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85.219.40.100: /* Soviet Involvement */

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Soviet Involvement

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	How about a cult of machinists who have found their way into the gears to be closer to their 'god'. They even believe they have to become part of the machine to be closer to god, so have begun experimenting with the gears and surgically implanting them into their own bodies. Meaning they wont be destroyed by the engineers, as it will see them as part of the machine. Might even upgrade a few of them if they get enough surgery.		How about a cult of machinists who have found their way into the gears to be closer to their 'god'. They even believe they have to become part of the machine to be closer to god, so have begun experimenting with the gears and surgically implanting them into their own bodies. Meaning they wont be destroyed by the engineers, as it will see them as part of the machine. Might even upgrade a few of them if they get enough surgery.
	===Soviet Involvement===		===Soviet Involvement===
	Far across the world from the State's opening is Naukograd 28 ('наукогра́д-28') - the legendary soviet science city built to cap the second shaft that was cut in 1961. The Soviets where the first to attach generators to the churning gears, effectively creating free and seemingly endless energy. They ~~where~~ also the first detonate a nuclear charge inside the Machine - the official rumor is that they were attempting to destroy a 'factory' producing 'sentinels', attack-automatons who stuck out at soviet generators.		Far across the world from the State's opening is Naukograd 28 ('наукогра́д-28') - the legendary soviet science city built to cap the second shaft that was cut in 1961. The Soviets where the first to attach generators to the churning gears, effectively creating free and seemingly endless energy. They were also the first to detonate a nuclear charge inside the Machine - the official rumor is that they were attempting to destroy a 'factory' producing 'sentinels', attack-automatons who stuck out at soviet generators.
	Military spending versus the automated defence system is partially responsible for the fall of the USSR.		Military spending versus the automated defence system is partially responsible for the fall of the USSR.

	===Delvers / Genetic Memory?===		===Delvers / Genetic Memory?===
	Some people have some instinctual knowledge of parts of the machines functions, or an unerring sense of direction in the mechanical tomb. This phenomenon is still unexplained and might possibly be some racial or genetic memory. Whatever it might be, it is capitalized by the explorers, who wish some modicum of guidance in the bowels of the earth.		Some people have some instinctual knowledge of parts of the machines functions, or an unerring sense of direction in the mechanical tomb. This phenomenon is still unexplained and might possibly be some racial or genetic memory. Whatever it might be, it is capitalized by the explorers, who wish some modicum of guidance in the bowels of the earth.

85.219.40.100: /* lolwut encounter */

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	As OP has said in the past, you can expect delvers to have radios that can cover at least a reasonable distance within the machine.		As OP has said in the past, you can expect delvers to have radios that can cover at least a reasonable distance within the machine.
	===lolwut encounter===		===lolwut encounter===
	So the Party comes across the remains of a ancient remains of a group of Pre-Flood adventures. a group of Clay tablets in remarkable condition list their cause for traveling into the depths, however its extremely difficult to translate. Eventually the party discovers that the Machine at one point in its maintenance cycle caused the massive flood discussed in so many religious texts. Within the tablets ~~their~~ is a club to understanding a meter within the machine that indicates the next flood, and it seems it going to happen again very soon...~~...~~		So the Party comes across the remains of a ancient remains of a group of Pre-Flood adventures. A group of Clay tablets in remarkable condition list their cause for traveling into the depths, however its extremely difficult to translate. Eventually the party discovers that the Machine at one point in its maintenance cycle caused the massive flood discussed in so many religious texts. Within the tablets there is a club to understanding a meter within the machine that indicates the next flood, and it seems it going to happen again very soon...

	===Knowledge===		===Knowledge===
	Don't outright tell the players that there's engineers. Hint at it, build it up. Shadows flit around that weren't made by any of the cogs, this pipe has been loosened!, you hear metallic tapping against the floor of the maintenance tunnel up ahead...		Don't outright tell the players that there's engineers. Hint at it, build it up. Shadows flit around that weren't made by any of the cogs, this pipe has been loosened!, you hear metallic tapping against the floor of the maintenance tunnel up ahead...

85.219.40.100: /* Basic Roleplaying */

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Basic Roleplaying

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	==System==		==System==
	===Basic Roleplaying===		===Basic Roleplaying===
	It is proposed that we use ~~[[Chaosium\|~~Chaosium's]] Basic Roleplaying with the sanity rules from 6e [[Call of Cthulhu]] added.		It is proposed that we use Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying with the sanity rules from 6e [[Call of Cthulhu]] added.

