Stygian Technologies: Field Agents - Discussion

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Stygian HQ is located in the (obviously) fictional city of San Máquina, California. The separate R&D campus which also hosts the field agency you're currently at is about 40 minutes out.

Your characters' psych exams are scheduled at different times, and possibly with different doctors, so you should treat this part of the game as several independent events in time, even though you might be posting more or less simultaneously with other players.

Just post here when you're ready to start, so the psychologist will acknowledge you. Fir3lemon can begin posting in the main thread immediately, Anastya will already be included in the first post.

edited 20th Aug '15 6:50:33 PM by StygianEmperor

Flesh is a design flaw.

San Machina? Oh, you card.

Amazing

Thank ye, Stig

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I'm about to go to sleep. You'll maybe get one more post out of me before then.

Flesh is a design flaw.

...I can't wait to see his reaction when he learns one of those "scary-smart A.I.s" is currently fooling one of the other psychiatrists into thinking he's human. XD

I like your avatar.

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Thanks. I set up an avatar for every character I play as.

hey! ho! let's go!

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Damn, I just made a post. Give me a minute to edit.

Edit: Sorry that took forever. The more players, the slower things are going to go. You're in now.

edited 22nd Aug '15 4:40:00 PM by StygianEmperor

Flesh is a design flaw.

Oh, and for reference: Vespa, mainly to show the arm. I said Al-SEC in her description as it seems that they would manufacture something similar to that. Note the displaced shoulder joint.

As I said, it's not as bulky as the image you provided, Stygian, but it isn't seamlessly integrated.

Also, i just noticed that you have labeled Vespa as "The Demagogue", which, according to that other wiki, has some negative connotations. i'd like to assume that you've named her as such since it's the closest thing to how she truly operates rather than any actual activity; she's smarter than to just rile up the masses needlessly. case in point being the last example on the page: joseph freakin' mccarthy, and the "see also" section; Authoritarian personality, Autocracy, Charismatic authority (which isn't necessarily bad, but is usually pretty sketchy), Cult of personality (again, not always bad [i mean, Living Color mentions ghandi, a positive example), Thought-terminating cliché, Daisy Girl (which, while appropriately controversial, isn't her style; she plays to the truth, not fears), Fear mongering, Narcissistic leadership, Ochlocracy, Pandering, Polemic, Populism, Platitude, Social dominance orientation, and Toxic leader.

Tl;Dr; the official title bugs me just a little bit, and if that's supposed to be intentionally misconstruing her character, i'm fine with it (and she'd probably find it pretty funny as well), but if you were hoping it to be accurate, it's a bit off the mark.

edited 23rd Aug '15 8:31:54 AM by ImmortalFaust

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Sorry for the slow post, I've been busy.

@ ImmortalFaust: Yeah, I know, I figured you wouldn't be thrilled about that. It's better than "Propagandist" though, right? I couldn't think of anything that was like Demagogue with only good connotations. If you can come up with one word that suits her better, I'll gladly change it.

edited 23rd Aug '15 4:43:07 PM by StygianEmperor

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y'know, thinking about it, it might actually fit, depending on who's viewpoint it is

let me explain; if you were writing that post from the persepective of a Styg Tech employee, they would most likely see her as that, so, in a waym, it is fitting due to the probably biased viewpoint of Styg Tech itself!

all i wanted to know was that you, the troper behind the handle, knew that she wasn't really described well by that title.

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How about

Public Relations?

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One word.

One word.

Flesh is a design flaw.

...Ouch, Mal didn't do so well. Guess he still has a ways to go. (-__-')

Hmm

Orator?

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I had listed it in my application, but I just want to make sure. I didn't list many weapons in the equipment section because I assumed that just having him carry Stygian-owned firearms into missions would suffice, and because it would probably be hard to smuggle a full armory across three international borders.

As for what the weapons are specifically, they would just be bog-standard rifles, without special ammunition, x-ray scopes, compasses or things that tell time. Is that fine?

edited 23rd Aug '15 11:34:39 PM by wikkit

I kind of assumed your armor has a compass and a clock in its H.U.D. As for weapons, you will be able to request basic armaments (standard ballistics, lasers) after your briefing.

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Okay, those last two were just references. Otherwise, exactly what I had in mind.

....wikkit you win forever.

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double post sue me.

i'm what, three posts in and i'm doing more mental manouvering here than in any other scenario. this is going to be fun.

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Huh, Bell didn't look at the door unless I'm reading too much into it. Anyway, replying!

If I'm sure of something it's that I'm not sure of anything.

I read "doctor" as "door." I'll edit my post.

Edit: Now you need to edit your post.

edited 23rd Aug '15 11:28:51 PM by StygianEmperor

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if i might ask; how often can expect updates? i don't mind a slow game, as people have real life to attend to, but i wanted to know what to expect.

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Yesterday was a particularly busy day for me. I'm going to try to do two posts per day minimum once school starts, until then it should be more. Also, writing posts at this point is slower as nobody is in the same time or place. Once your characters are together they'll all be able to have things happen to them at the same time. I'll get something up soon.

Flesh is a design flaw.