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expiationlogs2024-08-05 01:09 pm
finalfrontiersman) wrote in expiationlogs2024-08-05 01:09 pm
[ open ] science is neat, but I’m afraid it’s not very forgiving
Who: Jim Kirk, Spock, Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker, & You!
Where: STEM room at the club building.
What: Open house at STEM!
Content Warnings: Probably profanity, canon-typical lab accidents.
Where: STEM room at the club building.
What: Open house at STEM!
Content Warnings: Probably profanity, canon-typical lab accidents.
WELCOME TO STEM
Welcome to STEM! The room is cramped with activity, a bit of an organized chaos - well, if you ignore the fire in the corner. It's probably fine, don't worry about it; someone will rush in with the well-used fire extinguisher soon.
The walls are completely covered in writing and project diagrams, loosely organized based on what type of project it is: a physical engineering build, chemical synthesis, or coding work. The STEM members can be found flitting between projects, and are always down to assess new projects people might bring in to see what they can do.
The walls are completely covered in writing and project diagrams, loosely organized based on what type of project it is: a physical engineering build, chemical synthesis, or coding work. The STEM members can be found flitting between projects, and are always down to assess new projects people might bring in to see what they can do.
STEM TEAM
FIRST TIME?
The activity in the room can be overwhelming, but never fear; the STEM club members are all fairly approachable. Jim can be found at one of the worktables, offering beginner lessons in coding and technology basics, for those who may find Aldrip's advancements foreign.
On the other side of the room, the spider-teens are hard at work at the chemistry and engineering bench. All newcomers are encouraged to wear goggles and gloves, and observe proper lab safety protocol. Gwen and Peter are happy to help with improvements to the community or any projects the Chosen might bring to them.
As for Spock? Well, he's certainly something. When most filter into the room, they'll note that he spends the bulk of his time putting out the oft metaphorical or literal fires (though, 57.3% of the time he is the one setting most things alight), but never quite engages as readily and as surely as the others do.
Either way, when he's not tangled up in his own projects (and even when he is), he tends to shadow Jim. He seems most comfortable, upon further observation, when seated beside him. You might even get Spock to talk about what he's up to or help you out with items of your own if you catch him just right (if, well, the pile of assorted goods often dissembled and reassembled between everything else he appears to be doing is any real indication).
On the other side of the room, the spider-teens are hard at work at the chemistry and engineering bench. All newcomers are encouraged to wear goggles and gloves, and observe proper lab safety protocol. Gwen and Peter are happy to help with improvements to the community or any projects the Chosen might bring to them.
As for Spock? Well, he's certainly something. When most filter into the room, they'll note that he spends the bulk of his time putting out the oft metaphorical or literal fires (though, 57.3% of the time he is the one setting most things alight), but never quite engages as readily and as surely as the others do.
Either way, when he's not tangled up in his own projects (and even when he is), he tends to shadow Jim. He seems most comfortable, upon further observation, when seated beside him. You might even get Spock to talk about what he's up to or help you out with items of your own if you catch him just right (if, well, the pile of assorted goods often dissembled and reassembled between everything else he appears to be doing is any real indication).
FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT
If you're in an experimenting mood, perhaps you'll find yourself in the company of Gwen and Peter and their endless box of prototypes, in between messy blueprints and chicken-scratch papers.
As much as STEM pushes lab safety, practicing what they preach is easier said than done. Accidents do happen - the passive-aggressive lab safety flyers and fire extinguishers (are some of those empty by the door?) are there for a reason. If you happen to notice a fire before the excited nerds, feel free to leap into action - lucky you, there's a fire extinguisher within reach.
As much as STEM pushes lab safety, practicing what they preach is easier said than done. Accidents do happen - the passive-aggressive lab safety flyers and fire extinguishers (are some of those empty by the door?) are there for a reason. If you happen to notice a fire before the excited nerds, feel free to leap into action - lucky you, there's a fire extinguisher within reach.
