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sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Well we'd better get started then

# ¿ Oct 31, 2020 01:01

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 06:12

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Speleothing posted:

Sounds like the game has a bias against floating airship colonies in the Venusian habitable zone.

in an eclipse phase game i ran i sent my players to venus specifically so they could have a fist fight on top of one of those, 40 kilometers up

# ¿ Oct 31, 2020 03:55

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Prefixes: F, G, B C D E
Research: B, C, D A
Socialist Aid Program: A, B, C
I-24, Repeal the No First Strike Doctrine: No
A-25, Service Medals: Yes
K-26, Adoption of a Revolutionary Rank Structure: Yes
F-27, Drunken Industrial Bear: Yes
F-28, Research Optimization Cleanup: Yes
F-29, A Ten-Year Service Medal: Yes
L-30, Low-Gravity Infrastructure: Yes
I-31, Five-Year Plans: No, the situation is currently too volatile, we need to be able to respond to shifting priorities as soon as they crop up
H-32, The Mars Program: Yes, securing adequate TNE stocks is of vital importance
N-33, the TNE Reuse, Reduce, and Recycling Act: Yes
N-34, the Public Broadcasting Service: Yes
S-35, FESTER: Yes
A-36, Space Autonomy Model: Yes
A-37, A Common Language for Space: Yes

# ¿ Nov 3, 2020 10:06

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Mister Bates posted:

When I started this game I knew I wanted it to be set in an alternate past and do a sort of period piece, and I was torn between doing late Victorian era sci-fi

that was already done, or at least attempted - it fell prey to the Curse fairly quickly

# ¿ Nov 5, 2020 09:41

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Sanev.Khan posted:

Which one was it and what happened? I was following War of the Worlds I think it was called, with Terrans, Martians as Goon-led, and the Jovian corporations. There was a victorian one that popped up around the same time I think, are you talking about that?

Yep.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2020 12:01

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Asterite34 posted:

I'm with Cryo on this, honestly. Realistically, the odds of the away team being slaughtered like redshirts is minimal (though NOT ZERO), the bigger concern is someone untrained in archaeological excavation stepping on something important. Remember, the modern state of the world, which is in many ways unrecognizable compared to even ten years ago, is because of discoveries based on ONE partially intact alien artifact, and here we have an entire site visible from orbit. Let's not be like 19th century tomb robbers and accidentally break the REAL treasures just because we got overexcited. If we send a lander, it is with the understanding that nobody touches ANYTHING, they're just scouting out the terrain in preparation for a proper scientific mission.

People's Republic of New Zealand agrees.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2020 01:00

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

PurpleXVI posted:

I propose that we arm my surveillance station so I can be a mighty god in the skies, dispensing justice from above.

The people's Republic of new zealand can see no way in which this could go wrong: SECONDED

# ¿ Nov 11, 2020 00:20

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

HereticMIND posted:

On the topic of other extrasolar polities, the Delmarva Commonality is concerned about the possibility of hostile powers turning an eye towards Sol. We really don’t know what is out there, but we best not leave much (if anything) to chance. No matter how friendly we are, there are some who would either exploit our kindness or lash out at our open hand.

To this end, the think tanks at the Commonality Revolutionary Guard, stationed at Ft. Meade, Ann Arundel County, Maryland, and the Commonality Revolutionary Navy, stationed in Annapolis, Ann Arundel County, Maryland have come up with the following protocol and submit it for consideration and approval:

>PROTOCOL VH-2387-BLUE-WARHOUND, aka “The Fox in The Hen House Protocol” or “The Goose Chase Protocol”

All Comintern ship crews, from those serving aboard tender ships to those stationed aboard warships of any size, upon the outbreak of hostilities with extrasolar powers, are to immediately purge all navigational logs and libraries to prevent the location of Sol being discovered. Failure to do so will result in charges of treason being leveled against the offending Comintern crew. Should technical difficulties arise during the process of purging said navigational logs, the ship in question is to commence self-destruction/scuttling procedures and render, to the best of their ability, their navigational library unsalvageable.

If, during any naval operations/action, a retreat order is given, all ships participating in that action are to scramble their jump coordinates before exiting the battle. Comintern Fleets that jump towards Sol, either by accident or by design, will, upon reaching Sol, have their navigational computers purged and their crews reassigned to other vessels at random, to prevent hostiles from discovering Sol’s location.

