I think the alien wreck should hold some attention going forward!

Finally finished putting together a pic of the alien ship. It's viewable in Map 3.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 644):

The only thing I see under maps is the Dust Runner schematics.

Oops. My bad. I thought I'd checked everyone's access to Group 3. For some reason, I missed a few. Must have been falling asleep at the time. Fixed now.

Maps?
Group 3.
What magic do you speak of?

Go up to Game Map button above. If it shows you the main Game Map, go to the bottom. It'll say Select Another Map to View. Click the arrow to show what maps you have access to, select Map for Group 3, and then click view.


All the threads have a Group number or letter after them. These indicate who can view that thread. There are 32 possible groups. It's a way for the GM to present information that's only pertinent to one player.

Group 0 is viewable by anyone visiting the board. If you don't have access to a particular group, than threads for that group won't show up for you. It's mostly usable for Mature or Adult games as your threads can be Group 1, 2, etc. and young'ns then can't read them if they visit the board.

On one board, I'm running 5 different games. If was my first game on RPoL, and I didn't know I could have multiple games running each on its own separate board. So the five games are each run under a different Group. That way, the players can't see what's going on with the other games (unless they are in them), and the board doesn't get all cluttered up.

Another game I'm running has so many threads now it's gone to 3 screens. A lot of them, however, are archives, so I've changed the Group # to something no one has access to (except me, of course)--that way, the board isn't all cluttered up for the other players. It's one of the reasons I get confused--I see ALL 40 threads. I can't filter them out for me unless I delete them.

wow. Never used that button before.

Ship looks like a Klingon Bird of Prey. Cool.

That's quite a giant hole it has there.

Guess we're going to be looking at whether it crashed, was shot down, had engine failures or some other cause.

Are the other airlocks on the small side as well?

Yes, the other airlocks are the same size.

FYI: a friend of Rickie's was supposed to have joined when Rickie did, but RL issues, board access problems and lack of the rulebooks has delayed him in creating a character. I think I mentioned at one point that he should be considered aboard the ship, so I'm just mentioning it again.


Also, a heads-up to everyone... it's holiday season. Generally posting for PbP games drops off a bit during this time. Even when you don't think you have the holiday commitments that others have, somehow, they sneak up on you and screw up anything you may have had planned... or even screw up your unplanning.

That's been my case. No commitments, yet those pesky holiday things have crept into my time and energy. Nothing on the horizon, but they may show up anyway.

Just letting you know things may be iffy until the New Year.

Just a notification that I may be posting less for Finals. I'll start posting more afterwards (maybe next week), so don't think I've gone inactive; I'll be back.

Pfui. Don't know whether it's the holiday blehs, blahs, blues or busyness, but I find myself unusually lacking in time with unexpected lack of mental energy to boot. I get a few posts in (if I'm lucky), and then my brain turns to mush. Getting around to posting as I can.

Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Merry Christmas all!

Merry xmas all and a safe NYE

On the map what are the 'A' markings?  Is 'up' forward on the ship?

The 'A' is an airlock door. That is, it's an airtight door. Technically, it takes a pair of such doors to form an actual airlock, but we tend to use the term 'airlock' for just a single door.

And, yes, 'up' is forward.

Well guys I'm back. Trying to get up to speed with the current situation.

Welcome back IM

Finally got around to uploading some new pictures.

Maps 1 and 2 are the deck plans for the ship.

Map 4 is a picture of the aliens.

I see map 2, 3 and 4, but no map 1.

Oops. Missed a couple of group assignments. Fixed now.

Hey guys, in a couple of days, I will be out for a few weeks for a summer camp. I will make one more post in the story to advance it then I will not be able to post for about 3 weeks. Sorry if this made anything more difficult.

I have been trying to post to push things forward every 4-7 days to give people time to respond.  If anyone has a problem with the way things are going or suggestions, let me know.  I don't want to step on peoples toes, but it seemed that things were stagnating and not going anywhere.