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zerotohiro) wrote2015-06-01 08:50 am
zerotohiro) wrote2015-06-01 08:50 am
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UNSEELIE R&D
So you want to work with the Unseelie R&D Department! Welcome.
For all intents and purposes, the research portion will be the heaviest factor. As is the nature of the Drabwurld, it will take a large amount of time and energy and practice to proceed with any amount of progress
As per Sin's original doc:
"I just need to make something very clear as we go into this project: This world is build on very specific magic principles and rules. There is an already set limit on what kind of magitech can be discovered/developed and how that information is found by PCs. There will be a lot of failed projects that simply will not work because they would break the world’s laws .
That said, the mods are wonderful, will work with us even if staying very firm on some aspects of what can and cannot be accomplished, and we may even manage to surprise them with things that they didn’t think of that WILL work in the present magitech rules of this game. Because of this, I ask that we be respectful to the mods when they tell us we can’t do something. And even if the initial attempts to don’t work, keep looking for alternate ways to get the same end result. It may work! I also, personally, feel that it’s realistic for R&D projects to have a lot of failures before successes, which make the successes all the more ICly sweet."
This entry will serve not only as a way for me personally to keep track of what each character is doing but also will provide us with a landing page to know what the characters are doing and what ideas/suggestions we can come up with. For simplicity's sake, all current members of the R&D are listed below. Please comment to this entry with your character's name and feel free to use this comment to discuss projects your character is working on, a loose timeline of how they're achieving it, and also any future projects you'd like to work on (see Hiro's below as an example.) This is a comment that is meant to be continually edited! Additionally I will put up a comment below for project suggestions, etc.
In terms of contact, if you need to touch base with me at any time shoot a PM to zerotohiro, plurk me at @alternatively, or leave a comment.
Let's get started!
Hiro Hamada | Loki of Asgard | Baron (Prince) Edgar of Etheria | Saber
Minor Players
Bellamy Blake | Clarke Griffin | Rin Tohsaka
General Projects Overview
"With an influx of new shardbearers with keen minds better suited for positions in support regarding the war than being involved in direct combat, Saber has decided that the Unseelie need to research melding magic and technology in ways that will work outside of the Station. To this end, she has charged Baron Edgar to house this project in his Spire as it is the farthest from the sight of the Seelie and in a relatively remote location. A classified project, Saber will expect discretion and secrecy from all involved. Revealing information about this project to the Seelie will be considered treason."
The following is a list of projects the R&D can develop over a large amount of time. Per the mechanics of the game it will take the entire timeskip and then some in order to accomplish the beginnings of several high-aiming goals the team has.
Possible Military Applications
Magic augmented siege weaponry
Armored Vehicles
War Beasts
LASERS
Golem Army
Mana Batteries
Possible Civilian Life Applications
Simple Communication Network for Non-Shardbearers
Indoor Plumbing/Appliances
Medical Advancements
Alchemy
Self-Sustainable Magical Energy Source
Some of these projects include:
New Comm Devices: (Easily do-able, but will have more limitations than monarch-given lockets. Hiro Hamada is working on these and Rin is the official creator for the Unseelie court right now.)
Gunpowder: (Will take 1 IC year to accrue enough to be used for anything more than one very small fireworks display, with sufficient logging of efforts)
Magical Batteries: (Need to determine how these will be used.)
Portals: (Fairy ring will remain the best way to fast-travel for individuals without teleporting powers. Portal-magic exists in came canon and is used by those with sufficient skill in portal-magic; PCs can learn this magic and be reasonably skilled within 6 months of study.)
General Mod/Team Questions
Q: Would the Aellyn sorcerers at the Tenth Spire be interested in being part of the R&D team and do they possess magic that is akin to a geas spell that would bind those involved in the project from speaking about it to Seelie?
A: A few of the sons from minor Aellyn houses might assist, but by and large the Aellyn attitude on this project will be very bleak
Q: I’m sure this is somewhere that I just haven’t looked yet because I’m at work and not-reading but how hindering is the blood granite in terms of magic ability? Edgar kind of mentioned it to Hiro when he was asking about stuff for building spire 10 but it was just general things.
A1: Not a mod, but as I’ve dealt with blood granite a lot in this game, it impedes all non-shard magic/abilities. So with enough blood granite about, for example, Lemina wouldn’t be able to throw a fireball. She just can’t make it work. That said, learning to use the shards and using them in conjunction with magic/abilities allows them to power through the blood granite, but that needs training to manage. Only a few characters can bypass blood granite with their shards.
A2: It's incredibly hindering. A few small slivers of blood granite on a person (or in them) is enough to simply break their magic use. A few bricks is enough to have an 'area effect' for the size of a standard living room, and a great quantity can nullify magic use for miles.
Q: I was thinking about this earlier today since I know a lot of people in the game right now since CS fell are going back and forth and are relying on the fairy rings. Some characters in the game can teleport and that’s awesome and there are some that have fast-travel boons and what-have-you, but I wanted to know if it would be feasible to maybe as a long-term project make our own series of portals? I know it’s a long-shot and I know if it became a Thing it’d be quite restrictive and complex and take time but maybe something like can only travel xyz amount in the Dorchadas? Like. Not a portal gun but something similar. Something very specific people (higher ups of the Unseelie army or something or people that pay a very, very high price) can carry around with them to lay out and step through to transport themselves to another place. I’m not sure if I’m making sense at all but it’s a thought I had and wanted to see what could be done. OR instead of portals maybe even man-made wings? Thinking along the lines of like Icarus.
