A New Hope: OOC Plotting Post

[melodiesmods]

Hello, this post is for you to plot and coordinate everything about the current event, as the first event post is now getting a bit old. Refer to this post for previous plotting and event details.

As a reminder, all new characters + all those who were made prisoners back in January are prisoner in the Heran Research Center. A team will be attacking the Research Center, while another will be going in to rescue the Heroes kept prisoner inside. Meanwhile in the Imperial City, many characters are interacting with imperial agents, both to create distraction and further their own plans.

At the same time than the rescue team will attack, power will flicker in the research facility. Power will go on and off at intervals, meaning this would be the ideal moment for imprisoned characters to do whatever they have in mind. The doors won't magically open, so if they have a plan of some sort to get out, they will have to enact it.


This post will be updated as the event progress. Player plans and new enemies encountered relating to what is happening within the Research Facility will be posted here to make tracking things easier.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[melodiesmods]

Re: QUESTIONS

[flowers_suck]

With enough force, say some bed frames/tables lashed together with blankets and used as a ram, or fashioned into a prying tool, would it be possible to get a door open?

Re: QUESTIONS

[hiddenedges]

Will any of the guards be on the floor if/when they manage to slip through the doors, and if the guards are there will they be able to get taken down by a group of Heroes using basic (ie pieces from the beds) weapons?

Re: QUESTIONS

[gomu_ningen]

The floors themselves.. is it possible to strike through them? I don't imagine they are all that thick, so the plan that Luffy has gotten into his head is to break through the floor they are being kept on and get themselves to a lower level where the doors and walls aren't as tightly guarded or watched over. The idea is that the guards and staff won't be expecting it, and it's also more in character for Luffy to try something like this.

Re: QUESTIONS

[lelisjaune]

If/when anyone manages to get to them, what do the guards have on their person? Weapons, keys, keycards that give access to certain floors/technology/etc, or other items of note. Are there distinct ways to distinguish rank among them? Do they carry some kind of ID on their person? Also, what floors might we start encountering them?

Re: QUESTIONS

[lastfonmasterguardian]

Are there any non-door/unconventional exits that characters might be able to spot or pick up on? In particular, are there any that a small person might be able to fit or maneuver through?

Re: QUESTIONS

[free_spirited_wind]

I noticed that there are air ducts in the building that are possible to crawl through. Would it be possible for Ib to use them to get to where the prisoners are?

She's sneaking in during the confusion and that seems like it would be the best way to get around the place stealthily.

The Captive's Crystals...

[deadlyvu]

So it's been mentioned in two threads below, but I wanted to ask here to get a definite response. My impression was that we captives/new arrivals can't use our Job-skills until our Crystals have gone to the Crystal of Fire. Is that correct, or during our jail-break, will we all suddenly find we can use our job-skills?

Thank you!

[wings_of_steel]

If there was a enough brute force, can doors be taken down as well? Can it be safe to assume that bed legs and such for the beds in the facility to also be used as weapons?

Re: QUESTIONS

[flowers_suck]

We have a large group in the hall on Sub-Level 20. Is there an accessible staircase for them to get to other floors?

Re: QUESTIONS

[hiddenedges]

Just to make sure: the lights/electricity/power is being affected on all levels of the building and not just the level the prisoners are on? So there will be periods of no lights and not working doors too?

Re: QUESTIONS

[her_rose_is_red]

Is there any way we could get the basic stats for guards and any other generic enemies that might be found in there? Just so we can run some encounters on our own?

Re: QUESTIONS

[no_dreams_for_you]

Is there anything inside this facility that can be lit up and used as a torch? What kind of materials can they find?

PLOTTING: RESCUE TEAMS

[melodiesmods]

Team Distraction/Extraction

[red_planet_blues]

EY YO

- Sparks is taking charge of this but your character is totally free to do what they want/tell him to get bent/whatever, it's totally cool.
- Everyone interested in going is going to meet in Balicea since Saori went ahead and rented some ships.
- The team was to wait for word from Ramza and Jack, if their peace talks with the Empire went well. They don't, so they'll eventually set sail,
- Sparks scouted ahead of the group to see what security on the island is like. There are no guards or anything visible outside, but there's also nowhere to hide their ships so they're probably going to know we're coming. He'll advise that everyone coming along come armed and ready for anything.
- ???
- PROFIT?? Or death, maybe that.

I'll post to the log eventually, forgive any slowness as I have a chest cold that's murdering me right now.

Re: PLOTTING: RESCUE TEAMS

[her_rose_is_red]

Ib is planning to use all the commotion to sneak in and try to find the prisoners. The idea is to avoid fighting as much as possible, but she is a max level Red Mage with six months in summoner, so she'll fight if she has to.

If anyone wants to notice her sneaking in and tag along, I am totally okay with that.

PLOTTING: PRISONERS

[melodiesmods]

PLOTTING: PRISONERS

[thegreatninja]

Yuffie's plan is as follows.

