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[Task Force]

So the monsters won...:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

How about not having the seer be the bad guy as well? Or perhaps people could refrain form killing themselves without permission:rotfl:

Yeah that did come from left of field I suppose....gave a definite advantage to the monsters at a time when the humans were arguably on top (a cunning move by Letum) http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/scream.gif

Hey! when you get knifed from someone you've actually 'slept' with it can be a shock to the system (even more so than marriage) let me tell you http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pissedoff.gif




http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/bubblegum2.gif

My initial question was intended to be more about improvements to rules and gameplay.

[Nisgeis]

Yeah that did come from left of field I suppose....gave a definite advantage to the monsters at a time when the humans were arguably on top (a cunning move by Letum) http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/scream.gif

The humans should have been on top yes, but they had only found one monster. The other monster had been killed in a friendly fire incident on Day 3. At the point I was the sole werefish, there were ten other humans, so I don't think the I had the advantage at all.

[Raptor1]

The humans should have been on top yes, but they had only found one monster. The other monster had been killed in a friendly fire incident on Day 3. At the point I was the sole werefish, there were ten other humans, so I don't think the I had the advantage at all.

Yeah, but the humans were sure you was human, or at least those following Undersea...

[roman2440]

Arrg - that friendly fire sucks - first night the carnage can begin and I get torpedoed by my own side :damn:

The only suggestion I would make is that when the initial class assignments are doled out, make sure that even the bad guys have some sort of background info. Mine was just simply that I was part of the rescue team and that I had heard the call of the kraken, I had no information as to my role as part of the rescue team which made it hard to figure out how to role-play anything other than a monster (which if he is to remain free of lynching most definately should not be role-played in front of anyone who is going to live).

[Raptor1]

Arrg - that friendly fire sucks - first night the carnage can begin and I get torpedoed by my own side :damn:

The only suggestion I would make is that when the initial class assignments are doled out, make sure that even the bad guys have some sort of background info. Mine was just simply that I was part of the rescue team and that I had heard the call of the kraken, I had no information as to my role as part of the rescue team which made it hard to figure out how to role-play anything other than a monster (which if he is to remain free of lynching most definately should not be role-played in front of anyone who is going to live).

You make up your own role based on the information you have, all of us that had them did

I think part of the reason you got fragged was lack of posting...

[Nisgeis]

Yeah, but the humans were sure you was human, or at least those following Undersea...

Lol, no one was sure. But fine, have it your way, the game was hopelessly rigged and there was no way the humans could have won. I had it easy, whatever.

[Raptor1]

Never said that, but the majority of people were convinced you were human directly or indirectly

Ah, well, it's been fun anyway

[Nisgeis]

Never said that, but the majority of people were convinced you were human directly or indirectly

That is incorrect, a small minority of people strongly thought I had been a human, but knew that I may no longer be and could be a monster. I was worried at the time that I would get this kind of criticism if I by some miracle won (easily?). So, I told Undersea that there was a new spirit and later on I told TarJak, to put the screws on Undersea. Hardly anyone was told I was human, you'll have to ask Undersea to be sure, but the assertion that everyone knew I was human, so that's how I won is wrong. Whatever perspective you take, I did not keep the new spirit a secret and did not exclude myself from being a monster. I won by keeping the higher priority suspicion on other people. I think more people were told I was a suspect than thought I was human.

You all just insisisted on not voting. At the point when Raptor was lynched, only three people voted, out of ten!!! If I had of been an independent monster from the start, this would have been a great way to get people lynched as one vote had massive sway, as everyone was abstain mad. This of course was because of the atmosphere that was the same as the last game, ie a revenge vote culture, where one person is afraid to vote for another, in case their card is marked even if that's the only evidence against them. If anyone discusses anything to do with someone else being a monster, then that person accuses them back of being a monster, so it's no wonder you could all be manipulated into, as Jimbuna put it, being sheep, as it was nice and safe and as long as no one was voting for them, they were happy with it. No one dared talking about things that made people look suspicious, as they all wanted to keep safe, so in a nutshell the humans acted alone, even though they outnumbered the werefish by about nine to one. There were even talks about not lynching people - weird! That would effectively give two night cycles in a row to the monsters. Jimbuna was correct. Conversely the monsters should always attack, as otherwise it's giving the humans two day cycles in a row. A few, like Oberon and Tarrasque dared to vote against someone else and start up some accusations, but this was rare.

