Regardless of whether or not Taylor remains street level, We as the new QA don't really have the option of sticking to that side of things, we're automatically entangled in the Zion/Endbringer/Cauldron stuff because of our nature as a shard.
True.
But we may deal with it on shard side alone, which is mentioned as an option. Once we manage to deal with it on shard side (like master/diplomancy Endbringers and take over Scion or something) biggest danger may be over and street level is left. We are really unrestriced, if we play this right we may possibly do it in the long run.
Again, I would prefer to 'fix' this on shard side only because I would prefer for this quest to stay as pure street level. Again, I don't like Endbringers/Scion as a concept in Worm.
Plus it could be interesting to read about society, which suddenly have no Endbringers/Zion as a problem and main reason why 'unwritten rules' and extreme leniance towards villains is gone.
If we also add in proper hosts which also power up 'normal' people with technology or something, Earth-Bet may start being decent place again! Possibly.
Yeah, badass normal doesn't work for high level fights, not without tinkertech to go with it. Uber has Leet, Victor has Othala and a sniper rifle.
Many parahumans are as squishy as humans, but I agree in case of stronger capes this may be tricky at best.
BA Taylor would only work until she had to fight Lung or the Teeth, and only with a team backing her up.
Well we hope to provide her as much backup as possible.
And she wouldn't collect data properly without a genma.
Ah yeah, this is true.
Another option may be to go with reasonably low power level (but fun) power in first trigger event and once we do enough research, we may trigger again for better power. I don't think I would recommend this, but it's an option I guess. And with how unrestricted we are we should be able to simply grant powers without trigger in the first place and Stranger power if needed to hide it.
Or keep it on only low power level with just one trigger. Like mentioned before 'Perfect Two' idea with PRT Ranks 2 in all categories. It sounds fun IMO.
Make regular backups of Taylor and back date a reboot to before the master effect was a thing worst case?
This sounds like a sneaky 'Mini-Gamer' crossover with Save/Load option and 'lifes'.
Ha, this sounds like a fun idea for potential power with only Save/Load/Number of Lifes option like in a platformer game or something
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Alright, let's make a list of all non-power upgrades we can apply/have applied to Taylor in addition to the power we'll give her later:
- Brain upgrade (photographic memory, easier learning, bullet time?)
- Bio-mods from Amy (Better body overall, hard to estimate what she'll come up with, definitely some kinda brute rating)
- Simulations via Dream Master (combat simulations, learning a plethora of useful skills etc., a built-in holodeck?)
- Anti-Master protections once we complete required research?
- Tinkertech (Lilac, eventually Bakuda, possibly Panacea? (depends on her, really, bio-tinkertech should be a thing))
Anything else?
She already has photographic and eidetic memory from what we know, bullet time may be added.
I don't see anything to add here.
I doubt she planned to do most of it there, just get her to leave and bully her in a nearby alley or something. Sadly Emma jumped the gun.
Which I suspect ruined her plans, especially if some people decide to follow up Emma and notice Sophia doing what she wants to do. Or she drops her plans once she realizes witnesses are around. But at this point people may pay too much attention to Taylor for her being able to do anything, which may make her angry and do something stupid. For me this works as long as Taylor isn't directly involved.
Yes, but most people in Winslow probably act that way to gang Capes, not heroes.
Some will undoubtedly, but when her clique and Sophia and her in particular insulate some cute popular girls from the gang recruiters, they probably won't turn on her at least in Winslow. Though she'll likely not have many hangers-on outside of it. Then again, didn't have any with her today, either. . .
If something like 'anti-bullying' campaign starts being a thing and they get directly involved in Winslow, then who knows. Again, I give this 50/50. Although if Emma keeps crying or something, she may also end up 'outside' of potential group connected to Sophia. We changed Sophia, so this time around she may be 'disgusted' with her and push her away, while in canon Sophia felt genuine sympathy and friendship and... attraction to Emma (whole Emma shrine thing x_X).
But again, we changed Sophia on a fundamental level here (strong pack thing), so I can't say nasty rejection is impossible, which would be the final nail in that metaphorical coffin for Emma. So yeah, I can see it that if Emma will keep showing 'weakness' from now on, Winslow may not be her safe heaven anymore as well.
Probably. Most of her pressure will be people outside of Winslow getting annoyed at how public this is. Like her parents (if they see it) and her Modelling Agency.
Which may bring out that trouble which will 'finish' her off in the end.
We don't know what kind of people Zoe and Anne for example are here. Imagine scenario that whole truth about Emma gets out after investigation and some people finding information or releasing some 'videos' or her going 'full bully' on Taylor. Pretty sure some people recorded this and may for example release recordings now to 'destroy' Emma and 'climb up' in potential social 'ladder'. Everything gets out and Anne and Zoe are so angry about it and her dropping friendship with Taylor that they may disown her as their family member. Zoe decide to divorce Alan and family breaks up.
