Battle Action Harem Highschool Side Character Quest (No SV, you are the Waifu)

[Karugus]

What's interesting is each Major Breach produces a Thpe Zero yearly right? And Breaches tend not to communicate between each other. But we also see Type Zeroes often acting in concert, collaborating with one another, and the similiar. We can assume given anime, and the Type progressions that Zeroes are intelligent, but are they beholden to any particular loyalty to their Major Breach? Do their lines of communication supersede organization along Breach lines?

 

[UberJJK]

What's interesting is each Major Breach produces a Thpe Zero yearly right? And Breaches tend not to communicate between each other. But we also see Type Zeroes often acting in concert, collaborating with one another, and the similiar. We can assume given anime, and the Type progressions that Zeroes are intelligent, but are they beholden to any particular loyalty to their Major Breach? Do their lines of communication supersede organization along Breach lines?

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It could be that all the Type-Zeroes we see working together come from the same branches. In the North America campaign the relevant Type-Zeroes were Aeon, Sekhmet, Herakles, and Raksha:

"Thank you for destroying Sekhmet," says Meyer, her tone sombre, "We both lost people we knew to that Monster during Alaska."

"We probably wouldn't have been able to pin down Aeon either if you did not go on to shut down the Saskatoon breach," continued Leonhart, both of them still holding their salutes.

"With Aeon and Sekhmet still around, Herakles and Raksha probably wouldn't have retreated from Portland and we'd still be fighting today," said Meyer as both women finally dropped their salutes, "So you undoubtedly saved our lives and hundreds of thousands of others."

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then in the attack on Sydney we have:

Herakles didn't need to tear a massive hole, just one large enough for itself, Sekhmet, Raksha and Dahaka to fly through, bypassing the Higgs boosted interdiction field deployed through the arcology.

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Sekhmet, Raksha, and Heraklees working together again.


With the initial two Type-Zeroes (presumably) per Major Breach then seven years since that gives each Major Breach nine Type-Zeroes. Sure some Major Breaches are going to be down some, or even all, of their Type-Zeroes but that is enough for the teams we see operating to only be Type-Zeroes from the same Major Breach.

Still could be cross-Breach teamwork among the Type-Zeroes. Hell the idea there are issues between the Breaches may just be the UN seeing something that isn't there. But teams don't guaranty there is cross-Breach teamwork.

 

[Jakobstj]

If the theory of infighting between Breaches is correct but T0s co-operate across Breaches, could the 1/year be a matter of Antagonist politics rather than logistics? That is, some kind of agreement between Breaches to only produce one Zero each year even if they could make more?

 

[Izicata]

[X] Yukari
-[X] You can help.
--[X] Task: Yukari is not okay. Solution...
---[X] Task: Anna is not okay. Solution: apply extra blankets until task is resolved.
----[X] Supposition: Yukari is not okay when her status is set to away, she is alone, and she is still watching her messages.
-----[X] Action: next time Yukari has status set to away, is alone, and is still watching her messages, find her and apply extra blankets, pillows, etcetera until [Task: Yukari is not okay] is resolved.

 

[Jonen C]

If the theory of infighting between Breaches is correct but T0s co-operate across Breaches, could the 1/year be a matter of Antagonist politics rather than logistics? That is, some kind of agreement between Breaches to only produce one Zero each year even if they could make more?

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the type 0s are unionized and entitled to a lot of time off?

or they work for the antagonist UN and the breaches are controlled by antagonist national governments, and type 0s get loads of benefits.

 

[Spectral Waltz]

[X] Wait. STRATNET's assessment appears correct. You will hold, unless something goes seriously awry. You should do your best to not place your squadron in danger, the drones are quickly replaceable and expendable. Keeping your ability, or that of your Heavy Particle Projectors to make such long range attacks through terrain secret will be strategically significant in the medium term future.

[X] Yukari
-[X] You can help.
--[X] Task: Yukari is not okay. Solution...
---[X] Task: Anna is not okay. Solution: apply extra blankets until task is resolved.
----[X] Supposition: Yukari is not okay when her status is set to away, she is alone, and she is still watching her messages.
-----[X] Action: next time Yukari has status set to away, is alone, and is still watching her messages, find her and apply extra blankets, pillows, etcetera until [Task: Yukari is not okay] is resolved.

Updating my vote

 

[UberJJK]

Updating my vote to actually include a Yukari vote since I kinda didn't get around to doing that with all the discussion.

