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 You get a priority call from Tesladyne HQ, a request for an action scientist team to drop down to Kolkata, India. The details are sketchy, but from what you understand, just a few hours ago an unidentified craft with a bizarre design crash-landed in the city. No reported casualties, and little collateral damage to the city itself. The weird glow it gives off in the video recordings doesn't make you feel at ease, though. The area’s zoned off for now, though no one in the police or the CBI has any idea what to do with it. A few elderly bystanders claim it’s the same same craft that been haunting the Indian skies for the past decade. Real-life UFOs, if you're willing to believe that. It could well be just some experimental military craft in a botched flight. Whatever it is, the Indian government requests intervention and you’re the closest team with any sort of authority on weird stuff. You get off your chopper and land your boots in Kolkata city. You hope to contain the crash site, salvage the craft, and pick apart every secret it contains in the name of Science. Then the craft literally blows up on your face.  __________ Hey, let's play the Atomic Robo RPG, a pulp adventure game about science!  Or at least, science that's treated in the same vein as archeology is treated in Indiana Jones. Brainbots, ancient conspiracies, pyramid super-tanks, time-traveling dinosaurs, and Carl Sagan with a dimensional lightning gun are the norm here.It will contain the following things, and more:  The PCs are Action Scientists of Tesladyne Industries Inc., a paramilitary think-tank sanctioned by the U.N. to investigate and combat weirdness and mad science around the globe. Specifically, the PCs are recent transferees (whether voluntarily or not) to the company's Extraterrestrial Communications Department. It's a big, well-equipped branch office somewhere in Central Asia, with staff that perform the same studies and experiments they do at Tesladyne's main HQ, though with a slight bent in proving intelligent life outside of Earth. Expect an Atomic Robo game about UFOs and ancient astronauts in the forefront, with conspiracies aplenty hiding right behind them. Tesladyne makes it a hobby of pissing off powerful secret societies, after all. Also, aliens (???).  Character Creation: Obviously, you want the Atomic Robo RPG in order to play (here or here). You don't need to be familiar with the setting beyond what it says in Chapter 1, but if you want to get a feel of the "pulp science" tone, check out the free comics. They're pretty good. I will take any concept of Action Scientist (even if they don't directly relate to aliens), so go wild with your ideas. You can use the E-Z or Weird Character Creation methods, though if you go with the latter please try to stay within one or two Weird Modes. You don't need to fill all your aspects or stunts, just enough that I get an idea of your concept. Backgrounds are good, but nothing too elaborate please. This will be a fairly short game, no more than a volume's worth of material if this were an AR comic. If people are interested enough to go beyond that, we can work more character hooks out of everyone but we'll do that when we get there. The game is set in the year 2017, far enough from the current timeline of Atomic Robo. Otherwise, I really don't care if you mess up AR's canon with your backstories (neither do the creators! promise!). If you want be another automatic intelligence or a cyber-ape or the co-discoverer of the fifth cardinal direction, go for it. Use history and canon to enhance your story, but don't feel restrained by it.   Gonna run recruit for a week, maybe sooner than that in case there’s a lot of interest. I'm at synIRC through #persona or #redhandofdoom if you have any questions. Or post them here!
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I'm gonna make a clockman, Trix. Just you wait. A CLOCKMAN.
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I'm withdrawing my app, nTech seems like a better place for talents such as mine. 
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Mackenzie Rolle In her former job, Mackenzie was the CSIRO's expert on biomedical engineering and invasive human augmentation. Her greatest achievement was an experimental prototype of a cybernetic brain upgrade, which came in handy when she suffered brain damage during a shark attack. Unwilling to lose her research, the Australian government ordered the CSIRO to augment her. It worked, but she hadn't yet worked out how to fit the radio transceiver, medical sensors and power supply in the actual head—her huge doofy helmet is as much for housing her cyberbrain as it is for protecting it. The next government ordered her project scrapped, citing a "budget emergency" that required CSIRO funding being redirected to buying more second-hand tech from the US. Mackenzie suddenly needed somewhere that appreciated her talents, would help her make a more compact brain implant, and could supply the rare element Australium that powered her helmet. She chose Tesladyne. Concept: Cyber-Helmeted Action Scientist Australian: I Come From A Land Down Under Science: Bringing Science Fiction To Life Banter: Not Afraid To Speak Her Mind Omega: Skills: pre:Australian (+3) Science (+2) Banter (+1) Great (+4) Notice, Provoke Computer Science Good (+3) Athletics, Combat, Biomedical Engineering, Physique, Vehicles Robotics, Will Fair (+2) Other Sciences Average (+1) Contacts, Deceive, Empathy, Rapport Improvements: Focused Robotics & Biomedical Engineering, Specialised Computer Science; 5 points left Stunts: Computational Helm: When using a free invoke on an aspect or boost related to her cyber-helm, Mack gets a +3 bonus instead of +2. Heads-Up Display: +1 to Combat to attack with guns, Weapon:2 Human Revolution: +2 to Robotics when inventing. I'll Glass Ya!: Mack gets +2 to creating advantages with Provoke when dealing with other scientists who aren't as Australian as she is. I'm A Mack, And I'm A PC: During a brainstorm, Mack can use Will in place of any other Science skill. Stress Physical OOOO Mental OOO Ettin fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Jun 7, 2014 |
