The Constant Struggle Against the Spam Bots

[Jess887cp]

"so how are you holding up down there? Anything interesting happen?"
Well. Everything seems really hectic. Very few of us seems to know what's actually going on, and we seem to be in a state of self-induced insanity. I think some of us are planning to rip more holes in time to fix other holes in time, or something similar.

You ought to get some sleep. I hope that ship our yours is atmospherically compatible, recent satellite imaging seems to indicate the spambots are increasing in number. Air support would be nice.

OOC: The bunker is in south africa...hmmm, I can think of several pretty awesome things that could happen from that location.

 

[ApSciLiara]

[TRANSMISSION SEGMENT 3 BEGIN]
Well... atmospherically compatible? I'm living up here without problems, so yeah. This place is huge! No weapons, though. I can still do air support! I'd just need a qualified pilot. Which, evidently, I am not. Which is why I threw up many times.

Hey, if you need a safe place to hang out for a while, this place has a teleport. Just call if you need it.
And don't forget Ex.
Or Bella... yeah, don't forget him.

Oh yeah, and I need a favour. If you can, could you run a search for my girl? Nothing manpower-intensive, just a computer search. Anything related to her. Forward me the results.
I'd be very grateful if you could do that. Really, really grateful. Like, I'd make you a coffee or something. Or maybe give you a fancy jet fighter.
[TRANSMISSION SEGMENT 3 END]

 

[the_j485]

Day (something)
1600 hours

I've finally recovered from my coma. I don't know who it was that saved me, but, thank you. Without you, I would not be here.

I found Liara's transmission, and, if she hears, this, I'd be very happy to help. Anything to take revenge on those spambot bastards who took my friends.

I can give you a full list of my qualifications, if necessary, but I can tell you now I was the best in my squadron and several others.

 

[Jess887cp]

"Can you run a search for my girl?"
I googled 'my girl,' but I don't think you meant that. A bit more than that, I should be able to convince whizz to let me into some government files.

Also, you can always weaponize those teleporters if you feel the need. Just tractor-beam the enemy into a teleport field, and set the coordinates to the center of the sun. Or do the opposite, transport about...say...a cubic centimeter of the sun to the enemy, and hope you don't get caught in the resulting thermonuclear explosion.

And by atmospherically compatible, I meant, can the darn thing land on earth? I know some ships can only manage low orbit, due to problems with gravity.
[TRANSMISSION ENDS]

*fancy new lappy*
>enable voice command
[ENABLED]
>set reminder: Search for Liara's girl.
[REMINDER SET]
>make me a sandwich
[REQUEST SENT TO KITCHENS; ETA 5MIN]

*text file starts*
Wow, I can get sandwiches, cool. Autokitchen food isn't that bad. Seriously, how did the damn thing know I wanted a BLT? I'll have to look into the monitoring systems, I don't want to be spied on all the time.

Also, my internet's faster. Cool. Probably this laptop. I swear, this thing is rad.

 

[the_j485]

*Begin transmission*
Well, nothing much to do, tried out that auto-kitchen Jess mentioned. Pretty damn good! Had one installed in my class 8 mark 5 Avro red kite.
On another note, had a few minor upgrades added, new engines, and a couple of gatling lasers, old style but my damn favourite by far. Tried her out, flew pretty good. Compliments to the engineers here, they're the finest I've ever seen.
Oh, and also, still looking for work, looking at you, Liara.
*End transmission*

 

[techno156]

Hey hey hey, we aren't entering Day 84 yet.
Nopenopenopenopenope.
Change that to 83.
Day 83
So Techno says he's fixing my bunker.
He does know that I have a force field...?
And that the bunker is camouflaged and hidden...?
And that it has titanium walls and doors that can be lowered...?
Of course, at the moment, the walls don't look Titanium.
And the doors aren't lowered.
But it should be very easy to figure out that the whole place is camouflaged.
Seriously.
Conduit Leader, Obvious Land[DOUBLEPOST=1373169369][/DOUBLEPOST]

The bridge will be finished on Day 84...

