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-======Creating Blueprints======+======Research & Creating Blueprints======
  
-The only way to craft equipment for yourself is by using a blueprint and suitable manufacturing equipment. The most common method is to 3D print parts for a device and then assemble it using the relevant skill. If players wish to enhance their kit with new technology uncovered at events then they will need to create the blueprint for the 3D printers first.+Research and creating new blueprints follow broadly the same rules but with slightly different goals in mind.\\ 
 +\\ 
 +Research is a purely theoretical endeavour that will not result in an item that can be crafted. Instead, it expands the knowledge players have available to them and creates new options for developing item blueprints.\\ 
 +\\ 
 +A blueprint allows a new item to be built using a suitable crafting space. 
 + 
 +  Fred's cunning plan is to construct a whole new gun. 
 +  The idea is to superheat the bullet as it leaves the barrel to make a plasma gun. 
 +  He teams up with Bertha (a physicist) to make this happen. 
 +  Bertha carries out a research project to develop the necessary science to superheat materials into plasma. 
 +  Fred will then use that information to create a blueprint for a plasma gun.
  
 ====Stage 1==== ====Stage 1====
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   He teams up with Bertha (a physicist) to make this happen.   He teams up with Bertha (a physicist) to make this happen.
   The game team determines that the science for a plasma weapon is solid   The game team determines that the science for a plasma weapon is solid
-  but still only theoretical so Bertha needs to spend 8 weeks testing it. +  but still only theoretical so Bertha needs to spend 5 weeks testing it. 
-  The first prototypes will need Fred's gunsmithing expertise and Bertha's science. +  The first prototypes will need Fred's gunsmithing expertise, but Bertha's science work is done. 
-  (6 weeks for Fred, 2 more for Bertha) +  (6 weeks for Fred, 5 to create the blueprint, 1 to build the prototype itself) 
-  Fred will then need to refine the prototype and finalise the blueprint + 
-  (another 2 weeks for Fred)+
  
 =====Theoretical Blueprints===== =====Theoretical Blueprints=====
  
 Not all research work needs to end in a fixed product. Sometimes a character can work on a purely theoretical piece of science work. Such theoretical blueprints would be very similar to a published scientific paper in scope and style. Not all research work needs to end in a fixed product. Sometimes a character can work on a purely theoretical piece of science work. Such theoretical blueprints would be very similar to a published scientific paper in scope and style.
-  In the example above Bertha could have done her first 8 weeks entirely+  In the example above Bertha could have done her 5 weeks entirely
   independently of Fred and just filed a blueprint for the theoretical   independently of Fred and just filed a blueprint for the theoretical
   science of superheating bullets.    science of superheating bullets. 
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   * Any new chemical or drug that is addictive. The game team will be playing around with addiction as a theme but we intend to be very careful with it and sensitive of the possible impact on players. Characters will be able to replicate most drugs they find at an event including anything addictive, but we do not want players introducing new substances whose primary focus is addiction.   * Any new chemical or drug that is addictive. The game team will be playing around with addiction as a theme but we intend to be very careful with it and sensitive of the possible impact on players. Characters will be able to replicate most drugs they find at an event including anything addictive, but we do not want players introducing new substances whose primary focus is addiction.
   * Any chemical or drug designed to make the recipient more suggestible, lose inhibitions and so on. We have no issue with truth serums or the like but anything with a wider, more sinister use is unacceptable.   * Any chemical or drug designed to make the recipient more suggestible, lose inhibitions and so on. We have no issue with truth serums or the like but anything with a wider, more sinister use is unacceptable.
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 +=====What The Lasertag Kit Can Do=====
 +
 +Primarily presented to help players decide what projects might be feasible as far as combat upgrades go.\\
 +The kit has the following stats programmed in;
 +
 +  * Rate of fire
 +  * Clip size
 +  * Length of time your gun is disabled when you are shot
 +  * Length of time you are invulnerable after being shot
 +  * amount of hit points/health you have for gun combat
 +
 +The software also tracks how many clips of ammo you are carrying, but that hasn't really been something that's been an issue for players and is probably not worth modifying. If there ever seems to be a need, the game team will make that modification anyway, regardless of research.\\
 +The software will also allow you to regenerate in two different ways, either back to full when partially damaged, or back up and functioning from zero health. Both have a time period that elapses before regeneration starts.
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