Phase Two of Starmourn’s ongoing Vihana Research event took place this weekend!
Check out the recap:
Marlee Xalex and his team of spacers ventured out into the stars with the goal of securing the Kali Warship wreckage as a research base for their efforts.
What better place to investigate the Ishvana than on their own ship outfitted with their own tech?
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A compilation of reports from the team’s efforts will follow, hopefully shedding some light on the mission.
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- Holg V’lani piloted the team on the Huo’zh’a out to the wreckage. From there, the intrepid spacers donned their space suits and EVA’d onto the site.
- Tuesday, Veda, and Zarrach provided ground support in taking out lingering threats aboard the wreckage and securing the hackers’ corporeal forms while they were in the grid.
- Lord Commander Picram and Marlee identified a perfect location for the modular power core that will supplement the ship’s systems to keep the team’s efforts under the radar while also providing enough power to get the most crucial functions back online including basic air filtration, lights, and life safety measures.
- Lupisentia and Sebastian hacked the wreckage’s mainframe and communications networks, utilizing a set of custom fabricated terminals with Ishvana-sourced datastreams to access the native lines more effectively. Despite a total of three hack failures, they were able to fight into the systems and activate some unique codework which is currently working its way through the system to free up possible intel on Ishvana operations.
- Sazabi in his BEAST suit, Red, secured several loose metal panels and structural elements to build out temporary walls around the existing research lab, allowing life support systems to operate at a higher efficiency and gravity systems to engage in that enclosed room.
- An Ishvana counterhack identified the spacers’ locations for a short moment, resulting in a massive Ishvana incursion on the subsector. Holg, already in the stars, fired up his weaponry immediately and took action. Lord Commander Picram was also able to warp home and return with its own ship, bolstering the team’s defenses. Together, the two captains drove off the Ishvana threat – Hopefully for good.
- Marlee is now working on procuring additional research elements, streamlining access to the wreckage, and procuring the first specimen for research.
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Is the team prepared to begin this research in earnest? What will they face in the next round of endeavors? The Starmourn Chronicles will report any new information as it’s available – Stay tuned.
There’s still time to join the fight! Use CLAN JOIN KALI_RESEARCH today in-game to gain access to the team’s secure commlines.
Your Starmourn Admin Team
The Starmourn Sector is alive with events in September!
Join us for the first installment in our Faction Challenge series, featuring design inspirations for all of our cuisine-minded spacers this month.
Your fellow spacers will also need support as they attempt to reclaim the Kali Warship wreckage without piquing the Ishvana’s interest – Will they be able to fully secure it as a research facility for the coming trials?
Learn more below or in-game through the UPCOMING system!
Faction Challenge: Cupcake Tasting (9/12)
The Faction Tutors Joey Fritz (SD), Kibir Liru (SH), and Shar Gral (CA) are seeking support from their Factions to end a dispute – Whose Faction has the best #Taste?
Their first challenge is to create a PERFECT cupcake, highlighting the local fare and personality of your Faction.
To participate: Design a new CUPCAKE, send the finished product to JOEY FRITZ (an NPC) via in-game mail before the event starts, and message Argus to confirm the design #. You can also send the cupcake right to Argus if needed.
During the event, the design tutors will put out the cupcakes for attendees to taste, and for the designers to explain if they’d like, then the tutors will put it to a vote! We’ll see if the outcome can truly determine who has the most TASTE or they’ll need more convincing…
Vihana Research: Taking the Kali Warship (9/13)
Join Marlee Xalex’s crew of brave spacers to secure the Kali Warship wreckage as a research facility as part of our ongoing Vihana Research event series.
CLAN JOIN KALI_RESEARCH in game to be part of the crew, get access to research logs, and coordinate with other players!
Teams:
- Picram: Coordinating drop off of power supply and connecting it to the ship.
- Sazabi: Physically securing the research bay.
- Lupisentia/Sebastian: Hacking the comms systems to activate life support and block transmissions.
- Akiko: Outfitting the research bay with equipment and setting up supplies.
