Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[DM_Matt]

Jonasson says "Orbital Bombardment...now THAT will set you back a bit. Possible though. As far as cloaking, we can build satellites that can be cloaked at any speed, but at the current cost, the cloak will still function at speeds that allow repositioning to a target on the opposite side of the planet in about six hours. Feel free to work with our engineers here to get the speed and the cloak to where you want it."

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And RE: what everyone has said, yes, you'll have to decide when to force your way to a terminal and take what you need, if not outright take down the facility. Since Jemal is not necessarily around at the moment and has been off the boards for a while (he seems to periodically disappear like that), Optic sneaking off is probably not an option (and it probably would not have worked, anyway).
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[Victim]

An orbital laser? What the hell? This wasn't part of our plan at all! Since we can't really speak freely, the plan we set up is the only thing we really have to go on. Let's get a bit more info, agree to the deal, then take the tour. After taking a moment to recover some composure, Shooting Star improvises "Using a weapon on our spy sat would reveal its location, heavily tax the cloak, and make further spying efforts more difficult. I didn't think that the issue of arming the satellite was even on the table."

"At this time," she adds, looking back to Optic.

Then she addresses Jonasson: "Now about that 6 hours to cover half the globe. Is that movement along the same orbital path or acceleration to change its orbital path? I'm trying to be extra clear since it seems as if a cloaking device's ability to match the environment would be based on velocity, while the normal problem for orbital 'movement' would be acceleration." This 'let's pretend' stuff is exhausting. I have the space physics right, don't I? Wait, wouldn't velocity change the orbit height too. That stuff was pretty counter-intuitive. Sh-! We need to finish this part soon before I screw us up. Unless Optic is hacking in now with his power. He could do it at range, right?

 

[DM_Matt]

An orbital laser? What the hell? This wasn't part of our plan at all! Since we can't really speak freely, the plan we set up is the only thing we really have to go on. Let's get a bit more info, agree to the deal, then take the tour. After taking a moment to recover some composure, Shooting Star improvises "Using a weapon on our spy sat would reveal its location, heavily tax the cloak, and make further spying efforts more difficult. I didn't think that the issue of arming the satellite was even on the table."

"At this time," she adds, looking back to Optic.

Then she addresses Jonasson: "Now about that 6 hours to cover half the globe. Is that movement along the same orbital path or acceleration to change its orbital path? I'm trying to be extra clear since it seems as if a cloaking device's ability to match the environment would be based on velocity, while the normal problem for orbital 'movement' would be acceleration." This 'let's pretend' stuff is exhausting. I have the space physics right, don't I? Wait, wouldn't velocity change the orbit height too. That stuff was pretty counter-intuitive. Sh-! We need to finish this part soon before I screw us up. Unless Optic is hacking in now with his power. He could do it at range, right?

"This includes the ability to accelerate, then get to the necessary velocity to complete a hemicycle i six hours"

(BTW, you guys CAN'T close the deal. Even Optic doesn't have that kind of money prepared for easy transfer, and the Trust didn't offer it. They aren't going to let you go on the tour.)

 

[DM_Matt]

(So is anyone going to make a move of some kind?)

 

[Shayuri]

(I can keep stalling, but Optic is the one who's actually doing stuff now. The plan was to support him. So aside from trying to keep them talking...what specifically are we supposed to do? )

Viridian glances at Star, a little annoyed and letting it show.

"This is a rare opportunity to talk to some of the most knowledgeable people on the planet," she says frostily. "I don't see any harm in investigating options. After all, if we're willing to spend this much, maybe we can afford more."

She looks at the tech again. "What would it run, for a basic system? And would it bring the cost down if we could supply some of the components ourselves?"

We have to stall them, Star...just trust me on this one, please...

 

[DM_Matt]

(I can keep stalling, but Optic is the one who's actually doing stuff now. The plan was to support him. So aside from trying to keep them talking...what specifically are we supposed to do? )

Viridian glances at Star, a little annoyed and letting it show.

"This is a rare opportunity to talk to some of the most knowledgeable people on the planet," she says frostily. "I don't see any harm in investigating options. After all, if we're willing to spend this much, maybe we can afford more."

She looks at the tech again. "What would it run, for a basic system? And would it bring the cost down if we could supply some of the components ourselves?"

We have to stall them, Star...just trust me on this one, please...

(As long as Jemal isn't around, Optic will hack when and where you folks tell him to and I'll keep reporting his findings with his X-Ray vision)

 

[Raylis]

"Perhaps we didn't make ourselves clear on what we were expecting and what your facilities can produce. Mr. Carson is a visual person; a tour of your facilites and showing us what you can do as well as explaining it would help move our transaction along. If Mr. Carson likes what he sees we can arrange a down payment and get started right away. Nightweaver says looking at Jonasson, her face neutral.

 

[DM_Matt]

"Perhaps we didn't make ourselves clear on what we were expecting and what your facilities can produce. Mr. Carson is a visual person; a tour of your facilites and showing us what you can do as well as explaining it would help move our transaction along. If Mr. Carson likes what he sees we can arrange a down payment and get started right away. Nightweaver says looking at Jonasson, her face neutral.

Mr. Jonasson says "Perhaps WE did not make ourselves clear. The Foundry's reputation surely proceeds us. If you could find us, you know full well what we are capable of. We have rules here. You may not tour our production facilities unless you have paid for the product. We do this for security reasons. Requiring such a large cash payment for access means that those who would raid a facility would have to first invest a large amount of money in the project, which we can use for our insurance deductable. Now let us conclude our negotiations, or you should return to the city."

 

[kirinke]

Hope nods in understanding. "Clever, you loose nothing in any event if something untoward were to occur." Hope said wryly, "And those who would usually raid a facility are either supervillians too greedy to pay for good services or suicidal superheroes with little appeciation of either good services or the brains to run them. No loss either way in my opinion."

 

[DM_Matt]

Hope nods in understanding. "Clever, you loose nothing in any event if something untoward were to occur." Hope said wryly, "And those who would usually raid a facility are either supervillians too greedy to pay for good services or suicidal superheroes with little appeciation of either good services or the brains to run them. No loss either way in my opinion."

"Indeed. So shall we finish our arrangement?"