OOC Questions etc.

[GirlyGamer]

Hi people,
Hope it's ok for me to make this thread in here but I have a couple of questions re the online rpg. Ok here goes...

Do we always have to wait for a response from the person your character is playing with presently or can we ever assume whatever was happening has happened and move onto other areas of the ship or other encounters?

Are playable NPCs allowed via dual membership? By this I mean, say I have an idea to get something happening, can I re-register for the forums as purely a secondary playable character and utilize both my Ensign Steele character AND the 'npc' to get the ball rolling?

Can players take the lead in scenario setting using the tactics stated above and if so how does that work for people who perhaps don't check in as often as some others? Is it a case of the 'away team' or 'security team' or whatever dealing with it, those being regulars?

Power of Q...
Ok in the olden days or irc RPG we would call this the power of god but I'll use Q to stay in theme hehe. Say I have an idea that takes place on a planet I have made up, can I transport whoever the regulars are to a location (off ship) to do the adventure? Like they do in some episides of the trek series? Or do all adventures HAVE to take place aboard Valdemar?

Essentially I have a couple of mad ideas and thought you guys might find it fun and we'd really give the Valdemar a bit of a shove re scenarios etc.

Who are the regulars here? Say people who check in once a week at the least and who would be playing within that time frame?

Hope that isn't too many questions, I'm sure I have more but I'm a little braindead at the moment.

Thanks a bunch
Angela
xxxx

[Captain Christine Hurt]

Well, I just want to say I am so glad to see you take initiative in starting this thread. I am happy you felt free to do so. I want to apologize to the crew for being sequestered and unresponsive for so long. I had a personal problem that was demanding a great deal of my time. I have taken steps to open up some of that time to get back to this now and I hope we can all continue.

RE "Do we always have to wait for a response from the person your character...." Since we had thought we were going to use Stardates just for times when it seems absolutely necessary to the plot, I guess the only other thing that might not jibe would be the actual date the message was posted. I think we should try to keep those in line so I'd say it's best to just keep a Wordpad of your different response ideas and wait for the other player to take a turn.

RE "Are playable NPCs allowed via dual membership?" Yes, that's fine, just drop a note in here or pm me to let me know that's you. I appreciate any and all initiative and creativity you have to offer.

RE "Can players take the lead in scenario setting..." If a player has not responded for a very long time, and you feel things need a jump start, or if you've been waiting a long time for a reply to a post, you can make up a post about them having been assigned to an Away Team (when applicable) or possibly getting called to sickbay or just being unavailable for unknown reasons but other crew are rumor mongoring etc...etc.., However, please make sure you attempt to pm them here, and email them if possible to alert them that you are doing this so they can prepare a suibtable reply to that later.


Re "Power of Q" When using the Power of Q, again try to contact all players to alert them you are going to be doing a Power of Q, you don't need to tell them more than that if you want to make it a suprise, but that way we can all feel kept in the loop. But yes, power of Q is great! If more than one member wants to we can make more than one Q, as in QWife or Qson etc..or Q1 and Q2. That's a great idea too.

RE "Regulars?" Well, it's hard to say who the regs are. the ppl who have posted the most would fit that to me, and it's mostly my fault for being away so long that ppl probably have not been checking in. Again please do accept mysincere apologies.
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Ty again for al lthe great ideas and no problem, we are happy to answer any and all question!!

[GirlyGamer]

Thanks a bunch for taking time to let me know!

[Captain Christine Hurt]

YVMW Question to the rest of the ship Hey what's goin on are we still playing? Please at least respond with something even "suddenly i was unconcious." thx guys

[GirlyGamer]

I'm still up for it, I thought everyone must have decided not to *shrugs*

When something starts count me in.

[Captain Christine Hurt]

TY GirlyGamer. I think I figured out what the problem is. Everyone let me express my apologies, I think I started this based on the false assumption the no one from the Federation had yet been sent to Romulus after the Nemesis movie. However upon watching Nemesis again I see Riker was assigned a ship and sent to Romulus. If that is why everyone is not posting, please let me know and I will find a way to either edit this thread or start a new one with a better plot. Anyway, the idea for this one was that the Remans would be using their mental gifts, and Spock would be trying to help them in their diplomatic relations with the Romulans. Let me know if you guys still want to play. TY