Glorious Shotgun Princess (ME/Exalted) Thread #2

[Dirtnap]

So Kaidan has the x5 series of implants now? Also glowy eyes...? And a curved sword. What do Twilights need to exalt?

 

[GreggHL]

And everyone asked how I was going to differentiate Kaidan from Jacob. :3

"What've you done that I haven't?"

"Commander Shepard and Dr. T'Soni."

"...point."

 

[Aaron Peori]

Seeker made a terrible mistake.

His drones are ninja.

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[GreggHL]

And/Or Kaiden just decided to upgrade to N7 Slayer equipment and powers. After all, this latest snip gives him charge, some ranged explosive biotic shot, and a curved sword (perhaps a katana, or whatever variant used by slayers).

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Or as I put it, "Spent waaaaaay too much time around Shepard."

 

[GreggHL]

One balled fist extends into a thin wire and whips out, screaming through the air and deflecting off Shepard's extended hand. Wrapping it around her palm, she pulls and yanks the drone off its feet. A blue of motion and Kal'Reegar appears between them, slamming a fist into its chest and sending it flying sans arm.

A six armed giant lands behind him, swings and hits a flock of white butterflies before a velociraptor tackles him, claws becoming extended blades and lopping off two arms. Gunshots blast out the side of the drone's head, as pairs of bipedal drones leap over the carnage and at Tali.

She turns, cocking her shotgun and extending her free hand. Arcs of electricty zap one, and Shepard vaults over her and sends one flying with an uppercut.

Boot jets flare and she takes off, tacking a descending six armed drone and slamming it into the ground, bouncing off of it and sending a beam into the chest of a whip armed drone. Kal appears behind the wounded drone, gunshot to the back from his side arm blowing a hole before a gunshot to its head drops it.

Wuffles appears in a burst of blue electricity, back to back with Reegar as slender drones with eight arms converge on them. Kal ducks as one swings, Wuffles sending one flying with a punch, a kick between the Geth's legs sweeping a second off its feet as the synthetic sends it into the ground with a downward chop.

Two are crushed under a descending six armed drone, Kaidan slamming into a third in a burst of blue before grabbing his sword and diving into the fray. Kal grabs one, slamming it headfirst into the round, grabbing its feet and using it as a bludgeon, sending one into the mouth of the waiting thresher maw before it becomes a krogan and begins charging into a massed group of drones.

A burst of blue lightning becomes a Geth Colossus, standing upright and firing off concussive blasts at the descending drones. Another group of drones mass, looking up before the ground they are on- and they as well- become a deep crater. And roaring, Javik flies out, up back into the fray.

Right in time to catch a screaming Liara.

"Calm yourself, Asari," he says, "I have you."

She looks down. Then back at the prothean. "If you have me, who has you?"


Shepard lands fist first, taking a drone down, grabbing another as it dives at her and blasting off its head. Unlocking her rifle, she tosses it to Kaidan before extending a hand and firing. The beam deflects off his sword and he turns to blast a line through the advancing drones. Taking off again, she drags the headless drone with her and tosses it into a running six armed brute just before the rampaging rhino impales it on its tusk.

The rhino leaps, becomes a thresher maw, and disappears into the ground before dragging down more drones. A sphere impacts, sprouting six legs and sparking antennae, the same red pattern of Seeker's drones painting over it before turning its weapons on the colossus-mech. And then a shuttle slams into its head and sends it reeling.

James climbs out of the wreckage as more shuttles and fighters dive in, Makos and Grizzly's leading the charge of the Eden Prime militia.

 

[Durabys]

So, uh...

Did she actually say "Hierarchy"...

...or did she say her Name?

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Did she just turn a star into another of her spheres!?

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We need Dragonblooded...ARMIES made of Dragonblooded..and FAST! A celestial circle is not enough in this case.

Good points...running at the forefront of those things that Vega might be are:
1) James is a vessel of the UCS
2) James is the Scarlett Empress
3) James is Vegeta from DBZA

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It is interesting to note that nobody remembers this, from a long time ago..

"What is that?"

In the past few days, Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya has concluded that she has been asking this question far too much. Whether it is the giant spider in the shuttle bay, or the spider girl who seems to like hugging her, or the varied other things she has seen which may involve spiders, she is asking this question. A lot.

In this case, she is directing this question to the large brass globe hovering in front of her. Arms retract into the eye of the thing, with a sound that does, indeed, sound like a welding torch entering a very squishy eye.

"It is a project of mine, Tali," Autochthon volunteers, "I have concluded that there are not enough automatons on this ship, and wish to correct this. Additionally, these will serve to supplement security forces in case of a ship to ship boarding."

