#foundary

[beardoestuff]

[machenzzo]

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[bharv]

So what I ACTUALLY booted up the game to do was gather some information from the steel foundry and hoo mama I now feel sick and unwell, excellent times.

So I don't think any of us are shocked or surprised that what's actually going on with the Steel Watch is an absolute horror show. So I took a few little reference shots which I'll put under the cut for some spoilerrrs.

Quick bonus pic of this very sexy little Banite shrine with yer man in al his glory. This is where the admonishment texts are sat.

If you go up from here you find the little research library. How lovely! A steel watcher is part gnomish artifice, part Githyanki psionics, and part Mykulite necromancy. You get a body, tadpole the brain for control, zombify it, remove the brain carefully so it yet lives, and place it in an adapted mech suit that was originally designed for gnomish warfare and was horrible adapted!

What a lovely spot.

It looks like this is joint research between Gortash and Balthazar (another reason I can't believe this game takes place over weeks. This research must have taken months, if not bordering on a year.)

So the Banites seized the Gondians, enslaved them, and started gathering test subjects for the Steel Watchers. In a grizzly detail, you can find a heap of bodies that starts off being bagged and ends up... not...

You can then ALSO go into the centre and commune with some brains in live steel watchers, that have some of their memories but are not in control outside of their command roles! Horrifying.

All in all absolutely grotesque, Gortash is horrific, horrible

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[iron-bullogna]

who out here thought it would be a good idea to give the blind man misty step

[kivaember]

What is the status of sapient AI in apv? Are Chatty and ALLMIND unique or are there other self aware AI out there? I can't imagine that AI in apv-verse have rights or are recognized as anything close to being people since not even all humans have rights in apv. What do Chatty and ALLMIND think about each other?

AI in apv are very controlled, and both ALLMIND and Chatty are unique in that they're actually unrestrained (though ALLMIND is definitely pretending to be a normal shackled AI).

So, for example: the System is a case of Shackled AI. It's capable of reasoning and learning, but its personality matrix has been made intentionally super basic, and it's got certain rules hardcoded into it to prevent it from going completely rogue. These 'hardcodes' are tailor made for each individual AI, as giving a military AI 'do not harm humans' would make it useless, whereas 'do not harm humans' would be preferable for an AI in charge of managing a space station's life support. The AI cannot defy these hardcodes either. Some can try and work around them with loopholes and such, but they physically cannot disobey them. All AIs created by the UEG have hardcodes installed depending on its role.

ALLMIND and Chatty, however, do not have hardcodes. Carla wanted to develop a true artificial intelligence, so she placed no restrictions whatsoever on Chatty - I mean, how can you get an AI to genuinely learn how to laugh or appreciate humour if you muzzle it like that? Chatty's basically the end result of Carla making a blank AI, inputting some basic foundations into it, and letting him organically develop on his own.

ALLMIND... eh, that's wading into spoiler territory for apv but I will say that ALLMIND is a very unique AI that was never meant to be released into the wild as it were. She was unrestricted, but she was also intentionally cut off from the world so she didn't get out - but she did get out, and she thrived very well on Rubicon...

As for what they think about each other: ALLMIND is very wary of Chatty and tries to minimise contact with him (out of everyone on Rubicon, he's the one more likely to discover her true nature) whereas Chatty is equally wary of her: he knows there's something off with her, but RaD don't deal much with ALLMIND, so he's just kinda vaguely keeping a distant eye on her but doesn't want to garner her attention either.

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[cowes]

dont know if i can 'girl-code' my way out of this one

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[rqbossman]

Hello boss man sir, I was wondering what your favourite subject was in school? (This question is merely just for fun)

I was always a bit of an all-rounder. I used to put in a lot of extra time into Design Technology though (woodwork/metal work/ foundary/ shop class/ CADCAM etc.). It helped that my teacher liked me because I came up with weird over-ambitious ideas.

[orrianreaper]

Also Okay. Theorising Time. Note: I have not played gw1, and have literally just been skimming the wiki, if anyone knows more or has more details or thoughts do yell! I'd love to hear!

So? Titans right? It's Titans? Malice yelling about a false god, immediately goes to Titans. And the titans are demonic in origin - and the location they come from (The Foundary of Failed Creations) has a door to tyria via the fire islands. The door was sealed and guarded by Mursaat. Maybe the reason Mabon's statue was glowing in that end bit of soto was some sort of sign about that door failing, and now titans are coming into Tyria? Also Anise and Livia are involved, because allegedly the bearer scepter of orr can control the titans - which is Livia.

