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[modblob]

Your friendly neighborhood mod team.

Redshift's mod team consists of two people who are responsible for processing apps, as well as updating information on the various pages as creatures/locations/NPCs are submitted. They're also the ones documenting the changes made to the world of the game as players make those changes, but as of its transition into a sandbox game, are no longer leading the game in terms of an overarching plot. Most importantly, the mod team is here to make sure everyone has a good time, and to reinforce the rules if someone is a jerk and ruins someone else's aforementioned good time.

The mod team will do its best to answer any questions about the game world or respond to player concerns within 48 hours. Setting and game mechanic questions should be asked on the Settings & Location page or the Rules & Game Standards page, respectively.

Any other questions should be asked either via private message or in response to this entry. For announcements and to keep track of what's going on in the game, follow the game's plurk account.

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[tenuefarfalla]

The virtual reality experience in the first TDM, is there any sort of set rule for how it functions? How our characters got to it, what kind of gear they're wearing to experience it, how they exit it, stuff like that? Or does it just work however we want it to work?

[modblob]

There is no real gear for the VR, it functions via a mental link, and once the character realizes it is in VR and they want to leave, they will exit the simulation.

[tenuefarfalla]

Are all of the current housing rooms on the same floor, or just in the same building?

[modblob]

There are no distinct separate buildings in Anchor. If you check out the setting & locations page, you can see images of the city, which is all contained in a single structure built into the ground.

The Barracks are all on the same level, but characters are free to live wherever they want in the city.

[deadlycurves]

Okay so! I have a question. I submitted my app/was accepted 6/12, and the app I submitted had things through the most current event of his point in his CRAU game at the time. But obviously Some Other Things happened between that point, and when the game officially opened. And I was wondering if there is any way I could have those events exist as part of his experiences here. I could even do some kind of additional "here is the rest of the stuff that happened" add-on/update on the CRAU History or something, if necessary, honestly! I just wouldn't include anything from MoM beyond that opening date, here.

Thanks for your time! <3

[modblob]

That sounds fine!

You wouldn't have to submit any additional CRAU history unless something that changed Diego's personality or powers significantly happened.

Thanks for letting us know.

[eudorapatch]

I looked through the settings page and couldn't find an answer to this, so please forgive me if I missed it.

Obviously dead characters are not-dead in the game. How does that work? Are they healed of their mortal injuries when they arrive? Are they taken from the moment before those injuries are sustained? I'm asking because I'm trying to figure out Patch's clothing situation. It hasn't become relevant yet, but I want to be prepared when it does. Did she arrive in bloodstained clothing with a bullet wound through the back of her jacket and shirt? Or is she just wearing what she died in, but in good, non-shot-up condition?

[modblob]

We don't have a set standard for this, it's up to individual player choice. Essentially, the way that characters arrive in Anchor is malleable enough that it can work with whatever is most enjoyable for each player to play.

Also, just as a reminder, per the mod contact page: 'Setting and game mechanic questions should be asked on the Settings & Location page or the Rules & Game Standards page, respectively.'

This is to ensure that answers are easy to find by anyone looking for the information on the relevant page.

[fishermansweater]

Hi mods!

I have just realised I made an oversight in my inventory when I apped Finnick in that I brought him in with most of his military gear but I realise now that I should have included a military knife/dagger. Would it be ok for him to have that as well please?

[modblob]

Thanks for your question, sorry for the delay in answering!

Yes, it's fine for Finnick to have a military knife even though it wasn't mentioned in the app.

[benhargreeves]

Quick question - possibly better answered via dm so if so just hit me up. Peter and Ben when exploring the library found some old diaries and maps. Shepard and Annie have both been lending their expertise looking over them. Any tidbits they might glean or learn, particularly from the maps?

Thanks so much for all your hard work!

[modblob]

Thanks for your question, here is fine!

With help from Shepard and Annie, Peter and Ben could have learned from the diaries and maps that the previous residents had the same frustrations as the current ones with the landscape constantly changing. There would be notes that some features appear stable (some are marked 'X' on the map but there are no readable notes on what those features are). They would also note that some objects that have been around as long as the previous residents had disappeared, making it hard to know which resources outside the city were safe to rely on or utilize.

They would also discover a new danger: a note that one time a structure disappeared with a person inside it, and that person was also gone. It is unknown if the person disappeared, died, or was transported somewhere else, but they were not seen again.

[benhargreeves]

Mod friends! Peter and Ben found the surveillance hub in the 'joe dirt' plot prompt for the last intro mingle. Peter found some stored footage and decrypted it and they're planning to review the tapes from their own rooms and see if there are any discernible trends in terms of what they were being surveilled for / what footage is being kept.

I was hoping to ask if there would be any patterns they notice that would give any little hints what the person(s) responsible for the cameras might be documenting?

Sorry if this is worded weirdly and please let me know if this doesn't make sense and I need to explain more. THANKS Y'ALL ARE THE BEST.

[modblob]

They would definitely notice that the viewer had only kept footage of rooms that a currently occupied, and that when no one is present there are close ups of belongings and other items in the room.

They will also notice the footage occasionally cuts out abruptly, as though a part of it has been chopped out. And once, just once, a few frames of a bulky figure entering a room--is that Peter's room? It is--before it's chopped off sharply.

Also, if they dig deep and look carefully, they'll find older footage superimposed over the new in places. If they observe really carefully, they might recognize some of the people who come and go in the footage. More than a few of them appeared as ghostly figures a while back, reliving some kind of shootout.

[benhargreeves]

HELLO DEAREST MODS may I request that 2 channels be added to the discord server: one for RL discussion, and one for RL venting specifically? Chat's been a bit crazy recently and it might be nice to further divide things. THANKS.

