[OOC] MnM 3e - In the Shadow of Imperator

[Sakuro]

I am waiting for all of you to get your montage posts up, expressing the actual work your characters have put into the HQ. Then I will progress the narrative.

[EnigmaticOne]

I'm probably going to be busy with essay writing tomorrow and Super Bowl Sunday, so I likely won't have a post out then.

[mrdent12]

I'll get a post up tonight.

For the hatch entrance would it be obvious if people started using it say to get equipment and personal in or is it out of sight well enough?

[Sakuro]

It isn't a hatch. What Peter found is a pulldown staircase leading into a tunnel, that in turn leads to a hallway ending in a vault door. The door has been buried and the foundry built on top of it.

If you excavate it, it would open up into the foundry floor and people walking around the foundry would be able to find a hole in the ground with this big thick door for a fallout shelter.

If you start moving equipment into the foundry, people stand a chance of noticing. Yes. I'd like to know how you try to obscure this.

[mrdent12]

One thing struck me while starting to write is that I can't find mention of a communication channel between Iona and the others. Peter and Diego have their comm link plus Ascendant bond. So, is there a way right now for Iona to contact the others securely? Diego has the five burners, but those are basically one offs.

Its a bit late now(got caught up in a movie), so my post will be delayed until tomorrow.

[Sakuro]

No effort has been put into arranging that. However I am fine with her getting a free commlink/radio. Though your commlinks will be reliant on your HQ's Communication system now.

[Supernaturalist]

I know we kept bombarding you with questions Sakuro, but I just want to make sure that I don't make a mistaken assumption in my post. When Iona travels to meet Sokolov, does she meet her First Generation Escort in the Foundry? Is she supposed to meet then in the tunnels below? Iona is reluctant to travel above ground, but if she must, she will totally cover her head and face wit her shawl/cloak.

[mrdent12]

Hmm so if our comms go through our hq, once setup of course, they won't have secure communication with Sanders and Nulls normal forces if I understand right

Edit: my reason for asking is that I have been thinking Peter and Diego had comms for free over the city wide network setup by Nulls forces that they could still use.

Communication with Iona would be a different story.

[Sakuro]

When Iona travels to meet Sokolov, does she meet her First Generation Escort in the Foundry?

The First Generation escort will not go anywhere near the Foundry if they know it is a base the Ascendants are working out of. Meeting them in some underground tunnels is fine though.

Hmm so if our comms go through our hq, once setup of course, they won't have secure communication with Sanders and Nulls normal forces if I understand right

Edit: my reason for asking is that I have been thinking Peter and Diego had comms for free over the city wide network setup by Nulls forces that they could still use.

Communication with Iona would be a different story.

That is for access to Null's network. Your HQ is effectively a new node in the network of redundancies setup by each base in the city. If someone breaks into one group's communications, the rest are not compromised and people switch over until the gap is filled back in. You don't use the main line all the time. You use your own isolated system to avoid compromising the rest. You've been piggy backing off of other people's systems up until this point. Now that you have your own HQ you're expected to become self reliant for the most part. Diego and Peter can fall back to what is already established, as a safety net, but it is like using someone else's cellphone when they have their own: frowned upon, socially awkward, and the other party can say 'no' if they are so inclined.

Iona would not have access to Null's network unless Diego or Peter opened it up to her. That or she took some action of her own to gain access. Snagging a comlink. Hacking into the network. Something like that.

[mrdent12]

Sounds reasonable. With all the other mishmash of things communications will need to be upgraded first thing for a secure node.

[ichigorno]

Is this game still recruiting?

[Sakuro]

Yes. I'm currently looking for one more player. Be mindful you'd be playing a normal human, where as the other PCs have gone through empowerment events at this point. If you haven't already you should read over the first page of this thread. At least until you reach the links. There are some additional rule systems further down that you won't need to worry about for character creation.

[ichigorno]

OK, would my character be a normal human, as in we would play out my character's empowerment? Or, would he be just normal, no hopes of gaining powers period?

Ok, PL 7, 105 PPs, no actual powers, right? To begin with? Gotcha *dives into creation mode*

[Sakuro]

They would be a normal human to start with. There would be an adventure or two before they receive a Device or set of Devices from their patron that would boost their PL. There are also two PCs that have the potential to empower your character through super science (Iona and Peter). Your character could end up volunteering for one of their experiments as their power origin when the situation presents itself. Either way I'd give you a frame work for the powerset you'd receive and we'd work together to come up with the final result.

[Supernaturalist]

I'll have my post up this evening.