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>Previous threads can be found at: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Psion%20Quest
>Behind you, Einstein hovered. You could check his data at any time, you knew: http://pastebin.com/CaAF0yS8

There was a loud whistle as the capacitors charged, and when Anna nodded, you pulled the trigger. The gun jerked in your hands - but only slightly - as it fired a paint slug into the target. For a moment, you wonder why they call it 'firing', since it's all magnetically propelled.
"Now, in my experience, during a firefight with aliens, Murphy's Law is in effect." Anna was saying, as you held the small handgun in both hands. "If there's even the slightest possibility they can flank you, they will. Demiurg like to melt through walls to get around you. And when you're not firing, *keep* your hand off the trigger."
Somewhat sheepishly, you move your fingers, and she nodded again. "That should be it, for now. All you really need to do now is practice with this for a bit, and then I can move you up to something bigger. But anyway, you want to grab some dinner?" She asked.
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>>23682693
I'm not sure I want something bigger. Unless I can strap it to Einstein.

Let's get dinner!

Is our gun a robbit? Try to technopathise with it.
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>>23682693
"Sounds good! Ever had spaghetti?"

"Think I can catch one of the shots with telekinesis?"
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>>23682693
"I suppose I probably should; lets go"

>assuming there is still a marine detachment walking along

"so, whats your name? and do you have any suggestions on fighting aboard a space station?"

>if he doesn't talk to us then we say hello to his suit computer and ask it nicely to fog up his visor and talk to the other one...
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>>23682693
Try saying Hello to the gun.
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>>23682693
"Dinner sounds great! Tell me, have you had pizza yet?"
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>>23682796
this talk to our gun
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You look down to the gun, and try to technopath with it.. but it's only response was that it had a duty to do, ma'am.
"I'm not sure I want something bigger." You say. "Unless I can strap it to einstein."
"Well, that's your perogative." Anna said.
"Let's get dinner! Ever had spaghetti? Or pizza?"
"I've had pizza, but not spaghetti." Anna said, and the two of you walked out of hydroponics and down the ladder, where the two marines stood.
The marines eyed Anna warily as you walked.
"Think I could catch one of the shots with telekinesis?"
"It's faster than you can see." Anna said. "I think you'd run into conceptual problems. I heard from Summer that she can't manifest guns for that same reason."
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>>23682739
Yes, gun drones. We will build all of the gun drones. Just like marines except they don't need air or food or gravity and they can't get mind controlled.
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>>23682864
"Maybe if I can project a field that slows down bullets, or just a TK shield of sorts."
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>>23682864
"That's a shame. I'll have to figure out how to shape the annihilation spheres into a shield, eventually."
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>>23682864
Maybe I can make an area when everything gets TK'd. Some sort of speed limit, maybe, and block bullets like that.

Tell our gun that it's job is to protect us, and it would be best if it didn't let anyone else shoot it at us.
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>>23682864
"Hmm. Speaking of strapping guns to Einstein..."

Wander off into a haze of engineering.
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>>23682864
"Oh! I wonder if my black hole thingy can catch bullets?"
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>>23682934
"Einstein, look into self awareness upgrades."
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"Maybe if I can project a field that slows down bullets, or just a TK shield of sorts."
"I actually know a bit about TK." Anna said. "Mostly since my counselor gave me all the data they had on it, hoping it'd help me. There's no such thing as passive TK, that slows things, or shields.Defensive TK is all reactive. So maybe if you got really good reflexes or clairvoyance... but you wouldn't be able to do it with TK alone."
"That's a shame." You say, and the two of you made your way into the cafeteria. "I'll have to figure out how to shape the annihilation spheres into a shield, eventually."
"The what?" Anna asked, with two plates of spaghetti.
"The black hole thingy. I wonder if it can catch bullets."
"... The what?" Anna asked.
"Heather has some sort of really advanced TK thing." Summer said, her manifestation sitting down next to the two of you, her hair as fluffy and as messy as it's ever been, bangs over her eyes. "She can basically create a pocket black hole. Max wanted me to tell you that the byproduct isn't actually breaking down into radiation like they thought."
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>>23682988
"Oh? It's still giving off energy then? I think I might have invented a new power source!"
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>>23682988
"Then what does it do? Can it be used like a energy source? Fuel?"
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>>23682988
Unfortunately using it for however short an amount of time completely drains me dry and I basically just pass out.

It will be a nice way to get to sleep though. No more sleeping pills.

Has anyone tried prodding the crystal with their minds?
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>>23682988
"Just leftover heat and radiation from the compression, then? That makes sense."
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"Oh? It's still giving off energy, then? I think I might have invented a new power source!"
"It ran out of charge a while ago." Summer said. "If you want it, they'll give it to you. It's inert now."
Anna watched as you twirled your fork, trying to duplicate the manuvuer.
"Has anyone tried prodding the crystal with their minds?"
"... The scientists aren't psionic, Heather." Summer giggled.
"This is good!" Anna said. "Not sure I like all the tomato sauce, though."
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>>23683087
Oh dear. Everything has tomato sauce in it these days.

Try adding more cheese.

"Einstein, ask Dr Manus to send the crystal thing to my workshop."
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>>23683087
"There's other sauces. There's pesto and cheese sauce and white sauce."

"I know the scientists aren't psionic, Heather, but they might've gotten someone to come nudge it! Like you. Are you holding out on me?"
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>>23683087
"next time you go to the machine ask it for Alfredo sauce"

"I think I'd like that; keep it in a wire cage around my neck sort of thing..."
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>>23683087
"You could get one of the sauces that has nothing but cheese in if you're not a fan of tomato."
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>>23683087
just add more parmesan cheese

have Einstein request the crystal we made I want to mind look at it

also lets get to work on making a ship see if Anna wants to help
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>>23683087
"Wanna go see the mystery object after you're done, Anna?"
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>>23683087
"Anna how much do you know about ships? I plan to make a small one like yours eventually, so I am wondering if you can help."
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"Try adding more cheese." You say. "And there's other sauces. There's pesto, and cheese sauce, and white sauce..." You say, trailing off.
"I'll try that next time, then." She said.
"Einstein, ask Dr. Manus to send the crystal thing to my workshop."
"Message sent."
"Wanna go see the mystery object after you're done, Anna?"
"Might as well."
"And how much do you know about ships? I plan to make a small one like yours eventually, so I'm wondering if you can help."
"I know how to fly one." Anna said. "But that's pretty much it. I do have a friend who can get you parts, like a bubble drive and engines on the cheap. Maybe even free, if I count it as one of the favors he owes me."
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>>23683153
well, designing a ship...
we could start with a list of features

once we have that listed we can start either designing a hull or know how to modify a hull should exabutt throw one at us at a survivable speed...
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>>23683217
Go to the workshop, inspect the mystery object and start blueprinting a ship.
"Lets go!"
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>>23683217
"That's excellent! I figured they'd be the majority of the cost too. I'd owe you double though."
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>>23683217
"Excellent!"

Drag Anna and Summer off to our workshop. If summer objects then tell her she can create some pillows and fall asleep and Anna will sit on her. But it would be rude to simply not attend.
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>>23683217
cool that would be sweet

I was thinking of making it with no displays or physical controls technically all I should need to fly it is sensors, a bubble drive engines and a dam good nav computer

>>23683261
this
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>>23683261
Einstein, download schematics for common, and also new to market, 3 crew ships.
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"That's excellent!" You say. "I figured they'd be the majority of the cost, too. I'd owe you double, though."
"You would." She said, and shot you a mischevious grin.

You grab Anna and Summer by the wrists, and drag them away from the table.
"Let's go!" You say, and rush down to the workshop.
"You realize that this is just my manifestation, right?" Summer asked. You drag her regardless.

Sarvesh was in there, with his large four fingered hand attached to his cybernetic wrist, the fingers wiggling.
"Oh, hello." He said, turning. He waved with his new upper arm, and then wiggled his fingers.
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>>23683351
"Hello! I made some weird object today, and now we're going to see what it does."
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>>23683338
no, I tried this several threads ago; exabyte doesn't want to invest that much thought when we will be trashing all but one of the designs...

>>23683351
"Hi Sarvesh, did a package arrive for me?"

"I wonder if the school gets a parts discount or if I can get some funding for a vessel that can serve as an 'emergency evacuation' vehicle..."
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>>23683351
"Hello Sarvesh, I'm stealing back my workshop. You can stay, but if you get in my way I'm working over the top of you!"

