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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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1. Jason would not be able to get access to Maeda herself using any of those methods. As corporate execs are excessively well-protected, he'd be booted out pretty quickly and banned from the premise. Likewise, he would have a great deal of difficulty getting an actual message through, since most people on the floor don't have access to Maeda and would not be inclined to risk adverse attention.
Jason would need a more detailed and strategic plan to gain access to Maeda herself after he's banned from the corporate premises. If you'd like to go this route, you can submit one and we'll work with it!
2. From asking around, Jason would learn that both the Warlocks and the Kings have stake in the fighting ring gambling. Besides that shared interest, the Warlocks mainly traffic in drugs--particularly performance-enhancing drugs, knock-off pharmaceuticals, and high-powered hallucinogens. The Kings deal in your more typical feel-good drugs and illegal goods like stolen car parts.
As for how to get in contact with the gang, I'll paste from where we've answered this for someone else: "To get involved with any of the organized crime in the city, a character would need to start with being introduced to a gang. The best ways to go about this would be to spend time at a bar a gang frequents and befriending one of their members, or participating in one of the illegal sports the gangs run and impressing them that way. Those illegal sports are underground fighting rings, illegal robot dog fights, and street racing (hovercars, hoverbikes and hoverblades). They hold these sports for the gambling alongside the illegal card dens they also run."
It's absolutely possible that Jason performing well in the fight rings could catch the eye of the Kings or Warlocks!
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Given the direction of some ic conversations--Jason's going to go after getting into the Warlocks, if possible. He spends a decent amount of time at local bars looking for any frequent faces, gang connections, and has been fairly involved in the fight rings.
His initial intention would be just to get in regardless of at what level, and go from there depending on information he's able to gather. He's been involved in underground gangs back home (took over Gotham's main drug rings at one point, among a few other activities), so he has a bit of background re: how to respond to things, even if he'd have to adjust his approach a bit.