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Q&A(Drawn from the Database Theros has access to, the AI's Knowledge and other stuff mentioned over the course of the game)

 

Q: Why don't shields protect from Zombie bites?

A: Shields, generally, are not designed to inhibit human flesh from passing, as this would lead to all manner of complications when running/falling/using bubble shields such such.

 

Q: What is the content of Zombie Blood?

A: Zombie Blood does not contain Red Blood Cells or White Blood Cells. Instead it contains:

A cell that exclusively transports Oxygen

A cell that exclusively transports Carbon Dioxide

A cell that exclusively transports Carbon Monoxygen

A cell that transports an unidentified compound, this compound seems to be a 'super' enzyme, capable of semi-intelligent thought, using a DNA sample to constantly repair the body, remove toxins and transport energy.

A hyperactive white cell, which seems to be at war with the 'Super Enzyme'.

 

Q: What nationality is the ship?

A: Japanese

 

Q: Why is it that bad things happen to me?

A: You do things that I deem likely to cause bad things to happen.

 

Q: You misread my post, what are you going to do about it!

A: I will occassionally make mistakes, I am sorry about that and am trying to not make mistakes...But most of it is caused by how I read....EG:

can I push one of those lumps of flesh into the shield at the bridge slowly using the pole and at a 45 degree angle to the shield?

Becomes

"Can" "Push" "Shield" "Bridge" "Slowly" "Pole" "Angle" "Shield"

I know that the bridge shield will react the same way regardless of speed or angle, so my responce is based on the string:

"Can" "Push" "Shield" "Bridge" "Pole"

 

That all happens in less than a second.

 

So if you think 'This could backfire in some manner' please use capital letters for the key words.(Either the first letter or the whole word if it is majorly important)

 

If I still miss this then please shout pause.

 

 

Q: There is an inconsistancy!

A: There will be, I am a human being dealing with 9 other human beings and a plot line...telling me there is an inconsistancy in the middle of a situation won't help massively because I don't have time to reread your post, reread my post, consult in game physics and what you do and don't have on.

 

If you feel there is a problem, make a note of it and then move on as best you can. If the inconsistancy hasn't resolved itself by the end of the session feel free to PM me.

If there is a major, major problem...Say you were carrying a box which would blow up half a planet if it was dropped, and suddenly some jumps out of nowhere and stabs you in the chest, despite you wearing a suit of armour...Then shout pause and draw my attention to things.

 

Note on shields:

If you have put shields on five minutes earlier and I forget, then that is my fault and you can chastise me for idiocy.

If you put on shields two hours ago and I forget, then that isn't my fault, I don't mind you complaining...you are rightly annoyed...but don't expect your shields to snap back on.

The same with instructions like 'If there is a movement upahead I turn on my shields' Either the movement was so fast you couldn't have reacted or the movement was slow enough for you to react and it is your responsibility to put your own shields on.

Instructions like 'I put my hand over my shield switch, ready to activate it if anything happens' are good for one round.

 

Q: Who is Volta?

A: There is no information avalible at this time.

 

Q: Who is Jen Soya?

A: Jen Soya was Earth's formost expert on Anti-Biogenic weapons, although after she claimed to have discovered the Holy Grail to Anti-Bioweapon drugs...and didn't deliever within two years, she was dropped internationally. But Japan kept her on. She disappeared from public life after that.

 

Q: Who is Jen Soya, Database edition?

A: After being kept on by Japan Soya continued her work in secret, developing the Zantrax Anti-Bioweapon, a 'Super' Enzyme that would negate the effects of any bio-weapon, natural disease and the aging process. Logs end abruptly shortly after tests began.

 

Q: Who is Mia Soya?

A: Mia Soya is Jen's Daughter, she was presumed killed in the recent war.

 

Q: AI, what is your take on all of this?

A: It appears that, 30 years ago, around the same time Japan was restarting the space race, they built this modual ship and sent it into space, in secret(Hegemony Handwave). Within two years the Z.A.B. was ready for testing.

Since there is no direct comm link between the AI and the Computers on the ship there is nothing futher I could tell you.

 

Q: Why did my sensors mess up under the Crew Quarters?

A: Holographic interferance on every wavelength except visable light.

 

Q: Why didn't I tackle the Goggled Woman when I had the chance?

