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Tauros Addendum:

Inner core:

 

Wheels are 2 inches wide and solid metal.*

Server can be used by other AIs, at some penalties. Since you can bypass the hardwiring with great ease.***

If two AIs exist on the platform then the software form will take precedence(until upgraded).****

Tauros can be transfered manually, but cannot be transfered electronically, due to its operating system being hardwired.

Wired ports are mostly archic, with only the USB (Clue is in the name) being of any practical use...in the majority of situations.

The server weighs 1 Metric Tonne, the majority of this weight is the vast memory storage system designed for 50 years of continous storage of 8 senses.

The server can be pushed.*****

The sever has no motors for the wheels.

Memory saved in a high resolution format. (Ultraviolet, Infrared and Radio are the additional senses. The Infrared and Ultraviolet are barely used since they cover only those wavelenghs directly next to visible light(unless upgraded) while Radio stores all 'in use' wavelenghs. This can be set to all, none or any combination in between. The setting defaults to noise cancellation after 20 seconds, and requires 5 seconds of recognisable sound before it begins recording (aka it won't record a single blimp, nor pulsars, though it can detect them, and be set to record them should the need arise)).

Coding abilities can be considered above average.

Power is derived from a Radioisotpe Thermoelectric Generator.**

A UBU, or Universal Battery Unit provides up to 48 hours power and can be recharged in any standard manner.

In addition the unit has 12 different types of power sockets.

Unit also features a Universal Mains Adapter, with various cables stowed in a compartment.

If it is turned off, or loses power, then a significant(read 10 seconds) amount of memory may be lost in the buffer before it is written to memory. *******

The unit does have a standby mode, it is virtually useless, but it has one.******

The unity cannot use power saving efficently, since its harddrives are in constant use writing data from the senses.

The need to record the first five senses is hardwired into the primary operating system (read Tauros), so cannot be shut off without additional AIs in the system.

 

Unit is two meters tall, by one and one half meters wide by one and one half meters deep.

Dust covers cover the myrid of sockets and slots, giving a cuboid appearence.

 

A single large recess is built into the main unit, fitting one standard issue android. This retro design cuts down on memory by over a third and is often cited as the reason why more of these units were not built. The recess is dust covered when not in use.

The server also has 4 different forms of wireless connection. Analogue Radio, Digital Radio, Local Access Wireless and a special Quantum Entanglement connection to its Android. This link is only used to share a passkey between the two, allowing them to use traditional wireless networks to communicate.

This passkey is overrode by direct connection in the event that one or both the qubits were damaged.

 

*Any particular type of metal/other material?

 

**A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG) is a nuclear reactor technology electrical generator that obtains its power from radioactive decay. In such a device, the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material is converted into electricity by the Seebeck effect using an array of thermocouples.

If you want a nuclear reactor then increase the volume by a factor of 8, and weight by a factor of 10.

Cut the time between refuelings by 40 years(RTGs last for about 70 years before they need replacing, with a gradual degredation of processing power over the period. A submarine's nuclear reactor has a lifetime of 30 years, without refueling)

Add some sort of energy spike, since the power produced is far in excess of what would be usable for a computer (The processors would run faster, generating more heat, eventually you would reach a limit...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_voltage_scaling.)

 

***http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwired_control

The hardwiring generates signals which are required to operate systems.

An AI can blunt force these signals (Ironically the huge amount of processors and memory systems make this possible), bypassing the control unit(see Tauros). (This is obviously subject to rolls, since it is random chance they get the right signal on one of the processors.)

 

****Fighting a war between two AIs on the same platform is ultimately decided by their level. I would probably steal the DM system...Level 1 AI gets 1d6, level 2 gets 2d6...First AI to get 5 6s would take control. Being software based gives an extra die against hardware. While being hardware based give you immunity from getting deleted. (Your program reconstructs itself whenever deleted), not powering said hardware negates this advantage until it is powered again.

 

*****Elementary Physics. An object in motion stays in motion until another force acts upon it. A human, for instance, requires time to stop said object. (This doesn't take into account breaks since we are talking about externally powered movement.)

 

******Standby mode would infer it was using a lot less resources, without actually being shut down. Since its base program includes recording everything it percieves, and everything else requires a comparatively small amount of resources...it reduces some intake by a fraction of a percent of its normal intake.

