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2014-06-13T15:03:34Z

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Message: 3/11 Posted Author
Size Cap Code 06/13/14 Nuku
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Here's the code that handles your size! You'll have to decode it, but here it is in all its naked glory:
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The Fox Mind pt 1 - RPLOG

2013-05-26T05:40:39Z

Sparhawk:

=Participants=
* [[Alkain]]
* [[Angus]]
* [[Dio]]
* [[Edel]]
* [[Herma]]
* [[Miora]]
* [[Miorna]]
* [[Sara]]
* [[Selyra]]
=Date=
25/5/2013
=Announcement=
Those paying attention on the short wave ham radio in the Big Z would hear something that breaks the static, "Hello? Is there anyone out there? I don't know how we've managed to survive so far, if anyone gets this can you send help to... hey, pass that map! Ahem, 44.0522 degrees North by 123.0856 degrees West, and please hurry!" After a few minutes the static returns...
=Log=
<div></div> Zephyr was kind enough to lease out their chopper for this mission, beinging with it all the volunteer agents as well as a small team of others. Landing carefully on some unbroken blacktop, the blades wind down. The commander turns to look at everyone. "Ok, the 5 of us will secure this point!" The Small Lioness says as shoulders her pack, "You volunteers, I want you all to go out there and make contact with the person who sent that message. Lets move everyone! And remember, there is no bubble here, so be careful. Any nanite powers you usually use will be very weakened. Use your wits and your gear until we know more. Lets move people lets move!" Outside the chopper is a ruined city, layed to waste by something long ago, though it seems that minor efforts to help rebuild have been started. The mid day sun beats down, unusual for this time of year. Angus stepped out of the chopper with a frown across his muzzle, either way the situation wasn't good and the Coyote knew it as he nodded to the Feline. "You sure five is going to be enough?" He asked with all seriousness, already going through a mental checklist to make sure he had everything as he turned back to the ruined City. Herma actually looked nervious, and... well sie was masturbating to deal with it apparently. The pegasus's knees quivered a bit and sie whimpered a bit as sie spoked, with a gurgling sound in hir loins "I-It's about the max I can cover with protein shield while outside the do-ooohhh-me, otherwise I'd cover 8." Herma nodded before sie stood off to the side, "Everyone line up for some protection" Miora would glance around at the area, never having been this far out before, feeling her abilities and nanomagic a bit weaker than before, taking a deep breath she would glance to Selyra who was still on the chopper behind her, feeling a bit nervous about hte new area, but not as nervous as some, a small part of her excited as she clenches her medkit a bit tighter, having followed Selyra here and not backing out now. The sight of Herma jacking off for half the ride puts at least one person off. Selyra steps out of the chopper behind Miora, edging herself away from the pegasus. "I... think I'm fine withOUT a 'shield'..." she says skeptically, ensuring she was likely outside of the lewd range. With the debriefing that they'd be leaving a bubble, she was sure to shrink her assets down to a more manageable size. Rather than her six watermelons and head-sized udder, she now possesses four D's and no udder, while her torso holster carries her rifles crossed on her back. Now off the chopper, she listens to the commander's words carefully before a nod of affirmation. Edel pulls her goggles down over her eyes as she drops out of the helicopter. If she's nervous, she doesn't show it. At least not with her facial expressions. The rest of her body tells another story, though, from the way her tail twitches to the way her left arm rests on the hilt of her sword. "I'll pass on that, too, thanks." And with that, she shuffles slightly out of Herma's way. Dio unstraps the shotgun attached to his back and brings it to his two hands before jumping out of the helicopter, a large whisper of weakness as the reality of being out of bubble sinks in. "Perhaps having a smaller team of qualified individuals is better than an army in this case." The semi-formally dressed silver lion draws his eyes upon the local coyote, wondering if Angus were to remember the 'mercy killing' performed upon him upon the last Oregon expedition. "You won't be doing that to me I'm afraid," he commands, moving out of the way and raising the shotgun to his shoulder. "Gotcha, good luck out here.. Oregon ain't for the faint've heart!" Sara calls over her shoulder to the pilots offering to stay behind as she steps out of the helicopter, and makes her way away from Herma, making sure she's far out of the 'protection' sie had offered. Once far enough the dragoness reaches both clawed hands into the trench coat covering her, pulling two handguns from within. "So.. anyone know where this place is the radio mentioned? I unfortunately have no map on hand so.. well, I'm kinda blind here." as she speaks her hidden golden gaze watches the surroundings, making sure nothing can come out of hiding without her knowing about it. "God damn, I hate this place.." she can be heard mumbling as she waits. Alkain shakes his head as he watches the ground pass below the helicopter and sighs, "I'm beginning to hate Oregon..." he shrugs as he looks to the others as he makes sure his equipment is ready, "I'll... Pass..." as he looks at Herma with a blush, "Anyway... I'm not sure either, I would need a map." as he moves out of the way of Herma's Protein Shield, hopefully Edel scratches one of her ears and looks around, frowning. "I can't say I know where we're going, either. I've never been up this way before, myself." The commander shakes her head and nods a few times "Good luck, less then half a click north should be your target. We will make sure to keep the chopper safe incase you need a quick exit. Again, be careful out there." Then she and her men start working to secure the chopper. Weapons are drawn out and ready, food distributed to everyone, water, and ammunition as well. "Suit yourself everyone... But... you might not be far enough away..." Herma moaned as hir jizz coated herself for sure, and whoever was unlucky, with a protective layer of cum
"Sorry if you got any in the eyes" Angus rolls his eyes at the commander and sighs. "Well...this should be intresting." He frowned, drawing one of his revovlers as he cocked back the hammer and turned to the city. Like everyone else he felt the effects of not being in he bubble, but this time it was different for him.. There was no more pain associated with it, as the nanites the gave his body extra protection were gone. "Everyone ready?" The coyote asked, turning to face the others. "Less than half a click? Understood, thank you, sir!" Sara mentions as she looks over her shoulder to the commander and from there, towards the north her eyes squint and scan the horrizon for anything moving ahead, "Well, I guess we should move then. The less time I spend in this place, the better." and with that the woman begins to move forward, her pistols already held at the ready. Miora would eep as she was unlucky, getting a good coating of cum on her, shuddering and trying to wipe off what she could. Eventually just giving up and falling in line behind everyone, not really eager to be the first into combat, having little more than her claws and teeth to attack with, although she made sure to bring plenty of bottled milk and medicine via Selyra's instructions. Dio walks over to the various piles of supplies, searching for shotgun shells to strap to the side of his shotgun and a few in his pockets. "Can never be too careful," the lion murmurs under his breath. The shotgun draws upwards to his eyes as they inspect and analyze, making sure everything is ship-shape. "I see some of you are veterans of the area." The lion starts a stride towards Sara, and then looks towards Angus once more. "Some more than others it would seem... But yes!" Dio clicks the safety off on his shotgun and begins heading forward. "Back into the hell hole!" Edel flips a switch on her sword scabbard and presses a button. "As ready as I'm going to be for this, I think." She turns and begins trotting off after Dio. "Oh, some veterans will be lovely. I'm trusting you not to lead us into anything too terrible, yeah?" She gives a soft laugh and a shrug. "I might hold it against you, if you do, you know!" she teases. Alkain nods to the commander and looks around, "Ok... North it is then..." he chuckles at Angus and nods, "As I'll ever be I guess..." then Herma blows and covers him in a layer of sticky cum, "GAH!" he shakes his head and wipes cum from his eyelids, "This isn't going to be my day is it?" he looks at Miora and shrugs a little, "Ah well..." To the north is one of the few standing buildings left, a large court house. It has been reinforced many many times over, and even then, it looks very much worse for wair. Those with keen eyes would be able to spot a couple of guards standing atop it, humans! Unmutated humans! They are moving around back and forth, though one keeps an eye on the chopper landing point and the people accumulated there. Nodding once more to the commander, Selyra keeps a careful eye on Herma's projection. A wince shows on her face at the sight of it covering Miora, feeling sorry for the poor girl. Now that it's over, she inches her way back towards her husky mate, voicing a quick and pity-induced apology before her attention returns to the majority of the group. "I myself don't have a map... but we'll be fine, I think." she says assuringly, reaching her paws back to draw her sniper rifle from her back and hold it close to herself for now. Looking at Dio and Edel, she hears them talk about experience with the location, of which she herself has never visited. "It's my first time, I..." she trails off, the humans occupying the courthouse in the distance catching her keen eyes. "Hold up.." Sara mentions as she drops to a knee and sticks to the shadows, trying to remain unseen from the people ahead. Once secure she pulls a pair of binoculars from a satchel at her side and looks through it towards the figures in the window, looking to see if they're moving of their own volition. "We've got a couple humans in the building, think they're friendly?" she asks over her shoulder. Angus nodded lightly To dio as he looked towards him. "North it is then..." He muttered to Alkain with a smile before he started to walk. "Don't worry, we know what we are doing...mostly." He commented to Edel, stopping in his tracks as he hears Selyra trail off and Sara tells them to stop. "Could be friendly, but we should still be cautious." He commented to Sara, keeping his gun drawn on the location of the guards as he stands there. Alkain hmms at the building and nods, "I'm guessing that's where we want to go." he looks at Sely and smiles, "My second since P-Day really." he sighs as he looks around, "Welcome home..." he mumbles to himself and shakes his head, he hmms? at Sara and blinks as he looks to the house again, "I hope they are..." "When it comes to this place ma'am," Dio chuckles despite the dark subject, turning towards Edel with a forced smile. "I'm afraid that promise can't be kept. Teamwork and communication is key. Expect the worse. Hopefully we'll be able to return to your teahouse safe and sound!" The lion turns his attention towards the courthouse. "You see humans up there, do you?" He squints in an attempt to pick something out. "Awfully strange how they've managed to survive this long. Have they even been attacked? It's strange but... Could this be a trap somehow?" As the humans continue to make their rounds about the courthouse roof, one of them spots Sara watching them, they wave and quickly pick up an old voice amplifying mic and speaker, "Are you from another city? You don't look native to these parts! Have... have you come to help us? Please, hurry up and get behind the gates if you have! Who knows when they will be back!" Comes a very male voice out of the speaker box. The others turn quickly and start looking themselves. Miora Miora would of stayed back behind Selyra, making sure to stick close to her but still not wanting to the first into a fight, having little to no capability in a fight beyond her own teeth and claws. Looking over Selyra's Shoulder she would give a small whimper, not really knowing what was to come and a small part of her nerves a bit scared to be without her more powerful healing abilities. Although at the loud voice her ears quickly flick back, soon taking a step foward, although it is hesitant soon another follows. "I dunno if it is or not, but they need help." Edel smiles happily, ears perking. "I guess they might be friendly, then! Excellent!" The smile falters for a moment, and her eys narrow behind the goggles. "Unless it's a trap. But hopefully it won't be, eh?" She nods at Dio. "I know. I was just trying to lighten the mood." Angus frowned and shakes his head, his revolver going back into its holster before he brings out his hammer. "Alright, trap or not lets what they want." Something was off, it felt just a little