In my field armor would have been moot, but then again we were supposed to be far enough back to be safe. This was well before FPV drones, though...
Far Frontiers Gateway Sector #2
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I never rode in armor - studied ways to destroy/impede it... but the very idea of being stuck in the metal can gives me the shivers...
Yet... I can also understand the thrill of "They only have small arms, we're fine!" that several inches of metal armor must provide.
kilemall
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Even in WWI they got a lot of unhealthy attention with big guns, in WWII it was other tanks and inf carried missiles and AT guns and planes, and it’s just gotten harder.
Plus the gotta kill it before tank kills us and tank is noisy announce presence thing.
196-2511 Gateway News Service- Gateway
Orion Robotics Company announced today that it was releasing the latest in the Alice line of robots. The Alice-3 is a new model of the extremely popular Alice line of home bots. The Alice 3 has improved “skin”, a faster and more capable processor with enhanced AI and safety features over the previous Alice 2 models. Also the voice module is far more life like than previous robots. Alice 2 robots have been used as corporate support as receptionists, with many having a hard time telling them from real humans.
The Alice can be shaped, configured, and programmed to the purchasers exact specifications, which have helped make the Alice 2 line so popular, and the corporation are expecting the Alice 3 to be even more popular. The Alice line, has an enhanced carbon nanofiber structure, with a 72 hour power pack to allow the robot extended time away from power.
The Alice-3 can be equipped with any number of features such as recording systems, chef programming, domestic help packages, as well as a number of less “public” packages since the Alice line of robots are designed for the individual purchaser. The Alice-3 can respond to verbal commands, as well as learn over time so as to ensure that their purchaser feels they got their money’s worth. Also owner satisfaction has been high for those who purchased the earlier generation of Alice-2 units.
Domestic Help chipped Alice robots are very popular in the elite circles of Gateway society, with almost everyone who is anyone having at least one if not a complete staff of Alice robots at their main, country, and vacation homes. One of the features of the Alice series is the security chip which prevents hostile reprogramming of the robots. Owner safety is the highest priority of the Alice line of robots. Hard wired into the series, this security chip allows the owners to be completely at ease with their Alice series devices.
The Alice-3 is now available at a base cost of 800 stellars, with upgrades pushing it into the 3-4,000 stellar range depending on the upgrades requested. Private service is available for those customers requesting the utmost discretion for their purchase of an Alice-3. Some have said that this is the most lifelike robot ever produced on Gateway.
The increasing use of robots has depressed the market for human domestic help, and with the complete cut off of shipments from GeneCo due to slavery concerns, the rich and influential are increasingly turning to robots for their domestic help. Orion Robotics has announced new and easy financing options for those who are looking for the latest Alice-3 system for their use.
Orion Robotics Company announced today that it was releasing the latest in the Alice line of robots. The Alice-3 is a new model of the extremely popular Alice line of home bots. The Alice 3 has improved “skin”, a faster and more capable processor with enhanced AI and safety features over the previous Alice 2 models. Also the voice module is far more life like than previous robots. Alice 2 robots have been used as corporate support as receptionists, with many having a hard time telling them from real humans.
The Alice can be shaped, configured, and programmed to the purchasers exact specifications, which have helped make the Alice 2 line so popular, and the corporation are expecting the Alice 3 to be even more popular. The Alice line, has an enhanced carbon nanofiber structure, with a 72 hour power pack to allow the robot extended time away from power.
The Alice-3 can be equipped with any number of features such as recording systems, chef programming, domestic help packages, as well as a number of less “public” packages since the Alice line of robots are designed for the individual purchaser. The Alice-3 can respond to verbal commands, as well as learn over time so as to ensure that their purchaser feels they got their money’s worth. Also owner satisfaction has been high for those who purchased the earlier generation of Alice-2 units.
Domestic Help chipped Alice robots are very popular in the elite circles of Gateway society, with almost everyone who is anyone having at least one if not a complete staff of Alice robots at their main, country, and vacation homes. One of the features of the Alice series is the security chip which prevents hostile reprogramming of the robots. Owner safety is the highest priority of the Alice line of robots. Hard wired into the series, this security chip allows the owners to be completely at ease with their Alice series devices.
The Alice-3 is now available at a base cost of 800 stellars, with upgrades pushing it into the 3-4,000 stellar range depending on the upgrades requested. Private service is available for those customers requesting the utmost discretion for their purchase of an Alice-3. Some have said that this is the most lifelike robot ever produced on Gateway.
The increasing use of robots has depressed the market for human domestic help, and with the complete cut off of shipments from GeneCo due to slavery concerns, the rich and influential are increasingly turning to robots for their domestic help. Orion Robotics has announced new and easy financing options for those who are looking for the latest Alice-3 system for their use.
