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From: UberCorp Mining and Outsourcing
To: Recipient
Subject: Job Offer
Greetings (Recipient),
This may be your lucky day! This automated mail has been generated in response to your interest in a position within UberCorp's (Off-World Mining) department. Earlier today during the disaster on (Jupiter Mining Platform 14), (5) positions became available for junior grade miners. Information regarding the position and requirements is included below.
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Position: Miner (Junior Grade)
Requirements: Basic knowledge of push-button controls, no sense of self-preservation.
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Should you decide that this position is right for you, please fill out the form attached to this mail. If selected, you will take part in a mandatory 1 hour virtual training session and then receive a ticket to fly first class to lovely Europa where you will be directed to your new job site and begin your exciting life of (Offworld Mining). Good luck!
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Junior Grade Mining Application - Form |||||| ||||||| ||| ||||| || (series b)
Name:
Sex:
Height:
Weight:
Age:
Answer the following questions with Yes or No:
1. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated smelting machinery? (Y/N)
2. Have you ever pressed a button? (Y/N)
3. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated mining machinery? (Y/N)
4. Do you enjoy space rations? (Y/N)
5. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated drink dispensers? (Y/N)
6. Have you ever mined before? (Y/N)
7. Do you understand what a rock is? (Y/N)
8. Can you put an object in a box? (Y/N)
9. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated medical machinery? (Y/N)
10. Can you adhere to a strict safety code? (Y/N)
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So its time for a spectacularly terrible RTD games. You will figure out the rules as we go. All you really need to know is that you will get a d6 roll for success/failure of any action. Rolls may be modified by circumstance or skill, and I will explain any modifiers on the roll. For now, I'm accepting five victims players. Copy the application below with your answers to apply. The first 5 applications will be playing. Anyone else will go onto the waitlist.
The only rules for now:
1. You are all human.
2. Keep your actions appropriate to the setting. No you can'd simply explode, or destroy mars, or whatever. This isn't a footloose and fancy free RTD, this is srs business! (Not really, but a small amount of seriousness would be nice.)
3. While conflict between players is acceptable ingame, do not resort to personal attacks or any kind of OOC insults please. Its a game, don't take it personally if someone else tosses you into a smelter for fun or profit.
4. One person from the waitlist may be chosen to fulfill a special role. Don't bother asking for it.
Waitlist:
TopHat
Lemon10
Junior Grade Mining Application - Form |||||| ||||||| ||| ||||| || (series b)
Name: Mark Frentiss
Sex: Male
Height: 2.2 metres
Weight: 78 kg
Age: 19
Answer the following questions with Yes or No:
1. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated smelting machinery? (Y/N)
2. Have you ever pressed a button? (Y/N)
3. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated mining machinery? (Y/N)
4. Do you enjoy space rations? (Y/N)
5. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated drink dispensers? (Y/N)
6. Have you ever mined before? (Y/N)
7. Do you understand what a rock is? (Y/N)
8. Can you put an object in a box? (Y/N)
9. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated medical machinery? (Y/N)
10. Can you adhere to a strict safety code? (Y/N)
Junior Grade Mining Application - Form |||||| ||||||| ||| ||||| || (series b)
Name: Anthony Engbrew
Sex: Male
Height: 180cm
Weight: 74kg
Age: 37
Answer the following questions with Yes or No:
1. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated smelting machinery? (Y/N)
2. Have you ever pressed a button? (Y/N)
3. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated mining machinery? (Y/N)
4. Do you enjoy space rations? (Y/N)
5. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated drink dispensers? (Y/N)
6. Have you ever mined before? (Y/N)
7. Do you understand what a rock is? (Y/N) ...Unsure
8. Can you put an object in a box? (Y/N)
9. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated medical machinery? (Y/N)
10. Can you adhere to a strict safety code? (Y/N)
Junior Grade Mining Application - Form |||||| ||||||| ||| ||||| || (series b)
