Chapter One: Operation Dark Thrall

We're all still working the kinks out, and I know there is a varying degree of experience in this game when it comes to playing Star Wars, or simply doing so in a PbP environment; my first SW PbP experience had a bit of a learning curve so I imagine some of you may have one as well. Please carefully read the latest message in OOC General Chat on how to post your dice rolls and skill checks. If you don't understand how to post skill checks and dice rolls after reading it, please ask me via OOC General or PM. Also, the Library is there as a reference for you. It should be able to answer most, if not all, of your questions about the game.

Below are some friendly reminders:

Meribson, your Medicine check was yours to roll. It still is (I'll roll it for you if you don't do so before I post).
CCL, your Influence Force power has an attached Discipline check (using Rules as Written), and you should have rolled it.
Tefmon, your Foresee power check should have come with a Perception roll (even though you're not using it due to lack of dark side points, your Perception roll should have been attached. This would allow me to fully resolve the Foresee if you had force points to use).

Also, in general you'll find that I post early in the day, as a means of resolving your actions from the day before. I'll try to be predicatble in this way so you can get used to a pattern. I haven't posted in the narrative yet as I've been addressing how skill checks and such need to be handled. I'll be posting resolutions to your actions in the narrative soon.

Some rolls for skill checks:

Hawke's Medicine: In addition to healing 5 Wounds and 5 Strain with Krosus' stimpack (they heal both in our game), I'll also allow that the stimpack adds a boost dice to Hawke's Medicine skill check to stabilize the Neimoidian. Essentially Hawke is rolling to heal the Neimoidian's Critical Injury: Missing Arm, and the stimpack facilitates success as part of the procedure.

As a learning point for some of you, one of you could have added another boost dice to the roll via an assist of some kind that made sense (e.g., I help position and prop up the body to assist Hawke). Working together can be useful. More on skilled/unskilled assistance can be found in the Library under the 'Basics'. It can only help your cause.

Krosus' Influence: (this roll will apply and be resolved, as the stimpack was enough to bring the Neimoidian back to consciousness; Hawke's efforts will simply help the Neimoidian be less traumatized and more grateful. Also, as helping the Neimoidian is part of the group's self-interest, it won't count for conflict.).

Meribson, you haven't looked fro cybernetics on corpses yet as you were still attending to the Neimoidian's wounds. Let actions resolve before moving along to other actions; otherwise, it leads to what we currently have with a couple of you doing things out of time.

In the future everyone, wait for the right time for actions. Don't make assumptions. Wait for me to resolve the previous game day and your actions before moving on. I will try to post as early as possible in the current game day to allow you more time to read and post your own character's actions. I adjusted for Krosus, Hawke scavenging for cybernetics just didn't fit as he wouldn't have just walked from the Neimoidian given his reaction and fits, and the only reason Tajanna's decision to check out the datapad works is because she walked away before the efforts to revive the Neimoidian began in earnest. I tried to make it work the best that I could. Again, in the future, when your character has actions, please wait for them to resolve. Things just won't make sense in PbP sometimes when you do so. For example, you can't ask questions or use Influence powers when someone's still unconscious, and doing so looks strange in the narrative (as it is out of time), especially if he never comes to.

If anything, as part of what your character is doing, in less complex situations you can attach an OOC in the narrative telling me what you would like to do if somethings does happen I'm fine with that, as long as it isn't too complex, as it can help move along the game, avoiding using an entire post for something simple. For example, you might write in OOC at the bottom of you narrative post: "Once I get the bartender's attention, I'd like to ask him 'Have you seen Darth Vader?"; this will be much more effective than me devoting a post to the bartender coming to serve you, and then you're addition of another entire post to ask such a simple question.

Also, regarding your Influence CCL (and for anyone that has the Control power aka 'Jedi Mind Trick'), as a simple clarification: For Influence, Light Side points are used to create positive feelings such as friendliness or kindness, Dark Side points for negative such as fear or hate; both, however, can be used to create neutral responses, such as creating confusion or getting them to believe a simple untruth (a simple lie). In this case CCL, your Dark Side points allow for your the untruth portion (which was your primary aim), but will not convey positive feelings (not that I think you we're going for that, just making sure everyone is aware in general how these mechanics work going forward.

With Hawke's Mental Tools talent, we'll assume a cutter of some kind. It isn't necessarily the quickest work though, and you ultimately discern that only two of the parts are really worth salvaging, as the rest are of extremely poor quality. In fact, all of the prosthetics are not quite fitted for their owner, which was strange, as cybernetics, attached properly, are custom fitted. Choose and keep any 2 from the list above. Let me know which ones you'd like and where they're going on the ship (I'm assuming you wouldn't keep them on you as your ET is near max and each limb is 3 encumbrance. We'll also assume you store them in some kind of bag, until you get the chance to really clean them...