This may push Emma over the edge, because everyone learned on who she is.
Many big problems starts from very small things. This one video may escalate thing. But yeah, I hope for 'friends with Heberts' interpretation of Anne and Zoe as it would make things more interesting IMO.
Modelling Agency may decide to simply break the contract.
Then again, she was already I think getting fairly low amounts of work (or is that fanon). She blames her age, I wonder if maybe the instance of mocking a disabled girl was more to blame.
I don't remember this, so I think fanon. Correct me if needed.
This might, indeed, get her dropped.
If this gets out of hand? Yeah. And also she wasn't smart enough to follow up Taylor in potential Arcadia option if this scenario happened (which is why Taylor decided to stay at Winslow with Emma, oh what a mistake that was), GED plans in this case would also be pretty complicated to happen just in case.
That's also what I want, but most people posit Gold Morning plans. They say it's just a back-up in case things go wrong, but don't suggest a primary it's back-up to, though.
Taking into account how close of a call Golden Morning was... I don't think taking this as any serious option should be an idea, unless everything is prepared
just right.
I don't particularly want to destroy her mental state and ruin her career just because she has a somewhat justified dislike of Capes.
They're not properly trained or disciplined for the work they do, so she has a point they really shouldn't be trusted too much.
If we do proper trigger research I suspect 'destroy mind' aspect may be avoided.
She is also someone who was willing to carpet bomb Undersiders which we fighting S9, breaking truce. Also check this quote from Interlude 13 (Piggot one):
"On my command, a stealth bomber is prepared to drop payloads of incendiary explosives at a designated location. We evacuate civilians from the area or lead the Nine to an area where evacuation is possible or unnecessary, then we drop a payload on site. If they move, we drop another payload. Clockblocker, you protect anyone that's unable to clear out. Legend will ferry you to where you need to be. Cache can rescue people as the effects wear off."
"That's… still not reassuring," Flechette spoke.
"You'll be equipped with fire resistant suits. I ordered them in anticipation over fighting Burnscar, but the plan has been adjusted. You'll all look identical, except for agreed upon icons, colors and initials on each costume. Ones Jack and the other members of the Nine will not be able to identify, please. There's a team ready to prepare the costumes at a moment's notice. It will help mask the identities of those involved, and postpone any reaction from Jack over our having broken the terms of the deal."
"But we are breaking the deal. Even if Legend's team doesn't get involved-" Miss Militia started.
"The incendiary deployments will serve three purposes. They'll forestall any biological attacks Bonesaw attempts, they'll force Siberian to stay put to protect her allies and they'll kill Jack or Bonesaw if she isn't able. Humans aren't biologically programmed to look up, and whatever else Siberian is, she's still human at her core."
"And if Siberian does protect her allies?" Weld asked.
"Flechette will see if her enhanced shots can beat Siberian's invulnerability. Failing that, Clockblocker contains the woman. His power won't work on her, but we can cage her in thread or chains that he can then freeze. If we can do the same with Jack and Bonesaw, we can starve them out, or wait until they let go of Siberian. If you're prepared, Clockblocker? We can support you with relief teams."
"If it means stopping them, I'm down."
"Unless she's able to walk through that," Weld spoke.
"It's inviolable," Clockblocker said, leaning back in his chair. "I'd sooner expect her to fold the universe in half."
"You're sure?"
"It's what the doctors say." Clockblocker said.
"And Crawler?" Legend asked.
Piggot spoke, "Legend, Ursa Aurora, Prism, Weld, Assault and Battery will occupy him until we can contain him. He's still vulnerable to physics. I'm hoping the white phosphorous explosive will keep him in the area long enough for us to put measures in place. As I said, we can't afford to do this halfway. If they get cornered, or if they think they'll lose, we run the risk they'll lash out."
She glanced around the room at the fourteen parahumans present.
"We carry this out this evening, before any of our opponents catch on to our intentions and complicate matters with their own agendas. That will be all. Prepare. See to your suits in the lab."
She watched everyone file out. Legend stayed behind.
"You're not saying everything," he murmured.
"No."
"Fill me in?"
"Some of that is to mislead the spy in our midst. We have a follow-up measure."
"Does it pose a risk to this team?"
"It does. Unavoidable. I suspect Coil will inform Hookwolf and encourage the Chosen, the Pure and even Faultline's group to act. Tattletale, I suspect, will know something's going on, and I intend to leak enough information to pique her curiosity. It's in the moment that the villains enter the situation that the risk to our capes occurs."
"But?"
"But we have a store of equipment we confiscated from Bakuda when we raided her laboratory. Miss Militia deployed a number against Leviathan, but we have more. Once the other factions have engaged, we bombard the area with the remainder in a second strike. Our research suggests that several of these explosives can bypass the Manton effect."
