TEST DRIVE MEME

[letsgolegion]

TEST DRIVE MEME



Pick a scenario!

Scenario A: The Legion has been invited to a fancy reception with the United Planets Council because various public officials and dignitaries want to meet with the new Legionnaires. Even the older Legionnaires don't want to go, but they've been told that if they bring the rookies they'll get some funding and resources to work on their project of getting the newbies home.

So everyone's put on their best color-changing dresses and self-tying ties and are getting to work rubbing elbows and trying to pretend they actually want to be there.

Naturally, while some of the dignitaries are polite and genuinely interested in the plight of the interdimensional refugees, many of the dignitaries are downright rude in various ways, either by making the rookies feel as if they'll never measure up to the old Legion (as if being brought into this world is some fault of theirs) or by being condescending when hearing about their comparatively "primitive" worlds. ("Oh, you still use fossil fuels there? How quaint!") Some like the green-skinned Coluans are outright hostile, telling the rookies that by helping the Legion, they're betraying organic life because of the Legion's support of Robotica.

A fun time is being had by all, naturally.

Okay, that's a lie, but at least the rookies have each other to talk to, right? And there's no dearth of weird future fashion to quietly make fun off.


Scenario B: The reception is under attack! A Xanthan terrorist group has busted in and plans on taking some of the dignitaries hostage in exchange for some of their number being released from prison.

"Nobody move and no one has to get hurt!" the leader cries out, his gun pointed at Madame President.

Unfortunately for them, the Legion got a last-minute invite to this little shindig. Time to team up with one of your teammates to kick some butt and practice those quips!


REMINDER:

There are only 30 player slots in the game. We do want to remind players of that at each step towards game opening, just so they're aware during the reserve/app process that these slots might fill fast. We've also moved the opening of reserves a day to make it more convenient for the mods. Here are the current dates for upcoming events:

RESERVES WILL OPEN ON: 12/20/15 @ 5PM EST/2PM PST/10PM GMT
APPS WILL OPEN ON: 12/26/15 @ 5PM EST/2PM PST/10PM GMT
GAME STARTS ON: 1/01/16

Comments

[nerdninja]

"I know I'm smart. If they think otherwise, I want to see what they do when an alien terraforming device from another dimension comes knocking on their door." A lack of confidence in his own intelligence is probably less Donnie's issue than the fact that having to explain or prove it to people gets tedious, especially to people who lack the sense to recognize the difference between potential wasted and potential that simply hasn't had the potential to be properly tapped. "Ignorance isn't the same thing as stupidity, but I'm seeing a lot of the latter from somewhere in this room."

Hey, at least the snacks are pretty good.

"I'd assume they screen for that kind of thing before they serve it at a party with this many species in attendance, but..." Warning, nerd tangent incoming. "On the other hand, they're not used to having all of our species around to worry about. But that depends on how different we all are at the genetic level, and..."

Oh. Oh, man. He's getting that look.

"I wonder if everyone here is even a carbon-based life form to begin with?"

[worthlesspride]

"I would expect the majority would be." Oikawa looked around. "And most seem to breath oxygen."

Yeah, most of what Donnie said went over Oikawa's head. He's smart, but he's not a genius. Besides, physics was more his deal. Helped in volleyball.

"I think there's a silicon based life form over there. I don't remember what they're called but there was one in the legion. Quite the hero."

[nerdninja]

"Well, only about a fifth of the atmosphere being breathable works well enough for humans, so there's room for variation in here, even if I haven't looked into what the exact mix we're looking at is..."

He pauses to take a bite of that fruit, tapping the rind with one finger thoughtfully as he looks around.

"I've hardly gotten to reading up on the biology I've missed out on. Started with the engineering and..." Headshake. "There's so much it's hard to decide what order to take it all in."

[worthlesspride]

"There's a lot," Oikawa said. "And there are better things to worry about. We don't have the luxury to learn every culture before hand. This is a hit the ground running thing."

He looked around. Though he had to admit, being able to know just who and what they would be dealing with would be helpful. "Still... It wouldn't hurt to do some research during down time. That's pretty much what I've been doing with the Legion's history. That and coming up with strategies to deal with some past enemies of the Legion. I could start studying cultures of other worlds..." He trails off, weighing his options. Both would be helpful, but he's leaning to battle strategies being more important.

[nerdninja]

"Things intersect. Even when we were fighting back home, handling the science was always, well, my thing - but even if that was mostly engineering..."

Another bite.

"Terraforming, life support - biology intersects with engineering. Culture's going to intersect with everything else - politics, for instance." Not that they're particularly enjoying being stuck in a room full of politics, but the fact that they're here says it's something they're going to have to worry about. "We don't have time to get too in-depth on everything we come across, but if we can at least manage conversant, that's going to put a lot of things in better context."