The Machine

[Alala Alala]

What is the Machine?
The Machine is a primeval artifact anchored in time and space. It has been characteristically known to suddenly spawn random organisms from its enigmatic bowels.

Where is the Machine?
The Machine exists in an infinite number of universes, planes, and time-periods. It has always been. So long as you exist, so does it.

What does the Machine do?
The Machine periodically releases a burst of cosmic energy every few hours. In the wake of this billowing cloud of darkness, arises a new contender.

How does the Machine work?
The Machine is tethered to an infinite number of planes of existence, and is rendered immune to temporal and arcane effects through its omniscient existence. It is bolted into the fabric of physical law, and as such, should be treated as a 'constant', a symbol of infinite in an ever-changing landscape.

Who protects the Machine?
The Machine protects itself and itself alone. It does not protect the beings it produces. It is not hostile, and does not actively engage in conflict. If one seeks to attack the Machine, it will not fight back until a hostile threat is determined. In the event of such a scenario, the Machine will most likely seek escape.

...so what now?
The Machine actively tracks and releases information concerning its creation and displays that information across a gargantuan screen across one of the Machine's 4 sides. The information is broadcast on a universal signal and can appear in universes in the form of a scroll, a television channel, a radio station, or some other mode of communication.

The Broadcasts
The Broadcast is an information based transmission available to every single organism in the known planes and universes and dimensions scattered across the world. It is a legitimate 'hit-list' open to challengers from any world.

And it begins now.

[Alala Alala]

On March 15th, 2009...

Broadcast #1-A 3/15/09
A human pugilist has last been seen heading towards Steele Syndicate. Subject possesses an extreme prejudice against technology, he has launched a war-zone; cleaving a destructive trail of machinery in his path. Broadcast audience be advised that the human is extremely unpredictable. Reports suspect that he is being aided by an avatar of battle, granting him arcane strength through the use of chants, shouts, and primitive beats.

Subject is identified as being seven feet tall and built up to three-hundred pounds in muscled flesh. He is unarmored and possesses no known weaponry except his own physical body. Due to the nature of the target's attacks the Broadcast will identify future attacks by the moniker The Luddite. Deceased. Death by asphyxiation.

Broadcast #1-b 3/15/09
Be advised this is an All-Points-Bulletin that an accursed cleric was spotted in the vicinity of the Phoenix Clan. The cleric; a devout server of an ancient Death deity, has last been seen harvesting live human beings in order to supplement her the divine will of her master. Although she is perceived as harmless, the audience is advised to stay their distance as the cleric is an adept user of the necrotic arts and is well-versed in curses.

The Cleric is traveling alone but is presumed to have a tiny reserve of corpses she might be able to exploit to raise an ample physical defense. The ability to raise and corrupt the dead as well as the exaltation of humanly pangs makes the subject a formidable foe. The Broadcast has decided to label #1-B The Cleric, in respect to the subject's chosen profession.

The Cleric can be identified by the flag-staff she bears of an Oxen-skull, visible from a multiple mile distance.

Broadcast #1-C 3/15/09
A stray pack hunter has been harassing civilians in the Durem region. The audience is advised that the hunter is a master of survival techniques, and has the disposal of several elements to his favor, including the ability to detect favorable breezes, incite fires, and create chemical compounds utilizing animal venom and other outlandish methods. The hunter has been identified as murdering pedestrians around the Harsh Haven region, accompanied by an animal companion authorities have identified as a large panther.

The Broadcast audience is advised that any audience members that come into contact with the hunter to make note of the subject's impressive accuracy and distance shots, with the ability to average out the amount of power and wind resistance on a whim, as well as being able to ambush and trap woefully ignorant victims makes the hunter an adequate foe. Due to his bow-prowess, the Broadcast has labeled this subject The Sharpshooter.

On March 17th, 2009...

Broadcast #2-A 3/17/09
Packs of unterwyverns have been spotted entering the plains of Barton. Roughly 6-10 riders have congregated under the flag of the Frost God Helmve and have been ambushing caravans and ransacking the trade routes between Barton and Gambino. Be advised that at least two Helmve ritualites have been identified terraforming the sea-side into ice.

The wretched screams of the wyverns make the group easy to identify and therefore easier to track, the Broadcast warns however that the squad are well trained in ambushing tactics and as wyvern riders are well-capable of evasive techniques and other forms of air-to-ground guerrilla warfare.

The Broadcast has labeled these Helmve fanatics as the Sons of the Frost-Lord.

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On March 28th, 2009...

Broadcast #3-A 3/28/09
Be advised, a foreign manhunter has crash-landed his ship in the vicinity of the Cove. The suspect appears to be heavily armed making close-proximity approaches a dangerous endeavor. The Broadcast advises that any parties seeking to apprehend the manhunter have a long-range specialist readily available. Analysts have noted that the man's addled mind and unstable mental abilities render him imperious to psychological damage, creating a reverberating effect upon any attempts to either control or invade his mind.

The manhunter has been identified as wearing a massive steel-plated armor several inches thick in composition, due to his immense strength and weight, coupled with a slow mobility yet outstanding firepower, he is considered nothing short of a tank.

Due to the man's extensive fire power and heavy armor, along with the long range engagement distance, the subject has been considered being labeled as [The Howitzer].

[OscarX-rayYankee_02]

o.o postin' in a sticky

[Alala Alala]

[Impossible. It can't be a sticky because you read it.]

