STATE OF THE GAME: AUGUST 2015

[unplug]

▶ THE ZION DEFENCE GRID

▼ STATE OF THE CREWS

In the wake of the catastrophe of Olympus, the ZDG is once again suffering shortage and set backs, with patrolling missions sent to civilian outposts spreading the fleet thin, although there have been no other machine strikes since.

Various ships were grounded in the aftermath for extensive repairs, most notable being the Nidhoggr, the extent of the damage putting it on the market for private interest. Tony Stark has since capitalised on this opportunity and word has it is looking for a civilian crew to outfit it for research purposes. (An OOC organisational comment here will go up for the interested.) The Phoenix is also currently grounded for reparation and eventual reassignment.

▼ AWAY ON BUSINESS

The Atalanta were last reported to be attending to some kind of retrieval and interrogation mission, targeting an important AI presence. Information will be disseminated upon mission completion and wrap up.

▶ ITEM DROP

Systemwide's first Item Drop is now live, and will remain open until midnight September 1. This is an opportunity for characters to receive an item through mysterious means taken directly from their home world, or the chance to enter a lottery for something more unusual.

Characters will receive their items on September 7.

▶ FRACTIOUS NATURE

With the appearance of the Architect last month delivering his own cryptic warning, questions about nature of the enemy simmer amongst those who care to speculate about such things. Many do not, but some do. If the agenda of the Machines is more mysterious than once assumed, what else is there to be discovered about what they want? And what of the Machines could possibly be older than the Oracle, or the Architect himself?

But maybe you shouldn't be listening to even very handsome artificial intelligences anyway.

▶ HOUSEKEEPING

▼ ACTIVITY CHECK

We have adjusted our activity requirements, beginning this round (August 24-31) and continuing. This means we will require lighter activity check proofs that we hope will encourage posting especially. We will continue to monitor these kinds of processes to ensure they match our game environment and pace.

The current activity check is now open, so remember to submit your proofs before midnight August 31!

▼ ENABLE ME MEME

We have posted an informal Enable Me Meme that you are welcome to share and of course, post to! You can find it on the admin Plurk for replurking purposes as well.

▶ KEY DATES

Activity Check: August 24-31
Test Drive: September 15 (Current Post)
Reserves: Currently Open
Applications: Currently Open

Comments

[anthophobia]

I'm totally down for this. I'll be on vacation from the 6th through the 11th, and totally unreachable for that week, but it sounds like this mission would happen after that anyway.

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