Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Character Creation and Discussion

[Comartemis]

The impression given is that Zero copied them off Fate with the reference there.

Ah. No, I'm running with the idea that not every device is necessarily unique and there will be some forms that are especially popular among different device-users (I seem to recall seeing multiple Raising Heart clones among the Arthra's strike team late in Classic). Magical plasma blades in general are referred to as "zamber" blades, and Wily used this design as Zero's primary weapon. I borrowed this idea from Mahou Shonen Enforcer Chrono, making it possibly the only concept I've seen in that fic that I would ever use in one of my own.

Point to me one device that has been shown to be connected to a linker core by circuitry.

Well, not through circuitry per se, but virtually every intelligent device has displayed the ability to draw power from the LC. Obvious examples include the autocast spells and Mach Caliber's epic save against Ginga.

As for your earlier point of the LC's lack of corporeality... well I've stated before that the LC is what anchors the spirit to the body, now I'm theorizing that as such it exists on both the physical and astral planes. This is how it can be considered an organ yet be incorporeal. Zero's circuitry is linked to his physical core, and is only connected to his spiritual core by proxy.

And the limits of it? What can it do and what can it not do?

See, this is what happens when you post right before you go to class: you rush yourself and don't put enough thought into your answers.

Zero's AI core is limited to the standard functions of your typical storage device, including magic processing and storage of electronic media. Zero's core is also linked to his home M2D (those holographic computer terminals that pop up everywhere in StrikerS), so he can access any important files stored on it at any time without bringing up a user interface. So no, picking apart the Belka system just by sparring with Signum wouldn't be possible.

Let me rephrase my answer to your previous question: by "picking up" the Ancient Belka system through sparring with Signum, I mean that Zero is analyzing Signum's fighting style (melee with magic-enhanced attacks), picking apart its' strengths and weaknesses, and deciding to adopt a similar combat style rather than going with Mid-Childa and its' ranged attacks. Actually learning Ancient Belka is done through rote study and lots of practice.

The energy to power an IS obviously does not come from a linker core, otherwise the Numbers ISes would be fizzling out under AMF.

So far as I can tell, the ISs are--for all intents and purposes--identical to the genetic traits of other characters in StrikerS, like Acous and Vivio. The only difference is that the Numbers use power supplies to artificially boost the strength of their skills. Ergo, if Zero gained some sort of power supply and figured out how to hook it up to his LC, he could do the same thing, but for now, he's only working with what he's got.

Folks, I'd be perfectly happy to drop this power if someone could suggest an alternate method of letting Zero harness the elements for his attacks.

...hold that thought, I just remembered MMZ's element chips.

*Goes back to the drawing board*

[Comartemis]

Inherent Equipment: Beam Sabers
Zero’s signature weapons. The designs of these weapons are based on zamber-type melee weapons such as Fate Testarossa’s Riot Zamber. Zero uses these weapons more than any other in his arsenal, and is highly skilled with them.

As Wily intended for the beam sabers to be Zero’s primary weapons, he put extra effort into making them as formidable as possible. To this end, Wily spent a considerable amount of time developing a special “element chip”, which he installed in both of Zero’s beam sabers. When Zero channels magic into his beam sabers, the chip enables him to alter that magic into one of three elemental effects: fire, ice, or lightning. The chips function similarly to finely-tuned elemental devices such as Durandal, but are considerably weaker than such specialized devices, and can only use the mana charge to enhance the weapon they are tuned to; full elemental spellcasting is impossible without an elemental affinity for one of the three elements, which Zero does not have.

[Evangelion Xgouki]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Only Five spells huh? Yes it seems more than sufficient for her needs for some reason...

Well, she could probably knock out most enemies with HYPER CAST OFF if she wanted to

*RUNS FASTER THAN LUDICROUS SPEED*

Evangeline: ... *Clock Ups and punts Lowe into the air*

Originally Posted by Kha

We've got the Plaguelands, then SpaceBrotha's Frozen Core and ZT40, then your Karazhan...

...logical progression much?

*begins opening Dark Portal to let the Orcs in from what's left of Alhazred*

So the Dark Portal now is a giant Lost Logia to connect worlds?

*RUNS*

Originally Posted by Kha

Yes, we're definitely gonna need raid heals, for both ZT40 and Kara.

I believe they are here to farm badges.

Though I'm surprised Rein counted as 1 person, instead of a half-person, or attached to Hayate in her doll slot.

Or maybe they need more Violet Rep to start treaty negotiations.

Originally Posted by Kha

Welcome to 10-man Karazhan, the Ivory Tower, which after Eva pointed out, is a far more accurate comparison of the Lich's tower than the pre-BC 40-man raid.

Does the Lich like operas?

Maybe some...Romeo and Juliet or Little Red Riding Hood...or maybe come Wizard of OZ?

*RUNS*

Originally Posted by USB500

Rider Kick is a must for any and all Kamen Rider-esque OC, and I see that Eva-chan is no exception.

And does this mean we get to see Eva-chan purging her Barrier Jacket a lot?

*runs faster than the speed of sound*

Evangeline: *mumbles something about infestation of perverts before using Clock Up to catch up and Rider Kick USB*

Originally Posted by Kha

I wonder if I can use this for Rebuilt...

Spoiler for CHOU GINGA!!!:

...Ideas...?

How did I know they you would want to do something with that image?

