Qwertyuiopas: Assist
Flintus10: Look through the files of any secret projects our seemingly normal company was working on!
Toaster: Hop on an empty terminal and parse through logs to see what this Adalf chap has been up to.
Noctis: Make a program to check the recent activities, and retrieve information about Adalf.
Nuker: Help unlock stuff for Adalf.
Frelock: Override hardware interlocks and stuff
Qwertyuiopas: 4+1=5
You sift through the building's mainframes and switch off the security locks that triggered when the power went off.
Hey, if the power is off, what's running these computers anyway? Must be a generator in the basement or something.
Flintus10: 6+1=7 (fffffffff... Well, actually, this makes things easier for me
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You begin bashing at the server's security systems, both figuratively and literally.
The company you work for, Migasoft Cybernetics, is known for it's extensive lineup of personal service robots. Migasoft has gained some reputation for making machines that serve well as impromptu killing machines, even simple floor-cleaners have been known to dismember intruders with minimal difficulty.
Apparently, the rumors of Migasoft working for the DOD aren't totally unfounded. Most Migasoft 'bots are based upon the same basic actuator structure and neural pattern. Explains how two robot butlers can bisect an armed thug, I suppose.
You now have working knowledge of the hardware and software vulnerabilities of Migasoft products, as well as their entire lineup of robots and AIs.
This "Adalf" fellow is an AI controller for some sort of super-duper VR game that the company has been working on. Revilutionary new particle physics simulation technology and stuff. A massively multiplayer game engine, with super-realistic phyisics. The "Adalf" AI is supposed to serve as some sort of administrator, coordinating the game and directing maintenance tasks.
You gain some skill at unauthorised data access.
Your activities did not go unnoticed.
Guardbot 1: "Unautorized access detected. Unauthorized access detected. Attaining permission to use lethal force... Mainframe offline. Defaulting to positive authorization."
Guardbot 2: "Locked on targets. Spinning up..."
Toaster: 1
You get on a terminal and begin poking around. You don't have much of an idea what you're doing. You trigger a security alert!
One of the guardbots is aiming it's minigun at you, and preparing to fire!
Noctis: 4+1=5
You put together a log-reader and begin reading logs. Adalf broke containment about half an hour ago (in an emergency situation such as this, the most advanced AI present is given temporary legal immunity and is to take command of the situation and attempt to prevent loss of life or property). Since then, he has been commandeering computer systems to expand his processing power and attempting to gain situational information.
Nuker: 4-1+1=4
You open up some database servers for Adalf to expand into. Despite your painkiller-addled haze, you're skilled enough to do this with reasonable efficacy.
Frelock: 4+1=5
You open some holes in some firewalls.
Someone triggered a security alert...
Power:
Radium Cell (Qwertyuiopas)
Practically infinite, 100 units available (12V)
Flashlight (Noctis)
495 units (2 D-cells, 1.5V)
Flashlight (Toaster)
495 units (2 D-cells, 1.5V)
ColdHeat (Frelock)
49 units (1 AA rechargeable, 1.5V)
ColdHeat (Nuker)
49 units (1 AA rechargeable, 1.5V)
Multifunction Calculator & Battery Charger
Not connected to AC power.
2000 units (Rechargeable, 12V)
Health:
All players in good health.
Inventory:
Frelock: Tie, Cellphone, Two pens, multifunction calculator/battery charger, Swiss Army Knife, ColdHeat, Battery, Universal Screwdriver, hand-crank recharger, solar recharger.
+1 Hardware & Network maintenance
+1 Basic Electronics and Soldering
+1 Improvisation
Power Armor (+1 to lifting, renders limb breakage irrelevant, non-AP projectiles autofail)
Electromagnet attachments (Allows climbing metal walls at the cost of 400 units of power per meter, +1 to lifting metal objects)
Toaster: Tie, Cellphone, Two pens, Wooden LART, power drill, cat5, jar of thermite, speaker wire, compu-helmet, lightweight exoskeleton.
+1 Programming/scripting
+3 Observance (+1 without helmet)
+1 Melee weapons (Includes Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool)
+1 Dodge/Travel
NoctisVampire: Tie, Cellphone, Two pens, Swiss Army Knife(capable of forming any implement the size of a shortsword).
+1 Programming/Scripting
+1 Improvisation
+1 Charisma/personality
Flintus10: Tie, Cellphone, Two pens, Walther P99, Universal Screwdriver, very old label maker, 20 meters of steel cable, cyborg implants.
+1 Lockpicking
+1 Hardware and network maintenance
+1 Handguns
-1 Movement/Dodge
+1 blade resistance, blunt resistance (chest, legs).
+1 unauthorized data access
+1 attacking Migasoft robots
Nuker w: Tie, Cellphone, Two pens, ColdHeat, Battery, Universal Screwdriver, medkit, Anarchist's Home Companion (+1 to explosives mixing).
+1 Hardware & network maintenance
+1 Programing/scripting
+1 Basic Electronics & Soldering
+2 Basic Chemistry
Morphine in system: -1 to coordinated or mental tasks, +3 to pain and PSI resistance.
Qwertyuiopas: Tie, Cellphone, Two pens, Swiss Army Knife, Universal Screwdriver, radium cell.
+1 Programming/scripting
+1 Hardware & network maintenance (comes with a Universal Screwdriver)
+1 Improvisation (includes Futuristic Swiss Army Knife)
Leg broken, using external support (-2 to running and dodging)
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