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Posted March 12, 2017 by NIFE

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All manual actions have been updated. View your journal for details.

The current round will end in roughly 3 hours time (probably 3pm UTC at the latest). If you wish to use your remaining actions for this round, get them done before then.

March 12, 2017
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Moonray

Host Message

Due to questions about OOG I have now setup (and you can test) a sort of in game OOG.

Every character now has a commlink and by default you are on channel 1. There are four public channels, in order to swap channel you must use ONE manual action. You will then swap channel at the end of the round.

You may also create private channels. To do so just say something like "Creates private channel Alpha" (name must be unique). To share access to a private channel use a manual action to share access. Anyone with access can share access, so be careful who you share with.

You may only be in one Public Channel at a time, however for hosting simplicity you may be in multiple private channels at the same time.

Please post any questions in the Main Thread.

March 12, 2017
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Moonray

Oh good, was wondering if this was part of the game. Hi dooku :)

March 12, 2017
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Ensign Xhin

Round 2 Begins

March 12, 2017
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Moonray

Hey dooku, I'm in the server room. Theres all kinds of good stuff to destroy in here. My plan is to definitely thoroughly destroy the security system, but to take server nodes out of the life support cluster instead of outright destroying it, so it can't really be repaired without me telling the humans where I've hidden it. (Hey it worked in Riddick)

Get yourself a spacesuit if you haven't already so you can survive without life support.

Also if you run across infrared goggles (research lab maybe?) And have a good weapon, I could maybe turn off the lights.

March 12, 2017
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Ensign Xhin

Oh hey.

I'll need to try and find a space suit. Suggestions on where to get one?

I'm in research right now.

I have a Blaster Pistol, but I don't know how good it is. The armory is locked (via the security station from corridor) with delta card access. I am trying to find someone to let me in.

I have a welding torch if we need to try to seal rooms. Could possibly seal / cut life support at the same time? Worth considering.

I made a trip to the engine room and power core. Not much of interest, but may be able to pull some shenanigans with the reactor.

March 13, 2017
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Engineer Dooku

Round 3 Begins

March 14, 2017
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Moonray

I'll need to try and find a space suit. Suggestions on where to get one?

I got mine from the medbay, although in that case I randomly picked it up, so you might get other items as well.

March 15, 2017
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Ensign Xhin

I think I'll have a space suit after this round ends.

I also should be getting a useful item from the bunk room.

Sounds like we'll be nearby each other at the start of next round. Maybe we can plot something devious.

March 15, 2017
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Engineer Dooku

Round 4 Begins

March 16, 2017
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Moonray

Remember to check your journal every round for important information. Major events from the previous round will appear in the current round of your journal. (So the major event from the end of Round 3 should currently appear in your journal for Round 4).

March 16, 2017
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Moonray

I have a space suit. I see your sabotage went well.

I have just acquired a keycard that can lock and unlock doors with very high security (I think). Hopefully it still works. Any ideas for it?

March 16, 2017
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Engineer Dooku

That actually didn't go as well as I hoped. I damaged the security systems, and the AI created a defensive forcefield around the other security systems clusters, so no life support shenanigans for now :(

The security system being down might disable the door locks -- if so, one of us should probably go to the captain's office and/or security office.

Maybe the security office will let us disable the forcefields on the other server room clusters? Idk, that might be a lost cause anyway since the human players will probably try to protect the server room from now on.

March 16, 2017
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Ensign Xhin

I honestly think we're better off sabotaging the escape ships, if we can locate them.

March 16, 2017
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Ensign Xhin

I'm an engineer, so I have a lot of excuse to be messing with the escape shuttles. I am currently in the security station, one move away from the hangar. I will investigate it next round.

One idea I have, which might be hard to pull off, is that in the process of 'fixing' the shuttles we should install a bomb of some sort that would activate when they try to leave. Call it a fail-safe.

No doubt the host will make us be rather thorough about it for fairness.

The power core reactor might give us the material for a bomb, but we'd need to figure out a way to get it safely.

March 16, 2017
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Engineer Dooku

Also I found a 'strange DNA sample' that may have some unknown use. Keep your eye out for anything DNA-related.

