Sorry, where are you getting this? Source, please. She and Subaru couldn't fly because they were B-rank. You're claiming that she's high-power, and not offering any evidence, when "average power, but skilled" fits the observed evidence much better. Unless you can back up what you're saying, I'm not buying it.Arkeus said:
Actually , if Teena is of average (as oppose to top 90 or 99 Percentile) , in terms of power , arguably , anyone who applies him or herself hard enough can starlight Breaker a whole Battle-field. Because she did that four years arfter Striker S , though I know you are not considering Vivid canon here.Aleph said:
Aren't they making the point that the answer is 'it depends'? Since rank is partly determined by talent for skill, partly by talent for raw power, and mostly by time sunk into training?Andmeuths said:
Starlight Breaker is actually an interesting case, because it is a spell that precisely cares far, far more about your skill and control than it does your raw linker core output. It uses ambient magic, and charges up from that; a sufficiently skilled mage with a good Device should be able to pull of a Starlight Breaker at a much lower rank than what they'd need to be able to generate it themselves.Andmeuths said:
Indeed. That said, C-D rank is the average, with B-ranks being "uncommon" and A-ranks being "rare". Of course, there are a lot of mages, so A-ranks are still fairly numerous. It's just that, while most people can theoretically get there, it requires the same amount of effort one might put into playing a sport professionally. You have to really work for it, and for most civilians... there's just no reason to put that much effort into it. Not when C-D rank is all you need for everyday life.Andmeuths said:
She also gets bonuses to cast it through her Tsundere Initiation, as long as she's doing it at, or in defence of, her crush.EarthScorpion said:
Yeah. A interdimensional space federation which has the funds to pursue massive cloning/cyborgisation projects on their black budget has 100 full time trainers attached to their Armed Forces, and relies on part-timers to cover the shortage. Rather than, you know, hiring more.green-link94 said:
Agreed. That makes no sense at all. At minimum , if the TSAB has tens of billions of citizens , their armies might range into the millions , if not tens of millions. I'd expect instructors approaching the level of at least 100 000 if not more. The only problem is , Dimensional Space is huge . Really , really huge. The TSAB has to police worlds with billions , with a fraction of the numbers necessary to police such a population.EarthScorpion said:
Out of curiosity, what is the most bizarre animal that has been domesticated within the known dimensions?EarthScorpion said:
Pretty much what he said. Nanoha is not part of the regular training corps - the TI/DIs we see teaching at the various academies in the manga. She is part of the Aerial Tactical Instructor Corps which is some sort of elite branch of the Training Corps. IIRC they have the nickname Aggressors or something along those lines.green-link94 said:
Both the appearance of the weapon and the fact that the world is almost magic free suggest that it is indeed a rifle that shoots normal bullets. Thus the ban of mass based weapons at least doesn't include small arms.
No, it doesn't suggest that at all--the world being "generally devoid of magic" does not mean that magic somehow doesn't work at all. (Touma's ID is working just fine, after all.) I forget the context of that scene; is that a TSAB operation? If so, it's far more likely that it's a Storage Device that uses a rifle form factor due to its suitability for, well, shooting things. If it's not a TSAB operation, then it's slightly more likely, but still doubtful--considering it's probably much easier to get your hands on a military SD than a mass weapon, and less likely to get you thrown in jail as well. (The fact that it looks like an M16 can be chalked up to artist laziness.)Khaos said:
... I'm ignoring Force, which utterly and completely failed to interest me in any way, and doing something much more fun with the plotline when I get to that point in the timeline.Khaos said:
Haha, why do you think ti took me so long to come up with this, it because I'm mostly ignoring Force tooAleph said:I applaud your research-fu. However...
... I'm ignoring Force, which utterly and completely failed to interest me in any way, and doing something much more fun with the plotline when I get to that point in the timeline.
And with a bit of luck, you'll trust me enough by then that I won't even get lynched for it!
Based on the first few chapters, I certainly believe you are capable enough of that. Indeed, I wonder how you would pivot down that end. considering that the plot would have crossed original territory probably as soon as Hayate masters the book of Darkness. Have you considered also posting this up on the Nanoha Animesuki Fanfiction thread for even more responses?Aleph said:I applaud your research-fu. However...
... I'm ignoring Force, which utterly and completely failed to interest me in any way, and doing something much more fun with the plotline when I get to that point in the timeline.
And with a bit of luck, you'll trust me enough by then that I won't even get lynched for it!
*Crosses fingers and wishes very hard*Andmeuths said:
*smirk*Andmeuths said:
... huh. Uh... no, I hadn't. Though I might, now. Hmm.Andmeuths said:
Well, had you not asked that, the answer would likely have been "no". What's Battle of Aces?Andmeuths said:
... that's hilarious for reasons that I can't say anything about because ofJonen C said:
