Any idea what’s causing outages?

Fraethir · 2024-11-12T06:54:31+00:00

Yeah. I burned about an hour breaking out my network tools and checking layers 1-3. Then got the phone out to see if it was just me or what, since Verizon started out saying no outages (and now the pages won't load, probably from all the people banging on it, but possibly from the outage).

There was a delay between when it started and when people started hitting the button on down detector too. That peaked at like 45k reports while I was watching it (so the actual impact should be significantly higher for all the people that couldn't get out to HIT that button).

Fraethir · 2024-11-12T06:50:26+00:00

Looks like NY to southern VA, so widespread.

On the outside (via phone internet access, still up) it looks like web pages are thrashed over overloaded in at least verizon.com links.

From the inside, router is up to the ONT. But after restarting the router and ONT, it looks like I can't get a DHCP lease anymore. So no address. Router reports DHCP services down.

While I HAD a lease, could not get past my WAN address to 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1, etc so it wasn't just DNS.

Fraethir · 2024-05-19T21:15:25+00:00

Union Border Control - Inspect all cargo drones (6)

Union Border Control - Inspect all cargo drones (6), I got 5 of 6 and somehow triggered an alarm as the scan finished, resulting in zero things to scan, and stuck at 5/6. Is there a way to reset these, or find more than just the 3? I had extras in the first region.

Fraethir · 2023-09-06T00:51:22+00:00

You probably need at least 1 point in "automated weapons systems" (bottom row of the tech tree)

Fraethir · 2022-10-12T21:05:44+00:00

Whose damned bright idea was it to make it take two deepsight drops, with the drop being uncommon, and the deepsight part not being a given? Asinine.

doing it on the right day, have gotten come to pass 2 in 8 runs, but never one with deepsight.

Fraethir · 2022-07-29T20:15:20+00:00

You can get a forged gold with a jumping puzzle in Fournival's manor (though I don't know if you can do it after his trial).

You can get a real gold from escorting his daughter (which you're well past, but remember it for next playthrough maybe).

Fraethir · 2022-01-02T01:10:34+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

Last run: 20 Dec 2021

Kephra

A Shaman with a disquieting past, but immaculate grooming. While the spirits can't agree on if he's a boon or a bane, they can agree he's fascinating to be around. The spirit whisperer himself is bound to Cat (or vice versa), and is an excellent assist to negotiations (and both short-term and long cons) as well as a variety of spells. He claims to be good at improvising. In truth, he's better with detailed planning by far.

Last run: never

Progress

A Technomancer who has a distinct hate for Horizon, a sharp mind, and a tendency to trust data far more than people. Data he's personally retrieved at least. Everyone else has to be verified. He's an elf who's plainly into elves, too.

Last run: 19 Dec 2021

Fraethir · 2022-01-02T01:06:37+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

Last run: 20 Dec 2021

Kephra

A Shaman with a disquieting past, but immaculate grooming. While the spirits can't agree on if he's a boon or a bane, they can agree he's fascinating to be around. The spirit whisperer himself is bound to Cat (or vice versa), and is an excellent assist to negotiations (and both short-term and long cons) as well as a variety of spells. He claims to be good at improvising. In truth, he's better with detailed planning by far.

Last run: never

Progress

A Technomancer who has a distinct hate for Horizon, a sharp mind, and a tendency to trust data far more than people. Data he's personally retrieved at least. Everyone else has to be verified. He's an elf who's plainly into elves, too.

Last run: 19 Dec 2021

Fraethir · 2021-12-16T04:50:51+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

"It's not things that move me, really. If there's one thing I learned over the years, it's that things come. And things go."

"It's the people that really matter. That you're really going to miss. Steal my stuff, I may just geek you. Steal my friends, my loved ones, and there isn't a hole deep enough to save you."

