@leo.fitz ― 4 NOVEMBER 2511

[retravel]

Hi everyone,

If you don't already know me from the safehouse or the guide, I'm Fitz, one of the arrivals from the first transport. Prior to being here, I was a weapons and technology expert at SHIELD. Now, I’m a Pulsar engineer and, more importantly, an agent of Morningstar.

Recently, @ojiro.juniper approached me with the clever idea to kickstart some research and development efforts. We’re working on a way to bankroll this, and we’ll let you know how that develops in due course. For now, regardless of where discussions have evolved on the nature of organisation and leadership, we need your assistance with some big endeavors, both for the Displaced and Morningstar.

1. As some of you may know from the raids, Morningstar has a cache of unidentified weapons in its local store. We don’t know what they do, how they work, how dangerous they are, and so on, but I want to find out. So, let's discuss a plan: Any thoughts or ideas for how to approach the cache and suss everything out safely would be welcome.

Reckon we’ll need at least one colour-coded spreadsheet. [ ***NOT JOKING ]

2. We could use a team of engineers for ad hoc projects. Presently, I’m exploring tech that could counter both the UNA and the creatures that keep popping up, as well as give us more freedom to act whenever trouble comes our way — all by my lonesome.

If this sounds like something you’re interested in, whether or not you have the technical know-how to get to work immediately, or you want to learn on the job, let me know. Can’t pay you in anything except snacks, but I can assure you they’ll be bug free.

3. Hi, this is Ojiro. In addition to the above, I also need an engineer for personal reasons, and I will pay you. I need someone with a lot of experience with tech as advanced as the standard here, preferably lots of hands-on engine work. Message me if you're interested!

Cheers.

― Fitz

[ Check out here for more deets on the cache and here for some OOC knowledge of what Fitz is working on personally. He’ll share details of the latter strand of work with any individuals wanting to form a geek squad c: For #3, interested applicants can just private message Ojiro on this post! I'll be throwing together a plot engagement incorporating what characters ICly suggest in the coming weeks! ]

Comments

@jon.snow

[998]

I'm no engineer, but I'd be interested to hear about your findings.

[helpful. let him see your spreadsheets fitz!!!]

[retravel]

We're most certainly going to share them with the group.

[ #accountability ]

And if you have any ideas on how to approach the cache, I'd welcome them, even if the engineering isn't your speciality.

@takeshi.kovacs

[resleeves]

dunno if anyone's ballsy enough to let someone shoot them but if they are, i'm apparently decent with healing wounds.

[ is that considered safe? probably not but look, he's being helpful. ]

some people have had an up close look at that the last few weeks.

[retravel]

[ mmm yes he's heard about kovacs and The Incident. a blip on his radar, so to speak. ]

Might start with inorganic targets first, but that doesn't mean we won't need your assistance later on in the process.
How does your ability work? Is there a catch?

@abel.navigator

[adsero]

Hello Fitz, if you need help I've got plenty of time to give.

[Experimenting with untested tech? He's your boy.]

And [Bad username or site: ojiro @ juniper], I have quite a bit of experience with engines if you still needed a hand with whatever you're working on.

[retravel]

[ "hello fitz," he says. cute... ]

Hey Abel. Glad to have you on board.
What do you make of the task at hand?

[ fitz has a potential plan in mind, but he doesn't want this to be a case of everyone deferring to him. they're a smart lot — who make him consider new angles more often than not. ]

@hafid.alghul

[batricide]

I can offer my services in weapons development and data analysis.

[retravel]

Of course you can.

[ the weirdest... best boy... ]

Any ideas for how to tackle a cache of this size, then?

@john.jaqobis

[stabilis]

If we join the team do we have to go to meetings?

[ kidding?? maybe. ]

And define safely.

[retravel]

If you count meetings as building tech in the same room, yes.
As for the rest, "safely" enough to win over the keepers of the cache.

[ gaby et al. and fitz himself, too. ]

If it's a well-reasoned approach, a level of risk is acceptable.

[ just no human targets yet KOVACS ]

@richard.grayson

[preceded]

if you think i could help, i'd be glad to.

[He might not have any degrees as a technicality- but he'd certainly been building his own gear and weaponry on his own for quite some time, and has helped Fitz with some of his things before. With a grander knowledge of the tech that exists here in the future, he figures he'd have a fair assessment of whether or not his assistance would actually help, or be more of a hindrance]

[retravel]

Welcome to the team.
Any considerations on the strategy for approaching the cache?

My initial thoughts were to inventory, sorting through for identifiable items and categorising them by apparent type first. We call what we can, then test unknown multi-use items in pairs off-site, ideally with evasive or protective powers in the mix.
But that's just my gut instinct.

[ "hi my name is fitz, and i've (over)thought about this a lot, but i'm trying to ask people what they think first" ]

@daisy.johnson

[evite]

you know i'm usually more software than hardware, but if you give me an idea and some scrap, we can probably make it work

[ let her lego master build for good ]

[retravel]

Once we get designs and prototypes finalised, we could definitely use you to help produce mutiples.

