Jericho Zero OOC

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This is the OOC for the CLOSED thread
Jericho Zero

If you wish to join "Jericho Zero", send a PM to one of the founding participants; Lovelynice, Steiner, Tantrikenetic, Lethe, ImpWizard, Maniac9538, UC_Gav, Veryknowing.

Those in bold above are the most active posters currently.

If they second you’re joining, and no others veto this, then you can join in.

In any case, everyone is welcome to read along as this thread develops.



To reduce problems and maintain the anime flavour & feel of the thread, I'd like everyone to keep in mind Steiner's advice;

(( Could all participants please post an introduction of their characters - basic stuff like appearance, brief history, powers and skills. If you have any weird cybernetic modifications, favourite guns etc then please list 'em here. Try and stay balanced, because combat should be entirely at the discretion of both participants with NOBODY getting skragged without their say so!

When writing your history, please give a brief idea of any entanglements / issues you have with the three main groups in LovelyNice's intro. All these groups are the kinds of groups that have long memories and archive files.))


If participants wish to make changes to their characters to better fit with the above suggestion, I think it would be best if they did so before their first post on the actual Jericho Zero thread.
 
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Here's the complete bio. I changed a few things, mostly to reflect the slightly less animeish tone the world took:

Anothis, Knight of Ghosts and Shadows

He was born in the shadows of the skyscrapers. His parents were members of the Razors gang, whose territory was from the ruined tenements on East to the underground parking lot by the deserted shopping mall. It was marked by the Razors’ signs; primitive red sigils and runes sprayed across the walls. As he grew up, Anothis learned the ways of those markings, which designated friend and which foe. In the Razors’ parking lot, Anothis was taught the art of the sword, used in duels of honour and rituals. In what used to be a cinema, the Razors’ shaman, a drunken old man squatting among rotten plush seats taught him the lore of the Razors; of the great battles in the Undercity against their one time great rivals, the Jesters, of the Razors’ one ill-fated venture into the upper city one terrible winter, and of the hunters of the deep.

Anothis became a duellist for the Razors, fighting against their rivals in formal, strange duels on the rooftops of the city. He earned the title Knight, and took to calling himself the Knight of Ghosts and Shadows.

His little sister, Jaia, whom Anothis was sworn by gang tradition to protect, was a courier for the Razors’. One day, on a mission to an allied gang in the lower slums, she simply disappeared into the vast metropolis. Beyond the formal measures of protection, Anothis had paid her very little attention beforehand, but something in him changed when he heard she was gone. He simply walked away from the Razors, ignoring his other duties to the gang, and searched the lower slums and the Undercity for weeks, running through the empty maintenance corridors and the broken sidewalks calling Jaia’s name.

Anothis did not find his sister, but the weeks of silence and despair, punctuated by moments of violence as he ran across predators in the deeps, had their effect on him. He came out a mystic, a shaman, what the elites of the upper city called a ‘psyker’. He could hear the spirits.

Since that day, Anothis has talked and had dealings with many spirits, promising them strange and terrible gifts in exchange for the location of his sister. His fellow Razors shun him now, both for his betrayal of his duties and his sheer strangeness. Anothis, in his obsessive quest, has tangled with the Division and even ventured into the upper city from time to time. He is the ghost in the machine, the random factor making everyone’s equations skewed. And when he finds those responsible for his sister’s disappearance, the city will be shook to its foundations with his anger.

Anothis is unemotional and methodical. He dresses in a black coat, with his daiklave sword, Peace, strapped over one shoulder, and long, dark hair frames a pale, high-cheekboned face.
 
Division-Zero
Classified File - Project Archangel
Top Secret - Eyes Only - Limited Distribution


Subject: Frank Rook
ID Number: Bravo-Two


Physical Profile:
Six feet 7 inches in height. Weight is 420 lbs (Extensive use of Titanium has lightened Endoskeleton, to approx 200% of his original weight). Black hair and blue eyes.

Psych Profile:
Frank Rook was a borderline homicidal/suicidal case when discovered - suffering from PTSD (aka Combat Shock) as well as an advanced form of Wadi Beta (bioengineered plague) that had been partially treated by Army doctors. In addition 25% of his original body had been replaced with prototype (and inferior) Military Issue artificial organ replacements, which were failing.

