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Usagi Quest (CK3/Princess Maker) (Sailor Moon)

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Silverking said:
Cats, on the other hand, are too hard. Entitled little beasts, who must be praised like kings or tricked into thinking that a task was their own idea, and even then may simply forget about any deals if sufficiently distracted.
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Krosp, Emperor Of All Cats: Can confirm.

Don't deal with parrots or caracaras until you're ready to get serious. They're smarter, but they're more exacting in their terms and can carry grudges for a LONG time."
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Probably the same with Corvids, which are up in the 'you could probably use Speak Any Language instead of Speak With Animal to talk with them' category.
 
So Sailor V was in England, the other Senshi were in Japan, America had Saban Moon, and now a Brazil Moon Rabbit is laying plans for a false Senshi squad made out of Precures and a teenage mage. The Dark Kingdom is gonna be so confused.

More to the point though, is this merely good fortune, or are the memories of the Moon Kingdom so strong that they're causing everyone to converge on the same ideas, like sharks and dolphins converging on a perfect shape?
 
We also see the contrast again between a presumably functional Magical Police and Ongoro again here.
UK: Talking cats aren't real. If they are, please call this number.
Brazil: We'll help behind the scenes, just don't take thing public.
Japan: BAKURETSU BAKURETSU LA LA LA
frozenchicken said:
So Sailor V was in England, the other Senshi were in Japan, America had Saban Moon, and now a Brazil Moon Rabbit is laying plans for a false Senshi squad made out of Precures and a teenage mage. The Dark Kingdom is gonna be so confused.
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Does this mean every knockoff Senshi group comes with a free Tuxedo Guy?:V
 
Pigeons as neutral is perhaps a bit of an overstatement of how much they don't like humans. Pigeons are, after all, an old and well-domesticated species, who have lived with humans for millennia and make very affectionate pets if you ever bother to breed for it. A feral urban bird, of course, is less inclined to trust you than a racing homer-but far more friendly and trusting than a rat or a rabbit.
 
frozenchicken said:
So Sailor V was in England, the other Senshi were in Japan, America had Saban Moon, and now a Brazil Moon Rabbit is laying plans for a false Senshi squad made out of Precures and a teenage mage. The Dark Kingdom is gonna be so confused.
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To be fair, magical warriors in frilly dresses were a known factor for the Dark Kingdom well before the Fall. They may be a bit surprised that they are somehow "back in vogue" after the span of millennia (and, inconveniently, just when they got out of the Void), but the concept itself is familiar.
 
Silverking said:
To be fair, magical warriors in frilly dresses were a known factor for the Dark Kingdom well before the Fall. They may be a bit surprised that they are somehow "back in vogue" after the span of millennia (and, inconveniently, just when they got out of the Void), but the concept itself is familiar.
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Beryl herself as Royal Shaman was basically in charge of all the Pretty Cures, if I'm remembering Endymions explanation right.
 
zernoc56 said:
Beryl herself as Royal Shaman was basically in charge of all the Pretty Cures, if I'm remembering Endymions explanation right.
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I got the impression that Pretty Cures were more independent than that, and that whatever alligence they owed beyond their specific fairy realm ran through "they place you have sworn to defend is itself a vassal of a larger state" rather than "the king's shaman is your CO". I think Beryl's role was more of a diplomatic one than a managerial one.
 
The big thing is that Beryl was in charge of training new shamans and Pretty Cures.
Giving her a lot of opportunities to corrupt or control some of them.
 
Silverking said:
To be fair, magical warriors in frilly dresses were a known factor for the Dark Kingdom well before the Fall. They may be a bit surprised that they are somehow "back in vogue" after the span of millennia (and, inconveniently, just when they got out of the Void), but the concept itself is familiar.
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I mean, for all the Dark Kingdom knows, magical warriors in frilly dresses never stopped being the norm.
 
You say that as if planes and magic are mutually exclusive. Just ask magical girl Chuck Yeager.



Granted, I imagine her attire would raise even more questions than the Midchildans.
 
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Angelform said:
The Mil-Ind complex is in for even more of a shock when the TSAB rolls up with a battleship, a company of soldiers… and a squad of beribboned magical girls and boys.
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Yeah while it hasn't been said one way or another, my guess is that the USA is primarily creating magitek etc for Unawakened combatants to use. In comparison MCAT and other groups are likely focusing on Awakening people and making gear to work with that.
Simon_Jester said:
Now I'm picturing a TSAB version of Top Gun. Same dynamics, only with more ribbons and fewer airplanes.
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Well there isn't a Nanoha AMV set to danger zone that I can find but there is one based on Ace Combat.

Still, the TSAB and similar mages are going to turn conventional military thinking on its head (and have the Mil-Ind complex screaming in horror) because you can have single combatants fulfilling the roles that would normally require multiple multi-million dollar combat machines and the logistics etc needed to keep them running.

And for the TSAB most of the time, ships and other combat vehicles serve as transport since not everybody has the ability to fly and/or they need to move through the Dimensional Sea. Well, and using/powering weapon systems that are too massive/dangerous for mages to personally use.
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Granted, I imagine her attire would raise even more questions than the Midchildans.
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Just get her some bicycle shorts or something.
 
Yeah, Magical Military Doctrine is probably going to end up a bit like Dynasty Warriors, or Gundam. You've got a handful of individuals at the top of the power/skill curve who can absolutely mop the floor with dozens/hundreds/thousands of "regular" soldiers, but those regular soldiers are still going to be needed, because one, or even a dozen, "Ace(s)" can't be everywhere to keep their nation's territory sovereign, or secure every important facility the nation maintains. They're fantastic troubleshooters, but they can't maintain a boarder and enforce customs and critical location security around the clock across an entire nation, especially when they do have to be off troubleshooting critical problem situations elsewhere.
 
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Almech_Alfarion said:
Yeah, Magical Military Doctrine is probably going to end up a bit like Dynasty Warriors, or Gundam. You've got a handful of individuals at the top of the power/skill curve who can absolutely mop the floor with dozens/hundreds/thousands of "regular" soldiers, but those regular soldiers are still going to be needed, because one, or even a dozen, "Ace(s)" can't be everywhere to keep their nation's territory sovereign, or secure every important facility the nation maintains. They're fantastic troubleshooters, but they can't maintain a boarder and enforce customs around the clock, especially when they do have to be off troubleshooting critical problem situations elsewhere.
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And even the Aces can have limitations in what they're capable of. Canon Hayate is a prime example where she's great at missions that involve 'Delete grid squares M through Z' but she's less effective when precision targeting is required.

I guess aside from insuring a good supply of 'regular' forces one would try to create an environment where you can also get a supply of 'Demi-Aces' as it were. Individuals that are a cut above most but aren't necessarily one-person armies. Sort of like Subaru, Teana, Erio, and Caro where they aren't one-on-one equal to the Ace trio but there are highly effective combatants.
 
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And even the Aces can have limitations in what they're capable of. Canon Hayate is a prime example where she's great at missions that involve 'Delete grid squares M through Z' but she's less effective when precision targeting is required.

I guess aside from insuring a good supply of 'regular' forces one would try to create an environment where you can also get a supply of 'Demi-Aces' as it were. Individuals that are a cut above most but aren't necessarily one-person armies. Sort of like Subaru, Teana, Erio, and Caro where they aren't one-on-one equal to the Ace trio but there are highly effective combatants.
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So, Captains and Lieutenants and other flavors of Elite Mook in a Dynasty Warriors type game then?

Every now and again, someone tries to make more conventional war machines relevant again, only to be left wondering where the health bar and dramatic music keep coming from each time it takes the field...
 
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