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tushanshu2014-10-09 01:11 am
highprofilerichkid) wrote in tushanshu2014-10-09 01:11 am
Video - Four days after Malicant's message
[Malicant has made his move, and Tony has decided that it's time for the Foreigners to step up their game. Starting with their communication network. As Bakura demonstrated, the consoles are no longer safe from Malicant's prying eyes (if they ever have been).
After a marathon troubleshooting session with Akito, Tony has also concluded that if a truly secure secondary network is going to happen any time soon, there's going to need to be a lot more people working on it. His time and resources are stretched thin, and he needs help.]
The consoles are not secure. I don't know if anywhere is, but we can actually do something about the consoles, at least. I know there've been some attempts to encrypt the console traffic and a couple false starts at a secondary network. I think it's time to get down to business and get a fully independent secure mobile network up and running, as soon as possible.
Magic is too susceptible to influence, so this network is going to be strictly technological. Pure tech and heavy encryption give us the best chance of shutting out our nosy neighbor.
If you have any expertise with radio, electronics, or telecommunications - anything that might be helpful - get in touch. Engineering, physics, cryptography... Hell, if you worked a summer job in IT. I want you here at Stark Industries.
Also, if any foreigners from higher-tech worlds brought any stuff along with them that they don't mind giving up, I'd like to take a look at it. Electronic devices like cell phones would be the best. A lot of post-industrial-revolution consumer goods contain minerals and compounds that are hard to get a hold of here, and we'll need as much of those as we can get.
And one more thing: I've put together a dozen... self-defense devices. Nothing big, but enough to give you a few seconds if you're in a tight spot. Distributing them to the turtle parents is the top priority, but if there are any left over, it's first come first serve. If you want one, meet me at SI and I'll give you the rundown here.
[private to ALL TURTLE PARENTS]
The fewer people are bonded to each turtle, the more vulnerable they are. Protecting the turtles means protecting their parents, so you all get first dibs on the toys. Anyone who's interested, send me a message and I'll set one aside. And come to SI as soon as you can.
[private to AYA, RICHIE FOLEY, CLARK KENT, DONATELLO, and MIKE WESTON]
I'm contacting you all specifically because I know you have tech skills or because Aya told me that you've worked on the secondary network in the past. We need you in on this.
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((ooc: For the sake of security, Tony will only be describing the self-defense gadgets in person. Anyone who comes to SI to claim one will be given the following information:
There are six aversive devices [remaining: 4]. They consist of a slightly concave hemisphere - sort of like a very thick-walled bowl - that fits in the hand. They work on a principle similar to the Active Denial System. When they are held with the concave side facing out, and a button on the side is pressed, they emit a ten-second burst of radiation that, while harmless, causes immediate and intense discomfort to any person standing in range. Anyone without extreme magic- or drug-enhanced pain insensitivity will be compelled to move out of range. The area of effect is a wide cone that extends out about thirty feet. Each device has enough power for two bursts before it must be recharged.
[claimed by: Enjolras, Annabeth]
There are six force field generators [remaining: 5]. These are devices are disk-shaped, with about the same dimensions as a restaurant pager. Press the large button on top, and they will generate a transparent force field bubble about six feet in diameter. The field lasts about six seconds under ideal conditions, but may collapse sooner than that if it is interacting with a lot of matter (e.g., if the person holding it is swimming, or in tall, dense grass). The field can be moved, and will remain centered on the device when in motion (in other words, you can run with it). Each device has enough power to generate one force field before it must be recharged.
[claimed by: Raine]
Both devices can be recharged at any console, or at Stark Industries.))
After a marathon troubleshooting session with Akito, Tony has also concluded that if a truly secure secondary network is going to happen any time soon, there's going to need to be a lot more people working on it. His time and resources are stretched thin, and he needs help.]
The consoles are not secure. I don't know if anywhere is, but we can actually do something about the consoles, at least. I know there've been some attempts to encrypt the console traffic and a couple false starts at a secondary network. I think it's time to get down to business and get a fully independent secure mobile network up and running, as soon as possible.
Magic is too susceptible to influence, so this network is going to be strictly technological. Pure tech and heavy encryption give us the best chance of shutting out our nosy neighbor.
If you have any expertise with radio, electronics, or telecommunications - anything that might be helpful - get in touch. Engineering, physics, cryptography... Hell, if you worked a summer job in IT. I want you here at Stark Industries.
Also, if any foreigners from higher-tech worlds brought any stuff along with them that they don't mind giving up, I'd like to take a look at it. Electronic devices like cell phones would be the best. A lot of post-industrial-revolution consumer goods contain minerals and compounds that are hard to get a hold of here, and we'll need as much of those as we can get.
And one more thing: I've put together a dozen... self-defense devices. Nothing big, but enough to give you a few seconds if you're in a tight spot. Distributing them to the turtle parents is the top priority, but if there are any left over, it's first come first serve. If you want one, meet me at SI and I'll give you the rundown here.
