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Just an FYI, I’ve been really sick lately, so it might take me a while to post again. Hopefully it won’t take me more than a week.

Hugs - platonic - and Lemsips - lemon & honey - to you, Lego.

hope you get well soon Lego

Sorry I haven’t posted recently guys. This week was a mess with Thanksgiving, last week was a mess with my Aunt’s brother getting skin cancer, and in all the fuss I just forgot. I will post sometime this weekend though. I promise.

Understood.

sorry to hear that lego, best wishes to you and your family

I'm really sorry to hear that, Lego. Take the time you need. We will be here when you are ready.

hope things improve on your end Lego.

hi everyone, are we still here or it's just me ?

I'm waiting on Deske, but we aren't really doing anything right now. Mostly waiting for the main story to end.

I’m waiting for Hlao in order to continue the main plot.

what's the main plot going on right now btw ? the AI come to life one ?

Yep. Then we’re going to Earth to deal with some Insignia agent impersonating Hlao’s characters, then Cyber’s character has to visit the Council of AI Sapience to find out if he counts as a person, as well as a few other odds and ends.

the wreckage buster's character and mine are on is near earth too isn't it ?

Yup. Near that plot too...

Right. Sorry. I just got a little stuck on how to have Conall explain it. I'm no computer technician IRL. I'll get something up as soon as I can.

I'm waiting on the 'A' plot to catch up with the 'B' plot.

Guys, I have a serious question for all of you. Do you think Steelhaven has run its course? Me and Welsh have both grown tired of it, and it seems like everyone else doesn’t really care about this anymore. It hurts to ask, but should we just shut it down? And side question, are any of you interested in hearing what I had planned for this?

Always interested in hearing what had been planned again. I tend to delete old messages.

And, yeah. Unfortunately we have kinda run into a toffee wall. It's unyielding and we seem to be going nowhere.

I feel like I just joined. I had so much I was looking forward to. I personally don't want it to end . I am interested in hearing what you have planned.

It feels like there's a bunch of side quests going but not a main story. But they're all happening simultaneously, so when one finishes another starts up in its place, but none of them ever end at the same time so none of the characters are ever together.

I'm with CD I've barely started. Heck, I'm still part watly through my intro waiting for the main plot to catch up with it.

Buster wrote:I'm with CD I've barely started. Heck, I'm still part watly through my intro waiting for the main plot to catch up with it.

And that's the problem. We're currently stuck on one point. The SilverWolf scenario. We know how that's supposed to end but it won't shift to get to that point. And then the next plot is the spaceship. Whilst on the way to Earth to deal with the Enemy there. And then on. And on. THose few plots outlines maybe five years RP at the current speed. There's a lot of characters going to be doing little or nothing for a lot of that time.

Well, to be fair, ive already used 9/10 of the material for said ship. That's kinda the reason I'm stalled out.

Can't help with the SilverWolf issue though.

eer.... I have just started , and honestly, we're waiting on you, Lego, I did messaged you about it if you remember

Yeah, your PM was what finally pushed me to talk about this. Because this is something I’ve been holding in for months. I can’t remember the last time I actually enjoyed doing Steelhaven. I get a little spark when I think about some of the ideas I have planned, but even that’s nothing compared to how excited I used to feel about this. I honestly don’t want to do this anymore. I was hoping Welsh would be okay with taking over so this wouldn’t have to end, but he’s grown as tired as I have. I’m sorry to those of you who just joined, but I’m not capable of doing this any longer.

Well then. If it's destined to end...

I'm going to pull MT-694 into Beacon of Hope. If you have a character here you want to save and you are a part of BoH, I'll let you transfer the character if this RP ends. Just make sure to modify the sheet as needed. If you don't play BoH and you want to save the character, then I can arrange for a cameo or minor character appearance so the character doesn't die with the RP. The two are similar enough in setting that it should be a fairly easy transfer.

Assuming that's OK with everyone.

I phrased that badly the first time. To put it another way. I can't write fan fiction. I can't take Katniss Everdeen or Captain John Sheridan or Leroy Jethro Gibbs and write those characters well. Or anywhere near as well as their normal authors. Under my writing, with my influences, humour and style, they'd become pale shadows of what they were beforehand. I have no interest in massive mechs. They are, as Babylon 5's main writer once said - merely hardware. There's no human interest there - Except in Cybers, of course, because that mech is a personality. So Lewis would NEVER get a mech. I wouldn't know how to write it. So I cannot take over other characters. I can't do them justice. And these two are pivotal characters. The RP can't run without them and they really need to be run by the GM.

I've had Corp sat in a wheelchair, sitting by a wall, doing NOTHING for several months now. Andy's on the point of tears and Keeva's on the point of leaving to tinker on her car but they can't do any of it. And that doesn't seem like it's gonna change soon. I hope it does but I can't take your guys, Lego.

