Have at it!

Love the character descriptions, guys!

In reply to Xander (msg # 2):

seconded!

is 3 the full load or are we looking for more?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 3):

I'm open to one or two more players, but I haven't approached anyone else yet. If you have suggestions, I'm open to them. Just make sure people understand it won't be a rapid-fire updating game.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 4):

Are we going to be using the "refresh Karma each mission" ruleset or the static Karma ruleset?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 5):

Your karma is static. I will be providing you with karma bonuses after each episode. I assume you'll spend a chunk of it to upgrade yourselves almost immediately, but you'll want to keep enough in reserve to save yourself from dying by guaranteeing a good roll. Managing your karma is part of the fun of this system -- or it always has been for me.

If you feel strongly one way or the other, however, I'd be happy to consider doing it another way.

The alternative being a karma pool that refreshes, and then generation points for 'leveling up?'

In reply to Xander (msg # 7):

There are two systems we can use. Either

System 1: Karma is Experience

- No additional generation points
- Karma is earned to spend freely throughout the campaign can be banked to modify rolls
- Karma does not refresh

System 2: Karma and Experience

- Earn generation points at set intervals
- Karma refreshes to RIP max at set intervals

System 1 is similar to how this system is meant to be run, but I'm not married to it. System 2 is basically how Savage Worlds, D&D, and every other game works.

I vote system 1, for no reason other than its an interesting change. Also not married to it, though.

In reply to Xander (msg # 9):

I bought the ring, but haven't proposed yet.  Hoping to get that done and be married by fall.

Fall is a great time to get married, I hear.

In reply to Xander (msg # 11):

We're gonna go with System 1 for now. If it ends up sucking, it'll be easy enough to transition into System 2.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 12):

Yay!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 13):

Anybody have any more setting-type questions they'd like answered?

Did they ever bring back Firefly?

In reply to Xander (msg # 15):

If not, I'm changing my character's backstory..  He will be a holy browncoat avenger!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 16):

seriously though, just more details on what our 'mission' is and who we'll be traveling with...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 17):

Just submitted character for final GM approval. Danger room shortly..

In reply to Flux (msg # 18):

HIGHWAY TO THE..... DANGER ROOM!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 19):

You'll get more information about the setting as pertains to the story soon, I promise :)

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 20):

I think it's pretty cool how much personality differences we've each injected into a silly little holodeck fight.

Yeah, I'm enjoying reading other people's fights :-)

In reply to Xander (msg # 22):

Flux is way out of his element. He's not a single target brawler. In fact, I've designed him with a bit of Sazed in mind to be more of a battle shaman. He's about effecting the status of the battlefield, positively for his allies, negatively for his adversaries.

Facing a blue collar brawler is a tough fight for him. I'm hitting, but I can't get through his armor! I'm hoping the trachea shot will do some damage.

Aaron- I'm struggling from a PC perspective to differentiate between antigrav blast, and the spike up/spike down. Aren't they all functionally the same? Or no, because spike up/spike down doesn't do damage until it collides? I guess I can see that, where I could almost stasis bubble someone in mid air.

May have answered my own ?

In reply to Flux (msg # 23):



::ancient Chinese Wisdom Gong sound::

Y u gotta bring socio-economic factors into this? Last I checked, this system didn't have classes ;-p

In reply to Xander (msg # 25):



::ancient Chinese Wisdom Gong sound::

::gong breaks::

In reply to Batallion (msg # 26):

I love every aspect of this conversation.

To address a few distinctly different points:

Overcoming Body Armor

Bobby has thick, disgusting body armor on purpose, because I wanted players to get a chance to deal with that particular challenge before they could actually die. Battalion was able to overwhelm him, but failing that he still had Combined Attacks available to him. Flux will probably want to rely on called shots for the areas of Bobby not covered by his armor, or (in the case of fully armored opponents) areas where the armor is less thick, if possible. A quick ping to the DM will let you know how hard it will be to mitigate a portion of the armor and how much of it you'll actually mitigate.

Other options involve non-battering solutions, such as dumping an impervious hero into wet cement, or throwing them out of an air lock, or roasting them over an open fire until they dehydrate and pass out. There a lot of ways to defeat someone besides battering them into submission, and that's something that'll come up from time to time.

Gravity Blasts vs Spikes/Slams

There are a lot of different power uses that are getting muddled about, and part of the problem is that Flux has been trying to do a lot of things all at once. Here are some things you can do with basic gravity manipulation:

1) Attempt to ensnare someone in your gravity field
2) Attempt to crush someone thus ensnared
3) Attempt to levitate someone thus ensnared

Your ability to use the basic manipulation power to hurl someone into a bulkhead or some such depends a lot on how much they weigh, but you'll still do power rank damage to them when they impact.

Worth noting: there's no reason you couldn't pick up, say, a bullet and throw it at someone for appropriate velocity impact damage.

Now, I envisioned your gravity slams and spikes as you decking someone with a gravity assist. This can take one of two forms:

1) Use your Gravity power rank instead of Fighting rank, simulating your ability to draw your foe into your punch. You'll do Strength damage.
2) Use your Gravity power rank instead of your Strength to bolster a punch you've landed normally.

If you want to use your Gravity power to do both of those things, that's probably something we need to create a specific FEAT for. It might read something like:



Happy to edit that if that's not what you have in mind.

What I'm seeing Flux do right now in the simulator is attempt to ensnare Bobby and, while snared, smash him into the bulkhead. You'll only be doing power rank damage that way, and as you're learning, it's a slow way to defeat an armored enemy.

It would, however, completely ice a normal human's 24 hp in one hit. So there's that.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:51, Fri 11 July 2014.

I have uploaded the Universal Table to the Game Maps area. Just click Game Map and you'll find the table.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 28):

Cool.

Bobby seems to be horribly ineffective in CC.  Is that just bad rolling?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 29):

We both kinda have been. And to be fair, the one time he hit me, he cleaved me for half my health.

In reply to Flux (msg # 30):

Yeah, that's kinda how I felt.  If he ever hit me I'd have been dead.

