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[Kedly]

"This army of mercenaries was hired on to us with the UWM funds we amassed during the last mission, under the Shipping Company we were using as cover to export test subjects. We brought them and the shipping crew with us when we fled the planet, and I requested that we keep our staff instead of adding them to the test subject pool, and was approved. Honestly this deceit shouldn't be hard to set up or maintain, as the reasons I have provided maintain the sense of a profit driven company willing to take risks (Which we proved we were before when we bought amp-less trading ships before amps went to shit), as well as the reasons the security around the planet is so tight. I plan to keep our security staff on ship as well, to keep them out of trouble until they are needed. As for the 'Volunteers' for the first human test phase of our plan, are we pulling those from our test subject pool?"

[syvarris]

When Dester suggests the QEC might reverse and control him, Saint interrupts him with a chuckle.  "The laws of physics would have to be very strange indeed for that to happen.  Do not worry, I will not use quantum entanglement within another reality--only within this one, to ensure that if the machine's activation does have some unforseen dangerous effect, I am nowhere nearby.  I suggest you do the same."  He then stays silent until Dester completes his responses.  "You raise a good point about the robots, but I don't think such thorough exploration will be required as standard procedure.  Still, we can keep drones ready, just in case.  As to mental resilience, I do not understand why, but it is disturbingly common for mind altering effects to hinder exploration.  That could be a quirk of our own reality, or it could be a quirk of our brains, but there is no reason to assume it will not be an obstacle in other realities."

((Saint's hologram is back to an SS.  I couldn't find a way to make that statement flow with the talk.))

[quote of Vincent's message]
"I understand.  Thank you for your explanation.

I would suggest that we not coerce any test subjects.  Volunteers who understand the risks will be honest about their experience, but people who were forced may resent us, and lie because of that.  They could lie and say a reality is dangerous when it was really idyllic, or the reverse--either scenario sets us back, and the latter may well end up killing someone.

That said, I trust your judgement on who we send across.  I will be the first to admit that I am not skilled with human resources."

[Kedly]

I fully agree on using willing volunteers, maybe I can attempt to convince some of our shipping and sales staff to volunteer, that could address the concern that using our security staff at too early of a stage would be a needless waste of them.

Thoughts Dester?

[Toaster]

((Would quantum entanglement even work across a different universe?


Totally not a PTW in disguise))

[Ozarck]

((Would quantum entanglement even work across a different universe?


Totally not a PTW in disguise))

Probably not between universes, but maybe within the other universe. As long as both entangled parts are in the same universe, and the laws of physics are suitable, then it should work.

[piecewise]

To the Doctor

Source? What was the source of the amps then? Who are you anyway? Why did you join this rebellion against the UWM?

As soon as the resources are in position and everyone is ready, begin Phase one of the plan: Send a small drone, containing a sample of each element (except those with very short half lives or that are created exclusively in labs) To coordinates 0, 0, 1. Wait one minute and then bring the drone back.

"I fear you may be fatally out of the loop. Is there anyone else around with more experience?"

Attached Files: Security Staff Speech draft; Shipping and Sales Staff Speech draft

As per stage 5, I suggest we use the security staff for the first few tests as that way we can have multiple promising universes being checked out at once, and have the security staff note anything to us once they come back. Specific instructions I would give them would be to avoid contact with anything not immediately hostile, instead to just stay away until they can be brought back, at which point they inform us that they found life, and to be on the lookout for anything that might be ideal for setting up a base of operations, or a resource to exploit. Once an interesting universe shows anything of interest is when we ourselves would jump in, as an added bonus, this will allow us to figure out who our top performing security staff are before we decide who to bring with us for backup.


Saint, you should read over my speech drafts as well, as they may contain information you do not wish me to share. I am revealing that this place is scientifically focussed, and that the machines we will be using are transportive in nature. I am doing this for a few reasons, I believe those two pieces of information to be relatively unimportant, they won't reveal heph's true nature, (or even that we are being transported to new universes) but they will allow us to put HEAVY security in keeping them in their quarters without making them too suspicious. I believe for a lie to be truly effective, it must be created out of the truth. That being said, if an employee is doing something suspicious, do not hesitate to remove them, add them to your subjects for experiments, kill them, whatever, I will make it look like they were fired and them and their family were deported.

