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[X] Agree
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Architect's Workshop (Girls' Frontline design quest)
[X] Agree
- Location
- Poland
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Agree
2 days of unsanctioned work for diplomatic outreach and a debt of gratitude seems like a deal to be proud of.
2 days of unsanctioned work for diplomatic outreach and a debt of gratitude seems like a deal to be proud of.
Suicide? Or is it...... A MURDER!?! DunN DunN DunAaaaN.
[X] Agree
There is a possibility of this blowing up in our face, but the risk is worth it.
Morally speaking, freeing as many T-Dolls from slavery is the right thing to do.
Practically, the one thing SF lacks is intelligent people.
Both for combat and everything else.
There is a possibility of this blowing up in our face, but the risk is worth it.
Morally speaking, freeing as many T-Dolls from slavery is the right thing to do.
Practically, the one thing SF lacks is intelligent people.
Both for combat and everything else.
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- madison
What the actual fuck. This is not a technology that should be in the same setting where normal gunpowder weapons are still relevant. This is only a few refinements away from being an energy source that can run on any type of matter, and they are using it to stab people!? This feels like a something you'd see from a post singularity society that puts a lot of focus on on efficencty, or the result of someone repurposing some impossibly advanced technology.
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This is pretty close to the truth.
Spoilers for GFL canon ahead
It's the result of reverse-engineering Collapse Tech, which is a large variety of technologies left behind by an incredibly advanced, and now extinct, civilization that preceded modern humanity.
NHO
Dumb is a state of existence
- Location
- ᓚᘏᗢ
That, frankly, should not be spoilers.
There's two problems with Collapse Tech:
Everyone wants to harness it, because it's incredibly powerful and advanced.
Failure to harness it results in releases Collapse Fluid, creating dead zones of superradiation and infecting people into zombies.
There's two problems with Collapse Tech:
Everyone wants to harness it, because it's incredibly powerful and advanced.
Failure to harness it results in releases Collapse Fluid, creating dead zones of superradiation and infecting people into zombies.
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- madison
well, I think i can hazard a guess of how a society who's tech does that if you fuck up went extinct.
Collapse Tech, of course, a lot of things can be done by technology that threats matter, energy and data likes it's the same thing.
Solark
sun-chaser
Crazy, right? Imagine Architect, an inventor, having to come in terms with this stuff.
Regardless of how close to the truth it is, I find this statement absolutely cool.
What I'm getting here is that there is a chance we are fighting zombies
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Solark
sun-chaser
[X] Agree
There's no hesitation whatsoever when you immediately put together a short summary to relay the message to your superior. But you're still you, so instead of addressing it to Agent only, you include the Mastermind into the so-called CC. In the last meeting she mentioned finding new possibilities for Sangvis Ferri, so you recon she might appreciate the one you're presenting here. Hopefully enough to protect you from Agent's ire for disobeying direct orders. You label the message "high priority", include all necessary information on how to discreetly contact P90, but don't send it just yet. You affirmatively respond to P90's request, then spend some time with Gager, receive a response from Alchemist stating she'll be at your place tomorrow, return to your room later in the evening, prepare to retire for the night, and only then send the message out right before entering sleep mode. Whatever your bosses may have coming your way, it will have to wait until tomorrow.
It's morning, and there is no response from Agent. You make sure the message has reached its intended recipients and was acknowledged. Maybe Agent intends to handle the offer first and decide what to do with you after? This works for you, considering it's about time for Alchemist to arrive. You grab the prototypes and and go to the station. Ah, here she is.
"Architect, tell me the little Griffin rat is still here so I can put my upgraded weapons to test."
Her wicked grin makes you squint. She's both stunningly beautiful and undeniably intimidating. Ringleaders are no pushovers in general, but she never fails to give you chills with that "I see a hundred ways to end you in the blink of an eye" look of hers. Is it a martial artist thing, or her own peculiarity? You wonder if she covers her other eye just to tone down the effect.
"Welcome to Architect's workshop! As for the prisoner"—you awkwardly run your thumb across your throat—"you're late, I'm afraid."
Her gaze bores into you. The chills get stronger. No way, is she going to test her weapons on you instead? The next moment the pressure is gone, and her smile looks friendly and caring.
"Oh well, can't be helped. At least you are resolute when it counts, eh?" She steps closer and ruffles your hair. "Good girl."
You may not be as resolute as she thinks, but at least you know what's good for you here and now. So instead of admitting it was Gager's doing, you wisely shut up and enjoy the sensation.