In reply to Flux (msg # 30):

Bobby's dice have some kind of OCD problem in which they want to find each and every possible white result. His stats give him about a 60% chance of success on any given maneuver... a fact that has made his performance more than a little depressing.

Of course, flip side: if he hits again before Flux aces him, that'll make Flux the only hero to lose in the danger room. Which would make sense since Flux is not a duelist in any way shape or form.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 32):

The funny thing is, from what I can tell NONE of us is a duelist.

Well, maybe Rusty Venture, but we'll have to see.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 33):

He's not shaping up to be, either. But Xander's more durable than his session in the danger room would suggest.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 34):

I suspected as much.

SOMEONE has to take hits.

::finger to nose:: Not it!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 35):

Maybe Bobby will come with you if you ask nicely.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 36):

From what I've seen, I nominate Xander for all future "ask nicely" tasks.

Heh, I'm trying to not play that character role this time around.

In reply to Xander (msg # 38):

I'd go with Flux:

Flux: "Assume the position (of our team's meat shield)."

Big, Dumb Brute: "Huh?"

Flux: "This is not a negotiation."
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:30, Mon 14 July 2014.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 39):

Part of danger room was seeing if Flux was viable. He's a great team player, but we do kinda need a meatshield/brawler, and as currently written, he's pissing away 40 points of agility that I didn't role a single time in that fight (Given, I wasn't trying to dodge ranged blasts, but still).

I've got some tinkering to do..

To my knowledge, we do not have a melee brawler/meatshield, but I would say play what you want to and we'll make it work.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:44, Mon 14 July 2014.

In reply to Xander (msg # 41):

Given time to prepare, Batallion can be/make a meatshield... maybe not a great one though...
This message was last edited by the player at 12:45, Tue 15 July 2014.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 42):

Also, so Karma is static (i.e. no reset between "adventures").

We start with R+I+P in Karma plus any leftover character build points, right?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 43):

Correct. Though you'll note that the conversation rate for turning karma into "character stuff" is a lot more generous during character generation, so I wouldn't leave too many points leftover.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 44):

Looking to customize your character any further? I recommend Quirks: http://www.classicmarvelforever.com/cms/quirks.html.

You need negative Quirks to balance out the positive ones unless you want to spend generation points, of course, but they're there if you want them.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 45):

How do gear and reputation work?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 46):

I'll set your reputation during the initial setup, once you lock in your character so I can add you to the narrative. If you want gear, you need to speak up and tell me what you want. I'll look at your Resources and your character's backstory to decide what's reasonable.

You don't need to request things like "pants and a shirt". You do need to request things like "a doctor's badge with a white coat".

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 47):

Going on a long trip, right?

How about a phone, a small gun, a few packs of smokes and some beer.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 48):

Sure. Though having a comlink makes you trackable. In fact, for you, dropping off the grid might be illegal.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 49):

Shhhhhhh...  I'd never think of that!

what would be 'standard issue' stuff?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 50):

Standard-issue stuff depends on your starting resource level. Everyone should have a few changes of clothing, but if you want things like a car, or a fancy watch, or an annual paid membership to the Interplanetary UBER Shuttle Service, you'll need the cash-money to back it up.

Basic kit and everyday essentially will be taken care of for you initially by the outfit for which you'll all be working.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 51):

Ok, I've done a slice of life (so to speak) in the dead of deep space and in a run-of-the-mill city on Earth. Is there another place you'd like to see the prologue explore before we lock in the PCs  themselves? Voting is now open!
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:03, Fri 18 July 2014.

Mars or a large space installation

In reply to Xander (msg # 53):

Earth middle-America or Midwest.

Somewhere in Middle America, getting right to the heart of matters?

In reply to Xander (msg # 55):

So, Omaha, then. Got it.

Setting Question:

If wage disparity was reduced to no more than 10:1, did that not just essentially lock social mobility such that the already rich families stayed rich? Or were estate taxes introduced to dismantle inherited wealth?

In reply to Xander (msg # 57):

Estate taxes dismantle a large chunk of the wealth in question, but more importantly the globalized economy does not have "offshore accounts" or special "capital gains rates", which makes it much easier for the world's governments to reclaim massive amounts of wealthy from the massively wealthy.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 58):

Fourth player had to drop off. You guys want to launch with three, or recruit a fourth? I'm cool with either way.

Unless you have somebody else specific in mind, I vote we just go ahead and get started :)

In reply to Xander (msg # 60):

I'm fine either way.  The better question might be, do you have enough players and characters of a mix that you can run the game you want to?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 61):

That IS a better question. I could absolutely run a campaign with what we have, but without a front-line fighter you'll have to be careful about the engagements you choose.

Do we have anybody else interested?

In reply to Xander (msg # 63):

Not to my knowledge, but I haven't asked everyone I know who plays yet. I'll poke around.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 64):

Nick/James may be interested, not sure.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 65):

Is Battle Tempo a power feat then?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 66):

Kinda? It's more like a passive I roll for?

When I take damage, it has a chance to activate and proc an effect.

When I deal damage, it has a chance to active and proc an effect.

Aaron rolled the "Take damage" on my behalf.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:47, Sun 27 July 2014.

In reply to Flux (msg # 67):

Got it, my power can do something like that too sometimes.

Watching Flux fight... demonstrates how lucky I was to survive my own bout!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 68):

I have AWFUL dice karma in this game.

Regardless of how this ends, Flux will stay built as he is. He makes more sense conceptually (it's much more in line with how I wrote the character) and practically (he's a bruiser now as opposed to a flourish mage).

In reply to Flux (msg # 69):

Battle Tempo needs to be clarified. You rolled it, but technically I have no allies here to benefit from it. I am completely in line with the benefit also applying to Flux (would make sense conceptually and practically), but it is not how the power is explicitly written in the approved character sheet.

It's a yellow success no matter what (the 2 cs from unarmed/flying)

In reply to Flux (msg # 70):

1) What's James' playername? I can't invite him to the game without it.

2) Battle Tempo can apply to yourself, as well. I'm fine with that.

