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| OrionKarath | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 12:00 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Alright, I'm going to have to step in at Roon. Not the move there mind you, but the test of this nanite weapon. It does not exist in canon and it has not been requested. Any WMD needs to be requested, and management needs to at least be consulted and in agreement on the use of such weapons. This is why we have rule 2.1. To make this point further, should even a small amount of people die in an unnatural way, such as here at Roon, in the real world this would attract the attention of the medical community. Counter-pandemic programs would be attracted to this case and someone would come to check it out, especially since as in your post, these people have died in public. Someone is going to ring the bell, if anything, because of a fear of pandemic, if not being a concerned citizen.
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| Rath-Deschain | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 12:07 PM | Message # 2 |
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| i was working under the assumption that widespread use of a wmd would require request and not a brief test. i fully intended to request the ability to sell it, especially with the self-imposed limitations i had on it. as such, i will make said request immediately. it is fully expected that certain health groups will take an interest in the deaths. publicity is the wanted deal here. furthermore, if you search 'nanogene' on wikipedia, you will find reference to nanobots, also known as nanites. they may not be widespread in star wars use, but they are there. reference also the technovirus.
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 12:36 PM | Message # 3 |
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| The purpose of Rule 2.1 isn't only to look out for the well being of those poor NPCs. It is, in large part, to prevent publicity and panic over viruses and other bioweapons that would have a rather large impact on the entire RP and all of its members. In other words, the rule is designed to prevent exactly what you intend to do at Roon as well as at other planets you've mentioned to me in Messenger. This is why I've politely cautioned you to request it before, because I don't think it's likely to be approved. Also, even though I did suggest that it would be okay to test this at Roon, Orion has made a good point and convinced me otherwise. He and I discussed this last night and concluded that if you only mean to test the weapon, you could do it more practically on one (and only one) of your own men. Granted, Rule 2.1 does specifically say "catastrophic destruction," and what's happened at Roon isn't catastrophic by any means. The implications of it could be, however. But the point is taken that the rule needs to be clarified, and I'll get on that tonight if I can grab Orion on Messenger.
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| Rath-Deschain | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 12:46 PM | Message # 4 |
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| after our talk last night jace, i actually decided not to use the widespread approach. instead, it's a moneymaking device. there is no rule, as far as i know, about selling wmd creations, only using them. the only practical application i could see in their use would be on prakith and only if need be. testing such devices on one's own men is a sign of bad leadership though. the ebon fist is not the empire or isard regardless of its brutal methods at times. i mean, i could argue that blasters are weapons of mass destruction as well (refer to the selling of soviet arms post-ussr to third would countries versus nuclear weaponry) but i do understand the point of the rule. i'm just a tad wounded that it seems assumed i would do anything with large scale results without considering the good of the rp first. i have been here more than a day, after all.
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| OrionKarath | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 9:18 PM | Message # 5 |
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| No, but perhaps we should clarify that any new tech should be requested first. So, anything that doesn't exist in the canon at this point that one would want to use, needs to be requested before use. I will back off, this time, on this matter, but keep in mind that attention will indeed be grabbed as you intend, but it may not be the attention you were wanting.
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| Rath-Deschain | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 9:33 PM | Message # 6 |
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| if y'all want me to change my post, i can do it. it's no skin off my nose and that storyline is flexible. i'm just trying to prove nanites are canon. just sayin'. Added (27 Jul 2010, 10:33 PM)
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jace and i talked it over and i'm altering my post.
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 10:27 PM | Message # 7 |
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| Thanks for working with us on that, Drasek.
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| Rath-Deschain | Date: Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 10:57 PM | Message # 8 |
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| anytime, boss.
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