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Shepard Quest Mk VI, Technological Revolution

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I'm interested in how the war plot resolves and how higher tech levels stand up to the reapers. Aka plot.

That's pretty much the whole point of the quest in my eyes. I get interested in tech when I see how people react to it, not by numbers getting bigger.
 
What dragon and undead frog said. I liked how
Stark Tech caused ripples out into the long term plot and even just the wider universe.

I was always waiting for full FTL or maybe even teleportation.
 
BurnNote said:
I also invite you to do a reread with me, and tell me what you like about the quest. This is actually really important. Are you here for the tech progression, the plot, the characters, the business decisions? Something else? Please tell me. It'll be quite helpful to me. And if you have issues or concerns, then do voice them.
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What really drew me in was the outside-the-box problem solving being applied to, well everything really. Applying real-world science and engineering concepts to Mass Effect physics, and vice versa, to solve problems. Using business administration and industrial engineering concepts to solve military problems. Going outside the traditional "hero" paradigm to create a more dynamic plot. Alien waifu.

The general tone of optimism in the face of adversity is something I'm appreciating more and more too, with so many quests and fanfics lately diving deep into emotional trauma, hopeless ennui, X is suffering, and crushing despair. I get plenty of that from the news; I don't need it in my escapism too. :p
 
Yay! Possible new QM! Gz on your thesis being done

I'm here for characters, Plot and business (also tinsy bit of SCIENCE! but mainly in how the SCIENCE! affects plot).

Dice rolls and technical stuff I leave to others.

I'm also definitely gonna reread this quest! It's been a good few months since I did.
 
I liked researching and securing contracts. I am not a big fan of the whole.direct assault and personal events otherwise. I think the private army and military adventures was a mistake.

I think it's be cool to be more hands off. Revy as more a tech and business person who doesn't directly fight or directly implement her stuff. She has people for that or she makes contacts that she sends stuff to.
 
BurnNote said:
So, two months are up, my thesis is done (and thank the gods for that), and my noses is only running a little. Time to talk about the quest.

I said I'd be up for QMing it. I'll spent the next bit or so rereading the quest, trying to grok the mechanics, talking to the other QMs, and so on. Dunno how long that'll take, but I'd say at least two weeks.

I also invite you to do a reread with me, and tell me what you like about the quest. This is actually really important. Are you here for the tech progression, the plot, the characters, the business decisions? Something else? Please tell me. It'll be quite helpful to me. And if you have issues or concerns, then do voice them.
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I'm in this mainly for the tech progression and the numbers going up. Followed distantly by showy bits such as tech reveals, combat, humanitarian acts, etc. That our tech level let's us show off.

That said I'm not a very active participant normallly. So I don't know how often I would respond here.
 
This quest could have been another Shepard does ME canon better. Then it took a left turn into glorious science and business simulator which was more amazing than it sounds. Favorite parts are the interactions both plot-wise and the ways that stark tech is changing the story's universe.
 
BurnNote said:
So, two months are up, my thesis is done (and thank the gods for that), and my noses is only running a little. Time to talk about the quest.

I said I'd be up for QMing it. I'll spent the next bit or so rereading the quest, trying to grok the mechanics, talking to the other QMs, and so on. Dunno how long that'll take, but I'd say at least two weeks.

I also invite you to do a reread with me, and tell me what you like about the quest. This is actually really important. Are you here for the tech progression, the plot, the characters, the business decisions? Something else? Please tell me. It'll be quite helpful to me. And if you have issues or concerns, then do voice them.
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As a rule of thumb I would guess that most people are here for the ability to effect a change on the ME universe. I personally am here because I find the fact that two different soft sci-fi settings are being hammered into a single hard one, and I like the world building and sciences that fall out, so... Yog mostly, I guess. I also used to enjoy the discussion and the decision making process but life marches on and over the last couple of updates I haven't had the time to keep up with the thread.
 
