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March, Year Four - SCIENCE! Rolls
  • Informational
    • Hello again all!

    It turns out when you have a 50% turnover rate at at your section of the office, those remaining (yours truly included) suddenly get all of their work. It's not been great, but I'm still here.

    I'll handle the Special Projects in their own section and write up later, but for now I mostly want to get the ball rolling again.

    SCIENCE! Rolls
    Dr. Sam Carlson
    - Empathic Booster and Transmutation (w/Max)
    - Experimentation - Olympic-class Leg Sample
    -- Using it to Upscale our SR

    Dr. Maximiliane Brand
    - Faedium C-Crystals (w/Mary)
    - Empathic Booster and Transmutation (w/Max)

    SCAI-01 'Ivana'
    - Experimentation - K-Lung 'Supercharge' Fuel
    -- Try to see how it works when Combine with with Arc Blade/Cannon Tech to upgrade our Arc Weapons.
    - Pterawing-class Wing Sample
    -- Effects on Constructing a Seeker Robot with it Particularly the Seeker Super Robot Core

    Zulu
    - Experimentation: Enhance Dispersion Charges with K-Scale
    - Experimentation: Enhance Dispersion Charges with Faedeum

    Dr. Mary McCullough
    - Faedium C-Crystal (w/Max)
    - Faedium Crystalline Structures
    -- Spark Excaliber: Experiment to see if using Faedium in its construction would improve the Spark Caliber either allowing it to be last Longer than as a finishing strike or make the finishing blow even more powerful.

    I think this format works better for me here, so let's get to it!

    Dr. Sam Carlson

    - Empathic Booster and Transmutation (w/Max, +1d6): 4, 4, 3, 3

    Success...with complications. New Branching Options Unlocked

    "Sam here."

    "Ahem."

    "And Max. We've learned two things. One: intense emotions     do count as a stabilizing bridge element for psychic energies such as Transmutation, and the Empathic Booster acts as a jump start option to get the ball rolling. Two: we might need to create some sort of guard rail. Unfocused but intense emotions can get really, really destructive."

    "On that note, we still have budget leftover for another lab, right?"

    - Experimentation - Olympic-class Leg Sample (Potential Upscaling of Super Robot construction): 6, 2, 6

    Critical success! New Engineering Option Unlocked!

    "In other more practical news, I can't believe I'm about to say this: Sheol's designs, if they are his, found a way to actually efficiently redistribute heavy mass. We might not have to cheat the same way that Aeon Particles do for Mercury V or with us and Anti-Gravity; the design is mechanically sound. And I should be happy about this discovery, but I'm just annoyed that hack got to it first."


    SCAI-01 Ivanna

    - Experimentation - K-Lung 'Supercharge' Fuel, Combine with with Arc Weapons: 3, 5, 5

    Success!

    "We have explored the application of the K-Lung Fuel with the Arc line of weaponry, and I think it has some potential! I think it's safe to hand this over to the Engineering department at this point, but by applying temporary 'coats' of K-Lung through attached dispensers, we can temporarily strengthen aspects of both the Blade and Cannon."

    - Effects of Pterawing-class Wing Sample on Seeker Core: 6, 3, 2

    Success! New additional option for Seeker Core unlocked next turn.

    "The engineers also assure me that there's time to possibly sneak something in if we want to go for it. This is fortunate, because we think they might be able to spin microfiber fabrics from the Pterawing sample!...I'm not sure we want to call it the K-Wing or whatnot, but it should offer additional lift and maneuverability if the math is correct..."


    Zulu

    - Experimentation: Enhance Dispersion Charges with K-Scale: 4, 4, 4

    ...if we were playing Outgunned, this would be a good result. As it is, I'll give you Success With Complications.

    "Metamaterial, designation 'K-Scale,' possesses many unique properties. Full potential not yet realized. Sought to capitalize by application of Dispersion Field. Conclusion: K-Scale capable of projecting Dispersion Field charge, but for extremely limited lifespans."

    - Experimentation: Enhance Dispersion Charges with Faedeum: 1, 6, 6

    This, on the other hand, is much more straightforward. Critical Success!

