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Itallics error for the rest of the update after this point as well Zoat.
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
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Well, they did need something that would theoretically have been more thank a pinprick to a guy who could wrestle Superman to a tie.
If they didn't have some kind of heavy hitter, why even bother?
We now know what held up Adom.
Oh I am slain!
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Hehe. I liked the BOOM image for the extra emphasis. 
Though, good thing that wasn't an explosion with radioactive fallout.
Though, good thing that wasn't an explosion with radioactive fallout.
Typo: slashed my
That's some serious hardware somebody's decided to invest in this.
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Typos:
"tall"
"taken"
"hard"
"at"
"my"
"robot's"
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I know that I'm asking how the heck they were able to get it at all.
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It called Paul its secondary target.
So it could be both things, it could be Queen Bee being an enormous retard, or it could be a response to Darkseid preferred assassin getting his teeth kicked.
It could be a little bit of both.
Looks like Apokolips Covert Ops invested significantly more resources into this than I initially thought.
Which begs the question of what the fuck did Mahmoud promise them?
Apokolips does not do charity after all, and stuff like this is not a shortterm response to Kanto getting his ass kicked.
Something BIG is going down.
On the bright side, if that news crew's camera drones gets footage of this fight onto international news, at least OL is going to get more respect.
Certainly, the spy satellites that have been watching this are going to alarm national governments.
Probably a good idea to scan for Adom; if Apokolips was willing to play this overt a hand, there is no way they weren't planning for him as well.
Which begs the question of what the fuck did Mahmoud promise them?
Apokolips does not do charity after all, and stuff like this is not a shortterm response to Kanto getting his ass kicked.
Something BIG is going down.
On the bright side, if that news crew's camera drones gets footage of this fight onto international news, at least OL is going to get more respect.
Certainly, the spy satellites that have been watching this are going to alarm national governments.
Probably a good idea to scan for Adom; if Apokolips was willing to play this overt a hand, there is no way they weren't planning for him as well.
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Looking at that link, I note that "The party… is over" is the thing's quoted line. So that answers who said it in the last snippet.
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Interesting fact: This update occurs on the 14th of March. Back in 'Prayer' on the 9th of Feb, it was stated that Jade had a month a half to go on her sentence. Thus I'd say either at the end of this episode or the start of the next, we'll be seeing her let free.
On another note, does anyone know when it was Paul had his chat with Drunk Hera?
On another note, does anyone know when it was Paul had his chat with Drunk Hera?
Noticed.
Several points strike me:
-That was a remarkably short fight.
I don't think it's been five minutes since OL got to Shirota.
-The fucker had a nuclear-tier self-destruct to darken the faceplate of Lantern armor while moving away at ~40,000km/hr or about 11km/s(Earth escape velocity). The other side is playing scorched earth.
Which suggests that they don't expect the international community to be able to devote the resources to investigate.
Which is.....ominous. Especially when you consider that Desaad and Godfrey have both been here.
The fact that they were moving that openly on a planet with three active Green Lanterns does not bode well.
-OL needs to upgrade his personal combat weapons stat.
These guys aren't THAT tough, not when you consider the writeup has them being used against bountyhunters.
I'm going to go out on a limb and state that the fear projectors are not standard gear.
-OL didn't need to accelerate his perceptions for this fight.
That's interesting.
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Well, looks like I was right about Paul going full Platinum Games during this sequence, given that was a fight worthy of blaring Rules of Nature for. Now, we all know the giant bosses are the relatively easy ones, so soon he'll end up in a really tough fight against the enemy with a near identical powerset to his.
It's Apokolips tech. They start at scorched earth and escalate from there.
They're not UN signatories, why would they care?
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Thank you, corrected.
I'm tentatively entitling the episode after next 'Date Night', so it'll probably be then.
So way back when the team got memory wiped in that early mission, in the renegade time-line they dealt with a psychic 'Lump' in Bialya.
Did that not exist in the paragon time-line, was it handled later, or has it just been sitting there getting better at mind-controlling humans the whole time?
Because Apokoliptian mind whammy seems like it could explain a lot about various things.
Did that not exist in the paragon time-line, was it handled later, or has it just been sitting there getting better at mind-controlling humans the whole time?
Because Apokoliptian mind whammy seems like it could explain a lot about various things.
Lobo isn't exactly your standard bounty hunter.
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There's a high likelihood of this. QB IS 'trading' with Apokolips, after all. While they escalated faster in the Renegade timeline, it's not inconceivable they've gotten there in this timeline, too.
This seems like a straight Apokoliptian op, more than a local government's.
At home sure.
On planets where they're attempting to keep a low profile? Not so much.
