Full Version: [OOC] Eclipse Phase: A trip to Renewal
Bumped the IC back to the front page, and mentioned some of the OOC discussions we've been having in case people wanted to pull the conversation back to IC to decide our transportation arrangements, or next steps.
QUOTE (Sixgun_Sage @ Sep 18 2010, 04:53 PM) 
hmmm, in theory then Murphy would have as good a chance of following a scent trail as most smart dogs trained for the purpose, if I'm reading your interpretation correctly....
As far as I can tell, yes. Can anyone see why it wouldn't be the case?
Thanks BlackHat. I was actually going to make a post today to see if things were slowing down with the group. Correct me if I'm wrong, but right now the group is deciding whether to stay on Phelan's Recourse and research, or to head to Renewal (egocast and get new morphs, or take a shuttle and keep your morphs). I'll put an IC post out there today for Dr. C.
QUOTE (Jimson @ Sep 21 2010, 10:27 AM)
As far as I can tell, yes. Can anyone see why it wouldn't be the case?
Nope. Makes sense to me that part of the "enhanced smell" bioware mod would actually be based off of biology in animals known for their sense of smell. Assuming your perception score is better than 30 (before mods), or whatever, I could see Murphy being on par with a dog's tracking ability.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but right now the group is deciding whether to stay on Phelan's Recourse and research, or to head to Renewal (egocast and get new morphs, or take a shuttle and keep your morphs).
I believe that is the state of things. I also think its quite likely that the group will elect to do some combination of the two, or both. Social stigma aside, if you're going to egocast to another location for a mission, unless you're poor/unliked enough to need to sell your old morph to buy a new one when you get there, there is little reason to let your old morph collect dust, and it might as well be doing additional research or taking a boring shuttle ride to catch up, or something. On a habitat like Phalen's there are probably not any legal restrictions preventing the creation of alpha forks, either, and its unlikely that the mission would prevent us from re-merging with them, if any of us do have reservations about loosing new egos on the universe.
I just wanted to see how things are going with everyone. Are things going ok, do we need to pick things up a bit? Do I need to do anything different? More importantly, are you guys having fun?
Yeah, sorry, very much enjoying myself. Not really had much relevant to say for a bit but once I get going you'll have a job shutting me up.
Right now, elsewhere on the internet, someone is wrong.....
Right now, elsewhere on the internet, someone is wrong.....
The game is fine. Though I think we lost a little momentum after the meet, which is not uncommon with games on Dumpshock. I'm still here but kind of swamped with RL. I'll try to get an IC up in the next few days but I think that getting us to renewal with a minimum of fuss will probably breathe some life into the game. (Unless failing to prepare now will cripple us in the future.)
Ok...I'm down with speeding things up a bit and getting the momentum going again. I never know how much detail players want. My normal RL gaming group likes the legwork up to a point, then things slow down. Tomorrow I'll post DR. C IC with possible "flights" as well as morphs on the other side. Think that will help a bit?
Yeah, I think having a handful of options to select from will help speed things up - if anyone wants to arrange something not on that list, they can just ask and roll the relevant networking tests... but I think just having a few easy-to-reach options will help.
I think the game is going really well (other than the usual slowdown at the meet, which is expected in PBP), and I'm having a good time.
I think the game is going really well (other than the usual slowdown at the meet, which is expected in PBP), and I'm having a good time.
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'm going to edit my last post by Dr. C. Please ignore what he said previously. 
EDIT: Edit to IC complete.
EDIT: Edit to IC complete.
How long will the Hood take to reach Renewal, Jimson? I'm up for physical travel if anyone else is going, as Three had a bad experience last time he 'cast. (See bio.) Also, if that's not on the cards for any reason, can we buy our own augs and mods for morphs at Renewal on top of the 5,000 we already get?
*IF* we go with egocasting, DE will go with either a Menton or a Remade (preferably Menton, strangely), with +10 cog, +5 will, +5 int, and +5 sav (and +10 som if remade). The 5000 credits worth of additional modifications will include Enhanced Vision/Hearing/Smell, Direction Sense, Echolocation, T-ray emitter, Radiation Sense, Enhanced Pheromones, Oracle nanoware, Skinlink, and Wrist-Mounted Tools.
