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

[NAV]

((Uh oh.))

Go find someone who is willing to have a conversation.

Hey bro.
Nice coat.
Wanna burn something?
Talk to Jack Hansan.

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Man, I didn't expect this to start. Damn.

I'm just going to discount any justifications in-game by using RL examples, because reality in itself doesn't hold up to logic or rationalism.

((It's called an analogy.))

What's beyond the edge of the universe? And what's beyond that?

((What is the number past infinity? Infinity. By definition, anything that exists is in the universe. There might be arguments, but they rely on things that we can't reach and that are not past the edge of the universe any more than Twilight is past the edge of TLotR.))

Why do we exist?

((When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much...
And if you mean "we" as in "everything," well, we're working on it. Currently, there's a singularity in the way.))

Is there a such thing as free will?

((Technically, no. Practically, yes.))

I was actually going to IC suggest an "engineering corps" detachment within the new ARM, so as to accommodate non-combat personnel like Grate (and to a degree, Anton) and give them a sort of a composite outlet.
To that end, the old HMRC quarters, now severely damaged and in need of renovation, would get its own laboratory/workshop, separate from the Armory, where tinkerers could pool their resources and work on prototypes together. Tinker is great, but it doesn't help much for actual building, and acquisition of resources.))

((...
I approve of this plan.))

[Tavik Toth]

((Uh oh.))

Go find someone who is willing to have a conversation.

Hey bro.
Nice coat.
Wanna burn something?
Talk to Jack Hansan.

"What sort of something?"

[NAV]

((Uh oh.))

Go find someone who is willing to have a conversation.

Hey bro.
Nice coat.
Wanna burn something?
Talk to Jack Hansan.

"What sort of something?"

Dubley lights a molotov.
How about everything?

[Radio Controlled]

Lemme dig in my library for a few.....

There we are. "When Science goes wrong" by Levay.

Spoiler: Which you can read here, chapter 7, page 143 (click to show/hide)

http://books.google.com/books?id=ve0Nm7kAgM4C&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=when+science+goes+wrong+levay+torrent&source=bl&ots=X8-l-op8sT&sig=vCyz2NZjO7Bpo2qoVufWAmpoe1w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=18SsUvn0CI3koATy_YKADQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=chapter%207&f=false

It involves impalement with a control rod.

((Ah PW, you may not be a scientist, but at least you are a science fan, which is good enough for me!
Though I don't share your exact opinion on nuclear power (FUSION4LIFE) I must agree that there has been far too much misinformation and scaremongering on this topic (and other topics too, unfortunately. No, GMO's are not, in fact, here to consume your children and corrupt your souls). But I'll save you my thoughts on the subject in favor of keeping the thread clean 'n all.I'm sure there is already a thread for discussing this somewhere.))

((Isnt it obvious? Massive battle royale to see who gets the looting rights.))

(( The winner of this battle? The suit. ))

((I wonder, even without the whole 'Avatar killing everyone ever' thing, if avatars can be piloted again after their original pilot is dead. More research!))

((I feel like Avatars are incredibly, incredibly intelligent, though.
It might just turn itself in to get it's pilot resurrected.
Or it could make a bid for freedom.))

((The pilot of an Avatar isn't just a pilot, he is the main thing keeping it from going haywire and destroying everything in sight. For more info, check this post and the ones after that (mainly Miya doing research).

((Plus, y'know, if I do that I'll have a +4 to Will anyway to ensure maximum safety.))

((You assume that even getting a five every turn would be good. It could also, just diminish the Bad Stuff. Like, getting shot in the chest by a gauss rifle will frak up your day, even if you roll 5 for end. It will lessen the damage by a good amount, but still, you ain't coming out of that stronger.
Also, I believe there are in-game ways to boost certain stats, though it'll cost tokens and might have other bad/unforeseeable effects.))

(Finally biting the bullet because Xantalos told me to. How do I sign up?)

((Welcome! Always happy to get more lambs for the slaughter esteemed comrades in arms.))

That does give me an idea, though. You could make effective suicide bombers with these pills. I mean, planet-busting suicide bombers. Could probably destroy a whole UWM fleet if everything goes well.))

((We vie for surrender, send a diplomat to negotiate terms, then give that guy has a hollow tooth with a manip pill. Hilarity (?) ensues.))

I was actually going to IC suggest an "engineering corps" detachment within the new ARM, so as to accommodate non-combat personnel like Grate (and to a degree, Anton) and give them a sort of a composite outlet.
To that end, the old HMRC quarters, now severely damaged and in need of renovation, would get its own laboratory/workshop, separate from the Armory, where tinkerers could pool their resources and work on prototypes together. Tinker is great, but it doesn't help much for actual building, and acquisition of resources.))

