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"Well you're at least somewhat astute I see. Yes." "The source of the information is not relevant to your mission. The energy from the device is reported to be enough to power a small planetoid for a week. M-tek is keeping this off the books as well, no press releases, no industry bulletins, nothing. So there must be some reason they're keeping it under wraps as well. You'll have a few days on the trip, so that should give you time to figure things out. Like I said earlier, it'd be preferable to get our hands on the device, but if you're not interested in the pay increase, we'll suffice for whatever data you can get us."

"No offense taken at all, Enson. And yes, we're all full fledged heroes and we've apparently got some sort of rat infestation problem to take care of. Though between you and little ol' me, I think it'll just take a bit of scrumptious cooking to lure those little furry critters out and relocate them to some where less intrusive."

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The Stratitarian already annoyed, grows even more agitated. "Do you think I'd be hiring you if I had all of that information?" "Miss, do you really think I put it under my actual name? Of course it's under a pseudonym! Now then, I'd appreciate no further outbursts otherwise I can have you shown the door."

"Oh Hun, didn't you hear? The three of us were assigned to the request posted by Ms. Rachel in the Hall."

Valesia smiled warmly at Aysu, "Completely agree dearie, I see this as an opportunity to become closer with the inner workings of the Hall. Valesia by the way. Peanut brittle?" The Cladrasith opens up a small container toward the pair of other heroes, "I had a little bit before heading here to whip up a batch."

"Maybe I wasn't clear, it's an Ætherdiving lab, you'll see when we go down there. You'll need to have someone with a badge to get in." "We did, leads were slim. It's like his consciousness isn't there anymore. As for why I brought you in... in all honesty my team is up for a performance review soon and have a lot of scrutiny on us. If its discovered one of our agents has gone MIA for almost a week, they could put the entire cohort on disciplinary hold." "He's our first. I was hesitant because of that very issue, but he assured me that it wouldn't be a problem and was very eager to volunteer for field work. I'm like you don't know much about the species, but we try to have an inclusive hiring policy." The Quaarm notes his datapad once again, "Molly's ready for us in the lab, what other questions can I answer for you?"

I'm OK if you want to respec your weapon proficiency to match your weapon range, just let me know what you decide to have.

Valesia marveled at the sheer scale of the hall as she wandered around the exterior. "My imagine the parties and grand galas this place must have hosted back in its glory days!" Arriving at the back maintenance office the Cladrasith came upon a Quo'ri. "Hi Hun, I'm Valesia. Charmed to make your acquaintance. I take it you're here looking for that sweet thing, Ms. Rachel?" OOC: Stats are good.

"I'd have no reason to doubt Agent Lars more than I do any of the rest of the order. As for Agent Molly, she's oversees the Ætherdiving lab." "Not sure if I've ever heard of roaming monsters in Ætherspace, but it's pretty uncharted territory even with all of the corporate investment." Oddsphere notes a notification on his datapad, "Now then, unless any of you are Cladrasith in disguise, you'll be Ætherdiving in the conventional method. We've got a full lab outfitted downstairs that'll plug you into the Ætherspace."

"Lars has been with the organization for a few months now, he's a Thudaal from Hi-Pluvvon. Showed some promise as a new recruit. As for going rogue..." The Quaarm points to a gilded manuscript behind him, "That is the White Knight Oath. All recruits take it as a sign of our loyalty to each other and to our work when being hired on. I haven't met a man, Elf, or Thudaal, who doesn't live and breath that pledge. It's why I don't like the reboot option, tenant four of the oath 'We pledge to always return as we left, united'." Oddsphere mulls the words before continuing, "There's always a number of mercenary Ætherdivers roaming the sphere, looking to score an unattended data warehouse, but not too much organized forces thankfully. Lars didn't have much of a personal life, was a dedicated employee, though Agent Molly down in the dive division might be able to tell you more."