3) Nice slam. I'm going to translate that into additional damage because the material strength of the simulator is super-duper strong.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 71):

I kind of get what Flux (this iteration) does now. His abilities kind of make him a slam monkey (which honestly makes sense if you're being punched by someone who can control gravity and its exertion on you) and a pit of a grappler (using singularity to pin downed opponents).

2 bad rolls to start or Bobby and I are basically just going blow for blow. The difference is I'd like to think Flux is a little more utilitarian, and has WAY more room for growth/expansion.

Thoughts from a GM perspective though, since he is a glorified Bobby Fistpunch, with the addition of Battle Tempo and the ability to Faux grapple?

In reply to Flux (msg # 72):

Oh dear... I think I see where our new companion is going.... that's not a paladin at all!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 73):

It is not. But it IS a deviation from the psychic vampire the player wanted at first.

Just could not find a way to make that heroic. Even vaguely :P

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 74):

Do we still need a Pally?

This character is not working well at all.  I think I'm going to reroll.

Sorry for taking so much time, I had an idea, but it didn't come to fruition.  I wanted to do a non-corporeal tank.  That would essentially be setting up force fields and controlling/isolating battle that way with some illusiory support for offensive capabilities.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:27, Thu 31 July 2014.

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 75):

I would like to hear about some of the 'restricted zones' the moons and all of that.

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 76):

Essentially I wanted to be this

http://bidwicket.com/Item/C/Co...ons_of_Grandeur.JPEG

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 77):

I rerolled Flux from a status effect mage into an in your face bruiser. Take your time man.

Find the concept first. Don't worry about party needs. We've got our rogue, our tech guy, our smasher. You kinda have liberty to be anything.

^ This

Take your time. Who you want your character to be is much more important than what your character does, mechanically. Especially because we have the major roles covered, as Flux said.

In reply to Xander (msg # 79):

Agree wholeheartedly.  We don't "need" anyone to be anything.

Who's the rogue?  I bet it's Xander... sneaky name...
This message was last edited by the player at 19:22, Thu 31 July 2014.

Yeah, you can't trust Xanders

In reply to Batallion (msg # 80):

I'm actually toying with modifying Flux's last piece of his power. He started as someone who was just a status monkey (still channeling poor Sazed). Now I view him more as someone you just can't get away from.

He's all about keeping you engaged and beating the snot out of you.

I'm giving myself a hard deadline by whenever our new player finishes his concept. Flux's personality as soulless corporate "hero" remains intact

In reply to Flux (msg # 82):

On a new character note we have hit a breakthrough and I think are on our way to making a somewhat viable character.  If she plays like I think she does she will be a lot of fun.

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 83):

Woo-hoo!

Playing a female I see.

I (player) apologize in advance for everything Battalion will say to you.

Batallion has no regrets.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:08, Fri 01 Aug 2014.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 84):

Please you should see what Matt is doing to my poor character in the other game Aaron and I are involved in.  However, just know you are going to come off looking super creepy ;).

"Have a seat right here, sir. Sir, is your screen name InfinityDicksRBtrThn1?"

"Are you aware that she's twelve?"

In reply to Xander (msg # 86):

<<<<<<<< Updated for you sir Battalion.

In reply to Xander (msg # 86):

Are you referring to this, perhaps?

"..Did you just insinuate my mother had a penis? I'm so proud of you!

We should probably take the path of least resistance here. We do have a wounded soldier here.

Beach? "


Now how could I know that...
This message was last edited by the player at 14:37, Fri 01 Aug 2014.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 88):

Is it magic?

I bet it's magic.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 89):

Didn't know who was who Irl :p
This message was last edited by the player at 15:48, Fri 01 Aug 2014.

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 90):

Yeah, sorry.  Had to mess with you, you understand.

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 85):

Listen, you wrote yourself into a position of being mentored by Alveris. You get what you ask for.

This right here? The victim-blaming endemic to rape-culture.

NO MEANS NO, ASSHOLE

In reply to Xander (msg # 93):

The problem is that Alveris hears everything as a "qualified NO with reservations".

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 94):

Do I live in a world in which I was just compared to Stephen A. Smith?

..What have I become?!

In reply to Flux (msg # 95):

Well I never told him no per say...

Maybe some of this was my fault.  We can get throught his together.

ALVERIS MARRY ME!!!!!
This message was last edited by the player at 02:45, Sat 02 Aug 2014.

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 96):

Where did you guys load your character sheet or do you just keep it offline?

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 97):

In the top menu bar, near the left, click "Character Details".

"Character Details" is your character sheet, only visible to you and GM.

"Character Description" is what we all see.

"Biography" are the little lines under your name in posts.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:11, Mon 04 Aug 2014.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 98):

It's possible that someone -- and I'm not naming names -- but someone might not have made your character sheet user-editable. This problem, if it ever existed in the first place, is no longer a thing. Enjoy!
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:01, Mon 04 Aug 2014.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 99):

Yeah I don't think that was ever a thing...  Looks like I can take care of it ;)  I hope to have something up tonight/tomorrow for approval.

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 100):

Some questions have arisen about text colors. As DM I reserve red and blue for my NPCs. Players may choose from green, aqua, dark blue, lavender, and yellow.

Note: not being picky; we have a color blind player and these are the best colors for him to distinguish among.

There is no need to adjust your colors in previous threads and such. But moving forward take a new legal color please

Thanks all! Stake your claim below. First come, first served... But red and blue are mine :p
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:09, Mon 04 Aug 2014.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 101):

Aqua for me.

Dark Blue please!

In reply to Xander (msg # 103):

Lavender.

If we can, I'd skip green/yellow and find another which works, so we can use green/yellow for denoting successes?

I can see Orange just fine

In reply to Flux (msg # 104):

That would be best, yes. Red is allowable for successes as well, but it'll be rare and special enough that it shouldn't dilute my DM speak.

Lavender, Aqua, Darkblue are now taken for PC speaking. Blue and Red are reserved for DM stuff. Yellow and Green are reserved for dice results.

After consulting with the colorblind person, it has been decided that Hero-in-the-Making will be speaking in Orange. Go team.

