Great! It'll be good for both him and Bill to be PCs, and I'm sure you'll have fun with him. Just play him like Gene Hunt and you can't go wrong. He is in charge of the team, so he'll have a lot of responsibility. To catch up on what he's done so far, read Time Will Crawl starting from
this post (which features your dramatic entrance). Do not read the posts above it, and skip over Bill's introspections and private thoughts and actions. Your character has no knowledge of these things. I'll send you a PM later detailing things he knows that Bill does not. Before that, I'll post his character sheet. He already has a few skill checks from his actions as an NPC, and those will be indicated as well.
The game forum is
here. Remember that you may not read the IC threads where your character is not present. The Character Sheets thread at the top lists all of the PCs' stats. The Character Creation and Discussion thread is for talking about characters. While I've already created yours, you might want to flesh out his background some, and that's the place to discuss it. For all other Out of Character discussion, whether game-related or not, you'll want to post in the Groovy Psychedelic Chit-Chat Lounge. Feel free to read both of those threads, and to post and introduce yourself.
Play-by-post games are slower-paced than tabletop, but it's not that hard to get used to. You'll post in your IC thread describing your character's actions, dialogue, and thoughts. You should not write actions or speech for other characters, even NPCs, though in your case you can generally expect everyone under your character's command to obey your orders most of the time. I'll post the results of your actions, descriptions of locations in the story, and actions and reactions of NPCs. Sometimes I'll ask you to roll dice against a skill or stat, for which we use Invisible Castle. The
Rules and Guidelines thread from my other game, Zombie Apocalypse, has step-by-step instructions for using Invisible Castle in the initial post as well as other useful rules tidbits and helpful info. The final post explains how to use spoiler button tags. Combat won't be as involved (or as prevalent) in Space Oddity as in Zombie Apocalypse, but there's a short unarmed fight shortly after your character is introduced that can help you get a feel for it. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Once you've caught up, you can start posting in Time Will Crawl. You'll be moving into a new thread that will bring you into Chapter 1 before too much longer, but you might as well get started now and start talking to Bill. Enjoy, and "don't hold back!"