Tali tilts her head. Automaton, yes. But not obviously synthetic except for the golden skin. It is quite lifelike, and quite human, and quite...appealing, she will admit. Well muscled, handsome, tall and regal. She can see exposed circuitry on its armor like pectorals and biceps which are bigger than her head. Keelah, she's staring at it.

She can't help but stare at it. It reminds her of many people, she will admit. Especially the face. Chiseled, handsome, but not young. And not old. Fatherly and brotherly at the same time. It reminds her of her father, it reminds her of Alenko. It reminds her of Garrus, of all people. It even reminds her of Shepard.

"Okay, better question," she says, "Who is it?"

Autochthon turns back to her. The brass ring of his iris spins. A habit, she has noticed, that he does when he is thinking. "It is an old friend of mine. A project I once worked on, that was taken by my kin and made into something greater than I intended. A reminder that, when we were at peace we could create wonders."

Tali nods. She rocks back and forth on her heels, glancing at the synthetic and back at the god. "I see. A friend of yours? Anyone we ran into on Deus?"

"No. We would not have. Shepard may have seen him when her exaltation activated, however. He would always send visions to the Zeniths, even if he wasn't aware if they were in Creation, or not. He was always like that."

Tali blinks.

"Wait." She glances at the incomplete figure, then back at Autochthon. "That sounds suspiciously like he was connected with whatever Shepard's magic bullshit powers are."

"Yes. He is. Not the source, but more the initial activation." A pause. A burst of steam escapes the orb with a sound similar to a sigh. "I may have misspoke, though. I believe our relationship was less that of friends, and more that he would probably not have had me killed."

"That doesn't sound friendly."

"In all fairness, I was at best thoughtlessly inconsiderate at the height of my power." A whirring, and the orb drops. Tali's omnitool flickers, and the holographic orb appears. "I am trying to change that. I am not very successful, though. Arrogance is a necessity when one is as brilliant as I."

Tali blinks. "Yes, you do need to work on the arrogance."

"Tali, I will remind you that I am an architect of reality. I drew up blueprints of causality and fate and connected reality to them. Not this reality, but another one. So no, I don't."

Tali rolls her eyes, glancing at the golden synthetic. "Fine, we'll leave it at that. Did your friend have a name?"

"Yes." Tali walks, the doors to this corner of the once-crew quarters shutting as Joker announces their arrival at the system. "He was named Sol."
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Chekhovs Armoury, indeed.

 

[HRogge]

Transparent battlesuit, holographic shoulder-mounted essence cannon. . . did you just put Tali in a holographic exalt-tech WarMachine armor?

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I think Tali recognized that staying around with Shepard and friends (and lets not forget Autochton!) is dangerous, so she decided to build herself a combat upgrade.

 

[Durabys]

I think Tali recognized that staying around with Shepard and friends (and lets not forget Autochton!) is dangerous, so she decided to build herself a combat upgrade.

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Like this?

 

[HRogge]

Like this?

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No, no... something much more elegant.

Think about omnitool based attack/defense drone... just with Autochton style essence tech and large enough to use it like a power armor.

 

[Durabys]

"Before or after power girl"

"Yes"

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Hm. Remind me. I know Alenko was with Liara at a time after Shepards death..

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..Alenko was Jane's romance option before Virmire. Right?

 

[Durabys]

Aye. He did both of them.

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He won't let Jacob live his failure down..ever.

 

[Durabys]

Its like she went the Sentinel route of becoming an N7 Destroyer. Omni-tech is the new Extremis.

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What?

 

[Durabys]

Considering how long ago that was, I wonder how many iterations of the Normandy's Alchemical Naval Security bots we'll have.

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You mean this part?

"What is that?"

In the past few days, Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya has concluded that she has been asking this question far too much. Whether it is the giant spider in the shuttle bay, or the spider girl who seems to like hugging her, or the varied other things she has seen which may involve spiders, she is asking this question. A lot.

In this case, she is directing this question to the large brass globe hovering in front of her. Arms retract into the eye of the thing, with a sound that does, indeed, sound like a welding torch entering a very squishy eye.

"It is a project of mine, Tali," Autochthon volunteers, "I have concluded that there are not enough automatons on this ship, and wish to correct this. Additionally, these will serve to supplement security forces in case of a ship to ship boarding."

Tali tilts her head. Automaton, yes. But not obviously synthetic except for the golden skin. It is quite lifelike, and quite human, and quite...appealing, she will admit. Well muscled, handsome, tall and regal. She can see exposed circuitry on its armor like pectorals and biceps which are bigger than her head. Keelah, she's staring at it.

She can't help but stare at it. It reminds her of many people, she will admit. Especially the face. Chiseled, handsome, but not young. And not old. Fatherly and brotherly at the same time. It reminds her of her father, it reminds her of Alenko. It reminds her of Garrus, of all people. It even reminds her of Shepard.