Look at general ship layouts and armaments and engine patterns and power grids and such. Try to get the basic plan for the core of a ship together.
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>>23683351
hey you want to help to I am going to build a ship it will be controlled by my mind

also we are going to check out the electric crystal thing I some how made
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>>23683405
>no, I tried this several threads ago; exabyte doesn't want to invest that much thought when we will be trashing all but one of the designs...
I don't want to have to read them, I just want Heather to have. We look at popular ideas and take bits from various bits and then BAM superawesome spaceship of DOOM
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"Einstein, download some ship schematics for common, and new to market, three-crew ships."
"Downloading."
"Hello, Sarvesh. I'm stealing back my workshop. You can stay, but if you get in my way I'm working over the top of you!"
Sarvesh looked at his own abdomen.
"I'm very convex, though. It might become difficult." He said. "I'm afraid I wouldn't be a very good workspace."
"I made some weird object today, and now we're going to see what it does." You say. "Did a package arrive for me?"
"Right here." He said, brandishing a thumb toward a strange canister, covered in readouts, temperature gauges, radiation gauges. Nothing seemed to be dangerous, so you twist it open, and an iris compartment in the side opened, showing you the perfectly spherical white crystal inside.
"It's glowing." Sarvesh said, and tilted his head. "In a pale ... almost bhraskh color."
"In a what color?" Summer asked.
"It's in ultraviolet." Sarvesh responded. "Almost a bit reddish."
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>>23683546
Poke the orb with telepathy, then technopathy, then TK.

Then pick it up and lick it.
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>>23683546
"That's interesting. I wonder if there's any market for singularity compressed concrete. Armor maybe?"
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>>23683546
Poke it with TK.
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>>23683546
"Apparently the color of my hair according to his eyes as well. Seems appropriate."
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>>23683546
We created a singularity right? So this might be some entirely new heavy element forged in the bowels of a blackhole.
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>>23683546

reverence it with any known material, if we have the means to do that.
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>>23683546
>ultraVIOLET
>REDdish
>aside from this

"Einstein contact the techs and ask them for any materials data they have."

place the stone in the middle of the workshop stand behind some sturdy equipment and see if we can decompress it...
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>>23683546
"This...I wonder what it is."
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>>23683569
yes this
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>>23683546
>ultraviolet
>reddish
What.

Anyway, time to do science on it.
Read how hard it is, how dense it is, etc. (the scientists probably did all that standard stuff)
Poke it with TK, telepathy, techonopathy. Get Anna to heat it and cool it to extreme temperatures, and run electricity through it.
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>>23683569
this is a Dave Davis Davidson brand Idea....and I support it wholeheartedly...
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>>23683621
Can YOU see within the UV spectrum? No? Then let the man describe it however the fuck he wants.

>>23683546
TK it a bit, see if we can't get a feel for it.
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>>23683569
I support this.
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>>23683642
thisthisthis
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>>23683715
>Can YOU see within the UV spectrum? No? Then let the man describe it however the fuck he wants.
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>>23683642
>Poke it with TK, telepathy, techonopathy. Get Anna to heat it and cool it to extreme temperatures, and run electricity through it.
sounds good
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>>23683546
Hit it with a hammer, as hard as possible.
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>>23683769
He's trying to describe a color to someone who can't see it. Let's see you try to describe "blue" to a blind man.
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>>23683642
do this
>>23683569
but this first
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>>23683787
It would be hard to describe color to a blind man. But I certainly wouldn't start by saying that blue was reddish, or white was blackish.
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>>23683769
He also said 'reddish'. As in more red than not-red.
Pic related.
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>>23683828
Well, the lower end of the ultraviolet spectrum IS closer to red than the higher end.
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>>23683769
>>23683787
To clarify, he's trying to describe a color *within* the UV spectrum. This is an entire RANGE of colors invisible to humans. So if he says it's reddish, it's fucking reddish.
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>>23683815
>It's based on how the centaur visual cortex works.

You nudge it with TK, and it moves just as it should - though it seemed incredibly heavy for it's small size.
"Einstein, contact the techs and ask them for any materials data they have."
"Materials data has been found within the container." Einstein said, and chirped towards the canister itself.
You reach out toward the canister, and read the data. Apparently it was some new, superheavy material. The scientists left notes claiming that it should break down at any time, but surprisingly, it seemed stable. It was too dense for them to damage it in any way, and it looked like it was perfectly, utterly perfectly spherical at the molecular level.
You nudge it. Nothing happens. So you lick it.
And it zaps you. Just static shock, it felt, but your tongue went entirely numb.
"Anna, can you heat it up?" You ask, licking your lips
Anna nodded, and steam started raising from the sphere. The readouts claimed that the temperature was raising.
"It's heating up fine. I don't want to heat it too much, though."
You nod, and then nudge it with technopathy.
It didn't seem to respond. It responded like if you'd tried to technopath an inert piece of metal.
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>>23683838
It's also closer to green, and pink, and every other visible color.
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>>23683867
Put it in some insulated container. "Try shocking it, Anna."

Then see if it bounces.
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>>23683867
Hook it up to a massive electrical current! Quantum capacitor go!
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>>23683867
"Huh. Well, not everyone can say they made a new material on their own, even if it ends up being a useless one. A worthy first step on my path to scientific greatness!
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>>23683867
"Well, it's ridiculously dense, and stable. It's also a good conductor of both heat and electricity.

Wonder if anything interesting would happen if we threw some dark particles at it?"
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>>23683867
"sarvesh, you said it's glowing in a color I can't see; are you sure it's glowing and not just reflecting a lot on that spectra?"

turn off the lights to test this

"well I have no real use for an indestructible hyperdense sphere; you said that this was your favorite color right sarvesh?" when he confirms this we wrap it in a cage of copper wire and mount it as a bracelet or necklace or some such similar charm for him.
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>>23683867
Well, that's what happens when you technopath an inert piece of metal.


Can we try to test for conductivity/superconductivity?
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>>23683867
>>23683881

We need to see if we can use it in some kind of weapon. But the scientists should continue checking it out first before we do anything with it and find out more about it. We don't want to accidently destroy the world or something becasue we don't know what we're messing with.
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>>23683927
>well I have no real use for an indestructible hyperdense sphere
what... no we have uses for it!
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>>23683927
>when he confirms this we wrap it in a cage of copper wire and mount it as a bracelet or necklace or some such similar charm for him.
how about no.
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>>23683934
"I wonder if the result would be different if I had different starting materials..."
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>>23683867
lets hold it them try to move something else with Tk
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>>23683927
>Not crushing one enemy with a black hole and then shooting his hyper-compressed remains at his friend
But really, there's all sorts of things we could do with it. Not that giving it to Sarvesh isn't a nice idea, we can always make more of them.
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>>23683927
I'd rather just leave it alone for now, we have no idea how it'll react to certain things.
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"Huh. Well, not everyone can say they made a new material on their own, even if it ends up being a useless one. A worthy first step to scientific greatness! Sarvesh, are you sure it's glowing, and not just reflecting a lot on that spectra?"
"It could be reflecting it..." Sarvesh said, tilting his head. You turned off the lights.
"... Yes, okay, it's reflecting it." Sarvesh said.
"How conductive is it?" Anna asked, and Summer looked at the canister's readouts.
"As conductive as copper, it looks." Summer said.
Anna just shrugged.
"It doesn't look like it does anything special, Heather."
"The scientists did say it was inert." Summer said.
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>>23683982
We need to do this with nanotubes.
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>>23684003
"It seems to hold a charge pretty well. Maybe it'll work as a capacitor?"
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>>23684022
...that is not even remotely how a capacitor works.
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>>23683955
so? it's not like we can't make more of them.

>>23683990
this is a very good method of recycling and if we combine the 2 we could make an ever increasing projectile....imagine a planetoid reduced to this volume. good, now drop it on the bad guys base from orbit

>>23683967
again, why not?
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>>23684003
focus Tk through it and into something else also lets give it to Alex and see what happens

any way back to our ship
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>>23684003
"Nothing special? Another dismissing remark like that and you're off the naming shortlist for the hottest new material in town!"
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>>23684003
"Just being stable and inert at that density is special."

>>23684009
But... if you crush the tubes with a black hole they're not nanotubes any more.
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>>23684003
"Nonsense. There has to be something special about it."

