Thoughts

[Pher 0]

Joe

 

New Risa, we had two sorts a sharks. One type walked on two legs and we went for their money. The other had fins and teeth, and came after us. I'd like to talk a bit about how we handled the type with fins.

 

We had three defensive zones. If they were way out, we hadn't the sensor range or weapons to touch em, and we didn't much care. If they started getting close, we'd let em know we knew, tried to scare em off with loud fishy noises. Most of em would get the message and run. The ones who were too stupid or too hungry to swim away… we played harpoon tag.

 

Point is, the robots down there seem to have the same sort of zone defense. Far enough out, they leave us alone. Get close, they rattle their guns. Get real close… zap. I think we can get on land. I think we can sneak in close on foot, maybe get to the inner lethal zone. Problem is, if we are really cool and manage to sneak into the zone where they shoot at stuff, a slip would be unhealthy.

 

The other question is how they tell a bad guy from local animal life. Might be that if we don't shoot em, or if we don't carry tech stuff, or if we don't mess with certain locations, maybe we don't get shot. Alas, I can't tell you how their no shoot rules are programmed. I'm not really eager to find out the hard way. Might not be fun. I'd also suggest that there are lots of ways things could get ugly if we guess wrong. Heavy guns might get us in trouble, but if we get in trouble without having heavy guns we're really in trouble.

 

Anyway, I'd like to launch one more probe to circle all the major continents. We've got a bunch of places we might want to visit. Any time we see active sensors and turrets popping up, we'd increase the range in order to keep the probe flying. It might be worth it to find out where the middle zones end. Do all the areas with major ruins have still working defenses? Are there gaps between the major settlements where we can land without their sensors going active and the turrets popping out? Are there minor settlements in these gaps that are worth looking at before we push the submarine games?

 

I'm also wishing I had a surfboard, kite and/or war canoe. Might be that if we show no power we won't be shot at so much. Big risk. Not eager to play that game. I'd like to know what you think, though.

 

Pher