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[Nikitian]

Q&A conference for the new project! Gotta love the public attention!

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"Hey guys, just so you know, we're now employing child-slavery.  Please note that your slave caretaker assignments are up on the schedule on the corkboard.  Do remember to feed them, they're worth more than you are.  mmm-kay?"

N-nah, children fanatics, merely. Oh wait, is that bad too? Maybe children volunteers? Children revolutionaries? Children children? We'll see.
Anyway, I find it really hypocritical compared to how no one cares how we employ sods. Those are humans too, you know, even if 'idiot-savant' of a sort. Not that this project is intended to be anywhere remotely really near that level of slavery and mind control, mind me, but still. 

Heph is making Spartans now?

... No, but I think I know where that came from. It's just that by "what to do (modified for children)"-accomodation I thought it obvious the answer would be "play", but yeah, that might have been a bit too subtle.

Super-Spartans. With haebi abilities if I remember correctly

Too early, we haven't got that brain-sample yet.

Was this about Sons of Hephaestus? The secret project of Miya and Steve?

I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of something called Sons of Hephaestus, but this is called something differently, for starters.

Ah right, the Player Replacement Project

Yep, that's one of the reasons it was initiated. As in, a possible alternative background for revolutionaries pool (compared to still drawing upon the former convicts of HMRC).

Yep, that's probably a good cue for Anton to skip town.
He won't be able to participate in anything like that when it's situated directly around him. Best-case scenario, he'll take up permanent residence in the off-world labs.

If that happens, could you please at least discuss it with Maurice? Because, you know, whatever project this might be, it is of lesser importance than having at least three active Administrators on Hephaestus.
And really, Dev just jumped on the worst-case imaginable scenario. Don't judge something without at least taking a good look at it, mmm-kay?

Although it isn't exactly the situation I envisioned, I'm not ashamed of deciding not to look the other way.

Eh, now I am really confused. Are you talking of that attempt to blow up Heph base, or was that someone else?
Also, I find it curious how you don't consider the details. I mean, you probably know well that Dr. Sanctor is a nice and friendly person? That it was shown time and time again in the past that he always cares about people and even when he has to hurt some of them, he does it for a hell of a good reason (99% time - protecting/saving them or other people)? Just some food for thought, in case you'd like a brain-snack. 

Are we going to start kidnapping homeless people and orphans with our flying saucers?

Only if it happens to be efficient and worth the trouble.
(Spoiler: Nope-nope-nope.)

More questions?

((Edit: @Devastator Sorry if anything of the above came as insulting, I never had that in mind. I just wanted to point out some possible weak links in those ultra-bleak conjectures of yours. ))

[Toaster]

Are we going to start kidnapping homeless people and orphans with our flying saucers?

Why bother when you can just breed prisoners you already have like cattle?  Just a couple hundred, plus samples from the long term staffers, should be enough for viable genetic diversity to run a breeding effort.  Plus, if you need more diversity, just ask each male PC to make a "donation."  "Steve, you want me to do what in the cup before the next Heph shipment?"

[spazyak]

Are we going to start kidnapping homeless people and orphans with our flying saucers?

Why bother when you can just breed prisoners you already have like cattle?  Just a couple hundred, plus samples from the long term staffers, should be enough for viable genetic diversity to run a breeding effort.  Plus, if you need more diversity, just ask each male PC to make a "donation."  "Steve, you want me to do what in the cup before the next Heph shipment?"

I support the prisoner breeding, as a prisoner of course.

[Parisbre56]

Ah, come on, but probing and dissecting clueless people is half the fun.
Paint our suits green and give them giant eyes and we can start an urban legend.
Plus, nobody is going to believe those abducted, so we'll be somewhat safe from prosecution.

[Harry Baldman]

There's the troubling fact, however, that stasis, if I recall correctly, has made the people on interstellar voyages sterile. That, and increased the risk of malignant tumors, was it?

[spazyak]

There's the troubling fact, however, that stasis, if I recall correctly, has made the people on interstellar voyages sterile. That, and increased the risk of malignant tumors, was it?

wait. That means no need for protection WOOOOH!

[renegadelobster]

You can still get space herpes though

[Devastator]

((Edit: @Devastator Sorry if anything of the above came as insulting, I never had that in mind. I just wanted to point out some possible weak links in those ultra-bleak conjectures of yours. ))

You don't need to apologize, Nik.  Your plan does sould like the plan of quite a few of the evildoers in giant robot anime, for instance..

[Toaster]

There's the troubling fact, however, that stasis, if I recall correctly, has made the people on interstellar voyages sterile. That, and increased the risk of malignant tumors, was it?

Surely at least a few people are still fertile.  It can't be 100% chance from the first go, since other worlds have been colonized.

[Parisbre56]

There's the troubling fact, however, that stasis, if I recall correctly, has made the people on interstellar voyages sterile. That, and increased the risk of malignant tumors, was it?

Surely at least a few people are still fertile.  It can't be 100% chance from the first go, since other worlds have been colonized.

...by ships that weren't using the cheapest form of stasis availiable for ~300 years or more with no regard for the well being of the passengers because "fuck it, we have reserves".

[Ozarck]

There's the troubling fact, however, that stasis, if I recall correctly, has made the people on interstellar voyages sterile. That, and increased the risk of malignant tumors, was it?

Surely at least a few people are still fertile.  It can't be 100% chance from the first go, since other worlds have been colonized.

...by ships that weren't using the cheapest form of stasis availiable for ~300 years or more with no regard for the well being of the passengers because "fuck it, we have reserves".

don't forget the "and these are incredibly expendable animated meat chunks" bit for the prisoners, too.

[AkumaKasai]

We can regrow entire human bodies, raise the dead, and modify our soldiers' genes to grant them any number of physical advantages. Do you really think we can't make a woman fertile again?

[spazyak]

We can regrow entire human bodies, raise the dead, and modify our soldiers' genes to grant them any number of physical advantages. Do you really think we can't make a woman fertile again?

Yah. After all of this, how come we can't forcibly incert dna and  life back into the little swimmers

[AoshimaMichio]

Also. I can't seem to switch my char sheet to the new one that is less minmaxy and less shit. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UAbkp5RDL0nbZZfuOXFm53u4uFjJ3aOh0e-5T0938Kk/edit?usp=sharing

Wiki updated.

[spazyak]

Thanks