This.

The new player part doesn't hold up, since I'm also a new player. I was penalized for my error.

Shit just got real.

Sorry for the messed up quote tag above - hopefully you all can read it.

Not touching the crisis yet, just want to mark it before it gets lost, but this does conclude that there is no stat penalty for drealmer. I would think it's because he was the first mistake so got the warning, but I also would not just let it go completely. It's got to be at least marked for later.

Now, wtf is going on?

A teslascarab is munching on the power lines.

Awesome! Love this wrinkle!

Let me go into full, unbounded speculation mode and suggest that it's likely Scum will subtract their skill value from the added value of Crew. There will be a "check" we will have to beat to resolve the crisis.

To make matters worse (or better depending on how nasty the "fail" conditions are of each event?) QUAD suggests Scum selected "may" use their skill to fail a test. So it's possible clever Scum could actually help and try to fit in.

So choose wisely captain, whoever ye may be!

Quad I love this by the way! Nicely done!

I think it would be better if we don't volunteer.

My stats suit this crisis, and I think I'll be of more use during a crisis than at any other point. Except maybe late game analysis.

If I read it right and two people are needed for STR and two for FIN then I will volunteer alongside JMich to deal with the teslacrab, but I would not do well in FIN!!

Seems like multiple skill checks, possibly with scum getting the option to either help in order to blend in, or intentionally fail so someone can lose stats, possibly permanently in the case of someone being maimed, or be killed.

Hey, can we slow down for just a sec before blurting out all our stats? Just a sec?

do you have an idea?

I also volunteer for generator+power storage repair. *suits up*

You mean at a point where something actually happens and will stimulate conversation, you want us to stop? Ok, powering down for ~12 hours. See ya tomorrow.

Not yet, but there's three WHOLE days until the selection has to be made. Can we just think this through first? Just slow the roll for a moment until we can think of a plan?

Of course, I'm sure nobody will vote during that three days either, so be prepared for three days of utter tedium in the meantime. Jesus, three days? Honestly?