Space

[Nexaduro]

So, we're hunting foxes now? I'm assuming the Accelerator Pistol would be a bit of... Overkill?

 

Anyways if anyone needs some muscle just call on Gerere. The Infinity Accelerator should be operational this coming session, along with my experimental minefield.

[Leiana]

ShhhhhHhhhhhhhhh, be vewy vewy quiets, Mask is a huntin foxes.

 

I'm not sure if I can make the next session, I've got a birthday to celebrate in my family :(

[archimage_a]

/join #space-8 tavern

[Icuownage]

The Ionilator

 

Destroyer

 

Quantum Core

Visual Scanner

Gravidar

Armoured Bridge

Dorms

Quantum Drive

Cargo Bay

Armoury

Medical Bay

Shuttle Bay

24X Plasma Warhead Missiles

2X Shuttles

 

WEAPON

Ionic disperser

Boarding Parties

Graviton Hellbore

Plasma Missile

Ion Cannon

Point Defense Turrets

 

COST: 13,070KT

[paul191600]

Dat name

[Nexaduro]

The Exanimate

 

Destroyer

 

Cloaking Device

Armoured Bridge

Quantum Core x8

Polaric Graviton Array

 

Weapons

Infinity Accelerator

Polaric Graviton Array

 

Value: 22000kT

[Earth]

You know something? i think I found out why this game isn't fun anymore. It's not the shift from randomness to colonies. No. Archie built this game off of the mistakes, discoveries, and facts from last game. But one thing he forgot to do was provide a compelling story. We're like a shoip adrift without a sail, the winds eager to push us on, but we can only crawl. So, can you give us a good sail for this boat, Arch? Or am I being stupid, as always?

[Nexaduro]

The first game didn't really have any story... What was fun was the consequences weren't so frequent or heavy, and the Unity was first of its kind, capable of taking on the world.

[Icuownage]

So you're saying it's boring cause the game has a difficulty setting now?

[The_Mather1]

I like this one better, at least when I make a mess here it turns out funny... and somewhat bloody.

[Leiana]

Hey, Archie is doing the best Archie can. I like this one better than the last one. It's mainly because I was a late addition to the last one and that I have no real sense what is happening. I still have that sense now but I kinda like it that way. You really never know what will happen next, and thats fun. Who knew I was going to be maimed by whatever maimed me the first time? Deffinatly not me. All I can advise myself (and this is from almost 6 years of roleplay experiance I've endured) JUST GO WIT DA FLOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[archimage_a]

I agree with Earth. It is harder to get into the story this time around...Everything is really big and people are struggling to grab hold of something...Kinda like being thrown into an MMORPG, you can run around and mine stuff, but there are no clear signposts as to what you are supposed to be doing.

 

Part of it is because of the 'I threaten to blow everything up if they don't surrender' tactics (Not solely aimed at Nex) people are using.

Part of it is the setting, since I felt people needed a more stable sort of a universe.

 

I am gonna imagine some stories and make a poll.

[Earth]

Thanks, Arch. It's just.. We had all these cool story lines. The asgard. The Zombie ship. Russian Overload. Rosses Duel. Things like that. I also like the starts you gave us.

[Corvus]

Ah, yes. May as well give my opinion on the Poll options:

 

Jump space collapsing: would make things interesting, though we would be hard pressed to win any sizeable battle, due to the recurring theft of anything that can fly which is really getting annoying, baring a Deus Ex Machina.

 

Expedition to Astare III: couldn't really hurt things

 

Unity: would create an interesting time, especially if some of the more interesting members of the old Crew were aboard, however people would probably get annoyied due to their characters being misplayed (As in not Agreeing with them at all times and handing over all resources)

 

Exams: Yeah, this is most certainly NOT the issue, as a large portion of the problem is everyone going independant and pulling stunts like stealing the fleet vessels and blowing them up for raw materials when it just annoys everyone else in the game

 

No Story: Space is not really the type of game that cannot exist without a Story, as the Freeform nature denies Gaming gameplay

 

Players more involved: Certainly, however there is an issue with Sharing the spotlight to a certain degree

 

