Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Episode 14: Epilogue
A few days later the group met up at their favorite Space Port cafe to talk over next steps, when the Crew all simultaneously received anonymous vidmails. The First person to turn it on was met with the unmistakable visage of Jacques.
"'ello mon amis! Long time! I'd like to thank all of you for whatever you did to the Rubato, as she was most willing to believe that she had misjudged me most comprehensively in light of recent actions. So farewell and enjoy your stay!"
Attached was a simple Termination of Contract and Services notice, and as the group looked up, there was the unmistakable lines of their former ship, their equipment still in its cargo hold, leaving Terra Nova Space Port.
to be continued...
"'ello mon amis! Long time! I'd like to thank all of you for whatever you did to the Rubato, as she was most willing to believe that she had misjudged me most comprehensively in light of recent actions. So farewell and enjoy your stay!"
Attached was a simple Termination of Contract and Services notice, and as the group looked up, there was the unmistakable lines of their former ship, their equipment still in its cargo hold, leaving Terra Nova Space Port.
to be continued...
Friday, March 13, 2009
Episodes 12-14: Season Finale
So it came to pass that the Crew of the Rubato decided to take on the Hu-Sing, to save the region from the depredations of piracy.
Well, ok. the Gnobu offered to pay them lots.
Which makes me think of an interesting con - Pirates attack the hapless miners, 'Heroes' come to save the day, pirates and 'heroes' split the reward.
Anyway, the crew lead a daring assault on the pirate moon (finding additional motivation from the fact that the leader of the Hu-Sing is on The List), they did not penetrate far into the station - having been flown there expertly by Tyson - instead they decided to cause some mayhem within the initial hangar.
They swept one of the vessels of occupants, with little harm, except for a minor incident involving activating the exposed engine flodding the vessel with radiation. No real problems.
This, naturally gave The Crew a brilliant idea. Zechs decided to reactivate the engine so that it would blow. Some of the rest of the crew objected slightly because they were not informed of this plan, but onward to glory!
Net result, one space station minus one third of its mass after pirate vessel's engine suffered a critical operating malfunction.
Reward Collected! Onward!
So after a few weeks of hashing through options, Aerick and Maria decided to attempt to blackmail one Everard Schmidt into getting their names off of the Bounty Hunters target list. Being clever, they called his secretary to make an appointment.
After that failed, they simply phoned in their demands.
So Aerick, Maria and Maggie agreed to meet Mr. Schmidt at a lovely cafe, while Zechs, Tyson, and Dez hung out across the street.
Needless to say, no one was shocked when police cruisers arrived and hauled off the group at the cafe.
Interestingly, they did not go to the nearby station. Rather, Mr. Schmidt was in the cruiser as well. Long story short, he 'turned off' Maggies 'body', and took the trio to a warehouse, and offered to employ them in exchange for helping with their listing - all the while standing in front of clone chambers containing replicas of Maria, Aerick, Tyson and Dez.
Aerick and Maria agreed, and headed back to the ship with Maggie.
MEANWHILE, the rest of the group evidently decided to go rogue. They headed back to the Rubato, cuth through an outer door, and began to try to remove the 'connection' between the ship and Maggie, think, dear readers - and this is only a guess - that the AI was contained within the box. Not simeply the network connection.
Luckily, Tyson and Zechs decided to desist (either due to threats of termination or legal action, or something else) and as a result, the Rubato decided to switch the internal gav generators back on, and not leave port accelerating at 50G.
I do have a feeling that words may be exchanged sometime in the future between Maggie, Zechs and Tyson. Many many words.
Well, ok. the Gnobu offered to pay them lots.
Which makes me think of an interesting con - Pirates attack the hapless miners, 'Heroes' come to save the day, pirates and 'heroes' split the reward.
Anyway, the crew lead a daring assault on the pirate moon (finding additional motivation from the fact that the leader of the Hu-Sing is on The List), they did not penetrate far into the station - having been flown there expertly by Tyson - instead they decided to cause some mayhem within the initial hangar.
