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yoko aznable ([personal profile] sucrosity) wrote in [community profile] saveyourselves2014-06-19 11:44 pm
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polling and information for the spaceship meeting & thundercorp's dead district compound

Please excuse the account, I needed a way to insert polls and that can't be done with a free account. This is a moderator post!!

Good evening, Save the Earth!

This post is a polling and discussion post for the meeting on the spaceship that occurred on June 11th IC, and for information about the ThunderCorp compound in the Dead District.




SPACESHIP MEETING INFORMATION & TWO IMPORTANT POLLS


Geoff's information is as follows:

• Geoff suspects the car monster is the work of technology supplied by Tiny, though he can't be entirely certain. What he does know for certain is that the car originated from a former automotive garage in the Dead District that has been converted into a warehouse.
• The warehouse features both Blood Keys and modified humans, who keep watch around the clock, with slight dips and variations in strength of patrols.

Geoff's offer is as follows:
• His offered plan is for him to engage from the skies and offer information and assist in coordination.
• There are many visible doors in the garage; he suggests that after reconnaissance is done, they attempt to overrun the existing patrols and enter from as many angles at once.
• As before, his offer is an offer, only; if he's rejected or if they want to revise his role in their group plan, he's willing to accept that.

If asked about combat skills, Geoff will admit he is capable in hand-to-hand combat, but doesn't have advanced weaponry like Tiny did.

(This post will have to be posted from one of my personal accounts in order to insert polls.

The polls are as follows:

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17


Does your character vote to accept, reject or revise Geoff's plan?

View Answers

Accept
14 (82.4%)

Reject
1 (5.9%)

Revise (see thread below)
2 (11.8%)



Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15


Does your character vote to accept, reject, or modify Geoff's assistance in this plan?

View Answers

Accept
9 (60.0%)

Reject
3 (20.0%)

Modify (see thread below)
3 (20.0%)



Please only vote once per character present at the spaceship meeting. We would prefer if you voted with the character journal in question. There will be a discussion thread for these polls below!

These polls will be open 48 hours, and will close at midnight June 21st EST.




THUNDERCORP COMPOUND INFORMATION

The ThunderCorp compound in the Dead District is not an especially tall building at only three above ground floors, and it is wide but not extremely expansive. It is surrounded initially by physical fencing, and then by the barrier that is down during inspection periods during the day from the 16th to the 20th.

Anyone involved in law enforcement has basically a free pass to get into the compound: that means police, FBI, and of-age mecha pilots working with the FBI. These outside-ThunderCorp investigators will be more limited than characters working with ThunderCorp. ThunderCorp employees will not be invited to the compound, but if they have legitimate ThunderCorp ID, they'll get in without issue. Characters attempting to be more creative will want to do their best to blend in, as if they're asked for ID and not on the list they'll be ejected from the premises and find any future infiltration more difficult. There is an access door on the roof and it is possible to sneak in past security guards. The security system is still on the fritz, true to ThunderCorp's word on it.

Within the compound, inspectors are being ushered toward the first and second floors in particular, most prominently machinery they call a clean energy revolution and explain is the cause of the initial blackout from their generators being unable to handle the machinery's energy requirements. The machinery is currently inoperational as they attempt to redistribute the electrical load.

ThunderCorp will make the floor plans for the building available to inspectors! There is a security system in the compound, though they confess it went down when the experiment occurred and has been questionably operable since. There is a security office on the first floor. According to the plans there is no basement, though people snooping (or tipped off by someone in the know) may discover a downward staircase in one of the locked storerooms. The first floor of ThunderCorp's compound is dedicated to the lab where their machinery is being kept and related storerooms and an opening lobby. The second floor has several smaller labs, and the third floor is for records and offices. ThunderCorp will be stressing that the accident occurred entirely on the first floor, but will submit to searches of the second and third floors; the second floor's labs appear entirely mundane, their experiments mainly centered on water purification and hydropower advances. The third floor is mainly computers and physical records - reports on the experiments, requests for additional parts and funding, etc.

Entrance to the basement level will require a legitimate ThunderCorp ID or someone with enough hacking skills to bypass an ID scanner. The basement features advanced technology an engineer would identify as definitely not related to clean energy in any way whatsoever. There are Vermini in the front labs, patrolling the area. Characters in the basement will hear snatches of the buzzing sound produced by the Tuning Towers, intensifying as they near one of the (locked) labs and decreasing as they move away from it. One lab contains Vermedi which will attack if disturbed. If characters are caught within the lab, they will be ejected and security will tighten.

The central laboratory is dedicated to a machine featuring some sort of pod and an input touchscreen featuring a map of the earth. Only the Las Vegas Strip is selectable. The central lab features scientists - some of whom have been visibly modified - two or three Blood Keys, and three-to-five Vermedi during the day, but at night the scientists clear out.

