Shadow Archon
Protoss Preserver
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From the baddies' pov, one moment they're fine, the next they're beaten all to hell. "Did you make us forget the fight?" "No, you idiot, I'm just that fast."
Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)
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From the baddies' pov, one moment they're fine, the next they're beaten all to hell. "Did you make us forget the fight?" "No, you idiot, I'm just that fast."
Leith might but Aisha is the sort of person to breakdance over someones beaten body like she's teabagging them.
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Nullius in verba
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- He/Him/His
Correct me if I am wrong, but there were certain Perks removed because of the Lord's unfamiliarity with the work at hand, that might be re-implemented later.
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To clarify the best is pound for pound (of reaction mass) is definitely ion thrusters but its hard to beat Hydrazine in a RCT. We are talking years to seconds orders of magnitude. Hydrazine is great if you want to set concrete on fire, melt people explosively while they are also on fire because its hypergolic, but if you need immediate attitude control, its hard to beat. I think its molecular decomposition reaction has like a 1:4 ratio of liquid to gas deflagration ratio with the right catalyst. Its been a while since I have dealt with these types of things so grains of salt should be consumed widely.
Was that the stuff used in the acid-jet?
Yup, until no pilot would fly it because everyone kept dying. Horribly. There is a reason that before they decommission an old satellite into the ocean they exhaust all the reserves so in case they f up the doesn't destroy some countries marine ecosystem. I heard its coral reef's antichrist... But it really only used in space and funny enough, in the wafer production of semiconductors in clean rooms. When you need to make sure things are "absolutely clean".
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ME-163?
Part of the issue with that engine was that rocket engines are suited for on-off binary throttle. If you need to maintain lower speed, you use pulse and glide techniques.
But because of luftewaffe bureaucracy rules, all engines in service were required to be throttleable. They managed to compromise on the range of that throttle, but it was a heavier, more complicated, less safe engine than otherwise was possible.
Part of the issue with that engine was that rocket engines are suited for on-off binary throttle. If you need to maintain lower speed, you use pulse and glide techniques.
But because of luftewaffe bureaucracy rules, all engines in service were required to be throttleable. They managed to compromise on the range of that throttle, but it was a heavier, more complicated, less safe engine than otherwise was possible.
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Turbonator
Mildly Chaotic
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Here's a WoG on that (obtained from the repository on Discord):
Some other relevant WoGs:
TL;DR Nobody knows that the situation is this bad and everyone will be upset with themselves when they find out.
Except Coil. Coil won't be around long enough to be upset once it gets out.
I don't know, some fics give Coil a second chance for some reason, it's kind of funny given that his power is all about giving himself second chances with everyone else non the wiser.
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Shadow Archon
Protoss Preserver
- Location
- Louisiana
Oh yes he will! As a soul. In a jar. In a dark lonely room.
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Nullius in verba
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- a Pale Blue Dot
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
I feel like that is mostly down to the utility of his power, although Joe at this stage can probably make a better equivalent Teigu from his hair or nails.
We can finally have some work for Tybalt's military soul squad!
Lopezelpesado
Space worm best worm.
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Next chapter is likely an interlude right?
ExploerTM
Ruin has found you at last!
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Ah so this entire clusterfuck is an excuse to dank on Lisa so hard, her parallels across the multiverse will feel it. I approve!
His power isn't that useful though? It canonically does all the decision making for him WRT which simulation to be "real" and then cheats like a bastard to make the predicted events happen. Not good if you actually want to make changes and even less good if you like the concept of free will. It works okay for Coil because he's a moron and a delusional megalomaniac so it never occurs to him that he's being played harder than that piano in the aristocats.
Worse, Joe already beat it; he's been feeding false info to the simulated futures* for a while now so Coil is convinced he's not going to react to anything. Heck, I bet Coil has been spending time with simulated Tattletale and getting "information" out of her that makes zero actual sense because his shard can't even predict the force field watch properly.
*before anyone asks: Outside Context Problem specifically says that Outside Context Problem doesn't protect the jumper from Coil's precog. It does not say that Coil's precog cannot be defeated or worked around via other means, means which Joe put in place, if I remember correctly, just before the Summit. Not that Coil could predict anything in the Workshop since the SSS privacy curtain was installed so all his models were at least a bit off long before that.