(This is a fairly null point to be honest. Going into Standby Mode has no benefit over remaining fully active...since the radioactive material still decays at the same rate. With the RTG the power (60 watts) could concievably be channeled into batteries. The Nuclear reactor (Going by the Victor Class Submarine) would produce 75 megawatts, which couldn't be stored in batteries for more than few seconds. Changing the control rod configuration would decrease the amount of energy consumed, down to approximately 60 Watts. This lower power could then be channelled into batteries. However, increasing the power output again would take time(Though would be effectively useless, as mentioned before, the server could not use 10 megawatts, let alone 75.)

 

*******As above. Turning off an RTG isn't possible, though you could turn off everything connected to it. Turning off a nuclear reactor will mean you are held at low power(Still far more than you actually need) for two days.

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/join #space9 tavern

[Leiana]

Not going unless I badly can't withstand suffering without space. Besides, not like I can do anything useful.

[The_Mather1]

3 unused merits.

 

I'll try not to delete it again this time.

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Due to several factors beyond my control, and several factors within my control...and it being the 4th of July for Americans(and everyone else, but doesn't have the same significance :rolleyes: ) there will be no session tonight.

 

Next session with be Friday, with the return on the Unity.

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/join #space10 tavern

 

Writing up the interim now.

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With the situation entirely out of control, the Leocwen was forced to leave the surface of Mars, and eventually withdraw back to Earth for summery inquest into the breakdown of trade negotiations into all out war.

 

But the inquest was delayed, then reschedualed, then moved back, until it was finally cancelled entirely. The reason? Electronic meltdown, mysterious mutation clouds and, finally...a crashed American fighter jet, unlike anything seen before.

 

All of these issues dominated the political landscape, and so the Inquest into the Martian Question was eventually dropped, everyone was dispersed to their relative countries, and Tauros was rebuilt to its own specification. Several concerns about the sanity of the decisions were raised, but in the end it was built.

 

After a few months the Unity Crew was put back together, with the shiny new ship and newly restored AI.

 

With a mission to explore the remains of Pluto, things seem to have hit rock bottom...

 

 

Mission details are pretty much as normal.

[Leiana]

Space today?

 

And if there is a session friday either a) I'm going to be late, b) nonexistant, or c) Not attending the whole session

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On a break.

Space seems to have reached a point were no one is particularly enjoying it.

[Leiana]

Oh... :(

[Earth]

I enjoy it. It's just raher frustrating when lots of people do random things.

[Leiana]

I enjoy it too. But get particularlly annoyed very easily and have nothing to do

[Nexaduro]

The random things were what made it fun. :P

 

But yeah, we need a retcon to continue playing... The first Space was the best and things only got worse when things were 'fixed'.

[Earth]

Because no-one had any idea what to do and we always fell ass backwards into adventures.

Edit: And because of that, no-one tried to mod their way into having an advantage over anyone else. Honestly, I think this whole division by countries thing is whats killing us.. We already have enough divisions in the first place.

[Icuownage]

I dunno I was messing around to get myself ahead of you guys

 

- Redirecting everything to Roma

- Capturing Earth

[Nexaduro]

Well there was that incident where I corrupted outgoing datastreams so only my Swiss contractors received any outgoing data...

[Earth]

That was you? I broke that so damn easily it wasn't even funny. Also, you didn't capture me for long, ICU.

[Nexaduro]

Nah, it kept working...

[Earth]

Aww what? I was sure.. Then someone else musta been doing it too. I did routine checks on ship systems, including comms.

[The_Mather1]

Space seems to have reached a point were no one is particularly enjoying it.

The reason for that, at least in my case, is because you're acting annoyed which again leads to situations where I get annoyed and act accordingly, likely furthering your annoyance.

[Earth]

Archi has a right to be annyoed when we pull all of these stupid shenanigens.

[Icuownage]

Earth because npc guard was probably an idiot... If I sent myself to get you, you probably wouldn't of escaped

 

Also I found it weird how you got your weapons that would A be locked away... B Be behind armed protection C Probably have CCTV

 

Even after I stripped you all of your weapons you still had them, and that was part of the reason I stopped playing.

[Earth]

The TBfist is a PART of me. You can't strip it away. Same with the Mine launcher. Also, I used stuff from around the corridor and from the guard to remake my hammer.

[Icuownage]

Just happened to find something that can generate gravitational forces? Cool.

 

And yeah I can, it's called amputation, I did it too Ross when he had his eye, and I'm sure as hell the Russian's would have amputated you.

[Earth]

They didn't. And I used materials to MAKE the hammer, as in from scratch.