CODING CLINIC
There's a workstation off to the side littered with computer parts, and when Jim isn't flitting between stations or teaching, he can be found situated at the computer terminal, plugging away at more complex code. Today, he's pouring over strings of data and building communicators - a bunch of them sit in a bucket by his feet as he finishes building each one.
Spock can be found where he usually is, situated toward the sidelines, buried in coding so complex that it makes one's eyes glaze over the longer they stare at it. Or, well, maybe that's the speed of his input?
Spock can be found where he usually is, situated toward the sidelines, buried in coding so complex that it makes one's eyes glaze over the longer they stare at it. Or, well, maybe that's the speed of his input?
HEY, WHAT'S THAT?
Spend long enough in the STEM club (or pay enough attention), and you might find yourself drifting towards the back corner. All of the STEM team members have drifted by at some point, and seem to be working on a more...sensitive project. Perhaps you received a message and this is what you're here for, or perhaps one of them pulled you aside and nudged you in this direction.
Jim is discretely handing out communicators and taking down names in a notebook; there's another terminal over here, with telemetry data that the STEM members seem to be debating throughout the day - adding numbers to a map of Aldrip that they not-so-casually cover with whatever's within closest reach whenever someone new approaches.
Jim is discretely handing out communicators and taking down names in a notebook; there's another terminal over here, with telemetry data that the STEM members seem to be debating throughout the day - adding numbers to a map of Aldrip that they not-so-casually cover with whatever's within closest reach whenever someone new approaches.
OOC INFO
Check out the OOC plotting post here; sign up for an exploration team for the player plot happening August 26th!
Want to plot out some involvement? Feel free to hit up any of the STEM members in the Game Discord / wherever you might have us added, we'll be happy to help get your character involved!
no subject
These, [ Jim gestures back to the communicators, the one sitting half-built on his worktable, the box of finished ones below. ] Are connected to a subnetwork. It piggybacks off the original network, but it's undetectable.
[ He picks one up and offers it to Yosuke. ] No Council monitoring.
no subject
[he remembers that weirdass message on the network from a little while back, and considers the communicator when Jim passes it to him.]
And you don't think they could figure out a way into this if they really wanted to?
[he's a bit suspicious.]
no subject
[ Is it their fault they knocked something loose, with their messing around? Jim's not owning up to anything. ]
Maybe, but it's unlikely. We built an internal network to anonymize the traffic. [ It's boring and complicated, but the point is they've been over every inch of the code in the communicators, and Jim's 99% sure there's no one monitoring it but them. ] So far, no unauthorized pings have been caught spying, and we're watching that closely to be sure.
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Weird. You'd think if it was an AI, it'd figure out something like this by now. Maybe it's fine with letting you guys talk anonymously?
[if it's really an AI, then aren't they all knowing or something? this goes a little deeper than Yosuke really knows.]
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Imagine it like this: we built a big ass wall around our locked down internal network. [ Jim gestures, trying to help conceptualize it. ] Each brick in the wall has a unique code attached to it. The AI has to figure out the code to each individual brick, in the hopes of making a hole large enough to slip through.
Now, [ Jim holds up a finger before spreading his hands expansively again. ] We're not just sitting behind our big ass wall. The codes for each brick keep changing. We change them at randomized intervals using a cipher program that also iterates, and plug it into a cascade effect - so if the AI figures out five bricks, well, when it changes again, they start all the way back at the beginning. You follow?
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Damn, you must do this sort of thing back home or something. That's really advanced stuff.
[but he nods, anyway.]
That... actually made sense, though. Mostly.
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I'm Captain of a crew that does a lot of research work. [ Not technically untrue, though vague enough in its expressed purpose. ] We do have to deal with a lot of security work.
[ The fact that he can hack like a motherfucker is unrelated, but Jim's not coughing that part up. ]
If you ever have any questions, about anything, we're here to help. [ It's what the STEM club is for, besides lighting random things on fire. Finding ways to make people's lives better, here in Aldrip. Jim's also been giving lessons on the very basics of technology, to those who might not understand what the hell a tablet even is. ] But, in short: it's as safe and unmonitored as we can feasibly make it, but never say die, I suppose.