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  Mox (A10)
July 13, 2011 3:51:52 PM    View the profile of MoksPokemon 
OOC:
Roy "Mox" Kerrolin
A10, Slicing

Mox woke up.

“It's today....” Mox said to himself, with his eyes still closed “I'm finally going to be a certified slicer....”

He got up, walked into the living room, and prepared breakfast. Maybe now Joamer is going to allow me to have a DataPad...Mox thought Nah... not possible He quickly ate his breakfast, as he wanted to get his certification as fast as he could. After he finished eating it, he got up and put the dishes in the sink. He walked up to his cupboard and opened it. His new CompForce armor.

The perfected Scout Armor....” Mox said as he let go of the handles and grabbed the armor “At least in my opinion

He took it of the hooks in the cupboard, and put it on. He got the rest of his items, and left the room. He walked up to the barrier and looked around. The Army base on Tadath was always a spectacular view. He took out his DataPad, logged into Vast Empire network and looked for the Army Base map. After he found it, he located the Simulation Chambers. I'm supposed to enter Simulation Chamber.... 6 He put the DataPad into his pocket and starting walking towards the Simulation Room.

As he walked he saw a pole, about a meter away from him, outside the balcony, that would allow him to get to the roof. He smiled, stopped walking, backed to the wall and started running towards it, he made three jumps, first jump on the barrier, second on the pole and the third one off the pole onto the roof. He landed easily. This base is perfect, better then the Republican one! Mox thought to himself as he began to jog towards the Simulation Chamber, while jumping over, sliding beneath, and running over obstacles. After 5 minutes he was there, as he didn't have to go through all the corridors. He then looked around. The roof now covered the whole area, and there was not a single hole.

“Frak....” Mox said as he looked into the ventilation shaft. “Here we go again”

Mox ran towards the Ventilation Shaft, and, using the momentum, kicked the shift open. He then had to crawl through the ventilation system. Using the DataPad he was able to manoeuvre to the nearest ventilation exit, without getting from the Simulation Chamber too far. When he got to it, he kicked it open and crawled outside. He then landed quietly, as he found himself in someone’s apartment. He tried to get out, but the door was locked. Hoping that there was noone outside, he kicked the open and sprinted toward the chamber. When he got there, he was still 10 minutes early.

“Oh, you're here...” the instructor said when Mox knocked and entered the room.

“Sir, Mox reporting for Slicer training, sir!”

“Stand down, shut up and listen” the instructor said with a bored voice “You are going to step into that chamber and use your... creative... thinking to get out of there alive.... the only thing I'm telling you is that you are in a ship, and that you are returing from a mission. There is no other slicer on board, so whatever happens, it's up to you.”

“O.... k.... so... I don't know anything?” Mox asked, trying his hardest to take the instructor seriously.

“Yes...” instructor replied “so... you mind getting in there?”

“Yeah sure...” Mox said turning around and looking into inactivated sphere.

He walked into it and waited a few seconds. Then the instructor fired up the Simulator and Mox found himself on a ship. Everybody was running around and red alarm was sounding. Mox looked around and didn't know what's going on. He picked out a crew member and grabbed him, almost making him do a back flip around his hand.

“Hey, what's going on?” Mox asked

“Are you deaf?” the crewman asked?

“Shut up! And tell the whole story!”

“Well, we were attacked by e republican fighter, and he destroyed the pilot cabin. The cannon, and aiming systems were still operational so he was destroyed before he did any other damage.”

“So why is everybody running around, if the auto-pilot's still on?” Mox asked

“That's the problem, there is an asteroid coming around the planet, and if we maintain our current course, we are going to collide with it in about ten minutes!” crewman replied, freed himself from Mox's grip and ran somewhere. Mox was thinking the whole situation over. He then grabbed another crewman.

“Where is a terminal from which I could hack into the ship mainframe?” Mox asked

“How the hell am I supposed to know??? Wait, I think there was a socket in the corridor, that is if you have the tool.... what are you going to do?”

