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[Spudacus]

Would be interested in seeing how Spudacus adds to his/her side of the story 

For the record, I'm a he .
I like the idea of moving to ep2, and I don't mind if Post 42 is moved to make it easier for anyone.
On my part of the story, I have an idea to avoid alot of negotiations (Malcolm being interrogated), and get him part of the "team" quickly, but I want to be flexible, keep everything moving smoothly and everyone satisfied .
I was thinking for the extended plot, the guardian fighters learn that the original corridor locks need to be reactivated to stem the swarms of creatures. just some food for thought .

[RubyC42]

So, as things stand, we're still waiting for a word from EinhanderZwei;

although if he wants to, it's possible to put his side of the story on hold and allow him to come back at a later time when the time is right for him?

since technically, at the end of Post 35 John and Bay were seen leaving the Airport, and it will probably be easy for Tetharil and Rydia to go with them as well - so in that way, EinhanderZwei won't be missing too much of the plotline when he comes back. It might also give him a chance to return with a bang should the crew get in trouble again

Just give us the word

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As for chapter 2, i think we can continue on from post 42 and as UserK pointed out, ignore Post 43 entirely.


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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/Rubycored/TGL/TGL-timelineCh1.png

Remember the timeline infograph? I tried to label every post number in their proper chronological order.

Note that there is a "skip" between my side of the story between Post 35 and 41; yeah, I know i jumped a bit too far on that one...

on the timeline side of things, it appears that the last of  Rey/Amet post (post 40) is at least 12 hours ahead of everyone else, since they took a night out in the pyramid and took another 9 hours walk to Rey's hideout; while everyone else are still on the previous evening/midnight.


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Or in more detai

Taking the start of the RP as Day 1.

Day 1 roughly covers the events from the start right up to the start of the USF Compile story (Posts 0 ~13), as the RP started in the afternoon it's possible that the first midnight had passed after John Targa woke up in its Medical Bay (Post 13)

Day 2 roughly covers the remainder of the events on USF Compile, right up to the crash of it near Naju Central (Post 13~31) , the Airport clearup (Post 32, 35), crash landing of Malcolm (Post 38~42) and the search for Amet (Post 41), so as things stand, at the end of Post 41 and 42 the time are nearing midnight of Day 2, but still in Day 2

as far as i can tell, only Post 40 took place in Day 3 proper

[UserK]

So P43 is going to be dropped? It would happen at the end of day 4 if I understand.

[RubyC42]

So P43 is going to be dropped? It would happen at the end of day 4 if I understand.

from the looks of it yeah, it was posted way too early, could return at near the end of Chapter 2 , though, at least just before the team pinpoints where Rey and co are

[RubyC42]

Alright, so I decided to write up the intro to Episode 02, this is what i have so far (trying to make it new-joiner friendly, at least...)

Let me know if i missed anything or i should remove anything because i tried to include everything that was mentioned in the first episode, so i want to be sure all logic holds...

Welcome to the Roleplay dedicated to The Guardian Legend - Naju Nexus!

This is Season 01, Episode 02, for S01E01 please see here


Setting
The Planet Naju

             After the events of the original Guardian Legend where Miria successfully diverted the planet's course from crashing into Earth; Some of the inhabitants, eyeing all kinds of possibilities with it, have decided to attempt a permanent colonial settlement on it.

             Due to the hostile environment of the planet, a full-scale terraforming was required for civilian and military colonisation. Currently only portion of the surface has terraformed enough for habitable living; its current boundaries well defined on the Naju atlases named "Habitability Boundary". Venturing outside the bountaries are possible; but would be lethal without use of specially constructed protective suits, or only possible for other non-biological or native population.

             The planet's surface geography is nearly evenly sliced in two by a mountain range that spreads throughout the full circumference. Giving the rise to the terms "Front side" and "Back side" of Naju that describe the opposing sides of the surface worlds. The "Front side" contains all odd-numbered "Areas" and all the terraformed, habitable zones; while the "Back side" contains all even-numbered Areas (except Area 0) with its composition nearly unknown to the population of "Front side".

             The "core" capital colony of Naju, "Naju Central", the  "Area 0" of Naju; houses virtually all functions of Naju colony: The administration, military support, transport, and containing the bulk of Naju population. The spaceport included: "Naju Central Airport", serves as the main gateway to other Areas of Naju, as well as the main landing/departing site for space-shuttles and spaceships

             The Corridors below the Naju surface are still intact, known as the "Below Surface Worlds", but except for accidental opening of Corridor 19 in Area 9 and just outside the Habitability Boundary (Posts 03~11); all other corridors remain undisturbed and almost the entire population of Naju are blissfully unaware of their existance.

