Pipeworks II - by CleanOnion

[Ryli]

We don't have a spy in the Medics, Fippe was the last member we needed to account for.

[CleanOnion]

Round 18

RULES - SHEET - BOARDS

Spoiler for Pipeworks at the end of Round 17:

Another bricky explosion starved a swathe of the great fire from its precious oxygen, but it wasn't enough - a part of it still rages onwards.

A series of clicks and clacks from terminal keyboards diverted all power to Ventilation, shutting down Lighting in the process, leaving the Pipeworkers stranded in darkness.

But for some, the darkness was much more bleak than others. For some, the darkness came swift and ravenous, as an internal dispute within the Lords created a state of anarchy. When the workers found out that they were being puppeteered entirely by a Spy from another faction, they rioted - to their own destruction.

The Spy, of course, was keen to salvage what they could.

The Ventilation, now active once again, began to eagerly suck away at the pollution, disposing of it safely and compressing it toward the Vents. But a contaminant was introduced - a sickly-sweet substance tinged with psychoactive ingredients.

A highly-illegal drug somehow made it was into the ventilation system and dispersed itself throughout the Pipeworks. The dosage was low, but the effect was immediate. A high, in the midst of which we are now, which will shortly be followed by a crash.

All members of the Pipeworks are currently under the effect of a Suspicious Drug, with ramifactions as follows:

• The Drug causes a high, then a low.
• This round, affected factions gain 3 additional actions to use whenever they please.
• These actions should be inserted between other actions: for example, Action 3.5, action 6.5, or action 0.5.
• Next round, affected factions will only be able to use 3 actions in total. The other 3 must become Pass. Factions may choose which actions these are.
• "Affected factions" includes all faction which do not exempt themselves in this way.
• If a faction has either a Gas Mask or a Surgical Mask, they may optionally exempt themselves from the effects of the Drug. This choice must be stated as Action 1 on this round, as "Use Gas Mask" or "Use Surgical Mask".
• Consuming Narcotics or Energy Drinks while under the effects of the Drug is not recommended.
• The Drug's effect will wear off at the end of the following round.

As the lights were off, an analysis of the fire was not possible.

Also, the Invaders have the Generator again.

Round 18 ends: Round 18 has ended.
To get the big fire sorted out (or win) you have 6 actions remaining.
6 actions = 1 round. You have 1 round remaining.

Please PM any queries to myself and Naii_the_Baf.

[Ryli]

Do Narcotics, it probably gives you 30 actions that CO doesn't want you to know about.

On N24 you found a Pallet of Bricks.

[kaempfer13]

looks like the medics have a very good chance of having a bomb and an rctc and can get the bricks from cultists. They should be able to put out the fire by doing the following:
Action 1, action 1.5, action 2: Expand to V10, V11, V12 (you do not appear to have gas masks after all so thats how far you can guarantee to get an )
Action 2.5: dispatch rctc  in V12 en route to W14
Action in between: craft bricklaying bomb
Action 5: detonate bricklaying bomb in W14 ( I asked CO, that's where the rctc is going to be)

Looks like the spy in lords wanted to see the faction gone or felt threatened by fippe. that makes invaders a problem in the future and we control no generator right now. I was counting on lords doing their part, finding a solution to win will be more difficult now.
Are you all alone now Ryli?
Not sure I mind the lights being put off, its nothing we agreed on though. looks like W14 will remain fair game though so the fire can be put out and thats pretty much all the lights were for.

Edit: actually you can use action 0.5 to get closer to the fire sooner, but it doesnt actually make a difference as the rctc cannot arrive sooner than action 5 and thats good enough. Just dont use action1 to disable the drug as you cannot do everything on time anymore if you use an action on that. Also whyd you lie about the gas mask? it makes me anxious.

[kaempfer13]

Sorry medics I have to make yet another request:
infections are rather high and ventilation runs out after next round. Could you feed medicine to the humidifier while its still most effective?

[Ryli]

There's one other guy, but he's barely active, and he won't interfere with anything on the occasion he is here.

