[8.1.4] Wonderful stories of power and energy - Recursion - 8/6/07

**The_Merovingian**

The mannequin's story is strangely incomplete. If it is a lie, it is hardly a good one. And if it is not... Well, we shall see.

**Cmdr_Dezreki**

Hm. Good work, everyone...

...and, sir, please do send Flood my apologies; I'm sure he understands.

**ZaneZavin**

The absence of truth is a strange thing. How long can a half truth persist while one seeks knowledge? The pieces are in position.

**Mave**

I like the part where we stormed the meeting. Maybe even more when we cleaned out. Good times indeed.

Rosincrantz

((I loved how we could barely get a word out. I'm glad they log these things, because of Zion and the Machines, I couldn't read a *CENSORED* thing that the Merovingian or Morpheus said. What an embarassment.))

Shadow Griever

Am I the only one who noticed the first four screens? What was happening between the Merv, Effy and the General? Why did the Effectuator put his hand through that Elite's chest, killing it? Why would it warrant a thumbs up?

**Neoteny**

Most curious. Most curious, indeed. Of course, I would not find it at all surprising if Morpheus had been lied to on certain matters, or if his simulacra were not perfectly designed with all of the facts. More curious, however, would be why the Merovingian seems to have taken such an interest in this. He seems to be very specifically interested in the power bluepills provide, how, exactly, it works, and where, exactly, everything is located. Perhaps he intends to convert the fields over to a new system of his own design? Time will tell, I suppose.

((And really, shame on the majority of the peanut gallery there... That was just idiocy supreme. Honestly, Dez was the best player involved, followed by those who didn't belong there, and had sense enough to say very little, or nothing at all.

And, please, no offense, Rare, but if you're going to ignore NightTrace for questioning Pace's authority, the least you could do is ignore all of the spammers at events like these. I'm not going to lie - they made the event look cheap.))

**MetaLogic**

Neoteny wrote:

((And really, shame on the majority of the peanut gallery there... That was just idiocy supreme. Honestly, Dez was the best player involved, followed by those who didn't belong there, and had sense enough to say very little, or nothing at all.
And, please, no offense, Rare, but if you're going to ignore NightTrace for questioning Pace's authority, the least you could do is ignore all of the spammers at events like these. I'm not going to lie - they made the event look cheap.))

I agree completely!

**NightTrace**

MetaLogic wrote:

Neoteny wrote:
((And really, shame on the majority of the peanut gallery there... That was just idiocy supreme. Honestly, Dez was the best player involved, followed by those who didn't belong there, and had sense enough to say very little, or nothing at all.
And, please, no offense, Rare, but if you're going to ignore NightTrace for questioning Pace's authority, the least you could do is ignore all of the spammers at events like these. I'm not going to lie - they made the event look cheap.))

I agree completely!

I do to. Especially about the part where I get ignored for following what my character would do.

**PS10N** · 08/08/2007 01:44:17

The Elite Commandos in the construct are linked to individual Sentinels in the Real. The Merovingian had warned the General to stay in designated areas and otherwise obey orders, or there would be consequences. It seems to me that the Effectuator reached into the chest of an Elite Commando and stopped his heart, thus "killing" the Sentinel in the Real. An example to the General to stay loyal, I'm sure. The thumbs' up is merely the subordinate reporting a mission accomplished back to his superior. The Merovingian's interest in power sources points to his plans to expand his influences in the Real.

Our engineers are working on ways for Holographics to distinguish between Machine Sentinels and Merv Sentinels, but for now we are assuming that the ones that run from a firefight are the Merv's and the ones that keep coming are the Machines'. In a way the General did us all a favor by tearing the Machines' Sentinel army down to the manageable size it is now. The small pockets of Sentinels on patrol haven't kept us from establishing secure broadcast positions. The Rocket Propelled Grenade EMPs are working very well... the squiddies scatter when we fire them and, although the EMP blast range is small due to the limited power supply on board the RPG-EMP, the speed at which the shock wave advances usually catches a few and downs them. The advantage of a ranged EMP blast is that our own systems are not affected. I'm glad we took advantage of the peace time to prepare for war, otherwise we would have been stranded every time we had to resort to blowing an EMP. Thanks to the research necessary for powering the EMP defenses of New Zion, the RPG EMPs are a success.

(((As for the rest, please use Xfire or the other IMs to call in troops who aren't already jacked in when we are needed to sway the outcome with numbers.
Also, as I've plead before, during Live Events: stay in character, role-play and say relevant and/or dramatic things, or .... be quiet.
Ruining events for everyone else is the height of juvenile behavior; quit it.)))

"Combined with a form of fusion, the machines had found all the power they would ever need..."

This is a very old discussion. Do the machines (mechanicals, not redpills) even need human-generated power at all or are they just being efficient by not letting it go to waste?

"You won't let it happen. You can't. You need humans to survive."
"There are levels of survival we are willing to accept."

Why then keep nearly 8 billion in the pods? What's the real reason the machines need humans and seemingly need to control us?

Ponder...

**Mave**

((Yeah it turned into a spam fest after a while. Good thing I kept up with the reading. Of course I'll admit, the event kinda just drudged on and on at one point and I walked outside to spam the EPNs.))

**GypsyJuggler**

Well, if you'll pardon the cliche, that was very interesting.
The simple reason for (original) Morpheus' knowledge is that he was tutored by the Oracle. It's possible of course that there's something deeper and more complex going on but for now Occam's Razor is the rule to follow.

**Marias**

Feel free to exercise that ignore feature Rarebit. Just sayin'...

**Ballak**

Trayen1 wrote:

Feel free to exercise that ignore feature Rarebit. Just sayin'...

Yeah I have to agree. Well you know there are some events that end up in the mature people's hands, and then there are some events where the peanut gallery get ear of it. I swear, some of what those people were saying were just pathetic. "What is the power source of the pods." "bananas" Get real. :/

**LtCmdr_Tsusai**

Mave wrote:

((Yeah it turned into a spam fest after a while. Good thing I kept up with the reading. Of course I'll admit, the event kinda just drudged on and on at one point and I walked outside to spam the EPNs.))

How many points did I lose for looking like your mother again? XD