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Completed Let's Play: Primordia

Darth Roxor

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Right, before we proceed, there are two more things to snatch out of the info kiosk.

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Leopold the hobo robot called himself "Steeplebuilt". He also said there was one more Primordial robot but he can't remember him... conspiracy?

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And there's also this.

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Let's go forth.

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Cool

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Hey boss, look! That repairbot has a floating helper just like you do!

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I can't help it. She's beautiful.

:hmmm:

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Well, you're not getting to her until we deal with this cable. Given the electricity it's spitting out, I can't get close to it.

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Too bad we can't just plug it into the UNNIIC.

Indeed, there is a high-voltage cable blocking our way. But we can remove it using the Typical Solution (TM) aka use Crispy on it.

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Crispin, can you fly around the cable and push it off the street?

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But didn't you just say it's too dangerous to get close to it?

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I'm giving you a chance to impress her, Crispin. Just fly up high enough that you don't get close to the sparks.

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Fine!

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That did the trick. Now what's this red thing

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A crashed hover-bus.

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So we're going to fix it up and do something amazing with it, right, boss?

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No, it's not our property or our problem.

:(

Let's talk to the reaperbot

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Excuse me

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I've said it before, but I'll say it again. "You do know this ship is never gonna fly again, right?"

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You're right about that. This old Herringbus could hardly fly to begin with. Still, there might be some parts here that MetroMind can use to get another bus up and running. Anyway, what do you want?

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What happened here?

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What does it look like? The Herringbus's motor gave out and it crashed into the only bridge leading from Main Street to the rest of the city centre.

That's awfully convenient.

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Was anyone on board?

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Sure, but they've already been salvaged.

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Salvaged? Not repaired?

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You can't repair without parts, and you can't get parts without salvage.

The benefits of socialised health care! :thumbsup:

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What about building new parts?

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Yeah, my and what factory?

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Err, what about Factor? Isn't he a factory?

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Sure, a decommissioned one. Everyone wants to spot bugs, but nobody wants to write code. You got a better way to run a city, go out and build one. Otherwise, get with the program.

CAN'T CRITICISE TILL YOU'VE DUN IT, GUVNER

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You mentioned MetroMind...

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Yeah, sure, she's in charge of this big circuit board we call Metropol.

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What can you tell me about her?

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What do I look like, the information kiosk? You want to know what I think? MetroMind is the best thing that ever happened to this place.

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Really.

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Really. You, me, all the other machines grinding about, we're just tools in the toolbox. But MetroMind, she's got the master plan. "Progress". Has a nice ring to it, too.

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So is part of the master plan crashing buses into roads?

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Look, there's plenty of rust to go around, but MetroMind's the only one scrubbing. Not her fault that some of the metal's too far gone.

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It looks to me like *you're* the one scrubbing, not MetroMind.

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Like I said, I'm just a tool in the box. Now, I've gotta get back to work.

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Since you're close to her, do you know how can I talk to MetroMind?

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Ha! Talk to MetroMind! Look, she has an entire city to run. But... her eyes and ears are everywhere. If she wants to talk to you, she will.

Ominous.

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I'm looking for a big robot. A middle aged guy, floats and has huge claws and shoots lasers.

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...Scraper. After the last big cave in, the two of us worked together on trying to fix the Blue Line. He's on the simple side, but a hard worker. What about him?

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He took something of mine.

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Salvaged it probably, that's what most of us do for MetroMind these days.

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*Stole* it.

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Eh, you say router, I say rooter. Anyway, not my problem.

MetroMind totally doesn't sound like a crazed tyrant AI, huh.

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Where can I find Scraper?

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Do I look like a tour guide? Piece of advice for you: don't mess with the code if you can't handle the glitches.

:eek:

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Very profound... do you know where I can find a power source?

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If I did, I would have salvaged it myself and brought it to the tower.

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When will the bridge be passable? Soon?

