Nitrogen
Force and Fury Member
Actually kind of mellow
STATUS: Shilling a good medieval fantasy: roleplayerguild.com/topics/… 4 yrs ago
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Shilling a good medieval fantasy: roleplayerguild.com/topics/…
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Don't mind me. Just shilling a thread: roleplayerguild.com/topics/…
4 yrs ago
So worried right now. My brother just got admitted to the hospital after swallowing six toy horses. Doctors say he's in stable condtion.
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Nice to meet you, Bored. I'm interested!
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Ugh. Someone literally stole the wheels off of my car. Gonna have to work tirelessly for justice.
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Bio
Oh gee! An age and a gender and interests and things. Yeah, I have those. Ain't no way I'm about to trigger an existential crisis by typing them all out, though. You can find out what a nerd I am on discord, okay?
Stay awesome, people.
Stay awesome, people.
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Banned for a double "ing" sentence. We're better than that here. You're better than that.
Welcome aboard, new person! You'll find all sorts here, from the toxic elite to the very relaxed, to everything every which way in between. Good luck with finding those of like mind. This is certainly the place to do it. Stay awesome!
Hey new person! Welcome aboard and happy to have you. This is a big enough place that I'm sure you'll be able to find at least a couple of others who share your interests. Here's hoping we get to write together sometime.
Welcome, my friend, welcome to the machine... (sorry, I had to)
Anyways, welcome (back) aboard, (not exactly) new person! Machines and all forms of transportation are pretty dope and a longtime obsession of mine growing up. Here's hoping we have the chance to write together in the future!
Anyways, welcome (back) aboard, (not exactly) new person! Machines and all forms of transportation are pretty dope and a longtime obsession of mine growing up. Here's hoping we have the chance to write together in the future!
Welcome aboard, new person! You wouldn't, be any stretch of the imagination, be an AoT fan, now wouldya? :P
Banned for slanderous suggestion again. I am no accomplice!
Priest
"Sienna, what is the current date and time?"
"Hello, Cam! The date is July 19, 2412. It is 3:26 PM in our current location."
"Sienna, what is my current location?"
"That's a good question. You are currently on the McAdam Campus of Invercargill University, in New London, Belgravia. If you'd like to know more about attractions, shopping, and places to eat, don't be afraid -"
"Sienna, where is the planet Humber located?"
"...I'm not sure that I heard you correctly. Did you say 'planet Humber'?"
"Yes, planet Humber."
"I'm sorry, Cam. I can't seem to find a planet with that name. Is it a location from an intellectual property that I don't have access to?"
"...Nevermind, Sienna. Thank you."
"I'm sorry I couldn't be of more assistance, Cam. If there's anything else I can help you with, just let me know!"
Three hundred years ago, our species nearly went extinct. The collapse of Earth's biosphere, brought on by human action including climate change, resulted in mass extinctions and cataclysmic natural disasters that drove us from our mother world. Yet, it is when our collective back is against the wall that humanity is often at its best. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all. With the eleventh hour development of cryosleep technology and the ICE (Ionic Corkscrew Electromagnetic) drive, near-lightspeed travel became possible and billions of people were able to leave their dying planet in a Great Escape. Entering cryosleep for the journey, they bypassed the bleak, marginal colony on Mars in colossal interstellar arks and woke up on brave new worlds.
Since then, the human race has blossomed, living among the stars. Dozens of new solar systems have been colonized and thriving civilizations built. With further innovation, we have shattered the cosmic 'speed limit' of lightspeed and, from the precipice of extinction, our population has recently broken the trillion mark.
And yet... this bold interstellar adventure that had once seemed like a science fiction dream is perhaps not so incredible as we'd imagined. Extraterrestrial life turned out to be rarer than expected, and of sentient life we haven't caught so much as a whiff. There are no Jedi, no space pirates, no phasers to be set to stun, and certainly no aliens. People go to work and school. They purchase property. They start families. They do it all under the watchful eye of governments and corporations. If the future is now, it is disappointingly mundane. Perhaps it is little surprise, then, that escapism flourishes in this context.
