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[Zanzetkuken The Great]

The year is 1529 P.L. on the planet Togtvortoi Baidal.  A hundred and seventy five years ago the great upheaval began.  A sudden spike in volcanic activity ripped apart the planet, forcing its inhabitants to ascend into vast flying citadels, some remained below, becoming perpetual wanderers or going into the vast strongholds built in preparation for war some time ago.  Overcrowding meant different things for these groups.  The wandering tribes were continually worn down by the various natural disasters and starvation, so it wasn't even thought about.  The citadels dumping their excess populations to the ground below, where they were adopted into the wandering tribes or killed by the volcanic flows.  The bunkers performed the dangerous task of mining out additional rooms, risking expanding into an upshot of magma.  Inevitably, cities began to collapse, falling to the ground and being destroyed by magma.  Slowly, the tribes were killed off one by one from entrapment in flows and loss of food.  Eventually, the vaults began to breach magma flows with increasing frequency.  People were resigned to their doom as Shelter 0946 was eventually the last remaining area of inhabitation.

Then, during one of the digs to gain only a light bit more room, the miners ran into an open area.  They braced for their doom, but it never came.  Instead, a ruin was discovered, dating to centuries before the liberation from the Eternal King.  Inside, a few devices were discovered.  To appeared to be of the highest importance.  A structure in the form of a ring, with various symbols embedded upon it, and what was deciphered from the writings contained within and guesswork to be a control panel for the structure.  When it was discovered that the device could prove to lead them to another world, experimentation began upon the device in earnest, and a possibility of going beyond simple survival became a real factor.

Spoiler: Current Statistics of Shelter 0946 (click to show/hide)

Capacity: 539
Population: 523
l- 26% Children (136)
l- 22% Unskilled Laborers (115 <52 available>)
l- 16% Skilled Laborers (84 <44 available>)
l- 15% Engineers (78 <53 available>)
l- 14% Scientists (73 <61 available>)
l- 7% Soldiers (37 <29 available>)

Facilities
2 Geothermal Power Plants
1 Nuclear Power Plant
7 Water Tanks
   l- 0%
   l- 5%
   l- 7%
   l- 10%
   l- 12%
   l- 7%
   l- 4%
3 Air Recyclers
   l- 67% clogged
   l- 72% clogged
   l- 69% clogged
10 Greenhouses
   l- 2 turns
   l- 4 turns
   l- 6 turns
   l- 8 turns
   l- 10 turns
   l- 1 turns
   l- 3 turns
   l- 5 turns
   l- 7 turns
   l- 9 turns
2 Archives
4 Armories
   l- 35 .30 cal Bolt-action Rifles (12 CR / 2d10)
   l- 20 .35 cal Pistols (14 CR / 3d6)
   l- 14 .35 cal SMGs (5 - 10 CR / 1d6 for each hit)
   l- 120 .30 cal Rifle Clips
   l- 75 .35 cal Pistol Clips
   l- 140 .35 cal Sub Machine Gun clips
3 Laboratories
   l- 4 unknown staff shaped weapons
   l- 6 humanoid corpses
   l- 1 snake-like corpse
2 Food Storages
   l- 1000 units of food
   l- 200 units of food
1 General Storage
   l- 23 general purpose supplies
1 Manufacturing Facility
1 Gate Room
   l- Gateway
   l- Gateway Control
1 Medical Facility

Spoiler: Playing the game (click to show/hide)

The Population
You may assign the population to various tasks to be carried out.  Some are already assigned to tasks to keep the Shelter running.

Children can only be assigned to be taught by those in a designated profession.  If they are not taught, they become an Unskilled Laborer.  If taught in multiple subjects, they become Skilled Laborers.  If taught in primarily one subject, then become that type of worker.
Unskilled Laborers have a -1 to performing any task.
Skilled Laborers have no modifiers to performing any task.
Scientists get a +2 to researching, +1 to engineering, -1 to diplomacy, -2 to combat
Engineers get a +2 to engineering, +1 to researching, -1 to combat, -2 to diplomacy
Diplomats get a +2 to diplomacy, +1 to combat, -1 to researching, -2 to engineering
Soldiers get a +2 to combat, +1 to diplomacy, -1 to engineering, -2 to researching

Manufacturing
You can assign up to 100 people to a manufacturing job per facility.  Multiple manufacturing jobs may be assigned at a cost in production rate.  Working below maximum assignment reduces the efficiency of the facility.  To produce objects at a manufacturing facility, just assign the number and percentage of the facilities producing the objects.  Each manufacturing facility uses up 1 general purpose supply each turn.  Some objects require resources beyond general purpose supplies.

Researching
You can assign a number towards researching new technologies for use by the people of the Shelter.  The length of time a task will take is equal to how much of a leap it is to create the object.

Current technological level is around 8 for war equipment, and is roughly a 11 for non-war equipment on this scale

Combat
Combat upon other worlds is determined by a series of rolls, using a d20 for accuracy (challenge rating varying based upon weapons), and damage (varies between weapons and armor).  Health varies from species to species, with some special abilites with certain species, for example, Humans have a health of 20, while Hara have a health of 15, but a natural armor of 2, reducing damage hit by 2 for each hit.  Strength of opposition will be hidden if no scouting has been done, but stats would not be revealed unless examination upon a corpse has been done.  For each piece of health lost, soldiers need a few turns of medical treatment to return to full health.  If combat is encountered, a report is given in the turn it occurred with casualties caused by both sides.  Retreat orders for troops to leave is standardized at a loss of 25% of the force, but this number may be adjusted.

