From 3d659f51b6cdfef6acabc5e409182dc985a1c36f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: The Stranjer <791672+TheStranjer@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:52:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] More updates --- writeup.pdf | Bin 876271 -> 876437 bytes writeup.rb | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/writeup.pdf b/writeup.pdf index 57af90fa3de344f2a08d568a63bb5e768fa8a77c..d2c6f2df75d1717fa017c21c86f51302e2e5bff4 100644 GIT binary patch delta 1580 zcmZuxO>9+F5Dxu?HxE+!j7qEIwa^$%+MNG6htyCLTEoJKHn9t$^3pxrkcMlHh7)gDhaBy~xB(vUPJO-XaIG1-*lF2U>lb?E536Ci3I^~3jVk11!JcG8VFtArco z6Y^=;4P)T*2-^ppagvq?^4qC+6&|4Rov@95F0r+H6q>1W04xo?2oF`PRz?-Dbz=Kq*z|*w!8513^z)c#huvPvL zerQmtN7L$FXs7pP!8QipqilLE(DhkpYw)5+QpYmO9eM(uqJb(5(ND9iW~B<(s9NPT z^WU<<4>oeh>RI@N-Z~52G&cvI)6qHhzSaee^zJ;IqnGFT+O7q-Oq~ntfJL}YyZ?kH zy1l@C{e2M<`uZ?D-keSwou!M5u&2RlwoZ&O!~DK{?>6m%JA@WBZ^fPQxPXQ+J2t)q zweh9=JGHWLSQP0~JW|Z1Z?qb{%3uLAn2|ojaaP()oHa&9aVU6)Q>?s>7=`sB6NuVn zFduY`NfF{=P%0aXLuvH-Vwhhba!-7m5S7o6ps{f=K^teHyFq(#N8LJcK?fZd6O1g2 zsA?~~^HD;^Lafe9DP7bp#*B&cNh4x$UK)k}6jT0h?q2dwC3D$X8+E~JqcM)-Ca~6Y zeg4mpc>+Q-}Pok4exVitnR_`6u=zn>k0m}w#M>=eztw0R&G5OZB!{m%~M F{sweTiUj}w delta 1547 zcmZWpTWC~g5GIMciDynMi4oVRWUc1GkSzcGqShO(h(aq8m5QJdW1+Nts5caJTR5Po z1=nOViN;IBJc)?3xFU!m#FvQRTOWKAMG%cb1woO{ii-JnU-tapeBaDB^Upb@+j`=b z{v)YLYLmKTN|H*_Nqy3gOiiMH;P-r;aUKg}FtdCj5C65|o}Zu<8+$%cx5wWaBB}_v8D)Zc&`V3#imi1ft%YY+V)-CTwb#SZZD`a)|8_o(A9{Y8{??f zN-R!`=is0Hu%T8k{Ll{_I6sEz__Uugc9h^yjlgT1fF~uGi#yur>1K&sqy}I&E_+DD zUUkM(a9=$%;hWYtgX{&Q@c00g?VKHV;Wr4q_^={daR+3C;Mt zk9=naVLtxSN?!UVDAlP!Scq?*k?i|Hs`j7=^*A;Nhf;zGr?BQEv^4E9y@FX~obgr) zW;ilV`X66Y-}A1+%tcE+1~rAO;by0)JPD)ek<~et6-MPK ziZB0#qqyQUS$sbPd0c*m`q^?Co~DG$Nsh%lwBX|FFbDUZfxBs@a@=w(+$XD>hC!zt z%TZA*4nrsIJqwwE8_v$6DdT>Yld41zInS{M2IM%N)J5 zHZ|`-%jda0mom7H{ zJgJln%}8y%DFod~Q?*S_G44Y%iYXRclT+N9(2Nqsg<9HJ{TVBKT4SfB57*9VE#+t8 z7oHI+ENld4VPPYr2s<{CJ~5LUUg?Z7;k)82iGxKVOjnK2N=KiV{Ia(kQr diff --git a/writeup.rb b/writeup.rb index d2c8a8f..8f76079 100644 --- a/writeup.rb +++ b/writeup.rb @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Awakened2069 start_section "The Hammer Comes Down" - pdf.text "During that civil war, the videos stopped. The Internet went black. Cell phone networks suddenly got shut off without explanation. People were plunged into a long-term media blackout as every mainstream institution insisted that nothing out of the ordinary was taking place. This went on for a decade, where Internet access was considered a privilege that could be revoked for any or no reason, at the discretion of one's employer, university, or the government. Almost nobody was granted this access because unrestricted Internet access was considered \"dangerous.\" When it became normal for regular citizens to gain access to this service again, there were no conspiracy theories on the Internet anymore. Everything was normal again.\nThe 2030's were when different corporate entities became the new feudal lords of American society. It was the decade that travel between continents became trivial if you had the money, and a trip to the grocery store became untenable if you did not. Compulsory tracking devices were installed in every newborn American citizen as well as the European Union. The Chinese were even more severe, installing chips that could neural override their citizens on a whim. It was the decade that sophisticated cybernetics and brain-computer-interfaces became commonplace for the wealthy, and cheaper, crappier versions of the same, riddled with bugs, problems, and advertisements for the poor. It was the decade that all of humankind forever traded away wonder for reason. Or so it seemed...", :inline_format => true, :indent_paragraphs => INDENT_SIZE + pdf.text "During that civil war, the videos stopped. The Internet went black. Cell phone networks suddenly got shut off without explanation. People were plunged into a long-term media blackout as every mainstream institution insisted that nothing out of the ordinary was taking place. This went on for a decade, where Internet access was considered a privilege that could be revoked for any or no reason, at the discretion of one's employer, university, or the government. Almost nobody was granted this access because unrestricted Internet access was considered \"dangerous.\" When it became normal for regular citizens to gain access to this service again, there were no conspiracy theories on the Internet anymore. Everything was normal again.