To be honest, this announcement could have been a whole hell of a lot longer. But damn, none of us need that right now, am I right?


Simply put we're changing AC to Check In Only until further notice. Those who take strikes will still have to submit standard AC on the striked character to clear said strike. Otherwise please just check in during the check in window.


Our AC Assistant will continue doing their wonderful work and helping out, and the mod team will still strive to bring the best content we can. But given all that is going on in the world, we want RPing to not feel like work/a quota/a stress when there's plenty of that elsewhere in lives.


During this time period players who wish for additional characters past three will only need to give the mods a heads up and to have no strikes through the last two months. Hiatuses still work like normal.


Game pages will be updated to reflect this notice hopefully by the end of the week.


Finally, no reversion back to standard AC system will occur without two months of forewarning. We don't want to blindside anyone.


Thank you for sticking with us. Look forward to a small event in July and something bigger and fantastic in August.


~The Revival Project Mod Team

All Alone In The Night: Conclusions
Answers start to fall into place slowly but surely. First comes that data from the space station, which ultimately was the goal of the whole expedition. With some analysis from semi-purged databanks, paired with some specialized insight from a certain Jedi, one thing because clear. Yes, this place was once used by whatever people (likely the Atroma) created Venidelosia and trained the Agrii. But there was something more than that. A possible reason for what the He Rows have been experiencing.

Sure, the data returns information that this was the base Venidelosia was built at, and that there were experiments related to the energy creatures on the planet’s surface, but it’s also clear that much of that was abandoned. Research pivoted instead to the ‘singing star’ cores that were used later among the Drift Fleet, things that would later serve as the center of sentient ships that were more like being manifesting upon their own evolutionary path, with their own wills and desires. But the original purpose of research here was for the study of ‘inferior’ species that the Atroma were encountering. Biological species specifically.

Ultimately the pulling up metaphorical stakes had some repercussions. As Cal came to sense, there was a section of discontented researchers, who did not like the pivot. Perhaps this caused a rift, especially since it’s very clear that some of the research done here, for there is clearly research on the storm elementals and how their biology could be replicated to interesting effect elsewhere, was taken from this place. Taken by angry, spiteful Atroma who intended to prove themselves better than their fellows. Who wanted to prove a point.

Searching on the surface has its own rewards. There were plenty of parts available to repair shuttles to get them airborne again. That in and of itself was a valuable success. But there was also much to be seen of the state of the planet itself. Dead, dessicated, broken. And, it becomes obvious as the underground facility is reached and inspected, a lot of that comes back to the native energy beings. Their distaste for technology has been made rather clear. That said, gear for advanced shielding from similar attacks was found and brought back. Reverse engineering that to harden already available technology seems quite promising and interesting to pursue.

As for the haunting…

Turns out the attempt to purge Venidelosia’s systems of malicious code was not quite as successful as one might have hoped. Veda, in her desire to better interface with her He Row companions had been working on a manner of holographic projection for herself, and during downcycles the malicious code in the system was making its own form of havok. Pulling the in progress system up along with He Row’s records, playing with the He Row Emergency Recovery And Supply System (used for Soup Lies and life saving purposes), and messing with atmospheric controls. Which was just bundles of fun for everyone!

Thankfully the hard work of He Rows in investigating led to discovery of the problem and working with Veda to quarantine the non-essential programs for the return trip, so that a more full diagnostic and repair cycle could happen upon return to Agra-10. Which of course is the matter of the day.

Transit back is peaceful enough, and perhaps all too soon (or not soon enough for some), the ships once more orbit Agra-10, here at the start of a beautiful summer season. Which of course means time to head back down to the planet with your new information to analyze it further and make new plans with Veda and Venidelosia as to where your next journey should be. Oh, and of course, to figure out how your new Agrii settlers are doing with their Plantkin guides.

Thankfully things seem pretty positive on that front. Summers have been brutal on the planet in the past, but thankfully that is not true this year on Agra-10. Sure, it's hot, sure it's sunny, and sure it's a bit dry, but hey, it's pleasant this year. Perhaps it's because in the month you’ve been away, the city has become quite green. Around the city the Agrii settlers move around happily with their Plantkin guides and teachers, planting plenty of shade plants around the edges of buildings, or digging up areas to turn into ponds or other water features. In a way the place is turning into a beautiful sort of get away. If you ignore all of the broken and falling buildings around the ruins of the former city that is.

There's a bit more comfort available to be had on the top of the Civics Center or at the edge of the remains of the Flooded Plain. Here the Agrii have clearly focused their work more heavily. Comfortable chairs from the Agrii ship have been brought down, there is a wealth of things to dry off with, and often trays of food laid out. New sources of water to frolic in are clearly not going to be passed up by this semi-aquatic race. It isn't uncommon to see them splashing around or to see pink and purple forms diving into the great depths of any bit of water they can get themselves to.

For those looking for a bit less of a crowded place to enjoy the summer heat, there is always the beach south of Temba. Given it's summer the green lobsters are away from the beach and in the watery depths. Of course settling down here to enjoy the cool sea waters can be its own form of frustrating. After all, there are still the Birbs to deal with. They're more mischievous than even the brightest Corvid. They will steal just about anything they can carry away if you aren't careful.

