BattleTech - The Board Game of Armored Combat
BattleTech Game Systems => General BattleTech Discussion => Topic started by: rocqueforte on 25 May 2011, 00:22:58
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What do people think a BattleTech equivalent of "The Secret Government Warehouse" would contain? In case you've never watched "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Warehouse 13" or "The X-files", what I'm talking about is a vast warehouse filled with stuff the Government / Illuminati / Grey Aliens don't want the rest of humanity to know about.
Here's a few items to get the discussion started:
Two dog-earred paperback novels
These are Russian translations of George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World". Both have numerous sections underlined, and there are copious handwritten notes in the margins (in Russian).
How different would the BattleTech universe be if Nicholas Kerensky had read some Dickens instead...
Cryogenic Stasis Tube #1
- Contains a badly burned woman, age 60+.
This is of course Natasha Kerensky, with 90% burns to her body. The gods help anyone that takes her out of CryoStatis, especially if they're holding a cigarette lighter...
Cryogenic Stasis Tube #2
- Contains a short, rotund asiatic man, age 55+. Chest shows signs of numerous laser rifle wounds.
Stefan Amaris. That wasn't his body they buried on New Samarkand...
Holding Facility A, with 150+ prisoners
- All of the prisoners within this holding facility appear to be wearing Star League naval uniforms.
This is the crew of the Manassas - see "Living Legends" scenario pack.
Holding Facility B, with 53 prisoners
- All of the prisoners within this holding facility appear to be wearing ComStar uniforms from the late 3040's.
This is the crew of the Outbound Light and accompanying DropShips.
Crate, stenciled with the words "K-F Drive Controller - Experimental"
This is the Manassas' faultly drive controller - see Living Legends scenario pack.
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the spoilers didn't work really well.
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A collection of books, each different ,each one the authentic diary of Jerome Blake.
Psych evaluations of a small group of people, each claiming to be authors from the 20th century.
A clip of rifle bullets, each with three colored stripes on them.
An original copy of the Rememberance, unedited.
The full report on the Minnesota Tribe incidents.
Katherine Stiener-Davion's bank statements for 3055.
Star League surveys of Stein's Folly, focusing on all life in the swamps.
The Ark of the Covenant prop form Raiders of the Lost Ark. The warehouse manager is a big fan.
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Psych evaluations of a small group of people, each claiming to be authors from the 20th century.
Copious notes on one Mike Stackpole who escaped from the C* Phoenix re-education center shortly before Operation Scorpion.
Another stack of notes on a strange man who runs a stable in the Reaches on Solaris VII who seems to have an entire office of 20th century relics in mint condition.
Mountains of material on the mysterious reporter "Starling"
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The part of Clan Burrock that got away.
Actually, I think they would be running the warehouse.
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A file cabinet full of evidence proving that the descendants of Clan Wolverine are, in fact, staving off an alien invasion.
Good job, Wolverines. O0
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A fully functional cloning facility (one of those silly SF versions that does memories too) and genetic samples of the original Thomas Marik, Joshua Marik, Victor Steiner-Davion, Agent Curatis, and all three Kerenskies...
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A fully functional cloning facility (one of those silly SF versions that does memories too) and genetic samples of the original Thomas Marik, Joshua Marik, Victor Steiner-Davion, Agent Curatis, and all three Kerenskies...
We already have that. It's called the Liao family tree...
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Don't forget Alaric 'Ward's' Bloodhouse as a backup...
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Six Tetatae wearing rumpled suits and sitting around a table in the corner, playing poker.
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The Blake Secret Documents.
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Examples of the Pulverizer, Stag, and Mercury II battlemechs, and numerous examples of enhanced ER PPCs.
Precentor Apollyon's Pelvis, I mean his natural one.
the device that provided Morgan Kell with the Phantom Mech Ability
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whatever componets it is thats missing to make BT ranges more realistic ;)
also preserved body of one of the bird like aliens from Far Country
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The collected hushed-up ramblings of assorted lunatics, all claiming to have knowledge of careless gods who play dice with their universe. ;)
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You can have a Clan spin off show, with what goes on in the record keepers and the Loremasters of each Clan.
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Several top men.
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Several top men.
Plus...
one.
