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[Spudacus]

Edit of Post 57 complete. I chose to go with the Covenant Wars never happening, to keep Malcolm's back story (Which I will re-explain) from getting too complicated. I also referenced Portal 2's multiverse/dimesnional testing, for side story involving the Fringe possibly.

Story wise, I intend Malcolm to have warp jumped from an Aperture testing site, which became under attack from UNSC rebels, to secure Chyrl, who I'm simplifing to be more involved (IE, make her dialogue easier on the story.)

[RubyC42]

Alright, so I am having a bit of trouble concluding post 61.

The general idea is that Killian will arrive at the Area where he and Samuel will head down and aid Akrn. Meanwhile Callisto attempting to extort info about Terry from Akrn (who will reveal nothing, obviously)

The three will then attempt to get away from Callisto (since fighting him will be outright suicide), Killian will probably use a smoke screen as well as signal jammer to distort Callisto while they get away

This is where the problem lie: using this plan, there's no way to have Callisto just leave them behind. In theory Erajiv could summon Callisto, but given his personality and that he is facing three Guardians right there he is totally going to ignore Erajiv and go for the coup.


Though if anyone has any ideas themselves and wants to take over feel free to 

[UserK]

Ok, I will read the new posts ASAP.
I figured out I had to scrap what I've currently written to better focus on what we have already. As Rey+Amet timeline is a few hours ahead already, I believe this is not a problem.

What is the problem with SAFE? There's no problem really with how it interacts with other entities from the same timeline. As I said, its role is very well defined and has always been from start. There is also no problem with neither Sebariel nor Halex. However, in P43 we read:

Sebariel knew this breed of super soldier, and looking at the Spartan, realized that he knew this Spartan as well. He remembered 3 years ago, SAFE, his employer, was involved in locating a rebel base for the UNSC (Spartans? leader). They found it in a residential area, and reported the findings, and a plan to evacuate civilians before the UNSC moved in. The UNSC wasn?t willing to wait, given the covenant threat, and set about on a torch and burn operation. Sebariel worked hard to save people as the UNSC?s air force leveled almost the whole district. He remembered seeing a Spartan squad emerging from underground warehouses, after clearing them of illegal weapon caches

From this , we can understand SAFE operatives had previous contact with UNSC. There's no problem by itself as those could have been the operatives from "this universe UNSC". However, Sebariel knows Malcom and Malcom comes from a different universe... in the previous version.
Now the Covenant wars are no more, Malcom existance is compatible with this universe so there's no more a problem.

[Souperion]

OK!
-For the record, I figured how they knew each other's names; Malcolm was called for by the spartans, and another SAFE agent addressed Sebariel by name within earshot.
-Also, for the concern of how the heck the Guardians are going to get away from Callisto, here's what I got: Since they can't beat the psychopath, maybe with the smokescreen and radar jamming, Callisto blindly charges through the smoke and crashes into something (hey, it happens ) or they lose him in a cavern/tunnel network. Something simple but realistic to shake him.
-P.S.; I've edited P43 to remove the Covenant reference.

[RubyC42]

Alright, so I finally managed to finish Post 61 and updated the post accordingly.

Now the RP can continue, sorry aboutthe wait, guys

29 May 2013 Just thought of adding this:

By the time Akrn and co arrive at the outpost, Malcolm, Sebariel and co are still 40 minutes from arriving at Naju Central, assuming a trouble-free journey. But the group can still make contact each other, should the Outpost in Area 5 be run by [or can contact] SAFE members

Also assuming no "timezones" between Front and Backside, this would be the time where Amet loses his patience with Rey (Post 53). So depending on how long UserK decided on Amet's trip back to the base, their side of the story is still that much time ahead of everyone else.

Although since the humans has been going on since 5AM (and that's only counting the time of the first post), i am sure Sebariel, Halex and maybe Malcolm are pretty tired at this stage, lol

[RubyC42]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/Rubycored/BT10-LaS-CalRico.png

Hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's Callisto and Maiorico! (sans the bulky flight modules, anyway)

Well, the very first, very rough draft sketch, anyway ; so expect design to change (even total overhaul) as time passes by.

