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Mullet Master

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YOU ARE SPACE PROGRAM
« on: August 06, 2012, 08:32:26 pm »
T minus 4 years
October 2008

Mission Briefing transcript follows

MAN IN SUIT:
"We have already put fifteen robots, robot like devices, and finely crafted robot decoys on our closest planet, as well as three billboards. It's time to go to somewhere new."
MAN WITH MOHAWK :
"Yes, we've decided. We're going to land on one of the moons this time. Which is that moon that got taken over by monsters from Hell in Doom?"
MAN IN SUIT:
"Uh..."
MAN WITH MOHAWK :
"Yes, we're going to Phobos!"
MAN IN SUIT:
"Great, bring in the latest crop of PHDs. We need to get this robot designed... "
MAN WITH MOHAWK:
"I have just the thing. Let me pull up this design here..."
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
MAN IN SUIT:
"I am not sure about this... maybe we need to get the rest of the team here."
MAN WITH MOHAWK:
"This is totally swank, bro."
MAN IN SUIT :
"I hate you. Our government has given us these objectives :
1) TEST SOIL SAMPLES FOR CHEMICAL TRACES
2) DRIVE AT LEAST 10KM
3) DON'T ASPLODE
4) DIG 1 TEST HOLE 4CM DIAMETER x 5 M DEEP. "
"And our rocket can only hold 1500kg. Good luck!"

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End of file.

As the RTD mission team, there are 3 phases to this game. One is design. You need to work out the design elements. This is simple - you can add one element, or modify/delete an element.

On your first post to the thread, state your character name and mission responsibility like "Bob , Fault Protection". You'll need to make up your characters resume, which should be something like this :

Spoiler: Resume (click to show/hide)

Two , the construction phase. I will take the completed design and divide it up on subsystems, and you pick which subsystem your character works on. This will be the only "real" turn. I will take into consideration your characters resumes, and overall lack of effort.

Three, the mission phase.
You will find out whether this thing performs !! SCIENCE !! or turns into another pile of spacejunk. If mission = success, hi fives for everyone x 10 !


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Mullet Master

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Re: YOU ARE SPACE PROGRAM
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2012, 08:32:44 pm »
2008-

Current Design

WHEELS : 16 (160kg)
RANDOM LASER BEAM EFFECT GENERATOR (120kg)
ROCKET TWELVE PACK (360kg)
ESPRESSO ROASTER (30kg)
CORPORATE SIGNAGE (50kg)
ELECTRIC MOTORS (16) (320kg)

ELECTRONICS :
1) TI-83 CALCULATOR WITH 4 INPUT BITS, 1 OUTPUT
    CODE QUALITY : 0%
1) ESPRESSO MAKER CPU WITH 16 USER CONFIGURABLE I/O
    CODE QUALITY : 100%

Total weight : 1040kg
Likelihood of success: "TOTALLY"

Mission Team :
Nobody


« Last Edit: August 06, 2012, 08:38:27 pm by Mullet Master »
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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2012, 08:57:10 pm »
Name : Hal
Function : Engineering/Repairs
PhD: Doctorate of Robotics (2004)
Masters : Masters of Moar robots (2001)
Bachelors : BS in Rockets and stuff (2000)
Hal likes Robots. He also likes rockets. He likes combining robots and rockets.

Add an on-board computer!
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Mullet Master

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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2012, 09:04:08 pm »
2008-

Current Design

WHEELS : 16 (160kg)
RANDOM LASER BEAM EFFECT GENERATOR (120kg)
ROCKET TWELVE PACK (360kg)
ESPRESSO ROASTER (30kg)
CORPORATE SIGNAGE (50kg)
ELECTRIC MOTORS (16) (320kg)

ELECTRONICS :
1) TI-83 CALCULATOR WITH 4 INPUT BITS, 1 OUTPUT
    CODE QUALITY : 0%
1) ESPRESSO MAKER CPU WITH 16 USER CONFIGURABLE I/O
    CODE QUALITY : 100%
1- ON BOARD COMPUTER (spinal fill this out!)
PRIMARY PURPOSE : _______________
REDUNDANCY : ___________________
SPECIAL FEATURES :_______________
 
Total weight : 1040kg
Likelihood of success: "TOTALLY"

Mission Team :

Spoiler: "Mission Engineering Director Hal(Spinal_Taper)" (click to show/hide)
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Spinal_Taper

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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2012, 09:33:54 pm »
Onboard Computer: Titled "The Boss", this liquid cooled AI Core is the interface between the crew and the ship and can issue commands if the crew is unconscious. It does this with two AI personalities, one designed to be feminine, the other masculine.
Start writing code in the calculator.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2012, 09:53:28 pm by Spinal_Taper »
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Re: YOU ARE SPACE PROGRAM
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2012, 09:51:05 pm »
Name : Ogden Suffras
Function : Chaotic Systems Coordination Specialist
Masters : Masters in Statistical Systems (2005)
Bachelors : BS in Electrical Engineering (1998) and BS in Computer Systems Management (2002)

His OCD nature is somewhat reversed in that he prefers chaotic systems to orderly systems. He has experience in modeling chaotic systems such as explosions. He likes explosions for their shrapnel and the universe for its entropy.