Murphy doesn't see alot of point in casting if it is a matter of hours, especially if he can use them to get a security AI to work with his muse on mining data on the kids. Likely starting with community based nodes and such. I was wondering if there was a way to modify the networking check he did succeed to get the AI quicker since the rating he is at requires 1 day for goods whereas the next one up is 1 hour.
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Sep 25 2010, 04:04 AM)
How long will the Hood take to reach Renewal, Jimson? I'm up for physical travel if anyone else is going, as Three had a bad experience last time he 'cast. (See bio.) Also, if that's not on the cards for any reason, can we buy our own augs and mods for morphs at Renewal on top of the 5,000 we already get?
I'll cover travel time IC. You will probably have a more limited selection of Renewal compared to a larger habitat like Phelan's Recourse. Feel free to get whatever with the 5,000. It is assumed the previous owner picked up those augs.
Sixgun, I'll get to your roll later today or tomorrow.
I won't be able to get to your roll today Sixgun. Sorry.
All, I'll be out of town starting tomorrow through Sunday. So I won't be able to get to post till probably Monday.
All, I'll be out of town starting tomorrow through Sunday. So I won't be able to get to post till probably Monday.
QUOTE (Jimson @ Sep 27 2010, 08:21 PM)
I'll cover travel time IC. You will probably have a more limited selection of Renewal compared to a larger habitat like Phelan's Recourse. Feel free to get whatever with the 5,000. It is assumed the previous owner picked up those augs.
Yeah, but can I buy more on top? Three's got some fair Hardware: Robotics skill which he could (probably) use to install his own implants, as I don't think a Medicine: Implant Surgery test would apply for synthmorphs.
Jonah's morph falls under the 5000 limit. I'm assuming I can find an exact replica. I could even get extra stuff with the 5000, I suppose.
If I do so, I'd take Jonah's current morph and add:
Radiation sense
Anti-glare
Enhanced Smell
Enhanced Hearing
Heavy Bioweave Armor
Circadian Regulation
Feel free (in fact, I'd kind of expect you to) pass judgement on any of these mods or tweak them to your purposes.
If I do so, I'd take Jonah's current morph and add:
Radiation sense
Anti-glare
Enhanced Smell
Enhanced Hearing
Heavy Bioweave Armor
Circadian Regulation
Feel free (in fact, I'd kind of expect you to) pass judgement on any of these mods or tweak them to your purposes.
crizh/Rebel hasn't weighed in yet, but it sounds like most of the group would prefer to take the shuttle, and the one PC who has expressed a preference for egocasting is willing to concede the point to the majority opinion.
Last I recall, in OOC planning, crizh/Rebel threw out the suggestion that we could always try both.
So it is probably safe for Jimson to move forward assuming we will at least be taking the shuttle, and that Rebel MAY also egocast some alpha-forks to get started, assuming Firewall is willing to pay the additional cost (or Rebel throws some rep around).
Last I recall, in OOC planning, crizh/Rebel threw out the suggestion that we could always try both.
So it is probably safe for Jimson to move forward assuming we will at least be taking the shuttle, and that Rebel MAY also egocast some alpha-forks to get started, assuming Firewall is willing to pay the additional cost (or Rebel throws some rep around).
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Oct 1 2010, 12:02 PM)
Yeah, but can I buy more on top? Three's got some fair Hardware: Robotics skill which he could (probably) use to install his own implants, as I don't think a Medicine: Implant Surgery test would apply for synthmorphs.
You can attempt to find more aug's, but it seems you guys might not be going that route.
Sixgun, if you are taking the shuttle, are you still need to dig up a Security AI?
Was still going to try for one, my understanding is ith the minimal lag in communications that exists it could take care of basic datamining for us, I would go ith a standard AI but the security model looks like it would be able to do so without being noticed as easilly.
I think Rebel would prefer very much to have her own Morph with her but if the opportunity existed to farcast a Fork in advance she would certainly take it.
You wouldn't even need a Morph just someone with a Ghostrider Module and a Puppet Sock willing to lease themselves out for a few hours.
You wouldn't even need a Morph just someone with a Ghostrider Module and a Puppet Sock willing to lease themselves out for a few hours.
Just so you know, Three hasn't actually said anything IC yet, but shall be doing so shortly.
That's fine, I just put a placeholder in my post that said Three indicated he would be going with the shuttle (which I assumed from your OOC comment). You can put the details in when you get to it, and I can edit mine if necessary.
