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The Banzai Institute Mobile Communication Unit (a.k.a. "The Go-Phone"![[Image: wink.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif)
Developed before the unified communication network came online, the Go-Phone was the Blue Blazer standardized mode of communication. The base unit was a satellite phone, based on current 2008 high-end designs. The Global Network was established through a series of these phones, using private satellites and relay stations in orbit and planetside. Essentially a prototype of the Mark I, the Institute developed them in a modular format. A Go-Phone starter package has video communication, a GPS tracker, a USB connection, 4 Gb of storage memory, and a direct push-to-talk with Buckaroo Banzai. Other modules include a tracking circuit, slaved to bugs broadcasting on adjustable frequencies in the HF range, extended storage, access to online databases and libraries, and the features incorporated in the Mark II. The Armory is rumored to be experimenting with self-destruct modules, although Buckaroo flat out denies that this is an operative module. Installing modules can take a variable amount of time, depending on the unit, the technician, and the environment.
The Banzai Institute consistently updates the Go-Phones, maintaining levels equal to the OBJ comm units. World Watch One maintains a mobile broadcast station, tuned particularly to the Go-Phones. The phones themselves are called phones because of their distinctive cellular phone appearance. All Go-Phones are locked with a security password. Unsuccessful login attempts display the message, "This communication device is property of the Banzai Institute of Strategic Information and Biomedical Research. Returning it to the nearest convenient Blue Blazer will be rewarded." All login attempts are recorded in an integral flash drive, isolated from the rest of the system (this is not common knowledge). The phones are also shock resistant, waterproof, and resistant to temperature extremes. They can be charged off of American and European voltages.
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The Banzai Institute Mobile Communication Unit (a.k.a. "The Go-Phone"
Developed before the unified communication network came online, the Go-Phone was the Blue Blazer standardized mode of communication. The base unit was a satellite phone, based on current 2008 high-end designs. The Global Network was established through a series of these phones, using private satellites and relay stations in orbit and planetside. Essentially a prototype of the Mark I, the Institute developed them in a modular format. A Go-Phone starter package has video communication, a GPS tracker, a USB connection, 4 Gb of storage memory, and a direct push-to-talk with Buckaroo Banzai. Other modules include a tracking circuit, slaved to bugs broadcasting on adjustable frequencies in the HF range, extended storage, access to online databases and libraries, and the features incorporated in the Mark II. The Armory is rumored to be experimenting with self-destruct modules, although Buckaroo flat out denies that this is an operative module. Installing modules can take a variable amount of time, depending on the unit, the technician, and the environment.
The Banzai Institute consistently updates the Go-Phones, maintaining levels equal to the OBJ comm units. World Watch One maintains a mobile broadcast station, tuned particularly to the Go-Phones. The phones themselves are called phones because of their distinctive cellular phone appearance. All Go-Phones are locked with a security password. Unsuccessful login attempts display the message, "This communication device is property of the Banzai Institute of Strategic Information and Biomedical Research. Returning it to the nearest convenient Blue Blazer will be rewarded." All login attempts are recorded in an integral flash drive, isolated from the rest of the system (this is not common knowledge). The phones are also shock resistant, waterproof, and resistant to temperature extremes. They can be charged off of American and European voltages.
(Critique?)Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com
Ebony the Black Dragon
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"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."