[Tormenk]

Originally Posted by Comartemis

Ah. No, I'm running with the idea that not every device is necessarily unique and there will be some forms that are especially popular among different device-users (I seem to recall seeing multiple Raising Heart clones among the Arthra's strike team late in Classic). Magical plasma blades in general are referred to as "zamber" blades, and Wily used this design as Zero's primary weapon. I borrowed this idea from Mahou Shonen Enforcer Chrono, making it possibly the only concept I've seen in that fic that I would ever use in one of my own.

That's a given since practicality goes a long way in application. And the RH clones are just probably the mass produced versions of the average mage staff the mid grunts would use, long before RH became famous(?).

Well, not through circuitry per se, but virtually every intelligent device has displayed the ability to draw power from the LC. Obvious examples include the autocast spells and Mach Caliber's epic save against Ginga.

As for your earlier point of the LC's lack of corporeality... well I've stated before that the LC is what anchors the spirit to the body, now I'm theorizing that as such it exists on both the physical and astral planes. This is how it can be considered an organ yet be incorporeal. Zero's circuitry is linked to his physical core, and is only connected to his spiritual core by proxy.

Actually all devices have the ability to pull mana from the LCs, taken from the direction that the device pulls it in rather than from the mage's end.

A suggestion that the system emulates device in mana pulling, the system taking a active role in drawing out the mana rather than actively connected to and collecting the mana.

See, this is what happens when you post right before you go to class: you rush yourself and don't put enough thought into your answers.

Zero's AI core is limited to the standard functions of your typical storage device, including magic processing and storage of electronic media. Zero's core is also linked to his home M2D (those holographic computer terminals that pop up everywhere in StrikerS), so he can access any important files stored on it at any time without bringing up a user interface. So no, picking apart the Belka system just by sparring with Signum wouldn't be possible.

Let me rephrase my answer to your previous question: by "picking up" the Ancient Belka system through sparring with Signum, I mean that Zero is analyzing Signum's fighting style (melee with magic-enhanced attacks), picking apart its' strengths and weaknesses, and deciding to adopt a similar combat style rather than going with Mid-Childa and its' ranged attacks. Actually learning Ancient Belka is done through rote study and lots of practice.

That clears up any questions from that end.

So far as I can tell, the ISs are--for all intents and purposes--identical to the genetic traits of other characters in StrikerS, like Acous and Vivio. The only difference is that the Numbers use power supplies to artificially boost the strength of their skills. Ergo, if Zero gained some sort of power supply and figured out how to hook it up to his LC, he could do the same thing, but for now, he's only working with what he's got.

Folks, I'd be perfectly happy to drop this power if someone could suggest an alternate method of letting Zero harness the elements for his attacks.

...hold that thought, I just remembered MMZ's element chips.

*Goes back to the drawing board*

Emulation of Rare Skills does draw some lines there, and others elsewhere, in that that's all an IS can provide: a single skill.

[Wild Goose]

Just an announcement: I just got back from the hospital. My grandmother (mom's side) died 2 hours ago.

I won't be on Outer Cadia for a while. All haxbusting and fic writing is temporarily on hold.

[Evangelion Xgouki]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Just an announcement: I just got back from the hospital. My grandmother (mom's side) died 2 hours ago.

I won't be on Outer Cadia for a while. All haxbusting and fic writing is temporarily on hold.

Oh man. I'm sorry to hear that . Take as much time as you need. Family comes first! God bless and my condolences to you and your family.

[Comartemis]

Just an announcement: I just got back from the hospital. My grandmother (mom's side) died 2 hours ago.

What Eva said. Take as long as you need, Goose. Zero and the rest can wait until you're finished dealing with real life. Sorry to hear about that.

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Just an announcement: I just got back from the hospital. My grandmother (mom's side) died 2 hours ago.

I won't be on Outer Cadia for a while. All haxbusting and fic writing is temporarily on hold.

I know how you feel, take a breather, rest, and recover. We'll be waiting.

[LimitedEternal]

Originally Posted by Saint X

Okay Testing out a ReBuilt OC.

Spoiler for Kirika Ver. 2.0 Trial:

*snip*

Initial R&R please

====

Coming Soon:

"Apharmd" and "Angelan"

*goes back to work*

Hm, not bad so far. I see you really took that Fei-Yen thing seriously.

Like the weapon, skills don't look bad so far.

So what do you use to make those weapon images? I could use something like that.

Originally Posted by Keroko

*pops in*

Reeeaaally busy at the moment, deadlines are coming in and we need to get stuff done now.

Anyway, Rebuilt of Uomo is coming along nicely. I overhauled his apearance, and am searching for more source material of the image that I thought fit him perfectly. Not to mention the source shares some of his characteristics as well... I also changed his personallity to be less me and more Uomo (then again, he was like that from the beginning. Hence why I couldn't write with him) I'm now down to his past, which is the real stumbleblock. I need to find a good way to explain how and why he is with LEGION even though the TSAB most likely knows of his existence, being a Type-0.

Umm..I don't remember Uomo...sorry...*shrinks*

So, do I get to know what LEGION is anytime soon?

Originally Posted by Keroko

I've been jumping into the firezone of Ion Canons since I created Keroko. I did so again when I created Tesla, and again I placed myself in a potentional hazard zone with Syn. As long as you play your cards right, you can make your characters intergration sound realistic.

See, your miniature alter-ego controls the Ion Canon, so I don't get why you're so worried here.

Originally Posted by Kha

I wonder if I can use this for Rebuilt...

Spoiler for CHOU GINGA!!!:

...Ideas...?

Ah yes, I just saw that nice piece of work.

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Just an announcement: I just got back from the hospital. My grandmother (mom's side) died 2 hours ago.

