Honor Amongst

[kd7sov]

On this subject, Quantumlaw largely covers intentionally trying to uncover the identity of other Quantumspace members. Basically, the rule in Quantumspace is that, if they don't want to tell you something, you don't have a right to find out. In this case, Yellowjacket is asking for help finding Janissary, so it's fine.
Plus, she knows that Yellowjacket knows that she works for the Orange Lotus, and could easily ask her not to help if he wanted to.

Quantumlaw is more of a guideline than anything, but Poetsbane is in no real danger of breaking it here.

He says, as I begin composing a suggestion involving trying to find out who YJ is, that he'd want to know about Janissary mere hours after Cairo asked. But I'd forgotten about Quantumlaw, so another angle...

> Go for it. It rarely hurts to get people further in debt to you, and if you're in you'll get the info Cairo might want again.

[DairunCates]

Of the new Hackers introduced here, two of them are not references.

I forget. Have we met Bludh0und before, or were you just trying to trick us into thinking there was only 1 new reference here?

[Bloddyredcommie]

Seoul> do it but, bargain for the schematics for the holoprojecter in the process.

Oh yeah. You’ve wanted that Holoprojector ever since you saw it. You take a couple minutes to make sure you have something to offer, then join the channel.

[Gnauga]

It might be best if you take the Orange Lotus. It'd at least give you control over what information you let YJ have.

[suomynonAyletamitlU]

It might be best if you take the Orange Lotus. It'd at least give you control over what information you let YJ have.

That gets dangerously close to tipping your hand, though. It might be better just to set up some defenses now that you know they're coming--maybe leave something interesting just lying around, or "accidentally" less protected.

Really, though, if you know you're gonna get hacked, you
1) want to know how they'll do it, and
2) want to make sure nothing sensitive leaks.
So knowing when they do it, maybe even watching it go down, might be best. I'm sure you can set something up.

Depending on what the higher-ups say (and whether or not you care) even leaking what you know about Janissary might be too much. You might need a plausible-deniability gambit for the bosses, but as long as you're trading favors for favors, they probably won't do anything rash.

(Trying not to metagame here, but) Seoul, if you have any reason to suspect Octoberist or n3wt--or Yellowjacket, I suppose--were working for one of the other syndicates, you could use this as a excuse to poke at those syndicates' defenses, see if either reacts. I mean, like you, they know they're on the menu for a hack soonish, and they might get jumpy. You seem like a frosty lady when you put your mind to it, I bet you can have a far better poker face.

[Bloddyredcommie]

It might be best if you take the Orange Lotus. It'd at least give you control over what information you let YJ have.

That gets dangerously close to tipping your hand, though. It might be better just to set up some defenses now that you know they're coming--maybe leave something interesting just lying around, or "accidentally" less protected.

Eh, that’s no big deal. All you do is claim you can handle multiple groups. If anybody suspects something, Quantumlaw will protect you from them trying to investigate.

And done, with no-one the wiser.

Depending on what the higher-ups say (and whether or not you care) even leaking what you know about Janissary might be too much. You might need a plausible-deniability gambit for the bosses, but as long as you're trading favors for favors, they probably won't do anything rash.

Well, you haven’t been TOLD to investigate Janissary, but you can’t see any way knowing who Janissary is would hurt the Lotus. Plus, even though nobody else in the Lotus knows about Quantumspace, your contacts there have been a big help. The Faceless Elders have a standing policy of encouraging useful relationships, so working on a project like this is a good way to do that. Therefore, you can help out Yellowjacket AND help the Lotus, even though you haven’t been ordered to.


You are such a rebel.
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You are now Claudia DeRouge, you’ve woken up again, feeling much better this time. You’re still in this strange apartment, you hear somebody working in the kitchen, and some kind of techno music coming from downstairs.

[The_Codfish]

That poster.

Claudia: You've lost your appetite from all this life-threatening danger. Go downstairs.

[Gnauga]

Foooooood.
Also get your grenades back.

[Curris]

Claudia ==> Remember how your mother kept calm in difficult situations. Try to channel her essence here. Also, be aware of your weapons and exits. Paranoia has always been a healthy life companion.