((Might wanna take a look here.

Just in case you decide to go through with this, you already have a logo! And one of them (courtesy of Pyro) doesn't suck!))

((@ GWG: I think you should just keep Grate going the support roll. Go for something aux as a 'main weapon', use a low-end gun and manip in the meantime (you have good enough intel to use manips, though you'll need to invest some points into uncon to make it work. Still, having a manip is great as back-up/support, and otherwise those mind points go unused anyways.)

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Plus, y'know, if I do that I'll have a +4 to Will anyway to ensure maximum safety.))

((You assume that even getting a five every turn would be good. It could also, just diminish the Bad Stuff. Like, getting shot in the chest by a gauss rifle will frak up your day, even if you roll 5 for end. It will lessen the damage by a good amount, but still, you ain't coming out of that stronger.
Also, I believe there are in-game ways to boost certain stats, though it'll cost tokens and might have other bad/unforeseeable effects.))

((@ GWG: I think you should just keep Grate going the support roll. Go for something aux as a 'main weapon', use a low-end gun and manip in the meantime (you have good enough intel to use manips, though you'll need to invest some points into uncon to make it work. Still, having a manip is great as back-up/support, and otherwise those mind points go unused anyways.)

((I know. I was planning to have Grate invest in...some kind of space magic. But for now, I'm having trouble imagining him being willing to so much as touch a manipulator.
And what do you have in mind for a "something aux"?))

[Knight Otu]

"So... whatever the ####ing #### that was, it seems to be ####ing over? I need a ####ing smoke."

Go to the presumably re-re-(...)-wrecked rec room, and light a blue smoke. Sit down wherever there is an opportunity, ideally the couch.

((Or maybe not.))

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

Str 3; Dex 3; End 3; Cha 7; Int 4; Wil 15//Spe 0; Int 1; Han 0 (-1); Con 1; Unc 0; Exo 9; Aux 3 (+1); Med 0
Mk II Suit; Microwave PK Amp; laser rifle; 3 tokens: normal cigarettes; blue smokes; datapad (with platformer shooter); nanoghosts; shock trigger (with me, right now)
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.

[Radio Controlled]

((Plus, y'know, if I do that I'll have a +4 to Will anyway to ensure maximum safety.))

((You assume that even getting a five every turn would be good. It could also, just diminish the Bad Stuff. Like, getting shot in the chest by a gauss rifle will frak up your day, even if you roll 5 for end. It will lessen the damage by a good amount, but still, you ain't coming out of that stronger.
Also, I believe there are in-game ways to boost certain stats, though it'll cost tokens and might have other bad/unforeseeable effects.))

((@ GWG: I think you should just keep Grate going the support roll. Go for something aux as a 'main weapon', use a low-end gun and manip in the meantime (you have good enough intel to use manips, though you'll need to invest some points into uncon to make it work. Still, having a manip is great as back-up/support, and otherwise those mind points go unused anyways.)

((I know. I was planning to have Grate invest in...some kind of space magic. But for now, I'm having trouble imagining him being willing to so much as touch a manipulator.
And what do you have in mind for a "something aux"?))

((Drone pallet/gunner bot for offense (or some other system I'm sure you could tinker up (could ask help from the several tinker addicts if you want to or if you need ideas). Maybe a cutting laser or universal computer interface or big toolbox too, or something else (depends on what you want to focus on really).))

[Tavik Toth]

((Uh oh.))

Go find someone who is willing to have a conversation.

Hey bro.
Nice coat.
Wanna burn something?
Talk to Jack Hansan.

"What sort of something?"

Dubley lights a molotov.
How about everything?

"..."

Jack slowly turns around and walks away.

[TCM]

-Snip-

((Avoiding my most critical question though, huh? It seems even your knowledge can't hold up to explaining such a massive upset, or you're going to Alabama for school.))

[Unholy_Pariah]

make sure i still have dynamic bonus, attach cameras.
If successful, charge scalp attachment bonus.
If unsuccessful, rage.

[GreatWyrmGold]

-Snip-

((Avoiding my most critical question though, huh? It seems even your knowledge can't hold up to explaining such a massive upset, or you're going to Alabama for school.))

((Hey now, that was uncalled for.
Seriously, though, I don't even know what that last one is.))

[Devastator]

((The control rod guy was the SL-1 accident, right?  I think they set the all-time record for radiation exposure to a human being.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Well, all-time record until the HMRC gets founded.))

[Devastator]

((oh, and GWG, I'm more impressed that Grate seems to have made the AM break a sweat.  That's quite the thing.  Wonder what class III means.))