Truth Martyr
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
Age: 38
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Oh god the backlog -_- 2 pages in 6 hours, and lotsa posts... how do you guys keep up?
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
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*chuckles* Good one, good one! Do you mind if I use it as my sig? And it's totally apt for Franz; the reason he's still a 2nd Lieutenant at the age of 32 was that he went to OCS late because the Sergeant Major wanted to hang on to his junior NCO who had this gift for paperwork.
Naomi and Franz got along quite well, actually, though there's a bit of a gulf between them; they love each other, but there's this inability to bond that puzzles Naomi deeply; for all his hot blood, there a distance in how Franz treats Naomi, with the result that the now 15-year-old Naomi is very much confused over how her brother views her... there's going to be a fair amount of tension, and if I ever get around to writing about the OMF proper, the Franz/Naomi relationship subplot will be an important side issue.
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
That seems unlikely most of the mooks we see flying around sure as hell don't seem A rank.
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True... though it could also be because any guy in the Nanohaverse gets pwnt very quickly. At least we know whom 7Arcs suport in the battle of the genders...
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
They aren’t even close they’ve never shown speeds like that, the fact helicopters seem to be used to deploy into combat areas acutally seems to indicate they might have a higher sustained speed. I acutally consider anything over about 250 to be attainable only by boost spells. Also the human body would NOT stand up to wind forces incurred at super sonic speeds… at least not as low as mages fly. Pilots ejecting from a supersonic aircraft for instance can break bones due to the wind blast impacting them.
If they were wearing heavy duty full body power armor then maybe but they’re sporting exposed skin and lightweight jackets. There’s no way in hell they’d survive super sonic flight. Any “magical shielding” arguments can also be thrown out as we see wind whipping their hair around so it’s clearly hitting them.
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You make a very good point, one which I hadn't considered until I went back and rewatched 5. I guess it's a matter of scale and perception...
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
Na you wouldn't "Dogfight" a mage you'd park at 40,000 feet WAY above where they can go without passing and dying and just lob missiles down at them from 30 miles away when you get a chance.
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Though that does leave you open to orbital bombardment.... unless you're in a built up urban area where no orbital bombardment can happen for fear of collateral damage. Still, yeah, that is a pretty workable technique.
Well, I guess that with the completion of the Subjugation War backstory, we can head on to making OCs. Sorry about forcing your hand on the Gardai, Kagerou -_-
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
That'll be indeed interesting... I'm guessing he's a GAR type, huh?
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Pretty much. As Kagerou mentioned, the top four mages of the OFM fit into 4 main archetypes: Erick is the GAR leader (he may be getting old, but he's got more than enough GAR for a man half his age); Franz is the hot blooded male, Glen is the Straight Man, and Emili is the tsunmoedere.
Sergeant Ivanovich is pretty much Johnson remodeled for the OFM, because of the many Sergeant Majors in fiction, Johnson is one of the most pwn and win. Kick ass and take names, Oo-fucking-rah!
Also, a little piece of speculative fiction on the one time Franz calls Nanoha "Beamspam-chan" maliciously...
Spoiler for Five minutes to lose, Pt.1:
Ah, lunchtime. A time much looked-forward to by the Forwards of Riot Force 6; Lunch was the break they got after spending a morning of PT and getting their collective asses kicked by Nanoha Takamachi. The latter was seated with them today in RF6's mess hall, eating lunch with her students, a rare occasion, and regaling them with some of the stories of her past exploits. Subaru hung off every word of her idol, Teana listened with rapt attention, and Caro and Erio were enthralled by Nanoha's stories.
The White Devil had just finished one story, took a sip from her drink, and was about to launch into another when she was interrupted by a casual, familliar voice: "Yo, Beamspam-chan. It's been a while, hasn't it?"
"Franz-kun!" she exclaimed, rising out of her chair with a smile on her face, hugging the man who'd appeared by the table. He was a bit taller than Nanoha, with black hair combed neatly to the side, wearing sunglasses which he removed and folded, placing them into his uniform. It was a uniform of a cut similar to that of the Navy, but instead of being blue and black, it was forest green and black, and he wore a strange rank insignia on his shoulders, though his collar rank insignia was identical to the TSAB Ground Forces, proclaiming him to be a 2nd Lieutenant. He appeared to be in his late twenties to early thirties, moving with the grace of an experienced combat veteran, and appeared totally at ease with Nanoha, laughing and talking to her softly in a language that none at the table spoke fluently, though Subaru could recognise it as Japanese, her ancestral language, before he switched to a tongue they all could recognise.
"The one and only, Beamspam-chan... I mean, Captain Takamachi," he grinned. "2nd Lieutenant Franz Jaeger at your service, Ma'am."
"Oh, sit down, Franz-kun," laughed Nanoha. "We're all friends here. Everyone, this is Franz Jaeger, of the Order of Freelance Mages, an old friend of us Captains and the Commander. You're still the Assault Section Leader?"
