Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)

My thoughts were cycling back to what I had promised her. Kamui. It was a big step, and not one I was going to take lightly. It was what Tetra wanted, but it almost seemed like a step back for her. Only from her perspective the inability to directly interface was the step back. The direction she wanted to develop in, both from her instincts and her own desire, wasn't one I would consider positive from a human perspective.

Soon, Tetra will merge with either Parian or Khepri, and make one a magical girl in a Kamui.

It's got to happen. Imagine the Magical Girl Transformation memes.

Probably would fit more with Parian tbh, since you know, "Life Fibers" + "Fine Control of Lightweight Material"

On the brighter side, Survey and Garment were set to meet with Parian in her studio in the afternoon, discussing a collaboration of some event for Garment's charity auction. Garment had been ecstatic about the idea and had been preparing all morning. I was happy for her, both for her chance to meet Parian and the good the event could do. It was nice to know that not everything happening was a disaster in that making, or something that would blow up in our face.

Oh no. Wonder how it will go when Survey reveals Parian can fully "Master" Garment.
Not to mention that Garment is MUCH better at fashion than Parian. I can imagine Garment trying to be friendly but Parian being very self conscious and lashing out.

Btw, did you know Parian's true power is actually MUCH darker than how she uses it in Worm? Saw on the Wiki what her real power actually is. Apparently it would have put up a good fight against Behemoth.


The true use of Parian's power was later revealed to be working with the skin of dead humans. She can flay corpses and infuse their skins with her ability, manipulating it like she would any other material, but with better control and more strength. She can also use hair and tendons from corpses as thread. By sewing the skins of numerous dead together, she can create a giant construct that is capable of taking an attack from a Titan

And I saw her approach the rows of bodies. People covered in sheets. Some with people standing by them. She took the sheets, drawing out threads and weaving them together.

Then, with telekinetic control over fine blades, she began cutting into bodies. Some had been crushed, some had been cut, others afflicted with gas, their skin ulcerous.

"Oh my god," I heard Foil. She pressed her hands over her mouth.

Flayed skin sewn to skin, like Parian had used cloth before. Orifices sealed shut. People became parts of a wider canvas. That canvas, with many dead, began to take form.

The sheets became one doll. Like Parian's bigger creations, it reached a height of about twenty feet. I'd seen smaller at the fight against Leviathan. This one remained featureless. Nothing spared for decoration. Bloody, because the sheets had covered people that had been torn apart.

When thread ran out, she began using tendons from the body, or hair.

Skin stretched like most cloth didn't. But that wasn't why it was so much bigger, or why it seemed more flexible than the cloth creations, less clumsy.

[...]

The thing took form. It wasn't Titan sized, but it was a bit bigger than the Gibborim Knight had been. Skin stretched translucent thin. It was mostly human shaped, streaked with the blood that had leaked out in the flaying.

[...]

Skadi plunged her blade straight down at Parian.

The skin-thing struck out, protecting its controller, wrestling Skadi to the ground.

She cut, and the telekinesis that saturated the skin seemed to protect it from the cut. - Excerpt from Radiation 18.6
 
Wasn't the 'material generating Shaker power' supposed to be an ability of a hypothetical Tinker 15?
It is, but ratings greater or equal to 8 generally lose all sense of meaning since at that point anyone with that kind of rating to anything will need to have tailored responses and with a shift towards field-response and assistance of similarly high-powered capes.
Oh no. Wonder how it will go when Survey reveals Parian can fully "Master" Garment.
Where was this from? I don't recall a WoG like that, especially considering Parian needs to take her time to infuse materials with her energy before she could control them, and even then it wouldn't actually do anything to the spirit behind Garment Gloves.
 
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Even if Lord wasn't excluding Destiny the perk from Destiny in the V1 forge is a free perk: "Pure art(free all) The visual arts may not be your thing, but that doesn't mean you can't be good at it. With this, you will be able to adorn any object you possess with paint or some other kind of marker and make it look good. You can paint armor, vehicles and weapons. Depending on what you portray, it could evoke different emotions. From fear to inspiration. You must have some skill at drawing or painting, and something to draw or paint with." I'm not sure how that would mesh with the way he's doing rolls.

