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EVE-Online RP Discussion and Resources => Player Driven Content => Topic started by: Aria Jenneth on 03 Aug 2015, 20:33
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Heya, all.
So, as some of you have probably seen, Aria's taking her kinda-sorta travel writing project to that most dreaded and sinister of places: The Gallente Federation. Aria's writing is her own, but what she experiences on the way is kinda not my domain. I'd like to do this as another collaborative world-building effort, especially since this place isn't Aria's home, and I, OOC, have been avoiding doing any deep research.
Intended destinations include but need not be limited to:
* Caille (and most places Caroline mentioned there)
* Gallente Prime (and most places Caroline mentioned there)
* Caldari Prime
* Intaki
* A Jin-Mei world or two
* At least one Achur monastery in the Federation
* A Raata (Federal Caldari) colony
* Several random locations
* Additional places Gallentean capsuleers might invite Aria
Tentative suggested structure:
We can do seriously major, public areas (The Crystal Boulevard, for example), the way we did Dam Torsad with the Amarr, as a forum piece that doesn't actually "happen" until it's finished. I'm thinking that would be a way to do The Crystal Boulevard, Caldari Prime, and maybe someplace on Intaki-- stuff that's important to large numbers of people. Other, smaller, more private environments might be the domain of the guide or a limited creative group. (I'm specifically interested in whether Aurora Morgan and Gwen Ikiryo would like to do the Achur monastery.)
What say you?
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*mashes the join fleet button for Caldari Prime*
I like this concept especially after watching how the Dam Torsad one evolved, I think forums for the big places are definately the right way to go.
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Depending on the timeframe of when this is expected to ~happen~ I may or may not be able to write some stuff up for the district of Caille that Morwen grew up in. AT is sucking up most of my time and I've been very unmotivated to do much of anything EVE related for months.
If I can find the energy I'll see if I can come up with something.
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Unlike last time Lyn might come!
Especially since its a side of her i dont grt to write about often...
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(I'm specifically interested in whether Aurora Morgan and Gwen Ikiryo would like to do the Achur monastery.)
I'm not very active in the game at the moment, but I could log in to do that, since you asked specifically. I have some ideas I scribbled down on the topic from a while ago.
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Quite good list, i could only suggest the following:
A mannar colony or city, its been told they are great fashion designers (and perhaps the mannar homeworld from orbit, its a wasteland, not pretty).
A Federal Minmatar city (just as you mention a Federal Caldari city/colony).
The Senate in Villore VII - Moon 6 - Senate Bureau.
And perhaps Tierijev system which has an odd background story of cooperation between the State and the Federation.
Sites that might be important, but not from a tourist perspective
Luminaire Caldari Monument - https://evetravel.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/caldari-monument/
Seyllin I shattered planet - https://evetravel.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/shattered-planets/
Impetus studio in Tolle - https://evetravel.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/impetus-studios/
Crielere Research Station - https://evetravel.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/crielere-project-2/
Have fun with the sightseeing.
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Intended destinations include but need not be limited to:
* Intaki
What say you?
I say that Saxon Hawke, founder of the ILF, created a number of articles to give some depth to the Viriette constellation (http://www.ilfcorp.com/intaki/colony-origins) in Placid :)
He describes the colonies on the temperate planets, in each of the constellation's systems neighbouring Intaki itself - the first that were founded when the Intaki took to the stars, and that continue to flourish today.
They might offer alternative destinations, or places to stop on the way to, or from, Intaki Prime.
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I could provide some insights (from Ché's perspective, of course) into Caille, Gallente and Caldari Prime, and some random locations and the Gallente/Federation in general.
I prefer my RP realtime, but I suppose I can adapt. I could maybe use a few pointers when it comes to forum RP, though.
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Alright. So-- which areas are we thinking in terms of giving them the "Dam Torsad" treatment?
Areas that immediately come to mind: the "Primes," Intaki, Caille.
Maybe the Senate? (Getting Aria to visit there will take some mild persuading, as her instincts tell her there's no way they'd let her into a seat of power like that.)
I'm open to other suggestions. We can open planning threads for each site, once they're all decided.
Aria will be looking for suitable guides and/or companions for each site. For guides, she'd preferably people native to or very familiar with the location. This need not all be arranged in-game in advance, but I do reserve veto rights. As amusing as I find, say, Vaari, I'd rather he wasn't Aria's tour guide at the Federation Senate.
Notes on forum RP:
This tends to be slow moving compared to using channels in-game; a single scene may take days to play out. Since there's more space and time to plan, feel free to declare several actions at the same time unless it's likely that someone's going to try to prevent one of them. It's good to be a little bold and jump in; everybody faltering at the same time can be the death of this kind of project.
I prefer describing things in the present tense, as it adds immediacy to the scene.
Since this is a series of "tours," descriptions are going to be important. It's also important, when dealing with a canonical location, to try to get them "right." Hence the planning threads (which I WILL NOT be participating in or viewing unless I feel like I need to-- better if I'm playing the role of a proactive audience, here). Please feel free to get lavish with descriptions.
Unless something happens that would affect their order, these tours will occur in the order they finish in, at about the date of the final entry. This is important for organization, but poses some roleplay challenges. Fortunately, Aria tends to keep a stiff upper lip when she's absorbing information, so she's not likely to strongly show the effects of any tour while she's on another.
I am not assuming these tours to be an "everything goes as planned" series of events. People wanting to "mess with" Aria, her companions, or the location, are welcome to propose shenanigans in the planning threads. If people decide introducing X situation would be fun or a good idea, by all means go with it.
This whole business is kind of free-form. We can tinker with our approach if problems come up.
