Post by hszmv on Jun 4, 2015 1:33:30 GMT
Summer Event time is upon us and while we all love a vacation at Risa, there are times where we want to run something a bit more interesting than a Lonut grind. For those interested, my Cardassian storyline that I have been advancing on Avalon will be boiling over into a more fleet wide story with a mini-war of sorts between the Cardassian Obsidian Order faction, Imperial Romulans, and Tholian Assembly against the Jenolan Accord factions.
Here is how I see the summer going:
Early June: The 146th (federation), 3rd Fleet (Klingon), and 9th Command (Romulan) will be deploying ships and supplies to a forward operations center around Bajor to keep an eye on the Cardassian factions of the war and for a little show of the ships. This will also be opened to independent members (like Mercs) who may be looking for some work. I will strive to be fleet inclusive and work to get everyone I can involved.
Mid/Late June - July: War. I will kick off this period with a big fleet RP on Avalon night and from there will move to stories that will advance through a more aggressive conflict.
Late July-August: Conflict Resolution. I will be working to wrap up this storyline and end the warfare.
During these periods, I would like to run two RP sessions a week: Avalon, which will be where I drop major plot changes and events, and "Anthology" which will be open to the fleet as a whole. I will be doing a few things on some of these for fleet wide story things (like a planning meeting for all Captains) or a major battle. Other times I will run general stories like patrols (a few ships go out and get into trouble) or side missions (like we need a team to raid small station and get intel) and maybe even some Merc-centric stuff (I have ideas for getting goods to people who need them behind enemy lines and some other discreet stuff).
I would also like to open the Anthology up for requests (they can be generic or as detailed as the player making the request wants) and I will try to make something interesting and inclusive happen. I'm not holding to a strong day/time for these as I want to be able to run things so that no one is left out... but I will not run them in a way that will interfere with other RP ships. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursdays will be the most likely times.
So some questions:
Why Bajor?
A few reasons. First, I really like the map and it has all the facilities of a starbase for any scene we want to do. Second, it's faction neutral and near the Cardassian Border. Third, it's low player traffic with a high instance count so we run less of a risk of trolls but can still be public enough that potential outside interest can be generated.
Do I have to play this?
Nope. RP by consent. This was developed purely to try and have something to do other than a beach episode over the summer when people are traveling and going on vacations and not always available. If you want to hang on the beach or catch a wave that's fine... If your Star Ship was meant to fly, this is for you... If you want to kill me for making a Nikki Minage pun, um... I'm calling RP by consent...
May I GM a story related to this?
Yes... Of course... talk it out with me... I'd love additional GMs on this, if only because it lets me play on my own toons.
What IC ranks are allowed?
Right now, Captain and below. I've got to do some OOC looking at how I want handle the Flag Office in charge of this and will need to discuss it and do interest checks.
If you are interested, please post here so I know who to expect. I would like to do a mission brief meeting possibly this weekend and there will be guest RP opportunity this Avalon session
Here is how I see the summer going:
Early June: The 146th (federation), 3rd Fleet (Klingon), and 9th Command (Romulan) will be deploying ships and supplies to a forward operations center around Bajor to keep an eye on the Cardassian factions of the war and for a little show of the ships. This will also be opened to independent members (like Mercs) who may be looking for some work. I will strive to be fleet inclusive and work to get everyone I can involved.
Mid/Late June - July: War. I will kick off this period with a big fleet RP on Avalon night and from there will move to stories that will advance through a more aggressive conflict.
Late July-August: Conflict Resolution. I will be working to wrap up this storyline and end the warfare.
During these periods, I would like to run two RP sessions a week: Avalon, which will be where I drop major plot changes and events, and "Anthology" which will be open to the fleet as a whole. I will be doing a few things on some of these for fleet wide story things (like a planning meeting for all Captains) or a major battle. Other times I will run general stories like patrols (a few ships go out and get into trouble) or side missions (like we need a team to raid small station and get intel) and maybe even some Merc-centric stuff (I have ideas for getting goods to people who need them behind enemy lines and some other discreet stuff).
I would also like to open the Anthology up for requests (they can be generic or as detailed as the player making the request wants) and I will try to make something interesting and inclusive happen. I'm not holding to a strong day/time for these as I want to be able to run things so that no one is left out... but I will not run them in a way that will interfere with other RP ships. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursdays will be the most likely times.
So some questions:
Why Bajor?
A few reasons. First, I really like the map and it has all the facilities of a starbase for any scene we want to do. Second, it's faction neutral and near the Cardassian Border. Third, it's low player traffic with a high instance count so we run less of a risk of trolls but can still be public enough that potential outside interest can be generated.
Do I have to play this?
Nope. RP by consent. This was developed purely to try and have something to do other than a beach episode over the summer when people are traveling and going on vacations and not always available. If you want to hang on the beach or catch a wave that's fine... If your Star Ship was meant to fly, this is for you... If you want to kill me for making a Nikki Minage pun, um... I'm calling RP by consent...
May I GM a story related to this?
Yes... Of course... talk it out with me... I'd love additional GMs on this, if only because it lets me play on my own toons.
What IC ranks are allowed?
Right now, Captain and below. I've got to do some OOC looking at how I want handle the Flag Office in charge of this and will need to discuss it and do interest checks.
If you are interested, please post here so I know who to expect. I would like to do a mission brief meeting possibly this weekend and there will be guest RP opportunity this Avalon session