[OOC] Stargate - H.M.S Tempest

[Queen Raidne]

Well, theoretically an overloaded piece of equipment won't injure Dr. Bishop too badly. I mean, that's how I picture it happening. Something along the lines of a broken arm, not "about to die oh god why".

[Ellri]

certain people come with long posts the way bees come with honey.

[Ellri]

Hai, Sep.
Warning for ya: We’re not going to hold back below. We know we’re not alone in these sentiments.

Unless something happens to change tendencies, we can't see this RP surviving. Sad, but true. We liked the idea. Still like it. But people are stuck. There's nothing for them to do to advance the plot.

Why? The players, not the PCs, know next to nothing. We can't advance your plot if you keep 99.87% of it secret from the players. A GM should have a few secrets from the players, but not 99.87% of the plot. Characters are stuck down on the planet because you're keeping too much secret from the players to make them able to work things out when you're not holding their hands every single step of the way, Sep.

You’re the GM. The amount you’re around now, combined with everything above, means that everything is floundering. A GM needs to be around. Especially when (s)he is doling out plot one word at a time. When you’re not around, and nobody knows the plot except you, then there is no way for the RP to progress. We think the OoC is rather dead because of this too. What could we players possibly discuss? We don’t know anything more than our PCs.

From what we've heard, your Co-GM knows just as little as we or Echo do. What is the point of a Co-GM if he or she knows nothing more than the players?

We don't want this RP to die. But unless something changes about plot secrecy and GM nearness, we cannot see any way that will not happen.

[Sep]

Everyone down on the planet knows what is going on. I was going to set up a plot for the people on the ship however you decided to shoot it down and then we had a minor explosion on the ship which I am surprised no-one has responded too. I am a secretive GM, I give hints and tips as they are needed and have never had an issue with it before. I know things are going slow but I am almost always on the Chappa'Ko document waiting for Tearstone to come on and release the important and required information.

[Sep]

I will however try to be more on it. The whole thing on the planet is that the doors are sealed and the life support is fecked up so gassing the ship more or less.

Shooting out is going to take far far too long and beam out will turn out to be impossible due to EM distortion and as such we will need to find a more inventive way out of the ship! Of course if one cannot be found I'll GM wank it to get us out of there quickly,, easily and be completely affordable.

On the ship the blip was another ship, a decent sized ship and it is cloaked and all that shizzle that is what the blip was the ship exiting hyperspace and a brief moment before it was enveloped by the cloak. The vessel is quite large and I won't reveal all off it yet but that is slightly more until I am ready to put it in and then more amazing stuff will happen and it will be all ours...

Anything else you need to know?

[Sundered Echo]

Alright Sep, Tearstone, one or both of you are up over in Chappa'ko, Ariadne has done what she can for now.

[Fallenreaper]

Alright, I think Joseph's starting to take on House like qualities... Not sure if that's a good thing or bad. XD Maybe I should add less detail on the gruff personality and tack on a bit of sarcasm.

[Sep]

Will get a post up later and will likely start typing up my episode plans so that Tearstone can see them.

[Fallenreaper]

Sep said
Will get a post up later and will likely start typing up my episode plans so that Tearstone can see them.

No hurries, I left it open for either Bishop to reply or Ishpetyr to be there as I'm sure Queen Raidne can use this too. :p

[Sep]

I was actually speaking to Echo but it works to you too.

[Fallenreaper]

Sep said
I was actually speaking to Echo but it works to you too.

You didn't state a name so I assumed, guess I brayed into that one. XD

[Sundered Echo]

Sounds good Sep, progress is progress.

[Ellri]

We think there's been a bit of fogginess about our short-term plans for Astridh/Eydis.

We saw her becoming a bit stuck, with no room to truly grow on the bridge. Many of the long-term plans we have for her hinge on things that cannot occur on the bridge. She needs to grow as a person, rather than as a bridge officer. Especially considering the top-heavy bridge crew. With both a captain, an XO and a group of WO/TO/NO, four out of which are PCs, there's very little room for extra growth personality-wise. She's the sort that takes command when there's need for it, but doesn't go out of the way seeking it. with both a captain PC and an XO PC, that probably won't happen anytime soon on the bridge.

