Lhandon_Nilsen

Oh god! That episode 😅 @Margaret Walker

Nilsen has many of them 😆 But...but...shooty make scary thing go boom! No boom? @Avander Promontory

I see Qualunque coming from Lhandon's fella. @Karen Stendhal 😆 Lhandon be like:

Erik, I love you bro. You're the best Ops Cheif ever, but you were the one responsible for all of that, all I did was lend a hand. You always find a way to facilitate whatever myself, or any of the crew want to do, No is not in your vocabulary, rather it's replaced with "how shall we do this?" We can do epic things because of you.

Congratulations to each of you ❤️ I can't think of anyone more deserving

Wooo our very own @Alora DeVeau getting an award. As said by Quinn, Amanda was one of the first people I met after the joining the Oumuamua and she gave me the warmest welcome, helped introduced me to everyone and make those first days an absolute joy.

Congrats all

Congrats all.

I've got three main ones. Lt JG Lhandon Joseph Nilsen For me, it took a little while to find Jeremy Allen White, yet he was right there in front of me. Lhandon, who joined the fleet last year, was written very differently compared to Lhandon now. His character has evolved a lot as I worked to find my groove and style. I had his character in mind when picking my face claim, and I knew I wanted one that had a big family, mostly for the practical purposes of getting shots of them all together. Then, my other half pointed out Shameless, and I recalled that I LOVED both the UK and US versions. Those who are fans of Shameless and read Lhandon's wiki will notice that the order of birth is different (with Lip being the oldest, but Lhandon being the fourth child). I also picked JAW because I relate a lot to his portrayal of Lip and some of the struggles he faced, but also, I find JAW to be really hot (don't come at me, we all have our vices, haha). JAW's face claim also helped me work out what troubles Lhandon was facing, and his role in The Bear inspired Lhandon's love of cooking. T'Larn I have a PNPC whose face claim is Melanie Thandiwe Newton. I picked her because I needed a face claim that conveyed that this character was a little mischievous and cheeky—the kind that would say she's planning a practical joke and then not do it, just to watch the other person squirm. I do want to play her again soon. Percy - name TBC I also have another PNPC in the works. For him, I wrote his backstory first, then found his face claim and landed on Charles Leclerc. A lot of Leclerc's style fitted with what I had in mind and Leclerc's stye started to inform Percy's style. The OEB will be meeting him soon. So there are my face claims and I've learned a lot from the last year or so simming, and my process for face claims and creating characters has changed wildly.

A massive class. Wow! We only normally get a handful. At this rate, you could start your own ship haha. A big big welcome to you all.

@Lt Aine Olive Sherlock loves us really.

@Josh Herrick

And this is why he waited until he was off the ship before he smoked. @Toz you saw nothing.

Actual footage of @Lt Aine Olive Sherlockreacting to @Avander Promontory orders

@Margaret Walker giving us the Miranda Presley vibes

Nilsen is an ops powerhouse. He can get everything the crew needs for the pre-awards, the ceremony, and the after-party all sorted while working out at the gym. However, he doesn't know where to even begin to look good, nor has he any idea what to wear. So, he played it safe. This suit is off the rack. He figures it works, and we can see that he's snuck away to get a smoke break, just so he can avoid those long speeches from the admirals where they keep talking in one long, incredibly unbroken sentence, moving from topic to topic so that no one can interrupt.

Best OOC note ever @Avander Promontory

Did you know that before you can eat on the OEB you have to submit a 500 word book report! @Anton Richards

Is that what they are teaching in the academy? I ought to lodge a formal complaint. 😛 @Anton Richards

Yeah cos we've upped our game @Lt Aine Olive Sherlock you ain't gonna catch us now 😝 We're just normal lower deckers, we're just innocent lower deckers.

Oh wow, what a huge class. So glad you're all here and a warm warm welcome to the fleet.

@Anton Richards I would not be surprised if this was the case.

Yes, that's right...I'm not murderous...honest @Josh Herrick

Tiny bit of backstory to how this came to be. Over the past few missions, I've found myself enjoy writing storylines and sims that have a diplomatic focus, particularly for my own character Nilsen. In our shore leave, I put a note in the OOC groups asking if anyone is interested. Sherlock and Maxwell replied almost instantly, and we got talking and came up with the idea that Sherlock asks her partner Martinson to give him some lessons. Taggart comes along too (and we learn that he might have a connection or two on the OEB that he doesn't know about yet) and we start simming this out. And of course, just causally like it's nobodies business, both Sherlock and Maxwell come along to give me the most amazing lines to play with. So first, Sherlock sets up the roleplay. This puts my character Lhandon on the back foot. He wasn't expecting this. He thought this would be a presentation or a worksheet. I let Lhandon make a mistake here, and it was picked up on right away. Taggart reacted kindly. Martinson also reacted kindly, and offered these words. Then Taggart goes for the neck. The second I read this, I wanted to write my reply. What a term to set! And what a challenge for Lhandon. This prompt and this observation was so perfectly placed. Does Lhandon know that he's being defensive. Martinson's prompt will give Lhandon perhaps the push he needed, particularly when he says get creative. So in short, these two canny simmers are amazing, have set up the most wonderful scenario for me to play in, and the chance to really explore this part of Lhandon's character and I'm really looking forward to what's next. All the posts so far are here https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/sb118-butler/search?q=Martinson%2C Taggart%2C Nilsen @Lt Aine Olive Sherlock @Arturo Maxwell