Nation Building Ghost in the Machine

[Romulus VenZiel]

@Jarkov Malachai


Mkay, sounds good my man. Hopefully we can get our charries out of the core by tonight. The Borg mecha won't be able to take much more.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

Huzzah for acidic blood eh? Trying to grab and hold a Dredge is a hundred times worse than a eel. Do you want to land the final blow as you have some epic badassery planned?


Also, the Dredge didn't punch a hole straight through it, simply exploited the available weaknesses. Then again from the borgs perspective it probably didn't know that one. All it figured out was, hey why is there this drilling pain in my back, oh now its in my chest, holy crap where did half my thigh go?

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

Check the post before u post. He's using the metallic plates that line the floor, not his own body, but yeah, he's gonna die in the next post likely. He's missing a god damned arm.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

yea I know I read it, and grieves. Any opening the Dredge can exploit more or less. Man this would have been perfect for my fourth Dredge, my engineer but sadly I kept him on the ship. Take over the robots, with your miiiiiiind!.... well mainly a direct uplink with your tongue but still your miiiiiind.....sss...

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

@Dys @GrieveWriter @Jarkov Malachai @TheOnionofShrek @NeoLeaf


Hey guys, short little shoutout;


Atom's leave is going to be way longer than previously expected due to issues outside of his control and outside of his mod responsibilities, so I'll be taking over essentially from here until he can returns, which can be anywhere from 3 weeks to even a couple of months. So this, combined with Apex's absence means that I'll essentially be seeing us through the entirety of the Borg plot, and since Atom hadn't hammered out a lot of the details, that means the entire plot structure is up to me.(Yay for more writing!). I've already drafted up an entire plot for the Borg plotline including some characters and bigger bosses for us all to fight, which means I can advance the plot a little quicker than I had previously planned after the borg world.


This also means a couple of things:


1) We could definitely use a couple more active RPers. If you guys know anyone who would be interested in this, please please please shoot them a link or tag them to the OOC here. Since I'm running things and need to keep in mind my own workload capabilities for when I'm no longer crippled and tied to a couch all day, I'm thinking 2-3 more people MAX.


2) With the absense of players any post would be appreciated from current people here if you have the allotted time(People with busy lives don't stress, I understand if you can't post all the time). Get creative with sub plots or whatnot or just things you want to enact with players.


3) Currently I am very free post wise due to my broken feet and an intestinal issue that prevents mobility and whatnot for myself. However, come November I am desperately hoping to be back on my feet and back to my previous life(i.e. College and work). Despite this I am going to still be reserving time to actively post for this but there will likely be a decline in my posting. Please do be patient regarding this and know that I will likely be spending the first few weeks a little more inactive than usual as I get used to my day to day schedule again.


4)Unless Apex comes back more permanently, I will likely be running all boss plots from here on out. However, I am more than open to having other people run a boss plot should they have one drafted. If so, run it by me or OnionofShrek(Who will sorta kinda be a mod for me until Apex can approve of him officially) and we will read it over before approving it. Atom may or may not be running a new boss plot upon his return should everything be clear. Not too sure, just playing by word of ear here.


That's about all guys, hope we all stick to this project and see it to it's end

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

Hell yea, just popped on as you posted that. Im willing to stick with it till the end, and I can most definitely go about looking for some other guys ive managed to know during my brief time here on this site.


I will be able to post tonight, that's a promise on my honor. Shit just explodes cause lifes a little spoiled child who loves to ruin our day. Hence you've probably noticed my 5 posts per day drop to one.


So we have to run our boss plots or subplots by you now eh Rom?


[edit] also hope you get better soon, rping is fun but little else beats actual good old fashioned work either with your hands, or on the trail.

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

Or by selling cheap grilled chicken the locals! Lol. I actually grew to hate that job and will be looking for another once I'm back on my feet, and thanks for the wishes! I miss the gym the most tbh.


