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PLOT ENGAGEMENT (ARCHIVED)
What is Plot Engagement and how does it work within Meadowlark? This is the page where players can come discuss with us how to facilitate plots within the setting. However, there will be occasions where a plot doesn't work within Meadowlark's world, and we'll suggest alternative routes. For small worldbuilding or gameplay details, please direct your question to the FAQ. If you're ever not sure if you're at the right page, don't worry—we'll help you get it sorted out. We know we have a load of info!
WHEN WILL YOU HEAR BACK?
◉ All Plot Engagement answers go out on Sunday, except during events.
◉ The deadline to submit a question and ensure you'll hear back from us on Sunday is 11:59 PM UTC on Saturday.
PLOT ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES
◉ Player plots! If you'd like your character to become a mafia boss, this is your place to start. Typically, this involves anything that could impact the setting or other player characters.
◉ Character career advancement that gives the character additional power or status within the setting.
◉ Metaplot exploration and information! We plan all events to give characters something to explore after the event ends. This is the place to do it!
SUBMISSION TIPS
◉ Specify what your character is looking for when they're investigating. What questions are they asking and what angle are they trying to explore?
◉ If you have a specific goal in mind but don't know how to reach it, please let us know.
◉ If you link a thread to us, please summarize it! That helps us process the plot in question.
◉ Don't worry about not knowing the setting like the back of your hand before you submit the plot—that's up to us! We're here to help you with any adjustments to get you on the right track.
NOTES & THINGS THAT YOU CAN HANDWAVE
◉ Characters always start out in entry level positions. Characters can update their skill sets to the 2512 standard through paid apprenticeships or internships.
◈ If a character is advancing within a major corporation (as noted on the Setting or Locations page) or one of its subsidiaries, we will need to approve this advancement.
◈ If a character becomes a supervisor at a local bar or other small business, we do not need to approve this advancement.
◉ Joining the police force within a city requires three months of IC training (six months OOC).
◉ We'll approve whether someone has social media fame, but we will not be providing social media follower counts. Once you have a plot for how to use those followers, that's where we step in!
◉ All Morningstar business goes on our Morningstar page. Please feel free to discuss specific plots here (including joining), and go there for signups and anything else.
◉ Characters getting jobs, finding apartments, participating in the fighting rings, getting married, making workplace friends, the creation of minor NPCs, etc. do not need to be run by us. Please let us know if these expand into player plots or other plot bits!
QUICK LINKS
◉ FAQ: For small worldbuilding or gameplay details.
◉ Setting: Our setting page! We'll update as needed.
◉ Jobs: A reference for who's working where!
◉ Locations: Both major and minor locations within New Amsterdam, as well as outlines for other megacities.
◉ Mod Contact: For wider game concerns.
◉ The Story So Far: Gamewide plot events up to current (your CTRL+F best friend!).
◉ NPC page: Includes NPC blurbs and inboxes.
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So I've got a rough plan for Eren's false history. I decided it would be best if it was something he came up with it after he decided what sort of job/role he wanted to fill in the city. A few questions I want to ask are:
1. In the faq it mentions personal weaponry is outright illegal. Would owning and carrying arms be permissible with the proper licensing, and if so does it require one to be a government/military worker such as a soldier or a police officer?
2. To add onto the first question, is this limit on weaponry strictly a New Amsterdam thing, or is it universal across Earth?
3. Now this might seem like a strangely specific question to ask here, but what is the state of the African continent and Madagascar at this time? It's mentioned that large parts of the Earth are now underwater, so I was wondering whether or not implementing this into his backstory would be viable or not.
To elaborate on why these questions particularly, it's because I feel like Eren's foremost priorities would be in being able to defend himself, and to play a role that's closest to home. Though the closest he could probably get would be to join the UNA, that idea felt more than a little restricting, not to mention a bit tough to implement into a false history. So the second option would be to supposedly have a history in the police force and working as private security in the present. It would give him some leeway with the law along with plenty of reason to do dirty work and go places he shouldn't.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer and giving the players so much to think about, you're all doing a great job with the world building and I can't wait to see more. Keep up the good work.
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The entire world and colonies are all governed by the same government, and as such operate under the same law. Personal firearms are completely illegal. Police officers and members of the military undergo extensive training before they are allowed to use any weapons, with PD officers rarely carrying except in emergency situations or for specific operations, and only while on active duty. They also undergo thorough investigation if their firearm is discharged.
If you would like for Eren to have a weapon, he would either have to look into the criminal organizations in the city in order to gain access to the black market, or he could have picked one up during the August event and hidden it so it was not taken from him on entering the new safehouse.
We do have to note that characters unfortunately cannot have backgrounds in the police or military as part of their fake in-world history, as Morningstar are not be able to alter or create those records in a way which will hold up under scrutiny. Characters who would want to go this route will have to start from scratch. Unfortunately working in private security would need some existing background, so Eren may want to consider starting as a bouncer and working his way up that way, if not joining the police force.
For your third question, Africa and Madagascar have lost a lot of their current coastline to the rising oceans, but are not entirely underwater. However, the effects of climate change meant that much of the continent was uninhabitable for a long period of time due to extreme heat. While the atmospheric stabilization grid has mitigated some of this, most of the continent is unpopulated, with a relatively small amount (in comparison to elsewhere) of quite "young" mega cities situated in the most habitable areas.