I decided to create a new OOC thread for the new campaign so it doesn't get confused with the old one.  Feel free to post OOC comments here, including things like whether you will be absent for an extended time period.

Heidey-ho, citizens.  I was just sitting here, staring at the wall, enjoying a bag of Crunchee Tm Algae Chips (Triple Cheese flavor) and washing it down with a Bouncy Bubble Beverage; Extra Classic !! When a thought came to my mind ... a non-traitorous purely non-treasonous happy thought for sure. While allowing the Be-Happy Pills to take effect I should introduce myself.

I am Cop-R-ISS-1, but my friends call me Copper. I work for ICU ... it's a service firm in Facility Surveillance Control ... Oh sorry, you've never heard of that ? It's part of the CPU ? Of course everyone confuses us with ICO ... The Internal Control Office ? But they don't have the significance of our unit. And anyways good ole' FSC is part of all of our daily lives now isn't it ?!

Ooooo ... Don't move ... Hold perfectly still ... Snap ... WOW ! Has anyone ever told you that you super-prehensile tail occasionally catches the glint of the fluorescent lights in such a way as to enhance your nictitating membrane ? It is stunning !
This message was last edited by the player at 20:50, Fri 10 Jan 2014.

Hmm.  Exactly what color are those chips citizen? I hope the descriptors of your little snack are merely misleading because neither "Algae" OR "Cheese" come in Red to my knowledge.

Tsk. Tsk.  I may need to report this.

Hmmmm ... Cop-R gets out his Multicorder 2 plays with it for a moment and then replays the whole discussion ... I don't recall saying anything about Algae OR Cheese ... Then aiming the multicorder at Johnny-R ... Ooooo smile, hold that expression. This is gonna look great in my next report. YOU my friend are gonna be a hero !
This message was last edited by the player at 20:56, Fri 10 Jan 2014.

is there anything else in this square white room ? Lockers, bench seating, a camera with a little red light ? A speaker ? Or just an empty room ?

Just an empty white square room.

It is a place where you can talk IC until the real adventure starts, since there will be a slow trickling of players coming in during the next few days.  It is not part of any adventure itself.

Is the ceiling tiled? Or smooth?

Smooth with lights.

Do we have our "stuff", i.e., equipment, uniforms, etc or are we truly awkward and naked ?

Yes, you have all your equipment and matching leotards. :)

We're smooth with lights.

I imagine them like the outfits in "The Island," except color coded instead of all white.

We're all security level red, so make sure your dialogue text won't get you in trouble!

Funny ... the dash b was not meant as a security clearance but just a play on an existing product. BUT I changed it so some "enterprising" young "red shirt" doesn't come along and vaporize me ... see what I did there ... a little trekkie humor mixed in.

We are having one player change coming.  I don't want to get too far into this before that is complete.  I posted an ad today seeking 1-2 additional players.  I want to make sure we are fully ready to go so new players won't have to play "catch up," so if you know of someone who wants to jump in, have them send me a PM.

We will have two new players joining us.  One of them is taking over an existing character. The other remains to be seen.

hello, i'll be taking over fletch-r-frc

Hmmmm ... A clones' clone ... sounds traitorous to me. Probably better vaporize you just to be on the safe side.

I think it's the mutant scum that really bares watching...Watch your step.
and on that note its nice to meet you

Nice to meet you too. Want some contraband chips ?

"How many of us are there now? 1-2-3-4-5-6. Six?"

Will probably end up with 7 total.  Finalizing one more.

We will be adding two more, so I think that brings our total to 8 troubleshooters.  And I can't go higher than that right now, so no one new until your clones start dying off. :)

Yes, this also means you will have 2 people who have their mandatory duties doubled (two team leaders and two happiness officers, if I recall correctly), so have fun that little competitive bonus.

Please take a close read through of your characters and try to play the tics you have.  If you want a different tic, we can do that.  These are tics taken from the books.

Also, recall that Cop-R is a registered mutant.  A registered mutant is a legal mutant but is considered a lower class of society, borderline traitor.  Keep that in mind in your interactions.

Here is from the rules:

Registered Mutant: Mutant who has chosen to register his treasonous genetic defect.

Registered mutants are the only mutants in Alpha Complex who are allowed to use their mutant powers freely and without reprimand (or termination). They are identified by the yellow stripe that runs down their uniform (YELLOW clearance registered mutants have a stripe bordered in black).

Although tolerated by The Computer, registered mutants are not the most popular citizens in Alpha Complex and often find themselves being blamed when things go wrong. They face widespread discrimination and are frequently targeted by such secret societies as the Anti-Mutants.
 
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:47, Thu 23 Jan 2014.

I again draw your attention to the WITHOUT TERMINATION part ... thank you for your attention to this matter.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:57, Thu 23 Jan 2014.

