Did we bring Gus' mini-army along? If so:We did, and speechify that. I wanna see this rp.
Gus will do his best to bring the former security guards up to speed on the mission, as he understands it (however poor his understanding may be).
In any case, what we're gonna do, OOC, is this:
I'm gonna give you a machine and it's gonna have what amounts to three digits you can enter. Sort of an X, Y, Z thing and it will open a portal to...whereever that is. Now, you're gonna be given probes, animal test subjects, "volunteers", cameras, shuttles, supplies, basically anything you need to do the exploration of these places. The general rules of "Grab anything interesting and bring it home" are still in effect, but the major goal here is finding someplace that is stable and friendly enough for us to live there. You know, someplace where your carbon atoms aren't spontaneously changed into hydrogen atoms for no known reason. So, at some point, you're gonna have to go in there yourselves and check things out. Then we'll establish a colony and run it for a while just to make sure that nothing happens over time.
Questions?
You all get your technobabble and mathematical nonsense over to the ooc thread! Grrr.
Dester remains busy, guiding the efforts of the interstellar barge brigade as we make our way to Hephaestus with our precious, precious cargo. On our way to adventure, fate, and certain doom. Why, he barely has time to be surly or brood at all. But he makes the time. Some things are important, after all.Lets assume we're here. You can assume you've been given IC knowledge of what I've told you already, or if you want I can actually write all that out. Kinda pressed for time but either way is fine with me.
Let me know when we reach Heph, so I can hassle the management. Also, whenever we get IC knowledge of the universe hopping bit, so I cna start proposing SOPs
Did we bring Gus' mini-army along? If so:[1]
Gus will do his best to bring the former security guards up to speed on the mission, as he understands it (however poor his understanding may be).
This Nuclear Gauss rifle fires Fractalizing Quantum rounds!You all get your technobabble and mathematical nonsense over to the ooc thread! Grrr.
Ptw. All tech becomes sexier if it contains the words gauss, quantum or nuclear.
And here is Ryan, ready to perform some quantum nuclear leaps using the Gaussian distribution.An iron leash? What is that? I'm envisioning this:(https://playingintheworldgame.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/flashmob3.jpg)
Take care of orangutan. She is -not- a test subject. However, tie a rabbit to an iron leash. That is a test subject.
Hello, this is Admin of Production Steve Saint. I will be assisting you with this project, primarily to ensure everything remains safe. We've had severe incidents relating to cross dimensional portals before, and it is not pleasant to deal with them.((Gentlefish, I'm looking at you.))
What are your current plans on how to proceed? I highly recommend we reach consensus on any plan before acting; It is trivially easy to cause a small scale apocalypse if you rush things.
Also, remember that we have thousands of disposable sods ready for use. I recommend that before you send any humans through the device, you make sure that sods can survive the trip without damage.
Greetings. Please forgive our excitement. It's been a long journey, and we have been under a bit of stress, what with the apocalypse and all - a subject on which I have many questions. I hope you are satisfied with our manpower efforts on your behalf? our collections went surprisingly well, not even considering the whole "end of the world" snafu. Thank you for your assistance in this new endeavor. I wonder, might I have a meeting with you? I would like to understand WHY this happened, and WHY we are now evacuating the universe. Clearly, some in this organization have some knowledge that apparently even the UWM does not possess concerning events of great magnitude. I will be glad to answer what questions I can as well, of course, though my information is likely to be limited to our recent mission.
Attached please find an initial plan for exploring universes with potentially dramatic physical differences from our own.
We talked about pay for the troops to keep them loyal. I think, at this point, that pay may be meaningless. Currency might be of no value, what with the universe being eaten and all. I think a different tactic might work better here. Loyalty asked for and offered. Mutual benefit, obedience for protection, that kind of thing. Like the Feudal period, or Sovereign/vassal treaties.
A meeting? Of course, I'll be along shortly.
If we can get their loyalty, that would be the best course, but I think we should still offer pay, as most of our security staff, aka the ones we'll be relying on heavily until we set up a base of operations, are mercenaries. Money is what they respond to best, and we have lots and lots of money, that means absolutely nothing to us, and everything to them, that is very much an asset we should make use of. With your permission, I would like to address the staff about our current plan of action, I've noticed a few of them seem confused, and the ones who seem excited keep talking about something called Fyoo-dal Jah-pan. I think something may have been erronously passed off. I would also suggest that stage 4 use sod's, we don't need to use unwilling victims if we don't have to.(Vincent doesn't know about the sod plan, but would totally be down for that plan)
Vincent looks over the general plan, and reads Dester's message. After thinking about it for a bit he replies.((sure he does, Steve Saint's message went to the whole group. He mentions the sodsQuote from: Vincent to: DesterIf we can get their loyalty, that would be the best course, but I think we should still offer pay, as most of our security staff, aka the ones we'll be relying on heavily until we set up a base of operations, are mercenaries. Money is what they respond to best, and we have lots and lots of money, that means absolutely nothing to us, and everything to them, that is very much an asset we should make use of. With your permission, I would like to address the staff about our current plan of action, I've noticed a few of them seem confused, and the ones who seem excited keep talking about something called Fyoo-dal Jah-pan. I think something may have been erronously passed off. I would also suggest that stage 4 have ACTUAL volunteers, I'm certain I can insentivise some of our security staff to volunteer, and it would honestly make me sleep better at night if we didn't force anyone to go to another universe just to have their brains drip out through their nose. You're the boss though, and I realize this is both war, and species survival we're talking here, so you're call(Vincent doesn't know about the sod plan, but would totally be down for that plan)
I vote we switch the "Volunteers" in stage 4 with ACTUAL volunteers. Considering our budget, as well as well as our current need for money (zero), I'm quite certain I can incentivise members of our security staff to actually volunteer to be stage 4victimsparticipants. I know this is war and the survival of our species we are talking about, but when we can avoid doing things that would make it harder for me to sleep at night, I would like to do so.
Is there anywhere on this planet I would be able to purchase/obtain an MK-3 and or flight capable milno-plate? I have the funds. Or is that something I would only be able to do on the sword?
sure boss plan soudns good :). what kind of aminals do u want to bring
Also do we need to meet up
they might be wilking to go but my soldeirs are valuable. We shouldnt waist them unless their is no good alternative
Thank you for your vote. You can relax for a while if possible. get a nap, take a tour of the facilities if one is available, get some food, or do some shopping as you like. You will be notified when you are needed. As for animals, I think we'll end up with a bit of a variety, provided there are any on this world.
Perhaps you can negotiate with the Hephaestus heads, and make volunteering for this duty valuable to our refugees. We didn't get a complete stock of perfect breeding people, and some of the misfits might prefer this to other forms of experimentation, or exile. If Heph will grant certain privileges for volunteers, we could possibly fill our need without forcing anyone. As for our staff, let's hold them back for Phase Five either way, at least for now. They will be more useful in the exploration of possibly viable universes than as passive test subjects. I wish you better dreams than mine, Vincent.
Don't worry about equipment; everything necessary for this mission will be provided to you. That said, all armory equipment is available for purchase here. Hephaestus does produce everything, after all.
My train of thought on the matter is that once the sods have been in there and come back, the risk of bodily and mental harm is significantly reduced. At that point we could use the security staff to do a small, but extended stay in the new universe without too much risk of losing members of our personal army
In that case, would I be allowed to use an Mk-3 with flight plate, until the end of the mission, and after the misson ends, Ill decide if I still want to purhase one? Honestly, with all the shit we do for this rebellion, I see few situations where having a flight enabled battlesuit is a disadvantage[/quote]
I am not in charge of equipment, and cannot decide what you can and cannot buy or be provided with; That duty goes to the other Steve.
That said, you should be provided with much superior equipment for this mission. Also, an Mk.III with flight pattern milnoplate is greatly inferior to a battlesuit, which is obselete. If you value protect highly, I suggest you invest in a Mobility variant assaultsuit.
Good thinking. Apparently sods are more vulnerable to mental intrusion, so that concern should be answered by them as well. I'll think about how best to edit the plan to address the issue of volunteers.
That's... Hilariously accurate. It doesn't have to be a rabbit; any small animal that is not Tang will work. The stiff handle will make it easy to shove them inside.Consider the amp removed and refunded.
Also, find the medbay. I need the PK amp out of my head for a refund. Store it if I can't immediately get the tokens.
PROPOSED MEASURES FOR TESTING SAFENESS OF UNIVERSES:
1. Open portal (duh)
2. Shove small animal through portal. Pull back after 1 minute.
3. If animal is alive and wholly intact, have brave soldier hop through quickly and report findings.
4. If soldier survives brief encounter sanely, send him back in with a small box that takes physics recordings.
5. Analyse recordings.
6. If recordings are within survivable limits, mark universe for extended probing.
7. Probe.
8. ???
9. Profit
10. Rinse, repeat.
It isn't a portal, its a stationary machine that moves a "tagged" object. The "tag" is about the size of a fridge so just duct taping a rabbit to it might be a bit...silly. Especially since it's not like a rabbit would survive hard vacuum even here, in our homey little universe.Quote from: From Hephaestus Admin Steve Saint to M26 Black Ops DetachmentHello, this is Admin of Production Steve Saint. I will be assisting you with this project, primarily to ensure everything remains safe. We've had severe incidents relating to cross dimensional portals before, and it is not pleasant to deal with them.((Gentlefish, I'm looking at you.))
What are your current plans on how to proceed? I highly recommend we reach consensus on any plan before acting; It is trivially easy to cause a small scale apocalypse if you rush things.
Also, remember that we have thousands of disposable sods ready for use. I recommend that before you send any humans through the device, you make sure that sods can survive the trip without damage.
Questions for PW:
1.How does the reality ripper machine operate? Does it open a portal that we can stick things through, does it just teleport a particular area, like the contents of a room?
2.How much can we know about the destination before initiating travel? Can we know if we'll be put into hard vacuum, the center of a sun, or the surface of a planet?
3.Do I still have admin privileges (Command of sod army, use of QEC-bots, arbitrary access to items, etc.), or should I assume I only have access to what I own as a standard player (just a robobody, a couple pieces of junk from before I became an admin, and whatever I can buy with tokens)?
4...Can I possibly respec my stats and skills? They were meant for admin duty, and I never got to use any anyways.
5.Lastly, can we use the apocalypse lab for this mission, rather than risk the surface of Hephaestus?
After pondering the information he has received for a day or two, and receiving Mr. saint's message, Dester replies"You're going to have to be more specific." the Doctor replies "There are a lot of things going on. Start with one."Quote from: Dester Gree (acting lead of Black Ops) to: Hephaestus Admin Steve SaintGreetings. Please forgive our excitement. It's been a long journey, and we have been under a bit of stress, what with the apocalypse and all - a subject on which I have many questions. I hope you are satisfied with our manpower efforts on your behalf? our collections went surprisingly well, not even considering the whole "end of the world" snafu. Thank you for your assistance in this new endeavor. I wonder, might I have a meeting with you? I would like to understand WHY this happened, and WHY we are now evacuating the universe. Clearly, some in this organization have some knowledge that apparently even the UWM does not possess concerning events of great magnitude. I will be glad to answer what questions I can as well, of course, though my information is likely to be limited to our recent mission.
Attached please find an initial plan for exploring universes with potentially dramatic physical differences from our own.
Dester sends this plan to all teammates. Hey guys! Look here!
To the Doctor
You seem to know a significant amount about all this. What is going on? Why is all this happening? I think I understand what I have to do, but I'd like to understand the why, also. What brought all these events to pass? How did we get where we are?Quote from: Dester to: VincentWe talked about pay for the troops to keep them loyal. I think, at this point, that pay may be meaningless. Currency might be of no value, what with the universe being eaten and all. I think a different tactic might work better here. Loyalty asked for and offered. Mutual benefit, obedience for protection, that kind of thing. Like the Feudal period, or Sovereign/vassal treaties.
Do I have permission to brief our security staff? I believe I have enough info to let them know what's going on, even though we're still figuring out which phase they'll participate in. I'll have the info I need to brief the shipping and sales staff soon enough as well, see the message I cc'd you in
Is there anywhere on this planet we would be able to house our shipping and sales staff until we need them? I realise most of this planet is filled with classified shit, but I just tbought I'd ask... On that front, do you have need of our shipping crew as labourers or the like? We won't really need them until we are at the point of setting up a colony, in which point we'll need them, so no, not for experiments[/quote]
Your people can be housed here. We don't exactly have enough high quality quarters prepared for all of them, but simple accommodations can easily be provided. We don't currently require additional staff.
attachment:manifest
Attached is a list of everything we'll be taking with us. We'll be able to ship anything else over at any time, but consolidating the basic list is a good idea. Are there any suggestions on what else to bring?
I haven't added this to the list, but I believe we should also send some sort of mobile laboratory across before any humans. We could set the lab up to perform basic experiments, designed to ensure the physical laws on the other side are similar to our own. It would be nice to know if the speed of light or force of gravity varies before we send anything valuable in.
Yes, bring them up to speed. remember though, we only know so much. I am trying to find out more from the leadership here, but that's never easy.
That looks acceptable. However, in phase five, I recommend we take soil samples if we run across a planet. If the -verse is survivable, it may not necessarily be suitable for mundane plant growth, and our fancy tech may not work there.
you bring up a good point. Phase five will needto be expanded into an SOP of it's own, I think, in order to get all the things we need to do while exploring listed.
It looks like our primary plan for initial investigation of universes is coming together. However, phase five, where we actually go in and explore, seems to need expanded into a complete plan itself. May I have suggestions on things that need done while we explore for suitable locations? Ryan has mentioned taking soil samples.
See if there's liquid, and then test it? Same with plant life? Just because it seems safe doesn't mean it is.
((Yeah, let's say Skylar was stasised. Kri can join if kre wants, but there's no reason to give free mission experience if kre's AWOL.We don't know. Interference could prevent it. Yes, quantum interference. But you could certainly try.
Also, I'm not sending anything across until we agree to do so. Partially because Ozark is basically the mission lead, partially because when things go wrong it's good not to be the guy who pressed the button.))Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: Operative Vincent Klart cc: BLOPS lead DesterYour people can be housed here. We don't exactly have enough high quality quarters prepared for all of them, but simple accommodations can easily be provided. We don't currently require additional staff.Spoiler: @Ozark, in the past (click to show/hide)
Okay, first question is whether we have the option of staying on Heph (or on a ship), and using QEC-bots to operate things in the apocalypse lab, so we aren't there ourselves. We obviously can't do that when we start exploring in-person, but it should keep us safe in case we accidentally drag back some small monster, or a portion of a black hole.
Corollary to the above: Can the human members of our team use Man-Machine-Interfaces, or are those origin tech? Remember, we took tech from both braincases and amps to create those, although there aren't any space magical effects, to my knowledge.
Do we have any technology that's a... less harmful version of the mindfuck gun? Something which forces Mind rolls, but doesn't do severe/permanent harm? I'd like to be able to test how resistant our subjects are to mindfuck before sending them into an alternate universe.
What equipment should we bring with us when we go into the anomaly personally? I know very little about what stuff we have. Just sensors and armor?
Regardless of the answers, everything in the below spoiler should be stockpiled on ships near the apocalypse lab, ready for use, but not so close that a local apocalypse would destroy them.Spoiler: Supplies to be stockpiled (click to show/hide)Quote from: Saint to: BLOPS teamattachment:manifest
Attached is a list of everything we'll be taking with us. We'll be able to ship anything else over at any time, but consolidating the basic list is a good idea. Are there any suggestions on what else to bring?
I haven't added this to the list, but I believe we should also send some sort of mobile laboratory across before any humans. We could set the lab up to perform basic experiments, designed to ensure the physical laws on the other side are similar to our own. It would be nice to know if the speed of light or force of gravity varies before we send anything valuable in.
PW
To the Doctor
Dester frowns in frustration.
Ahhh. Forgive the vagueness. I barely know where to start. The events of my team's recent mission, including it's origin have been swirling around in my head for some time now, and it's difficult to grab one piece of debris from that thought tornado at times. Let me try.
Are Amps and Manips from some other universe? How did we develop them? Did we know of some universe breaking threat related to them before this recent destabilization?
Additional actions: Move all necessary equipment and personnel out to the apocalypse lab and nearby ships before using that cargo space for evacuation. When we don't need the ships, then let the evacuation begin.
Question for clarification: We can send a refrigerator sized chunk of matter over to the other universes, right? So about four cubic meters-ish? as far as we know, we can move the matter across, then back, from the control unit in this dimension, right? Can we also, at least in theory, use the control unit to move something from our universe, to universe b, then from b to universe c, then back to our universe?Quote from: Dester to: VincentYes, bring them up to speed. remember though, we only know so much. I am trying to find out more from the leadership here, but that's never easy.
To Saint, during our conversation, which I totally don't mind carrying on for a little while while the main thread moves along toward !!adventure!!
My mother's name was Mom. What? Don't look at me like that, you had a mother too, right? Fine it was Elise Gree. I'm not talking about my first love. As for work, I once spend a year and a half as an apprentice technician maintaining mining equipment on a moon around [planet name expunged]. the food was surprisingly good. The Chef's name was Miguel, which I thought was weird, since all the Miguels I had met were tall, Dark skinned fellows, and he was shorter and more olive complexed, with freckles. Odd. He looked more like an Alphonse or a Desmond. Everyone called him Bork though. And I acquired all my current skills the old fashioned way. So what about you? tell me about your journeys.Spoiler: miscellaneous clutter (click to show/hide)
Attached Files: Security Staff Speech draft; Shipping and Sales Staff Speech draft
As per stage 5, I suggest we use the security staff for the first few tests as that way we can have multiple promising universes being checked out at once, and have the security staff note anything to us once they come back. Specific instructions I would give them would be to avoid contact with anything not immediately hostile, instead to just stay away until they can be brought back, at which point they inform us that they found life, and to be on the lookout for anything that might be ideal for setting up a base of operations, or a resource to exploit. Once an interesting universe shows anything of interest is when we ourselves would jump in, as an added bonus, this will allow us to figure out who our top performing security staff are before we decide who to bring with us for backup.
Saint, you should read over my speech drafts as well, as they may contain information you do not wish me to share. I am revealing that this place is scientifically focussed, and that the machines we will be using are transportive in nature. I am doing this for a few reasons, I believe those two pieces of information to be relatively unimportant, they won't reveal heph's true nature, (or even that we are being transported to new universes) but they will allow us to put HEAVY security in keeping them in their quarters without making them too suspicious. I believe for a lie to be truly effective, it must be created out of the truth. That being said, if an employee is doing something suspicious, do not hesitate to remove them, add them to your subjects for experiments, kill them, whatever, I will make it look like they were fired and them and their family were deported.
Please share any concerns you may have with me, and if I am unable to reassure you by modifying or explaining why the information is being given, I will remove any info you request
Mr. Saint has suggested testing our human scouts' willpower before sending them across. I suggest you guys develop and implement a general training regimen for any of our people we expect to send over, just to get the civilians minimally competent at least, and to give the veterans a broader perspective. Additionally, if you find yourself in need of guidance, I will be happy to suggest a few activities for you, including getting those robot body control things installed.
"This army of mercenaries was hired on to us with the UWM funds we amassed during the last mission, under the Shipping Company we were using as cover to export test subjects. We brought them and the shipping crew with us when we fled the planet, and I requested that we keep our staff instead of adding them to the test subject pool, and was approved. Honestly this deceit shouldn't be hard to set up or maintain, as the reasons I have provided maintain the sense of a profit driven company willing to take risks (Which we proved we were before when we bought amp-less trading ships before amps went to shit), as well as the reasons the security around the planet is so tight. I plan to keep our security staff on ship as well, to keep them out of trouble until they are needed. As for the 'Volunteers' for the first human test phase of our plan, are we pulling those from our test subject pool?"
[quote of Vincent's message]
"I understand. Thank you for your explanation.
I would suggest that we not coerce any test subjects. Volunteers who understand the risks will be honest about their experience, but people who were forced may resent us, and lie because of that. They could lie and say a reality is dangerous when it was really idyllic, or the reverse--either scenario sets us back, and the latter may well end up killing someone.
That said, I trust your judgement on who we send across. I will be the first to admit that I am not skilled with human resources."
I fully agree on using willing volunteers, maybe I can attempt to convince some of our shipping and sales staff to volunteer, that could address the concern that using our security staff at too early of a stage would be a needless waste of them.
Thoughts Dester?
((Would quantum entanglement even work across a different universe?Probably not between universes, but maybe within the other universe. As long as both entangled parts are in the same universe, and the laws of physics are suitable, then it should work.
Totally not a PTW in disguise))
To the Doctor"I fear you may be fatally out of the loop. Is there anyone else around with more experience?"
Source? What was the source of the amps then? Who are you anyway? Why did you join this rebellion against the UWM?
As soon as the resources are in position and everyone is ready, begin Phase one of the plan: Send a small drone, containing a sample of each element (except those with very short half lives or that are created exclusively in labs) To coordinates 0, 0, 1. Wait one minute and then bring the drone back.
Done.Quote from: Vincent to: Dester CC to: SaintAttached Files: Security Staff Speech draft; Shipping and Sales Staff Speech draft
As per stage 5, I suggest we use the security staff for the first few tests as that way we can have multiple promising universes being checked out at once, and have the security staff note anything to us once they come back. Specific instructions I would give them would be to avoid contact with anything not immediately hostile, instead to just stay away until they can be brought back, at which point they inform us that they found life, and to be on the lookout for anything that might be ideal for setting up a base of operations, or a resource to exploit. Once an interesting universe shows anything of interest is when we ourselves would jump in, as an added bonus, this will allow us to figure out who our top performing security staff are before we decide who to bring with us for backup.
Saint, you should read over my speech drafts as well, as they may contain information you do not wish me to share. I am revealing that this place is scientifically focussed, and that the machines we will be using are transportive in nature. I am doing this for a few reasons, I believe those two pieces of information to be relatively unimportant, they won't reveal heph's true nature, (or even that we are being transported to new universes) but they will allow us to put HEAVY security in keeping them in their quarters without making them too suspicious. I believe for a lie to be truly effective, it must be created out of the truth. That being said, if an employee is doing something suspicious, do not hesitate to remove them, add them to your subjects for experiments, kill them, whatever, I will make it look like they were fired and them and their family were deported.
Please share any concerns you may have with me, and if I am unable to reassure you by modifying or explaining why the information is being given, I will remove any info you request
Gather up our security personnel and inform them of our company's new initiative. We have partnered up with a science outpost that is studying new transportation technologies, and they have recently stumbled into a breakthrough with teleportation technology that allows us to reach sections of space that are outside UWM protection and jurisdiction. Our current objective is to set up trading posts and contacts in these unexplored sections of space, in order to capitolize on new trading possibilities. This of course will be insanely dangerous for the first few stages, and as such, security staff who participate in the first few trips while we find new outposts will be paid triple time for the first few excursions, double time for those who decide to help guard after the sector is deemed livable and back to normal pay once we have a base of operations set up. As a further incentive to take on the vital and dangerous stages, the family members of any staff who dies during these phases will receive that staff's wages for the rest of their lives. That being said, we have our scientist co-partners performing preliminary tests to reduce the danger of these new regions before we will be sending our security staff in as recon. Thank them for being an important part in helping our company reach even greater fortunes.
After that meeting is concluded, gather up our remaining staff and let them know that until further notice they are on 100% paid leave, and that we have accommodations set up for them on this planet until their skills are needed once again. Inform them that as this is a science base working on new transportation technologies, any area outside of where they have been cleared to stay is highly classified, and any employee or family member found outside the cleared areas will be promptly fired, and them and their family will be shipped to the nearest stable planet. Thank them for being an important part in helping our company reach even greater fortunes.
((Tired--long day. This may result in confusing statements; my apologies if it does. Spoilers are for compact reading & shorter PW post.))Spoiler: Saint's conversation with Dester (click to show/hide)Spoiler: Saint's text messages to BLOPS team (click to show/hide)
1.Test if quantum entanglement is working right now. Just switch to possessing a bot at the apocalypse lab, and make sure it's working properly.
2.I've okayed Kedly's plan of housing and lying to their... company personnel, but I want to make sure everything is secure. Select an area to house the people which is out of the way and not too near anything exceptionally important, then seal off most entrances. Remaining entrances should be constantly guarded by robosods using riot gear, with orders to turn back anyone who tries to leave (and to disable them non-lethally if that doesn't work). Heavy robosods equipped with combat gear should also be ready to deploy, in case things really go bad for whatever reason. If anyone somehow gets out of the area, they are to be immediately captured and detained. Make sure robosods patrol all the nearby facilities.
3.Can we get enhanced capacity mods as mission equipment? I'm guessing not, but it's worth asking.
Reality Ripper:
4.Can this thing teleport stuff around in our own reality? Did we invent a new type of FTL?
5.How exactly is the teleportation activated? Does the machine in our reality control when stuff is teleported where, or can someone on the other side tell the tag to teleport back?
Is there a target number of habitable universes? As in, do we only need one or do we have to find as many as possible?Well...we need at least one good hospitable universe, but the more the merrier. LET US BE AS GODS AND SEED MYRIAD UNIVERSES WITH OUR KIN!
Find the nearest armory. Sell back my 6 grenades for two tokens. Buy a multi-function power gauntlet.Done.
Report to wherever I need to report to.
To the doc My team had only slightly more knowledgeable people on it than myself, and our primary experienced teammate promptly went catatonic, and makes a charming hat stand at the moment. Your admin, Mr. Saint, has more experience, but I hoped to get a bit more, straight from the donkey's mouth, so to speak. Rumors are a notoriously poor source of useful information, after all. Since awakening in what was the HMRC when I was put into stasis, but had become the ARM since, I was assaulted three times, kidnapped, and dumped into a mission to steal fifty thousand people. Which we did. With aplomb, with less experience than I have now, speaking to you. With the planet collapsing around us and the government attempting to destroy us because of something of which I was, as you say, fatally out of the loop on. Pardon me, sir, for trying to amend that situation to the best of my ability. Or your ability, if you were willing. Something big enough to break universes is going on, and I'd like to not be treated as expendable meat, sent blindly to my doom as a canary for those in the know. I think I have slightly more usefulness than that. So please, toss me a few bread crumbs here."Alright. Short version. Origin is the thing that we found and researched and it allowed us to create amps, manips, synthflesh and a great deal of genetic modifications. Downside is that it also allowed us to accidently create the altered. I was one of the lead scientists working on the thing, as well as many other things in and around those few hundred years. I joined The HMRC because the UWM killed me, and I wasn't very happy about it."
regardless of the outcome of this conversation (barring Dester's losing the ability to participate) Dester is ready to start the tests.
1.Yes, I'm ready to go. You'll probably never get me to stop asking questions though; only reduce the flow.1. ok.
2.Why do only fleshy people get enhanced capacity mods? There's a robot version which costs the same. (If I can get one, I get an AUX one).
3.Can we please get details on what armor we will be given for our explorations? The armory has an "anomaly suit", which is specifically designed for this, but that used automanips, so what do we get instead? Stripped down anomaly suits? Mythril plate? Assaultsuits? What?
4.Only asking because teammates appear to disagree, but we do have a carte blanche on equipment purchases, right? We can get any armory equipment we need for free?
((@Teammates I'm pretty sure we can pretty much get anything we want for free. So, instead of buying a power gauntlet with your own money (And then potentially losing it in a dangerous universe), you could request four extra arms and then a power gauntlet for each of them. In theory, anyway. I'm asking to make sure.))
Find the nearest armory.Sell back my 6 grenades for two tokens. Buy a multi-function power gauntlet.Loudly introduce myself as General ABBLEE Johnson, veteran black ops member. Requisition 2 multi-function power gauntlets, both modified to include internal generators and, if possible, plastered with cool flame decals. Have them hooked up to my MCP-II's generator as well.Report to wherever I need to report to.Swagger up to my teammates with the confidence of Spider-Gus.
I edited my last action to take advantage of our funding situation. This look ok, PW?I forget what those even are, but sure.Find the nearest armory.Sell back my 6 grenades for two tokens. Buy a multi-function power gauntlet.Loudly introduce myself as General ABBLEE Johnson, veteran black ops member. Requisition 2 multi-function power gauntlets, both modified to include internal generators and, if possible, plastered with cool flame decals. Have them hooked up to my MCP-II's generator as well.Report to wherever I need to report to.Swagger up to my teammates with the confidence of Spider-Gus.
I want the Haebi limb. But I don't know if it'll explode in safe universes.Sure, with the ok of our supervising team lead Ozarck.
Can we include small samples of things like the pimp cane and haebi flesh with the volunteers? In artefact containers, of course. We need to know how exotics will react to the environments as well.
Probably not going to be useful for the next few turns, so Im just going to monitor our security forces and miscellanious staff until it comes time when I can be useful againIf you want, you can take over the phase one testing and free me up to concentrate on phase two stuff. It's just: launch phase one probe into x universe. And Launch phase one probe into x universe, then into y universe, then into home universe, and stuff like that. That keeps me from delivering walls of text, and keeps someone else's hand in.
ERROR ERROR! Multi-function power gauntlet contains kinetic amp. Kinetic amp is origin tech. Requires explicit permission from Steve.I edited my last action to take advantage of our funding situation. This look ok, PW?I forget what those even are, but sure.Find the nearest armory.Sell back my 6 grenades for two tokens. Buy a multi-function power gauntlet.Loudly introduce myself as General ABBLEE Johnson, veteran black ops member. Requisition 2 multi-function power gauntlets, both modified to include internal generators and, if possible, plastered with cool flame decals. Have them hooked up to my MCP-II's generator as well.Report to wherever I need to report to.Swagger up to my teammates with the confidence of Spider-Gus.
ERROR ERROR! Multi-function power gauntlet contains kinetic amp. Kinetic amp is origin tech. Requires explicit permission from Steve.
Or you could get the kinamps removed and keep the rest of the gauntlets.
The different universes we can access are numbered using a three dimensional system. Why? Is this an arbitrary system, meant to make things simpler for us, or does it have some relevance to the machine's operation?
Secondly, do we know if there are any consistent effects related to distance in any particular dimension? For instance, might (0,0,9) have more stable isotopes or universal laws than (0,0,5), which in turn would be more stable than (0,0,1)?
Lastly, does the machine have any limitations related to distance? Would visiting (0,0,9) be more difficult than visiting (0,0,1)?
Probably not going to be useful for the next few turns, so Im just going to monitor our security forces and miscellanious staff until it comes time when I can be useful againAlright.
let's see ...."I escaped by virtue of being able to get better. "
To the Doc"That's ... a lot of information in a few short sentences. I ...
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How did you escape death? I assume the UWM didn't just hand your brain over to be fitted into a shiny new body. Oh, hey, on that subject: Ihear you are a wizard with medical stuff, but this one may be beyond even you. Dester produces the jar of Manuel"I believe this is all that remains of another interesting doctor from within the HMRC. there's very little, if any, neural tissue left, but would you be able to reconstruct him from this, and from what records you have of him?"
When given an opportunity to ask, Dester continues, eyes shining with with interest "What was this Origin, anyway? Some kind of alien artifact? Mr. Saint says it came from within our universe. How did you find it? What did you do?"
In regards to the test: Dester asks how high the temp and radiation were, and if it was consistent with proximity to a star, if we can know that. Was the probe or it's contents damaged by the heat and radiation? Let's launch a second probe with all sensors, to the same universe to see if we get consistent results.Would it be too much for one turn to duplicate that test on all 25 of the other coordinates surrounding 0,0,0? If so, don't. If not, do.
Send Phase One probes into 0,0-1, 0,1,0, 0,-1,0, 1,0,0, and -1,0,0, and then to 0,0,+/-5, 0,+/-5,0, and +/-5,0,0 (so one universe in each of the six cardinal directions, and then five universes in each cardinal direction).
As for the Exotic material: Let's (provisionally) establish a phase 3.5 for passive artifact testing, and 4.5 for active artifact testing (that is, send them without using them in 3.5, and send volunteers to activate them in 4.5Probably not going to be useful for the next few turns, so Im just going to monitor our security forces and miscellanious staff until it comes time when I can be useful againIf you want, you can take over the phase one testing and free me up to concentrate on phase two stuff. It's just: launch phase one probe into x universe. And Launch phase one probe into x universe, then into y universe, then into home universe, and stuff like that. That keeps me from delivering walls of text, and keeps someone else's hand in.
In the control room, with the team present:
Upon seeing the video of the probe returning, the tension seems to drain from Dester a bit, and he let's out a shout "Success! We've launched a probe into another universe and brought it back! Woo!"
later, to Saint
"Wait. We did, right? We didn't just send it somewhere in this universe, did we?"
I dunno, how much do you like your guts NOT invaded by space parasites.ERROR ERROR! Multi-function power gauntlet contains kinetic amp. Kinetic amp is origin tech. Requires explicit permission from Steve.
Or you could get the kinamps removed and keep the rest of the gauntlets.
((The wiki says that they're relatively safe, just less reliable than before. I mostly bought them for the grappling claws, to be honest.))
I probably should have mentioned that the gauntlets have kinamp knuckles. Is that an issue?
Gus will observe, and help out if anyone asks.
1.Was QEC communication disrupted during the experiment? Let's say I had a robosod actively QEC possessing another robosod within the Apoc lab, to test if there were any weird side effects.1. There appears to be some distortion when the things return. Unconsciousness, synesthesia, Tingling feelings, Euphoria, sense of dread or impending doom, and itching of internal sinuses.
2.I'm gonna stay onboard one of the orbiting warships, even if QEC is broken. If the BLOPS team kills the planet, well, Steve can send more lackeys, and we can rebuild the lab somewhere else.
3.The probe's video monitors showed darkness. Were these external monitors, which we'd expect to show stars?
4.Send below text to the Doc:Quote from: Admin of Production to: The DoctorThe different universes we can access are numbered using a three dimensional system. Why? Is this an arbitrary system, meant to make things simpler for us, or does it have some relevance to the machine's operation?
Secondly, do we know if there are any consistent effects related to distance in any particular dimension? For instance, might (0,0,9) have more stable isotopes or universal laws than (0,0,5), which in turn would be more stable than (0,0,1)?
Lastly, does the machine have any limitations related to distance? Would visiting (0,0,9) be more difficult than visiting (0,0,1)?
@Ozark
((Rather than testing all points which are immediately adjacent to us, I suggest we test universes in certain directions: (0,0,-9), (0,0,-5), (0,0,-1),(0,0,1),(0,0,5),(0,0,9) etc, for every dimension. Checking nearby universes first, then further ones--if 5s start straining the machine, we don't want to go to 9s.
This would show whether or not the numbers mean anything. If all nines are more different, or more difficult to access, we've detected a rule. If 9 in one dimension makes isotopes more stable, and -9 in the same dimension make carbon radioactive, we know we should probably focus on staying positive or neutral in that dimension. If there are no patterns at all, then exact relative location is probably irrelevant. Just checking every adjacent universe is unlikely to show us much, unless altering location by 2 has significant effects--which limits our available 'verses.
As to RP, I'mma assume Dester is talking to a video monitor, because that lets me RP a fleshy Saint with facial expressions and everything.))
Saint shrugs when Dester turns to his image. "I believe so, yes. That being said, I did not design this machine, and I do not understand its inner workings. If it malfunctioned, I wouldn't know."
@Anyone who intentionally tries to bring Origin Tech through
((Saint will be perfectly happy to kill you to stop you. And he's quite capable of it, considering he's the supreme commander of all our sods. In fact, I'll probably specifically have everyone searched for unauthorized materials, although that's more because somebody could forget, or something could be missed on a wiki page.))
0,0,+/-5: Standard null
0,+/-5,0: Null, Doesn't return.
+/-5,0,0: Comes back, coated in and carrying about 400 pounds of pink slime. Null
What? I don't understand your lingo, hepcat.
When I say "standard" or "null" or something like that, I mean it's similar or almost exactly the same as the first one. Ie, vacuum, 200~C, radiation, etc.
0,0,+/-5: Standard null
0,+/-5,0: Null, Doesn't return.
+/-5,0,0: Comes back, coated in and carrying about 400 pounds of pink slime. Null
What? I don't understand your lingo, hepcat.
Could you explain "Standard" and "Null"? 0,0,5 comes back standard? 0,0, -5 comes back with no results?
as for the Phase 3.5 and 4.5, I meant: we run the plan as normal to step 3, then add a step after step 3 and before step four, in which we send artifacts, just to see if they physically react weird. Then we do step four, then we add another step, in which we send test people to activate the pimp cane and other activateable artifacts, to see if they react differently in the new universe.
...Can we collect some of that pink slime and analyse it? I'm curious to see what its makeup is. And if we can use it((Pretty sure that's the stuff they put in hot dogs.))to make our dicks biggerfor R&D? And it came from +/-5, 0 , 0? As in, both sides?
Maybe gus could start trainign our security forces, eventually leading up to how well they react to xeno-spit?((Gus isn't even remotely aware of what xenospit is, but if Vincent wants he can commence training exercises.))
I understand that there is another team on Hephaestus. Apparently their status is currently unknown. If Gus, Jesse, or someone else would like to do a little checking to see what's going on there, we could probably use that information. Try not to get involved if it's more weird shit though, just check on their status for now. Also, I hear that there are artifacts on Heph that are in need of testing. If Petra or someone else would like to organize some experiments with them that'd be cool too. Again, try not to break the universe, we still need what's left of it for a while.
Ah ok.
0,0,+/-5: Standard null
0,+/-5,0: Null, Doesn't return.
+/-5,0,0: Comes back, coated in and carrying about 400 pounds of pink slime. Null
What? I don't understand your lingo, hepcat.
Could you explain "Standard" and "Null"? 0,0,5 comes back standard? 0,0, -5 comes back with no results?
as for the Phase 3.5 and 4.5, I meant: we run the plan as normal to step 3, then add a step after step 3 and before step four, in which we send artifacts, just to see if they physically react weird. Then we do step four, then we add another step, in which we send test people to activate the pimp cane and other activateable artifacts, to see if they react differently in the new universe.
...Can we collect some of that pink slime and analyse it? I'm curious to see what its makeup is. And if we can use it5+. I was doing it where the first sentence was for +, second for -.to make our dicks biggerfor R&D? And it came from +/-5, 0 , 0? As in, both sides?
I petition we move onto phase two in the Standard-reading universes.
I'm speculating that these common universes with consistent radiation are universes in which matter never condensed. Some universal constant is off just enough that all that exists is the background radiation, which is much higher than ours because it comes from all the energy contained in a universe. more tests will be needed, of course.You attempt to recall the advanced drone after an hour and the machine registers an error. It says it can't find the tag.
((from the looks of it, our first probes are a combination of phase 1 and 2, containingthe elements and sensors))
Send a more durable drone ship into 0, 0, 1. Give it more powerful sensors, and make sure it is protected against the observed heat and radiation levels. Program it to activate it's sensors and travel in a straight line, avoiding obstacles that it detects. Leave it run for an hour, then recall it. If we find no new information, send it back and leave it to run for a day.
Send in our Phase 1 and 2 boxes to universes 0, 0, +/-9; 0, +/-9, 0; and +/-9, 0, 0; (I assume from the last tests that you understand that +/- means one box goes to +9, one to -9, in that order)
(@ Ryan, I believe that the slime came from 5, 0, 0, and that -5, 0, 0 was a standard, hot, radiated void)
Hey, people not doing anything active, wanna play with something?((I don't really have anything to do in the Limbo thread.))
Hey, people not doing anything active, wanna play with something?((Specify. Petra isn't really doing much.))
We should probably look into some training exercises for our security forces. Physical and Gun training at first, but discipline training over time as well, once we have a staple of troops with high discipline I've heard of a few good ways to test how well they would deal with alien mind-fuckery
Hey, people not doing anything active, wanna play with something?
Probably not. Have you an idea for something worthy of death? I'm sure we can target Leo at something or another.Hey, people not doing anything active, wanna play with something?
Does it involve murder?
Probably not. Have you an idea for something worthy of death? I'm sure we can target Leo at something or another.
Probably not. Have you an idea for something worthy of death? I'm sure we can target Leo at something or another.
((This is Er. Almost everything involves murder and death. And lives aren't very good regarded.
To the Doc:[/b]Those are the planetoids that travel in straight lines from one jump point to the next, right? What was Origin then? Some Star System full of planetoids? Some kind of machine? You've been studying materials found on these planetoids, right? Do you think that tech is also infected by this new threat? How do you "get better" from death? Would my team be able to do this as well?
Hmm, looks like we have a universe that needs further exploration.
Launch Phase two probe into 0, 9, 0 (the oddly livable enclosed space one). Check how big the enclosed space is, and what kind of material the enclosure seems to be made of. Record everything we can, and have drone robots explore the enclosure, if it is a reasonable size to do so in. Leave them there for long enough to accomplish that if it can be done within a day. Otherwise, record what is there and have the probe return in an hour.
Can we launch multiple probes before recalling one? If, say, we were to launch a drone into pink slime land , have it move 100 meters, then launch a second one, and have them attempt to communicate with each other, would that be viable, or would we have to launch them together?
Edit: Launch phase one Probes into
1, 0, +/-1;
1, +/-1, 0;
0, 1, +/-1;
0, -1, +/-1;
-1, 0, +/-1;
-1, +/-1, 0
It might. Depends on how bad their luck is and how smart they are.Hey, people not doing anything active, wanna play with something?
Does it involve murder?
((Now just think. You're going to test room 1 on whatever target universe you choose.))((yeah, if I could do so with some reliable way of returning the information that gives. hmm, I suppose sending a probe into universe 1, then another into 2, then sending probe 1 into universe 2 before pulling probe 2 back might work. But I was thinking more of weaponizing it for genocide anyway.))
Universe 1,1,0 is off-limits without explicit permission from myself and at least one Administrator of this facility.