After characters are present in the lab, the blackout lengths will begin to shorten, with the time between blackout incidents extending. That is, blackouts will come less often, for shorter periods of time.

There is a thread below for specific questions about the compound, so feel free to direct your queries there!

EDIT: As a note, the decision has been made to add two days to the inspection period: the Monday and Tuesday of next week, the 23rd and 24th, will also be part of the inspection period.
theearth: (Default)

POLLING DISCUSSION: GEOFF'S PLAN

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
If your character has question's they'd ask, go ahead and direct them here for clarification.
purestambition: (027)

[personal profile] purestambition 2014-06-20 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Saretha is likely to bring up the creature mentioned in discussion with Chuck here. If she plans to participate, she wants everyone to be on the same page - she likes her secrets, but not if they could get her killed, and the discussion was public anyway.

Thus, the question will likely be posed to Geoff - does he know what this "Animator" is?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
You've immortalized my typo forever I cannot live with this shame.

He claims not to know exactly what it is, though he suspects that it may be related to other creatures they've come across, as it's presumably a holdover from Tiny, and he's familiar with Tiny's usual work habits.

That said, anyone who was on the Network in October and November may recognize the description of "big black thing" offered in that link.
theearth: (Default)

POLLING DISCUSSION: GEOFF'S ASSISTANCE

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
seed_of_memory: (standing at attention)

[personal profile] seed_of_memory 2014-06-20 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
On both matters, Jasmine doesn't think that Geoff is really the type to be getting involved in this. He doesn't feel like someone who'd be good at fighting. That said, she'd probably be up for causing some major distractions outside the compound for anyone who wants to get inside.

Fuyuka thinks Geoff is better off not risking his good standing in the community, as it makes him a powerful ally. She does see the merit in someone assisting from the air, though.
jasminebloominginshadow: (Default)

[personal profile] jasminebloominginshadow 2014-06-20 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
actually, after thinking on it, considering the trouble she got into with her grades, Jasmine would be discouraged from getting involved in something like this at the moment.
peacefulwinter: (Allow me to explain.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2014-06-20 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
OOCly speaking, Winter has no reason to doubt Geoff, and even if she did, I believe there's still a trust effect in play, so she's not really going to even think about it.

ICly speaking, Winter's opinion is just that we can let Geoff decide if he wants to participate for himself. He's helping at all on his own initiative, and because he basically wanted to help set things right after Tiny nearly got us all killed. Besides, it would be tremendously hypocritical of her to not let him fight because his only skills are hand-to-hand, and then have almost that same powerset herself, plus the occasional ice-spitting ability. No, she's okay with letting him come along, so long as he can watch himself. That said, Winter isn't likely to get involved with any conversatioj on this issue unless someone else pushes her to, or unless she feels like the discussion is becoming largely unfair in one way or another.
hotshots: ([L] - 0016)

[personal profile] hotshots 2014-06-20 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
While my others would be inclined to agree to Geoff participating - Lily feels she has no place to argue against other people's plans after her recent performance, and Saretha wants to see what he can do - Neil would argue if his only real skills are hand-to-hand, he needs to sit out. Geoff for all intents and purposes is a foreign official, and participating in an armed exercise against enemies on American - much less Terran - soil probably isn't the best idea, for both his safety and diplomacy in general.

Why display the aliens as potentially hostile, when they've got enough firepower to cover things themselves? Neil would argue they've got the ability to cover things in the air if need be, so while any information he might be able to provide is good... If they can get organized, they've got this.
theearth: (Default)

THUNDERCORP COMPOUND QUESTIONS

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
professorwolf: (Default)

[personal profile] professorwolf 2014-06-20 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
If the security system is on the fritz, will it ever be down after dark, enough for someone who can't sneak around until after dark to try and get in that way?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
The cameras go on and off throughout the day and night, so yes. The problem there would be that the barrier goes back up after daily inspections are complete! He would need to be within the compound building before the barrier goes up.
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[personal profile] professorwolf 2014-06-20 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I was hoping that was part of the security fritz, since Lyall thinks his name and face are on bad guys' radars and he won't go over there except in wolf form. Ah well. Thanks for the info!
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, it's just the cameras and alarm system. Sorry about that!
buildyourworld: (silent observation)

[personal profile] buildyourworld 2014-06-20 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Is it possible to steal ID from Thundercorp's employees and use them to access the basement? Does those ID has picture of the employee on it?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
ThunderCorp ID do not have photos on them, but when scanned by a security guard the employee's picture will be shown. It's certainly possible to steal a ThunderCorp employee's ID, but I would try not to get caught with it, especially below.. It'll work a maximum of 48 hours, since employees will notice their IDs missing.
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Re: THUNDERCORP COMPOUND QUESTIONS

[personal profile] jasminebloominginshadow 2014-06-20 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'd also like to offer a suggestion.