to easy....where were all the ferals, this was a city after all... "They could be friendly, but let's get some details before we put our lives on the line." Dio turns around on his heels and begins a walk towards the supplies. "Let's see, let's see..." he continues to chant, shifting through various boxes until he pulls out a megaphone. "Ah, perfect! You there," he points at one of the chopper personnel, "Prepare some supplies for transfer so we don't waste anytime if they are friendly." Megaphone in hand, the lion takes a position next to the others and turns on the device, looking towards the courthouse. "Hello," his amplified voice booms, "We're the rescue party. I assume your group was the one who sent the signal? We're coming to help. Do you have any infected? Am I to assume 'they' are the packmind fingers?" Selyra spends a good bit of time simply attempting to squint and watch them from where she was standing. The sound of the voice gives her a bit of a start, and begins a move towards something for cover, anything. But as Miora takes a step towards them, she stops herself and places a paw on her shoulder. "Miora... please love, be careful. It could be a trap and you'd be walking dead into a... I'd rather not think about it..." she mumbles to the husky, motioning for the two of them to take refuge behind a fractured wall of a building nearest to them, if available. "They could be friendly, but everyone stay alert!" she calls out just to be sure, even if they already suspected the same thing. Herma nickers, "I don't see a reason for there to be a trap. We're not going to mutate their people and then kidnap them to be mares for our herd. No, we are civilized people that simply wish to romance the single, the polyamorous, and wouldn't dare bring anyone back unless they wanted a life of breast milk and sinful sexual orgies of their own free will." Alkain blinks at the humans and hmms, "It is a little suspscious... But what choice do we have?" he blinks at Dio and winces, "Well, what else would it be?" he looks at Selyra with a nod, "I'll be as alert as I can." he eyes Herma a little and shakes his head, "If you say so." he chuckles a little Miora would look to Dio and think for a second. "Uhm, if you want I can do the talking I am pretty good at getting on others good sides." she would say, usually being quite good at being sociable when not timid. It was only an offer but it was true, she was quite good when she didn't want to hide. "Just tell me what you want me to tell them and I can give it a shot." "Huh.. guess that'll give us an answer." Sara says as she lowers the binoculars and returns them to the satchel on her person, "Alright, we're coming." the dragoness calls out to the courthouse, hoping they had heard her over the distance. With binoculars secured and the woman now on her feet she enters a brisk run towards the courthouse, and hopefully safety. As Dio addresses them and then Sara starts to walk toward, an alarm sounds. "Oh no, quick close the gate! Get the guns ready! Their back, hurry up!" Before anyone can enter the gates are tightly sealed and barred up. That is when it can be heard. The sounds of many... many paws against the dusty ground. They come into view, many, many Feral Foxes, none of them hardly making a sound other their the sounds of their paws on the ground. They swarm about the build, and weapons begin firing! A large group of them break off and head toward the chopper as well as Dio's group! As the largest comes into view everyone would feel suddenly... stronger? More able and capable? Like they did back home... back in Fairhaven!? Selyra sighs and shakes her head, coming out of cover as everyone seems to be trusting the humans. She, for one, was not going to let her guard down. However, as the siren goes off and the swarm surrounds the building, her eyes widen. Ducking back into cover, she motions Miora over. "Miora! Get behind me!" she calls out to the husky, readying her sniper rifle and taking aim at the only one she can really see: the largest one. As the surge of energy travels through ehr body, she gets ready to fire if it gets another fifty feet closer to the group. Miorna it up Dio, then another spoof. Dio drops the megaphone to the ground, putting the shotgun to his shoulder and aiming at the large fox coming their way. "Hmm," he murmurs, "I wonder what kind of effect this will have on 'em. Might have one of those nanomagics that make bubbles..." After a bit of concentration, Dio activates his counter nanomagic, directing it towards the large fox. "Hope that worked! Prepare yourselves!" As the large mini-spring is removed from its own bubble, the whole lot of them turn into piles of goop, which quickly start to bleed into the ground disappering. All the benefits and dangers there of gone. The humans in the fortified court house all stare as their greatest foes are destoryed in no time. They give a cheer! The, they pick up the mic again. "I don't know what you did stranger, but get in here and lets make plans to destory the lot of them!" He says as the gates are opened once more. Alkain blinks at the siren and shakes his head, "Oh crap!" he gets his Mauser out to defend himself with as he aims for a fox, not firing until they get in range, at the feeling of the bubble he winces, "Great..." Noticing the hoard of foxes baring down upon the group Sara's eyes go wide with terror, and her mouth drops into a gapeing expression, "Shit.." is all she mumbles a she grips her weapons tight. Atleast until that feeling of power, and the lashing of the parasite within flows through her, the dragoness oddly enough.. laughs, atleast for a moment before the feeling ebbs away to nothingness once more and the creature within returns to its dormant state while her expression again drops, "Shit.." she repeats as she points the two weapons towards the foxes and falls back, her pistols joining in with the sentry turrets hail of bullets. Angus growls as as the foxes charge ahd the familar feeling of a bubble appears. "Damnit, why did I have to be right." He grumbled, a field of electricity coming to life around him as he readies his hammer...before that current sputters and dies, and before his eyes the Foxes are gooed. "....Well...shit, not bad." He...actually felt a little sympathy for the foxes as they were turned into streaks of goo on the ground, something that had happend to him once. "..Looks like you guys can handle this without me...I'll make sure you have a ride when you get back." Waving to the group he shouldered his hammer once more and walked back to the chopper. Herma whinneys as sie felt like sie just got kicked in the nuts, punched in the breasts, and had dumbells straped to hir dicks and shoved into hir womb. Sie curled up into a ball and whimpered "ow" again and again. Noticing the hoard of foxes baring down upon the group Sara's eyes go wide with terror, and her mouth drops into a gapeing expression, "Shit.." is all she mumbles a she grips her weapons tight. Atleast until that feeling of power, and the lashing of the parasite within flows through her, the dragoness oddly enough.. laughs, atleast for a moment before the feeling ebbs away to nothingness once more and the creature within returns to its dormant state while her expression again drops, "Shit.." she repeats as she points the two weapons towards the foxes and falls back, her pistols.. remain silent as she watches the creatures turn to goop, "Uh.. okay? Never seen 'em do that without a lil' help.." she muses as she looks to the departing Angus. "Uh.. stay safe over there!" Edel frowns and draws her sword, adopting a ready stance as the blade crackles to life. "That's... Quite a few!" Apart from that, she doesn't do much. She's conserving her ammo, even if the supplies seem to be plenty. Even once the threat seems to have passed, she keeps her weapon drawn, seeming a little on edge. Miora would eep and quickly of dived behind Selyra as she was told to do, but as all the foxes turn ot mush she can't help but watch and grimace some, feeling her stomach churn some, one of her hands coming to her mouth to keep herself calm. Alhtough after a few breaths she manages to calm herself. "That was grusome..." seh would whimper a bit, her ears flicking back as she stays behind Selyra. The alarm stops and the humans say again, "Get in here! Come on, though... I guess if you can just do that, there is no hurries." The humans continue to cheer among themselves. Inches away from firing into the face of the giant fox menace, she sees her target drop out of the sight of her scope, moving the gun out of the way to see what's going on. They've all been turned into goo just like that. After a few blinks, and a glance at Miora, she still has no idea what just happened. She wraps an arm around Miora's disgusted self, helping her stay steady as she walks out from behind cover and furrows her brows. "What... what just happened? Who did that?" she asks, though the voice of the humans catches her attention and she begins to walk with Miora towards the building. Seeing the immediate collapse of the foxes, Dio breathes a light impressed whistle. "Hmmm, I didn't think that would work. But I'm glad we got out of it safe and uninfected." The lion turns towards Angus, nodding in agreement. "I'm going to rest in the chopper for a bit if you don't mind. Call me if any troubles arrive." With a hop, Dio jumps on the helicopter, sits down, and lays the shotgun across his legs. Herma nickers, "Someone..... help me up... my sex parts got heavy all of the sudden... not like when it's gradual as you leave the bubble."" Edel slides her sword back into place and sighs as she turns to enter the compound. "Well, at least we didn't have to get hurt dealing with them, right? We still have work to do, and it'd be no good to get all roughed up right off the bat." With the threat neutralized Sara returns the pistols to the hidden holsters underneath her coat before making her way to the courthouse, making sure to avoid what little dregs of melted fox remain, apparently wanting little to do with hiveminds, /or/ the wellspring they had sprung from. "You called for help, what do you guys need? Looks like you've got the place relatively secure!" she calls through cupped hands. Though she shrugs it off and passes by the gate, willing to talk more on the subject inside the building, and face to face with those needing 'help'. Alkain blinks as the foxes goop and shakes his head, "Wow... Nice..." he feels pity for them but doesn't show it, he nods to Angus as he leaves and sighs, "Stay safe." he blinks at Herma and tilts his head, "I'll help..." he walks over and lifts her easily before heading towards the gate with the others As members of the party filter into the compound they are greated warmly, "Hey? Where is the hero? THe one who did this? Get him in here too! We have big plans for someone like him." All about the compound are various posters and other bits of information discribing how to effectively combat the foxes, all of the ones with pictures very very gruesome. "Hurry along, I'll show you to the Cardnial, he will definately be happy to see you all. As for the help we need, we want to take all of this from those horrible creatures, exterminate every last one of them, down to the man. Worthless beasts." The human male goes on as he tries to hurry everyone into the court house proper. Alkain nods to Dio as he is led into the compound and sets down Herma before he chuckles, "I think he's the one who did it." he eyes the posters curiously and winces with a shake of his head, "Well..." he doesn't elaborate further as the human speaks Edel rubs the back of her head and pushes her goggles up onto her head. "That's probably easier said than done... I'm not really sure how to outright remove them from the city, but, by all means, take us to your Cardinal." She reconsiders, for a moment, and pulls her eyeware back down and examines the posters. "Uh.. alright, guess that could happen. Uh, both of 'em I mean, extermination as well as taking you away from here. Figure the guys at RSX might be willing to take you guys in, considering your shape not to mention Washington is rather close. Uh.. you don't mind zombies and other horror related shit, do you?" Sara mentions as she looks to the one speaking, occasionally peeking a glance at the pictures along the walls, "Question though, you got anything left from one of those foxes? Any.. goop in a vial or jar or something?" she asks as she pulls a pack of cigarettes from a coat pocket and a zippo from another. Herma smiled as sie was helped up. "most popular acting stallion for my herd 2 months in a row, but the cause of that is a big henderence here. Herma sie was able to stand on hir two hooves now... and walked over to the city slowly, stoping to chat with the human "I'll say, those things are wilder than anything I've seen back home. And I'm a mother so I know what wild is like back home." Herma chuckled Selyra slowly puts her sniper rifle away in her holster on her back, before she draws out the other rifle, one that shoots lasers rather than bullets. Cautiously, she continues into the building, glancing around at everything she can see. Looking for escape routes, or even questionable moves. "Stay close to me, hun..." she mumbles to