The Railroad Commission of the Lonestar, a private lands-holding company dedicated to the expansion of the rail systems throughout the postbellum San Saba Territories, and The Conglomerate, an modern-day technocracy of ancient Digitarian houses bent on the reclamation of old technologies and older gloires - are committing the largest Brand Merger in the history of the Lonestar Wastes.
At the same time, the mysterious; Chairman has invited some of the most powerful figures and their entourages from across the San Saba Territories to participate in the formation of The San Saba Board - to bring structure, law, and order to the untamed wilds of the irradiated west.
While the bureaucrats machinate, the Research and Development Division of the New RRC hosts The Waste’s Fair, an unprecedented event held at the Digitarian stronghold of Waking; which is revealed to be a floating city entirely run on analog power - soaring some two-thousand feet above the dilapidated buildings of the Undercity below.
Cast your lots with the gilded socialites on The Mag, explore the noneuclidian depths of The Bilge and peer into the arcane maths of The Capacity Engine itself that keeps Waking soaring above the dirty clouds of the San Saba.
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Our event takes place loosely from Friday, September 25th - Sunday, September 27th with primary content happening on Saturday, September 26th from 10:00 AM - Midnight.
Registration
Registration opens Friday, September 11th at 1:00pm. There will be two types of tickets offered:
Text-Content Only Ticket/Non Attending Ticket
This ticket type is not capped. This is the ticket to buy if you just want to purchase build for the event or do non-mod content (and Grab Bag perks if purchased). This ticket allows you to participate in soft-roleplay text channels, OOC voice channels, access to our text adventures, videos, and other multimedia content. It also provides access to any general channel puzzles, minigames, and more. Additionally, if there are mod slots with open seats at the time of the mod start, then Text Content Ticket holders are welcome to join. This ticket type still has the option to earn Cali-Co Caravan Points (our loot system) through participation.
Mod-Participation Ticket
This ticket type is capped at mod capacity. This ticket allows you to sign up for 3 online voice-participation mods during our Saturday content series. Mod signup will go live on September 11th and is limited to Mod-Participation tickets only in advance.
For both ticket types, you can backbuy extra XP, but cannot backbuy items earned.
Grab Bags
There will be a $5 grab bag for this month. See the item description for details!
Discord Server
Discord server and Soft RP Ettiquette/Nettiquette
The Lonestar Skies Discord Server is here, and is where all our primary interactive content will be held other than the text adventure(s) and multimedia content.
Announcements
This link is where you can see all Lonestar Skies related updates and content links, including info from our first two Lonestar Skies events.
Bravado Bones
We are using a Powers by the Apocalypse conversion system for Dystopia Rising: Texas to convert your LARP skills into Virtual LARP skills. Many thanks to Sam Mars for creating this system and enabling us to use it! And if you are a game runner looking to use Bravado Bones, please contact him!
How do I use my Dystopia Rising Character Sheet for Virtual Mods?
How do I learn skills?
Please email us at info@dystopiarisingtx.com to request any XP expenditures on your sheet for this event or put it on your Cali*co Caravan Points form. We are not doing Professional Focus Achievement trials at this time.
How do I craft/trade/sell things?
To simplify the logistical burden of virtual events, everyone has the ability to earn the same amount of Cali*Co Caravan points which are then converted to items, currency, and resources just for participating in our content. Please see the Cali*Co Caravan Points section of this post further down for more info.
What are Tags and Pips?
Throughout the event, a character may acquire temporary equipment, powers, or consumables in the form of Pips or Tags. Events may also provide players with the opportunity to craft Pips and Tags outside of mods.
A “Pip” is a one-time use item that adds +1 to any STAT roll. Narratively, these expendables are often grenades, drugs, or flashes of borrowed power. The use of a Pip to augment a roll must be declared before the roll is made. No STAT roll may benefit from more than one pip.
A “Tag” is an adjective noted in [brackets] on the character’s sheet for the duration of a Bones event. When a character gains a tag, that character may treat the tag as an additional achievement for the purposes of spending mind points when taking actions related to the [tag]. Narratively, Tags represent specialized equipment and knowledge the character has gained throughout the event.Example Tags: “[Explosive], [Attuned], [Researched], [Superheated], [Shielded]”
At the end of each Bones event, all Tags and unused Pips are lost, these items do not carry over.
If you require further assistance, please post in the Discord server or contact staff!
Virtual Mod Signup
Starting on September 11th you will be able to see and signup for mods through your database login at https://characters.dystopiarisingnetwork.com/events. Each Mod-Participation ticket-holding player may sign up for three mods initially. If there are open seats on other mods before they start, the STs will put out an all-call in the discord channel for last-minute alternates. If you fill a seat last-minute, it does not count as one of your three mods.
Mod schedule is subject to change, so please check your mod schedule occasionally to ensure you’re signed up for the appropriate number of mods of your choosing.
I need help signing up!
Check this link for more information about how Mod Signup works!
Event Time Table September 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020
9:00 PM Discord channels open for soft player-driven RP. While there is no formal opening announcements until Saturday morning, some folks will be on hand to answer questions. Our wonderful room stewards will also be available to facilitate rp.
10:00 PM Soft-RP event the Inventor’s Ball begins! Grab Bag holders have access to a special roleplay area but there will also be a general roleplay room that everyone can access.
Saturday, September 26, 2020
10:00 AM Lonestar Skies: The Shining City Text Adventure Goes Live
11:00 AM Opening Announcements!
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Module Series 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Break for RP and Food!
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Module Series 2
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Break for RP and Food!
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Module Series 3
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Break for RP and Food!
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Module Series 4 (Final)
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM Short Break to wrap up last minute plot
12:00 AM Closing Announcements!
— end of staff-provided content —
Sunday, September 27, 2020
10:00 PM Discord Server Closes
Cali*Co Caravan Points
Our virtual events are primarily aimed at roleplay and story, but we understand that for some, economic and crafting play is most enjoyable. While Lonestar Skies events do not provide traditional crafting opportunities or check-in skills, you are still able to earn resources and currency by engaging in the various parts of our event and then converting those experiences into Cali*Co Caravan Points.
After the event ends, a survey will go up that will ask you to indicate what you did for each of the main 10+ hours of content time. More engagement = more ability to earn Cali*Co Caravan Points. These are points you get for engaging content and your fellow players throughout the day that can be spent to generate things like items, prints, and story opportunities.
When we return to live games, Cali*Co Caravan Points may be spent at Check-in. If you are not a local DR:TX player, our logistics coordinator can work with you to have those items assigned to your character in the National Database before your next Live Event.
Cali*Co Caravan Points Assignment Rubric
10 CCP
4 CCP
+2 CCP
Per Two (2) Hour Mod in a #mod-room during a Module Series
or
Per One (1) Hour of soft/crafting RP in one of the IC Hangout Areas during Module Series
Per Two (2) Hours spent continuously in soft/crafting RP in one of the IC Hangout Areas during a Module Series. This Player Behavior stacks with the above.
The maximum number of CCP an individual can earn per event is capped at 30. We’re making the choice to standardize this because we think it is the most elegant and honest way to evoke the generation of resources in a setting/environment where we don’t have the same resources as when we are running live events. Storytellers are not individually empowered to give you extra CCP - but they are definitely empowered and expected to give you story rewards and consequences that affect the live playspace.
*This does not guarantee your LC Society Membership as a rule. This guarantees you an honest conversation with a Face NPC and the start of a larger story about your LC’s investment in that faction.
Questions?
Please message us on Discord, on Facebook, or email us at info@dystopiarisingtx.com for assistance! We will do our best to answer before/during the event but responses may be delayed at peak hours.