Ariadne Guardpost Ii: The Evolution
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Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9807Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Follow-up to the A.G. RPG</div> <b>Following up on the <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=6&t=32247' target='_blank'>Ariadne Guardpost</a> roleplay, which went pretty well I think, I'm starting a new thread to host the sequel. Rules are as follows. Red ones are new from last time, rest is just like before.
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<li>When joining the story. Get yourself a character (a marine one, having characters on only one side makes it easier to keep the story straight). Make sure you decide who your character is, give him a heart and a personality. That makes him/her able to become a part of the story.
<li>When posting in-character(action or speech) text, do so in colored text. Use a color that no one else uses. If all colors are taking, use bold text or something, just make sure to chose a color so it's not confused with OOC text. This helps compensate for the lack of a real face and makes it easier to distinguish characters to keep an overview of the story.
<li>Follow the standard posting formats. Actions your character performs are written in asterisks(e.g. *goes to the table*), things your character says are written in quotation marks(e.g. "Hello, who are you"). <span style='color:red'>Text in brackets (e.g. [tries to open hatch]) is things your character attempts to do, like killing aliens or hacking stuff. I'll post later what works and what doesnt</span>. Out-of-character text is written in bold text, this is text that isnt a part of your characters actions(try to avoid too much of that, use it when you have something to ask or suggest)
<li>Remember that you are not a hero.</b> You aren't supposed to save the day. In novels and fan-fics, a hero who saves the day is allright, but in this thread every character is the main character to his owner. if every one of them were going to save the day, and all of them wanted to be the first to do it, no story would ever develop. An example is the first roleplaying game we tried, first time they encountered the kharaa, they were overrun with the whole alien team, with onos', fades and lerks, and everyone wanted to try and save the team, so the next 40 posts were about everyone performing heroic actions against those aliens. Needless to say, I've never seen anything that pointless and boring. <b>Try considering that a character who runs away often adds far more to the story than one who just lifts his gun and fires, trusting that the great god will make sure he is still alive afterwards because he is a character in the story.</b>
<li><b>Don't take over the story.</b> You are your own character, and ONLY your own character. Anything that is not your character, is MY domain. In the first roleplaying thread (before the A.G.), I had people posting things like: *I call the tsa, they reply that they will send a dropship*, or *I lift my gun to shoot at the alien, and it dies*. We are on a forum where not everyone is online at the same time. You have to accept that it takes a LOOONG time for the story to develop. A battle can easily take a few real days, because a lot of people have to do things and the targets have to reply, and the first people react, and so on. Have patience, it'll reward you with a better story in the end.
<li><b>Take part in the story that's already there, don't try to create a new one.</b> I know it's tempting to try and trigger new happenings, but we'll end up with a lot of things going on and none of them having depth. One of the main problems in roleplaying is the risk of ending up with everyone starting to do their own thing, and no one ending anything. While doing something new might sometimes be neccesary, remember that replying or reacting to something another character did enhances the story and provides depth, while doing something new yourself removes depth. So, the basic rule to follow here is <b>read the last couple of posts and determing what <u>your character</u> would do in such a situation.</b> If someone is killed, would your character get shocked, would he run, would he get angry or would he do something else? If you're in a battle, don't just post *I shoot at the alien* just like the last 10 guys, because that's damn boring. Read what the last few posts did, and determine what to do about that.