Miora, always watching out for her husky. The sight of Sara's cigarettes and 'zippo' bring a frown to her face, and she speaks up. "Um... miss, could you please not smoke just now?" she requests kindly, rather disliking the idea of second-hand smoking. Miora would stay close to Selyra, her hand resting on her medkit, glancing around at all the guns and it a bit unsettaling. "Uhm do you have any wounded that need help?" she would ask to their guide, giving a last glance back at gooified foxes remaining close behind Selyra seeming rather nervous now but keeping an ear out for aynthing that sounds interesting Herma nickers, "Also, Do you have anyone that is a mutant... like us kind of mutants. Sane mutants that are part of a minority I'm guessing." The human male laughs a moment, "Oh, we aren't going anywhere! Who said anything about leaving? We just need help being rid of those.. creatures once and for all." As they walk the information on the posters and the weapons people are carrying only seem more and more overkill. Rocket launchers, chain guns, even some high powered laser weapons. "We are making this our home, and no flee bitten foxes are going to push us out of here. Relocate over all our dead bodies!" And the near humans cheer or grunt in reply. "Humm, no, no injured, each time they come they seem only intent on deturing us, but again, no god forsaken foxes are going to keep us from making this our home." As everyone enters the master courtroom, he kneels before a woman, "Cardnial, these, mutants are here to help us." She looks over everyone, in judge robes and an old fashioned wig, saying nothing for now as she sits in the chair as if it were a throne. Alkain looks at Edel and nods in agreement, "Easier said than done is right..." he looks to Sara and sighs, "Do you have to smoke?" seems he doesn't like it either, he hmms? as Herma stands and smiles, "Feeling better then?" he looks at Sely and hmms at her paranoia, but then... Maybe he's not paraniod enough. He smiles at Miorna and nods, "Good question, not that I can help much though." at the humans comment of foxes he shakes his head and chuckles, "Hey, I take offense to that." he jokes Edel folds her arms behind her head and bends backwards a little, stretching as she eyes the Cardinal over. She does her best to be polite and not make a comment on their choice of apparel. "Well, I'll do what I can to help you get rid of them. Either by offering to repair, or make, weaponry, or by using weaponry on the foxes, myself." She raises a brow and adjusts her goggles. "Unless you had something specific in mind for dealing with them?" "Huh? Oh, uh.. fine, fine. Sorry." Sara mentions as she looks to Selyra and towards the man as he speaks up, pocketing both items in the meantime. "Ah, apologies for suggesting otherwise then. But the earlier offer stays, I'm all for getting rid of those damned things. Not much good can come from 'em." it's then that she steps through the doors into the main court room and comes face to face with the Cardinal. Not wanting to seem rude the dragoness mentions "Good to meet you ma'am, I figure it might be in my best interest to introduce myself, Sara, Corporal Sara Averith, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, second battalion at your service." looking towards the assembled group she asks, "Now then, on to business.. those foxes, we're going to need some details on what we're going up against. Weaknesses, areas we should avoid, including a map, doesn't matter what as long as it's got roads. Also most importantly.. those foxes, you got anything left from them, goop-wise? If not.. the location of an area with sparse amounts of the creatures." Herma blinked and rubbed behind hir triangular ears as sie let what Sera said sink in "Huh, didn't know canada was a monarchy." sie muttered softly. Sie then bowed to the Cardinal and spoke up "And I'm Herma Phrodite, member of the Proethean faction, Mutants that retained sanity through force of will. I'm here to see if there are any sane mutants in a minortity here that would like to relocate away from something that snuff out free will."
Sie blushed before sie continued "Being a mutant does indeed mean that you think and feel differently than you did before. But many of those desires are benign, my herd for example has open marriages as the social norm." "Thank you." the collie replies to Sara after she puts the smoking items away once more. Once they reach the room with the Cardinal, Selyra hangs back in the doorway, listening in but continuing to glance about and take in their surroundings. It seems Sara was taking the lead, which was fine by her. For now, she desires only to remain alert and quiet. However, she turns to Miora and leans in for an almost hug, taking a moment to whisper in her ear while the others converse with what appears to be the leader of these... decidedly biggotous humans. They'd be right at home in RSX indeed. Miora would give an od of thanks to Sara as she puts the cigerete away, giving a glance around, something feeling wrong, although she had never been to this area she ahd heard practical horror stories about this places terrors... yet not a single injured? Something just didn't feel right, these people were armed to the teeth as if they were ready to war, and yet they warring foxes never left a single injured. She would hug Selyra tightly and smiles although when she hears the whisper she frowns a bit and gives a nod. "If you'll pardon me I am a bit claustraphobic... I would like to stay out here by the gate if that's ok." she would say softly, one of her hands holding on onto Selyra not wanting to be left alone here with all the people. The human male looks back to everyone as the female stands "Silence! I will speek." She says in an almost booming voice. "We do indeed have some of the creature's leftovers." She reaches into her sleave and pulls out a vial, tossing it to Sara. " It points to the east, and you are likely to find the creatures 'den' about 15 miles from here. Each time we go out there to exterminate them ourselves though, the blasted beasts managed to turn us back, even calling on these coyotes for help on occation." She says and then sets back down, "You'll be doing us all a favor if you could eliminate them for good, and let us rebuild this city. Take whatever weapons you need, but my people will be staying back. We haven't had any injured so far, but we are not taking any risks out there. Good luck." She says though she waves the man up toward her. He gets up and, leaning in close, she whispers, very careful something to him. He looks everyone over and smiles, giving a nod. Alkain looks to Edel and nods in agreement, he smiles at Sara and nods, "Thanks." he blinks at that introduction and chuckles, "Interesting, I'm Alkain by the way." he hmms at Sely and Miora and shakes his head before he blinks at the Cardinal, "Wait... Coyote's too?" "Thank you, ma'am." Sara responds, seeming unfazed by the booming voice, instead she listens intently up until the point where she notices the small vial flying through the air towards her. Once close enough, she snags the small bauble from the air and holds it between her thumb and index finger. After a short examination she pockets it and turns her back on the Cardinal repeating herself once more as she pads out the door, "Thank you." once outside of the room she looks to the nearest human and asks, "You guys carry anything that carries an electric current? A weapon I mean." Edel dips into a polite bow. "And I am Edel. I think I have all the weaponry I need for this, now, but I cannot speak for the others." Her ears perk a little as coyotes are mentioned. "Well, this certainly does seem more unusual than what I'm used to dealing with!" She glances towars Sara. "I do! My sword carries an electric current. What will one be needed for?" Herma sighs a bit. As what the woman said could mean a few possible things
First, they could be resorting to the genocide of ferels that could be possibly turned back to sanity.
Second, this is the asking for genocide of a sane group of people that wern't given a chance to speak...
Third, this was a sane group that DIDN'T want to talk things over, like thugs out of a B-movie set in a post-apocylipse Australia.
"Assuming it's the third possiblity, complete genocide might actually not be a bad thing." Herma blinked for a moment. "Did I start speaking out loud in mid thought? Sorry if that happend" Selyra honestly can't help but return Miora's tight hug, worries erupting in her mind that make her hold the husky's hand tight and secure in her own. Her ears remain angled to hear the conversation however, that they were to be sent out miles away to kill off the packmind. She'd heard of them enough from her father, but didn't much like these guys either. Catching Alkain's eye, she beckons him over towards her, intent on having a small word with him as well. The offer of weapons keeps the collie quiet for now however, wishing not to accept weapons from them. As Sara comes back out of the Cardinal's room, Selyra looks at her expectantly, accepting her as the leader for the time being. Miora would give Selyra a small pull closer at the booming voice, although when it cleared she would look to selyra and think a bit to herself. "I don't like this place but I don't want to leave them behind..." she would say with a small shudder running up her spine, showing she was nervous and a bit scared but not wanting to leave the others, it not in her spirit to do so. Although reguardless she does stay close to Selyra. The cardinal just looks over everyone, though the male follows along, "Hey, when you all get back, I'll be heading up a huge celebration! Who'd have ever though that mutants would be the ones to get this job done. Once those foxes and coyotes are gone, we'll be able to work on getting everything built up again, maybe start dealing with the wolves too." He seems a bit more then elated about this. However, things are braught to a bit of a stop as one of the men from Z come in, "Hey, commander says everyone back in the chopper, we are going to have to come back later, boss is calling this expedition back, something about risk reassessment, so, unless you are wanting to stay here till who knows when, get your arse back in" says the herm otter. "Oh great, well, just up and leave us then!" says the man, to which the otter responds, "We'll be back as soon as we are able, after we get our new work orders, till then, just stay holed up here." The otter then quickly paces it back to the chopper. Herma nickers, "I'll say here for a little bit and to ask a few questions... And hit on an Otter." "Huh? C-Commander?" Sara asks as she looks to the Zephyr agent, the dragoness falling silent as she listens to the herm speak, "Understood, sir." is called as the order to fall back is issued, though she stays put for the moment and looks to the guard with a forced smile, "Hey, we will be back, and I expect that celibration to be loud alright.. just stay safe, and I'll make sure either Zephyr, or at the very least, New Ireland sends in supplies until we return. Food, clothing, ammunition, and medicine. Just stay safe until then, and make sure none of you are lost. I expect to see every last one of you. Got it?" Her pep-talk over Sara turns her back on the guard and makes her way out of the courthouse and back to the helicopter. While every ounce of her demanded she stay, she still had a family back home, and no way to get back there. Alkain hmms at Sara and shrugs, "Nothing electric here..." he looks at Edel and nods, "I think I can do with all I have." he blinks at Herma and shrugs before looking at Sely, he walks over and nods, "Yes?" he looks at Miora curiously before the otter comes in, "Uh, alright... I'll go with you." he shrugs a bit and hmms uin thought. Edel turns and waves over her shoulder as she makes her own way back to the helicopter. "Yes, we'll be back! Perhaps with more! We might need it. Don't die on us, yet, please!" "Say, if you could discribe what those foxes were like by comparing them to a movie, which movie would it be? The Blob? Max Max? 28 days later? Them? War of the Worlds? Attack of the Communist Penguins?" Herma could of hear the groans of people "I'm serious, Are we facing something that has free will? Something that is organized? A bunch of raiders? A super pack of ferels? or something alienly supernatural?" Selyra wraps an arm around Alkain's back and whispers into his ear as well, keeping her voice down. The arrival of one of the Zephyr men causes some surprise in her, eye widening and ears perked. Nodding to him, she moves towards the door with Miora and Alkain alongside her, though she doesn't miss Herma's comments. Unable to help a chuckle, she rolls her eyes. "I'm pretty sure we can rule out supernatural." she calls over, somewhat eager to be out of the courthouse. Miora would stand near by listening to the agent and not really having much else to say on the matter, glancing around every now and then while the others are busy, following along behind her collie lover out of the courthouse, not liking the feeling she got from being in there. All to eager to leave, although even when out she couldn't help but still feel like something was wrong with this.[[Category:RPLogs]]

