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An acceptable list. I'll determine the results before the IC is posted, unless there are any comments from the other players?shaderic said:
(also, got a cold. This may delay the IC slightly)
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(also, got a cold. This may delay the IC slightly)
Duzzit
CSC 1st Multiversal Fleet Commander
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"I'm afraid other than our doctor" I flash a brief smile towards her "and the Bureau's free healthcare, I can't provide you with insurance. Ideally I'd do so, but this ship cost me most of my immediate funds." resisting a wince at the fact that if Marcus hadn't gotten me the deal on this vessel, things would have been even worse.Happerry said:
"Oy oy, Theo. Couldn't you take out a loan or something? I don't mind, 'cause I'm reasonably sure I'll be fine," - or in such a state that insurance wouldn't help, considering the area of space they were going to "but it would be rather inconvenient if we had to look for a new crewmember if someone left 'cause of the lack of insurance." Inconvenient, indeed. Namlos wasn't sure whether the owners of that pet store has discovered his fraud yet, but if they had... well, he wasn't sure what the precise legalities of the situation involved, not having a law book, but better safe than sorry, no?Duzzit said:
Duzzit
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I snorted, before shaking my head a little. "I wish I could, but I've already taken out a fairly substantial loan to make sure that I could buy all the supplies for the next year. That's not even mentioning having to set up wages, deal with customs and a whole lot of other problems." pausing for a moment, I frowned and looked at the rest of the group.alguLoD said:
"This however, I'm fairly sure I mentioned in the interviews."
"At any rate, insurance won't do us much good beyond the edges of known space." I didn't exactly like reminding them of the dangers, but there wasn't anything else I could do.
Happerry
Bat out of Hell
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Mattias nods. "Acceptable, and good point. I just wanted to know if I'm going to get my arm back if some guardian robot rips it off."
OOC: Given that we are going to be buried under the surface of the moon, do we really need a shield upgrade? I'd much prefer a sensor upgrade, or a built in Library module to make up for the general lack of soft skills we have. Lack of information kills, you know.
And I think my position on the ship is security expert and secondary engineer.
OOC: Given that we are going to be buried under the surface of the moon, do we really need a shield upgrade? I'd much prefer a sensor upgrade, or a built in Library module to make up for the general lack of soft skills we have. Lack of information kills, you know.
And I think my position on the ship is security expert and secondary engineer.
Let's try to metagame as little as possible, m'kay?Happerry said:
A library module would be pretty handy, though. Good suggestion. But that's not something that really requires engineering, now, is it? All that's needed is a computer (which we have plenty of), a display (visual or auditory), and some hard-drive space.
Happerry
Bat out of Hell
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OOC: outside of metagaming, We aren't expecting to need to fight, so engines to run away, or, as I suggested, sensors to avoid fights in the first place while finding things to loot are going to be all around more useful then shields.
And as for the Library Module, until our honorable DM says otherwise, i'm going to assume it's a proper upgrade so i don't get disappointed from planning on having it and then finding out we don't. And we really really need some source of soft skill type knowledge.
And as for the Library Module, until our honorable DM says otherwise, i'm going to assume it's a proper upgrade so i don't get disappointed from planning on having it and then finding out we don't. And we really really need some source of soft skill type knowledge.
Well, come to think of it, sensors would be pretty useful. We are looking for stuff, after all, and we don't know what that stuff might look like. They should take priority over the shields, yes.Happerry said:
Regarding the library thing, I just notified Usandru about it over Skype, so I imagine he'll get in here in a moment.
Duzzit
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I can agree on the sensors, I really think a 'library module' seems over the top. A modern PC could store a truly gigantic amount of books, videos, etc alone, and several dedicated shipboard pc's have likely got fairly sizeable data banks already. Add to that that we can likely have a weak AI/VI run it, I really doubt the need for a dedicated action. >.>
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I will say that sensors won't be terribly useful while buried under several kilometres of rock either, but I will also say that it is entirely possible - though not easy - to get the ship out of the rock and into local space. And that the shielding might in fact be quite useful in that case, depending on Stuff.
I will also say that the main problem with a library module - aside from the fact that it isn't really an engineering problem, Claire can add better computers, but she can't really fill them - is that none of you would have any idea which books to pick.
