Truly a situation where is no good answer. Nice one.
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Needs something more, but I'm not entirely certain what that 'something more' is.
Has potential, though.
(account deleted)This is a really amazing article, really shows the extent the Authority must go to to protect the word. The only thing I don't understand is Incident Log 3. Why did the head researcher go in and shoot him? Wouldn't have been better to get a d-class to do it?
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Thanks! That means a lot. The reason for the head researcher shooting him isn't really stated, but we can presume that he was trying to end the risk to him, his coworkers, and the world/trying to be a hero. He was definitely going against protocol and wasn't supposed to be doing it, so he just ran in and did it instead of requisitioning a D-class.
If he broke protocol then the reaction seems very mild "RPC-021-1 must not be killed under any circumstances. See incident report #3." isn't what I would imagine from an organization the size of the authority. In fact, there's no reason for anyone bringing weapons to subdue him until he proves hostile. Weapons in general should be banned from the environment as it seems safer to revive him with non-lethal means. Perhaps it would be better to reword it as "No attempts to harm or kill RPC-021-1 are allowed. In the case of a containment breach non-lethal methods must be employed. See incident report #3"
Maybe because he wants to be the "hero" that neutralize a threat, or something else.
I like it except that last interview log. A liittttle too cheesy for what was otherwise a solid article.
This is very nice exactly what I look for in an RPC, just one question. Is there a reason they don't just lock him up in forced solitude at the top of a mountain? Why place him in a site facility and risk it?
So they fuck up twice, and at that point don’t consider dropping the guy off on a secluded island or something? 25 kilometers is about 15 miles, which is manageable for dealing with him from a distance. They could even make trips to drop off food and stuff, probably using long distance communication to ensure he isn’t asleep when personnel approach.
Concept is interesting, the article needs work.
For one, the formatting of the incident logs are aids.
They don't give enough detail on what's going on and don't fit a "log" format.
It's a description of what happened rather than a log per se.
Dates and times(even and especially if blacked out) would be appreciated, as would events happening as if they were recorded in the event's present (chronological order) or even post-haste for example a detailed report on footage of the event occurring.
Also the content of the logs simply don't make sense.
If they already knew the guy accidentally genocides when he falls asleep from his discovery and the first log why would they bring him to an island right next to entire civilizations? Why not just bring him to the arctic where nobody is around. It's the organization's job to keep these things under wraps and prevent as many people as possible from dying or encountering these anomalies, it doesn't make sense for them to bring him there.
Continuing on things not making sense, most of the containment procedures are unjustified.
I get the padded room, I get the remote island (post genocide), why the music? Does it keep him up? Music can have the adverse effect depending on tone and genre? Why the floodlights? Why the meals? ELABORATE. This is obviously babby's first article so I'm not going to dig too deep on this one. Here's a tip for making containment procedures work: write the description first. If you know what you're containing you can contain it better. But this isn't the main problem with it. See the next paragraph
Finally: why not just kill him?
There's gotta be a reason why these things are contained, for example potential for experimentation or simply being too dangerous not to. I know not all articles do this, but it's not exactly a nitpick. I would complain about this there too.
Here's where to start, with the "why not kill him?". Why keep him fed? Why not just shoot him? It's clear he's a weapon of mass destruction on his own, he's a gamma for fucks sake. He kills millions just in the slip of his eyelids. Governments want him, organizations want him. Explore this! Why NOT kill him? Does he have immortality because of the entity? Is his death worse than him sleeping? GIVE ME THE DEETS.
This is the worst part about this article, and in my opinion a grand misplay on your part that you didn't explore it at all. This article could've been one of the best on the site if you would just think things like these through. I look forward to the works that follow, but as of now this article is just a bland "ooh spooky he kills everyone" with nothing special.
All in all, 4/10. Only thing that carries this article is the concept.
I like the concept, but 25 kilometers is not very far. They could just put him in a secluded facility alone and airdrop supplies to him. Thus, letting him sleep and preventing any risk to themselves. They need a reason to force him to stay awake.
A good solution might to have the range double with every hour he sleeps. When first falling asleep it's 1 km, second hour makes it 2, third makes it 4 and so on. If he gets a full 8 hours his range is 128 km if he sleeps in it could be 512 km. If he somehow goes for 15 hours, almost all life on Earth is doomed. It adds a bit more urgency to keeping him awake than a set range.
Even so, it might be interesting to have autonomous containment measures holding him at an unstaffed facility. Maybe a shock collar he can't remove. Remote controlled robots to shake him awake and provided security. Airdrops for food and basic supplies. It would be an interesting and unique containment system to exist in an unmanned facility.
"RPC-021-1 must be observed at all times by personnel to ensure he does fall asleep. If personnel believe RPC-021-1 to be on the verge of falling asleep, D-class personnel must be sent in to shake him awake." I'm going to assume that you meant they must ensure he does not fall asleep, as opposed to does. I'm going to correct it but feel free to change it back if that's what you meant.
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