Three years after accepting the Division Zero offer, Frank Rook is stabilised. He has adapted excellently to his new body, and is suffering no adverse psychological effects.


Medical Profile:
Frank Rook has had a full body replacement - 40% Cybernetic / 45% Organic (Tailored) / 15% Organic (Natural).

Tactical Profile:
Frank Rook is armoured to beyond Class III, much of the weight and awkwardness of this much armour is offset by it being integral to his chassis/body. In addition to the armour is a full tactical sensor suite with upgraded optics, audio and communications. Note: the advent of so-called "Magic" or Psionics has left Agent Rook dangerously undefended against rogue PsiTalents. For that reason he will be paired with another agent using the experimental Psi-Bond pairing system.

Psi-Bond Profile:
The Psi-Bond relies on a level of intimacy that Agent Rook is unwilling to extend to a co-worker or even a mere friend. Extreme methods are going to have to be undertaken to get Agent Rook to form the Psi-bond with his partner - suggest they be lovers. Psych profile indicates that partner will need to be female as Agent Rook is an "Alpha Male" personality.

When the Psi-Bond is in place Agent Rook will be able to draw upon his partners Psionic defences to bolster the limited shielding and memory buffering that has been added to his body medical systems.
 
James

Name: James Lander
Age: 22
Weight: 150 lbs.
Height: 5'11"
Eyes: Green
Hair: Spiky Blue (Dyed) (anime style :D)

James "Blades" Lander has been an orphan for as long as he can remember. He was raised by the biker gang "The Silver Diamonds". Since he was too young to ride lightcycles (a very fast motorcycle with razor-sharp turning), James learned how to move on roller blades. James immediatly became a quick accessory to theft and other biker gang mischief.

When James was eighteen, a great majority of the Silver Diamonds were killed in a vicious gang war between them and the Razors. James recieved a scar along the bridge of his nose after a violent member of the Razors unleashed a horrifying Psi attack; a wave of pure energy. James woke up a few days later in the arms of a Melody, the girlfriend of the Silver Diamonds' leader. She told him how most of the Silver Diamonds were killed. James had lost his only family.

Melody introduced him to her friend Ezekial, who was currently part of the rebel group "Horn of Jericho", who were commited to taking down Divison Zero. Through stories and propaganda, James became very interested in the rebellion and gladly joined them. Melody pleaded with Ezekial to watch James and reluctantly, he did. The two became partners and frequently work together.

As a person, James is jovial and always smiling, a major contrast to the bleak world around him. James seems to be in his own dream world, which he says is his only defense to the corruption and pain around him. His constant optimism is uplifting, if not annoying.

James is a knowledge sponge, a cesspool of information from physics, history, chemistry, geography, even cooking; somehow, he seems to know almost everything about anything. Yet, he can't seem to actually put much of his knowledge to use and often seems like a walking encyclopedia. James is, however, a master with his roller blades. He is fast, nimble, and flexable, allowing him to escape from even the stickiest situations. His blades have been tricked out to the point where they can boost his speed to nearly double his normal pace.

James also seems to be slightly in touch with psiconic capabilities. He has been known to, in moments of danger, skate faster than a magnet train, leap almost 15 feet into the air, and keep his balance on even the thinest wire. He has no idea why; he assumes he has a guardian angel.

James's normal outfit is comprised of basic street clothes; blue pants and a green t-shirt. He wears goggles that allow night vision, but they usually rest on his upper forehead. He only wears them when necessary. His feet are almost always wearing his roller blades and he has learned to balance on them on any surface. James is a big fan of smaller firearm weaponry like handguns, but is also partial to kunai, the traditional Japanese throwing daggers.
 
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Major Ayumi Tanaka


Division-Zero
Classified File - Project Archangel
Top Secret - Eyes Only - Limited Distribution


Subject; Ayumi Tanaka
ID Number: Bravo-One


Physical Profile;
Five feet 5 inches in height. Weight is 108 lbs. Black hair and green eyes, with euro-japanese features. Despite a very attractive and shapely appearance, she is physically very fit, with physical abilities potentially far above the expected norm. This may be due to natural psi-enhancement of those abilities. Currently she appears to be 18 to 20 years old (real age is unknown).

