Pilot creation (OOC thread)

Looks good. We are starting with the Private rank during the training as you need to graduate. I thought it would be easier to just have the first part everyone being the same.

You can use the character template from the first post (press [ + ] Night Witches and then Create Character on the top right and submit it on the game details page when you're ready)

Also, have a look at the currently open questions. This game has a number of questions per duty station which help flesh out the each one of them and bring some plot hooks and potential drama to the story. Pick any you think are interesting for your character :D

It's this unit at the same air field we are at?

You are in the all women regiment 588. 218 is all men. Though this will be clear once they are introduced as the ones trying to sabotage you 😄

To make this worse, Larisa is just trying to join 586: the fancy "Darlings of the Soviet media" mostly female regiment.

I know they're a separate unit. I was asking if both units are on the same base.

I sorry I read it a bit too quickly and missed the actual question 😅

Yeah, everyone is part of the Fourth Air Army. This should become clear later but this force is divided into regiments and those divided again into squadrons. So these regiments are all in the same base.

Only 3 regiments had women and only the 588th was made of women all the way from the top to the bottom of the hierarchy. In this game, 218th is meant to be played as the troublesome sexist men, but you can have friends/lovers/family on the "other side", not just enemies/idiots/obstacles.

Larisa's trying to wing it! Who knows, she might either get herself into a lot of trouble, or gain the respect of the 586th!

@Shorty Character approved :D If you want, you can still change your skills by having a +1/-1 if you'd like it.

Thanks. And I did take the +skill -guts

Which is more preferred? I don't really want to derail our main thread. If it makes more sense for Larisa to simply join up with the 588th noobs, then let's do that, and leave Litvyak as a complication to be solved to next time she bumps into Litvyak. Alternatively, Larisa could be very vested in playing along with the 586th to see where that leads her (given her character) by reporting back to them, until she's finally caught out (and court-martialed no doubt!) I especially like the fact that we managed to start answering one of the character development questions, and wouldn't mind continuing to answer the next bit you provided, which is about how Larisa feels about Litvyak.

As you wish. You'll go back to 588 sooner or later, it's just a matter of how. So do what Larisa would do :D
This feels like and opportunity to introduce Regards or a reach out roll eventually.

OrangeTree, sorry if the Larisa thread's been confusing. So far what has happened is:

Like everyone, Larisa was supposed to get to Logistics and get supplies. A terrible roll meant she ended up in the wrong place, meeting the 586th squadron instead. They (Lt Litvyak) mistook her as one of them, but gave her the right directions which she was grateful for. So rather than unaccountably disappearing, Larisa decided to play along a bit more, and maybe get into the good graces of Litvyak.

So when Galina bumps into Larisa, Galina would find it strange that while Larisa ought to have been in the same situation as Galina, Larisa instead scampers away somewhere else (still intending in her head to report to the 588th eventually, but running off to complete her detour first).

Back to our GM, yeah I figure Larisa might end up with indicating Regards for Litvyak as a result. Somehow that chance encounter made Larisa want to impress her maybe? I'll try to work that in.

As Bedzonell said, Larisa rolled really bad and, instead of fixing it, she is playing with fire. Galina would be confused as she remembers back in the ferry that all of you should be from the same regiment, but maybe things changed.

Nice description of the post-apocalyptic barracks :D there's definitely enough there to do roll some interesting moves

Thanks both for the clarification.

I hope that , since that this is the opening part of the game, we can start to work together and get to know each others' characters a bit more.

Yeah that should happen soon... Larisa just needs to fail miserably at her mission 😈

No worries there, I'm sure Lari's heading back to the 588th soon, after she fails miserably again at her next skill roll and is found out !

I am going camping tomorrow. I will return on Saturday. I do not know if there is cell reception at this lake. If there is, I'll be able to post as normal. Otherwise I will be absent.

Thanks for letting us know. Enjoy :D