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[LordBucket]

Some misc GM comments. clarifications and answers to questions people have asked. Most of it's pretty dry, so I'm going to spoiler it.

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Seargent
seargent major
Petty Officer
Warrant Officer
Bridge Officer
Fighter Pilot
"No rank selected"
etc.

I notice that several of you requested ranks that aren't on the list I linked earlier. I assume it's mostly an aesthetic choice, and that most of you don't really care about the intricacies of commissioned vs enlisted vs NCO, etc. But there are some peculiar implicatiosn to some of the choices some of you have made. For example, Taricus' claimed rank of Seargent Major implies that he's probably been in the service for at least twice as long as most of you and has received a Senior appointment.

None of you are Senior officers

There are a couple other weirdnesses and inconsistencies....and I'm going to ignore them. Rather than formalize a system that's internally self consistent, I'm just going to go with the names I assume you guys have chosen purely based on aesthetics rather than as a covert means of gaining in-game advantage. Let's agree that this won't be a problem. But if it does become a problem, be forewarned that there may be a retcon.


Related to the above, everyone should be aware that Taricus and Ghazkull are not members of the Imperial Navy. They are Stormtrooper Corps. That's completely ok. But, different service, different command structure. Kind of like Navy vs Marines.

Fighter Pilot Cromwell.

No character names. For games with this many players, they make it difficult to keep track of things.

((This looks like its filling up. Can I still snag a spot?))

Yes, but you're the last one. Get your character in soon. Let's assume that you were in your quarters sleeping while all of this happened.

Character programmed input into the transmitter

After a review of the sensor logs, check in on the transmission log to see if there were any non-authorized transmissions and compare all transmissions made to points where the once per minute microsecond engage/disengage, input as an automatic process on one especially paranoid day, is missing due to usage of the communications array.

You appear to be suggesting that at some point before the game started you write a program, and that you want to check this program that you wrote before the game started.  I'm not going to allow that. Sets a bad precedent. May as well have somebody say that they pull out the gun that, oh by the way, they hid under the table last week.

Our communications utilize the Holonet. This is a primarly Imperial communication system, and very expensive. In addition, it seems very unlikely that these communications are not encrypted, consider they're routed through central communication centers.

So why didn't the Garrison commander believe us.

Imagine that AT&T installs a dozen cellphone towers in your neighborhood. Imagine that they encrypt all data that travels between those towers. Does that mean that anyone with a cellphone making a call that passes through those towers is therefore an AT&T employee? No. And neither does the fact that you communicated over the Holonet mean that you were therefore an Imperial Navy ship. Everyone uses the Holonet, not just the military.

Also, that wasn't a garrison commander you were speaking to. It was the junior officer manning the communications desk.

what time do sign ups stop?

Right now, but GentlemanRaptor is being grandfathered because he asked before the cutoff, even if he didn't submit a character, and IronyOwl who's posted actions but also hasn't submitted a character. I'll PM them.

Can I get a crew manifest

Character stats will be regularly updated in the opening post. Everyone who's posted except IronyOwl and GentlemanRaptor has submitted a character:

Imperial Navy
 * Radio Controlled: Starship fleet tactics,  Communications
 * Ituem: Chef, Droid technician
 * Snail555: Navigation, Communication
 * BFEL: Electronics Technician, Programmer
 * Zanzetkuken: Starfighter pilot, Programmer
 * 10ebbor10: Starship gunner, Starship engineer
 * mastahcheese: TIE Fighter Pilot, Marksman

Stormtrooper Corps
 * Taricus: Powersuit operation, Marksman
 * Ghazkull: Ground Assault Unit Tactics, Power Suit Operator

Pending
 * GentlemanRaptor
 * Ironyowl

((Say, what is the name of this ship?))

Dependable, Guardian class light cruiser, hull #FJ-129

Also, it's unfortunate that the turn update ended up as the last post on the previous page while the misc Q&A ended up as the first post on this one.  The turn update is on page 4 for those of you who clicked on last page rather than "new."

[BFEL]

But there aren't any other programmers on the ship, so that's probably not a huge concern.

((UMMM...))

[Radio Controlled]

"Lieutenant Ghazkul, please don't touch any consoles without saying what you're planning to do, we are experiencing enough tension as is."

go to intercom, make ship wide announcement:
"All hands report to the bridge. This is not a drill."

