Full Version: [OOC] Eclipse Phase: A trip to Renewal
I don't imagine there are any official academic qualifications out on the Fringe but she isn't going to resist local customs. It's entirely possible that she has acquired a number of honorary doctorates in her time on Titan. She probably keeps them in a drawer somewhere....
Well, I thought Dr. Esterly would address her by whatever title was in her public profile, to be polite, so if she usually goes without on, Ms sounds about right.
Thanks for your patience. As far as Dr. Cornelius, those in the team have had no prior dealings with him through Firewall. For reasons unknown, your previous router did not contact you this time. As far as your research goes BlackHat, please let me know if I leave out any information you may have been looking for. I'm putting it in "spoiler" in case people don't want to accidently read it.
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QUOTE (Jimson @ Aug 19 2010, 03:36 PM) 
Thanks for your patience. As far as Dr. Cornelius, those in the team have had no prior dealings with him through Firewall.
I'll edit my previous post to reflect that I have not dealt with him before.
EDIT: Edited.
Also, on the drive home, the idea of using "Ms" in a transhuman setting where sex could change from day to day felt a bit strange, but I couldn't think of a more appropriate alternative when two people are not yet on a first name basis. If anyone has any suggestions that would be more setting-appropriate, I'll be happy to change that.
QUOTE (Jimson @ Aug 19 2010, 03:36 PM)
As far as your research goes BlackHat, please let me know if I leave out any information you may have been looking for.
That is the kind of information I was interested in. Nothing else jumps out that I need to ask at the moment.
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I figured a group search based on any open i.d. coding would be simple enough, and for something as simple as a basic feel for a group kinesics would work for someone used to watching crowds. If you want me to break it down into multiple rolls I am more than happy to.
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Aug 19 2010, 07:47 PM)
Also, if Three and/or Murphy want to pop in on the way to unit C67-j, feel free. More the merrier. Otherwise, we can all meet at the Doc's place and exchange business cards afterward. 
Absolutely not, how dare you! Three is going to be fashionably late.
Wasn't sure if changing smart-fabric clothing into another kind of clothing required a programming test, or not - but it seems close enough to nanofabrication that it seemed reasonable (unless you stored blueprints for several outfits, I guess):
Programming 60 + 10 morph = 70... Rolled a 86
Assuming that failure is like the programming test on pg 285 in that it means the task takes longer and/or has some imperfections, rather than meaning the smart-fabric comes apart or anything (maybe that's a critical failure).
If something more severe should happen, let me know. Once we're inside, Dr. Esterly will probably be distracted trying to reconfigure his "smart" space suit, for a while.
One more attempt at reconfiguring the suit manually: Roleld a 79 (grr) ... after that, he'll just reset it to the factory-default vac suit (a little embarrassed).
Programming 60 + 10 morph = 70... Rolled a 86
Assuming that failure is like the programming test on pg 285 in that it means the task takes longer and/or has some imperfections, rather than meaning the smart-fabric comes apart or anything (maybe that's a critical failure).
If something more severe should happen, let me know. Once we're inside, Dr. Esterly will probably be distracted trying to reconfigure his "smart" space suit, for a while.
One more attempt at reconfiguring the suit manually: Roleld a 79 (grr) ... after that, he'll just reset it to the factory-default vac suit (a little embarrassed).
Also, I edited my first post in this thread to include DE's character sheet, in case anyone needed/wanted to reference anything. I thought I did that on the outset of this game, but I guess I didn't.
QUOTE (Sixgun_Sage @ Aug 19 2010, 07:18 PM)
I figured a group search based on any open i.d. coding would be simple enough, and for something as simple as a basic feel for a group kinesics would work for someone used to watching crowds. If you want me to break it down into multiple rolls I am more than happy to.
Nope, no need to break it down. It does save me a bit of time if you put you skill level down, and any modifiers you might be adding. With your muse's research roll, you are able to find general mesh info on the three standing in front of you (Dr. E, Jonah, and Rebel). As for you Kinesics, something appeared to be off putting at first (pragma's post at 12:04 yesterday), but the group appears to have calmed down and having a civil conversation.
@BlackHat, I would agree that it will just take a bit longer for your coat to form to its new shape.
@all, now that most of you are there (Three arriving fashionably late...does that mean we'll be seeing a flexbot in a tux?
), I will hopefully be able to get a post out today with you 4 meeting Dr. Cornelius. Also, for i-rep, we are going with, if you are a member of it you see it. That correct?@BlackHat, or anyone else who read his research spoiler
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QUOTE (Jimson @ Aug 20 2010, 09:49 AM)
@BlackHat, I would agree that it will just take a bit longer for your coat to form to its new shape.
Awesome. Once we're inside I'll post something to that effect.
