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Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)

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veekie said:
What do we need to persuade the PRT to help them scan for, and arm their capes with magical potential anyway? Scanning heroes one by one seems to be rather time consuming without the PRT's acceptance after all.

From what I can tell there's no rules for or against it, so it's down to the Director and individual cape's discretion provided we can provide reasonable proof that this would not give us permanent leverage against said capes.
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Basically give them a reason to believe you aren't crazy when you start talking about unlocking people's magic powers. Whether an argument would work or not would depend on what it is.
Archeo Lumiere said:
... Hey, @Silently Watches, can we use A Whole New World to visit Purity, or would that be a Hanging Out action?
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Hanging out.
 
veekie said:
What do we need to persuade the PRT to help them scan for, and arm their capes with magical potential anyway?
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Just say them that 'some capes have the ability to manipulate a previously unknown energy field'.
They'll gladly agree, because Costa-Brawn ordered them to seek exactly that.
 
It is...unlikely that Costa-Brown will intervene in such a matter. It'd overstep her jurisdiction. She can advise, but that'd also arouse suspicion of WHY(which since she's only first amongst equals, she'd have to be able to justify fully to her peers)
 
veekie said:
It is...unlikely that Costa-Brown will intervene in such a matter. It'd overstep her jurisdiction. She can advise, but that'd also arouse suspicion of WHY(which since she's only first amongst equals, she'd have to be able to justify fully to her peers)
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Silently Watches said:
"I call up the regional directors and tell them to keep an eye out for capes who have developed new minor powers over their careers or who have had strange things happen around them. Should someone ask, and I know at least some will, we don't have to call it magic. I'll say… hmm…. I'll say that we have evidence that in addition to their normal powers, some capes have the ability to manipulate a previously unknown energy field. That should give us a list of names to work off of."
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Yes. But it remains to be the regional directors' personal discretion how and when to implement.
After the event with Vista they would be somewhat more reluctant to extend a lot of leeway until we prove ourselves.
 
@Silently Watches Will Tim ever gain/unlock an ability to create a mana-based energy/beam weapons?

One of the ideas I had for the motorcycle in my omake involved the motorcycle transforming into a giant canon type device that either rapidly fired flare shooters (or something similar), or that fired one massive beam type attack (his attempt at an Endbringer-killer). But I don't know if this would be something it'd be conceivable for Tim to do (at least without a lot of exposure to TinkerTech energy weapons and a hefty amount of Digital Blueprinting....).

I'm kinda at the point in the omake where the beginnings of that would have to be started (building a new frame), so can't really go on without an answer...

I also have a question about different device types, but asking that here would give too much away, so I'm gonna PM you that question. That question isn't going to be relevant until the segment after the one I'm working on now (which I'm really hoping I can make the last, this is already turning out MUCH longer than I intended, it's practically turning into it's own fic...)
 
Tim's Tumultuous Tinkering with Tinker Tech: Part 5


It had been several weeks since Tim had retrofitted his motorcycle with his mobility upgrades, and Tim hadn't spent the intervening time idle. The motorcycle was now fully converted to run off mana, and Tim had installed the most powerful mana generators he could fit in he frame.

Tim looked at his completed motorcycle in pride. He had started with a wreck he could barely make heads or tails of, and had turned it into a machine that was truly his creation. He had just gotten back from taking the bike on a celebratory ride all around, and over (he found it quite fun to roof-hop on his bike, the looks he got when someone saw were priceless), the city.

As he parked the bike and walked away, his mind was already full of all the things he'd try and do when he built his next bike. This one was a rough conversion of another Tinker's work to his work, his next bike would be built from scratch using nothing but his own tech, including the tech he was able to create after adopting the principals of the Warlocks Tinker's work. When built completely from a mana-tech base, it should be much more efficient and powerful than the results he got with his first bike.

Tim continued his musings as he turned the lights off, and walked off.

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Tim had been hard at work the past week. He had spent every second he had, that wasn't either sleeping or working on projects for the Privateers, designing preliminary set of blueprints for what would be his newest bike, and although the full blueprints weren't finished yet, they were far enough along for him to start building some of the main components.

It was time to start constructing the frame.

He started by taking his drafted parts for the frame, and loading them into his trusty 3D printer.

He had gone over all the tolerances and such for the material needed, and came to a rather satisfying conclusion: He could construct the frame almost completely out of his carbon-fiber composite (baring a few key hinges and other areas where lubrication issues became more important than durability), bypassing the need for much of the armor on the bike, and ensuring it could survive a hit from anything short of an Endbringer.