On the other hand, we have a potential universe to drop a colony in. we are checking how life reacts there now, and if all goes well, we might be sending volunteers soon.
Also, if you are interested, there is what appears to be a very young, very hot universe in our set of initial explorations. It seems unlikely to support life for a very long time yet, but if you want to check it out in more detail, feel free to send in some samples of life before going in yourselves. Dress for the weather: it's HOT. the coordinates are -9, 0, 0.
I call dibs on Pink Goo universe. That's 5,0,0 by the way.
Phase three involves sending samples of living things. Does this include exposing them to the environment or just keeping them in the ship?Quote from: Ryan to TeamI call dibs on Pink Goo universe. That's 5,0,0 by the way.
Phases 2 and 3 to Pink Goo-verse please!
"No. Not yet, luckily enough. We didn't have time to fit him with the planned amp system."((Now just think. You're going to test room 1 on whatever target universe you choose.))((yeah, if I could do so with some reliable way of returning the information that gives. hmm, I suppose sending a probe into universe 1, then another into 2, then sending probe 1 into universe 2 before pulling probe 2 back might work. But I was thinking more of weaponizing it for genocide anyway.))
To the Doctor: I do ask a lot of questions. There are a lot of mysteries here. And secrets. Both seem important to our survival, and mine in particular. Does Steve run on tech taken from origin?
Sorry about overloading you. I don't know how you generate universi. There are 26 universes with numbers adjacent to ours at 0,0,0. I wanted to eventually check all of those as well as the ones in "straight lines" on the axes and "diagonal lines" toward the corners (9,9,9, for example). Should I limit each turn to five or six universes to test? or three?
Actions: Ask to have universe 1,1,0 black-listed and locked so it can't be entered without explicit permission from myself and at least one Heph admin or ARM general.
Send in samples of life and robotics to universe "Caverns." Send two probes with identical sample sets: one that stays in the "air" and one that settles on the "ground." Send a third drone: a simple machine which will settle on the ground at a distance from the other probes and dig a small hole straight down. I'm looking in particular for how strong the gravity field gets near the surface, how compact and hard the stone gets, and if the drill is able to breach to another cavern. Also, how are the caverns connected, since we seem to be able to see more than one? Are there randomly located holes in the ground? Are the caverns uniform in shape, like a bunch of bubbles or something, or are they more shapeless?Quote from: Dester to: Black Ops TeamUniverse 1,1,0 is off-limits without explicit permission from myself and at least one Administrator of this facility.
On the other hand, we have a potential universe to drop a colony in. we are checking how life reacts there now, and if all goes well, we might be sending volunteers soon.
Also, if you are interested, there is what appears to be a very young, very hot universe in our set of initial explorations. It seems unlikely to support life for a very long time yet, but if you want to check it out in more detail, feel free to send in some samples of life before going in yourselves. Dress for the weather: it's HOT. the coordinates are -9, 0, 0.
So. who among you unoccupied friendos would like to risk your life for fun prizes?
I'm gonna give you an object in a box.So. who among you unoccupied friendos would like to risk your life for fun prizes?
((What sorts of prizes? What sort of box?))
((I wonder which universe has Timmy in it?))((This one. or do you mean the original character? he's in a void, not really in a universe at all. if I remember correctly.))
Make sure that if any of the BLOPS members are given a mysterious box, they each get a pair of Heavy Robsod "assistants". These assistants will each be equipped with a PSL, a Raduga, and a chem thrower with multiple canisters of ClF3, sticky goop, and acid. The Heavy Robosods will remain adjacent to their assigned blops member, and watch them very closely.The Fun never ends with this one. Yeah, you're safe from harm, for the moment.
Also double check that I'm still on a spaceship some distance away from the lab. And that this ship has nuclear cannons.
Let's send... two rabbits. One inside a drone, one outside - yet somehow still returnable. That iron leash thing I mentioned might work. Monitor stress and vital sign readings starting five minutes before, during, and five minutes after, if only to see how the teleportation affects living creatures.The probe returns and despite the outer rabbit being dead from drowning in goo, there are no other problems. The ones inside the drone are fine and the one outside shows no changes that aren't attributable to drowning. Goo got in its lungs but thats about it.
Then we dissect both to see if the pink goo gets inside the rabbits' cavities.
So! Phase two and three go! At the... Same time! Let's just see what happens. In a seperate testing facility than two. Let's use three for goo-verse.
Is... The goo edible? Let's also feed a rabbit the goo while we do this. Nothing says woohoo like a universe of carbohydrates.
Alternatively, does it burn well? Nothing says woohoo also like a universe of hydrocarbons.
Phase one probes to 6,6,36 1,2,3 6,6,66,6,36 :The universe is oddly warm, about 100 degrees F. There are massive scattered objects in the video feed. They are white and oddly textured, like fingerprints or yarn balls.
...
Edit: Screw it, let's throw 3,3,3 in as well
If time permits after other teammates send phase one probes, Send Phase One probes to 1,-1,0; 0,1,+/-1; 0,-1, +/-1. Otherwise, wait.1,-1,0: The universe here appears to be made of a thick, syrupy liquid with large disk like objects the size of small continents drifting through it. The syrup is carbon based, but extensively bound to silicon;it breaks down rapidly in this universe.
Send volunteer test subjects to The Caverns (0,9,0). Have them talk about the experience as it is happening, including how the transition between universes feels. Return them after ten minutes and have them report. if all seems well, order our staff to design outpost buildings and the like that can be secured on the surface without digging deep. Test out the validity of gravity anchors by setting up a drone which will sink weighted anchors into the surface until gravity is strong enough to keep them secure. See if they remain stable thus, or if the gravity eventually overwhelms them.
I'm skeptical of this Caverns Universe. the gravity fields seem like they will ultimately be destructive, and there is nothing here we can use to buld a civilization. we'd have to import everything.. On the other hand, It looks like this universe will serve, at least as an emergency escape hole.((I wonder which universe has Timmy in it?))((This one. or do you mean the original character? he's in a void, not really in a universe at all. if I remember correctly.))
A strange machine; It's quite large, maybe three feet wide and 2 tall with a square central section and two circular lobes coming out of either side. The only controls are a button and a knob with numbers 1 to 10.I have never tested this thing. So, let's put it on one of our
Phase 2 6,6,36A quick look with a phase 2 probe shows that living things can keep living there. Even exposure to the seeming void seems not to be fatal, though it's not great for them. Several of the test animals seem ill.
Phase 1 -6,-6,-6; 6,6,23 (pay attention to the temperature in this universe); 12,34,56
The initial volunteers should be selected to represent as wide a range of people as possible, using, oh, say ten people. Include two children. They are to perform various activities in the probe room, like minor manual labor (picking up heavy objects and putting them down, screwing in a screw and unscrewing it), interacting with a program that requires them to follow instructions, and communicating with each other.Gravity anchors are viable.
How would they be able to communicate their desire to return? Does our machine allow that? If it does, give them a panic button, one per volunteer. If three of them go off, return the probe a that point. Otherwise, set a timer.
As for the next phase - testing gravity anchors - just send automated probes.
If both of the above actions work out well, send an exploration team. any of the BLOPS team members are approved to go lead the exploration team. They will take a squadron of soldiers, a squadron of sods, a ship, as large as possible but still able to fit through the holes between caverns comfortably (insert innuendo here), and armed. Also land rovers / jeeps. Scout eyes and other exploration equipment, and any battle gear they think helpful. If the tubes which connect the caverns are only large enough for land rovers, then don't waste a functional ship - just send something capable of landing and unloading the equipment. It should contain a command center for coordination. I'd like to test out communications between caverns when we get someone to the other one.
Time permitting, Send Phase One probes to -1, 0, +/-1, -1, +/-1, 0
Can I get a probe to 123,456,789?The probe returns, but it appears to be completely wrapped in a thin metallic foil. As soon as we touch it, the stuff unfolds and sprays off in all directions, cleaving straight through the walls and causing stone and metal to darken and collapse into an ashy substance. We lost testing room 2 due to this, but the foil seems to have consumed itself in the process, so it was contained at least.
And the rabbits inside survived? What were their vitals and stress responses this entire time? So the goo isn't breathable. Also good to know. But a little obvious.
Let's see if a volunteer is willing to suit up and sit in goo-verse for a minute. Let them know it's safe if you're sealed up. I want to know what they see. One minute in, lights, camera, action. Then back out.
"Note to self... Must determine if the carbon-chains can be reformed into useful materials."
(assuming I can do this without being on-planet) Send probes to:
1.7,7,7
2.-7,-7,-7
3.49,49,49
Personal 'experiments':
4.A long time ago, back during the boarding mission, I wrote a program. To sum it up, it was supposed to take a library of different movements, mostly combat-oriented, and allow the user to make their robobody/exoskeleton enact those movements (possibly with minor on-the-fly adjustments). The in-game effect would be to replace strength and dexterity rolls with AUX rolls, as long as the user's body was undamaged and the desired movements were in the library. IIRC, you said it was fine and I successfully completed the program, but I never tested it. I'd like to do so now, but using a robosod's body. Is the program effective?
5.Two years ago, I got an... odd Christmas gift. To quote:Quote from: 2013 Christmas GiftA strange machine; It's quite large, maybe three feet wide and 2 tall with a square central section and two circular lobes coming out of either side. The only controls are a button and a knob with numbers 1 to 10.I have never tested this thing. So, let's put it on one of ourotherwise uselesswarships, and put ten humans, five sods, and five robosods on the ship with it. Humans secured, sods not. Then, have one of the sods set the dial to 2, and press the button. Anything happen? Or did you forget what the machine was even supposed to do? ((Who else thinks that this is a bomb?))
EDIT: Sod Selling (Ignore these if you're too busy)
6.We've discussed selling sods before, multiple times. You vary in your answers; You've said yes, you've said no, and you've said "Yes, but only as mission equipment". Can people buy sods for themselves?
7.If so, can I profit from it? Presumably we'd use the same 25% profit margin, like with tinkered equipment, yes?
8.Finally, can sods be specially customized? Comrade_P wants to buy (presumably attractive) female sods. Can we do that?
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Alright, anyone want to go spelunking or are we leaving this to the NPCS?(this is for the caverns universe. Anyone interested? Dester is going. (gotta get the ball rolling...)
((I hereby dub universe 7,7,7 "Sharkmist space"))((Not catchy enough. Why not just Sharkland? The land of shark vapor!))
Quote from: 2013 Christmas GiftA strange machine; It's quite large, maybe three feet wide and 2 tall with a square central section and two circular lobes coming out of either side. The only controls are a button and a knob with numbers 1 to 10.Quote from: ExperimentPut it on one of our warships, and put ten humans, five sods, and five robosods on the ship with it. Humans secured, sods not. Then, have one of the sods set the dial to 2, and press the button. Anything happen?
Alright, anyone want to go spelunking or are we leaving this to the NPCS?(this is for the caverns universe. Anyone interested? Dester is going. (gotta get the ball rolling...)
I take it you ran phase 3 on 6,6,36? If so now run phase 4 on itthe 6,6,36 probe came back with living but sick animals, remember? Sick animals that have started going critical and which scans reveal to have massive parasitic infestations. One of the rabbits has started vomiting baby spiders.Quote from: Phase 4Phase 1 on:Spoiler (click to show/hide)Quote from: phase 111,28,89Spoiler (click to show/hide)
42,42,42
7,19,90
The npcs report the universe to be a lot like being submerged in jello. They also report, however, that the stuff seems to have inconsistent currents and that the ship got dragged around a fair bit, though it was only perceptible because they were leaving glowsticks around. There's a mild sensation of gravity, in the same way you might get underwater; not powerful but existent. They report no negative symptoms.
Yeah. Phase 4 into Goo-verse. Some NPC's. Suited up and safe, of course.
Let's do phase 3 on 7,7,7? Nitrogen/Argon sounds... At least livable. Let's send some small animals to find out. One in a contained living bubble, the other outside. Let's see what happens.
Alright, is that it? No one else?Alright, anyone want to go spelunking or are we leaving this to the NPCS?(this is for the caverns universe. Anyone interested? Dester is going. (gotta get the ball rolling...)
Playing with probes:1. the probes hops between the two and returns without issue.
1.Try sending a probe to (0,0,1), which is null, and then sending it directly to (0,0,5), which is also null, without bringing it home first.
2.If that works, send a probe to the gooverse, and then transfer it to (0,0,1). Send a second probe from home to (0,0,1), make it examine the probe from the gooverse, and then bring it back. Leave the gooverse probe in (0,0,1). Does this all work as a way to examine universes without risking our own?
3.Regardless of the above results, send two probes to (0,0,9), which is null, then bring one back. Where was it, relative to the other?
4.Repeat the above experiment, but attempt to transfer one probe within the universe, to a set location relative to the other probe. Basically, if A is 500 meters in front of B, try to teleport A to 500 meters behind B, without teleporting to an intermediate universe.
5.If we can't teleport without changing universe, use (0,0,5) as an intermediate. Does that work?
Ask the Doc (over texts):
6."Is there any danger inherent to transferring between different universes frequently? If we did it often enough, is it possible we could attract the attention of something unpleasant?"
7."Is there any limit to how much we can transfer, beyond that? Does the machine have a limited number of uses, or do we require some sort of difficult-to-obtain fuel?"
Personal:
8.No, I have no more info on what the device I got for Christmas 2013 does. I never tested it, because I was terrified it was a bomb meant to solve my Tinker addiction. Still am, to be honest. Can you come up with a new function, or should we just assume it's a completely nonfunctional hunk of metal?Quote from: Copy of description and experimentQuote from: 2013 Christmas GiftA strange machine; It's quite large, maybe three feet wide and 2 tall with a square central section and two circular lobes coming out of either side. The only controls are a button and a knob with numbers 1 to 10.Quote from: ExperimentPut it on one of our warships, and put ten humans, five sods, and five robosods on the ship with it. Humans secured, sods not. Then, have one of the sods set the dial to 2, and press the button. Anything happen?
((@M26 team
I changed the universe format on our wiki page. Universes are now organized by contents, rather than coordinates. Does the new format work, or would people prefer the old? If the latter, it's easy to revert.
On a different topic, I'm starting to think we should just live in a null 'verse, at least to start. Since we can freely (and presumably cheaply) teleport between universes, we have essentially infinite resources to mine in other places. Setting up a massive space station in a null verse, for humanity to live in while they search for a better home, doesn't seem like a bad plan.
@Gentlefish
Thanks for asking, but I'm more interested in the mechanics of how universe hopping works. Knock yourself out with (7,7,7).))
All probes being sent to previously unexplored universes will, after their minute of exposure is up, be transferred to a null universe; Specifically, 0,0,9. Once the exploratory probe is in 0,0,9, an observation probe will be sent to observe it. The observation probe will be automated to do a full circle around the exploratory probe, and then fire a large metal sphere at it (at a slow enough velocity to do no damage), and observe the results. After enough time has elapsed for this procedure to complete, the observation probe will be transferred back to our facility, and the test observed. If the exploratory probe showed no harmful or anomalous effects, it will be transferred back as well. If the exploratory probe did show some negative effects, leave it in 0,0,9 until somebody decides what to do with it.
The observation probe will also wirelessly download all sensor data from the exploratory probe, if possible.
Recent tests have shown that it is possible to transfer probes directly between universes, without bringing them to our own as an intermediate. I highly recommend that, from now on, all probes returning from previously unexplored universes are sent to a null universe first, where a secondary probe can check them for potentially dangerous contaminants. While this facility is somewhat expendable, we still don't want a repeat of test rooms one or two.
While searching for a new home, do you also want us to be on the lookout for universes we can weaponise? I may have found a universe that may be great for a prison. If we can create sealed environments in this universe, we can create cells that prisoners won't want to escape from
((I'll go spelunking, I suppose.))Done
Head to the armory, and have the kin amps removed from my gloves. Then join up with Dester.
1.First, just to be sure, repeat all the tests I did in the previous post ten times. Probably completely unnecessary, but good practice regardless.Yes it still works
2.Next, make the procedure in the below quote standard procedure, UNLESS somebody objects. I'll put it on the wiki after it's been accepted.Quote from: Modifications to Phase one probe testingAll probes being sent to previously unexplored universes will, after their minute of exposure is up, be transferred to a null universe; Specifically, 0,0,9. Once the exploratory probe is in 0,0,9, an observation probe will be sent to observe it. The observation probe will be automated to do a full circle around the exploratory probe, and then fire a large metal sphere at it (at a slow enough velocity to do no damage), and observe the results. After enough time has elapsed for this procedure to complete, the observation probe will be transferred back to our facility, and the test observed. If the exploratory probe showed no harmful or anomalous effects, it will be transferred back as well. If the exploratory probe did show some negative effects, leave it in 0,0,9 until somebody decides what to do with it.
The observation probe will also wirelessly download all sensor data from the exploratory probe, if possible.
Now, back to experimentation!
3.Message the Doctor, asking whether moving probes within our universe is potentialy dangerous. Point out that if not, I'm going to try it.
4.If the Doctor says it isn't dangerous (but not if he says "unknown" or something), transfer a probe to a spot in front of one of our warships (close enough that the 20% error margin shouldn't be an issue.) Inspect the probe from the warship's cams, then return the probe to base. Review its footage as well. Was there anything anomalous or weird?
5.If everything went well with 4, repeat the test, but this time with a QEC mounted on the probe. Test if the QEC is functional, both before and after the probe returns. Don't look at any data that goes through either one, though--have a mook do that.
6.If everything went well with 4 (but not necessarily 5), repeat the test, but transfering the probe around our system multiple times before returning to base. Everything's fine, right?
7.Ask the Doc if this device could be constructed in another universe, and remain functional.Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: BLOPS teamRecent tests have shown that it is possible to transfer probes directly between universes, without bringing them to our own as an intermediate. I highly recommend that, from now on, all probes returning from previously unexplored universes are sent to a null universe first, where a secondary probe can check them for potentially dangerous contaminants. While this facility is somewhat expendable, we still don't want a repeat of test rooms one or two.
((Ozark and Doctor, remember to check all equipment you guys are gonna take before you go through yourself. Doc's got a sharksuit, which very well may go haywire--you don't want to find that out while wearing it.))
Infectious spiderverse is more horrific than corrosiveverse... BURN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!! ... AHEM
Have all specimens from 6,6,36 immediately purged, any rooms the specimens were in cleansed/purged, and any humans that were in any way near ANY of the specimens or in any of the rooms the after the specimens are to be immediately quarantined afterwhich send a message to SteveQuote from: Vincent to: Steve Att: Video of rabbit throwing up spidersWhile searching for a new home, do you also want us to be on the lookout for universes we can weaponise? I may have found a universe that may be great for a prison. If we can create sealed environments in this universe, we can create cells that prisoners won't want to escape from
If Steve shows interest, send a new rabbit phase probe into 6,6,36 only keep the rabbits in a sealed environment for their stay, have the pass through universe be 0,1,0 instead of 0,0,9, also, just leave the probe in 0,0,9 and use another probe to monitor it. Don't bring the probe back to our universe
Regardless of Steve's interest in spiderhellverse send phase 2 to 7,7,7
((Ozarck has ... A shirt with a big smiling duck on it, a shirt with a CRT tv on it that says "Watching friend I love He" on it, and several packs of collectible cards. i think he'll be fine. Also, that's why I never bought the sharksuit. One wrong universal constant and KABLOOEY!))No problems with the guns. They all return ok.
Approve Saint's modifications to Phase One. Send a probe containing a brainworm gun, a weevil gun, a Crystalline projector, a Servitor Sandbag, and a sharksuit into the Caverns. the y are not to be used, just sent and returned. If no noticeable changes occur to them, proceed to enter the universe with Gus. Fly over the whole first Cavern at high altitude, just to scout a bit, tehn go through to the next cavern and fly around it. How many connections are there between cavern A and other caverns? I believe you mentioned that we could see two caverns, so I am assuming one connection. if this is the case, look for another connection in cavern b as well.
((honestly I think we'll find nothing in gravity field universe, but Dester needed to stretch his legs a bit in a relatively nonhostile environment.))
Edit: to the DocAltered, ghost ships (if I understand the rumors correctly), Steve, they all seem to combine physical bodies or brains into one, gestalt creature. Kinda like that guy on the Sword just before I left for the Hive World. S what? Are you like an organic version of Mr. Saint here? You have a bunch of spare bodies, and "got better" from being executed by jumping into one of them? How do you preserve your original consciousness, if that is the case? Doesn't the mind arise out of the material? Wouldn't you simply be a clone of your self, if you used a new body? I mean, a clone doesn't share the original's consciousness. Identical twins demonstrate that clones are independent. Why, there are even examples of humans with one body but two brains that each have their own unique identities. How have you preserved your own identity over a thousand years? Is there an upper limit to your lifespan? Or are you simply a copy, one of many?
((Dester should send in a Haebiflesh sample. Just in case. Ryan will be getting one of those implants.))What should they do there?
Thank you, brave rabbits, for showing that, while not breathable, the argon/nitrogen universe is survivable.
NPC crew to Fractalverse, please.
Phase 1 to 0,10000,0. Or as high as the machine goes, whichever is lower.
SUIT UP FOR GOOVERSE DROP!
Taking with me: standard mcp-I suit, standard fatiugues beneath, and my genemodded eyeballs. And any willing volunteers.
Also an iron cannonball studded with ultrabright LED's, a rigid, hollow sphere filled with helium and studded with ultrabright LED's, and let's take a gauss rifle, preferably ship mounted, and ammunition modified to be blunt and studded with ultrabright LED's. Push-to-fire, one round, directly in front of the ship.
Also, how about sonar?
To Steve
"It is a reasonably warm universe, that seems to have highly infectious life forms within it, the video I sent in the last message shows a rabbit that came back from that universe throwing up spiders after it became ill from visiting that universe. I have since incinerated everything that came back from that universe"
Phase 3 to 7,7,7 (Vincent is TOTALLY exploring this universe provided things go well up to phase 4 [and I have specific additions to phase 4 plans to accomodate possible intelligent life forms])
Phase 1 to
4,13,09 (no matter the info we get on this verse, it's the homestuck verse)
4,20,69 (I'm immature... ok?)
I realize the cavern is larger than the earth. Never mind the flyover anyway, the probes handled that well enough. The trip is to last one day, according to clocks in the original universe. I intended the questions to the Doc to be asked just before setting off, but they can wait til we return. Or, if they can't wait til we return, it won't matter anyway.One day huh? Alright, a few hours have passed at least already.
Go ahead, General, but be careful. The gravity gets really strong really quick. you could lose a limb sticking it in the ground like that. Come on, I'd like to see that other cavern before we head back.
Leave them in Fractalverse for an hour, general recon. Nothing too invasive yet.By that I assume you mean just look around without going too far. In which case they survive but nothing really happens and they don't see anything interesting.
Another probe to 1000,0,0 and 0,0,1000
Now, it's time to suit up and do a little spelunking myself.
We'll be there for thirty minutes, my tests won't take more than that.
First, analyze the sonar for five minutes. Any large, hard objects nearby?
Then, drop the LED cannonball. Watch its descent. How long does it take before we can't see the LED's?
Same thing with the ultralight sphere. I have a feeling it won't have enough punch to get 'up' very far, but it's worth a test.
And then fire the cannon! How long does it take (if at all) before the LEDs on the round disappear?
Then spend the reset of the time monitoring Sonar. Anything moving out there (aside from my own possible materials?)?
"Well, folks," Ryan says, flicking a piece of lint off his ARM-Issue clothing, "I think I'm going to go play with a big bowl of gelatin.
I don't think this universe is... Idyllic, but it is interesting at the very least. This is likely the last I'll be playing with it."
"Thankya. One sec."[3]
Use the mini cutting laser in my index finger to carve our names, the date, and a little picture of us with a flag and a spaceship into the floor. Resist the urge to add anything too vulgar..
Repeating the tests I did last turn. Since you asked, there's warships in orbit around this planet, Hephaestus, probably around the jump point, and wherever else we might want them. We built a lot of warships.
1.Message the Doctor, asking whether transferring probes within our universe is potentially dangerous. Point out that if not, I'm going to try it.
2.If the Doctor says it isn't dangerous (but not if he says "unknown" or something), transfer a probe to a spot in front of one of our warships (and if it misses due to the 20% error, just have the warship fly over to the probe). Inspect the probe using the warship's cam, then return the probe to base. Review both the warship and probe's camera feeds, checking for anything anomalous or weird.
3.Assuming everything went well with 2, repeat the test, but this time with a QEC mounted on the probe. Test if the QEC is functional, both before and after the probe returns. Don't look at any data that goes through either one, though--have a mook do that.
4.If everything went well with 2 (but not necessarily 5), repeat the test, but transferring the probe arpound our system multiple times before returning to base. Everything's fine, right?
Personal
5.I talked to the council about selling sods to players. Their opinion is that it isn't a good idea to have personal sods, as opposed to mission sods, and that it would be difficult to properly balance personal sods. I, personally, don't like mission sods, because since they're free, they can't contribute much to the mission itself--they essentially just become scenery. I want sods on missions actually contributing (we have thousands of them, specifically made to assist with combat! Why can't we even have a couple participating in an entire mission?), and think the only balanced way to achieve that is personal sods; Sods which are bought with tokens, and equipped with tokens.
5 continued. I know future missions won't be as suitable for sods as previous missions, since we'll be doing dimension hopping, but can sods have increased utility in the future? Either mission sods actually being allowed to participate in an entire mission, or personal sods who accompany a player?
6.Do you want me to stop asking various questions about non-M26 stuff in most of my turns? Just asking before I accidentally piss you off, causing you to detonate Saint's brain.
and let's take a gauss rifle, preferably ship mounted, and ammunition modified to be blunt and studded with ultrabright LED's. Push-to-fire, one round, directly in front of the ship.It is a gauss rifle with modified projectile.
Head into Cavern 2 through the large connection. Scan for a connection to another cavern. If a suitably large connection is found, head through into that one. looks like this is going to be an uninformative trip.Cavern two appears to connect to several other caverns as well. You can see strange sorts of patterns and materials in the walls of this cavern; unlike the other which was a mostly uniform gray, this one has patches of blue and red and yellow and white and other mostly dull but different colors. Closer inspection reveals these to be enormous mineral deposits. There's a field of sapphire with a surface area greater than the continental United States.
I'm in the ship I'm in, strapped into the pilot's chair. The gauss rifle is mounted to the top of the ship, firing directly ahead.It's more the shock of the thing hitting the goo that I was interested in. Funny thing about shockwaves in water or fluid analogs is that they have this nasty habit of propagating through flesh and causing massive pulmonary damage, basically shredding the lungs.
I did say it was a gauss rifle with a modified blunt projectile, right? Right? Oh god.
E:and let's take a gauss rifle, preferably ship mounted, and ammunition modified to be blunt and studded with ultrabright LED's. Push-to-fire, one round, directly in front of the ship.It is a gauss rifle with modified projectile.
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Follow Dester. Try to gauge the width of this cavern. If I shot a grappling call straight "up", could it reach the other end?I don't know what the hell you're saying.
Help supervise the tests while so many other people are in one of the alternate universes, I guess?You stand behind important people and nod your head knowingly.
Put a few rabbits in a air tight (but oxygenated [and any other concern in a vacuum taken care of]) container, as completely sealed off as possible, and then send it into the Spiderverse (4,20,69) for an hour. Do this in a testing room that doesn't need to be used for at least a week, and make sure this room is hooked up for cameras, and once the container is back, have it send video feed to the same room that is recieving the test room footage... monitor, also, send a camera probe to one of the massive yarn ball like objects with the intent of hitting it if time permits
Send a camera probe to fractalverse for the length of a day, have it programmed to head towards the lights, also have it programmed to fly around and not bump into anything once reaching the source of the lights (7,7,7)
Phase 2 to 420-yod(die)o-verse (4,20,69)
Weaponization testing phase is GO!
((
Phase 1 suggestions for twinwolf:
11,11,11
6,1,16
3,2,1
9,1,1
9,9,9
))
1.Third time's the charm... The target locations for the probe are all about one AU away from the planet the facility is on, which gives us an error margin of about thirty million kilometers. We'll have five warships sit around the area, and hope they don't get telefragged 'cause they take up such an infinitesimally small percentage of the area. Saint's warship will stay on the opposite side of the planet. Also, the planet our lab is on is 49 AU away from the star, and 10 AU away from the next planet.Ok, you teleport it away. It seems to go fine; the probe shows no signs of damage and the warship can't see anything wrong with it.
2.Transfer a probe to a spot between the five stationed warships (and if it misses due to the 20% error, just have a warship fly over to the probe). Inspect the probe using a warship's cam, then return the probe to base. Review both the warship and probe's camera feeds, checking for anything anomalous or weird.
3.Assuming everything went well with 2, repeat the test, but this time with a QEC mounted on the probe. Test if the QEC is functional, both before and after the probe returns. Don't look at any data that goes through either one, though--have a mook do that.
4.If everything went well with 2 (but not necessarily 3), repeat the test, but transferring the probe around our system multiple times before returning to base. Everything's fine, right?
Chia Xeno:
5.That chia monster coating that was just brought in--was it not activated by our safety SOP for initial exploration of universes? Note that one of the steps is to shoot the probe with a small cannonball, in case a kinetic shock activates the xeno scum.
6.Before, we've just ejected/destroyed(?) test rooms with dangerous stuff in it. This doesn't seem to warrant that, but is there any limit to the number of test rooms we have? Do we have a sort of HP?
7.What sort of emergency systems do we have in the test rooms? The same as the old subject housing/experiment rooms on Hephaestus? (see spoiler below)8.What sort of sensors do we have? I would very much like to know what that yellow-green dust is made of.Spoiler: Subject Housing details (click to show/hide)
((Don't kill the spiders! they might be friendly! :o))
((Don't kill the spiders! they might be friendly! :o))((Give them to the Doctor! Just run over to the Doctor and dump a box of spiders at his feet.))
Or you could just go poke the other universes.Charles marches into the apocalypse labs, his holographic display off as has become customary for him. It was quiet, at least quieter than what he expected save for the occasional bang. Seems like a lot of things are going that way these days.
You attempt to recall the advanced drone after an hour and the machine registers an error. It says it can't find the tag.
Send a more durable drone ship into 0, 0, 1. Give it more powerful sensors, and make sure it is protected against the observed heat and radiation levels. Program it to activate it's sensors and travel in a straight line, avoiding obstacles that it detects. Leave it run for an hour, then recall it. If we find no new information, send it back and leave it to run for a day.
Send in our Phase 1 and 2 boxes to universes 0, 0, +/-9; 0, +/-9, 0; and +/-9, 0, 0; (I assume from the last tests that you understand that +/- means one box goes to +9, one to -9, in that order)
(@ Ryan, I believe that the slime came from 5, 0, 0, and that -5, 0, 0 was a standard, hot, radiated void)
0, 0, +/-9: Null, Probe returns, but there is no data in the drives, no elements in the cargo and it no longer projects a shadow.
0, +/-9, 0: Probe returns with readings that are oddly livable, chilly but livable, and video of what appears to be a large enclosed area. An uneven surface can be seen in front of the probe, but the probe hasn't been told to move so it sort of just sits there staring out into the dark for a minute before returning. No noticeable change to the elements. The other universe is Null.
+/-9, 0, 0: Null, Something which appears null but is far hotter. Sensors pick up what looks like a starscape but...well, smudged and far too great. As though the entire universe was covered in the hazy glow of galactic cores, all smeared together across the void.
Travel through the largest connection between cavern 2 and another cavern (call it, oh, I don't know: cavern 3?). Continue in this manner (going cavern to cavern via large orifices) until either time runs out or we encounter signs of life or intelligence, or danger.Well, time is basically out already, so we're gonna have you return.
Doctor McTaalik wanted to know if he could hit the Ceiling of the cavern with a grappling hook. Doc, you can't - the cavern is planet sized. Larger than earth.
Edit: If the probe that Saint is sending in (Syv's post below) makes contact with us, report that cavern 2 has large mineral deposits and connects to other caverns. Nothing else to report.
Edit Edit: Pulled out? because an Arm agent woke from stasis? Is there some crisis regarding this agent, or some other situation I need to know about? if not, wait the full day and pull us out on schedule. Of course, if there is a situation, bring us back at your discretion.
((Thanks, Ozarck.))We're gonna say you return, carrying a sapphire the size of your head.
If the field of sapphires is close enough, cut off one of the growths and examine it. Then, follow Dester.
Purge Spider-verse testing chamber.Pest controlling.
Add Spider-verse to Dester's do not go to these universes
Change pants.
Have a critter probe drop the animals off on the populated area of the fractal-verse, and monitor what happens for an hour. Simultaniously have a normal phase 4 probe just hang around un-seen
Phase 1 to 11,11,11
((Don't kill the spiders! they might be friendly! :o))
((Sorry. Everything's gotta be killed by fire.))
"Shit, goddamnit, that hurt," Ryan mutters to himself as he waits for the return to home.
Re-set my nose while I'm here, jump home like planned, order a probe to 17,3,18 before seeing the infirmary for some mild painkillers.
"Indeed I am. It has been long, far too long since the last time I've left the VR. But well, you know the drill, there is not much use in making propaganda with the now less-than-United Worlds of Man too busy grasping at each others throats to listen.There's no detectable moisture in the air, but we can synthesize it so long as we have oxygen and hydrogen.
It is good to see people again, real people I mean. I would ask the fate of your fellow admins, but your excitement doesn't fill me with much hope. Bah, no matter, they'll wake one day I'm sure, even if we have to do it ourselves. I trust that they'll be happy to wake up with tales of our colonies standing proudly in other universes, and until that time, there's nothing more we can do for them. I better familiarize myself with what we have so far first."
He gestures towards his wristpad as he follows the link.
Send a Phase Two probe equipped with sensors that can detect moisture in the air into the Cavernverse (0, 9, 0). Remember whether or not humanity has any efficient ways to synthesize water from air without needing manipulators.
1.Send a probe into the cavern 'verse for thirty minutes. Have it send a request for any interesting information to the away team. Also, have it send a message saying that Charles, one of the non-admin ARM operatives stationed on Heph, has woken up from stasis catatonia which has lasted for a few years. Ask if Dester would like to be pulled out. After the probe returns, check if it received a response.Well, we can assume that's transmitted, rather meaningless though it is.
2.Since QECs work after transferring in our universe, try sending two ships with linked QECs into a null universe. One should try to send a message to the other. After ten minutes, bring them both back, and have a mook look at the data on both probes--was the message successfully transferred?
3.Do the QECs still work in this universe? Mook is checking, as always.
Send stage 1 probes to:
4.(0,0,57)
5.(0,57,0)
6.(57,0,0)
7.(0,5,7)
((There's a note on the wiki saying that probes which travel for awhile in null universes are lost. Where did that information come from? I haven't found any PW post saying that.))
Hi everyone. First, I want to congratulate you all on a job well done so far. our mission is far from over, but we've been making significant progress. Have we found a new home for humanity? Well, we've found a bolt hole or two at least. bought some time, as it were. And we've discovered some very interesting realities, as well as some extremely dangerous ones. And with all this progress, we've accumulated a lot of data and experience. let's meet and discuss what we've learned, and how to move forward better. Let's combine our information and see if we can find any patterns or clues on how to better look for compatible realities. Snacks will be provided at the meeting! And of course, if you are unable to attend in person, please do so via commlink.
Sure. Goo-verse has been explored. It's nothing crazy, but the liquid is non-Newtonian and mostly carbon. So if we need carbon, it's there in bunches.
Just a heads up, if you go to a mostly-liquid universe, especially one that's non-Newtonian, don't be smart and try to launch a probe using any sort of firearm.
I have attached an overview of the mission plan I intend to go over with our security and sales staff. I'd like to attempt contact with the beings inhabiting universe 7,7,7. Please inform me of any changes you would like before I round up the staff. As we don't quite know how the species will react to another living thing, I suggest none of us go this trip, and we send just the staff. If things go well, I would like to go during the next trip
I see no significant flaws in your plan. Although, I do wonder what you intend to gain with this mission. (7,7,7) does not seem like a particularly good candidate for colonization, and does not seem to have any important resources. Are you simply trying to satisfy scientific curiousity?
The life there seems intelligent, Im thinking that maybe for once we can make allies with another species instead of destroying them. If they're friendly, we might be able to establish trade with them. Also, as soon as testing this universe is done, I'd like to establish a colony on the Cave World. If nothing else it seems rich in resources, and would allow us to get the civilians off of heph until a we can find something better
the plan looks fine to me. I am a touch concerned about making first contact through our staff, though. they aren't exactly trained for that. perhaps send them in to the universe on a couple of trial runs before having them make contact with the creatures? I do see several long term possible uses for this exploration, even if that universe is not suited for long term human habitation. As for colonizing the Caverns: that is part of the subject of our meeting. I was hoping to put Petra or Ryan to work organizing colonists and instructing them on the gravitational effects and how to remain safe while building a colony within.
Yeah, I'm not happy with employees making first contact either, but I can't think of any other way of testing these species aggressiveness before I myself try communicating with them, which is why I will be choosing our calmest employees, and only getting them to try and set up a meeting, and nothing more, I can hold off on the contact part though if you have some ideas, if you have some better ideas I will take them, as I don't want to mess up a chance for a new ally, especially one that has sovereignty over an entire universe. As per the meeting I will definitely attend.
((Recommend sending live rabbits in little spacesuits to see if they have a stab reflex.))
Uh... try to find the cause?Nope. run. get to a shuttle, get into deep space, and hope you haven't been contaminated.
((Welp, we haven't seeded the multiverse with our kin at all. Instead, we've learned that the multiverse is apparently an alien bukkake line.))
2.Put my ship on full burn away from the Apoc lab, immediately. Shut off all video/sensor feeds sourced from the lab. After both these things have been done, scan my entire ship for signs of the anomaly. Make sure all diagnostics are set to alert me to the slightest changes. If there is anomalous activity on my ship aside from hissing sounds, open the first spoiler for the rest of my actions this turn. If there is no anomalous activity, open the second spoiler.2.I'm gonna stay onboard one of the orbiting warships, even if QEC is broken. If the BLOPS team kills the planet, well, Steve can send more lackeys, and we can rebuild the lab somewhere else.2. Fair enough.
((All M26 titles must be sexual references, by law.))
((Literally.))((All M26 titles must be sexual references, by law.))
((...Metaphorically jizzed on by the multiverse?))
Follow Destro and The Duchess to an escape shuttle.
The sound is inside us. It's not the site. Remember ear worm? I'm going to try something. I'll be there with two medics and some drugs that might help.
When I wake up, tell me to check my datapad, and do not mention anything else. I am deleting this from my pad after I send it.
-snip-You run for the nearest escape shuttle. You get to the hatch but as you try to use the keypad to get in, your hand collapses into a mass of brown-yellow powder.
On second thought, get on a shuttle and try to escape. Evacuate.
Edit: resist the psychic infection. Take a mind stim if one is available (I have none in inventory, but I believe we were given access to them them as part of our exploration package). If successful,Resist eh? Well, lets see...[1]
Lockdown the Apocalypse lab, send a text message to all ships in orbit to contain evacuees and have no interactions with them, and to lockdown Saint as well.Spoiler: if unsuccessful (click to show/hide)Uh... try to find the cause?Nope. run. get to a shuttle, get into deep space, and hope you haven't been contaminated.
Activate the MkIII's buzz mode. Get the hell out and into a shuttle. If escape is not possible and probably death/possession approaches, Summon The Sheep.[6] You concentrate until you crack a metal tooth via clenching your jaw. The distortion vanishes.
Evacuate immediately! Preferably with others, but nearest non fucked escape ship takes priorityYou turn to run but your leg falls off after the first few steps. You try to carry on by crawling, but your arms are corroding down to bone before your eyes.
...Is that the freaking sideways probe?Well the medical staff, having not observed the probe return, aids you in the administration of a drug which causes short term memory loss. As a side effect of course; it's actually a powerful sedative.
Shit.Evacuate immediately. Join Dester. A broken nose is enough for me.
While in the infirmary, get some drugs that will induce amnesia, preferably ones that can cause memories to be retroactively forgotten.
Make a note on my data-pad: "If you don't hear a hissing sound, the drugs have worked. You are safe." Set it to my main screen after any messages I send and delete.
If the medics in the infirmary cannot hear a sound (Don't be specific AND ASK THEM BEFORE THEY EVACUATE I AM RIGHT HERE IN THE CLINIC), order them to drug me with said drugs above before carting me out, and tell them to bring as much as they can with them (and on me since I might be KO'd on a gurney).
We're going to Dester and co.
1.FYI, I am not in a bunker. I am on a warship orbiting the planet, and have been for the entire mission. See below quote from Dec. 12th, because I knew something like this would happen.2.Put my ship on full burn away from the Apoc lab, immediately. Shut off all video/sensor feeds sourced from the lab. After both these things have been done, scan my entire ship for signs of the anomaly. Make sure all diagnostics are set to alert me to the slightest changes. If there is anomalous activity on my ship aside from hissing sounds, open the first spoiler for the rest of my actions this turn. If there is no anomalous activity, open the second spoiler.2.I'm gonna stay onboard one of the orbiting warships, even if QEC is broken. If the BLOPS team kills the planet, well, Steve can send more lackeys, and we can rebuild the lab somewhere else.2. Fair enough.Spoiler: OH GOD IT'S ON THE SHIP (click to show/hide)Spoiler: OH GOD IT'S PROBABLY ON THE SHIP AND I JUST CAN'T SEE IT (click to show/hide)
((Words: 1211))
Follow Destra and Petra to an escape shuttle.[1] Thats not good. Wonder what your mind is at.
