Want to talk about the game while not being in character? Want to talk about sci-fi? Tabletop games in general? The state of the world, or just how your day is going? Do it here.

Now we have two people. Our Mechanic and Our Weaponsmaster! How is everyone? Welcome to the game! Do you guys want to meet in the game or know eachother, or at least about eachother before the game starts?

I think that depends.  Do we already have our powers?  I could see it going one of 2 very different ways.  1 we already know each other and gain our powers at the same time.  Or 2 we already have our powers and we meet at a battle sense or something.  Honestly I am good with whatever everyone wants to do.  Those are just my 2 ideas right off.

Nah, you start off not having powers. But if you know eachother or if you don't you guys are going to get powers at or around the same time because of the circumstances of the initial fight.

Hi Heikisho! Have you just arrived in town or have you been there a while.

Yes I am currently in my 2nd year of Grad school here, working towards a masters in Library Science.  How about yourself?

I'm glad you guys are up. I might not bump the ad till 5 or maybe Monday or so. Because people are working a lot and Monday night seems to be busy. Any suggestions for people who have also ran games? I've run a lot of games but not for systems and not in a few years.

Abigail has been in the town most of her life so is quite familiar with the area, but she is quite a bit younger than you, only just starting her study, which is naturally, engineering and mechanics.

I'm glad you guys got a good handle on your characters at the moment. Good news too, we may have a Captain coming into the game soon. Also if you guys want you are welcome to start the pregame roleplay, it doesn't have to be canon when the episode starts but if you like you can start playing in that thread with your characters before they get their powers.

 Also off topic of this game, but what was your guys first expirience with a Toku series? Mine was when a girl we knew as a small child brought over a VHS of some Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes to our birthday party and a couple of the kids watched them, I was hooked. Also wore out a Tape of VR Troopers we had. You guys?

First series of MMPR when it aired on ITV and I followed through to the middle of the Lord Zed era. Each time a new one was introduced, I usually started to watch it, but then didn't quite understand what was going on, because commitments usually meant I had to start series'halfway through.

I watched some of Masked Rider, Some VR Troopers, some of Beetleborgs etc.. The Americanised versions.

^Yeah, I watched a lot of those same shows when I was younger. I didn't get to see the Lord Zedd era till we got blank tapes that could record on our home VCR but it was a lot of fun when we could.

 We have our Captain now! Everyone please welcome Star Defender Aegis to the game!
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:37, Mon 13 June 2022.

Hi everyone, thanks for having me! Hope I can help the team best I can!

As for first experience with Toku, I grew up with the original MMPR series. Loved it a lot, and got back into the franchise with Hyperforce when that came out a few years ago, got me into the Power Rangers RP scene. Was even in a (now sadly discontinued) power rangers fan rpg podcast.

Still haven't seen any Metal Heroes (except for Beetleborgs but not sure if you count that) or Kamen Rider. Need to find a place to start with those series.

My first toku experience was with MMPR the first episode I saw was when Kimberly had to defeat a frog monster that ate the other rangers.  And I was hooked.  I've seen every episode of PR since except the current season Dino Fury I just haven't caught it.   All of the 90s us shows big bad beetleborgs,  superhuman samurai cyber squad, etc.   I've seen almost every season of Super Sentai. And every season of Kamen Rider. I also have alot of the ongoing Power Ranger comic run.   I kinda like Toku.       Glad to have you here Aegis!

Woah, good expirience Heikisho and Aegis. I haven't seen Hyperforce yet but it sounds cool!

 Please welcome your pilot, Overdrive to the team! We are ready to start! I'm still looking for a CO-GM so I'm gonna leave that open, but otherwise we have a whole roster.

When is everyone generally avalible? It'll be play-by-post just want a general idea of times for when you think you'll be posting. I'm on USA EST and I mostly post on days besides Saturday and Sunday for personal reasons, (I'm travelling on Sunday, and Saturday is usually a free day to spend with people IRL).

Scattered. But usually late evening bst/GMT.

Welcome captain and pilot.