[X] Wait. STRATNET's assessment appears correct. You will hold, unless something goes seriously awry. You should do your best to not place your squadron in danger, the drones are quickly replaceable and expendable. Keeping your ability, or that of your Heavy Particle Projectors to make such long range attacks through terrain secret will be strategically significant in the medium term future.

[X] Yukari
-[X] You can help.
--[X] Task: Yukari is not okay. Solution...
---[X] Task: Anna is not okay. Solution: apply extra blankets until task is resolved.
----[X] Supposition: Yukari is not okay when her status is set to away, she is alone, and she is still watching her messages.
-----[X] Action: next time Yukari has status set to away, is alone, and is still watching her messages, find her and apply extra blankets, pillows, etcetera until [Task: Yukari is not okay] is resolved.

As an aside this vote is an interesting blend of curbstomp and scattered mess. On one hand Wait vs. Engage is no question with 117 vs 17. On the other hand the highest votes for Yukari are 27, 16, 13, 9, and 9. Even then there is a crazy mess of overlap and such with the various plans to the point that it is hard to even determine the top performers. For reference 27 votes is the plain "Stay close to/spend time with", 16 (17 now) is what I voted for, 13 is "But not on your own. Call upon your fri-friends... Koujirou and Setsuna and Sandra and Shuri. Help Yukari together.", and the two 9s are variations on the same plan that you could argue should be fused into one plan with 18 votes. Those plans are:

Spoiler: Fusion Plans

-[] You can help.
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help decorate your room. You don't mind it like it is, but you think it could be better?
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help you learn how to teach.
--[] If all else fails, prod Sandra.
No. of Votes: 9

-[] You can help.
--[] Spend time with her. What are normal things friends do?
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help decorate your room. You don't mind it like it is, but you think it could be better?
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help you learn how to teach.
--[] Bother Koujirou and ask if Yukari behaved differently before Alaska. More data may allow you to improve your approach.
--[] If all else fails, prod Sandra.
No. of Votes: 9

with bold underlined as the point of difference.


So... yeah.

 

[Avalanche]

As an aside this vote is an interesting blend of curbstomp and scattered mess. On one hand Wait vs. Engage is no question with 117 vs 17. On the other hand the highest votes for Yukari are 27, 16, 13, 9, and 9. Even then there is a crazy mess of overlap and such with the various plans to the point that it is hard to even determine the top performers. For reference 27 votes is the plain "Stay close to/spend time with", 16 (17 now) is what I voted for, 13 is "But not on your own. Call upon your fri-friends... Koujirou and Setsuna and Sandra and Shuri. Help Yukari together.", and the two 9s are variations on the same plan that you could argue should be fused into one plan with 18 votes. Those plans are:

Spoiler: Fusion Plans

-[] You can help.
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help decorate your room. You don't mind it like it is, but you think it could be better?
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help you learn how to teach.
--[] If all else fails, prod Sandra.
No. of Votes: 9

-[] You can help.
--[] Spend time with her. What are normal things friends do?
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help decorate your room. You don't mind it like it is, but you think it could be better?
--[] Ask Yukari if she can help you learn how to teach.
--[] Bother Koujirou and ask if Yukari behaved differently before Alaska. More data may allow you to improve your approach.
--[] If all else fails, prod Sandra.
No. of Votes: 9

with bold underlined as the point of difference.


So... yeah.

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Oooft.

May do a runoff or something... or just fiat it based on the spread of votes.

 

[ctulhuslp]

tbh I am not a fan of "blankets" vote in the Yukari part, feels like...a silly shenanigan, not something Anna would go for?

Maybe Anna a couple months ago, but she has been growing. Maybe the vote should reflect that. She is still a clutz in social situations, but less of one.

 

[UberJJK]

Oooft.

May do a runoff or something... or just fiat it based on the spread of votes.

