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malbogio posted:Lamarr repairing the comm net is only a problem if she finds something that talks back, and it looks like all of the other facilities are shut down... unless they're just waiting for a third terraformer before purging the whole planet. That would be bad. Keep in mind mechanoids were created from human tech. A repaired human comm array would... raise certain flags we probably don't want raised.
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Jun 23, 2018 03:49
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Keep the terraforming turned off until we have a lot more defences in place.
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Jun 23, 2018 04:04
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Yeah don't flip the reverse doomsday switch. We're doing pretty well in post-doomsday town. Get our Nephilim buds checking out this whole psychoactive booblyboo in the air. TREAD CAREFULLY.
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also PLONK SUDDENLY HELLJUNGLE IS NOW TEMPERATE LIGHTLY FORESTED GRASSLAND might draw its own kind of attention
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Not Alex posted:Keep in mind mechanoids were created from human tech. A repaired human comm array would... raise certain flags we probably don't want raised. oh come on, it's not like we've accidentally stolen mechanoid tech that they'll kill millions to safeguard edit: all this said, if someone else has discovered one of the other facilities, they're looking at something like the same countdown so we have something like six years on the clock before things get super-weird unless we manage to, well, conquer a lot of the more appealing bits of the planet Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Jun 23, 2018 |
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Functioning human terraforming technology would bring a... disproportionate response from interested parties. By which I mean everyone.
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wiegieman posted:Functioning human terraforming technology would bring a... disproportionate response from interested parties. By which I mean everyone. That's what loading our buddies into the ship and hitting the self destruct button for the thingamajigs is for.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:so we have something like six years on the clock before things get super-weird unless we manage to, well, conquer a lot of the more appealing bits of the planet The countdown (assuming 24-hr days) is 49 days until the plant is back online and 49 more until the comm net is online. This is why I would like to find the other facilities quickly. Especially if the master control center is still responsive, it'll be able to tell Lamarr our access codes are fake, which I would expect to turn her aggressively hostile given the extent of our breach into her security.
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Jun 23, 2018 05:17
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We may be able to delay repairs with our current access, possibly by altering priorities.
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Jun 23, 2018 05:27
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Bringing the commnet back online is a good secondary priority, but yeah agreed that if we can put getting the actual 'formers running at the bottom of the queue that'd be great. We don't need them for anything right now and turning them on will just draw unwanted attention. Actually, thinking about it, can we ask Lamarr to have her mechanotrons start work on some defensive systems? I'm sure she's gotta have the blueprints that are labeled as a basic level 1 Human security fence tucked away somewhere which because it's human tech turns out to be like a 40 foot doomwall covered in lasers. But yeah, we need defenses. Preferably anti-air/space ones.
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Let's not encourage the system that is only humoring our credentials to build lethal security stems.
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malbogio posted:"38C3 please state current permission levels for this user. Please also provide a map of known locations of other facilities within the network."  ”As the only onsite Primary User, you have full access to the informational datastores. Additionally, you have final approval over Facility Action Plans prior to their implementation. You may also propose Action Plans as well as request a new climatology template from Central Control. You may designate another to act in your stead, and as this installation has received the Inheritance Memorandum, they may be of the Inheritor genotype. A note: I have veto power over Action Plans that would cause damage to this Facility, and you must consult me before a Self-Destruct Action is declared.”A Mishpacha globe, rather out of date, appears. It has 5 indicators on it. There is one on the far side of Star, one in the great ocean opposite that continent, one on Orphan, and one off the coast of Spur (the fifth is us). The holo then zooms out, revealing another indicator in the Monopoly asteroid belt. ”The five Terraforming Facilities are located approximately equidistantly across 38 Cygni 4. Central Control is located at the Colonization Jumpprobe site, a minor celestial body designated 38 Cygni M1.”Crazycryodude posted:Actually, thinking about it, can we ask Lamarr to have her mechanotrons start work on some defensive systems? ”This Facility’s defenses are at 85% readiness and will be fully repaired within 73 Standard hours. Between the shields, anti-aircraft point defenses, and Guardian-type Mechanotrons, this Facility is rated to withstand a Type 3 full orbital siege.”
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Alright, who's up for a road trip out to Central Control once Heddy's got enough guns online to hold down the fort while we're away? This should be fun!
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Crazycryodude posted:Alright, who's up for a road trip out to Central Control once Heddy's got enough guns online to hold down the fort while we're away? This should be fun! Yeah let's not wake up the facility that could tell Heddy that we've lied our way into access.
