[OOC] [Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

[Queen Raidne]

I am thinking with my hybrid crew Dead Space.

@Burning Kitty

*immediately starts trying to figure out how to add necromorphs to the antagonists*
*realizes they'll break the game*
*does it anywaythinks better of it*

@Anomaly758Sure, go ahead - provided they don't alter the general character of your sheet. There's a difference between fleshing out the character of your Comms officer as opposed to adding Darth Vader. The first is fine, the second would require thought from either myself or NanoFreakV2.

I just realized, I should have low key broken the game by playing the Zerg...

@Sophrus

Try not to break the game. The game is only fun if Anubis is still a threat.

The FIRST FRAKKIN' POST

Although, proportional response.

And if you don't like your big giant ships that force us to send bigger fleets at you, you can always trade down later on in the game.

[Queen Raidne]

Drat, another double-post.

Specifics

Whoops, I forgot to talk about your ship, @Flamelord.

Expand on why fanaticism is a malus, please.

I'd also give a short description of why that's the case and how it affects the performance of the ship/crew.

NanoFreakV2

It's fairly self-explanatory why psychic powers are a benefit - now you can read minds and do damage with the collective will of the Unity. It's less obvious how fanaticism is a malus - does the crew suffer from purity paranoia, where they ignore competent advice and heed bad advice, just because of the advice-giver's presence in the Unity? Fanaticism is a very "squishy" malus, in that it's dependent on how you roleplay it. If it leads to poor decisions (like, say, holding onto a grudge for a thousand years), then you should give a concrete example. That way it'll be easier to think of concrete examples of fanaticism going wrong in the story, and thus making the story more dynamic and interesting, and thus making the game more fun.

Alternately, one of the advantages of pulling from Sins is that there's a ready-made structure for disunion. Maybe a few Advent loyalists/rebels are on your ship, trying to poison/correct the Unity. Or maybe there's some Silent Ones who are angry at the world, and see the new universe as a chance to make the Advent anew. Just some random ideas.

[Sophrus]

@Queen Raidne

I was joking. No need to worry lol.

[Queen Raidne]

Haha, I know; I was joking back.

Text is really bad at displaying this sort of thing.

[Mataus]

Yeah same. I think having a smaller ship would of been more functional overall, but to late for all that.

@Thecrash20

I have a small ship

My Hider

But it's like really small so

[Lmpkio]

<Snipped quote by Thecrash20>

I have a small ship

My Hider

But it's like really small so

@Mataus

We're talking about like small cruisers, carriers, corvettes etc. Pretty sure you don't mean like individual fighter ships but yeah, just putting it out there.

An arquintens is fast and can scout out locations quickly while still having considerable defense. Great in guiding and supporting Venators and Acclamators.

[Mataus]

@lmpkio
Oh yeah I know, just messing around because for once I have nothing to do right now :)

[Burning Kitty]

*immediately starts trying to figure out how to add necromorphs to the antagonists*
*realizes they'll break the game*
*does it anywaythinks better of it*

@Queen Raidne

The members from Dead Space thank you for that.

In my first IC post there is a small joke.

[Flamelord]

@Queen Raidne Ah, yeah. Sorry about that. I've edited in a better description of the plus/malus, as well as the unique tech since I figured that might be nice too. Hopefully it's more to your liking

[Anomaly758]

Hey, Anom here again, would anyone care to tell me of how the turn order goes? Again, first time on a forum, but right now my current assumption is that, since it's just starting, the turn order will be established from the first poster to the last?

[Burning Kitty]

I don’t do turn orders. Every game I been that had that was murdered by that. IF this game has it I will destroy the Creed with a warp core explosion.

[Anomaly758]

@Burning Kitty So is it... Based upon reactions? Like say, if someone posts in direct response to yours, that's when you do your thing? I'm really not sure how it works, and I'd like to be certain before proceeding.

[Sophrus]

@Anomaly758 just go when it makes sense/you have time.

You don't have to wait for everyone but imo it's good to let other people go just so two or three people don't just take over the game.

[Anomaly758]

Hm, makes sense. Just trying to be sure. And damn my estimates, I might've understated the Starlight's compliment. It's 2.57 kilometers long but with only 90 fighters (even though said fighters and their pilots are the best of the best). 90 fun-sized fighters. Ah, well I suppose the issue could be fixed IC, through onboard industry provided that sufficient resources are available.