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Runoff might lead to some weird results depending upon how you go about it. For reference here is the by line of all the Yukari votes:

Spoiler: Yukari Votes

Vote Tally : Battle Action Harem Highschool Side Character Quest (No SV, you are the Waifu) Original | Page 802 | Sufficient Velocity [Posts: 20044-20456]
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[94] You can help.
-[30] Stay close to/spend time with
-[20] Ask Yukari if she can help you learn how to teach.
-[20] If all else fails, prod Sandra.
-[19] Ask Yukari if she can help decorate your room. You don't mind it like it is, but you think it could be better?
-[17] Task: Yukari is not okay. Solution...
--[17] Task: Anna is not okay. Solution: apply extra blankets until task is resolved.
---[17] Supposition: Yukari is not okay when her status is set to away, she is alone, and she is still watching her messages.
----[17] Action: next time Yukari has status set to away, is alone, and is still watching her messages, find her and apply extra blankets, pillows, etcetera until [Task: Yukari is not okay] is resolved.
-----[3] Action: If [Task: Yukari is not okay] is not resolved by adding blankets, pillows, etectera., Add Sandra, Shuri, and Setsuna to Yukari.
-[16] Bother Koujirou and ask if Yukari behaved differently before Alaska. More data may allow you to improve your approach.
-[14] But not on your own. Call upon your fri-friends... Koujirou and Setsuna and Sandra and Shuri. Help Yukari together.
-[4] Spend time with her. What are normal things friends do?
-[3] Don't bring up the problem. People seem to not like that very much.
-[3] Offer Yukari some food. You're not sure what yet, but a quick trawl through her profile will fix that.
-[2] Somehow... Take her Swimming to unwind/have fun.
-[1] Ask the Instructors for assistance
-[1] Make a pillow fort with Yukari.
-[1] Somehow
-[1] Somehow... Invite her on your elective tour every now and then. Turns out you sometimes need a guide, some of the classes are well outside your own experience. Can she help you out?
-[1] Spend time with her.
-[1] Though you do want to keep an eye on things while you're holding.... Both at the frontline and back at Sydney.

Total No. of Voters: 144

This is, for reference, after some manual editing to fix the various formatting issues. There is nothing with a majority of votes or even more then a third of votes and if just take the top performers it is kinda a mess. I mean maybe that is how Anna will react? Throw things at the wall and see what sticks?

 

[Xon]

> Lord Mayor

Is this a normal mayor title in Australia? Or are Valks officially Lords of their arcologies now? And what does it entail?

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To add confusion; they aren't actually the mayor of the entire "major city" (like say London) because Australian major cities area include their suburbs which are often part of different local governments. The Lord Mayor is basically the mayor of the inner-city/business district.

 

[Icipall]

I just want Anna to ask help from her friends in how to help Yukari.

 

[Onmur]

I just want Anna to ask help from her friends in how to help Yukari.

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[Q] Ask Yukari how to help Yukari.

 

[Shadlith]

[X] Wait. STRATNET's assessment appears correct. You will hold, unless something goes seriously awry. You should do your best to not place your squadron in danger, the drones are quickly replaceable and expendable. Keeping your ability, or that of your Heavy Particle Projectors to make such long range attacks through terrain secret will be strategically significant in the medium term future.

On the grounds that when something inevitably goes horribly wrong, I'd rather jump in and shout "SURPRISE! PREDATOR WAS HERE ALL ALONG!", rather than us being in the thick of it when a bad guy jumps in and shouts "SURPRISE! A TYPE ZERO PACK IS ABOUT TO EAT YOUR FACE!"


[X] Yukari
-[X] You can help.
--[X] Task: Yukari is not okay. Solution...
---[X] Task: Anna is not okay. Solution: apply extra blankets until task is resolved.
----[X] Supposition: Yukari is not okay when her status is set to away, she is alone, and she is still watching her messages.
-----[X] Action: next time Yukari has status set to away, is alone, and is still watching her messages, find her and apply extra blankets, pillows, etcetera until [Task: Yukari is not okay] is resolved.

On the grounds of adorable.

 

[Nachtigall]

[X] Wait. STRATNET's assessment appears correct. You will hold, unless something goes seriously awry. You should do your best to not place your squadron in danger, the drones are quickly replaceable and expendable. Keeping your ability, or that of your Heavy Particle Projectors to make such long range attacks through terrain secret will be strategically significant in the medium term future.

-[X] You can help.
--[X] Ask Yukari if she can help decorate your room. You don't mind it like it is, but you think it could be better?
--[X] Ask Yukari if she can help you learn how to teach.
--[X] If all else fails, prod Sandra.

Personally, my main reason is to acknowledge that Anna doesn't need to do this alone. Her flight is better at resolving social situations, especially Sandra. We want Anna to learn that not only can her flight rely on her to protect them, but she in turn can rely on them as well. We won't ever be able to learn group impeller skills or social skills if we don't trust our flight, if we only see them as something to protect.

