Worldcarrier Sigma OOC thread

Well I still haven't had a response from MolyNolds, so we might have to have a think about Dr. Z's fate if he doesn't want to play him anymore :/ But in happier news we may have a new starter joining us shortly!

Hello all, new starter reporting! I was having a little trouble navigating stuff before (this is my first gamersplane game) so I've not had a chance to read what's already here and catch up on everything. I'll get to that now, just wanted to say hi first. I was originally thinking a tech specialist for a character, but I'm told one of you is already playing that and I think especially if there are so few of us it's probably best for us to spread out our talents as much as possible -- besides, that makes sense for how you'd recruit a team like this, doesn't it? So before I get too deep into brainstorming another character idea I wanted to ask you guys if you feel like there's any significant gaps that need to be filled. I'm happy to play anything really, I just need to decide on something before I get excited about something else.

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Edit: ...Alright, I probably should've just read everything before posting the first time. So I get now that my question is coming at a bit of a weird time, not totally clear who's still in the party let alone what's missing. I'll just sit tight for a little bit and wait to see how everything settles with you guys before putting effort into fitting something in neatly. Still definitely interested, so I'll be keeping an eye out here.

I'm here and ready to roll again. Welcome, Irianne! With a group this small I believe we can all have a chance to shine even if our roles overlap. My suggestion would be to create whatever you are most excited to play and we'll mold the group dynamic around that.

One of the things I most appreciate about Exigency is the narrative flexibility it provides

Hi Irianne, glad to see more faces in the game! I'm sure Moldy'll be back, soon as the game's back on track.

As for gap-filling, I'd say just go with what you're interested in. I'm sure our tactics will shift to compensate. I recently read a very convincing argument that RPGs often shine when featuring characters with similar backgrounds and abilities, which you often don't get - what would a party of four Paladins in D&D be like? When the differences are more subtle, it lets you add nuance.

But, also, this so far seems like a heist-y action game, so no pressure either way :P

Okay, so, I'll happily backpedal on this if MN reappears between now and tomorrow night, but what I'll do is temporarily hijack Dr. Z and have him hide both himself and Nerves. Then I'll narrate the lift descending because that's long overdue.

I like to imagine your production designer grabbed a couple of lifts from Mass Effect 1 on the cheap.

Hah!

Okay so let's gameplan how to get back on track here

My gameplan was to throw bodies at the bomb, but now there's five of them and three of us! What do you think - surprise attack?

So, contradicting myself here but I wonder if we should have a thread for the "now" and relegate the Sigma raid itself to a side event, similar to the Arena simulation thread?

Because the main goal of the raid was just so everyone could get a handle on their characters but that's... not really happening due to the roster shake-up. And we already know the party foils the raid. Maybe a weird and inadvisable idea but if we jump forward to a point where everyone could feasibly be interacting together, well, everyone could dive in.

Any thoughts on what/who you'd like to play yet, Irianne?

I will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to get us on track!

Even POST IN ALL CAPS.

Life keeps throwing me for a loop guys, but I am still here. IC post this afternoon?

Maybe we should just call it, and try again later down the line? We're maybe better off not having a repeat of the wiki game, when we were lucky to get three posts in a month

aaaw. I'm saddened but I'd understand. Lemme know if things change :(.