[Mataus]

Don't wait for me to post, ATM my ship is hiding. I'm waiting for you folks to do something :)

[Anomaly758]

@Queen Raidne

Excuse me for the mention, but with the underestimation I just now realized, I have a 2.57 kilometer long supercarrier with less fighters than a standard Republic star destroyer. It might do well to preserve balance if it were an issue, but it doesn't make sense at all, when for example a ship approximately 1 kilometer long carries 228 strikecraft total.
I'm worried of editing my ship's sheet to bolster numbers overall to something like 500 strikecraft and an appropriately larger population for a gigantic, practically empty ship. I would like you know your thoughts on the matter before I touch anything.

Even though I specifically called for the GM, I would appreciate any help at all from anyone so I can come to a good decision.

[mattmanganon]

@NanoFreakV2 NOOOOOOO!!! Definitely no Thalaron weaponry, that shit is outlawed by every power in the Alpha Quadrant. This is the Mass-Production version. Quantum Singularity powered. I am afraid it's 1am and I'm going to be busy tomorrow with family, but I should be able to get a CS up by Monday.

[Queen Raidne]

The deadline for finishing character sheets has passed! While I will want to open the RP back up to new applications, for now, I want to focus on building a healthy IC with the people who already have at least expressed interest. The purpose of that deadline was to avoid having new ships constantly popping up before any sort of plot could advance.

Explicitly stated: if you have not at least posted in the OOC before now, then please wait a week or two for the RP to open up again before applying to join.

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@Anomaly758 With regard to posting order, generally I try to leave a minimum of two or three posts before posting again. The ways I know of that RP's die are:

Hider

-two or three people post far more than everyone else
-nobody goes out of their way to interact with other people, and therefore... nobody interacts with anyone
-someone posts walls of text while others don't, meaning nobody feels like reading the IC
-passionate arguments over numbers/small details
-someone is overpowered for the challenge or for the party
-a substantial portion of players get busy or lose interest at the same time
-the GM gets busy or loses interest and there is no co-gm
-too much time spent on character creation, not enough time spent exploring the RP

Most play-by-post etiquette stems from trying to avoid those things. Beyond that, post as often as you're able.

As far as the fighter situation goes, I'm not sure it's a bad thing. The lack of fighters puts you in a need to get both more fighters and people, thus giving you an avenue to force interaction with other players or the world and make difficult decisions, thus driving the story/game forward.

If it really bothers you, though, I suppose it could be changed (we're not that far into the game, after all); personally, I would look at it as an opportunity to make something interesting happen in the roleplay.

[Anomaly758]

Well... It really bothers me, at the same time the idea of, you know, having a driving force from it is a nice idea too. The basis of what bothers me is that it's a fully fledged mothership, a massive vessel with a severely lacking population AND strikecraft count.

I'm gonna decide to bolster the numbers to more sensible levels for such a ship. I look to find other venues for interesting events and interactions. Thank you for your thoughts. To save the time of looking over the bio, the numbers I have in mind are 504 Swarmers from the previous count of 90 (Including a portion of 54 being of the Lance variant since they're different ships entirely), while the crew count goes from 800 civilians and 700 military personnel to 3200 civilians and 2000 members of the military.

I sincerely hope this doesn't make anything unbalanced or overpowered, and I have no intentions of taking the fun away, and so my justifications for such large numbers is the fact that Nebula-class motherships are vast vessels, and homes to entire populations of the Kadeshi race, along with serving as supercarriers for their masses of Swarmers.

The amount of support vessels, however, remain unchanged. The rather limited amount of Fuel Pods for such a large compliment of fighters will severely limit squadron deployment. Squadrons consist of 9 microvessels each, and each Fuel Pod can dock only up to 6 at a time. With the extremely short reserves of up to 1 minute of fuel for combat, the Mothership herself must be present directly at the frontlines to sustain the full force if hypothetically all were deployed at once.

TL:DR, crew count and fighter count are bolstered to appropriate levels for such a big ship, while everything else remains unchanged, in particular the count of only 6 Fuel Pods total for 504 fuel-hungry fighters. If all fighters were to be deployed at once, the Mothership herself would be required at the front lines, endangering the entire operation if she were to be targeted.

Sorry, I really feel like I'm causing an inconvenience. This should be the only issue from me, from now on.

[Mataus]

This just means larger battles :D
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