This is actually an amusing and interesting issue, because a major issue when confronted with a new subject is that selecting the correct sources to begin with is actually rather hard. There is an impressive amount of expertise required to find and select textbooks that are genuinely useful for learning about a given subject, more so when the subject is, as might very well be the case, very specific. Librarian is not an educational path for shits and giggles, it's genuinely a complex task to organize such immense amounts of information.
Thus, I will, in fact, not allow you to have a proper library installed. Or rather, I will, but it will be nearly useless to the lot of you, barring extensive study, and you will lack most specialized textbooks because you simply did not - and do not - know where to find them, and did not consider them important, since the idea of getting caught in a situation where sitting down and learning a new academic field is more efficient than sending a mail to a reputable university and asking them to help you was pretty damn silly until it happened.
Hindsight, and all that.
Since it is a clever thought, however, I will give each of you a set of books you've taken along, and further, let each of you pick one, narrow field in which you have suitable hobbyist competence to have acquired a few more interesting textbooks that could, in principle, help you unlock x1 spec in that. To make things more fun (for me) you will get three picks. If I veto your pick (because it was unsuitable) you must make a new one, and if you fail all three picks, you couldn't focus enough to have such a hobby. I don't expect any of you to fail at this, but hey, I might be surprised, no?
I won't actually tell you what kind of picks would get vetoed though. Otherwise there'd be no challenge. And hey, maybe your characters did fruitlessly try to learn about that hobby, only to discover that it wasn't possible.
Aside from that, material you each, individually, have with you:
Claire: Enough engineering textbooks to make a university library blush. Scattered physics/chemistry/magical theory books as supplement. A rather obnoxious primer on Mid-Childa style magic, and a stack of your dads research papers you found on that portable drive you grabbed, and haven't quite gotten around to deleting out of spite yet.
Gladyn: A nice, interesting stack of psychology textbooks, and a reasonably impressive set of medical textbooks and medical journals for the past few years. Some Magical Speed Sports publications, and a few years of Modern Belkan Monthly.
Theodore: Every single notable book on Spacetime magic, including a few you've written yourself. And a stack of ungraded student papers that you never got around to finishing when the incident happened, but keep around for... actually, why are you keeping those around again? Maybe you just forgot to purge them from the drive. They're impressively useless, and oh dear, you hope nobody tried to cast that spell with those errors. Man, wouldn't have been pretty. You also have a Cartridge Construction manuals, and some incredibly dry TSAB officer school books that you've never managed more than a few pages of, because dear god, did the government really pay money for someone to write this tripe? Well, you have them at least...
Mattias: Soldier of Fortune/Jane's, whatever you'd like to call them. You've collected the things since you figured out they were there, and have a sizeable library of the things by now. Cost you a pretty penny, but hey, 's good intel, and you are what you are. You've also got tons of technical manuals you've scrounged up over the years, and some general engineering textbooks you keep around to check if you feel stuck.
Agatha: Holy Books! All the Holy Books! And... well, an awful lot of frankly rather terrible literature for girls that had a tendency of spreading through the dorms, no matter what was done to try and stamp it out. Including a significant amount of equally terrible fanfiction. Is some of it yours? Well, better hope nobody finds your secret shame if any of it is. Large stack of magical theory texts too, but really, you've practically memorized the damn things. And a "paperback" you picked up at the starport. It was... different.
Namlos: An awful lot of martial arts fiction of various kinds. Several dozen rather useless martial arts handbooks. Another few dozens of also somewhat useless Zen-esque philosophy books. A rather brutal Belkan warrior philosophy that was also pretty useless. And for some reason, a years backlog of Beefcake magazines you somehow mistook for some kind of fighter magazine until after they had taken you money.
You may suggest additional materials each of your character would naturally have, but attempting to abuse that will be dealt with.
Have fun~
I will also say that the main problem with a library module - aside from the fact that it isn't really an engineering problem, Claire can add better computers, but she can't really fill them - is that none of you would have any idea which books to pick.
This is actually an amusing and interesting issue, because a major issue when confronted with a new subject is that selecting the correct sources to begin with is actually rather hard. There is an impressive amount of expertise required to find and select textbooks that are genuinely useful for learning about a given subject, more so when the subject is, as might very well be the case, very specific. Librarian is not an educational path for shits and giggles, it's genuinely a complex task to organize such immense amounts of information.
