[OOC] Mass Effect: Nova

[Voltin]

Beta said
So... am I still in this?

Yeah, we're not kicking people out despite what my previous statement may have implied.

[Dervish]

"Enter Nova, a small, limited operation of less than a dozen individuals of a diverse background and limited experience in the mercenary game. The group, only two and a half months old, is a multi-racial outfit coming from all corners of the galaxy with one ship to their
name, the retired turian Hegemony prototype stealth Frigate Tyrus. It is their home, their livelihood, their chance to make a name for themselves. "

Damn it all, why do I keep doing that, and how did NOBODY catch that? XD Either way, Tick, edit my shit and change that to Hierarchy.

Also, while the magma of new players is cooling into rock, I sent an invite to a friend of mine from RPG 1.0 that was really interested in this the first time around. She's a solid RPer and has a great personality, so I highly suggest we stretch our pants just a biiit wider.

[Gowi]

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/284/posts/ooc?page=15#post-148960

^

Was I ignored? =(

Also, Derv how many fan-friends of Nova do you have? haha

[Dervish]

Gowi said
^Was I ignored? =(Also, Derv how many fan-friends of Nova do you have? haha

I just got home, been playing catch-up ever since. But that post seems good to me! And as for friend fans, a small handful of groupies haha.

Also, Beta, as far as I'm concerned, you be in!

[Gowi]

*smacks Dervish* I demand compensation! I demand liner notes! I demand summaries! I DEMAND BROWNIES.

[Dervish]

Gowi said
*smacks Dervish* I demand compensation! I demand liner notes! I demand summaries! I DEMAND BROWNIES.

PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, MAN.

Ain't nobody got time for that. Unless their name is Gowi and they may be kind of crazy.

[Tick]

Derv, Bob's not a turian. You can't keep applying his government to a Council species. ;] No one's gonna catch you mixing up two words that start with the same letter in any amount of text longer than three words.

I'm starting to like this Hegemony fad. I might just add references to the turian government haphazardly in the OP, and then edit them all to the batarian government's name. A newbie's qualification for getting in will be whether they spot the canon contradiction everywhere.

Gowi said
*smacks Dervish* I demand compensation! I demand liner notes! I demand summaries! I DEMAND BROWNIES.

Butttttt Mosis is on duty as core-GM, it's his mission. Pester him with lots of PMs.

I'm not sure what that third "yes" meant. Or what kind of summary I should be going for.
Uh.

[Gowi]

You guys are so organized, lmao.

[Dervish]

I should bring Bob back.

I miss him so.

[DarthReylaa]

*rubs neck* Well, Dervish told me to just post and introduce myself so..

Dunno if anyone remembers me, but my former account name was Elissa - I pm'ed some of you about joining Nova waaayyy back. I started up a 1x1 rp with Dervish, cause Nova was filled up at that time, but I followed the nova posts and..well, then the site went boom..^^

The ME site I had been on for 5 months sadly shut down not too long ago, so i'm without ME roleplay (a disaster, I know).

I already have an outline for my female turian sentinel, though the question is if there is room for anymore at this point

Well, Dervish said he could vouch for me in terms of quality and the like so..*rubs neck*

[Voltin]

Hm, I actually think we spoke as well back on the old site, so all I can say is welcome back!

Just post your CS up, and between you and Vakte, the rest of us will decide who deserves the last open spot. ;)

[Gowi]

Nova has lots of fans, I see, myself included. :3

[Voltin]

Gowi said
Nova has lots of fans, I see, myself included. :3

It comes with the territory of having been run since around June of 2012, despite our numerous reboots. Players want longevity, as much as they do an interesting plot. ;p

[Gowi]

I didn't care about longevity when reading it. The prose; the narrative and characterization was all I needed. =)

[Mosis Tosis]

Tick said
I might just add references to the turian government haphazardly in the OP, and then edit them all to the batarian government's name. A newbie's qualification for getting in will be whether they spot the canon contradiction everywhere.

Yeah but if we did that we'd have to kick Derv out.

