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| Allandaros |
 Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:44 am Post subject: UV Goods...? |
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Consider the following: a chainsaw (as seen in the PLC warehouse page) is cleared RED. Should an ORANGE, a GREEN, or a VIOLET need a chainsaw, they will presumably be using a RED-clearance chainsaw, even though they themselves are, indeed, ORANGE, GREEN, or VIOLET.
What goods do you think a UV would use on a semi-regular basis which would be below their august and high UV clearance?
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| Burg-R-KNG-1 |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Well, the various flavors of B3, for one. Non-laser weapons as well (i.e. slugthrowers and cone rifles, for that up-and-personal sensation when they want to do the job themselves.)
And I imagine even a UV needs to keep notes in a notepad every now and then.
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| Jan-U-ARY-31 |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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YELLOW
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I'm sure that if a UV wants, he can have status-symbol UV-cleared versions of anything made. You know, UV chainsaws, UV notepads, UV Cleans-O-Spray. If he tells the guys in PLC to slap some white paint on it and tells the guys in CPU to raise the clearance on this model, well, who's going to say no?
More in the vein of your question, though... clothing, food, entertainment (toys, vids, books), weapons, armor and vehicles should cover most of a UV's personal needs. Pretty much anything else will be handled by staff. |
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| Jazzer |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Think of a typical national head of state. No-one's going to ask a President or Prime Minister to pay the petrol bill for his limo. Do you think they have to pick up the tab when they want a soft drink? During his working day an ULTRAVIOLET need only click his fingers and his staff will get him what he wants. And since he's cleared to use items of all clearances, using VIOLET, INDIGO, GREEN or BLUE items wouldn't be an issue.
Security-sensitive materials and personal items would be an obvious exceptions. |
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| Kwil |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: UV Goods...? |
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| Allandaros wrote: |
| What goods do you think a UV would use on a semi-regular basis which would be below their august and high UV clearance? |
Why.. Troubleshooters, obviously. |
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| Territan |
| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: UV Goods...? |
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| Kwil wrote: |
| Allandaros wrote: |
| What goods do you think a UV would use on a semi-regular basis which would be below their august and high UV clearance? |
Why.. Troubleshooters, obviously. |
Naw, they're practically free. Or at least a decicred for a pack of twelve. (that's 72 total clones at the UVs' disposal [sic].)
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| Imag-I-NES-4 |
| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| Burg-R-KNG-1 wrote: |
| I imagine even a UV needs to keep notes in a notepad every now and then. |
I thought that was what stanograf... steinagro... lower-clearance note-takers were for?
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| Stormcrow |
| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Equipment is set a clearance based on whether a citizen of a particular trustworthiness should have access to it—either for security reasons or for the control of rewards—not whether the citizen should be using it.
A geiger counter is clearance GREEN because The Computer believes that only citizens at least as trustworthy as GREEN-clearance citizens should be able to determine the ambient radioactivity of an area—or just have access to the parts inside one.
Soap is given a range clearances based on how effective and luxurious it is. Higher-clearance citizens have (presumably) earned The Computer's trust, so it rewards them with more creature comforts. RED-clearance citizens get a stick of lye, but GREEN-clearance citizens are rewarded by actually having scented soap.
A High Programmer, therefore, would have no qualms with using, say, a YELLOW-clearance pattern towel or an ORANGE-clearance spare shoelace. Just how secure does a towel need to be? On the other hand, High Programmers won't touch Cold Fun when they can get real food all the time.
(You can tell that the clearances in the XP rulebook were carefully thought out. Why is a notepad GREEN when every RED-clearance Troubleshooter has a PDC? Because The Computer can monitor the contents of a PDC or have it monitored, but a notepad is not electonic at all.) |
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| Kwil |
| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes.. that's right.. it's carefully thought out.. nothing to do with rolling a die. |
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| Allen Varney |
| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Indeed, I was thinking really carefully when I copied and pasted the equipment clearances chart from 2nd edition into the PARANOIA XP manuscript. I was thinking, "I'd better be sure to highlight that period at the end of the last sentence, or I'll miss copying it and have to type it in on my own." |
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| Jhaiisiin |
| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:38 am Post subject: |
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*taps on the solid sarcasm setup* Coooooooooool....
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| Xiphoid |
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| Tastes Like Orange B3 comes in Orange-level cans. I'm trying to think what flavor requires you to be trusted at a Yellow-Level minimum. |
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