ThatLewdCat

The question is... One shower stall for the whole big crew? Mmhh... I know from personal experience how it feels to have one bathroom/shower in a huge family. I bet this would feel even worse then! Standing in line, all that... Oof. Upd: Well, TWO, if we look at the picture closely. Two areas marked with number 14 aka Restroom... Still! Just two, for a whole big ship? I dunno!

"RestRooms", I believe. Considering the description in the location-related thread:

Posted my character... Hope she's fine and would fit into the crew well.

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I might pick the Pilot position some time later... But when I actually see this club somehow "moving", so to speak. For now, it's a tad bit too silent/passive here, I'm afraid.

I will say only one last thing and once again only speak for myself, not for others: "Suspension of Disbelief". For me, it can only stretch up to a certain point where things are logical and make sense, even if it's in some fantastical world where much more things are allowed to happen than in our real world. The moment logic breaks... the suspension of disbelief breaks. Sorry. I wish you luck in your creation. Again, wasn't my intention to attack you/your club or ruin your mood.

This was literally a question I asked too... ...but hardly got a proper answer. I feel like @Kitsuyumia is not sure what she even wants herself. If you wanted the whole sci-fi space thing with aliens to be JUST BACKGROUND for "personal relationships" between characters, then why even bother with this whole extinction event and ark ship? Yeah, you said it already - to ensure "a feeling of isolation", sure sure. I get it. I read you, loud and clear. But that could be done with much easier setups. And most importantly - much more logically sound than what there is now. There are just SO MANY "holes" at the very core of your plot. I already explained some of the things in my previous post there. And I actually find it a bit funny how you said that you don't want cryosleep because "it's physically impossible to achieve", despite the fact that we're talking future, sci-fi, possibly alien technologies that are beyond our current modern understanding which could possible handle that issue described by you... And yet you're fine with a huge amount of other illogical inconsistencies that don't make sense even in sci-fi? Such as a the very core idea of this "ark ship" that started from Earth and yet supposed to house not just humans, but also aliens? Considering a full on "extinction event", pretty much? And to add to that... You say the ship is large enough to house everyone(including aliens!) and is powered by a microstar? Do you even realize how much resources and time is needed to create that and what kind of SIZE that thing is supposed to be then? And, if we're talking housing the whole population of Earth - along with aliens too - why people aren't living on such mega-ships or space stations in the first place and cling to planets then? None of that makes sense. And there's seriously so many more weird stuff that could be entirely avoided by simply not going up that whole ark ship trope, but instead just making it a large space station in deep space. So deep and far that the feeling of "isolation" is there too - ships need months to get to this distant outpost in the middle of nowhere. Or if you want even further isolation - just have some space anomaly around that station too. Either completely pulling the whole station into some alternate dimension or there's some sort of nebulae/gravitational anomaly circle around it that prevents FTL travel to this station directly, so ships will have to go through this anomaly on sub-FTL speeds. And it takes time to go through that anomaly, so no daily arrivals and supplies, ya know. Nor any quick support, in case of emergencies. Quite fitting for a term "isolation", no? That way, this whole soup of alien species could be logically explained, as well as doesn't require billions of "hypothetical" NPCs to handle. And so on, so forth. It could also allow for easier handling of possible missions that you promised. But also just serve as a background - for personal relationships between characters who just live in this sci-fi world, on this space station. Also, please... @Kitsuyumia ... Please, tone down that "attitude"? We read you loud and clear, again. You just have to better explain your thoughts, so everyone sees and understands everything properly. Maybe finally start filling up that Lore Info for example? By answering those questions that are asked already multiple times? Or at least create a Q&A/FAQ thread for such things? To answer the "common" questions? These are not personal attacks on you or your creation. It's suggestions/criticism of your work - to make it better, logical, easy to use. I can't speak for others, only for myself. I'm not trying to "trash talk" your creation. I'm trying to help. Isn't that why you created this "Suggestions" thread in the first place?

Some mood music for you, people. And that channel has A LOT MORE of stuff like that.

