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In Nuclear Fire
SI following the concept of Tinker of Fiction started by @Monk Penguin in his thread Tinker of Fiction (Worm/Sort of Crossover)
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In Nuclear Fire
- Thread starter Poliamida
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Poliamida
(Verified Heavy Molecule)
- Location
- Beyond the Stars
Even if it's canon, I'm not touching time travel with a ten-pole stick. It's something that makes things too complicated too fast.
Well, I already mentioned this some time ago, and I suck at keeping my own ideas a secret (my friends call me Spoli for a reason), so if you want to know:
World of Darkness
Mmmmm, being able to claim with absolute certainty 'X has a soul' or 'Y does not have a soul' feels like too much. Something in me resists the idea of delving into that with such casual abandonment. I don't want to sound preachy, you know?
Also, the gods of RWBY are absolute jackasses that totally need the Kratos treatment and I don't want anything of what they have to offer.
Transformers and sparks, though...
I'll need to think long and hard about this.
Just apply Bill & Ted time travel logic.
I liked how Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (a good Harry Potter fanfic) handled the shenanigans you can get into with a Time Turner. Basically, Harry conducts an experiment to abuse the advantage of time travel, and he ends up leaving/discovering a note from his future self that just says "DONT MESS WITH TIME!" So that concludes his time travel shenanigans.
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No need to think. If it's a Spark then the answer is yes.
- Location
- United States
Are we talking Project Valkyrie's lightning guns (H:tV)? Kirilian Cameras (Orpheus)? Technocratic Science (M:tA)? Sons of Ether and Virtual Adepts (also M:tA)? Because that's a whole spectrum that goes from 'plausible tech' to 'just magic with a techno theme'. I know Tinker of Fiction does magitech just fine, but as noted a lot of the higher-end stuff literally only works because you're insane and warping reality to create the result you think should happen.
And that's not even getting into the other places where the Supernatural intersects with Tech. Causality violation is just the beginning once the God-Machine gets involved.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
-Looks at Peter-
Not that much of a problem.
Not that much of a problem.
- Pronouns
- Revan
If the next technology that he gets is HALO, or whenever he actually gets it, would he be able to build everything in the HALO universe, or only the stuff from the UNSC, the Covenant, Ancient Humanity or the Forerunners?
- Location
- Earth
Still waiting on something like Resident Evil, Borderlands, Wolfenstein, Aliens, Warhammer, Metal Slug or Madness to show themselves. Madness would be a "fun" experience for everyone involved.
Still needs materials input, so while a set of Spartan Power Armor (and or Cortana) would be expected, I somehow doubt we'll be seeing say, The Pillar Of Autumn showing up.
Poliamida
(Verified Heavy Molecule)
- Location
- Beyond the Stars
There is a limit, Peter's shard can't replicate things that go beyond the power of an Entity or that are flat out too wild to even understand. Autochthonia, for example, would be flat-out impossible for him to replicate. The same with most things involving antedeluvians, high fae, or the triat. If he thinks about creating them he'd get a massive headache because his shard would blue-screen trying to figure out where to even start. But beyond that? It's all free game. And yes, vampires and werewolves are also at his disposal.
I'd need to research Halo more because my only contact with it were the first game and some fics I read back in the day. And RvB. From what I remember all things UNSC and Coventant should be possible, but Forerunner tech would be harder. Didn't their soldiers have armors that turned them into The Flash?
And for as long as he doesnt need them, Peter wouldnt build Halo AIs. The entire '4 years life expectancy' puts him off.
Shadow Archon
Protoss Preserver
- Location
- Louisiana
More like IFVs that can casually nuke continents. The Forerunner novels kind of elevates them to near Culture levels. Not quite The Culture, but pretty damn close.
You'd probably not have the infrastructure to build too many Forerunner goodies until you get up to Supreme Commander or Total Annihilation level construction and resource harvesting tech.
It isn't life expectancy exactly, but Rampancy and there's several methods in canon that have AIs either curing themselves of it or delaying it. Human AIs just run into it a lot faster, while Forerunner AIs can go millennia without suffering it, and generally only go through it from outside sources inducing it. It takes Logic Plagues or just being alone for millennia and going through severe emotional distress to induce Rampancy for them.
