Veiled Malice

Nanowire is taking 10 for most of the operations here. That'll give him an effective 23 for now. Actually, I just realized he needs to shut off the alarms first. Okay, he'll do that with a 32. Whew! Okay, the alrams are down, and that's a success by more than 5, so that should give me some leeway in future rolls.

Nanowire is taking 10 for most of the operations here. That'll give him an effective 23 for now. Actually, I just realized he needs to shut off the alarms first. Okay, he'll do that with a 32. Whew! Okay, the alrams are down, and that's a success by more than 5, so that should give me some leeway in future rolls.

Nanowire Nanowire blinked inside his armor. The scene change was jarring - one moment outside amongst the foliage, the next inside amongst various historical artifacts - but besides that, there was no sensation. He didn't have a lot of preconceived notions about teleportation, not even having considered it as a viable form of travel and all, but he figured there should have been something - a tugging sensation, an aural Doppler effect, something. But no, nothing. Maybe it was naive of him. After all, there were some things people simply didn't have the ability to sense; the higher levels of the electromagnetic spectrum, for example. Maybe lateral transcription was the equivalent of UV light for tactile senses. There would be time to think of that later, though. Nanowire dropped into his Tempest Detection mode - searching out hardware to link to. These days, it was easier than ever to do so. Wireless hot spots were everywhere, and firewalls weren't worth the time spent coding them versus his abilities. All it would take was... "There," Nanowire said suddenly, finding the sysHub linkup he was looking for. Millions of lines of code condensed into an easily manipulated user interface. "This will take less time than I thought. Hang on..." Nanowire's mind flitted about the system, shutting down cameras and disabling defenses as it went. Just a few more seconds and he'd have it all...

Nanowire Nanowire blinked inside his armor. The scene change was jarring - one moment outside amongst the foliage, the next inside amongst various historical artifacts - but besides that, there was no sensation. He didn't have a lot of preconceived notions about teleportation, not even having considered it as a viable form of travel and all, but he figured there should have been something - a tugging sensation, an aural Doppler effect, something. But no, nothing. Maybe it was naive of him. After all, there were some things people simply didn't have the ability to sense; the higher levels of the electromagnetic spectrum, for example. Maybe lateral transcription was the equivalent of UV light for tactile senses. There would be time to think of that later, though. Nanowire dropped into his Tempest Detection mode - searching out hardware to link to. These days, it was easier than ever to do so. Wireless hot spots were everywhere, and firewalls weren't worth the time spent coding them versus his abilities. All it would take was... "There," Nanowire said suddenly, finding the sysHub linkup he was looking for. Millions of lines of code condensed into an easily manipulated user interface. "This will take less time than I thought. Hang on..." Nanowire's mind flitted about the system, shutting down cameras and disabling defenses as it went. Just a few more seconds and he'd have it all...

Nanowire Nanowire blinked inside his armor. The scene change was jarring - one moment outside amongst the foliage, the next inside amongst various historical artifacts - but besides that, there was no sensation. He didn't have a lot of preconceived notions about teleportation, not even having considered it as a viable form of travel and all, but he figured there should have been something - a tugging sensation, an aural Doppler effect, something. But no, nothing. Maybe it was naive of him. After all, there were some things people simply didn't have the ability to sense; the higher levels of the electromagnetic spectrum, for example. Maybe lateral transcription was the equivalent of UV light for tactile senses. There would be time to think of that later, though. Nanowire dropped into his Tempest Detection mode - searching out hardware to link to. These days, it was easier than ever to do so. Wireless hot spots were everywhere, and firewalls weren't worth the time spent coding them versus his abilities. All it would take was... "There," Nanowire said suddenly, finding the sysHub linkup he was looking for. Millions of lines of code condensed into an easily manipulated user interface. "This will take less time than I thought. Hang on..." Nanowire's mind flitted about the system, shutting down cameras and disabling defenses as it went. Just a few more seconds and he'd have it all...

This is just an idea I came up with today for a little community building. What I propose is ten people submit one post each, in character, about what their characters have done so far over the year, what they hope to do in the upcoming year, any New Year's resolutions they have, etc. Basically, just what they're doing as the clock counts down to the start of the New Year. I figure each one could be about one page, (Don't force more if it's just not your cup of tea.) but a max of five pages. My idea from there is that they are forwarded via PM to Barnum or Endless Flight (or any ref, really) for consideration and judging. The best ten, one for each second of the "final ten in the year", are then assigned a number that their characters will say while doing something. Sitting in front of a TV with their family, sharing a drink with their significant other, watching the festivities from a nearby rooftop, or sulking forlornly that they have no one to share the countdown with. Then on New Year's Eve, they would be posted in their entirity, from ten to one, following the actions/hopes of the characters. Hopefully, we can get an even spread of heroes and villains, although there will almost certainly be more of the former than the latter. Note that this idea isn't really a campaign; it's more of a nice way to end the year. I'm just suggesting it now, a full month and half before it would be posted, to give everyone that wants to enter plenty of time to polish their idea before submitting it. Oh, and I figure if more than one character is in a single post - counting down together at a party, etc - then that would still only count as one second. What does everyone think?