Hope all is still moving. I guess I'm looking for some IC post saying that you guys are shuttling, and also, what sort of research you plan on doing while waiting/in route.
Sixgun, it will take 1 day, but you will be able to locate someone willing to provide you a Security AI for the cost of one Level 4 Favor, per the rules.
Sixgun, it will take 1 day, but you will be able to locate someone willing to provide you a Security AI for the cost of one Level 4 Favor, per the rules.
I'll get a post together tonight confirming that we're all shuttling. I'm not actually sure about the research, other than filling out the details Dr. C couldn't answer (which we already have answers for).
Jonah probably doesn't have the initiative to do any research. Other than maybe a passing curiosity about how Renewal's life support systems/costruction/etc.
So here's a somewhat lackluster research test by his muse to pull together documentation on Renewal's assorted technical specs including but not limited to: blueprints, wiring diagrams, power systems, airlocks and any other interfaces with space, mesh and surveillance system diagrams, construction materials, etc.
Sunshine's research (add modifiers for common information as appropriate): 30
Die rolls (several, in case you want to break each subsystem up as a test): 98, 52, 56, 61, 08, 79, 72
By the way, props to BH for taking the lead on the IC post.
So here's a somewhat lackluster research test by his muse to pull together documentation on Renewal's assorted technical specs including but not limited to: blueprints, wiring diagrams, power systems, airlocks and any other interfaces with space, mesh and surveillance system diagrams, construction materials, etc.
Sunshine's research (add modifiers for common information as appropriate): 30
Die rolls (several, in case you want to break each subsystem up as a test): 98, 52, 56, 61, 08, 79, 72
By the way, props to BH for taking the lead on the IC post.
Posted IC to confirm we're taking the shuttle, and tossed in a question about backup service - but as long as its taken care of, I don't think we need to focus a lot of detail on it. We can probably post whatever we intend to bring with us, and fast-forward to boarding the hood - or even arriving at Renewal depending on what Jimson has planned.
Thanks BlackHat and Pragma for your post. I was getting a little concerned. Pragma, I will be getting to your rolls tomorrow hopefully. I have put an IC post out there as well.
Pragma, I will be getting to your rolls tomorrow hopefully. I have put an IC post out there as well.
Will get my list of gear up tomorrow morning, or maybe tonight if I get the time, but more likely tomorrow.
In addition to his cyber/bio/nano-ware, DE will be bringing:
... which is basically everything he owns in the lab he was renting, except his quantum computer. He'd bring that, but lugging around a large desktop machine until they established a base of operations on Renewal would suck - and it doesn't sound as though they'll be sticking around there long-term.
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... which is basically everything he owns in the lab he was renting, except his quantum computer. He'd bring that, but lugging around a large desktop machine until they established a base of operations on Renewal would suck - and it doesn't sound as though they'll be sticking around there long-term.
Couldn't you rent a bot to carry it around for you?
Jonah will bring everything on his equipment list and, if necessary, beg, borrow or steal a hand cart to make it easy to do so.
He's hoping to snag a locker or a closet on Attar's ship at Renewal and really hasn't thought of possible ways that having a cart full of stuff could go wrong for him.
He's hoping to snag a locker or a closet on Attar's ship at Renewal and really hasn't thought of possible ways that having a cart full of stuff could go wrong for him.
QUOTE (pragma @ Oct 22 2010, 02:41 AM)
Jonah will bring everything on his equipment list and, if necessary, beg, borrow or steal a hand cart to make it easy to do so.
He's hoping to snag a locker or a closet on Attar's ship at Renewal and really hasn't thought of possible ways that having a cart full of stuff could go wrong for him.
He's hoping to snag a locker or a closet on Attar's ship at Renewal and really hasn't thought of possible ways that having a cart full of stuff could go wrong for him.
Murphy will bring that stuff up....
Sorry, been swamped this week. I'll try to get something out IC for the trip to Renewal this week....fingers crossed. Umm...crossed that I get a post, not whether you get to Renewal or not.
So, can we take that as an assurance that we won't be waylaid by space pirates halfway there? I am actually disappointed by this. 
Who votes that space pirates show up and waylay us, say aye.
Who votes that space pirates show up and waylay us, say aye.