Jimbuna almost ruined my careful plan, by trying to get people to vote, as that would affect the very small voting power I could influence - it was much better for me if no one else voted and that's true of any situation where there is a monster, if you don't vote, then the monster gets a more influential vote. Other people were much more suspicious than I was, due to what they were doing and saying. I was quite careful.

[Jimbuna]

Lol, no one was sure. But fine, have it your way, the game was hopelessly rigged and there was no way the humans could have won. I had it easy, whatever.

Now now, keep them claws in, the guy is just giving his input. :DL

I think a couple of minor changes I'd like to see would be an end to infinite abstentions....second abstention or failure to vote and your out of the game....the game could go on forever otherwise.

Perhaps even voting via PM and all are posted together at the allotted time.....might put an end to some of the bullying tactics and sheep herding (in a gaming context).

After all, the idea of the game is to lynch the monsters before the humans are all killed, a war of attrition if you like.

Be advised, the above points are meant to be constructive suggestions and certainly not as criticism at Letum, he ran the game his way and a fine job he did.......for a Yorkshire pudding/yokel :DL

Edit: Looks like we have cross posted.

[Silverraptor]

Being the fact that I was the "Spirit of Cthulu" I will post what happened Out-Of-Character. Then I will post that journal my character has been writing, role played of course.

On the first day, I was talking to SandyCaesar alot in real life and posting Letum alot (All game as well) on what I can and cannot do. I then tried to role-play as a frightened new sailor in a nightmare who would be willing to do anything for anyone. Most of the time that I was on here I never thought about being the "Cthulu", so most of those gathering info things I did to you Undersea, I would have done that even if I was human, weird huh.:know: I decided on killing off those who posted the least as to avoid any suspicion early game so I killed the Vice Admiral first night. The next night my target was Roman2440, because he only posted once. Unfortunatly, he was the other monster, but on the plus side, I got a guardian as well. The next 2 nights i didn't attack for 3 reasons. 1, Baggygreen was in the brig and I was hoping to put suspicion on him. 2, I was afriad of killing more monsters and was seeing if there were any left. And the 3rd and most important reason was... I was offline for both night periods.:damn: At that point I knew my end was coming and I wanted to have as much fun as possible, but then Nisgeis said he joined the monster's side. I knew that we had no hope of Killing Undersea without suspicion from the rest of the invetigation so I was planning on the locker thing as a fun way of my death. I got the idea from "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" where that one guy was locked in a locker and babbling about fishies. I was going to do this as a way to attract as much attention to myself and give credibility to Nisgeis and push him a ways forward. Then came to 2 great mobs, mine vs Undersea's that resulted in a tie. Just a few hours before the results I posted this to Letum and we had this conversation.
Like I said before, if the votes tally up against me when the lights go out, have the lynch mob corner me and me transform right in front of them. Describe a fight scene, then result in my death and the mob still alive. I want my death to be spectacular!:yeah:
You got lucky!
Mookie didn't vote for the 3rd time so I had someone I needed to get rid off.

You are dead, bad luck, but you take mookie with you.

Please don't say anything that will effect the rest of the game in the
discussion thread at all. Including discussing past events in detail.

I wanted my death to be epic since I was THE Spirit of Cthulu and the sub was roughly a third the size of my ego. And that's what I did, please stand by for the journal life of Silverraptor, OS.:up:

[Nisgeis]

Now now, keep them claws in, the guy is just giving his input. :DL

OK, fair enough, I think I was just p'd off that the first post was:

If only we'd had one more daylight period - Nisgeis would be dead.Like, as if somehow the game had been fixed and I only won because it finished too early, when of course I had given my attack instructions and I had attacked and killed Tarrasque in the night, so he wouldn't have been alive to lynch anyone.