This is just an idea I came up with today for a little community building. What I propose is ten people submit one post each, in character, about what their characters have done so far over the year, what they hope to do in the upcoming year, any New Year's resolutions they have, etc. Basically, just what they're doing as the clock counts down to the start of the New Year. I figure each one could be about one page, (Don't force more if it's just not your cup of tea.) but a max of five pages. My idea from there is that they are forwarded via PM to Barnum or Endless Flight (or any ref, really) for consideration and judging. The best ten, one for each second of the "final ten in the year", are then assigned a number that their characters will say while doing something. Sitting in front of a TV with their family, sharing a drink with their significant other, watching the festivities from a nearby rooftop, or sulking forlornly that they have no one to share the countdown with. Then on New Year's Eve, they would be posted in their entirity, from ten to one, following the actions/hopes of the characters. Hopefully, we can get an even spread of heroes and villains, although there will almost certainly be more of the former than the latter. Note that this idea isn't really a campaign; it's more of a nice way to end the year. I'm just suggesting it now, a full month and half before it would be posted, to give everyone that wants to enter plenty of time to polish their idea before submitting it. Oh, and I figure if more than one character is in a single post - counting down together at a party, etc - then that would still only count as one second. What does everyone think?

This is just an idea I came up with today for a little community building. What I propose is ten people submit one post each, in character, about what their characters have done so far over the year, what they hope to do in the upcoming year, any New Year's resolutions they have, etc. Basically, just what they're doing as the clock counts down to the start of the New Year. I figure each one could be about one page, (Don't force more if it's just not your cup of tea.) but a max of five pages. My idea from there is that they are forwarded via PM to Barnum or Endless Flight (or any ref, really) for consideration and judging. The best ten, one for each second of the "final ten in the year", are then assigned a number that their characters will say while doing something. Sitting in front of a TV with their family, sharing a drink with their significant other, watching the festivities from a nearby rooftop, or sulking forlornly that they have no one to share the countdown with. Then on New Year's Eve, they would be posted in their entirity, from ten to one, following the actions/hopes of the characters. Hopefully, we can get an even spread of heroes and villains, although there will almost certainly be more of the former than the latter. Note that this idea isn't really a campaign; it's more of a nice way to end the year. I'm just suggesting it now, a full month and half before it would be posted, to give everyone that wants to enter plenty of time to polish their idea before submitting it. Oh, and I figure if more than one character is in a single post - counting down together at a party, etc - then that would still only count as one second. What does everyone think?

One thing I will never miss about the Palladium system is MDC and the horrifically broken way the game balance (or lack thereof) was applied.

One thing I will never miss about the Palladium system is MDC and the horrifically broken way the game balance (or lack thereof) was applied.

One thing I will never miss about the Palladium system is MDC and the horrifically broken way the game balance (or lack thereof) was applied.

Didn't Heridfel say ten o'clock? I think he did, but don't hold me to it. Ah, I'm right - check the first post in this thread.

Didn't Heridfel say ten o'clock? I think he did, but don't hold me to it. Ah, I'm right - check the first post in this thread.

Didn't Heridfel say ten o'clock? I think he did, but don't hold me to it. Ah, I'm right - check the first post in this thread.

I'm done here for now. Nanowire will set up his hideout later, maybe in a better neighborhood. ;)

I'm done here for now. Nanowire will set up his hideout later, maybe in a better neighborhood. ;)

I'm done here for now. Nanowire will set up his hideout later, maybe in a better neighborhood. ;)

"Interesting," Nanowire said once Heavy wrapped up his explaination. A little more information on his would-be ally was filed away for a later date. It seemed Heavy was far more than he appeared to be, and a dullard he was not. The card, on the other hand, meant nothing to Nanowire; a membership to a criminal organization, perhaps? A trifle theatrical, but who was he to talk? He made a mental note to use his datamining program to find a match. "It'll take me a couple mintues to access the security system. Once I'm in, I can keep the cameras on a continuous loop which will edit us from the picture. All I need is the hub address I'm hacking, so I'll need a visual on the building. The rest I can do from orbit, if neccessary." Nanowire warmed up his Linksys processors, which wold help him in the connection to the opposing computer. "I'm ready. Oh - and I'm currently 114 kilos, if that helps."

I'm kinda holding up the story on our end for a bit so Cosmicarus and Thevshi can get their end all fixed up. The story behind their meet and team-up will take some work, after all. That, and I thought we should get the logical flaws all ironed out. ;)

I'm kinda holding up the story on our end for a bit so Cosmicarus and Thevshi can get their end all fixed up. The story behind their meet and team-up will take some work, after all. That, and I thought we should get the logical flaws all ironed out. ;)

I'm kinda holding up the story on our end for a bit so Cosmicarus and Thevshi can get their end all fixed up. The story behind their meet and team-up will take some work, after all. That, and I thought we should get the logical flaws all ironed out. ;)

"Let me get this straight," Nanowire said incredulously after Heavy had filled him in on the plan. "You can control gravimetric energy to the point that you can bend space and transmit solid matter, with, I can only assume from hearing your plan, such accuracy that you can effect a pont insertion to within an unobserved area, a feat so non-trival I have trouble conceiving it even after all I've seen." "My question is thus: if all of the aforementioned things are true, why do you need me?"

You could just play it off as what I said before - "I never miss", something like what Bullseye boasts. There's nothing to prevent a Deflect power from stopping it, though, so techincally, he can miss - it just takes input on the part of the person being shot at. EDIT: Oh, and I just found out this is the two thousandth post! Yay!

You could just play it off as what I said before - "I never miss", something like what Bullseye boasts. There's nothing to prevent a Deflect power from stopping it, though, so techincally, he can miss - it just takes input on the part of the person being shot at. EDIT: Oh, and I just found out this is the two thousandth post! Yay!

You could just play it off as what I said before - "I never miss", something like what Bullseye boasts. There's nothing to prevent a Deflect power from stopping it, though, so techincally, he can miss - it just takes input on the part of the person being shot at. EDIT: Oh, and I just found out this is the two thousandth post! Yay!