Im aware of nanodetectors, but only knowing about the presence of nanobots after walking into them is not really ideal. Is there a way for Biomorphs to detect nanobots from a distance?
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Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Sat, 2011-10-22 05:47
#1
Theorac
Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Sat, 2011-10-22 07:42
#2
Smokeskin
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
You can send drones or nanoswarms ahead of you to scout.
Sat, 2011-10-22 11:10
#3
Axel the Chimeric
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Honestly, this. There really is little else you can do.
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Sun, 2011-10-23 14:08
#4
Arenamontanus
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
To expand: to see something, you need to see some kind of radiation scattered from it. Nanomachines are typically smaller than the wavelength of light, so you cannot directly see them by light scattering. If there are enough they might cause Rayleigh scattering like air, making things look bluish or milky.
If you send UV light through the air you might notice more scattering if there are nanoparticles, but then again, that might be just dirt - you will not get much information about what they are, although you might perhaps distinguish between different kinds.
In order to actually know there are nanodevices and especially what kind, you need nanoscopic vision. Which is unfortunately entirely local.
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Sun, 2011-10-23 22:56
#5
Theorac
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Thanks! Is it possible to get guardians which are deployed on me to beam a message if they engage a nanoswarm?
Is a Guardian Angel robot capable of detecting nanobots?
Sun, 2011-10-23 23:26
#6
Tyrnis
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
While it's still in the sub-optimal level of protection, together with nanodetectors is also the option of a guardian nanoswarm. Then you're at least actively opposing the nanoswarm that you've walked into.
As for Guardian Angels detecting them, nothing suggests that they do by default, but I see no reason you couldn't equip them with nanodetectors and/or guardian nanoswarms. I'd imagine it would be pretty common among the sort of people who need bodyguards in the first place.
Mon, 2011-10-24 07:30
#7
Xagroth
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
I'm not sure, but maybe the nanodetector implant can receive the comms between the nanoswarm components, thus allowing the detection from a distance (sadly, the optimal situation could be laser-based comms inside a dark room in a vacuum... maybe giving you about 10 meters of margin...). I also envisioned the guardian nanoswarm as a sort of "particle cocoon" around the owner that tries to destroy any nanomachine that is not in their whitelist, but that gives small margin of reaction, of course.
Frankly speaking, the sending of autonomous "canary birds" ahed of the group ABLE ONLY TO TRANSMIT TWO ONE BIT SIGNALS (if they can transmit more, it can be used as a hacking mediator between the nanoswarm carrying an exurgent virus and the owner of the probe), one meaning "engaging nanoswarm" and the other "cannot go back, scuttling". So it would be a transmission with either a "1" or a "0". Wanna see a basilisk hack using that! (whithout the repurposing of the transmitter, of course XD).
Thu, 2011-11-03 13:40
#8
The Doctor
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
"Hey wait a minute - the go-no go indicator on the scoutswarm is stuttering."
"Are we seeing any optical interference?"
"Negative."
[muse]. o O ( "Sir? I think I see a pat---- OHMIGODTHESTARS!" )
"Hey, Jerry just started convulsing! Wait- my tacn- OHMIGODTHESTARS!"
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Thu, 2011-11-03 14:06
#9
Re-Laborat
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Poor wording on my part: continuous signal == all good... Any interrupt, any "0," and you auto disconnect assuming the worst. "The canary just died." You most emphatically do NOT hang on waiting for pulses.
Thu, 2011-11-03 23:10
#10
Theorac
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Speaking of which, our group ran a Firewall one shot in which I foolishly turned on an external habitat camera to track a derlict ship. All of us got hit with a dose of Basillisk, which the members luckily avoided save one. Had to kill the morph when it imagined another member was infected and tried to eject him out of the airlock.
@The Doctor - Good one. Had a good laugh when I read it.
Fri, 2011-11-04 10:21
#11
Xagroth
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Ideed a good one XD. Of course, when the "canary" starts changing status you assume it has been taken over!
Quite strange for a spaceship to be broadcasting a basilisk hack visually, by the way :S
Fri, 2011-11-04 12:08
#12
Theorac
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Yeah, its a good idea.
@Xagroth - The habitat was infected. After 3 quarters of the session avoiding active monitors and keeping meshes off, we had to go watch a cam feed...
Mon, 2011-11-07 08:05
#13
Xagroth
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
Aaah, thats something else XD. As it was phrased I understood that they looked to the exterior of the infected ship from theirs (which was not infected), and then they got infected. If they were on board the infected vessel... Well, Faraday Suits seemms like something you won't wear on exoplanets only ^^
Mon, 2011-11-07 11:37
#14
Theorac
Re: Biomorphs - detecting nanobots
We were using one of those pre-written missions. Didn't have an Faraday suits on the station and we were too low on firepower to run around on the derlict ship.