Before we begin, I would first like to apologize for posting this thread a full week later than originally

intended. Unfortunately, OOC is OOC is OOC, and there were some mitigating circumstances involved.

 

This project is the joint brainchild of Hanzo and myself. I am responsible for designing the newspaper,

collecting the stories and writing the articles.  The Imperial Envoy's name,  extensive background lore

(which cannot be alluded to in this thread because of SPOILERS) and the political decisions made with

regards to any specific stance the Envoy takes on each story can all be accredited to Hanzo's mind.

 

 

  

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#1 - To provide all Roleplayers in the game with public access (both ICly and OOCly) to information

such as potential plots,  points of contact for  various services  their character might want to use,

and where their  character can go,  in order to find  the sort of roleplay  that they are looking for.

 

#2 - To provide a stronger sense of a 'dynamic world' by openly publicizing the consequences (if not

the actual events  leading to said consequences  if they should happen  to be a secret  known only

to a few characters)  of other plots,  or actions.  Even if your character was not there,  by reading

about the fallout, or the plot itself, the fact that it did happen should still feel 'real' to you.

 

#3 - To provide a stronger base of immersion to Roleplayers, by provisioning information that could

typically only be  discerned through  discussions held in  various privately-accessible  servers via

an In-Character medium instead, to at the very least offer a few extra talking points in your RP.

  

All information has been painstakingly collected through IC means alone, beyond arranging meetings

for interviews through OOC channels in order to ensure we are on at the same time. The information

gathering period took me the better part of a full month, requiring me to be present in the game for

a near-perpetual basis, living at the mercy of others' schedules. This is not sustainable, for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The decision was made at the inception of this newspaper, to use an analog of OOC timescales for the

articles, in order to make it easier for you, the readers, to visualize the sequence of events.

 

 

The format provided is as follows:

 

[ IRL DAY ] / [ IRL MONTH ] / 3 [ IRL YEAR ]  -  For example, today's date would be: 08 / 08 / 321.

 

If you wish to convert this into an in-game date,  for the sake of your own plots or your own personal

timekeeping decisions, then follow these two simple steps below!

 

Step 1 )  Get today's date, IRL. Count backwards to the article date and multiply the no. of days by 3.

 

Step 2 )  Get today's date, In-Game. Subtract the new total no. of days from the date on your Laplace

Oracle Card - obviously, take into account that months have variable days.

 

 

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Please note that the Imperial Envoy is an Imperial Newspaper. Therefore, any misrepresented details

or 'smearing' of other projects, factions or characters are entirely by design.

 

If your character has not been accurately represented, this is nothing personal.  It would simply be as a

result of a decision made by the Imperial Envoy's personnel, ICly, to do so in accordance with the paper's

political stance. If you are wondering whether we are the corrupt bad guys - you'd be correct.

 

The fact that their / your story is in the newspaper to begin with, should offer you with the clue that it

is rather interesting to us, and we wanted to share it with everyone else!

 

Finally, everything that I have told you is solely on an OOC basis. What you do with this information is up

to you, at the end of the day. If your character is naturally skeptical about the Empire, and everything it

does, then by all means avoid us, speak out against us, torture Domino to death - whatever you like!

 

If your character is, however, supportive of the Empire - there's a fairly good chance that they'd have no

reason to suspect duplicity on the Envoy's part. You may even agree with our stance...

 

And now, without further ado... To the first Issue! Happy Reading!