Tim mused idly that his bike had more 'bones' in its 'skeleton' than the human body, as the 2048th, and final, piece finished printing out. He immediately set to work assembling everything.

The frame for his bike was a lot trickier than most bikes for one simple reason... It would be able to transform. The amount of hinges and supports necessary to make the bike's construction appropriately solid in all it's forms was mind-boggling, 512 hinges alone, most with tolerances of less than a micron to keep everything functional. Thankfully his 3d printer was accurate down to the molecular level. So as long as he double checked the figures before putting them in to print, which he did, he had nothing to worry about.

He wanted to keep his bike mostly modular, so he could upgrade and repair/replace components as needed. it had actually taken him several hours to come up with a way to keep all the core technological components separate from the frame of the bike, but he had finally hammered that issue out. It's always worth it to take the extra hour or two before starting to keep from having to take an extra week or two later. He'd also really hate to completely disassemble his bike merely to replace a focusing lens.

Tim shook his head, quit his musings, and hunkered down to work; his consciousness meanwhile going out of focus, filled with only thoughts of the bike's frame, and how the various things he had planned would fit into everything.

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Tim jumped, startled by the knock on the door. He turned away from the mostly completed frame intending to answer it when...

"God damnit Paul! Stop doing that already!"

Paul just chuckled, and walked the rest of the way into the workshop, not bothering to close the door, given he'd closed it before knocking.

"Tell me Tim... When was the last time you ate something?"

Tim looked up, thinking for a moment. "I had dinner last night, I kinda worked through the night, but I was planning on grabbing an early lunch in an hour or so."

Paul just sighed. "And tell me Tim... What day of the week is it?"

Tim replied, "It's Tuesday. What's that matter?"

Paul shrugged. "Oh, not much. So you're saying the last time you ate, was dinner on Monday.... Right?"

"Yea? What's so important about that anyways?" Tim asked.

"Oh, it's not that important at all. Except... Tim, it's THURSDAY!!! You haven't eaten anything in 3 days!"

"That can't be right," Tim said uncertainly, as he pulled out his PADD (as long as they don't find out, StarTrek can't sue him!), and checked the calendar. Sure enough, it was approaching 6PM on Thursday.

"Tim... You've got to take better care of yourself! if nothing else, set an alarm when you start working on something so you know when to stop."

Paul dropped a bag down on the table in front of Tim, the scents wafting off it eliciting a loud growl from Tim's stomach. "Everyone pooled together and we ordered a crap-ton of Chinese for dinner today, I grabbed some of the stuff I knew you liked. Eat. Now. Then sleep!"

Tim was already half way through the second carton of food.

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Sorry it took so long. First had an issue with the muscles in my shoulder. Then had an issue with all the bruising on the muscles in my shoulder after the physical therapist got done with it (gotta love that REALLY deep tissue work, anyone who tells you a physical therapist isn't a sadist is lying). Needless to say use of my right arm was quite restricted for a few days. Also, looking like I might need to go in for a second visit to finish working out the problem...

I want to put the point in Digital Blueprints, like all the other chunks of this I've written; but given it focused almost entirely on the frame and transforming components, I gotta put the point towards Mass Weapons.
 
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Is it close? Is it close?

[X] Ready to Rumble – Because of course villains have nothing better to do than cause trouble. Tensions between the Winter Hill gang and MS-13 are coming to a boil yet again, and the Protectorate is keeping a watchful eye on the situation. Be ready to jump in if a fight breaks out.
No. of Votes: 36
Always Late
aceraptor
Demojay
DonLyn
edale
Ezok
Faraway-R
forelornhope
Hoyden
KInruush
LancerisDead
Mellodi
MobiusC
MrLZRS
Racoras
ReaperofInterest
Shaseyu
Sylvire
tygerbright
veekie
notanautomaton
landcollector
Condor12
Accroche Coeur
Balewood
Cj1of4
darknessfalls
Hawkmoon888
Kenainath
Scope
Viva01
Sitxar
Captain Hunt
cl20
Pielikeman
Rhydeble

[X] Back in the Saddle, Part 2 – The storm sewers, of course. There's no telling where in that twisting labyrinth Typhon has holed up. Explore the tunnel system and see if you can find the villainous bio-Tinker's bases. Write-in for whom to bring with you (Samantha is coming by default).
No. of Votes: 32
Solusandra
7Winds
Rhydeble
Scope
Viva01
-[X] See if Miss Militia or any other Protectorate member wants to come along
No. of Votes: 17
Always Late
Demojay
edale
Ezok
forelornhope
Hoyden
KInruush
LancerisDead
Mellodi
ReaperofInterest
Sylvire
tygerbright
Accroche Coeur
Captain Hunt
cl20
Pielikeman
Sitxar
darknessfalls
-[X] Inform Miss Militia about your discovery of the Storm Drains. (She doesn't need to come, but you figure you should keep the local Protectorate in the loop)
No. of Votes: 5
Condor12
Balewood
Cj1of4
Hawkmoon888
Kenainath
-[X] Write-in: Ask Chevalier if he would agree to accompanying us.
No. of Votes: 4
landcollector
aceraptor
Shaseyu
veekie
-[x] The Chevalier, Miss Militia, the Pirates.
No. of Votes: 1
notanautomaton

-[X] Consider examining the known or suspected entrances that were used by the Beasts in the past, to identify their traces if those are detected with Wide Area Search. See if it's possible to use it to narrow down the search parameters. We do not want to to be surprised by a Beast laying in wait.
-[X]In any case, arrange a comm line with the Protectorate to report your progress and/or findings. We do not want the repeat of impromptu hacking of the Legend's computer.
No. of Votes: 5
Faraway-R
MobiusC
MrLZRS
Racoras
--[X] Use Wide Are Search in conjunction with Recursion Field to search the sewers. This should cut down on potential enemies as well as on travel time, since you can just make shortcuts at your own convenience this way. Switch off and coordinate with Samantha, so that one of you can put up a new field the instant the other drops theirs. Focus on finding the Tinker's lab instead of the Tinker, because running into the latter while he is in the former is a BAD IDEA.
No. of Votes: 1
DonLyn

[X] Send Dragon an email (PS ensuring the delivery is secure) letting her know we've got a way to power the radio. We're too busy to do anything about it right now, and she wanted to be informed before we contacted them again anyways. Request she have a first contact/Endbringer info package ready to transmit when we contact her in a week or so. Have PS include some basic info about the group we'll be contacting so Dragon can focus on the most relevant stuff for her message.
No. of Votes: 26
Always Late
aceraptor
Demojay
DonLyn
edale
Ezok
Faraway-R
forelornhope
Hoyden
KInruush
LancerisDead
Mellodi
MobiusC
MrLZRS
Racoras
ReaperofInterest
Shaseyu
Sylvire
tygerbright
veekie
notanautomaton
landcollector
Sitxar
Captain Hunt
cl20
Pielikeman

Total No. of Voters: 38

…Clearly not.
 
Silently Watches said:
…Clearly not.
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Some people are just convinced they're special snowflakes. They don't have to listen to what people tell them, they're above rules because they know better.
edale said:
Tim's Tumultuous Tinkering with Tinker Tech: Part 5


It had been several weeks since Tim had retrofitted his motorcycle with his mobility upgrades, and Tim hadn't spent the intervening time idly. The motorcycle was now fully converted to run off mana, and Tim had installed the most powerful mana generators he could fit on the frame.

Tim looked at his completed motorcycle in pride. He had started with a wreck he could barely make heads or tails of, and had turned it into a machine that was truly his creation. He had just gotten back from taking the bike on a celebratory ride all around, and over (he found it quite fun to roof-hop on his bike, the looks he got when someone saw were priceless), the city.

As he parked the bike and walked away, his mind was already full of all the things he'd try and do when he built his next bike. This one was a rough conversion of another Tinker's work to his work, his next bike would be built from scratch using nothing but his own tech, including the tech he was able to create after adopting the principals of the Warlocks Tinker's work. When built completely from a mana-tech base, it should be much more efficient and powerful than the results he got with his first bike.

Tim continued his musings as he turned the lights off, and walked off.

----------

Tim had been hard at work the past week. He had spent every second he had, that wasn't either sleeping or working on projects for the Privateers, designing preliminary set of blueprints for what would be his newest bike, and although the full blueprints weren't finished yet, they were far enough along for him to start building some of the main components.

It was time to start constructing the frame.

He started by taking his drafted parts for the frame, and loading them into his trusty 3D printer.

He had gone over all the tolerances and such for the material needed, and came to a rather satisfying conclusion: He could construct the frame almost completely out of his carbon-fiber composite (baring a few key hinges and other areas where lubrication issues became more important than durability), bypassing the need for much of the armor on the bike, and ensuring it could survive a hit from anything short of an Endbringer.

Tim mused idly that his bike had more 'bones' in its 'skeleton' than the human body, as the 2048th, and final, piece finished printing out. He immediately set to work assembling everything.

The frame for his bike was a lot trickier than most bikes for one simple reason... It would be able to transform. The amount of hinges and supports necessary to make the bike's construction appropriately solid in all it's forms was mind-boggling, 512 hinges alone, most with tolerances of less than a micron to keep everything functional. Thankfully his 3d printer was accurate down to the molecular level. So as long as he double checked the figures before putting them in to print, which he did, he had nothing to worry about.

He wanted to keep his bike mostly modular, so he could upgrade and repair/replace components as needed. it had actually taken him several hours to come up with a way to keep all the core technological components separate from the frame of the bike, but he had finally hammered that issue out. It's always worth it to take the extra hour or two before starting to keep from having to take an extra week or two later. He'd also really hate to completely disassemble his bike merely to replace a focusing lens.

Tim shook his head, quit his musings, and hunkered down to work; his consciousness meanwhile going out of focus, filled with only thoughts of the bike's frame, and how the various things e had planned would fit into everything.

------------------

Tim jumped, startled by the knock on the door. He turned away from the mostly completed frame intending to answer it when...

"God damnit Paul! Stop doing that already!"

Paul just chuckled, and walked the rest of the way into the workshop, not bothering to close the door, given he'd closed it before knocking.

"Tell me Tim... When was the last time you ate something?"

Tim looked up, thinking for a moment. "I had dinner last night, I kinda worked through the night, but I was planning on grabbing an early lunch in an hour or so."

Paul just sighed. "And tell me Tim... What day of the week is it?"

Tim replied, "It's Tuesday. What's that matter?"

Paul shrugged. "Oh, not much. So you're saying the last time you ate, was dinner on Monday.... Right?"

"Yea? What's so important about that anyways?" Tim asked.

"Oh, it's not that important at all. Except... Tim, it's THURSDAY!!! You haven't eaten anything in 3 days!"

"That can't be right." Tim uncertainly as he pulled out his PADD, what Paramount and CBS don't find out wouldn't hurt him, and checked the calendar. Sure enough, it was approaching 6PM on Thursday.

"Tim... You've got to take better care of yourself! if nothing else, set an alarm when you start working on something so you know when to stop."

Paul dropped a bag down on the table in front of Tim, the scents wafting off it eliciting a loud growl from Tim's stomach. "Everyone pooled together and we ordered a crap-ton of Chinese for dinner today, I grabbed some of the stuff I knew you liked. Eat. Now. Then sleep!"

Tim was already half way through the second carton of food.

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More minor corrections, and Star Trek's copyright holders, here at least, are Paramount Picture Studios and CBS Studios.
 
edale said:
filled with only thoughts of the bike's frame, and how the various things e had planned would fit into everything.
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Should be "...things he had planned...". For shame, @Always Late , for shame. *shakes head* :p

edale said:
"Oh, it's not that important at all. Except... Tim, it's THURSDAY!!! You haven't eaten anything in 3 days!"

"That can't be right," Tim said, confused, as he pulled out his PADD (as long as they don't find out, StarTrek can't sue him!), and checked the calendar. Sure enough, it was approaching dinner on Thursday.

"Tim... You've got to take better care of yourself! if nothing else, set an alarm when you start working on something so you know when to stop."

Paul dropped a bag down on the table in front of Tim, the smells wafting off it eliciting a loud growl from Tim's stomach. "Everyone pooled together and we ordered a crap-ton of Chinese for dinner today, I grabbed some of the stuff I knew you liked. Eat. Now. Then sleep!"

Tim was already half way through the second carton of food.
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Heh, Tinker fugue even without the impulses of a Shard. Also, did Tim even taste that first carton of food? I have my doubts...

Overall, I enjoyed this little look into Tim's quest to build moto-slaves.
 
[X] Back in the Saddle, Part 2 – The storm sewers, of course. There's no telling where in that twisting labyrinth Typhon has holed up. Explore the tunnel system and see if you can find the villainous bio-Tinker's bases. Write-in for whom to bring with you (Samantha is coming by default).
-[X] See if Miss Militia or any other Protectorate member wants to come along

I could have sworn I'd voted for this but I'm not seeing it.
 
Always Late said:
More minor corrections, and Star Trek's copyright holders, here at least, are Paramount Picture Studios and CBS Studios.
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"That can't be right." Tim uncertainly as he pulled out his PADD,
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This is a grammar correction?

I know CBS/Paramount owns StarTrek's copyright. Tim doesn't pay enough attention to the credits to know that though.

In fact, I have first-hand experience that CBS owns StarTrek. A while back I wanted to post a short clip from DS9. I couldn't find the clip I wanted, so I edited it together myself and posted it.

About 2 months later, I got an email notifying me that CBS flagged the video as copywritten material, and CBS monetized my video on me (my account's not monetized, just like 5-6 vids I edited together for one forum post or another). Anytime someone watches it, CBS gets cash, lol.
 
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