Thus, I will, in fact, not allow you to have a proper library installed. Or rather, I will, but it will be nearly useless to the lot of you, barring extensive study, and you will lack most specialized textbooks because you simply did not - and do not - know where to find them, and did not consider them important, since the idea of getting caught in a situation where sitting down and learning a new academic field is more efficient than sending a mail to a reputable university and asking them to help you was pretty damn silly until it happened.
Hindsight, and all that.
Since it is a clever thought, however, I will give each of you a set of books you've taken along, and further, let each of you pick one, narrow field in which you have suitable hobbyist competence to have acquired a few more interesting textbooks that could, in principle, help you unlock x1 spec in that. To make things more fun (for me) you will get three picks. If I veto your pick (because it was unsuitable) you must make a new one, and if you fail all three picks, you couldn't focus enough to have such a hobby. I don't expect any of you to fail at this, but hey, I might be surprised, no?
I won't actually tell you what kind of picks would get vetoed though. Otherwise there'd be no challenge. And hey, maybe your characters did fruitlessly try to learn about that hobby, only to discover that it wasn't possible.
Aside from that, material you each, individually, have with you:
Claire: Enough engineering textbooks to make a university library blush. Scattered physics/chemistry/magical theory books as supplement. A rather obnoxious primer on Mid-Childa style magic, and a stack of your dads research papers you found on that portable drive you grabbed, and haven't quite gotten around to deleting out of spite yet.
Gladyn: A nice, interesting stack of psychology textbooks, and a reasonably impressive set of medical textbooks and medical journals for the past few years. Some Magical Speed Sports publications, and a few years of Modern Belkan Monthly.
Theodore: Every single notable book on Spacetime magic, including a few you've written yourself. And a stack of ungraded student papers that you never got around to finishing when the incident happened, but keep around for... actually, why are you keeping those around again? Maybe you just forgot to purge them from the drive. They're impressively useless, and oh dear, you hope nobody tried to cast that spell with those errors. Man, wouldn't have been pretty. You also have a Cartridge Construction manuals, and some incredibly dry TSAB officer school books that you've never managed more than a few pages of, because dear god, did the government really pay money for someone to write this tripe? Well, you have them at least...
Mattias: Soldier of Fortune/Jane's, whatever you'd like to call them. You've collected the things since you figured out they were there, and have a sizeable library of the things by now. Cost you a pretty penny, but hey, 's good intel, and you are what you are. You've also got tons of technical manuals you've scrounged up over the years, and some general engineering textbooks you keep around to check if you feel stuck.
Agatha: Holy Books! All the Holy Books! And... well, an awful lot of frankly rather terrible literature for girls that had a tendency of spreading through the dorms, no matter what was done to try and stamp it out. Including a significant amount of equally terrible fanfiction. Is some of it yours? Well, better hope nobody finds your secret shame if any of it is. Large stack of magical theory texts too, but really, you've practically memorized the damn things. And a "paperback" you picked up at the starport. It was... different.
Namlos: An awful lot of martial arts fiction of various kinds. Several dozen rather useless martial arts handbooks. Another few dozens of also somewhat useless Zen-esque philosophy books. A rather brutal Belkan warrior philosophy that was also pretty useless. And for some reason, a years backlog of Beefcake magazines you somehow mistook for some kind of fighter magazine until after they had taken you money.
You may suggest additional materials each of your character would naturally have, but attempting to abuse that will be dealt with.
Have fun~
...now, why would Gladyn have those? Her hobby is
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Well, psych is a very respectable addition to standard medicine, which most doctors should know at least something about... and as I remember, Gladyn had a minor, personal interest.MightyDwarf said:
Ancient History is approved (archaeology is a subfield that you haven't gotten to yet - you need to finish Ancient History first).
Your personal library is extended with a broad number of books on historical Belka, and a few containing musings on Al-Hazard.
Happerry
Bat out of Hell
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Mattias enjoys knowing what the enemy is thinking and carrying. That's why he has a Hobby in Military History. (The kind that go into why a war is being fought as well as who it is being fought by)
Also a single Battlefield trauma first aid type book and a minor scattering of TSAB recruitment guides/general books from when he was considering signing up.
Also a single Battlefield trauma first aid type book and a minor scattering of TSAB recruitment guides/general books from when he was considering signing up.
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Military History is approved. You have a few books detailing what the TSAB knows about your home planet, as well as a large archive of various sources on the various conflicts of Belka, which you really should get around to reading at some point.