I have negated the effect for me. At least temporarily. I am shutting off all external communications to avoid reinfection or the risk of being a carrier. Do not even attempt to contact me. It could be dangerous for me. Or for you. I do not know which.Shut off all external communications. Move into a safe corner where everyone else isn't visible and get ready to run or fight in case someone turns into some sort of abomination or something.
Taking a mind stimulant might help. Running seems to be futile.
Ryan, check your datapad, you seem to know the cure, as you are the only other one here who is unharmed.
Attempt to convince the anomaly to give my body parts back and to leave us aloneKedly posted this in the OOC thread. I'm not sure if he meant to post it here or if he was joking.
((Does anyone actually have a mind stim?))((I can't find any post where we specifically stockpiled them, but I thought I (or syv or someone). Did request to do so at one point. Looks like I was mistaken.
Totally joking. please for the love of god don't roll NAV's reposted action 0.oAttempt to convince the anomaly to give my body parts back and to leave us aloneKedly posted this in the OOC thread. I'm not sure if he meant to post it here or if he was joking.
"...Guys, guys this is really nice. I kind of remember something bad?"We'll worry about the body here in a bit since I'm not sure you should even know he's dead or...really anything going on.
A medic whispers into his ear. He replies in a normal voice "No, no I don't hear anything... Should I?"
Another whisper. He looks at his datapad as the medic continues to do so.
"Oh! Guys you should try this then. I guess it helps with whatever."
Time to push some drugs. See if the medics can't take a sample of Gus and get me a a token or two's worth of equipment off of Gus
You shut everything down, Cover your eyes, plug your ears, tape up your butthole and cover yourself in a blanket.Quote from: C. Leroux -> AllI have negated the effect for me. At least temporarily. I am shutting off all external communications to avoid reinfection or the risk of being a carrier. Do not even attempt to contact me. It could be dangerous for me. Or for you. I do not know which.Shut off all external communications. Move into a safe corner where everyone else isn't visible and get ready to run or fight in case someone turns into some sort of abomination or something.
Taking a mind stimulant might help. Running seems to be futile.
Ryan, check your datapad, you seem to know the cure, as you are the only other one here who is unharmed.
FUCK. DISBELIEVE, DISBELIEVE!You bang your head against the console in front of you for a few seconds while screaming that nothing is real. When you look up, your hands are back; though they're not responsive.
If successful in resisting the distortion, disable all visual and audial sensor feeds, including from my own body. Then send a "shock unconcious" signal to everyone who may have seen any distortion. Don't enable incoming communications, though. I have a braincase and should be able to do this without arms.
Just to clarify: Gus is very much permadead, right? That wasn't just a hallucination?We'll have to see. He's taken brain damage but he could live if someone drags him to the infirmary ASAP.
((including our M23 rescuees? We got docs in that team, that were accompanying Ryan, right?))Just to clarify: Gus is very much permadead, right? That wasn't just a hallucination?We'll have to see. He's taken brain damage but he could live if someone drags him to the infirmary ASAP.
Of course, everyone is knocked the fuck out right now so...
((including our M23 rescuees? We got docs in that team, that were accompanying Ryan, right?))Just to clarify: Gus is very much permadead, right? That wasn't just a hallucination?We'll have to see. He's taken brain damage but he could live if someone drags him to the infirmary ASAP.
Of course, everyone is knocked the fuck out right now so...
Are we able to keep our employees from the shipping company of the last mission, they would actually be a perfect fit for this mission. If so, with the funds we ammassed with that company, how long would we be able to pay said employee's at their current wage? (Months?, Years?)Did we take them? If yes, sure. Indefinitely.
((Sorry for not posting earlier than this, guys. Semester just started, so I've been unusually busy and stressed.))Well we skipped to 10 and we'll assume that the bodies are recovered and brought to the infirmary where they are filled full of amnesiacs. The guy whose head melted now has a "Mind" stat of -1 but is otherwise unharmed. Everyone else regains the use of their "dissolved" body parts after waking up, though you still have problems using your arms. Must be something to with the amnesiacs. Maybe a lingering effect.
This is a long, complex action, even moreso than my usual actions. I'm trying to get everything done quick so that the other players can get back into the game. If there's no risk of the anomaly infecting anyone else who views cameras in the Apoc Lab (aside from the testing room with the illusion probe, which I'm avoiding), or goes there physically, then you can skip the massive text wall and go straight to 10.
1.First, temporarily isolate my body from my brain so that I won't be moving it, and disable all sensors on my body. Essentially I'm assuming that my body/room could possibly be contaminated, and just not dealing with it for the moment. Furthermore, Saint will only communicate by text, and will have a program automatically remove any images, sounds, or non-text anything frommessagesanything he recieves.
2.Then, ascertain whether robosods can be infected by looking at silent surveillance camera feeds of any room in the Apoc lab that isn't the testing room which contained the probe which started all this. Remotely disable all monitors in the Lab, to prevent room-crosscontamination. If the robosods just wouldn't be infected, great, and if not, open the below spoiler to see my exact testing procedure.Spoiler: Testing procedure to ascertain robosod falliability (click to show/hide)
3.If robosods can be infected by watching camera feeds, repeat the above test, except with video cut and audio active. Can robosods be infected by sound only?
4.If either 2 or 3 has resulted in uninfected robosods, send several transports full of robosods down to the lab to recover as many people as possible. If 2 was successful, the sods should have external microphones disabled. If only 3 was successful, they should have video feeds disabled, and navigate using echolocation devices.
5.Regardless of the success of past actions, contact Heph (Note that I never told them to cut their communications with me; only the lab.). Infodump what happened, and what I'm doing. Then, use their resources to test whether any room in the apoc lab (aside from the dangerous probe room) infects humans. If not, great, if so, the procedure is in the spoiler below. Also, unlike the sod procedure, I'm going to test each room individually for contamination, so that I can at least get a safe path.
6. Next, I'm going to repeat the above experiment, except instead of a live camera view, the test subjects will watch the minute of footage leading up to when I zapped everybody unconcious. Every safe camera's view will be watched (and if nobody was infected, that means every camera) by two different test subjects. If neither shows infection, a researcher gets to watch that camera's minute of history. Said researcher will be provided with a panic button which immediately shocks them unconcious, and they get shocked unconcious if their vitals start going significantly weird.
6.2.The researchers should look out for humans, and specifically for humans who did not demonstrate infection prior to being shocked ((like the doctors that helped administer painkillers to Ryan)). Upon finding a human, they tell me about it, and we mark their location. If the human did not show infection, the researcher is assigned to monitor the camera feed, and I'll stop holding down that person's "stay unconcious" button.
6.3.Upon an uninfected human waking up, they will have the situation explained to them, and, if applicable, a safe path out described (OR ALTERNATIVELY, if they are a doctor, a safe path leading to any wounded people). Via whatever PA system we have set up. Ask them to leave any unconcious humans they find, unless said human has injuries and the concious person has medical experience. Shock the idiot back unconcious if they admit to a lack of experience, but try to treat someone anyway. Last thing we need is another armbone shiv.
7.If I haven't already sent robosods to the Lab, send them now, except with maps of what areas are dangerous and what areas are safe. If I've already sent robosods, don't update them, because they should be safe in the dangerous areas anyway.
8.If every plan to get someone safely inside the lab has failed, send any fully autonomous true robots we have in quantum storage. Have a ship pick up stevebots off Heph, and bring those in for person recovery. Maybe have stevebots possess robotic bodies, for a faster response time.
9.To recap: We may have sods going through the entire lab, using either only video or only echolocation. We may have sods going through with full sensors, but staying in safe zones. We may also have contact with concious humans inside the lab, who have been given maps of any dangerous areas vs. safe areas. We should at least have autonomous robots going through the lab trying to recover people.
10.If any of the plans have successfully recovered bodies, they will get woken up. If we know they were uninfected, they get quarantined and remotely interrogated verbally, by a human researcher who is not Saint. If we know they were infected, or we aren't sure, they get amnesiacs strong enough to forget the entire thing, and then get filled in on what happened. While in quarantine.
((Phew. Did I miss anything? I can't think of anything else to add, at the moment.
Also, words:1286))
((Gus already has -1 mind. The brain damage made no difference!))((dang. I added a -1 enhanced stat to the wiki, for a functional -2. Poor Gus.))
((Oh, I reverted that edit. Because it's not what PW said happened. Unless you PMed him about it or something.))((Gus already has -1 mind. The brain damage made no difference!))((dang. I added a -1 enhanced stat to the wiki, for a functional -2. Poor Gus.))
((Eh, in PMs piecewise told me to pop up here, and so I have.
I somehow didn't get that this wasn't on Heph, though. Dunno how.
In any case this'll go to PMs again soon, I just gotta leave an explanation for how I managed to get all the way there, I suppose?))
I believe if you send him a message, the Doctor would reply. He seems to get around a bit, appearing where he will, when he will. He seems primarily concerned with the Machine, at the moment. I doubt you will find him there, however, as that area is apparently off limits to casual visitors.
I would like to speak with you. Is there a place where you are often that I may wait for you in?
((3,3,3 has already been explored. Make sure to check the wiki before sending a probe!))Yep. Empiricist is running secondary tests. All his probes are going to previously opened universes.
((Gus already has -1 mind. The brain damage made no difference!))PW confirmed, Gus is to lose a mind point, dropping to -2.
No thanks is necessary. I have been expecting something like this to happen, and I am merely happy that it was so simple to deal with.
Forgive me, but I will not be immediately joining in your rush for new universes. I did not take amnesiacs, and as such my body has not returned to full functionality yet. I will be dealing with that problem first.
Was that all you wished to say in your meeting? Or did the amnesiacs force you to forget about the meeting? You had been about to host one just before the anomaly was released.
Enjoy the high just a little longer. I want to get back into the conga line of death.The first one returns to the buffer dimension and is completely covered in an odd engraved patter across its entire surface. This patter begins to spread to the observing probe. You decide to leave it in the buffer dimension.
...In fact, let's take this anesthetic and spend a round getting a Haebi limb (-8 tokens). Maybe both arms for a -1 token discount (-15 tokens)? They were my babies, after all :P
Either way, probes to:
3,5,3
6,11,0
Gus opens his eyes slowly, and blinks a couple times. He wonders idly where he is, and what exactly happened, before the memory hits him like a train.The probe returns to the buffer dimension, sits there for maybe 2-3 seconds then glows green and vanishes.
Bolting out of bed, he screams and clutches at his face. It takes him a moment to realize that it's just flesh, unscathed flesh he's feeling, and a minute or so more to calm himself down.
What follows are several minutes of tense, awkward silence, during which Gus confirms that each and every facial feature is present and accounted for. Only after he's reasonably satisfied that nothing is missing or damaged does he lay back and relax.
"Itsh- ish thhere. Shtill there," he sighs, the relief evident both in his tone, and in the expression on his miraculously not-imploded face.
Acclimatize to not being dead. Once I have a reasonable grip on reality, get my gear together and find the rest of the team.
EDIT: Send a phase 1 probe to 9,9,9.
-snip- edited for clarity.Dumped
1) check that the contents of the testing room have been dumped back to 0, 0, 57 (which is now blacklisted)
2) place npcs in a sealed observation room. All video feeds go here first, and are not released until given the all clear. audio is sent into earbuds, rather than into the room at large.
3) sods are stationed in this room, but without contact with the video feeds or audio. They are equipped with stunners, and lethals, with orders to stun first and only fire lethals if the testers turn into mutant horrors immune to stun.
4) NPCs used will be vetted via xenospit, for strength of mind, and provided mind stims, to be chomped at the first sign of brain fuckery.
I'm prioritizing everyone's probe launches, as we have 12 so far.
First:
3, 3, 3 (sending two probes, probe a to attempt to dislodge the rods that form on probe b
9, 9, 9
3, 5, 3
second:
9, 1, 1,
17, 3, 18
6, 11, 0
Third:
0, -1, 0 have it return after two minutes. See if the irradiation and decay rates match that of the first probe. If there is no increase, send another that returns after three minutes. Then another that returns after four. Then another that returns after five.
0, -1, 0 Have a Phase 1 probe proceed to collide lightly against it and maintain physical contact for one minute and disengage. Are there any odd effects experienced by the colliding probe afterwards?
Finally, time and fate permitting:
0, 0, 2
0, 2, 0
2, 0, 0
14, 14, 14Spoiler: RP stuff (click to show/hide)((Gus already has -1 mind. The brain damage made no difference!))((dang. I added a -1 enhanced stat to the wiki, for a functional -2. Poor Gus.))
Listening to Dester, nodding in agreement when he mentioned sending out probes as frequently as we can, Vincent finally responded when Dester finished.Already covered.
"The cave world isn't an ideal new home universe, and we haven't put it through all the testing phases yet, but given how close this recent event possibly came to killing all of us and destroying all of our work in a matter of minutes, I would like to start work on colonising it IMMEDIATELY. From what we have seen, at the very least it will make a valuable resource outpost, and if the worst case scenario happens and we are all killed off before we can find an ideal home universe, at least we got the seeds of humanity somewhere where it can grow strong again. Also, I'd like to request we hold off on further exploration of the fractal-verse until I can oversee it again. It may contain sentient species, and I would rather not mess up our first contact with them."
With Dester's approval, Vincent starts contacting the builders on heph to start sending outpost building materials to the Cavern Universe (0,9,0). Send the labourers and tradesmen from our shipping company as well to start building if that can be done this turn, enough security (from our company) to keep everyone protected as well
Phase 1 to 9,1,1
ALSO: Get myself 2 mind stims.... scratch that, 2 of every stim
MOAR ALSO: I'll take a 5-sec reset and soli-- whatever that containment thing is below, as well
Use Hephaestus managerial privileges to acquire the following for Charles: Solid Light Matter Generator (in case he needs to contain something), 5 Sec Reset (always could come in handy) with one or two spare batteries (I don't suppose it can just be hooked up to a regular generator?) and for everyone in the team: 1 battlestim of each 'flavor' (as in stats and skills, please don't just give everyone a bunch of novelty flavored Charisma pills), not taking any chances this time.Wiki it
How efficient are current ways to produce to electricity? For the ones that don't exist IRL, what fuel-sources (including things like sunlight) need?
Send a Phase 1 probe to (0, -1, 0). But have it return after two minutes. See if the irradiation and decay rates match that of the first probe. If there is no increase, send another that returns after three minutes. Then another that returns after four. Then another that returns after five.
Send a Phase 1 probe to (0, -1, 0). Have a Phase 1 probe proceed to collide lightly against it and maintain physical contact for one minute and disengage. Are there any odd effects experienced by the colliding probe afterwards?
Send a Phase 1 probe to (3, 3, 3). Send some sort of remotely operated robot or piece of machinery or another probe to try and dislodge the rods.
Send a modified Phase 1 probe to (17, 3, 18). It will have add some rudimentary mechanical limbs. These limbs will not be connected to any power supply at all nor will the probe be able to send any signals to them.
((Eh, in PMs piecewise told me to pop up here, and so I have.I'm having Xan pop up here because the heph thread is essentially dead and I don't want to necro it for a handful of posts and then let it die again.
I somehow didn't get that this wasn't on Heph, though. Dunno how.
In any case this'll go to PMs again soon, I just gotta leave an explanation for how I managed to get all the way there, I suppose?))
He tells you to head to the main headquarters building and then take the lift down to the nearest ARESTEVE node.Quote from: Vanessa Anagrid -> DoctorI would like to speak with you. Is there a place where you are often that I may wait for you in?
Textings! Head to place Doc specifies. Make sure to check for traps or whatever before I go in.
Dester recieves a text message from Saint after he gives his thanks.Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: BLOPS Lead DesterNo thanks is necessary. I have been expecting something like this to happen, and I am merely happy that it was so simple to deal with.
Forgive me, but I will not be immediately joining in your rush for new universes. I did not take amnesiacs, and as such my body has not returned to full functionality yet. I will be dealing with that problem first.
Was that all you wished to say in your meeting? Or did the amnesiacs force you to forget about the meeting? You had been about to host one just before the anomaly was released.
1.I'm gonna requisition another battlestim of each variety, in addition to the ones Empiricist is providing. That gets me two of each.
2.Next, gonna deal with my limp limbs. Have a robosod (contained in a testing room) possess my body, and attempt to move my arms. Does it succeed?
3.Now possess a different robosod myself. Can I move its arms?
4.Personal project: Use my +4 aux to create a very good voice synth program. One that I can use to imitate other people's voices. For now, just use it to make my own voice harmonically perfect, like autotune except preferably less staticy.
You want a MK3 suit right? Buy mine now, 5 tokens, it's a great deal. Stan survivor discount. I'll have it shipped to you immediately.
Because I need tokens to buy things right now before the mission starts.
@Kedly: Vincent gets a message from Dubley.Quote from: Dubley to Vincent:You want a MK3 suit right? Buy mine now, 5 tokens, it's a great deal. Stan survivor discount. I'll have it shipped to you immediately.
Because I need tokens to buy things right now before the mission starts.
Consider it sold. Let whoever is in charge of tokens know I've agreed to the switch.
Those of us still around since Stan should grab a beer next time we're all on the sword... In a private room of course, It's ridiculous how dangerous the common areas of the sword are
I won't be doing any universe hopping soon. I have... upgraded myself. I will get used to my new limbs before I enter a home.
I think the matter saver device might be a useful tool to ship good to and from dimensions. Testing my hypothesis.
Do you have any co-ordinates you have tested previously with this machine? Do you have a personal favorite or co-ordinates to universes that were visited in previous missions like the Samsonite Abyss, or even possibly the earworm dimension?
But can I disguise them as normal hands?
Hey, Piecewise. I'd like to ask you a few questions for concepts I came up with for my new Haebi arm, if that's alright.
Would a grown spike launcher on my arm be Con, Uncon, or Exo? Thinking about both aimed (single-spike launch) and mostly-unaimed (porcupine-like) methods.
You told me in IRC that the Haebi limb is restricted from creating things like nerve clusters; does that include simpler brains, that would allow autonomous organisms with pre-programmed goals? Something like little spiders that skitter to a certain spot/target and then explode, or organisms that start eating non-Haebi organic compounds that come into contact with it, for example?
What about drones with no pre-programmed goal other than "obey master", and smart enough to understand simple verbal commands, sort of like an untrained Sod?
People sometimes leave their robo-arm or whatever outside their suits. Can the MkIII also do this, despite the built-in exoskeleton, and if so, can the suit's limb be removed easily/without a roll while on-mission? I'd rather not display my Haebi limb for all the civilians to see unless I'm actually going to use it. Might scare a few of 'em away.
...That reminds me, what does a Haebi arm look like, when you first buy it?
Aimed is con, unaimed exo
simple brains would be fine.
yeah
You can, but you lose the exoskeleton on that arm. And you do it on mission, but you'll need the tools and a bit of time.
it looks mostly human, though a bit too greenish yellow and it lacks finger nails.
Thank you; I will be there shortly.
-revelation about Origin, Lurker, etc-
Listening to Dester, nodding in agreement when he mentioned sending out probes as frequently as we can, Vincent finally responded when Dester finished.Already covered.
"The cave world isn't an ideal new home universe, and we haven't put it through all the testing phases yet, but given how close this recent event possibly came to killing all of us and destroying all of our work in a matter of minutes, I would like to start work on colonising it IMMEDIATELY. From what we have seen, at the very least it will make a valuable resource outpost, and if the worst case scenario happens and we are all killed off before we can find an ideal home universe, at least we got the seeds of humanity somewhere where it can grow strong again. Also, I'd like to request we hold off on further exploration of the fractal-verse until I can oversee it again. It may contain sentient species, and I would rather not mess up our first contact with them."
With Dester's approval, Vincent starts contacting the builders on heph to start sending outpost building materials to the Cavern Universe (0,9,0). Send the labourers and tradesmen from our shipping company as well to start building if that can be done this turn, enough security (from our company) to keep everyone protected as well
Phase 1 to 9,1,1
ALSO: Get myself 2 mind stims.... scratch that, 2 of every stim
MOAR ALSO: I'll take a 5-sec reset and soli-- whatever that containment thing is below, as well
WIKI
Might as well just do it here.Quote from: Vanessa Anagrid -> DoctorThank you; I will be there shortly.
Xan ambles toward where the Doctor indicated, occasionally asking ARESTEVE for directions. Just before s/he reaches the lift, s/he decides to check her/his messages, since s/he'd recalled receiving one when s/he exited the anomaly.Quote from: Steve-revelation about Origin, Lurker, etc-
"...fuck."
Despite this reveal wrecking a significant part of the plan Xan had meticulously crafted, he continued onward. It could still be salvaged, and eternity hers, if she worked carefully.
And the details of how the Lurker was being held back temporarily interested him...
Xan shunted these thoughts back into his subconscious. She'd let them stew there until they came up with an answer for him; they always did. For now, there was something more important - it was time to once again meet her maker.
There were words to have with him.
Do as the Doctor says. Savour the beginning of the end.
Should I move into PM conversations about ... things now, or after the next post?
We'll ignore rolls for now and assume that you revert these to normal hand form afterwards. Yes you can form the knife, yes you can collect the acid though you need something better than glass to hold it. It can get extremely wiggly.Quote from: Ryan to DesterI won't be doing any universe hopping soon. I have... upgraded myself. I will get used to my new limbs before I enter a home.
I think the matter saver device might be a useful tool to ship good to and from dimensions. Testing my hypothesis.
I'll limit my limb experimentation for now. But can Idisguise them as normal hands?Form a biometallic knife/scalpel out of a finger? Slowly produce Haebi acid for collections in glass phials? How wiggly can they get? Wiggle them out a bit.Spoiler: Matter Saver Test (click to show/hide)
...Hey. What are the spiders doing? Did they get purged?
Regardless, probes to:
2,10,5
8,20,3
And ask Herr Doktor the following:
[/b]Quote from: Ryan to Herr DocktorDo you have any co-ordinates you have tested previously with this machine? Do you have a personal favorite or co-ordinates to universes that were visited in previous missions like the Samsonite Abyss, or even possibly the earworm dimension?
E: Thanks, Swordsmith! I totally missed that bit.
...The first two are null. The last one comes back to the holding dimension with something riding on top of it. You can't really tell what it is; it looks mechanical or robotic, brownish in color almost like rust, but you can't figure out its function or even if it is a complete machine from the probe scans.
Well, I really botched that turn up. sorry about that.
Send probes to new universes:
0, 0, 2
0, 2, 0
2, 0, 0
have an npc squad go in and examine the two probes grinding on the wall.
I dunno.Quote from: PiecewiseListening to Dester, nodding in agreement when he mentioned sending out probes as frequently as we can, Vincent finally responded when Dester finished.Already covered.
"The cave world isn't an ideal new home universe, and we haven't put it through all the testing phases yet, but given how close this recent event possibly came to killing all of us and destroying all of our work in a matter of minutes, I would like to start work on colonising it IMMEDIATELY. From what we have seen, at the very least it will make a valuable resource outpost, and if the worst case scenario happens and we are all killed off before we can find an ideal home universe, at least we got the seeds of humanity somewhere where it can grow strong again. Also, I'd like to request we hold off on further exploration of the fractal-verse until I can oversee it again. It may contain sentient species, and I would rather not mess up our first contact with them."
With Dester's approval, Vincent starts contacting the builders on heph to start sending outpost building materials to the Cavern Universe (0,9,0). Send the labourers and tradesmen from our shipping company as well to start building if that can be done this turn, enough security (from our company) to keep everyone protected as well
Phase 1 to 9,1,1
ALSO: Get myself 2 mind stims.... scratch that, 2 of every stim
MOAR ALSO: I'll take a 5-sec reset and soli-- whatever that containment thing is below, as well
WIKI
Does that mean a colony is being set up for Cave World?
((Actions are done without notifying anyone else.))
1.Oz didn't delete any archived footage of the 0,0,57 test room. Copy all data we have on it, including video and audio, and move it to one of our warships. Designate that warship as a cogitohazard warehouse, and put a password on the files. If ten incorrect guesses are made in one day, the data is deleted. Oh, and delete all other copies of the data. AND DON'T LOOK AT ANY OF IT.
2.Isolate a suited flesh sod in a testing room on Heph, and have a second sod stand and watch the first. Have the first sod watch a 10-second recording from the anomaly. I have no direct contact with either sod except for text-only messages. After ten minutes, both sods are shocked to death. Did either one die before the shock?
3.Back to my own testing: Have two extra arms grafted onto an otherwise normal robosod. Possess said four-armed robosod, and try to raise all four arms myself. If I fail, have the robosod raise all four to make sure they're connected properly. Any success?
4.If that failed, remember that program I made which has a massive library of recorded movement commands and was meant to let me control my body with AUX instead of str/dex? Try using that to move my arms. Success?
Only just caught up with the debrief. What can you tell me about the seven-eyed sheep? I know others have seen it, and it has told me what I could not have known. Upon trying to summon it in the past, I hallucinated a man with a gaping maw running down his body.
I have no idea what alien bukkake is, but i want in!If you'd like to join the game, follow the instructions here (http://einsteinianroulette.wikia.com/wiki/New_Player_Guide).
looks like we have another psychic effect or something. It affects both robots and humans. The universe it came from is blacklisted, but we currently have two probes and a small group of humans bouncing off a wall in a testing chamber.
Improved yourself? ah. these Haebi limbs ... how unsettling. please keep me informed of their function and any side effects. You aren't craving human flesh or developing sudden urges to dominate all lifeforms or spread your spores throughout the galaxy, are you?
No, no such cravings. They are under my control. It feels good, having a planet I survived on become slave to my will. I will be sure to keep you updated, however. I trust that if I lose control that you will put me down.
Turns out, Matter Savers will wholly preserve the matter between universe transfers. This may come in handy for massive transportation of raw goods or prefabricated buildings.
As for that "psychic effect", wouldn't it simply affect organics if it were psychic? I would hazard a guess as a distorted gravity field around the probes.
ok boss Tell me if anythin gets out of hadn. I dont want my head to get melted again
See if there are any "geographists" on Heph interested in analyzing the sapphire. Also look into getting it cut and polished, if possible.
Start a colony on Cave World ((Am I not supposed to be doing this? this'll be the third turn Im attempting to do this, and Im not sure if Im just not taking a hint... Im bad at taking hints))Nah, I'm just oblivious.
Xan quietly walks to a wall near the Doctor and settles down on her arms."What is it you need?" the Doctor eventually says without looking away from the table.
Wait for now in a spot the Doc can see me in. It's rude to interrupt.
It doesn't seem to spread.
- Send some sort of remotely operated robot or piece of machinery or another probe to stab one of the decaying probes. Just outright impale it. See if it starts decaying as well.
- Send a Phase 1 probe to (0, -1, 0) [Nuclear Decay]. Have it attempt to return there after four minutes, just so see if it's in any condition to do so. Repeat the trial five times just to be sure.
- Send a Phase 2 probe to (0, -1, 0) [Nuclear Decay]. But have it return immediately and transmit whatever its sensors saw to the people overseeing its room immediately.
- Send a Phase 1 probe to (3, 3, 3) [Barnacle Rods]. Send some sort of remotely operated robot or piece of machinery or another probe to dislodge and contain the rods. Dispose of the probe in whatever way has become considered the standard. Send another Phase 1 probe to (3, 3, 3) and release the harvest rods in its presence.
Clear the wall humper testing room of all noninfected persons. Order a sod to attempt to communicate with the npc wall humpers. Make sure said sod is in isolation. if it gets no response, order the npcs shocked unconscious and the probes' electronics fried.When communication is attempted all the infected sods can say is "Home", repeatedly and at great speed.
blacklist 17, 3, 18 (the one the wall grinders tested.
did we get a video feed and other information from the probe that went into 2, 0, 0 (thee one that just returned with the rustlike machinelike thing riding it)? if not, send a probe and have it info dump to the observing probe. bring the observing probe back, unless it suddenly malfunctions.
Send probes to new universes
0, 0, -2
0, -2, 0
-2, 0 ,0Quote from: Dester to: Blops teamlooks like we have another psychic effect or something. It affects both robots and humans. The universe it came from is blacklisted, but we currently have two probes and a small group of humans bouncing off a wall in a testing chamber.Quote from: Dester to:RyanImproved yourself? ah. these Haebi limbs ... how unsettling. please keep me informed of their function and any side effects. You aren't craving human flesh or developing sudden urges to dominate all lifeforms or spread your spores throughout the galaxy, are you?
Ryan laughs to himself as he reads Dester's message before replying.The ball hits the probe, bounces off and then bounces over to the wall and rolls against it.Quote from: Ryan to DesterNo, no such cravings. They are under my control. It feels good, having a planet I survived on become slave to my will. I will be sure to keep you updated, however. I trust that if I lose control that you will put me down.
As soon as it is sent off, he types up another message, this time to the whole team.Quote from: Ryan to TeamTurns out, Matter Savers will wholly preserve the matter between universe transfers. This may come in handy for massive transportation of raw goods or prefabricated buildings.
As for that "psychic effect", wouldn't it simply affect organics if it were psychic? I would hazard a guess as a distorted gravity field around the probes.
Have a sod stand back and toss a ball at the wall-grinding probes.
Have another sod offer a rope for which to have a sod try to "retrieve" himself from the anomaly. Keep both in the room.
Probes to:
554, 110, 936
905, 924, 618
852, 965, 148
Random number generators, ho.
3,4,5 is fun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Db7CwKwOd4).Quote from: Gus to Desterok boss Tell me if anythin gets out of hadn. I dont want my head to get melted again
Send phase 1 probes to:
3,4,5
8,8,8
7,8,9
While those tests are underway, do this:See if there are any "geographists" on Heph interested in analyzing the sapphire. Also look into getting it cut and polished, if possible.
1.Incinerate everything in the test chamber that contained the sods infected by the perception virus.
2.Set up a similar experiment, except with five robosods, numbered A through E. A will be shown the infections video, B will be able to see one, C will be able to see B but not A, D can see C but not A or B, etc. Record the order that they die in, and the delay between their deaths. Then incinerate everything.
3.Stick a printer in a containment room with a flesh sod, and remove all other electronics. Have the printer print a single still image of the perception virus, and tell the sod to look at the image. Does the sod die? Incinerate everything, regardless.
4.Single suited flesh sod in a containment room. Play only the audio from the virus. Dead sod? Incineration again.
Personal:
5.The program that I want to use to re-obtain use of my arms uses movement commands recorded from sod braincases over my century-long stay on Heph. It's identical to having a sod possess me, except that the commands are coming from a database rather than a live robosod. Try using this program to move my arms--does it work?
6.As to the actual stats of how this works... Previously, I had tried to use this program to allow myself to roll AUX instead of dex/str. You said you were okay with it, but the council vetoed that use, because Saint has +4 aux and it would be completely OP. Would you be okay if, mechanically, Saint continued to use his actual dex and str scores, but lore-wise we say he's actually using this program at all times? Essentially, no mechanical difference exists, but it's how I've imagined Saint for a long time.
7.In the "poke" thread, you said that Saint had spent a hundred years on Heph. This would make him 127 years old at the moment, assuming he's spent no time in stasis. What is the maximum age of a braincased human with his level of access to advanced medical technology?
8.Slightly random, but on the wiki we have a list of programs written by players. This section specifically includes programs written by players which are not publicly available (http://einsteinianroulette.wikia.com/wiki/Auxiliary_Tools#Private_software). Saint should have IC knowledge of these programs, because they have been used on missions. I would like to replicate all of them from the ground up, using my +4 AUX, and then make the replicas publically available. And make the ones designed for use with MK.IIIs work with all of our other flying wearables. Is this okay?
Start a colony on Cave World ((Am I not supposed to be doing this? this'll be the third turn Im attempting to do this, and Im not sure if Im just not taking a hint... Im bad at taking hints))Nah, I'm just oblivious.
So what is the point of this colony? We just sending some people through with a bunch of supplies and letting them live there for a while?
They're all just gonna come back gray and covered in rods. All of them. Cameras for the pods show what appears to be the inside of a thunderstorm, gray haze violently swirling about and electrical discharges crackling, half obscured, in the distance.((What I was trying to do was to harvest the rods off the first one, discard the first one, and see if they'll attach to the second one. Or start a barnacle fight or something.))
Dester recieves a text message from Saint after he gives his thanks.Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: BLOPS Lead DesterNo thanks is necessary. I have been expecting something like this to happen, and I am merely happy that it was so simple to deal with.
Forgive me, but I will not be immediately joining in your rush for new universes. I did not take amnesiacs, and as such my body has not returned to full functionality yet. I will be dealing with that problem first.
Was that all you wished to say in your meeting? Or did the amnesiacs force you to forget about the meeting? You had been about to host one just before the anomaly was released.
I also am glad that it was handled so simply, and am glad we have you on the team. I am sorry to hear about your body. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know. As for the meeting ,I was hoping to discuss with everyone how the mission has been going, gather insights into the patterns of the universe we have discovered, and discuss future safeguards and ways to streamline our activity to make it more efficient and safe. Unfortunately, with the time crunch and the quick pace of everyone's schedules, that meeting will not be happening. Any discussion about these things will have to be over the communicators instead. Take care of your body, and keep me updated. as for me, I haven't detected any pattern except danger at every turn.
Warning! Another intrusion has occurred. An anomaly is forming. We are evacuating.
Activate 5 second reset, PopSure. I mean, if you want to be potentially stranded there and starve to death, thats cool.mindall the stims, get the hell out on the quickest and closest escape shuttle
Can I convince you to let Vincent retroactively be in the cave universe overseeing colony construction since you didn't know what I was asking for the last 3 turns? =P
oh man steve things are getibg wierd staticky maybe earthqauke oh jeez This is Auguste Bert er Gusjohnson on hefestus SEND HELP
Saint is still in text only mode, because he's doing tests with the perception virus. He is unaware of this new apocalypse unless someone texts him, some automated alarm goes off, or he hears that ringing without having visuals on anything. Are any of those true, or is Saint going to just casually not notice that everything is being destroyed?Spoiler: If Saint's alerted (click to show/hide)Spoiler: If Saint isn't alerted (click to show/hide)
"That seems to have solved our latest apocalypse. We're lucky it was so simple to deal with.
If it's not too much trouble, I recommend that everyone use the time granted by the destruction of all the testing rooms to consider their personal safety protocols. For instance, please ask yourselves why you remain on the planet; we do have perfectly servicable warships spread across the system."
See if there are any "geographists" on Heph interested in analyzing the sapphire. Also look into getting it cut and polished, if possible.
"Saint does raise a good point, we don't need to oversee this directly, especially not with having seen the risks first hand. I am unsure of the exact mechanisms involved, but I have the suspicion that some of the effects involved in this more recent intrusion are related to our connection to the Origin. It may be prudent to set up primary observation chambers inside of null universes so that such anomalies cannot exploit our connection to Origin, as well as limiting the amount of harm they can do. It may also be better to set a protocol that must be performed every so often lest the entire chamber be destroyed. We were fortunate that this time in that they still responded to the detonation signals, fortune may not be as merciful next time."How do you suggest we set up an observation post in a null universe? Those universes destroy probes within minutes. I do agree that something needs done to prevent a similar outbreak. I understand that there was some connection between the black rods the testers mentioned, and this Lurker we have ben hearing so much about? Perhaps we can create a program to check for said rods and self destruct any probe that comes into contact with one?
Relocate to a warship.
Quote from: Administrator Steve Saint to: Mission 26 team"That seems to have solved our latest apocalypse. We're lucky it was so simple to deal with.
If it's not too much trouble, I recommend that everyone use the time granted by the destruction of all the testing rooms to consider their personal safety protocols. For instance, please ask yourselves why you remain on the planet; we do have perfectly servicable warships spread across the system."
This latest disaster is driving home the idea that this project is extremely risky for eachi of us. I had already accepted that, but am still relatively new to the position of overseer. I suppose I just cringe a little at leading from safety while sending men and women to die - as some did today- in my place. I request we all observe a minute of silence to note their passing, and I will accede to your request and relocate to a warship.
I'm not a fan of letting others die in my stead either, but I'm also not a fan of dying. We should have 1 VERY well paid staff per testing room, and only have them check over the footage and the probe itself once everything has been checked over by a sod. I guess I got too comfortable with that last mission, for a second I thought I was past being at risk for a horrible death every 5 seconds
The sapphire is not actually a sapphire, according to them. It's made with several compounds they're unfamiliar with, most of which seem artificial in their structure.See if there are any "geographists" on Heph interested in analyzing the sapphire. Also look into getting it cut and polished, if possible.
Have universe 3,4,5 blacklisted, and do the above. Then see about relocating to an off-planet warship.
((that kind of guy. Good guy GM. Sorry things have been rough for you these last few days. I kinda thought we were a) on hold because of the potential to ruin literally all the other missions going if we mucked this one up, or b) on hold while all the other missions got up and running, because that seemed like a lot of work.))That seems reasonable, though sy's argument about putting them in deep space is also fairly reasonable.
I suggest that we separate out the testing rooms by stage.
First probe rooms all go someplace very disposable.
biological testing rooms go in another location, at a significant distance from the first.
Rooms for universi deemed relatively safe can be done a bit closer to home, since they will require more resources and direct contact and all that.
i can't think of a way to improve the room design otherwise, except if we can devise a program that can recognize the black rods and prevent video feed from going out of those rooms where a rod is detected.
Oh, and 3, 4, 5 is now blacklisted a step higher than regular blacklisting. I suggest that it require Steve's explicit permission to attempt that one again. Additionally, all universi where the numbers make a right triangle are blacklisted at the regular level of blacklisting.
While we are rebuilding the test rooms, I'd like to send a couple exploration teams into Caverns Universe to map out more caves. Give them provisions for a couple weeks, some communication buoys, and let them check out caverns for a week, reporting back every 24 hours. No need to send things through the null universe or contain them in a test room, I think, but if anyone objects, I can wait until more safeguards are in place.
-sigh- relocate to a warship."Saint does raise a good point, we don't need to oversee this directly, especially not with having seen the risks first hand. I am unsure of the exact mechanisms involved, but I have the suspicion that some of the effects involved in this more recent intrusion are related to our connection to the Origin. It may be prudent to set up primary observation chambers inside of null universes so that such anomalies cannot exploit our connection to Origin, as well as limiting the amount of harm they can do. It may also be better to set a protocol that must be performed every so often lest the entire chamber be destroyed. We were fortunate that this time in that they still responded to the detonation signals, fortune may not be as merciful next time."How do you suggest we set up an observation post in a null universe? Those universes destroy probes within minutes. I do agree that something needs done to prevent a similar outbreak. I understand that there was some connection between the black rods the testers mentioned, and this Lurker we have ben hearing so much about? Perhaps we can create a program to check for said rods and self destruct any probe that comes into contact with one?
Relocate to a warship.Quote from: Administrator Steve Saint to: Mission 26 team"That seems to have solved our latest apocalypse. We're lucky it was so simple to deal with.
If it's not too much trouble, I recommend that everyone use the time granted by the destruction of all the testing rooms to consider their personal safety protocols. For instance, please ask yourselves why you remain on the planet; we do have perfectly servicable warships spread across the system."Quote from: Dester to Steve Saint cc: Blops TeamThis latest disaster is driving home the idea that this project is extremely risky for eachi of us. I had already accepted that, but am still relatively new to the position of overseer. I suppose I just cringe a little at leading from safety while sending men and women to die - as some did today- in my place. I request we all observe a minute of silence to note their passing, and I will accede to your request and relocate to a warship.
((As a note, 4,3,5 and 5,3,4 were safe and only universes like 6,8,10 and (multiple of 3),(multiple of 4),(multiple of 5) are blacklisted. Correct?
Also, PW, you really are a great GM. I hope things turn out well for you, mostly for your sake. I will admit a modicum of selfishness, but your health is absolutely more important!))
"This testing is going... Better than I expected," he mentions off-handedly to Dester as he boards the shuttle to the warship, All of our team is still alive, and I've only had to set my own broken nose."
Relocate off-planet to a warship.
Leave fingers as finger-blades in all cases where having knives for fingers is not dangerous.(Like, say, shaking someone's hand or eating beef jerky. For example.) Use my finger-bones for this material, as the knife tang will essentially be the support structure.
And as for testing room upgrades, I would say have the immediate observation deck be purge-able as well. Can't have any psychic contamination getting through, after all. And have the video feed be only-video. And the video observation room should be purge-able and can only be inferred to by sound. Then an audio-feed room, also purge-able and visible through two layers of clear soundproof materials with a vacuum insulation between.
That should help isolate most cases.
Ask Steve:
"...Steve, what's the verdict on Xenos here? I, personally am ambivalent toward them and might even welcome a friendly species. I know the UWM nuked or strong-armed everything that wasn't human. What's ARM's SOP?"
Relocate to a warship.
Ask Steve:
"Do we have a list of known Silent Worlds? Because it seems that we should see if we can establish some sort of contact with them and evacuate them if possible."Spoiler: If there is (click to show/hide)
1.Incinerate everything in the test chamber that contained the sods infected by the perception virus.
2.Set up a similar experiment, except with five robosods, numbered A through E. A will be shown the infections video, B will be able to see A, C will be able to see B but not A, D can see C but not A or B, etc. Record the order that they die in, and the delay between their deaths. Then incinerate everything.
3.Stick a printer in a containment room with a flesh sod, and remove all other electronics. Have the printer print a single still image of the perception virus, and tell the sod to look at the image. Does the sod die? Incinerate everything, regardless.
4.Single suited flesh sod in a containment room. Play only the audio from the virus. Dead sod? Incineration again.
Personal:
5.The program that I want to use to re-obtain use of my arms uses movement commands recorded from sod braincases over my century-long stay on Heph. It's identical to having a sod possess me, except that the commands are coming from a database rather than a live robosod. Try using this program to move my arms--does it work?
