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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.

Mod Mission Signups

Player Mission Signups

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Any questions you have about Missions, please ask them here!

Here are the writeups for the mod missions this month. Signups are in the comment header below.

Please use the text box provided in the post to indicate which missions you're interested in.

Submit your player missions here using the template provided! Remember that you can only submit any given character to either one mod OR player mission per month (not one of each) and these will be confirmed with any clarifications by the mods.

Here is where you can suggest what kind of missions you'd like to see come up in the future. There's a wide range of options for what can be used and they can have as much or as little plot impact as you can dream up.

First off, thank you to everyone involved with this plot for your patience! Here is the TEEN TEAM TEAM-UP's portion of the Palace Assault Mission Group (~~adding capitals makes it sound more legit~~). Al has generously offered to write the missions up for all others involved in the plot (not in the teen team team-up) and will be posting those as soon as she's able.

To try to make this as fair as possible, Zak and I have written up 4 missions specific to the teen group (with mod approval!). Similar to the mod missions, we ask that you please reply with the top three choices for your character. Unlike the mod missions, we will not RNG to determine the groups, but assign them based on ooc preferences, encouraging new CR, and what makes sense icly.

Please specify, with your top three choices, if you have any preferences ooc or ic that would help us to know where to place them (i.e. Hayley's not a fighter so inside would be better; Annabeth wants to be with Frank or Nico; and so on). We will do our best to accommodate all preferences.

Note that the fourth mission is a guaranteed fail; if not enough people are interested in that mission, we'll create a duplicate of the third with slight differences in terms of what information each team might learn.

ESHAI
Player: Kate & Zak
Character(s) & Journals: 2-3 TBD

Mission Duration: One day
Mission Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Mission Type: Infiltration
Projected Plot Impact: The team will learn information about the palace's conditions, possibly Eshai's secrets, etc. Those involved with this mission may receive magic items (though nothing is guaranteed).
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes: No direct impact, but a further understanding of the former Emperor and Malicant in general.

There remains one untouched room in the Palace: Eshai's quarters, also ironically where she was murdered. On the wall across from her chamber door, there is a messy splat of something that was once... probably a kedan before it rebounded like a bullet train off the barrier. It's gross and dried because housekeeping are all possessed or dead. Those who can sense it will feel a powerful magic warding the room, however the barrier can be passed by anyone who is in possession of the object they were gifted with by Eshai at Christmas.

Inside the room is the only place that the Palace's rot hasn't touched and it seems after it was cleared as a crime scene, Evandau had preserved it as a shrine (minus the blood et al., because he's not that creepy). Characters are free to explore and may discover things within.

It is recommended that characters interested in this mission be in possession of the object gifted at Christmas to fully participate. Please note if they have the object or not when signing up for this mission; not having the item will not preclude the character from joining but may limit their experiences.

LIBRARY
Player: Kate & Zak
Character(s) & Journals: 2-4 TBD

Mission Duration: How long will it take ICly? Is it happening on specific IC dates?
Mission Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Mission Type:
Projected Plot Impact: The team will learn information about the palace's conditions, possibly secrets about history, the city, magic, etc. Those involved with this mission may receive scrolls/etc (though nothing is guaranteed).
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes: No direct impact, but a further understanding of Malicant, Tu Vishan, and other such knowledge in general.

The Library is in actual shambles, and it's obvious that the possessed kedan were ordered to toss the place and look for something. For those who've had access to the Library before, they'll note that an entire section dedicated to Tu Vishan has been removed and the charred debris in the center of the Library doesn't leave much mystery as to what happened to them.

Please specify in sign-ups if your character has previous knowledge of the library.

GUARD RESCUE
Player: Kate & Zak
Character(s) & Journals: 2-4 TBD

Mission Duration: One day
Mission Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Mission Type: Rescue, massacre, interrogation, etc- TBD
Projected Plot Impact: Characters involved with this team will have the choice of killing, apprehending, or interrogating possessed guards and/or servants of the palace (up to 10). Depending on their actions, characters might learn a great deal about Malicant's possessive influence and possibly even how to interrupt it.
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes: Again depending on the choices the characters make, it could impact the future of Malicant's ability to possess other characters and/or how those possessions might be dealt with.

