When The Stars Fall: Quest

Created
Status
Ongoing
Watchers
54
Recent readers
0
Threadmarks
9
Humanity has dreamed to journey into the expanse of stellar space, but where hope and discovery lies within the stars so thus tragedy and horror lie within the void.
Threadmarks Voting
View content
Turn 0
  • View content
    • P

    ProjectUnidad

    Temp Banned
    Suspended
    Sock Puppet
    You are ignoring content by this member.
    In the month of August in 1977, individuals operating the radio telescope at the Ohio State University were discussing whether to keep the search of any interstellar radio signals at the same coordinates in the sky or try different coordinates for the duration of the month. However there were few that wanted to close the facility down for the rest of the month to do some maintenance on both the telescope and machinery within the facility. After some back and forth, it was decided that they will…

    The Ohio State University Radio Observatory​
    Whenever you see red text, essentially it means that you are about to make an important decision that will drastically change the course of the quest.

    [] try to keep the scan at the same coordinates

    [] try to scan at different coordinates

    [] close the shop for needed maintenance

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ​
    Meanwhile somewhere else, a child is enjoying the day playing with the other kids of the town, it lasts till sunset when they must return to their homes and rest. So the child chooses to…

    The stars are burning bright tonight but the shadows are growing darker too
    ​
    [] see the stars at night a little longer

    [] go back home to rest
     
  • View discussion
    • Turn 0 Vote closed
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
    Scheduled vote count started by ProjectUnidad on Feb 8, 2023 at 9:13 PM, finished with 42 posts and 24 votes.
    Click to expand...
     
  • View discussion
    • Turn 1 [1977]
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
    DECISIONS

    ​
    It was decided to scan the skies at a different coordinates from originally planned, and so for the next few days people would be analyzing by hand large amounts of data processed by an IBM 1130 computer. On August 18, a volunteer for the SETI project while checking data recorded on line printer paper spotted a series of values of signal intensity and frequency that left them and their colleagues astonished, so impressed by the result that they circled on the computer printout the reading of the signal's intensity, and wrote the comment "Whoa!" beside it, leading to the event's widely used name. A continuous extraterrestrial signal, therefore, would be expected to register for exactly 72 seconds, and the recorded intensity of such signal would display a gradual increase for the first 36 seconds, peaking at the center of the observation window and then a gradual decrease as the telescope moved away from it. All these characteristics are present in the Whoa! signal. With this information in hand, who will they reveal the news first?(choose one)
    [] Tell the government
    + 1 goodwill
    [] Spread the news
    Share the News: + 5 decision rolls

    ​
    Regardless of who receives the news first as such information would eventually be made public and to the whole world. The news of the signal being extraterrestrial in origin has forever changed the course of human history, while humanity still remains divided in most issues at the very least there collectively are curious towards the wonders of the cosmos. Some countries with the means of sending stuff to space are beginning to draw their plans to reach the stars, some of these countries are allies to the United States while others are rivals, the biggest one being the Soviet Union and its eastern bloc allies. While the Cold War is still present and likely to be a major influence towards policy and thus not necessarily mean that it has to be forever, perhaps this discovery could potentially unify our race, but some are skeptical about that.

    Meanwhile behind closed doors, a meeting is in place towards the policy of the degree of cooperation with other countries when it comes towards space affairs. On the one hand some are of the thought of "American Exceptionalism", the idea that the superiority of the country is enough to achieve our own goals without the need of other countries. After all America is a large country with an industrious powerhouse and plenty of resources, for sure the United States has both the means and intellect to become a space faring nation. However doing so not only would already create a bigger divide with the Eastern Bloc but would also alienate us with our Western allies in regards to this issue. Besides that the government is afterall run by the people so public opinion could influence the seats of power that can affect progress of space projects and even potentially either expedite or shut down the goal of reaching towards the stars.

    There was the other option of instead going alone would be to instead work with our western allies. In particular Western Europe had already launched satellites into space and recently had merge two previous space agencies into the European Space Agency. Just like the US, countries in the west of Europe have demonstrated the capabilities and the means to launch rockets into space, thus working with them would significantly increase manpower and share resources and research to complete projects. However, being tied with Western governments means that multiple interests might at times be at odds with one another and with the increase of bureaucracy, it is likely that projects might suffer delays. Also in the context of the Cold War though already a given that the US and Western Europe might join up in a second space race, this would only reinforce the rivalry with the Soviets and Eastern Bloc, potentially starting a shadow campaign of sabotage and espionage, if not treading carefully the cold war could become hot.

