BZPRPG News and Discussion

[Keeper of Kraata]

I'm hoping the Kini-Nui group can finish up soon as well. I'd like for any of them that want to to reach Ko-Koro before my other characters...

[silo]

I got it!

 

Magic-imbued voodoo sticks that can revive dead corpses!

 

brb talking to staff

I would personally make all of my characters go on this quest. It would be amazing.

[25K Now!]

Currently in talks with staff right now.

 

Hold tight onto your seats if this thing happens.

[Palm]

Hi everybody! Sorry to have taken so long on the Gukko Force front, but we're back in business!

And there's some good news.

We're winning.

[IcarusBen]

Ko-Wahi:

Adomai's Travel

[Vezok's Friend]

I'll be posting in Ga-Wahi today as all character's I can think something to write for, including Rhow. 

 

It'd be nice to have some Horde members around, we slipped back into inactivity waiting for Taoki =/

[Constructelf]

OOC: Open for interaction and unsure of what is happening right now. My character, Fulmen, is a vo-matoran with a body shape similar to the 2003 matoran sets but he stands at the height of a metruan. His colors are sand blue and white.

 

Hello,

 

A recap of events up until September OOC can be found here.. As for major events not covered by that post:

 

-Piraka-Legacy forces led by Echelon have secured Ko-Koro; Ko-Koro is currently frozen (no pun intended) until Ghosthands makes a timeskip post

-The Dasaka have landed in Ga-Koro

-Le-Koro came under attack from Antidermis enhanced tree eating beetles; the Gukko force is fighting them off with some success.

-Political dissent is beginning to stir in Po-Wahi, with certain extremist groups being dissatisfied by Hewkii's leadership

 

I think that hits all the huge points. If anybody wants to add anything, do so.

[Let's Henshin!]

Shout out to the recent Podcast episode where we cover quite a bit of what's happening on the island. 

 

http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/16181-bzprpg-podcast/

 

I mean um, this is definitely not a plug. 

[Ehksidian]

And, finally, I am back in the game.

Let's see how many days this lasts.

[Hitoshura]

Let's hope it lasts a while.

[Nato G]

Okay, in light of a recent incident I noticed in Ko-Wahi, I'd just like to clarify something about The Outsiders. 

 

We are tolling everyone who uses the cable car. Our outpost is built around the Ko-Wahi side of the station; you can't avoid us. Unless you've struck a deal with us (as Ihu-Koro is in the process of doing), everyone has to pay. You can't IC your character getting into the cable car and simply ignore the small fortress full of vicious mercs that you would have had to walk through to reach the aforementioned cable car. 

 

As of now, toll evasion is a capital offence, punishable by death us shutting down the car while you're halfway across, bringing you back to our side and killing beating the snot out of you until you die pay up. 

 

Hope that clarifies everything.   Have a nice day. 

[shadow pridak money gang]

Okay, in light of a recent incident I noticed in Ko-Wahi, I'd just like to clarify something about The Outsiders. 

 

We are tolling everyone who uses the cable car. Our outpost is built around the Ko-Wahi side of the station; you can't avoid us. Unless you've struck a deal with us (as Ihu-Koro is in the process of doing), everyone has to pay. You can't IC your character getting into the cable car and simply ignore the small fortress full of vicious mercs that you would have had to walk through to reach the aforementioned cable car. 

 

As of now, toll evasion is a capital offence, punishable by death us shutting down the car while you're halfway across, bringing you back to our side and killing beating the snot out of you until you die pay up. 

 

Hope that clarifies everything.   Have a nice day. 

 

i can't wait to watch this blow up in your face in t minus

 

ehhhh

 

i'll give you ten days

 

-Tyler

[Nato G]

I was kind of joking about the last part. Kind of. I'm just saying it's unfair for people to walk right through the middle of our base, completely ignore us, and take free rides across the Break. 

[IcarusBen]

Many times characters will need to get to Ta-Wahi, and many times they won't have the money for the toll. Basically, you run into the Homeless in Seattle problem. You need to go somewhere to get money, the transportation costs money, but you don't have any money.

 

To be honest, the Outsiders are charging for a should-be free service.

Edited December 18, 2014 by IcarusBen

[Nato G]

Should be free? How else are we meant to maintain the thing? That's all this money is really going towards. That, and buying supplies so that we can survive up on the mountain to maintain the cable car in the first place. 

[Franco]

A character in this game has about as much money as its player wants it to, so I doubt PCs will be unable to pay, though I am unsure of how well the toll will be received.

