I'm curious what means you think those are.
For Nidhogg specifically, containment foam him to lock him down, then have CW transport him to an empty planet, or even directly to the Birdcage, since it seems capable of keeping him there once he's inside. Other options include putting him in a full body containment suit he can't break, cutting off his limbs to buy more time(since they'll grow back, eventually), having Clockblocker pause him so they can move a specialized containment unit in around him while he's stuck in place, one designed specifically for him(by Dragon and/or Tim, most likely), bringing in some master who can knock him out or suppress his mind for a bit...
There's lots of options once you get past the 'giant monster' defense that would keep most masters too far away to do enough good. Prior to killing Butcher, Lung did not rate a kill order, which means, as I interpret the rules of the Protectorate, that he didn't rate bringing in a master to subdue him. He would rate a kill order now if not for the consequences of killing him, though, which is why I want to put him somewhere we can safely kill him or just leave him to live out his days in peace.
Maclibuin does not have the Infinite Enhancement template. He does not have any template. He has a Boost Device. He can't learn a new spell because for this quest, giving a non-template Device to someone means they can learn a certain number of skills based on their Linker Core rank, and once those are all picked out that's it. If you want a character to get Struggle Bind, you need to give someone the actual template, plan for a new mage to have this skill at the outset, or create a Guardian Beast of the Tome.
Ah, yes, boost devices. I knew I remembered something about a lesser form of device, but hadn't done enough digging to lead me to the details. Can he safely upgrade to a full template, should we develop enough of a rapport to consider him for that option?
Since that means we are lacking two templates, I think Lacey could be well suited for Infinite Enhancement, should she be interested. If she isn't, we need to find more mages. Heck, even if she is interested, I want to find more mages. Maybe we should scan Cailleach's friend. Super chipper support mage seems perfectly suited to Nanoha, really, and this would give her more chances to push the two of them together.
The thing with scanning for cores is that we don't have enough people we are connected to in a personal enough way that offering to scan them makes sense, and I hesitate to scan the PRT and give them templates or have Alexandria pick out some candidates because of course that would back fire. Even as relatively lighthearted as this is, this is still Worm we're talking about.
Can we get Maclibuin to keep Vista supplied with enhancement charms without wasting an in game action? It's a ritual that didn't take long even before he got a device to speed it up. I'm not sure how much of a boost it would provide her, given that her primary limitation is based on the Manton effect, but she's essentially a party member now and I want her properly outfitted with the best we can give her.
This brings me back to the idea of giving her more arm choices. Currently, she has a purely civilian model that givers her realistic touch and strength, and a heavy combat model with a shield and particle canon. I'd like to see her with a crowd control option for dealing with civilians, whether they're crooks, rioters, or puppets, possibly making it focus on a directed knockout/stun attack that can take down low brute and non-durability enhanced capes, or a cone blast. Alternatively, she could get these abilities from wearable tech without needing a full suit of power armor. A dimensional pocket she can store stuff in like CW's civilian garb would be useful, even if all she put in it were her civilian clothes and cape costume, saving her from having to go get those.
In the end, it might be best to just giver her power armor; certainly it would be simplest, though we'd need to rebuild it regularly to compensate for growth. Alternatively, she could get a few modules are are worn separately, like a belt to connect to a storage space and serve as a teleport beacon, or a vest to provide flight*. After all, her two biggest weaknesses are the Manton effect(she can't manipulate space occupied by living things) and perspective(she needs line of sight), so a flight pack to give her a better vantage point could be a big boost, not to mention that it would have prevented her from losing that arm in the first place.
* I don't call it a jet pack because that description doesn't really fit with the style of the Nanoha-verse tech.
Edit:
Hello everyone!
Coming in from FF.net, where I binge-read the transcript of this story, and I decided to join this quest, if you'll have me.
That said, I haven't had the time to do a comprehensive archive dive on this thread yet, so I ask that you bear with me if I ask questions which have already been answered. To that end, I'm working on some fanart as an offering to appease the fury of the thread.
Meantime, here go my potentially dumb questions:
- Have we asked the TSAB if they can fix Danny? Seems worth a shot, at least..
No. Some of us have been pushing for this to happen, but it has not as of yet.
