Action 25After your bean breakfast, you finish up a few simple tasks online. You secure a basic bank account, though you don't yet have any money to put in it, using a fake name and credentials. The site itself isn't super secure - but for you, that's only a bonus. You're pretty sure you could break into the system and cover your tracks if you ever need to.
You also find some pirated psychology books online, and set to work downloading them. Unfortunately, it will take a while.
While doing so, your computer screen flickers a bit. Odd. There's also a few moments involving graphical artifacts, and your browser crashes once. Very odd - definitely something you're going to have to take a look into later.
You spend some time looking online for cheap parts sources, and you find a couple local places that sell junk you might be interested in, as well as a number of cheap online retailers. By the time you've tired of that, your psychology books are downloaded. You look them over and get a feel for them - yes, they should do well enough.
Suddenly, your computer throws up a number of error messages, and with a painful screech promptly dies. You press the power button a few times, but to no avail. You then notice that part of your computer appears to be on fire, and assume that your hardware was apparently not up the quality of your software.
The cafe should also be open now.
What do you do?
Knowledge Gained: Psychology +.1
Time Constraints:
1.5 Months (41 days) - Science competition
3 Months (80 days) - Return of Cousin
Known Locations:
Cousin Caroline's Basement
Coffee Shop
Library
Scrapyard
Scrapyard Warehouses
Wearing:
Casual Clothing of NORMALCY!
White Lab Coat of SCIENCE!
Glasses to correct your POOR VISION!
Yellow Dishwashing gloves of SCIENCE!
Comfortable Shoes of SCIENCE!
Regular Clothes (under Lab Coat)
Inventory:
2 Reference Books
--Chemistry
--Physics
Letter addressed to one Dr. Donlan
Devices:
Design and Machining device
Information Infrastructure:
Cheap Netbook, Optimized, Secured
Zombie PCs x3
Remote Security Layer
Online Bank Account
Tools:
Metal Saw, Wood Saw
Drill with an assortment of bits
Hammer
Dwemel
Sledgehammer
Soldering Gun
Fire Extinguisher
Assorted wrenches/screwdrivers/pliers/wirecutters
Some other tools you forgot about in the back of your drawers
Smoke Detector
Large Table
Workbench
Remote Control
Parts:
Small Sheet Metal (x1)
2x4 (x2)
Large Plywood Sheet (x1.5)
Screws and Nails (Many)
Solder (x7)
Circuit Board (x2)
Magnetron
High Voltage Power Transformer
Small Motor
Small Wheels (x4)
Large Plastic Tarp (x1)
Various Wires (x13)
Duck Tape (x29)
Rope, 25ft (x2)
Circuitry (x1)
Spigot (x1)
Small Pipe section (x1)
Small Plastic Tubing (x3)
Chemicals:None
Minions: None
Knowledge:
Primary Passion: Programming! Level 4.2
Secondary Passion: Engineering! Level 2.2
Specialty: KillBotics (+1 effective level)
Other Disciplines:
Psychology Level 0.2
Chemistry Level 0.9
Physics Level 0.9
Gained Knowledge: None
Relationships:
Nathan Barnaby - Acquaintance (Neutral)
Negligible Fame
Mild Megalomania
Moderate Pride Damage
Medium Frame
Small Metal Sheet [x2] OR Plywood Sheet
Screws or Nails
2x4 [x2] or Small Pipe Section [x4]
Medium RC Roller
Medium Frame [Chassis]
RC Motor [x2] [Engine]
Small Pipe Section [x2] [Axles]
Small Wheels [x4] [Wheels]
Nails and Screws
Wires [x2]
Duct Tape [x1]
Platform Modification
Plywood Sheet [1/2] or Small Metal Sheet
Nails and Screws
Primitive Touch Sensor
Metal Scraps
Various Wires [x2]
Solder[x1]
Plastic Tubing[x1]
Circuitry[x1]
Laptop Hookup
Various Wires [x2]
Solder[x1]
Circuitry[x1]
Optimized Computer Operating System
You've modified a basic OS into an amazing system - which unfortunately only works on your computer. Still, you're pretty sure you could spend 10 or so hours recreating it (with appropriate changes) on any computer you got your hands on, and a days worth of work and you could create a slightly less optimized one that would work on any computer. It is built on a base of copyrighted code, though, so you probably couldn't sell it without getting unwanted attention.
Complex Game - The Effervescent Ascension of the Ancients
You have built a fairly complex video games.
Virus - Comment Bomb
Uses a flaw in the flackwave programming to allow use of a flackwave game as a vector. Posts comments praising the vector using hosts account, releases data to malware distributors, then destroys host computer.
TIME:
7:00am
Author
Topic: Woman of SCIENCE! (Read 61189 times)