Ferals

2013-05-16T01:19:02Z

Sparhawk:

== Basic Information ==

The term 'Feral' is widely used to describe any victim of the [[Promethean Nanites]] who has either been utterly subsumed by his or her animalistic nature, or who has embraced a pattern of behavior considered dangerous or unstable. Many ferals are in this last category- they are capable of speech, but seem utterly dominated by their new behavioral patterns. Whether or not either type of feral is recoverable is continually under debate, with [[Zephyr]] personnel being more likely than not to believe in the possible salvation of these unfortunates, and [[RSX]] agents being more likely to view them as lost and dangerous. The [[Prometheans]] seem to prefer to 'live and let live' save in positions of crisis. See [[:Category:Monsters]] for a list of encountered creatures.

== Degrees of Ferality ==

Of course, being feral is not something that is simply on or off - there are different degrees and extents to which different people sink into their new instincts. Technically, most [[Prometheans]] are actually feral and have not had the inoculation that [[Zephyr]] and [[RSX]] agents have had. The Mall Rats are ferals as well, but as they are still peaceful and seem to have an aptitude for tinkering most agents do not call them feral either. Basically, anyone who is infected but has not been inoculated with the mind-protecting drugs is a feral, but because each person has the potential to react to the instincts and the urges in a different way, it is hard to draw the line separating 'infected mutants' from 'savage ferals.'

If a character's feralness/sanity were viewed on a 1 - 100 scale, ''most'' player characters and other trained agents would fit comfortably in the top 10% - they are entirely functional and cogent, able to use tools and fancy equipment to gain an advantage over the environment. A character with All Natural, the RSX Agent dedication, and Self Control would be a good example of someone at the 100% mark, while Feral Mode characters could conceivably fall anywhere between 30% and 80%. Some Mall Rats, Prometheans, and a good amount of the Library skunks are all at the high end of the feral spectrum, the Ember are in the middle/lower end, and then ferals like the husky girls, skunk girls/skunk beasts, and goo girls are down in the 1% - 10% zone.

The Ember, for example, have a social order, they can be bribed and reasoned with, and they comprehend the idea of interacting with other people in ways other than attacking and/or raping (even if they do really, really enjoy the raping part). They aren't very keen on using tools, though, preferring the natural abilities of their mutated forms. They also are not very inclined to book learning - reading is soooo slow! You could have sex with at ''least'' a dozen people in the time it takes to read a chapter.

== Types of Ferality ==

Not all feral actions involve sex however. While a good amount of Mall Rats are not what one would think of as feral, they actually exhibit a great deal of their feral traits. The Mall Rats feral traits mostly have to do with hanging out, doing little that is productive, and saying 'Duuude' a lot. Other ferals may be violent, like the behemoth or the ankylosaurian. Others may actually be kind, like the Kangaroo, or some of the wonderful cow girls. Still others might actually feed off of others due to their infection's general push and pull on their behaviors. It all depends on what form the feral is in.

==Causes of Ferality and the Mental Inoculation==
The causes of Ferality are actually quite simple. The nanites that caused the mutation are speaking to the person's behavior more then their rational and logical thinking does, this usually only starts with a person's brain has been flooded with the nanites however (IE acquires or reacquires a head mutation for the first time). This can happen for a variety of reasons. The most common reason is sudden sensory overload. Becoming an new species, at least on the outside, along with all the new senses and urges of that species can overwhelm the typical human mind, which will then resort to 'listening to the nanites' to compensate. Next, repeated performance, intentionally, of a feral act can cause one to gradually 'go native'. Next, ferality can be forced on someone, by repeatedly assaulting their mind and body with generally feral actions, typically against the person's will, at least, against their will at first.

The Mental Inoculation ties directly into this. It will help an agent's mind compensate for the usual overload of sensory data that comes in, and curb the urges for their new form. Basically, it helps keep your behaviors nudged toward the middle, not too feral, not too 'sane'. However, this doesn't stop someone from engaging in various feral acts willing, which will still lead to increased feral behavior, and eventually going feral even with the inoculation, so do be careful. However, this process is longer for those with the inoculation, as they tend to 'level off' at a new 'middle' ground depending on their actions.

==Curing Ferality==
Assuming the person was born human, and shows only moderate feral tenancies, returning their form to human should be more then enough to release them from their feral feelings. Those that are born feral or in a form other then human, or have gone completely off the deep end may require a bit more to help them stabilize. This typically is done through rigorous conditioning and training. The person would have to be trained or retrained to use their rational and logical thinking processes again versus just relying on their nanite based instincts to get them by. This process can vary, both in intensity needed and time required, but usually is not an easy feat.

[[Category:Theme]]

Multiplayer Updates

2013-04-29T13:41:44Z

Sparhawk:

Feral Mode/Extra Notes

2013-04-29T13:39:20Z

Sparhawk:

Notable Feral Mode Changes:

1) Experience and Leveling up:

Feral Mode characters gain experience as a faster rate than Normal Mode. Additionally, Boss Vials are not required to level up to 31 and beyond in Feral Mode. Feral Mode characters often reach level 50 significantly faster than Normal Mode characters (the first character to reach level 50 in Feral Mode did so in around 72 hours).

2) Equipment:

You have 10 Loadout and "10" Upkeep. These are hard caps which you cannot increase by any means. Additionally, items you equip have their Upkeep multiplied by 5 (approximately). You could equip a Water Flask (10 Loadout, 2 Upkeep), but not an item with 3 Upkeep or more. You may still equip multiple items if you can somehow get them small enough. While it is nice to be able to equip a Water Flask, the available Loadout and Upkeep are mostly there to allow you to equip items such as Sunglasses and Long Coat.

3) Powers:

Whenever you master a power, you will be given 2 upgrades at random from those available to the power. These upgrades are free, however. Because of this, a great deal less experience is required to get a basic "power boost" to a skill that you want to keep by mastering it. You can change the upgrades to a power by unmastering and then remastering it. This will give you another roll of the dice to pick up two different upgrades. Note, you could roll exactly the same upgrades the second time around as well.

Because Feral Mode has you rely on powers exclusively, you will be able to master up to 13 powers by level 50 (instead of 11 as in Normal Mode). You can still Epic up to 5 powers just as you would in Normal Mode. This required a boss vial of the appropriate type as normal. Note: When you epic a power, you *do* get to choose the third upgrade you pick up. Epic upgrades are not random. You can still pick up Dedication powers as normal. As you progress in levels, Feral Mode grants 2 additional special powers: Feral Regeneration and Feral Recovery. These powers are received at Epic power level automatically. They can be used to recover Health and Energy, respectively.

4) Vials:

Feral Mode limits Loadout to a great degree. As such, you will find it difficult to carry a Nanite Collector to collect builder nanites and infection vials.

Additionally, Feral Mode characters do not collect Boss Vials from Prime fights. To gain Epic powers, Boss Vials will have to be acquired from other PCs through auction, trade, or other means.

5) Crafting and Salvage:

Feral Mode characters do not collect salvage, nor do they have craft skills. Feral Mode characters can never craft items.

6) Roles and Combat Skills:

Feral Mode characters do not train Roles as in Normal Mode. Instead, as you progress in level you will be given automatic combat skills that match your feral talents.
By level 50, your Combat Skills will be as follows:

| Avoidance [ 3] Damage [ 3] Durability [ 3]|
| Endurance [ 3] Health [ 3] Outnumbered [ 2]|
| Rage [ 2] Technical [-2] |

Checking the details of these skills can help you plan out your power selection. Certain powers work better than others given these combat skills.
--at 60, ferals will have Durability 4 and Health 4. Pending verification.

7) Combat Bonuses:

Feral Mode grants some unnamed bonuses to your combat prowess from level 1 onward. You may notice that you do a bit more damage and can take a bit more damage than the average agent of your level. This helps to compensate for the lack of equipment.
* Damage is increased by 1, then by 20%.

8) Aggro Penalty:

Feral Mode characters have a significant reduction to Aggro compared to non-Feral characters. In group combat, Normal Mode and All Natural Mode characters will be preferred targets over Feral Mode characters. Perhaps the Ferals you face in combat feel a bit of kinship towards you?

Spoilers

2013-04-17T15:37:11Z

Sparhawk:

Tuesday, April 17, 1 AM:

[Science] Nuku barks, "SPOILERS INCOMING. Science off if you don't want huge spoilers on FS theme."

[Science] Nuku barks, "Alright, many years ago, before it all went to hell"

[Science] Nuku barks, "Zephyr and RSX had their hands on what would REVOLUTIONIZE the world, and were quite busy preparing a demonstration of it."

