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singularityooc2011-05-18 12:46 am
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Species Swap Event
On May 20th, Kaylee and Bro are going to go on a date. Normally, this wouldn't mean anything to anyone on the station except for them, but Kaylee just happens to be a very curious mechanic whose idea of the perfect date involves digging into the wiry heart of the station.
Long story short? The teleporters are about to start malfunctioning. While they'll still get your character from point A to point B, there will also be a solid chance that they will be one of the lucky people who experiences a random teleportation error. This error? It scrambles your character's DNA and they might just come out the other side with fins, hooves, or mandibles. A human is now a salarian. A troll is now a golden retriever. In short: species swap.
The effects will last until the 27th when Hypatia manages to replace the necessary parts to repair the damage done.
A quick run-down of rules are as follows:
-Species will be limited to current residents of the station unless otherwise approved.
-No splicing two or more species together please. We don't need any half-unicorn, half-dragon wolves running amok. Keep it simple. There's plenty enough to wig out over with a total gene swap.
-The swap will occur as a “random accident” upon your character teleporting. If you don't want to take part in the species swap shenanigans, it's safe to assume that your character simply wasn't effected.
To generate CR:
A log will go up on the start day of the event. Should you choose, the teleporter error may also have the unfortunate side-effect of routing your character to Garden Zone 1 instead of their desired location.
Don't fret, though, they won't be stuck and there will be more people behind them, coming through from other parts of the station on a similar detour. It's the perfect rendezvous. Have your character chat with them, gape at their new bodies, or find another teleporter and go on their merry way.
Or have a panic attack. Whichever.
Feel free to ask questions/leave comments in the labeled section below. Let's have fun, guys!
Long story short? The teleporters are about to start malfunctioning. While they'll still get your character from point A to point B, there will also be a solid chance that they will be one of the lucky people who experiences a random teleportation error. This error? It scrambles your character's DNA and they might just come out the other side with fins, hooves, or mandibles. A human is now a salarian. A troll is now a golden retriever. In short: species swap.
The effects will last until the 27th when Hypatia manages to replace the necessary parts to repair the damage done.
A quick run-down of rules are as follows:
-Species will be limited to current residents of the station unless otherwise approved.
-No splicing two or more species together please. We don't need any half-unicorn, half-dragon wolves running amok. Keep it simple. There's plenty enough to wig out over with a total gene swap.
-The swap will occur as a “random accident” upon your character teleporting. If you don't want to take part in the species swap shenanigans, it's safe to assume that your character simply wasn't effected.
To generate CR:
A log will go up on the start day of the event. Should you choose, the teleporter error may also have the unfortunate side-effect of routing your character to Garden Zone 1 instead of their desired location.
Don't fret, though, they won't be stuck and there will be more people behind them, coming through from other parts of the station on a similar detour. It's the perfect rendezvous. Have your character chat with them, gape at their new bodies, or find another teleporter and go on their merry way.
Or have a panic attack. Whichever.
Feel free to ask questions/leave comments in the labeled section below. Let's have fun, guys!
MORE ON PROGRAMS
ETA per Siri: "Big black tattoos, prominently placed. And a mysterious compulsion to be shirtless and/or wear very few clothes." (That last one's a joke.)
ETA: Your circuits are blue-white, mint green (idek man; they never explain that), or white if you have a close connection to Flynn. Or you've got spandex and a hockey helmet like Ram.
ETA 'cause I left it out: Since the only rectified program around is Rinzler, your circuits will probably be red-orange, though you could make an argument for outright red or orange, too.
You may or may not report to Abraxas, depending on whether your teleporter malfunction hit you with Abraxas's code (in which case you started as an ISO and will be independent) or Gibson or Anon's while they were infected (in which case you can have started as either an ISO or a Basic and will answer to Abraxas. You'll have a really abusive relationship with him.) For the latter, you're going to want to check with Corny first.
As with rectification, Flynn can fix this--maybe. We still haven't decided if he can cure Abraxas yet, but secondary infections like Gibson and Anon he's had success with. (Though that viral corruption may still linger deep in your code...)
BOSTRUMITES
If you lived on the Grid, you would be a resident of this little teeny colony in the middle of nowhere called Bostrum. On the Grid, Basics don't like ISOs, and ISOs aren't real crazy about Basics. This is vastly oversimplified, but it works well enough for right now.
One group of ISOs, led by Jalen (and his girlfriend Radia) founded Arjia City, which was an ISO stronghold that wanted to foster acceptance between the two groups and sing Kumbaya while holding hands and all that. The founders of what would eventually become Bostrum Colony... kinda wanted the exact opposite. They basically swanned off into the middle of what Carolyn pretty accurately called "the Grid desert" (in that nothing lives there, ever, and there's basically no energy) in order to get away from what they saw as virulent and hostile Basic attacks against ISOs. Needless to say, no Basics are allowed to join Bostrum Colony, and they're happy enough to be way out in the middle of nowhere without any Basics.
ANYWAY. History lesson over, now for the good stuff.
You've pretty much modified the shit out of yourself in order to survive in the Outlands, which are harsh and inhospitable and basically impossible to live in. You're more energy-efficient than all the other programs, since you basically have to be, and you're just that little bit more resilient than everyone else. Your night vision is pretty kickin', too--although you're pretty much SOL in the daylight. You can customize yourself more (or less, if you really want) using your disc, but that's pretty much the standard Bostrumite Outlands Survival Kit.
But wait, there's more! The Bostrumite Outlands Survival Kit also comes with a few aesthetic changes to the normal program deal. Bostrum Colony is essentially Teenage-Rebellion-Personified Colony, and as such, you want to set yourself apart from all the other
reindeerISOs--and especially from the Basics. (In case you hadn't noticed yet, they're kinda Grid-racist... although that's not really a genetic trait so much as a personality trait.) Ergo: bright green circuitry!Oh, and you've also got these pretty sweet black tribal-esque tattoos on your skin, just to make yourself that much different from all the other programs. And since there's pretty much no reason to give yourself these wicked sweet tats if no one can see them... you tend to dress in a method that proudly displays these markings. Yeah, that usually means shirtlessness if you're a dude and stripperifficness if you're a chick. This is by no means a hard-and-fast rule, though, and it's perfectly possible to come out of the teleporter with markings in places that would be visible in normal clothing... or, y'know, just put a damn shirt on so no one mistakes you for a hooker, you exhibitionist.
One other very important note: Gibson will be keeping a reeeeeeally close eye on you. :|
... this has been your daily dose of tl;dr about Tron, courtesy of Siri. Whoops. (Is anyone even going to turn into a Bostrumite I DON'T EVEN.)
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