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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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We're going to reword a comment we left for Gaia regarding this, as the information is the same: Aranea can definitely feel free to enter the police force. When it comes to training, as long as she passes the entrance exam - which we presume she would! - she would get paid while going through the program. There's no kind of entry level job while she does this. All of her work would be training, and this would go on for a while. We know that having a character in training for a long time can be less than fun, so we are definitely open to her building a network of connections while she goes through this aspect of things. We provided a similar outline for our old Bellamy player here, so feel free to utilize that!
Obviously, there are some NPCs in the police force that have been brought into play. Detective Satou is the most significant one because of her (unknown to her) tangential ties to Morningstar. In joining up, Aranea will definitely hear about the murder suspects who had no identity and how strange it was. This would have moved like wildfire throughout the city and its police precincts.
While Gaia asked some specific questions for Dick, the whole thread where she approached is here, so please feel free to review that and let us know if you have any other questions. She can undergo the police examination while injured, as much of it is digital and would be issued via her neural implant.
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I have no questions at present but if I do, I'll get back to you.
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Additionally, what is the general climate with the other academy trainees / higher ups re: Morningstar agents? Is it overwhelmingly negative, just murmurs, immaterial, etc.
Thanks again!
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The academy takes three months in game, mostly to make things easier for RP purposes. As for Morningstar, while there might be some increased chatter due to the recent raid, in general Morningstar is a fairly taboo subject and won't come up much in casual conversation. All mentions will definitely be negative, but Morningstar is more the UNA's problem than the police force's.