Super Robot Quest
- Thread starter Basarin
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Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
- Location
- USoA
...
*head tilt*
Well this is an interesting turn of events.
*head tilt*
Well this is an interesting turn of events.
meganeshounen
*tips glasses*
- Location
- Far East Asia
Publicly, he's against us.
Privately, he's... uhh... what.
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
What are we supposed to do with all these mixed signals?
Privately, he's... uhh... what.
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
What are we supposed to do with all these mixed signals?
Man, the blue-bloods of Third Air must have more clout than we thought. A General that would generally be in our corner is being forced to bash us publically because of political bullshit, which will probably end up getting people killed down the line.
We need to help the General clean-house ASAP.
We need to help the General clean-house ASAP.
Heh. Called it.
Armistead is basically asking us for help here. The corruption and/or Westphalian infiltration must be really really bad if Armistead is pulling this sort of ruse.Publicly, he's against us.
Privately, he's... uhh... what.
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
What are we supposed to do with all these mixed signals?
Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
- Location
- USoA
If he's actually telling the truth then it may be that bad. Peter's has never given us any indication that there's more to the dude.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
What the hell?!
Huh, not what I was expecting.
- Location
- PA
...Huunh.
Soo that's the game he's playing...Not the answer I expected frankly. Makes me wonder how hidebound the EUDF can be as a whole...I think I can see the issue-like, even now, the 'Red Baron' is still the kind of thing we think of when we think 'Ace Pilot', right? And that hasn't changed...Problem is...
It's self-reliance, it's being better and tougher then the guy you run into.
Or in other words, it's the sort of mentality that plays very very well into the Seperatists and their philosophy.
And that's why Armistead's hands are tied, in effect.
So how to get around this?
Well, one thought is to play into the 'public' conflict and basically do as little as possible to help the air-force while Armistead opposes us-we have a reason to do so- Armistead being a pig-head, but it ALSO will help to keep sweet toys/tech out of the Westphalian's hands, and force them to at-significant cost shop with foreigners like Sheol or Kausen.
Soo that's the game he's playing...Not the answer I expected frankly. Makes me wonder how hidebound the EUDF can be as a whole...I think I can see the issue-like, even now, the 'Red Baron' is still the kind of thing we think of when we think 'Ace Pilot', right? And that hasn't changed...Problem is...
It's self-reliance, it's being better and tougher then the guy you run into.
Or in other words, it's the sort of mentality that plays very very well into the Seperatists and their philosophy.
And that's why Armistead's hands are tied, in effect.
So how to get around this?
Well, one thought is to play into the 'public' conflict and basically do as little as possible to help the air-force while Armistead opposes us-we have a reason to do so- Armistead being a pig-head, but it ALSO will help to keep sweet toys/tech out of the Westphalian's hands, and force them to at-significant cost shop with foreigners like Sheol or Kausen.
- Location
- Nowhere
The conspiracy deepens.
The device lasts surprisingly a short time, despite this not being a problem in other situations.
HINT HINT HINT!
Clearly, there's more than meets the eye. Still, when in doubt, apply total war protocol. Or punch them in the face once they show their face, which they will do so, following SR conventions.
In before she's actually the bad guy (gal).
It seems that Armistead is alleging that the Air Force is deeply compromised by Westphalians separatists and he put on quite a show to convince Devin. Whether its true or not (and if he is acting or not) we already seen some warning signs when looked into the Air Force, so the suggestion to turn the baleful eye of IS towards the Air force is a sound suggestion anyhow.
(Unless they are also partly compromised and we need to use our own resources to investigate this?
(Unless they are also partly compromised and we need to use our own resources to investigate this?
- Location
- North America
DA FUQ IS THIS MAN!? DANZO!?!?
GilliamYaeger
M'crazy.
Might be that he's Westphallan himself, but with the success of the Super Robot project he's seeing where the wind is blowing and has decided to sell out his co conspirators while keeping his own hands relatively clean?
Possibly, but double agents tend to not cover themselves in glory, I'd think it's better for him to stick to his guns rather than abandon his side at the first sign of trouble.
It's suspicious and bears investigation anyhow.
Not in Person
Once Known as The Nobody
- Location
- A place
If I remember a bit of trivia correctly, when Pickard appeared on Star Trek, people were asking something similar to: "Haven't they they fixed hair loss in the Super-Advanced Fictional Future?" The reply was: "The Super-Advanced Fictional Future is so Super-Advanced, that they decided such concerns are silly".
I believe Devin writes those reports himself.
"E" stands for "Eventually, we'll see it in action, too".
Marvelous! I was expecting something along these lines, but this twist was much twist-ier than I imagined. The execution, the setup, and all.
Crazy speculation: Air Force had a Super Soldier project in the plans, but the Super Robot wrecked all their ambitions and multi-million dollar investments.
@Basarin Late question for you
This just occurred to me.
I don't expect this to change anything but wasn't the v-33 that the Beowulf combines with able to attack by itself?
Because I only remember it attacking when it was doing the Gale formation.
It did not attack at any time after we changed to the Timberwolf.
This just occurred to me.
I don't expect this to change anything but wasn't the v-33 that the Beowulf combines with able to attack by itself?
Because I only remember it attacking when it was doing the Gale formation.
It did not attack at any time after we changed to the Timberwolf.
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- Nowhere
Their loss. Nothing stops from having a super-soldier piloting a super-robot! OF course, better be sure to have multiple kill-switches to avoid unpleasant surprises.
Star Trek was weird yep. The new movies were way too serious though.
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Once Known as The Nobody
- Location
- A place
I was trying to say "Who cares how much hair a badass has?", but got a little bit roundabout.
- Location
- USA
You're absolutely right. The reason I didn't include it back in that fight was because its damage would have been automatically blocked no matter if it succeeded the roll or not (the Dragon had damage reduction of -1 HP). The only difference it would have made was that there would have been narrative notes about rounds from the Falcon ricocheting off of the scales.
I probably could have factored it in with the Dragonfly, but by then the V-33 had withdrawn from the fight. *shrug* Still, good eye.
Any updates are likely to come in tomorrow, with the possibility of a side-story write in tonight.
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LinkOnScepter
The One who Strangles Concepts to death
- Location
- Interwebs
So long story short: Armistead (seemingly) wants to help us, but the damn Air Force is filled with a bunch of Old Money bastards (and possibly traitors) who feel threatened by what we're doing.
While not a big problem for us right now, they have enough clout that Armistead can't officially sanction us even if he wants to. So, unofficially, he's asking us for help.
While not a big problem for us right now, they have enough clout that Armistead can't officially sanction us even if he wants to. So, unofficially, he's asking us for help.
I mean, we don't exactly know if there are Westphalian infiltrators. It certainly a possibility, based on the description of those less than pleased with us (who fit the the rich Old World Fat Cat label). It's also possible that parts of the air force are just extremely negligent and hate us for muscling in on their turf. We'll find out soon enough, but I don't think we should jump to conclusions without more info. However, this is a Super Robot Quest....so be prepared for any eventuality, especially the Chuuni ones.