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Shepard Quest Mk VI, Technological Revolution

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[X] Loadout
-[X] Arm 1 Right: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Arm 1 Left: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Arm 2 Right: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Arm 2 Left: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Shoulder 1 Right: (Guardian Angle Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 1 Left: (Guardian Angle Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 2 Right: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Left: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Carried Weapon: (Hand Held Pilum Launcher)
-[X] Armor Mod: (Warp Barriers Mod)

[X] You'd be far more helpful in the back, not getting shot at.

I'm sort of inclined to think it's the Geth. The heretics, the batarians, and possibly Cerberus are the only people with both motive to capture us, and the means to send an entire task force to do it. Combined with the fact Revy should be well familiar with any Batarian ship classes and their design philosophies, I don't think they could go "surprise! 3 new classes of ships with unknown capabilities in excess of the Batarian's lackadaisical tech!". Cerberus should be capable of it, but it's a massive gamble and Hoyr has stated that Cerberus is still *just* a darker than black black ops group for the SA right now. That leads me to the Geth; with better than Citadel tech (check), unknown ship classes (check), and a motive to capture Revy (check).
 
Kaioo said:
I'm sorry what.. since when?
She's like, basically a Kid in Asari society. Since when was she a Commando?
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Datakim said:
I thought she was a researcher and an archeologist?

She may know the basic self-defense stuff and can look after herself. But theres a big leap from that to being a highly experienced soldier.
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From the quest:
You now have the mental image of Liara peacefully digging up artifacts going into a berserk rage when someone tries to break them. Well at least she can take care of herself. You do recall her having commando training. You'd just never guess from they way she acts normally.
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So yeah, Liara would, in fact, be quite the asset if she's present.
 
Datakim said:
I thought she was a researcher and an archeologist?

She may know the basic self-defense stuff and can look after herself. But theres a big leap from that to being a highly experienced soldier.
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She is good enough to fight alongside with an N7 operative, and a ~1000 year old Krogan Battlemaster without being a burden.
 
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Hoyr said:
I prefer to operate on honestly, players generate the paranoia on their own. I've seen so many quest that wound up super paranoid all from the players.
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Sounds like a trap to me.
Hoyr said:
Jack has been living at PI for this quarter because you're the only people capable of dealing with her at the moment. The states still trying to figure out exactly what to do.
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Contact doormake
Hire Jessica Yamada
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Enjoy mental stability
remulian said:
That would be awesome. Revy Shepard, reincarnation of Tony Stark, awakened as Dragon of the sixth age.

Shadowrun awakening on earth while Revy oversees the Factories would be interesting, and put a wrench in our Reaper plans, considering all the Shadowrun crazienes.
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You know there was a ME/OWoD crossover that seems somewhat relevant. Let me do some digging.
Read this its awesome. Pencils down, Death rays up.
'Ah, yes, 'Shepard', the immortal spectre allegedly waiting for us in citadel space. But we have dismissed this claim.'
 
Say can someone help me design those Fallout inspired Robots I mentioned last page, I have the ideas but I need some help putting them in text not to mention it is best to bouncy ideas around while making it.
 
Can I ask where people are getting "very advanced" from? If they just tanked everything without engaging the defensive forces and rushing in, and if they aren't planning to lift up again, then with lots of arc reactors, I don't think it would require whoever they are to be very advanced to land a dreadnought sized vessel. Once.
 
Sinsystems said:
Say can someone help me design those Fallout inspired Robots I mentioned last page, I have the ideas but I need some help putting them in text not to mention it is best to bouncy ideas around while making it.
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The Sentry would be actually plausible design, if Repulsors were not such bullshit. Hastati is can do everything, that a Sentry can do except better and cheaper. It also not humanoid enough to use artificial biotics.
 
tyaty1 said:
The Sentry would be actually plausible design, if Repulsors were not such bullshit. Hastati is can do everything, that a Sentry can do except better and cheaper. It also not humanoid enough to use artificial biotics.
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It's only the design we are basing it off of. Also I am having trouble remembering the Hastati's specs and can't seem to find the post, care to link me?
 
[X] Combat Tech
-[X] Arm 1 Right: (Omni-Tool/Omni-Blade)
-[X] Arm 1 Left: (Omni-Tool/Omni-Blade)
-[X] Arm 2 Right: (Non-Lethal Take Down Package)
-[X] Arm 2 Left: (Non-Lethal Take Down Package)
-[X] Shoulder 1 Right: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector)
-[X] Shoulder 1 Left: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Right: (Micro Missile VLS Strip)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Left: (Micro Missile VLS Strip)
-[X] Carried Weapon: (Hand Held Pilum Launcher)
-[X] Armor Mod: (Warp Barriers Mod)
[X] You'd be far more helpful in the back, not getting shot at.
 
