WildSpace - A Riot! Quest
- Thread starter Shadows
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Drasky
Dude
[X] Explore (Combat+Espionage)
[X] Suggest Colony Name: Outopia, Meiropolis, Jericho, Paradice, Lochanistan, Omelas, Roundworld, Bad Idea.
As always, though wouldn't explore at least give some combat Xp, or was I just sitting in the car the whole time and looking smug as the others tried to draw the creature away.
[X] Suggest Colony Name: Outopia, Meiropolis, Jericho, Paradice, Lochanistan, Omelas, Roundworld, Bad Idea.
As always, though wouldn't explore at least give some combat Xp, or was I just sitting in the car the whole time and looking smug as the others tried to draw the creature away.
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Strunkriidiisk
THE LEGEND
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Name: Jack Reyes
Appearance: Male, average height, scarred and grizzled, with brown hair clipped short and going prematurely grey in places.
Description: A dour man, Reyes is an experienced (and jaded) former bounty hunter and soldier-of-fortune. Since he was first able to leave home on his own, he's been travelling and hiring himself out for just about any job that can be had. Over time, he found himself gravitating toward more combat-oriented work, and he embraced it. Of course, fifteen years in the business is a long (and statistically unlikely) time for a simple merc, and Reyes finds himself wanting to retire in favour of something else, lest he be retired via someone else's gun. Some small colony out in the black sounds nice.
Job: Mercenary
[X] Explore (Combat+Espionage)
Appearance: Male, average height, scarred and grizzled, with brown hair clipped short and going prematurely grey in places.
Description: A dour man, Reyes is an experienced (and jaded) former bounty hunter and soldier-of-fortune. Since he was first able to leave home on his own, he's been travelling and hiring himself out for just about any job that can be had. Over time, he found himself gravitating toward more combat-oriented work, and he embraced it. Of course, fifteen years in the business is a long (and statistically unlikely) time for a simple merc, and Reyes finds himself wanting to retire in favour of something else, lest he be retired via someone else's gun. Some small colony out in the black sounds nice.
Job: Mercenary
[X] Explore (Combat+Espionage)
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
[X] Colony: First Impact
Our mineral situation is pretty critical at 10 now, so operations should stack the deck on this one.
Might be a good idea to build another mining Op as soon as we get another 10 minerals, so we'll slowly build up a surplus of minerals — otherwise we'll be either barely breaking even or not have enough for any advanced projects.
But that means not building anything for 2 turns after first securing our food supply. Hmm...
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
[X] Colony: First Impact
Our mineral situation is pretty critical at 10 now, so operations should stack the deck on this one.
Might be a good idea to build another mining Op as soon as we get another 10 minerals, so we'll slowly build up a surplus of minerals — otherwise we'll be either barely breaking even or not have enough for any advanced projects.
But that means not building anything for 2 turns after first securing our food supply. Hmm...
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EvilPorygon
Cookie Monster
- Location
- a phone
Name: Evern
Appearance: A young man in his early twenties. Slightly tanned, dark haired and dark eyed.
Description: A soldier in training kicked out before commission due to getting into a fight with a superior. Colonization offered new opportunities; so Evern found himself on a spaceship weeks later.
Job: Soldier. Amenable to pick up other skills with practice.
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
[X] Colony: First Impact
Appearance: A young man in his early twenties. Slightly tanned, dark haired and dark eyed.
Description: A soldier in training kicked out before commission due to getting into a fight with a superior. Colonization offered new opportunities; so Evern found himself on a spaceship weeks later.
Job: Soldier. Amenable to pick up other skills with practice.
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
[X] Colony: First Impact
- Location
- Telmar
Amanda Amala decides to:
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Farm (produces +5 food) (2 minerals)
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Farm (produces +5 food) (2 minerals)
We don't have enough minerals for that
All 10 minerals are being used for the mine
Shadows
Sacred Priestess of the Benevolent Dice Gods
- Location
- USS Civilian, DDG-214
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Building more MOs, finding crashed ships/supply pods and salvaging them (gotta explore for that), researching more efficient MO technology... etc.
I'm considering adding other options to boost your combat skill. Like, I dunno, training, or clearing out the pesky local wildlife. Which could be considered the former...
I have also added the explanation of how rolls affect XP gains to the "Rolls and You" section of the OP.
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- Location
- Telmar
Fair point.We don't have enough minerals for that
All 10 minerals are being used for the mine
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
[X] Colony Name: Flintfire Rock.
what about the good ol standby of either training or standing guard?
And if you want, you could always grab someone to be your CO-GM and have them do the more numbers crunchy bits if you don't enjoy those parts.
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Shadows
Sacred Priestess of the Benevolent Dice Gods
- Location
- USS Civilian, DDG-214
- Pronouns
- She/Her
ROFL. I'm on a boat in the middle of nowhere - even if I didn't enjoy it I currently have frak-all to do besides doodle and write up Encounters for you folks while I'm on watch, so I might as well number-crunch.