.1) Break the floor. (With Luffy's help)
.2) Break the floor again until they are on Level 26.
.3) Do this before dinner so that Cid might be working on the ship and they don't have to eat that crap for another night.
.4) Save Cid and have him fly the airship outta there.
.5) Possibly check out level 27 if they have time.
.6) Fight off guards and look awesome while doing so.
.7) Then ESCAPE!
.8) Then take airship and roam the sky's as a Pirate Ninja Princess.

Attack the Doors!

[flowers_suck]

After the first time the lights go out, Olivier will be smashing tables and bed frames to make prying/ramming tools to get the doors open. Also, weapons. A club is better than nothing.

We will only be able to get them open while the power is out, though!

ADDING MONSTERS TO THE MIX Y/N??

[melnics]

So, fellow prisoners! If you please, humour me with a vote!

According to this it is possible to add more confusion to the mix by having Meredy's furry friend travel through the air ducts and create some chaos on other floors... but this also means another possible obstacle for our heroes.

What are everyone's feelings on this happening? It doesn't matter to me either way, I just know that a distraction was talked about and this might possbily help with that! So what does everyone think? RELEASE THE MONSTERS, Y / N?

Re: PLOTTING: PRISONERS

[littlemak]

Makoto is down for just about any plan, especially if it involves him talking to any of the captors in pretty much any capacity.

[unyieldingspirit]

Nnnnnot sure where this'd go best, pardon- I'm thinking of putting K'pandolu towards keeping an eye on people/distractions (assuming that'd work without job skills, too?). If something else needs doing, I can try and see! For what it's worth, she'd be particularly interested in checking out level 27, but yeah dunno how well that might work.

Sneaking out?

[lastfonmasterguardian]

Anise's first plan is going to be punching guards in the face until she reaches Kalki, but once she calms down, she'll be willing to take orders from anyone who looks like they know what they're doing.

Unfortunately, all her powers are nerfed, and she's practically useless in battle, but she's very small and can thus fit in very small places.

According to the mods, there's an air duct that the characters can reach if they work together. Would anybody be up for assembling an air-duct team to see if they can sneak their way to a door or airship?

Re: PLOTTING: PRISONERS

[gomu_ningen]

Please let me know if I'm stepping on toes here with this post, but I'm hoping to get things organized her so that every one is on the same page and included in what has been proposed thus far. Also, please let me know if I leave anything out so that I can edit this post and include it so we've got a single "catch-all" for what the prisoners will be doing.

As it stands, here is what it looks like we have thus far:

1.) Characters eventually working their way through the Air Ducts
2.) Characters taking advantage of the power-outage to get through the door.
3.) Characters using animals/companions to get out through the Moogle door for reconnaissance.

So far, it has been given that the Air Ducts will allow for characters to (one at a time) traverse through the system to get up/down and out of the Prison. It hasn't been stated where they go exactly, but that they are big enough to fit the characters so long as they file one after another. What I have read in the posts about the door is that there are multiple methods available for the characters to try and open the door, be it by prying to allow a few characters at a time, etc. If we are able to, we should try and go for both routes so that way every one can be involved. The plan I have so far is having Luffy attempt to make good on his word and crack the floor further, but then encounter the fact that the floors are a lot more dense than he had assumed, thus having Yuffie scold him and have him find another way to get out. It will take either boosting some one up to it or using tables/bed/furniture to get up there.

From that point, I know a lot of people have mentioned scouting ahead to help with the other characters being able to escape. This will probably be the "Door" group as it will take longer for the other characters involved with Luffy and Yuffie to get to the Air Ducts. Once they're in the Air Ducts, they will have a few things they will be trying to accomplish:

1.) Rescue the Moogles, so long as they're looking to be saved.
2.) Rescue Cid, so long as he's looking to be rescued.
3.) Steal the Airship 'cause damn it Luffy needs/wants an Airship

Ideally, we're looking to try and get every one on to the Airship, but that ultimately depends on when the Rescue Team is set to arrive. Luffy won't be trying to leave any one behind, but he won't argue with any one who is looking to stay behind just in case.

All of this is VERY subject to change pending Mod interaction and other ideas that people propose, so none of this is set in stone. If people wish to elaborate, offer ideas, suggestions, and the like, please do! I'm not sure I covered everything, but this should be a decent start for where we'd like to branch out from and where things might go once we really bite into the Escape Log.

[boomchucka]

So! Selphie and Yuri may have made makeshift weapons sorry for the late tags... super stressful week... but Selphie actually doesn't know how to use the basic skills for her job class so I was hoping to have her discover that she can use magic without a GF during the rescue attempt. Otherwise, Selphie is just a kid with a lot of combat training and no armor so she'd likely volunteer to take up the rear guard for the Non-combatants.

Or... she's small enough to shimmy through an air duct and start button mashing a computer until something self destructs opens up an escape route for all of them.

[deadlyvu]

Hello! I replied to Vindr up top, but I don't think anyone's actually asked yet. The impression I had, was that we can't use our Jobs via our crystals until we get to the Crystal of Fire... That would affect whether Selphie can use magic or not. :)

That said, I like the plan of shimmy-through-aid-ducts and button mash. It's very her. ^_^