"Okay, better question," she says, "Who is it?"

Autochthon turns back to her. The brass ring of his iris spins. A habit, she has noticed, that he does when he is thinking. "It is an old friend of mine. A project I once worked on, that was taken by my kin and made into something greater than I intended. A reminder that, when we were at peace we could create wonders."

Tali nods. She rocks back and forth on her heels, glancing at the synthetic and back at the god. "I see. A friend of yours? Anyone we ran into on Deus?"

"No. We would not have. Shepard may have seen him when her exaltation activated, however. He would always send visions to the Zeniths, even if he wasn't aware if they were in Creation, or not. He was always like that."

Tali blinks.

"Wait." She glances at the incomplete figure, then back at Autochthon. "That sounds suspiciously like he was connected with whatever Shepard's magic bullshit powers are."

"Yes. He is. Not the source, but more the initial activation." A pause. A burst of steam escapes the orb with a sound similar to a sigh. "I may have misspoke, though. I believe our relationship was less that of friends, and more that he would probably not have had me killed."

"That doesn't sound friendly."

"In all fairness, I was at best thoughtlessly inconsiderate at the height of my power." A whirring, and the orb drops. Tali's omnitool flickers, and the holographic orb appears. "I am trying to change that. I am not very successful, though. Arrogance is a necessity when one is as brilliant as I."

Tali blinks. "Yes, you do need to work on the arrogance."

"Tali, I will remind you that I am an architect of reality. I drew up blueprints of causality and fate and connected reality to them. Not this reality, but another one. So no, I don't."

Tali rolls her eyes, glancing at the golden synthetic. "Fine, we'll leave it at that. Did your friend have a name?"

"Yes." Tali walks, the doors to this corner of the once-crew quarters shutting as Joker announces their arrival at the system. "He was named Sol."
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[GladiusLucix]

Do explain, feline forumite, what's being pulled from that chapter here?

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I think Durabys is suggesting another "Vega is..." bit, specifically, "Autochthon's Robo-Sol."

 

[Durabys]

I think Durabys is suggesting another "Vega is..." bit, specifically, "Autochthon's Robo-Sol."

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Not only that.

 

[eternaleye]

Why am I reminded of the final fight in The Avengers?

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Well, it could be the blatant and awesome shout-out of the reflected beam attack, or the 'Hulk jumps to catch' bit, or...

 

[HRogge]

Well, it could be the blatant and awesome shout-out of the reflected beam attack, or the 'Hulk jumps to catch' bit, or...

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"I have an army!"

"We have a Hulk... and he has got his own army!"

 

[GreggHL]

Oh no, James isn't the robo-Sol. That shows up later. And besides which, James is about two feet shorter and only has two arms. Now, James being somehow related isn't out of the realm of possibility.

 

[greensun]

Oh no, James isn't the robo-Sol. That shows up later. And besides which, James is about two feet shorter and only has two arms. Now, James being somehow related isn't out of the realm of possibility.

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God-Blooded, FTW!

 

[GreggHL]

Actually, Gregg jossed that one about 4 pages ago (assuming we can trust him).

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Well, yes. Assuming I'm not lying. On the other hand, there are ways that James could be, say, related to UCS without being god blooded.

 

[GreggHL]

Ok guys, I agree The Avengers was awesome, but am I really the only one who got the reference to the Richard Donner Superman movie?

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Someone pointed out how layered this is. Javik is (one of the) last of his kind, powered by the sun, can fly and doesn't use his powers for personal gain. He is Prothean Superman.

 

[GreggHL]

Could be five days darkness.

Could be Little Beam

Could be a child that reached essence 4 and thus became a full god.

Could just be the dude that offended UCS to the point where he stopped turning up to Solar Pride meetings.

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Don't forget the guy who drives the Daystar. Vega's subtle and careful approach to driving perfectly suits what Old Sol would desire in a Valet.

 

[Aaron Peori]

He could also be one of those... I forget the name. The heroic mortal souls that US takes into the daystar and turns into basically Shinigami from Bleach and uses as shock troops to protect the place.

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[GreggHL]

I wouldn't necessarily go that far, considering you said he's essentially an evil overlord without resources. With that in mind, he sounds more like the Prothean equivalent of a pre-Flashpoint General Zod.

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Well, by Prothean cultural standards, he's Superman. He supports the Empire (truth, justice and the Prothean way), is powered by the sun, etc. It's just by human cultural standards, he's General Zod.

Which makes his drunken ramblings in the Citadel DLC more hilarious.