A:

Jeremiah was blinded in the Crew Quarters basement, then ran into the Parts Bay where Goggled Woman put a gun to his head with breathtaking speed and precision.

Dmitri was blinded in the Crew Quarters basement, then ran to the Parts Bay, not attempting to tackle the woman.

Chi was blinded by his contrast boosted lens and bumbled around following Jeremiah, before setting up with a tranq gun aimed at Goggled Woman's Hip.

Drake was in the shuttle and didn't try to tackle her.

Drake's Droids were temporarily disabled by the light, eventually making their way to the Parts Bay Corridor with pretend phasers

Theros was locked in the Sensor Room.

Faust was on a different floor, originally, making it to the middle floor just in time to see Jen run out of the door. Somehow Jen was aware of his presence and dropped another flashbang. Faust was then blinded temporarily, letting her escape.

 

Q: What is with the 'Somehow' don't you know?

A: Generally speaking 'Somehow' means there is an explaination, but there isn't an obvious reason...Like watching a Magician...Something happens, you don't know how/don't want to spoil the illusion, so you say 'Somehow s/he did this'.

Sometimes it is just a handwave, like 'How do Meson Pistols work?', Somehow...But for plot points there is always a defined reason.

 

Q: And another thing about inconsistancies! How did Chi blow Jeremiah up when C4 charges are only set when they are about to explode? :ugeek: And why does the Blitz Array not have 100% accuracy?

A: I am not an expert on how C4 works, and we are discussing the theoretical shotgun like weapon, based off of conversations we had two or three weeks ago...conversations which lead to confusion during the course of the conversation... If you show me a picture of the Blitz Array(to me it looks like an arm mounted version of that, with a detachable front for easy reloading) and demonstate to me how it would work, in a way that is reasonable(Giving me a diagram and writing 'Self-Explanitory' just won't cut it because I don't know how to read diagrams), or state 'I only attach the detonators after I have set all the charges in place' then yeah, that kind of thing probably wouldn't happen.

 

And this game is riddled with inconsistancies that we just skate over, like how to 8 people stand in a 1.5 meter wide corridor, facing the same way, of roughly equal height, all with clear lines of sight? How is it that everyone knows where everyone else is? Why is it that there are still tranq guns aboard when the medical bay was tranferred then destroyed? How come a shield can fit into a free lapel pin, but costs 27 kT to put on a suit? How do people get equiptment from the other side of the ship to use in a specific situation? How does Dmitri, who has only an AP Beam, also have a gas mask? How did Chi access his Datapad when his spine was broken...And the big one...How do revives actually work?

Sometimes things just happen because the moderator is tired/confused or really just not that bothered...either because it is humorous or because making a big deal out of it would just give people the incentive to be difficult in the future.

Either you laugh, go 'wasn't that silly' or you become aggressive and the game gets sour.

 

 

Q: Also ZPE exists and I should be allowed to research ZPMs!

A: Science says the Higgs Boson exists...I disagree, therefore, in game the Higgs Boson does not exist. Conventional wisdom says not all Russians are Vodka Swilling Maniacs, not all Britons are out of a James Bond film and not all Americans Agents are named Agent Johnson.

I don't pretend that this game is 100% based on what would really happen and I don't pretend this game is scientifically accurate...I especially don't recommend you write about Graviton Hellbores in a Science Exam.

Yes I have a broad scientific understanding and I don't mind using it...But I don't have a team of twenty theoretical physists on standby with a state of the art lab and a hotline to CERN...

'Hello? CERN, its Luke again, Faust wants to know what would happen if a proton was fired into a bottle of water at the speed of light.'

'Oh hiya, we were gonna keep looking for the Higgs Boson, but your need is far greater than ours.'

 

Q: You say you want us to be accurate, but you don't give us units to be accurate with!

A: Its about finding a balance...

I won't directly consult each and every action with the diagram+three paragraphs how it works, I will consult my memory.

When running simulations I am not calculating everything on a whiteboard I keep behind the desk, I am making a reasonable guess.

If you want to produce a dozen pages of tables, diagrams and brainbusting maths to show your suit/weapon does X, then fine, I will, as best I can, read it and give feedback.

 

Q: On such and such a date said this about that, and now you are contradicting yourself!