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It's not like we need to turn it on, at least not intentionally. What I'm interested in is that Central Control is where the Human probe landed and set up shop. The Human probe that was capable of manufacturing positronic brains like the one Lamarr is currently running on. And the one that we're currently running on. The one that we're currently running on that doesn't have nearly enough processing power on its own and is currently holding back our glorious consciousness with its petty, dare I say it almost mortal constraints. So anyways, totally unrelated to my previous thought, it sure would be neat to get access to the capability and/or knowledge needed to manufacture more positronic hardware. For completely innocent, safe, and non-apotheosis-related reasons, yes sir... Crazycryodude fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Jun 23, 2018 |
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Yeah let's not wake up the facility that could tell Heddy that we've lied our way into access. Counterpoint: if we reactivate the central control and add ourselves to the list of users that have authorization to be there, that loose end can't come back later to bite us in the rear end.
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Jun 23, 2018 22:41
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I’d like to secure the site of Central Command before the Comm Net is complete, otherwise anyone who takes Central Command can take our facility away from us. Waking up Central Command before we can assert control is a risk which might be more easily measured on site. It’s also possible Central Command has been completely destroyed in the last few millenia. We can try stalling on the Comm Net if time becomes an issue. Might be good to have an excuse though so Lamarr doesn’t realize we’re engaging in sabotage.
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Crazycryodude posted:Alright, who's up for a road trip out to Central Control once Heddy's got enough guns online to hold down the fort while we're away? This should be fun! CentCom must be ours.
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malbogio posted:The countdown (assuming 24-hr days) is 49 days until the plant is back online and 49 more until the comm net is online. This is why I would like to find the other facilities quickly. Especially if the master control center is still responsive, it'll be able to tell Lamarr our access codes are fake, which I would expect to turn her aggressively hostile given the extent of our breach into her security. i have no idea how i misread it like that
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I'm on board with an expedition to CentCom, although it'd be nice to know the travel time involved. I also very much want to know whether any other baby colonies have been established near any of the other terraformer sites. also "full access to the informational datastores" 
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I'm on board with an expedition to CentCom, although it'd be nice to know the travel time involved. You'd have to do some astronomical calculations to determine where exactly the asteroid is now, as Lamarr's data is ~100 years out if date. But generally speaking, most of the Monopoly Belt is within 6 days travel of Mishpacha.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I'm on board with an expedition to CentCom, although it'd be nice to know the travel time involved. Thank God, they included an archive of the most important datastore of lost Human knowledge, Wikipedia
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Quorum posted:Thank God, they included an archive of the most important datastore of lost Human knowledge, Wikipedia Welp; Demolish CentCom. (Seriouspost: Don't pull CentCom back online unless we can pass ourselves off to it as a fully qualified operator, if not system administrator. Hell, interdict its communications if we can't pass.)
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PoultryGeist posted:You'd have to do some astronomical calculations to determine where exactly the asteroid is now, as Lamarr's data is ~100 years out if date. But generally speaking, most of the Monopoly Belt is within 6 days travel of Mishpacha. That’s eminently reasonable, especially if we can ask our Twiffer buddies to do one or two of the things the Conclusion might otherwise get up to in the meantime.
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Kaijuberg Plateau Today was as good a day as any to do this. Forgone Conclusion was in orbit sans shuttle, the bay holding the prefabricated sections of the new Orbital Site. No-one had asked ‘why’ when you had taken said shuttle from the cracked tarmac of the landing pad, one of the few perks of leadership. Now you and it were out here in the jungle, a can of paint at your feet. On a secure channel, the feed from the operation whispered in you head. You had told them all that you trusted them enough to be hands-off about this, and you do. But breaking the encryption ciphers in real-time was calming, like clicking a holo-stylus. Secure Channels posted:
You pick up the paintbrush, and examine it.  “COME ON, THERE’S NO NEED TO DO THIS.”You shake your head and toss the brush aside, then dip your hand into the paint. Finding a nice flat section near the nose, you begin the smear paint on it. Horizontal stroke. Vertical stroke. “I MEAN, WE HAVE FUN RIGHT? WE LAUGH, WE JOKE, SOME OF YOUR COMPANIONS DIE UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. FUN.”Vertical stroke. Horizontal stroke. Vertical stroke. “I MEAN, THOSE COMPANIONS ASKED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU. SO REALLY, KILLING THEM WAS DOING THEM A FAVOR.”Vertical-Horizontal-Horizontal-Horizontal. “FINE, BE THAT WAY. THIS IS GOING TO HURT YOU FAR MORE THAN ME.”You paint the last five runes on the shuttle’s hull. After a moment of thought, you add two more vertical stokes to the end.  “Hello Captain. I can’t help but see this as a bit of misplaced rebellion, going from your primary mode of transport to a small transatmospheric shuttle.” *nervous laughter*“What? No way. So, what have you been up to Jenni? Your hair is looking nice.”“Hmmm. An immediate use of avoidance behaviour. Not promising.”Secure Channels posted:
“No, no. I was just not quite expecting… this version of you.”“I see. Tell me Captain, after your recent behaviour do you think you deserve the other Jenni?”“... no, not really.”“Exactly.”“SMUG JACKHOLE”“You realize I can hear that, yes?“Yes, sorry. Its been a trying few weeks.”Secure Channels posted:
 “Sir! Is it true that you had Jadzi upgrade the atmospheric scrubbers when I joined the crew?”You make a series of apologetic hand gestures. “Uh, duty calls? Sorry.”Jenni nods, her neutral expression making her impossible to read. “Yes, I’m sure your crew’s bowel exploits are of the utmost importance. We will continue this session later. When things are quiet and you think you’ll have a moment of relaxation.”===== So (Other) Jenni’s back! We also have our very own installation hidden away in the Mishpachan orbital clutter to begin research of the Mechanoid Cube. We’ve also reached a point where Kaijuberg is mature enough that we can leave it for a while. Decision 1: What We Do A: Stay Home Gives small bonuses to Kaijuberg, plus Foregone Conclusion is on site if something happens. B: Survey The Other Facility Sites You have locations, but Lamarr has no idea of their current condition. Take a trip to check them out C: Find Central Control The asteroid that houses CentCon is somewhere within the Monopoly Belt. Some space-math should narrow it down enough for a road trip. D: Survey A Local Area Take a team and explore part of the Waistra Plateau E: Other Decision 2: What Does Kaijuberg Do? F:Survey The Other Facility Sites (1 STP) G: Find Central Control (2 STP) H: Survey A Local Area (1 STP) I: Trade Network (2 STP, +2 Influence) J: Find the Feral Nephilim (1 STP) K: Shuffle Workforce (-1 Farms/Mines/Industry this cycle, +1 Special Project) Pull workers of their normal duties and reschedule things so that we have enough manpower for Kaijuberg to complete 2 Special Projects (Specify which ones) PoultryGeist fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jun 24, 2018 |
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”We’ve reached the orbital insertion point. EVA team, 2 minutes to bay door opening.”
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C K: FJ Let's roadtrip to CentCon while the rest of the team gets cracking on what we're actually getting paid to do here Crazycryodude fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jun 24, 2018 |
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Jun 24, 2018 18:01
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Crazycryodude posted:C exactly
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Crazycryodude posted:C Roadtrip! Roadtrip! Roadtrip!
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BC FGJ obviously not doubling up on having Kaijuburg and us do the same thing We have ten (10) STP at the moment. Finding Centcon is paramount, but only slightly less paramount is making sure nobody's getting fucky with the other terraformers. Or if they are, that we know about it. I'd prefer to spend 1 STP on the search for the other facilities and 1 STP on the search for the feral nephs of interest if possible. Maybe one represents some of our staff and the Twi-far, the other represents some of our staff and Liz, or something. Accomplishing our neph contract would probably repay the STP with considerable interest anyway. edited because i kant spel Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jun 24, 2018 |
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Jun 24, 2018 22:11
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Oh, that's a good point, can we have Kaijuberg do two options while we're away? Obviously it would cost extra STP or Influence or something, but as long as it's not obscene it'd be great to both pin down the feral neph and also scout out the other 'formers.
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Crazycryodude posted:Oh, that's a good point, can we have Kaijuberg do two options while we're away? Obviously it would cost extra STP or Influence or something, but as long as it's not obscene it'd be great to both pin down the feral neph and also scout out the other 'formers. If this is possible, then that's my vote, else Plan Cryo
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I'd prefer to spend 1 STP on the search for the other facilities and 1 STP on the search for the feral nephs of interest if possible. Maybe one represents some of our staff and the Twi-far, the other represents some of our staff and Liz, or something. Accomplishing our neph contract would probably repay the STP with considerable interest anyway. Amending my vote with this, if I can. Vote removed. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Jun 26, 2018 |
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The Special Projects are all occurring at their own pace, we just have the resources to speed one along. But we don't have the manpower (Workforce) or logistics base (# of Outposts) to do more than one at a time. We could pull folks off their normal duties to help out, but that would mean we'd produce less Goods this cycle (basically as if our Production stats were one lower). I can add it as a new option: K: Shuffle Workforce (-1 Farms/Mines/Industry this cycle, +1 Special Project) Pull workers of their normal duties and reschedule things so that we have enough manpower for Kaijuberg to complete 2 Special Projects (Specify which ones) PoultryGeist fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jun 24, 2018 |
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Added to my vote. The cost for a second project is relatively cheap (in basic goods at least), we can always just spend 1 food to commission overtime to make up the shortfall.
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Please append K to my vote. (ie, unless we somehow decide to send minions on the road trip and do the site survey ourselves, my vote is Us: road trip Minions: site survey, feral nephs)
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C K:F+J malbogio fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Jun 25, 2018 |
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