The people's Republic of new Zealand asks for clarification on the term "jump" which appears to be undefined (possibly counter revolutionary?) Jargon

# ¿ Nov 11, 2020 03:39

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

I reckon we need the spaceships with the missiles woosh kablammo SECONDING whatever act will produce those

# ¿ Nov 13, 2020 11:03

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

In Summary

New Zealand people's Republic votes:

SK-38, Expand Interkosmos Academy YES
SK-39, Repeal Five-Year Plans YES
HC-40, Integrate North America YES
S-41, Research and Deploy Spying Technology NO
A-42, Surveil the Mars Ruins YES
JR-43, The Extraplanetary Focus Discovery Act YES
I-44, Administrative Overhaul YES
I-45, Diplomatic Overtures NO
P-46, Venera Initiative 2.0 NO
NM-47, the Trans-Newtonian Global Network Project YES
F-48, Organizational Capacity YES
F-49, Long-Term Research Efficiency YES
P-50, X-COM gently caress YES
Z-51, IRPA YES
I-52, Armed Spacecraft Development YES YES YES
W-53, Lunplan Expansion NO
W-54, Medals YES
W-55, Rename the Comintern YES
H-56, More Medals YES

Voting is now open and will remain open for 48-72 hours.
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# ¿ Nov 14, 2020 09:27

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

# ¿ Nov 16, 2020 02:49

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Me too please if there is a post to spare

# ¿ Nov 20, 2020 08:24

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

a big red star on a black background, with multiple white stars in a geometric pattern around it

# ¿ Nov 23, 2020 07:51

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

NewMars posted:

I've an idea for one.

The circle in the centre is the earth, united under socialism and beneath it the flag of the moon. The wreath can be read as a laurel or as grain. A laurel, representing the triumph of socialism and humanity over the old order and it's near-destruction, or a wreath of grain, representing the plenty that the comintern brings. There's also space to add the emblems of future colonies around the earth.

Nice!

# ¿ Nov 23, 2020 10:38

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

The workers Republic of new Zealand under their chief citizen Robert Muldoon agree.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2020 10:01

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

code:

SOS SOS SOS DE USS CYCLOPS ANY RCVNG PLS RSPND SAME FRQ PLS RSPND SOS SOS SOS

sebmojo fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Dec 15, 2020

# ¿ Dec 15, 2020 10:03

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr87nJVKdu0

# ¿ Dec 17, 2020 04:08

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

very nice piece (lol)

# ¿ Dec 17, 2020 09:14

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Guys: Martians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eCAphdQPck

# ¿ Dec 19, 2020 10:33

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

The PRNZ would like to note that defense should also be considered. We have discovered a decades, likely centuries long project to abduct earth citizens and store them for purposes unknown. Something about that has just changed, and there is every likelihood a signal has gone back to the aliens homeworld. It is possible that agents of interstellar reaction are already headed our way and we are unprepared for dealing with that. PRNZ proposes to activate a dedicated defense program, details to be confirmed by discussion.

sebmojo fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Dec 19, 2020

# ¿ Dec 19, 2020 19:38

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

some great thread art here

# ¿ Dec 20, 2020 02:06

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

PRNZ propose PROJECT FALX, a crash course to upgrade our space combat readiness. This should have a goal of achieving a practical (taking into account current or readily achievable technology) but effective space fighting force, under the jurisdiction of XCOM, within two years, comprising at least ten craft capable of engaging and defeating a similar size force of the crashed Grey ships.

What say you comrades, should we huddle and die on our homeworld, helpless at the hands of interstellar Capital?

# ¿ Dec 20, 2020 09:10

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Telsa Cola posted:

Only very, very few species of lizards have green blood and it's a byproduct of their hemoglobin breakdown, the lizards just concentrate the resulting chemical in their bodies and are resisitant to the toxic effects. A better example would be horseshoe crabs, octopi, etc which uses hemocyanin and is thus blue.

I'm willing to bet that a study has been done in universe about biological compatiblity because appearances don't really mean a whole lot. I urge the relevant authorities to make this information accesible for member review.

The living conditions of the Mars survivors can be easily explained by the fact that it appears to be a human storage facility so they are set for human tolerances in the event of them waking up, accidents, etc.