I forgot to ask earlier, what play style should we be going for this mission?

I think the GM said "straight" for the first mission.

The adventure itself is going to be an actual mission that requires actual cooperation and problem solving.  So you can still be your natural comedic selves, but there will be a sense of "straight" to the mission because the goal is to get everyone attenuated to all the rules.

We also will not be doing the accusations of treason until after the first mission, so your characters can let their guards down a little while inside the biodome.

I realized that some of you did not have proper bios or tags to your characters, one even listed as npc, so I went back and corrected that.  What happened was some characters were transferred over from the other game, and I erringly forgot to update all fields.  It should be corrected now.

Can you please correct my tag? Fletch is still listed as an npc.

Done

GM, sorry. I didn't see he'd grabbed it. Edited my post to match.

I was wondering how that pouch was bouncing around from player to player like that.

Sorry, I totally forgot that someone had picked up the pouch.

That's okay.  Since you are equipment guy, I can safely assume you took it from him at some point.  We don't worry so much about such trifles in Paranoia... ;)

...though we should keep things straight to avoid chaos.

Is Justin free of the.... tentacle? branch? vine?

Am I still in danger? Well, more danger than usual....

Yes, the maimed state of the tree released everyone who was entangled.

Those Green jumpsuits on the tree, can we grab them still, or are they on fire too?

Mark took those, along with everything else by the tree.

Ok

Feel free to keep posting.  I will be out of town through Tuesday and might not be able to post until Wednesday.

I got pulled out of town on a last minute thing on Wednesday, but now I'm back in town.  I'll try to advance this today, so please post if you have any more things to add before the weekend.

Actually, I notice no one has posted since my last post on February 21.  Please get your posts in so I can give you a big update on Monday.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:51, Sat 01 Mar 2014.

I'm headed camping this afternoon and will be offline until Monday, most likely. Feel free to NPC my character as needed!

I will be afk until next Monday or Tuesday.  I'll be on vacation.  But feel free to post amongst yourselves conversations or updates to your character or reviewing what has happened so far, etc.

Thanks for your patience everyone.  Between sudden business trips and vacations, I've been AWOL a bit too long.

I am here and interested in continuing when we have all our attentions. This game is good stuff!

I'm going on a family vacation from this evening to next Friday. Will most likely be offline the whole time. NPC my character as you see fit.

Can Justin see the flowers from where he's at?

Yes, I'll assume everyone sees what's going on in the locker room.

Jeeze, all these guns blazing, someone could get hurt...

We can always hope...

I'm going to Pittsburgh for a week and won't be online. Feel free to NPC my character as needed. I'll return Friday, Aug. 15.

Quick update:  I got sent out of town for two emergencies in the past two weeks that have taken up all my time. Sorry for the delays, and I hope to get back on track by the end of the week.  As always, feel free to communicate amongst yourselves IC (or OOC).

Thank you all for your patience while my professional life got out of control busy.  I hope I'm back for good now and will be posting regularly again.  I hope I have not lost anyone in my absence.

In reply to GM Computer Heath (msg # 55):

I'm here! PAR-A-NOIA!

New player waiting to get shot for treason! Unfortunately I can hardly join the action when no one is posting...
Guys, get more active! ;)

Weeeeell, it felt a bit awkward, carrying on a one-sided conversation with Gene? Hello? I had hoped for a bit of PC-interaction. Well, didn't happen, so I moved on with Fletch for now.

Still, some more PC interaction would be great, or this game will become boring (to me). Just saying :/.

Why, Gene, thanks! That is what I was aiming at. :)

Things were on a hiatus for a bit.  So we might have lost a couple people, or maybe they are just getting back up to speed.  Hopefully, it will all pick up and go within the speed limits allowed by The Computer soon.

Everyone, Copper's player got really busy and decided to withdraw, though he may return in the future.  However, we have a new person taking over the Copper character, so please welcome...THE NEW COPPER!

What is the current official post rate oh mighty computer?

Welcome new Copper!

Whoo-hoo! I'M PART OF THE TEAM! :D

Looking forward to capturing every moment for later analysis and redistribution :)
Everyone smile and turn your Loyal side to the camera!

I log-on every day so will be watching every moment, only really getting a chance to be verbal late, late at night or on Tuesdays (my one day a week free from work).

But I WILL be watching! I have a mass storage unit for the multi-corder in requistions, should have that tech in only three to six week-cycles!

My loyal side? But all my sides are loyal.

I'm not quite sure I understand the question.  What are my expectations?  I would hope everyone can post once a day or more during weekdays.

Can I shoot someone for speaking in a color above their clearance? IE someone who uses purple letters instead of red ones?

Wouldn't that be interesting--though I think the others would think you are insane since no one sees the color of words coming out of the mouths of others.

Ok well good thing I asked. Keep seeing people type in things other than their clearance so I figured I would ask.

And it's good for all of us that Vilfred is nifty with numbers :). But actually Fletch occupied himself all the time with the suitcase, not the computer. He was trying to open the suitcase lock.

Anyway, he'll look up from his chosen task any moment now.

Sorry, my misunderstanding.

For those who did not get the puzzle for the computer input solved by Vilfred, it goes like this:

1
11
21
1211
111221
_ _ _ _ _ _


One
One One
Two Ones
One Two One One
One One One Two Two Ones

So each line describes the numbers in the line above it, going from left to right, finishing with

Three Ones Two Twos One One,
OR
312211

Hah, I would not have cracked this one. I thought purely along mathematic lines. Good that Vilfred came up with the solution before I could invest time into this. ;)

Ha! Got that indeed wrong! Anyway, Rob's fault for drawing his laser while someone aims at him. ;)

Nonetheless, that's the heat of battle, and I stick with shooting. GM? Results?
After that first shot Fletch is perfectly happy to say 'Oops' and stop firing though.

Thank goodness for a red reflect jumpsuit. Stull why did you call me, a clearly non-mutant, a mutant. What is this treason!

Don't make me shoot twice at you. You know these reflec suits are worth shit.

And you are wearing yellow suits now...

I was hoping to start a Mexican standoff but you just had to be trigger happy.

Yay yellow. That should stop pesky red lasers too because friend computer is awesome lime that.

We not only got a recommendation, but the equipment, too? Cool!
Uhm, yellow laser barrels, too?

You got a field promotion from a crazed out scientist who may or may not have had authority to give you a promotion...but I guess you can call it what you like.

All laser barrels you have are red.

Hehe that reminds me of the time I got HOOC in another game and with it a promotion. The next game session the GM forgot how high I had been promoted and I out ranked the guy giving the mission briefing. So on behalf of my team I ordered him to go do the mission.

So I shoot with a red laser at a yellow suit? Ha! I don't know the combat rules, but that sounds like my shot just makes *piff*.

Actually, I don't think the color of the suits and lasers makes a difference in this game, unless I missed that part of the rules.

The following is completely out of character as I in character have no understanding of the rules in any way and am not a traitor.

Red reflec offers resistance of E1. But only against red lasers.

Yellow offers E1 resistance vs red orange and yellow lasers.

Uh, I was delaying posting, to see how the GM would handle my laser shot? Because a) I really have no clue about the finer details of the rules, and b), I thought the GM would handle most rolls in a Paranoia game anyway.
But while I waited on the GM the other posts rolled on, and resolving a shot now that actually happened 10 posts ago might be awkward...

GM? How do you want to handle this?

I'm thinking either A, you missed, B, I dodged,C I'm standing there with a burn or ,D, it's all that mutants fault and we should kill him. For the computer!

I am opting for D! Tomorrow - now I am groggy and have to go to sleep. 'Night everyone!

Okay, at first Fletch fired, but a later post makes it look like he faked it.  I started to go with actual firing, in which case he actually got a critical hit and maimed Rob so that he could not use his right hand (for shooting, shaking hands, pushing buttons, etc.), but then the next post I saw apparently has Fletch not really firing, so I adjusted accordingly.  Technically, no "effects" happen until I post.  It's a little harder when there is conversation and intervening actions.

However, there is also no turning back the clock, so once people respond, the move should not be edited or changed.  The point is that in real life, once you do something, you don't have hours to contemplate your move and decide between best moves, so if it's posted, it's the same as your character doing the action, even if it turns out not to be the wisest course.

I gave a little leeway on this one because it's a gray area.

Well, mostly I backpedalled because you didn't comment on the laser shot, the others simply posted on, and I didn't want the situation to continue hanging unresolved in the air.
(Daaarn, a crit!)

Next time we can handle it better. :/

Fletch is on the table now, huh? Joy.

Sorry for my silence. I got called away on an emergency and was traveling, and then went right into Thanksgiving dinner.  We can get this game jumpstarted again...

Sorry for the delays.  I had to tweak the secret society messages and instructions.  The cast and circumstances have changed.  Enjoy--and don't forget about your secret societies and secret mutations.

Hey, everyone.  Sorry for my delays.  Family emergency over the holidays, and I had to go off grid for awhile to take care of things.

Happy new year, all! I'm still here and game.

Still here, some how.

Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66.

Some one please find the happiness officer. I think I actually want a mood stabilizer.

I'm with you on that one.

Hey, all, sorry for my delays.  I had some metaphorical explosions at work that had me working 12-14 hour days and traveling all around California over the last 3 weeks or so.  But I think it's settling down and I should be back to normal posting.

Please be prepared to start posting regularly again by Monday.  I think the R&D section will be interesting and allow for some fun roleplaying.

