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[Kel Riever]

Yes.  Go ahead and make a character in the Characters: Stormhammer thread (there's a link in there for guidelines).  If you look at the other characters in the section, you can get a sense of the sort of power scale we're talking about here.  These are tough people, mind you not spectres.  They have a code, so they are mercenaries on one hand, but not bloodthirsty murderers.   The rest you can get along the way.  We're in a transition point where the group is sort of deciding what they will do next and likely adding a new character to the group based on it.  We can work your character in somewhere along the way.

With this, and its sister story, Chasing Spectres, I always tell writers the secret is to be patient, self sustaining (in other words, if you are a veteran rgper, then you know sometimes you don't worry about waiting around to write your character) and persistent.  There are some mega posts out there, and you are free to write long entries, but it certainly isn't required. If you need anything else answered, ask away.  Otherwise, looking forward to seeing what you create!

[hotdogbsg]

Uploaded my character to the thread, let me know if anything needs re-worked for him

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

This is perfect timing to add a new character. CS has slowed a little bit temporarily, but action will pick up very soon. Let me know if you're interested in joining that one as well and I can tell you where to join.

[hotdogbsg]

Well, can I join with the same character? If so I'd be up for joining in as well

[Kel Riever]

Okay, first your character looks all right to me.  I remember you posted something with the same picture (right?) but I didn't know the context of it.  Now I understand you had wanted to be in one of the rpgs.

Stormhammer is a spin off/sister story to the Chasing Spectres story.  They occur in the same 'universe' so to speak, and some of the changes that were put to the MEU there apply here as well.  Most aren't major enough to affect the Stormhammer story, although one certainly does:  the Reaper invasion won't be happening for 10 years after the events of Mass Effect 2, which have just ended in both stories.  And that's likely far beyond the scope of the time we'll be writing.   So no need to worry about everything in the MEU changing and coming to an end in 6 months or whatever it was.  We're pretty much free to roam the galaxy as it was left at the end of ME2 for a while.

One character could make an appearance in the other story, but the pace of the stories (and each location in the stories) differs.  So...first its flexible.  If someone feels the need to move a character between the stories it can be written in as so.  Probably best not to flip back and forth too quickly.  As far as the groups working together, that's probably in the cards at some point, but it doesn't seem immediate.  Stormhammer, the mercenary company, is really just getting started.  The trials and tribulations of the new group working together and trying to get the company started off on the right foot are enough to occupy their attention right now.  I think it would be pushing it for a Spectre's group (in Chasing Spectres) to want to put a yet to be proven merc group on the front lines of something important, even if they are pretty skilled for mercs.  That, of course, will change.

Being in the same universe, there are related adversaries.  The grand scope of Chasing Spectres, you know being that it involves Spectres , does things like find Prothean ruins, engage The Reaper, get called up by the Council.  You know, really high muckity muck stuff.  Stormhammer is more raw, no carte blanche licenses to kill on the Citadel here, you buy your license to kill  They face a set of challenges that is different, likely involving the various forces that aren't necessarily about to end all life as we know it.  Which can be challenge enough.

I'll put up some ideas of how to integrate you when I get the chance.  Today and tomorrow are super busy, plus I'm obligated to post some entries in both CS and Stormhammer.  But I will get to you asap and thanks for doing the work on your character!

[hotdogbsg]

Sounds awesome, looking forward to it

[Kel Riever]

Okay hotdog, I sent you a friend request so I can PM you with some ideas.

[hotdogbsg]

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[Kel Riever]

So:  Tolema presumes Juric, Chris and Darya will come with her to fetch the prototype.  If that isn't the case or something changes that, go ahead and say so in the story.

Kurik:  Well in story time, the night is still in session, so the turian is probably still having an 'episode'

Menos:  That leaves you not involved, however, there are other things you could discuss with Aoide, or of course Menos can move about the party.  He may attempt to speak with Isis if he's bold, or of course he may head downstairs to speak with Cadi as well.  If that still leaves you with a lack of something to do, PM me.

Jon:  For your character, again hogdog, we'll PM back and forth for a good way to get him in.

[Cknarf]

Suppose I should drop a Kurik post here soon.  I think it's been long enough. Maybe tomorrow morning. Or afternoon, whenever I happen to wake up.

