Description:Developed using artifacts recovered by Faith Valentine, this weapon causes crystalline growths to appear on your targets. These growths restrain movement as well as rapidly growing inward, crushing, impaling and continuing to grow within the target. You may also be able to use it to create vast crystal fields and start a business selling shiny things to hippies and idiots.
Crystaline projector crystals don't explode.
((Believe a man who has actually treated such a wound ( 
): those crystalline growths do explode (shrapnel-style) after growing for several seconds. The PSL shards "explode" into electricity, not sure about actually fragmenting.))
((Well, why not.))
By the way, Steve. It's been quite a while since the Defense of Hephaestus ended, but with the new missions coming... Did I actually get anything for getting shelled out of action before I could actually do anything useful back then? Humor me, if you don't mind.
Ask Steve.
Unfortunate thing is that there has not been field testing of it yet, I am afraid. Apart from sending the notification of this discovery to Simus and you, General, not so long ago, I have not yet had a chance to test it on real battlefield. As far as laboratory testing is concerned, however, I am adamantly certain of both its effectiveness and novelty.
During the year-long break in hostilities, Maurice renews his scientific assault on a way to temporarily boost regeneration in a human (without genemodifications or any other permanent changes), likely with either tweaked stem cells (natural or functionally identical synthetic) or short-living, self-devouring organical agents equivalent to Mesk's.
We'll say you find a new substance that can heal minor to moderate injuries. It costs 5 per "can"
The fleshknitting stuff is really about closing wounds rather then anything else. It's quite effective at regrowing flesh but it doesn't regrow it "Right" so to speak. It works fine on muscle and bone and even nerves to a degree but it can't regen organs; you'd just end up with a mass of organ cells that aren't set up in such a way as to be useful.
Clarification request: Is the 'Aqua Mortis' fleshknitter Maurice developed indeed innovative, or are there any good substitutes of it which have never been mentioned before?
It's pretty innovative. Mostly because no one else has been that crazy~
((That sums it up, mostly. Unfortunately, no actual field testing, but plenty of lab testing during that year on Hephaestus, apparently. Well, that and Piecewise's word on its behalf.))
After a small pause, Maurice added:
Even then, if you still feel like being very cautious, it could be presented not as a tried and accepted piece of medi-tech, but more as a proof-of-concept or a prototype, indicating a promising research venue. Proof of our own bio-tech research going on - apart from revealing anything related to the Doctor's projects.
And if those end up unused, they can be sold back to the armory for the full price, can't they? Except for two cans of medi-foam, obviously, but I'd be as willing to buy them after the mission, especially since just two of them should cost us about a single token.
((Sorry Nik, I seem to more easily miss stuff if it's hidden in rp post.))
"Yeah, presenting it as a gift for them to work with might be a better idea than cutting open a random bystander as a field demonstration, heh. Thanks for offering.
I'll ask about the supplies.
PW, could I request 2 emergency kits as mission equipment, as well as 2 cans of medifoam? Anything not used shall be returned to the armory at mission end, and I'll try to see that nobody tries to smuggle out anything from them.
Also, Illgeo replaces lw. I assume he also still gets that Mk.III?
lw has confirmed through pm that he isn't joining M17. Illgeo, you're up. M17 people, get ready. Buy what you need, ask whatever info seems relevant, and get ready to rumble soon.
PW, sending pm with roster.
I'll do my best. (Considering the last time I said that to you, I hope getting shot is much rarer on the ship. ...Lerman Russ is going on one of the current missions, right? )
I'm not sure he if is, but he certainly isn't going on mine.
Good luck with it. Oh, and Pancaek is doing something similar for me, so you might want to coordinate with him to prevent doing double work.
((Is this purely IC, for-behind-the-scenes-NPCs stuff, or do you want me to write up walls of text for future newbies? Or both? RPing a VR Hasala drill sergeant in a VR training course would be entertaining, at least.
Oh, and do you want me to return the chem-thrower now, before the briefings end, or before the missions leave? Or after? And is it the one you have listed on the Players' Market, because if so, I'd like to buy it.))
