State of the Game 2

[hohnkai]

M O D U P D A T E

Hello Savrites! We had originally intended this to be a normal mod update type of post, but we decided to do a State of The Game update instead. Mostly to let you know what's going on, where we're going, and where we'd like to end up. First, let's talk about apps! As per the calendar, applications will be opening up again on October 16th. We have changed some of the rules regarding apps to (hopefully) make it easier on both new and old players as well as the mods. They are reflected on the individual pages, but here is a summary: ☄ A reserve is now required for all applications. ☄ There will be an application cap. ☄ Any current player who officially drops may re-app a new character at any time, but only once every 2 months. The application cap will be set to 15 applications for new players and 15 applications for current players. This means we will have a total of 30 app slots open during October. Whichever slots are not filled will then be opened as a "free for all" on the last day of the cycle (October 22nd). Two Page Updates: Mini Games & Jobs TIMELINE: October - Mini Colony * see info below November - Ship Month December - Midway Hub January - Midway Hub February - Arc II Thisavrou Plot Specific Sign Ups Are Now Closed In October the ship will be touching down on the Runoff's Mini Colony. This is a mecha of trade and commerce, which is something we want to do a little bit of world building with. There are three sections below that players should participate in. The first is a sign up for location specific plot; take a look at the linked map and respond with your character's name and the corresponding number. Once all the numbers have been taken, we'll double them over for anyone else that signs up. The second section is to 'create a business'; in this section players can build a business and then NPC it during the event. The third is suggest something that occurs on the mini colony; you list it and if it fits, we'll approve it. All of this stuff will be built into the event logs when they come up. We'd really like our players' input. If anyone has questions about the upcoming event(s), Arc II, or anything else, let us know below. Thank you all for being amazing players.

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[hohnkai]

Section thirty-three of the mini-colony is home to the largest Cryonics facility in any of the universes in this area. Their research is largely experimentational and heavily-funded by private donors. Their main building takes up nearly this entire section and is comprised of hundreds of floors both above ground level and below. Visitors may go on tours; one such tour takes through the floor of longevity. This floor has glass on both sides and shows the encased figures of people that have agreed to be put in stasis for any amount of time over fifty years. Their earliest client dates back six hundred years ago and has another three hundred years on their cycle. At the end of the tour, your character will pass an elevator that requires a pass to get in. Does your character try to find a way to get one or finish the tour with everyone else?

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Exploration/Sci-Fi (If combos are not allowed, just exploration is fine!)

[squadgoals]

Shep notes it as they pass, and lingers by the elevator, using interest in nearby scenery as an excuse to attempt to bypass (hack) it into use with her omni-tool.

If that's a bust, she catches up with the tour, to finish with the group. Chances are, one of the guides has a card lying around, although it may not be immediately obvious.

The chance to know more about the cryo process is not one to be passed up idly — after all, people are falling into it all the time aboard the Moira — and neither the who, whats, or whys seem to be even remotely known.

totally allowed!

[hohnkai]

☄ The omni-tool is a success! The elevator opens and Shepherd can enter. The panel shows that there are four floors, though none are labeled. Which floor does she go to?

[squadgoals]

Fourth floor. Easier to work your way down than up, after all!

[hohnkai]

☄ Fourth floor is packed. Workers move back and forth from room to room, bustling around. Since she has access, nobody will stop her from exploring, and will answer questions if she asks them quick enough.

[squadgoals]

Looking at the workers moving around busily, she scoops up a clipboard-esque device she passes by, and slips on a pair of safety glasses from another station, praying it makes her look... official-ish.

Settling into the easy stride of someone who's in charge of things, she taps a worker who isn't bustling quite as much as the others, and asks, "Are we on schedule?"

[hohnkai]

☄ She'll be told that they are on schedule, and one staff who is looking to please upper management, will tell her that one of the clients woke up early - a malfunction - and will ask her what they should do about it.

[squadgoals]

Her brow furrows in a simulcrum of disappointment at the malfunction, and she asks to be shown the case before she makes a call. As they walk, she asks: "What do you think happened?"

[hohnkai]

☄ The staff will say that it happens about once a month, and usually only with those that had an above one hundred time span. They think it's a glitch but don't know how to fix it. From this point, if she offers to fix it or can fix it, the company will immediately offer her a position to work there. If she refuses, then they'll want to compensate her by giving her some of their tech to take with her and anything else she might want.

[squadgoals]

She offers to take a look at it, with the hopes of fixing it — or at the very least, learning as much as possible about the inner workings of the cryo system tech. If it's a reasonably simple problem, she'll be able to get it sorted out, but she'd outright turn down a position, albeit humbly. In terms of compensation, she wouldn't ask for anything unless they pushed it on her — the knowledge of the systems is something she's gaining, here.

[hohnkai]

☄ They offer her a job or some kind of compensation, if she wants it, and she's given security access to the entire building.

Notes: This would mean she can look around and get into anything she wants and that she can come away with a complete understanding of how cryo beds work in general.

[squadgoals]

Holy smokes. She turns down the job, somewhat humbly, but mostly out of embarrassment. She takes the security access, and any additional compensations they want to pass off, but doesn't ask for anything specific — and heads for the elevator with her new all-clear, with plans to head to floor 3.