PLOT ENGAGEMENT (ARCHIVED)

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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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Comments

[evite]

for the civil works office, her intent is mostly to verify access capabilities. she wouldn't be looking for anything in particular, but rather to verify that she would have the ability to "read the room", so to speak, and choose the appropriate paths for back-door entry. as an example, she might access the equivalent of a tax collector's office to pull records of who paid property tax in the last month. not useful information, in her eyes, but just any kind of information to prove that she's capable of doing so.

my expectations were that she would be successful in this operation, which would give her the ic confidence to move forward with the NAPD plot discussed with connor and other pcs.

however, based on the information you've provided, i feel she may be likely to gain access to NAPD servers but may hit roadblocks in actually accessing the raw data itself from their files. if the encryptions on this sort of information are a more advanced sort than standard civil files (which would make sense), daisy may not be yet talented enough to hack that kind of encryption, so any data located in such a retrieval would be essentially useless to her. please let me know if this is off base.

since the pc's are being sprung from the jail during the event, this plot may not happen after all -- but i'm glad i reached out to follow up.

as for future plots, i don't have any major hacking plots for her moving forward beyond that. she's doing some minor tech stuff in the current event with the gps, but nothing beyond what someone computer savvy could do today in google maps. i can absolutely run any hacking-based player plots through with you all, though, in the future!

[larkers]

Hi again, Jenna!

Unlike today, the government is more likely to protect civil files like that, as it could prove rather revealing to see what taxes are being paid - or what companies are buying up properties around the city. In fact, most government databases are heavily encrypted and firewalled to keep even the most advanced of hackers out - as they're far more experienced in dealing with them (and some of the more notorious ones are now on payroll). We mostly wanted clarification to see what she's trying!

That's not to say that she couldn't approach some smaller ventures to get more experience overcoming the encryption and firewalls in this world, leveling up all the while.

There will definitely be future opportunities for hacking in game!