player plots + questions

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PLOTS + QUESTIONS

Station 72 is built with intimate and powerful character relationships in mind; player character action propels the plot more than the reverse - as such, player plots and suggestions from the playerbase are something we not just welcome but value! Help us help everyone by utilizing this page to make player plot plans, mission suggestions, and provide general feedback for how the game is running.

This page will also be used to create a database of all Mission specific questions and plot relevant character actions. If you have a question that pertains directly to a mission or want your character to do something that requires mod feedback, please ask it in the relevant sub-thread so it may be easily referenced in the future.

When asking character or action specific questions, please be sure to only ask questions pertaining directly to your own character/their actions. The only exception to this should be if you're plotting specifically with another player(s) and you've both(all) contributed to the planning/execution of the character action or player plot. This is to avoid unnecessary confusion and to minimize the possibility of questions being answered only to have the information fail to reach the relevant parties.


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STATION 72

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All STATION 72 (the location, not the game as a whole) relevant questions and player plots should be filed in this thread. Please clearly mark in your subject line whether you're asking a setting question/suggestion, making a character action, or posing a player plot. For a description of each:

SETTING QUESTION/SUGGESTION - is a simple question or suggestion about the setting or world building of Hyrypia.

CHARACTER ACTION - is something your character is actively intending to do that requires moderator feedback so the action can be threaded/performed (e.g. 'My character is going is going to try to go for a space walk outside of the station; is this possible and what happens?') Character actions should be action oriented: 'My character IS doing this' rather than 'My character THINKS this'.

Please make sure to indicate whether you'd like to thread with an NPC, or if you'd prefer a mod info dump so you can NPC the minor character in question (note: if it's an important interaction, we may override this and request the interaction be threaded).

PLAYER PLOT - is a run down of an event that you'd like to run for the wider player base (e.g. 'My character is going to try to convince other Hosts to steal a ship and run away to another universe with them.')

Please note that it isn't necessary to get mod permission for every character action; if it doesn't require mod feedback/intervention, please feel free to play on your own terms.

SETTING QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS

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Have a setting question or suggestion? Ask/make it here!

long-distance mental link connections

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BRI ASKED:
Quick question about mental link stuff between people on the Station and people who stay planetside! With brood connections being there but tenuous, will they be a little stronger for characters with higher telepathy level? And along the same lines, will those with higher level be able to have a faint connection with Hosts outside their brood that they're close to?

(original post + mod response)

CHARACTER ACTIONS

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Is your character doing something that required mod feedback/intervention/a named NPC? Brief us here!

vampire stuff, brood connections, and field trips - oh my!

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CRYSTAL ASKED:
Hi, mods! I have three questions:

What if the first thing Klaus would do after being hatched is attack Ty mid-sentence? Not attack as in try-to-kill but more like hand-around-neck "what did you do to me?" sort of reaction? Ultimately he could be reached with some common sense or obviously thwarted in some way. I also am not asking to take time out of anyone's schedule to write this out with me! Discussion would be fine; Klaus is just always... who Klaus is. Is it possible to discuss this and/or would there be any significant consequences?

Also, while most of Klaus' brood are on the station, will he be able to sense/recognize Caroline (who is on mission for that first day) or is it too far removed? Would he be able to sense/recognize others from his canon so early on?

If so, would it be possible for Klaus to get on the ship to Hyrypia and then come back with those returning?

(original post + mod response)

[wille]

hi mods! first of all, holy crap at this entire page, did you spend an entire sleepless night sorting all this out cause WHEW

secondly i'm thinking of having misato use her spaceship to jet off into space banking on nothing but luck and intuition as you do. she'd be aiming to get home and will be trying her darndest up to and including using her symbiote powers, but i want her to fail and just *vague hand movements* die in space, so i'm hoping to KIA her as a drop mechanism. flagging this to you in case you have important notes to give me or even better an npc thread idea to do with me!! otherwise i'll likely write up a self-serving drabble to post on the log comm

THANK YOU ♥

PLAYER PLOTS

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If you have a game-wide plot that you'd like to run or a smaller plot that you feel requires mod feedback or permission, use this form and post it below. We'll keep in contact with you to help integrate your plotting into the game calendar and make adjustments to our own plans as necessary. In rare cases, we may ask you to hold larger plots so we can better fit them in with themes and events already in the pipeline, but in most instances the overaching plot of the game should be folded around player plans.

While some player plots may trigger additional outside plot elements and information to come into play, this won't always be the case. Plan to run any plot you suggest with only the tools currently available to you and your character.