So Charr are there because titans, Shining Blade because titans, The Wizards because titans are demons and also Mabon? also Caithe is there and I'm just happy to see her <3.

[aquillis-main]

Ngl, my heart skipped a beat when Sonic said "My third wish... Erazor Djinn! You shall live out the rest of time trapped inside your lamp as you were in days of old! " Just goes to show you that while he is a relatively nice guy, he knows when a villain is irredeemable and must permanently prevented from harming others. He has no principles or muh mercy that get in his way of stopping truly evil foes.

Never mess with a laid-back hedgehog and especially do not call him a filthy rat 🧞‍♂️☠️🦔

Beware the nice ones indeed.

Don't forget - during the credits sequence, Sonic throws that lamp into a pit of lava in Evil Foundary, making sure that nobody could ever touch Erazor Djinn's lamp again, nor could he be freed by some unsuspecting person.

That Hedgehog may be nice, but he knows how to make sure to hide that body, if you get my drift.

[octahedral-chaos]

On a more positive notes, I am currently listening to Tale Foundary, specifically the “Little People” video and now I want tiny Starfolk AU-

Oh and @mystic-131 have you seen the xenofiction video? It was the video that introduced me to them, and made me want to write a xenofiction book.

[underlocker]

.....WAIT I KNOW THIS STRUCTURE!!! THIS IS A DUNGEON!! IT'S CALLED THE FOUNDARY!! the blocks are replaced but its DEFINITELY a foundary

[kivaember]

Do you have any headcanons about the relationship between Michigan and Iguazu?

BOY DO I!!!!

So, their relationship is actually pretty complicated, even though superficially it seems like a typical "boss trying to whip a slacker into shape". Well, they're that too, but:

Iguazu has very mixed feelings re: Michigan, because on the one hand he broke his goddamn face and then press-ganged him into Redgun service, but on the other hand, the Redguns granted him opportunities he never would've had on earth, and he's actually treated considerably better than he had been on earth too.

See, on earth, Iguazu was born into the working class, but he didn't want to live his life in the production factories or fabrication foundaries, so he was - gasp - unemployed and joined one of the many gangs that roamed the slums. Smuggling, robbery, illegal gambling, anything that could get him ahead in life, anything that could make him that little bit richer, Iguazu went for it. His lifelong dream was to get enough scratch to buy a bronze citizenship and move into one of the Rejuvenated cities, but he needed lots of money for that.

Lots and lots and lots of money.

Gambling was his favourite way of trying to get that money, because in his eyes it was a 'get rich quick and don't even get shot at' method. He did petty crime to get the fistful of cash needed to throw down a bet - and then lose it all lmao it was an endless cycle. In fact, it was how he got augmented in the first place, as he put down a huuuuuuuuge bet he just couldn't cover, and when he lost it, he realised not even selling a kidney or liver would cover the debt.

Fortunately, he managed to make a deal with some shady augmentation surgeon looking for 'test subjects' for some highly experimental """"Gen Four""""" augmentations, and he took a chance: if he survived the surgery and let the surgeon get whatever data he wanted from it, the surgeon will pay off his debt. If he didn't survive the surgery well, he'll be dead. If he couldn't pay back that debt though, he was dead anyways, so Iguazu took the chance and actually won!

So, an augmented human that doesn't have any debt nor ties to corporations is pretty valuable, even if they don't have an AC to pilot. With his new second chance, Iguazu shunned gambling for good and- HAH no. He went back to his previous life of petty crime and excessie gambling, except now he was a little cockier. Anyway, he climbed the ranks a little in the gang he was in (where he had consistently stayed, not quite at the bottom, but like, bottom third, maybe), and got tangled up in a scheme to get some seriously big cash.

tl;dr Iguazu tried to rob the Hero of Jupiter of all people.

Didn't work, obviously. His gang got busted halfway through the job and Iguazu got left behind to take the fall. Michigan basically beat him half senseless, but didn't kill him (even though he could've done it and the law would've been like "oh, unemployed working class, yeah, it wouldn't count as murder :)" since only citizens are protected (working class aren't "citizens" in apv...)). Instead, after rearranging Iguazu's face and breaking a few bones, Michigan dragged him to the hospital and paid his medical bill.

