Cthulhu Tech; Aeon War 1; Shadows of Munich

[Pandabear]

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Thanks for the knowledge :)

Looks like I blew my roll Wiz.. (see OC thread) I'll probably play it out tomorrow..

Goodnight folks..

[SteelAngelJohn]

After that, Hawk finishes watching his sitcom, then falls fast asleep. Like a baby.

[Ghal Marak]

George thanked the guy and moved on to find a security desk. "Well lets see, there aught to be a sign around here that points to a security desk."

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Panda

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No worries, that's enough. You passed the test. (though only just) Act accordingly.

George

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You inquire at a desk filled with people looks at security cameras, mind scans at the ready

Oh, your one of the Asian guys? Just head on up to Residential B. Thru there, up to 50, and go across the connecting bridge. You are?...

He scrabbles around his desk, looking for a piece of paper.

[Ghal Marak]

George nodded. "Yep, thats me. The names George."

[Nerd-o-rama]

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Erik, keeping enough of his wits about him to not spill the beans on the incident that got him assigned here, shares the story of how he made ace-in-a-day in urban combat in Copenhagen against the bugs, eliminating two locusts, a Fireant, and a pair of Grubs that made themselves targets of opportunity. He may or may not be making it up, but provides a detailed play-by-play regardless.

Afterwards, he staggers back to his room, looks blearily at the note, and decides to ignore it on the basis of not knowing what it's talking about or who left it. He then sets a couple of alarms and an automatic coffee pot (if available) for early the following morning and falls asleep.

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George

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George, George... Ah, here we are. You're in 803. Should be on the 5th floor of the residential.

After navigating the somewhat confusing tower, you eventually find your room.

[Ascension]

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So I take it we're going to timeskip to morning here? I'll start the ritual first thing in the morning when we wake up. I understand that in an extended test you need to roll multiple times, and I understand that I need two successes to successfully complete this ritual, but how many times do I roll? Do I keep rolling until I get the required number of successes (or, Yog-Sothoth forbid, roll a crit failure and trigger a mishap), extending the length of the ritual with each failure? I doubt it'll be hard to get two successes since I'm specialized in casting scrying spells, but, well, just in case...

[Ghal Marak]

George oppened the door and stepped into the room. He walked around, checking out all the stuff that he was going to be living with.

[Pandabear]

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"Fluctuations. From the D-Engine..." Daniel raps playfully on his knee as he gives it a thought.
"The question lacks specifics. D-Engines typically have 3 kinds of problems. Either they don't work at all, they work erratically, or their performance starts peaking until it nosedives into a problem of either of the former two categories.. The problem you set before me clearly fits one of these categories. Hypothetically speaking, if during random conditions, a pilot walks in and complains about D-Engine fluctuations without any apparent reason, then the core of the problem lies not in solving the problem, but finding it. One does not tinker with these things unless you know beforehand what things you can exclude. Step one would be to review the service record of the engine in question. Past anomalies and such should be reported there. Question the pilot based on that knowledge if he has experienced any of the symptoms that earlier problems provide. Then comes diagnostics based on the shell model. Run a Geiger counter over the thing. Open the housing for the primary beam relay. The emitter should give a coherent white beam. Test for amounts of Cherenkov radiation. If that doesn't give you a clear idea on what goes wrong, then you have no alternative." Daniel takes a deep breath and tries to clear his mind, trying not to visualize along with that which he has to tell. "Brace yourself for the coming stimuli and open the panel of the Penrose box when your eye is about level with the edge of the lid. Rise your head slightly until you see both the tops of the array of diagnostic rectangular prisms and the yellow calibration line on the other side of the box. Keep focus on that line and try to resolve the grid of prisms in the uppermost part of your line of sight. Find the one prism which top face doesn't appear to curve upward. Note the row and column." Daniel takes a long and deep breath and swallows. He rubs his temples and lowers his brow. Clear your mind, focus on the nice straight lines on the floor. See? They don't meet up.. They don't meet up.. "Close the lid, turn the engine off, and go get some cup of coffee while it cools down. Try not to look at rectangular edges too much while you try to put your mind back on parallel tracks. Now, when you get back, roll the service module in and keep it near the box. Open the lid and again make sure you can't look at its inner mechanics. Look the other way and put your hand in the box, trying to find the array. Take out the prism you found earlier by feeling for its column and row number. Close the lid. Read the serial code on the prism and have the service module replace the corresponding part." Daniel sits back and takes another breath, this time while looking at the ceiling. When the quesy feeling and the spots before his eyes subside, he looks back at the techs. "Anything else?"

