Velmont said:
No one post a real background here. We are talking pretty much IC, and we starts discovering each other.
Since I'm not officially in the group (yet?) here's some background, see if anyone likes her.
Her reasons for not being in the military are:
- she was dishonorably discharged for lying about her age
- she was 17 when she joined (now 18 by the start of the game time)
- the death or missing of her father/brothers in the war
anyway... tell me what you think (it's long)
MUSTANG SALLY
[Aka. Sally Singer]
QUOTE: "They're tank-busters sir... P-51s - Mustangs the Cadillac of the Sky... Angels in my hands."
Growing up helping her three brothers and her pappy with the flying circus was the best childhood she could have asked for. Her momma had passed away in childbirth with Sally, so she had a tomboy upbringing. Her pappy and brothers tried hard, Sally had never been the most ladylike young girl but her innocent charm made up for the smudges on her nose...
Their 3 Fokker DR-1 Triplanes required constant maintenance which she provided until she was old enough to reach the pedals. Her father frowned on it and her brothers made fun but at the age of 13 she was finally allowed to start flying the beauties she had so many years working on. Sally loved Loops, Hammerheads, Rolls, Split-S, Immelmans, etc... She even tried for maneuvers are totally unsuitable for a Triplane like Inverts, Neg G’s, Tall Slides, and Snaps. Nothing could stop her, and soon she was outflying all but Jackson (her oldest brother) and Jackson Sr. himself (her pappy). The "Signer and Sons’ Arial Circus" was one of the premiere air shows in Orange County, California until the attacks on Pearl and people just stopped coming to air shows. Fair enough though, it was time for America to get into the war!
Pappy had flow in the Great War but he wasn't "exempt" noone was, he wanted to jump into one of them new Mustangs and hit the clouds. But Uncle Same rightly concluded that Mr. Singer would much better serve as a flight instructor and chief designer for some of the experimental rigs Uncle Sam was putting together. He and the boys shipped out for England in late December, Christmas was forgotten that year there were just too many other things to think about.
Jackson Jr (Captain), Russell (Lt.) and Harry (Lt.) took to Europe's clouds quick and fierce while their pappy, Jackson Sr. (Lt. Colonel), was trying to find the next upgrade in aviation when he developed an experimental fuel. The fuel was lighter than the standard fuel which meant the Mustangs should be able to pull more G’s with the same payload and the engines wouldn’t have to be modified. Lt. Colonel Singer had several experimental blueprints working at any given time, he even had a prototype of the "Mustang P-51 Angel-Wings" that he'd designed back in California built up... But it had been mothballed as being a bit too radical even for Ace pilots.
Meanwhile back in the states, Sally just couldn't keep the hanger open... She longed to be in the fight with her brothers but they wouldn't take young girl for anything but secretarial and nurse duty. By the time spring of '42 rolled around she just couldn't wait any longer. With a few favors called in from her pappy Sally was able to make her way into opperations on Jackson Sr's base in San Francisco. She hated it - getting coffe, running papers... It was important duty but she couldn't stop watching the skys and spent every off hour with her dad.
Sally hated the new fuel. It gave off lots of fumes that stuck to her for hours and it seemed impossible to wash off. Other than the annoyance of pumping the experimental fuel, things were really starting to look up. Sally had some great ideas for some new complex stunts and she thought of some cheap fixes for the Mustangs. Her brothers joked in their letters about how the fumes must have been making her smarter.
Soon Sally was ditching duty, she wanted to fly and soon her nagging Supervisor would learn a little more than the Military had known. Sally was only 17, it was enough to drum her out of the Military and away from the base. Her father was busted down to Captain rank for the false records. Sally tucked her tail and left the base. In the end Jackson Sr. wasn't disappointed, the downgrade actually enabled him to talk his way into getting a mission in Europe. It was this string of events that led to the birth of a hero...
By the end of the Summer of '42 Sally was living just off the base in San Francisco, one of the military wives had pulled a secret string and found a way to slip her into her pappy's old hanger lads. She was able to work with the boys who had grown to like and respect Lt. Colonel Singer's daughter. They wouldn't tell anyone that she was helping them improve on her dad's designs in the secret hours... The Rolls Royce Merlin 60 engine would outstrip her dad's Allison V-1710 engine. Everything was looking up again, but with all highest must come a low. Sally crumbled when she say the folded flags, the letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt. They had recovered Jackson Jr and Russell's planes... Harry and her dad's planes were still missing. All were noted as KIA (killed in action). She was lost.
Based on her father's prototype, it would be the "Mustang P-51 Angel-Wings" that would bring young Sally back to life. The military wouldn't have her, she knew that - age, dishonorable discharge, her family loss, etc... had secured her fate with the normal lines of military. She needed something special...
Ever the showgirl Sally adopted the "codename" name Mustang Sally and with a specialized strength-harness she could handle the Angel-Wings for tests on the West Coast. Soon she added guns and designed a costume turning her into a living airplane. In the month following the death of her family, Sally has optimized her flight rig to an amazing degree making her a master of aerial and personal combat/defense...... Her life would begin again.
PERSONALITY:
Wholesome values and LOVING flying ...
It's all she dreams about, to the point of not wanting to sleep because she wants to fly BUT then again she loves sleeping because it's in her dreams that she can fly best without "wings". Sally is a fun loving free spirit at heart who would love to do nothing more than fly and take care of her prized "Mustang P-51 Angel-Wings" but Uncle Sam needs good men... And why not a few good women too! Sally embodies the words cute and determined. She'll work on her "Angel-Wings" until dawn and then show up in a frilly-dress with a smudge on her nose for brunch with the girls. But she's also her father's daughter and can be cool as a summer’s breeze one minute and turn on the ice and reflex the next when pushed, she has to be ... She's an ACE.
POWERS & TACTICS:
Sally relies on her superior speed and maneuverability for defense until closing in to close range with the devastating blades of her twin props or strafing her opponent as she activates her mounted machine guns (armed with rock salt for non-lethal).
STATS & EQUIPMENT:
Sally designed her flight rig. Her designs are straightforward maximized for speed, maneuverability, and combat effectiveness. Her intellect and technical ability are sufficient to allow her to use additional technology. Low ranks of Super Str, Super Int and amazing saves combined with flight flawed with Obvious. The engines act as melee and ranged weapons with stunts for wind buffets, etc...
She is skilled performer and mechanic.
WEAKNESSES:
Sally was taught to never give up and she will take unnecessary risks when in bad situations (considering her lack of physical toughness)
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P-51 North American Mustang
Generally considered to be the best fighter of WWII 15,100 planes produced, starting in June, 1942.
P-51D specs: 440 MPH, six 50 caliber machine guns North American Aviation originally designed the Mustang in response to a British specification. They agreed to produce the first prototype only 4 months after signing the contract in April 1940 (and met that commitment). And by the end of 1941 North American had delivered the first Mustang to England for test flights. These first Mustangs were powered by the Allison V-1710 engine, a good engine, but one which didn't operate well at high altitudes.
Soon the Rolls Royce Merlin 60 engine, which operated very well at high altitudes would be changed in. Americans began working along the same lines (using the Packard license-built version of the Merlin), and the first Merlin-equipped Mustang, the P-51B, flew in November, 1942. The results were impressive, to say the least. At 30,000 feet, the improved Mustang reached 440 MPH, almost 100 MPH faster than the Allison-equipped Mustang at that altitude.
The Mustang's range and combat capabilities permitted it to escort the heavy USAAF bombers (B-17s mostly) on massive daylight bombing raids over Germany. Some have argued that it was a "war-winning" weapon. It certainly was a decisive factor in the aerial Battle of Germany. After World War Two, the Mustang continued to serve with the USAAF and other Western air forces, including distinguished service in the Korean War.
