Chrome Symphony [OOC] - Episode III

Sounds like you guys painted yourselves into a corner.

Getting the age of the thing is quite possibly not too important now, so that detail can wait until later, if it helps. I got nothing for the rest, beyond got to analyze whatever that distortion field around it is, and then figure out a means to get through it. Maybe recruit someone with the right sort of Esper abilities to counteract it? I dunno.

Taking a break may be a good idea. The RP has pretty much come to dominate the forums, to the point that for quite a stretch, nobody has posted anywhere else. I'm not sure such a singular pursuit is bad, but it's something I've noticed.

I've noticed that there hasn't been much activity outside of the RP too but didn't think it bringing it up was very constructive so I just kind of ignored it. If you think that if the RP dies, the forum dies, well.... maybe. I hope not.

Things have been busy for me lately, too, so that's part of the reason I haven't been posting much outside of the RP. I will, however, say that people should just post where and when they want to post and not worry about quotas or keeping things evenly distributed activity-wise.

Now, I've been guilty of this as well, but it's time to address something:

There has been an overwhelming air of pessimism and negativity around here lately. I'll just say this... it's not contagious if you recognize it and don't let it change your mood. I hope you all catch my drift.

If it helps, here's my suggestion for getting things back on track after any little break. Which might be important just for people not to burn out creatively.

1) Figure out things like "what is this mysterious object in space?" and "what do we need to do regarding it?" Have some ideas for where things will go.

2) Figure out what problems lie in the way of getting the answers to the questions you've posed previously.

3) Figure out possible solutions to those problems.

And then, uh, go from there. It's...probably much easier said than done.

As for astronomy tricks, I'm not sure you can get an age on something near the Earth without actually going out and taking samples, but observation of cratering and other impact damage (notably any cases where there are overlaps between craters) might be one way to start ballparking it. Other tricks to try just for general usefulness could be looking outside of visible light. What does it look like in infrared, UV, X-ray (emission), Radio, and so-on.

I agree we should wrap up the chapter and have a big group planning session + a break.

We painted ourselves into a corner and ran out of paint!

I guess we DO have to take a break now. I'll close the chapter with something that's reasonable.