June Event OOC Plotting Post

[hohnkai]

E V E N T O O C

Hello Savrites! This month, so far, has been all about relaxation and fun, winding down after some strenuous events. After a few weeks on the floating tourist resort known as the Collectives, the Moira has returned to its journey towards the planet that is home to the creators of the Ingress. As life is wont to do, mistakes that were made in the past and often forgotten, come back around to haunt us. In November, the Moira docked on Caducus Primary for a routine supply gathering trip; they received this transmission prior to docking. This planet appeared average from afar but upon further inspection revealed to be comprised of the most crystalline glass. Tall buildings swayed in the breeze and intricate glass sculptures lined each street, making this planet stand out. The glass, however, seemed to hold the ability to show each person a flash or vision of their past or future self. Midway through gathering supplies, the Moirans were greeted with a very unhappy message from a representative accusing the crew and its captains of theft. They then asked the Moira to leave and never return. The captains knew that gathering supplies was more important than any ire over false accusations and stayed to continue loading cargo. Not long after, Caducus Primary decided that their patience had been tested enough and that the crew had overstayed their welcome. They forcibly attempted to remove the crew from their planet. One crew member was triggered, and the green beast shattered the glass. The Caducus Primary's on-planet Ingress was damaged, splintering the planet, and many lives were lost. The crew of the Moira assisted in evacuation and rescue efforts, detaining the altered crew member, but inevitably, they could do nothing but stand idle and watch as the planet crumbled. The reverberations of Caducus Primary's destruction could be felt ship-wide. The crew was devastated - as were the captains - for their actions and inaction cost millions of people their lives. Now, months later, the older crew have begun to put it behind them and some of the newer crew members might not have heard of these events. Unfortunately for all Moirans, the survivors of Caducus Primary, whom were shuttled to Caducus Secondary, decided that some sort of justice had to be obtained for their loss. Unbeknownst to the crew, a ship has been tailing the Moira since not long after those events, waiting for the most opportune moment to attack. As is the Caducan people’s way, they wait until the Moira is far from anywhere that an incursion could cause damage to innocent people and will announce their intentions. At the end of the month they will attempt to board the Moira and make equal what was upturned months ago. The crew and captains must work together to make sure that nobody gets hurt and that the ship isn’t damaged. The crew have been split randomly into three groups, Negotiation, Offense, and Defense. Each group must come up with a plan that centers around those three categories, and on June 29th, whichever plan is deemed most appropriate will be enacted on. ICly, the captains will choose which plan that will result in the least loss of life, and the results of the group effort and teamwork will be shown in the beginning of the month log. Now is the time to plot and plan and work together to find the best possible solution. The three groups have been RNG’d and listed below and crew aren’t allowed to switch to other teams. We’ve also made three comments for characters to assign a team leader, which needs to be chosen before the event log goes up on the 20th. Each group can plot together to decide on a person, or players can respond to the comment and we’ll RNG a team leader. This person will be responsible for giving us a short sum up of the group’s plan after the event is over. Good luck! Important Dates: June 20th - Event Log June 29th - Team Leader Submits Plan July 1st - Beginning of the Month Log EDIT: Hey again everyone! It seems I made this post a little confusing, so let me try to help with that a little. On the 20th, a log will go up that basically says the survivors of C-Primary are here and they are going to attack at the beginning of next month. The type of people they are means that they don't sneak attack and they are giving the Moira time to prepare, which is pretty generous considering everything. From now until the 20th, players are plotting for what they will want to thread (everyone can thread their characters discussing stuff or make network posts or whatever they want). And what everyone is plotting for is to create a strategy that is specific to the team they were assigned. For example, everyone on the negotiation team is creating a strategy for what to do if that team's plan is chosen. A plan is something like, this character will go alone to negotiate, this small group will go, we will meet the survivors here to discuss this, we will stay on the Moira and send a video, or some combination of those. An example of an offensive strategy would be, let's turn all our weapons on them and just shoot or lets sneak onto their ship and kill them all or something else. A defensive strategy could be lets turn up all the shields, max out the boosters and jet the flip out of there or baton down the hatches, it's going to get bumpy. Any plan that the crew thinks would work. On the 29th, the team leaders gather up what the plan is (and players can decide everything OOCly or thread some or whatever they like) and us mods will throw up a small post that shows what each team's strategy is. Players will have a short time to vote and whichever plan was voted ICly to be the best plan and the most likely that most crew would survive, is what will happen on the beginning of the month log. This is largely a strategy and team work event. Players come together to decide what their characters would suggest to do and work up a plan that is most likely to save as many people as possible. They can be elaborate plans or short plans, it really depends on what each team does. For those that are on teams they don't agree with, that's to promote good discussion between crew members and so that a team can have at least one voice saying, no that won't work, so that a better plan can be formed. I hope this clarifies a few things. Sorry for the confusion! Team Leaders: Negotiation Team Leader - Clara Oswald Defense Team Leader - Miles Vorkosigan Offense Team Leader - Commander Shepard