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I liked researching and securing contracts. I am not a big fan of the whole.direct assault and personal events otherwise. I think the private army and military adventures was a mistake.

I think it's be cool to be more hands off. Revy as more a tech and business person who doesn't directly fight or directly implement her stuff. She has people for that or she makes contacts that she sends stuff to.
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But Revy doesn't personally get involved in military adventures? She got involved this last quarter because the Batarians invaded her home (and as a somewhat unsubtle nod to the fact that Mindoir has made itself a rather juicy target for any anti-Human aggression), but she specifically doesn't go out with her PMC; she has people for that.

That said, having a robust infrastructure to catch industrial spies and invasions is just part of how life has to be for the richest human ever; otherwise the story would get kind of monotonous, so I'm not all that disappointed that Hoyr kept sending things Revy's way that she had to handle personally.
 
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TheEyes said:
But Revy doesn't personally get involved in military adventures? She got involved this time because the Batarians invaded her home (and as a somewhat unsubtle nod to the fact that Mindoir has made itself a rather juicy target for any anti-Human aggression), but she specifically doesn't go out with her PMC; she has people for that.

That said, having a robust infrastructure to catch industrial spies and invasions is just part of how life has to be for the richest human ever; otherwise the story would get kind of monotonous, so I'm not all that disappointed that Hoyr kept sending things Revy's way that she had to handle personally.
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Yeah, logically speaking, Tony wasted his time as superhero. He was Iron Man for very personal reasons.
Revy has no such such of baggage. Also the classic concept of superhero does not really works in a larger setting.
 
Look at my avatar, now look at the first of my sigs. Now back to me. Look down at my sigs again. I'll soon have to edit the current QM for the Shepard Quest, but nothing else. Now back to me. Did I know this was coming for sure? No, but I sure as hell hoped that it would be so. At the sig again. Can @BurnNote become the same kind of QM as Hoyr, or those before Hoyr? No, but this is because they are a different person, so there is possibility they might be even better. They'll most certainly bring their own flavor to this quest. Now at my avatar again. What do I wish from this quest? To DIRECT CONTROL THE REAPERS, then start working down the rest of my wishlist (to be released on a later date).

I'm on a giant robot, punching a Reaper.
 
meianmaru said:
Look at my avatar, now look at the first of my sigs. Now back to me. Look down at my sigs again. I'll soon have to edit the current QM for the Shepard Quest, but nothing else. Now back to me. Did I know this was coming for sure? No, but I sure as hell hoped that it would be so. At the sig again. Can @BurnNote become the same kind of QM as Hoyr, or those before Hoyr? No, but this is because they are a different person, so there is possibility they might be even better. They'll most certainly bring their own flavor to this quest. Now at my avatar again. What do I wish from this quest? To DIRECT CONTROL THE REAPERS, then start working down the rest of my wishlist (to be released on a later date).

I'm on a giant robot, punching a Reaper.
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Giant robots are impractical, unless they can use giant scale biotics.
PI tech is always practical, aside of some odd prototypes.

On the other hand we need cheaper missiles and more durable, yet still cost efficient drones.
ParSec consumes them in an alarming rate. I want their mission to be at least financially neutral.
 
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tyaty1 said:
Giant robots are impractical, unless they can use giant scale biotics.
PI tech is always practical, aside of some odd prototypes.

On the other hand we need cheaper missiles and more durable, yet still cost efficient drones.
ParSec consumes them in an alarming rate. I want their mission to be at least financially neutral.
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On a more serious note than my previous post, I'm also not much into giant robots for this quest. Really, if I had to pick my favorite area of focus, it would be the medical and cybernetic tech tree branches, with a flavoring of transhumanism.
 
Do not remove the hands on fights. I repeat, do not remove the hands on fights.

The science was great, the ripples that were caused were great. The research contracts, the plot, all of that was great.

But seeing Revy kick ass with the stuff she made was the best part of the quest.
 
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