199-2511 Gateway News Service- New Joseon
The New Joseon Ministry of Security has directed that all Brain Dance Studios Cyberdyne XII systems be pulled from stores, and those who have purchased them, are directed to turn them into police immediately for their safety. Two cases of brain scraping have been discovered at the New Joseon Intelligence Agency where several analysts were using the VR headsets and cyberdecks to attempt to break encrypted data.
The two employees who were the victims of the device have been placed on leave, and are currently undergoing medical assessments to determine if they can eventually be returned to work. The search warrant at Brain Dance Studios have been completed and our sources are telling us that there is an undercurrent of fear running throughout the Security and Intelligence services over what they have found so far.
A source speaking to us anonymously, and without permission has said that the employees at Brain Dance were working for a foreign intelligence service, but they decided to be greedy, and so modified the software and hardware to allow them to brain scrape the victims of their financial data. In a shocking disclosure, it does not appear that the Black Sun Group is actually implicated in this particular event, but some different actor.
Right now police have identified close to 22,973 discrete victims with the average loss being right at 250,000 won (50,000 stellars) each with a number of the victims losing their entire life savings. Three victims worked for major companies, and the losses in those cases are in the billions of won since all three were in position to handle large transactions of currency.
The Cyberdyne XII unit has been sold across the sector, and so the number of people who have been compromised is astronomical. Security Specialists from Freedonia have arrived to assist the New Joseon investigators in this matter.
The New Joseon Ministry of Security has directed that all Brain Dance Studios Cyberdyne XII systems be pulled from stores, and those who have purchased them, are directed to turn them into police immediately for their safety. Two cases of brain scraping have been discovered at the New Joseon Intelligence Agency where several analysts were using the VR headsets and cyberdecks to attempt to break encrypted data.
The two employees who were the victims of the device have been placed on leave, and are currently undergoing medical assessments to determine if they can eventually be returned to work. The search warrant at Brain Dance Studios have been completed and our sources are telling us that there is an undercurrent of fear running throughout the Security and Intelligence services over what they have found so far.
A source speaking to us anonymously, and without permission has said that the employees at Brain Dance were working for a foreign intelligence service, but they decided to be greedy, and so modified the software and hardware to allow them to brain scrape the victims of their financial data. In a shocking disclosure, it does not appear that the Black Sun Group is actually implicated in this particular event, but some different actor.
Right now police have identified close to 22,973 discrete victims with the average loss being right at 250,000 won (50,000 stellars) each with a number of the victims losing their entire life savings. Three victims worked for major companies, and the losses in those cases are in the billions of won since all three were in position to handle large transactions of currency.
The Cyberdyne XII unit has been sold across the sector, and so the number of people who have been compromised is astronomical. Security Specialists from Freedonia have arrived to assist the New Joseon investigators in this matter.
201-2511 Gateway News Service- New Canberra
Drop Bear Protection Service has opened new offices on Hyboria, Outback, and has expanded to the Loch Lomond Corridor. Drop Bear Protection Services, a subsidiary of Thevins Off World, specializes in colonial protection, Xeno Consultation services, wildlife management, Xeno-Containment systems and planetary security operations.
DBPS is located in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Thevinsport, and it has been a feature of the subsector for the last fifty years. DBPS has teams which can respond within weeks of an outbreak of Xeno-critters. They have their own ships which have all been upgraded to Jump 3, so they can respond quickly to any emergency request. Prices are negotiated at the time service is requested, with a 50% cash up front deposit required.
Their unofficial motto is; “Harden the @%(! up Princess, the Professionals are here!” They are in high demand when your planetary environment is attempting to terminate you, or as they call it, “Just another day in the Outback”.
Drop Bear Protection Service has opened new offices on Hyboria, Outback, and has expanded to the Loch Lomond Corridor. Drop Bear Protection Services, a subsidiary of Thevins Off World, specializes in colonial protection, Xeno Consultation services, wildlife management, Xeno-Containment systems and planetary security operations.
DBPS is located in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Thevinsport, and it has been a feature of the subsector for the last fifty years. DBPS has teams which can respond within weeks of an outbreak of Xeno-critters. They have their own ships which have all been upgraded to Jump 3, so they can respond quickly to any emergency request. Prices are negotiated at the time service is requested, with a 50% cash up front deposit required.
Their unofficial motto is; “Harden the @%(! up Princess, the Professionals are here!” They are in high demand when your planetary environment is attempting to terminate you, or as they call it, “Just another day in the Outback”.
