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Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

@Stitches@Bazmund@Hawthorne very fair critiques, most RP's usually start with a sort of closed start, and I thought changing it up might make things more enjoyable- I wanted to avoid the sort of 'everyone meets in a tavern' kinda vibe, but I can also see why leaving it completely open can stall things. Bazmund's point about unfamiliar groups in an unfamiliar setting is also fair, the last iteration of this was made up of mostly of returning players and people I had plenty of contact with- I forget that other people aren't as familiar with my brainchild as I am. Its also been quite a bit of time since I've run an RP of my own, so I thought I'd try mixing things up a bit, live and learn I suppose.

My plan for a soft restart was to just migrate everyone over to a new thread for a sort of fresher feeling- more of a mental restart for myself than anything. It would also give me the chance to change up my opening post as well, I think the idea of starting in the orientation would be more cohesive as well. Not going to request people to change up their character sheets or anything- those all looked great, just a clean slate move to a new thread. Though, as Stitches said, I could just sort of timeskip us an hour or so forward into the orientation- it just might feel a little jarring.

Ah, another topic that I sort of dread to bring up- how do people feel about discord? I have pretty mixed feelings towards it- at first I thought it was a good idea, but I know it can get annoying because nearly every thread has them now. It also effectively makes the OOC obsolete, which I'm also not a fan of. That being said, I've never been the quickest at communicating on the Guild, and discord would make at least answering questions/making clarifications faster.

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Bullet points:
Soft Restart - Yay or Nay
Discord - Yah or Nah

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Hey everybody, its been a bit quiet so I thought I'd ask this now before we continue moving on:

Are people still interested in this RP? I know we've sorta had a lot of stopping and starting prior to getting off the ground, so the momentum might've stalled. People's interests change, inspiration/motivation dies, its all typical Guild stuff. Part of me thinks a whole ass restart might be needed to get the steam flowing again. Anyway yeah, just thought I'd get everyone's general feel.

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Good to see the extra interest! My intention is to keep the party rather small, but I can always make exceptions for quality. Though I hate to rush people, I'll start getting us moving around the weekend, hopefully that gives people time for a few more intro posts!

The Crazed Kingdom, Gabaras

Ramiel Wyndham

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The march through the city was an eerie, somber experience. The distortions of the city and the 'other realm' so to speak showed what were likely different sides of the same coin as they marched through the abandoned streets of one of the most technologically advanced and largest cities on the continent. The experience would've likely been a lot more amazing and interesting a journey if the knowledge that they might have to fight the cities occupants didn't sour the experience.

As misfortune would have it, they did find civilians as their mission continued, an eclectic mix of what appeared to be commoners and nobles, appeared and began attacking them. An unorganized horde of men and noblemen seemingly spilled out of the woodwork to attack at them, along with a seemingly more organized group of armed 'people', still an eclectic mix of noble and common men, but with weapons marching in a semblance of a cohesive unit.

Ramiel pulled himself to the back of their squad, where his range would provide him with the most advantage, razor thin bolts of lightning streaking from his bow to pick off targets of opportunity wherever they made themselves apparent. He weaved his shots through the squad as they fought, his bolts connecting with the bodies of enemies that attempted to get around to the backs of his squadmates.

They fought for hours, though it felt longer to Ramiel. He had not necessarily gotten comfortable with the idea of fighting the former civilians of Gabaras, but he'd accepted it as a part of what they'd have to do to survive. Several of the others seemed to share his sentiments, as they collected their breath after the last crystal was put up. Though the calm wouldn't last for too long.

Something happened and their mage Maria fell over screaming, turning to react, Ramiel saw the distortions erupt and slowly but surely his squadmates began disappearing. Feeling a sense of helplessness set in, Ramiel looked for someway to escape his current predicament, but the thought barely had time to form before he too disappeared.

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Heyo, how are things with everybody?

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

great posts so far! My last exam just finished so I can afford to be a lot more attentive now! If anyone is needing help to get into things drop me a message and I'll find a line for ya!

