Alts
SRTMOO welcomes players to app a variety of alts! As of launch, players have a one-week cooldown between applications and four character slots available. Not all of these character slots operate in quite the same way, however.
Each player has two slots that can be used on any character, in any faction, with any mobile weapon or lack thereof. This character can be a Feature Character or Original Character.
Each player has one slot that can be used only on Feature Characters. Feature Characters often add some degree of cohesion to the world, and reinforce the themes in very direct ways; we think this is a desirable outcome and will incentivize it.
Each player has one slot that can be used on Feature Characters or Original Characters, but only those with a battleship or similar mobile command platform (dropship, G-1 Base, etc). The character doesn't necessarily need to have that as their only unit, or be the captain of that unit; characters like bridge crew (such as Ruri Hoshino or Miriallia Haw) or commanders who both take the field and command from vessels (like Full Frontal or Cornelia li Britannia) can still occupy this slot.
These numbers may be adjusted upward over time, but usually with targeted slots rather than general-use ones; as the game changes, it may be in its interest to encourage apps in specific factions or leaning on specific elements of the theme. Slots of this type will not be limited in the long term, really, 'too many characters highlighting the things going on in the game right now' is a good problem to have. Staff reserves the right to open and close such offerings at any time, though generally the closing of a category will be presaged with a month's warning or so to prevent people from losing out on an application for which they were working.
Finally, each player has a limitless number of slots for characters without access to any mobile weapons. Honestly, there's no reason to limit this; it's usually not an attractive application prospect, but we don't want to stop people who get excited by it from playing it to their hearts' content.
In summary, each player has:
- a general-use character slot
- a general-use character slot
- a character slot for Feature Characters only
- a character slot for characters with a battleship or similar mobile command platform, be they Feature Characters or Original Characters
and may also have
- characters apped as part of a "free slot" initiative to encourage uptake of specific theme elements, such as factions or points of origin; this number can vary
- characters without any access to mobile weapons whatsoever; this is not limited