Handsome fellow isn't he? That's Me. I know that in this reality, I'm your freindly neighborhood Sport Guru Tony Solorzano, but I'm also that fellow up there. His name is Anaxamander Barbosa, hes my Second Life avatar and everything I've wanted to be but can't because of the limitations of physics.
This particular fellow was created last year as part of a story I wrote on Second Life and I never closed the account. There's so much to do in the sim, you'd never be bored. Now if you're asking, why does he look like he's in Uniform? There's a simple answer to it.
About July of last year, I got a notice that a Battlestar Galactica-themed region was opening up and I decided to check it out. The place was immense and incredible. So I joined and became Lt. Barbosa of the Battlestar PAcifica, another survivor of the Colonial Fleet. I took on the position of Jr. Tactical office, which meant I've spent most og my time on the ship's Combat Information Center, or CIC.
The realism of the ships in the "fleet," five actual ships built to represent a fleet of over 100 ships, would knock out the producers of teh current series. The Pacifica itself has it's own unique layout, cinokete wuth a workjing DRADIS system with the actual audio sounds.
So, the region began with the Attacks on the 12 colonies and began a saga that has lasted "three years" so far, with a 3:1 time compression in the sim (One real time hour equals three Second Life hours). In that time, the fleet has endured countless Radier attacks, the discoverey of a habitable planet that turned out to be a cylon trap, and a highly contested presidential election.
Personally, I've interacted and made friends with a number of people in the sim, who've become part of the Lt.'s extended family. But it's not just an extended family the Lt. has gotten but an actualy one as well.
In his "Back story," Lt. Barbosa is the inheritor of a legendary familial title that is very respected on his home colony of Virgon. Lt. Barbosa is the last member of the oldest family on the Colony, a direct descendent to a member of the crew of the famed "Great Galleon" that brought humanity from Kobol to the Colonies.
During his youth, he bacome involed with the daugher of another Prominent family on the colony, Shaheen Innis, and it was expected that they would marry and strengthen both families(on Virgon, the oldest families have esentially ruled the colony for genreations). However, Shaheen's desire to learn medicine and Anax's obligation to a family tradition to explore the colonies separated them for what seemed to be an eternity. After the atacks, both presumed the other dead and tried to move on.
However, when she was elected to the Quorum of 12 as Virgon's representative, those old feelings came flooding back like a am had burst. Unfortunately, they were separated again when a habitable planet, dubbed New Aerelon, turned out to be a Cylon trap, they were seaprated as he was stuck on the Pacifica and she on the planet. After a daring recus of the population on New Aerelon, they realized they needed to take advantage of the second chance they had been given and were fnally married aboard Colonial One.
Since their marriage nearly three months ago(RP Time), they've faced a multitude of pitfalls that would shock a soap opera viewer. Anax being injured during Cylon attacks, being arrested for a trumped up charge of attempted murder of a superior officer, Shaheen accused of conspiracy to overthrow the government, it's all taken a toll on them physically and emotionally, but they have not wavered in their love for each other.
And now, they await the birth of their first child, in all likelyhood a girl, and to see what the future holds for them. If you're a fan of Battlestar Galactica, look up "BSG47" on Second Life and come take a look at the region.
Link to Second Life:
The Fleet News Service, An In-Character news wire for the Battlestar Pacifica region:
