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| Hydro takes pride in their department for standing so far out it could throw off the others' orbits, and is generous to her employees with both fae's time and attention. Innovations is perhaps the most demanding department, however, when it comes to final editing cycles. For all xer approachability, Hydro does have stylistic preferences --- Innovations articles are specially primed in pre-pub, making sure they're not //just// detailed, objective, and all that other quasi-relevant stuff, but much more importantly, that they engage the attention of their readers. Market appeal matters, and it is not unheard-of for the Head to make material alterations to, or shoot down point-blank, ideas that fall short of the expected threshold for novelty. | Hydro takes pride in their department for standing so far out it could throw off the others' orbits, and is generous to her employees with both fae's time and attention. Innovations is perhaps the most demanding department, however, when it comes to final editing cycles. For all xer approachability, Hydro does have stylistic preferences --- Innovations articles are specially primed in pre-pub, making sure they're not //just// detailed, objective, and all that other quasi-relevant stuff, but much more importantly, that they engage the attention of their readers. Market appeal matters, and it is not unheard-of for the Head to make material alterations to, or shoot down point-blank, ideas that fall short of the expected threshold for novelty. |
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| ===== The State of Progress ===== | ===== The State of Progress ===== |
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| ===== Relevant NPCs (at the Gazette) ===== | ===== Relevant NPCs (at the Gazette) ===== |
| ^Name ^Pronouns ^ Description ^ | ^Name ^Pronouns ^ Description ^ |
| |"Hydro" Ivory-Starr|any|The recently-appointed Head of Innovations. Has been described as "electrifying" and "like a thunderbolt" and occasionally as "allergenic". | | |"Hydro" Ivory-Starr|any|<del>The recently-appointed Head of [[the innovations department|Innovations]]. Has been described as "electrifying" and "like a thunderbolt" and occasionally as "allergenic".</del> Ex-Head of <del>Innovations</del> [[the innovations department|Science and Tech]]. Has been described as "a fiction writer" and "generally incompetent".| |
| |Mortimer "Beetle" Beetle|they/he|Long-suffering member of the <del>Science & Tech</del> '//Innovations//' Department who frequently butts heads with Hydro over frivolous concepts such as 'accuracy' and 'proof'.| | |Mortimer "Beetle" Beetle|they/he|<del>Long-suffering member</del> Head of the <del>Science & Tech</del> <del>//'Innovations'//</del> [[the_innovations_department|Science & Tech]] Department who frequently <del>butts</del> used to butt heads with Hydro over frivolous concepts such as 'accuracy' and 'proof'.| |
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| ===== Relevant NPCs (in the Wider World) ===== | ===== Relevant NPCs (in the Wider World) ===== |
| |Michael Bills|he/they|The young Chief Executive Officer of //Sygyzy Incorporated// as of a handful of months ago. His serene pragmatism and decisive intelligence are the stuff of urban legend, or more aptly, popular discourse -- though they have become a household name, Michael is not a frequent public speaker himself, and most of what is known of them is due to //Sygyzy's// omnipresence in the news.| | |Michael Bills|he/they|The young Chief Executive Officer of //Sygyzy Incorporated// as of a handful of months ago. His serene pragmatism and decisive intelligence are the stuff of urban legend, or more aptly, popular discourse -- though they have become a household name, Michael is not a frequent public speaker himself, and most of what is known of them is due to //Sygyzy's// omnipresence in the news.| |
| |Evelyn Clark|she/her|A professor of Chemistry at Seldona Royal University. Has been the recipient of public accreditation as a consulted chemical engineer during the launch of the //INTEGRAL// probe, but has since withdrawn from both public life and her long-term association with //Sygyzy.//| | |Evelyn Clark|she/her|A professor of Chemistry at Seldona Royal University. Has been the recipient of public accreditation as a consulted chemical engineer during the launch of the //INTEGRAL// probe, but has since withdrawn from both public life and her long-term association with //Sygyzy.//| |
| | |O. Fortune|they/them|???|???| |