Graciously donated by the Vesta Conglomerate for the betterment Of Human Societies.
Of Interest: User-friendly, structural development, facilities, non-hazardous microorganism, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD, abnormal entropy, ongoing research, ongoing programme, donation
Asset Summary: A relation of MWB Newsletter entries, written by Dr. J. Torres, Executive member of the Mission Branch, as Internal Reports, follows:- MWB Newsletter Hub Torres - 55 - 3-VC-D
- ENTRY 3-VC-AA-012
- ENTRY 3-VC-AA-013
- ENTRY 3-VC-AA-014
- ENTRY 3-VC-AA-015
Entry Ref: 006/12/01-8-Infrastructures and Development
After carefully studying the 3rdVD, I can confirm two things: first, it does not require any construction materials to build with it; second, any stable ground the Vesta Seeds are planted upon will do as a source of resources for its growth, no matter what they have to grow into.
I must admit, it is an impressive sight — seeing a mass of irregular fungal colonies grow from a patch of green paste into a wall, or a temple, or a home… in a matter of hours. The Kashimir-13 handlers must have been regaled with an incredible sight. The growing structures may look ghastly at first and their smell can be unpleasant and irritating; yet their capacities make up for any inconveniences! The thought of entire cities built of the stuff is enough to make one shiver.
Past week I gave you an impression on the characteristics of the Mason Mold and its specialized organelle, the Laviano Grid; while I can't confirm it at the time, Ruperts-2 suspects it works as the equivalent of mitochondria for the Mold, an organelle it lacks. I also believe it has other functions we have yet to confirm. I think the control-linking process that allow us to connect the VESTA application to it and allows it to cast a wireless signal for us to latch on is based on the Grid.
Today, however, I want to talk about the two problems we face when using the donation. The first one is the most evident: we must be discreet and this donation makes that hard for us. The Kashimir Programme had to be closed down because growing cities draw too much attention and, expectedly, are difficult to hide unless we have full cooperation from local authorities.
To avoid that security problem, I recommend we use the 3rdVD to produce static structures, yes, but to program the seeds with smaller, individual structures instead of large, sprawling, self-generating urban areas. Isolated vital buildings may be erected in days (or weeks, at most) this way.
The second problem is the safety concerns inherent to the 3rdVD. The Mason Mold is programmable thanks to the VESTA v.3.0.1 software, but not controllable at a cellular scale; could it be an infectious element? While the Vesta Conglomerate produces wonderful Abnormal Assets, we must remember what happened with the First Vesta Donation and its effects when it passed over to something so inconsequential as a wheat crop.
While we have confirmed the 3rdVD is incapable of affecting plant life, I do not wish to test its effects on living animals. However, our colleagues at Ruperts-2 warn us that its is preferable to cover a seeded place as best as possible while the desired building grows. Special care is to be put in stopping animals, particularly plant-eating mammals, from reaching the growing 1-Vesta items. We are told they react poorly to them.
Today we managed to grow a small, cubic room with a metal door and a fixed window. Unfortunately, as this was the result of an overriding of the original designs of the v.3.0.1 software, the room had current water, electric output… and no way to cycle its air.
We will be working on that. Tune in for next entry in three days or so.
Enjoy this while you can, I have no doubt that the longer you keep this shit working, the more likely you are to get a visit from some nice gentlemen dressed all in black.
no doubt there's plenty of little men in big suits who don't want us to have this and will do anything they can to make sure it stays unknown - thetruthisoutthereUSA
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ever since getting this for my new house, it's been known as a place where a real FUNGI hangs out. Get it? - OPALINE84
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that was terrible. - atroperguy
I concur with troper guy. I think you just gave me cancer. - MISSIONWATCHADMIN
u guyz have no sense of humor. - OPALINE84
Hey MORONS get ready to get a visit from another FOUNDATION or two - ^\boweforthewin/^
(1 response)Hey, SCP idiot SCP calling SCP us SCP morons, SCP there's SCP no SCP such SCP thing SCP as SCP the SCP Foundation. Those knocking your door down must be just normal cops busting you for being stupid. - OPALINE84
Comment thread closed by MISSIONWATCHADMIN ((Sure, mate. Sure. By the way, how do you like your amnestics, in candy or just jabbed? - Also, Opal, don't crash our servers by calling a thousand skipperbots with marked words, please. It's hard enough to set parallel aetheric resonator sites in this economy to have to change them every time you feel like being funny.))
Entry Ref: 006/12/10-2-Infrastructures and Development
Apologies for the late update. We had several run-ins with an Insurgent cell that wanted to purchase our Assets. While we had to resort to calling local law enforcement, which attracted attention from the other Foundation, we managed to evade further trouble by activating the self-termination program of our growing prototypes.
