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[Egan_BW]

Anything that the GM can't be assed to research does not exist.

[spazyak]

Ehend result would be a miss fire,a wasredbullet, and a failedejection of the casing requiring manual ejection

[Ozarck]

Again. The point of the situation was that he had an issue with his gun that required [one turn] to clear, and expended [one ammo].

Single shot, burst shot, and full auto all take [one ammo].

all [standard guns] take the same ammo, all [high tech guns] take the same ammo.

simplified physics for a simplified game.

Let's leave it at that.

{of course, the gm could have just said: got [one ammo] stuck n there. it's not gonna explode on you though, just clear it}, but who cares?)

[piecewise]

Again. The point of the situation was that he had an issue with his gun that required [one turn] to clear, and expended [one ammo].

Single shot, burst shot, and full auto all take [one ammo].

all [standard guns] take the same ammo, all [high tech guns] take the same ammo.

simplified physics for a simplified game.

Let's leave it at that.

{of course, the gm could have just said: got [one ammo] stuck n there. it's not gonna explode on you though, just clear it}, but who cares?)

Your bullet became a ham sandwich when you weren't looking. You must have rolled very badly.
On the plus side, free lunch!

[Nikitian]

Oh what the f.
Final red dice? A couple of turns left before Hephaestus explodes, too? ... I swear, Maurice was dead, gone, and there was no way I would come back to the game. I was actually wondering if it was 'already finished or what'. But, what the...

Okay, just in case someone (or, I dare say, our mightiest and best GM) would answer,
1)Is M26 thread the one for Hephaestus shenanigans right now? (Because the Hephaestus thread proper seems to be, ah, a little left and forgotten.)
2)Do tokens still matter yet, or not anymore?/Do I still have time to upgrade? (Strictly unnecessary, but kind of funnier/gives better chances. Like, 0.02 instead of 0.01!)

Oh what the bloody Mistress. Maurice Sanctor is waking up to give a welcoming party to the end of the end of the world as we know it. Yep, bloody in-game perfect timing as usual (you're welcome, Steve Saint). Piecewise once promised that the most he could about a death of a long-standing character would be to describe it in a somewhat more detailed fashion; I think I'm going to take him up on that promise from the ages past. 

(I have not read practically anything from what has been posted in my absence, so I'm pretty oblivious to most of the things. Well, I know that ER was supposed to end before the fall, and that there'll eventually be a new (other) game in place, but that's about it. )

Oh, and hi, guys! 

[NJW2000]

ER itself has quieted down a bit. "ER redux" is being experimented with now.



Anyway, anyone know what program PW uses to make maps like this:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

?

I know it's not deepknight map tool, though that's pretty useful.

[syvarris]

Nik, you're back?!  Awesome!

1)Is M26 thread the one for Hephaestus shenanigans right now?

Ehhh, kinda?  "Hephaestus shenanigans" in general basically got shut down, due to my proclivity for draining PW's soul.  M26 did end up being the replacement, and worked a lot better than Heph ever did, TBH, but even that's kinda dead now as ER is all but over.  M26 was pretty great while it lasted though, you would have liked it a lot.

2)Do tokens still matter yet, or not anymore?

Not really.  Last mission's prep was the last event where people bought tokens.  I ended up donating all my funds to buy assaultsuits and crystal rifles for everyone, since tokens have no real value now.

Do I still have time to upgrade?

I doubt PW would stop you if you did.  Tokens likely don't matter that much though, as Maurice would be granted basically anything he wants, within reason.  Also, his chances likely wouldn't be improved much by more stuff, as he's actually quite well off--Saint currently has Maurice on ice in his personal warship, IIRC.  Although, if you'd rather Maurice have been left on Heph, we can always say that he was.

I have not read practically anything from what has been posted in my absence, so I'm pretty oblivious to most of the things. Well, I know that ER was supposed to end before the fall, and that there'll eventually be a new (other) game in place, but that's about it.

