Hello.

There have been some discussion on the time of the campaign. So please give your comments on at which time we should play. The choices are:

1) Fridays, starting at 19:30 CE(S)T
2) Sundays, starting at 13:00 CE(S)T

Name: The Common Good
Formed: 21.7.102
Organization: Hierarchical
Leadership: One leader (elected)
Status: Active

The Common Good is a loose organisation of doctors dedicated to help anyone in need.

One of us is always stationed at the surgery stations in Labspace, so come see us there if you feel unwell. On more urgent matters, call the public emergency line and tell us where you are and what happened, and one of us will be there as soon as possible.

If you're dedicated to saving the lives of others, we gladly welcome you to join our ranks. Our members range from quick first aid professionals to highly-skilled specialists. We collaborate closely with Da Vinci Fire Brigade, having access to their helicopters for quick access to any part of the Canyon.

To join up, contact our leader, Dr Khitasang on his necklink.

Members:
Khitasang - leader
Healer - handler
Eleonora - handler
((21 members altogether))

Name: Dreamers of Gaia
Formed: 4.9.101
Organization: Organic
Leadership: Single Leader (elected)
Status: Active

The Seed project was launched for a reason - to carry life away from its womb on Earth, onto all planets that can sustain it. That is our purpose as well - to turn Da Vinci from a frozen desert into a lush garden, a little sister of Earth, where our children and grandchildren can roam free of the confines of artificial habitats - a life worthy of humankind. We will not settle for anything less, and that should be understood by all who join us or work with us.

We will achieve terraforming by analyzing and correcting the errors of the original terraforming plan. For that we need to gain access to the full records of the centuries before us. Thus, the primary goal of the Dreamers of Gaia is to regain access to the databases in the Lower Cluster.

If you wish to join our effort, contact our leader Cassia, or one of our handlers.

Members:
Cassia - leader
Jennifer - handler
David - handler
Lorne - handler
Kael
((34 members altogether))

Name: The Da Vinci Collaboration
Formed: 13.11.102
Organization: Hierarchical
Leadership: Democratic
Status: Active

You've probably heard of us: despite our small numbers we're everywhere in the Tower. We take it as our duty to work with everyone and everywhere. Our dream is a unified Tower without conflicts or squabble, and we work towards that goal through understanding and mediating. Our work can be best seen in the monthly Ringleader Meetings, which we've organized and chaired since it was held for the very first time.

We recruit only those willing to take the role of diplomats, so our numbers are few. We have allies and contacts, however, in all parts of the tower and every imaginable aspect of a colonist's life. If you wish to apply for membership or become part of our network, contact any one of us.

Members:
Reneb - leader
Bahar - handler
Tianyi - handler
Ding
Katie
Mohambo
Solomon
Atis
Bero (dead)

Name: Honor and Duty
Formed: 28.11.103
Organization: Informal
Leadership: Democratic
Status: Disbanded 5.8.104

Honor and Duty draws from the historical concepts of self-sacrifice and loyalty to the communicy and greater good. Our worth in life comes from the contributions we make to the others, and to our cause. We abhor individual greed and cowardice above all.

If you wish to learn the ways of Honor and Duty, contact any one of our ring.

Members:
Hideo (dead)
Jeanne - leader
Ivo - handler

Name: Tower Engineering Society
Formed: 4.5.102
Organization: Hierarchical
Leadership: One Leader (permanent)
Status: Active

Tower Engineering Society focuses on keeping the Tower functional and increasing our productivity. Even though we do more than our share of routine maintenance work, we specialize on large-scale repairing projects that improve the quality of the systems, instead of simple juryrigging. We also have extensive knowhow on building reliable and efficient factory lines for production purposes.

If you wish to join us or share in our knowhow, just contact one of our members - you'll be shown to whoever can help you.

Members:
McGregor - leader
Oliver - handler
Ahoyo - handler
Polina - hander
Aini
Twotwelve Three
Zahra
Lhi
((72 members altogether))

Most of the skill training is done by downloading information from TAU's databases. The process uses a colony of nanites in the brain, directed by the necklink, allowing efficient use of brain capacity. The information downloaded is pure factual knowledge - no memories of experiences is included. The information comes from a backup database, so only crucial information is available - that is, mostly, maintenance and research related skills, and no Earth culture/history or other obscure skills that were available during speedgrowth.

While most of the skill training consists of these downloads, practice also counts. Everybody is assumed to spend their waking times usefully, so any skills learned from self study or practice is included in the normal skill-learning system. You might, however, want to self-study something not available in the backup databases. In those cases you study the skill normally (rules-wise), but can not take several levels in a row (since you're downloading something else at the same time). The maximum level you can reach in such a skill may also be limited by the GM.

(I hope you can understand what's written above...)

The skills currently defined in Skill Tracker are (difficulty in brackets, required skill level on the arrow):

Applied
Power(2)
  -2-> Plasma Conduits(3)
  -2-> Superconductors(3)
Mechanics(2)
Structural Engineering(2)
  -2-> Tower Engineering(3)
  -2-> Wind Engineering(3)
  -2-> Safety Engineering(3)
Hardware(2)
Software(2)
  -2-> Security(4)
  -5-> Artificial Intelligences(5)

Medicine(2)
  -1-> First Aid(1)
  -2-> Pharmacy(3)
  -2-> Psychiatry(3)
  -3-> Surgery(4)
  -4-> Neurology(5)
  -5-> Bioengineering(5)

Prospecting(2)

Theoretical
Biology(2)
  -1-> Botany(3)
  -1-> Zoology(3)
  -1-> Micology(3)
  -2-> Virology(3)
  -4-> Genetics(5)
Chemistry(2)
  -2-> Organic Chemistry(3)
  -2-> Inorganic Chemistry(3)
  -3-> Nuclear Chemistry(4)
  -4-> Quantum Chemistry(5)
Mathematics(2)
  -2-> Statistics(3)
Physics(2)
  -1-> Dynamics(1)
  -2-> Electromagnetism(2)
  -2-> Astrophysics(3)
  -3-> Nuclear Physics(4)
  -3-> Quantum Physics(4)

Philosophy(2)
  -1->Zen (2)