[Andorxor]

>Check your stuff for ferret infestations

[siguard]

>go downstairs and play some serious sam

>check the kitchen, you probably haven't eaten for a while now.

[ParadoxTurtle]

>Feel incredibly light and fast due to lack of explosive materials

[DairunCates]

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That poster.

...But, of course. ALL the cool kids love Magical Striker Witch Clary Young. It's the magical girl show for the more mature aficionado of watching 13 year old girls shoot lasers at each other. Also, it has Russian Magical girls in season 2. What's not to love?

>Claudia: Check for Traps.
>Claudia: Get ready to jump whoever comes around the corner next.

[Bloddyredcommie]

o I was going to get work done, and then I started thinking about Robots.

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Also, Languages and Accents.

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Johnny: Has a natural gift for languages. His mother was a citizen of the world, and, when he was growing up, she would randomly switch between different languages in order to keep him sharp. Then, he spent part of his life flying around the world helping her out, so for years he became very adept at picking up languages, combine this with his skill at imitation and mimicry, he can do just about any accent he wants.
Jess: All the Children of the Lotus were raised to speak Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and English. Because she spent most of her career fighting the Iron Cossacks, Jess also picked up some Russian (She can read it and understand it very well, but she’s not very good at speaking it). As Johnny mentioned, she speaks English with a carefully-coached Generic Midwestern accent, the type used by actors when they’re not trying to portray a specific dialect.
Yellowjacket: Speaks English and some high-school level Spanish.
Eddie: He’s traveled the world, and so has a smattering of other languages, but he doesn’t speak them very well (Usually he just knows a few key phrases “Hello” “Where is the bathroom” “I’m sorry, I don’t speak [language], do you speak English]” and “My that’s a nice skeletal structure you’ve got there. Be a shame if something happened to it” (The last one loses something in translation, but he gets the point across). Despite growing up in Ireland he doesn’t have much of an accent unless he wants to. He also speaks fluent Swahili, though nobody knows why.
Claudia: Speaks French largely, though she’s got most of the Romance languages (Plus German) at a decent level of competency (Enough to carry on a normal, if simple, Conversation). If she’s trying, she can do a good British accent with English (Since that’s what she learned), but otherwise will lapse into a French accent.
Henri: Has roughly the same linguistic range as Claudia, with the notable exception that he can actually speak English with an all-but flawless American Accent. He intentionally adopts an over-the-top fake French accent when his brother is around, mostly because he knows how much it bugs him.
Seoul: is fluent at reading lots of languages, but she’s all but helpless when it comes to speaking anything besides Japanese and English, and her English isn’t that good either.
Cairo: Underwent the same linguistic training as Jess. However when speaking English he tries to sound something like Clint Eastwood. He does Not Succeed.
Patrick: Sounds like a goddam Leprechaun. It would be funny, if it weren’t for the fact that anybody who laughs gets a knife in the throat.

[Xander]

YJ is quite the gamer, isn't he?

[siguard]

Only yellowjacket would make Fus-Ro-Da: the robot. and i bet that nobody else in the apartment gets the joke.

a quick question about Shadowsteel, what exactly does the spacial displacer do? does it work like portals or a portable hole? And i'mma gonna guess that the Thaumaturgic Control system is the fruits of the professor's research from last heist.

[Bloddyredcommie]

YJ is quite the gamer, isn't he?

He's enough of one to know that when you're building a robot to house a Sonic cannon, you don't waste the opportunity. Also, the "Horns" are part of the Sonic amplification system, specifically they help focus the burst. They move in or out depending on whether he wants a tight, intense stream of sound or a wider-more dispersed effect.

As for how Yellowjacket designed the Sonic Cannon, Hivemind had been looking into the technology for some time as a potential riot control technique. However, the project was canned due to the potential for property damage (if calibrated or used wrong, it might break glass, which can be a problem in urban areas.) or personal injury lawsuits (prolonged exposure leads to inner ear damage). Yellowjacket's Headphones were modified from the prototype protective gear designed to be used by operators. The project was abandoned, but the details were in one of the many files Yellowjacket hid on external servers while preparing his escape from Hivemind. After loud music saved his life during the fight with Doctor Vendari, Yellowjacket was inspired to take another look at the technology.

a quick question about Shadowsteel, what exactly does the spacial displacer do? does it work like portals or a portable hole? And i'mma gonna guess that the Thaumaturgic Control system is the fruits of the professor's research from last heist.