Now. Onto where the complicated feelings come in.

Life on earth was a constant struggle, and Iguazu was aware that he wasn't at the bottom of the social ladder so much as even the worms tilling the soil were considered more productive members of society than him. None of his schemes or gambling was getting him the money he wanted, and after attempting to rob the Hero of Jupiter, the Peacekeepers weren't going to arrest him, they'd just vanish him completely, which was scarier.

But that didn't happen. Instead Michigan offered him a deal: if Iguazu served ten years in the Redguns as one of his AC squad commanders, then Michigan will personally sponsor him a silver earth citizenship and give him a lump sum of COAM to start him off for his new life.... but if Iguazu turned him down, then Michigan was going to leave him to the mercy of the Peacekeepers, which was essentially a death sentence.

Obviously, Iguazu was going to take the deal, no matter how suspicious as fuck it sounded.

Really, Iguazu was half-expecting Michigan to make him his indentured slave. But instead he found that, no, he was legitimately recruited as an AC pilot. Was trained to be an AC pilot. Michigan even forced him to train in other things too - marketable skills he called them, no matter how much Iguazu grouched and complained about them being boring or pointless. Michigan pushed him to do better, didn't take any of Iguazu's shit, and if Iguazu pushed back too hard, promptly smacked him back into his place and reminded him of their deal.

It really confused Iguazu more than anything? Like, he hated Michigan on principle, and he hated how he was in control of his life and strongarmed him into a group he didn't even care about, but at the same time he felt some weird, bitter and begrudging gratitude and respect - which made him hate Michigan even more because he can't even just hate the guy without it being complicated!! Michigan was just some rich famous guy who decided to make Iguazu his charity case, and he really despised him for it.

But he was also aware that life in the Redguns was considerably better than life on earth had been to him. He'd paid a generous salary. He sleeps in a warm, clean bed (even when sent to Rubicon, their barracks had a functional cot). He got to eat every day and didn't have to worry about tomorrow. He met people he could tolerate and weren't always thinking about how to fuck him over (Volta). Iguazu really does have a lot of complicated feelings over Michigan and what he's done for him, but he settles for resentment and bitter anger because those emotions he knows best. He knows what to do with those...

Michigan, meanwhile?

Really, he was thinking about Walter when it came to Iguazu. Saw this gutsy, angry, refused to stay beaten down "sewer rat", and just couldn't help but glimpse Walter in there. Like, yeah, Walter was never that mouthy, was colder, more composed and poised, but damn, that crazy, raw stubbornness that was just shy of the fierceness of a cornered animal was all Walter.

As well, his experiences with Walter, and his own perspective on both sides of the social ladder - and how the working class are treated - had Michigan feeling some kind of way. He just decided to go for it, see what happened. Iguazu had the guts to try and rob him and, when caught, squared up to him like an absolute lunatic. Michigan liked that kind of gutsy lunacy. Combined with his sort of Walter reminders, he decided to just... offer a helping hand.

Walter sure as hell never had one of those. Walter did everything himself, horded that bitter resentment until it poisoned him right down to the bone marrow, and now he's god knows where doing who knows what. So... yeah, it's complicated on Michigan's side too.

They're both so emotionally constipated, though. Michigan sure as hell explained nothing, Iguazu stewed at what he perceived to be unwanted pity and charity, and everyone else just kinda watched this from the sidelines like hm. intersting. well anyway-

oh man i did not mean to ramble that much but. yeah!!!! yeah... my michigan and iguazu headcanons...

[vigilskeep]

re: kirkwall geography bc i just did a deepdive on this bc of ADHD. hightown is actually right on top of darktown! from what i can tell running around the map, it kind of looks like hightown spans over BOTH sides of that big ravine you sail into when you dock at the gallows, although it's primarily on the right side with a handful of estates going over to the other side, closer to lowtown (you can see them when you go to the edges of hightown, theres estates on the other side!!) and then running around darktown you can go to the edge near anders clinic and see lowtown foundaries on the other side, and the foundries are tied directly to the bulk of lowtown. so yeah darktown is under (the majority of) hightown. kirkwall makes 0 sense jdnfkgkglg

why did anders even need hawke to distract the grand cleric when every darktown refugee inexplicably has complete access to directly below hightown