[modblob]

Done! Thank you for letting us know.

[circumspector]

I was wondering if I could get some info on what the reindire and their behaviour is like?

... Angel has been feeding them tequila and probably idk like, waffles and bacon if they'd eat it?

[modblob]

In the case of the reindire, we only really originally created them as a monster of the week, without any specific plans besides 'vaguely reindeer-like.' So, since you have shown an interest in them and caring for them, we are happy to leave their behaviour, temperaments, and diet up to you.

[vosseeker]

Hello mods!

So... if Starscream spent the better part of January out on the red shift because I failed at activity and I should have hiatused but didn't whilst looking for energon (which you've said previously he can find out there), he would have taken scans of his surroundings. Is there anything of note he might have located? Any kind of structures underground or above, or unusual formations, or anything that would have stood out to him?

Thanks in advance!

[modblob]

He would have found an underground cave full of energon and other, unknown crystalline substances--and, if you want to go there, the rusted remains of an unidentifiable Transformer.

[writtendestiny]

Hellooooo.

Poison is going to go poking around looking for any of the panic rooms Joe told her about. What is she likely to find?

That is, where, how many, what (or who) is inside them when she finds them? :)

[modblob]

She would be able to locate a few of the many that exist, with signs of long-ago habitation. Empty or spoiled food containers, jugs of water, small medical kits. Some of them are more organized than others, with pallets on the floors to sleep on. There's one with a child-sized bed and a smear of dried blood against one wall, and another with a desiccated body.

[superposition]

Hi guys. Just checking in - I haven't heard back on our questions/PMs in a full month, and other players have also been waiting on replies for several weeks. Is everything all right?

[modblob]

Thanks for checking in! We're going through and answering these tonight, sorry for the delay. (Everything is okay, life was just a lot this month.)

Exploration plot?

[vosseeker]

Hello again mods! I have a plot request brought from chat!

In regards to the City and the Beanstalk prompt on Feb's TDM, would it be possible for Starscream to acquire scans of the horizon city? Either during his previous scouting mission (from my previous request) or (if the city has just recently appeared) to go take some from the air?

Specifically, he would be looking for (or told to look for by others) resources or materials which are in short supply in Anchor. If he could identify a couple target areas of interest, ground teams of other characters could take the risk of being caught out in a Shift and make their way to those spots to gather what they need. So it's a little bit of exploration, a little bit treasure hunt, fun times with scavenging and hallucination for the whole family!

Thanks in advance!

[modblob]

Thanks to powerful headwinds, he would have a hard time doing a flyover, BUT he would discover that what they see on the surface is in fact the tops of towers and buildings mostly buried in sand. While characters can explore the parts of the city that are visible, it's currently impossible to get inside--the windows don't break, and any roof access points are buried or jammed. Starscream would be able to tell that the colony was like Anchor, but clearly much, much larger and made with more advanced building techniques. If he were to scan the buildings, or debris, he would find them to be a strange mix of substances. If someone could bring back something for testing, they would discover a hybrid of things like mythril, energon, vibranium, and other world-specific metals and compounds.

There's also a lot of sand pits around, each one with a tidy hole at the bottom. A large hole. A, oh, sandworm-sized hole. Active at night, these creatures have familiar tentacle-lined mouths, and several orifices that stay tightly shut when they're moving but open wide to show of teeth when they go after each other. They could probably band together and attack Starscream if he came close enough, doing some damage. The kind of damage that would mean death for a squishy human (or other squishy creatures).

In short, it would take a big archeological-style dig or a powerful sand storm to uncover the city, but it could be worth the trip to salvage interplanetary debris.

[nothinglikefather]

Hello mods, me again.

I mostly use my phone to navigate and tag the various journals we use for RS and it's a little tricky to navigate back and forth. If I want to switch between the logs journal and the network for example, I have to go back to the log journal profile, scroll down, and select the link in the game blurb for the network community.

Is it possible we can put the links on the main community pages? This would make navigation much smoother.

Thank you <3

[modblob]

I think this should be adjusted! Please let us know if that's what you were looking for or if you wanted something else, and if you see any broken links.

[circumspector]

I can't believe I have to BE THIS PLAYER but...

Can characters get pregnant?

[modblob]

Yes, characters can get pregnant in Anchor. However, any pregnancies must be played in real time and at least somewhat realistically - that is to say that the pregnancy should last full-term with the 1:1 OOC to IC day ratio.

Additionally, in order to be respectful of all players, we have a couple of additional requests. Please mark any threads with in-depth discussion of pregnancy or its symptoms with a content warning in the subject line, and miscarriage plots are not an option.

[bakudan_bambino]

Howdy!

Sorry if I’m not asking in the right location, but I was curious about CRAU! I was interested in apping Gokudera in from Tanagura, which is currently locked and closed. He hasn’t been in that game (or any others), in roughly 3 years. I still have access to all of his old logs/threads, and he was there for a year, but wondered if it’s still applicable as CRAU. If not, that’s cool! Better safe than sorry

[modblob]

Hello! This location is perfectly fine, don't worry about it.

In this situation, Gokudera would be perfectly fine to app as a CRAU. We would require that you write a new sample showing his personality with the CRAU applied, and please be sure to be detailed about his CRAU history since the game is locked.

We look forward to reading your application!

[vosseeker]

Hi mods! Are we allowed to post an "enable me!" meme in the OOC comm? Alternatively, would it go in the meme comm and if so, could you please make one? Thanks!

[modblob]

Do you mean a specific one to enable new players into Redshift, or an ad with wanted characters on the enablemeplz community? Just a quick clarification (we will make one up or allow you meme community posting access to make one, either way).