Super Robot Quest
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[X] Earlier Assistance in Developing Space Flight (2)
[X] Empathic Focuser (3)
[X] Minor Empowerment (5)
[X] Empathic Focuser (3)
[X] Minor Empowerment (5)
Conferring with the Regent - Striking the Deal
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Earlier Assistance in Developing Space Flight (2) - The Regent agrees this is one thing it will have to help you on sooner or later unless you want to just launch the Champion and the Regent into space with a hearty wave and 'don't forget to write.' It…apparently is fine with the backup plan, as it has some means of ensuring a small group of people can travel safely, but it's slower. And would much prefer a 'conventional' faster than light method of travel to avoid getting plastered with micrometeorites.
Empathic Focuser (3) - Though some of your pilots are already capable of feats a cut above the average man and woman, apparently there's a way to push this even further. Though this is considered by the Regent as another 'prototype' the sages of Varulne didn't finish before the disaster took place, it's willing to part with it, as long as you share your own developments on it when you're done.
Minor Empowerment (5) - If it's going to empower champions that are pure of heart and character, you want to know how to do it. Two reasons why. Along with ESP and MMI, that's going to snowball piloting effectiveness. AND it's going to be a very effective safeguard to ensure that in the future, no psychos are going to hijack a Super Robot and cause some sort of chase against a separatist splinter fleet or something. This is a fairly high cost trade, but the Regent is actually fairly flattered at the idea that you want to try making one of its key features work for you.
Empathic Focuser (3) - Though some of your pilots are already capable of feats a cut above the average man and woman, apparently there's a way to push this even further. Though this is considered by the Regent as another 'prototype' the sages of Varulne didn't finish before the disaster took place, it's willing to part with it, as long as you share your own developments on it when you're done.
Minor Empowerment (5) - If it's going to empower champions that are pure of heart and character, you want to know how to do it. Two reasons why. Along with ESP and MMI, that's going to snowball piloting effectiveness. AND it's going to be a very effective safeguard to ensure that in the future, no psychos are going to hijack a Super Robot and cause some sort of chase against a separatist splinter fleet or something. This is a fairly high cost trade, but the Regent is actually fairly flattered at the idea that you want to try making one of its key features work for you.
1758, 27 February A.D. 2072
The Regency's Containment, Xenotechnology Laboratory
To your unspoken relief, the Regent is quite straightforward in negotiating throughout the whole process. It very plainly laid out what it wanted, and very plainly laid out what it was willing to give in exchange. Granted, the process took awhile, but you can appreciate just being thorough. Really, that was not the thing that took up almost three hours of discussions with the alien artifact.
It was just placating Max from drooling at the mouth at 'all the science-y shinies' and having her look at what you could actually make use of. Madwoman.
Still, after you could shake her out of the stupefied trance from all the xenotechnology literally falling into her lap, she was actually quite helpful in pointing out what was likely to be viable, safe, and guaranteed to not destroy the entire base in experimentation. Apparently even she has her limits.
Could have fooled you, really.
The Regency Offers:
Earlier Assistance in Developing Space Flight - This one was a no-brainer, at least in your eyes. For one, you most definitely have enemies prowling around in space that are out to try and ransack everything the Earth Union owns - Tyrannous and the Free Brothers' vessel. Since having an alien warship (or a freighter so far advanced ahead of you that it doesn't make any difference) is highly unhealthy for any developing space program, simply bartering for help from another advanced alien is the more conducive way to go about it.
For another, you happen to know a spy who would be incredibly annoyed if you allowed this opportunity to pass you by. And she knows where you live. You have precious little peace of mind these days as it is, you'd like to retain what you still have. Thank you very much.
Finally, the ability to develop space assets is just undeniably awesome. You'll never find that outlined in a written White Paper report, but you'll also find no one who will even try to contest you on this one. Any who do - you will call a liar to their face.
You won't even pretend to know how any of the technology works. You just know that after Max reviewed it, she confirmed it was legitimate, and that she and Sam could make something viable out of it. That's all you personally care about, really - though you now suspect that Sasaki will be chomping at the bit to turn the Pegasus space-borne soon.