[Science] Nuku barks, "There were people in both companies that feared that this technology would see use primarily by rich people"

[Science] Nuku barks, "And the poor would be left to starve and die without the advantages of nanotech"

[Science] Nuku barks, "They hatched a, mostly stupid, idea to distribute some of this around to poor but talented programmers, so that it couldn't be entirely withheld from the public."

[Science] Nuku barks, "They would have been totally caught and arrested/fired."

[Science] Nuku barks, "While they were doing this, other agencies were learning of the amazing progress of the promethean nanites."

[Science] Nuku barks, "Foreign agents stole the technology pretty damn fast. They wanted it, they wanted it soooo bad, so they took it, yoink. Once they realized just how incredibly awful this was...."

[Science] Nuku barks, "They had their agent pose as one of the 'for the poor' employees."

[Science] Nuku barks, "Everyone is with me so far I hope?"

[Science] Nuku barks, "With the agent there to provide large amounts of bribe money and influence, the 'for the poor' employees were miraculously successful in deploying the nanite stations around the US to those talented, but poor, programmers."

[Science] Nuku barks, "Such a pity that most went out with a wee tiny bit of code that made them report back to 'home', elsewhere, awaiting the command...."

[Science] Nuku barks, "Then P day happened."

[Science] Nuku barks, "Can you see how this works? :D"

[Science] Nuku barks, "But, yea, the activation code came in across the internet, turned on all the 'bubbles', and everything went to hell."

[Science] Nuku barks, "Directed attacks took down the internet shortly after, with no one around at most sights to even try fighting back"

[Science] Nuku barks, "HOWEVER, they only, basically, turned them on. The local programmers did the actual programming, doing whatever they felt like doing."

[Science] Nuku barks, "In some cases, that programming wasn't even done..."

[Science] Nuku barks, "See las vegas"

Spoilers

2013-04-17T15:36:00Z

Sparhawk: Spoilers!

Tuesday, April 17, 1 AM:

[Science] Nuku barks, "SPOILERS INCOMING. Science off if you don't want huge spoilers on FS theme."
[Science] Nuku barks, "Alright, many years ago, before it all went to hell"
[Science] Nuku barks, "Zephyr and RSX had their hands on what would REVOLUTIONIZE the world, and were quite busy preparing a demonstration of it."
[Science] Nuku barks, "There were people in both companies that feared that this technology would see use primarily by rich people"
[Science] Nuku barks, "And the poor would be left to starve and die without the advantages of nanotech"
[Science] Nuku barks, "They hatched a, mostly stupid, idea to distribute some of this around to poor but talented programmers, so that it couldn't be entirely withheld from the public."
[Science] Nuku barks, "They would have been totally caught and arrested/fired."
[Science] Nuku barks, "While they were doing this, other agencies were learning of the amazing progress of the promethean nanites."
[Science] Nuku barks, "Foreign agents stole the technology pretty damn fast. They wanted it, they wanted it soooo bad, so they took it, yoink. Once they realized just how incredibly awful this was...."
[Science] Nuku barks, "They had their agent pose as one of the 'for the poor' employees."
[Science] Nuku barks, "Everyone is with me so far I hope?"
[Science] Nuku barks, "With the agent there to provide large amounts of bribe money and influence, the 'for the poor' employees were miraculously successful in deploying the nanite stations around the US to those talented, but poor, programmers."
[Science] Nuku barks, "Such a pity that most went out with a wee tiny bit of code that made them report back to 'home', elsewhere, awaiting the command...."
[Science] Nuku barks, "Then P day happened."
[Science] Nuku barks, "Can you see how this works? :D"
[Science] Nuku barks, "But, yea, the activation code came in across the internet, turned on all the 'bubbles', and everything went to hell."
[Science] Nuku barks, "Directed attacks took down the internet shortly after, with no one around at most sights to even try fighting back"

[Science] Nuku barks, "HOWEVER, they only, basically, turned them on. The local programmers did the actual programming, doing whatever they felt like doing."
[Science] Nuku barks, "In some cases, that programming wasn't even done..."
[Science] Nuku barks, "See las vegas"

Multiplayer Updates

2013-03-25T05:10:07Z

Sparhawk:

2012-10-15T05:01:59Z

Sparhawk:

Oregon

2012-10-15T05:01:19Z

Sparhawk: Created Oregon location page for later usefulness

Here There Be Monsters.

[[Category:Locations]]

Infection Model: Packmind

2012-10-15T04:59:37Z

Sparhawk:

Location: [[Oregon]]

Nanite Type: Packmind (Distributed AI)

Infection Vector: Bodily Fluids

Basic Infection Shapes:
Have been shown to be able to model typical Apex predators, such as wolves, foxes, bears, cougars, as well as novel apex predators that did not exist in nature. There have been newly born packminds of prey species, notably deer, and players can become infected with packmind nanites and ''not'' succumb to the mental death by mastering the [[Oregonian (dedication)|Oregonian]] dedication.

Infection Method:
Slow process of the Packmind Nanites converting existing nanites in a creature over to more packmind. The process is painful and gradual, until enough of the nanites have overtaken the host to be able to strip it down into organic matter and return it to the wellspring. The infected may or may not exhibit outward infection signs before they are converted.

Description:
Packminds originated in Oregon, native to the state when Promethean Day happened. Much of the state of Oregon, including Portland, have been overrun by various packs. Their range depends on the infection type, and can range from a meager 2 mile range, to as much as 50 miles in the case of the largest packs. This limitation is due to the radio transmitter and receiver embedded into each cluster of nanites, the signal of which can only extend so far. If an individual 'finger' (body), of a pack is cut off from the wellspring's signal or damaged beyond repair, it is dissolved into base organic matter (usually looks like red goo or blood), and seeps into the ground water, returning to the packmind in the fastest method possible. This function is a life support function of packmind nanites and will activate even if the nanites are otherwise disabled.

Wellsprings are a unique convention of Packmind Nanites. Due to their distributed AI nature, each individual nanite appears to contain coordinates and a homing instinct for where to deliver its associated biomass upon loss of signal. A wellspring can take many forms depending on the species; thus far a 'mobile' wellspring has been encountered with the wolf infection, in the form of a large alpha wolf, and the more common 'stationary' wellspring has been encountered with coyote and other packs, which in the case of coyote took the form of a bubbling meat soup inside a natural hot spring. Wellsprings contain biological and inorganic matter in dense storage, and are the location the packs create new 'fingers'.

Creatures digested by a packmind are stripped slowly of their mind and devoured by the AI inside the wellspring. Fragments of their memories may be constructed from a Packmind, but any creature lost inside a packmind for too long will be unrecoverable, without divine intervention. A sentient Packmind has been created out of the remnants of the coyote pack slain by Coyote as detailed in the event [[Coyote: The Packmind]], and has taken the name of Elaine. She has slowly been creating an area of less dangerous territory around Crater Lake, and also assisted in creating a new form of Prey packminds, in order to help combat them.

These nanites are particularly weak to Electricity, EMP and other forms of radio disruption. The material can be stopped from returning to the wellspring by trapping or sealing it in something that is impermeable to nanites. Such matter has been studied by Zephyr and RSX.

See Also: The [[Mephitic Gryphon]] infection and [[Oregonian (dedication)|Oregonian]] dedication.

2012-04-24T22:59:36Z

Sparhawk:

The following is a list of updates made to the game since it entered open beta in 2011.

For planned future updates, see Nuku's six month plan at http://checkvist.com/checklists/97925-six-month-plan.

== April ==
'''24th'''
*New in the Elite Shop: [[Private Forum]], allowing you to set up a section of the [http://web.flexiblesurvival.com/index.php forums] for you to run.
*[[Friendly Bandoleer]] and [[Hostile Bandoleer]] added to the Survivalist shop. These allow the use of one expendable item in auto-combat.
**And also debugged so they work properly.
**Said debugging also resulted in [[Throwing Knives]] dealing more damage.

'''23rd'''
*[[Fire Dance]] self-damage increased to match up with players having been given more HP some time back.

'''22nd'''
*[[Engulf]] coded. Sticky!
*AI lines set with powers you do not currently have will be ignored instead of tossing errors.

'''21st'''
*The [[Pack Leader (dedication)|Pack Leader]] dedication has arrived! Truly, this is a joyous day.

'''20th'''
*+glance now tells you if there's a source in the room.
*You can now epic powers from the web interface! Hooray, modern convenience!
*[[Prospector]] and [[Conservative Miner]] perks added.
*[[Feesh]] got a little smarter. Sure spends a lot of time in school for such a lonely creature.
*Pets summoned by monsters will have Pet: in front of their names, and not numbers, making targeting the parent infinitely easier.

'''19th'''
*Dropping a mako item will ask a second time if you are REALLY sure.

'''18th'''
*The ten-second minimum for autocombat rounds is being fiddled with. It is at 4 seconds at the time of this writing.
*Action buttons will be hidden when it is not your turn on web combat. No more bait-and-switch buttons!
*Salvage status, both generic and specific like ChemicalSalvage, no longer has a cap. Unfortunately it is a percentage modifier on your base salvage chance, ending up much smaller.
**[[Clever Paws]] updated to be useful with the new salvage numbers. And now it increases the nanite vials you get too!
*Assorted [[Mechanical Source|sources]] of salvage can be dropped into rooms to reward roleplaying with salvage.
*Avatar will announce RP XP ticks in the tick channel. Tick ON!

'''17th'''
*Expansion backpacks make change. If you have enough items to activate your [[Small Nanopack]] but not your [[Large Nanopack|large]] one, the latter won't drain your battery that day. [[Duct Tape Backpack]] will always be checked last, alas.
*[[Extravagant Implement]] recipe coded. Like the last one, this is a private recipe. Seek out the Mechanist's Guild!
**You can tell because private recipes will show the owner's group in rpinfo.
*Auto combat rounds can run no faster than 10 seconds per round. Apparently this will speed up the game.

'''16th'''
*Betraying powers, like [[Fire Dance]], ignore resistances. They should simply do the level-scaled damage to you.
*[[Protein Shield]] rebalanced. In short, it takes more effort the more you are spraying, and the CritHPBuffer means something.
*[[Child Trainer]] added to the elite stores.
*[[Unshielded Prototype]] recipe created. It is private. Aw.
**+rpinfo now tells you if a recipe is private!