[Fippe94]

Well I died only because I couldn't be online at deadline. Death by time zone.

[mathman101]

Sorry medics I have to make yet another request:
infections are rather high and ventilation runs out after next round. Could you feed medicine to the humidifier while its still most effective?

Most effective I'm assuming is Action 1(or 0.5)? we will do our best to try and work our actions towards this, but can't guarantee it yet as we don't know what other actions we need to take and unsure if we will have the spare actions after those required to get the fire pout out.

looks like the medics have a very good chance of having a bomb and an rctc and can get the bricks from cultists. They should be able to put out the fire by doing the following:
Action 1, action 1.5, action 2: Expand to V10, V11, V12 (you do not appear to have gas masks after all so thats how far you can guarantee to get an )
Action 2.5: dispatch rctc  in V12 en route to W14
Action in between: craft bricklaying bomb
Action 5: detonate bricklaying bomb in W14 ( I asked CO, that's where the rctc is going to be)

Looks like the spy in lords wanted to see the faction gone or felt threatened by fippe. that makes invaders a problem in the future and we control no generator right now. I was counting on lords doing their part, finding a solution to win will be more difficult now.
Are you all alone now Ryli?
Not sure I mind the lights being put off, its nothing we agreed on though. looks like W14 will remain fair game though so the fire can be put out and thats pretty much all the lights were for.

Edit: actually you can use action 0.5 to get closer to the fire sooner, but it doesnt actually make a difference as the rctc cannot arrive sooner than action 5 and thats good enough. Just dont use action1 to disable the drug as you cannot do everything on time anymore if you use an action on that. Also whyd you lie about the gas mask? it makes me anxious.

Surprisingly no we did not get a bomb, but we did get an RCTC to use. is there a recipe for the bomb? or would there be a way to gain one?
Also, if needed I think we have all the items needed to craft another Generator should it be needed. That is assuming I have found the proper recipe(oil can+2 gears). Not sure if that would help us should we be able to live past the fire.

My apologies for the gas mask mistake, I was sure we had a gas mask  but now when I double checked I realized I was looking at a previous rounds item list.  I will try to be more attentive in the future when opening the item list spoiler images, sorry.

[kaempfer13]

We have to send you a bomb then, you will have it by action 3. Cultists please send medics your bricks.

Most effective= while ventilation is still on, dunno whether the action its been used on matters. Make sure you put out the fire and minimizing the amount of times medicine has to be used in the future will probably be worth in the long run when it comes to actions you have to spend. I wouldnt know of anything of immediate importance to your faction, but well, I wouldn't know and of course I understand that you want to use some of your actions for yourself. The expands used to get close enough with rctc aren't wasted though.
Once those 2 things are done I dont think I will request more specific actions from you in particular in a while (depends on events of course), the food shortage can probably be taken care of by someone else.
We have the proper generator recipe and you should have too. You may want to doublecheck.

[CleanOnion]

I won't be able to update Pipeworks for the conclusion of Round 19 on Saturday. To compensate for this I'll need to offset the game by a day, so that I can update on either Friday or Sunday instead.

I've added a poll to the thread. Please vote on what you think would be best!

Update times for any rounds after 19 (including round 19, if it is extended) are likely to be reduced by 2 hours (22:00 GMT). Apologies for the inconsistency.

The poll will end at the conclusion of round 18 (the current round); if the vote is to extend round 18, the poll will still end at that time.

[mathman101]

I can't vote for 2 options, but I am fine with either of the first two options (expanding R18 or R19 by 1 day).

Also fine with option 4 or 5 I guess, all I ask that you don't shorten the round by a day as 24hrs in a round seems not enough time.

[kaempfer13]

if next round is 'everyone has 3 actions and nothing groundbreaking happened' I am fine with a day shorter round, but for anything that requires communication at least 2 days are needed.
Are we clear that medics put the fire out (would be awkward to die now)? We provide the bomb before action 3, hopefully cultists will deliver bricks until then too.