Realisation (OOC)

Out of character chatter about the Realisation RP thread can go here to avoid cluttering up the Roleplay thread.This is for longer questions and answers related to that Roleplay. Basically: if it needs a back-and-forth, put it here.
General rules questions not answered in the PbP Help thread can go in General Chat or here if they are directly related to the RP.

Add a link back to the post in question so we can have context. After posting you can right-click on the orange header and select 'copy link address' (or whatever your browser calls it), then paste that in your OOC post.

Your backstory does not need to come in one single post, if you need some back and forth with another player or the GM, post as much as you need for the other to react, just like any other post.

You can also sprinkle more detail in as we play, give us enough to understand how you got here, and enough to start getting a feel for your character.

Hey, Owlbeer: Great post. Looks like you are you are trying for a 'Star Wars Scroll' in your first post [ref]? You can achieve something like it by adding `display:block;` and `text-align:center;' (or just `center`) to the [ f]ormat code. In the sample below I also changed the background color to something a little less harsh than black, the movies had stars and other things that turned it more grey. (We really should add a 'block' option to the F dialog.) There are probably ways to get the full paralax effect, but they are probably not worth the tweaking effort.

The galaxy trembles under the Clone Wars. While peace talks on the Outer Rim falter, Jedi Master Solen and his Padawan, Taryn Devrane, have been dispatched to aid negotiations on the mountainous planet of Belor IV.

Unclear to Taryn, Master Solen turned against her. Thrown from a cliff, saved only by the Force, she survived—just in time to witness her Master engage the Republic's own clone troopers in combat.

Believing her Master has fallen to darkness, Taryn races to the nearest Jedi Temple, determined to warn the Order of his treachery. But unknown to her, the galaxy has already changed...

That was indeed my intent. Thanks for the pointers. I did fix it like that lo make it look better.

We will regularly need to frame the scene where another PC finds themself, but let's steer clear of saying what another PC actually does in that scene.

Purely as an example, the scene with Sera and Ka'el [ref] was well set, but it did not need to say that anyone other than Sera dismantled their lightsaber, that could have been open or assumed. And we should avoid saying that another character 'reaches for weapons', especially if we are also saying they 'forgot something important like that their lightsaber was dismantled'. Maybe their instinct is not to reach for a weapon?

Think about how far you would need to be pushed before you speak up and push back against 'small things' that were forced on your character. Don't put others in the position where they need to speak up.

Agreed and understood. Editing now!

Drgwen: I assume Findal and Jindal are the same person [ref]? Let's go with 'Findal' as that is what the others have adopted?

Whoops! Typo. Yes, with an F.

I think QTpi is gonna be Sera's emotional support droid.

Is Taryn staying inside the 'safe room'? Or is she stepping out the door to 'greet' the enemy?

Changing a post after it has been read (which means any time after it has been posted to the internet) means that some people won't know that there is new content, and won't respond. Some people will think it is still the old way, confusion ensues.

Instead, rather add a new post, with the new content. That way we get notifications and we can clearly see what has changed.

c.f.: Don't Edit

For clarity, can we use "quotation" marks around spoken words, and also state in the text that we are speaking (and to whom, if relevant). So: "We got to move." Voss says. (or 'says with urgency', as appropriate.:)
You tell me. Add any elements to the scene that you want to see.

If none of you feel competent to fly under these circumstance, then one of the NPCs will be able to, but then the story becomes about keeping them alive long enough to get you off this station.

If you can fly, and get a ship, then the story sorta becomes about keeping it, or about what you can do with it (you are a ship-capable crew). If you manage to get the fighter Taryn came in on as well, then you are a crew with a ship (of some sort) and an escort fighter, and that becomes the story... till you lose them and have to shift gears again... Thus it is.

Stealing a ship means risk, ongoing ones with people hunting you down. Keeping the registered Jedi fighter makes you recognisable... everything has pros and cons.

Stealing a ship is a great way to go. And I do hope we get to convincingly find an excuse to fly one. Taryn's fighter was basically Droid-Guided. So assuming she can tell the Droid to ignore these trap-guide-beacons, she can fly that one.

I am sure we can work something out ... if we will can get to the fighter. While the clones did not 'follow' you here, they know that is a Jedi ship, and they will probably be watching it (and possibly the hyperspace ring, though, maybe only after they realise the ship is missing?).

I would love to play as a member of a ship-capable crew.

We can definitely do that, when and where it is 'appropriate' for the story and the fun. It could come and go (or it could be another member of the crew (a la Firefly, or Scum and Villainy)).

It is up to us if we start (the next part) with such capabilities. We could just as easily start as a ship-desiring crew and need to play to get a ship, or we can start with a ship (or two) and need to play to keep the ship(s).

Whatever style of story the group is most keen on is what we do, we don't have a rulebook, but we also don't have a settings book telling us what happens and what we face. :)

So, 'the plan' [ref] is:

1. Launch all the escape pods to distract the clone troopers and draw them away from the hangar bay.
2. Infiltrate the hangar bay and assume enough control to try get the ships.
3. Find- and take control of a ship (or two)
4. Get away on that (those) ship(s).
5. Profit?

1. does not seem like it would be a challenge for someone like Sera. You can narrate that being done and make your way to the hangar (or hangars, up to you).

When you get to the hangar, we can see how well your tactic worked. (But I don't see that anything you do here will drastically affect the number of clones left in your hangar? Right? So no need to make a roll here.)

At that point (point 2 and onwards) we may need to make rolls, based on what you do and how you approach the situation. You may be able to further trick more clones out, or your noise may attract them all back... 'up to you'.