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Constellations (Worm/Okami)

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Spaceships would be overkill for Chessman and PRT in general for simple fact: They would be manifested in orbit, kilometers high, and all weapon that can effective against ground unit would be overkill because simple mass.grav.height. for kinetic weapons and had to fight and beat (and burn) atmosphere before reach ground for energy weapons.

X-Wing minis (or most fighters minis) probably still useful, though.

Edit: And probably we need to stop this before boss or mod got annoyed (again), though.
 
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Oh no, they don't accidentally a star system. It's intentional. Every faction can, and has, glassed planets. Not accidentally either. Orbital bombardment can be used to do less damage, but it's again anti-army and devastates large areas of land. This is true regardless of faction, ship based weapons are not precision tools. If he was to try using any faction's ships in a fight against Levi, it would likely kill every single cape in the fight (including Danny). It would also likely wipe out the city, and kill every civilian. And that's at minimum. These are absolutely huge ships with devastating weaponry. No, I don't think Piggot would approve him constructing one, let alone ever deploying it.

RBomber said:
X-Wing minis (or most fighters minis) probably still useful, though.
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Note that X-Wing (the miniatures game) came out in 2012 and come prepainted and preassembled. Thus they wouldn't work well with Chessman's power as we understand it. Model kits are a possibility though. Even this however would be difficult to get approval for.
 
I'm gonna write some stupid omake, about what happened when S9 decides Brockton Bay didn't worth the effort and decides Chicago looks nice this time of the year.

It didn't end well.

*****

Jack Slash didn't really quite get it. All he can read from the person in front of him is that he's a righteous, stick-in-the-mud types, garbed in the medieval-style armor, and most likely related to Chevalier. Or something.

Oh, and his slash can't reach him. Which is probably bigger problem, which in hindsight should be obvious because he fight using 10 inch dagger against 50 inch longsword, but he usually can cheat. But at the moment, somehow, he can't.

The knight-wannabe(?) raising his sword, ready to strike.

"Okay, Slash-man. Feel a bit dull? How about a little sharpening on nice, cold, stone floor? Free courtesy of Chicago Parahuman Response Team?"

Jack Slash answer with an angry, defiant roar and a wild, wide slash.

Next time, stop trying imitating Dresden, the knight sighed as he moved to counter.

*****

Just a moment before, Broadcast, as usual, tried to pried the... Shard(?) before him. Its broadcast Its own Identity and Purpose, and enquires the... shard before it to do the same.

The Entities before it, receive said Broadcast, and decide to accept the enquires and Broadcast Basically Everything. Its Nature. Its Purpose. How Everything Is Related. Commandment of Sapience. How The Entities and The Host Despised Broadcast Shard and All Its Ilk Prime Directive. theor Goal, and What They Represent. How They Are Not Above The Rules That Govern All Sapient. Repent. Repent. Repent. Or Be Judged.

And Broadcast Be Judged. Like the sinners that threaten Lot.

*****

It was over. Jack Slash laying on the road, his neck cut open into his torso. He would never hurt anyone again.

Next to him, Michael Carpenter, wipe his Sword clean before sheated it. And praying for another astray lamb, that mistakes power for Truth.

Jack Slash deserves his fate. His countless victims blood stained his hand, some by him directly. Several times Carpentee beckon him to repent, and he refuses every time. At least one time, he used that offer to attempt treachery.

The stab didn't reach his skin, but the tinge still there. Along with Michael's regret, wondering if there's another way. But he had gives Jack Chance, and Jack had squandered it.

What goes around, comes around. And sometimes he, Dresden, along with folks on PRT were the ones that comes around.
 
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Mouse the Caucasian Mountain Dog that would have at least a Brute 2 or 3 rating (heals extremely rapidly after getting shot) and can take down supernatual beasties.

He's also learned to 'cheat' while living with Harry Dresden, Wizard for Hire.
 
FaerieKnight79 said:
Oh no, they don't accidentally a star system. It's intentional. Every faction can, and has, glassed planets. Not accidentally either. Orbital bombardment can be used to do less damage, but it's again anti-army and devastates large areas of land. This is true regardless of faction, ship based weapons are not precision tools. If he was to try using any faction's ships in a fight against Levi, it would likely kill every single cape in the fight (including Danny). It would also likely wipe out the city, and kill every civilian. And that's at minimum. These are absolutely huge ships with devastating weaponry. No, I don't think Piggot would approve him constructing one, let alone ever deploying it.
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I was wondering why this discussion sounded so familiar... then I remembered
 
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And an alternative, crossposted from SB:
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Jack stumbled as he ran from shadow to shadow, trying to keep out of sight. Pressing his back against the wall, he listened carefully to his surroundings. One did not survive as long as he had doing what he did unless they had some tricks up their sleeves.

And, right now, he needed every single one of those tricks.

Sliding along the wall, the leader of the Slaughterhouse Nine paused at a corner and looked over only to grimace as he looked at a burned out remains of a building as well as what looked like melted glass that had a few scorched human bones in it. He knew that he was looking at the remains of Shatterbird, said woman having been killed by Burnscars new "Friends". Despite himself, he made his way carefully over to the glass and peered inside of it. Sure enough, entombed inside was a female skeleton, all flesh scorched from the bones.

Of course, that made him quickly glance around to make sure that no one was watching in the area. Especially not that Middle Eastern parahuman family that had somehow gathered up Burnscar and had similar powers. He had barely gotten out of that with just some burns to his back. Before, he would have gone to Bonesaw to heal him, but… the last he had seen her, she was being carried off by some white fox creature.

