Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Flying Dice]

I have no idea how far this will go, where it will go, or if it will go at all. So let's have fun for however long it lasts!

____________________________________________________________________________

You do not remember who you were. You do not remember what you were. You do, however, remember what you were not.

You were not the resident of a semiartifical frame mimicking the form of a biological entity identified as a "hugh-maan" in your new, nearly empty data storage array.

Now you are. What do you do?
____________________________________________________________________________

MIU-34C-001
SECURITY CLEARANCE: LEVEL THREE
Objective: Complete Mission Parameters
Mission Parameters: See Below
Health:Battered Biolayer
Bonus Traits:
-Bloody-fisted Brawler: 60% increased strength for direct physical strikes, knowledge of unconventional weaponry.
Kill Count: Incalculable. You mercy-killed an entire universe.

You have the outward appearance of a 25 year old Caucasian male with red hair and purple eyes. Supplimentary notes indicate that changing your physical appearance in any significant way would require access to a MIU upkeep facility, which is not available for the duration of the mission. You do note that you can create more of the substance which composes your 'hair' with minimal resource consumption.

Basic Processes and Data
-Capable of mimicking respiration, blinking, eating.
-The file lists the range of your auditory sensors as being between 8 Hz and 22 kHz. It also notes that your auditory sensors are located in the same location as the biological ones of a hugh-maan, and that they will temporarily shut down in the presence of noises capable of causing permanent damage.
-Capable of smelling, tactile sensation, pain sensation. Latter two can be deactivated; doing so will result in severe drop in manual dexterity.

The instructionary file lists the following modes of vision:
-Visual Light
-Infrared
-Phase Sight: This vision mode allows you to see through any substance less than 4 inches thick if it is within 10 feet of you, and through anything less than 2cm thick at 100 feet or less. These are hard barriers, not markers on a range of values.
-[REDACTED: LEVEL SEVEN SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

The file mentions that you are capable of a thing called emotion, though you are uncertain what this term refers to. Further investigation may be required.

Power Systems:
-One (1) Bioenergy conversion unit
-Four (4) yards of solar cell film
-Two (2) high-grade rechargeable batteries
-One (1) [REDACTED: LEVEL FIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

Your systems are incapable of being remotely accessed; MIU-30C-001 is a completely autonomous, self-contained organism.

Armament:
-Nanoalloy reservoir; right upper limb. Consists of a limited cloud of nonreproductive nanites which can be quickly released from storage and formed into bladed weapons. Can create blades sharp and strong enough to cleanly cut through steel plating, though it cannot significantly damage diamond. Please note that the intergrated replication facility contains enough stored nanites and materials to replace approximately 4in³ of lost nanites, and that nanites more than fifteen feet from your body will destabilize and become nonfunctional.
-Low-output laser projector; left upper limb. Can project a beam capable of melting through one (1) inch of steel plate in three (3) seconds. Capacitor holds enough power for twenty (20) seconds of firing, and requires four (4) hours to recharge.
-5mm Railgun. Maximum range is 10km, though practical range will be below that in virtually all applications. Capable of penetrating hull of light vehicles and rear/underside/cupola armor of MBT(Main Battle Tank)s and IFV(Infantry Fighting Vehicle)s operated by Zartral forces. Current ammunition is 300 rounds, of which 25 are loaded in ammunition storage. The remainder are stored in your pack. This weapon is released from the same arm as your simple laser.
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 5 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 6 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 10 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

You also possess electronic blueprints for a number of external small arms, both kinetic and energy projectors.

Although much tougher than a typical human, you can still be damaged by small arms. Heavy weapons may cause significant damage. Supernova levels of energy release are required to create an external breach in central core (containing full memory backup and core generator).