((It's a behind-the-scenes-NPC thing, training guerrillas on UWM worlds. Ask pw how eactly he wants you to go about it. But if you want to try your hand at writing an IC new recruit guide/training course, by all means feel free. Lords knows our lemmings can use all the help they can get
Just give it back before Miya leaves on mission. The one on the player market is the one that was in the care package. Tokens from selling this go to newbie fund.))
Yeah sure, for both of those things.
Just a quick check, wizards and unicorns aren't offensive in that planet, right? Or should I repaint Gilgamesh?
EDIT: And is there any sort of battlesuit etiquette? I mean, should I stay out of the battlesuit and only get in it if there is need for combat? Should I never address anyone while in a battlesuit? Can I show it and its weapons off as something powerful to impress them or would that be scary?
Also, could I use the Electrified Surface Defence system to stun?
You might want to repaint it just to look a bit more....intimidating.
Use common sense. Keep in it most of the time but don't try to go to dinner in it or walk into someone's nice house in it. I would, however, keep it near by.
Yeah, that's about what I wanted. I assume this will cost token, or is it more a trade in? Because if it's a trade in, go become a robotic ninja cheetah/gecko hybrid.
Token cost. Probably about 5.
Purchase DEATHCUBE for 2 tokens. Also return (not sell) shotgun/helmet/artifact boxes etc. to armory master.
Thank you for use of the equipment. It was very useful!
You can handle all that sorta stuff on you're own, we'll assume. Good luck with the cube. Might want to get a hand truck for it.
((Didn't design the pawn that was emp))
"How much for a hardpoint mount? And how much to make my riot shield withstand gauss, not military but just civilian/police?"
Ask AM
I forget how much I charged other people for it. Anyone else wanna chime in on that? Otherwise, 4 tokens.
As per shield...just find some metal and strap it to the thing.
((So that's how ER's randomizer gets done behind-the-scenes. I always knew PW's d6 RTD crap was made up.))
Say to Steve again, louder, with a bit more swearing, and possibly including the phrase "By Jingo!" in it somewhere :
"So Steve, this agent you have, was he batshit crazy? I know you said he's not the superstitious sort, but that doesn't mean he's not just fucking insane. The desert does weird things to some people after a while. I mean, cold's not an actual bloody thing, is it? It's sort of the lack of it really, but you still can't eat it either way. Did his handler mention anything else? Not much to go on right now.
Oh yeah, do the locals have any whacked out taboos or customs or anything we should know about? Other than "don't eat cold"? And is it the same planet that the other mob are going? 'Coz I'm bringing a fuck-tonne of water if it is, but at least I'll know not to waste the shit."
>He seemed fairly stable. As stable as any humans do, to me, at least.
It's best not to question such things. One mission involved a sentient, parasitic sound, so our flimsy concepts of rationality don't hold much sway in the universe as a whole.
It's the same planet, yes. Though the place you're going to is less advanced and closer to the arabic roots of the founder's faith. You'll have a handler and translator to take care of things for you, so don't worry overly about being polite. Box time. Get a large green Nyars box with hexagon and...um...vertical line, because nothing can go wrong with self-aware armor, right?
Also, open the box. What's in the box, piecewise, what's in the BOOOX?!
You get something odd. It doesn't take up the whole box, in fact it takes up very little of it. It seems to be a mask which is attached to a shroud. The shroud is made of what appears to be a very thin, white but nearly translucent material while the mask is a pure porcelain white and featureless save for a single simple eye decoration on the forehead. The shroud, which seems to flow from the edges of the mask, would cover your entire body when worn.
((Huh. Anyone want a medical droid?))
Put the med droid in my locker, then go get the disguised cam-eyes(-5 tokens) and the redundant organs(-4 tokens). After that's done back to the briefing room.
Put it in the player market.
-9 tokens for disguised cam eyes and some nice redundant and more trauma resistant organs.
At your service, General. Maurice smiled to Miyamoto.