(!!make sure to put your feedback type (PLAYER PLOT, MISSION SUGGESTION or GENERAL FEEDBACK) in the subject line!!) <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family:georgia;"><font color="#999">PLAYER PLOT</span></font> <b>your name:</b> <b>character name + character journal:</b> <b>preferred contact method:</b> (reply here or via PM) <b>plot summary:</b> a quick overview of your plot plans <b>plot timeline:</b> when do you want this to happen? please make sure to give us advance warning of large scale plots at least a month in advance so we can get our own ducks in a row! <b>detailed summary + goals:</b> how do you plan to implement your plot? who does it involve? what are your goals for this plot, if any? if this is something that has to happen for your character's continued development or has another kind of time constraint, please make sure to note those details here. <b>aftermath?:</b> do you foresee any negative or positive consequences from this plot? it's okay if you don't have firm plans for this, but be thinking ahead. please note!: some player plots and character actions may have unforeseen consequences! while the mod team will do their best to inform you of large scale or extremely negative consequences that may happen as a result of your player plots, be prepared for surprises. <b>opt-outs:</b> though consequences and game changes as a result of player plots may affect the game as a whole, the events of player plots themselves must have an opt-out function (even if it's just "your character must be at the right place at the right time to participate in these events"). feel free to skip this if your plot is small/closed to a small portion of the game's playerbase.

return to the station - dha (bucky barnes)

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DHA WROTE:
PLAYER PLOT
your name: dha
character name + character journal: bucky + bracchium
preferred contact method: either or!

plot summary: post-mission, bucky is generally pretty overwhelmed with all the hosts gathered in one spot again. with steve coma'd it'll be worse than usual.
if they exist/if it's possible, i'd like for bucky to break into other crew quarters on the ship. one unit is fine enough, he'll just want to be separate from the rest of the hosts and likely won't return to life support or the pods anytime soon. if it helps, we could say that the crew quarters are closer to the heart of the hive and he feels safer there because of the symbiote?
plot timeline: post-mission, most likely immediately, very small scale
detailed summary + goals:
+mission ends
+bucky scurries off
+bucky breaks into new section of crew quarters?
+new exploration by other hosts if mods like?
aftermath?: other people may want to explore deeper into the ship, so i understand if it's a no due to not wanting to open up a can of worms. also bucky breaking into a section of the ship might not be good for the Nest as a whole. Plus, if he can break in to a separate section of the ship, it could get game-breaking as characters may ask him to break into other areas. However, on the last point, I think we could explain the Nest wanting him to find something ??? in the new section and that usually everything would be largely impenetrable, even to hosts with additional strength/hacking skills.
opt-outs: this doesn't really involve most of the playerbase, so i don't think an opt-out is necessary.

MOD RESPONSE:
This sounds super doable and we encourage deeper exploration of the Station always! A few general things to think about:

Any damage done to the actual physical structure of the Station will make some people (read: Cathaway) very upset. From an OOC perspective, it's totally aokay to do just be aware that there could theoretically be IC consequences should any lasitng damage occur. Basically: don't kick down a wall unless you want mom to be mad at you, Bucky.

The Station is known to bend and flex to the whims and needs of its inhabitants - the closer a character is to the Nest, the more likely the Station is to "accommodate" them. As it may be a little bit before we leave Hyrypia and get back to the Station proper, it might be a good idea to use this time to explore Bucky's relationship with the symbiote/nest so you can play with that concept later? Obviously that's just a suggestion (and Bucky's been on the Station a long time by now so it's reasonable to us it might go a little wobbly for him anyway), but if you're looking for stuff to chew on ICly that might be a cool possibility.

When we get closer to being on the Station, we'll touch base back with you again and hammer out some additional details if you care for them!

DHA WROTE:
Awesome!

+re: ic consequences. I am super down with that. Bucky gets away with too much when he's grumpy/doing whatever so I am all over someone holding him for his being dumb and breaking shit and/or the Station going wibbly wobbly around him.

+re: the symbiote. That is a fantastic idea! I will defo work that into his Hyrypia character arc. He's been thinking pretty intensely about being a "good broodmate" and what that entails, in addition to the importance of this mission. I think icly, he'd be more likely to just be weirded out if the Station went wibbly wobbly, but I would also be super down for playing with that element too. He just might not go exploring himself unless the Nest is like bidding him to come closer. I'm also down for him going a little hivemind-y and being all I should be here.

Sounds great! Just let me know! :)

MOD RESPONSE:
Cool! We'll circle back around to this when we get closer to returning to the Station and see where you're at with it.