Your Friendly Telecommunications Company (Comstar Q&A)

[Comstar]

I just want to say thanks for running the game. I had a great time.

James coming out as Clan threw me for a loop as I tried to figure out if that totally broke the plot progression, but I eventually worked out how the NPCs would handle it.

I still feel bad about that. As a player, I wish I didn't do it, but it was the thing James would do so.....

It worked out.

1. "he still had to maintain some semblance of command authority... and he'd had weird experiences with women lately" -- What threads have I missed? He's had multiple weird experiences recently?

These mostly happened in his backstory - he did walk in on Fee+Andrea getting touchy in the bar, but mostly he's just had weird situations where girls that show interest in him seem change their minds or mysteriously stop returning his calls - with his messages going straight to mail. A few have had unfortunate accidents as well. It's all been quite strange and made it pretty much impossible for him to have a romantic life.

2. Assuming we get to a future game in this part of the galaxy (I can't wait), how long of a time skip are you currently envisioning?

You'll have to wait at least a bit - and the next game may/may not be in this area. Current time skip thoughts range between six and eighteen months.

3. Considering he had a couple of close-ish calls (Mr No Arms), what was the plan if Yuri had gone splat in one of the battles?

Initially he was going to stay out of battle, but ended up getting pulled in. Nora could run the company if necessary - but Yuri never actually came very close to death - even without arms, he never finished a battle (until the very last one) in a situation where his mech was close to being knocked out of action completely.

[Felicity]

Yuri was the soldier that walked in on them? Haha! That's even funnier. He nope'd right out of there? Amusing. Is he intimidated by women somewhat?

Was there anything we missed? I'm pretty sure we never found that possible last thing in Human Edge for example?

[Colette Rupelle]

I would have liked more threads with Alexei. He looked like an interesting guy.

Anyways, a notable NPC was George Bates. Did you planned on this random merchant be relevant to players? How is he liking his new leg?

[Felicity]

Can we have the specs on the custom Dragon please? Theodore just reminded me how great it was.

[Comstar]

Yuri was the soldier that walked in on them? Haha! That's even funnier. He nope'd right out of there? Amusing. Is he intimidated by women somewhat?

Was there anything we missed? I'm pretty sure we never found that possible last thing in Human Edge for example?

He's less intimidated by them than he is uncomfortable walking in on his mechwarriors getting intimate - it's just something he doesn't think is appropriate for A: the commander, and B: public. He's a little bit conservative in that regard.

Yes, you missed a few small things. Some were event related - like you missed a small automine that would've been a money source for the town in the scouting thread, not a huge deal, and a few small things scattered about, including a few more hints hidden in Calico - nobody ever really asked Alexei what some of the stuff was.

Also, the diner was almost completely ignored, which surprised me... and the 2nd Arcade game did have an easter egg. Urban Egg. Easter Urbie.

As for the custom Grand Dragon... it wasn't a huge change. Added Double Heat Sinks, which was the main thing, and then swapped out chest Missile system from LRM to SRM, updating 2 forward lasers to Pulse.

Quirks: Extended Torso Twist, Stable, Narrow/Low Profile
Speed: 5/8
11 Double Heat sinks
Internal/Armor
Head 3/9
Center Torso 20/27/10
Right Torso 14/19/9
Left Torso 14/19/9
Right Arm 10/17
Left Arm 10/17
Right Leg 14/20
Left Leg 14/20

2x Medium Pulse (LA/LT)
1 PPC RA
2x SRM 4 (CT)
1 Medium Laser (rear angle, RT)
1 ton of SRM ammo.

I would have liked more threads with Alexei. He looked like an interesting guy.

Anyways, a notable NPC was George Bates. Did you planned on this random merchant be relevant to players? How is he liking his new leg?

Alexei was a pretty complex guy - he had layers.

Also I had zero expectation people would latch onto 'myomer sales guy' but enjoyed developing him. I was looking for an avatar but didn't find one in a reasonable time frame - he's quite enjoying his new leg, and also enjoying learning how to knit.