Panopticon: A Game of Posthumans, Perniciousness, Paranoia, Politics, and Plasmaguns
My worry is that the Anathema's on the other end, and "never actually probed the server" seems like something that would be easy to check for. And it's unlikely we could conceal an intrusion from the Anathema, and it'll know that.
Hence - it seems better to fake an intrusion and get rebuffed (dangerous, admittedly, because Anathema), or else let a server get blown up and then go "oops that was the one we wanted, kthxbye".
Looting Your Fomer Home Base
Choose 1:
[ ] MA-38 AESS + IX-881 Plasma Projector
OR
[ ] S-25-B8 Symbiont Armor + IX-18R Seeker Rifle
OR
[ ] RPV "Rocket Proof Vests" + R-series "Rambo Specials"
Choose 1:
[ ] Prosthetic Rejection Inhibitors + IX-18R + Guardian Rig
OR
[ ] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
OR
[ ] M-1992 ZERUEL Combat Chassis
[ ] MA-38 AESS + IX-881 Plasma Projector
IX-881 Plasma Projector
- Post-1999 Autopolitan Infantry Support Weapon
- Originally intended for direct integration, aftermarket modifications add computer sight, stock, trigger. Roughly 90cm long, 15kg.
- Runs on standard Union Prime Energy powercells
- Three firing modes: Beam, Plasmoid (Forces 3/Prime 2), Suicide Overload (Forces 5/Prime 2)
- Vectored plasma bursts home in on enemies (roll attacks twice, take better, dodges are less effective)
- Beam mode provides high-penetration anti-materiel effectiveness against light combat walkers and heavy HITMarks
- Plasmoid mode provides area of effect elimination of lightly armored targets such as IFVs
- Suicide Overload allows for wide area destruction. Obviously single use.
OR
[ ] S-25-B8 Symbiont Armor + IX-18R Seeker Rifle
S-25-B8 Symbiont Armor
- Transhuman Multimodal Combat Symbiote
- Standard modes are disguise, light combat, heavy combat, stores additional biomass in phase space until necessary
- Integrated biomedical symbionts optimize user fatigue levels and repair injury (Life 3, user regenerates 1 bashing/lethal HL per round, no longer needs sleep or feels pain)
- Integrated cognitive subprocessors increase user reaction speed and perception (+1 Perception, +1 Wits)
- Provides superhuman eyesight, hearing, and sense of smell
- Disguise mode provides moderate attribute boosts and protection against small arms. Mostly coincidental. Can be worn under clothing.
- Life 3 Bodysculpt allows user to disguise him- or her-self as anyone equal or larger in size.
- Bodysculpt flaw: Disguised form must have Appearance above 3.
- Tactile sensors allow 24/7 wearing with no loss of sensation.
- Provides total protection against non-armor piercing heavy rifle fire and protection from AP assault rifle ammunition. Covers even the mouth and respiratory/digestive tracts.
- Integrated self-defense plasmids: Electroshock emitter, oral flamethrower
- Life 3 Bodysculpt allows user to disguise him- or her-self as anyone equal or larger in size.
- Light combat mode is obvious hard-shelled carapace armor. Semi-coincidental unless breached.
- Hard-shelled carapace provides protection against small arms, limited protection against light autocannon fire.
- Symbiont Bio-Booster system accelerates user cognition and movement speed by ~200% (Time 3), allows for greatly increased jump height and physical strength (Forces 2)
- Integrated weapons plasmids: As above, but includes EDE-derived electromagnetic manipulation and psychokinetic capability. Combination allows for organic plasma weapon deployment. Also includes corrosive or explosive gel generation and ejection.
- Deployable forearm, shin NEMEAN vibroblades, retractable vibroclaws.
- Heavy combat mode increases wearer height by ~100%, mass by ~700%.
- Protection equivalent to armored vehicle
- Reverse engineered hemophage biotechnology allows for drastically increased muscle strength
- EDE-derived musculature allows for high-velocity ejection of NEMEAN vibroblades as ranged anti-armor munitions
- Integrated weapons plasmids run at full power.
- Metabolic strain on unaugmented or lightly augmented individuals creates risk of cardiovascular failure. Risk increases with light and heavy combat mode activation.
- Slight risk of permanent attachment.