Q2: I was actually having the exact same thought today about the expansion of fast travel in the Drabwurld. Even if we can start looking into something like man-made fairy rings for fast transport? But certainly something that wouldn’t rely on the monarch’s magic would be even better, since then they could still have some sort of fast travel during things like timeskip where the fairy rings are no longer operational. Going super nerdy into this but it could be something like the Kingdom Hearts version of the doors of darkness, but with far more stability/a static location. Where they can begin erecting doors (or something else!) around the map that will open from one location and lead into another.
A: It’s already established in canon lore that teleportation magic and door-magic like you’ve mentioned exist and are used by natives who have the skill. The catch is that individuals must know the magic to make such devices work in order to pass through them (and it’s established that 6 mos of training in a particular field of magic will award a PC novice skill)
PROJECT IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS/QUESTIONS/ETC.
HIRO HAMADA | BIG HERO 6
GENERAL OVERVIEW aka Character Traits/Experience/Etc
Hiro Hamada is a 15 year old (as of August 2701) robotics/engineering genius who was asked by Saber to be the head of the research and development team. When Hiro specifically asked her why, the answer was:
"Because your mind is a brilliant thing and it will not stop no matter the roadblocks you come across. You have a good heart and yet you understand that sacrifices must sometimes be made. And you still see wonder in the world about you.
You are not a child here, and I will not treat you as one. If your age has been a concern, dismiss it. "
Which, really, is a perfectly apt description of Hiro himself. The creators behind BH6 have described Hiro as a boy whose mind just works differently. He continually works and reworks things to not only make everything easier but also to make things better. So with that being said what he’s most likely going to do is start gauging what everybody else can do and seeing how they can work to customize everything.
Beyond that he will most likely be going around examining other projects, offering suggestions/advice and also figuring out the fastest and most efficient way to mass-multiple whatever’s created. The other thing is that Hiro’s currently working with Edgar and helping build up Spire 10 so...there’s that, too.
Past Projects/Capabilities
In his own world, Hiro has created several robots including Megabot (a fighter robot) and his line of microbots which are tiny robots that are controlled using a headband that projects his thoughts to the bots so they do whatever he's thinking he wants them to do. These microbots were impressive enough to get him into SFIT, implied to be one of the best technical colleges in the country, at the age of 14.
Later down the line, Hiro also created a line of battle armor for himself and his friends for their superhero team, the Big Hero 6. This armor was individually designed for every member of his team taking their strengths into account and customizing them to a T.
**Update** as an update to this, I just wanted to note that Hiro’s quest is wrapped up and what this means for the R&D is that he’s not only worked with some NPCs to build some extra levels with extra rooms inside the Spire if people want to stay there because CS is still dead in the water, but he’s working to create three more lab spaces inside the mountain itself that everybody can work with. Right now from my understanding this means that we have four lab spaces that are sealed until granted permission to enter and Hiro’s probably working with some NPCs/will be contacting people to bring in materials to create the labs (tables, etc)
I'll detail the rest later but:
Capable of fire magic and basic healing magic
Gifted mostly with computers and coding. Able to write coding with ease and build machinary
Has been studying architecture thanks to working on spire 10
Really good artist...
CURRENT/FUTURE PROJECTS
>R&D starts in end of March. Hiro talks to Rin and learns about the off-locket communicators and gets inspired to figure out how to make his own.
>Hiro finds books. Hiro reads books. Hiro uses his boon to speed up the process of making these things.
>In June during the tourney some of the devices will be ready to give out to his select CR.
>The rest for his select CR will be finished by July.
>August-the rest of timeskip will be spent with Hiro practicing to make these devices and also installing the following upgrades: bookmark capabilities for conversations (approved by Snow), still frames/photos that can be sent (needs approval), and connectivity to the monarch-gifted lockets while keeping the former two abilities in-tact (needs approval.)
CURRENT:
-Blastia
-Potentially projectile weaponry?
FUTURE:
-Something will probably explode...
THE OUTSIDER | DISHONORED
GENERAL OVERVIEW
His world is at the level of about the late 1800s in terms of technology but he can do all sorts of things with magic and doesn't need to sleep, so he's always around.
PROJECTS
- breeding warhounds for the Unseelie, using his wolfhounds as a base breed
- experimental bone charms and runes
- biological warfare through the use of plague rats
FUTURE:
- ?????????
RIN TOHSAKA | FATE/STAY NIGHT
GENERAL OVERVIEW
An easy to bribe individual with many tricks up her sleeves, she's known to be resourceful and to wriggle her way out of paying fees. Mostly known for making things float in the sky and not having them crash down five minutes later as well as a penchant for gemstones.
PROJECTS
‣ ???
✘ CURRENT.
‣ ???
✘ FUTURE.
‣ ???