I won't be on Outer Cadia for a while. All haxbusting and fic writing is temporarily on hold.

Oh...I'm sorry. I guess you're not gonna read this for a bit, but accept what little I can offer anyway.

[Evangelion Xgouki]

Time for a little backstory on the Riders...

Spoiler for Masked Rider System:

"Lt. Nagisa, Lt. Nogami. Enter."

The two Bureau mages stepped into the lightly decorated office. Per training they stood at attention in front of Colonel Fuyutsuki's desk in their standard issue TSAB uniforms. It had already been about 2 months since they had been transfered to NERV and they were curious as to why they had been summoned.

"At ease, lieutenants."

Shamsel was the first to speak up, "You requested to see us sir?"

Kouzou leaned back in his chair, "That I did. As you know, NERV was founded to deal with local and high-threat Lost Logia. You two are currently the only team we field to deal with the missions since the Council felt a large funding for such a specialized Division was not required. However, I have been informed of some good news."

He reached behind his desk and pulled out two folders, handing them to each lieutenant.

"You'll find the information on your new teammate in those folders."

Both paused for a moment, staring at the folders in their hands, "New teammate?"

"That is correct, Lt. Nogami. I suggest you read through the file for further information. And you might find you have a bit in common, lieutenant. Dismissed."

They saluted and promptly exited the office before making their way to the mess hall. It was the late afternoon so it was fairly empty. Grabbing an empty table, they broke the seals on the folders and began to skim through the file.

"Let's see...Evangeline Kamishiro...a girl?!"

Ryotaro chuckled a bit at his partner's reaction, "Well, maybe they thought that we handled missions a bit too roughly."

"Heh, maybe. Look at this; she was supposed to have transfered over at the same time we did but they wanted to run additional tests on her new Device...a Zector prototype."

"Yea," he nods, "Looks like it's some kind of new system from this Project ZECT. There's some information on the next..."

Shamsel looked up from his papers as his friend paused in mid-sentence, "Ryotaro? What's wrong?"

"Her Barrier Jacket...take a look at it."

Being a bit curious himself, he flips over few pages until he found the section. It had a few specifics on the Barrier Jacket itself as well as a few pictures.

"That's her? But that looks like..."

"...my Barrier Jacket."

Indeed, the armored Barrier jackets with full helmets were similar in design. Ryotaro leaned back in his chair, "It must be another Rider."

"Another Rider? What do you mean?"

He straightened out in his chair and paused for a moment, "Dr. Akagi had told me about it when I asked her about the odd Barrier Jacket design after I started on Project DenLiner. Apparently the general concept behind the Den-O system was not her idea.

"Two years prior at a research conference they were focusing on Barrier Jackets and melee combat. During the conference it was proposed that they should design some sort of armored barrier Jacket to protect the wearer for efficiently rather than relying on the jacket's own defensive barrier. Especially with the rise of Neo-Belka users, there were a lot more mages who used close-range weapons rather than long-range spells."

"Which is why both your Barrier Jackets are more like armor rather than what what I use," Shamsel interjects.

"Pretty much. The general concept was drawn up over the next few days at the conference until they had hashed out the basic concepts. It would become known as the Masked Rider System. From there, several groups began to explore fundamental uses for this new system...Project DenLiner being one of them that actually got approval from the TSAB."

"And Project ZECT being another," Shamsel adds in. He flips through another page of the file, "Though...why are the two of your Devices so different? Hers has that additional armor and that, uh, Clock Up thing. While yours has multiple AIs and modes."

"Well, they only planned out the basic system at the conference. I guess the two Projects had different viewpoints on how to apply it."

"I guess that makes some sense. Though this should be interesting."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Shamsel couldn't help but grin a bit, "Two prototype Device users on the same team. Isn't that essentially putting the fruits of two rival projects together?"

"Ha! Are you saying that I'm going to be showed up by her? Have you forget that I start and end at a climax?!"

His friend couldn't help but chuckle at his little antics. Though it would be nice to get a new face to talk to. A glance at the clock showed that they should be head out back to HQ before it got too late.

"Say, Ryotaro..."

"Hm? What is it?"

"How do you think Mayura would react to this? I mean given her interests and all."

The young man paused in mid step as he considered the question for a moment, "Oh boy. Maybe I should keep her away from HQ for a while..."

"What? Afraid this new 'Masked Rider' is going to steal your girl away?"

"Hey!"

Shamsel started laughing at the reaction and took off running, Ryotaro taking up the chace behind him.

[ghazghkull]

Originally Posted by Evangelion Xgouki

Time for a little backstory on the Riders...

Spoiler for Masked Rider System:

*snip*

Nice. I like it :3

*Trips Shamsel before leaving him to Ryoutaro's wrath*

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Evangelion Xgouki

Time for a little backstory on the Riders...

Spoiler for Masked Rider System:

"Lt. Nagisa, Lt. Nogami. Enter."

The two Bureau mages stepped into the lightly decorated office. Per training they stood at attention in front of Colonel Fuyutsuki's desk in their standard issue TSAB uniforms. It had already been about 2 months since they had been transfered to NERV and they were curious as to why they had been summoned.

"At ease, lieutenants."

Shamsel was the first to speak up, "You requested to see us sir?"

Kouzou leaned back in his chair, "That I did. As you know, NERV was founded to deal with local and high-threat Lost Logia. You two are currently the only team we field to deal with the missions since the Council felt a large funding for such a specialized Division was not required. However, I have been informed of some good news."

He reached behind his desk and pulled out two folders, handing them to each lieutenant.

"You'll find the information on your new teammate in those folders."