March 16, 2017
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Engineer Dooku

I like that plan.

Where is the power core reactor?

Also I'm still in exploration mode soooo I might be in the same room as you soon. :D

March 17, 2017
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Ensign Xhin

Also worth pointing out that I have a keycard that does this:

Identifies you as the first officer, unlocks consoles locked with First Officer, Security, Engineer & Medical protocols. Can be used to lock consoles with First Officer, Security, Engineer & Medical protocols.

March 17, 2017
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Ensign Xhin

So, since I probably did the first aggressive action in the game, you should know a couple things:

  • I tranquilized vandy. It may or may not work.

  • If I can tranquilize him successfully, I'll sneak up on him and then try to kill him quietly.

    @Moonray:

  • I fixed a bug where recover stealth actions aren't themselves always stealthed (kiiiinda important).

  • I fixed another bug where stealthed posts were showing up in the NIFE user CP.

    Hopefully I'm the only one who got caught in those bugs before they were fixed. And hopefully I didn't get caught, because I'd like to stay an alien :)

    • March 17, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Also I lied, I just now tested the sneak thing and there was like three layers of bugs to get through before it totally actually worked. Anyway, definitely fixed now.

    March 17, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Moonray:

  • Actions CP shows stealthed actions by making them purple and having a "Stealthed" line below the action.

  • Actions CP shows the room a player is in and links to it.

    • March 18, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    There will be a 1 day delay on the round ending. I will try to update manual actions before then but deadline will be 3pm (BST, that's UTC+1) tomorrow.

    March 18, 2017
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    Moonray

    Also @Moonray: Don't delay the game on my account or anything, I'm done for the round even though I have some actions remaining (staying hidden is more important this round).

    March 18, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Round 5 Begins

    March 19, 2017
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    Moonray

    Engine room goes to power core and gravity controls.

    I may be heading there to do some preemptive sabotage.

    March 19, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Xhin, I just found a 'service piercer' that allows easier hacking of servers. Might be our ticket to messing with life support.

    March 19, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Vandy is unconscious this round, he knows that I injected him with a tranquilizer though. I should be able to kill him, but there's an accuracy concern there, so it might be better to give the blaster pistol to him, and then tell everyone that Vandy tried to shoot me but I fled.

    @Count Dooku: , can you tell me how many people there are in the security station? If no one are coming to the hangar bay for any reason, I can save my sneak and just shoot him openly three times.

    March 19, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Xhin, I just found a 'service piercer' that allows easier hacking of servers. Might be our ticket to messing with life support.

    Also, that sounds excellent.

    March 19, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Well I decided to just be aggressive and attempt to kill Vandy three times. If I fail, I'll have no choice but to be aggressive towards whoever tries to kill me.

    I ended up in the captain's office so I'm going to see what kind of items/etc I can find here. I also found a second blaster pistol, so I might just dual-wield those or something.

    March 19, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    I've got some good weaponry as well.

    I am isolating myself in the engine room. If anyone ends up trapped in there with me I will try to take them out.

    If not, I intend to sabotage everything in that area that could be used to repair the shuttle.

    I will keep you updated.

    March 20, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Sounds awesome.

    March 20, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Round 6 begins

    March 21, 2017
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    Moonray

    Well done Xhin.

    I'm halfway considering injuring myself non-lethally and using my medical kit to patch it up. Claim someone attacked me from stealth. Might help keep the players from suspecting me.

    March 21, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Also don't be in the hangar at the end of this round. Something might happen. Something might not.

    March 21, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    I'm halfway considering injuring myself non-lethally and using my medical kit to patch it up. Claim someone attacked me from stealth. Might help keep the players from suspecting me.

    The only issue with that is that the rooms don't show player descriptions sooo no one can really confirm what you say. So actually that means you could claim to have been shot at without shooting yourself at all.

    Also don't be in the hangar at the end of this round. Something might happen. Something might not.

    Sounds good to me :)

    Also killing Vandy seems to have gone well. I'm going to be a little more strategic for the time being, unless there's an opportunity to be aggressive that I can't pass up.

    March 21, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Also @Count Dooku:

    For the sake of gameplay the escape ship and all key items related to it CANNOT be destroyed.

