2007-05-07, 10:17 | Link #81 |
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Yeah, this is no doubt the most mentally challenging thread here. Those without science degrees will have some sort of trouble making sense of things. Even I have trouble making sense of myself sometimes.
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2007-05-07, 10:23 | Link #82 |
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"mumble mumble" *research research* "grumble mumble" *google google* "grumble rar!" *click click*
Darn it, Wiki has hardly anything on Yami no Sho's skills. Hell, there's hardly anything on her skills on the net. I'll have to wait and get home before I can comment on this accurately. |
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On a sidenote since I remembered the Nanoha novel did say something about how colour relates to each mage, I'll post what it does say, I can't belive I completly forgot about this, but at least it did prove my freqency theory. Quote:
The above is what I could get from it, feel free to retranslate it with a better translation, since I kinda know its petty bad. |
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2007-05-07, 12:00 | Link #87 | ||
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2007-05-07, 12:08 | Link #88 | ||||||
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Argh. All the discussion happening while I'm sleeping and out of the house, again.
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The Intelligent Devices help the mages with the calculations or whatnot to cast spells. As you guys have mentioned, mages can do the calculations by themselves as well, but definitely these calculations are done faster with the help of a Device. On the topic of how Yuuno and Lindy cast spells without the help of a Device, do notice that Yuuno closes his eyes to concentrate when casting his spells. Definitely he is doing all the calculations inside his head. This fact alone proves how good Yuuno actually is, even though his Linker Core is not capable of withstanding the constant energy drain done by Raising Heart. If he gets another ID he can withstand, I'm sure he'd be a lot more powerful. Quote:
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2007-05-07, 12:16 | Link #89 | |
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2007-05-07, 12:17 | Link #90 | ||
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2007-05-07, 12:52 | Link #91 | |
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Now, we know from Fate and Nanoha that the BJ not only serves as defensive armour, but is also able to mount subsystems like the Flyer Fin for additional speed or heavier armour plate. Having a BJ serve as a specialist powered armour for additional strength isn't very far fetched. I suspect that Revolver Knuckle works by converting Subaru's mana into kinetic energy, released as a shockwave on impact. Her missile bolts are likely an encased sphere of compressed energy working on the same principle. It's probably why she is so effective in melee against an AMF drone, she really isn't hitting them with magic but using her BJ's protection field to negate the AMF, then tear apart the machine on contact. Cartridge use for her is to either harden her protection field or increase the store of power in her hit. Not very elegent but still an effective combat style. Subaru's ID is decidedly more proactive that the one Teana uses. In combat it has thus far appeared to take evasive manuevers independent of command, formed a skybridge without asking, errected a protection field against Vita the instant she came swinging and generally run into reckless charges at the opposition. Mach Caliber may be one of the following: -Is imbued with telepathy in order to react so quickly during the mess of combat. -Has been programed with Subaru's combat style and personality in order to predict and execute the most likely command. [more likely since the girl is pretty straightforward ] -is a fully sentient AI capable of making sharp tactical decision is combat [Unlikely, Bardich and Raising Heart isn't even this good] My money is on the AI program having a predictive program based on the user's preferred style. |
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2007-05-07, 13:22 | Link #92 | |
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Click, click... But you got to consider that Mach was built much later than RH or Bard. Both senior devices were given upgrades over time, but normally there's a limit to how much something can be upgraded. Its safe to assume that Mach was built with the latest in MC technology that Chario could pull out of the racks, and that baseline might be even more advanced than RH and Bard. With that said, this opens up to the M-Defensor attachment to form Super RH and Bard, if RH and Bard start finding themselves outmoded in the modern battlefield.
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2007-05-07, 13:43 | Link #93 | |
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But there is a difference between those two and Mach that you failed to notice: Whereas Raising Heart and Bardiche are offensive devices, Mach Caliber is a support device, naturally you would see more input from the device itself. |
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2007-05-07, 15:06 | Link #98 |
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Hmm... Does anyone about any polytheistic myths that actually feature the term "magic"? I just realize I've only really seen it and terms like "wizard" actually mentioned in legends after the fall of Rome. There are priests and wise people, but none of them claim to use something called magic... Based on the descriptions I've seen, we can't really call it technology either, because of the folklore surrounding it. The typical tools are not constructed devices, but rather normal objects of the time period. The idea of fiction is so old that you'd think we'd at least come across mention of some kind of freaking huge device...
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2007-05-07, 16:00 | Link #99 |
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Norse Myth has the seide (sorcery used primarily by female witch-types but also by Odin) and the rune magic used by Odin.
Plus all sorts of unclassified stuff like their magic items and the powers of guys like Utgarda-Loki. It's worth pointing out, though, that the study of Norse myth in general and what I've read in specific are limited by the fact that the great majority of sources on it were written after Christianity overtook the native cults.
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