205-2511 Gateway News Service- Marduk
Ashe Rao here on Marduk for the Gateway News Service. We have been granted an exclusive meeting with Commandante Luck who is the leader of one of the bands of insurgents who are self proclaimed “Freedom Fighters” attempting to run the Amaterasu forces out of their countries.
Rao: So Commandante, what made you start your fight?
Commandante Luck: Well, madam, we are just poor freedom fighters attempting to remove the rapacious Amaterasu forces who are killing our people, and attempting to crush us beneath their heel.
Rao: Some have called you a terrorist, what do you say to that?
Luck: Well, of course Amaterasu, which is renowned for its brutal and destructive occupation would say that. They are the ones who are rounding up our people, and treating our beloved Outer Slobbovia and New Podunk as occupied territory, violating the rights of Freedom Loving People everywhere!
Rao: But you are conducting a campaign of car bombs, assassinations, IEDs, which are killing those same people you are claiming to be trying to protect?
Luck: In war, eggs must be broken to make the omelet, a great general once said on Terra. We are sorry for the collateral damage, but they will be remembered as martyrs to the cause. We will erect statues to them after we throw out the Amaterasu occupiers.
Rao: I have been told that there is a price on your head by the Amaterasu Security Forces?
Luck: Yes, but they will never collect on that. I am here, I am there, I am EVERYWHERE!
Rao: Where are your funds and weapons coming from? Some say that you are just a puppet of New Drakkensburg.
Luck: Lies! Complete Lies! As for our funds, patriotic citizens have donated the money. As for the weapons, we have our sources, and we really wish that people would stop accusing those zealous and patriotic New Drakkensburg benefactors of having some sort of evil intent. They are patriots as well! Everyone knows that New Drakkensburg is there for the small guy, the oppressed, the weak, they are defenders of right and honor!
Rao: What about the ambush last week of the Amaterasu patrol where two vehicles were destroyed with complete loss of life? Is that not excessive? What about rumors that you and your command are getting rich on the donations that you have received?
Luck: Not if we want to win. Blood will flow until the invaders leave our sacred motherland! As for the other, it is completely false, lies, lies I tell you! I really have to go, we have an operation which will strike another blow for freedom, and we are planning it at the new beach house!
Asha Rao here, signing off from our meeting with Commandante Luck, leader of the Freedom fighters of Slobbovia.
Ashe Rao here on Marduk for the Gateway News Service. We have been granted an exclusive meeting with Commandante Luck who is the leader of one of the bands of insurgents who are self proclaimed “Freedom Fighters” attempting to run the Amaterasu forces out of their countries.
Rao: So Commandante, what made you start your fight?
Commandante Luck: Well, madam, we are just poor freedom fighters attempting to remove the rapacious Amaterasu forces who are killing our people, and attempting to crush us beneath their heel.
Rao: Some have called you a terrorist, what do you say to that?
Luck: Well, of course Amaterasu, which is renowned for its brutal and destructive occupation would say that. They are the ones who are rounding up our people, and treating our beloved Outer Slobbovia and New Podunk as occupied territory, violating the rights of Freedom Loving People everywhere!
Rao: But you are conducting a campaign of car bombs, assassinations, IEDs, which are killing those same people you are claiming to be trying to protect?
Luck: In war, eggs must be broken to make the omelet, a great general once said on Terra. We are sorry for the collateral damage, but they will be remembered as martyrs to the cause. We will erect statues to them after we throw out the Amaterasu occupiers.
Rao: I have been told that there is a price on your head by the Amaterasu Security Forces?
Luck: Yes, but they will never collect on that. I am here, I am there, I am EVERYWHERE!
Rao: Where are your funds and weapons coming from? Some say that you are just a puppet of New Drakkensburg.
Luck: Lies! Complete Lies! As for our funds, patriotic citizens have donated the money. As for the weapons, we have our sources, and we really wish that people would stop accusing those zealous and patriotic New Drakkensburg benefactors of having some sort of evil intent. They are patriots as well! Everyone knows that New Drakkensburg is there for the small guy, the oppressed, the weak, they are defenders of right and honor!
Rao: What about the ambush last week of the Amaterasu patrol where two vehicles were destroyed with complete loss of life? Is that not excessive? What about rumors that you and your command are getting rich on the donations that you have received?
Luck: Not if we want to win. Blood will flow until the invaders leave our sacred motherland! As for the other, it is completely false, lies, lies I tell you! I really have to go, we have an operation which will strike another blow for freedom, and we are planning it at the new beach house!
Asha Rao here, signing off from our meeting with Commandante Luck, leader of the Freedom fighters of Slobbovia.
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