A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC
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				Title: <strong>A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>26-01-2013, 13:43:58</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 28pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>A Soliloquy of Singularity - OOC Thread</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><em>Powered by:</em></span><br><br>(http://eclipsephase.com/sites/default/files/ep_promo.jpg)</div><br><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Hey [you], welcome to the OOC thread for this Eclipse Phase game. <br><br>If you are looking for information about the game, feel free to check the information on Chuck's Eclipse Phase Wiki (http://eclipse-phase.wikispaces.com/). As the EP rulebooks are covered by Creative Commons License, you can actually download the .pdf versions for free. Download links for the core rulebook and several of the supplements are listed on one of the game developer's blogs, located here (http://robboyle.wordpress.com/eclipse-phase-pdfs/).<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Cast</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>Player</td><td> </td><td>Character</td><td> </td><td>Status</td></tr><tr><td><hr></td><td> </td><td><hr></td><td> </td><td><hr></td></tr><tr><td>CarnivaloftheGoat</td><td> </td><td>Chaser (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7611302#msg7611302)</td><td> </td><td>Awaiting Approval</td></tr><tr><td>Empyrean</td><td> </td><td>Dr. Selene Marceau (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7647589#msg7647589)</td><td> </td><td>Awaiting Approval</td></tr><tr><td>PaleEnchantress</td><td> </td><td>Molotov Cocktease (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7611795#msg7611795)</td><td> </td><td>Awaiting Approval</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br>MORE STUFF TO COME</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>26-01-2013, 17:21:37</strong>
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				<strong>Concept: </strong>Rogue neo-orca supremacist (Comet miner/Triad enforcer/FRICKIN' NINJA), currently stuck in a porpoise body and loathes feeling 'small and puny'.<br><strong>comfortable kink level:</strong> extreme (and if anyone is crazy enough to deal with this fish it will probably qualify as NC/extreme)<br><strong>primary interest (just one please: social interaction, puzzle solving, pushing trashumanism, blowing up the universe etc): </strong>pushing transhumanism &gt; social interaction &gt; puzzle solving<br><strong>secondary themes: </strong>mercurialism, alien mental contexts<br><strong>no-no's: </strong>none<br><strong>system/setting familiarity:</strong> extremely high, have participated in numerous online games, read all (yep, all) of the books which the setting was based upon.<br><strong>an idea of where you want the game to go: </strong>This character is built to be a Singularity-Seeker type. I like a mix of horror and wonder, both accompanied by moral questions. I particularly think a singularity-seeker game is ripe for all manner of body/mind horror.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Background (Stats in a sub-spoiler)</div><div class="spoiler_body">If the complex whalesong clicks and whistles are translated literally into English, he is named Dreaming-Of-Prey-In-Ancestral-Oceans-Chaser-Never-Rests-When-Blood-Is-On-The-Black-Deep. Among those who can't speak Neo-Cetacean, he answers most readily to 'Chaser,' but he has been given many names.<br><br>To the members of the Shui Fong triad, he is Xuè è jīngshén, the Blood-Hungry Ghost. To his ex-family and pod, if he must be spoken of, his name is now sung as The-Bloody-Bent-Lost-One.<br><br>Originally he was a neo-orca, a respectable member of a pod of ring-miners/comet-riders out on the fringes of the Saturnian system...Vacuum-sealed killer whales with Long-Term Life Support and Plasma Sails. Five years ago, his pod encountered a group of Orca supremacists (Rising Tide, Panopticon p.135). The Tide was recruiting. Chaser had been raised on stories of the oceans of lost Earth. Much of what the Tiders had to say was simply a more vicious spin on things he had heard all his life. Humans were dangerous, foolish and horrible. Look at the mess they've made of the system! ...and while the Rings of Saturn were continually amazing and Europa was nice to visit, there a part of Chaser's spirit that had earned him his name had always longed for the oceans of Earth. After a bit of quarreling, he had a falling out with his pod, angered the matriarch and left with the Tiders. <br><br>Chaser was with the Rising Tide for less than a year. To the human view, they were not merely criminals but terrorists...And particularly mean bastards...As far as Chaser's new pod was concerned, ring fliers were hunting opportunities. But every so often the pod needed organics, trace elements, repair and tuning of life support systems...And others to recruit...That usually meant finding a port, and ports were inevitably full of the hated monkeys.<br><br>The pod put in at Thoroughgood for refitting, and made themselves unwelcome in a hurry, but not before Chaser had gotten himself backed up at Thoroughgood. Less than a week later the pod attacked a prospector ship that was surveying the outer rings.<br><br>In the ensuing fight, Chaser was killed.<br><br>He was reinstantated on Thoroughgood in a puny little PORPOISE. Oh no. At least it wasn't a humaniform, but still, his massive, muscular space-going apex predator body was gone and the other members of Rising Tide wouldn't even talk to him. As far as they were concerned, he was no longer an Orca. Was it because he was a porpoise? Only partly. He died. This is natural selection saying 'You're not worthy.'<br><br>Chaser couldn't stand it. He had to take odd jobs just to survive. He had no decent rep to speak of at that point. Gradually, stubbornly, he built himself up. He had himself tattooed as an orca...That didn't win friends. Implanted manipulators, more vacuum sealing...Now he could work outside again, but he was unlicensed. The work paid better...when he could find any. Frustrated, he rented a plasma sail and went to Kronos Cluster, where he illegally pawned it. In the criminal environment of the Kronos Cluster, he was good at a few useful things, and being an intimidating bastard was one of them (a porpoise may be small compared to an Orca but it's still as big as most posthumans and far more muscular...Add in a bunch of manipulator tentacles that could turn into flexknives in a heartbeat and a really big chip on his nonexistent shoulder and he was a monster). Chaser ended up being a debt-collector and enforcer for a bit, working for the Shui Fong triad and shifting into bloodier work as he demonstrated his abilities. <br><br>As he went, he started to take on other odd jobs, and learned more than a little about subtler ways of taking what he needed or wanted than by brute force that he no longer had the mass to make best use of.<br><br>He continually put his credit into self-improvement with the longterm goal of getting himself back into an orca-morph...But there were no neo-orca morphs. There were quite a few orcas like him out there in porpoise and dolphin morphs, or worse yet aquatic humanoid morphs or really freakishly non-orcan things like Vodyanoy. But trying to find a neo-orca body was like trying to find a neo-whale body. There just never were that many. The waiting list was decades long, and the price was outrageous because every single one was a custom job, and there just weren't many biowombs that size. Custom ones had to be built around when they wanted to grow a morph on that scale, then taken down again when it was done. It was difficult enough for him to get implant work done even at porpoise scale when he could fit into human-sized healing vats.<br><br>And every day he had to deal with dry-skinned snotty two-legged fry with their naturally-evolved hands and their reflexive superiority. He lived for the moments when he was paid to ruin one of them. Sometimes he burned a little credit just to take out his other frustrations on them. It was deviant, but he was going stir-crazy, and over time the deviance becomes part of the relief; the guilty pleasure became the focus. (And I think we just hit the Extreme board.)<br><br>Gradually, after one too many times being rebuffed by Rising Tide, he ended up beating the snot out of a full-scale orca in vacuum. Word got around, and he got some grudging backing by a few members of the group...He'd proven he was still an orca at heart. But he was still not one of them, not quite.<br><br>With no option to get back into a neo-orca morph, he began searching for ways to become more powerful. <br><br>Faster. Stronger. He exhausted his credit on upgrading binges, then exhausted the limits of what upgrades could do. With fewer and fewer options, he started chasing rumors; forbidden TITAN technologies, Exhumans, artifacts of higher technology.<br><br>And that is how the Firewall Pragmatists found him. And in his rage and determination, they manipulated him, made him a more usable tool. They had what he wanted. They could offer upgrades that he couldn't get any other way. All he had to do was help them find more. Do some damage on the side. There were rules, and there were limits, but he's been working with puny monkeys for a while now.<br><br>He could be patient and work with them for a while more. Up to a point.<br><br>And then, they would see.<br><br>Everyone would see.<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">OH GOD IMMENSE ECLIPSE PHASE STATBLOCK (WIP pending GM input and possible player tweaking)</div><div class="spoiler_body">Isolate/Mercurial/Neo-Porpoise. Male, age 23.<br>+Personal Development, +Reclamation, -Humans<br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>COG</td><td>COO</td><td>INT</td><td>REF</td><td>SAV</td><td>SOM</td><td>WIL</td></tr><tr><td>BASE</td><td>20</td><td>20</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>15</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>MORPH</td><td>25</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>30</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>TT</td><td>LUC</td><td>IR</td><td>WT</td><td>DUR</td><td>DR</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>40</td><td>80</td><td>6</td><td>30</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>MOX</td><td>INIT</td><td>SPD</td><td>DB</td><td>Kin</td><td>Armor</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>2(1+1)/2</td><td>3</td><td></td><td><div style="text-align: left;">11</div></td></tr><tr><td>DAM</td><td>WND</td><td>STRS</td><td>TRM</td><td>Egy</td><td>Armor</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td><div style="text-align: left;">11</div></td></tr><tr><td>@Rep</td><td>CRep</td><td>ERep</td><td>FRep</td><td>GRep</td><td>IRep</td><td>RRep</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>70</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>Ego Traits: Ambidextrous (Lvl 1), Black Mark (Hypercorp) (Lvl 3), Mental Disorder (Megalomania)(Lvl 1), Social Stigma (Member of Rising Tide)(Lvl 1)<br>Morph Traits: Swim (16/56), Ramming Attack (1d10 DV), Neo-Porpoises lack a sense of smell.<br><br>Academics: Astrophysics 61, Academics: Geology (Comet Mining) 31(41), Beam Weapons (Sweeping Fire) 45(55), Blades 30, Climbing 55, Clubs 30, Demolitions 33, Fray (Ranged Attacks) 67(77), Freefall (Freefall Combat) 67(77), Freerunning 66, Hardware: Electronics (Security Systems) 45(55), Hardware: Robotics (Lockbots) 34(44), Infiltration (Sneaking) 67(77), Infosec (Security) 45(55), Interest: Exhuman Lore 31, Interest: TITAN Artifacts 44, Interest: Singularity Rumors 31, Interest: Black Markets 33, Interfacing (Stealthing) 34(44), Intimidation 44, Kinetic Weapons (Pistols) 56(66), Native Language: Neo-Cetacean 85, Language: Mandarin 50, Language: English 30, Language: Japanese 30, Networking: Criminals (Shui Fong) 56(66), Perception 44, Pilot Anthroform (Neo-Cetacean Walker) 45(55), Profession: Asteroid Prospecting (44), Profession: Police Procedures 61, Profession: Security Ops (Countersurveillance) 67(77), Profession: Triad Enforcer 61, Research 41, Scrounging 44, Spray Weapons (Shredder) 56(66), Swimming 80, Unarmed Combat (Smart Manipulators) 78(88)<br><br>Muse: Hate (Interest: Security Barriers 40, Interest: Anti-Humanist Groups 40, Interest: TITAN Technology 40). Hate appears as a normal-looking orca, 'swimming' in Chaser's field of view.<br><br>Implants: Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Echolocation, Enhanced Hearing, Adrenal Boost, Carapace Armor, Chameleon Skin, Drug Glands: Phlo, Drug Glands: MRDR, Muscle Augmentation, Neurachem (L1), Vacuum Sealing, Anti-Glare, Electrical Sense, Hardened Skeleton, Oxygen Reserve, Reflex Booster, Gas Jet System, Medichines, Mental Speed, Long-Term Life Support.<br><br>Gear: Covert Ops Tool, Radar Cloak, Specs, Smart Manipulators, Nanodetector, Backup Insurance (med), Facial/Image Recognition, Tactical Network, Standard Muse, Neo-Cetacean Walker, Smart Clothing (w/Chameleon Coating, Immunogenic System, Lotus Coating, Offensive Armor, Self-Healing, Shock Proof, Thermal Damping, Faraday Mod), 2x Shredder (w/Smartlink, Safety System, Imaging Scope), 400x Shards (Shredder Ammunition)<br><br>I'll toss the Kindalas spreadsheet version up on Google Docs later.</div></div></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>26-01-2013, 17:33:45</strong>
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				Oh how delicious...<br><br><br>This SHOULD let you dl my character sheet for viewing.<br><br>https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5rtp0mkhRTtZTczTDdDVFIxaG8/edit (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5rtp0mkhRTtZTczTDdDVFIxaG8/edit)
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>26-01-2013, 18:16:44</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=7513">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 26-01-2013, 17:27:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay.&nbsp; So I'm probably going to go either Ultimate or Argonaut as my probable faction.&nbsp; I had a look-see at the backgrounds, and I think I'm going with Original Space Colonist...though I might go Lunar, also.<br><br>Also, question.&nbsp; Other than flavor, what's the difference between Lunar Colonist &amp; Mars Colonist?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Nuffin'! <br><br>One of the few places I think they sort of nuked. In my personal campaign that I ran, I allowed Martian characters to choose +20 to EITHER Networking: Hypercorps OR Networking: Autonomists OR Networking: Ecologists.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>26-01-2013, 19:45:55</strong>
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				I figured out how to deal with google docs now. I will have a sheet thats viewable without being downloaded later. <br><br>Edit: Well I thought I had it....<br><br>Since that isn't working im just going to do it the old fashion way. <br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Molotov Cocktease</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Special Modifiers</strong></span> Striking looks - Drugs: Hither, MRDR, Klar - Enhanced Creativity, Predictive Boost, other psy. <br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Credit Balance</strong></span> 4400<br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Aptitudes</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Base&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Morph+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Reputation</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cognition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Coordination&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intuition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reflexes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Savvy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Somatics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp; &nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp; &nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Willpower&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Current Aptitude Max: <em>30<em> <br><br></em></em><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><span class="bbc_u">Active Skills</span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Aptitude</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Base</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Morph +/-</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Background/Faction</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Specialization/Other Bonus</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Control&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WIL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Subliminal)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deception&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Disguise&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20/50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mimic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Flight&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SOM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fray&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Predictive Boost, Small, (Airborn Evasion)</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Free Fall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Impersonation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Infiltration&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intimidation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investigation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;35/50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ambience Sense</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kinesics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45/65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Software, Superiour Kinesics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Auto&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50/65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Criminals&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50/65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Firewall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40/55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Hypercorp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;55/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Media&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;55/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Scientists&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perception&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30/40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ambience Sense</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Persuasion&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Protocol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychosurgery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80/85&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Personality Editing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Research&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scrounging&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ambience Sense&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Seeker Weapons&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Rifle)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><span class="bbc_u">Knowledge Skills</span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Aptitude</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Base</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Morph +/-</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Background/Faction</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Specialization/Other Bonus</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Academics: Psychology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Academics: Biology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Art: Erotic Perfomance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced Creativity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Art: Bodysculpting&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;70/80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced Creativity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Art: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Hypercorp Protocol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Soul Trading&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Exergent Virus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language:&nbsp; German&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20/90&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Native Language&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language: Engligh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Profession:&nbsp; Courtesan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced Creativity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>Gear: Cuffband, Micrograv Shoes, (2x) Specialized Hive, Guardians, Proteans, Fur Coat, Swarm Cat, Backup Insurance (mod), Facial/Image Recognition, Kinesics Software, Standard Muse, Repair Spray, Dr. Bot, Guardian Angel, Servitor, Helmet (light), Second Skin, Smart Skin, Smart Vacsuit (light) (w/ Ablative Patches, Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Immunogenic System, Lotus Coating, Offensive Armor, Reactive Coating, Refractive Glazing, Self-Healing, Shock Proof, Thermal Damping, Faraday Mod), Seeker Rifle (w/ Smartlink,Safety System, Extended Magazine, Gyromount, Imaging Scope, Smart Magazine), Buzzer (w/ Smartlink,Safety System), (20x) Homing Concussion Minimissile, (10x) Homing HEAP Minimissile, Homing EMP Minimissile, (10x) Homing Gas/Smoke Minimissile<br><br><br>Implants (Skinthetic Sidhe Morph): Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Vision, Bioweave Armor (light), Chameleon Skin, Clean Metabolism, Drug Glands: MRDR, Drug Glands: Klar, Drug Glands: Hither, Eelware, Emotional Dampers, Enhanced Pheromones, Grip Pads, Neurachem (L1), Poison Glands: Twitch, Skin Pocket, Wings, High Gravity Adaptation, Access Jacks, (2x) Ghostrider Module, Mnemonic Augmentation, Hidden Cyberclaws, Hardened Skeleton, Medichines, Nanophage, Oracle, Respirocytes, Skinflex, Bodysculpting, Piercings<br><br>Implants (Skinthetic Sleeping&nbsp; Beauty): Implants: Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Bioweave Armor (light), Chameleon Skin, Circadian Regulation, Eelware, Grip Pads, Hibernation, Skin Pocket, Wings, High Gravity Adaptation, Access Jacks, Ghostrider Module, Puppet Sock, Cyberclaws, Medichines, Respirocytes, Bodysculpting, Piercings<br><br>Specific Gear: Gear: Micrograv Shoes, Facial/Image Recognition, Kinesics Software, Standard Muse, Smart Skin, Smart Vacsuit (light)<br><br><br>Implants (Pariapus): <br><br></div></div><br></div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 00:44:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hmm...<br><br>Now what Morph to get...<br><br>Also I wonder if using an infomorph fork of myself as a muse would be useful.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 00:54:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7613262#msg7613262">Quote from: Re Z L on 27-01-2013, 00:44:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hmm...<br><br>Now what Morph to get...<br><br>Also I wonder if using an infomorph fork of myself as a muse would be useful.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I upgraded myself with several ghost riders in case of info-morph allies. While you can ride in me fully at times, you could also act as a secondary muse to me by beta forking (which is could customize with psycho surgery). You act in two places at once, I have access to your skills. That is assuming our characters get along. Cade and Molotov already plan on carrying a fork of each other.&nbsp; Molotov is an excessive forking addict. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 01:11:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I have a question about character creation.<br><br>I liked Carnival's idea of a nanotech specialist so I've settled on Hyperelite/Argonaut. Now I'm trying to work out skills for her. She has a regular cognition of 25 and her Exalt morph gives her +5 to that. Do the cognition-related skills start at 25 or 30 for her? 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 01:19:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7613386#msg7613386">Quote from: Empyrean on 27-01-2013, 01:11:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I have a question about character creation.<br><br>I liked Carnival's idea of a nanotech specialist so I've settled on Hyperelite/Argonaut. Now I'm trying to work out skills for her. She has a regular cognition of 25 and her Exalt morph gives her +5 to that. Do the cognition-related skills start at 25 or 30 for her?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>30. Just know that if she ever got into a morph without the cog boost those skills would all go down by 5. <br><br><br>Actually the way skills are calculated it would start at 25, then you buy your ranks, then you ad 5 to it. This means you aren't paying 2 points for 1 skill until those particular skills reach 65. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 01:23:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7613386#msg7613386">Quote from: Empyrean on 27-01-2013, 01:11:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I have a question about character creation.<br><br>I liked Carnival's idea of a nanotech specialist so I've settled on Hyperelite/Argonaut. Now I'm trying to work out skills for her. She has a regular cognition of 25 and her Exalt morph gives her +5 to that. Do the cognition-related skills start at 25 or 30 for her?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Like Enchantress said, they start at 30.&nbsp; In the case of some other morphs (like a Menton) you get a +10 to COG which would put you at 35, but the Menton has a cap of 30 for aptitudes.&nbsp; So pick your morph carefully.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 01:28:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ah, okay! Thanks! :) <br><br>The Menton sounds interesting since she's a cerebral type.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 01:34:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm in the same boat when it comes to Cerebral-ness&nbsp; ;)<br><br>Right now I'm looking at the following morphs...<br><br>COG Focused:<br>Remade<br>Menton<br>Hyperbright<br>Savant<br>Remade<br><br>Combat Focused:<br>Fury<br>Ghost<br>Reaper<br><br>Utility Focused:<br>Bouncer<br>Liquid Steel<br>Shaper<br><br>So, I can maximize my COG skills with one of the first group, augment the combat capabilities of the group with the second group, or fill a more support/utility role with one of the third.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 01:41:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I keep feeling like I'm being a wet blanket here, but...Forknapper's paradise!<br><br>Remember, any untrimmed fork of yours can be interrogated to learn everything you knew when it was made. That means a sensible Firewall agent is going to trim the hell out of their Forks (probably down to Delta), because you can't guarantee the person you are giving it to won't get captured. MUSEs are backed up into the cortical stack along with the character's memory, so anything the stack will survive, your fork, if it's acting as a MUSE, will also survive. <br><br>That could be bad if someone else retrieves the stack.<br><br>Informorphs riding as ghostriders don't have access to a stack.<br><br>And anyone with any Psi probably doesn't want a fork of themselves wandering around outside their control. Plus a psi-endowed fork is going to go NUTS as an informorph in pretty short order due to the penalties asynchs receive for not being 'meat'.<br><br>Advantages of having a Beta fork as a MUSE: It can basically take one network action/turn while you're doing your thing. That means your fork-MUSE can have higher than 40 research/other networking skills (MUSEs generally have only 40). <br><br>Disadvantage: Note that Alpha forks have to go through Alienation and Continuity tests (at -40 or more against INTx3 and WILx3...Even with a 30 in both those stats, odds are not in your favor!) when you boot them up. They can stress out. They can go bugfuck locked in the back of your skull. Also, less likely with a Beta fork than an Alpha fork, but if it starts thinking differently enough from you (and it will be just as busy as you would be all those times you aren't giving it instructions...Consider having a MUSE that uses up your bandwidth downloading porn and pursuing other hobbies you'd take up if you had no body of your own, because that's how the fork will feel!) you can run into issues of 'Whose body is it, anyway?'<br><br>Not to mention if a customs scan realizes you're running an Alpha fork as a MUSE, they make take exception. Most habs in the Inner System have pretty strict laws about the citizenship and lifespan of forks...And Alphas are verboten.<br><br>After seeing some of the things I've seen happen in games, I'd really advise trimming down to severe-amnesia Betas or Delta whenever possible. Among other things, the GM is completely free to start NPCing Alphas once they've existed for a short while doing their own thing. I'm also not sure that it's reasonable to treat 'swapping forks' as 'you act in two places at once'. Generally, a user will have active demands on their MUSE constantly, and otherwise that MUSE is 'along for the ride'. More often than not, in combat, it's providing a teamwork bonus on things other players can't actively assist with, or it's doing things like looking up blueprints of the building, trying to get schematics on the enemy morph or weapon so you can hack it with your mental/net actions if you have more of those than physical actions, etc.<br><br>Another, more fluff/roleplaying disadvantage is this: Your MUSE has been your companion since childhood, knows your ins and outs, knows your mental quibbles, and knows when and how to gently apply psychotherapy (notice that all MUSEs have those skills?). If you replace your MUSE with an Alpha fork, you're replacing it with something that has the same blind spots you do, is in severe denial about your mental state, and honestly, if you listened to your own inner voice when it told you there was a problem, you wouldn't need a MUSE in the first place...So why would you pay any more attention to a fork of yourself? ;D<br><br>Another thing to bear in mind is that an infomorph or a Fork (Alpha or no) that is sleeved into a Ghostrider module or in your cortical stack acting as a MUSE, rather than being 'on the net', loses that Speed 3 unless additional processors (Multitasking, etc.) are available to generate extra mental/net actions in the morph (and the morph's user isn't using them). So making a pair of Alpha forks of yourself, sleeving one as your MUSE and another into a Ghostrider Module is not going to suddenly generate 6 free Mental/Network actions. I've had one GM discuss permitting it if you had the Parallel Processor augmentation installed into the morph, but note that it reads "Users must possess the mental speed augmentation to use this implant." so each User (fork) would need a purchased MS augmentation for that to work, and everybody involved would have a reduced trauma threshold. It's an interesting idea, though, and possibly one of the few ways an Infomorph can pick up +5 COG since it hasn't a morph of its own with real stats to sleeve into.<br><br>But seriously, one of the worst nightmare scenarios I've ever seen involved a party of characters...Facing themselves, but better equipped, because they'd been forknapped. Sure, the forks didn't know what the PCs had been up to for the last two weeks, but skillwise, etc.? Identical. And of course the GM was playing them as smart, cunning and tricky as the players did. <br><br>I've also seen alpha forks go rogue, wander off, get caught doing something, character is suddenly wanted. Character says 'Whoa, whoa, officer, I wasn't on Luna at that time and I can prove it. It was an alpha fork.' Officer says 'Really? That's a crime, too. And you're responsible for anything your illegal fork does.'<br><br>That was an unhappy wake-up call for that player. XD<br><br><hr><br>re: Menton, maximums, etc. Remember that gear like augmentations CAN go over your morph's aptitude maximum. A lot of players will buy a morph with a high "X" and put enough points in "X" to carry it to the morph's aptitude max, thus enabling them to put those points into other aptitudes that the morph does NOT have bonuses in...And creating a more evenly-balanced character in that morph. If you lose the morph and can't get another like it, this may cause issues, but the most common aptitudes used in this fashion are also common across a wide variety of morphs (and many morphs have some flexible 'aptitude of choice' bonuses).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 04:12:11</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7613567#msg7613567">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 27-01-2013, 01:41:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I keep feeling like I'm being a wet blanket here, but...Forknapper's paradise!<br><br>Remember, any untrimmed fork of yours can be interrogated to learn everything you knew when it was made. That means a sensible Firewall agent is going to trim the hell out of their Forks (probably down to Delta), because you can't guarantee the person you are giving it to won't get captured. MUSEs are backed up into the cortical stack along with the character's memory, so anything the stack will survive, your fork, if it's acting as a MUSE, will also survive. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>True but they could do the same thing with your cortical stack and chances are if they can get the fork they can get the stack so extra security for in body forks is just redundant. <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7613567#msg7613567">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 27-01-2013, 01:41:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That could be bad if someone else retrieves the stack.<br><br>Informorphs riding as ghostriders don't have access to a stack.<br><br>And anyone with any Psi probably doesn't want a fork of themselves wandering around outside their control. Plus a psi-endowed fork is going to go NUTS as an informorph in pretty short order due to the penalties asynchs receive for not being 'meat'.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Very important to note for Alpha level aysynch forks, but even on an alpha that could be pruned away.&nbsp; &nbsp;Betas have no issue with that. As far as the original infomorph riding in a character im sure it would be more secure to ride as a muse.&nbsp; The problem of someone getting the characters stack and also getting the info-morph makes me just roll my eyes and say "Well I guess I shouldn't leave my cortical stack lying around anymore, huh?". If the enemy has my cortical stack anyone in the same squad is going to be fucked hard anyway. Assuming they&nbsp; didn't fall to the same thing that got me and wind up in the same place anyway, and that can often be a very big assumption.&nbsp; In many cases where someone does survive revival is just a healing vat away for those that didn't. <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7613567#msg7613567">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 27-01-2013, 01:41:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Not to mention if a customs scan realizes you're running an Alpha fork as a MUSE, they make take exception. Most habs in the Inner System have pretty strict laws about the citizenship and lifespan of forks...And Alphas are verboten. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Again it's a 'if they know that much I'm already in trouble." I don't intend to use alpha level forks much (At least of my own character). I already know my character frequently leaves beta forks of himself around for days before absorbing them, and weeks when he doesn't plan on absorbing them at all. In some cases you have to obey laws on non alpha forks because someone might notice, but in most that I can think of no one would know if if you forked twice in a 8 hour period or if you just used one beta for 8 hours. <br><br>Really you bring up very valid points but none of them aren't something I'm well aware of. I just either consider it a non issue or it's something I've already accounted for.&nbsp; Perhaps the other players have thought about it less and need to consider what you said. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 08:30:56</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7614475#msg7614475">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 27-01-2013, 04:12:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">True but they could do the same thing with your cortical stack and chances are if they can get the fork they can get the stack so extra security for in body forks is just redundant. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Point was that if you're swapping with someone else, if they manage to get hold of THAT person's stack, they have you, too. Two egos for one stack. &lt;_&lt;<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7614475#msg7614475">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 27-01-2013, 04:12:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Very important to note for Alpha level aysynch forks, but even on an alpha that could be pruned away. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Maybe? Memory pruning is an inexact science. Transhumanity rips it out in chunks, they don't really have the ability to go in with a scalpel. The general trick with Betas is to simply delete all memories more than a year old. They wake up, don't know what happened more than a year ago. Pruning the majority of skills is certainly a thing you can do, but if H+ understood exactly what parts of the Ego allowed Psi to work...It'd be being copied and edited into every spook out there, and I am not sure I'd assume that the trauma involved with being an Async is directly linked to the 'skill' as opposed to all of the weirdass mental glitches associated with having it. Quite a few of the more popular Async abilities are always-on, sensory capabilities. For those, it'd be like editing out the sense of smell. <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7614475#msg7614475">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 27-01-2013, 04:12:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As far as the original infomorph riding in a character im sure it would be more secure to ride as a muse. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>If the party is all sticking together, all the time, that might be the case, but if swapping infomorphs as MUSEs lets the two players each play 'two characters' having a full set of morph actions over here and a full set of infomorph actions over there for the 'free effort' of creating a fork, then it would seem there's something broken with the idea.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7614475#msg7614475">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 27-01-2013, 04:12:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The problem of someone getting the characters stack and also getting the info-morph makes me just roll my eyes and say "Well I guess I shouldn't leave my cortical stack lying around anymore, huh?". If the enemy has my cortical stack anyone in the same squad is going to be fucked hard anyway. Assuming they&nbsp; didn't fall to the same thing that got me and wind up in the same place anyway, and that can often be a very big assumption.&nbsp; In many cases where someone does survive revival is just a healing vat away for those that didn't.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div> <br><br>I am not sure that I agree. If the squad is up against a TITAN-type opponent, or an Ozma ambush, one person getting away doesn't mean there will be time for them to recover stacks. If you're the one that got away AND a copy of you was captured, you're personally somewhat more fucked than if only copies of your buddies were captured, IMHO. But I think it's pretty clear we disagree on this and that's okay.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7614475#msg7614475">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 27-01-2013, 04:12:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Really you bring up very valid points but none of them aren't something I'm well aware of. I just either consider it a non issue or it's something I've already accounted for.&nbsp; Perhaps the other players have thought about it less and need to consider what you said.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You're not the only one in the thread, I think it's first game for more than half the party, so I'm trying to share info on things I consider to be "that's kind of dangerous" elements.<br><br>But then again, when it comes to trying to limit danger/do damage control, I'm a definite believer that anyone who is a long-term, dedicated Firewall Sentinel probably should not be getting backed up by the equivalent of Kinko's, should have more than one backup broken down into differently encoded chunks and secured in more than one location by different entities (not the ID Crew or Nine Lives! although if one assumes the Night Cartel and the Triads have the same sensibilities as their forebears, maintaining a good rep/relationship with them makes them potentially fairly safe. Personally, many of my characters who don't have some other criminal affiliation deal with Pax Familiae, because once you know them, you know all of them, and vice-versa...There's some minor amusement value in being able to "Check in with Claudia," anywhere you go.), each with different 'If you don't hear from me by X date' instructions so that they don't all pop up at once; between backups they should be secreting 'Memento' style messages to themselves in places that Firewall is unlikely to find (Pay someone to hide the messages for you and contact you in the future, or encode them and scatter them around the Net with instructions to email themselves back to you in X amount of time...Sure, you end up deleting a lot of self-spam...) just in case your Proxy decides you <em>know too much</em>; and once they get rolling and can afford it, should start constructing their own private safe houses and cacheing spare (not 'Spare') morphs and weapons around the system...Building your own immortality support system.&nbsp; O:) Once you're comfortable with that, get a dead man switch and never worry about having your stack captured again!<br><br>Because paranoia is your life. <br><br>Or if your GM has a <em>really</em> wacky sense of humor, Paranoia is your life.&nbsp; &gt;:)
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 08:43:12</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7613513#msg7613513">Quote from: Re Z L on 27-01-2013, 01:34:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm in the same boat when it comes to Cerebral-ness&nbsp; ;)<br><br>Right now I'm looking at the following morphs...<br><br>COG Focused:<br>Remade<br>Menton<br>Hyperbright<br>Savant<br><br>Combat Focused:<br>Fury<br>Ghost<br>Reaper<br><br>Utility Focused:<br>Bouncer<br>Liquid Steel<br>Shaper<br><br>So, I can maximize my COG skills with one of the first group, augment the combat capabilities of the group with the second group, or fill a more support/utility role with one of the third.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>SO, I've narrowed it down to...<br><br>Ghost, Bouncer, Savant and Remade, depending on what it is we need.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>27-01-2013, 10:39:10</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7616367#msg7616367">Quote from: Re Z L on 27-01-2013, 08:43:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">SO, I've narrowed it down to...<br><br>Ghost, Bouncer, Savant and Remade, depending on what it is we need.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Another trick for morph sorting is to decide what you'd need to buy for each morph to make it 'what you want'. Then weigh the total expense of each package and what you CAN'T get in any given packages that you feel you might need.<br><br>Currently we have a little bit of everything, so I'd say 'depend it on what you will enjoy'. ;)<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">List of Players/Concepts! (Alphabetical):<br>CarnivalOfTheGoat = Chaser-blah-blah-blah, Isolate/Mercurial Triad enforcer/assassin/the-wrong-kind-of-tentacle-monster (soldier/infiltrator)<br>Darkling = Ultimate Recruiter AA Diplomat (soldier/face?)<br>Empyrean = Molotov Cocktease, Hyperelite/Argonaut Nanodriver/Psychosurgeon/the-other-wrong-kind-of-tentacle-monster (specialist)<br>PaleEnchantress = Hypercorp Socialite/Async/Psychosurgeon (async/face)<br>ReijiTabibito = Argonaut/OSC (specialist/techie)<br>Re Z L = Infolife Mindfucker/Psychosurgeon/Hacker (hacker)<br>Sneakyguy = Scumbag Sniper (soldier)<br>Teague = Driver/Pilot/Vehicle Hacker (hacker/jammer?)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 00:54:23</strong>
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				I'm reading over things about the Inner System to determine where exactly she comes from, but here's what I have for her so far stat-wise. As far as background goes, I'm thinking that she's from a Solaris family and she has a media icon older sister her family compares her to. How does it look so far?<br><br>Name: Dr. Selene Marceau<br>Age: 24<br>Background: Hyperelite (+10 Protocol skill, +20 to Networking: Hypercorps<br>Faction: Argonaut (+10 to two academics (field) skills, +20 to Networking: Scientists)<br><br>Cognition: 25-normally (100 cp) 30 (in Exalt morph)<br>Coordination: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br>Intuition: 15<br>Reflexes: 15<br>Savvy: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br>Somatics: 15<br>Willpower: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br><br>Moxie: 5<br><br>Native Tongue: French (85)<br><br>Starting Morph: Exalt (30 cp +5 COG, +5 to three other aptitudes)<br><br>Motivation: Techno-progressivism +, Fame for Scientific Expertise +, Personal Career + <br><br>Rep: 250 (80 r-rep, 60 c-rep, 60 e-rep, 50 f-rep) <br><br>Credits: 105,000 starting <br><br><br>Active Skills: Fray 60, Perception 60, Networking: Hypercorps 60, Networking: Scientists 60, Infosec (Nanofabricator Hacking) 60, Hardware: Armorer 60, Programming (Nanofabrication): 60, Persuasion: 60, Beam Weapons: 60, Hardware: Electronics 60, Research: 60, Networking: Autonomists 45, Protocol: 30<br><br>Learned Skills: Profession: Nanoprogramming 70, Academics: Nanotechnology (TITAN Nanotech): 90, Academics: Computer Science 60, Academics: Cryptography 70, Language: English 50, Language: Japanese 50, Language: Arabic 50, Language: Mandarin Chinese 50.<br><br><br>Positive Traits: Eidetic Memory (ego trait), Fast Learner, Math Wiz, Hyper Linguist, Expert (nanotechnology). <br>Negative Traits: Low Pain Tolerance (Morph trait)<br><br>Gear: Microwave Agonizer, Arm Slide, Second Skin, Smart Skin, Standard Vacsuit (smartfabric edition; Self-healing, Refractive Glazing, Lotus Coating, Immunogenic System, Offensive Armor, Reactive Coating, Shockproof, Thermal Dampening, Fireproof, Chameleon Cloak), Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Vision, Polarization Vision, Ultraviolet Vision, Bioweave Armor (Light), Circadian Regulation, Clean Metabolism, Anti-Glare, Emergency Farcaster, Mnemonic Augmentation, Multi-Tasking, Mental Speed, Nanophages, Oracle, Wrist-Mounted Tools, Specialized Hive (Scout), Specialized Hive (Disassemblers), Specialized Hive (Injectors with Neuropath), Specialized Hive (Guardians), Utilitool, Fractal Gloves, Micrograv Shoes, Backup Insurance, Fabber, Blueprints (Neuropath, Armor Clothing, Body Armor, Helmet, Microwave Agonizer, Flex Cutter, Shock Baton, Pistol, Armor-Piercing Bullets, Superthermite Charges, Specimen Container, Zap Rounds), Mobile Lab, Specimen Container (x10), Anonymous Account Service, Body Bank, Adaptive Interface, Scourers, Faraday Container, Bio-Defense Unit, Toolkit (Electronics) x2.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 02:14:29</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7620285#msg7620285">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 00:54:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br><br>Name: Dr. Selene Marceau<br><br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Ah My first name is Selene
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 02:51:07</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7616804#msg7616804">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 27-01-2013, 10:39:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Another trick for morph sorting is to decide what you'd need to buy for each morph to make it 'what you want'. Then weigh the total expense of each package and what you CAN'T get in any given packages that you feel you might need.<br><br>Currently we have a little bit of everything, so I'd say 'depend it on what you will enjoy'. ;)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I think I've got a good Bouncer build coming along which I think will work out pretty well.<br><br>I'm basing it on Dren from the Splice movie&nbsp; &nbsp;;D
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 04:51:39</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7620285#msg7620285">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 00:54:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm reading over things about the Inner System to determine where exactly she comes from, but here's what I have for her so far stat-wise. As far as background goes, I'm thinking that she's from a Solaris family and she has a media icon older sister her family compares her to. How does it look so far?<br><br>Name: Dr. Selene Marceau<br>Age: 24<br>Background: Hyperelite (+10 Protocol skill, +20 to Networking: Hypercorps<br>Faction: Argonaut (+10 to two academics (field) skills, +20 to Networking: Scientists)<br><br>Cognition: 25-normally (100 cp) 30 (in Exalt morph)<br>Coordination: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br>Intuition: 15<br>Reflexes: 15<br>Savvy: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br>Somatics: 15<br>Willpower: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br><br>Moxie: 5<br><br>Native Tongue: French (85)<br><br>Starting Morph: Exalt (30 cp +5 COG, +5 to three other aptitudes)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It's a viable build but I'd do it differently, myself (see the bit about skill points and complementary skills in the paragraph about skills).<br><br>100 pts on aptitudes is 1/10 of your total, but you're putting it into an aptitude which can only be raised by a morph (unlike, say, SOM which can be raised by implants/nano). Additionally, it's the aptitude which fuels far and away the most skills, so if you have to put most of your eggs in one basket it is a good basket to pick. So it isn't a bad decision...You will keep it everywhere you go, unless you end up sleeved in a Flat...But it is a big budget choice that will certainly shape the rest of your character. Coordination, Savvy and Willpower are all good aptitudes-of-choice.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7620285#msg7620285">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 00:54:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Motivation: Techno-progressivism +, Fame for Scientific Expertise +, Personal Career + <br><br>Rep: 250 (80 r-rep, 60 c-rep, 60 e-rep, 50 f-rep) </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You have Networking: Autonomists but no @-Rep, and you have E-Rep and F-Rep but no networking skills to use them. You should probably sort that out a bit.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7620285#msg7620285">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 00:54:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Credits: 105,000 starting <br><br>Active Skills: Fray 60, Perception 60, Networking: Hypercorps 60, Networking: Scientists 60, Infosec (Nanofabricator Hacking) 60, Hardware: Armorer 60, Programming (Nanofabrication): 60, Persuasion: 60, Beam Weapons: 60, Hardware: Electronics 60, Research: 60, Networking: Autonomists 45, Protocol: 30<br><br>Learned Skills: Profession: Nanoprogramming 70, Academics: Nanotechnology (TITAN Nanotech): 90, Academics: Computer Science 60, Academics: Cryptography 70, Language: English 50, Language: Japanese 50, Language: Arabic 50, Language: Mandarin Chinese 50.<br><br>Positive Traits: Eidetic Memory (ego trait), Fast Learner, Math Wiz, Hyper Linguist, Expert (nanotechnology). <br>Negative Traits: Low Pain Tolerance (Morph trait)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>And you got a 90. Okay, it's a GOOD 90 if we're ever up against a TITAN nanoswarm. You will be godly in that moment. And the rest of the time not so much. I would pick some other Trait, back it down to 80 (the specialization will still give you 90 for TITAN nanotech) and use those 10 points somewhere else. A character with 90 in anything will be a system-renowned expert...People won't be able to talk about the field without mentioning your name. That can make it difficult to live a double life as a Firewall agent, just saying. :) I personally tend not to take skills over 70, myself. Different build philosophies. Were you in the email-list when I was talking about complementary skills and teamwork and how that was used to punch a 60-ish skill up to 120+? Useful things to know about EP in a mechanics sense: A complementary skill at 30 or less grants you +10% on a test where it's useful, one between 31 and 60 grants you +20%, and a 61 or better complementary skill grants +30%. Consider that Academics: Nanotechnology and Profession: Nanoprogramming will often be complementary skills for each other, just as a relevant example. So any time you're working on Nanoprogramming (70) you can almost certainly leverage Ac: Nanotechnology for a +30%, and another +10% from your MUSE looking up stuff for you and taking care of the lighter part of the work. If you can get two other programmer types or fabricator-savvy types helping you, you get another +10% for each of them. Suddenly you have a +60% bonus. That's why I often will not buy skills much above 70. I usually use a specialization to get the last 10 points on a 'common use' of the skill...The specialization costs 5 points, instead of 20 points (for a skill over 60). If you look at the fishy, he has a few skills at 67(77). The reason for the odd points out? Criticals happen on multiples of 11. He does have Unarmed Combat 78(88) and in that sense he's a real break from my normal characters which usually top out at 67(77). But he's a weird character for me in many ways.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7620285#msg7620285">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 00:54:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Gear: Microwave Agonizer, Arm Slide, Second Skin, Smart Skin, Standard Vacsuit (smartfabric edition; Self-healing, Refractive Glazing, Lotus Coating, Immunogenic System, Offensive Armor, Reactive Coating, Shockproof, Thermal Dampening, Fireproof, Chameleon Cloak), Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Vision, Polarization Vision, Ultraviolet Vision, Bioweave Armor (Light), Circadian Regulation, Clean Metabolism, Anti-Glare, Emergency Farcaster, Mnemonic Augmentation, Multi-Tasking, Mental Speed, Nanophages, Oracle, Wrist-Mounted Tools, Specialized Hive (Scout), Specialized Hive (Disassemblers), Specialized Hive (Injectors with Neuropath), Specialized Hive (Guardians), Utilitool, Fractal Gloves, Micrograv Shoes, Backup Insurance, Fabber, Blueprints (Neuropath, Armor Clothing, Body Armor, Helmet, Microwave Agonizer, Flex Cutter, Shock Baton, Pistol, Armor-Piercing Bullets, Superthermite Charges, Specimen Container, Zap Rounds), Mobile Lab, Specimen Container (x10), Anonymous Account Service, Body Bank, Adaptive Interface, Scourers, Faraday Container, Bio-Defense Unit, Toolkit (Electronics) x2. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>What particular use do you intend to get out of Circadian Regulation? How about Clean Metabolism? Multi-Tasking and Mental Speed cannot be used with each other. Personally I'd take Mental Speed over Multi-Tasking (Read them and you'll probably see why). Wrist-Mounted Tools makes a Utilitool kind of pointless, I'd ditch it. Nice selection of Blueprints. Have you considered a Manipulator Cuff (from Gatecrashing) instead of the Mobile Lab and Wrist-Mounted Tools? It provides some additional benefits (remote capability for example). You only need to pay for a body bank if you have a spare morph to stow there. I don't see one? The BDU is an interesting choice for in-system work: TITAN nanoswarms will giggle at it but I suppose it's better than nothing. Why do you have two electronics toolkits?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 07:06:17</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ah My first name is Selene</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Well it's a pretty name. :) <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">100 pts on aptitudes is 1/10 of your total, but you're putting it into an aptitude which can only be raised by a morph (unlike, say, SOM which can be raised by implants/nano). Additionally, it's the aptitude which fuels far and away the most skills, so if you have to put most of your eggs in one basket it is a good basket to pick. So it isn't a bad decision...You will keep it everywhere you go, unless you end up sleeved in a Flat...But it is a big budget choice that will certainly shape the rest of your character. Coordination, Savvy and Willpower are all good aptitudes-of-choice.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Thanks! :) This is my first time with this system. I was picking mostly for fluff reasons. Cog because she's a natural genius. Savvy because she grew up in the intrigues of the inner system hypercorps so even if she doesn't like the game, she knows how to play the game. Coordination just kind of looked good, as did Willpower.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">You have Networking: Autonomists but no @-Rep, and you have E-Rep and F-Rep but no networking skills to use them. You should probably sort that out a bit.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Oh! No problem. I kind of figured that the kid of inner system glitterati and sister to one of it's media darlings would be known by the press, even if she publicly walked out on that kind of life.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Were you in the email-list when I was talking about complementary skills and teamwork and how that was used to punch a 60-ish skill up to 120+?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div> <br>I don't believe I was.&nbsp; But I didn't realize that bit about complementary skills and the bonuses they could grant. I'm going to go back through and adjust her stats then to reflect that. A seventy in a given field should be enough to mark her as capable without having to go to the extremes of a 90. Though, I do get +10 to two academic fields, so that helps a lot.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">What particular use do you intend to get out of Circadian Regulation? How about Clean Metabolism? Multi-Tasking and Mental Speed cannot be used with each other. Personally I'd take Mental Speed over Multi-Tasking (Read them and you'll probably see why). Wrist-Mounted Tools makes a Utilitool kind of pointless, I'd ditch it. Nice selection of Blueprints. Have you considered a Manipulator Cuff (from Gatecrashing) instead of the Mobile Lab and Wrist-Mounted Tools? It provides some additional benefits (remote capability for example). You only need to pay for a body bank if you have a spare morph to stow there. I don't see one? The BDU is an interesting choice for in-system work: TITAN nanoswarms will giggle at it but I suppose it's better than nothing. Why do you have two electronics toolkits?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Circadian Regulation and Clean Metabolism came about because I couldn't think of anything else to spend on. She kind of has a lot of credit and I wasn't really sure what else to do with it to be honest. :/ <br><br>Mental Speed sounds like a better deal. And I didn't know where to look for the Manipulator Cuff. Now that I do, I'll take that instead. The BDU was another of those "need something to spend on" choices. The toolkits were because I had about 500 credits left at the end and no idea what to spend them on. <br><br>She's very much a work in progress. But thank you for the honest feedback. It's helping a lot. :) 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 14:51:00</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7622984#msg7622984">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 07:06:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh! No problem. I kind of figured that the kid of inner system glitterati and sister to one of it's media darlings would be known by the press, even if she publicly walked out on that kind of life.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>50 f-rep is more than 'known by the press,' it's 'I can get significant favors from the press, up to the level of borrowing 1,000 credits, acquiring a 1,000 credit item, have someone beaten up on my say-so, get major legal/police favors'...about once a week. It's pretty serious. If you want 'hey, I recognize you, you're so and so.' you can do for 20 or even less...And get more trivial (literally trivial in value terms) favors IF you can negotiate them with a networking skill. It's not impossible to have a networking skill in a social network without having a positive rep score in it (Perhaps you burned all your rep getting something REALLY IMPORTANT done and have yet to recover from it) or to have positive rep in a network with no skill at 'working' it (you are well-known and respected but don't understand the social ins-and-outs of negotiating that into actual useful results...People 'owe you' but you don't know how to politely call in those debts). So these are entirely possible and reasonable in the game setting, but they aren't very helpful for a starting character. :)<br>&nbsp;<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7622984#msg7622984">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 07:06:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I don't believe I was.&nbsp; But I didn't realize that bit about complementary skills and the bonuses they could grant. I'm going to go back through and adjust her stats then to reflect that. A seventy in a given field should be enough to mark her as capable without having to go to the extremes of a 90. Though, I do get +10 to two academic fields, so that helps a lot.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>70 is extremely capable. 60 is a doctoral-level professional. :) I often go over 60 (and sometimes on one or two skills over 70) but if you look at the sample characters in the core rules and Gatecrashing, you will see that in most cases they also don't go over 60 often. And the adventure modules EP has released are geared so that those sample characters can be quite capably used. I have heard 'why are the sample characters so weak?' from more than one new player; the answer is that they aren't, they are actually pretty powerful if you know to leverage their complementary skills. Complementary skill leveraging is a big thing in EP...And it's <em>not </em>highlighted very well, and it's VERY counterintuitive to think that a character with a bunch of 31s and 61s is more powerful than a character with a 90 and a handful of 70s. <br><br>For me, the way the core book is written is one of the weakest things about the system. The system has issues, and it's complicated, and the core book does a lousy job of presenting it so it's not at ALL straightforward.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7622984#msg7622984">Quote from: Empyrean on 28-01-2013, 07:06:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Circadian Regulation and Clean Metabolism came about because I couldn't think of anything else to spend on. She kind of has a lot of credit and I wasn't really sure what else to do with it to be honest. :/ <br><br>Mental Speed sounds like a better deal. And I didn't know where to look for the Manipulator Cuff. Now that I do, I'll take that instead. The BDU was another of those "need something to spend on" choices. The toolkits were because I had about 500 credits left at the end and no idea what to spend them on. <br><br>She's very much a work in progress. But thank you for the honest feedback. It's helping a lot. :)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You don't NEED to spend all of your money! Remember that you don't need to buy the full 100 CP worth of cash, for one thing...You can feed some of those points back into skills.<br><br>If you don't want to put those points into skills, hm. You've made a nice selection armor-wise, I really like the fully-kitted out smartfabric standard vacsuit. I am not sure I would keep all the enhanced vision variations; a set of specs will cost less. Yes, they can be lost or destroyed...So can your morph. Anything that will burn your specs off your face (with the exception of a crazer) is likely to destroy your morph's eyes, too. Also remember your vacsuit contains specs, as does your helmet, so putting those on gives you the same effect. I would definitely get medichines, both medichines and toxin filters are entirely reasonable in the cutthroat world of the hyperelite. Eelware and Skinlink both have their uses. You have a Scout nanobot Hive so you don't need Smart Dust. Would your character risk addiction to use Drive or Klar? Neither are highly addictive, nor do they have the kinds of unpleasantly nasty side-effects that Phlo or MRDR do (if Chaser starts getting addicted to MRDR things are going to get EXCITING). A Comfurt blueprint might not be a bad idea for someone in the party to have. I'd also grab a nanodetector, it's your canary for when you're under attack by nanites...Only the most dense swarms of nanites are visible to the naked eye! If you have money to burn you might consider a Protean Hive or a blueprint for same. Nanobandages and Repair Spray are often handy. A Guardian Angel or two (perhaps with a ranged weapon skill (bought as skillsoft is how most GMs allow upgrading of AIs/robots) and a ranged weapon installed might be handy. A Bughunter or Sentry Bot are other useful options, bot-wise. Of course, there's an element of danger in dragging along things that might get hacked and turned against you...
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 14:51:54</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7620995#msg7620995">Quote from: Re Z L on 28-01-2013, 02:51:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think I've got a good Bouncer build coming along which I think will work out pretty well.<br><br>I'm basing it on Dren from the Splice movie&nbsp; &nbsp;;D<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Feel free to let me know if you want me to look it over and make suggestions. :)<br><br>That goes for everyone!