    "Metamaterial, designation 'Faedium Crystalline Structures.' Incredibly versatile. Faedium capable of generating Dispersion Field at acceptable levels. Caution: Faedium vessel utilized for this purpose cannot also serve as conventional power source."

    Ivanna's Comment: "'Acceptable' in this context, I believe, is that it's acceptable by Mekaen's standards. Make of this what you will."


    Dr. Mary McCullough
    - Faedium C-Crystal (w/Max): 1, 3, 2, 1

    Failure.

    "It seems that the C-Crystals retain their own unique microstructures that do not play nicely with Faedium crystals. While unfortunately this is not a valid avenue to approach, this does give us ideas for how they might interact indirectly."

    "We can always try daisy-chaining systems together, but a C-Crystal made out of Faedium isn't in the cards unfortunately."

    - Faedium Crystalline Structures - Spark Excaliber: 1, 4, 6

    Success! Engineering Options Unlocked.

    "...we have also found that there is a limit to how small we can make the Faedium. The Spark Caliber can be retrofitted to make use of it, but we aren't quite seeing the dramatic 1:1 effect in power that we were expecting. It's going to be up to Engineering to see how they can make use of the output."
     
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    • Hell Yes its not like were limited to just one Faediuem block in a SR. Using Faedeum for the shield and having the SR power it us should be fine.

    Also that should hopefully let us put a Dispersion shield in our ships which would make them tougher.
     
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    Basarin said:
    "Metamaterial, designation 'K-Scale,' possesses many unique properties. Full potential not yet realized. Sought to capitalize by application of Dispersion Field. Conclusion: K-Scale capable of projecting Dispersion Field charge, but for extremely limited lifespans."

    - Experimentation: Enhance Dispersion Charges with Faedeum: 1, 6, 6

    This, on the other hand, is much more straightforward. Critical Success!

    "Metamaterial, designation 'Faedium Crystalline Structures.' Incredibly versatile. Faedium capable of generating Dispersion Field at acceptable levels. Caution: Faedium vessel utilized for this purpose cannot also serve as conventional power source."
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    And now we get to look into making an integrated K-Scale with Faedium sheathed within to see if that helps create a compartmentalized and recessed means of keeping Faedium safe and usable outside of the core of an armored block! We don't need the K-Scale to project the charge, we just need it to let it pass through as its emitted by the Faedium behind it.

    If we get this to work, Dispersion Field Funnels are on the menu!
     
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    Basarin said:
    - Experimentation - Olympic-class Leg Sample (Potential Upscaling of Super Robot construction): 6, 2, 6

    Critical success! New Engineering Option Unlocked!

    "In other more practical news, I can't believe I'm about to say this: Sheol's designs, if they are his, found a way to actually efficiently redistribute heavy mass. We might not have to cheat the same way that Aeon Particles do for Mercury V or with us and Anti-Gravity; the design is mechanically sound. And I should be happy about this discovery, but I'm just annoyed that hack got to it first."
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    Hehe. Kaiju-scale robo upsizing is a Go! I can already see the skyscraper-sized combining robots!

    BTW, has Mary mentioned what the raw materials for synthesizing Faedium are yet? And would there be a bottleneck in procuring them? If not, we're about to revolutionize the energy industry, especially if Kausen shard tech proliferates.
     
    storysmith112358 said:
    Hehe. Kaiju-scale robo upsizing is a Go! I can already see the skyscraper-sized combining robots!

    BTW, has Mary mentioned what the raw materials for synthesizing Faedium are yet? And would there be a bottleneck in procuring them? If not, we're about to revolutionize the energy industry, especially if Kausen shard tech proliferates.
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    ...you know, I knew I was forgetting something. Standby, let me make some corrections to the post.
     
    Koguyra said:

    View: https://youtu.be/YoeyfTGI7ik?si=x7uPaHH_mtsax7ot

    Yet more easy visualization of Kausen events going on, courtesy of Transformers going more anime than usual.
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    I did watch this earlier. And I'm not going to lie, this hit me right in the nostalgia, as I recognized almost all of the references they included. It was a real treat to see not just the original G1s, but Transformers Victory and even Beast Wars II and Neo.