    I don't think this applies to laying traps around the escape ship necessarily -- that should hurt the humans who try to escape without damaging the ship.

    I've also thought about picking up key items and using them as leverage or something ("kill chiefsonny and throw his corpse into the corridor and I'll give you the hyperdrive")

    March 21, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Also also I picked up a *third* blaster pistol. I also used my manual actions on looking at the options in the security station -- if there's anything interesting in the consoles there, I'll go back and use them for mischief.

    March 21, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    Yeah I realized I could just claim injury without doing it. But I figured the ship AI might say something (about weapons fire), and then I could go into comms thread and complain about it.

    Also the advantage of actually doing it would be if a doctor tried to double check.

    But yeah, that idea is on hold.

    ---

    As for the escape ship, I'm stuck in the power room right now. Going to to try to figure out a way to weaponize the power core.

    ---

    Next round or two:

    I'm going to head to the server room and see if I can gain more control over the station with my security spike.

    March 21, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    As for the escape ship, I'm stuck in the power room right now. Going to to try to figure out a way to weaponize the power core.

    That sounds badass.

    I'm going to head to the server room and see if I can gain more control over the station with my security spike.

    Yeah I'm definitely interested in that. Have you been to the server room yet?

    @Count Dooku:

    March 21, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    I have not made it there yet. Anything I should know? Was going to it at one point, but once you sabotaged the servers I figured it was more important to get to the armory before everyone else.

    Also FYI, there are no random items to be found in Engines / Power Core / Gravity. Presumably you can get specific stuff if it makes sense, but the auto-actionable pickups are gone.

    The hyperdrive has this description, since you mentioned it earlier:

    Success! The hyperdrive motivator has been damaged, it is currently impossible to manually disenage the hyperdrive to perform any work on it.


    March 21, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Important Update

    After observing how the game runs on NIFE I have decided to add an additional win/lose condition.

    Humans
  • Do NOT allow any aliens to escape with you.

    Aliens
  • If one or both of you escapes on the escape ship (with or without the humans) then the humans will automatically lose.

    I believe there are sufficient objects and abilities in the game world that this is still a balanced option. If you wish to discuss this change please post objections/concerns/thoughts in the main thread.

    • March 21, 2017
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    Moonray

    On that note, I saw Helius asking about some item he was supposed to receive. Given that he's the doctor, that might pose a threat to us.

    I think he should be one of our primary targets.

    March 21, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Count Dooku:

    I have not made it there yet. Anything I should know?

    Thought you might want to know what's there so you can plan accordingly:

    Server Cluster - Power
    A group of servers that manage the power systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Life Support
    A group of servers that manage the life support systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Weapons
    A group of servers that manage the weapons systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Gravity
    A group of servers that manage the gravity systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Communications
    A group of servers that manage the communications systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Propulsion
    A group of servers that manage the propulsion systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Shields
    A group of servers that manage the shields systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Security
    A group of servers that manage the security systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Doors
    A group of servers that manage the door systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Lights
    A group of servers that manage the lighting systems of the ship.

    AI Core
    The AI Core. It is protected by a defensive forcefield.

    Don't trust the descriptions, these were from 4 rounds ago (and they're all protected by a forcefield now I believe). Nonetheless, there's a lot to play around with here.

    Given that he's the doctor, that might pose a threat to us.

    Hmm, that's a good point. If they have some way of detecting aliens that will be very bad for us.

    March 21, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Also I destroyed the Security server (though it can probably be repaired).

    March 21, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Thanks for the descriptions. Hopefully I can override the shielding or something.

    March 21, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Sounds good to me!

    Also, I didn't realize it at the time, but destroying the API would probably cripple all the servers at once (granted it's protected by probably a pretty thick forcefield).

    March 21, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    I may have gotten caught :(


    Because right now I suspicious of the person that killed Vandy with out any explanation.


    If it comes up in conversation I'll tell him that Vandy attacked me the round before then.

    March 22, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    I like... locked myself in the engine room and now need to spend a round trying to get out. Lel.

