Peerless Lives Again?
Dec 16, 2016 21:25:06 GMT -7
Post by Roger Davis on Dec 16, 2016 21:25:06 GMT -7
Welcome back, comrades. We've had our failed share of reboots, so I'm glad to see that you've shown up to give this one a shot. Hopefully we can do this one right and minimize the risk of an inactivity slump. Small number of writers, versatile characters that aren't written "into a corner", strong policy of NPCing around whatever inactivity might be unavoidable, and having a strong "campaign" outlined so we know exactly where all our story threads are going. Most importantly though we've got some great writers and some solid friendships that will carry us through when all else fails.
So, there's a lot to discuss before we dive in, and that's why I've made this thread (for those not involved in the late-night phone calls about plots). So far we've decided that we'll be staying on DoS, at least for now. But I still have two big questions that I think need answering (and a third question that isn't so big), but if there are any other burning questions I've missed, please feel free to ask them and discuss those too.
Question #1 - When are we doing it?
By that I mean in which time period. There is the 2517ish time period in which the series actually takes place, and there is the 2582 time period which we created off of that. There's some pros and cons to each.
2517 is the time period everyone who has ever seen the show actually knows. It's easy for new people to get into, and if we were to go to another site then it would most likely be set in this period. But then we're not planning to move anywhere or invite any new people. The 2517 period is also much simpler and easier to understand. But then the 2582 setting was created precisely because we thought the 2517 period was too simple and played out. Also, the site information and the bios for any characters we plan to revive are all set for the 2582 timeline although I think a conversion back to 2517 is certainly possible.
In case it isn't obvious, I'm leaning toward the 2582 setting. However, I'm not the captain/dictator yet so post up your preferences.
Question #2 - What are we keeping?
We're planning to do the same over-arching Marcus Lee adventure again. Onas and I have tentatively decided that we're going to basically keep all of the history up until Achilles got on the ship and start the RP from there. We just hit the tower on Santo and now have intel leading us someplace else. All earlier threads are semi-canon with the historic details in them open to change depending on how we rewrite our characters, but unless anyone has a burning desire to rewrite an old thread for fun, we're not going to re-RP those early missions.
That brings me to the next part of this question, what part of our characters are we keeping? You are all free to change your characters or even dump who you had and come up with someone new. Maybe Edi wants to keep Ros but change her from medic to a merc. Maybe Jules wants to change up Gunn's history, or that we have found out that she's Gunn already at this point in the story, or maybe start over completely. I know that Onas is planning a background re-write for Vitale. Please post up your ideas in this thread.
Question #3 - What do you want to write?
The plan is that when we do start writing, we're going to have the entire thing plotted out from here to getting Lee, at least the bare bones of it, so that we never have the moment when we don't know where we're going or how we move forward. That being said, we don't just want the story to make sense and get us to completion. We want to have fun while we're getting there. So, what kind of adventures do you want us to tackle along the way? Once we've got what you want we'll piece them together into a narrative that makes sense.
For example, Onas wants us to have a botched mission in which we end up having to flee through a city on motorcycles. We also want a heist type mission. Any "loyalty missions" for your characters that you think would be cool and should be done in between main missions? No need to be overly wordy because, again, this is just to help us build an outline and get this thing moving.
So, there's a lot to discuss before we dive in, and that's why I've made this thread (for those not involved in the late-night phone calls about plots). So far we've decided that we'll be staying on DoS, at least for now. But I still have two big questions that I think need answering (and a third question that isn't so big), but if there are any other burning questions I've missed, please feel free to ask them and discuss those too.
Question #1 - When are we doing it?
By that I mean in which time period. There is the 2517ish time period in which the series actually takes place, and there is the 2582 time period which we created off of that. There's some pros and cons to each.
2517 is the time period everyone who has ever seen the show actually knows. It's easy for new people to get into, and if we were to go to another site then it would most likely be set in this period. But then we're not planning to move anywhere or invite any new people. The 2517 period is also much simpler and easier to understand. But then the 2582 setting was created precisely because we thought the 2517 period was too simple and played out. Also, the site information and the bios for any characters we plan to revive are all set for the 2582 timeline although I think a conversion back to 2517 is certainly possible.
In case it isn't obvious, I'm leaning toward the 2582 setting. However, I'm not the captain/dictator yet so post up your preferences.
Question #2 - What are we keeping?
We're planning to do the same over-arching Marcus Lee adventure again. Onas and I have tentatively decided that we're going to basically keep all of the history up until Achilles got on the ship and start the RP from there. We just hit the tower on Santo and now have intel leading us someplace else. All earlier threads are semi-canon with the historic details in them open to change depending on how we rewrite our characters, but unless anyone has a burning desire to rewrite an old thread for fun, we're not going to re-RP those early missions.
That brings me to the next part of this question, what part of our characters are we keeping? You are all free to change your characters or even dump who you had and come up with someone new. Maybe Edi wants to keep Ros but change her from medic to a merc. Maybe Jules wants to change up Gunn's history, or that we have found out that she's Gunn already at this point in the story, or maybe start over completely. I know that Onas is planning a background re-write for Vitale. Please post up your ideas in this thread.
Question #3 - What do you want to write?
The plan is that when we do start writing, we're going to have the entire thing plotted out from here to getting Lee, at least the bare bones of it, so that we never have the moment when we don't know where we're going or how we move forward. That being said, we don't just want the story to make sense and get us to completion. We want to have fun while we're getting there. So, what kind of adventures do you want us to tackle along the way? Once we've got what you want we'll piece them together into a narrative that makes sense.
For example, Onas wants us to have a botched mission in which we end up having to flee through a city on motorcycles. We also want a heist type mission. Any "loyalty missions" for your characters that you think would be cool and should be done in between main missions? No need to be overly wordy because, again, this is just to help us build an outline and get this thing moving.
