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Reasons being that you was more active than most despite your abscenses sometimes, but it was taken over the time of months since the last rank upgrades, not just here recently. XxwardogxX wasn't promoted because he's been alot less active than yourself. Anyways, if this is how you honestly feel about your promotion, I'll take away the upgrade and downgrade your rank. Your the second person to ever do this really, so I'm not sure what to say to your honesty on thinking you don't deserve this rank. Wasted_years constantly wanted downgraded each time she gained a rank back before she even became a Paladin or Elder, that's because she didn't wish to lead. But she climbed the ladder so fast from being one of the main guild members and very helpful around the clock day in and day out that she had no place to go but up in the ladder, so she went up the complete ladder and had no choice but to lead really as a Paladin. That's the story despite what many may have thought back then who didn't pay attention, that she was my fiancee so of course she would get a higher rank and a Paladin position, but that's not true, she went through the whole ladder and rejected rank upgrades purposefully at each turn because she didn't want to lead. Anyways, if this is truly what you want, I have no option but to downgrade you, I can only upgrade, but if a member requests to not take the upgrade, it's nothing I can do except bow in respect to such honesty.

The closest thing we have to a library is The Library of the Brotherhood, but that's mostly for recording BOS History, which no one really does and it's not really a RP thread. We did have one Scribe, which was Slade226, but he hasn't been around and most likely will be removed during this cleanout. The entire role of the Scribe was never determined on what it's role could be in the guild since it'd have to be modified a little from the games due to in the guild, the General rules overall and not a whole group of Scribes like in the games, which would be retired Paladins in the guild, either choosing the rank of Elder or Scribe. Earlier on we thought about letting normal members choose to become a Scribe, but that'd downgrade the significance of the Scribe role, since one of the things that the Scribe would be used for in the guild would be to advise the General when needed. Other than that role, we really couldn't think of any other roles for the Scribe, so locked that rank for a long time, until Slade wanted to be just a advisor to the General. As for a Library to RP in, how much use do you really think it'd have and how many people would actually post in it? Since it wouldn't be a very popular thread, it'd be a next to dead thread and we dubbed it not needed for now unless by popular demand of members wanting one.

I'll take the idea into consideration, I mean, Slade226 did wish to be a Scribe rather than a Elder since he gave excellent advice and was a good second opinion when I needed one, but something may or may not come out of the idea, so I can grant no promises.

As for it used to being a scientific bunker, yes, there used to be a Research and Development Bunker, which for some odd reason, disappeared completely from our forum. I checked the Crew Log and Captain's Log, which lets you see all actions dealing with threads and banning members, it was never deleted by any of the Moderators of the BOS Forum or Administrator (meaning me or Allectus) in the past and no one recalls ever deleting it or when they noticed that it disappeared, it's just no where to be found. It could of happened when they was doing all of the guild and normal forum work when the guilds didn't work for awhile since they was restructuring the guild posting systems with those new features and text bubbles, which would mean it got glitched and disappeared somehow. I PMed Xeon Sempai long ago about this, a few months ago actually and still no reply on whether he can help or not, the PM is still in my outbox. So I'd say we'd have to create a new one, since Fenrir Fenix created the first one, I wish for him to create the new one, but not sure if he has the time or not, haven't spoken to him in awhile and about how busy his life may or may not be, in which case, another person may be required to make another Research and Development thread.

Can I make a little request here? As I remeber it, the old R&D dept had 3 kinds of posts. There were posts by myself, Fenrir and Noz, which were well thought out and RP'd experiments with occasional setbacks or shortages or such in logical places. these posts took place over months and had limited, logical advancements to brotherhood technology.

occasionally we had requests from people like twixi or others, to see if we could come up with some specific modification for thier weapons, better ammo or a vehicle or power suit upgrade of some sort. these were usually pretty well thought out and at least did not annoy those who were doing serious work. one request for a lase sight actually inspired the design for the phase 5 auto-intra-muscular targeter, although that was never implemented since the phase 4 intra-muscular reflex enhancements were not completed before the thread disappeared

