Red Phone

Found in Burlington - maybe versions in other realms calls in Men In Black type agents

## Notes

9/26/2018 - The Rock - Well, we managed to get the MIB's to show up. There was a red telephone in, IIRC, the Police station, and when we picked it up it said something like "Agents have been dispatched," and the MIBs showed up minutes later. We hid from them. So if you want MIBs there, that's how you get them.

9/26/2018 - The Woman with No Name - There is the theory that MiB react only to what we do, not to what is happening in the world. Which would go together with what happened to Rocks group.

2/10/2019 - Aeolous - [Encrypted] Special "guest" over in Burlington - We have used one of the alien grenades and blown open the gate. You can now pass through. Unfortunately, this also means the Morlocks now also have access to Burlington again. I would really suggest someone deal with them before they start turning more people into sausages. PS: we encountered some agents and ran away because I don't know how to deal with them. Someone shed some insight on what they are all about?

2/11/2019 - Glenn James - Running away is probably the best way to deal with them. They will eventually bugger off if they aren't able to find you.

2/11/2019 - Aeolous - Are they even killable? I tried shooting one of them but he just seemed to move his head like some weirdo and the bullet missed. I have an idea as to what caused them to show up but… Why do they show up?

2/11/2019 - Glenn James - No. idea.

They seem to show up if you
a) use magic.
b) use future tech.
c) use the phone in the police station.
I assume they showed up right after you used the alien grenade?

2/11/2019 - Aeolous - Ah… ha… no… They showed up after I tried bashing open a door with my new fancy lightsaber. I don't wanna talk about it. I'm not cut out for this "leadership" business.Though I imagine they would have showed up after we used the grenade anyway. I kind of want to capture one of them now… I'm curious… Really curious. Just before they showed up, the people on the street started blinking weirdly. Is Burlington the only zone that has these agents? If so, why? And what's so special about the phone in the police station?

2/11/2019 - Joshua - The can appear in any zone. If something is done outside of the zone paradigm and witnessed by background people they will start turning up. That is how it appears to have worked from what we have experienced. However there have been instances where I would have expected them to turn up and they haven't. eg there was no sign of them turning up when Zog's minions invaded Burlington with dinosaurs and lasers. As to the phone, I've been curious as to if it can be taken to a different zone and used to summon agents. Eg take the phone to Land of the Lost and summon agents near the General's compound When they arrive the number of agents that turn up continue to increase exponentially until the 'threat' is gone. First 2, then 4, then 8, then 16 etc.
Yes they can be killed. Doc & I summoned using the phone when Burlington had been invaded by the wild west women and then took up a concealed position and watched the results. Some of the agents were killed. They are just alot harder to kill. We examined several of the agents bodies afterwards. I think I've posted about it elsewhere.

2/11/2019 - Glenn James to Aeolous - "As to the phone, I've been curious as to if it can be taken to a different zone and used to summon agents." Now that is an interesting idea! I know it doesn't need to be connected to anything, because it still worked when the Burlington police station was reduced to rubble and all of the inhabitants were dead.
"Where else have you witnessed the agents appear and under what circumstances?" First off, nothing happens unless your tech/magic is witnessed by locals. (Exception: the phone, as detailed above.)
I suspect that the wrong kind of tech (non-magitek tech) can summon them in Gothic. As in, bystanders acted funny when I tried to make a device work. I've never seen the MIB actually appear there though.