There are around 100 possessed kedan in the Palace right now, and about 3/4 of them are guards and the remainder are servants. They've all been completely corrupted by Mally so the will have the choice to kill or apprehend them or try and get them out of the palace and purge it out of them.

They'll also notice that the Palace is literally decaying from Malicant's influence. Stone is flaking and crumbling, wood is rotting, etc. Characters can extrapolate that, if the current rate of decay continues, the Palace will probably collapse by the end of this coming summer.

ATTACKED
Player: Kate & Zak
Character(s) & Journals: 2-4 TBD

Mission Duration: One day
Mission Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Mission Type: Combat fail
Projected Plot Impact: Characters involved with this team will attempt to infiltrate the palace and/or apprehend guards, but will be caught by a larger force. These characters will be attacked and their mission will fail.
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes: No direct impact, but a further understanding of the conditions of the palace.

There are around 100 possessed kedan in the Palace right now, and about 3/4 of them are guards and the remainder are servants. They've all been completely corrupted by Malicant.

Characters on this team will also notice that the Palace is literally decaying from Malicant's influence. Stone is flaking and crumbling, wood is rotting, etc. Characters can extrapolate that, if the current rate of decay continues, the Palace will probably collapse by the end of this coming summer.

This mission is an optional alternative. If no one seems keen on this idea, a second GUARD RESCUE mission will be generated instead.

Edited (html) 2014-05-11 23:50 (UTC)

So here's the missions we gathered for the adults! They are divided on teams according to the people that showed interest in the plotting post, but as a note: ALL OF THE TEAMS will be fighting first so they all get to do that, but one of the teams will stay outside and the other two will find different parts of the palace to investigate. I was trying to divide the teams in a fair way but I took a page from Kate's book and decided what was fair was to let everyone sign up with their preferences first and go from there.

Let's see the missions:

OPEN SIEGE
Player: Al and Lee
Character(s) & Journals: 4 TBD

Mission Duration: A day
Mission Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Mission Type: Testing the defenses of the palace. This is basically an open attack in which they will use all they have got to try and get in, and it will serve as distractions for the other teams to get in.
Projected Plot Impact: They will notice the state of the palace, and also will probably have to deal with the guards if they are attacked.
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes:

On the walls: They'll notice that the Palace is literally decaying from Malicant's influence. Stone is flaking and crumbling, wood is rotting, etc. Characters can extrapolate that, if the current rate of decay continues, the Palace will probably collapse by the end of this coming summer.

THRONE ROOM
Player: Al and Lee
Character(s) & Journals: 3 TBD

Mission Duration: A day
Mission Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Mission Type: Infiltration to the audience hall. Characters that go this route will find an extremely guarded guard (more on that later).
Projected Plot Impact: Find out more about the state of the palace and the audience hall, get information on the guards…
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes:
On the audience room: The audience hall / throne room is the heaviest guarded place in the Palace right now and also where, for those capable of sensing it, most of Malicant's essence is concentrated. They won't be able to break into the hall at this time.

THE PRISON
Player: Al and Lee
Character(s) & Journals: 3 TBD

Mission Duration: A day
Mission Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Mission Type: Inflitration on the prison. Just like the team up there this team will manage to sneak inside and find their ways to the tunnels that lead to the prison.
Projected Plot Impact: Find out more about the state of the palace, and what’s happening in the cells…
Proposed Worldbuilding Changes:
On the prison:
The prison beneath the Palace is also very heavily guarded which is strange since, should they get down there, they'll find every single cell empty save for graffiti on the walls. Yet the guards are very actively guarding, not like "oh everyone slipped out while we napped". If you go this route, I'll do a more detailed description of the graffiti.

Have your preferences in mind? Yes? Good! Now use this template to sign up and I will tell you all the results asap.

Player: Sar
Character Name & Journal: Enjolras|

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Mission Choice #1: OPEN SIEGE
Mission Choice #2: THRONE ROOM
Mission Choice #3: THE PRISON

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