6.As to the actual stats of how this works... Previously, I had tried to use this program to allow myself to roll AUX instead of dex/str. You said you were okay with it, but the council vetoed that use, because Saint has +4 aux and it would be completely OP. Would you be okay if, mechanically, Saint continued to use his actual dex and str scores, but lore-wise we say he's actually using this program at all times? Essentially, no mechanical difference exists, but it's how I've imagined Saint for a long time.
7.In the "poke" thread, you said that Saint had spent a hundred years on Heph. This would make him 127 years old at the moment, assuming he's spent no time in stasis. What is the maximum age of a braincased human with his level of access to advanced medical technology?
8.Slightly random, but on the wiki we have a list of programs written by players. This section specifically includes programs written by players which are not publicly available (http://einsteinianroulette.wikia.com/wiki/Auxiliary_Tools#Private_software). Saint should have IC knowledge of these programs, because they have been used on missions. I would like to replicate all of them from the ground up, using my +4 AUX, and then make the replicas publically available. And make the ones designed for use with MK.IIIs work with all of our other flying wearables. Is this okay?
((Also, we're already using the null-verse intermediary tactic. I'm not terribly afraid of bringing a thermophage into a null 'verse, because that just means we'll have one more blacklisted place.))((Unless it decides to hitch a ride on the observation probe. You know, a similar tactic to one we already know a thermophage used.))
this is the point I was making. I know we are using the intermediary, which is why I mentioned it.((Also, we're already using the null-verse intermediary tactic. I'm not terribly afraid of bringing a thermophage into a null 'verse, because that just means we'll have one more blacklisted place.))((Unless it decides to hitch a ride on the observation probe. You know, a similar tactic to one we already know a thermophage used.))
Basically replace my fingertips with sturdy biometallic scalpels for fun and profit.alright.
ALSO, if we have rooms set up, I'd like to try: 2,4,6 and 4,6,8
Let's put all the first contact rooms in space, with all the explosive precautions syv suggested, and the others on planet, beefed up.so first contact rooms in space, everything else beefed up. We can do that.
The explorers of Cavernverse will report in the same way I and Gus did: we will send a probe through at regular intervals to collect their transmissions.
They are to note interesting features of the Caverns, like the gem deposits Gus and I found, or places where gravity spikes in ways unusual for what we've seen so far, or if they find a way outside of the Gravity Fields (like if the caverns were a gravity Geode or something), or signs of artificial construction, or life.
((Our probes are covered with lots and lots of sensors, so they should have audio too.They die in alphabetical order, with about 30 seconds to a minute between them.
You know what a simple safety test would be? Stick a sod in every probe. Have a computer check if it's alive when it comes back; if it's dead, send the probe back because we won't be able to colonize the universe anyway, snd if it's alive, it's probably not infected with something that will kill us all.
Also, we're already using the null-verse intermediary tactic. I'm not terribly afraid of bringing a thermophage into a null 'verse, because that just means we'll have one more blacklisted place.))
Action:1.Incinerate everything in the test chamber that contained the sods infected by the perception virus.
2.Set up a similar experiment, except with five robosods, numbered A through E. A will be shown the infections video, B will be able to see A, C will be able to see B but not A, D can see C but not A or B, etc. Record the order that they die in, and the delay between their deaths. Then incinerate everything.
3.Stick a printer in a containment room with a flesh sod, and remove all other electronics. Have the printer print a single still image of the perception virus, and tell the sod to look at the image. Does the sod die? Incinerate everything, regardless.
4.Single suited flesh sod in a containment room. Play only the audio from the virus. Dead sod? Incineration again.
Personal:
5.The program that I want to use to re-obtain use of my arms uses movement commands recorded from sod braincases over my century-long stay on Heph. It's identical to having a sod possess me, except that the commands are coming from a database rather than a live robosod. Try using this program to move my arms--does it work?
6.As to the actual stats of how this works... Previously, I had tried to use this program to allow myself to roll AUX instead of dex/str. You said you were okay with it, but the council vetoed that use, because Saint has +4 aux and it would be completely OP. Would you be okay if, mechanically, Saint continued to use his actual dex and str scores, but lore-wise we say he's actually using this program at all times? Essentially, no mechanical difference exists, but it's how I've imagined Saint for a long time.
7.In the "poke" thread, you said that Saint had spent a hundred years on Heph. This would make him 127 years old at the moment, assuming he's spent no time in stasis. What is the maximum age of a braincased human with his level of access to advanced medical technology?
8.Slightly random, but on the wiki we have a list of programs written by players. This section specifically includes programs written by players which are not publicly available (http://einsteinianroulette.wikia.com/wiki/Auxiliary_Tools#Private_software). Saint should have IC knowledge of these programs, because they have been used on missions. I would like to replicate all of them from the ground up, using my +4 AUX, and then make the replicas publically available. And make the ones designed for use with MK.IIIs work with all of our other flying wearables. Is this okay?
((Someone should look up some Wayfarer literature to look for significant numbers in their theology.))((I don't know anything about this. I suspect Dester wouldn't either. -1 general knowledge and all.))
alright. Let's send a phase one to New universe 3, 1, 4. let's send a phase one to previously explored 2, 0, 0, which is the one that the probe ported into at an odd angle and saw a wall, thenpicked up a rusty hitchhiker. This time port it in 500 yards back from where it was last time. make sure this probe has cameras aiming all directions.Null for that first one and the second one doesn't return. You may have telefragged.
Phase 1 probes to 4,4,4 and 5,7,3.Both are new and both are null!
EDIT: Both are new.
The first one returns to the new deep space rooms and you start getting weird signals. Data from sensors that shouldn't exist on walls or floors that seem to have appeared out of nowhere. Not only that but you're starting to get data timestamped from times in both the past and the future.
(NEW) Probes to:
70,58,85
52,67,81
95,52,73
Phase 1:first two are null
259,224,589
63,88,36
333,333,333
I seem to have discovered a universe where time is in flux. I will not investigate further, but I am getting readings from sensors that do not exist and from the past and present.
Does it look like the time distortion is spreading? What kind of readings are you getting from the environment in that universe, if any? Perhaps you might consider sending another probe for a longer period, so we can get a recording of just how oddly time moves in that universe. if nothing else, it could unlock clues to how time functions in this universe.
Probe Number 2 to Anal-verseHigh definition cameras show that indeed this does appear to be living tissue, complete with a vascular system visible through mucus membranes.
I have indeed seen live feed from a colonoscopy. Or, more accurately, a sigmoidoscopy.Gravity is at about .8 G. Atmospheric pressure is higher, but seems to fluctuate between around .7 and 2.5 normal atmospheric pressure. The probe appears undamaged. Big gooey but undamaged. The purple fluid is organic, carbon based, and filled with large proteins. It appears to be something akin to mucus or an organic lubricant.
Tell me about the gravity, atmospheric pressure, sonar, and other readings from the analverse probe. Does the probe appear to have been corroded from acids or anything? Let's get a chemical analysis on the purple fluid. This universe looks like a very fitting home for humanity, in many ways.
Send another camera heavy probe to 2, 0, 0 (rusty hitchhiker universe). send it to the original location so as not to telefrag. have it move about a bit as it finds space to do so, and to turn a bit as well. Let's get the dimensions of the space it is in, through sonar, radar, etc. what kind of atmosphere if any, temperature, other notable features.
Probe New universes:
-2, 0, 0
0, -2, 0
0, 0, -2Quote from: Dester to:Ryan cc: Blops TeamDoes it look like the time distortion is spreading? What kind of readings are you getting from the environment in that universe, if any? Perhaps you might consider sending another probe for a longer period, so we can get a recording of just how oddly time moves in that universe. if nothing else, it could unlock clues to how time functions in this universe.
"Interesting... These readings should be looked at more thoroughly."Quote from: Ryan to TeamI seem to have discovered a universe where time is in flux. I will not investigate further, but I am getting readings from sensors that do not exist and from the past and present.
Isolate the time-probe and analyse the data. What, exactly, are the readings saying?
Phase 1 probes to:
2, 83, 88
13, 24, 33
2, 27, 35
((Gonna make this hard on you all and use a random number generator :P Don't worry, I vetted them against the wiki, they're clean.))
Get sonar and radar images, and set the probes to longer travel times. let them explore a bit and map this thing out. pay particular attention to possible empty spaces, would you? let's see if there is an outside, or if this entire universe is a living organism. if it is, then at least there is the possibility of caverns or cavern-like places, where we could set up shop. Also, look out for immune system responses, like white blood cells and whatnot.
((Don't forget you can teleport your probes into the universe at different coordinates. Send one to analverse, but with a few zeroes added. then you'll see if there is an outside.))I did this with rusty metal verse and telefragged the probe. gotta explore that one manually for now. And I am kind ainterested in starting to map analverse anyway. I want to probe deep and hard, but I want to take my time. no need to be hasty with such a tasty new verse to feel about in.
I did this with rusty metal verse and telefragged the probe. gotta explore that one manually for now. And I am kind ainterested in starting to map analverse anyway. I want to probe deep and hard, but I want to take my time. no need to be hasty with such a tasty new verse to feel about in.((Ew. Also this reminds me that the thread title is s bit outdated.))
Phase 3 toEverything seems to return alright, at least no one got digested. Have to keep them under observation for a while to make sure they don't have any sort of space AIDS, but otherwise they seem fine.Anal-Verse333,333,333Send a phase 1 into the analverse as well at the coordinates of 333,333,333 .... yes I'm trying to piss off the god of numbers
((If I can't make significant posts, at least I can be punny
Second part cancelled for being confusing))
Phase 1 probes to new universes:First one is a bit of an oddity.
-7,-7,-7
7,9,7
777,777,777
no signs of macroorganizms, besides that one giant macroorganism that is universe 333, 333, 333.Quote from: Dester to: RyanGet sonar and radar images, and set the probes to longer travel times. let them explore a bit and map this thing out. pay particular attention to possible empty spaces, would you? let's see if there is an outside, or if this entire universe is a living organism. if it is, then at least there is the possibility of caverns or cavern-like places, where we could set up shop. Also, look out for immune system responses, like white blood cells and whatnot.
Send phase three probe (samples of life, including sods and mewling fleshmasses, if we have those) to the rusty factory.
if all goes well, proceed to phase four (sending in human test subjects, who do nothing, but observe and report their experiences. If all goes well, send a scout team (phase 5), Make sure they have a hatch on top of their probe so the team can exit upward toward the iris. if possible, make this probe smaller so that the team has some maneuvering room, too.
Probe new universes:
3, 0, 0
0, 3, 0
0, 0, 3
NEW PROBING TIMEFirst three null
11, 23, 118
66, 81, 92
113, 192, 155
159, 74, 152
21, 192, 83
1.Send a probe to the analverse to recover a biopsy. I'd like a nice big hunk of flesh that we can science easily.Alright.
2.When we've recovered it, take it to a different secure testing chamber, and have suited humans examine it. Not for science, just to see if they go crazy or die or something.
3.Assuming they're fine, then send in real suited scientists. How similar is the flesh to life that we're familiar with? Is it carbon based?
4.Does it have DNA, or something recognizable similar?
5.What size are its cells--same as ours, or enlarged like the creature itself?
6.Send a second probe to the analverse, but this time twenty (+-10) miles higher in the x dimension. What's it see?
7.Same as six, but twenty (+-10) miles away on the y dimension. What's it see?
8.Same as six, but twenty (+-10) miles away on the z dimension. What's it see?
((wooh! Orgy-verse! Let's go colonise it if you know what I'm sayin'))((we are accepting applications for the team to "explore" that particular
Edit ((also if this is not a trap, new title-transdimensional space orgy))
Two interesting findings.
First: I've discovered another psychic hazard. We've "lost" two sods; they've fallen comatose, but appear to still have full brain functionality. Recommending blacklist.
Second, and this one interests me the most: I may have discovered not only an inhabitable universe, but the standard origin places us into a manufacturing facility. Sending a second probe in, briefly, to get a better analysis of the universe.
Everyone: roll mind to avoid immediately un-blacklisting and going to -7,-7,-7.((Haven't only three PCs seen the images though? :P))
PW: we have a confirmed duplication of numbered universes: -7, -7, -7 was the coordinates for a null verse from several pages ago http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=154156.msg6692988#msg6692988 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=154156.msg6692988#msg6692988) I reccomend that any such duplicates be tagged with a letter following the coordinates, so as to distinguish one from another (i.e. universe [-7, -7, -7(a)] and [-7, -7, -7(b)]. that, or just change the coordinates of one.
Send a camera probe to reexamine the room in rusty metal verse where we lost our away team. send it for two seconds, recording in all directions and in all spectra, including audio and all that stuff. Have the data alanyzed. has the room changed noticably? are the remnants of the team visible? Is the iris unchanged?
Blacklist OrgyVerse (-7, -7, -7) and comatose-verse (66, 81, 92). I'm willing to allow a team to explore orgy-verse, but it needs a developed action plan, approved by myself and Saint, before any action is taken. the null universe which caused the sods to sleep with waking brainwaves (comatose verse) is off limits.
Send a small probe (or a small collection of small probes) into the working factory verse that Kedley found. Have it/them programmed to avoid obstacles and explore the room then regroup at the tag to return to this universe.
Have a test room build in deep space. the test room should be made of several chambers, each separated from the next by a different type of door or airlock. within the rooms should be various mental puzzles and physical objects, some small enough for spiders to reasonably manipulate, some standard human size, and some much larger. Include things like toy blocks, sequenced symbols on cards that need to be arranged a certain way, a visual representation of what is needed to pass one of the rooms, and several deadly obstacles, including fire, spikes, big squishers and the like. Rig the whole thing with explosives. In the final room, leave a single probe, empty and waiting, with a single button to be pressed. If said button is pressed, the probe within is sent to the Spiderverse and left there. Give visual instructions in the final room, on the walls, that this is how that works. Once the preparations are complete, send a probe containing a couple rabbits to spiderverse, bring them directly back to the starting room of the testing chamber. Observe the results. detonate the room if there is a risk the spiders will escape. If any spiders make it to the final room and press the button, return them to Spiderverse.
to Gus and Saint:
"My bet is that orgy-verse is a trap. I am kinda curious about what might happen if the trap is sprung though. If we got lucky, it would only eat the team sent in. unfortunately, they might bring some intercosmic STD back with them, and we frankly just don't have time for that nonsense right now. Nor enough ointment to go around, though "kill it with fire" has worked pretty well for most of our threats so far.
Saint, it looks like you might launch free of the organism in Analverse if you go a bit further - say, 1000 miles this time? 20 miles got you two directions showing different organs - stomach and small intestines from the look of it - and four directions showing the same organ, so the creature, if it is analogous to our universe's creatures , has got to be in the hundreds of miles in dimension, or more. Who knows."((wooh! Orgy-verse! Let's go colonise it if you know what I'm sayin'))((we are accepting applications for the team to "explore" that particular
Edit ((also if this is not a trap, new title-transdimensional space orgy))trapgarden of delights.
"Oh, uh- well. This looks promising."Some buzzkill has already locked the succuverse off. Jerk.
We haven't time to waste. Order phase 2 probes to Succuverse, toot sweet.
In the meantime, pull up a chair and turn down the lights. Gus is gonna need some time to review the footage. You know, for science.
((EDIT: Gus has better things to do than sit around talking to Saint. There's work to be done, and by God he's going to do it.))
EDIT II: Phase 1 probes to new universes -7,9,-7 and 9,0,9
(( Why did I have to make Vincent a space bard. I dont like walking face first into obvious trap. But attractive women are Vincents weak point, being caught in bed with a Magister's daughter is the reason he ended up in this organisation after all... He very much knew the risks))Analverse appears to be safe to humans, though a few of the volunteers dislike it on a visceral level (Ha). One of them seems really into it. Maybe too into it.
4 to analverse
Aquire the footage of the vixenverse (siren-verse?) for *ahem* research purposes. If gus successfully procedes with further exploration of this universe, be there for review of phase 2
((Is this where the CHAR-focused characters need to prepare messages to deliver via probes in order to out-seduce them? :P))1. Not sure what universe you mean. Coords?
- Send a probe to the barnacleverse. Have some sort of robot scrape off the barnacles. Can they be attached to other probes that haven't entered that universe? What about other probes that have gone to that universe?
- Two Phase 2 probes to (123,456,789) [Not New, it's the one with the foil coating]. Have them touch each other in a Null universe while a third probe watches.
- One Phase 2 Probe equipped space-magic that works based on anomalous arrangements of matter to a Null. The ones that can be used by a machine and have observable effects. Verify that they do not work.
- Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 10 minutes. Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 15 minutes. Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 20 minutes. A Phase 2 Probe watches from inside the Null from a safe distance.
Quote from: Ryan to TeamTwo interesting findings.
First: I've discovered another psychic hazard. We've "lost" two sods; they've fallen comatose, but appear to still have full brain functionality. Recommending blacklist.
Second, and this one interests me the most: I may have discovered not only an inhabitable universe, but the standard origin places us into a manufacturing facility. Sending a second probe in, briefly, to get a better analysis of the universe.
Send phase two to 159, 74, 152; I'm assuming it was a warehouse like structure. Use previous video feed to get new coordinates and aim for an empty space.
Blacklist the depersonalization universe and isolate the footage. Have medical team care for sods in an isolated ward and wait for further news.
Send a phase one probe to 16,75,150.
So, the spiders from spider verse do indeed appear intelligent, though they seem to lack color vision. I am continuing tests on them in a safe, rigged environment. they seem to understand the obstacles given them, and are progressing through the testing chambers. It is odd, considering that they seem to be born in this universe already containing that knowledge and skill.
Also, that's quite a jump, moving from a 20 mile separation from your last set of probes, to a 93 million mile one with this set. I understand the desire - to possibly get outside the creature we ported into, but I have a feeling that at this distance, whatever it is will be indistinct or unobservable. Ah well, if you do indeed find your probes exiting into vacuum, it will be noteworthy, and we can continue from there.
Oh, and an away team we sent to what appeared to be an old, decayed factory, was lost during exploration of that world. the room into which they ported remains unchanged, so whatever happened happened nearby but outside of that room. This universe is quite a puzzle.
It's about time to personally explore the Anal-Verse, It's not an ideal new home, but so far it seems to show the most promise, as such, this phase I will be heading in to do some exploration. Is anyone else going to tag along?See if I can recruit other BLOPS members to tag along, otherwise I myself will head a phase 5 team of mercs (about 5-6) for an hour into the anal-verse, Mk-3's for all of us (including the mercs), as well as a Sibilus" Rocket/Gauss Hybrid Rifle for each of us (mercs included)
sure ill tag along
I will be remaining here for the time being, sadly. To be among the first to set genital into another universe is very tempting, but I have guests to manage, and a mystery to solve in another universe. In fact, we may end up mounting another expedition before long. One with more risk of a more familiar ind than what we've been getting lately - the risk of immanent death by robot monstrosities.
Quote from: Petra to: VincentI'll come with. Not doing much anyway.
Go with Vincent.
Sorry for sending so many probes last turn. I only meant to send three, but worded it poorly...1. Ok
1.Just gonna say, Saint is staying in text-only mode, and refuses to look at any video or listen to any audio that anyone sends him. Especially if the subject line includes things like "Meet Hot Singles In Your Local Multiverse Tonight!" Anything important can be translated into text by sods.
2.Let's try probing the analverse again. Send only one probe that is one AU higher in the x dimension.
3.Same as 2, but in the y dimension. Still only one probe.
4.Same as 2, but in the z dimension. Still only one probe.
5.Put an automated force infuser (set to infuse with a minor push, and sufficient battery for ten pushes) inside a probe. Have a sod, also inside the probe, put a little wooden cube on the force infuser whenever it has fallen off. Send the probe to the cavernverse, the gooverse, the fractalverse, and the analverse, each time activating the automated force infuser once. Does it fail to function in any of those universes? Make sure there's a second probe which observes the first one during every activation.
Spiders: If we have remote control over the colors in the color matching ttest, change the wavelengths. let's see if they recognize infrared, ultraviolet, or other distinctions. try a broader spectrum of colors, then a narrower one. Continue this until either they respond as if they recognize the spectrum variation, or we run out of reasonable options on that front.1. You play with the colors for a while. The spiders seem to be waiting on you. They can tell something is changing, but no matter the colors you choose, or the wave lengths, they seem baffled. Perhaps they see via a non-light based medium? Sonar?
If we do not have control of the colors, just lock the test and let them pass through to the next challenge.
rusty metal verse: send a second team. require them to climb to the hatch, open it, send some scout eyes through, and retreat to the probe. make sure the probe is armored, and is recording at all times. Also, gonna borrow a page from Syv's book here: send a probe into that universe at a distance of 1000 miles directly "up" from the origin room. make this probe armored and capable of evasive maneuvers. Have it record in all three dimensions, and return in 1 minute.
factoryverse:send a probe in there, again at 1000 miles away from the origin (call it straight up, like the last one), and with the same capabilities and return time.Quote from: Dester to: Steve SaintSo, the spiders from spider verse do indeed appear intelligent, though they seem to lack color vision. I am continuing tests on them in a safe, rigged environment. they seem to understand the obstacles given them, and are progressing through the testing chambers. It is odd, considering that they seem to be born in this universe already containing that knowledge and skill.
Also, that's quite a jump, moving from a 20 mile separation from your last set of probes, to a 93 million mile one with this set. I understand the desire - to possibly get outside the creature we ported into, but I have a feeling that at this distance, whatever it is will be indistinct or unobservable. Ah well, if you do indeed find your probes exiting into vacuum, it will be noteworthy, and we can continue from there.
Oh, and an away team we sent to what appeared to be an old, decayed factory, was lost during exploration of that world. the room into which they ported remains unchanged, so whatever happened happened nearby but outside of that room. This universe is quite a puzzle.
Quote from: Vincent to: BLOPS TeamIt's about time to personally explore the Anal-Verse, It's not an ideal new home, but so far it seems to show the most promise, as such, this phase I will be heading in to do some exploration. Is anyone else going to tag along?See if I can recruit other BLOPS members to tag along, otherwise I myself will head a phase 5 team of mercs (about 5-6) for an hour into the anal-verse, Mk-3's for all of us (including the mercs), as well as a Sibilus" Rocket/Gauss Hybrid Rifle for each of us (mercs included)
Phase 1 probes toScratch that. Join Vincent in the analverse instead.
Away you go on mission "What what, in the butt"Quote from: Petra to: VincentI'll come with. Not doing much anyway.
Go with Vincent.
Assume you teleport in at the usual place.If you have the skill and mind, it should be fine.
Phase one Probes to:
6, 36, 75
4, 24, 50
2, 12, 25
Contemplate allowing the haebi-flesh arms to connect across my back. Would it be dangerous to allow them such close access to my spine, a la Doc Oc? Or is that a negligible risk? This is totally just to share organic materials between the two and not simply the first step in my personal evolution at all.
Null
Returns, but is emitting an odd yellow vapor. Sods that get close that vapor begin emitting it as well and slowly dissolve into gas, as does the probe.
You're not sure what the other one saw because anyone that looks at the footage begins screaming uncontrollably and often attempting self mutilation.
"Well I vote we head whatever direction leads down. If this is in fact an alien intestine, I would honestly rather leave through the back door, than end up in the stomach. Thoughts?" If there are no objections, head whichever directyion seems to be going downon the x, y, z coords that syv tested, the universe was colon for at least twenty miles in each direction on the x axis, the y axis had the "stomach" and more colon, and the z axis had the "small intestine" and more colon. Long story shorty, you are probably going to be traveling quite a while before you find an exit.
Some random NPC suggests that we build a facility to build EUEs of a size small enough that they can be sent though the EUE here, if such is possible.I must be slow. what the heck is an EUE?
((1. is (0,0,1000).1. Not sure what universe you mean. Coords?
- Send a probe to the barnacleverse. Have some sort of robot scrape off the barnacles. Can they be attached to other probes that haven't entered that universe? What about other probes that have gone to that universe?
- Two Phase 2 probes to (123,456,789) [Not New, it's the one with the foil coating]. Have them touch each other in a Null universe while a third probe watches.
- One Phase 2 Probe equipped space-magic that works based on anomalous arrangements of matter to a Null. The ones that can be used by a machine and have observable effects. Verify that they do not work.
- Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 10 minutes. Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 15 minutes. Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 20 minutes. A Phase 2 Probe watches from inside the Null from a safe distance.
2. You lose all 3 probes.
3. They do not appear to work.
4. None of those probes even return.
"Well I vote we head whatever direction leads down. If this is in fact an alien intestine, I would honestly rather leave through the back door, than end up in the stomach. Thoughts?" If there are no objections, head whichever directyion seems to be going down
"Ah, okay."
Downwards it is.
Indeed, downwards.Downward is kinda hard to perceive; the colon tunnel doesn't seem to be sloping in either direction. So you just pick a direction and head off. It's rather tough going; the ground has the consistency of a waterbed covered in petroleum jelly and every step is an exercise in maintaining your balance. You carry on for maybe a mile or so, but the tube of flesh seems unchanged. You do, however, run into something. It looks like some kind of semitranslucent blob filled with opaque, reddish orbs. It looks an awful lot like a man sized amoeba, and it's sitting smack dab in the middle of the path.
Spiders: attempt sound communication with the spiders. begin at very low decibels and raise the volume until they begin responding. Send a a series of mathematical sequences, like the sequence of squares, the Fibonacci sequence, and stuff like that to see if they recognize and respond to that. Afterward, send, in a recording of my own voice, the message "greetings, spiders." If they respond, turn this project over to some linguists, to see if we can establish communication. also, place various food items in an adjacent room, and let them have access, to see their preference in foods.They seem to understand sounds, but your voice and those sequences they can't seem to comprehend. Admittedly, it's probably a stretch to think they would understand space english.
rusty metal Hive tag this universe for later expeditions. I bet some of our newbie teams would love to check it out.
factoryverse. send a couple of probes decked out in astronomy gear, to study what they can of this old universe. Send them an AU in opposite directions, so as to get some parralax, and to act as an interferometer (a single telescope made of smaller telescopes spaced apart that act as though they were one machine with a much larger primary mirror than any given sub unit - in otherwords, it magnifies their magnification ability). Concentrate on locating rocky planets around any of the nearby stars, but do other basic observations as well."Well I vote we head whatever direction leads down. If this is in fact an alien intestine, I would honestly rather leave through the back door, than end up in the stomach. Thoughts?" If there are no objections, head whichever directyion seems to be going downon the x, y, z coords that syv tested, the universe was colon for at least twenty miles in each direction on the x axis, the y axis had the "stomach" and more colon, and the z axis had the "small intestine" and more colon. Long story shorty, you are probably going to be traveling quite a while before you find an exit.Some random NPC suggests that we build a facility to build EUEs of a size small enough that they can be sent though the EUE here, if such is possible.I must be slow. what the heck is an EUE?
Attempted weaponization of (123,456,789) [Not New, it's the one with the foil coating] continues. All following actions are about sending stuff to it.1. Both probes are destroyed
- Send a Phase 1 probe. Have it return to a Null, where a Phase 2 probe is waiting. The Phase 1 begins touching itself.
- Send a modified probe that can split into two separate probes. Have it return to a Null, where a Phase 2 probe is waiting. The modified probe splits and the halves begin touching each other.
- Send a Phase 1 probe carrying a box. Have it return to a Null, where a Phase 2 probe is waiting. The Phase 1 releases the sphere. Is the box fully covered?
- Send a Phase 1 probe carrying a box. Have it return to a Null, where a Phase 2 probe is waiting. The Phase 1 releases the box. Through a series of mechanisms, the box folds itself inside out.
- Send a Phase 1 probe with a small robot inside it. Have it return to a Null, where a Phase 2 probe is waiting. The Phase 2 sends a signal, making the robot inspect itself and start banging against the insides of the Phase 1.
((1. is (0,0,1000).1. Not sure what universe you mean. Coords?
- Send a probe to the barnacleverse. Have some sort of robot scrape off the barnacles. Can they be attached to other probes that haven't entered that universe? What about other probes that have gone to that universe?
- Two Phase 2 probes to (123,456,789) [Not New, it's the one with the foil coating]. Have them touch each other in a Null universe while a third probe watches.
- One Phase 2 Probe equipped space-magic that works based on anomalous arrangements of matter to a Null. The ones that can be used by a machine and have observable effects. Verify that they do not work.
- Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 10 minutes. Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 15 minutes. Phase 1 Probe to Radioactive Decay universe, return to a Null after 20 minutes. A Phase 2 Probe watches from inside the Null from a safe distance.
2. You lose all 3 probes.
3. They do not appear to work.
4. None of those probes even return.
For 4. you mean, none of the Phase 1s return? Or none of the probes, including the Phase 2 return?))
1.Send more probes far into the x dimension. Last time I sent one 1 AU in the x dimension, and it couldn't see anything. This time, send one half an AU away in the x dimension, then a quarter of the way if it can't see anything, then an eigth, etc. until a probe is spots something. Also, if one of them telefrags, repeatedly send probes to the same coordinates until one survives or until I've sent ten which telefragged. The inherent variance in teletportation locarion should make me miss whatever the probes hit.1. After a whole series of probes at close and closer ranges, you eventually see that this giant empty space is in fact the lumen of some sort of enormous cavity. Closer inspection reveals the wall of the cavity, along with some incredibly massive creatures walking around on top of it They look like pine trees with several dozen spider like legs. They are, at a rough estimate of scale, 4500 miles tall.
2.Send a probe with a highly sensitive gravity sensor to the (0,0,0) point in analverse. Which direction is down (in x,y,z directions), and how strong is the gravity?
3.Send a probe, oh, 100 miles towards the source of the gravity. Check if the gravity readings have changed at all. If the probe telefrags, keep sending probes until one either survives or I've sent ten.
4.Then send a probe 1000 miles towards the source of the gravity. Again, check for differences. And again, if there's a telefrag probe until one either works or I've sent ten.
5.Finally, send a probe 1 AU towards the source of the gravity. Is there any gravity where the probe ends up? If so, has it reversed direction? And again, probe until one works or I've sent ten.
"I'm going to go ahead and guess that is part of whatever this things is's immune system. It's probably best we dont fuck with it. Whoever has got the quickest reaction time should try flying over it with their mk-3 jets"
Order merc with the highest dex score to fly over the ameoba. The highest dex player can choose to instead if they want
Be prepared to threaten Gus if he continues to carve at the intestine walls after I tell him to stop.
Threaten by way of ordering the mercs to train their guns on him
If he complies, do not threaten
"Look at that thing, wasyerface. How could he hurt anybody? He doesn't even have arms, for crying out loud."You've actually got the highest dex here.Idly carve our names and the date into the wall or floor with my index laser, and let other people worry about the harmless jelly-sac monster.Grumble about how Vincent is a spoilsport.
NEW Probes to:
-6582,+6684,-9811
-8977,+1564,-8456
+6588,-8477,-8522
Spiders: Send the spiders into a room with three buttons, each emitting a different tone. Send a series of two tone beeps. One tone is for zero, the other is for one. Count to one, then to two, then to four, then to eight. Each count should end with a pause and a third tone, which will indicate the end of the series. After this, count again, stopping on random numbers, and wait to see if they respond. (I had intended the mathematical sequences to be sent as a series of taps or beeps, not in English, but was unclear.)The spiders input 16 and then an end tone.
Have the spiders been communicating with each other via sound? Have they responded to any of the tests with sounds?
Old universe (formerly known as Factory verse - the one with the dull red stars.) Send probes to coordinates within about an AU of each of the discovered planets. These probes should have active and passive sensors to detect livable conditions and evidence of life and civilization.
Living Planetverse (formerly analverse) send a probe to a location near the wall of the lumen, but at a significant distance from any of the planetcreatures. Have the probe launch some drones, which will approach the wall lights on, and sending data back continuously. Have one drone examine the wall various electromagnetic wavelengths. Have another test for atmosphere close to the wall. have others take samples from the surface, if such is possible (planet droppings and other material). Have a fourth attempt to biopsy the wall itself.
Edit: have a probe in analverse, several thousand miles outside of the planet creature, attempt to communicate with the team inside the creature.
Finally, if time and workload permit, send phase one probes to new universes
0, 3, 3,
3, 0, 3
3, 3, 0
3, 3, 3
((planet sized treelike creatures walking on the inside wall of a dyson sphere-esque enclosure ... the planets appear to be the mian/only source of gravity. I wonder if the universe is that small, or if this enclosure is like the ones in cavernverse, writ much larger? Also, I wonder how those creatures keep from collapsing into spheres. that much mass, and they can still be pine shaped... what an odd and exciting world.
PW, this mission is what I envision the basis of a post ER game to be - a series of universes to explore for fun and profit [and need, since humanity's new home might not be tailor made for it like our old one was].))
I have put some thought into this, and I believe we should initiate unmanned exploration of (-7,-7,-7), which I believe you have titled the "orgyverse". Are you willing to allow me to do so?
While it is most likely not a suitable universe for colonization, the fact that humans are within it is exceptionally strange. My initial assumption was that they were an illusion, but unlike most illusions from other universes, they did not immediately cause insanity in those who saw them. They have also been visibly human to every being who has witnessed the video, which further sheds doubt on the illusion hypothesis. I believe it would be a good idea to attempt to ascertain what is in that universe.
One experiment I would be significantly interested in is how your spiders react to video from that universe, preferably video which has never been seen by any human--I feel the video may act something like Schrodinger's Cat, remaining nebulous and undefined until a thinking creature has witnessed it, at which point it assumes the form of something which would attract the viewer.
Found a desert world. Not a trace of water in the air. Going to perform a few tests; send some water in to see if it explodes or something, then send a sod there and some probes into space if everything turns out fine..
((Try it with animals too, though the spider idea is incredible. Hell, use THEM to explore these questionableverses; they're clever enough to solve things.))((We shall create STSs! Just like STIs, but with spiders!))
I believe that, with care and caution, it is within reasonable safety parameters to check out"orgyverse." I blacklisted it more to keep our more impulsive associates from going in unprepared and bringing back another interdimensuional STD than anything. I will authorize your tests. As for testing hte spiders on it, I feel we have yet to understand them well enough for the data you would get to be useful. However, if you would like to bring a set of spiders through for that purpose, go ahead. Oh, and i believe Petra is interested in having a look at that verse as well. let her see some video also, if she wishes. Keep her under observation for unusual activity though.
Addendum: there is a universe which causes our probes and sods to head in a particular direction, seeking "home" when they return to this universe. how do you feel about senidng a probe, with some sods, bringing it straight back to this universe in deep space, and letting it move freely, following it at a distance with another probe armed with missiles to destroy the first probe in case of sudden changes in behavior? I'd kinda like to see where that probe goes. Idoubt it would present a significant threat, as iwt would probably move in one direction, out of direct contact with anything human.
((You mean crabs?))((Try it with animals too, though the spider idea is incredible. Hell, use THEM to explore these questionableverses; they're clever enough to solve things.))((We shall create STSs! Just like STIs, but with spiders!))
Done.Quote from: Dester to: Steve SaintI believe that, with care and caution, it is within reasonable safety parameters to check out"orgyverse." I blacklisted it more to keep our more impulsive associates from going in unprepared and bringing back another interdimensuional STD than anything. I will authorize your tests. As for testing hte spiders on it, I feel we have yet to understand them well enough for the data you would get to be useful. However, if you would like to bring a set of spiders through for that purpose, go ahead. Oh, and i believe Petra is interested in having a look at that verse as well. let her see some video also, if she wishes. Keep her under observation for unusual activity though.
Addendum: there is a universe which causes our probes and sods to head in a particular direction, seeking "home" when they return to this universe. how do you feel about senidng a probe, with some sods, bringing it straight back to this universe in deep space, and letting it move freely, following it at a distance with another probe armed with missiles to destroy the first probe in case of sudden changes in behavior? I'd kinda like to see where that probe goes. Idoubt it would present a significant threat, as iwt would probably move in one direction, out of direct contact with anything human.
Dester Grants authorization to Saint to do his orgyverse tests.
Send a probe into 5, 0, 0 (the pink slime universe that transfers force really well) at 1 au from the original location. Send another at 1 light year distant. Is the environment the same?
Send probes to each of the recorded waling planets in analverse, to approach their "heads" or top portions. Test if they have atmosphere and if it is similar to the stuff down along the wall of the lumen (that is, if it is nitrogen, methane, and oxygen, or if it is different in composition).
Time permitting, send probes to new universes:
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DESERTWORLD (-6582,+6684,-9811) EXPLORATION MK II
1) Just to be certain, send a probe in to analyse the topsoil of the desert. No traces of water in the rocks either? Port in one cup of water as well and watch what happens. What does "survivable temp" mean? 70F, 30F, or 100F?
2) Regardless of the outcome, send a probe 1,000 km "up" into the sky. and another 1 AU "up". What do they see? Is it an infinite plane deal or is there other planets?
3) Send a sod in with a canteen of water unless the cup of water from before explodes or something.
One new probe to:
-987,654,-321Quote from: Ryan to: TeamFound a desert world. Not a trace of water in the air. Going to perform a few tests; send some water in to see if it explodes or something, then send a sod there and some probes into space if everything turns out fine..
1.Keep sending probes towards the gravitational center of the analverse, trying to get as close as possible. Keep sending probes even if they telefrag, until I've gotten ten telefrags in a row. Primarily, I'm looking for inorganic material.The closest you manage to get is a tiny, thick walled vessel where the gravity is at about 8g. No sign of inorganic material.
2.Send probes outside the boundaries of the lumen of the analverse planet thing. Is there more darkness, or can we finally see stars?
3.If we can't see stars... Send a probe two hundred billion light years in any direction. Send until one returns, or ten have failed. Still flesh?
4.Send a probe with a sod loaded into it to the paradise 'verse for half an hour. It can look at monitors and listen to outside sounds while there. When the sod returns, have it be interviewed by other sods for psychological anomalies.
5.This is a preparation question for succubusverse: Do fleshsods have any sexual drive, or any capability to satisfy it? Or are they literally and completely asexual?
((Huh. Thought I had posted an action for last turn.
Anyway, I'm seriously wondering whether we should really treat these "bait" universes as such. Presumably, if PW's generator is capable of making horrrible hellscapes, it could make the opposite, right? Yeah, just going by Murphy's law they're probably terrible, but compared to the universes which make people tear their own skin off, or infect hermetically sealed rabbits with sapient spiders... I can't see the bait universes being much worse.))Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to:BLOPS Lead Dester GreeI have put some thought into this, and I believe we should initiate unmanned exploration of (-7,-7,-7), which I believe you have titled the "orgyverse". Are you willing to allow me to do so?
While it is most likely not a suitable universe for colonization, the fact that humans are within it is exceptionally strange. My initial assumption was that they were an illusion, but unlike most illusions from other universes, they did not immediately cause insanity in those who saw them. They have also been visibly human to every being who has witnessed the video, which further sheds doubt on the illusion hypothesis. I believe it would be a good idea to attempt to ascertain what is in that universe.
One experiment I would be significantly interested in is how your spiders react to video from that universe, preferably video which has never been seen by any human--I feel the video may act something like Schrodinger's Cat, remaining nebulous and undefined until a thinking creature has witnessed it, at which point it assumes the form of something which would attract the viewer.
Guess that means Im ordering a merc to fly over the ameoba, being careful not to disturb it. We'll all join the merc if all goes well (Im too much of a chicken shit to do it myself. I aint getting absorbed by an ameobaI've seen enough hentai... I mean what?)
Prepare messages to speech roll the evac'd refugees into submission. If Charles has any awareness of what's happening on-mission, attempt to prepare speeches to be performed by on-mission people to speech roll yet-to-be-evac'd refugees into submission.Don't worry, they get gassed as soon as they exit the portal. We're keeping them unconscious for the moment.
"Shit, I was right to be concerned. Everyone keep an eye out! Move away from the ameoba and concentrate fire on it!" Vincent points to one of the merc's "You! You watch behind us while we move backwards, I don't want us being caught off Guard! Time to stay alive until we teleport back" Have all mercs plus myself concentrate fire on the ameoba while backing away from it (Including the merc that is being chased), as well as the psuedopods. Have 1 Merc focus on watching our back so that we dont have anything sneak up on usYou shoot the thing and the first shot bursts it open like a water balloon, its contents spilling out. It stops moving almost immediately.
(We all have Sibilus Rocket/Gauss Hybrid Rifles as well as MK-3's)
Bukkakeverse:1. Does not return.
1.Send a probe 200 billion light years in any random direction in our own universe. Theoretically, 100 billion is far beyond the limits of the observable universe, and probably outside the limits of the universe itself, if it's finite.
Orgyverse:
2.Sort through our various frozen people, and sort them into a few 5-person groups. Each group is organized according to gender, sexual orientation, and reproductive capacity. Preferably, we should have groups that represent each possibility in every category.
3.One at a time, show all those groups footage from the orgyverse, where we found all the naked women. Do any of the groups see different things in the footage? Perhaps heterosexual women see men? Or maybe sterile asexuals see nothing?
4.Do sods have reproductive capability? And do they have sexual desires? Or are they already sterile asexuals?
5.Regardless of the results of the previous tests, send a flight-capable probe to the orgyverse, with one of my shard machine guns mounted on top. Tell the probe that it should hover away from any surfaces, and fire the gun indiscriminately into the crowd, while videotaping the results. Have it return after ten seconds, but, importantly, make sure no organic being observes the footage for now.
Holyverse:
6.Send two probes to the holyverse. One should have a LESHO w/ nonnuclear ammo mounted on it. Direct said probe to shoot at one of the shiny angel things, while the second probe watches. The second probe will be returned to our own 'verse, but the gun probe will be disposed of in a null 'verse.
