Out of Character Thread

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Hey! Thanks for having me, Cel! Mecha Mecha High Mecha Hiney Ho!

Nothing like 10cm of durasteel between you and the cold embrace of vacuum to make you feel alive. :)

Egads. The first time I went through this book, I didn't realize quite how much my preexisting knowledge was filling in the gaps with this game. I'm gathering up the oddities in a list to send the writer, hopefully that'll smooth things out for future players. So, if you see anything weird, feel free to speak up.

Ironmonger, thanks for being here, since it made me read with a somewhat more critical eye after the first time.

It was mostly confusion. I am very familiar with monster of the week, but I just couldn't figure out how you get points in skin, steel, and soul, so I assumed that's what strive was talking about when it said it was part of those.

There are a couple of games that nicely summarize FitD mechanics on a page or two… feels like C&S is really missing that.

Looking at it again, they do mention one time how to know how many dice to roll for attributes, but it is easy to miss.

Sorry for the slow down, got called in for an unexpected job interview, I'm catching up now.

Good luck with the job application!

I hope you get the job and it's what you are looking for.

Got the job, freaking out.

Good for you! Happy for you!

Yahoo!

Put out expanded descriptions for the CASPR and ARES Crews, since those seem to be getting most of the attention. I intend to get to the rest as I have more time.

What is the main thing we need to get started? Do we need a high level of a mission so we can start preparing and heading out? It might be good to start with a very simple short mission so we can get our feet wet with the system

Sorry, the onboarding for the new job is a little more intensive than I expected. I don't even start 'til the 16th, I wasn't expecting them to issue me homework. Hopefully I get everything wrapped up tomorrow and I can get back on track.

All good, we just don't want a reasonably involved chargen process to stall us out.

Okay, finally got all those pesky responsibilities out of the way.

I think we're just about done, honestly. Should have an IC thread tonight or tomorrow, depending.

Sorry to keep you waiting, took me a little more time to pivot to a new opener than I thought.

Life, what a pain... :P

No worries, and woohoo!

All good, let's go! :)

Starting the new job this week, there might be a bit of a slowdown as I adapt to the new schedule. I'm not expecting any trouble though.

How are things going?

It's more of a mental load than I was expecting, but I am adapting. I've got the route down now, at least, now it's mostly about coping with the wild inconsistency of college town addresses. A shocking number of these places have three or more valid addresses, which makes sorting things a bit of a nightmare. Especially since people are dragging their feet on getting me the stuff I need (security passes, log-ins for the machines, a friggin' uniform...).

Oh, right, and I lost my house key somewhere out there today, so I had to go and make a copy off of one of the roomies. I've been poking at a post for a bit, but I'm not sure I'm going to get it ready to go before I sleep.

All good, just wanted to make sure there was no ghosting at play

I'm excited to play, but if this will not work out please tell me

Still working. Sitting down to polish up the post now. Initial attempt forgot to include the mechanical hooks.

Okay, we're back in business. I think I'll be able to get back to my 3/week schedule from here.

No worries and no pressure. We knew you were busy with the new job. Just didn't want you to forget about us. :)

Realizing that you guys are waiting on me because I failed to make something explicit.

I'm assuming that Seth's recon attempt ate up his 5-7 minute head start, allowing the rest of the squad to catch up with him.

This is a good time to select a Mission Plan so we can move towards getting this mission rolling.

Selecting a Mission Plan... remind us what that consists of? Is that a mechanic in the game?

Also, do the CASEs have designations, or do we have handles or code names?

How are things going with everyone?