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Valentina Akilinov Inspired by her grandmother's tales of fighting the Nazis with the Night Witches, and then gallivanting around the Pacific with a crew of air pirates after the war, Valentina always knew she was going to be a pilot. It was later that she discovered her talent for math and engineering - a talent that didn't save her from getting in deep trouble when she started tinkering with some of her grandmother's old gear. Fortunately she managed not to blow herself up. At a young age she was recruited by the space program, before she'd even finished her Ph.D. It was one of the few legacies of the former regime that Russians could still take unalloyed pride in, especially with the Americans stumbling. Valentina became a rising star, designing and test flying cutting edge craft, supervising launches of next-generation lifters. Unfortunately, the lack of funds meant few of her innovations were actually adopted, the agencies preferring to stick with the tried-and-true hardware inherited from the former regime, and leaving her working with a shoe-string budget more often than not. And then things got worse. The new regime started to look and act a lot like the old one. More and more pressure was being put on her to weaponize her designs, and the FSB was harassing her routinely. Finally, Valentina simply quit and caught a flight to Boston, and then a ferry to an island just off the coast. That she was handed a job as soon as she knocked on Tesladyne's doors wasn't too much a surprise - her own capabilities plus a bit of nostalgia for the old days from the boss made it practically a given. Initially though Valentina had reason to second-guess her decision. Her grandmother had told her about an American aerospace magnate, but Tesladyne had grown into a very different company. The Propulsion Lab had become an afterthought, and Valentina spent as much time helping the Transportation Division keep its birds in the air as she did anything else. That all changed just in time, before she decided to see if NASA had any openings. After the ALAN incident, the robot in charge remembered and renewed his interest in aerospace and the Rocketry Division suddenly returned, new, improved, and well funded. Valentina had found her dream job.  Aspects: Concept: Modern Day She-Devil Action: The Right Stuff Science: Where No One Has Gone Before Russian: You Can't Take the Rodina Out of the Devyshku Omega: Skills: pre:Action (+3) Science (+2) Russian (+1) Superb (+5) Vehicles Great (+4) Combat, Physique, Rocket Science Provoke Good (+3) Athletics Aerospace Engineering, Exotic Physics, Notice, Propulsion Engineering Fair (+2) Will, Other Sciences Contacts Specialized: Vehicles, Rocket Science Focused: Aerospace Engineering, Combat, Contacts, Exotic Physics, Notice, Physique, Provoke Skill Improvements (3 points): Specialize two focused skills Stunts: It's Not Exactly Rocket Science: During a brainstorm, you may use Rocket Science instead of any other Science skill. Night Witch: Once per scene, when piloting, you can reduce the harm dealt by an attack by up to 4 shifts by letting the attacker have a situation aspect with one free invocation. She's Russian, She's Fine: You may ignore the deleterious effects of alcohol, unless you choose not to. Then you’re drunk. Improved She-Devil Jetpack  pre:Aspects: Function: A Rocket Strapped to My Back Flaw: Hard to Control Mega-Stunts (4 benefits): Hell and Lightning: During a physical conflict, using a free invocation on an aspect or boost gives you a +3 bonus instead of +2. Superior Maneuverability: +2 to create an advantage or defend with Vehicles when up against conventional aircraft. During a physical conflict, before rolling dice on your turn, you can remove a boost from play. Stress: Physical OOOO Mental OOO Comrade Gorbash fucked around with this message at 02:44 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 19:51
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Interesting...how much "supernatural-ish" leeway is allowed in the characters? If I had a submission that had the aspect "It's Not Vampirism, It's Iron Deficiency Hematophagia!" and a high concept of "That Kind of Doctor, and That Kind of Bloodthirsty", would it fly?
Davin Valkri fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 21:25
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You'll have to cross check with Trix, but Atomic Robo is very weird/fringe science rather than occult. Even the Thing From Beyond Time is explained in scientific terms, and the vampires are also extra-dimensional.
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Hey Davin, I made you a brother from another sucker. - Juanito Baez is getting pretty dang tired of people calling him a Mexican. That's pretty narrow-minded and insulting to everybody, for starters, and two, he's Puerto Rican. He's a US citizen. And a chupacabra. Chupacabras are from Puerto Rico! Not many people know that. Like UFOs or Bigfoot, the first time one sighting gets reported, all of a sudden everybody's seeing the things everywhere. Well, Juanito is from Puerto Rico. Ponce, specifically. That's the second-biggest city on the island! His parents kind of hit his biological mother with their truck, but they took him in and raised him like their own. Sure, they were kinda surprised when he started talking (the vet was really surprised), but Mama and Papa raised him up properly. Juanito loves his mother and his country, and he went to the mainland to get a good job so he could send money home. You can make a good career out of being handy! The folks at Tesladyne appreciate someone for their skill, not their looks or their diet, and that deserves a lot of respect. Plus now he gets to travel the world and see all kinds of amazing things! And he is entirely confident that nobody notices he's just a little weird-looking under that ballcap.  pre:Juanito Baez Concept: Chupacabra, EE El Goatsucker: The Friendliest Bloodsucker in Ponce Science: A Good Career is Important to Your Family Intrigue: Living Up to the Stereotype Omega: That's Racist, Yo Good (+3): El Goatsucker (9) Athletics* Burglary* Combat** Notice** Physique Stealth** Fair (+2): Science (3) Electrical Engineering** Notice Will Average (+1): Intrigue (9) Athletics Burglary Contacts Deceive Notice Stealth Actual Skills Athletics +4 Burglary +4 Combat +5 Contacts +1 Deceive +1 Electrical Engineering +5 Empathy +0 Notice +5 Physique +3 Provoke +0 Rapport +0 Stealth +5 Vehicles +0 Will +2 Improving Elec. Eng. T->S (3) Stealth T->S (3) Combat T-S (3) Physical Stress OOOO Mental Stress OOO Mild: Mod: Sev: Stunts I Suck - Once per scene, when you hit and deal damage with a melee combat roll, replenish a number of physical stress boxes equal to the number of shifts you succeed by. Toolbelt - +1 to Science when working on electrical systems +1 to Burglary when you employ gadgets in your larceny Pointy, Pointy Parts - Weapon:2 in melee combat, climb using Stealth instead of Athletics, stealthily Know Your Audience - +2 to Rapport when dealing with non-human animals Cryptid - You can't be photographed or caught on video grassy gnoll fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Davin Valkri posted:Interesting...how much "supernatural-ish" leeway is allowed in the characters? If I had a submission that had the aspect "It's Not Vampirism, It's Iron Deficiency Hematophagia!" and a high concept of "That Kind of Doctor, and That Kind of Bloodthirsty", would it fly? Comrade Gorbash posted:You'll have to cross check with Trix, but Atomic Robo is very weird/fringe science rather than occult. Even the Thing From Beyond Time is explained in scientific terms, and the vampires are also extra-dimensional. Yeah, pretty much. That said, it's cool if you can't fully explain his condition right away. Like the book says, the supernatural is just natural phenomenon we don't completely understand yet. 
