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[Ozarck]

You've been dumped. Like so many before you, and like so many will be after. But life goes on, and so shall you.

Probably.

If the drop pod doesn't incinerate in a too-steep descent into atmosphere, or fall too shallow and bounce off the Trash Planet's atmosphere, sending you careening through the star system for centuries or more, alone and cold.

And if the beasts of the Heaps don't devour you, nor the toxic wastes poison you too severely.

Well, at least you are not allergic to water or oxygen, as this planet apparently has both in abundance.

At least, that's what the in-flight instructional audio said. Repeatedly. Most of the rest of the instructions are a bit of a blur in your memory. Or maybe they were rather blurred coming out of the speaker.

The rest of your reminiscence is cut off as your pod hits hard atmosphere, the roar of air burning away the thin protective plating loud in your auditory sensors for what seemed longer than it probably was, before your pod finally slowed enough to drop slowly (by cosmic standards) through the denser low atmosphere. And then, a couple tense minutes as you wait for the race between the parachute and the ground to be decided.

Lucky you, parachute wins, this time. You land with a mere bone jarring thud, rather than the cell shattering splat that might have been. A warning light appears and the warning message is cut off mid sentence by the explosion that sends your pod's hatch hurtling outward. You hear a dull clang - the sound of metal on metal - and immediately after a much louder, sharper clang - the sound of something large and metal rocketing into your drop pod at explosive speeds. Auditory sensors ringing, nauseous, and feeling somewhat heavy, you stagger out of your limited crash chair and peek from your hatch to see several very identical pods nearby. it appears you've landed in an open, sparsely grassed area alongside others who have been dumped.

Spoiler: The Heck? (click to show/hide)

Another Oz Game You have been deposited on a planet designated as a waste depository by some OmniCivilization. Why you were sent here is up to you, individually. But this is more or less a team oriented game, so try to stick together and save me the headache of remembering two dozen separate adventures at once, yeah?

Also, very important: this is not a minimalist game. Characer creation is pretty open ended, but I tend to prefer semi-realistic outcomes for actions. If you are a terrestrial human, you aren't suddenly flying to the moon or summoning Cthulu without a significant amount of effort on your part, and probably on the parts of many others.

Spoiler: Okay, but your recent games ... (click to show/hide)

Yeah, I've dropped most of my games lately after a few weeks for various reasons. Maybe this one will last longer. It's open ended, but I make no promises.

Spoiler: Character sheet? (click to show/hide)

Name:
Species:
Species distinctives: (what makes your species stand out? wings, allergic to sunlight, deidactic memory, smells faintly of eldeberries, you know, that kind of thing)
Status: (If you have any abnormal statuses, place them here)
Quest objectives: (could be something you want to do on this planet (such as 'get off this planet") or something the GM decides through the course of gameplay)
Inventory:

[Fluffe9911]

Ah screw it got nothing but free time hope this one lasts a decent amount of time

Spoiler: Chatters (click to show/hide)

Name: Chatters
Species: Skaven Legally distinct rat creature
Species distinctives: Legally distinct rat creatures are known for backstabbery, cowardice, and general xenophobia luckily for his party Chatters happens to be something of a saint among his kind and as such usually only ticks off 2/3 of these boxes (The cowardice and xenophobia one) they also tend to have aversion to sunlight due to them spending most of there lives underground.
Quest objectives: Summon the Horned Rat Make a name for himself
Inventory:

[Egan_BW]

Name: Alice!
Species: Human
Species distinctives: Big stupid skull which kills mothers, graspy thumbs, slow but efficient bipedal run, etc. Some minor additional evolution geared toward surviving in microgravity, which won't help here. Always prepared for the previous war, you know.
Status: Nominal
Quest objectives: Be Alive
Inventory: Prisoner Clothes

[Lidku]

Name: Veron Maldrac
Species: Toad
Species Distinctives: Humanoid fungoid lifeforms that are naturally gifted at construction.
Status: Nominal
Quest: Attempt to contact and rejoin with Mushroom Kingdom Starfleet Navy
Inventory: Mushroom Kingdom Starfighter Helmet, Mushroom Kingdom Starfighter Uniform, Mushroom Kingdom Starfighter Boots, Fire Flower Thermal Pistol

[Devastator]

Name: Geryon Vagante
Species: Poltergeist
Species Distinctives: Incorporeal creature with natural telekinetic abilities.  Must posess some object to survive for more than a few minutes.  Must occasionally consume objects, rendering them into ash, rust, or other high-entropy forms to regain energy.  Innate radar sense capable of detecting and analyzing nearby objects.
Quest Objective: Form awesome body capable of retaking to the stars.
Inventory: Currently posessing an office chair.

[King Zultan]

Name: Debby
Species: Deer person
Species distinctives: Has the body of a human but the head of a deer.
Status: Nominal
Quest objectives: Enjoy this really cheap vacation
Inventory: Casual clothing, Sunglasses, wide brimmed hat, cellphone, camera, suitcase filled with clothing

[Knightwing64]

Name: Mr: Zorak

Species: Fifth-Dimensional Imp

Species Distinctives: Fifth-Dimensional Imp’s are incredibly powerful beings capable of warping reality to their whims; from a human viewpoint, they appear to be nearly omnipotent, but there are actually quite a few limits to their abilities which the imps refer to as “The 3 Rules”

1: Imp’s are never allowed to say their name backwards or they’ll get banished.

