MOD POST: september mod log plotting

[reveriemod]

Dear Reverie Operators,

On September 1, the next mod log will go live. This post outlines what will occur, giving you suggestions for character action and the possibility to ask questions. There are many mysteries still unsolved aboard Reverie Terminal and this log will give characters the opportunity to address some of them.

Warnings: research, risk of electrocution, (justified?) paranoia



RESEARCH IN THE LIBRARY
Characters have access to the library and with it, to magazines and newspapers from Earth’s past up to the station’s inception. This means that with a bit of research, it may be possible to unearth the reasons why Reverie Terminal was built.

Comment below to receive a brief run-down of a magazine or newspaper article that your character can uncover. Some of these may provide answers, some of them… maybe not so much.

CUSTOM INTELLIGENCE REVERIE STATION
There have been indications before that characters aren’t alone on the station and now, characters get to meet an NPC (on September 04) who has been there all along, only silent: CIRSTA, the station’s AI.

While CIRSTA will primarily interact with characters via the network, we will be introducing her on the mod log and characters are welcome to interact with her there, to ask questions and the like.

The log will also feature a prompt for characters to react to CIRSTA’s emergence and to discuss whether to trust her, if they’re so inclined.

COMMAND TROUBLE
On September 09, the command deck goes dark. CIRSTA will diagnose an electrical outage, which will be confirmed as characters try to find the source of the problem.

It will turn out that someone or something has ripped several wires apart, seemingly by sheer physical strength, disrupting the electrical circuit that keeps the command deck supplied. The panelling has all been replaced again (or never touched before?) and other than the ripped and frayed wires, there is no sign of any action. No fingerprints, nothing. Characters are advised to put their worries about who would sabotage the station in such a way aside in order to work together to fix it.

CIRSTA is happy to talk characters through the process, if they trust her enough to listen.

For this prompt, we suggest characters work in teams to i.) find the problem (risk of electrocution), ii.) fix the problem (even greater risk of electrocution) and iii.) try not to grow too paranoid at the apparent proof of sabotage on the station.


Please feel free to use this post to plot with each other!

Comments

whoops that's not at all the right journal let's try again

[hyperfresh]

That works for me! If you'd like to have him help out his friends and then just pop in to help on and off that's fine with me, too, if you've got plans with them.

It happens!

[candor1]

Nope, no plans with them, just an entry point. :-)

[hyperfresh]

Cool! I'm canonblind, does Cassian know about electronics/engineering/etc?

[candor1]

I'm canonblind for Marina, too! But I'll take a look at your app.

Cassian's a spy and a pilot, so he can figure out most interfaces pretty quickly, and slice (aka hack) and hotwire things in an emergency, but when serious engineering is needed, he'd rather go to a proper engineer himself. :-) He did reprogram a droid on his own once, but the comic book that deals with it in canon has it basically be an issue of repeated forced reboots. So… the analog would be: if we were talking medical ability, he'd be a battlefield medic, not a doctor.

[hyperfresh]

Marina's a (former) military engineer! Splatoon's tech is different and doesn't involve space stations, but she knows how this stuff works in a general sense. I do know Star Wars involves space, so even just having him help out in that sense would be good to give Marina even more bearings.

Splatoon is so weird, it's very Nintendo but then you look at the backstory and it's so weirdly dark.

[candor1]

Yes indeed! Space and nonhuman beings, so Cas won't be at all thrown by Marina's less humanlike aspects. :-) I think the answer is yes from your app, but does she look very young? As a former child soldier, he certainly has a weakness for helping out other kids who've may have been forced into such situations, e.g. kidnapped onto a derelict space station.

Splatoon looks wacky but fantastically well thought-out. Taking one wild what-if and running with it with care!

[hyperfresh]

She does seem to look eighteen, so I'd say young for having the skillset she has. She isn't likely to bring up her military history, but she sure knows a lot of engineering for an eighteen-year-old.

[candor1]

Nifty! We'll see how much downtime they have to delve into personal matters, but she'll definitely catch Cas's attention for him to offer to go with her, since his friends will be fine working without him.

[candor1]

PS Marina's canon is WILD! I gotta check it out!