    March 28, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    That sounds terrible. Although I could see that coming in handy if you trap someone in the same room as you.

    So we need this to exit on the ship:

  • Hyperdrive Parts
  • Shield Core
  • Navigation Charts
  • Destination Programming
  • Gravity Sphere
  • All occupants require a space-suit
  • Launch Auth. Codes

    I have a shield core in my inventory and an anti-gravity gun that I can probably take the gravity sphere from. (although I'm thinking that would be more useful with the server stuff).

    I also have three space suits so hopefully that will prevent at least one human from leaving.

    • March 29, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    I have two space suits and I think chief mentioned he has a few. I suspect there may be more suits than players though.

    We should definitely try to acquire some of these parts so the humans can't.

    Be careful entering the engine room. I'm going to try to set up a trap.

    March 30, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Sounds good to me. I'm going to wander around the ship, attempting to find the parts necessary to escape and/or sabotage the station and/or kill players I run across.

    It's hard to tell where any of the players are (and I wasted 4 actions figuring that out) so it might be better to start destroying rooms/laying traps like you're doing.

    If we can gather the parts necessary to escape though one or both of us could theoretically take the ship out and escape without the humans / destroy the ship / destroy the station with the ship.

    March 31, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Count Dooku:

    March 31, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Well then let's try to hoard parts.

    Now that I'm free of engineering I'm heading to the server room.

    March 31, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Xhin:

    I wounded chief, apparently he's searching the engine area for parts.

    March 31, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Xhin:

    How close are you to the Power Core?

    Corridor > Security Station > Engine Room > Power Generator

    I'm trying to figure out a way to take control of the ship's AI using the hacking tool I found. But I need the defensive forcefields taken down. Any chance you could get into the Power Generator room and shut down power to the Server Room?

    If not, I have other ideas, but they may not be host-acceptable.

    Also the engine room is no longer booby trapped. Chief tripped it and got injured. So if you head back that way maybe you can finish him off.

    March 31, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    I could also go the risky path of asking someone else to turn the power off for the Server Room, but they might get suspicious later when I start having the AI do things.

    March 31, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    I could probably do that, I'm in the meeting room currently. Haven't taken the turn yet. @Count Dooku:

    April 1, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Count Dooku: chiefsonny went to the engine room this round.. if he's still there I might be able to kill him instead.. otherwise I'll use my sneak actions to shut down the server room without him finding out.

    April 1, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    ...of course there's multiple rooms here and I don't know where he is, so I snuck to the power room.

    I'm going to try to turn off power to the server room. I'll keep you posted.

    Also it looks like the engine room is where you get the hyper drive parts for the ship. Probably the gravity room will give you gravity parts, but I think my antigravity gun will also work.

    April 1, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    Great, I appreciate it. I'll get my actions in for if the power goes down.

    I assume you'll still be in that room at the start of next round, so I'd ask that you turn the power back on with an action. I'll let you know if my stuff is successful first.

    April 1, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Count Dooku: I turned the power off to the server room, you should be good to go :)

    Also it was stealthed so no one saw me do it. I'm going to end the round here, but next round I'll turn the power back on for the server room.

    April 1, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Great, thanks!

    April 1, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Count Dooku: do you have any more of those tripwires? If you had enough blaster pistols you could theoretically set a bunch of traps up in the corridor and then tell me so I don't move into there -- corridor traps would catch pretty much everyone.

    April 1, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    Honestly the wire wasn't the issue. I just stole some from the engine room.

    The issue was that I had to leave my blaster as part of the trap, and I don't have another. I do have some better weapons, but nothing that would really work in the same way.

    Although I do have a container of antimatter. Not sure if a simple fall would be enough to set it off.

    April 2, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Cool, because I have three blaster pistols which I probably don't need (I have a flamethrower now, it's tradition).

    April 2, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Count Dooku:

    April 2, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    A major event has occurred, check your journal for more information.

    April 3, 2017
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    Moonray

    @Count Dooku: Well, looks like you were successful.

    I got this, btw:

    The AI Core is running on its own emergency generator.


    April 3, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Also, you want me to turn the power back on for the server room, right?

    April 3, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    Yeah, apparently the AI core is basically off limits. Kind of annoying that it's even in the room.