Valesia wanders through the vendors stopping and sampling from many of the food brokers, "Now let's see, we should probably be prepared for a few tense situations." The Cladrasith stops at Sathos's shop humming a low sing-song tune before picking out an Essence of Precaution. Credit purse now lighter, but confidence fuller she heads back to the Hall. (10 credits - 10 credits = 0 Credits)

"Weren't you listening earlier? Knew I should have figured out the camera ahead of time. Fine... Yes, I'm Leopold Irgonstead, I manage Oc|Tan's median supply chain for the middle quadrant of the Mahkrian system. As I said, you're heading to Parous on Oquim. I've already got tickets reserved for you at the central hover-train station under my name. You'll be boarding the Boreal Express which runs non-stop between Parous and Con'stop near the planet's northern pole. You'll be monitoring a pair of M-Tec's personnel, a dwarf and a Quaarm. They're traveling with some sort of experimental power generator. We don't have a lot of details on the device, but apparently M-Tec retrieved it from the core of one of Aluriel's moons. We want as much info as you can get on the thing, schematics, reports, readings. My managers have also informed me that if you can actually bring it back with you, I'm authorized to double your pay. This is supposed to be a game changer in the energy industry and Oc|Tan's got enough on its plate already without worrying about such disruptions." Leopold pauses, slightly lowering his voice, "I don't think I need to tell you that your discretion is appreciated, we don't need anything tracing this back to Oc|Tan, understood? You pull this off and I'll make sure the bosses hear about it and I'm sure your fledgling organization will be seeing some more lucrative contracts come your way real soon."

"Ooo a mechanoid fantastic! I'll see what Charlene can scrounge up in the oil department." The Quaarm buzzes an intercom, "Charlene, when you have a moment some water and see if we've got any oil from when they fixed the furnace." "Certainly, I hear you heroes have a penchant for strong drink at any time." Buzzing again, "Charlene, also a whisky neat." "Ah, right down to business then... well let's see. This all started a week or so ago. As you may aware White Knight Surveillance specializes in Ætherspace security. The vast untapped potential of limitless data storage in that reality sphere has many corporations quite invested in converting all their old networks over. The downsides of Ætherspace, or perhaps it's strengths depending on who you ask, are its accessibility and nearly inability to be completely regulated by government agencies. That's where we come in. We provide freelance Ætherdivers who ensure corporations' data is kept safe from other more nefarious Ætherdivers." Oddsphere pauses as a secretary brings in the group's beverages. "I oversee a team of Ætherdivers and last week one of our agent, Agent Lars, went missing in Ætherspace. We tried to pull his consciousness out, but no luck and we're afraid that if we try a hard reboot of the system he might be lost in there forever."

The Stratitarian seems somewhat confused at the group's responses. "Why are you still here, I thought you had everything you needed? You really making me repeat myself? Fine what'd you miss?" MM Note: Fixed.

"Oh, figured you were friends of his. No matter, strong stuff comin' right up." The Chimeran pours a finger for the Adamite from a dusty brown colored bottle. "That stuff'll clean your insides from top to toe. I'll leave the bottle 'case you're interested in more." "Oh don't ya worry, you're in the company of perpetual day drinkers around this place. Rooms upstairs if your lookin' for a place to ever lie down."

"While I take pride in having a fine stock of many rare ingredients, the more culinary components you can find at Svet's Spice's at the southern edge of the Bazaar." OoC: Just as a heads up this is simply a bit of world building, no need to actually go to the spice shop.

"How did she do..." Collette's mutters to herself before turning back to the collection.