Fwooooh.  Okay.  So, since this universe is basically fucked, we decided to colonize other universes.  Most of ARM was redeployed to some backwater planet to kidnap rescue a bunch of people for Heph to use as guinea pigs colonists (mission 27).  Dester's black ops team was sent to Heph, to explore universes, and Saint basically just got handed command of their mission, though there were... difficulties there.  In practice, Saint was equivalent in rank to Dester (mission 26).

I don't really remember much of M27, as I didn't follow it closely, and ended up just not reading most of the threads, but it mostly consisted of ARM's traditional handling of civilian populations.  One guy went AWOL to buy pizza, while another was injecting poorly understood alien tech into civvies, and most everyone else ran around like headless chickens.  And the Vet teams just demolished everything around them.

M26 consisted of a lot of arguing about safety precautions, deciding on a set which balanced safety and speed, then exploring maybe a dozen universes before summoning some apocalypse which nearly killed everyone before Saint dealt with it.  Rinse and repeat, with the safety precautions and apocalypses getting worse each time.  Most of the universes we explored were useless; typically interesting, often harmful, but invariably non-ideal for colonization.  PW ended up just handing us six good options, and expeditions were just starting when, well...

I told you to test with colors! But nooo, you just had to go clone mega-Satan or whatever.

...And our plans were kinda cut a bit short.  Heph is basically fucked, as is our main universe transfer facility, but we should have enough resources to regroup with the Sword and set up a new facility.  Portals should make it possible to recover the most valuable things left on Heph, such as the Doctor and some autocolonies, but our chances have been significantly harmed.

Currently, we've got the supervets and vets searching for parts to a superweapon in some of the hostile universes, which we intend to use to utterly destroy our homee universe.  There's two lurkers here, and while they're clones and therefore probably incapable of breeding, we're not leaving it up to chance.  The newbies are just being flung into the six habitable universes for some reason, I'm not really sure why.  Maybe Steve is just feeling nostalgic.

The guy who cloned the Lurker has also contemplated going on a "recovery mission" into the heart of his creation, to see if it's possible to retrieve the deathcube.  I believe PW said this would be a very foolish idea, but it does seem like something you'd be interested in anyway.



Aaaanyway, all this is kinda irrelevant.  Way up above, I said that ER is all but over?  IIRC, PW has said he's not going to update any further.  Instead, he'll be talking to each player about what their character would be doing in the future, roll some dice, and write up what happens to everyone.  And then ER will be done.  Finished.  Complete.  Kaput.

Currently, PW is running a test game of a new system; that's ER Redux.  It's supposed to be higher lethality than ER, more crunchy than ER (but less trivial to break), and presumably have less Cerebus Syndrome than ER.  He's talked about running a different game--Oroboropolis, which is about holy crusaders invading and trying to kill a massive living demon city--but he hasn't said much of anything about it in a long while.

If you want to get back into a game, I'd like to recommend Ozark's Omega Legion, which is essentially ER in a standard high-magic fantasy setting.  It's notable for most people playing extremely... unique characters; I've played a talking cat, and an intelligent evil knife which manipulates and mind controls its wielders.  The game is exceptionally good, in my opinion, and captures most of what I've liked about ER, excluding Tinker.  Oh, and we were just about to start another mission set.

Another option would be MidnightJaguar's MainPiston, which is inspired by PW's semi-complete system MainSpring, and set in an alternate reality WWII.  MJ's a far less experienced GM than Ozark, but it's still fun, and has a rather hilariously high lethality rate--95.2%, at the moment.  ^{_{That's more the fault of Egan and I, though.}}

...Please stay awhile?

[piecewise]

Alternatively, roll up a character for the redux test because I feel like we may be losing a few here in a moment and will need replacements!

[Gentlefish]

PW seems to have a soft spot for things that don't have soft spots.

[AoshimaMichio]

Well, if ER won't have more updates, I would like to have epilogue sooner rather than later.