“Don't worry” Mox replied, threw him away and started to walk towards towards the socket. He disconnected the current plug and used his DataPad to connect to the ship. He then tried to connect to the mainframe but a firewall stopped him. It asked him for an password. A password... Mox looked over what he could connect to and found the communication hub. He bite he tongue, as he connected to it. Communication is not going to give me much Instead he loaded up a command prompt, and quickly typed in a command that most security systems were not protected from. Bingo... new user created... unfortunately I don't have all of the privileges, but a quick change in the files in the core system should allow me to stop the engines... Mox typed in the Find command in search of his username that he created. As there wasn't many files, and the content of them was rather basic, he managed to find himself. Now.... it's protected against rewriting. Mox opened a new file, and opened the user one. Ok... now to find that privilege option. He glanced at the clock and was terrified to see that only 4 minutes were left till collision. It's too late to avoid it.... but shutting down the engines should stop the ship from accelerating so the asteroid would only collide with the already destroyed bridge. He began the copying of the new file, and when it asked for overwrite, Mox deleted the old filed, and authorised the overwrite. Normally a deletion of a used user file on such a basic system would a cause a system crash, which would take five minutes to reboot. That would shut down the engines, but also Life Support. Luckily, because it was immediately replaced by the new file, the system haven't noticed anything. Mox logged out, and logged back on, with the new privileges. Now, he found the ship engine interface, and commenced the engine shut-down procedure.

“Warning! Engine shutdown commenced. Autopilot is being shutdown.” the voice from the speakers all around the ship said

Everybody started cheering. Mox looked at the DataPad. 30 seconds left. He wondered what is going to happen to him now. 20 seconds. He waited there so he could turn the engines and the autopilot back on after the collision. 10 seconds. He wondered what the RAIDERS are doing.
5 seconds. Mox sad down waiting for the violent strike.

Suddenly the whole ship shook. Everyone that was standing fell on the floor, and Mox fell on the said, only to get up. He looked at the data showed by the analysis. The shields generators turned offline and the bridge was lost. He stood up and walked up to the window. The bridge module was floating away, along with the asteroid. Mox sat back down, only to restart the engines.

At that point the simulation ended.
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  RE: Mox (A10)
August 31, 2011 9:53:26 AM    View the profile of MoksPokemon 
Hello? Anyone willing to comment on how bad I did?
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  RE: Mox (A10)
October 4, 2011 4:42:50 PM    View the profile of Garryll Gates 
In essence, your post fulfills the requirements. However, I'm grading this a MAJOR EDITS REQUIRED.

Good:
You have a basic understanding of how computers work. That's good; you understand the spec.

Bad/needs revision:
Spell checking, stylistic presentation, general proofreading.

You absolutely must proofread your work if possible, or have someone else proof it. There are numerous errors that are extra keystrokes or incorrect spellings.

In other parts, the formatting of the post is poor. The meat of the story - the actual slicing - is all jammed into a tiny block of text, and is absurdly difficult to read simply because every line is jammed together. Please break up your thoughts into paragraphs next time.

Finally, the level of realism is drawn into question. This is more nit-picking than an actual problem;
Quote: He picked out a crew member and grabbed him, almost making him do a back flip around his hand.

This, for example; unless the crew member is made of spit and straw, he's not going to almost flip over your hand unless you're attacking him.

Another example is the parkour that you are doing across the Tadath base, then breaking into and out of someone's room. This, while a cool little action sequence, contributes nothing to the real story but filler and doesn't seem like it would actually happen on a military base without repercussions.

PM me if you have questions or concerns.

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  RE: Mox (A10)
October 5, 2011 10:56:44 AM    View the profile of MoksPokemon 
OOC:
Roy "Mox" Kerrolin
A10, Slicing

“Oh, you're here...” the instructor said when Mox knocked and entered the room.

“Sir, Private Second Class Mox reporting for Slicer training, sir!”

“Stand down, shut up and listen” the instructor said with a bored voice “You are going to sit on that VR chair and use your... creative... thinking to get out of there alive.... the only thing I'm telling you is that you are in a ship, and that you are returning from a mission. There is no other slicer on board, so whatever happens, it's up to you.”

“Ok.... so... I don't know anything?” Mox asked, trying his hardest to take the instructor seriously.

“Yes...” instructor replied “so... you mind to sit on the VR chair?”

“Yeah sure...” Mox said turning around and looking at the VR chair.

It was more of a sunbed, with a hat-like thing in the place the head is supposed, with loads of wires connected to it. He walked towards it, lied down and put the brain-hat on. He then saw the intstructor come up to him, making sure that everything was fine. He then walked towards the control panel and fired up the simulation sequence.

Suddenly Mox wasn't lying down on a electric chair, in a grey room, only he was on a ship, with loads of people running around. The corridor was dark, with a shade of red. Every once in a while a red flash could be seen from a reflector. Also there was a alarm crying, as if something was on fire.

