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NaanContributor said:
Jessica's Super Robot is already named the Thunderbolt. Even though the Beowulf is the one that uses the Lightning-powered signature weapon, while she's apparently Wind themed instead…
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Wait I thought we were going with Valkyrie for her mech. Well it hasn't made an official deployment so renaming it should be easy.

Edit: Actual all our non-Magical Girl BS Finishers are Lightining Based. Arc Tech is our current Finisher Tech.
 
FallenTemplar86 said:
Wait I thought we were going with Valkyrie for her mech. Well it hasn't made an official deployment so renaming it should be easy.

Edit: Actual all our non-Magical Girl BS Finishers are Lightining Based. Arc Tech is our current Finisher Tech.
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The Beowulf and Thunderbolt are the only ones who are "Super" enough to even be able to use finishers properly at this point. While the Perseus can theoretically use an inferior attempt at the Lightning Blade, I honestly expect it to get its own different finisher by the time it's built up into a proper Super Robot, like how Jessica just did. Likewise with Banner. Just based on the genre conventions, notably different Super Robots are supposed to have different signature attacks, otherwise they get watered down if they're shared amongst multiple Robots.

(Also the Foxhound's finisher with the Arc Cannon form of the Spark Caliber is "Jupiter's Fury", which is already synonymous with "Zeus' Wrath".). It'd probably be a cleaner aesthetic (gotta sell those collectibles) to just have each Super Robot focused on a different "element". Jessica with the Thunderbolt/Valkyrie has wind, if we hadn't already given Callaghan and the Timberwolf the Blazing Fist with him already showcasing an awesome finisher we could've kept him as the lightning leader, while giving the Blazing Fist to raging Banner instead. And as for giving the Perseus a spear, well, we're already working with the K-Fang as the most likely source for that kind of weapon, so why not go full "Claim the Slain Monster's Power" by keeping it close to the Dragon's Horn as an Acid Spear?
 
While separate elements would be nice, we literally don't have the Tech Trees developed for other finishers. The Burning Fists was a literal, "Oh hey we can do something with the waste heat" not it's own tech tree. Heck we weren't even really given an option to continue on that.

The Perseus is already technically behind in production, we don't have the time to develop a new unique element for it. If anything continuing to use the Electric Finishers could actual be used to unify our Supers as we continue to produce them. Everyone knows that Valiant is Magnetics, and Mercury V is Cryo beams. The EUDF forces are Lightning Mecha. It becomes the Signature of our entire line of Mechs.

TehChron said:
What's this you say about a Heat Tomahawk Finisher for Ichirou?
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God I wish the Heat Knife produced actual results.
 
FallenTemplar86 said:
God I wish the Heat Knife produced actual results.
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It's fine.

Once we complete Faedium and based off experience with K-Scale when it comes to channeling Heat energy...

We just have Ichirou repress his anger into BURNING RAGE, charge up a big ass Faedium Crystal with the waste heat which then gets channeled into a K-Fang axe head, then for his finisher he taps into that berserker fury of his and cleaves an Mf'er into two steaming halves.

Very Metal imo.
 
TehChron said:
It's fine.

Once we complete Faedium and based off experience with K-Scale when it comes to channeling Heat energy...

We just have Ichirou repress his anger into BURNING RAGE, charge up a big ass Faedium Crystal with the waste heat, then for his finisher he taps into that berserker fury of his and cleaves an Mf'er in half.
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Ah I see, so we're going for Soul Edge, Axe Edition. I'm good with that.
 
TehChron said:
It's fine.

Once we complete Faedium and based off experience with K-Scale when it comes to channeling Heat energy...

We just have Ichirou repress his anger into BURNING RAGE, charge up a big ass Faedium Crystal with the waste heat which then gets channeled into a K-Fang axe head, then for his finisher he taps into that berserker fury of his and cleaves an Mf'er into two steaming halves.

Very Metal imo.
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That's actually better than what I was planning so sure lets go with that route for Banner. We just need to make sure to find the proper combination forms for him and how they will work with said plan.