 

[GreggHL]

One balled fist extends into a thin wire and whips out, screaming through the air and deflecting off Shepard's extended hand. Wrapping it around her palm, she pulls and yanks the drone off its feet. A blue of motion and Kal'Reegar appears between them, slamming a fist into its chest and sending it flying sans arm.

A six armed giant lands behind him, swings and hits a flock of white butterflies before a velociraptor tackles him, claws becoming extended blades and lopping off two arms. Gunshots blast out the side of the drone's head, as pairs of bipedal drones leap over the carnage and at Tali.

She turns, cocking her shotgun and extending her free hand. Arcs of electricty zap one, and Shepard vaults over her and sends one flying with an uppercut.

Boot jets flare and she takes off, tacking a descending six armed drone and slamming it into the ground, bouncing off of it and sending a beam into the chest of a whip armed drone. Kal appears behind the wounded drone, gunshot to the back from his side arm blowing a hole before a gunshot to its head drops it.

Wuffles appears in a burst of blue electricity, back to back with Reegar as slender drones with eight arms converge on them. Kal ducks as one swings, Wuffles sending one flying with a punch, a kick between the Geth's legs sweeping a second off its feet as the synthetic sends it into the ground with a downward chop.

Two are crushed under a descending six armed drone, Kaidan slamming into a third in a burst of blue before grabbing his sword and diving into the fray. Kal grabs one, slamming it headfirst into the ground, grabbing its feet and using it as a bludgeon, sending one into the mouth of the waiting thresher maw before it becomes a krogan and begins charging into a massed group of drones.

A burst of blue lightning becomes a Geth Colossus, standing upright and firing off concussive blasts at the descending drones. Another group of drones mass, looking up before the ground they are on- and they as well- become a deep crater. And roaring, Javik flies out, up back into the fray.

Right in time to catch a screaming Liara.

"Calm yourself, Asari," he says, "I have you."

She looks down. Then back at the prothean. "If you have me, who has you?"

Shepard lands fist first, taking a drone down, grabbing another as it dives at her and blasting off its head. Unlocking her rifle, she tosses it to Kaidan before extending a hand and firing. The beam deflects off his sword and he turns to blast a line through the advancing drones. Taking off again, she drags the headless drone with her and tosses it into a running six armed brute just before the rampaging rhino impales it on its tusk.

The rhino leaps, becomes a thresher maw, and disappears into the ground before dragging down more drones. A sphere impacts, sprouting six legs and sparking antennae, the same red pattern of Seeker's drones painting over it before turning its weapons on the colossus-mech. And then a shuttle slams into its head and sends it reeling.

James climbs out of the wreckage as more shuttles and fighters dive in, Makos and Grizzly's leading the charge of the Eden Prime militia.

Landing in a crouch, Shepard extends both hands and fires. Two bone winged drones drop in fingerwidths distance of her. Next to her, Tali blows another in half with her shotgun, her shoulder mounted cannon pivoting and blowing the limbs off a six armed brute before Kal appears on its shoulders and tears off its head.

Liara lands next to Shepard, surrounding them both in a blue bubble as several four legged drones leap at them, pulsing it and sending them flying. "Thought you were still on the Normandy," Jane comments.

"Let's just say Kaidan has stepped up to follow your example," Liara breathes.

Jane cocks an eyebrow. "What, he started glowing, too?"

Clicking her tongue, Tali forms a holographic gun on her left arm and bisects a whip drone. "Not to cut into the flirting, but we're being swamped!" She clicks her omnitool, shotgunning the legs off a brute before Wuffles sends it flying with a kick. "Bosh'tet! Get your Orichalcum ass here!"

A flash of white, and the golden giant lands, rolling its head before charging into a mass of brutes. As they go flying, Jane takes a moment to tilt her head. "The fuck is that?"

"Autochthon when he's being helpful," Tali responds, "Also, if I may ask, where is it getting all these drones from?"

A bass roar fills the air, and the ground shakes as it lands. Standing dozens, if not hundreds of meters tall, it stands on four legs and casts the battlefield with the red glow of its row of eyes. The Reaper Destroyer roars, letting loose beams of crimson on both armies.

The fields burn as it advances, silent incineration of the drones and screams of the soldiers as blasts from overhead shuttles pepper it. But it ignores them, finally turning its gaze upon Shepard and her crew. Bracing its legs, the plates around its face part and it lets loose the blast. It burns through the air, ignites the grass beneath them.

And deflects off Jane's hand as she stands in font of her compatriots. It burns the ground, melts the gauntlet, and makes her scream at the brief burning pain. And then she blinks and sees the perfect circle of burned soil around her. Liara and Tali both stare at her.

"Oh ho ho, that is not okay," Shepard breathes, "Stay here. I'm going to kill a Reaper with my bare hands."