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Daniel

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There is a moment of silence, as Daniel finises his answer. No one seems to want to speak.

Then

... Bloody good job.

At the former hed tech's words, all seven cluster around you, shaking your handgrinnig warmly.

That's right. Well done mate. You're worth the extra pip.

Then Murrey speaks again

We've got a spot of liqueur below, and a TV with enough channels to make sure we aren't bored anytime soon. What say we party?

George

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It's a pretty good room. About hotel standards, and really high class for a soldier. There's a TV there, with a few basic channels, a shower, a wardrobe that seems to have some clothes in there already, and a very nice looking bed. What possessions of your own you could get together are on the bed

Several hours later, there's a knock on the door

Excuse me?

[Pandabear]

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TV while having a party? Not my first choice, but why not?
"Sure fellows. But I'll have to watch the time.. I have to get up early to earn my wages tomorrow."
Daniel joins the techs for a party. Keeping an eye on his watch and the amount in the bottle, Daniel made sure he got to bed in time in order to be presentable the next morning.

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It would have been fun to play out the details for the evening, but the day has been long enough.

[Ghal Marak]

George dazedly sat up and rubbed his head. He hadn't had to get up so early in quite a while. "Wha… oh." Standing up, he stumbled over to the door and grabbed for the handle (there are door handles right?) and paused. He looked down to make sure he was still wearing his boxers. Satisfied that he indeed was, he opened the door. "Yeah, what is it?"

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George

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Not morning yet, but I'll run with this

You see a slim Nazzadi man in uniform standing there.

You turned in early, friend? Excellent. Corporal Jakka, I'm going into Munich to get personal items for your group. Just wanted to know if you wanted anything

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GeorgeOOC

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Oh, to hell with it. Just let me know what you'll request

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A new day dawns. The night... well, quiet isn't quite the term. Even if you did get plushy accommodation somehow, this is a military base. Still, you're used to it, and it wasn't that bad.

The sun raises into your varying rooms, either streeming thru the window, or peeping thru the blinds. Those that set alarms hear them, those that didn;t are left undisturbed untill they wake themselves

All

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Ok. What 'ya gonna do now?

[SteelAngelJohn]

Hawk does the usual wake-up routine for a human male. He gets up, complains quietly about how early it is, scratches in places best not discussed in polite company, deals with personal hygiene, then goes to get some breakfast.

[Meek]

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You said the rooms were really well-equipped, so that's what I'm assuming, correct anything that's wrong.

Josephine awakens, stretching out on the bed and letting out a prodigious yawn. She kicks the sheets off herself and stumbles into her bathroom. First she brushes her teeth, taking her time to make sure they're really clean, and washing her mouth, she undresses and hops into the shower. She uses cold water to wake herself up.

Afterwards she dries, leaving her hair slightly wet, and dresses in a clean uniform. She wears a holster for her sidearm this time, since she now has one. She returns to the bathroom to apply lipstick, before finally leaving the room, dressed, groomed and hopefully ready, headed for the closest place to have breakfast.

[Pandabear]

Remembering breakfast at 0600, Daniel wakes up in time to get a quick shower and some clothes on along with the rest of the daily morning ritual.
Daniel wears a standard ArcoTech overalls this morning. Since for some odd reason people past a certain age start requiring less sleep, Daniel starts his day in a cheerful mood. Humming a few bars of 'Brain Damage' by Pink Floyd, he walks into the hallway towards the appointed place for communal breakfast, if there is one appointed. If not, Daniel asks for directions to where people have their breakfast there. Walking in, Daniel tries to spot a table where at least one person of the team he met yesterday is sitting, otherwise Daniel takes a vacant table.

