+1 Soco and Lime

[oldsouth]

Hey, this is Claire bringing in Leonard McCoy from the original series. He's sweet, sassy, and all the things we know and love. All my info is already up on my profile or my journal if you are looking for the app and/or miscellaneous information.

My plurk is slanndalous and I look forward to playing with you all.

-Claire

UPDATES: Alemar III Plot (Day 2), Apps, and a new Test Drive!

[ten_fwd_mods]

Hello, Everybody!

Your friendly Mod Gabby here with a few updates. It's been two weeks on the nose since we started things off with our game plot, and we're ready to move ahead with Day 2 objectives. I realize that many of the Day 1 objectives are still in progress -- and that's absolutely fine! Nothing has to stop there once Day 2 goes live, so tagging can continue indefinitely. This way, those who have been waiting for Day 2 to get their characters in can get started. We just wanted to check in and make sure there were no imminent problems before we continued. If everyone has their plots in a row, we'll start Day 2 off tomorrow night around 8pm EST (GMT-4) -- that's Sunday night for those of us playing in the US. Like Day 1, we'll allow for sufficient time to let all teams post in and establish what they're doing before we move on to the end of the plot.

Please sound off in the comments if you have any questions or concerns!

Apps: All apps have been reviewed and will begin to be processed over the next few days. We'll be sure to get an OOC Meet & Greet post up by tomorrow so everyone can start mingling with our new players, but if you're new please feel free to post to the OOC comm and introduce yourself! We'll have a plotting post up next weekend as well.

Reserves: Reserves will be open tomorrow (technically later today) for the September app period! Remember, the dates for September apps are slightly different, as half your mods will be away on the 1st. But we'll carry you in our hearts. &heart;

A new Test Drive Meme! Since our last Test Drive has crested 1,000 tags (WOW), there WILL be a new TDM up within the next few hours! It'll be open until the next TDM. Keep your eyes peeled for that, and please feel free to toss whomever you like in, even if it's just for a lark. We welcome any and all characters!


Questions? Concerns? Leave them here! :)

(no subject)

[shanjifyo]

Hey guys!

Amber (player of Irian aehallh) here, bringing in one Stahma Tarr from Syfy's Defiance. Long story short, Stahma is a refugee from the destruction of her home system thousands of years ago; some thirty-odd years ago, her people's fleets arrived in orbit of Earth, and they were eventually permitted to settle on the planet. Lots of things have happened in between then and now, including a series of conflicts called the Pale Wars and an accident in which all of the alien Arks (ships) in orbit of the Earth exploded simultaneously, unleashing the terraforming technology contained inside and turning Earth into a half-alien hybrid world.

Stahma will act demure, proper and charming to your face — having been raised in a culture where women are regarded as second-class citizens, this is reflexive for her. Underneath, though, she's almost always planning or calculating something. She's very good at manipulating people and not afraid of doing so, even people she cares about, but she also has to do so subtly. She murdered her fiancé — who was chosen for her by her parents — so she could be with the man she loved, and successfully made the murder look like an accident. That was a thing that happened, among a lot of other things that have happened since.

I'm not gonna tl;dr all the details, since you can find them in her app. :)

I'm available on plurk at sorceresses, and if you haven't added me there yet, feel free! Otherwise you can PM me, or there's an OOC contact post here.

(no subject)

[mrfriendship]

HELLO THERE ERRYBODY.

My name's Medli and I'm bringin' you guys another one of dem Kamen Riderz, Gentaro Kisaragi aka Kamen Rider Fourze! From the show Kamen Rider Fourze. I bet you wouldn't have guessed.

His canon is heavily involved in space Gentaro's been there himself about a trillion times already, so this isn't going to be too weird for him. More or less he's just going to use it as an opportunity to befriend everyone. That includes you, Q! :>

If you wanna learn more about him I've got my app up on this journal but please don't look at it because it's really bad, and if you wanna learn more about me (blushu~) feel free to add me on Plurk at sanctiimonia! Much like Gen-chan himself, I love new friends. C:

Well, that's about it. I'm so excited to be here and I can't wait to play with as many of you as I can!

TEST DRIVE MEME #4 - The Arboretum/Ten Forward

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Option 01: Aboard the Enterprise, The Arboretum: In exploring the Enterprise, you end up on Deck 17, section 21 alpha: the arboretum. Instantly upon entering you can tell this room is different from all the others. For one thing, you're now standing on grass. It's no illusion, no simulation; it's real grass, leading up to a small pond in the center of the room. All around you grows a variety of plant life, trees and bushes and hanging plants, flowers and herbs and even what one might consider weeds. The arboretum is, for all intents and purposes, a botanic garden, used both recreationally for passengers to relax and enjoy, and scientifically for research and study. After all, the scope of alien plant life is impressive, from the Cyprion cacti down to the Earth variety roses.

The room is well lit and large, with benches to rest on and small walking paths. Children are grouped off in one corner working on botany projects, while some passengers are seen kneeling in the dirt carefully tending to their garden patches. There are even windows along one wall, allowing for a view of space while the room itself gives the illusion of daylight. It's the perfect spot to relax, read a book, or grab a spare spade and dig in the dirt. Or perhaps you've been looking for the right moment to say hello to the passenger standing off by the venus flytraps.





