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May OOC Post






≡U.R.S.U.L.A. NAVIGATION

May you survive!
Welcome everyone to May! With our third month in, we have another set of new arrivals. Thank you all for being so welcoming to them! We still have a few more appers coming in, so be sure to check out the OOC Introduction post. The IC introduction post will be going up shortly. Let’s hope everyone is ready for it!

As last month, we have updates based on what was done last month and two missions, a main and a side! This time, the main mission will also have a mini-event for everyone half-way through the month!




Updates!
Thanks to what you turned in for missions and what you noted on your AC posts, we have a number of updates to offer!

BIOMES
The Jelly Shroom Caves have been discovered under the Grassy Plateaus. They are currently unexplored! URSULA, however, has requested that the crew NOT explore these caves until they have better defenses. She encourages them to take on the Side Mission to accomplish this.

URSULA also notes that Floater Island will be passing by! There will be a post MAY 15th for a Floater Island mission as part of the monthly Main Mission. URSULA will be accompanying the crew on this mission to help gather information!

Lifepods have been appearing randomly in various areas overnight, as have large pieces of wreckage from the Aurora.

CREATURES
Research by characters reveals that Sand Shark armor works well against most smaller attackers and against fires. In addition, Reefbacks will now sense distress from crew members and if in the area try to defend them! It seems the crew has in general made friends with much of the ocean: Brain Corals in the current areas will warn if Stalkers are incoming by waving their weird worms around, and several Stalkers have been trained to understand the reward system and will even approach swimmers in a non-threatening way with gifts of metal or supplies on the assumption of a reward waiting for them. They may turn on swimmers if they aren’t rewarded for their efforts!

BASE
There is a new addition to the base: a Tiger Plant! This Tiger Plant in the lab will occasionally still try to fire needles at people. It's in a tank so it doesn't do any good but it is a very angry plant apparently. Watch out!

AURORA
The Aurora entrances mapped out, including the one to the storage supply room. This will make approaches to the Aurora, and exits from it, far easier to manage for those who take advantage of this knowledge! The Aurora has also been added to the list of Biomes!

FOOD
Several food missions have succeeded! Characters who want more variety can check out any of the foods added to the information on the KITCHEN section of the base page.

LIFEPOD BLACKBOX
A lifepod blackbox was discovered! If anyone goes to the lab to listen to its message, this recording play:
"This is an automated distress signal from Aurora Lifepod 17. Co-ordinates attached. Please send immediate emergency relief team" [silence followed by male voice] "You've been down too long in the midnight sea. Oh, don't you see what I mean?"

Monthly Missions!
As last month seemed to go well, we will follow the same format with one main mission that lets the crew work together on different parts, and one side mission that draws on extra benefits but isn't as urgent. We hope that this allows for more coherent efforts and are happy to work with you going forward on the best way to do missions! Remember you're also free to explore and do whatever you wish and can ask us about your own mission objectives as well.

MAIN MISSION: THOSE BEFORE YOU
  • URSULA SAYS:"Recent events have me wondering about my former crew... Although I know it is likely they are dead, I want to hope they are alive and safe. If they are, they would no doubt be grateful for help from us. If they aren't... We should know what happened to them. This may protect the current crew! I have several leads that may help locate them."
  • REQUIREMENTS: This mission will have two possible avenues of exploration! Crew members can visit the life pods and wreckage appearing, and must bring back whatever information they have to URSULA. She will decrypt what is found in black boxes and make it available to everyone.
    In addition, as stated earlier, on May 15th, there will be a post for Floater Island, where crew members can investigate the materials there! For this portion of the mission, we’ll be putting an OOC Questions thread within the IC Floater Island post so that you can tell us what you’re investigating and get results as you go!
  • RESULTS: More information about the previous crew that may help the current crew. URSULA will be extremely grateful. In addition, any salvage found can be used by the crew. These particular missions may help the crew find more advanced synthetic materials for their work..
SIDE MISSION: DEFENSES
  • URSULA SAYS: "The Reaper Leviathan... it certainly is fearsome. It is also possible it is not the apex predator of this region, though I hope I'm wrong. In order to stay safe, we need to build up weaponry and defenses. Many of you are fighters. Please, put your heads together to create something to protect yourselves."
  • REQUIREMENTS: Git Gud. This mission can involve salvaging resources for weaponry or defences, designing or building said weaponry or defences, or even training fellows in how to better survive against some of the threats in the sea. Anything done to help the crew survive the ocean’s more threatening elements will work towards this
  • RESULTS: Whatever you make! New armor, new weapons, or even new skills!