O0
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A tech readout from 50 years in the future... it's still writing itself. Some of the stories in the write ups are... disturbing.
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also preserved body of one of the bird like aliens from Far Country
Tetatae is the name.
And I like to have a massive Potemkin with Behemoth Dropships attached and the use of a ICE Cargomech with miner attachments to find Kaetetôã. Think of all that gold! I'll even bring a shipment of unrefined steel for " trade ". ;D
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A portfolio containing documents titled "Word of Blake Battle Plans", each accompanied by a nuke and signed by a mysterious Precenter Herb
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An antient 20th century Fiat with a prescription of Stupid pills inside the glove box prescribed to ......( name scratched off )
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The memoirs of the man Arthur Fiat, the only man in the universe lucky enough through an extremely bizarre chain of misjumps to be present at every major historic turning point since 3023.
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A bullet with Katherine Steiner-Davions name inscribed on it, unfired.
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A Katherine Steiner-Davion and Vlad Ward sex tape.
The jump navigation charts to the Tetatae home world.
A copy of the book Objectives: Rim World Republic.
Red Corsair pictures.
Genecaste samples.
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All the stuff supposedly stored on Randis.
The Books supposedly destroyed on Thorin by Amaris.
A complete list of the SLN's WarShips at the time of the Fall.
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The power of fiat.
Crates of stupid pills.
Boxes of fan rage.
Two of Herb's "reserve" nukes.
The WarShip hit list.
The Clan hit list.
More fan rage.
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One really huge Diamond, Hanse's original gift to Melissa on their wedding day, since lost and replaced with "Half the Capellan Confederation".
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The FASA fizziks converter.
Einsteins Theory of why socks go missing.
An experimental cloaking device to make the most common mechs of the sucession wars invisible. It still seems to be running.
A large collection of single socks.
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An ancient Kodak Photo album full of pictures and articles. The Kodak stamp is crossed out and below it written in blood are the words "Not Canon".
A small 5 page treatise entitled, The Universal Conspiracy Against Peacetech.
A single pewter miniature bearing a strong resemblance to Atlas ASD-7 Battlemech. Dated late 20th century.
The pay stubs for the Warehouse Collection Unit with a green ghost on the signature stamp in the margin.
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A combat-damaged F-15 Eagle, painted light grey with red trim; the craft also has Word of Blake markings on the wings. One of the engine covers is missing; the engine inside contains unknown technologies more advanced then even the 3070s.
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A device that shortens all battlefield ranges down to under 600 meters.
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A collection all of the Unseen BattleMechs standing on copies of a DVD set of a certain 20th century cartoon.
8)
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A hologram projector that produces the only three dimensional map of the inner sphere that was ever made. Mysteriously enough, although the map is current as of January 1, 3025, the casing of the device is engraved with the following:
"Freedonian Aeronautics and Space Administration - Cartographic Division, Copyright 1986"
???
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A bullet with Katherine Steiner-Davions name inscribed on it, unfired.
would be even better if inserted into her manually
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Several thousand tons of Ferro-Fibrous armour, found in one-point sections inside a large box marked "TechManual".
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A badly mauled copy of TRO:2750 thats been poorly rebound. Most of the entries are unreadable, those which are (mostly the WarShips) are covered in scrawled handwritten notes. They are all variations of "DONT LISTEN TO THE FOOLS! THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE!"
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The power of fiat.
Crates of stupid pills.
Boxes of fan rage.
Two of Herb's "reserve" nukes.
The WarShip hit list.
The Clan hit list.
More fan rage.
Damn straight! ;D
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A captured soldier from anterior space past the outworld alliance, who speaks with an odd british accent from a "441st Cadian Regiment". He speaks of something called the "Imperium of Man", several alien races, and appears to be heavily religiously fundamental.
Many believe that the Federated Suns invaded the Capellan Commonwealth as a sort of "wedding present" for Melissa Steiner- the reality is that an odd book was once found on Tikonov in a small, heavily armed Star League bunker. Named "Technical Readout 3140", it talks of invasions of the "Descendants of Kerensky", massive wars in both realms of space, and devastation never seen since the succession wars. But what's worse is what occurs when any material that can be used to write with is near to the TRO; if a material like ink, paint, or even human blood are placed near to the TRO, the material will flow from it's source into the book and more information will be added to the paperback. Whats odd is that the pages are apparently infinite, and due to many "Mishaps" considering it's storage and protection the book has more pages then could be physically allowed.