             The inhabiting Monsters/Aliens of Naju are still present, some in robotic form, and while they have largely been hidden away from the colony; many are rapidly resurfacing and threatening the colony. This caused a near constant deployment of various generations of Guardian Fighters to constantly keep the alien invasion in check. But it's only a matter of time before it becomes uncontrollable...


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Summary & Role Play Cast as left from previous Episode (up to Post 42)

IF you would like to join, just post your character(s) profile here

             What appeared to be a routine terraforming task turned into disaster when one of the terraforming cruisers: USF Compile, was hijacked by SHODAN who used it to reawaken the dormant monsters that had been hidden away in Naju's Below Surface Worlds. John Targa and Akrn Salthic were deployed onboard USF Compile to investigate on the situation while other Guardian Fighters (Amet, Killian,Samuel, Letty & Maiorico) were sent on scouting missions to assess the scale of the disaster (of which only Area 1 was deemed in threat to call for temporary evacuation, but Amet never made it to his destination and crashlanded on the Back side of Naju).

             John and Akrn were quickly left in a precarious situation when SHODAN transformed the cruiser into a System Shock 2 styled Survivor-Horror. Although they were united with some allies along the way, John felt that only a full destruction of the cruiser would save Naju from being totally annihilated by SHODAN. He successfully crashed the cruiser a small distance from Naju Central's Airport with all cast surviving the crash but leaving the airport and segment of the city in a heavily damaged state.

             Amet Velpiks found himself in the unknown land after crash landing, while he attempts to try contact with Naju Central, he meets up with another inhabitant Rey Seightmour; together, they head back to Rey's hideout, while also attempting to gather as much information about the unknown lands of the Back side.

             Meanwhile, a soldier from a far, far away world made an energency reentry in Naju...

• Donloteion's side of the story (Last post: Post 14)

**not included due to player inactivity**

• EinhanderZwei's side of the story
  
  
  
  • John Targa & "Michael Bay" Bayonetta == Seen departing Naju Central Airport to undisclosed location
  • Rydia == With Tetharil giving report on the events surrounding the crash of USF Compile
  • Bren McGuire == **unknown, wait for update from EinhanderZwei**
• RubyC42's side of the story
  
  
  
  • Tetharil "Terry" Cannin == With Rydia
  • Akrn Salthic, Killian Rhodallister & Samuel Laszlith == At Area 5 looking for Amet after losing contact with him
  • Amet Velpiks == Taking refuge at Rey's hideout after crashing on the Back side of Naju as result of botched scouting mission
  • Letearia "Letty" Mechiko == Escorting Malcolm to GF Barracks
  • Maiorico, Sigurbelle, Horaculous == Continuing assisstance in Naju Central Airport after it sustaining damage as result of crash of USF Compile
• UserK's side of the story
  
  
  
  • Earl & Leona == About to leave Naju Central
  • Rey Seightmour == With Amet at his own hideout on Backside of Naju after having been trapped there for many years and having to rely on his own survival skills
• Spudacus's side of the story
  
  
  
  • Malcom Jurthaen == Was on Cryogenic journey away from Reach when his ship went out of control and burnt up on Naju atmosphere - currently being led away by Letearia in order to find out further about him

[Spudacus]

Great idea and well done on the intro, that setting part really should clear things up. Maybe posts should state the setting, time elapsed since previous post and location. We could even use military time for the time frame. Y'know, keep things kinda clear.
Example:  Post #1 1800 Naju Central Airport

(Edit) good effect on summary, RubyC42.

[UserK]

I strongly support this decision.
I will try writing something tomorrow, it will be something short for the time being. I plan to hyperlink it to previous messages for easier navigation.

For clarification, here's what P43 is supposed to say "between the lines".

Earl has been recalled from Naju surface from his employer. Earl "traded" a pass for Leona as well in exchange for some work in finding an explanation in what happened to Amet. Clearly, Earl's employer can provide a lot of pressure even on highly ranked officials. Also notice the evac request was issued very fast, it's very likely this corp has more knowledge of what's going on than military. By locating Amet, they also proved quite some technological edge.

As previously said, Earl was scheduled to leave the planet quite soon. Its corp will also pick up all its equipment deployed on surface.

Leona will follow a couple of days later. Unless something prevents her to leave, they'll both be gone for a while. In the case events unfold as I hope, they will be back, but it's currently an unlikely possibility.

Note on terminology. Rey won't speak about area numbers, but there are some references in describing its locations. Such as hideout position. I previously located his hideout at a junction connecting Area 0 and 3 nearby 4. I really meant to write 0, 2 and 3.
Those numbers are not the numbers intended by other people, so mind the context of who's saying what. Rey area 0 is an old ruined city, made of large stones. It is supposed to contain landing point Alpha (term used by Earl in P25), the spot where Miria landed. Rey has no knowledge of what happened there and probably does not even know this place has a name. Area 2 is the swamp with the exploding multiplicating spiders, 3 is the forest. Note that differently from the game, area 3 and 4 are contiguous and will be referred as "forest".