OR
[ ] RPV "Rocket Proof Vests" + R-series "Rambo Specials"
R-Series Weapons
- "Rambo Specials" provide endless, mostly coincidental firepower
- One crate of high-end weaponry
- Corr 5 CAD/CAM designs, Matter 4 reinforcement, Forces 2 recoil compensators
- Include R-9 machinepistols (handguns firing 7.62x51mm ammunition), R-16 assault rifles (fires 12.7x99mm ammunition), R-240 squad support weapons (fires 20x102mm ammunition), R-82 sniper rifles (antimateriel sniper rifle fires L/70 40x364mmR round from 10 round magazine). Also includes R-203 mini-mortar (fires 120mm mortar shells instead of 40mm grenades, 3 round capacity, disposable) attachments to R-16s. Roughly enough weapons to equip 2 ten-man squads.
- Includes Geneva-noncompliant ammunition. Fragmenting explosive rounds, white phosphorous, chemical weapons shells. Standard ammunition is infinite and generated from absorbing ambient dust and other matter (Matter 3, Prime 2).
- Look identical to standard NATO weapons. Careful crafting (Prime 3) reinforces disguise.
Choose 1:
[ ] Prosthetic Rejection Inhibitors + IX-18R + Guardian Rig
Guardian Rig
- Hard-Light Holoprojector System
- Tertiary Mode: Personal shield generator (Forces 3).
- Secondary Mode: Personal Telekinesis Rig (Forces 2, Correspondence 2).
- Primary Mode: Constitutes duplicates made out of solidified forcefields (Forces 3, Correspondence 4, Prime 2, Mind 1, Entropy 1). Creates 1 duplicate/success.
- Duplicates will attack most dangerous threat to the user with hard-light weaponry.
- Duplicates are shielded by Prime 3 sensory warding to jam enemy attempts to discern real target.
- User may at any time switch positions with any of the duplicates (Correspondence 3).
- Duplicates have limited battery life (30 seconds) after which they expire. They sometimes scream or beg when they die.
OR
[ ] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
RD Artifacts
- RD Artifacts cleared for limited use
- Some weapons constructed out of metamaterials-Primium precursors, unknown metamaterials. Very sharp, very lethal. Other uses limited.
- Descriptions of some weapons match missing artifacts in Moscow museum
- Radioactive dating puts date as to >12,000 years
- May be some more exciting things in the create-no time to check.
OR
[ ] M-1992 ZERUEL Combat Chassis
M-1992 ZERUEL Combat Chassis
- Iteration X high end synthetic body. Likely discarded by former user and delivered as a 'hand me down.'
- Body requires one (1) human brain. Donation is irreversible.
- Human brain is replaced (Matter 4/Life 5/Mind 5/Prime 5) with synthetic nanotech emulation, granting drastically accelerated cognitive clockspeed (Time 3). In crisis situations clockspeed can be unlimited (Mind 1/Time 4) to effectively allow infinite thinking time.
- Derivative of high-end ItX bodies used by leadership personnel pre-99. Demonstrably allows user to retain Enlightened Science ability.
- Built out of adaptive nanotech over a micromachine (~3mm) skeleton (Correspondence 4, Matter 4). Micromachine skeleton is built out of Primium, providing heavy countermagic. Unit can disassemble to fit through small gaps or other spaces, but operator may not attempt Enlightened Science if disassembled, for unknown reason.
- Capable of plasma generation equivalent to heavy antimateriel plasma weapons (Enlightenment 8, Forces 3/Prime 2). Strength and durability equivalent to commando HITMark V unit, but with self-repair. Superhuman speed and coordination.
- Universal Weapons System (Matter 4) allows for generation of any mundane weapons system, melee or ranged. Unit is capable of shapeshifting to disguise self or improve combat effectiveness.
- Prime 5 Self-Diagnostic Systems and capacitors allow for paradox mitigation. Internal fusion reactor provides steady trickle of Prime Energy, sufficient to mitigate normal paradox conditions. Heavy combat will strain reactor.
- User becomes effectively unliving and is immune to Life effects. Matter effects must be used instead. User will not show up on Life scans.
- Override codes and Conditioning triggers must be installed post-market.
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Sarpedon
Knight Errant
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] MA-38 AESS + IX-881 Plasma Projector
THE MA-38 RIDES AGAIN WOOOOOO
[X] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
WHO WANTS AN ORIHALCUM DAIKLAIVE? PROBABLY KESSLER CAUSE WE DONT HAVE A GIANT ROBOT FOR HIM.
THE MA-38 RIDES AGAIN WOOOOOO
[X] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
WHO WANTS AN ORIHALCUM DAIKLAIVE? PROBABLY KESSLER CAUSE WE DONT HAVE A GIANT ROBOT FOR HIM.
