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[Nikitian]

Sooo... an ideal doomsday device in our service? For times when we really have to utterly destroy everything.

And maybe an effective ship weapon, depending on how long of a range we can get it.

[Toaster]

Can we get a man-portable matter annihilator?

[Unholy_Pariah]

Are the termites vulnerable to heat at all?

[piecewise]

Please direct research questions to our heph boys.  I only responded here in the first place because I wanted the info to get out immediately, since tempers were flaring a bit.

[piecewise]

Sy, Beirus, Toaster and Pancaek and Unholy_Pariah, please report for duty.

[Beirus]

Sup?

[NAV]

Astronauts falling on the moon

[AoshimaMichio]

((Just burn everything. They can't use forensics on a pile of ash and bricks. And it's something that doesn't require an amp to do, so they won't suspect the ARM. It's just some overzealous/pyromaniac robbers/terrorists/whatever.))

Personally i want to it done clean. But if others want to burn stuff then sure, why not.

[Parisbre56]

I'm not a fan of complicated middle ground solutions when spec ops are involved. Too many things that can go wrong.

You're either a ghost that goes in and out with few evidence left behind and nobody being the wiser.
Or a predator that systematically destroys all people and evidence in its path without being seen, without leaving anyone or anything that can challenge you or identify you.
Or a cowboy, going in guns blazing, in and out before anyone can react, using overwhelming (but not suspicious) force to get the job done.

Staging things, relying on people's reactions, using equipment that's more expensive than the money you're likely to steal without an easy and simple way to get rid of the evidence, things like that get complicated, with too many ways they can go wrong.

It's best to plan for those three approaches, start with a ghost approach and whenever bad luck or unforeseen consequences force you to act outside of that role, upgrade to predator or cowboy.

(Note that I am not criticizing your plan. I'm just speaking about plans in general. With the exception of the "stage shootings" things, the plans you have seem OK. You just got to decide exactly what to do. Looks like somebody should step up, take the position of leader and say "this is the plan, this is how we're going to do it, any objections? If not, then we start right now".)

[Radio Controlled]

Okay two things.
First; when i ask a serious question i expect an answer, not a catch phrase.
I dont expect you to put forth the effort to find the source information but i do expect you to take a few seconds to think about it.
Second; the wiki has no information on it at all.
Edit:
@beirus,
Mindfuck gun is reverse engineered tech from an earlier mission, mission 2 or thereabouts if i remember correctly.

Well, it’s rather simple really: the wiki says the science crew finished on 22/01. Between then and now, there were about 3 Hep turns or so, and none of them mention it. Ergo, the answer to your question is simply ‘the research is done, but results haven’t been reported yet’. Easy peasy.

Now, of course, if you were unable to view the wiki, or couldn't find the relevant page, or wanted to double-check if nobody knew anything more, I’d be happy to oblige! But to find out what the issue is, you do kinda need to give me more info than that. Because in a bout of delicious recursive irony, telling me ‘that doesn't help’ and nothing else, doesn't help me troubleshoot the problem!


In other news, I’ve tried to make a little list of the rules we’ll use for when the pill machine arrives on ship:

1) The machine always stays with either Miya or someone he appoints. If not possible, it’ll be locked up.
2) He will make the pills himself, with ingredients people bring, then give the result to the person who requested it. Nobody else touches it, unless explicit permission given. If he deems something too dangerous, tough bananas, nopill4you. We’ll also assume he knows what its effects were (unless a pill is taken secretly on mission or something) when needed (eg a good combo is found, but the inventor promptly dies before telling anyone IC).
3) Don’t assume you get your pill until I literally put into my action. To prevent people from making a spess magic pill and consuming it before I’ve had a chance to say no. Pw, this one also is aimed at you a bit, I'm hoping you'll help out with this.
4) The person requesting the pill has to update the wiki according to format. If unable, be sure to mention it, so somebody can help out (will try to make a template for it sometime soon).
5) Failure to comply to these will end in tears and sorrow.
6) If Hep people want it back, we’ll send it back, but It’d be nice if they then also ensure it’ll actually be used.
7) If I missed anything, I’ll add it when needed. These rules are subject to change.

Any comments on this (especially from people actually planning to use it sometime)?
Note that I was gonna add a rule about not forcing people to take pills, but upon further thinking I’m mostly interested here in avoiding disasters on the level of Grate 3² and furthering fun/science, not nip any and all shenanigans in the bud. Though of course, if you act like a naughty boy and shove ‘em down someone’s throat, and Miya finds out IC, he’ll act accordingly. I’m just leaving room for the possibility.

[Parisbre56]

I'm not really interested in the pill machine, but just out of curiosity, those rules are IC, right? (Or at least will be when the time comes.)

[Radio Controlled]

I'm not really interested in the pill machine, but just out of curiosity, those rules are IC, right? (Or at least will be when the time comes.)

Most of them, yes. Rule 3, 4 and 7 are kinda OOC, I guess. Why'd you ask, if I may ask?

By the way, I know what to do with a science crew, but Sean, I'll let you use them first. Unless you really don't know what to use them for.

[Parisbre56]

I'm not really interested in the pill machine, but just out of curiosity, those rules are IC, right? (Or at least will be when the time comes.)

Most of them, yes. Rule 3, 4 and 7 are kinda OOC, I guess. Why'd you ask, if I may ask?

Just in case it ever comes up IC in any of my character's conversations.

EDIT: And I guess some of the info in the wiki could be considered to be in some sort of Database, like the Armoury info.

[Doomblade187]

Roll a d6

[piecewise]

Did the guy who took that really powerful potion I was talking about just stop posting or is he just not doing anything with it? Because It's got a short timer.