I kinda abandons mechs since I could see how to make them work, but I still get your point. As a side note, I wouldn’t mind having Liz and Lewis making a cameo in BOH. Maybe as part of the army that wants (or will want, once they know her powers) June dead?

That would be complicated.

It'd be easy enough for a version of Corp. I based him on a character of the same name in the stories I used to write (and should get back into) Hes an IOC agent after retiring from the Military. Still a close quarter fighter though.

hmm...

*has an idea*
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OOH OOH I think I have an idea. What if the Beacon, as it travels, picks up a distress signal from Steelhaven, slows down, and picks the ship up? The idea is a WIP, since the time setting is different. Either the SteelHaven has been flying around for 50 years since the start of the SteelHaven, or they went through a sort of time warp. Either would explain the distress signal. What do you guys think of that? It would make moving things smoother. People who wanted to keep their characters could and those who don't just go on to be residents of the Beacon.

Hmm.... It would have to be some kind of dimensional portal, since in the Steelhaven universe, the only sapient species come from Earth, and said Earth is more like the HP one than is it like ours, but that could work.

I have been discussing with Cyber about that, and it would require the SteelHaven to be the source of the distress signal, with it somehow crossed a dimensional gate, either being damaged in the process, or damaged by hatever it is they would be running from, which lead to them making thee jump in the first place

Also the timing is good since much of tomorrow is going to be traveling. (there will be several events throughout that time, including you guys getting custom Champion equipment)

If this RP ends, then part of tomorrow can be picking up the Steelhaven.

I'm also assuming that the Steelhaven has already picked up Buster's character by the time this happens.

so, have you all decided on whether to merge the to RPs and the details if you choose to do so?

I think it's more 'move characters across' than merge we're thinking of, Serence.

It sounded like the SteelHaven will be going through a portal gate, but have complications likely caused by insignia destroying the exit gate or something. SteelHaven is damaged and sent randomly to the BoH universe, the ship gets picked up by the Beacon after the Beacon receives the Steelhaven's distress signal. I think we are going to be moving the Steelhaven to the BoH universe, but Lego and I are still working out implications and specifics.

Also Hlaoroo will join BoH when the Steelhaven crosses over. He's thinking of powers for his characters to develop because of portals and because reasons so he can participate in the main events. He says he will probably be able to keep up with the pace of BoH. The reason I suggested he make his characters develop powers is because pretty much everyone else has characters on the main team that participate in everything. If he joined, he would need a way to get on the team so he could have someone that participates.

In addition, I think that the official crossover happens in-game-tomorrow during the Beacon's traveling period.

After that, Lego and I are still discussing things.

Welsh Halfwit wrote: Post Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:08 am I think it's more 'move characters across' than merge we're thinking of, Serence.

technically yeah, but since Cybeer suggested that we have a transition thing going on first,in-universe wise the two ships would meet and its crew "merge", if that makes any sense. Because usually we just sorta stop the RP and move all the characters over to the new RP, some hint at their past in the old RP, others starts out brand new, but officially the old and new RP isn't connect tightly, with the way Cyber is suggesting though, it opens up up more possibilities, but also more complicated story

CyberDragon wrote:It sounded like the SteelHaven will be going through a portal gate, but have complications likely caused by insignia destroying the exit gate or something. SteelHaven is damaged and sent randomly to the BoH universe, the ship gets picked up by the Beacon after the Beacon receives the Steelhaven's distress signal. I think we are going to be moving the Steelhaven to the BoH universe, but Lego and I are still working out implications and specifics.

alright, let me know when you guys finished on the details. I'll be asking the old mods as to how to do these things. If you want, maybe posting what you to have come up with here to gather opinions from everyone is a good idea too i think

Serence Frostbite wrote:technically yeah, but since Cybeer suggested that we have a transition thing going on first,in-universe wise the two ships would meet and its crew "merge", if that makes any sense. Because usually we just sorta stop the RP and move all the characters over to the new RP, some hint at their past in the old RP, others starts out brand new, but officially the old and new RP isn't connect tightly, with the way Cyber is suggesting though, it opens up up more possibilities, but also more complicated story

Well, Lego suggested the transportation problem occurs after investigating the shipwreck Buster's character is in when the Steelhaven goes through the gate to get to earth.

As for a complicated story, I mean... have you been reading BoH? The story about a space ship full of superhero space marines fighting zombies and mechas that are possessed by an evil demigod of hate? Where the sudden appearance of alien fox assassins in a Bahama resort is matched in suddenness only by the appearance of building-sized robots sent to stop them? BoH takes "Complicated" to such an extreme that it just runs with the anarchy and uses it as an excuse to have as much excitement and fun as possible. There are rules and there is something of a narrative so things aren't so deep in anarchy that it stops being fun and just becomes confusing, but there is enough anarchy that a "complicated" story is not only doable, it's been done.

I can't promise that the merge will be seamless, but I can say the seams created won't look much different from the seams already created by other things we've done in BoH so far. It won't be the first interdimensional portal that opens up and drops off new characters.