Spiders: have a room set up with various common objects in it, each with two buttons in front of it and a speaker nearby. When one button is pressed, have a recording give the object's name. When the other button is pressed, record what the spiders "say" (include motions) and play these sounds (and motions, via a small robotic replica of the spiders) back. after a while of this Do a test run where we make the spider sounds associated with an object, then play a tone near that object. Do that a few times, then play the sounds without the tone, and see if the spiders connect the sounds to the objects. Of course, if we have functional linguists on board who think they can communicate properly, let them do there own language studies too.
dryness glass globe universe if any other globes were observed with the last probe, send probes to those. If not, send new astronomy probes to scout out potential glass sphere locations. Send drones to any sphere so discovered.
Time permitting, send probes to new universes:
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1.Show the footage of the orgyverse massacre to the female group which is heterosexual and reproductively viable. Ask them if they see any difference in the filmed subjects, compared to the last video--are they male, now?1. Mostly they just seem shocked and appauled as to why you'd show them video of naked women being violently blown into pieces. You monster.
2.After the women have seen the video, have a couple sods watch the video and interpret it for me (Saint's still text-only). Do the people in the video react realistically to being shot, I.E. bleeding, screaming in pain, dying, etc?
3.Assuming the video showed the orgyverse's population to be normal creatures, send another probe to the orgyverse, this time loaded with robosods in heavy robotic bodies (the mini assaultsuit). They should attempt to electrically stun one or more of the people in that universe, capture the stunned people, and bring them back to this universe. Success? If not, video showing why there was a failure?
4.Send a probe to the holyverse. Don't bring it back to our own 'verse--have it go through a null intermediary, with another probe quickly downloading data and returning with it. Does the probe survive? If so, what's it see?
"Poor guy. Well, might as well make the most of him."He collects some of the internal fluid and several samples of different pieces of more solid matter.
Order one of the mercs to collect samples of the dead amoeba.
How much longer till we're teleported out? This run was for an hourAbout 45 minutes. Unless you wanna leave now.
Spiders: present them with various food materials - vegetative, mineral, insect, animal, living , dead, and cooked. Include drinks - water, honey, other liquids. Contiue eveloping a translational device and dictionary. Use buttons that cause various actions in nearby robots and the like. try to develop at least a rudimentary understanding of the language so we can begin communicating directly.They appear to be carnivorous, tend toward freshly dead or living meats, including animals, but will also eat cooked meat, though not as happily. In terms of fluids, they don't seem particularly attracted to any of them. They sample them all and don't have any horrible reaction to them, but they don't go back for seconds either. Translation is a bit difficult. You've got a few nouns, but judging from other things they don't have a similar construction to their interaction as humans. Nouns, verbs, the basic concepts by which humans always arrange their thoughts, don't seem to be how these creatures do. You can pick out parts, but the structure of the whole remains a mystery.
glass spheres verse: the probes that missed the various glass spheres- have them approach and examine them from outside. send them into orbit such that they can examine the spheres from all sides (adjust orbit as necessary to reach poles and whatnot).
Fractal/Recursive creatureverse(aka analverse): Determine if any of the creatures has a reasonable chance of supporting human colonies. I'm sure we can filter some ofthe organics out of the atmosphere without too much problem. send sods to establish a few rudimentary bases on the more atmosphericly friendly creatures - if the methane is within breathable levels. if not, disregard.
Time permitting, send probes to new universes:
4, 0, 0
0, 4, 0
0, 0, 4
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I see you are... Experimenting in the universe with beautiful women. Would you mind bringing one back for dissection next time, as well?
Quote from: Ryan to SaintI see you are... Experimenting in the universe with beautiful women. Would you mind bringing one back for dissection next time, as well?
You possess excellent initiative--my plan was to begin autopsies soon. I am currently having the subjects tested for anomalous behavior and potential mind-affecting abilities, but if they are proven to be safe I will send a sedated specimen to you. If you would like assistance, remember that we have experienced doctors on staff.
I would recommend you have an enhanced capacity modification installed, first. Your file does not mention medical expertise, and it would be a waste to ruin a perfectly good subject.
trained psychiatrist (Perhaps Charles, Empiricist's character?)If asked to, do so by proxy. Have record interrogation questions and have them broadcast to the prisoner, and have their response and actions recorded. Receive a verbal description of what they do first, if it isn't something unnatural, examine the a selection of still frames from the footage that have been marked with their order relative to each other, but which are shown out of order.
Excellent. Establish a team to prepare the necessary equipment for a colony in analverse (aka fractal/recursive creatureverse). In fact, let's go for redundancy and prepare three separate colonies for that universe. Send a team to scout for a reasonably safe planet creature - one in which the creatures that wold interact on a human scale are generally more agreeable, and begin the process of building a base.Hmm, so are you looking for a safe area or just one with LESS things trying to eat you?
glass sphereverse: If a scoutship would be capable of reaching one or more of the glass spheres in a reasonable time, launch one into that universe in the general vicinity of one of them. Launch a flight capable drone with various tools for sample collection into the dry sphere at the origin. have it collect soil samples, and then fly to the edge and begin tests on the sphere itself. is it glass, crystal, forcefield, clear aluminum, unknown?
Spiders: did any of the living animals breed new spiders, or were they just consumed? provide the spiders with some programmable electronic communication devices with audio outputs. See if they can program.
Maybe rngesus is dissatisfied that I haven't ritualistically slaughtered the spiders, while Saint is off doingGod'sSatan's work?
Time permitting, send probes to new universes:
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4, 0, 4
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4, 4, 4
Did I give out enhanced capacity mods for free before?Quote from: Ryan to SaintI see you are... Experimenting in the universe with beautiful women. Would you mind bringing one back for dissection next time, as well?
If SS brings me a woman from orgyverse, requisition a medical enhanced capacity modification then dissect and analyse the remains.
Did we ever establish contact with the metal creature-things in fractal-verse (7,7,7) , or did we just send in a group to scout? Send in a probe with voyager 1-esque materials on it. Minus the whole "love" bit. We're scientists, not Carl Sagan. So basically, what we are and the maths we understand in simple symbolic form. Have secondary probe record contact, then return both (if possible)
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Head back.Alright. Since you didn't look at the feeds we'll wait for sy to take a peek via his sods.
Once back, have 2 probes sent back in for 4 hours. Have one drill into the intestinal lining, and keep doing so the entire time. Have another programmed to find an ameoba and ram it. Have both video feeds sent to syv to review by his processes apon the probes return
I'm ready to go back, but I'm willing to stick around if Vincent wants.Then return you all do.
Orgyverse:You sedate them and fit them with their running man gear.
1.The captive women--sedate them, and make sure only robosods interact with their bodies, for now. If they resist all sedatives (please say if they do), have them be contained in some sort of full body cage which can have specific segments removed, instead. All of them should be fitted with shock/explosive collars on every limb, and any facility where they are held should be ready to be detonated, in case things go unreasonably wrong.
2.Transfer a couple of the women to different testing chambers, physically distant from the one where the captives are being held. One of the women will be awakened in a room with a heterosexual human male who has not seen the massacre tapes, along with four flesh sods. The flesh sods will be ordered to nonviolently intervene if the man becomes violent, but will allow the female to do whatever, as long as she does not try to damage the sods or facility, or escape. Are there any anomalies, especially in the man?
3.Repeat the above experiment with a heterosexual female. Again, anomalies?
4.Assuming neither experiment results in dead people or mindfuck, have a trained psychiatrist (Perhaps Charles, Empiricist's character?) and linguist interrogate one of the women for mental anomalies. Hopefully it speaks English--if not, have the linguist work on learning its language, and provide any tools needed. If it does speak English, have Charles run general tests to check if they even think like humans, and then tests for mental disorders. Also, make sure nobody is allowed to physically access the woman.
5.Again, assuming neither 2 or 3 resulted in bad things, send a sedated woman to Ryan [Gentlefish] for an autopsy. Have his brain readings monitored, and if they show signs of mindfuck, have him knocked unconcious and the woman executed.
6.Send scouting probes to the orgyverse, several AU in various directions. Celestially speaking, what is that universe like? Planets and stars in space? Or is it continual, like the analverse?
Holyverse:
7.Send probes several lightyears away from the standard point, trying to get an overview of what the universe at large is like. Do they return? If so, what do they see?
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8.Send the outline of the experiment in 9 to The Doctor. Ask him if trying that experiment would be dangerous. If he says "No" or similar, then do 9. If he says "Yes", "Dunno", "Maybe" or similar, don't try 9.
9.Send a probe to one of the null verses. Send a second probe to a different null verse, and make sure a human test subject is on board. The second probe will then transfer into the first probe's view for one second before returning to its verse, then if that went well, it'll go for a millisecond, then a microsecond, then a nanosecond, on until we reach the planck time. What is the minimum time we reach where the second probe's view feed is useful?
10.Did the human that was so rapidly transferred suffer any ill effects?Quote from: Ryan to SaintI see you are... Experimenting in the universe with beautiful women. Would you mind bringing one back for dissection next time, as well?Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: Operative Ryan JorgensenYou possess excellent initiative--my plan was to begin autopsies soon. I am currently having the subjects tested for anomalous behavior and potential mind-affecting abilities, but if they are proven to be safe I will send a sedated specimen to you. If you would like assistance, remember that we have experienced doctors on staff.
I would recommend you have an enhanced capacity modification installed, first. Your file does not mention medical expertise, and it would be a waste to ruin a perfectly good subject.
Welcome back. I trust your journey was enlightening?
I've decided to attempt to colonize the universe you just returned from, but outside of the organism you entered into. It looks like the organisms are planet sized, and carry a usable atmosphere. Interestingly, it appears that the planet organisms live inside a larger organism - one that is stellar system sized perhaps. additionally, there are smaller organisms living on the planetbeings. It is unclear how large and small these organisms can get - though a probe sent 200 billion light years away yielded some unusual results.
Anyway, if you are interested in working on the teams establishing base camps for that universe, go ahead and prepare lists of equipment, personnel, and other needs to send over.
We are also exploring that universe with the alleged human women in it. Something is still odd about hat one, but apparently the universe itself reads pretty close to our own in physical makeup. I may be willing to allow a small exploration party to access this universe soon. however, I want you all to be prepared for what you may encounter. Speak with Steve Saint about access to all the data he has collected on this universe. Be warned, his methods were not pretty.
Its funny you mention that, I think we found one of those creetures, actually. a little jellysack guy, part of the animals system apparently. Ill have samples sent to the lab.
Besides that, nothing much to report. We basically walked around a bit in its unmentionibles, and came home.
I guess you and i have different words for pretty, boss. Haha. I'll have saint send me his data.
hey, i dint know you're name was steve! I thought you were religous or something. you know the robot on the sword is named steve too? haha.
Oh by the way I need the data and stuff from orgiverse. For science and stuff
I could help with that... "orgyverse", you're calling it? Yeah, I'm useless waiting around here, so if there's anything I could help with on that just let me know.
Yes, I do share my first name with the AI who commands our faction. I go by my last name to prevent confusion, not because of religion; I do not worship any god, as none of the gods we have found are worthy of praise.
All of my data on universe (-7,-7,-7), which you call "orgiverse", is freely available to all M26 staff--you need not ask for it.
Furthermore, I have access to your medical systems, and thus, your brain's readings. Lying to me is not particularly effective.
Dester came up with that title for universe (-7,-7,-7), not I.
At the moment, my priority is determining what, exactly, the denizens of that universe are. I still highly doubt they are human, and even if they somehow are human, I would like to develop a basic understanding of their language before beginning manned exploration. If you have any idea how to assist with either of these goals, feel free to speak up.
After I've determined whether the beings we recovered are harmless, I will speak with Dester about beginning manned exploration. If what little we've seen of that universe is indicative of what it is like overall, I do believe you are suited well to leading that expedition.
Outside is probably better, I'm doing further probe testing now, but from what we saw, inside seems to work in a way similar to how our insides work, and therefor may have an immune system.
What the fuck Saint! I understand being cautious and assessing all threats, but opening interactions with another species with all out gratuitous violence is NOT ok. This goes beyond clinical detachment, and into sadist maliciousness!
Saint overstepped some boundaries with how he handled -7,-7,-7. I'm not ok with the level of violence he chose to open with. As much as I would have jumped dick first into that universe, I DO understand the "Trap" vibes it was giving, but starting threat assessment out with all out massacre is not the way to do it
I will admit that my experiment was somewhat flawed. In hindsight, I should have sent a full-size piezoelectric shard launcher, and fired only five shots. I assure you, however, that I was not motivated by sadism; rather, I was assuming them to be inherently hostile entities. At the time, I had not even considered the possibility that the beings were actual humans, and I doubted they were sapient at all, as it would be more rational for them to be a illusory projection of a greater being.
The purpose of sending that probe was not to kill anything; if I had been, I would have sent a nuclear bomb instead. I was only attempting to ascertain whether the entities were physical, and if they were, whether they could be harmed with one of our more effective infantry weapon. The length of time that the gun fired was not chosen because I desired to cause more harm, but instead because I felt that ten seconds would provide sufficient time for any counterattack to become apparent. I did not even think to define the weapon's period of fire seperately from the probe's exposure time.
Please do calm down, Vincent. I suppose you do not realize it, but your anger is not entirely impartial and just. Your brain is designed to recognize the female form and protect it; you wish to treat the denizens of universe (-7,-7,-7) more kindly because they are optimized to use that aspect of your psychology against you. You should instead be treating them with more caution and suspicion exactly because they are optimized in such a fashion, despite originating from a universe which should have no connection whatsoever to our own.
You seem to be high up enough to be able to have access to my records, so look at them. Being attractively feminine has nothing to do with why I am upset with this. Even if you dont have access to my records, view the logs on how I dealt with the creatures in +7,+7,+7. I don't initiate violence until the situation calls for it. Hostility towards another race shouldn't be warranted until aggression and hostility has been directed towards us. Your actions have significantly harmed being able to come to a peaceful agreement with these species
Vincent, if you are not affected by the appearance of the creatures in universe (-7,-7,-7), then why are you more angry about my attack on them than my attack on the entities in universe (3,3,0)? The latter attack had less justification, because those entities were acting entirely beign, rather than openly attempting to manipulate us. There was much less reason to suspect that universe (3,3,0) was dangerous, so it should be considered a more gross misdeed, correct?
Yet, you only bring up my supposed cruelty in regards to (-7,-7,-7), without mentioning my experiment in (3,3,0). What other conclusion should I draw other than you empathizing with the denizens of (-7,-7,-7)? That you didn't even read about (3,3,0), despite the details being released earlier, and marked as having less risk of being a cogitohazard? That seems unlikely.
Regardless, we seem to have a significant schism in our opinions on interuniversal diplomacy. I must remind you, we are not here to make friends. We are not here to spread joy and peace throughout the multiverse. We are here because our species is at direct risk of being permanently destroyed by an alien god, and we are trying to escape. We will not be approaching other civilizations with promises of cooperation and mutual assistance--we will be approaching as conquerers, or not at all. Any other option only jeopardizes our mission.
Unlike you, I do not value the lives of aliens enough to endanger humans. If I had led the expedition into universe (7,7,7), I would not have sent a man near to a potentially hostile alien, risking his life for dubious gain. I may have sent a sod, since sods do not have loved ones or true lives, but risking a thinking human is simply negligent.
WHAT HTE HELLIS WREONG WITHH YOUYOU MAINIAC WHY IN THE HEL DID YOU KLILL THOSE INOCENT WOMAN HOLEY FUCK YOU MONSTER AGGHH FICK YOU
After carefully reviewed the footage, Ive come to the conclusion that SAINT IS FUCKING INSANE. Those werent fucking butt amoebas, or whatever, THEY WERE HIMAN BEINGS. with blood, and guts, and... AGGHH, you know wjat, i do'nt even want to think about it annymore.
who is this saint guy, anyway? I say we report him to hefestus, and wash our hands of him and his war crimes. What do you think?
Not at all then Saint. While I wont deny that I have an ethical objective to being a conqueror, there are objective reasons why that is a harmful stance. Since we will not possibly have all the information on any universe we jump to before we abandon ours, we cannot know the true power of any enemy we are waging war upon before we jump to that universe. It is FAR safer for humanity for us to enter as peace bearers and nuetrals than to enter as enemies. If you don't want to risk ill intent, it would be best to avoid populated universes entirely. Humanity will not always be the strongest on the block, and if we ever bump into a race that treats alien species like we do, we wont be so lucky as to forever be able to jump universes. If we are to continue surviving, we must learn to cooperate. And yes, I didn't read the reports on 3,3,0 I haven't been paying attention to universes other than the ones I am focussing on. I am not strong enough to avoid paying attention to a universe populated by beautiful women however
I just reviewed 3,3,0. I do not think you should be in charge of any universe in which we come in contact with lifeforms. Any universe habitable to us is likely habitable to other creatures. You are screwing over our chances of survival by resorting to violence so easily
I don't think Saint should be allowed further contact with any universe found to inhabit non threatening life forms. In reviewing the universes he has been in charge of, I have found he too quickly resorts to violence in dealing with unknown threats. I believe this is a threat to our survival as a human race as any universe habitable to us will likely also be habitable to other species, and entering a new universe already at war with it's original inhabitants doesn't help our chance of survival
On the contrary, forming a relationship with another civilization exposes us to more danger, as it allows them the chance to obtain our universe transferring technology. If we observe another universe, and find the inhabitants to be more powerful than us, they either destroy the tags, or we bring the tags home and do not send more. However, forming a lasting relationship with another civilization provides the risk that they have the opportunity to disassemble a neglected tag, and more importantly, the opportunity to learn of our data on other universes which we have colonized.
Unless Dester requests I stop, I will continue my work in (-7,-7,-7) and (3,3,0). However, I do believe it is foolish to antagonize my coworkers, so out of respect for you, I will not open relations with any other civilizations.
Fair enough, that seems like a fair compromise. We've already been marked as hostile in those universes, so stopping now isn't going to change anything, as much as I disagree with it. We at least agree on the issue of teamwork.
Scratch that, Saint has agreed to cease interactions with further extrauniversal contact if I let him continue with his work on -7,-7,-7 and 3,3,0. I believe that to be a fair compromise as he has already poisoned the well with those universes
I propose we allow a single male volunteer to sleep with one of the females from the orgy-verse (We should also find a better name for the universe).
Also, are these women inhabiting the entire livable universe, or a single planet?
I fail to see what we could learn by observing sexual relations, which we could not learn by simpler methods such as autopsy. Please, do enlighten me.
We have not yet gotten a close look at any other planet within universe (-7,-7,-7), so we cannot know if there is life anywhere else. Thank you for asking, however, as the question is quite valid--I will send a scoutship to another planet.
I just woke up fro ma rather longer nap than I expected to take. I expect I was rather exhausted, due to the long hours and rather stressful nature of our work. I have been reading the conversations that have been going on since I lay my head down yesterday afternoon. I would like to make a few things clear, now that the situation has been exposed and discussed.
First, I'd like to commend you all, first on your humanity - to be appalled at wanton destruction proves that you are no mere monsters, but have true human hearts and the desire for goodrather than simple destruction. I am once again proud to be part of such a group.
Second, I personally authorized Mr. Saint to experiment in universe -7, -7, -7 (called succubiverse, informally), though I did not need to authorize him to operate in 3, 3, 0 (holyverse), as we had not blacklisted that one. So, though the methods were not mine, and I would have objected had they been proposed to me, I take responsibility for them nonetheless.
Third, I want you all to use this as a reminder on two things. One - the multiverse is a monstrous mess, and it is more often destructive to humanity than beneficial. And two, humanity is capable of great destructiveness as well. it is in our nature to destroy, sometimes without thought to the consequences, and sometimes, consequences be damned. Mr. Saint demonstrates this adage pretty clearly. Remember who we are and who we work for. We, formerly of the HMRC, we convicts, whether imprisoned due to our own actions or to the wickedness of our rulers, we, under the rule of an AI which cares first and foremost for the end goal, an damn the consequences to the ones caught in the struggle - we have seen and done, and we will see and do, things beyond our liking. You Black Ops brethren of mine. remember our last mission.
That said, I am glad we are trying to minimize the harm we do, whether because we care, or out of pragmatic reasons. From this point forward, I request that any destructive testing be held off until such a time as it is determined necessary. if there is an emergency, of course everyone is authorized to do what needs done. But when we have time to explore, let's do so peaceably first. And please bring destructive testing requests to myself, Mr. Vincent Klart and Mr. Steve Saint before acting on them, so that we can discuss their need and viability before doing something we'll regret.
I authorize shore leave for anyone in need of a break from our duties, to refresh and reflect on our assignment, and to enjoy life for a while. If succubiverse turns out ot be hospitable, I'll authorize shore leave there as well. So you all have that to look forward to, provided you can demonstrate that that verse is not a cosmic flytrap.
I find your perspective on other civilizations to be somewhat limited. To hide form all risk is as risky as to jump headlong into it. sheltering oneself from every possible risk has been shown historically and scientifically to be self harming. perhaps you have read about risk-reward analysis? Contact with other civilizations could be beneficial to us, even if the civ ultimately turns out to be hostile. I understand that you are very cautious by nature, but don't let cold, ruthless, short term self interest could your mind. To truly be safe, risk is necessary. otherewise, we should dismantle the universe exploration device and return to the warm embrace of the UWM, close our eyes and ears to the idea of the Altered, and wish for the best. I don't advise trust of these other civilizations - my experiments with the spiders are being done with safeguards, after all - but I do advise having an eye on the possible benefits as well as the possible dangers.
I believe we can be frank with one another on these matters. Please keep me informed of additional destructive testing when possible.
ps. I understand that you suffered some ill effects from that mind worm universe we encountered a while back. How has taht situation resolved itself? Are you still suffering the effects?
I understand that you are the one in charge of testing alternate universes? I would like to join your team in some capacity.
I do have some experience in related fields, though this work is unprecedented.
((MY XD SO PERFECT!))Quote from: Gordon Freeman to: Dester GreeI understand that you are the one in charge of testing alternate universes? I would like to join your team in some capacity.
I do have some experience in related fields, though this work is unprecedented.
Quote from: Gordon Freeman to: Dester GreeI understand that you are the one in charge of testing alternate universes? I would like to join your team in some capacity.
I do have some experience in related fields, though this work is unprecedented.
I am reviewing your ARM file. It is rather sparse. It also reads that you are assigned to Team Avalanche of a civilian rescue and transport mission. Am I misinformed? How did you come to be in this system instead of on that mission? And if I may ask, who directed you to me?
I disagree with you about the dangers of minimizing risk. I have lived for nearly thirteen decades, and in my youth, I was a very bold individual. When I saw opportunities that could catapult me years forward, I took them, and while it did work for me the first couple times, it eventually landed me in the HMRC. That strong lesson taught me to become more cautious, only taking risks that were unlikely to significantly harm me.
I died twice before I realized the HMRC is not a good place to take any risks. I was lucky to come back, but I watched others who were not as lucky. I decided to come to Hephaestus, so that I wouldn't have to roll those deadly dice again.
When I came here, I was one of four administrators, and I was by far the most cautious, refusing to take any risk. The other three are no longer truly alive, and each of them has taken risks at some point which endangered an entire planet, an entire system, or in Dr. Sanctor's case, an entire universe. I am the only one who has not caused any such dangers. Their risktaking behavior did not grant them any great boons, but it did end up dooming almost everyone in this universe. My cautious behavior, on the other hand, has led to me surviving longer than any of the others, with greater boons then they even hoped for. I refuse to ignore a century of experience that says risk is unnecessary and dangerous, especially when the lives of everyone we plan to save hang in the balance.
That said, for now I do not believe friendly associations with other civilizations will provide a catastrophic risk to humanity. Most likely, only a handful of people will die. I doubt any real benefit will be gained either, since these other beings exist in universes which are fundamentally unlike our own, but I have come to expect surprise from the multiverse. To my mind, the minor chance of benefit is still not worth the guarantee of harm, but it is not such a grave mistake that I will fight with you over it; as I said, I will not personally open relations with any other civilizations.
Now, with that dealt with, I will answer your other questions.
Yes, in the future, I will alert you to any destructive testing I plan to do. Need I wait for you to authorize every use of force, or should I use my own discretion?
No, I am not suffering any hindrances from that anomaly. I have permanently lost the function of my arms, but I have utilized computers and sods to control my body for so long that it makes no difference. I could have chosen to forget the experience and regain that minor function, but I believe the memory of the event is more valuable; it likely grants me resistance or immunity to similar anomalies.
Lastly, you mentioned that if we were trying to minimize risk, we should dismantle the universe exploration device, and return to fighting against the UWM and altered. I could not agree more, except for the fact that the UWM and Altered are no longer of any concern. Remember, we are running from an alien god, not something which we have any chance of fighting or recieving mercy from. I minimize risk, but I do not pretend it is possible to eliminate it.
I understand your viewpoint on risk. I did not mean "fight" with the UWM. I meant, their attitude toward risk was to pretend the Alered couldn't come back, and take no scientific risks, to the point of forcibly preventing the worlds under them from doing so either. Those scientific risks were necessary to attempt to stop the resurgent and "star eating" Altered. And, while Mr Sanctor may have been involved in a situation that threatened this universe, I do not believe he was the cause of it. You have seen what happened when we brought a black rod from another universe - that alien entity was coming regardless. The risk that team took at least alerted us to the fact. And ofcourse, there is alwaysthe risk that things will end badly. that's life. We live, we die. We all die.
Forgive me, I ramble. You do not need explicit permission to act defensively against threats - I would be foolish to say you do, especially remembering what i do of the mind worm incident. Your quick thinking and preparation saved us there. as with the black rod incident. I am thankful that you are watching over the team in such a way, and hope that that drive to self preservation will continue to extend to your teammates on this mission for as long as we are exposed to these risks. I am also glad that you have adapted to the effects of the mindworm so well. Keep up the good work. We've got places to go.
I arrived on Hephaestus through a pocket dimension portal, along with a group of civilians I was escorting. I was directed to you by Aresteve when I enquired about joining the project. It's no secret that we're working with alternate universes, given the message recently transmitted by Steve.
Welcome aboard. Try not to break things. Please?
Thank you. I will only break what is necessary.
((Yes, we get enhanced cap. mods for free, as temporary mission equipment. I got one for AUX.))Hmmm well it looks vaguely earth like, at least in terms of the layout of green and brown continents, blue ocean, cloud dappled sky, ice caps, no sucking alien anus or demonic hell mouth. But you swing around the dark side and there's no thick glowing webs of yellow light like you'd expect to see from cities spread across the surface. It might be inhabited and colonized but they certainly ain't technologically advanced.
Orgyverse:
1.Send small scout ships to the 'verse, and make them orbit the planet we found the women on. What does it look like? A colonized, civilized planet?
2.Have a team of Doctors implant a couple of the women with Man-Machine-Interfaces along with any other brain-reading/stimulating devices we have, and also have them look out for any anomalous brain structures. Are there any signs whatsoever that the women are nonhuman, judging by their brains?
3.Put both implanted women into a room, and hope they talk with each other. If they do, record the sounds and brain readings, but if they don't, try to get them to talk by giving them cake. And if THAT is ignored, add an advancing wall of blades or something else obviously dangerous, while using the collars to nonlethally disable one the legs of one of the women. Don't actually let the murder wall harm either, though--just scare them.
4.Send a long-distance scoutship (Like what Oz sent to the glassphereverse) to the orgyverse, equipped with a QEC. Send it towards the nearest habitable-looking planet in the system which isn't the one we started on. If the one we started on looks like the only habitable planet, just send the ship towards the closest planet that isn't the one we started on.
Other:
5.Kedly sent me videos of two experiments: "Once back, have 2 probes sent back in for 4 hours. Have one drill into the intestinal lining, and keep doing so the entire time. Have another programmed to find an ameoba and ram it.". I'll review those videos now.
6.Yes, the tests where I zapped a probe into a universe for a tiny length of time is just trying to get a single picture of decent quality, without the probe actually spending any relevant amount of time in ths other universe. It's for checking the holyverse, and other dangerous 'verses. What is the minimum delay between sending a probe and recalling it?
7.Attempt to use my +4 aux to hack into Gus Johnson's [DoctorMctaalik's character] datapad, and install a very ruthless and thorough spell checker on it.
8.Consider attempting to kidnap Gus Johnson and forcibly installing an enhanced capacity (mind) mod into him. Would doing so be easily accomplished, considering my resources?
Phase 1 probes to new universes:First three null out.
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6,36,6
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-6,-6,36
Edit: Have the "amoeba" samples analyzed. Have detailed reports delivered to the medical staff, and see what they think about the immune system theory.
((Question for Syv: Should I assume Gus knows about your tests? Or is Saint keeping them secret?))
Edit2: Note that Gus has now seen the massacre video. In case there's any memetic mindfuck to go along with the general mental scarring.
Spiders:give tehm some Tonka My First Programmable DeviceTM Children's learning toys. Give them some digital devices with blank interfaces to see if they have an already established programming language - I doubt this will work, what with the language difference and all. I am just trying to jumpstart communication. and give them some devices that are specifically for recording and playing back their sounds and body movement language. Make it simple, with a little robotic spider to mimic actions (or a visual representation of a spider onscreen - I forget if they can view video or not - I know they couldn't get color.The spiders seem to understand what the device is. Or at least they understand that the tools you give them are tools and that they can do things. But they seems utterly baffled by the keypad. They press buttons at complete random. They find a few buttons they like, the ones with obvious functions like space and enter, but the letters and numbers are a mystery and they quickly tire of pressing them. After a few minutes they manage to navigate out of the page you have open for them and start playing a pinball game that was preinstalled on the datapad. They seem to enjoy it. So much so that a few of the smaller spiders start visibly arguing with each other over it. The argument, which involved a lot of very spirited vibrations of thoraxes and rhythmic stomping of legs in complex wave patterns, is ended when one of the larger spiders steps between them. They play with and investigate the little spider doll things you give them, but seem more confused as to what you want to do with them. One of the bigger spiders picks it up and rolls it around in its mandibles for a few seconds before placing it back down and watching a small spider play pinball.
Recursive creatureverse:Aiming for a planetcreature with manageable wildlife. that is, the creatures that are trying to eat us are the least challenging for humans to handle. Preferably one where the types of creatures encountered don't dissolve steel or whatever we make or habitats out of, so we can have a relatively good chance of the colony surviving long term.
glass sphere verse:Wait for the probes to make their voyage.
factoryVerse: (the ancient universe where the factories are building something astronomical in scale). We saw seeral planets here with factories , and all of them were making something unfathomable. Let's send a few probes to distant parts of that universe, and to distant star systems. I am looking for the extent of this building project. is it limited to a local region of space? to a galaxy? a cluster? Supercluster? Just bounce probes into the universe at various interstellar and intergalactic distances, checking for signs of these factories and other signs of life.
0, 4, 4 (the one that disassembled the probe) reassemble the data storage devices and attempt to get the video and audio feeds from this one. Can this be done? If so, what does the recording show?
Time permitting, send probes to new universes:
6, 0, 0
0, 6, 0
0, 0, 6Quote from: Dester to:BlOps away teamWelcome back. I trust your journey was enlightening?
I've decided to attempt to colonize the universe you just returned from, but outside of the organism you entered into. It looks like the organisms are planet sized, and carry a usable atmosphere. Interestingly, it appears that the planet organisms live inside a larger organism - one that is stellar system sized perhaps. additionally, there are smaller organisms living on the planetbeings. It is unclear how large and small these organisms can get - though a probe sent 200 billion light years away yielded some unusual results.
Anyway, if you are interested in working on the teams establishing base camps for that universe, go ahead and prepare lists of equipment, personnel, and other needs to send over.
We are also exploring that universe with the alleged human women in it. Something is still odd about hat one, but apparently the universe itself reads pretty close to our own in physical makeup. I may be willing to allow a small exploration party to access this universe soon. however, I want you all to be prepared for what you may encounter. Speak with Steve Saint about access to all the data he has collected on this universe. Be warned, his methods were not pretty.
Got it.Quote from: Vincent to: DesterOutside is probably better, I'm doing further probe testing now, but from what we saw, inside seems to work in a way similar to how our insides work, and therefor may have an immune system.
After reviewing -7,-7,-7 data (Highlighting in case there actually ARE memetic or other effects)Quote from: Vincent to: Steve SaintWhat the fuck Saint! I understand being cautious and assessing all threats, but opening interactions with another species with all out gratuitous violence is NOT ok. This goes beyond clinical detachment, and into sadist maliciousness!Quote from: Vincent to: DesterSaint overstepped some boundaries with how he handled -7,-7,-7. I'm not ok with the level of violence he chose to open with. As much as I would have jumped dick first into that universe, I DO understand the "Trap" vibes it was giving, but starting threat assessment out with all out massacre is not the way to do it
...All thing considered, aYou get it anyways.vivisectionautopsy isn't that hard with a full kit of other doctors. Go ahead without the mod. Let's find out what makes thes ladies tick, eh?
After autopsy, send tissue samples in for molecular analysis. How similar to our biology are they?
Send new probe to:
1,867,5309 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo)Quote from: Ryan to SaintI propose we allow a single male volunteer to sleep with one of the females from the orgy-verse (We should also find a better name for the universe).
Also, are these women inhabiting the entire livable universe, or a single planet?
Well, the drill one does its drilling for a while before something gets it from behind and then there's several minutes of jerking around before the feed cuts. Probe apparently came back half digested. The second one rams an ameoba, which then attacks it. Shoulda seen that coming.
The women are essentially human. Given they are from a different universe, though, there are differences, although mostly cosmetic. I would like a live subject out of the two left for a more... Orthodox method of communication.
It may be worth trying to get them to understand our own language, as they have proven their intelligence to be more than capable.
Yes, I had the autopsy observed and described for me. Good job.
Though the differences are significant, they are still disturbingly few. I disagree with your statement that they are cosmetic--no, cosmetically, the subjects are human, without any differences whatsoever. Only inside does the difference become plain, and even those differences are minor in the grand scheme of things. When I first heard of the universe these came from, I feared that there might be a more dangerous intelligence behind the similarity. Your autopsy has done little to assuage those fears.
Please, could you examine the specimen's reproductive system in more detail? Importantly, is it functional? While a functional reproductive system wouldn't dispel the possibility that these creatures were intelligently designed, a nonfunctional reproductive system would prove it.
Finally, the last two subjects are needed in an experiment I am running. However, one is simply a control which is unlikely to be necessary, so I suppose you are allowed to experiment with it on the condition that you try to avoid having any significant effect on the subject's mind. Additionally, it will be roboticized and fitted with a braincase, which in theory should assist your efforts.
I'd like to suggest these universes, assuming they haven't yet been tested:these have all been blocked, for reasons. Blacklisted, even.
3, 5, 4
4, 3, 5
4, 5, 3
5, 3, 4
5, 4, 3
Thanks boss. We're doing our best to maintain our humanity in here toughe times.
Did you specifically tell h. To kill those women? Because unless you did its not your fault. And I t's not just the killing that mothers me. It's Saint killing innocents for no good reason. This is differed than what we did, and you know it.
I'd take tug up on taut leave idae but I'm not sure if we should be resting while the world is ending. Priorities and all that. But thanks I'll keep it in midnight.
By the way, I found a universe that looks like it has huge thorns and things. You should take a look. I'm gone g to see if this place is all covered in this stuff, or if the probe just happened to land in a bush.
Sorry to bother you but my data of has been acting weird lately. I keep seeing these red squiggles every tinge I go to type do you think somethings is wrong with my screen maybe ? Also I motived that sometimes it changes my words randomly for no good reason. If you could fix it or send me a new pad that would be great.
these have all been blocked, for reasons. Blacklisted, even.
If it forms a right triangle it's blocked to prevent the summoning of the lurker.these have all been blocked, for reasons. Blacklisted, even.
Ah, I could not find any of them on the wiki.
I am quite interested in the reproduction cycle as well, considering they are all female. I hypothesize some degree of hermaphroditic qualities, but I am ready to be proven wrong.
I was hoping to keep them in their flesh suits for their own comfort, as it is easier to communicate when one side isn't screaming all the time, but I suppose I can make due.
You're a good man, General. I have looked at your thorny universe. Do not go into that thorn universe yourself. Only send unmanned probes, mkay? keep up the good work, my friend.
If it forms a right triangle it's blocked to prevent the summoning of the lurker.Oh, that's the relation? Interesting.
The project is coming along nicely. Testing and optimization is still ongoing, but I think we've progressed far enough and rooted out most big issues that we can start thinking about going into field testing. You have been working with the people doing multiverse exploring, correct? Could you send over a summary of what has been found and what has happened in regards to this?
Next to that, I'm thinking of first briefing Dester, see what comments or ideas he has, before moving on and telling the other explorers.
I agree, very little can be done to improve the project at this point. I will foward the relevant information to Mr. Gree.
For now, I am going to exclude our long-term plans for existential security. That information isn't particularly relevant to the black ops team, and they have shown themselves to be remarkably idealistic and naive when it comes to death.
Work on the colony modules we will be sending to other universes has largely been completed. Attached you will find detailed plans and schematics for the entire project, but I will list the highlights here.Spoiler: Structure and Supplies (click to show/hide)Spoiler: The Human Element (click to show/hide)Spoiler: InterUniversal Trade (click to show/hide)
Do you have any questions? If not, you should share these details with your team, and then we can begin colonizing the safer universes.
Good enough for me. I'd still like that exploration progress report though when you find the time, I don't feel like wading through all the raw data myself right now. A highlights reel of important events and promising or extraordinary realities will suffice for now.
About those long term plans, I can live with briefing them on that further down the line once we know more. We haven't explored the options on that well enough yet anyway to make up a final working plan, but for now we can focus on getting some functioning colonies going before we move on to that part of the plan. I'm not sure what to make of them being "idealistic and naive when it comes to death", though I'm gonna guess I'll find out when I read that report.
By the way, don't forget to put me in CC and to send through messages from other team members on this topic. I'll likely be coming over to Hep sooner or later to get more involved with the exploration and colonization effort, and I'd like to stay on top of things. That said, I do trust you and that team well enough to work with these colonies without fucking things up first chance there is or without me holding your hand every step of the way, just make sure I'm kept in the loop as far as possible.
i have several questions and a couple suggestions
1)Is not the current EUE capable of sending full sized ships? I understand that the "tag" is only several cubic meters in size, but it is certainly capable of sending much lager items than that. The upper limit of it's ability has not been declared to me.
2)What considerations have been made concerning long term handling of both the haebi flesh and the AIs of the colonies, in the event that either should develop traits harmful to humainity? It would be absurdly naive to assume that either will remain a docile and fully functional servant of humanity if left unchecked and unattended. Neither life nor machinery work that way.
3)I have been led to believe that the EUE we have now was the prototype, and took a significant portion of Doctor VonNost's ridiculously long life to design, test, and implement, due in part to the insanely high tolerances necessary for it's function. How confident is the team that has designed these new EUEs that they are not only effective in theory, but workable in alternate universes?
4)recommendation: I suggest we continue seeding the universes with traditional colonies in addition to these controlled incubators. We of ARM have had more success operating with minimal oversight than the citizens of the UWM have had, in regards to survival in difficult circumstances.
5) Is a metauniversal, united humanity the end goal? Communication between universes seems a reasonable goal, to an extent, but, it seems likely to me that human exploration would outpace interconnectivity over time. And considering the prevalence of harmful universes, especially including universes that infect human persons and mnds in such a way as to propagate harmfully through communication, it seems that allowing humanity to spread in isolated threads might be safer over all. I am rather surprised that you, with your rigorous communication protocols and general distaste of other cultures and of the risks of action, would champion such an interconnectivity.
Authorize an expedition to orgyverse, provided the expedition's plan of action meets Saint's safety concerns. Designate a particular test room exclusive for that team and mission. That continues to look like a remarkably good universe to colonize. or a very well designed trap.Ok.
Spiders: press buttons that make the little spider robot dolls move. have it rigged so that certain buttons on the game device light up when the robot moves. Attempt to replicate some of the common motion groupings the spiders display. If we have an idea of what "hello" looks like in their motion structure, do that, and light up a corresponding set of keys. I am trying to map the motion of the real spiders to both the robot toys and to the keypad, in a way that the spiders can tell I am doing so. Hopefully they get the hint and start pressing buttons that make the spider dolls wiggle and dance and devour the souls of the innocent Does this make sense?
Waitingverse Continue to wait for long distance probes to reach glass spheres.
Recursive creatureverse Confirming that we have a few teams establishing base camps and preparing to set up colonies on the upper reaches of the planetcreatures.
Tiem permitting, send probes to new universes:
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6, 0, 6
0, 6, 6
The probe pulled away so as not to be damaged, but the amoeba gave chase as best it could.
Well, the drill one does its drilling for a while before something gets it from behind and then there's several minutes of jerking around before the feed cuts. Probe apparently came back half digested. The second one rams an ameoba, which then attacks it. Shoulda seen that coming.
What happened to the probe after it was attacked? Check status of the colony in Caveverse
1.Okay the orgyverse expedition, on the condition that the team leader is female. I.E, either Twinwolf or an NPC. Furnish them with a shuttle capable of orbit-surface-orbit travel, several robosods, and a QEC linked to a QEC which we will keep in our own universe. The second QEC will be transferred into the orgyverse every twenty minutes, downloading any useful data and asking the away team if they want to be pulled out, before returning home so that the data can be reviewed. They will not have a set mission duration.1. Okie dokie. I still like how you guys assume it's an all female dimension just because you only saw females in the specific area you were in.
2.Check up on that probe which was headed to the second planet. What is OVP-2 like? Earthlike, without a major civilization, again?
3.Have some scientists dev up a modified braincase which can house and function on a brain from one of the women from the Orgyverse.
4.If 3 succeeded this turn, take two of the still-living women and put their brains inside the modified braincases. One is our control, and will be left in our universe, while the other will be sent back into the orgyverse for a minute, then ten minutes, then an hour (while the surroundings are recorded by a probe). Are there ever any notable deviations?