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 18:30:07</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7624136#msg7624136">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 28-01-2013, 14:51:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br>70 is extremely capable.... Complementary skill leveraging is a big thing in EP...And it's <em>not </em>highlighted very well, and it's VERY counterintuitive to think that a character with a bunch of 31s and 61s is more powerful than a character with a 90 and a handful of 70s.&nbsp; </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>There are a few skills that could potentially take enough penalties that you might need 90 points to get a 99% chance of success even with assistance and complimentary skills. CoG is right though, because even so it costs you 30 cp to take a skill from 80 to 90 at character generation.&nbsp; Also even if I were to go against that rule of thumb it would never be for a knowledge skill. Most GM's aren't going to allow omniscience in the field no matter how high your skill is so the difference between 80 and 90 isn't going to be worth it.&nbsp; If you had to have a 90 it should be in something that you would use a lot, not want to fail, and would often take a penalty of be opposed. Psychosurgery, Psi Control, maybe a fray or weapon skill, possibly a social skill. <br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7624136#msg7624136">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 28-01-2013, 14:51:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">You don't NEED to spend all of your money! Remember that you don't need to buy the full 100 CP worth of cash, for one thing...You can feed some of those points back into skills.<br><br>... Would your character risk addiction to use Drive or Klar? Neither are highly addictive, nor do they have the kinds of unpleasantly nasty side-effects that Phlo or MRDR do (if Chaser starts getting addicted to MRDR things are going to get EXCITING). A Comfurt blueprint might not be a bad idea for someone in the party to have.&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Comfurt, sweet sweet comfurt.....&nbsp; &nbsp;"I'm going to mindfuck you, have a snack!" <br><br>If you just want to try Klar on occasion you cal always lick my characters nipples or give him a kiss. He has several drugs that are readily available for use in various parts of his body. MRDR is another he can dispense, though it's dispensation method means Cade will get it more than anyone else.&nbsp; - Drug glands are still pretty good for personal use. <br><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7624136#msg7624136">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 28-01-2013, 14:51:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If the party is all sticking together, all the time, that might be the case, but if swapping infomorphs as MUSEs lets the two players each play 'two characters' having a full set of morph actions over here and a full set of infomorph actions over there for the 'free effort' of creating a fork, then it would seem there's something broken with the idea. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I might agree if that wasn't exactly how forks work.&nbsp; Be in one place, have a fork in another and you now have two sets of actions in two separate places, or two sets of actions in the same place.&nbsp; Nothing other then common scense, legality, and the ability to keep track of them limits someone to only one fork though. <br><br><br>&nbsp;<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7624136#msg7624136">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 28-01-2013, 14:51:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> <br>Pruning the majority of skills is certainly a thing you can do, but if H+ understood exactly what parts of the Ego allowed Psi to work...It'd be being copied and edited into every spook out there, and I am not sure I'd assume that the trauma involved with being an Async is directly linked to the 'skill' as opposed to all of the weirdass mental glitches associated with having it. Quite a few of the more popular Async abilities are always-on, sensory capabilities. For those, it'd be like editing out the sense of smell.&nbsp; </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>But beta forks are just alpha forks that went through a pruning, one that removes psy. It isn't suppressed, it's gone. Much less likely to cause any sort of disorientation due to missing senses since there are no parts of the brain to even acknowledge that it should be using them. Memory of having the sense could account for something though. I still don't think something like "enhanced creativity" is the same as one of the 5 basic senses. At most i'd link it to the ability to see a specific color.&nbsp; For non alpha forks it doesn't even enter into the equation and for Alpha forks it's as simple as just applying that specific portion of the beta pruning process.&nbsp; Even that's not a huge problem since it takes weeks for morphing fever to really do damage and morphing fever only happens when an asynch doesn't have a biotic brain.&nbsp; I would hope though that no one in the party is going to be so silly as to create an alpha fork and leave it around that long anyway. I believe i'm the only one who would have to deal with the psy issue and I have the psychosurgery skill to handle it. I wouldn't advocate anyone go around and recklessly create alpha forks. If I use alpha's of myself very often at all it's going to be a very rare thing. Might alpha out others though. <br><br><br>&nbsp;<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7624136#msg7624136">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 28-01-2013, 14:51:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">&nbsp; You're not the only one in the thread, I think it's first game for more than half the party, so I'm trying to share info on things I consider to be "that's kind of dangerous" elements </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I didn't mean to imply you were speaking only to me. I was just saying I know I already considered all these things and came to my own conclusions about them. I already mentioned that the things you bring up are important to consider. Perhaps people might find my counter issues to be rather helpful as well. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 18:43:25</strong>
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				I'm keeping an eye on the thread, working to clear my load so I can start the game properly. Keep the banter going and I'll catch up when RL stops thrashing me around like a doll in a terrier's jaws! ;)
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>28-01-2013, 19:41:31</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7624138#msg7624138">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 28-01-2013, 14:51:54</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Feel free to let me know if you want me to look it over and make suggestions. :)<br><br>That goes for everyone!<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Thanks!<br><br>I should have something up later today for others to peruse
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>29-01-2013, 00:50:49</strong>
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				Ta-da!<br><br>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJJpQWxIdCsdGhXV1dSRHdZczFOU3h1OTd4LVlOSUE
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>29-01-2013, 02:53:15</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7626909#msg7626909">Quote from: Re Z L on 29-01-2013, 00:50:49</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ta-da!<br><br>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJJpQWxIdCsdGhXV1dSRHdZczFOU3h1OTd4LVlOSUE<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Feeling a little ill tonight but I just glanced at this and spotted something:<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Active Skills: 397</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You must have 400 points in Active Skills and 300 in Knowledge Skills. At a glance (didn't look in depth) skimming a few points off of languages should do it.<br><br>Also I would suggest you look at where your likely skill complements are and make sure you have some 31s and 61s here and there (or better). The difference between a 60% skill and a 61% skill is whether it is a +20% complementary skill or a +30% complementary skill.<br><br>Will take a more in-depth look tomorrow! Sorry. :(
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>29-01-2013, 03:57:35</strong>
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				Oops&nbsp; :(<br><br>I was shuffling some points around and it looks like I moved them to the wrong places, haha<br><br>Hope you feel better soon&nbsp; :-)
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>29-01-2013, 14:41:51</strong>
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				Okay.&nbsp; Finally moved from the PM listing to here.&nbsp; What's the latest since I've been gone?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>29-01-2013, 22:14:57</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7630574#msg7630574">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 29-01-2013, 14:41:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay.&nbsp; Finally moved from the PM listing to here.&nbsp; What's the latest since I've been gone?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Sex, Nanodrugs, and XP
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>30-01-2013, 02:24:51</strong>
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				Sorry for the delay. I'll try to have something up tomorrow.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>30-01-2013, 20:12:47</strong>
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				Question for the GM.&nbsp; Are we going to use the X-Rep (rep for Gatecrashers) rule in this particular campaign?&nbsp; I ask because my particular character concept would make use of it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>30-01-2013, 20:51:13</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7639468#msg7639468">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 30-01-2013, 20:12:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question for the GM.&nbsp; Are we going to use the X-Rep (rep for Gatecrashers) rule in this particular campaign?&nbsp; I ask because my particular character concept would make use of it.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Hmm I would also ask if there are going to be any extra rep groups. Also what rep group do the ultimates and exhumans fall under? Scientists and criminals probably. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>30-01-2013, 23:58:51</strong>
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				(http://i.imgur.com/D5rcLQB.jpg)
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 00:05:02</strong>
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				GM's call, obviously, but I believe Exhumans are sort of outside-the-law (in the classic 'outlaw' sense that anyone may attack/kill/damage them with impunity because the law does not apply to them), and largely considered more like xeno-threats than 'citizens'. This would almost certainly apply to the more predatory ones.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 16:30:38</strong>
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				I think I've got sorted out what I want to do with my character...to a degree.&nbsp; Still kind of need the GM to answer my x-rep question, as well as a couple of others.<br><br>A: If we have to go through reintegration, will having a common morph make it more likely for us to be able to find another morph of that type (Exalt vs say, a Fury)?<br><br>B: What size does the group stand at currently?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 18:23:52</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7645653#msg7645653">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 31-01-2013, 16:30:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A: If we have to go through reintegration, will having a common morph make it more likely for us to be able to find another morph of that type (Exalt vs say, a Fury)?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, but 'common' varies from place to place. In the Jovian Republic, Flats are pretty common. Elsewhere, not so much. Some setting/locations have mentioned entire habs full of Furies (place that had bad exhuman troubles) or neotenics (smaller, lower life-support requirements). Generally speaking the more 'normal' the morph is (lower cost, many places, since that will define the 'norm') the better odds of you being able to lay hands on it. So getting hold of a Splicer isn't much trouble in the inner system, but an Octomorph or a Novacrab will be a bit trickier...And a Hyperbright will likely be VERY difficult. War machines like the Reaper will undoubtedly vary depending on local ordinances...Hab security has a dozen empty Reapers sitting around, but you probably can't have one. ;)<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7645653#msg7645653">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 31-01-2013, 16:30:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">B: What size does the group stand at currently?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Eight. I had posted a list with players/characters/possible party roles in the email-spam phase of things but it looks like it isn't on the forum board unless I scrolled past it without seeing it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 20:06:05</strong>
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				Okay, with regards to reputation networks:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7645653#msg7645653">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 31-01-2013, 16:30:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think I've got sorted out what I want to do with my character...to a degree.&nbsp; Still kind of need the GM to answer my x-rep question, as well as a couple of others.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>x-rep is fine. Just don't be surprised if you don't get to use it that often - I don't know yet how much gatecrashing there will be.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7639709#msg7639709">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 30-01-2013, 20:51:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hmm I would also ask if there are going to be any extra rep groups. Also what rep group do the ultimates and exhumans fall under? Scientists and criminals probably. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Aside from the x-rep mentioned above, I will probably use at least two additional rep groups. If you are planning on taking them at character gen then you will either need to be a member of the group or otherwise have a damned good explanation for it... Others will be added if/as I come across them:<br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>Network</td><td> </td><td>Rep as Written</td><td> </td><td>Rep as Spoken</td><td> </td><td>Group</td></tr><tr><td><hr></td><td> </td><td><hr></td><td> </td><td><hr></td><td> </td><td><hr></td></tr><tr><td>Singularity</td><td> </td><td>∞-rep</td><td> </td><td>infini-rep</td><td> </td><td>Exhumans</td></tr><tr><td>Utopia</td><td> </td><td>α-rep</td><td> </td><td>alpha-rep</td><td> </td><td>Ultimates</td></tr></tbody></table><br>With regards to reintegration:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7645653#msg7645653">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 31-01-2013, 16:30:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A: If we have to go through reintegration, will having a common morph make it more likely for us to be able to find another morph of that type (Exalt vs say, a Fury)?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646034#msg7646034">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 31-01-2013, 18:23:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes, but 'common' varies from place to place. In the Jovian Republic, Flats are pretty common. Elsewhere, not so much. Some setting/locations have mentioned entire habs full of Furies (place that had bad exhuman troubles) or neotenics (smaller, lower life-support requirements). Generally speaking the more 'normal' the morph is (lower cost, many places, since that will define the 'norm') the better odds of you being able to lay hands on it. So getting hold of a Splicer isn't much trouble in the inner system, but an Octomorph or a Novacrab will be a bit trickier...And a Hyperbright will likely be VERY difficult. War machines like the Reaper will undoubtedly vary depending on local ordinances...Hab security has a dozen empty Reapers sitting around, but you probably can't have one. ;)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Pretty much what CoG said. Unless you have the morphs already paid for and in storage, its pretty much a crapshoot that comes down to a combination of the following:<br><br>Morphs typically available at location of reintegration facillity<br>Rep/credit on file with the reintegration facility<br>Morph-preferences on file<br>Urgency of reintegration<br>Rep with group sponsor<br>Luck <br><br>With regards to group size:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7645653#msg7645653">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 31-01-2013, 16:30:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">B: What size does the group stand at currently?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646034#msg7646034">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 31-01-2013, 18:23:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Eight. I had posted a list with players/characters/possible party roles in the email-spam phase of things but it looks like it isn't on the forum board unless I scrolled past it without seeing it.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yeah, I'm gonna update the opening post with the group information in a bit. Technically we stand at 8, but I don't recall seeing more than 5 of you in this thread, so I might have to go PM'ing to see if people are still interested.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 20:17:48</strong>
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				I have a question. From what I understand, the Singularity was something that only happened once, with the TITANs. These seekers are the ones trying to create another Singularity? Or am I misunderstanding?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 20:20:15</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646468#msg7646468">Quote from: Empyrean on 31-01-2013, 20:17:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I have a question. From what I understand, the Singularity was something that only happened once, with the TITANs. These seekers are the ones trying to create another Singularity? Or am I misunderstanding?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Firewall's mantra is: <strong><em>There cannot be another Fall</em></strong>.<br><br>Not even 10% of humanity survived the TITANs, another Singularity would <em>destroy</em> what's left.<br><br>Firewall Singularity Seekers are those that go out and <em>eliminate/contain</em> possible things that could lead to a Singularity event.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 20:30:47</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646468#msg7646468">Quote from: Empyrean on 31-01-2013, 20:17:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I have a question. From what I understand, the Singularity was something that only happened once, with the TITANs. These seekers are the ones trying to create another Singularity? Or am I misunderstanding?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It would perhaps be more accurate to say that those seeking a singularity are seeking a personal singularity, rather than a societal singularity... Of course, once the cat is out of the bag, its almost impossible to get it back in, so Firewall has Sentinels looking for x-threats that could lead to another Singularity and shutting them down. Within the PC group, I suspect there are already those more interested in using what is found to achieve a personal singularity and those who just want to prevent what is found from ever being used. Should be fun to see how that plays out!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 20:57:46</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646034#msg7646034">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 31-01-2013, 18:23:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes, but 'common' varies from place to place. In the Jovian Republic, Flats are pretty common. Elsewhere, not so much. Some setting/locations have mentioned entire habs full of Furies (place that had bad exhuman troubles) or neotenics (smaller, lower life-support requirements). Generally speaking the more 'normal' the morph is (lower cost, many places, since that will define the 'norm') the better odds of you being able to lay hands on it. So getting hold of a Splicer isn't much trouble in the inner system, but an Octomorph or a Novacrab will be a bit trickier...And a Hyperbright will likely be VERY difficult. War machines like the Reaper will undoubtedly vary depending on local ordinances...Hab security has a dozen empty Reapers sitting around, but you probably can't have one. ;)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Going to be a bitch for Molotov who has spent nearly a century riding in his trademark winged small size sylphs. I says Skinthetic calls their Brand of Sylphs the Sidhe, and they named Molotovs custom Model The Queen Mab. He has died a few times in the past and had to replace his body. It still must be a major pain in the ass when he refuses to even consider anything else.&nbsp; Even if Skinthetic has his preferences on file (which they probably do) they don't just have a spare lying around. <br><br>Edit: Luckily I have great skill at Bodysculpting so once I get the basics I can make it look how I want to. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 22:13:34</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646627#msg7646627">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 31-01-2013, 20:57:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Going to be a bitch for Molotov who has spent nearly a century riding in his trademark winged small size sylphs.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It's already a bitch for Chaser, who is one-third the size he feels he ought to be (although he has managed to pack respectable peripheral power into the morph he has). At heart he believes not only that he is the big fish, but also that most of the rest of the universe doesn't deserve to be in his pond.<br><br>If he ever wakes up in a bipedal morph there is going to be hell to pay with interest due.<br><br>If the group has worked together previously (or if Firewall has seen fit to warn them), they will probably know enough to encourage a reintegration facility to wake him up in four-point restraint if it comes to that.<br><br>On the plus side, porpoises are small enough to fit into most medical equipment including regrowth tanks. On the minus side, they are probably still extremely uncommon (though probably nowhere near as rare as orcas).<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646520#msg7646520">Quote from: ebpohmr on 31-01-2013, 20:30:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It would perhaps be more accurate to say that those seeking a singularity are seeking a personal singularity, rather than a societal singularity... Of course, once the cat is out of the bag, its almost impossible to get it back in, so Firewall has Sentinels looking for x-threats that could lead to another Singularity and shutting them down. Within the PC group, I suspect there are already those more interested in using what is found to achieve a personal singularity and those who just want to prevent what is found from ever being used. Should be fun to see how that plays out!<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Chaser's interests are probably somewhat obvious.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7646480#msg7646480">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 31-01-2013, 20:20:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Firewall Singularity Seekers are those that go out and <em>eliminate/contain</em> possible things that could lead to a Singularity event.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>In the case of the Pragmatist clique, "contain" can be read as "reserve for our own use, preparing to fight fire with fire if the TITANs return."<br><br>I believe it was suggested (if not stated) that the group's proxy is a Pragmatist.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>31-01-2013, 23:46:29</strong>
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				So here's Selene 2.0, with improvements. :)<br><br>Name: Dr. Selene Marceau<br>Age: 24<br>Background: Hyperelite (+10 Protocol skill, +20 to Networking: Hypercorps<br>Faction: Argonaut (+10 to two academics (field) skills, +20 to Networking: Scientists)<br><br>Cognition: 25-normally (100 cp) 30 (in Exalt morph)<br>Coordination: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br>Intuition: 15<br>Reflexes: 15<br>Savvy: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br>Somatics: 15<br>Willpower: 15 20 (in Exalt)<br><br>Moxie: 5<br><br>Native Tongue: French (85)<br><br>Starting Morph: Exalt (30 cp +5 COG, +5 to three other aptitudes)<br><br>Motivation: Techno-progressivism +, Fame for Scientific Expertise +, Personal Career + <br><br>Rep: 190 (80 r-rep, 20 f-rep, 50 c-rep, 40 @-rep)<br><br>Credits: 115,000<br><br><br>Active Skills: Fray: 60, Perception: 60, Networking: Hypercorps 60, Networking: Scientists 60, Infosec (Nanofabricator Hacking) 61, Hardware: Armorer 61, Programming (Nanofabrication): 61, Persuasion: 60, Beam Weapons: 60, Hardware: Electronics 61, Research: 61, Protocol: 60, Networking: Autonomists 50, Psychosurgery 60, Investigation: 46.<br><br>Learned Skills: Profession: Nanoprogramming 70, Academics: Nanotechnology: 61 (TITAN Nanotech 71), Academics: Computer Science 61, Academics: Cryptography 71, Language: English 50, Language: Japanese 50, Language: Arabic 50, Language: Mandarin Chinese 50, Interest (MARGs) 47.<br><br>Positive Traits: Eidetic Memory (ego trait), Fast Learner, Math Wiz, Hyper Linguist. <br>Negative Traits: Low Pain Tolerance (Morph trait)<br><br>Gear: Microwave Agonizer, Arm Slide, Second Skin, Smart Skin, Ablative Armor patch, Standard Vacsuit (smartfabric edition; Self-healing, Refractive Glazing, Lotus Coating, Immunogenic System, Offensive Armor, Reactive Coating, Shockproof, Thermal Dampening, Fireproof, Chameleon Coating), Bioweave Armor (Light), Emergency Farcaster, Mnemonic Augmentation, Mental Speed, Eelware, Nanophages, Toxin Filters, Medichines, Skinlink, Oracles, Specialized Hive (Scout), Specialized Hive (Disassemblers), Specialized Hive (Injectors with Neuropath), Specialized Hive (Guardians), Specialized Hive (Protean), Fractal Gloves, Micrograv Shoes, Guardian Angel (armed with SMG, armor-piercing bullets, and ranged weapon skillsoft) Fabber, Blueprints (Neuropath, Armor Clothing, Body Armor, Helmet, Microwave Agonizer, SMG, Armor-Piercing Bullets, Superthermite Charges, Specimen Container, Zap Rounds, Repair Spray, Nanobandage, Comfurt, Bananas Furiosa, Liquid Thermite, Scrapper's Gel), Manipulator Cuff, Anonymous Account Service, Backup Insurance, Nanodetector, Backup Morph (female Exalt)&nbsp; <br><br>Origin: Picture life in paradise. An abundance of the finest food, hand-delivered on trays of silver and platinum by servers who exist only to do as you order. A landscape stretching as far as one can imagine, changing only to suit your own will. The finest courtesans whose only will is your complete satisfaction. Fame and fortune in excess, with the power to manipulate the media, influence the government, and twist the souls of the public to your whim. Such is the life of a gerontocrat of the Planetary Consortium.<br><br>Life for one of the gerontocrat's kin on the other hand, is more...problematic. At least, that's what Selene Marceau found. As a child, she was made keenly aware that her fortunes were tied to those of family patriarch Antoine. Antoine Marceau had been a businessman in the century before the Fall. Thanks to shrewd and ruthless investing, insider trading and (some whisper) other methods, he had risen to holding a great deal of stock in Solaris in the decade before the Fall. He had been onboard with the early stages of what would become the Planetary Consortium, and when the Fall came, he had the resources to get himself and those of his family he considered loyal and useful off Earth. The 14-year-old Selene, then an academic prodigy, was considered useful enough to take, as was her social-climbing older sister and mother. Her father was considered expendable. Selene remembers the rest of her childhood as being raised in various private stations belonging to either Solaris in general or the Marceau family in particular. She also remembers how her shining socialite sister and demanding, appearance-obssessed mother made her life hell. She was always an academically-inclined introvert. She didn't like or play the games of power and prestige that filled so much of the Marceau family's days. In a family focused on the gaining of wealth and power, she was a black sheep. Oh, she was useful enough when someone needed to boast about their genius daughter/sister/cousin, but otherwise they looked on her as kind of an pitied and awkward relation.<br><br>Selene held it all in, year after year, until about a year ago. Then she very publically exploded when her media darling sister pushed her just too far, too often, at a party for Consortium glitterati she was forced to attend. She scandalized the elites, mortified her mother and sister, and stormed out. The next day, she started making arrangements to head out to an argonaut colony. Maybe there she'd get respect for being a brain! Strangely, Antoine Marceau seemed more amused than offended when he learned of it, making an comment about the idle fancies of youth before waving the whole thing off. Selene has made herself a home with the argonauts and has nothing but bitterness at mention of her family, but is trying to establish her own independent career and show that she doesn't need to depend on her grandfather's good will. <br>&nbsp;<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 01:22:52</strong>
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				Looking pretty good!<br><br>A few little twiddly things:<br>I might ditch Profession: Nanoprogramming and instead take the specialization for your Academics: Computer Science (Nanoprogramming). That will free up some points to play with and eliminate what would otherwise be a sort of duplication of what feels more like a specialization...At least to my mind.<br><br>Additionally, I see you have a backup morph! (Applause) You may want to get a Body Bank subscription so it isn't arrested for loitering, taken to the lost and found, starves with noone to feed it, etc. I dare say you could wheedle the GM to let you BUY body bank equipment for some fairly expensive amount (basically long-term life support gear with IV feeding/blood scrubbing to eliminate the need for waste recycling, and some sort of simple AI program to tense/exercise its muscles so it doesn't decay, that sort of thing). If you do, be sure to spring for antifungal coating (obscure reference).<br><br>That's really all I see that I'd tweak!