It's the end of the day, right? Recompress it with black hole powers.

And try to collapse on fluffy summer, not cold hard station floor
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>>23684003
Give it back to the scientists and let's go find Alex or something.
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>>23684042
>again, why not?
How about you wait untill the poll before you start giving gifts to your husbando?
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>>23684100
While I agree, the only interesting thing it does is be his colour. I think it would be reasonable to give it to him to keep, though turning it into jewelery is a bit much.
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>>23684100
dude, my vote would go to anna

but it's his favorite color and the poor guy more or less confessed pure and unadulterated feeling at us; it would be a nice gesture...

>>23684048
>any way back to our ship
yes please
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"Just being stable and inert at that density is special." You say, and put it back into the canister, twisting it shut.
"Anyway, back to the ship." You say. "Einstein, how are these schematics coming?"
"Fifteen percent completion." Einstein responded. You sigh - it'd take more time before you could design the thing properly.
"Well, while we wait, we could figure out where to get the parts." Summer said.
"You intend on building a spacecraft?" Sarvesh asked, and Anna nodded.
"Interesting." Sarvesh said. "You could purchase a used hull, and fit it with a bubble drive. But even that would be exorbitantly expensive."
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>>23684189
"I'm planning on making as much of it from scratch as I can manage."
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>>23684189
"That's why I'm planning to do most of the work myself."
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>>23684189
"You speak like you have experience with this Sarvesh. Do you have any hints how to build it without being exorbitantly expensive?"
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>>23684189
"I can build the hull, and Anna's got a contact for cheap bubble drives, and they're paying us lots of money."
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>>23684189
It's more a project then anything. I want to make something super awesome.

Getting used parts is probably a good idea. we'd probably have to rebuild everything ourselves so we knew exactly what they were though
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>>23684189
"Money isn't really an issue. I have lots of money.. They're paying us so much by just staying here."
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>>23684189
"and I'm standing in a space station where they pay me exorbitantly for no better reason than because I can literally make friends with computers and sling around black holes..."

"and I have ALWAYS liked a challenge."

"Einstein; message to Max or Manus "does the school get a discount on ship building supplies?""
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>>23684189
"I can build it myself, and I have someone who can provide cheap parts." Glance at Anna.
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"I'm planning on making as much of it from scratch as I can." You say. "And I have someone who can provide cheap parts. And I'm standing in a space station where they pay me exorbitantly for no better reason than because I can literally make friends with computers and sling around black holes..."
"Oh, then that might be much better." Sarvesh said. "Though getting the materials in space might be difficult."
"You speak like you have experience with this, Sarvesh." You say.
"I do, a little." Sarvesh said. "My brother is a shipwright. I used to assist him."
Summer climbed up on his abdomen, sitting there.
"You never tell us much about your family." Summer's manifestation said. "What are they like?"
"Well, my mother's rather... overprotective, and my father is the coordinator for our subtribe. My brother is a shipwright, my sister is still only a moult old... But she's adorable." He said. "I still have pictures of her premoulting."
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>>23684371
Baby alien is probably adorable. I wish to see.
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>>23684371
Drop everthing.

"Show us!"
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>>23684371

have a look at the pictures.

"how is your arm coming along?"
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>>23684371
"I wonder...perhaps we should all take group pictures sometime for memories and parents"
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>>23684371
"ooh that must be cute. Show me!"
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>>23684424
>>23684427
>>23684431
>>23684460
>inb4 the infant pictures are of horrorterrors from beyond the imaginings of mankind.
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>>23684479
>sarvesh would not think horrid creatures are cute.
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"Show us!" You say. Sarvesh laughed, and hit a few buttons on his cybernetic arm - apparently he'd integrated his personacom into it. A projector lit up, and he showed you a video - it was a young, pale centaur, on the desert ground, with just her head and upper arms sticking out of a thick, pale carapace, her arms and mandibles wiggling uncontrollably as Sarvesh's lower arms tickled the carapace. She wiggled, giggling and buzzing, until she caught his hand with one of her pincers - then she started nomming on it with her mandibles. Sarvesh started laughing.
"That's adorable!" Summer said. "Did she have teeth yet?"
"No, no teeth." Sarvesh said. "The tips of her mandibles were more like... cartilage at the time.
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>>23684514
I knew babies would be cute, all babies are cute by default as a defense mechanism!
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>>23684514
"Ooooh that's so cute. I hope she will moult into a beautiful centauress. Anyway do you have any tips on how to get cheap space ship parts?"
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>>23684514
D'awwwww
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>>23684514
"Your sister is so adorable, Sarvesh."
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>>23684514

adorable.
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"D'aww." You say. "Your sister is so adorable, Sarvesh."
"This was a moult ago." He said. "I think I have one more recent..."
He tapped on his personacom a bit, and then the the video changed to a stillframe, of Sarvesh, complete with his cybernetic arm, in the same desert. Behind him, you saw shining domes of what looked like a desert, and standing on his abdomen was another off-white centaur, much tinier than him, and almost... wispy, she looked, her upper arms wrapped around Sarvesh's torso in a hug.
"... Now I miss her." Sarvesh said, quietly. "I mean, it's only been two weeks, but..."
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>>23684671
>Behind him, you saw shining domes of what looked like a desert,
>City, even. Not a desert, a city.
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>>23684671
"Is your home planet filled with deserts or is it just your...subsubsubsubtribe that live in desert?"
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>>23684671

pat him on the shoulder

"you can always contact them, I'm sure they would like that."
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>>23684671
I'm sure you'll see them again soon, sarvesh! Arn't we allowed visitations or something like that?
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>>23684671
"Why not call them?"
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>>23684671
"If you help me build a space ship then we can go visit!"
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"Is your home planet filled with deserts, or is it just your... subsubsubsubtribe that live in the desert?"
"It's only subsubsubtribe, but the latter, yes." He said.
"You can always contact them. I'm sure they would like that."
"Because I did yesterday, and I don't want to annoy them." He said.
"I'm sure you'll see them again soon, Sarvesh! Aren't we allowed visitations or something like that?"
"I... I could pay for Pheles to come here for a day or so." Sarvesh said, thinking. Then he shook his head. "Regardless, back to the space ship."
"Do you have any tips on how to get cheap space ship parts?"
"Normally you can pay a wrecker to find an old ship somewhere." Sarvesh said. "Almost for free, actually. Just enough to cover how much they'd normally get for recycling it, and as much for the travel costs." He said. "You'd have to fix plenty of things up, but it'd certainly be much easier than making it from scratch. Really bad for atmospheres because there's no way to get a tug down to the planet, but here's the perfect place to get one."
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>>23684878
you know any reputable wreckers?
or disreputable ones for that matter?

I'm thinking a small vessel, space and resources for 3 to 6 people; maybe some cargo space; maybe a small workshop; maybe even some weapons that dream got me good and paranoid about things...
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>>23684878
I still like the idea of making a custom ship better, than building on one.
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>>23684878
"Hmm. Tempting. I suppose I'll have to look into what's available."

Guys, I suggest we make the space ship equivalent of a muscle car. Get a light frame/body, and drop a big-ass engine that was never meant for it in.
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>>23684970
Fuck yes. Dual XL Ion engines.
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>>23684878
well then step one is find the perfect junker
to the sensory room
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>>23684878
"All these choices are so tempting. I suppose I could by the raw material or parts from a wreckers and then build it up from there."
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"Hmm. Tempting. I still like the idea of making a custom ship better, than building on one, though." You say.
"Oh, alright, then." Sarvesh said. "My brother knows more about this, but... It'd cost nearly thirty thousand for the materials for a smallish hull, more for delivery, then maybe forty thousand for a small fusion engine, and based on how much thrust you want on it, it'd be anywhere from twenty to two hundred thousand for the engines... And not to mention the work."
He shrugged.
"Do you know any reputable wreckers? Or disreputable ones, for that matter?"
"I know a guy." Anna said. "At least, I have a feeling Weasel does. I can call him to make sure. He's the guy who might have a few spare bubble drives and engines. And he gives me access to weapons, too."
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>>23685050
"I'd owe you again, Anna. But I know it'll be worth it."
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>>23684970
So in other words, you want the space ship version of this?

I can dig it.
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>>23685050
"'weasel' sounds like someone I'd like to talk too. at least for the first phase of construction; I wonder if he can give us some data on some decent hulls..."

