Plot: Beyond the Sea
OKAY SO. I have done some basic skeleton work for another plot. Do you like... THE OCEAN? Do you like... HORROR?? That is what this plot is, hurray!
Quick Facts:
Preferred Date: ?
Synopsis: A small number of the crew is sent to aid a recovery team attempting to investigate and repair the Deepstar 7, a deep-sea mining station that lost contact with the surface shortly after encountering an alien artifact. Only a few reports from the original team have reached the surface; they speak of mechanical failures, growing interpersonal tensions among the workers, and inexplicable accidental deaths. Will the crew be able to uncover the mystery before they themselves become its victims?
Plot Length: 2 weeks
Plot Size: Up to 8 (private plot)
Plot Location: Off-ship Mission
Plot Runner: Tetra
If it's on a world, what is the setting? If it's on the ship, how will it affect the setting? A deep sea station located approximately five miles below the surface of the ocean of Nereus IV. There are some small temporary settlements located on the closest land mass; these are forward bases from which people plan to begin colonization, though for now most are manned by personnel supporting the station (for the dock, shipyard, comm station, etc.). Nereus IV is home to a surprising amount of deep sea life, many much larger than their Earth counterparts, as well as large mineral deposits located mostly below the ocean.
If there's a mission, what is the mission objective? Find out what happened to the original crew of the Deepstar 7, get the station back up and running, reestablish communications with the surface, and maybe investigate the artifact, if possible.
Who will this plot involve and affect? Away team only.
What long-term effects are you hoping this plot will have? No shipwide long-term effects.
This plot will focus a lot on fear and suspicion; although there will be some actual physical threats, it's not really focused around bashing things in the face or being completely unaffected by whatever threat arrises. Instead, the crew will be subjected to a pressurized environment in which they don't really know what's going on, they're stuck in a big undersea station that is malfunctioning, NPCs are getting picked off, and crew members might actually be sabotaging the station. So if you want to play with claustrophobia or existing interpersonal conflicts that get exacerbated under pressure, go for it.
There will also be plenty of opportunity to play with fears, since the crew will be experiencing nightmares while aboard. Maybe they're afraid of diseases, or facing the people back home, or being alone, or it can be completely ordinary or even pleasant dreams that just happen to prevent them from functioning properly while five miles under the ocean. Sleep deprivation and all. I'm also pretty open to suggestions for the characters involved in the plot, so if you (for instance) want your character to sabotage something, intentionally or unintentionally, or maybe just want them to do something in particular like going out and fixing something outside the station, or exploring, or even if you just want them to do something cool or scary and don't know what, I'll try and work with you to make it happen.
So yeah, I know a couple of you were interested or tentatively interested. If this still sounds like something you'd want to do, please let me know.
ETA:This is the tentative list so far, I'll get back to you on details once I know more about how the plot's going to schedule out o7
Quick Facts:
- It takes place on a deep sea station that has lost contact with the surface.
- There will be an overarching mystery of what happened to the original crew, plus survival elements, plus an environment of paranoia and suspicion.
- Engineering and medical tasks will be especially important as the crew tries to get the station functioning again.
- Characters will be given ample opportunity to explore nightmares and fears.
- Only room for eight people, since I believe that's the maximum for a private plot. Priority to people who help NPC, because I will probably need the help 8|
Preferred Date: ?
Synopsis: A small number of the crew is sent to aid a recovery team attempting to investigate and repair the Deepstar 7, a deep-sea mining station that lost contact with the surface shortly after encountering an alien artifact. Only a few reports from the original team have reached the surface; they speak of mechanical failures, growing interpersonal tensions among the workers, and inexplicable accidental deaths. Will the crew be able to uncover the mystery before they themselves become its victims?
Plot Length: 2 weeks
Plot Size: Up to 8 (private plot)
Plot Location: Off-ship Mission
Plot Runner: Tetra
If it's on a world, what is the setting? If it's on the ship, how will it affect the setting? A deep sea station located approximately five miles below the surface of the ocean of Nereus IV. There are some small temporary settlements located on the closest land mass; these are forward bases from which people plan to begin colonization, though for now most are manned by personnel supporting the station (for the dock, shipyard, comm station, etc.). Nereus IV is home to a surprising amount of deep sea life, many much larger than their Earth counterparts, as well as large mineral deposits located mostly below the ocean.
If there's a mission, what is the mission objective? Find out what happened to the original crew of the Deepstar 7, get the station back up and running, reestablish communications with the surface, and maybe investigate the artifact, if possible.
Who will this plot involve and affect? Away team only.
What long-term effects are you hoping this plot will have? No shipwide long-term effects.
This plot will focus a lot on fear and suspicion; although there will be some actual physical threats, it's not really focused around bashing things in the face or being completely unaffected by whatever threat arrises. Instead, the crew will be subjected to a pressurized environment in which they don't really know what's going on, they're stuck in a big undersea station that is malfunctioning, NPCs are getting picked off, and crew members might actually be sabotaging the station. So if you want to play with claustrophobia or existing interpersonal conflicts that get exacerbated under pressure, go for it.
There will also be plenty of opportunity to play with fears, since the crew will be experiencing nightmares while aboard. Maybe they're afraid of diseases, or facing the people back home, or being alone, or it can be completely ordinary or even pleasant dreams that just happen to prevent them from functioning properly while five miles under the ocean. Sleep deprivation and all. I'm also pretty open to suggestions for the characters involved in the plot, so if you (for instance) want your character to sabotage something, intentionally or unintentionally, or maybe just want them to do something in particular like going out and fixing something outside the station, or exploring, or even if you just want them to do something cool or scary and don't know what, I'll try and work with you to make it happen.
So yeah, I know a couple of you were interested or tentatively interested. If this still sounds like something you'd want to do, please let me know.
ETA:This is the tentative list so far, I'll get back to you on details once I know more about how the plot's going to schedule out o7
- Howard or maybe Eva
- Erhart
- John Crichton
- Allenby
- Lash
- Jamie McCrimmon
- M'gann
- Jake
- Cassie
- Jamie H.
- Aya
- Azula
- Kaya