I think I'll add those options in in the next update. TBH most folks have already thrown their lot in for one option or another so there's little point in doing so now.
Well sure, but it's kinda hard to have a bunch of espionage options when there ain't much to espionage around.
It would probably be a good thing if you to volunteer or suggest a few possible espionage actions instead of just telling the GM that more would be nice please.
- Location
- Telmar
To be honest, while I don't mind a training option I'm OK with this being a roguelike game where you don't train. You either learn to do it on the job or you die and make a new character.
As far as espionage goes, perhaps an option to track an animal back to its lair? Or harvest eggs and stronger-than-steel spider webs and stuff from creatures?
As far as espionage goes, perhaps an option to track an animal back to its lair? Or harvest eggs and stronger-than-steel spider webs and stuff from creatures?
Shadows
Sacred Priestess of the Benevolent Dice Gods
- Location
- USS Civilian, DDG-214
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Which is why the Explore action is an Espionage/Combat action, while Survey (having a completely different purpose) is an R&D action.
Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
- Location
- Behind you~
Name: Sgt. Roselia DuClare
Appearance (1 paragraph or less): Fit, serious looking woman in her early 30s. Shoulder length black hair, lightly tanned skin, above average height. Usually wears standard issue coveralls.
Description (1 paragraph or less): After a long stint in the Army, Roselia reached her high year of tenure and was forced to separate. Mildly disgruntled with being unable to stay in the career she loved, she opted to take her chances out on the frontier and put her wildly varied skillset to good usage. Having worn many hats during her service, she's a strong believer in the old saying "Specialization is for insects".
Job (this helps determine your character's starting Bonus): A former special forces combat engineer, Roselia considers herself equally at home in overt fighting, covert infiltration, constructing and deconstructing structures, and tinkering in a lab.
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
Appearance (1 paragraph or less): Fit, serious looking woman in her early 30s. Shoulder length black hair, lightly tanned skin, above average height. Usually wears standard issue coveralls.
Description (1 paragraph or less): After a long stint in the Army, Roselia reached her high year of tenure and was forced to separate. Mildly disgruntled with being unable to stay in the career she loved, she opted to take her chances out on the frontier and put her wildly varied skillset to good usage. Having worn many hats during her service, she's a strong believer in the old saying "Specialization is for insects".
Job (this helps determine your character's starting Bonus): A former special forces combat engineer, Roselia considers herself equally at home in overt fighting, covert infiltration, constructing and deconstructing structures, and tinkering in a lab.
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
Shadows
Sacred Priestess of the Benevolent Dice Gods
- Location
- USS Civilian, DDG-214
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Voting closed!
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
@Night_stalker , @Nevill , @FatedBread , @EvilPorygon , @Optimist Prone , @Spectrum
[X] Research technologies
-[X] Turnkey Research
@Zaratustra ,
[X] Explore (Combat+Espionage)
@LinkOnScepter , @veekie, @drasky, @Strunkriidiisk, @Troglodyte
4 votes: [X] Colony: First Impact
1 vote: [X] Colony Name: Flintfire Rock.
1 vote: [X] Suggest Colony Name: Outopia, Meiropolis, Jericho, Paradice, Lochanistan, Omelas, Roundworld, Bad Idea.
"And so it was that First Impact was founded in the year 2322 by a group of misfits for the purpose of 'getting the hell away from the Core Worlds'."
[X] Set up a building:
-[X] Basic Mining Operation (produces +5 minerals/turn) (10 minerals)
@Night_stalker , @Nevill , @FatedBread , @EvilPorygon , @Optimist Prone , @Spectrum
[X] Research technologies
-[X] Turnkey Research
@Zaratustra ,
[X] Explore (Combat+Espionage)
@LinkOnScepter , @veekie, @drasky, @Strunkriidiisk, @Troglodyte
4 votes: [X] Colony: First Impact
1 vote: [X] Colony Name: Flintfire Rock.
1 vote: [X] Suggest Colony Name: Outopia, Meiropolis, Jericho, Paradice, Lochanistan, Omelas, Roundworld, Bad Idea.
"And so it was that First Impact was founded in the year 2322 by a group of misfits for the purpose of 'getting the hell away from the Core Worlds'."
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LinkOnScepter
The One who Strangles Concepts to death
- Location
- Interwebs
Well Research is fucked.
As for Explore, let's just hope our combined bonuses see us through.
As for Explore, let's just hope our combined bonuses see us through.
Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
- Location
- Behind you~
Hmm. If I eyeball it right, that could be an Epic Success on the Mining Op if the DC is <42 or so.
And, uh, RIP Zaratustra.
And, uh, RIP Zaratustra.
Looks like a Minor Failure to me...
Week 2: There be treasure in them hills
Shadows
Sacred Priestess of the Benevolent Dice Gods
- Location
- USS Civilian, DDG-214
- Pronouns
- She/Her
With all the building that had gone on the previous week, the denizens of First Impact noticed that their stores of pre-fab materials were beginning to run low. The cargo hold carried an AMU, or Autonomous Mining Unit, a few decades old and well past its prime but still perfectly usable. Steve crunched the numbers for the rest of them: if they used up the last of their pre-fab and electronics, they could just - barely - set up a mining operation with the AMU, capable of processing the material it harvested and using a series of 3D printers to craft what the colony would need in the coming (hopefully) years.
