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 ====== Bone Tussle ======
-//Work In Progress//
 ===== Initial Brief =====
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 ===== Aftermath =====
-  * Bullet points of what characters did in the aftermath of the mission
+  * Tiny Ember makes the improvements to the //Firebrand//'s power distribution systems permanent with Mark II.
+  * Budding Leaf makes the transfer of Charismatic Wheelhouse's data into Ember's drone permanent with Mark II.
+  * Tiny Ember goes to the //Firebrand//'s brig and turns herself in, assuming full responsibility for bringing a powerful virus into the ship's systems and the consequences thereof. In her defence of herself and the party, she notes that the virus appears to have been deliberately coded into a commercially-released video game, and that Charismatic Wheelhouse appears to either be a fully sentient program or so close to one that they should be treated as if they were.
+  * Tense deliberations ensue. Ember's superiors acknowledge the moral correctness of curing Leaf and protecting and nurturing Wheelhouse, as well as her efforts to contain the virus, and how her improvements to the power distribution were instrumental in the success of this. Indeed, despite how close the situation came to disaster, it **didn't** in no small part thanks to Ember's efforts, and her superiors almost talk themselves into commending her for her bravery and quick thinking under difficult circumstances. The //Firebrand//'s sysadmin team are having none of this, however, and argue that given *gestures at everything*, there has to be **some** kind of punishment. Ultimately, a number of options are put on the table (see Consequences).
+  * Budding Leaf reports to the //Firebrand//'s medbay and is examined by the medical staff. The staff are somewhat alarmed to discover Leaf's honeyed bones and a hint of fungal spores in their flesh, but Leaf is less concerned with those, and more with what has happened to the mnemonic virus. Besides the splitting headache, the medics aren't able to see anything obviously wrong, but mnemonic viruses are a niche and little-understood subject, so they may be missing something. They provide Leaf with a number of high quality scans and samples (better than what Leaf could have gathered alone) and some painkillers, and Leaf goes to do further research.
+  * Procuring a laboratory, Budding Leaf analyses the provided scans and samples. They soon deduce that the mnemonic virus is gone - indeed, it has been quite thoroughly **burnt** out of their brain, leaving a minute area of fresh scar tissue that barely registers on the scans but the laboratory equipment is able to identify. Leaf doesn't know what those neurons used to do, but it's clear that that's where the virus had taken residence. It doesn't look like this is going to heal, but at least the damage is very small and contained. Leaf theorises that there were probably other ways that the virus could have been dealt with, but at least it's pretty clear that Impact isn't coming back this way.
 ===== Consequences =====
-  * Breakdown of consequences for characters - rewards, effects, contacts.
-  * Also mention any wider consequences for the world
 ==== All Characters ====
-  * Consequences
+  * +3 Clout with the Zeitgeist Research Department OR +1 Clout with a faction of your choosing that is not the //Firebrand-TE3//.
+==== Tiny Ember ====
-==== Character 1 ====
+  * Your drone's data storage now contains the full data dump for Charismatic Wheelhouse in a well-preserved and stable state.
+    * The drone's hardware is very much insufficient to run the Charismatic Wheelhouse simulation on its own - its processor, memory, power supply, and cooling are all much too weak.
+    * The drone can be plugged into a functioning holodeck in order to run Charismatic Wheelhouse within that holodeck. If you do this and OC constraints allow, you may summon them as an NPC within that holodeck. The drone, and any abilities using it, are unavailable for the duration.
+    * This is (at present) the only copy of this data. Damage to or destruction of the drone may affect the data. This includes consequences from tinkerings applied to the drone!
+  * Disciplinary consequences.
+    * Chose **one** of:
+      * Lose your recent promotion to Lieutenant, OR
+      * Lose 2 Clout with the //Firebrand-TE3//
+    * In addition, there are restrictions on your access to the //Firebrand//'s computer systems, including its holodeck suite:
+      * All such access must be accompanied by a //Firebrand// sysadmin, who will monitor your actions and intervene if necessary. You must arrange this supervision **before** accessing the systems.
+      * If you access the //Firebrand//'s computer systems without this supervision, you will lose 1 Clout with the //Firebrand-TE3//, but will be able to act as normal without supervision. This counts as an 'incident' per the next bullet-point, and stacks for repeated infractions.
+      * This supervision requirement lasts for the next 2 missions that Tiny Ember plays (whether they involve the //Firebrand// or not). If these 2 missions pass without any 'incidents' involving the //Firebrand//'s computer systems, this restriction will expire and you will have free access again. Any 'incidents' will reset the counter (and may have additional consequences of their own).
-  * Consequences
+==== Budding Leaf ====
-==== Character 2 ====
+  * No longer has the 'mnemonic virus' curse.
+  * You are now more or less the Keter System's foremost expert on mnemonic viruses. Though you're working from a sample size of 1, you're reasonably certain of the following:
+    * Which physical area of the brain the virus reprograms the neurons of.
+    * Burning out that area of the brain can remove the virus. Achieving this via experimental brain surgery might work in theory but is extremely risky in practice and highly likely to just kill the subject.
+    * Powerful interventions with a holodeck can modify the virus. For example, the use of a military grade antivirus (especially running on a system being overclocked by a recent power supply upgrade) to incinerate the virus within the holodeck simulation would also incinerate the virus within the brain.
+    * There is evidence that other, more subtle modifications might be possible, in theory. Though you lack practical evidence, you can imagine what these might involve...
+      * Your original plan to convince Impact that you were good might plausibly have worked had whatever messed up in your forgotten quest not gone wrong, leaving the virus present but non-aggressive.
+      * If there had been a way to get Impact into the compositor machine and combined with the other Impact, that seems like it might have had a more complex effect on the state of the virus.
-  * Consequences
+==== Firebrand ====
-//Be sure to add tags for the characters//
+  * The power distribution system is permanently improved. Power can be diverted more effectively around the ship's systems, yielding improvements in a variety of emergency scenarios.
+  * Use of the ship's holodeck now requires users to sign a series of user agreements about usage (e.g. 'users must not knowingly bring viruses into the holodeck') and waivers against accidental injury incurred while using the holodeck.
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