<li><span style='color:red'>Send me a PM with a description of your skills (Medical skills, technical skills, skills with computers, physical fitness, strength, weapon training and other things worth noting). I'll use it to find out what your character is able to actually do (stronger characters are more likely to be able to open doors and so on). I will balance out the skills, so no one comes out of it stronger than everyone else. For instance, a player that claims to be a master at everything with no weaknesses whatsoever will end up being average everywhere, no stronger than one who claimed to suck at everything. But a character with a low physical fitness will be better at other areas.</span>
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<b>I assume I'm going to act as dungeon master again. Just tell me if some of you want to give it a try instead.</b>
<i>It is evening in the mess room of the newly established guardpost in the Jessen system. Excited talking fills the room. 4 days ago, a squad of frontiersmen returned from a failed mission on the W.T.Hell. After being troughoutly decontaminated, the survivors have spend several days being interviewed by frontiersmen officers, and rumors have start to spread about a new aliens evolution being able to do things it was previously thought they would be unable to do. In addition to this, a huge reinforcement ship arrived 5 hours ago, and the recruits sent to replace the losses from the recent battle have only just finished unpacking. The survivors are sitting by a table at the end of the hall, and the people spread around the hall frequently turn to look at them while talking.</i>
<ul>
<li>When joining the story. Get yourself a character (a marine one, having characters on only one side makes it easier to keep the story straight). Make sure you decide who your character is, give him a heart and a personality. That makes him/her able to become a part of the story.
<li>When posting in-character(action or speech) text, do so in colored text. Use a color that no one else uses. If all colors are taking, use bold text or something, just make sure to chose a color so it's not confused with OOC text. This helps compensate for the lack of a real face and makes it easier to distinguish characters to keep an overview of the story.
<li>Follow the standard posting formats. Actions your character performs are written in asterisks(e.g. *goes to the table*), things your character says are written in quotation marks(e.g. "Hello, who are you"). <span style='color:red'>Text in brackets (e.g. [tries to open hatch]) is things your character attempts to do, like killing aliens or hacking stuff. I'll post later what works and what doesnt</span>. Out-of-character text is written in bold text, this is text that isnt a part of your characters actions(try to avoid too much of that, use it when you have something to ask or suggest)
<li>Remember that you are not a hero.</b> You aren't supposed to save the day. In novels and fan-fics, a hero who saves the day is allright, but in this thread every character is the main character to his owner. if every one of them were going to save the day, and all of them wanted to be the first to do it, no story would ever develop. An example is the first roleplaying game we tried, first time they encountered the kharaa, they were overrun with the whole alien team, with onos', fades and lerks, and everyone wanted to try and save the team, so the next 40 posts were about everyone performing heroic actions against those aliens. Needless to say, I've never seen anything that pointless and boring. <b>Try considering that a character who runs away often adds far more to the story than one who just lifts his gun and fires, trusting that the great god will make sure he is still alive afterwards because he is a character in the story.</b>
<li><b>Don't take over the story.</b> You are your own character, and ONLY your own character. Anything that is not your character, is MY domain. In the first roleplaying thread (before the A.G.), I had people posting things like: *I call the tsa, they reply that they will send a dropship*, or *I lift my gun to shoot at the alien, and it dies*. We are on a forum where not everyone is online at the same time. You have to accept that it takes a LOOONG time for the story to develop. A battle can easily take a few real days, because a lot of people have to do things and the targets have to reply, and the first people react, and so on. Have patience, it'll reward you with a better story in the end.
<li><b>Take part in the story that's already there, don't try to create a new one.</b> I know it's tempting to try and trigger new happenings, but we'll end up with a lot of things going on and none of them having depth. One of the main problems in roleplaying is the risk of ending up with everyone starting to do their own thing, and no one ending anything. While doing something new might sometimes be neccesary, remember that replying or reacting to something another character did enhances the story and provides depth, while doing something new yourself removes depth. So, the basic rule to follow here is <b>read the last couple of posts and determing what <u>your character</u> would do in such a situation.</b> If someone is killed, would your character get shocked, would he run, would he get angry or would he do something else? If you're in a battle, don't just post *I shoot at the alien* just like the last 10 guys, because that's damn boring. Read what the last few posts did, and determine what to do about that.
