In Strength and Unity! (Song Thread)

Yimh · April 2019

Hey so I've only received a few messages now and I wanted to say for the record I want to hear from everyone in Song who has a opinion about the Faction!

Got an idea for how to make the Dominion supremo? Drop it here!

The Dominion is already tops? Tell me why! I want to know what people like most about the Dominion so we can play my favorite game ever, it's called: If you like_____, you'll love _____.

The Dominion sucks? Go (any non-Song group)? Wrong thread buddy! Love the enthusiasm, but take it elsewhere please and I'll gladly weigh in or refer you on to another helpful person!

I've really enjoyed being a part of Song so far. The atmosphere is positive and I enjoy how you all relate to each other! I'm still learning, but I think soon we're going to be making our mark in the stars!

Please feel free to contact me directly by using MSG YIMH if you have any questions or ideas that are more specific to you and you want to play your cards close to the vest!

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Matlkael · April 2019

Here's a snippet of the latest happenings in Song!

Inside the Jal tribehall.

This courtyard is a large, syncrete-paved outdoor space flanked by the tall family halls that loom about it. Vehicles and machinery are stationed here and there, and Ry'nari families can be seen mingling and socializing among the various facilities the courtyard offers.

[PCs]: Asteyr Dreya, Azlyn, Explorer Reeloc Sol'lun, Lieutenant, Flipilaria, Mairon T'rvati, Rhindara Molotov, Grand Admiral, Starmourner Vega T'rvati, Lord Commander, Tasp, Victoria T'rvati, Executive Assistant, and Yayeh Dreya, Admiral

[NPCs]: a Ry'nari man, a Ry'nari woman, an agitated Ry'nari conspirator, an agitated Ry'nari conspirator, and an agitated Ry'nari conspirator

[Items]: a heavy paristeel crate, a swivel chair, and a syncrete pillar

You see exits leading northeast, southwest, west, northwest, up and down.

You say, "We are at the Jal tribehall."

Vega says, "Thank you."

The Jal tribehall is a sparsely populated disaster, Ry'nari children running and hiding behind furniture, and quite a sizeable chunk of the adult population missing - through a few nervous individuals can be spotted whispering in corners here and there.

You hear fire crackling in the distance.

Vega says, "All of you know what would happen to you under historical Dominion law. You are all to be held in contempt of the sanctity of the Dominion. And destruction of Unity, treason, and sedition."

Asteyr Dreya enters, walking on a blazing path of fire.

Asteyr Dreya gives the world a smart salute.

A Ry'nari man strides in from the west.

Murmurs spread throughout the remaining population of the tribehall as the Lord Commander enters with a large group of supporters, and every eye fastens upon her.

Vega says, "All of you will be locked up without food until we get to the bottom of this, or you start cooperating. There aren't many of you left, and it is your choice if your blood lines end with you. I will give you a nice cold month in the Dominion Justice system until my rage has abated. Before I pass judgement."

Slowly, and without fanfare, but with much military discipline, Peacekeepers in shining armor begin to march into the hall behind the Lord Commander, surrounding the area with the silent menace given to them by superior arms.

Flipilaria turns her gaze towards Vega and frowns slightly. She says nothing.

In the crowd, a small Ry'nari child begins to wail, and is quickly hushed by its mother.

Vega says, "Consider it merciful in comparison to what you all were intending to do to us. What was it again..."

Vega pretends to think.

Vega says, "Oh right, ensure that my INR is pulverized to dust and spread to the four corners of the Galaxy?"

Vega says, "And that the Dominion would only have Ry'nari Lord Commanders?"

Mairon T'rvati creases his brow in a frown.

Compared to the earlier tumult, the silence that follows this statement is so enormous it could swallow a planet.

A Ry'nari woman strides in from the west.

"Tsk, tsk," Yayeh Dreya says as he waggles a finger and scolds the world.

In the pause, the Peacekeepers begin to round up the remaining tribe members, escorting them to waiting shuttles. And outside the tribehall, the population watches.

