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Mab is cleaning up the White Court
Ed0517:
The Svaltalfs may want Favors, not Euros. Better to use a pro stagehand or techie you can give Benjamins than someone who holds a Favor on you
g33k:
--- Quote from: Ed0517 on August 16, 2022, 08:29:59 PM --- ... Better to use a pro stagehand or techie you can give Benjamins than someone who holds a Favor on you
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I don't think they know how to do that (the pro stagehands & techies).
Tempest shielding won't work (I have used, & tech-supported SunMicro & other Tempest gear, years back). It protects against an EM-pulse & similar... but magic ISN'T an EM-pulse (if it were, it wouldn't be blocked by a magic circle). So a hex will slice right through Tempest gear (just the same as OTS consumer gear).
Unless the supernatural community has studied the details of Wizard-Hex vs. Tech (and how to Harden it), I don't think the knowledge exists. Maybe (maybe!) the Whamps have that info; maybe they made a concerted effort to study it over the past century, when the rise of electricity (and Wizards' effects on tech) came into focus. Maybe they have sets of schematics and plans, and can tell their mundane subcontractors, "I know this circuit is absurdly over-engineered, and grounded about 1000x more than is needed. Shut up, and do it this way anyhow. You know your profit-margin on this job is already more than double your usual, and I could always go to another contractor if you don't care to build it as specified."
But I doubt it.
I think the Svartalves have a corner on the market for this info. They are the elves of tech.
(It wouldn't surprise me if they had a secret program to sabotage any non-Svartelven efforts that direction)
g33k:
--- Quote from: Ed0517 on August 16, 2022, 08:29:59 PM --- ... Better to use a pro stagehand or techie you can give Benjamins than someone who holds a Favor on you
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If you're a whamp, better still to pay in Hot Sex. Addict the key personnel, place controls in their minds, make them loyal to you. In fact, get the same controls on every worker you let into your Sekrit Hide0ut. Sure: pay in cash for the sake of "legal, above-board" appearances...
But ensure that everyone is doing their honest-to-God best, because you are their honest-to-god.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 17, 2022, 01:56:59 AM ---If you're a whamp, better still to pay in Hot Sex. Addict the key personnel, place controls in their minds, make them loyal to you. In fact, get the same controls on every worker you let into your Sekrit Hide0ut. Sure: pay in cash for the sake of "legal, above-board" appearances...
But ensure that everyone is doing their honest-to-God best, because you are their honest-to-god.
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No. No Whamp powers. If that sort of thing is ever detected, the blocks, etc. then people KNOW something is up. Simple cash can make it look like rich hedonists making their own Playboy Grotto. Don't use powers where just cash will work.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Ed0517 on August 18, 2022, 05:45:31 AM --- No. No Whamp powers. If that sort of thing is ever detected, the blocks, etc. then people KNOW something is up. Simple cash can make it look like rich hedonists making their own Playboy Grotto. Don't use powers where just cash will work.
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Non-supernaturals will never detect the whamp'ery (at most, it will seem like someone is obsessed with the controlling Whamp). DO pay cash, so it has all the signs & trappings of a mundane transaction; but with the Whamp'ery, the loyal electrician will always cover for their Whamp master, accept the blame, go "My bad, yes I'll pay the late taxes" (or go to jail, or whatever).
Supernaturals already know that the Whamps (like all other powers) like their privacy, and keep their secrets; they already know the Whamps are not just "rich hedonists." Supernaturals expect other supernaturals to use their powers to preserve their privacy.
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