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Oct 29 2010, 04:15 PM)
So, can we take that as an assurance that we won't be waylaid by space pirates halfway there? I am actually disappointed by this.
Who votes that space pirates show up and waylay us, say aye.
Who votes that space pirates show up and waylay us, say aye.
I guess there won't be space pirates this trip.
Can we swear in character on this board? I forgot. I'll leave the IC post till Monday. If there aren't any questions by then, I'll keep moving on. I was going to have that post bring you to Renewal, but I wanted to show the rough nature of your host, Attar. And also see if anyone wanted more character interaction.
Dr. Esterly isn't going to make a fuss. I don't recall what dumpshock's cussing policy is, but I think I've had characters cuss and have never been reported for it. I think a lot of people choose to use Shadow-slang instead of the usual cusswords, though.
Hmm...wonder what EP's slang is. What was the term from Battlestar Galactica...Frak? I have only seen bits and pieces of the show.
All things considering I figure almost any fictional slang we can imagine would be able to be used, what with the list of influences...
Most of my characters swear like sailors. I've never received any complaints and, as most of these settings are derived from 21st century Earth I kind of think its appropriate. Well, as appropriate as profanity can be I guess.
Making a profession:spacefarer roll to see if I get the ships make right and generally make intelligent small talk. Also, a protocol roll to not be awkward.
profession spacefarer of 45 + (whatever bonuses) -- roll of 71
default to SAV of 10 + (whatever bonuses) -- roll of 07
By the way, even though I'm throwing out this IC snippet I mean it mostly as a chance for other players or Jimson to riff a little bit. I have no intention of holding up our arrival at Renewal.
Making a profession:spacefarer roll to see if I get the ships make right and generally make intelligent small talk. Also, a protocol roll to not be awkward.
profession spacefarer of 45 + (whatever bonuses) -- roll of 71
default to SAV of 10 + (whatever bonuses) -- roll of 07
By the way, even though I'm throwing out this IC snippet I mean it mostly as a chance for other players or Jimson to riff a little bit. I have no intention of holding up our arrival at Renewal.
Sunward drops the word 'skronk' which means fuck (p. 111). As such, I have been dropping it everywhere I see an empty conversation (mostly IRL 
).
Also, can we have a bit more description on the bouncers? Make it a Perception Test. Perception Test. INT -10 (defaulting) +20 (Enhanced Vision) = 25 (1d100=99)
Well, skronk me rusty.
).Also, can we have a bit more description on the bouncers? Make it a Perception Test. Perception Test. INT -10 (defaulting) +20 (Enhanced Vision) = 25 (1d100=99)
Well, skronk me rusty.
Unless something sparks for me just assume Murphy is chilling out in the background and keeping an eye out on things.
Thanks for the new word Xahn! I've never been good on glitches for perception tests, even in Shadowrun. I took a stab at doing something different, other than not seeing anything obvious.
As for my post, if any of you want to comment in response to Attar or Bob, feel free, otherwise we are moving ahead.
As for my post, if any of you want to comment in response to Attar or Bob, feel free, otherwise we are moving ahead.
Don't hold up on my account, but I will try to put something together regarding DE's thoughts about the new data, tonight. My work/personal laptop died this last week, so I've been busy getting its replacement up to speed for work. SO THIS IS WHAT LOSING A MUSE FEELS LIKE!
SO THIS IS WHAT LOSING A MUSE FEELS LIKE!
Thanks for the post BlackHat. Love the way Dr. E takes to numbers when he is getting nervous.
I did just want to clear something up. I'm not sure if I read your post right, or maybe I wasn't clear in my post, but you said...
In an earlier post, Dr. C tells you the current travel time to Renewal is roughly 6 hours, and you revieve the message about 5 hours and 3 minutes into the trip, meaning the space portion of the trip. You should be arriving to Renewal if roughly 1 hour, give or take an astroid in the way.
I did just want to clear something up. I'm not sure if I read your post right, or maybe I wasn't clear in my post, but you said...
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Nov 11 2010, 06:56 PM)
There was little they could do for the people of renewal until they arrived, in a couple of hours.... Of course, in the one hour that they had spent preparing for the trip, the number of missing people had risen by 250%
In an earlier post, Dr. C tells you the current travel time to Renewal is roughly 6 hours, and you revieve the message about 5 hours and 3 minutes into the trip, meaning the space portion of the trip. You should be arriving to Renewal if roughly 1 hour, give or take an astroid in the way.