OOC: Did you forget that I'm pretty much completely robotic? Not to mention I made an orbit station with alternate-dimension tech out of scrap.

Day 85 1300 (Bunker outer wall, DSec 2)
Well, I'm intercepting transmissions from the orbit station towards this bunker... Well, I don't think the builder realises that the force fields he set up for this bunker are quite shoddily done, and are leaking Electromagnetism as well as ion fields everywhere, meaning that it is very easy to trace. I find it slightly difficult to believe that the laptop I left here has never run at half capacity yet. From what I can see, the creature that appears to be taking care of it hasn't discovered that it'd be glowing a good deal more, except that it's disguised, and has a forcefield on it, just to protect it from drops and the like which tend to be quite common. I think it's wondering where the access ports are... Since I saw it attempting so smash it open with a combination of Hammer, Chisel, and Screwdriver. I did giggle to myself quietly when the hammer bounced off the forcefield with such force it stuck about half an inch into the ceiling. Thankfully the creature, which calls itself 'Jess' did not try and hold onto the hammer when it suddenly jerked up, otherwise it would have lost its arm. Since it seems to prefer using the internet so much, I'll give it more freedom... And perhaps leave a note telling it that you need a good deal of authenticated nanobots in order to open the thing.

[Laptop Login...]
ΔΩ>sudo login -HUI -T
>Login Accepted
>Logging in as User.
>Logged in Successfully as superuser.
>Activating targeted Holographic User Interface
ΔΩ>changeperms -user
δ>intdiraccess = true
δ>tracebility = false
δ>save
δ>close -remtrace
>All data successfully changed.
>Erasing data changes from this user, stopping all aborts.
>Done.
ΔΩ>Notify -user "You can only open this laptop with a large number of authenticated (logged in) nanobots."
ΔΩ>Logout
ΔΩ>CloseUI
>Changes made. Closing HUI.
[Laptop Logout...]
OOC: There we go, no WiFi needed. Self-connection is very good, on a laptop in a bunker.

Now for more subtlety... The forcefield is a bit crude but holds substantiated power in it. Might take one of these railguns... It's been lying in a corner for some time, as has been covered by dust... Now, if I was to replace the electromagnetic containment system with a photonic one... There.

OOC: WHizz, It looks like the forcefield's disappeared, but it's there. Your character doesn't realise, however, and perhasp runs into it? (Comic Relief!) Yes, I have set up that laptop to bypass the Wireless Connection altogether, so it'll be faster, simply because my character is slightly disappointed you've only just scratched the surface.

 

[GPuzzle]

*start transmission*
J? Is that you?
Can you find Nose?
We're still Team Lambda, man.
*end transmission*

 

[techno156]

Day 86 0600 (Weapons Lab, Orbit Station, DSec 2)
This railgun most certainly does need work... If I was to replace this with a supercapacitor... and this with a tesseract... then this will have to go, or else there won't be the Clifford Torus required to generate such large amounts of power. I'll put a computer in there, most certainly, perhaps replacing the old chip I put in... There we go. It glows a fair bit, but shouldn't be wasting power, as that is how it prevents a surge. Very nice thing, too, I might add. Since it uses electromagnetism as ammunition, we should need any bullets. Hm... There is a slight issue in that the device itself attracts bullets while running, but some alloy plating should solve any issues...

Day 86 1200 (Orbit Station, DSec 2)
Well, everyone seems to be having fun with that gun. So far, I've kept the settings locked to a minimum, just in case... I'd prefer not to patch all these turtles and units up again. I've started on some armor plating, just in case we are forced to engage in a skirmish...

[BEGIN TRANSMISSION ON ENCRYPTED FREQUNCY B13@, 5MHz]
Anybody looking for some armor? Just ask.
[TRANSMISSION ENDED]

 

[techno156]

Day 86 1300 (Orbit Station Command, DSec 2)
It looks like we have a good few people who would like to join up, I don't mind the help, I'll have to ask around. Since I'm somewhat satisfied that no-on will mind the new units, I think we should get the transporters properly working...

