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What, are we going to have Team Brain, Team Pandemic, and Team Animals?Hmmm, that gives me an idea for a game when this one runs its course.
}}}}}I'll worry about getting a gun later, for now I'll go buy a flare gun and some flares for it sense you don't need a permit for one, then use some growth hormones on the new werewolves to get them to grow faster.[roll:5]You buy a flare gun and flares. The growth hormones boost the werewolf DNA meat(36/100, 75/100).
Check on the mayor to see if she’s alright, if she is, ask her to concentrate on a fox to morph into one, if not, get her to the town hospital for help[roll:5-1=4]The mayor morphs just fine and the 2 of you barely keep ahead of the wolves and foxes.
Try to train zombies in doing various primitive jobs[roll:2 (zombie)reroll:3]The zombies can now do . . . nothing new.
begin corralling the zombies into a quarantine using mind control. Also, look in to the reason why it has longer range than typical telepathy.[roll:4+1=5 (psychic)reroll:6+1=7 (precog reroll irrelevant)]All the zombies have been corralled and the PMC has eliminated them all. The reason mind control has a longer range is because it is not 2-way communication, just an implantation of a command.
do some more work for the cure[roll:1 (virus)reroll:4]87 progress made toward the cure. The assistants find no changes to the patients. cannibalism dropped by 11% in the DA-2 virus. Hazmat suits are gotten for all. The Darius virus can now spread using air more effectively(infectivity multiplies by 7).
have assistants do some test on infected patients to better understand the changes happening to them
remove more negative effects from DA-2
gather enough hazmat suits so all assistants and me can have one on while we work
manipulate the Darius virus so it can use air as a way to spread the infection
Well, those diseases may not be directly problematic anymore, but that doesn't mean we can't still use the fact that we were doing medical research. After all, patents on those sorts of things are worth a lot. Thoth (er, the Thoths?) should work on developing cures or treatments for various illnesses; while a cure for something previously incurable would be wonderful, as would being able to treat something previously untreatable, if all we can do is make something that's more effective, or more reliable, or what-have-you, that's still worth something.[roll:2+1=3 (precog)reroll:3+1=4]You start doing random medical research, 92 medical research points(can be used to study anything in the medical field).
The zombies have been eliminated.
all zombie events over
Thoth AIs: 2(includes Thoth)
Thoth SSD and RAM improvement: 24/384(Thoth gives 8, each of his AIs give half)
Psionics: 1025(658 telepaths; 187 telekinetics; and 180 telepaths/telekinetics); 37 teachers(370 new psychics every 2 turns)
Darius Virus: 21 humans(contained)
Title/Name: Mario the Marvelous and Mischievous, or 3M
Weapon: a good-quality club, and has 1x practice with it (add +1x if size increased)
}}}}}Try to awaken alien mind of protein x in zombies and convince it not to be so hostile[5 (zombie)reroll: 6]Congratulations, the zombies will no longer go aggressive unless attacked or startled. Beware of wandering groups(only 5% spread of zombies).
Morph back into human and let’s make wya back to the town[3]You finish morphing and walk away, 5 feet.
"I guess I'm not gonna be working with the military, because that deal is shit."[3]You have to pass a background check before you can by the handgun. They are salvageable and you get them both into the positives(28/100 and 59/100) .
Go to a pawn shop and buy a handgun, spare mags, and some ammo, then see if the new werewolves are salvageable and fix them, if their dead start over.
keep working on the cure[6]94 more progress done towards the anti-virus. You made sure the outside exit to the containment room works. You make the Darius virus mutate infected when they eat to have enhanced senses. Darius virus gains mutation(enhanced senses): 16%(chance someone with the virus will get this(enhanced senses) mutation)
have assistants help with the work on the cure
create a way to release those inside the contaminant room to the outside without going through the lab
manipulate the Darius virus so when infected eats meat they mutate to become faster and better at finding prey
Ok, so we don’t need to focus on the Darius Virus (for now... it’s certainly still suspicious). Let’s try to figure out what we can about the zombies and what causes them, both for tactics to prevent them from spreading and for more information on how to cure them, or at least immunize people.[2 (precog)reroll: 4]Everything you discovered becomes irrelevant in the end(see sprinkled chariot turn).