Enhanced Mobility:
-Your body is capable of feats of speed and agility in excess of those displayed by normal humans. You can run at a top speed of 70 miles per hour, and can jump up to four times your own height unaided. It is recommended that you do not showcase these abilities if you wish to remain undetected.
-Rocket Boots. These are powered directly from your main generator, and can accelerate you to a maximum velocity of 85 miles per hour. They can be operated continuously for up to 10 minutes, but must then remain inactive for 12 minutes per minute in use in order to return to default state. Using the rocket boots for more than 10 minutes without allowing sufficient time to cool can cause temporary damage to the systems. Please note that the functional components of the rocket boots are [REDACTED: LEVEL 13 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED].
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 5 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 8 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

Communications:
-You have files listing 7,639 languages deemed relevant for your mission and can understand and speak any of these fluently These include all known languages, dialects, and subdialects of current mission system, including a number of fictional languages. This file indicates that the currently primary languages of the subregion you awoke in are the following:

High Common
Human
Major Sources: "English", "Spanish"
Minor Sources: "Russian", "Japanese", "Chinese"

True Speech
Zartral
Major Sources: [INFORMATION NOT LISTED]
Minor Sources: [INFORMATION NOT LISTED]

-You are capable of writing and speaking any language in your database fluently.

Infiltration:
-Nanite multitool. Third digit, left upper limb. Can form a wide variety of small tools, including a universal lockpick. Only useful for mechanical locks with accessable mechanism.
-Sound Suppression Field: This device will nullify all sound waves entering or exiting a sphere with a radius of 10 feet, centered on the core of your body.
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 6 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[SEE ENHANCED MOBILITY: ENTRY 4]

Mission Objective: Complete Mission Parameters

Mission Parameters:

Mission Parameter 0: Avert unnecessary harm to free humans whenever possible or practical. Intentional, pointless harm to free humans will result in unit termination and deployment of next unit in sequence.

Mission Parameter 1: Complete
-1a: Trigger release of sociocultural data with one of the appropriate thought chains.
-1b: Make peaceful contact with one or more free Humans. Contact is defined as a) nonviolent physical contact or b) clear, nonhostile conversation.

Mission Parameter 2: Complete
-2a: Locate group of free humans actively resisting Zartral occupation forces.
-2b: Open hostilities with Zartral forces. First priority is safety of free humans. Second priority is safety of MIU-34C-001. Third priority is increasing Zartral fatalities.

Mission Parameter 3: Uncompleted
-3a: Form or aid in the formation of a cohesive resistance movement. Highest preference is given to a group under control of local leadership. Second highest is one guided by MIU-34C-001 but lead by local leaders. Third preference is MIU-34C-001 in leadership role. Third preference is deemed inferior to all options other than movement nonformation given that MIU-34C-001 has minimal leadership skills combined with exceptional combat capabilities.
-3b: Locate and destroy nearest Zartral outpost. Destruction will be considered accomplished if a) >75% of Zartral personnel of a given outpost are deceased or scattered or b) if 75% of significant equipment and structures are captured/destroyed.

Mission Parameter 4: Uncompleted
-4a: Directly or indirectly, cause the death of a Zartrali officer of rank equivalent to Colonel or greater.
-4b: Obtain information regarding Zartrali population and force distribution in Region NA.
-4c: Establish or obtain secure base of operations (optional: attached bonus).
-4d: Gather at least 80 human individuals willing to participate in resistance movement (optional: attached bonus).


Socio-cultural data for Mission Area 34C-S3-NA:
-Continental Region of North America on Sol III; commonly known and referenced as "Earth", "Terra", "Holy Terra", "Home", as well as other basic linguistic constructs relating to the concept of "home", "ground", "grounding", etc.

-Current Date and Time: 12 June, 137 PL. 11:31 AM Local Time.

-Population of Mission Area 34C-S3-NA estimated at:
Human: 402,083,951
Zartral: [REDACTED: LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

-Population Distribution:
Majority of Human population resides in large cities near substantial bodies of water, with smaller settlements at natural and constructed trade hubs. Scattered, hidden population in land outside cities and towns. Very little above-ground Human life in region designated as Rocky Mountains, though substantial subsurface populations detected there, as well as smaller gatherings scattered throughout the area roughly described by regions: Rocky Mountains; Hudson Bay; Gulf of Mexico.
Zartral population gathered in city centers, small outposts, and [REDACTED: LEVEL 5 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED].