[ it's hard when the masks are trial and error, tweaking technical nuances, but if they can get electro-tech firmed up, she'll be of immense help. ]

And for the cache, actually. How good are you at disassembly and reassembly these days?

@jack.miller

[personalwar]

[ Of course it's the talk of experimental and untested weapons that catches 76's eye. While there are selfish reasons for that, he does actually have experience with overseeing weapons development and testing. While he hadn't been the one doing the actual work, he'd organized safe environments in order to carry out test runs. How many different iterations of his turrets had Torbjörn gone through during Overwatch's life cycle? ]

For the weapons, it would make sense to try and find a large open area to test them out, with a limited number of people involved to cut down on possible injuries and also attract less attention. I have a lot of experience with firearms specifically; I could help.

[retravel]

[ !!! ]

I'm with you completely.
Was thinking the abandoned buildings on the outskirts of town could be of good use. Some are in proximity of our safehouses, in the event of injuries. If we work Friday or Saturday nights, noise pollution could cover our arses in the city.

[ sorry too excited by 76's idea and expertise... ]

Reckon we need to divvy it up into single and multi-use items. [ i.e. grenades can't be tested. firearms can. ] Maybe send pairs — or trios to field test. How would you compose a team for that?

[ weapons specialists? defensive powers? medics? ]

@rey.nolo

[forcevisions]

I'm no engineer, but I might be able to help with some of your vehicles, or general mechanical work to get them running.

[ rey counting the hours in the day and sweating profusely. ]

Err, how often?

[retravel]

Good shout. I'll check in on what transport we can work with.

[ "we" meaning morningstar, in this case. fitz has a hoverbike of his own, but that's ready to go. ]

Whenever you can. No set schedule. Figure we'll be popping in and out.

[ and he'll only leave trusted sorts, like rey, with the good shit, if he isn't around to monitor inventory. ]

@daenerys.targaryen

[dragonwarder]

[#yikes @ all this.]

What surrounds the area?

[Please don't say buildings.]

[retravel]

You mean of the potential test sites?
We're considering some locations on the outskirts of the city, low traffic, abandoned and spacious enough to allow for mistakes, but I'm open to suggestions. If you've been out to the shadow of the wall, perhaps around there.

@kylo.ren

[warfares]

Have you narrowed down a test-site?

I could likely assist with transport, but we'd have to consider containment particularly if anything is explosive.

[retravel]

I'm taking suggestions and considering a scouting mission. You're welcome to join, if you like.

[ kylo's knowledgable and a keen set of eyes. ]

Ah, yes, you're a courier, aren't you? No doubt we'll need your help.
Reckon anything explosive or potentially explosive shouldn't be moved. We opt for analytical methods before field testing in the first instance, when it comes to high threat level items. I'm hoping to do a preliminary cataloguing project of least to most dangerous on a colour scale, green to red.

You raise a compelling point, however. I can ask after our containment resources [ with Morningstar ] seeing as we detonated the old safehouse.

@markus.manfred

[saviorexe]

[His name’s already come up a handful of times, but just to make it official—]

If there’s a need for my shielding, assuming testing starts to skew that way, you know you have my help.

[retravel]

[ everybody loves markus ]

I've no doubt we'll need your help. Thank you, as ever.

[ ♥! ]

How's the size and range these days?

text; @gabriel.reyes

[gravemistake]

Ojiro promised I could see the guns.

[Not technically true! But you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.]

[retravel]

[ sounds like a personal problem ]

I’m sure Ojiro will gladly show you their personal stock, then.

@north.cross

[strongarmed]

[Ugh, working together. What she's primarily interested in are those weapons.]

Once you have a plan and location, I'm willing to test any of the cache's weaponry.

[retravel]

Only the firearms, or other tech, too?

@clarke.griffin

[strove]

I think if we're looking to avoid input from the UNA, we should avoid any talk of a testing site right now.

I see you're asking for engineers. It would be a good idea to see if you can dismantle these weapons and put them back together, figuring out what powers them. It may be that they can't be powered.

I know you're mindful of this, but we need to keep in mind the impact on this world.

As well as this fact: that cache may be a trap in and of itself, a means to wipe out Morningstar if they had gotten away with it at the time. We don't want to arm it and kill ourselves in the process.

[retravel]

[ about time someone more careful than him showed up. ]

Both Morningstar and the Displaced presently train off-site, and we won’t be testing anything noisier than firearms, so I believe we’re ready for the testing site stage, but we can confirm the relative safety of the locations first with scouting and noise testing.

I do agree with you on the rest. Our move should be to identify and categorise what we can, with disassembly and analysis our first port of call. Anything flagged as red for a known danger or unknown (and therefore dangerous) will need to be boxed and stored safely. [ The Carter way. ] Better we have it than someone else, but not better we set it off, as you’ve rightly pointed out.

