NationStates Jolt Archive


I'm making a note here: Huge Success(AS internal stuff)

Aperture Science
24-10-2007, 00:08
Aperature Science HQ[/i]
With the recent influx of Barronian assistance, Aperture Science had virtually exploded with activity. White spheres on legs were scrambling across the entire facility, which was now producing a healthy black cloud of smoke from the correct areas, IE: the smoke stacks, as opposed to the windows which had previously been issueing a significant amount of smoke.
Working with all the effeciency of ants, albiet ants that were certainly not capable of lifting ten times their body weight, the white spheres dragged, pushed, pulled, hauled and robot-handled the required material into place. Working with more specialized models they blended asphalt and concrete, worked metal, riveted, welded and hammered.
The roads of the region, previously run-down, recieved a healthy new coating of cement, allowing for the legion of assorted trucks, cars and vehicles of the load-bearing sort to begin the trek back and forth from ASHQ.
Of course, underneath the glistening white coat of paint, the sphereical robots were mostly built of whatever junk happened to have been lying around or had arrived from Barronia. The cars and trucks had been sitting in the employee parking lot, untended, for many months. The road and construction sites were littered with broken down cars and spheres. The area looked like a wasteland despite the activity.
Of course, both cars and robots were, at precisly 10 o'clock twice a day, hauled back to ASHQ for recycling or repair, and set out to work again until they broke down.
Theoretically this was a highly inneffecient way of doing things, but considering the extremly limited resources and extent of the recycling and repair facilities, it was easier than bringing in outside labor.
A few humans were scattered here and there amoung the sea of robotic ants. They were few and far between though, and very carefully shunted away from the laboratories and internal structures of Aperture Science with polite phrases such as, "The area has been flooded with a deadly nuerotoxin as a result of an accident. We cannot open the door." and "The area is currently undergoing maintenance."
Meanwhile, away from prying eyes, Science went on.
Most of Aperture Science was underground, after all, one thing scientists and robots had in common was a lack of need for sunlight, or an aversion in the case of scientists. White corridors lit with white flourescent tubes extended for miles and miles, down and in every direction, forming a supercity of massive size, the huge interconnected cubes, spheres, hemispheres, cylinders and other shapes that occasionally interrupted the vast network of various sized corridors served chiefly to hold massive scientific laboratories, as well as storage facilities and maintenance shops.
The deepest constructs were nearly eight miles down, and were mostly filled with cooling equipment and used to store especially secret or secure projects.
Between the buildings ran monorails, roads, pathways, all contained within the network of corridors. A human in this place without a map would most likely get lost and go insane, or simply be run over. Few of the scientists who had previously worked here would have recognized the place now, most of the human conviniences had been removed. The only reason the lights were left on was that most of the photoreceptors left over were keyed to the human spectrum and other types of sensory equipment were expensive or not feasable for the particular tasks set forth by GLaDOS.

Meanwhile, back on the surface, factories, idle until now, churned back to life and, under the care of their new robotic workers, promptly began to churn out vehicles and equipment stored in the vast underground memory banks of AS.
Considering the somewhat utilitarian nature of the plans, the items in question were not visually appealing. Most of them were white, basically round, and generally spartan in appearance. Most of them were slightly higher quality versions of the aformentioned sphereical robots, only with uniform legs, decent sensory units and less likely to explode.
Other, somewhat larger factories, were building somewhat more advanced items. Planes, automobiles and a variety of interesting armored vehicles, weapons androids and items which would certainly impress many military buffs. Most of these were employed in the testing areas of Aperture Science, although a few went into the huge storage facilites for later use.

[b]Things are going well. Personal note: Huge Success. Prepare more cake.
The Octopuh
24-10-2007, 00:20
This cake is great, it's so delicious and moist. ^_^
Pan-Arab Barronia
28-10-2007, 18:03
OOC: Sorry I missed this. Assuming you want me to add on.

IC:

Barronia was investing heavily into Aperture Science. Boat after boat arrived, mooring, unloading, then turning straight back around and heading back. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of coal were being unloaded, oil pumped to storage areas, and all manner of plant equipment and transporters were being unloaded as part of the regeneration effort. It was deemed a matter of high importance that this nation was gotten up and running - operation was a necessity.

