<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=260005.msg12862217#msg12862217">Quote from: orderNchaos on 26-12-2016, 10:13:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Perhaps in the meantime it would be a good idea for everyone to look at the characters who are approved and establish some relationships.  Unless we're all going to be arriving on the ship at the same time, or the newer officers arriving, many of the older officers should have some sort of connection, back story.  Maybe it would be good if we worked some of those back stories in PM's as opposed to doing in game character development prior to the start of the actual thread.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Not a bad idea. Here's how I see everyone at game start:<br/><br/>Zilkin Kaverosky (Relikai) = I'd say has been on the base for at least a few weeks. As I allow him as a squadron commander, having him arrive only at game start would mean he would have his hands full for days, maybe weeks, to just get settled in, organize things, get acquainted with his pilots. Better to assume all that has already happened.<br/><br/>T'chak (Mac) = Will arrive at game start. There's something about his character that he and I decided would be fun to play through, and it can only happen when he arrives on the base.<br/><br/>Zephorus (Pendarius) and Kathryn Foss (ThisOneGal) = As they both play RIOs, I see them ending up in the same squadron. If they arrive at game start I can play out the first meeting with their COs and squadron mates for both of them in one go. I'd like to do that, so they will be new arrivals.<br/><br/>Max Cosinara (orderNchaos) = I'll leave it to you. My current play is to pair Max up with one of the RIOs. If not those two might both end up with NPC pilots and that's not ideal. If we do it that way, Max could arrive together with Zephorus and Kathryn, or she could have been around for a while and gotten to know Zilkin.<br/><br/>Kyclia Halcyon (Sessha) = Again I'd say player's choice. While I could potentially pair her up with a RIO too, I think Kyclia might be better suited for a fighter squadron. Could be Zilkin's squadron, could be an NPC's squadron. I'll leave that decision to Sessha.<br/><br/><del>There's also Terian's character (a Q-R pilot), who is pretty much ready to be approved, except for one or two small background details that I'd like him to add. That character probably will start the game already on the base.</del>(Looks like scheduling conflicts/lack of time might have worked against that.)<br/><hr/><br/>As for characters knowing each other from before they were transferred to the Moon, that might be possible, but it is actually not all that likely, given the size of the Space Forces. I did a bit of thinking on that over the last couple of days and arrived at something in the vicinity of at least 150 ships with about 35,000 mecha of various types. That's a whole lot of people.