Both paused for a moment, staring at the folders in their hands, "New teammate?"

"That is correct, Lt. Nogami. I suggest you read through the file for further information. And you might find you have a bit in common, lieutenant. Dismissed."

They saluted and promptly exited the office before making their way to the mess hall. It was the late afternoon so it was fairly empty. Grabbing an empty table, they broke the seals on the folders and began to skim through the file.

"Let's see...Evangeline Kamishiro...a girl?!"

Ryotaro chuckled a bit at his partner's reaction, "Well, maybe they thought that we handled missions a bit too roughly."

"Heh, maybe. Look at this; she was supposed to have transfered over at the same time we did but they wanted to run additional tests on her new Device...a Zector prototype."

"Yea," he nods, "Looks like it's some kind of new system from this Project ZECT. There's some information on the next..."

Shamsel looked up from his papers as his friend paused in mid-sentence, "Ryotaro? What's wrong?"

"Her Barrier Jacket...take a look at it."

Being a bit curious himself, he flips over few pages until he found the section. It had a few specifics on the Barrier Jacket itself as well as a few pictures.

"That's her? But that looks like..."

"...my Barrier Jacket."

Indeed, the armored Barrier jackets with full helmets were similar in design. Ryotaro leaned back in his chair, "It must be another Rider."

"Another Rider? What do you mean?"

He straightened out in his chair and paused for a moment, "Dr. Akagi had told me about it when I asked her about the odd Barrier Jacket design after I started on Project DenLiner. Apparently the general concept behind the Den-O system was not her idea.

"Two years prior at a research conference they were focusing on Barrier Jackets and melee combat. During the conference it was proposed that they should design some sort of armored barrier Jacket to protect the wearer for efficiently rather than relying on the jacket's own defensive barrier. Especially with the rise of Neo-Belka users, there were a lot more mages who used close-range weapons rather than long-range spells."

"Which is why both your Barrier Jackets are more like armor rather than what what I use," Shamsel interjects.

"Pretty much. The general concept was drawn up over the next few days at the conference until they had hashed out the basic concepts. It would become known as the Masked Rider System. From there, several groups began to explore fundamental uses for this new system...Project DenLiner being one of them that actually got approval from the TSAB."

"And Project ZECT being another," Shamsel adds in. He flips through another page of the file, "Though...why are the two of your Devices so different? Hers has that additional armor and that, uh, Clock Up thing. While yours has multiple AIs and modes."

"Well, they only planned out the basic system at the conference. I guess the two Projects had different viewpoints on how to apply it."

"I guess that makes some sense. Though this should be interesting."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Shamsel couldn't help but grin a bit, "Two prototype Device users on the same team. Isn't that essentially putting the fruits of two rival projects together?"

"Ha! Are you saying that I'm going to be showed up by her? Have you forget that I start and end at a climax?!"

His friend couldn't help but chuckle at his little antics. Though it would be nice to get a new face to talk to. A glance at the clock showed that they should be head out back to HQ before it got too late.

"Say, Ryotaro..."

"Hm? What is it?"

"How do you think Mayura would react to this? I mean given her interests and all."

The young man paused in mid step as he considered the question for a moment, "Oh boy. Maybe I should keep her away from HQ for a while..."

"What? Afraid this new 'Masked Rider' is going to steal your girl away?"

"Hey!"

Shamsel started laughing at the reaction and took off running, Ryotaro taking up the chace behind him.

I agree.

*starts summoning Mayura*

[Tk3997]

Alright PF here you go Cipher mostly finished Profile, the history will be filled in soon:

Spoiler for Cipher:

Name: Tony Estrada
Other names/alias: Garm-1, Cipher, “The Demon Lord of the Round Table.”
Age: 35
Birthday: November 21
Height: 5’10
Weight: 160 Pounds
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Origin: Administered World 167
Mage Rank: S+
Magic Type: Mid-Childa
Magic Color: Blue
Element Preference: Ice
Affiliation: Formerly Independent Mercenary, currently TSAB Special Investigator
Position/rank in TSAB: 1st Lieutenant, Special Investigator


History:

Personality:
Tony can best be described as “proper” though “cool” wouldn’t be out of place either almost always respectful and very rarely angry or vengeful so much so that people that know him consider such displays of anger almost unnerving (and said displays often end rather… badly for the trigger). This detachment has made him a natural leader and able commander able to assess situations and find solutions even against seemingly impossible odds. He respects all men he leads and values everyone’s contributions toward successes though he has no tolerance for incompetence or true cowardice.

He also tends to focus on performance over most other things and so he also has a rather remarkable tolerance for eccentricities so long as the person dose there job well. Calling him outgoing or gregarious wouldn’t quite fit though as though he tolerates difference well he’s acutally fairly conformist and traditional himself. Even so most people he meets seem to form a high opinion of him almost immediately this effect is something of a mystery to his troops as despite his sometimes awkward social interactions he still seems to get by and make good impressions. His propriety and respect for nearly everyone are the likely reasons, but these things are largely beyond the grasp of many of the more gruff men he leads and so it continues to confuse them.

In combat Tony is pitiless, but not merciless a sob story is never going to stop him completing his assigned task, but he’ll always seek to minimize the damage he causes in purist of his goal and is never intentionally cruel. He also values the law and rules rather more highly then many around him and will normally strive to uphold them. That said he’s rather willing to disobey the letter to uphold the sprit of said laws and orders.

