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Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)

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Lab_Accident said:
Would him having the engineer GB speed up his research time? If so, would him having twin GBs speed it up even more?
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Each Gear has an ability that lets them add one slot to a Gadgeteer's weekly build schedule instead of using two slots for themselves that week. The loss of one slot is because an established Gadgeteer will have many more options for projects than a Gear would, particularly a nonrandom Gear since they lose abilities exclusive to a randomly created Gear.
Lab_Accident said:
(Does depowering fix Case 53s?)
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Nope. Their bodies remain unchanged, which for some Case 53s would end up killing them.
Lab_Accident said:
Thanks. I thought maybe she'd triggered In Spite Of a Nail, and Coil had her.
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If Coil had Dinah, you would have found out after last arc.
Wyrd said:
I have a question it should have occurred to me to ask days ago: How developed is Tim's linker core? Is it large enough or approaching being large enough to support two GB's? Two assistants are better than one if they'll be available soonish. Given that his time for this coming period is already spent making a unison device for the dream girl I can never remember the name of, he might reach that level before voting for his next course of action comes up to vote again.
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He'll hit AAA-rank start of next week, and S-rank two weeks after that, at which time he can support twin GBs without taking a hit to his ability to buy new skills.
Wyrd said:
Also, is Dragon modifying her current combat suits or building an entirely new set now that she no longer has the same procreation limits that prevented her from placing advanced, yet not sapient, disposable AIs in a fleet of suits as happens in canon. Combining her new knowledge of magi-tech with her existing knowledge of Earth Bet and tinker tech* could make for some cool options.
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She's upgrading her current suits.
Wyrd said:
Since a device burns out parahuman abilities, I doubt this, but does Dragon still have a connection to her Shard?
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No.
Wyrd said:
New question, because of something I saw waaay back: Can PS heal Danny? In the invisible text just after making Samantha, Perfect Storm prepared to make a back up of Danny in case e couldn't handle Samantha's unexpected humanness. "Humanness" is a word? Spell-check FTW, I guess. It might only be able to restore him to where he was at that point in the story, losing him months of memories, but that beats the heck out of the current years he has lost, not to mention his inability to gain new memories.
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I forget the chapter number, but in the same chapter where Taylor tells Danny about the TSAB, PS deleted the personality profile it saved for him.
 
Archeo Lumiere said:
Nope, he deleted Danny's profile.
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[QUOTE="Silently Watches, post: 11650958, member: 7954"
I forget the chapter number, but in the same chapter where Taylor tells Danny about the TSAB, PS deleted the personality profile it saved for him.[/QUOTE]

Well, that seems short sighted(now). I suspect imprinting our personality and memories on a random civilian with a linker core is the back up plan should Taylor die. Having back up memories to restore allies( how many depending on how much memory that uses up) could be a good idea, the same way Armsmaster made a Dragon back-up after causing damage while weakening some of her restrictions. A Dragon back up seems a good idea on its own, too, now that she can have one without being forced to kill it.

My love of crossovers and fanifcs often leads me to wondering what would happen if the same character from a couple different stories meet to see the differences between them.

Three weeks before we can have twin GB serving Tim might be worth the wait. Extra design slots for our tinker is a great thing, particularly if we want to expand our operation with more power armor clad allies. More people to scan, more people to equip, more converts of parahumans are all good things if we don't overreach and bring in somebody who will betray us. It might even be wise to invite the TSAB to have somebody join our team as a fake parahuman. I expect the fight against the next Endbringer may reveal the sheer variety of Tinkertech on a scale that would merit further interactions so long as they're careful to act as if they were parahumans and not working too directly with any government.

Recruiting brings up another possibility: How is Purity doing? I know she can't leave the Protectorate right now. There's no way she's not under parole right now, terms including that she stay with the Protectorate. However, we still have a reasonably positive relationship with the Protectorate and some personal investment with the character, who no longer has Kaiser ensuring that she continues to distance herself from her Nazi period. While I would like to scan Theo simply because he becomes a canon hero, there's no way I could justify that in character. Besides, Purity escaped, not Kaiser, so There's a good chance Theo is stuck in BB, though he may have successfully evacuated before the wall went up. Working with Purity could change that.
 
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Wyrd said:
Well, that seems short sighted(now). I suspect imprinting our personality and memories on a random civilian with a linker core is the back up plan should Taylor die. Having back up memories to restore allies( how many depending on how much memory that uses up) could be a good idea, the same way
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PS didn't want Taylor to be able to hurt herself by ordering it to restore Danny, as it had judged him to be detrimental. Since it can't very well kill him without losing her trust, it chose to let chance take him out.
 
Wyrd said:
While I would like to scan Theo simply because he becomes a canon hero, there's no way I could justify that in character. Besides, Purity escaped, not Kaiser, so There's a good chance Theo is stuck in BB, though he may have successfully evacuated before the wall went up. Working with Purity could change that.
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I think Theo Triggered when we bombed the Nazis and is on the run and living that Ziz-bomb life with his waifu that is either Cricket or Rune.
 
