A winterland plotting interest gather/discussion post!!1

[devotedtothecore]

HELLO FRIENDS hope you had a merry winter holidays! A new year is coming, and with it, a new year to plot. Now that the Exsilium story has hit a chapter in which Transports are pretty much running the show for the time being, but it's been a pretty busy time of year for many, it seems like it might be handy to have an OOC get-together to throw around some ideas on Big Stuff For Characters To Do Together, to catch up on plot-and-subplot details (of which I'm not clear on the entirety of myself), for announcements/interestgathers for subplot ideas, and for general asking of questions that other people besides our mods might be able to help answer.

So without further ado:



WINTERLAND SHENANIGANS NEW YEAR'S EVE (AND AFTER) PLOTTING PARTY

Check out the toplevel categories of stuff in the comments, or start your own if I missed any!

Comments

Re: BIG PLOTTING/SHENANIGAN IDEAS AND DISCUSSION

[maddeninghatter]

STATE OF THE UE - intelligence gathering:

Options include:
1. Ask the AI to compile satellite data about the surface, and seek out heat signatures and other information about installations there, military or otherwise. Probably this information is encrypted, so perhaps computer hacker type characters would be useful for this. Other characters with military strategy experience could perhaps interpret the data.
2. Get in the spaceship and fly by areas of interest as determined by #1 above. Pilot characters would be especially well-suited for this.
3. Use the transporter pad and hologram technology to slip into areas of interest as narrowed down by #2. Ninja-type characters, assassins, spies, and telepaths would be very useful here.

Base Building:
The Creepy Castle could serve as this temporarily. The entire Museum section is underground, no windows, so it could serve fairly well as a bomb shelter (beware of falling art, however). It also was a large hotel, so if characters are interested in renovating a room, they could stay there as long as they like.

[ETA]

And how about a mission to ELMER'S WORLD to see if it's still a wasteland? This could be a preamble to trying to go home for good.

[resolve]

Mostly I just want to unhelpfully +1 this comment, because this all reads really nicely to me.

I think it's a good plan for gathering intelligence on the current state of the UE, and allows opportunities for a lot of characters with various skill sets to get involved! And I like the idea of doing it in three phases like that. I'm down with the idea of a mission to Elmer's world, too, if that's a thing that can be done, since there are probably a fair number of characters (Katniss here included) that would actively work toward the goal of going home for good if the UE isn't a threat to their own worlds anymore.

[maddeninghatter]

How much does Katniss know of technology? Break would be hard-pressed to propose option #1 because haha pseudo-Victorian.

It has occurred to him to use the spaceship or the transporter pad for intelligence-gathering purposes, but how to narrow down where to start looking is the major sticking point.

If you're interested, Break and Katniss should talk!

[resolve]

Hmm... Katniss has some exposure to futuristic technology kind of stuff because of her time in the Capitol/the Hunger Games and (briefly) District 13. But that exposure mostly comes in the form of stuff like trackers, hovercrafts, force fields, genetically engineered murder animals, etc. (basically, Panem is a lovely place that invests most of its resources in finding new ways to kill people, ahaha). As such, I'm not sure she'd have the technological knowledge to suggest the satellite thing either, unfortunately. We'd need to rope in a more techno-savvy person to figure out part 1, probably, but she's definitely down with doing recon with the transporter pad and all that.

I'm definitely interested in having them talk! We should totally figure out how to set that in motion c:

[maddeninghatter]

Perhaps they can run into one another at the creepy castle?

Also, does Katniss have any CR with techno-savvy people who would have an idea about satellites? Unfortunately most of Break's CR is... sort of.... clueless in that regard, haha.

[commentboxtroll]

re: Elmer's world!

Caesar was just talking about this with Elmer, too, haha. I think we might want to wait for a better idea of what the UE's status currently is before trying that, because with how the events that led to the destruction now never happened, there's a high chance they'd just be leading the UE back for round #2.

Although that's something Caesar would just argue over IC, should it come up. Not saying it can't be discussed or anything.

[maddeninghatter]

Yes, that makes sense. Perhaps returning to Elmer's World could come after the UE intelligence-gathering missions, and could happen or not based on what they find out.

I don't think this is going to be anything big, but!

[senseandcecilbility]

As a side note, Kevin has been involved (or is probably going to be involved) in both State of the UE and Base Building.

State of the UE: He will be spying on Exsiles and their more influential people for Barma in other to gather intelligence. Most likely, he will infiltrate into their houses as a servant. I think he would do well in #3 too!

Base Building: Cleaning all the things and cooking for all?

[maddeninghatter]

URGH BARMA

poor Kevin, what with all this servanting, you're going to be as overworked as Gilbert.

[senseandcecilbility]

Well it comes to Barmaing, I'm assuming that Kevin is like Reim+Gilbert combo. P-poor Break.

[maddeninghatter]

Eh, Break is used to his bffs being close to people he can't stand. He won't make a big deal out of it, actually.

[senseandcecilbility]

Vincent, Barma...#breaklife

Just slipping this in as a potential CR for you

[angel_of_death]

Re: Spying on Exsiles
Walter's preferred method of earning income is by cleaning up the residences of the Exsiles. If you want some CR out of the spying on people rather than just behind-the-scenes plot filling, it's entirely possible they could run into each other at the preparations for a local's New Year's party (since it's an opportune moment to take advantage of increased demand for household help). Or, possibly at some point after. Who knows.

Re: Just slipping this in as a potential CR for you

[senseandcecilbility]

Oh, that is brilliant! I love it. Please pm me when Walter is out so I can tag him, or few free to tag Kevin if it seems like a good opportunity.

[angel_of_death]

I can possibly write up a post if it comes down to it. Does that sound like a good idea to you?

[senseandcecilbility]

It does! A New Years Eve's party of some sort?

[angel_of_death]

Yes. So here's the question; would you prefer to set it before the party (the prep-work) or during (serving and all the stuff that comes up with food/drink running low and the random accidents people are bound to have when inebriated)?

[senseandcecilbility]

I believe during would be easier for everyone to jump in.

Also, inebriated guests.

[highfrequency]

NINJAS YOU SAY?

Raiden could get in on option 3, since he is a ninja from a self-described "Tactical espionage action" series. He happens to be a cyborg one with super strength and a secret, flamboyant psychosis but he's still a ninja.

He's been part of a few intelligence plots so far so he knows his stuff in-setting.

[maddeninghatter]

Fantastic, good to know. I believe Raiden was part of the advance team that went down to New!Ex first, right?

[highfrequency]

Yes! He was one of the ones that made first contact with New Initiative. Caspian handled the actual diplomacy but Raiden was there.

Re: BIG PLOTTING/SHENANIGAN IDEAS AND DISCUSSION

[khajidont]

Count this as another +1! Jaime would be the worst spy ever and would be caught in like five minutes BUT! He and the advanced sentient AI in his spine would be more than happy to work on number one - it's something he's been considering independently, so getting some plotting in on this would be awesome.

Re: BIG PLOTTING/SHENANIGAN IDEAS AND DISCUSSION

[maddeninghatter]

NUMBER ONE!

Yes good. That would be very good, as Break has no advanced techy friends somehow ahaha.

[notpeterparker]

SUPER BIASED but I'd love a future mission to the Baccano world again, after gathering more info on the UE. Intelligence gathering sounds like a fantastic idea, with a lot of opportunities for characters with various skills to get involved in.

[maddeninghatter]

This obviously depends on the mods and so forth if this could even happen, but yes that would be great!