Psych Profile;
Ayumi Tanaka was already an exceptionally powerful natural-talent Psi when discovered, but had been misdiagnosed as an anti-social delusional psychotic by Japanese health authorities and the Ministry of Education. She was found to have grown highly resistant to the prescribed drug treatments, and considered dangerous (having put four nurses, several guards, and ten policemen in hospital). Her surprising physical strength was explained as being due to insane rages. It is believed that she is a completely natural-born psi-talent, with the trauma of her parents’ death during a violent home invasion being the initial trigger for her telekinetic abilities.
Six months of RNA stimulation, deep conditioning, neurochemical and hormonal treatments have removed the scars of her traumatic experiences, but it was necessary to build strong mental blockages, and some partial memory erasures to ensure her stability. In addition, many of her childhood and young adulthood memories have been overlaid with induced false memories to give her a stable, optimistic outlook, and encourage her obedience to authority. In the past 18 months, Ayumi Tanaka has continued to go through intense training, and shown exceptional potential in both Tactical and Psychic abiliies. She is extremely strong willed, but properly focussed this should be a great benefit to her ability as an Agent. An unintended side-effect of these experimental procedures has been a peculiar shyness and prudishness in her outward behaviour. Her psychological development will need to be watched carefully.


Medical Profile;
In order to enhance Ayumi Tanaka’s combat and intelligence-gathering capabilities, some artificial enhancement was judged to be necessary. However, this has been kept to a minimum of non-organic replacement so as not to interfere with her psionic energy level. These improvements include reflex-boosting neural-replacements, surgical modification of eyes for improved night-vision and acuity, glandular enhancements, gene-therapy, Dreadnought-Immunity cells, crystalline skeletal-strengthening, extensive neural-grafting on psi-active regions of her cerebral cortex and cerebellum, as well as standard covert-ops enhancements.

Tactical Profile;
Ayumi Tanaka is subdermally armoured to Class II vs impacts, but only Class I vs energy weapons. She has a fully-capable internal command-communications suite, in addition to her improved sensory abilities. Her glandular and psi-chip enhanced psychic capabilities cover a wide range that is still incompletely measured, although her demonstrated potential has been extraordinary (and worrying). Ayumi Tanaka has been rated as a Class IV Psi, and might be almost a Class V (the theoretical maximum on the current Reichmann scale). She has proven capable of mind-reading the intentions and current surface thoughts of unguarded/unshielded personnel, telekinetic fine-manipulation and macro-manipulations upto the moving of a vehicle, short-term levitation, electrokinetic effects, psychometric and clairvoyant readings which have been very useful outside of combat-stressed situations (as they require time for concentration), and light-bending effects as well which are still being studied. Her most useful mission-related psi-abilities will likely be the manipulation of locked doors (mechanical & electronic), mental obfuscation and jamming of electronic sensors such as cameras, a temporary telekinetic protective shield, and what has been called her TK blast. Unfortunately, Ayumi can’t maintain any of these psi-abilities for long periods, and they require high-levels of adrenalin, endorphins, and sexual-related neurotransmitters to reach their potential peak. They can be very draining physically, and post-use, and a temporary exhaustion is likely, particularly for the more high-energy activities. Ayumi Tanaka has been trained intensively in weaponry and unarmed combat to offset this, but definitely requires a far more heavily cybered, combat-oriented partner for protection during the exhaustion/recovery period (which may last from minutes to hours, or even days). As her telekinetic and telepathic shielding is likely to operate best for the protection of her assigned partner only if a strong psychic bond exists between them, it was recommended that an enforced Psi-Bond be created with her assigned partner.

Psi-Bond Profile:
The Psi-Bond relies on a level of intimacy that Ayumi Tanaka would be otherwise unwilling to comply with, even with a long-time lover. Extreme methods have been undertaken to get Ayumi Tanaka to form the Psi-bond with her assigned partner – including deep conditioning, neurochemical stimulation, and libido enhancements. All these treatments will need to be strengthened and increased on a regular and frequent basis, which should also result in synergistic assistance with her psychic/psionic abilities as well.
When the Psi-Bond is in place Agent Tanaka will be able to better protect her partner from psychically-originated attacks, and provide additional protection from some forms of physical attack as well.
 
