[ he huffs out a wry laugh; yes, alright, he's got a point. and though he glances at silco as he walks around, he doesn't stop him — doesn't make any move, in fact, letting him see whatever he wants to see. one table is full of papers not in viktor's handwriting, mostly consisting of different types of augmentations one might do, even on the medical side, with a particularly detailed drawing of a set of artificial lungs.
on his side of the room, there is a pile of different things: parts that look like they might belong to a robot, or perhaps a scrapped design of one; a blackboard full of complicated calculations for a backup power system fueled by the hexgems in the city right now; and in another corner, drawings for a small device, enough to be held in the palm of his hand. ]
Nothing is not entirely accurate. [ he waves his hand haphazardly at the blackboard, ] It might be possible to build an entire network of backup power in Aldrip. The number of hexgems we possess would make it possible, but it would be unstable. The hexgems are not reliable, here. [ then, he picks up a prototype of the device and holds it out for silco. ]
This is meant to track monsters. I am still refining the mechanism... but if it is successful, it would make life here safer for everyone.
[He stopped by the pile of papers with handwriting that he recognized and leafed through a few sheets. It made little sense to him, though Jinx had been forced to explain to him the runes that she had figured out from the notes and in the creation of the weapon. Activating hextech had been paramount for a few weeks in order to force Piltover to bend the knee and come to the table.
That would never happen, would it? He died on the tip of the dream, so close and yet Piltover would never allow it. Not for long, just an illusion. And now they were here scratching out a living in a simulation and once more, he was subjected to overlords that were just as uncaring and twisted as the last ones.
Well, for now. He intended to assert control when and where he could.
Silco walked away from the papers to continue to explore, investigating the gadgets on Viktor's portions of the work areas. He noted the device but again, his talents didn't lay in gadgets just how to employ them when he was aware of what they were capable of. He passively encouraged inventions and Zaun had made considerable progress under his reign. This place could perhaps come along with those talents if financed and cultivated properly.]
Hexgems have thus proven unreliable and temperamental, and the infrastructure to sustain chem-tech doesn't exist. We have electricity and other fuel sources, but they again have limitations for their wide-spread uses. Is there way to stabilize hextech here?
[He took the offered device, turning it over in his hands.] Track them how exactly?
[He hummed softly to the answer.] I will see you provided for.
I am looking into it, [ comes his prompt response — of course he's looking into it. if it was possible to make hextech truly reliable here, it would change the game entirely... but he wonders if the simulation simply won't allow that to happen. still; there are the dark web communicators, which work even when most other things are not working, proving that there is a possibility to build something outside the watching eye of whatever is running the simulation, unless it is all deliberate. ]
Right now, it can be used in ways that will not hurt anyone, should it glitch.
[ with a wave of his hand at the devices, ] Like with those. The runes only need to be activated once, so they do not need a gemstone, unlike the Atlas Gauntlets, for example. The attuning teaches the device to analyse particles in the air, much like a dog might sniff something out from a great distance. It will warn whoever carries it that a monster is nearby, and will light up a different colour depending on the distance.
Of that I have no doubt. Jinx has also made several attempts to stabilize the stones to no avail.
[The hextech was half of Viktor’s creation after all, and he expected that there must be something maddening about ones more well known invention was being limited in a place like this. He expected that the pair of scientists had done what they could, but Viktor in particular seemed to hold the distinction of being willing to try and fail over and over again until a favourable result was discovered.
Jinx had explained about the runes and how each could create an effect. There had been more than a fair share of ‘blah blah blah’ in that explanation, but he had followed enough to understand how necessary they were. He turned the device over his hand, examining it closely with a faint interest. He could see the possibilities.
However, Silco was not one to venture too far out of town and thus had limited risk of being attacked. Of course, there were razorfins by the docks and there had been such a time where town had been invaded by groups of roaming vicious beasts.] How accurate will it be in situations where the air is thick with particulates such as moisture, pollution, dirt?
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on his side of the room, there is a pile of different things: parts that look like they might belong to a robot, or perhaps a scrapped design of one; a blackboard full of complicated calculations for a backup power system fueled by the hexgems in the city right now; and in another corner, drawings for a small device, enough to be held in the palm of his hand. ]
Nothing is not entirely accurate. [ he waves his hand haphazardly at the blackboard, ] It might be possible to build an entire network of backup power in Aldrip. The number of hexgems we possess would make it possible, but it would be unstable. The hexgems are not reliable, here. [ then, he picks up a prototype of the device and holds it out for silco. ]
This is meant to track monsters. I am still refining the mechanism... but if it is successful, it would make life here safer for everyone.
[ anyway, ] I manage.
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That would never happen, would it? He died on the tip of the dream, so close and yet Piltover would never allow it. Not for long, just an illusion. And now they were here scratching out a living in a simulation and once more, he was subjected to overlords that were just as uncaring and twisted as the last ones.
Well, for now. He intended to assert control when and where he could.
Silco walked away from the papers to continue to explore, investigating the gadgets on Viktor's portions of the work areas. He noted the device but again, his talents didn't lay in gadgets just how to employ them when he was aware of what they were capable of. He passively encouraged inventions and Zaun had made considerable progress under his reign. This place could perhaps come along with those talents if financed and cultivated properly.]
Hexgems have thus proven unreliable and temperamental, and the infrastructure to sustain chem-tech doesn't exist. We have electricity and other fuel sources, but they again have limitations for their wide-spread uses. Is there way to stabilize hextech here?
[He took the offered device, turning it over in his hands.] Track them how exactly?
[He hummed softly to the answer.] I will see you provided for.
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Right now, it can be used in ways that will not hurt anyone, should it glitch.
[ with a wave of his hand at the devices, ] Like with those. The runes only need to be activated once, so they do not need a gemstone, unlike the Atlas Gauntlets, for example. The attuning teaches the device to analyse particles in the air, much like a dog might sniff something out from a great distance. It will warn whoever carries it that a monster is nearby, and will light up a different colour depending on the distance.
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[The hextech was half of Viktor’s creation after all, and he expected that there must be something maddening about ones more well known invention was being limited in a place like this. He expected that the pair of scientists had done what they could, but Viktor in particular seemed to hold the distinction of being willing to try and fail over and over again until a favourable result was discovered.
Jinx had explained about the runes and how each could create an effect. There had been more than a fair share of ‘blah blah blah’ in that explanation, but he had followed enough to understand how necessary they were. He turned the device over his hand, examining it closely with a faint interest. He could see the possibilities.
However, Silco was not one to venture too far out of town and thus had limited risk of being attacked. Of course, there were razorfins by the docks and there had been such a time where town had been invaded by groups of roaming vicious beasts.] How accurate will it be in situations where the air is thick with particulates such as moisture, pollution, dirt?