    However for the optimists in the room, there is the belief that perhaps with the recent discovery of the century, that perhaps it was time for all countries of the world to come together and reach the stars as one people. It's gonna take a lot of political will, concessions and even favors to bring all countries, friends and rivals alike to the table to form a global coalition to explore the cosmos. If this endeavor is successful then the world would become a giant oyster to extract its resources, research and talent to fund this "international" space agency. However, if working with the western allies would be more difficult than working with other countries with opposite ideologies would prove to be an overwhelming undertaking, decisions and projects would be drastically affected as multiple countries would take time to find consensus. This potential global coalition would initially be fragile as countries would start to share research and resources with one another, should this coalition fall apart could spell severe consequences for the stability of the world.    (choose one)
    [] Go Alone
    * Home Rule: + 10 decision roll
    * + 1 goodwill
    * Do it yourself: - 1d10 on project rolls
    * American Public Opinion: At the beginning of the turn first roll will be a 1d2 to determine a positive/negative on the second roll which is gonna be 1d5 for both decisions and projects
    [] Western Allies
    * Western Cooperation: + 10 project rolls
    * + 1 goodwill
    *     Reaching Consensus: -1d10 on decision roll
    * Western Public Opinion: At the beginning of the turn first roll be 1d3 to determine positive/negative or none on the second roll which is gonna be 1d5 for both decisions and projects
    [] Global Cooperation
    * Global Coalition: +10 decision/project rolls and you can choose two projects per turn
    * Global Consensus: - 1d15 for decision and project rolls
    * International Event: At the start of the turn players will roll will roll a 1d20 mystery roll to receive either a buff/debuff, a good or bad superevent, etc.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    PROJECTS

    ​
    With the news of a possible extraterrestrial life existing outside of Earth has shaken much of society. While the rest of the world is grasping with the ground breaking news, meanwhile the government has once more given towards space exploration has given NASA a bigger budget to continue developing technologies that will help mankind reach to the stars, and preferably sooner than later. Now with the backing of both the government and public, what programs should we focus on first?(choose one)
    [] Improve outer orbit space flight
    DC:25
    [] Construct a space station
    Complete: 0/50
    [] Survey the lunar surface
    DC: 25, 50
    [] Sent a satellite to survey planets/moons
    DC: 30, 60, 90
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    SOMEWHERE

    ​
    While the news spreads like wildfire on Earth, meanwhile at the….(choose one)
    [] Red Dunes of Mars
    [] Methane Lakes of Titan
    [] Underground Ocean of Europa
    [] Red Eye of Jupiter
    [] Icy Wasteland of Pluto

    ​
    Meanwhile somewhere else the child and their siblings went to school for today's lesson about history. Upon entering the classroom some students were excited about learning a new subject while others would rather go play outside. Moments later the teacher would enter the classroom and teach the students about the history of the…(choose one)
    []The world
    []The nation

    Omake Bounties (Reward per completed omake bounty, +10 on all rolls for turn 1)
    • The first person to listen to the signal
    • The international response to the news
    • The response of some US official
     
    Last edited:
  • View discussion
    • Turn 1 Vote closed
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
    Scheduled vote count started by ProjectUnidad on Feb 11, 2023 at 11:31 PM, finished with 29 posts and 18 votes.
    Click to expand...
     
  • View discussion
    • Turn 1 Roll Call
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
    Alright I have some good news, most of the writing for turn 2 is half way done, so expect a couple decisions to make. Bad news, uploading the next turn won't be this Saturday but the next one since I'm going on a trip, so won't have time to write but I will have it done by then….

    Meanwhile I will give a tease to what to expect;
    - Do we send a signal back?
    - Decide which celestial body to satellite?
    - Decide which celestial body to send land probe?
    - A new project available
    - Two new "somewhere" scenarios

    So for the meantime because we end with a tie between Global Cooperation and Western Allies, we are going for a second of votes.

    [] Global Cooperation

    [] Western Allies

    While also that I need someone(anyone) to roll a 1d100 to see if you you can improve outer space flight, DC is 25. Good luck space cowboys!
     