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So something like this, then? Work in Progress Dr. Henry Partridge, MD, Ph. D  High Concept: That Kind of Doctor...and That Kind of Bloodthirsty Sample Invoke: Come over here, I promise I will heal you! Sample Compel: Licking the scalpels is bad bedside manner! Doctor: Poke, Prod...Fascinating... Sample Invoke: Look closer...closer...CLOSER! Sample Compel: "Can we examine something else yet?" "I haven't finished examining this!" V.H.A.M.P.R.: Vascular Hematophagous Anthropomorphic Maximization and Parasitic Restoration Sample Invoke: For when peak pure human just doesn't cut it Sample Compel: Gah...need...blood...now! Science!: The Partridges--a Tesladyne FamilyTM Sample Invoke: Hey, Sis in the bioprosthetics department, could you do me a favor? Sample Compel: Dad, don't call me when we're both working! Omega: Side Effects May Include Drama Queening Sample Invoke: Hamming it up makes for a good distraction Sample Compel: Nobody finds you funny, doctor, knock it off! Skills: pre:Doctor!(+3) V.H.A.M.P.R.!(+2) Science!(+1) Superb (+5) Notice, Medicine Great (+4) Will, Empathy Athletics Good (+3) Contacts, Rapport Combat, Physique Microbiology Fair (+2) Stealth Pharmacology Avg. (+1) All Other Sciences Ment: OOOO V.A.M.P.I.R.E.!: Athletics, Combat, Notice, Physique, Stealth (8 points) Doctor!: Contacts, Empathy, Notice, Rapport, Will, Medicine (science subskill) (7 points) Science!: (for reference) Notice, Will, all Sciences (3 points) Reinforced Skills: Notice +3->+5, Will +3->+4, Medicine +3->+4 Specialized: Medicine +4->+5, Microbiology +1->+3, Athletics +2->+4 (8 points) Focused: Empathy +3->+4, Physique +2->+3, Combat +2->+3, Pharmacology +1->+2 (4 points) Stunts: (8 total) Megastunt: You Look DELICIOUS! (2 benefits) +2 to Combat Attacks against human targets in the same zone. On a success with style, clear your lowest checked stress box. Stunt: Parasite Preservation (1 benefits) Armor: 2 Megastunt: Begin the Hunt! (Athletics) (2 benefits) Absolutely faster than a normal human, but at a cost. +2 bonus to Athletics to Overcoming physical obstacles based on obstruction or poor footing. Stunt: Trust Me, I'm a Doctor! (1 benefit) +2 to Create Advantages by Rapport when you flaunt your medical authority--wear your coat, flash your scalpel, etc. Megastunt: Oh, It's Not That Bad (2 benefits) Your presence is enough to begin treating physical consequences at the end of a scene. Additionally, you can roll Medicine to Overcome a consequence, reducing it by one step if you beat its stress value. Question: Suppose you're an up-and-coming doctorate student in a prestigious medical research university. For your final project, you've decided to do research in the use of tailor-made symbiotic parasitic organisms for use in the medical sciences. After long hours slaving over petri dishes, you've finally made one, ready for testing and data collection. Unfortunately, clearing the FDA and other organizations for live animal tests could take six months or more, and your faculty adviser has noted that he needs some data in hand by next month for you to graduate. What's a young student to do? Why, inject yourself with the symbiote and write down all the results you note for data! Good news: Your parasite definitely works! You feel stronger and less fatigued, and you can quantify it; you don't even need to eat, so those all nighters are REALLY all nighters! Bad news: you collapse in the middle of defending your work to your peers, and the doctors identify it as sudden onset anemia and give you very low odds of survival. Good news: Your miraculous improvement after a blood transfusion gives you a breakthrough! Your parasite is a hematophage; to keep doing its work it needs blood, and preferably the human stuff for all the proper mineral and chemical balances. Bad news: the university doesn't much care for you raiding the blood bank for midnight sips and kicks you out. At least you still have their degree! Suckers! Good news: Tesladyne accepts your application to continue your medical science work, with extra pay for co-working in their badly undermanned on-site health and injury treatment department! Now you're not an embarrassment to your family! Bad news: holding the job is dependent on not doing anything to your fellow employees for their blood. Any complaints come in about bloodsucking and you're on two weeks notice. Good news: At least your parasite can be appeased with animal blood. And there's all sorts of preparations for it. Blood sausage, blood stew... Bad news: some of your fellow colleagues get kinda creeped out when you tell them at lunch just what goes into your Maasai Milkshake. ...or is that good news? Davin Valkri fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jun 4, 2014 |
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Still got more to do, but this is a good start before I go to bed. I'll edit in the rest later.pre:Name: Dell Grant Affiliation: Tesladyne Concept Aspect: Putting the "Science" in Science Gun Exotic Ballistics Aspect: All the Best Science Goes "Kra-Koom" Action! Aspect: No Such Thing as an Immovable Object Intrigue! Aspect: Sworn Defender of the Supply Cabinet Omega Aspect: "If that don't work.. use more gun." Exotic Ballistics [+3]: (Armourer*, Sciences, Notice, Will) Superb [+5]: Notice Great [+4]: Armourer, Ballistics, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Will Good [+3]: All Other Sciences Improvements: Focused Armourer, Ballistics, C.E., M.S., M.E., Physics, Will *Armourer: --OVERCOME General Weapons Systems Knowledge --OVERCOME: Repair/Maintain/Modify Science Guns --ADVANTAGE: Jury-Rig Science Guns for Effect Action! [+2]: Good [+3]: Athletics, Combat Fair [+2]: Physique, Provoke, Vehicles Improvements: Focused Combat Intrigue! [+1]: Average [+1]: Burglary, Contacts, Deceive, Stealth Improvements: None Edit: I wasn't actually trying to make a TF2 reference, until I realized a 'Use More Gun' omega would be the perfect capstone. Cabbit fucked around with this message at 12:24 on May 30, 2014 |
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Minori Genbu But, uh, with blonde hair. She's not an actual anime. The daughter of one of Lord Helsingard's more helpful and favored scientific minions before an inevitable divorce, Minori was (thankfully) at her mother's when Atomic Robo destroyed that iteration. Having inherited her father's genius, Minori had numerous offers to several institutions, but after learning her works would be used to develop arms, she made some calls, pulled favors, and became one of TeslaDyne's new employees. She is now dedicated to helping the cause, ensuring nobody else threatens others like her father did, and designing personal defense technologies of sometimes questionable power. Unbeknownst to her, however, her father survived and has associated himself with the higher workings of Lord Helsingard's operations... Minori is a generally bright and cheery girl. While fairly popular and fairly lucky in the genetics department, she tends not to let it go to her head. Likely as a side effect of her upbringing, she has absolutely no concept of "excessive force" and, when her designs do get used, they have to be scaled back significantly. She's been caught practicing monologing before, but got off with a warning. On the bright side, all her over the