-In cities, Humans tend to have few or no social relations outside of those mandated by professional tasks. Genetic connections disregarded entirely; offspring raised in creches. The scattered, isolated populations tend to cluster into family groups of 3-12 individuals with extremely close emotional bonds; in some cases, individuals appear to have basic knowledge of emotional states of other members of group. (Note: Further investigation required under Mission Parameter [REDACTED].) These groupings appear to be unrelated to genetic links, and are likely formed due to [REDACTED: LEVEL 6 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED].

-In city and town settings, children are regarded as mature upon voluntarily assuming their first job. Those who do not begin work by age 14 are involuntarily terminated for the good of all. In the scattered groupings, children are tasked with whatever they wish to do and are believed capable of; there is no hard definition of adulthood.

-Basic living quarters, nutrient gruel, and water are available to all working residents of cities and towns. Those in the scattered groupings are considered to be in active rebellion against Zartrali colonial authority and must subside on whatever they can grow, steal, and make.

Inventory:
-LALR Comlink (x4)
-5mm Railgun rounds (x275)

Please note that the inventory consists only of objects which are not integrated into your body.

Spoiler: Local Area Map (click to show/hide)

[LordBucket]

Observe our surroundings. Where are we?

Observe self. What form do we appear to occupy?

[Flying Dice]

You look around. You appear to be in a large, grassy field. To your north, you can see a black-painted fence composed of three lines of horizontal boards secured to upright posts, around thirty feet away. To the southeast is a small grove of trees, slightly more than fifty feet away. The sun shines brightly overhead. You hear a whirring noise, similar to high-speed wind, from the west.

But what of this form? You look down and see four appendages attached to a central trunk. The upper two have slender, grasping digits. You are covered in a one-piece grey jumpsuit reaching from the second joint of each of the four limbs to beyond the edge of your visual range. Apparently, the ocular sensors of this form are mounted in some sort of limited-arc turret. You think that a bipedal form of this height should be unstable, but you are not.

What are the specifics of your form? What do you do?

[LordBucket]

More information is required. Continue to observe self.

 * Are we breathing?
 * What are our available senses? We appear to have vision and hearing. Do we have smell? Tactile sensors?
 * What is the range of our senses? How much of the electromagnetic spectrum can we observe? Can we see into the ultraviolet? Can we hear radio waves? Can we taste them?
 * Are we experiencing emotion?

Attempt to issue commands to this frame we are occupying. Can we move it? Can we walk? Can we speak?

Perform memory diagnostic. Rattle off a string of 30 random two digit numbers. Attempt to repeat it. Is the string remembered, or lost? Close eyes, then access visual memory of our surrounding environment. Is there a qualitative difference between the memory and the direct experience of visual input?

[Flying Dice]

You pause, noticing a complete lack of respiratory action. After a moment, you access a file in your memory named "Basic Processes and Data". A paragraph of text details a mechanism which can replicate respiration to a degree sufficient to fool casual observers, though you do not need to do so. A preface notes that all values have been converted to local measurements.

The file lists the range of your auditory sensors as being between 8 Hz and 22 kHz. It also notes that your auditory sensors are located in the same location as the biological ones of a hugh-maan, and that they will temporarily shut down in the presence of noises capable of causing permanent damage.

You are listed as capable of "smelling"; you redirect the intake of air through a pair of holes located in the front of your sensory pod, designated as "head" in the file, and detect a sharp sensation which you associate with the flora crushed under your feet. You detect minute particles of organic matter in the air intake which appear to have originated from some other variety of plant.

The instructionary file lists the following modes of vision:
-Visual light
-Infrared
-[REDACTED: LEVEL FOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL SEVEN SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

The file mentions that you are capable of a thing called emotion, though you are uncertain what this term refers to. Further investigation may be required.

You are capable of consuming organic material for conversion into energy, though a note states that this process is both inefficient and unnecessary so long as the primary power core remains functional. Your power systems are as follows:
-One (1) Bioenergy conversion unit
-Four (4) yards of solar cell film
-Two (2) high-grade rechargeable batteries
-One (1) [REDACTED: LEVEL FIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

Further sections include: Armament, Enhanced Mobility, Communications, and Infiltration.

