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@RK800
We're live.
Hello Etraya, this is Connor. Accelerator and I would like to share our recent findings after exploring the lower floors of the hospital with Yuri and Dimitri. Clint Barton was also involved, but he is no longer here. I apologize if this is new information for you.
Please keep in mind we are strongly advising against investigation.

@Accelerator
There's dangerous shit down there. Everyone had better read this, because it's fucking important.

@RK800
Floors 1-5 are relatively empty. The 8th floor is primarily filled with alien technology, which I believe is a direct correlation to being disconnected from the network from that point onward. You will not be able to reach anyone if you are in danger.

@Acclerator
Once you get to the 8th floor the oxygen levels start to drop. The companion bots will get aggressive and attack you, too. It's like white blood cells attacking foreign entities in someone's body for protection, it's obvious we aren't supposed to be down there.

@RK800
Correct. After the 10th floor, humans were only able to continue with specialized assistance. There are 100 floors that we are aware of. The atmospheric conditions become increasingly unstable, including a change in the planet's gravitational force, with a high concentration of carbon dioxide and helium. The severe change in gravity causes an elevation of heat, and I was compromised. No one can survive it.

@Accelerator
Don't go down there unless you're prepared to deal with being in an environment like the goddamn core of a planet.
I think that's about it. Connor, you sure it's no problem altering the network so all this is public?

@RK800
Since I'm able to access the network after downloading its signature, any adjustments I've made are temporary. No permanent alterations to Etraya's actual network code has been made, so there shouldn't be any issue.

( ooc: responses will be from either/both connor and accelerator! feel free to threadjack, go wild, etc. coding credit to tessisamess )
( edit: i forgot to include this but pretty pls w a cherry on top fill out connor's permissions ♥ but if you don't that's ok, i'll reach out of we get into infomod territory! )

Comments

[levelshift]

Yeah. He had a big lance or something, too.

All of the robots are likely built this way. It'd be easier and more efficient to have fewer assembly lines for them. As for buildings, temperature regulation would be dead simple. Anyone could set up an independent system that hooks up to a battery that stores power from all of the wind turbines around. Those things basically run autonomously and only need some annual scheduled maintenance.

[He would know, they're turbines from his city.]

The problem would be breathable air. You'd have to basically rebuild every building around here to make sure they're sealed like a fucking space shuttle so the air doesn't leak out, because that'd be really inefficient. But because it's sealed you'd also have to consider shit like outgassing, either reduce it or make sure clean air is circulating fast enough that it can be cycled out.

On top of that you'd need to have another independent system running, this time for oxygen. You'd have to have it running constantly in order to both maintain the goddamn oxygen levels and prevent the pressure differential between inside and outside of the building from getting too great and screwing things up. Then you'd need to account for how everyone gets from building to building, either their enclosed walkways or airlocks with supplemental oxygen or some shit.

You'd probably need to upgrade every building's temperature control too, to be more robust and precise since you're dealing with enclosed environments.

There's probably more I'm forgetting, but it'd be a lot of fucking effort to apply the protection the robots have to a building.

[sleepfan]

Yes. Areadbhar. Just in case you were not already told, be advised that under no circumstances should you touch Areadbhar. If you and Dimitri go on further expeditions and he falls, leave the lance.

You're correct. That sounds like too much anticipatory work. I think I would rather simply die.

I appreciate the explanation, however.

[levelshift]

Why? Is it cursed?

Well, at least you're honest.

[sleepfan]

That is a good way to think of it. It could turn you into a horrific monster if you touch it. Or worse. Which I cannot imagine would help any situation which is so dire it separates Dimitri from his Relic.

Honesty is one of my few virtues. Or vices. Depending on personal opinion.

[levelshift]

How does it do that? Magic?

[sleepfan]

I don't know.

[ One of the few downsides to textual communication is Linhardt can't adequately convey how frustrating that fact is to him.]

If any of the Relic bearers would let me touch them, I'd learn more, but they won't.

It is indeed magic, but I can't give you any more detail.

[ As a magical scholar, saying those words is terrible. Linhardt needs a nap. ]

[levelshift]

Why do you need to touch it? You got some touch-based analysis ability?

[sleepfan]

Whether or not a Relic accepts a bearer is down to whether or not a person has a Crest, with a particular affinity for the Hero's Crest that is meant to wield the Relic. However, there are different types of Crests, some of which are not associated with a Relic. I have one. If I were to bear a Relic, it would answer some questions about whether the magic seeks a Crest in general or whether they are more targeted in what they search for.

In addition, accounts indicate that the Relics have some form of...emotion isn't precisely correct. Nor is sentience or awareness. But they certainly have opinions about humans. Interestingly, most records left behind of bearers describing their Relics seem to indicate that the Relics don't like their wielders. I have always been intrigued by that, particularly as on the rare occasion I have been near one, I've sensed no malice or disapproval.

There is also something akin to life energy in a Relic: I can feel something, and yes, it would be easier to know more if I could touch the objects. Magical senses do diminish in their capacity for fine details over distance.

[levelshift]

[Alright, that answers his question. This is more like someone wanting to set up an experiment to test a hypothesis than something like his ability.

He has no idea if these relic and crest things exist in his universe. He knows there are important artifacts that carry a deep power like Curtana Second, and England's and Scotland's regalia, so there's probably similarities there. Curtana Second hadn't been a problem, so he isn't overly concerned.

He also isn't sure if magical senses diminish over distance for everyone given people like Aleister, but he doesn't know enough about magic to say anything.]

Is it alive? Could be the magical equivalent of its lizard brain reacting to people.

[He's not serious, he doesn't know enough about magical items to give an actual guess as to what's going on.]

[sleepfan]

Potentially. I am not aware of every form of life that exists.

Perhaps that lance really despised Miklan Gautier and that's why he was turned into a horrific monster. I knew very little of him, but what I did was not complimentary. Most Relics are wielded by nobles. Perhaps they're simply good judges of character and hate all of us.

[levelshift]

[He has no idea who that is, so he can't say either way.]

Rich people tend to be shitheads on average, so maybe.