Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] When Grid freezes over

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On 3/14/03 at 11:25 PM Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> > Create the following rule:
> > {{__Payload Delivery__
> > A. Definition
> > There may exist carryable MO's named Boomcages.  Any entity may place a
> > Gnome, Can of Whoopass, or Proto-Bomb e possesses into any empty Boomcage
> > that e possesses.  Any Entity may take any object from any unarmed
> > Boomcage
> > e possesses.
> >
> > B. Arming and Triggering
> > Any Entity may Arm any unarmed Boomcage e possesses, naming a unit of
> > time,
> > in ndays, and/or naming a Low or High Sensitivity.
> >
> > A Boomcage triggers once one of the following happens:
> > The amount of time specified at arming passes.
> > If Low or High Sensitivity was specified when it was armed, the Boomcage
> > Lands, is the subject of Standard Abuse, or is hit by any speeder weapon.
> > If High Sensitivity was specified when it was armed, if any object enters
> > its location (and just prior to that entry).
> >
> > C. Detonating (Or drink dispensing)
> > When it is triggered, the Boomcage then simultaneously does each of te
> > following that is possible to all objects it contains:  It squeezes,
> > Cracks
> > Open, and activates them, as if it were a player, and gains possession of
> > any objects created as a result.  The Boomcage then ceases to be armed.
> > If
> > a Can of Whoopass is Cracked Open in a Boomcage, the Boomcage is 
> > destroyed.
> >
> > D. Purchasing
> > Entities may purchase purchase a Boomcage by paying 5 Points to OrcTech,
> > provided OrcTech has at least 1 RU.  Such purchasing decreases OrcTech's
> > RU's by 1 and creates the Boomcage in the entity's possession, or, if the
> > entity is not in a location, at the location of a Service Mall of the
> > Entity's choice.  If the entity has no location and there are no service
> > Malls, it is instead created in Limbo.
> > }}
>
> Nothing says how these boomcages are deployed.  Are they dropped from 
> speeders?  Dropped by players?  Are they speeder add-ons or just 
> purchasable items?  Are they thrown?

There may exist carryable MO's named Boomcages.  Hmm, forgot the throwable 
part.  Will fix.  They're meant to be flexible; you can throw them, drop 
them from a speeder, drop it and run, or whatever else you can think of.

> And I think 1 RU is a bit low.

Yes, as do I.  I was thinking this up as I wrote it, and did it haphazardly. 
 Will fix.

--
Orc

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