top gloating has been aimed at bad guys. Concept: Heir to Helsingard's Upper Echelons Mad Science: Make Peace, Not War, By Force if Necessary Banter: The Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter Action: Lasers Make the Best Mace Omega: Insatiable Curiosity* Skills: pre:Mad Science (+3) Banter (+2) Action (+1) Superb (+5) Mechanical Eng., Great (+4) Notice, Will Good (+3) Other Sciences Empathy, Provoke Combat Rapport Fair (+2) Contacts, Deceive Athletics Average (+1) Physique, Vehicle Stunts Signature Aspect: Insatiable Curiosity One free invoke/issue, compels cost/grant 2 FP. Entirely Benign Non-Villainous Monologue: +2 to Provoke when sufficient amount of time is spent detailing her Plug and Play!: When you create an invention with more then one mega-stunt, you can ignore one of it's catches so long as it utilizes or incorporates your backpack Friends of my Father: +2 to Contacts when contacting a current or former evil minion or "slightly erratic" scientist Genbu Brand® Power-Pack  pre:Aspects: Function: Soldier in a Bag! Flaw: "Working" Prototype Mega-Stunts (3 benefits): Rapid-fire Prototype Laser: +1 to attack with Combat when fighting at range; Weapon 2, or Weapon 4 at a cost Turtleshell Tech® Personal Shield: Defend using Notice when fighting at range, and gain +1 to do so Robotic Limbs: Absolutely stronger then a normal human, but at a cost Physical OO Mental OOOOO Total benefits 8-5=3 fate points added to the GM's reserves ProfessorCirno fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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 Uriel "The Drummer" Broussard Born out in a Louisiana bayou and raised by a snake-handling church, Uriel was never a normal kid to begin with. But still, he might have grown up to be just garden-variety weird if it weren't for his abduction at the age of ten. He doesn't remember much about it. It was bright, and cold, and there was music inside his head. And really, the music never left. What is clear is that when he came back, Uriel Broussard was different. It wasn't just his sudden interest in physics and space. It wasn't just that he enjoyed the math. He'd always been a bit nerdy. No, it was that it didn't really need a computer or calculator any more. Uriel Broussard, from what Tesladyne investigation could tell, was tapped into some sort of informational superstructure. One glance at anything would tell him dimensions, mass, temperature - anything observable, really. With focus, he could go even deeper. On the other hand, the reason that he came to Tesladyne attention in the first place was because he had a nervous breakdown at the age of sixteen as a result of a confluence of events involving being accused of cheating his way through exams to get into college (he didn't), a breakin at the college's astrophysics lab (he did, for reasons he still isn't able to explain) and the anger of his family over his running away from home for the past three years. Tesladyne got there before the government did, and that's probably for the best. They've found that overstimulation tends to make Uriel react poorly, that he has some problems handling delicate social situations due to the fact that his brain patterns are all kinds of messed up - he has trouble comprehending most social interactions, and tends to default to being annoying, aggressive or confrontational because it's easier for him to understand...oh, and that without the use of some kind of focus - most often his drumsticks - he can easily be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information around him. On the other hand, well...on the other hand, they have Uriel Broussard. Concept: Abductee Turned Savant Mode 1 (The Drummer): I See Everything -- No, Really, Everything Mode 2 (Intrigue): Urban Survivor Mode 3 (Backwoods Kid): Born And Bred In A Briar Patch Omega: The Drumming Helps Me Focus pre:The Drummer (+3) Intrigue (+2) Backwoods Kid (+1) Superb (+5) Datavision, Xenobiology Great (+4) Provoke, Will, Burglary High-Energy Physics Good (+3) Other Sciences Athletics, Stealth Fair (+2) Contacts, Combat Deceive Backwoods Kid: Notice, Combat, Athletics, Stealth (COST: 7) Improvements: Specialized Xenobiology, Focused High-Energy Physics, Focused Provoke, Focused Will, Specialized Burglary, Focused Combat Stunt: I Know Everything: Absolute Datavision. The Drummer sees every piece of information - digital, analog, it doesn't matter. It all sticks out to him. However, he is weak to overstimulation. (This is intended to allow tricks like reading information out of a book or folder by glancing at it, telling how hot to the tenth of a degree some coffee is at a glance and other stupid Drummer tricks. However, it is also important to note that information is not the same as answers or solutions - lots of raw data doesn't mean knowing why.) Stunt: OH GOD BULLETS: +2 to defend with Athletics, but only against ranged attacks. Stunt: They Help Me Focus: +2 to overcome with Will when in the prolonged presence of some steady, rhythmic noise - a steady drumstick beat, for example. Stunt: Data Analysis: Spend a fate point and choose any Science skill. For the rest of the scene, you may use Datavision in place of that skill. Stunt: Useless Trivia: When dealing with nerds or other people who respect useless knowledge of random trivia, use Will instead of Rapport. Physical: ()()() Mental: ()()()() Mors Rattus fucked around with this message at 03:11 on May 31, 2014 |
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All right, let's do this. Professor Bear "Holy crap! Code one, code one!" "Dude, what's wrong?" "There's a bear in the particle physics lab! Somebody call Action Fish and Wildlife!" "Huh? On, no, it's cool. That's just Professor Bear." "The bear works here?" "Yeah. Joined about a month ago, I think." "Robo hired a bear?" "I--huh. Well, he must have, right? I mean, there's a bear in the particle physics lab." Concept: Ursus Scientia Mode 1 (Science): Don't Be Ridiculous, Bears Can't Do Particle Physics Mode 2 (Bear): That... That Is a Very Large Bear Mode 3 (Banter): Exquisite Taste Omega: No Opposable Thumbs pre:Science (+3) Bear (+2) Banter (+1) Superb (+5) Notice, Particle Physics Great (+4) Freshwater Icthyology, Tooth & Claw, Provoke Will Good (+3) All Sciences Physique Fair (+2) Athletics Average (+1) Contacts, Deceive, Empathy, Rapport Stunt: Wall of Muscle and Fur: Absolutely stronger than any human, but at a cost. Armor:2 Stunt: Predator: Weapon:2 Stunt: "Oh, That's Just Professor Bear.": In any science-type location, if it's at all plausible, there's always a nameless NPC on hand to explain that of course Professor Bear has every right to be here. Stunt: You Said It, Chewie: Regardless of what language they speak, people always seem to understand Professor Bear. When an ally invokes one of Professor Bear's Brainstorm Aspects, they get a +3 bonus instead of +2. Stunt: "How'd a Bear Get In Here?": As long as Professor Bear isn't occupied elsewhere, spend one Fate Point to appear in a scene as though you'd been there all along. Total Stunt Benefits: 6 (or 7 if you count the "people understand his growls" part of You Said It, Chewie) Physical: ()()() Mental: ()()()()()
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 Working on a game tracker, since I want to run this Fate game by the book this time. Hopefully it will be useful.
