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COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS.
I.R.I.S.
THE INSTANT RESPONSE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM
The Instant Response Interactive System, or "I.R.I.S." for short, is a gift that the new crew will find themselves equipped with upon release from the stasis bay. The I.R.I.S. is prepared via nanite integration that attunes the I.R.I.S. to the user's neural impulses, allowing for max efficiency and one-handed usage while on the road. From texting and receiving messages to and from fellow crew and Supervisors, to taking photographs, the I.R.I.S. has proven to be a crew member's best friend. Accessing functions and apps is just as easy as counting one, two, three!
π°οΈ Can we hack the I.R.I.S.?
No, you cannot hack the I.R.I.S. in any capacity. If there is any attempt made to hack your device or someone else's, you or that person will receive a sharp (harmless) electroshock. This will intensify with repeated attempts. If your character insists on continuing to try and hack, they will eventually be locked out of their I.R.I.S. and must see a senior crew member for unlocking.
π°οΈ Can the I.R.I.S. be removed from my body?
No. The I.R.I.S. corresponds to company brand nanites implanted in the new crew prior to awakening from cryosleep (a mandatory service we provide all of our employees). Should you lose the limb with your I.R.I.S. attached to it, these nanites will still be active inside of your bloodstream, but will reroute to your other available arm or remaining limb to reconnect with the I.R.I.S.
π°οΈ What can I do with the I.R.I.S.?
"What can't you do with the I.R.I.S." is the question you should really be asking. Your device has a number of functions to make your stay aboard the Eudora that much easier. Each of these functions is accessible with finger motions and hand gestures to manipulate and activate them. Below are the functions your Instant Response Interactive System is capable of:
βοΈ Callsign: When you first open up the I.R.I.S. functions, you'll be prompted to select a callsign. This will be used as your username, internal email address, and during deliveries to protect your identity. You only have three chances to input a work-appropriate callsign before you're locked out and one will be automatically generated for you. This cannot be changed after it's been set, so choose wisely! (Ask the mods if you're not sure what's "work-appropriate" or if your character is a clown and we'll be happy to work with you! Alternatively, you can also "accidentally" auto-generate one, as the Eudora systems will happily lock in something for you based on the information it has on you.)
π Biometric Lock: Your phone is programmed to respond to the nanites in your body and therefore will only unlock to its owner's touch. (It is, after all, inside of you.)
π₯Ί Emojis: A wide selection of emojis as well as a sticker shop where you can download digital sticker packs. This does also include kaomoji capabilities.
π¬ Messages: Swipe horizontally through the air with your palm to reveal a keyboard projection and select the Messenger app from the options. This will also allow you to read your past convos.
ποΈ Notes: Swipe horizontally through the air with your palm to reveal a keyboard projection and select the Notebook app from the options. The Notebook has an autosave function in place.
β¨οΈ Adaptable Keyboard Projection: Want a big, computer-standard keyboard? You got it. Want a more manageable, phone-sized keyboard for legitimate texting in the palm of your hands? Done. This applies to all applications that utilize typing.
βοΈ HER-MES app: Access to the HER-MES network. Read the HER-MES section below the I.R.I.S. section for more information.
π¦ JUNOboard: An app that allows users to adjust their settings when using the interactive JUNOboard in the observation deck's lounge. This includes brush type, size, and color; whether a project is private or a collaboration; and enabling the I.R.I.S. keyboard to be synced to the interactive wall for those that would rather type or dictate their additions to the board.
πΈ Camera: Create a frame with your index fingers and thumbs around your desired shot and say "cheese!"
π» Music Player: To access our intergalactic music library, raise both of your index fingers like a conductor's baton and activate the digital library. Where is the music playing from? Don't think too hard about it.
πΎ Games: Holding both hands up like you're holding a controller, tap your thumbs to bring up the game library. At the moment, there's only Tetris, Space Invaders, Snake, Suika, Infinity Craft, and something called ClanGen.
π Accessibility Options: If you require certain accommodations for your I.R.I.S., please let your Senior Crew know and they will be able to assist.
π Auto-Translate: While the nanite injection allows you to auto-translate spoken languages - you can bypass this both ways if you concentrate or there's intent in the word(s) (ie; sensei staying sensei) - it doesn't apply to written text. You can, however, pull up an app in the I.R.I.S. that will scan and translate for you.
π± Data Transfer: If in possession of a datapad, it is possible to sync your information from the I.R.I.S. to the datapad. You just need to get your hands on one.