Breakdown:

Battlion
Flux
Xander
Hero-in-the-Making

Dice results: fail/ok/good/great

Important NPCs
Distinctive NPCs
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:44, Mon 04 Aug 2014.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 106):

FYI:  It turns out that making a really unique character is a rampaging pain in the ass...

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 107):

And not just for you :P

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 108):

But she could be so awesome!!!

In reply to Hero-In-The-Making (msg # 109):

Are you guys still going in the danger room or is it open?

Watcher are you ready to take her for a spin.  I'm eager to see how we did on the balance of this character.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 110):

Flux is currently still whaling on Bobby (or vice-versa), but it'll be open soon, I think.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 111):

full-on Johnen Vasquez...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 112):

:) My favorite comic of all time.

I'm sure you are shocked to hear that.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:20, Mon 11 Aug 2014.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 113):

is it just me or is it weird that the lower your endurance the better you are at slamming and stunning?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 114):

What?  How so?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 115):

a white success on slam is a grand slam... or do they just roll their endurance?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 116):

White means failure.

If you are attacking and do well, you score a "Slam threat".

The target then rolls endurance to try to avoid these consequences.  White would be failure and result in them being "grand slammed".  A red success will avoid most of the "slam" effects and sort of negate the "slam threat".

At least I THINK that's all correct...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 117):

OIC Makes more sense.  So if he gets slammed one into the ground what is the damage on that?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 118):

I think I got grappling, seems like it only does something on yellow or better which kind of sucks.

If you get the grand slam it says 1-10 do you roll to see how far you may shift him?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 119):

No clue...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 120):

The 1-10 is how many areas you throw the guy in that instance. Slamming into the ground depends upon your strength and the material strength of whatever you slammed them into.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 121):

So how much damage would slamming him 1 square into the floor of the simulator do?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 122):

If you score a slam result, the other guy gets to try to resist it (that's the Slam? column on the table). If they fail, they go flying. If you send them into a wall (or floor), they make a strength check vs the material strength of the floor in question. If they succeed, they bust through and take no damage as they continue their slam flight. If they fail, they take damage = material strength of the floor.

The danger room's floor isn't stronger than Remarkable, which is Bobby's armor, so no extra damage is accrued in this case.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 123):

Does this look enough like a Pally for you Mr. Batallion?
This message was last edited by the player at 01:38, Tue 12 Aug 2014.

As somebody who has dedicated a fair amount of time to thinking about what paladins look like, I can say no. Not at all.

In reply to Xander (msg # 125):

seconded

In reply to Batallion (msg # 126):

:P you have no imagination.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 127):

Prologue submitted to GM!

In reply to Flux (msg # 128):

And accepted! And posted! Xander's is completed, as well, so that's the whole set. I'll get us rolling in a little bit :)

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 129):

Woo-hoooo!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 130):

I'm excited for this game. I like that we're all pseudo good guys on the run for one reason or another, and I'm really intrigued by the depth of everyone's backstory's and the possibilities for overlap and growth.

I promise Flux isn't who he appears to be on the surface.

Now the real question- If this is how broken we all are..who the hell will we be encountering?!

In reply to Flux (msg # 131):

1. Also very excited.
2. Who's running?  Not I said the cat.
3. Given our party makeup, probably Juggernaut and Onslaught.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 132):

... so glad you brought up Micahs.

That is now officially the only valid unit of measure in my mind.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 133):

And with his picture being George Clooney I have lost all respect for the man...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 134):

Don't read too much into that. There is a surprisingly slim selection of "not 20-something and not retired military officers" to choose from.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 135):

I'll continue with my assumption that he's good-looking but otherwise talentless.

It's what Batallion would want me to do.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 136):

Essentially just want to know if anybody wants to get to know anybody else better during the journey. Do you spend your time pestering the captain, or eating, or poring over maps, or down at the range, or what? I'm going to timewarp us to the appropriate disembarkation stage soon as I've heard from everyone -- and of course any conversations you might want to have can be held either there or in the PM channel.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 137):

I will likely be away the next 1-2 days as I'm getting married tomorrow. Will do my best to keep up. Believe the place we're going on honeymoon has internet, but that's obviously a secondary concern to having a lot of sex.

In reply to Flux (msg # 138):

I EXPECT CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY.

In reply to The Watcher (msg #

Resuming on Monday. Sorry for delays.

Lazy asshole

In reply to Xander (msg # 141):

I EXPECT CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 142):

What a jerk.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 143):

Each floor has a docking bay from the drawings is that correct?  What floor is the data center on?  All that we have in the discussion is that it is in the middle of the facility.  Also where (more specifically) are the terminals with the encryption keys?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 144):

)(@$.

I meant to put that on the map. It seems in my duplication-ness, I lost those points. I'll stick 'em in place. Encryption stuff is Floor 3. The data center is on floor 2.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 145):

From the briefing would we know if we are able to get out and get back in?  like if we do a stealth run the second floor then try to redock at the 3rd floor... or is it more of a one way ticket situation?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 146):

The facility is under assault. I'm not sure how much stealth you're expecting to still have available to you, but yes the idea is that you want to leave using the ship with which you entered.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 147):

Regardless the optimal route, you are parked in the First Floor docking bay because you didn't object to the voice telling you to dock there. You were also told to remain in your ship as the facility was on lockdown, but you don't necessarily have to obey that one. Indeed, Blaise would prefer you didn't.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 148):

Officially back and ready to rejoin game. Aaron, can you PM me with the salient details?

In reply to Flux (msg # 149):

OK I got it now.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 150):

Let's make sure I understand where we are:

Landed in enemy base.  Enemy is fighting captain Blaise.

Theoretically all ships with us are in lockdown.

We need to decide whether to depart our ship and head for the target, fly our ship around the hangar/phase through the walls, or some other option?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 151):

Pretty much seems to be the case.  Now may be a perfect time to try, if we were to fail our attempt to phase it would just amount to another distraction ;).  Problem is that we are in possibly the most inefficiently designed building ever.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 152):

Or highly effectual at landing us nowhere near our goal...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 153):

Now, now. It can easily be both.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 154):

I have to tell you that writing James and the writing rebecca is a fairly jarring experience.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:58, Tue 23 Sept 2014.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 155):

hahahaha I can imagine!