In addition, we have a continued call for Mod Applications! If you have any other questions or suggestions, let us know!


BASED ON CODE BY TESSISAMESS AND SUPERSUITS
tyrian: (Default)

[personal profile] tyrian 2016-05-10 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
If you want to keep it semi-open to people who ask us if they want in, I'd be cool with that! I was initially thinking a closed log, but I think either way would work out.

EDIT: We've got our mod response!
Edited 2016-05-10 10:21 (UTC)
mythbuster: (odin's son goeth)

[personal profile] mythbuster 2016-05-10 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hi again! Loki would like to start exploring the skies around the base by turning into a falcon and flying out as far as he can go, which will probably be dictated by his stomach. He'd like to make regular trips like this, because being underwater all the time is a drag and also it might be nice to find land for Dave's dumb apple trees.

Is there anything of interest he'd find out there?
bonomial: (let's do this)

[personal profile] bonomial 2016-05-10 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
Heck yes. I am psyched.

So if we're keeping it semi-open, would circumstances around what Don and Feferi bring back fit into the log? Like that communications array, if anyone would want to go over it - I can see a few of the tech-types wanting to take a look at it. Or even someone who feels like eating a rations bar, I dunno.
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[personal profile] tyrian 2016-05-10 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
So like a closed thread where Don and Feferi explore the lifepod and get the stuff, and then an open section where they show off the stuff they got? That could be cool.
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds fab!

EDIT

Man she totally wants to make that propulsion cannon.
Edited 2016-05-10 23:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Upd8 on drone building project!

I'll get a log up later tonight!
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Update on drone building.

I'll get a log up later tonight, probably!
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Update!

I'll have a log up later!
oneandmikleonly: (formed a tiger's eye.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2016-05-10 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! It looks like we'll shuffle whale plans to sometime this weekend instead :Db
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (* fractal repeat...)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-10 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! (reflexive 'RUN AWAY' at the words 'upd8').




I cannot wait to make these droids sing
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I know P-Dot is going to be doing some salvaging with Dave at some point, so getting materials shouldn't be too much of an issue for them! I think that she's going to want to build mostly underwater drones (say, four of the six), with maybe a flying drone or two to provide surface survey.

I'll get back to you on capabilities, but I'm thinking internal recording device, camera, maybe a couple scoops for taking spoil samples, transmitter, etc. Nothign super-complicated. Possibly a small payload for dropping off sensors or other things.

Dirk is probably going to make them sing, so that's definitely going on the list.

Otherwise, I will update you before the end of the month!
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
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Re: (I'm secretly more terrified than Stork help)

[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! If you're interested, the drone building log thingy is up.
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (* fractal repeat...)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-05-10 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
IN TERMS OF THE LOG.

Can I have my tag in feature a songification of various things Peridot has said? (And if so, would you like to give me some phrases for it?)




yes Dirk has priorities he got on the most important part first
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[personal profile] logdate 2016-05-10 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
YES FEEL FREE

You can reuse some of her stock phrases.

Possibly things like "Dirk, what are you doing?"

"Why is this robot singing at me?"

"This is an incredible waste of resources!"

"Make it stop!"

etc
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[personal profile] parodeity 2016-05-11 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
she can!!! although since they found 1 working model plus the blueprints dave would have been like YOU CAN HAVE IT...he doesn't want it.
Edited 2016-05-11 00:23 (UTC)
oneandmikleonly: (flotsam junk will do just fine.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2016-05-11 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
SLIGHTLY BELATEDLY sure! I'm not really available to start a log tonight but putting one up tomorrow would be cool -- around what time would you be available?
bonomial: (that's wonderful)

[personal profile] bonomial 2016-05-11 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
I am on it like green on a Turtle. 8]
bonomial: (interesting idea)

[personal profile] bonomial 2016-05-11 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! Want me to start the log then? Or do you wanna? I'm still figuring stuff out but I assume I just would make a post and like, tell it to get posted to the community
adaywithoutsandcakes: Ha! (salute)

Re: (I'm secretly more terrified than Stork help)

[personal profile] adaywithoutsandcakes 2016-05-11 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome, thanks! GONNA BUILD SOME THINGS STORK DOESN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND YET, YEEEAH hopefully he can be helpful with the mechanical stuff. If all else fails, he can weld something??
tyrian: (beyond just what you can see)

[personal profile] tyrian 2016-05-11 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Really if you put it up at any point convenient to you I'll get to it, but I should be generally available in the afternoon (EST)! Maybe earlier but I can't be 100% sure on that.

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