>exabyte what funds do we have? what did the workshop cost and what are our average food bills?
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>>23685050
We can get cheaper parts through Anna.
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>>23685105
>The workshop took up half of your first week's funds, and food is negligable. You'll have 15k by tomorrow.

"I'd owe you again, Anna, but I know it'll be worth it."
"Oh, no, just introducing you to people won't owe me anything." Anna said, with a slight smile.
"Weasel sounds like someone I'd like to talk to. At least for the first phase of construction. I wonder if he can give us some data on decent hulls."
"He doesn't actually deal with very much spaceship stuff." Anna said. "He just has access to that sort of thing and owes me a lot of favors."
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>>23685050
"hmm maybe I could talk to some broken machine spirit."
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>>23685154
well I could just jump in a sensory deprivation chamber and look for one my self ... let fate pick one for me
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>>23685154
"That would be excellent. Thanks, Anna!"

"Time, Einstein?"
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Guys I just thought of something. If technological bits have personalities, then rebuilding a ship rather than building it from scrap would mean that every piece of technology on that ship would be fanatically devoted to Heather.

Might be worth it.
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>>23685218
This
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>>23685218
Building it would do the same. People tend to like their mothers, you know.
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>>23685218
Oooh, that might be interesting.
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>>23685218
Heh, awesome idea. If nothing else we can shop around (physically searching) for parts that appreciate Heather's company.
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Rolled 17

>>23685218
>>23685209
why not both?

we could trawl the vastness of the depths for a vessel; one alone that begs to be found and loved anew as a crew should; one that hears our psionic voice and resonates.

we ask it, where it is and if it can try to come to us. and we build upon it with vigor

>>23685261
and people like their nurses too
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"That would be excellent." You say. "Thanks, Anna!"
"Hey, what're friends for?" She asked. "I can call him now, if you want."
"Time, einstein?"
"It is currently nine PM, local time." Einstein said.
"It's about time I slept." Sarvesh said. "Good luck, Heather and company."
"Sleep well." Summer said, and climbed off of his abdomen. "You don't mind if I sit there, do you?"
"Don't mind at all." Sarvesh said, and nodded, making his way out of the workshop.
"Hm. I could even introduce you to him..." Anna said to herself. "But then he'd try and get me to leave this place..."
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>>23685218
Fix the broken machine spirit!
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>>23685218
what >>23685261 said.
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>>23685302
"Well who wouldn't try to get you out of this place?"
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>>23685302
"Oh...have you decided?"
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>>23685302
"Why would he do that? Does he have some kind of grudge? ... Is he a secret brother of yours?"
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Rolled 15

>>23685302
"you could hand him off to me without giving him time to try."
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"Oh... Have you decided?" You ask.
"Yeah, I decided I'm staying." Anna said. "You said that this void queen planned on killing all psions. So... I'm going to have to make sure nobody gets hurt."
"You could hand him off to me without giving him time to try."
"That would work." She said, and shrugged. "But I miss the idiot."
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>>23685460
"Well, your choice, we can call now, or call in the morning after I've done a rough blueprint with Einstein's data so we'll know what we're looking for."
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Rolled 82

>>23685460
we could put him on speaker and not tell him till you get a good straight line for a joke?; you could tell him about the psionicidal maniac, maybe he'll give us a weapons discount...
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>>23685460
hug her.
"Thank you for staying."
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You suddenly pull her into a hug, and she starts to lean away before finally returning the hug.
"Thank you for staying." You say.
"Thank you for not running for the hills when you found out I wasn't exactly human." She responded.
Summer giggled.
"That's silly, Anna." She said. "I'm not human at all, and Sarvesh isn't human, and Jilly isn't human. Nobody cares about humanity, or about what you are. Only about who you are."
Anna responded by pulling Summer's manifestation into the hug as well.

"Sorry to break this up, girls." Damien suddenly said, a box in his hands. "Anna, this is yours."
Anna gave him a Look.
"No, really, it's your TK training kit." He said. "It's a pendulum. You just hang it in low-G, and focus on moving it for half an hour a day. You'll figure it out, eventually."
She pulled it open, and started reading the text that the scientists had put inside.
Damien sidled up next to you.
"Planning on making a ship?" He asked. "Do you want me to look for it for you?"
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>>23685460
"It's best he doesn't come over, seeing as the void queen is coming, anyway. You don't want him to get hurt. We don't know when it will happen..
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>>23685596
"if you look then how will you know if the ship and I have a compatible personality?"
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>>23685596
"That would be good, actually. I'm thinking of building it so it's light and fast, with two engines maybe."
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>>23685596
To think people used to use these to talk to spirits and it was invented thousands of years ago. Now we're using them in outer space, practicing our TK on them. Some things are endlessly useful."
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>>23685596
"I don't know, this is a pretty personal thing. I mean, what if you find one, and then I and the ship aren't compatible? I think I'll try to meet one on my own before letting you play matchmaker."

let's pump this technomancy ignorance the others have for all it's worth.
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I can't wait until we come in and find Einstein like this.
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>>23685694
*pathy, sorry
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"I don't know, this is a pretty personal thing. I mean, what if you find one, and then I and the ship aren't compatible? I think I'll try to meet one on my own before letting you play matchmaker."
"... I'm not playing matchmaker." Damien said. "I'm looking into the future to see what one you eventually end up with."
"That would be good, actually." You say. "I'm thinking of building it so it's light and fast. With two engines, maybe."
"Two engines..." He said, closing his eyes. "And two really big ion thrusters on the sides, with a really damn big .. uh, looks kind of like a solar panel, kind of rounded, on both the front and back?"
"Bubble drive." Anna said.
"Yeah, I see it. You really pull off that beret really well." He added. "It looks actually like you converted a really large shuttle into a ship. Just strapped on the engines and ion thrusters onto the sides, slapped the bubble drive on front and back. Some black tarmac looking thing on the bottom."
"Heat shield." Anna added, dangling the pendulum as she stared at it.
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>>23685703
I'm sure that will only happen if we put a matter synthesizer into him.

Otherwise, how will he manage to make designer drugs for himself?
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>>23685731
"So wait, I just strap some big engines to a comparatively small ship?
...Yeah, that sounds like something I'd make."
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>>23685731
"I don't know... I still think it'd be best if I built her myself."
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Rolled 94

>>23685731
>is he describing anna's ship?

"that might be the past or it might be someone else's ship damien; and why in science name would I wear a beret?"
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>>23685731
"That sounds almost too easy. I think I'll just buy the parts to build it myself, even if it does take longer."
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>>23685772
>>23685790
But what about that poor machine spirit wondering in the vast empty space all alone. We must rescue that poor vessel.
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>>23685817
Get her for Damien and Prometheus then
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>>23685817
you are assuming things.
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"That might be the past, or it might be someone else's ship, Damien. And why in science's name would I wear a beret?"
Damien shook his head. "No, no, I'm talking about Anna. She's wearing this really fancy red beret, and a ponytail. Looks like her ship is right next to it."
"... Does the beret have a snake skull on it?"
"Yeah." Damien said.
"... Oh." Anna said. "I have that one in my room."
"Aaand now it's changing." Damien said, and sighed. "This always happens whenever I look into the future for someone."
"... I don't know." You say. "I still think it's best if I built her myself."
Damien shrugged. "It's up to you, then."
Then he sat down next to Summer.
"This is probably pretty boring, isn't it?" He asked her, as Einstein chirped, signalling that he was done downloading schematics.
"Well, I don't know any of the technologies very well, but it's a spaceship! I've never been in one other than the one that took me to the station." Summer said. "And if I help, then maybe I'll be able to fly it around, a bit."
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>>23685865
"I'd let you do that regardless, Summer."
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>>23685865
"Good point, I should make the controls uplift-friendly."
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>>23685865
OK start working.
"Summer you could manifest some material, right?" "And of course you can fly around, it will be an awesome ship, you'll see."
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>>23685865
"I don't know if I will be able to fly it, even though I can talk to it."
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>>23685865
I want to see you in that beret, Anna.

it's not boring, you just don't think it's interesting.

work until we fall asleep standing up
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>>23685865
"Einstein, bring up an interactive hologram so we can start designing it."
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>>23685817
yes...yes

>>23685833
>>23685833
>>23685840
perhaps we build a ship, then FIND a bigger one going places in the fast one for time critical things or cruising LIKE A BOSS ON A BOAT for the stuff that isn't time critical.

style my friends style, and we get the benefit of comparing the 2 processes one

>>23685865
"zero gee is fun Summer; and damien it might be advisable not to tell someone of my disposition the future most of the time; I might change my mind out of obstreperousness and you'd get another headache like the incident with the persocomm"
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"Einstein, start up the projector." You say, and Einstein does.
You arch your back, stretching, and then you open your mind, reaching out to Einstein, starting to design...

