conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Welcome, cadets, to your first mission on the ISS Dauntless! Due to budget cuts, the entire crew is filled with trainees! Follow your captain's orders and just maybe you might make it out alive!
  
  For those new to Storium, this is a beginner game. It is primarily made to focus on the mechanics of the site, rather than writing. It will be somewhat structured, but hopefully you'll come out the other end with an understanding of the mechanics.
  
  This game has been going on for a while, and is about to become more freeform before a few final lessons. If you want to find a place to get your feet wet, now would be the time to do so!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Veteran Astronaut: A veteran of interstellar travel from the first generation of FTL-capable starships.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Experienced
  
  Suggested Weakness: Stubborn
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rookie Astronaut: A green newbie embarking on an interstellar mission for the first time.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Intrepid
  
  Suggested Weakness: Inexperienced
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Science Officer: Curious and cautious, eager to explore the cosmos and live to tell the tales.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Highly Perceptive
  
  Suggested Weakness: Hesitant
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Operations Chief: A capable officer used to all-night shifts overseeing ship functions and information systems.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Great Endurance
  
  Suggested Weakness: Brutish
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Engineering Officer: Brilliant and inventive but still not used to the stresses of actual interstellar travel.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Brilliant Mind
  
  Suggested Weakness: Queasy
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Weapons Officer: The responsibility for the safety of the ship rests here, in good hands.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Athletic Physique
  
  Suggested Weakness: Untrusting
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Communications Officer: Trained in xenolinguistics and alien cultures to make allies and history throughout the galaxy.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Charismatic
  
  Suggested Weakness: Stubborn
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Alien Diplomat: Your mission is to help humanity explore the stars so your people don’t have to take the risk.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Intrepid
  
  Suggested Weakness: Secretive
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alien Commando: Humanity’s not ready for what’s out here. You are.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Military Training
  
  Suggested Weakness: Brutish
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Support Robot: State-of-the-art in earthly robotics and artificial intelligence, programmed for calm precision.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sturdy Robot Body
  