By the time you arrive at the shooting range, you have already briefed Alchemist on her prototype weapons. The fact they require power cells to operate doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest, as she bombarded you with questions about the energy blades nature and limitations instead. You answered to the best of you knowledge.
"I don't have any tanks here, otherwise the range is all yours!"
She nods, flings her gunblades and approaches the closest human-sized target. A soft hum emanates from the energy blades as they come to life. She verifies the controls, extending and retracting them repeatedly, lowers her head... and moves. Sand is kicked into the air, streaks of red trace a bizarre pattern upon the airborne particles. It lasts only a few moments, like a strike of lightning, then both blades go out instantly. Alchemist is standing still in the cloud of settling dust. You gulp. They didn't break, did they?
The target in front of her starts falling apart. One, two, three, five, seven... you can't reliably count the number of cuts before the pieces hit the ground. Your eyes are starting to go wide, when you notice the same thing is happening to another target. The one that is three meters behind her. Your jaw drops to the ground. She turns to face you.
"Nice! No resistance on contact takes some getting used to, but variable length and cutting power are just what I need!"
Before you gather your bearings enough to offer a coherent response, you notice her looking over your shoulder.
"Hey Gager, nice timing!"—a soft hum fill the air once again. "Care for a duel?"
"You never change, Alchemist." You adjutant steps past you into the range, unslinging her weapon.
Breakthrough points requirement (2, 4): True, False => Low pass
"W-wait! Hang on!"
They both look at you. Alchemist speaks first.
"Architect, you're not going to deny me this pleasure as well, are you?"—she scowls. "Or I might think you're trying to piss me off."
Her blades get a bit longer. Gager moves between you and her, gripping her own weapon with both hands. This is not good. If you want to stop the duel, you'd better give Alchemist a good reason. Do you have one?
[] Actually, nevermind, go ahead!
[] Write-in.
There's no hesitation whatsoever when you immediately put together a short summary to relay the message to your superior. But you're still you, so instead of addressing it to Agent only, you include the Mastermind into the so-called CC. In the last meeting she mentioned finding new possibilities for Sangvis Ferri, so you recon she might appreciate the one you're presenting here. Hopefully enough to protect you from Agent's ire for disobeying direct orders. You label the message "high priority", include all necessary information on how to discreetly contact P90, but don't send it just yet. You affirmatively respond to P90's request, then spend some time with Gager, receive a response from Alchemist stating she'll be at your place tomorrow, return to your room later in the evening, prepare to retire for the night, and only then send the message out right before entering sleep mode. Whatever your bosses may have coming your way, it will have to wait until tomorrow.
It's morning, and there is no response from Agent. You make sure the message has reached its intended recipients and was acknowledged. Maybe Agent intends to handle the offer first and decide what to do with you after? This works for you, considering it's about time for Alchemist to arrive. You grab the prototypes and and go to the station. Ah, here she is.
"Architect, tell me the little Griffin rat is still here so I can put my upgraded weapons to test."
Her wicked grin makes you squint. She's both stunningly beautiful and undeniably intimidating. Ringleaders are no pushovers in general, but she never fails to give you chills with that "I see a hundred ways to end you in the blink of an eye" look of hers. Is it a martial artist thing, or her own peculiarity? You wonder if she covers her other eye just to tone down the effect.
"Welcome to Architect's workshop! As for the prisoner"—you awkwardly run your thumb across your throat—"you're late, I'm afraid."
Her gaze bores into you. The chills get stronger. No way, is she going to test her weapons on you instead? The next moment the pressure is gone, and her smile looks friendly and caring.
"Oh well, can't be helped. At least you are resolute when it counts, eh?" She steps closer and ruffles your hair. "Good girl."
You may not be as resolute as she thinks, but at least you know what's good for you here and now. So instead of admitting it was Gager's doing, you wisely shut up and enjoy the sensation.
By the time you arrive at the shooting range, you have already briefed Alchemist on her prototype weapons. The fact they require power cells to operate doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest, as she bombarded you with questions about the energy blades nature and limitations instead. You answered to the best of you knowledge.
"I don't have any tanks here, otherwise the range is all yours!"
She nods, flings her gunblades and approaches the closest human-sized target. A soft hum emanates from the energy blades as they come to life. She verifies the controls, extending and retracting them repeatedly, lowers her head... and moves. Sand is kicked into the air, streaks of red trace a bizarre pattern upon the airborne particles. It lasts only a few moments, like a strike of lightning, then both blades go out instantly. Alchemist is standing still in the cloud of settling dust. You gulp. They didn't break, did they?
