TFFenspace-OOC

[Shaderic]

I've been lookin' at <a href='http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Main_Page' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Fenspace</a>, lately.

In the first decade of the 21st Century, a miracle substance named handwaviumá appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Handwavium had properties that defied the known laws of physics, and could bring the impossible within reach of the ordinary person: space-capable flying cars, subtle and obvious modifications of the human body, even create new life from dead matter.

Scientists studied it. Governments feared it. The rest of the world didnÆt care all that much. Science fiction fandom saw handwavium as the key to making their fantasies reality, and took advantage. Fans founded the Crystal Cities of Venus, the topless towers of Helium on Mars, the bottled city of Kandor on the Moon, built farms in the sky and sailed beyond the edge of the solar system to the near stars.

ItÆs a brand-new Space Age, and the people who want to go are the ones leading the pack.

So, in case you didn't spend three days clicking around that in your free time, I'll break it down.

Handwavium is miracle goop. Rub it on stuff, and it'll do weird shit. Like make your Honda capable of pulling off speed that belongs to a space-craft, and make it fly.

Careful not to get any on you, though. For those of you who know LR's omniverse, this stuff makes things... kind of Animus-y. The laws of physics get waved, but you get certain quirks out of it.

If you apply Handwavium to something, let me know, and I'll get you a quirk.

Anyway, on to game basics.

BALANCE
So you all don't start off with a bunch of connections, the first part of this game is going to be about getting off the ground, and into Fenspace.

There's two roads here. Option a, is you handwave something, and ride it into space. Downside is, you ain't comin' back then. Use of Handwavium is considered illegal in most of the world, and will net you feds chasing you on the ground. The other choice, is to hitch a ride. Downside to this, is that you don't have a ship, and you start off with less resources. Literally, only what you can carry.

How you do it, is up to you.

Also, ask about Biomods before you go and do them. You'll find out what they are, if you don't know soon enough.

And one other thing, please make your first destination Up Here the <a href='http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Stellvia' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Stellvia</a> station makes a great first pit-stop. News, trade, jobs, transportation. It's all here.


Well, what are you waiting for? It's big <s>sandbox</s> universe. Let's go somewhere.

NEWS
Updated @ 11:30 pm, 20 AUG 2010
Well folks, it's another B-E-A-Utiful day up here in the Kahuna, that's my ship by the way, and I'm about to start my new job as a SPACE news reporter. My first stop will be the Stellvia, the famous 'Gate to the Solar System'. Let's see what stories I can rustle up!

[[And that was 'Dave', my little plot device. He'll periodically report on stuff, and will serve as my 'in-character' voice for reporting news. So, it'll be a good idea to poke your head in here periodically, just to get a glance at recent 'current events'. Also, don't expect to see him in the 'main' story. He's just here to provide a useful service. Or, in some cases, help those who are at a loss for what to do. Just post a request to 'Dave's Answer's Collumn', and he'll respond with a helpful tip.]]

Updated @ 05:45am, 29 AUG 2010

Well, it's come to my attention that alot of people coming up to Stellvia do so looking for work. In the interest of serving up news people are interested in, as well as collecting advertising money, there's a few places that are looking to hire right now.

Rockhounds
This has to be the biggest mining company in the Fen right now. They're looking to snag some industrious people to work the new rock they're bringing in from the Belt.

Vitamin Man
Vitamin Man, Vitamin Man. Does whatever a dietician does. Sells some meds. Any kind. Look out world, here comes Vitamin Man. Pardon the song and dance, couldn't help myself. Anyway, Vitamin Man travels around selling vitamins. Or, his company men do, anyway. He wants some one to drive out and do a run to cover Belt inhabitants. A little dangerous, if you're not careful. But, he's shellin' out for people can deliver.

Odd's Job's
One of the newer places on Stellvia, they do contract work. Mostly, they act as middlemen between busy people with resources and not as busy people without them. If you're new up here, and need some 'practical' experience without a big contract behind it, they're not the worst group to go to.

 

[FreedInhibition]

Need to spend some time digging in the Wiki before posting anything.... :-/

 

[Shaderic]

'S Ok.

It's neat setting. Don't worry about all the little details, we're tapping the places and 'Waves. There's alot of factions and organizations, but don't get nervous about them all.

