Channels

Hi. I've decided to add a new concept to the game called "channels". It would become available as soon as lifepaths would be ready.

There would be a more detailed explanation with the lifepaths but in short channels are way for the characters to receive updates, rumors and tidbits of information about areas of life that interest them. For example, the information Hill received about his Homesystem and Oceania he received through "channels": massage boards he frequents, friends that e-mails him, newsfeeds, and so on. All channels have intersections, places where the information gathers. The closer you are to such an intersection, the quicker you receive information. The OC is an example for such an intersection.

Information can be received in two ways: push and pull. Push means I hand out the information when I feel like it. Pull means you ask the channel for information. When Alon asked about Blue Sun, he was using channels.

Finally, it's important to realize that channels you use distribute information about you to other subscribers of the same channel. When you do things that aren't important (like fighting in a bar) it doesn't register. When you do things that are a little interesting (like taking a new identity in Cyprus) it might. When you do big things (like hiring a Heran Legion to defend your homeworld), it would make the rounds.

More to come. Have fun.