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@Gardsorm actually offered a good point there - security/military force. It's possible to easily beat the crap out and injure a human or any other regular alien... But now try that with a robotic slime-creature that is made from nanomachines! Bullet-holes just heal up, while bullets themselves get stick inside without going through(preventing people hiding behind her being hurt!). No internal anatomy either, so no internal injuries from possible combat. And so on, so forth. Lots of benefits for security/army, ya know! Unless EMP weaponry is used... That's when I bet the nano-machines would loose connection/cohesion and this would lead to an effect similar to a stun grenade to a human(or alien), disabling such robo-slime from combat-ready state for a period of time that it'll need to recover back to norm. Hmm... But hey, there are always downsides, ya know?

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Well, at least I can hope my writing is interesting.

Excuse me? Oh... Without knowing the context about the reasons for why you're in a hospital, I guess I should say... Get well soon? \o/

@DreamsnThings, thank you Just added one extra paragraph there at the bottom, for the more lewd approach to things. Right above the pictures.

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In my opinion (that nobody asked lol), having a big colony ship is more of a thing for "lewds in space". As a background. While if people would like an actual story-driven adventure, I feel like it's best to tone down the size of the ship and crew somewhat. Via a different setup/premise. But that's just my opinion, that's all.

But... That's double the effort, while everyone else would play one character... >.>

Now that just sounds like porn/hentai with extra steps lol You mean why not make a human-alien hybrid child? Or you mean two characters - one alien, one human?

And I can't decide which path to take... Make an alien or a regular "boring" human. On one hand, I wanna make a unique alien species, all that. With lore, culture and all sorts of "quirks". On the other... It's kinda already overcrowded in terms of aliens on this EARTH ship, in my point of view. So creating a human kinda makes more sense for the bigger picture/logic...

I mean... As I said - "I may have gone too far in a few places". Maybe I'm reaching out to logic and trying for things to make sense where they shouldn't. Maybe this club is not intended as something super story-focused, with complex lore, adventures, etc... Maybe it's just a "background", the decorations for lewds in space. Because it's not really stated clearly anywhere... Not yet, anyway. So yeah, it would be also nice to know what's the direction for this club? The "goal", so to speak. Is it story, adventures, drama, relationships between "main characters" with some occasional lewds here and there... Or is it just decorations for lewds? Both options are fine. The latter just doesn't really require much complex thought behind the "decorations", really. And all that I've said above, in my first message, is kinda pointless lol.

