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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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I can see it noted that illegal street racing is a thing that you can engage with by firstly hanging out in a bar and getting into a low level gang, etc, and I guess there's a degree of gambling there on the winners which might net you some money depending on luck and not-getting-arrested!
I was wondering if there are legal racing circuits in New Amsterdam! I was imagining like FIA & Formula 1 (I'm European, sorry, but Amsterdam was in Europe anyway) where big corporations build test racing vehicles and emblazon it with sponsorships and make them go fast in circles a whole bunch! Obviously he'd have to start waaaay back at like, Formula F level and get some local mechanic training before he drives, and it'd be a bit before he jumped up to Formula 3 and began climbing in races people care about but! At least he has nonsense protag experience learning alien vehicles and flying them in battle situations, so he'd reasonably be able to pick up driving a hover-thing well?
i) is this feasible! I realise at half time in a game starting a career that normally takes like, several years to get to the top in is asking for pain but I'm fine assuming he might never make it past the lower ranks. Any racing is fun racing! Who doesn't love risking their life driving?
ii) is this worth investing in! I'm in it about 60% for the 'it sounds fun' value, but I also figure eventually he'd start mixing with people who have enough money to sponsor nonsensical events like 'travel at death-defying speeds in circles'. I'm hoping learning about who meets who and who sponsors what, along with learning some engine things, might eventually get him something useful! Like what major corps work together, which ones have bad blood, who they give their fancy box tickets to! Tell me if I am wrong!
ETA: I realise his cover backstory would influence this! John would tell Morningstar he's a pilot if they asked, unsure what they'd translate that to in cyberpunk future terms
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To elaborate on the racing scene in the Meadowlark world: The most popular forms of racing are street racing, followed by VR racing and then true hover car and hover bike racing. Hover car and bike racing takes place in several different arenas around the world in the more popular cities, such as New Beijing. New Amsterdam currently does not have an arena for hover car or bike racing!
To answer both I and II:
There is potential there, but it would take John out of the city more often than not. We'd suggest that he start with something like VR racing, if he wanted to head the legit route into more formal forms of racing. There are still VR competitions, and he'd be able to win some credits if he's good, along with some notoriety. Likewise, he could also go the illegitimate route, and take a look at the illegal street racing, which would earn him attention of a different sort! They'd take different initiatives in the circle John would find himself a part of. If you decide to go one way or another, please let us know!
There's also some more relevant info here, if you're curious!