Same reason we do when North Korea pops off a fission device in an underground chamber.
Oh sure.
Lobo still can't bring the firepower a Lantern can bring to bear, and which OL has previously demonstrated.
It was only there because Grayven lobotomized Queen Bee's previous psychic instead of just maiming him. She didn't need another one in the paragon timeline.
It might have been better to compare that to a subject that countries, you know, actually did something about beyond issuing a bunch of "We strongly condemn" statements.
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If they are equipping small armies for open assaults on a city, complete with armored vehicles and killer robots for support then I don't think that "low profile" is a concern of theirs anymore.
Also, it is interesting that it had fear projectors and anti-Lantern shielding. That sound suspiciously like it was expected to fight Green Lanterns; which again, isn't a very low profile activity.
Holy shit, Orange Lantern isn't messing around here.
And the most important part. We just got a fight against Kanto where he deliberately avoided using crumbler rounds until he was certain the opponent would survive it, despite fighting the god of assassination. Here he immediately goes for lethal crumbler headshots. That's literally the first thing he does once he's on the scene. That shows that although the Paragon usually plays by the rules, he's not doing it because he's been infected by the comic book behavior. It's merely that he usually thinks it's appropriate.
In a war, on a real battlefield? He doesn't show any hesitation embracing the different terms of engagement. They are slaughtering civilians, time is lives, lethal force is not only reasonable, it's the only appropriate reaction. Holding back isn't an option.
And boy is the rest of the update a treat on that issue! That's a very rare example of a skilled lantern fighting without holding back. And it's glorious.
The SI can give the impression of being rather passive and non-confrontational in most of his missions, because he has a strong inclination to understand the situation first, and avoid creating conflict, working with what's already there. That he hasn't been using his powers to the best effect. But this shows that when the situation is urgent and lives are at stake, he can totally be decisive and aggressive. It's good to show your main character being pushed outside his comfort zone.
Then there's more brutality from OL. Construct claw hands to manhandle its target and crush it with main force is really not his usual style ; the automated railguns cleaning out infantry on their own is one of his most common tool, though, so he's certainly not forgetting how to fight. He's apparently decided that the best way to deal with the tank was brute force.
Another interesting point is that the action of destroying the tank is triggered by red text. I'm pretty sure that's not something Grayven could do. Also, some chilling ruthlessness as he kills those soldiers as they're crushed and incinerated.
And then there's the way that even while angry and slaughtering the enemy, he's still the Paragon who helps people, cooperate with the local authority, and prioritize saving civilians. He's not quite as British as usual, but taking the time to heal and calm down soldiers before arming them and coordinating with them is still not something most American cowboys would even think of.
He has some serious problems with the first one, and resort to pure orange light destructive blast (at point blank range, no less). Earlier in the story he has explicitly noted that he avoids using those as much as possible because they take huge amount of power compared to his other offensive options. But when he encounters more of the things, he doesn't hesitate to use the heavy artillery from the start. Although I'm not sure how he makes a construct blade capable of destroying one of those in one hit when particle beams and full power railgun bombardment wasn't enough to take one down.
That's very interesting on many levels. First, how Paul interrupts himself with "it doesn't matter" at the start. It's a stark departure from his usual analytical style. Then the red when he's commenting, extremely rare for the SI outside of thinking of Nabu. And there's how he was able to summon railgun while overcome with rage, which should have made using an orange ring impossible. Another advantage of enlightenment, certainly.
And the most important part. We just got a fight against Kanto where he deliberately avoided using crumbler rounds until he was certain the opponent would survive it, despite fighting the god of assassination. Here he immediately goes for lethal crumbler headshots. That's literally the first thing he does once he's on the scene. That shows that although the Paragon usually plays by the rules, he's not doing it because he's been infected by the comic book behavior. It's merely that he usually thinks it's appropriate.
In a war, on a real battlefield? He doesn't show any hesitation embracing the different terms of engagement. They are slaughtering civilians, time is lives, lethal force is not only reasonable, it's the only appropriate reaction. Holding back isn't an option.
And boy is the rest of the update a treat on that issue! That's a very rare example of a skilled lantern fighting without holding back. And it's glorious.
That's his second action, literally seconds after getting there he's unleashing a horde of demons with carte blanche to kill anything from Apokolips (but still limited to destroying equipment if facing earthlings). That's another impressive show of ruthlessness and power from Paul, but it's still tempered by caution. He didn't allow them to attack the enemy without restriction. I think it shows that he's not letting his emotions and the urgency get the better of him.
