Mosis Tosis said
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,
*table flip*
ORISH STARTED IT DAMN YOU!!!
*table flip*
ORISH STARTED IT DAMN YOU!!!
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Gowi said
Well, tell me what to do before I sketch out a post on the Kahje!
Well, there's a bunch of stuff you could do. I think it'd be best if you're do a small little plot that has at least some connection to Nova, so that by the end of it you're on the team and that's that. Just off the top of my head, here's a few ideas: Nova just got done with a mission on Omega where we stole a shipment of supplies from the Blue Suns that turned out to be a bunch of illegal poison gas. So you could be mercs involved with the Blue Suns, Aria on Omega, the Turian government (who originally developed the gas) or some other party and you're dealing with the aftermath of that (though Derv and Tick have an upcoming mission that deals with the gas, so talk with them first). OR you could do something completely different on the Citadel or somewhere else that tangentially relates to Nova. Maybe you're hired by someone to track down the team for some reason? Maybe one member in particular ( a bunch of our characters have someone looking for them)? Maybe the Tyrus was obtained illegally before it was sold to us and you guys were hired to repo it? Be creative!
Another idea is to ask around and see if anyone with upcoming mission ideas has a way to use you as a set up to future Nova jobs. I have a few ideas of my own but since we're already in the middle of one of my own (and it's taking forever >_>) I probably won't be in the GM seat for a while lol.
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Hey Reylaa, welcome aboard. :] Don't worry, adding the one extra on top of the one extra, at this point, won't hurt much. Particularly if things go as the recent posts suggest. Just post up the CS and we'll have a look.
GM-y things:
Splitting the teams up (did that for the mission here, too, though to a lesser extent) is an awesome idea, and it handles the issue well while giving a larger group of individuals to mess with. Particularly on the note of getting focused interactions between various characters. That builds things up into cooler things.
The only issue with this is if players get stuck in a small group, where the rest are inactive, and the player's character can't get into contact with anyone else that is actively played. In that specific case, it'd get 'em stuck with dead weight, talking to themselves. And that always sucks.
I think it's also good to steer clear of competitions on who gets accepted. It's no longer strictly a judge of if the character's/RP'ers good enough to play by the rules, cutting otherwise solid players that might stick around for years, and it always breeds a bad vibe.
Since this cuts down on the issue of the whole group going at one thing all at once, should we still close applications to new members?
Bob was a prodigy the galaxy lost before his time. 'Tis a sad thing he did not achieve his full potential.
Ha. One of the oldest members kicked for a bad strain of typos.
This post made my day. :D
GM-y things:
Splitting the teams up (did that for the mission here, too, though to a lesser extent) is an awesome idea, and it handles the issue well while giving a larger group of individuals to mess with. Particularly on the note of getting focused interactions between various characters. That builds things up into cooler things.
The only issue with this is if players get stuck in a small group, where the rest are inactive, and the player's character can't get into contact with anyone else that is actively played. In that specific case, it'd get 'em stuck with dead weight, talking to themselves. And that always sucks.
I think it's also good to steer clear of competitions on who gets accepted. It's no longer strictly a judge of if the character's/RP'ers good enough to play by the rules, cutting otherwise solid players that might stick around for years, and it always breeds a bad vibe.
Since this cuts down on the issue of the whole group going at one thing all at once, should we still close applications to new members?
Dervish said
I should bring Bob back.I miss him so.
Bob was a prodigy the galaxy lost before his time. 'Tis a sad thing he did not achieve his full potential.
Mosis Tosis said
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...
Ha. One of the oldest members kicked for a bad strain of typos.
This post made my day. :D
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I have a few ideas, just off the top of my head, about how various characters might be involved in the mission Derv and I are GM'ing, even if only tangentially (Mosis made some good examples, but there's a couple other things they could do, too). So if people need help getting involved in the RP, Derv and I should be able to help (or provide ideas, at the least).