Bonjour team. I look forwards to saving the day with all of you. I got started with MMPR when it first came out, even remember seeing the movie in theater, and staying up to watch the late night Lord Zed and Zeo episode. Followed many of the series, though missed mystic force, and the more recent ones. I remember watching Beetle Borg's, VR Troopers, and enjoyed many of the different mediums for the genre

Time wise, I'm in Central Time, and either in the morning or late night for my normal posting time.

Central Time zone here

This message was deleted by the player at 08:57, Tue 14 June 2022.

I'm IST (Indian Standard Time) however from Friday onwards I'll be GMT/UK Time for about a month.

I can usually post most of the day, but things might change mid July as I start my new job.

Also thanks for the welcome Heikisho and Wrench! Bonjour to Overdrive too!

Should we start thinking about character relationships? Whether our characters knew each other before college, or during college, or did we only meet when we became Star Defenders?

My character has no declared major, so can be in anyone's class basically. He might have a connection to Jessica, since he did serve in the military and has a friend who told him to attend this school. It's possible they might be a mutual friend, or maybe a friend of Jessica's family. We might start off antagonistic, if Jessica isn't fond of military people in general, up to you.

Maybe Abigail and Jean-Paul are friends because of their fondness for fixing up vehicles/using spare parts?
This message was last edited by the player at 08:57, Tue 14 June 2022.

That sounds like a good idea. We may want to decide if your characters know about eachother before we start. Aegis has a good point, what do you guys think you guys should be before the empowering event?

Determining connections sounds a good plan. My first thought is since Jean-Paul tends towards bodging things together, making things work, and with little regard for how things were or were supposed to be that he might be on the wrong philosophic end of repair and building than Abigail and foster some animosity between them.

Also, I had the thought to play Jean-Paul as a bit of a flirt and figured I'd ask if any of you do not consent to that being included.

As for other connections, I can't think of anything that stands out as obvious. Shared Gen Ed classes is one option, otherwise just running across each other on campus. Not sure.

I consent to being flirted with, but no guarantee Shubham will reciprocate ;)

We could go traditional route and have a favorite hangout. A diner like Archie Comics, or a Juice Bar like Power Rangers. Maybe a bowling alley could be a fun hangout: Star Strike Bowling! Lots to do in a bowling alley, usually arcade games and snooker can be played there, while being a chance for us to be on a team-or on opposing teams.

EDIT: Just saw Starro's Pizza in the RTJ, that can work nicely as a hangout.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:34, Tue 14 June 2022.

Basically it depends on how "new in town" everyone is. If everyone has only been there to attend the college then she is unlikely to  have met them considering the age gap. She might have met overdrive if he came into the garage looking to buy parts. But she may have heard of him due to him having built a microlite from scratch. Something like that is newspaper worthy!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:48, Tue 14 June 2022.

In reply to Star Defender Wrench (msg # 23):

To be fair, even though my guy is 23, his military service ended recently, so he could be taking first year classes.

But whatever works for the party.

This was made about 8 years ago. And not exactly a microlite, in my head something closer to a moonshine powered jet was made. It got up, got close to Mach 1 before materials started failing and he took a bath in the Gulf of Mexico. But I can tune that down to fit with the aesthetic of the game. Kinda like a less ambitious version of The Astronaut Farmer.

He's maybe been in town 2 years and might have been chased out of Wrench's garage for questioning fixing up old stuff when something better could be made.

And Starro Pizza sounds like a good intersection of meeting.

Full size jet is even more impressive. I expect her grandparents called her in to the living room or turned up the television specifically to tell her about it.  They might even have videotaped it. So you might even be an idol to her. Until she actually meets the genius in person of course.

My own (RL) parents used to do the same anytime there was news about any birds of prey.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:08, Tue 14 June 2022.

I like your interaction here guys, might make for an interesting adventures when we start.:) Something has come up today, (don't have as much time as I thought to do daytime work I have a deadline on) and I may not start the roleplay today, but I will able to by the end of tomorrow. Sorry about that, but hope you'll enjoy the start even if it doesn't begin till tomorrow.