Then people started saying I had an advantage and everyone knew I was human, which was not true. It was just all a bit too much together and sounded a bit sour grapes to me. It doesn't make me want to, if given the choice again, to extend the game.


I think a couple of minor changes I'd like to see would be an end to infinite abstentions....second abstention or failure to vote and your out of the game....the game could go on forever otherwise.

The original rule in the join up post was you can abstain three times, I'm not sure why it changed. I *think* (from my side anyway) that the no change rule made some people abstain early, in case they couldn't get back on later.

Perhaps even voting via PM and all are posted together at the allotted time.....might put an end to some of the bullying tactics and sheep herding (in a gaming context).

Good idea, but may swamp the poor old GM.

After all, the idea of the game is to lynch the monsters before the humans are all killed, a war of attrition if you like.


It is exactly that.

[Tarrasque]

OK, fair enough, I think I was just p'd off that the first post was:


Quote:
If only we'd had one more daylight period - Nisgeis would be dead.
Like, as if somehow the game had been fixed and I only won because it finished too early,


That certainly wasn't my intention - you won it fair and square, no debate about it. It was just so close.... :wah:

[TarJak]

Good game and well played Nigeis.

I think the game could be improved upon by holding to a 1 or 2 abstention limit forcing more people to vote. The lack of voting surprised me as well and was probably the most disappointing aspect of the game for me.

[Letum]

I don't intend to dig trenches round the way I did this or that, but here are
my thoughts on a few points:

well I for one would like to see 'official game actions' put in my the game master, then we won't have any of this second guessing is that a 'real book' or a 'fake book'. That's been a problem in both games, as people make up so much stuff, that the genuine game thread gets lost among the blizard of player created content.

The problem there is that I did not want to discourage lies and deceit.


Yeah, but the humans were sure you [Nisgeis] was human, or at least those following Undersea...

If they where sure, they got their assurance from an assumption. ;)



The only suggestion I would make is that when the initial class assignments are doled out, make sure that even the bad guys have some sort of background info.

No players got any kind of indepth background info. 50% of players (inc.
fish) got a little tip-bit of info randomly.

I'd like to see would be an end to infinite abstentionsThat surprised me about this game.
I didn't think an abstention limit would be important as the game works in
such a way that it is to the advantage of all classes that they vote.
Random, heard voting is, in fact, quite a good survivor tactic.

Perhaps even voting via PM and all are posted together at the allotted time.....might put an end to some of the bullying tactics and sheep herding (in a gaming context).hehe...and fill up my PM box another 10 times?
It still might be a good idea for the next game. A blind vote is another idea.


The original rule in the join up post was you can abstain three timesNot the case. No rules where changed in that thread apart from the
addition of the leader/brig rules.

[UnderseaLcpl]

By popular request, here is my story and that of the investigation, which I shall attempt to keep mercifully brief. Some of you are familiar with the last KGB-style investigative effort, which failed. There were some important differences in this one, but it failed as well. Nonetheless, it was a lot of fun. Threatening people can be very entertaining:DL

Obviously, the basic tenet is to force compliance and control the vote when neccessary. Properly executed, this ensures the survival of core investigation members. The death of Chad early on due to not voting (we would have won the vote, despite Nisgeis' underhanded efforts, if he had voted) was an unexpected development, but not a failure of the process.