"Yep," nodded Franz. "We just got back from another offplanet deployment, we're starting our rest/refit cycle. The Colonel sent me over to pass some stuff to Hayate-chan and to also look you up and see if you'd be interested me and my boys spicing up your training. We've heard good things about your kids, and well... Glen and the Colonel are always on the lookout for a few good mages. Even as far away as we are, we've heard about you guys, though I believe this is the first time we've been introduced?"
The nods he received affirmed his guess, and Nanoha handled the introductions deftly, and Franz spent a few minutes getting to know the Forwards, until Subaru breached the inevitable question: "Just how do you know Nanoha-taichou, Sir?"
"hmmmm...." murmured Franz thoughtfully, stroking his chin. "That depends. I'd first heard of her about... yeah, ten years ago; Beamspam-chan here was considered one of the best prodigies ever discovered, and her assistance to the Asura and Admiral Lindy Harlaown... you may not know much about our unit, since we tend to keep a low profile, but we've got close ties to Admiral Harlaown, and she's tended to request assistance from us when possible, though we were on a deployment and couldn't meet up with her until after the whole Precia Testarossa incident was over. But meeting face to face... five years ago, wasn't it, Nanoha?"
"You were such a fanboy," chuckled Nanoha. "When he first saw us, his first words were 'See? See?! I told you they existed!' It gave me a shock to see a grown man come up to three teenager and almost worship them."
"Oh, I stopped the worship after that day," said Jack wryly. "Shall we tell them about it?"
"Sure, why not?"
"Okay, pay attention, kids. It was some time after we'd all gotten to know each other and become friends. The OFM was in another rest/refit cycle, and we managed to get everyone's schedules synchronised, so we had a sorta picnic/powermeeting day; the Volkenritter were hanging out with some of our guys, Glen and Emili were talking to Fate about something, the Colonel and Hayate were discussing something important, probably her Riot Forcve 6 concept, and out of sheer damn boredom, I suggested to Nanoha-chan here that we do a one on one. Now, I'd been ranked A+ for a while, and settled into my position and rank, and I wanted to see how I matched up against the famous Nanoha, the girl who mows down enemy like a firehose puting out fires..."
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"So he actually challenged Nanoha to a duel and she agreed?" asked Emili, curious. "This is interesting... 4 minutes."
"4 minutes 30 seconds, no longer. In five minutes, this will be all over," predicted Glen, as he watched the two combatants get ready. Everyone had wrangled transport or flown themselves to the nearest set of TSAB proving grounds, which Nanoha had appropriated using her Instructor Corps authority; now both she and Franz were ready, both in their barrier jackets, their devices out in hand: Raging Heart in Nanoha's left hand, Cortana, the Katana Device, in Franz's right hand. Fate raised a bullhorn to her mouth, and gave the signal: "Three, two, one, GO!"
Within the first ten seconds, Nanoha could see that Franz's combat style was based on fast attacks; he charged forward, bringing his sword in a sideways slash, a move that Nanoha sidestepped and evaded, bringing Raging Heart to block his followup slash, before catching Raging Heart under his downwards slash and striking forward, attempting to skewer him. The Erusian mage jumped back and to the side, his sword raised in a guard, as Nanoha leapt up and loaded a cartridge.
[Accel Shooter.]
"Oh hell," muttered Franze, as ten orbs of magenta light flew towards him; the Erusian cursed and jumped up, hopping from floor of ruined building to floor of ruinined building, either evading each shot or catching it and deflecting it with his blade, putting on a boost of speed and energy that saw him shoot up, higher than Nanoha... and saw him descend just as fast, Cortana arched for a piercing thrust.
"Gatotsu!" he called, lightning energy flowing through his blade as he brought it down at Nanoha, who lifted her free hand and murmured an incantation, as Round Shield appeared; she caught the blade on her shield. Nanoha wasn't considered one of the best Agressors for nothing; as she caught the blade on her shield, she twisted and turned, allowing Franz's momentum to push her out of the way and leave him with no resistance, falling to the ground. She pointed Raging Heart at him and loaded two cartridges, preparing to fire Divine Buster...
As he fell, Cortana shifted forms, changing from a katana into a rifle; entering Rifle Form allowed it to use shooting spells, such as Plasma Lancer, Lightning Breaker... and Divine Buster. Cortana had one weakness; unline other mixed Mid-Childan/Belkan-style devices, it used a bolt-action system to load cartridges, so as he fell, Franz had to manually chamber his weapon; yet he did it with time to spare, and it was debatable who was most surprise, as both he and Nanoha simultaneously called out "Divine BUSTER!" and fired beams of magical energy at each other.... though Nanoha's beam was larger than Franz's...
Well, that's part 1. I'll continue more tomorrow, as it's now 1.44 AM here and I am beat.
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