So as was pointed out, this is probably an army of earthlings using tech provided by assholes, rather than a direct attack by Apokolips. Which is good (because no one wants to deal with Darkseid's direct attention) but also bad (politics!). It's also interesting to note that the SI has to restrain his standard instinct to calmly analyze the situation before acting. He has to make himself stop thinking about identifying the enemy and their motivation to focus on just beating the shit out of them. Appropriate for an Orange Lantern who explained that the corp's modus operandi was to find what the other side wants and how to use it to your advantage. It shows he has his priority straight and knows when he has to act rather than think, when it's really necessary.
The SI can give the impression of being rather passive and non-confrontational in most of his missions, because he has a strong inclination to understand the situation first, and avoid creating conflict, working with what's already there. That he hasn't been using his powers to the best effect. But this shows that when the situation is urgent and lives are at stake, he can totally be decisive and aggressive. It's good to show your main character being pushed outside his comfort zone.
First thing of note is that the Ophidian heart is going into high gear here. Might be linked to the impressive levels of power Orange Lantern is showing off in this battle.
Then there's more brutality from OL. Construct claw hands to manhandle its target and crush it with main force is really not his usual style ; the automated railguns cleaning out infantry on their own is one of his most common tool, though, so he's certainly not forgetting how to fight. He's apparently decided that the best way to deal with the tank was brute force.
Another interesting point is that the action of destroying the tank is triggered by red text. I'm pretty sure that's not something Grayven could do. Also, some chilling ruthlessness as he kills those soldiers as they're crushed and incinerated.
Another section filled with interesting points. Let's see. He's completely healing multiple critically wounded people, which should take a lot of power, especially since he doesn't have any reason to care for them specifically. He directly creates powerful energy weapons, not just taking them out of subspace, but making permanent supertech on the spot. And he's protecting the entire area from Apokaliptian weaponry with a particularly large barrier, which has been noted as being one of the things he's not very good at. Those are all impressive feats that are supposed to be power intensive.
And then there's the way that even while angry and slaughtering the enemy, he's still the Paragon who helps people, cooperate with the local authority, and prioritize saving civilians. He's not quite as British as usual, but taking the time to heal and calm down soldiers before arming them and coordinating with them is still not something most American cowboys would even think of.
Weapons powerful enough to seriously damage his armor through his field, defensive fields that can take crumbler rounds, supersonic flight, enough strength to punch superman around, advanced enough AI to be a skilled fighter but not enough to be vulnerable to brand or assimilation, robust design that can work well after suffering large amounts of damage, no obvious weak points. That's one serious opponent, and there are several of those guys.
He has some serious problems with the first one, and resort to pure orange light destructive blast (at point blank range, no less). Earlier in the story he has explicitly noted that he avoids using those as much as possible because they take huge amount of power compared to his other offensive options. But when he encounters more of the things, he doesn't hesitate to use the heavy artillery from the start. Although I'm not sure how he makes a construct blade capable of destroying one of those in one hit when particle beams and full power railgun bombardment wasn't enough to take one down.
Not sure how he got two of them at once. Where they both right next to each other? Or can he grab things to transition at long range? It's interesting that he destroyed those machines by transitioning them, both safely testing for the presence of a jammer and using it against them. But I can't help but wonder why it's so easy to forcibly transition other things, especially when it can be a one hit kill.
That's an interesting insight.
SOmething to consider. Orange Lanterns are NOT something that is well known to the galactic community, what with Larfleeze being in timeout for the past few millenia. But Green Lanterns and their limitations are.
I mention this because of how this drone immediatily attemtped a FEAR attack on Paul. WHich as noted would be very effective agaisnt a GL, but not against a OL.
So whoever set this up is apparently working under the assumption that ORange Lanterns have the same weaknesses as Green Lanterns.
I think this would imply that Darkseid isn't directly invovled yet (as its hard to picture him being unaware that 'different color lanterns'= different emotional weaknesses).
I mention this because of how this drone immediatily attemtped a FEAR attack on Paul. WHich as noted would be very effective agaisnt a GL, but not against a OL.
So whoever set this up is apparently working under the assumption that ORange Lanterns have the same weaknesses as Green Lanterns.
I think this would imply that Darkseid isn't directly invovled yet (as its hard to picture him being unaware that 'different color lanterns'= different emotional weaknesses).
Why would he know that? The only Lanterns he's ever interacted with are Green. Hell the only Lanterns that exist right now are Green, Orange, Yellow and presumably Indigo. Sinestro is the only Yellow Lantern and he's not stupid enough to go anywhere near Apokolips. The Indigo Tribe goes out of its way to make sure no one knows they exist. And Larfleeze was the entire Orange Lantern Corps until Paul showed up and he was confined to Okaara billions of years before Uxas was even born, much less became Darkseid.
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