Then, of course, there is Sh'Ka. The other city, having been forbidden to the Agrii by the local Plantkin, remains hot, dry, and unpleasant. Thankfully there's plenty of places to beat the heat once you're off the connecting train and waiting for a trip back. The stone buildings actually manage to keep the heat out pretty good, and there's also a lot of shade under the large stone trees. But maybe it isn't wise to hang out under the trees, as the local Deleon population is in herding part of the year. It is rare for them to gather as a herd, but when they do it's to protect their young. This makes them way more riled up and likely to attack anything they deem as a threat.

Your local Plantkin friends seem to be doing well, and a small group of Agrii, including Mu Ly and the translator twins will be present to greet the He Rows upon their return. Actually, the Wanderer will be there too, with a little change in their own appearance. It seems like they are going to have a bit of bud! There is green on the tips of many of its stems and twigs and it’s getting a shaggy look to it. Often Funfrond sproutlings are visible playing on and over its form, or bedecking it in moss or flowers. And, strangely enough, the Wanderer seems very at ease with this behavior.

While Mu Ly will speak at length about how good the Agrii are doing, those who are observant might notice the Wanderer has picked up a new He Row mannerism: rolling the glowing pits of its ‘eyes’. Maybe it doesn’t agree with how well the Agrii are doing on their own. But there will always be chances to isolate it, or other Agrii, to find out.

The Hotel area will prove to be very busy, with one of the first floor areas having been cleared out and converted into a dining area more to the style the Agrii are used to. Nothing of the calm diner environment the He Rows may be used to. No, it’s cafeteria style seating and the chaotic sort of kitchen the Agrii used on their own ship when they weren’t eating from food dispensers. And clearly the Agrii here are not making use of those. Though, interestingly enough, the heightened aggressive tendencies seem to have settled.

Or maybe just found a ‘better’ outlet. There is definitely no end to the options of meat, poultry, or fish heavy dishes in the Agrii kitchen, even if they aren’t cooked in what is always the most attractive manner. At least the Agrii are good at gathering their discarded waste and moving it to places for the Funfronds to access, as they had agreed to do. So it seems like things are going okay enough for now.

Though perhaps those He Rows living in the Hotel may be bothered to find out just how many new neighbors they have, given a second group of Agrii, all without faction sashes, have clearly come down to check out the potential of the ruined city.




If you have any questions about the return to Temba or before that, or need an NPC to interact with, please let us know in the comment below!

All Alone In The Night

The reminder call comes from Venidelosia in the dark hours of the morning. What comes is no compulsion via music, no sudden waking up in a place you were not in previously, no lure in the form of seeing some ghostly form that you remember from home. Instead she had politely sent an alert out two days before regarding the pending departure time with a reminder to all He Rows to have their gear stowed and to be aboard. So it is with little fanfare that the final shuttles lift off of the surface–maybe she deliberately set the departure for when most planetside Agrii would be sleeping–and carry on to the ships.

It is a peaceful journey to start with, two days of transit out alongside the Agrii homeship, though at high speed given Venidelosia’s desire to be back to the rest of her crew quickly. Once far enough out to reach what she refers to as the proper ‘transit point’, she wishes the He Rows well and the glowing, churning portal into another part of space flickers open. Her last message is a reminder: they have thirty-one days before she returns to this point to activate the transit point to allow their return from the system of her former deployment. They will also need to account for the half day of travel to and from the planet of her distant records, and she wishes them well.

Then, at last, the time comes that a slight variation on Venidelosia’s voice echoes from the intercoms of the Peanut Party and the Glitter Food.

Hello, He Rows. This announcement is to inform you that we are approaching the coordinates provided by Venidelosia. I have requested that the pilots provide access to any who might so desire it to join them on the bridges to view our approach. The doors will be temporarily unlocked to all who desire. You have approximately one hour until visual contact will be reached.

Oh, and you may refer to me as Veda. Installation of the dual core system allowing me to function off of a portion of the computer systems of the Peanut Party and the Glitter Food has gone well. If you require any assistance during our deployment together, please just speak my name and I will endeavor to assist you. Note, all direct interactions I share with my crews will be uploaded to my sister system upon return. Thank you, and I hope you have enjoyed your transit.

So it looks like you’ve got a ship to talk to even here, and one you can talk to on either ship and still be recognized. Hopefully that’s good in the long term, but only time will tell.

Those who elect to join the pilots on the bridge at the appointed time will indeed be able to view their approach to the target coordinates. A planet begins to loom ever larger through the main viewport screen, one with a murky, gray-green surface occasionally visible through dense cloud cover. Dense, swirling cloud cover. Storms. Of course there would be bad weather. What other luck would be expected for the He Rows?

( And What Do They See )

( Where No One Can Hear You Scream )

( To Seek Out Strange New Worlds )

( Ship's Haunted. What. Ship's Haunted )


( 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.