They swept one of the vessels of occupants, with little harm, except for a minor incident involving activating the exposed engine flodding the vessel with radiation. No real problems.
This, naturally gave The Crew a brilliant idea. Zechs decided to reactivate the engine so that it would blow. Some of the rest of the crew objected slightly because they were not informed of this plan, but onward to glory!
Net result, one space station minus one third of its mass after pirate vessel's engine suffered a critical operating malfunction.
Reward Collected! Onward!
So after a few weeks of hashing through options, Aerick and Maria decided to attempt to blackmail one Everard Schmidt into getting their names off of the Bounty Hunters target list. Being clever, they called his secretary to make an appointment.
After that failed, they simply phoned in their demands.
So Aerick, Maria and Maggie agreed to meet Mr. Schmidt at a lovely cafe, while Zechs, Tyson, and Dez hung out across the street.
Needless to say, no one was shocked when police cruisers arrived and hauled off the group at the cafe.
Interestingly, they did not go to the nearby station. Rather, Mr. Schmidt was in the cruiser as well. Long story short, he 'turned off' Maggies 'body', and took the trio to a warehouse, and offered to employ them in exchange for helping with their listing - all the while standing in front of clone chambers containing replicas of Maria, Aerick, Tyson and Dez.
Aerick and Maria agreed, and headed back to the ship with Maggie.
MEANWHILE, the rest of the group evidently decided to go rogue. They headed back to the Rubato, cuth through an outer door, and began to try to remove the 'connection' between the ship and Maggie, think, dear readers - and this is only a guess - that the AI was contained within the box. Not simeply the network connection.
Luckily, Tyson and Zechs decided to desist (either due to threats of termination or legal action, or something else) and as a result, the Rubato decided to switch the internal gav generators back on, and not leave port accelerating at 50G.
I do have a feeling that words may be exchanged sometime in the future between Maggie, Zechs and Tyson. Many many words.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The List, as referenced in Episode 11
Ranked by financial reward - offered for the permanent death of these individuals:
1. Devon Rutard, CIO, Haddington Industries
2. Abdul al-jilal Imam, Bernard's Star
3. Eckard Southampton, Leader-For-Life, New Rhodesia
4. Adam Jones, Mercenary
5. Milla Tojima, Amnesty Interstellar
6. Miguel Dubois, Activists, Doctors Universal
7. James Arbogast, Communist Peoples Liberation Front
8. Niles Perth, Leader of the Anarchist Cartel
9. Dr. Sundaj Markim Rao, Evolvist
10. Tzu Hu-Sing, Leader of the Hu-Sing Cartel
11. Nikolai Borisovitch, New Kiev
12. Dr. Anthony Clark
13. Ragul Miguel de St. Clair, Mercenary
14. Franklin Benjamin, Mercenary
15. Jacques Bertard, Mercenary
16. Chang Smythe, Mercenary
17. Ninjasatui Mitsawa, CEO Ninjasatui Hostings
18. Calvin Christof, Order of Anarcho-Capitalistic Reeducation
19. Maria Latham. Mercenary
20. Aerick MacKenzie, Mercenary
1. Devon Rutard, CIO, Haddington Industries
2. Abdul al-jilal Imam, Bernard's Star
3. Eckard Southampton, Leader-For-Life, New Rhodesia
4. Adam Jones, Mercenary
5. Milla Tojima, Amnesty Interstellar
6. Miguel Dubois, Activists, Doctors Universal
7. James Arbogast, Communist Peoples Liberation Front
8. Niles Perth, Leader of the Anarchist Cartel
9. Dr. Sundaj Markim Rao, Evolvist
10. Tzu Hu-Sing, Leader of the Hu-Sing Cartel
11. Nikolai Borisovitch, New Kiev
12. Dr. Anthony Clark
13. Ragul Miguel de St. Clair, Mercenary
14. Franklin Benjamin, Mercenary
15. Jacques Bertard, Mercenary
16. Chang Smythe, Mercenary
17. Ninjasatui Mitsawa, CEO Ninjasatui Hostings
18. Calvin Christof, Order of Anarcho-Capitalistic Reeducation
19. Maria Latham. Mercenary
20. Aerick MacKenzie, Mercenary
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Doctors Universal (DU)
Organization Profile: Doctors Universal (DU)
Governance Structure: Not-For-Profit Board of Governors, HQ on Atlantis, Europa
Funding: Donations, Patents on research.