About the only two things I'd say you'd HAVE to know about right now, are the Stellvia station, and whatever the hell Handwavium is.

I'll make a of point introducing new things one at a time. Or at least, in batches not greater than a dozen.

 

[zerohour]

So, do we have Handwavium available, and can take it with us, or do we have to use up our supply by the start of the adventure? I'd liek to take a jar or two of handwavium with me

Also, I just want to make sure I have this right for future reference. I know you want to establish the quirks, but I want to make sure I have the idea right, especially since this is a tool/weapon.


Item: Liquid Edge

Handwavium Effect: Originally a pocket knife, handwavium gave it variable physical qualities, such as shape, size, and density. This essentially makes it a sword of many forms, ranging from a pocket knife, to a normal blade, to a 30 foot long super sword.

Quirk: Requires vocal commands to shift between forms. The more common ones (Basic Sword, Pocket Knife, Hiding Mode) are just a word or two, while other, less used forms, require substantially longer activation phrases.

 

[Aarik]

Considering... Reality, what happens if you apply handwavium to your penis.

You know it would come up.

 

[FreedInhibition]

Uh, that isn't really a quirk ZH. I would imagine a quirk as being one of the following:

Whenever in the presence of a Cat or a Cat Girl the knife changes shape to a computer mouse.

Or, The Blade is deathly afraid of blood. If blood touches it, it is paralyzed and can not change forms until it calms down.

At time the blade is a trickster, If it likes its opponent no matter what you do, the blade may blunt itself before and blows are landed.

 

[Shaderic]

Handwavium is a resource. You don't HAVE to use it all up. And there's plenty available too, so you can always get more. It can just behave... unpredictably.

For example, a 'waved submarine can now fly in space. Quirks are that partiotic music must be playing loudly in the engine room for it to fly, and the hull turns pink when this is happening.

Quirks are quirky. Voice commands are good, but this stuff is a little like liquid Animus. It's downrightt bizarre.


@Aarik...
... Did you read the bit about Biomods? What you suggest could cuase a variety of things, ranging from 'IT COMES OFF!!' to 'TENTACLES'. Also, for the sake of the game, Biomoding yourself will create a Craving. Basicaly, a food that you now have to eat as part of you diet, on a weekly basis at least. It can be anything, so don't worry about that.

EDIT
Thanks FI.
Those are some pretty good quirks.

 

[Aarik]

Hmmm....

Handwavium Test A-54927:

Object: Chainsaw.

Result: Chainsaw never seems to run out of fuel, the teeth never seem to go dull, and when the person holding it screams WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! it extends to a seemingly random and variable length, though screaming louder seems to make it longer, roughly.

Chainsaw seems to undulate through the full color of the rainbow, especially around the blade edge, on which the teeth seem to each always be in the correct color order.

The Smoke emitted is also Rainbow colored, though in a more tie-dyed Kaleidoscopic manner.

Also, whenever the blade begins spinning it starts playing seemingly random music, though in every case the person holding it new the song in question.

Later investigation revealed it plays a song from the users music cache, though it seems that it will just play one of their favorite songs if they do not posses a collection of music for it to draw from.

It also seems to spew loud white noise whenever something hits it.

The gas it emits smells like the person holding it farted.

EDIT: Stupid freaking keyboard.

 

[Shaderic]

You're getting it.

Only, the music is a bit much. Everything else works pretty well.

 

[shibosho]

Hmm, how's this?

Item: Arkenhammer

Object: Large plastic mallet

Handwavium Effect:

The mallet has changed composition from its weak plastic material to some unknown, significantly harder and more durable metal-like material. Still weighs the same when not in use.

Test has shown that it briefly changed weight in mid swing to increased striking force.

Further tests has discovered that the mallet changes size to fit within any kind of container, essentially creating a faux hammer-space.

Quirks: Several quirks have been noted.

Every strike with the mallet produced a loud squeaky sound on impact.

Every fifth strike or so, whatever it hits turns into a pigeon. This transformation is temporary.

Every avian that is struck with the mallet turns into a random object temporarily.

Has a tendency to suddenly stop in mid air and stay there for several seconds before dropping.

 

[shibosho]

Question: What should our opening post be about?

I've have little idea how to start so I need a bit of help.

