October 30th, 2016You luckily find a new part-time job at the Shopcenter grocery store. Doesn't pay as much, but it's still extra money for your inventing. They did already start paying you today, at least! In other income-related matters, you also decide to start turning your venom into lasting venom before sale to make some additional money. That's an extra $10 per ml of venom sold for little effort of yours. Good idea, you!
Now to get to the
real matters at hand. You spend a tiny bit of time first programming an internet browser for your data terminal. While it's definitely not great and would immediately fail in a competitive environment, it works for just about everything you need it for. You now have a
Internet Browser for your data terminal! If only you had some confetti...
But you have to focus. With the browser done, you write out an inconspicuous email to the Center of Art, asking an innocent question. It also has the Probe Virus attached to it, but they shouldn't notice that. It won't immediately work - it has to be opened, then establish itself in the system, then begin collecting data. Only when that's all finished will it start sending its results to you. You estimate a good date to expect the results back to be tomorrow.
You considered also sending the probe virus to the person who's been buying your venom online, but some part of you decided against it. Oh well. You can always change your mind later.
You decide to make a scorpion sculpture out of some scrap metal and scrap electronics you quickly salvaged beforehand. In the end it's fairly standard. A sculpture that can "sting" people. Well, maybe the last part isn't standard, but hopefully it'll make it sell.
And it does sell. For
$60. Not bad, but you
really don't want to be making any more
art.Next thing up is to show the MK3 to the university. You add some wheels to it in addition to a handle at the cost of
$20 and
1x Scrap Metal. A couple of miles later, you arrive at the university where you begin peddling it to your so-called colleagues. You convince a fair number of them of how cool your MK4 could be. Only one shows real non-passing interest in it, though.
They step out and tell you they could put in a good word for you and your creation with the head of some department in the university, getting you a meeting. The man's name is Evan Williams, apparently, and he gives you his contact information in case you want to pursue this further. You make a mental note to add this to your very tiny list of contacts back at your data terminal, make your farewell, and wheel the MK3 back to the garage.
By the time you arrive back "home", night is almost approaching. You spend some time first looking into the possibility of a simple AI to coordinate your drones. In the end, you decide that with some time spent programming it using the University's computers and resources, it could definitely be done. Though it would require a camera on the participating drones.
You head over to Trademart holding your new aerial drone only to find that it's closed at this time. But looking at the way the aisles are laid out shows to you that properly stealing with the aerial drone requires a distraction or the aerial drone will just get batted out of the air. You consider the possibility of wrecking havoc with multiple drones, and that's definitely something that has a chance of working if you choose to pursue it.
You're expecting information from the Probe Virus you sent to the Center of Art tomorrow.
You got
$36 today working at your part-time job.
You harvested 2 ml of venom, turned it into lasting venom, and sold it for
$60.
Cash: $198
Housing: Trashy Garage
Holdings:
Structures
- Makeshift Data Terminal
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell MK3 w/ Wheels
- Basic Chemistry Equipment (Flasks, Tubing, Beakers, Safety Equipment, Bunsen Burner, Measuring Equipment, Droppers etc.)
- - Peltier Heat Pump (Cooling Device)
- Makeshift Terrarium [2 Deadly Scorpions]
- Roach Trap [Feeding 2/3 scorpions]
Tools & Equipment
- Cheap Welder
- Handheld Drill
- Shovel
- Glass Cutter
- Stinger-resistant Gloves
- Protective Work Gear - Boots, Gloves, Painter's Equipment, Goggles, Respirator
- Basic Chemicals (Used for experiments; doesn't require replenishment)
Miscellaneous Creations
- Aerial Remote-Controlled Drone & Controller
- Laser Impact Triangulation Device
- Remote-Controlled Robot & Controller
- Microwave Area Jammer
- Battery-less Buggy
- 6 ml Powdered Venom
Items and Materials
- 1 ml Nitroglycerin
- 1x Scrap Metal
- 2x Electronics
- 1x Scrap Electronics
- 1x Plumbing Parts
- 1x Gas-filled Fire Extinguisher
- 2x Regular Computer Parts
- 5x Old Phone
Weapons
- Shock Baton
- 1x Glock 20
Ammunition
- 1x 10mm Magazine - 17/17
- 1x 10mm Magazine - 11/17
Miscellaneous Items
- Fake University Scientist ID
- Fake Military Scientist ID
- Fake Government Scientist ID
Makeshift Terrarrium
Scorpions
- [F] Nineteen (Fed by Roach Trap) ("Pregnant" until Nov. 5th, 2016) [Maze Navigation] [Stingerpainting]
- [M] Eighty-four (Fed by Roach Trap) [Maze Navigation] [Stingerpainting]
Speed: Okay
Hardware
Core - Regular/Basic
Memory - 8gb
Display - 14-inch CRT Display
Extras
- 3x USB 3.1 Type-C ports
- Basic Internet Connection
Software
- Data Entry
- Programming/Script Creator
- Internet Browser
- Packed Probe Virus
- Evan Williams, University Researcher(?)
