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These are awesome suggestions Koldik. As your PCs grow further, I intend to have the plot be inspired by the characters' decisions rather than strict adherence to the published adventures. (I think the Halcyon in Terrorwatt plot was the first sign of that!)

The leadership gap might not be an issue with what happens next. Sir will still be in the first bit of the plot to transition to the next chapter. The NODOS confrontation might just be the climax of the entire adventure, who knows?

Flying, thanks for pointing out that sometimes I don't get to your specific questions yet. Maybe it's how my priorities work, I think to answer them when they are immediately pertinent to what might happen next for you to respond to. I don't think I make adjudications too far in adcance. (The Hierarchy question came up precisely because we 'made up' the idea earlier that robots recognised each other's Hierarchy through some networked information, which then led to the question whether it meant that if one is offline, Hierarchy shouldn't matter or does not register. These are not immediately rules-based, we'll have to sort it out.)

As for the MY0 games merging, the happy / not-so-happy updates are as follows: the Genlab Alpha game is down to 2 solid players, much like this game. That game will carry on, but like this one, especially if I can recruit, which is what I intend to do for both. The core mutant game fizzled due to mismatched commitments, and thats how MaJunior switched over, he had a chance to join either or both! So paths will cross somewhere down the line for sure.

My update here is that we are at two original players, (and Flying's taking a short break). For those who've played with me, here is where I evaluate how to proceed, typically by recruiting. Two is usually my threshold for putting a game on hiatus too, I typically need the momentum of a small group to maintain an ongoing game.

Will report again soon!