"This breaks the unspoken rules between capes. And the truce against the Nine. I don't like this."
It's a world gone mad. Do I have to join the madmen to make a difference?
"Don't worry. I'm the one who's going to push the button," Piggot answered. "And I'm not a cape."
Also don't feel pity for Piggot. This is one of quotes which prove that Piggot have better opinion in fanon then she really deserves. She complains about parahumans, while she is willing to break Truce against S9 and does it blatantly (and uses her not being parahuman as a reason -_-), when it's clear Undersiders are on a 'good side' in this situation.
Also the way she deals with whole Bank fiasco with Wards may be considered unfair. And also take into account that she didn't leave even one adult Cape with Wards, which is something she should do and would possibly make a difference. What would happen if for example Hookwolf decided to go on a bloody rampage in that moment with only Wards around, while Undersiders rob a bank? Irresponsible if you ask me.
Piggot can be pretty interesting to read about, but she is hardly a paragon and fair person. Ack for example likes to write her in pretty positive light in many of his stories, while in some moments she is presented in really negative ways and I would say she doesn't really deserve it IMO.
Gaea also didn't see anything. I don't know why all Shards would be given such a blindspot.
This is interesting indeed.
If she has a team, we could collect from those around her. Especially if we get Lilac on the team. Huh. I wonder if we could get information off her fights from other Hosts if she's in range, the same way we get information from other parahumans?
Hopefully we could get both Lilac and Amy/Claire on board.
If needed, we may move to other host if needed. Taylor doesn't need to be that 'humanities saviors' IMO, but that's me. Plus godlike Taylors bored me this days.
Plus, we could always just not have her fight the heavy hitters? I don't particularly feel that Taylor needs to personally defeat the Teeth, or Lung, or the Nine. It's fine to have her face appropriate threats and let her find her own place in the system that isn't doing everything.
Exactly. There are simply parahumans which can't deal with certain opponents. Rock/Paper/Scissors scenarios in a way. Let heavy hitters deal with heavy hitters, especially as Panacea has sheer potential to deal with heaviest hitters once she gets going. Her power is bullshit.
Well, duh, the primary plan is Plan Corporate Takeover, where we just convince Zion to let himself be subsumed into the entity, which will be headed by us instead of him. If that doesn't work, we'll have to fight him, which, depending on how good our inter-shard-warfare capabilities are by then, is likely to be way easier if we have a host or two with really hardcore powers distract him for us. Alternatively, we distract him while our host kills him.
We may get other people (like Eidolon, powered up by us for example) to deal with that problem or as 'distraction', while Taylor doesn't even need to be anywhere near close to this.
Also, Slice-of-life with godkiller powers sounds fun.
Depends. For example as a crack/comedy this may work. But thing is that Taylor IMO isn't someone who can really be 'chill enough' to properly be fun to read in such scenario IMO. Someone far more laidback would be better for this.
If you want complete chaos here... Greg would work with godlike powers
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But Taylor would, I mean... it's Taylor!!! Either she's not a cape or she's up to her eyeballs in conflict, she doesn't do things half ways. If we give her any kind of power and a team, she'll lead them into fights and kick ass. She'll only hold back if we tell her to or deliberately cripple her ability to fight.
This is true in a way, alth
Either she's involved or not involved.
Also, friendly interaction and seeing Emma cry was good for her, we should get them back together. With Claire and Lilac I mean.
If my speculation is right, Emma may have lots of reasons to cry in at least next few days.
And yeah, we want Claire and Lilac to see each other again. Although I don't think they mentioned on how they plan to contact each other later on. Also this may be good for Taylor as this may grant additional 'social protection' for her, while spending free time with two celebrities. Using that fame and high status for her advantage this time, while Emma is left around.
Maybe we should make Emma cry more often. Also, we totally could have Lisa contact the three of them for just that purpose. Always a good idea to put her future boss into a good mood by helping our plans along.
You guys are
mean . You also want to sick
Lisa on Emma?
Well, we are supposed to roleplay being an evil in a way shard. This is one of the ways to do so, alright x_X.
Although if this situation escalated and Emma starts getting suicidal thoughts, I think we may end up with a strange situation where Lisa feels really awkard at best taking into account her trigger event...
Also, yes, if Bonesaw can give the S9 some serious upgrades, then so can she give Taylor's group upgrades. Jack doesn't properly appreciate her, anyway.
Broadcast is supposed to be pretty high tier shard, otherwise I would suggest something to screw with Jack Slash over ASAP. Like his 'Super Anti-Parahuman thinker' to become 'Conflict Provocation Aura thing' and Siberian suddenly kills him on spot instead of follow him up or something similar.
And with Panacea's power changing how she looks wouldn't be hard. Or Bonesaw herself could do it. And well... bio-tinker support would be nice.