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 156):

so your clones open fire and all miss?  Why do your clones suck?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 157):

I didn't know how many I had so I couldn't roll before.

Post updated to reflect their shootiness, and they're actually quite decent thank you very much!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 158):

Assuming I'm still top of initiative order, I went ahead and tried to save some trouble on round set-up.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 159):

Slow updates until Sunday evening/Monday morning, gents. Sorry about that -- gonna be out of town.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 160):

... and on my birthday no less.  I feel affronted.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 161):

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

As a present to you, I've decided not to kill you today.

Have +15 karma.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 162):

Gonna spend all my Karma on whores and coke when we get back to shore...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 163):

Safe to assume Companions exist in this universe?

When have they ever not existed?

In reply to Xander (msg # 165):

Pfffft!  Companions, why spend on class when you can go for quantity?

I was wondering if that's what JJ used his duplicates for...

In reply to Xander (msg # 167):

::Shrug:: how do YOU get a free intimate massage?

Is there an adapter for that in your mech?

Likely...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 168):

wait there are companions in this?


Uh oh... Percy just became sentient.

If you had a mech like that, piloting it would be like getting a full body intimate massage, all the time.

If full body massages could also kill people.

In reply to Xander (msg # 170):

Mechacupuncture?

In reply to Flux (msg # 171):

I'm lost... we all go down the hallway to the elevator where Flux leaves us behind to ascend?  I thought Flux was staying in the hangar bay?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 172):

I thought so too, but feh. The hangar bay is apparently "GM secured", so I tagged along.

Ideally I'm going to be able to get to the top of that tube and manipulate the gravity to pull you all up?

Making gravimetric connections between two points is literally his character ability. I'm hoping that's going to be an at will action to basically lean over and pull you all up.

In reply to Flux (msg # 173):

Going up one floor at a time is not a problem for Flux, nor is bringing others along... though it might take a while to pull all of the Battlion clones up.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 174):

Am I the only one who has Flux voiced by Superintendent Chalmers from the Simpsons?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 175):

Xander is that your turn or are you going to execute some trickery?  It is your initiative.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 176):

GM ruling: how many duplicates and soldiers did I have time to make?

My hope was that twenty or so guns pointing at them would remove the necessity of a fight but, their dumb move!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:34, Tue 30 Sept 2014.

I am stunned. I have no trickery planned, nor would I be capable of executing it if I did.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:23, Tue 30 Sept 2014.

In reply to Xander (msg # 178):

Your soldiers don't last all that long individually, and if you crowd the hallway with them they'll shoot themselves or you more often than not. If we cap a duplicate's lifespan to 10 rounds (one minute or so), and you can produce up to what, three per round with good rolls? Then the maximum you could have at any given time is ~30.

If we assume you've been constantly churning out more and averaging 1.5/round, your basic moving entourage is 15 duplicates. The disposition is up to you, but I'd suggest at least 1 body double for protection. So probably 12 soldiers and 3 fake yous?

When moving around, if you want a larger entourage, we can just do a per hour power roll to try to up your number to 20 (yellow) or 30 (red) until the next hour. Does that work?

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 179):

If it works for you it works for me!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 180):

Shoot to maim!

That's better than killing right?  I mean we are superheroes and all.

Also I think Flux is stealing my deadlands character.

Just an FYI... Zombies don't usually surrender.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:33, Wed 01 Oct 2014.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 181):

What we did on that train will live in infamy...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 182):

I will forever stand by it was the correct thing to do.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 183):

Don't worry lady, it will take 12 rounds of shooting to down any of the guards...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 184):

I'm back... was in training all day yesterday.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 185):

I'll be honest.  I've exsanguinated things in the past.  It was....





...unpleasant.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 186):

So what's the plan? I'm more than a little confused.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 187):

Bloody McGuardsman and I are heading to the next floor. Xander's fingerbanging some electronics.

In reply to Flux (msg # 188):

We were having the wounded guy open the door first werent we?

Yeah I think the door is now unlocked, we just have to go in.

In reply to Xander (msg # 190):

ok so remember, I'm stealthed with a view of the inside of the room.  Percy is sitting directly infront of the door.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:44, Mon 06 Oct 2014.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 191):

So someone's going to just open the door and peer in? Ok.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 192):

I'm stealthed, so they need an int feat to see me.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 193):

Fine, they just see the others then :P But good point.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 194):

"Others" meaning you scrubs (minus Rebecca) and a bunch of disposable dupes with guns but not me who would never stand in front of an open door?

Sure.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 195):

Why does everyone suck but us?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 196):

Well... kinda. Recall that this system uses "areas" and not "five-foot squares". Line of sight doesn't work the same way in MTH and there's a lot more leeway.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 197):

Understood, but how does that apply to blocked doors?  Do we just assume free movement within the area?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 198):

Free movement within the area unless obstructed by something. So if a door is closed, you don't have time to open it and continue through in the same action.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 199):

Hypothetically: if the techs had gone first, there would have been an open door but literally 14 people standing in it.  In that scenario, any one of them could walk by all of those people and start off down the hall?

Just trying to tailor my strategy from now on.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 200):

No. I think it's safe to assume that 14 people crowded into a doorway are as much an obstacle as the closed door itself would be.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 201):

Woa. You don't read for 1 day and there's like 50 posts!

Flux, I'm assuming the team is in radio contact. I can probably hack through whatever door you need opened, even if you don't have the keycard.

In reply to Xander (msg # 203):

Id like to assume we are, but I'll yield to GM's ruling on that one. I didn't pocket the card explicitly, and we haven't explicitly defined the radio contact.

In reply to Flux (msg # 204):

You can be in radio contact, sure. Will try to update properly in a little bit. Thanks for your patience.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 205):

Updated my post accordingly

In reply to Flux (msg # 206):

I'm thinking that if I change my name to Boreas and just become disinterested in anything that isn't driving the plot, we might get more frequent updates..