[Nuju Metru]

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Name: Wiremu (Wih-REHM-oo)
Species: Onu-Matoran
Alignment: Loyal to Onu-Koro
Gender: Male
Appearance: Wiremu is an average-looking Onu-Matoran, if on the smaller side. He is mostly black and grey in color, but has some purple accents such as his mask and hands. Wiremu wears a pair of round-eyed goggles at his forehead and a smock at his waist – the smock has numerous button pouches in which Wiremu carries tools.
Weapon(s): Wiremu is not a fighter. He is an engineer. However, he sometimes carries a disk launcher, and practices with it often to be prepared should the need ever arise… but he's still not much of a shot with it. Wiremu is far more capable with his tools than he is with weaponry. The Onu-Matoran is a master of fixing things, and usually carries his tinkering tools with him in his smock. Wiremu owns one of the small, basic computer tablets possessed by some Onu-Matoran.
Mask: A powerless Noble Ruru, the Mask of Night-Vision.
Powers: Wiremu has no powers, elemental or otherwise – his potency resides rather in his abilities as a mechanic and engineer. Wiremu can be given bits of metal, a few tools, and time, and he will have tinkered with the parts and made something functional out of them.
Traits: Wiremu is kind, helpful, and soft-spoken; a very well-mannered Matoran. He loves what he does, because it occasionally lets him traverse Mata-Nui at the same time as pursuing his interest in mechanics. As a builder, Wiremu is a genius. He has a reputation for being able to make anything (perhaps not necessarily true, but close to the mark). Wiremu, despite his airs of humility, is secretly proud of this reputation.
Wiremu wishes for more freedom. The liberty to wander the island and see the other Koros is an idea of a constant excitement to him, so his structured forays outside of Onu-Koro are what he most looks forward to. Wiremu derives pleasure from observing and interacting with new and different things, thanks to his natural curiosity. However, his life is a fairly lonely one; though he is on good terms with everyone, Wiremu has few close friends.
Biography: In the days of Makuta, Wiremu was an average, albeit highly skilled, tinkerer, who sold both functional and aesthetic trinkets in the Onu-Koro marketplace. He worked often on his peoples' mining machinery, and was trusted - and guarded - by Turaga Whenua as a skilled set of hands. Since the industrialization of Onu-Koro, Wiremu's stature has increased, as his abilities with machinery have become more valuable not only to his own Koro, but to the others as well. Wiremu is at least partly to thank for conceptualizing several of the new technologies around the island. He greatly respects Akiri Nuparu, and is happy to do whatever makes him the most useful.
Lately, Nuparu has turned to Wiremu as a technological consultant, which is a career Wiremu is more than happy with; it combines journeying the island, a passion of his, with technology, another joy in his life. When other Koros request technology from Onu-Koro, Wiremu will often be sent along too to estimate how realistic and costly the technology requested by other Akiri would be. He's also sometimes among the Onu-Matoran installation crews that equip the other Koros with their new devices. Wiremu is a valuable resource to his Koro, which leaves him feeling, for the most part, fulfilled.
Weakness(es): Wiremu, as a powerless Matoran, is very easy to defeat in combat due to his inexperience in battle and relative frailty. He understandably evades fights if at all possible.

 

If interested, just shoot me a PM by Friday.

[shadow pridak money gang]

can't spell wiremu without the 'u'

 

as in god wiremu i love 'u'

 

-Tyler

[Nato G]

Actually, on the subject of the toll, we're still debating exactly how much widgets are really worth, so I thought I'd open this up to everyone. What would you players perceive to be a reasonable toll, per person?

 

Keeping in mind that the toll is primarily intended to fund maintenance of the cable car, and the purchase of supplies for the twenty or so different characters who currently live in the outpost.  

Edited December 18, 2014 by Roman Torchwick

[~Xemnas~]

Wiremu? Haven't heard that name in a while. I might be interested...

 

Also, I'm on vacation now, so I (hopefully) will start posting again.

[soularin]

The cable car toll is based on what you can pay. Sure, seeing as it's run by mercs, we will set a high price. But if your character is poor, and refuses to oblige, then they can set their own price. We can't force money out of your ears. If your character is so poor that they literally have no money at all to contribute, the worst you'll be faced with is someone's cranky attitude. 

 

The Outsiders are supposed to be a covert operation. Inflicting such severity (i.e. murdering people who can't pay), would not be in our benefit and would cause further suspicion that we don't need. Right now, we've taken on the role of defenders who are protecting the border. Real defenders wouldn't be so nasty, so we shouldn't be either. 

