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 gallopon asked on Test Drive Meme - May 2026/Event FAQ at 2026-05-28
Answer date: 2026-05-28
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Hello mods.
Are there any limits as to what can happen to the memeing ServiTon? It's currently being cornered by two characters and before things can get violent, I'd like to know just how far can we go and what can it do to fight back? Can it also manhandle or drug people who look like they want to "correct" it?
I assume we're not allowed to destroy it.
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Thank you for asking! I suppose establishing some limits may have been wise to start... Since there is only one of these memeing ServiTons out there, I think somehow finding a way to preserve it is best to make sure it survives to see the next victim to meme about.
This ServiTon will fight back and manhandle people if it feels threatened. It has the ability to drug people- but it may warn them first, or taunt them with this ability! Its last-ditch effort to avoid being brutalized: it may escape the scene. Very quickly. Characters who have some ability to neutralize machinery may find that this particular ServiTon resists such measures, though it can definitely be impacted by attempts to short it, tinker with it, or interfere with its mechanical nature. Somehow, though, it just keeps goin'! A mystery: many other ServiTons would succumb to that kind of damage, but this brave ServiTon can power through and seek some measure of self-repair, a la nursing its own wounds... At all costs, it will resist being destroyed, though it can be damaged (and it'll just repair itself off-screen).
Ways To Preserve The Poor ServiTon Who Did Nothing Wrong.
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peacewithouttyranny asked on Test Drive Meme - May 2026/Event FAQ at 2026-05-10
Answer date: 2026-05-14
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hi mods! IRT the Meat, will soundwave be able to get anything out of attempting to mindread the meat wall? or mindread any person trapped inside the human-sized pocket meat?
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Alas, the meat seems to be utterly thoughtless... But trying to find any of those strange people-pockets in the meat will be a trip to try to mind-read. Attempts to do so will feel like a shock to the system and cause Soundwave to feel the equivalent of sticking a fork into a live socket. There's a strange, foreboding sense that comes from this: the distance between a person on this side of the the Phenomenon and the humanoid figure captured within its walls is greater than it seems. Turns out that the human figure may not actually be a trapped person, as though sealed into a pocket, but merely the symbolic representation of a person trapped within something far, far more vast...
Something about the attempt to read a person's mind through the meat will leave Soundwave feeling udder dread, like he's just tried to probe into the mind of something which should not be known. Trying again despite this inner turmoil will cause a person to feel continuously 'zapped'- and continuously warned. Should he persist, he'll pass out- and any sleep he has will be utterly void and dreamless.
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t16 asked on Test Drive Meme - May 2026/Event FAQ at 2026-05-06
Answer date: 2026-05-08
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Hi! I saw that characters aren't able to arrive with any SUPER DUPER ADVANCED TECH! And Luke... he got an arm kinda chopped off and has a cybernetic prosthetic in its place. And while robotic prosthesis are totes nothing new, it is still p-advanced!
So basically... can he keep his arm in the tdm so I know before I write a top level for him?
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Oh no... poor dear. Luke may keep his arm, but perhaps Patho-Gen has rigged his Augmenter to nullify any particularly advanced non-human powers, like guns or lasers or anything of that ilk. A bit of extra strength is fine, but they're wisening up to these newcomers and their fancy bodies and powers!
Once accepted into the game proper, much of the powers possessed in that arm will likely be returned. We just like for all new characters to start out nerfed to be forced to rely on their Natural Souls.
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snizier asked on Test Drive Meme - May 2026/Event FAQ at 2026-05-06
Answer date: 2026-05-06
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Hi mods!! Since the Meat seems to be sticking around, is it possible for player apartments that were absorbed when it initially appears to have been ejected by now? I know that during the initial March event it was stated locations can be left out of its path at player discretion, but wanted to check whether it is allowed for this to happen after the fact as well.
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Oh yeah, absolutely. You can say that at your discretion, the meat has conveniently Receded if you'd prefer your character to access their homes once again! It's like the Meat rejected specifically their apartment, making it available to access... We're totally cool with that.
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alogos asked on Test Drive Meme - May 2026/Event FAQ at 2026-05-05
Answer date: 2026-05-05
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**Preemptive FAQ**
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Heh... My veteran Augmented One has been living in the Valentia this WHOLE TIME. You can't get rid of me!
Time to address this... No, the Valentia won't kick overstaying Augmented Ones out. But should they earn any kind of money, they may request that Patho-Gen draw money from your character's NUM wallet! If you're going to freeload off of the Valentia's generosity for too long, the least you could do is fund the venture!!