Unless the the biological similarity is as functionally close to us as we are to other mammals and avians, the probability of catching a xenodisease is hilariously small. You would have better chances of catching a disease from a thermal vent worm*.

*Parasites non withstanding.

shudders Peter Wattsly

# ¿ Dec 21, 2020 21:58

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Telsa Cola posted:

Blindsight is a good example because all appearances were deceiving.

i was thinking of starfish, and the brutal civilisation ending pandemic that came out of an underwater vent

# ¿ Dec 22, 2020 02:05

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Asterite34 posted:

A counter-proposal: They don't set one foot on planet Earth until it's verified they all don't have a Martian mind-control chip in their brains and hollow molars full of mega-anthrax in their jaws. Unlikely, perhaps even crazy? Yes, I'll freely admit, realistically it's more quarantining for alien drywall mold or whatever. But this is ALIENS we're talking about, we can't assume anything, it's all on the table. The "principle" is to act responsibly in the best interests of everyone we are responsible for, not what gets "good publicity" like it's a Coca Cola ad. They're Navy men, they're used to isolated deployments, they can survive another month or two on Mars without seeing their dead-by-now-anyway families or whatever.

gently caress yeah. Aliens have been stealing our people for centuries, they could easily have made a virus that works on us.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2020 03:37

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

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# ¿ Dec 26, 2020 08:43

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

sebmojo posted:

PRNZ propose PROJECT FALX, a crash course to upgrade our space combat readiness. This should have a goal of achieving a practical (taking into account current or readily achievable technology) but effective space fighting force, under the jurisdiction of XCOM, within two years, comprising at least ten craft capable of engaging and defeating a similar size force of the crashed Grey ships.

What say you comrades, should we huddle and die on our homeworld, helpless at the hands of interstellar Capital?

HereticMIND posted:

This is exactly what BLUE WARHOUND was designed for. We need to raise the readiness levels of all available ship crews and have them trained before we enter any meaningful combat. In essence, BLUE WARHOUND is to act as a compliment to FALX and should be considered secondary to FALX�s priority in terms of training (ie. BLUE WARHOUND should, ideally, be taught as the last course of general training or offered as an Advanced Officer�s Training Course for those headhunted/slated for command positions aboard flagships).

The Delmarva Commonality seconds Project FALX and once again proposes Protocol VH-2387-BLUE-WARHOUND in conjunction with FALX, though is willing to table BLUE WARHOUND should it be deemed appropriate.

Noting these, which should be put to a vote but I'm happy leaving it for the next full session.

# ¿ Dec 26, 2020 08:44

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

I'm ridiculously pumped for this

# ¿ Feb 8, 2021 10:20

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

A briefing on the two spaceships. Have they tried to enter? Do they look basically functional?

(Great writing, functional but very vivid)

# ¿ Feb 9, 2021 09:52

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

quote:

'How long have we been asleep?' is a question they did ask, and since Pirate Radar is actively posting in the thread and was the captain of this expedition, I'm going to give them an opportunity to decide how that question was answered, along with exactly how open they were about the whole 'communism' thing and the two additional world wars.

On the presumption that this has been discussed as part of the mission plan, I think we should be clear that a significant amount of time has passed (which shouldn't be a surprise given, e.g. SPACE TRAVEL) but defer detailed questions and answers until debrief.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2021 01:14

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Redeye Flight posted:

Intensely agree.

= = = =

Fletcher is actually in his office, for once, going through sheafs of news reports.

The simple presence of aliens in what was clearly a system designed and intended for humans is highly curious. No uniforms suggests civilians, being stuck in near the Cyclops crew suggests they were placed into, heh, "cold storage" very late. Base staff seems most likely, tossed or fled into cryo as whatever stopped this operation stopped it.

Whatever their purpose, they can drat well stay there for now. We have priorities, and getting the abductees returned to as close to a normal life as we can give them comes first. Once that is finished, we can see about dealing with them.

And, uh. He actually smiles at the camera for this. Please send the warmest regards of Germany to Kamerad Hans, and the rest of the U-Boot crew. If they desire it, there will absolutely be a place for them at home. Fletcher starts taking down notes to rattle trees in the Volksmarine to see how many of the old revolutionary sailors are still alive, though he knows it can't be many. Figuring out WHICH U-Boot it is will have to wait for later debriefing, though his staff say the most likely candidate for the timeframe is U-61, which was extremely successful.