Fortunately enough, there have been advances. We have fixed most bugs with v.3.0.1. Skipper figured the air cycling problem out, of all people; a few lines of poorly written code in the end of the sixteenth module. The Conglomerate is not known for making user-friendly assets, but this particular program can be excruciatingly difficult to handle. In any case, we have managed to grow 'cubes', our basic housing, in under twenty hours of continued operation.
Also, we can confirm Ruperts-2 assessment: the Mason Mold generates matter, it doesn't merely transform available matter.
I will try to tune in during the next ten or eleven days. Thanks for your understanding!
"Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt." Zechariah 1:16
God loves you! - Father Robertson(1 response)
<random bible quote> - OPALINE87
Hey, Jacob!
Been following your work for a while. Your provisional manual for the 3VD is amazing, if a a bit dense. I have a few questions about the pre-configured items and the way to modify them, whenever you're able! If you receive a message from someone who knows where were you recruited, it'll probably be me.
Have a nice one! - gret4line(1 response)
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Entry Ref: 007/01/02-1-Infrastructures and Development
Happy New Year! And, again, please excuse my delay.
We have figured out almost every piece of the code. A friend of mine from Geeks Without Bounds helped me setting up a coding-rendering application that will go alongside the VESTA program. With a bit of luck, we will be able to create new structures adapted to any needs of any programme, in a case-by-case basis.
Only a few mind-affecting parts of the code are still beyond us, for the obvious reasons. The Conglomerate is most likely not run by humans, but I feel betrayed for the lack of warnings on this matter. I've had nightmares two nights in a row and Skipper still jumps when he sees the word 'print.'
But it will be worth it.
We have been assigned to a programme in Sudan. There seems to be problem with a new emergent disease called "the Sour" by the locals, and it's swamping local resources; Continental wants us to move there as soon as we are done with the current Programme to deal with it. It won't take long.
random bible quote lol
also first - DRFREEMAN(1 response)
"And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out." Judges, 3-22.
In other words: get a life, noob. >:P - OPALINE87Torres, please contact me as soon as you can. My son got a peek at THAT part of the code and I don't know what to do. - yourgeekfriend
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I don't trust you. - anonymous
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After living thre years in the ruins of mi old house, the Charitable gave mi a hom.
Now mi family and I can live in peace with a place to call ar own. A place with water, a clean, safe place with four beds and a batrom.
I can ever thank you enoug for what you did for mi and mi neighbors.
Bles you. : ) - (hidden by MISSIONWATCHADMIN)Dear sir or madam, please do not access this site with an unmasked or not-intelligence-enhanced computer, since it will be easily traced back to you. This server is probably being monitored, and any communication must be discreet. I've expanded the FAQ entries in your personal Mission Watch Hub to give you some pointers.
Otherwise, we are glad we could help you. Keep it up! - MISSIONWATCHADMIN
It was awesome, 5/5, would buy again - wiseandrich88
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Pardon? - rabbitrabbi
Torres, been keeping out of the game for a while and need to get a few Seeds for a Research project. Call Continental and tell them to fucking answer my cuckoos. - ruperts_33
(2 comments)Understood. Is everything okay? - rabbitrabbi
Thanks! And we are okay, just a skipper raid. Mission Watch warned us in time. Everyone was gone by the time they arrived and we destroyed all we couldn't take with us. The bad part is that we lost most of our reserves. Hope the Conglomerate still produces more of the stuff, it could really solve world hunger if we planned it well.
By the way, you have to try a trick we thought up here. We know the Laviano Grid can be slipped out of the Mason Mold cell, right? Well, you can put it in other cells. It's amazingly adaptable! I understand your feelings on human and animal research, so tell you what; whenever you have the time and the equipment, try to put it in a vegetable cell. It's amazing. - ruperts_33
Copy that. We have had some experiments, but the Grids always disappear before we can transfer it to another cell. It might take us a while; you know, pending programmes. Thanks for the comment, anyways! - rabbitrabbi
Entry Ref: 007/05/20-6-Infrastructures and Development
We have spent months in Sudan. I'm not entirely sure of how we actually stopped the Sour outbreak, we only had surgery until a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, it all has to do with Ruperts and Opal working together to elaborate a viable cure, and I have no idea of how they did it. Word is they struck a deal with a big American corporation that allowed us to mass test a potent retroviral with alter-physical qualities; morally dubious, I know, but effective. Combined with Aciclovir, it works as both a cure and prophylaxis. Toxicity is an issue but, since they don't need all hands to perform amputations any more, it's not my business any more. I can go back to working in my own field.
It feels good to step out of a clean suit, for a change. And we're back working on the Vestan Donation!