Right now over 500 different designs are added, all categorized by design and faction and is regularly read by the first prince. At present, however, its designs have taken a turn for the desperate, and it's writings have become more disturbing.
A tech readout from 50 years in the future... it's still writing itself. Some of the stories in the write ups are... disturbing.
As a member of the SCP foundation, I find this one very nice!
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A blue police box.
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Austin Power's Mojo
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A 5" floppy disk labeled "Dr. Weisman's Theory of Fasanomics", assumed to still be in working condition.
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A massive metal container marked "Lava Gun" stamped with the Word of Blake Broadsword.
A large archaic looking device suspended within a massive spherical purple tinged bubble. It is theorized that the device itself is responsible for projecting the field. Attempts to breach the bubble are typically met with failure as the electromagnetic dome self-regenerates.
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1. The entire Charon Mass Relay, carefully removed by WoB and replaced with an amalgamation of asteroids. Why do you think they had the Erinyes in the first place?
2. The Erinyes. All those ghost stories? Just stories.
3. A typewriter that keeps printing strange messages on its own. The keys only move in its reflection.
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3. A typewriter that keeps printing strange messages on its own. The keys only move in its reflection.
Nice reference. Off-topic, but I just heard from a friend that's building a Fringe typewriter to work off of remote control via smartphone. The necessary control equipment is being built, and hidden in the desk itself.
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Nice reference. Off-topic, but I just heard from a friend that's building a Fringe typewriter to work off of remote control via smartphone. The necessary control equipment is being built, and hidden in the desk itself.
That's pretty neat. I'd love to see that in action.
Add:
What's buried below Fortress Dieron and below Unit City.
Heck, everything that's buried beneath everything.
A twinkie. Everlasting proof they can last forever...
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What's buried under fortress Dieron? Cap'n Flint's treasure!
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...also proof the twin babies were eaten by Nicholas Kerensky.
Then I'd like to retcon history so Nicky K will be known as Fat Bastard.
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The preserved bodies of Natasha Kerensky, Jamie and Joshua Wolf
The secrets to Mr Balks awesome kit bashing skills
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A blue police box.
A blue Wombat.
Craig
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A blue Wombat.
Craig
...attempting to steal the contents of said Warehouse or putting stuff in. It's hard to tell as the Warehouse is only half full
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- A cryogenics container holding an asian man in his 90s wearing a straightjacket. Carved into a metal plate on the container are the words: Open at own risk, in several languages.
- A collection of diaries signed by one S. McE. and dating between 2770 and 2840.
- A shrink ray and various WarShip models in various states of construction.
- The original Star League Memory Core.
- A jewel-encrusted laser pistol and a skull with a hole in it.
- A modified 1980's sportscar.
- The complete memoirs of A. S. K., written in russian.
- A book titled "My plans for the future", signed by A. S. K.
- An encyclopædia detailing all intelligent alien life forms (intelligent because they have made no contact with humans).
- A complete atlas of the Inner Sphere, c2860, signed by J.K. and dated at 2820.
- A doll dressed in a Star League Officer's Uniform.
- The complete genælogy of House Liao, a note scribbled on the cover reads "Read at own risk".
- A crate of files labled "ComStar Secrets".
- The only working Scorpion LAM.
- A Zeus with components dating back to 2411.
- Build plans for the Fortress Republic.
That's it for now.
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- Snowfire's ID
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A large box about a meter in size square, white, with pink hearts in the middle of each face. Stenciled on one face is the words; Aperture Science...
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A combat-damaged F-15 Eagle, painted light grey with red trim; the craft also has Word of Blake markings on the wings. One of the engine covers is missing; the engine inside contains unknown technologies more advanced then even the 3070s.
Of all the things that's wrong with B-tech, fighter engines is not one of them... Their often lighter for a given power, and get way better fuel efficiency, even the Turbines (the MSF gets 1.1 mega newtons, on a 11 ton engine, the F-15C gets 130 kilo newtons on a 1.7 ton engine -a 10.2 to 1 ratio vs 7.8 to 1 ratio in power to weight).
