Nanoha - Q&A

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

If the Barrier Jacket is "dispelled" is logic to assume their normal clothes will re-appear again, if not, what will happen with those? Where their physical mass will go xD?

The same place where they are stored while barrier-jackets are activated. So the question is where are they stored? I'm assuming the devices but maybe that's not the case...I think I'll check the A's episode later

[bhl88]

As I said a while ago: Clothing hyperspace. (hidden in the depths of space, waiting to be dispelled).

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by bhl88

As I said a while ago: Clothing hyperspace. (hidden in the depths of space, waiting to be dispelled).

Taking discussion to Magic and Technology xDU

[Koveras Alvane]

Originally Posted by Tiresias

Speaking of Knight Clothing, I always wondered how stripping using less garb allows faster movement. I mean, they're just cloth, right? The weight difference can't be that drastic.

Just my two cents: In this particular setting, I wouldn't see various "combat clothing" as clothes so much as powered armor. It's first and foremost function is to protect your body from harm, including the harm you can do to yourself (like spraining a wrist), so naturally it restricts movements that go too far and too fast. If you want to move fast like Fate and Erio, you have to modify your armor to allow for faster movements, consequentially trading off some protection. That's the deal with Wolkenritter preferring "clothing" to "armor".

Fate, however, goes even further, as far as I can gather: her Sonic Forms actually contain a permanent speed boost enchantment in addition to armor. I don't think it is a default function of a Barrier Jacket, though, more like an auto-cast of Sonic Move triggered on jacket setup.

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Tiresias

The same place where they are stored while barrier-jackets are activated. So the question is where are they stored? I'm assuming the devices but maybe that's not the case...I think I'll check the A's episode later

Subspace, the same type of subspace where Verossa stored his delicious cake. Since Verossa doesn't use a device, no devices are necessary for this.

[Kaijo]

It's also worth noting that RH and Bardiche internalized the jewel seeds. So devices can obviously store things, too.

[bhl88]

Hypothetically, what would a Dark Piece Kyrie act like and what would be her regret?

I already thought of DP Amitie ( lost all energy, not nekketsu and unable to stop Kyrie, who died vs U-D) but couldn't think up of one for Kyrie

[Akiyoshi]

Can someone give me a good revision on Linith's Rank and Special Abilities o.o?

[Koveras Alvane]

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

Can someone give me a good revision on Linith's Rank and Special Abilities o.o?

Familiars don't have their own ranks. Familiar with a contract with her master is more or less equal to her in magical power and spell knowledge. In other words, Linith could theoretically do anything Precia could.

[Akiyoshi]

Which means she's a SS rank familiar o.O!?

Among Linith's abilities i guess there are some high-tier melee or at least cross-range skills since she seems to be a far more solid fighter than Precia.

[Rising Dragon]

That's probably because she's a lot healthier than Precia.

[Akiyoshi]

Well, that and also the fact she was the mentor of Fate, a well-acknowledged high-speed all range specialist with notorious skills in melee and cross-range. And Arf, an offensive support familiar with proficient melee skills.

[Koveras Alvane]

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

Well, that and also the fact she was the mentor of Fate, a well-acknowledged high-speed all range specialist with notorious skills in melee and cross-range. And Arf, an offensive support familiar with proficient melee skills.

Arf specializes in shields and binds, while Fate is more of an offensive type in TOS. Presumably, familiars, though having the same spells and basic power, can specialize in aspects of magical combat different from their masters' specialties, in order to complement their fighting styles.

[JINNSK]

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

Can someone give me a good revision on Linith's Rank and Special Abilities o.o?

in TV continuity,no official information.
in the movie,her mage rank is AA(source:movie pamphlet).

[bhl88]

What about the game?

[Tiresias]

Anybody know where Quint and the real Zest was killed? Was it in Midchilda?

[Koveras Alvane]

Originally Posted by Tiresias

Anybody know where Quint and the real Zest was killed? Was it in Midchilda?

Could be off-world, since Scaglietti operated in other dimensions, too (Nanoha got injured by his drones on a remote world). But IIRC Quint and Zest were both Ground Forces and both Ground and Air Forces only operate on their own worlds AFAIK (it's just the Navy, including the Enforcers, that operates interdimensionally).

[Tiresias]

Another one. Sette means seven, but why is she activated last? and when was the starting date for her project?

[Koveras Alvane]

Originally Posted by Tiresias

Another one. Sette means seven, but why is she activated last? and when was the starting date for her project?

Sette, Otto and Deed were activated last because Quattro was figuring out a way to make them more efficient, read "machine-like". Hence their extremely tranquil personalities. That is in the StrikerS manga.

As for their activation dates, I always assumed Scaglietti started them all in order of their numbering, but beginning with Cinque (who was activated ahead of Quattro), started activating them as the situation demanded.

[Tiresias]

So it is possible that Sette already existed between 0060(Cinque's activation date) and 0061(Sein's activation date)?

also, this just occured to me, but since the TSAB fashions themselves as more of a police force instead of a military would the term Gendarmerie be appropriate to describe them? At least, I think it describes the Ground Forces fittingly