I was personally wagering on the players that are no longer with you, but their characters are. I've been on the side of the screen the GM is on. "Waste Not, Want Not."

Still, if that's been done and such detection methods cannot be defeated or tricked, then my theory is incorrect. That happens. I guess intensely, and really think I am right, but I have been wrong before, so to me it's cool if that happens.

I'm weird in that I believe a game lives or dies by the willingness of those in the game to question the world or game they are in. To have unanswered questions in the universe is totally fine, especially if they talk about those ideas in setting and it is pretty clear no one knows but they have vigorous debate about it.

Like, Winter Herald's going to have ideas, but they are going to be through the lens of a machine that is programmed to behave like a human. He doesn't know what the hell magic or psionics actually are, and he'd just view them as another kind of physics. He'd wonder why it was that an artificial mind would be incapable of using this power normally - that would be a legitimate mystery to him.

In reply to Bellissima (msg # 902):

Oh, I agree with that Winter Herald, it is good to ask questions.  Seek to understand what is happening in a game context. :)

Just a quick GM note, here.
The only character to indicate that room #10 isn't the radar control room is a character dependent on the radar remaining active to, at least, delay a full military response.

So that could mean...before Strike Team moves on..smash the Radar room anyways for good measure! :)

So, wouldn't Lite Star and I get a signal indicating that it is the radar room, and Villains Never Lie isn't an accurate trope in this case? I found myself wishing I had TV-Video or Surveillance Systems, so I could turn that against FORCE. Most people don't know this, but a lot of old school vacuum tube models of television were not hard to rig into a two-directional surveillance system.

You have to jump through more hoops to do it with the newer stuff. More hacky, less hands-on.

Can't use out of character knowledge for stuff my guy should not have (yet; hoping for an eclectic career).

But yeah, blow it up for the hell of it isn't a bad idea. I mean, I was talking about dropping half of this structure into the sea, so one room isn't exactly a sacred cow.

I have a couple questions about the latest GM post in the Strike team thread.  First, The Maharaja moved back closer to Winter Herald.  What happened to the polar bear?  In the legend there is an indicator for Phantasma and Snowblind but they're not on the map.  Have they not arrived yet?
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Perhaps, PHANTASMA as a master of solid light illusions made the polar bear as a distraction and he and Snowblind are currently being made invisible or perhaps just concealed by PHANTASMA's Light illusory power?

Do not believe your eyes... rely on Bellissima ESPer Senses, Lite Star's and Winter Herald's sensors.. OR even your own ability to sense Chi...

Unfortunately, my character isn't going first, but on the plus side, he can at least see a target. Not sure how much damage to throw - I've never critically... uh, crashed into someone on foot. Especially when I don't have the body block move.

FYI Winter Heart, I have an idea that might change your actions, but have to wait my turn to post incase Lite Star's post changes my mind. :)

Hmm - intriguing. Better tactics than mine are always appreciated. I'll notify the OOC if I'm required to edit, and the specific post edited accordingly.

So, wouldn't Lite Star and I get a signal indicating that it is the radar room, and Villains Never Lie isn't an accurate trope in this case?
• If the room holds the 'control and communication processor', but all multiplexing and transceiving components are at the antennae there would be no signal to get. There are computers and consoles in the room, but the only interface appears to be some sort of dual palm reader.

1. The Maharaja moved back closer to Winter Herald.
   • I fixed that, it should display correctly, now.
2. What happened to the polar bear?
   • It vanished, as if it never truly existed.
3. In the legend there is an indicator for Phantasma and Snowblind but they're not on the map.  Have they not arrived yet?
   • They have arrived but are not visible

They could also just be obscured by an ice wall.
The 'C' is a seven-foot tall man-locust, flying through the hall with its wings. I haven't decided how to adjudicate an 'untrained body block', yet.

Go Get em' guys! Kick some super-criminal ass!

So, based on initiative order - he'd see something attempt to manipulate the console and likely fail. He wouldn't attack it, but he'd draw conclusions that this thing is important.

Bellissima's correct. I'll be changing my actions in the next post here. One moment, and apologies Maharaja for the chaos.

Message #149 in Strike Team altered, and rather significantly. No direct combat has been initiated on my end. Apologies for any confusion caused.

Will edit my post in a few minutes. Sorry about that.

Secondary edit done, but mostly because I seem to have forgotten something important when operating a computer in this game: the Computer Operation roll.

Being optimistic, I expect 25-33% success. Pessimistically, 0% success, although things at least get learned.

Muting him should be easy - that's volume control, although it might be overridden on his end once he figures out what I did, and if he can do that at all.
Overriding his command, even with his own voice? Might be trickier. There's a lot of variables there.
Asking the computer to give me a README or bring up Mister Clippit or something to help a new machine out? Maybe it will work? Depends on how user-friendly his tech is.

I know the limits of OS vs programming. OS can use the device for what it is intended for. Programming can have your radar station start playing Pong, so I'm trying to avoid anything that might be the latter. I'm hoping that my efforts can help Bellissima or vice versa - even though he has no idea what is making those buttons move, so far, everything that has popped out of thin air has been a friendly.

Beginning this Saturday evening, 02 April, through Thursday morning, 07 April, I will be incommunicado.  There are two days during that time I might have access, but will likely be too busy to post.  NPC me if you must.

Ah, no! Hopefully it is because of RL fun rather than something serious and not fun.

I do hope it is fun....

Ah-hA you are Daxter. I am Jenouise. ;->

No.  Jaster.  LOL.  Jenouise and Crusader are two very different characters. LOL

So are Jacob and Josh.

Of course they are
  Though, they do have quite a bit in common.

Sorry, lost my service the other day. Now have to see what I can post.

Again, apologies for changing the nature of my own actions. I'll dial back my enthusiasm a touch for the future.