Day 86 1530 (Transporter Bay, Orbit Station, DSec 2)
Erm... We have a dragon on the ship. Not that I mind too much, the poor thing was lost in the shattered remains of a planet, but I might return it, after I fix the planet up. It was *another* thing to do with something meddling with time, which I shall have to fix. Thankfully, they knew how to hook themselves to time in such a way so that they weren't destroyed when time warped. The transporter is fine, except a little cramped... I'll get the dragon out of here first.

Day 86 4350 (Transport Ship, DP, D5 S42)
Hm... This will take some time to fix, but I'm sure I can get some help, from the locals.
OOC: Yes, the excessive number of hours is required.

Day 86 4500 (Land, DP, D5, S42)
So far, everything seems to be holding together quite well... I'm exhausted, though. Fixing something this large is not what I usually do. The dracoling did take a more 'humanoid' form, so it would fit out of the door. They gave an interesting weapon, in return for fixing their planet, though. Now, I have restored the basics of their atmosphere, but I'll wait until I am at full power before attempting to fix anything else.

[Log Paused]

[Log resumed]
Well, that went well. It seems I just had to change some things before this. I won't argue that the ship is somewhat battered, but I cannot do much else about that. The hull is still in pristine condition, I am happy to say though. It is the first time I have done something like that and kept everything in one piece. I have shifted this planet on its original timeline. They did give me the co-ordinates of this planet, as they are going to shift it. Well, I have to get back to the station, but I have left them a PDA, with an interdimensional transceiver, so if they need help, they can just call. They did teach me a few new things, which I might find useful later...

Day 86 4759 (Orbit, DP, D5, S42)
Found a stowaway. Off you go, back to your parents, little dracoling...

Day 87 0200 (Orbit Station Landing Dock, D3 S2, aka. I.M)
Well, nearly everyone was asleep when I returned. I kept myself quiet, and they didn't wake up. Nothing did. I moved all the turtles back to their charging room, the units to theirs, and turned up the heater. It was somewhat cold. I won't deny that the peace is nice. I've patched up my ship, using nanobots only, as I didn't want to wake anyone with the noise that power tools would create. Down on the planet, It looks like Jess is still using the laptop...