(DC 50. Roll: 89+5+6+5+6+3+3=117. Success.)
Construction of the new mining operation went off smoothly and without a hiccup. The foundation went down, the walls went up, the AMU went out, and the printers and smelters went in. With six of the eleven unfrozen settlers working on it, it could hardly have gone any other way. Taking Ludwig's survey data and feeding it into the AMU, Roselia DuClare watched with some small amount of pride as the old 'bot went trundling away under its own power, bound for the suspected location of an iron deposit.
Basic Mining Operation complete! First Impact now produces +5 minerals/turn.
Ludwig, injured but not brain-dead, did his best to help the colony while the others were busy setting up the mining operation. Opening up the transport's data terminal, he tried to unlock the Turnkey Tech package the colony group had bought (at great expense) from one of the corporations that basically ran the Core Worlds' colonization programs.
Key word: Tried.
It must have been the painkillers he was on, clouding his mind and dulling his ability, but for the life of him he simply could not seem to get the encrypted file to open, even with the passcode in front of him. Testing showed that the file was not corrupt, but neither did it want to open.
Oh well.
(DC 30. Roll 4+6=10. Minor Failure.)
Turnkey Research not completed.
Jack, Scepta, Victor and Meir spent their time loading up the rover for another excursion. They decided to leave the Razorclaws to their own devices for a week rather than tangle with the rhino-sized felinoids, and thus decided to head south. Trekking down over the plains, they kept a sharp eye out for anything interesting or dangerous. Sometime on Wednesday they had stopped to eat. Meir, having finished his rations, began looking around their surroundings when he discovered what looked like a tunnel door dug into the side of the hill they were perched atop. It was well camouflaged - if he hadn't been looking at exactly the right angle, he might never have noticed it.
"Well, that's interesting." Meir said aloud.
"What's that?" Scepta asked, coming over to stand by him.
Meir pointed. "What does that look like to you?"
"... a door. That is interesting." she said, shifting her rifle across her frame to be more accessible.
"Shall we have a look?"
[] Go inside
[] Mark the spot for later exploration
(DC 50. Roll 15+6+6+5+5= 37. Minor failure, but I felt like giving you an event.)
(DC 50. Roll: 89+5+6+5+6+3+3=117. Success.)
Construction of the new mining operation went off smoothly and without a hiccup. The foundation went down, the walls went up, the AMU went out, and the printers and smelters went in. With six of the eleven unfrozen settlers working on it, it could hardly have gone any other way. Taking Ludwig's survey data and feeding it into the AMU, Roselia DuClare watched with some small amount of pride as the old 'bot went trundling away under its own power, bound for the suspected location of an iron deposit.
Basic Mining Operation complete! First Impact now produces +5 minerals/turn.
Ludwig, injured but not brain-dead, did his best to help the colony while the others were busy setting up the mining operation. Opening up the transport's data terminal, he tried to unlock the Turnkey Tech package the colony group had bought (at great expense) from one of the corporations that basically ran the Core Worlds' colonization programs.
Key word: Tried.
It must have been the painkillers he was on, clouding his mind and dulling his ability, but for the life of him he simply could not seem to get the encrypted file to open, even with the passcode in front of him. Testing showed that the file was not corrupt, but neither did it want to open.
Oh well.
(DC 30. Roll 4+6=10. Minor Failure.)
Turnkey Research not completed.
Jack, Scepta, Victor and Meir spent their time loading up the rover for another excursion. They decided to leave the Razorclaws to their own devices for a week rather than tangle with the rhino-sized felinoids, and thus decided to head south. Trekking down over the plains, they kept a sharp eye out for anything interesting or dangerous. Sometime on Wednesday they had stopped to eat. Meir, having finished his rations, began looking around their surroundings when he discovered what looked like a tunnel door dug into the side of the hill they were perched atop. It was well camouflaged - if he hadn't been looking at exactly the right angle, he might never have noticed it.
"Well, that's interesting." Meir said aloud.
"What's that?" Scepta asked, coming over to stand by him.
Meir pointed. "What does that look like to you?"
"... a door. That is interesting." she said, shifting her rifle across her frame to be more accessible.
"Shall we have a look?"
[] Go inside
[] Mark the spot for later exploration
(DC 50. Roll 15+6+6+5+5= 37. Minor failure, but I felt like giving you an event.)
LinkOnScepter
The One who Strangles Concepts to death
- Location
- Interwebs
[X] Mark the spot for later exploration
As Gun-Ho as Scepta is, even she realizes when you shouldn't tempt fate.
As Gun-Ho as Scepta is, even she realizes when you shouldn't tempt fate.
Strunkriidiisk
THE LEGEND
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Mark the spot for later exploration
I feel boring today.
I feel boring today.