Sanctuary Event - OOC

[bravenewmods]

The next event will be the retaking of Sanctuary from Gigas. Players will have a number of available logs to choose from, some combat, some non-combat, that we will be announcing tomorrow. Sign-ups will not open for another 24 hours after the available logs have been announced, there will be 10 logs to choose from which we hope will cover everybody, but we will add more if required. The intent this time is to give people a chance to discuss and plan where they want to go instead of making it fully first-come first-serve. Event postings will continue to go up at Midnight EST as usual.

During this event, players will be off the grid and will not have access to their warp band. Communication will not be entirely dead but no Pokemon can be summoned. If desired, players may accept the offer of Pokeballs, in which case they may have a normal sized team (7 for Far from Ordinary, 5 for standard Enlightened, and 3 for God of War). If you do not accept the Pokeballs, you will only be able to bring between 1 and 2 Pokemon, and depending on your chosen log some may not be available due to size constraints.

The actual logs will begin on May 30th, this week will consist of planning, information gathering, and a travel log that will go up later in the week. Feel free to direct any OOC questions to this post.

General Game Announcements

Additionally, the Engineering Post has been updated, and with it the implementation of a new system. With the crafting of the Rotom Cycle, Engineers may now build complex machinery, either working alone or together with others. More complex machines will become available through Player plots. Machines require a separate use of the Engineering skill each week to craft a component, and then an additional week to assemble the full machine.

Comments

[schmott_guy]

Gilgamesh probably won't actually go to Sanctuary, but that doesn't mean he won't help! His family is quite wealthy, and he can supply the following:

- Rotomcycles! Probably not terribly useful for the actual fight which will probably largely be underground, but I bet they'll let us get their way faster than Gigas expects.
- Prototype tunneling engines! It is the nature of Sparks like Gil to invent wild and insane inventions specifically for one purpose and then throwing them out never to be mentioned again. In this case, I'm thinking of a vehicle that can dig through solid earth and stone and breach directly into Gigan tunnels from unexpected angles!
- Whatever else you think he could make! Suggest it to him. He likes a good challenge as much as anyone!

ALSO

On account of Rotoms are not a good long term solution towards a power source for engines, mostly for practical reasons (Rotoms are notorious tricksters, after all), Gil has still been researching alternate fuel sources. I was thinking it might be appropriate for him to discover how to distill gasoline (or something similar, at least) in small amounts. Not enough that we could use it everywhere, but enough that Gil could power his own inventions for personal use if he needed to.

ALSO ALSO

He is hella reverse engineering pokeball tech. No idea what he'd do with it. Right now he's more interested in the technical challenge than anything else. He might use it for something completely unintended later.

[bravenewmods]

Alternate fuel sources should be viable, you'll definitely need a player plot to get that going.

[schmott_guy]

Okay, so what would such a plot entail? I don't think just a log of Gil and Banzu discussing industrial chemical engineering would be very interesting.

[bravenewmods]

Go ahead and put up an inquiry in the Player Plot post, that's a better place to discuss it.

[schmott_guy]

Roger

[flying_chains]

Morgiana is a God of War with only a single Pokemon ally to her name, so she is ideally suited for going to Sanctuary and causing some trouble without having to rely on warp bands OR pokeballs. And I would actually like her to get a chance to directly strike back at her former masters, which never really came up during the Caldera invasion. Possibly having to fight other combat servitors or something. She'd be LOOKING for a fight.

[conquerorofwaves]

Sinbad is definitely going, freeing people from oppression is kind of his long-term goal (and not to mention getting a future ally in Sanctuary). He'll be waffling on accepting the pokeballs or not, especially given if I'm right on my math, Badr's going to evolve soonish.

He can work support or fight role, but leaning slightly towards fight.

[sparkofgenius]

Lucca: Is going to Sanctuary. And packing heat. She'll be using Pokeballs, since her inventor's senses and knowledge of Nishimura are giving her an all clear vibe. She'll also probably be on one of those insane contraptions.

And she's got a freeze ray.

Rei: Will probably be going. Undecided on Pokeballs, but she's suited well for a Glass-Cannon/Black Mage role, or for helping with diplomacy.

Yuuna: is definitely going, and will volunteer for combat duty. After her conversation with Nishimura, she'll be accepting Pokeballs for her closest bondmates. The oldest and strongest she has, really.

Yukiko: Will probably not accept Pokeballs, but I'm not sure yet. She will be going primarily as a healer and support, wherever she's needed. I'd like to make use of her Healing abilities to do some REALLY drastic repairs, if anyone volunteers for injury. Or even just little injuries.

[lunchleader]

Right will definitely be going! He definitely will not be using Pokeballs, so he'll be taking his Lucario, Soft Steel, and maybe one other Pokemon with him. He's a good tank and a decent leader in a pinch. And while he's decent with a blade, he's damn good in a bare-knuckle brawl.

He can also do support stuff as needed - like help look after kids, handing out supplies, help get civilians out of the way/out of Sanctuary until the fighting's over, etc.