Name: Trev "Trev" MacPhee
Sex: Male
Height: 1.64 metres
Weight: 68kg
Age: 41
Answer the following questions with Yes or No:
1. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated smelting machinery? (Y/N)
2. Have you ever pressed a button? (Y/N)
3. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated mining machinery? (Y/N)
4. Do you enjoy space rations? (Y/N)
5. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated drink dispensers? (Y/N)
6. Have you ever mined before? (Y/N)
7. Do you understand what a rock is? (Y/N)
8. Can you put an object in a box? (Y/N)
9. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated medical machinery? (Y/N)
10. Can you adhere to a strict safety code? (Y/N)
Junior Grade Mining Application - Form |||||| ||||||| ||| ||||| || (series b)
Name: Mike Wolfe
Sex: Male
Height: 1.82 meters
Weight: 74 Kilograms
Age: 22
Answer the following questions with Yes or No:
1. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated smelting machinery? (Y/N)
2. Have you ever pressed a button? (Y/N)
3. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated mining machinery? (Y/N)
4. Do you enjoy space rations? (Y/N)
5. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated drink dispensers? (Y/N)
6. Have you ever mined before? (Y/N)
7. Do you understand what a rock is? (Y/N)
8. Can you put an object in a box? (Y/N)
9. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated medical machinery? (Y/N)
10. Can you adhere to a strict safety code? (Y/N)
Junior Grade Mining Application - Form |||||| ||||||| ||| ||||| || (series b)
Name: Jeremy Twoliss
Sex: Male
Height: Tall-ish
Weight: Thin-ish
Age: Young-ish
Answer the following questions with Yes or No:
1. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated smelting machinery? N
2. Have you ever pressed a button? N
3. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated mining machinery? N
4. Do you enjoy space rations? Y
5. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated drink dispensers? N
6. Have you ever mined before? Y
7. Do you understand what a rock is? Y
8. Can you put an object in a box? Y
9. Do you have a fear of being horribly mangled by automated medical machinery? N
10. Can you adhere to a strict safety code? N
Well... most of you press the button for travel. Jeremy Twoliss has a little trouble in that regard. What exactly is a button, he wonders? What is this mysterious rounded surface which requires tactile contact to function?
(Rolled: 1)
Jeremy Twoliss is unable to figure out this arcane technology, and instead his slack-jawed stare triggers the handicapped interface which instead accepts auditory feedback. "Uh... I have a ticket?"
The screen flashes and words scroll.
Welcome to TravelCo!
Please input the travel code for your reservation.
> 854D76DAA54C6DB7E056E96F2D96075DCCBEDB07A18930A5D0AEB2E2B3F8F197
Reservation confirmed! You will be departing on flight 0xc00000e9 in 8 minutes.
Reservation Code: 854D76DAA54C6DB7E056E96F2D96075DCCBEDB07A18930A5D0AEB2E2B3F8F197
TravelCorp Flight 0xc00000e9
Booking Code: Q (Sub-coach, downgraded)
Seat: Cargo Hold, berth 12.
Please find in the dispensary slot a complimentary restraint device which you may use to lash
yourself to the cargo berth in order to avoid bruising, dismemberment, or death should some
cargo shift during the flight.
The slot opens and inside you find a coil of rope. You rush to the flight pad to find a rusty, ancient spaceship with its cargo loading bay open. It has a passenger entrance as well, but your ticket explicitly directs you to enter via the cargo hold. You make your way to Berth 12 and find four other people occupying the same berth, your fellow employees!
The cargo berth is nothing more than a large open area of metal decking between two large cargo containers. No amount of 'restraint' is going to help you if those massive containers shift in transit. Even if you planned to rig something up, you have no time to do so as the ship begins to rumble and takes off almost immediately.
The flight is long, tedious, and uneventful. You do not, in fact, die from shifting cargo. At one point you're fairly certain you saw a rat the size of a dog moving between containers, but that could just be due to the fact that the cargo area is only marginally pressurized and you're all suffering from mild hypoxia.
After an undeterminable amount of time, you arrive. A cheerful female synthesized voice says "Welcome to Jupiter Mining Platform 14! Please exit the cargo area immediately so that more valuable cargo may be off-loaded without employee safety incidents."
