Eclipse Phase: Frosted Glass Discussion - Page 17

Dracorion · 05-31-2010, 08:19 PM

PF: I told Arhra, that's how snobbisness works.

Ellen's reasons for wanting a Sylph and getting a Hither drug gland have less to do with seduction and more to do with making sure all eyes are on her. And she usually socializes in the inner system, so she can be relatively certain most people if not everyone will find her attractive.

I mean, she'd probably keep herself on a constant BringIt high if it wasn't sure to get her killed.

Krylo · 05-31-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracorion

After Guardian Angel, Ellen's best bet for a robot bodyguard is Dwarf. But that one's freaking expensive. We're probably better off going with a proper morph. Dragonfly or Synth. And then Tyrfing can have a body to inhabit. I don't think Ellen would mind, if it gets Tyrfing to improve the AI for her.

Army of creepies with laser eyes.

Ferrets.

Robot laser ferrets.

Edit for upload.

PhoenixFlame · 05-31-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracorion

PF: I told Arhra, that's how snobbisness works.

We'll see how long she can comfortably ignore the "post apocalypse" then.

Dracorion · 05-31-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Krylo

Army of creepies with laser eyes.

Ferrets.

Robot laser ferrets.

Genius.

Unfortunately there's no laser eyes, but there is a Hand Laser. Moderate cost.

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EDIT: Actually, scratch that, I'm not going to play eight different characters in addition to all my NPCs. If you want me to use your muse to give you data or mine something, ask me and I'll do it, otherwise I'm ignoring it.

Well, fuck me. I was kind of assuming we'd get to control stuff like AIs ourselves, seeing as how they're more like specialized muses.

I realize AIs should be able to have some autonomy to screw their owner over, but we can do that ourselves. Ellen would pick a fight, confident that her bodyguards will kick the guy's ass, and the AI would just go "uh, no" and drag her the fuck out of there, embarrassing her forever.

Or something.

Geminex · 05-31-2010, 08:40 PM

Awwh. Sick? My sympathies, get well soon. If you come up with some sort of good excuse for all the characters to meet up, just a short post, then we could all ~~shun Ellen~~socialise while you recover.

Oh, and...

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There's a "Guardian Angel" bot with some pretty good mods (including Neurachem), for just 1000 Creds (so they're expendable), but I don't think it can carry weapons.

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I'm pretty sure you can upgrade the small robots with any upgrades that could fit into a synthmorph (in fact it says in the rule book you could use one as a shell by purchasing a cyberbrain for it), so for about 20000 you could buy/upgrade a guardian angel to have a pair of articulated weapon mounts, better armor, a pistol, a seeker pistol, and a good amount of highly dangerous micromissiles.

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ALSO she says that GA's are small rotorcraft too small to stick guns on. They are designed to ram people with their eelware.

I'm not going to say "Told you so". I am going to say that my German Sense is tingling. And saying "FORGET BODYGUARDS".

And one more thing:

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EDIT: Actually, scratch that, I'm not going to play eight different characters in addition to all my NPCs. If you want me to use your muse to give you data or mine something, ask me and I'll do it, otherwise I'm ignoring it.

What's this referring to? Is PF just saying that we control our own muses?

PhoenixFlame · 05-31-2010, 08:43 PM

What's the proper response to a guy staring at you while you're undressed, waiting to change clothes? Slap him!

If you're a military woman? Punch him!

It's the American way! ((It might be pertinent to note that Nyx expects Henric to, like most Neotenics, be a grown man. PRoooobably on drugs. So yeah.))

Edit: Yes you can all control your little peons and muses and junk, I was just intending to originally alert you of things with them that should be important or let them run their own research rolls

Krylo · 05-31-2010, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracorion

Genius.

Unfortunately there's no laser eyes, but there is a Hand Laser. Moderate cost.

Yeah the idea was to route the hand lasers through the eyes, though I feel I should stress that I was joking before this turns into another ten pages of discussing how to make the perfect creepy war bot.

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I'm not going to say "Told you so".

You totally just did, but it's ok. I'm a big man. I can admit when I was wrong about the vaguely defined size of a robot in an RP.

