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El Viejo, as he is known, was born on Zaquesso, a beautiful planet in G5, many years ago. The seventh child of an inveterate gambler and his long-suffering wife, he was running numbers by the age of ten. Few people know his real name… he came by his moniker playing poker in seedy bars, a ‘career’ he embarked upon at the age of fourteen. It started out as a sarcastic remark about his youth, thrown across the card table where had just taken a very large pot, but it stuck, as these things often do, and he became El Viejo. One night, after five years of this dubious and highly uncertain lifestyle, which took him all over Zaquesso, he found himself in The Final Eight, a small, dimly-lit bar in Spacetown. There he fell into conversation with an old spacer, and after a long night of drinking evil juice and talking, the old spacer took him up to the station, on to his ship… and on out to the stars.
 
  
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He proved to be a natural pilot and combateer, and after less than a year as the old spacer’s XO, he had earned enough credits to buy his own ship… a vintage Cowell & MgRath Cobra Mk III, which he named Rolling Thunder. Adopting the flight name Commander Cody, the young man took to the spacelanes of the Eight as a privateer, fought his way to Elite rank, and is now a veteran combateer. Often wearing a battered old sombrero, and invariably smoking a colita, he is a well known figure in most station bars, from Riedquat to Lazaso… and beyond.
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Commander "Madcap" Cody, as he is known, was the seventh child of a professional gambler and his long-suffering wife. At age ten, he read his first sci-fi novel and dreamed of becoming an astronaut. By age twelve, he was working weekends for his father, and playing cards for money (which was not unusual in his family). At age sixteen, he left school to work full-time. Since then, he has had many different jobs, and has travelled widely. Now in his twilight years, he cruises the spacelanes of the Ooniverse in his much-loved Cobra Mk III ''Spindrifter''. After a long career as a contrabandista, he went straight and became an interstellar courier. The seventh octant has become his favourite stomping ground, and his home system is Ceerti - a revolting little planet in the [[Sector7/The Lizard's Claw (Region)|Lizard's Claw]].
  
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Over the years, whispers have been heard in spacer bars about a mysterious squadron, known as the Free Mexican Airforce, and El Viejo’s involvement in it. It is rumoured that he holds the rank of Colonel in this squadron, and he is suspected of being a major contrabandista, but to this day, he has never been caught (though he has paid many fines for forced docking, and been sent for ‘attitude adjustment’ on several occasions). Some say this is because he has ‘connections’ with Her Imperial Majesty’s Space Navy and GalCop, others say that he’s just too good.  
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==Fiction==
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[[File:Cody.png|200px|thumb|right|Ship decal and forum avatar]]
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The ''Coyote Trilogy'':
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* ''Coyote'' - a ripping yarn set in the fifth octant.
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* ''Inside Straight'' - the unlikely sequel to ''Coyote''.
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* ''Sombrero Fallout'' - the even more unlikely sequel to ''Inside Straight'' (unfinished/unpublished).
  
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When not exploring the backwater systems of the Eight, or sitting in some seedy spacer bar, playing poker or getting rat-assed on evil juice, he can be be found aboard his beloved starship Rolling Thunder, in the far deep space of Zaquesso system, writing his memoirs… and planning his next expedition.
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* ''[[An Ideal Victim]]'' - short story set in the seventh octant. (2012)
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* ''[[Lucky Moran]]'' - only a beginning.
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''Coyote'' and ''Inside Straight'' may be downloaded [https://app.box.com/s/7ykrang6xmqausxp989e here].
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==OXPs==
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*[[Griff's Glowroids]] with Montana's help. Griff's original demo can be found [https://app.box.com/s/yx9v8ufvv2zahof953gi8rt3z5xwvqkk here].
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*[[HUD Toggle]]
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Cody's one and only OXP:
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* [[Green Gecko]]
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Collaborative OXPs:
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* [[Coyote's Run]] with '''Okti''': [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14638&hilit=Coyote%27s+Run Coyote's Run]
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* [[ToughGuys]] version 2 with [[User:Smivs|Smivs]]: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8992 ToughGuys 2]
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* [[Xeptatl's Sword]] with [[User:Smivs|Smivs]]: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10300 Xeptatl's Sword]
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Latest revision as of 05:02, 29 February 2024

Commander "Madcap" Cody, as he is known, was the seventh child of a professional gambler and his long-suffering wife. At age ten, he read his first sci-fi novel and dreamed of becoming an astronaut. By age twelve, he was working weekends for his father, and playing cards for money (which was not unusual in his family). At age sixteen, he left school to work full-time. Since then, he has had many different jobs, and has travelled widely. Now in his twilight years, he cruises the spacelanes of the Ooniverse in his much-loved Cobra Mk III Spindrifter. After a long career as a contrabandista, he went straight and became an interstellar courier. The seventh octant has become his favourite stomping ground, and his home system is Ceerti - a revolting little planet in the Lizard's Claw.

Fiction

Ship decal and forum avatar

The Coyote Trilogy:

  • Coyote - a ripping yarn set in the fifth octant.
  • Inside Straight - the unlikely sequel to Coyote.
  • Sombrero Fallout - the even more unlikely sequel to Inside Straight (unfinished/unpublished).



Coyote and Inside Straight may be downloaded here.

OXPs

Cody's one and only OXP:

Collaborative OXPs:

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