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Edit: Due to a mistake on my part, Cestus III is no longer eligible for this vote. If you've voted for Cestus III, please change your vote to another mission.
Welcome to step 2 of Will of the Collective VI! Previously, you worked together to nominate twenty-six (26) different planets. In this poll, you'll vote on which planet we will turn into a mission as part of this community design process. There were quite a few excellent nominations, which I have had the difficult job of curating that list down tofifteen fourteen.
Your job now is to vote on planet that you want to choose to be the source for our mission, and for our personnel. This poll will be up through Saturday, January 26th, giving you a full forty-eight (48) hours to cast your votes. Each of you will be able to vote for up to two (2) choices, and you can change your vote at any time until the poll closes.
If we don't have a clear winner, there will be a runoff vote posted after this poll closes. A runoff will be triggered if the top two choices are tied, or if their combined total number of votes is less than half the total number of votes. Otherwise, there won't be a runoff vote and the winner will move on to the next step. If we do have a runoff vote, it will be a quick, 24-hour poll. So vote, then feel free to reply to this thread with your votes and try to sway others to your side!
Let me tell you a little bit about the method I used to curate the list:
I started by only considering planets that were nominated more than once, as these were deemed to be more popular choices than others. I ran through the following process for those planets, and then repeated the process for the single nomination locations after to fill the gap.
My top priority was picking planets that would allow this process to lead to interesting decisions as we move through, both for the resulting planet mission and the associated personnel. While it's true this community can have fun discussing and tweaking any location and/or personnel, it's more interesting if there are more options to choose from. A planet like Neural, which can feature , , , or even cards offers more choices than Delta Vega, which is limited to a few personnel (and all ). Therefore, my first threshold was to select planets from the nominations that I felt offered multiple decision points with multiple choices.
Aside from the depth of choices for the mission, I also looked at the number and type of personnel that could - at the "low hanging fruit" level - offer diverse and interesting choices for personnel. While it's true that nearly any planet that was nominated could appear in the lore of a new Captain Kirk or Mr. Spock, those aren't particularly interesting people to make in a collaborative process like this. I looked for missions that could offer personnel of different affiliations - especially anything that could support a or personnel - and prioritized those missions.
For the next step, I considered the ability to make a unique or special card (or cards) out of the source material. This not only factored in things such as special abilities on the mission, but potentially other cards that could be created down the line. Gothos made the cut because there's not only a lot of potential for a special ability, but cool Trelane-related cards that design could make down the line. (Or Q-related, depending on how much non-canon we want to play with.)
The last step, what I mentally called the "tie breaker," was how popular the source material was to general Star Trek fandom. Not many people would be able to recognize cards from "Spock's Brain" (even though that planet made the cut), but quite a few people would recognize Trelane from "The Squire of Gothos" and Gothos. When push came to shove, I would go with the more recognizable option than not.
There were some very difficult choices, and while I lament that we can only offer15 14 options on our polls, it's probably for the better of the process. Too many options can dilute participation and make the process drag on, so having a smaller set of options to work with should help us all stay focused. Don't worry if your nomination didn't make the cut - the Department of First Edition is always looking for more ideas, and this list of nominations will be referenced quite a bit in the future.
Happy voting!
-crp
Edit: Due to a mistake on my part, Cestus III is no longer eligible for this vote. If you've voted for Cestus III, please change your vote to another mission.
Welcome to step 2 of Will of the Collective VI! Previously, you worked together to nominate twenty-six (26) different planets. In this poll, you'll vote on which planet we will turn into a mission as part of this community design process. There were quite a few excellent nominations, which I have had the difficult job of curating that list down to
Your job now is to vote on planet that you want to choose to be the source for our mission, and for our personnel. This poll will be up through Saturday, January 26th, giving you a full forty-eight (48) hours to cast your votes. Each of you will be able to vote for up to two (2) choices, and you can change your vote at any time until the poll closes.
If we don't have a clear winner, there will be a runoff vote posted after this poll closes. A runoff will be triggered if the top two choices are tied, or if their combined total number of votes is less than half the total number of votes. Otherwise, there won't be a runoff vote and the winner will move on to the next step. If we do have a runoff vote, it will be a quick, 24-hour poll. So vote, then feel free to reply to this thread with your votes and try to sway others to your side!
Let me tell you a little bit about the method I used to curate the list:
I started by only considering planets that were nominated more than once, as these were deemed to be more popular choices than others. I ran through the following process for those planets, and then repeated the process for the single nomination locations after to fill the gap.
My top priority was picking planets that would allow this process to lead to interesting decisions as we move through, both for the resulting planet mission and the associated personnel. While it's true this community can have fun discussing and tweaking any location and/or personnel, it's more interesting if there are more options to choose from. A planet like Neural, which can feature , , , or even cards offers more choices than Delta Vega, which is limited to a few personnel (and all ). Therefore, my first threshold was to select planets from the nominations that I felt offered multiple decision points with multiple choices.
Aside from the depth of choices for the mission, I also looked at the number and type of personnel that could - at the "low hanging fruit" level - offer diverse and interesting choices for personnel. While it's true that nearly any planet that was nominated could appear in the lore of a new Captain Kirk or Mr. Spock, those aren't particularly interesting people to make in a collaborative process like this. I looked for missions that could offer personnel of different affiliations - especially anything that could support a or personnel - and prioritized those missions.
For the next step, I considered the ability to make a unique or special card (or cards) out of the source material. This not only factored in things such as special abilities on the mission, but potentially other cards that could be created down the line. Gothos made the cut because there's not only a lot of potential for a special ability, but cool Trelane-related cards that design could make down the line. (Or Q-related, depending on how much non-canon we want to play with.)
The last step, what I mentally called the "tie breaker," was how popular the source material was to general Star Trek fandom. Not many people would be able to recognize cards from "Spock's Brain" (even though that planet made the cut), but quite a few people would recognize Trelane from "The Squire of Gothos" and Gothos. When push came to shove, I would go with the more recognizable option than not.
There were some very difficult choices, and while I lament that we can only offer
Happy voting!
-crp
Edit: Due to a mistake on my part, Cestus III is no longer eligible for this vote. If you've voted for Cestus III, please change your vote to another mission.
Director of First Edition, 2019 - now
"Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Symbolizing the elements that create truth and beauty."
Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS.
"Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Symbolizing the elements that create truth and beauty."
Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS.