Raziel asked me to post this.
The following log orginates from #Rizzit 's_office on IRC.
Please note this is not the complete version. I obviously had to edit the mindless chatter in between.
I also deleted a question or two that wouldn't make sense, since the answer was divided between some chit chat and actual briefing.
Feel free to post or email Raziel any questions you have. And also , IM me, or alert me immediatly if I made a mistake and some part of the log doesn't quite make sense.
Anyway:
[Raziel] Well this campaign is hopefully going to be started mid week ish
[Raziel] Ok so
[Raziel] Location
[Raziel] Devaron
[Raziel] have a look for some background info
[Raziel] Basic plot
[Raziel] Devaron is denied entry into the Republic due to its harsh punishment laws, but the government
supported the Galactic Empire previously
[Raziel] As it is the next major world along the correlian trade spine we negotiate a deal to move some
troops forwards
[Raziel] However the Republic have other ideas and also negotiate some form of deal, and we find
ourselves holed up in the capital with limited man power fighting a defensive battle
[Raziel] details still being developed
[Raziel] Format
[Raziel] The story will be split between a series of loacked threads corresponding to locations
[Raziel] Squads can move between these threads accordingly
[Raziel] However this means fairly strict time guides must be imposed
[Raziel] and Squads must stick fairly tightly to mision guidelines
[Raziel] Its unfortunate and not something I like doing, but has to be done
[Raziel] Each squad will be assigned a secondary mission to complete in a fairly short timescale
[Raziel] The squad will be assessed on how well it's done completing the secondary mission
[Raziel] They will be assigned S-, S, S+
[Raziel] (example to follow)
[Raziel] this rating will decide whether they complete the primary mission
[Raziel] So Example:
[Raziel] Republic Troops are mounting an amphibious assault on the coatline
[Raziel] They have breached the ports defenses and are preparing for a major landing
[Raziel] Raiders squad is sent to break through the marines hastily prepared defenses
[Raziel] If they get S-
[Raziel] They break through the marines and retake the port, but too late. They are overwhelmed by the
main Republic force
[Raziel] S: They break through in time, Republic forces are forced to delay landing
[Raziel] S+: They break through in plenty of time, the ports guns are left active and they are able to
sink a fair proportion of the Republic landing
[Jakireth] Well, we have a specific amount of time to complete objectives, correct?
[Raziel] the squad is simply assigned the secondary mission
[Raziel] that's all
[Jakireth] Ok...
[Raziel] based on how well they do, I'll write in the rest
[Raziel] the ratings
[Raziel] They're not entirely based on number of posts
[Jakireth] Technically, one person can post and complete the objective.
[Jakireth] Right?
[Raziel] yes they could
[Raziel] but they wont do too well if they do it in one post
[Jakireth] How is that?
[Raziel] I'm looking for quality
[Kairo] what if it is a ten page post?
[Darr-Rann] You judge how well we did
[Darr-Rann] Then decide the outcome?
[Raziel] yes
[Raziel] I base the outcome on how it was written
[Raziel] ALSO
[Raziel] I wont tell you the exact result and I don't want any complaining
[Jakireth] So, if we do something stupid like running into a wall of Rebels and miraculously complete
the objective, you deem it unfit and decide the grade?
[Raziel] if you do amazingly well and get S+
[Raziel] and in the second mission do better than another ssquad who gets an S
[Raziel] but you only get an S
[Raziel] that may be bacause I will also be ranking how well you'cve done based on previous performance
[Raziel] so if the squad is struggling I'll take that into account, I want to be able to rank of previous performances
[Raziel] I don't want people to start comparing squads and complaining
[Raziel] Squad A, could do better than squad B, but could get a worse rank, if I feel they've underperformed
[Raziel] this will be testing the format
[Raziel] a future ESC may use this though
[Darr-Rann] Will we have a map of the greater area?
[Raziel] ok
[Raziel] next step
[Raziel] After each round of missions
[Raziel] a map will be updated
[Raziel] showing troop concentrations etc
[Raziel] the next set of missions will be chosen accordingly
[Raziel] I'll have a rough tree showing how the campaign will advance, but it will involve some plotline
creating on the fly
[Raziel] Squads may work alone, or may work individually
[Raziel] if you have any requests for working in teams etc you can always email me
[Raziel] but expect to be rotated between other squads
[Raziel] Fianl interesting feature
[Raziel] Sometime this week I will hand out one use "Cards"
[Raziel] Each SL will have one to start with
[Kairo] Jak, Yillis doesn't even do anything in Jester. He wouldn't be given command, so don't worry
about it. If you are put with Jester, I'd be in command, since I am a PC as well as SL..
[Raziel] this might be, "Redeployment", "Air Strike" etc
[Raziel] and can be used once
[Raziel] Just for fun really
[Raziel] Mission resources are low
[Kairo] can PCs get two cards. ;p I think he means if things get bad, we can use them to aid our
objective in the mission.
[Raziel] so you cant do whatever you want
[Raziel] but these cards allow you a little extra firepower and may also increase your ranking on a
mission if used appropriately
[Darr-Rann] Do you only get one during the whole thing
[Darr-Rann] or do you earn more?
[Raziel] Mission rankings will also be based on how I feel your tactics were
[Raziel] Yes Darr you will earn more
[Raziel] based on how missions are going
[Raziel] once secondary mission is done, writing must stop
[Raziel] and I will rank
[Raziel] What I might also want
[Raziel] is an honest opinion from SL's on how they think their squad is doing
[Raziel] I also don't want any whining if you feel you deserved a better result, its just for fun :
[Raziel] there will be an aditional primary mission you don't know about it
[Kairo] so the grade is for the primary mission
[Kairo] not the secondary missions
* Kairo sets mode: +m
[Kairo] ok
[Kairo] I just need to ask this while everyone else is quiet
[Kairo] just to make sure everyone gets this
[Kairo] everyone is given a secondary mission
[Kairo] they will complete it because that's how it is done in writing
[Kairo] then you Raz
[Kairo] judge how it was done
[Kairo] and the grade is then applied to the primary mission
[Kairo] correct?
[Raziel] correct
* Kairo sets mode: -m
[Raziel] Primary mission may well be kept a sectret to avoid confusion
[Raziel] expecially with new members
[Raziel] What I will NEED is cooperation from the SL's
[Raziel] this is going to be an intensive mission
[Raziel] and I want to get some fun back into the club
[Raziel] and do something everyone can enjoy
[Kairo] this is going to be really fun.
[Raziel] I just need some maps and storyline finishing and we're off
[Kairo] and also. some of the squads are lacking in activity either do to their members are having RL
stuff or are just undermanned. So even if not everyone writes from that squad, if it is just two people
writing and the quality is good, they should still be graded nicely. RIght?
[Raziel] yes
[Raziel] they may not get the best mark on first mission
[Raziel] For each set of missions
[Raziel] Squads may be individuals, or acting as part of an NPC group, or working with other squads, or
a combination.
[Raziel] ARC may even get a shot
[Darr-Rann] Marka, my ASL, is a ARC
[Darr-Rann] What would happen with him?
[Raziel] Well if I did decide to do it
[Raziel] I would lump other squads together
[Raziel] to make up for missing members
[Darr-Rann] okay
[Kairo] I have an Idea Raz
[Raziel] Go on
[Kairo] for some missions, peopel from each squad with sets of specialties can be put together into
groups to complete a mission
[Kairo] like say
[Kairo] a group of vehicles is coming
[Kairo] you can't send a particular squad against that
[Kairo] but you could send a group of VCs
[Raziel] I like that
[Raziel] a definate consideration
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