We've made a great deal of progress during these months studying the limits and capacities of the 3rdVD. Practice makes perfect, after all. It is incredible how working under pressure to create isolation wards can make you learn about an asset; some times I thought the Mason Mold was actively working for us, the bugs in its code attempting to made itself as useful as possible. It was a pity to cut those functions out.
I'm happy to report the VESTA v3.1 is almost ready. The patch will be available for download to all teams who have Vestan Seeds, so check your secure Mission Watch servers! Be certain to download the self-diagnostic tool with it and run it every day on your Seeds, too. You can never be too safe.
Actually, I must emphasize it. Let our experience serve as a warning: DO NOT ALLOW HERBIVORE MAMMALS TO COME CLOSE TO GROWING 1-VESTA STRUCTURES. Really, don't. It took us days to realize something was wrong and when we noticed we the only thing we could do to prevent further environmental damage was burning down a forest. We lost several good people doing it. I have forwarded an update to Continental and International with new instructions for careful Maintenance and Operations.
If you prevent it, though, you can consider your programme a success. And believe me, it was worth it.
MY SON ATE THIS SHIT YOU BASTARDS MY TWO YEAR OLD SON ATE A FISTFUL OF THIS SHIT AND NOW HE'S JUST LAYING ON THE FLOOR
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO HIM YOU MONSTERS HELP ME - guest_user(1 response)
Free agent dispatched to your location. Please remain where you are, they will be there in less than an hour. Restrain your son and stop him from getting any harmful objects. - rabbitrabbi
Comment thread closed by MISSIONWATCHADMIN ((Sick fuck, those jokes aren't funny. I hope our guy punched you hard enough.))
To whomever this may concern:
Your excellent work with the Third Vestan Donation has been nothing short of admirable this far. I'll be certain to comment on it with certain friends of mine who would love to assist you in a more material capacity. In any case, I wish you and your workmates the best of luck.
Attentively,
the one you call Joe Benefactor. - guest_userComment thread closed by MISSIONWATCHADMIN ((Been a while since we last saw you around, Joe.))
Stage 0-Vesta: The Vesta Seed Container, a glass or hard plastic sealed flask, and its contents, ten grams of Mason Mold.
| MAINTENANCE |
| CONCERN TYPE | DIRECTIVE | RECOMMENDED HANDLERS |
|---|---|---|
| STORAGE | VESTA SEED CONTAINER MUST REMAIN CLOSED AND KEPT BELOW -30ºC.1 | Executive members. |
| WARNING | IF NON-PROGRAMMED (BLANK) VESTA SEED CONTAINER IS BREACHED, BURN OR EXPOSE ASSET TO CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES.2 | Trained executive members. |
| OPERATION |
| OPERATION TYPE | INSTRUCTIONS | RECOMMENDED HANDLERS |
|---|---|---|
| PROGRAMMING | USE PROVIDED VESTA v3.1 PROGRAM IN WI-FI / INFRARED CAPABLE TERMINAL, SEARCH FOR NETWORKING DEVICE "i_want_to_grow" (UNPROGRAMMED 0-VESTA). CONFIGURE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY PROGRAM. | Executive members only. |
| LOCATION | SELECT CLEAR, NON-INHABITED, FIRM GROUND AREA EQUAL TO PROGRAMMED STRUCTURE VALUES "dim1" AND "dim2" OR COMPOUND VALUE "dim*vect" DESCRIBING COMPLEX PROJECTED AREA. | Trained volunteers or Executive members. |
| ACTIVATION | EXCAVATE SMALL HOLE ON GROUND, THEN PLACE OPEN VESTA SEED CONTAINER ON HOLE. | Members authorized by Work Group leader. |
| MAINTENANCE |
| CONCERN TYPE | DIRECTIVE | RECOMMENDED HANDLERS |
|---|---|---|
| PERMANENT | 1-VESTA STRUCTURES MUST REMAIN CLOSED TO ALL ANIMALS, HERBIVORE MAMMALS IN PARTICULAR. | Volunteers and trained volunteers. |
| PERMANENT | 1-VESTA MASS MAY NOT BE INGESTED BY HUMAN BEINGS. | Volunteers. |
| WARNING | IF ABERRATIONS OCCUR IN 1-VESTA GROWTHS, REFER TO OPERATION CONCERNS. | Executive members. |
| OPERATION |
| OPERATION TYPE | INSTRUCTIONS | RECOMMENDED HANDLERS |
|---|---|---|
| REPROGRAMMING | PROGRAMMING OF 1-VESTA STRUCTURES MAY BE MODIFIED THROUGH VESTA v3.1.3 | Executive members. |
| WARNING | IF ABERRATIONS OR APPARENTLY FUNCTIONAL GROWTHS DO NOT RESPOND AS EXPECTED TO REPROGRAMMING OPERATIONS, WORK GROUP MEMBERS ARE ADVISED TO INCINERATE AND/OR DESTROY GROWTHS. ALTERNATIVELY, REPROGRAM NEARBY GROWTHS TO CONSUME UNRESPONSIVE GROWTH. | Executive members. |
Stage 2-Vesta: Once the target volumes are successfully achieved and stable, Laviano Grids grown from the original 0-Vesta Seed become dormant. At this point, this part of the related Infrastructure Programme can be considered a success, and Work Group members can proceed to a) populate the structures, b) install pertinent machinery not produced by Vesta assets and c) encourage local population to access and utilize 2-Vesta assets for their daily activities.