>Requirements for a proper ship!
>Hull: For being a solid thing with oxygen and not just thrusters and computer parts floating in space.
>Computer parts / Life Support / Controls: For not being a rocket strapped to a big metal box!
>Engines: For generating power!
>Thrusters: For not being stuck in one place while not going FTL!
>Bubble Drive: For faster-than-light travel!
>What else are you all going to need?
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>>23686000
Inside must be a shag pad
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>>23686000
guns.
a good sensor suite
perhaps a window so we can TK things directly, instead of remotely?
Bunk space for sleeping!
at least 4 chairs
enough storage so we don't just have to have green and brown stuff
Racing stripes
access to all (most?) important bits internally, so we don't have to EVA to fix things.
heat shield for landing
can we also get a simple AI to do fiddly piloting things like landing and docking?
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>>23686000
If there is room then a small workbench would be nice. also this >>23686041
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>>23686000
We'll also need living quarters, food, and cargo space (those fall under hull, technically). Probably a custom helm setup, and weapons (or mounts for same, at least) are advisable as well.

Landing and reentry gear (if any), salvage gear (if any), docking gear (external).

Let's start with a basic (very fucking basic. we're going to change it later) hull map and then move on to Engines, followed by computers and Life Support.
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>>23686000
Some kind of stasis chamber so that we can take nice food with us without it going off. Or a freezer if you're boring and want to have to reheat everything. None of that green or brown stuff is going anywhere near our ship.
Comfy beds, for sleeping in.
The hull should be extra-armored.
The bubble drive should be extra massive.
The thrusters should be fast and capable of VTOL.
Probably no weapons yet, but weapon mounts for later.
A quantum router thing.
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>>23686000
A roughly aerodynamic shape so it can handle entering atmosphere if we need to.

Thrust pods on the wing-tips for extra maneuverability.

Balanced center of gravity, place heavy armouring at the front to balance it out.

Make sure we route the ion-fuel through reactor heat-exchanger for extra thrust efficiency.
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Rolled 98

>>23686000
weapons
of the sort for making pillars of terrible light like anna's ship; and for mincing opponents less heavily armored than a main battle tank or heavy battlecruiser

chairs

cargo space enough for the fun toys we might want to have should we land on a strange planet...

deep pile shag carpets on all non-control surfaces; also a space romba that can handle all that work and odd shapes

"for when life hands you a Jeffery you can stroke the furry wall"
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>>23686071
>perhaps a window
Yes, let's put a giant weak spot in our hull. Great idea.
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also get our friends opinions on things as we work.
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"What about guns?" You ask.
"Not an option." Anna said. "Not really, anyway, unless you have connections to the highest echelons of the UPA. You wouldn't believe the issues I had trying to get the Wyvern here."
"A good sensor suite, of course. Perhaps a window so we can TK things directly, instead of remotely?"
"That sounds like a good idea." Anna added. "You'd need a blast shield for the windows though. Maybe for the sensors, too."
"Chairs, bedding, bunk space..." You say, marking it all out. "Racing stripes."
"An aerodynamic shape for atmosphere, and a heat shield, so we can enter atmospheres..."
"... Sounds like you want to make a copy of the wyvern." Anna noted.
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>>23686179
"But with an ice cream machine."
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>>23686179
"Not exactly a copy, but the Wyvern is full of cool things! I think it will be a bit bigger also, since Wyvern can only really carry two people."

"Also there has to be enough storage space for real food, there's no way I'm carrying nothing but green and brown stuff."
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>>23686179
nope, cause I'd like some cargo space and I want to be able to carry more people...also I want an ice cream machine
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>>23686179
Pause. Think about that for a moment.

"Maybe I should go a different route. Go for something closer to a salvage ship. Slightly oversized hull for cargo space, tug-style overpowered engines. Landing capability, though, even if it will handle like a whale in atmosphere."
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>>23686179
"Yours won't have shag carpeting or an ice cream machine.

The Wyvern is a good design to base stuff off of.

I actually might be able to save weight and space if I made the controls bare-bone or non-existent and asked it to do stuff with Technopathy, though that would limit the pilots to just me. Probably not a good idea."
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>>23686179
"I wouldn't put it like that, but Wyvern is cool. Speed isn't too pressing a concern for me, but it would be nice if I could visit my parents and stuff directly, without having to use atmospheric shuttles and the like."
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>>23686242
change whale to space squid and I'll support this bigass change in design doctorine...
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>>23686254
That way no one can jack our ship.
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>>23686179
"In my mind I see it more like a raceship than a fighter."
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>>23686242
You know what sounds almost exactly like a Heather spaceship?
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>>23686279
The particular large sea animal used to describe the ship does not concern me. It may be described as handling like a squid (fast? Yes. Maneuverable...not so much.)
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>>23686302
My favourite space ship of all time.
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>>23686302
A super-fast, armored salvage corvette. With ice cream. I can get behind that.
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You pause.
"... Maybe I should go a different route." You say. "Go for something closer to a salvage ship. Slightly oversized hull for cargo space, tug-style overpowered engines... Landing capability, though, even if it will handle like a squid in atmosphere."
"You shouldn't need it to be aerodynamic if you have a heat shield." Anna said. "You could just drop like a stone, and if you have strong ion thrusters, you could point them all straight down and have them slow your descent."
"... You know, you could probably even dump a bunch of maintenance drones into the back." Damien said, elbowing one of the two you had in the workshop. "Have these guys fly out to mine asteroids and salvage junk. That way you only have to build the ship halfway, and have these guys get the materials for the rest. Or something."
"Ooh, that sounds good." Anna said.
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>>23686375
"That does sound good.

I wonder how many drones I could control at once with my mind."
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>>23686375
Ooh, I like that. You guys are awesome at this!
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>>23686375
I'm neutral on ship choice. The only thing I'd like to see is engines that are truly too large for it.
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>>23686343
what game is that from?
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>>23686375
"Damion you're getting sneaky with your predictions aren't you? I approve"

so we build a barge with terrifyingly beastly engines, spacious crew quarters, and a workshop and drone army...
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>>23686468
Homeworld. One of the best strategy games of all time. You should try it out.
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conceptships-blogspot-com
Inspiration!
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You know what will end up happening is we'll end up building a carrier having three or four different type of ships for different jobs.

And I'm okay with if we can pull it off.
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>>23686508
Replace hyphens with periods, obviously.
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>>23686508
I like this one pretty good... Might be a bit big though.
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>>23686513
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>>23686555
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>>23686375
"If we can reshape the hull anytime, it might be even fun. Is it possible Anna? To reshape the hull into some areodynamic shape?"
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>>23686555
>>23686561
Those two are bloody huge, we don't have space for them
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>>23686571
I wouldn't think we could do it on-the-fly, but if we've got repair drones and mining drones, we could probably refit as we felt like it.

Just keep building until we're happy with what we have.
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>>23686561
That's a carrier. It's probably bigger than the space station.
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>>23686508
This one's pretty rockin'
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>>23686586
I think he means making it like a transformer. Only instead of going from a car to a humanoid robot, go from a space ship to a more aerodynamic shape.
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>>23686598
>sponsorships

Well that's one way to get the money I guess...
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>>23686513
>>23686547
>>23686555
>>23686561
>I actually intend on making a 3D model of the ship when you guys are done, so these are helpful. Though it'll probably take the most inspiration from the Hiigaran salvage corvette.

"That does sound good." You say, and add a 'drone bay' to the side. "You guys are awesome at this!"
"Now... we need some *beastly* engines..." You say. "And an ice cream machine! And lots of food storage. No green and brown stuff on my ship."
You bite your tongue, and get to work.

Anna was asleep on Summer, Damien snoring on a table not far from you, and Summer's tiger body was wearing Anna's beret- which, you noticed, had the same marking as the one on her tattoo - and your ship was done.
Well, the design, at least. You'd still need a ton of parts, but you could probably make the primary engine now, if you had time.

