratefully accepts an offer of assistance from a new ally, Felarmi, another Kat nation. This aid comes in the form of a true SWAT Squadron -- three sets of vehicles with three pairs of specially trained Kats and their base support crew eager to take on the infamous criminals of MegaKat City. Now all Ulysses has to do is inform them of his rules before they get too comfortable breaking them as much as the local pair. That they still answer to their Felarmi Command and not him is not helping the matter any. Some other miscellanies stories wandering around, most of them will probably appear here first. > Do you have an SK Webpage (address)? Yes. It contains my fanfic, two art galleries, The Nexus Archives, SWAT Kats Mailing List and Newsgroup info, and some none SK stuff (my Sentinel fanfic and personal info) and is in desperate need of a major overhaul. For the second time this month. http://www.peak.org/~dragon/index.html > Anything else you want to mention? Let's see. I have a serious crush on Jake, am happily married to a usually understanding mate that looks too much like another of my favorites for his own good, have a hyperactively liberal mind, like slash maybe a little too much, am terrible packkat type in real life and even worse on the net, and am still in a bit of a weird state of mind from The Sentinel crisis last week. (How's that for a too long sentance?) I'm processing through it with the rest of the Tribe though, so I shouldn't take it out here much except for perhaps a twisted bent on my stories for the next few months. Like I didn't have this before. Oh, and sometimes I get really, really weird for a few hours (or days) and then I'm fine again. And if you haven't noticed yet, I can be a real chatterbox. No zone-outs now, please. No zone-outs. -- ----------------- Rauhnee Ranshanka mailto:GateKat@SWATKats.Net http://www.peak.org/~dragon/index.html Katmin: MegaKat City Nexus That which we love truly will never die. http://www.peak.org/~dragon/Aerie.htm#MailingLists Member Tribe Denial, Songmaker Member Tribe Sentinel, Loremaker Don't. Fuck. With. The. Guide. http://world.std.com/~sentinel ************************************************************************* "Hope has two daughters -- Anger and Courage. 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