Attention, attention!

[padadin]

IMPORTANT PLAYER PLOT INCOMING, LET'S GIVE ATROMA THE MIDDLE FINGER



So!!! This month the mods are allowing us to make some crazy projects, including our own updates for our ships. They want us to circumvent the Atroma. Do you know what that means? We can finally make something the characters have talked about a couple of times: A PRIVATE NETWORK OF OUR OWN.

Here is the thread chatting about the idea with the mods, but let me put the important stuff here under the cut.

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-I remember asking you once if buying tablets would give us an alternate communicator, that was an understandable no. Now I'm reading that you want us to use this planet "for circumventing the Atroma". So would this be the chance for the crews to start their own network? Something simple maybe like just emails? To keep files? Or just texting and calls.

Here's a suggestion for how we might make that a reality, just off the top of our heads: A few characters could volunteer to use their "crazy project" opportunity and/or their reward credits to establish the new network and encrypt it - which will be $$$expensive. It's going to have to cover all ships, any devices y'all put on it (now or in the future), and make up for times when everyone's literally planets away from each other (larger systems, etc).

Something else driving up the price: encryption. To keep something as powerful as Atroma out, y'all are going to want like... some crazy powerful protections. Atroma is going to know the network is there, and like the current line y'all have with the Interceptor Fleet, Atroma is going to be trying really hard to get into it.

But once the network is up, y'all could put whatever devices on it that you'd like - it's y'all's network, after all. Y'all can buy new tablets/phones/phablets and dedicate them to the new network, and/or y'all could figure out how to get devices from home onto it... Or y'all could even use your Atroma-given devices! (though that might open you to some risk of breaching by Atroma, realistically speaking, but we'd cross that bridge if we got to it.)

-So the characters that put their reward money into a network wouldn't be able to do another project? Even if they've been saving money for a while now?

Oh, no, nothing so severe! Go forth and do more projects! (To a point, of course - our limit might be nebulous in this system, but it does exist.) We're just asking that people remain conscientious of things like this - that it's not free, and you're putting time, effort, and resources into something. Maybe next system they finally have to get a job after not having to in the past? Small things like that!

There are other ways, too! For instance, the more people willing to put in for the cost, the less everyone has to spend individually. That's more relevant for characters' IC discussions on fairness of cost, but it's worth mentioning.

Though, again, money is going to remain handwave-y and vague -- and also, we're more concerned about letting everyone create something awesome while they have the chance.
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Tldr: we can do this with the power of TEAMWORK. So if your character would be up to add their share of money to the idea, please comment! Also feel free to use this post to chat about all kinds of ideas you may think for this. If you're character is communications/engineer, that's also a plus, and any knowledge from home can also be of help. Anything you think may be of use for this plot please add away to your comment!

There aren't real dates for this except we're leaving this planet at the end of October, so that's a whole month to talk it out. ICly we can put up a mingle/discussion post when details are hashed out with the mods. Let's rock, DF!

Comments

[hollowvictor]

Panem!Bucky would be all over this! He’s got money to spare and he’s communication and he helped with pirate communications back home in panem so people could talk without the capitol eavesdropping, so he’s got some experience to add to the mix too!

[sizeofyourbaggage]

Panem!Sam would be more than happy to donate his money to this! He's also got a cybernetic transmitter wired into his brain that basically gave him access to radio and comm frequencies back in his previous game, and was able to help with encryption some with it - so he'll definitely be down to help however he can.

Heck yes! Let's break some rules

[fightorflug]

It goes without saying by now that inventing is Flug's lot in life. He was helping Moira attempt to rebuild her biotic grasp and has been working at weaponizing the mist aquired on Drade. Building robots, tablets and elaborate weaponry are a walk in the park for him. He is Engineering augment, though, so it makes more sense for him to build anything physical you might need to help with installation rather than doing any programming.

I'd say he could either: A.) Help put together the devices or B.) Help forge a compartment for holding the transmitters (Ex: If we're mounting some kind of device on the outside of the ships to act as a relay so the network is shared) Trust the guy who makes nuclear bombs for fun to know how to protect your satellite dish from getting vaporized by the vacuum of space. ;>

Flug however builds tech for supervillains, in addition to talking him down from adding ten more buzzsaws to a contraption, if you come at him with the whole hero-schtick he's going to be too wary of you to want to help. All that said, he is a practical man and wants to get home as much as anyone else. If you present the situation as something that benefits him, you shouldn't have too much trouble convincing him. Even if hand-waved, it's something we should ICly work out. (I am of course all for butting heads with this, if desired.)

