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riverview2017-11-11 06:09 pm
technospeak) wrote in riverview2017-11-11 06:09 pm
@r.mckay; video
[As the video feed turns on, Rodney is rearranging his hair a little, brushing it into place with his fingers, and then he squares his shoulders, takes a breath, and looks into the camera. Rodney is an average-looking guy in his late-30s and wearing a jacket with a Canadian flag patch on the shoulder, and he's sitting in front of some kind of holographic display with bright neon lights, schematics of some sort.]
Hi. [A beat, and then.] Hello, residents of Riverview Quarantine. My name is Dr. Rodney McKay.
[Another pause, and he takes a deep breath looking directly into the camera.]
As you may or may not be aware, a power relay station deep in the jungle was recently reactivated on minimal power thanks to some massive electric shocks. After seeing how I responded in that situation, I was, well...
[He ducks his head in a show of humility or shyness before looking back at the camera.]
Well. I was honoured with a request from the city representatives to be the new Chief Science Officer of the Wall Research & Development unit. Which means I'm in charge, in a way.
[There is zero trace of shyness now, he just looks smug.]
Which is, frankly, an excellent decision, because this place is a total mess. Who was in here before? Seriously, it looks like a tornado went through here, how could anyone find anything? What use are fancy holographic displays if they're just... [He waves a hand.] Anyway.
What is the purpose of this post, you might ask? Well. The team they've given me here were mostly completely useless and I'd like to reach out. See if anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together might be willing to join my team so we can forge ahead with getting this place in order.
I'm particularly looking for Engineers of pretty much any variety and anyone with high-level computer skills, knowledge of Astrophysics is a major plus. Really, anyone with a degree in science and an ability to think outside the box. Full-time or contract...you know. Whatever floats your boat.
[Lifting his chin, he exhales heavily, and claps his hands together once before rubbing them together.]
I look forward to your replies.
Hi. [A beat, and then.] Hello, residents of Riverview Quarantine. My name is Dr. Rodney McKay.
[Another pause, and he takes a deep breath looking directly into the camera.]
As you may or may not be aware, a power relay station deep in the jungle was recently reactivated on minimal power thanks to some massive electric shocks. After seeing how I responded in that situation, I was, well...
[He ducks his head in a show of humility or shyness before looking back at the camera.]
Well. I was honoured with a request from the city representatives to be the new Chief Science Officer of the Wall Research & Development unit. Which means I'm in charge, in a way.
[There is zero trace of shyness now, he just looks smug.]
Which is, frankly, an excellent decision, because this place is a total mess. Who was in here before? Seriously, it looks like a tornado went through here, how could anyone find anything? What use are fancy holographic displays if they're just... [He waves a hand.] Anyway.
What is the purpose of this post, you might ask? Well. The team they've given me here were mostly completely useless and I'd like to reach out. See if anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together might be willing to join my team so we can forge ahead with getting this place in order.
I'm particularly looking for Engineers of pretty much any variety and anyone with high-level computer skills, knowledge of Astrophysics is a major plus. Really, anyone with a degree in science and an ability to think outside the box. Full-time or contract...you know. Whatever floats your boat.
[Lifting his chin, he exhales heavily, and claps his hands together once before rubbing them together.]
I look forward to your replies.
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what planet?
that kind of thing is so hard to summarize by text
it's 2014 where i'm from. we've been to the nearest moon, but only brief missions.
nothing interstellar or intergalactic. nothing interdimensional, either. mostly. it's complicated.
ai is starting to be a thing but only in its first stages
time machines are still science fiction only (mostly)
i don't know, what else were you wondering about?
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[What a relief to say that without having to worry about non-disclosure and all that rubbish.]
2008, for me, so I imagine things have advanced a bit on the base level for your average Joe Earth dweller. Mind you, I wasn't exactly working with standard Earth tech, so I was dealing with space travel, artificial gravity, hyperspace, wormholes, and did do some dabbling in interdimensional travel, though it was always a huge, HUGE pain in the butt. Never time travel, though.
Have you worked much with the advanced stuff here?
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so you ARE from earth? originally?
can't always assume that in this place.
all of that sounds completely mind-blowingly awesome
artificial gravity??
WORMHOLES???
tell me more!
(yeah most of the people where i'm from who time travel do it by running really really fast, not with tech)
i've worked with some stuff, yeah. dabbled here and there. partly recreationally, and partly research for my job. there's a girl from the future with a mech that i look after.
[ He feels comfortable enough saying that - Hana had advertised for an engineer to help her out on the network, not like it's a secret. ]
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It is pretty cool. Artificial gravity AND stable wormholes, yes. Somewhat similar to the portal they have here, actually, though the tech is different. Most of it is based on Ancient Lantean technology, and we've mostly been reverse engineering it, though I've thrown in a few genius twists to it myself.
Interesting. What kind of recreational tech are you interested in?
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i'm from missouri
does that mean you have heard of movies and stuff because you'd be surprised how many people in this place HAVEN'T
which is kinda cool in some ways but it can make things complicated too
so you're an astronaut? or something like that?
[ Cisco doesn't know this guy well enough to guess if that 'genius' comment was serious or sarcastic. Either way he's being nice enough for the time being, and it's not like arrogance is unheard of in engineers and science types in general. ]
"lantean" - is that related to atlantean by any chance?
that sounds fascinating actually.
i did a bit of that back home - reverse engineering advanced tech to see how it worked
it was just stuff from the future tho
you know you could drop by my workshop sometime if you wanted?
take a look?
probably be easier than writing it all out.
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And yes, I've heard of movies and stuff. Though I'll admit, the stuff I do in my day-to-day life is just about as cool as most movies you can think of. I've certainly done my fair share of space travel, most of my work is done in the Pegasus galaxy and I've visited more planets than I can count.
The technology in Atlantis is Lantean, yes. It's frankly fascinating, and we've only scratched the surface of what the city has to offer.
Sure. I'd like to stop by and see what level you're at, maybe we could talk about what kind of things are possible here, with the local tech.
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come by any time, we can talk tech and also about your dope planet-hopping space adventures
[ Cisco quickly taps his way over to Rodney's private inbox, to send the address of his workshop and a list of the times Cisco is most likely to be there. ]