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[Event] New Horizons FAQ
As players may have noticed an momentous day has finally been reached in The Revival Project. For the first time in the tenure of the game, and for a long time before it, Agrii have set their feet upon the surface of Agra-10. He Rows will of course be invited to the arrival ceremony, and now have a chance to interact with a lot of different NPC characters, as well as help them settle in. But there's more going on than that, because very soon He Rows will be taking their own steps of adventure, and they'll want to prepare for that to. So let's talk about this month's event!
New Horizons FAQ
You know where we start. Event Dates?
The Agrii will be arriving the evening of April 9th, while Venidelosia’s message will arrive early in the day on April 10th. According to her message, He Rows returning to their Ships for departure will be May 1st and news about transit will be posted after that.
What about the ‘voting for destination’ thing? What are the choices?
That’s actually going to depend pretty heavily on you, the players. In the next few days another OOC post is going to go up serving as our first ‘pitch us planets’ post. In it we’re going to encourage you to share your general ideas of places you would like to see. Please don’t give us your characters’ canon planets, those aren’t on the table. Things closely adjacent, or planets of canons not represented in our game that also aren’t Earth, could be pitched. But we’re also ready to welcome some of the most off the wall things you can think of. Trust the mods to find ways to fold these into the way we’re going to keep you entertained. We just can only create so many different settings at a time.
If we find there are three good pitches we can work with, we’ll write up small summaries and leave them to players to vote on anonymously. If we are lucky enough to receive more than just three good pitches, we’ll hold some in reserve for further building and future use. If there are less than three we’ll handwave the winner being either a player suggested one where the player is happy to help us build and perhaps even shape some of your adventure, or to a mod one that we will prepare for you. So the destinations will be as up to player choice as we can manage.
What can we do this month?
Well, first thing first, that whole arrival post was made in the IC community for a reason. You may see that we’ve got comments in there for a few different NPC groups. He Rows will be able to talk to the Plantkin delegation, Mu Ly, Venidelosia, the Twins, random colonist NPCs and… gasp Ny Ak too! Use those comments to start up a situation and we’ll swoop in to make sure you get some fun interacting with them. Many of these characters are moving in (not Ny Ak) so they’ll have questions, need help, and be ready to start learning! Consider this your most personal connection with any Agrii yet most likely, because you’re helping them start to build a world.
In addition you can take Venidelosia up on her request for specific consultations. She is going to need some people to help her finalize her submissions to your journey. You don’t want the portal systems blowing up or to have the copied version of her that will be going on your ships undermining you with glitches, right? So for people with different datapoints, there’s still a lot of important stuff to do, like handling food, creating production facilities, preparing for medical needs, and maybe even making and stowing away weapons, food, clothes, and other resources. You don’t know what you’re going to need in space, right? And who knows if you’ll even find people to trade with. Actually, things to trade might be good too…
Beyond that players might wish to try and convince some NPCs to join them on their quest. Wouldn’t it be interesting to try? At the moment He Rows will only have Venidelosia herself on the journey with them. Whether others join them or not is entirely up to characters wooing Plantkin or Agrii to their cause. The only exceptions guaranteed not to go are the faction leaders, the Blue Twins, and the Wanderer. Anyone else, old or new NPC, is possibly up for adventure if you pitch it right. We will, though, require attempts to convince NPCs to be made in threads.
Are we really just leaving Agra-10 behind?
For a while. Players should expect a return to Agra-10 in June or July, depending on how well or poorly adventures go. There will be some time on the planet before the next round of space exploration. This will be our new format going forward: space time, return to the planet for some event, an off month for planet and shipside player plots, and then returning to space. How fast or slow that ends up being will vary.
My character was one of those not interested in leaving the Agrii here alone. What about them?
Sorry, but sometimes you have to let the chicks leave the nest, and it seems like they’ve come to a good agreement with the Plantkin for now. Consider this month a good way to start getting the Agrii used to what their lives are going to be like here, get to know them some and guide them, and then give them a chance to make their own mistakes. Have faith in them.
When we leave is the Agrii ship going with us?
Nope. The Agrii as a whole mostly want to stay here. They are tired of wandering when home might be so close, even if they don’t all know it’s not theirs. The Agrii ship will thus be staying for a few reasons. One: to provide shelter should storms come. Two: to provide supplies if the surface Agrii blow it. Three: to allow more Agrii to go down to the surface if they find things are going well. In fact, once the He Rows leave the hangar will be quite clear for the Agrii to use the old ships in their own Hangar Bay to shuttle to and from the planet at need.
Um, what was up with how Ny Ak spoke?
Now that might be a question worth asking him, wouldn’t it? c3)
Hey, I wanted to ask a specific question about all of this.
Awesome! We want to hear it! Please direct all of your questions to the appropriate comment below. Also, you want to talk to an NPC not noted specifically on the event post, please let us know there too. You can also feel free to use this post for plotting. Whatever works best for you.
Finally, and this is important. Please just give a round of applause to our new support staff. Some members of our wonderful community have stepped up to help the mods through a hard time and we really appreciate them. Without their time and efforts this event may not have been presented to you as smoothly as we might have wanted. This month was a little trial by fire for us all.
You know where we start. Event Dates?
What about the ‘voting for destination’ thing? What are the choices?
What can we do this month?
Are we really just leaving Agra-10 behind?
My character was one of those not interested in leaving the Agrii here alone. What about them?
When we leave is the Agrii ship going with us?
Um, what was up with how Ny Ak spoke?
Hey, I wanted to ask a specific question about all of this.
Finally, and this is important. Please just give a round of applause to our new support staff. Some members of our wonderful community have stepped up to help the mods through a hard time and we really appreciate them. Without their time and efforts this event may not have been presented to you as smoothly as we might have wanted. This month was a little trial by fire for us all.
Questions and Comments?