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-Specialized Sociology -Focused Anthropology -Specialized Notice Stunts: -”Hey, Where’s The Intern?”: As long as you’re not being directly observed and there’s a reasonable way to leave, you can disappear from a scene. Spend a fate point later (in the same scene or a subsequent one) to reappear in an unobserved spot. -Never Enough Notes: When you invoke an aspect you created as part of a brainstorm, you get a +3 bonus instead of +2. -The Smartest Phone: +1 to Contacts when finding rumors that can be conveyed in 120 characters or less, and use Contacts in place of a Science when creating an advantage if it’s something a phone app could reasonably accomplish. -Two stunts remaining Physical: [][][] Mental: [][][][] Lurks With Wolves fucked around with this message at 07:27 on May 31, 2014 |
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 Stephanie DiMatteo "Oh em gee, did you SEE that? Oooh, they stopped making automated laser grids like that back in the 80's! Yep yep, they don't make'em like that anymore! Pro'lly 'cause they have a tendency to, like, overheat and explode if you jam something in the primary power distribution array. Like this!" Stephanie DiMatteo isn't, strictly speaking, part of Tesladyne's Extraterrestrial Communications department, or at least she wasn't until word of the crash in India. Technically Stephanie DiMatteo isn't a part of any one Tesladyne department at all, at least not yet. She is a Tesladyne employee though, not that she fits the typical definition of an action scientist at first glance...most of them tend to wear less pink, for one thing. A lot less. What Stephanie DiMatteao is is an action urban science explorer, colloquially referred to as a "Bunker Buster." Her hobby, and now that she's gainfully employed at Tesladyne her job as well, is delving into abandoned scientific installations around the world, unearthing lost research bases and laboratory outposts, recovering forgotten scientific artifacts and curiosities, and taking the world's most daring selfies. Science is dangerous. The sort of science that necessitates, say, a research outpost on a remote volcanic island or a repurposed nuclear silo long abandoned and forgotten is even more dangerous. In a world full of mutants, monsters, rampaging robots, and omnicidal artificial intelligences, poking around in the ruins of thwarted scientific ambition isn't a hobby for the timid or the clumsy. Fortunately Stephanie is as athletic as she is perpetually (some might say annoyingly) exuberant, and while she hasn't always escaped from her adventures unscathed (five bones broken and counting!) she's considered one of the top talents at her craft and happens to be a founding member of the World Action Science Explorer's League (current membership: 103). Her job at Tesladyne is simple enough...whenever a team is assembled that absolutely, positively has to access a science facility as soon as possible, say to avert a horrific doomsday weapon from destroying all life on earth, they send Stephanie along with them to get them in the door (or to make one if necessary). It's challenging work but rewarding, and there's plenty of opportunity for her to continue working on her degree in advanced particle physics in the downtime. What, a girl can't have interests? She is totally stoked about the prospect of meeting aliens. Concept: Bunker Buster Action Urban Science Exploration: Crowbar-Wielding Ninja in Pink Hi-Tops Renaissance Gal: Almost a Normal Person Science: Hidden Depths Omega: "Hey, what's THIS button do?" Action Urban Science Exploration +3 Athletics, Burglary, Combat, Notice, Physique, Stealth (9) Renaissance Gal +2 Athletics, Burglary, Contacts, Provoke, Rapport, Empathy (9) Science +1 Notice, Science, Will (3) pre: AUSE (+3) Renaissance Gal (+2) Science (+1)
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 Daniel Olivera Daniel was once just a humble Project Daedalus scientist, working on a revolutionary system that would allow drivers and pilots to meld with their vehicles, creating a human-machine empathy link that would allow for... well, let's skip the technobabble. Point is, it was super cool. As the best driver of the group, Daniel got the privilege of being the test pilot. This was all well and good until one day, something went, as always at Project Daedalus, HORRIBLY WRONG! Daniel swears to this day someone must have made a mistake in the control schema. Everyone else just thinks he turned left where he meant to go right. Either way, the car ended up embedded in a wall. The other scientists saved all of him that they could. Brain, spine. You know. Only the important bits. His brain floated in a jar (don't ask why they have those) while his collegues hastily managed to adapt the armored shell of what was supposed to be the next generation warbot (not a patch on the one and only Atomic Robo, but hey, integrated anti-meson cannons!) into his life-support unit. Some time later, Daniel returned to the lab, to discover to his chagrin that not only were his hands incapable of typing on a keyboard, but that someone had signed him up for active duty in the field- In hopes of allowing constructive venting of your justifiable emotions, said the note. Daniel would like to point out that most of those bad emotions come from being sent out into the field when he's trying to work, but somehow those notes keep getting lost. Worse, nobody ever took the body off prototype mode, meaning every possible bit shuts down at the first violation of random "safety margins." His notes about that keep getting sent back with "safety hazard form 1356" attached. He'd love to fill it out sometime, but that would require finding a pen he hasn't crushed. This isn't to say he's not making the best of it, when he's not hurling his monitor across the lab at the third interruption that day. He's changed focuses; now, he studies strange genetics and mind transferal in hopes of one day returning to a body that can do the things he misses most. Eat. Sleep. Have sex. Well, he never got to that last one in the first place, but hope springs eternal. Concept: Swiss Army Cyborg Science Eyes: Big Brain in a Big Jar Warbot Mode: More Gun Than Man Pilot Training: ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL Omega: Mr. Furious Science +3 SCIENCE, Notice, Will (3) WARBOT MODE +2 Athletics, Combat, Notice, Physique (9) Pilot +1 Contacts, Notice, Vehicles (9) pre: Science (+3) Warbot (+2) Pilot(+1)
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Hey, check out this jerk. Also, I'm putting down everyone's apps into a spreadsheet. Hooray! Mitama fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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 Dr. Matthew Smalls The hard part about being an expert in A.I development at Tesladyne is that there's living proof of everything you're working for, yet is completely impossible to understand. Also, he's your boss. This is just a continuous pattern in his life. He was the second best player on the team, vice president of the student council, second best in his class. Everything he's done he's never been quite fast enough to figure it out in time before somebody else steps in and takes tbe bulk of the credit. Heck, even his job at Tesladyne came from him being the second pick after the first applicant vanished in an unfortunate portal incident. Yet he presses on, gritting his teeth as nobody notices his accomplishments and doing his best to just do his job. After all, who cares about prestige? As long as he gets the job done that's what counts. Right? Concept: Coveting Fame Science: Gets computers better then people Action: I'm sick of that jerk. Intrigue: Often overlooked. Omega: There's always someone better. Skills: pre: Science (+3) Action (+2) Intrigue (+1)
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StealthMental: [ ][ ][ ][ ] Stunts: I thought of that too: Once per scene, when another player makes a Science roll, you can make your own Science roll, if you match or exceed the difficulty, the other player gets a +2 to their result. Listen to me dammit!: Once per Brainstorm you can make a Provoke roll in addition to a Science roll and use the higher of the two rolls. Dr Pepper fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 00:56
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... So if this open only for SCIENCE! people, or can there be also characters charged with keeping said SCIENCE! People... you know... alive?