Continue research into mind control, occasionally doing field testing from a safe distance on some zombies. If I can corral them into areas where they will not be a threat, i'll call this a success.[2 (psychic )reroll: 7 (precog reroll irrelevant]You finish the mind control and are able to control up to 100 people at a distance of 1km. There is a possibility of gene therapy to boost psionic potential, though the current gene therapy practices are not sufficient.
Also, have my assistants/teachers look into the possibility of genetics influencing psionic potential. The idea of gene therapy as a means to boost psionic power seems likely, given that dogs are psionically sensitive. Perhaps there is a link between the breeding practices and their psionic development?
The zombies from the zombie virus are now passive-aggressive.
p-a zombies: zombies will no longer go aggressive unless attacked or startled(only 5% spread of zombies)
Thoth AIs: 2(includes Thoth)
Thoth SSD and RAM improvement: 24/384(Thoth gives 8, each of his AIs give half)
Psionics: 655(307 telepaths; 169 telekinetics; and 180 telepaths/telekinetics); 37 teachers(370 new psychics every 2 turns)
Darius Virus: 21 humans(contained)
Zombies: 77
Title/Name: Mario the Marvelous and Mischievous, or 3M
Weapon: a good-quality club, and has 1x practice with it (add +1x if size increased)
[7 (precog reroll irrelevant)]You devise a plan of action and the Thoth AIs start working on it with you. 95 progress is made to combat the viruses(1000 needed(as of now)).Quote from: newssnipQuote from: eventssnip"Well fuck."
Let's get Thoth on this. Shelf all the CPU core and SSD/RAM improvement, there's more important stuff going on. There's plenty of medical information online; if we need money to look at some of the research papers, then so be it, we can afford that. Also, make sure that Thoth knows that they can expand basically however much they need to for this; there's plenty of space, and if taking up more of it will help, they very much can.
Can we use telekinesis to safely handle the infected? Can we use telepathy to talk to the "zombies"?
this does not bode well. Gather all the uninfected psychics and start devising countermeasures to detect rats and infected alike. Personally start a quiet research into Mind control, preferably on creatures less intelligent than humans. DO NOT under any circumstances let anyone except sydney know about this, for fear of it's abuse before proper technique can be devised to resist it.7 (psychic and precog rerolls irrelevant)]Luckily all the current psychics are uninfected and between all of them and you a way to detect rats and infected has been discovered(infected rats eliminated; 10% less spread of the Darius virus; 25% less spread of the zombie virus).
Grab one of the foxes with my paws without hurting it, and hold it until the mayor touches it and starts morphing[5]Well congratulations, the mayor now has a fox morph and the foxes and wolves are looking at you with confused looks.
have my assistant get more assistants[5 (virus)reroll: 5]Your assistant has hired 4 more assistants. You gather all the infected into your containment room(Daruis virus no longer spreading). You get 32 progress done on the anti-virus. You almost removed cannibalism from DA-2.
gather some infected into my lab promising to figure out how to cure them and put them in the containment room
start working on the cure
start removing bad effects from the copy strain of the Darius virus and name it DA-2
Try to awaken alien mind of protein x in zombies to sentient levels, may be I will manage to talk it out of attacking humans thing.[2 (zombie)reroll: 2]You only made the zombies more aggressive(2X spread of zombies; each zombie kills 1 human every turn)
Start growing two of the new more intelligent werewolves the same way I did last time, then start talking with the military and find out which version of the werewolf DNA they are after, if they want me to start growing them or do they want to do it them selves, and negotiate prices.[2]You start to grow them unfortunately they are not starting off at a great start(-1/100 and -4/100). They told you to release your current werewolves and the DNA code for them, they will give you 10 credits and not a credit more.
Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Darius the threat of the virus named after him(he discovered it is what is being told) there no possibility of it spreading, he has put all the infected in a containment unit that he has and has begun working on the cure.
The other virus, being called the zombie virus, has gotten worse with the zombies beginning to kill people as well as infect them. Local Private Military Companies have gotten involved and have started containing people and eliminating zombies.