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 01:35:47</strong>
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				Made a few minor tweaks and fixed the active skill problem~<br><br>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJJpQWxIdCsdGhXV1dSRHdZczFOU3h1OTd4LVlOSUE&amp;usp=sharing
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 15:12:26</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7648272#msg7648272">Quote from: Re Z L on 01-02-2013, 01:35:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Made a few minor tweaks and fixed the active skill problem~<br><br>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJJpQWxIdCsdGhXV1dSRHdZczFOU3h1OTd4LVlOSUE&amp;usp=sharing<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Let's see...<br><br>Overally it looks good. You've no networking skill to speak of with Firewall, but you have a 40 rep with them, which is a fairly significant amount. 10 @-rep and 10 @-networking are fine. It took me a minute to puzzle out your networking-scientists (nanotech). I'm thinking that might be 'nanotechnologists'? rather than networking tests which involve nanotech only (the difference between gaining the specialization bonus for 'We are both heavily into nano and I have this sadly non-theoretical problem, see, which requires me to borrow a partible beam weapon' as opposed to gaining it for 'Oh, hey, I need some specialized nano.').<br><br>You have Enhanced Vision and...A flashlight. With EV, even in an entirely pitch-black sealed room you would be able to see the walls by the reflection of your own body heat. EV isn't like 3rd generation passive night-vision devices which require some miniscule amount of light to function.<br><br>I would suggest that you pick up Second Skin as well as Smart Skin, and invest in a smart-fabric Vacsuit (light or standard) kitted out with all of the 'Trivial' armor coating options. Cheap and effective and keeps your insides inside where they belong. ;)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 16:08:17</strong>
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				A thing which I keep forgetting to mention (and another example of EP's inconsistency):<br><br>Firewall gives all of its agents one (1) false identity that includes identification. Presumably, giving Firewall's long and invasive reach, many of these will actually read 'true' to major corporate and governmental tracking services and pass most hab security, but that's up to the GM to determine. The game is MUCH more emphatic that all Sentinels have a backup and one month's backup paid in advance, but only mentions the false ID on p.357.<br><br>So you don't have to pay for your first 'shoe' but you'll likely want to establish more as time goes on. Bear in mind that 'establishing' an identity can be pretty complicated, particularly if you want them to have their own Rep scores...Then you'll need to actually go out and DO things in that identity.<br><br>The good news is that when you combine the Singularity being so recent, ninety percent of humanity being killed off, and new people being retrieved constantly from found backups and cortical stacks, with the lack of good communication between many of the factions about their own security databases and citizen records, you don't have to go hunting dead babies to come up with a 'working' real identity to step into.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 19:15:42</strong>
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				GM: Would I be allowed to purchase Body Bank equipment for the backup morph, like CoG suggested? I do like the idea of her backup morph being cared for and ready for if (when?) she needs it.<br><br>And I'll switch around that Profession (Nanoprogramming) skill too. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 19:25:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7652703#msg7652703">Quote from: Empyrean on 01-02-2013, 19:15:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">GM: Would I be allowed to purchase Body Bank equipment for the backup morph, like CoG suggested? I do like the idea of her backup morph being cared for and ready for if (when?) she needs it.<br><br>And I'll switch around that Profession (Nanoprogramming) skill too.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>That was kind of a joke. In most cases it will make more sense for you to BB the morph somewhere with a service. the advantage to the GitS trick I was referencing was that you could just stick it in a storage locker somewhere that WASN'T a service, under some assumed identity, and then noone would be able to track it down and destroy it if, say, an ego-hunter or Firewall or Osma were running around trying to eliminate all of your spares and backup locations.<br><br>Realistically it makes more sense to pick a location where it's BB'ed at and pay the monthly fee. Considering the type of service they provide, most of them have to be pretty reliable and trustworthy.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 19:33:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh okay. :) I think I can swing the monthly BB fee. I just want her to have somewhere to go in case her starting morph gets destroyed. I read a bit about what sometimes happens to people who lose their morphs (infomorph or indentured servitude) and I don't think it would suit Selene one bit. :) 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 19:46:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7652764#msg7652764">Quote from: Empyrean on 01-02-2013, 19:33:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh okay. :) I think I can swing the monthly BB fee. I just want her to have somewhere to go in case her starting morph gets destroyed. I read a bit about what sometimes happens to people who lose their morphs (infomorph or indentured servitude) and I don't think it would suit Selene one bit. :)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Chaser lost his morph and look at where he is now!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 21:49:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7652764#msg7652764">Quote from: Empyrean on 01-02-2013, 19:33:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh okay. :) I think I can swing the monthly BB fee. I just want her to have somewhere to go in case her starting morph gets destroyed. I read a bit about what sometimes happens to people who lose their morphs (infomorph or indentured servitude) and I don't think it would suit Selene one bit. :)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I fork into my second body and have it take care of itself. Just change it every few days, use a Delta for when I have to leave it for longer. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 22:04:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				How often do skills like Interfacing and Programming come up? She's already going to have a Nanoprogramming specialty at 71 (thanks to the +10 bonus to her Computer Science). I'm just wondering if Interfacing would be something worth taking with the spare points I have from removing Profession (Nanoprogramming). <br><br>Also, I ditched the Bananas Furiosa and Liquid Thermite blueprints to afford BB services and a blueprint for Reactive Armor-Piercing Bullets, replacing the plain old APB that was there before. Hopefully, those bullets (and the blueprints for submachine guns) will come in handy for our group.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I fork into my second body and have it take care of itself. Just change it every few days, use a Delta for when I have to leave it for longer.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>About that. Forking is fairly common and routine these days, isn't it? I read earlier in the thread about the possibility of fork-napping and I was curious about that before it comes up in game. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>01-02-2013, 23:45:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Be careful with those Delta forks...<br><br>(http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/070802.jpg)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>02-02-2013, 00:23:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7653501#msg7653501">Quote from: Empyrean on 01-02-2013, 22:04:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">About that. Forking is fairly common and routine these days, isn't it? I read earlier in the thread about the possibility of fork-napping and I was curious about that before it comes up in game.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>AN&nbsp; alpha fork can be turned against you and used to gain access to all your memories. A beta fork is more loyal, isn't your equal, but still could be used by your enemies for your memoried. A delta is even more loyal, less competent though, and does not have your memories, It's more like an AI. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>02-02-2013, 20:30:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7654228#msg7654228">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 02-02-2013, 00:23:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">AN&nbsp; alpha fork can be turned against you and used to gain access to all your memories. A beta fork is more loyal, isn't your equal, but still could be used by your enemies for your memoried. A delta is even more loyal, less competent though, and does not have your memories, It's more like an AI.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I don't know if I'd use the word 'loyal' here. An Alpha is more likely to say 'Dammit, I'm the REAL ME and I deserve my own life.' A beta will have lower stats (including willpower) so it is less likely to try to strike out on its own and easier to trick/wheedle into cooperating against its original, and a Delta is not even as smart as your MUSE.<br><br>As for how popular forks are and how different groups see their use, I tend to refer straight to the Core book:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">With all of these backups of transhuman minds on file and an abundance of mesh space on which to run them as virtual brains, one might wonder what’s to stop post-Fall transhumanity from multiplying its numbers by running additional copies of themselves. The short answer is: nothing, <strong>aside from massive social stigma and thorny psychological issues</strong>. (p.273)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Creating alpha forks is illegal in many jurisdictions, including most of the inner system</strong> and the Jovian Republic. In others it tends to be viewed with distaste, though there are some habitats/cultures in which it is encouraged.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The way this is worded suggests that those 'some' represent a minority.&nbsp; Given the population weighting of the Inner System vs. the Outer, this is unsurprising if "most" of the Inner System considers it illegal.<br><br>The real trouble with Alphas and Betas comes with trying to merge after any lengthy period of time. If you're not merging once or twice a day, the odds are good that you'll start to take stress. Too much of that and the constant re-forking of an Alpha which incorporates those stressed memories over and over might cause it to become unwilling to even deal with you (and thus become a GMNPC).<br><br>Given that one of the other sidebars in the core book compares public perception of excessive forking with excessive drinking or drug abuse, it's likely that there are some habitats where deliberately running Multiple Personalities or the Multitasking cybernetic implant would be considered criminal behavior.<br><br>Certainly in the Jovian reach.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>05-02-2013, 03:50:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So has everyone pretty much gotten their characters sorted out?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>05-02-2013, 03:51:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7673480#msg7673480">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 05-02-2013, 03:50:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So has everyone pretty much gotten their characters sorted out?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Aye Aye!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>05-02-2013, 03:56:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I see character sheets in this thread for Empyrean, Carnival of the Goat and PaleEnchantress. The game should be going live at some point this weekend, or by this time next week at the latest (my monday's are usually pretty quiet). I'll start chasing up the others who expressed interest, get some proper intro blurb sorted out etc.<br><br>Update: <br><br>E-mails have been sent to the others from the mailing list who haven't submitted character sheets yet - except for Re Z L who has already replied here.<br>Opening post of this thread now has a cast spoiler, inside which are links to the submitted character sheets. I'll update the contents of this spoiler as sheets are approved/submitted.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>05-02-2013, 04:08:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'll have a finalized sheet probably Wednesday-ish (thursday at the latest)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SneakyGuy</strong> on <strong>05-02-2013, 18:51:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Here. I have my character done, as mentioned, he is a bit of a package deal with the one of PaleEnchantress.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>06-02-2013, 00:50:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7676300#msg7676300">Quote from: SneakyGuy on 05-02-2013, 18:51:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Here. I have my character done, as mentioned, he is a bit of a package deal with the one of PaleEnchantress.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><br>...Where is 'here'?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>06-02-2013, 00:54:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7678135#msg7678135">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 06-02-2013, 00:50:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br>...Where is 'here'?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Here is here.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>06-02-2013, 01:03:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Where is here? Well it's not there thats certain.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>06-02-2013, 01:11:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think CotG's question was more in the way of a 'so where is the character sheet' kinda thing.<br><br>And if it wasn't, mine certainly is!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>07-02-2013, 00:54:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJJpQWxIdCsdGhXV1dSRHdZczFOU3h1OTd4LVlOSUE&amp;usp=sharing<br><br>Ta-da!<br><br>All done with stats, for good or ill.<br><br>I'll have the other details (name etc.) finished later on.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>07-02-2013, 01:41:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7683721#msg7683721">Quote from: Re Z L on 07-02-2013, 00:54:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJJpQWxIdCsdGhXV1dSRHdZczFOU3h1OTd4LVlOSUE&amp;usp=sharing<br><br>Ta-da!<br><br>All done with stats, for good or ill.<br><br>I'll have the other details (name etc.) finished later on.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You're Sexy, Wanna <del>Fuck</del> Fork?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>07-02-2013, 02:05:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7683939#msg7683939">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 07-02-2013, 01:41:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">You're Sexy, Wanna <del>Fuck</del> Fork?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You only like me for my <del>brain</del> higher cognitive functions!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>07-02-2013, 03:32:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So...Where does that put us?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>07-02-2013, 03:51:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Shodan<br><strong>Muse Name:</strong>&nbsp; Archimedes<br><br><strong>Morph:</strong>&nbsp; Bouncer<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Appearance</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/nEfar4y.jpg)<br>(http://i.imgur.com/0M1yk8E.jpg)</div></div><br><strong>Motivations:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>+AGI Rights</li><li>+Techno-Progressivism</li><li>+Personal Advancement</li></ul><br><strong>BIO:</strong>&nbsp; TBD
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>07-02-2013, 18:49:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Heya. My net went down for a couple of days. Seems to be working now but if I'm absent for a bit, the net is the reason why.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 16:36:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So if I have read correctly we have the following character statted and submitted so far:<br><br>Chaser-etc-etc-etc. (Carnival of the Goat)<br>Molotov Cocktease (PaleEnchantress)<br>Selene Marceau (Empyrean)<br>Shodan (Re Z L) &lt; needs background?<br><br>Not statted/submitted:<br>Darkling<br>ReijiTabibito<br>SneakyGuy<br>Teague (Hasn't been on in a week, may have net issues)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SneakyGuy</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 16:49:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok, here is Cade:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=7336">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 06-02-2013, 07:55:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Character Name</strong> Cade Brown<br><strong>Concept</strong> Mindfucked soldier<br><strong>Background</strong> Scumborn<br><strong>Faction</strong> Criminal<br><strong>Affiliations</strong> Carnival of the Goat, <br><strong>Current Morph</strong> Olympian<br><strong>Gender Identity</strong> Male <br><strong>Morph Gender</strong> Male<br><strong>Actual Age</strong> 25<br><strong>Current Apparent Age</strong> 25<br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Motivations</strong></span> <br><br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Important NPCs</strong></span> <br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Special Modifiers</strong></span> <span class="bbc_u"><strong>Credit Balance</strong></span><br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Aptitudes</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Base&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Morph+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Reputation</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cognition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Coordination&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intuition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td> 0</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reflexes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Savvy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Somatics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Willpower&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Current Aptitude Max: 30 <br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Stats</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Ego</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Initiative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lucidity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trauma Threshold&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insanity Rating&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Moxie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Morph</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Speed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 +1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Durability&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wound Threshold&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Death Rating&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Damage Bonus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ego Traits</span></strong> Danger sense<br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Morph Traits</span></strong> Enhanced vision, Biowear armour, Chameleon skin, Claws, Eelware, Enhanced pheromones, Enhanced respiratory system, Neurachem, Toxine filter, Ghostrider module, Medichines, Nanophages, Skillware, Nanotats,&nbsp; <br><br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><span class="bbc_u">Active Skills</span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Aptitude</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Base</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Morph +/-</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Background/Faction</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Specialization/Other Bonus</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fray</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/85&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kinetic weapons </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80/100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unarmed </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SOM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50/80 </td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Knives </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SOM </strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perception&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT </strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70 </td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking(autonomists) </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50/80 </td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking(criminals)</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50/90&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intimidation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0/20</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Programming(Nanofabrication) </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pilot(Spacecraft) </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REF</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40/65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><span class="bbc_u">Knowledge Skills</span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Aptitude</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Base</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Morph +/-</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Background/Faction</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Specialization/Other Bonus</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Black market </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Criminal groups&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language:&nbsp; English</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10/85&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Native Language&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Profession: Smuggling&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Profession: Demolition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Academics: Engineering </td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td> Inventory:Body armour, light (Ablative patches, Lotus coating, Offensive, Refractive), cuffsband, fake ego id, Rail sniper (Smartlink, Imaging scope, Smart magazine, Gyromount) AP rounds, Auto rifle AP rounds, Wasp knife, Freezer, Shard pistol</td></tr></tbody></table><br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 17:25:34</strong>
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				Sneaky, just looking over this briefly...you still have another 10 Aptitude points worth to spend.&nbsp; You get 105 as per standard, which lets you have 15 in everything.&nbsp; Totaling up your pre-morph bonuses, you have only 95 accounted for:<br><br>Cognition/Intuition/Savvy/Willpower @ 10 each: 40<br>Reflexes/Somatics @ 20 each: 40 (80 total)<br>Coordination 15: 15 (95 total)
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 17:57:55</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7691777#msg7691777">Quote from: SneakyGuy on 08-02-2013, 16:49:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ok, here is Cade:<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Reiji nailed the initial issue with your aptitudes, but there's a lot more going on here. I strongly recommend you use Kindalas' spreadsheet for character generation, it will help you fix a lot of these issues. I was able to plug in all the numbers you posted in under five minutes to get a quick look at the character.<br><br>I apologize if this sounds harsh. My coffeemaker just chose to die, so I'm headachey as all hell from caff withdrawal, and I am afraid that there's a lot wrong here...If I sound terse, I blame the headache, don't take it personally, please!<br><br>I've typed it too many times in the email sessions and here, so I am not going to rehash the benefits of complementary skills and character diversity vs. trying to take starting skills at 100, even presuming the GM will allow starting skills at 100. You can go back through the previous three pages of posts, shouldn't take long, and pick it up, I think. <br><br>It looks like you are using an old edition of the book. The latest open source version can be downloaded from Rob Boyle's Website (http://robboyle.wordpress.com/eclipse-phase-pdfs/), or if you use Kindalas' character spreadsheet (https://sites.google.com/site/eclipsephases/home/cabinet/Eclipse%20Phase%20Character%20Sheet%20v.95.xls?attredirects=0&amp;d=1) all the numbers are already fixed. The big tip-off is Initiative: the new system is single-digit, so Cade would have an initiative of 7, not 70.<br><br>The spreadsheet, having input all of your gear and stats quickly, shows a DUR of 40, WT of 8, and Death Rating of 50.<br><br>A Networking: Criminals of 90 basically means you run part of a Tong or Triad or other major Guan-Xi or sordid criminal establishment. It's pretty crazy high up there. See other comments earlier about skill levels and the like. With a rep value of 75 you can pretty much ask to have someone killed out of hand once a week with almost no chance of being refused or even owing anyone for it. Just ask. Is that the kind of character you were planning to create? He looks less like a soldier than a criminal assassin turned mob-boss who happens to have a couple of weapon skills. If he's a soldier or mercenary, he's more likely to have some Corporate rep (for having done his soldierly duties to advance the military-industrial interests of some corp or other, possibly with specific connections to Direct Action (in-system) or Medusan Shield (out-system)) or Ultimates-rep for having worked with some Ultimate mercs and done well in the field. Note that neither of these conflict with having anarchist rep or originating on the Carnival.<br><br>No profession: Mercenary is another element of that.<br><br>Taking 'Profession (Demolitions)' as a Knowledge skill and putting 0 points in the Demolitions Active skill is kind of hacking the limits on how many points you are supposed to divide between Knowledge and Active skills. It's essentially duplicating an existing skill and buying it with points you are supposed to allocate to a different skill category. I suppose it could be used for someone whose engineering skills ran to 'how to safely demolish structures, ships, etc.' and who yet knew not one single thing about how to light a fuse or actually tamp down explosives. Was that your intention? That is the difference between knowledge skills and active skills. Additionally, be aware that 'Academics: Engineering' is a Knowledge skill in this sense, too. There's a massive difference between designing a bridge and designing a spaceship, and being able to run the engine room of one without taking the time to go through all of the manuals, etc. Consider the difference between running the math to design a racing engine and being able to fine-tune a carburetor by ear. <br><br>You describe the character as 'mindfucked soldier' but he has no mindfucked elements at all. No ego or morph disadvantages that might relate to what I assume is his CoG background (drug addiction, mental disorders, neural damage, edited memories, etc.). Nor, as mentioned before, does he have anything like 'profession (Soldier)' or 'profession (Mercenary)'.<br><br>Equipment-wise, remember that your first fake ego ID is free through Firewall. You've bought auto rifle AP ammunition but not sniper rifle AP ammunition and you don't have an auto rifle. You also have no ammunition for your freezer and shredder pistol.<br><br>Your freezer and shredder pistol both use the Spray Weapons skill, and you have no points in it.<br><br>I'd suggest that you look at the 'Jovian Spy' and 'Ultimate Mercenary' template character as an idea for the useful skills a soldier might have, and at what levels (and remember this guy is an ULTIMATE so even though 70 may seem low, he is in fact rather a badass...See my earlier posts about how skill levels work in EP).<br><br>All in all, I think it would benefit from a quick look at how skill complements work in EP (to give you a better idea of how to invest your points), and, well, a ground-up rework including finishing up your aptitude points, examining your skill choices with reference to some of the game sample characters, and possibly taking some ego disadvantages to suit your professed character concept, etc.<br><br>P.S. just as an aside to everybody. I see 'CoG' in Eclipse Phase and I think of the scum barge more than my handle, I see it elsewhere on RPG sites and my reflex is that people are talking about White Wolf games. I go by Carny. ;)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SneakyGuy</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 20:35:08</strong>
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				Hmpf... I must have posted an early version. Somewhere in the initial numbers, I had the problem with 10 less aptitude points and most of the things you mention I've changed/fixed later, like the mindfucked part and the 90 networking, for example.&nbsp; I'll go digging for the updated version or just do it again.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 21:49:13</strong>
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				We should probably have a thread specific for character sheets, either that or have the GM update his first post with links to everyone's sheet. I still havnt posted my final version. I think i'll get to making what might be it and see if Carny can spot any obvious flaws. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ChaoticSky</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 22:12:21</strong>
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				OKAY!<br><br>So! would someone recap me what roles/morphs you lot have so far?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>08-02-2013, 23:45:04</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7692958#msg7692958">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 08-02-2013, 21:49:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">We should probably have a thread specific for character sheets, either that or have the GM update his first post with links to everyone's sheet. I still havnt posted my final version. I think i'll get to making what might be it and see if Carny can spot any obvious flaws.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Character sheets will be posted in this OOC thread and once told they are final, I will link them in the Roster section of the OP of this thread and approve them. If the game expands to a large group later, I'll set up a custom character sheet and thread for them, but for now here will be fine.<br><br>Game launch is still set for this weekend, but might be pushed to Monday depending on when they let my grandmother out of hospital. ;)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 01:43:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Goat?&nbsp; We have a problem.&nbsp; I DL'ed the character sheet you mentioned, but when I got to the Skills step, I ran into an error - background and faction skills are stacking where they shouldn't be.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 03:48:39</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Molotov Cocktease</span><br><strong>Concept</strong> Edgy erotic entertainer with a warped need to control others. <br><strong>Faction</strong> Socialite<br><strong>Affiliations</strong> CogNite, Nine-Lives, Carnival of the Goat, The Exhumans<br><strong>Current Morph</strong> Small Sylph (Also owns a Hibernal and a Pariapus)<br><strong>Gender Identity</strong> Male <br><strong>Morph Gender</strong> Male<br><strong>Actual Age</strong> 94<br><strong>Current Apparent Age</strong> 18<br><br>(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs41/f/2009/015/4/b/Tao_Tie_by_deland_fox.jpg)<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Motivations</div><div class="spoiler_body">+Artistic Expression: Some say that true art is offensive. Molotov wouldn't limit the spectrum of art by agreeing, but that notion has always worked to his benefit. He has come a long way from playing the underage victim in "Flatutory Rape" over 60 years ago (He considers it an old shame and doesn't comment on it much). Gone are his haydays when a historic Victorian setting, expensive period costumes, hardcore anal intercourse, catty political commentary, and extreme male genital mutilation could turn him into the most beloved of all Eurotrash. He may still have many fans, he may still an obscene creative edge, but he will never again have the white hot popularity of being the new thing that everyone wanted. He feels his productions have nearly lost their original touch of wit, and just become an excessive in topping his last sick sexual joke with one even sicker. It is this ennuei that has caused him to delve deeper into the realm of body modification. He is mostly interested in making sexual things far more utilitarian in nature. In this field he is once again feeling the excitement of having something everyone wants. Molotov is a very biased person but he knows true art can come from the most unlikely of places. Rare as it may be it's possible even one of the clanking masses has a special way of seeing things that could change the perspective of transhumanity forever. It is in this field that he can ignore his prejudices and see others based on their merit alone. <br><br>+Immortality: No matter what you want to do you have to be alive to do it. That is the primary motivation toward Molotov's drive to make sure he will continue living. It is far from the only thing that is involved in his search for immortality. Immortality doesn't mean just ego hopping from one morph to another until the end of time. It's about transcending limitations. If it wasn't for his need to validate himself through the adoration of others, or his deep immersion into human sexuality, he might find he has a lot in common with the Ultimates. As it stands he has already brokered a few deals with some of the friendlier exhumans, though both parties tend to use proxies.. <br><br>+Slavery: Molotov makes some convincing arguments about how "serf economics" are justified and beneficial to transhumanity as a whole. Sometimes it manages to sway an opinion or two, but it doesn't change his. He supports the subjugation of the poor because he isn't one of them, and he knows it. Bringing up the word "slavery" to him is more likely to get him to talk about the benefits of "safe sane and consensual" than martian economics. What actually motivates him though is the slavery of the soul. With the proper skills someone can be rewritten into what he wants them to be. He craves the ability to be surrounded by organic minds in modern bodies, loyal and beloved of only him. With that he would never worry about being alone. <br><br>+Brainwashing: Slavery is his personal motivation to control others. This is his drive to learn more about the ways in which it can be achieved. He has an interest in the way organic minds work beyond his own desire to use that information. The ability to desire, to create, to enjoy, it's all connected to the conscious. To him knowing the mind is the key to everything. He fears the exergent virus, which appears to change the mind first and foremost. Psi stunts are entirely mental, and art is something that first comes from within. He isn't much of a bio-chauvanist but can't help but look down at AGI's and synthmorphs who do not possess the unique insight of the organic mind. </div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Important NPC's</div><div class="spoiler_body">Diabolito: The chosen name for Molotov's grand nephew by his deceased brother. Diabolito only came into Molotov's life as an adult. The young man uses a trademark morph broad chested, slightly tanned, long dark hair, and vaguely latin looks. He fits the tall dark hand handsome description very well, usually dressing in smartfabric business suits that follower tailored blueprints. He had red nanotattoos all over his body and horns implanted on his brow. Diabolito is well mannared and charismatic and is a fan of his great uncle. He has made romantic overtures to Molotov Cocktease, who was initially receptive. After their first night together and singular sexual encounter Diabolito did everything he could to publicize the affair and gain a little fame of his own. Molotov cut the relationship off immediately once he realized he was used. They still talk through the Mesh and Diabolito has apologized for his actions and resumed trying to romance Molotov. <br><br>Unknown Name: Molotov is becoming more and more aware that he has a stalker. He doesn't know the persons name and only has a vague idea of some of the things they have done. They might not be dangerous but they do have a crush and no concern for Molotov's privacy. <br><br>Celeste Basinger: An experia executive that acts mostly as their PR representative toward the Planetary Consortium. Celeste and Molotov have been close friends for decades, well before the Morningstar Constellation came to power in Venus. She is very charming, but also very serious about her work.The two bounce creative ideas and memetics off each other all the time. Her upscale Elysium bungalow is Molotovs preferred place to stay when he is on Mars and she is always welcome in his Venusian home. It usually only takes a short notice for one to open their home to the other even if they are not there at the time. Molotov occasionally worries about her being lonely. With his near monophobia he can't understand how she can be content with not having a serious relationship in thirty years. She just jokes that she is happily married to her job, but it's no secret that during her vacation time she purchases a temporary harem of men to enjoy their attentions on herself and each other. At these times she gets wild enough that it's usually necessary to have more then one DoctorBot available. As soon as it's over though she is back to business. She really enjoys even the most extreme examples of Molotov's work but one can't call such a dear friend a fan.<br><br>Clavicula Nox: Clavicula Nox is an alias used by Molotov's main contact within the Nine-Lives cartel. Originally Molotov contacted the group through CogNites resources but after catching Clavicula's attention Molotov now deals only with him. Clavicula hasn't said his exact position within Nine-Lives but it's very obvious he has some power within it. They have never met in person (at least as far as Molotov knows) so they can't be considered close friends but they are quite friendly with each other. Clavicula is almost excessively flattering to Molotov and sends him gifts on his birthday and valentines day for almost ten years straight, usually with some clipping of famous poetry attached and initialized C.N. At first Molotov was worried about a soul-trader that likes to keep in touch with someone who is only an occasional client, but after years of virtual messages and occasional gifts the worries have subsided. The fact that C.N has never suggested to meat in person, only quotes other poets work, been classically romantic but never actually made advances, and has a thing for patterns leads Molotov to believe that Clavicula Nox is probably an AGI. <br><br>Momo VonSatan: The media loves to paint Molotov and Momo as bitter rivals always accusing each other of stealing their ideas. It only adds fuel to the fire that Momo's fans are mostly anarchists and scum while Molotov has always appealed to extropians and the more wild supporters of traditionally conservative economics. They may occasionally play up the hype but they are casual friends. They aren't close by any means but they have sent each other their best wishes for upcoming projects and passed along some choice bits of gossip. Even the Monstercock scandal that had groups of their fans physically fighting each other was no big deal to wither of them. Momo admits that Molotov had a angry talking penis as a pet years before she rose to fame, and Molotov admits that he didn't have <br>an actual functioning morph for it until he saw Momo's goblin cock. They just don't admit it in public. <br><br>Others: Molotov was close to his father, though his father was far more giving with gifts than he was with his time. His Mother, Father and Sister died permanently during the fall. He had grown closer to his oldest brother since, but it was short lived. That brother comitted suicide due to depression and the immortality blues. Molotov's remaining brother, the middle child chronologically, is one of the highest ranked CogNite executives. They will be polite in each others company but they avoid each other beyond that.&nbsp; Molotov also has a highly intelligent Swarm Cat named Mome Wraith. Cade is Molotov's love slave. </div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Background</div><div class="spoiler_body">While Molotov is very much in the public eye he does manage to keep a few secrets. <br><br>Molotov's father always seemed to prefer him over his brothers. None of them got to see the man much but while his brothers were told if they wanted something they had to earn it, Molotov (Who wasn't born with the name Molotov Cocktease) was showered with gifts. He could get anything he wanted except daddies attention. His brother's hated him for it so he grew up rather lonely. <br><br>He is an Aysync.&nbsp; He views the abilities of the Watts-Mc Leod strain as something that could potentially lead to ascending to a higher conscious but is properly paranoid about the less benign strains of the exergent virus. He is someone who seeks to control the minds of others, and he fears the potential of his own conscious being subverted. He suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and needs to have people around to support him or he quickly falls apart. As popular as he is he still desperately craves male attention and feels lost when not in a relationship. Despite the homosexual nature of his pornographic works his fanbase is primarily women. <br><br>He died many times during the fall, but one time in particular was problematic for him. After months of missing he was restored from backup. Then not to long after his original resurfaced, badly damaged and too insane to even communicate. It was only through good networking he even managed to find it before anyone else figured out who it was. With the nearly vegetative version having seniority the functional backup would be considered an illegal alpha fork. The "fork" killed the useless primary and continued to live the life it had. It still wonders what had affected it's mind so terribly though. <br><br>After the fall Molotov Cocktease spent much time with the Carnival of the Goat practicing biomorph body modification. Not all of his initial projects turned out so great, but scum are fairly disposable aren't they? He is very good at it now though and his designer male sex organs that ejaculate nanite swarms have even gained something of a following. Molotov Himself uses a modified one that works with his drug producing glands. He can administer drugs and poisons in several ways, both erotic and standard.