 

[GhostElder]

Well I would think that one's opening post would be about how exactly you're getting up to the station.

As for me... I think I'll start with waving a way up to the station.... Or make a thinking cap.

 

[Shaderic]

Yep, your intial post should be about Going Up.

I'll be playing NPCs for the most part this time, as well as the enemies. So, if you guys want to catch a ride, just say so. Place an 'ad', or just encounter a guy fixing a weird car. I'll work it from there.

Keep in mind though, that's just good for a ride up to Stellvia. Once you get up there, you can either band together, purchase your own ride, hitch one, or join a crew. Heck, you can even start working at one of the shops on Stellvia.

 

[GhostElder]

Edit: Changing the bike model to something I'd actually buy instead of the cheapest Harly I could find.

Item: The Bike

Object: 1989 Honda GL1500

Handwavium Effect:

Bike generates a shield around it's rider(s) and is able to fly/be ridden upon a 'rainbow road' that is generated in front of it and lasts for about one hundred meters behind it.

Bike is able to transform into a light suit of power armor, but loses it's ability to generate the rainbow road, but does gain the ability to move through space trailing sparkles.
The sparkles don't give enough lift to fly through more than exceedingly light gravity but can provide a bit of a boost while jumping or angling said jumps.

User gains strength equivalent of the GL's Horsepower(Pretty good), and the durability of it's constructed components. (Which is to say, not too much.)

Both forms are usable in space.

Quirks:

The bike has gained various wing decals all over it, and it certainly wasn't quite as... blocky before, and it is possibly semi-sentient but Chris simply isn't sure, he could have sworn it's blinked at him a couple times.

The rainbow road does not allow for a terribly quick assent but is great for dives.

While on the bike or in it's power armor, the user will be compelled to do 'Great Acts of Heroism'

To Transform the bike the user must pose and clearly announce 'Henshin!'

While wearing the power armored form, user is compelled stand up on high places and give speeches about Justice/Courage/Honor/Love when they find evil being done, and before they do anything about it.

This is all much to the horror of it's user, being that he's rather shy, and a pacifist. And while a mugger might at first be intimidated by the figure denouncing his evil ways to all around, it is far less effective when he comes down and politely asks him to stop while looking exceedingly nervous.

 

[Shaderic]

Go for it!

 

[GhostElder]

So since I seat two, I'm willing to be someone's ride that can't think of one that's terribly interesting, if we want to ignore that the two of us live in different areas anyway.

 

[FreedInhibition]

Could I get a clarification on Handwavium?

I though it could only warp the way an item works in predictable ways based on the item and its original purpose.

So if that is the case how would a Motorcycle transform into a mecha-suit?

 

[GhostElder]

It was a good combination of the rule of cool/funny, the Seibertron strain of the wave, and it's maker getting in a good day dream about Kamen Rider and Macross Cyclone Cycles during the application.

 

[shibosho]

If you were curious, here's the specs of the craft I'm using.

Shibosho's Spacecraft

Spacecraft Characteristics

Base Hull: Mercedes-Benz O305
Drive Type: Ion Thrusters - Speed Drive
Drive Rating: 0.1c
Owner: Shibosho
Purpose: Personal Transport
Primary Crew:
One Captain - Shibosho
One AI - Yuki
Operational Status: Active

Known Vehicle Quirks:
It's food, eat it! - The food dispenser hands out meals when one of its buttons are pressed. The meal that is given seems to be chosen at random with a high chance of something that looks un-appetising. No other food can be obtained from the dispenser until the food that's already out has been eaten.

Will update this as time goes by and progress is made in RP.

 

[shibosho]

Hey yo! Isn't anybody gonna post in the IC thread?! Or is this another failed RP that has failed to have its ignition started up?

 

[zerohour]

Hey yo! Isn't anybody gonna post in the IC thread?! Or is this another failed RP that has failed to have its ignition started up?

Shaderic is the GM, so think some of us are waiting for him to set the tone instead of just saying, "Go do whatever." to us.

 

[Shaderic]

... Fudge, but that'd make sense.

 

[GhostElder]

...What? Nothing? I at least thought my post was funny...

 

[shibosho]

I thought it was good. I imagine that when Chris realises that he ain't asleep, things are going to be hilarious.

 

[Shaderic]

New News is New.