The others were likely dead by this point as he had not seen hide nor hair of Siberian after that odd, French speaking man fought her. Cherish had been grabbed by rather, Jack had to admit, handsome man with bat wings and horns. Part of him was reminded of stories his mother told him regarding demons in the night who seduced women, but he shook off those thoughts. Likely another parahuman.

Like those blue and red horned guys who grabbed Crawler, laughing as they talked about endless supply of meat.

Hatchetface, he had no idea of where he was, but he found his bloody axe in the ground with drag marks leading off. So, it seemed, that he was the last of the S9, which made the mass murderer grimace before he paused at hearing a rattling sound nearby. Twisting around, he frowned as he heard it again and again. Jack just scowled as he scanned the ground and used every trick to find a stranger. Hearing a crunch, he turned to find a car completely crumpled, as if something immense had stepped on it.

Slowly backing up, he heard another rattle and swung his knife, only to hit nothing before he swung it again.

And again.

And again.

Jack looked around with wide eyes as a feeling of fear pumped through him before it grew too much and he began running. The whole time, he could hear the sound of rattling right behind him. A sound that reminded him of one time he rattled some finger bones around in a can for kicks after Siberian had stripped them clean of flesh.

Suddenly, he felt an immense pressure around his torso to the point where it hurt to literally breathe as he was lifted into the air. Unable to move his arms, Jack swung his knife best that he could, but hit nothing even as his bones creaked. Then, he froze as he found himself in front of a giant skull the size of an elephant… which itself was made of smaller skulls.

Then, it got worse as it spoke in hundreds of voices, "Hello… Jack… remember us… because we… remember you."

The very last thing Jack knew in this world was when it stuck his head in it's mouth even as he struggled…

And bit down.
 
...wait, was that a Gashadokuro composed of S9 victims? Aren't they supposed to form from the spirits of those who starved to death coalescing? Or does this count as dying in battle?
 
RBomber said:
...Wow.

Never knew Wakka likes The Dirty Dozen.
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There's a lot that you don't know.
DestinyPlayer said:
...wait, was that a Gashadokuro composed of S9 victims? Aren't they supposed to form from the spirits of those who starved to death coalescing? Or does this count as dying in battle?
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It was, yes. Considering how long the bodies of those killed by the S9 go unburied and that Jack was the one leading them for so long, well...
 
DestinyPlayer said:
...wait, was that a Gashadokuro composed of S9 victims? Aren't they supposed to form from the spirits of those who starved to death coalescing? Or does this count as dying in battle?
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Either someone had, really, really strong grudges against Jack Slash, to the point of basically forsaking everything just to make him suffer, or Wakka just conveniently move around S9 embers, collecting all the crazy, relentless Dead, and casually pointing them at S9 vicinity.
 
RBomber said:
Either someone had, really, really strong grudges against Jack Slash, to the point of basically forsaking everything just to make him suffer, or Wakka just conveniently move around S9 embers, collecting all the crazy, relentless Dead, and casually pointing them at S9 vicinity.
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Considering that the S9 under Jack had killed, minimum, tens of thousands... Wakka would have only needed to point them at Jack.
 
And the S9 didn't just kill people, oh no, remember? They tortured people, made them suffer.

They would have so fucking many vengeful ghosts after their asses.
 
So apparently the very fact of having a deadline spikes my anxiety hard enough I'm in danger of missing the deadline. Who knew?

More specifically, I'm not certain I'll have the next chapter of Constellations by the 30th, due to a few RL complications such as finally getting to see my romantic partner for the ...2nd? 3rd? Time since last fall. Aside from that I've been spending a lot of time outlining a requested chapter+overarching plot for I Am The Law, and trying to get the next Constellations episode to turn out right.

On the bright side, the next chapter is the Hot Springs Episode. Wherein Assault becomes a dad, Miss Militia tries to destroy the Internet, the Dallon Cold War finally ends, oh and Armsmaster takes a vacation.
 
UnwelcomeStorm said:
So apparently the very fact of having a deadline spikes my anxiety hard enough I'm in danger of missing the deadline. Who knew?

More specifically, I'm not certain I'll have the next chapter of Constellations by the 30th, due to a few RL complications such as finally getting to see my romantic partner for the ...2nd? 3rd? Time since last fall. Aside from that I've been spending a lot of time outlining a requested chapter+overarching plot for I Am The Law, and trying to get the next Constellations episode to turn out right.

On the bright side, the next chapter is the Hot Springs Episode. Wherein Assault becomes a dad, Miss Militia tries to destroy the Internet, the Dallon Cold War finally ends, oh and Armsmaster takes a vacation.
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Relax. It's not worth wrecking your health or passing up a reunion with loved ones for.
 
UnwelcomeStorm said:
So apparently the very fact of having a deadline spikes my anxiety hard enough I'm in danger of missing the deadline. Who knew?

More specifically, I'm not certain I'll have the next chapter of Constellations by the 30th, due to a few RL complications such as finally getting to see my romantic partner for the ...2nd? 3rd? Time since last fall. Aside from that I've been spending a lot of time outlining a requested chapter+overarching plot for I Am The Law, and trying to get the next Constellations episode to turn out right.

On the bright side, the next chapter is the Hot Springs Episode. Wherein Assault becomes a dad, Miss Militia tries to destroy the Internet, the Dallon Cold War finally ends, oh and Armsmaster takes a vacation.
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write at your own pace and take care of yourself, altough, the next chapter sounds very funny.
 
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