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Well, seeing as how the last remaining airbus just crashed, I'd say opening the bridge to pedestrian traffic... something on the order of a month, give or take.

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A month?!

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Give or take.

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And there's no other way off main street?

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Not unless you've got a jetpack under that jacket.

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Well, at least that narrows down our options, boss!

Yes... AWFULLY convenient.

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My friend is curious about your helper.

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Oh, she's just a Sidekick Factorbuilt. Thousands of 'em rolled off the assembly line back in the day, but she's probably the only one left. Really not much more than a floating lantern, and headlamps are a lot cheaper.

*BEEP REEP* goes the bot.

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She says you're not much more than a floating plasma torch.

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She's right.

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Good bye.

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Uh-huh.

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What?! No way, boss! She's way out of my league!

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She's a *floating lamp*, Crispin. You've never had any trouble with lamps before!

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Well, I've never had to *talk* to one before, boss, just knock them off ledges. I've got no practice!

Lamp, you say.

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Hey, Crispin, how about practicing on this lamp?

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In front of her? Are you kidding?!

Oh, right.

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Gotta leave the area first.

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Hey, Crispin, how about practicing on this lamp?

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Ooh, good idea! Okay, here goes... You really light me up!

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...no.

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Okay, okay. Trust me, I know how to turn on a light.

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Definitely not.

...

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i cant believe im doing this :hmmm:

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:neveraskedforthis:

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All right, Crispin, it's now or never.

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*sigh*

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...

:what:


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Whoa... that was so easy!

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I don't know if I want it.

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That wire belongs to the city! That's coming out of your salary.

*BLOOP DOOP*

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You tell him!

let's get out of here this was way too disturbing

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Let's see what we have here.

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Oh boy.

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Horatio knocks on the door, like a true gentleman.

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Anybody home?

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You know, boss, I don't think this is ever going to work.

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You never know :M

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There's a keypad to the door. But the password is unknown to us.

Also, there's a really annoying bug in this game. Each time those close up shots of stuff appear - backup generator at the UNNIIC, the skeleton at the bunker, etc, some stuff can cause them to never close, which means you gotta re-enter the area before doing anything else.

Horatio comments the door bears signs of gunfire, but nothing serious.

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Some kind of track running up the side of the tower. It's far too high to try to climb.

Well, this tower seems like one of the ultimate goals for now. Let's continue the tour.

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O hey, there's another exit here.

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Ho boy, this looks, uh, promising.
 
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Brother None

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Yay plot convenience.

Also Horatio appears to be floating in the final shot. Has he ever done that before? Hmmmz.
 

MRY

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Two random things:

(1) The close-up overlay issue should be fixed in the current version. You could try updating. Sorry for the inconvenience.

(2) The floating is, I think, the product of an unfortunately placed rust-spot that looks like it's his shadow.
 

Brother None

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2) The floating is, I think, the product of an unfortunately placed rust-spot that looks like it's his shadow.

Ah! Right. I see it now. Stuff like that happens in screenshots, would be more obvious that he's not floating ingame.

This game looks totally awesome MRY I am buying the shit out of it. :bro:
 

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Thanks! Although, candidly, DarthRoxor is doing such an awesome LP, I'm not sure how much juice will be left in the thing for you by the time he's done. I guess you still have the aural aspect, and Vic's animations -- the large-scale ones, particularly -- can be really stunning. Plus, you get the developer commentary. Because who would want to hear me talk with a headcold into a bad microphone for 2.5 hours about all the self-congratulatory depth I can assert exists in the game?
 

Boris

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Not following the LP but I just played the "Beacon" short adventure game by Vic. Its pretty fucking sweet. Very nice "soviet" sci-fi atmosphere if one knows what that is. Try it out if you can find a download link.... I cant anymore. :confuse:
Is Vic by any chance a son of former german settlers who got disowned during the russian revolution or deported to Siberia during WW2? I know multiple Pflug's...
Victor Pflug

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Darth Roxor

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Let's check out this colourful bunch.