QUOTE (Jimson @ Aug 20 2010, 09:49 AM)
@all, now that most of you are there (Three arriving fashionably late...does that mean we'll be seeing a flexbot in a tux? ), I will hopefully be able to get a post out today with you 4 meeting Dr. Cornelius. Also, for i-rep, we are going with, if you are a member of it you see it. That correct?
), I will hopefully be able to get a post out today with you 4 meeting Dr. Cornelius. Also, for i-rep, we are going with, if you are a member of it you see it. That correct?That seems to be the case. Does being a member mean being a Firewall Agent (which we all are, in this case) or having i-rep, yourself (which, IIRC, some of us might not)?
QUOTE (Jimson @ Aug 20 2010, 09:49 AM)
@BlackHat, or anyone else who read his research spoiler
That's fine with me. Also, not entirely surprising since he keeps skipping out of these conferences!
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Aug 20 2010, 09:03 AM)
That seems to be the case. Does being a member mean being a Firewall Agent (which we all are, in this case) or having i-rep, yourself (which, IIRC, some of us might not)?
Ahh...that is a good point. I guess probably the easiest thing to do is to say if you are a Firewall agent, you can view i-rep. What do other people in the group think?
Will work on it, Jimson, as to the viewing i-rep scores, seems fair. I view Firewall security being heavilly reliant on encryptian and cyphers, regularly updated you need someone actually in the organization to get anything usefull (the level of processing available in eclipse phase is the stuff of crypto-nerd wet dreams, which means crypto would tend to be near unbreakable) at which point you really have bigger concerns.
Jonah has no i-rep, but he is a sentinel. Consequently I like Jimson's most recent interpretation.
Put up a brief IC. As usual, no one should let it stand in their way.
Put up a brief IC. As usual, no one should let it stand in their way.
Yeah, I think it makes sense to say you can be a Firewall Agent, but have no i-rep score (either because you haven't done much rep-worthy yet, or because you've "spent" or reputation on something, and are in the process of building it back up). It makes our lives easier, as well.
Making two research rolls to come up with some recommendations for Murphy... like a super advanced Amazon suggestion list.
Research 60 + 10 morph + 20 pattern recognition... Rolled a 7 then a 19
So both the research and the analysis should be excellent successes, even with heavy obscurity modifiers.
I didn't roll any complimentary dice for history or philosophy (since DE would be defaulting at 30), but it looks like he didn't need it.
Since the whole process will take 2 minutes, we can continue conversation around it, but by the time we're done here, DE should have a long list to get Murphy started.
Research 60 + 10 morph + 20 pattern recognition... Rolled a 7 then a 19
So both the research and the analysis should be excellent successes, even with heavy obscurity modifiers.
I didn't roll any complimentary dice for history or philosophy (since DE would be defaulting at 30), but it looks like he didn't need it.
Since the whole process will take 2 minutes, we can continue conversation around it, but by the time we're done here, DE should have a long list to get Murphy started.
The rolls look good to me. I like the conversation going on now.
If I recall correctly Murphy has the heaviest "standup" weapons of the group, as is befitting his role, and he brought his combat gear with him just in case. It is in a pack or case, but he has it.
QUOTE (Sixgun_Sage @ Aug 26 2010, 03:02 AM)
If I recall correctly Murphy has the heaviest "standup" weapons of the group....
Probably. Esterly just has a Stunner and a Shredder under his coat.
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Aug 26 2010, 06:52 AM)
Probably. Esterly just has a Stunner and a Shredder under his coat.
Meant it more as commentary on the fact he shows up to a meeting with multiple gauss tech weapons and what is effectively an underbarrel artillery piece.
Out of curiosity, is Xahn still out there? We, uncharacteristically, haven't heard from him in a while.
I hope so. I did say one post a week, even if it is just "Work sucks this week." or "Life is busy...will try next week." I guess technically he does have till tomorrow. I'll have Dr. C start with introductions while we wait both in game and in real life.
I tried to send him a message, it is possible the system ate it but...
Boo! I'm still alive, and I resemble that 'uncharacteristically' remark. Sorry to bring this into the mundane, but I have recently moved out of my parent's place and into a small bedsit with no local WiFi. So that's why I'm posting irregularly. You'll all be hearing from Three, as he prefers to be known, just so you know, shortly.
Glad to hear it -- I was worried that you had gone the way of most Dumpshock games. I tried to throw you a softball for a dramatic entry, do what you can with it.
Oh, trust me. With Three, dramatic is the rule, not the exception. He DOES describe himself as the comic relief, after all...
Jimson, hope you don't mind me giving orders like a GM. I can PM you the details if you wish.
That roll is intended for everyone, btw. Just checking if everyone notices what Three's got.
That roll is intended for everyone, btw. Just checking if everyone notices what Three's got.
