[OOC] Game Chatter

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Hallo-hallo, glad to be here! *vibrates enthusiastically* Looking forward to playing with you all!
(Also, Windy, we meet again!)

Welcome folks!

Sorry for the delay on invites - work emergencies got in the way. All clear now, though!

Let's post our character sheets here (instructions on that process in the Game Details), and let me know if we have any questions prior to beginning. I really appreciate everyone's patience as I get used to all the tools on the site - I'm still learning! :)

There's some additional background information in the Game World thread, and the details on our safety tools in the Lines & Veils thread.

Thanks again for joining!

Ha! I sniped the first post! :P Lightning reflexes, good job me.

Here is a basic sheet template if anyone needs it! Tried to recreate the layout of the original, more or less.

I mostly finished the sheet - Switchblade, feel free to peruse! Only need to make an avatar.

The idea of this character is someone who is human, but is actively making himself physically into a machine; an in-between of a human and an ISOmorph, in a way? Thought it'll bounce interestingly if we have any ISOmorph characters. And if not, I can just spook the humans with stuff like unnaturally bending limbs and oil blood. >:P

Hi everyone, glad to be here!

(We do meet again FS. This I think is our 4th game together?)

Here's my character so far: Former Leviath scientist turned rogue operative for the Pyley rebels. Dr. Ava Renn was once a leading researcher in Leviath's top-secret intelligence division, but disillusioned by the atrocities committed by her own faction, she defected to the rebel cause. So she's a human.

I will flesh out some more later today and try that character sheet you so kindly made, Flying Succulent!.

GM: If you have any questions about using the site, feel free to ask. Qralloq has a bunch of very helpful videos that will steer you in the right direction too.

My character is a former space architect. When the war engulfed Pyley, he lost his family from the war crimes of Leviath. Wanting to take revenge he became a mech pilot in the rebels' forces. He is a human, with burn marks and scars on his arms, torso and a bit on the face· remnants from the war.

GM: How I get the stats and crew positions? Because I am a bit conflicted between helm officer/security officer and science officer/engineering officer crew positions. I have decided about the CASE stats.

I'm thinking Ava is best suited as a science officer for primary, and medical officer as secondary occupation, if that suits the rest of the group.

And here she be!

Oh, oops, I thought occupations were free form. I'd like Security and Engineering, if possible? Although I can go with Medical too, just not Liaison, please. Unless you want the entire galaxy having us as personas non grata. :V

We're not technically a crew, are we? So maybe we can share positions?

Edit: If we can share on secondaries and primaries, how about this:
Alepous - Helm (or Security?)/Engineering (or Science?)
Windy - Science/Medical
FS - Engineering/Security
?

(Good thing we don't need to be charismatic, this crew is lacking in space bards.)

Hi folks!

Regarding crew positions, FS has the right idea - we're going with a more free-from approach and choosing two past occupations rather than the specific crew positions outlined in the system (see the Game Details for more explanation on that). This (and the ISO Axioms) are part of the homebrew portions I've hacked into the "Those Dark Places" rules as written :) Hopefully it lets everyone be a bit more creative!

I wondered if it was part of the hack! I originally had "Cybernetics Engineer" and "Contract Mercenary", are these okay? :D The latter is a bit broad, but I meant it like a purely physical type of mercenary work; bodyguarding, for example.

Cybernetics Engineer sounds good! If we're aiming for the more physical aspects of a hired hand, "Contract Muscle" might be a better fit - mercenary is a bit general, as you mentioned. Thanks for your work on the custom character sheet, as well!

Windyridge, Dr. Ava looks great! Excited to see everyone else as well :D

Hmm, but hired muscle leans into a more mundane manual labor too, which I think he'd be a bit bored to do... Although it is a little funny, considering he probably doesn't have any actual human muscles anymore. XD

Maybe I'll adjust a bit and not limit it to physical elements, make it more specialized. Do you think something like "Retrieval Specialist" can work - someone who gets send to fetch items from potentially dangerous environments? Or maybe even "Freelance Bounty Hunter", just including non-human bounties in it. Have it affect things like searching for valuables and fighting single opponents, maybe...

Absolutely, either of those would work!

Splendid, I'll probably go with the bounty hunter one!
Also, can you approve my sheet, please? For easy access, mostly - once you do, the sheet will appear on the bottom bar, the one which has Threads and Tools right now. You can approve the sheets on the Game Details page (we can still edit them after you do). :D

All set! :D

So I get "space engineer" and "mech pilot" as my professions?