At this point there are three players who have not voted yet (one due to just joining today, another due to still familiarizing himself with the FS setting and history). As for the third...Zahir, ready to throw in your votes? :)
As for Tycho's questions...
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-what is the status of the eskatonics at the time of the game? If I recall the history correctly (quite possible I don't!), they were considered heretic until they proved useful against the symbiots. Will they have proven themselves by the time the game starts, or will we be playing before that point in time?
If we do play during the height of the Symbiot Wars, I will try to choose a year that will allow for the greatest possible freedom of choice among character types. Ideally, that means a time
before Vorox shock troops were banned from the Stigmata Garrison, and
after or during the time Eskatonics and Dervishes proved their usefulness against Symbiots, and were granted some degree of (reluctant) tolerance by the Church. So you'd still be in a tenuous state of proving yourselves, but would at least be allowed the opportunity to do so.
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-What is the state of the struggle for the throne? How are the houses currently aligned against each other, and who is the current regent?
-Who currently controls the Garrison (ie, which house is in charge of Stigmata)?
These questions I will address once we have a clearer view of exactly what year the game will take place in.
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-Are we going to primarily be playing legionaires, fighting against the symbiots, or is the fight more likely to be going on "in the background," while we do related, but somewhat tangential things? This is mostly an issue of what kinds of characters are viable. If we're spending most of our time in combat with symbiots, a Reeve probably won't make much sense as a character choice, for example.
That is entirely up to all of you. If you would like to take part in the Symbiot conflict, so be it. If you'd prefer to play characters with other agendas, that's fine too. I will go with whatever intrigues the players most.