The headquarters of White Knight Surveillance sits in stark contrast to the other glitzy buildings of the Platinum Way. The imposing structure's architecture harkens back to a by gone era with ornate stone pillars and reliefs of warriors on chargers banners unfurled. The two Chimerans and Varen make their way inside and are greeted by a friendly secretary. Inquiring about Agent Oddsphere the trio are ushered into a cramped but tidy office. A Quaarm floats behind a desk reading from their holo-pad. "Ah heroes, right on schedule... I do so love punctuality. Won't you come in to my humble work space? Pardon my mess, my case load is a bit overwhelming at the moment and I'm running out of filing space. I'm Agent Oddsphere, epsilon cohort at your service." The Quaarm gives a slight bow, "Can I get you anything, coffee, water, tea?" Party Polaris Ursaring [with M.I.L.E.S.] (samurai-turtle) 15 cycle old female "Chimeran" Character Points: 0/10 Vitality: 8 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 2 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 0 Proficiencies: Medicine 1, Melee Weapons 1, Nature 1, Short Range Weapons 1, Spells: none, Credits: 10 Equipment: Mecha Strike (standard, kinetic, melee weapon), Inventory: Nanite Elixer (2x), Plasma Potion (2x), Varen Nastayo (KotZ) 26, Male, Human Character Points: 0/10 Vitality: 5/5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 0 Proficiencies: Culture 2, Deception 1, Insight 1, Persuasion 2, Long Range Weapon 1 Known Spells (if applicable): Credits: 55 Equipment: Lawyer's Rifle (Standard Long Range Energy weapon), Translator Cube Inventory: 1x Essence of Glibness, 1x Essence of Intellect Felix Mao (Khorne) 37 Cycles Old Male Chimeran Character Points: 1/10 Vitality: 5/5 Velocity: 3 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 1 Proficiencies: Short Range Weapons 1, Insight 1, Coding 1, Survival 1, Nature 1 Known Spells: Enhanced Vision Credits: 0 Equipment: 'Old Reliable' Plasma Handgun (Standard Short Range Energy Weapon), Cloaking Generator, Hacking Chip Inventory: Plasma Potion (1x) Mission Master (MM) Note: Welcome to Mission 2! Please look through and make sure I've got your stats correct. We'll get going once everyone has confirmed in thread. Please strive to keep out of character (OoC) comments limited. If it's a quick question or note, no problem, otherwise for lengthy discussions please use the appropriate non-mission thread. The goal is to have fun, so keep that in mind with your interactions between players, if I need to mediate anything please feel free to shoot me a PM. As noted in other discussion, I'm currently juggling a hectic schedule between newborn twins and the rest of life, so my activity will probably go in spurts, but my goal is to respond at bare minimum within 24hrs. Thanks for your patience and enjoy!

Zaria, Soren, and Yelana meet up outside the Oc|Tan refueling Depot on the lower level of Ebria Station. Lighting in the lower levels flicker and the grime of the station is thicker all around. The industrial smells of oil, metal, and plastic permeate the air and the whine of power saws from the nearby scrappers guild pierce through the hustle and bustle of merchants on the lower docks. The Depot occupies nearly one half of the arm of the lower level with storage tank upon storage tank stretching from floor to ceiling. Upon inquiring at the desk of the front office the heroes are ushered into a small quiet non-descript board room. Seating themselves at a table, a voice echoes through the room from a blank viewing screen mounted upon the far wall. "Hello, hello? Can't seem to get the scrying camera working right, one moment please." Seconds later a Stratitarian flashes upon the screen. "Ah there we go... oh you're still here. Well you're all set then, got everything ready?" Party Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 226 Year Old Female Elf Character Points: 0/10 Vitality: 6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 2 Smarts: 1 Spirit: 2 Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 1, Melee Weapons 2 Known Spells: Warding Bond, Solar Flare Credits: 0 Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour) Inventory: Energy Cell, Plasma Potion Soren Aeolus (The Legonater) 31-year-old male Human Vitality: 5 Velocity: 2 Strength: 1 Skill: 2 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 2 Proficiencies: Arcana 1, Insight 1, Piloting 2, Short-Range Weapons 1 Credits: 10 Known Spells: Elemental Evocation, Entropic Mending Equipment: MK-12 personal handgun (short-ranged standard energy weapon) Inventory: Farsight Goggles, Hacking Chip Yelana Fennix (Classic_Spaceman) Unknown age Female Human. Character Points: 0/10 Vitality: 6 Velocity: 2 Strength: 2 Skill: 3 Smarts: 2 Spirit: 1 Proficiencies: Artillery Weapons 1, Perception 1, Deception 1, Arcana 1 Credits: 0 Known Spells: Obfuscate Equipment: Modular Sniper Rifle (Calibrated Energy Artillery Weapon), Farsight Goggles Inventory: Plasma Potion Mission Master (MM) Note: Welcome to Mission 1 folks! Please ensure that your stats are correct. We'll get started once everyone has confirmed in thread. Please try and keep out of character (OoC) comments limited. For a quick question or note, no problem, otherwise for lengthy discussions please use the appropriate non-mission thread. The goal is to have fun, so keep that in mind with your interactions between players, if I need to mediate anything please feel free to shoot me a PM. As noted in other discussion, I'm currently juggling a hectic schedule between newborn twins and the rest of life, so my activity will probably go in spurts, but my goal is to respond at bare minimum within 24hrs. Thanks for your patience and enjoy!

