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| [Gaming] City Stats |
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Posted by: robkelk - 06-03-2010, 12:45 AM - Forum: Fenspace
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There's http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG37-0138]a new GURPS supplement out there... so here's a new page for the FenWiki. Did I get the populations and CR ratings correct?
City Statistics
These writeups assume that [[handwavium] is a non-magical substance; those who believe otherwise should adjust the writeups accordingly.
==Crystal Tokyo (2014)==
Population: 5,000 (Search +0)
===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Aerostat, Sealed
Appearance: Attractive (+1)
Hygiene: +1
No Mana (No Enchantment)
===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Average (x1)
Status: 0 to 6
===Political Environment===
Government: Representative Democracy
CR: 3 (Corruption -1)
Military Resources: $260,000
Defense Bonus: +5
===Notes===
[[Crystal Tokyo] is the capital of Venus, the headquarters of the [[Venus Terraforming Project], and the home base of the [[Crystal Millennium] faction. Thus, searches for government officials and high-society members have a +2 bonus.
A notable minority of citizens speak Japanese, enough that most signage (and all public signage) is bilingual.
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==Kandor (2014)==
Population: 250,000 (Search +3)
===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Rock World, Sealed
Appearance: Attractive (+1)
Hygiene: +3
No Mana (No Enchantment)
===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Average (x1)
Status: 0 to 4
===Political Environment===
Government: Representative Democracy, Free City
CR: 3 (Corruption -2)
Military Resources: $13,000,000
Defense Bonus: +4
===Notes===
[[Kandor City] has strict public health controls and a healthy environment, giving it its high Hygene rating.
Notable minority languages in Kandor include Japanese (especially in the university district) and Russian (mainly around, but not necessarily within, [[Korolev Air Force Base]).
The Corruption bonus is higher for the "Double 0" agents, varying by the agent but a full -6 for [[A.C. Peters|the Scarlet Angel]. They aren't actually corrupt; they just get to ignore the rules whenever necessary.
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==Stellvia (2014)==
Population: 250 (Search -2)
===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Orbital, Sealed
Appearance: average (+0)
Hygiene: +1
No Mana (No Enchantment)
===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Comfortable (x2)
Status: 0 to 3
===Political Environment===
Government: Dictatorship
CR: 4 (Corruption -0)
Military Resources: $32,500
Defense Bonus: +12
===Notes===
[[Stellvia] has a high transient population, not included in the statistics listed above - search rolls can have a -1 penalty or +1 bonus depending on the nature of the current hotel guests (and the GM's whim). There is also a large mercantile population on the station; Merchant Search rolls are at +2 (for a net +0).
A large minority of the permanent citizens are AIs. These are included in the Population rating because all or them have android bodies, and thus act (and are legally treated) the same way as flesh intelligences. All of the AIs are fluently bilingual, speaking Japanese and English.
The high Defense bonus is due to concealed anti-ship weaponry, and thus is unknown to the majority of Fenspace.
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==Helium (2014)==
Population: 2,500 (Search -1)
===Physical and Magical Environment===
Terrain: Plains, Sealed
Appearance: Beautiful (+3)
Hygiene: +2
No Mana (No Enchantment)
===Culture and Economy===
Language: English
Literacy: Native
TL: 8^
Wealth: Average (x1)
Status: 0 to 4
===Political Environment===
Government: Representative Democracy, City-State
CR: 2 (Corruption -0)
Military Resources: $65,000
Defense Bonus: +6
===Notes===
[[Helium] is built on the edge of Valles Marineris; while the surroundings are plains, the city enjoys the defensive benefits of Mountain terrain from most directions.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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| iPhone Users: "Suck It!", says AT&T |
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Posted by: Sofaspud - 06-02-2010, 07:28 PM - Forum: General Chatter
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http://www.pcworld.com/ar...nlimited_data_plans.html
I'm not an iPhone user (not for lack of desire, but lack of funds), so this doesn't affect me directly. But I can't help but see this as a money-grab by AT&T. I have a long history in the wireless market working for providers; I *know* how expensive it is to deploy new and upgrade old infrastructure. It's a right pain in the ass, it really is. But you have to look at long-term goals, and I don't think AT&T remembered that here. They're panicking about network congestion and bleeding coffers and trying to solve it in the time-honored Corporate fashion, which is to say, stick it to the users, they're sheep and don't mind being sheared.
Bad AT&T. Yeah, your legalese covers you in court, and you can change the terms at any time, like you're doing... but legalese doesn't help with consumer opinion. And I hope this bites you in the ass.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
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| Defying Gravity |
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Posted by: Proginoskes - 06-02-2010, 06:19 PM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play
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Defying Gravity, from the Original Cast Recording of Wicked.
Quote:GLINDA
(spoken) Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm for
once, instead of flying off the handle!
(sung) I hope you're happy!
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever!
ELPHABA
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy, too
I hope you're proud how you
Would grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition
BOTH
So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy right now
GLINDA
(spoken) Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry:
(sung) You can still be with the Wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted:
ELPHABA
(spoken) I know:
(sung) But I don't want it -
No - I can't want it
Anymore:
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!
It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
GLINDA
Can't I make you understand?
You're having delusions of grandeur:
ELPHABA
I'm through accepting limits
''cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down:
(spoken) Glinda - come with me. Think of what we could
do: together.
(sung) Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been
Glinda -
Dreams, the way we planned 'em
GLINDA
If we work in tandem:
BOTH
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I
Defying gravity
With you and I
Defying gravity
ELPHABA
They'll never bring us down!
(spoken) Well? Are you coming?
GLINDA
I hope you're happy
Now that you're choosing this
ELPHABA
(spoken) You too
(sung) I hope it brings you bliss
BOTH
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy, my friend:
ELPHABA
So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
I'm flying high
Defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!
GLINDA
I hope you're happy!
CITIZENS OF OZ
Look at her, she's wicked!
Get her!
ELPHABA
:Bring me down!
CITIZENS OF OZ
No one mourns the wicked
So we've got to bring her
Down!
Thoughts on powers: flight (obviously), with a much less extreme version of the "I Will Survive" "obnoxious self-sufficiency" side-effect. If Doug were a man of lesser spine or moral fibre, I would suggest a confidence-boost pertaining exclusively to sticking to one's principles, but as he is I rather doubt he'd even notice.
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