4/19/2008 - Today's game has been rescheduled. Unfortunately, one of the game marshalls has become very sick and we are postponing the game to May 3rd because of it and putting things into a holding pattern until then. We appologize for any inconvenience this may cause for our players. Players, both new and old alike, are still welcome to come by Rory's place as an oppurtunity to discuss character concepts and get assistance as needed or simply just chat. 4/13/2008 - Interregnum. Episode 12 of Ji Dian Station, "Interregnum" has been announced. ...The Yuen Siu festival ended in murder most foul; Lord Drake Bell's servant, whose name is currently being withheld by station security, was found to be the culprit behind the murders of Miss Oriana Egger and Lord Bell himself. The servant, or as rumor has it--a Syndicate mastermind--was later killed by Marcus Black. The murder has been ruled self-defense. This last tragic event is the last to be overseen by Special Security Director Jasper Levesque, as he has been withdrawn from his post, however federal forces still believe that a Special Security Director is needed aboard the station. Until a candidate is appointed, Agent Sora Hesper will be fulfilling the role in the interim. Station Security Chief, Huo "Cheerful" Evans, was quoted as saying that "Levesque's departure is a true disappoint."... ...Ji Dian Station management is proud to announce the appointment of a new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shannon Bennett. Dr. Bennett has served as both a surgeon and emergency response doctor aboard Ji Dian since it opened its doors once again four years ago. Dr. Bennett is happy to announce that she has hired a new doctor, Dr. Jason Schovajsa. Dr. Schovajsa is native to Londinium and trained on Ariel. He served as a medical officer during the War of Unification and has an excellent reputation in the private sector. Join them on the 19th at 4pm at Chef Chu's on the Promenade to welcome the good doctor and get to know our new Chief Medical Officer... ...The Artist Guild has announced its intentions to open a chapter house aboard Ji Dian Station. Melissa Archer, a guild representative, said that the station's unique orbit provides an opportunity for classes and cultural interaction and the promotion of artistic and social diversity. This chapter house will have the chance to truly embrace our unity and represent unification in artist form. The chapter house is slated to open within three months... 3/10/2008 - The April game is rescheduled! We had to reschedule the April game to the 19th to avoid a collision with the Norwescon Post-Con meeting. We hope that this does not cause too many problems for people. 3/9/2008 - Reminder: Sign up ends on March 14th for Lights Out at Norwescon 31! Jim and I just completed the second round of character assignments for the Lights Out. If you have not received an e-mail from us telling you the name of your character and a very short synopsis of the character, then we do not have registration information on file for you. If you filled out the form, located at http://www.jidianstation.org/cons/NorwesconSignup.aspx, and did not get an e-mail, we sincerely apologize; the mail server might have eaten it. Please fill out the form again, which will send a copy of your answers to us and to you. If you have not filled out the form and you want to play, there is still time to sign up. We are accepting registrations until Friday, March 14th, 2008. To register: Go to http://www.jidianstation.org/cons/NorwesconSignup.aspx by Friday, March 14th, 2008.
Cost: Free to convention members
When: Friday, March 21st, 2008, from 6:00 pm to midnight
Game Operations will be located in the 1st Floor Rotunda between wings 4 and 5 2/20/2008 - Location for "Zeus' Gambit, Part II" announced! The 10th episode of Ji Dian Station is coming up this weekend on the 23rd of February. We have settled on the game site, Rory's House. Doc Hope has revealed himself to be Dr. Marcus Argentum, the chief officer aboard Ji Dian Station while it was under the control of the Alliance before the accident, and has seized control of the station, threatening to release toxic gas into the station's air systems if anyone tries to interfere. The echoes of Hope's ominous message rings clear in your ears, "I will finish what I started all those years ago." And a reminder! We are about a month out from "Lights Out" at Norwescon. 1/22/2008 - Location for "Zeus' Gambit" announced! The 9th episode of Ji Dian Station is fast approaching--this Saturday as a matter of fact--the location has been set and we're moving forward. Also, it is important to note that we have moved to the 4th Saturdays starting this month. Also, we have a poll going on in the Ji Dian Station LiveJournal community. 12/10/2007 - Location for "Echoes" Announced. See above for the link to the location. :p 12/4/2007 - Episode 8 of Ji Dian Station Announced, "Echoes", and Lights Out, a Ji Dian Station episode at Norwescon 31 - Since the broadcast of what some are calling the "Pax Wave" on the Cortex, some have called upon parliament to investigate the charges laid out in the broadcast. Others have shouted down the Prime Minister Emer, calling for his resignation in the scandal. Regardless of these outside events, life continues on while the echoes of the past can be heard in the settling dust. Come join us for episode 8 of Ji Dian Station. Ji Dian Station is coming to Norwescon 31 with "Lights Out". As the gas giant Heinlein continues in its elliptical orbit through the black, the years continue to move forward. In honor of the spring season from Earth That Was, the Companion Guild hosts a reenactment of Yuen Siu, the lantern festival, aboard Ji Dian Station, the skyplex that orbits the planet. Come meet the local color of the station. Rub shoulders with members of Parliament. Spend time with the beautiful ladies and handsome gentleman of the Companion Guild. Enjoy the delights of the festival and join in the contests and merriment. It is a festival of creativity, romance, and murder!