Empathic Focuser - This one...you weren't so sure about. But Max seemed absolutely deadset on it. You decided to simply accept it for what it was when Sam, upon being informed, joined his partner in ranting at you to "getthisnownownownownow-"
Crazy people mode aside, when they calmed down they explained that this was a technology that could be theoretically combined with the Man-Machine Interface. At bare minimum: it would make piloting a hell of a lot easier. Best case scenario: you'd be able to cobble together some kind of freaky emotion-based superpowers through the Super Robot or something.
They had you at ease of piloting, and you really just wanted them to stop shaking you by the collar to get this already, so you acquiesced the point. They're the experts, now please go away help-
Minor Empowerment - This one you did not need an expert opinion on. Apparently this is a similar enough mechanism that the Regent uses to empower Champions, albeit on a much more basic scale. Using minor versions of the Regent called 'C-Crystals' (and at this point, you just decided to stop asking questions about when your life became a manga publication), the method the Regent is providing relies on a 'Core' template that serves both as a means to create new C-Crystals and to rejuvenate C-Crystals in between battles. When you asked if the basic 'good character' filter was still present, the Regent confirmed it was. That was all you needed to know, really. The last thing you need is some Separatist jackass to hijack one of your Super Robots.
This one was really the only one the Regent pressed you with questions about. But in the end, it seemed...pleased with your choice.
"I am willing to offer the C-Crystals to you, yes," the Regent had confirmed. "I would have thought you would select one of the more esoteric technologies, really."
"Oh, I still am," you said with a shrug. "But at the bare minimum, having the ability to prevent scumbags from hijacking a Super Robot is worth a lot as it is. If they really do prevent evil men and women from trying to use our equipment, that's only going to be a net positive for us."
"Then far be it from me to deny you this," the Regent said in a cheerful voice. "You will need to take some time to develop your own means of creating it, mind..."
1830, 27 February A.D. 2072
Command Center Bridge
"...so in short," you recount, "We have technology that can theoretically amplify emotions, a new means of space travel that I won't even pretend to understand, and empowerment jewelry that's straight out of Brave Lord Valen or the Green Lantern comic books." Ichiro and Katarina simply stare at you as you slam your head into the metal desk.
Ow.
"He's gonna keep up like this for awhile, huh?" you can hear Ichiro whisper to Katarina.
"I think he's recalling when his life was a bit more mundane," Katarina whispers back.
"Oh, good. Then I can talk to him about how one of his sentient robots got his ass handed to him by an expatriate space-cop from an alien civilization."
GilliamYaeger
M'crazy.
Holy crap we just got G-Stone technology. Time to turn Beowulf into a true King of Braves!
And then another series started, in which the Earth Union Space Defense Committee played XCOM: Interceptor versus the Free Brothers and occasionally some airborne kaiju.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
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Poor major Devin. He still hasn't realized it yet. has he?
meganeshounen
*tips glasses*
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Achievements Unlocked:
"With All Your Heart and Soul": Unlocked the Morale/Will system.
"Overflowing Spirit": Unlocked the Pilot Spirits system.
"First Step into the Final Frontier": Unlock a Space-capable technology.
"King of Braves Mk. 0": Unlocked theG-Stone C-Crystal system.
"Adept Xenodiplomat": Make deals with more than one alien race.
"With All Your Heart and Soul": Unlocked the Morale/Will system.
"Overflowing Spirit": Unlocked the Pilot Spirits system.
"First Step into the Final Frontier": Unlock a Space-capable technology.
"King of Braves Mk. 0": Unlocked the
"Adept Xenodiplomat": Make deals with more than one alien race.
LinkOnScepter
The One who Strangles Concepts to death
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Now just to hope the shit the Regent needs help with doesn't detect our shit and come a knocking. We've got enough problems to deal with.
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- USA
My posts from here on out are going to be kind of irregular. My old schedule of posting nearly every day is probably not going to be possible for awhile. I'll at least try to get posts out every week, but just giving you a heads up.
That said, glad everyone is still enjoying what I write here.
So does this mean our technology is streamed really really slowly from the home planet?
I've yet to do a full playthrough of that game, but that was more due to the fact that DOSBOX didn't cooperate with a lot of my computers.
That said, glad everyone is still enjoying what I write here.
