Attack on Caldera event info

[bravenewmods]

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.

Comments

RANGERS

[antiseptic]

HI RANGERS do we want to try get a coordinated group effort going? I figure most of us are looking at the advance party and aggression or maybe supply lines, so we could totally work together :|b

An alliance with the Swords could also be fun! New CR, the betterment of humanity, etc etc etc!

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Since Apollo's just switched into exploration mode recently he'll be quite interested in coming along for the advance party, and while he'd prefer to go the diplomatic route... he'd actually be very good at guerrilla action if he were convinced that it was necessary.

[antiseptic]

do you want jade to try persuade him to go the guerilla route? it could make for some interesting character conflict!

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

It would! Apollo's view is that you shouldn't hurt anyone unless it's protect yourself or another (or for food, but he's not a cannibal so that doesn't apply here), so he's already on the edge, but with the idea of diplomacy out there he'd like to see if that works first. What would Jade say to that?

If all else fails I suppose Jade could pull rank and order Apollo to do guerrilla stuff if he didn't mind Apollo being a little pissed at him.

[antiseptic]

jade agrees with diplomacy! but he feels like there are people better qualified than the rangers to do that, so it's better for the rangers to be on the ball and ready to carry out a backup plan (namely: ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK) if things go wrong

also he's actually quite passive when it comes to these things, so i'm also going with 'his superiors ordered him to' :|b

tl;dr i don't think jade would be invested enough to order apollo (having someone reluctant along for the ride is almost as bad as not having them along), but he'll definitely be trying hard to persuade him. he knows apollo will be an asset!

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

So Aggression is specifically going to be a Plan B? Because if that's how it's presented to him he'll be more willing to go along with it.

He won't let Jade kill anyone though.

He will. Apollo's probably the closest thing Union has to an actual ninja right now.

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[tagteams]

Heyyyooo

Already signed up Quinn with the advance party, but she can go either way with either diplomatic or aggression.

Either way, your resident bird lady is here to help o7

[heartstorage]

Count the designated shonen rookie in for group effort! Shhhh I know im on hiatus. He can go either way with diplomacy or aggression, but he's signed up for the Advanced group for now!

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[aerial_ace]

Aggression all the way, although she'll be going over with the advance party to start.

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[aniiue]

Already signed up ;9 especially if Jade's gonna kill a dude.

[mightofdemacia]

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.

[antiseptic]

woohoo coordination...!

yeah i figure they could divvy up jobs between them, especially since the rangers seem pretty focused on aggression right now. I figure some rangers could also be dispatched to help with refugee evacuation - scouting ahead for danger, stuff like that?

i don't think they'd make any solid plans until after they take stock of the situation, so i'll probably have jade contact garen after the first leg of the plot is done.

[mightofdemacia]

This is flawless and a wonderful thing~ I can't wait to see what happens

[makeitquick]

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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[stahlflugel]

Count Eren in! He's signed up for both advance party and aggression. No surprise there

Re: RANGERS

[antiseptic]

what do you mean he isn't on the diplomat team

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[stahlflugel]

right i know this is so out of character for him

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[notthatjason]

Probably also in on advance party, but he will be very willing to team up with people (he's good at working together with people). o/ Let's do awesome ranger things

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[airguitarist]

late late late but Nero's in the aggression party. He's not a team player but feel free to use him as a heavy hitter, since he'll be in Gible mode for the entirety of the fight.