Hey guys, started posting. Wanted to give you all something to build off of, but am having red be the first turn just to start off the story. Hope you enjoy!

Edit: I changed it, I decided that the turns are more necessary when the action begins. You guys can start in any order and I'll start the turns when combat happens.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:07, Fri 17 June 2022.

Is anyone having trouble with starting or want a different opening scenerio for their character's civilian life? Or have you guys been busy in real life?

Sorry I was flying this week, finally got a chance to look at this. Gonna try and get a post up today.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 28):

I never saw the edit until this moment, no notification popped through on rpol.  I was waiting on red. My bad.

Do we post on other people's "turns"?

@Heikisho: Not a problem. Hope you enjoy the game now.

@Aegis: No problem, oh how was the flight? Was it long? Hope it is good wherever you headed.

@Wrench: No not usually, but the turns haven't started yet in the beginning of the game. You can start in whatever order at the moment.

 By the way guys, and I'll take all of you into account do you guys want to get the "Star Defender" part of your names taken out of your handle? Do you guys think that would look better?
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:01, Tue 21 June 2022.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 33):

I'd honestly prefer our character's real name/role. For example Shubham/Aegis for me or vice versa.

EDIT: Flight was good, went from India to the UK. Lots of delays at the airport when I landed though, difficult getting my bags and finding a taxi.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:02, Tue 21 June 2022.

@Aegis: I'll keep that in mind. I mostly did the "Star Defender" names so it could fit a Metal Hero format like "Space Sheriff Gavan" or "Choujinki Metalder" but in English with a whole team it might look a little awkward unless you are just talking about the team.

@Wrench: Are you having trouble getting started? Are you busy or would you like me to post again before you start?

Hey guys, I wanted to get all your intro posts in the opening before posting again. But would you guys mind if I continue and then Star Defender Wrench can contribute after we get going?

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 36):

Wrench has posted, so I'm excited to see the game finally take off!

Me too, just posted. So hope you guys have fun with the emergency situation here.

Hey guys. How is everybody doing? It looks like we might be having trouble coming together or with the posting rate. I know everybody has lives and jobs and the like, so I was wondering if you guys would want to meet up over text or audio on Discord or something like that instead of our current setup? Maybe meet up and play this game over there for an hour or two a week on Wednesday or Thursday afternoon sometime?

Let me know what you guys think. I want to hear from everyone before I decide if we want to make a change like that.

Sorry for delay last week turned into a week from hell for me.  Ive often seen on rpol that games die due to players just disappearing, it happens all the time.  Looking on out cast page its been days to a week since the others have been on.  Maybe we find out who is really interesting and possibly search for other players?   For me I do play by post games as I do not have the time to meet online and play for a set bit of time like that.  If that is what you need to go to I understand and I will be the one who will need to bow out, and if that is the case there are no hard feelings it is what it is.

@Heikisho: Understandable, I'll see who is interested. I have put up a live game I may be interested in playing. Putting it up for everyone. If you don't want to join or want a play by post we can consider playing something else to or discuss posting with everyone.

https://app.roll20.net/lfg/lis...tar-defenders-enigma

 Are you guys still interested in the game in this format? Or would anyone else here be interested in participating in a live game? You guys are good players, but we seem to be facing quite a drought and aren't able to post around the same time.

I work 5 10 hour days a week, so I kinda need to find time before or after work to play.  If it is going to a set time schedule, I kinda think that I would have to drop out for reasons of real life concerns now.  I enjoyed the set up, just seems that life is making it a bit hard right now.  Sorry.

No problem.  That does not have to be day and time though. It looks like I'm going to be working 3-9 most days for the forseeable future,(at least till graduation) so I could change it to later or earlier 1-2 day(s) a week I think.

If anyone is interested my Roll20 game needs a replacement player for our Weapon;s Master now. We need someone to fire the weapons on the in game ship and mostly get the equipment and strength powers. If any of my former players here are up for it you can apply at Roll20.