Oculus - Revision history

PaposikG6 at 11:45, 20 February 2024

2024-02-20T11:45:30Z

PaposikG6: /* Oculus database */

2023-10-24T18:27:57Z

Oculus database

ThatBarry: Added list of entries

2022-03-26T20:45:50Z

Added list of entries

WeiJayTan: Zone Control = Uncontrolled

2022-03-15T16:17:27Z

Zone Control = Uncontrolled

Vu1pes: Corrected the thresholds in Visions

2021-06-16T01:26:43Z

Corrected the thresholds in Visions

Vu1pes: Added respective skill checks to each vision

2021-06-15T04:09:06Z

Added respective skill checks to each vision

Vu1pes: oops

2021-06-14T20:10:16Z

oops

Vu1pes: Pasting in the dialogue from the interface file (some may be out of order)

2021-06-14T20:09:43Z

Pasting in the dialogue from the interface file (some may be out of order)

WikimanBot: fast travel

2020-01-10T10:28:27Z

fast travel

WikimanBot: /* Description */

2019-12-13T17:27:35Z

Description

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 | image   = oculus.jpg
 | music   = Oculus.ogg
-| world   = [[Upper Caves]] (top)<br/>[[Deep Caverns]] (bottom)
+| world   = [[Upper Caves]]
 | areas   = Apex<br/>Mainframe Floor<br/>Lower Floor<br/>Storage
 | exits   = [[Upper Caves]]
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 == Description ==
-The Oculus is a huge alien structure shaped like an elongated upside-down pyramid that extends from the bottom of [[Deep Caverns]] to the level of [[Upper Caves]].
+The Oculus is a huge alien structure shaped like an elongated upside-down pyramid located in a large chasm in the [[Upper Caves]].
 Its current custodians are a group of humans who call themselves [[Oculites]] or simply watchers. It is psionically hidden from plain sight, with oculites—or perhaps only Azif—being capable of revealing it to the minds of others. Its guards are silent and deadly psi-warriors from Khazum Morakht clan, informally known as Whisperers.

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 The Oculites have a large database of the centuries of Underrail's history, its geopolitical situation, its past and current residents of any notability. They also have a three-dimensional hologram map of South Underrail that they use to spy on South Underrail's stations, other communities and keep track of the geopolitical situation.
-There are 3 levels of entries that the player can access, either via hacking (80 and 110 for level 2 and 3 respectively) or pickpocketing the access cards, with [[Azif]] having level 3 access.
+There are 3 levels of entries that the player can access, either via hacking (80 and 110 for level 2 and 3 respectively) or pickpocketing the access cards, with [[Abram]] having level 2 access and [[Azif]] having level 3 access.
 {{Hiddensection|List of entries|
 ==Personal Files==

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 The Oculites have a large database of the centuries of Underrail's history, its geopolitical situation, its past and current residents of any notability. They also have a three-dimensional hologram map of South Underrail that they use to spy on South Underrail's stations, other communities and keep track of the geopolitical situation.
 == Characters ==
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 | name    = Oculus
 | type    = Location
-| control = full
+| control = none
 | maptext = The eye of Underrail.
 | image   = oculus.jpg

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 "After a while the walls of the pyramid start moving away from you. At first slowly, but soon they begin accelerating. They escape faster and faster, moving light-years away from you, but somehow you can still see them. Inversely, the rock shrinks to sub-atomic size. You can no longer see its light, but you can still feel its presence through the humming. In the vastness of space, surrounded by the pyramid's walls, a storm of memories, knowledge, and visions rages around you. Most of them seem well beyond your reach, but you might be able to glimpse into some of them."
-Focus on the two large objects revolving around one another (Requires 50 effective [[Psychokinesis]]):
+Focus on the two large objects revolving around one another (Requires 85 effective [[Psychokinesis]]):
 "As the Leviathan circles around a red planet, from half a galaxy away an invisible spear is hurled. It warps the space-time as it races towards its target, dislodging planets and shattering stars. These tell-tale signs will arrive too late to warn the creature of its impending doom, though. For these giants it is impossible to defend from an enemy who can kill by observing. The Eon of the Beast is over."
-Focus on the nearby superheated object (Requires 50 effective [[Metathermics]]):
+Focus on the nearby superheated object (Requires 85 effective [[Metathermics]]):
 "The egg is cold and dark on the outside, but as you pass the membrane you can see and feel the hot core within. Immeasurable amounts of energy flow through the invisible network. So much more than they need to rule their domain, but not nearly enough to change their fate."
-Focus on the pervading background waves (Requires 50 effective [[Thought Control]]):
+Focus on the pervading background waves (Requires 85 effective [[Thought Control]]):
 "Countless thoughts of Godmen race through your head as you let the waves pass through you, but you can only make sense of small fragments. You sense their fear and wonder as they arrive close by. They lament as they learn their fate. Morbid curiosity makes them descend. You feel hatred and anger as they die. Three are now all that remain."
-Focus on continuously distorting constellation far away (Requires 50 effective [[Temporal Manipulation]]):
+Focus on continuously distorting constellation far away (Requires 85 effective [[Temporal Manipulation]]):
 "The stars around you start to spin and spiral down into a center from which a celestial wheel emerges. With each spin of the wheel the constellation is violently reconfigured in full and yet always ends up invoking the same image. The wheel spins faster and faster until in a single instant two shafts of light thrust out of its center, perpendicular to the wheel, along which all the constellations are strung and visible simultaneously."