For those of you talking about the Heat Knife. I have the Build Team working on building one to see if it can be used as a mass produced variant that can be combined with the mass produced Mechs we are designing. Having a backup weapon is always useful.
 
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Hmm, speaking of combinations with Ichiro, are we going for something like the Kausians have, or are we going with a relatively dumb system like the Timberwolf formation? Alternatively we might also try a different approach. I kind of want Ichiro to be the Testbed for the FAST Pack system. Give him a variety of Strike Packs, Full Armor, Heavy Gunner, strap some rockets to him.

Speaking of Rockets, hey Basarin what did we get from the Junkyard?
 
Thors_Alumni said:
What Junkyard? We don't have one. Are you talking about the wreckage taken from any one of our fights against the 3 enemy factions?
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It was a Pre-Hiatus event that was never actually followed up on. Roll was a 5,5 so we know it's gotta be good.

Basarin said:
Log: 14 June, A.D. 2072

<Adriana>, 11:22:14:56 - Why's the bossman shouting like that?

<Katarina>, 11:22:14:61 - Um...you know how a lot of everything we do here doesn't make much sense if you think too hard about it?

<Adriana>, 11:22:14:66 - What, like us?

<Katarina>, 11:22:14:70 - Yes, exactly. He's speaking to old colleagues of his, and-

"Why do you even have these!?"

<Adrianna>, 11:22:17:08 - *screenshot saved*

<Adriana>, 11:22:17:14 - Okay, that was totally an awesome picture. He looks like he's gonna flip the table!

<Katarina>, 11:22:17:26 - Adri!

<Katarina>, 11:22:18:33 - ...mind sharing?
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I'm banking on it being old Rocket Thrusters.
 
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Thors_Alumni said:
That's actually better than what I was planning so sure lets go with that route for Banner. We just need to make sure to find the proper combination forms for him and how they will work with said plan.
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It's why I'm optimistic about the Sledder's DFRI-Custom Models (Tentatively Named "Iberian") being able to link up with something like the Perseus.

If they can pull off a full-on Combiner with the Perseus, then why couldn't they also pull off a Triple Combination between Ichirou, a Seeker, and an Iberian to help bring the whole thing together as a method for higher mobility and extra power?

Or that Pack proposal that FallenTemplar just put forward.
 
FallenTemplar86 said:
It was a Pre-Hiatus event that was never actually followed up on. Roll was a 5,5 so we know it's gotta be good.
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I honestly forgot about that, You may need to PM Basarin about it since there is stuff that he has forgotten about and this is probably also one of them. Either that or he is holding off until for a turn or two until more important projects get completed.
 
Basarin said:
1) Not really, no.
2) This one is a lack of proper formatting on my part - in future turns, I will specifically outline in 'Practical Applications' what options are available. That one's on me.

I'll let voting run through until tomorrow morning.
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@Thors_Alumni according to Basrin there's no point in putting Ivanna and Zulu on the same project, I'd suggest putting her on Kausen Equipment : Anti-Gravity trying to find ways to make our Dropship lighter and freeing more space for units to take. But using her for anything will work as long as you specify that hand Held Blaster Cannons should get rerolling priority.
 
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FallenTemplar86 said:
The Perseus is already technically behind in production, we don't have the time to develop a new unique element for it. If anything continuing to use the Electric Finishers could actual be used to unify our Supers as we continue to produce them. Everyone knows that Valiant is Magnetics, and Mercury V is Cryo beams. The EUDF forces are Lightning Mecha. It becomes the Signature of our entire line of Mechs.
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Jessica's already deviated from the Lightning flavor with her own magic Tornado finisher. And I don't really see us investing the time and resources to build her a redundant Arc Blade when her Tornado Strike is already mechanically identical (does up to 8 HP, Test roll situational), and narratively better (it's something already integrated into her and the Super Robot instead of a piece of outside equipment that has to be delivered to her like the Spark Caliber weapons, which I'm just waiting for a smart enemy to try to intercept or disarm from Callaghan later in the story).