The Spatial Displacer functions as a short ranged teleport. It's the result of Doctor Vendari trying to re-create the abilities of the Laughing Idol. In it's current state Humans can't survive the process.
The Thaumatergic Control System is another result of Vendari's work. It allows the Shadowsteel to move with a good deal of finesse (Without this system, it would probably fall down if it tried to walk on anything besides perfectly flat ground). It helps make up for the fact that Seoul isn't much of an engineer (She's in many ways a better Programmer than Yellowjacket, and much better than Oktoberist ,Who isn't much of a software person by Quantumspace standards, but Robots aren't really her thing.)

So yeah, that's what you get for giving Doctor Vendari to the Orange Lotus. You get Magical Teleporting Ninjabots. I hope you're happy with yourselves.

Also, the pictures don't show a scale, but the Hunter-Killers are pretty damn big. The One they Fear (In their tongue he is Robokiin, DRAGONBUILT!) and the Shadowsteel are both about human sized. When standing upright, the Hunter-Killer is probably twice that.

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I bet if we gave him to Hivemind there would be magical riotbots out there instead. :P

[TwoKillerMockingbirds]

The fact that Eddie knows swahili makes me very happy, for some reason

[kd7sov]

Come on, man, magical teleporting ninjabots are the best teleporting ninjabots.

[The_Codfish]

Oh man, robot rumble.

Has Yellowjacket already made the DOVAHKIIN, or is it still in planning stages/just partially built in the story?

[eerr]

Robots are more important than storytelling, you should know this!

Otherwise you'll never be great like Megaman.

[Bloddyredcommie]

Claudia ==> Remember how your mother kept calm in difficult situations. Try to channel her essence here. Also, be aware of your weapons and exits. Paranoia has always been a healthy life companion.

>Claudia: Check for Traps.
>Claudia: Get ready to jump whoever comes around the corner next.

Your mother didn’t teach you much. In fact, you barely saw her growing up. Occasionally she would spend a few weeks at the Farm, writing novels or hiding from the police, but Usuallly she was too busy flying around the globe, breaking hearts, cracking vaults, taunting her enemies, and astonishing the world with the daring of her heists. You got grand-père to order lots of magazines and newspapers so you could clip out all the articles about her. Only Jean Ernesto got to join her on her travels. You were so jealous of him, still are in fact.
But yeah, while you have studied her work intensely, you cannot say you learned very much from your Mother.

Your Grandfather on the other hand, taught you quite a lot. You see three exits, the front door, a few interior doors, a door to what you guess is a Balcony,and stairs going down. As for weapons, you see a golf club lying against the door. You would prefer your gun, or some grenades, but this will have to do.
They havn’t locked you up, and you heard Jean-Ernesto’s voice earlier (Well, that silly American accent he uses anyway). Still, the girl DID drug you. And with the day you’ve been having, it would be just your luck if his “Allies” decided to just turn you in for whatever rewards are being offered. You hear somebody coming out of the kitchen and get ready to ambush them.

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Sorry about Lack of Updates.

Also, concerning Robots. Not sure if Dovahkiin and Shadowsteel are operational right now, or if they're in progress.

The Hunter-Killers are out there though.


Also, while making this update I got distracted several times by the IRC. These are the results

This joke had to be done.
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Kawaiicakes with Sugoirup.


It occured to me that Madame DeRouge should fly around the world in a lavish dirigible shaped like her hat.


So now she does.

[DairunCates]

>Claudia: Show all the subtlety, poise, and stealth being a demolitions expert has taught you.
>Claudia: Scream like Xena being attacked by a rabid weasel and attack with twice the ferocity.

[ParadoxTurtle]

Eddie> Take the shot like a man and politely ask her to go back to her seat for some nice warm pancakes

Cluadia> listen to the giant imposing green man