What kind of official ways of identification are there apart from the transponder? Could one, for example, plug in his cylinder and use that as a ways of identification, coupled to a video feed?

[LordBucket]

But there aren't any other programmers on the ship, so that's probably not a huge concern.

((UMMM...))

Fixed.

[LordBucket]

What kind of official ways of identification are there apart from the transponder? Could one, for example, plug in his cylinder and use that as a ways of identification, coupled to a video feed?

I think that as the GM, I'm not going to advise you. But...seriously, this is not as complicated as you're making it out to be.

[Radio Controlled]

((How do you mean? Far as my char knows, the transponder is broken, so he's thinkig of other ways he could provide identification, so at least they'll listen and not immediately break contact again. He can then request an escort or whatever. Of course, if the transponder can be fixed, he could try that, but he doesn't know any of that yet.

Note that I don't know all the details of the star was universe, even though the char would obviously know all the various ways of identification.))

[BFEL]

Midshipman Bfel, while I do appreciate the desire for constructive initiative, I think it'll be better that we not tamper with our means of officially identifying ourselves.

No t-t-tampering involved with them actually sir. The cylinders ALREADY track stuff for Imperial I-Intelligence. My suggestion is we tap into the system that's already there. T-Though if you don't want to open that can I understand sir.

Ahem, sir?

((I like how quickly the stutter made my character COMPLETELY FORGETTABLE, and considering the GM forgot part of his stuff I am now headcannoning Midshipman BFEL as a shrinking violet that no-one pays attention to ))

[Radio Controlled]

Midshipman Bfel, while I do appreciate the desire for constructive initiative, I think it'll be better that we not tamper with our means of officially identifying ourselves.

No t-t-tampering involved with them actually sir. The cylinders ALREADY track stuff for Imperial I-Intelligence. My suggestion is we tap into the system that's already there. T-Though if you don't want to open that can I understand sir.

Ahem, sir?

"Oh, sorry, lots going on at the same time here. Anyways, how would you propose to do this exactly? Far as I know these cylinders don't have a wireless signal, do they?"

[GentlemanRaptor]

Lt. GentlemanRaptor. Major in Starship Fleet Tactics, Minor in Electronics Tech.

Stumble, bleary-eyed, onto the bridge.

"Sithspit. What happened here?"

[Iituem]

The Petty Officer bags up the Commander in the ridiculous body bag and heads down to sick bay, punching in a command to open up the morgue drawers.  He sticks the commander in and sets the morgue to 'freeze', then heads back up to the bridge.

[Edit, with apologies to the GM!]

[BFEL]

Midshipman Bfel, while I do appreciate the desire for constructive initiative, I think it'll be better that we not tamper with our means of officially identifying ourselves.

No t-t-tampering involved with them actually sir. The cylinders ALREADY track stuff for Imperial I-Intelligence. My suggestion is we tap into the system that's already there. T-Though if you don't want to open that can I understand sir.

Ahem, sir?

"Oh, sorry, lots going on at the same time here. Anyways, how would you propose to do this exactly? Far as I know these cylinders don't have a wireless signal, do they?"

While some officers considered the cylinders a mere mark of their status, the devices were also programmed to give the Empire a detailed knowledge of its servicemen's actions. The Imperial computer network kept detailed records of every cylinder's activity, including every time a sensitive file was accessed or a high-security area was entered. Such logs were monitored by agents of the Imperial Security Bureau who scanned the records in search of suspicious behavior—including over-frequent access to a secured file or area.[4]

They d-do, though getting ahold of the records could be er... p-problematic. B-best to get the transponder working, go through o-official channels.

[mastahcheese]

No character names. For games with this many players, they make it difficult to keep track of things.

Aye aye, sir.


Give the crate a good death glare, then head up to the bridge as asked.

[BFEL]

Give the crate a good death glare, then head up to the bridge as asked.

((The mystery is struck in the crate with a *death glare*, severing the part and causing it to sail in an arc! Had to.))

[Ghazkull]

Quite obviously Officer Radio Controlled, i am doing the sane thing here. Nobody knows our orders, except for one person and thats Lord Vader. Now if you don't want to contact him yourself i am more than willing to do so but indeed we should contact him and find out what the hell we are supposed to do here.

[GentlemanRaptor]

"Seriously, what is going on here? Was that a body bag?"