    Go ahead and repower everything this round. I will try to take control of one of the following server clusters:

    Server Cluster - Power
    A group of servers that manage the power systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Life Support
    A group of servers that manage the life support systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Weapons
    A group of servers that manage the weapons systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Gravity
    A group of servers that manage the gravity systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Communications
    A group of servers that manage the communications systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Propulsion
    A group of servers that manage the propulsion systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Shields
    A group of servers that manage the shields systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Security
    A group of servers that manage the security systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Doors
    A group of servers that manage the door systems of the ship.

    Server Cluster - Lights
    A group of servers that manage the lighting systems of the ship.


    Any suggestions? I only have one service piercer, and I'm guessing it isn't multi-use.

    I could try to take control of the shield servers and shut them down, but if the piercer is single use I still won't be able to do much... although I could maybe kill the AI by destroying it. Then there wouldn't be so many systems to stop us wrecking the place.

    April 3, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Also FYI I fixed the security cluster because it was preventing me from accessing a personal item.

    April 3, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Count Dooku: I've repowered the server room. How much access do you have over the hacking tool? Can you access it while you're in another room?

    Also where did you find it?

    I'm probably going to explore the rooms around the power core because I haven't yet.

    April 4, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Also I turned off gravity in all rooms because that's just how I roll.

    April 4, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    How much access do you have over the hacking tool? Can you access it while you're in another room?

    I am not sure yet. I believe it is one time use (hence why I am going for the AI).

    I also happen to have found a laptop. So I am hoping that I will be able to remotely give the AI / compromised server orders. But in order to unlock the laptop I had to fix the security servers. This round will give me more answers.

    Also where did you find it?

    I actually found both the laptop and service piercer in the engine room. Just picking up random items and there they were.

    April 4, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    quick test

    April 4, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku



    April 4, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Indeed.

    April 4, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Count Dooku:

    I have a shield core, do you think we could reverse-engineer it somehow to get rid of the shield on the AI core? Or did turning the power off already do that for you?

    April 4, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    I think I have a solution to the AI problem. I'll let you know once the round updates.

    April 5, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Sounds good to me :)

    April 5, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    An event has occurred. Check your journal.

    April 5, 2017
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    Moonray

    Oh dear, that doesn't sound good. Better turn it back on I guess.

    April 5, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Count Dooku: don't go into the gravity room, whatever you do. I'm laying a trap.

    April 5, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Actually no I don't like that idea... I have kind of a 3-round idea that requires that room.

    April 5, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    Sounds good, I'm still in the server room.

    I believe I control the AI now. I will try to figure out its abilities.

    April 5, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Xhin: So basically the AI can control everything. Thoughts on how to proceed?

    April 7, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Count Dooku: What do you mean by "everything"? Like control consoles for every room or something?

    I would definitely try to find a way to see where the other players are, or track their movements or something. The sneak thing is making it impossible to kill players directly.

    Also how are you controlling the AI? Is it something intrinsic to you or do you have a device or something? If you die somehow I'd like to be able to continue your legacy (although I'm far more likely to die first :P)

    My plan right now is to fix the ship and then use it to destroy the station. I have a shield core and a bunch of space suits, I can probably get both hyperdrive parts and a gravity sphere this round.

    April 7, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Also you could get rid of oxygen in human rooms and maybe kill off those without space suits.

    April 7, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    Have you seen any hints towards destination progamming, launch auth codes, or navigation charts?

    April 7, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Xhin:

    What do you mean by "everything"?

    Here is my result from asking the AI to tell me what functions it had available:

    The AI can control everything in the ship. Rather than list it, it would be easier if you just checked with the glorious host if you can do things you want (but you probably can). The AI can respond to voice commands (aka use manual actions but you don't have to be in this room).


    Also how are you controlling the AI? Is it something intrinsic to you or do you have a device or something? If you die somehow I'd like to be able to continue your legacy (although I'm far more likely to die first :P)

    Basically I did this action:

    Engineer Dooku uses his service piercer and engineer laptop on the AI core, attempting to take control of the ship\'s AI so it will respond to his commands.