( If you are looking for other applications, see Senior Crew members for suggestions or upgrades. )
π°οΈ Are my messages private on the I.R.I.S.?
Your messages on the I.R.I.S. are yours and yours alone. Even if you pull up your holographic screen and keyboard, everything is protected by a digital privacy screen overlay that will prevent anyone beside you or behind you from seeing what you're up to. You may, however, share your screen purposefully, which the I.R.I.S. will recognize with the flick of your fingers. This security is not 100% guaranteed if the information from your I.R.I.S. has been synced to a less secure datapad. However... Upper management and Nut & Bolt IT can obviously read your messages.
π°οΈ Can the I.R.I.S. be removed from my body?
π°οΈ What can I do with the I.R.I.S.?
π Biometric Lock: Your phone is programmed to respond to the nanites in your body and therefore will only unlock to its owner's touch. (It is, after all, inside of you.)
π₯Ί Emojis: A wide selection of emojis as well as a sticker shop where you can download digital sticker packs. This does also include kaomoji capabilities.
π¬ Messages: Swipe horizontally through the air with your palm to reveal a keyboard projection and select the Messenger app from the options. This will also allow you to read your past convos.
ποΈ Notes: Swipe horizontally through the air with your palm to reveal a keyboard projection and select the Notebook app from the options. The Notebook has an autosave function in place.
β¨οΈ Adaptable Keyboard Projection: Want a big, computer-standard keyboard? You got it. Want a more manageable, phone-sized keyboard for legitimate texting in the palm of your hands? Done. This applies to all applications that utilize typing.
βοΈ HER-MES app: Access to the HER-MES network. Read the HER-MES section below the I.R.I.S. section for more information.
π¦ JUNOboard: An app that allows users to adjust their settings when using the interactive JUNOboard in the observation deck's lounge. This includes brush type, size, and color; whether a project is private or a collaboration; and enabling the I.R.I.S. keyboard to be synced to the interactive wall for those that would rather type or dictate their additions to the board.
πΈ Camera: Create a frame with your index fingers and thumbs around your desired shot and say "cheese!"
π» Music Player: To access our intergalactic music library, raise both of your index fingers like a conductor's baton and activate the digital library. Where is the music playing from? Don't think too hard about it.
πΎ Games: Holding both hands up like you're holding a controller, tap your thumbs to bring up the game library. At the moment, there's only Tetris, Space Invaders, Snake, Suika, Infinity Craft, and something called ClanGen.
π Accessibility Options: If you require certain accommodations for your I.R.I.S., please let your Senior Crew know and they will be able to assist.
π Auto-Translate: While the nanite injection allows you to auto-translate spoken languages - you can bypass this both ways if you concentrate or there's intent in the word(s) (ie; sensei staying sensei) - it doesn't apply to written text. You can, however, pull up an app in the I.R.I.S. that will scan and translate for you.
π± Data Transfer: If in possession of a datapad, it is possible to sync your information from the I.R.I.S. to the datapad. You just need to get your hands on one.
( If you are looking for other applications, see Senior Crew members for suggestions or upgrades. )
π°οΈ Are my messages private on the I.R.I.S.?
HER-MES SYSTEM
THE VOICES OF THE VAST AND DEEP VOID
Unlike I.R.I.S. the HER-MES System is an intergalactic collaboration on deep space communication and is not owned by one entity. Using the 550th iteration communication latency mitigator, termed "Limitless," the HER-MES system allows people from across the stars to share a message on a HYPER-cloud platform.
Currently, HER-MES does not have a navigation system accurate enough to deliver private messages past 1 light-skip away (βββ international units). Sending a complete message past 1 light-skip far to a coordinate and specific individual would cause delivery latency which could take a lifetime to receive, then a lifetime to send. Both the sender and recipient must own at least a 1860th generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite ($βββββββββββββββββββ) for a 42-month delay. The farther apart they are, the more advanced technology required.
The purpose of HER-MES is for thoughts, emotions, and feelings to reach the lonely and remind them even in the darkest night or the most blinding light they are not alone. The system guarantees your message will be immediately received, read, felt, and understood by someone out there in deep space.
Currently, HER-MES does not have a navigation system accurate enough to deliver private messages past 1 light-skip away (βββ international units). Sending a complete message past 1 light-skip far to a coordinate and specific individual would cause delivery latency which could take a lifetime to receive, then a lifetime to send. Both the sender and recipient must own at least a 1860th generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite ($βββββββββββββββββββ) for a 42-month delay. The farther apart they are, the more advanced technology required.