5.Finally, last turn Ozark sent a probe to universe (0,6,0), and what came back caused the viewing sods to leave their booths. Blacklist that universe, and quarantine both the sods who saw the probe and the videos themselves. But don't send the probe back unless the quarantined sods start dying or acting dangerously.
6.Ask the quarantined sods what they saw. Any response?
7.Do a sonar scan of the testing room which contains that probe. Have a computer program analyze it for deviations from the expected shape. Anything interesting?
((D'aww, the spiders are adorable!))
((I'm glad our first real interaction with xenos is not "Everyone kills each other"))
Wonderful, basically human. This is good. Will my haebi arms accept this flesh? Try to assimilate it to bridge the gap between my arms across the back of my shoulders and make them a whole "single" entity.
But wait, if they're all female, how do they procreate? Do they fertilize their own eggs, a la that one kind of lizard, or are they more hermaphroditic, like sea slugs?
Have any spiders died yet? I would like to autopsy one of them if so. If not, leave them be... For now.Quote from: Ryan to SSThe women are essentially human. Given they are from a different universe, though, there are differences, although mostly cosmetic. I would like a live subject out of the two left for a more... Orthodox method of communication.Quote from: Ryan to DesterIt may be worth trying to get them to understand our own language, as they have proven their intelligence to be more than capable.
The first probe clears the bramble and gives a view of...hmm. Imagine being inside a giant cylinder. Now imagine that cylinder's interior was completely over grown with flowering thorn bushes. Now imagine that the flower part of the thorn bush was several miles in diameter. Thats basically what you see. The flowers are also slowly moving. One to the far left of the probe suddenly seems to vanish into thin air.Quote from: Gus to: Duster GrewThanks boss. We're doing our best to maintain our humanity in here toughe times.
Did you specifically tell h. To kill those women? Because unless you did its not your fault. And I t's not just the killing that mothers me. It's Saint killing innocents for no good reason. This is differed than what we did, and you know it.
I'd take tug up on taut leave idae but I'm not sure if we should be resting while the world is ending. Priorities and all that. But thanks I'll keep it in midnight.
By the way, I found a universe that looks like it has huge thorns and things. You should take a look. I'm gone g to see if this place is all covered in this stuff, or if the probe just happened to land in a bush.
Pokey-verse (Brambleverse?): Send a probe to a location 50 meters higher than the previous probe on the z-axis. Continue sending probes to incrementally higher elevaions, until either we see something of interest or we find the exterior of the bush. If after 10 attempts, we don't see anything, send a probe to a location 50 km higher on the z axis and see what happens.
Time permitting, repeat this process for both the positive and negative directions on each axis.
Other: Find this ship's IT person, if such a person exists, and see if they can "fix" my datapad. If there isn't such a person aboard this ship, see if Hephaestus has something similar and send them the following message:Quote from: Gus to: Tech peopleSorry to bother you but my data of has been acting weird lately. I keep seeing these red squiggles every tinge I go to type do you think somethings is wrong with my screen maybe ? Also I motived that sometimes it changes my words randomly for no good reason. If you could fix it or send me a new pad that would be great.
It's interesting that the spiders can be so smart while being so small. Are there any known xenos in our own universe that can get such high intelligence to size ratio?Not all of them are small. Remember, the average size is about the size of a basketball with legs, some are even larger, and there are many that are smaller. The larger ones seem to be the ones actively doing things, the smallest ones are just wandering aimlessly.
If there are any deceased spiders around, it would be worth looking into their neural structure, to see if we could reproduce it for more compact wetware computers.
Begin pre-recording messages for use by the Mission 27 units. The 'flavor' of the speeches to be recorded should be "Stop rioting and feel bad about yourselves", "Please disregard our violence", "Come with us if you want to live", "Don't you fucking dare carry weapons or attack us" and "You can either stay here, in this doomed universe hoping we don't just nuke your sorry asses out of spite, or you can go through the portal (probably) live".Heh. Well, you have a lot of char so it might go well. Done.
That second planet in orgyverse is extremely worrying. Any ideas folks?
Also, as suspected, cavernverse is inhospitable as it now is. Any ideas for modifications to it or our colony there for long term viability? My only current hope is to find a much larger cavern with a less drastic gravity gradient, that has usable soil, or at least can sustain soil (we can import large quantities of soil form this universe if necessary, possibly).
Finally, we have sent single probes which didn't return from the universe they were sent to. We have not reexamined those universes at all, though the probe could have simply ported into a bad location within the universe. If anyone wants to send secondary probes to those universes at different entry points, feel free. Personally, I have been acting under the assumption that the universes that don't return our pres are hostile, or at least, not worth our time, since we have just an infinite number of universes to check out as it is.
Females are indeed female; My research has led me to believe that these demihumans have evolved much like us, but without the symmetry of most of our systems. Their tissue samples are very similar to our own, even to the point of my haebi-enhanced limbs being willing to accept the flesh.
I am running a search for males now, and will bring three back if found; I trust you will be able to make good use of two of them.
I believe we have our first candidate for the first run at the Sharkmist/Haebi supported colonies. 0,9,0 is rich in industrial resources, and is livable with minor issues (The weird gravity is causing issues with the colonists, but nothing severe or lethal as of yet), but as of yet, it hasn't been able to reach self sufficiency. Would the Heabi/Sharkmist system allow for the growth and self sustinence of life support systems? (food, water, air etc.)
Well, the drilling one appears to insight the wrath of something that looks kind of like the amoeba but is much larger. It seems to extrude straight out of the wall and immediately grabs the drilling probe with a single pseudopod, yanking it into itself and bombarding it with billiard ball sized lysosomes, dissolving the probe.
4 probes sent to analverse for 4 hours. Have one drill into the intestinal lining while the other watches it (careful to avoid whatever attacked the last one), and keep doing so the entire time. Have another programmed to find an ameoba and ram it, letting the ameoba do whatever it wants to it afterwards, and another probe watch that one avoiding the ameoba's wrath should it turn it's attention on it.... stop being a chicken and just watch the feeds directly this time
@Gus' datapad: nothing is wrong with it. Gus' mind of -2 is in effect. He is spelling things badly, and the pad is having fits, tossing up error lines everywhere. he is trying to fix the wrong thing, as a person with -2 mind would do.
@Spiders:design a game for the spiders on the comm device that they seem to enjoy so much. Have it involve eating, drinking, exploring an obstacle course, and even interacting with an unknown, potentially friendly, alien entity. include very basic space english language learning tools, and give rewards for completing tasks, especially those involved learningthelanguage and interacting with the weird aliens (that look suspiciously like humans).
@cavernverse look for a larger cavern with a smoother gravity gradiaent. Do this via the standard "send probes at it until something works." Also, send probes to set distances, increasing exponentially, until we are reasonably confident whehave discovered the size of that universe, or have found the outside of it.
message to creatureverse colony: "it's turtles all the way down, bitches."
Probes to new universes:
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0, 7, 0
0, 0, 7Quote from: Dester to BLOPSThat second planet in orgyverse is extremely worrying. Any ideas folks?
Also, as suspected, cavernverse is inhospitable as it now is. Any ideas for modifications to it or our colony there for long term viability? My only current hope is to find a much larger cavern with a less drastic gravity gradient, that has usable soil, or at least can sustain soil (we can import large quantities of soil form this universe if necessary, possibly).
Finally, we have sent single probes which didn't return from the universe they were sent to. We have not reexamined those universes at all, though the probe could have simply ported into a bad location within the universe. If anyone wants to send secondary probes to those universes at different entry points, feel free. Personally, I have been acting under the assumption that the universes that don't return our pres are hostile, or at least, not worth our time, since we have just an infinite number of universes to check out as it is.
Send a probe to the unsymmetrical-humen-verse. Look for males. Find out, if possible, what influence we've had on them so far. Are they living in villages, towns, or tribes of sorts?
Abduct three males. Give two to Syv.
With my remaining male (assuming I found them), run some very basic psychology and intelligence tests. Things you'd give an ape. Picture assosiaction, object-centered maths, et cetera.
Oh, harvest some viable eggs from a female; there's bound to be one in the batch of three corpses. Find a male "volunteer" (or use whatever's on hand) and attempt to fertilize the egg. I'm sure we have baby-growing stuff hanging around here. Otherwise, we might as well just implant the egg into a female surrogate "volunteer".And by volunteer I mean whomever happens to look like a good fit at the time.Quote from: Ryan to SaintFemales are indeed female; My research has led me to believe that these demihumans have evolved much like us, but without the symmetry of most of our systems. Their tissue samples are very similar to our own, even to the point of my haebi-enhanced limbs being willing to accept the flesh.
I am running a search for males now, and will bring three back if found; I trust you will be able to make good use of two of them.
(Saint hacked into Gus' datapad last turn and, without Gus' knowing it, installed spell-checking/autocorrect software. As a result, Gus believes that something is wrong with his datapad. Rather than attempt to fix it himself, as he's tempted to do, he's decided to report the "error" to whatever tech support Heph happens to have.)Phase two probe seems fine and when you ram the flower, nothing happens. The flower doesn't vanish though, so maybe you rammed the wrong one?
Brambleverse- Send over a phase two probe. After that, try ramming a probe into one of the flowers. See what happens.
Probes to new Universes:
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Send the files to the Mission 27 people. Then, because Charle's Fate is too low to dare pray, immediately begin recording messages directed at the Mission 27 people with content along the lines of "What the fuck is wrong with you people? You ought to all stop, feel bad about yourselves and maybe contemplate suicide."Done.
Send a Phase 2 Probe to the Spiderverse, search for "population centers" of sorts to film. The Probe should keep its distance though, lest it spark hostilities.
Send a modified Probe to the Claymore Foil Universe (123,456,789). The probe should be completely covered in modular plating that may be ejected. Have it return to a Null where an observing Probe awaits it and attempt to eject all its plates save for a single small plate left on its top.
((Ugh. There's a bunch of things I should be answering, but I feel exhausted, and I really don't want to make Saint say something stupid... sagain. Sorry. :( ))((The band radiohead is watching the game? Didn't expect that!))
Orgyverse:
1.Collect as much data about the signal as we can. Do our scientists think we can replicate it?
2.Set the scoutship to orbit the metallic moon. Is the signal being broadcasted in all directions, or is it being directed specifically towards OVP-1 [the first planet]?
3.Send an additional two scoutships to the orgyverse, one equipped with significant drilling equipment, and one equipped with a squad of well-armed heavy robosods. Make them rendezvous with the first scoutship.
Sods Clinging to Probe:
4.Shock all but two of the sods which are clinging to the probe. Then, equip six normal robosods with sonar equipment, and disable their normal senses. Send the six into the room, to nonlethally peel the two mindfucked sods off the probe. Once they're off, send the probe to a null universe, and leave it there.BukkakeverseOur universe:
5.Ask the Doctor how long it would take to build a second EUE, which has a carrying capacity sufficient to transfer a QEC and small computer + data storage. Basically, just a comms probe.
6.Ask him if he thinks such a thing could be built and be functional, in the cavernverse.Spoiler: Heap Of Responses (click to show/hide)
((The summary for Radiohead comes later.))
It seems your wanton massacre has affected the tribe. They're now running from our probes.
I would like to request an excursion to the planet. For plant and tissue samples, for contagions, and to hopefully rectify the situation so they are not so fearful of their new masters.
I would require, if allowed, a botanist, microbiologist, six interns (two each for the scientists and two medical interns for me), four non-sod guards, and equipment to match.
Quote from: Vincent to: Steve Saint CC: General Miyamoto De BergeracI believe we have our first candidate for the first run at the Sharkmist/Haebi supported colonies. 0,9,0 is rich in industrial resources, and is livable with minor issues (The weird gravity is causing issues with the colonists, but nothing severe or lethal as of yet), but as of yet, it hasn't been able to reach self sufficiency. Would the Heabi/Sharkmist system allow for the growth and self sustinence of life support systems? (food, water, air etc.)
Yes, as long as that universe is not completely inhospitable then it should be able to accommodate colonists given time to set up infrastructure.
My advice would be to do the following steps:
1) Send over some more resources so the people currently there don't starve if there's problems. Or take them back or set up a close monitoring system, to ensure they don't get stranded.
2) Load the parameters of the universe into a VR machine and run an AI on it for a little while. That should allow you to get an idea of how the colony would tackle the issues presented, without having to commit just yet.
3) Send a small sample of Heabi and/or sharkmist over in a controlled way with plenty of failsaves and contingencies, to check for possible weird effects.
4) Then, if you are satisfied with the results from VR testing and sample test, select the colony modules you need (or follow the AI's recommendations) and send them over. Probably best to keep monitoring its progress closely, this would be its first extra-universal field test, after all.
Be sure to coordinate with Dester and Saint during all of this, though I probably don't need to tell you that.
Yes, as long as that universe is not completely inhospitable then it should be able to accommodate colonists given time to set up infrastructure.
My advice would be to do the following steps:
1) Send over some more resources so the people currently there don't starve if there's problems. Or take them back or set up a close monitoring system, to ensure they don't get stranded.
2) Load the parameters of the universe into a VR machine and run an AI on it for a little while. That should allow you to get an idea of how the colony would tackle the issues presented, without having to commit just yet.
3) Send a small sample of Heabi and/or sharkmist over in a controlled way with plenty of failsaves and contingencies, to check for possible weird effects.
4) Then, if you are satisfied with the results from VR testing and sample test, select the colony modules you need (or follow the AI's recommendations) and send them over. Probably best to keep monitoring its progress closely, this would be its first extra-universal field test, after all.
Be sure to coordinate with Dester and Saint during all of this, though I probably don't need to tell you that.
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Dester I sent a message to Saint and General Miyamoto requesting we attempt our first sharkmist colony in the cavern/cave-verse as it is rich with resources, but not with life support. This was General Miyamoto's response. This plan of action seems reasonable to me and I would like to get started on it. Any objections?
Go for it. The only real failsafe we probably need for sending over the sharkmist and haebi flesh is location. send it to a cavern some distance from ours.
if it goes feral, we can abandon that universe as too much work for the reward, since apparently we need to massively change the structure of the universe to make colonies sustainable there.
of course, I won't stop you from using other fail-safes, but I think we sent a few artifacts over once before, and I believe a sharksuit was among those artifacts.
I'm with you in thinking location will be enough. If a bad reaction happens far enough away, we'll have ample time to evacuate the colonists. If we can't make it self sustainable, there isn't much point in continuing the colony
Dear Mr. Leroux,
Please accept my thanks for the attached messages. I look forward to testing them in the field, as I suspect they will be quite effective. In fact, might I ask if you would be willing to develop and test further messages to help M27 succeed?
I think the mission might benefit from more research in the following areas:I'm sure you can think of other, similar avenues of research which would also be helpful. I believe that any time you could spare for this effort would be quite beneficial to Team Hurricane's activities. If you do decide to devote some time to this research, I would respectfully request that you test your results before sending them to Hurricane or others.
- "Buffs" or inspirational speeches granting temporary or even permanent benefits.
- Determining the degree to which charismatic speeches can bend reality for both defensive and offensive applications.
- Directed effectiveness— having speeches' negative effects only affect enemy combatants and positive effects only affect ARM troopers.
- Developing "antidotes" to negate the effects of speeches (such as "don't you dare carry weapons or attack us") when accidentally deployed against ARM troopers.
- Speeches to knock listening enemy combatants unconscious.
Thank you,
Pneuma South
I believe you may want to contact your superior officers about the applications of speeches if they are having such effects. As far as I know, they should not be directly altering reality and any symptoms of such may be signs of an anomaly or the further decay of our universe.
And I would call into question the effectiveness of my messages until they have been deployed, for it is hard to write a speech knowing neither the exact audience nor the precise circumstances. If you believe it to be useful, I could indeed record more messages, though they are only as effective as well-written propaganda at best, I could indeed try my hand at a rallying speech, but past experience tells me that encouragement is the very last possible thing our forces need. Is there any specific circumstance you feel you would need a speech for?
I have seen something happen that should not be possible— a Gordon Freeman was able to call out the names of civilians he had never met before, using those names to calm them down with a speech. His charisma appeared to have given him telepathic abilities of some sort, suggesting that applied charisma may have greater effects than were previously considered possible.
Could you please record a speech to encourage teammates not to kill each other? There was an incident here that nearly resulted in several deaths. That would be potentially useful. I am also curious as to the effectiveness of a rallying speech promoting increased marksmanship ability, so please do record such a speech as well if you have a moment.
Thank you,
P. South
Then you may be better off contacting him for his aid. It is not impossible for one to demonstrate seemingly supernatural abilities, there was even a soldier who could make incoming fire miss and resurrect the dead. I know I am not such a kind of person, but this Freeman you refer to might very well be. Being in the field, and having apparently demonstrated such capabilities he may be a better person to make such requests to.
But if my recorded speeches start exhibiting similar anomalous behavior, then it may be cause for concern.
As for friendly fire, that is a matter best handled by your superior officers. There is no real way to prerecord a speech and know the exact circumstances of such events, and often in such cases, no words however rational or emotional will persuade them otherwise.
Thank you for your reply. I will contact Freeman to see if his abilities can assist Hurricane.
Dear Mr Freeman,
I am contacting you in the hopes that you can aid Team Hurricane as it continues to try to pacify and recruit civilians. Recently I observed you call out the names of several civilians you (I assume) had never met before. You seem to have exhibited some form of telepathy.
How did you develop these abilities? And is there a way for your abilities to be transfered to others, or put to use for the benefit of M27?
Thank you,
Pneuma South
We'll assume you get yourself and deploy 1 km away in the middle of the jungle.Quote from: Ryan to SaintIt seems your wanton massacre has affected the tribe. They're now running from our probes.
I would like to request an excursion to the planet. For plant and tissue samples, for contagions, and to hopefully rectify the situation so they are not so fearful of their new masters.
I would require, if allowed, a botanist, microbiologist, six interns (two each for the scientists and two medical interns for me), four non-sod guards, and equipment to match.
Fuck it, we're going live. Take the above mentioned and deploy a km away from the tribe. Have a probe return every 3 hours so I can request additional supplies and what not, or begin to mount an evac in case of hostiles. Also take along some equipment to get an idea of what the giant planet thing is doing to this planet, and some countermeasures to preserve our own life. Also include what amounts to a FoB.
Spiders send in a couple robots and a sod. see if they tear them apart or infest the sod. If they don't, then send in a robot with food. If they do, send them home, I guess. I don't really have any end game with the spiders. They and their universe don't seem useful to us, really.They do not eat or attack the robots or sods. They seem cautiously curious, but since the robots and sod aren't attacking them, they don't attack back.
Caverns elevate all colonies by placing them on platforms above the ground (if this helps with the gravity gradient).
Send a science team to do experiments on the unnatural (continent sized) sapphire that Gus got his sapphire from.
locate caverns with lighter gravity, and if one is found that is more suitable for colonization, move the colony there.
Fungalverse what was the environment like? Send a second probe, to a point high enough up that it wold be in orbit if this universe works the way ours does, and see what is out there.
Time permitting, Send probes to new universes:
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7, 0, 7
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Finally: wiki people take note: remove the blacklist designation from orgyverse.
DoneQuote from: Forward to: Dester Gree, Steve SaintYes, as long as that universe is not completely inhospitable then it should be able to accommodate colonists given time to set up infrastructure.
My advice would be to do the following steps:
1) Send over some more resources so the people currently there don't starve if there's problems. Or take them back or set up a close monitoring system, to ensure they don't get stranded.
2) Load the parameters of the universe into a VR machine and run an AI on it for a little while. That should allow you to get an idea of how the colony would tackle the issues presented, without having to commit just yet.
3) Send a small sample of Heabi and/or sharkmist over in a controlled way with plenty of failsaves and contingencies, to check for possible weird effects.
4) Then, if you are satisfied with the results from VR testing and sample test, select the colony modules you need (or follow the AI's recommendations) and send them over. Probably best to keep monitoring its progress closely, this would be its first extra-universal field test, after all.
Be sure to coordinate with Dester and Saint during all of this, though I probably don't need to tell you that.
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Dester I sent a message to Saint and General Miyamoto requesting we attempt our first sharkmist colony in the cavern/cave-verse as it is rich with resources, but not with life support. This was General Miyamoto's response. This plan of action seems reasonable to me and I would like to get started on it. Any objections?
If there is no objections from Saint or Dester
1) Send over more resources to cave-verse so the people currently there don't starve
2) Load the parameters of the universe into a VR machine and run an AI on it for a little while to get an idea of how the colony would tackle the issues presented
3) Send a small sample of Heabi and/or sharkmist over in a very remote section of the cave-verse with camera probes to see how it reacts to the new universe
Did you process those new universes? Which universe did the damaged probe return from?7,7,49 was the only one not null.
If you missed them, send probes to new universes (7,7,49), (70,70,490), (-777,-777,-777).
Lodge a complaint regarding the structural integrity of ARM datapads with whoever I feel is most appropriate to whine to on Hephaestus. Demand a free replacement.
Have the probe keep its distance from the Cocoons, and search for signs of anything moving between them. Immediately halt that if another M26 member objects to itWell in that case the probe wanders the darkness for a while and finds microscopic particles of something, but thats it.
Just detach.Quote from: C. Leroux -> P. SouthI believe you may want to contact your superior officers about the applications of speeches if they are having such effects. As far as I know, they should not be directly altering reality and any symptoms of such may be signs of an anomaly or the further decay of our universe.
And I would call into question the effectiveness of my messages until they have been deployed, for it is hard to write a speech knowing neither the exact audience nor the precise circumstances. If you believe it to be useful, I could indeed record more messages, though they are only as effective as well-written propaganda at best, I could indeed try my hand at a rallying speech, but past experience tells me that encouragement is the very last possible thing our forces need. Is there any specific circumstance you feel you would need a speech for?
The sapphire is not actually a sapphire, according to them. It's made with several compounds they're unfamiliar with, most of which seem artificial in their structure.(("Them" being the scientists Gus had examine the sapphire before.))
I confess that I am at a bit of a standstill with communications with the spiders from spiderverse. they are intelligent and reasonable enough not to immediately eat or fight with sods who come into contact with them. I have no real further direction to go with testing them and have failed to discover a way in which we can be mutually beneficial. If anyone has any nonlethal suggestions, I am open to them. otherwise, I intend to return them to their home universe and let it be.
((So, what files were sent to misson 27 people?))((the only ones I know of are the speeches Charles sent to calm refugees and attempt to straighten out some newbies.))
((Ah, okay. Wanted to know if there was anything else I could use to calm the civi's down))((So, what files were sent to misson 27 people?))((the only ones I know of are the speeches Charles sent to calm refugees and attempt to straighten out some newbies.))
Those are interesting questions. I wondered myself if returning the spiders to their homeverse would infect them. I suspect it wold not. We've only seen them infect rabbits so far, and the largest that came forth are roughly the size of a basketball. Note that they have not infected any of the creatures we sent into contact with them in this universe - only in their universe of origin.
Ah, but isn't that exactly why we ask the questions? Of course I have expectations about the result of such an experiment, but we cannot know the answer until we test our expectations. If the spiders are infected by the universe which created them, that would show that they are a result of cross-contamination between the two universes, and not a true denizen of that universe. The fact that the spiders themselves are not infectious lends support to that theory, I believe; if the infection was the method the spiders use for reproduction, they should have the capability to infect more beings.
This question is a mere curiosity, but any information can become useful. Many of the greatest scientific innovations came about unintentionally, even here on Hephaestus.
((the QEC works in one universe or the other, but the point I am making is - the EUE sends the probe, the probe is fired on, we have no way of knowing this happens until we pull that probe or the observing probe back to this universe. So we, what? We repeatedly send and return an observing probe? At what interval is that possible? is it possible within sufficient intervals to a)record the first firing of the automated defenses, then b) pull the probe which is fired on out of that universe? And again, if we are repeatedly sending and returning an observation probe, the uncertainty in tentry point means it might not land near enough to the other planet, or to the side facing our first probe, to record anything at all.))
With no objections from Dester/Saint/Miya...
Can the Autocolonies self deploy? (No human interaction). If so send one a good distance away from the inhabited colony (Preferrably at least the distance of a once around earth), and have probes occasionally check in and monitor how it sets up and how well it functions after is it sets up.
Dear Mr. Freeman,
I apologize if my previous correspondence was too probing or forward. Please feel free to let me know if you would not be interested in working with me under any circumstances, in which case I would be sure to never disturb you again.
The apparent telepathic ability you have demonstrated fascinates me, and I am hopeful that you would be open to some safe and simple experimentation to determine the extent and potential applications of your abilities. I would be happy to compensate you for your time.
Please let me know if you have any interest in this proposition at all, in which case I would be happy to negotiate payment and details.
Thank you,
Pneuma South
I have made progress on work regarding the universe (123,456,789), which has the effect of coating probes in a "foil" that violently explodes outwards upon the slightest physical contact. I believe we may soon be able to harvest and transport it well enough to begin experimentation upon it, the most obvious application of course being that of a weapon. The problem is, this foil has demonstrated the capacity to render entire testing rooms inoperable.
Hence I would like to request the usage of a testing room under the disclaimer that it may very well be rendered inoperable by the experiments conducted within..
I beleive you wer the one placed in command of this effort, if you are not, please ignore, if you are then listen.
I am currently going to speak to a leader and represenative of the civilians of the island we are on. I request data of the universes that are to be colonized to give to them with hopes that it can better convince them to go with us.
Ultimately the decision is yours...
Now how do I turn this thing off
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Why does it keep typing what I am saying.,,
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FOB set up successfully. Please run any future local tests by me while I attempt to learn more about this planet.
The planetoid is all yours. I do not care for it nor wish to deal with it personally.
You have approval for one testing room for those experiments. If you get to a point at which you feel that interaction with that universe is "safe" enough that bringing probes into our universe in, say, voidspace, would not risk widespread destruction, we will review the situation and perhaps you can make use of some planetoids or other desolate places for more of your tests - places perhaps with less maintenance overhead.
You have been quite detailed and thorough in your testing of this "Claymore" universe. I look forward to more.
I have been reviewing the personnel roster for your mission. I am a little unclear on your level of authority, both within your own mission, and in regards to access to information from ours. Are you not under the authority and supervision of a more veteran team? How did yo ucome to be appointed to act as ambassador to these people? Forgive me if I have misunderstood something - these organizational rosters are often anything but organized.
Will you then be staying inside that universe for extended periods of time? I will forward all requests for experiments in regard to the intitial planet in that universe to you. We are still waiting on the results of Mr. saint's latest in regard to the planetoid. It appears to be on something of a similar level of technology to us, though I can't make that claim a certainty by any means. Are you prepared to deal with potential hostiles of a similar tech level to the UWM?
The vet teams seen quite with what I'm doing as right now I am coordinating the actions of two of the rookie teams and minimizing the damage caused by the third.
I've also been placed in charge of Hurricane team, I wish for these documents to help subdue and calm the populouse near the mansion and plantation. I've gotten the pleasure then to meet with a represenative of these citizens.
I'm currently only prepared for dealing with the locals; I will be on the lookout for further interference and will request backup as necessary.,
1. They find that the sapphire is made of materials that, in our universe, would be atomically unstable to the point of having half lives in the minutes or seconds. Something about the proximity to the ground in that universe stabilized them. They do a quick scan of the inhabitants of the colony there and find that the illness they feel isn't just due to gravity differences, but due to the formation of small amounts of aberrant materials in the feet and legs of the people, causing a form of poisoning. Getting them higher up seems to have drastically reduced this, but not eliminated it.The sapphire is not actually a sapphire, according to them. It's made with several compounds they're unfamiliar with, most of which seem artificial in their structure.(("Them" being the scientists Gus had examine the sapphire before.))
I wanted to find out if further testing of the sapphire revealed any additional clues, or if the artificial nature was simply a construct of the gravity gradient in the Cavernverse.
If we haven't already collected information on the mineral deposits in cavern 2 of Cavernverse, send some harvesters to collect samples. Run the AI colony program with the added information of having those mineral deposits as resources.
Fungalverse: Send probes to various heights, starting at 100 meters and going up from there, to see how far up they can go before failing to return or being destroyed. record everything they see and experience, including atmospheric makeup further up. Send additional probes 100 miles in four directions from the original entry popint to see if the fungal forest extends that far in each direction. Also record whatever they find.
Edit: Spiders:send several probes to the spiderverse containing different types of organics:
a) several different swarms of insects
b) fish
c) large mammals
d) sods
e) robobodies (not organic, but still ...)
f) a mewling fleshmass
g) Haebi flesh
h) a sample of sharkmist, such as a sharksuit or a sharkmist vat (also not organic, I believe, but still ...)
Which of the above spawns spiders, which do not, and which, if any, fail to return (possibly due to having been eaten). are there any that act oddly, beyond what has already been observed?Quote from: Dester to: ExtraUniversalExploration TeamI confess that I am at a bit of a standstill with communications with the spiders from spiderverse. they are intelligent and reasonable enough not to immediately eat or fight with sods who come into contact with them. I have no real further direction to go with testing them and have failed to discover a way in which we can be mutually beneficial. If anyone has any nonlethal suggestions, I am open to them. otherwise, I intend to return them to their home universe and let it be.
I think they, at least dester, might complain. Because gravity cancer.
With no objections from Dester/Saint/Miya...
Can the Autocolonies self deploy? (No human interaction). If so send one a good distance away from the inhabited colony (Preferrably at least the distance of a once around earth), and have probes occasionally check in and monitor how it sets up and how well it functions after is it sets up.
Orgyverse:They have proteins similar to our own, but with their 4th level structure slightly disrupted. As you would expect.
1.You mentioned that the metallic moon's signal inhibits the formation of some 4th level proteins. I'd like to have some of the corpses we've retrieved from that universe to be inspected--do they have any of those proteins?
2.Gentlefish sent two live male specimens to me. Have them both contained in remote, shielded containment rooms. One of them will continually be exposed to a replicated version of the above signal, while one will be left untouched. I'll leave them there to examine the long-term effects. Also get a few healthy human test subjects, and put them into a containment chamber with the weird signal.
3.The scoutship in orbit of the metallic moon noticed automated defensive systems. Are they aiming at the probe? If so, let the probe be shot, but transfer it back to our universe after the first couple hits. ((EDIT: We should have enough reaction time to do this, because the scoutship is communicating through a QEC, which can be transferred in and out of that universe as fast as the EUE is capable.)) If it's not being aimed at, let it continue to orbit the moon, building a map of the defensive systems.
4.If the automated defense systems are inactive, the other two scoutships should continue orbiting towards the first scoutship. If the turrets are active, keep them away from the moon.
5.Start sending small ships with military equipment into the orgyverse, temporarily. Have them test our most important equipment--stuff like assaultsuits, MK.IIIs, hexsand, hexbug, sharkmist, blurad batteries, etc. Broadly speaking, does most of our advanced tech work, or not? Especially important is hexsand, as it allows us to make our warships nigh-invulnerable to conventional attack.
6.Is our current EUE large enough to send our large warships into alternate universes, or would we have to build smaller warships? No, we don't have any specifications for what our warships are.
7....Uh, send a bunch of robosods (with human NPC supervisors) and equipment to the origin point of the orgyverse, and have them clean up the massacre as much as possible. Once they're done, bring them back immediately.
Other stuff:
8.Ask the sods who were clinging to the probe why they were doing so. Do not let them leave the containment room.
9.Start on the process to manufacture new EUEs, focusing on getting production of the smallest ones ready, first. About when should we be able to assemble the first ones? A couple of turns?Spoiler: Communications (click to show/hide)
(7,7,49) - Send another phase 1 probe to the same location for half a second, and then bring it back. Have the camera feed examined. Have another probe do the same thing 1 mile higher on the z axis.Can't. Saint is spamming a QEC box.
Brambleverse- Send another phase 1 probe to the same location, and fly it over to the location where the flower disappeared. Has it reappeared? Is there any sign of the flower, or has it simply vanished from existence?
Order another probe to be deployed repeatedly to a single location not far from where the flower disappeared. It should be deployed for 15 minute intervals, in between which the camera and sensor data should be returned and examined. Do this as many times as possible over a 24 hour period.
New universe probes (time permitting):
5,5,5
8,8,8
6,6,-36
-36,-36,-36
NopeQuote from: C. Leroux -> Command D. GreeI have made progress on work regarding the universe (123,456,789), which has the effect of coating probes in a "foil" that violently explodes outwards upon the slightest physical contact. I believe we may soon be able to harvest and transport it well enough to begin experimentation upon it, the most obvious application of course being that of a weapon. The problem is, this foil has demonstrated the capacity to render entire testing rooms inoperable.
Hence I would like to request the usage of a testing room under the disclaimer that it may very well be rendered inoperable by the experiments conducted within..
For my following actions I would like the define the following terms:
Claymore Foil Universe - The universe with coordinates (123,456,789) and the metallic foil
Plate Probe - A probe with modular plating that it can release so that it ends up with only one foil-covered plate left after venturing into the Claymore Foil Universe
Observer Probe - A simple probe with cameras that wait for a Plate Probe in a Null universe, each carries numerous Camera Drones and one Poke Drone
Camera Drone - A small expendable drone with high speed cameras that transmit their feeds to the Observer drone
Poke Drone - A small expendable drone designed to be released by an Observer Probe and moved to collide with a Plate Probe's foil-covered plate
- Send a Plate Probe to the universe and then to a Null and detach all the other plates. Have the Observer Probe hide on the side of the Plate Probe opposite the remaining foil-covered plate. The Camera Drones will spread out and observe as the Poke Drone makes a head-on collision. Observe the scatter pattern of the foil and the residue, as well as their velocity and any sort of odd phenomena.
- Repeat 1. but with different Poke Probe collision angles. Observe the effects on the scatter pattern.
- Repeat 1. but with a different Plate Probe plate shapes, such as concave and convex plates. Observe the effects on the scatter pattern.
- Send the results of 1. 2. and 3. to some qualified NPC members to extrapolate the data and model what sort of shape is ideal for the purpose of use in an artillery shell. Repeat 1. with that sort of shape.
- Send the results of 1. 2. 3. and 4. to some qualified NPC members to extrapolate the data and model what sort of shape is ideal for the purpose of use in a projectile weapon. Repeat 1. with that sort of shape.
- Repeat 1. but have two plates of the Plate Probe remain foil covered. The plates should be very close to each other, but not touching. Does triggering one set off the other?
Quote from: Ryan to Dester CC: SaintFOB set up successfully. Please run any future local tests by me while I attempt to learn more about this planet.
The planetoid is all yours. I do not care for it nor wish to deal with it personally.
1) How does this planet feel? Is it comfortable? Humid? earth-like? Or is it the paradise we're looking for?
2) collect air samples and soil samples. Test for pathogens. Analyse microbial life. Does it pose any substantial threat to colonists?
3) Can we assume ourselves guarded from the signal? If not, requisition such protection. I like having my proteins intact. ((Yeah that sounds bad. We'll have to blow up that planetoid.))
4) Have (escorted) botanist collect plant matter samples within 50-meters around the entirety of the FOB. We will analyses these later, for sake of God's time.
5) Have non-scientist units clear an area of no less that 50 metres around the entirety of the FOB.
1. They find that the sapphire is made of materials that, in our universe, would be atomically unstable to the point of having half lives in the minutes or seconds. Something about the proximity to the ground in that universe stabilized them.((Does this mean Gus's sapphire is disintegrated now?))
Quote from: P. South -> G. FreemanDear Mr. Freeman,
I apologize if my previous correspondence was too probing or forward. Please feel free to let me know if you would not be interested in working with me under any circumstances, in which case I would be sure to never disturb you again.
The apparent telepathic ability you have demonstrated fascinates me, and I am hopeful that you would be open to some safe and simple experimentation to determine the extent and potential applications of your abilities. I would be happy to compensate you for your time.
Please let me know if you have any interest in this proposition at all, in which case I would be happy to negotiate payment and details.
Thank you,
Pneuma South
Send this message to Freeman.
Dearest apologies for the delay.As Freeman types his message, he walks down a few metal hallways to the nearest stasis pod. He opens the pod, presses "Send" on the wristpad, and climbs into the pod.
The supernatural effect that you observed was likely caused by my stasis dementia. When I awoke on board the Sword, I found myself unable to speak. However, some time during the mission, I suddenly regained this ability, seemingly arbitrarily. Shortly afterwards, I performed the action of speech before a crowd of civilians, and somehow managed to know what their names were despite never having met them. Similarly unrealistic feats have been accomplished by HMRC and ARM personnel in the past, usually in ways that are either extremely advantageous or extremely disadvantageous. The only meaningful conclusion I can draw from this is that our world is controlled by unknowable alien gods, which makes any action we could possibly take meaningless.
1. They find that the sapphire is made of materials that, in our universe, would be atomically unstable to the point of having half lives in the minutes or seconds. Something about the proximity to the ground in that universe stabilized them.((Does this mean Gus's sapphire is disintegrated now?))
(7,7,49) - Send another phase 1 probe to the same location for half a second, and then bring it back. Have the camera feed examined. Have another probe do the same thing 1 mile higher on the z axis.
Brambleverse- Send another phase 1 probe to the same location, and fly it over to the location where the flower disappeared. Has it reappeared? Is there any sign of the flower, or has it simply vanished from existence?
Order another probe to be deployed repeatedly to a single location not far from where the flower disappeared. It should be deployed for 15 minute intervals, in between which the camera and sensor data should be returned and examined. Do this as many times as possible over a 24 hour period.
New universe probes (time permitting):
5,5,5
8,8,8
6,6,-36
-36,-36,-36
Try again, with hopefully less dead languages screaming NOPE.Quote from: C. Leroux -> Command D. GreeI have made progress on work regarding the universe (123,456,789), which has the effect of coating probes in a "foil" that violently explodes outwards upon the slightest physical contact. I believe we may soon be able to harvest and transport it well enough to begin experimentation upon it, the most obvious application of course being that of a weapon. The problem is, this foil has demonstrated the capacity to render entire testing rooms inoperable.
Hence I would like to request the usage of a testing room under the disclaimer that it may very well be rendered inoperable by the experiments conducted within..
For my following actions I would like the define the following terms:
Claymore Foil Universe - The universe with coordinates (123,456,789) and the metallic foil
Plate Probe - A probe with modular plating that it can release so that it ends up with only one foil-covered plate left after venturing into the Claymore Foil Universe
Observer Probe - A simple probe with cameras that wait for a Plate Probe in a Null universe, each carries numerous Camera Drones and one Poke Drone
Camera Drone - A small expendable drone with high speed cameras that transmit their feeds to the Observer drone
Poke Drone - A small expendable drone designed to be released by an Observer Probe and moved to collide with a Plate Probe's foil-covered plate
- Send a Plate Probe to the universe and then to a Null and detach all the other plates. Have the Observer Probe hide on the side of the Plate Probe opposite the remaining foil-covered plate. The Camera Drones will spread out and observe as the Poke Drone makes a head-on collision. Observe the scatter pattern of the foil and the residue, as well as their velocity and any sort of odd phenomena.
- Repeat 1. but with different Poke Probe collision angles. Observe the effects on the scatter pattern.
- Repeat 1. but with a different Plate Probe plate shapes, such as concave and convex plates. Observe the effects on the scatter pattern.
- Send the results of 1. 2. and 3. to some qualified NPC members to extrapolate the data and model what sort of shape is ideal for the purpose of use in an artillery shell. Repeat 1. with that sort of shape.
- Send the results of 1. 2. 3. and 4. to some qualified NPC members to extrapolate the data and model what sort of shape is ideal for the purpose of use in a projectile weapon. Repeat 1. with that sort of shape.
- Repeat 1. but have two plates of the Plate Probe remain foil covered. The plates should be very close to each other, but not touching. Does triggering one set off the other?
Dear Hephaestus Admin,
I apologize in advance for taking up some of your valuable time. I'll be brief: I recently contacted two Hephaestus personnel to commission some research into an anomalous incident that occurred in the field. A trooper by the name of Gordon Freeman appeared to exhibit telepathic abilities. I've attached a video of the incident.
<Freeman_incident file attached>
Both of the personnel I contacted either believed the event was the work of "unknowable alien gods" or a supernatural and inexplicable ability unique to that individual. However, I'd like to determine whether the reason this individual was able to perform this action was, perhaps, due to his high level of charisma, and whether such ability can be harnessed. I know the idea seems absurd, but I would like to explore that possibility all the same.
Who can I contact to get some research into this incident? Possible applications could be useful and life-saving for me and my team here in the field.
Thank you,
Pneuma South
I am curious about the effectiveness of Origin tech in the Orgyverse. I am assuming this is because of the dramatic similarity to our own universe in terms of physical makeup, I wonder thogh, if our origin tech transported to that universe retains it's connection to this Lurker being. While I understand that there is no 'safe' way to test this, is there, perhaps, a way to test this within a reasonable level of risk? Perhaps we could send some origin tech user across and have them test the reliability of an amp, or synthflesh, or a manipulator?
I'm down for testing this. I'm sure we have plenty of remaining suicidal team-mates who would be more than happy to get another chance to go full out with amps. I suggest we do this on a seperate planet in this universe however
Strangely, your dossier, your shock implant, and the wristpad you are using, are all owned by a "4". I assume "Pneuma South" is a pseudonym.
Regardless, I am well aware of the effect you observed. Simply put, Operative Freeman is insane. Just as I, your squadmates, and you yourself, are all insane. Every ARM operative has spent several centuries in stasis, which invariably results in the condition known as "stasis dementia". Normally, the effects of SD are rather mundane: violent personality changes, wildly incoherent thought patterns, spontaneous comas, etcetera. I am sure you have already witnessed many such symptoms among your squadmates, and they are likely the least-affected individuals of those recently released. The reason why we almost exclusively utilize people affected by SD is that it has more uncommon, less mundane side effects; some people gain unnatural abilities, such as my own affinity for science and technology, Freeman's seemingly supernatural powers of charisma, or the veterans' superhuman combat abilities.