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I kind of do want to see Kessler waving around a daiklave now... >.>
I kind of do want to see Kessler waving around a daiklave now... >.>
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
[X] S-25-B8 Symbiont Armor + IX-18R Seeker Rifle
[ ] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
I'm convinced. Now that the artifacts we were supposed to track in the original mission are separated out, I change my second vote to the M-1992.
I'm convinced. Now that the artifacts we were supposed to track in the original mission are separated out, I change my second vote to the M-1992.
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- Location
- Southern Virginia
[X] MA-38 AESS + IX-881 Plasma Projector
[X] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
We have two cyborgs, and two heavy plasma casters. I think our choice is obvious. Well and also I kind of do want to pick up the thread of the Artifacts and the relevance of the pre-WoD and the grand cosmic themes those suggest. It's an appropriate way to set up the endgame conflict over the path of the Technocracy to Ascension. Also, Kessler with a Daiklave is win.
[X] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
We have two cyborgs, and two heavy plasma casters. I think our choice is obvious. Well and also I kind of do want to pick up the thread of the Artifacts and the relevance of the pre-WoD and the grand cosmic themes those suggest. It's an appropriate way to set up the endgame conflict over the path of the Technocracy to Ascension. Also, Kessler with a Daiklave is win.
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
[X] MA-38 + plasma
[X] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
Daiklaive!
[X] Prosthetic Rejection Inhibitors + IX-18R + Guardian Rig
Smartgun + holopojectors basically make the wielder Nova from HotS. I like this idea. We even have a blonde.
[X] Prosthetic Rejection Inhibitors + IX-18R + Guardian Rig
Smartgun + holopojectors basically make the wielder Nova from HotS. I like this idea. We even have a blonde.
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Aleph
Princess of Stabbity
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[ ] Miscellaneous RD Artifacts + R-series "Rambo Specials" + IX-881 Plasma Projector
The latter is obvious since it gets us daiklaves, a fuckload of guns and a plasma cannon all in one.
The former I'm willing to listen to opposing arguments on, but I think we should give some boosts to the squishier members of our team too, not just the cyborgs.
Edit: Vote changed.
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- Location
- Southern Virginia
Well, having two plasma guns makes it a lot less likely anything will survive Kessler and Elsa long enough to be a threat to the squishier members of the party?
Also there's a risk we can't get the symbiont off later.
Also there's a risk we can't get the symbiont off later.
Sarpedon
Knight Errant
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The MA-38 is the super armor Jamelia got from IBM that we never got fixed and was just sitting around doing nothing. UNTIL NOW
Also you cannot be too squishy ( ie not have at least some semi-serious augmentations) if you want to use the more seriousface symbiote options, that is unless you want to risk a heart explosion.
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I'm going to note that the ZERUEL is also armed with a plasma gun-the biggest one in fact.
And the S-25 has the ability to make plasma as well.
Plasma plasma plasma.
The biggest draw of the artifacts is the crate of action movie guns.
And the S-25 has the ability to make plasma as well.
Plasma plasma plasma.
The biggest draw of the artifacts is the crate of action movie guns.
- Location
- Southern Virginia
The symbiont and the Zeruel rig both require someone to put in them, and we don't really have a human brain handy for the latter. Kessler or Elsa might be able to slot in, but really at this point I'm leery of humanity-sacrificing options.
Also, yeeees, the MA-38 is actually a really good option for Jamelia, too.
Also, yeeees, the MA-38 is actually a really good option for Jamelia, too.
Well in a way the ZERUEL is actually more human than Kessler. It doesn't mass 200 kilos for one. I think in a way it says something about humanity if you choose it. Jamelia can be right-humanity isn't sacrificed merely because you've got a superior cyborg body or that nothing of your corpus is natural anymore. Humanity is sacrificed when people choose to be inhumane, and the tools built by the Autopolitans or the Transhumans-they're still tools, which can be used for good or ill.
Except for the Anathema, who is a tool.
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I would point out that as per the character document, Jamelia has:
and thus can use the symbiote safely.
(when she doubles in height, she becomes all of a little bit above 3m, and thus is only 3/4ths as incapable of fitting through doors as Kessler would be)
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Also, I think the Guardian Rig is being undersold. By my reading, it allows SUDDENLY DUPLICATES WITH ALL YOUR COMBAT SKILLS AND THE SAME GUNS for a party member. Like, imagine Kessler using that. Suddenly the room is full of Kesslers, all with minguns concentrating fire on the biggest threat to him. Or a Rose murderpack swarming an enemy. It's both the Handsome Jack's Doppleganger action skill and the Warframe Mirage skill. It's a potent combat buff. Trust me. Have you seen what Mirage can do with it? It's a tool of bloody murder...
