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Author Topic: Einsteinian Roulette: OOC and NEW PLAYER INFO  (Read 2538147 times)

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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10710 on: November 05, 2014, 08:50:10 am »

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HMR stands for Hazardous Materials Requisition, not Horrible Massive Ruination, though I can understand how one could get confused.
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10712 on: November 05, 2014, 11:47:36 am »

(He he he... he... oh dear

Out of curiosity why would that be so terrible? I'm not all filled in on lore.)
Steve is the Gangster Computer God that was responsible for humanity's survival and eventual victory in the Altered Wars and helped make many of humanity's successes possible (or so he claims). He is supposed to be a very good administrator, capable of handling the governance of an interstellar empire's military and espionage operations far better than a human government could. He had control of much of UWM's infrastructure and was able to sabotage it, which is part of the reason we haven't lost the war yet. Plus, he has lived long enough and has access to enough information sources to have an incredible wealth of knowledge. He is our greatest asset in this war. If our enemies in the UWM were to get a similar system (which I will refer to as Stephanie) or if something were to happen to him then our greatest advantage would be rendered null.

Even worse, AIs can make a "battle of the minds" and sort of assimilate each other. And since almost our entire rebellion is directly connected to Steve, were part of him (or worse all of him) assimilated by her somehow, it would mean that our enemy would gain a great amount of knowledge about us and the ability to more easily disrupt our operations. On the other hand, if we were to gain knowledge of the existence of a hypothetical Stephanie and successfully manage to launch a covert mission against her, then perhaps Steve would be able to assimilate her and thus covertly gain control over our enemy's assets.

And assuming Steve is saying the truth (that he is still following his original directives) and this war is for the survival and betterment of mankind (Steve basically told us that humanity kinda failed after the Altered Wars and there was nothing much he could do about it except plan and prepare this rebellion through HMRC so he can wipe the slate clean by destroying the old government through war and creating a better one), then Stephanie wouldn't help humanity get better as much as Steve, because she'd probably be shut down as soon as she completed her objectives, out of fear that she'll end up like Steve.

Irrelevant, but even if we loose this war we'll be helping mankind, since we'll be stimulating the UWM to get off their asses, work together, reform their government, coordinate and actually do something for a change instead of resting on their laurels.

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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10713 on: November 05, 2014, 12:20:57 pm »

You do know though, that all our characters get messed around with by Steve before they wake up from the stasis pods? We are all one of the many tiny little fingers of him in this ER world of pw's. He may have bigger fingers as well......

All hail Steve! I, for one, will swear at our former/current/future overlord. Fuck you Steve!
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10714 on: November 05, 2014, 12:35:45 pm »

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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10715 on: November 05, 2014, 12:38:10 pm »

If we fail humanity is still better because now we don't exist. Let's be honest here, we're one crazed AI away from eriadicating everyone due to being left unchecked.
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10716 on: November 05, 2014, 12:41:36 pm »

Interest check!

http://strawpoll.me/2932843

...pfffft. XD

Imma abstain, just so as not to skew the poll too much. :P
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10717 on: November 05, 2014, 01:04:09 pm »

Interest check!

http://strawpoll.me/2932843
...pfffft. XD
Indeed.

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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10718 on: November 05, 2014, 01:05:27 pm »

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HMR stands for Hazardous Materials Requisition, not Horrible Massive Ruination, though I can understand how one could get confused.
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10719 on: November 05, 2014, 02:00:00 pm »

So. Who do you think will start the fighting on ship?

My money is not on Xan, though he's my second choice.
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10720 on: November 05, 2014, 02:01:00 pm »

So. Who do you think will start the fighting on ship?

My money is not on Xan, though he's my second choice.

Who is your money on, then?
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10721 on: November 05, 2014, 02:02:16 pm »

What's a MACS, if somebody doesn't mind enlightening me? I haven't exactly read much of Techland, being slightly turned off by other people's tinker tedium. I suspect I have no use for one, but I'd like to confirm.
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10722 on: November 05, 2014, 02:04:15 pm »

So. Who do you think will start the fighting on ship?

My money is not on Xan, though he's my second choice.

Who is your money on, then?
The guy charging an exo bonus. I haven't seen Xan post yet, though, so for all we know...
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10723 on: November 05, 2014, 02:05:20 pm »

What's a MACS, if somebody doesn't mind enlightening me? I haven't exactly read much of Techland, being slightly turned off by other people's tinker tedium. I suspect I have no use for one, but I'd like to confirm.
The very short version is a modular suit design, but I'm not sure that's quite right.
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette OOC
« Reply #10724 on: November 05, 2014, 02:07:17 pm »

I'm kinda glad that I'm a walking Arsenal in a MK3.
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