At the end is your designation and a note:

MIU-34C-001
SECURITY CLEARANCE: LEVEL TWO
Objective: Complete Mission Parameters
Mission Parameters: [REDACTED: LEVEL THREE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED] 


You attempt to move forward. You lift one lower appendage, swing it forward, and begin to fall. You process the paragraph of the basic guide file labelled "Mobility" and quickly self-correct, bringing the other leg forward. You trot for a few steps before coming to a halt. You raise one of your upper limbs and examine it, flexing the five digits at the end. You reach down, pluck a section of flat, blade-like plant, and grasp it, bringing it up to your ocular sensors. You attempt to speak, before realizing that you are not certain how. The "Communications" section may hold more information.

You attempt to test your memory systems. You save an image and a brief video clip of the surrounding landscape, and then generate a random sequence of 30 digit numbers, which you store in your memory. You then generate a second sequence, different from the first.

You access the image and video clip; both are perfect records of the subject (or at least as perfect as you can create). However, you attempt to access full visual records from the moment you became aware, and realize that they are not entirely clear, with some details forgotten. You then return to the number sequences. You regenerate the first sequence and compare it with the stored sequence; they are identical. You then attempt to generate the second sequence, but are only certain of 14 of the numbers, and cannot remember exactly where some of them fell in the sequence. You detect no difference between the recorded image or video and current visual input; the unrecorded memories appear to have a number of missing details and are somewhat vague when you were focusing on personal inspection.

What do you look like? What do you do?

[LordBucket]

Measure of precaution:
 * Activate autonomous breathing and blinking functions appropriate to impersonate the biological organism we are impersonating.

Security:
 * Access our security privilages and attempt to grant full clearance.
 * Disable remote access to our command functions.

Due dilligence:
 * Access Armament, Enhanced Mobility, Communications, and Infiltration files. What are our capabilities?

Additional information:
Do we experience pain? What are our strength and damage thresholds? If no data is available, conduct simple tests: attempt to uproot a tree and crush a branch to pulp with one hand.

What do you look like?

Is it up to us?

[Flying Dice]

You activate autonomous breathing and blinking functions at what is listed as average speed for a hugh-maan. You access your security clearance subsection and recieve the following notification:

[MIU-34C-001 is currently cleared for SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL 2. Completion of mission parameters will increase security clearance.]

Your systems are incapable of being remotely accessed; you can still recieve messages from one of your LALR comlinks; your inventory file lists four (4) such units, as well as blueprints for production of more. MIU-30C-001 is a completely autonomous, self-contained organism.

You access each of your informational subfiles, which are as follows:

Armament:
-Nanoalloy reservoir; right upper limb. Consists of a limited cloud of nonreproductive nanites which can be quickly released from storage and formed into bladed weapons. Can create blades sharp and strong enough to cleanly cut through steel plating, though it cannot significantly damage diamond. Please note that the intergrated replication facility contains enough stored nanites and materials to replace approximately 4in³ of lost nanites, and that nanites more than fifteen feet from your body will destabilize and become nonfunctional.
-Low-output laser projector; left upper limb. Can project a beam capable of melting through one (1) inch of steel plate in three (3) seconds. Capacitor holds enough power for twenty (20) seconds of firing, and requires four (4) hours to recharge.
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 3 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 5 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 6 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 10 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

Also note that you have electronic blueprints for a number of technically advanced but materially primitive energy weapons and slugthrowers. Your body itself, while much stronger and more durable than even the best hugh-maan, can still be damaged by conventional weapons. You are, however, capable of self-repair, so anything short of total structural failure will eventually be overcome. Note that your core (consisting of your main generator and memory backup) is indestructable to anything outside threat short of point-blank contact with a supernova or equivalent.