I wouldn't mind the adorable scene of wrapping Yukari in blankets, but progress on Anna's insecurities and issues is far more important.

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decay into low wavelength visible light upon impact.

The glowing red pulse zooms in and smashes into your shield, erupting into mostly harmless light.

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Unless you described that the red pulse scattered with a blue hue, I'd like to point out that red corresponds to a low frequency and energy, but high wavelength in the visual spectrum.

"Close, but note quite

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not

You're going to hold the all of Sydney in your Impeller soon.

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a) hold all of
b) hold the entirety of

An hour later, and despite practically combing through the structure, but find neither a culprit, nor evidence leading to one.

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Pronoun missing, best resolution probably to replace 'but' with 'you'

leave the blanket over and Sandra as she is

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Maybe "leave the blanket and Sandra as they are"?

someone having dove

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While dived and dove are both valid simple past forms, the past participle is dived either way.

walking- and find you plans ruined

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walking – and find your plans ruined
(in previous cases in this update, the hyphen was a sudden pause, but here an en dash seems more appropriate since it's merely an injection)

 

[Sixpack]

So, with everything worthwhile to probably having been said I might as well throw out my own random dribble.

The best reason I can think of to go against strat net is pretty much.

1) It would be pretty damn awesome. Not in the sense of "take that you authority representation" but in the "Anna is a murderhobo". It would pretty much completely shut up any negative talk about her in regards to combat capability. Especially with a bunch of 3rd years (including a ace) singing praises to her capability.
This might also be an action that in turn increases the character relevance rating (you know, that all important thing).

And then there is a long list of potential negatives.

1) This might not in fact be a mere recon in force by the enemy but a trap or a prelude to something more.
As one of the best examples I guess there is Battletech where Davion held repeated large scale exercises at the cappellan border where the cappellans got used to it until it wasn't an exercise anymore but a plan for a large scale invasion. Taking them completely off guard.

I wouldn't quite say that that is exactly what is happening. But the Antagonists are currently on the losing side with their losses on the american continent. Maybe it is time to try something new or to see how much the resources of the UN have been exhausted.

If something along those lines would be the case we would probably get worst case scenario with a quickly escalating conflict as more and more troops get fed in to the grinder. And should Anna reveal herself early here she might very well get the "priority target" designation with the worst case scenario being the Antagonists dumping a type zero in the area for recon in force. A glorious victory for the UN in the end, but a horrible blow for Anna and all the new dead people she personally feels responsible for.


2) The scenario presented by STRATNET is what will happen. Which would have negatives in that Anna would be considered a loose cannon (with all the social issues) and a certain unwillingness to deploy her when she is actually needed. Though I would also expect this to add character relevance. Though also quite a bit of negative reaction from the fans seeing how Anna pretty much brought this upon herself.

There is a certain downwards trend depending on what happens. But generally speaking I would expect some sort of negative repercussions if Anna decides to simply go off and shoot her guns willy nilly.

3) Being engaged with the enemy makes it harder to disengage in case Anna is needed somewhere else.
This feeds back in to 1) but also in case of other possibilities keeps Anna and her flight open to react to new and unforseen circumstances.



Now, considering that this is basically an in-update thing I am not expecting anything big. It is more likely that this is simply a milk-run and that's it. Though it would have been nice to in that case have all those without combat experiance to get some (mostly) safe practical on hands lessons. Basically just mopping up some remains.

 

[me.me.here]

If they have to make it count anyway, why must they start with a tactic that require a sacrifice to pull?

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It works fast. The big problem Valks have bringing down Type 0's is that they need time to scrape together enough Valks to attrit a T0 down, and a T0 can infinity-boost away before that. Sacrificing a Valk (if you assume that Wave Force is guaranteed to kill the user) to bring down most or all of a T0's defenses and keep it from rabbiting as well means that it both buys time for more Valks to arrive and lowers the amount of Valks it needs to finish the T0 off.

 

[Karugus]

[X] Yukari
-[X] You can help.
--[X] Task: Yukari is not okay. Solution...
---[X] Task: Anna is not okay. Solution: apply extra blankets until task is resolved.
----[X] Supposition: Yukari is not okay when her status is set to away, she is alone, and she is still watching her messages.
-----[X] Action: next time Yukari has status set to away, is alone, and is still watching her messages, find her and apply extra blankets, pillows, etcetera until [Task: Yukari is not okay] is resolved.