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Questions/Comments

[hohnkai]

Negotiation Perils?

[needsnoface]

So when Team Bullshit has to act, how much face time is there going to be between members of the team and the angry mob that wants to get revenge? Because if it's over video or in person that could change what plan would be the best scenario.

[devilofohara]

The people of Caducus Primary are humanoid, right? Do they have any weird/different biology that would make it difficult to fight them, should it come to that?

[quixotically]

Does our crew have a way to determine how many people are on the enemy ship? Some kind of scanners/sensors/idk? Or is it unknown how many people are here to kick our ass?

[notglitching]

Just to check on some IC/OOC things...

The event log goes up on the 20th, but plans aren't proposed until the 29th. Is the ship actively under invasion for 9+ days before characters get their shit together, or is the event log being forward-dated?

Also, are team assignments ICly given by the captains? Or is it just an OOC way to simplify which characters will be nudged together toward what ends? Are the teams acting as distinct units in any capacity besides brainstorming a plan?

[hellsbel]

Are all the Caducian survivors on board with the revenge plot, or are they a breakaway from the main survivor group on Caducus Secondary? (Will the Moirans know either way?)

How many are there, compared to the size of the Moira's crew now?

(edit, per your edit on the post) When the Caducians arrive and give us a week to prepare for their attack, do they have a specific demand that would potentially satisfy them without the attack, or is it "we're going to kill you all, you have a week to prepare for death" and the Moirans have to suggest alternatives?

Do they consider all the Moirans equally responsible for the actions of those who were there for their planet's destruction, or do they intend to kill only the people who were on C. Primary? (Will they tell the Moirans either way?)

Re: Questions/Comments

[squadgoals]

Can people not involved in the teams comment? Ex: Shepshep would put in her opine that they shouldn't give up Bruce to the C-primes, because he's crew and you gotta stick together. Or is it only the teams?

Multi-Tasking?

[prorenataa]

Negotiation team is still talking things out, but if a small negotiation team could go in for a face to face/delay tactic (depending upon decisions) and things go south, would it be possible for that team to try to download/extract information about Caducus Primary's original issue against the Moira, or you know new recipies for cabbage ...

before they try to escape?

[peridork]

I've got some questions about the IC/OOC motivations for the team building, particularly re: not being able to switch teams. What is the captain's IC logic behind the team structures? Are we to assume that the Captains threw some teams together and just kind of said "this is how it's gonna be", due to the urgency/time restraints surrounding the invasion? If characters voice dissent about their assignments, what kind of responses can we expect?

I'm content with Peridot being on defense team (probably what she would have gone with if she could pick anyway) but this would be good to know for IC interactions, particularly with characters who may have been placed in an area that's kind of outside their sphere of experience.

Re: Questions/Comments

[arcreact]

Related to some of the above questions:

- Would technologically-inclined crewmembers be able to infiltrate any of the invaders' systems in any way, be it through a hostile network connection (or physically boarding, as with Lae's question)? ASKING BC THIS JACKASS WOULD TRY no matter how futile

- On top of being able to determine how many people are on the enemy ship, as was asked above, will they be able to gather intel on the other vessel's firepower? Threat analysis of the enemy's available weapons/technology should probably inform some of how negotiations goes about their job

[averagehero]

Are the invading force primarily humanoid? Saitama doesn't kill "people", but that definition doesn't extend to harmful monsters/aliens. He'll have a very different opinion on his negotiation standpoint depending. If they are humanoid, he would insist they try to disarm the invaders. If not... punching into oblivion is good. Punching solves things.