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A tiny robot, a robot with a monocle, a robot with a tophat, a rather nondescript robot and some kind of combat droid right in front of the door.

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187th Legionbuilt, Surly Company, reporting!

Soundtrack - War Pigs

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Uh, Horatio Nullbuilt, v5. A pleasure.

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Horatio Nullbuilt, sir? (Never heard of any servicebot with THAT designation). Still, it's good to see another Urbanian, sir. After things got FUBARed back home, I figured Surly Company was all that was left.

ó_o

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Urbanian? What are you talking about?

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B'sod. Finally meet a friendly and he's as cracked as Primer. No offence, sir, just hoped... well, nevermind that. How can I assist you, sir?

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Surly Company? Urbanian? What are you talking about?

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Umm... well, sir, I'm not sure quite where to start. I had you figured as one of us, seeing as how you came up as a friendly on my IFF.

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I could see you as a member of the *surly* company, boss, but as a *friendly*? Nah.

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Zoomie's got some mouth on him, huh, sir? (Always do, those fly-boys).

FLY-BOY GITZ

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Look, why don't you just give me a quick rundown?

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Well sir, can't see the harm, even if you are a decoy. War's over, after all. Was over before Surly Company even deployed. See, we're Urbanian robots. Long time back, Urbani and Metropol got to fighting over something, who knows what. The Metropolitans fragged our civilians, and Legion told us to strike back. Word was, some big airship of ours was supposed to knock out Metropol's defences, and we'd just come in and mop up. But the Metros took our airship down with their own heavy hitter, some giant named Goliath.

Curiouser and curiouser. What's that, Horatio? Isn't Metropol tagged as 'HATE' in your programming?

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I see.

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Anyway, Surly Company was all that was left, so we deployed, 200 strong.

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What happened then?

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Well, it's a long march from Urbani, sir, and most of us, well, most of us broke down on the way. All said and done, the only ones who made it were me, 113th and a signal bot called Primer. The rest are all out there in the Dunes somewhere.

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I'm sorry.

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War's war, sir. If it didn't crash hard, they wouldn't have built us in the first place.

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If it makes you feel any better, Horatio cut Goliath's finger off.

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Well, sir, someone ought to stick a medal on your chest.

:M

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Why are you in line?

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Seeing as how I'm on the outside now, sir, I figured I had to go pay restitution for shooting up the enemy HQ. Yes, sir, that big tower in the centre of the city.

The blast marks on the tower door are probably his, then.

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Okay... so why haven't you paid? It sounds like all of this happened a long time ago.

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Years ago, sir. But the courthouse has been locked down the whole time. I figure they'll open it up eventually, and then I can clear my name.

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What if it doesn't open?

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Well, sir, I know all about 'hurry up and wait'.

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What happened to the 113th and Primer?

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After we got to Metropol, we tried to put up a fight, but couldn't do much. They fried 113th, and my rifles jammed. Primer surrendered on our behalf. After dressing us down, they took all my big guns and sold 113th's shell to some scrap dealer. Primer was never the same. He encrypted parts of his own logic so he wouldn't have to think about losing the war any longer. Then he disappeared beneath the city. And me, I came here.

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How did the war end?

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For Surly Company, it ended when we staggered in here and surrendered. Beyond that, sir, it's all above my pay grade. Truth is, sir, we never really knew what we were fighting for, let alone what the Metropolitans wanted. So I can't say for certain that Metropol *won*. But I'm pretty sure Urbani lost, what with all the civilians being dead and the army being beaten.

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How do you know you even have to pay something?

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Just seems logical, sir.

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What if I could pay your fine for you, or get it cancelled?

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Well, sir, then I'd be much obliged, and I'd probably just leave town. Can't say that I much like being in the enemy territory.

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And how are we going to do that, boss?