Based on that, we decided to take her off the bridge for a bit, so that she could grow. We've been working on getting her interacting with people from there. With the exception of Fallen's Joseph, the only interaction attempts have been trying to pull her back onto said bridge, where she'd stagnate and remain undeveloped. As such, we'd greatly appreciate collab requests not involving the bridge.

Eydis does want to get access to the Asgard core, but neither she nor Astridh would outright ask someone.

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One small thing, Sep/Tearstone... Could it be beneficial to recruit more players? There are a few role holes that could benefit from filling.

Especially that of someone Astridh can work with/on on-ship to get closer to accessing the Asgard core. There are many sorts that might fill such, but one idea we had is that of some sort of biological science geek who might get along with Astridh. Probably fairly independent and strong-minded. Though it could be otherwise too. We don't know exactly what would fit best. At least not how to put words to it.
We can't create such a character ourselves, simply because collabing with oneself is not very beneficial.

Another role that might be a nice PC to gain is a "walter"ish one. Someone of fairly low rank on the ship, but that is a bit of a fix-it-all. The sort that doesn't like promotions, but works well. The sort that everyone can rely upon for various things. Maybe a bit of a go-between for scientists and military personnel.

A third role that feels lacking, though that could change, is a science officer. Basically someone military, but who understands all or most of the technobabble the scientists come up with and translate it to language the military crew understand. Might be more important to fill this than the WO role.

More scientists in general would also be nice, wethinks.

[Sep]

I agree, recruitment is on my list and currently I am working on typing stuff up. I'm gming this one a bit different to what I previously do as in terms of "Episodes" so my approach is a lot different compared to what I usually do so I apologize for any issue on my part.

-In terms of interaction I do plan on using Astridh as a go-between with some of the Science Personnel/head of departments though that will come into play later.

-New Players, When I purchase internet to review the guild in all its splendor tomorrow I will be putting up a recap so we can easily see what has happened and what is currently going on.

-Roles to be filled is kind of covered in the above bit.

I want to keep the whole Eydis thing a bit slower if you do not mind Ellri (as in the asgard core savoir of the Tok'ra) as the way I see it the closer you get to the core the closer you get to discovery.

Also on the WO note I decided to remove that, can't remember who I told but the idea is that the XO on a ship with a bridge as small as the Tempest doesn't need an XO really unlike say a Battlestar. Thus the WO seat in a battle situation will be taken by the XO. In the Legacy Book series on the Hammond Carters XO sat beside her in battle situations and that is where I am basing this from.

I had other things I was going to say but forgot them. I have settled in enough here to put a lot more focus into this so expect more continued shizzle from me.

[Ellri]

Ooh, we have every intention of taking Eydis' plan slowly. So, we don't mind at all. Its starting it up so we can take it slowly we'd like. One clear step towards it, even if there are a hundred more rather than mere ten afterwards, will mean quite a bit to her.

the go-between idea can work. We're slowly building her up so that she's a bit more sciencey. Focused on some less relevant sciences, but sciencey. She'll actually understand quite a bit of technobabble. Unheard of in military, but...

Not 100% sure, but by "-Roles to be filled is kind of covered in the above bit." did you mean our descriptions in our above post? Or something else?

[Sep]

Oh no I meant in the fact that I said I'd be doing some recruitment when I get some internetz later, hopefully prior to the beginning of drinking.

[Sundered Echo]

The exciting finale coming soon from Sep...

[Queen Raidne]

Is Tempest Actual/The Captain still around? Shall I have Cmdr Thomas step in, saying that the Captain's busy at the moment?>

[Fallenreaper]

Queen Raidne said
Is Tempest Actual/The Captain still around? Shall I have Cmdr Thomas step in, saying that the Captain's busy at the moment?>

I know I gave you an opening with Dr. Ishpetyr to talk to Joseph, while Bob Bishop's out, that I am hoping you would use. :p

[Sep]

Forsythe is just busy with some School stuff and then will post.