So does this mean our technology is streamed really really slowly from the home planet?
I've yet to do a full playthrough of that game, but that was more due to the fact that DOSBOX didn't cooperate with a lot of my computers.
meganeshounen
*tips glasses*
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Also, when we finally get that C-Crystal anti-theft thing installed, we need to set it so that a message appears when an unauthorized pilot gets in a Super Robot:
"CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD, YE GUILTY."
"GET OUT OF THE DAMN ROBOT."
"CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD, YE GUILTY."
"GET OUT OF THE DAMN ROBOT."
*shrugs*So does this mean our technology is streamed really really slowly from the home planet?
Don't know, never played it. On the flipside, the Regent did come from a homeworld that developed that tech, and is slowly parsing it out so...
It should literally crate them up.
Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
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Said cop has been fighting criminal scum for centuries.
He has he just won't acknowledge it.
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Once Known as The Nobody
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After these words, I'm kind of expecting one of the Separatists to hijack the DFRI super-robot. Precisely because they (as in, that one particular Separatist) are not evil.
You, sir, have a way with punchlines.
Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
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It wouldn't be a mecha quest without a gundam Jack now would it?
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Yay, an update at long last!
Damn min-maxers.
Nah, she just doesn't want to fork over money for a new lab.
You should know a bit how that tech works, especially in the case you're forced to pilot a mech yourself. Good thing this is totally not a thing that happens in anime, right?
Power-gamers, all of you.
The not-GGG! Or a fancy Nanoha Device with mecha.
Took you long enough to realize that.
We need to update this with a fool-proof test that no Separatist could ever pass, such as a quizz for first-time pilots that contains questions like: "In a fight between Hitler and Superman, who would win?", "Is communism an humane and viable political methodology?", "Do you enjoy hurting people?", "Do you consider evil a 'subjective perspective'? If so, what do you think about the gulags, the death camps and such then?"
And so on.
I'm surprised Devin knew about this one.
Aaw, we missed the fight.
For extra points the Beowulf is somewhat sentient.
Hm, we need more redshirts to do that.
Well, has he tried the psychic test yet? Perhaps his score is over-nine *is shot*
That's going to happen no matter what.
Well, at least you updated after a while.
Not sure if possible with how cartoonishly evil they are. Even then, the only "not-evil" guy would invariably join us later on and/or perform an "heroic sacrifice" to redeem himself and let one of our pilots do something awesome.
Damn min-maxers.
Nah, she just doesn't want to fork over money for a new lab.
You should know a bit how that tech works, especially in the case you're forced to pilot a mech yourself. Good thing this is totally not a thing that happens in anime, right?
Power-gamers, all of you.
The not-GGG! Or a fancy Nanoha Device with mecha.
Took you long enough to realize that.
We need to update this with a fool-proof test that no Separatist could ever pass, such as a quizz for first-time pilots that contains questions like: "In a fight between Hitler and Superman, who would win?", "Is communism an humane and viable political methodology?", "Do you enjoy hurting people?", "Do you consider evil a 'subjective perspective'? If so, what do you think about the gulags, the death camps and such then?"
And so on.
I'm surprised Devin knew about this one.
Aaw, we missed the fight.
For extra points the Beowulf is somewhat sentient.
Hm, we need more redshirts to do that.
Well, has he tried the psychic test yet? Perhaps his score is over-nine *is shot*
That's going to happen no matter what.
Well, at least you updated after a while.
Not sure if possible with how cartoonishly evil they are. Even then, the only "not-evil" guy would invariably join us later on and/or perform an "heroic sacrifice" to redeem himself and let one of our pilots do something awesome.
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Spaceborne Kaiju.
Oh no.
Uchuu Kaiju? We're going to get blackhole reactors and make Gunbuster?
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Once Known as The Nobody
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Gundam Jack? Is that from G Gundam? Which episode?It wouldn't be a mecha quest without a gundam Jack now would it?
Crazy speculation: he also knows about Green Arrow and Green Hornet. And Soylent Green.
Nothing stops them from stealing a DFRI mecha for that purpose.
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Gundamjack
How so? Devin doesn't have time and has better things to do than to read comics for children, unless one of the resident crazies here shoved the knowledge inside his head.