Liner notes/Summary ENGAGE:

Once upon a time, on the faraway planet of Kahje, there was a boat. On this boat was a bar. A girl named Kasyra went to this bar and struck up a conversation with a friendly old dude, and they both talked a lot about tech. Soon, a small crowd had formed as people "politely" debated on the best gadgets. All was good. That is, until a troublemaker known as Mark decided to unite a fellow bar patron's face with his shot glass. Then the crowd got pretty restless. Now the bad man is gone, but a bunch of guards are trying and failing to keep order among the bar crowd.

Another man named Steveo may be watching on in amusement, but just as likely may be drinking himself under the table.

[Voltin]

Gowi said
I didn't care about longevity when reading it. The prose; the narrative and characterization was all I needed. =)

Well I'm glad you're so easily pleased, sir.

[Dervish]

Crazy idea:

So, we have lots of numbers, and as Reylaa said I can totally vouch for her quality and personality, I wouldn't be opposed to fitting everyone who's applied so far in here (honestly, I'm surprised at the quality of people who showed up; the wonders of Advanced!).

Since Nova's getting big, why don't we entertain the idea of splitting the team into two separate missions after this whole thing on Luek's rape yacht here? We can say the team bought a Kodiak so one team can go somewhere for "longer term" missions while the other takes the Tyrus elsewhere, double the income and all the players can be a part of something that they decide that doesn't get bogged down by player numbers. In my Elder Scrolls game, I temporarily split the players up into two separate mini-quest lines that I think worked rather well, so why not apply something like that to Nova? We can change up teams every mission, and give the new players a chance to make their mark and integrate with existing player characters.

So honestly, I am not opposed to having both Reylaa and Vakte accepted, even if the numbers are huge. After all, we're all mutual GMs; no reason we can't handle that shit.

[Mosis Tosis]

Dervish said
Crazy idea:So, we have lots of numbers, and as Reylaa said I can totally vouch for her quality and personality, I wouldn't be opposed to fitting everyone who's applied so far in here (honestly, I'm surprised at the quality of people who showed up; the wonders of Advanced!).Since Nova's getting big, why don't we entertain the idea of splitting the team into two separate missions after this whole thing on Luek's rape yacht here? We can say the team bought a Kodiak so one team can go somewhere for "longer term" missions while the other takes the Tyrus elsewhere, double the income and all the players can be a part of something that they decide that doesn't get bogged down by player numbers. In my Elder Scrolls game, I temporarily split the players up into two separate mini-quest lines that I think worked rather well, so why not apply something like that to Nova? We can change up teams every mission, and give the new players a chance to make their mark and integrate with existing player characters.So honestly, I am not opposed to having both Reylaa and Vakte accepted, even if the numbers are huge. After all, we're all mutual GMs; no reason we can't handle that shit.

Hmm. I actually quite like this idea. Splitting the team would help cut down on "bloat" as people kind of have to wait around for people to post and then have to juggle everyone's character positions and the like. We'd just have to be careful that we don't let either team get too far away time/location wise so that we can reunite if need be.

Actually, now that I think about it, does anyone remember the first Nova? Soshi, me and another guy all applied late, so we were introduced at a later time. Before we met the team though, we had our own little story arc in place. It actually was pretty fun, gave me time to get used to the character, and the small character count allowed some really nice personal character interactions (RIP Kosso vs. Karin). I imagine splitting the teams would have much the same effect, and if that's true, I'm all for it. In the meantime, I'm just throwing out the idea that we could do a similar thing for the new guys (have them already together doing some tangentially related thing that gets them into contact with Nova).

[Voltin]

Dervish said
Great idea:

Fix'd
I can definitely support this, and am ashamed I never thought of this before.
But now the question is, can Tanya and Jeanna deal with having their already contested Cargo Bay shrink as room is taken to house the newbies??
Speaking of housing, David is gone, so Mark actually could have his old room.

Also, Mosis's idea sounds solid, and all of our new players (you too Gowi, if you want) could formulate some small plot for themselves to do in the meantime while the rest of Nova completes the current mission. It doesn't even have to splice into what they're doing on Kahje, and we could just add them through some Citadel/Omega/other-hub-world shenanigans/sub-plot.

[Gowi]

Well, tell me what to do before I sketch out a post on the Kahje!