	==Archived Threads==		==Archived Threads==

50.136.51.175: /* Engineers on the Surface? */

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Engineers on the Surface?

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	Items that Engineers have 'repaired' always develop the same aesthetic as the machinery: analog not digital, and operating in accordance to arcane principles. They are not self-powered, but can be powered by hooking them up to a drive-shaft or something. They generally manage to fulfill their earlier function, but in strange ways (a broken flintlock might be repaired by replacing the powder-pan with a steam-compression chamber, for example).		Items that Engineers have 'repaired' always develop the same aesthetic as the machinery: analog not digital, and operating in accordance to arcane principles. They are not self-powered, but can be powered by hooking them up to a drive-shaft or something. They generally manage to fulfill their earlier function, but in strange ways (a broken flintlock might be repaired by replacing the powder-pan with a steam-compression chamber, for example).

	Some of these repaired items, however, retain no semblance of their original purpose and do something else entirely. Attempts to expose an Engineer to a nuclear power station in the hopes of having it create a kind of analog perpetual-motion machine resulted in it breaching the core and having the reactor go critical.		Some of these repaired items, however, retain no semblance of their original purpose and do something else entirely. Attempts to expose an Engineer to a nuclear power station in the hopes of having it create a kind of analog perpetual-motion machine resulted in it breaching the core and having the reactor go super critical.

	This was in Chernobyl. People in the area suffering from fallout reported seeing bizarre mutations and anomalies, including the cogroach, filament grass, and people developing literal glass eyes.		This was in Chernobyl. People in the area suffering from fallout reported seeing bizarre mutations and anomalies, including the cogroach, filament grass, and people developing literal glass eyes.

	Engineers have no affinity for digital or chemical technology, and therefore do not repair watches, computers, or batteries.		Engineers have no affinity for digital or chemical technology, and therefore do not repair watches, computers, or batteries.

	===Atmosphere?===		===Atmosphere?===
	The robot engineers as a rule don't have to completely destroy the desolate/mysterious feel (which i think is the big strength of this idea), its really how you play them. A giant robot busting out yelling "Intruder" is campy, but if the robot just stands there, pulling a lever... and nothing the PCs do can make him stop... creepier. Unfortunately, puts us back in the spot of needing good enemies to fight.		The robot engineers as a rule don't have to completely destroy the desolate/mysterious feel (which i think is the big strength of this idea), its really how you play them. A giant robot busting out yelling "Intruder" is campy, but if the robot just stands there, pulling a lever... and nothing the PCs do can make him stop... creepier. Unfortunately, puts us back in the spot of needing good enemies to fight.

31.32.166.209: /* On Technology */ removed unnecessary insults

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	(Lear's Note: CoC San System)		(Lear's Note: CoC San System)
	===On Technology===		===On Technology===
	While it's true that military technology, and by an extension technology derived from military technology, never did get much of a boom the way they did in the real world, the need for machines capable of storing vast amounts of data and calculating dimensions, power output and the like means that computers advanced pretty far. ~~<s>~~There's no satellite-based technology as we never went into space, nor is there nuclear technology~~</s>'''Yeah Right Faggot'''~~, as scientists are working on duplicating some of the more easily understood power sources hooked up to the machine. What's really come far, though, is various ways of preserving food and water, as well as communications, as both are vital for explorers.		While it's true that military technology, and by an extension technology derived from military technology, never did get much of a boom the way they did in the real world, the need for machines capable of storing vast amounts of data and calculating dimensions, power output and the like means that computers advanced pretty far. There's no satellite-based technology as we never went into space, nor is there nuclear technology, as scientists are working on duplicating some of the more easily understood power sources hooked up to the machine. What's really come far, though, is various ways of preserving food and water, as well as communications, as both are vital for explorers.

	An explorer can be expected to have some kind of basic firearm (not that it will do him much good, but people seem to find having it around comforting), some rope, shitloads of freeze-dried rations, tools, flashlights, a radio and tablets for purifying urine. Essentially what an explorer today would bring, ~~<s>~~minus any technology relying on satellites.~~</s> '''Shut Your Whore Mouth~~		An explorer can be expected to have some kind of basic firearm (not that it will do him much good, but people seem to find having it around comforting), some rope, shitloads of freeze-dried rations, tools, flashlights, a radio and tablets for purifying urine. Essentially what an explorer today would bring, minus any technology relying on satellites.

	===Religious Views / Machine Cults===		===Religious Views / Machine Cults===

99.94.139.128 at 08:53, 5 July 2011

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