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Big Simon

Background; SIMON (Simulated Intelligence Military Oriented Neuralnet) was a secret long-term project begun in very first years of the 21st Century. The SIMON Project was originally intended to reduce the need for human soldiers on the modern battlefield, using what became known as “Little Simons”; seemingly intelligent Neuralnet computers that could be used in battlefield robotics, piloting unmanned aircraft, and unmanned submersibles. The original SIMON was replaced by SIMON-2, which became known as “Big Simon” by some of the military researchers and personnel, and it was definitely a very large system, possibly the largest single computer system ever built until then.

Then came the Great Crash, and United States military funds were dramatically cut by two-thirds within a year. The SIMON Project was closed, but not everything was shut-down; “Big Simon” was left active, as it was feared that deactivating the system would result in damage and loss of data that would cost billions to recover. The many “Little Simon” robots that had long been used to maintain and repair the facility, including armed security robotics, were also left active. Nearly all the human staff, owed back-pay and unpaid for months, simply left the facility and never came back.

Years later, the heavily fortified underground facility is still closed, but not entirely inactive.
 
The ESI's Super Human

Lieutenant Rem
European Security Intelligence (ESI)
Part of the Sector 13 project meant to use soldiers in use of long-term fieldwork and to avoid use of cybernetics for body enhancement, used entirely of bioorganic materials
Sector 13- No Evidence that the particular branch exist, ESI has neither denied nor confirmed about the secret operations being held in a facility outside of Koln, Germany, although many speculate it is a base where, “alien technology” is being tested along with the new suit enhancement upgrades for the Class four combat apparatus, they know little of what is actually being done at Sector 13
Clearance-No evidence that the particular branch exist

Physical
He comes in at exactly seven foot, an optimum choice for the labor-intensive process of nucleotide sequencing, he weighs in at nearly four hundred and thirty pounds, extra weight added by the mono sealed muscular enhancement protocol to enhance derma resistance and general strength, Short black hair and deep sapphire blue eyes, his body is enhanced to endure long months, even years of field work, combat assignments, hunting of assigned targets and extreme circumstances, there for he has been augmented with a natural muscular enhancement called Dirotin, a sub bond forming sinew, pulling skin back to press tight against his muscular figure, there form making every muscle distinct and clearly defined

Psych
Deemed to have outrageous potential in the fields of telepathy and telekinetic properties, ESI has taken full advantage of such potential, also equipped with a hazzer neuro-toxin feedback, so his mind couldn’t be probed by outside intervention, his exponent factor seems to be thru the roof for all initial test runs of his fuzzy logic network, already “downloading” the needs to be specific in languages, adapting to all accents as of yet, still psychically immature, signs point he will soon master such terms and weapons and be ready for field test in the very near future

Medical
Already outstanding in general, he has reflexes even faster then that of a cat, his precision is uncanny along with his cognitive and motor skill set has been seen to surpass and exceed normal test results, his genetic tailoring has taking him to new levels, seemingly being able to “evolve” to certain hostile environments in a matter of hours, his sight has already been augmented, night vision, threat acquiring evaluation and assessment, thermal and resource appraisal, able now to see like that of a hawk, nearly five hundred yards, clearly, crystal clear, although opting to neglect neuro-stim treatment as seeing it obsolete with his current standings

Tactical
He has been exceptional in the field, having killed three Czars, schemed the Europa society up rise, Para Military Reaction protocol reassessment, and countless many other successful mission, he has been made to adapt in the field, trained in many of the deadly arts, Jiujutsu, Karate, Quan-Pi, advance street combat, Crane, Mantis, Snake, Dragon, Pressure points, and Differential Anatomy, for bone breaking purposes, also trained in a wide variety of bladed weapons and modernized weapons, seemingly to have a liking to the SG-552 commando…although a weakness found in his enigmatic profile, he does need relief, and quite a bit of it, sexual relief seems to be his dumping grounds, as in a huge release of stored energy that cant be released any other way other then sexually met ones…

Currently he is the most advance and most sophisticated human being created, a powerful individual and he comes with many different facets, the ability to pick pocket, forge, pick locks, even blend into high society to accomplish a mission…in other words, a very dangerous man that ESI is happy to have
 
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Colonel Wolfgang Bohr

European Security Intelligence (ESI)
Classified File – Schwarz der Teufel (ST)
Ultra-Secret – ESI Black-level Eyes Only

Subject; Wolfgang Bohr
ID Number; 613-Omega

Physical Profile;
184cm tall, 125kg. White-blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. Prefers to keep hair buzz-cut short. Currently 46 years old.