<br><br>He speaks against AI, Uplift, Clanking Masses or just about any "Right" group. The forms of slavery practiced by Hypercorps and other Oligarchs are well and proper in his eyes. He has even purchased some Morphs to do exactly that with. While like he is mostly just following up on his Oligarch roots his insecurity plays a part in his pursuit of this. Secretly he hopes a companion that can be assured to never leave him. His bias against lesser lifeforms means that AI programs don't really provide him with the human connection he always craves.The fact that he knows little about computer brains and cannot manipulate them with psychosurgery or psychic power plays a part in his racism against them. He does not hate the "lesser" creatures he just finds them less useful than humans and does not want lose his position of power over others by any sort of equal oppertunity. <br></div></div><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Special Modifiers</strong></span> Striking looks - Drugs: Hither, MRDR, Klar - Enhanced Creativity, Predictive Boost, other psy. <br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Credit Balance</strong></span> 1650<br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Aptitudes</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Base&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Morph+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Reputation</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cognition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Coordination&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intuition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reflexes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Savvy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Somatics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp; &nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp; &nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Willpower&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;∞-Rep&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Current Aptitude Max: 30 - 20 for SOM<br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Stats</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Ego</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Initiative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lucidity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trauma Threshold&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insanity Rating&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Moxie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Morph</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Speed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 +1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Durability&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wound Threshold&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Death Rating&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Damage Bonus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ego Traits</span></strong> Psi (Level 2), Social Butterfly, Mental Disorder (Borderline Personality, Meglomania), Stalker<br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Morph Traits</span></strong> Striking Looks<br><br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Skills</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><span class="bbc_u">Active Skills</span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Aptitude</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Base</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Morph +/-</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Background/Faction</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Specialization/Other Bonus</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Control&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WIL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Subliminal)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deception&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Disguise&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20/50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mimic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Flight&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SOM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fray&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Predictive Boost, Small, (Airborn Evasion)</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Free Fall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hardware: Implants&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Impersonation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Infiltration&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intimidation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investigation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30/40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ambience&nbsp; Sense </td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Medicine: Biosculpting&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong> COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Male Body)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kinesics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45/65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Software, Superiour Kinesics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Auto&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Criminals&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50/65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Firewall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40/55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Hypercorp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;55/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Media&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Scientists&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Networking: Exhumans&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45/60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Social Butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perception&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30/50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ambience Sense, Implants</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Persuasion&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Protocol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychosurgery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;80/85&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Personality Editing)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Research&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scrounging&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ambience Sense&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Seeker Weapons&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Rifle)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><span class="bbc_u">Knowledge Skills</span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Aptitude</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Base</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Morph +/-</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Background/Faction</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Specialization/Other Bonus</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Academics: Psychology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Academics: Biology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Art: Erotic Perfomance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;60/70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced Creativity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Art: Bodysculpting&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;70/80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced Creativity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Art: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Hypercorp Protocol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;35&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Soul Trading&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Exergent Virus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;35&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest: Morph Design&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language:&nbsp; German&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20/90&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Native Language&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language: Engligh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Profession:&nbsp; Courtesan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;65/75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced Creativity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br><em><strong>Muse: Caligula Bathory</strong></em><br><br>As eccentric as Molotov. Caligula Bathory considers it his job to advise Molotov on when to embrace excess and when to lay low. Though he greatly prefers excess and he still doesn't quite understand the limited scope of Molotov's sexuality. Or it just ignores it for it's own amusement. <br><br>Academics: Psychology 60<br>Interest: Morph Implants 40<br>Interest: Law 40<br>Profession: Appraisal 40<br>Profession: Accounting 60<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Posessions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Gear: Cuffband, Micrograv Shoes, (2x) Specialized Hive, Guardians, Proteans, Fur Coat, Swarm Cat, Backup Insurance (mod), Facial/Image Recognition, Kinesics Software, Standard Muse, Repair Spray, Dr. Bot, Guardian Angel, Servitor, Helmet (light), Second Skin, Smart Skin, Smart Vacsuit (light) (w/ Ablative Patches, Chameleon Coating, Fireproofing, Immunogenic System, Lotus Coating, Offensive Armor, Reactive Coating, Refractive Glazing, Self-Healing, Shock Proof, Thermal Damping, Faraday Mod), Seeker Rifle [Gunstaff] (w/ Smartlink,Safety System, Extended Magazine, Gyromount, Imaging Scope, Smart Magazine), Buzzer (w/ Smartlink,Safety System), (10x) Homing Concussion Minimissile, (20x) Homing Frag Minimissile, Homing EMP Minimissile, (10x) Homing Gas/Smoke Minimissile, Cade's Sex Organs. <br><br>Implants: Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Vision, Bioweave Armor (light), Chameleon Skin, Clean Metabolism, Drug Glands: MRDR, Drug Glands: Klar, Drug Glands: Hither, Emotional Dampers, Endocrine Control, Enhanced Pheromones, Grip Pads, Neurachem (L1), Poison Glands: Twitch, Skin Pocket, Wings, High Gravity Adaptation, Access Jacks, (2x) Ghostrider Module, Mnemonic Augmentation, (4x) Cyberclaws, Hardened Skeleton, Medichines, Nanophage, Oracle, Respirocytes, Skinflex, Bodysculpting, Piercings<br><br>Implants (Secondary): Basic Biomods, Basic Mesh Inserts, Cortical Stack, Bioweave Armor (light), Chameleon Skin, Circadian Regulation, Eelware, Grip Pads, Hibernation, Skin Pocket, Wings, High Gravity Adaptation, Access Jacks, Ghostrider Module, Puppet Sock, Cyberclaws, Medichines, Respirocytes, Bodysculpting, Piercings</div></div><br><br>Notes (GM Attention and approval needed): Molotov has a few things that aren't specifically listed.<br><br>His seeker Rifle looks like a a fanciful black staff with a crystal on top. It's not obvious that it's a gun, but due to the design it suffers a -10 penalty to Seeker Weapon attacks made with it. He could probably acquire a version that doesn't suffer this drawback but costs the next step up.<br><br>Drug and Poison glands: I really wanted to take these implants to the extreme. Assuming there is no objection he can give a dose of the drugs or poison through his claws, a kiss, his nipples, or his penis. There is probably a limited number of times he can provide each drug per day.&nbsp; <br><br>Cades Genitals: Yes Molotov actually possesses them because he crafted them to do some nonstandard things. I paid for the effects out of my CP so that's why I'm listing it in my gear rather then Cade listing them in his. They are quite a bit larger then normal and his penis works as a sprayer with guardian and protean nanite hives. They are also modified so Molotov can enhance or shut down normal body functions related to them. I assume a list of available commands isn't necessary. The Protean nanites assemble fabber bricks. <br><br>Mome Wraith the Swarm Cat has Deception skill instead of Intimidation skill. <br><br>His primary and secondary morphs are small size. They are a sylph and Hibernal respectively. That gives him a bonus to fray and a max SOM of 20. <br><br>His Tertiary morph is a six foot tall set of male sex organs. (Look up Pariapus on the wiki) It's a like the one Momo VonSatan uses except its not gray. It's also not something Molotov is likely to sleeve himself into and probably wont see much actual play. It mostly just stays at home inhabited by a delta of Cade. <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 04:23:36</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7694048#msg7694048">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 09-02-2013, 01:43:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Goat?&nbsp; We have a problem.&nbsp; I DL'ed the character sheet you mentioned, but when I got to the Skills step, I ran into an error - background and faction skills are stacking where they shouldn't be.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I don't understand exactly where/what your problem is.<br><br>Please explain exactly what you mean. Give examples. I took X background and Y faction and it is showing Z skill bonus and AA skill bonus.<br><br>And explain 'where they shouldn't be,' also, because to the best of my knowledge there's no such animal. Nothing stops you from taking a background which gives you a +Networking: C-rep bonus alongside a faction which gives you a +Networking C-rep bonus (for example, Lunar Colonist and Hypercorp). These would then stack, giving you a +20 Networking: Hypercorps from Lunar Colonist and a further +20 Networking: Hypercorps from Hypercorp.<br><br>And I prefer 'Carny', thank you.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 04:52:53</strong>
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				Carny would you browse my character sheet and make sure I'm actually able to do what I made the character for. <br><br>Can he modify biomorph bodies and implants?<br>Can he mindfuck people to hell and back?<br>Is he amazing at using rep networks and at least moderately capable of face to fave diplomacy and manipulation?<br>Is he able to use his psy abilities?<br>Is he not made of gasoline soaked paper in combat?<br>Are there any glaring problems that would make it hard for him to live from day to day?<br><br>Feel free to add other ideas and suggestions. I just need to make sure I'm not going to get into the game intending to do something and then finding out it's impossible. I also need to make sure I'm not a complete invalid in daily activities or a instant kill in combat. <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 05:13:14</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7693058#msg7693058">Quote from: Darkling on 08-02-2013, 22:12:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">OKAY!<br><br>So! would someone recap me what roles/morphs you lot have so far?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Godspit. Reading forums is hard.<br><hr><br>Chaser-etc-etc-etc. (Carnival of the Goat) Neo-Porpoise&nbsp; Morphic-Metal Tentacle-Monster<br>(ex-Orca/Triad Soldier-Enforcer/Rising Tide Antihumanist Monster/Bioconservative's worst nightmare)<br><br>Molotov Cocktease (PaleEnchantress) Sylph <br>(Face/Courtesan/Carnival of the Goat-grade preeeeeeeeevert)<br><br>Selene Marceau (Empyrean) Exalt<br>(Nanowar and nanofab specialist/Armorer)<br><br>Shodan (Re Z L) Bouncer<br>(Infolife Superhacker/Medic)<br><br>Cade Brown (SneakyGuy) Olympian <br>(Soldier/Sniper/Molotov's Pokemon)<br><br><hr>Not statted/submitted:<br>Darkling (Unknown)<br>ReijiTabibito (Possibly some kind of TITAN researcher/scientist/specialist type.)<br>Teague (Unknown - Hasn't been on in a week, may have net issues.)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 05:14:28</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7694855#msg7694855">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 09-02-2013, 04:23:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I don't understand exactly where/what your problem is.<br><br>Please explain exactly what you mean. Give examples. I took X background and Y faction and it is showing Z skill bonus and AA skill bonus.<br><br>And explain 'where they shouldn't be,' also, because to the best of my knowledge there's no such animal. Nothing stops you from taking a background which gives you a +Networking: C-rep bonus alongside a faction which gives you a +Networking C-rep bonus (for example, Lunar Colonist and Hypercorp). These would then stack, giving you a +20 Networking: Hypercorps from Lunar Colonist and a further +20 Networking: Hypercorps from Hypercorp.<br><br>And I prefer 'Carny', thank you.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>NVM.&nbsp; I managed to figure out what was going on.&nbsp; I needed to specify an Academic/Profession Field <em>before</em> I gave it a bonus from Background/Faction.<br><br>On the flipside, question.&nbsp; Astrobiology, I would assume that's for biology of non-Earthian organisms, yes?&nbsp; But wouldn't that be better titled Xenobiology?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 05:19:25</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695098#msg7695098">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 09-02-2013, 05:14:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">On the flipside, question.&nbsp; Astrobiology, I would assume that's for biology of non-Earthian organisms, yes?&nbsp; But wouldn't that be better titled Xenobiology?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Glad you figured it out. Also remember to put a '1' in next to any yellow-filled items on the gear-sheet (these are things your morph has automatically) so they show up correctly on the 'flat/printable' sheet.<br><br>Xenobiology = Study of alien life forms<br>Astrobiology = Study of xeno-planet-formed terran life forms.<br><br>An astrobiologist would be all over Marsformed terran life (Rusters, Earth-lichen adapted for Martian soil/atmosphere), Europa-formed marine organisms, etc. <br><br>When you want to know why there's a problem with &lt;insert planet-name&gt;-adapted terran-based life forms, you talk to an astrobiologist. When you want to know what that freaky fucking thing from that exoplanet beyond the Gate is likely to be capable of, you get one to a xenobiologist for dissection.<br><br>When you want to know why that freaky exoplague is only affecting Europa-formed neo-octopi, you talk to both.<br><br>(If it isn't 100% clear, TERRAforming a planet means making it more like earth, while &lt;insert planet name&gt;forming a SPECIES is adapting that species (from some other planet) to live/thrive on the named planet. So Marsformed terran species...<br><br>In terms of useful medical skills, you'd want a xenobiologist to assist with emergency medical procedures on a whiplash or a scurrier morph, because those are both based primarily on exospecies, while an astrobiologist could help out with a Ripwing (which is a mixture of different terran avian and pterosauran DNA).
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 05:23:37</strong>
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				Okay.&nbsp; Thanks.<br><br>So, for example, say we took a Gatecrasher trip to Echo V and managed to stumble upon an Iktomi corpse.&nbsp; I would use Xenobiology to evaluate <em>that</em> particular entity, yes?<br><br>Also, I have points set aside for usage in a Medicine Skill.&nbsp; I had three thoughts - Paramedic (for patching up people on Gate Trips) General Practice, and could there be some form of Forensic Medicine?&nbsp; Or would that be more, uh, Profession/Interest/Other?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 05:30:30</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695142#msg7695142">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 09-02-2013, 05:23:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So, for example, say we took a Gatecrasher trip to Echo V and managed to stumble upon an Iktomi corpse.&nbsp; I would use Xenobiology to evaluate <em>that</em> particular entity, yes?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Noone has ever seen an Iktomi, but you'd certainly use it on any kind of exocreature you THOUGHT might be an Iktomi. Most of what is known about the Iktomi is known from their architecture. It's <em>speculated</em> that they are arachnid-like but there isn't really <em>proof</em>. No fossilized corpses, no images, nothing.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695142#msg7695142">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 09-02-2013, 05:23:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Also, I have points set aside for usage in a Medicine Skill.&nbsp; I had three thoughts - Paramedic (for patching up people on Gate Trips) General Practice, and could there be some form of Forensic Medicine?&nbsp; Or would that be more, uh, Profession/Interest/Other?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Forensic Medicine would probably be a profession. Paramedic or Combat Medic would probably be useful (and effectively identical except for flavor text).
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 05:52:49</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695179#msg7695179">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 09-02-2013, 05:30:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Noone has ever seen an Iktomi, but you'd certainly use it on any kind of exocreature you THOUGHT might be an Iktomi. Most of what is known about the Iktomi is known from their architecture. It's <em>speculated</em> that they are arachnid-like but there isn't really <em>proof</em>. No fossilized corpses, no images, nothing.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes, okay, no-one's seen a live (or even dead) Iktomi.&nbsp; I'll give my standard line to things like this: <em>work with me here</em>!<br><br>And thanks.&nbsp; *Notes down Xeno-bio instead of Astro-bio*<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695179#msg7695179">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 09-02-2013, 05:30:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Forensic Medicine would probably be a profession. Paramedic or Combat Medic would probably be useful (and effectively identical except for flavor text).<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Okay.&nbsp; So noted.<br><br>I've currently got the following Knowledge skills lined up.<br><br>Academics: Gate Operations (60)<br>Academics: Xenoarchaeology (60)<br>Interest: Gatecrashing (50)<br>Native Language: Japanese (90)<br>Language: English (50)<br>Profession: Forensics (60) - Was this Forensics or Forensic Archeology?&nbsp; I forget.<br><br>After all this, I have 170 pts left to spend before I dig into my remainder CP.<br><br>The following are on the block as possible choices from my own head.<br><br>Academics: Xenobiology<br>Profession: Forensic Medicine<br>Profession: Surveying (both Corebook sample characters interested in exploration had this skill)<br><br>These are options Carny offered to me:<br><br>Academics: CompSci<br>Academics: Cryptography<br>Academics: Nanotechnology<br>Profession: Nanoprogramming<br><br>And the last one, the more traditional sciences - Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, etc...any suggestions for a good way to round out the character?<br><br>If you want some help, I can offer a few insights into the character.<br><br>1 - Ishinari, as he's known by his handle, is someone who's been Gatecrashing for a long time (Networking: Gratecrashers 50 and X-Rep 60), and is relatively well known in RNA and EcoWave circles for his discoveries during those trips.<br><br>2 - During one said trip, he saw something, something that he's been chasing ever since then with each new Gatecrash.<br><br>3 - He's not a military type, but he's definitely smarter than 99% of them.&nbsp; I don't know if you'd consider it possible, but in his past, he outsmarted a group of Jovian Junta goons that interrupted a Gatecrash and managed to muck up their day pretty badly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 06:17:05</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7694988#msg7694988">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 09-02-2013, 04:52:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Can he modify biomorph bodies and implants?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Within the limitations imposed by such elements as the sidebar on p.278, yes. Please note the phrase relating to certain procedures being 'difficult and prone to disaster'. That means it will probably be a maximum-difficulty skill-check from the start. Additionally note the time frames. I am also leery of the specialization 'Enhanced creativity' because it basically sounds like 'I want +10 any time I do something weird in a skill which I will only use for doing something weird.' See also "Blaster 100: specialization: +10 when trigger is pulled". I would probably select something like 'erotic morphs' or 'sylph modifications' or something else, something that is really a SPECIALIZATION rather than a call-out to a sleight or 'when being a genius'. I also would strongly advise getting rid of 'social butterfly' as a specialization and instead having specializations like specific Tongs for your G-rep, Carnival Acquaintances for your @-rep, some specific hypercorp for your C-rep...You get the idea. Additionally you seem to have two specializations for kinesics. Kinesics is not a software so I don't know what that's about. Please look at the suggested specializations for kinesics for suggestions and go from there. 'Superior kinesics' as a specialization on kinesics is kind of like 'Awesome shooting' as a specialization on riflery. 'Mimic' on the other hand is an excellent idea for a Specialization in Impersonation if you are NOT talking about using the Psi Sleight, as it limits your specialization to a specific type of Impersonation: when you are trying to pretend to be someone in particular and behave as they would. The reason it shouldn't be a specialization with use of the Sleight is that's basically rewarding you with a bonus +10 points for using your +30 point ability. When would you NOT? For disguise it would not be so useful. In fact, the text is EXPLICIT that Mimic provides a bonus to Impersonation...Not Disguise. You should probably sink some points into Impersonation if you're going to use the Mimic sleight. Am I making sense? You have two specializations for Perception, also. Perception: Implants is kind of like 'Spot hidden, gallstones'. Generally speaking without submitting someone to invasive scanning (x-rays, etc., other noticeable wavelengths that they'd pick up themselves) you can't see under someone's skin. Things like carapace armor or artificial limbs+ which can't be hidden are exceptional. Your psychosurgery specialization works fine because it is NOT generic, there are times it would NOT be useful (therapy to get rid of trauma). I would personally disallow 'ambience sense' as a specialization for scrounging, since it's always on, therefore always invokable. <br><br>Specializations should represent specific circumstances which limit when you can use the bonus, making it unavailable for MOST common/generic uses of the skill, otherwise they're just a free ten points that is 'always on'.<br><br>If what you're doing is recording your SLEIGHTS rather than SPECIALIZATIONS then obviously the above is less relevant (although it's still an issue in a few cases mentioned). However, my comments in earlier posts about squeezing that little extra out points-wise while making your character more interesting via the use of specializations to 'focus' key skills stands.<br><br>Molotov does not have 'hardware: implants' so no, he cannot modify implants. Nor does he have any medical/surgical skills for removing them or implanting them.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7694988#msg7694988">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 09-02-2013, 04:52:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Can he mindfuck people to hell and back?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I don't see where you list your Psi sleights. He has good skills in Control, his Deception is 'okay', his Intimidation is 'okay', and his Persuasion is reasonably high. So in terms of misleading people, intimidating them, or convincing them he's somewhere between 'adequate' and 'pretty good' without the benefits of whatever sleights you may choose to use. If you mean 'using Psychosurgery' then yes, he's a top-notch leader-in-his-field psychosurgeon. If you mean conversationally using the skills previously mentioned, well...As previously mentioned.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7694988#msg7694988">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 09-02-2013, 04:52:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Is he amazing at using rep networks and at least moderately capable of face to fave diplomacy and manipulation?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>He's pretty darn good at using rep networks. He may have some drawbacks there, in fact: with an 80 rep in THREE rep networks, one of them being F-rep, he's going to be close to a system-wide celebrity on those networks. Rep cuts both ways. At that level to maintain your rep a savvy GM will ensure that you have to spend time and treasure doing favors to MAINTAIN your rep so ungodly high. I notice you have 'Stalker' as a disad. With your rep being THAT high it may be more accurate to say 'groupies AND stalker<strong><span class="bbc_u">s</span></strong>' and they may very well be a constant issue that makes covert activity a real problem on populated stations. And don't imagine that skinflex is a solution, you'd need gait masking and every other damn thing because the odds of you passing station security and having some security checkpoint guy be a fan of your latest porn vid are just too high. And then s/he mentions it to a buddy 'Hey, you'll never GUESS who I saw come on station today!'<br><br>But you know, if you're that well-connected, that's the price you pay. I fully expect that occasionally Chaser is going to have issues when he is in territory owned by competing Tongs/Triads, because he sticks out like a sore thumb...And while he's a 70-rep (G-rep only) he's a rather one-of-a-kind creature so he'll be extremely identifiable (which is part of why I decided to punch it that high). He can always say he is only there on personal business, and not there as a representative. That doesn't mean they'll believe him. And since he's a miniature killer whale with a G-rep emphasis on the 'killer' part with a side-helping of 'enforcer' and 'assassin' sauced with a bit of 'really fucking unusual and nasty button-man(orca)' that might easily become an issue.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7694988#msg7694988">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 09-02-2013, 04:52:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Is he able to use his psy abilities?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Is he not made of gasoline soaked paper in combat?[/quote]<br>Nope. If anything, that high Fray plus a Seeker Weapon score in the range of a Special Forces Merc makes him weirdly effective. I'm curious how you claim the 'small' advantage for Fray...I presume you've discussed spending some CP on that with EB? a -10% chance to be hit is kind of a big deal to get for free...And you're not playing a Neotenic. Come to think of it, how come your Sylph has an extra +5 morph bonus?<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7694988#msg7694988">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 09-02-2013, 04:52:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Are there any glaring problems that would make it hard for him to live from day to day?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Nothing that I can see beyond the side-effects of having insane F-rep and two other reps (F-rep is particularly egregious because you WILL make the news if you are involved in ANYTHING where a camera can see you).<br><br>Addendum: 'Hypercorp Protocol' is kind of generic when you already have an extremely high Protocol (generic). I would probably make that a specific Hypercorp or type of Hypercorp. Otherwise it's just duplicating the effect of a higher-point skill, and it isn't high enough to provide a serious complement bonus.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 06:40:12</strong>
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				Some good advice Carny. Though you mistook many "other bonuses" as specializations. My specs are in () parenthesis. Kinesics software is actually a program that adds ten to my kinesics. Enhanced creativity is a slight. I notice I did forget to list my slights though. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 06:48:32</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695538#msg7695538">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 09-02-2013, 06:40:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Some good advice Carny. Though you mistook many "other bonuses" as specializations. My specs are in () parenthesis. Kinesics software is actually a program that adds ten to my kinesics. Enhanced creativity is a slight. I notice I did forget to list my slights though.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yeah, see, I wouldn't have listed those under the morph/ego stats and skills. Just put it in your gear list. Makes it much easier to quickly double-check things. It's also a good idea to separate out ego aptitudes/STOCK morph bonuses to aptitudes/gear bonuses to aptitudes for the same reason.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ChaoticSky</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 07:47:29</strong>
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				Nice!<br><br>Question though. How do you feel about custom morphs? ive had a idea for a reaper-calibur biological combat morph in my head for a while, never been able to use it though.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 08:07:18</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695809#msg7695809">Quote from: Darkling on 09-02-2013, 07:47:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Nice!<br><br>Question though. How do you feel about custom morphs? ive had a idea for a reaper-calibur biological combat morph in my head for a while, never been able to use it though.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Well, Ebpohmr is the GM and would have to vet any unusual morphs. But in-game, the state-of-the-art biomorph Reaper equivalent which is still expensive and rare is the Remade.<br><br>Compare them side by side. They're surprisingly similar where it counts (aptitude maximum). The Remade actually has BETTER aptitude bonuses (2x +10 and 3x +5 vs. the Reaper's 2x +10 and 1x +5) in terms of the Morph's normal bonuses before adding additional implants, et al. You just need to add a few arms and some armor to the Remade (remember, the Reaper can't wear extra armor!), and a few other implants to make up the difference...Which pretty much comes up to the cost difference between the two. <br><br>So I take it you're interested in adding a third combat (bio)machine to the group?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SneakyGuy</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 08:38:15</strong>
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				Quick question. You can use weapons for different skill with -30 modifier, right? 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ChaoticSky</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 17:26:41</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695858#msg7695858">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 09-02-2013, 08:07:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well, Ebpohmr is the GM and would have to vet any unusual morphs. But in-game, the state-of-the-art biomorph Reaper equivalent which is still expensive and rare is the Remade.<br><br>Compare them side by side. They're surprisingly similar where it counts (aptitude maximum). The Remade actually has BETTER aptitude bonuses (2x +10 and 3x +5 vs. the Reaper's 2x +10 and 1x +5) in terms of the Morph's normal bonuses before adding additional implants, et al. You just need to add a few arms and some armor to the Remade (remember, the Reaper can't wear extra armor!), and a few other implants to make up the difference...Which pretty much comes up to the cost difference between the two. <br><br>So I take it you're interested in adding a third combat (bio)machine to the group?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>im going to be mixing social and combat most likely, the exact nature of my character im still pondering on. way back i was planning on a ultimate diplomat, but not really feeling it just now. So im deciding between a savvy gatecrasher or a relentlessly friendly exhuman AGI (who, ironically, is approaching the Ultimate philosophy from the far side)<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 17:30:19</strong>
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				BTW, Carny, if you wanted to update the list of player types, I'm playing a Menton Argonaut who has significant experience Gatecrashing and will be the sort of group thinker/TITAN expert/general all-purpose brain.<br><br>Also, can anyone tell me the difference between Forensics and Forensic Archaeology?&nbsp; I have written down in my notes Profession: Forensic Archaeology with TITAN Constructs as a Skill w/Specialty, but I looked at a couple of pregenned chars in the corebook and they have Profession: Forensics...
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 17:39:07</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7695942#msg7695942">Quote from: SneakyGuy on 09-02-2013, 08:38:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Quick question. You can use weapons for different skill with -30 modifier, right?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Per p.173, "Defaulting to Related Skills," yes, although it's somewhat of a GM call. For instance if it's just point-and-shoot as described, you can use just about any weapon. On the other hand, if a character without Seeker Weapons skill tried to do indirect fire with seeker missiles against a target they couldn't see, I'd probably have them roll the linked Aptitude and treat their other weapon skill as a Complementary Bonus (same page). I.E., if their Kinetic or Laser weapons skill was below 61, it'd be Aptitude + 10% or Aptitude +20%.<br><br>I might do something similar for Spray Weapons, as well. The two which map best to each other are Kinetic (since with a smart sight, every shot is effectively a point blank (in the real definition of 'The bullet strikes where the sights say it will and you don't need to adjust for range or windage, not the Hollywood definition of 'I could have reached out and touched the target')) and Lasers (which travel in straight lines, generally, and thus are again, always PB). Spray Weapons that don't fire hypersonic rounds but instead require you to hose a stream of stuff around (Buzzer, Freezer, Sprayer, Torch), on the other hand, are going to be MUCH more affected by local variations in microgravity or coriolis force (yes, that's a big deal when most of your fighting is done in habitats...Eclipse Phase does NOT have artificial gravity!), and Seeker Weapons used in indirect fire are effectively voodoo. <br><br>The example given supports this, it relates expressly to Kinetic Weapons skill being used to fire a laser, because the character "might not be trained in the use of a laser, but they know enough to point at the target and pull the trigger." <br><br><hr><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7696829#msg7696829">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 09-02-2013, 17:30:19</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">BTW, Carny, if you wanted to update the list of player types, I'm playing a Menton Argonaut who has significant experience Gatecrashing and will be the sort of group thinker/TITAN expert/general all-purpose brain.<br><br>Also, can anyone tell me the difference between Forensics and Forensic Archaeology?&nbsp; I have written down in my notes Profession: Forensic Archaeology with TITAN Constructs as a Skill w/Specialty, but I looked at a couple of pregenned chars in the corebook and they have Profession: Forensics...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>If anyone wants to update the list, they just need to copy and paste. It isn't as if it were a formatted table or anything.<br><br>I talked to you about the difference between forensics and forensic archaeology in pm previously. Check your old PMs?<br><br><hr><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7696811#msg7696811">Quote from: Darkling on 09-02-2013, 17:26:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">im going to be mixing social and combat most likely, the exact nature of my character im still pondering on. way back i was planning on a ultimate diplomat, but not really feeling it just now. So im deciding between a savvy gatecrasher or a relentlessly friendly exhuman AGI (who, ironically, is approaching the Ultimate philosophy from the far side)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You will probably need to get approval from Ebpohmr for an exhuman background. I believe he stated that he wanted to approve characters that wanted to have any exhuman REP, so having a background would probably be even more iffy.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 17:47:43</strong>
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				No, I saved the PM, and I reviewed it, but the content of our conversation was TITAN Forensic Archaeology vs regular Forensic Archaeology with a Specialization in TITAN Constructs.&nbsp; Not Forensics vs Forensic Archaeology.<br><br>There has to be a tipping point somewhere, a point where specializing in a certain field is better than taking the overall general.&nbsp; Like, for example, Biology vs Astrobiology.&nbsp; You could theoretically use Biology in a test that required Astrobiology, but Biology encompasses a lot more than just Astro.&nbsp; You gain the benefit of having a huge field of knowledge to delve into (Astro, Marine Biology, Microbio, etc), but at the cost of less knowledge per individual category (someone with Astrobiology 50 would know more about the field than someone with plain old Biology 50, right?).