He also has a somewhat rigid moral code, not one many people would endorse, but one he adheres to and that guides his decisions (particularly about disregarding orders). His outlook is very much about the good of the many and the ends justify the means. One thing he places above almost anything else is the safety of his men. If he has any major fault as a leader it’s being perhaps rather too willing to endanger himself to protect them; perhaps not quite realizing he’s rather more valuable as a leader then as a another shooter in some circumstances. This earns him respect from those he leads though it’s also led to several instances where they’ve had to tell him to sit down, shut up, and let them do the heavy lifting.

Combat Style:
Tony’s style is well balanced, but leans more toward ranged combat even so the better part of two decades of experience means that even if things get close he’s no slouch. He has an Ice affinity and uses this mostly on the defensive Ice users are often noted for having rather good defense and somewhat middling offense and speed, he’s better then most in the latter two but he still couldn’t shot it out with Nanoha or chase around Fate, but he could tank better then either in most cases.

His style tends to be to avoid the biggest stuff, shrug off the smaller stuff, and hit back when he can using his good defense and tactics to outlast and outmaneuver most foes. He’s also quite astute and has seen allot of styles over the years and so it’s quite adept at reading his enemy and finding weak points to exploit as well as covering his own.

Barrier Jacket:
A fairly plain white overcoat with blue highlights over top of a plain long sleeved shirt and pants that resemble slacks, acutally rather similar to Nanoha aside from swapping out the skirt for pants. (Don’t blame me blame the guys that painted his Jet White and Blue… http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9734/ace07sv.jpg) This overall color scheme is maintained across all forms though the specifics change slightly in Active mode the coat is ditched leaving him with just the shirt and pants, in Strike mode the coat becomes more of an armored duster and the jacket and pants are padded out with what looks to be soft armor, knee pads are also added.

Device:
Name: Blue Eagle
Type: Intelligent with a cartridge system (Upgraded After the Pan-Usea war)
Appearance: A spear topped with a somewhat oddly shaped head which varies its shape between modes.
Modes:
Standard: The default form when engaged it balances most of the devices traits and can do most things well, but nothing great.
Strike: The heavy duty shooting form it unlocks Ciphers best ranged attacks and increases his shooting power at the expense of speed and maneuverability. The Spearhead bulks out in this form but remains roughly the same shape.
Active: A third form it has reduced ranged potential but increases speed and maneuverability as well unlocking Ciphers handful of melee attacks. In this form the Spearhead grows several knife like protrusions from its sides and can project a series of energy blades that vaguely resemble a Yari.

Comments:
Blue Eagle is something of a family heirloom having been in use for at least the last century or so though it’s been modified by it’s various owners so many times it’s difficult to say what it looked like when built. Tony continues that tradition having made fairly extensive mods around fifteen years ago to incorporate a cartridge system into it. This system is one of the older models that would be largely classed as unsafe today. To somewhat alleviate this Tony normally uses slightly down rated cartridges in it to minimize feed back, but he always has some full power ones on hand just in case.

The device is as mentioned rather old and has been in fairly continuous use for the last century or so as such it has a fairly extensive history and a rather developed personality for a device of its type. It tends to speak with an inflection and manner rather like a wizened old man and tends to be somewhat conservative as well. It often addresses Tony variably as Boy, Kid, and variations there of and he intern has been known to refer to it as “Old Man” on occasion.

Spells:
Defensive:
Glacial Shield:
Forming a simple wall of ice makes a surprisingly effective shield against many sorts of attack ranging from bullets, to fire, to electrical discharges, and even various sorts of radiation. The depth of the wall needed varies with what it’s trying to defeat obviously (it should be noted that’s it’s always less then normal ice would need though owing to its magical nature). He’ll also often slant it against incoming kinetic rounds taking advantage of the increase in apparent death this produces.

This spell is highly adaptable and can be deployed as walls, partial or full domes, etc it basiclly serves as his all purpose defensive spell and comes in many variations as by simply varying the thickness or specific properties of the ice the spell can fulfill most defensive needs. Though the "wall" always appears to basiclly be just ice the various versions o fit are acutally versions of various kinds of the standard magical defenses with an added physical element. This makes them more resistant to various sorts of attacks basiclly by default and much more resistant to physical impacts. Despite the differences though whenever one of these spells is engaged it’s still just announced as “Ice wall”.

Offensive:
Ice Bullet:
Normal ice isn’t exactly the greatest of penetrator, but it can still damage unprotected flesh (something surprisingly common on mages…) fairly savagely. More so when it’s magically projected at speeds similar to pistol rounds in pointed fist sized chunks… When magically reinforced to give it a density more commonly associated with steel even many sorts of armor start to run into problems. These are guided and though the exact number produced varies 6 to 8 is fairly common.

Ice Bullet Barrage:
A variation of the above it summons up a storm of smaller unguided projectiles and launches them at there target more are produced as they’re fired as long as the spell is maintained. It’s used to lay down suppressing fire or attack groups of weaker enemies.

Shard Grenade:
This is much like the above expect this bolt is slightly larger and explodes violently at a preset point a common tactic with it is to fire it past enemy shields an attempt to hit there unprotected back with the resulting shrapnel. It can also be fired through windows and such to clear rooms or just lobbed at groups to force them on the defensive.

Frozen Eruption:
This spell can only be targeted on the ground when used a large number of jagged ice crystals erupt from the targeted area, razor sharp these are meant more for impaling then binding. The area of effect is variable though normally under about 20 meters.

Glacial Driver:
A melee spell when the point of Blue Eagle is rammed into the target a shaft of ice is formed at the tip and driven several feet into the target with incredible force, can also be directed to the sides if it’s more of a bash then a stab...