Mox looked around and grabbed the nearest crew worker that was passing him.

“Hey, what's going on?” Mox asked

“Are you deaf?” the crewman asked?

“Shut up! And tell me the whole story!”

“Well, we were attacked by a republican fighter, and he destroyed the pilot cabin. The turrents, and aiming systems were still operational so he was destroyed before he did any other damage.”

“So why is everybody running around, if the auto-pilot's still on?” Mox asked

“That's the problem, there is an asteroid coming around the planet, and if we maintain our current course, we are going to collide with it in about ten minutes!” crewman replied, freed himself from Mox's grip and ran somewhere.

Mox was thinking the whole situation over. So I would have to force the ship into moving out of the asteroid's way He then grabbed another crewman.

“Where is a terminal from which I could hack into the ship mainframe?” Mox asked

“How the hell am I supposed to know??? Wait, I think there was a socket in the corridor, that is if you have the right tools.... what are you going to do?”

“Don't worry” Mox replied, threw him away and started to walk towards towards the socket.

He disconnected the current plug and used his DataPad to connect to the ship. He then tried to connect to the mainframe but a firewall stopped him. It asked him for an password. A password... Mox looked over what he could connect to and found the communication hub. He bite he tongue, as he connected to it. Communication is not going to give me much... Although I think I can remember some commands that work on a chat platform that would allow me to get a primitive access He tried about 10 commands before he managed to find the right one. A command prompt loaded up.

Good, we have some progress Mox quickly typed in a command that most security systems were not protected from. Bingo... new user created... unfortunately I don't have all of the privileges, but a quick change in the files in the core system should allow me to stop the engines... Mox typed in the Find command in search of his username that he created. As there wasn't many files, and the content of them was rather basic, he managed to find himself. He then tried to edit the file. An error came up.

Frak... it's protected against rewriting. Mox opened a new file, and opened the user one. Ok... now to find that privilege option. He glanced at the clock and was terrified to see that only 4 minutes were left until collision. It's too late to avoid it.... but shutting down the engines should stop the ship from accelerating so the asteroid would only collide with the already destroyed bridge.

Mox began the copying of the new file, and when it asked for overwrite, Mox deleted the old file, and authorised the overwrite. Normally a deletion of a used user file on a such basic system would a cause a system crash, which would take five minutes to reboot. That would shut down the engines, but also Life Support. Luckily, because it was immediately replaced by the new file, the system haven't noticed anything. Mox logged out, and logged back on, with the new privileges.

Mox quickly found the ship engine interface, and saw that the ship had many engines. The bridge itself was a bit forward, like in Mon Calamari capital ships. Just disabling the engines would still cause the asteroid to crash into the main hull of the ship. Mox quickly thought this over and, using another window, disabled the Auto-Pilot.

“Warning! Auto-Pilot has been shutdown.” a synthesised voice came from the speakers through out the ship.

Next Mox quickly shutdown the all of the bottom engines, and increased the power of the top engines, meaning that the ship would start tilting forward.

“Warning! Unstable engine powerage detected. Dangerous tilt detected.” Synthesised voice spoke again. “Lowering the power in... *top* engines, and increasing power in.... *bottom*will stop the tilt from increasing.”

He glanced at the clock that was on the DataPad. 30 seconds left. He wondered what is going to happen to him now. 20 seconds. He waited there so he could balance the engine acceleration and to turn the autopilot back on after the collision. 10 seconds. He wondered what the RAIDERS are doing.
5 seconds. Mox sat down waiting for the violent strike.

Suddenly the whole ship shook. Everyone that was standing fell on the floor, and Mox fell on the side, only to get up. He looked at the data showed by the analysis. The shields generators turned offline and the bridge was lost. He stood up and walked up to the window. The bridge module was floating away, along with the asteroid. Mox sat back down, only to rebalance the engines and turn the Auto-Pilot back on.

At that point the simulation ended.
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[This message has been edited by Mox (edited October 5, 2011 1:37:50 PM)]
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  RE: Mox (A10)
December 6, 2011 9:37:43 PM    View the profile of Garryll Gates 
Alright, I'm glad you took my comments and fixed your post. There are still problems with the post (grammar, phrasing, flow, occassional substitutions of homophones, etc), that I hope you can fix on your next spec by asking someone to proofread it or look over it yourself a few times.

As such, I see no dire issues, so I'm going to Pass this spec.

Congratulations! You may now add [A10] to your ID line, but do what I asked above for your next spec.

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