Discoveries

[atlasmods]

DISCOVERIES Because what's interstellar travel without a little exploration? Welcome to our discoveries page! Here players can try to glean extra tidbits, information, or locations from the current chapter. Please remember that exosuits do not store any information made through discoveries save for basic map data, and all chances of success/fail are determined by RNG. Discoveries are divided into three tiers: locations, FFR (Flora, Fauna & Resources), and item properties. Tier 1: Location Discoveries: ACCESS DENIED These are expedition-based. This means that in order for them to happen players must OOCly arrange an IC expedition for their characters to go out & explore on their own. Once you have plotted a course with the intent to thread & play out their trips, we will provide you with all the relevant information of what they will see, find, and discover! These discoveries are much more in-depth and count as a player plot which means it is up to players oocly to organize, and must be approved by the mods first. Characters may only investigate (1) location or direction at a time and are guaranteed a success. Examples of discoveries which can be made in this category are: Plot Points (story-related areas) Points of Interest (ruins, cities, settlements) Items of Interest (alien technology, crashed spaceships) Since these are considered player plots you will first need to head on over and make a submission on our plot submissions post. Once approved, please use the OOC comm to gather your party members! Then when you're ready please use the Tier 1 Discovery Form and reply to this entry with the appropriate information and we'll get you started along your way! The player who first submits the player plot request will be our go-to contact for your discovery so make sure you're available! Tier 2: FFR Discoveries: ACCESS GRANTED Discoveries in this category are search-based and much simpler. Players only need to submit the general area in which their characters is searching & for how long in order to determine what can be found in any given (discovered) area on the map. This means you cannot search an area if characters haven't been there before. The soft rule is that they need to be able to reach it on foot with limited supplies. FFR discoveries have a 30% chance to fail and return results such as "You found rocks!". Examples of discoveries which can be made in this category are: Water Shelter Resources Flora (quantity) Fauna (quantity) Items of Interest Tier 3: Item Property Discoveries: ACCESS GRANTED These discoveries are interaction-based. Once a resource, item, or species has been added to the Flora, Fauna & Resources page, all players can choose to have their character(s) interact with it to learn more about it. These discoveries require a short write-up of how the character will be investigating the desired object or creature, and have a 15% chance to fail. Characters can only investigate (1) object or species at a time. Examples of discoveries which can be made in this category are: Flora Toxicity (low, medium, high) Flora Uses (food, unique properties) Flora Behavior (patterns, neutral, hostile) Fauna Behavior (friendly, neutral, hostile) Fauna Uses (food, unique properties) Language Discovery (vocabulary) Lore (logs, documents, specimens) As Discoveries are been made they will be added to the game archives and noted in the Discord server changelog. By the time characters depart a planet both the map and the Flora, Fauna & Resources pages should be sufficiently filled in with detail regardless of whether or not they uncover all it has to offer. If you would like to make a discovery please fill out the appropriate form with "DISCOVERY TIER: #" in the subject line: Tier 1: Location Discoveries <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> | PLAYER NAME | PLAYER CONTACT CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> | PLAYER NAME | PLAYER CONTACT (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Link to Plot Approval:</b> <a href=>LINK HERE</a> (see https://theatlas-ooc.dreamwidth.org/2188.html) <b>Describe the Expedition:</b> Please include things such as their starting location, how long they plan to travel, which direction they're moving in, and whether or not they have an intended destination. Tier 2: FFR Discoveries <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Location Searched:</b> Kharas Valley, Desert, Arrival area, etc. <b>Duration of Search:</b> How long did they search for? At what time of day? <b>Type of Search:</b> How thorough were they? What sorts of places did they try to look? Tier 3: Item Properties Discoveries PICK ONE SUBCLASS OF ITEM TO DISCOVER: --RESOURCE DISCOVERY-- (minerals, power sources etc) <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Resource:</b> NAME OF RESOURCE <b>Type of Interaction:</b> What does your character do with the item they're trying to learn more about? Do they examine it, fiddle with or prod it in some way? Be as detailed or vague as possible! Just remember the less detail you provide, the less we have to work with and report back. --FLORA DISCOVERY-- (plants) <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Flora:</b> NAME OF FLORA <b>Type of Interaction:</b> What does your character do with the flora they're trying to learn more about? Do they examine it, smell it, taste it, cook or prepare it in some way? Find something it can be used for? Be as detailed or vague as possible! Just remember the less detail you provide, the less we have to work with and report back. --FAUNA DISCOVERY-- (animals, aliens) <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Fauna:</b> NAME OF FAUNA <b>Type of Interaction:</b> What does your character do with the fauna they're trying to learn more about? Do they examine it, study behavior, try to approach it? Be as detailed or vague as possible! Just remember the less detail you provide, the less we have to work with and report back.

Please direct all questions regarding discoveries to our FAQ.

NAVIGATION

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TIER 2

[justice_of_toren]

Character(s) Involved:
CHARACTER NAME | justice_of_toren
Location Searched: The Forgotten City
Duration of Search: She'll start out as soon as it's daylight and go as far as she can before she thinks she'll need to turn around so she can get back to camp before complete nightfall. So probably about 6 hours of moving further into the city before heading back. Her sense of time and direction are inhumanely good, so *hopefully* she won't get lost...
Type of Search: This trip is less archeology and more surveying. She'll check a few buildings as she walks for anything obvious that looks useful or at least possibly informative about the people who lived there, but she's not going to go digging, yet. If she can find rock chalk-like enough to rub a big X by the door of buildings she's looked in, that's perfect. If she gets as far as some of the musical archways, that will for sure grab her attention and she'll follow them along until she has to turn back.

Also, she will be humming and singing at various volumes the entire walk. Checking acoustics is totally helpful. (Right?) You're welcome.

SUC...CESS?

[atlasmods]

Kinda. CHARACTER NAME, aka Breq completes their search of the city and not only turns up the desired chalk rock...but a whole bunch of rocks! Rocks here, rocks there, more rocks than her body has room for.

What we're saying is she finds rocks. Lots of them.

But hey--at least the acoustics are great!

[justice_of_toren]

Well, at least it was a fairly pleasant walk....or at least as nice as it gets on this planet.

Does she reach the whistling archways, or that going to take another trip? (Or maybe an IC post with some of her new comrades, because safety in numbers?)

[atlasmods]

Nope! She is cleared to reach the whistling archways :)