The next step is to gain credibility and expand influence. This is accomplished by a variety of means. Some of you recieved harsh threats for noncompliance. Obviously, the vast majority of you never recieved the death penalty for witholding information. Most bad lynchings were the result of activities outside the investigation, and in one case (Oberon), my unavailability. Only JALU3 was lynched for witholding information and that was because he was particularly obstinate, and we needed an example to be set. He was chosen simply because we didn't have any good suspects at the time.
We also sought to simultaneously expand our influence and catch a monster (further expanding it) by using a complicated system of "baited" communications and informers. In its' most basic form, this consists of convincing a person to send a certain PM to a few other people, at least one of which is a member of the investigation. Then we sit back and see if they send the proper message, and double-check the investigation members they send it to by seeing if they report it like they are supposed to. Of all the people I talked to, Nokia and SandyCaesar were the only ones to be exonerated by this process. Nokia was only lynched because of the impossibly small chance that Nisgeis was both a seer and a monster.
If you are reading this Nokia, you were probably somewhat confused by the PM I sent you, followed by a lynch vote. It was intended to make sure that your next target would be Tarrasque or no one at all. Despite the fact that you passed all the communications checks and were truthful in your last interrogation, it was still less probable that Nisgeis was the monster. I was so convinced of his veracity that you were lynched simply for being unconfirmed. A total failure on my part, I admit.
On the other hand, the system worked marvelously well against Silverraptor. He began by giving incomplete information immediately, and trying to claim that he was a guardian. If that doesn't scream "infiltrator" I don't know what does. He insisted on leaving out the two bait PMs until he thought he was in a lot of trouble. By the time he reported them, it was too late for him. The investigation had locked on and accquired its' first target. Even worse, he ceased his attacks. That says; "I'm scared and I am doing whatever I can to buy more time"
However, since we had a bonafide seer, and he had been intimidated (probably) into not attacking, there was no point in lynching him unless we were absolutely sure. The initial lynch vote against him was a fluke, called at the last minute because Chad was being threatened. As the most likely (and as it turns out, only monster at that point) he was the best choice. In the end, Chad's failure to vote sealed his fate, both by game rules and by popular choice.

Imo, this was the point at which the balance shifted. Nisgeis seered SR just to be sure, and told me he was a monster, which I was pretty sure of already. As it turned out, that act made Nisgeis a monster(sort of, he had a choice), an eventuality I was totally unprepared for. If Nisgeis had said SR was a human, I would have had SR lynched anyway to test Nisgeis. Nisgeis was generous enough to provide plenty of correlating evidence that he was misleading us already, so I think I could have had him killed post-mortem. My plan was to suicide after I had informed Tarjak and a couple others I investigated long before the vote was clear, thus establishing my credibility and pinning a monster.
Against all odds, Nisgeis reported SR as a monster, and it was all over for SR. Even more, he reported that an additional evil presence was on the boat, a truly brilliant move that took almost all attention off of him. Almost.
I initiated a plan to brig people insted of killing them. The intent was to get Tarjak installed as leader at some point, or keep Jim, if he was human, and then have them release all of the brig captives except for Baggygreen if it looked like Nisgeis was the monster. If Nisgeis was not the monster, myself and whomever else was totally trustworthy would instalynch the brig captives and escape. It probably would have worked, if some people hadn't been so determined to kill themselves and other people they were not supposed to.

In the end, it was me who goofed up everything for the humans. I was so convinced that Nisgeis could not have been a monster (thanks to his machinations), that I let Nokia die and even voted to elect Nisgeis as leader. At that point, I was trying to buy time with a plan that totally failed, believing that Nisgeis could be challenged in a lynch vote on the last day if I could convince him not to kill that night.

To those of you who think that Nisgeis had an easy time of this affair, I will tell you that he did not. He passed check after check until it was too late for us. He may have been aided by the fact that he was a seer/monster, but he defeated all countermeasures arrayed against him.
And those were good countermeasures. Multiple covert PM checks, testimony analysis, and other measures were taken, none of which produced even a hint that he was lying.

So there you have it.The story of the Investigation, or at least as much as I care to tell. Transcripts of interrogations and conversations are available upon request.