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 19:22:57</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7696876#msg7696876">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 09-02-2013, 17:47:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">No, I saved the PM, and I reviewed it, but the content of our conversation was TITAN Forensic Archaeology vs regular Forensic Archaeology with a Specialization in TITAN Constructs.&nbsp; Not Forensics vs Forensic Archaeology.<br><br>There has to be a tipping point somewhere, a point where specializing in a certain field is better than taking the overall general.&nbsp; Like, for example, Biology vs Astrobiology.&nbsp; You could theoretically use Biology in a test that required Astrobiology, but Biology encompasses a lot more than just Astro.&nbsp; You gain the benefit of having a huge field of knowledge to delve into (Astro, Marine Biology, Microbio, etc), but at the cost of less knowledge per individual category (someone with Astrobiology 50 would know more about the field than someone with plain old Biology 50, right?).<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Someone with Astrobiology 60 would know more about Biology than someone with Biology 29 (possibly more, in such a closely related field the GM might opt to give you better than the '-30 on related skill).<br><br>Okay. Forensics does NOT include archaeology. Take that as a starting point. Someone with forensic archaeology could look at ruins, artifacts, etc., and discuss their utility while someone with forensics could not.<br><br>Are Google and Wikipedia down again?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 19:38:06</strong>
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				Typing 'Forensics' into Wikipedia gives this:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="bbc_size">Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences and technologies to investigate and establish facts of interest in relation to criminal or civil law. The word forensic comes from the Latin forēnsis, meaning "of or before the forum." In Roman times, a criminal charge meant presenting the case before a group of public individuals in the forum. Both the person accused of the crime and the accuser would give speeches based on their sides of the story. The individual with the best argument and delivery would determine the outcome of the case. This origin is the source of the two modern usages of the word forensic – as a form of legal evidence and as a category of public presentation.<br><br>In modern use, the term "forensics" in the place of "forensic science" can be considered correct as the term "forensic" is effectively a synonym for "legal" or "related to courts". However the term is now so closely associated with the scientific field that many dictionaries include the meaning that equates the word "forensics" with "forensic science"</span>.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><br>Pardon my saying, but that's a big-ass field you're covering, there.<br><br>Okay.&nbsp; So the Argonaut Xenoarchaeologist, as presented as a pregenned character in the corebook (page 155), with Profession: Forensics, wouldn't be able to discuss the utility of an alien artifact, while <em>I</em>, with Forensic Archaeology, <em>would</em> be.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>09-02-2013, 20:16:57</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7697256#msg7697256">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 09-02-2013, 19:38:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Typing 'Forensics' into Wikipedia gives this:<br><br><br>Pardon my saying, but that's a big-ass field you're covering, there.<br><br>Okay.&nbsp; So the Argonaut Xenoarchaeologist, as presented as a pregenned character in the corebook (page 155), with Profession: Forensics, wouldn't be able to discuss the utility of an alien artifact, while <em>I</em>, with Forensic Archaeology, <em>would</em> be.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>...Except that he's also got Xenoarchaeology at a beyond-doctoral level, which would make him pretty damned good at it.<br><br>Again, it depends on how you want to limit and narrow your character's field of knowledge. I've heard that Physics and Mathematics are so horrifically abused in some EP games that GMs request that characters be more specific WITHOUT claiming a specialization. 'Your Academics: Topology helps you understand the really weird 4-dimensional alien artifact but you can't use it to ricochet bullets.'<br><br>Oh, hey, for bonus confusion, check the article on Forensic Archaeology.<br><br>Basically it depends on whether or not you'd rather have a focus group or a skill which bridges two focuses. Technically 'forensics' could be applied to all sorts of things. Ballistic forensics is more about physics than anything else, as an example, and structural forensics ('Why did the bridge collapse?') is about structural engineering and design.<br><br>The long and short of it in any game, as a rule of thumb, should probably be 'If you can't figure out how your character would apply this to anything in the game, it's probably a good idea to put your points elsewhere.'
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>10-02-2013, 00:10:49</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7697383#msg7697383">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 09-02-2013, 20:16:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">...Except that he's also got Xenoarchaeology at a beyond-doctoral level, which would make him pretty damned good at it.<br><br>Again, it depends on how you want to limit and narrow your character's field of knowledge. I've heard that Physics and Mathematics are so horrifically abused in some EP games that GMs request that characters be more specific WITHOUT claiming a specialization. 'Your Academics: Topology helps you understand the really weird 4-dimensional alien artifact but you can't use it to ricochet bullets.'<br><br>Oh, hey, for bonus confusion, check the article on Forensic Archaeology.<br><br>Basically it depends on whether or not you'd rather have a focus group or a skill which bridges two focuses. Technically 'forensics' could be applied to all sorts of things. Ballistic forensics is more about physics than anything else, as an example, and structural forensics ('Why did the bridge collapse?') is about structural engineering and design.<br><br>The long and short of it in any game, as a rule of thumb, should probably be 'If you can't figure out how your character would apply this to anything in the game, it's probably a good idea to put your points elsewhere.'<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Except <em>except</em> it's Academics: Xenoarch, which the book says under Academics that the field can be used to reflect a working <em>theoretical</em> knowledge of that skill - the book gives Interrogation and Armorer as examples - which has nothing to do with practical application.<br><br>It's why I got shafted out of college in jobs when I was up against guys who didn't have my shiny degree - they had <em>practical job experience</em>, which companies want more than someone who has book learning.<br><br>Also probably because they could get away with paying less, the bastards.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>10-02-2013, 02:49:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7698245#msg7698245">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 10-02-2013, 00:10:49</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Except <em>except</em> it's Academics: Xenoarch, which the book says under Academics that the field can be used to reflect a working <em>theoretical</em> knowledge of that skill - the book gives Interrogation and Armorer as examples - which has nothing to do with practical application.<br><br>It's why I got shafted out of college in jobs when I was up against guys who didn't have my shiny degree - they had <em>practical job experience</em>, which companies want more than someone who has book learning.<br><br>Also probably because they could get away with paying less, the bastards.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Except <em>except</em>" in your example, the guy is making a theoretical assessment of the utility of a xeno-relic. Which fits for a knowledge-based skill. He's discussing its utilization, not trying to make a living by building it or using it in the best possible professional manner.<br><br>And it's largely the latter (paying less) in this day and age. I got knifed out of a job because I was making TOO MUCH without a degree, then they replaced me with someone with no degree...Who had less experience and they could pay half what they were paying me (I had a decade in that position with accrued benefits and pay raises).<br><br>Optimally, you need both the degree AND the field experience, which is a tough row to hoe.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>11-02-2013, 23:56:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				GET THAT DAMN THING OFF THEIR NECKS! IM THE HEAD OF THE BOARD AND IM BORED OF THEIR HEAD!<br><br>...So whats up?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>12-02-2013, 01:58:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7708239#msg7708239">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 11-02-2013, 23:56:19</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">GET THAT DAMN THING OFF THEIR NECKS! IM THE HEAD OF THE BOARD AND IM BORED OF THEIR HEAD!<br><br>...So whats up?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>A meaningless concept in microgravity?<br><br>(http://25.media.tumblr.com/7354c0109042789d10a31a47370dc1c3/tumblr_mhubimFkBh1qzi80do2_250.gif)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>12-02-2013, 02:26:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, I'll check properly in a bit, but have people with character sheets listed in the thread given the name/details of their muses? I figure as I'll be partly NPC'ing them as much as the players, I should probably find out a bit about them upfront...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>12-02-2013, 02:50:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7709025#msg7709025">Quote from: ebpohmr on 12-02-2013, 02:26:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh, I'll check properly in a bit, but have people with character sheets listed in the thread given the name/details of their muses? I figure as I'll be partly NPC'ing them as much as the players, I should probably find out a bit about them upfront...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Chaser's MUSE and its specific skill-list are in his statblock.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>12-02-2013, 03:48:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7709025#msg7709025">Quote from: ebpohmr on 12-02-2013, 02:26:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh, I'll check properly in a bit, but have people with character sheets listed in the thread given the name/details of their muses? I figure as I'll be partly NPC'ing them as much as the players, I should probably find out a bit about them upfront...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Molotov's Muse Caligula Bathory is detailed on his sheet as well.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>12-02-2013, 09:37:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7693463#msg7693463">Quote from: ebpohmr on 08-02-2013, 23:45:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Game launch is still set for this weekend, but might be pushed to Monday depending on when they let my grandmother out of hospital. ;)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Okay, so I am made of suck and this hasn't been true. Blame it on the hospital not letting my grandmother out yet and a wicked backlash from several weeks of insomnia (I must have slept for about 40 hours between Friday evening and Monday evening). I ask for your patience as I take a few more days to get this sorted out!<br><br>If the worst comes to the worst, I'll just get the game rolling and you all can do some background/'flashback up to now' stuff while I sort out character sheets before you start having to roll dice...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>12-02-2013, 19:06:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7710986#msg7710986">Quote from: ebpohmr on 12-02-2013, 09:37:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay, so I am made of suck and this hasn't been true. Blame it on the hospital not letting my grandmother out yet and a wicked backlash from several weeks of insomnia (I must have slept for about 40 hours between Friday evening and Monday evening). I ask for your patience as I take a few more days to get this sorted out!<br><br>If the worst comes to the worst, I'll just get the game rolling and you all can do some background/'flashback up to now' stuff while I sort out character sheets before you start having to roll dice...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Take care of grandma, but do know that I will have to punish you. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>12-02-2013, 21:48:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Real life comes first. Don't worry about us. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SneakyGuy</strong> on <strong>15-02-2013, 00:21:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				PaleEnchantress won't be able to access http for a while due to some maintenance and asked me to post this for her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>15-02-2013, 05:09:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				5.6k Saturn Cassini Photographic Animation - First 1 minute of footage from In Saturn's Rings (http://vimeo.com/11386048)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>15-02-2013, 18:39:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Internet isnt perfect but&nbsp; it is working again E seems to work fine YAAAAY!<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>15-02-2013, 19:05:06</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Welcome back! :) 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>15-02-2013, 19:50:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Thank you. I'm actually a tad disappointed that I DIDN'T miss anything. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-02-2013, 18:07:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Can somebody help me sort this out?&nbsp; The main armor that I've chosen for my character is a standard Vacsuit.&nbsp; In the description, the Vacsuit states that unless it takes more than 30 points of damage in one shot, it automatically seals itself up from damage taken.&nbsp; (p333)<br><br>Skip back to the Armor Mods, one of which is Self-Healing, which states that it acts like Repair Spray for whatever armor it's applied to.&nbsp; Now, fill me in, but doesn't it sound like the Vacsuit pretty much already has that, given that it's self-sealing?&nbsp; Or am I missing something here?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>16-02-2013, 20:35:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7733136#msg7733136">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-02-2013, 18:07:19</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Can somebody help me sort this out?&nbsp; The main armor that I've chosen for my character is a standard Vacsuit.&nbsp; In the description, the Vacsuit states that unless it takes more than 30 points of damage in one shot, it automatically seals itself up from damage taken.&nbsp; (p333)<br><br>Skip back to the Armor Mods, one of which is Self-Healing, which states that it acts like Repair Spray for whatever armor it's applied to.&nbsp; Now, fill me in, but doesn't it sound like the Vacsuit pretty much already has that, given that it's self-sealing?&nbsp; Or am I missing something here?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It's that one-letter difference that'll get you.<br><br>Self-sealing states that it SEALS itself but Repair Spray REPAIRS any sort of damage that a significantly damaged vacsuit might re-seal itself for purposes of keeping the occupant alive, but for example might need repairs to its maker, ecto, sensors, etc.<br><br>Thus the difference between self-<strong>S</strong>ealing (you do not die due to vacuum exposure) and self-<strong>H</strong>ealing (your armor will gradually rebuild itself over time unless it is really destroyed).<br><br>RAW, 'self-sealing' armor repairs <em>breaches</em>, i.e. holes, and can "instantly self-seal any hole" rather than, say, regenerating the vacsuit's armor rating (if damaged by, say, scrapper's gel) or repairing the vacsuit's other components.<br><br>Note that the hardsuit HAS a Fixer Nanoswarm, which is equivalent to repair spray, in ADDITION to its self-sealing capabilities.<br><br>It also bears mention that these and other nanitic armor capabilities are subject to the same things that will disrupt any other nanoswarm (Oh, you double-fisted EMP grenades in order to try to take out that enemy swarm? Let's look at your gear-list real quickly and see what else got taken out.).
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-02-2013, 20:43:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks, Carny.&nbsp; Just to make sure I've got this right...here is the following.<br><br>Ishinari (my Gatecrashing Sentinel) is wearing their Vacsuit, upon which they get attacked and have a grenade detonated in their face.<br><br>Self-<em>sealing</em> armor, standard with a Vacsuit will plug up the holes caused by the little bits of flying shrapnel so that I don't die in vacuum.<br><br>Self-<em>healing</em> armor, the mod, will allow my Vacsuit to repair its ecto, sensors, and various other components, plus restore any lost armor points due to the attack.<br><br>Yes?<br><br>And also, a Hardsuit sounds like that little, uh...that diving rig thing.&nbsp; I'd have to go and look up an image of it, but that's what gets conjured when I read the description.<br><br>EDIT:&nbsp; One last question.&nbsp; Spare bodies.&nbsp; The body you <em>start</em> with is paid for with CP.&nbsp; Do you buy your spare bodies with CP, or with Credits?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 04:16:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7733834#msg7733834">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-02-2013, 20:43:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7733834#msg7733834">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-02-2013, 20:43:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And also, a Hardsuit sounds like that little, uh...that diving rig thing.&nbsp; I'd have to go and look up an image of it, but that's what gets conjured when I read the description.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>That's a fair image, &nbsp;(https://www.google.com/search?q=diving+JIM+suit&amp;hl=en&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=xEogUf24MeHvigKr_oHQDQ&amp;ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ) but NASA also designed hardsuits for exoatmospheric work (https://www.flickr.com/photos/verifex/1056858449/in/faves-22399941@N03/). The description in EP sounds a great deal more like a JIM suit though. Or perhaps a SPIDER (http://www.silvercrestsubmarines.co.uk/images/scan11.jpg) ADS pod (http://www.divingheritage.com/images/OMAS-SPIDER1.jpg) turned spaceworthy. Sadly, it probably looks nothing at all like my favorite, the 1882 Carmagnolle diving suit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79744904@N03/8403367109/#). But you may have seen some video game characters based on that...<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7733834#msg7733834">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-02-2013, 20:43:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">EDIT:&nbsp; One last question.&nbsp; Spare bodies.&nbsp; The body you <em>start</em> with is paid for with CP.&nbsp; Do you buy your spare bodies with CP, or with Credits?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>CP.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 04:53:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7735923#msg7735923">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 04:16:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Sweet.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7735923#msg7735923">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 04:16:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That's a fair image, &nbsp;(https://www.google.com/search?q=diving+JIM+suit&amp;hl=en&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=xEogUf24MeHvigKr_oHQDQ&amp;ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ) but NASA also designed hardsuits for exoatmospheric work (https://www.flickr.com/photos/verifex/1056858449/in/faves-22399941@N03/). The description in EP sounds a great deal more like a JIM suit though. Or perhaps a SPIDER (http://www.silvercrestsubmarines.co.uk/images/scan11.jpg) ADS pod (http://www.divingheritage.com/images/OMAS-SPIDER1.jpg) turned spaceworthy. Sadly, it probably looks nothing at all like my favorite, the 1882 Carmagnolle diving suit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79744904@N03/8403367109/#). But you may have seen some video game characters based on that...</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>That's the one, the JIM suit.&nbsp; I remember it from EPCOT at Disney, and the underwater exhibits.&nbsp; God I loved those.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7735923#msg7735923">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 04:16:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">CP.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Damn.&nbsp; The spare bodies I'm looking at are only Expensive (20k), meaning they'd cost 20 CP worth of credits.&nbsp; Right, time to sort through the bargain bins for options on Biomorphs...on the plus side, if I can afford it, it means I get two bodies in case of death...<br><br><br>EDIT:&nbsp; Can someone tell me the difference between Homing Smart ammo and Zero Smart?&nbsp; It looks like the only real difference is that for Zero shots, you don't get the +10 bonus on the first that Homing would give you, but if you have higher than Speed 1 (IE, you get to go 2x or more in the same Action Turn), then Zero gives you the advantage, if you keep missing...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 04:58:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You can always buy a spare.<br><br>Just remember that if you end up broadcasting your ego to Saturn for something or other, your spare body on Luna won't be terribly useful.<br><br>In a certain sense, skills are the thing that can't be taken away from you, everything else (morphs included) are tools that you use until they break or are no longer appropriate to the task.<br><br>(Chaser would undoubtedly argue with me...BUT he's currently using a heavily modified porpoise to try to get himself enough influence/wealth/power to get into another neo-orca morph...So in that sense he's treating it that way, too. It's a tool.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 05:00:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				How?&nbsp; You said that spare bodies were bought with CP, not credits.&nbsp; Plus, looking over the Gear sheet, I don't see a spot for buying a body with cred.<br><br>Also see my note on Smart ammunition.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 10:31:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry guys, been out for the past three days. <br><br>Appreciate the patience, although if you'd rather find a more punctual GM, I'd understand!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 12:25:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7736203#msg7736203">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 05:00:33</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">How?&nbsp; You said that spare bodies were bought with CP, not credits.&nbsp; Plus, looking over the Gear sheet, I don't see a spot for buying a body with cred.<br><br>Also see my note on Smart ammunition.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>By buying them in-game through effort, leverage, power, credits.<br><br>CP are what you use to buy them during character generation and only during character generation. Morphs in the game universe are not priced in 'Character Points'. They're bought using credit or leveraged using favors or both.<br><br><br><span class="bbc_u"><em>WHAT</em></span> note on smart ammunition?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 12:26:01</strong>
			</dt>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7737549#msg7737549">Quote from: ebpohmr on 17-02-2013, 10:31:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sorry guys, been out for the past three days. <br><br>Appreciate the patience, although if you'd rather find a more punctual GM, I'd understand!<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Don't sweat it. It's pretty obvious things aren't ready to start yet, player-wise, either. Do what you've got to do. Family and real life come first.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 18:34:55</strong>
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				So, I could, theoretically, pay 20 CP to get an extra 20k credits on hand, and <em>then</em> buy, say, an Expensive body?&nbsp; Just to understand this right...<br><br><br>This one, from back a few posts.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7736154#msg7736154">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 04:53:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">EDIT:&nbsp; Can someone tell me the difference between Homing Smart ammo and Zero Smart?&nbsp; It looks like the only real difference is that for Zero shots, you don't get the +10 bonus on the first that Homing would give you, but if you have higher than Speed 1 (IE, you get to go 2x or more in the same Action Turn), then Zero gives you the advantage, if you keep missing...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 18:40:45</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7738733#msg7738733">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 18:34:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So, I could, theoretically, pay 20 CP to get an extra 20k credits on hand, and <em>then</em> buy, say, an Expensive body?&nbsp; Just to understand this right...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You could, but I find spending CP directly on a morph to be usually more effecient than spending CP on credits and then credits on a morph. Plus circumstances may make getting the morph you want take a bit of time once the game begins. You can make credits after the game starts and then spend those to buy a morph. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 18:45:17</strong>
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				More efficient, yes.&nbsp; But the problem is that most morphs in CP cost are <em>higher</em> than what they are in the credit department.<br><br>Take an Olympian.&nbsp; Olympians are 40 CP cost, but in the credit department, they are [Expensive], or 20k credits.&nbsp; That means you're spending twice the CP to buy the body directly as opposed to with credits...and those 20 CP can be used for...200 Rep points, 20 Skill points, 4 Skill specialties, a Moxie point, 2 Aptitude points...
