The Beast of Bacrana

So ... next steps?

emsquared, and I agree, has posed the question on next steps while outlining what he believed those options to be (of which I agreed and elaborated on). And in following up liked Option 4 that Furmyr has picked up on.

Furmyr, I believe, has indicated he may/might return to the town in his capacity as a doctor to make sure there were no injuries and while there see if there is any gossip (following my suggested option 4).

Agreement with this proposed motion? Other thoughts?

Let's see if we can get this story ramped back up and moving forward with some consistency.

Seuss

I'm fine with proceeding along the "survey damage"/"question townsfolk" route.

Okay. We now have two in agreement to survey / question the native townfolk and a proposal to split the party and have Kitichik at least proposing to follow the path of the stampede back to its origin.

I am fine with splitting the party if that is the consensus. Does anyone want to join Kitichik?

Otherwise I will assume Deng and Matey (and most likely Reynar) heading into town to interact with the townspeople and Kitichik will be following the herd's path.

I'm feeling a bit perplexed.

No one seems to want to "group up" which is what I thought we were all here to do.

Part of the fun to me for a game like this is bringing the group together/reconciling our differences, the Jedi talking to the Mercenaries, talking to the "Company Man", and figuring out how we can all meet each others needs (maybe that's the Jedi begrudgingly acknowledging that some ppl need to be paid to live, and he develops a chip on his shoulder about that, but that later gives the Mercenaries a chance to show that they actually are heroic when it comes down to it - like we just did actually, it's straight up Han Solo stuff for that matter). And the Company Man is maybe having to tread a delicate line between the company interest and getting to the bottom of the thing which creates an interesting dynamic amongst a group of others who... don't really necessarily care about the company interest.

But... none of these dynamics, or things like them, are being given a chance to emerge, and I don't really want to go off on my own, I want to game with other people that want to explore these dynamics, as well as the story.

So ... again... just confused as to what's going on/why everyone wants to split up.

EDIT: so ultimately I've just been going along with whatever, looking for a place where I can try to help these things emerge. Matey will probably stick with Raynar, whatever he decides to do, as he's not really equipped or interested in dealing with ppl on his own (in a nonviolent fashion).

I mirror emsquared's thoughts/concerns ... just didn't have the courage to voice them I guess.

I think part of the fix would be if we could commit to a more consistent posting routine ... the other as em said, if the group were to remain together and collectively and organically through character interaction come up with the plan I think we would start to see some relational dynamic begin to form.

Again if the consensus is to split up again I'll go along with the majority but I do think we need to get a little more consistency in our posting.

EDIT: I had a thought after posting this that may / may not assist everyone's thought process. But there seems to maybe be some confusion as to the 'town' and the 'camp'. There is a village / town, the original colonizers of the planet, that is some miles / kilometers away from the mining camp. The mining camp is a very recent settlement that was rather hastily erected once minerals were found and a mining company moved in. The town is older in appearance and more structurally permanent (like a less dirty Ferrix from Andor) where as the mining camp is basically a collection of double wide trailers and prefabricated pods / offices (though as mentioned does have a permanent building used for storage of equipment and supplies).

The town, while not thrilled with the presence of the mining company, has adapted to the situation as long as the mining corps troubles remain confined to the camp and/or mines. The would however be a great source for planet history, local flora/fauna, and info about the local ecosystem/dynamic.

The mining camp, as witnessed, is a bit of a push/pull between the admin and the laborers but anything dealing with the mines, equipment, suppllies, etc. would best be answered by either one (or both) of these groups.

As you may recall, as it has been a few months, but the scene opened in the middle of a labor dispute prior to the interruption by the stampede. The characters all intervened, attempting to settle the disupte between admin and laborers, but was left somewhat unresolved. As it stands now the miners are NOT interested in going to the mines despite the admin's protests.

Hopefully a bit of a helpful review to assist in next steps?

Also, my two cents, that it seems a good idea to follow the path of the stampede back to it's origin however the locals would absolutely be able to provide a great prespective. Thus my suggestion would be to visit the town and then follow the path of the stampede. As a group.