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2666141/ out of 50 on Perception (the penalty is equal to Murphy's enhancements from his augmented senses, if those are not applicable for some reason I will reroll, though that roll would still succeed.)
For any Steven Brust fans out there, yes, I am modelling Murphy's relationship with his muse on Vlad and and his sarcastic, scaly familiar.
Language[German] test
Defaulting to Intuition
25 (0) (+10 hyperlinguist, +20 pattern recognition, +5 morph) = 60
Rolled a 9 (excellent success)
I know I didn't do the first sentence any justice, but I wanted Dr. Esterly to say something along the lines of "Then I will use plain English, Mr. Murphy" in German. Left my sad attempt at autotranslation in there for color.
Defaulting to Intuition
25 (0) (+10 hyperlinguist, +20 pattern recognition, +5 morph) = 60
Rolled a 9 (excellent success)
I know I didn't do the first sentence any justice, but I wanted Dr. Esterly to say something along the lines of "Then I will use plain English, Mr. Murphy" in German.
Left my sad attempt at autotranslation in there for color.
Also, I realized I am making some assumptions that might not be 100% accurate.
A jammer prevents the use of "ranged" slights, which I assumed excluded slights with range of "Self" or "Touch" (Which only leaves "Close"), but I suppose those are both ranges, as well. They are event listed after "Range:"
If I'm mistaken, I'm happy to edit my last post to make it make sense (DE has both ranged and touch slights, and a jammer, so I'm sure he's familiar with its limitations).
Also, when I elude to a jammer being more useful for him, its because asyncs can affect one another with one better range increment, so another async COULD use the nasty slights at range against DE, but couldn't against Murphy (at least, not standard asyncs).
A jammer prevents the use of "ranged" slights, which I assumed excluded slights with range of "Self" or "Touch" (Which only leaves "Close"), but I suppose those are both ranges, as well.
They are event listed after "Range:"If I'm mistaken, I'm happy to edit my last post to make it make sense (DE has both ranged and touch slights, and a jammer, so I'm sure he's familiar with its limitations).
Also, when I elude to a jammer being more useful for him, its because asyncs can affect one another with one better range increment, so another async COULD use the nasty slights at range against DE, but couldn't against Murphy (at least, not standard asyncs).
Well, this is a piece of hardware Murphy, like most, would not be intimately familiar, if I recall correctly the existence of the W.M. strain itself isn't widespread, though I could easilly be wrong.
Nope, that's probably accurate too. Mostly, I am hoping Jimson will let us know one way or the other now, so we know going into whatever.
Since it came up, I'd rather ask now, than when some horrible tentacle monster is about to make with the brain rape.
Since it came up, I'd rather ask now, than when some horrible tentacle monster is about to make with the brain rape.
Any tentacle monsters get the plasma seekers, all of them, in rapid succession. I'm an anime fan, I know what happens if they don't.
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Aug 30 2010, 04:19 AM)
I know I didn't do the first sentence any justice, but I wanted Dr. Esterly to say something along the lines of "Then I will use plain English, Mr. Murphy" in German.
Actually, you said 'good German.' English is Englisch.
Wow, that should have been an easy one to catch.
Although, I did get that from a site of phrases. I wonder if "good German" is their equivilent of someone saying "plain English"... of course, DE proceeds to use english... so maybe I should still change it. EIther way, you guys get the picture. DE is much better with other languages that I will ever be.
Although, I did get that from a site of phrases. I wonder if "good German" is their equivilent of someone saying "plain English"... of course, DE proceeds to use english... so maybe I should still change it.
EIther way, you guys get the picture. DE is much better with other languages that I will ever be.
Got some reading to do it looks like. Sorry, I was out of town over the weekend and had a busy Monday. I should be able to get back to any questions tomorrow.
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Aug 29 2010, 10:50 PM)
A jammer prevents the use of "ranged" slights, which I assumed excluded slights with range of "Self" or "Touch" (Which only leaves "Close"), but I suppose those are both ranges, as well. They are event listed after "Range:"
They are event listed after "Range:"That is a very interesting point. The Psi Jammer says:
Psi Jammer: This device jams frequencies used
by brainwaves within a 20-meter radius. This has
no effect on brain functions, but it does prevent
any ranged used of psi sleights within this area of
effect. [Moderate]
I can take this several different ways. But, being that it says "within a 20-meter radius" I would think it would effect all ranges (close, touch, and self). I would think touch and self would be effected as well, since they are within a 20-meter radius. I was going to search the EP forums on their homepage to see if this has come up, but can't get to it from work. What do others think?
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Aug 27 2010, 07:27 PM)
Jimson, hope you don't mind me giving orders like a GM. I can PM you the details if you wish.
