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Neil De Carteret

Flux Mathematics

This Ebon list isn't going to be to everyone's taste. I know this, but it is to my taste: I like to relate real world science to rping as much as I can. Some people will resent the fact that these abilities use only the level of mathematics we have in 1997, and will argue that advances in maths would have occured in 900SD. My answer is that I view Ebb ability as something that Intruder has "allowed" for the ebon race, and it's up to him how complex Ebb maths can get. If he says that "i" is as deep as it gets, that's that.

Sat, 06/26/2010 - 15:02 | Neil De Carteret | The Pythagorean Lair | |

Ebb Psychomorphology

aka The Flux Mind

Although ebb skills have tried in the past to tamper with people's perception, they have always been limited in their function to the "outside", or peripheral zones of thought. So, ebons have been able to send messages through the "communication" skill, but real telepathy and tele-empathy has always eluded them. Intruder has now authorised Meny to educate suitable candidates (I+I, Business or Media) with this new ability.

Sat, 06/26/2010 - 14:57 | Neil De Carteret | The Pythagorean Lair | |

Freedom of Thought

You have found a website which pertains to one of the best role-playing games ever written, SLA Industries. Why so much praise? Well,

SLA comes with mountains of engrossing, atmospheric, consistent background.
The characters are familiar enough to be recogniseable, but different enough to be intriguing.
The world is the first mega-corporation-owns-everything setting to be believable.
It asks more questions than it answers.
The rules aren't very broken.

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 21:05 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |

Sex the Stormer

Karma doesn't think when it names stormers. They just use whatever word pops into their heads. We had a stormer in our squad who's been more of a problem than any Darknight operatives. He's called Sex.

When he applied to our advert for a Death Squad operative, I had to go the department of registration and say that we wanted to have sex in the squad. I was told that we didn't need to register that.

We were interviewed for Third Eye News once. The reporter asked me what was the best thing to have if you know you're going to get into a fight. I said "Sex".

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 21:04 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |

Fuxuwupinthehed

"Itztrong, It's Strong, Itztrong".

Big cheesy grin, then a swig. It was one of the best ligs of my life. Two thousand credits for drinking beer and smiling. Jobs like that don't come every day!

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 21:02 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |

New Weapons

"75% of the city's violence is drug-related. 75% of a frother's drugs are violence-related."
- "Trigger" Locke, SCL 7a.9

Contenders for the New Issue Sidearm, 900SD

BLA 900D

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 20:59 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |

New Vehicles

"Any colour, so long as it's White"

- A spokesperson's comment on queries about the decor options for Dark Lament's new line of vehicles.

SLA POWERBUS LINE

Powerbus One

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 20:58 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |

Ebon/Human Genetics

Model 1: Ebons are an alien race
Model 1.1: But they use the same four-letter DNA code as found on earth
Model 1.1.1: And they have a similar gametic system

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 20:57 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |

Carrien Origin

"Mort was dead when we colonised it."

"But what about the Carrien? Head office appears to be non-committal on the subject of where they came from. Are they actually the native population of Mort?"

"Only as native as any recent arrival."

"So what are they? Are they from Karma? Or another alien race?"

"They are simply the product of SLA Industry"

"Excuse me, Intruder... SLA 'Industry'?"

"The product of SLA Industries: SLA Industry."

"So you're saying Karma made them?"

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 20:56 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |

RED-1-C (New Stormer Variant)

Red-1-C is not a name, it's a designation from Karma. Too many years ago, Karma was given the go-ahead to begin final testing of the new stormer variants: the 714, the 711, the 114, the 23. And the annoyingly persistent Project Red. "Red-1-A" was a near-sighted, ignorant attempt to fuse a Shaktar and a Carrien genome to create a Shiver-replacing stormer. These are two races which not only have different cell structures, but different genetic systems.

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 20:54 | Neil De Carteret | Freedom of Thought | |