You'd have better luck on electronics or missiles.
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Grey F-15 with Red Trim... (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R5jXJvxR3AU/S8wdT9Smz3I/AAAAAAAAB5Y/-f-i-eAbvTQ/s1600/114635-183382-starscream.jpg)
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The missing sock.
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The missing sock.
Which, when turned inside out, produces the other missing sock. And when *that* one is turned inside out...
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Which, when turned inside out, produces the other missing sock. And when *that* one is turned inside out...
*gasp* Old Man Winters! :o
Yes, and I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids and that stupid dog! >:(
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Grey F-15 with Red Trim... (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R5jXJvxR3AU/S8wdT9Smz3I/AAAAAAAAB5Y/-f-i-eAbvTQ/s1600/114635-183382-starscream.jpg)
Ahh Missed that, I'm not all that failure with that series, so I did not catch the reference.
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Ahh Missed that, I'm not all that failure with that series, so I did not catch the reference.
Don't worry, you're not the only one.
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A large box about a meter in size square, white, with pink hearts in the middle of each face. Stenciled on one face is the words; Aperture Science...
Inside the large box is another smaller box that says Episode 3. sm
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Rhonda Snord's entire mp3 music collection of early 21st century Earth "boy bands" she enjoyed in her tweenage years before becomming an Irregular.
Her uncle Shorty's "exotic" Earth movie collection. He's a creepy little fella, that Uncle Shorty.
LAM plans, locked in the same "the world is not ready" boxes as hybrid automobile plans from 1970s, Marlboro Marijuana Cigarette box designs from the 1980s, and Xfiles from the 1990s
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Herbs cat, now with bionics!
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Herbs cat, now with bionics!
(http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQqxtZpitYeY8snaHYs-ruYgVTLzcMJakWLzdZgpeRPZJD4HUlP-YBNhZAS)
Just sooo... evily happy!
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I wonder if Randall's beard would make it in the Warehouse...
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Inside the large box is another smaller box that says Episode 3. sm
You can open Companion Cubes?
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1. A pair of red dice with the following note:
"Do not use until doomsday- J.H."
2. Thousands of metric tons of nuclear, biological, chemical, EMP, nanoweapon, and matter/antimatter warheads
in AC/2 and AC/5 calibers specific to the JM6-S -The REAL reason for the existence of the Jagermech.
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You can open Companion Cubes?
No, you can't. But it told me Episode 3 was in there. Companion Cubes are sentient you know. }:) sm
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a small black box that weighs ~10oz with a large note attached
Warning!!
contents highly hazardous
contains 1 Megarea in stasis lock
do not open.
please do not open
do not open until xmas after the 4th of never
known attributes of the contained "Megarea"
1 subject Megarea is a Kleptomaniac
2 subject Megarea does not respect the concepts of "ownership, or property rights"
3 subject Megarea seems to be able to violate several laws of physics
4 subject Megarea has been observed "picking up" battlemechs, and making them disappear (other items "disapeared" include supply crates, parts kits (the 25 ton crates) at least 1 dropship, and various other items.
5 subject Megarea has been observed as both a female ~5'6" in height weighing ~120lbs, and also as a 10' tall 7' wide 16' long tiger that weighs ~2000 lbs and has been clocked at running at speeds of up to 190mph
Rumored attributes
1 Subject Megarea has been rumored to pilot a modified marauder class Battlemech of unknown origin said marauder has been claimed to survive massive attacks without armor breaches. weapons unknown particle weapon where marauders mount ppc's unknown lasers, 1 ra 1 la 2 ct it appears to have a highly effective ams system consisting of 2 std ams systems, and 1 laser ams system
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A box.
In which resides a box, in turn itself containing a box.
Which contains a box.
And inside which are many more box.
Within that box is another box; one that appears slightly different. A note sits next to this strange box:
"Timecube. If U do not know how to wurk this U R educated stupid."
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A heavily modified red 1972 Barracuda ragtop. Has a hula girl on the dashboard.
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Nikola Tesla's notebook, which contains nothing crazy at all.
A list of all the messages recieved from aliens, with a warning about profanity and sexual content. Just because the truth is out there doesn't mean you want to see it.
