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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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Twinnstars said:
C'monnnn evil qm, you know you want to add raid bosses deep underground that will tempt the players to dig deep and greedily despite, or due to, the horrors that lurk beneath
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They've dropped various hints regarding volcanos at this point, I think. Lets find one and see!
 
MMKII said:
Is that back-of-the-envelope accurate at all? If so, it sounds like we need to just figure out ways to advance our goals (that are palatable and in the simulationist and rational spirit of things) in a manner that is less "This sucks eggs" and more "Wow this is cool. Everyone is having a good time."

(And then actually go friggin' do them.)
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It's definitely not wrong. To unpack it a bit more, I enjoy writing almost everything that y'all have voted for recently. The issue is with the vast breadth of simulation required to keep everything afloat, and I'm not sure there's a solution to that.

The economics work is enjoyable in retrospect, in large part because I learned some stuff, but at the time it was purely stress and grinding misery. I'm pretty much at the point of "yeah, you have any reasonable amount of money you need" and if you start getting some major revenue streams then I'll be inclined to just delete the 'reasonable' from that. (Well, unless you're trying to buy a country or something like that.)

The politics was a bit of a drag, but it's done and shouldn't be much of an issue going forward unless y'all get in serious trouble.

I suspect you're going to completely transform the EN in the next in-game year or two; I feel about that the one feels about watching car crashes...you know it's going to happen, part of you is dreading it, but there's a morbid fascination in watching it happen.



MMKII said:
Sufficient skill and creativity and you become a complete nightmare to deal with no matter which kind of Whatever-mancer you are.

(You might have to have a bit more style if you're working with "Absolute control over string." or something, though. ;))
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I literally wrote the a book on how to abuse limited control over string. :) No, seriously, it's a free download on my Patreon.
 
eaglejarl said:
I suspect you're going to completely transform the EN in the next in-game year or two; I feel about that the one feels about watching car crashes...you know it's going to happen, part of you is dreading it, but there's a morbid fascination in watching it happen.
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You think you won't enjoy the transformation? I just hope we're ALIVE to do uplift.
 
Lailoken said:
Remember that earbusters are basically stupidly high T/W pulse operation engines, and that J can apparently make ones that are a thousand times more powerful than the standard version.
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Lailoken said:
Again, we already have all the parts for a superior unit. Earbusters vibrate a tuning fork. When a tine is extended an airdome or 5SB activates to lock its tip and the craft is pulled forwards as it vibrates back and the lock releases. Rotate the unit to move different directions. Perfect 3D maneuverability with enormous acceleration and a perfectly safe static failure mode. No need to think about aerodynamics or gas bladders at all.
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Lailoken said:
I mean, I've been taking about exploiting the multiple horsepower vibration of the earbusters since we got them, but keep being ignored. I suppose we could ask Kagome to use his carpenter skills to design some sort of massage chair and footrest if you want a peaceful domestic application.

Hey, what about dishwashers and clothes washers? The Goketsu could develop a reputation as the most squeaky-clean clan of them all!
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Don't mind me- just part 2 of "Lailo's most underappreciated contributions"...
 
Lailoken, that design has the tiny flaw that it would liquify anyone that tried to use it. Sound is not to be trifled with.
 
Lailoken said:
Gee, if only we had a (or even two!) seal-based way to nullify sound. Falling that, insulation or even vacuum containment of the drive is possible.
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And anything outside the seals radius will get damaged. The entire build will fall apart in minutes, assuming the silencing seals actually work against sound of that scale - which is more of a shockwave than it is actually sound. I would suspect they do not.

Insulation would have to be ridiculously thick. We're talking sounds on par with a spaceshuttle taking off here. I do not believe they are capable of vacuum containment at their current tech level.
 
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Byzantine said:
And anything outside the seals radius will get damaged. The entire build will fall apart in minutes, assuming the silencing seals actually work against sound of that scale - which is more of a shockwave than it is actually sound. I would suspect they do not.

Insulation would have to be ridiculously thick. We're talking sounds on par with a spaceshuttle taking off here. I do not believe they are capable of vacuum containment at their current tech level.
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194db is the limit before clipping and shockwaves in air. Earbusters are 180db if I recall correctly. The team has repeatedly manipulated them by hand while wearing seal-protection without damage. I recall Noburi shaking a numb arm out after applying one directly by hand.

Dampening is not that complicated for a sled-sized unit. I presume that you wouldn't appreciate ~300hp conducted directly into your skull, but you could quite comfortably pilot an F-150.
 
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Lailoken said:
194db is the limit before clipping and shockwaves in air. Earbusters are 180db if I recall correctly. The team had routinely manipulated them by hand while wearing seal-protection without damage. I recall Noburi shaking a numb arm out after applying one directly by hand.
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Right, but you'll need to make them a lot stronger for your flight maneuverability plan.

Lailoken said:
Dampening is not that complicated for a sled-sized unit. I presume that you wouldn't appreciate ~300hp conducted directly into your skull, but you could quite comfortably pilot an F-150.
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Dampening using modern construction and material is not that complicated. I'll leave it as an exercise to you to figure out how to do so with wood, plant fiber, and various kinds of fur.
 
So if we do go on a scroll hunt who do we want to take? I definitely am want snake and at least one other Jounin. Left field suggestion try to recruit Hanna. Mist already has one Jounin collaborating on a scroll hunt
 
Byzantine said:
Right, but you'll need to make them a lot stronger for your flight maneuverability plan.


Dampening using modern construction and material is not that complicated. I'll leave it as an exercise to you to figure out how to do so with wood, plant fiber, and various kinds of fur.
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What, precisely, are you planning which requires more than a realistic quantity of 10^15W seals inside pressed metal sheets?

There are living arthropods which routinely break the speed of sound underwater in the real world, much less chakra deathworld. No, material engineering is not a serious concern in this case.
 
A reminder: There is never any guarantee of survival everytime we go on a dangerous mission, and scroll hunt qualified as such, one of the most dangerous.

If you guys are hell bent on doing this, be sure to get all your ducks in a row and be prepared to see Hazo and co die.
 
This is about the safest way to go about a scroll hunt. Shinies sound fun.

"Dragonscrolldragonscrolldragonscroll", says the chanting from Twinnstars's hindbrain.
 
Oneiros said:
So if we do go on a scroll hunt who do we want to take? I definitely am want snake and at least one other Jounin. Left field suggestion try to recruit Hanna. Mist already has one Jounin collaborating on a scroll hunt
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What about Mari? I think that using taijutsu instead of manipulation for once will be good for her. The part about herself that she hated was the manipulative bit, not the fact that she can crush people's skulls. She's a jonin, so she'll be very useful.
 
Lailoken said:
It really feels as if we should be focused on the current strategically critical mission...
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I said the same thing on discord!

But seriously, the problem with the current mission is not destroying the bridge, but doing so not-obviously. Since "Fake a meteor strike" requires bigger rocks than we have storage seals for, and we don't have a seal that can generate a sufficient earthquake yet, we probably are going to need to go for deniability rather than making it perfectly clean.
 
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