Artic Blast:
Mostly a Buster spell with flashy special effects deploys a giant beam of ice. Though the look is largely special effects it’s not totally so and anyone standing near it even if not struck by the blast experiences positively frigid temperature standing water freezes basiclly instantly and anyone unprotected that doesn’t quickly gain distance can look forward to some lovely frost bite. The target if struck meanwhile can look forward to not only being pummeled by magic damage, but also exposed to temperatures so frigid frost bite is basiclly assured on any exposed skin and hypothermia is likely if they where exposed for more then a few seconds.

Arctic Breaker:
Similar to Artic Blast but worse (better) in just about everyway it requires either A. Freezing temperatures and Significant Power up time, B. Ambient Magical Collection, or C. Cartridges, lots of them. The Blast produced is insanely overpowered and basiclly freezes solid anything vaguely near the beam and not protected magically. If fired at full power with intent to kill it freezes the target in a manner about like being dunked in liquid nitrogen… Needless to say this tends to be rather fatal to living beings. It can be powered down to “merely” inflicting grievous total body frostbite, but this is not the kind of thing you toss out unless you intend to inflict some serious pain.

Support/Misc:
Ice Wing:
Fairly standard flight magic aside from the fact the user sometimes sheds snowflakes at dramatically appropriate moments…

North Wind:
A fairly standard speed boost accompanied by a gust of chill wind from the users back which for some reason they themselves never seems to notice…

Conjure Ice:
This can be used for various purposes, but it’s most common combat use is that he’ll deploy it on the ground to trip foes and put them off balance. The ice conjured this way is unnaturally smooth and unless the target happens to be wearing spiked boots it’s extremely difficult to gain traction on. He can also use this power to conjure many ice crystals in the air dropping the temperature drastically and increasing the moisture content, combined this can create and instant fog bank providing good visual cover, or if you just need some ice cubes for you’re drink it can take care of that too.

Frozen Snare:
Forms a block of ice over the point of Blue Eagle this ice is specially made soft and fairly weak so the enemy’s weapon will dig into it, and more importantly get stuck in it. Used to manhandling and controlling enemy melee weapons if the ensuing tugging match looks to be disadvantageous the ice is simply dispersed. That in itself can be useful as the suddenly lack of resistance can throw the attacker off balance and surprise him.

Binds:
As with a number of Ice users Cipher also has a rather nice selection of binds he can use to immobilize or slow foes by doing things such as grabbing feet or freezing there arms in place. This needs to be done carefully though as encasing say an arm in solid ice in a cold environment where it won’t melt quickly can easily cause frostbite or worse cut off blood flow and let gangrene set in. Placed over say the head it could easily be fatal, assuming the target isn’t wearing some sort of sealed helemet or lacks someway to quickly break the ice off.

Anti-bind or magic defense that prevent the bind from taking to begin with can counter this, but once acutally deployed these binds are also physical in nature so counter spells that merely disperse the magic used in them will still leave the target stuck in/with a big hunk of ice.

He has a number of versions but all are fairly standard and diverge mainly in what they cover and where they come from. The main variation being if they directly target the victim or come from the environment and attempt to “grab” them, the most common of the later is of coruse grabbing at feet after forming on the ground while the former is normally say targeting an arm or shoulder directly to try and lock it in place.

Disclaimer:
Spell List Subject to change if I think up something wicked cool in my Fic that happens not to be on this list…

[PhoenixFlare]

Originally Posted by Comartemis

According to Wily’s datalogs, Zero was completed shortly after the beginning of the Jail Scaglietti incident. When word reached Wily that his old partner had created his own versions of his greatest creation, he became overwhelmed with the desire to prove that Zero was the greatest of all cyborgs, and set about programming a virus designed to shut down Jail’s creations. Due to its’ similarities with a similar virus encountered among automatons on Non-Administered world #106, this virus has been dubbed “The Maverick Virus” by Shario Finieno of Section Six.

Wily intended for Zero to spread the virus to any cyborg he might encounter, and programmed this Geas into an AI core he installed in the helmet of Zero’s armor. But upon activating Zero for the first time, the virus activated itself, taking control of Zero’s body and sending him on a rampage through Wily’s lab, killing Wily and severely damaging approximately 50% of Wily’s fortress. Luckily, Wily’s mainframe computer and most of his more critical data was unharmed by Zero’s rampage, which continued unabated out into the mountain ranges, as Zero made a beeline for the nearest settlement; Kranagan city, nearly 300 km away.

Probably not very important, but the virus spreads only to cyborgs?

What about computer programs, devices, etc.? Doesn't it spread to Signum, who's supposed to be part of a program as well?

Originally Posted by Comartemis

Powers
Most of Zero’s power can be attributed to his construction; Wily’s technique of crafting Zero using biomechanical parts allowed him to artificially strengthen Zero’s body to the point where his strength and endurance is indistinguishable from any other cyborg. Despite being labeled as a combat cyborg, however, only about 10% of Zero’s body is actually mechanical; almost all of it is composed of strengthened biological components, making Zero much closer in structure to a homunculus than to a true cyborg.

"Strengthened biological components" struck me as rather oversimplified. Does it mean the "biometal" in his body? How do you strengthen them, using what material, and what's the difference? While it doesn't have to go into molecular specificity, these things may be important determinant.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

Zero’s magical education can be considered sub-par at best. Prior to his encounter with Signum, Zero knew nothing about magic, and was forced to piece together a rough idea of how to cast spells during his time with RF6. Information and tutorials drawn from RF6’s computer system helped greatly with this, but Zero remains a self-taught mage with many holes in his education. His usage of the Ancient Belka system is equally self-taught, something Zero picked up from sparring with Signum and Vita.