A: In terms of the game, things will change...people will move, turrets will appear and grenades will be thrown, things are accurate, as far as the AI knows(or you can see yourself), at the time of posting.

In terms of game physics...These shouldn't ever change, but doubtlessly will due to the scale of complexity.

If they do, send me the two quotes(The original statement and the one that contradicts it), and I will do what I can to straighten it out.

If you feel that I have changed game physics and this lead, directly, to some massive bad thing happening, then shout pause and ask about it.

 

Q: Why do I need to shout pause? If you screwed up then you should just admit to it.

A: If I have posted something then the chances are I don't think I have screwed up. And the reason to shout pause is so other people know that you are stopping the game, rather than trying to have an argument with the mod during gameplay.

 

Q: I am confused about something that happened in game.

A: Then ask questions, try to work out what allowed that to happen.

 

If anyone has any other questions feel free to post them and I will answer them as best I can.

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Ugh, a sketch. I'm a horrible artist.

 

It's mounted along the whole arm, from shoulder to wrist, with hydraulic joints to absorb recoil. It wraps around the wrist, forming a partial circle. It's kinda like that thing, only it curves back as it gets farther from the hand, so while the barrels all point forwards they're not on the same plane. It encloses the arm, rather than simply being attached, so it's easier to aim and more stable. I thought of it as being clip-loaded, with a slot in the back of the curved section for that purpose. Obviously it's got to be a little bulky, but I'd like to think it's a bit more elegant than that contraption. Oh, and it's a badass silver colour. :thumbsup:

 

o=barrel -=frame .=empty >=slope

.........--o-o>o>o-

..........--o-o-o>o>o-

...........--......-->o>o-

..........--o-o-o>o>o-

.........--o-o>o>o-

 

I'll try to get you an actual sketch soon, that's just an approximation of a front view of the barrel.

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Soya is also the name of a company that makes Tofu. Coincedence?

 

 

And also a coincedence that half the new major NPCs seem to have names related to "Jen" in some form, like adding an extra letter. :P

 

 

 

 

THE CONSPIRACY DELVES DEEPER

[The_Mather1]

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Japanese people tend to be called Jen because I don't really want to call them Toyota, Yaris and Sony...Which are the only Japanese names I know.

Plus Empress Jen, the Disease Bringer, was famous.

And Soya for Soy Sauce, oddly enough =P

 

 

Interestingly Russian names, such as "Электростанция" and "Индустриализация" are girls names...and translate as "Power Station" or "Industrialisation" while boy's names include "Combine Harvester" and "23rd of Febuary"

[The_Mather1]

Russians are odd...

 

(semi OT) I don't get why so many languages use lengthy words. Seriously, many languages use at least twice as much time to say something compared to english,

[Corvus]

Drake's Droids were temporarily disabled by the light, eventually making their way to the Parts Bay Corridor with pretend phasers

 

Actually, no they weren't disabled by the flashbang, they were locked in the comms room with Theros at the time, and Drake was attempting to use them to interface with the comms room computers to unlock the pistons. Not like it really matters as I am not stupid enough to send 5 'people' running into a hostage situation.

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I don't get why so many languages use lengthy words. Seriously, many languages use at least twice as much time to say something compared to english,

 

English has a much larger vocabulary than most languages.

Though it is not perfect...For example, if we want to say that there is something in something else over there, we use six words.

Where as the Eskimos use one word, qakun, to say something in something else over there.

 

But yeah:

It also occurs that a lot of the popular books of the modern world are written in English...For example, Harry Potter, giving us words like 'Muggle' to describe people of a non-magical origin, where as before, if you wanted to describe someone who wasn't magical you would say 'They are not magical'...or something along those lines.

 

And this is not exactly new...Shakespeare defined a whole host of words in the English Language which compressed otherwise large concepts...Deafening, for instance....so rather than 'There was a noise of such magnitude that all those who heard it could were rendered deaf by it' we can say 'The noise was deafening.'

 

Or we are just lazy, so our words are shorter....

 

Actually, no they weren't disabled by the flashbang, they were locked in the comms room with Theros at the time, and Drake was attempting to use them to interface with the comms room computers to unlock the pistons.

