Season Seven OOC

X · June 16, 2008, 02:27:41 PM

Yeah, that sounds good. A break would be nice. I've been getting swamped with personal life issues and I feel bad that I'm not pulling my weight with the story.

moyer777 · June 16, 2008, 05:20:42 PM

Quote from: Just X on June 16, 2008, 02:27:41 PM
Yeah, that sounds good. A break would be nice. I've been getting swamped with personal life issues and I feel bad that I'm not pulling my weight with the story.

me too. I love writing, but so much is going on right now.

Jen · June 16, 2008, 05:41:09 PM

Yes, it all needs to be tied up into a nice little bow before we do take a break though. So if any of you can help us push this into an ending that makes sense that would be great. If we all post a little a day that will progress the story further than if a handful of people are doing the bulk of the writing.

Listen to the past few Ready Rooms to get caught up. We've had several people help us record all the posts in the RPG for the past few weeks. So there should be no problem with knowing what's going on if you're not able to read for some reason or another.

Meds · June 17, 2008, 11:28:51 AM

Great post regarding D'Callans medical help Jen, brilliant writing. I'm quite close to my character now (strange how that happens) and its weird reading about him lying there. really enjoyed that, excellent detail.

Jen · June 17, 2008, 11:34:14 AM

:D thanks.. glad you liked it. Thought I'd dust off the old EMH... Or the new one actually. I described the EMH Mark II. Not sure if he's a higher version or not, but I thought it would be fun. Plus, our doctors can't be good at EVERYTHING. That always annoyed me about Star Trek. The docs were totally awesome at everything they did. :D

Meds · June 17, 2008, 12:04:47 PM

Yeah i must say that did gripe me a bit. You never saw any of them leaving their scalpels in patients, i mean that happens all the time at our hospital, erm ......

Jen · June 23, 2008, 10:59:07 AM

Here are some ideas folks have been working on behind the scenes for the RPG. Use them to progress the story, but check with others in this thread before you post it. Bounce ideas off of each other. That's what this thread is for ;)
These are only ideas and we are currently trying to get together to do a joint post to resolve a few of them:

1. The child that lead Sevryll's group to the magician is a federation scientist
2. The magician can only perform his "feats of magic" when the child is in his presence.
3. There are only two missing scientists left alive. One is the Denoblian that Desi posted about... she is being held captive. She may be a good guy...
4. The other scientists tracked down the two mentioned above and tried to resolve the problem. They were "outed" by the child as witches and the were "taken care of" by the Ter'Ossic.
5. Aeric James and Nareen Tev-Awash have discovered the mummy of one of the dead scientists. They are working to bring it back to Arabella for study.

Those are the ideas we have so far. Fill in the gaps or add to the story, but check with your fellow writers by using the OOC before writing really important details. For example, ask before your character solves the mystery. Work with others through joint posts. Collaborating is the best way to write when you're too busy to post on your own, or if you're stuck. Other people's ideas are very helpful in getting around writers' block.

Meds · June 23, 2008, 12:32:04 PM

Great idea's, wish i could write more but alas i'm lying down dying (or surviving depending on your positive outlook) aboard the Arabella. I may not be here to see the conclusion of this mission so i'll have to do some catching up when i get back. Keep writing guys you are all doing a fab job.

institches · June 27, 2008, 09:51:20 PM

Okay, I posted the thing about Miri's planet. The planet name and facts were from a book by Blish who posited that a separatist movement colonized another planet and belligerently opposed further communication.

Jen · July 12, 2008, 09:49:33 AM

END SEASON SEVEN.

Ok, let's put our heads together and decide how to bridge this season with the next. Ideas have been discussed in the OOCSeason Eight thread, to link the two. We can skip the details of how the last scientist was saved and go straight to the end.

I set up the reason why things went south on Ter'Oss... we just need to smack it out of the ballpark. I'd prefer to do that this weekend so we can start brainstorming for Season Eight and relax for a month before it begins.

Does anyone have a problem with nipping this thing in the bud this weekend? If not, let's discuss bridging these two seasons and wrap this up.

X · July 12, 2008, 10:15:49 AM

I say, that a sun spot allows brief sensor and transporter operations thanks to Blue boy's probes. They get the people beamed off and Starfleet handles cleanup off screen.

Jen · July 12, 2008, 11:11:22 AM

Maybe Aria get's that info from Aeric when she relays the message Sevryll asked her to send in my last post? We could have the last scientist beamed off as she's climbing out a window... she materializes on a transporter pad with everyone else as Quinn is disappearing from the bridge... for his trip to Wonderland (Mirror Universe).

X · July 12, 2008, 11:12:04 AM

Quote from: Jen on July 12, 2008, 11:11:22 AM
Maybe Aria get's that info from Aeric when she relays the message Sevryll asked her to send? We could have the last scientist beamed off as she's climbing out a window... she materializes on a transporter pad with everyone else as Quinn is disappearing from the bridge... for his trip to Wonderland (Mirror Universe).

Fantastic idea!

Jen · July 12, 2008, 11:15:14 AM

Anyone else? If not, I'm going to work on a joint post with Just X to end this season. Please visit Season Eight's OOC thread, and contribute to the discussion a few of us are having regarding the next story.

Remember, we're breaking for a month. So if you get the itch to write, work on your character profiles... several of those need updating. Start a backstory in your profile, if you can. Read the ones that have been written already by other authors. I think aside from myself and Just X there's only one or two others. Omra and Dufster (who no longer writes in the RPG). Backstories help a writer know more about the person they are playing. They are a source if information that you can draw form in the Seasons you are writing in. They make your character more believable... more real. Try it out. It's lots of fun. And, read the ones others have written. Backstories provide interesting insight into characters you thought you knew well.