Description:
DU is an interplanetary medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in 2143. It is a revitalization of the defunct organization Doctors Without Borders, which did not survive the chaotic transition from Earth to scattered space colonies. (It was the advent of the jumpdrive in 2127 that made the concept on a large scale a reality again.)
The goal of the organization is to provide much needed aid to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. DU provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. It is neutral and does not take sides in armed conflicts, provides care on the basis of need alone, and pushes for increased independent access to victims of conflict. It operates independently of any political, military, or religious agendas. Medical teams conduct evaluations on the ground to determine a population's medical needs before opening programs.
The key to DU’s ability to act independently in response to a crisis is its independent funding. Eighty-nine percent of DU's overall funding comes from private sources, not governments. In 2289, DU had more than three million individual donors and private funders across the Confederated Planets of Humanity and Chung Kuo.
Much of the care given by DU is to colonists who find themselves outside the protection and care of both of these superpowers. There has long been, and still is, dissension in DU as to whether the Chilrandi and Xitichui are deserving of equal care as humans, despite this ongoing contention a xenobiology branch of the DU was created in 2287.
Governance Structure: Not-For-Profit Board of Governors, HQ on Atlantis, Europa
Funding: Donations, Patents on research.
Description:
DU is an interplanetary medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in 2143. It is a revitalization of the defunct organization Doctors Without Borders, which did not survive the chaotic transition from Earth to scattered space colonies. (It was the advent of the jumpdrive in 2127 that made the concept on a large scale a reality again.)
The goal of the organization is to provide much needed aid to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. DU provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. It is neutral and does not take sides in armed conflicts, provides care on the basis of need alone, and pushes for increased independent access to victims of conflict. It operates independently of any political, military, or religious agendas. Medical teams conduct evaluations on the ground to determine a population's medical needs before opening programs.
The key to DU’s ability to act independently in response to a crisis is its independent funding. Eighty-nine percent of DU's overall funding comes from private sources, not governments. In 2289, DU had more than three million individual donors and private funders across the Confederated Planets of Humanity and Chung Kuo.
Much of the care given by DU is to colonists who find themselves outside the protection and care of both of these superpowers. There has long been, and still is, dissension in DU as to whether the Chilrandi and Xitichui are deserving of equal care as humans, despite this ongoing contention a xenobiology branch of the DU was created in 2287.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Civil Suit against ReStore Corp Dismissed
Decendents of Sir Alfred Mitchell Smythe, an EU luminary served ReStore Corporation (LinkToInvestmentPortfiolioStockPerformansRecords) wit ha wrongful death and failure to uphold contractual obligations suit when his ReStore Universal Neural Engram storage device failed to capture his last moments and somehow corrupted his restoration process, irreversibly corrupting his neural map.
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Representatives for ReStore sympathized with the Smythe families loss, but pointed our that it clearly states in both the up front contract and the End User License Agreement of the Universal ReStore device that ReStore Corporation makes no grantee of the operation of their ReStore technology.
"There are simply to many variables that we can't control", responded CEO Jackson Nojimi during out interview.
"We try out best to mitigate against externalities, but you simply can't do anything about massive solar flares, EMP detonations, supernovae and many other natural phenomenon. We think out 99.7% ReStore success rate speaks for itself in the care we take with this technology. But no one is perfect."
Analysts predicted before the civil suit would be dismissed, especially when the Central Justice Bureau declined to participate.