Hey. I know that "nobody asked my opinion", but... Suggestions thread kinda implies that, yes? At the end of the day though, it's my opinion and you are free to disagree/ignore it! Also, please, do not be discouraged by my criticism. I'm trying to help, not stop you from doing what you're doing! I'm a fan of all sorts of sci-fi stuff, so this club idea caught my interest right away. However... And I know, "nobody asked my opinion" and all... But I already see a teeny-tiny extra small microscopic "flaw" in the concept. Which can easily be fixed and I can offer ideas how! And I purposefully put it in quotes because while I see it as such, others might not consider it a flaw in any way. But at least hear me out, eh? So, first, about the "flaw" itself. The premise of the club clearly states: it's a colony ship that departed from Earth in the Sol system. The home-world of Human civilization, yes? Sure, it also states "All seven stars of the Alliance homeworlds had become unstable" - which is vague by itself, but as far as I understand, this implies "alliance of races", yes? Humans AND up to 6 other alien species. Or less than 6, if some of those species inhabit more than one solar system, which is a common thing in sci-fi. In my opinion, such a setup implies that the ship would be primarily staffed and stuffed with humans. Yes, both crew and passengers/survivors. No matter how friendly the Alliance species are between each other, no matter how many non-humans there are on Earth at the moment of said disaster... The primary goal of a ship that starts from Earth would be to save as many humans as possible. Because, obviously, not everyone is gonna fit into even the largest of ships - simply not enough space, yeah? Many will be left behind. So it's highly unlikely there will be many free spots for "non-humans" either. In case of such a disaster, it would be "save our own people first, worry of diplomatic problems later". Abandoning the non-human citizens of the Alliance behind on Earth in such a setup would be absolutely normal. Along with actual humans who didn't get the ticket to the Ark, yeah? I do see that this club is brand new, fresh and still just starting out. And still needs work done. But here's what I already see: Species dossier thread already has 2 non-human species listed in it. While Character sheets thread has only one character... who's already not a human either. Which is fine by itself! I know that everyone wants to create something and a whole alien species of unique creatures is awesome. I understand and share the desire for similar stuff! But... It kinda contradicts the "premise" of the club, yeah? If it's a ship from Earth, why the first species/character in the thread are non-humans already? And what stops others from creating more of their own species/alien characters, following the same line of thinking that it's just fine? DON'T GET ME WRONG HERE: I'm not against aliens in such a setup! I'm all for creativity of sci-fi loving people! Because that's quite rare in RP communities. Which is why I'm offering ideas/solutions. Now, the possible ideas/solutions to this "flaw". These things do need to be "mixed and matched" somehow to reach the final result. By themselves, these things won't fix everything and some of them might be a tad bit extreme/limiting or simply not enough. First and foremost, the easiest way to fix this simple inconsistency in one easy step is... To eliminate "Earth" from the setup. Not entirely, no! There still could be humans just fine, as part of the Alliance! But... Change the "departure planet" of this particular ship - pick some sort of a "hub planet" that is a home of a whole variety of species from this Alliance. Like, for example, years ago it was a joined operation of all species of the Alliance, terraforming one single planet for everyone to use as a center of trading, diplomacy, all that. It's not Earth(the homeplanet of Humans), nor any of the origin planets of other species in the Alliance. It's pretty much a "neutral ground", shared by everyone. This way the ship's crew and passengers can be a complete mix of races, regardless of any "norms" of how many of this or that species should be aboard it That's an "easy way out". Another thought is to possibly "limit" the number of people in general on this ship. Instead of this being a planet evacuation of a little portion of it's population that would barely fit a small percentage on an Ark ship... It could originally be one large space station that has all sorts of people from all sorts of species living on it. Think Citadel from Mass Effect. And this ark ship - while too small to save everyone from a whole planet - is large enough to house everyone from this space station! Everyone saved! No need to start the story off with a bad note! And this way there will be less need for interaction with and remembering all those countless NPCs too, implying it's not like some huge generation ship with millions of people, but just several thousands of people aboard. This way pretty much the IC/RP interactions of characters are done in a fashion of a TV-show: the "main cast"(player characters) and "side characters"(NPCs). Think like Star Trek shows - storytelling is shown from the point of view of the "bridge crew", with captain and officers. And that's when Star Trek universe ships having crews of 500 to 3000+ people, depending on age/class/size/function. So all those extra crewmen in the shows are always left behind the scenes, out of the picture, just assuming they are there. Same thing can be done here. ----------- If you are still adamant about the departure planet being Earth, it's best to establish "quotas" for human/non-human characters. Both in the lore itself AND in OOC fashion. In the lore, it could be... 100 human to 1 alien. While in terms of RP and character creation - for every 3 human characters in the club, 1 alien is allowed. Or something like that. Those are just random numbers. Sure, we can assume that all the NPCs by default are humans. But still this would make quite a salad of characters that are all over the place and not humans. For the sake of logic of this particular setup, this has to be done, I think. And no, that's not racism, that's common sense... ----------- Alternatively, @Kitsuyumia, you could be a slightly more harsh GM and establish strict lore yourself - specify the exact species that are in this Alliance yourself. Either ALL by yourself or get help from others. Directly sitting down and writing it all or maybe even make a lil contest for the most creative alien species to join the lore of this club - for people to create several concepts to choose from and add into this Alliance. This would also work well with limiting on numbers of aliens among humans. P.s. I may have gone too far in a few places...

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Something a bit unusual. A music genre that I've recently discovered for myself... Phonk. It is weirdly satisfying. For now, I think 4 would be enough...