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 18:56:17</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7738765#msg7738765">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 18:45:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">More efficient, yes.&nbsp; But the problem is that most morphs in CP cost are <em>higher</em> than what they are in the credit department.<br><br>Take an Olympian.&nbsp; Olympians are 40 CP cost, but in the credit department, they are [Expensive], or 20k credits.&nbsp; That means you're spending twice the CP to buy the body directly as opposed to with credits...and those 20 CP can be used for...200 Rep points, 20 Skill points, 4 Skill specialties, a Moxie point, 2 Aptitude points...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I see that some are higher in cp cost than credit cost (many are lower in cp than credit cost too). If you don't want to spend the cp for the convenience of starting with the morph, then&nbsp; get the resources to buy it once the game starts. You may or may not get the body right away, and to make it look like you want it will require a big of body sculpting, but it's an option. Since you're saying the second body will just be a backup it's probably a very good option. <br><br>I have 3 morphs I'm starting with and none of them are backups. In an emergency or a very risky operation I'd sleeve into the Hibernal/Sleeping Beauty maybe but it's more so I can fork and be in multiple places. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 19:04:12</strong>
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				Many?&nbsp; The only one I see that is less in CP cost compared to credit cost is the Futura - 40 CP to start, but a 50k credit minimum.&nbsp; Not even <em>Splicers</em> have that.<br><br>EDIT: Also, can someone tell me what the size of a SolArchive is?&nbsp; There really isn't one given in Gatecrashing, but it's cost Low and according to the description, they are small and portable data storage units.<br><br>Also also, do you <em>need</em> a Blue Box in order to work a Gate Interface?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 21:48:45</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7738765#msg7738765">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 18:45:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Take an Olympian.&nbsp; Olympians are 40 CP cost, but in the credit department, they are [Expensive], or 20k credits.&nbsp; That means you're spending twice the CP to buy the body directly as opposed to with credits...and those 20 CP can be used for...200 Rep points, 20 Skill points, 4 Skill specialties, a Moxie point, 2 Aptitude points...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yeah, and in most D&amp;D games you can't start out with level 20 epic spells or gear. It's SO HARD being a starting character with all these limitations built into the game to prevent you from aspiring to instant godhood, isn't it?<br><br>It seems to me that when the rules explicitly say spare morphs MUST be bought using CP, suggesting you can buy credits using CP and buy the morph with those credits is a really disingenuous way to try to circumvent the rules.<br><br>That's not 'being efficient'. It's 'breaking the rules'. The rules are in place for a reason. If you go through the EP forums numerous accounts exist of people trying to finagle their GMs into letting them have multiple reapers with alpha forks and the like. This is also why multiple alpha forks are discouraged from remaining long under PC control in the forums relating to EP gamemastering.<br><br>Buy any spare morphs with CP, please.<br><br>Also, consider that some morphs are extremely rare, and/or illegal to own in some habitats. This is specifically mentioned with Reapers, but undoubtedly there are areas where Furies, Ghosts, etc., are going to be banned or licensed. Think of it like weapons control. This may surprise some people, but I've visited nations in this world where each household is allowed ONE kitchen knife which is chained to the counter, and where sharp tools are issued and collected at the workplace...And if you're caught with that knife somehow unchained, or with other sharp instruments, odds are good the police will simply kill you after they're done interrogating you to see if you were part of some foolish violent rebel group.<br><br>(It's worth mentioning that expense (in terms of not merely credits but resources) can be a big, big issue. Chaser's character concept is PREDICATED on the idea that not many people want to take the time and expense of building a small ship-sized growth vat to create a morph in, particularly since it takes roughly two years to grow a human-scale biomorph. Space is expensive in itself, in the inner system's economy. It takes more materials to build larger rooms/halls/habitats and more atmosphere/other chemicals to fill them, which is then reflected in more effort for a habitat to maintain stationkeeping as it's influenced by other masses in microgravity.)<br><br>And just to complicate matters, remember that you also have to pay body banking fees on morphs you aren't occupying.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 21:56:17</strong>
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				And here I was about to point out that Chaser's whole shtick is that he's trying to acquire a body of his own...nvm.&nbsp; I know it's technically circumventing the rules, but by doing things this way, the game is basically discouraging you from buying a spare body unless you gimp yourself at least 30 CP (because let's face it, unless you're from the Junta, no one plays as a Flat or a Splicer), 1/10th of your remaining CP after you buy all your required skill points, you get the <em>one</em> body to start with.<br><br>Take my example.&nbsp; I'm currently sitting on 80 CP leftover, which I wanted to spend on boosting my various Skills (I'm pretty sure I've got enough Moxie, Rep, and Credits).&nbsp; If I want a spare body, I need to spend around half that, at least, meaning that's 30-40 skill points I can't have <em>now</em>.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 22:10:38</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739662#msg7739662">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 21:56:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Take my example.&nbsp; I'm currently sitting on 80 CP leftover, which I wanted to spend on boosting my various Skills (I'm pretty sure I've got enough Moxie, Rep, and Credits).&nbsp; If I want a spare body, I need to spend around half that, at least, meaning that's 30-40 skill points I can't have <em>now</em>.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Well let's see, do you spend 30-40 CP on an advantage you might use (skills), or on an advantage you might use (a non-randomised morph to resleeve into). <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 22:16:22</strong>
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				EBP, I understand your point...but that's not <em>really</em> an equivalence choice.&nbsp; Certain skills in EP are ones that you will <em>absolutely</em> use, such as Interfacing or Networking.&nbsp; The corebook flat out tells the reader <strong><em>you are stupid</em></strong> if you don't acquire Networking and a couple of other skills.&nbsp; And even if you're not a hacker, and don't need Infosec, you need Interfacing to interact with most anything electronic, which is practically everything in this setting.<br><br>A second body, on the other hand, is not so necessary.&nbsp; As long as you're smart and play it right, you can theoretically go a whole game without needing to resurrect.&nbsp; Hell, the game heavily encourages you <em>not</em> to, even though the technology is available and abundant.<br><br>I don't mean to be rude, if I come off that way, but it just seems like to me this is a problem that the EP boys haven't addressed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 22:26:48</strong>
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				<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7738840#msg7738840">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 19:04:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">EDIT: Also, can someone tell me what the size of a SolArchive is?&nbsp; There really isn't one given in Gatecrashing, but it's cost Low and according to the description, they are small and portable data storage units. <br><br>Also also, do you <em>need</em> a Blue Box in order to work a Gate Interface?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>A SolArchive is a small portable focused knowledge-base on a limited topic. It's not specified that it is of a specific dimension, size-wise, so the normal size rules probably apply just fine. Bear in mind that an Ecto can run one infomorph if need be (though it's probably not 'comfortable' for them) and is roughly the size of a credit card. By looking at p.297 of EP (the gear size table) and p.156 of Gatecrashing ("these are SMALL data storage units") we can infer that it's about the size of an iPod or walkman or other pocketable electronic device. Consider that devices in EP often don't have buttons (you use your PAN to access them) or displays (you view any output using your AR), so they tend to be somewhat minimalist. Similarly, 'decent' tools (as opposed to primitive junk) often consist of smartmetal and memory plastics which compact into a nice small size until needed, then expand into the necessary tool form when gripped and activated (one bonus of having Skinlink, it makes this quick and easy even with complex tools that normally you wouldn't want to access via a wireless connection, like, say...Your pistol. Do you REALLY want to be communicating with your pistol using the wireless network?).<br><br>The future is weird.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739662#msg7739662">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 21:56:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I know it's <em><strong>technically circumventing the rules</strong></em>, but by doing things this way, the game is basically discouraging you from buying a spare body unless you gimp yourself at least 30 CP (because let's face it, unless you're from the Junta, no one plays as a Flat or a Splicer), 1/10th of your remaining CP after you buy all your required skill points, you get the <em>one</em> body to start with.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I love phrases like <strong><em>"technically circumventing the rules." </em></strong>Also phrases like "slightly pregnant," or "a bit dead." "Technically" in these cases is pretty much a null-word, used as an introduction to "I am going to try to make an exception."<br><br>Anyway...Players are way too hung up on spare bodies in startup. Having even one is unusual. For a starting character, Molotov Cocktease is completely off the scale of 'bizarrely well equipped', and I don't mean his techno-progressive schlong. <br><br>Part of the game is having to deal with a setting where your physical body is not necessarily something you can count on having available to you. I played in one campaign where my NON-INFOMORPH who started out in a Fury ended up losing her body in the first hour and spent most of the rest of the game crudely trying to jam a robot while stored in another character's spare ecto (the ecto had more effective 'RAM' than the robot, so she couldn't download her ego into the 'bot).<br><br>And I HAD A FUCKING BLAST with it. It was an interesting challenge and playing the way the character dealt with it was interesting. That kind of setback means that every little thing you accomplish is suddenly an AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT. I tested a module-adventure for publication in The Eye where the players ALL start out in Spare morphs and have to hijack a ship. They had one portable bridge, but none of the ship's crew were synths, so resleeving would've taken time that they could otherwise use to work on ship systems, etc. In the end run, we only had one character resleeve, and he ended up missing out on several interesting things (although he later was able to talk his way into a locked room with another crew member, meaning we didn't have to break in the hard way).<br><br>The older I get the more I find that the exciting roleplay moments are the ones where your character has LESS control, and is operating out of their depth. Not many people seem to get that. Sure, it's risky. It's also where the really cool stories all come from.<br><br>In EP, death of the body isn't death. You're fussing over the body and you might as well be fussing over 'why can't I afford one more pistol'? Because they are effectively the same...Tools. Sure, it's easier to get attached to one's body (Chaser is <del>almost psychotic</del> psychotic about it) but many transhumans have been recovered from dead-storage data and are happy to have anything at all. Even server cycles to run their personality on. Anything except nonexistence.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739662#msg7739662">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 21:56:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Take my example.&nbsp; I'm currently sitting on 80 CP leftover, which I wanted to spend on boosting my various Skills (I'm pretty sure I've got enough Moxie, Rep, and Credits).&nbsp; If I want a spare body, I need to spend around half that, at least, meaning that's 30-40 skill points I can't have <em>now</em>.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>No, no, no! Spares (Gatecrashing p.151) are cheap! Only 5CP!<br><br>Skills are forever. Sleeved into somebody's spare ecto, you still have those skills. Stuffed into a Case with a missing leg, you still have those skills. Re-awakened in an Aquarium Pet, you still have those skills. Aptitude get modified by your morph, knowledge of recent events can come and go as your brain gets hacked or you end up being restored from backup (It's VERY important to keep track of what your backup doesn't know in this game!) but skills, skills are forever.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 22:43:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://www.deviantart.com/download/328990652/space_orca_by_bovec-d5fvet8.png)</div><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739819#msg7739819">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 22:16:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">EBP, I understand your point...but that's not <em>really</em> an equivalence choice.&nbsp; Certain skills in EP are ones that you will <em>absolutely</em> use, such as Interfacing or Networking.&nbsp; The corebook flat out tells the reader <strong><em>you are stupid</em></strong> if you don't acquire Networking and a couple of other skills.&nbsp; And even if you're not a hacker, and don't need Infosec, you need Interfacing to interact with most anything electronic, which is practically everything in this setting.<br><br>A second body, on the other hand, is not so necessary.&nbsp; As long as you're smart and play it right, you can theoretically go a whole game without needing to resurrect.&nbsp; Hell, the game heavily encourages you <em>not</em> to, even though the technology is available and abundant.<br><br>I don't mean to be rude, if I come off that way, but it just seems like to me this is a problem that the EP boys haven't addressed.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>On the contrary, they addressed it EXPLICITLY by forcing you to use CP for alternate morphs. You have to choose between having a skillful character or a super-equipped character. If you do some reading into the forums where EP gamemastering is discussed with input from the designers, you will discover that certain things are eminently discouraged BY THE RULES AS WRITTEN for <strong><em>REASONS</em></strong>. In many cases they are discouraged rather than flat-out disallowed, or suggestions are given for 'how to deal with them'. That's to give gamemasters flex and room to breathe, and allow players to do interesting things that won't become gamebreaking too quickly.<br><br>The short list includes:<br><br>Letting players burn lots of their starting resources on multiple morphs.<br>Letting players create multiple alpha/beta forks and treat them as 'extra actions/ability to be in more than one place at one time' for lengthy periods (short term, fine. Long term, make an NPC of that fork! Otherwise you effectively have one player who gets to be multiple places at the same time or gets bonus mesh actions for free...Things like having an alpha fork running in an ecto so you can get four mesh actions (alpha fork as infomorph) while still doing all your normal physical actions are explicitly discussed.)<br>Letting players start out with so much influence that the entire Solar System owes them favors, everywhere they go.<br>Letting players create characters with multiple personality/egos in such a way that it prevents any other character in the party from having their moment to shine (the infamous 1-personality = superhacker, 2-personality = ninja, 3-personality = ultimate face).<br><br>Many of these (lots of bodies, egos, actions, etc.) are meant to prevent one character from dominating play in a group. If you're in a solo adventure and you're playing superman, that's fine. But when five other people are sitting around waiting for you to take your sixteen actions in two jacked-up super-Speed overclocked bodies with two alpha forks in ghostriders running mesh interference, so that once you're done each of them can fire one or two shots or make one or two hacking attempts, it stops being fun for the others.<br><br>"Plays well with others." <em>is </em>something to think about in character creation.<br><br>(And yeah, that's coming from the lady with the psychotic space whale. Seriously. He'll be fun. You'll enjoy having him around. Just keep plenty of small fish handy and be sure to grip them only between the tip of your finger and thumb, and be ready to let go quickly.)<br><br>Also, for the record, your MUSE can handle most Interfacing for you. If you're going to do anything unusual or weird, that's when you need skill tests. You don't need skill for the EP equivalent of pushing the 'Start' button on the photocopier. Trying to use one to make a believable false ID, on the other hand...
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 22:51:00</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739930#msg7739930">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 22:26:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A SolArchive is a small portable focused knowledge-base on a limited topic. It's not specified that it is of a specific dimension, size-wise, so the normal size rules probably apply just fine. Bear in mind that an Ecto can run one infomorph if need be (though it's probably not 'comfortable' for them) and is roughly the size of a credit card. By looking at p.297 of EP (the gear size table) and p.156 of Gatecrashing ("these are SMALL data storage units") we can infer that it's about the size of an iPod or walkman or other pocketable electronic device. Consider that devices in EP often don't have buttons (you use your PAN to access them) or displays (you view any output using your AR), so they tend to be somewhat minimalist. Similarly, 'decent' tools (as opposed to primitive junk) often consist of smartmetal and memory plastics which compact into a nice small size until needed, then expand into the necessary tool form when gripped and activated (one bonus of having Skinlink, it makes this quick and easy even with complex tools that normally you wouldn't want to access via a wireless connection, like, say...Your pistol. Do you REALLY want to be communicating with your pistol using the wireless network?).</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>So I can spend a couple thousand credits (SolArchives are Low, which = 250 cred) in SolArchives, have a solid scientific library in my possession (SolArchives have a rating of 60), and be able to fit it all in my Vacsuit's spare pockets?<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739930#msg7739930">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 22:26:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The future is weird.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes.&nbsp; This I have known for quite some time.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739930#msg7739930">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 22:26:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Part of the game is having to deal with a setting where your physical body is not necessarily something you can count on having available to you. I played in one campaign where my NON-INFOMORPH who started out in a Fury ended up losing her body in the first hour and spent most of the rest of the game crudely trying to jam a robot while stored in another character's spare ecto (the ecto had more effective 'RAM' than the robot, so she couldn't download her ego into the 'bot).<br><br>And I HAD A FUCKING BLAST with it. It was an interesting challenge and playing the way the character dealt with it was interesting. That kind of setback means that every little thing you accomplish is suddenly an AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT. I tested a module-adventure for publication in The Eye where the players ALL start out in Spare morphs and have to hijack a ship. They had one portable bridge, but none of the ship's crew were synths, so resleeving would've taken time that they could otherwise use to work on ship systems, etc. In the end run, we only had one character resleeve, and he ended up missing out on several interesting things (although he later was able to talk his way into a locked room with another crew member, meaning we didn't have to break in the hard way).<br><br>The older I get the more I find that the exciting roleplay moments are the ones where your character has LESS control, and is operating out of their depth. Not many people seem to get that. Sure, it's risky. It's also where the really cool stories all come from.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>And therein lies the difference between you and me as players and how we interact with the RP world.&nbsp; I don't mean to come off as sounding sarcastic, but the party getting the locked door open because the Rogue failed her Reflex Save against the trap and the Cleric forgot to prepare True Res for the day (assuming they have it at all) is not AWESOME.&nbsp; It's an embarrassment, it's something that should <em>not</em> happen.&nbsp; I've said this in many a thing.&nbsp; Heroes are <em>heroic</em>, they should not die from accidentally stepping on a completely spottable arrow trap.&nbsp; They should die holding off the dozen Project Ozma agents so that the rest of their Sentinel cadre can escape the rapidly disintegrating space hab circling the Jovian Moons, and even then the sacrificial sentinel takes the Ozma agents with them when they depressurize the whole hab.<br><br>A line from my philosophy on heroes and conflict is the following.&nbsp; Heroes can be outnumbered, heroes can be outgunned, but heroes are <em>never</em> outclassed.&nbsp; Not unless this is Ancient Greece and you're Random Athenian #37 and you're fighting Ares or the like.&nbsp; A hero always, <em>always</em> has the ability to come back from the brink and win the day.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739930#msg7739930">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 22:26:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">In EP, death of the body isn't death. You're fussing over the body and you might as well be fussing over 'why can't I afford one more pistol'? Because they are effectively the same...Tools. Sure, it's easier to get attached to one's body (Chaser is <del>almost psychotic</del> psychotic about it) but many transhumans have been recovered from dead-storage data and are happy to have anything at all. Even server cycles to run their personality on. Anything except nonexistence.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>At the risk of repeating myself:<br><br>And therein lies the difference between the me and the average EP transhuman.&nbsp; This is <em>not</em> something I can easily wrap my head around, mainly because <em>I can't do it</em>.&nbsp; Nor can anyone who lives on this planet.&nbsp; I don't see my body as a tool because I <em>can't</em> see my body as a tool.<br><br>And part of me would rather have nonexistence than indentured existence on another's behalf.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7739930#msg7739930">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 22:26:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">No, no, no! Spares (Gatecrashing p.151) are cheap! Only 5CP!<br><br>Skills are forever. Sleeved into somebody's spare ecto, you still have those skills. Stuffed into a Case with a missing leg, you still have those skills. Re-awakened in an Aquarium Pet, you still have those skills. Aptitude get modified by your morph, knowledge of recent events can come and go as your brain gets hacked or you end up being restored from backup (It's VERY important to keep track of what your backup doesn't know in this game!) but skills, skills are forever.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Spares?&nbsp; What, you mean the <strong><em>Roomba</em></strong>?&nbsp; That's not a body.&nbsp; That's a spare tire for when your regular one gets busted.&nbsp; Yes, you can technically drive on it, but you're going to want that busted tire replaced ASAP.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ebpohmr</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 22:58:32</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740098#msg7740098">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 22:51:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A hero always, <em>always</em> has the ability to come back from the brink and win the day.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Mostly true, but its just as well you guys aren't playing heroes in Eclipse Phase.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 23:03:41</strong>
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				We're a group of humans (and one <em>dolphin</em>) trying to prevent the Fall from happening to humanity <em>again</em>.<br><br>How do you <em>not</em> categorize that as heroic?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 23:18:08</strong>
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				Yes, we disagree here, but I'm not entirely sure I understand your reasoning, so bear with me. <br><br>Having to take over a ship, while using spare morphs because they're all that was available, when that ship is full of possibly exsurgent-infected biocons intent on obliterating a habitat using the ship's AM cargo to pull a kamikaze while docking, and pulling it off isn't heroic? It's <em>less </em>heroic because the heroes had to do it using 'Roombas'? Or is it more heroic because they were willing to go in with that handicap, because the situation was just that desperate, and nothing larger could slip the ship's sensors? Is destroying the Death Star less heroic because it had to be done by itty-bitty horribly outgunned fighters instead of bringing in a battleship?<br><br>The ship scenario I talked about with the 'Roombas' is the Transhuman equivalent of the movie <em>Die Hard</em>. The hero starts out with a pistol, luckily, because he's an off-duty cop...A competent individual, but hardly special forces material. He then loses his pistol in the first moments of the struggle, and has to physically subdue an opponent who is armed with a submachinegun. An opponent who is larger than him, stronger, and better trained...So it's a losing fight until they tumble down the stairs and the hero manages to hold onto his opponent's head, breaking his neck in the fall and tumble. This is a classic and modern motif, in which the hero is NOT super powerful and above his enemies, but rather overcomes them through a combination of virtue, cleverness, and desperation, and the desperation is <em>made </em>virtuous because other people are depending on the hero. The hero doesn't struggle for his own survival...John McClane could have hid in a closet, or a roof, and survived the whole shindig quite happily, if the only person he cared about was himself.<br><br>Seems to me an awful lot of heroes in both ancient and modern context aren't Gilgamesh or Elric or Gandalf or Luke Skywalker...People with powers beyond that of mortal ken. They're slightly-above-ordinary people who are outclassed, yet who struggle, bootstrap themselves up to the task, and beat it despite being disadvantaged.<br><br>Just because of the type of campaign we chose, we will be dealing with exsurgents and TITAN technology. That means that sooner or later, we <em>will</em> be disadvantaged. Odds are good that sooner or later someone will 'pick up' something that will 'pick them up' instead. These things aren't Mario Brothers power-ups, they're alien deathtraps meant to infect and destroy. I agree that a hero shouldn't die of blood-poisoning after stepping on a rusty tack mid-journey, but I don't think that heroes necessarily have to be powerful, or that fighting through dreadful setbacks is non-heroic.<br><br>And given the exsurgent-interests of this team, I don't think 'hero' is necessarily a motivator for all of the party.<br><br>P.S., remember that the SolArchive is basically useful when you do NOT have access to the Mesh. It's there for making research rolls, etc., limited to a cap of the type of knowledge that would be available at skill 60...It doesn't make the rolls for you. It doesn't replace not knowing anything about the subject. It can't let you access 61+ elements of that knowledge. 60 is about what a normal PhD with a little work experience has...So an Astronomy SolArchive won't let you turn into Carl Sagan or Neil deGrasse Tyson. But it'll let you search up anything that, say, a PhD with a few years of work would know, and it'll be full of a lot of raw data and well-established theories...Not cutting-edge or unapproved 'wild' speculation or genius-level work above and beyond what a PhD would be taught and trained in.<br><br>It's basically like having the Library of Congress on a USB drive. Lots of information, but not capable of replacing a real, knowledgeable specialist in an emergency.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 23:35:36</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740272#msg7740272">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 23:18:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes, we disagree here, but I'm not entirely sure I understand your reasoning, so bear with me. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>To be fair, I probably don't understand half my reasoning myself unless people question me on it.&nbsp; I'm like that with a lot of things - unless people prod me on it, I don't really examine my logics.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740272#msg7740272">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 23:18:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Having to take over a ship, while using spare morphs because they're all that was available, when that ship is full of possibly exsurgent-infected biocons intent on obliterating a habitat using the ship's AM cargo to pull a kamikaze while docking, and pulling it off isn't heroic? It's <em>less </em>heroic because the heroes had to do it using 'Roombas'? Or is it more heroic because they were willing to go in with that handicap, because the situation was just that desperate, and nothing larger could slip the ship's sensors? Is destroying the Death Star less heroic because it had to be done by itty-bitty horribly outgunned fighters instead of bringing in a battleship?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>No.&nbsp; And here's where I can help differentiate.&nbsp; Take your scenario.&nbsp; The Firewall sentinels board a ship with Exsurgent infectees that plan on obliterating a space hab, either with conventional methods <em>or</em>, more insidiously, sneak onboard said hab and infect as many people with the virus.<br><br>It's more heroic if they <em>chose</em> to inflict that handicap upon themselves for the sake of the future victims - there was no other way, etc etc.<br><br>It's <em>less</em> heroic if they had their original bodies get onboard ship, and in a stupid, blundering error got themselves wiped out except for the one dude who managed to run away and hide long enough from the Exsurgents to be able to recover the rest of his team's cortstacks...and the only thing available were the Roombas.<br><br>See the difference?<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740272#msg7740272">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 23:18:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The ship scenario I talked about with the 'Roombas' is the Transhuman equivalent of the movie <em>Die Hard</em>. The hero starts out with a pistol, luckily, because he's an off-duty cop...A competent individual, but hardly special forces material. He then loses his pistol in the first moments of the struggle, and has to physically subdue an opponent who is armed with a submachinegun. An opponent who is larger than him, stronger, and better trained...So it's a losing fight until they tumble down the stairs and the hero manages to hold onto his opponent's head, breaking his neck in the fall and tumble. This is a classic and modern motif, in which the hero is NOT super powerful and above his enemies, but rather overcomes them through a combination of virtue, cleverness, and desperation, and the desperation is <em>made </em>virtuous because other people are depending on the hero. The hero doesn't struggle for his own survival...John McClane could have hid in a closet, or a roof, and survived the whole shindig quite happily, if the only person he cared about was himself.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Actually, pretty much everyone could have survived that scenario, as long as they had done as asked and didn't make any trouble.&nbsp; Remember, Alan Rickman and his goons weren't there as terrorists, they were there as [SPOILER ALERT] bank robbers, to steal the money in the vault. [/SPOILER ALERT]<br><br>Hell, you could argue that John made things <em>worse</em>, not better, by trying to be a hero.<br><br>But your point is noted.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740272#msg7740272">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 23:18:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Seems to me an awful lot of heroes in both ancient and modern context aren't Gilgamesh or Elric or Gandalf or Luke Skywalker...People with powers beyond that of mortal ken. They're slightly-above-ordinary people who are outclassed, yet who struggle, bootstrap themselves up to the task, and beat it despite being disadvantaged.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>But as you've so helpfully noted, Firewall Sentinels and built EP characters aren't <em>supposed</em> to be slightly-above-ordinary.&nbsp; Make note of all the things you said in the PM thread about the average EPer compared to the average human today, as well as the average PC vs the average NPC.<br><br>As I remember a phrase from one of your posts:&nbsp; What do you <em>mean</em> we had a break in last month?&nbsp; Why are we only learning about this <em>now</em>?<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740272#msg7740272">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 23:18:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Just because of the type of campaign we chose, we will be dealing with exsurgents and TITAN technology. That means that sooner or later, we <em>will</em> be disadvantaged. Odds are good that sooner or later someone will 'pick up' something that will 'pick them up' instead. These things aren't Mario Brothers power-ups, they're alien deathtraps meant to infect and destroy. I agree that a hero shouldn't die of blood-poisoning after stepping on a rusty tack mid-journey, but I don't think that heroes necessarily have to be powerful, or that fighting through dreadful setbacks is non-heroic.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Disadvantaged does not mean down and out.&nbsp; Disadvantaged just means that we aren't standing godlike over the battlefield, wielding plasma guns and particle beam bolters with Reaper morphs while our opponents are natives with sharp sticks.<br><br>I fully expect, given that we're investigating TITANs, to be on the underside of things.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740272#msg7740272">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 17-02-2013, 23:18:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And given the exsurgent-interests of this team, I don't think 'hero' is necessarily a motivator for all of the party.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Ishinari's interest isn't the exsurgents.&nbsp; Ishinari wants to see Giza.<br><br>EDIT: Also, can <em>anyone</em> answer my questions about Blue Box Gate Controllers and Smart rounds?&nbsp; They're posted on this page.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>18-02-2013, 00:31:22</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740361#msg7740361">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 23:35:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">No.&nbsp; And here's where I can help differentiate.&nbsp; Take your scenario.&nbsp; The Firewall sentinels board a ship with Exsurgent infectees that plan on obliterating a space hab, either with conventional methods <em>or</em>, more insidiously, sneak onboard said hab and infect as many people with the virus.<br><br>It's more heroic if they <em>chose</em> to inflict that handicap upon themselves for the sake of the future victims - there was no other way, etc etc.<br><br>It's <em>less</em> heroic if they had their original bodies get onboard ship, and in a stupid, blundering error got themselves wiped out except for the one dude who managed to run away and hide long enough from the Exsurgents to be able to recover the rest of his team's cortstacks...and the only thing available were the Roombas.<br><br>See the difference?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You're conflating two different scenarios I described. Scenario 1, my character in a Fury got taken out by double-fisting a pair of plasma grenades while engaging a xenomorph so the rest of the party could get away. <em>Totally not heroic</em>. The party managed (I was kind of surprised, honestly) to retrieve her stack, and the GM actually allowed that given how hardened they are, and the exact circumstances, it would be recoverable. But no morph was available to sleeve into. Instead of saying 'Well, I'm a physical combat monster and now I'm stuck as an infomorph,' she was able with the help of the hacker to get hold of one of the habitat's bots and use it as an infiltrator/combatant.