2: their powers have limits. (Decided by GM)

3: They always appear as a small humanoid male wearing a bowler hat.

Status: Nominal

Quest: Have fun and mess with people.

Inventory: Bowler Hat, fashionable clothes and a glowing crystal.

[Lenglon]

Interested but exhausted because all-nighter. will follow-up after some rest. Might try to play Gwyn again? not going to hard-commit to that because tired me isn't allowed to make decisions.
I want in though!

[Ozarck]

As per usual, it will help the GM remember your character if your sheet is posted in a spoiler with your actions.

The first thing you all notice is the smell. Except the poltergeist, which only really notices that it is a chair, and that the pod seems to have settled down, and that there is an outside.
As for the rest of you, the sulfur stink of rotten eggs is unpleasant at best, mildly revolting at worst. Might want to consider resolving that issue.

The second thing you guys notice is the very brightly glowing objects following your own planetfall trajectory rather alarmingly closely. There are possibly more than one latecomer soon to join your party, perhaps rather vigorously!

Ah screw it got nothing but free time hope this one lasts a decent amount of time

Spoiler: Chatters (click to show/hide)

Name: Chatters
Species: Skaven Legally distinct rat creature
Species distinctives: Legally distinct rat creatures are known for backstabbery, cowardice, and general xenophobia luckily for his party Chatters happens to be something of a saint among his kind and as such usually only ticks off 2/3 of these boxes (The cowardice and xenophobia one) they also tend to have aversion to sunlight due to them spending most of there lives underground.
Quest objectives: Summon the Horned Rat Make a name for himself
Inventory:

You squint a lot and shy back into your pod. It's bright out there, yo. Landed on the sun side of the planet, apparently.

Name: Alice!
Species: Human
Species distinctives: Big stupid skull which kills mothers, graspy thumbs, slow but efficient bipedal run, etc. Some minor additional evolution geared toward surviving in microgravity, which won't help here. Always prepared for the previous war, you know.
Status: Nominal
Quest objectives: Be Alive
Inventory: Prisoner Clothes

Alice and her big, stupid, matricidal skull have achieved their first objective: be alive! Yep, definitely alive. As a reward, your ration pack and emergency kit are both actually functional! put those in inventory, I'm sure they'll come in handy. Also a flare gun, with flares, assuming you want anything on this planet to know where you are, ever.

Name: Veron Maldrac
Species: Toad
Species Distinctives: Humanoid fungoid lifeforms that are naturally gifted at construction.
Status: Nominal
Quest: Attempt to contact and rejoin with Mushroom Kingdom Starfleet Navy
Inventory: Mushroom Kingdom Starfighter Helmet, Mushroom Kingdom Starfighter Uniform, Mushroom Kingdom Starfighter Boots, Fire Flower Thermal Pistol

If that uniform/helmet combo were meant to be a sealed environment, something is clearly wrong, as environmental smells and sounds are leaking in pretty easily

Name: Geryon Vagante
Species: Poltergeist
Species Distinctives: Incorporeal creature with natural telekinetic abilities.  Must posess some object to survive for more than a few minutes.  Must occasionally consume objects, rendering them into ash, rust, or other high-entropy forms to regain energy.  Innate radar sense capable of detecting and analyzing nearby objects.
Quest Objective: Form awesome body capable of retaking to the stars.
Inventory: Currently posessing an office chair.

A wheeled office chair, I assume?

Name: Debby
Species: Deer person
Species distinctives: Has the body of a human but the head of a deer.
Status: Nominal
Quest objectives: Enjoy this really cheap vacation
Inventory: Casual clothing, Sunglasses, wide brimmed hat, cellphone, camera, suitcase filled with clothing

You are thankful for the sunglases and hat: it's pretty bright and fairly hot out there. You wonder if you remembered to pack sunscreen. Or bug spray. or antiradiation pills. Or a spare can of air.
You have your first objective! Name that reference! No penalty for failure. Reward: sunscreen, bug spray, antirad pills, and a can of air.

Name: Mr: Zorak

Species: Fifth-Dimensional Imp

Species Distinctives: Fifth-Dimensional Imp’s are incredibly powerful beings capable of warping reality to their whims; from a human viewpoint, they appear to be nearly omnipotent, but there are actually quite a few limits to their abilities which the imps refer to as “The 3 Rules”

1: Imp’s are never allowed to say their name backwards or they’ll get banished.

2: their powers have limits. (Decided by GM)

3: They always appear as a small humanoid male wearing a bowler hat.

Status: Nominal

Quest: Have fun and mess with people.

Inventory: Bowler Hat, fashionable clothes and a glowing crystal.

Getting banished sure is irritating. And you can't return for a year and a day, no less! Why did you even try that rhyming game after that many Zaphodian Vodkas? Well, at least these ... people ... look relatively amusing. Might not be too boring a year, if they stay alive, or if you find more like them. You idly wonder if there ARE more like them.

