Ad Astra - Character Creation

As folks work on character sheets, let's talk tone. Obviously a mission like this wouldn't be sent out in the first place if there wasn't hope for a brighter tomorrow and all that, but how dark do you want reality? I could see this leaning towards horror if it gets dark.

I'm totally up for a darker tone. Maybe not full-on survival horror but horror elements and real risk of death, sure!

How are we feeling about intra-party conflicts? I love having some tensions between PCs but I also know that there are people who don't enjoy that.

The mechanics exist. A party rife with conflict wouldn't be put on the same ship, and they'd need to be able to set things aside in crisis (or at least try). But considering you're part Slug, I imagine there'd be some ruffled feathers.

Thanks Lav, though I can still see the other game subforums :D
You will need to press Administrative Control Panel buttom, click on the right subforum listed on the left and then go on the Permissions tab. You will see all the players listed there and you can set all permissions to NO ;)

Interesting, I always assumed turning against each other was the definition of time of crisis :D
I'll try to play a gullible PC this time.

Listen, what lets you keep your job on a spaceship and what actually happens may be two different things haha

How is this coming along? Are we ready to get started or still missing something?

Coming soon to a thread near you!

Posted! Go ahead and introduce yourselves and any pre-launch rituals you may have. Short posts, long posts, dialogue, whatever.

Is my PC ok? Can you approve it? (Probably you didn’t notice it as I added it late)

Yeah, looks good!

Fun fact, the communications expert is a two-headed alien known as Lieutenants Altok Leya. They can be addressed individually, but people rarely do just cuz it's not like you're keeping secrets from the other head anyway. So referring to a person as a dual isn't unheard of, but Janine only has one head, and a normal number of thumbs, and a human base, so that's still really weird. Like, the sisters don't even use the naming convention of that race.

Frankly, Altok Leya will probably think you somehow consumed your mate, or that you're using some sort of cultural appropriation, or you're insane.

Might be a rough first meeting but maybe they'll be able to relate to each other once they've gotten to know each other 😄

Hopefully!

The purple alien I made for your game, once I can find the sketch. I loved the design too much to keep it in mothballs haha.

I don't remember a purple alien right now 🤔 Just a Scottish engineer and her tortoise friend

Oh, wait, they were for a different game! Went through a few sci fi games at a time there.

Here we are. Altok Leya. Yeah, it was a different game. So many thumbs.....

Did we already lose some people for this game?