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Elder Scrolls: Terror of the Padomaic

Looks like we're waiting on leon at the moment. Sorry to have kept you waiting between us all Yorkie (The New Yorker)!

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Well well... Red's hacking has granted you all some additional info ahead of time. Go red! Our friend Alan decided to drop by for another chat as well. You guys do know u can talk to him right?

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In the netherworld that was the internet signals flew back and forth sporadically and falteringly from Red's pad as the messages struggled to transmit through a world without power. Eventually however Red's efforts paid off and images began to appear frame by frame on his pad following redirection by an apparently still operational media satellite. The cameras employed in the plant were old, a cheap cutting of corners chosen by the agricultural corporation that had built the facility. Despite their antiquity they still provided clear images albeit with a slow five second refresh rate.

The enormous tower funnel itself was devoid of people and featured a large, spiralling staircase comprised of thick metal grates. These circled the funnels interior walls all the way up to the top, stopping only at each of the eight turbine service platforms located fifty metres apart from one another in the ridiculously tall tower. Each platform was home to one of the solar towers horizontal wind turbines which spun lackadaisically in the funnels up-draught of air. An empty lift occupied the towers quiet but smart sky lobby. The really interesting footage came from the cameras in the control centre below.

The control centre was a hexagonal building "wrapped" around the base of the solar tower and beneath the canopy of the greenhouse. Its doors were guarded primarily by bored looking plain clothed individuals armed with a motley assortment of hunting rifles, baseball bats and shotguns. There were a few people, largely separate from the other guards, who were better armed and armoured than the others. They possessed smart, riot style protective gear and relatively new but cheap production submachine-guns. Unlike the others they patrolled from defensive point to point and seemed far more professional in their approach to guarding the facility.

Looking deeper inside the facility would show a scene very different to the harsh outer perimeter though. The interior of the facility seemed far less "militarised" and here people are largely unarmed. There was also quite a significant population of women and children occupying themselves with what little work or play they could find. At this moment Alan's voice rang out once again.

"A note on the occupants. As far as we can tell they are refugees who've refused to stay in the camp. The army was forced to evacuate all homes within a large radius of nuclear power plants following the Blackout. People leaving the refugee camps and squatting elsewhere is an increasing trend with ration problems. Trouble is these squatters refuse to let British engineers into the building out of concern they will be evicted. The British army has set up a wide perimeter on the facility and negotiations are under way but it seems as long as it is british government forces that would be accessing the building our squatter friends refuse them entry... As the occupants are civilians it is desirable that they are unharmed if possible."

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Rusalka said
XD Sounds like a great idea to me. And the warm-and-fuzzies would be nice too, but I'm already itching to see some action in the RP lol. And its as you said, it would help to strengthen the characters' teamwork and build personalities alot more, especially with Anna. She could probably tell someone of her past, which I'm considering not now in the beginning of it, but later on incorporating some key elements of her backstory into the RP, unless it would seem troubling to the GM. I do intend to handle it well and not get the entire RP involved into a subplot.

Sounds very interesting rusalka. I'd quite like to know a bit about these subplots so I can help and be sure it fits ok. If u could pm me about it I would very much appreciate it.

I'm working on a post to provide more info on the objective at the moment. It may take a bit as I have friends over.

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Lord Pie said
I figure it’d make sense in regards to the sign language that the handler would have made sure there was software included in the team’s AR gear to read and translate signs – considering one of the members can only really easily communicate with them? (An idea anyway).

A good idea at that and one I have thought about. I'm going to leave the decision with Rusalka on that one as ultimately it affects Anna the most.

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I thought with john being negotiator it'd make sense for him to know a couple of extra languages inlcuding perhaps sign language. Characters know 12 languages by default (which should be ample to cover any dialect found in game but I will say if you encounter an unfamiliar one).

Silverwind Blade said ARGH YOUR POSTS ARE FINE, STOP WORRYING

Thanks for the pre-formatted, quotable response Silver!

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I am awake.

It is 04:27 in the morning.

I haven't slept yet.

I must sleep.

I believe hopelessincubiss's character also does recon.

Edit: scratch that. His character does rapid infil and exfil. Sleeeepp.

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I had some genuine laughs during that last post Rusalka! Brilliant character development.

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I take the admittedly morally grey stance that wars are gunna happen and that fighting them is a job I reckon (with the correct fitness level) I would be good at. I don't much like saying I'm good at things. This is where I have trouble in interviews...

I'm sure I will find something I can do besides shoot people (massively oversimplifying the job role but you catch my drift).

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EliteCommander said
Hopefully so. What would you want to do, employment wise?

Earn money.

Jks... Well. Not jokes. I wanna earn to keep a living but obviously I would like to get a job I enjoy. I have applied for the royal marine commandos before (i dropped out when a friend attempted suicide) and might try that again but I have so much fitness I will need to regain before I am ready to try again. Really I need to be even fitter than I was that time or I'll just embarrass myself in front of the first timers. Otherwise some kind of security related job. I have a knack for sales and my dad has a lot of connections in the security sector. I'll put some cvs in at the companies looking (just to clarify I am not asking my dad to "pul strings". It just means I know where to send the cvs).