    I agree you should have access. I will use one of my actions this round to order the AI to obey your commands. We should coordinate from there on so we don't contradict actions though.

    Also you could get rid of oxygen in human rooms and maybe kill off those without space suits.

    Not a bad idea, although I suspect it would take a LONG time. Might be a good distraction though.

    More harmful/annoying might be messing with the gravity controls. I tried to dial up the gravity to 'dangerous levels' in the hangar at one point but the AI overruled me for safety. Now that shouldn't be a problem.

    Have you seen any hints towards destination progamming, launch auth codes, or navigation charts?

    ;) I'll ask our new friend

    April 7, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Xhin:

    Also FYI I will be out his weekend. So I will put in my actions (give you AI control, possibly seal off the server room, ask the ai about the things you wanted (might only get one at a time) sometime in the next few hours.

    I should be able to get ahold of a computer on Sunday or late Monday for next round.

    April 7, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    My actions are in.

    April 7, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Mine are too. I should have the hyperdrive parts and at least an idea of what a gravity sphere is, which I should be able to make while I'm over here.

    I considered dropping some key items in the corridor and rigging them to explosives for more subterfuge because we can probably make more of them.

    April 7, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    @Count Dooku:

    April 7, 2017
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    Ensign Xhin

    So, I'm an engineer too :)

    April 8, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Xhin:

    The sneak thing is making it impossible to kill players directly.


    This is something I've been meaning to ask about.

    Could we change how sneak works. Remove the auto-hide from player list and turn it into a auto-action that hides you from the player list until you move room or something. Perhaps also give the host the ability to give it a cost?

    Also an option to remove the "sneak recovery" action as it's sorta unnecessary in games where stealth automatically recovers each round.

    April 9, 2017
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    Moonray

    @Moonray:

    Could we change how sneak works. Remove the auto-hide from player list and turn it into a auto-action that hides you from the player list until you move room or something. Perhaps also give the host the ability to give it a cost?

    What do you mean by a cost? It already has a cost, doesn't it?

    Also is it a good idea to change this mechanic mid-game?

    Also an option to remove the "sneak recovery" action as it's sorta unnecessary in games where stealth automatically recovers each round.

    Yeah that can get removed entirely, although I did use it to good effect at one point (I was at 40 and I used it to commit the first sneak action of the game).

    April 9, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    Auto-hide does not have a cost. As it stands right now you hit the threshold and you're hidden...

    You can modify it whenever you want, but right now we have a game where no one can see anyone... Hence your issue of being unable to really attack people.

    April 9, 2017
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    Moonray

    @Moonray:

    You can modify it whenever you want, but right now we have a game where no one can see anyone... Hence your issue of being unable to really attack people.

    Fair enough. So the best way to do it would probably be something like this:

  • You're visible by default.

  • You can use a special action that doesn't contribute to your auto-action limit to hide yourself from the visible characters list.. but it consumes the same amount as a sneaked auto-action (10 in this case)

  • It works for the entirety of the round, but at the start of the next round you become visible again.

    If that's not a great solution, maybe we could at least work with it and optimize it.

    • April 9, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    That would work as a start.

    Personally I would prefer if it de-activates when you move room rather than at the end of a round. Seems like it'd have more strategic use if you could use it one round and then wait for your prey to enter the room the next round.

    April 9, 2017
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    Moonray

    @Moonray:

    Personally I would prefer if it de-activates when you move room rather than at the end of a round. Seems like it'd have more strategic use if you could use it one round and then wait for your prey to enter the room the next round.

    Oh yeah good idea, that solves the mid-round problem that I ran into.

    April 10, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Xhin:

    The AI informs you that the Launch Auth Codes and Navigation Charts were on the bridge, but are currently unaccounted for. Destination Programming is currently being projected in the Meeting Room but no one pays attention to rooms because they think they'll never change!


    Also @Xhin:

    Success! The AI will respond to voice commands from ENGINEER Xhin


    Now that we're both Engineers I'm thinking of us as the race from Alien / Prometheus...

    April 11, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Xhin I hope you are not on the bridge. I am going to try another gravity trap.

