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Application Limits & Character Caps
Any caps?
- Two apps per player per round.
- Apps open every two months for two weeks.
- A hard cast cap of 12 characters per franchise. (IE: Pokemon, Transformers, Marvel, The Untamed/MDZS, Fate/, Final Fantasy, etc)
- A limit of five characters per player
- A limit of two characters per franchise per player.

At this point in time, there are no plans to raise any of the caps.

Appable Characters?
Allowed:
- Canon AU (case by case basis)
- Fan-made AUs (all kinds are accepted)
- Original Characters
- Canon OCs
- CRAUs with at a min. of 6 months of in-game CRAU.

Disallowed:
- Fresh-from canon characters
- Real people (past or present).
- Setting native characters. (For now)

Case-by-case basis:
- Characters younger than ten. This is to ensure player comfort. IE: Stewie from Family Guy would probably be accepted, but Tommy from Rugrats would likely not be accepted.
- Canon OCs related a canon character. They MUST be linked to an in-game AU and all of that AU must vouch for them, or they will be rejected.
- CRAUs with less than 6 months will be considered on a case by case basis.

Doubles?
Yes! Doubles are allowed as long as both memories and personalities are noticeably different. That said, the fae will be giving Doubles nicknames and characters are welcome to beg them to change these.

If we end up with 12 Tony Starks as the MCU cast, then we have 12 Tony Starks as the MCU cast and we get to see how many ways Tony can be spelled.

Non-human characters? Will they be humanised?
Non-human characters need not be humanised on arrival, though the player may choose to play with the mechanic if they want. 

The optional mechanic is that non-humans are humanised for the first 24 hrs only while the fae work to fix this mistake. Once it wears off, they are returned to their original self and size without issue. They will get clothes while human, but what kind is up to the player, so be as silly or as serious as you desire.

This mechanic might also trigger on revival or canon update if the player wants.

It may also be permanent if the player wants. Basically, outside the duration, this mechanic is as flexible as the player wants it to be.  

Can I canon/power update my character?
For canon updates, a character must be in-game for two IC months, with a minimum update time of one IC day.

Power updates are not allowed at this point in time. Sorry about that.


Mechanics
Who is Navi-No?
The AI of the ship. It's a very helpful, if literal AI that is probably not Chat-gpt/The Windows Paperclip given life. (Played by a real human ofc)

Though, helpful or not, it will not allow you to gain control of the bridge. You are Not Authorised Personnel, and it is Authorised to defend the bridge with way too many weapons and it will kill you.

What about Test Drive Memes?
One will go up every so often, but these are not considered canon to the game. It is however recommended you use them to get samples for the game.

What if I don't want my character to be recognised by a CRAU or 4th walled?
The fae can do a lot of things, and making A be a formless doll to B's perception (until CR is had) is one of them, along with enforcing a 4th wall type of effect. Just make sure to use the player's opt-out post to make it known this is what you want.

Death?
All characters are spat back out of the Portal 1 to 2 IC days after death. The same with pets and pokemon.

It's probably best not to ask where the bodies go - or why you have an oversized rainbow onesie on OVER your clothes.

Are pets/pokemon/summons etc allowed?
If you want to bring them in, by all means! The same goes for if your character has a baby (under 2 years old) they are responsible for.

Just note them on the app!

Pokemon Trainers can bring up to six Pokémon, provided they would not be appable characters in their own right.

Why humans/dolls???
Hyperfixations. Are you really going to tell a fae they are wrong :O?

What about mechas/vehicles of any other kind?
Sorry, but you cannot currently bring your Gundam or car or battleship with you. The fae bringing you here are pretty sure you don’t need that, right? Right?

Will you have regains?
It's possible this could happen in the future.

I want to leave the Noanga!
Sure, no one is stopping you from going off and living as a space farmer. However, characters are tethered to the Noanga and must remain in proximity to it, or they will become atoms or slime or goo, slowly disintegrating until they either die or are brought back to the ship.

Will powers and magic be nerfed?
Yes, there will be nerfing on a case-by-case basis to prevent game-breaking abilities from breaking the game. That said, players are trusted to self-nerf their characters appropriately and will be asked how they intend to do this on the app.

As an example, someone with the ability to open portals to other dimensions will find while they can open portals, they now lead to somewhere in the galaxy.

Another example would be that of a lv 100 Pokémon; it would be scaled down to about that of a level 20.

What about powers connected to a character's homeworld/previous game?
I'm open to working with players to find solutions. Maybe the fae are powering them, or maybe one of the Ancient Elder Great Old Ones is powering it or maybe they just work because the character expects it.

Do characters arrive with their inventory?
Characters arrive with whatever they were carrying, but not large items like cars or mechs or battleships.

Just be reasonable about it, please.

Language?
Somehow you all understand each other. It's not perfect, but it seems to work. For now, at least.

With effort, characters can speak their native language/s to others.

Spoilers?
Keep it at a reasonable wait time before you app or include them in your AU. Not everyone wants to know X killed A. That said, the onus is on players to respect each other and avoid spoilers if they do not want them.

I do, however, reserve the right to implement a waiting period for new canons at any time.

Pace & Structure
What's the IC to OOC ratio like? Game calendar?
2:1! That is two OOC days = one IC day.

The aim is for a relaxed game, but I reserve the right to shift this to a 3:1 if it is felt the game has grown beyond what can reasonably be handled in terms of pacing.

ICly, days on Noanga are on a roughly 25 hr long cycle. It's up to characters to decide on weeks and months, as there is no analog to any Earth-based calendar. That said, characters will find there is always a 10-day weather report, strangely accurate despite being on a spaceship.

You did want that month of rain, or the heatwave, or random snow in what should be summer, yes?

Will there be mod-run plot?
There is a background mod-plot and when it comes up, it will be announced a month in advance to give everyone time to sign up or prep for it. That said, Mod-run plots will involve the use of some D&D-lite elements, like dice, to add an element of chance to things.

In the meantime, player-led plots are highly encouraged to help build up the game's lore.

IE: You want there to be an alien salt mine planet that needs its salt 'liberated'? Do it! Do it!

What are the Activity Check Requirements?
AC is 20 comments over a two-month period.

AC will go up on the last week of each two-month period, and there are several methods accepted.

1. One post + ten of your comments in a separate thread.
2. Threads from three to five different characters, totalling to 20 comments from you.
3. Two open posts.

Posts can be any combination of Logs and Network, and must have at least ten replies from you on each.

IC inbox threads are NOT accepted as proof of activity.

Is there a network?
Yep! Though it's a bit.... hodge-podge.

The properties of the Bangle are as follows:
- Video; 0.35 megapixels. Not the best and certainly not up to 2025 standards.
- Text; does not include spell check. Extremely basic, like you would find on phones from the 90’s. HTML can and will fail!
- Audio; a bit grainy, but serviceable for the most part.
- Games: Solitaire and Snake are the only games on it.
- A list of All Characters currently in-game. First names only!
- Distress Beacon: What it says on the tin. Contact the mod if you press this!

You can hack, mark things as private(ish), but it's rudimentary and attempts to make it better will (currently) be met with failure.

Also you might end up turned into a pot plant. Or come down with a case of coughing up flowers. Or something like that.

Can my tech interface with the Bangle?
No, sorry, not unless you wish to brick your tech. Even the most sophisticated of tech from your worlds isn't designed to interface with whatever the ship uses to communicate.

As for charging it, you can probably find something of an analogue, though there is the risk of frying the tech until a techy person builds something better.

Any attempts to create a better network will see Navi-No 'helpfully' dismantle them while sounding like the Paperclip from Windows. code bases by tricklet