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MISSIONS | May 2014
Hello Chelonauts!
As a result of the metaplot progression as outlined in May 2014 State of the Shell, Keeliai is now at war! With Malicant occupying the Palace, missions have temporarily taken on a narrowed and grim focus, as the Foreigners and NPCs of Tu Vishan try to combat the Enemy living literally in their own house. Remember that we also have a new monthly schedule for mission timeframes, meaning that they now run from the 15th to the 15th of the following month.
This month we have THREE prefabricated missions with plenty of opportunity still for player missions. We also have a comment header where you can suggest the sorts of missions you'd like to see in the months that follow! Feel free to be as succinct or not as you please, as we take these suggestions into account when creating the next month's missions based on this feedback as well as a comment for mission-related questions. Please don't hesitate to for more information or clarifications... we're still fine tuning everything to make sure players are able to get the most ICly and OOCly out of these missions.
MOD MISSIONS
Each month, a player can volunteer a character for up to three mod missions. Like other limited space elements in the game, we ask that each player only submit one character from their roster for the mod missions, though their other characters can be submitted for player missions, so long as it's one mission per character per month. To sign up, fill out the information below and choose your top three missions in order of preference. If there are more signups than available spaces for a mission, we will RNG characters into the slots. If your character isn't RNG'd into the first mission, they'll be added to the pool for the second mission, and so on for the third.
Mod missions will be tallied and their participants notified on the 11th of the month @ ~9:00PM EST. Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that everyone who signs up a character for a mission will be chosen for one of the mod missions, as it is based solely on the number of signups for each one. In the event that your character isn't chosen for any of your three choices, you can still sign them up for a player mission before 9:00PM PST on the 14th.
This month's planned missions are as follows:
→ LANDED SKY (RECONNAISSANCE)
→ VENOM (EXPERIMENTATION)
→ HAZELWOOD (RESCUE)
PLAYER MISSIONS
Player missions can involve either just your character or a pre-planned group, or even have open signup! Once your mission is approved by the mods, including any clarifications or extra information needed, you're set for playing it out. Remember that the mission can take place at any point throughout the month. For convenience purposes, we've also created the %missions tag in the log comm and we'd be very appreciative if it could be added to mission logs when they get posted.
MISSION CREDITS
Each mission your character undergoes (threaded out with at least ten comments from your character, across any number of threads in the log) is worth a credit, and each handwaved mission is worth half a credit. Please note: only missions that you yourself come up with can be handwaved. The 'mod missions' are ones where participation is considered mandatory, as you are filling a limited slot. If we notice a trend amongst any one player of signing up for missions and leaving their mission-mates hanging, we will be speaking with them to determine a suitable outcome.
Mission credits can be claimed on the following month's AC post, where they will be confirmed by the mods and added to a spreadsheet for tracking.
As a result of the metaplot progression as outlined in May 2014 State of the Shell, Keeliai is now at war! With Malicant occupying the Palace, missions have temporarily taken on a narrowed and grim focus, as the Foreigners and NPCs of Tu Vishan try to combat the Enemy living literally in their own house. Remember that we also have a new monthly schedule for mission timeframes, meaning that they now run from the 15th to the 15th of the following month.
This month we have THREE prefabricated missions with plenty of opportunity still for player missions. We also have a comment header where you can suggest the sorts of missions you'd like to see in the months that follow! Feel free to be as succinct or not as you please, as we take these suggestions into account when creating the next month's missions based on this feedback as well as a comment for mission-related questions. Please don't hesitate to for more information or clarifications... we're still fine tuning everything to make sure players are able to get the most ICly and OOCly out of these missions.
MOD MISSIONS
Each month, a player can volunteer a character for up to three mod missions. Like other limited space elements in the game, we ask that each player only submit one character from their roster for the mod missions, though their other characters can be submitted for player missions, so long as it's one mission per character per month. To sign up, fill out the information below and choose your top three missions in order of preference. If there are more signups than available spaces for a mission, we will RNG characters into the slots. If your character isn't RNG'd into the first mission, they'll be added to the pool for the second mission, and so on for the third.
Mod missions will be tallied and their participants notified on the 11th of the month @ ~9:00PM EST. Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that everyone who signs up a character for a mission will be chosen for one of the mod missions, as it is based solely on the number of signups for each one. In the event that your character isn't chosen for any of your three choices, you can still sign them up for a player mission before 9:00PM PST on the 14th.
This month's planned missions are as follows:
→ LANDED SKY (RECONNAISSANCE)
→ VENOM (EXPERIMENTATION)
→ HAZELWOOD (RESCUE)
PLAYER MISSIONS
Player missions can involve either just your character or a pre-planned group, or even have open signup! Once your mission is approved by the mods, including any clarifications or extra information needed, you're set for playing it out. Remember that the mission can take place at any point throughout the month. For convenience purposes, we've also created the %missions tag in the log comm and we'd be very appreciative if it could be added to mission logs when they get posted.
MISSION CREDITS
Each mission your character undergoes (threaded out with at least ten comments from your character, across any number of threads in the log) is worth a credit, and each handwaved mission is worth half a credit. Please note: only missions that you yourself come up with can be handwaved. The 'mod missions' are ones where participation is considered mandatory, as you are filling a limited slot. If we notice a trend amongst any one player of signing up for missions and leaving their mission-mates hanging, we will be speaking with them to determine a suitable outcome.
Mission credits can be claimed on the following month's AC post, where they will be confirmed by the mods and added to a spreadsheet for tracking.
| Mod Mission Signups | Player Mission Signups |
VENOM (EXPERIMENT)
Mission Duration: 3 days
Mission Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Mission Type: Experimentation
Projected Plot Impact: Seeking volunteers for Milyn to inject with Gha'nal venom to test the effects.
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes: Provide a recount of the side effects of the venom, and see whether they have the desired effects in the various Planes.
DOSSIER
Since the capture and interment of the Gha'nal mother and cub, Milyn has been working on a way to refine its venom into something of an antibody for travel between the various Planes: Life, Dreaming and Death. As the Gha'nal are able to do this freely, it's hoped that Foreigners and eventually kedan will be able to build enough adaption to the concoction to manipulate these realms, even if in a limited fashion.
She will explain that the Dreaming Plane is the easiest to reach and thus the easiest to influence, and that the first injection should be enough to take their consciousness them there while their bodies remain in the healer's care. Since many people found themselves wandering into portals leading to both Dreaming and Death while in Sinbrilee, some may already be familiar with the way that these realms draw on a person's desires or fears, respectively. While Milyn will prefer those who have that experience from Sinbrilee, this is strictly a volunteer undertaking and it's not required.
She will give them a list of simple tasks for them to test their control of the realms. They will be things like, "grow a flower from the ground", "see if you can change the weather", "make an object float", etc and how successful characters are at completing these tasks is up to their player.
After 24 hours, Milyn will give them a second injection which should push them from Dreaming to Death. She will emphasize that they must, must be careful! in that place. The goal of Death is merely exploration and observance, but not to draw attention to themselves. Since the Planes shape themselves to whoever is in them, it's hoped that finding a common theme between the various visits to Death will yield key information about Malicant's control of it.
On the third day, Milyn will inject them with a final injection which will bring them back to the Life realm, and continue to monitor them for side effects.
OUTCOME
Characters chosen for this plot will have a write-in for them to experience in either Dreaming or Death, to be randomized, along with a list of aftereffects once they're brought into the Life realm again. Potential benefits of this are obviously bringing usage of the other Planes to bear against Malicant. Players are free to choose if and how characters disperse the information they've discovered from this mission.
PLOTTY PLOTS
So! How're we gonna do this thing then?