[private to ALL TURTLE PARENTS]
The fewer people are bonded to each turtle, the more vulnerable they are. Protecting the turtles means protecting their parents, so you all get first dibs on the toys. Anyone who's interested, send me a message and I'll set one aside. And come to SI as soon as you can.
[private to AYA, RICHIE FOLEY, CLARK KENT, DONATELLO, and MIKE WESTON]
I'm contacting you all specifically because I know you have tech skills or because Aya told me that you've worked on the secondary network in the past. We need you in on this.
---
((ooc: For the sake of security, Tony will only be describing the self-defense gadgets in person. Anyone who comes to SI to claim one will be given the following information:
There are six aversive devices [remaining: 4]. They consist of a slightly concave hemisphere - sort of like a very thick-walled bowl - that fits in the hand. They work on a principle similar to the Active Denial System. When they are held with the concave side facing out, and a button on the side is pressed, they emit a ten-second burst of radiation that, while harmless, causes immediate and intense discomfort to any person standing in range. Anyone without extreme magic- or drug-enhanced pain insensitivity will be compelled to move out of range. The area of effect is a wide cone that extends out about thirty feet. Each device has enough power for two bursts before it must be recharged.
[claimed by: Enjolras, Annabeth]
There are six force field generators [remaining: 5]. These are devices are disk-shaped, with about the same dimensions as a restaurant pager. Press the large button on top, and they will generate a transparent force field bubble about six feet in diameter. The field lasts about six seconds under ideal conditions, but may collapse sooner than that if it is interacting with a lot of matter (e.g., if the person holding it is swimming, or in tall, dense grass). The field can be moved, and will remain centered on the device when in motion (in other words, you can run with it). Each device has enough power to generate one force field before it must be recharged.
[claimed by: Raine]
Both devices can be recharged at any console, or at Stark Industries.))
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Sometimes there are reasons to use force to eliminate someone who would badly impact many more people, or a moment in a cause. Enjolras himself has used that force, even against one of his own men when an innocent was caused to suffer and to die, and the sacred altar of his barricade was dishonored in the same moment. He hates that use of force, but he approves of it when badly needed.
It is so sad that Tony understands the fact so young, and it makes Enjolras wish that he could be some source of actual comfort, but for now, all he can do is nod along. ]
I have had to resort to using force myself, to remove threats and active harm.
[He adds this, maybe as some sort of explanation of the cost he mentions. The soldier Combeferre wanted to save is forever imprinted, even less so than the insurgent turned murderer he'd dispatched with his pistol.]
Killing is never easy, even when it is right and can be performed calmly enough as a matter of justice. I suspect that every direct action that ends in a death still leaves us with something of a scar inside. Necessity is a cruel mistress, sometimes, and leaves her mark on the soul.
It takes a good man, and a strong one, to do the righteous thing, no matter how hard it is. [This goes along with a clasp of Tony's shoulder, and a smile.] You strike me as that sort of man, Tony. I think your father must be rather proud of you.
[Aliens are so hard a concept for Enjolras to consider, but the idea of what they've done is more important than picturing how they look just now.]
Ah, yes, that would put one's feet to the fire, wouldn't it? I can imagine how chaotic it must be.
NO ENJOLRAS DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM
[That's what he's been trying to do all this time. That's why he built Iron Man, and, after the plane crash, why he used the suit to protect the city; why he tried so hard to keep Stark International out of Stane and Hammer's hands. He wanted his dad to be proud of him. That's what it all comes down to, in the end.
Honestly, his self-esteem has been taking a beating here in Keeliai, and he hadn't realized how much he'd needed to hear something like that.
The smile he gives Enjolras is warm, grateful, and maybe a teeny bit adoring.
Congrats, Enj, Tony is now your BFF 5EVR]MUAHAHA. FOREVER. ...for now
The smile, when he gets it, is kind of adorable, and makes Enjolras regret, as he very rarely does, the fact that he was an only child. ]
I...of course. You've done such good work for all of us here, and in your own world. I think it only due.
most adorable worst influence ever
And... let me know if there's ever anything else I can do. Anything you need help with.
[You know, righting wrongs, dispensing justice, serving the Greater Good - the kind of favors superhero friends do for friends, that are in no way ethically questionable or inclined to lead one down the well-intentioned path to very dark grey morality. There is absolutely no way this can go wrong.]
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[There is a simple nod from Enjolras, and he's speaking in earnest right now, the smile being replaced by a bit of solemnity, as he takes that offer seriously, and extends his own right back.]
For now, I think...well, I have enjoyed speaking with you. Perspectives, and the like. As for what you might do just now? Keep yourself safe, or pretend to do that. It will help my peace of mind.
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Sure, I'll do that.
[He doesn't specify if "that" refers to keeping himself safe, or just pretending to keep himself safe.
It's definitely pretending, though.]no subject
He's grinning too, and nodding at Tony.]
Good. Then I need not worry overmuch, though I suspect I will worry for you a little all the same.