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I'll figure something out... can I try opening that door?

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Belay that, sir. The authorities told me that no one goes in till the doors open on their own.

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But aren't we on the same side?

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Affirmative, sir, but since I'm on civ div now, my programming requires me to submit to local authorities.

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I inspected the damage. All you did was ding the metal.

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Well sir, until someone shows me the law that says I don't have to pay, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

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Good bye.

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Over and out, sir.

War never changes.

That would be all for the 187th for now, but we'll be back with him soonish.

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Some new stuff we can ask the info kiosk about.

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Back to the courthouse!

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This little bot just buzzes.

The others, however

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Oh, don't mind Cornelius. He's been bitter since the First Great Rolling Brown Out.

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Bitter?! I'll show you bitter, you back-biting bot-snatcher.

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I think I like these guys, boss.

I don't.

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What's in that building?

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Why, Arbiter's court, of course. Why else would we be here?

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I need to see Arbiter.

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We all do, my dear friend. But the courthouse is locked, and first come, first served.

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Why are you waiting in line?

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Justice! I am here for justice! To prove that *I*, Cornelius Factorbuilt, created this marvelous machine: Rex. Rex *Cornelius*built.

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Ignore him, my dear friend. (Candidly, he's 1023 flops short of a kilo, if you catch my drift). The machine's name is *Oswald*built. Rex Oswaldbuilt.

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This is over a name?! Why not just let Rex decide?

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Oh, no.

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Ridiculous!

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This is about pride!

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This is about principle!

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So, uh, boss... would you fight over *me* like this?

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You could call yourself Crispin Crispian for all I care. As long as you still pulled things off ledges for me, that is.

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Glad to know I'm loved.

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How are you going to decide who gets Rex?

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Through the law, fool, the law!

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Please excuse my brother. (He can barely remember Pi to the 23rd digit, let alone his manners).

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Four.

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I rest my case. Suffice it to say, old chap, we await the reopening of the courthouse. Or, more precisely, we await a summons from Arbiter, who will decide our case.

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Who will say whose contribution was more important. Who will say, in fact, that *my* contribution was more important.

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I'm looking for a big robot. It floats and has lots of claws and shoots lasers. It stole something of mine, have you seen it?

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Indeed. The robot you describe sounds like Scraper, MetroMind's enforcer. Whatever he took is gone forever.

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I refuse to accept that.

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Oh, he refuses! How delightful!

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Do you know where I can find a power source?

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Alas, my friend, power is not as abundant in Metropol as it once was.

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That mag-anchor MetroMind seized it all. Seized it, and doles it out. And there's hardly enough to around now.

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MetroMind keeps all power sources in the great tower, where the council used to meet. If you want to share in it, you will have to pay her in megacycles.

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Megacycles?

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Yes, megacycles, you ninny.

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CPU cycles. Brain power. The kind of power she really wants. Her own low-rate processor was made for running trains, not a city.

Seems the :obviously: bourgeois don't like living in this LIBRUL utopia.

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Could someone else judge your case?

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Of whom were you thinking? MetroMind perhaps? Authoritative, to be sure, but I'm afraid she would claim Rex for the Good of All.

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And since the subway schemer...

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(he means MetroMind)

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... shut down our builder, Factor, he cannot help either!

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What about Horatio?

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Who?!

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Who?!

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Me.

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And why should we listen to you?!

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I've built a robot before, and I have no stake in this.

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Yes, yes, very good, but this is a matter of law and logic. (A bit harder than banging together a tin can like your companion). How can we know your reasoning is sound?

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What if I could find someone you respect, someone who would be willing to judge?

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Well, I suppose there's no harm in looking.

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No harm to *us*, anyway. If you want to waste your time meddling in our affairs, then I suppose it is yours to waste.

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Very good, then. I am uploading he facts of our dispute to your datapouch. If you can find a suitable judge, let us know.