I figure asking her friends for help is going to be more problematic than not. Involving two teenagers in their parental figure's ptsd when we understand so little of how it's affecting her, when both of those teenagers can be more than a bit impetuous? If anything, I feel like the people who might be able to help Anna with this are the instructors.

 

[Kaleidoscope]

Wave Force also destroys all Higgs Particles. That completely wipes out the Type-Zero's reserves and limits them to whatever their generation rate is. This is important because as we saw with Anna's interdiction training about the only way out of interdiction is to burn more Higgs. So if you can destroy all their reserves it makes pinning a Type-Zero dramatically easier.

That is if the Type-Zero even survives the hit in the first place. Wave Force is very deadly after all.

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It works fast. The big problem Valks have bringing down Type 0's is that they need time to scrape together enough Valks to attrit a T0 down, and a T0 can infinity-boost away before that. Sacrificing a Valk (if you assume that Wave Force is guaranteed to kill the user) to bring down most or all of a T0's defenses and keep it from rabbiting as well means that it both buys time for more Valks to arrive and lowers the amount of Valks it needs to finish the T0 off.

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These points are why it's so important in my mind to get blue wave developed to the point where other 300 aces, or at least the 20 geniuses can use it. Blue Wave is advertised as doing somewhat less damage in exchange for working at "any range". Even if that only means it works up to Valk extreme range (~1000km IIRC (edit: checked, >600km)), it means we now have a small number of valks that can snipe to both cause extreme damage and destroy a Zero's Higgs reserves in a single shot, and do so from a range that makes retreat actually possible, so that wave force isn't a suicide mission. If we could develop it to the point where any 300 ace could use it, things get even better, with the possibility of whole flights of 300 valks capable of volleying Blue waves. Might not work on A or B classes, depending on how ridiculous they are, and how cautious they become after they become aware of the tactic, but it'd be a pretty reliable way of killing the less powerful Zero, since it's effectively a high damage sniper shot that simultaneously cripples their mobility and utility options.

 

[UberJJK]

I think you are underestimating how useful Blue Wave could be.

First: We know Anna can recover her Impeller really fast after a Red Wave Static Wave:

You continue, Fourth and then Final Stage-

The Wave Force twists and snarls outwards, consuming space, the stacked and synchronised undulations erupting into the base reality-

It is identical to your Static Wave attack.

You laugh as you ascend away from the Wave, your Impeller regenerating. Joy, exuberance, happiness, glee and every similar positive emotion runs wild through you, you feel giddy.

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albeit we don't know how long it would take to return to sufficient levels for a successful wave.


Second: We know if you prepare them in advance you can just swap in limbs out of storage:

"Oh, you need not worry about my missing parts," Instructor Vivas says distractedly, "I've got spares."

With that and a flash of white light, Instructor Vivas suddenly has arms again, the skin on the new limbs pale pink compared to her dusky complexion, the raw skin contrasting harshly against blackened and shredded plates of her Valkyrie frame. She tries to get up, but you firmly force her back down as you complete another complete scan.

Destroyed internal organs, regrown or replaced. Missing limbs, replaced. Various forms of surface trauma, closed. Fatally low blood volume, currently replenishing, likely already prioritised for repair. CNS… completely unharmed, almost certainly protected with the last of her Impeller. However, despite the replacement of the many destroyed or damaged systems, almost every single biological process in her body was malfunctioning. Instructor Washington paces behind you, swearing under her breath continuously.

"You are in severe shock," you inform the Instructor Vivas.

"I-" the Instructor chokes, her breath seizing, and resumes using radio instead of her voice, tone disconcertingly calm even as she suffers cardiac arrest amongst other issues, "I have noticed that and am working on it. I may have exacerbated the problem however, by choosing to substitute in grafts in such a manner."

With a silent snarl of frustration on your face, you retract your medical module, with so many biological abnormalities simultaneously occurring, the use of chemical remedies are out of the question and appropriate nanomachines would take too long to manufacture. Your Impeller suffuses the Instructor, easily pushing through her still weak field and you manually correct some of the major issues, manually resetting her heart activity, reinflating her lungs and reopening several major blood vessels that had collapsed and removing clots. If this was your own body, you could have resolved every issue with your Impeller, but lacked the complete awareness that you would have of your own body and you dared not use high band scans on an exposed human body, Valkyrie or not. Your Impeller is also obstructed from forming a higher fidelity picture of the Instructor's body by her Impeller as it constantly regenerates and the two fields clash.