Psych Profile;
Career military family background on father’s side, career intelligence/diplomacy-related background on mother’s side. Wolfgang Bohr demonstrated significant psychic potential during his teenage years, including poltergeist-related telekinetic activities. When ESI was first established, and the ST project was begun, Wolfgang Bohr was among the first generation recruited for testing and training. An early experimental failure of a psi-boosting neurotransmitter resulted in a coma for two years. He was the only subject to have survived such a high dosage of now disused PBE-27 chemical, but this incident appeared to have led to a dramatic increase in his psi-potential. He has quickly risen in rank since that time, and is now one of the ESI’s premier field agents.


Medical Profile;
Wolfgang Bohr has been through extensive surgical procedures to keep him the equal, if not the superior, of many of his opponents. 25% of his physical weight is due to hidden cybernetic enhancements, endoskeletal strengthening, and subdermal armour. 15% of internal organs have been replaced with tailored organs, including improved kidneys and liver more resistant to unnatural chemicals. He has unfortunately become addicted to the psi-boosting neurotransmitter chemicals that he uses most frequently.


Tactical Profile;
Wolfgang Bohr has been subdermally armoured to Class-2, including rib-cage and skull armouring. He has been rated as a Class-3 Psi in most abilities, but is possibly a Class-4 for mind-reading and mind-shielding. He requires chemical support to maintain the highest levels of his Psi-potential, but is ruthless in doing so. Post-use of his psychic abilities may occasionally exhaust him for days without chemical support. He has the full range of psychic abilities, and shows a high-level of skill and experience in using them. To offset his inability to use his psychic abilities at their full at all times, Wolfgang Bohr has become adept with a wide range of weaponry, ancient and modern, as well as constantly training himself in the use of blades and unarmed combat techniques. Favourite weapons include a katana, throwing knives, and .50AE Desert Eagle (an inheritance from his father) magnum autopistol.
 
Just a suggestion to our rebels in the Horn of Jericho group, why not introduce a few NPCs as cannon-fodder?

It seems kind of lonely with only the two members and nobody else....

I would've thought a rebel group that's wanted internationally would have something other than just the player-characters.
 
Red shirts

He's definitely a trekkie through and through.

That's a very good suggestion, aferall, since the main characters are rarely going to die (willingly), the combat would be a little boring without some NPCs around to provide a body-count.
 
k, Maniac and Tantrikenetic, dunno where you want to go from here. You can NPC Rei making the terms of the deal, or else have your actual chars show up in person to confront Anothis.
 
Chukyo

A word of warning to everyone, I've decided to go with Veryknowing's suggestion of Chukyo as the mega-city name, since....
1# We never did get around to really voting on the name, and Tokyo III sounded even sillier.
2# To keep certain people on their toes.
3# The Californian Autonomous Republic sounds like a pretty woosy spot, especially as Adapt makes the place so crappy with every posting. I'd never want to go somewhere where the coffee tastes like shit, and coffee in Japan I can assure is of very good quality.
4# Like somebody on the original discussion thread said, it is supposed to be anime-based, so the very least I can do is ensure it's set in Japan.
 
Elect One the mega-city of Chukyo!

I'll go along with that, and it is closer to the original intention of the anime thread idea.

I'll even wave a placard for it!
 
Christina Rook

Age: 26
Weight: 120 lbs.
Height: 5'6"
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Silver, with pink high-lights

Known as one of the best small-package couriers, and as one of the best rig-pilots in Asia, Christy has the skills to pilot almost anything that flies, and as a teenager she used to race hover-rams as well. Speed was always her thrill, and she had the reflexes to do it. Nowadays, human-level reflexes aren’t enough to keep the pace, and the tightening restrictions and continually improving tech of the police and border-patrols make it more of a challenge to smuggle goods and avoid the high tariffs that the Euro-Bloc nations and Northam Alliance nations enforce against each other’s products.