<br><br>Scenario 2: A group of Firewall agents infiltrated a ship in midflight, deep space, by simply being 'thrown' at it over a distance of a tenth of an AU, as a swarm of Spares, because anything larger would trigger the ship's meteor defense system and pop up alerts on the ship's monitors. If the ship had changed course, those Spares would've gone sailing off into the void, never to return...but due to Firewall's informant they were reasonably sure it wasn't about to change its prescheduled course. It was, in the situation, the Only Way to get a team on board. It would have been NICE to throw a dozen Reapers at the ship, but it also wouldn't have worked. So it was Spares or nothing, and the habitat targeted was an unfriendly bunch of insular, isolationist xenophobic types who were expecting a shipment of supplies to help bootstrap up their ailing (salvaged) habitat and wouldn't be able to stop the ship on their own...And nobody else in the vicinity would give two figs if 'those people' were nuked. So. Possible suicide mission with a bunch of Spares, to save a bunch of people who a lot of the system wouldn't have lifted a finger for. Totally not heroic.<br><br>(As an aside, a lot of Firewall infiltration scenarios end up being on habitats where you have to come in as something innocuous, then using cached gear, or hijacking local security equipment, or fabbing quickly-produced simple weapons, do whatever needs doing for Firewall. It's not generally Starship Troopers blow-down-the-airlock-wearing-powered-armor and board, because that's just a wonderfully easy way to not only alert everyone around, but also to die, armor notwithstanding.)<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740361#msg7740361">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 23:35:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Actually, pretty much everyone could have survived that scenario, as long as they had done as asked and didn't make any trouble.&nbsp; Remember, Alan Rickman and his goons weren't there as terrorists, they were there as [SPOILER ALERT] bank robbers, to steal the money in the vault. [/SPOILER ALERT]<br><br>Hell, you could argue that John made things <em>worse</em>, not better, by trying to be a hero.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Which was not information available to John or anyone else he had contact with when he began to take action. And while they were there as bank robbers, they did intend to kill everyone in the rooftop detonation so as to confuse the investigation into believing that they, themselves, were dead. So...Not terrorists, just planning to kill everyone. Important distinction. &lt;_&lt; If John had played along and let things happen, his wife and everyone else would've played a part in a massive fireball on the roof of the building. <em>Unacceptable.</em><br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740361#msg7740361">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 17-02-2013, 23:35:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">But as you've so helpfully noted, Firewall Sentinels and built EP characters aren't <em>supposed</em> to be slightly-above-ordinary.&nbsp; Make note of all the things you said in the PM thread about the average EPer compared to the average human today, as well as the average PC vs the average NPC.<br><br>As I remember a phrase from one of your posts:&nbsp; What do you <em>mean</em> we had a break in last month?&nbsp; Why are we only learning about this <em>now</em>?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes. I'm well aware of what I said, and it doesn't change the threats they face. They're not 'normal transhumans', but they're still individuals or a small team going up against governmental and corporate institutions (disadvantaged by sheer weight of resources/manpower/connections) and X-threats (disadvantaged because these things are entirely capable, unchecked, of wiping out all Solar life...That's what an X-threat IS). <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Non-EP stuff about ideas of heroism that probably only concerns me and Reiji</div><div class="spoiler_body">If you really look, almost all heroes are disadvantaged and tested terribly along the way, often to the point of trauma/death/social or emotional fate worse than death...And then they struggle on and overcome that disadvantage. It's part of being a hero. Conan the <del>Blockhead</del> Barbarian even has his moment on the Tree of Woe. The fading trust of King Arthur, and the fall of Launcelot before Launcelot returns to sacrifice himself so others may live. Disarmed (literally) Skywalker committing suicide (failed, but through no fault of his own...He was saved by friends he didn't know could save him) rather than admitting to his parentage and his ties to the enemy. The latest comic-book heroes-turned-movie-heroes, facing unsurmountable odds that require acts of self-sacrifice and have no certainty of success...Except that things DO work out alright, one group manages to close the dimensional gateway and the self-sacrificial goat falls back through the shrinking hole just before it closes. The hero who is unchallenged, who does not descend into the depths and then recover, is no hero. There are some really amazing studies about how this relates to world mythologies and storytelling.<br><br>The difference between the hero and the ordinary man is, the hero doesn't give in, doesn't surrender to inevitable defeat, but goes on beyond it somehow and reconstructs himself to take on the new task, drawing strength from the knowledge of both how outmatched he is, and how necessary it is that he succeed. Firewall Sentinels routinely take on tasks which amount to suicide, not because they will be restored from backup (just because you have a save game doesn't mean falling into the lava would be any less painful or horrible a way to die), but because if they don't, who will?<br><br>I would suggest that heroes are defined by their behavior when they are at their most helpless and defeated but still must go on. Rocky's comeback means NOTHING if he doesn't have the crap beat out of him first so he can MAKE a comeback. John McClane is captured and disarmed by the very terrorists/thieves he seeks to oppose. Frodo has to abandon all of his friends and struggle with the Ring's power over himself, or overcoming it's allure has no meaning, without those elements, his mission is as easy as sneaking into Mordor and dropping it down a hole. Ripley loses her entire crew and her ship before defeating the (final? not) Alien. Deckard is almost beaten to death by the immensely faster and stronger Leon before being saved by the other replicant, Rachel...And he's injured and knows he's dead meat when he goes up against Roy Baty...But "the old Blade Runner" goes anyway - he cannot reject the call. Jen cannot seize the sword and become the warrior until Lo sacrifices his life to save her...And then when she loses the sword later, she is helpless against Jade Fox. Maximus loses his family and home, and is made a slave. Later, he tries to flee Rome, but is recaptured by Commodus, imprisoned, and forced back into the arena...Where he defeats Commodus in single combat, even knowing, as he makes the final stroke against Commodus, that he will die from his own wounds. The Man With No Name is captured and beaten nearly to death by the Rojos, but finally returns to singly face them to free the people of San Miguel.<br><br>It's a pretty constant thing for heroes. The villain has to kick the dog to prove he's evil. The hero has to suffer to demonstrate that the villain is powerful enough that the hero's determination is necessary to defeat him.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>18-02-2013, 01:33:15</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740671#msg7740671">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 18-02-2013, 00:31:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">You're conflating two different scenarios I described. Scenario 1, my character in a Fury got taken out by double-fisting a pair of plasma grenades while engaging a xenomorph so the rest of the party could get away. <em>Totally not heroic</em>. The party managed (I was kind of surprised, honestly) to retrieve her stack, and the GM actually allowed that given how hardened they are, and the exact circumstances, it would be recoverable. But no morph was available to sleeve into. Instead of saying 'Well, I'm a physical combat monster and now I'm stuck as an infomorph,' she was able with the help of the hacker to get hold of one of the habitat's bots and use it as an infiltrator/combatant.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The detail of <em>how</em> you ended up in a Roomba was <em>not</em> in the original description, or provided to me at any point before this one.&nbsp; I'm not a Watts-MacLeod infectee, don't be sarcastic just because I didn't have all the information.&nbsp; If I had known that you'd Caboose'd yourself so that the rest of your party could escape, I would not have stated, explicitly or implicitly, that what you did to end up there wasn't heroic.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740671#msg7740671">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 18-02-2013, 00:31:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Scenario 2: A group of Firewall agents infiltrated a ship in midflight, deep space, by simply being 'thrown' at it over a distance of a tenth of an AU, as a swarm of Spares, because anything larger would trigger the ship's meteor defense system and pop up alerts on the ship's monitors. If the ship had changed course, those Spares would've gone sailing off into the void, never to return...but due to Firewall's informant they were reasonably sure it wasn't about to change its prescheduled course. It was, in the situation, the Only Way to get a team on board. It would have been NICE to throw a dozen Reapers at the ship, but it also wouldn't have worked. So it was Spares or nothing, and the habitat targeted was an unfriendly bunch of insular, isolationist xenophobic types who were expecting a shipment of supplies to help bootstrap up their ailing (salvaged) habitat and wouldn't be able to stop the ship on their own...And nobody else in the vicinity would give two figs if 'those people' were nuked. So. Possible suicide mission with a bunch of Spares, to save a bunch of people who a lot of the system wouldn't have lifted a finger for. Totally not heroic.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>And why did Firewall feel it necessary to use resources saving these brinkers out on the edge of the asscrack of the the solar system?&nbsp; Firewall was obviously there, and I assume the org doesn't just willy-nilly send off Sentinels to their possible deaths, so there has to be some reason.&nbsp; And don't tell me it was to contain the Exsurgent virus.&nbsp; The station inhabitants were rabid xenophobes, as you said, so they weren't going places.&nbsp; The Exsurgents themselves were going to die in the explosion of their space torpedo, so they weren't going to be alive to spread the virus.&nbsp; And the ship that was coming to give supplies would have found the destroyed station, if there was anything left, and promptly turned around to go home.<br><br>I'm not doubting the heroic-ness of the mission.&nbsp; I'm doubting of whether it was necessary for Firewall to risk people doing this to begin with.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740671#msg7740671">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 18-02-2013, 00:31:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Which was not information available to John or anyone else he had contact with when he began to take action. And while they were there as bank robbers, they did intend to kill everyone in the rooftop detonation so as to confuse the investigation into believing that they, themselves, were dead. So...Not terrorists, just planning to kill everyone. Important distinction. &lt;_&lt; If John had played along and let things happen, his wife and everyone else would've played a part in a massive fireball on the roof of the building. <em>Unacceptable.</em></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>And this is why I shouldn't reference movies I haven't seen in 10 years.&nbsp; You forget things.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740671#msg7740671">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 18-02-2013, 00:31:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes. I'm well aware of what I said, and it doesn't change the threats they face. They're not 'normal transhumans', but they're still individuals or a small team going up against governmental and corporate institutions (disadvantaged by sheer weight of resources/manpower/connections) and X-threats (disadvantaged because these things are entirely capable, unchecked, of wiping out all Solar life...That's what an X-threat IS).</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>And maybe transhumanity wouldn't be in such a goddamn pickle if they'd decided to do the Resistance and unite against the big bad Skynet, but <em>noooooo</em>, humanity during the Fall had to be a bunch of powermongering dicks that was just as responsible for the worldwide devastation as the TITANs were.<br><br>I have no idea how that connects to the statement above, other than maybe T-humanity wouldn't be so goddamn fearful of an X-threat if they'd managed to beat back one.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740671#msg7740671">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 18-02-2013, 00:31:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Non-EP stuff about ideas of heroism that probably only concerns me and Reiji</div><div class="spoiler_body">If you really look, almost all heroes are disadvantaged and tested terribly along the way, often to the point of trauma/death/social or emotional fate worse than death...And then they struggle on and overcome that disadvantage. It's part of being a hero. Conan the <del>Blockhead</del> Barbarian even has his moment on the Tree of Woe. The fading trust of King Arthur, and the fall of Launcelot before Launcelot returns to sacrifice himself so others may live. Disarmed (literally) Skywalker committing suicide (failed, but through no fault of his own...He was saved by friends he didn't know could save him) rather than admitting to his parentage and his ties to the enemy. The latest comic-book heroes-turned-movie-heroes, facing unsurmountable odds that require acts of self-sacrifice and have no certainty of success...Except that things DO work out alright, one group manages to close the dimensional gateway and the self-sacrificial goat falls back through the shrinking hole just before it closes. The hero who is unchallenged, who does not descend into the depths and then recover, is no hero. There are some really amazing studies about how this relates to world mythologies and storytelling.<br><br>The difference between the hero and the ordinary man is, the hero doesn't give in, doesn't surrender to inevitable defeat, but goes on beyond it somehow and reconstructs himself to take on the new task, drawing strength from the knowledge of both how outmatched he is, and how necessary it is that he succeed. Firewall Sentinels routinely take on tasks which amount to suicide, not because they will be restored from backup (just because you have a save game doesn't mean falling into the lava would be any less painful or horrible a way to die), but because if they don't, who will?<br><br>I would suggest that heroes are defined by their behavior when they are at their most helpless and defeated but still must go on. Rocky's comeback means NOTHING if he doesn't have the crap beat out of him first so he can MAKE a comeback. John McClane is captured and disarmed by the very terrorists/thieves he seeks to oppose. Frodo has to abandon all of his friends and struggle with the Ring's power over himself, or overcoming it's allure has no meaning, without those elements, his mission is as easy as sneaking into Mordor and dropping it down a hole. Ripley loses her entire crew and her ship before defeating the (final? not) Alien. Deckard is almost beaten to death by the immensely faster and stronger Leon before being saved by the other replicant, Rachel...And he's injured and knows he's dead meat when he goes up against Roy Baty...But "the old Blade Runner" goes anyway - he cannot reject the call. Jen cannot seize the sword and become the warrior until Lo sacrifices his life to save her...And then when she loses the sword later, she is helpless against Jade Fox. Maximus loses his family and home, and is made a slave. Later, he tries to flee Rome, but is recaptured by Commodus, imprisoned, and forced back into the arena...Where he defeats Commodus in single combat, even knowing, as he makes the final stroke against Commodus, that he will die from his own wounds. The Man With No Name is captured and beaten nearly to death by the Rojos, but finally returns to singly face them to free the people of San Miguel.<br><br>It's a pretty constant thing for heroes. The villain has to kick the dog to prove he's evil. The hero has to suffer to demonstrate that the villain is powerful enough that the hero's determination is necessary to defeat him.</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Rebuttal</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Except each of the heroes you listed wasn’t in the situation that so traumatized them purely by choice.&nbsp; Conan was set on the Tree of Woe and required Valeria’s sacrifice because he was unable to let go of the fact that Thulsa Doom killed his father.&nbsp; His need for vengeance overrode his intellect and a price had to be paid.&nbsp; Yes, Osric hired him to free his daughter, but it was Conan’s hatred of Doom’s cult that made him go on alone, against the advice of his friends.&nbsp; King Arthur was bound by the codes of chivalry, and the fall of Camelot was not his fault but that of Lancelot and Guinevere who decided to betray their king behind his back.&nbsp; Skywalker wouldn’t have been in such a pickle if Ben Kenobi or Yoda had been honest with Luke about what had happened to his father and where Vader came from.&nbsp; Especially Obi-Wan.&nbsp; “Certain point of view” my ass, they just didn’t want to admit that they had screwed up.<br><br>And part of your bit here implies that ordinary men can’t become heroes, that somehow herodom is beyond people.&nbsp; One of the most uplifting types of stories ever is about how an ordinary man can become a hero, given the situation.&nbsp; Look at Army of Darkness.&nbsp; Ash is a nobody.&nbsp; He’s a clerk at the fictional equivalent of Wal-Mart.&nbsp; And yet, despite his modest roots, he’s able to become the hero that the day needs.&nbsp; Firewall should be about saving humanity from the really big threats, not about running around being Robin Hood &amp; his Merry Men correcting injustice everywhere.<br><br>In the recent movie Dredd, starring Karl Urban as Dredd, he gives a statistic: Judges in Mega-City One can only respond to about 6% of the crimes committed.&nbsp; “If we don’t, who will?” is the question.&nbsp; “Nobody, because the universe doesn’t care,” is the answer.&nbsp; That’s part of the horror of EP – the universe is a big, nasty place, full of extrasolar life that we do not or cannot understand (such as the ETI), and you could easily be dead tomorrow.&nbsp; Transhuman tech allows man to come back from the dead, but that doesn’t change the fact that there is something that killed you out there, and that humanity is far from being alone in the universe.&nbsp; Transhumanity is just starting to learn how unbiased the universe is, because the universe doesn’t care if you die tomorrow, because it still goes on.<br><br>Yes, Rocky’s comeback is emotionally deprived if there’s nothing to come back from, but Rocky wasn’t there by choice.&nbsp; Rocky was there because Apollo Creed needed someone to fight and the Italian Stallion sounded like an interesting nickname.&nbsp; John McClane could have told his ex-wife to piss off, he wasn’t coming out to see her for Christmas because she’d been a bitch (whether true or not).&nbsp; McClane was outnumbered, outgunned, and limited in his choices because he had to be the good guy, he couldn’t think like a terrorist because he was a cop.&nbsp; Frodo doesn’t leave all his friends, Sam stays with him to the end, and it’s because of Sam that Frodo manages the strength to go on.&nbsp; And Frodo volunteered to take the ring, partly because he saw how the rest of the races of Middle Earth were quarreling over it, and he knew with clarity that it had to be destroyed.&nbsp; Ripley lost her crew not to the Alien but to Ash, who was trying to protect the goddamn thing because the company decided a sentient lifeform was something they wanted to foolishly weaponize.&nbsp; Something they still don’t understand in the expanded universe, which occurs post-movies.&nbsp; Ripley suffers because a bunch of bespoke suited turd monkeys are greedy, not because of anything she did.&nbsp; Hell, if they had listened to her in the first movie, the only real casualty would have been Kane.&nbsp; Jen I can’t speak of because I haven’t seen Tiger-Dragon since high school, but if I watched it again I’m sure I could point out something.&nbsp; And Maximus loses everything not because of a choice he made, but because Marcus Aurelius decided that his favorite general would be a better leader for the Roman people than his own bastard on, and said son is a greedy little shite that cares more for himself than for his people.&nbsp; Manco/Blondie suffered at the hands of the Rojos because The Man With No Name is supposed to be an immoral git who only cares about money, and he decided to, for once, go against his usual modus operandi and code.&nbsp; If he hadn’t, he wouldn’t have suffered.<br><br>And yes, heroes have to go through a bunch of bullcrap to prove that they are heroes, so that we can know what good and evil is.&nbsp; It’s fucked up.<br><br><br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>18-02-2013, 01:58:02</strong>
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				Wow... <br><br>Thats a lot of "Discussion"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>18-02-2013, 03:08:52</strong>
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				The character's not done yet, but I could certainly use some help with what I've got left.<br><br>https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz7a9d0d2u590tz/Eclipse%20Phase%20Menton%20Gatecrasher%20Ishinari.xls (https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz7a9d0d2u590tz/Eclipse%20Phase%20Menton%20Gatecrasher%20Ishinari.xls)<br><br>That's a link to the file in my dropbox account.&nbsp; Have a look see.&nbsp; Ping me if you can't grab it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>18-02-2013, 03:22:12</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740992#msg7740992">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 18-02-2013, 01:33:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The detail of <em>how</em> you ended up in a Roomba was <em>not</em> in the original description, or provided to me at any point before this one. &nbsp;I'm not a Watts-MacLeod infectee, don't be sarcastic just because I didn't have all the information.&nbsp; If I had known that you'd Caboose'd yourself so that the rest of your party could escape, I would not have stated, explicitly or implicitly, that what you did to end up there wasn't heroic.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Wasn't being sarcastic so much as mildly silly about the circumstances, because the characters weren't trying to be heroic, just trying to do what needed doing in the situation (funny how that often ends up similarly), tone on the internet is a tricky thing. That redline up there? That's sarcasm. I didn't ask you to make assumptions in order to belittle what I was talking about, you chose to do so on your own, lacking information, rather than assuming the situation had validity and ceding the point.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740992#msg7740992">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 18-02-2013, 01:33:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And why did Firewall feel it necessary to use resources saving these brinkers out on the edge of the asscrack of the the solar system?&nbsp; Firewall was obviously there, and I assume the org doesn't just willy-nilly send off Sentinels to their possible deaths, so there has to be some reason.&nbsp; And don't tell me it was to contain the Exsurgent virus.&nbsp; The station inhabitants were rabid xenophobes, as you said, so they weren't going places.&nbsp; The Exsurgents themselves were going to die in the explosion of their space torpedo, so they weren't going to be alive to spread the virus.&nbsp; And the ship that was coming to give supplies would have found the destroyed station, if there was anything left, and promptly turned around to go home.<br><br>I'm not doubting the heroic-ness of the mission.&nbsp; I'm doubting of whether it was necessary for Firewall to risk people doing this to begin with.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Because just like in the real world, religiously-isolated communities that make a point of loudly being "isolated" often employ smugglers to get things from and to places they don't want to have open contact with. That was the case here, they maintained themselves by being an out-of-the-way smuggling hub. A very central smuggling hub which was in the Belt (not your assumed "asscrack of the solar system"), so not as isolated as all that. You seem to make an awful lot of assumptions. And you've gone from 'was this really heroic' to 'was this really necessary' in an attempt to divert attention from them. You've shifted the discussion from 'what is heroism' to 'your story sounds silly and foolish, I doubt its verity'.<br><br>As a side note, quite a few of the exsurgent viruses affect the way infectees think. Allowing such to spread in an "isolated" community is likely to cause that "isolated" community to suddenly try to communicate it to as many people as possible, because the virus makes them do so. They aren't the common cold and they aren't zombie plagues. Exsurgent viruses can mutate people into all manner of different things, modify their mental processes, and even cause groups of them to work together on projects to further spread the virus. That's RAW.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740992#msg7740992">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 18-02-2013, 01:33:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And maybe transhumanity wouldn't be in such a goddamn pickle if they'd decided to do the Resistance and unite against the big bad Skynet, but <em>noooooo</em>, humanity during the Fall had to be a bunch of powermongering dicks that was just as responsible for the worldwide devastation as the TITANs were.<br><br>I have no idea how that connects to the statement above, other than maybe T-humanity wouldn't be so goddamn fearful of an X-threat if they'd managed to beat back one.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>And now it's my turn to go 'was this really necessary'?<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Re-Butts &lt; humor</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740992#msg7740992">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 18-02-2013, 01:33:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Except each of the heroes you listed wasn’t in the situation that so traumatized them purely by choice.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>You seem to believe that Firewall sentinels end up in the situations they end up in by choice. An awful lot of operatives for almost any covertly operational organization are there because they have few or no choices, and an awful lot of heroism comes from unintentional situations. So much so that there is a popular quote that uses those exact words: "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time; naturally, they became heroes." My favorite recent example is <em>Three Kings</em> ("<em>We're gonna rob a bank in a war zone! We're gonna rob a bank in a war zone! Aw, shit, look at all these refugees. We can't leave these people here, they'll be killed...We're escorting refugees in a war zone!"</em>). <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740992#msg7740992">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 18-02-2013, 01:33:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And part of your bit here implies that ordinary men can’t become heroes, that somehow herodom is beyond people.&nbsp; One of the most uplifting types of stories ever is about how an ordinary man can become a hero, given the situation.&nbsp; Look at Army of Darkness.&nbsp; Ash is a nobody.&nbsp; He’s a clerk at the fictional equivalent of Wal-Mart.&nbsp; And yet, despite his modest roots, he’s able to become the hero that the day needs.&nbsp; Firewall should be about saving humanity from the really big threats, not about running around being Robin Hood &amp; his Merry Men correcting injustice everywhere.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Really. I was rebutting your own attitude that heroes had to be like-unto-gods, never to be reduced to the depths of despair and agony, and have repeatedly stated from the very beginning that some of the best hero stories are the ordinary people who are out of their depth but who hang on through sheer determination because of what <em>must be done</em>. At this point you seem to be picking and choosing things to jab at in the dark. <em>Army of Darkness</em> is a hero story? Okay! (Psst. It's a comedy.) And I don't see where I suggested Firewall was either a police force or a bunch of do-gooders. Is my currently submitted character a benevolent <em>merry </em>orca? Do you think he volunteered for Firewall out of his love for transhumanity, or was 'drafted', bribed or coerced?<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740992#msg7740992">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 18-02-2013, 01:33:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">In the recent movie Dredd, starring Karl Urban as Dredd, he gives a statistic: Judges in Mega-City One can only respond to about 6% of the crimes committed.&nbsp; “If we don’t, who will?” is the question.&nbsp; “Nobody, because the universe doesn’t care,” is the answer.&nbsp; That’s part of the horror of EP – the universe is a big, nasty place, full of extrasolar life that we do not or cannot understand (such as the ETI), and you could easily be dead tomorrow.&nbsp; Transhuman tech allows man to come back from the dead, but that doesn’t change the fact that there is something that killed you out there, and that humanity is far from being alone in the universe.&nbsp; Transhumanity is just starting to learn how unbiased the universe is, because the universe doesn’t care if you die tomorrow, because it still goes on.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>File under "Choir: preaching to."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7740992#msg7740992">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 18-02-2013, 01:33:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yes, Rocky’s comeback is emotionally deprived if there’s nothing to come back from, but Rocky wasn’t there by choice.&nbsp; Rocky was there because Apollo Creed needed someone to fight and the Italian Stallion sounded like an interesting nickname.&nbsp; John McClane could have told his ex-wife to piss off, he wasn’t coming out to see her for Christmas because she’d been a bitch (whether true or not).&nbsp; McClane was outnumbered, outgunned, and limited in his choices because he had to be the good guy, he couldn’t think like a terrorist because he was a cop.&nbsp; Frodo doesn’t leave all his friends, Sam stays with him to the end, and it’s because of Sam that Frodo manages the strength to go on.&nbsp; And Frodo volunteered to take the ring, partly because he saw how the rest of the races of Middle Earth were quarreling over it, and he knew with clarity that it had to be destroyed.&nbsp; Ripley lost her crew not to the Alien but to Ash, who was trying to protect the goddamn thing because the company decided a sentient lifeform was something they wanted to foolishly weaponize.&nbsp; Something they still don’t understand in the expanded universe, which occurs post-movies.&nbsp; Ripley suffers because a bunch of bespoke suited turd monkeys are greedy, not because of anything she did.&nbsp; Hell, if they had listened to her in the first movie, the only real casualty would have been Kane.&nbsp; Jen I can’t speak of because I haven’t seen Tiger-Dragon since high school, but if I watched it again I’m sure I could point out something.&nbsp; And Maximus loses everything not because of a choice he made, but because Marcus Aurelius decided that his favorite general would be a better leader for the Roman people than his own bastard on, and said son is a greedy little shite that cares more for himself than for his people.&nbsp; Manco/Blondie suffered at the hands of the Rojos because The Man With No Name is supposed to be an immoral git who only cares about money, and he decided to, for once, go against his usual modus operandi and code.&nbsp; If he hadn’t, he wouldn’t have suffered.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I'm afraid not. McClane's relationship in <em>Die Hard</em> is kind of a pivotal element, Frodo DID leave Sam with the rest, but Sam followed him and refused to be left behind...Frodo DID make and act on the decision to leave him, but failed. The Man with No Name is not immortal, it is never suggested that he is immortal, and he always comes in with a self-serving mercenary attitude, and he always leaves having gone soft-hearted and done what was best for the people around him because he couldn't stand their suffering. It's also relevant that the hero doesn't have to get into the shit because they want to be there, what makes them a hero is how they behave AFTER they get into the shit, when weaker people would give up. And I'm sure you "could point out something" too, because this conversation has reached a level where you seem to be eager to disprove every example I present, even if you have to make up things that weren't there, reinterpret things that were there in order to suit yourself, use conjecture about 'possible' relationships or motivations outside of the purview of the film in question or divert incoherently into non-related topics. <br><br>You make assumptions, then accuse me of sarcasm when I attempt to explain that the circumstances were unlike your assumptions. We don't agree on what is apparently an <em>extremely</em> deep level, and your memory for movies is apparently terrible. I believe we're done with this discussion. <br><br>Let's put it aside and simply get on with the game, you play as you like, and I expect so will everyone.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>18-02-2013, 03:34:47</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7741564#msg7741564">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 18-02-2013, 03:22:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Because just like in the real world, religiously-isolated communities that make a point of loudly being "isolated" often employ smugglers to get things from and to places they don't want to have open contact with. That was the case here, they maintained themselves by being an out-of-the-way smuggling hub. A very central smuggling hub which was in the Belt (not your assumed "asscrack of the solar system"), so not as isolated as all that. You seem to make an awful lot of assumptions. And you've gone from 'was this really heroic' to 'was this really necessary' in an attempt to divert attention from them. You've shifted the discussion from 'what is heroism' to 'your story sounds silly and foolish, I doubt its verity'.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Any and all assumptions made on the part of this individual are made in the absence of information telling me otherwise.&nbsp; That is all.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7741564#msg7741564">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 18-02-2013, 03:22:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As a side note, quite a few of the exsurgent viruses affect the way infectees think. Allowing such to spread in an "isolated" community is likely to cause that "isolated" community to suddenly try to communicate it to as many people as possible, because the virus makes them do so. They aren't the common cold and they aren't zombie plagues. Exsurgent viruses can mutate people into all manner of different things, modify their mental processes, and even cause groups of them to work together on projects to further spread the virus. That's RAW.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Yes.&nbsp; I know.&nbsp; <em>Glory</em>.<br><br><br>And lastly, better for both of us to walk away, thinking we've made our point and/or won the argument than force someone to come in and apply ye old banhammer.<br><br><br><br>EDIT: Can someone tell me if my link is good?&nbsp; Is the silence just because everyone is busy, or...what, exactly?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Empyrean</strong> on <strong>01-03-2013, 06:11:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Poke.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>01-03-2013, 09:50:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Pertinent to any EP player or GM:<br><br>Farcast (http://www.farcastblog.com/)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>02-03-2013, 02:12:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Pertinent to any Ep game: A Gm
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>02-03-2013, 09:03:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He hadn't logged in for a few days, but he logged in a few hours ago. Hopefully he is catching up.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>13-03-2013, 08:29:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				On 24 Feb Eb posted that he was having trouble with his internet. His next post was Mar. 4 stating that he was 'back', then no posts after that. His last login time was yesterday, but that might be cellphone access and unable to post, I don't know.<br><br>Are we in the market for a new GM?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PaleEnchantress</strong> on <strong>13-03-2013, 11:54:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7875707#msg7875707">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 13-03-2013, 08:29:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">On 24 Feb Eb posted that he was having trouble with his internet. His next post was Mar. 4 stating that he was 'back', then no posts after that. His last login time was yesterday, but that might be cellphone access and unable to post, I don't know.<br><br>Are we in the market for a new GM?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>At this point I'm going to say we are definitely looking for a new GM 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CarnivalOfTheGoat</strong> on <strong>17-03-2013, 13:47:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Bumped the GM-recruitment thread since it doesn't look like anyone else had.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A Soliloquy of Singularity (Eclipse Phase) OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-03-2013, 02:32:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yep.&nbsp; This is not a good thing.&nbsp; Reviewing my charsheet means nothing w/o someone to run the game.
			</dd>
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