But, I understand not wanting to create essentially a new member of the family and worrying about the fact that even though they're an AI and you have potential solutions, they can get robot alzheimers/dementia and die from it.
If you're going to make Halo AI, might as well make them a hybrid with other tech tress to prevent that from happening. Just connecting them to the Mecha-Zerg would help with the memory problems for one. Making them a Blade body would help them have a stable hardware platform as well.
And if you have the Halo tech tree and ever decide to go "Fuck. Everyone.", you can always make the Flood! Just imagine the Gravemind you can make from Eden's corpse! I'd love to see Doctor Mother's face when Eden's body starts telling her "I am a monument to all your sins."
And, sure, humanity likely gets eaten, but so would the rest of the Entities in time. Though at that point, you have another cosmic threat to all life... Oh, well omelets and eggs and all that.
That's the nice part. The person who made Penny in RWBY used part of his Aura to graft it onto her, giving her the ability to have Aura. So sort of like giving something a spark from transformers.
- Location
- Arizona
That PHO interlude was terrible. Literally one of the worst I've ever read. OP is doing his story a serious disservice by including a chapter that reads like it was thumb-typed on a phone by an ESL student.
Edit: just read the Renick interlude. Holy hell man, what happened? Did your beta reader quit?
This story is great - funny, engaging, well-written, with an interesting narrator. But these last two interludes totally shit the bed. They seriously read like they were written by someone who's still learning English. The story is worse for including them.
Edit: just read the Renick interlude. Holy hell man, what happened? Did your beta reader quit?
This story is great - funny, engaging, well-written, with an interesting narrator. But these last two interludes totally shit the bed. They seriously read like they were written by someone who's still learning English. The story is worse for including them.
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Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!
Or Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!
Enjoyable watch. Goofy and fun.
The Nanomachines would be hilarious since its essentially 'standard fantasy magic' as a piece of technology.
No 10 year old boy could resist.
Omake: Official Statement Taken from heavy gear's official web page (Canon)
- Location
- Washingotn DC
Hmm, a PR Department. Maybe something like this for a statement, blaming gangs rather than going on a PR blitz against the PRT? I'm not sure becuase I think at one point they did declare the docks their territory, but I can see a response similar to this:
(Omake: Official Statement Taken from heavy gear's official web page)
It has come to my attention that a number of people have been shocked at the violence present when the Empire 88 attacked the docks. Somehow, through means and circumstance, people seem to think we are controlling territory. Allow me to be emphatic, this is not the case. Tech Priest initially set up housing and started providing other utilities in the territory the ABB used to control. Tech Priest and I expected that eventually the city of Brockton Bay would start to restore power, water and that after years of living under oppression of the ABB, the Asian community could return to normal. While we did expect some delays, we were certain that with the ABB disbanded that they could start working and become productive members of society. However, the city appeared to abandon them for lack of a better term. While they are not outright being hunted by the forces of law and order, the forces of civilization seem steadfast on ignoring them. I assume that the city will eventually fix this problem but thus far it has not. As such, I have had tech priest begin maintain and add housing to at least alleviate some of the problems as well as provide clean water.
Somehow, providing water and shelter to people in need has somehow made other gangs and people think we have territory. This is ridiculous. We do not demand tribute, nor do we want to be regarded as Warlords. We just patrol the docks more because the lifeblood of most economies is trade, and a safer port and cleaning up the boat graveyard would help the city more than anything else. It is a humanitarian and economic response to a humanitarian and economic problem. Heavy Gear does not intentionally have or claim territory. Like New Wave and the PRT, we have locations we are closer to. The PRT patrols downtown, and New Wave generally patrols the area around Arcadia and the medical district. Similarly, we patrol around the docks.