Acquire following supplies from the armory: rope, duct tape, double-sided tape, wires and cables (a couple reels), Milno poke-sticks, a double handful of metal nuts and bolts (in a bag or something), a few lightsticks like those we used on Mission 6, a few sheets of paper and several pencils, a couple cans of spray paint (various colors), a couple bottles of HMRC Standard, a carton of each kind of smokes, a pipe of mundane/ubiquitous kind (or its common space-future equivalent, hopefully allowing in-suit smoking) - nothing special to be charged tokens, a lighter/modern equivalent of, a few sheets of most basic cloth, a few bottles of water, some extra food rations (standard suit-feeding stuff) and a tactical backpack to hold all of the above. Verify if anything would cost me tokens.
Maurice smiled half-ironically, half-apologetically as he spoke to the Armory Master, requesting the long list of supplies.
Hazardous Material Requisition all the way. In case they ever want us to prove it.
((@Piecewise Maurice participated in the initial phase of the Defense of Hephaestus. Well, sort of. ))
Maurice Sanctor - Team D Medic
Understood.
Take cover. Flip the MFM open and ready for use.
You take cover up against the wall, just under the firing slit, with your MFM open and ready to break physics.
Another bunker full of people with an aversion to shooting. How odd.
The last action I was able to post, the very initial salvo of the Defense. And then, four or five turns later, somewhere around the middle of the first enemy assault:
TEAM D
The shell that hits your bunker is from one of the BIG guns. The thing that fires traincars filled with molten lead. The fact that none of you are prema-dead is basically just displaying the fact that I'm actually far too nice in how I calculate this stuff sometimes. Anyways, the thing doesn't even hit the bunker straight on, it just sort of clips the corner of it, which, of course, basically blows the fucking thing to pieces and those people it doesn't kill are either now buried underground or still up on the surface, thrown free with the debris.
<...>
Maurice is down in the tunnels, both legs broken.
Which put him out for the rest of the fight.
((Huh. Anyone want a medical droid?))
((I might be interested, but probably won't be able to buy until after the mission. How much would you want for it?
@Piecewise Is the medi-droid Med-controlled or Aux-controlled? Or, like the Gunner Bot, rolling for things on its own?))
Ahhhh thats probably fine for free.
We'll give ya 5 tokens.
The droid is controlled via the remote. Like DA CUBE it requires no rolls.
PW: Fleshy is all that matters, Human not so much. All that matters is punching things into pieces. Well, and a human-ish silhouette.
ALSO I AM ON THE LIST OF M18 ((unless Milno wants me in the spec-ops))
I assume you want to pay for this and not try to fight...who is our resident mutant? Xan, thats right. Pay for it and not have to fight xan. I'm thinking bone plates, multiple arms, high density muscle, and a Big-O style bone piston to really REALLY make use of the amp's full force.
How much cash you got?
Uuuh, if I sell back a monorazor I've never used and get the full two tokens back, that would make seven tokens.
E: If there's an UnCon prototype, I'll take one along for funsies. ((Why is it not a fucking backslash like literally every other language I work in gdi))
Ahhh sounds like enough to me. If you feel like paying 7 tokens for a nice new body, just say so.
I think Miya is in control of that?
Sticking with Maurice
((but yes, I'm interested in the next mission, and still have shopping to do.))
third time's the charm:
oh, and Lyra never got the mission end tokens from mission 12. she didn't do a whole lot, but she was active for the ground action and attempted to engage and be helpful throughout. could she get the standard 5 tokens added to her current 3 for a total of 8?
Haven't pressed this since I've been on-ship, but if I'm going to try to join a mission I kinda need a reply, even if it's a 'no'
Welp, if it's time to bring up tokens now... here it is.
If I have 7+ tokens, then buying a mass manipulator amp (confusing name on that thing by the way)
If I don't, then saving what few I have for later.
Check the wiki. You have 3. Unless thats wrong.
Brother Lars, after spending some time in thought, raises his voice again. "Most Holy Steve, how shall I refer to you and your greatness while on this mission?
Reflect on the opinion of Wayfarers on the religions of others. Ask Steve.
It depends on the person, really. Much like in our own time, religious tolerance is more dependent on the tolerance of the person. They'll generally be pretty tolerant of you as long as you don't shove it down their throat or start calling them heathens or something.