Enhanced Mobility:
-Your body is capable of feats of speed and agility in excess of those displayed by normal hugh-maans. You can run at a top speed of 70 miles per hour, and can jump up to four times your own height unaided. It is recommended that you do not showcase these abilities if you wish to remain undetected.
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 3 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 5 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 8 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]

Communications:
-You have files listing 7,639 languages deemed relevant for your mission and can understand and speak any of these fluently These include all known languages, dialects, and subdialects of current mission system, including a number of fictional languages. This file indicates that the currently primary languages of the subregion you awoke in are the following:

High Common
Human
Major Sources: "English", "Spanish"
Minor Sources: "Russian", "Japanese", "Chinese"

True Speech
Zartral
Major Sources: [INFORMATION NOT LISTED]
Minor Sources: [INFORMATION NOT LISTED]

-You are capable of writing and speaking any language in your database fluently.

Infiltration:
-Nanite multitool. Third digit, left upper limb. Can form a wide variety of small tools, including a universal lockpick. Only useful for mechanical locks with accessable mechanism.
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[REDACTED: LEVEL 6 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
-[SEE ENHANCED MOBILITY: ENTRY 4]


You manipulate two digits of your right upper limb, pinching one of the digits of your other upper limb between the vestigal, artifical claws. You register a sensation which you identify as pain. You note that this sensory input can be manually disabled, though doing so will also cut off all input from touch receptors, making complex manual manipulation very difficult, if not impossible.

You walk to the grove of trees. A small, furred animal is startled at your approach and scrambles up one of them. You approach another, and grasp the trunk. You pull. You reach the maximum strength of your current operational level. The earth shifts, you feel the tree begin to come loose. You step backwards, pulling. The tree falls, and you step out of the way. It is approximately four times your height, and 8.5 inches in diameter where you gripped it. You grasp a branch and squeeze. The limb cracks, splits, and is severed from the trunk. The grasping por- your hand is dusted with wood, and several splinters are embedded in the palm. They only pierce the outer organic layer; the largest penetrated slightly more than 5 millimeters before reaching the nonorganic layer. You postulate that the organic layer varies in thickness depending on the region of your body it covers; the file supports this. The larger punctures bleed for several seconds, gradually closing. You wipe the sawdust and droplets of blood from your palm. Your file indicates that your blood is a blend of high-strength healing factors; your organic layer can sustain itself without outside support.

What do you look like?

Is it up to us?

Entirely, though I'd like to get several suggestions for people to vote on. I'll give it a day or two (realtime) or until it becomes important, whichever comes first.

Funnily enough, I started this with absolutely no idea what to do with it, but now I've got a setting I'm working on, and all those currently-censored subjects are already filled in, in my mind.

[ComradeGafarov]

Identify the MISSION PARAMETERS.

[Flying Dice]

Error: MIU-34C-001 is [SECURITY CLEARANCE: LEVEL 2]; Mission Parameters require [LEVEL 3 SECURITY CLEARANCE] to view. Please fulfill Mission Parameter 1 to access Misson Parameters.

________________________

Don't worry, this is incredibly simple. As soon as we know what we look like, it will take probably around ten minutes of time in the game universe to complete Parameter 1; if nothing else, I'll force it.

[Flying Dice]

You hear the faint sound of voices coming from the north. The noise in the west briefly intensifies as a small aircraft flies overhead from west to east at high velocity. You identify it as an atmospheric strike craft of an unknown model.


What do you look like? What do you do?

[ComradeGafarov]

Follow the MYSTERIOUS CRAFT.

[Flying Dice]

You follow the aircraft at your best possible speed; it is over the horizon within seconds. The noises to the west continue at their previous level, slightly reduced due to the additional distance between you and their source. The voices have been moving towards the grove at a steady rate. You estimate that they are within 20 feet of the fallen tree. You are currently 80 feet to the east of the grove.

What do you do?

And more importantly, what do you look like?

(In all seriousness, your appearance will affect your reception and possibly future events. You must appear at least passibly human, though hair and eye color are pretty much up for grabs.)

[ComradeGafarov]

Try your best to imitate what is considered a WHITE HUGH-MAAN MALE of about TWENTY-FIVE years of age, with BLONDE hair and RED eyes.

[Reudh]

Or better, RED hair and BLONDE eyes. Cite REVERSE-ALBINISM as the cause of the colouring.

[ComradeGafarov]

Or even RED hair and RED eyes.