Since we've dealt with things being understandably delayed, maybe it'd be best to extend or move up some of the days in which the compound is approachable? That way a lot less is backdated and we can act less with the limitation of things happening at a certain time while real world time is advancing. That way people would have more elbow room and not bump up against the issue of not knowing how certain things turned out.

I apologize if that doesn't make sense, I was fighting on how to word it in my head...
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
We understand your concern. The inspection will run the 16th-20th, as previously established, and the 23rd and 24th. The maximum amount of backdating anyone would be doing at this point is four days, and with the weekend break in the inspection period that should offer people time to react to past events.
jasminebloominginshadow: (Default)

[personal profile] jasminebloominginshadow 2014-06-20 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds workable. Is there going to be a log of some kind, or can we start doing/planning our respective infiltrations now?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-20 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
There won't be a log for ThunderCorp shenanigans; obviously if you have a question about a specific situation (or would really like an NPC involved in a specific situation) then go ahead and contact us.
jasminebloominginshadow: (Default)

[personal profile] jasminebloominginshadow 2014-06-20 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
*salute*
wonk: (Default)

Re: THUNDERCORP COMPOUND QUESTIONS

[personal profile] wonk 2014-06-20 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
intangibility! what's inside the pod, and can the touchscreen be hacked or modified in any way to gain information?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-21 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
The pod has tanks, filled with a purple-pink goo, along the back, that are going to be immediately visible if Roxy gets close. The pod is simple enough - you stand in it, you close the front door hatch from above. There's no cushioning - it's clearly intended for someone to stand in it - but there are two handles on the inside of the pod.

She can probably hack the touchscreen enough to discover that there's a way to program new locations into it. If she does so, attempting to activate the pod will result in the goo filling the pod, the machine booting up, and then failing entirely. The goo will drain back out and refill the tanks; the goo will get progressively more purple and a 'replace transport gel' notice will come up if she does it more than twice. More pods are available in one of the locked labs, but there's a guard there.
wonk: (Default)

[personal profile] wonk 2014-06-21 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
another quick clarification: the central lab with the pods and vermedi is in the basement, correct?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-21 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That's correct!

As a note, the other pods don't have the touchscreen addition, it's just the "active" one in the lab.
pianistofraielin: (Default)

[personal profile] pianistofraielin 2014-06-23 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What happens if you select the Las Vegas strip on the touch screen?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-25 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
It activates the machine, resulting in the pod filling with goo and the machine failing. If it's removed from the pod (it slides out) then you can select Las Vegas and get a bunch of information, mostly about the water in the area. Other numbers won't make much sense at all, referring to "R.S.".
allformii_ko: (Follow that food!)

Re: THUNDERCORP COMPOUND QUESTIONS

[personal profile] allformii_ko 2014-06-20 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
So a bird and a cat walk into ThunderCorp...

I guess what I want to ask about is, would a reasonably smart cat be able to slip past security if she was making sure to keep away from people as much as possible?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-21 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
It would be possible for her to get into the building! If they find her, she'll be put back outside the physical fence.
guitar_case_vagabond: (Default)

[personal profile] guitar_case_vagabond 2014-06-20 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
What is ThunderCorp's policy on family members of employees being given access to the compound?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-21 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
It depends on if the employee is working in the compound itself or not, and they'd need to be signed in by the employee, but it'd be doable. Given Dr. Satterfield's position it would be possible to arrange a delivery of some kind, though.
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[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2014-06-21 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
-The machines that TC claims caused the blackouts--would examining it turn up anything fishy? This includes internal stuff, too, since Danny can go right through it. He may not understand any of the wiring or electrical stuff, but he might be able to take photos too while he's at it and pass them off to someone who'll understand it, so...what's up with this thing?

-re: entry to the basement level--can the ID scanner stuff all be bypassed with intangibility?
theearth: Sandy-mod's icon (beary despairing)

[personal profile] theearth 2014-06-21 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
He'll be able to get past the ID scanner no problem.

Going through the machine will reveal that the machine is a filtration device of some kind. It has an internal supply of some purple goo that feeds through tubes that are currently capped off. The capped pipes are covered with a grate of some kind on the exterior; from the color mismatch it may seem like this is a recent change.
evowhisperer: Made by Zalein! (Fun time is over.)

[personal profile] evowhisperer 2014-06-20 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Just FYI to anyone heading into the compound, Cesar's going to be headed there while acting as though he totally belongs. He might even be making it as far as the basement with his (or someone else's) handy dandy TC access badge, depending on his courage.