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

[Sean Mirrsen]

((Or Miya's latest... "tour de force". Granted, that's a universal manipulator, but still.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

2. What power inflation? You can buy a mass manipulation psy-amp for less, and the mass-murdering qualities of the 3-token microwave manipulator are well known. Being able to tear out someone's bodily fluids is just creative use of power.))

((Ah, right. I keep forgetting that everything is overpowered.
Still, considering that most materials are dia-, para-, or ferromagnetic...well, it kinda cheapens the mass manipulator, doncha think?))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((You're still limited to force though, and force that doesn't act the same way on everything. The Mass Manipulator combines the effects of the Vector and Gravity manipulators, in a way, so you can just make a chunk of anything do anything, no matter the size or composition of the anything. Magnetism, however, is a bit of a hard thing to work precisely with, with effects changing with temperature, for instance, and side effects of its usage including a change of temperature. You can't safely transport a person with the Magnetic Manipulator unless he/she is standing on something metallic, but you can with a Mass Manipulator. Stuff like that.))

[Grunhill]

((Are you still at least partly biological? or are you all metal now?))

((I don't know. I never got to see all the alterations made. I only know a few things like the kinect amps and others alterations. I will try to figure out as I use the body. I think Renen is a type of synth-flesh))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((You can't safely transport a person with the Magnetic Manipulator unless he/she is standing on something metallic, but you can with a Mass Manipulator. Stuff like that.))

((Yet you can safely levitate frogs with magnetic fields? Why is it not the same principle?))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((The principle is the same, true. But a human is more complex, and more heavy than a frog. So you will need much more energy, and much more force total. The same minute differences between how different materials in the body react to magnetic field can become significant at that scale. Just the different states and densities of various fluids in the body will mean that the human will be at a rather great danger when being lifted with a magnetic field.

Not to mention that the human will have to be naked, and that magnitude of magnetic force applied to an HMRC member will tear out his/her spinal cord along with the shock implant - as well as any other implants or prostheses.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Shock implant? That thing Steve used to shock Xan? ...Suddenly Xan getting shocked makes more sense.))

[piecewise]

Ran out of time this morning. Post will come this evening when I get home. Sorry about that.

[Xantalos]

(Don't be; I wasn't expecting it until in several hours anyhow.)

[GreatWyrmGold]

((I just had an idea.))


((Maybe, if Steve noted a specific failing in a given character in the course of a mission, he could deduct a certain sum from his/her pay and give him/her equipment to fix that issue.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((I just had an idea.))


((Maybe, if Steve noted a specific failing in a given character in the course of a mission, he could deduct a certain sum from his/her pay and give him/her equipment to fix that issue.))

((The problem with that is that "deducting" something only works as long as the character has the funds, and the GM deciding something for the player's character kinda goes against the spirit of the thing. Plus it's possible to do it in a more manual way - asking around, like Grate was doing, and coming up with something on your own, or asking directly for a solution. You can ask for training, you can test yourself in VR (once we get VR back anyway). Maybe you and Lyra can have a little combat training session with Feyri, practicing working as a team. Feyri is the heavy hitter, Lyra is the scout and space magic user/medic. Grate can be literal "tech support", keeping Feyri and her equipment working, plus using whatever equipment relies on Aux. Put any leftover points you have after this mission into Aux so you can be more proficient, and perhaps if you ask, Anton or some other tinkerers can set you up with suitable weaponry.

Anton in particular has leftover mapping drones that could, with some work, be turned into decent combat operatives (that is the current plan, btw), but he can use all the help he can get with the OS, since Aux isn't his strong suit just yet. Though I remind you that Grate has no in-character knowledge in that regard.

You could always go into debt and keep the drone platform, too. Train up Aux and you're the team's repository of disposable scout combatants.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((I was thinking more in general than specifically for Grate.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((Even so, Steve just plain giving something to someone, automatically docking pay from them for the purpose, isn't in the spirit of the game, I'd say.

Suggesting something, making an observation and providing a solution, maybe. But not forcing to comply with that solution.

Actually, it would fit Steve more to just make an observation, during debriefing. Nudging the character to seek a solution in a given direction, or to change their approach. The AM or the Doctor would be the ones suggesting solutions.))

[Knight Otu]

-Home Team-

Wall of flesh? Are you guys trying to call me fat? Gorat jokes towards the ghosts.

Be ready to defend the ship. Use the rifle to focus on attackers. Heat a 1-foot sphere in the center of mass of any attackers that come rather than firing the rifle, though. Be quite repetitive.

Spoiler: Gorat 'Chin' Ivanos (click to show/hide)

Str 3; Dex 3; End 3; Cha 5; Int 4; Wil 12//Spe 0; Int 1; Han 0 (-1); Con 1; Unc 0; Exo 8; Aux 1 (+1); Med 0
Mk II Suit; Microwave PK Amp; laser rifle: normal cigarettes; blue smokes; datapad (with platformer shooter); nanoghosts; shock trigger (with Jack for this mission)
Appearance: 5'11'', 170 pounds in a rather unmuscular frame, shoulder-long brown hair, short goatee, brown eyes, a rather long chin that earned him his nickname. Age 32
Half a robot foot. Robot right arm.

[Pancaek]

-home team-

stand around some more. Scan the area for hostiles and be ready to deflect attacks or return them to sender with my amp. Do not neglect looking up or at my buddy.