Ah, that was my bad. I thought the trip was just starting. I'll adjust my post accordingly. That means far fewer people are expected to be missing by the time we arrive.
Fixed.
At some point (as we approach Renewal, and the shuttle can access the Mesh), I would be interested in having DE do a quick search (or contact people in the know) to discover if the (now 7) disappearances were roughly spaced evenly apart, in two clumps (2 children, then a group of 5 at the same time), or if they occurred with increasing or decreasing frequency. For the time being, these are the sort of hypothetical situations DE is attempting to model for himself, extrapolating various expected outcomes for each case. Of course, his work would be way more complex than anything I could imagine (factoring in the time it takes for people to notice, for messages to reach us, as well as factoring in the probability of coincidence, etc).
At the very least, it sounds like the children went missing, and we were contacted 6 hours later (at which point no one else was missing). 6 hours after that, 5 more people have been missing (unknown if this was a single disappearance, or multiple instances). My naive expectation is that in the next 12 hours, if the trend continues, we can expect to loose another 12-13 transhumans. If the instances are separate, and reasonably spread out, we can expect 1 of them to occur by the time we dock on renewal, unless we discover that they are happening in groups.
At some point (as we approach Renewal, and the shuttle can access the Mesh), I would be interested in having DE do a quick search (or contact people in the know) to discover if the (now 7) disappearances were roughly spaced evenly apart, in two clumps (2 children, then a group of 5 at the same time), or if they occurred with increasing or decreasing frequency. For the time being, these are the sort of hypothetical situations DE is attempting to model for himself, extrapolating various expected outcomes for each case. Of course, his work would be way more complex than anything I could imagine (factoring in the time it takes for people to notice, for messages to reach us, as well as factoring in the probability of coincidence, etc).
At the very least, it sounds like the children went missing, and we were contacted 6 hours later (at which point no one else was missing). 6 hours after that, 5 more people have been missing (unknown if this was a single disappearance, or multiple instances). My naive expectation is that in the next 12 hours, if the trend continues, we can expect to loose another 12-13 transhumans. If the instances are separate, and reasonably spread out, we can expect 1 of them to occur by the time we dock on renewal, unless we discover that they are happening in groups.
QUOTE (Jimson @ Nov 9 2010, 09:01 PM)
Thanks for the new word Xahn! I've never been good on glitches for perception tests, even in Shadowrun. I took a stab at doing something different, other than not seeing anything obvious.
As for my post, if any of you want to comment in response to Attar or Bob, feel free, otherwise we are moving ahead.
As for my post, if any of you want to comment in response to Attar or Bob, feel free, otherwise we are moving ahead.
Well as it's a critical failure I was expecting something worse than that. I thought I'd end up thinking they were Exsurgents and attacking me, or having some sort of hallucination. If you want, I can retcon that into my response and generally go crazy. Although I can imagine that'll probably end up with me being spaced. Anyway, your call.
Unfortunately it looks like I'm going to have to leave the game guys. I'm not going to be able to focus on this game while I play in and help my friend run a Star Wars SAGA game over skype. On the other hand if anyone wants in on that game message me and I'll give you details.
Well now we have to decide what to do with Jackson, maybe a little revenge?
Sorry to hear you will not be able to continue on, but I understand. I wouldn't mind playing a Star Wars game by post, but I do not have the time commitment needed to play via Skype. Thanks for the offer. As for your departure...
Xahn, based on your response..."If you want, I can retcon that into my response and generally go crazy. Although I can imagine that'll probably end up with me being spaced." If you like, we can come up with something which will result is Jackson Murphy accidentally getting spaced. Since you know your character more, feel free to write something up. Sixgun, if that doesn't sounds ok, let us know. Just because you are spaced doesn't mean your character is dead....
Xahn, based on your response..."If you want, I can retcon that into my response and generally go crazy. Although I can imagine that'll probably end up with me being spaced." If you like, we can come up with something which will result is Jackson Murphy accidentally getting spaced. Since you know your character more, feel free to write something up. Sixgun, if that doesn't sounds ok, let us know. Just because you are spaced doesn't mean your character is dead....
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