'allo, Phobos.

Enquiry by Vault Dweller on 2014-01-30 15:43:00 UTC Reply

Is it possible for an RC ,if connected to a continuum,to have potentially,a way to access that universe?

Another question by RinaAndRanda (Rina) on 2014-02-02 20:18:00 UTC Reply

Concerning RCs: if/when Randa and I get permission to write, could our agents claim a room numbered 3-Apple-14, or does it have to be just a number? The only number exception I've seen is Jay and Acacia's (F).

Apple pie. Yum. by SeaTurtle on 2014-02-02 21:15:00 UTC Reply

I don't see why not: Agents Marvin and Printworthy are located in RC 901\1Y and Agents Des and the Librarian are in log₁₀ e.

You can play around with RC numbers quite a lot. Personally, I'm tempted to stick some of my future DIA agents in an RC numbered with Fourier coefficients, but that would be a little complicated.

$http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/c/1/dc1ca9de7f258a89d3c579f55d29ed05.png$

I love math.

Wish I loved math. by RinaAndRanda (Rina) on 2014-02-02 21:44:00 UTC Reply

It's definitely my worst subject, but I can still appreciate some well-placed math jokes.

square root -1 2^3 sigma 3.14

And it was delicious.

How did I not remember Marvin and Printworthy?! I feel terrible now. Anyway, I'll have to let Randa know that 3-Apple-14 is good.

Man, now I'm hungry...

You forgot my agents that only have two stories! by World-Jumper on 2014-02-03 04:57:00 UTC Reply

How DARE you! They are among the most FAMOUS, most POPULAR agents in the PPC! Their legacy surpasses even the great Dafydd! LOOK UPON THEM AND FEEL SHAME!

In other words, don't worry about it. I know I just posted my mission about a week ago, but that's no real reason to remember them. They have a total of one mission, that's it. One pretty darn good mission, if I may say so myself, but nothing all too spectacular.

Now, when they finally take on My Little Unicorn*, THAT is when their praises had better be sung! Seriously, I'm almost willing to put this thing on a list of legendary badfic, this is nuts! I wan't to see it burn, but it is just so long, and dull, and hideously described, and so boring! However, until the Grand Ruler has his head on a pike, don't sweat it.

*And by "My Little Unicorn", I mean all of the seres. All of them. Oh Celestia, what have I signed up for?
Oh, and don't forget... by SeaTurtle on 2014-02-02 23:08:00 UTC Reply

Math is fun, if you know how to "speak" it. Don't give up!

And speaking about math...

Source: XKCD

I see what you mean. by Huinesoron on 2014-01-30 16:17:00 UTC Reply

(By the way, commas have a space after them)

At least I think I do. Are you thinking of the fact that HQ is built into various parts of different continuua - that, by way of portals, a corridor might be constructed under the Misty Mountains, then in deep space, then in Atlantis, without anyone knowing?

In that model (and as we all know*, any model of HQ is correct, if you look at it the right way), a Response Centre would have an actual physical location. Outside the Generic Surface walls, there would be an actual canon - whether it be a cave in Minecraft, a spacestation in Star Wars, or an office in Harry Dresden's Chicago.

And so, given that Generic Surface has been shown to be destroyable using tools, yes, it could be possible to drill a hole to the outside, assuming the exterior doesn't have some extra layer of protection - which it probably would, since the Flowers don't really want random miners stumbling into HQ.

Of course, with no way to know what continuum you're in, or where you are, chances are you'd just get sucked through into the vast vacuum of space, or see a solid wall of rock, or what have you. In general, portals are way easier.

hS

*No, we don't.

Another danger by Phobos on 2014-01-30 16:31:00 UTC Reply

Even if someone did successfully find themself in a habitable environment, they might run afoul of Security Dandelions. After all, the Weeds are tasked with keeping the Doors into and out of HQ secure, they would probably not take kindly to someone making a new one for them to monitor.

-Phobos

My idea by Vault Dweller on 2014-01-30 18:37:00 UTC Reply

The idea was the agents would use this for a mission into the Halo universe and it would never be closed as it would lead in to a basic box canyon* and at the end of the mission,the only pelican dropship** in the possession of HQ was needed for another mission. This link to Alpha Halo would be used by the agents to sit out the macrovirus epidemic as they,during the lockdown, to have a wine and cheese hour.