Sinsystems said:
It's only the design we are basing it off of. Also I am having trouble remembering the Hastati's specs and can't seem to find the post, care to link me?
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Basically a cube with Repulsors, avionics, autocannons and armor/barrier.

A 2m class heavy mech might be not a bad idea, but I would rather prefer a mini tank with a large main gun.
Autocannons and missiles are better for swarms of smaller drones.

Since power is non-issue, smaller drones with cyclonic barriers are just as tough as the larger ones.
 
[X] Loadout
-[X] Arm 1 Right: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Arm 1 Left: (Omni-tool/Omni-Blade)
-[X] Arm 2 Right: (Hasta-L)
-[X] Arm 2 Left: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Shoulder 1 Right: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 1 Left: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 2 Right: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Left: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Carried Weapon: (Hand Held Pilum Launcher)
-[X] Armor Mod: (Warp Barriers Mod)

[X] You'd be far more helpful in the back, not getting shot at.
-[X] While we're back there, re-direct one of our ground factories to manufacturing Piliums; that way we can build one every 13 seconds. The other two factories will be directed to building Sagitta reloads, so we can build 772 of them per second (or 66 per second under the alternate costing)
 
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Red Bovine said:
*Glares at everyone that said we could put off MK II research even when the GM was hinting we would need it*

Seriously why do people ignore the GM hinting even when it's obvious? You know what I am voiting for the MK II for next quarter no matter what after this incindent.
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Oh God, that Mark II again. I am so tempted at this point to try to win this quest without ever building another freaking Iron Man suit.

You know what we needed this quarter? Miniaturized laser weapons. We have 32 Tigers and 5,000 drones in the area: with that kind of hardware throwing around gigawatt laser shots that dread should have been shot down the second it reached the atmosphere.

SCREW the Mark II.
Pai said:
I just noticed the shit going on with Jack,Kasumi, and Misaki in the back ground running around.

Unn did we just spawn a super hero team? Just where are they right now? This kinda seems like a "lets stomp bad guys" moment.

Edit: "Did that lazer chainsaw katana thing ever get finished? I remember kasumi kinda being gunho for that..
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Heh we have been building quite the fun teenage runner team, haven't we? I wonder if they'll sneak out to play during the invasion.

Kaioo said:
I'm sorry what.. since when?
She's like, basically a Kid in Asari society. Since when was she a Commando?
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A 'kid' who is 97 years old this year. Her mother, Matriarch all-around-badass Benezia got her daughter a decade or two of commando training, before she rebelled, got an Archaeology degree and went around being Liara Croft for another few decades before we ever met her. Liara, as a 'kid', has more life experience than any two adult humans.
 
The ship is an unknown class and dreadnought sized while landable. It is a really expensive tech to use on a ship that size.

As such there is a really good chance that it is the geth. Not because they are after Revy (why should they have interest in her?) but because they are the only fraction that does not care about the cost of a ship and have the infrastructute to build a fleet.

The collectors in all their glory only have one ship and only very limited means to build more.

The Sovereign has obviosly sent out a force of turned Geth to grab Revy.

As we need to remember that the landed ship is of extremly good quality and has infowarfare capabilities so far outside any bounds of what an imagine test case might test. All of our drones might turn on us at any moment...

[X] Loadout
-[X] Arm 1 Right: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Arm 1 Left: (Omni-tool/Omni-Blade)
-[X] Arm 2 Right: (Hasta-L)
-[X] Arm 2 Left: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Shoulder 1 Right: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 1 Left: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 2 Right: (Micro Missile VLS Strip)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Left: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Carried Weapon: (Hand Held Pilum Launcher)
-[X] Armor Mod: (Warp Barriers Mod)

[X] You'd be far more helpful in the back, not getting shot at.
-[X] While we're back there, re-direct one of our ground factories to manufacturing Piliums; that way we can build one every 13 seconds. The other two factories will be directed to building Sagitta reloads, so we can build 772 of them per second (or 66 per second under the alternate costing)
-[X] Also, reassign 2 Aspidai, 2 Sagittarius, 1 Tribulus, and 1 Lesser Accipiter to our personal drone swarm/protective detail. Transmit one-time pad codes so they will remain under our exclusive control.

-[X] Deploy one of your older personal armors under a fork of Cortana's control. You're a high value target of opportunity and if you can bait the enemy while not being there so much the better.
--[X] Duplicate the load out your current armor.
--[X] Inform SA command of the decoy by hardline or secure message drone so they can make use of it. With a whole carrier landed they'll have some impressive infowar capabilities so take that into account.

-[X] Direct our three space factories to each construct a special Large Antiship Missile with high-powered kinetic barriers and a large laser-ablative shield in front (codename: Testudo). (Total Cost: 300 million, 825 Production). Sure, it'll take two hours, but if that ship hasn't fled or been overrun by then we should be able to take it out with those plus a full spread of Hydras. Even if they aren't needed, hey, new anti-ground weapon system to test!