The character also had to evolve differently than I originally predicted, I basically had to carve a niche out of the super-powerful beings roaming around in the other hemisphere. Keep in mind the back side is supposedly much more dangerous than the front side - it was dangerous even for Miria herself. I already introduced some elements that might hint at how Rey survived so long. If everything unfolds as I planned, its status will be clarified and hopefully will get a boost as well.  The character however will keep its inclination to stealth, mobility and safe environment navigation.

[RubyC42]

For my side of things, I try keep the "areas" as descriptly accurate as possible to how they appeared in the game, and i thought about evening things out by having one half of all the areas appearing on each half of the planet; even if they aren't referred by their actual area number (hence me giving them full titles).

unless of course, I misunderstood something. Since Area 3 is already used on the front side as Dense Veridiplata Forests. Although i don't mind having Area 3 on the Front side and Area 4 of the Back side join together. Even if they're not referred as such by Rey.

oh, and updated the postdraft again. Let me know if it's good to go.

[UserK]

I'm fine with it.
Thinking at it again, I'm not.
Let me sketch something again so to be extra special super sure I have understood.

As an additional note: Leona was not "summoned by her superior". Her special license is Earl "price" for the work done here. Earl is a civilian consultant, Leona is not.

[RubyC42]

i think we're making this way morecomplicated than it needs to be.


but anyway, we'll see how it works out

[EinhanderZwei]

i think we're making this way morecomplicated than it needs to be.

Sorry guys, but that's exactly the reason I won't post it anymore. Too many pointless characters, too many convoluted descriptions, too many things going everywhere at the same time, so what started as fun right now is (judging from what I've read before falling asleep) just too tedious, boring and overwritten. It's just not fun to me personally. I admit, I sported these flaws as well - that's the reason #2 why I'm leaving this.

[UserK]

That's indeed very bad news. Judging from your blog, we will be missing you.
That said, I'm drawing a per-character timeline and there sure are weird things going on with the time involved by many actions. I'm trying to sort it out as best as I can.
It is very problematic none of us seemed to understand what was going on.

[UserK]

Ok, so far I have resisted giving explanations on timeline by my side. I knew words alone won't do.
I have completed my per-character timeline. As you can see, it's really not complicated as it seems once we filter out all the noise.

Timeline by character, in SVG format (to be preferred).
Same in PNG.

As you can see, we're really talking in two different time scales. Rey moves by feet and albeit faster than average, everything still takes hours for him. In P33, I marked the timeline explicitly. P34/35, recovers from the disaster in an hour. This introduces several issues in my opinion, but we could still work it out.
With P37 another hour has gone by yet on P41 everything is still much, much faster. They scout whole caverns in apparent detail in hours.

I am still considering producing an in-order PDF with rearranged and re-edited messages. Before going on, I guess we should totally fix up all the pace issues.

[Souperion]

Hello! I've been reading the RP and sign-up sheet, and I’m interested in the story possibilities. I would like to join in on the action and help out (at least with some ideas ), so here's me character:

Name: Sebariel Talaince
Apparent age: 39
Gender: Male

-Personality: Patient and analytical, He is generally reserved and collected. Compassionate, but has learned to (mostly) disguise emotions with indifference, being hardened by many years of combat. Can come across as rough and cold, but is really considerate. Mission minded, but is a team player who ultimately wants to take of issues.

-Physical Appearance: About 6 foot 1, broad. Appears to be in prime, but has graying brown hair that falls just above the shoulders, hair being parted in the middle and out of the eyes. Wears a light plate vest/leggings, dark silver, with gauntlets above the wrist and medium length armored boots. Wears a trench coat over armor.

-Background: Sebariel is a member of SAFE, the Security and Arms Force of Earth, a private corporation that was contracted for Naju's security, and he is on duty on Naju, investigating the undergoing problems.

-Assets: Simple Psionic power gained from a blood transfer with a Protoss Dark Templar (Starcraft), and elongated life. Uses a shotgun as primary weapon, and has arm based energy blade.

[RubyC42]

Welcome aboard! I hope you'll have all the fun with the RP (inspite of all the ongoing problems, at least.)

So yeah, we're just trying to work out some lingering issues that we have noticed after the  first batch of posts. but we hope to get them all cleared up and get the next episode ready soon

Starting with Episode 2 I will be dramatically altering my post writing style as to make everything easier to understand for other people, at least i hope so...

To userK responded to the timeline problem as a PM