And we don't have to develop a "new" element for the Perseus, because I'm saying the Acid attack type is already available for us. In the first K-Fang research project, the science team blasted a massively penetrative hole through the facility with a concentrated acid jet out of the Dragonfly's Horn, by accident. We're already doing the next stage of the K-Fang research development, where Sam says it's perfectly suited for making weapons like the spear that seems to be the consensus for what the Perseus should have for melee. All they really have to do is figure out how to trigger the acid death beam on purpose, stick a smaller copy of that horn onto the Super Robot equivalent of a stick, and bam: a new weapon for the Perseus with an already built-in finishing move.
 
Not sure I hate the "new" format or not but is does not seem to flow as much as the old one did.

Still the story been really good so far, looking forward too the next chapter.
 
I cannot see the title of the thread without hearing the old theme for the mega man anime/cartoon in my head, just wanted to share that finally.
 
RoadrunnerJ said:
I cannot see the title of the thread without hearing the old theme for the mega man anime/cartoon in my head, just wanted to share that finally.
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Sadly these characters are not also voiced by the same studios used by Ruby-Spears Productions. (Seriously, I still couldn't watch that without hearing Protoman and equating him to Ken from the Street Fighter cartoon)

Redhead222 said:
Not sure I hate the "new" format or not but is does not seem to flow as much as the old one did.

Still the story been really good so far, looking forward too the next chapter.
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Fair enough. Back when I started this quest I had much more time on my hands. Lately not so much but I really want to keep writing this so here we are!