- Marlee: Funding, supplies, and establishing a wormhole connection from Lamentations to the wreckage.
Kali Warship Wreckage: In the CA-3430 zone within the Narchspace subsector of Starmourn space.
** Note – The wreckage is currently in antigravity and must be ELO Space Walked into. Spacers will take damage while in the craft until it is secured and may find themselves in a cloning vat during this mission.
Discuss these events and ideas for new happenings on Starmourn’s Official Discord!
We’ll see you in the stars, spacer.
Phase 1 of our Vihana Research event has officially begun!
Players participating in the event must now consider ways to secure the Kali Warship from Ishvana intrusion or oversight. The next event stage will involve further exploration into the “abandoned” ship and establishing security protocols. Read the in-game summary below for details:
[* ACCESS GRANTED *]
[ DATA ENCRYPTION OVERRIDE; SUBROUTE TO MAIN; DISPLAY MESSAGE ]
Research Plan: Phase One
// Aug 10, 25 @ Sync 0:00 GMT
The Ishvana threat has grown ever-stronger, its influence perverting the Starmourn sector with underground Facilities run by cruel Overseers and overridden with dangerous creatures called Vihana. I believe our only chance to fight back is to understand how these Vihana are created and to hopefully identify a critical weakness that will enable us to destroy them for good.
Our efforts must begin by securing a lab facility for our research. After reviewing with the assembled spacers interested in joining the crew, we’ve decided to work on securing the abandoned and damaged Kali Warship in neutral space.
As this is a near-destroyed Ishvana vessel, we believe the threat will not be monitoring its own decimated property. Worst case scenario, the aegisphere near it is still semi-active and will destroy it in finality if needed. The warship has already been cleansed of biological threats and contaminants, though this needs to be confirmed upon re-entry as we may find new areas of the ship or new threats, especially as we start attempting to access its systems.
I will work with my shadow network to secure a direct-port wormhole from the Lamentations backroom into the Kali Warship. Note that actually using it will require us to fly in first and place the wormhole’s sibling component, power it, and so forth. If you are not already familiar with your EVO systems, please acquaint yourself with them soon.
We will also need to secure the ship from any conceivable threat. I ask that you all take some time to consider these potential threats and come up with possible solutions. You may post them into the “news” in this commline with peace of mind – We are on an unstructured datastream run through Fray loop-console redirects with an obfuscated encryption that would blow even the most advanced hackers away. In short – We’re secure here.
I will be in touch to coordinate once I feel you’ve all planned out our contingencies thoroughly enough and once I’ve completed my own preparations.
Hope to be in touch soon.
Marlee Xalex
A big thank you to Lord Commander Picram of the Song Dominion for logging our Vihana Research event kickoff today! Check it out on Discord for details about the mysterious Marlee Xalex, his plan to destroy the Ishvana’s Vihana army, and how YOU can help!
Looking to get in on the action?
Join the in-game, in-character clan “Kali_Research” to collaborate on next steps with other players and be the first to get news from Marlee about next steps. We’ll of course keep y’all updated on Discord and will post the next event in UPCOMING in-game as well.
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We’re really looking forward to seeing where this event goes and what you’ll all discover in the coming installments!
Your Starmourn Admin Team
A plea hits the Starmourn news boards from a new name on sector comms:
To whom it may concern,
My name is Marlee Xalex and I am a researcher of- well that’s not the important bit.
I have reached an apex in my research into the Vihana creatures of the Ishvana’s now well-known Facilities which plague the Sector’s underground. With assistance, there is a possibility that we will uncover new knowledge of these creatures, and perhaps even ascertain a weakness which we might exploit to destroy these Facilities for good.
To those brave enough to join me, I ask only for a neutral location where we might conduct some research without prying eyes.
Seeking a public meeting to begin coordination with anyone interested. Check the meeting boards for details.
MX
Unsplash – Photo by Thom Bradley
Join Marlee this weekend and see if you have what it takes to join his research crew. This will be an ongoing event line, and it’s up to you to help him see it through!