- Modern Art Dealer
- Probe Virus: A basic computer virus sent over email to its target. It doesn't spread to other computers of its own accord, but is very stealthy at gathering information and sending it back to its owner.
- Aerial Remote-Controlled Drone: A small-ish remote-controlled aerial drone. Is extremely maneuverable and quick with a grabber-arm that can grab most small objects, putting them into the drone's container bin, or the arm can perform very limited manipulation of the surrounding environment. Has a small open-air storage bin on the top that's shallow and is 1 1/2" long+wide. A camera on the front transmits a video feed to its controller. Uses MK4 "Energ-E" Cells to power itself. Has a range of 10 miles. Lasts a week on a MK4 "Energ-E" Cell.
- Laser Impact Triangulation Device: A handheld device that can detect the exact position of impacts on surfaces with extreme accuracy up to a mile away. Used for tasks such as determining the location of a person or vehicle on a surface. Utilizes a small display located on the device to display data. Has a range of up to a mile. Extremely unwieldy due to power source. Powered for a week by a MK4 "Energ-E" Fuel Cell.
- Remote-Controlled Robot - A small remote-controlled wheeled vehicle powered by a "Energ-E" MK4 cell, and its accompanying controller. Extremely maneuverable and can navigate over obstacles its size or smaller, can very quickly make turns, and has a great speed relative to other remote-controlled vehicles. The controller and bot have a range of 10 miles and the bot lasts a week on a single "Energ-E" MK4 Cell.
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell MK4 - "Energ-E" (Patented): A hydrogen fuel cell identical to the MK3 in power output and fuel usage, but takes the form of a small cylinder 3 inches in diameter with a height matching about a foot. Can be easily inserted/removed from objects and hot-swapped in addition to being used like an engine similar to the previous Fuel Cells. Utilizes the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Catalyst. Costs $170 to make.
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell MK3: A hydrogen fuel cell that's very roughly about half a meter in length, height, and width. Lasts a day once fully fueled and can provide a fairly large amount of power - a bit more than is needed to run a regular consumer car. Utilizes the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Catalyst. Costs $170 to make.
- Shock Baton: A police baton intended to double as a melee taser device. Only delivers 10 'charges' when fully charged. Actual shocking component is completely useless.
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell MK2: A hydrogen fuel cell that's very roughly about half a meter in length, height, and width. Lasts a month once fueled. Outputs very little power. Costs $150 to make.
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell Catalyst: A chemical compound that speeds up the electrolysis process in fuel cells. Should increase power output at the cost of fuel usage. Costs $20. (Price is added onto the price to create a fuel cell utilizing catalyst)
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell MK1 - "The Long Count": A very large hydrogen fuel cell that takes in hydrogen and oxygen to output power. Once fueled, can continue running for years. Outputs very little power. Is extremely large. Costs $150 to make.
- Antivenom: Antivenom neutralizing venom that can be made in a lab. Requires 1 ml of Venom and $40 for 2 ml of Antivenom.
- QuadChopper: A Quadcopter with dual knives and a wi-fi camera that can reliabily kill or maim a person. Requires other device to control+see camera feed; Needs wi-fi connection
- Microwave Area Jammer: A jammer that jams wireless functions in the affected area (Effect can be aimed via a satellite dish). Lasts 2 hours on a charge. Only jams 5m in front of dish.
- Buggy: A buggy. Tiny single-person open-ended low-to-the-ground vehicle. Runs two and a half hours on a single charge of its battery. Top speed is 15 mph.
- Medical Chemicals: Theoretical combination of chemicals that could increase healing in affected area by 300%. Name needs work.
- SPCAAD Ammonia Grenade: A makeshift ammonia grenade that disperses ammonia on impact via the glass container shattering. Effective blast site measures 28 meters in diameter.
- Powdered Venom: Scorpion venom in powder form that lasts forever without expiration. Poses no threat to organisms and can't naturally turn into liquid form.
- Lasting Venom: Scorpion venom that lasts for 2 weeks while remaining just as potent. Sells for $40/ml. Requires 1 ml of Venom and $10 to make 1 ml of Lasting Venom.
- Handheld Microwave Jammer: A handheld (makeshift) gun that disrupts communications in the area it's pointed at. Can also cook food like a microwave if close enough and you really wanted to cook food. Needs to be plugged in.
- Venom Bullet: A bullet that will 'inject' scorpion venom into the victim. Venom expires after 2 days in the bullet.
- Butane Cannon: A projectile cannon that operates off of butane to propel the projectile roughly 40 meters away.
- Makeshift Data Terminal: A rudimentary terminal that accepts and stores data.
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