    Negation said:
    Hiroki is a delinquent so he should have a Rival right? His High School's Banchou who regularly fistfights with him to be the regional school's #1? Most commonly accompanied by 2 comedy relief underlings? Also very likely to have a mad crush on Hrioki's beautiful older sister?
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    Never say never!

    Though fun fact: my mental image of Daichi was based off of Boss when I was writing him in the Day of Destruction chapter.
     
    Basarin said:
    "In other more practical news, I can't believe I'm about to say this: Sheol's designs, if they are his, found a way to actually efficiently redistribute heavy mass. We might not have to cheat the same way that Aeon Particles do for Mercury V or with us and Anti-Gravity; the design is mechanically sound. And I should be happy about this discovery, but I'm just annoyed that hack got to it first."
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    storysmith112358 said:
    Hehe. Kaiju-scale robo upsizing is a Go!
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    *Looks at Mech T-Rex remains in storage.*

     
    Its the perfect Chasis to upscale yeh.

    We can have our smaller mechs work as armor and wepons for it theough Combined Configuration. Ala Megazords.
     
    Glad to see this return, even if there's a real Ooof at what happened for you.
    Basarin said:
    - Experimentation - Olympic-class Leg Sample (Potential Upscaling of Super Robot construction): 6, 2, 6

    Critical success! New Engineering Option Unlocked!

    "In other more practical news, I can't believe I'm about to say this: Sheol's designs, if they are his, found a way to actually efficiently redistribute heavy mass. We might not have to cheat the same way that Aeon Particles do for Mercury V or with us and Anti-Gravity; the design is mechanically sound. And I should be happy about this discovery, but I'm just annoyed that hack got to it first."
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    ... This is absolutely something we can trade off to all the existing and new Super Robot Programs for solid benefits, isn't it? Not like we're going to add a proliferation risk either as we've learned Sheol is already trading with our other two opposition factions so I could see them getting it even if we hadn't reverse engineered this.

    Might not do much for uh, whatever the 'Private Security Corporation' Mech was called due to that one being very much on the small end of Super Robots but Mercury V and Ground Pound should get solid benefits from their next re-engineering upgrade. Even if they aren't large enough to get the most benefit from removing some of the penalties associated with Super-Heavy or Colossal scale Super Robots (though I suspect Mercury V is), it's going to give solid benefits because making larger Super Robots no longer needs to deal with non-linearly (in the wrong way) scaling frame support costs offset by 'special technologies' but instead something a lot closer to linearly scaling frame support costs freeing up a whole lot of mass, energy and technical support costs formerly used for 'Special Technologies' to cheat on said frame support costs means a much fightier Super Robot.
    Basarin said:
    - Experimentation: Enhance Dispersion Charges with Faedeum: 1, 6, 6

    This, on the other hand, is much more straightforward. Critical Success!

    "Metamaterial, designation 'Faedium Crystalline Structures.' Incredibly versatile. Faedium capable of generating Dispersion Field at acceptable levels. Caution: Faedium vessel utilized for this purpose cannot also serve as conventional power source."

    Ivanna's Comment: "'Acceptable' in this context, I believe, is that it's acceptable by Mekaen's standards. Make of this what you will."
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    You know, considering Faedeum is something Mekaen doesn't seem to know about and Dispersion Charges is a shelved research project due to low effectiveness for the cost (I believe that's what we were told?), offering our Faedeum Dispersion Charges up as a (future) technological trade is going to cause some hilarious reactions, isn't it?
     
    Basarin said:
    Dr. Mary McCullough
    - Faedium C-Crystal (w/Max): 1, 3, 2, 1

    Failure.

    "It seems that the C-Crystals retain their own unique microstructures that do not play nicely with Faedium crystals. While unfortunately this is not a valid avenue to approach, this does give us ideas for how they might interact indirectly."

    "We can always try daisy-chaining systems together, but a C-Crystal made out of Faedium isn't in the cards unfortunately."
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    This was disappointing. Should we try Kausen Energy Shards with either & both next to see how they would interact or if it could act as a bridge between both?
     
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