"Einstein, time?" You ask.
"Eleven PM." Einstein said.
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>>23686598
That looks more like a shuttle than an actual spaceship.
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>>23686624
We've still got four or five hours to work! Lets get started!
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>>23686624
"....science." and then back to work.
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>>23686610
That would constitute 'on-the-fly'
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>>23686624
well it's late

lets TK lift and carry them to their rooms one at a time; it'll be good practice for us.
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>>23686624
Do a bit of tinkering, then sleep.
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>>23686624
Another ship
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>>23686624
Let's go to sleep? We have exhausting classes tommorrow.
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>>23686747
One final one I have in my stock.
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>>23686624
Time to hit the rack. I would suggest getting everyone to bed, but I don't think it would be practical.
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>>23686624
Work on the engine, look at some prototype designs maybe. Maybe even design our own new type of engine.
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Hey, a lot of energy went into making that crystal, wonder if we could use it as nuclear fuel.
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>>23686756
I do like this one, but it's a little too massive.

>>23686840
Very nice. you can see the drone bays along the back, and the grabby bit at the front.

It's even got a headlamp.
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"Science." You mumble, and then gently nudge Damien away from that corner of the room.
With quite a bit of work (and inadvertently awakening Summer) the two of you helped Anna and Damien to their beds, then made your ways to your own. You were asleep before you knew it.

WE ARE THE VOID QUEEN.
YOU SWIM THROUGH OUR INFINITE DEPTHS, SEEKING GOD'S THRONE.
THE THRONE IN WHICH WE SIT.
YOU AND YOUR KIND ARE MORTAL.
YOU SHALL ONE DAY DIE, EVEN IF WE MUST CAUSE IT TO BE.

You snap awake. Summer was out of her bed, and Einstein was beeping, warning you that it was breakfast time. Apparently his tip had updated, as well.
>http://pastebin.com/CaAF0yS8
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>>23686844
Hey Exabyte where does this crystal sit on the periodic table or is it some kinda new compound? I think it would be interesting to explore the applications this new material has.
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>>23686840
That's pretty good. Its got three engines, drone bays, probably good cargo space. Room for the luxuries we want... not bad.
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>>23686881
"Summer, we're rich!"
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>>23686881
"Hookers and champagne for everybody!"
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>>23686881
Time to run into the cafeteria in our pjamas and order lobster for breakfast!
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>>23686885
My guess is that it's in the Island of Stability, probably has an atomic weight of above 112, we could throw a small portion of it into a mass spectrometer.
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>>23686881
Frantically shake Summer awake
"Summer did you hear that?"
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>>23686950
Oh wait, she's not there.
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>>23686933
I mean atomic number.

Actually given that its half life is pretty high it's not one of the ones we already know about so it's probably above 118, probably has an atomic weight of above 300.
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>>23686881
So psionics leads to immortality and godhood?
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>>23686881
"Woo, payday!"

A flying saucer shape for the ship might be amusing. Also here's an Aran because fuck yeah, it can carry carriers. Maybe it could work for Ishelda or something.
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>>23686933
Exabyte in this setting have any Period 8 Elements been discovered yet? Any progress with the superheavy elements to show that cold fusion isn't just theoretical?
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>>23686930
yes.
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>>23686881
"Summer wake up! We have an aniversary! We are here for a week! And do you know hat does that mean?"
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"Summer, we're rich!" You say, looking over to her empty bed.
"... Oh." You say, and get to your feet, running your hands through your hair. You make your way out to the cafeteria, groggy and rubbing your eyes, still wearing the shorts and T-shirt that made up your pajamas.
"Morning." Damien said, with a wave. He was trapped on the ground, with Summer sitting on his back. Her manifestation was frowning.
"I am *not* going to uplift another tiger like that." Summer was ranting, then she froze when you walked in. "Um. Morning."
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>>23687052
Ignore their shenanigans.

WE'RE RICH!
It's lobster time!
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>>23687052
"What'd he do this time?"
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Rolled 60

>>23687052
"morning summer; damion make an impolite suggestion?"
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>>23687052
"I see Damien makes a great seat. But seriously what has happened here?"
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>>23687052
"Damien, what are you saying to this poor tiger?"
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>>23687052
I think we should get some breakfast, see what training is recommended then find out what the new material is and what applications it has.
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>>23687052
Morning Summer! Morning Damien! Has Damien been causing trouble again? Do you want me to hit him with a pillow?
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>>23687007
I don't think Exabyte can into chemistry enough to answer that question.
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>>23687092
Lobster is not breakfast food.
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Rolled 81

>>23687118
and whats more it might scare poor sarvesh or give him a nasty flashback no crabs either I think...
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>>23687052
"I seem to have missed a vital portion of this conversation"
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>>23687116
Mfw we discovered a stable isotope of a transuranium element like Flerovium. Exabyte can't show me something like this and not expect me to be excited.
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"Morning summer! Morning, Damien. Has Damien been causing trouble again? Do you want me to hit him with a pillow?"
"You're implying that Summer doesn't double as a really comfortable pillow." Anna said, looking just as tired as you did, as she walked up behind you.
You shrug, and make your way to the kitchen, feeling two pairs of eyes following your legs, grabbing some cereal. Your first instinct was to grab some lobster, but then again, you'd always had lobster on Heaven's Jewel - you're not even sure why you thought that's what rich people ate.
"Summer, we're rich!" you say, cereal in hand.
"... What? Ten thousand isn't very much." Summer said, getting off of Damien.
"Maybe not to you." Damien said, brushing off the back of his shirt.
"No, it doesn't seem like much." Anna said.
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>>23687135
Do you have flashbacks every time you eat a monkey?
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>>23687152
"But it's mine, all mine, and I can do so much with it.

Stop ruining this moment."
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>>23687156
Does anyone eat chimp? I sure as hell wouldn't.
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>>23687152
"Summer, your parents were rich enough to have you gene tailored and uplift you. Anna, you are, for all intents and purposes, an AI in a tailor-grown human body. I don't think either of you have a normal person's perspective."
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>>23687152
"Well you lot were rich anyway."
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Rolled 13

>>23687156
the flashbacks thing was linked to the claw removal that he had to endure. not to eating...

>>23687172
me neither
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>>23687152
"It's more money then I've ever had!"

Sit at the bench, cross our legs.
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>>23687172
I wouldn't eat a chimp, but I'd try monkey.
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>>23687182
I don't think she qualifies as an AI.
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>>23687182
This response seems to be a bit rough for the situation. I feel this response here is better suited.
>>23687187
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>>23687182
Let's not remind them how different they are.
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>>23687182
Isn't the AI bit still a secret.
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>>23687152
"Do we have more classes today, or can we do go on a spaceventure?
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>>23687245
I think it is.
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>>23687152
We should talk to Damien about the voices we heard, guys!
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>>23687234
Fair point.

>>23687245
And yes, it occurs to me that we're the only one on station who's actually come to that conclulsion, and even then only because of our technopathy. So yeah, we probably shouldn't mention that.
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>>23687182
>Anna, you are, for all intents and purposes, an AI in a tailor-grown human body. I don't think either of you have a normal person's perspective."
How about lets not be an awful person.
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"But it's mine, all mine, and I can do so much with it." You say, and sit on one of the benches, cross-legged. "Stop ruining this moment. You lot were rich anyway."
Summer giggled, and then grabbed her own food, and took a seat next to you, her manifestation tossing food behind her, where she caught it with her true body.
"... I'm not rich." Anna said, her eyes dark. "I'm still not, I mean. I'm just saying it isn't much in the big scheme of things."
Damien met her eyes - and Anna threw something at him and stormed out.
"... I didn't even say anything." Damien said, frowning. "I guess I'm just pissing everyone off today."
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>>23687288
How about we ask Damien to look into the future and see what applications the new material has if any.
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>>23687288
"That's a terrible skill, Damien."

Go after her.
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>>23687288
"Don't look at me, I'm not annoyed at you. They're just having an odd day I think.

Say, Damien, would you mind looking into potential future applications of the material I made? I think it's in the Island of Stability, but I'm not entirely sure, and it's certainly dense as can be."
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>>23687288
You're annoying me because you're annoying my friends! Don't make me come over there and thump you.
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>>23687288
Better apologize when the opportunity arises given we knew she wasn't rich, as well as how sore a topic that is for her.
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>>23687288
What...

