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Voltin said
Well, Roland's out just as an fyi seeing as how I've made him injured to the point of requiring a real doctor. :PAnd that reminds me of this Gee character we had applying back when Proffer was still around. Good times.

So what you're saying is.
We need to make a doctor character to replace Roland.

Now I want to see the Gee character...and I can't. Gah.
What about the bio reminds you of super biotics with lazer eye cybernetics and AI besties?

Gowi said
I'd appreciate it if you guys could wait until I have my post done first, tho

Oh, what.
Cool, cool, that's fine. But if you're stuck, just do something, don't worry and stall on the writing (something I've been guilty of/assume most have experienced).

If worse comes to worst, we could always just do the starting point of Nova getting on. They shouldn't likely find the new teammates in the first post(s).

The Guild is up!

Mtntopview said
What the heck happened to make it go down?

No known reason.
I don't think it was a bill issue like GuildFall. The only weak guess I got is the server is acting up for whatever reason. The site was down, lagging on posts, and acting otherwise weird the week or two before.

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I just noticed that Voltaire added to the last post with a bit from Mark. And it was fantastic. :D

Announcement time, I suppose.

Didn't realize the RP's were taxing on you that much, sorry man. That sucks. RP'ing shouldn't be a burden keeping you stuck to your computer. I hope the break does you some good. :] And obviously, you're welcome to hang out in the OC and babble if you ever want.

I might similarly take a break from Nova sometime in future, but not right now. On the bright side, I think activity is starting to slowly gear back up here.

Also, what's the plan moving forward? Got the collab up, so who wants to get started on our little pickup mission? Are our newbies ready to go? I honestly don't know what the next step of the plan is.

The plan is: The team moves in. Snatches up survivors. Gets the Hell out before someone dies. Ignoring the obvious Redshirts.
:D
Everything else is improvised.

I'm just gonna say, first dibs gets it. Whoever is quickest at starting off the next collab or post, gets to do it.
I might do it today, but I'm studying for a test and getting a big assignment done, and if I'm the one throwing the first post, I'm gonna be setting the bar low so that no one gets caught up in how good or long their post is.

Mosis Tosis said
I want this. I know it's crazy and kind of stretches the imagination, but damn it, that's what Nova's about.
[...]

That idea's not bad, I like the thought of developing it slowly and hinting, and then doing a quest where everyone slowly realizes it. And AI's in ME aren't an automatic no from me. But I'm still on the fence about making another friendly AI on another ME ship. This stuff can be easily abused, accidentally or intentionally, to where it gets unfitting for the setting, cheesy, and plot convenient. The sort of stuff that pulpier ME RPs who don't care about canon do all the time, and in the process lose the setting. E.g. "My special new race dude has lazr eye cybernetics, and super powerful biotics, AND his best friend is the most intelligent and self-aware AI in the galaxy. Its quest to understand itself: What is love?"
Everyone here is good about avoiding common pitfalls such as that, but I still got concerns.

I also don't want this to be another rerun of EDI, replaced with a male voice and the name "Cap'n." In part because I hate reruns, and in part because I think AIs like in that one side level of ME1 are more interesting than an AI "improving" by mimicking or understanding human behavior.

Not saying we can't do it. If we can keep it grounded/an idea that's cool and stands on its own, it's A-okay by me.

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There's a general, giant fear of AI. There's still a chance of construction for 'em on places like Noveria, high-tech criminal groups/persons, or very buried/shadow parts of a government gearing up for something nasty, but the last one's most likely based on ambition or fear/paranoia that overrides the massive fear/paranoia of AI. A lot of people genuinely never want to see an AI again (including people in the government), and it's partly why the quarians get shit on so hard.

I could see it as possible. But I figure they'd keep a tighter lid on it if it happened.

As for the post, if no one minds/cares, I'll just leave it as is, then. I don't have a preference in any way, so I'll go back to making an edit if players prefer an edit.
The post could always be up for interpretation to whatever extent for everyone else.
Idea wasn't to change Cap'n's inherent character, though, just a typical Nova prank/something gone wrong with it.

When C Sec takes the ship and throws Nova in prison is when we care :)

Haha.
I'm pretty sure Kygg and Mark still won't care.

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Voltaire said
Uh, so should I post the collab then? Were... We waiting for something?

Wasn't sure how to edit the post, since there weren't further following opinions on whether to fix it back to default/normal Cap'n or just clarify that the VI was edited/hacked.
I'll post two different edits tomorrow. You can post the collab at any time, and just change the original as best.

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Dervish said
I never really imagined Captain being a blood thirsty pirate, to be honest. I always figured it was a normal VI the team jokingly called Captain because of the lack of proper authority figure.

Same here. Idea was to suggest that someone messed with the VI to make it do that, mostly by throwing in random pirate and army lines.
I could fix that, though? Or try to make it more clear.

Certain Roleplay's being absent/non existent?

Keep in mind different forums favor different genres and types of threads, too. What's uncommon in one place can be flooding another until one's sick of it.

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Also, if the bit's a problem, it can be edited or scrapped. :]

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Nothing magical, but that should do the job and wrap up the collab. Time to grab the refugees.

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Mosis- Already on it. Something short, anyhow. Got a quiz due at midnight that takes a half hour, but nothing else will hold it up.

Voltin said
That point in the OOC chatter where we've essentially devolved humanity's greatest institution of learning in the galaxy, Grissom Academy, into a glorified music technical program.

All you need is a black room and lots of biotic younglings, and you've got a nightclub complete with all the lights (if you don't mind the blue monochrome).
I think we've found out what Grissom Academy's actually for.