Also, as for the whole subplot, boss plot, thing, only boss plots you have planned need to be ran by me. Go knock yourself out with whatever crazy subplot you have planned with your faction. We'd be tied up in the OOC for days before we got any subplots done if it was the other way around. Also sub plots can contain little bosses of their own that don't need to be ran by me, but subplot boss should be considerably less powerful and destructive than a main plotline boss.


 
Oh, another thing regarding boss plots, since you will be essentially running the entire thing should you decide to make one, it'd be best for you to have all the plot details completed for it including how you intend for the final fight to go written down before you run it by me or Onion. Little holes here and there are fine since a lot of this is reactionary to player's actions but a fairly solid plot should be expected so we don't get frozen into nothingness.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

what would constitute a boss battle?

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

A boss plot could be considered as a plot that lasts I'd say 50(Give or take on this number, it won't be strictly adhered to or anything.) or more pages containing one ultra powerful character that will require a team effort from multiple factions/characters to beat and usually controls some form of army and/or group who's antics cause destruction to multiple if not all players across the universe and who's goals directly effect all players in the RP, and who's defeat generally changes the mechanics of the rp and how characters know their universe in some way.


A sub plot boss will generally be a boss who's defeat is required for the completion of a sub plot, will take efforts from a few characters to defeat, but isn't required to be defeated for the well being of the entire thread. They usually don't cause havoc across all factions all at once but may hit a faction or two here and there to bring incentive for players to participate in his or her downfall. Their endgame goals also generally don't effect the well being of all factions within the RP. A good example for a sub plot boss would be, say a leader of a Nafarian sub faction that a player is alligned against.(For future reference people aren't necessarily bound to choose to help or hurt any one sub faction when the civil war does erupt.) Another example would be if @Apex ever brings him about, a certain maniacal devil of a character that he knows whom I'm refering to. But then again he's more of a character than anything.


 
Also a boss battle in and of itself will generall last however many pages you have planned for it. I generally have my huge boss fights last 5-15 pages depending on how much last minute character development I put into it, how many stages the battle has, and any last minute story telling I wish to have placed into the fight. Since what better time to learn about an intricate and strange boss plot than when you are fighting the big bad boss that heads said faction.


I think my longest boss battle I've ever planned was about a 25 page fight for a 3 stage battle.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

oh.... so awakening the long dormant Warship more dense than Uranus and reeks of general ass whoopage would be a bad idea then. . . duly noted


 
specially since the upper advanced, though ancient as hell and pretty messed up crew inside of it are pretty much the only things id be iffy other than THE THING and or Kyra of going into close range combat with the Dredge

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

You can always make it a boss plot if it's too big or destructive for a sub plot boss. I've reserved something special in mind for the end of the Borg plot but have nothing planned afterwards so far in case you guys want to take a crack at running a boss.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

The soldiers individually at full strength are pretty tough. Id consider a squad of these guys a mini-boss fight and the ship itself.... lets just say lady galumora aint ramming through that ship... with a planet even.


You would need a Death Star to get its attention.

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

Well if the consequences for not facing the boss aren't too dire then go ahead with a sub plot, but if they are feel free to draft a boss plot for it.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

but they suffer from even worse set backs than the Dredge ever did.


 
but they suffer from even worse set backs than the Dredge ever did.

 

[Equipoise]

Just gonna take a second to inform everyone that I am still planning on doing this RP. School is hectic as fuck and I'm having to cut out some of the more unnecessary parts of my life to manage to deal with it. Dealing with shittons of homework, extracurricular activities and clubs, writing a book and it's lore, roleplaying, and trying to get to bed at a decent hour so I don't feel like Death the next day is a bit too much at this time. I'll post when I can, but otherwise I'm most likely doing something important.


TLR - I still want to do this but I'm putting this on hold for a bit.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

I have a habit of making things that are always fuckin outnumbered. I really need to fix that... or not considering that everything I do generally is OP in some way shape and or form and expensive as hell. Those Foragers Corp standard Infantry Marine with no veterans status is worth his weight in gold.

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

No problem.