| MAINTENANCE |
| CONCERN TYPE | DIRECTIVE | RECOMMENDED HANDLERS |
|---|---|---|
| PERMANENT | SUPPLY SUSTENANCE (ORGANIC AND NON-ORGANIC WASTE) PRODUCED BY RESIDENTS. | All (no training). |
| WARNING | LOCAL POPULATION MUST BE WARNED THAT 2-VESTA ASSETS ARE CAPABLE OF RESPONDING AGGRESSIVELY AGAINST REPEATED, WILLFUL DAMAGE.4 | All (no training). |
| OPERATION |
| OPERATION TYPE | INSTRUCTIONS | RECOMMENDED HANDLERS |
|---|---|---|
| No Operation Concerns are noted. | - | - |
Safety Concerns: Safe for all in Stage 2 Assets. Restricted to trained volunteers in Stage 1 Assets. Restricted to executive personnel in Stage 0 Assets.
Security Restrictions: As of 13/10/1999, Security Restrictions on the Third Vesta Donation are to be as follows:
- Only the results of finished Programmes involving Third Vesta Donation assets may be publicly announced, always as the result of a development scheme involving prefabricated buildings.
- All results of unfinished Programmes involving Third Vesta Donation assets identified by parties interested on its origin, its functions or its properties must be dismantled.
- No Programme involving Third Vesta Donation assets will attempt to create structures that behave as lethal components (namely, traps, unstable structures or weaponized structures) by design. Fortifications, however, may be produced if allowed by a majority vote of a Board meeting or the emergency orders from a Mission Director.
Programme Kashimir-13 (India), in an Environment-Infrastructure capacity. [CANCELLED] Activities reported to groups concerned with current Work Group usage of the Vesta Donation. Programme Kashimir abandoned.
Programme Yida (Sudan), in an Environment-Infrastructure capacity. Permanent refuge and hospital erected. [CANCELLED] Activities reported to groups concerned with current Work Group usage of the Vesta Donation. Programme Yida dismantled.
Programme Lekwongole-Pibor (Sudan), in an Infrastructure-Health capacity. [SUCCESSFUL] Self-sustaining, three hospitals and fourteen clinics handed over to other non-government organizations and local workers after training was completed. Semi-permanent or permanent housing for 1000 refugees, sanitation infrastructures for all the residents of Lekwongole also completed and self-sustaining. Local workers trained in a non-anomalous capacity to maintain area and keep discreet application of the Vesta Donation. Programme model to be reproduced.
Programme Laascaanood (Somalia), in an Infrastructure-Health-Research capacity. [UNDER WAY] Area of Laascaanood considered critical due to Medium-High Health Concerns which arose after the outbreak of the 2008 Rupert's Disease epidemic, with an estimated incidence of 3% during the past month in the Sool region and a prospective increase in the number of cases well beyond 30% in the area during this coming year. The current state of overall health in the area is severely deteriorated, and current health care structures and organization are minimum. World Parahealth Organization personnel will join Work Group Opal-1 and study the current situation, install a base of operations and use the Third Vesta Donation to produce:
- Semi-permanent housing for the Work Group members. Expected duration of the mission well beyond a half-year, with quarterly rotation periods.
- Permanent water treatment plant. Local water supply polluted by Rupertine disease. Work Group advised to use Third Vesta and First CENTRes Donations to create a functional water treatment plant. If properly implemented, this combination might ensure clean water supply for the local community.
- Permanent sewage and sanitation infrastructures.
- A type-3 Field Hospital. Use Vesta-90-08 configuration.
- A permanent Hospital, as designed by the Continental Branch Architectural Development Office in attached files (Vesta-90-90 configuration). Location already determined by CB-ADO. Building to be registered as locally built by parties yet to be determined by CB; it will be then ceded to local authorities and staffed by local workers and/or volunteers of other non-governmental organizations. Local workers to be trained during this period.
- A permanent bio-fuel power plant to power all Programme components and use it as an incinerator. Work Group is advised to use type-34 Power Plant. Use Vesta-73-34 configuration in a plain 13 by 10m surface.
- As per Security Restrictions, no self-protection measures will be willfully implemented in these facilities.