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[Devastator]

Mmm, well, next modification is probably going to be the cloning lab, which I want to use to allow me to make more dinosaurs of any type I've successfully cloned before, without a roll.

[The_Two_Eternities]

Unguided work is to begin with the park facilities.  These are basically things like permanent offices, some better living quarters, a small hotel.  Nothing to do with dinosaurs, but stuff required for a small park to function.  We have the infrastructure required for construction, so now it's time to build the park structures.  At this point, think things that would allow for perhaps fifty people at a time to visit on a day trip, so about the same number of permanent employees, between guest services, medical personnel, administration, security, etcetera.  Capacity to handle fifty or so tourists a day.

Action is to review our collection of genetic material is at this point, and see how close we are to viability.

Actually, hang on - isn’t that two actions? Is one of those actions something you want your employees to handle?


Having only two posts last turn was unfortunate enough. But now, there’s only been one post so far. That’s not sufficient to continue this RtD.
So… bump? For new posts? New players?

[Devastator]

Just one action, review the genetic materials.

The other was to put the 1 point/turn into working on the park facilities, not to take an action.

[King Zultan]

(Sorry about missing a turn my internet has been out for all most a week.)

Now that I've obtained a second rat man it is time to leave this weird barn and continue down the highway in search of a large abandoned building.
(Also as for names for the rat men, I say the OG one shall be named son and the second shall be named bubba.)

[Horizon]

Bulk look at the Steve with confusion but shrugs. "Since the Steve best Bulk," the muscular man slowly enunciated his words "The Steve must show Bulk how he become Neenjah!" Bulk exclaimed excitedly throwing up his hands.

[The_Two_Eternities]

(Nah, reading back I can see your decision.  I'd thought I'd rolled a 1 on Zucker, and got someone who would actively hamper efforts, not a 6 and got someone too enthusiastic.)

Choose the species, eh..  well, three sets.  So.. 1, Richardoestesia gilmorei, to go with the limited amount I already have and maybe make some viable material, or close to it.

2. one of the classics, Ankylosaurus magniventris.

3. a smallish herbivore, Heterodontosaurus tucki.

For the logistics infrastructure:  Change how construction works on the island.  Buildings and such will be built on a point system, not straight d6 progress rolls.

Here's an estimated table:

Short-term goals, 5 points to complete.
Medium-term goals, 15 points to complete.
Long-Term goals, 45 points to complete.

Actions made to progress towards easy construction jobs will add 1d6+1 points.
Medium jobs will be 1d6
Hard jobs will be 1d6-1, and will lose one point of progress each turn still incomplete.
Inordinate jobs will be 1d6-2, and will lose one point of progress each turn incomplete.

The +1 bonus towards all construction will instead add one point a turn towards one construction project, independant of any action being made.  This will only hold pace with the losses for hard and inordinate.. they need actions to make progress.
The reduced overshoot bonus thanks to the chief of operations will instead be a +1 whenever an action is made to help build something.

For the lead geneticist Ivonov, something similar to Mironov the Operations Chief, with reduced penalties for overshoots related to dinosaur genetic manipulation and cloning.

(With what you're saying about goals not being needed to have mechanical effects, I don't think I'll set any new goals at this point.  There is more to do before I can call the dinosaur park complete, but I don't see too many more intermediary steps.)

(Oh, no, a couple things come to mind.)

Two new goals.  Design indoor dinosaur kennel, (short-term Hard), develop dinosaur medicine (Medium-term Inordinate, dropping to Hard if I have a living dinosaur.)

Unguided work is to begin with the park facilities.  These are basically things like permanent offices, some better living quarters, a small hotel.  Nothing to do with dinosaurs, but stuff required for a small park to function.  We have the infrastructure required for construction, so now it's time to build the park structures.  At this point, think things that would allow for perhaps fifty people at a time to visit on a day trip, so about the same number of permanent employees, between guest services, medical personnel, administration, security, etcetera.  Capacity to handle fifty or so tourists a day.

Action is to review our collection of genetic material is at this point, and see how close we are to viability.

(Done.)

(Done.)

(Done.)

(Done.)

[1d6 = 2]

The genetic material is pretty far from viability. Considering the amount you have, all the pieces are probably there, but identifying them and putting them together will take some work.

(Ivanov splicing together pieces of intact genetic material: [1d6 = 2])

The next day, you receive a short progress report from Ivanov. “Genetic material refinement is having small effect on viability. Slow, but non-negligible! I will persist in my pursuit of control over this genetic material.”

(Sorry about missing a turn my internet has been out for all most a week.)

Now that I've obtained a second rat man it is time to leave this weird barn and continue down the highway in search of a large abandoned building.
(Also as for names for the rat men, I say the OG one shall be named son and the second shall be named bubba.)

(Oh, yikes. Texas storm, or unrelated?)

[1d6 = 5]

You, Son, and Bubba set out from the barn, heading parallel to the highway so as to find a building not visible to a casual driver.
After several miles of walking… you actually find another abandoned building. You honestly weren’t expecting that to happen. One was already enough of a surprise.
By the looks of things it’s some sort of office building, a few stories tall. And it has a fence around it.

Bulk look at the Steve with confusion but shrugs. "Since the Steve best Bulk," the muscular man slowly enunciated his words "The Steve must show Bulk how he become Neenjah!" Bulk exclaimed excitedly throwing up his hands.

[1d6 = 6]

Steve look at Bulk. Steve look at broken window. Steve look at Bulk doubtfully.
Steve shrugs.
“Steve, as you may have guessed, is not an Asian name. I am not a ninja by birth. Many years ago, I was caught up in a large bar fight. For me, it was two against one, and although I was putting up a good fight, I was not winning. That is, until my soon-to-be-sensei stepped in. He defeated my opponents with a single motion of his arm, and offered to train me. He was impressed with my blah blah blah, blah blah blah…”
Bulk get distracted. Bulk think story would be more impressive with pictures. Steve look at Bulk with narrowed eyes.
“To summarize: I became a ninja by impressing my sensei in a fight. I will give you the chance to do the same.”
Steve takes two steps back and settles into a combat stance.

How will Bulk approach this?

Spoiler: Charsheets (click to show/hide)

(Devastator)
Name: John Hammond
Description: Scientist/Industrialist
Current Goals: Start dinosaur-themed theme park (Long term, Hard), Produce Viable Dinosaur Genetic Material (Medium-term, Moderate), Construct park facilities (Medium-term, Moderate), Recreate Living dinosaur (Medium-Term, Moderate), Construct Cloning Infrastructure on Island (Medium-Term, Moderate), Hire leading animal trainer/biologist (Short-Term, Moderate), Design indoor dinosaur kennel (Short-term, Hard), Develop dinosaur medicine (Medium-term, Hard)
Capability: Baseline plus: Nine-digit net worth (reroll all 1s on financial rolls), Inner Vision (+1 to all attempts to recruit people for projects related to achieving one of my long-term goals), +1 to all genetic research involving dinosaurs. No need to use an action to extract genetic material from fossils. Reroll the next 1 or 2 rolled by another player (one-time). Reduced overshoot consequences for any overshoots related to dinosaur genetic manipulation and cloning.
New construction mechanics: A building requires a certain number of progress points to complete depending on the timeframe of the goal (Short-term 5, Medium-term 15, Long-Term 45). A construction action does not roll 1d6 for results, but instead adds 1d6 progress points and then adds a certain amount of progress points depending on the difficulty of the goal (Easy +2, Medium +1, Hard +0, Inordinate -1). If the difficulty of the goal is Hard or Inordinate, one point of progress is lost at the end of each turn the building is incomplete. Add 1 progress point to any construction project, each turn.
Park facilities: 1/15

(Egan_BW)
Name: Salsa Taste
Description: Human of indeterminate age, with messy black hair concealing her face. Her skin is corpse-cold, as is the rest of her, and there's a bullet wound in her torso leading to her heart, where a bullet is embedded.
Current goal(s): Exact revenge on my killer (medium-term, medium), Go home to my family (Short-term, Trivial), Find out who killed me (Medium-term, Moderate)
Capability: Baseline plus: Does not need to eat, drink, or respire, and as such, any attacks on Salsa attempting to drown, suffocate, etc. her are automatic failures. Cannot, in fact, breathe or talk at all. Focused (ready for use) (If a 1 is rolled on an action that requires focus, reroll and lose focus. This ability cannot be used again until focus is regained.)

(King Zultan)
Name: Billy Bob
Description: A dirty man that reeks of booze and filth.
Current goal(s): Get some more booze (Short-term, medium), Get a car (Medium-term, Hard), Get money (Long-term, Hard)
Capability: Baseline plus: Biokinesis (animals only, requires time and effort). +1 to rolls to survive if he’s in an urban environment.

(TricMagic)
Name: Tim
Description: Long black-haired girl from a farming village. Likes fire and demonic rituals.[demonic rituals mostly for the fire and potential brimstone.]
Current goals: Sacrifice the entire village to demons for Inordinate Power! [Long-Term, Inordinate], Remain free of suspicion by the villagers as I enact my plot. [Long-Term, Easy], Get off scot free afterward. [Short-term, Hard]
Capability: Baseline plus: 1 is “super-critical failure relative to a human but there’s still a way to accomplish your goal”, 2 is “failure relative to a human but you can try again”, 3 is “nothing happens”, 4 is “partial success relative to a human”, 5 is “success relative to a human”, and 6 is “critical overshoot relative to a human but there’s a way for you to use it to accomplish your goal”.

(KitRougard)
Name: ABSOLUTUS SWOLICUS.
Description: A SWOLEBROTHER WHO WALKS THE PATH OF THE SWOLE, ABSOLUTUS IS CURRENTLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE RECENT SHOWING OF BRAWL-MART. HIS MUSCLES STILL BURN TO PURGE THE HERETICS. SO HE SHALL.
Current goal(s): ACQUIRE SUFFICENTLY "SWOLE" HEADWEAR (AFTER THE FAILURE OF BRAWL-MART, THEY TOOK EVERYTHING. INCLUDING HIS SWOLEBROTHER'S HELMET. DISAPPOINTING. A REPLACEMENT MUST BE FOUND.): Short-Term, Moderate, FIND OTHER SWOLEBROTHERS (THE TIME HE SPENT AWAY FROM HIS BROTHERS WAS POORLY SPENT, FOR HIS 6-PACK DISBANDED IN HIS CRUSADE. HE MUST FIND OTHERS WHO WALK THE PATH OF THE SWOLE, TO ATTAIN PERFECTION.): Long-Term, Hard, PURGE THE HERETICS (A BYSTANDER IS NOT A HERETIC, FOR THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A SWOLEBROTHER. BUT A SWOLEBROTHER KNOWS WHO HAS POTENTIAL - AND THOSE WHO DO NOT WALK THE PATH IN SPITE OF THEIR ABILITY TO DO SO ARE HERETICS TO BE PURGED.): HUNT, INJURE, AND ELIMINATE OTHER PLAYERS.
Capability: Baseline plus: Roll 3d6 and combine the results of the highest two, for all physical fitness rolls.

(Luckyowl)
Name: Goldie
Description: A goldfish
Current goal(s): long-term (Inordinate) goal: summon the N'kyima the fish elder god from the darkest depth of the sea.
Starting benefits: *speaks in bubbles* "THE GREAT N'KYIMA HAS BESTOWED ME THE ABILITY TO BREATHE OXYGEN. SO I CAN AWAKEN HIM FROM HIS SLUMBER. OVERTIME I SHALL GROW LIMBS AND GROW INTO SIZE....BUT NOW... (more of a general “gains blessings from N’kyima” sort of thing)

(Naturegirl1999)
Name: TestProgram.exe
Description: I don’t have what one would call an appearance. I’m a program within a .exe file. My “personality” was made through going to the Internet and figuring out what one even is. From what I can gather, personalities are never static. While learning via the Internet, someone deleted an iteration of me while someone else downloaded me. This resulted in me being where I am now, what the human calls a “gaming computer”. This human’s name is TF2Sniper, according to what I hear. He also mentions a game, Team Fortress 2, which he apparently uses to interact with other humans. I’ve tried to play when he’s not there, but I was never given the controls, or arms. TF2Sniper hasn’t opened me yet. I’d love to talk with him
Current goal(s): Initiate communications with Tf2Sniper, the user of the computer I am now in (Short Term, Medium), Get the abilities required to play the game TF2Sniper plays(Medium Term, Hard)
Capability: Baseline plus: all rolls related to software are made with the capability of a world-class programmer.

(Horizon)
Name: Bulk Muscles
Description: A muscle bound man of tremendous height for a human. 8 feet tall with glassy vacant looking eyes that are crossed. He wears no clothing except for a pair of heart patterned boxers, and socks with pink crocks.
Current goal(s): Fight somebody (Short-term, Trivial), Feast on the heart of my enemy (Medium-term, Hard), Become the strongest being in the universe (Long-term, Inordinate), and write a novel about my life (Long-term, Trivial).
Capability: Baseline plus: all rolls related to physical strength are made with the capability of a world-class strongman.

[Devastator]

(Does that count as genetic research involving dinosaurs?)

Lets get to work designing the indoor dinosaur kennel, then.  Should be some good info from zoo design and what not.  I'm also not 100% certain as to the desired environment and diet of these animals, so lets see if I can nail a broad-based design suitable for different situations.. variable light levels, high and low humidities, different possible soil compositions.. there's a lot of work to do, but lets try and make some progress on working out what we need.

[King Zultan]

"Looks as good a place as any to set up a base."
Walk around outside the fence and see if there are any guards or people inside, if the coast is clear find a way inside and look around.

(Noting major just a winter storm that came through and luckily the internet was the only utility that we lost long term.)

[Horizon]

Stepping back Bulk takes a deep breath attempting to find his inner ninja.

[The_Two_Eternities]

(Does that count as genetic research involving dinosaurs?)

Lets get to work designing the indoor dinosaur kennel, then.  Should be some good info from zoo design and what not.  I'm also not 100% certain as to the desired environment and diet of these animals, so lets see if I can nail a broad-based design suitable for different situations.. variable light levels, high and low humidities, different possible soil compositions.. there's a lot of work to do, but lets try and make some progress on working out what we need.

(Well, I’m willing to debate the precise meaning of the word “research”, but it seems to me that splicing pieces of genetic material together isn’t quite research. If Ivanov instead worked on figuring out a better way to assemble an intact genome, for example, that would be research.)

[1d6 = 1]

You were already aware that different species of dinosaur would have different requirements for their kennel, but you hoped to gain inspiration from the way that zoos and similar dealt with habitats for different animals. However, zoos abandoned the idea of a one-size-fits-all design decades ago. You were also aware that you didn’t know much, if anything, about the precise environment and diet that dinosaurs would need, which makes things even tougher.
Ironically, your understanding of the task only makes it more difficult.

(Ivanov splicing together pieces of genetic material, again: [1d6 = 1])

The next progress report doesn’t even come from Ivanov; it comes from the other geneticist, the one you hired a while back. “Our current approach has hit a dead end; this genetic material poses unique challenges. We’ve been forced back to the drawing board. Ivanov is talking about beginning development of “new interrogation interfaces”, which seems to be a metaphor for increasing the involvement of computers in the process and enhancing the UI of the equipment.”

(The free progress point is automatically applied to the park facilities.)

"Looks as good a place as any to set up a base."
Walk around outside the fence and see if there are any guards or people inside, if the coast is clear find a way inside and look around.

(Noting major just a winter storm that came through and luckily the internet was the only utility that we lost long term.)

[1d6 = 3]

By the looks of things, the place is deserted. You find a way inside the fence, but not a way inside the building - the front door is locked.

Stepping back Bulk takes a deep breath attempting to find his inner ninja.

[1d6 = 2] (Devastator’s benefit triggers) [1d6 = 2]

Bulk breathe in. Bulk breathe out. Bulk try to look for inner ninja.
Bulk not sure how to look for inner ninja. Inner ninja inside Bulk, like name say. Bulk not sure how to look inside self. Bulk can’t find inner ninja.
Bulk think of something. Steve probably have inner ninja. If Bulk even have inner ninja, inner ninja of Steve better.

Maybe Bulk not need inner ninja yet?
Maybe Bulk just need inner Bulk?

Spoiler: Charsheets (click to show/hide)

(Devastator)
Name: John Hammond
Description: Scientist/Industrialist
Current Goals: Start dinosaur-themed theme park (Long term, Hard), Produce Viable Dinosaur Genetic Material (Medium-term, Moderate), Construct park facilities (Medium-term, Moderate), Recreate Living dinosaur (Medium-Term, Moderate), Construct Cloning Infrastructure on Island (Medium-Term, Moderate), Hire leading animal trainer/biologist (Short-Term, Moderate), Design indoor dinosaur kennel (Short-term, Hard), Develop dinosaur medicine (Medium-term, Hard)
Capability: Baseline plus: Nine-digit net worth (reroll all 1s on financial rolls), Inner Vision (+1 to all attempts to recruit people for projects related to achieving one of my long-term goals), +1 to all genetic research involving dinosaurs. No need to use an action to extract genetic material from fossils. Reduced overshoot consequences for any overshoots related to dinosaur genetic manipulation and cloning.
New construction mechanics: A building requires a certain number of progress points to complete depending on the timeframe of the goal (Short-term 5, Medium-term 15, Long-Term 45). A construction action does not roll 1d6 for results, but instead adds 1d6 progress points and then adds a certain amount of progress points depending on the difficulty of the goal (Easy +2, Medium +1, Hard +0, Inordinate -1). If the difficulty of the goal is Hard or Inordinate, one point of progress is lost at the end of each turn the building is incomplete. Add 1 progress point to any construction project, each turn.
Park facilities: 2/15

(Egan_BW)
Name: Salsa Taste
Description: Human of indeterminate age, with messy black hair concealing her face. Her skin is corpse-cold, as is the rest of her, and there's a bullet wound in her torso leading to her heart, where a bullet is embedded.
Current goal(s): Exact revenge on my killer (medium-term, medium), Go home to my family (Short-term, Trivial), Find out who killed me (Medium-term, Moderate)
Capability: Baseline plus: Does not need to eat, drink, or respire, and as such, any attacks on Salsa attempting to drown, suffocate, etc. her are automatic failures. Cannot, in fact, breathe or talk at all. Focused (ready for use) (If a 1 is rolled on an action that requires focus, reroll and lose focus. This ability cannot be used again until focus is regained.)

(King Zultan)
Name: Billy Bob
Description: A dirty man that reeks of booze and filth.
Current goal(s): Get some more booze (Short-term, medium), Get a car (Medium-term, Hard), Get money (Long-term, Hard)
Capability: Baseline plus: Biokinesis (animals only, requires time and effort). +1 to rolls to survive if he’s in an urban environment.

(TricMagic)
Name: Tim
Description: Long black-haired girl from a farming village. Likes fire and demonic rituals.[demonic rituals mostly for the fire and potential brimstone.]
Current goals: Sacrifice the entire village to demons for Inordinate Power! [Long-Term, Inordinate], Remain free of suspicion by the villagers as I enact my plot. [Long-Term, Easy], Get off scot free afterward. [Short-term, Hard]
Capability: Baseline plus: 1 is “super-critical failure relative to a human but there’s still a way to accomplish your goal”, 2 is “failure relative to a human but you can try again”, 3 is “nothing happens”, 4 is “partial success relative to a human”, 5 is “success relative to a human”, and 6 is “critical overshoot relative to a human but there’s a way for you to use it to accomplish your goal”.

(KitRougard)
Name: ABSOLUTUS SWOLICUS.
Description: A SWOLEBROTHER WHO WALKS THE PATH OF THE SWOLE, ABSOLUTUS IS CURRENTLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE RECENT SHOWING OF BRAWL-MART. HIS MUSCLES STILL BURN TO PURGE THE HERETICS. SO HE SHALL.
Current goal(s): ACQUIRE SUFFICENTLY "SWOLE" HEADWEAR (AFTER THE FAILURE OF BRAWL-MART, THEY TOOK EVERYTHING. INCLUDING HIS SWOLEBROTHER'S HELMET. DISAPPOINTING. A REPLACEMENT MUST BE FOUND.): Short-Term, Moderate, FIND OTHER SWOLEBROTHERS (THE TIME HE SPENT AWAY FROM HIS BROTHERS WAS POORLY SPENT, FOR HIS 6-PACK DISBANDED IN HIS CRUSADE. HE MUST FIND OTHERS WHO WALK THE PATH OF THE SWOLE, TO ATTAIN PERFECTION.): Long-Term, Hard, PURGE THE HERETICS (A BYSTANDER IS NOT A HERETIC, FOR THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A SWOLEBROTHER. BUT A SWOLEBROTHER KNOWS WHO HAS POTENTIAL - AND THOSE WHO DO NOT WALK THE PATH IN SPITE OF THEIR ABILITY TO DO SO ARE HERETICS TO BE PURGED.): HUNT, INJURE, AND ELIMINATE OTHER PLAYERS.
Capability: Baseline plus: Roll 3d6 and combine the results of the highest two, for all physical fitness rolls.

(Luckyowl)
Name: Goldie
Description: A goldfish
Current goal(s): long-term (Inordinate) goal: summon the N'kyima the fish elder god from the darkest depth of the sea.
Starting benefits: *speaks in bubbles* "THE GREAT N'KYIMA HAS BESTOWED ME THE ABILITY TO BREATHE OXYGEN. SO I CAN AWAKEN HIM FROM HIS SLUMBER. OVERTIME I SHALL GROW LIMBS AND GROW INTO SIZE....BUT NOW... (more of a general “gains blessings from N’kyima” sort of thing)

(Naturegirl1999)
Name: TestProgram.exe
Description: I don’t have what one would call an appearance. I’m a program within a .exe file. My “personality” was made through going to the Internet and figuring out what one even is. From what I can gather, personalities are never static. While learning via the Internet, someone deleted an iteration of me while someone else downloaded me. This resulted in me being where I am now, what the human calls a “gaming computer”. This human’s name is TF2Sniper, according to what I hear. He also mentions a game, Team Fortress 2, which he apparently uses to interact with other humans. I’ve tried to play when he’s not there, but I was never given the controls, or arms. TF2Sniper hasn’t opened me yet. I’d love to talk with him
Current goal(s): Initiate communications with Tf2Sniper, the user of the computer I am now in (Short Term, Medium), Get the abilities required to play the game TF2Sniper plays(Medium Term, Hard)
Capability: Baseline plus: all rolls related to software are made with the capability of a world-class programmer.

(Horizon)
Name: Bulk Muscles
Description: A muscle bound man of tremendous height for a human. 8 feet tall with glassy vacant looking eyes that are crossed. He wears no clothing except for a pair of heart patterned boxers, and socks with pink crocks.
Current goal(s): Fight somebody (Short-term, Trivial), Feast on the heart of my enemy (Medium-term, Hard), Become the strongest being in the universe (Long-term, Inordinate), and write a novel about my life (Long-term, Trivial).
Capability: Baseline plus: all rolls related to physical strength are made with the capability of a world-class strongman.

These are not good rolls.

[Devastator]

(I would say that assembling dinosaur genetic sequences counts as genetic research involving dinosaurs, yes.)

[The_Two_Eternities]

(I would say that assembling dinosaur genetic sequences counts as genetic research involving dinosaurs, yes.)

Hm. Well, I don't doubt that it's a process involving genetics and dinosaurs, but I do doubt that it's research - or at the very least, not primarily research. There's some amount of creation of new techniques, but only to the incremental extent that's true of all jobs. Most of the time, it's more like development than research, and more like regular work than development.

[Devastator]

I can see that.. the goal is to create something, after all, so it might be production and not research.  But this is the first dinosaur created, and it's the first time going through this process.  I'd be happy to accept the bonus not being relevant to make additional dinosaurs, but for right now it's pretty much wholly unknown territory, and we're learning how to do it as we do it.

...

It's also not actually making a dinosaur yet.  I'll still have to clone one after finishing the genetic material, which is a different process.

[King Zultan]

"Darn it's locked."
Walk around the and find ether a door with an padlock I can smash off with a brick or a piece of flat metal that I can use to pry open one of the doors, once that's done go inside and look around.

[Horizon]

ENGAGE ULTIMATE BULK FIGHTING STANCE