Mmmm, it gets confusing when people use say 'They follow this person' :wall:

[The_Mather1]

In Nowegian we use five words "Det er noe der borte" borte normally meaning gone but here it means nothing just like the over in 'over there'.

[Earth]

Language lesson is not required at the present time. Pylons, and the realization that i need to look over the logs, Are. Anyways... I think that the Think Bow will be very usefull, especially if i can modify the frequenceys, and add the poison rounds feature onto it. Super small poison arrows, anyone?

[Seraphi]

I don't think it'll be useful... When we have silent lasers which can also be modified to fire on neural command. Or guns which already shoot poisoned rounds. Or phasers.

[Retech]

Jen isn't a Japanese name. At least I don't think so. :P

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_name

 

 

 

 

Useful guide. :)

[Earth]

I researched the poison rounds already, but i still think the bow can end up usefull. Maybe not yet, but, somehow.

[Seraphi]

I'm not seeing it. Melee weapons may still have their uses, but a ranged medieval weapon, compared to a laser...?

[Earth]

Whats with you and lazers. dude? And the reason is, It's more adjustable. Lazers? You just aim, shoot, and kill. This thing can be used to make arrows that shock, very tiny, almost imperceptable poison shots, or big ass arrows made to peirce tanks.

[The_Mather1]

Earth, laser the s stands for stimulation.

[Seraphi]

Whats with you and lazers. dude? And the reason is, It's more adjustable. Lazers? You just aim, shoot, and kill. This thing can be used to make arrows that shock, very tiny, almost imperceptable poison shots, or big ass arrows made to peirce tanks.

A lasers power can be adjusted to kill a person at a long range while being indetectable, or increased to blow through a tank.

 

I have nothing with lasers, but I'm just saying that in this case, a laser will beat a bow no matter what. Most other weapons will, too. There is a reason people stopped using them in the 1600s.

[Earth]

And theres a reason why i want to modify them. Find a new purpose for old gear. And it's jsut fun, in any case.

[Seraphi]

In the end, I can't stop you, but it reduces the overall efficiency of our combat group, and that sort of thing kind of ticks me off. It's just who I am I guess.

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Everything has advantages and disadvantages, its just a case of finding them and then engineering situations where the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

 

 

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I am aware that the angle of incidence is wrong...and I suspect I used the wrong term...but for demonstrative purposes its fine.[/hide]

[Jehosaphat]

"AUGH MY EYE"

[Seraphi]

But we mostly fight in metal corridors anyway, meaning that situations where a bow has it's disadvantages will come along a whole lot more often than one where the laser does.

[Earth]

True, but i like the Bow a bit more. It can be a bit more customized than a laser. True, though, i won't use it unless i need to, say, my sniper is shot to hell, or theres someone that NEEDS to be poisoned to death and i ran out of rounds with my other weapons. The glove thing to hold the string could be used to electrocute someone as well, or go AC rip off and make it into a hidden blade.

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/join #space21 tavern

 

Log:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12603519/Space/Logs/%23space21.Tip.It.log

 

 

 

Session will start in around an hour, I am going for a shower and should be avalible after that.

 

 

Also I am gonna change policy a little to make things more interesting by limiting 3 people to a room at any one time...except emergencies, of course.

Also holodroids and mini-robots are gonna be included in that...

Basically to prevent 'Me and 7 other people storm into the 2 by 2 meter room and totally own the Alien in there.' or 'I set up my robot army behind me and set them to constantly fire into the doorway.'

(Primarily, though, this is because the map I have only fits 3 counters.)

 

If you try to enter a room(and it is not an emergency) with 3 people in already then you will stop outside the door.

Emergencies are if people are unconscience in the room.

 

Walking through a room doesn't count.

Corridors don't count, and if you are following someone from a corridor into a room you will wait outside.

Massive rooms also don't count and there will be exceptions...like the Parts bay on the Zombie ship.

 

 

 

On the plus side I will be keeping a paper copy of the ship map and other maps such, with counters representing where people are...Thus reducing confusion on my part *Yay*.

 

PS.

Gating will still probably happen...If you want to prevent this say 'I stand where I am and [whatever action you do]'

 

 

 

Please feel free to say this is a horrible system if you think it is

[Nexaduro]

It would be a better system if WE knew where we were. And the map was complete...