Also, a lot of the characters have one or more persons interested in finding them or harassing them, so you could use one of the background stories and check with the RP'er playing the character to whip an idea up. Or, following Mosis' earlier idea, involve them with one of the other new characters.
One last thing, the Tyrus is a pretty nice ship, a turian stealth prototype. If any shady black market dealers caught notice of it, or the turian government, or most anyone else, they might be on a hunt to get it. The new character could somehow be after that.
Also, a lot of the characters have one or more persons interested in finding them or harassing them, so you could use one of the background stories and check with the RP'er playing the character to whip an idea up. Or, following Mosis' earlier idea, involve them with one of the other new characters.
One last thing, the Tyrus is a pretty nice ship, a turian stealth prototype. If any shady black market dealers caught notice of it, or the turian government, or most anyone else, they might be on a hunt to get it. The new character could somehow be after that.
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Maybe the Tyrus was obtained illegally before it was sold to us and you guys were hired to repo it?
This is my personal favorite, and I also like people trying to get the Tyrus. The Tyrus is a big part of Nova that doesn't get near enough attention.
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I thought we established that the volus ship yard vendor realized that it was a clerical error and the normal turian frigate that was being decommissioned was in fact a stealth prototype, which was illegal for civilian purchase and ownership, so before any inspectors grew any the wiser, he super discounted the Tyrus just to get it the hell out of his ship yard. Given how little Nova gives a crap about following the law to the letter, this was the bargain of the century.
And totally! I can certainly help with potential missions, and I do like what Mosis suggested about the new guys kind of having their own little story arc before running into the team. It'll give them time to bond and join in a bit more organically when the game comes their way.
And totally! I can certainly help with potential missions, and I do like what Mosis suggested about the new guys kind of having their own little story arc before running into the team. It'll give them time to bond and join in a bit more organically when the game comes their way.
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Dervish said
I thought we established that the volus ship yard vendor realized that it was a clerical error and the normal turian frigate that was being decommissioned was in fact a stealth prototype, which was illegal for civilian purchase and ownership, so before any inspectors grew any the wiser, he super discounted the Tyrus just to get it the hell out of his ship yard. Given how little Nova gives a crap about following the law to the letter, this was the bargain of the century.
Pssht. "Established" is such a strong word. Actually, in the last little part of Kosso's cs I mention something about Kosso helping the emerging Nova with finding a discount ship, and I wouldn't put it past him to get them a deal that was (legally) too good to be true :P
I'm up for either, as I said before I'm willing to wait if there be too many, and if I'm in a queue then it's first come first serve. Although I like the idea of trying to repo the Tyrus, be an interesting way to meet members of Nova tbh. Blood Raged Krogan in tight confines vs an elite team of mercs? Sounds like a fair fight to me lol.
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Vakte said
I'm up for either, as I said before I'm willing to wait if there be too many, and if I'm in a queue then it's first come first serve. Although I like the idea of trying to repo the Tyrus, be an interesting way to meet members of Nova tbh. Blood Raged Krogan in tight confines vs a novice team of mercs? Sounds like a fair fight to me lol.
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Individually, most of them may be skilled, but together…well, they're hardly a cohesive unit. Plus, the clashing egos, their penchant for things to go awry despite any amount of planning they've done beforehand, and particularly my own likelihood of messing things up for my own sadistic pleasure. Actually, one and three usually go hand-in-hand. And before we know it, the Tyrus is wrecked, drifting through space and Nova is short on funds due to the repairs (which in itself could be an idea; the new guys being an even smaller merc group who simply got drunk and ended up vandalizing the ship in their stupor, (or something else along the lines of the Tyrus ending up rather damaged through their actions (e.g. some sort of fire-fight through Omega)) and have to work with Nova for a few missions before becoming full members. Not necessarily making them credible to everyone else right away, but it could create some more interesting internal conflict to the group).
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Individually, most of them may be skilled, but together…well, they're hardly a cohesive unit.
Nova's only tied together by Shepard Roland. Without him, the Tyrus would be drifting debris orbiting an uninhabited planet, and all the members would be alone for some reason.