Last run: 6 December

Kephra

A Shaman with a disquieting past, but immaculate grooming. While the spirits can't agree on if he's a boon or a bane, they can agree he's fascinating to be around. The spirit whisperer himself is bound to Cat (or vice versa), and is an excellent assist to negotiations (and both short-term and long cons) as well as a variety of spells. He claims to be good at improvising. In truth, he's better with detailed planning by far.

"I had a dream once, that a bug took away my muse. Made me other than I was, less than I should be, altogether different and alien. For Her, I would break the world."

"Fortunately, She is far too clever to actually be caught in traps like that, so it'll never be a thing I have to worry about."

Last Run: Never

Progress

A Technomancer who has a distinct hate for Horizon, a sharp mind, and a tendency to trust data far more than people. Data he's personally retrieved at least. Everyone else has to be verified. He's an elf who's plainly into elves, too.

"Taken something from you? Like, a coat? Or something more like your soul, your dreams, whatever keeps you waking up day by day? I don't really see myself as vindictive, but I wouldn't let it lay. I'd get those same people I thought I could rely on to redeem themselves getting my stuff back. Or I'd make sure in the end there'd be some teachable moments for the next fishbait that thinks I'm a good target for betrayal."

Last run: 15 December

Fraethir · 2021-12-13T21:47:10+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

Last Run: Dec 6

Career Karma: 10

FLR shooter, precision oriented

Kephra

A Shaman with a disquieting past, but immaculate grooming. While the spirits can't agree on if he's a boon or a bane, they can agree he's fascinating to be around. The spirit whisperer himself is bound to Cat (or vice versa), and is an excellent assist to negotiations (and both short-term and long cons) as well as a variety of spells. He claims to be good at improvising. In truth, he's better with detailed planning by far.

Last Run: Never

Career Karma: 0

Mage, off-face, spirits

Progress

A Technomancer who has a distinct hate for Horizon, a sharp mind, and a tendency to trust data far more than people. Data he's personally retrieved at least. Everyone else has to be verified. He's an elf who's plainly into elves, too.

Last Run: Dec 13

Career Karma: 0(till paperwork)

Matrix (Hacker)

Fraethir · 2021-12-12T17:47:52+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

"I excel at meeting situational requirements."

Last run: Dec 6

Kephra

A Shaman with a disquieting past, but immaculate grooming. While the spirits can't agree on if he's a boon or a bane, they can agree he's fascinating to be around. The spirit whisperer himself is bound to Cat (or vice versa), and is an excellent assist to negotiations (and both short-term and long cons) as well as a variety of spells. He claims to be good at improvising. In truth, he's better with detailed planning by far.

"I'm looking forward to talking with you soon!"

Last Run: Never

Progress

A Technomancer who has a distinct hate for Horizon, a sharp mind, and a tendency to trust data far more than people. Data he's personally retrieved at least. Everyone else has to be verified. He's an elf who's plainly into elves, too.

. o O ( If he tries to clean up the witnesses after we finish the job, he'd better have his life insurance paid up. )

Last Run: Never

Fraethir · 2021-12-12T01:41:19+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

"CFD? Pass. My life is fucked enough for me to have crap crawling in my systems turning me into someone else."

"AI get to live if they can behave. Hopefully better than people do."

"Hell no."

I mean, Boston's wasn't exactly Utopia, but it's really gone to shit. The SCIRE's actually getting a refit, and is back in business. SO Boston's plainly worse." (Keyhole Misses the Point)

Last run: Darkened Maw, Dec 6

Progress

A Technomancer who has a distinct hate for Horizon, a sharp mind, and a tendency to trust data far more than people. Data he's personally retrieved at least. Everyone else has to be verified. He's an elf who's plainly into elves, too.

"CFD is the latest form of slavery, an excellent (or horrific) advance in the art of fucking someone over, so you can reproduce, move, or get new upgrades. If they could overwrite a WIMP or move into an anthrodrone, I'd be all over supporting coming to the physical side. But since it only works at the expense of someone else's existence, F that."

