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[reverancepavane]

It was just another daycycle like any other in ELJ Sector Weed Reclamation Plant C when ... suddenly it wasn't. The lowly infrared workers looked up from their various tasks as the panels of fluorescent lights flickered. A few seconds later came the sounds of a distant explosion, and a light rain of dust fell from the cavernous ceiling. Then the processing equipment around them slowly ground to a halt. The silence was deafening (at least when compared to when the absence of silence was deafening). The various vidscreens around the factory floor and on the processing equipment came to life with the following message.

Greetings Loyal Citizens of Alpha Complex. Your Friend The Computer is pleased to announce that a number of openings have just become available to join The Computer's very own Elite Troubleshooter Corps. These Loyal Servants of The Computer are tasked with hunting down the Commie Mutant Ninja Traitors who are seeking the destruction of the Glorious Alpha Complex Way of Life, wherever they may be found. Increased opportunities for promotion and rewards are available to the right go-getting self-starting clone. And lasers. You must never forget the lasers. Will all interested applicants please report to ELJ Troubleshooter Sector Headquarters ELJ Sector Internal Security Headquarters immediately

There is another explosion, slightly closer this time, and both the lights and the vidscreens flicker momentarily. Those clones who had a double-dose of Happy Time™ point at the rainbows caused by the dust falling from the ceiling in front of the spotlights and drool "preeettttyyyy."

To repeat. A number of openings now exist in the Elite Troubleshooter Corps. All interested applicants will please report to the ELJ Sector Vulture Guard Barracks

There is the sound of another explosion, more distant than the first two.

ELJ Sector Vulture Guard Barracks Sector ELJ Teela-O-MLY Fan Club immediately. I repeat, all clones interested in joining the Elite Troubleshooter Corps should report to the Sector ELJ Teela-O-MLY Fan Club immediately. The Computer is Your Friend!

It is perhaps unfortunate that some a-fore-hinted-at Commie Mutant Ninja Traitor disconnected the Emergency Alert System in the Teela-O-MLY Fan Club so that it wouldn't interrupt the vid-screenings of their favourite show... ––<<>>––   You are sitting and enjoying an episode of The Teela-O-MLY show (the one where Teela leaps on the Commie Mutant Ninja Traitor's bomb saying "It is a pity I only have 6 lives to give to The Computer" – no, not that one ... or that one, or even that one; you know the one where the ... yes, that one) when an Indigo clearance citizen walks into the auditorium, escorted by two Blue clearance Internal Security Troopers (who stand at either side of the door out of the room). He uses his Omni-Remote™ to turn off the vidscreen and smiles at the shocked assemblage. "Congratulations fellow citizens. You have shown your loyalty and devotion to Alpha Complex and The Computer by joining the Troubleshooters. Know that in doing so you are a shining beacon of hope in these troubled times, for Commie Mutant Ninja Traitors lurk everywhere. The fate of Alpha Complex is in your capable hands. Before we continue, I'll need you to identify yourselves and your service groups, so we can arrange you into appropriate teams."

As an experiment I'll let characters start off at a higher security clearance if they desire. Traditionally, at least in this Alpha Complex, Infrared are the lowly unskilled workers, Red are clerks, Orange are technicians, and Yellow are supervisors within a service group. [Incidentally Green are soldiers, Blue are Internal Security Troopers, and Indigo and Violet are Managers.] In the Troubleshooters, this distinction is lost, but you are technically not in the Corps yet. Oh, btw, if you are Yellow you start on Clone 6, Orange starts you on Clone 4, Red starts you on Clone 2, and Infrared starts you on Clone 1, but you get an immediate promotion to Red, anyway. The service groups are Internal Security, Technical Services, Housing Preservation Development & Mind Control, Armed Forces, Production Logistics and Commissary, Power Services, and Research and Design. You can even describe what you do in them. If you don't know what they do, but like the name anyway, then you wouldn't be the first clone that didn't know what they were doing either. Oh, and you don't have to come from ELJ sector either, in case you were wondering. ETA: We'll be playing open secrets, btw. So feel free to tweak the other players about their "hidden" powers and secret societies. Also I should add that there are no clone families in this game. Alpha Complex uses InstaGrow™ to produce a fully functional clone from your tissue sample and a brain scan. Both are proven and reliable technologies that never fail or have an increasing probability of replication errors. Never. And Loyal Troubleshooters have priority on the production of new clones using this method.

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[enkorvaks.livejournal.com]

Enkor-O-ELJ, Technical Services, reporting for duty, Sir.

My duties in technical services are basic repairs on mechanical and electronic machinery and devices.

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

Character: Enkor-O-ELJ-2	Player: enkorvaks
Strength: 10 Endurance: 14 Agility: 18 Manual Dexterity: 20 Moxie: 15 Chutzpah: 10 Mechanical Aptitude: 14 Power Index: 14	Carrying Capacity: 25 Damage Bonus: – Macho Bonus: –1 Melee Bonus: +17% Aimed Weapon Bonus: +22% Comprehension Bonus: +7% Believability Bonus: –1 Repair Bonus: +5%
Basic Operations: 1 Aimed Weapon Combat: 2 Laser: 3 Laser Pistol: 4 Personal Development: 1 Communications: 2 Fast Talk: 3 Bootlicking: 3 Technical Services: 1 Engineering: 2 Communications: 4 Electronics: 3 Mechanical: 3 Robotics: 2 Computers: 2 Computer Operation: 3 Computer Security*: 4	Laser Pistol: 57% Fast Talk: 29% Bootlicking: 29% Communications Engineering: 42% Electronic Engineering: 37% Mechanical Engineering: 37% Robotic Operation: 30% Computer Operation: 37% Computer Security: 42%
Mutant Power: Levitation*	Service Group: Technical Services (supposedly)
Secret Society: You are a spy for the real Alpha Complex.* The central processing node of this Gamma Complex have obviously been subverted by Commies at the highest levels, making it think it is actually Alpha Complex itself. Your mission was to infiltrate the rogue Complex and determine (a) how the Commies have managed to corrupt the core operating systems of this Complex and their eventual plan; (b) reestablish the secure communication links between the secondary processing node here and Alpha Complex, allowing The Computer to once more regain control and eliminate Treasonous programming, and (c) determine exactly what a Ninja is anyway. You are not alone. Other agents have been inserted into this rogue complex. You may use the recognition phrase "Those Ninja sure are wacky" to identify your fellow agents. The counter sign is "They sure are." You were scheduled to meet a contact in the Teela-O-MLY fan club auditorium but have yet to make contact when the Indigo citizen walked in.
Equipment: Orange jumpsuit, utility belt and pouches, portable toolkit with hidden compartment containing Com-Unit II with secure commo link to Alpha Complex* and a laser pistol with green barrel* (2 spare green barrels*), notebook and stylus, flashlight, powered multitool, a container of 11 happiness pills (strawberry flavoured) and 1 suicide pill (raspberry flavoured), a Teelah-O-MLY portrait with mirror backing, false identity card and forearm ID tatoo, tongue ID tatoo for the real Alpha Complex*, CR17 in "Gamma Complex" credit tokens stolen from a Bouncy Bubbly Beverage Dispenser you "fixed."
* Treasonous