  Suggested Weakness: Limited Emotional Capability
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Athletic Physique: Fit, strong, and agile.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brilliant Mind: You’re inventive and insightful, nimble and powerful of mind.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Highly Perceptive: You’re quick to detect social cues and physical clues.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Intrepid: Adventurous and bold.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Military Training: A rigid training regimen has prepared you for a dangerous life.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Great Endurance: Long nights, bad food, and rough rides are no problem for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Charismatic: Friendly and approachable or intimidating and stern, whatever the situation calls for.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Well Educated: Education is your great advantage.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Experienced: You’ve seen things the others wouldn’t believe.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sturdy Robot Body: Exceptional artificial design and construction make you strong and sturdy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Queasy: Rough rides and variable gravity don’t agree with you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stubborn: Difficult to divert and slow to change.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hesitant: Sometimes it’s fear, sometimes doubt.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Secretive: Sharing things has gotten you hurt before.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sensitive: Pain and stress cut you especially deep.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brutish: Blunt and direct.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Socially Awkward: Not so much for you with the talking.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Untrusting: Others have let you down. It’ll happen again.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inexperienced: Your experience is limited... for now.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Limited Emotional Capability: Your software brain is designed to limit and regulate emotional responses.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Secure Your Future: You want to be remembered. You want to make a dent in history.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Steal A Claim Back From Alien Rivals: Reclaim a site or planet from the likes of gluttonous alien prospectors for the glory of Earth.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get Promoted: Earn a promotion and further your career.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get Revenge Against The Pirate Called Riser: Colleagues in the fleet have been slain by “Riser.” Maybe the *Dauntless* can end that pirate.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Faith Versus Knowledge: Your faith encompasses all that outside of your knowledge. As your knowledge goes, must your faith shrink?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Safety From Danger: Peace comes through superior power. Make humanity safer by making humanity stronger.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Recover What’s Lost: You lost your confidence—in yourself, in humanity, in something—and you’re out here to get it back.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Human Destiny: Humanity’s destiny is near. Answers are out there. Will you know them when you see them?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not Alone: No species is alone. The future of sentience is in the mingling and cooperation of species. Make peace where you can.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Earn Star Commander Fitzcurtis’s Respect: You want the respect of the commodore of the fleet. You need it. But why?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Encounter A New Life-Form: Be the first to discover a new species of fauna heretofore unseen by humankind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Improve Ship-wide Performance: You can make this ship operate faster, more efficiently, for the betterment of all. Make it happen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spacewalk: Get over your fear of deep space by making it through a spacewalk in the field.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Be A Star: Achieve popularity among the crew. Respect can come later.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Discover the Source of the Harbinger Message: What is the Harbinger trying to say and where does that message originate? Find out.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stake A Claim on a Precious New World: Space is big but most planets are claimed by aliens or difficult to mine. Stake a valuable claim.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reunite With Your Lover on Clotho: Your old lover is on the colony on Clotho. This may be your last chance patch things up.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Build A Friendship with an Alien Colleague: Human relations with alien cultures are vital to our survival. Build a meaningful bridge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reveal the OmniColony Mole on the Ship: You can’t prove it—not yet—but you’re sure the company has bought someone in the mission.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Send Home an Artifact: Your brother didn’t make the cut. Get something to send him so he can touch the cosmos.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hostile-Environment Suit: Standard Earthling survival suit with state-of-the-art life-support tech embedded. Bulky.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Portable Scanner Array: Hand-held but hefty scanning equipment. Sophisticated, expensive, delicate.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Planetary Stake Beacon: Typical alert beacon for laying claim to an asteroid, planetoid, or other stellar body.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Long-Range Satellite-Free Communicator: This direct communicator is hardened against EM attacks and keyed specially for the *Dauntless*.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Armored Battle Suit: An even bulkier, armored version of the standard hostile-environment suit. Meant for combat.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Compressed Energy Pistol: Standard-issue sidearm good for damage to organisms and electronics. Poor against hardware.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: MR-910 Combat Rifle: Standard-issue projectile rifle, generally forbidden to see use aboard starships.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Keycard to the Weapons Locker: Only two of these are typically issued to exploratory vessels on peaceful missions.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Encryption Code for the Dauntless: This code decrypts transmissions to and from the *Dauntless*, be they official or personal.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Medical Hyperkit: A medical kit with various fast-acting and potentially dangerous drugs installed.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bridge of the Dauntless: The command center of the starship, cramped but highly functional.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dauntless: The Mess: A shared dining space for crew and officers of the exploratory ship.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dauntless: Comms Module: A private recording suite for text and AV logs to be securely encrypted and transmitted to HQ.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dauntless: Engine Room: Noisy and bright from the workings of the stardrive. Be sure to wear eye protection here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dauntless Machine Deck: One of the dirty, steamy, dark decks of the ship, full of industrial equipment and grime.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Washington Colony on Clotho: A pre-fab village dropped into an icy river delta from space. Just starting to eke out a new life.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Planet EV-1996: Rich in mineral deposits and liquid elements, this frigid planet appears unclaimed by anyone.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Planet DRX-31880: A human deep-space probe detected repeating radio signals from this dank planet over a year ago.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Planet CGE-700: This rocky world’s claimed by alien prospectors despite the presence of a primitive civilization here.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Derelict Alien Starship: Calcified, fleshy corridors and organ-like chambers open to vacuum. Something bad happened here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Raise Morale: Parts of the crew are antsy without a mission. Help keep spirits high!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Navigate the Asteroid Field: Hundreds of individual objects drifting on different trajectories. Get the ship through it all, intact.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Parse the Sensor Data: The sensors collect astonishing volumes of data and the computer lacks the curiosity to make the most of it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Analyze Communication Records: Every signal sent to and from the ship gets logged. If there’s a coded signal in there, find it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Improve Crew Efficiency: The crew can do better. They don’t have to like it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make Repairs: Get primary systems back online.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Land on the Derelict Ship: Get your shuttle aboard the spinning alien derelict and make a safe landing.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Explore the Derelict Ship: Traverse the microgravity environment and locate an operations center if you can.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Puzzle out the Alien Computer: Can data be mined from this old ship? Can you make sense of it?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Calculate the Angle of Attack: It’s not about reflexes. It’s about making sense of hostile vectors through limited telemetry. Get a firing solution.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Star Commander Lauren Fitzcurtis: Head of Earth’s deep-space division and experienced commodore of the exploratory fleet.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Commander Gyeon Jun-seo: Responsible for gathering diaries and video logs from active-service personnel through comms.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Executive Director Bernard E. Wallace: Liaison to exploratory ships from OmniColony Inc., manufacturer of deep-space colonial equipment.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: “Riser” Apex-20 Edition Model E2090: Rogue deep-space recon robot commanding a renegade ship as a pirate.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Premier Nathan Hewitt: Leader of the new deep-space colony on Clotho, at the verge of unexplored space.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flight Officer Ellen Vanderson: Co-pilot of the DSS *Dauntless*. This is her first deep-space mission.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kro Kanzanic: Captain of a rival, alien exploratory ship laying claim to discoveries throughout the sector.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Harbinger: Little more than a holographic ghost appearing in decayed transmissions coming from deep space.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Xenobiological Entry Tango-321: A sleek, silvery liquid organism capable of physical mimicry and the secretion of caustic chemicals.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Xenobiological Entry Sierra-909: Teeth and claws on the ends of snaking, whipping tentacles tumbling through space.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dauntless: RED ALERT: Good on you for reading this. This is good practice, and you get an internet cookie for this.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fight the Invaders: Cyborg attackers are on the Dauntless! Repel them to the best of your ability!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Abandon Ship!: The Dauntless is going to explode! As the advisers to the captain, it is your job to make sure everyone else gets off safe first. Get this done and make your way off the ship... Or maybe attempt to deal with the bomb?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Memory: Who are you? Why don't you share with the class?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: How Was Your Day?: You've been aboard The Dauntless for two weeks now. Just another shift keeping everything shipshape. Maybe you're off now, relaxing. Either way, how was your day?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: (Celaeno) Conflict?: What sort of weapons do the cyborgs have? Are they being attacked?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: (Nysa) Cyborgs?: These people are cyborgs, yet are only just figuring out local space travel?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: (Mara) Translation?: What the heck is she saying?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Amuse the Crew: You want to be liked. This ship is like your whole world now. Get them laughing.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Raise Morale: Parts of the crew are antsy without a mission. Help keep spirits high!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Raise Morale: Parts of the crew are antsy without a mission. Help keep spirits high!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Search The Armory: Make sure everything is ship shape in the armory, just in case of conflict.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Translate the Transmission: You still technically have no idea what's going on. Work on that translation you're close to finishing and figure out why they were on red alert.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rest: Hey, you want to be in peak performance for the actual mission. Get some rest.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Injured: Deal with your wound, and stat.
  