Quark Night flutters in from the northeast.

Vega watches them leave without any expression on her face.

"Hmm," Victoria T'rvati says.

Straightening, Tasp says, "Glass, then."

A Ry'nari man cries, as he is shoved into a shuttle, "We won't forget this, Lord Commander!".

A Ry'nari man yells, right as the door closes, "None of us will forget!".

You say, "I think that's the point."

Yayeh · April 2019

[a brief, but satisfying snippet earlier in the event...]

An agitated Ry'nari conspirator looks nervously at Digit.

You say to an agitated Ry'nari conspirator, "Where's Vega?"

You slap an agitated Ry'nari conspirator on the cheek.

An agitated Ry'nari conspirator shrugs meekly, scuttling away. "Just leave me alone! It wasn't my idea!".

You say, "Talk!"

Flipilaria · April 2019

@Vega made my character sad

Eukelade · April 2019

Hey, a big thanks to the Storytellers involved in this week's event. In no particular order:

Yimh - Came up with the idea in the first place and got the balls rolling to make it all happen.
Hroden - Pulled in other factions, layered on the intrigue, ran supportive animations, and built out Ostari with some extra rooms for the event.
Soren - Worked to keep his faction in the loop and was also an essential back-up animator during the event.
Tallulah - Lots of supportive building (those discontented Ry'nari were all her) and animation.
Iobai - Sadly unable to be there for the actual event (curse those time zones) but provided valuable feedback and support where he could.

Thanks everyone! And thank you players for rolling with the punches and just being all around a fun group of people to play with.

Vega · April 2019

It was so neat, and everyone was so cool ooc and ic.
@Azlyn and her one liners.
And @Matlkael (Mereas) with the surprising cheek!

The NPCs were so responsive. The options that are now on the table and the topics that are relevant to discuss have blown wide open. I can wait to see what everyone, not just in Song manages to uncover.

I would also like to say that Vega's paranoia about the YOUKNOWWHAT'S is now totally justified.

Yayeh · April 2019

It was such a great event! Thank you so much!!!!

Matlkael · April 2019

Everyone's true colours were revealed

Yayeh is bad cop. Asteyr is shoot-first-ask-later.

Yimh · April 2019

Love and gratitude, that's all I have on the topic of that event!

Things I am excited to find out:

• How the fallout settles with the Ry'nari.

• What connection does this have (if any) to the other disappearances from Song?

• What horrors lurk beyond the limits of our infantile perceptions.

And others, add your own!

Vega · April 2019

Damn, I am never hesitating to kill children again!

Matlkael · April 2019

One of the best parts so far is @Flipilaria slowly realizing that the Song government is Lawful Evil.

Flipilaria · April 2019

Matlkael said:

One of the best parts so far is @Flipilaria slowly realizing that the Song government is Lawful Evil.

Now that you're all finally off your arses and doing the Lawful Evil, Flip can finally Flip Out about it!

Vega · April 2019

Flipilaria said:

Matlkael said:

One of the best parts so far is @Flipilaria slowly realizing that the Song government is Lawful Evil.

Now that you're all finally off your arses and doing the Lawful Evil, Flip can finally Flip Out about it!

Hey pal, like it says in the Triumverated Lemniscate:
"True power is realizing that you are the only person who can hold you accountable."

Zhulkarn · April 2019

Most governments are lawful evil more or less!

Vega · April 2019

Zhulkarn said:

Most governments are lawful evil more or less!

I think Lawful Neutral, cause it is very uh self-serving, and only judging itself on its own principles that just happen to be lacking in morals. Like an assassin, That can be Lawful Neutral and not Lawful Evil. Actually, this isn't the place for this! FIGHT ME IN GAME, I will show you justice!

Zhulkarn · April 2019

Well real Lawful Evil governments does not appear as such

But yes, apologies for the off-topic direction, this is Song thread after all.

Yayeh · April 2019

1st of the Year announcements in Song!

