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[Update] Kurt's blog Flying AQSYS
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themandotcom
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 		[Update] Kurt's blog Flying AQSYS
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The Path of Least Time
Flying AQSYS
Wednesday, July 26 2006, 04:20 PM
Forgive me if this is a little short, but I'm currently trying to contact Violet, Caine and Karen, set up the AQSYS system and come up with an excuse to leave work early - simultaneously.

As I've mentioned before, the AQSYS system is comprised of thousands of aerostats. These aerostats need to be periodically recharged and repaired from their base station in the north west of the city. Instead of hijacking the entire system all at once, which would surely be noticed, I'm instead overriding the aerostats as they leave their base.

When you visit the control page that I've set up, you'll be able to manoeuvre an aerostat directly, simply using the arrow keys on your keyboard. They aren't built for speed, so it might take you a little while to get the hang of 'driving' them; they also have a lot of momentum.

The other piece of bad news is that the isotope detector on the aerostats doesn't work in real time - it takes 'snapshots' every 20 seconds, represented by a red wave. If the aerostat is close to an isotope tag (as in, within approximately the same city block) it'll show a small red circle. If it isn't, it'll just display a directional arrow to the tag closest to it. Oh, and the snapshots will only work if the aerostat isn't moving. Supposedly this is something to do with the detector having high power requirements, but I put it down to poor engineering. In any case, it just makes our lives harder.

I've hacked up a little message box on the control page where you can report sightings. Please don't write any essays using it and keep to the point - this is the way Violet, Karen, Caine and I will be using to keep track of the four different parts.

The parts are still scheduled to leave the Academy at around 5:30pm, and hopefully you'll have control of AQSYS at that time. I don't know how long this will all take, but we'll all have to be alert.


Looks like it will be soon!
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 		45 minutes or so before parts dispatch, and 30 beofre AQSYS takeover.

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 		Bah, brief moment of hope when I realise I'm sat on a ward with nothing to do for the next hour...

...but no, the compies won't run it. Damned NHS.

Have fun, everyone!
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 		Damnit, missed the whole thing. That was very short notice, though I appreciate the 3P don't have the manners to telegraph their robberies for us. Smile Ah well.

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 		[UPDATE] Kurt's blog July 26 AQSYS activated
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AQSYS is now activated - visit the control page here. See my previous post below for details on how it all works.

Sorry I wasn't able to do the 5:15pm update - there was a minor crisis with Caine's car and we had to run over to the Engineering guys to sort it out. It doesn't matter anyway, I didn't have much to add.

I've hired a car that I'm going to use to try and shadow the parts on the ground. Since thankfully it's self-driving, I should be able to post updates here during the tracking.

Update 5:52pm: The messages we're receiving are pretty confused, but it seems like you're reporting that parts are west or northwest of Polygon Park. All of us on the ground are circling the area in our cars.

Update 6:04pm: I'm in the northwest, north of the Artist's Quarter, on Fivebridges. Caine and Violet were north of Polygon Park, heading east, last I heard. Karen is on Sweborg.

Update 6:19pm: Karen and I are around Azad Park - there seem to be a couple of parts around here. Violet's at Lang Stadium, Caine is north of Open Manifold. Just heard from Anna - she's managed to get out of work early and is heading home to monitor things online.

Update 6:32pm: I'm in the area around the Shift, Karen's now south of Azad. Caine's heading east towards Magine, not sure where Violet is.

Update 6:40pm: Circling around the area by Grand Frederik's, on the east end of Magine. Violet and Karen are nearby, Caine is following a sighting south, down Sharp Avenue.

Update 6:50pm: Seems like three of the parts have now entered Grand Frederik's and are being shielded - they've probably been loaded onto a train. The fourth part was last seen in the Old Town by the Brotherhood of the Six temple, and then it disappeared as well - that's probably the part that the Third Power wanted. Caine was heading down Sharp Avenue following it when he crashed, as usual. He's on foot now, heading towards it. Anna just called in to say that Fleming is due back from work pretty soon, so she might be able to check out the last sighting as well - she lives in the Old Town.


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 		If anyone wants the full map from today's system, I have it at http://stuff.perplexcitymap.com/aeromap.png
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 		I missed it all as well, I'm leaving it at the last seen place just in case.

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 		Excellent work on the map Daffy. There's a lot of memories to that map now.

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 		[My map sense is confused.]

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 		More news from Kurt. (A moderator wants the thread merged, so I'm keeping to this one.)

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Here's the deal - we tracked three of the tagged parts to Grand Frederik's, where it seems they were safely put onto a train for delivery to... wherever they were supposed to go. However, the fourth part seemed to have taken an about turn on its way to the station and headed down to the Old Town, and I can only presume that its transport was hijacked.

As I mentioned in the last post, Caine crashed while following it, and then it disappeared from tracking near the Brotherhood of the Six temple. Last I heard, Caine was near or at its last sighting and trying to see if he can find anything. Meanwhile, Karen and I are attempting to figure out which part was stolen...


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 		Laughing Being on the West coast of the US, and a late riser, I woke up after this whole thing had happened. Damn.

I'm looking around and don't see it, but did we ever get an inventory for what was in this shipment?

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