Other thread was over 1000 posts.

As a heads up I encourage all player characters to check out Babylon Station.

Characters could try to see if certain supplies are available and nearby conversations may yield information about potential jobs, cargo and recent events.

Ah, logistics! Who if anyone is doing the purchasing for the ship?

Van will team up with them as he's getting the "friends and family" discount.

Tony

Since I'm already out there, I could.

This is probably something Alis may be involved in, as well as other various characters based on their crew roles

The engineers (Asha and Sancho) would be helpful in getting supplies to repair the Officer quarters and replace a washing machine/dryer, some gym equipment, and the crew station chairs.

 Kattalin might be the go to for the new monitors that are needed for the damaged crew stations.

Ody would be the go to for an auto doc.

Kala might be the go to for shipboard drones. Apophis has room for a few but the drone bay is empty.

You guys are good on PDC ammo, but torpedo load out isn't optimal. The only good news there is that at this point in the time line torpedoes are a rarity outside of the Earth and Martian navies.

Given the safety concerns I figured Kattalin would stay onboard prepping the ship in ways you can't do while in motion to be upgraded once the list of parts she sent with everyone going to the station became available.  If for some reason it becomes helpful to use Mars credit based income in person we can adjust that plan.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 4):

As well, great detail with the silver dollar. Nice find!

Tony

Not sure how you can help money wise yet. Babylon Station only deals with physical currency so as to stay off the radar of both the UN and MCR.

Yay, Alis is a trader/purser so she will handle the buying and selling of goods. I already established in game that she'd made a shopping list of stuff needed for both ships.

As for barter, either coin or stuff that isn't sensitive or that will raise questions can be used as 'money'.

If there is cash that would be better since that's easy, and this is just a pass thru location, so Alis would rather not dump any 'hot' or 'legitimate salvage' items here.

Well for now Ody is staying behind to guard the ship, as it would make more sense given the situation. But an autodoc would be great! I though the ship already had decent medical supplies to begin with.

In reply to Odysseas Kalliouris (msg # 9):

There are enough NPCs to guard the ship. So  don’t let that keep you from going onto the station.

I mean it's more of an IC choice, but that depends for how long we're staying I guess.

In game three days……

But since this is a PbP game we could literally be here for months in real time depending on how often people can post.

I had a 12 plus hour combat sortie in my Robotech game last like 2 years.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 12):

To get things moving along, Van will head into the station. He'll pay a visit to Isaac of course. Do they have a chandler where we can get supplies? And an armourer to stock up on munitions?

Tony

In regard to supplies, munitions, and other replacements I am looking for the players to actively post stating what they are looking for when they go to the bazar or bar/brothel.

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Sorry as the GM I am not going to make things magically appear. As the GM I want to know specifically what your character is looking for because you may look for stuff I (as the GM) have not thought off.

This game is interactive in that the players determine the direction of the game.

Peak marking season at the university where I work. Trying to look in to RPoL once a day, if only for my own sanity.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 14):

RP stuff out and make decisions that determine the direction of a game? You know me! I'd rather die a slow horrible death! First you start rping, then it leads to LARPing. God only knows where it leads to after that. Possibly Onlyfans!

I think I see the misunderstanding here. Another GM friend of mine noted that in his games the players would discuss and discuss and pose hypotheticals, but never actually post doing concrete things. He made a ground rule you needed to post doing things, that things would not happen nor stuff appear just because some thought was floated. That's never been my problem, eventually I do get down to fishing and not just cutting bait.

The intention is to soon post visiting different exotic and dangerous locations like one store, and then anther. Maybe a third afterwards? Logistics is super-exciting! But to rp it out was always the intention. Hopefully I get some kind of list (detailed, general, I'm not picky) of what we need and where to get it. I'm asking for player help on this (you'll need to supply locations). If the list has been posted anywhere please point me in the right direction. I don't mind asking for help but that's all it is, there is no expectation things will magically appear afterwards.

Tony

Tony - don't forget about my message too!!

Please jog my memory, where is this message?

Thanks, and I always appreciate help. I certainly don't remember everything! Especially posts from weeks ago or longer.

Tony

link to a message in this game

In reply to Asha Blackburn (msg # 19):

Thanks! I'll follow up on this. Anything I am missing?

Tony

I was hoping more PCs would go onto the station looking for supplies or just to chill out.

I tossed a few potential jobs, and some gossip towards Asha when she was at the bar, but there is always more….

Been busy with work the last few weeks. I am going to work on catching things up.