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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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Prior to what went down with Caroline and Marcos, the gangs had a more neutral stance when it came to Morningstar, and vice versa. This adversarial relationship is a direct result of what happened there, so any networking or contact with the gangs would have likely been just that: having shadier contacts for shadier deeds, at least when needed. We're sorry if we failed to explain this better before!
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Looking at the previous conversation, we believe that some wires were crossed. In the plot engagement thread that you linked, we didn't realize you specifically wanted Jon to spy on gangs. Had we known, we would have been happy to provide further clarity on the feasibility of this plot sooner. As it is, Morningstar does not have an adversarial relationship with the gangs, and wouldn't value spying on them or trying to find out what they're involved with. To provide some more background on that: Before the current trouble started, Morningstar and the gangs did not have much to do with each other, and generally followed a policy of mutual disinterest. There are occasional cases where there were gang contacts to help Morningstar with less legal activity, but these contacts were not aware that they were working with Morningstar. These contacts would've been a part of the file that El had provided the new Morningstar after the assault by the UNA.
Some of the gangs are involved with corporations—Morningstar's focus—but this is viewed by Morningstar as a symptom of the corporate stranglehold over everything rather a problem in its own right. For the most part, however, the gangs—and larger criminal underground—are their own, independent entity, existing separate from all of the corporate corruption in the world. Gang members are also unlikely to frequent bars in neutral territories, especially to talk about Morningstar. Even ignoring the current plot with Caroline, speaking aloud about Morningstar can get anyone in trouble.
As for Jon bartending corporate events, that would definitely be up Morningstar's alley. We're happy to help you develop that into a plot for Jon. We can throw Gaby around to help him get somewhere up the bartender ladder—she's well aware that he's an eager, well-meaning puppy, so she would be happy to help him get a leg up here! If you'd like Jon to be involved with gangs, we recommend you touch base with some of the other characters doing work in that area such as Jason Todd, Kovacs, Caroline, Laura Moon, and Octavia Blake. However, this would not be a Morningstar-adjacent plot!
Thanks!
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