\nThe 2030's were when different corporate entities became the new feudal lords of American society. It was the decade that travel between continents became trivial if you had the money, and a trip to the grocery store became untenable if you did not. Compulsory tracking devices were installed in every newborn American citizen as well as the European Union. The Chinese were even more severe, installing chips that could neural override their citizens on a whim. It was the decade that sophisticated cybernetics and brain-computer-interfaces became commonplace for the wealthy, and cheaper, crappier versions of the same, riddled with bugs, problems, and advertisements became legally mandatory for the poor. It was the decade that all of humankind forever traded away wonder for reason. Or so it seemed...", :inline_format => true, :indent_paragraphs => INDENT_SIZE start_section "A Dark Age In The Computing Era" @@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ class Awakened2069 start_section "The Free Council" - pdf.text "The Free Council is easily the largest Order that has re-emerged. While they were the young bucks, the punks before 2020, they borderline on the norm outright in 2069. Technomages through the 2000's, but pro-LGBT activists in the 2010's, their resurgence has restored them to their more dignified pre-2010 roots. The Free Council are the foremost authorities on cybernetics, artificial intelligence, brain computer interfaces among the Awakened community. Their claim to this domain carries Supernal weight. As such, all such Supernal Cybernetics Merits must be acquired through a member of the Free Council of appropriate status. This is no orthopractic issue; it carries such weight that losing one's stature in the Free Council seems to remove one's ability to create new Supernal Cybernetics. One simply cannot cast their way into cybernetic technology. Period. (More on this after the game begins)\nSample Character Concepts: transhumanist ideologue, corporate saboteur, cryptocurrency thief, digital grimoire seeder, cryptographic cracker", :inline_format => true, :indent_paragraphs => INDENT_SIZE + pdf.text "The Free Council is easily the largest Order that has re-emerged. While they were the young bucks, the punks before 2020, they borderline on the norm outright in 2069. Technomages through the 2000's, but pro-LGBT activists in the 2010's, their resurgence has restored them to their more dignified pre-2010 roots. The Free Council are the foremost authorities on cybernetics, artificial intelligence, brain computer interfaces among the Awakened community. Their claim to this domain carries Supernal weight. As such, all such Supernal Cybernetics that are permanent must be acquired through a member of the Free Council of appropriate status. This is no orthopractic issue; it carries such weight that losing one's stature in the Free Council seems to remove one's ability to create permanent Supernal Cybernetics. One simply cannot cast their way into cybernetic technology. Period.\nSample Character Concepts: transhumanist ideologue, corporate saboteur, cryptocurrency thief, digital grimoire seeder, cryptographic cracker", :inline_format => true, :indent_paragraphs => INDENT_SIZE start_section "The Guardians of the Veil" - pdf.text "The Guardians of the Veil hold the least graceful position among the Pentacle Orders due to the fact that they were ultimately Seer pawns in the 2020's. However, they play an important role in 2069 that is not to be disregarded. Since Mages are routinely disappeared whenever they get a bit too obnoxious with their magic in public, the Veil isn't just to protect Sleepers from noticing, but more importantly, Seers. Guardians in 2069, as a consequence of being duped in the past, are likely the most rabidly anti-Seer among the Awakened, in that fascists have historically been reformed socialists.\nSample Character Concepts: safehouse manager, anti-Paradox ideologue, abyssal removal specialist, forcer of memes, good cop/bad cop dualist", :inline_format => true, :indent_paragraphs => INDENT_SIZE + pdf.text "The Guardians of the Veil hold the least graceful position among the Pentacle Orders due to the fact that they were ultimately Seer pawns in the 2020's. However, they play an important role in 2069 that is not to be disregarded. Since Mages are routinely disappeared whenever they get a bit too obnoxious with their magic in public, the Veil isn't just to protect Sleepers from noticing, but more importantly, Pentacle Mages from Seers and other such malicious entities. Guardians in 2069, as a consequence of being duped in the past, are likely the most rabidly anti-Seer among the Awakened, in that fascists have historically been reformed socialists.\nSample Character Concepts: safehouse manager, anti-Paradox ideologue, abyssal removal specialist, forcer of memes, good cop/bad cop dualist", :inline_format => true, :indent_paragraphs => INDENT_SIZE start_section "The Mysterium"