Seeing little choice, you five walk out and down the cargo ramp. You are inside a cramped cargo hold, there is one door to the left, and another to the right.. Each door is labeled in fourteen languages, none of them understandable by anyone here. The cheerful female voice speaks again. "Please proceed down the door on the left to begin the virtual training session. After the training session you will become acquainted with the mining equipment, and then have a light lunch followed by a dormancy period. Your personal items have been placed in your quarters."
Inventory: Length of rope (15 meters)
Clothing (poor)
Rank: Miner (Junior Grade)
Status: Insurance Premiums 900%
Inventory: Length of rope (15 meters)
Clothing (poor)
Rank: Miner (Junior Grade)
Status: Certified Mineralogy Expert
Player:lawastooshort
Inventory: Length of rope (15 meters)
Clothing (poor)
Rank: Miner (Junior Grade)
Status: Hungry
Inventory: Length of rope (15 meters)
Clothing (poor)
Rank: Miner (Junior Grade)
Status: Vice Chairman in charge of Button Pressing
Pay: -☼15/c
Inventory: Length of rope (15 meters)
Clothing (poor)
Rank: Miner (Junior Grade)
Status: Sleepy
Do you proceed to the training session, or defy the voice and explore the mining platform?
This game will be a bit of normal RTD silliness and a bit of Paranoia, with some aspects of a few other games I have run/played before. You will discover more about it as we go. If I am ever too vague let me know and I will clarify to the best of your in-game knowledge. If you would like to perform a secret action, PM me.
The synthesized female voice speaks.
"Welcome to the UberCorp Virtual Training Chamber (mining). This chamber mirrors the mining environment as closely as possible while maintaining a workplace lethality rating well below industry standard.
I would first like to congratulate you all on entering the Virtual Training Chamber (mining). Of the last twelve crews, only two of them have successfully entered the Virtual Training Chamber (mining), so you have already shown yourselves to be a cut above the rest! Keep it up and you may one day be promoted to full Miner status. What a day that would be! We have not had a full fledged Miner in fourteen years!
Mining is a three phase process and has been greatly simplified by the extensive use of automation, but even these great automated systems require some human interaction due to the AI Rights bill of 2316.
Phase one is Location and Extraction.
Locating a mineral vein is handled from the Sensor console. Please keep in mind that only one person may use a console at a time! The Sensor console controls many functions, such as life support and configuration/maintenance of the reactor. It also accesses a network of geological survey probe which can be used by a skilled operator to locate new mineral veins for extraction.
Extraction is performed by utilizing the drilling platform, which is controlled by the Teleoperations console. The drilling platform must be carefully maneuvered into place over a new mineral vein, lowered to the surface, and then drilling can begin! The drilling platform will dig down to the target depth and begin bringing up raw ore. This ore will be deposited into the cargo hold.
Phase two is Smelting and Refinement.
From the cargo hold, the ore is moved via a powered cargo lifter into the smelting bay. The lifter is piloted by a crew member (one of you). The ore is dumped into the grinder for preproccessing, and then the smelting machinery takes over and automatically refines/smelts the ore into usable ingots while blowing the waste material out into space.
Phase three is Shipping!
Ingots are extruded from the smelter and must be placed upon the cargo delivery pad outside of the habitat area. This is done via the powered cargo lifter. Once you feel a sufficient quantity of ingots is ready, you may use the Sensor console to signal the cargo drone for pickup. It will come to the pad and pick up any ingots, carrying them away to UberCorp materials processing centers. At this point you will be paid for your efforts, depending on the value of the materials. You may use these funds to purchase better equipment for the platform, order items from the UberCorp catalogue, or simply sit on large mounds of money within tall fortress walls made of money. It is your choice.
This concludes your basic one-hour training course in mining. Please feel free to try the virtual machinery consoles. They are almost certainly not lethal."
The consoles light up, now active. There is also a map of the facility which, fortunately, is in a language you recognize. (http://i.imgur.com/9axjW.jpg)