= = = =

I also have a proposition from the Volksrat, which I feel is important to get on the table despite us being nowhere near the next committee meeting, due to its contents. The Volksrat applauds the development and commissioning of the new Berowra freighters, but members of the more historically-minded states as well as the aerospace and shipworkers' unions have expressed a desire to ensure we do not lose our foundational space history in the form of the Lunas. The DVR proposes to ensure the preservation of at least Luna and hopefully also Tranquility as museum ships or exhibits. When the two are retired, they should be disposed of for preservation rather than scrapping, possibly at a spaceport like Ascension Island, Baikonur, Jiuquan, Vandenberg, what have you.

Additionally, if a situation develops where the survival of the two ships could be under serious threat, such as the appearance of armed and angry aliens, the DVR would like to see at least one immediately recalled and retired.

Again, it is acknowledged that the next Committee meeting is months out; however, given the pace of our industry and events, the Volksrat wished this desire to be known now rather than later.

Thirded by the PRANZ

# ¿ Feb 11, 2021 13:13

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Sanev.Khan posted:

Glad you're back Mister Bates, hope you'll make a full recovery soon if you haven't yet.

You're missing something! Our system's eleventh planet, Minerva, the most distant gas giant has three moons with a workable enough surface gravity and surface ice. Sure it's not ideal as far as infrastructure costs would go vs Mars, or even the jovians and Titan, but if it's a species that's used to colder environments already, or if they're a rich empire... What would be the point of toggling on that option if you don't use it? Hell, it showed up in the very first post. I bet there's something there. Let's send ships.

PRANZ PROPOSES commissioning a ship with sufficient range and necessary equipment and staff to perform this survey, and proposes the name Endeavour for it when it launches.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2021 21:56

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Asterite34 posted:

I mean, I suppose technically the Karzelek class can already manage that, it has a range of something ridiculous like 130 billion km. It'll just take about 7 months of travel time at max thrust, both ways, and all it can do is scan for TNEs. Which I guess COULD find structures, but we won't know if they're active or not.

how close are we to something that can do it more efficiently?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2021 22:34

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Asterite34 posted:

No idea, you'd have to ask Foxfire or one of the other tech guys. Drop everything to research and prototype a next-gen high performance engine, research a new ship with a whole sensor suite and enough fuel to throw it to Minerva and back, retool a slipway, actually build the thing... at least a month or two?

All I know is that while we're doing that we could at least fully scan Jupiter and accompanying moons with soon-to-be-obsolete-anyway equipment we have on hand that's currently doing either nothing or routine stuff we only hear about in bulk list format in the annual reports. Maybe Saturn too if we're lucky on the orbital approaches and everything lines up nice, but that's a stretch.

Oh agreed. I just think we should start tooling up to investigate the outer system too.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2021 23:27

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Asterite34 posted:

Crap, that's what I was afraid of.

So if I'm understanding right, in the time it would take us to research even the theoretical principles of a better engine, we could design essentially a Karzelek with the gravimetric sensors stripped out and replaced with the FESTER EM/thermal sensor package, build it, and send it along with a conventional Karzelek all the way to Minerva?

Perhaps we should do that, while moving towards better engines (since we'll inevitably want that at some point) so if it discovers something out there we will be fairly close to achieving a ship that can get back out there much faster?

# ¿ Feb 15, 2021 00:46

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3943978&userid=166604&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post509621998 is the last vote, for reference.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2021 22:19

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Grizzwold posted:

I personally prefer the old colors but it's still a very good flag.

it's a great flag, agree that the colours aren't quite right(they could maybe be a bit lighter?) but I'm happy to go with it.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2021 03:58

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Yeah I think it's cards on the table time

# ¿ Feb 16, 2021 10:23

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

let's not yada yada the nuclear missiles

I think driving some hard bargains and aiming for japan joining the comintern is a good route.

as a bargaining tool, revealing what's out there (e.g. aleins) may be a useful attention focuser.

I also like the idea of space settlements over a certain size having a right to join the comintern via externally verified vote.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2021 22:10

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 06:12

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Could I get another link to the discord? Sorry last one didn't work for some reason.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2021 23:08

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