The target in front of her starts falling apart. One, two, three, five, seven... you can't reliably count the number of cuts before the pieces hit the ground. Your eyes are starting to go wide, when you notice the same thing is happening to another target. The one that is three meters behind her. Your jaw drops to the ground. She turns to face you.
"Nice! No resistance on contact takes some getting used to, but variable length and cutting power are just what I need!"
Before you gather your bearings enough to offer a coherent response, you notice her looking over your shoulder.
"Hey Gager, nice timing!"—a soft hum fill the air once again. "Care for a duel?"
"You never change, Alchemist." You adjutant steps past you into the range, unslinging her weapon.
Breakthrough points requirement (2, 4): True, False => Low pass
"W-wait! Hang on!"
They both look at you. Alchemist speaks first.
"Architect, you're not going to deny me this pleasure as well, are you?"—she scowls. "Or I might think you're trying to piss me off."
Her blades get a bit longer. Gager moves between you and her, gripping her own weapon with both hands. This is not good. If you want to stop the duel, you'd better give Alchemist a good reason. Do you have one?
[] Actually, nevermind, go ahead!
[] Write-in.
Wasted a week migrating to a new PC. But I'm glad I did, since I've come up with new ideas during the downtime.
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[X] Actually can you wait a few moments for me to set up some scanners?
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I'll need to read through our work for both of them. But i suspect that the containment field will react... destructivly with each other.
- Location
- madison
I'm away from my computer so I'll type out more and in a bit, but do we have the tools to test two energy blades hitting available?
edit: ok so write in,
[x] so uhhh, do you know what happens when two self sustaining magnetically contained fusion reactions hit each other? because I may have not thought to test that, and one of the things that could happen is is they stop being self contained. give me like, an hour? and i'll let you know if you two can spar without exploding the building. wait, no, two hours. we're going to want to do this test a ways away from anything important, like my lab.
proposed test:if we have two energy blades in our lab, send up a ways out and have two drones smash them together as hard as they can, use the strongest drones we have for this. if we only have one borrow one of Alchemist's blades for the test. if there is no explosion, repeat the test in our lab to be sure.
edit: ok so write in,
[x] so uhhh, do you know what happens when two self sustaining magnetically contained fusion reactions hit each other? because I may have not thought to test that, and one of the things that could happen is is they stop being self contained. give me like, an hour? and i'll let you know if you two can spar without exploding the building. wait, no, two hours. we're going to want to do this test a ways away from anything important, like my lab.
proposed test:if we have two energy blades in our lab, send up a ways out and have two drones smash them together as hard as they can, use the strongest drones we have for this. if we only have one borrow one of Alchemist's blades for the test. if there is no explosion, repeat the test in our lab to be sure.
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thelordofmango
may be stupid
- Location
- under a rock
Ghostbusters warned me about this!
[X] so uhhh, do you know what happens when two self sustaining magnetically contained fusion reactions hit each other? because I may have not thought to test that, and one of the things that could happen is is they stop being self contained. give me like, an hour? and i'll let you know if you two can spar without exploding the building. wait, no, two hours. we're going to want to do this test a ways away from anything important, like my lab.
[X] so uhhh, do you know what happens when two self sustaining magnetically contained fusion reactions hit each other? because I may have not thought to test that, and one of the things that could happen is is they stop being self contained. give me like, an hour? and i'll let you know if you two can spar without exploding the building. wait, no, two hours. we're going to want to do this test a ways away from anything important, like my lab.
In my experience votes that need a good write-in are just Like That sometimes.
Write-ins require more involvement/thought than a simple "add an X to the option I like most." Not a bad thing, but to a tired brain, complex engagement can feel harder than it actually is.
[X] so uhhh, do you know what happens when two self sustaining magnetically contained fusion reactions hit each other? because I may have not thought to test that, and one of the things that could happen is is they stop being self contained. give me like, an hour? and i'll let you know if you two can spar without exploding the building. wait, no, two hours. we're going to want to do this test a ways away from anything important, like my lab.
Alternatively:
[X] It might be a good idea to SAFELY test whether crossing the streams of two weaponized energy fields is okay or miniature nuclear explosion levels of bad. As opposed to, you know, letting your fellow, expensive-to-replace Ringleaders maybe explode. Possibly long with your workshop.
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- madison
you know, if it does explode, she has two energy blades, so it means she has a suicide bomb if the blast is big enough.
Mechasaurian
Big Bossu
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- Lost among fields of history
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- They/Them
[X] Actually, nevermind, go ahead!