*The canyon is not blood gulch, prize if you get it.
**At the time.

The macrovirus epidemic was six years ago. by Outhra on 2014-01-30 21:30:00 UTC Reply

Would this be a flashback? And if so, why? What is it about macroviruses that cannot be just as easily dealt with using another creature or another cause for tunneling out of HQ?

Why exactly would the hole never be filled in? Just because the break in HQ leads into the bottom of a canyon doesn't mean that it couldn't pose a potential problem. What if something floods the canyon, or spores start coming in from the outside, or Haloverse animals come in through the hole while the Agents are away and lay eggs absolutely everywhere? If there was a hole through HQ to the outside, it's most probable that either it would be immediately sealed up and the people responsible sent somewhere that they couldn't go punching any more holes in reality, or that the Security Departments would set up a permanent door outpost at the spot where the hole appeared to ensure that nothing came in that wasn't supposed to.

Also, the reason why HQ can tunnel into so many continua and not have people mining into it or accidentally teleporting through the walls or releasing rapid animals into its hallways is because it has enormously powerful shields that keep HQ's hallways self-contained, with the added bonus of keeping said hallways connected to each other instead of needing to risk a section floating off into interdimensional space. Remember a few posts back, when Huinesoron mentioned that the Flowers put an extra layer of protection around HQ? Yeah, that's what the shields are. In order for someone to get in and out of HQ without using one of the designated doors or a plothole construct such as a portal generator, they would need to shut down or punch through an entire section of the shields, and the last times the shields were depowered, it was not pretty by any definition.

Flashback by Vault Dweller on 2014-01-31 16:13:00 UTC Reply

I know, its sort of a flashback. The series I have come up with tells the story of Fox Norton and Eli Hunter from 1997 to 2015 and hopefully,when I ask for permission, it will be accepted. I don't know if you have played Halo PC,the canyon is Timberland and the gate way is not monitored as it should not be there, it is a byproduct of crashing a warthog into the wall of blue base.

I wasn't referring to whether canon characters notice it. by Outhra on 2014-02-01 01:21:00 UTC Reply

If it is a location accessible to an area in any occupied universe, the Security Departments would want to block the opening to keep things from getting in or out of it, whether or not there is any sort of canonical presence in the area. If there's a base built on top of the canyon that the hole would be placed in, that implies that people are there, or at least were there at some point, canons or not, and thus someone would probably notice if a rip in space suddenly shows up in that area, whether or not it was caused by large animals crashing into the walls.

Unrelated to that, the main result Google gives me for "Fox Norton" is a racehorse. Are Fox Norton and Eli Hunter a pair of in-development Agents, obscure canon characters from somewhere, or something else entirely?

You might want to write this down in a Chronicle by Storme Hawk on 2014-01-30 20:07:00 UTC Reply

You may even get a Revelation about the idea that'll need Reconstruction or Recreation.

I wonder if the prize was a Donut

OK, I'm going to stop making Red vs Blue jokes now (and pray I haven't got the wrong end of the stick and it was only meant to be a reference to the original Halo).

Storme Hawk

Is it a spider... by Vault Dweller on 2014-01-30 20:20:00 UTC Reply

Yes it is a donut,pink and frosted. But you must find the the location the portal leads to before you can dig in

'allo, Phobos. by Huinesoron on 2014-01-30 16:43:00 UTC Reply

You're quite right, of course. Mention of the Weeds, though, brings to mind the various early stories - Architeuthis' and Nenya-and-Rosie's, for instance - which represent HQ as having not only doors, but also significant lengths of wall (in N&R's case, I always picture them as walking up to a gigantic castle). I suppose, if your RC was against one of those walls, you could drill your way out safely - but the Weeds would have an even easier time finding out.

hS

Um... Portal? by Herr Wozzeck on 2014-01-30 15:55:00 UTC Reply

'Cause portals are a very ubiquitous piece of PPC tech, and everyone has them to some degree. Here's the PPC Wiki article on portals for more info: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Portal