Go after her.
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>>23687288
follow Anna.
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Rolled 69

>>23687288
()affect an accent()you're in a space station surrounded by women ya bloody stooge!

then go after her
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>>23687288
Bring her waffles, apologize for being retarded.
>>
"That's a terrible skill, Damien." You say, and get to your feet, running down the hall.
You find Anna leaning on the wall, huffing and panting- she must have bolted to get that far without you seeing her, a full twenty degrees across the station.
Her face was red, and sweat beaded on her forehead, her implants ticking over.
She didn't turn to you, but her stance changed slightly as she leaned on the wall.
"I'm sorry, Anna." You say.
"What for?" She asked, huffing.
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>>23687467
I just kind of assumed that you had loads of money from the project and the mercenary stuff.
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>>23687467
"You got mad after I said something so it's probably my fault. I assumed something and said something jerkish."
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>>23687467
What's wrong? I've not seen you this angry.

Can we underclock her implants to calm her down or something?
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Rolled 13

>>23687467
I don't quite know yet...
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>>23687467
"I don't know, but I'm sorry."
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>>23687467
"Well I DID kind of thoughtlessly insinuate you didn't appreciate the value of money after you told me about your dad's situation and all...and as if that wasn't enough on its own, you ran off right after so I figured you got mad over it."
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"You got mad after something I said, so it's probably my fault." You say. "I assumed something and said something jerkish."
"... You didn't know that's a sore spot for me." She said. "So it's not your fault."
"What's wrong?"
"... We've only known eachother for a week." Anna said. "I'd say 'nothing' if you weren't telepathic. I don't feel comfortable telling you."
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>>23687467
I thoughtlessly insinuated that you and summer didn't know to appreciate money, even though you know it more than anyone on this station.
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>>23687546
What, the money? How did we not know? She explicitly said she lost her dad because of money troubles.
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>>23687546
"I'm sorry.

Do you want to get some breakfast?"
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>>23687546
"Fair enough, I won't push. Just know that I'm your friend though, you can talk to me about anything."
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Rolled 50

>>23687546
"I think I understand; and I'll not ask but will you come back and eat with us?"

"weather or not she does we do not discuss it."
>>
"I'm sorry." You say. "Do you... want to get some breakfast?"
"I'll be fine." She said. "I have some of the green stuff for breakfast."
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>>23687546
Pretty sure we know about her dad shutting himself off due to money issues, think thats plenty reason for her to be pissed.
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>>23687599
why are you rolling?
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>>23687611
"uhm, can I give you a hug?" Give her a puppy eyes look.
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>>23687626
because I forget to turn the dice off
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>>23687611
"Eww." Puke a little.

"Come on, I'll make you something. No objections"
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>>23687611
"No! You're not fine, and- oh, Anna. Your dad... Oh, god, I'm so sorry, I should have realized."
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>>23687611
"Dammit, I'm an idiot."
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>>23687546
"I don't know what I did but I don't think it matters anymore. Fancy to snatch something to eat?"
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>>23687611
"Oh man, guess I really fucked up if you're resorting to that."
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>>23687623
We do but Heather has Scatterbrained Protag Syndrome. 10 minutes of posts neglecting said fact and it's forgotten entirely.
Not that is isn't out responsibility as Heather's brain worms to think things through when we do them anyway.
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>>23687611
"No. I won't let my friend eat that stuff when there's a perfectly good kitchen here."
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>>23687611
"Oh god what have I done? I forced you to eat the green stuff!"
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>>23687623
Fuck, that's RIGHT. God damn, no wonder it was a touchy subject.
>>
"No!" You say. "You're not fine, and-"
Then you realize.
"Oh, Anna. Your dad... oh god, I'm so sorry. I should have realized."
She didn't meet your eyes.
"... Armatek still technically owns the computer systems he's on." she said, quietly. "They can't delete it because that would be murder, but... They set the price at thirty billion dollars for the supercomputers. Ten thousand isn't much."
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>>23687664
>>23687670
Guys can we not be *completely* oblivious or is Heather really this dense?
>>23687652
Thank you, guy.
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>>23687700
>>23687652
>>23687623
Realize what we said wrong. Bash our head on the wall.
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>>23687680
>>23687700
Hey, I mentioned it, too late though I guess.
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>>23687714
"That's horrible!"

Hug her.
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>>23687714
"I feel kind of bad about wanting to build my ship now. Except that maybe I can treat it like an investment and help."
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>>23687716
I'm (>>23687670) actually also >>23687516 - I just assumed since he didn't address my post twice in a row and had Anna say we couldn't know, I was off base.
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>>23687714
>I think a certain group is gonna get stomped before this quest is done...
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>>23687714
"Thats fucking bullshit... those guys are evil, Anna. I'll help you get him back if I can."
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>>23687714
"That's just cruel of them.

So we have two options, we can play their game and pay for him like they want, or we can cheat. I'm a Technopath, if I got close to the computer I could probably transfer his code to anything we wanted, or we just steal it."
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>>23687714
*facepalm* "I'm such an idiot!"
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>>23687714
...You know, we've got a sample of one of the last *unique* materials left in the universe. And, (point to self) a way to make more. How cutting edge does their R&D like to consider themselves?
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>>23687714
"That's so mean! That's 60 years work on these wages. But I'm sure we can come up with something."
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>>23687828
>>23687772
I know where we're going for our next Spaceventure with Anna.
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"That's fucking bullshit." You say. "So we have two options. We can play their game and pay for him like they want, or we can cheat. I'm a technopath. If I get close to the computer, I could probably transfer his code to anything we wanted... or we just steal it."
"... You're proposing to steal two tons of computer equipment all the way across UPA space?" Anna asked.
Then she thought about it.
"I'll help, too." Damien said, with a shrug, as he came around the corner.
Anna shot him a glare.
"And I know your old crew would help, too." Damien said. "You could just call them."
"... Let's go." Anna said, slipping on her headset. "Think they'll let us out of class today?"
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>>23687853
"Can they really keep us /in/ class? We'll just keep our biometric bracelet thingies on, and they're still getting data.
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>>23687853
I think this is a valid excuse to play hookie.
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>>23687853
"Right now? OK!"
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>>23687853
indeed, suppose we could convince sarvesh to come along?

I already know summer would want to...
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Rolled 41

>>23687853
Technopath all the class schedules to two days away, instead of today.

"What classes?"
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>>23687853
"Probably not. We can wait for the weekend, that gives us a little time to prepare and for me to train technopathy a bit more."
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>>23687889
There is no space on her ship.
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>>23687872
Not really, since it's illegal.
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Rolled 98

>>23687890
... heh I approve.
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>>23687889
It's a three person ship isn't it.
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>>23687890
As if nobody will notice that.
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>>23687901
So do your dice, apparently
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>>23687870
Better to ditch the armbands while we go and steal shit from megacorps. It will at least give them plausible deniability.
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"Can they really keep us /in/ class? We'll just keep our biometric bracelet thingies on, and they're still getting data."
"I'm coming too!" Summer said, loping down the hall.
"Suppose we could convince Sarvesh to come along?" You ask.
"... I think four is pushing it."Anna said. "As it is, we'll have to stuff Damien into the cargo bay, and strap him down."
"Why not summer?" Damien asked.
"Because I *like* summer." Anna responded.
"Yay!" Summer said. Damien pouted.
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>>23687853
"Do you think I could, um, download him into my own brain? If I remember my Biology, only about 10% of it is used right?"
>>
So... it's going to be pretty obvious that it's us who stole it. And what, Dad has to stay in hiding for the rest of his life?
Some sort of criminal enterprise to get the money seems a lot more sensible.
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>>23687897
>>23687903
you heard mention of "an old crew"

where do they go and how do they get here?

we'll be having more than one obviously...

don't you guys think before posting?
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>>23687906
yes it will be noticed but the scientists technically did give us permission to mess around with anything non-vital.

>>23687917
nah, let them collect the data. we just won't be specific on to what we are doing.
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>>23687929
"Yay!"

>Hey exa, do we get weekend breaks from classes? When's the next one scheduled?
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>>23687942
this
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>>23687942
>teenagers

>sensible
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>>23687943
Well unless her old crew is bringing another ship to this station, I'd say it is a concern.

