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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.
albertstyle: (4 ✂)

[personal profile] albertstyle 2014-05-24 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Garen's is free to tell Asch he's unwelcome to join their expedition btw~ But I'm also cool with someone taking him along~
antiseptic: (Sunset)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-05-24 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
ty ty!

on a related note, what penalties (if any) would there be for killing one of the mooks?
fonlines: (the bird slept)

[personal profile] fonlines 2014-05-24 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
so I heard we need to soothe some ruffled feathers

or basically: an empath on the diplomacy team can only be the best/worst thing possible, right? It'd definitely be a first major trip outside the city to remember, if that's the case...
tagteams: (▽ something that i can wrestle)

Re: Plotting

[personal profile] tagteams 2014-05-24 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
Quinn:

She will be joining the advance party along with helping the aggression forces likely depending on how things goes. Her main focus would be make sure the fighting stops and no innocents/comrades and their Pokémon got hurt.

Alice:

Still thinking on her, she might sneak out on her parents wishes and tag along with the Swords of Savior as her magical girl form, Cure Rosetta and help however she can.

This is a chance to reveal that Alice = Cure Rosetta to certain CR, but need to talk before things like that happen. Alice wants to keep it from public information, but she wouldn't mind telling a few people if they can keep their mouths shut.

edit: ALSO ITS EVOLUTION WEEK FOR HER aka she's able to create a giant shield isn't that handy
Edited 2014-05-25 01:44 (UTC)
tagteams: (▽▼ makes me feel alive)

Re: Aggression sign-ups

[personal profile] tagteams 2014-05-24 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
o/
flying_chains: (Default)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2014-05-24 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
I don't even know who Renko is (because I am terrible at keeping up with this game) but I am interested in her, as Morgiana is ALSO a former resident of Gigas.
antiseptic: (Ohohoho)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-05-24 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Let's go!
antiseptic: (Mischief managed.)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-05-24 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
o/
mightofdemacia: (1)

[personal profile] mightofdemacia 2014-05-24 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Nah. Garen might have reservations, but he wouldn't want to dampen anyone's resolve by flatly telling them no! Plus we should now have a designated babysitter watchmen to handle the new ones!

[personal profile] mightofdemacia 2014-05-24 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
Good plan! Right now it's still up in the air if all three will go or not, but I like this thinking very much.
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[personal profile] mightofdemacia 2014-05-24 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, so let's talk about coordinating some, as there would be a talk about it before arriving in Caldera at least. Right now it's definitely Ky and Hans that will go, Garen may wind up as well. A good suggestion is that the Swords focus on evacuating refugee when the time comes, and likely shoring up Caldera's own defenses. If Garen stays, there's someone Union-side to help manage things, but if not a handy NPC will do.
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[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2014-05-24 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You....can have some sass. And sparkles. Lots of sparkles.
makeitquick: (Guitars for Christmas)

[personal profile] makeitquick 2014-05-24 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Shoop.
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[personal profile] makeitquick 2014-05-24 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Melaka. Is not a diplomat.

But she also is a slayer follower of certain cultural norms so that means the idea of seriously fighting other humans makes her stomach turn but she's with the advance party, knows she can't do diplomacy, probably will get on that supply line thing

S H R U G
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[personal profile] footprints_on_your_face 2014-05-24 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Just let me know who Chie's babysitter will be so I can make sure to tag them, and I'm good with whatever. She'll also most likely be finding Morgiana at some point while she's helping refugees in Caldera because those two are besties and she promised to help her.
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[personal profile] footprints_on_your_face 2014-05-24 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Chie here will be heading to Caldera with the Swords of the Savior, ostensibly being watched over by one of the commander types once it's hashed out who among them is going. My tentative plan is to have her helping defend refugees, and she will probably end up with Morgiana at some point.

Jinxie is going to work on the supply lines shuttling stuff back and forth. She's not much for front line combat and has over 20 Pokemon at her disposal, so she's fairly well-suited for this.

Merrill will be assisting refugees on the Union end of things, helping them get temporary housing and food and whatnot.

Squid Girl, for the moment, probably won't be getting deeply involved in this, but could be convinced by the right people.

I welcome planning for any and all of my characters!
realmenknitplushies: (Knit knit knit)

Re: Refugee protection sign-ups

[personal profile] realmenknitplushies 2014-05-24 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Putting Kanji down for this for now, but not sure whether to have him cause trouble for the Gigas folks instead?
albertstyle: (4 ✂)

[personal profile] albertstyle 2014-05-24 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Asch is going with senpai. (I think, YEAH!! Swordsss~)
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[personal profile] albertstyle 2014-05-24 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
HECK YEEEEAHHHH!!! he's going to be in so much trouble and luke CAN'T EVEN GO!!!
realmenknitplushies: (RAAAR)

Re: Plotting

[personal profile] realmenknitplushies 2014-05-24 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright. Kanji's going to want to get involved, but not sure if he's going to be taking the fight to Gigas or if he's going to be talked into helping refugees or supply lines. Put him down as helping refugees, probably from Union side, for now, but if anyone wants an angry sparkface to throw at things?
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[personal profile] the_saner_one 2014-05-24 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Signing Yuui up for this. o/ Someone has to keep his brother safe while he's busy keeping the bf safe.
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[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2014-05-24 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I GUESS THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HER TSUN

seriously she's not happy about this - she doesn't think it's any of their business and won't hesitate to declaim that when it's first proposed - but if the only person whose opinion she values Michiru's on board she'll....deal.
Edited 2014-05-24 14:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ingoodhans 2014-05-24 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
For now at least, Hans is definitely on babysitting duty, so he'll be totally supportive of Chie's can-do attitude because the better this whole mission goes, the better he'll look when it's all over.

Still waiting on Ky-mun for whether or not he'll be overlooking the younglings newer recruits too, but!! either way, feel free to hit 'em on up when that happens.
sturzflug: (nobody fucking asked you)

[personal profile] sturzflug 2014-05-24 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Nnnot sure if I'll have the time during the week to tag into it, but Jean will definitely be joining the Advance party with the Rangers, at least handwavingly if things get to that point!

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