Action!!!
Does calculations in head quickly and removes the corporate signage. Takes signage and turns it into a cylinder to direct the beam of the "Random Laser Beam Effect Generator" in a more focused manner.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2012, 10:03:23 pm by GalenEvil »
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Fun is Fun......Done is Done... or is that Done is !!FUN!!?
Quote from: Mr Frog
Digging's a lot like surgery, see -- you grab the sharp thing and then drive the sharp end of the sharp thing in as hard as you can and then stuff goes flying and then stuff falls out and then there's a big hole and you're done. I kinda wish there was more screaming, but rocks don't hurt so I guess it can't be helped.

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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2012, 10:25:58 pm »
January 2009

With only two people assigned to the mission, progress is slow.

(4) Hal creates the first version of his hardware, and starts programming. The hardware is extremely bulky due to liquid cooling and large number of parallel processors.
(2) Ogden spends 3 months jury rigging the corporate signage into an intensifier nozzle. The next monday, the director of operations stops by and looks at the unit. "You know, we had money in the budget... is duct tape an authorized building material? And is that chewing gum?"
DEMERIT NOTED!


Current Design

Spoiler: Mechanical Layout (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Electronics (click to show/hide)

Total weight : 1140kg
Likelihood of success: "RAD"

Mission Team :
Spoiler: "Mission Engineering Director Hal(Spinal_Taper)" (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: "Ogden Suffras, CSCS(GalenEvil)" (click to show/hide)
« Last Edit: August 06, 2012, 10:33:39 pm by Mullet Master »
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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2012, 10:45:42 pm »
*muttering to self* much too orderly... must make stuff... stupid demerit... *inaudible muttering* .... *chaotic moment of genius!* AHA!

Action!
Fiddles a little with Hal's AI systems, introducing violence into male personality and periodic screeching anger into female personality.
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Fun is Fun......Done is Done... or is that Done is !!FUN!!?
Quote from: Mr Frog
Digging's a lot like surgery, see -- you grab the sharp thing and then drive the sharp end of the sharp thing in as hard as you can and then stuff goes flying and then stuff falls out and then there's a big hole and you're done. I kinda wish there was more screaming, but rocks don't hurt so I guess it can't be helped.

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« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2012, 11:10:39 pm »
Quote from: GalenEvil on August 06, 2012, 10:45:42 pm
*muttering to self* much too orderly... must make stuff... stupid demerit... *inaudible muttering* .... *chaotic moment of genius!* AHA!

Action!
Fiddles a little with Hal's AI systems, introducing violence into male personality and periodic screeching anger into female personality.
Fix the AI, introduce a password system to access programmer functions. Continue developing it.
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« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2012, 11:32:28 pm »
Name : Olaf Sturlarson
Function : Drone Construction and Maintenance
Ph.D: Ph.d in cake-baking, (2008)
Masters : Masters in robotic construction (2007)
Bachelors : BS in robotic maintenance (1996), BS in robotic construction(2001)
Olaf loves cakes.

Create drone manufacturing bay. Create cake baking drone.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2012, 11:38:13 pm by sayaks »
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Re: YOU ARE SPACE PROGRAM
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2012, 11:37:00 pm »
Name : Jack
Function : Mission Defences
PhD: Doctorate of Explosives (2004)
Masters : Masters of Weaponry (2001)
Bachelors : BS in Demolition (2000)
Jack likes exploding things.

Create point-defence system.
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2012, 11:46:55 pm »
Name: Ron
Function: Budget Manager
PhD: PhD in Economics (2000)
Masters: Masters in Advertising (2004)
Bachelors: BS in Fund-raising (2002)
Ron is a greedy, cheapskate man who will never willingly spend money on trivial luxuries, and instead prefers to use his money to make MORE money.

Make an advertisement, showing off our space-ship that currently needs sponsors.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2012, 11:50:28 pm by borno »
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« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2012, 02:31:13 am »
Name: la
Function: Team Chef
PhD: PhD in Cake Decorating Theory (2007)
Masters: Masters in Spanish Language and Culture (2004)
Bachelors: BA in Cake Decorating (2003)
la has been baking cakes since he was a toddler - and has the certificates to prove it.
Design the inflight menus, hand write them, and install them inside the craft.
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« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2012, 02:39:01 am »
(OOC){
@lawastooshort: I am reading your "Roll to work at GenCorp" right now :D

I think MulletMaster will be surprised to see so many new crew members for the next update tomorrow >.> err, later today?
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Fun is Fun......Done is Done... or is that Done is !!FUN!!?
Quote from: Mr Frog
Digging's a lot like surgery, see -- you grab the sharp thing and then drive the sharp end of the sharp thing in as hard as you can and then stuff goes flying and then stuff falls out and then there's a big hole and you're done. I kinda wish there was more screaming, but rocks don't hurt so I guess it can't be helped.

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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2012, 03:03:54 am »
Indeed
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