Well, I did say the version of the Forge Lord was using, and Lord has sort of tweaked the V1. That, and if Lord were to include the Destiny perk, I'd personally include the 800 point drawback that rewards you with all of humanity's tech from the Golden Age, most of which is actual bullshit. But then again, humanity's Golden Age is mostly unknown and the tech isn't well recorded, save for some lore books and tabs.

As cool as it would be to see Joe use space-time defects as shields, he'll have to find some other source for it. Because I don't see Lord delving into Destiny Lore any time soon.

I don't think that's entirely fair. Plenty of the people who critique the lack of plot are skilled authors who write flawed characters. Let's not paint with a broad brush.

Fair enough, my bad for generalization.
 
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The ones in the Laboratorium are all volunteers, if I recall correctly, and Joe only has them as examples. Though I don't doubt that the possibility has struck him at some point and he's trying his best to ignore that fact to the best of his ability.

Oh, he knows. He even calls it out in his little rant about not continuing the practice. He states verbally it is not something to force on people, then quickly shifts to stating mentally, 'That's for sevitors', so he does know and acknowledges it. Though you won't find him publicly admitting it of course.
 
'Only' Stargates or City ships and Potentia as well? Cause Earth was working on .

Does the lab have access to his scientific database? I would love to read about the reaction of those heads
"For whatever reason, understanding the civilizations of old means you're able to understand alien technology a lot better. You may not know everything off the bat, but upon first sight you have an idea of what it was meant for... and the longer you look at it, the more information you can glean. Fiddling with it will let you familiarize yourself with it more quickly.
Lord: ""Free perks are included, with the big ones being Round Telephone for operation principles of a Stargate (not production, but could potentially get there), and Toxicology Reports which puts traces of Naquadah in your blood. Normally too small to use, but Joe has resource duplication perks that mean he could actually harvest it for other applications.""
-Round Telephone (Free): The Stargate is a pretty important piece of technology, that much is certain. It's the name of the series, of COURSE it's important. You have knowledge on how to decipher its interface, and as such can use it to go from world to world.
-Toxicology Reports (Free): That wasn't there before. For whatever reason your blood contains just a bit of Naquadah now. Not enough to drain yourself and siphon it, but enough to utilize and work the technology of the Goa'uld. As a bonus, this allows you to sense when other Goa'uld symbiotes are nearby."
 
Not sure why you think Parian's power trumps Garments, but I myself wouldn't bet on it. Plus, there'll be already enough drama involving her without the need to create more.

Even the attempt would be considered rude, no? Attempted mastering, or however you want to spin it. Not sure why you think Garment would trump Parian's control, I don't remember Garment being given fiat control over stuff? If she's not as strong as Parian she's not as strong.


I'd actually bet that Parian may not be able to control Garment's gloves, but I wouldn't be surprised if she can control the clothes Garment "wears".
 
-Toxicology Reports (Free): That wasn't there before. For whatever reason your blood contains just a bit of Naquadah now. Not enough to drain yourself and siphon it, but enough to utilize and work the technology of the Goa'uld. As a bonus, this allows you to sense when other Goa'uld symbiotes are nearby."
"Joe, why are you harvesting your own blood?"

"Well, Aisha, there's energy-amplifying alien minerals in it now and I--"

"Oooookay, cool, neat, radical, gonna go review those plans for turning me into a psychic Norse magical girl now."

"In this context, Valkyrie does not refer to the Norse mytholo--"

"HAVE FUN HARVESTING THE ALIEN GOOP IN YOUR BLOOD, JOZEF!"
 
