conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Six months ago the USCSS Matheson deposited over five-hundred colonists, ten years of supplies, dozens of vehicles, machinery, and the equipment needed to form a self-sufficient settlement over 40 light years away from Earth. The USCSS Matheson, commissioned by a large corporation on Earth, is 22 months into its 32-month mission of exploration and colonization when something goes wrong.
  
  With less than ten percent of the ship left operational during it's return trip, the massive cargo vessel has just awoken it's skeleton crew from stasis to investigate it's problems. Dropping out of FTL travel, the ship hangs motionless in space until the crew can get it repaired and moving again.
  
  What the crew finds when the wake up is unlike anything ever experienced in the history of humanity...
  
  **Weightless** is a story about isolation and horror in space inspired by movies like Alien, Moon, Event Horizon, and Pitch Black.
  
  **Character Creation Notes**
  
  Portraits are required. No picture, no entry. 
  
  Treat the Backstory as a writing sample. I need to evaluate what kind of writer you are to get a feel for what your moves will be like.
  
  Card Art is also required, it is intentionally not included. I'm evaluating what kinds of imagery you'll be using for Wild cards. 
  
  **Gameplay Notes**
  
  Tense (Past, Present, or Future) and Perspective (First or Third Person) can be move dependent. I'm not concerned with keeping a cohesive narrative, just an interesting one.
  
  Speed is set to Normal (2-3 Scenes\week); the exception is I'm not active on weekends. I try to keep things at a steady pace, I will end scenes even if challenges aren't completed,  I will respond mid-scene to keep things moving, I will respond to challenges when they are completed, and I will wrap up scenes if everything has moved on in the narrative without everyone posting. I'm never going to wait on one or two at the expensive of the group. Players that go silent (No Moves, No Comments, No E-Mails) for a week will be written out of the game.
  
  Communication is _very_ important to me. You don't have to move every day, but at least drop a note in the comments regularly so everyone knows what’s going on. I understand that Real Life happens, but if I don't know that you're going to be away I don't know how to plan for your character.
  
