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Brave New World Mods ([personal profile] bravenewmods) wrote in [community profile] bravenewmeta2014-05-23 09:02 pm

Attack on Caldera event info

The Map Expand is now live! You may check it out on the Map Post. You will note that currently, only one new area has opened. As the expedition progresses, two more new areas will open up - the Desert, and the city of Caldera. This will encompass the entirety of the initial group traveling to Caldera, and for the first three days those areas will ONLY be open to the party traveling to Caldera. Once Caldera is reached and the Warp Marker has been set up, they will open up to the rest of the game. All other areas will not open up until player plots are completed to explore them. While players may plan them now, we won’t be starting any new plots to open areas until after this event has finished.

The objective of this event will be to convince the Gigas troops to withdraw from Caldera, and hopefully gain an ally in the process. As such, we are being up-front with the steps and general planned timeline of this event so plans can be made. Note these won’t be all of the event postings going up, but this is intended to give an idea of what to be planning for.

5/24: Sign-ups for the advance party to Caldera open, Flower Grove area opens for advance party members
5/25: Desert opens for advance party members
5/26: Arrive in Caldera, sign-ups for the advance party close. Flower Grove, Desert, and Caldera open to all players for bonding. Meetings begin to determine the way to proceed begin.
5/29: Begin response to Gigas threat
6/1: Gigas responds to Union and Caldera action
6/4: Tentative event end, depending on log progress. Post-event results and rewards announced.

There will be several general options available to players, both in and out of Caldera.
-Diplomacy: Attempt to peacefully convince Gigas forces to back down.
-Aggression: Through guerilla tactics, cripple Gigas supply lines and force them away.
Note: Depending on the actions in the Diplomacy or Aggression threads, they can impact each other.
-Refugees: There will be a large amount of refugees to be evacuated from Caldera and escorted back to Union. This has a Caldera and Union component, those in Caldera will need to provide the escort service whereas those in Union will need to prepare shelter and supplies for them when they arrive.
-Supply Lines: Those in Union will need to depart and move supplies of food and medicine up to Caldera to help them withstand the siege.

This post will be open to planning, we encourage people to decide what they would like to do to take part in the event. Please note, while this event is not mandatory no rewards will be issued to characters who do not take part. While these are the routes we’ve identified, players are encouraged to come up with other avenues to address the event organically.

Additionally, any characters hailing from Gigas are eligible for a bit more setting information, they may contact the mod team if they wish to have it. The suggested method of contact is sending a Plurk message to all moderators.
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2014-05-24 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Lux will be on the Union side for this.
aerial_ace: (003)

Re: RANGERS

[personal profile] aerial_ace 2014-05-24 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Aggression all the way, although she'll be going over with the advance party to start.
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Re: Advance Party sign-ups

[personal profile] aerial_ace 2014-05-24 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Cordelia is all over this. Advance party is go.
Edited 2014-05-25 17:54 (UTC)
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[personal profile] aerial_ace 2014-05-24 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Death from the skies, I think so.
Edited 2014-05-24 04:53 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2014-05-24 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Lux will be heading in with the second wave, because she can't just sit on her hands.
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Re: RANGERS

[personal profile] aniiue 2014-05-24 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Already signed up ;9 especially if Jade's gonna kill a dude.
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[personal profile] border_of_phantasm 2014-05-24 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yukari will be getting in on this since she has a noblewoman's demeanor.
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[personal profile] heartstorage 2014-05-24 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Heading in first without looking is the song of my people! Sign Sora up.
antiseptic: (Hmm...)

Re: Side Mission sign-ups

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-05-24 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
HI MODS this idea is super tentative right now and will probably depend on how the diplomacy mission and everything else goes, but would it be possible to kill the Gigas leaders? Either the person/people in charge of the whole operation or whoever is in charge of the supply lines?

Re: Diplomacy sign-ups

[personal profile] mightofdemacia 2014-05-24 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
This is tentative since Garen may not even be going! but if he is, he would be all for diplomacy.
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Re: Supply Line sign-ups

[personal profile] radiantwingedone 2014-05-24 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Duke will also go on supply runs- and one of his abilities is a vague sense of where metal is about him. Could be helpful, right?

Tolkien Swords plotting post.

[personal profile] mightofdemacia 2014-05-24 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Get it? That's a pun. And a sign I need to go to bed, but here's the plotting post.

Garen's announcement is here.

So far he's of the mind that one Commander or almost Commander needs to stay. Feel free to convince him otherwise, as of right now that means that either him, Ky, or Hans needs to stay, as I said that's up for debate and changing of minds, if not, I am okay with Garen not going(and passing Chie into the care of either Hans or Ky. ='D) but if you want him on board and am up for changing his mind, let us do a thing. Let us also discuss what the hell we plan to do once the Swords get there, and with that, bed.
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[personal profile] niepokonany 2014-05-24 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
On the one hand, Feliks wants to try and talk them down. On the other hand, his sass is not precisely what one would call soothing.

So he'll probably end up either making life harder for the diplomatic side, or with the attackers.
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Re: Plotting

[personal profile] mightofdemacia 2014-05-24 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Damn it Lux, don't make him like the guy...Sure, sure, if he goes he'll make sure nothing happens. Even at risk to himself. He'll even go out of his way to find him if she comes shouting concerns about him.
niepokonany: (It's time to trust my instincts)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2014-05-24 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Signing Feliks up!
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[personal profile] radiantwingedone 2014-05-24 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Duke is going on Supply Line stuff, if anyone is interested in going with him- (two are better than one, right? right-)
faithful_kitsune: Goddamnit Yukari (|()

[personal profile] faithful_kitsune 2014-05-24 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Where there be Yukari, there goes Ran.
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Re: Advance Party sign-ups

[personal profile] comparative_insanity 2014-05-24 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
So very in on this, oh yes indeed in no way just to make sure reckless bf is safe
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2014-05-24 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Lux'll be asking you to keep an eye out on Ezreal, since it's been requested that she stay in Union. Mind, that won't be lasting too long, but still.

Also you better be careful, Fai. She won't know what to do with herself if you got hurt.
comparative_insanity: (Down the snakes and up the ladder)

[personal profile] comparative_insanity 2014-05-24 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
He is completely okay with keeping an eye on other people's reckless boyfriends too.

And other people worrying about him is always his main motivation for not getting hurt, sadly, since he's born with no instinct of self preservation of his own /whispers into the night I PLAY AN IDIOT
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Sword funtimes!!

[personal profile] ingoodhans 2014-05-24 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm open to Hans holding down the fort or going out with the kids cadets younglings other members to lead a squad if necessary. Hans is good with people, so whether it's keeping people calm in Union or Caldera, either way works for me!
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[personal profile] ingoodhans 2014-05-24 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
eee yes sounds good. I can see the Swords taking on a more defensive role, maybe organizing some of the evacuations for the refugees and helping them back into Union...? Whoever stays will probably be in charge of that (or if they all go, then the refugees can NPC it out haha)
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[personal profile] ingoodhans 2014-05-24 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Diplomacy sounds awesome and cool, what a great idea.

Hans is likely leading a squad of Swords into the city, so he'll be glad to be all responsible and good and "wow look this is horrible do you need help?" He's willing to reason with Gigas people as long as it makes him look good. Maybe he'll make friends.
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[personal profile] fistfullofmagic 2014-05-24 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Dhaos'll be going along too, because having a defensively based psychic type is always a good idea.

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