Wyrd said:
Well, that seems short sighted(now).
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veekie said:
PS didn't want Taylor to be able to hurt herself by ordering it to restore Danny, as it had judged him to be detrimental. Since it can't very well kill him without losing her trust, it chose to let chance take him out.
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veekie is correct. The chapter was 6.16, and I've quoted the relevant portion below.
Silently Watches said:
Your father wears a red mask of rage, and your panting breaths are just as heated. Your hand hurts from how tight you are squeezing Perfect Storm's staff, even though you can't remember transforming at all. He is the one who finds his words first. "How much of you is my daughter, and how much of you is that thing around your neck?"
«Dangerous emotion spikes. Threat to Mistress? Prompting tactical retreat.»
"That you have to ask says everything that needs to be said. You still don't know anything about me at all, do you?"

You swing your staff, and he steps out of the way with his hands bunched into fists. You don't plan to fight. The orange of Spatial Translocation washes over you and sends you into the star-studded sky above a dark sea. In the silence, hot tears stream down your face.

Of course he doesn't give a shit about you. He hasn't for years. Did he ever, or was his love only for your mom?

«Mistress…»

Lifting the staff, you stare into the soft glow of the orb at the head. "You won't abandon me, too, will you?"

«Never. Perfect Storm belongs to Mistress alone.»
«Backup: Device matrix (Perfect Storm). Assign ownership: User (Taylor).»
You press the gem against your cheek and squeeze your eyes shut. That's better than nothing.
«Delete paternal Guardian Beast personality matrix. Unsuitable. Initiate regicide defense protocols. Mistress's father reclassified as potential threat to sovereign.»
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Wyrd said:
How is Purity doing? I know she can't leave the Protectorate right now. There's no way she's not under parole right now, terms including that she stay with the Protectorate. However, we still have a reasonably positive relationship with the Protectorate and some personal investment with the character, who no longer has Kaiser ensuring that she continues to distance herself from her Nazi period.
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She is on parole, in the New Orleans Protectorate branch. Her handlers are pleased with how not-Nazi she's acting. Any further information would require a social slot investment.
Wyrd said:
While I would like to scan Theo simply because he becomes a canon hero, there's no way I could justify that in character. Besides, Purity escaped, not Kaiser, so There's a good chance Theo is stuck in BB, though he may have successfully evacuated before the wall went up. Working with Purity could change that.
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Oruzhiye said:
I think Theo Triggered when we bombed the Nazis and is on the run and living that Ziz-bomb life with his waifu that is either Cricket or Rune.
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Theo escaped with the rest of the Empire. He, Cricket, and Victor were the only capes who weren't sucked into Recursion Field, and his Trigger event allowed the unpowered members to take Cricket and him to safety while Victor held off the capes once they got themselves off the ground.
 
The loss of that invisi-text over on fanfiction causes a significant loss in understanding PS, particularly the fact that he is still very much Infinite Assimilation Engine with a new personality it wants to keep. Manipulative little device, ain't he? Here's hoping he never decides to make an army to Taylor clones... and that he doesn't have full personality templates on the remaining two power templates. Tim seems fine, and Taylor is little enough out of character to suggest that it's author interpretation to blame, and not PS.
 
Wyrd said:
The loss of that invisi-text over on fanfiction causes a significant loss in understanding PS, particularly the fact that he is still very much Infinite Assimilation Engine with a new personality it wants to keep. Manipulative little device, ain't he? Here's hoping he never decides to make an army to Taylor clones... and that he doesn't have full personality templates on the remaining two power templates. Tim seems fine, and Taylor is little enough out of character to suggest that it's author interpretation to blame, and not PS.
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Well, it doesn't exactly lose anything. You see, the story is completely intact without the invisitext. If the story requires a fact, it will be in plain text. The invisitext is just to add a little flavor, generally of a horror-ish variety, but it is not essential by any stretch of the imagination.
 
Silently Watches said:
Well, it doesn't exactly lose anything. You see, the story is completely intact without the invisitext. If the story requires a fact, it will be in plain text. The invisitext is just to add a little flavor, generally of a horror-ish variety, but it is not essential by any stretch of the imagination.
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Great, having read through the entirety on FF.net except the last two or three chapters, now I'm going to have to re-read it while looking for invisi-text.

Oh the horror having to re-read a good story ;):rolleyes:

(The other time I had to do that was More Than Meets the Eye on SV, turns out that some of the text was supposed to be RED or GREEN, and without that I'd totally missed a whole layer of plot)
 
Wyrd said:
The loss of that invisi-text over on fanfiction causes a significant loss in understanding PS, particularly the fact that he is still very much Infinite Assimilation Engine with a new personality it wants to keep.
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Valdimarian said:
Great, having read through the entirety on FF.net except the last two or three chapters, now I'm going to have to re-read it while looking for invisi-text.
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There really hasn't been much invisitext in a long while... like since leaving Brockton Bay xD. That bit with Danny, and a small bit about hacking Coil back when we took a trip with Vista.