 

Hey, you guys wanna see my teeth?

 

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[TheMajonese]

Now I'm curious to see what happened with Kurik. If I had to guess I'd say that he wanted to become the next turian counselor...or he tried to start a petting zoo in the presidium 

 

 

Right now I'm writing pages of text just because I have the time to do it. Soon I'll be busy with tons of work again and to top things off there are two more exams waiting for me (to be fair, one of it will be in english so that's not going to be much of a problem, even for me). So that means that I might not be able to post as frequently as now if at all. But I hope that I'll find enough time to post.

[Kel Riever]

Juric, Chris, and Darya.

You three are on your way with Tolema to an apartment building in a low rent district of the Tayseri ward.  It is an approximately 24 story structure, most of which is currently abandoned from the 12th floor up.  This is, again, well above atmosphere level and the top of the building is generally sealed from entry, even from residents, because the living residents aren't supposed to need the upper levels of the building.

Please go ahead and have any conversation you wish on the way, and arrive if you'd like.  Once you do arrive, I'll give you some information on where Tolema hid the prototype.

[TheMajonese]

Woops, posted in the wrong thread 

[Kel Riever]

I'll give Julia a chance to respond and some others, and will update Stormhammer this afternoon

[Cknarf]

I'll have a post sometime today.  Hella slow at work, so maybe it will come earlier than expected. Was kinda like, blah this weekend, among other things.

[Kel Riever]

Well, that's fine, I didn't get to my post.  Basically tomorrow morning I'll have the skycar put in.

Plus the conversation start for Menos.

And for Jon Waggoner, his conversation once hotdogbsg gets him to Arcadia.

But Kuric, well, I'll wait to see where Kuric is!

[Cknarf]

Okay. Posting. Like, for real this time. Promise.

[Cknarf]

Iiiiiiit's someting!

[Kel Riever]

I have a jam packed day where my posting will be unpredictable.  Here's the information in the building with Tolema, and feel free to write it out without waiting for me.  There's a gang that's gotten up here, and is basically making a night of getting drunk in the same lounge that Tolema hid the prototype in.  They don't seem to know there's anything, but being generally violent, they aren't exactly going to let anyone do anything, and they're going to likely pick a fight if they know someone else is around.  Call them armed but unskilled, pretty violent and they'll kill, but they aren't smart, a mixed bag of young humans and turians, and the prototype is under a big chair their oversized leader is sitting in.  

You can mess them up however you'd like if you want.  It's a chance for your characters to display what they've got!

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

It's something.

[Kel Riever]

I see there's a bit of a discussion about how to go about getting the prototype.  There's nothing wrong with killing the gang members, but since Chris wants to try non-lethal methods first, you can always do that, then gun them down if they resist (or whoever resists because you can distract a bunch of them to leave the area).  Tolema might suggest that but she'e really not the leader kind so I'll leave it to you guys.  You can write this, and that's not a cop out.  I just mean this is one of those situations where the enemies are there for the characters to show off, whether combat, or tlaking them out of fighting...or tricking them.  They are violent so it isn't past them to try something even if you capture them, have them at gunpoint or whatever.  But I'll leave the exact outcomes to you guys.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Death solves all problems. No thug. No problem. - Darya.

 

A bullet in the head solves everything. - Commander Shepard

 

I know that now. - Jack

[Kel Riever]

I think you guys at the site of the gang maybe a bit stuck between everyone, basically with Darya ready to kill em all and Chris not wanting to unless it is a last resort.  Meanwhile everyone is sitting watching the gang.  So this doesn't get reduced to a first poster dictates the action thing, if you guys need, I'll have Tolema forward the action tomorrow.   I'm extremely unhappy about my schedule but I think I can get something up by then.

For Menos, I'll continue the conversation tomorrow also, and for Waggoner and Kuric, Arcadia will be around until basically something moves in one of the other scenes.

Right now I want to post something on the Medusa and with my time that's where I'm going currently.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

yay! the M7 Lancer! The crappiest assault rifle in ME1!

 

You call that a rifle?

[Kel Riever]

But it is like one of the best weapons in ME3 multiplayer.  Because heating system > thermal clips.  That's why they changed them out *cough cough*

Anyway, stuff is happening in the story...