Music is also approved. You can play the violin reasonably well, and you have some books on composing and song writing, in addition to lots and lots of sheet music. Also some academic books on music that might be a tad too scholarly for Agatha's tastes, but you have them.
Music is also approved. You can play the violin reasonably well, and you have some books on composing and song writing, in addition to lots and lots of sheet music. Also some academic books on music that might be a tad too scholarly for Agatha's tastes, but you have them.
This is incredibly awesome.Usandru said:
Also, regarding the shields vs sensors thing...
Usandru has a point what with the rock interfering, but I actually took shields because I don't want our ship to either get slowly crushed under the weight a thousand tons of lunar rock, or to get said rocks in the engines. A rock the size of your thumb nail can royally screw over a jet engine. I don't want to imagine what would happen to a boulder lodged in a space ship's thrusters.
Moving on, we get hobby books? An opportunity to add an almost useful skill and an extra character trait, in the shape of a hobby or a small collection of literature?
The obvious answer is
"Yeah, I know my way around a screwdriver. But to be perfectly honest I prefer socket wrenches, if you know what I mean."
... You don't want to know how much stupid giggling was involved in that line. Or how cheesy I feel for even suggesting Romance Of The Lillies.
Duzzit
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The thing is, we don't know about the fact that we're going to be stuck in an artificial cave inside a moon. Sensors, for our profession (IE, hunting treasures/ruins etc) make more sense than shield systems, especially since as it's an ex-military ship, even outdated, it has things like redundant shields, and they're likely closer to mil-spec than even larger civilian class freighters would have on their own.
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Well.shaderic said:
You can have that.
Though I must admit to curiosity regarding what ratios of spite and personal interest led poor, innocent, freshman Claire there~
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So I had a chat with someguy16. He may be delayed somewhat for various reasons, but not to worry! We have alternate methods for inserting him into the story.
In any case, the map is on indefinite hold as I wait to get proper access to the only computer in the house that can run GIMP, or fix my own (GPU should arrive tomorrow, if that doesn't do it... well, gotta wait until after Easter to get my new CPU/Motherboard combo). In the meantime, here are some things I'd like for you to deal with.
Ship name has yet to be decided.
There's been some discussion about Claire's mods. If nothing more as added to that, I'm going to assume that they go through this time tomorrow.
Also, I'd like everyone to say/PM me about whether or not they've gone to Gladyn for a medical check-up.
In any case, the map is on indefinite hold as I wait to get proper access to the only computer in the house that can run GIMP, or fix my own (GPU should arrive tomorrow, if that doesn't do it... well, gotta wait until after Easter to get my new CPU/Motherboard combo). In the meantime, here are some things I'd like for you to deal with.
Ship name has yet to be decided.
There's been some discussion about Claire's mods. If nothing more as added to that, I'm going to assume that they go through this time tomorrow.
Also, I'd like everyone to say/PM me about whether or not they've gone to Gladyn for a medical check-up.
I'm terrible with names...Usandru said:
Didn't expect everyone else to be, too, must admit.
If there's confidentiality involved (which I would presume, but you never know), you'd bet Namlos would be on a perfectly free check-up like white on rice. If not, he'd stay the hell away.Usandru said:
He's paranoid about this sorta thing, see.
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If you all fail completely, I will make up a name.alguLoD said:
I will also make sure that you regret it. Except for you. I'm sure you'd consider it hilarious.
I have no doubt that Gladyn is perfectly trustworthy and professional. Certainly, any of you that care to will find that her certification checks out fine.
Jemnite
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Of course Agatha would. Its not like Gladyn would do anything unsavory with her medical information, right? They're crewmates, so of course she can trust Gladyn.Usandru said:
Duzzit
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The only thing I might disagree with you there is on the TSAB officer books. Given my wife's... penchant...for strategy/tactics(since she actually has to pull off being Tylor, for reals), I likely would have been absorbing(forced to mostly, even if a lot of stuff is applicable in other areas) all sorts of officer manuals, 'art of war' guides, etc etc.Usandru said:
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As for Hobbies/Books...
For Non-Hobby:
I'd likely have a few guides on both Artillery magic, and for speed casting. Neither of these would (Proboably) allow me to get to x1, but I figure I should mention them.
As for hobby:
History, with a focus on cultures and sociology. Either that or Military History. Hmm...damn. Both sound appealing >.>