Interested but exhausted because all-nighter. will follow-up after some rest. Might try to play Gwyn again? not going to hard-commit to that because tired me isn't allowed to make decisions.
I want in though!

You'll arrive on the second wave of dropships, along with any others who still want to join. Welcoem to teh shi ... errr, Ozshow!

[Egan_BW]

"Hey look, I have supplies. Really, that seems like it represents a shocking amount of effort paid towards keeping me alive, together with the sealed can and the parachute. Are the rest of you alive as well?"

Use senses to detect the source of bad smell, and large brain to determine if it is a threat to my safety, and if so whether it could be neutralized by shooting a flare into it.

As a secondary matter, use senses and brain to determine an ETA for the late wave of pods, and where they're likely to land so that I may avoid being scooshed.

Spoiler: Alice! (click to show/hide)

Name: Alice!
Species: Human
Species distinctives: Big stupid skull which kills mothers, graspy thumbs, slow but efficient bipedal run, etc. Some minor additional evolution geared toward surviving in microgravity, which won't help here. Always prepared for the previous war, you know.
Status: Nominal
Quest objectives: Be Alive, Continue Being Alive
Inventory: Prisoner Clothes, Ration Pack, Emergency Kit, Flare Gun, Some Flares

[SuperDino85]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Bowser
Species: Koopa
Species distinctives: Much larger than the average koopa, with claws on his fingers and toes, and dangerous looking white spikes dotting his large, green shell, and a flaming red floppy mohawk sits between two horns on his head. Able to breathe fire.
Status: Grouchy
Quest objectives: Establish dominance and authority on this planet and add it to my kingdom
Inventory: Two spiked bracelets on each arm and a spiked collar

[Lenglon]

Spoiler: Tanya Xelcarostia from Power and Pulse (click to show/hide)

Name: Tanya Xelcarostia
Species: Mage
Species distinctives: Similar to humans but have the spark of Mana within themselves, they are able to manifest this in individual-specific ways. In Tanya's case she is able to Selfshift (can shapeshift herself) and manipulate light (both for utility purposes and also as concentrated bolts if need be), while her mana is tethered to her familiar, a swift fox named Rose, who she has considered like a sister.
Status: Tanya experienced a teleportation accident which left lasting otherworldly effects upon her (including stripping her of ability to teleport), her very life is bound to that of her familiar, Rose, and if Rose dies, so does she, and they cannot be separated by more than 30m or so. She is now very highly adept at shifting herself to be fox-like, and her blood cathes fire when it leaves her body (and it is HOT, but she is unabled to be harmed by this), but most the most noteworthy effect is that she herself is technically now an otherworldy creature, both herself and Rose are prone to shifting and changing every 100 days or so, as the side-effects of her change re-manifest. Rose herself has also been affected in a related way, but Tanya does not (and Lenglon doesn't either) know the details of how Rose has been changed.
Quest objectives: Tanya was captured, taken off her homeworld, interrogated, and is now being dumped since they have no further use for her. She's disoriented, and would like to get home but knows that is extremely unlikely. Her goal for now is to assess her situation and surroundings, and to try to figure out what her immediate needs are for herself and Rose.
Inventory: Prison jumpsuit, is acompanied by Rose.

Alternate:

Spoiler: Kit from Roll to Space Pirate x2 + Star Brick (click to show/hide)

Name: Kit (Kitty Hive)
Species: A litter of 8 kittens that are linked together into a single hivemind.
Species distinctives: This litter of kittens have had their brains linked since before birth, and are essentially a single mind spread across eight tiny bodies. They show near-human intelligence, and are able to operate independently or together as desired. Their maximum separation range has not been determined, but placing one of them in orbit with the rest left on the planet caused no negative effects, and they were still able to act cohesively with no noticeable delay. To facilitate communication each kitten has been given a collar with a small digital display that shows whatever text the kitten desires it to display, up to a maximum of 13 characters long.
Status: Healthy.
Quest objectives: Figure out where I am?
Inventory: collars with a digital display and neurolink to the wearer. each individual collar can display up to 13 characters at once.

[Egan_BW]

man, that game was complicated

[Devastator]

A wheeled office chair, I assume?

((Yeah, sounds good, although I was thinking the poltergeist could make stuff levitate, too.  I figure if a human could lift something, so can the Poltergeist.))

Roll outside and see what I landed in!  Flick any levers or buttons needed to open the door.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Geryon Vagante
Species: Poltergeist
Species Distinctives: Incorporeal creature with natural telekinetic abilities.  Must possess some object to survive for more than a few minutes.  Must occasionally consume objects, rendering them into ash, rust, or other high-entropy forms to regain energy.  Innate radar sense capable of detecting and analyzing nearby objects.
Quest Objective: Form awesome body capable of retaking to the stars.
Inventory: Currently possessing an office chair.

[Lenglon]

man, that game was complicated

facts I like complicated though. It is kinda funny how complicated even the super-condensed version I put here was.
by the way, I don't know what happened to the discord for that game, so I actually don't have a lot of the PM'd stuff anymore (and it's been long enough I forgot most of it).