Dracorion · 05-31-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Geminex

I'm not going to say "Told you so". I am going to say that my German Sense is tingling. And saying "FORGET BODYGUARDS".

Nope. There's Creepies. And according to Tyrfing's sheet they can be equipped the Hand Lasers. The problem with Guardian Angels isn't so much that they couldn't be modified, it's the modifications we wanted were too big.

But look at it this way: Creepies can have up to eight arms. That's eight Hand Lasers for 2d10 damage each. Say Ellen gets four Creepies. I'll let you do the math.

Though they'll probably need some limbs to walk on, so say we only get two Hand Lasers for each Creepy. Ellen's still got her own crawlin' death squad.

Especially since Tyrfing's already got almost everything we'd need to mass produce them. The only thing left would be the AI and a blueprint for Hand Lasers.

EDIT: Whoops, sorry Krylo.

Krylo · 05-31-2010, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracorion

Nope. There's Creepies. And according to Tyrfing's sheet they can be equipped the Hand Lasers. The problem with Guardian Angels isn't so much that they couldn't be modified, it's the modifications we wanted were too big.

But look at it this way: Creepies can have up to eight arms. That's eight Hand Lasers for 2d10 damage each. Say Ellen gets four Creepies. I'll let you do the math.

Though they'll probably need some limbs to walk on, so say we only get two Hand Lasers for each Creepy. Ellen's still got her own crawlin' death squad.

Especially since Tyrfing's already got almost everything we'd need to mass produce them. The only thing left would be the AI and a blueprint for Hand Lasers.

Just gonna stop this right here.

Creepies are VERY small. Like mice and ferrets and squirrels.

Hand lasers require a fusion battery each.

You are lucky to be able to fit one into a creepy.

Overcast · 05-31-2010, 08:50 PM

I'd prefer controlling how Ants relays the information anyway. Though it is touching you thought of torturing yourself like that. But yes Gem you control your muse, in the same way you control your character I would figure. Rather than PF controlling them so that all the rolls can be relayed into her summation posts. We are going to have to actually think about the fact that we got them in our heads and that they should be aiding us with their sweet sweet skills.

Also I'm an even BIGGER man and can be totally more humble about being wrong...okay that was just silly, but yeah wrongness, nothing shocking. I just love speculating though, it is fun to look toward the stars.

I'm going to be honest, the scene looked way more adorable in my head...damn child morphs.

05-31-2010, 08:19 PM	#161
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	PF: I told Arhra, that's how snobbisness works. Ellen's reasons for wanting a Sylph and getting a Hither drug gland have less to do with seduction and more to do with making sure all eyes are on her. And she usually socializes in the inner system, so she can be relatively certain most people if not everyone will find her attractive. I mean, she'd probably keep herself on a constant BringIt high if it wasn't sure to get her killed. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away. Last edited by Dracorion; 05-31-2010 at 08:30 PM.

05-31-2010, 08:43 PM	#166
PhoenixFlame ☢!CAUTION!☢ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beneath Gensokyo Posts: 3,668	What's the proper response to a guy staring at you while you're undressed, waiting to change clothes? Slap him! If you're a military woman? Punch him! It's the American way! ((It might be pertinent to note that Nyx expects Henric to, like most Neotenics, be a grown man. PRoooobably on drugs. So yeah.)) Edit: Yes you can all control your little peons and muses and junk, I was just intending to originally alert you of things with them that should be important or let them run their own research rolls __________________ "Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." -from The Sayings of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan Last edited by PhoenixFlame; 05-31-2010 at 08:47 PM.

05-31-2010, 08:50 PM	#170
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	I'd prefer controlling how Ants relays the information anyway. Though it is touching you thought of torturing yourself like that. But yes Gem you control your muse, in the same way you control your character I would figure. Rather than PF controlling them so that all the rolls can be relayed into her summation posts. We are going to have to actually think about the fact that we got them in our heads and that they should be aiding us with their sweet sweet skills. Also I'm an even BIGGER man and can be totally more humble about being wrong...okay that was just silly, but yeah wrongness, nothing shocking. I just love speculating though, it is fun to look toward the stars. I'm going to be honest, the scene looked way more adorable in my head...damn child morphs. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!