She already has access to directed lasers that could scorch surfaces into writing, as shown in the bar, and her armor also has a fabricator attached. By the time Joe finishes teaching her, she could probably just fabricate her own upgrade on the spot.
I was mainly thinking of the thought acceleration to derive her own alchemic arrays at combat speed tbh. You're right that she doesnt need a new writing implement though, not sure how I forgot seeing her use the laser to write already.
I mean, that was still a possibility. Titans weren't exactly lightly armed. They also had onboard systems that instantly fabricated munitions for their use, as well as moderately advanced shielding, laser technology, computational systems, and even a form of phasing technology. The computer technology in particular was of interest, since each Titan was outfitted with an A.I. of its own.
Miniaturise tech Armsy style and Motorslave version something.0 time?
 
On the brighter side, Survey and Garment were set to meet with Parian in her studio in the afternoon, discussing a collaboration of some event for Garment's charity auction. Garment had been ecstatic about the idea and had been preparing all morning. I was happy for her, both for her chance to meet Parian and the good the event could do. It was nice to know that not everything happening was a disaster in that making, or something that would blow up in our face.
I know everyone is excited about the Joe realizing Parian is Sabah, but I'm more interested in Parian's reaction to being surrounded by the beautiful duo of Garment and Survey. You know what, throw in a visit by Flechette too. Let Flechette go totally gaga being in the same room as Parian, Garment, and Survey.

Miss Militia: "I know you can't do a lot right now until doctors ok you for field work again, but I want to thank you for visiting Garment so frequently. Establishing good points of contact with independent capes is valuable for the Protectorate."

Flechette blushing: "Yes. That's exactly why I'm doing that."
 
"Another one?" Aisha asked. "How come it taking so long to change things over to the magic computer?"
I believe that should be "it's" or "its," not "it."

I shook my head. "It was shut down in late 2009. The monetization methods violated gambling legislation in a lot of its key markets. It was also suspected as being a vector for malware that fed information back to the C.U.I.. Fox pulled the license shortly after. The developer tried to rebrand the game, but it pretty much dried up and it's not clear how much guidance they actually got Kinoko Nasu or the U.S. team in the first place."
I'm fairly certain we're missing a "from" between "got" and "Kinoko Nasu." Also, commentary on FGO? huh.

I shrugged and replied before she could get too introspective. "The version of the power I got is a lot less restrained that what most tinkers deal with. Most of the other work is based on principles that you can't hope to recreate without the power doing the heavy lifting. They couldn't explain their tech if they wanted to."
So... how can Joe explain it, then? Is he only explaining the parts that have principles that can be replicated behind them? Is the Miniaturization and Efficiency Perk basically forcing new principles into reality to facilitate the lack-of-shard thing?

Even the work of multiple runs of duplicates hadn't been able to get a fraction of the full database transferred into the Workshop's records.
I wonder, assuming that Joe had Mixing Mixtures and six of the Duplicates spent their entire durations (which according to a note on my phone should be somewhere around fifteen hours if using twelve duplication potions mixed together) doing nothing but upload Miniaturization and Efficiency data, would the database be completed in any reasonable length of time? A year, two years, a decade?

Tybalt gave her a considerate look, then meowed. Aisha's eyes widened as I nodded. "Yeah, that probably would be a better fit for the place."
I kinda forgot that Aisha was learning to speak Felyne. When did that first come into play?

...I'm now madly curious, what's the reference?
I think it's a reference to Tetra's designation on Joe's List of Things That Might End The World. Tetra is the fourth, after Fleet and Survey, who I believe are listed as the first. Other members of that list include Matrix, the Imulsion Pump, and... well, I'm certain there's other stuff.
 
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I'm dreading the drama with Parian, I'm not going to lie.
I know everyone is excited about the Joe realizing Parian is Sabah, but I'm more interested in Parian's reaction to being surrounded by the beautiful duo of Garment and Survey. You know what, throw in a visit by Flechette too. Let Flechette go totally gaga being in the same room as Parian, Garment, and Survey.
If Survey goes in person, she's not going as the uber-beautiful version of herself. Aisha already commented on it, and Survey has shown pre-meeting that she can alter her appearance to be less... shocking.

