Missionaries.OXP

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I'd be happy to volunteer as a play-tester. My combat skills are pathetic but I suppose that I can always load-up with artificial aids, protheses and other bionic bits.
Comments wanted:
Missing OXPs? What do you think is missing?
Lore: The economics of ship building How many built for Aronar?
Lore: The Space Traders Flight Training Manual: Cowell & MgRath Do you agree with Redspear?
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Cholmondely wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 12:44 pm
I'd be happy to volunteer as a play-tester. My combat skills are pathetic but I suppose that I can always load-up with artificial aids, protheses and other bionic bits.
Not to worry, I have in mind a thinking man's mission, no superhero stuff required. :D You shall be in the loop if so desired.
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A thinking man's mission? Splendid idea!
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Cody wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 9:22 pm
A thinking man's mission? Splendid idea!
Thank you. It does depend somewhat on my methods of affecting a bit more sophisticated changes to the universe other than blasting and scooping. –And if what I'm thinking of can satisfy the thinking man.
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It's what we'd have wanted for the HIMSN missions. Along with the combat, something to get the player thinking.
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Cody wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 9:50 pm
It's what we'd have wanted for the HIMSN missions. Along with the combat, something to get the player thinking.
It feels like a nice ambition. I shall be in the thinking box.
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Pretty close to the basic platform of the Iron (rusty) Ass tribute to the Missionaries.OXP (before any potential layers of the mission I wish I could write, you understand). The one sect that's added to the original material gives me some amusement. Cut-up word machines are fun.

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I am of course very open to contributions for spiritual broadcasts to add. In addition to this misspelling bunch of zealot robots, there are the benign devotees of Giles the Creator, All-Seeing-Eye (not happy) preachers, Zenarchy Monks and Witchspace Lobster worshippers.

Any fun stuff (adjectives, names for friends and enemies, pleas and preachings) comes to mind, please share.
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The Fearful Followers of the Dread God Finagle?
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Cody wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:16 pm
The Fearful Followers of the Dread God Finagle?
Well, if another entire spiritual path is to be added, they would need a particular system of belief and MO, a stereotypical form of speech, and something that unites them in terms of ship, a symbol.. You are proposing a cult of con-artists? It could be fun, and different.
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Then there's the Pastafarians and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! May you be touched by his noodly appendage!
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Cody wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:33 pm
Then there's the Pastafarians and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! May you be touched by his noodly appendage!
But.. that's a real religion :shock:

Your finagle suggestion above. Would that pertain to the meaning of the verb, to finagle, or Finagle's Law?
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Finagle's Law - deeply entrenched in the history of sci-fi.
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Cody wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:10 pm
Finagle's Law - deeply entrenched in the history of sci-fi.
I see, deep sci-fi heritage is certainly no minus. I've never read any Larry Niven though I have two books on my list. I see he is credited with some potent maxims.

Yes that would make the followers a morose and miserable lot. I like the potential a lot.
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Old Murgh wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:59 pm
Yes that would make the followers a morose and miserable lot. I like the potential a lot.
<chortles> Indeed!
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How about Randomius Factoria, the only one rooted in the Lore?

My initial musings on the wiki page were the result of a lack of information. But now, with our creative cluster of budding theologians....
Comments wanted:
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Lore: The economics of ship building How many built for Aronar?
Lore: The Space Traders Flight Training Manual: Cowell & MgRath Do you agree with Redspear?
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