The counter over your ship’s door has been slowly clicking down, one number at a time. 3 … 2 … 1 … Finally, the counter hits 0. There's silence for a moment — and then, with a soft hiss, the exterior door slides open. Daylight pours in.
You're free.
The
Help Friends Make event is over! (As of
midnight tonight, October 21/22, Pacific time!) The ships are now open and characters are free to leave. Or stay. Or switch between ships.
But there's a catch:
Regardless of which ship you were stuck on during the event, it appears that "new" ships have been assigned. Once you leave the ship you were just stuck on, you may not be able to just turn around and return. The dang door just won't open for you.
Each ship is now biometrically locked to a single cohort — as in, cohort members can come and go as they please on that particular ship. But people who are not cohort members can't access a ship without being accompanied by a cohort member who's allowed. Did you leave pets or items on the ship you just left? Guess you’d better figure out who’s keyed to which ship, and ask to be let back on. Only one ship will open to each cohort, and all members of the same cohort are keyed to the same ship. You’ll likely have to walk up to each to figure out which it is, or watch your friends and cohort members.
Once that’s sorted, now what? Characters can stay on their new ship or move onto different ships. (Or maybe you prefer going back to the hotel? Want to try living in a tent in the forest? Totally up to you!) But remember, if a person is not on the ship's cohort roster, they'll need someone who is to let them in each time they come home. So if, say, Bucky!Cap wants to move in with Steve Rogers on the
Bishop, he totally can — but he'll need Steve or one of Steve's cohort to let him past the door each time. If Vision and Wanda want to go back to the
Twin Roses, also okay — but again, they'll need a cohort member to let them on each time.
Here are the current cohort/ship assignments:
Bishop: Garak, Vision, Rayla, Julian, Steve
Vanquish: Hux, Leonard, Keith, Natasha, Loki
Twin Roses: Sansa, Tommy, Vash, Wanda, Krista
Bloodsport: Jadzia, Bucky, Noctis, Tyrion, Altair
First Breath: Delta, Winter, Phalanx, Connor, Billy, Thrawn
Starduck: Carol, Lance, Clint, Katara, Eli, James
OOC Notes: There will be no further upsets/events for the rest of the month! You're free to backtag or move on with new threads as you please. Continue exploring, try out new Data Points, or muck around in the ships — which, by the way, are now
inactive and will remain so until the next event. What that means is there appears to be power and water, but the ships cannot fly. Sorry, they need to recharge after that little friendship exercise.
We tried to at least put the captains of previous ships back onto those ships for the time being; again, remember that your character can stick around another ship and ship assignments are likely to change again, so don't worry if you don't have easy access to your preferred ship for now.
You may want to check with other players to see how many people are on each ship if your character moves onto a ship that’s not theirs. Things may get crowded if more people end up on a single ship than there are beds, but feel free to get creative if they do. We won’t stop you! (Just remember, you're still limited to that single crew sleeping area. Fun...?)
And finally, just because you have access to a ship does not mean you need to live on it. Maybe you only want to eat meals there, or keep your pet there, or shower there. Maybe you never want to set foot in a ship again, lest you get stuck for another 330 Agra 10-hours. Any option you choose is fine!
As always, drop questions here or on Plurk!
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