Diplomacy
Favorability of initial contact is determined by a roll of a d20, with a challenge rating depending upon the nature of the world and similarity of the languages.  Later diplomacy can change how the world feels about you, for better or for worse, however, if the initial contact is disfavorable enough, then any attempt at contact with that world will be met with hostilities.

Scale of Favorability
Hostile - Angered - Irate - Neutral - Pleased - Favorable - Allied

Controlling the Gate
In order to control the gate, you input a series of non repeating numbers of 7 characters that represents each of the symbols below, ending with the point of origin (1).  A maximum of 5 addresses can be dialed in one turn.  If the address is successful (determined by a roll of a 1d20, challenge rating of 20), then the gate connects, after which, a team can be sent through.  The gate address will be recorded in a database if the connection is successful.



Automated Actions

Air recyclers, greenhouses, water tanks, medical facilities, and power plants are all taken are of by the inaccessible portion of the population.  Some of these have settings that determine when the actions are performed.

Current percentages:
Air filters: clean when it reaches 75%, reduce to 40% clogged.
Water Tanks: keep above a minimum of 40% filled, if possible.

Spoiler: Named Characters (Not required to be submitted to submit an action) (click to show/hide)

Named characters are the leaders of each type of unit.  As of 3/5/2014 there can only be 0 Diplomats, 3 Soldiers, 5 Scientists, 5 Engineers, and 6 Skilled Laborers named.  These units are not ordinarily assigned to either automated or suggested actions.  As said in the spoiler title, you do not need to have a named character to submit an action.

Sign-up
Name: (culture is similar to Mongolian)
Race: (see below)
Unit Type:
Bio:

Races
Values will be tweaked to include suggested (intelligent) races native to Togtvortoi Baidal.

Khünii <Human> (41%)
Hara <Naga> (47%) (one example)
Android (12%)

Race Suggestion
Name:
Appearance: (Keep roughly equal in height to the average human)

If further clarification of something is needed, feel free to ask.

[10ebbor10]

PTW

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Okay, did I mess something up?  It's been slightly over 6.25 hours since I started this and I haven't had a single action.

[~Neri]

I think a clarification as to if this is a Suggestion game or an rtf would be a good idea, I'm fairly sure this is a combo so I will reserve a character to finish at a later date and suggest that we work on researching the staves we found.

I would also like a bit of a clarification on the ordering system, not sure how it works.

[Detoxicated]

Begin researching solar technology. 30 Scientists
Begin researching silicon based microchips 26 Scientists
Manufacture 300 Submachine Gun Clips
Construct a small outpost surrounding the gate.
Send a team of 2 Scientists and Ten Soldiers through the gate with the combination:
Centaurus Hydra Cetus Virgo Bootes Sculptor Andromeda
Unskilled workers shall clean the air vents.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

I think a clarification as to if this is a Suggestion game or an rtf would be a good idea, I'm fairly sure this is a combo so I will reserve a character to finish at a later date and suggest that we work on researching the staves we found.

What does RTF stand for in this context?  I haven't heard that abbreviation used in reference to a game before.

I would also like a bit of a clarification on the ordering system, not sure how it works.

Looking at how much I had missed in the 'how to play the game' section, I expanded it.

[~Neri]

I think a clarification as to if this is a Suggestion game or an rtf would be a good idea, I'm fairly sure this is a combo so I will reserve a character to finish at a later date and suggest that we work on researching the staves we found.

What does RTF stand for in this context?  I haven't heard that abbreviation used in reference to a game before.

I would also like a bit of a clarification on the ordering system, not sure how it works.

Looking at how much I had missed in the 'how to play the game' section, I expanded it.

Whoops, I mean rtd, didn't notice sorry.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Whoops, I mean rtd, didn't notice sorry.

Minor mistake.  Don't worry about it.  Did the expanded OP help you understand the game mechanics or do you need further explanation?

Send a team of 2 Scientists and Ten Soldiers through the gate with the combination:
Centaurus Hydra Cetus Virgo Bootes Sculptor Andromeda

This isn't a valid gate address, since it doesn't end with the point of origin (glyph 1).

[~Neri]

Put all the engineers and 47 unskilled laborers towards building a defensive outpost around the gate.

Put everyone else on research of the artifacts.

And yes, it did help.

[TopHat]

PTW

[~Neri]

I'm gonna -1 all gating until the outpost is up.

[10ebbor10]

Begin researching solar technology. 30 Scientists
Begin researching silicon based microchips 26 Scientists
Manufacture 300 Submachine Gun Clips
Construct a small outpost surrounding the gate.
Send a team of 2 Scientists and Ten Soldiers through the gate with the combination:
Centaurus Hydra Cetus Virgo Bootes Sculptor Andromeda
Unskilled workers shall clean the air vents.

1. Why. Seems pretty useless. There are other far more portable and far more reliable sources of electricity.
2. Shouldn't we have those. It's pretty basic technology.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Put everyone else on research of the artifacts.

By everyone else, do you mean just the scientists?  Or include the soldiers, unskilled, and skilled laborers as well?

[~Neri]

That and why waste laborers on vents? Why not have them work, it is just a -1 to efficiency, they still can get stuff done.

I want to do some xenoarcheology/artifact research, that may be a good idea.

I want a defensive compound up before we set out in case of counterattack, also set up the compound in the entryway into the chamber and clear all existing cover out to make it one giant kill zone, we want them to need to waste massive amounts of troops on a counter attack.

And I want to build other stuff after the compound is up and before we leave (weapons/ammo/armor/tools/extra buildings)

I mean everybody else, they won't be doing much else and they can provide some benefit from how I understand the game system (if they will not benefit then put them on compound construction)

[10ebbor10]

Yeah, we at least need to isolate the gate from the rest of the installation by a massive airlock.