That do you guys think so far?

(also, edited my previous post incase people missed it)

[Spudacus]

So far so good. It's nice to see artwork in progress. . A bit of an elvish look for Maiorico!

[RubyC42]

saw this: http://wheresmysammich.com/images/44651.jpg

i wonder how much of the fail it would be for Malcolm with this


also, i have nothing to add to the RP D:  so Post 63 will go to someone else

[Spudacus]

That there's the ultimate irony of Halo . I gotta squeeze that in.
Also, that meme's got improper English ( no offense to anyone, I'm not normally picky) should be an extremely ect.
Edit June 01
I've changed Chyrl's personality and function to be more compatible for the story. Think of her as a Cortana with a bit of GlaDos's cynicism.

[Souperion]

Just for story direction, should we have the Guardian group in area 5 call for help? If so, I was thinking that we could use Horaculous to get Sigurbelle to them, and probably with an escort for safety reasons (maybe Malcolm, maybe just NSF troops.) I was figuring that there would be a break before the next deployment for medical attention, re-arming, and rest (poor Rico is probably going to stay out for a while )
Since it will come up eventually, I was kinda thinking that the outpost in area 3 would be attacked when the group, whoever ends up going there, has already arrived.
Also, I think that it would be cool if we had the area 5 Guardian stumble upon some Najuan ruin/landers. I don't know how to have that contribute to the story but hey, it's a start for bringing the TGL feel home 

[RubyC42]

Should we have the Guardian group in area 5 call for help? If so, I was thinking that we could use Horaculous to get Sigurbelle to them

Oh, that is the idea that I wanted to imply at the end of Post 61.

and probably with an escort for safety reasons (maybe Malcolm, maybe just NSF troops.) I was figuring that there would be a break before the next deployment for medical attention, re-arming, and rest

I was thinking/hoping  that the group would be sent to Area 5 first to aid the Guardians before they're eventually sent to Area 3 (which I originally planned to occuer at Day 4, instead of Day 3), but given that Sebariel just got the order to move to area 3 before they even realised what happened at Area 5... i guess you both can decide who will head to Area 3 and 5 amongst yourselves?

Also, I think that it would be cool if we had the area 5 Guardian stumble upon some Najuan ruin/landers. I don't know how to have that contribute to the story but hey, it's a start for bringing the TGL feel home 

open discussion:

> IF living Landers are to have a speaking role in the RP, how intelligent will they be? Fully speaking and fluent, or speaks in some Najuan Gibberish that are still intelligible to the characters who have been here for a while (Sebariel and the Guardians) but ignorant to newcomers (Malcolm)

> Will the Guardians know about their existance? If there are going to be shrines, I thought that it made some sense that living Landers are extinct on the Frontside/populated areas , and the colonists made the shrines in memory of them. But there maybe still plentiful of them in the less populated areas like the entire Backside (allows Amet and Rey to bump into some of them in their journey to Sky Stabber) or the still not-so-populated Area 3 (maybe Erajiv found out about them there and went there in a bid to eliminate them).

Another idea would  be that, during the festivities at the Lander Shrines, the Landers make a special entrance (for what, i don't know yet, ideas welcome).  Which would make sense for Erajiv wanting to ruin them because maybe the Landers are aiding the Colonists the same way they aided the original TGL in taming Naju? 


Do excuse me for this dose of overcreativity >_>



What I have in mind for my next post (btw, we have a duplicate "61" and a 62 when it should be 62 and 63, respectively) are the following:

> Callisto continues to chase the signal, but is put off briefly by the route that lead to Corridor 17. He still has no idea he has been duped yet.