[Nokia]

I must admit I was quite suprised to be voted of by the investigation. After Silverraptor got lynched the only way for me to get killed was to get lynched and thus the investigation was a bit of a threat and that's why I saw it best to cooperate as much as possible with them. I suspected that someone in the investigation could be the monster but I didn't wan't to risk me getting lynched because I claimed it was someone on the inside. But I never ever suspected the monster was Nisgeis so superbly played mate you deserved to win :up:!
The biggest mistakes where probably voting for Oberon and me miscalculating the votes when I voted for Jimbuna :doh:. I counted the votes and thought that there was no way to make any differance and therefor I voted the same as the investigation not to risk me getting lynched. Only afterwards I recounted the votes and saw that there could have been a tie (between TarJak(?) and Jimbuna). But all in all the game was a blast so thanks to Letum :up: and once more congratulations to Nisgeis :up:

[Jimbuna]

Oh, one more small suggestion before I forget.....a maximum of one in the brig at any given time :DL

[Letum]

Why?

[Jimbuna]

Why?

It would stop the inquisition herding all the sheep into a confined space.

It would also help in breaking the siege-like mentality that pervades often quite quickly.

It would prevent people being taken out of the game by means other than being lynched (I'm thinking of the two who were incarcerated for most of the last game) and enable them to play a full and active part like all the other perticipants.

Most importantly, it would help ensure people embraced the ethos of the game....'kill or be killed'....'get them before they get you'.

[Onkel Neal]

Why do you keep referring to the other players as "sheep"? :)

[Letum]

It would stop the inquisition herding all the sheep into a confined space.

It would also help in breaking the siege-like mentality that pervades often quite quickly.


I don't understand what you mean here.



It would prevent people being taken out of the game by means other than being lynched (I'm thinking of the two who were incarcerated for most of the last game) and enable them to play a full and active part like all the other perticipants.


Had it not been for the brig, they would have been dead for most of the game!

Most importantly, it would help ensure people embraced the ethos of the game....'kill or be killed'....'get them before they get you'.


I hoped it would introduce some more subtle tactics.
Keeping players in the brig should be a good way to test their humanity.
If the killing stop, either you have caught a fish or the fish is trying one on.
If someone gets killed in the brig, you can be sure you have a fish in there.

[Jimbuna]

Because they acted in a bah bah bad way :DL

No seriously, just a term or phrase often used in my parts for those who are perhaps easy to lead....check back and you may well find that some followed the strongest amongst them or were too afraid to move until someone gave them a steer.

Not only me using the terminology and supported by others I believe.

Come the revolution.....they shall be the first to perish.....lamb barbecues :D

[Jimbuna]

A resounding success and top marks to Letum for hosting it http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

In the spirit of trying to gain constant improvements for future games (if that is actually possible), does anyone have any suggestions?

I don't understand what you mean here.





Had it not been for the brig, they would have been dead for most of the game!



I hoped it would introduce some more subtle tactics.
Keeping players in the brig should be a good way to test their humanity.
If the killing stop, either you have caught a fish or the fish is trying one on.
If someone gets killed in the brig, you can be sure you have a fish in there.

Hey, no problem...tis good to have a plenary session and even better to see so many contributors.

I stand by my two statements above.

[mookiemookie]

Good game and well played Nigeis.

I think the game could be improved upon by holding to a 1 or 2 abstention limit forcing more people to vote. The lack of voting surprised me as well and was probably the most disappointing aspect of the game for me.

I was a bit disappointed that I was axed for not voting when my internet connection was down and I had mentioned it in this very thread, but rules is rules I guess. :dead:

[Oberon]

Come the revolution.....they shall be the first to perish.....lamb barbecues :D

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[roman2440]

The next night my target was Roman2440, because he only posted once. Unfortunatly, he was the other monster, but on the plus side, I got a guardian as well.

Minor correction - I was the one who targeted AVSM that night (albeit I sent the PM off at the last second), so most likely I got him just before, or just as you got me. I seriously doubt he was protecting me that night.

[Letum]

Minor correction - I was the one who targeted AVSM that night (albeit I sent the PM off at the last second), so most likely I got him just before, or just as you got me. I seriously doubt he was protecting me that night.

Just after, but the timing made no difference; actions are turn based, not real time.

[Silverraptor]

Just after, but the timing made no difference; actions are turn based, not real time.
Huh?... What?

By the way when should we be expecting the next game?