Event Kickoff: August 9th – SYNC 0:00 GMT.
Check UPCOMING 96 for details and/or Discord for event reminders. Log in today at https://play.starmourn.com!
Your Starmourn Admin Team <3
In acknowledgement of our low population and in an effort to consolidate our playerbase, the Starmourn Admin team has made the bold and brave decision to merge our three Factions into one united front: The Scattered Song Ascendancy!
… Kidding, we’re kidding!! (This joke did wonders on the Discord)
We Admin folk considered a bunch of April Fools pranks, but then we decided to stick to fun sillies instead. With that in mind –
Here’s what’s happening in April:
For this first week of April, everyone who logs in will get a unique mask designed with the stars in its eyes (much like us!). Wearing the mask for an extended period of time may induce hallucinations of bygone times and scenes!
We have also brought back Bozo the Bonkers from the most recent Floating Market and gave him a stall on Omni Station. Assist him with some pranking schemes to get a limited run promo item called the Boppersack which you can attack with friends to release a cascade of candies for everyone to enjoy!
And finally, the Hon-En-Tur Exaltation would like to share the following message:
Greetings.
My name is Itchikaniti and I have received authorization to share some news with the sector on behalf of the Hon-En-Tur Exaltation.
Some spacers may have been affected by a recent data breach which scrambled and even terminated certain racial genetic markers and data elements for users registered with our INR technology. If your data has been affected, you may experience some strangeness in your next cloning service, including some genetic modifications.
Please do not be alarmed! We are doing everything in our power to address the problem and get all systems running back at full capacity soon.
If you are interested in aiding in these efforts, please come see me at Lamentations on Omni Station. Poffy Tango has offered me some space to work and I’ve been assured that this is an approachable location for many spacers.
In glory of the Exaltation!
Itchikaniti
Senior Leader – Data Management | Hon-En-Tur Exaltation
Happy April Fools, April Kickoff, and general Start-Of-Spring to you spacers! We’re so glad to have you here with us. <3
Your Starmourn Admin Team
Have something nice to say? Go on ‘n say it! You no longer have to wait for annual fanmail in Starmourn to share a nice note with your fellow players.
The new Esteem system allows you to offer praise for other players’ roleplay or to simply share a positive comment or good vibe to let someone know you’re having fun without breaking character to do so. There is no mechanical perk or bonus for sending or receiving Esteem.
All players can send up to 1 Esteem per day, subject to change once the system has time to settle in. (Faction leaders may need more… we’ll see).
The ESTEEM system syntax is as follows:
ESTEEM STATUS – Shows you how many more times you can express esteem for someone today.
ESTEEM <ON|OFF> – Toggle the ability to send and receive esteem (1hr cooldown).
EXPRESS ESTEEM FOR <person> <reason> – Express esteem for another player. Costs 1 esteem charge.
EXPRESS ESTEEM FOR ADMIN <reason> – Express esteem for the Admin team. No charge cost.
ANONEXPRESS ESTEEM FOR <person> <reason> – ANONEXPRESS makes your esteem anonymous and cannot be used for the Admin.
ESTEEM RECEIVED – A list of all the esteem you’ve received.
ESTEEM SENT – A list of all the esteem you’ve sent.
[Note]: Reasons for Esteem are mandatory, will be perpetually visible, and must be between 20 – 255 characters.
The feedback from Esteem is considered fully OOC and should have no bearing upon your character’s actions.
Please keep in mind that this system is intended to foster positive feedback and encouragement between players and also provide a vehicle for positive feedback towards the team without the need to file issues or send awkward OOC messages to the Admin in order to do so. It is not a venue for negative commentary or insults, and the administration will look very poorly on anyone attempting to use it for that.
A biiiig thank you to our friends at Achaea who built and shared the bones of this system with us! We really look forward to seeing how the Starmourn community will use this to bolster each other. <3
As with any new system, please reach out if you notice a weird bug or any such thing with it.
Your Starmourn Admin Team
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