Enter the Golden World. Utilizing the hypernet and cognitive immersion techniques pioneered for the entertainment of ark crew members during the Great Escape, this vast near-utopian metaverse is indistinguishable from reality in its physics and sensory realism. Yet here, people can live and work free of disease, disability, hunger, and peril. Here, for a nominal price, people can be whatever they want to be and go wherever they want to go. A fireball-flinging wizard, cyberpunk vigilante, or mermaid songstress? A vacation in the world of Star Wars or Harry Potter? A trip through time and space? There is always a company that can make your dreams a reality. Indeed, the early twenty-fifth century is a period of thriving competition. With humanity's expansion into the stars, new corporations have formed and been given space to grow, while old ones have become titans, purchasing entire worlds (both real and simulated) free from the tyranny of government.
Yet, for reasons of fairness, the great simulation of the Golden World falls under the jurisdiction of an independent UN-sanctioned organization known as ICON (Interstellar Council of Neutrals). Not only does this body of programmers, engineers, psychologists, artists, and other experts administer the physical servers on the bleak backwater of Mars, they maintain and manage all in-simulation operations as well. With them in charge, life is pretty good.
That is, except in the case of one young man. Hours ago, graduate student Cam Vickers, hoping to save some money by traveling unlisted (under the table) on a chartered freighter, was on his way to the world of Humber for an in-person symposium. He had friends there who he was looking forward to seeing. That was... until the world disappeared as if it had never even existed. Indeed, when he asked some of the crew members, all that they could do was look at him strangely. "Humber?" they asked. "Never heard of it, but you'd better strap in, kid. We're about to leave hyperspace at Belgravia. That's you. That's where your big university thing is, right?"
T H E R O L E P L A Y____ __ _ _ _ _ _ _
"Sienna, where and when is this set?"
Good question, player! This RPG is a twin of Father Sky and will take place simultaneously and in direct continuity. Characters may not initially move between the two RPGs. However, this will change and be allowed as the RPG progresses.
"Sienna, what will we be doing, exactly?"
I'm glad you asked! The Golden World is a semi-hard sci-fi roleplay with two settings: a sandbox metaverse and a vaguely cyberpunk-esque real world with a slightly less dystopian flavour. Think a bit of Ready Player One with shades of The Matrix. Players will have the ability to opt into a driving central mystery that will unfold and be revealed through the actions of player characters in both RPGs. In general, I am looking for a group of four in each of the two games. Depending on interest, you may or may not be able to run characters in both.
"Sienna, what is expected of me?"
Yes, that's an important one. In terms of commitment, consider this high casual. A minimum of three paragraphs will be expected along with at least one post per week. I understand that English is not everybody's first language, but please try to use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Should you be inactive without notice in the game thread and on discord for more than two weeks, your participation will be considered to have ended. I know that life happens. No worries and no guilt. I understand completely. Please communicate, though.
"Sienna, since this is a metaverse, can I do pretty much whatever I want?"
Well, yes, more or less, but please remember to observe all of the usual rules about metagaming, powerplaying, and conducting yourself with decency. Of course, I wouldn't expect any problems from you, but I have to offer that disclaimer. The main rule here is just to be a good faith actor. If you're not, you will be warned. If it persists, you will be kicked. Inactive player characters may be taken over by myself, by other players, or may be killed off.
"Sienna, how do I actually join?"
Righto, player! That's the most important question of all and it might be a little different than you're used to. For this game, it is important that you submit your Character Sheets through DM only, to myself and my Co-GMs @Medili and @pantothenic. Do not post them in this thread or in the OOC (if/when it opens) until you are approved. I will announce approved CSes one week after the submission deadline, which is currently TBA. At that point, the discord will open as well. For your convenience, a raw code character sheet template can be found below.
D I S C O V E R F A T H E R S K Y____ __ _ _ _ _
A D V E N T U R E A W A I T S__ __ _ _
?QUERY=DATE:
...7-19-2412
?QUERY=LOCATION:
...SEDGEPLAINS-NEW-ARABIA-MARS
?QUERY=SERVER-STATUS:
...SERVER-ERROR
?QUERY=ERROR-REPORT:
...POWER-OUTAGE
The year is 2412 and, after the near complete ecological collapse of Earth, humanity has taken its place among the stars. Left behind when the interstellar arks departed two hundred years ago, our species' colony on Mars - the very first of its kind - has soldiered grimly on, finding new purpose as home to the server complexes that house a vast metaverse known as the Golden World. So important has this great simulation been deemed to the social, cultural, and economic well-being of the human species that Mars has been designated a sanctuary. One would think that would be a good thing...
In practice, it means that Mars is and shall remain nothing more than a colony: its entire purpose to serve the needs of the Golden World. Administered from a massive gated compound by a UN-sanctioned organization known as ICON (Interstellar Council Of Neutrals), the red planet is an island unto itself, with access severely restricted and the populace closely monitored. All high-level server operations are treated with extreme secrecy and the reasons for this are a cause of much speculation.
Daily life for Mars' four million inhabitants is often a mixture of hovering peril and crushing boredom. The atmosphere of this semi-terraformed world is tenuous and only thick enough to be breathable within the Mariner Valley and a handful of other lowlands. Crop growth is difficult in the thin, nutrient-poor soil and, during harsh Martian winters, night temperatures can plummet past one hundred degrees below zero.
The single most important piece of infrastructure for these people, however, is the series of one hundred eighty liquid metal convection engines that provide the world with its artificial magnetic field. These are nearly three centuries old and, through a mixture of neglect, cost-cutting measures, and corporate greed, they have begun to fail. Inhabitants are almost certain that the continued operation of the mostly-robotically run servers will be prioritized over their well-being, and they have tried to make their voices heard. The Green Hand, a citizens' alliance and protest movement, was formed to bring attention to their concerns, only for it to be labeled a terrorist organization by the ICON-appointed government. From within their walled compound, they warned that any harm done to the servers would be considered legal murder and made punishable by death.
Terrorists, Martians were called, for valuing human life over what is ultimately an entertainment platform. Terrorists they became. All across Mars, from the cities of the Mariner Valley to the rice paddies of New Arabia, the Arcadian Highlands, and the remote, windswept shores of the Hellenic Sea, clandestine cells have sprung up. On July 18, 2412, despite suffering heavy casualties at the hands of its automated defenses, members of the Green Hand succeeded in breaching the power supply of one of the server complexes. In an instant, one tenth of the simulated world winked out of existence and the galaxy was given no choice but to listen to them.
T H E R O L E P L A Y____ __ _ _ _ _ _ _
...1=This RPG is a twin of The Golden World and will take place simultaneously and in direct continuity. Characters may not initially move between the two RPGs. However, this will change as the story progresses.
...2= Father Sky is a semi-hard sci-fi roleplay with a driving central conflict and a mystery that will unfold and be revealed through the actions of player characters in both RPGs. Think of The Expanse with some elements of Total Recall. In general, I am looking for a group of four in each of the two games. Depending on interest, you may or may not be able to run characters in both.
...3= In terms of commitment, consider this high casual. A minimum of three paragraphs will be expected along with at least one post per week. I understand that English is not everybody's first language, but please try to use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Should you be inactive without notice in the game thread and on discord for more than two weeks, your participation will be considered to have ended. I understand that life happens. No worries and no guilt. I get it. Please communicate, though.
...4= Please observe all of the usual rules about metagaming, powerplaying, and conducting yourself with decency. You people are pretty chill, but a GM has to cover their ass, right? The main rule here is just to be a good faith actor. If you're not, you will be warned. If it persists, you will be kicked. Inactive player characters may be taken over by myself, by other players, or may be killed off.
...5= It is important that you submit your Character Sheets through DM only, to myself and my Co-GMs @Medili and @pantothenic. Do not post them in this thread or in the OOC, when it opens, until you are approved. I will announce approved CSes one week after the submission deadline, which is currently TBA. At that point, the discord will open as well. For your convenience, a raw code character sheet template can be found below.
E N T E R T H E G O L D E N W O R L D____ __ _ _ _ _
M A R S A W A I T S____ __ _ _ _ _
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