There is a killer on the loose. He has struck once and may strike again. That's right- besides solving riddle competitions, entering lantern-making contests, and advancing your character's own agenda, there is a murder mystery to solve! Come join us for "Lights Out", a special event for Ji Dian Station. This session will happen Friday, March 21st, at Norwescon 31 from 6:00 pm to midnight. While the episode is a part of the LARP's continuity, this special event will be open to a limited number of interested convention members. Convention members will be playing pre-generated characters with different goals and priorities for the evening and the plots of this session will be centered on this event. There is no need to have played previously. For more information on the game and to sign up, visit the information page or you can send an e-mail to norwescon@jidianstation.org. 12/3/2007 - Venueless in Seattle. We are still looking for a venue for the December game, "Echoes". If you know of a location that could work, drop the Game Marshals a line. If we use your location, your character gets an extra 2xp for the night. 11/6/2007 - Location for the November game has been announced! The Ace Space Race will be held at the Sammaish Forest Mannors Clubhouse in Redmond. The space has plenty of parking and two primary rooms, plenty of tables and chairs, a full kitchen, bar, and pool table. We look forward to seeing you there! 11/3/2007 - We are looking for more venue options and offer a new way to get some experience points! What does this mean for you? It means that you could get some experience points out of it. Here is how it works: If you suggest a venue and we use it, you get 2 extra experience points for the game. It's pretty simple in the grand scheme of things. What could be used as a venue? We could use your house, the clubhouse in your apartment complex, commercial meeting spaces, coffee shops, etc. If there is a cost involved, we may have to ask the player base for assistance, so please keep that in mind when you make your suggestions. Ideally, any space we use should have enough area for us to spread out into the various areas of the station. 10/28/2007 - Ace Space Race and Norwescon Poll Coming to a Close. Reminder that the poll to let your voice be heard about Norwescon will be closing on Friday, October 26th, so we can all of that information into Programming, Special Events, and Gaming. As Heinlein, and Ji Dian Station, near both Salisbury and Boros, a rare conjunctional celestial event will occur that happens only every sixty three years; the atmospheric drag and gravitational pull of the three planets and their associated moons creates a gravitational phenomenon between the planets and a "maze" of gravitational flux is created. Factions on Ares and Newhall have organized a race, the Ace Space Race, which will have spacers from all over the Black navigating the invisible gravitational torrents and eddies, hoping to emerge first and win the 50,000 credit purse. Many will be arriving in this sector of the system to participate. The station has just announced that it will be playing host to race officials and all those who want watch the race. It is hoped that the station will be a safe, neutral place where the loyal Alliance Boros and Ares citizens can commingle with the former Browncoats of Newhall with little trouble. It's not too late to join the race, just contact Jack Wu at Ji Dian Station Comm signal 334-6.
10/15/2007 - Next games announced: The Bone Orchard. The month following the riots, things on the station have settled back down to some semblance of normal. People seem to have shaken off what ever it was that had gripped them during the chaos. The wounded haven been cared for and the dead have been buried. As so often times it happens, people do very ugly things in times under duress and those who were caught, have been tried and punished in accordance of the law. Repairs to the station proceed apace and people are keeping a low profile. Will things ever be the way they were? What does tomorrow have in store? Who's been buried in the orchard? As a note, please stop by the jidianstation LiveJournal community and vote in the Norwescon poll. Yes, we're doing the March game, "Knock Galley West", at Norwescon as a special game event. 9/29/2007 - Changes to the RSS feed and the pending schedule change. Previously, the RSS feed was unreliable about getting updates out because of some bad design choices. Yesterday, the RSS feed generated (http://www.jidianstation.org/libraryrss.asp) was stipped down to the metal and rebuilt. Not only is the RSS file persisted, it now gets built in memory as XML object so it is easier to manipulate. It now sends out whole documents (but LJ only supports of the 300kb size feeds), the markup is preserved to make reading easier, and rule updates are fed to the feed as well. LiveJournal users can pick up the feed at http://syndicated.livejournal.com/jidian_updates/. As we talked about at the last game with the players, starting in January 2008, the game will be moving to the 4th Saturday of the month, except where to avoid collisions with conventions like Norwescon and Baycon. 9/25/2007 - LiveJournal game community and rule changes. First, we've created a LiveJournal community for the game. Currently, there is a discussion, though one sided at the moment, about the dice system and changes to it. 9/11/2007 - Game 5 Announced: Storm Clouds for September 15th. Also, we've been asked if we can move to the 4th Saturday of the month and we are interested in you think about it. Please let us know! 8/15/2007 - New Document in Histories and Other Tall Tales. Ji Dian Station: An Overview is now available under Histories and Other Tall Tales in the Station Archives. Learn about how the station is structured and where everything is! 8/12/2007 - "Hidden" is on 8/18/2007. The 4th episode of Ji Dian Station, "Hidden", is a week away. A new agent of the Alliance is making his presence known on the station, a large, mysterious package has arrived for delivery, and salvage jobs are towed in and docked.
Come join us next Saturday and find the meaning of "Hidden." | 