For some reason, the Empire 88 took offense to this, even though we do not participate in drug trading or other criminal enterprises. Whatever the case, the Empire decided to attack the docks. While normally we do not concern ourselves with the opinions of criminals, when a number of people with guns and capes decide that they want our resources we did what every other reasonable person would do: Defend ourselves. While the loss of life saddens me, they were Nazis looking to attack members of a minority. Rune actually killed one person by dropping a bus on his house. I believe that my teammates were perfectly in their right to defend themselves, especially from such an ignoble group.
I am well aware that the images and videos of these fights are gruesome, but the question is not so much why we had to defend ourselves with such vigor, but rather, how did it get to this point? While I am extremely proud of every member of heavy gear, the fact of the matter is the Bay never should have gotten to this point. The answer is that there are too many members in the gangs. People see PSAs and after-school announcements saying that gangs are bad, but without an example such as this it can seem far fetched or have horrible acting. If you ever have the desire to join a gang, all I ask is that you watch one of the linked videos first. Because that will be the end result of it. Gangs are a waste of time, a waste of resources, and a waste of lives. Brockton Bay has no need of them, nor does anyone else. There is a reason kids want to grow up to be cops, heroes, and firefighters. No kid wants to grow up to be Al Capone. Even if you succeed, all that life leads to is syphilis and Alcatraz. Though the Empire 88 started the confrontation, we certainly finished it. Likewise, realize if you join a gang you might wind up on the opposite side of our members. Or the Protectorate. Or New Wave. In short, stay away from Gangs. They provide no essential service and somehow make used car salesmen look good. So, I politely ask you, do not join any gang. Without new recruits, they will not sustain themselves nor terrorize people. Then maybe these horrors become a distant memory.
God Bless,
Belisarius Cawl
JVR
Contessa's #1 Fangirl
- Location
- Cauldron Compound
A brilliant press release. It's so good the author should make this official.
It's pretty simple, depending on your preferred metaphysics.
A- Everything has a soul, or soul-stuff in the case of inanimate objects. Problem solved. This solution honestly treats souls a bit like Fantasy-typical Magic, just couched in different terms.
A1- souls may optionally gain definition, depth, and complexity based on what they're inhabiting. This allows things of increasing complexity or intelligence to be "special". Like humans.
B- Souls are things you cannot make or destroy, but will form naturally where appropriate. Problem, again, solved. Peter may not be able to make souls himself, nor can he make things with souls. But the mere act of existing as a thinking being will be enough to form one naturally. If the aura ceremony doesn't take on a newborn AI, try again in a week.
B1- they may even develop immediately at "birth".
C- Something something, you can't do anything with souls. Problem not solved, but it's also a moot point because you can't fix this. In this case, Aura is probably divested of any soul-having characteristic and you can just add it to things regardless.
A1- souls may optionally gain definition, depth, and complexity based on what they're inhabiting. This allows things of increasing complexity or intelligence to be "special". Like humans.
BeCAuSe HuMAnS aRe SPecIaL.
^ my basic opinion on humans being special.
^ my basic opinion on humans being special.
B- Souls are things you cannot make or destroy, but will form naturally where appropriate. Problem, again, solved. Peter may not be able to make souls himself, nor can he make things with souls. But the mere act of existing as a thinking being will be enough to form one naturally. If the aura ceremony doesn't take on a newborn AI, try again in a week.
B1- they may even develop immediately at "birth".
C- Something something, you can't do anything with souls. Problem not solved, but it's also a moot point because you can't fix this. In this case, Aura is probably divested of any soul-having characteristic and you can just add it to things regardless.
But yeah, putting that in as actual exposition might get a bit preachy. Probably better to just... not explain it. Or give the basic definition like "it's the Light of our souls... apparently" and don't clarify further.
I thought Aura had nothing to do with the Brothers? Humans were gone. Kaput. The End. They rebelled against literal creator Deities and got wiped out. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
As a result of that, isn't humanity on Remnant essentially, technically, a separate species from pre-wipe humanity? One the Brothers had no hand in?
Disclaimer: might be fanon.
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So the second time they need adult presence he probably making Fabius Bile?
Do his new humans have silver hair and purple yes too?
