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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.))
Tony's just been WAITING for this, hasn't he?
[Sokka almost freezes when his shoulder is tapped. That didn't feel like an ordinary finger but a very metallic and heavy tap. Sokka's eyes wide, he turns around tentatively and practically flails for a moment before he finally takes it in a step or two away.]
It moves on its own too? [Pause.] It is... friendly... right?
he does this at literally every opportunity
It doesn't really move on its own. I can pilot it remotely with mental commands, but the onboard computer won't operate it autonomously. [Which is for the best. Trust him, Sokka: AI in the suit = bad times.]
Sokka would believe that AI suits are bad juju
Ha ha, very funny. [Sokka doesn't sound amused by the joke. But he does look amazed by it.] But wow! This is actually totally cool! Gosh, someone inside of this would look exactly like Toph when she metalbent an airship door entirely around her body and took down those firebenders!
Except this would actually look so much cooler!
THEY ARE. T H E Y A R E.
Yeah it would, [Tony agrees smugly. His suit looks so much cooler than just about everything. He doesn't even need to know what the comparison is.
...Except he does, actually, because that sounds really interesting.] Who's Toph? There's such a thing as metalbending? [Wow, shit, maybe he takes back what he was just saying about not needing magic powers. Being able to bend metal with your mind? HELL yeah. He'd be just like Magneto— except still smarter, and... less evil.]
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Oh yeah, Toph is... well, she's practically one of my best friends. Though for you, she'd just be a little 12-year-old girl. Who's blind. And probably one of the greatest earthbenders of all time. And, you know, invented metalbending.
It's in part how we commandeered one of the Fire Nation's air blimps.
[Yeah, if Toph were here, he would not be stroking Toph's imaginary ego like that. In fact, even across the planes of existence, he can feel Toph's head grow just ever a little bit.]
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She sounds like somebody I'd like to meet. Was this blimp you commandeered one of the designs the Fire Nation [whatever that means] stole from you?
[Tony would certainly try to commandeer anything built from schematics that had been stolen from him. In fact, he has done exactly that before. Multiple times. You can't really patent stuff when you have a secret identity, okay?]
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Yeah, it was one of those. We were raiding the bridge of the ship, and she just throws open the door, wraps the metal around herself to keep all the firebending from hitting her, and then just starts going to town on those guys.
Ah, I miss having that girl around.
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[Pepper Potts and Toph Beifong, together, in the same universe? No one would be safe.]
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Well, any fire's going to have to be the responsibility of your Pepper. I mean, Toph's an earthbender, not a firebender. [Pause.] Either way, the building is likely to get demolished one way or the other by the sounds of it.
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[At that, Sokka just raps his knuckles against the standing up robot suit thing.]
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[You should have seen how excited she got about those laser grenades, Sokka.]
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Yeah if she comes here, I should probably take one of those self-defence devices. Just in case. I'd prefer to not be blown up.
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[Speaking of sneaking up on someone and blowing up a laser grenade in their face, that's exactly what Pepper's going to do if she ever comes here and finds out what tall tales he's been telling about her.
...Then again, maybe not. Maybe she'll appreciate arriving and already having a reputation for being terrifying.]
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Already giving me ideas on how to play her if you enable me, I see?]Well, useful to know. If I want to avoid a "laser grenade" to the face.
[Yes, he will totally use air quotes on that too.]
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[This is a very serious and true statement, but Tony's still grinning.] Speaking of invisibility - do you want to see what else the suit can do?
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[Seriously.]
So it's got other tricks too? Just how much stuff can actually fit in this hunk of metal?
[He doesn't say that derogatorily either. He's actually genuinely curious. So please, do show!]
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Why don't we take a break and head outside, and I'll show you what it can do?
[You want a show, Sokka? You're about to get the show of your life.]