Then there were the posts from everyone else, every yahoo that thought he could hammer tin into a power armor, illiterate idiots proposing that they should be allowed to weild Diamond blades. these were annoying, disruptive, and on at least one occasion we had a member (now an ex-member) become abusive when told that his design made no logical sense either by real life or by Fallout universe cannon or by guild law.

the R&D dept. is really a place for serious, non-combat-RP skilled, personell, who want to help the brotherhood by advancing it scientifically, which is the brotherhoods real strength in the wastes. To this end I propose that only non combat personell (R&D, general or technical maintenence, medics, or commo personell ... did i miss any?) be allowed to use the R&D dept tools, with special dispensations by the head of R&D to combat-oriented-members who prove themselves serious and logical. this does not mean that they may not post to the dept, they can post requests or volunteer for experimentation, but it would mean that we would not get 3 or 4 nonsensical experimentation posts in a row by some yahoo that just joined, no more idiots tossing grenades, or discharging firearms into the labs, (although the grenade turned out to be a dud, it was distracting at the time) these posts would be deleted by the head of R&D

I would nominate Fenrir for the job, he has the requisite rank, Crew priveleges, and logic and technical skills, but he is probably to busy running his division.

that said if fenrir will not take the post I will volunteer to be It. I do not have the rank, or crew priveleges, but i am the only other person that I KNOW has the logical and technical skills for the job.

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i am particularly intrigued by the idea of deathclaw armor, I believe the idea has some merit although I think Vincent Darkholme is thinking a little big. Start simple it would be relitively easy to say measure and cut some brahmin hide to the right shape, then make boiled leather plates (equivalent to leather armor MK.II for deathclaws) that would provide better protection then the deathclaws own skin. from that starting point you could continue by making positive and negative moulds from the leather plates and with a bit of experementatation and luck perhaps you could Sand-Cast some cast-iron plates (equivalent to metal armor Mk.i) which could be used as patterns to cut and round sheet steel plates (equivalent to metal armor Mk.II)

anyways you see the progression, but all this would take a few months of experementation and trial and error in a lab and factory.

Any sort of armor made for a deathclaw would only hinder it. It already has a hide much stronger than a brahman's, Is already very agile, and Is already very strong. Cumbersome armor will only slow it down, and it already has claws stronger than rippers. As I see it, there are 3 places were we can improve deathclaws. One would be performance enhancing drugs. The secound would be a way to improve the deathclaw's non-existant stealth skills (Like a mutant, when your as big as a death claw is, its hard to hide). The third would be some sort of mechanism, maybe a visor of some sort, that provided features such as nightvision, Infrared, Xray, and heat sensors.

As for the R&D, Im strongly against limiting it to certain ranks. I secound Ender's idea of having to have your experiment aproved before you can start it.

And for the library, I can only speak for myself, but I would use it. Think of all the magazines and books in fallout that increased your skills. I would love to be able to check out a gun magazine (no pun intended) or to be able to access the brotherhoods historical records on certain enemies we may be facing.

Why not just edit the existing one to allow rping? That way we wont need to make a new thread

I'm fully behind Vincent on this one, seeing as we're not talking full anti-vehicle munition withstanding battle plate, (that was a mouthful) hindering our beastly friend would not be an issue.
As for a vision improving visor, more likely to impede peripheral vision granted by the natural positioning of their eyes, as for the sight itself a Deathclaw has natural low light vision that is on par with if not greater than any modern night-vision. In addition, they have their legendary sense of smell, which is quite capable of locating anything living or otherwise that isn't sealed in an airtight cylinder and flying around in a hurricane. Not to mention that creepy sixth Deathclaw sense that I don't care to elaborate on right now.
If stealth is your concern, a Deathclaw is about the stealthiest you'll find in the wastes, (damn things are born silent) the only thing stealthier has never been seen, heard, or witnessed due to its overbearing stealthy-ness.

Yes, when the new Research and Development Bunker opens, your free to work on new deathclaw items. 3nodding