Right, so here are the facts:

- Design by Cornelius.
- Assembly by Oswald.
- Concept to completion: 4 years.
- Design time: 1 year.
- Cornelius invented new pneumatic drivetrain
- Assembly includes many servos, waldos and crankshafts.
- Cost of parts borne equally by both.
- Basic frame incorporates features of public domain model.
- Cornelius has several other well-known 'bot designs.
- Oswald has not built any other 'bots, but serviced Factor for years.

Let's take a few minutes to consider this, and probe the last robot.

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It doesn't respond.

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Boss, I'm pretty sure we're going to need to find another way to communicate with it.

:(

Back to the family feud:

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Test me.

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An interesting proposition. What do you say, Cornelius?

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What do I say? I say you are a liar and a thief, Oswald. But as to this... Horatio, as to him, so be it.

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Boss, if they make us find seven lost crystals, I'm quitting.

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Shh!

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Right-oh, consider this: At the Binomial Biennial, seven robots in the Probabilitists' Circle are gathered for a party.

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The what circle is gathered at the what what?! Is this some kind of vocab test?!

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I said quiet!

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Each robot is either a Factorbuilt, or a Sturnweilerbuilt.

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Blasted Sturnweilers!

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And moreover, each robot is designed with either a quad-core, a linear type, or a multiplex processor architecture.

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This is ridiculous.

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Pay attention! Factor or Sturnwieler! Linear-type, quad-core or multiplex!

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Indeed. Now I will tell you three things about these Probabilitists. First, there are more Factorbuilt robots than Sturnweilerbuilts. Second, every linear-type robot was built by Factor. Finally, Sturnweiler never built a robot with a quad core.

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Now listen! Which of the following statements about the Probabilitists Circle cannot possibly be true?

Yay, logic puzzle!

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Pfff, banal. If there are more Factorbuilts, there can't be 4 Sturnweilers in a group of 7.

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Four robots were built by Sturnweiler.

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Good show.

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The preceding facts are unchanged. Now answer this: if exactly two Factorbuilt robots have the same type of processor architecture, then which of the following must be true?

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This left me stumped for a very longer while doing calculations and exclusions, until I realised what 'exactly' could mean. If "exactly" 2 robots by Factor have the same processor, then no other group can have 3 of them, right?

Factorbuilt robots are in a number of 4 to 6, as they are the majority. This means for all 3 processor groups, only 1 has 2 robots, and the other 2 groups cannot be higher than 1 robot. This leaves the Factorbuilt group in a 2-1-1 formation of variable permutations...

... while the Sturnweiler group numbers 3 robots.

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Three of the seven robots were built by Sturnweiler.

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Correct. Here is the third question: The facts are still unchanged. Which of the following types of processor architecture might you find in a Probabilitist built by Sturnweiler?

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And this one is banal again. If all linear-types are built by Factor, and Sturnweiler never built a quad-core, he can only have multiplexes.

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Only multiplex.

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Hmpf.

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Well, it seems we have underestimated you, my friend. Please take some time to consider, and let us know when you are ready to hear our arguments.

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:obviously:

also

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:troll:

Let's get this over with

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I'm ready to hear your arguments.

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Excellent, excellent. My friend, this is not a difficult case. In the Primordium, it was once said: 'ten people have ten ideas, and twenty idle hands'. Wise Horatio, many years have passed, but the principle remains true. Did Cornelius have the idea for my beloved Rex? I concede he did. But who built him with his own claws and tools? Who hammered and soldered and wired Rex? That would be my humble self. Wise Horatio, a robot's fabrinymic has the suffix '-built', not '-designed'. And Rex is Oswald*built*, no matter who designed him.

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Okay.

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He makes a good case, boss.

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What about you, Cornelius?

