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Dragon Ball: After the End

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Does Bassoon have an estimate of how well one could hide on the surface exterior of a ship? As a smuggler, hiding+ships seems like something that he would try to be versed in. It could range from "one speck amongst millions, not interesting, and the engines obscure everything near them" to "Bad Idea, all ships are constantly scanned by one another and fixed installations for navigation purposes, a splash of colour our size would instantly stand out to any fighter with sharp eyes against that smooth featureless white surface, and military ships double-down on the standard surface-sensor suite that is used for maintenance purposes and sneaky ki-fighters trying to do stuff on the ship's surface which is actually commonplace in a world with ki-fighters and warships..."
 
Simon_Jester said:
Whereas being 10% or 20% more dangerous in a fight... probably wouldn't have done the trick, given how things played out, unless I'm missing something.
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Likely one less training action would have prevented us from beating Dazarel with the spirit bomb.
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It would seem that Vegeta taking you down in so brutal a manner caused something of a cascade failure in your allies. Apra got distracted (blew a willpower check), giving Yammar the opening he needed to finish her off, and that left Jaffur fighting two to one odds. Credit to him, he took down Vegeta; unfortunately, Yammar won, and managed to take down the Senzus, presumably prior to Dandelor getting off another spell.
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I could also see us having trained harder averting the loss vs. Dandeer. Yeah, it'd have been great if we'd known what was going on and knew who all was compromised, but it was winnable without that.

We're also getting the Namekian perspective. I suspect Jaffur, for instance, would be ecstatic we're taking training seriously.
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Ultimately, though, on balance you decide to just forge ahead and have this done. "Okay, one last thing. At the beginning of the year, every seer on Garenhuld -- including me -- had a vision. something sleeping. Something big, and evil. It was waking up, and it's coming here."

They both look at you, at first with confusion and then mounting alarm.

Jaffur speaks first. "Why are you here?"

You blink. "Excuse me?"

"Why are you here?" he asks. "Why are you not awake and training your tail off?"

"Why are you wasting time training the Misfits and me?" asks Jaron, leaning forward.

"Why are you still bothering with seer training?"

"Why are you still going to school?"

"Stop, stop!" you say, holding up your hands. "What is with you two?!"

"You had a vision-" says Jaron.

"Every seer on the planet had a vision," interrupts Jaffur, folding his arms.

"-of something -- you don't even know exactly what, just that it's something -- coming that wants to do bad things, and you're spending time that's not training?" says Jaron.

"What the hell, Scion?" says Jaffur, giving you an outraged look.

"Look, I have other things to do-" you start to say.

"This is literally our job," he says, raising his voice. "Defending against outside invaders is literally what we were ordained to do when we were born. Every single seer saw this thing coming. Why did that not indicate that you needed to hit the Hall?"

"I have been training!" you say, getting angry. "I've been starting style training-"

"Starting?!" they both say, half-rising.

"I've had other things to do!" you say, defensive.

"I have seen you spend nights with the rest of the girls!" says Jaron, waving his arms as he comes to his feet. "You don't have to sleep! You are spending a night almost every week doing nothing!"

"Look, I don't spend the time training he does," you say, nodding to Jaffur. "I am different. He's the fanatic, and I-"

"I'M SEALED!"

You lean back at the force of Jaffur's shout and direct your full attention to him.

"I AM TRAPPED, IN MY OWN FUCKING HEAD, WHILE THIS MYSTERY THING IS BEARING DOWN ON OUR HOME!" roars Jaffur, swiping his arm across. "I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU DO OR DON'T LIKE FIGHTING; YOU'RE IT!"
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Also, the way we have our fight planned - the difference between finishing a fight in 5 minutes or finishing it in 10 might be a big deal. The Namekians could take a lot of losses in that time, or we could be stalled long enough to lose our body projection, or the mages making the Katchin dome could be defeated before we win, forcing us to hide rather than fight.
 
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[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.

part of me wants to somehow make dazarel go get the data but that's probably a dumb idea and I have no specific plan for it.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
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[X] Don't try it. The champions are going to be a cut above, and this data was more of a bonus you could take care of during your primary mission. Settle in to watch the show.
 
Hmmm, quick question: Why are we going fullbore Tien style training?

I mean, sure Perfect Multiform is a MOST but aside from that, our family style of Gokun seems, I don't know, more relevant given our circumstances and the fact that we might be expected to fight individuals?
 
Been awhile but as I recall it was:

We need a style to Fight Good and don't really have one yet.

Multiform let's us fake perfect multiform already in conditions we have to restrain our power for opsec reasons, like the current general one.

Tien style has great force multipliers, like Kikoho.

I'm sure I'm forgetting a factor or three.
 
It was also confirmed that Goku's techniques are better remembered across the galaxy than the other Z fighters. So Goku Style isn't so great for opsec.
 
I think the biggest consideration was (perfect) multiform being a style skill.

edit: that, and the style not having weaknesses.
 
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Also narratively speaking, Goku Style is all about being on the attack, constantly, which doesn't gel with Kakara's whole moral philosophy.
 
one thing that I think we should really try to do at some point is fine someone to help us train our Command Training skill to Exceptional. that would be a big help for our return home.
 
mithril-blade said:
Hmmm, quick question: Why are we going fullbore Tien style training?

I mean, sure Perfect Multiform is a MOST but aside from that, our family style of Gokun seems, I don't know, more relevant given our circumstances and the fact that we might be expected to fight individuals?
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Once upon a time there was an argument. Which style should we pick? Tien won, and the rest of us bowed our heads to the victor.

The specifics have been lost to time. Now we follow the tradition out of momentum, familiarity. Comfort in these cold and uncertain days.
 
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