I also like the obvious rolls and difficulties, especially considering that I completely new to this system.

Speaking of which, would archaeology be an appropriate focus to try and find an alternate entrance into the ruins?

Suggesting obvious rolls is a great idea.

Alright I'll get back to doing that in the future. And yes archeology seems as good a focus as any other...

Added some obvious rolls. Also please consider if you would like to drum up a red shirt crew man or something to accompany. They can be security or science or medical or whatever you would like but it gives you a chance to both flesh out the crew of the ship a bit more and bring relevant skills into play.

I hadn't planned on Garrity going down to the surface. I meant to declare an NPC, but I had a busier weekend than expected.

There is time! Put sebastian in charge and just come up with a name for now.

so do we want sarah or a fill in? i'm fine either way

At this point given you're all junior crew, you all have the most experience with the alien ruins and you're cut off from star fleet if you want to pull a classic Star Trek and have your away teams and bridge crew be the same I'm fine with that. There will be other missions where it will definitely make sense to split up, like if the ship gets damaged in orbit or something you'll want people hanging back.

Bottom line, I'd rather people just post and justify it later rather than have things kind of lingering in limbo.

Let's go with Security guy Jackson Aldershot!

And Sebastian is, indeed, in charge.

Done.

So it's worth noting that Sebastian is pretty much always going to volunteer to be part of an away mission. I basically made him to be the futuristic version of Indiana Jones; science isn't about sterile rooms and confusing books, it's about discovery!

In that vein, here's his specifics:

Values:
Science doesn't have to be boring
The universe is vast, I want to see all of it
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Some people can't be reasoned with

Talents:
Spirit of Discovery
Walking Encyclopedia
Rapid Analysis
Bold Archaeology

Focuses:
Archaeology
Astrophysics
Atmospheric Flight
Xenobiology
X Culture (some culture he was "lauded by"; not sure it really matters since we're unlikely to run into them out here)
Hand Phasers

So while technically he's an expert in Astrophysics, and that's how he got his first assignment on a starship, his real love is archaeology and xenobiology.

working on support engineer, where should I post it?

sent to universe ready for posting once its approved or revised.

Done.

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday. I know I did. Posts should resume tomorrow.

Pressed latinum for your thoughts, guys?

I'm good no matter what way we take this but :P I'm curious what the others are going to do.

Everyone has gone quiet, just trying to figure out if you are waiting on me for something or if people are just busy because of the end of the year hustle and bustle or if people are quietly dropping the game?

my npc posted last so I'm waiting on everyone else.

I'm here. I was waiting on others to make with the posting.

Alright well after sending out some PMs I've got some recruiting to do. We lost about half the players over the holidays. Laila, John, and Ylis are all needing replacement while Sebastian is going to be away for awhile. I'm hoping he returns but we will see.

Alright lots of new replacements. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help get everyone posting again. I'm going to move the story along shortly so if you can let me know if there is anything you want to do ASAP

In reply to Universe (msg # 502):

Hey folks, The captain has been recast after the pilot :), thanks for having me aboard


If I've read the story thread correctly, the captain is in a holding pattern right now, correct?

The dish is being repaired and the away team is just settling in, so there isn't much for him to do.

Though Momentum bleeds off fast. Would this be a good time for an inspirational speech over the comms, to add some momentum (well hopefully add momentum) to the common pool?
This message was last edited by the player at 02:13, Thu 12 Dec 2019.

welcome to the team :P

That happened in TOS so it seems suitable that it happened here. :D