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For the senate i obvioisly dont know how it is in reality, and i dont know how it is in the us... Here the national assembly is a public place and everyone can attend if im not mistaken... Of course that would not be the case for the executive and ministries.
I believe it could fit the public and mass media facet of the Federation.
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I think the issue was not so much if the senate can be visited by civilians, but if Aria can be convinced she can visit it without issues.
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Thoughts still more than welcome, and anyone interested is invited to drag in anyone ELSE they think might be interested.
If we don't see any further movement, I'll go ahead and get the individual planning stage started.
People wanting to host particular places or events are welcome to contact me either here or in-game. IC invitations happily entertained!
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No longer than three days, if possible.
What do you mean with this? Before the show gets on the road? The duration of the trip?
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No longer than three days, if possible.
What do you mean with this? Before the show gets on the road? The duration of the trip?
It was a somewhat optimistic hope for when we'd actually be setting these "visits" in motion.
(Also, suggestions for Gallentean-ish places to hang out in-game would be more than welcome. Aria's going to kinda be spinning her wheels and killing people for lack of anything better to do until I actually have someplace for her to GO.)
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This sounds really interesting. Depending on how open you want to make it, I'd love to attend anything related to the Intaki and Achur as they are both things Sahriah is currently learning about.
I haven't been able to keep up with Aria's journey as much as I'd have liked to, but if you plan on doing much on Caldari prime, it might be interesting to visit a 'Way of the Winds' shrine if you haven't already.
https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Caldari_spirituality
Either way I'll be watching this with interest!
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Thanks Shariah!
Folks what be participatin': As noted, I'm not watching the planning threads (unless I'm really concerned nothing's happening), so when things are basically ready, feel free to msg me, or else just post here.
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I think Caldari Prime is good to go.
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Right, then!
Oh-- one thing. My initial posts will tend to start with a landing, since I don't want any meaningful control over the environment. If someone has a great idea for an initial setting that does NOT involve a landing platform, please jump in!
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I suppose Caille is ready.
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Just a heads up Aria to check in on Biko for Caldari Prime, he has an idea for how to start off
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Can you maybe get Che to message me, or else post here? (Or even start us off?)
I'm a little tied up with real life right now.
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This sounds like an interesting project. I haven't really followed your other projects that closely but they appear to be really great. Mizhir is from a clan that has migrated to the Federation so she is and feels as a citizen of the Federation, but still has a great deal of culture from her clan and the Vherokior tribe. I had hoped I could write something about her background and home over the summer but I haven't really made much progress yet. I will see if I can make something, so Aria can some visit her.
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WOOPS!
Courtesy of the Empire getting headshotted, Aria's going to be relocating for a bit.
Project on hold, probably just for a week or so, but I don't want to get started on something that might end up not happening on anywhere near our anticipated time scale.
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That was (not) unexpected >.>
Unfortunately this is likely going to make Ut turn to the bottle and a whole lot of righteous desire to purge.
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Ok, first, apologies. My life can sometimes take unpredictable turns, and I've not had the opportunity AND state of mind to go :cup: for a while. :ugh:
Also, currently, this unpredictable business will likely continue for a bit, and if all goes well, I'll be virtually totally offline in the latter half of september.
So unless you want to do this in a slow burn kinda way, my participation in this project may hurt more than it helps, as much as I'd like to be part of it.
Edit: I haven't heard back from Aedre. Also...what is the anticipated timescale?
Edit 2: I do have an opener ready for the Caldari Prime one (it's in the planning thread), and I could start that one off when the project is no longer on hold. If Aedre has not gotten back to us by that time, we could start off Caille as well.
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Well ... the way I figure it, Che', if this gets started and you can stick around-- GREAT!
If not ... well, it's sort of first posted, first served. We'll continue, and you can hop back in when you're able.
It sounds like you've got something special in mind to start, though, so I'll be patient if we end up being ready to start while you're gone.
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o/ Hey there. I'm really interested in trying to participate on the Caille side. I've been away from the game for work/life reasons, but I'll be back really soon!
I think it could be useful/interesting to have a few people do Caille. Aedre's perspective on it would be quite skewed, but I think with such a large city that could be interesting.
I am terrible and bad at starting though. :x EVEmail or slack me though and we'll sort it out OOC/IC : j
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Lyn is certainly not skewed (at least not the same way) about Caille, so I wouldn't worry too much about that...
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Yaydre! :cube:
And, yeah I sorta guessed it would be that way, Aria. I also considered that doing seperate timelines might work.
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Okay. Looks like I'll be getting back to this sooner rather than later.
If someone wants to start us off, please feel free!
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Will we be starting a new thread or participating in one of the existing ones?
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I've started the IC Caldari Prime CW here (http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6835.0).
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So-- while I'm waiting for the next bits of Caldari Prime to get posted, anybody have suggestions for random things / places of note that Aria may have seen while wandering around Federal space?
Please feel free to brainstorm like crazy and point out other people's entries you like!
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We are planning to go visit Lirsautton (Chandeille probably) with Goldie, Aurora and Lyse (ingame).
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Hrm. Neat idea, Lyn-- though I'm asking largely about stuff happening offstage. I was thinking less about geography and more like:
"The largest ball of twine in X constellation."
"Silkworm larva trail mix."
"A mixed-purpose brothel/dentist's office."
"The Dodixie branch of the Vaari Fan Club."
"A protest against new Creodron-manufactured crop dusters."
"A religiously pre-industrial planet (with reasonable exceptions for medicine, etc.)."
"A local music festival/political rally/cultural fair."
And so on. Ideally with details.
Left to her own devices, Aria tends to slip through the world like a shadow, quietly observing. I'm interested in things she might see, even without interacting much.