[Moral Wiz]

You three all end up in the main mess area.

Josey and Hawk,

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it's the same one you were at last time. Food's precisely the same variety of just too thick soup, though it's still hot. It's actually good for breakfast, even though you had it yesterday, you feel a tad awakened by the thing's not-quite-taste. That is it's main problem, it being designed more for nutrition than flavor, but it's still all right. There are a few less guys around than before, though you see Daniel already seated alone

Daniel,

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It's a pretty relaxed outside establishment, with several large tin pots of food being kept under a tarpaulin. The workers on duty dole out the traditionally generic main course for outdoor mass prepared food; stogelike meaty stew.

However, it's not so bad a place as it sounds. The staff are smiling, and don't splatter the stew around. And it actually tastes rather good.

There are the usual associated groups of soldiers. A few less than normal at this time of morning, but a fair few. You arrive first, and see Hawk and Josephine coming in later.

Most of those already here seem to be sitting in their own groups however. Judging by the rapport between each other, it's a fair guess they tend to eat in squad based groups, rather than socialize with others.

[Pandabear]

Daniel waves to Hawk and Josephine and motion them to invite them at the table he's sitting.

[Meek]

Josephine nods, and takes her food to his table.

"Good morning." She says

[SteelAngelJohn]

Seeing Daniel, Hawk makes a B-line over, sitting down and placing his tray on the table. "Morning," he says faintly, yawning. "Go time today, huh?"

[Pandabear]

"Good morning, folks! Hope you guys got some sleep, although you look like you're still getting acclimated to the time difference here.. wherever you're previously from that is.. " Daniel diverts his attention to the woman whom he has not conversed with before. "Do forgive my manners though. I believe we haven't been properly introduced yet. Name's Daniel Levi. Apparently, I'll be the field ArcoTech for whatever yellow brick road the guys upstairs wants us to follow.. "

[Meek]

"Right," Josephine says, "I'm Josephine Mary Schulz. I pilot a Seraph Engel, named Jophiel. I suppose I'll be the BFG and meat wall for the group. It is nice to meet you – you must be impressed with my Jophiel." She adds the latter bit with quite a lack of modesty.

[SteelAngelJohn]

"Sorry, I didn't know you guys weren't acquainted." He waves his fork a touch, before going back to his food, chewing at it stolidly. "Do we know where the hell we are going yet?"

[Nerd-o-rama]

Erik wakes up and performs his morning routine, rapidly draining the coffee in his room to resolve the minor headache he got from yesterday. He dresses in his BDU, and heads downstairs to the mess. Being slightly bleary this early in the morning, (and for player convenience), he ends up heading to the enlisted mess where the other members of his team are currently eating.

Grabbing a serving of stew, he heads for the table with the people he recognizes, catching Daniel's last comment. "I keep telling people, we're going to Pluto." He sits, uninvited, and starts in on his stew. Between bites, he says, "Actually, I have no clue. I assume we'll be briefed on it."

[Pandabear]

"Nice meeting you Josephine.. I haven't really had to chance to converse with anyone except our friend Hawk here and the techies from the hangar.. as to where we're heading, your guess is as good as mine.." Daniel takes a roll, slices it open, and puts some butter on it. "Yes, I saw you walk by my window yesterday.. haven't seen any other Engels around here, and it was my first time seeing one up close instead of in manuals.. It was quite an impressive sight I must say!" Daniel adjusts his glasses, dips the end of his roll in his soup and takes a bite.

[SteelAngelJohn]

"Hell, if they want to send me to Pluto, they better have a way for me to get there and back fast; and they can break the light speed laws too, if possible. I'm not putting up with that relativity time-fluctuation crud any more than I have to." He smirks at Erik.

[Meek]

Josephine frowns a little when Erik arrives, but brightens up at Daniel's enthusiasm over her Engel.

"I'm hoping whatever we're doing, it's against the bugs." Josephine says, "No offense to anyone who's known a cult victim, but I happen to agree with the bugs being highest on the "to-kill" list."

She begins eating in her usual slow and mindful fashion.

[SteelAngelJohn]

"Whoever it is we end up killing, they probably deserve it." He winks at Josephine.