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Bah. If you're so smart, you can figure this out for yourself. The question isn't *what* built Rex, but *who*. Your little friend there isn't named hammerbuilt, or plasma-torchbuilt. You call him *Horatio*built. Every robot uses tools to build, Oswald was merely a tool - a tool with tools (first, we need to agree what is an rpg a tool). My *vision* was the creative force. And if you disagree, you can go and rust in the rain.

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Hmm, what do you think boss? Who takes credit?

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That's right, RPG Codex. Who takes credit?
 
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Brother None

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Hmmm...

Factor. Since neither one of these could design ánd build him alone.
 

Jaedar

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Factorbuilt, should make the lady of pain metromind real happy.
 

Kipeci

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How about they split the robot, King Solomon style.
That's Crispin's thinking.

Because Factorbuiltbuilt is a terrible last name and I didn't pick this option on my playthrough, let's go with 'no one' to examine the rage that ensues.
 

JoKa

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This game looks very nicely written (and the LP as well). The design is gorgeous, hats off to the devs :salute:
 

Darth Roxor

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The die is cast. These two were only proxies-tools in the hands of Factor.

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Neither of you could have built Rex without the other. So neither of you can put your name on him. But, you both share a common builder - Factor.

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A common de-nominator, right boss?

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...sigh. Both of you are Factorbuilts. Therefore, your robot's name is Rex Factorbuiltbuilt.

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Factorbuilt... built?

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Ridiculous! And yet... the name is beyond dispute.

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Indeed

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Take this then, as a token of our appreciation. I've been told it dates to the Primordium itself.

Cornelius literally throws Horatio some kind of a token

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And the whole bunch departs.

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You know, *my* idea would have been to threaten to cut Rex in half.

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Yout got upset when I cut open that *fusebox*.

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Yeah, but that Rex just rubbed me the wrong way.

... wow I've only now just realised I should have tried using the plasma torch on Rex, maybe that would work. But eh, shrug, the answer gave us this thingy

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Had we named 'no one' as the owner of Rex, they'd both get pissed off and leave us with nothing, so I guess that's a success.

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It's a silver disc with a faded image embossed on its front.

Weeeee

Also, you might be wondering how we're going to get rid of the rest of the queue. One of the answers is right here in our inventory:

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Gee, a complete guide to every loop-hole in the laws against incest.

Err, not this answer

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"The law and you". It explains about the Refuge Rule.

As you may remember, the 187th is waiting in line to pay reparations for damaging the great tower with his guns. But he's done that on the same day he's arrived in the city, so...

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Well, sir, I'll be crashed.

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Under the Refuge Rule, you are fine, given the minimal damage caused.

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Well, for once I can't complain about the b'sodding peashooters they gave me. I owe you one, sir, if I ever see you again, I'll be sure to repay in favour.

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Fade to black, the 187th vanishes.

There's a key-card scanner next to the door, and the door itself is too tightly shut to open it, even with the crowbar. We'll have to return later.

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Remove yourself, please.

:what:

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Errr, I guess we need to wait our turn.

The fact this robot said anything seems weird given how we still can't communicate with it.

Unless...

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I'm going to try sending messages to him in binary.

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On an analog transmitter? Sounds like fun. For once, I'm glad you're the one with hands.

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Hello?

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May Mandelbrot's bulbs unfurl their spirals for you, Silent One.

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Silent One? You're the one who doesn't speak.

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What's he saying?

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Shh.

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You do not join the Harmony. I sing alone.

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Who are you?

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I am one part of the Great Fractal. To your kind, I would be known as Gimbal Built-By-Lapita, of Civitas.

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Civitas?

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The Choir is silenced. The burning ship has been extinguished. The strange attractors attract no more. I sing alone in confusion.

Sup, Prosper

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Why are you in line?

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When I came to this Silent City, I looked for other ones to join the Harmony. Leopold Built-by-Steeple told me that he had a device that would sing with me. In exchange for it, I traded my secondary motor. But what he sold me does not sing.

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Can I see it?

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You may have it.

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It's a record... but that doesn't explain why you're here.

