new player welcome post

[yhlee]

[Hello, new players! This post is for new and old players to get acquainted with each other in-character (IC) and out-of-character (OOC). I will be updating the character roster shortly for easy reference. Characters from the first arc who are still wrapping things up in Move 24, feel free to continue; I'll get to y'all shortly.

In the meantime, feel free to introduce yourself in OOC threads, including any information you want other players to have about you (including pronouns if relevant, or what time zones you're usually on, that kind of thing.]

[IC]
Ashari has just recruited a number of newcomers to the team in the hopes of shoring up its weaknesses and is, in classic Andan fashion, throwing a party on the Cantata (the moth ship formerly known as the Wasp and/or Bumblebee) so that folks can meet-and-greet. There are canapés, and Ashari promised Sulen that there are no recreational substances other than the alcohol if anyone wants it; Ashari is currently in the galley mixing drinks for anyone who asks. The public spaces of the interior have been decorated with somewhat lopsided and overly colorful artificial flowers (the matter printer was feeling cranky) as well as plush moths. There are in addition six friendly levitating baby moths, all wriggly tentacles and eyes, who will gravitate toward anyone who sings to them, and who like to be petted.

For the purposes of this post, "public areas" include the galley, the common room, and the storage hold, which has been temporarily pressed into service as a place where people can hang out. People are also welcome to hold private conversations elsewhere. For the moment, however, the cockpit, engine room, commander's office, and communications room/gunnery are off-limits.

[See this wiki entry on the Cantata-Wasp for more details on its layout.]

Comments

Re: continuing sensible conversations

[zuhrovet]

"Yeah. Can I ask you about a weapon, from the future? Alaric told me something that concerned me, but I don't trust him to estimate orders of magnitude."

The Shuos are from later, so they might know more. But Sasha doesn't need to go out of her way to engage the pretty people, no matter how innocently they seem to be playing with the mothlings.

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[kese_seyli]

"If it's something that's available in my future, and I can answer, yeah." They're extremely curious where this question is going to go, with all the options one could choose from in their timeline.

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[zuhrovet]

"He said there was some sort of fungus, that if you let it loose in an ecosystem, would be like black mold through all of it. I want to know, how often will that happen? One world? A thousand?"

[fungal canister timeline notes for Asher]

[yhlee]

[kese_seyli, the fungal canister dates from shortly before Ninefot Gambit, so would not have been around during Seyli's service during Vrae Tala's campaign. However, Seyli has probably heard of the weapon since joining the rebellion. The Kel are actually fairly sparing with fungal canisters, not out of humanitarianism but because clean-up of destroyed planets is extremely expensive and time-consuming--a fungally-destroyed world can take upward of a century to reclaim/re-terraform by dedicated Nirai teams. Of course, Seyli may also have heard scurrilous gossip about the whole thing; feel free to be creative!]

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[kese_seyli]

Seyli's nose wrinkles. "After my time, but I've heard of them. Never seen one in action. I've heart they can take out a whole ecosystem, yeah, but I have no idea. I can't say I'm surprised we ended up with a weapon like that." They hold their (bare) hands out, palms out in a helpless shrug. "Wouldn't put it past them to use it on a planet gone heretical."

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[zuhrovet]

Knots and stars. "Planets don't have ideologies." Sasha is sorely tempted to show off her own heretical tendencies--she could print off a handful of dice and see how often she rolled a four, which would probably be a lot--but she is the one who asked the fucking question. She spins her empty glass instead, watching the way light from the table-screen shines through it, and decides to wrench the conversation back to safer channels. "Anything else I can tell you about? More personnel stuff? Supply? The matter printer can make firearms, but unless and until we get a newer model, we're stuck sourcing ammunition conventionally."

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[kese_seyli]

"And the Hexarchate doesn't care." Any show of numbers like that would simply be a miss on someone like Seyli, anyway. They glance around the room, taking in the assorted collection of people. "You've already let me know we don't have much in the way of conventional fighting force, but a decent number of Shuos." Their nose wrinkles. "What kind of access do we have for conventional sources of things like ammunition?"

supply questions

[zuhrovet]

[yhlee, are we going to be able to hit up the rebellion for resupply, or are we on our own for in-character scrounging? In addition to ammunition, Sasha desperately wants some computer parts (a tablet that doesn't come from c. 227, and as many cheap desktop-equivalents as she can afford). I've been assuming that's outside our matter-printing scope, at least without purchasing appropriate schematics, but do tell me if I'm wrong.]

Re: supply questions

[yhlee]

[You'll be able to hit up the rebellion for resupply, so you can assume that reasonable rebellion-y things are covered. Sasha should be able to get her computer parts, and ammo for the entire group, no problem.

I owe a couple more responses on this post--I promise I'll get to them after dinner! We went to a Renfaire today, which was delightful, but now I am exhausted. XD]

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[zuhrovet]

All Sasha has learned so far is that the future of the heptarchate is astoundingly, incomprehensibly irresponsible. If she wants a count of planets destroyed, she'll have to ask the foxes.

"We've got reasonable supply for conventional items, though I'm not sure how quickly Ashari will want us to move out. I've been sourcing grid components, so I can do testing in an actual controlled environment, and I don't expect ammunition to be a problem. The faster we have a list, though, the faster we can lean on people."

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[kese_seyli]

"I'll have you a list once I check out the matter printer and take stock of my own supplies." They had a pretty good idea of what they needed, but the extra time to go over it will never go amiss. "That is, do I get the list to you or someone else?" Seyli asks as they glance out over the room. "Who is in charge, here. Specifically, once we're out on our own?"

[note to Sasha]

[yhlee]

[Note to zuhrovet: Sasha is free to quickly interrupt Ashari and ask about the upcoming mission so she and Seyli can discuss planning if they want.]

Re: [note to Sasha]

[zuhrovet]

[I don't know how quickly this can be accomplished, but it should be entertaining!]

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[zuhrovet]

"Ashari is, but I'm not sure if they want to sweat the details over supply. I guess I can ask them--I could use another drink anyway. Can I bring you anything?" Sasha pours the rest of the cider into Seyli's glass, and collects her own glass along with the empty bottle.

Re: let's have a sensible conversation about maps

[kese_seyli]

Seyli is will trail along after her, curious to hear the details themselves.