[Laptop Login]
ΔΩ>sudo login -s -hui -t
>Secret Login Sucessful.
ΔΩ>Set reminder "late-night" -d -r
>What should this reminder to when it is late at night?
ω>Alert -user "It is late at night. Perhaps you should sleep?" -mwr -r
>Done, any other activities required?
ω>Yes
>Please list. End with semicolon.
ω>If response is received for the window, respond using "AI" -nm -ns -q -t;
>Done. Artificial Intelligence will be used for this alert, is that OK?
ω>Yes.
>Ok. Artificial Intelligence will be used for this reminder.
>How often should this reminder recur?
ω>Daily
>This reminder will run daily.
ω>Force stop all aborts when this reminder is running, except for other programs not dependent, or this program is depending on.
>Done. Exceptions made. All aborts will be delayed while Reminder is running.
ω>Save and return to normal mode.
>Done.
ΔΩ> Dim lighting during night-time to 80%.
>Done. Lighting Dimmed.
ΔΩ>Sync Time.
>Time Synced
>Reminder running. All aborts halted for user.
ΔΩ> Remove hologram, through fading.
>Fading hologram...
>Done.
ΔΩ>Enable Multitasking
>Done.
ΔΩ>Show statistics for this computer.
>CPU: 5%, RAM 2GB/10TB used. Hard Drive: 100GB/2PB used. Clock: 10GHz, Supercomputer Features: Inactive. Graphics: Integrated. Audio: Integrated. Holographic Emitter: Integrated. Current users: Superuser, User. Internet Access: Direct: Enabled, Inactive. Wireless: Used. Scanners: Enabled, Inactive. TouchScreen: Enabled, Active. Bluetooth: Security: Enabled Bluetooth Transciever: Disabled. Multi-Threading:Enabled, Inactive. 5 Cores in CPUs 0-5. Max Network Port Speed 1TB/ms. Maximum Detected Network Speed 1GB/s. Network Optimisation: Enabled, Inactive . Forcefield: Enabled, Inactive. Teleporter: Disabled, Inactive. Audio Output: Speakers: Shielded, Enabled, Inactive. Telegraphic Targeted: Enabled, Active. Reflective AV: Active, Enabled.
>Basic Statistics Shown.
>For full statistics, please ask.
ΔΩ>Mute Speakers.
>Speakers Muted
>User response received 5 min:No, I'm good, thanks... How did you know that?!
>Response: It is 3AM in this planet, in this dimension. Therefore, it is late.
ΔΩ>Activate Remote Network Optimisation.
>Optimisation activated. Starting optimisation of Local Network...
>User Response: ... I see...
>Defragmenting Server storage devices: 25%
ΔΩ>Display Total CPU Usage 5min
>Total CPU Usage 25%
ΔΩ>Activate Supercomputer capability
>Supercomputer capability activated.
>Should this computer act as a server on this network?
ΔΩ>Show user query.
>Showing user query...
>User Response: Ok...
>Assuming server role on the network...
>Done.
>Optimising network 55%... Defragmentation Complete in: 5 Min. Total data defragmented: 5TB
>Starting re-routing of data... 30% complete
>User initiated Video Conversion.
>Data re-routing complete.
>Attacker Detected on Network Firewall.
ΔΩ> Shift firewall 2nm
>Firewall shifted. Attacker Retreated, scanning network for more intruders...
>Total CPU Usage: 45%
>Changing packet size and network frequency...
>Set Packet size to 2Mb per packet. Frequency set to 6GHz.
ΔΩ>Logout, hide superuser data.
>Done. Logging off... Closing Remote interface...
[Disconnected]
OOC: How was that?

 

[Bellaabzug21]

Rymmie's Brand Spanking New Not-Battle Journal Because He's Traveling To A Hidden Destination Somewhere Very Far Away(BSNN-BJBHTTAHDSVFA), Entry One:

For the love of everything, Techno, look inside my freaking battle journal. I mean, you pass by it every time you decide to go messing with Jess's laptop. It's a secret, mysterious object with hidden power.

Just kidding. It's a normal Portal Locus. Place my journal where you want the reinforcements. And, for the love of all things righteous and holy, don't tinker with it. Seriously, VERY VERY BAD things can happen if you screw with a Non-focal Locus. And don't ask how I got off the station or what I'm traveling in. *shudder*

You should change it so it says "Because He's Traveling To [REDACTED]" Just an idea.

 

[techno156]

Rymmie's Brand Spanking New Not-Battle Journal Because He's Traveling To A Hidden Destination Somewhere Very Far Away(BSNN-BJBHTTAHDSVFA), Entry One:

For the love of everything, Techno, look inside my freaking battle journal. I mean, you pass by it every time you decide to go messing with Jess's laptop. It's a secret, mysterious object with hidden power.

Just kidding. It's a normal Portal Locus. Place my journal where you want the reinforcements. And, for the love of all things righteous and holy, don't tinker with it. Seriously, VERY VERY BAD things can happen if you screw with a Non-focal Locus. And don't ask how I got off the station or what I'm traveling in. *shudder*

OOC: Erm... I remotely mess with the laptop, because I'm usually in Orbit. :3 And my char built the thing.
Day 88 0500 (Orbit Station, DSec 2)
I found Rymmie's Journal... It's a concentrated point for something... So I'll leave the journal for now in a containment field. I hope he did adequately prepare himself before leaving... It's not exactly a kind place out there, especially in that place, and with all the rifts flying around.

Day 89 1000 (Orbit Station, DSec 2)
It's far too quiet down there... I suspect malicious activity...

