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Voting closed: April 07, 2013, 10:34:35 am

[Caellath]

Search for a simpler way of protecting against the substance. Is there something designed specifically for it, such as a paint/spray to add a layer of the non-reactive oxide to surfaces?

Check the avatar cloak and the feasibility of using part of it to protect the parts that need more flexibility. After that, leave the VR Machine and go to the armory.
"Hey, about those box-like automated manipulators, which ones you have that are better than the first one you showed me and how does their efficience vary?"

((In case you are wondering: almost done, this will be my last post before getting my things done and getting into stasis.))

[PyroDesu]

Search for a simpler way of protecting against the substance. Is there something designed specifically for it, such as a paint/spray to add a layer of the non-reactive oxide to surfaces?

((Soo... you want to artificially rust your armor..? That's what oxidation is, though on most metals, excluding iron, it actually forms a solid layer, not flakes that come off and weaken the structure. Such a "Spray" would coat your armor in metal, which would oxidize or already be oxide.))

[Caellath]

((Soo... you want to artificially rust your armor..? That's what oxidation is, though on most metals, excluding iron, it actually forms a solid layer, not flakes that come off and weaken the structure.))

((Not quite what I meant.))

[PyroDesu]

((Soo... you want to artificially rust your armor..? That's what oxidation is, though on most metals, excluding iron, it actually forms a solid layer, not flakes that come off and weaken the structure.))

((Not quite what I meant.))

((Actually, we're both wrong. It's not the oxides, it's a thin film of metal fluoride. Just did some extra research and found that, I had mixed it up with oxides, but...

The ability to surpass the oxidizing ability of oxygen leads to corrosivity against oxide-containing materials often thought as incombustible...

It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals — steel, copper, aluminum, etc. — because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminum keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere.

.))

[piecewise]

"Oh, um, so I do. Nevermind."

Enter VR, try to build that one-sided bat-thing.


((I'm mission ready, I just figure everyone else is still going to faff about a bit longer anyway. Always ready to be chucked into a pod if that's not the case.))

Do you want to follow the design of the doctor's bat but with only one side? That would still need 5 amps.

(( Uh, sorry! ... I think I should just let the nose stay that way, given the chance of a rather bad roll following, right? ))

You are probably right, Simulacrus.
(( Go, Thrak, Go! You haven't lost yet!  ))
Depositing the action for preparing to the mission:
If Thrak doesn't win, or I don't have enough time before the next mission to learn the results of the duel, buy the emergency kit with the three tokens I still have.
If the fight results in a draw, or for some other reason I get back just the two tokens I bet on Thrak, buy the Mk II suit instead.
If Thrak wins, and I get at least four tokens, buy the advanced kit.

Then get into the stasis pod, of course.

We'll wait and see.

Search for a simpler way of protecting against the substance. Is there something designed specifically for it, such as a paint/spray to add a layer of the non-reactive oxide to surfaces?

Check the avatar cloak and the feasibility of using part of it to protect the parts that need more flexibility. After that, leave the VR Machine and go to the armory.
"Hey, about those box-like automated manipulators, which ones you have that are better than the first one you showed me and how does their efficience vary?"

((In case you are wondering: almost done, this will be my last post before getting my things done and getting into stasis.))

There are ones that create a layer of metal that won't be effected, but they're not very sturdy and are likely to be scratched and chipped off pretty quickly. The paint will stick on for longer.

You could get the avatar cloak fabric and use it to cover the more exposed parts, but it might be more cost effective to just buy a whole cloak for yourself. It would be more expensive, but not terribly so and it would offer full protection.

"They vary what they can stop and how much they can stop. In general, physical things are a lot easier then things like lasers, and smaller things are easier then big ones. The better ones go up in price and size, but I can't really recommend you something without knowing more about what you want to use it for."



Thats my last post for tonight. Y'all get one more post before I huck you in the pods, so make it good.

[Remalle]

"Mhy nhoze!"

...

"Dhizs izs how you perfhorm mhedizsine?"

[Nikitian]

Why, I can fix it. If that is what you really want me to do.
Fix it. (Then go on with the deposited action)
See you soon!
(( Awesome Medicine time! ))

[SeriousConcentrate]

* SerCon grabs some popcorn and watches

[IronyOwl]

Alright, new plan.

First create what are essentially brass knuckles, consisting of a force generator, kinetic amps, and channelers.

Test out two methods for actually generating the force- some sort of mechanical device that fires on command, and the weight-punching method of the bat.

Test out the design with one, two and three kinetic amps along the surface, with matching force generators, of course.

Test out three different shapes for channeling the resulting shockwave. The first in a thin straight line, like the Doctor's bat. The second in a highly focused point, and the third in a much more diffuse, generally unshaped pattern.

It's alright if the design becomes less "brass knuckles" and more "oversized gauntlets," but they have to remain feasible for someone like me to wield as part of an exoskeleton, at least.


Then attempt to build a long-distance shockwave sword/baton thing. Essentially a rod of whatever length it needs to be. At the tip, there's a mechanical device, likely a piston or similar, that fires rapidly against an amplifier aimed straight up and through a channeling thing. The piston is activated and deactivated by a switch on the handle.

The intended effect, then, is that the user can activate the device to start generating shockwaves from the tip, and can further swing this around to "throw" shockwaves in a particular shape, similar to how one might create arcs of water with a hose.

As with the fist-mounted project, this can get kind of big, but has to remain feasible using mechanical support, and preferably without.


Then, at long last, get in the pods. Save work first, and set it to unlock/become available on my death, if that's not default.

[Remalle]

(( Awesome Medicine time! ))

(If you haven't figured it out, yet, I'll clue you in: awesome medicine never ever happens.  Kind of like how intelligence rolls always fail.  )

[Prosperus]

Thats my last post for tonight. Y'all get one more post before I huck you in the pods, so make it good.

((PW, I wanted to remind you that I will be gone for four days from tomorrow and I won't be able to post. Maybe Caellath wants to help me finish the fight with Thrak and after that Lukas should recover for a few days? - if he wins, of course. Otherwise, there won't be a problem...Other than this empty space in my heart ))

[Zako]

"Alright, I'll bet 2 tokens on Lukas. That seems reasonable enough. What other weapons do each of them have?"

[Prosperus]

"Mhy nhoze!"

...

"Dhizs izs how you perfhorm mhedizsine?"

((What Mesk expects is a good kick to the face))

[Knight Otu]

Do a quick hop into VR to check basic suit functions, then log off, get my gear in order, and get stasis'd.

[Yoink]

Charro sighed at the ship's surprising lack of haberdashers. "Well, great." He glanced at the time on his wrist computer.
"Looks like I'll have to do this myself. Hope this works." He frowned, placed the materials on the counter and tried to work out how to thread a needle. "Ugh. Why don't we have robots to do this sort of thing?"

>Assemble throwing-blade-hat myself! It can't be too hard, right?!

>Then head to stasis. Quickly.