Gotta be at least some booby traps in here, I reckon. You wouldn’t set a cache at the heart of a dummy operation, without that being the case, but it’s a mixed bag from a preliminary check. This tech could be an asset to us in our next encounter with the UNA or any other foe. We’ll better understand this world and how it fights, as well as be able to arm ourselves.

[ which is fitz for, “I think it’s worth the risks.” ]

@peter.benjamin

[thwipandrelease]

mechanical, chemical, or otherwise?

you've got my help regardless.
snacks or no snacks.

1/2

[retravel]

Some of these weapons look dodgy enough to require every engineer under the sun.

[ there's one that he's 60% is gonna explode if he drops it. ]

But my own projects are predominantly mechanical.
Thanks, Peter.

@kara.lang

[crisised]

There are a lot of ways to classify weapons, even just by observation of the shape and materials. May be a decent place to start
After that, it sounds like a place to dismantle and test weapons is something that should maybe be looked into. No idea where we could find a place like that, but...

In any case, you can put my name down as an engineer/mechanic with experience with this kind of tech interested in helping with whatever I can

@leo.fitz

[retravel]

Sounds like you know your stuff. Thanks.

[ good. they need more of that. hadn't she said she was an alien once, too? likely that she knows more advanced tech, as a result. ]

We should be able to dismantle and analyse tech at our safehouses. It's the testing that needs to be above ground, when we can't risk those spaces. We've got some keen eyes looking for sites, however, so we'll see what can be found. Should be able to test firearms, at any rate.

[ a beat, as he looks back through the network for more on kara. ]

Can I ask what your experience is with this sort of tech?

[ military, hobby, etc. ]

@margaret.carter

[revlon]

I touched on it briefly above, but as preliminary research and trials progress, we ought to give serious consideration towards containment. I'm sure the majority of the cache's contents will be useful and I look forward to hearing your team's findings on the matter. But regardless of volatility, it would be in everyone's best interests — especially the city locals — that these are secured in a vault of some kind if possible.

[ That's what she did with all the confiscated HYDRA tech during the war. And Fitz would know: many of those items, as well as the rest collected during her lifetime as SHIELD's director, have been buried and secured in warehouses around the world. ]

[retravel]

I agree completely. Box and lock's only a method as good as our measures for safekeeping. Once we know what we're dealing with, we could see if our contractor friends have an opening in their schedules — or it might be that the first engineers' project is a containment area.

[ he designed a few for SHIELD. it's not impossible, but the resources required are expensive and hard to gather. ]

@ardyn.sky

[daemonized]

Oh, I want to shoot something! Can you sign me up for the test-y, shooting part?

[retravel]

[ breath, turbo. ]

I'll put you on the list. How familiar are you with military-grade weaponry?

@gaby.teller

[myownwoman]

I am hardly an expert, but I am a qualified mechanic if that should also become a necessity.

[retravel]

Could always do with mechanical expertise.
Would you want to try the cache or the more experimental project?

[ both is good ]

@max.guevara

[revvedup]

i've got some experience with both, if you can use the extra set of hands. the tech in my time's less advanced than it is here, but if the basics are similar we can still probably work with it.

[ it had been easy enough to work with when it came to the hoverbikes, but weapons are a different story. ]

ojiro, what type of engine?

[retravel]

[ ah, he'd been hoping she'd volunteer. ]

Both is great. More eyes on this can't hurt our chances.
Are you familiar with weapons tech generally?

@angel.fortran

[girlcorrupted]

Hello Fitz,

I can help both you and [Bad username or site: ojiro @ junipe]. I have a long...long history with weapon technology, and while I am still adjusting to the differences in this universe, they are not so large that I cannot understand what I am looking at with a little time.

to Ojiro specifically, the technology in my universe was more advanced then that of this one. My experience with hands on work depends on your definition, but my knowledge of machinery and robotics is vast.

[retravel]

[ he recognises her. a morningstar contact. ]

Hi Angel.
Sounds like we could use your skills. Are you the engineering sort, a firearms operator, a programmer?

@poe.dameron

[followhim]

you know you've got me for any transporting you need done

and blowing things up if you wanna do some less than safe testing 😉

[retravel]

[ winky... face... ]

You have my thanks, as ever, Dameron.

[ alexa play whatta man ]

No explosions just yet, but you'll be the first person I call, if we get the chance to do something fun.

[ he's being an adult rn but like... he does wanna have fun with the toys... one day... ]

@amos.burton, swans in extremely late

[miscalibrate]

I'll help.

[ and here's his detailed resume

no jk there's nothing. that's it. except, ]

And here's an approach: aim at a wall and shoot.

[ like are the weapons locked or?? why is this complicated. ]

mwah

[retravel]

These weapons might backfire, I'm afraid, but that's the endgame.
What can you do to help?

Besides point and shoot, I mean.