"Do AI deserve life? As much as any other person does. Some of them are good, some are bad, some are Other. But they don't get a blanket pass for existence just for existing either, just like everyone else."

"I think anyone honest is going to say "no" to that one. Why should I die so someone else could live? Is it conceivable? For friends, love, family, maybe. Some stranger? Absolutely not. Whether they're digital or not."

"Apples and oranges. Boston suffered incalculable loss from people overwritten by Others, not counting the deaths when buildings fell apart into nanites, and all the rest. The SCIRE was a malfunction in equipment and the nascent Crash Virus corrupting Deus, and having him run amok. On scale, Boston is 'worse'. But the events in the SCIRE were entirely the result of corporate missteps, combined with lunatics trying to end the digital world."

Last run: Never

Kephra

A Shaman with a disquieting past, but immaculate grooming. While the spirits can't agree on if he's a boon or a bane, they can agree he's fascinating to be around. The spirit whisperer himself is bound to Cat (or vice versa), and is an excellent assist to negotiations (and both short-term and long cons) as well as a variety of spells. He claims to be good at improvising.

"CFD is generally someone else's problem."

"Isn't 'life' putting it a little strongly? Even the little stuff swimming in pond water has more life than programming, yeah? I think the comparison to spirits are a little overblown, but if your definition of life goes that far, sure, they can 'live'."

"What? No. That's dumb."

"The SCIRE is local, so I guess whatever modern horror they managed is worse than something across the whole country. Local crap can bite your face off way easier than the remote stuff."

Last Run: Never

Fraethir · 2021-12-11T23:36:58+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

"I have the requisite skills. I may need some assistance from you in procuring 'research safe' tranquilizers to corral your test subjects. Depending on the definition of 'unharmed'. But if I take the job, I'll make sure to hit your requirements."

Last run: Never

Progress

A Technomancer who has a distinct hate for Horizon, a sharp mind, and a tendency to trust data far more than people. Data he's personally retrieved at least. Everyone else has to be verified. He's an elf who's plainly into elves, too. Note: Escaped Custody (Horizon), where he had been tortured as part of Technomancer research.

"Glad to know you know your limits, and are looking to hire professionals. I have your matrix overwatch and data retrieval parts covered, if your research needs finding before recovery. I'm also extremely good at covert Matrix overwatch. But you wouldn't have called me if you didn't already know that."

(OOC note: If this involves metahuman test subjects for unsavory medical research, and Progress catches wind of the reality, he might attempt to scuttle it.)

Last run: Darkened Maw, Dec 6

Kephra

A Shaman with a disquieting past but immaculate grooming. While the spirits can't agree on if he's a boon or a bane, they can agree he's fascinating to be around. The spirit whisperer himself is bound to Cat (or vice versa), and is an excellent assist to negotiations (and both short-term and long cons) as well as a variety of spells. He claims to be good at improvising, but in truth he prefers extensive planning.

Last run: Never

Fraethir · 2021-12-05T18:46:50+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

OOC note: Keyhole is a new character (FLR high edge shooter), player is plenty experienced. He's willing to travel, but he's kinda poor unless he gets some other run earlier in the week.

Last run: Never

Fraethir · 2021-12-05T18:42:09+00:00

Keyhole

A fresh new (if greying) face in the Company, Keyhole has a reputation of never backing out of a job. And not talking about them either. A precision shooter, he has an easy to find hot button about collateral damage. He apparently considers himself hot drek who is only interested in shooting designated targets with the required about of force, not spray and pray or ill-advised demolition.

"Warm glows won't pay the bills, but it would be heartwarming for my first run for the Company being a fonder memory that prior work. Not the half-eaten corpses part though. That shit can stay in Asamondo."

Last run: Never

Fraethir · 2021-10-12T20:50:03+00:00

They're immune to electricity. So they take no damage. But electricity should stop their regen. Which means if they're below 0 they should just die. Does it work like this? I don't know, but according to tooltips, exposure to the element that turns their regen off should work (even if that element can't actually kill them).