(Song): You say, "Happy New Year everyone!"

(Song): Reeloc says, "Aye. Happy New Year!"

(Song): Dakkis says, "Into the winds of time we go! In Unity and Strength!"

(Song): Vega says, "Indeed, Happy New Year to you all. I look forward to seeing unprecedented growth and development within the Dominion for the year 930 AE. I'd encourage you all to make a goal for yourself and aim for it. Any progress is an 100% increase over no progress. Believe in yourselves, it is us against the sector, for better or worse."

(Song): Vega says, "I'm going to do a public reading of the people who received nominations for the Merit Scholarship. So if you can give your attention for a short bit, that would be appreciated."

(Song): Vega says, "First off, for Kitxaiki, the person who nominated you says, 'I have recommended you for the Merit Scholarship due to your hard work in recent months. I hope to see you keep pushing ahead, good luck.'."

(Song): Vega says, "Secondly, for Reeloc, the person said, 'I'd like to file a nomination for Reeloc because he's generous and welcoming.'."

(Song): Vega says, "Thirdly, for Flavia, they said, 'I've appreciated how she's taken a lot of piloting ideas from me and ran with them, and more recently investment into gathering resources and purchasing refineries for a soon-to-be unveiled project.' How mysterious."

(Song): Vega says, "And Lastly, for our winner, Yayeh. One person said, 'we need more QPCs.' and the second person said, 'I'd like to recommend Yayeh for merit scholarship, not only for his diligence and being the second person to become an Admiral (after our very own Rhindara), but also his willingness and helpfulness to work on station missions and to help those without autofactories to get the commodities needed for others to work on station missions as well.'."

(Song): Vega says, "Thank you to the people who sent in nominations. And thank you all for listening."

(Song): Mereas says, "We must also celebrate those of us who have rendered service to Song, and some of them have earned the distinction of earning a medal for their deeds this past year."

(Song): Mereas says, "First, we have Asteyr Dreya, who has earned his 1st Manganese Medal."

(Song): Mereas says, "Second, we have Flavia K'siphias, for her 1st Chromium Medal."

(Song): Mereas says, "We also have Mairon T'rvati, who has earned his 1st Nickel Medal."

(Song): Mereas says, "Next, Reeloc Sol'lun, has earned his 1st Manganese Medal."

(Song): Mereas says, "Next, Rhindara Molotov, has earned her 1st Iron Medal."

(Song): Mereas says, "We also have me, and I've earned my 1st Chromium, 1st Iron, and 1st Nickel Medals."

(Song): Mereas says, "And finally: Admiral Yayeh Dreya, who has earned not his 1st, nor his 2nd, but even his 3rd Nickel Medal in just one year!"

(Song): Mereas says, "Thank you, soldiers, for your service to the Dominion! We have had a stellar year, and I look forward for this new one to come. In unity and strength!"

(Song): You say, "As many of you know, there's been a resource gathering contest this past year, and I am happy to announce many things! We had 14 citizens in various capacities earn Nickel merits since Secretary Mereas created the program. This has included gathering resources for our faction's storage, manufacturing products for our station repairs, seeking out hard-to-find items for those repairs, and completing station missions."

(Song): You say, "Several of you have purchased refineries in various locations to make it easier for our citizens to refine what has been gathered. Others of you have purchased new autofactories."

(Song): You say, "All in all, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has participated. And now for the winners."

(Song): You say, "In first place, earning 154 Nickel merits: Secretary Mereas!"

(Song): You say, "In second place, earning 114 Nickel merits, Mairon!"

(Song): You say, "In third place, earning 78 Nickel merits, Lieutenant Reeloc!"

(Song): You say, "In fourth place, earning 63 Nickel merits, Elasyra!"

(Song): You say, "And in fifth place, earning 56 Nickel merits, Ninvahn!"

(Song): You say, "Be sure to congratulate all of the winners, who will be taking their picks of a Stalker corvette, a Tiravoa interceptor, and three auto factories of their choice!"