Please share any concerns you may have with me, and if I am unable to reassure you by modifying or explaining why the information is being given, I will remove any info you request

Gather up our security personnel and inform them of our company's new initiative. We have partnered up with a science outpost that is studying new transportation technologies, and they have recently stumbled into a breakthrough with teleportation technology that allows us to reach sections of space that are outside UWM protection and jurisdiction. Our current objective is to set up trading posts and contacts in these unexplored sections of space, in order to capitolize on new trading possibilities. This of course will be insanely dangerous for the first few stages, and as such, security staff who participate in the first few trips while we find new outposts will be paid triple time for the first few excursions, double time for those who decide to help guard after the sector is deemed livable and back to normal pay once we have a base of operations set up. As a further incentive to take on the vital and dangerous stages, the family members of any staff who dies during these phases will receive that staff's wages for the rest of their lives. That being said, we have our scientist co-partners performing preliminary tests to reduce the danger of these new regions before we will be sending our security staff in as recon. Thank them for being an important part in helping our company reach even greater fortunes.

After that meeting is concluded, gather up our remaining staff and let them know that until further notice they are on 100% paid leave, and that we have accommodations set up for them on this planet until their skills are needed once again. Inform them that as this is a science base working on new transportation technologies, any area outside of where they have been cleared to stay is highly classified, and any employee or family member found outside the cleared areas will be promptly fired, and them and their family will be shipped to the nearest stable planet. Thank them for being an important part in helping our company reach even greater fortunes.

Done.

((Tired--long day.  This may result in confusing statements; my apologies if it does.  Spoilers are for compact reading & shorter PW post.))

Spoiler: Saint's conversation with Dester (click to show/hide)

When Dester asks about quantum entanglement bodies: "Yes, I will provide the software and tools required for your team to use remotely operated bodies.  However, it is possible that the device's activation will disrupt nearby quantum entanglement somehow, so we cannot rely on it.  I also highly doubt our own entanglement devices will function in another universe, although I see no reason not to try."

When he asks about programmable robots, Saint tilts his head.  "What do you mean?  Why would we need true robots?  If they are necessary, we do have them, but I don't see what we would need them to do that couldn't be accomplished with sods or humans."

When Dester asks about incentives, Saint simply shrugs.  "Persuasion of the volunteers is up to you and your team.  I did not expect any conscious subjects.  I would suggest we avoid coercion, because we do not want to give them any reason to lie to us, but I imagine that you have already considered that."  Saint pauses to give Dester an approving nod.  "Your team has shown itself quite capable of leading these people.  I trust your judgement."

Finally, when asked about evacuating a planet, Saint turns towards Dester, and changes his holographic SS to a ??.  "Evacuate the planet?  The apocalypse lab has no population, because it was constructed specifically for potentially planet destroying experiments.  Hence the name."

Spoiler: Saint's text messages to BLOPS team (click to show/hide)

In case you were not aware, all our experiments with the reality relocater will be on a different planet; specifically, the eleventh from the sun.  To increase safety, standard robotic bodies equipped with quantum entanglement communicators will be deployed there for our use.  However, to use them, you have to have a brain implant called a "Man-Machine Interface" installed.  These implants are just as safely installed as amps, and do not include any 'magical' effects--they simply allow you to interface with computer systems as easily and effectively as a person using a robotic body.  If you would like to utilize this technology, I have attached the location of the medical center to this message.

Note that quantum communication may be disrupted by the activation of the reality relocater, so this is not completely guaranteed to keep us away from any possible danger.

To be honest, I am impressed.  I expected that we'd treat these people as mercenaries for ARM.  Keeping them in the dark will certainly leave our options open, assuming you can pull it off successfully.

Nothing mentioned in your speech is dangerous information, so I have no trouble with it.  I must say that my first priority is security, and maintaining a proper facade is second to that, but I like your plan and will try to support it.

Now, there is one suggestion I have for you and Dester, which may be difficult to employ.  I expect some of the realities we will be entering will have mind altering effects.  People vary in their resistances to such things, and it would be preferable for our initial teams to have similar degrees of resilience, so that comparisons are accurate.  There are multiple methods to assess a person's mental resilience, but the quickest and most effective are drugs such as xeno-spit.  It is up to you and Dester whether or not, and how, we'll test this before sending people through, but I highly recommend you do so.