@Hoyr What is the difference between Repulsor Turret and SMG AMS Turret? Other than what they shoot with.
We need the non-lethal to stun hacked equipment (we are fighting Geth with possible Reaper upgrades. They will hack plenty of our stuff) and the Ommni-Tool for counter hacking.
 
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tyaty1 said:
Basically a cube with Repulsors, avionics, autocannons and armor/barrier.

A 2m class heavy mech might be not a bad idea, but I would rather prefer a mini tank with a large main gun.
Autocannons and missiles are better for swarms of smaller drones.

Since power is non-issue, smaller drones with cyclonic barriers are just as tough as the larger ones.
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Part of the reason I'm going for that design is because it is humanoid enough to allow for soldiers to easily Neural link to with a lower degree of training. Since as we know drone swarms aren't the easiest thing to control without specialized training, the proposed mech would have a much easier learning curve.

Also while our drone swarms are effective and their barriers might be just as powerful we can't count armor and redundancy out of the equation. If I had to make a rough estimate maybe 80% of the time if something gets through a drone's shields then it is destroyed. However with the proposed design we can ensure that it is heavily armored to allow it to shrug off a metric ton of blows even without the shield and if we install redundant systems we can further increase how much punishment it can take.

On the subject of shields, while I am not too familiar with exactly how mass effect shields work we should be able to actually give it stronger shields than the drones simply because we would be able to fit a larger shield generator and more power cells. In the same vein the increase in size compared to a drone would also allow us to install heavier weaponry that would be impractical on drones.
 
Why warp barriers? If we are tanking shots that need them, something went a very wrong already. Better to get stealth module and, if needed, escape.
 
Yog said:
Better to get stealth module and, if needed, escape.
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Given that Revy is almost certainly going to be in a command center of some kind escaping is going to mean leaving the other people there behind. That's not something Revy "Hero of Mindoir" Shepard would do.

Then there is the problem that near as I can tell our stealth is optimized for offense not defense. If an enemy sees us disappear all it takes to detect us is spraying bullets in the general area.

Plus I fully expect that we're going to end up fighting an enemy Hero unit at some point. There is no chance we're going to get away with not fighting anyone in a planetary invasion. So we might as well be prepared for when that does happen.
 
Yog said:
Why warp barriers? If we are tanking shots that need them, something went a very wrong already. Better to get stealth module and, if needed, escape.
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My reasoning is that we will be hard pressed to stay stealthy.

The role model for Revy is Tony Stark.

We will end up taking fire because we are the only goal that the attack has. The only secondary thing might be the research data (we should close everything on everything inside the PI network and make sure that the servers are save) and Revy will at least than end up defendig them or herself when they find her and they will find her. And if not they make sure that she comes to them.
 
Well, these guys have pretty insane tech. If I recall correctly the Normandy was pushing it when it came to SA ships that could land on planets and people were outright goggling when Sovreign was landing on and taking off from planets.

The fact that this monstrosity survived landing indicates that there's some big player behind this, I can't recall if the Collector's asteroid on a rocket was Dreadnaught class but unless I'm mistaken the only groups that have ships of that size that can land on and take off from planets are using Reaper tech.

So, yeah. Be careful.

Hm, could be Batarians drinking that Leviathan of Dis koolade I suppose.
 
[X] Loadout HCV
-[X] Arm 1 Right: (Pilum Launcher (3 Rounds))
-[X] Arm 1 Left: (Omni-tool/Omni-Blade)
-[X] Arm 2 Right: (Pilum Launcher (3 Rounds))
-[X] Arm 2 Left: (Micro Missile VLS Strip (Around few hundred shots))
-[X] Shoulder 1 Right: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector)
-[X] Shoulder 1 Left: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Right: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Left: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Carried Weapon: (Repulsor Cannon)
-[X] Armor Mod: (Warp Barriers Mod)
 
[X] Loadout
-[X] Arm 1 Right: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Arm 1 Left: (Micro Missile VLS Strip)
-[X] Arm 2 Right: (Hasta-L)
-[X] Arm 2 Left: (Repulsor Blaster)
-[X] Shoulder 1 Right: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 1 Left: (Guardian Angel Shield Projector )
-[X] Shoulder 2 Right: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Shoulder 2 Left: (SMG AMS Turret)
-[X] Carried Weapon: (Hand Held Pilum Launcher)
-[X] Armor Mod: (Warp Barriers Mod)

[X] You'd be far more helpful in the back, not getting shot at.

Mostly the same as @Sylvire, but I figure that more than 2 repulsor blasters is redundant, we don't need an omni-tool because we have ANI for hacking, and we need ways to engage enemies that are further than 500m, without resorting to Piliums.
 
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