'''15th'''
*[[Cleansing]] distillation cleans more, to match other passive Debuffclear effects.
*Sati softly churrs, "Non Roo/Child, pet summons are limited to 4 simultaneously. This includes equipment, and power/dedication summons should they come down the line. This was done to limit the effect of Mastermind to something controllable, and also allowed a dedication to get made, and was done under my request. I'm not certain anyone is using more than four so it shouldn't really affect anyone."
*Your relative size to a target appears when you are looking at them, right before describing their skin. Everyone is so tiny! What is going on?

'''14th'''
*Almost all recipe modifiers (in fact, all but cool/protective/amplifying) got their ally status durations doubled. You don't have to spam that banner nearly as often now!
**As a result, the energy cost of [[Banner]] and [[Amplifier]] went up significantly.
*Passive effects of most distills moved upwards, as well.
*Group founders can now set themselves to whatever rank they want. They remain leaders. Everyone else needs to be set 'leader' to attain that power though.
*You can now use % to act as 'modulus' in string parsing, much like the other (+-*/) operands.
*Time for some +reward overhauls!
**+10% bonus XP is now +25% bonus XP!
**That annoying +reward that upgraded items? GONE.
**Got a mako battery recharge? Have a battery, too!
*The [[Cred Energy Rejuvinator]] got discounted, from 5 mako down to 2.
*[[Blood Extractor]] coded, and put in the token shop.

'''12th'''
*Newbie items are now handed out at level 20, so they'll be useful until you can start getting your feet wet with crafting.
*Children and Roo pets no longer show up for upgrading on the web page. They're going to go hungry. :<
*Minor creature creator tweaks:
**The sayverb boxes are now large enough to see what you're writing
**There is a box to specify size. Remember that 5 is human-sized, and the scale is not in feet. Really.
*You now see victories again when mentored up or down. You can once again experience joy while seriously overpowering level 5 skunk girls.
*Ranger role added. Health, Penetration, and Roll with It!
*Commissar role added. Tactician, Rage, and Avoidance. Also heresy.
*Pregnancy Simulators, in [[Light Pregnancy Simulator|light]], [[Medium Pregnancy Simulator|medium]], and [[Heavy Pregnancy Simulator|heavy]] versions, added to the elite store for 15 mako apiece.

'''11th'''
*Nuku carols, "DoTs from player sources cannot cause infections"
*Pages sent to another player will have timestamps. Your 'page #last' will be easier to read.
*[[Kitsune]] Now has Victory messages! (Perhaps we should start worrying about them now...)

'''10th'''
*Web combat has a Refresh button, in case it appears to have stalled.
*[[Roll With It]] and [[Tar Baby]] have a diminishing chance to activate with hits smaller than the threshold. Much more likely to happen in ordinary combat.
*Training resources now cost the same on the web and in direct control.
*[[Damage]] combat skill will decrease the amount of damage lost when something evades your attacks.
*Web salvage missions now tend to not be quite so long.
*A new status, Vampiric! Gives all your direct damage powers a (magnitude)% vampiric effect.

'''9th'''
*No more Easter eggs! Existing ones still work, so crack 'em open.
*The various salvage-boosting items, like [[Cooler]], slotted. You can only prefer one kind of salvage at a time.
*Web combat has a longer attention span. You won't fall automated if you don't click a button within ten seconds.

'''8th'''
*Happy Easter! Monsters are now dropping Easter Eggs. Open them up for a surprise!
**Bunny and rabbit enemies are more likely to drop eggs.
**Zombies are not likely to drop them, being too stupid to remember to find any.
**Eggs are also available for 1 mako apiece in the elite store, if you are a silly person.
*The inventory section of the web interface has been completely remodeled!
*The follow code (the stuff you use hopon and handup to use) now defaults to the 'walk' option, instead of the 'ride' option.
**Want to write your own follow text? Type 'ride #help2' to get started!
*Web salvage missions now only use one patrol point at a time, but require twice as many patrols.
*[[Invasive Procedure]] coded.

'''7th'''
*The [[Survival]] skill now reduces environmental penalties by 10% per point.
*Did you know that energymod abilities, but positive and negative, were twice as powerful in combat? Well, if you didn't, now you know why [[Rest]] isn't going as far as you thought it should.
*The military base is now stamped as High Danger, which means people will come to your aid in web battles there.
*New holiday form, just under the wire! [[Marshmallow Chicken]] is available for a limited time.
**This form has both [[Smooth Hide]] and [[Expansiveness]], by the way.
**Peep!
*[[Expansiveness]] brought in line with other AoE abilities; now twice as nice!

'''6th'''
*[[Tanuki]]s (either active, or inactive with the [[Golden Leaf]]) can now make use of the [[Nanite Spatial Recalculator]]. The function is identical as when a [[Nanite Adept]] uses it.
*Caber Tosser role added, possessing Controlled Burst, Endurance, and Tactician.
*[[Gemini Cyborg]], a new dedication in progress, has been coded. Expect to hear more from it soon!
**Beep!

'''5th'''
*[[Myriad Armor]] had a math error; its damage resists went up a bit.
**[[King Cobra]] now has the [[Myriad Armor]] ability, by the way.
*[[Conductive]] and [[Solid Frame]] are a little stronger now, to bring them up to speed with the other discounts to energy powers.
*[[Sharpshooter]] now has an energy upgrade, so it's not quite so tiring.
*Powerthirst was renamed to [[Ultraquench]]. Curse you, copyright law!
*You're now a little more likely to find builder nanites after a fight when not equipped with a collector.

'''4th'''
*[[Least EN]] AI block added to RSX's store.
*[[Busty Succubus]] and [[Raised Pharaoh]] don't spawn zombies due to lag issues. Just like old times!
*[[Durability]], [[Avoidance]] and [[Health]] combat skills reduce the size of direct heals you apply by 3% per point. Makes non-tank support more useful.
*The +census master command will list what people have chosen to make epic.
*Energy recovery outside battle is doubled. Less annoying downtime.
*Fengrove Hills and Fengrove Caves opened to the public! Look for them on the Fairhaven overworld, near the corn maze.
**The hills contain [[Ogre]]s, [[King Cobra]]s, and [[Fox Taur]]s!
**The caves contain (deep breath) [[Blade Beast]], Dark Elves in both [[Dark Elf Male|Male]] and [[Dark Elf Female|Female]] flavors, and both Orthom [[Orthom Ovaped|Ovapeds]] and [[Orthom Brute|Brutes]]!
***That's right! I hope you're after a lot of fun new forms!

'''3rd'''
*Damaged softly churrs, "Added [if status (status name) of (target) (>/</=/!=) (number)] and [status (status name) of (target)] to string parsing"
**This can, for example, allow a victory to compare your accuracy against their defense. Or change your description if you have more damagebuff than the looker.
*Further string parsing: Damaged softly churrs, "[systime] will return the current unix system time in string parsing"
*[[Monotreme Activator]] description made more accurate.
*XP and credit rate below level 20 increased.

'''2nd'''
*[[Statuses|Attack]] status now applies to DOTs.
**Increases the magnitude of the status by its own mag, to a maximum of one-third increase.
**Nuku carols, "So Attack 2 + DoT 2 = 2.6"
**Nuku carols, "Attack 2 + DoT 6 = 8"
*Website right-side bar shows XP and credits needed for next level.
*[[Celestial Attendant]] has moved back to his pool, placed where it used to be on the Mountain Path.

'''1st'''
*All updates are now done retroactively, their effects propagated back through to the past.
*<del>A bunch of silliness with names has been introduced</del>
**Silliness retroactively deleted. This is a serious game.
*The [[Mall Rat]]s have decided to start collecting all of the shinies. [[Luck of the Rat]] is now massively more powerful.

== March ==
'''31st'''
*The 'give' command is now a little smarter, warning if an odd target is chosen." Hurrah, no more giving to the wrong person accidentally!
**Also, Damaged says to stop using the asterisk.
**This is a lot more powerful, also gives confirmation dialogs before giving something to players not online and in the same room.
*Hinoserm found some memory leaks, and patched them.
*[[Pack Loyalty]] revamped; it lost much of its DebuffResist, but gained EnergyBreak.
*Defensive toggles adjusted; costs went down just a little bit (say, half), and upgrades made more enticing.
*Secret April Surprise added. Shh.
*Toggle tax increased. Starting at 4 active toggles, there is a stacking penalty to energy used by *all* active toggles. The pattern goes 10%, 20%, 40%, 80%, 160%, etcetera.
**Dedication toggles, (such as [[Shred the Moon]] or [[Heartfelt Support]]) as well as the two aggro skills from Intimidation ([[Avoid Notice]] and [[Attention Grab]]) are excluded from the count of active toggles, and are not taxed in any event.

'''30th'''
*[[Juggernaut]] can now be upgraded to give damage buff.
*[[Myriad Armor]] and [[Tooth and Nail]] coded. Expect a support version to pop up soon, and then they'll all share a slot with Juggernaut.
**Sounds like someone needs a... [[Quick Fix]]!
***The Mid slot has been coded. All that crap up there? Mid slot. Vyers would be proud.
*You know what we need? We need more cool powers on dedication forms.
**The [[Mall Rat]]s just learned how to do that [[Quick Fix]] trick!
**[[Cow Maiden]]s have learned [[Abundant Supply]]. The milk was inside them all along! Please help them get it out.
**[[Phoenix]]es learned [[Fire Dance]]. Oh no, it's spreading! D:
**[[Talakai]] lost [[Juggernaut]], but found [[Tooth and Nail]], [[Lunge]], and [[Mothering Instinct]]! Somebody hit the jackpot.
*Don't look now, but someone snuck a cake into your pack!

'''29th'''
*The child training services now allow you to set a gender for genderless children (such as kitsunes or cat girls). Costs 25% mako battery to change your mind.

'''28th'''
*[[Water Flask]] had its Debuffclear effect reduced to match its lower energy recovery, compared with [[Rest]].
*[[Powerthirst]] coded. Sati is very, very sorry.
**Its schematic has been placed in the elite store for 30 mako.
*New option in Editplayer. Makes it so that people not partied with you, who try and use a power on you, will not be able to. Use to combat buffs with energybreak, for instance..
*Token shop added to the Shopping section of the web interface.
*[[Celestial Attendant]] re-added to the grid!
*+gear/condition no longer adds a finder to builder vials.

'''27th'''
*A few minor tweaks to web creation of characters. Free perks are free!