In reply to Flux (msg # 207):

You'll get more frequent updates when the sub game ends. As it turns out, I only have the bandwidth for two pots on the stove and not three :( I will attempt to update this soon, but I want to do it right.

I appreciate your patience.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 208):

Just busting your balls for 7d12 skirmish damage. It's a warlock ability.

In reply to Flux (msg # 209):

hold on a second... I'm confused.

So The encryption center and Flux's thing are on the second floor.  So the way that this would have to work is Flux takes the injured dude to sick bay then goes on to the data center, then comes back down and has existential crisis.

~~or~~

Flux goes to sick bay on 3rd floor with injured mook.  Comes back down to the second floor, melts down and we have yet to hit the third floor.

Am I seeing this incorrectly?

Yeah I'm confused too. Also we can't leave yet because we haven't actually completed the mission.

In reply to Xander (msg # 211):

...Alternately Aaron gives us 1,000,000 karma points and we become deities in our own right!

Everyone lives happily every after.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 212):

I've updated the grid to remove confusion. Flux had to take the guard up to the third floor to get to the medbay. He then opened a nearby door (perhaps because he misread the map and thought his old powwow room -- which contained servers on F2 -- was actually on F3).

Regardless you're now on F3 and Flux is standing in front of the indicated door on that floor. Nobody's noticed you. Sorry for the confusion.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 213):

And yes, you'll need the encryption keys on F3 to fully complete your mission.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 214):

Much better.  Thanks.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 215):

Nope. No one is going to tell Flux he's lost the past 5 minutes and his mind has been erased.

Let's just continue the mission :p

We will tell him when we're not in the middle of a mission. Don't want you going into another loop. Also refresh my post prior to yours, if you would. I edited it a bit.

In reply to Xander (msg # 217):

This reminds me of the first DnD campaign I ever played in. We were maybe lvl 4, and had been recently routed by a group of bandits, who then framed us for the assault and left stolen goods on our bodies.

This resulted in our arrest, a run in with the law (for a HEAVILY lawful good party), and a lot of butthurt feelings.

As we're leaving town, an enterprising Halfling named Kiro comes up to us, battered and bruised. Kiro is holding a sparkling/pulsing Ruby in his hands, and breathlessly asks for our help as he explains his harrowing tale at the hands of an evil wizard.

We listen heartily to the tale, and having recently been beaten by the GM about alignment and the virtues of being good, we promptly arrest the halfling and turn him and his gem into the local authorities, who in turn notify the wizard.

At this point, the GM stops the campaign. We're maybe 35 minutes into session.

He looks and says "Well, we're done for at least today. You guys just pissed away at least 3 sessions of campaign/sidequest, and that Ruby was plot critical to your next objective"

To which we all replied- But he stole the Ruby, and stealing is wrong from lawful good characters. That's the lesson you just taught us, and we listened.

The morale of the story- Never assume your players will follow the plot breadcrumbs you lay out for them :)

Would you say that Rebecca whipped her hair...back and forth?

In reply to Xander (msg # 219):

no just a flip as she is turning make sure it splays out behind her... very dramatic 8 yo.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 220):

The drive only works with the transport itself.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 221):

Doesn't our ship have some experimental phasing cloak?

That's what we're talking about. You all can get out fine. I need to find away out for myself. Abraxas won't fit in the transport.

In reply to Xander (msg # 223):

I feel you, I'm going to have to leave some of my favorite dupes behind...

In reply to Xander (msg # 223):

Ok, I'm all caught up now. Sorry about that!

In reply to Flux (msg # 225):

How did you go from Gerabaldi to Mal?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 226):

Perhaps you've never played Mass Effect. There's a facial reconstruction booth inside the ship..

He was always supposed to be more Starlord/Mal than militant douche. I'm just not always great at subtlety. He's Mal in principle except for when he's been blatantly brainwashed.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:10, Fri 24 Oct 2014.

In reply to Flux (msg # 227):

Somebody should really take the psychological tools from the 8 year old scientist who has severe issues herself...

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 228):

So... and I'm speaking purely theoretically... what would happen if the pilot of a spaceship were to flee in fear while piloting said ship?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 229):

Happily for us (but unfortunately for SCIENCE), you don't have that kind of range. If you're in an enclosed space like a vehicle, the meaning of "1 area" changes to mean your immediate surroundings unless/until you exit the vehicle.

But in theory, the results of such a practical application would be hilarious and deadly. Not necessarily in that order.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:01, Fri 24 Oct 2014.

In reply to Flux (msg # 227):

Or he's unrepressing some shit now that he's becoming reprogrammed/deprogrammed. God Jon.

In reply to Flux (msg # 231):

Not sure about you guys, but I'm finding the speech colors to be near indistinguishable.  Anyone else having trouble skimming?

Completely indistinguishable to me

In reply to Xander (msg # 233):

Dark Blue and Lavender and Aqua are very similar, I'll concur. Will allow "Dark Blue" to become "Blue" if desired. That should help.

I'm talking about JJ and Flux

In reply to Xander (msg # 235):

I've been using periwinkle. What's another GM/Xander approved color?

In reply to Flux (msg # 236):

You could use yellow if that helps.

Or even standard 'blue'

In reply to Xander (msg # 238):

Still on Xander's action.

I thought we were waiting for Battalion, sorry.

In reply to Xander (msg # 240):

Didn't realize you guys were waiting on my inaction.  Sorry about that.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 241):

No worries, I've had my hands full lately anyhow.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 242):

Aww no spacesuit? I wasn't going for cold blooded murder :(

In reply to Flux (msg # 243):

I know you weren't, but you didn't take the time to check very carefully either. Lessons learned.

Pro Tip: If you did that to Xander, he'd die too. They don't pilot those things in spacesuits.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 244):

I lied. Xander does have on such a suit, but he doesn't normally wear it.

Yeah this thing sucks and is bulky. I needed it for re-entry though.

In reply to Xander (msg # 246):

If you want to do something cool like Batallion tried to do while piloting a vehicle, you need to make a Control check. Just roll and look at the column that matches up to your Agility or the vehicle's Control value, whichever is lower. Green is usually all you need for a simple maneuver, yellow moderate maneuvers, red for very difficult ones.