[piecewise]

Alright, lets do the epilogue then. Because as much as I like the players in ER, I really don't feel like running it as it used to be. I like having some crunch to push against. Lets me make threats that are threats without being stupid.

So, here's how we do epilogue. Either here or via PM just let me know what your character wants to do. Assume our plan of escaping into other universes worked.

[ZBridges]

Spoiler: Joan Smith (click to show/hide)

Using NPCs and whatever ships Joan can commandeer, she will mount an expedition to recover the Deathcube.  In the unlikely event of its retrieval, Joan will attempt to evade her guards (convince them it's not an artifact, perhaps) and press B2, C2, H1 twice.  Then give it to any other PCs that went along and survived.  If they're dead, take it.  Use it to defend Factoryverse from extrauniversal aliens.

If she somehow survives this attempt, or if she doesn't and a clone remains to take her place, she'll return to Factoryverse and continue the development of the colony, which she'll aim to make a hub of production for the other universes.  Space magic production facilities are a priority.

Build defenses.  Prepare for the Eater or other invaders.  If Joan retains the Deathcube, make sure it's passed down to someone with knowledge of how to use it when she dies, but with the understanding it should only be used to as a last resort against invaders.

[MidnightJaguar]

Spoiler: Trier Cirurgian (click to show/hide)

Trier would want to make a crystal planet/revive the crystal race preferably making them an ally of mankind. He will preferably make himself leader of the crystal race, or at least a high ranking negotiator for human crystal relationships. If possible he would like them to expand, though preferably not in a way that bring them in conflict with the humans. Fighting with everything else is fine though

Also regrow that other arm. Two arms are better than one

[Ozarck]

Visit Steve, assist in the growing interdimensional human government, organizing military, exploration, and colonization efforts. Maybe raise a family. retire to a life of quiet luxury. Or get some recognition for his efforts and be a well known historical figure. Take advantage of reliable life extending technology perhaps. In general look out for his own - whether that's peole who he works with, or a colony he's involved with, or fellow ARM personnel who view him as a friend.

[spazyak]

 

Spoiler: Sir Jackson's plans in order of importance. (click to show/hide)

Formaly invite/kkidnaps tmc's anime cat girl to colony and to orgies
1.Find and colonise the orgyverse version of his homeworld after making a colony on a world far away.
2.Use pocket dimension tech to store tech and materials for colonisation and one of the universal transport things.
3. Drag STEPHEN HAWKINGS here to orgy-verse, promise him orgies
4.Start the growing and cultivating of Alots using genetic modification and cloning to get the best results.
5.Experiment with combining force amps, force infusers, gauss and cloaking tech.
6.Forge a nice sword.
7. Fuck that this is the number one goal here.Have a massive all-women--one-jackson orgy.
8.Harem? <-------this.
9.Become a powerfull angelic being focused on swift and bloody blitzkrieg combat.
10.Spread CSU values of fair pay, good work, and honesty.
11.Start the religion of Nevi-chan-god of martial porwness, edginess, aand ramen noodles
12.Make mecha gus--bot  A mecha like a battle suit with modified gunner bot ai.
13.Investigate the death star

I want to try and keep the orgy verse colony conected with the other colonies, hopefully the one christopher is in.
I want the orgy-verse colonies to be run as meritocracies with those the most capable in their field s running things and  running things from the shadow if Jackson is not deemed worthy enough to be a member of the council before taking it over by force if the oportunity presents its self.

If I can I want to keep relations with the current xenos inhabitants of orgy-verse on good terms with the humies and trade with them for tech.

Basicaly Jackson wants to continue to hone his skills and knowledge of both combat, weapon forging, and tech. This means he wishes to set up a forge at the colony to forge a cool sword for ceremonies and events
He's interested in trying origion tech in the new universe but ultimately fears it due to the lurker.
Colony wise, jackson wants to use alots as a basic produce animal and he wishes the check out the alternate version of his home planet.
He wishes to try and learn more about the alien inhabitants so as to prepare for any wars or battles between them and the humans.