[Nisgeis]

Minor correction - I was the one who targeted AVSM that night (albeit I sent the PM off at the last second), so most likely I got him just before, or just as you got me. I seriously doubt he was protecting me that night.

You were spirit of the Kraken, so could not have killed a guardian (after a rule clarification). Spirit of Cthulu was the only one that could have killed a guardian in night time. I wonder though, what AVSM did, in order to get attacked by both werefish at the same time.

[Task Force]

You were spirit of the Kraken, so could not have killed a guardian (after a rule clarification). Spirit of Cthulu was the only one that could have killed a guardian in night time. I wonder though, what AVSM did, in order to get attacked by both werefish at the same time.

Survive the werewolf hunt. lol:haha:

[Nisgeis]

Huh?... What?


Turn based means all actions are applied at the same time, so it doesn't matter how long you take to decide (as long as you make the deadline) if you attack someone before a guardian protects them, it only matters that the guardian's move was to protect, so you don't get the attack in before the guardian protected that person. So, it's the action that matters, not when the action was taken.

[Nisgeis]

Survive the werewolf hunt. lol:haha:

Didn't say Neal that he was a Guardian in the game thread? That helped a bit :DL.

[Task Force]

I think he did...lol

Now... Strangely... I was the first werewolf to die. (friendly fire by anouther wolf)

And I was the first killed by lyinching here also.:rotfl:

[Raptor1]

Sometimes life is tough...

I should know, I was the first person to die last time

[Silverraptor]

Sometimes life is tough...

I should know, I was the first person to die last time

Ya, SandyCaesar told me about that.

[Task Force]

Sometimes life is tough...

I should know, I was the first person to die last time

Yep. lol Ya were torn up in the guard tower. lol No one ever got the raptor 1 parts out of it did they.

[Jimbuna]

I think he did...lol

Now... Strangely... I was the first werewolf to die. (friendly fire by anouther wolf)

And I was the first killed by lyinching here also.:rotfl:

That was only to give others the chance to be able to squeeze a post or two in :har:

[Task Force]

You distroyed my post cound stimulas package.:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

You distroyed my post cound stimulas package.:rotfl:

LMAO :rotfl:

Hunter ICX was behind it all :DL

@Oberon....good old Woolfie Smith :yeah:

[Task Force]

LMAO :rotfl:

Hunter ICX was behind it all :DL

@Oberon....good old Woolfie Smith :yeah:

Ill have to buz his plane on the grown even closer friday... do the same thing to him I did to schroeder.
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:rotfl: Pics by Red Max (aka Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg)
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Or what I did to Red Max.

[Silverraptor]

Okay, as promised, here is the first installment of Silverraptor's journal. Or, Ramblings of Cthulhu. With SandyCaesar for some help for the technical stuff.

Jan .1
I woke up this morning with a strange dream. I saw a place like no other and beings of incredible power. One of these beings showed me the truth of what I was and what I am supposed to do now. I went to sleep human, and woke up something... more.

Jan .8
I had another dream, this one on the plan that is to be enacted. I was assigned 6 months ago to the experimental nuclear submarine called the HMS Thanatus that would be leaving soon. I had much to prepare to get this submarine to the site of sacrifice.

Jan .17
I requested to talk to the Vice Admiral Stealth Hunter regarding some paperwork over administrative matters. While there, I sensed the need for power from him. I knew that I could use him for the plan. I hope I can manipulate him.

Jan .27
I've had a few more meetings with the Vice Admiral. My manipulation is working, but I will need to hurry. The sub will be leaving in a week. I convinced the Admiral to not interfere. I still need a way to sink the sub when it gets to the location. I'm not sure how yet, but I'm getting a few ideas.

Jan .31
Major gale today over the naval base, with hurricane-force winds. I hope the ships aren't damaged too badly. The Thanatus will be gone in five days, and I have to do something before then...but what?

Feb .1
Great luck. The Thanatus did suffer some storm damage, not much, but enough, hit by flying debris. The pressure hull wasn't breached, but the outside antennae and optic masts were damaged. It was a quick repair job, but it'll still take a week. The crew's not happy, but this is an opportunity...