[imahologram]

◦ If they had unlimited credits on the Collective, can they transfer that status to the Caduceans? The goods available on the Collective would give the Caduceans a basis of goods for Caducus Secondary, as well as valuables that the Caduceans can treat as assets in their budgets.
◦ If they are unable to transfer that credit, can they return to the Collective and make additional purchases on behalf of the Caduceans?

[bloodbinds]

I wasn't here for the previous event so I only know that the Caducus residents were humanoid. Would something like suggestion-compulsion powers work on them, such as Dominate or Force abilities? And how hard do they hit in a fight?

NOW POSTING THIS IN THE RIGHT PLACE WHOOPS

[forwardmomentum]

What exactly do the Moirans know about the Caduceans' munitions, equipment, crew size, plan of attack etc etc? Are they going to use shipboard weapons as well as close combat? Where are they going to board the ship?

[trap_factory]

itc Prometheus is an asshole someone throw him out the airlock:

I mentioned that he'll likely attempt to sabotage the negotiation team's efforts if he spots the opportunity for it. So the question is, would the Caducans act on that information? Would they accept it?

And I guess I'll need to co-ordinate on my own, though consider his limited resources, the most Prometheus would do is slip plans to the caducans to try and 'encourage' people making bad decisions. Yep.

[outer_space]

Are there any consequences for refusing to participate in planning with one's team?

Re: Questions/Comments

[goodluckkobra]

is there knowledge or technology that they could offer them in exchange for peace?

A BUNCH OF LAST MINUTE STUFF:

[squadgoals]

- Shep wants to take a transport out to test velocity, navigational coordinates, and projected flight pattern with Sans for his doohicky as part of the plan, as seen here. It would be very quick. Can the captains give leave for this?
- Do they have an autopilot/nav system like most spaceships, and if so, is it reprogrammable?
- Would the captains be open to letting Niko go over one day early as part of a pre-negotiations negotiation?
- Would the captains be open to starting the attack one day early, to get the jump?
- Would Savrites be detected the moment they boarded the ship?

I think... that's it... and I'm sorry...

Negotiation

[hohnkai]

Team Leader

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Offense

[hohnkai]

Team Leader

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Defense

[hohnkai]

Team Leader

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TEAM OFFENSIVE

[skelepun]

Where you at, you rude motherfuckers.

[ryuuzaki]

WHAT.

WHO PUT THESE CLODS IN CHARGE ANYWAY?

[peridork]

So pretty much once the announcement is made about how the captains are planning to respond to this situation, Peridot is going to have an aneurysm, because the logic behind the way they're structuring things makes zero sense to her. Like, she doesn't get why everyone is being forced to work in certain groups that may not suit their strengths, or why these humans are insisting on categorizing themselves, or why they're spending nine whole days babbling at each other to come up with three different plans that they're only going to use ONE of, when the WHOLE CREW could be working together to play to their own strengths over the nine days, building the ship defenses up, and all collaborating on one single plan.

She's going to go on the network and be pretty public and vocal about this, and advocate that the crew ditch the brainstorming sessions and actually come together and take action to defend themselves. Still pending mod response to see how the captains will respond to this uproarious behavior, but uh. Posting this separate from the defense team planning because if anyone has any characters who are similarly disgruntled, this might be of interest to you! c:

Peridot is MOSTLY bark and not a lot of bite, and a lot of this reaction is driven by panic over the fact that there are people *actively trying to kill them*, so if other crew members don't back her up she'll probably just continue to complain and work in the background for the defense plan team whilst fretting incessantly.

(This is all subject to change depending on mod response/approval!)

[stompadour]

jasper's gonna be KIND OF SURPRISED that Peridot's taking this stance but also impressed because she feels more or less the same way, give or take a few minor details (she's not so much aneurysm as impatient frustration) but nonetheless she's going to offer her support, if in a surly & businesslike fashion because she and peridot are Not Friends Any More,

JULY EVENT LOG

[hohnkai]

Questions/Comments

[ex_forcechoke292]

QUESTION! I know you said we could get rid of or keep the barracks rooms at will, but with stuff disappearing (and maybe I missed it somewhere), how does that relate to stuff kept in the cargo bay?