So, Christy saw that her livelihood was at stake, and that of her many customers. She’d heard of enhancements, latest experimental tech, but very special, uniquely available for a special price. She contacted a few people, started making the connections, which took over two years.

There was a group that could give her what she wanted, a rebel and terrorist group whose name she’d heard before, the Horn of Jericho they called themselves. We’ll finance the enhancements, but at a cost, and they wanted her vow on it. Not a contract, but a vow. There was an aura of mysticism about the way they did things, but despite her fear, Christy agreed. They said that she was special anyway, she just didn’t know it yet. They mentioned psi-potentials and auras, but Christy could barely understand the hoodoo lingo they spoke. She simply agreed with it, and went along with it all.

Now, Christy has boosted reflexes, vehicular cyber-link, and a few genemods that have maxed-out her neural-responses and quick-twitch muscles for speed. For brief periods of time, she can move in what she’s come to call “slow-time”; where her hyped-up time sense makes everything else appear slow. Now, also, she’s back into the small-package trade, but half her business is for Horn of Jericho.

Btw, she's Frank Rook's little sister, who he hasn't seen since he joined the military many years ago. She also had a wild fling with Wolfgang Bohr (but she believed that he was only a travelling businessman - because that's what he told her).
 
Arrgh! I'm hopelessly confused at this point. Are we all in the same city, and if so, is it Chukyo or Tokyo? Are we just going to assume that everything that's taken place so far has moved location to Asia, or did ImpWizard's and Adapt's chars actually go to California first?

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It's Chukyo...

There's been a degree of confusion, but there seems to have been a quorum decision that the main story is set in Chukyo.

Now there's nothing stopping people dashing off to the Sprawl or Chiba or wherever for side plots, of course, but that's where the action should be!
 
As far as I can tell, Adapt's and ImpWizard's characters went to California.

Meanwhile, the rest of us stayed in Chukyo (notice there's a place called "Jericho" mentioned as being in Chukyo, so Lethe and UC_Gav and Tantrikenetic are in Chukyo too).

Suddenly, for some reason inexplicable to logic, Adapt's decided to send his superhuman to Tokyo (obviously missing the small details). ImpWizard's "Col Bohr" meanwhile has gone back to California (because the superhuman had arranged a second meeting at some hoverway which was obviously in California) to meet the superhuman...who isn't there because he went to Tokyo! Which isn't Chukyo, of course, but Adapt seems to have gotten quite confused too.

Now, Silvergirl has turned up, and decided that since Adapt's superhuman was following a sexy girl in Tokyo, that her character "Christina" would be the sexy girl that was being followed.

Of course, it's most likely that Adapt planned that the sexy girl would be my character, "Major Tanaka", but since she's definitely in Chukyo (and the previous post by me made it plain that she was in Chukyo (and definitely not in Tokyo) with Frank Rook on a mission), then the superhuman must be following somebody else.

I guess, that Adapt wanted to merely try stuffing up things a bit....well, it didn't work, because he forgot to take note of the small details. Plus, ImpWizard's also now confirmed Adapt's superhuman as being in Tokyo as well, and not in Chukyo. The Imp must be having loads of fun catching Adapt out on every silly little error; it's the second time that he's gave Adapt a stripping-down in character when Adapt has made a mistake in some way.

It's quite funny in a way, since they're both supposed to be on the same team, but it also makes the ineraction between their characters very interesting and dramatic.

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.:D
 
LMAO, it has been funny when you put it that way!;)

Glad that somebody has been entertained. I am trying to keep it all in character; it makes a certain kind of sense that the young naive (but overconfident) superhuman Lt.Rem and the older, more cynical Col. Wofgang Bohr would make an odd couple always sniping at each other in some way!
 
Sorry i havent been posting (at all) lately. Ive been pretty busy over the last weekend and havent had time to do anything really. Ill catch up with the story and see what i come up with for a charachter ok.
 
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