He probably won't put forth much money, he'll consider working for free enough compensation.

[unbearablynaive]

One resident android offering to help over here!

The Vision will be spending some of his own reward/time on a project for his ship, but will happily donate the remaining credits toward this effort. He's got the Engineering augment, and also he used to be Tony Stark's main AI and handled all kinds of Avengers encryption and lived on a network and stuff.

Besides, he's going to be looking for salvage anyway thanks to his other project, so he might as well try to scavenge for parts for this as well.

[goldenglasses]

Vash may not have much in terms of engineering, but he's more than happy to offer up the cash. He's not relatively inexpensive tastes and tends to have a lot of credits saved up.

[this_loser]

Prompto will happily help in any way he can. He can't really help with the technical stuff, but they're welcome to his money.

[sandywolf]

Lyall has an Engineering augment and will be ready to share all of his knowledge of aetheric transmitters!

[universal_charm]

Kirk has the Engineering Augment along with already being versed in computers/engineering from his own world. Since he got that giant payload from the delivery, he can put up a substantial amount of money as well, if need be (but he would prefer not to go completely broke).

[tempredmental]

Keith has some pretty decent cash, and will definitely be earning some on the coming planet with racing and competing, so he'll definitely be willing to buy stuff that's needed. He's no engineer or communications augment, but he's got the cash to help out.

After he helps with some of the costs for Shiro's arm. LOL

[necromanswers]

First: Messer will be contributing financially. He can toss in a good chunk of change since the Blameless got the full reward from the cargo delivery.

Second: If she hears about it, Lup can contribute scientifically/magically! Like I said on plurk:

-Lup's secondary class is artificer, meaning she can infuse magical energy into an object to give it specific effects. She's created very powerful and advanced magical items in her world, and she's a high-level wizard, so she knows what's up.

-where she hails from has objects called Stones of Farspeech, which act as long-distance communicators across a magical network. They're basically treated like cell phones in canon.

-there's a gag in TAZ about adding "apps" to the stones, but the appearance is far more ambiguous, lol... but they're pretty cheap to buy so I can't imagine the enchantment is very complicated. Once a device is made and attuned, it needs no connection to the person who made it OR their magic, so it's completely independent.

Lup's not an engineer so making the actual technology is better left in someone else's hands if they want something more complicated than voice chat, but linking the devices magically wouldn't be too difficult! Just time-consuming, I imagine.

[ultima_mortis]

Mantis is hardly one to dabble in high tech, but he is more than willing to finance a project if it means that he can have more freedom to simply not have Atroma all up in his emails and text messages. In addition, if heavy (or any kind of) lifting is required for such an endeavor, Mantis is more than gifted in the lifting of supremely heavy things.

[candothat]

Pavel has a bunch of credits squirreled away, a communications augment, and can do all of the tech things (ALL OF THEM). He'd be super interested in helping, especially with the programming side of things.

[candothat]

I take back the 'bunch of credits' part because replicators are expensive and necessary, oops.

BUT he still has the augment and is considered a multi-purpose genius in the 23rd century spacenerd community, so hopefully those things are still helpful!

[tiedonastring]

Hux has some cash has an engineering augment and would be all for helping in this cause.

[scalpelofmarmora]

Ulaz is willing to contribute both funds and time. He doesn't have an engineering augment, but he is capable with some of the work as much as possible. Heck, he lived on a communications base for how long? He had to at least know how to maintain it.

[princessences]

Obviously Allura is more than happy to put her $$ in, as well as offering magical space elf alchemy to the cause.

[shroudedsecrets]

Haggar will contribute money and expertise to this... discreetly! She has too much knowledge, please use it.

[passingthrough]

So, her time and money are mostly going to Twin Roses projects. That said she's a tech genius in canon so she's happy to help with maintenance and such in the future since it isn't Atroma tech.

[pidge_out]

Pidge will help so hard. this is her JAM.

[cajunspice]

Remy's happy to help out with some funds, mainly towards the Twin Roses, but in general too.

[oratorical]

Leia will help contribute funds and if they need help from communications augments, she's got one of those too.

[worn_wings]

Han will throw in some credits, but comm systems aren't his specialty and really he's kind of "cornflakes and spit" as far as general engineering skills go.

[postocular]

Carl will contribute with credits and whatever help he can offer as an engineer!

[axi]

Kaname's chipping in, too. They're welcome to study her tech from home for ideas if needed!

[whatisright]

Justice will chip in. Considering he hasn't bought anything his entire tenure in Atroma, he probably has a lot to spare.

[rheecon]

Glenn has an engineering augment and would help! if still open <3