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 (Escape back to reality)
 "With a sickening screeching the space around you implodes, and just as quick as it expanded, the pyramid reverts back to its previous state."
 === Oculus database ===

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	Those who can withstand its intensity can psionically interface with it to receive its knowledge, but connecting with it is dangerous. In that regard, it is similar to the [[Monolith (Institute of Tchort)\|Monolith]] in Institute of Tchort west wing and the [[Mysterious Pillars]] elsewhere, although the visions received from each differ.		Those who can withstand its intensity can psionically interface with it to receive its knowledge, but connecting with it is dangerous. In that regard, it is similar to the [[Monolith (Institute of Tchort)\|Monolith]] in Institute of Tchort west wing and the [[Mysterious Pillars]] elsewhere, although the visions received from each differ.
		+
		+	{{hidden\|Vision (Requires 7 Will)\|
		+	"After a while the walls of the pyramid start moving away from you. At first slowly, but soon they begin accelerating. They escape faster and faster, moving light-years away from you, but somehow you can still see them. Inversely, the rock shrinks to sub-atomic size. You can no longer see its light, but you can still feel its presence through the humming. In the vastness of space, surrounded by the pyramid's walls, a storm of memories, knowledge, and visions rages around you. Most of them seem well beyond your reach, but you might be able to glimpse into some of them."
		+
		+	(Focus on the two large objects revolving around one another)
		+	"As the Leviathan circles around a red planet, from half a galaxy away an invisible spear is hurled. It warps the space-time as it races towards its target, dislodging planets and shattering stars. These tell-tale signs will arrive too late to warn the creature of its impending doom, though. For these giants it is impossible to defend from an enemy who can kill by observing. The Eon of the Beast is over."
		+
		+	(Focus on the nearby superheated object)
		+	"The egg is cold and dark on the outside, but as you pass the membrane you can see and feel the hot core within. Immeasurable amounts of energy flow through the invisible network. So much more than they need to rule their domain, but not nearly enough to change their fate."
		+
		+	(Focus on the pervading background waves)
		+	"Countless thoughts of Godmen race through your head as you let the waves pass through you, but you can only make sense of small fragments. You sense their fear and wonder as they arrive close by. They lament as they learn their fate. Morbid curiosity makes them descend. You feel hatred and anger as they die. Three are now all that remain."
		+
		+	(Focus on continuously distorting constellation far away)
		+	"The stars around you start to spin and spiral down into a center from which a celestial wheel emerges. With each spin of the wheel the constellation is violently reconfigured in full and yet always ends up invoking the same image. The wheel spins faster and faster until in a single instant two shafts of light thrust out of its center, perpendicular to the wheel, along which all the constellations are strung and visible simultaneously."
		+
		+	(Escape back to reality)
		+	"With a sickening screeching the space around you implodes, and just as quick as it expanded, the pyramid reverts back to its previous state."

	=== Oculus database ===		=== Oculus database ===

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 | areas   = Apex<br/>Mainframe Floor<br/>Lower Floor<br/>Storage
 | exits   = [[Upper Caves]]
 | npcs    = [[Azif]], [[Abram]], [[Six]], [[Twitch (Oculus)|Twitch]]<br/>[[Constantine]], [[Phyllis]]
 | mapfile = lux-wa<br/>wa-mon<br/>wa-mf<br/>wa-lower<br/>wa-shop

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 A central feature on the main floor of Oculus is the Mainframe, a glowing and humming crystal whose exact purpose and function is unknown to humans. It could be described and understood as a supercomputer, a database, a prophetic machine, a sleeping god or perhaps all of them.
-Those who can withstand its intensity can psionically interface with it to receive its knowledge, but connecting with it is dangerous. In that regard, it is similar to the [[Monolith]] in Institute of Tchort west wing and the [[Mysterious Pillars]] elsewhere, although the visions received from each differ.
+Those who can withstand its intensity can psionically interface with it to receive its knowledge, but connecting with it is dangerous. In that regard, it is similar to the [[Monolith (Institute of Tchort)|Monolith]] in Institute of Tchort west wing and the [[Mysterious Pillars]] elsewhere, although the visions received from each differ.
 === Oculus database ===