Current 5th Edition D&D has 12 classes, but each has a number of subclasses for a grand total of 117, so we're small in comparison. Right now the limiting factor of classes is archetype, you want to play a wizard, we've got one, you want to play a knight, sure. Admittedly this appeals more to those players who want their character to "feel" a certain way and the mechanics come secondary. It doesn't do a whole lot for players who want to play a certain mechanical role (i.e. the Tank, the DPS, the Support, the Controller). It'd be cool to come up with a combination of these two in order to appeal to both types of players. D&D 4th edition sort of did this by dividing roles and "power sources" amongst their classes. So you had roles (Leader, Striker, Defender, Controller) and then you had the sources (Arcane, Divine, Martial, Primal, Psionic), so a Rogue would be a martial striker, while a barbarian would be a primal striker. The downside to this setup is sometime folks want to play a class, but not that specific role. Take for example Fighters, typically they are classified as martial defenders, but perhaps you want to be more of an offense type role but don't want to go down the route of being a sneaky rogue, with the 4e system you're sort of stuck. So the trick will be providing options that are intuitive without requiring reading through every class, but at the same time providing flexibility for those that want a certain "feel" but not necessarily the associated mechanics.

"I've told ya lot before, I'm just mindin' the bar, bouncin' ain't in the job description." Thorvald eyes the Adamite, "Sorry about 'em, if your lookin' for Roddy, he's out back in the gym. Otherwise I'll take your order if you want somethin'. Jobs can be found posted to the mission board, though the first two just shipped out."

"Ah distilled from the rare Juvian Night Howler, you'll find that potion really gets the blood pumping just when you need it. If you ever need anything more potent come and see me, you won't find quality like that anywhere else my friend."

Welcome. The Rules & FAQ are all you really need to join, the Library and Embassy topics are more for if you want to learn more about the world. Since this is a collaborative RPG, the intention is usually to allow players and Mission Masters (the ones running the game) as much creative liberty as possible, thus we strive to incorporate (where reasonable) any character backgrounds/species/history and just add it to the collective narrative. Looking at your character's stats, everything looks good and I've got to say that figure is awesome! Feel free to signup for Missions when they are available and always feel free to ask any questions you have here. Depends on what information you're looking for. The Library (as it currently stands) has a general scope of knowledge available, once you start getting into specifics though (like certain train schematics) or non-public information (Hart-LRTS connections), you'll be better served asking NPC's on the mission itself. Of course over time, as people contribute information from past quests or their own world building to the library the collection will grow. Remember, the majority of the Library is from Laserie's personal collection so it's unlikely she'd have a ton of specific write-ups on everything. You're always free to ask though and doing some mission prep isn't a bad thing at all.

"Alright I got a message for the elf, the bub in shades, and the girl with chopsticks. You're to report to the Oc|Tan refuel Depot on the docking level in 24hrs." Selected heroes for Mission #1: Mercenaries on the Boreal Express-Soren (Legonater) -Zaria (Kintober) -Yelana (Classic_Spaceman) Mission Master Note: Please complete any business in the Hall, Library, or Trade Bazaar in the next 24hrs. Mission will be posted at that time. "Ex-lawyer, Polaris and Felix a Quaarm sent a message saying to see him at White Knight headquarters as soon as you're ready." Selected heroes for Mission #2: Deep Dive -Varen (KotZ) -Polaris (samurai-turtle) -Felix (Khorne) Mission Master Note: Please complete any business in the Hall, Library, or Trade Bazaar in the next 24hrs. Mission will be posted at that time.