The shuttle's control isn't super duper, but you'll find it in the stats thread. If you fail, you don't only not do the maneuver, but you go "out of control"... which means I decide where your vehicle careens to until you're able to make a successful control roll on a later turn.

Good luck!

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 247):

Sorry Rebecca, looks like we're dead!

In my defense, I NEVER said I knew how to pilot a shuttlecraft...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 248):

throw some karma at it?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 249):

I think I would have needed to declare that beforehand, but I'll keep it in mind.  Would have costed 39 Karma I think..

In reply to Batallion (msg # 250):

You do need to say "this roll will contain karma!" before you throw the dice. The exact amount of karma you spend can be determined after you roll, but it's always at least 10.

"Out of control" doesn't mean "dead," but it DOES put you on your way toward it! :)

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 251):

Is the moral of the story here that the guy who is actually trained as a pilot shouldn't immediately jump out of the ship?

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 251):

OIC.  Good to know, so you have to declare you are using karma to auto-succeed at a cost to be determined later (min 10)

Correct?

OR any one of the three people who knows how to fly any vehicle whatsoever should probably take the controls...

...yes and not jump out.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 254):

It was your ship, and you aggressively implied you could fly it!

In reply to Flux (msg # 255):

Aggressive, unspoken implication of falsehoods IS an asset in my line of work.

No, I can't fly crap.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 256):

Prologue TPK!

Correct.

Seems likely.

Let us all drink to our fiery deaths!

In reply to Batallion (msg # 259):

I think that we got karma once before... how much Karma have we gotten through this campaign?  Sorry I was lazy and didn't write the first one down.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 260):

OOC- Is goldenrod working?

Also, yes, the portrait change is intentional

In reply to Flux (msg # 261):

More OOC- I don't view Flux's physical appearance as changing, more like, personality shifts that I'm denoting with the portraits for your ease of consumption.

The switch DEFINITELY flipped when we got back on the ship, though he has no idea.

In reply to Flux (msg # 262):

oh ok I Got it now.  I thought you were just indecisive.  I must say I actually applaud you as you did the last one subtly enough that I noticed the different voice but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 263):

I called it out this time to give you guys (specifically Rebecca) a chance to play with the plot if you want to. I won't announce them in the future.

Enjoy your time with Mr. Morden- he's DEFINITELY a nice guy (hint- he's not!)

In reply to Flux (msg # 264):

So, anyone who wants to spend some time with the various captured stuff needs to give me a Reason result (white, green, yellow, or red). If you're enlisting the aid of the Mastodon's techs, give yourself +1CS to the roll. If you're specifically trying to keep what you've learned to yourself, give yourself -1CS to the roll.

Let me know what you're studying and how you rolled here when you get the chance.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:46, Wed 12 Nov 2014.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 265):

Can we perhaps create a "gear" tab or something that explicitly documents what we actually recovered?

In reply to Flux (msg # 266):

Feh. FEH I say.

Yeah I'll create one.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 267):

How'd we get the video feed? Flux certainly didn't get it. Are we implying we basically ripped their whole system?

I ripped it remotely :)

In reply to Xander (msg # 269):

Well, he certainly still wouldn't know unless confronted.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:31, Wed 12 Nov 2014.

In reply to Flux (msg # 270):

Im on hold waiting for the Captain to answer me and provide me the requested information. I'll write my "downtime" thereafter

In reply to Flux (msg # 271):

Don't care, you're all nerds.

In reply to Flux (msg # 271):

you know there is a german word for your picture.  One of my favorite words in german: Backpfeifengesicht.

http://askville.amazon.com/Wor...o?requestId=60446360

The first two incarnations I could deal with this one is going to be... fun.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 273):

Also didn't the captain just walk away from you to get my report... maybe not intentional but according the list hes not there.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 274):

The captain can respond before he walks away with you, Rebecca. It's not a huge deal in terms of continuity.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 275):

And I can condemn him to the tar pits! :p

In reply to Flux (msg # 276):

Ok, I can't tell difference between my text color and Batallion's. Remind me again what my options for change are please

Yours is fine. I thought Battallion was sticking to aqua?

In reply to Xander (msg # 278):

Batallion's color in another game is yellow. I'm sure it's just an honest mistake.

I've come to associate the color yellow with chaos, fire, and lions.

In reply to Xander (msg # 280):

What a compliment! If only you hadn't stolen the Gilesian Dark Blue :p

Nah, Giles is regular blue.

Dark blue I took from Maeve. Which means I knock things down while making snide comments about everybody else.

I say that with fondness, incidentally.

In reply to Xander (msg # 283):

I look forward to our discovery of space tea

In reply to Flux (msg # 284):

Wasn't he a terrible rapper in the 90's?

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 285):

I'm more concerned about someone putting lavender and sandalwood into the air recycling systems on the ship...

Fixed my last post, didn't mean to trigger a Pavlovian response.

Still not opposed to space lions...
This message was last edited by the player at 19:29, Thu 13 Nov 2014.

You act like I haven't done that already...

In reply to Xander (msg # 287):

Damnit...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 288):

It's good to see everyone getting along. I'll move the plot forward soon, I promise :)

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 289):

no hurry...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 290):

Tomorrow will be plot day. Promise
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:13, Tue 18 Nov 2014.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 291):

Again, no rush.  Is there anyone else on the ship we can insult, mess with, and otherwise bully?

In reply to Batallion (msg # 292):

I might have lied about plot today. It might be tomorrow. I hope it will be tomorrow. I will try for tomorrow.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 293):

Is it worth visiting your bandwidth  to support this game?I am all about MTH, but it doesn't seem like we have the ability to support this and the firstborn favored Aeryis.

Should we consider putting this on hold while things stabilize professionally and Aeryis reaches a point of lessed intrigue?

In reply to Flux (msg # 294):

Aeryis has just finished two weeks of craziness and should be going slower for a little while. The sub game reached its peak not long before that. Just bad timing.

I did mention that this game would progress more slowly than others when I pitched it, though. I didn't really mean this slowly, I'll admit.