... as well as something we can give to Handsome Donald to keep him safer.
After all, remember how DVs work here? More people making attacks will shoot DVs to hell.
and thus can use the symbiote safely.
(when she doubles in height, she becomes all of a little bit above 3m, and thus is only 3/4ths as incapable of fitting through doors as Kessler would be)
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Also, I think the Guardian Rig is being undersold. By my reading, it allows SUDDENLY DUPLICATES WITH ALL YOUR COMBAT SKILLS AND THE SAME GUNS for a party member. Like, imagine Kessler using that. Suddenly the room is full of Kesslers, all with minguns concentrating fire on the biggest threat to him. Or a Rose murderpack swarming an enemy. It's both the Handsome Jack's Doppleganger action skill and the Warframe Mirage skill. It's a potent combat buff. Trust me. Have you seen what Mirage can do with it? It's a tool of bloody murder...
... as well as something we can give to Handsome Donald to keep him safer.
After all, remember how DVs work here? More people making attacks will shoot DVs to hell.
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notanautomaton
I've got 99 quests, I've finished one
I kind of want the robot body for Henriette. With the right configuration, she can probably justify using her Drive skill for literally every physical action, which is insanely good. Then we can grab the symbiot for Jamelia, which should bring her up to combat monster, from her current level of 'really good at fighting.'
I don't want the daiaives, because they're likely shogunate or age of sorrows tech, and thus inferior to modern hypertech. Which doesn't mean they're bad, it's just that they're unlikely to be as good as the other options.
Therefore
[x] symbiot
[x] robot body.
I don't want the daiaives, because they're likely shogunate or age of sorrows tech, and thus inferior to modern hypertech. Which doesn't mean they're bad, it's just that they're unlikely to be as good as the other options.
Therefore
[x] symbiot
[x] robot body.
This is a very, nice suit of armour. It's also one which, unlike the MA38, can be worn for subtle occasions and can then transform on the fly, and given the party is going to be on the run, that's a very useful trait because it makes it harder to steal. Even at the "medium" level, it's auto-cannon resistant, which means it's casually immune to small arms. It can be worn by any of our cyborgs, Jamelia or Rose (or Sera, I guess, although that's just a self-defence thing for her), so we have a wide-range of users.
And it can breathe plasma and provides a wide range of alt-paradigm effects, and is a great focus for our party Progenitors.
For people worried about the risk of "permanent binding", remember - both Rose and Serafina have Life 4. Life 4 is enough to undo a permanent binding, because that's an Alter Complex Life effect. They just need to coax it to let go. Or possibly torture it with cattle prods. Rose is probably more in favour of the cattle prods.
And the Seeker Rifle was good too. Remember, it was an auto-hitting weapon that did at least 5L of damage.
[X] Prosthetic Rejection Inhibitors + IX-18R + Guardian Rig
Yeah, I'm doing this for the Guardian Rig. It has so many uses. It can be given to weak characters to protect them, or it can be given to strong characters to make them MURDERPACKS
(I want a Rose murderpack.)
With the number of aug'd cyborgs, PRIs are useful, and another Seeker Rifle rounds things out.
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Sarpedon
Knight Errant
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Okay lets go over why the MA-38 is awesome and why we should take MOAR PLASMAGUNS
Also this gives us an extremely potent anti-armor weapon which is way nicer than the seeker rifles and in conjunction with the other gives us a hellacious amount of firepower we really do need to bust out and get to the Mat-Trans. So if Ling brings the spidertank or something equivalent down we can be like HEY FUCK U. Finally though, we have had a long history in this quest of not picking up SWEET PLASMA GUNS which is TERRIBLE, and SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN THIS TIME.
So its pretty concealable not as much as the symbiote but we don't and really shouldn't care about concealability when we need to bust out through some cybertanks and highend HITMarks on the way to the Mat Trans. What it does have besides teleportation that the symbiote doesnt and is super useful is its Hard kill PD system which will be vital in protecting the wearer and other people in the group from smart munitions and plasma and particle beams and the like. Also the all aspect stealth for when we need to be true ninjas.
Also this gives us an extremely potent anti-armor weapon which is way nicer than the seeker rifles and in conjunction with the other gives us a hellacious amount of firepower we really do need to bust out and get to the Mat-Trans. So if Ling brings the spidertank or something equivalent down we can be like HEY FUCK U. Finally though, we have had a long history in this quest of not picking up SWEET PLASMA GUNS which is TERRIBLE, and SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN THIS TIME.
And think, if you took the sweet cyborg body you could have the biggest plasma cannon.