2/18/2019 - Joshua - Agent/MIB info and theories - The equipment the MIBs are equipped with and use suits the paradigm. Bodies and gear does not disappear. Can be cleaned up.
Do the equipment change to suit the paradigm if used by non agents? Other Doras seemed to indicate agent gear was special and sought after.
The red Bakelite phone in the police station in Burlington - phone is of magic and tech. Can be taken to other zones. Has a tracker, so if removed from Burlington Agents will show up. When we took it to MMO land it took about 37 mins for agents to appear. Phone works in other zones. Was used to get agents and Zogs minions in Land of the Lost to fight one another.
examination/autopsy doc & I conducted on some agents - They have no Belly buttons (can't recall if all male or if we have witnessed female agents as well). All practically the same size with a little difference. Like a template that has a couple of variations to produce multiple agents that don't look exactly alike. We had taken biological samples for further testing however the samples were amongst the items seized by the police in Red Carpet

Exponential growth of respawn when killed - First two Agents turn up. If they are killed then 4 agents will turn up. If killed 8 agents (then 16, 32 etc got up to 512 agents in Land of the Lost)

Agents are hard to kill in combat as they can dodge like in the matrix bullets and melee attacks.

When they appear/when they don't - Burlington invasions (dinos, women wild west, murloks), Red Carpet - Lo Pan, Burlington Light saber
- When Burlington was invaded and destroyed by the Blight Brotherhood (Zog's minions on the dinosaurs) Agents did not turn up
- When Burlington was invaded by the outlaw women from the Canadian frontier, the agents did not turn up until the Doc & I summoned them via the telephone. Note that the phone was moved around Burlington at the time and Agents did not turn up. It was only when the phone was used.
- In Red Carpet when the portal appeared and Lo Pan etc stepped out, agents turned up. Two individuals fled out of the portal prior to Lo Pan.
- Murloks and their temple in Burlington - No Agents. Light Sabre used in Burlington - Agents.

It has been previously suggested that Agents turn up only when Doras caused the disruption. From what we have experienced would further tend to support that. As such, the two individuals that fled out of the portal prior to Lo Pan were likely Doras.

If agents turn yup because of a disruption after a time if they cannot find you they will go away.

2/18/2019 - Doc Fulton -the equipment doesn't change... as I have a flying carpet of the agents in MMO land that another dora was using when they came at me for the mecha doc triangles
since we are living in a large pocket dimension, the agents are a product of keeping the dimension as it was created. So, if ghostwheel is an AI that has created it's own pocket... are the lesser AI (colors) ghostwheel;s "children"

assuming this is ghost wheels pocket dimension of course... which had to have been created by a large contingent of higher power peeps... I'd say using both chaos and pattern, for as much chaos as we see in the pocket dimension there's an order about it. logruss/pattern weaved together to creat something a step bigger....

1/19/2019 - Joshua - Has the carpet been taken to a different zone? Yup that my thinking. Isn't part of what makes Ghostwheel what it is, is because it contains parts of both the Pattern and Logrus? Putting it close to/on the same power level of the Pattern and Logrus?

2/19/2019 - Doc Fulton - The carpet is at the embassy atm...no change

2/19/2019- Aeolous - Oh. You found the carpet? Alex was wondering where it went. It had been missing from Kinleyville for quite some time. Glad it's back. Meanwhile I'll just pretend like I know what the two of you are talking about. Ghost wheels. Sounds spooky.

2/19/2019 -Doc Fulton - is it spooky to be caught in the belly of the beast? Who can say?

2/19/2019- Joshua -As we had previously used a flying carpet in beastkin, it still could potentially fit into the paradigm.

2/20/2019 -Doc Fulton - previously... there's resistance there now... so if it's not something the commoner can use I'd think they'd use something more fitting to the zone now.

3/21/2019 - Tom Tom - Gotham Reset?? - Before I forget Doc and I slipped into the police station and made a phone call and asked for Gotham to be restarted, keep us posted if it worked!!!

3/24/2019 - Aeolous - Gotham Reset?? - The one in Burlington. There is a telephone in the back office that goes out to the "agents". You'll need to think of a clever way of getting around the Sheriff and his deputy if you want to use it. They are also unaware that they even have this telephone, apparently. You should be able to just bullshit your way in if you act nice enough.

3/24/2019 - Doc Fulton - Gotham Reset?? - the phone is now bolted down... and they were really nice when I called about gotham... I just gave my name and well... something's happening