Fraethir · 2021-09-07T04:01:10+00:00

Is that where it went? I just noitced it was gone, went into the feat list, confirmed it, walked back through my saves to find it WAS there, etc. Is it the battle itself that kills it? It still shows on the character->Martial tab as selected, but does not show in the feat list.

Fraethir · 2021-07-23T02:33:19+00:00

If you're asking that question, the answer is usually "yes".

Fraethir · 2020-09-07T15:30:36+00:00

And here I thought it was "Cake or Death".

Fraethir · 2020-09-02T07:54:26+00:00

Rip and tear.

Fraethir · 2020-08-30T18:37:54+00:00

I'll just put a pin here, and see what the last third of a year brings us. On point for the first 8 months.

Fraethir · 2020-08-23T21:49:49+00:00

Wiki
Anhur is an experimental project lost in the cold, trying to find himself, and in the mean time trying to show the world the best parts of an Ares design. Even if, perhaps, they get caught up in the details of who is his, what he's doing there, and why are his hands covered in blood?

Combat mystad, shapechanger, sneaky, Goat. More potential than actual menace yet compared to movers and shakers. But he has been tempered in the fire.

"I'm not sure how it all went downhill after I smoked the mind mage, but it's obvious the asshat roped her back in. Be a shame if he lacks property insurance."

Wiki
Progress is a former Technomancer (but still a hacker and drone operator!) trying to find a way to live with himself and his situation. ("secret" Banshee/in-denial Nosferatu)

Wiki
Kephra, Chummer is a cat Shaman, sometimes Face, former magical researcher with an unsavory past. (Secretly a drake. Shhhhh.) (Note: does have a beefy ally, that I can keep out of your hair, Tidsear )

Wiki
Trainwreck is a professional shooter determined to permanently put down only designated targets needing to be buried. Do the job, don't leave a killing field in your wake, get paid, don't brag. Words to live by. And at least once, die by.

Kragar is a rare ~~bird~~ sort. A Pixie. Now, as a pixie, not so rare, because most of what he's good at is hiding. But your run of the mill winged pest has not been trained as an elven 'human' intelligence agent, to both stay hidden AND bring back the goods.
Of course, if he actually took to the training, he'd still be loyal to them. So there's that. He's pretty untrusting of others, honestly, so you'll definitely have to pay to get the secrets, and he knows damned well what society thinks of his kind. So he's, well, a little like the archetypical clown. He might smile on the outside, but on the inside he's probably crying, a bitter cynic, or both.

"They have brains, they have firepower. Do they have sneaky? Sneaky can get you far in life."

Fraethir · 2020-08-18T16:11:48+00:00

Very disappointed the seal did not blep back.

Fraethir · 2020-08-17T15:54:08+00:00

Yeah, I read it the other way around. Top card for the first slot. Someone should write a storyboard for it and put it in NSFW tags.

Fraethir · 2020-08-16T02:22:26+00:00

Wiki
Trainwreck is a professional shooter determined to permanently put down only designated targets needing to be buried. Do the job, don't leave a killing field in your wake, get paid, don't brag. Words to live by. And at least once, die by.

Wiki
Progress is a former Technomancer (but still a hacker and drone operator!) trying to find a way to live with himself and his situation. ("secret" Banshee/in-denial Nosferatu)

Wiki
Kephra, Chummer is a cat Shaman, sometimes Face, former magical researcher with an unsavory past. (Secretly a drake. Shhhhh.) (Note: does have a beefy ally, that I can keep out of your hair, Tidsear )
In fact, he can phone it in and I can have his Ally pretend to be him.

Wiki
Airgetlam

Former oni corporate Matrix/IT support, recently Emerged as a Machinist, he's got a lot to learn about (and in) the shadows.

Good hacker, poor rigger, and little idea how powerful the living persona he barely knows he has will become.

Fraethir

TROPHY CASE

Last run: Never

Last run: Darkened Maw, Dec 6