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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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per glass' previous plot engagement comment scott has already been embedding himself into the janitorial-type support services that would be brought in for clean-up around that area. his hope is that he can get an eye on who's studying it through that. he's willing to sneak rey and loki inside if he's working near the sight, but his priority is to keep his cover because he plans to keep using that position to work up close to the companies and get access to & steal their data.
rey would be trying to sneak into the tent itself. she doesn't want to disrupt anything or engage anyone, but she wants to get her eyes on any badges, trucks, labels, or equipment that might have a corporate stamp on it of some kind to indicate who they've called in to examine the samples — her hope is to come out of this with a corporation name that she can follow up on because anyone invested in the monster is likely invested in the PCs' situation as well.
loki is going to get close to the tents and watch it for the comings/goings of samples, then try to follow the scientists to see where the samples are going and how they're being distributed. loki does have the power to shapeshift, which he'd be using in order to go unnoticed where needed.
overall, our hope is that any/all of these combined approaches might get us info on 1) which corporation(s) are studying the monster, 2) where the samples are being processed/kept off-site, 3) if there's a hint of where that studied data would be stored so it can be accessed and stolen in the future.
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Loki, Scott, and Rey would find that all three of the big corporations would be working under the tents. They wouldn't find evidence through labels - there wouldn't be any, as this would all be digitally identified - but there would be lab coats and secured boxes that would confirm the involvement of Pulsar, Vyonation, and Giles Bell. We should note, however, that the scientists on site represent subsidiaries of these three, so they would have to do the additional footwork to find this out. A simple search will yield the information they need once they have the names and logos!
Thanks to Scott's job, he'll be able to find evidence of the range of research that each corporation is partaking in. Pulsar is looking into reactions between the samples and chemical agents, attempting to find specific weaknesses to be exploited should another attack occur. Vyonation's efforts involve looking at the proteins within the samples to see if they have a common link with any known creatures that have experienced accelerated evolution/mutations thanks to radiation. Giles Bell's involvement will be the most difficult to discern, as the remains of their initial research will be disparate in nature.
However, trying to sneak Loki and Rey in to verify a lot of this information could cost Scott his job. His neural implant only gives him access to these facilities, so we would need to know if he would continue to pursue bringing them in.
Overall, we're fine with the plot as designed, with the exception of where the data is being stored. No one - even or especially a plumber - would have access to the server location because of corporate espionage, and that would need to be pursued in a different plot.
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