 

[Doomshroud]

@Apex[/URL] ever brings him about, a certain maniacal devil of a character that he knows whom I'm refering to. But then again he's more of a character than anything.


 
Also a boss battle in and of itself will generall last however many pages you have planned for it. I generally have my huge boss fights last 5-15 pages depending on how much last minute character development I put into it, how many stages the battle has, and any last minute story telling I wish to have placed into the fight. Since what better time to learn about an intricate and strange boss plot than when you are fighting the big bad boss that heads said faction.


I think my longest boss battle I've ever planned was about a 25 page fight for a 3 stage battle.

*Maniacal laughter*

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

All right lets get down to business, got a few things to say.


First off, I thought I blew up the core with the Dredge, that was the thing it ripped out from the Borgs chest and threw it across the room? So was it residue energy catalyzing?


Secondly, when the borg trapped our poor little Feral in that G-field did It go away when the Borg began to use the same said power to trap the dredge inside the borg?


Thirdly, got a buddy of mine who would like to join as you said we needed new recruits, but hes new to Rpnation, not to role playing or forum role plays, but rather fresh on this particular site. He cool to talk to you and are you open to speaking with him in return?

 

[Doomshroud]

[QUOTE="Jarkov Malachai]All right lets get down to business, got a few things to say.
First off, I thought I blew up the core with the Dredge, that was the thing it ripped out from the Borgs chest and threw it across the room? So was it residue energy catalyzing?


Secondly, when the borg trapped our poor little Feral in that G-field did It go away when the Borg began to use the same said power to trap the dredge inside the borg?


Thirdly, got a buddy of mine who would like to join as you said we needed new recruits, but hes new to Rpnation, not to role playing or forum role plays, but rather fresh on this particular site. He cool to talk to you and are you open to speaking with him in return?

[/QUOTE]
I'm down.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

right then ill tell him, on with him Gmail talking to him as he tried to figure all the crap out with this site and how to change his profile picture. *grins* we all know he has to wait in order to do that.

 

[Romulus VenZiel]

[QUOTE="Jarkov Malachai]All right lets get down to business, got a few things to say.
First off, I thought I blew up the core with the Dredge, that was the thing it ripped out from the Borgs chest and threw it across the room? So was it residue energy catalyzing?

[/QUOTE]
Yeah, residual energy and the two tiny little backup cores that offer it a few extra hours of power in case the main core is destroyed or damaged. Golems are going to be a little easier to kill if say Nagarisha(Not sure if I got this right) or other armored units are sent out against them in the future.

[QUOTE="Jarkov Malachai]Secondly, when the borg trapped our poor little Feral in that G-field did It go away when the Borg began to use the same said power to trap the dredge inside the borg?

[/QUOTE]
Not sure what you're trying to say here. The field remained until the Golem was completely and utterly crushed into nothingness. It dissapted after the explosion so if the Feral somehow survived all of that it would be able to move now.

[QUOTE="Jarkov Malachai]Thirdly, got a buddy of mine who would like to join as you said we needed new recruits, but hes new to Rpnation, not to role playing or forum role plays, but rather fresh on this particular site. He cool to talk to you and are you open to speaking with him in return?

[/QUOTE]
Of course! Open up a convo with him, I and Apex.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

Nah were trying to get you up to a 1000 posts remember? Every little bit helps eh? he finally got his account activated after a hour or so of derping about trying to find his activation email. Mordecai helped him out eventually. Ill tag his ass in this and then we can get down to business.


On option number two though, what I was asking is that the Dredge was captured via a Gravity field and then was shoved back inside the Borg. Now when the actual borg (whatever his fuckin name is) began to imprison the Dredge inside it, was the Field surrounding the Dredge itself removed, considering that it was now being trapped inside the metal monster?

 

[TommyGun15]

Hello.

 

[Jarkov Malachai]

(PS, close rom. Its Nagashira. *grins* and I don't even want to speculate what would happen if one of those Foragers Corp Marines would fight one of those assault mechs)