[OscarX-rayYankee_02]

Alala Alala

[Impossible. It can't be a sticky because you read it.]

Oh I see what you did there...

[shackled slayer]

me:hey, whats this? (holds up a complex part of the machine) you: YOU IDOIT!!! YOUVE KILLED US ALL!!!! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!?!? me: i dunno. :l

[OscarX-rayYankee_02]

shackled slayer

me:hey, whats this? (holds up a complex part of the machine) you: YOU IDOIT!!! YOUVE KILLED US ALL!!!! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!?!? me: i dunno. :l

I think that was supposed to be funny.

[shackled slayer]

OscarX-rayYankee_02

shackled slayer

me:hey, whats this? (holds up a complex part of the machine) you: YOU IDOIT!!! YOUVE KILLED US ALL!!!! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!?!? me: i dunno. :l

I think that was supposed to be funny.

uh, it was, but aparently not sweatdrop . it was a joke based on the machine being bolted to the fabric of the universe so if it were to malfunction, like if it were missing a vital part, the intire plain of exestance would be destroyed.....

[Alala Alala]

[There's a thought.]

Light engulfed the region, clouds billowed around the maw of the Machine, and in seconds, a new broadcast appeared on the screen.

[Hellgrim02]

*I materialize from a rip in time and space itself, my being crossing the planes of existance, from one universe to the next. This can only be done in the plane that the world of gaia exists, and only a being such as me can do. At frist, a massive glob of liquid metal comes through the static hole in existance, and as the hole dissolves away, the massive puddle of liquid metal froms into a human shape, then reforms into a human being, but the being is neither man or robot, metal or flesh, circuits or organs, but rather a perfect blend of the two. I appear as a 5'8" tall tan skin man with black hair and green eyes, yet my skin shows pattern line like you would see in a robots metal panel that would cover it and be it's armor. My eyes glow neon green as I see this other machine broadcasting.* Hmmm....I would have become you had they just gone with pure A.I instead of fusing it to human will....

[shackled slayer]

Hellgrim02

*I materialize from a rip in time and space itself, my being crossing the planes of existance, from one universe to the next. This can only be done in the plane that the world of gaia exists, and only a being such as me can do. At frist, a massive glob of liquid metal comes through the static hole in existance, and as the hole dissolves away, the massive puddle of liquid metal froms into a human shape, then reforms into a human being, but the being is neither man or robot, metal or flesh, circuits or organs, but rather a perfect blend of the two. I appear as a 5'8" tall tan skin man with black hair and green eyes, yet my skin shows pattern line like you would see in a robots metal panel that would cover it and be it's armor. My eyes glow neon green as I see this other machine broadcasting.* Hmmm....I would have become you had they just gone with pure A.I instead of fusing it to human will....

well, an interdimensional being would have the ability you speak of but in retrospect they wouldnt want to come to this world when they could probably find somthing more interesting than our dimension.......

[Alala Alala]

[Dear, as much as I love the idea of you being the thread's resident adviser....]

[Hellgrim02]

shackled slayer

Hellgrim02

*I materialize from a rip in time and space itself, my being crossing the planes of existance, from one universe to the next. This can only be done in the plane that the world of gaia exists, and only a being such as me can do. At frist, a massive glob of liquid metal comes through the static hole in existance, and as the hole dissolves away, the massive puddle of liquid metal froms into a human shape, then reforms into a human being, but the being is neither man or robot, metal or flesh, circuits or organs, but rather a perfect blend of the two. I appear as a 5'8" tall tan skin man with black hair and green eyes, yet my skin shows pattern line like you would see in a robots metal panel that would cover it and be it's armor. My eyes glow neon green as I see this other machine broadcasting.* Hmmm....I would have become you had they just gone with pure A.I instead of fusing it to human will....

well, an interdimensional being would have the ability you speak of but in retrospect they wouldnt want to come to this world when they could probably find somthing more interesting than our dimension.......

On the contrast, I'm a machine with free will, but my intended purpose drives my desires, therefore any place with conflict involving combat is an ideal place for me.
So, I want to be here...((if only it wasn't so dead here))

[Alala Alala]

Light engulfed the region, clouds billowed around the maw of the Machine, and in seconds, a new broadcast appeared on the screen.

[shackled slayer]

Hellgrim02

shackled slayer

Hellgrim02

*I materialize from a rip in time and space itself, my being crossing the planes of existance, from one universe to the next. This can only be done in the plane that the world of gaia exists, and only a being such as me can do. At frist, a massive glob of liquid metal comes through the static hole in existance, and as the hole dissolves away, the massive puddle of liquid metal froms into a human shape, then reforms into a human being, but the being is neither man or robot, metal or flesh, circuits or organs, but rather a perfect blend of the two. I appear as a 5'8" tall tan skin man with black hair and green eyes, yet my skin shows pattern line like you would see in a robots metal panel that would cover it and be it's armor. My eyes glow neon green as I see this other machine broadcasting.* Hmmm....I would have become you had they just gone with pure A.I instead of fusing it to human will....

well, an interdimensional being would have the ability you speak of but in retrospect they wouldnt want to come to this world when they could probably find somthing more interesting than our dimension.......

On the contrast, I'm a machine with free will, but my intended purpose drives my desires, therefore any place with conflict involving combat is an ideal place for me.
So, I want to be here...((if only it wasn't so dead here))

hmmm.... you put up an interesting argumemt!