Feb .4
Had another talk with the Vice Admiral. I had an idea, and I needed his copperation with it. He was getting uncomfortably curious, but I did get him to promise that tomorrow, the submarine will be mostly clear. With the sail opened by the workmen to replace the optics, it'll be the perfect opportunity.

Feb .5
I dressed as one of the workers and wandered over to the damaged section. I managed to disguise the charges as a new sensor package, authorized by the VADM, of course. It was easy enough to install them, bolt them down to the hydrodynamic hull, and replace everything. The real charges I replaced with dummies.

Feb .7
The VADM is fully in on the plan. Drawn by the promise of power, he promised to cooperate fully. Still, there was something I was uncomfortable with. I'm not sure what it was, though.
I also had another dream about the strange beings, telling me exactly what to do. There were a number of lesser beasts, too, servants of the Great One. They seek bodies to serve them, as well.

Feb .8
The repairs are fully completed. The workers assume that the sailors know about the "sensor package", and the sailors assume the workers know about it as well. Perfect.

Feb .18
Everythings in place. The stage is set. The boat will leave tomorrow and the plan will begin.

Feb .19
We have just departed for today. It will take some time to get to the sacrificial grounds. We have a crew of 60 on board, including civilian scientists. Everyone's very busy on the submarine...if only they knew. It'll take a while yet to reach the temple, since we have to explore so many other places along the way.

Mar .2
SandyCaesar's birthday. Seems like a competent enough guy, but suspects nothing. And he had a hell of a birthday present, as did everyone else on the boat. Me included. We discovered, and then stopped by, at Atlantis! The Vice Admiral still seems to be in shock. We'll be surfacing soon to broadcast the news.

Mar .3
Apparently somebody classified our report. CNN won't know. Apparently, whoever ordered this also thought that CNN wouldn't notice every boat with a pressure hull sprinting for all they're worth towards one patch of ocean. Yeah, right. In any case, we'll be spending quite a while here--at least six weeks, if the VADM is right. The civilian crew is still drunk over the victory celebration.

Apr .16
Leaving Atlantis. Finally. It doesn't help that there are about a hundred SSNs and SSKs hovering over it. The sonar-lashing is driving everyone aboard insane. It'll take a decade to fully document the finds.
Almost forgot. I was standing watch on the ROVs' imaging sonar when I found a statue. It was of a strange figure with tentacles instead of a beard, just like the Great Ones in my dreams. It was flanked by two smaller creatures, almost like squids...or the Krakens of Viking myth.

[Raptor1]

What Atlantis?

[Silverraptor]

What Atlantis?

SandyCaesar came up with the idea of using comedy points in the journal. So yes its "THE City of Atlantis".:har:

[Raptor1]

SandyCaesar came up with the idea of using comedy points in the journal. So yes its "THE City of Atlantis".:har:

I thought it was R'lyeh, where dead Cthulhu waits dreaming...ah, well...

[Silverraptor]

I thought it was R'lyeh, where dead Cthulhu waits dreaming...ah, well...
View the last day. We're leaving Atlantis then.

[Raptor1]

View the last day. We're leaving Atlantis then.

Hmm, ah, whatever

[Silverraptor]

Anyways, SandyCaesar and I are working on the next batch of journal entries.

[Jimbuna]

I'd love a picture of all those SSN's and SSK's......it must look like a dodgem car track :DL

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5043/dodgemcars.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dodgemcars.jpg)

[Oberon]

I'd love a picture of all those SSN's and SSK's......it must look like a dodgem car track :DL



And I bet the French rammed one of our boats again :ping::haha:

[Jimbuna]

And I bet the French rammed one of our boats again :ping::haha:

LOL :rotfl:

[SandyCaesar]

So that's the truth behind all those submarine collisions!:D

[Silverraptor]

Here's the next portion of Silverraptor's journal. SandyCaesar and I were researching a bunch of topics to make sure it's accurate, so you guys can't say we didn't do our homework.