[darer]

Thorin is going. You have no idea how much he's wanted a chance to punch Gigas in the teeth. Oh gods. SO YES. I would say TEAM DWARFHAUS ASSEMBLE but he's not going to ask any of the boys to go if they don't want to. Still, he'll be happy for any Calderan unbound by Unionite moral constraints.
He's only taking two pokémon, his Growlithe (possibly Arcanine by then) and his Doublade, and categorically refusing pokéballs. Either way, he's a stellar fighter, a great tank and a good military commander, so he and his will do some good.
I'm also playing with the idea of having him evolve the second time at some point during this event! Since it'll be kind of a big deal/dramatic moment for him, maybe by protecting somebody? Not all set in stone yet.

Totsuka on the other hand is hella not going. He'll be on support, even though I haven't thought about what exactly he'll be up to. Anything he can do, really!

[makeitquick]

Melaka is going, but I'm not sure if she'll roll with the balls or not. If she doesn't, she'll be taking Shiram the Charizard and Queenie the Machoke, I think. Let the Baby Duo prove themselves and all. As a Unionite she's not going to be about killing the people but as someone who is trying to grow out from it, she's trying to accept this greater world they've been thrown into.

no one saw that

[expertonshutters]

Hayato is absolutely going. This is a personal fight for him. Ignoring what Gigas did to him personally, he won't stand for letting Gigas continuing to do to Sanctuary what they wanted to do to Caldera. He won't rest until he's punched that place to freedom. That said, he, like the other Calderans, are a lot less concerned about not taking life in this instance. Be prepared to see him do what has to be done for the mission.

Also he will come with a Taki. He will not be taking pokeballs, not because of issues with pokeballs but because he'd rather rely on his own two hands more than anything so he will just be taking his Marowak, Goro.

Eiji Will also probably be going because I've wanted to do something combative with him for a while and he might be close to evolving his final time SO THERE'S THAT. I've got no plans with him other than he'll be on the Union side of this and not want to kill anyone at all. Eiji is also of the no pokeball mind but because of Union reasons. He'll be taking Hina and his Glaceon, Yumi.

[darer]

I saw that, actually

[expertonshutters]

nOOOOO IT WAS JUST YOUR IMAGINATION

[faithfulflame]

Family bonding

[underwearfortomorrow]

Family bonding by kicking ass and taking names.

[faithfulflame]

Yes.

Rei may take pokeballs though. Strictly on a volunteer basis.

Lucca is going on a motorcycle

[underwearfortomorrow]

Eiji will be a hard sell on those. He just flat out doesn't like them. He might reconsider if Rei thought they were a good idea but only if it's Rei.

lkjdljgld Lucca. If this were a later event i would have killed to see a group of gunho calderans burst through Sanctuary on a bunch of motorcycles.

[faithfulflame]

Rei doesn't either, but she has Pokemon who will insist on going. And won't take no for an answer. It's not Rei's choice. And people need help

Lucca and balls...she's fine with it since she knows the Nishimura.

[actsmagnificent]

Haruka is going, sans Pokéballs. What she's doing depends on what the options are - she's not averse to killing as an absolute last resort, but her top priority is always God Stuff so if Sanctuary has any ruins/temples/etc those will be of interest. She has a couple small fliers so she'll probably bring one of those.

She will also be on a Rotomcycle. WHO WANTS TO FORM A BIKER GANG.

[faithfulflame]

Heh, okay we should do a thing with Haruka and Rei for at least one event. But she'll have balls...and this may not be the event to do it.

Is she going for a fight log or something else?

[actsmagnificent]

That's going to depend on the log options. She'd only want a certain type of combat mission (no fighting foot soldiers for ~Haruka Tenoh~) and if one of the non-combatant logs was doing anything involving relics from the past, she'd "go along to guard them".

Haruka is entirely too obsessed with her own aesthetic picky.

[faithfulflame]

Rei is going to be picky too, honestly. Yuuna may end up being a better partner for this event, she's not interested in a pitched battle as a grunt either.

[actsmagnificent]

They might be able to do bro things again!

And then if Haruka does end up fighting Gigas soldiers Yuuna can make snarky comments about it.

[faithfulflame]

Yep. That can happen. Totally.

[radeonthecity]

Domri will be going, because everyone'll show some respect to a war hero, right? As someone from the Valkyrie tribes he's not going to care much about killing, not that he's likely to be able to kill anyone even if he tries. Not sure about the Pokéball thing though; he's not a fan but he's also not exceptionally useful in a fight without Pokémon as backup so the more he brings the better. Sadly this is Domri we're talking about here so if you're looking for subtlety...

Banzu will not be going, though he intends to get some Pokéballs for research purposes. He has item creation slots open though if anyone needs anything made, and oddly enough if they're going to Sanctuary he'll basically only be charging for materials, not that he'll say that he's temporarily lowering his prices.

[commissionergrump]

Gordon will be going to Sanctuary, but only with volunteers amongst his Pokemon. He will be using the pokeballs light, but, again, only with volunteers. Effectively, this means only his oldest and/or most loyal Pokemon.

He will go where he's most needed, with a focus on protecting people, however if he thinks he might have to hurt people to protect more people, he's alright with that.