Brotherhood of the Machine (OOC) [PG/14] - Open - New players welcome!

[lucas marcone]

if he says no, ill edit. im not a god moding l-l4xx0l2 i know limits when i see them, but it really is a crude version of "hard light" with flaws. then again Lee it's up to you homie.

[Catffeinated]

I can actually see "hard light" working out, it's just photons so close together it simulates a real object... well, that's my explanation

[techmaster-glitch]

Actually, solid coherent light is something the Forerunners came up with. The Light Bridge, remember? (or, who here hasn't played the original Halo?)

Though, the Light Bridge was only a basic shape (a rectangle/trapezoid), and it required the kind of power that Halo itself generated. The idea of that kind of thing being minaturized and focused into a hologram projector the size of a large dinner platter seems...a little off.

[lucas marcone]

diffrent reality diffrent rules

[techmaster-glitch]

True, but we'll let Ryudo make the final call.

[Tapewolf]

I can actually see "hard light" working out, it's just photons so close together it simulates a real object... well, that's my explanation

I think you'd need something brighter than the sun to use photon pressure.  You'd also have to 'stop' the photons to make them act as a hard edge, which would then prevent the projection being visible.  The basic problem is that photons are fundamentally not the same kind of stuff as regular baryonic matter, so you wouldn't be able to use light to do both things at once.
Light and some kind of projected, transparent suspension material I could buy, but we're entering the realms of magic, here.   

Bear in mind that you'd need a power source too.  Gid seems to be running off something like AA cells so apart from Exo, whose power source seems to be unknown and experimental, Ryudo's world seems to be maybe 50 years ahead of our own in terms of power technology.

Actually, solid coherent light is something the Forerunners came up with. The Light Bridge, remember? (or, who here hasn't played the original Halo?)

Me...

[lucas marcone]

i was thinking more along the lines of light sabers minus the whole hot enough to cut through you like butter thing. plasma can be contained with a strongenough magnetic feild. an were already able to make crude lightsabers in this day in age....it just takes a room full of equipment...but just some time ago computers were in the same sticky situation.

[Ryudo Lee]

Yeah, this solid hologram business... no.  You can have holograms, and even have ones that emanate sounds, but not solid ones.  That would be going a little too far ahead of current technology.

[Arcalane]

Oi, gimme a chance to reply, people. I have a life here. I'll try and get a response post done as soon as I can - preferably once this headache blows over.

[techmaster-glitch]

Arcalane, what is Exo's responce to Jexx? He has reactivated his micros and sent the data containing the new site to the command console.

[Arcalane]

I responded to you at the same time as the others;

"Return to main site but stay alert."

EDIT: The "suggestion deploy cameras" comment was aimed at everyone.

[Ryudo Lee]

Are these cameras going to be camaflauged in any way?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Query: Did the enforcer keep the card, or hand it back to the Chief?

[Ryudo Lee]

He kept it.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Danke.

*reverts to lurk mode*

[Arcalane]

Are these cameras going to be camaflauged in any way?

And EMP-shielded, I'd hope.

[Tapewolf]

Did you mean to dupe your post there, tech?

[techmaster-glitch]

Heh? *checks* OH FOR F**K. I reposted becasue the last time I tied my internet went RAWR and I had to reboot my computer. I didn't see that it was actually submitted. Grrrrrrrrrrr.......stupid unstable internet and computer.........

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Did you mean to dupe your post there, tech?

What post? ;-]

[Tapewolf]

Are we getting Morgan's arrest over the comms?

[lucas marcone]

i didn't see him say he turned his off. and it wasn't destroyed yet.

[Tapewolf]

i didn't see him say he turned his off. and it wasn't destroyed yet.

Fair enough.  I will join you in this assumption.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

"They didn't tell you? Oh, for... Listen, give me 5 minutes with a phone, and I'll get you my boss, you can confirm with him. Useless REMF paper-pushers, I -told- him to let the locals know, dammit. <mutters>I tell you, I'm this far from quitting and taking up a real job with the Brotherhood. Bastard.</mutters>"

... then call someone on the team, who gets to play boss.

Erm. I should stop having ideas, shouldn't I? Or at least stop talking them out...

[lucas marcone]

I would have said something like that but Josh isn't as clever or devious as the people "on the outside" refering to his life in seclusion.

[Azlan]

"They didn't tell you? Oh, for... Listen, give me 5 minutes with a phone, and I'll get you my boss, you can confirm with him. Useless REMF paper-pushers, I -told- him to let the locals know, dammit. <mutters>I tell you, I'm this far from quitting and taking up a real job with the Brotherhood. Bastard.</mutters>"

... then call someone on the team, who gets to play boss.

Erm. I should stop having ideas, shouldn't I? Or at least stop talking them out...

yeah, I didn't like my first response, so I switched it up a little...

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Bweeheeheehee. I like the smile. :-]

Edit:
Speaking of which, I note that the Zealots and Enforcers really don't fit in the general population - everyone else is cheerful and smiley, and they're downright grumpy.

Or perhaps that's just me...

[techmaster-glitch]

For starters, it hinges in its entirety upon the skills of one individual to get us in. Should anything go wrong in that initial maneuver

Funny you should mention that, something is supposed to go wrong, and that is where a waiting player is planning on jumping in. His character has already been reviewed and approved by Ryudo, and he...was...waiting for the assault on the Tower to begin.
I say 'was' because I actually haven't heard from him the past few weeks...he must've gone on some vacation and forgot to tell me about it.

The other things I will adress IC.

[techmaster-glitch]

We have no suitable facilities for interfering with and properly isolating a signal from the chips here. This is a field operation, not a fully-equipped medical hospital, so you will have to excuse our obvious lack of luxuries." It sounds slightly sarcastic and irritated at the same time.

Who is Exo directing this at? Everyone, or a specific person?

[Tapewolf]

Who is Exo directing this at? Everyone, or a specific person?

Beats me.

[techmaster-glitch]

Ok, stopping for a moment and talking out of character here. Why are several of you so opposed to actually attacking the Brotherhood? Wasn't that the whole point of this RP in the first place? Actually fighting the Brotherhood? Not saying, 'oooh, look at this! One more thing to add to the list of atrocities the Brotherhood is commiting!'? No one is really going to be surpised or care, because the Brotherhood will just try to clamp down harder. Action must be taken. A good analogy to use here is the Star Wars EmpireVsRebellion. Just about everyone hates the Empire, and know about the militant, emphasis on the militant, Rebellion. They are viewed as terrorists by the Empire, as they constantly attack all kinds of Empire posistions in hopes of weakening their grip, but doesn anyone outside of the Empire belive that the Rebellion are terrorists? No they %$&@ing don't! It seems to be a simlilar situation here with this RP. The Brotherhood are just fanatics, just about everone hates them, the Brotherhood says the Rebels are terrorists, but does anyone truely belive that? Not unless they already side with the Brotherhood.
And you seem to forget that the Rebellion already constantly fights the Brotherhood, and they sometimes do it openly:

...What we try to do is more like guerrila tactics.  We try to keep our confrontations away from areas where there would be innocent casualties...and if there's a need to fight in the open, we try our hardest to keep the fight away from the [innocent]...

Don't you think the Brotherhood would have alredy publisized the rebellion attacking them in an attempt to portray them as terrorists? Like I said, the only ones who actually fall for that are those already in league with the Brotherhood. While we might not actually destroy the Tower, it would be the best idea, as it would be viewed by the genral public as a succesfull blow against those fanatics.


EDIT: Not to mention that the NPC public mood isn't even a concern of ours. I don't think politics and propaganda were ever meant to get dragged into this.