    Last edited:
  • View discussion
    • Turn 1 Roll Call Vote closed
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
  • View discussion
    • Turn 2: [1978-1983]
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
    • Share the News: + 5 decision rolls
    • Global Coalition: +10 decision/project rolls and you can choose two projects per turn
    • Global Consensus: - 1d15 for decision and project rolls
    • International Event: At the start of the turn players will roll a 1d20 mystery roll to receive either a buff/debuff, a good or bad super-event, etc.

    DECISIONS
    ​
    After much behind closed door negotiations, leaders of the world decided that for the betterment of mankind, affairs in regards to outer space should be under the supervision of the United Nations. Therefore a new department within the UN has been created to coordinate with other national agencies and launch sites. Thus this new international body will be known as…[choose one]

    [] United Nations Space Alliance
    [] International Space Community
    [] Coalition of Intersolar Nations

    ​
    While much discussion is occurring in regards to the name, so is the logo for the international space organization. A few have come up but ultimately through a vote the new logo shall be...[choose one]

    [] A
    [] B
    [] C
    [] D


    ​
    With the new founding of the international space organization, perhaps its first act of unity is to launch a space probe to survey celestial bodies within the Solar System. Where should we send the first UN satellite to survey which celestial body?[choose one]

    [] Mercury: DC 40
    [] Venus: DC NAT95
    [] Mars Cluster: DC 40, 50, 70, NAT100
    [] Jupiter Cluster: DC 60, 80
    [] Saturn Cluster: DC 65, 80, NAT100
    [] Uranus Cluster: DC 80
    [] Neptune Cluster: DC 85
    [] Pluto Cluster: DC 90, NAT100

    ​
    Ever since the discovery of the strange signal, a decision must be made whether to study the nature of the signal or perhaps to send something back in hopes to get a different response. What should we do with the signal?

    [] Continue studying the signal: DC 50
    [] Send a message back
    [] Do nothing
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    PROJECTS    ​

    Active Projects:
    ​
    What engine should we invest in to be used as the first engine for outer space flight?(choose one)

    [] Ion Thruster Engine
    (DC: 45, reward: travel roll + 5, Mechanical Error Roll: +5)
    [] Thermal Nuclear Rocket
    (DC: 55, reward: travel roll + 10, Mechanical Error Roll: +10)
    [] Nuclear Pulse Propulsion
    (DC: 65, reward: travel roll + 15, Mechanical Error Roll: +15)
    [] Thermal Antimatter Drive
    (DC: 75, reward: travel roll + 20, Mechanical Error Roll: +20)
    [] Warp Drive Engine
    (DC: 95, reward: travel roll + 30, Mechanical Error Roll: +30, Mystery Roll 1d100)


    Available Projects:
    What other projects should we focus on?(choose two)

    [] Construct a space station

    Complete: 0/150

    [] Survey the lunar surface

    DC: 25, 50

    [] Construct a new launch site

    Complete: 0/75

    [] Develop land probe prototypes
    DC: 50

    [] Improve the bureaucracy of the new organization
    DC: 50

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    SOMEWHERE

    ​
    Meanwhile the child goes to the nearby city with its kin to buy some items at the central market. Among the two items that picked their interest is a shiny orb and a clock, however it was told that it could only choose one to take back home.(choose one)

    [] Orb
    [] Clock
    []Beg to take both DC 70
     
  • View discussion
    • Turn 2 Vote closed
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
    Scheduled vote count started by ProjectUnidad on Feb 25, 2023 at 6:47 PM, finished with 18 posts and 12 votes.
    Click to expand...
     
  • View discussion
    • Turn 2 Roll Call
  • View content
    • You are ignoring content by this member.
    I need players to roll for one of the following…please roll a 1d100
    Decisions:     +9 to the dice roll
    - Mars: DC 40, 50, 70, NAT100
    - Ion Thruster Engine: DC 45

    Projects:     -3 to the dice roll
    - Survey the lunar surface: DC 25, 50
    - Improve the bureaucracy of the new organization: DC: 50

    As for the mystery roll, congratulations you will receive a special event coming from outer space!!
     
    Last edited:
  • View discussion
    • View content
    You must login or register to reply here.
    Back
    Top