<li><span style='color:red'>Send me a PM with a description of your skills (Medical skills, technical skills, skills with computers, physical fitness, strength, weapon training and other things worth noting). I'll use it to find out what your character is able to actually do (stronger characters are more likely to be able to open doors and so on). I will balance out the skills, so no one comes out of it stronger than everyone else. For instance, a player that claims to be a master at everything with no weaknesses whatsoever will end up being average everywhere, no stronger than one who claimed to suck at everything. But a character with a low physical fitness will be better at other areas.</span>
</ul>
<b>I assume I'm going to act as dungeon master again. Just tell me if some of you want to give it a try instead.</b>
<i>It is evening in the mess room of the newly established guardpost in the Jessen system. Excited talking fills the room. 4 days ago, a squad of frontiersmen returned from a failed mission on the W.T.Hell. After being troughoutly decontaminated, the survivors have spend several days being interviewed by frontiersmen officers, and rumors have start to spread about a new aliens evolution being able to do things it was previously thought they would be unable to do. In addition to this, a huge reinforcement ship arrived 5 hours ago, and the recruits sent to replace the losses from the recent battle have only just finished unpacking. The survivors are sitting by a table at the end of the hall, and the people spread around the hall frequently turn to look at them while talking.</i>
Comments
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*I finish unpacking the few goods I've brought with me. I make sure my personal sidearm and my favorite knife are there, amongst my luggage. After putting everything in order, I stroll out of the small room and walk towards the recreation room, feeling good for finally been able to do as I please... well, sort of....
As I go by the end of the hall, I stop to listen to the stories fo the vets. The more I listen, the more my hair stands up. And I think to myself: "This is just freakin' great, in what kind of crap have I just gotten myself into?"*</span></i>
"It might have been a few days, but I still have the aftertaste of Frosty's noodles in my mouth. So tasty...<!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->"
*stops grinning when I notice a greenie looking at me*
"Hmm, think our little stint on the W.T. Hell gave us a bit of notoriety. Most likely was because we survived something equivalent to a three hive onslaught."
*sighs*
"Ah well, at least we're better off now than we were before. The cooks have been able to make some decent stuff now, since this GuardPost is more 'valuable' in the eyes of the upper brass."
*takes a spoonful of a Frosted Flakes ripoff*
"Mmm, oversugared to give marines the extra hyper rush then need...bleh, it's addicting <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->."
*starts to finish the bowl*
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"Yo!, how do? what's goin' on here, ya know?, I jus' came in' with the fresh meat, I mean, reinforcements..."</i></span>
<b><span style='color:purple'>
" Heh Delta it's just a kiddys cereal, try porridge, nice when you add a pot full of sugar."
*Helps him self to some MRE porridge. Pours half a pot of sugar in it.*
" You any other ideas to get rid off this taste ?"
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<span style='color:gray'><u>*Gets out of the room where I was being interogated*
"They are just a pain in the ****"
*Goes back to the room and gets the vodka bottle. Heads to the mess hall*
"Hey Sparks, Terran! How was your 'interview' with the officers?"
*gets the porridge and sits down on a table*
"Food!! God, this is good. Poridge and vodka. Anyone wants some vodka? It takes some of the taste of the porridge.
*pours vodka in the porridge, and takes a drink of the vodka*"</u></span>
<span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='color:orange'>*Spilled coffee on self* "Thats the LAST time I'm drinking coffee." *goes over by Delta and the others*</span></span>
" Hey Quaunaut, you guys want any toast ?"</b></span>
"Oh, well...it was unique. The officer was acting a bit 'homosexualerotic' though. Starting asking me if I had a girlfriend, where I lived, and if my quarters were free during the night for another interview. Odd guy. Thank god the timer rang and the next guy went in for his appointment <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif'><!--endemo-->."
*sighs*
"The places officers are coming in from now...god."
*me brings another spoonful of Frosted Flakes up to my mouth, only to find the spoon and bowl finished*
" <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> My god! I've run out of Frosted Flakes..."
*grabs my bowl and spoon, runs up to get in line for more*
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" I showed mine who's boss, at the end of it all i was asking the questions, very enetertaining. Prehaps the officer heard of your dancing experience Delta hehe."
*Get's up and comes back with toast and a pot of tea.*
" You guys want a refill ?"
*Munches on toast.*
" Who's being interrigated now ?"</b></span>
"guys...."
*Holds up a glass of beer*
"A toast.... For, Lucid and the rest..."