The purpose of HER-MES is for thoughts, emotions, and feelings to reach the lonely and remind them even in the darkest night or the most blinding light they are not alone. The system guarantees your message will be immediately received, read, felt, and understood by someone out there in deep space.
π°οΈ TD;LR What is HER-MES? What makes it different from I.R.I.S.?
If I.R.I.S. is like your smartphone, then HER-MES is more like a public social media app, but for deep space. It's populated by messages from all over the however many galaxies out there. Characters can send their messages to deep space and it'll show up on the HER-MES platform. HTML text version may be found in the comments here.
π°οΈ Message type?
HER-MES is a text-based platform, but input can be: 1) thought, 2) emotion, 3) voice, 4) text, but it is translated into text. TTT Thought to Text, ETT Emotion to Text, VTT Voice to Text, T... T...ext. The messages are anonymous unless you leave a signature.
π°οΈ Do messages have to be purposeful?
No. Your character can buttdial because I think it's funny. If your character has a very coherent thought or strong feeling and you want that to go out in space, then go ahead. Submit IC and OOC messages here. Examples and explanation will be found on the form.
π°οΈ How many can I send? Is there a limit?
As many times as you want, Space Cowboy. HER-MES has the bandwidth of more galaxies than I can imagine because it's fiction. However, for OOC expectations, any messages submitted past 7 PM PST / 10 PM EST will be rolled over to the next day.
Feel free to track the week toplevel so you receive notifications for edits/updates.
π°οΈ How can HER-MES be accessed?
Through I.R.I.S. and any intergalactic portal. Basically, any electronic with a screen that has access to galaxy internet.
π°οΈ Message type?
π°οΈ Do messages have to be purposeful?
π°οΈ How many can I send? Is there a limit?
Feel free to track the week toplevel so you receive notifications for edits/updates.
π°οΈ How can HER-MES be accessed?
W3
And who made me that way?
in the stripped club. straight up βjorking itβ . and by βitβ, haha, well. letβs justr say. My pingus
Hello, everyone! Please do take care. We are doing well here. Remember to manifest!
I would've liked to visit the planet with you, Sidon. I hope that you are not experiencing what I feared would come after death.
rawr x3 *draws katana* u like to fight *attacks* you're so weak o3o *notices you have an echo* o: someons' got potential ;) *murders ur ala mighty resisty* murr~ hehehehe *challenges u* ur getting so strong :ooooooo *stuns you more and walks away* u keep getting stronger u dont stop being good prey -////- *mortally wounds ur fureiendsies* im such a nihilist *brings sword to neck* nyeaaa~ *stares deep into ur eyes* so strong kyaaaa *gets possessed*
... Viktor, Luke, Dahut, Scien, Eunhyuk. Please be well. I think of all of you so often. I hope to see you again someday.
My Lu, I hope you ask about the flowers. Don't you want to know what came before there was an us? I'll accept dinner, but only on the condition you're going to have to ask me where I want to go.
For behold, the Lord will come in fire
And His chariots like the whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
For the Lord will execute judgment by fire
And by His sword on all flesh,
And those slain by the Lord will be many.
. . . flowers are composed of many distinct components . . . outermost whorl of a flower is called the calyx . . . each stamen has a long filament holding up pollen sacs called anthers . . . the image on the left shows two stigma lobes surrounded . . .
Your stubborn defiance has stirred my long-becalmed heart...
it's there it's there a great purple and shadowy void spiderwebs of matter everywhere a god's playground with all the answers if i could just understand them if i could just parse what is hidden between the webs
Filling it with a... Joy that I have not known for generations.
ThronΓ©, I hope this reaches you. Please take care of yourself. We've got them safely. Always thinking of you. Hit the Nonagon for me.
I had thought the tantalizing kiss of self-indulgence a dream forever out of reach. And now that its sweet ruin courses through my veins I shall not be quick to relinquish it.
Show me your worth, Mββhos that... I might revel in it!
Don't worry, mon chΓ©ri! It's nothing like you feared! I wish we could see everything together, but at least know our hearts are connected still.
Waiting for that sign, here. I've burned the feathers too. -C
Why Shibari?
why do people only ever monger fear or fish?