Why are you so mad?
>>
>>23687942
Well that really depends. Did Anna's dad know that she was psionic? If he didn't then the station might like to have him around, for research and such like, and if he gets an in into the institute then the UPA will protect him.
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>>23687974
I'm not; that last line was something someone said to me several threads ago when they though I didn't think about a post

and how else are they going to get here? is the school gonna fly in some (a) merc(s) so we can play hookie?

also unless there's really only one of them then the mission wasn't gonna happen anyway cause of wyvern being so small again...
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>>23688048
I would assume we are going to take the Wyvern out and meet Anna's old crew on-route, rather than waiting for them to get clearance to go through all the weapon platforms and such around the station.
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>>23687943
I highly doubt they are going to bring a ship to the station.
>>
"So... It's going to be pretty obvious that it's us who stole it. and what, your dad has to stay in hiding for the rest of his life?"
"This is where the law is on our side." Anna said. "If we turn it on, then it's not property anymore, it's my dad. He'll be a citizen again. The reason we can't just go in there, turn it on, and leave, is because then they'll just turn it off again and pretend it never happened. So we have to take him with us."
"Wait a second, I forgot my interface." Summer said. "I'll be right back."
She loped down the hall, and Damien simply leaned back.
"How are your friends going to get here?" You ask.
"Well, actually, we'll be meeting them." Anna said. "There's a place where I can find Ox and Ferret's ship, and then we'll leave Wyvern there, take Ferret's ship, and we take that to Armatek's nexus."
"... I'm sorry, Anna, for what it's worth." Damien said, suddenly. "I didn't know that you were keeping things like this secret."
Anna shot him a glare.
"It's that you knew in the first place." Anna said. "You invaded my privacy."
Damien's expression didn't change.
"I can't control my eyes, you know." He said. "I see things without being able to control it."
Anna's eyes widened a fraction.
"... Oh." Anna said.
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>>23688077
this is also a point, however again, the wyvern is too small for a crew AND us and damian

>>23688087
then we go to them

>>23687929
I got a question...

if asmodeus is legally a person isn't what they are doing a case of unlawful imprisonment?
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>>23688099
I can see that. I couldn't control what I saw in the sensedep chamber. That's why I had to go talk to Summer and Sarvesh right after, and why I don't like going back.
>>
>>23688114
>>23688099
>ah legal bullshittery can be a wonderful thing....
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>>23688153
>and why I don't like going back.
I don't think that is the reason, it's just we are too busy with other stuff.
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>>23688099
"I thought you knew that Anna. He sees all sorts of things, some good, some bad, some he can alter some he can't.

I wish we could bring Sarvesh, teleportation would make this heist much easier."
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>>23688099
Why did he turn himself off? Can we be sure he won't do it again? If he does, things could turn out badly
>>
>>23688114
I don't think it is. Technically they're keeping a powered down computer, there's no brain activity or sentience going on when the computer is off, once he's awake it's unlawful imprisonment.

At least that's what their lawyers would say.
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>>23688099
Has anyone thought of how we're going to bring him back? He lives in a supercomputer. We can't exactly stuff him in our gameboy.

Dictate to Einstein a transcript of our dream, send it to the doctor with a note: Maybe they're wholly psionic entities, a gestalt transition of a species into psionic space, or primarily psionic species based on a planet but mostly mucking around in psi-space? Possibly originally aquatic from the message.

Request Damien to keep a 'feel' out for strange ripples. Ask if he knows any dream shielding techniques.
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>>23688249
I think the plan is to steal teh supercomputer he is on. Maybe find the Ishelda again and put him there.
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>>23688249
I assume Ferret's ship has space for the computer.
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>>23688280
But if we do that we're stealing and they can take it back. Anna's plan was to download him onto something, which keeps the law on our side.
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>>23688304
Anna just explaine that... look at Exa's last post.
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>>23688304
No, Anna's plan was to steal it and then turn it on so it's a sentient creature that can't be owned.
>>
>>23688280
Why in the fuck would we put him on the ishelda?>>23688304
I do believe the plan was to steal the computer and turn it on outside the station.
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>>23688099
"Anna, you remember in the dream I had, I said there was that colony ship, do you think we could stop by and see if it's appeared yet?"
>>
>>>23688354
My bad.
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>>23688354
well he doesn't really have a place to live right now... and according to Damien we would be using it.
>>
"I thought you knew that, Anna." You say. "He sees all sorts of things. Some good, some bad, some he can alter, and some he can't."
"I.. I'm sorry." Anna said. "I thought that you, um..."
"Intentionally violated your privacy?" Damien asked. "No, not intentionally."
"... I'm sorry." Anna said, again.
"Not the first time it's happened." Damien said. "It's fine."

Summer loped back, wearing some sort of high-tech collar.
"Okay, I'm ready." She said.

While you dictate your dream to Einstein, with those big, booming words, the group made their way up to the hub.
"This way, Damien." Anna said. Her tone had warmed considerably compared to the last time she spoke, and lead all of you into the Wyvern. "In there's the cargo bay. There should be a place to strap yourself down.
He nodded, and went into it.
"Anna, do you remember in the dream I had, I said there was that colony ship... do you think we could stop by and see if it's appeared yet?"
"Yeah, we could do that on the way back." Anna said, while she buckled herself into her chair, and Summer climbed into the bed.
"...You guys certain you want to help me with this?" Anna asked.
"I'm certain." Summer said.
"Might as well!" Damien called from the cargo bay.
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>>23688365
Id rather check the ishelda alone so we don't get our friends wasted.
>>23688378
when did he say this? I thought it was supposed to be like the void queens mother ship.
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>>23688392
"Of course. You might need my technopathy to get him out."
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>>23688392
Of course.... well lets go.


Engage Bubble Drive!
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>>23688392
Don't even acknowledge the question.

"Can I drive?"
>>
>>23688411
he said he saw us on a giant ship along with people we'd chosen to come with us. I can't be bothered to search the archives but it was fairly soon after we arrived on the station.
>>
>>23688392
"If you need someone for heavy lifting, I think I might be able to handle it with TK."
>>
".. Can I drive?" You ask.
"No." She responded immediately. "No offense... but I'm the only one that flies the Wyvern."
"Well... let's go." You say, and then she slammed forward the thrusters and you all were jerked back in your seats.

Only then did you realize that you were still in your pajamas.

>End of thread!
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>>23688441
Doesn't mean we would be piloting it, hell we might be assaulting it.
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>>23688461
Pfft, who needs clothes? We'll be erasing their camera footage of the theft anyway.
>>
>>23688411
No. But the original link she put out was probably still there in dreamworld. So they vomitted out in the airlock.

We have a lot of dreams. Send another note to the doctor asking if he's ever heard of anything like dreamwalking. Ask Damien.
>>
>>23688461
And so begins the fabled 'no underpants' adventure.

I do not regret causing this in the slightest
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>>23688461
As if there's any better outfit for corporate espionage than pajamas.
>>
>>23688461
"...I need clothes."
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>>23688499
lies. Summer can manifest us a space suit, if we need it, but we don't need shoes to raid a megacorp.
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>>23688530
>not using jackboots to pin the neck of the heartless asshat who made the decision to shut down the super computers in the first place

It's like you hate Anna and want her to be miserable forever or something.
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>>23688585
Asmodeus made the decision to shut himself down. And he doesn't have a neck.
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>>23688530
She can't manifest a gun, what makes you think she can do a space suit?
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>>23688758
I thought her problem with guns was that you can't see a bullet being fired, so she couldn't replicate a gun that actually worked.
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>>23688805
Which also may affect her ability to create other things, if she can't see how it works, then she won't be able to make it, at least thats what I got out of it.
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>>23688951
It's not just 'seeing' how it works, it's understanding on a *conceptual* level. She might be unable to do so with guns, but could understand with, say, a crossbow, or even a bubble drive if she was some sort of space/time savant. Which she isn't.
>>
>>23689023
So is the only reason she can create autonomous people because she understands who they are? Could she manifest a realistic Winter?
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>>23689053
>Could she manifest a realistic Winter?
She manifested a Winter realistic enough to fool their parents for years.
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>>23689053
Through Summer's twisted psychology, that's what her original manifestation *was*, in many ways.

Though she likely doesn't understand every process a person uses to live or move or breathe, she understands enough (That they should live, move, and breathe) that her subconscious can make the lateral leap and learn the rest of everything through clairvoyance, and bring it through into reality.



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