my group just started playing our own version of this. I drew up a very basic moon base and found someplace to put it on the moon and we created a ‘Work Order’ system in a discord chat so when ever anyone is on they can grab an order and start working and text chat back and forth with whoever is available. We also set up a voice chat for more difficult repairs that we can talk over in a live environment. Great game 100/10
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My jaw literally dropped as I read that. So incredibly good.
And part of the reason I like it is that it hints at the card driven delivery activities that model train enthusiasts used to create for themselves 'back in the day.' They'd draw a card and see that they needed to get x train with y cars to the z location and pick thingsup to take to the za place.
Work orders. That is good. Can you share examples?
So we all have or have had some sort of help desk job in some way and I thought it would be a good prompt to start the dialogue. After the work order is claimed, we start the ‘action’ where anyone that’s available chimes in and adds their flavor to the repair. This was our first work order:
APOLLO 47 PHOENIX BASE WORK ORDER #: 17
Objective: Swap out existing ‘1:15 Tungsten Bore Gear’ with machined’ 1:15 Tungsten Bore Gear’
Location: (9 Left side) Waste Processing Pump Turbine #22/Filtration Channel #5/Section #3
Inventory/Equipment: Philips #15, Hex #4, Li-Ion Battery pack (x2), Brushless/Cordless Handheld Drill, Rubber Mallet, Disposal Bags (x3), 3mm Titanium Philips Screw (x6), 4mm Titanium Hex Screw (x9), WD-40, LocTite thread glue (1x tube)
Approx. Fix Time: 30 Min.
Notes: All tools must be checked out of Engineering Bay (6) and logged with Maintenance Coordinator Team
I included an ‘exploded view’ diagram of a simple turbine that I edited the text for to make it more absurd. Thank you again for creating this game. It’s such a random imagination spark that keeps me going.