Here's How You Can Help Us Take Down The Veskarium

DISCLAIMER: This ad is not looking for players,
but for people interested in getting involved in a game in a different way



Too long has the planet Pulonis, forcibly renamed to Vesk-6 by the conquering vesk empire, been under the thumb of tyrannical, cruel consuls and governors like Shethris Nazriar. But right now, a strike team of the Mrraheen resistance movement is preparing for a mission that will expose the consul for the monster he is - and for his betrayal of the Veskarium that put him in power in the first place.
We may not be able to take down the entire Veskarium in one day, but we can take down Consul Nazriar. And you can help! Tune into the broadcast of Mrraheen agent and Influencer Extraordinaire Veevee to watch the team on their daring mission. Help out with your knowledge and enthusiasm and be a part of our effort to topple Consul Nazriar!

Freedom for Pulonis - Freedom from the Veskarium!



Alright, this is a little experimental addition to a Starfinder game that we're about to start here on the site. After @Qralloq has broken the local Starfinder curse with his lovely oneshot, our group has decided to stick around for a second game with a new crew of PCs, and with me GMing (and hoping I'm not just going to reinstate the curse right away).
We are not looking for players for this game, but the adventure we'll be playing through recommends a live chat accompanying the game, simulating people inside the setting watching the mission unfold, giving advice, voting on a path forward and encouraging the team on the job.

I would be curious to try and open this livechat up to anyone here on GP. I will be creating a live chat thread inside the game that will be opened for public posting. You'll be able to follow along with the in-character thread and leave your comments in the live chat, whether you make up one character following along and giving multiple comments or just leaving single 'anonymous' remarks. The PCs will be able to read and interact with this chat and on a couple of points throughout the adventure, the live chat will actually be able to give some mechanical boosts to the PCs. I'll also be hopping into the live chat here and there to drop some information or just to keep it going.

There's no commitment or application process. You can hop in or out at any point. I have no idea how well the live chat feature will even work to interact with the game, but it's a fun little experiment. And if nothing else, you can finally get the roleplay experience of a backseat driver, sitting in the comfort of your home and laughing at the PCs screwing up.

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You can find the game here (and if you're interested, I'd recommend subscribing by hitting the little bookmark icon in the top right corner). We're currently wrapping up character creation and will hopefully get started early this coming week. I'll post another reminder then. There is already an in-character thread in the game forum, but that is from a previous, unconnected Starfinder adventure we played before. There's no need to read it for this project, though you're free to read it if you want to.

Anyway, this post, as always for me has turned out way longer than planned. If you have questions, let me know. If you're interested, I'd love to try this with you.

Meta-elements, my love!
I'll definitely swing by with some made-up character to spam POG (or whatever is its in-universe equivalent) at every turn and then getting invested and actually trying to help. XD

This is a really cool idea!

Sterftalstweede38: I like this Idea.

This sounds fun! I'd love to try xD

Oh, sounds like fun. How acquainted would I need to be with the system/setting? And does the advice I give in the chat have to be good advice?

With the system, not at all. You won't be making any rolls or creating a mechanical character sheet, just chime in and comment.

With the setting... also not really. It's a science fantasy setting, kind of Pathfinder in space. There is magic, there are monsters, but there's also guns and mercenaries. The Veskarium is a solar-system wide empire led by the vesk (big lizard people) and the planet this takes place on is called Pulonis (or Vesk-6 by the Veskarium). It's the home of the pahtra (cat people) but there are some members of other species also living there. Anyone watching/commenting would also be living on Pulonis and be opposed to (though not necessarily taking action against) the Veskarium which rules them. There's more to it in the setting, but for this adventure, you don't really need to know anything except Vesk bad, PCs good. Let's watch them try to fight the evil empire.

And no, no advice you give has to be good advice. We're simulating an online chatroom. There are no smart people on the internet

I'm in.

Excited to see interest in this! It's a really novel concept and much applause to bowlofspinach for thinking to open it up to the public. I'll be playing Veevee, the 'influencer' whose live-chat you'll be part of as she makes known our efforts to overthrow the tyranny of the Veskarium! See you there :D

I am always one to give backseat advice, so I will be happy to throw in my two cents and a pun every now and then :)

(This is very cool and very different Spinach)

I'm in.

And with that, we're live!

Here you can follow along with the characters and here, you can comment and chat. I'd suggest either subscribing to those threads or favoriting the game if you're interested in following along, so you don't miss any updates.

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here.

Nice. How much trolling is allowed? I'm torn about what kind of viewer I should play.

Maybe just try not to completely derail the channel 😄

Here to say this sounds awesome! I wouldn't even know how to contribute, given my inclinations, but wow!