Learning Ancient Belkan magic, and using it? There is the more refined Modern Belkan system which could be learned rather effectively for one such as Zero, a good example being Subaru herself. Why not Modern Belka, then?

Ancient Belkan magic is supposed to be an extinct form of magic that's currently reserved to a select few of canon characters (because of their genetic traits or devices), and Zero learning it sends an unpleasant thought my way that he might have hacked into their system.

(Note: I've read your reply to Tormenk regarding this matter, and this question still stands.)

Originally Posted by Comartemis

Folks, I'd be perfectly happy to drop this power if someone could suggest an alternate method of letting Zero harness the elements for his attacks.

...hold that thought, I just remembered MMZ's element chips.

Or you can just drop the element-harnessing capability.

Element chips, mm? And how do you intend to "insert" elemental powers into the chips?

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Just an announcement: I just got back from the hospital. My grandmother (mom's side) died 2 hours ago.

I won't be on Outer Cadia for a while. All haxbusting and fic writing is temporarily on hold.

My condolences.

[Comartemis]

More character porting ideas!

--Rosette Christopher (Chrono Crusade), maiden of the Saint Church, and Chrono, her faithful Unison device
--Lagoon Company (Black Lagoon), a group of interdimensional "delivery agents" who work in the wild sectors beyond the TSAB's reach.
--The Rozen Maiden (Rozen Maiden), seven unison devices constructed by a legendary device meister during the closing days of the Belkan/Mid-Childan war.

[Comartemis]

Probably not very important, but the virus spreads only to cyborgs?

Yep. Wily's only looking to off the cyborgs, not spread an unstoppable plague across Mid-Childa's computer systems/devices/etc.

"Strengthened biological components" struck me as rather oversimplified. Does it mean the "biometal" in his body? How do you strengthen them, using what material, and what's the difference?

Detail-oriented, aren't we? I figured that since Wily is essentially manufacturing his own human, he can customize the body as he wishes using techniques I borrowed from the SPARTAN-II project to serve as a reference, since I'm not a med student. Enhancements include:

Carbide ceramic ossification: The grafting of advanced materials onto the skeletal structure to make bones almost unbreakable (This'd be the biometal).
Muscular enhancement injections: An intra-muscular injection of a protein complex to increase tissue density and decrease lactose recovery time.
Occipital capillary reversal: Increased blood vessel flow beneath the rods and cones of the retina. Increases visual perception.

And yes, I know the SPARTAN-II project had a high failure rate; that's what the defunct bodies I mentioned in Zero's bio were.

Learning Ancient Belkan magic, and using it? There is the more refined Modern Belkan system which could be learned rather effectively for one such as Zero, a good example being Subaru herself. Why not Modern Belka, then?

Because Modern Belka always struck me as the "in between" magic system, combining Mid's ranged combat and Belka's melee. Ancient Belka is better for Zero's purposes since almost all of his spells are intended for melee combat, so unless there's a fanon precedent around here somewhere that fleshes out the MB system, I'm sticking with Ancient Belka.

Ancient Belkan magic is supposed to be an extinct form of magic that's currently reserved to a select few of canon characters (because of their genetic traits or devices), and Zero learning it sends an unpleasant thought my way that he might have hacked into their system.

Possibly, but not by a conscious choice.

Or you can just drop the element-harnessing capability.

Nope. Too many of Zero's in-game abilities involve elemental manipulation for me to just blow this off.

Element chips, mm? And how do you intend to "insert" elemental powers into the chips?

*Points several posts back*

The chips function similarly to finely-tuned elemental devices such as Durandal, but are considerably weaker than such specialized devices, and can only use the mana charge to enhance the weapon they are tuned to; full elemental spellcasting is impossible without an elemental affinity for one of the three elements, which Zero does not have.

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Comartemis

More character porting ideas!

--Rosette Christopher (Chrono Crusade), maiden of the Saint Church, and Chrono, her faithful Unison device
--Lagoon Company (Black Lagoon), a group of interdimensional "delivery agents" who work in the wild sectors beyond the TSAB's reach.
--The Rozen Maiden (Rozen Maiden), seven unison devices constructed by a legendary device meister during the closing days of the Belkan/Mid-Childan war.

1 and 3 has been done before, but looking forward to Lagoon guns-without-bullets-craziness.

[Tormenk]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Just an announcement: I just got back from the hospital. My grandmother (mom's side) died 2 hours ago.

I won't be on Outer Cadia for a while. All haxbusting and fic writing is temporarily on hold.

My condolences.

Originally Posted by Evangelion Xgouki

Time for a little backstory on the Riders...

Spoiler for Masked Rider System:

"Lt. Nagisa, Lt. Nogami. Enter."

The two Bureau mages stepped into the lightly decorated office. Per training they stood at attention in front of Colonel Fuyutsuki's desk in their standard issue TSAB uniforms. It had already been about 2 months since they had been transfered to NERV and they were curious as to why they had been summoned.

"At ease, lieutenants."

Shamsel was the first to speak up, "You requested to see us sir?"

Kouzou leaned back in his chair, "That I did. As you know, NERV was founded to deal with local and high-threat Lost Logia. You two are currently the only team we field to deal with the missions since the Council felt a large funding for such a specialized Division was not required. However, I have been informed of some good news."

He reached behind his desk and pulled out two folders, handing them to each lieutenant.

"You'll find the information on your new teammate in those folders."