I have a Better idea: (I already mentioned this once previously) Have a previously unknown Advanced race of {Aliens, Robots, Time travelers, Other dimensional Beings} warp in using their ship with {Hyperwarp drives, Time Drives, Cross dimensional transporters} and establish a settlement in the system with an unknown intent(Test crew for the advanced warp tech which broke down, Military recon mission set to establish a base of operations, searching for a mysterious item/person/location, establishing Trading outpost, bringing enlightment, peacekeeping force to stop our Barbaric wars, Privateers, Pirates on the run from the law, etc). Roughly the effect this would have is destabilizing the Current state of Affairs in the system (Kalinka being the dominant power with their allies the British, Terran Federation having loose influence in the system primarially over the Colony, Revanna Colony standing alone as one of the weakest powers, Pirates attacking shipping with impunity and out of our ability to combat them or bring favorable terms.) by adding a new power unassociated with all the others, with opportunities to get new tech (through force, diplomatic means, purchase, mercenary work, etc), the ability to forge new relationships and sever old ones (alliance with the new force, allying with the pirates or Kalinka, seperating from the TF with backing of an ally), ability to get some of the more restraining aspects of the situation off of us (by the threat of spreading forces too thin to prevent action), and more.

[archimage_a]

Ultimately this is gonna cause problems until people work together.

Last time you didn't have a huge amount of choice about that, you were stuck on a ship and people who disagreed got fired out inside a torpedo.

 

So ultimatum time.

People have 2 sessions(next, next Friday) to form into some kind of a player group(Your squad does not count).

Groups can be two or three strong, but they must have a single ACTIVE ship between them.

Not overly concerned how you want to divide yourselves up.

Lone Rangers will, after Next Next Friday, be attacked by pirates until they flee to Ravenna, or they die.

 

You are not restricted to only ever having 1 ship*, you are restricted from playing lone rangers, accountable to no one but themselves.

Similarly, playing as part of a team, and then having the rest of the team disconnect will not result in you dying or having to flee.

 

 

*Say Player 1 had a ship, and Player 2 had a ship. In the vast majority of circumstances you do not need two ships active all the time, so one would be in dock around Ravenna(or wherever), while you both fly around in the other one.

 

 

 

Finally, if you want to mess with the rest of the team, you can. It is annoying, but I won't stop you.

However, gonna take a rule out of Jagex's book and say that if you do something which has malicious intent, against another player, then you can be permakilled from then on.

 

 

As for alien race/other story mechanic...Will see how things go after then...Don't want to add instability if people can't get a handle on the game as it is.

[The_Mather1]

Oh god! I hope I get a well paid mission then.

[Nexaduro]

I foresee everyone getting pissed at a trolling Dusty and ending up being permakilled without even scratching him.

 

Max and Nero are pirates, so they can't end up on my team.

Retech is apparently no longer playing.

Xinea and Chi are a bit out of it, though getting better.

Zeitark would attract unwanted TFed attention.

Stork and Earth are fine, but with a tendency to miss sessions.

Aden and Mask are generally reputable and competent.

Paul's character I don't even know about.

 

Hm...

[The_Mather1]

I foresee Nero being the first to go, either by the hands of the pirates or by his own.

 

Also, as this begins Lynx and I will have an advantage if I can get the materials with which to reinforce and complete my bunker.

[Icuownage]

I can ally with Nero and even make it in character, as the pirates that were hunting him tried to kill me after the first mate stole from me and I shot him in the head.

[The_Mather1]

Icu, you honestly do not want to do that, he is at the brink of death regardless of wether or not he belives it himself.

[Icuownage]

Aren't we all?

[The_Mather1]

Not in the game.

[Leiana]

If Flaws had a persons name, it'd be Xinea. I have found flaws in my own character :( If Xinea ever perma dies, I won't be overly upset.

 

Nex, was that a compliment?

 

Well crap, I really doubt I'll earn enough kT to even buy a destroyer and the stuff I need for it.

 

Do weapons like torpedo tubes take up bays?

[Alg]

If Flaws had a persons name, it'd be Xinea. I have found flaws in my own character :( If Xinea ever perma dies, I won't be overly upset.

Characters without flaws are boring.

[Icuownage]

Torpedos are fired out of all the bays, I think you can fire X torpedos for X bays your ship has, so a destroyer has 12 bays, and thus fires 12 torpedos.