On this note looks like the votes are fairly locked in, so I'm closing it here.
Scheduled vote count started by Basarin on Sep 23, 2021 at 6:15 PM, finished with 106 posts and 18 votes.
  • [X] Plan N3
    -[X] Blue September
    -- [X] Adriana
    -[X] Reaction Force: Active Monitoring - (Which Advisor?)
    --[X] Diana
    -[X] Liaison: Captain Dana Candle/NDF
    -- [X] Haruko Sasaki
    -[X] Triple Combination - Prototyping
    -- [X] Wilde and Henry
    -- [X] Katarina
    -[X] Steed Standardization - Over There
    -- [X] Jiro Yukimura
    -[X] Construct Super Robot Support Unit(s)
    -- [X] CRX-G2-02 "Sledder"
    -- [X] Lana
    -[X] Equipment Fabrication
    -- [X] Heat Knife
    -- [X] The Build Team
    -[X] Enemy Wreckage Analysis: Drone Wreckage
    -- [X] Boris Ignatov
    -[X] Explore K-Class Psychic Augmentation
    -- [X] SAM CARLSON
    -- [X] Making Temporary effects last longer
    -[X] Kausen Equipment
    -- [X] Zulu
    -- [X] hand Held Blaster Cannons
    -- [X] Ivanna
    -[X] Gifts of the Regent (Empathic Booster)
    -- [X] Max Brand
    -- [X] Multipurpose Drone Control
    -[X] Faedium
    --[X] If taken, must assign Mary
    [X] Plan Firepower
    -[X] Military
    --[X] Blue September
    --- [X] Adriana
    --[X] Liaison: General Li/GDF
    ---[X] Diana
    --[X] Liaison: Captain Dana Candle/NDF
    --- [X] Haruko Sasaki
    -[X] Engineering
    --[X] Triple Combination - Prototyping
    --- [X] Wilde and Henry
    --- [X] Katarina
    --[X] Practical Applications: Energy Blaster improvements
    --- [X] Lana
    --[X] Practical Applications: Design Perseus Combination Unit
    ---[X] CRX-G2-02 "Sledder"
    ---[X] Jiro Yukimura
    --[X] Equipment Fabrication
    --- [X] Energy Shard Kit
    --- [X] The Build Team
    --[X] Enemy Wreckage Analysis: Drone Wreckage
    --- [X] Boris Ignatov
    -[X] Science
    --[X] Explore K-Class Psychic Augmentation
    --- [X] SAM CARLSON
    --- [X] Making Temporary effects last longer
    --[X] Kausen Equipment
    --- [X] Zulu
    --- [X] Support unit scale Energy Blasters
    --[X] Gifts of the Regent (Empathic Booster)
    --- [X] Max Brand
    --[X] Investigate K-Fang Ranged attacks
    ---[X] Ivanna
    --[X] Faedium
    ---[X] Mary
    [X] Plan Man-Machine Symbiosis
    -[X] Blue September
    -- [X] Adriana
    -[X] Reaction Force: Active Monitoring - (Which Advisor?)
    --[X] Diana
    -[X] Liaison: Captain Dana Candle/NDF
    -- [X] Haruko Sasaki
    - [X] Liaison: General Li/GDF
    -- [X] Katarina
    -[X] Triple Combination - Prototyping
    -- [X] Wilde and Henry
    -[X] Steed Standardization - Over There
    -- [X] Jiro Yukimura
    -[X] Construct Super Robot Support Unit(s)
    -- [X] CRX-G2-02 "Sledder"
    -- [X] Lana
    -[X] Equipment Fabrication
    -- [X] Heat Knife
    -- [X] The Build Team
    -[X] Enemy Wreckage Analysis
    -- [X] Boris Ignatov
    -- [X] Beast Mega Blaster
    - [X] Refine Psychic Theater Principle
    -- [X] SAM CARLSON
    -- [X] Connecting a Kaus-style AI pilot with a human pilot or copilot.
    -[X] Kausen Equipment
    -- [X] Zulu
    -- [X] hand Held Blaster Cannons
    -- [X] Ivanna
    - [X] C-Crystals
    -- [X] Max Brand
    -- [X] Integration with K-suits for mech theft prevention and further pilot enhancement
    -[X] Faedium
    --[X] If taken, must assign Mary
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Turn Nine, Year Three Rolls
  • Informational
    • [X] Plan N3
    Defense Force Options
    -[X] Blue September
    -- [X] Adriana
    -[X] Reaction Force: Active Monitoring - (Which Advisor?)
    --[X] Diana
    -[X] Liaison: Captain Dana Candle/NDF
    -- [X] Haruko Sasaki
    Engineering Options
    -[X] Triple Combination - Prototyping
    -- [X] Wilde and Henry
    -- [X] Katarina
    -[X] Steed Standardization - Over There
    -- [X] Jiro Yukimura
    -[X] Construct Super Robot Support Unit(s)
    -- [X] CRX-G2-02 "Sledder"
    -- [X] Lana
    -[X] Equipment Fabrication
    -- [X] Heat Knife
    -- [X] The Build Team
    -[X] Enemy Wreckage Analysis: Drone Wreckage
    -- [X] Boris Ignatov
    SCIENCE Options
    -[X] Explore K-Class Psychic Augmentation
    -- [X] SAM CARLSON
    -- [X] Making Temporary effects last longer
    -[X] Kausen Equipment
    -- [X] Zulu
    -- [X] hand Held Blaster Cannons
    -- [X] Ivanna
    -[X] Gifts of the Regent (Empathic Booster)
    -- [X] Max Brand
    -- [X] Multipurpose Drone Control
    -[X] Faedium
    --[X] If taken, must assign Mary

    Alrighty. Sorry for the delay, let's have us some rolls.


    Blue September
    Assigned: Adriana
    Duration: 2 Turns
    Rolling 2d6, Threshold Unknown: 2, 5.
    Rolling at Disadvantage (1d6) for Adriana's snooping: 6.
    Adriana: Um. Hi! Funny running into you here, Valiant lady!
    Adriana's found some unlikely leads, and an even unlikelier run-in. One turn remaining.
    That said, you might want to talk to her about reenacting the Kool-Aid Man routine into protected networks.
    One Turn Remaining.

    Liaison - CPT Dana Candle
    Assigned: Haruko
    Duration: 1 Turn
    Rolling at Advantage (2d6, +1d6 from Haruko), Threshold of 5: 5, 6, 5.
    Greater success! Though this is less from Haruko's diplomacy and more 'right place right time.'