  *Mandatory play*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Injured: You are wounded. Best deal with that before you bleed out.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mara's Compass: Found in the wreckage, this is an important object to officer Monroe.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Celaeno's Navigator: An important object to the officer, this hunk of junk still works like a charm.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: To the Arches: You believe the smartest option would be to head towards the arches.
  *Please play one card on only one of the challenges to represent your vote*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: To the Desert: You believe the smartest option would be to go for the open desert, and maybe the oasis.
  *Please play one card on only one of the challenges to represent your vote*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stay Right Here: You believe the smartest option would be to stay in the wreck. It's shade, others might be coming to get you...
  *Please play one card on only one of the challenges to represent your vote*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Injured: You are wounded. Best deal with that before you bleed out.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Look over the Injured: Going on hikes in the desert isn't exactly the epitome of bedside manner. Best to look over the worst of the wounded to make sure nothing reopened.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Sun Never Sets...: Time for an astronomy lesson. How long is the day/night cycle here?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Scout the Village: Smoke is coming from the village. Is it ruined? Is it active? Is it even safe to approach?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: (Yuh) Is It Safe?: Who are these people and are they going to murder me?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Search for Yuh: We know he's in the village. We have to go in there.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Catch Up (Yuh +1): You're finally together again, even if its only been a few minutes. Maybe it would be good to catch up.
  
