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| Becoming a cyborg is usually undertaken by desperate people, strongly driven by their devotion to their work and corporation, or simply those who take the perspective of losing a large part of their own humanity lightly. | | Becoming a cyborg is usually undertaken by desperate people, strongly driven by their devotion to their work and corporation, or simply those who take the perspective of losing a large part of their own humanity lightly. |
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− | == Research == | + | == Исследования == |
− | === Artificial Gravity === | + | === Искусственная гравитация === |
− | In early 2500, after several catastrophic losses of life caused by malfunctioning prototype gravity plates<sup>'''1'''</sup>, NanoTrasen stood at a minor crisis. Their entire fleet of ships and stations had been laid out with the decks parallel to the thrust provided, thus preventing the use of inertial gravity. With grav-plating proving unviable, and crews proving unwilling to work in zero-gravity<sup>'''2'''</sup>, a new solution had to be found. NanoTrasen approached this with a characteristically... Lateral.. Solution<sup>'''3'''</sup>.
| + | В начале 2500 года, после нескольких аварий с потерей людей из-за неисправности прототипа плиты тяжести<sup>'''1'''</sup>, у НаноТразен начался кризис. С их станций и космических кораблей сняли плиты параллельной тяги, чтобы предотвратить будущие аварии. Прототип показал себя неработоспособным, а персонал отказывался работать в невесомости. Требовалось найти новое решение. И НаноТразен нашли это решение<sup>'''3'''</sup>. |
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| NanoTrasen's fledgling Cloning Laboratory located the corpse of infamous 20th century reality bender MC Escher, and ordered him to find a solution. Applying his particular brand of insane genius, he was able to utilise inertial gravity in spite of the obvious physical difficulties. Despite some early psychological issues<sup>'''4'''</sup>, which resulted in the thruster units being sealed away from the crew to hide the issue, this solution worked wonderfully. Mr Escher - or a clone of him - is now happily working in the Blue Space Research Division, where he is very happy<sup>'''5'''</sup>. | | NanoTrasen's fledgling Cloning Laboratory located the corpse of infamous 20th century reality bender MC Escher, and ordered him to find a solution. Applying his particular brand of insane genius, he was able to utilise inertial gravity in spite of the obvious physical difficulties. Despite some early psychological issues<sup>'''4'''</sup>, which resulted in the thruster units being sealed away from the crew to hide the issue, this solution worked wonderfully. Mr Escher - or a clone of him - is now happily working in the Blue Space Research Division, where he is very happy<sup>'''5'''</sup>. |
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− | 1: See Incident Report 75-AXB-12H-FINEPASTE | + | 1: Смотрите доклад о происшествии 75-AXB-12H-FINEPASTE. |
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| 2: Logged crew remarks include: "Oh Christ, the lab monkey's been sick again..." "GAAAH! Why do they not teach the difference between mass and weight at crate handling school?" and "Dear Christ pouring sulphuric acid in zero-g hurts!" The only positive evaluation was received from the Security division, who reported that with proper bracing it was now possible to knock a suspect the length of a primary hallway with a good baton swipe. | | 2: Logged crew remarks include: "Oh Christ, the lab monkey's been sick again..." "GAAAH! Why do they not teach the difference between mass and weight at crate handling school?" and "Dear Christ pouring sulphuric acid in zero-g hurts!" The only positive evaluation was received from the Security division, who reported that with proper bracing it was now possible to knock a suspect the length of a primary hallway with a good baton swipe. |