    April 11, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Count Dooku: I'm still at the gravity controls.. I unfortunately missed the last round due to IRL going crazy while simultaneously moving.. but should be okay now for the rest of the game.

    April 12, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    Also more importantly @Count Dooku:

    I'm not sure if you're accessing the gravity controls, but if I turn them off and back on again, but in the middle collect a gravity sphere we'll have another key item.

    April 12, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    Also I have hyperdrive parts and a shield core.

    April 12, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Xhin:

    No problem.

    I had the AI send out the fake message about the Captain's Office in order to lure people onto the bridge, where I have cranked the gravity up to harmful levels.

    I have also discovered that each room has a hidden laser turret in it that could be activated at our whim.

    April 12, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    I had the AI send out the fake message about the Captain's Office in order to lure people onto the bridge, where I have cranked the gravity up to harmful levels.

    That sounds like a most excellent plan.

    April 12, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Count Dooku: I'm finally back (missed 2 rounds). I'm going to aim for the other key items and try to fix up the ship and go for that general plan.

    April 15, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    Actions are in.

    April 15, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Count Dooku: I may have managed to kill or at least hurt Pirate_Ninja this round.. he's been moving without sneak so I used three sneaked actions to attack him.

    Also I stole some more items from Vandy's corpse.

    April 21, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    I've been activating gun turrets in various rooms (they won't target us) and investigating ship functions. Sounds like you're being more productive though. Where is this occurring?

    April 21, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    Round update will be delayed (went to do it earlier but only one action had been made so didn't seem worth it). Unsure when I will get chance as I am out for most of the weekend, Monday at latest though!

    April 21, 2017
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    Moonray

    @Count Dooku: In the security station. Worth noting that he shot one of the turrets and may have destroyed it. If so I could probably repair it (provided he's dead and I'm alive).

    April 22, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    I turned on turrets in the corridor and meeting room. So he must have discovered that one on his own and preemptively destroyed it.

    April 22, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Count Dooku: I attacked PN but failed to kill him. He also knows I attacked him, so I've done the mafia thing and pre-emptively told the commlink I'm in that PN attacked me. This may eventually result in my death but adventure is different from mafia in that the humans can't necessarily kill me easily.

    Have you found the destination programming, launch Auth codes or navigation charts? I have all the other key items to get off the ship.

    Perhaps it's time to get the turrets to indiscriminately attack humans or something. I'm going to look into room destruction so that we can gather the humans all in one place maybe.

    April 24, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    If something goes horribly wrong, I'd like to give you the key items (and extra space suits) somehow so if I die my corpse can't be looted for them.

    April 24, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    I think I'm going to move this round as well. We could meet up and make a stand? Even if word gets out, the humans seem disorganized. And we basically control the station.

    I have been activating gun turrets each round, so that'll definitely be an obstacle for them.

    April 24, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    If they have those chemicals that can detect aliens then your time of moving through their ranks stealthily has probably ended.

    What do you mean by making a stand? Also where would we meet?

    April 24, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    Also worth pointing out that PN has some kind of shield that's preventing fatal combat damage. Not sure how we would kill him (emp blast the shield maybe?)

    April 24, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Moonray: I messed up my actions, I meant to attack chiefsonny in the security station, not the hangar. I might be able to fix it.. if not please correct it for me.

    April 28, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Moonray: belay that, I fixed it :)

    April 28, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Count Dooku: PN injured my leg.

    In good news though I think I found where chiefsonny is and I mat be able to attack him this round.

    I've gone to the armory and am going to stock up on some more hardcore weaponry and start pursuing a more aggressive playstyle as I think the situation calls for it.

    April 28, 2017
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    Engineer Xhin

    @Xhin:

    I'm waiting on some kind of research project to finish. Then I too am going full aggro. Maybe we should group up?

    April 28, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

    @Xhin:

    Don't state any game relevant stuff if you can (technically you already cheated by redoing your actions!) but can you reply to this post or does being dead prevent it?

    If it doesn't prevent it, then it probably should :)

    April 28, 2017
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    Moonray

    @Xhin:

    PM me things that are definitely not game-relevant.

    April 28, 2017
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    Engineer Dooku

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