Vincent Amorason (quitethecharmer) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-11-12 07:48:00

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Codemakers
He'd gotten as far as he could in reasonable confidence. Logic trees, operating parameters, and all the other basic formulas had been set. Vincent knew it was time to call in someone more proficient than he for the rest of the programming. Kristoff had already been lending him aid on the assembly of the prototype swarm, but the Refreshers needed their marching orders, so to speak.

He called Anya Stark.

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	quitethecharmer 2010-11-14 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh?" Vincent smiles, sitting back to enjoy some more curry. "What is tickling Anya Stark's fancy currently?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-14 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	"I've been working on zero point energy lately," she answered. "Been adapting it to everyday use. Most of the stuff in this building runs on it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-14 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	Vincent nods. "An impressive project. What are the yield and cost-efficiency like? Are you fully independent from the city's power grid?" He pauses tilting his head. "My inner cynic may be rearing it's head, but for you, I'd imagine the legal battles to get such technology past the interest groups and to the public would far outweigh the difficulty of the design." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2010-11-15 12:14 am UTC (link)

"Cost is of course high at the moment since the technology is so new, but given time it will come down. Right now it's the backup systems and the computers in the lab. If the public grid goes down, we won't lose the computers. My car completely runs on it."

She shrugged.

"There will be opposition from the oil companies, but I don't see why the public wouldn't welcome clean practically unlimited energy. Of course handling the oil companies will be left to those who can deal with it, but in the end I think it would be welcomed."

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	quitethecharmer 2010-11-15 12:46 am UTC (link)
	He nods again, smiling. "Good luck with it. I'm glad to see someone pushing to get their innovations into the public sector." He shrugs. "It's an issue that the Richards' and I haven't always seen eye to eye on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-15 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Anya blinked. "While I know Reed and Kristoff don't patent and distribute stuff like weapons and the really dangerous stuff, but they do patent a lot of stuff and sell it to companies for distribution. It brings in a lot of money for Reed and Kristoff." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2010-11-15 01:04 am UTC (link)

"True, but a lot of those patents get sat on." He gives a lopsided smile.

"I guess I'm just not satisfied that there isn't a flying car in every garage and food replicators in every kitchen. I favor more aggressive distribution of technology.

That's why I'm happy someone within Stark Industries itself is working towards something like you are." He gives her a more earnest grin.

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	anyastark 2010-11-15 01:16 am UTC (link)
	"That's not their fault. What the companies do or do not do with the tech is not their problem." "There is such a thing as being responsible with tech," she said. Dad had drilled that lesson in at a very early age. "There is such a thing as moving too fast." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-15 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not saying it's their fault, just that it's unfortunate." Vincent amends, helping himself to more nan as he saves the variant design of the drones to a new folder as he nods to her other statements. "Indeed. So, what do you think of the project as a whole?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-15 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"It has possibilities," she said. "And potential. It could be useful in a number of areas." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-15 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you. I realize it still has a long ways to go in terms of efficiency for it's original purpose, but perhaps there's more to this than I originally conceived." He smiles hopefully. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-16 05:05 am UTC (link)
	"You're welcome," she said. "Sometimes it helps to have someone else take a look and a different viewpoint and all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-16 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded. "Absolutely." A pause, as he makes some more notations around the code. "So.. what do you do when not fighting evil or pioneering alternative energy?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-16 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	"School," she answered. "I'm in my second year at MIT." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-16 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	He smiles. "Good for you. I just enrolled at ESU. It's been an interesting experience. I almost registered for student residence on campus, but a close friend advised strongly against it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-16 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	"I can understand that. I didn't want to live on campus either. Not with the whole heroing thing. Would have made it a little difficult." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-16 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	"It's because it would have been difficult for me in particular that I wanted to do it." Vincent scratches the back of his head awkwardly. "I've made some mistakes recently that I'm trying to mitigate the effects of." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-17 05:14 am UTC (link)
	"Oh," she said. "Sorry. I just know I couldn't bear the thought of living on campus." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2010-11-17 05:30 am UTC (link)

"A mixture of things I brought on myself due to rash action and others that simply ended with someone getting hurt no matter what choice I made.

I have a tendency to go for drastic solutions to problems, to try to solve them all at once. Throwing myself into a dorm, under a cover identity no less, is a perfect example."

He sighs. "Doctor Samson has been helping me with that."

He pauses, then laughs at himself. It's a hearty, honest laugh.

"So, to clarify, yes, you have been going over nanite drone designs with a crazy person."

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	anyastark 2010-11-17 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	Anya kept her Starkness checked and went with a more diplomatic response. "Doc Samson is good at helping with issues like that. He helped me a great deal." "Please. Crazy you are not." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-17 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Not in the 'shambling down the streets talking about the government chip in my head', certainly not, but I'm fairly convinced I'm still in need of a lot more therapy." He shrugs. "This was really good curry by the way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-18 04:36 am UTC (link)
	"It is. We're lucky to have quite a few good restaurants in close proximity. Otherwise we all would probably starve." Cooking skills the Thunderbolts did not possess. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2010-11-18 06:42 am UTC (link)

Vincent smiles. "No-one on the roster good with a stove-top or oven? I admit I'm limited to snacks and breakfast with any level of progress, but I learned to follow a recipe after a while."

He smirks. "I used to have arguments with Kristoff about the 'treacherous' kitchen appliances when I had issues with recipes that gave cooking time estimates or imprecise measurements."

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	anyastark 2010-11-18 07:04 am UTC (link)
	"We're low on cooking skills," she said. "Appliances commit suicide when I walk into the kitchen." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quitethecharmer 2010-11-18 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	Vincent smirks. "I've never heard of that form of technopathy before." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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