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Leopold tricked me, and he will not return my motor. I will sue him and force him to return it.

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You have lawsuits in the Great Fractal?

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Infinite lawsuits, Silent One.

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Why don't you speak?

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I sing with all my voices. You hear only one.

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Can I go ahead of you?

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No, I must recover my motor so that I may dance with Harmony.

Bye, Prosper

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Looks like we're going to need to talk to Leopold about a motor.

Great. Given Leopold's shady business, I'm surprised the crowbar didn't break in two when we opened up the grate to the Underworks.

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Here's the record we got from Gimbal.

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It's a vinyl record entitled "Children's sing-a-long", whatever that means.

Fucking kids :rpgcodex:

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Wut.

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I am MetroMind.

O SHIT, IT'S THE FUZZ

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I've been watching you. I'm always watching. I know what you're doing. I know why you're here. You are welcome in my city. But that welcome can be taken away. And there are worse things to lose than a power core.

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Wait!

*DISTORTION*

this concludes our meeting with the authorities

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I'll bear that in mind.

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Did you buy an Urbanian robot named 113th Legionbuilt?

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I've done a lot of trades, tyro, an' I can't be expected to keep track of all of 'em.

TOTALLY NOT SHADY

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You need to give Gimbal his motor back, Leopold.

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All trades are final, tyro. Told 'im that before we did the swap. Not my problem he don't like records.

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You knew he wasn't looking for a record.

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Lissen tyro, I dunno what people want or don't want - they do. Not my job to do QA on their faulty logic.

Doesn't scale to their levels

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You know he's going to sue you, right.

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Let 'im try. First off, he can't get into the courthouse any more than you can. Second, what's his case? A deal's a deal.

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That would be a motor. We're gonna have to find a 'bigger one' to trade for it. Hardly a fair deal, but whatever.

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Also, this thing. Leopold wanted something 'antique' for it. Let's swap it for Cornelius's token.

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You wanted something antique and fancy? How about this silver disc?

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A fine trade, tyro. Here's the memory access device. Now all ya need to do is plug it into a datapouch.

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But there's no plug!

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Never said there was.

Hue.

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We have the means to work around this, fortunately.

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Whatever this will be useful for remains to be seen.

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The 'possessed' randroid gives out nothing but distortion.

But hey, look who's here

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To what do I owe the "pleasure"? Have you come to relieve me of another belonging?

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But Rex is right here!

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For the moment. Soon his visitation with Cornelius will begin.

Sounds like a bad case of divorce

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I'm sorry.

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Please do not embarass us both with your false sympathy.

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Why do you and Cornelius hate each other?

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Firstly, because he's arrogant, incompetent and dishonest. And secondly, because I once loaned him something of great sentimental value, and he lost it.

GG

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So why'd you ever like him in the first place?

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I cannot say

:eek:

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Good bye.

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Parting is such *sweet* sorrow.

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While stumbly blindly for stuff we could use the newly found memory-processing-thingy, I checked the bar, and the bartender droid dropped me a note.

conspiracy!

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It's a note from the bartender. "My programming requires me to serve Oswald. But he is consuming dangerous levels of oil. Please intervene".

Meh.

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You should stop drinking, Oswald.

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And why should I? Oil smooths the rough edges from when Rex was ripped away from me.

Derp.

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He's got a can of oil in front that he keeps gulping every few seconds, but I can't find a way to get rid of it for now.

Only one place we haven't checked out yet...

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SSSSSSSEEEEEEWWWEEEEEERRRRRSSSSSSSSSS

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Cute

Shells

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Hey boss, I think I saw something move in the water...

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That's just your imagination

inb4 dianoga

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It's rusted shut.

ORLY

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Can't stop a potato from getting inside a car : x

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I've scraped off the rust. Let's see what we have in here.

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This internal combustion engine is in relatively good shape. Let's see if I can manage this. Hopefully I won't be holding onto this engine for too long.