 

[Jess887cp]

*shiny laptop*
Well. Some weird things have been happening with my laptop. I know why I can't open it, and also how to, assuming I get the chance. The constant breaches to the system are starting to mess with me though. Someone coded the damn thing to tell me to go to sleep. Also, apparently I am directly connected to the internet, which makes ports and IP addresses very confusing.

And somehow I agreed to something else, like server capability. During all of this, I did get to see the specs on this thing. They're beautiful. I now realize how I've been wasting the power of this thing.

I'm going to play FTB with shaders.
-I struck a dramatic pose here, but you couldn't see it.-

Nah, but seriously, I've got a new project planned. I've started salvaging parts again, and If I'm right, this thing has enough power to fly jut about any ship I can make right now. Integrating it will be hard, with the apparent force-fields, but who cares about that. Aim for the stars. No fancy time-jumps for me, I'm going to cut my losses here and go look for another habitable planet.

I really need to turn off the AI, it's getting on my nerves.
*entry ends, timestamp in basic universal, but unreadable*
[TRANSMISSION START]
I wouldn't mind some armor, thankyouverymuch.
OOC; Techno, what did you do to my laappptop.

 

[ApSciLiara]

OOC: And here was me, being practical. Yay ethics!

 

[Jess887cp]

OOC: I really hope that we can put an end to this time travel arc. It's kinda nonsense, and we're too caught up on it. I'll just go and pretend the spambots are zombies for awhile...

IC
*Laptop*
I've found if I attach a stick to this thing, it makes an excellent weapon. I took a jeep out to town and I'm smashing away at spambots like mad. Somehow I don't think laptops should be used this way. The AI is being annoying too.

That was fun. Back to base then.
*entry ends*

 

[rymmie1981]

OOC: Practical and ethical aren't always mutually exclusive. Storywise, the Breaks have to be fixed. You can't get around that. The point is that I, personally, can't go there because I would be in serious trouble back home. In fact, Rymmie will be dealing the consequences of helping time travelers instead of killing every last one of you until you die from it. I'll explain relativistic unlinking and why it's extremely important when dealing with time travel next post, but that will be in the morning after I get much sleep.

 

[whizzball1]

WOOHOO! I'm back. Time for the transmission about the first Break Trip!
30/03/0001 S.A. (Day 89)
8:00
Well, after a power outage occurred and the power levels on the Bridge reset to 0%, we found out that it wouldn't be charged until after the Infinity Ring was done.
So just as we expected, the Bridge didn't finish charging in time and the Infinity Ring is done!
So now we don't need to wait a week between trips.
We can just hold on to the Infinity Ring or whoever's touching it and we will be transported to whatever time is programmed onto it.
Only I know how to operate it though.
We have decided on who is coming.
I will be coming, of course, and also GPuzzle and Bella. Exedra will also be coming. Rymmie has decided not to come.
Quickly, if anyone else would like to come, respond to this transmission by 14:00.
We will be leaving at 15:00, and you need time to prepare.
The offer for augmentation is still out there.
Conduit Leader, Conduit Bunker Beta

 

[the_j485]

*Begin transmission*

Alright, after a crap ton of searching, I have found what seems to be a spambot base. I don't know if Nose is in there, but I couldn't check if I wanted to. I'll need some ground troops, any takers?

*End transmission*

 

[whizzball1]

New idea!
Use Google Drive for the thread!
No need to refresh!
I'll be copying every transmission.
Here is the Drive link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1weZlD6tTkDaFBccsksQYLx5tva7jBVJzlOZol4bcJsY/edit
If you will, put future transmissions in there as well as here.

 

[Jess887cp]

New idea!
Use Google Drive for the thread!
No need to refresh!
I'll be copying every transmission.
Here is the Drive link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1weZlD6tTkDaFBccsksQYLx5tva7jBVJzlOZol4bcJsY/edit
If you will, put future transmissions in there as well as here.

I'd rather not, keeping it in the forum gives it more life, and more chance for growth via new members.

 

[whizzball1]

Ok then, I'll just make it as a repository.