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Jun 3, 2014 17:24
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Kerzoro posted:... So if this open only for SCIENCE! people, or can there be also characters charged with keeping said SCIENCE! People... you know... alive? There are four "default modes" and three slots, so by definition the game allows not-SCIENCE! people to play. In fact, I think the author explicitly says "your character can know no more science than 'bullets come out of guns' and still have fun interacting with the consequences of SCIENCE!."
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Jun 3, 2014 17:26
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Kerzoro posted:... So if this open only for SCIENCE! people, or can there be also characters charged with keeping said SCIENCE! People... you know... alive? That's cool, sure.
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Jun 3, 2014 17:28
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One of the sample characters written up in the NPC section is Jenkins, who's Atomic Robo's bodyguard/head of Tesladyne security. Jenkins is ex Majestic 12 and is basically an unstoppable force of violence who has absolutely nothing to do with science whatsoever, so there's definitely precedent.
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Jun 3, 2014 17:33
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It's been almost a week, so let's call it: recruiting is closing in 24 hours. If anyone else wants to app and needs more time, let me know.
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Pearl It is not widely known, but there once was an organization dedicated to furthering their own goals of world domination, based on England. Said organization was known as DOOM. They specialized in removing inconvenient targets from positions of power to further their own goals. One of their projects involved kidnapping children, and molding them into loyal assassins. They guaranteed the loyalty of the assassins by outfitting them with a control harness, connected to a central computer. Pearl was such an assassin, the oldest and by far the most skilled of them all. Field-testes successfully, DOOM prepared to launch into the second stage of their plan, secure in their victory Well, secure, at least, until Tesladyne bungled into their base entirely by accident, in what was probably the result of a failed experiment involving either aeronautics or some other method of transportation (it is really quite embarrassing. They don´t talk about it). The ensuing conflict ended up destroying the central computer. Suddenly, the Action Scientists found themselves helped by a group of very angry young people who had been, until this point, trying to kill them. The DOOM leaders fled into their previously prepared escape tunnels… and found themselves face to face with a particularly enraged Pearl. The things she did to them are best left to the imagination. Horrible, horrible imagination. When the dust settled, Tesladyne found itself in custody of a small group of confused, scared, and angry highly trained killers (along with some newer recruits that had thankfully never gone through all that), most of which only wanted to return home. Only Pearl didn't know who she was or where she came from. Since the other options were letting an amnesiac socially awkward trained killed out into the wild, or killing her (which, moral ramifications aside, was clearly easier said than done), the company recruited her as a soldier. She much prefers her new job. Name: Pearl Concept: Former Evil Organization Assassin. Omega: Who am I? Aspect - Assassin: Everything Is A Weapon Aspect - Action: Laser Focus Aspect - Intrigue: Infiltration is my game Assassin mode: Athletics, Burglary, Combat, Notice, Physique, Stealth, Vehicles - 11 points Skills: pre: Assassin (+3) Action (+2) Intrigue (+1)
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And... here we are. Mackenzie Rolle (Ettin) Dr. Henry Partridge, MD, Ph. D, Bishounen (Davin Valkri) Valentina Akilinov (Comrade Gorbash) Minori Genbu (ProfessorCirno) Simone Kawaguchi (Lurks With Wolves) Stephanie DiMatteo (Kai Tave) Thanks for applying, guys. I got a lot of really good characters, that I chose to bump the cast up to six. Congrats to those who got in and I'm sorry for those who didn't. I'll be sure to look from here if any openings come up. Or you can check out Destrado's 1994 game that's still recruiting. So, okay. If you want to post impressions, go for it. I'm going to assume the Extraterrestrial Communications Department sent the typical five-man action scientist team to India, with Kai Tave's character already on scene to check out the cool alien craft. Extraterrestrial Communications operates from a branch office in Central Asia and acts its own faction with its own Mission Statement (Watch the Skies) and Resources Mode (Average (+1)). You each get two points to improve its Resource Mode skills (Armory, Intel, R&D, and Transport), keeping in mind that costs twice as many points to improve their skills compared to normal characters (p 230). You will want to pool your points together to make big changes. Or save them up. Up to you. If you do make an improvement, tell me about the kind of facilities that implies. Does a high R&D mean radio observatories and labs? Does average transport mean just... average transportation rather than sweet military choppers and planes? If you want, give the facilities a name and an aspect. Thread will come up before the weekend's done. I might even have it done tomorrow! 
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Jun 5, 2014 15:07
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Oh yeah. One of my pressures for this volume is The Chariots of the Gods. So, no matter what the threats and challenges are, expect them to relate to ancient astronauts and those who believe in those kinda things. If you have a suggestion for a second pressure aspect (a threat/challenge you wanna see), let me know! Mitama fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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I'm going to put my points into improving our Intel to at least +2. We're Extraterrestial Communications, for crying out loud. We need to be able to track and analyze stuff to do our jobs. Some impressions, because why not. Mackenzie Rolle: "Objectively speaking, she's ridiculous. A stereotype shoved into a tin can that won't be ready for common use for a dozen iterations. Still, I get the oddest feeling in the pit of my stomach whenever we talk. I wonder if this is what the dinosaurs felt when they saw the first mammal scrabbling in the dirt? But seriously, Ms Rolle isn't that bad as far as superiors go. She's honest, she doesn't tell me to bring her the world, and she's got a blind spot the size of a barn. What more can I ask for?" Dr. Henry Partridge, MD, Ph. D, Bishounen: "He's a vampire. He drinks blood, he moves too fast, he's pretty, he's a goddamn vampire. Note to self: Get medical coverage with someone other than Dr Acula over here." Valentina Akilinov:"Uh... Her jetpack's cool? She doesn't like vodka as much as you'd think? What can I say, we don't talk much." Minori Genbu: "Cute. Shame about the megalomania, though." Stephanie DiMatteo: "DiMatteo is a statistical outlier. The daredevil that is actually competent. Don't get me wrong, her voice still makes me want to drill a hole in my head. I'd just rather have her at my back than those bastards in Archaeology.