Both paused for a moment, staring at the folders in their hands, "New teammate?"

"That is correct, Lt. Nogami. I suggest you read through the file for further information. And you might find you have a bit in common, lieutenant. Dismissed."

They saluted and promptly exited the office before making their way to the mess hall. It was the late afternoon so it was fairly empty. Grabbing an empty table, they broke the seals on the folders and began to skim through the file.

"Let's see...Evangeline Kamishiro...a girl?!"

Ryotaro chuckled a bit at his partner's reaction, "Well, maybe they thought that we handled missions a bit too roughly."

"Heh, maybe. Look at this; she was supposed to have transfered over at the same time we did but they wanted to run additional tests on her new Device...a Zector prototype."

"Yea," he nods, "Looks like it's some kind of new system from this Project ZECT. There's some information on the next..."

Shamsel looked up from his papers as his friend paused in mid-sentence, "Ryotaro? What's wrong?"

"Her Barrier Jacket...take a look at it."

Being a bit curious himself, he flips over few pages until he found the section. It had a few specifics on the Barrier Jacket itself as well as a few pictures.

"That's her? But that looks like..."

"...my Barrier Jacket."

Indeed, the armored Barrier jackets with full helmets were similar in design. Ryotaro leaned back in his chair, "It must be another Rider."

"Another Rider? What do you mean?"

He straightened out in his chair and paused for a moment, "Dr. Akagi had told me about it when I asked her about the odd Barrier Jacket design after I started on Project DenLiner. Apparently the general concept behind the Den-O system was not her idea.

"Two years prior at a research conference they were focusing on Barrier Jackets and melee combat. During the conference it was proposed that they should design some sort of armored barrier Jacket to protect the wearer for efficiently rather than relying on the jacket's own defensive barrier. Especially with the rise of Neo-Belka users, there were a lot more mages who used close-range weapons rather than long-range spells."

"Which is why both your Barrier Jackets are more like armor rather than what what I use," Shamsel interjects.

"Pretty much. The general concept was drawn up over the next few days at the conference until they had hashed out the basic concepts. It would become known as the Masked Rider System. From there, several groups began to explore fundamental uses for this new system...Project DenLiner being one of them that actually got approval from the TSAB."

"And Project ZECT being another," Shamsel adds in. He flips through another page of the file, "Though...why are the two of your Devices so different? Hers has that additional armor and that, uh, Clock Up thing. While yours has multiple AIs and modes."

"Well, they only planned out the basic system at the conference. I guess the two Projects had different viewpoints on how to apply it."

"I guess that makes some sense. Though this should be interesting."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Shamsel couldn't help but grin a bit, "Two prototype Device users on the same team. Isn't that essentially putting the fruits of two rival projects together?"

"Ha! Are you saying that I'm going to be showed up by her? Have you forget that I start and end at a climax?!"

His friend couldn't help but chuckle at his little antics. Though it would be nice to get a new face to talk to. A glance at the clock showed that they should be head out back to HQ before it got too late.

"Say, Ryotaro..."

"Hm? What is it?"

"How do you think Mayura would react to this? I mean given her interests and all."

The young man paused in mid step as he considered the question for a moment, "Oh boy. Maybe I should keep her away from HQ for a while..."

"What? Afraid this new 'Masked Rider' is going to steal your girl away?"

"Hey!"

Shamsel started laughing at the reaction and took off running, Ryotaro taking up the chace behind him.

Nice little piece of backstory.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

More character porting ideas!

--Rosette Christopher (Chrono Crusade), maiden of the Saint Church, and Chrono, her faithful Unison device
--Lagoon Company (Black Lagoon), a group of interdimensional "delivery agents" who work in the wild sectors beyond the TSAB's reach.
--The Rozen Maiden (Rozen Maiden), seven unison devices constructed by a legendary device meister during the closing days of the Belkan/Mid-Childan war.

I suggest 3's focus to be on the device meister than the devices, though that makes it kind of moot.

[Saint X]

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

Hm, not bad so far. I see you really took that Fei-Yen thing seriously.

Well it is an idea...

coupled with good images = win

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

Like the weapon, skills don't look bad so far.

Thanks

Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

So what do you use to make those weapon images? I could use something like that.

it's called MS Paint.

*heads back to the laboratory*

[Comartemis]

I suggest 3's focus to be on the device meister than the devices, though that makes it kind of moot.

Oh, I posted those ideas just as general thoughts that others might like to use. I've already got a few more characters lined up after Zero. In order of priority:

Rico Sawara
Everyone's favorite utterly-broken LoN avatar, rewritten as a fire specialist/martial artist with a Kamina complex and a unison device: Nova, from the Magic Knights Rayearth anime. I had a eureka moment when I realized how much Rico's armor resembles Nova's Rune God, Regalia. Expect lots of speeches about the power of the human spirit ("This blazing spirit cannot be extinguished!"), lots of over-the-top humor potential (if pulled off right), and best of all, Ye Olde English thrown into his speech patterns at random moments for good measure! Wherefore shalt thou find a more worthy author avatar for yours truly?

Ciel Clearwater
Zero's current ward from the MMZero games. Plays an important role in the plot I'm hashing out for this set of characters, involving Dr Weil's bid for control of an LL that will give him godlike power. Possesses psychic abilities, precognition, and an Outlaw Star-style Caster, as well as a few other magical sidearms.

Nova
A character in her own right who plays the Simon to Rico's Kamina. Still needs work on her concept, but that's a good ways down the line.

Oh, and speaking of Novas...

TSAB Black-Ops agent Nova!