C:\> Stand in awe of my control.
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   > of day-cycle 03.18.15
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Okay, sorry for the delays everyone.  I have been pretty much off the grid for about 10 days on vacation.  I hope we have not lost anyone.  I thought I posted here that I would be out, but now I'm not seeing the post.  (That's how hectic it was!)  Anyway, give me a day to get my senses back and I'll start posting again tomorrow.  Thanks for all your patience and continued postings in service to The Computer.

Again, sorry for the delays.  Coming back off vacation means coming to a mountain of work that gets piled on top of me.

I'm a little concerned that we haven't seen any posting...Is everyone still here?

Here. Just dunno what to do with a locked keypad other than record holo-vid of our failed attempt to open it. We could break it to override, but that would be damaging Computer property, punishable by fines or death if I remember correctly. So I'll record our Equipment Guy working on it if possible. Do we even have an EQ Guy?

Hmm...seem to remember someone once told your group to remember a number.

Damn, ...have to go to work in twenty minutes.
Somebody needs to do a read through and find that code!!

If not done when I get home late tonight (early tomorrow morning) I'll do it.

Here.

I was camping the past holiday week. Now back... in the future, you may NPC Vilfred when functionally necessary. Y'all didn't need her to OK attacking that thing. ^_^

LOL.  I've actually been traveling myself, and will be again for most of the next week, but I will try to do one or two updates during the week.

In reply to GM Computer Heath (msg # 106):

Please introduce my character whenever you feel he can join the scene.

Yes, everyone, we have a new player for Peter.

Peter, you are already in the scene.  You are wounded on the floor and really, someone should step in and administer first aid to their fellow clone...

In reply to GM Computer Heath (msg # 108):

Uhh, not a new character? Oh well, I guess he'll be suffering from certain amnesia then.

Yes, he did get quite a whallup on the head during the last attack.

I'd like to thank the GM and the players for the game. I'll be leaving it due to lack of time. Have fun everyone!

I'm kind of concerned that we are having this game drop off the map...and right when you are almost done with the adventure too!

I'm still around... will post today!

Sorry for the delays, everyone.  I'm not sure if it's the slow posting of players or the fact that I am changing jobs, which in my line of work is a very, very big deal that consumes time.  But I'm adding a new player, and I hope that will reinvigorate some of you.

We are the final room of this adventure.

My apologies again for the delays.  I have just changed jobs, and the last two or three weeks have been very hectic.  I'm still not settled in or unpacked, and way behind on everything (not to mention this game).

I will jump us back up to speed ASAP.  We're almost done.  We have to finish.

Thanks for your patience.  Hopefully, things are back to normal now.

I'm concerned we may need to advertise for more players for the next adventure.  I created this last adventure never thinking it would go on this long.  I think the next one I do will be a published adventure streamlined for RPoL.

PM me if you are still here and ready for a new one.  I will do a transition to take into account other (more treasonous) accomplishments, such as those for your secret society.

I'm game. Would love to continue playing.

In reply to GM Computer Heath (msg # 117):

I would be interested in playing if the game speed picks up, but a post a month is a little hard :/

Did we earn any Perversity Points? (Expected answer: If you did, I told you. ^_^)

In reply to Peter-R-WQR-1 (msg # 119):

That was mainly due to my changing jobs and players coming and going.  I'm hoping for a faster turnaround too, typically a post every one to two days.

Perversity points will be handed out at the beginning of the next adventure.

In reply to GM Computer Heath (msg # 121):

Understandable, I totally get that :)

I'd be in

So far we have Peter, Vilfred, Mark and Gene.  I was hoping Copper might join in too.

I may need to advertise for one or two more.  I'm in the process of selecting the next adventure.  I'm trying to find one short and funny that will translate well to RPoL.  I have a number of the published ones, so we'll see which one seems best.

I have found a published adventure that I think would be fun to run here.  I was looking for fun, short, and not overly complicated.  It's an adventure for 4-6 players that would last about 3 hours real time, but since it's only about 6 or so pages long, I think it will translate well to quick play here. It's in Classic style. (I'm not going to disclose the name because I want it all to be a surprise.)

We have four total right now, and you have all been elevated to Orange Clearance.  I am thinking of bringing in 2 more new players to round out the group and to make sure we have enough if one or two drop out.

What do you think?

I love it.

In reply to GM Computer Heath (msg # 124):

I'm good with it. Also check out the bundle of holding. Great deal going right now.

Great advice. I just bought the whole bundle with a donation.  They'll be putting my alias up there as a donor somewhere -- Bengoshi-B-LAW.

Out of curiosity, anyone still around?

If anyone here is interested in starting a new campaign, let me know (PM is fine). I may start recruiting so these mandatory bonus duties can be completed.

Any players still around and interested in playing this? I bought a lot of digital stuff on Black Friday and have been toying with how to run this successfully again.