    Active Monitoring
    Assigned: Diana
    Duration: 2 Turns
    Rolling at Advantage (3d6), Threshold Unknown: 3, 2, 6.
    Diana's found some upticks in kaiju spottings. But it isn't aggressive...yet.
    One Turn Remaining.

    Triple Combination - Prototyping
    Assigned: Wilde and Henry, Katarina
    Duration: 4 Turns
    Rolling at extreme Advantage (2d6, +1d6 from Wilde and Henry, +1d6 from Katarina), Threshold of 6: 4, 2, 2, 6.
    Who would have thought that different power sources don't always play nice? But the engineering side of it's gotten their foot into the metaphorical door. Now we just need a crowbar to pry it open.
    The QM isn't sure where this analogy was going, but no powersuits or PhDs were involved.
    Three Turns Remaining.

    Steed Standardization - Over There
    Assigned: Jiro
    Duration: 2 Turns
    Rolling at extreme Advantage (3d6, +1d6 from Jiro), Threshold of 5: 5, 5, 1, 4.
    Critical success due to Jiro's bonus! The initial testing starts very well.
    One Turn Remaining.

    Construct Super Robot Support - 'Sledder'
    Assigned: Lana
    Duration: Two Turns+
    Rolling 2d6, Threshold of 6: 4, 1.
    Lana's stubborn - rerolling! 6, 5.
    Success! Lana is being careful about paying attention to Wilde, Henry, Katarina and even the Clown Jiro while they work, which is paying dividends right now.
    Two Turns Remaining.

    Item Fabrication - Heat Knife
    Assigned: The Build Team
    Duration: 1 Turn
    No Rolls here - One Heat Knife has been constructed!
    Heat Knife
    - Duration to Fabricate: One Turn
    - Duration: Six Combat Rounds
    - Grants +1d6 to Strike
    - On Critical success, dice explode

    Enemy Wreckage Analysis - Drones
    Assigned: Boris
    Duration: 1 Turn
    Rolling 2d6, Threshold of 4-6 (due to Boris's bonus): 6, 4.
    Greater Success! Ignatov makes some fascinating insights into the disposable yet semi-sentient armies of the Free Brothers.

    Examine K-Class Psychic Augmentation
    Assigned: SAM CARLSON
    Duration: 2 Turns
    Rolling 2d6, Threshold of 5 (due to Sam's bonus): 1, 1.
    Ivanna reroll! 3, 6.
    Sam: I want to put it on record that this is why we comply with OSHA. And why you should have a sentient Super Artificial Intelligence checking your work.
    Ivanna: You're welcome, Doctor Carlson~!
    Sam: In other news, had some interesting side effects come from the Psychic Theater testing. More to follow!

    Handheld Blasters - Kausen Equipment
    Assigned: Zulu, Ivanna (Doesn't add any additional bonuses)
    Duration: 2 Turns
    Rolling 2d6, Threshold of 5: 4, 3 5 due to Zulu's bonus.
    Zulu is quite familiar with the handheld blasters. Adapting them to work with human resources and technology is already proving to be a little trickier, even if Zulu is confident he can manage it.
    One Turn Remaining.

    Empathic Booster - Gift of the Regent
    Assigned: Max
    Duration: Three Turns
    Rolling at Advantage (2d6+1d6 due to Max's bonus): 2, 6, 6.
    Critical Success!
    Max: I've done it! And I'll be even happier when I figure out what it actually was!
    Ivanna: That...wasn't even what you were trying to do earlier...
    Zulu: Advisement. Nod and feign gestures of vague agreement.
    Two Turns Remaining.

    Faedium
    Assigned: Mary (required)
    Duration: Three Turns
    Rolling 2d6, Threshold Unknown: 5, 2.
    Crystal fabrication is beginning. Not much else to say, it's a little early for results yet.
    Two Turns Remaining.
     
  • Informational
    • This is excellent news on all the stuff I already cared about!

    Advancing Psychic Materials at the same.time as the Empathic Booster is highly promising for my intended Bio-Sensor proposal down the line!
     
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