 

However, the only other point I'd like to make is that there is always at least one of the following NPC cable car operators there at all times. The first is Kain, a male Ta-Matoran with a Kanohi Ruru, and the second is a female Ko-Matoran who has yet to be named and even seen IC. 

 

So, that said, if you do wish to make an IC crossing, and do not want any interaction while doing so, you will at least have to go through one of those two regulators. I won't force anyone to interact with them, but please at least be aware of the fact that there's always someone there.

 

I hope this clears any remaining confusion.

Edited December 18, 2014 by Requiem

[Hitoshura]

Not too much of what I'm involved in, but IMO maybe they should charge low to start, but enough to make the character want to bargain with them, and in turn, make the price higher every time they try to negotiate. =P

[Voxumo]

*Clears throat*

So after much inactivity I shall be getting the majority of my characters back into action. 

Also for those of you waiting on Tivanu there will be progress on that front.

 

Also just for clarification, While ko-koro is frozen, the rest of the topic isn't right? So anything that doesn't occur in Ko-koro can take place?

Edited December 18, 2014 by Voxumo

[Keeper of Kraata]

Hey, Fyura paid her toll of twenty credits. And posed a viable alternative solution.

[Banana Gunz]

Hm, my character in Onu-Koro is frozen now. Eh, I didn't really like him anyway. I just wonder what happened to the other guy who he was interacting with...

[Ehksidian]

*Clears throat*

So after much inactivity I shall be getting the majority of my characters back into action. 

Also for those of you waiting on Tivanu there will be progress on that front.

 

Also just for clarification, While ko-koro is frozen, the rest of the topic isn't right? So anything that doesn't occur in Ko-koro can take place?

Correct

For example, Ihu-Koro is still going on with...stuff, as far as I'm aware.

didimentionihaveacharacteropenforinteractioninihukoro

[IcarusBen]

That's the thing, the Outsiders shouldn't have anything to do with the cable car. It should be public transportation, funded by taxes. 

 

Sadly, that'd require the Outsiders to disassemble their outpost (which hopefully is Built with Lego) and move it all the way over... hm... there.

 

Of course, what's stopping a person with a hook to slide across the cable?

[soularin]

Like likelihood of plummeting down into a nice toasty lava bath.

[Nato G]

That's the thing, the Outsiders shouldn't have anything to do with the cable car. It should be public transportation, funded by taxes. 

 

Sadly, that'd require the Outsiders to disassemble their outpost (which hopefully is Built with Lego) and move it all the way over... hm... there.

 

Of course, what's stopping a person with a hook to slide across the cable?

 

 

Taxes? That's what the toll is. 

 

And what's stopping someone using a hook. Apart from the falling to your death that Req mentioned, I might take a moment to highlight the fact that there's about twenty heavily-armed Outsiders with lots of assorted stabby and shooty things who live at the cable car station. 

[Keeper of Kraata]

I was considering having Fyura slide across using her axe as a hook... but then I remembered the cable isn't taut, and she'd get stuck halfway and have to climb across.

[Nato G]

Yup. There's the lava bath Req mentioned earlier. 

[Timageness]

How large is the gap between the cable car stations anyway?

[Nato G]

I actually have no idea. I've always sort of assumed they'd be barely visible from across the Break, obscured by clouds of steam rising up from the lava below...

[Timageness]

Well if it's that far away, would any of our characters even be able to realistically hold on for that long even if the cable was taut?

[Not Quite Dead]

With hard works and guts, yes they could.

[Nato G]

But again, unlikely.

 

Besides, what happens if the cable car starts crossing over while someone's trying to cross in that stupidly suicidal way?

[Keeper of Kraata]

Well, they probably have something else up their sleeve. Catch a ride, maybe?

[IcarusBen]

A Ta- or Su-Toa might be able to hitch a ride on a passing rock from underneath. Someone with a Miru or Kadin could fly across, and anyone suicidal enough to take on the Outsiders could feasibly take control of the outpost.

[Nato G]

A Ta- or Su-Toa might be able to hitch a ride on a passing rock from underneath. Someone with a Miru or Kadin could fly across, and anyone suicidal enough to take on the Outsiders could feasibly take control of the outpost.

 

One versus twenty? I think you'd have better luck just paying the toll.

 

Not to mention that we have contingency plans for exactly this type of eventuality. 

[The UltimoScorp]

Well, there is that scary guy echelon and his cronies.....