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Representatives for ReStore sympathized with the Smythe families loss, but pointed our that it clearly states in both the up front contract and the End User License Agreement of the Universal ReStore device that ReStore Corporation makes no grantee of the operation of their ReStore technology.
"There are simply to many variables that we can't control", responded CEO Jackson Nojimi during out interview.
"We try out best to mitigate against externalities, but you simply can't do anything about massive solar flares, EMP detonations, supernovae and many other natural phenomenon. We think out 99.7% ReStore success rate speaks for itself in the care we take with this technology. But no one is perfect."
Analysts predicted before the civil suit would be dismissed, especially when the Central Justice Bureau declined to participate.
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Major breakthrough in Terraforming Technology!
A major Materials Sciences Breakthrough on the colony Aztlan ( LP 731-58 ).
Scientists have improved on the old Earth formula of Hydrophobic Silicate, commonly referred to as 'water-proof sand'. This material is crucial for terraforming efforts, as a layer placed under the topsoil will help to create an artificial aquifer with significant less water requirements. The substance was used extensively in the Sahara and the middle east on Old Earth before the exodus, allowing the restoration of prehistorical rivers and the creation of a tropical rain forest in parts of Saudi-Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Dubai.
This improvement increases the water retention ratio by over 100%, massively reducing the amount of external water needed to kickstart and ecosystem. Currently the TerraDyne Industries (LinkToInvestmentPortfiolioStockPerformansRecords) Terraforming Fab is producing 100 cubic meters per week, substantially improving the Aztlan settlement project timeline.
Naturally this project is not without detractors. Protesters are in arms about the the project moving forward despite the discovery of hydrophobic micro-'insects' and bacteria. Nativitists and conservators are demanding a halt to the project as scientists examine what impact the introduction of large quantities of water will have on the Aztlani ecosystem.
TerraDyne Public Relations has repeatedly pointed out that no such objections were raised during the two standard year project review process, when the initial discovery of these organisms were made, and the subsequent publishing of the idea to set aside a natural eco-preserve on Aztlan.
"Its preposterous that these reactionaries would come out of the woodwork After the initial investment was made. This project has been part of the public record for a long time new. It is our opinion that these protests are the end product of a rival organization manipulating the ignorant to drive down our Stock value." said Travis McDonovan, when interview outside of his home in Terra Nova yesterday.
More detais as they come available.
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Scientists have improved on the old Earth formula of Hydrophobic Silicate, commonly referred to as 'water-proof sand'. This material is crucial for terraforming efforts, as a layer placed under the topsoil will help to create an artificial aquifer with significant less water requirements. The substance was used extensively in the Sahara and the middle east on Old Earth before the exodus, allowing the restoration of prehistorical rivers and the creation of a tropical rain forest in parts of Saudi-Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Dubai.
This improvement increases the water retention ratio by over 100%, massively reducing the amount of external water needed to kickstart and ecosystem. Currently the TerraDyne Industries (LinkToInvestmentPortfiolioStockPerformansRecords) Terraforming Fab is producing 100 cubic meters per week, substantially improving the Aztlan settlement project timeline.
Naturally this project is not without detractors. Protesters are in arms about the the project moving forward despite the discovery of hydrophobic micro-'insects' and bacteria. Nativitists and conservators are demanding a halt to the project as scientists examine what impact the introduction of large quantities of water will have on the Aztlani ecosystem.
TerraDyne Public Relations has repeatedly pointed out that no such objections were raised during the two standard year project review process, when the initial discovery of these organisms were made, and the subsequent publishing of the idea to set aside a natural eco-preserve on Aztlan.
"Its preposterous that these reactionaries would come out of the woodwork After the initial investment was made. This project has been part of the public record for a long time new. It is our opinion that these protests are the end product of a rival organization manipulating the ignorant to drive down our Stock value." said Travis McDonovan, when interview outside of his home in Terra Nova yesterday.
More detais as they come available.
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