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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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as per questions asked here--
If Jason were to, a few weeks after the event, go out of his way to pick up one of the vehicles that had been owned by one of the Morningstar agents that are now missing and drive it around to see if it would pick up any attention--how would that go?
Any sign of police involvement and he'd ditch the vehicle immediately, since he's not interested in getting arrested, but considering the UNA's involvement in the attack, and their potential involvement in their original kidnapping, Jason would want to test if they'd actually come after one of the displaced if they were dicking around with things they probably should not be. His goal would be to see if the UNA soldiers would specifically come after him, or if someone directly involved with the UNA would. Or, if they'd ignore it (which he'd assume would be because he was among the displaced) entirely or ask police to handle it (therefore, potentially getting another displaced locked up and this time, with an ID attached).
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The biggest barrier here would be "a few weeks." They would be towed by that time. If he decided to angle toward it sooner - we're talking days, not weeks - he'd have to figure out a way to pinpoint which car would belong to a Morningstar agent. Since everyone is living in an apartment building of some kind, cars are kept in parking garages and are indistinguishable between owners by first glance. We'd have to know how he got the information that it was an agent's car (Gaby and El wouldn't give this information out freely, especially not to Jason) - especially since that would be not one, but two agents' cars he managed to commandeer.
That's not to say that we're opposed to this, but we need some more steps from the process to help you know how it would go!
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As they were given the agents' addresses during the attack, Jason would scope out apartments first. Look for any clues to what vehicle they may have owned: digital photo frames, any other notable objects that could point to what car they owned. As media is all stored digitally and there aren't much regarding paper frames, he'd check computers if he could get access into them. If they're fingerprint locked (for shared computers), Jason can dust for fingerprints in order to get a good read. If that wouldn't work--anything else he can get his hands on. Jason's a good investigator, and anything he could get his hands on, he would! Given that I'm not sure how notes would work in the setting, and cars don't need keys as they're implant controlled (I think?), anything within the apartment he could get his hands on, he would.
Additionally, he'd watch the parking garages themselves for a bit. See which cars moved, which didn't. Which have sat for a few days. As these vehicles are mostly digital controlled--if there's an internal way of checking the last time the engine was turned on, he'd most likely be able to do that given a few days of tinkering around. If those cars would be towed or watched for towing and he wasn't able to get hold of it before that happened, Jason would grab for one as it was being picked up to be towed!
Sorry that a lot of this is "if"s, but I hope this helps?
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There aren't any PCs in the world, since all computing is done via implant, so Jason would get the best results staking out the garages and doing some fingerprint analysis. Waiting to see what gets towed would work, too, so choose whichever you like! Jason would be followed by the NAPD, but it would be lackadaisical in nature. Since the tip regarding the car would not come from any the car's owner, they wouldn't book Jason once the vehicle was called in and the police discovered who actually sent in the call.
This wouldn't be apparent to Jason right away, but it is a lead he could potentially follow if he so chooses!
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If he could pull fingerprints and match them to cars, Jason will go that route first. He'd pick up a vehicle, drive it around, and if they're not that determined to pick him up--that's telling enough as it is and would answer one of the questions he was looking to answer!
If they're only following him and not turning on sirens and chasing him down, he'd wait for them to give up, and scrap the car with Loki's assistance. Since they're going for blackmarket car parts now, like the rascals they are.
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Sounds like a good plan! Let us know if Jason plans on doing anything else to get UNA attention.