'''26th'''
*Rooms can now have talk script that fires on entry.
*Attacks that are not deflected at all (the ones that show 0% at the start) no longer deal extra damage due to bonus accuracy.
*AI: Ranked added to the token reward stores. Targets the highest 'ranked' ally or enemy. Always hit the prime! Or the highest-level player!
*Mako pool success stories!
**[[Internal Testicles]] merit added.
**[[Milk Enhancer]] created and put in the elite stores.
*Web inventory now shows a larger box if you click in the smaller box of an item.
*The [[Installation]] skill no longer boosts mechanical salvage rates. This has been handed off to [[Design]].
*[[Crash and Burn]] coded.

'''25th'''
*Boxing bags can now have specific physical and energy damage resistances set.
*The [[Spread]] distillation has been brought in line with current AoE standards.
*[[Humanitarian]] role coded.
*[[Nanite Bottler]] added to the elite stores.

'''24th'''
*Tweaks to appearance of web interface buttons and dropdowns, to match general theme.
*[[Cred Energy Rejuvenator]] added to elite store for 5 mako. Resets your cred energy.
*Items with custom names will now display their base item when traded between players, as well as their customized name.
*More pregnancy messages! With string parsing! Hooray!
*[[Erotic Dance]] has been redesigned to be an accuracy debuff with a chance of confusion, energy damage, or a chance to buff your enemy's damage.
*Credits gained from RP now follow the same cred energy system as everything else.
*RP XP no longer drops off after a while.
*[[Shield Drone]] overhauled.

'''23rd'''
*The way Maximum HP is calculated was changed. More health for everyone!

'''22nd'''
*You can now just type the name of an NPC or interactable object to check/talk to them. For example, 'rob' will get you a mission from Robert.
*Reviving consumables now work even through large negative hit points.
*[[Foot Stomp]] power adjusted.
*[[Kitsune_(dedication)|Kitsune]] now can be set to have black or red fur instead.

'''21st'''
*All revive powers, like [[Phoenix Tears]] and [[Adrenaline Hypo]]s, cause the subject to flip on their toggles.
*[[Glazed Scarab]] added to the elite store. Allows [[Anubis Servant]]s to ignore death debuffs completely.
*[[Divine Mercy]] is now a minor AoE, and can be upgraded further.
*[[Quad Punch]] was too damned strong. It just lost 10% accuracy.
*[[Takedown]] and [[Packmind Persistence]] coded. Don't expect to see that second one until Oregon.

'''20th'''
*Combat has been sped up considerably.
*Betraying powers (powers that inflict damage on you) no longer care about your DamageBuff.
*[[Infuse Blood]] buffed, [[Bloodletting]] tweaked to hopefully not totally kill everyone who uses it.
*[[Supernova]] redesigned into a fair-sized hit with a chance of fun damages, followed by a chance to restore energy. It can be upgraded to be vampiric, but is still very random.

'''19th'''
*The questline at Hotel Oblivion has been revised. Heavily. Apologies for all who lost progress on it.
**Note that the Lazy series of badges are no longer obtainable.
*Expiring items now actually tell you how much time they have left when viewed in +gear.
*[[Shred the Moon]] revised. A little less damage return and HP buffer, a little more debuff clear.
*Self-damage such as from [[Fire Dance]] now bypasses HP buffers.
*Self-damaging powers also cannot trigger damage return or vampiric features.
*[[Delicious Treat]] is now a minor AoE, and can be upgraded to be shared with more people.
*Penalties on the [[Basic Spread]] modifier reduced, and [[Extreme Spread]] coded for more fun down the road.
*The web interface now sorts gear into categories! Hooray, OCD!

'''18th'''
*AoEMod is now a flat +1 target per rank, for both friendly and hostile powers.
**Fractional remainders are now a chance for an extra target. 1.4 has a 40% chance to be +2 instead of +1.
*The energy cost on [[Scattershot 2000]] was tuned to 1.5 (up from 1.0), though the Damage, Accuracy, and StatusBoost penalties were removed.
*Today is a good day I think for massive friendly AoE revamps!
**The following are now large AoE skills, up from small/medium: [[Morning Song]], [[Evening Song]], [[Pack Loyalty]], [[Bountiful Joy]], [[Christmas Song]], [[Trivia]], [[Terrifying Visage]]
**These powers are now large AoE, and can train up 2 more targets for every AoE upgrade given: [[Breast Waggle]], [[Incite Riot]], [[Chock Milk]], [[Force Shield]], [[Tears of Life]]
**[[Purr]], [[Cleansing Milk]], [[Sugar Rush]], and [[Leap]] are now minor AoEs, with +2 target upgrades.
**[[Howl]], [[Moo]], and [[Honey Gift]] now get two targets on each AoE upgrade, though remain single-target by default.
*Mission inflation! Web missions are now worth 5, 15, or 30 mako depending on complexity, up from 3/5/10.
*Hey, how about some dedication power buffs, too?
**[[Heartfelt Support]] has received a heartfelt buff, giving you much better upgrade options. Evolve today!
**You can now train [[Scrotal Flail]] to have vampiric attributes. Vampire balls!
***It's also now a minor AoE. Tanukis got the biggest balls of them all.
**[[Reconstruct]] is now a minor AoE, with the now-standard +2 AoE upgrades.
**Don't forget [[Lustful Musk]]! It's not only a large AoE now, but it got upgraded! You're never getting that smell out of the couch.
**[[Fiery Feathers]] got its own buff, and the upgrades for [[Rebirth]] were tweaked.
**[[Extreme Omnivore]] is now a large AoE, and can effect the user! Eat your own troubles while you're at it.
*Fine, we'll look at AoE attacks, too!
**[[Jelly Whip]] and [[Flamethrower]] got their AoE upgrades changed to +2.
**[[Strike]] can now be upgraded with AoE. The rest of its upgrades have been made insanely good, as well!
**[[Snap]] completely redesigned as a potentially AoE vampiric strike.
**[[Bullet Spray]] and [[Skunk Blast]] gained some damage due to changing formulas, and had their upgrades overhauled.
**[[Wild Swing]] is now a heavy-hitting power.
**[[Wing Dust]] completely redesigned as a semi-random pile of lots of fun defensive debuffs.
**[[Terrifying Visage]] gained some more fun statuses to inflict on your enemies.
**[[Crazy Eye]] now works harder and longer. It's useful now!
**[[Egg Toss]] redesigned. Does a little damage and slows a medium amount of enemies, then gives you a significant heal.
*The [[Accuracy]] combat skill now also makes the target of an attack (either a single-target attack or the primary target of an AoE) reduce the 'dodged' portion (25/50/75% reduction when you don't hit for full power) by 5/10/15%. So if you miss the first time, but hit the second time, and have three ranks of Accuracy, they'll only dodge 10% of the damage.
**It's complicated to explain, but really cool! Honest!
*[[Bloodletting]] and [[Field of Dread]] placed on [[Anubis Servant]] dedication form.

'''17th'''
*Hurrah! More inventory bugs squished!
*Items from global shop and +rpinfo now show little descriptions on how various stats compare. Useful, really, it is!
*Pets are now once again healing their wounds when out of combat. Sorry about the mix-up!
*EnergyBreak on [[Howl]], [[Honey Gift]], and [[Moo]] has been cut from -7 to merely -4. It is now possible to completely remove the EnergyBreak you apply to your teammates, or even go positive on [[Honey Gift]]!
*[[Lifestealing]] is back up to +25% Vampiric from +15. Sorry, too weak. Power still under review.
*[[Combat Helmet]] and [[Armored Vest]] buffed.
*Energy cost on [[Forced Milking]] increased.
*[[Swallow the Sun]] redesigned; it is now fully vampiric, with no regen component. It's all repeat-type now.

'''16th'''
*When crafting things that expire (either by [[Intricately Wrought]] or [[Zealously Conserved]]), their expiration now rounds down to an hour, so you can build a big stack of things and have them stack.
*Mentoring no longer applies to the web client.
*Items can now have a slot, limiting them in the same fashion as hides.
**This is not expected to hit any current gear; this is planning for the [[Weapon Master (dedication)|future]]!
*People who have both [[Single Sexed]] and either [[Always Male]] or [[Always Female]] will now have those perks removed and replaced with [[Male Preferred]]/[[Female Preferred]] (as the case may be).

'''15th'''
*[[Matron]] actually works instead of not.
*Web combat much faster and will display results longer.
*using Hero Revive will call a 'startaction' like web combat, firing all your buffs and summoning all your pets.
*[[Morning Song]] buffed.
*[[Nasty Insult]] added to [[Feesh]], on the ass where you can actually get it.
*[[Lifestealing]] is down to merely +15 Vampiric, instead of +25. Sorry, too strong. Power still under review.
*Web combat has gotten way faster. Again. No, really.
*[[Laser Emitting]] redesigned.

'''14th'''
*Web interface contains a market for builder vials. http://flexiblesurvival.com/index?nanitemarket
*Web interface reorganized, now contains a separate Shops category with links to each shop.
*[[Intricately Wrought]] recipe modifier changed.
*Some hides reworked:
**[[Icy Hide]] upgrade added to form a defense-boosting shield of ice.
**[[Fiery Hide]] gives EnergyBreak.
**[[Abrasive Hide]] can be upgraded with StatusBoost, increasing the magnitude of all statuses you apply.
**All three of the above are now self-spread. Their effects now spread out amongst your party.
*Not a hide, but the [[Long Ears]] toggle includes StatusBoost.
*[[Lifestealing]] recipe mod added to Elite Store for 10 mako.
*[[Mirrored Flesh]] and [[Smooth Hide]] coded.
*Upgrades for [[Poison Bite]], [[Scratch]], [[Masochistic Fury]] and other stacked-dots powers repaired.
*[[Blade Flurry]] more focused: NoAoE means you can only stab one particular hapless fool at a time.
*[[Blocking]] recipe mod created.
*Damaged softly churrs, "Turns should no longer get skipped in manual. Please report if they do (in which case I will burn the game down to the ground and salt the earth)"
*[[Quick]], [[Intricately Wrought]], and [[Cheap]] added to the web stores in a mysterious new location!

'''13th'''
*If you have Transform level of trust with someone, your pets will grant permission with the fuck command. The word of the day is Pimpin'.
*Group leaders can now assign a group quartermaster as the leader in their place. Leaders can also disband the group.
*You can now downgrade items in your inventory through the web interface. It costs half as much as the upgrade did.
*[[Drain Vitae]] and [[Forced Milking]] redesigned in the face of the Vampiric stat.
*Cake. CAKE. [[Ultimate Cake of Decadent Deliciousness|CAKE]]!
**In entirely unrelated news, talk scripting works on expendable items.
*Labor-saving device: typing the name of a power or weapon in combat will activate it. Putting 'use' in front is unnecessary. If the item name is a command, the command will take precedence.