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There are issues with this but Anna says if it was her body she could have easily solved all the problems.

Third: Blue Wave has a truly unlimited range and travels at lightspeed:

"Blue Wave does damage in a line, the primary wave is 2 dimensional, having only length. The effect it has on its surrounding space is how it does damage. After Blue Wave flies through the target (or misses) it will continue propagating at Light speed. Once it hits the edge of the Universe (in many billions of years), it breaks on through and connects with the Wave Force, where it will be absorbed. Minor possibility of blowback from the Wave Force as Blue Wave will briefly connect it with our universe, but it will just be a pulse of Static Wave."

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Fourth: The diameter of the Earth is only 0.0425 lightseconds.


Sniping targets real time anywhere on Earth is possible, albeit difficult, with Blue Wave.

Sadly this can't be used on Breaches:

No I thought about it. You can waste as much time spending in quest time shooting Blue Wave pulses at a Breach as you want once you get it.

At least until the stupidity of such a pointless action becomes OOC and Anna stops on her own that is.

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but there are a lot of other things Anna could snipe away at from the safety of Perth. Just providing real time heavy fire support to any battlefield on demand would be invaluable.

 

[fictionfan]

I think that people are underestimating how much damage shooting though the earth would do.

 

[ltmauve]

Or how much energy it'd take out of the wave, too.

 

[Gnarker]

Oooft.

May do a runoff or something... or just fiat it based on the spread of votes.

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Any particular reason only one vote can win? I think it should be well possible (and in-character based on her thing for alphabetic lists and her awkwardness) to try several approaches to see what sticks. Say, first burying her in blankets as an initial fix, then ask her to help with our room or to take her fishing after in order to distract her from relapsing.

I think that people are underestimating how much damage shooting though the earth would do.

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Maybe, maybe not. Earth is really damn big and as devastating as it is, Wave Force's size is still limited. The most I can see is a new volcano forming at the entrance and exit points, and afaik even those need an active magma upwelling below them.

 

[SynchronizedWritersBlock]

"Yes," you reply curtly, "Formation Wing Seven, I will be Vanguard. I designate Cadet Yang Yue as my second."

"Yes ma'am," the other cadets chorus.

The other cadets drop back into a firing line seven hundred meters behind. Anti-type formation, engage with Vanguards, and the rest of the Squadron blasts the Types apart while the Vanguards run interference.

They're not far enough back, when they come, they -your responsibility- will still in range- no. You can't think like this. Your field of view seems to narrow, a faint buzz in your mind. They shouldn't come.

As you grapple with your conflicted emotions, the third years reorganise themselves, shifting enlisted rank cadets Keeler and Mosley towards the center of the line, where it is the safest, as Ace Yue takes left flank and Elite Maya takes the right flank, the most exposed positions.

"Ma'am, I can take second guard position-" "Maintain formation. Your priority is to maintain rearline integrity." "…Yes ma'am."

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Oh, I just realized.

Anna specified an anti-type formation where the vanguards engage the types in close combat and the others fire at them from a distance.

But she specified herself as the only vanguard. It looks like Yue Yang kind of understands that Anna is trying to protect the other cadets, when she volunteers herself for the same, but shut down.


While this looks normal if you don't read into it, every one of those cadets should be realizing that Anna intends to tie up any force that comes at them solo.

 

[deadcrystal]

First: We know Anna can recover her Impeller really fast after a Red Wave:

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Just as a point of order, we don't know that, because Anna does not have Red Wave. She has Lv2 of Static Wave (Which we haven't seen yet either, as we've only seen the performance of Lv 1 Static Wave)

Lv1 Static Wave is preposterously powerful directed attack that can only be used at zero range.
Lv2 upgrades to Short range (Which is what, 15Km? Massive upgrade from Zero range)

Red Wave, should we get it, is as different as Blue Wave is from the base Static wave.

Red Wave changes from directed to indiscriminate. It's a 15km sphere of 'everything dies' centred on Anna, and is obviously not safe to use near allies.
Blue Wave drops from SuperHeavy damage to Heavy damage in exchange for unlimited range.