Option 02: Aboard the Enterprise, Ten Forward: Or maybe not. You've just arrived, and you have no idea what just happened. One minute you were somewhere else, and now you're in what looks like a spacious, well-appointed bar. The hum of the crowd is inviting, and the drinks look invigorating. There are people eating and drinking, some in uniform, others not. Some are clearly aliens.

Try to find out why you're here, or catch a drink at the bar; there's always something happening here.

+the other Kirk

[star_born]

Gonna make this quick and sweet. Hey there! I'm Pho and I'm bringing in AOS Jim Kirk. I'm bringing him right before the whole hospital scene. (Trying to not be spoilerish? If this is still spoilerish to anybody here?) Anyway, looking forward to playing with everyone, because he will be so pleased to be on the Enterprise that's not his Enterprise.

Anyway, feel free to add me at plurk. I can never get the coding right so I'm just going to do it the lame little link way. Here at rubberbandaid.

+1 webhead and +1 grumpy detective from the ~future~

[spideys]

Hey Ten Forward!

For those who don't know me yet, my name's Jen and I am your resident Rose Tyler (defendergirl) and Rory Williams (rorypond) player. This month I'm bringing in two new bbs from very different sets of canons.

The first is Peter Parker (this guy) from The Amazing Spider-Man movies. If you're familiar at all with Spider-Man, this Peter is basically all of that with a couple of canonical changes thrown in, all of which you can find in some detail in his app. The most important thing is that he's Spider-Man but he'll be figuring out how to ... be that superhero and maintain his secret identity. He comes in immediately after the first movie, so he's still learning how to do everything.

Already established heroes and Avengers? He's coming for you. :3

The second pup I'm bringing in is John Kennex (likeavirtue) from Almost Human, the delightful, smart, exciting, and sadly now cancelled JJ Abrams series. He is a detective, he has a loooot of issues, and he'll probably be more familiar with Ten Forward and Star Trekian space than Peter, tbh. For more information about him and his world, check out his app.

Both have permissions pages for your perusal and any questions can always be sent to any of my social media-type venues, most notably plurk: skyfell. Feel free to add, and don't mind me if I add you as well. I'm sneaky like that. :O

Looking forward to some great CR with these guys (and of course to continue CR with my previous ones!).

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[astronavigatrix]

Hello, all! My name's Renae and I'm bringing along Barbarella from the 1968 cult classic of the same name. :) I understand that very few people, if that, will be familiar with the canon, so here's a Wikipedia page that will hopefully give you an idea of the character and her world. You can also read my app in her journal; and I'd be more than happy to clear up any questions you might have.

My Plurk handle is heroine_addict. Feel free to add me! :D I can't wait to get acquainted with everyone and dive into the game!

Reserves are now OPEN for September!

[ten_fwd_mods]

Reserves are OPEN for the September application period! Reserves will remain open for 15 DAYS this month, closing on September 1st just prior to apps opening.

Remember, September apps will run from the 2nd to the 10th since some of your mods will be away on the 1st.

Any questions? Comments? Let us know! We look forward to playing with you all come September!

Alemar III Day Two: Plot update is a go!

[ten_fwd_mods]

Hello hello, everyone!

As of this post, our Alemar III plot has officially moved to Day 2/Stage 2. There may be no new Day 1 posts made, but all existing posts can continue to be updated and played through, particularly as many Real Life schedules have made threading slow for many of us. There are no hard and fast rules on wrapping up a team objective at a certain time, so please feel free to keep going at a pace which is fun and comfortable for you all. Threading Day 2 objectives can happen simultaneously, and however your team prefers to proceed should be discussed among you.

What this means plot-wise: On Day 2, the Crystaloid monster comes back to ravage our second team of fighters. Our first team of fighters will now move on to mending their wounds and assisting other teams insomuch as they can. Our Engineers in charge of re-establishing communications will get a message off to the Enterprise, and Captain Picard will dispatch our Rescue Mission team. Once on Alemar III, they will split up and head off to assist the other teams. Please refer to your plot e-mails for the full run-down of your Day 2 objectives. The mods will be checking in and updating you all there as Day 2 progresses. You may also use this post to plot with other teams or ask questions.

What this means for everyone on the Enterprise: Since we've just wrapped another app cycle and have some new characters joining the ship, I'm sure some of you have been wondering about how this will affect your Intro Posts. Posts may absolutely continue to be made on the Enterprise throughout the duration of the plot. More than half our cast is still on the ship, so there should be plenty of opportunities for CR with new characters. This is where time gets a little bendy-wendy; while, generally speaking, days pass in-game about the same as they do in the real world, we're stretching 3 in-game days out over a few weeks in the real world. So for new characters making Intros, it should be assumed that yesterday was when the away team headed out, and tomorrow is when they will return.