"Dester, I just sent a message to you and Vincent, suggesting we test any volunteer's mental resilience before sending them into another reality."

1.Test if quantum entanglement is working right now.  Just switch to possessing a bot at the apocalypse lab, and make sure it's working properly.

2.I've okayed Kedly's plan of housing and lying to their... company personnel, but I want to make sure everything is secure.  Select an area to house the people which is out of the way and not too near anything exceptionally important, then seal off most entrances.  Remaining entrances should be constantly guarded by robosods using riot gear, with orders to turn back anyone who tries to leave (and to disable them non-lethally if that doesn't work).  Heavy robosods equipped with combat gear should also be ready to deploy, in case things really go bad for whatever reason.  If anyone somehow gets out of the area, they are to be immediately captured and detained.  Make sure robosods patrol all the nearby facilities.

3.Can we get enhanced capacity mods as mission equipment?  I'm guessing not, but it's worth asking.

Reality Ripper:

4.Can this thing teleport stuff around in our own reality?  Did we invent a new type of FTL?

5.How exactly is the teleportation activated?  Does the machine in our reality control when stuff is teleported where, or can someone on the other side tell the tag to teleport back?

1. It's working right now, but thats because the machine isn't on. And it might depend on where we send our thing. Lets just say it seems to work for now.

2.Alright.

3. For fleshy people, I guess.

4. We haven't tried it. We can, but We're not exactly sure if we can dial it in specifically, if that makes sense? When we go to another universe, hitting the exact same place over and over isn't THAT important considering the areas we're working with.

5. As for right now, someone needs to activate the machine from our side. As far as we know, we can't communicate back and forth at all.





If you're ready to start, hands up. I want to get any questions out of the way before we begin.

[Gentlefish]

No questions. Ryan is ready to probe the unknown.

[Twinwolf]

Is there a target number of habitable universes? As in, do we only need one or do we have to find as many as possible?

[piecewise]

Is there a target number of habitable universes? As in, do we only need one or do we have to find as many as possible?

Well...we need at least one good hospitable universe, but the more the merrier. LET US BE AS GODS AND SEED MYRIAD UNIVERSES WITH OUR KIN!

[Xantalos]

((ER: Metaphorically jizzing all over the multiverse.))

[DoctorMcTaalik]

Find the nearest armory. Sell back my 6 grenades for two tokens. Buy a multi-function power gauntlet. Loudly introduce myself as General ABBLEE Johnson, veteran black ops member. Requisition 2 multi-function power gauntlets, both modified to include internal generators and, if possible, plastered with cool flame decals. Have them hooked up to my MCP-II's generator as well.

Report to wherever I need to report to. Swagger up to my teammates with the confidence of Spider-Gus.

[Ozarck]

To the doc My team had only slightly more knowledgeable people on it than myself, and our primary experienced teammate promptly went catatonic, and makes a charming hat stand at the moment. Your admin, Mr. Saint, has more experience, but I hoped to get a bit more, straight from the donkey's mouth, so to speak. Rumors are a notoriously poor source of useful information, after all. Since awakening in what was the HMRC when I was put into stasis, but had become the ARM since, I was assaulted three times, kidnapped, and dumped into a mission to steal fifty thousand people. Which we did. With aplomb, with less experience than I have now, speaking to you. With the planet collapsing around us and the government attempting to destroy us because of something of which I was, as you say, fatally out of the loop on. Pardon me, sir, for trying to amend that situation to the best of my ability. Or your ability, if you were willing. Something big enough to break universes is going on, and I'd like to not be treated as expendable meat, sent blindly to my doom as a canary for those in the know. I think I have slightly more usefulness than that. So please, toss me a few bread crumbs here.

regardless of the outcome of this conversation (barring Dester's losing the ability to participate) Dester is ready to start the tests.

[Kedly]

Ready to start!

[Ozarck]

((I'd assume that PW's' one word response to your action indicated that it went pretty much as you described it ))

[Twinwolf]

No further questions.