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<blockquote data-quote="Spoils" data-source="post: 1684013" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p><strong>DCE = Distributed Computing Environment</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Iron Man dropped beneath the roiling cloud cover and got his first bird's-eye view of 'Stonehenge.' Despite the tense situation, he could not help but be impressed. Even as he admired the elegance with which this structure had to have been built, he was already going to work. <span style="color: Yellow">"Flight autonav, target: Captain America. Pattern Beta-Erratic."</span> Tony called up secure communication relays to Banner, Pym, & Richards and recorded a brief greeting, <span style="color: Yellow">"Iron Man here, prep to receive sensor data."</span> Briefly muting the link, he chuckled to himself, <span style="color: Yellow">"If Fury wants that info fast, he'll get it fast. Let them wonder how I did it..."</span></p><p></p><p>When it needs to be, the Iron Man armor is an excellent communications, sensor, and computational relay. But for this job, Tony needed something more. Relying on autonavigational flight, he linked the Iron Man interface to the nearest Stark Enterprises office and from there, formed a connection to PLATO. <span style="color: Yellow">"PLATO, begin task queuing; Priority-1, StarkDCE is authorized. 1. Comprehensive weather sat. view re: my location. 2. Repeat scan, view re: Washington, D.C. 3. Repeat scan, global scope, spiral pattern from my location. Relay final results to me. Tony out."</span> Tony chuckled to himself; by now, every Stark Enterprises computer would seem just a little sluggish, as each one performed a piece of the work that PLATO could distribute. <span style="color: Gray">Computer / Science roll: 23. Pretty sure I've burned a hero point on top of that for extra-effort, though I couldn't pinpoint exactly how. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p></p><p>Iron Man's view of the landscape was already changing, as high resolution images were downloaded and overlaid upon everything in sight. Even the clouds took on a strange texture as his display smeared them with colored lines of predicted movement. Bright, colored lines... that tangled in a dangerous pattern.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Iron Man kicked in a burst of speed, urgently trying to get out of the air and down to Captain America's side before things got any worse. On the way down, he linked again with his allies' clearance-desks and sent them each a copy of the satellite results.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">Did the global scans indicate anything else unusual? Were there more of these structures in other cities across the world? Was anything strange going on at Stonehenge itself?</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spoils, post: 1684013, member: 20599"] [b]DCE = Distributed Computing Environment[/b] Iron Man dropped beneath the roiling cloud cover and got his first bird's-eye view of 'Stonehenge.' Despite the tense situation, he could not help but be impressed. Even as he admired the elegance with which this structure had to have been built, he was already going to work. [COLOR=Yellow]"Flight autonav, target: Captain America. Pattern Beta-Erratic."[/COLOR] Tony called up secure communication relays to Banner, Pym, & Richards and recorded a brief greeting, [COLOR=Yellow]"Iron Man here, prep to receive sensor data."[/COLOR] Briefly muting the link, he chuckled to himself, [COLOR=Yellow]"If Fury wants that info fast, he'll get it fast. Let them wonder how I did it..."[/COLOR] When it needs to be, the Iron Man armor is an excellent communications, sensor, and computational relay. But for this job, Tony needed something more. Relying on autonavigational flight, he linked the Iron Man interface to the nearest Stark Enterprises office and from there, formed a connection to PLATO. [COLOR=Yellow]"PLATO, begin task queuing; Priority-1, StarkDCE is authorized. 1. Comprehensive weather sat. view re: my location. 2. Repeat scan, view re: Washington, D.C. 3. Repeat scan, global scope, spiral pattern from my location. Relay final results to me. Tony out."[/COLOR] Tony chuckled to himself; by now, every Stark Enterprises computer would seem just a little sluggish, as each one performed a piece of the work that PLATO could distribute. [COLOR=Gray]Computer / Science roll: 23. Pretty sure I've burned a hero point on top of that for extra-effort, though I couldn't pinpoint exactly how. :)[/COLOR] Iron Man's view of the landscape was already changing, as high resolution images were downloaded and overlaid upon everything in sight. Even the clouds took on a strange texture as his display smeared them with colored lines of predicted movement. Bright, colored lines... that tangled in a dangerous pattern. Iron Man kicked in a burst of speed, urgently trying to get out of the air and down to Captain America's side before things got any worse. On the way down, he linked again with his allies' clearance-desks and sent them each a copy of the satellite results. [COLOR=Red]Did the global scans indicate anything else unusual? Were there more of these structures in other cities across the world? Was anything strange going on at Stonehenge itself?[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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