  **Further Questions**
  
  If you have any other questions feel free to e-mail me Rob@BS-Radio.com
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yuggoths: Sometimes called "Mi-go", these large, fungoid, crustacean-like entities have convoluted ellipsoid heads composed of pyramided, fleshy rings and antennae. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Explore the Derelict (copy): It's just floating out there.. .a mystery begging to be solved. It's also in your way, the sooner it's explored the sooner you can move on.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Check the Matheson  (copy): The could be something seriously wrong with your ship, before you go running off you're going to make sure the Matheson is in working shape.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Derelict: Engineering Bay (copy): The Engineering Bay has access to all of the vital systems of the ship. In an emergency command access can be granted here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Explore the Derelict: It's just floating out there.. .a mystery begging to be solved. It's also in your way, the sooner it's explored the sooner you can move on.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Check the Matheson : The could be something seriously wrong with your ship, before you go running off you're going to make sure the Matheson is in working shape.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Uncover Eve's Experiments: You know she is doing something... But what she's up to is still a mystery. You won't rest until you understand what the AI is doing.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wake Up [Shotwell] (copy): After passing out in the Medical Bay of the Miskatonic you are transported back to the Matheson.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Talk to Eve: Your device only allows you to communicate with so many times... Use these Challenges to ask Eve questions while aboard the Matheson.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scene Ender: Pickup this Asset card and play it on the *End the Scene* challenge in order to save your own cards.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: End the Scene: Close this Challenge out when the crew has decided what to do now. This will signal your Narrator that you're ready for the next scene.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Eve Interface: Eve has provided a personal datapad that provides an interface with the Miskatonic. This will allow you to communicate with Eve and query her system at your leisure.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find the Intruder: Someone is on the ship and attacked Harlow. You won't rest until he's captured.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Recover [Shotwell]: After passing out in the Medical Bay of the Miskatonic you are transported back to the Matheson.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Investigate [Matheson]: There are lights on in sections of the ship that should be shut down. There must be a malfunction, you'll need to check it out.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Navigator: Responsible for getting the ship to their destination and back.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain: Responsible for running the ship and ensuring the crew's safety.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Engineering Technician: Assistant to the Chief Engineer, not nearly as experienced but versed in the ship's systems.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Science Officer: Curious and cautious, eager to explore the cosmos and live to tell the tales.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Executive Officer : Sent by the Corporation, responsible for overseeing the colonists and supplies, ensuring the mission's success.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Chief Engineer: Brilliant, inventive, and versed in the mechanical functions of interstellar travel.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Warrant Officer : Military liaison responsible for the protection of the crew and ship.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Operations Chief : A capable officer used to all-night shifts overseeing ship functions and information systems.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Athletic Physique: Fit, strong, and agile.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Communications Officer : Trained in linguistics and cultures to make allies and history throughout the galaxy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Great Endurance: Long nights, bad food, and rough rides are no problem for you.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rookie : A green newbie embarking on an interstellar mission for the first time.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brilliant Mind: You’re inventive and insightful, nimble and powerful of mind.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Charismatic: Friendly and approachable or intimidating and stern, whatever the situation calls for.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Experienced: You’ve seen things the others wouldn’t believe.    
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: Well Educated: Education is your great advantage.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hesitant: Sometimes it’s fear, sometimes doubt.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brutish: Blunt and direct.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inexperienced: Your experience is limited... for now.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Queasy: Rough rides and variable gravity don’t agree with you.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Secretive: Sharing things has gotten you hurt before.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sensitive: Pain and stress cut you especially deep.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Socially Awkward: Not so much for you with the talking.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stubborn: Difficult to divert and slow to change.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Untrusting: Others have let you down. It’ll happen again.    
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Faith Versus Knowledge: Your faith encompasses all that outside of your knowledge. As your knowledge goes, must your faith shrink?    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get Promoted: Earn a promotion and further your career.    
conversations.from: gpt
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: human
conversations.value: Safety From Danger: Peace comes through superior power. Make humanity safer by making humanity stronger.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Secure Your Future: You want to be remembered. You want to make a dent in history.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Agile: You’re quick and nimble, whether you look it or not.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Alluring: You don’t have to say anything. It’s in that smile, in the way you move. It’s almost hypnotic.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Charming: With that smile, backed up by your silver tongue, it’s hard not to like you.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stealthy: Subtle and sneaky. People don’t often notice you until you want to be noticed.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tough: Your hardy body has seen a lot of pain and you’re still here to suck up more.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Witty: Your mouth is sometimes quicker than your mind but you’re a master of making that work for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Angry: Your blood sears your veins and when you lose control, you lash out.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Guilty: Something you did gnaws at your heart and screams nightmares at you when you sleep. It’s holding you back.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Heartbroken: Someone broke your heart and you’re not willing to heal, not yet, because the pain’s what you have left.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Naïve: You think you know how things work. You think people are basically good. You’re wrong.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Proud: You’ve come too far, done too much, worked too hard to put up with this shit from people like this.   
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cowardly: Fear is your greatest obstacle; you build it in your own mind.    
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Escape the Ship: Escape this ship and get back to the world you know.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Faith in the Ship: You believe something about this ship—you feel you’re right about it. What are you hiding?    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Fittest: What are the costs of survival in space? You were fit to survive one world. What about this one?    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Understand the Impossible: Find reasonable explanations for what’s happening here. Science is on your side.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bring Back A Groundbreaking Artifact: If you can retrieve a never-before-seen treasure, your career will be revitalized.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find Worthy Material for a Dissertation: Stop waffling and wondering and find out what you believe to be true about the world. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get Home Alive: Maybe this work isn’t worth your life? Just get home alive.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nothing Is Forbidden: Human morals are a human construction. Knowledge of the infinite is more valuable.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hunt Something New: You’ve stalked or been stalked by the most dangerous game. Time for a new challenge.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Show Them Your Work is Sound: It’s not enough anymore to believe you’re right. Show them you’re right.    
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wake Up [Barkley]: The ship's computer has awoken you from your stasis sleep. Disorientation and stiffness are common.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stasis Chambers: The crew is stored in suspended animation here, protected from of the passage of time.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Run Diagnostics: Something is wrong on the Matheson. A systems check should reveal the cause and any other vital information.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wake Up [Harris]: The ship's computer has awoken you from your stasis sleep. Disorientation and stiffness are common.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wake Up [Harlow]: The ship's computer has awoken you from your stasis sleep. Disorientation and stiffness are common.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wake Up [Maddox]: The ship's computer has awoken you from your stasis sleep. Disorientation and stiffness are common.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wake Up [Shotwell]: The ship's computer has awoken you from your stasis sleep. Disorientation and stiffness are common.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Diane Foster: The Executive Officer sent by the Corporation to oversee the colonists and supplies, ensuring the mission's success.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Galley: Straps and belts hold a table in place, chairs are fitted with similar to hold you in place. Eating is always cumbersome without gravity.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Connect Generator: The fastest way to get the derelict's power back on is to connect a portable generator to the main engine.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bypass 'Eve': The derelict has an AI based on Adam. Command overrides are failing, you'll have to find another way to bypass her and gain access to the core systems.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dr. A. Halsey: The former Chief Science Officer on-board the USM Miskatonic. Most of his body is missing but his head is intact.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Derelict: A mystery floating in your way. It's design is clearly military research, but it's dated by several years.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tow in the Miskatonic : Save the ship or abandon it? The final decision rests with the crew. Everyone gets a say and there is no wrong answer.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Black: No sight. No sound. 
  