Sadly, startlingly scarce science has been done on the subject of stasis dementia. Prior to Origin's corruption, I was conducting several longitudinal studies on the initiation and strength of SD's effects, but my work was interrupted by the general chaos that followed Origin's corruption. To my knowledge, nobody within ARM currently possesses both the resources and time required to conduct proper experiments on the subject. However, you could contact the Doctor--it knows a great deal more than any other living being, and could possibly answer any questions you have.
I applaud your curiousity, miss South. Most operatives are without initiative, and simply shrug off strange incidents as "inexplicable" or "unknowable", as you saw with Leroux and Freeman. Hephaestus is always looking to recruit bright young minds unburdened by such shortsightedness. If you find yourself uninterested in a short, violent career which has an 88.1% chance of ending in death or permanent catatonia, remember that you can always apply for a research post on Hephaestus.
Most likely, it is as simple to test as sending an automanipulator across, and intentionally overloading it, while a secondary probe watches from a long distance away. To be safe, the automanipulator should be accompanied by as many nuclear devices as we can fit on the probe; the Lurker's influence could possibly be prematurely ended if it is immediately hit by a large enough explosion.
I recommend that any test be conducted millions of lightyears away from the planet we have been operating on. The Lurker's influence, while faster than light, does have a perceptible travel time. Observation could enabled by a secondary QEC-equipped probe which detaches after transfer.
I'm going to attempt to make first contact. First contact beyond probes, anyway. Hope to avoid association with probes. For now. Would rather not eliminate such an interesting species.
((Sorry about blocking the EUE--I didn't mean to do that.OK
I find it extremely worrying that origin tech works there. Sure, all of our tech working is nice, and probably a large advantage for us, but that's also really disturbing.))
Stop spamming the EUE. I'll probably edit this post later, but for now just do that.
His sapphire remains stable. Apparently it doesn't require constant exposure, just exposure at the time of creation.1. They find that the sapphire is made of materials that, in our universe, would be atomically unstable to the point of having half lives in the minutes or seconds. Something about the proximity to the ground in that universe stabilized them.((Does this mean Gus's sapphire is disintegrated now?))Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Do this:(7,7,49) - Send another phase 1 probe to the same location for half a second, and then bring it back. Have the camera feed examined. Have another probe do the same thing 1 mile higher on the z axis.
Brambleverse- Send another phase 1 probe to the same location, and fly it over to the location where the flower disappeared. Has it reappeared? Is there any sign of the flower, or has it simply vanished from existence?
Order another probe to be deployed repeatedly to a single location not far from where the flower disappeared. It should be deployed for 15 minute intervals, in between which the camera and sensor data should be returned and examined. Do this as many times as possible over a 24 hour period.
New universe probes (time permitting):
5,5,5
8,8,8
6,6,-36
-36,-36,-36
1. It explodes, with the explosion starting at the point of contact and rapidly spreading across the surface of the foil. The patterns after this point follow known physics models and do not appear unique in their actions, though the force behind them is extreme.Try again, with hopefully less dead languages screaming NOPE.Quote from: C. Leroux -> Command D. GreeI have made progress on work regarding the universe (123,456,789), which has the effect of coating probes in a "foil" that violently explodes outwards upon the slightest physical contact. I believe we may soon be able to harvest and transport it well enough to begin experimentation upon it, the most obvious application of course being that of a weapon. The problem is, this foil has demonstrated the capacity to render entire testing rooms inoperable.
Hence I would like to request the usage of a testing room under the disclaimer that it may very well be rendered inoperable by the experiments conducted within..
For my following actions I would like the define the following terms:
Claymore Foil Universe - The universe with coordinates (123,456,789) and the metallic foil
Plate Probe - A probe with modular plating that it can release so that it ends up with only one foil-covered plate left after venturing into the Claymore Foil Universe
Observer Probe - A simple probe with cameras that wait for a Plate Probe in a Null universe, each carries numerous Camera Drones and one Poke Drone
Camera Drone - A small expendable drone with high speed cameras that transmit their feeds to the Observer drone
Poke Drone - A small expendable drone designed to be released by an Observer Probe and moved to collide with a Plate Probe's foil-covered plate
- Send a Plate Probe to the universe and then to a Null and detach all the other plates. Have the Observer Probe hide on the side of the Plate Probe opposite the remaining foil-covered plate. The Camera Drones will spread out and observe as the Poke Drone makes a head-on collision. Observe the scatter pattern of the foil and the residue, as well as their velocity and any sort of odd phenomena.
- Repeat 1. but with different Poke Probe collision angles. Observe the effects on the scatter pattern.
- Repeat 1. but with a different Plate Probe plate shapes, such as concave and convex plates. Observe the effects on the scatter pattern.
- Send the results of 1. 2. and 3. to some qualified NPC members to extrapolate the data and model what sort of shape is ideal for the purpose of use in an artillery shell. Repeat 1. with that sort of shape.
- Send the results of 1. 2. 3. and 4. to some qualified NPC members to extrapolate the data and model what sort of shape is ideal for the purpose of use in a projectile weapon. Repeat 1. with that sort of shape.
- Repeat 1. but have two plates of the Plate Probe remain foil covered. The plates should be very close to each other, but not touching. Does triggering one set off the other?
Can I get an update on the scouts sent to explore other glass spheres in the glass sphere verse ( the first probe entered in a very dry desert enclosed in a giant glass sphere, and we sent probes into orbit to look for other spheres and found some. Teleporting scoutships near those spheres was inexact and required a couple turns for the scouts to arrive. I don't believe our scouts arrived last time I checked.They're nearly there. Next time.
Begin sending scouts into orgyverse to different solar systems and different galaxies. Look for signs of more of this civilization (or other civs), as well as signs of habitable planets outside the apparent range of this civilization. This will be an ongoing action until we have explored the knowable limits of this civ, at least, however many turns that takes.
Edit: Send out a request to all ARM operatives who retain either an amp, or synthflesh, or another form of origin tech to make themselves available for somehorrible, agonizing, inhumane testingexploration and experimentation. This request need not bother high level operatives currently on very dangerous missions.
Time permitting, send probes to new universes:
0, 0, 8
0, 8, 0
8, 0, 0Quote from: Dester to Saint cc All BlOps teammatesI am curious about the effectiveness of Origin tech in the Orgyverse. I am assuming this is because of the dramatic similarity to our own universe in terms of physical makeup, I wonder thogh, if our origin tech transported to that universe retains it's connection to this Lurker being. While I understand that there is no 'safe' way to test this, is there, perhaps, a way to test this within a reasonable level of risk? Perhaps we could send some origin tech user across and have them test the reliability of an amp, or synthflesh, or a manipulator?
You know this isn't the same as the other cave-verse right? Different place? Mushroom people? Anyways, the bioluminesent stuff is safe. It's just fairly mundane fungi as far as you an tell.Quote from: Vincent re: All Blops TeammatesI'm down for testing this. I'm sure we have plenty of remaining suicidal team-mates who would be more than happy to get another chance to go full out with amps. I suggest we do this on a seperate planet in this universe however
Phase 3 probes to the bioluminesent section of the cave-verse
Get an area set up on heph that is large enough to keep all the current inhabitants of cave verse quarantined on heph. If there is enough time this turn, after the quarantine area is set up, bring the colonists of cave verse back
Those plant samples I had collected? Have them analyzed.Ok. They seem fairly normal. Slightly different than earth flora but nothing special.
Send a small team of three soldiers out on a hunting trip. Have them return within two days or when they bag enough game to carry home, avoiding areas near the tribe. Have the animals analyzed.
Get a linguistics expert on the team and prepare an expedition to the tribe. Return my hands to "normal" i.e. I don't want my scalpel fingers at all right now.Quote from: Ryan to Dester cc: SaintI'm going to attempt to make first contact. First contact beyond probes, anyway. Hope to avoid association with probes. For now. Would rather not eliminate such an interesting species.
Initiating first contact. Will be out of comms reach for some time. Wish me luck.
I find the civilization within (-7,-7,-7) increasingly worrying. While I doubt it would be capable of resisting a full scale invasion, such an action would be inherently dangerous--and there is the distinct possibility that their attempts to resist us would lead to them dooming their own universe, much as humans have done. Frankly, there is even greater risk of humans being the one to summon that universe's doom. Diplomacy could be an option, but certainly not before we know more of this civilization.
I highly recommend the team that is currently within (-7,-7,-7) come back, as they stand more risk of being discovered than stealth ships, and they will likely learn little from the primitive denizens of that planet. Additionally, I recommend that any experiments undertaken in that universe not be of an easily discovered form. I'm currently sending a probe far beyond the probable bounds of the spacefaring empire, and if it shows no alien presence, we will have a riskless place to run simple experiments.
((It sounds pretty labor-intensive on his end.))
7.Would you mind if, rather than randomly testing universes slowly like we have been, we instead just tested a bunch of universes from, say (435,712,0) to (435,712,99), just ignoring all universes that didn't look like they could even support a space station, and which didn't have some dangerous effect on our universe? We've been getting really, really low amounts of universes which look particularly habitable.[/b]
Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: M26 TeamI find the civilization within (-7,-7,-7) increasingly worrying. While I doubt it would be capable of resisting a full scale invasion, such an action would be inherently dangerous--and there is the distinct possibility that their attempts to resist us would lead to them dooming their own universe, much as humans have done. Frankly, there is even greater risk of humans being the one to summon that universe's doom. Diplomacy could be an option, but certainly not before we know more of this civilization.
I highly recommend the team that is currently within (-7,-7,-7) come back, as they stand more risk of being discovered than stealth ships, and they will likely learn little from the primitive denizens of that planet. Additionally, I recommend that any experiments undertaken in that universe not be of an easily discovered form. I'm currently sending a probe far beyond the probable bounds of the spacefaring empire, and if it shows no alien presence, we will have a riskless place to run simple experiments.
As far as the civilization in orgyverse, I am not overly concerned if it encompasses no more than one galaxy. If we can enter that universe at a distance, well and good. I am more interested in origin tech's effect n that universe and the question of whether the link between the Lurker and the Origin tech is broken in that universe.
That would explain why I haven't gotten any updated topic notifications. Huh .. I didn't even post in here.
Alright, lessee.
Check with the glass sphere verse. Probes arrived yet? What to they find? Have them orbit the spheres looking for irregularities in the shell, and of course checking eh insides visually and all that.
Orgyverse: No action: Been waiting on the other players involved in that universe, since we are dealing with a massive civilization, and they have had some form of contact there.
Testing room where the sods are losing their minds: have another sod look in via video feed and describe what it sees. If the probe looks normal, or he loses his mind, send the probe back to the universe it came from, and see if the sods settle.
Probes to new universes
8, 8, 0
8, 0, 8
0, 8, 8
8, 8, 8
((Gotta love finals season, eh?))(yep)Quote from: Ryan to BlOpsInitiating first contact. Will be out of comms reach for some time. Wish me luck.
It's time to initiate First Contact. Dress for the weather; no biohazard suits. A small excursion into protein-breakdown-land shouldn't hurt. Unless it does. Then return home.
Let's take a linguist, a guard, a scout, and myself. Try to find a "main" path into the settlement. Be non-hostile in our approach.
Blacklist -36,-36,-36. Have still photographs of the arm, as well as the footage of the testing room's destruction, forwarded to any biologists and Mission 21 survivors we can get in contact with. I want professional opinions on what sort of creature such an arm could belong to, as well as confirmation that I didn't just stumble upon the lurker again.Judging by footage and survivor accounts, it's not the lurker.
Have one of my underlings compose a letter to Hephaestus, detailing the destruction of the testing chamber and requesting a new one be constructed. Request that the new chamber include an explosive self destruct feature, for safety reasons.
Phase 1 to:Of all of those, only 12,63,87 results in something other than null. The probe comes back and from your perspective the view from the cameras distorts, the sods say something about trees, and the lights in the room vanish and lasers start tearing the room apart.
27,83,46
12,63,87
12,34,6
(I just mashed my keyboard. I'm gonna check the wiki after I post, and I'm going to be upset if any of those universes are taken... I'm losing purpose in this mission xD... also I almost hit 12,34,56 on a button mash. I must subconsciously really like number patterns... I mean, I consciously really like number patterns, but that must also be subconscious I guess. I also can't speel)
Can I sneak some Pi into the search for universes?
31,41,59
314,159,265
314,314,314
Okay time to try something.So basically a drone with detachable plates to coat in exploding foil and then detach?
Commission a modified Probe with the following specifications:
Everything needed for the inter-universe jumps is in the Core.
Surrounding the Core are detachable Plate Drones each of which holds a detachable plate.
The Plate Drones hold their plates as to completely enclose their formation.
Send this "Phalanx Drone" to the Claymore-Foil Universe and have it return to a Null where an observer drone awaits. Are the Plate Drones able to safely detach from the core without the foil going off?
Orgyverse:1. Ok. Mr. Pragmatic.
1.First, withdraw all scout ships that have been sent into the orgyverse. Then send 24 (or however many we have available) hexsand-coated stealth ships. Put them into orbit around the metallic moon, using the same orbits as GPS satellites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GPS24goldenSML.gif), and direct them to map the entire surface in as great a detail as they can. Yes, setting this up will probably take awhile.
2.Send a probe one trillion light years away, in any direction. This will send the probe a distance which is at least 5.5x the diameter of the observable universe in real life, and at most 16.6x that distance. Does the probe even return? If so, what's it see? Blackness, or stars?
Home Universe:
3.That probe I sent a trillion light years away in Orgyverse? Do it again, but in our own universe. Compare the results with what we saw in Orgyverse.
4.A couple of turns ago, you said we'd be ready to assemble the first tiny size EUEs. Send the parts of one to the Cavern Verse, and assemble it there, then test it. Also, assemble the second tiny size EUE in our home universe, and have it start doing rapid transfer of QEC probes to and from the orgyverse, so that we have continual communication with the stealthships and away team.
5.Oh, there were some sods that were hugging a probe. When asked, they said that they felt they had to hug the probe, and if they let go, they would die. Ask them if they fear death, because I was under the impression that sods don't care about death. Regardless of the answer, have them all incinerated.
6.Blacklist (7,7,49), the universe which causes pieces to disappear from probes whenever we send them. I'd rather some schmuck not feed an alien god our universe-transfer tech.
Meta:
7.Would you mind if, rather than randomly testing universes slowly like we have been, we instead just tested a bunch of universes from, say (435,712,0) to (435,712,99), just ignoring all universes that didn't look like they could even support a space station, and which didn't have some dangerous effect on our universe? We've been getting really, really low amounts of universes which look particularly habitable.Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: M26 TeamI find the civilization within (-7,-7,-7) increasingly worrying. While I doubt it would be capable of resisting a full scale invasion, such an action would be inherently dangerous--and there is the distinct possibility that their attempts to resist us would lead to them dooming their own universe, much as humans have done. Frankly, there is even greater risk of humans being the one to summon that universe's doom. Diplomacy could be an option, but certainly not before we know more of this civilization.
I highly recommend the team that is currently within (-7,-7,-7) come back, as they stand more risk of being discovered than stealth ships, and they will likely learn little from the primitive denizens of that planet. Additionally, I recommend that any experiments undertaken in that universe not be of an easily discovered form. I'm currently sending a probe far beyond the probable bounds of the spacefaring empire, and if it shows no alien presence, we will have a riskless place to run simple experiments.
A few questions for you, sir:
1. What is the exact biological or mechanical mechanism that allowed Gordon Freeman to exhibit telepathic abilities? I'm familiar with the empathic gland, but this soldier was able to extract precise knowledge rather than vague information from others' minds.
2. If the mechanism is biological, can it be recreated mechanically?
3. If the mechanism is neither biological nor mechanical, then what exactly is it?
4. Would cloned brains of Freeman retain his unique psychic ability?
5. Are you familiar with "wishing" orbs of seemingly alien make? If so, what problems (if any) arise from the use of these orbs long-term, and what are their limitations?
6. What is the safest way to cause the crystalline projector to create crystallized soldiers?
We incinerate all sods killed by interaction with other universes. We use robots to gather the corpses and place them in incinerators. Particularly troublesome test rooms - rooms we fear to enter to get the sods - we simply send to a particular null universe and left there.Hopelessly pragmatic, the lot of you.
Orgyverse: (testing automanip use at normal, high stress, and overload levels)
send a ship carrying a probe with an automanipulator (oh, a gravity one, I guess?), to a spot several billion light years from the normal spot. Launch the probe, and have it run the automanip at ordinary levels.
send a second to a second point several billion light years from that one and from the origin, and have it run it's automanip at the high and low edges of its standard capacity.
Send a third to a third billions of light years distant point and set the probe at a safe distance from the ship, and have it overload its manip.
Probes to new universes:
0, 0, 9
0, 9, 0
9, 0, 0
What was the saying? Speak softly but carry a big stick? I think we have bigger sticks than these guys. Using "prepared" materials from the excavation, offer them one of the smaller creatures we hunted, and have the linguist say something like he's trying to calm down an angry dog.You throw a dead animal to them. They Look at you in confusion though they do seem a bit less nervous.
Probes to new universes:First one appears to infect the sods with what can only be described as lycanthropy.
36,36,36
37,37,37
-49,-49,-49
((Thanks! Yes, this is 4/Nunzillor/whoever. I understand the current mission, and would like to help however I can. I'd also like to do some stuff on the side though if that's okay. Again, feel free to veto any stupid or dangerous actions.))Quote from: Joan to DoctorA few questions for you, sir:
1. What is the exact biological or mechanical mechanism that allowed Gordon Freeman to exhibit telepathic abilities? I'm familiar with the empathic gland, but this soldier was able to extract precise knowledge rather than vague information from others' minds.
2. If the mechanism is biological, can it be recreated mechanically?
3. If the mechanism is neither biological nor mechanical, then what exactly is it?
4. Would cloned brains of Freeman retain his unique psychic ability?
5. Are you familiar with "wishing" orbs of seemingly alien make? If so, what problems (if any) arise from the use of these orbs long-term, and what are their limitations?
6. What is the safest way to cause the crystalline projector to create crystallized soldiers?
Ask the Doctor.
I'd like to attempt to reproduce Freeman's results. Using my character's charisma, can I telepathically extract names or other information from the minds of NPC Hephaestus personnel? Try 100 times. What is the rate of success?
How many ghostships do we have? Do they remain viable?
Are the cloning facilities functional? If so, how many minds can be produced per turn?
May I please purchase a crystalline projector? If so, attempt to integrate crystal into 5 spare minds using crystal bayonet micro-incisions at the brainstem. Do this remotely in a testing room, using aux-controlled medical equipment.
((Umm... no idea how to fix that. Is it another alien god? Will leave to smarter people to figure out.))They essentially become feral bipedal creatures that seem to be something akin to baboon wolf things. And they don't seem happy to be in the presence of anything living, including each other.
Could you please describe the lycanthropy in a bit more detail? Also, do the infected sods still follow orders, or do they appear to be completely mindless and aggressive?
Also, previous turn please, if it is not too much trouble, and the alien entity issue gets ironed out:((Thanks! Yes, this is 4/Nunzillor/whoever. I understand the current mission, and would like to help however I can. I'd also like to do some stuff on the side though if that's okay. Again, feel free to veto any stupid or dangerous actions.))Quote from: Joan to DoctorA few questions for you, sir:
1. What is the exact biological or mechanical mechanism that allowed Gordon Freeman to exhibit telepathic abilities? I'm familiar with the empathic gland, but this soldier was able to extract precise knowledge rather than vague information from others' minds.
2. If the mechanism is biological, can it be recreated mechanically?
3. If the mechanism is neither biological nor mechanical, then what exactly is it?
4. Would cloned brains of Freeman retain his unique psychic ability?
5. Are you familiar with "wishing" orbs of seemingly alien make? If so, what problems (if any) arise from the use of these orbs long-term, and what are their limitations?
6. What is the safest way to cause the crystalline projector to create crystallized soldiers?
Ask the Doctor.
I'd like to attempt to reproduce Freeman's results. Using my character's charisma, can I telepathically extract names or other information from the minds of NPC Hephaestus personnel? Try 100 times. What is the rate of success?
How many ghostships do we have? Do they remain viable?
Are the cloning facilities functional? If so, how many minds can be produced per turn?
May I please purchase a crystalline projector? If so, attempt to integrate crystal into 5 spare minds using crystal bayonet micro-incisions at the brainstem. Do this remotely in a testing room, using aux-controlled medical equipment.
Excuse me, sir. Could we keep at least 2 lycanthropes? Perhaps we can create ARM super-soldiers through post-transformation brain transplantations. If the danger is too great to allow them to exist, I understand. I also understand that there are far bigger issues that require attention currently.
Quote from: Joan to DesterExcuse me, sir. Could we keep at least 2 lycanthropes? Perhaps we can create ARM super-soldiers through post-transformation brain transplantations. If the danger is too great to allow them to exist, I understand. I also understand that there are far bigger issues that require attention currently.
if you can safely transport them away from the situation at hand, do whatever. Just don't get anyone else infected, and be prepared to destroy them immediately. Like you said ... bigger issues
Unforseen consequences have arisen during the course of M26's universe exploration efforts. An entity similar to The Lurker in the Angles has appeared, and standard emergency containment protocols have failed to significantly impede it. A full scale emergency evacuation of the Hephaestus system is currently being considered, and if it is enacted, it is very likely many of the refugees will be left to their fate on Hephaestus.
I recommend you temporarily pause all evacuation efforts, as the flow of refugees may soon reverse.
"Ugh, this is a mess, why should I bother?"[5]Take cover from ensuing stupid fucking friendly fire laser fight.
March on over to the rioting crowd and start beating thieves and troublemakers senseless while using Charisma to still appear heroic.
While doing so, speech roll this (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=156095.msg6862934#msg6862934) rant at Auron's Id. Try to demoralize it so it stops committing mass-murder.
It'd robably be wiser to send a probe to this monster's universe and then bring it back within Lurkert space than it would be to overload an amp and invite the Lurker here. Ts one is still nascent, while Lurker is firmly established. To distract this one by sending it far away, or at least giving it a challenge somewhere else would probably be preferable to inviting Eldricht warfare right here. Assuming, of course, that the overload wold draw the Lurker to this point. I understand that Lurker uses people as conduits generally.
That is a creative idea, though dangerous and unreliable due to the inherent inaccuracy of long distance transfers. I have not checked to see how far the Lurker's influence has spread, but if it has not significantly sped up its growth, it would be exceptionally difficult to accurately place a probe within its domain.
An alternative plan, which would be more reliable, though likely less effective, would be to send a probe from the anomalous area to universe (3,4,5), or vice-versa. The Lurker has influence over (3,4,5)'s origin point, assuring accuracy, though it is possible that (3,4,5)'s Lurker is weaker or stronger than the one which inhabits our own universe.
Finally, yes, the Lurker does seem to prefer to use living beings as conduits. This is why automanipulators are so dangerous; after all, they rely upon human wetware. We know a nascent Lurker can be stopped if its conduit is destroyed by nuclear weapons, so rigging the automanipulators with nukes allows us to end its local influence at our leisure. With luck, the Lurker would be able to destroy or delay this new entity before it grows too strong to be eliminated by nuclear weapons.
In the event that the Lurker is not attracted by several warship-grade automanipulators overloading, well, few things are capable of withstanding such destructive power. Nuclear weapons are quite trivial in comparison to the death throes of reality itself.
"At our leisure" is a bit of an overstatement, considering M21 dropped an entire warship on Lurker within mere minutes of it's advent here. Nevertheless, if the automanip oveloads, that does seem plausible enough to prevent Lurker fro mcoming here immediately, whereas this new one is expanding already. just try to keep us out of the blast range.
you think we couldn't hit the solar system in which M21 found Lurker, or hit near enough to be within Lurker's influence? That system, from what I have heard, has probably completely been subsumed long ago, with Lurker growing quite big in that region of space by now.
Edit: Lyra is planning to cross to Heph this urn in order to test origin tech in orgyverse. Provided that we have a reasonable timetable to do so, I wold like to outfit her with whatever amps she wants and synthflesh (she has a Haebi Implant, so if that affects amps or synthflesh she can decide which to go with), and send her to the location of the functioning gravity probe in Orgyverse (the probe I sent last time that operated at normal capacity). I intend to send her in the largest ship we can cross over, with a crew compliment of humans and sods. She is to test her abilities over there and report back. I expect this to take a couple turns oevrall, but with the current situation, I am not sure we have time , so I wanted to get the plan laid out so you could give me a feel for whether that will work or not.No amp changes requested. Synthcat offer is accepted. Haber implant not Haebi. Trip plan is acceptable.
Description: The Psychokinetic Amplifier version of the Universal Field Manipulator, it can do anything other amplifiers can do, and it can do them better. Thought by naysayers to be the domain of amp specialists and the Armory Master, we've recently been told this not only exists, but is available to the average amp user!
Stat Restriction: +4 Exotic.
((Please, do you think I don't check these things? Yes, Lyra has an enhanced cap, but it's for dex and can be removed to equip a different one. It's not like we're asking you to go on a combat mission--+3 dex should be perfectly sufficient. As for universal amps, they are indeed in the Armory (http://einsteinianroulette.wikia.com/wiki/Armory#Universal_Psychokinetic_Amplifier).))...Quote from: ArmoryDescription: The Psychokinetic Amplifier version of the Universal Field Manipulator, it can do anything other amplifiers can do, and it can do them better. Thought by naysayers to be the domain of amp specialists and the Armory Master, we've recently been told this not only exists, but is available to the average amp user!
Stat Restriction: +4 Exotic.
Stat Restriction: +4 Exotic....
Exo: +3((And I didn't know it had been added. It didn't used to be there at all. sorry. Either way though, she can't remove her dex enhanced cap (which she likes), to add one for both cha and exo at the same time.))
Mind +2
Cha +0
[orange]Well. That worked about as well as I could hope.[/color] Time to channel first contact. (https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18lv9yyg1pimcpng.png)They look at your drawings. It's only now that you realize that, to them, the plus and equals symbols have no meaning. They could be reading the entire arrangement of symbols as one large symbol, or any combination.
With my extremely human hands, poke at the ground and do:
| + | = ||
| + || = |||
also draw a rough symbol of stick figures standing next to each other.
then step back and motion at the ground. If guards aren't already standing down, have them stand down. This isn't a time to appear hostile.
Launch the infected test rooms back to -49, -49, -49 immediately and with extreme prejudice. Order all Ships back, and all weapons fired at the halo'd blackness.You teleport the entire room back where it came from, but the severed piece of the thing continues to grow and move.
Send probes immediately to any universe that contains our people and order them to return, except for permanently established colonies (This is primarily to get the player characters here).Begin immediate evacuation of Cavernverse for relocation to another universe.they have an eue apparently)
During any time that can be spared, send probes to OrgyVerse, well outside the range of the civilization that is there, looking for suitable planets to colonize. If we have any autocolonies prepared, send one to the first viable planet we find.
Edit: Lyra is planning to cross to Heph this urn in order to test origin tech in orgyverse. Provided that we have a reasonable timetable to do so, I wold like to outfit her with whatever amps she wants and synthflesh (she has a Haebi Implant, so if that affects amps or synthflesh she can decide which to go with), and send her to the location of the functioning gravity probe in Orgyverse (the probe I sent last time that operated at normal capacity). I intend to send her in the largest ship we can cross over, with a crew compliment of humans and sods. She is to test her abilities over there and report back. I expect this to take a couple turns oevrall, but with the current situation, I am not sure we have time , so I wanted to get the plan laid out so you could give me a feel for whether that will work or not.
What is the rate of expansion on that stuff? It expanded across space pretty quickly to infect other test rooms and head noticeably toward a planet. How large has it gotten so far? How long will we have to evacuate heph, should the need arise?
We've got another breach!
Somewhere, deep within the bowels of a massive warship, a cyborg brain mentally sighs.Done
1.Send a message to Dester saying not to waste time evacuating people from other universes. They're better off there, as if we can't stop this then most people in this system will die. Especially don't evacuate the cavernverse, as they have a EUE. Don't waste time fighting with Dester about this, though.
2.Hephaestus is about one AU from its star. The apocalypse lab was about fifty AU away. We ended up spacing all the testing rooms out, at unspecified locations around the system. I won't ask for actual locations and distances, since they're useless anyway, but assuming the anomaly continues spreading at the same speed, how many turns until it contacts the planet it is heading for?
3.Same as above, but assuming immediately after it contacts that planet, it starts heading for Heph, how many turns until it reaches Heph?
4.What planet is it heading for? There's eleven, though most of them are just glorified asteroids. Is there anything valuable on that planet, like the EUE, or is it just worthless mass?
5.Ask the Doctor if the EUE might function if it is rapidly disassembled and moved somewhere else. Emphasis on might--It's worthless anyway if a god eats it. Quickly have someone competent with portals set up a portal from the EUE's area to somewhere safer--maybe Heph, maybe the Sword--and get ready to deconstruct the thing and move it. Don't send the order to do so until there's a risk of the anomaly reaching the EUE if we don't.
6.Rig one of our largest, fastest ships up with lots of automanips, and lots of spare nukes. Send it towards the anomaly, but preferably keep it a safe distance away. Make sure it's ready to overload on my command.
7.Ask The Doc if overloading the above contraption and ramming it into the new anomaly is conceivably not a terrible idea.
8.Have whatever warship Saint's on fly away from the new anomaly, away from Heph, and towards a rendezvous point with a ship that has a portal generator and someone capable of using it. Invite any M26 members who are uninterested in death, but pick them up with a different warship. No reason to put multiple eggs in one basket.
9.Prepare to send a message to the leadership of M27, shown below. Only send it if the anomaly does not respond positively to nuclear weapons (by dying).Quote from: Hephaestus Administrator Steve Saint to:M27 Commander Miyamoto De BergeracUnforseen consequences have arisen during the course of M26's universe exploration efforts. An entity similar to The Lurker in the Angles has appeared, and standard emergency containment protocols have failed to significantly impede it. A full scale emergency evacuation of the Hephaestus system is currently being considered, and if it is enacted, it is very likely many of the refugees will be left to their fate on Hephaestus.
I recommend you temporarily pause all evacuation efforts, as the flow of refugees may soon reverse.
((Edit: Nun, you didn't CC Saint, but he would point out that rescuing the lycanthropes is a waste of time and effort. Even if we can't rescue either EUE which exists in this universe, we have a third one in the cavernverse, which can send a probe to the lycanthrope 'verse and then into our 'verse, carrying with it the horrible disease.))
((Ah, thanks. I tend to have terrible judgement, so I appreciate the veto.))Done
Escape on one of Saint's warships.
Where is the Doctor's lab? If it's somewhere safe, that's my destination.
If Heph NPCs make it onto the ship, attempt to reproduce Freeman's results by telepathically extracting names or other knowledge from crewmates using charisma. Try 100 times. What is the rate of success, as verified by the target NPCs?
For reference, here is where Freeman used telepathy:"Ugh, this is a mess, why should I bother?"[5]Take cover from ensuing stupid fucking friendly fire laser fight.
March on over to the rioting crowd and start beating thieves and troublemakers senseless while using Charisma to still appear heroic.
While doing so, speech roll this (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=156095.msg6862934#msg6862934) rant at Auron's Id. Try to demoralize it so it stops committing mass-murder.
You walk over the the nearest group of people that have somehow avoided auron's molten gold bombardment. You stand in front of them and loudly berate them with your hands on your hips. You call them all by their entire name, first and last. You tell them you're not angry, you're just disappointed. And then you tell them to sit down and think about what they've done.
You get a group of about 150 people to just sit down on the beach near the slums and feel bad about themselves.
Order all three of the testing rooms to self destruct. Probably futile, but there's not much else for me to do. Escape on one of Saint's ships.Futile it is
((We dont have an EUE in Caveverse. The Vr test runs didnt go well, plus the universe was causing gravity cancer, so all colonists where evac'd and quarantined on Heph... I'm all for sending the testing chambers to a lurkerverse))Preempted by our new reality killing foe. This sort of thing is becoming more common around here.
Was my action of sending my testing chamber to its universe permanently, missed? Or did the new Universally Transmitted Infection make my action not important?,
Well, looks like we might be outta luck here, what with the NEw God eating the HEphaestus system. I had intended to send some of yo uto Orgyverse to test Origin tech, which works like it did in this universe before the Lurker showed up, apparently. I had also intended to find a place for us outside the range of the alien empire that is keeping humanity from developing properly there. as it is, there seems little time.
I suggest we evacuate as quickly as possible, preferably to another ARM world located far away from here, and rebuild our EUEs there. We can try this another day.
Sorry, Miss. It looks like I brought you here at exactly the wrong time. We've got another universe eater spreading in this system, so those tests are probably gonna have to wait. If we can get them done at all. Sending you out of universe now would very possibly be a one way thing. ou may want to head back throuhg to the planet yuo were on - Paracelsus' Sword is there, I believe.
Have we found a safe enough place to transport a colony vessel in Orgyverse? I wouldn't mind taking the risk of a one way trip with myself, some of our security staff, some colonists, and maybe the heph quarantined Cave-Verse colonists, as well as any ARM member capable of not murdering everything they see if they are able to make it to teleport destination on time. It seems safe-ish enough to find a good planet to host an Auto-Colony... Honestly, I think the chances of survival are better in that universe than this one
I'm not sure. We've sent probes far and wide. I haven't gotten reports back yet though. Gather your crew and get to the largest ship we can transport. We'll send you if we can.
((You... Guys do know I have a FOB there, right? I may be incommunicado right now, but you know I'm on-planet.))((yes, we know you are on teh origin planet in OrgyVerse. We don't deem that 'safe' due to the sattelite blocking the formation of some proteins, and the civilization that is apparently actively doing this. If necessary, we can launch all manner of stuff to you, and perhaps send some ordinance to the satellite to destroy it, but we'd like a safer option too.))
Well, I suppose it's been established we're not going to harm them. Bring up another dead animal and offer it to the most important looking person there (that isn't part of my team :P)
...Quote from: Dester to: all ARM personnelWell, looks like we might be outta luck here, what with the NEw God eating the HEphaestus system. I had intended to send some of yo uto Orgyverse to test Origin tech, which works like it did in this universe before the Lurker showed up, apparently. I had also intended to find a place for us outside the range of the alien empire that is keeping humanity from developing properly there. as it is, there seems little time.
I suggest we evacuate as quickly as possible, preferably to another ARM world located far away from here, and rebuild our EUEs there. We can try this another day.Quote from: Dester to; LyraSorry, Miss. It looks like I brought you here at exactly the wrong time. We've got another universe eater spreading in this system, so those tests are probably gonna have to wait. If we can get them done at all. Sending you out of universe now would very possibly be a one way thing. ou may want to head back throuhg to the planet yuo were on - Paracelsus' Sword is there, I believe.
Ok
Thanks. I'll try to stick to the area you sent me for at least a month in case were able to stop whatever this new god of death is
Shall we salt the earth we leave behind? Access those universes that were deemed too dangerous, and let their deluge spill once it reaches each chamber?Evac on a warship out of the system.
Quote from: C. Leroux -> Commander D. GreeShall we salt the earth we leave behind? Access those universes that were deemed too dangerous, and let their deluge spill once it reaches each chamber?Evac on a warship out of the system.
It's risky. We don't know what reaction that would provoke. Like oxygen and hydrogen, the mixture cold become harmless and beneficial, like water, or could become a fiery explosion that destroys us all. I'd like to wait for evacuation to advance as such as possible, but then again, this thing grows at alarming rates. perhaps 1, 1, 0 would help - maybe that universe will corrode it. Yo uhave my permission, if you can get Saint's as well. or 0, -1, 0 - that one is not blacklisted. Even that one with the giant tentacle which pulled the room in could work, maybe.
Are circumstances dire enough to warrant the weaponziation of other universes? The universes I am considering are:
(-36,-36,-36)
(12,63,87)
(123,456,789)
(0,-1,0)
4.Note about Kedly's turn: We don't have another EUE preassembled. If he wants to take one with him, he'll have to deconstruct one of the two which exist in this system. Not that it matters since EUEs are bigger than the things they can transport, but still.
(-36,-36,-36) was already been put on the list, but (12,63,87) might be of value. Thank you for your input.
The other two universes you suggested were considered when I created the list, but both were discarded due to their relatively mundane effects. The anomalous area has already resisted the effects of our strongest nuclear armaments; why would relatively minor irradiation or explosives have any more of an effect?
The anomalous effects of (0,-1,0) scale with time spent within it. At longer periods of time, the observation probes do not survive their return.
(123,456,789) has the added effect of degrading other substances with its shrapnel, furthermore as it acts as an explosive reactive armor, it is able to carry this effect for an indefinite amount of time, compared to the other corrosive universes that quickly destroy the probes themselves.
((No idea what to do... at least nothing that isn't really dangerous...))I mean shhhhhhhhhh stop pointing out physical impossibilities that were done for the purposes of comedy. You shouldn't look into it because it means nothing and isn't repeatable.
1. Um... what do you mean by "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," if you don't mind my asking? Should I... not look into that? If so, why?
2. Stop by Heph and pick up 100 engineers, 50 scientists, 50 doctors, 50 sods, and 25 soldiers. Quickly. Tell them their lives could depend on it. Ask the Doctor if he can come, since Heph is in danger. Pick up as many high mind AICOPS people as is possible. Pick up Maurice.
3. Requisition as many enhanced capacity mind mods as is possible, and install them immediately in Maurice and the AICOPS per the doctors aboard (if they consent). Requisition as many mind pills as is possible and distribute them to Maurice and the AICOPS. Also pick up materials for an EUE and raw electrical and metal materials, if possible.
4. Estimate how many turns it would take to retrofit this warship as a mobile lab, with testing rooms and an EUE (if that would be possible).
5. Ask the Doctor for advice. Ask him if using a wishing orb to destroy the extra-universal entity would be likely to work, or just create a bigger catastrophe.
6. See if the pocket dimension generator that's being used to create portals to Heph from the M27 area could also create a new portal on the Sword, and then whether the wishing orb and deathcube can be transported to Heph and then the warship that way. If not, see if a shuttle can bring the wishing orb and deathcube to the M27 area from the Sword, and then be sent through a portal to Heph and then this warship. Go through Saint's portal to M27 if necessary, just get the orb and deathcube however I can.
7. Does this ship have a name?
We cannot. The hammer used to be able to, theoretically, but it's lost a lot of power due to amps not being used.Quote from: Dester to: all ARM personnelWell, looks like we might be outta luck here, what with the NEw God eating the HEphaestus system. I had intended to send some of yo uto Orgyverse to test Origin tech, which works like it did in this universe before the Lurker showed up, apparently. I had also intended to find a place for us outside the range of the alien empire that is keeping humanity from developing properly there. as it is, there seems little time.
I suggest we evacuate as quickly as possible, preferably to another ARM world located far away from here, and rebuild our EUEs there. We can try this another day.Quote from: Dester to; LyraSorry, Miss. It looks like I brought you here at exactly the wrong time. We've got another universe eater spreading in this system, so those tests are probably gonna have to wait. If we can get them done at all. Sending you out of universe now would very possibly be a one way thing. ou may want to head back throuhg to the planet yuo were on - Paracelsus' Sword is there, I believe.
Can we obliterate the outer planets that the thing is reaching for? if so, and we can fire at faster than relativistic speeds, do so. Destroy any real estate i the outer system that the creature s reaching for, if we can actually remove the mass, that is. No sense feeding it mass. Maybe that will hinder it and curb it's growth a little.
Have we located any promising places to settle in orgyverse outside of the civilization that is there? If so, can we reliably launch colonies nad people near enough to those places to make sending them worthwhile? if so, do that.
I ask Steve for advice.
Edit: Continue firing all weapons at the thing.
Edit 2: Dester authorizes all requests to enter blacklisted universes in order to use their effects against the Shadow Light (that's what I'm calling it for now, okay?)
One more edit: Blacklist the null universe we sent the probe to that got infected by this thing, since this thing probably infected that universe too.
What's the status on the whole "evacuate with Saint" thing?You're on his ship, watching from a "Safe" distance.
If I managed to escape, good. Find somewhere on the new ship that I can watch the destruction of the system from, be it a TV or a window. If I'm still stuck on my ship,do the thing in the PM I'm about to send youget on an evac ship already.
((I'll save my last resort plans for later.))
((You... Guys do know I have a FOB there, right? I may be incommunicado right now, but you know I'm on-planet.))You have a large dead boar like thing offered to the man who is wearing the largest hat. This is generally a good way of determining who is most important on earth, hopefully that holds true here as well. The man receives it and motions to the others who seem to relax....well perhaps that's not the right word. They lower their weapons and stand back but they still look nervous as heck.
Well, I suppose it's been established we're not going to harm them. Bring up another dead animal and offer it to the most important looking person there (that isn't part of my team :P)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkJehlr1tEw...Quote from: Dester to: all ARM personnelWell, looks like we might be outta luck here, what with the NEw God eating the HEphaestus system. I had intended to send some of yo uto Orgyverse to test Origin tech, which works like it did in this universe before the Lurker showed up, apparently. I had also intended to find a place for us outside the range of the alien empire that is keeping humanity from developing properly there. as it is, there seems little time.
I suggest we evacuate as quickly as possible, preferably to another ARM world located far away from here, and rebuild our EUEs there. We can try this another day.Quote from: Dester to; LyraSorry, Miss. It looks like I brought you here at exactly the wrong time. We've got another universe eater spreading in this system, so those tests are probably gonna have to wait. If we can get them done at all. Sending you out of universe now would very possibly be a one way thing. ou may want to head back throuhg to the planet yuo were on - Paracelsus' Sword is there, I believe.
