The Ashbys
I once had a fantasy. I'd be a famous and well-paid author. I'd make up a fictional
family. I'd follow various members through various historical periods and Genres.
It would be a great in joke between me and my loyal readers.
I didn't intend it to be the Ashbys, but that's the way it has worked out.
The most recent Ashby I made up was Aaron Burr Ashby for a Shadowrun Game. And the one player who got the in joke rolled his eyes.
Group Name: The Ashby Family
Created by: Jay P Hailey
Appearance: Jennifer Taitler (Nee Ashby) appeared in 1983 in a B13 game.
Scott Ashby appeared in the GURPS game of 1988
Both were used in Vista City
Number of Members: Unknown, more than a dozen detailed.
Nature of Members: Members of the Family bearing the surname "Ashby" who are adventurers.
Organization: A family line
Game Role: A source for Jay's Characters, building a virtual dynasty.
World Role: The good guys, usually.
Relative Influence: Various. Scott Ashby affected the History of the United States. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of a New World. Usually not that much
Public or secret? Public. What they are doing is sometimes secret.
Publicly Stated Goal: To survive and prosper
Relative Wealth: Varies. Sometimes quite wealthy.
Group advantages: Adventurous and talented
Special Abilities: Weirdness Magnet.
Group disadvantages: Weirdness Magnet
Special disadvantages: People often wind up trying to kill them. In Jay-trek a disproportionate number die in Air Combat.
Those who favor them: Good guys, friends. Organizations that hire them to defend the good.
Those opposed to them: Criminals, the weird, generic enemies of the Federation.
Area of Operation: Earth, Bendross. The United Federation of Planets.
Headquarters Location: Generically Vista City, CA, or Olson City, Bendross.
Public Face: Plucky, smart and earnest defenders of the good. Usually.
History of the Organization:
The Ashby Family history (at least for this fictional branch) traces back to
Andrew Ashby, a criminal who was transported to American from Britain in the
1600s.
The Trek history continues until at least the 2670s with Garfield Ashby.
Notable Members:
Circa 1650 - Andrew Ashby is transported to America from England, having been convicted of highway robbery
1747 - 1819 Noah Ashby. Adventurer, smuggler, free spirit
1790's onward -Two sons of Noah Ashby, Join the military (one the Navy,
the other the Army)
1827 - ???? - Carter Moses Ashby makes a fortune in Silver Mining
in Denver Colorado. Moves to England in 1870 with his new wife, and has adventures,
ala the pulps and Sherlock Holmes
1834 - 1909 - Matt Ashby, Union Cavalry Officer in the Civil war, and later Federal Marshal in the California territories. Picked up a bum leg during the war.
1910 - 1967 - Jack Ashby, G-Man, B13 Agent Not too much is known of Jack Ashby, except that he liked the Colt M1911 and that he disappeared, never to be seen again.
Mom Ashby - Steve's Mother. Not detailed.
Aunts Ashby - Jack Ashby had two sisters.
1945 - 1994 - Scott Steven Ashby, Fighter pilot, astronaut, experimental cyborg, B13 agent. Killed in Eugenics war.
Jen Ashby, B13 Agent, Policewoman (Helps found the VCPD SIS), has a grudge against the supermen.
1984 - ???? - Spaulding Ashby, Pilot, Agent and so on.
1986 - 2072 - Mikki Ashby, B13 agent, officer of Nogano America
Corp.
2007 - ???? - John Ashby, AF Pilot, Exchange officer, and so on.
Killed in Col. Greene's War
Crystal Lannier Ashby - A Bailiff at the LA County Courthouse. Killed in rioting.
2039 - ???? - Hamilton Ashby, AF Pilot, Cyberpunk, Space Explorer
Colonist,
Aaron Burr Ashby - an AU echo of Hamilton for a Shadowrun Game.
2099 - ???? - Donald Ashby, Hamilton Ashby's Son, resident of
Bendross.
2260's - James Ashby, serves as a Helmsman on the USS Ezekiel
2287 - Carter Ashby, stranded on the Starliner California. He can check out any time he likes but he can never leave.
2373 - Parker Ashby, Starfleet Engineer, DS13, USS Cincinnatus (Of the
Bendross Ashbys)
(Scott in 1988 and Steve in 2358 both interfered with a malfunctioning time
travel experiment - this set up a quantum resonance which effectively caused
them to be parallels and analogs of each other. Neither one realizes this. If
the Jens did, they'd be shooting things.)
Steve Ashby, a reserve Starfleet officer, and VCPD Policeman.
Jen Ashby, A retired Starfleet Officer, wife of Steve
Spaulding Ashby, Son of Steve and Jen
Mikki Ashby, Daughter of Steve and Jen
2670's - Garfield Ashby, Historical hologram programmer, historian
5670s - Mikki Ashby, Daughter of Steve and Jennifer, planet
Lunion, Nogano Arcology. A pilot and commercial starship captain, forced by
warfare to join a mercenary company.
Disclaimer: Paramount owns all things Trek. I claim original characters and situations in this material for me.