Poliamida
(Verified Heavy Molecule)
- Location
- Beyond the Stars
Uh? First time I hear about that, I'll need to get it and give it a try.
Oh! I liked this a lot. Yes, I'm making this canon.
Yeah, not clarifying it may be for the best. If I do go for RWBY I'll just say that it's possible but Peter doesn't really know where it trully comes from.
I wonder what his semblance would be? With his personality I can see him creating clones like Blake can.
What is that novel called?
It would be interesting to see aura and the all spark interaction.
He at his core wants to belong, wants to have the small group of people he cares about be happy, wants to transcend human limits (more about being free of constraints, including death), is somewhat of a coward (emotionally), and really doesn't give a shit about the rest of the world unless it is in relation to people he cares about.
So while from the outside he might seem like Blake, they aren't not similar. I feel like her clone power is a representation of the different aspects of her she is in conflict with.
I think Peter would have something related to removing his constraints, or his loved ones.
Some ideas include being able to break out of any restraints (bye bye containment foam), or being able to phase through things as a way to avoid situations he doesn't want to be in, or being able to teleport to people he cares about if they are in danger/ know if people he cares about are in danger.
Cutting it here to make it more readable.
Being able to view emotions, since he is always in doubt about if he fucked up with people he cares about or if they don't like him anymore. It might also give him immunity to emotional biased powers. Flight might also be a possibility as by a lot of people it is viewed in association with being free, or empowering others like John or in another way.
I think it would come down to one of 3 things.
1) A way to escape constraints.
2) A way to better understand other, or for other to better understand him.
3) Something related to the safety or empowerment of people he cares about.
Of course this is just my interpretation of how his semblance would express itself. I could be completely off the mark.
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Sorry for double post. I got too into the comment throttle I forgot to combine it with my previous post.
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Something you can add to it, is saying that a heroes duty is not just to punish bad guys and put evil people behind bars. It's to help the community in any way they can. A hero should stick around after a fight to try and aid people who are affect by the aftermath of the conflict.
This aid can come in many forms. It can be seeing if anyone needs medical treatment, if the fight affected something that would ruin their livelihood that the hero can help them fix, or even just comforting a scared child and keeping them company till their parents show him.
You do not need super powers to be a hero. A real hero is someone who others feel safe or reassured while in their presence. Someone whose existence brings hope to others. And above all they try and set an example for others to aspire towards.
So if making sure our fellow humans have shelter and water in their time of need does not qualify as being a hero, I do not know what does.
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Sorry was just going to say a few lines about you adding that there is more to being a hero than hitting bad guys and I sort of went on a rant.
Sorry for double post. I got too into the comment throttle I forgot to combine it with my previous post.
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Amazing Omake.
Something you can add to it, is saying that a heroes duty is not just to punish bad guys and put evil people behind bars. It's to help the community in any way they can. A hero should stick around after a fight to try and aid people who are affect by the aftermath of the conflict.
This aid can come in many forms. It can be seeing if anyone needs medical treatment, if the fight affected something that would ruin their livelihood that the hero can help them fix, or even just comforting a scared child and keeping them company till their parents show him.
You do not need super powers to be a hero. A real hero is someone who others feel safe or reassured while in their presence. Someone whose existence brings hope to others. And above all they try and set an example for others to aspire towards.
So if making sure our fellow humans have shelter and water in their time of need does not qualify as being a hero, I do not know what does.
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Sorry was just going to say a few lines about you adding that there is more to being a hero than hitting bad guys and I sort of went on a rant.
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While not a novel, you have something like this in Endless Legends, a game where not!nanomachines called Dust act as a source of magical powers and abilities.
While also being currency.
Norr
Misophist
- Location
- Any chair
Everything Peter's power does comes out as tech-based, even if it's near-magic in the source material.
I'm thinking is he gets RWBY, 'aura' might become available through some sort of implant or treatment or other device. At it's base it would be a Glory Girl-esque forcefield that grants the baseline aura stuff.
After integration a personal ability (the semblance) emerges based on how the implant interacts with the host's neural pathways.
Just to sidestep the whole 'soul' issue entirely.