> Killian will probably head to the nearest city and contact either Sigurbelle or Colonel Shores to request assisstance for Akrn and Samuel (this is where the problem starts, the other group are already been told to head  to Area 3, and that is at least and hour prior. So it will depend on how Shores will decide after this, if Killian went for the Military route, whether to recall Sebariel from Area 3 to aid Akrn, or tell Killian to piss off  since they have an even more important mission at hand). This is also the part where Killian gets first glimpse of  the Lander's Shrines (maybe there's a festival upcoming? ) and maybe he will even meet a Lander himself and receive his first official upgrade  lucky him

[Spudacus]

On the landers:
-I was thinking that the blue landers are primarily intelligent, benevolent and perpetually happy (them big smiley faces ), but maybe the Red landers would be harder to understand, since they're a different variant, speaking gibberish and weird sentences. Get a little goofy and creative .

-The the Landers could be extinct from the front side, so the guardians/populace don't know much about them and are shocked to see live ones.

-I was thinking the festival could be a celebration of Naju being saved by Miria (they call her the guardian of Legend ect). If Erajiv does find them, he could try to find out through them how she sealed the corridors/what happened/how to open them all faster/anything appropriately evil.

-lastly on the deployment of the group, maybe a SAFE frigate or other support comes in to handle (for now) area 3, whilst the others head off to area 5.

[Souperion]

I'm open to having area 3 put off. We could have Shores dictate that what ever is going on in area 5 requires more immediate attention. Lets keep the groups together a little more, so personalities can keep bouncing off each other.

The festival/ celebration/ shindig sounds like a pretty good idea. I agree that the Landers ought to be kinda smart yet goofy, prehaps a little naive. Increasing their rarity is a good idea as well. I like the idea of red Landers being harder to understand/ more cryptic. Prehaps they are revered by their blue bretheren (hey, finding those always made my day . It also seems tactical to me to have the Lander's be secondary targets of Erajiv and/or Callisto, although more of either bad guy getting them if they get the chance but focusing on more important goals. That would make the little buggers  a fairly important ensemble in our story. Perhaps Akrn gets an upgrade from one/ gets healed. A little power boost could help him be more set apart from the other GFs.

Ps: Post number prob solved!

[RubyC42]

this is intended for UserK but you both might also find this useful.

Basically, since it's been a while UserK's around, so I expect him to have a lot of new  questions regarding the new posts.

I've made a new timeline image (hand-made this time) hopefully will help UserK in understanding the recent posts. So no new time-paradoxes anywhere hopefully :V

New Timeline by Post Number / New Timeline by Time

Let me know if this is legible for you lot

[RubyC42]

Alright, since we're going for the Landers Festivals route, I've noticed that we're going to need a new character for that part of the plot (for the duration of the Festival, at least)

SO as usual, the appropriately named FireWithinMidnight agreed to use one of her characters for that purpose  (her character is actually a fancharacter of Tales of Symphonia universe, but it has been readjusted and readopted to fit into the TGL universe/RP)

Name: Aaron Sibelius

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height: 6?1?/186 cm

Personality: Nice, well-mannered, down-to-earth and a bit daft to the point he might shirk from his duties despite how loyal he is to his own occupation due to a distraction or another, he can come across as apathetic to life as he treats everyone and everything with the same enthusiasm (which can appear to be fake or excessively childish for some) ?except for who holds his undying loyalty (the Landers).
His fundamental rule is: he treats others the way they treat him. The most apparent result of this rule is his approach to conversations: he won?t interrupt people but he cannot stand being interrupted. If interrupted, he?ll wait some time before resuming his discussion as if the interruption never took place to begin with.
He has the annoying tendency to appear and disappear seemingly at will, taking people by surprise. He also develops a visible twitch whenever someone talks about fate and similar or blames his/her situation on destiny and similar.

Physical Appearance: http://i41.tinypic.com/2z5sqas.jpg [ original dA link]

This character will only be used for about 5 posts (probably sporadic reappearances whenever Landers show up), so you won't have to worry about having too many characters


oh yeah, do let me know how the current layout of Post 65 is looking like - just wanted to bring all 4 different plotlines into sync each other so they can all progress in simultaneous harmony instead of having one part that's hours ahead  of the rest.