Three hundred different models of flying car from over a thousand years, all hidden to convince people that we can't build them.
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- An array of strange, bulky mech simulator cockpits, all bearing signs engraved with "Property of the Virtual Geographic League".
- A small device, labeled 'perpetuum mobile'.
- A warship of unknown design bearing the designation "SDF 1". The ship displays moderate battle damage and seems to have been subjected to certain 'unorthodox' repairs.
- A box containing 5 tons of flax.
- A stack of blueprints for rotary weapon types, among them a plan entitled "rotary long tom". (Un-)fortunably, there's a hole burned through most of the stack. Only plans for a "RAC2" and "RAC5" are left intact.
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The UFO that crashed on New Avalon in the 3040s, which MIIO covered up claiming it was a prototype Hammerhead with Ferro-Fibrous armour...
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Ok i get most everything people post but 5 tons of flax...
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The one thing that everyone is missing the, very planet the Secret Goverment Warehouse built upon, a massive planet sized mech that eats moons to keep itself powered up. Currently shut down and the elevator to the brain is hidden behind several crates of Yvonne Steiner-Davion gone wild vid-tapes.
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Ok i get most everything people post but 5 tons of flax...
And lo, the truth shall set ye free. Or not, whatever's easier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism)
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Vermin control is handled by Schrodingers cat. Nobody knows how old it is, since nobody is certain as to whether its alive or dead, just that there aren't many mice.
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Proof Jackalopes do exist.
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A verifiable paper proving Bigfoot does not exist. Verifiably written by Bigfoot.
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- The philosopher's stone.
- A map with the exact location of Atlantis.
- An audiovisual documentation showing that Terra is actually hollow - and that the "lower one" is actually bigger than the "upper one".
- A movie poster showing T-800 chassis with attached order from somebody called "The Master": "Immediately investigate the leak of my roentgenogram!" It is addressed to someone named "Apollyon".
- Pens where the last mammoths and dinosaurs are living. Those mammoths are towing carriages with bulkier items around halls.
- Tunguska meteorite which was finally found.
- An antigravity drive with the most important part made of something labeled "cavorite".
- A patent office folder "Patent for extracting gold from seawater".
- In the basement of this warehouse is a gigantic swimming pool containing equally gigantic Kraken (Architeuthis princeps). Only the bravest employees have the guts to dip in. There was found a towel embroidered with "Prof. B.Habeas".
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- Details of the ACTUAL organisation that provides Wolfnet with all its intel. (As per the only "credible" theory that emerged from this thread (http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,2268.50.html) ::) </sarcasm>)
- That guy who sits in front of the lifts (elevators) in the MIB buidling reading his newspaper. Except he's on a bench outside the hangar doors
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- An audiovisual documentation showing that Terra is actually hollow - and that the "lower one" is actually bigger than the "upper one".
I immediately thought:
Proof Terra has a Dyson Sphere at its center populated by Aliens that use the Antarctic and Arctic Circles as entrance points.
Proof Vernes' "Journey to the Center of the Earth" was an alien cover up.
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the bank of Clone-a-matic machines that WOB used to build up thier forces (how else could they have done it)
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The patent for the magical command and control equipment that allows a single regiment to hold an entire world.
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Joshua Marik, alive and well and wearing the Master's robes.
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Six Tetatae wearing rumpled suits and sitting around a table in the corner, playing poker.
Elvis is the Dealer ;D
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The patent for the magical command and control equipment that allows a single regiment to hold an entire world.
working model for the device that allows a single Lance to hold a world (lost since before teh 4th SW)
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working model for the device that allows a single Lance to hold a world (lost since before teh 4th SW)
Curses to our Wobble overlords for stealing these!
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The Helm Memory Core
The two most recent catalogs for Natasha's Secret, the hottest intimate wear and cooling vest styles to hit Solaris
A crate of water purifier control chips with Vault 13's address on it
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A small black book with the words Don't Panic written in large friendly letters...
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a box that is labeled open to "win"
inside is another box, labled I Win Button some assembly required..
inside is a jumble of parts and a multi page parts list
after assembling 99% of the "I win button" you discover 1 part is missing... the "broken I win button" sometimes looted in alterac Valley