Matlkael · April 2019

It's like fireworks!

Vega · April 2019

Thank you so much to @Yimh for always being around to ah, guide my crazy and help me start a new tradition. And thank you so much @Tallulah for your time as well! You all are so amazing and so supportive!

Thank you to @Rhindara @tasp @Mogarche (Mairon?) @Victoria @Flipilaria @keanu @Sunny @kamin for attending!

Thank you @Mogarche for logging

And Congrats to @Victoria @Mogarche @Tasp @Elasyra @Yayeh and @vex for their title changes, appointments, and all the other stuff!

Now to the log!

Er, on second thought, it is too long for the forums, so Pastebin will have to do.

https://pastebin.com/Rjk72P6S

Enjoy!

Yimh · April 2019

@Tallulah is bae. 😍😍😍

Ikchor · April 2019

The wholesomeness in this thread burns my eyes.

Tallulah · April 2019

Aww @Yimh

Cubey · April 2019

Scatterhome and Celestine threads when? Or are we basically admitting at this point that Song is the devs' favorite faction? Shocking I know.

Matlkael · April 2019

Almost all of these things have been player-driven, and we just ask the storytellers if they could add a little spzazz.

Hroden · April 2019

To be fair, @Yimh started this thread because they hadn't received much communication from players. The Celestines were great about communicating with me about what they thought was important and in many cases I've been able to act upon it. I'm not super in yo face in game right now but I can assure you that things are happening!

If CA would like one of these threads I'm happy to set one up as well.

Edit: I don't want to imply that the Songites were neglectful or anything. Everyone gets busy!

Matlkael · April 2019

We were in the middle of a Lord Commander shuffle...

Zhulkarn · April 2019

@Hroden is under strict terms of NDA form CA-284/B for the time being. Breach of it would end up with an elaborate courtroom RP with inordinate amounts of "Objection!"s "Rephrase the question"s and "Please proceed"s

But on a more serious note, @Hroden has been quite helpful on furthering certain storylines we established prior to Storytellers and players of CA can approach him freely about their characters. There is a degree of healthy communication we established and naturally there was not a necessity for a forum thread.

Furthermore, Storytellers are RPers in the end and they do this because they enjoy RPing. And I am personally thankful for their presence. You people rock!

Now my invasion is over, Dominion can take the thread back!

Vega · April 2019

@Mogarche @tasp @Matlkael @vianou @asteyr (Someone please force these kids to get their in game names on the forums please, they are ruining my enjoyment and love of tagging!)

You give an elegant glass to Jace Vitali.

Jace lifts a brow and disdainfully hands an elegant glass back to you. "Ugh. What do I need with this? No thank you."

You say, "Tsk."

Vianou takes a drink from a squat shotglass filled with vodka.

Asteyr jokingly says, "Now that's service with a smile."

With an eyebrow raised, Mereas says, "I suppose we clean our own glasses."

You give an elegant glass filled with hinkafruit cocktail to a crane-armed carrybot.

You say, "Well, my carrybot will hold empty glasses."

You say to a crane-armed carrybot, "Smart. Because you, are replaceable."

The edges of your lips curve up briefly into the faintest semblance of a smirk.

Mereas says, "The service of bots is not to be overlooked."

Vega nods at Mereas in agreement.

Making a noncommittal gesture with one hand, Tasp says, "She hires others for that sort of thing, no doubt."

A crane-armed carrybot lets out a chirp of alarm and falls silent.

LOL!

Thank you, @tallulah , you made my bot-bullying very satisfactory!

Vega · April 2019

Also thank you @hroden and @Zhulkarn for clarifying for others. While I’m sure a lot of people know what is what, the new players that are coming in will have a much clearer idea. Cause they’ve been dropping into game with increasing frequency.

If anyone in song gets one of those new arties I want to see. I’m trying to wait for a super lucky day!

Paqu · April 2019

I'm Vianou, by the way. :-)

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