I guess I'm returning to M27 then. Back through the portal I go.Quote from: Lyra to DesterOk
I assume you'll be doing this on the same ship as Oz.Quote from: Vincent to: DesterThanks. I'll try to stick to the area you sent me for at least a month in case were able to stop whatever this new god of death is
Get the largest ship capable of both comfortable transport and delivery, as well as combat.Load an EUE into it, andpack it with as high a population of humans as is comfortable, with a colonist ratio of 1 combat skilled colonist (preferably take from our mercenary pool) for every 10 non combat. Take an Mk-3 with flight level milno plate for myself as well as a Sibilus" Rocket/Gauss Hybrid Rifle. Have myself and the merc crew load as much weapons and ammo as we can on this turn, and have the non combat colonists load as much food as they can. Other players are welcome on the ship if they are able to make it to the ship in time. This turn is for acquiring and loading a colony ship, next turn will be for transport of said ship to orgy-verse
On the Saint ship.Quote from: C. Leroux -> Commander D. GreeShall we salt the earth we leave behind? Access those universes that were deemed too dangerous, and let their deluge spill once it reaches each chamber?Evac on a warship out of the system.
Evacuate with Han and the others.Okie dokie
Might as well stop procrastinating about this, I suppose. I dislike having no idea what to do.Yes, and yes technically but you'd need someone there to open the portal. You can at least disappear into the pocket dimension but you better broadcast the generator's codes so others can calibrate to them and open an exit portal or you're literally trapped in a pocket dimension forever.
1.Last turn, Saint rendezvoused with several other players and a portal generator. Can that portal generator make a portal large enough to send a warship through, and could it make a portal that connects to a pocket dimension which has a portal to the space above M27?
2.If the answer is that I cannot use a portal genner to evac, check whether or not I can get to Heph and through a portal in two hours. If even that is impossible, start heading for the Jump Point, unless the god is in the way... in which case just get far away from the thing.
3.Modifications to Zbridges' turn: tell his people to pick up Simus and Anton too. Also, if he doesn't install mind mods because of a lack of consent, order the mods installed anyway. Fuck consent, we've got a god to kill.
4.Note about Kedly's turn: We don't have another EUE preassembled. If he wants to take one with him, he'll have to deconstruct one of the two which exist in this system. Not that it matters since EUEs are bigger than the things they can transport, but still.
5.Oz has been shooting the god with all weapons that are available, for awhile. This includes a lot of nuclear gauss cannons, and a remarkably broad assortment of lasers. Have they had any noticable effect?
6.If not, contact the cavernverse (via our comms EUE) and tell them to start transferring specific probes into specific dangerous universes, and then into the center of the alien god thing. Then leave the probes, not sending them anywhere else. Also, send multiple from each universe. Specific universes to do this with are:
(2,12,25): We're not sure what this one saw because anyone that looked at the footage began screaming uncontrollably and often attempted self mutilation.
(0,8,8): Sods looking at the probe die.
(12,63,87): The probe came back and from our perspective the view from the cameras distorted, the sods said something about trees, the lights in the room vanished and lasers started tearing the room apart.
Also use probes sent to these ones, because Oz granted permission to send probes to blacklisted universes:
(-36,-36,-36): The probe returns far faster than it should, and it's trailing something. The air in the test chamber distorts and an enormous limb reaches out. It grabs hold of the wall of the test chamber and pulls. From cameras outside the chamber, in space, you can watch as the entire chamber seems to be pulled impossibly in on itself and then vanishes.
(0,0,57): The universe that made people think they were melting.
(1,1,0): Corroding hell. Probe returned violently, falling from several feet in the air onto the ground, breaking into pieces like rotten wood when it did. It appeared to have rusted badly, turning greenish brown and partially dissolving. The rust like substance spread from the probe to the ground the instant it made contact and began to expand outward.
(3,4,5): Another home of the Lurker. Only send this probe if we can attach a bomb to it beforehand, with multiple remote detonation codes prepared.
7.If the god is STILL a problem, tell the cavernverse to change strategy; instead of teleporting probes from a dangerous universe and then into the god, tell them to teleport probes into the god and then into dangerous universes. Spread the attempts between nulls and the dangerous universes mentioned above.
8.This question should likely have been asked before, but you know we send probes into a null universe and look at them with a second probe before returning them to our home universe, right? In this case, was the observation probe the one that infected us?
I touched upon this question in IRC but I guess I should ask it here as well. Who are we going to put in charge of the Orgy-verse colonization once we are ready to actually go in thereI missed this. For now, if you want the job, as you are the senior character on site, with the most experience with our process and all that, probably you. Dester still has other things to do, and wants to remain in contact with our efforts toward other universes, and Vincent seems to be settling in over there, so yeah. Now, be sure to pay careful attention to that whole "blocking certain fourth level proteins from forming" bit, because that could ultimately end up making you and all colonists int similar beings as the humans that are there already.
KK, well I guess I'll take charge of the boots on the ground colonisation of Orgy-Verse. Let's send a probe to another galaxy in if first though to see if those protiens are still being blocked
KK, well I guess I'll take charge of the boots on the ground colonisation of Orgy-Verse. Let's send a probe to another galaxy in if first though to see if those protiens are still being blocked
1. Ask the engineers to begin retrofitting the warship with an EUE and testing rooms, to act as a backup research center.
2. What facilities are currently available on this ship? Is there a medical facility?
3. Ask the scientists to consider the Doctor's words and begin creating a research methodology for understanding the drawbacks and effects of a wishing orb. Ask them to consider whether the price of using it could be spread among clones since it cannot be avoided, or whether attempting to use it is foolish.
4. See if I can bribe Nyars or someone on the Sword with an attuned controller (provide them with the Heph portal info) to briefly open a portal on the Sword from the one on Heph. If I can, then send a few sods to Heph to get the deathcube and return. If not, send a shuttle with 5 sods to a jump point to get to the Sword, retrieve the deathcube from Nyars, and come back. What is the timeframe in terms of turns for something like this?
5. Attempt to commandeer a crystalline projector from Hephaestus.
6. If we have all the materials for an EUE loaded, and we can load on general supplies like food and water, leave for the nearest jump point. Destination is Q'Baja if possible and far from the Lurker and Heph, or another suitable ARM planet far from Heph.
It's only happening on that one planet.What is the problem getting to Orgy-verse?
Send a creature probe to another galaxy in the orgy-verse with whatever would be needed to track if fourth level protiens are still being blocked
Draw some more "people" in the dirt. Two groups of them this time. Then show them coming together. Point to us, then one of the groups and then to where we are set up. Then try to leave.You do your thing, and then leave without incident. They don't follow you though.
1.Send a probe from "(0,0,57): The universe that made people think they were melting." into the Shadow Light/Hekatonkheir area.1. No effect
2.Send a probe from "(1,1,0): Corroding hell. Probe returned violently, falling from several feet in the air onto the ground, breaking into pieces like rotten wood when it did. It appeared to have rusted badly, turning greenish brown and partially dissolving. The rust like substance spread from the probe to the ground the instant it made contact and began to expand outward." into the Shadow Light/Hekatonkheir area.
3.Analyze the many-armed-monster's progress.Is its growth quickening, rather than staying constant? Is anything particularly dangerous looking happening to it? If the answer to either question is yes, send probes from its universe into Gooverse, Fractalverse, and Holyverse. Hopefully it'll slow down if it expands into multiple universes. Oh, and also, focus nuclear fire on the arms.Actually, you know what? Let it grow. Worst case scenario we have a more corporeal target to nuke.
4.Try teleporting probes into the Shadow Light area, and then into null verses, in an effort to cut pieces away.
5.Talk with whoever controls the Sword's pocket dimension generators (Steve?), and agree on codes we can use for evaccing warships out of this system. Make sure our evac plan is rock solid and everyone involved is on the same page.
((Is there anything else I can really do? Can't think of anything. Maybe summoning the Lurker into the Shadow Light, but that probably won't make things better.))
We're dumping everyone we can everywhere.Moving towards heph.
Keep my ship at a significant distance from the duelling deities. Keep it moving either toward the jump point or toward Heph (depending on what side of the entity we were on) until the situation resolves.
I also ask the Doctor what the proteins -the ones the signal from the artificial planetoid in orgyverse are blocking - do or affect. Teh short version,l because I am a layman, but not the short short version, because I am curious. I understand if it is complex and affects many things, but I figure the Doctor might have a good idea of what the bodies of orgyverse people are supposed to be like. Not sure if we asked him before, and if not, why we didn't, as he is "a natural" with biology and anatomy and all.
((Disaster: Averted. ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ((Wonder how spessmagic factory is gonna hold up that...))
Now all we need to do is survive the impending rain of hellfire.))
Load up a colony ship with people weapons and food. Fill it up as much as possible while still being comfortable to stay in for years Everyone who is tagging along for Orgy-verse colonization say so now. Remember that Dester is also doing an orgy-verse mission to test origin equipment, this is not that. This one will avoid combat where possible as well.posting to Join him when done when finished with deep infermary exploration.
Successful contact made. Tribals have been pacified for now with offering of game. Looking into other local colonization issues aside from that of the death star hovering above us. Hasn't noticed us. Yet. This universe good for colonization.
that planet was in the outer solar system, and the chunks will probably take weeks, months or years to impact. I think we have time for cleanup, especially if we focus only on the stuff going toward inhabited places.1. Months, at least. Even then, heph is far into the system. Chances are anything big is gonna be intercepted before it gets here by other planets. And if not, we can intercept it ourselves.
1) Analyze the rocky spray to determine the amount that is headed toward Heph and other inhabited locations, the timeframe for dealing with them, and hte level of threat they pose for each.
2) any weaponry we have that can break up large chunks or vaporize that stuff (or, yo uknow, just move it elsewhere) should be targeted at the large chunks that might threaten Heph. If the NPCs are capable of controlling the situation without us, let them do so.
3) begin exploration of Orgyverse deep space, outside the realm of the weird civ. continue looking for usable real estate.
4) Relay the information about inhibiting higher brain functions to our people in Orgyverse.
((Uh... no clue how to use this thing........ I'm sure it will kill me soon enough.))
1. Give the deathcube to a sod in a distant corner of the ship, in a room they are locked into that can be remotely vented. If there's a camera in there, keep an eye on them. They are to try the following, communicating the effect over radio after each combination:
a. A1, B3. If nothing happens.... then H1.
b. Place crystalline projector nearby. B1, B3. If nothing happens, H1.
c. Place crystalline projector ammo nearby. A1, B1, B6. If nothing happens, H1 (check the effect with ship-wide cameras if the sod is incapacitated).
2. Create a game that teaches human vocabulary to aliens, similar to the one Dester created. There are 100 levels, each level teaching rudimentary vocabulary through pictures, and in later levels, some text, and gauging understanding of the material through testing. For every 10 levels successfully completed, a new game becomes available to play. The levels become harder later on, with more abstract vocabulary being introduced and eventually sentences. Level progress for each player is uploaded to a satellite after each level is completed. Load the game onto 100 datapads, if available. Repeat action until I get a 5, if allowed.
3. Ask the engineers to create a prototype satellite the datapads can send level data to. Probes sent to the universe should be able to wirelessly interface with the satellite to collect level progression info to be returned to our universe. The satellite should be able to send new programs to individual datapads when requested by a probe sending instructions.
4. Deploy the satellite in Orgyverse, and send 99 of the datapads to the inhabited planet encased in something that will survive the trip. Also, it should be made sure that they will land gently, ideally near a population center. If I don't know how to do this, get help from some of the engineers.
5. Track incoming space debris. Either vaporize it with ship weapons, change its trajectory with weapons, or move out of the way. Try to protect Hephaestus similarly with weaponry if needed.
Load up a colony ship with people weapons and food. Fill it up as much as possible while still being comfortable to stay in for years Everyone who is tagging along for Orgy-verse colonization say so now. Remember that Dester is also doing an orgy-verse mission to test origin equipment, this is not that. This one will avoid combat where possible as well.Done.
That could have gone... Worse, Ryan thinks to himself as he returns back to the base.The patrols see tribals occasionally, but the tribals always run away the moment they are noticed. Seems the tribal groups are curious but cautious.Quote from: Ryan to Black OpsSuccessful contact made. Tribals have been pacified for now with offering of game. Looking into other local colonization issues aside from that of the death star hovering above us. Hasn't noticed us. Yet. This universe good for colonization.
Send patrols out around the site every 2 hours during the day time. They're to look out for the tribals and guide them to us. Otherwise, they are to not engage anything that isn't a threat. If it's the tribals being a threat, they are to retreat back to base.
Take samples of the air; What's the inert gas here? Is it a higher O2/CO2 mix than "home"? Any funky particulates?
Also, plants. Anything edible? What's the hope of contemporary farming here like with the soil? This is a good planet.
1.Other people seem to be dealing with the space debris, so just ensure my personal warship isn't hit. Otherwise, ignore the entire thing.1. Ignoring.
2.Blacklist all the undefined nullverses that I sent pieces of Shadow Light to. Probably doesn't matter, but might as well.
3.Start producing larger EUEs--EUEs capable of transferring warships and larger colony modules. Just so that we can have the stuff available when we decide it's needed.
4.Start constructing testing rooms, identical to those we use in our home universe, in both cavernverse and fractalverse. Also construct observation stations with sods and a couple human NPC overseers. Finally, send a comms EUE to fractalverse.
5.Do some testing with QECs in null verses. They still function in them, according to previous tests, but how far away from each other can two probes be while still communicating through QECs? Light-years? Light-days? Hours? Minutes? Seconds?
6.Amend our inital probing protocols, where we send a probe into a nullverse after it's been somewhere unknown, and then look at it with a secondary probe. From now on, the secondary probe will be equipped with a QEC, and will send all data it gathers to a tertiary probe also equipped with a QEC, which is as far away from the primary and secondary probes as possible. The tertiary probe will return exclusively to either cavernverse (or fractalverse once a permanent observation station is set up there). Finally, while exploration of a new universe is underway, cavernverse/fractalverse is considered to be blacklisted, and probes can only be sent to/from those universes by the staff within the universe. They will remain blacklisted until they send a probe to our home universe, saying that they're fine. That way, if an alien god eats them, we don't need to send a probe which can carry said god to figure it out--they'll just stay silent.
((I don't think it's possible to be any more cautious without just using fifty proxy universes or stopping the project entirely. If anyone can think of more paranoid measures, though, please post them.))
Good news. We are able to begin colonization of Orgyverse outside the sphere of influence of the civilization that is affecting the humanlike inhabitants of that world. We intend to send all colonists to points distant for the moment, due to the unknown danger level of the civilization. It's up to you whether you want to continue interacting with those people or not. Be advised that it may be - no, that it will almost certainly be considered necessary for us to cover your tracks after you are finished there, so hat that civilization is unaware of our presence in that universe, at least until we can get our Origin tech industries up and running, and a sufficient population to at least meet that civilization as equals.
Good luck. I'm pulling for you.
My tracks will not be hard to cover - so long as we are not wiping the memory of every tribesperson. That would be unfortunate. They remind me of our own humble beginnings. I wish to see that they are allowed to evolve into our brethren. The UWM was so ham-fisted when dealing with xenos. I wish to see it get done right at least once in my lifetime.
I will stay under the radar as much as possible. Let me know if and when the incusion against our new possible foe begins.
They almost certainly will not develop further until that satellite is dealt with. To deal with that satellite will very likely mean war with whatever controls that satellite. I wold like to see these beings freed from this direct manipulation, or know the reason this manipulation is happening. after all, perhaps if they were allowed to develop, they might summon some eldritch nightmare into their universe - by will power alone. More likely, it is simple oppression, but to what end?
Either way, our first priority is survival, and we are in no way ready to launch a full scale war like the one we were engaged in in our home universe before the Lurker became an issue. Perhaps we could get lucky with a black ops mission to that satellite, and discover a different way. who knows?
Maybe. The Black Ops record is spotty. I, however, would be willing to tackle it with you if you ever had the whim. We work well together, and I look forward to the time we work together again.
Quote from: Ryan to DesterMaybe. The Black Ops record is spotty. I, however, would be willing to tackle it with you if you ever had the whim. We work well together, and I look forward to the time we work together again.
Agreed. You, Gus, Vincent, and Petra have been quite the team. I look forward to working with you anytime.
To Orgy-Verse! Send the Colony ship just outside the solar system of the planet that is being oppressed
Ugh, I thought I had the go ahead from you guys. I'll rescind my action then I guessOnce again. There are suitable planets outside the range of the non-human civilization in orgyverse. I have been checking. You can go to those. Or were yo utrying specifically to remain inside their range? I mean, if your goal is peaceful colonization and survival of the species, there's lots of real estate to look at. if the goal is conquest, better prepare a little more thoroughly. take Pan with you, at least. Maybe Flint too. those dudes can fuck shit up.
Quote from: Milno to Steve SaintI am requesting the Armory Master's transference to the universe I've been told is called "Orgyverse" as soon as amp usage is proven to be safe there. I have received permission from her and from Steve.
Testing of amplifiers within universe (-7,-7,-7), or "Orgyverse", is currently on pause, due to a lack of suitably skilled volunteers. I will see about quickening it.((I don't remember if this information was ever publicly stated. If it has been, Saint just missed it, I guess.))
Is this matter time sensitive? If not, I would rather be as careful as possible, due to the Armory Master's great value. With that goal in mind, I must ask: What is the Armory Master? Does it rely on any technologies beyond simple amplifiers?
Due to the remarkable destructiveness of the last universe tested, I have begun construction of auxiliary universe testing rooms within (0,9,0) "Cavernverse". I have also updated our standard operating procedure for universe exploration, to minimize the likelihood of another extremely dangerous anomaly being brought into (0,0,0).
I doubt (0,9,0) will survive long enough for this mission to conclude, so further facilities should be constructed. Among the universes known, I have decided upon three universes which are good candidates: (1,-1,0) "Syrupverse", (5,0,0) "Gooverse", and (-6582,6684,-9811) "Glassphere verse". Do any of you have plans for these universes, or suggestions of other universes which would be good candidates?
I am reluctant to use glasssphereverse as that one may yet harbor human life, were we to find suitable spheres. I have no immediate plans for exploration, but it remains in the list of "benign, potentially colonizable' universes.
perhaps
11,28,89: This universe seems abnormally small, and filled with some kind of fluffy pinkish red matter. No damage but also vacuum, very little heat and no gravity
and factoryverse and rustverse both are potential candidates. Factory verse is the old one that has a bunch of machines making ... stuff, but no signs of life. rustverse, I understand, has another mission headed in to it, so that one might need to wait.
You say you think cavernverse will be destroyed by the end of our mission? Possibly, but so far, all threads have spread fro ma point of origin outward, and while some have moved at relativistic speed, it wold still take eons to spread beyond a single galaxy. So, it is possible to make secondary testing zones in multiple places in cavernverse, and though one be destroyed by something like the Shadow Light, another within the same universe wouldn't experience the effects within our lifetime.
of course, something could go wrong i na way that affects the entire universe at once, but the other is alos possible, and so far, seems more likely.
"Hello sir. From my understanding, you are the overseer for this particular mission. Myself, and quite a few more newbies have been assigned to help with the exploration and colonization of new universes for humanity. We, well myself at least, are ready to help out any way we/I can. Anything in particular you need done, or should we wait for more orders from Steve?"
Quote from: Anthony To: Steve Saint"Hello sir. From my understanding, you are the overseer for this particular mission. Myself, and quite a few more newbies have been assigned to help with the exploration and colonization of new universes for humanity. We, well myself at least, are ready to help out any way we/I can. Anything in particular you need done, or should we wait for more orders from Steve?""Technically, Dester Gree is the leader of Mission 26. As Administrator of Hephaestus, I am merely in charge of infrastructure and logistics. I do oversee Mr. Gree and his team, in order to minimize risk to Hephaestus and our universe, but he is the primary director of the exploration, colonization, and utilization of universes.
To answer your question, we are currently overhauling our security procedures, as they were recently proven to have potentially dangerous flaws. Exploration should resume soon, and I suggest you talk to Mr. Gree and his team if you wish to participate. Additionally, if any of you have experience with amplifiers, I have a special job for you."
Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to: General Milno EnedrasiTesting of amplifiers within universe (-7,-7,-7), or "Orgyverse", is currently on pause, due to a lack of suitably skilled volunteers. I will see about quickening it.
Is this matter time sensitive? If not, I would rather be as careful as possible, due to the Armory Master's great value. With that goal in mind, I must ask: What is the Armory Master? Does it rely on any technologies beyond simple amplifiers?
I'd appreciate if the process was accelerated. It's time sensitive in the meaning being in the same dimension as that thing is a constant danger to her. Being careful is fine but it'll be all for nothing if she dies. Quick testing will be necessary.
Synth-flesh. The reactions of synth-flesh to the new universe are of extreme importance. If you want more information on the armory master, ask Steve and he'll probably give it to you.
"Hello, I just talked to Admin Saint, and was informed that you were the leader of this mission. I just received a download from Steve, listing several potential new homes for humanity. I am interested in 30,318,608 and am hoping to have your blessings to explore it for potential human habitation. I am also hoping to request some equipment, and any other volunteers or personnel that would like to come with me."
Retrieve the Samsonite Abyss fridge.((Pretty sure we don't have it.))
((What I mean by that is send a team to retrieve the fridge from its last known location and bring it to Hephaestus by whatever means is fastest. Anyway, I'm just interested in seeing what will happen. I know it probably won't work. Also, I'm a bit of an idiot, so cut me some slack.))Retrieve the Samsonite Abyss fridge.((Pretty sure we don't have it.))
We can get the fridge, maybe, but the thing inside it collapsed a long time ago. That was over a 100 years ago and those things don't last.((What I mean by that is send a team to retrieve the fridge from its last known location and bring it to Hephaestus by whatever means is fastest. Anyway, I'm just interested in seeing what will happen. I know it probably won't work. Also, I'm a bit of an idiot, so cut me some slack.))Retrieve the Samsonite Abyss fridge.((Pretty sure we don't have it.))
Continue waiting for the tribesman. Halt patrols - they seem to spook them. Just keep men posted around the camp. Have them notify me if they catch glimpse of the tribals.
Send a shuttle out to do some long-range scouting and cartography. Have it stay low as possible. I understand we're in jungle, but are we in the "temperate" zone and this is a hot planet? The high levels of O2 make me think we're near the equator and we're in a miniature ice-age. But you never know with new universes.
What are our neighboring environments? Mountains, plains, etc?
Okay... so I guess that means old actions are now invalid.
1.Whenever away teams return from one of the universes, they will be returned to a facility in the cavernverse first. The NPCs in charge of cavernverse (or Dester, if he's present) decide whether or not an alien god or something else terrible hitches a ride, and will send a message to Heph if everything is safe. If there's something dangerous, they don't send a message, and cavernverse is assumed lost until they do. This will probably never matter, but I want it stated anyway.
2.Since the current universe designations are clunky, I'm gonna name them uncreatively, in the order you described them (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=154156.msg7029556#msg7029556):
- UA (Moist, earthlike)
- UB (NeoCavernverse)
- UC (Variably degraded technology)
- UD (Moving mountains)
- UE (Zappy gray waste)
- UF (Earthlike, ringstation
3.Test tech in all of them. Are they the same as orgyverse, where everything works?
4.Specifically test portal generator tech in all of them. Does it work normally?
5.Send synthflesh bodies to orgyverse, first with sod brains, then with NPC human brains. Do any of them report anything weird?
6.Do we have any synthflesh nervous tissue, or the capability to produce some? If so, send a bit to orgyverse. If we have to produce some, produce the tiniest amount that is functional.
7.Do I have access to those NPC clones of Jim/Miya/Charles/whoever else? I want one of the amp specialized ones to go into orgyverse with amps and test them all out. Just to make sure.
8.If 5-7 went okay, send the AM into orgyverse in a stealthship, somewhere on the opposite side of the planet from the space station. Make sure to have a comms probe bouncing back and forth, so we can watch what happens.
9.How should I handle equipment for the newbies? You know me, if I just do as I normally do, they'll all have personal armies and every defensive tech we possess--but that's not fun. Should I just give them nothing, or let you choose what they get? Should I try and think up sets of simple items that aren't OP, and pass them by you?
You halt the patrols and the tribesmen begin coming in, but they don't speak with you. Rather they simply continue to watch you from a distance. They are nothing but occasional shadows on the edge of the camp. Curious monkeys.
Continue waiting for the tribesman. Halt patrols - they seem to spook them. Just keep men posted around the camp. Have them notify me if they catch glimpse of the tribals.
Send a shuttle out to do some long-range scouting and cartography. Have it stay low as possible. I understand we're in jungle, but are we in the "temperate" zone and this is a hot planet? The high levels of O2 make me think we're near the equator and we're in a miniature ice-age. But you never know with new universes.
What are our neighboring environments? Mountains, plains, etc?
Bypass safety restrictions, if possible.
One probe to Origin. The interior, if possible.
Can we assume I found a section of space in Orgy-Verse that seems to be outside of the human controlling aliens area of influence? If so can I have the crew and our colony ship ported there? Also, repeating this part of my last action "send a creature scanner probe combo to what the location of Vincent's home planet would be in comparison to earth. (the orgyverse oppressed planet to where I am sending the second set of probes = Earth to Vincent's home planet {Lets make that a planet in an area of UWM space where they have decent control, but still far enough out that gangs and other organizations can hold a few planets in their control, I have no backstory created for his home planet, I'm just seeing if this universe has similar locational structure as ours}
((So... guess it's time for moreOk.faffing aboutimportant research very relevant to the mission.))
Game satellite to Spiderverse with 99 datapads sent to 3 of their colonies.
Probe to Orgyverse to see if the inhabitants are currently capable of progressing. Collect level information.
One probe to 36,36,36 (werewolfverse) with one sod observing, in a test chamber.
Ask a team of scientists and engineers to look into the creation of an ark ship, a vehicle for an active colony module. Ideally it should be sealed and self-sustaining, with trade via EUE available if something goes wrong. Communication with probes and other ships is available through QECs. For targeting purposes, the entire ship should be... some sort of weapon. How many refugees can the protoype sustain, and for how long?
Micro-incision on a sod's brainstem using the crystalline projector bayonet installed in aux-controlled medical equipment.
Place crystalline projector nearby. B1, C4, G4, H1. B1, B5, H1. B1, B7, H1. Then, A1, B3, H1.
Does Origin tech work in Gooverse? How about Factoryverse?
Try short skirts and being a cute girl. Or a skeletonCan we assume I found a section of space in Orgy-Verse that seems to be outside of the human controlling aliens area of influence? If so can I have the crew and our colony ship ported there? Also, repeating this part of my last action "send a creature scanner probe combo to what the location of Vincent's home planet would be in comparison to earth. (the orgyverse oppressed planet to where I am sending the second set of probes = Earth to Vincent's home planet {Lets make that a planet in an area of UWM space where they have decent control, but still far enough out that gangs and other organizations can hold a few planets in their control, I have no backstory created for his home planet, I'm just seeing if this universe has similar locational structure as ours}
3rd attempt at getting senpai to notice me
Alright. Get a crew together for universe UF(30,318,608). Try to get a shuttle that has light hex-plate armoring for micro-meteorites impacts as we explore the ruin ring. Also attempt to get a QEC to stay in contact with the probe, when the probe 'ports between UF and Heph, so that can we explore farther and not be presumed lost.
The Armory Master has been successfully transferred into universe (-7,-7,-7). Its vitals seem to have improved, and I have attached to this message all the recorded data on it.
Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to:General Milno EnedrasiThe Armory Master has been successfully transferred into universe (-7,-7,-7). Its vitals seem to have improved, and I have attached to this message all the recorded data on it.
Her vitals. Keep me updated on the situation.
why did I click...why! Also what even is that?!Spoiler: I'm taking the joke too far, don't click (click to show/hide)
Xan and Spaz are still looting the infirmary, guess I'm just sitting on my ass in the colony ship waiting till I can move out
A friend convinced me to commision a pin up of myself, so I didYou look like silent the mgs porn star, perfect at sending deadly loads from long ways away.
1.Wonder where all the other M26 people went.
Send a probe into Orgyverse to modify the datapads to initially display an image of how to start using the datapads. Wait a bit and then send a second probe to see if that allowed for any progression. Also, ask the staff if they have any insight on how to improve the game.what's the point of this? The orgyverse human analogues have a planetoid pointed at their planet broadcasting a signal that blocks protiens necessary for higher level brain functions. the natives aren't going to get any of this.
Launch whoever is going to the planet with the ring with a shuttle, sharksuits for all, assorted odds, but no ends, and something like a shield generator for the shuttle. And any personal equipment that is standard on a mission at this stage of the game, including a healthy supply of meals ready to eat and a load of t-shirts with dinosaurs on them.
Send a probe into Orgyverse to modify the datapads to initially display an image of how to start using the datapads. Wait a bit and then send a second probe to see if that allowed for any progression.They still don't seem to understand. They are confirmed for not very bright.
Send a probe into Spiderverse. Any progression?
Send a colony into Factoryverse, with an EUE with Hephaestus' anchor ID, 5 IDs for anchors meant for ark ships, and matter converters to produce food, water, and air as needed from goo (use the EUE to take matter from Gooverse). They should start building equipment to create and refill QECs to trade with ark ships. A1, B3, H1. Send Joan's clone with the colony.
The ark ships should have EUEs (and the right anchor ID) to trade with the Factoryverse colony. No QECs other than a few on probes to communicate with Factoryverse. They can refill QECs, and get scrap and other materials, from Factoryverse when they need to be resupplied. As for the weapon thing, just outfit the ship with weaponry similar to that of our warships.
If we can produce one of the ships this turn, stand near it (after a sod enters the ship) and press B1, B3, H1 and see what happens.
Perform a brain transplant on the werewolf sod after rendering it unconscious using the controls for the testing room. Switch brains with a healthy sod. Make sure both are restrained. Fix the nerve damage, then see if they are both mindless when they wake up.
Place another sod in restraints, give it a will stim, then make an incision on the sod's arm using the crystalline projector bayonet installed in aux-controlled medical equipment.
As a separate, unrelated action: place crystalline projector nearby. B1, B5, H1 (disassembly test). B1, B7, H1 (repair test), B1, C4, G4, H1 (invisibility attempt).
Shuttle I can give you. Other is up to sy.Alright. Get a crew together for universe UF(30,318,608). Try to get a shuttle that has light hex-plate armoring for micro-meteorites impacts as we explore the ruin ring. Also attempt to get a QEC to stay in contact with the probe, when the probe 'ports between UF and Heph, so that can we explore farther and not be presumed lost.
Damnit. Posted while PW was doing the turn. Let's try this again.
Volunteering for trip to the planet with rings.Also good to go with him.
This is not self organizing very well.
Launch whoever is going to the planet with the ring with a shuttle, sharksuits for all, assorted odds, but no ends, and something like a shield generator for the shuttle. And any personal equipment that is standard on a mission at this stage of the game, including a healthy supply of meals ready to eat and a load of t-shirts with dinosaurs on them.Alright, guess someone is going behind sy's back for the sake of expediency, thats fine.
Volunteer for renegadelobster's trip.Done.
1.Wonder where all the other M26 people went.Good question
2.Send an orbital probe to UB "Caveyverse". I want to know what the planet looks like up top, and starting expeditions from below is probably a bad idea anyway.
3.Send an orbital probe to UE "Zappyverse". This time, I more want to know what the solar system is like, and whether the planet looks artificial from orbit.
4.Send a collection of orbital probes to UD "Moveyverse". Have them keep track of mountains, and map their migratory habits.
5.Send probes to UB through UF (the last five), for the express purpose of examining the universes as wholes. Are they all like UA, with a cosmology that is broadly similar to that of our own universe?
6.Let's get some video and details on the Armory Master. She's doing better, but how much better? Concious?Quote from: Admin Steve Saint to:General Milno EnedrasiThe Armory Master has been successfully transferred into universe (-7,-7,-7). Its vitals seem to have improved, and I have attached to this message all the recorded data on it.
Launch whoever is going to the planet with the ring with a shuttle, sharksuits for all, assorted odds, but no ends, and something like a shield generator for the shuttle. And any personal equipment that is standard on a mission at this stage of the game, including a healthy supply of meals ready to eat and a load of t-shirts with dinosaurs on them.
((Ahh, good old body-theft flashbacks.))
Something something waiting something. See if our cross-universal selves are curious enough to actually enter the camp.
I'll ride along with the ring explorers. Got nothing better to do. Request sharksuit, advanced medkits, an npc doctor who is to remain in the shuttle, a force infuser, and a heavy armored exoskeleton. Or, the best comparable equipment.He gets the sharksuit for free, 'cause everyone else is getting one and it's only fair, and he gets a advanced kit, because apparently he's the closest thing to a Doctor on the mission.
I'll purchase the personal equipment if necessary, as i haven't the level up from m26 necessary to purchase perfected regeneration.
They are not, at least not on their own. Perhaps you can bait them with some tasty snacks?Launch whoever is going to the planet with the ring with a shuttle, sharksuits for all, assorted odds, but no ends, and something like a shield generator for the shuttle. And any personal equipment that is standard on a mission at this stage of the game, including a healthy supply of meals ready to eat and a load of t-shirts with dinosaurs on them.
((Ahh, good old body-theft flashbacks.))
Something something waiting something. See if our cross-universal selves are curious enough to actually enter the camp.Spoiler: Senpai pls (click to show/hide)
A1, B3, H1. Ask Joan's clone to repeat the werewolf brain transplant process on Joan. Keep Joan's original body in stasis.You create your clone. You lose one level worth of points. You get a werewolf body.
Send a sod to the colony's EUE to ask the following questions before returning and reporting: is the colony having any problems? Do they think that they will be able to settle this universe long term?
Ask a few scientists to look over the ark ship. Can they see any problems with it as it currently exists?
Ask a linguist to try to develop a new language that will be fairly easy to understand for both humans and spiders. Use data from the game.
Get another projector. Place another sod in restraints, give him an end stim (thanks), then make an incision on the sod's arm using the crystalline projector bayonet installed in aux-controlled medical equipment.
Find a wooden stick. Almost break it, but not quite, in half. B1, B7, H1 (test repair again). B1, C1, G4, H1 (stick will not reflect light?). B1, A2, H1 (?).
Send a suited werewolf-sod into Werewolfverse for 2 seconds equipped with Mad Hatter set to 50% before returning. Don't observe the sod. If he isn't feral (based on responding via comms), ask him what he saw. If he is feral, euthanize him and extract the video from his suit. Have another sod view the video with Mad Hatter set to 75%.
Look into the creation of satellites which contain the conscious minds of hundreds or thousands of humans in digital form. Is this possible?
Luring the locals into the camp to introduce them gently to what we are is proving to be a trying task. They are curious, but overly cautios. Perhaps, in their mind, rightly so. Last time something new came around, it ended up killing them.
I completely lost track of what was going on with Mission 26 around the time I got on the ship with Saint. I know I said I was planning on joining the newbie teams... can we assume Gus got on the ship with everyone else?Assume it. Coming to the ring planet with Dester, or going to orgyverse? either way head over to the other thread.
((Invisibility... sludge... very similar. I'm making good progress.))Done
Send a probe to Spiderverse to instruct the satellite to modify the datapad with the greatest progression to display a text prompt. The text prompt will remain until a reply is sent using the on-screen keyboard. The prompt is "We are human. We wish to trade with you. Can there be peace between us?"
Wait 2 hours, then send a probe to see if the spider sent a response.
Fill up the ark ship with colonists and create 4 more ark ships and fill them with colonists. Send one ark ship to -9, 0, 0 (description spoilered below). Send another to Gooverse. Send another outside of all orbs in Glass Sphereverse (-6582,6684,-9811). Keep the last two in reserve for now.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Place weapons and sticks surrounding Joan and have a sod stand nearby. Press A2, B3, H1.
Start creation of the satellites containing digital copies of conscious colonist minds (all existing in a digital environment recreating the days of humanity's spread through the universe before the Altered War).
Test how goo computers fare in Spiderverse. Do they return infested with spiders? What about if we place an inorganic shell around them?
Test out the werewolf body. What seem to be the advantages and disadvantages?
Send a probe to 8 ,8, 0 (Mars-like environment with crushing gravity). What's the astronomy like there? How about in 3, 3, 3 (inside of a thunderstorm)? Also, does Origin tech work in 8, 8, 0?
Check in with Factoryverse to check the status of the QEC-creating equipment. If construction of that equipment has finished, ask them to start on construction of origin tech (amps, manips, and matter converters) producing facilities if that's feasible. Hep can spare what is needed, hopefully.
Send probes with EUEs attached to Glass Sphereverse. When the probe teleports into the universe, it should open a portal linked to one on Hephaestus. Check if any nearby spheres appear to contain easily colonizable contents. Repeat until one is found that is judged to be colonizable.
Tasty bait snacks is a great idea. They liked the boar-thing.The meat appears to attract them, several come up to your group, though their eyes are firmly looked on the meat. They seem to be completely ignoring you.
Let's cook some boar meat around the time they're coming around, in a nice open space and over a fire so they understand it's food being cooked. Be there personally every time this happens, and have some meat set aside the entire time.Quote from: Ryan to DesterLuring the locals into the camp to introduce them gently to what we are is proving to be a trying task. They are curious, but overly cautios. Perhaps, in their mind, rightly so. Last time something new came around, it ended up killing them.
I completely lost track of what was going on with Mission 26 around the time I got on the ship with Saint. I know I said I was planning on joining the newbie teams... can we assume Gus got on the ship with everyone else?Sure, get over there.
1.Can I play Steve-type mission control for the newbie teams? Not really direct command like Radio, just chiming in occasionally1. sure
2.I dunno what to do that's productive and doesn't conflict with the newbie missions! Instead, I'll ask for an id, 'cause I'm curious. Take joy, for today I do not have twenty questions for you.Spoiler: Id traits (click to show/hide)
What's required to produce space magic, and where can I get it?Either you can go to origin or you can go to the space magic factory and cross your fingers.
Deploy another ark ship to 8, 8, 0 in deep space.
Deploy one goo satellite to 3, 3, 3 in a Faraday cage. Recall it after 24 hours. Has it sustained damage?
Send 50 goo satellites to Spiderverse, thousands of lightyears from any spider colonies. They have EUEs attached and can send distress signals to EUEs meant for the 6 primary universes as well as Factoryverse in the case of damage, low power, or similar problems.
Phase 3 to all the orbs that seem easily colonizable. Does origin tech work in this universe?
Send a sod to Factoryverse to ask the colony to check in with all ark ships to make sure they're still functional. Have them instruct the surviving ark ships to communicate an OK signal once weekly with Factoryverse.
Ask the linguist for an estimated time of completion ((in turns)) for that language...
Begin construction of a ground-based shipyard in Factoryverse.
Are stats derived from the body or the brain? If the brain, can those parts of the brain be swapped out?
B2, B3, H1.
((FFFFFucking savages. Plebs. skrubs.))[/b]
Who even knows why I'm trying to bother to establish peaceful first contact.
Anyway, offer these guys meats and maybe they'll stay around enough to catch an eyeful of the base of operations, safe inside the noise-damper.
((Oh, COME ON. I stop posting for one turn, and you utterly fuck over the universe? WHAT WERE YOU EVEN TRYING TO DO?))Ok, thats good news, you're still alive. But there's that black stuff expanding from ZB's location so time is of the essence. Heph itself (I think you guys were all fairly far away from heph?) should still exist for the moment due to not being consumed. Anything tied to it should still work as well. You probably have a few turns until the lurker influence expands out and swallows it.
1.Okay, in OOC you said Saint's survival depends on his location relative to Zbridges. His location is 80 AU away from the system, on the same side as the Jump Point. Why? Because fuck the deathcube.
Oh, and Saint has QECs and at least one portal generator in his ship. Are they still functional, despite the destruction of Heph?
Right! Well, shit happens, am I right? That's life for you. Just got to move on. And forgive! Yes, that's important. I sent a clone to Factorverse early on, so I'll be playing as that one now. Thank god I only had 1 relic and am no longer a danger to anyone, yes? So, no hit squads needed. For the record, not that it matters, I'm sorry.
Start construction on (in order of urgency):
1. EUE producing facilities (scaled from small to ship-sized)
2. Chemforge cloning facilities. We will be cloning our colonists and personnel from now on, I guess.
3. Auto-colony producing facilities.
4. Simple Mk armor producing facilities
5. Laser and ballistic weapon producing facilities
I thought the ground-based shipyard would be easier/faster to create. If not, orbital would be better.
Joan's shock implant will probably have to come out if Joan knows what happened to Hep, in order to avoid others sending knee-jerk death shock signals. Is there a skilled doctor here who can do that with little to no risk? If so, have that done immediately.
If Joan learns of the destruction of Hep, she would want to mount a mission to recover the cube and eradicate the Lurker for good ((or have other people use it after it's retrieved instead of her, so that... this can't happen again)). Would that be okay? And... can someone smarter lead it?
Question, what is and isn't known currently IC about the situation for the people still left in this universe?.
We'll assume sy sent out a very angry message to everyone with the capacity to get it.((FFFFFucking savages. Plebs. skrubs.))[/b]
Who even knows why I'm trying to bother to establish peaceful first contact.
Anyway, offer these guys meats and maybe they'll stay around enough to catch an eyeful of the base of operations, safe inside the noise-damper.
Addendum: Be completely and utterly unaware of the fact that the end of times has come soon for the main universe.
Uh... I think this is Charles' last known location? Where is he, what job do I have to do?On the Saint ship.Quote from: C. Leroux -> Commander D. GreeShall we salt the earth we leave behind? Access those universes that were deemed too dangerous, and let their deluge spill once it reaches each chamber?Evac on a warship out of the system.