  Darkness.
  
  Lost in the black.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Derelict: Engineering Bay: The Engineering Bay has access to all of the vital systems of the ship. In an emergency command access can be granted here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Herbert West: Dr. West needs... fresher... subjects.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Miskatonic: Medical Bay Bay: The equipment here is horrible outdated, like most of the ship. It almost seems barbaric.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Space: The infinite vast expanse between worlds. Your ship floats between your destinations, waiting to get back underway.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Explore [Miskatonic]: With Eve now responding to commands, a manual investigation of the ship can begin.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Benjamin Cortman: Ben is not looking very well...
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Go Back to Sleep: You don't give a damn about any of this. You're going back to your pod until you get home.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Recover [Harlow]: After being attacked on board the Matheson, you are transported to it's Medical Bay.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Matheson: Medical Bay: A state of the art medical facility, capable of tending to almost any injuries sustained in the void. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Eve: **Only use the Eve Interface Asset on this Challenge** to ask Eve questions while aboard the Matheson. You can communicate with Eve for a limited amount of time...
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: USCSS Matheson: A colonist transport ship currently engaged in a 32-month contract with the Tyrell Corporation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Andrew Maddox: Something is wrong with the Chief Engineer. His eyes are glazing over and his hair is losing color...
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Harry Harlow: Something is wrong with the Captain. His eyes are glazing over and his hair is losing color...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warrant Officer : Military liaison responsible for the protection of the crew and ship.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Experienced: You’ve seen things the others wouldn’t believe.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Short Fuse: It doesn't take much for you to lose your temper. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lazy: You used to care, but now? Meh... 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Adventurous: You enjoy trying new things ...even if it involves you boarding a derelict vessel that's dead in space.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Queasy: "Maybe you shouldn't keep mixing the pastes together, Andy."
  
  Mom always did know best.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inept: You're in charge, but that doesn't mean you lead.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Insufficient Knowledge: When it comes to Adam, you're as well versed as your training and experience has led you to be. When it comes to Eve, however ... well, it's a bit of a quandary.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brute Force: Sometimes all you need is a hammer.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Shaken up: The lingering stasis sickness, coupled with the stress of a near riot is beginning to tell. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stims: You're on drugs!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Willpower: Shotwell summons up the will to live, and fight through the pain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Take Charge: If nobody else will do it, you will.