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I'm gonna be quite busy today and tomorrow, but I'll try to work as fast on the character sheet as possible x-x. I'll post when its finished. (just using this post so I won't lose what I write)
My idea for this character is that she joins the gang to re-live her glory days (aka, working as a united group), and to eventually extract her revenge on the blue suns.
Name: Torana Avito
Race: Turian
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Class: Sentinel - leadership qualities for smaller groups - a versatile fighter in combat
Appearance:
(Credit to Meken over at deviantart)
Due to a birth defect, Torana never became taller than a solid 6 feet, which in turian society, makes her at head shorter than your average turian. With white plates and grey skin, she doesn't strike that much in terms of colors. The only real noticeable color in her appearance, is her vibrant blue eyes, that due to the pale plates, stand out quite a lot. She still wears her clan markings, though it is more due a memory of her fallen comrades, than it is loyalty to turian society.
In terms of clothing, she mostly wears dark colors (preferably black). The clothing tends to be tight-fitting, in order to allow the most movement, it is however loose enough, to allow some comfort.
Background:
Torana's birth was far from a simple one; While pregnant, Torana's mother, a simple soldier, had come into contact with a large amount of eezo, while capturing a smuggling ship. Her mother was hospitalized for four months, and in that period, Torana was born. Having thought that the baby had died in the womb, her parents considered her survival a sign - a sign that she would preform great feeds in her life.
Despite a rocky start on her life, Torana's childhood was quite normal, if not a bit lonely; Her father was a general, so he was rarely home, and there was a limit to the entertainment her mother could provide. As she grew older, she started to display the first signs of biotic powers. So instead of attending bootcamp, like any turian would, she was drafted into a special training program. The purpose of the program was to train a group of young biotics together, so that they could learn to work as a unit, and once the program ended, they would be dispatched into different calbal units.
With the rarity of potential biotics, the age group for "young", was quite varied. Torana, being 11, was the youngest, and the oldest of the group had recently turned 19. The training they were put through was by no means easy, in fact one of the potentials nearly died during one of the harder training sessions. But the toughness of the training, bonded them together rather quickly. And for Torana, who's only company up until now primarily had been her mother, eagerly welcomed this. The 19-year old turian ended up taking a brother-like role in her life, becoming her best friend and closest comrade. His name was Zarax
After six years, the program ended, and its participants were to be dispatched into cabal units. The majority of them, including Torana and Zarax, was put into the same unit. And from there on out..well, Torana did as most turians do: preformed her duties. At first there was little problems, but things started to get complicated, as she would sometimes clash with the leader of their unit, a veteran by the name of Azzar. The arguments started when Torana began to notice the many casualties, that their high-risk operations usually would result in; To get the results, innocents or bypasses had to be sacrificed - after all "the mission was all that mattered", as Azzar always would say..a statement the compassionate Torana didn't agree with.
After a few years with arguments, and Torana's frustrations with the Hierarchy growing, it all came clashing down; They had been tipped off about the Blue Suns smuggling a large stockpile of weapons - their mission was to destroy it.
Equipment:
Powers:
Personal Quarters Location:
Font Colour:
My idea for this character is that she joins the gang to re-live her glory days (aka, working as a united group), and to eventually extract her revenge on the blue suns.
Name: Torana Avito
Race: Turian
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Class: Sentinel - leadership qualities for smaller groups - a versatile fighter in combat
Appearance:
(Credit to Meken over at deviantart)
Due to a birth defect, Torana never became taller than a solid 6 feet, which in turian society, makes her at head shorter than your average turian. With white plates and grey skin, she doesn't strike that much in terms of colors. The only real noticeable color in her appearance, is her vibrant blue eyes, that due to the pale plates, stand out quite a lot. She still wears her clan markings, though it is more due a memory of her fallen comrades, than it is loyalty to turian society.
In terms of clothing, she mostly wears dark colors (preferably black). The clothing tends to be tight-fitting, in order to allow the most movement, it is however loose enough, to allow some comfort.