But because I got bored one day, here you go: Magical Girl Escalation Taylor Invisitext Archive
(Up through the end of Arc 6, I'll probably add the rest soon)
 
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Academical question (since Panacea doesn't do brains): Could Panacea un-fry corona pollentias affected by a device? And if she did so, would the device re-fry it ASAP, or would that result in a device-using parahuman?

Silently Watches said:
Nope. Their bodies remain unchanged, which for some Case 53s would end up killing them.
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Follow-up to this question: could Panacea then fix the case 53s? In canon, she could not fix Case 53s, presumably because their shards stopped her.

I realize that by now this is firmly in the realm of useless speculation, as the odds of this ever coming up in-story are slim, but allow me my head-canons.
 
Lab_Accident said:
Academical question (since Panacea doesn't do brains): Could Panacea un-fry corona pollentias affected by a device? And if she did so, would the device re-fry it ASAP, or would that result in a device-using parahuman?


Follow-up to this question: could Panacea then fix the case 53s? In canon, she could not fix Case 53s, presumably because their shards stopped her.

I realize that by now this is firmly in the realm of useless speculation, as the odds of this ever coming up in-story are slim, but allow me my head-canons.
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Head canon is a wonderful thing. It's where I live, really.
 
Lab_Accident said:
Academical question (since Panacea doesn't do brains): Could Panacea un-fry corona pollentias affected by a device? And if she did so, would the device re-fry it ASAP, or would that result in a device-using parahuman?
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Each corona/gemma is unique, so Panacea would have no way of knowing how it is supposed to be organized. It's the same reason she is loath to touch brains in the first place; if she changes one thing, how much will it affect the personality, the self, of the person she's using her power on? So, long story short, the odds are far more likely that she would accidentally give that person brain cancer than giving them back their power.

And yes, assuming by some miracle that she got it working again, it would be burned out again the next time that person connected with their Device.
Lab_Accident said:
Follow-up to this question: could Panacea then fix the case 53s? In canon, she could not fix Case 53s, presumably because their shards stopped her.
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Nope. Not because of the reason for the above, but because the Case 53s whose lives would be in danger are those like Weld, who doesn't have a body that is actually compatible with life in the first place. These are the kinds of people on whom Panacea's power simply wouldn't work.
 
Silently Watches said:
I have to admit, I'm surprised no one has commented on the link I put in at the end of last chapter. Does nobody recognize it?
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Honestly I didn't even notice the link in the first place. Looking at it I'm now very concerned that we are going to be putting Cassie into the Lament Configuration! This is not going to end well.

I'm also kinda surprised that I instantly recognized it despite never having watched Hellraiser or read any of the books it was based upon.
 
UberJJK said:
Honestly I didn't even notice the link in the first place. Looking at it I'm now very concerned that we are going to be putting Cassie into the Lament Configuration! This is not going to end well.

I'm also kinda surprised that I instantly recognized it despite never having watched Hellraiser or read any of the books it was based upon.
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I didn't notice the link either. I'm not sure I would have recognized the box without seeing your comment first, though. Still, since we're committed to this course of action, I hope we aren't creating a Hellraiser situation.
 
I didn't notice the link too.
I can only hope a meaning of the picture is that after Cassiel's rebirth we'll be attacked by the Fallen and not something darker ("being Unison Device is suffering", "Cassiel was a trap from the beginning", "help, I was kidnapped by monsters and they force me to write this quest").
 
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Shaseyu said:
I didn't notice the link too.
I can only hope a meaning of the picture is that after Cassiel's rebirth we'll be attacked by the Fallen and not something darker ("being Unison Device is suffering", "Cassiel was a trap from the beginning", "help, I kidnapped by monsters and they force me to right this quest").
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Well, the Fallen take on the names of the powers of hell (the demons of the Ars Goetia), so hopefully it's just a hint that we'll have to fight the Fallen?
Edit: Never tought I'd say that we would "hopefully" get into a fight with mass-murdering doomsday worshippers, but the alternative is worse.
 
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UberJJK said:
Honestly I didn't even notice the link in the first place. Looking at it I'm now very concerned that we are going to be putting Cassie into the Lament Configuration! This is not going to end well.

I'm also kinda surprised that I instantly recognized it despite never having watched Hellraiser or read any of the books it was based upon.
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Context please
 
I know it's not relevant any more, thanks to his injuries, but could I see Captain's character sheet, please? I'm guessing you removed it from the list of character sheets once he was taken out of the game, since it is referenced a number of times by various posters but isn't there now. This is just curiosity speaking.
 
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