  *Yuh and one other will play on this card*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fishy Equipment: You noticed something weird when you were captured by the guards. What could it mean?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Look at the City: You have a window and can see some people inside. What can you learn here?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Xuan Chen: Xuan Chen is the leader of these cyborg people. And she's got a favor to ask of you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Riser's Camp: Apparently a fortress must have crash landed here, because this place is in surprisingly good shape.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Space Pirate Riser: The baddest man in the galaxy. He's currently about to escape.
  
  *Neutral Outcome = Weak Outcome*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Space Pirate Attackers: Some of Riser's pirates, including the cyborgs that chose to serve him.
  
  *Neutral Outcome = Weak Outcome*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain Sky: Your former captain. Currently in need of being rescued.
  
  *Neutral Outcome = Weak Outcome*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Other Prisoners: There are a ton of Cyborg prisoners that you should probably rescue.
  
  *Neutral Outcome = Weak Outcome*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Ship: There is another ship here. It would talk too long to get everyone in and fly away, but this emergency ship can be programmed to pick you up later. This ship can get you, the Captain, and/or the survivors left at the city out of the sector, better than whatever the Cyborgs can offer.
  
  *Neutral Outcome = Weak Outcome*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Run Away: This place is going to explode. Run away as fast as you can.
  
  *Neutral Outcome = Weak Outcome*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hyperspace Engineer: Knows the working of a spaceship inside-out, and can make/repair tech on the fly.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sanitation Officer: Responsible for maintaining the quality of ventilation, lighting, decontamination processes and other conditions that could affect crew member's health, comfort, or performance.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Problems at Home: You are attempting to escape from issues on your home world. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reckless: Jump, check parachute-- in that order.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Clumsy: Accidents just seem to follow you.  You are rarely described as graceful.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Inconsiderate: The only feelings you understand are your own.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Precise: You can cut without measuring. You can thread the needle on the first try. You can make the shot that counts.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Organized: Detail-Oriented and logically minded.  You love color coordination.  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Linguistics: From classes at the academy, you have an understanding of basic linguistic principals and you have studied several galactic languages. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Experienced: Battle-worn and world-weary, you've seen and heard it all.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Overconfident: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Nothing has killed you yet, therefore you must be godly.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impressionable: You are a bit of a pushover and can be easily influenced by people with stronger personalities.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Turncoat Cyborg: A cyborg with no memory of his creation or his prior training, he has been recruited to the Dauntless crew after being tentatively accepted back into society. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cyborg durability: Due to the addition of non biological components, he can take a few more hits than most.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Self-Destructive: You are both the abuser and the abused. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something To Do: You are looking for a thrill in life, no matter the risks or dangers it poses to yourself or the people around you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Curiosity: At matter the circumstances if something sparks your interest you just have to investigate.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Been There, Done That: You've travelled the galaxy extensively, and have a broad range of the people, places and things in it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Clear Mind: Thankfully the medicine you've been given has broken your fever and cleared the fog from your mind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sense Motive: You know what they are and aren't saying because you can read faces, body language and subtle verbal clues like an engineer can read schematics.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Conviction: You are strong of character and it shows.  People are likely to believe you when you speak your mind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Programing: Overseeing the ships functions and information systems as the Operations Chief requires excellent programing skills - and you have them! 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Grim Resolve: There are things that must be done no matter the sacrifice.