I'd like to continue to run MTH, but if you'd rather just make what we just did a one-shot and move on, I can understand that entirely. What's the consensus?

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 295):

Oh I want to play. I was just trying to be accomodating.

I like what's happening here. I'm still in. I'm happy with making this a slower-paced game though, especially if that means I can put more thought into each post.

In reply to Xander (msg # 297):

Agreed.  I'm more than happy for this to be a slower burn plot-wise which gives us more time to be utter dicks to one another.

I might just be speaking for myself... but it's a fun departure for me from characters in other games.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 298):

And I think we can easily continue to drive this as more of a "Free range" campaign once we get some scaffolding re: plot constructs.

I purposely wrote Flux to be in a position of leadership, and gave him a fully explorable dark past. Once it comes out, we can certainly drive some of the narrative ourselves as we did in the sub campaign.

In reply to Flux (msg # 299):

Indeed. Here, have some plot and/or a breakdown.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 300):

YAY WE'RE DOOMED!

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 301):

The best part is we haven't untriggered him. He's still Mr. Morden. This isn't going to go well for Captain Blaise.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:42, Thu 20 Nov 2014.

In reply to Flux (msg # 302):

One step ahead of you Flux :P.

Just for purely flavor sense... when I type something in italics it will be something that has changed, but there is no transition period and its not like suddenly the doll is huge, more like you blinked and the doll is bigger, but it has always kind of been that way, right?

Similarly when she phases she doesn't really move, she just is someplace.  So once again she was in the chair then she is squatting next to flux with the doll between them.  You don't see any kind of transition, obviously meant to be disorienting and disconcerting.


Its like trying to watch water boil you always look away at the exact moment of transition so you never can catch her in the act.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 303):

There is a what the hell coming here but I need some time to write it.

In reply to Rebecca Taylor (msg # 304):

So here's how I reckon it.

Since ARES is involved in this mission, there's SOMETHING in the docking airlock/reboarding process that triggered him back to a combative/militant/sadistic personality. I wholly believe (and anticipate) the shifts are capable of being manipulated.

As for why the most recent shift was so "dramatic/drastic", I see it as two fold:

1- I found the Ruby Rod portrait, and there was no way in hell I wasn't playing Ruby Rod.

2- You essentially invoked a personality shifting brain stroke over a sustained period of time. This was not a normal "reset"

In reply to Flux (msg # 305):

Citing Fifth Element as precedent is always relevant and always results in you winning the argument.

Manlaw.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 306):

GM- I defer to you in response to Rebecca's question. I can decide as the player what I remember if you so desire, or you can PM me some guidance.

I'll wait to respond until you give me somedirection.

In reply to Flux (msg # 307):

You're welcome to make that decision yourself. I don't necessarily see the switch-flipping as a lobotomy, but you'd also be only dimly aware (at best) of your surroundings during the moment of change.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 308):

I'm going to assume Flux finally escapes the room with or without Cpl Martin. You're all welcome to schemehatch and what not while he's gone.

In reply to Flux (msg # 309):

1- Malcolm Reynolds
2- Captain Picard
3- Ruby Rod
4- Generically Evil?

Who doesn't want to see me rolling d100's for that!

In reply to Flux (msg # 310):

Awesome.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 311):

I really like that no one is actually considering if it's possible to deprogram Flux. Nope. We went straight to remote control.

In reply to Flux (msg # 312):

Scientific postulates, first understand, then control, then remove.

If I have my way things are going to get bad for Flux.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:20, Tue 25 Nov 2014.

I mean, you just straight up murdered a dude. The 'control' element seems most important to prevent subsequent murders.

We can deal with deprograming later, in a 100% homicide free environment.

In reply to Xander (msg # 314):

I got better.

In reply to Captain Blaise (msg # 315):

He was turned into a newt!

OOC: JJ is totally onboard with the "figure out how to use video to control Flux" bandwagon... though he has no interest in the research and changing personalities part.

Just want a leash...

In reply to Batallion (msg # 316):

Resuming on Monday. Happy Thanksgiving!

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 317):

I can't proceed until Xander and Rebecca agree on something off-stage. Just letting everyone know where we're at :)

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 318):

Ok. Perhaps this group is better as a strike team than a tactical advisory board :P

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 319):

I disagree completely.

My tactical advice is sound and well thought out.

The fact that I don't agree with risking my life is not a tactical issue.

I just want to make sure we're all on the same page here.

Our options are basically run or fight, correct? We're currently choosing to run, but do so in a manner that hopefully throws them off our trail?

I guess I don't understand why Flux was proposing we made an interplanetary trip in a short range shuttle, or why he thinks that using the mastodon to make the same trip would be commandeering it. Blaise already said we were going to Mars, the new plan just means we don't stop at Earth  to resupply first.

Blaise is 100% on board with going to Mars in the end, as I understand it. Not sure why we would ever want to leave the Mastodon behind.

In reply to Xander (msg # 321):

We could try to hide.  The question for me is how necessary is this trip to Earth?  What are we sacrificing by skipping it?  OK we don't resupply so are we on water and food rations for the rest of the trip?  Or are we missing our opportunity for the stolen technology to be perfected and installed?

I agree, it sounds like there are no real downsides to skipping Earth, making the decision to at least attempt to hide a no-brainer. Unless I'm missing something here?

In reply to Xander (msg # 323):

The only reason to hit earth would involve resupplying or disembarking. The Mastodon is capable of hitting Mars without stopping, yes, but once there they would DEFINITELY need more supplies before making another journey. Hopefully ARES has reasonable restocking fees... :)

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 324):

As in we have enough rations to make a one way trip?

Convenient, then, that we have somebody who can negotiate for Ares' preferred client rates.

In reply to Xander (msg # 326):

If you're referring to Flux, you may be in for a rude awakening in terms of who he'll side with in an us/them scenario. How would him helping you get a lower rate be better for Ares? :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:54, Mon 08 Dec 2014.

Enh, we'll just send him links to the freakout video with the subject line: Cpl Martin's previous adult film career?! until we get a more agreeable personality.

In reply to Xander (msg # 328):

Now THAT is likely to get clicks.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 329):

love it