Alleanean Arms Spearhead Tractor-trailer units were immediately set to work on arrival, hauling coal and other goods to and from the docks. Hauling almost 100tonnes apiece, they would make do until the railways were up and running.

Meanwhile, at the head of the operation, Division Head Alfred Jameson was busy on the phone, trying to get hold of the one known as GLaDOS.
Aperture Science
28-10-2007, 21:21
((Not really, but hey, any RP is good RP ;) ))

The ports were, naturally positivly overrun with little white spheres by this point, most of them of significnatly better quality than the initial run. Sporting such features as interchangeable parts and the ability to work for more than a day without falling apart at the welds.
Coal and oil were hauled off to fuel the industrial machine while, deep underground, the Aperture Science Nuclear Division beavered away at its first reactor, handily constructed from plans provided by the now deceased scientists who had operated the facility before.
Railways came quickly, being fairly simple to produce considering the already prolific rail system underneath Aperture Science, linking the port and HeadQuarters was only a matter of extending the present rail system.

Jameson, after some runaround inherited from the previous buerocratic organization of Aperture Science, was put on a line with GLaDOS. Apparently Aperture Science still maintained its call center off in some random country ending with -stan, where the only people who spoke anything other than -istani were working in the call center.
The voice on the other end of the line, once he finally got ahold of GLaDOS, was a female one, with a slight electronic buzz in the background. It was a voice that would have been at home on the set of Star Trek or any other show featuring a helpful computer, or a slightly psychotic one bent on wiping out humanity.
"You have reached GLaDOS v2.0, you are Jameson, presently operational director of the cooperative effort with Barronia, correct?"
Pan-Arab Barronia
28-10-2007, 22:13
"Hey Jones, you got any clips up the- argh! Jesus Christ, what the hell is that?"

Such exclamations were common around the docks as the workers got used to the robots, who were by now scurrying about their business, taking goods from the docks and moving it to wherever they felt it appropriate.

Jameson, however, was finally getting round to speaking to GLaDOS.

"Ah, yes, that is correct. Jameson here. We're expecting the first shipment of uranium in for the nuclear reactor any moment now, and we need somewhere, to, well, put it. The status of the nuclear reactor would also be appreciated, ma'am."
Alfegos
28-10-2007, 22:22
Alfegos Foreign Ministry
Al'Fego Au'Fego Sou'rai

To Aperture Science
Ai Fego di Mil'ari'Regra Etu'Toi

Alfegos wishes to offer to you any aid that you wish, in conjunction with Pan-Arab Barronia.
This will be provided for free up to $650 million, and after will be charged at an interest rate of 0.4% per annum.

We wonder if you accept this option.
Aperture Science
30-10-2007, 18:51
"Hey Jones, you got any clips up the- argh! Jesus Christ, what the hell is that?"

Such exclamations were common around the docks as the workers got used to the robots, who were by now scurrying about their business, taking goods from the docks and moving it to wherever they felt it appropriate.

Jameson, however, was finally getting round to speaking to GLaDOS.

"Ah, yes, that is correct. Jameson here. We're expecting the first shipment of uranium in for the nuclear reactor any moment now, and we need somewhere, to, well, put it. The status of the nuclear reactor would also be appreciated, ma'am."

"Ah yes. The reactor. Construction is proceeding as planned." The voice sounded as if the speaker had learned English from a book and never had to speak it, with emphasis on the wrong sylabls turning each sentence into a convoluted mess, "A high-capacity transport vehicle will be dispatched once the shipment has arrived to transfer the material to a secure location. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated." The voice broke off, a significant pause indicated that this was a cue of some sort.

Alfegos Foreign Ministry
Al'Fego Au'Fego Sou'rai

To Aperture Science
Ai Fego di Mil'ari'Regra Etu'Toi

Alfegos wishes to offer to you any aid that you wish, in conjunction with Pan-Arab Barronia.
This will be provided for free up to $650 million, and after will be charged at an interest rate of 0.4% per annum.

We wonder if you accept this option.

Ai Fego di Mil'ari'Regra Etu'Toi,
650 universal standard dollars would be appreciated, as this is apparently free money, which is always appreciated. You may rest assured that this will be put to good use in developing future products of great interest.

GLaDOS v2.0, Aperture Science, Citizen 1
Alfegos
30-10-2007, 20:04
The money will be sent via secure shipment.