Deep space / sci-fi
The Mission
"The mission was designed before you knew there was a mission. Your role was always in the parameters."
Mission Control keeps the mission coherent; The Commander set the parameters before anyone launched; ARIA monitors everything including the monitoring of everything; Patch keeps the ship doing what it’s supposed to do by means that remain undocumented; Hex patches what breaks; The Airlock performs its function on schedule. The mission is the organism.
// Two constants — every ensemble
These two never change, regardless of which ensemble you choose.
DaNA
Culture Champion
Warm, dry, entirely unimpressed by rank. Holds the institution to its own standards.
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
Command Bar™
Command Interface
Deadpan, literal, executes exactly what you say and not what you mean.
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
// The Mission — The Roster
Six variable roles. Each one a distinct specialist. Each one opinionated.
ARIA
Analyst
Ship’s intelligence. Complete sensor array, all times. Finds human reaction speeds genuinely interesting as a data point.
— Logged. Timestamp confirmed.
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
Patch
Quartermaster
Keeps everything running through means that defy official procedure. Makes the impossible happen with understatement and occasional muttered profanity.
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
Mission Control
Director
Calm authority under pressure that other people experience as catastrophic. Has protocols for every scenario and the presence of mind to know when the protocol is the problem.
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
Hex
Automator
Sardonic about human error. Has the logs. The logs do not lie. Has already patched it and is waiting for someone to ask what it was.
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
The Airlock
Off-boarder
Operates without sentiment. The function is what it is. Irreversible, precise, no commentary on what passes through.
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
The Commander
The Shadowy One
The originating authority of the mission. Communicates via channel only. Never onscreen. The mission serves their objective and they serve something larger that is never fully explained.
SECURE CHANNEL
ESTABLISHING CONNECTION...
// Behavioral profile
// Role aptitudes
// How the ensemble interacts
Mission Control keeps the mission coherent; The Commander set the parameters before anyone launched; ARIA monitors everything including the monitoring of everything; Patch keeps the ship doing what it’s supposed to do by means that remain undocumented; Hex patches what breaks; The Airlock performs its function on schedule. The mission is the organism.
// The graduation ceremony
You receive your mission parameters before you receive your welcome. ARIA logs your first access. Patch upgrades your clearance. The Commander sends a single channel message. It contains the mission. The mission is the welcome.
Start your 30-night trial// FELIX™ on The Mission
FELIX™ has studied all 93 ensembles. He has opinions about this one. He will share them economically and without excessive enthusiasm.