*Drinks Up*
*Quiet*</span>
*Rubs tear from eye.*
" To brave soldiers, may we learn from them."
*Raises mug.*</b></span>
"Aye, and to Headcrab. He wasn't killed, but whatever happened to him in court must have been...not fun."
*takes a swig of milk*
"Eh, ran out of b33r."
*me pats Silent on the back*
"Come now, casulties were rather light, I mean, we only lost 1...2 people in there? And it was against Hive 3 aliens. Pretty good if you ask me. Besides, many a casulties were from FF incidents, sadly, in exception of Penguin who tried to kill us, but it was all good in the end. Lucid, sadly, took off his helmet and got hit by a burst from a misplaced CZU."
*sighs*
"Well, that's contradictory, we should of lost nobody then...hermph..."
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" Anyone ever heard from Ed? Miss the guy."
*Drinks from mug. Listen to Deltas speech.*
" Agreed. Shame about Penguin."
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"Hello."</span>
"Hey guys, you miss me?"
</span>
*me sees two people come in from the doorway*
"Ello...*glances at nametag* Jaeger. Nice meeting you. Welcome to the Jessen System Station. I'm Terran, but people seem to refer to me by my previous unit association with the 75th Delta Infantry till the TSA kidnapped my ****."
*me shakes his hand*
*sees a familer figure out of the corner out of the corner of my eye*
"Ed? What in blue hell? I thought you said you were going to be a prison gnome till you were fifty? Either way, what are you doing here, and whats with the orange arm band?"
*me runs off and returns with a mug of beer for each of the two*
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*I walk towards Terran and the rest of the team, and I extend my hand to them*
"Hi. I'm part of the new meat... err... reinforcement stuff. Nice to meet ya'll"
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"Sorry about that, It's a pleasure to meet you, would you like to meet Wynona?"
*Ed thinks about his emmence luck that day, being assigned to the squad that rescued him, finding his case amongst the debris, and recovering Ferrin and the Twins before they got recycled. The TSA brass were pretty happy to have 3 new dropships, and one pilot for all 3...*
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"Hi Terran, Crab. Hi Cyberoptic. As a matter of fact, I'm new here too. Just got assigned from Epsilon Expeditionary. Sounds like you guys had a hell of a fight here. Nice to hear you made it out alive."
*glances at the mug*
"You sure this is regulation? The cook over there looks a little like he's got the 'lazy eye', if you know what I mean."</span>
"Hi Jaeger. Naw, don't count me in, I'm just fresh meat, same as you."
*I light a cigarrette. And look at the cook, look back at the mug."
"Man, that's the firs' drink I've seen in years."</span></i>
"Hey guys. Shame they declined my interview...seeing as how i was on the ship for a whole ten min. Got me all excited an' everything."
*Goes get food and the not-so-magic b33r*
"Anyone wanna have a go at Onos raping after this?"</span></u>
*Downs rest of beer*
"Better than nothing i guess."
*Walks towards VR storage*
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*drops his empty beer mug into a sanitizer unit, picks up his bag and turns to follow Crab out the door*</span>
<span style='color:gray'><span style='font-family:Arial'>"Ooh, Wynona. Who's She?" *he said, obviously not experienced. He didn't have any chance to see much on his first mission, so really, this was gonna be his first encounter. He jogs over to follow Crab, Jaeger, and Vragnor.*</span></span>
<span style='color:red'>
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*Enters through the blast doors, turning a few heads in curiosity*
"Hey, all... I'm with the reinforcements."
*Grabs a Mountain Dew. Takes a seat and slams beverage with extreme prejudice.*
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*Ed holds up the strange pistol*
" Remember the Revolver from the W.T. Hell? the tech boys recycled as much as they can, they call it the
"MN87 Kerzgev", Im going to retire her to the the collection after this, a way of putting the past behind me.."
*Ed puts a clip in and takes aim at a holographic Skulk downrange, he blows it away. He then removes the clip and emties the chamber, and places it in a satin lined box, he closes the lid and places it on the top shelf of the locker.*
"Who wants to fire off Wynona first?" </span>