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TurninTrix posted:So, okay. If you want to post impressions, go for it. I'm going to assume the Extraterrestrial Communications Department sent the typical five-man action scientist team to India, with Kai Tave's character already on scene to check out the cool alien craft. You mean I don't get to ride over on the transport with the others? But that's part of the fun! Speaking of, I'm using my two points to raise Transport to +2 in order to help get For a second pressure I'm going to suggest Enemies Unknown. Tesladyne isn't the only group that wants a closer look at the crashed object, and while the Indian government is happy to cooperate other people might not be so eager to share. From Pakistani intelligence operatives to independent mad scientists to Majestic 12, Extraterrestrial Communications aren't the only ones vying to unlock the mysteries of the UFO. Impressions: Mackenzie Rolle: "Oh em gee, Mack (I totally call her Mack, we're tight like that) is so cool, she's like a real-life cyborg! I mean she is a real cyborg, duh, but I mean like a cool cyborg and not just like someone with an RFID chip in their arm or something boring like that. Also, her accent? Totally awesome. I heard this one time she challenged the CFO to a headbutting contest during a budgetary meeting. So yeah, she's kind of amazing." Dr. Henry Partridge, MD, Ph. D, Bishounen: "The vampire thing so doesn't do it for me. Like, can you imagine me with pale skin? Ugh, as if, right? But at least he's not like a creeper about it or anything...actually I think he might be gay. Which I'm totally cool with of course even though really, who could blame him for totally wanting to bite this neck, am I right? I'm so right. And he says he can't even turn into a bat which is like, why else would you want to become a vampire then? That's like the whole point." Valentina Akilinov: "Eeeeeeeeee Valentinaissoawesome! I read all about the She-Devils in history class and she's actually related to one of them and she has her own jetpack and she's an astronaut or at least she was an astronaut I think maybe, but the important thing here is why won't she let me borrow her jetpack!? C'monnnnnnnnn! One day...one day it will be mine. I mean, like, for a little while anyway, I'd totally give it back after I was done. Stealing is wrong, unless it's from mad scientists or if nobody knows you took it and it was totally just sitting there and you want to make sure nobody else takes it or it just somehow winds up in your pocket and you totally don't know how it got there." Minori Genbu: "Minori seems pretty cool! It turns out that one of her dad's security designs is what gave me this burn scar on my shoulder so that's kinda neat. She's usually cooped up in the armory messing around with her backpack, which is cool but not as cool as Valentina's (don't tell her I said that, 'kay?), and sometimes when she doesn't know I'm hiding on the ceiling spying on her she totally starts monologuing to herself. We're supposed to report that sorta thing to Human Resources but whatever, it's not like she's actually gonna grind the world under her titanium-clad heel and make all those fools who doubted her genius pay or anything, that'd just be silly." Simone Kawaguchi: "Simone seems real grumpy all the time. I think she has trouble making friends or something which is so sad, oh em gee! She just needs someone to help her get out and live life a little so I've totes decided that she and I are gonna be science besties! The best kind of besties! I've already started following her Twitter account and everything! She hasn't replied to or favorited or retweeted any of my tweets yet, but that's okay, she's just shy is all!"
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I'm spending my free two points on R&D +1->+2! For Science's sake, this is a Tesladyne facility, and what sort of Tesladyne facility doesn't have a lab where Oh, for the second pressure: We have an aspect related to, on some level, heaven, "Chariots of the Gods". It seems like the best second pressure to apply would be one that goes the other way, something related to earth, and how the Chariots of the God cause all sorts of wackness to show up for people who may not be ready for it. Maybe "The Crazy That Came to Kolkata City"? Impressions to come in piece by piece. First off, let me make one thing very, very clear: I. AM NOT. A VAMPIRE. If we're not talking about different dimensions, vampires are the result of peasant misunderstandings of corpse decomposition and xenophobic metaphors for exotic foreign men getting smashed together! I have an anemic condition treatable with hematophagic therapy! There is a difference! I shall register a complaint with Human Resources if you continue to use that inaccurate term! ...okay, HR won't return my calls, but I shall leave a VERY ANGRY MESSAGE! Mackenzie Rolle: Cybernetics may not be my most immediate medical area of expertise--mine was always more biological--but I can't help but marvel at Mackenzie's development. Curse CISRO for cutting her funding, just imagine what you could cure with a cyberbrain! Parkinson's! Alzheimer's! ALS! All treatable with a procedure like installing artificial hips or a pacemaker! I expect GREAT THINGS in the field and in the lab, Mack, GREAT THINGS! Valentina Akilinov: Jetpacks and rockets sound like a wonderfully volatile little cocktail, and yet I've never seen Valentina have to come in for so much as a scrape! Either she's ridiculously skilled in her testing, or she's trying to put poor old me out of a job! Hah, I kid! I've seen her drink, though, and I wonder how her liver looks...or for that matter, why she doesn't seem to get inebriated? Maybe her rocket fuel has an effect on ethanol...I must investigate this! TO THE LAB! Minori Genbu: Oooh, another cyber--no, wait, the combat arms go in her backpack, not in her back. Shame, maybe some more miniaturization and we can give quadriplegics the Doctor Octopus treatment. Glad to see the old theories of nature and nurture have once more passed the test!...I think. That laughter isn't her normal laugh, right? Simone Kawaguchi: Her gross simplification of my condition aside, I do feel sorry for her. The potential of science right in front of her, and it's practically slammed in her face the moment she shows up on the doorstep. If she performs well here, I'll recommend her for moving to the medical labs--we're still understaffed for all the chemical burns and RSIs that come in from other departments! We'll find something for her. Stephanie DiMatteo: She's certainly the active sort, I'll give her that! And she's more capable in the lab than anybody else who goes around wearing fingerless gloves. Seriously, who came up with those, fingers are the most important part of the hand and they make ones that explicitly don't protect theaaaaanyway she's definitely eager. I wonder if her voice register irregularities are caused by a chemical imbalance...or maybe helium? Davin Valkri fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Hooray! I mentioned this to TT, but I think forgot to post it to the thread. Valentina is part of the Propulsion Lab officially, but she has a specialty in Exotic Propulsion Systems, so she consults with the ETCD regularly. Anyone want to share points to raise R&D or Intel to +3? I'm game for either. From a purely selfish perspective raising Transport to +3 would be fun for Valentina, but as a group we probably don't need it, nor does it really fit for the fiction, I think. Impressions... (By the way I