Fallen Star

[Retech]

Ooooh, I was under the impression from Grim's post that he was awake.

 

 

 

 

Jen picks up the AK-47 and heads for the place where weapons are stored. She puts it in its relevant area, then grabs a stun baton/taser, before heading back into the room she was in before.

[Nexaduro]

As Jen walks out the door, she is greeted by a grinning Earthsage. He laughs maniacally, seemingly brain-damaged by the electrical currents he created using the battle glove, and swings his fist at Jen. She ducks as the blade slides out, and it impacts the wall. Suddenly there is a loud crackling noise, followed by complete darkness and silence as the klaxons and emergency lights shut off. However, no-one is in that area of the ship to notice, as the electrical current knocked out the only ones still conscious.

 

Hehe, time to make this a bit more even! I will continue the game tomorrow, Don't worry, no-one is dead. I just created a plot that I thought would allow me to explain things to all of you at once, and remove the significant advantage the military players would gain from prior knowledge.

 

Think of the game so far as one of those surreal opening cutscenes for a game, the rest of the game may run exactly the same or completely different.

 

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THE GAME SO FAR. Suggestions as to what I should add or remove are also welcome.

[Retech]

As Jen walks out the door, she is greeted by a grinning Earthsage. He laughs maniacally, seemingly brain-damaged by the electrical currents he created using the battle glove, and swings his fist at Jen. She ducks as the blade slides out, and it impacts the wall. Suddenly there is a loud crackling noise, followed by complete darkness and silence as the klaxons and emergency lights shut off. However, no-one is in that area of the ship to notice, as the electrical current knocked out the only ones still conscious.

 

Hehe, time to make this a bit more even! I will continue the game tomorrow, Don't worry, no-one is dead. I just created a plot that I thought would allow me to explain things to all of you at once, and remove the significant advantage the military players would gain from prior knowledge.

 

Think of the game so far as one of those surreal opening cutscenes for a game, the rest of the game may run exactly the same or completely different.

 

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THE GAME SO FAR. Suggestions as to what I should add or remove are also welcome.

 

I think it's very good and that you should keep the style the same. The good thing about it is that you can easily summarize what happens, rather than in Dungeoneering, where each person has their own thing.

[RedOne]

I'm having fun, though sometimes it seems as if there isn't much that I can make Tyden do. Maybe that was just a symptom of it being the "surreal cutscene". It seems like people don't have too much control over their characters, but maybe that how these games work.

[Earth]

well, i do realize im insane, but you just had to do that when i wasnt here, now didnt you? i try to wake up.

[Nexaduro]

Yes, Earth, yes I did. Sorry about the control difficulty, I'm pushing the norm for these games a bit to try and make mine more original. I should be able to host this in more "traditional" sessions around 4:30 EST today. I think I'll keep the summary system, though, and split it up when the players are separated. There's not much adventuring to do on a well-crewed colony ship (unless, of course, someone decides to start infighting or the ship is attacked...), so I'm thinking up the first planet for a bit later.

[The_Mather1]

Image challange please... Just tell me what you want it to say and in which font then I'll make it.

[Seraphi]

Zathe plugs itself into the hole in the wall to recharge, and attempts to use the ships circuitry to determine where the main power room is.

[Nexaduro]

No promises here, Ross, (it'll depend on your roll) but don't you think that would be kinda like, I don't know, sticking your finger into an electrical socket?

[Seraphi]

Lethal to a human, yes, but probably not lethal to a machine.

[Nexaduro]

... Short circuit mean anything to you? And who's to say some mechanism in the ship isn't designed to absorb any energy it comes into contact with... Just sayin'!

[Seraphi]

So be it.

[Earth]

acually, action change. i try to get up, and if my brain has recitified for any reasonable amount of time, then i look for something (other than a player) that i can beat the crap out of with my glove. (not the wall, or anything that will cause backlashh please.)

[Nexaduro]

Because I felt like it.

 

Not sure if it's ok to post an... I suppose you could could call it an advertisement... for a site I made here, if it's not then I will take it down. Feel free to visit it. Any Roleplaying games on there will likely be created by friends of mine from other games and websites, none of my current games are going to be exported there as it probably won't be as popular. Only the home page is currently up, feel free to check it out anyways though.

[meguy]

The forum was working I made the first post on it.

as this game is still in an early stage I think it could be exported, after all this is only supposed to be a cutscene according to nex. If not someone else might be willing to host a version on the other site. Just saying.

 

AI 42 explores the ship looking for anything odd.

[Nexaduro]

Meh. Either people don't read this thread, or just don't care about my website. Either way, doesn't really matter I suppose.

[RedOne]

I took a look, Nex. Don't be discouraged if you don't get too much traffic - it can be slow (I've just started a blog too). Just focus on content, worry about hits later.

Do we start making our characters do something? Are we in the same place as before?

[Nexaduro]

No, you've got the same characters as before. Everyone is currently unconscious, though. Say your actions.

[RedOne]

Not sure what to do if I'm unconscious, but.. I guess Tyden would "try to wake up", then observe his surroundings if they had changed, and see if he could spot his leader.

[Nexaduro]

Tyden awakes, jumping to his feet with his rifle, then drags Jen and Paul to the opposite wall from the colonists and crouching next to them, alert and ready for trouble. Earth also awakens and, looking down to the glove, sees that the last two fingers of his right hand are missing and that the hand is badly charred and has several chunks of metal in it. Zathe wakes up last of all, and tries to get up and charge himself from the hole in the wall Earth created with the glove. There is a bit of residual electricity that shocks the Zathe, but otherwise the system seems dead. However, there is a sudden jolt that is more data as actually electricity. The ship has a central A.I., which is still intact enough to communicate. Zathe feels drawn down the hallway, to what he assumes must be the ship's center. The ship is extremely dark, and only a few dim lights are still shining at relatively long intervals along the hallway. There is little sound except for the echo of your footsteps and an ominous creaking of the hull.

[Retech]

Jen tries to awaken. When she does, she disarms all the colonists and ties them up.

[Earth]

i sigh, and say "damn, next time, i dont mess with walls." i then get up, and follow the Zathe. on the way, i try to remove the bits of metal from my hand, and look for a new power glove.

[paul191600]

Paul tries to wake up.

[Grim_]

Charles attempts to wake up and tie up Jen and collect the weapons

[Seraphi]

Zathe follows the new information to the core of the ship.