I also am not so worried about Joe in this context, but rather Parian. Sabah is going to meet this new cape who basically can do everything she can, but better, faster, and more extravagantly. I think long ago Lord mentioned that there was going to be friction between Parian and Garment when they finally met.

IIRC, Joe doesn't really hold anything against Sabah for what happened.
 
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Wasn't the 'material generating Shaker power' supposed to be an ability of a hypothetical Tinker 15?
Yes, but they're still theorising something along those lines. I'd misremembered slightly, they're not classing it as an actual Shaker power right now, but they do think he has a power that creates material from nothing. (And in this case, they're actually right.)
The picture of the golden armor came to the forefront. "The feats demonstrated by the mech deployed against Lung suggest some level of material projection. This is evident from collected debris and spent ammunition vanishing after a twenty-four-hour period. A similar effect was observed with Apeiron's own works, resulting in an erroneous designation as a shaker prior to the abilities he demonstrated while assisting the Undersiders."
 
Do we know if the Titanfall perk came with the Monarch Titan and all the Titan upgrades/mods (Titans in general, not specifically Monarchs upgrade core) from the game?
According to the reference google sheet, What's This Do? comes with some Titan related freebies, but it's mostly just the Core ability by the looks of things. Joe would get... two levels of Link to Pilot, I think? that means he would essentially have an improved neural link between him and a titan.
 
Additionally, a Titan is now constructed once a day for free, but if you want more than one Titan per day, it will still construct you more if you can feed it the necessary raw materials.

QUESTION:
Hypothetically, if Apeiron wanted to, can he wreck or damage the Titan room so it doesn't build more Titans?

Same question to other troublesome rooms, like the Prismatic Laboratory that produces reality-warping colors or the Infusion Chamber that generates radioactive bacteria/fungus.
 
QUESTION:
Hypothetically, if Apeiron wanted to, can he wreck or damage the Titan room so it doesn't build more Titans?

Same question to other troublesome rooms, like the Prismatic Laboratory that produces reality-warping colors or the Infusion Chamber that generates radioactive bacteria/fungus.
I'm pretty sure rooms like that are Fiat-backed, meaning they either can't be broken, breaking them would be a terrible idea, or if broken, they would repair themselves.
 
if Aisha has honest to god condition that prevents her from learning properly at school (I have no idea if she has it or not, someone tell me)
She has ADHD, although it has been mitigated slightly by Joe's healing nanites seeming to give her more dopamine, allowing her to prioritize better. The fact that her brain prioritizes different stuff in general though likely remains.
Well, if I remember WOG correctly the connection between Apeiron and Garment is rather obvious, right? Maybe the PRT will think that Garment's contract with Apeiron includes teaching her employees? We can't have her boutique employees be uneducated, no-no-no!
IIRC that WOG was that eventually the connection between the two would be a "Defiant and Armsmaster are not the same person" type thing. Like everyone knows there's a connection, but nobody is actually saying anything.
Considering we just saw a strategy meeting where once again Apeiron was pictured wearing white gloves, and nobody stated anything about Garment, I'll say the PRT still doesn't know.
Only Accord knows at the moment.
...I'm now madly curious, what's the reference?
This is a reference to her name, Tetra, which means 4th, referring to her being the 4th S-class threat Joe has gotten.
I remember saying that if she went with "Tetra" at the summit that there would be theories about Apeiron biotinkering and creating three other monsters, or three attempts at making a Tetra-esque monstrosity before Tetra's success.
ProtoAima4th get's close to that idea in that it implies Proto Aima the Fourth, which implies there were 3 Proto Aima's before her...
 
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I think it's a reference to Tetra's designation on Joe's List of Things That Might End The World. Tetra is the fourth, after Fleet and Survey, who I believe are listed as the first. Other members of that list include Matrix, the Imulsion Pump, and... well, I'm certain there's other stuff.

The Prismatic Laboratory, and all that nightmarish gant within, at an absolute bare minimum, with Matrix technically being on the list for being a Gray Goo incident with stupendously high standards...
 
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