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Mass Effect: The Traverse

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Silvereagle21 said:
[X] Found new city: You've found a new massive cavern that is perfect for a large-scale settlement. Of course, it'll be a lot of effort to make, but it'll be far easier than Lightning was and will open up easy access to a new Eezo deposit. Right now you just have the population for this to work… just. -1750 credits
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That's already locked.
 
@Doomed Wombat

Do we need to write in for Jim to retire? Can we write in option to formalize the process of expanding the bureaucracy as the polity grew?
 
VoidZero said:
@Doomed Wombat

Do we need to write in for Jim to retire? Can we write in option to formalize the process of expanding the bureaucracy as the polity grew?
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Jim can not retire until next year and I think when it is time for Jim to retire we will get the option for it. Homer is gone for the year and he is the most likely person to take over the colony. Which is sad because I do not think he has the same amount of contacts that Jim does.
 
I dont suppose we could find a way to increase the life span if ourselves and tychus? I just feel like we haven't had enough time to really enjoy the characters, you know? It would really suck if we shunted them to the side just as we started to get to know the characters.

If the answer is no, might I make the humble request of more charicterization for the main charicters moving forward?
 
Darik29 said:
Not Even including Damnbeasts, which could eat entire Hordes of Husks.
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Speaking of.

Darik29 said:
Well, that makes this easier


Damnbeast

Imagine a tiger. Now, make it at minimum 3-5 meters in length, weighing in at roughly two to fever tons depending on size, and make it the most angry monster you have ever met. Give it six legs, each with a gecko pad like foot with claws that can shred tank armor, skin that laughs at anything hand held. It's mouth can expand to swallow humans while, and the damn thing is terrifyingly smart. It learns. You can only set a trap for it once, and if it lives that trap never works again, and it's smarter the longer it lives. It is a thing of horror, and the Only reason it's not killing everything is because it's a genuine solitary apex predator. It's territory seems to be massive, spanning hundreds of miles that it claims against all competitors. And finally, as if that wasn't bad enough, the damn thing can apparently use biotics. Like, actual semi coherent biotics, not just a natural trait. It can make itself lighter or heavier, it can move like greased lightning, and the older ones can generate there own damned biotic barriers.

This thing is an Apex Monster. Fear it.



Stalker Gheists

Stalkers are gods way of letting the people of Perkuwonos know he hates them. These little bastards are the definition of horrifying. For one, they can turn near invisible, leaving only a shimmer in the air to Mark there location. For another, the damn things have Hands. And are smart enough to use them. They can open doors and windows, operate locks, press buttons... you name it, these creepy little monsters can fuck with it. And they can generate a static charge for self defense, enough to act like a taser on people it hits. They also have the horrifying ability to mimic sounds. Perfectly. Like someone calling out to someone else on the perimeter, and when they go to investigate they find no one there, until the beast drops down and shreds them. The only saving grace is that the monsters are small, barely more than child sized, and unable to pierce modern armor. Unfortunately, they can figure out guns, but no ones dumb enough to leave armories unguarded like that on this hellhole of a planet.


Doom Turtle

These guys are actually some of the easiest beasts to deal with. Mostly, because the creature in question appears to be a scavenger more than a hunter. It forms a large biotic barrier around itself, and whenever anything hits the barrier it hits back with a contact warp. It shreds anything that touches its barrier, then floats over it and eats it. The barriers are pretty tough, but all that's really needed to drive them off is a decent lightning strike. Or a machine created fake lightning strike.


So. Thoughts?
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Canon +10 to examine wildlife.

Gimmie a sec to find the air defence one.

VoidZero said:
Do we need to write in for Jim to retire? Can we write in option to formalize the process of expanding the bureaucracy as the polity grew?
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An option for him to retire will be added next year as the outline needs to be put into place.

And yes you can.
 
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Well hot damn. Damnbeasts, Stalker Gheists, and Doom Turtles are now real creatures on Perkuwonos.

That's... that's gonna be fun to deal with.
 
Nurgle said:
Jim can not retire until next year and I think when it is time for Jim to retire we will get the option for it. Homer is gone for the year and he is the most likely person to take over the colony. Which is sad because I do not think he has the same amount of contacts that Jim does.
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We could do a write in like-

Retainer fee - Various parties & individuals had been instrumental in the founding and growths of Perkwunos. Perhaps the bureaucracy should start cultivating and making these connections instead of individuals.

Doomed Wombat said:
And yes you can.
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Awesome. These work?

Bureaucracy - We should call it civil service, because the public doesn't know anything about public expenditure. Committees and departments and so on are the life blood of a civilization.
 
Kufufu said:
I dont suppose we could find a way to increase the life span if ourselves and tychus? I just feel like we haven't had enough time to really enjoy the characters, you know? It would really suck if we shunted them to the side just as we started to get to know the characters.

If the answer is no, might I make the humble request of more charicterization for the main charicters moving forward?
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Lifespan isn't the problem, humans in ME can live to around 150 by the time Shep's on the block, and even if its not quite that long both of them will have a few more decades of life in them assuming they get to have a relaxing life. And that is the problem, how long you can live and keep doing the kind of life style Raynor and Tychas live is near impossible at their age, there's a limit the body can take even with medical advances piled on top of, both of them have decades of injuries and stress going back to their teenage years which is also adding up.

So yeah theoretically both of them can keep going, but they're going to run into increasing risks of just dying from stress etc.

Rest assured neither of them are being ejected from the story until they do flat out die and even then their influence will remain, but they're reaching the point where its medically unsafe for them to keep doing what they do (well technically they reached that point nearly a decade ago with their honourable discharges for reaching far over the recommended age limit.)

VoidZero said:
Bureaucracy - We should call it civil service, because the public doesn't know anything about public expenditure. Committees and departments and so on are the life blood of a civilization.
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Well you already have a bureaucracy. What exactly are you hoping for?
 
VoidZero said:
The kind that makes regular expansion of hospital, police, utilities, and housing. So we wouldn't need to keep using the action slots without an emergency.
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...Ok, I can see where you are going with this, but if I do consider adding it, it will come with a hefty price tag, several different actions and maybe a large chance for corruption and potentially other effects.

While automating these kind of things is a good idea in theory it runs into issue swiftly.
 
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