Get one of Anton's prototype laser cannons if there are any available.
I'm definitely gonna let miya handle that. Or anton. Or someone else. Because I have no idea where they stand.
Give you a little brain goblin that just kicks you in the brain stem whenever you're about to do something stupid. Organic Decomp huh? I've got an idea for one. Should be hilarious. YAWANTIT?
It would be fine. Security wouldn't stop you for that and if it looks human no one outside would notice it.
See, when you phrase things like that, it makes me concerned that you got the Doctor involved, which is something I would like to avoid
You also haven't given me a price for that, which makes me *really* concerned that it's a Doctor project now, and that I should be backing away slowly before he pops into the armory and just drags me away XD
Alright, let me sketch out what I'd like.
I really like the idea you gave a couple years ago: Some kind of med bonus powered by increased empathy, with the downside of needing a will roll whenever someone nearby gets injured. I'd like something like that. Make it a dyn-bonus conditional on the will roll. Pass the roll, and you get a dyn-bonus to treating them. Fail it, and I have to suck my thumb with them or make a med roll through pain, or even treat myself depending on the specifics of their injury.
If the above seems reasonable, could I get a price on it?
Otherwise, give me the price on the decomp idea you came up with. Because I assume you're not going to tell me what it is until I agree
I'd also like to observe that for 'skilled' players, a decomp is a way stronger effect than a dyn-bonus. A dyn-bonus helps 1/3 of the time, no matter your skill level, until the skill exceeds +4, in which case the bonus helps 1/6th of the time, and 2/3rd of the time you overshoot tremendously. The best decomp effect helps 1/6 of the time at +0, and increases in effectiveness as the player gets more skilled. At +1, the two effects have the same power, and at +2 decomp wins out, helping half the time.
Isn't that basically just the package faith had before she got robotized? Empathy, built in organic healing systems, medifoam organ, fangs full of pain killers, etc?
We could do that.
Not sure the price. Forget what I charged her.
I'd also like to observe that for 'skilled' players, a decomp is a way stronger effect than a dyn-bonus. A dyn-bonus helps 1/3 of the time, no matter your skill level, until the skill exceeds +4, in which case the bonus helps 1/6th of the time, and 2/3rd of the time you overshoot tremendously. The best decomp effect helps 1/6 of the time at +0, and increases in effectiveness as the player gets more skilled. At +1, the two effects have the same power, and at +2 decomp wins out, helping half the time.
((A dynamic bonus is more powerful, though, because it's an unconditional help. At 0 skill, it "helps" five out of six times, because it improves any roll that isn't a 5. It does help less and less as skill increases though, because you have more chance of overshot. But those cases are covered by a decomp. All in all, a combination of the two is best.
I wonder if we could have some sort of advanced training course available, that would add a point to the character's dynamic bonus? Say, up to his regular bonus in the stat? I.e. if you have a natural skill of +2, then training could increase your dynamic bonus to +/-2. Make it in true CRPG fashion and have it be purchased with skill levelup points. ))
They're taking about game balance again. Where's my club...
If you need me for the next mission, I'm available. I would like to stay on the ship for the next mission, however.
Chug some sweet space hooch. Pour some out for the fallen homies. But keep most.
I thought this was TCM for a moment. I honestly did. Is this like a Liquid snake/ revolver Ocelot thing? Do you have may's arm or something?
Going on holiday.
Any chance of having my character perform menial but ultimately safe labour for low pay while im gone?
I'll give ya 2 tokens if I can use your body to hit people while you're gone.
Buy the small box with green hexagon crossed with a diagonal line on it for 3 tokens. If succesful, open it.
You get a strange, putty like thing. It seems to be a mask, with a hard, form fitting back to place on your face and a soft, pliable face which lacks any definite features.
SOMEONE ADD HOBBY, KEDLY, DUTRIUS, AND LW TO THE WIKI LIST. IT NOW STANDS AT
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Gorat "Chin" Ivanos *
Dubley Steptimus *
Han Thren *
Morul Migrurkeshin *
Sambo Jin *
Feyri Nirel *
DORIS
DOOMBLADE
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BEIRUS
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