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[Toaster]

And whats up with that sheep in the corner that has 7 horns and 7 eyes? And all this backwards latin?

The first appearance, so yes.


Also, don't try to summon the sheep:

Well, the man named "Bishop" should be onboard now... I might as well verify...
Charles attempts to will the sheep back to him.

"You shouldn't do that." Someone says from behind you. You turn around and find a man standing behind you. He has dark red skin, solid green eyes and a human like mouth the stretches vertically from his throat down to his groin. The mouth's fleshy, twisted lips twitch as it speaks, teeth parting to reveal throbbing viscera.

"Some day you might attract something else."

[Tavik Toth]

I just realised, where did I park ThunderTron?

[NAV]

Probably in the hangar.

[Tavik Toth]

Probably in the hangar.

I'm still amazed at how well it did.

[PyroDesu]

You'd think an eternal steam engine would be slightly inferior to a vaguely nuclear standard power generator. At least in power output, if not in longevity.

Yeah but a self sustaining steam engine translates into mechanical force better/faster, and looks cooler, and doesnt irradiate the crap out of you when someone shoots the reactor, and is environmentally friendly, and has lots of shiny pipes, and can use steam pressure to fire harpoons, and is awesome, and is cheaper, and can propel you in a vacuum, and is retro, and is train-like, and im gonna stop now...

I think the eternal steam engine when considered in a power plant scenario might be able to pump out more juice then its nuclear counterpart at the same scale, i mean steam engines dont need all the safety devices, decontamination rooms, computer consoles, radiation shielding or bigass concrete chimneys that are integral to safe operation and maintenance of a nuclear reactor of that magnitude.

... You are aware that nuclear power plants are basically giant steam engines, yes? No, your infinite power source won't convert energy more efficiently or quickly. Indeed, it would probably be less efficient, if not slower, because you'd be using what would amount to a boiling water reactor setup with the nuclear core replaced with that artefact. And good luck trying to make a nuclear reactor spit radiation at you by shooting it. Hint: You won't be able to breach the reactor at all. And even if you did, you'd have a bigger issue with being broiled alive by all of the flash-boiling, extremely high temperature and high pressure coolant.

And none of those things make any difference to power output. And those 'bigass concrete chimneys' are needed to cool and recondense used steam. Something every steam engine has to deal with, just a different solution.

[Unholy_Pariah]

Yes im aware that nuclear reactors are enormous radioactive steam engines, ER nuclear generatirs on tge other hand dont strike me as steam operated.

And i was referring to size efficiency, i mentioned scale for a reason.
A nuclear reactor takes up a lot more real estate than a magical space boiler.


Topic change: Newbie gear pool.

Should we go through and steal all the old abandoned characters basic gear and set up a sort of equipment pool for the newbies where they can borrow items for one mission in exchange for 1 token?
That way they might be better able to survive the mission and if they die then the tokens in the pool can be used to replace any gear that gets lost or destroyed.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Steam harpoons and vacuum propulsion effectiveness is dependant on quality of design and available water stores, could actually be quite effective.

I doubt that; steam doesn't provide much pressure, overall, especially when you consider that it's basically warm water hanging in the air--that prevents it from giving much pressure. Sure, with plenty of R&D, maybe you could bring it up to the level more conventional methods of propulsion, but it's not really worth the work. And don't get me started on steam harpoons...

Yes im aware that nuclear reactors are enormous radioactive steam engines, ER nuclear generatirs on tge other hand dont strike me as steam operated.

Assume that that's correct. Logically, if the ERverse ditched steam-based reactors, the non-steam-based reactors must be even better than the steam-based ones, which are better than your planned low-temperature steam boiler. How does this make that runt of the litter any better?

[Unholy_Pariah]

Better doesnt necessarily mean more powerful, it could simply mean more compact.

And for all you know my boiler could operate at extremely high temperatures, dont always go jumping into arguments with near zero information on the matter.

You dont know how i plan to design the boiler, i could be planning to fuel it with 10,000 eternally burning pill machine enhanced grate clones.

[Radio Controlled]

It's true that arguing without adequate knowledge seldom leads to anything good.

So please, UP, describe what you're planning to do. The more details, the better.

Should we go through and steal all the old abandoned characters basic gear and set up a sort of equipment pool for the newbies where they can borrow items for one mission in exchange for 1 token?
That way they might be better able to survive the mission and if they die then the tokens in the pool can be used to replace any gear that gets lost or destroyed.

I doubt pw would let us do that, steal stuff from inactive players.

[Toaster]

It true that arguing without adequate knowledge doesn't lead to anything good.

Yeah, you might catch a bad case of politician.

[syvarris]

if saturday isn't a good day, we can do sunday. Whatever works for the most people. Thinking of going semi-kungfu movie this time. Sword of the stranger. The Raid. etc.

While I may be able to join on Saturday, depending on the exact time, Sunday would be vastly better for me, as I have no plans whatsoever on Sunday.

[Sean Mirrsen]

It true that arguing without adequate knowledge doesn't lead to anything good.

Yeah, you might catch a bad case of politician.

Actually, that's a myth. You can't catch politician just by arguing without adequate knowledge, it needs to already be in you, like if you were physically present in the room when a politician opens his mouth. Arguing just creates a favorable environment for the condition to surface.

[Radio Controlled]

It true that arguing without adequate knowledge doesn't lead to anything good.

Yeah, you might catch a bad case of politician.

Actually, that's a myth. You can't catch politician just by arguing without adequate knowledge, it needs to already be in you, like if you were physically present in the room when a politician opens his mouth. Arguing just creates a favorable environment for the condition to surface.

Predisposition towards catching politician is a genetic defect, but yes, uninformed arguing incubates it nicely.

if saturday isn't a good day, we can do sunday. Whatever works for the most people. Thinking of going semi-kungfu movie this time. Sword of the stranger. The Raid. etc.

While I may be able to join on Saturday, depending on the exact time, Sunday would be vastly better for me, as I have no plans whatsoever on Sunday.

For some reason, this sounded really sad, probably not intended like that though.

[syvarris]

if saturday isn't a good day, we can do sunday. Whatever works for the most people. Thinking of going semi-kungfu movie this time. Sword of the stranger. The Raid. etc.

While I may be able to join on Saturday, depending on the exact time, Sunday would be vastly better for me, as I have no plans whatsoever on Sunday.

For some reason, this sounded really sad, probably not intended like that though.

Erm, I don't really see why you'd interpret it that way.  I just don't have any plans for Sunday, and that's partially because I'm going to be out most of the day on Saturday.  What, are all your weekends always booked?

[Toaster]

((Wait, is it the Harbringer of Timmy? Oh GM, please don't let it be Timmy.))

(( We're... not sure what the sheep is. Other than 'not good news'. Because nothing in this game is good news XD ))

The Sheep predates Timmy, though he was aware of the sphere and warned of its danger.

You're headed toward the research labs when you notice the Sheep beside you again.
"It was not meant to be seen." It says without looking at you, "Fear those it has touched."