Background:
Torana's birth was far from a simple one; While pregnant, Torana's mother, a simple soldier, had come into contact with a large amount of eezo, while capturing a smuggling ship. Her mother was hospitalized for four months, and in that period, Torana was born. Having thought that the baby had died in the womb, her parents considered her survival a sign - a sign that she would preform great feeds in her life.
Despite a rocky start on her life, Torana's childhood was quite normal, if not a bit lonely; Her father was a general, so he was rarely home, and there was a limit to the entertainment her mother could provide. As she grew older, she started to display the first signs of biotic powers. So instead of attending bootcamp, like any turian would, she was drafted into a special training program. The purpose of the program was to train a group of young biotics together, so that they could learn to work as a unit, and once the program ended, they would be dispatched into different calbal units.
With the rarity of potential biotics, the age group for "young", was quite varied. Torana, being 11, was the youngest, and the oldest of the group had recently turned 19. The training they were put through was by no means easy, in fact one of the potentials nearly died during one of the harder training sessions. But the toughness of the training, bonded them together rather quickly. And for Torana, who's only company up until now primarily had been her mother, eagerly welcomed this. The 19-year old turian ended up taking a brother-like role in her life, becoming her best friend and closest comrade. His name was Zarax
After six years, the program ended, and its participants were to be dispatched into cabal units. The majority of them, including Torana and Zarax, was put into the same unit. And from there on out..well, Torana did as most turians do: preformed her duties. At first there was little problems, but things started to get complicated, as she would sometimes clash with the leader of their unit, a veteran by the name of Azzar. The arguments started when Torana began to notice the many casualties, that their high-risk operations usually would result in; To get the results, innocents or bypasses had to be sacrificed - after all "the mission was all that mattered", as Azzar always would say..a statement the compassionate Torana didn't agree with.
After a few years with arguments, and Torana's frustrations with the Hierarchy growing, it all came clashing down; They had been tipped off about the Blue Suns smuggling a large stockpile of weapons - their mission was to destroy it.
Equipment:
Powers:
Personal Quarters Location:
Font Colour:
Is it possible to romance everybody in a single play through of ME2?
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Voltaire said
Is it possible to romance everybody in a single play through of ME2?
Kinda. You can get everybody up until the point where you kind of have to "lock in" your relationship with somebody, but if you're "locked in", you can break it off with them and go to somebody else, but you can't have everyone on the go at once.
Gonna work on my SB post soon.
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Voltaire said
Is it possible to romance everybody in a single play through of ME2?
Dervish said
Kinda.
It's also "kinda" possible in this game, too; I, however, highly don't recommend trying it.
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Tick said
Nova's only tied together by Roland. Without him, the Tyrus would be drifting debris orbiting an uninhabited planet, and all the members would be alone for some reason.
Oh you.
EDIT: Aaaaaaaand dat wonderful double post.
Voltin said
It's also "kinda" possible in this game, too; I, however, highly don't recommend trying it.
Eh, Mark isn't exactly romance material anyway.
So am I supposed to wait while you guys figure out what us new people have to do?
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Gowi said
So am I supposed to wait while you guys figure out what us new people have to do?
Rather, wait until you and the other new people come up with a good idea of something to do. I for one am too lazy to come to a decision. Consider it your first test as a pre-Nova members: come up with a reasonable way for your characters to meet up with Nova and keep yourselves occupied in the meanwhile.
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Voltaire said
Eh, Mark isn't exactly romance material anyway.
Hogwash! Kygg and him have a future yet!
Mosis Tosis said
Rather, wait until you and the other new people come up with a good idea of something to do. I for one am too lazy to come to a decision. Consider it your first test as a pre-Nova members: come up with a reasonable way for your characters to meet up with Nova and keep yourselves occupied in the meanwhile.
What he said. The training-wheels come off today; I hope you came with your creativity helmet, elbow and knee pads. (Although a good hint would be to start a private convo between all of you.
So whos going to start the multi-PM, fellow new players? Because I'm going to bed.
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