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Nice progress, @Mahz.

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

and we have replied, @SpiritedDream.

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

~| Day 1: 21:03 - 21:18 GST |~
~| Outer Rim Territories |~

The kaggath dropped out of hyperspace before Miasa had even meditated for a quarter of an hour, though it dropped out some distance from her location. It took whatever naval officer that was piloting it no more than a few moments to locate the small beacon Miasa had dropped and to send the Kaggath in the appropriate direction. Within ten minutes, Miasa’s shuttle had successfully docked with the Kaggath.

When she disembarked, she noted with satisfaction that there was no troopers who had been ordered to escort her up to the Sith sector. She knew the way and troopers would just be in the way. Later on, she would find someone to bring her crates up so that her lab could be assembled, but she did not need those yet. The only thing she did not leave behind was the small box containing the item Darth Nyiss had requested. That particular item she secured on one of her bandoliers.

She slithered off the shuttle, activated the security protocols and moved to the nearest turbolift. She had a hand to deliver and some prisoners to meet. In the background as she left, she noted that another shuttle appeared to be arriving. She did not know who was on board, nor did she care at this point. She had no doubt she would learn eventually.

~| Day 1: 21:52 - 21:55 GST |~
~| Kaggath prison |~

The silence of the late evening in the prison was broken shortly after Lea finished her meditation. When she curiously wandered over to the other bunk room, she saw that several troopers had carried in an old Jedi. Though her hair was still black, she had to be ancient, at least in her mid thirties! At first, Lea thought there was nothing particularly familiar about her, seeing how she had never been all that good at recognizing people she’d not met more than a few times. But then suddenly the woman woke up and shouted out her name.

She stared confusedly at the woman for a full minute while trying to place her. Even after that minute, she couldn’t place the woman. She didn’t look like a healer and there were no signs of former major trauma, so she probably hadn’t met her on H’Ratth. That meant somewhere else. Probably somewhere in relation to her old master, the one Darth Nyiss had executed the day she was captured. She still couldn’t place the woman though.

“I am not dead. Why’d you think me dead, and who are you again?” she asked, a bit warily. Ral Shodon had failed her. He had not been able to fend off the Darth. He might not have been a bad teacher, but he had proven himself anything but flawless. But then, she had yet to meet anyone who could truly hold their own against Darth Nyiss.

~| Day 1: 21:56 - 21:59 GST |~
~| Kaggath prison |~

The hand having been delivered, Miasa chose to visit the prisons just before the scheduled night started. She could have waited, but it would be beneficial to let them think as they slept. She took the turbolift up to where the surveillance told her most of the prisoners were located. Once up, she slithered out, then raised herself high up.

“Night is coming, Jedi. Who among you shall have talks with me in the morning. Discuss amongst yourselves. Decide by the time the clock strikes seven thirteen [07:13], for then I shall return…” She hissed out, then turned about and took the turbolift back down. She did not see fit to let any of them answer, though she looked at each to momentarily gauge their reactions before departing.

She did not need to sleep for several days now, but she had prisoners to study. She went to the Sith common room, where she entered the sealed-off section containing the surveillance systems and the database containing all that was known (and noted down) about the prisoners.

Mahz's Dev Journal

@datadogie This is planned as a possible feature to add in the extended GM toolkit, but we'll add it to the list for that so its not forgotten by accident.

Mahz's Dev Journal

It is planned for eventual implementation, @Melkor. When that will happen is not a sure thing yet, though.

How do you make a good formula for war without it being too gamey or number crunching?

There are plans in place for building a dice system to be used on the guild, but for now it is still only plans.

How do you make a good formula for war without it being too gamey or number crunching?

We can see the benefits of having clear numbers for military strength, but just when you think you know who will win without a doubt, it turns out the seemingly losing party has a John Rambo on their side who single-handedly eats a quarter of the other army for breakfast.

Essentially, numbers can give a good idea, but unless you're playing a computer game with locked stats, you can't be sure who will win even with the numbers. Much easier to flip a coin.

Donations.

we believe at least a few of those most interested in providing donations are the kind who don't want anything "useful" for it. Some don't even want to be recognized for it, @Mahz. For them, the community and site thriving is reward enough.

We think the best sort of "reward" would be on the level of a trophy. Having functions/features only available to those who donate risks ending up in creating a community that excludes those who cannot afford to donate. Of those able to donate at all, some might also only be able to donate on a highly irregular basis, which would kinda ruin the effect of temporarily granted privileges for those.

In our entirely personal opinion, rather than the impersonal one above, we don't like the idea of the "full experience" of the guild not being free people of all levels of personal economy. Where "regular" computer games, especially the more advanced ones, cost money to buy, the act of writing stories (alone or with others) doesn't. That is one of the best features roleplaying has when put up against graphic games. In principle you can roleplay just as well on a 15-20-year old computer as you can on a €200,000 gaming rig. Same goes with internet connections. Fast or slow, plain text the way PBP RPs are based upon, the load time is never all that great.

Mahz's Dev Journal

indenting the lines would do wonders for browsing it mahz. the other ideas we threw up were for a later evolution.

a bit note up top that all log times are in UTC might also help prevent a lot of confused users.

Mahz's Dev Journal

On the chat log, @Mahz...

Right now, browsing it can be a bit tricky, due to the plain text nature.

Suggestion:
Make the logs have "columns".
One column for date, one for time, one for nick speaking, one for message. If message stretches over multiple lines, start second line of it indented to the same distance as the first is.

Coloration. while it might be a bit rainbowey, nicks will be easier to track down if colored same as in the chat itself.
Is it impractical to have the log system tag [@Mentions] of your nick the same way in the log as it does in the chat itself? (i.e. highlit background) Or would that be too cluttered-looking?