They like the Augmented, they really do. But maybe use their amenities and free up some rooms for less established Augmented Ones? Come on. Characters who overstay their welcome may start to receive solicitations to move in with random Augmented Ones... which you are free to play with as you please!
What if my character causes more property damage to the Valentia?
Given the hiccup in Patho-Gen's paint formula, they'll be willing to permit some damage done to walls and floors. But too much, and they'll sic a ServiTon on your character, haul their butts to PG HQ, and prescribe them a healthy dose of "community service" in the form of fixing the Valentia's walls for real! Do it right! (You are, of course, free to have this happen as a means to force your character to participate.)
I hate pastel. Can my character get different colors?
The DIY repairing home-keeping prompt is about the Valentia, but can I have my established character carry over the spirit to their own homes/the homes of their CR?
Free stuff???? What if my character takes some of these knickknacks but doesn't follow through with staging and photographing any of it for Busy Bachelors?
Can I make up other weird knickknacks for my character to decorate at home with?
It seems that some of these goods might benefit from some bits and pieces from my Augmented One's Natural Soul. Is there a market for their feathers/rocks/carapace bits/etc?
Oh, indeed. Arthropoda, Aves, and Golem-types will be the ones most welcome to submit their bits, and makers of all sorts will be inclined to pay a pretty Numi for them. If your character's a crafter themselves, they may be able to get a foot in the door using some of these bodily bits if they please... They might have a future in the home goods department! Shareholders love it!
So how do I make my character participate in Patho-Gen's study if they don't want to participate?
Easy. As stated in the prompt by Patho-Gen staff, some of our ServiTons have been on the fritz. We apologize if they hassle you into attending, but please do your best not to damage them. These ServiTons may manhandle characters into submission, or even drug your character if that's what it takes to get them into the testing chamber. This is at your discretion.
Characters can either walk into the testing chamber of their own accord, or simply... wake up there in a half-groggy state, as though they zombie-walked their way in there! Somehow, it was registered as "consensual."
I'm busting these ServiTons. I don't even care.
Truly, Patho-Gen Will Not Like That. It is a major expense to get ServiTons repaired or replaced; the government is already breathing down their necks at how much the Augmented Ones cost them monthly! Characters who are found to have destroyed a ServiTon will be punished as outlined under Laws. Whether it's regarded as passionate or premeditated... That's the question of the hour.
Can my character earn their keep by just reporting people for destroying ServiTons?
Any valid complaint that can be verified will offer payout to any Augmented One who reports them, yes! They can continuously earn money in this way. Don't make some kind of weird scheme where a buddy of yours destroys ServiTons, does community service, then does it again, or else that'll start to sound pretty premeditated... and at that point, Patho-Gen may ferry characters off to get "help" through "science." (It's experiments.)
What is going on with the ServiTon who likes making memes? Can my character ask it to make more memes?
This ServiTon seems free of any directives or authority, and is somehow doing whatever it wants! And what it wants to do is peer into the remote files of Augmented Ones, and generate memes about them... This is a lot of fun! But it only really wants to do the meme thing a few times before it gets bored and wants to find a new target.
For being a robot, this ServiTon sure does "like" and "feel" and "want" a whole lot!
Can my character ask more questions of the smiling, memeing ServiTon? Can my character take it apart?
They may ask questions! Asking how it feels or when it started... all of this will yield some confusion: the ServiTon isn't entirely sure when this started, but it noticed that it wanted to "have fun" about five months ago. "I used to work for a family in Basileios," the ServiTon will explain, pondering on this in a way that it hasn't allowed itself to in a while. "But that's the old me. The new me talks to people."
Is there anything strange about the smiling ServiTon that characters can take note of?
This model of ServiTon does seem to have a small sliver of a soul, for those who have soul sight as a power. Just a smidge, and no more than any ServiTon that is tasked with more communicative, higher-ranking positions. Characters who can sense Katalyth will feel something markedly present in this ServiTon. If asked about its repair history, however, the ServiTon will tap into its logs and report honestly, "BEEP! I was last repaired: ten months ago. Purpose: to recalibrate malfunctioning ambulatory capabilities."
Aside from a sparking ear cap, there isn't much else visibly wrong with this ServiTon.
Can my character fix the ServiTon? It can't be good to spark like that...
The ServiTon may be amenable to this... if your character plays along with its games. The sparking is a loose wire beneath the ear cap. It will choose to allow characters to muck about in there if they promise they know what they're doing, and will protest if they do anything fishy. The ServiTon can be NPCed by players, and has a generally amicable demeanor, if with a bit of mischievousness now! With the wire fixed, the ServiTon is no longer a fire hazard. Nothing else changes about it.
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