Apr .19

Three days out from Atlantis, heading southwest. We're going to go through the Panama Canal, and our final destination is somewhere in the South Pacific. More dreams, drawing me to that spot. The Vice-Admiral is still following that plan.

Apr .23
We've just picked up an escort. MV Tartarus, registered to the Keno Corporation, twenty thousand tons, outbound from Woods Hold. I wonder how they'll keep up with us, though, as we're generally much faster than they are. We'll wait every few days for them, I think. Not sure why we don't just keep pace, but the VADM is in a hurry. UnderseaLcpl, the leader of the science crew, is working with Tarjak to try and translate some of the images we got of the stone tablets at Atlantis. They say they're halfway through deciphering it, not bad for six weeks' work.

Apr .25
The Vice-Admiral has authorized three days of shore leave for everyone aboard. Kind of unsettling how, the moment we docked, we were mobbed by voodoo worshippers. Although it was pretty cool how they parted and ran when I came down the pier.

Apr .28
Just crossed through the Panama Canal. Took on a shipment of fresh vegetables. Cthulhu knows, about time. Living off tuna for two months would be enough to drive anyone mad. Someone didn't do their shopping correctly. I told the VADM to steer southwest. It is only a vague feeling, but I can feel something drawing me in that direction.

Apr .30
The science crew says they have made a breakthrough on the tablets, and they'll finish translating within a few days. So far, however, they've managed to unearth a few things. One of which is the name "R'lyeh", as well as a set of navigational points. The target is somewhere in the vicinity of 47° 9′ 0″ S, 126° 43′ 0″ W...in the direction I can feel the power, drawing me in like a beacon.

May .7
The source of the power seems to be growing stronger and stronger as we approach it. My dreams are almost always the same: I am a strange, squid-like creature, but strangely insubstantial, swimming through the black water. I hunger for something, but I don't know what.

May. 9
Tarjak and UnderseaLcpl both say that they've finished translating the tablet information. It is an Atlantean account of a myth. The priests had apparently perfected some sort of ritual that would "call forth the essence of the squid" and which gave them enormous power, at least until once when "something more was drawn through the gate". Nobody knows what that means, but I have an inkling. Notably, two days after that the waters began rising around Atlantis...

May .12
We're in the general area, but the seafloor around here is unusually mountainous. It will take a while yet to navigate it. I can feel the power pulsating, can almost see the tendrils reaching from the valley, searching for us. Let them come.

May .15
They come at last. I can feel the first of the flood, strange creatures that have forced themselves onboard, stealing through minds like open doorways. I can feel the source of power. We are almost atop it. Only a short time until the first of the sacrifices begin.

May .16
The creatures are lying dormant, I can feel them. But something's not right. There's another power aboard, and it seems different than the rest of the creatures that are coming aboard. The Vice-Admiral has ordered the boat stopped for ROV operations.

May .18
Disaster. Whatever this other power was, it was waiting in the minds of several of the seamen, and it struck. I woke up this evening with a blinding headache. That was what saved me, I think, as many of the creatures aboard felt it, too, and lashed out in reaction, in many cases irrevocably damaging the minds of their hosts. As I write madness is sweeping the boat. We must not leave the sacrificial site, or it would all be for nought.

May .19
The two powers are fighting each other, the creatures and those among a few of the crew men. The VADM is being pestered by many to leave. I have to set off the charges now. Penelope Grey seems to be one of those who have the power and is focused on me. Fortunately, I managed to get her down to the lower chambers and set off the charges. The sub is taking on water, and the chaos is great....

May .20
The chaos has subsided a bit. Most of the crew is dead or drowning in the lower chambers. A rescue sub came today from the Tartarus, but managed to jam itself at the rescue hatch. I don't know how they got here so fast, but I have a suspicion.

May .21
I started the sacrifice. Letum was isolated near the submirged area. No one heard his demise as I ripped him to bits. This morning during roll call, They discovered what happened to him. I offered what help I could do and so far they're buying it. I just need to talk to Vice-Admiral Stealth Hunter tonight on why the rescue sub got here so quickly.