1st outbreak: over
It's the rats!: over
Zombies?: people infected with the zombie virus have a 10% chance to be put down(1% zombies eliminated every turn)->Zombies!: people infected with the zombie virus have a 50% chance to be put down(5% zombies eliminated every turn)
PMC patrols: zombies shot on sight(50% zombies eliminated)
Protein-X 2.0 Users: 0(0 rejecting(turning next turn)[{63 of the previous 96 eliminated by the military; the last 33 escaped and the project canceled(last 13 users killed)})
Thoth AIs: 2(includes Thoth)
Thoth SSD and RAM improvement: 24/384(Thoth gives 8, each of his AIs give half)
Psionics: 655(307 telepaths; 169 telekinetics; and 180 telepaths/telekinetics); 37 teachers(370 new psychics every 2 turns)
Darius Virus: 21 humans(contained)
Zombies: 140
Alright, I've got a bunch of money, let's see about getting an actual research facility of my own set up, like what Adderson has. Computer scientists and engineers, of course, though psychics are also useful. I'll fund all of my employees getting taught at Adderson's school, too. Though let's not go overboard with the number of people. Let's say no more than 10.[6 (precog)reroll: 3]Dr. Adderson and you set up a joint research lab, you spend 200 credits to get 10 assistants trained thought the psychic school. You spend 4380 credits to get a larger system for Thoth and the other branch AIs(X10 RAM and X100 memory space).
Doing this should also involve getting Thoth (and, um, whatever branches they've got?) a larger system to inhabit.
Check the news to see how well the psychic rollout is being handled, as well as for other noteworthy events.[4 (psychic)6 (precog)5]People are starting to get excited about psychics, see the news insert at the bottom for more news.
Offer to set up a joint research lab with Dr.Hertz, which would essentially pool our resources and assistants for the betterment of humanity through psionics and electronics!
Look for wolves or foxes[5]You find a pack of wolves and a skulk of foxes. There are 11 wolves and 7 foxes, they are not fighting, yet.
Try to figure out, why zombies became agressive, keep working on awakening alien consciiousness of protein x to its full potential[3 (zombie)reroll: 5]The zombies became aggressive because there was more than 1(zombies are like an amplification chamber with each other). You figured out what it was that you awakened in the zombies and decided to finish it. Zombies are now always aggressive and have a +10 bonus to attack(the military gets a -10 to how many they eliminate each turn until breakout).
Improve the new DNA strand's intelligence some more, and teach the werewolves even more words, then check the internet and see if any government organization wants to buy some werewolves.[6]The new strand has greater intellect. The werewolves have jump to advanced speech now(+10 to rolls). There are a few government organizations(most all are military) that would be interested in werewolves.
start fortifying the lab, if a reason is ask say that some dangerous virus are inside and it has to not get out[6]You lab is now fortified(requires 100 progress to get into without permission). You create a duplicate strain of the Darius virus. your assistant is now 10/600 progress to the anti-virus. You also now have a containment area(requires 1000 progress to get out of without permission).
using the Darius virus as a base to create a new strain of it
assistant keeps working on the cure to the Darius
also get a containment area for future experiments
2 new viruses have pop upped recently, one of which hijacks the body of it's host causing said host to attack others thus spreading the virus. The second virus is one that seems to have jumped from rats to humans and doctors are not sure what it does yet.
1st outbreak: people will go to the doctor if they think there is something wrong(-50% spread of Darius virus)
It's the rats!: people will kill rats by any means necessary(Darius virus -50% chance to jump from rats to human, -d100 infected rats every turn)
Zombies?: people infected with the zombie virus have a 10% chance to be put down(1% zombies eliminated every turn)
Protein-X 2.0 Users: 109(96 rejecting(turning next turn)[{previous 75 eliminated by the military})
Thoth AIs: 2(includes Thoth)
Thoth SSD and RAM improvement: 24/384(Thoth gives 8, each of his AIs give half)
Psionics: 285(123 telepaths; 86 telekinetics; and 76 telepaths/telekinetics); 37 teachers(370 new psychics every 2 turns)
Darius Virus: 11 rats, 21 humans
Zombies: 19
}}}}}Title/Name: Mario the Marvelous and Mischievous, or 3M
Weapon: a good-quality club, and has 1x practice with it (add +1x if size increased)
Title/Name: Mario the Marvelous and Mischievous, or 3M
Weapon: a good-quality club, and has 1x practice with it (add +1x if size increased)
Title/Name: Mario the Marvelous and Mischievous, or 3M
Weapon: a good-quality club, and has 1x practice with it (add +1x if size increased)