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So there recent WoG that gives some insight into Mr. Laborn's character:
I particularly like the last 2 sentences, it is mostly Lord making a joke, but before now I thought that Doug kept his suspicions about Joe to himself, and now apparently Mr. Laborn knows too. Makes me wonder who else Doug shared those concerns with. Also, now I want to see a scene where Mr. Laborn tries to warn Aisha not to annoy Joe too much, becouse he might be a tinker, meanwhile Aisha engages all here willpower to act normal and not die of laughter right there.
I particularly like the last 2 sentences, it is mostly Lord making a joke, but before now I thought that Doug kept his suspicions about Joe to himself, and now apparently Mr. Laborn knows too. Makes me wonder who else Doug shared those concerns with. Also, now I want to see a scene where Mr. Laborn tries to warn Aisha not to annoy Joe too much, becouse he might be a tinker, meanwhile Aisha engages all here willpower to act normal and not die of laughter right there.
I personally believe Coil already knows Joe's civilian identity. After rereading his interlude, he mentioned 4 or 5 specific instances of throw-away timelines testing Joe and his capabilities, and further mentioned having done many more and noting that Joe's defenses were growing over the course of the tests. But they all ended the same way, if Joe survived the attack, he would run away, as Tattletale and Dinah predicted. It's the only reason he let him live in the first place. What is important to note however, is even that wasn't enough to satisfy Coil, and he stated he would take the next few days to find out his civilian identity to have even more leverage on him, because he's paranoid. Rightfully so I might add. This interlude was before the Unholy Hour. Several days before hand in fact. I don't know the exact timeline, but I'd think it's been at least a week and a half, if not outright two weeks since the interlude, which means he has had plenty of time to find Joe's identity. And given Joe's growth, he'd definitely prioritize it in dumped timelines.
Also Lord loves to hint at future plot points with casual chatter, like when Aisha mentioned Joe could teach her lots, or Joe's comment on having a volcano to complete his villain lair, etc. So I do believe Joe asking Lisa if Coil knew his identity might be one of those hints.
Actually the thing is that Joe's whole career up to this point is very fast compared to even canon Worm. We have spent at most about two weeks days filled with activities and have gotten over 100 chapters from it all.
Part of this is due to the sheer power of the Forge and what it grants him. But another is how Shards are causing things to move forward to get more of that delicious data. Although it is shocking at how quickly they got Flechette and Weld since that they showed up so quickly.
And also keep in mind that Joe literally had caused so much chaos during the whole thing. Helping take out Oni Lee, arming the Undersiders with their knives that led to the Aegis Slash, Ami getting put into M/S protocols, Bakuda at the train yard are honestly the lightest things he caused. He has literally proven that Brockton Bay's PRT is fucked up, saved Weld, drawn the attention of practically everyone, killed Lung, out performed every Tinker alive, got Dragon after him, and literally shaken the game board.
Coil only had a few days to attempt to get his secret identity before this all went down with the earliest being when he visited the Undersider's base the first time. After that, unless he used his powers to attack him in public or got a picture to run the government databases that he should have access to in the PRT, then after a few days he just couldn't. Things went up into the air and turned into hell before Joe even made the anti-precog defenses. Defenses that foul up nearly everyone's but Coils to a lesser extent.
Coil might have his Civilian ID, but I would find that unlikely.
Pretty sure it's also mentioned that because he didn't know it he did things like make the Dauntless family member suggestion to the prt and have his mercs search his body for id the time they blew his head off. Atking early Joe also wasn't that hard for him since he had opportunities basically every time Joe met the undersiders but he never got Joe's id from it. He also hasn't had plenty of time to pursue it because Coil's been busy with other things like the Travellers and the disruptions March caused.
It's been confirmed in chapter 97 that as of yesterday he did not. It's on his to-do list but he's very busy and Tattletale is actively directing him towards a different approach to Joe.
24 hour Delay Announcement
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At this point it feels like the chapters have been more delayed than not, but as much as I regret that state of affairs, I will not be able to finish this week's chapter for tonight. I was hoping to be able to wrap things up during the final stretch, but things didn't' come together that way. Once again, I'm announcing a 24 hour delay to give me time to complete the chapter and once again I am apologizing for the late notice.
Take as long as you need. I honestly forgot that was today.
I say we let you continue to Cook.
You have been doing a great job writing this story so take your time and enjoy yourself! We aren't forcing you to after all.