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Yeah! I purposely left things kinda open so people could put themselves relatively wherever they wanted, though I suppose it could be sort of a double edged sword.

Let me know if you need any clarifications, but for the most part you're free to makeup whatever you want before the new crew orientation- I put Ingram and most of the squadron in the hangar as a sort of 'default' place to chill before the new pilots arrive.

Falling Skies: Reboot (Mecha, Space Opera)

Hey all! Finishing up my exams! I'll be clear once Tuesday runs around!

@DinoNuts sorry! Meant to get to you sooner! I'm guessing you're the third of the trio! No red flags on my end, you're good to go

The Energy Storm

Tony Liu

Anthony 'Tony' Liu

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 6'1", 175 lbs
Ethnicity: Chinese-American

Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: None

Occupation: Bartender/Owner

Ability: Teleportation - Tony can instantaneously move from one location to another. As of now, Tony can only jump a few yards at a time, and not always with 100% accuracy. As a side effect of his relative inexperience, Tony will occasionally teleport without meaning or intending to, often only a few inches at a time.

Background:
Tony Liu is the only child of a pair of wealthy Hong Kong natives, born on the West coast of the United States. His parents were a pair of business magnates overseas, raking in large amounts of profit through both legal and illicit means. The couple moved to America to get away from the more illicit side of their business, and as a result Tony was afforded a relatively care free childhood and spent most of it in the relative security of the upper middle class. He did well in school, and grew up well adjusted.

While getting along well with his family, as a result of them often jumping between America and Hong Kong for business, Tony grew up mostly independent of them. After highschool, Tony opted to taking on a military scholarship in lieu of his parent's money, and attended University of San Francisco. After graduation, Tony spent the next 4 years in the US Army Signal Corps.

Deciding that military life ultimately wasn't for him, Tony left the service after the service required by his scholarship had concluded. Taking his earnings and savings thus far, Tony purchased a small building in Chinatown, turning the upper loft into his personal apartment and converting the lower floors into a simple but moderately popular dive bar: The Gweilo.

For a while, things were looking fine for Tony- until the Energy Storm incident swept through the US. Tony was among the many that caught a mysterious illness. Following his recovery, Tony was shocked to discover powers that he had developed following the incident. Unsure how to react, Tony has spent the days since pretending he doesn't have powers as much as possible, hiding the fact that he has them from even his family.

The Energy Storm

Tony Liu

Anthony 'Tony' Liu

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 6'1", 175 lbs
Ethnicity: Chinese-American

Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: None

Occupation: Bartender/Owner

Ability: Teleportation - Tony can instantaneously move from one location to another. As of now, Tony can only jump a few yards at a time, and not always with 100% accuracy. As a side effect of his relative inexperience, Tony will occasionally teleport without meaning or intending to, often only a few inches at a time.

Background:
Tony Liu is the only child of a pair of wealthy Hong Kong natives, born on the West coast of the United States. His parents were a pair of business magnates overseas, raking in large amounts of profit through both legal and illicit means. The couple moved to America to get away from the more illicit side of their business, and as a result Tony was afforded a relatively care free childhood and spent most of it in the relative security of the upper middle class. He did well in school, and grew up well adjusted.

While getting along well with his family, as a result of them often jumping between America and Hong Kong for business, Tony grew up mostly independent of them. After highschool, Tony opted to taking on a military scholarship in lieu of his parent's money, and attended University of San Francisco. After graduation, Tony spent the next 4 years in the US Army Signal Corps.

Deciding that military life ultimately wasn't for him, Tony left the service after the service required by his scholarship had concluded. Taking his earnings and savings thus far, Tony purchased a small building in Chinatown, turning the upper loft into his personal apartment and converting the lower floors into a simple but moderately popular dive bar: The Gweilo.

For a while, things were looking fine for Tony- until the Energy Storm incident swept through the US. Tony was among the many that caught a mysterious illness. Following his recovery, Tony was shocked to discover powers that he had developed following the incident. Unsure how to react, Tony has spent the days since pretending he doesn't have powers as much as possible, hiding the fact that he has them from even his family.