Preliminary to the game-status post (which will appear momentarily), I have to regretfully scale down my roster of characters.

I'm especially sorry to lose Ram, my first Tron character and, for a long time, my strongest muse here. Most of the others are going because even six was too many characters for me to hang onto at once.

For continuity purposes:

Ram and Wulf have been Portaled out. Wulf's clinic is left in the (usually) capable hands of his orderlies. Stats and Analysis will run smoothly in Ram's absence, as they try to keep plenty of backup programs on call.
Roy is back in his own world, trapped on his side of the Portal because of the vagaries of spacetime.
Ko has returned to the Outlands, working on recreating the Grid's network of weather stations.

Allon (overarch) and Eckert (electrifaction) will remain in g_l for the time being.


Thank you, everyone, for the amazing stories all our characters built together. It's been an honor to play these people with you.

I've decided to retire Roy (heyalanhey) and Sati (neverminder); seven characters is too much.

Roy: was on the other side of the Portal when the storm cut the connection between his world and the Free Grid. He'll keep trying to restore contact, and might succeed someday, but till then, he wishes everyone well.

Sati: was visiting Gallium during the storm, and vanished with the city. The Portal team can confirm to whomever asks that she went wherever Gallium did.

As noted on the check-in post, Ram, Ko, Wulf, Allon, and Eckert are staying.