That roll is intended for everyone, btw. Just checking if everyone notices what Three's got.
That roll is intended for everyone, btw. Just checking if everyone notices what Three's got.
No problem. You know your characters more than I do. And fun is the number 1 priority.
QUOTE (Jimson @ Aug 31 2010, 01:54 PM)
I can take this several different ways. But, being that it says "within a 20-meter radius" I would think it would effect all ranges (close, touch, and self). I would think touch and self would be effected as well, since they are within a 20-meter radius. I was going to search the EP forums on their homepage to see if this has come up, but can't get to it from work. What do others think?
Well, it does say "ranged use of slights" which I didn't think would have been necessary if we were intended to prevent all use of psi in its range. In fact, it specifically says that it has no effect on brain functions, but preventing slights with range of self would kind of do that. Doctor Esterly would be a lot worse at math, languages, and pattern matching just from being in range of a jammer.
I imagined it more like a radio jammer interacting with modern electronics, which can prevent wireless transmissions (range of close), but can't prevent wired transmission (range of touch) or the functioning of internal electronics (range of self).
The "Self" range I can understand working within a Jammer. It was when I was thinking of Touch that complicated my thinking, espeically Mindlink (range: touch, Duration: sustained). Say for instance I character wishes to use Mindlink on a fellow PC. Even though the range is Touch, the Psi is actually being produced within the 20 meters, and outside of the range of Self. Therefore, if near a Jammer, it would fail. The next question is, what if the PC current has Mindlink active on them, and someone comes near them with a Jammer? Does it interfere? Maybe I'm thinking too much.
I can go either way on the touch issue, but if we go with jammers working at that range, I'll probably touch up Doctor Esterly's comments (a few posts back) but it shouldn't really change anything. The gist of what he was saying (particularly the fact that against really scary exsurgent monsters all bets are off, anyway) will still be accurate.
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Aug 31 2010, 04:52 PM)
... I'll probably touch up Doctor Esterly's comments (a few posts back) but it shouldn't really change anything.
Edited in place. The conversation still makes sense, so I don't think anyone else needs to go back and edit anything unless they want to.
Included all my rolls in post as well as the caveat about the way I'm using them, just wanted to repeat it here, if there is an issue with my interpretation of how the skills work please tell me.
Well since there has been no objection I would like a very brief overview of the sort of thing Murphy would be able to grab, Jimson. I can fill in most of it myself if you just want to give me a framework.
Sorry for the delay. I typically can't do detail replies on the weekend. I'll try to get a look at it today.
Sixgun, what exactly is Murphy trying to find out? Is it to see what the meeting might possibly be about?
If so, I expect Doctor Cornelius will clear that up for us momentarily, right?
I read it as he was trying to data-dump whatever the recent rumors were on his various networks - on the chance that any of them were relevant to what we are about to do.
Which sounds like a search that would result in a lot of hits, but 99.9% of which will be red-herrings and have no relation to our mission at all - so its probably not worth etiher of you going into too much detail.
Sixgun_Sage offered to fill in the blanks, so Jimson probably doesn't need to spend a lot of time coming up with anything, but if his next post would involve Dr. C introducing the mission AND if there would have been any rumors floating around that would stand out given that critical piece of information, those would be worth calling out. Like, I could imagine D. C mentioning something about some criminal cartel on board Phaelens, and then Murphy could link us to a particular piece of what he found where he recognized that cartel's name, in connection to some other news-worthy story (which still may or may not relate).
Until we get a clue about what the mission involves though, it seems like a crap-shoot. Even if there is a nugget of awesome intel in there, we won't know to look for it until we have some context.
Which sounds like a search that would result in a lot of hits, but 99.9% of which will be red-herrings and have no relation to our mission at all - so its probably not worth etiher of you going into too much detail.
Sixgun_Sage offered to fill in the blanks, so Jimson probably doesn't need to spend a lot of time coming up with anything, but if his next post would involve Dr. C introducing the mission AND if there would have been any rumors floating around that would stand out given that critical piece of information, those would be worth calling out. Like, I could imagine D. C mentioning something about some criminal cartel on board Phaelens, and then Murphy could link us to a particular piece of what he found where he recognized that cartel's name, in connection to some other news-worthy story (which still may or may not relate).
Until we get a clue about what the mission involves though, it seems like a crap-shoot. Even if there is a nugget of awesome intel in there, we won't know to look for it until we have some context.
I think for now, based on the mission (which will be my next post), you will most likely pull up red-herrings, or at least it won't seem like anything of interest until you hear the specifics. I did see you had successful Network: Firewall test, but since you are about to hear the details from your router, I'm going to hold off on writing something up. Most likely, the person you talk to will probably tell you that he believes you router will have all the details you will need. Hope that is ok Sixgun.
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