need all your father's names for reasons  ).Mackenzie Rolle: Looks like she wears sputnik on her head. Sometimes I wish I could look under the hood, yes? But that would be impolite. Besides, she is good drinking buddy, can actually hold her liquor, which is rare here in the West. And she is good in barfight. Look forward to working with her again. Dr. Henry Partridge: He has nice butt, but too much baggage. Reminds me of boyfriend from freshman year. He couldn't hold his liquor either, complained all the time. Valya, please no fighting. Valya, my head hurts from being hit with stool. Valya, my leg is broken. Should have dumped him sooner. Oh, right, Partridge. Very smart man, good doctor, but too much the absent minded professor. Not enough focus. Minori Genbu: I like Minori! She makes me laugh. I keep telling her, add rockets to her backpack! I can show you, promise no explosions. See, I have excellent safety record with my rockets. Well, except for that one, but that was not my fault. The blueprints were very clear, some stupid Siberian peasant banged the turbo-pump together with a rock and reversed the flow, so of course it exploded as soon as we started pumping oxidizer. Clearly Minori will not make such a mistake. Flying lessons we can do after, crashes build character. Simone Kawaguchi: Hardest thing to get used to about Westerners are how optimistic they are. Glass is always half full! Who cares, if it is full of beer that tastes like horse piss. Simone understands, she is very cynical little thing. Has proper perspective. I think she is secretly Russian. Stephanie DiMatteo: I thought this accent was terrible propaganda from old films. That Americans really talk like this makes me wonder how they won Cold War. Other than her voice making me want to stick my head in fuel tank, she is actually fun to hang out with. Isn't afraid to go out and have some fun. I am not letting her touch my rocket pack. Ever. Comrade Gorbash fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Anyone want to share points to raise R&D or Intel to +3? I'm game for either. From a purely selfish perspective raising Transport to +3 would be fun for Valentina, but as a group we probably don't need it, nor does it really fit for the fiction, I think. Another factor to consider is how much travel we're going to be doing since it seems probable that once we've arrived at the crash site we probably won't be globetrotting much, so boosting Transport may have diminishing returns. But who knows! Comrade Gorbash posted:Impressions... (By the way I need all your father's names for reasons Carlo DiMatteo, professional baseball player pitching for the San Francisco Giants.
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Davin Valkri posted:Oh, for the second pressure: We have an aspect related to, on some level, heaven, "Chariots of the Gods". It seems like the best second pressure to apply would be one that goes the other way, something related to earth, and how the Chariots of the God cause all sorts of wackness to show up for people who may not be ready for it. Maybe "The Crazy That Came to Kolkata City"? I feel like this pressure idea meshes well with Kai's idea. Everyone who wants a slice of the alien pie is going to be converging on Kolkata and they're all going to want the biggest piece and most of them are going to be goddamn weirdos. We just happened to be the goddamn weirdos that got there first. On that note, I'm going to suggest Everyone Wants A Piece as a slightly less conspiratorial alternative to Enemies Unknown, just in case anyone doesn't want to go full XCOM right out of the gate. (Also, vampires are a societal construct which Doctor Partridge fits many of the current common mimetic signifiers of, and so he is a vampire for most common-use purposes. If he does not like this, he can pour pigs' blood into his own drat thermos.) Gorbash: Let's go with Pat. Pat Kawaguchi. Short for Patrick, but no one calls him that. That's a name that says "My family's lived in the Bay Area for four generations" if I've ever heard one.
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Lurks With Wolves posted:I feel like this pressure idea meshes well with Kai's idea. Everyone who wants a slice of the alien pie is going to be converging on Kolkata and they're all going to want the biggest piece and most of them are going to be goddamn weirdos. We just happened to be the goddamn weirdos that got there first. On that note, I'm going to suggest Everyone Wants A Piece as a slightly less conspiratorial alternative to Enemies Unknown, just in case anyone doesn't want to go full XCOM right out of the gate. This is more or less what I was thinking and you're right that a less sinister and more madcap approach is probably a better fit for this game (and most Atomic Robo games come to think of it). Throw UFO cultists, fringe journalists, tourists, and entrepreneurs into the mix along with the opportunistic mad scientists and spies.
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I like Everyone Wants A Piece. Okay, let's do that.
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Impressions... (By the way I need all your father's names for reasons I'd ask the reason, but I suspect I'd get something inscrutable back! Ah well. Dr. Parker Partridge, Tesladyne legal/chemical division, dual Doctorates in Law and Inorganic Chemistry. He calls me a lot, for some inexplicable reason.
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I'll chip in to raise Intel! Mackenzie Rolle: I really, really, really want to look inside that helmet and take it apart and see how everything works. I think that would kill her though. I don't want to kill her! So, I don't. Maybe she'll make a new one for me to look at? I like her accent though, it's cute. Dr. Henry Partridge: Paging Dr Handsome! Too bad he's a vampire. Still, the whole parasite thing is real interesting. In a bad way! Certainly you'd never want to experiment to see if they can be removed from the whole bloodsucking thing and instead connect to the brain to remove aggressiveness. Certainly never. Never ever ever. I'm not allowed in his lab. He hasn't made a pass at me yet, which annoys me for some reason. My neck is so hot, hello! Valentina Akilinov: Her backpack is SUPER cool. It's totally retro! I'd love to take it apart. She won't let me though. Spoilsport. Keeps inviting me to go out drinking; I'm really bad at it though, so I turn it down. I hope she doesn't take it personally. AND keeps pushing me to add rockets to my backpack, and I'd love to do it, but this backpack is only a working prototype as is; I'd need to do FAR more modifications for that to work! Simone Kawaguchi: Miss Grumpy. I mean ok, things didn't work out, but you don't just get all cynical and mean spirited! When life gives you lemons, bio-engineer them into dea - peaceful serving robots. I secretly think half the reason she hasn't been promoted is because she's so snarky to everyone. Stephanie DiMatteo: I think Stephanie might be one of the coolest people I've met. I mean, pink is totally her thing, and the whole action girl thing is just like something from otousan's old safety videos, except she doesn't die in the end. In fact, I'm pretty sure otousan would very strongly disagree with her being my friend and would say she's "the bad sort." Maybe that's why I like her! Comrade Gorbash posted:Impressions... (By the way I need all your father's names for reasons The Sinister Dr Ryūji Genbu. That's actually his full name, he had it legally changed.
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