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Small Group Missions
Mission Request form last updated 08/19/13.
These are missions for groups of two to eight characters (though there may be some flexibility on that character limit).
Do you want some unexpected forced bonding time? A group training exercise? Here's the place to get that! By requesting a Small Group Mission, you will be given an opportunity for your group of characters to be sent on a mission by the Initiative. These missions will be small in scale compared to the game-wide missions -- a game-wide mission could change the tide of an entire war; these missions will often be seemingly inconsequential, but could potentially have long-reaching effects.

Perhaps your characters will be sent to the French countryside in 1723 with the instructions to raid a carriage and steal a small wooden box inside of it, or to the Reconstruction-Era United States with the instructions to find a certain man and invite him to a bar with the purpose of getting him so drunk that he passes out, or to simply walk into a library in Egypt and collect several scrolls. But perhaps that small wooden box contains an important treaty that is being transported to be signed. Perhaps that man is, in fact, a US senator who will now be late and miss out on voting on a new law. Perhaps those scrolls were housed in the Library of Alexandria and only days away from being destroyed in the fire.

When assigning missions, we will be taking factors such as the size of the group and the particulars of the kind of mission you, as players, want to see your characters on. The more specific you are, the better we can meet your needs!

Solo Missions
Solo Missions are much the same as Small Group Missions, but are undertaken by a single character. You have the option of writing out a solo log about the mission, or simply handwaving it. These missions can be used for character development purposes and/or as a way to explain your character's absence when you go on a hiatus. Please state exactly what you want your character doing for this mission.

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MISSION REQUEST FORM

Character(s) involved:
Preferred Location: This field is optional. Do you have a country, biome, or otherwise specific setting in mind for this mission?
Preferred Time Period: Again, this field is optional, but if you have one, please state it here! Double check that your time period is not in conflict with your preferred objective.
Preferred Mission Objective: Specific detail is highly suggested. What do you want your characters doing, and why? What objective would they have? What can you see the Initiative wanting? (You don't need to know this so much!) Having a clear idea of the sort of mission you want and what you hope to achieve from it helps us get back to you sooner! General statements like "I'd love murder, please" are not so much helpful; "I'd love to go on a murderous rampage during the Civil War in the United States, on the side of the Rebels" is better, and we can help find the importance of it to the Initiative.
Expected Mission Duration: If you have an idea, or would like the mission tailored for something that takes a longer or shorter period of time. Played out mission times don't need to match the actual duration of the mission. That is to say, you may have your characters go on a mission for three months in the past, while only one week to a month passes in the present game time. 
Additional Notes: Anything else you'd like to add.

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Hello, and sorry for the delay! We've changed the format of our missions, and they now require a little more player input. Please fill out the following form, and we'll get back to you ASAP with your mission details (finally)!

Character(s) involved:
Character skillset: What is your character good at, and what is their weapon geared toward? What type of abilities would they like to hone?
Preferred Location: This field is optional. Do you have a country, biome, or otherwise specific setting in mind for this mission?
Preferred Time Period: Again, this field is optional, but if you have one, please state it here! 
Preferred Mission Objective: This is the important part! What kind of mission would you like? An assassination, a political debate, stealing supplies from a futuristic outpost, roughing up a 1930s mob boss? The more specific you can be, the better!
Expected Mission Duration: If you have an idea, or would like the mission tailored for something that takes a longer or shorter period of time. Played out mission times don't need to match the actual duration of the mission! That is to say, you may have your characters go on a mission for three months in the past, while only one week to a month passes in the present game time. Anything goes!
Additional Notes: Anything else you'd like to add.

Character(s) involved: Edward and Alphonse Elric
Character skillset:
Their skillsets are kind of similar! They're a couple of talented alchemists, which in both their respective universes means a) they're huge all-round classical science nerds and b) they can rearrange matter on the atomic level pretty much on demand just by clapping their hands. On top of that, they both have extensive martial arts training and standard-issue shounen hero levels of ridiculous determination.

Al's other notable traits are being a hollow suit of armour who doesn't need to eat, drink or rest (his weapon here is actually himself), and knowing how to hold a friendly conversation despite his odd appearance. He's a good mediator!

Ed's other notable traits include being an absolutely terrible mediator and generally the reason why they're needed in the first place! Additionally, he has two metal prosthetic limbs, a background working for the military (although Al was around for most of that too), less of a weakness to cats, quite a lot of teenage angst and a gun. And he can speak German, if anyone cares.

They honestly already make a good team, so their skills in that area don't need too much work... but a little forced bonding might still be in order, because they're not completely comfortable with the idea of each other existing just yet. They also need to practise staying out of trouble, since they've never managed it before.

Preferred Location: Somewhere without extreme temperatures or changes in pressure would be preferable, but otherwise anything goes!
Preferred Time Period: Also no preference!
Preferred Mission Objective: Playing guardian angel for somebody who originally died under mysterious circumstances... and running headfirst into said mysterious circumstances themselves, because let's face it neither of these two can trip over a pebble without finding an evil conspiracy underneath.
Expected Mission Duration: A couple of weeks for them, a day in in-game real time.
Additional Notes: BROS o/

THE MISSION:

In September of 1913, Rudolf Diesel, German inventor and mechanical engineer, was lost overboard from the steamer Dresden. The consensus of his biographers is that he committed suicide, but homicide theories abound, and no one can be sure.

Your mission is to prevent Rudolf from going overboard, monitoring him and keeping him alive until the steamer reaches Dresden. As it turns out, this was not a suicide attempt, but instead a murder attempt by competitors wishing to put him out of the picture in order to better pursue their own goals using the design of his patented engine.

THE FALLOUT:

Rudolf will learn the bank accounts are not in such dire straits as he believed when funding from a private source comes forth upon his arrival in Dresden, securing him a contract in furthering the development of the diesel engine. Technological leaps happen with greater speed when he' able to shift perspective and oversee the continuing development himself.

THE NOTES:

Don't break anything too big, boys!

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