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Apart from these 2, the car's got nothing more to interest us.

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Hello there?

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It's a military-grade robot that looks a lot like Ever-Faithful Leobuilt and 187th Legionbuilt.

Ever-Faithful Leobuilt...

... 113th sold to a junk dealer.

Was Ever-Faithful the 113th?

Anyway,

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The wings of Urbani and his little trainee!

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Why is everyone we meet crazy?

Good question

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Crazy he says, oh my, oh dear. I assure you, my comrades, there's nothing to fear. Just little lost me, your brother knight errant. (A brother-in-arms, we have different parents).

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Who are you?

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My name is secret, you can't make me talk. I'd ruin the puzzle, give the key to my lock.

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Maybe we'll just call you Screw-Loose.

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A joker he seems, for sure not an ace. He needs a small clue, to spare him disgrace. For the crowds who adore me, Primer's the name! By now, no doubt, you've heard of my fame.

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You're 187th brother.

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Line up, toy soldiers, two hundred abreast. The bravest of brave, the best of the best. Wind up the toy soldiers to march on their way. The city is fallen, no reason to stay. Two hundred abreast, my sisters and brothers. Now only three left, forget all the others.

ANOTHER PROSPER

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I guess that's a yes.

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Fifty behind me, he came off the line. The gunner's no funner for being a brother of mine.

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How do you survive down here?

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I'm a soldier by trade, Legion built me to last. My armour is sturdy, my pistons are fast. I carry no guns, for my weapon's my mind. And those who would kill me will find themselves primed.

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Really? Don't you think you're overdoing it? I mean, that barely made sense! And it hardly rhymed!

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No...

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...

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... bro.

We'll be sure to avoid scurvy if we all eat an orange

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Why are you here?

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When we laid down our arms, my medal was taken. A trinket of honour, from the cause we'd forsaken. The Metropolitan thief cast it deep in this hole. Where now it lies buried, like bituminous coal.

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Cogs and gears, BITUMINOUS COAL?!

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You're looking for a medal?

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No, my comrade, you've misunderstood. I sit here and wait, as a penitent should. If the medal finds me, I shall claim it straight. But until that day, I shall sit here and wait.

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Why "Primer"?

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There is nothing so gorgeous, flawless, or fine as the perfectly indivisible numbers of prime. Consider this list, from 2 to 199:

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Well, *that* was helpful.

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Good bye.

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Farewell, farewell, linger not for my sake. Your mission is calling! The city awaits!

@_@

There are two more exits from this place, but we'll check those later.

For the time being:

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We can exchange the car engine for Gimbal's motor.

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Here you go, Leopold, a nice, big engine for you.

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Not bad at all, yer a real scavengin' expert.

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Is that a compliment, or an insult, boss?

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Wait a minute, this motor is broken! The copper wiring's been stripped!

That's what you get for doing business with hobo robots.

Hobots?

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All items sold as-is, tyro. An' I never said anythin' about copper wire being included.

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You're a fine piece of work, Leopold.

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Never said anythin' about that, either. Now you wanna trade, let's trade. Otherwise, get a move on.

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Fortunately, we have means to get around this as well.

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Hey! She gave that to me as a token of her affection!

:smug:

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I'll give you all the copper wiring you want once we're out of here.

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Like I want a token of your affection.

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Why don't we just use the plasma torch?

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That's not going to work this time.

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The crowbar?

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Nope.

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No crossing, you say?

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Eaaaaaaaasy

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My joy rises like the phoenix. You are silent, but you know the Harmony. Now I must continue my search. Farewell, Silent One.

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You know, I'm kinda glad I missed out on that one, boss. Sometimes it's nice to just be along for the ride.


And that would be all for today. Next update we'll penetrate deeper into the Underworks, and who knows, MAYBE FINALLY ENTER THE FRIGGIN COURTHOUSE.
 
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