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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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Ian can definitely snag an internship, but this would function a bit more like a real world apprenticeship. He would be working very closely with an experienced engineer on projects. It would be less metaphorical paper pushing grunt work like internships he might be used to back home, and more hands on/learn as you go.
You can feel free to come up with the NPC who Ian would be learning from to refer to in threads, etc! It doesn't have to be anything too involved, but we want you to know that you have that freedom.
Since Ian's not familiar with the complexities of engineering in this world, he might want to do some research or tinkering on his own to get a better idea of how things work. While no one will expect him to be a genius right out of the gate, there are certain concepts that are so widely known that it would look odd if he didn't have a basic knowledge of them.
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This sounds great. He'll probably want to look at joining either Giles Bell or Riverstone to advance his projects, but it's possible that he could take something that he's worked on to them as a pitch to sell. Whatever you think up, let us know! We're happy to work with you on this.
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I think if it's cool he'll be pitching a hands-free flashlight-style device with light sources that settle on either temple, the selling point being it tracks optical motion and directs the beam toward wherever your eyes focus. It could cycle between standard bright, infrared, or other color settings. Figures it would come in handy with all the power outages from monsters and earthquakes, and the subsequent search and rescue / underground / dark ass construction work happening right now.
Not exactly rocket science brain surgery awesome but it seems like an attainable thing to pull off because something something future eye scan technology
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Riverstone is actually the biggest corporation in Meadowlark's world, whereas Giles Bell centers most of its business practices out of New Amsterdam. Giles Bell is more of a local corporation that helps New Amsterdam's economy with a global reach, whereas Riverstone is what will happen in our terrifying future when Amazon, Disney, and Tesla all become one major conglomerate and run the government's capital (New Beijing).
What you have in mind makes sense! We do think this would be more in line with Giles Bell's neural implant work, likely in partnership with Vyonation!
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But sounds good!
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