'''12th'''
*Chat channels are now color-coded for your convenience.
*[[Faction Exchange Paperwork]] added to the elite stores.
**3 badges added in connection to this item.
*Badge added to use of the [[Rename Token]].
*[[Navigational Beacon]] added to the elite stores.
**Badge added to this. Beacon Deacon.
*[[Group Name Reclassification]] available in the elite stores. Hey, Balina! Fix your stupid group name already!
*Vampiric is now a status for powers, and is now granted at 5/10/15% by the combat skill. Soft caps at 25 and 50, hard capped at 75%.
*You can now go 'all in' on a marp-off.
*If you are at least trusted by another player, you can list their forms. 'list forms of <name>'
*Damaged softly churrs, "Provision added for a single 'egg' within the players to result in MANY resultant eggs being made"
*Losing to the Mass of Tentacles can now have a very interesting effect if you're fertile at the time.
**The previous two lines are /probably/ related.
*[[Phoenix Tears]] added to the elite stores. Grants the [[Rising Inferno]] power to Phoenix dedicants.
*Failing to [[Recursion (dedication)|recurse]] due to having insufficient mako battery charge will give an error message instead of sullen silence.

'''11th'''
*Cover effects no longer bounce down to pets.
*[[Bloodletting]] coded.
*[[Pure Eggs]] and [[Pure Seed]] perks added.
*Status effects from powers that have less than 100% accuracy (such as everything [[Vine Torrent]] can do to enemies) now have their chance modified by evasion and accuracy.

'''10th'''
*[[Nova Meteor]] power improved.
*Maximum level in the Church of Promethea raised to 50.
*More optimizations.
*[[Overclocking]] distillation added, provides StatusBoost effect.
*Pet levels are now adjusted to match your mentored level when you change rooms.
**0-HP pets will be cleared when you change rooms as well.
*New power type: Unmodifieable. These powers cannot be altered by things such as StatusBoost or DebuffResist.
*By default, +register or +account do not show your recent mako history.
**'+register history' will, however.
*Descriptors for organ sizes diversified again.
*Organ size changes now care about the relative sizes of the creatures involved
*Those subscribing at the Wasteland Warrior level can now set mako titles that do not have asterisks on either side.
*[[Excess Remover]]'s mako pool completed; they are now for sale at your local RSX Mart.
*[[Rename Token]]s added to the elite stores.
*The 'stop' command can now only be used if the power you are interrupting is not only charging, but also on cooldown. Once you commit to the real charge, there's no turning back!
*Pets now flee with you when you run off in combat.
*Judges can now use the +beast/copy command to create their own temporary mobs that use templates of other mobs for rapid deployment in a scene.
*[[Scattershot 2000]]'s StatusBoost restored after fix was applied.

'''9th'''
*[[RSX Operative]] buffed in fun new ways!
**[[Measured Breath]] - EnergyBreak now lasts 30 rounds, making it possible to keep this up at all times with upgrades, and almost all the time without.
**[[Practiced Haste]] - Haste removed, replaced with Charge, InstantCooldown, and Accuracy.
**[[RSX Connections]]' mako pool completed. The finished item adds +10 resources while you are dedicated to RSX, and gives you +15 loadout when the dedication is inactive.
*New status: StatusBoost. Increases the magnitude of active power statuses.
**[[Howl]] is an active power, and would be impacted. So would the negative statuses applied by [[Crippling Bite]].
**[[Juggernaut]] or [[Furry Hide]], being a toggle and a passive respectively, would not.
**This has soft caps at 25 and 50, with a hard cap at 75. This goes both ways.
*The [[Scattershot 2000]] now inflicts -10 StatusBoost on the wearer.
**The common energy salvage requirement has gone from 25 to 15, by way of apology.
**StatusBoost penalty removed due to apparently causing issues.

'''8th'''
*[[Fiery Hide]] upgrades improved.
*[[Skunk Beast]]s now beget [[Skunk Girl]] babies. Somewhere, Daisy is shaking her fist angrily.
*Racing updates:
**Racers now earn greater or fewer racer bucks depending on their level.
**You can now purchase reward tokens with racer bucks.
**When using a metabolism spiker, the racer is immediately marked as unfed, allowing them to recover from crashes or indecision more readily.
*Oh lord, subscription changes! Please, do not panic.
**Everyone who has donated prior to the writing of this message is now Old School. This is a flag on your account, and not something you'll immediately see.
**The rules have changed! You now get different bonuses for how much you pay every month.
***Full details available [http://flexiblesurvival.com/index?help/Subscribing here]
***Donators who have been putting in less than $30 a month? Nothing has changed for you. At all. You get the Survivalist level despite your donation amount. Continue on as if you didn't notice this.
*Dedications can now be swapped around in the Character tab of the web interface (or [http://flexiblesurvival.com/index?supertrainer here].
**If you have a [[Training Respecializer]] will pay one hero point to use this shortcut, just like using it in a bond point.
***You can also opt to simply pay 5 patrol points, instead.
**If you do not possess one, it will cost 25 patrol points, but no hero points.
*In the wake of cheaper dedication swapping, the [[Training Respecializer]] has had its cost cut in half. Now only 25 mako at participating stores!
*You can now buy (most) dedications on the [http://flexiblesurvival.com/index?supertrainer web interface].
*So many optimizations. So, so many optimizations. Your inventory, missions, web battles... pretty much everything is running much smoother now.

'''7th'''
*Web Combat is full of colors. FULL!
**And water. Environmental water/cold/heat penalties should apply to web grinding.
*Debuffs should announce when they expire. Only active ones, not toggles n' such.
*Fighting in direct control in the area you have a web salvage mission going? Each battle will give some progress and deduct two patrol points.
*Damaged softly churrs, "Overhaul of out of combat effect ticking. Now, items and passives/toggles are not processed every tick out of combat. They are activated initially (eg, if you get a new power/new gear/turn on a toggle) and after that, only debuffs and dots are actually processed and ticked down in duration (note, makoXP effects will be turned OFF out of combat.)"
**Removing an item will cause its base-recipe statuses to fade instantly. Like [[Underwear]].
**Damaged softly churrs, "Game tick system: appendix 7. Only other player's effects (AoE ones), debuffs and dots will tick down, your own powers and equipment will just sit there, at full duration. AoE ally effects will hit friends in the same room and when you leave, they will disappear. Taking off equipment will INSTANTLY remove it's effects. Wearing an Experience Enhancer out of combat will not cause you to drain mako battery. (phew)"

'''6th'''
*[[Plushie]] now comes with [[Stuffed]], because you are so squishy! And fluffheaded.
*[[Stretchy]], a new offensive adaption, created and put on [[Latex Fox]] and [[Latex Snow Leopard]] legs.
*Prime bosses will only appear at the top of the area's level range, instead of the greater of that and your unmentored level.
**Prime Specimen Primers will warn you if you are too high-level to get a reward from the boss.
*Status effects no longer act while out of combat.

'''5th'''
*Hits that you take thanks to cover now count for [[Outnumbered]] and [[Rage]]. Stacking just got a lot easier!
**Please note that you must take 2 or more damage from the hit, first.
*You also no longer provide cover while at less than 25% health. You're not stupid, after all.
*You can actually PLAY Marp-Off now! 'help marp' for details!

'''4th'''
*String parsing can now make comparisons using 'is'. For example, [if Damaged is [player]].
**Also, [infection Fox of [player]] will now return the number of infections a player currently has that involve the word "Fox". Partial matches are allowed.
*NPCs no longer need nanites to use naniteuse powers such as [[What is Mine]].
*The buffs from Outnumbered and Rage combat roles now last for 1.5 rounds, to make them easier to stack.
*[[Cheetah]] had its powers revamped, making is less brokenly powerful for that point of the game. It got [[Camouflage]], though.
*Tokens gained from web missions turned up a bit.
*Inventory code upgraded. This should mean it works a little faster now.
*Some lunatic coded a bunch of new (currently unplaced) powers:
**[[Noxious Aura]]
**[[Shrooms]]
**[[Burninate|Burninate (yes, really)]]
**[[Ice Shards]] (not new, but redesigned)
**[[Parasitic Nit]]
*Typing 'list forms' now gives a total of how many forms you have mastered.
*Almost every [[:Category:Merits|merit]] had its description updated.

'''3rd'''
*[[Field Medic]] and [[Messiah]] roles added.
*Fairhaven Park now shows up on the overworld.
*Bozeman University opened, bringing the [[Rept-Taur]], [[Pterosaurian]], [[Stegosaurian]], [[Raptorian]], and [[Tricerataur]] to the grid!
**They come with gifts! Please enjoy [[Cold Blooded]], [[What is Mine]], [[Hateful Strike]], [[Front and Center]], [[Superior Balance]], and [[Guarding Stance]]!
*[[Cheetah]] added to the zoo.
*[[Pretty Pony]] added to the Toy Factory. WHY.
*You should no longer get hit by multiple ambushes at once when grouping in an area.
*Having conflicting merits (such as Male Preferred and Female Preferred) will no longer result in wild, unpredictable effects. One will override another, and it'll become obvious real quick which one it is.
*Rounding on quantities when making multi-pack items (such as most consumables) will now be done at the end, instead of after every mod.

'''2nd'''
*[[Chemist]] and [[Paladin]] roles added.
*[[Silver Leaf]] mako pool finished, and added to the elite store! When carried by an active [[Tanuki]] dedicant (or someone with the dedication inactive, but has a golden leaf), all body part powers will get the full bonus, even for parts you do not explicitly have.
*String parsing function added: You can now test for number of infections. For example, [if infection Fox Boy of [player] > 5] will return true if you have at least five body parts that are Fox Boy. You can also do partial matching; just leaving it 'Fox' would work with Uber Fox, Fox Girl, Cat Fox, etcetera.
*String parsing is also now capable of doing basic math. Check 'help string parsing' for details.
*"Parent" AI block added to the token stores.

'''1st'''
*[[Jerk]] and [[Blitz Leader]] roles added.
*New prime type: Perplexing!
*Salvage rolls now never go below .5%.
*You can now upgrade items (that is, raise their level) using the web interface.
*Mako market added to web interface.
*Updates are now also visible [http://flexiblesurvival.com/index?webupdate here]!
*[[Field of Dread]] got even cooler, but still isn't available. :(

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