As before, you will have ample time to post and tag around before Day 3 starts, so how quickly or how slowly your team accomplishes their objectives should be decided among you. Each team can make as many or as few posts as they like over the course of each in-game day; posts do not have to be made by team leaders and only team leaders, so if you're one of the other characters and have an idea for a separate post, please feel free to let your team know and go for it! We'll give a few days' notice before starting Day 3 objectives, so that if any relevant posts need to go up beforehand players will have time. Backtagging is, as always, encouraged. Everything may continue to be tagged for as long as it takes.

Remember, NPCs are yours to use if you feel like it. In addition to the Enterprise crew, there are the scientists and engineers who live and work on Alemar III who will have to be somewhere during events. Whether they were knocked unconscious, wounded, trapped somewhere, or perhaps can offer valuable help in explaining the planet, if your character needs them for a subplot, have at them! The mods can be contacted if you have any questions on how this can be done.

Be sure you hold onto your plotting e-mails, which contain the relevant IC and OOC information for your group, and also be sure to check in over at the original OOC plot post for more, particularly the QUESTIONS subthread. If you get stuck and need help, this is the first place you should check!

Contact the mods if you have any problems, and have fun!

Introduction, and calling any/all sciene-y muses!

[theycallmetodd]

Hello, new player here!

I go by the name of Meles, and I'll be playing this here ancient Wraith.

For those unfamiliar with his canon, he's basically a somewhat telepathic space vampire. He feeds on humans. Which brings me to my next topic: curing him of his feeding habits.

If he's going to function on board the Enterprise, he can't go around feeding on and killing people. While it could be handwaved by simply going "Q fix'd!" it would be a waste of a good plot device. In the show there is an attempt with gene therapy to make it unnecessary for his kind to feed on humans. It failed, but I'd love if that or something similar could be made to work here in-game. He'll need access to research facilities/medical labs (Staff? Captain Picard? Mods? Yes? No?) and he'll need help.

So if there are any clever muses who would feel inclined to help save the poor guy from starving to death, I'd absolutely love to plot and plan with you.

I'm on AIM as meles_meles, and on Plurk: Blottrgarm. Feel free to add me for plotting or talking or general geekery. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Welcome Post | Meet & Greet!

[ten_fwd_mods]

Hello August Apps, and welcome to Ten Forward!

By this point we only have a few apps left pending, so we wanted to roll out the official welcome mat and say hello to all our new players. We're all looking forward to playing with you and getting to know you, and we the mods want to be available to answer any questions you have. We'll be popping in on all your intro posts, but we also wanted a handy official-type welcome up so everyone can meet, mingle, and be sure their questions get answered.

Our last few Meet & Greet posts cover some basics, like what's the deal with these "Food For Thought" posts, how we handle IC intros/opening posts here, what your character should expect when arriving, and a who's who of players and their muses. We'll go ahead and repeat some of the important basics:

• Intros/OPs: Your Opening Post can be where and when you prefer, as long as it isn't in a restricted area (ie: the bridge, engineering, crew operations). If you'd rather tag someone else's post to establish your entrance, that's totally allowed. The standard setup is to be winked into Ten Forward by Q, but if you need special arrangements leave a comment letting us know.
  
  
• Life On Board: Your characters' first few days on the ship will involve a lax quarantine to guest quarters, Ten Forward, and the lifts/hallways between the two only. The medical staff will need to see them to clear them of disease and log their bio reading for future medical attention. Afterwards, they'll be assigned more permanent quarters and a roommate (unless there's a reason they cannot room with someone else), and be able to wander the civilian areas of the ship more freely.
  
  
• Sickbay: A sickbay post may be arranged to play out the new character's checkups, but it is not required if you would prefer to handwave your character checking out and getting the all clear from the docs aboard. If your character has any special medical conditions, let us know. If you have any other requests, leave a comment.
  
  
• Rooms: We will be assigning all new characters a room and a roommate by random draw. This means if you have special requirements or considerations, you should leave a request in a comment here with your character journal. Some examples would be: if your character has a spouse or SO they would prefer to be roomed with; your character is unable to share quarters because of their physiology/temperament; and the like. If you're bringing in a high-ranking Starfleet officer, you may be assigned VIP quarters. IC, the Enterprise crew would be sure any important officers would have the best rooms, but OOC we don't want you to miss out on building CR with another character, so all officers will automatically be treated the same as other characters unless you tell us otherwise.
  
  
• Plot/CR: August's plotting meme is located here, or you may leave a comment directly to this post if you're looking for any particular plots or CR for your character. Tag around other people's requests and make some new connections.

The current game plot: You may be wondering how the current game plot will affect your IC Intros. We've covered that here. We also have a number of really lovely OOC Intros floating around the comm, so scroll back and have a look. If you haven't made your own Intro post, leave a comment here telling us who you are and who you play, leave your preferred means of contact if you'd like to keep in touch with other players, and tell us of any plots and plans you're hoping to accomplish while here. Or, if you'd like something a lot more laid back, how about an OOC dance party? We do these every once in a while to share fun links, silly ideas, music and geekiness, so come cut loose with us! It's still brand new.

Are there any other questions? Did the mods overlook something important? Please feel free to contact us, night or day, using the e-mail address tenforwardmods [at] gmail [dot] com, or leave a comment on this post. We'll get to all your questions as soon as possible.

We look forward to meeting everyone! Come, say hi!