We hope to see you again someday, too! β Thank you very much for keeping our memory alive!
i hope you find someone that bites you, but is always gay and weird about it. peace and love on planat arrth
so a guy pulls out a knife and says "where do you think you're going with all that water?" so i said "hey, buddy, muad'dib is a killing word HIYA"
so i hop up on shai-hulud now IM drivin the worm
youre the kwisatz haderach
yeah yeah im the kwisatz haderach
so you just took over the imperium and allowed the fremen to wage a jihad in your name against the entire known universe?
WELL THE SPICE MUST FLOW
All I do is act incorrectly in response to stimuli
All pleasures are guilty pleasures if you have high enough anxiety
Live. (Love and Laugh Sold Separately)
lately, things just don't seem the same βͺ
do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again?
and i know you love shrek 'cause we've watched it 12 times
you left your fridge open, somebody just took a sandwich
oh my god becky look at her butt
none of these song lyrics are normal, are they...
I've been thinking about our chats recently, Shoma. I hope you can still get out all those jumbling thoughts. I've decided to work on something I told you about. It would be nice to have your expertise.
I don't want to be a rat though?!
Charles...!!!! We love your ass the most!!!!!
did you know that if you take a fluid dynamics class, your entire life becomes navier-stokes equations and realizing that the Immaculate Science that dudebros are so obsessed with still does not fully comprehend how something as basic and fundamental as fluids work (and may not even realize that fluids encompasses more than water but also air and anything that subscribes to 'flow') and therefore can in certain situations still only build reference materials off experimental data for thousands of college students to cry over. fluid dynamics is a fundamentally humbling lesson in the limitations of understanding the universe. a man reads a physics I textbook and believes he can fully predict the behavior of the universe and that love is chemicals, but engineering is realizing that the forces that drive this world are so infinitesimally small and invisible and become math more than logical reasoning and as such even randomness at the level of photons can make the world unknowable even as predictive modeling and computing become more and more powerful but only as clever as the humans who design it, as computation is not ingenuity. engineering is prying into the universe and glimpsing a fraction of its inner workings while gaining comprehension that even the most seemingly reliable mathematics can become a 'best guess' as soon as one crucial variable becomes nonlinear versus linear. it is seeing the unknowable mathematical magic of our world and attempting to make it our own, not using it to explain away the whimsy of our everyday experiences.
Victor says we will not be pondering 1800 asses!
Femme du cerf-volant, I will never forget my precious time with Task Force X. Maybe next week is when you will FINALLY get une plage? Enjoy it for me!
Are you the sort of person who has an easier time writing out your feelings...? I'm happy to read them. Thank you for taking my words to heart either way! ζε―ζ²ηζ―εΏηζ»δΊ‘γ
π Not all fear is so terrible. Maybe death is more frightening when you value life? More words for you soon -- let us know if you've received our letters too.
I don't mind consequences from matters of the heart. I'll let you know if anything too terrible happens and can certainly do my best to deal with it. So I support your ill-advised plotting! Do your worst!
Your messages are very sweet, but please remember to sign them! Whoever called me bud, your test worked, hello, hello! β Let me know who you are so I can properly reply! From yours truly, π§Cacio e Pepeπ§!
some of us are vampires..................hope thyat makes you afraiad,even if misspespelt
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Whoever Victor is can do whatever he wants, but Viktor best get to pondering post-haste. He has a lot to get through.
jumbled thoughts are getting louder and it's kinda annoying but manageable. but i can always make room for ghost stories if there's any to share. are ghosts in the machine real?
Last week, you managed to tie the votes. I know that no one wanted that outcome, especially with what happened after. But please, keep yourselves open to that option. It may very well be the best one, for your continued safety.
they're both bottoms it's not going to work out...
bless you aphrodite you begrudging slut
YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAWWWW
Your more private messages to us are quite garbled if they're relevant to anything useful - don't put too much faith in them in that regard. TM
Mr. Huh is unsure of the magical kibble raining down from the heavens.
They're crammed in there like sardines in a barrel...
Wait. Where's Victor? Has anyone seen him?
Hisoka? Belial? Who are they and what are they doing here...?
Hello there, this is RdP. Can you tell us what it looks like over there? What can you see? Also sorry, I never realized how ugly my initials look, I'll sign with a πΈ from now on. Can we come up with a code of sorts? It might help the other messages come through more clearly, if someone is messing with them on purpose.
Was I too vague the first time? I thought I was being pretty straightforward. Stop thinking nonsense into the void and start asking some questions about stuff you're curious about!
... I'm still in the E β dβΜ΄βΜ΅ra? Why?