Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[toran]

Sorry for the double post but this came to mind.
I was thinking for a reason behind a war between TSAB and Earth and I decided to go with a simple disagreement that escalated to an all out war. I was thinking along the lines that Earth continued to develop physical type weapons when TSAB was trying to convince was trying to have it banned on Earth Via trade sanctions.

Spoiler for Background:

Cosmic Era (Just a name to use for now) -5 - TSAB Dimensional Cruiser crashes on Earth.
C.E. -3 - Earth Governments unite under one global counsel
C.E. -2 - Using technology reverse engineered from the Dimensional Cruiser, the first space colony and ship yard established.
C.E. 0 - First Dimensional Cruiser launched
C.E. 1 - First Dimensional Fleet established
C.E. 3 - TSAB Dimensional Cruiser Asura enters Sol System in search of downed Dimensional cruiser. 1st official contact established. Trade negotiations begin within the year.
C.E. 5 - Pressure to ban physical type weapons mount with the addition of sanctions. Project Suzumiya (just a name holder) code name God hand established to incorperate physical type weapons and magical systems.
C.E. 7 - War breaks out as negotiations fail over trade and weapons issue. TSAB is quick to overpower Earth's military. Earth is quick to research a counter.
C.E. 8 - 5 Intelligent Devices and a prototype Dimensional Battleship completed on Colony 447. TSAB infiltrates colony which is destroyed in the partially failed operation.
Work still in progress
I was thinking that the Takamachi family moves to a space colony around C.E. 1 and Nanoha meets Fate in C.E. 3 when the Asura comes to Earth. They would be around 9 or 10 when they meet. They probably spend about three years getting to know each other before Fate is forced to leave for a some unknown reason. Nanoha would eventually meet Fate during the battle on the Colony when she tries to steal the Raising Heart. Nanoha is there and ends up taking Raising Heart while Fate takes the other one near which is named Bardiche. This would start the long trek back to Earth.

[Jimmy C]

6 years to reverse engineer a transdimensional cruiser? When a good deal of its systems are related to a phenomena that Earth science has allowance for (magic)? I don't think so.
United Earth government because of that? I'd put the probability of this on the low side.
Sanctions? Earth's economy is self-sustaining. Trade sanctions when we have no trade with other worlds is pointless.
The last thing I want to ask is, how badly does Earth need mages? Ships and shipboard weapons are one thing. But our infantry physical weapons today are powerful enough to deal with any mage under A-rank. And we have more infantry than they have mages. For higher ranks, we can throw anti-armor, area bombardment and even nuke weapons to take them out. And we have way more of those than they have over-A mages.

[Sam the Onion]

Originally Posted by Satashi

Inspired by Saint X and a weird chat room.

Spoiler for NSFW, I guess?:

Nanoha smiled, crawling along the bed towards Fate's laying figure. Her attention was focused on a book held above her head and didn't see Nanoha until arms went on either side of her. "Fate-chaaaaaan," Nanoha grinned like a cat.

"Nanoha." Fate conked her with the book. "We made love last night, can't you wait more than twenty four hours?"

The girl giggled huskily, leaning forward and nipping Fate's neck. "No, I can't." Her hand trailed over Fate's stomach slowly, getting a moan.

"Sure you won't mind?" Fate smirked to herself. "I'm feeling fun tonight."

The words only made Nanoha groan in anticipation. "I'm game." Her mouth bit Fate on the shoulder, hand lightly trailing down her stomach and under the sheets. "Mmm...." Her hand felt a large bulge under her girlfriend's panties and gripped something hard. "....." her ears heard Fate giggle huskily in her hair. "Jesus Christ!" Nanoha jumped back. "It's a trap! Get in the car!" Her escape was cut off when Fate pounced her like a lion.

"No escape!" She cheered, dragging Nanoha back to their bed.

Originally Posted by Junkedcat

That was... interesting...

Spoiler for NSFW mini-tag:

"Oh come on Nanoha, I baked you a cake... Aren't you going to taste it?"

*Hangs head in shame* Shouldn't have written that... but its only in fun... right?

Originally Posted by Satashi

replied:

Spoiler for you should have written that. I shouldn't have written this:

Nanoha gave Fate a nervous look. "Last time you said that, I nearly drowned in frosting..."

*Insert facepalm.jpg*

More cakes?

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Thank you.

And here are today's scenarios. I know, I know Lots of short scenarios.

Spoiler for Scenarios 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 & 54:

Chrono was waiting them in his usual welcome party. This time he brought more people with him for Nanoha's bags. He had his black jacket like it was the only thing he had in his closet and stood firmly waiting for them to arrive long time before they came.

”Welcome to Claudia, again.” Chrono welcomed his friends back to his ship.

”Our own intergalactic taxi.” Yuuno teased.

”Whatever, crossdresser.” Chrono stroke back.

Yuuno quickly turned his eyes at Aren.

”Nanoha-san might have accidently found out...” He poked his fingers together.

”Yuuno-san is into crossdressing?” Teana asked, astound, from the side handing Nanoha's bags to the people waiting for them.

”You didn't know?” Nanoha asked unhappy with her gossiping skills.

”You're dead Aren-san.” Yuuno lifted his head from despair and looked for the betrayer. ”Where did he go?” He searched spinning around.

”Dissapeared silently after you started facepalming.” Fate patted Yuuno in the back. ”You must know that we all love you...”

”I'll get that watch!”

”Go for it ferret!” Chrono cheered at Yuuno who ran out of the room.

”Oh boys...” Hayate laughed.

”So to the hug round.” Chrono opened his arms for greeting his friends.

”Always hugging the girls.” Nanoha teased. ”You have permission to hug Fate-chan.”

”Wha?” Chrono asked, turning his face at his sister. ”I need Nanoha's approval to hug you? About time.” He gave her a lopsided grin.

”Wha-what are you talking about?” Fate blushed and gave her brother a hug.

Chrono laughed, answering the question with a wink before moving onto the rest.

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”Onu!” A young girl shouted hitting the second last card in her hand.

”Ooohohoo... You're not winning this time Lan-chan.” A ruffled boy issued a challenge with nearly twenty cards in his hand.

”Hmm...” A man in long white hair pondered. ”Miachell can you do anything about Lanlai-chan winning?” He asked the brunette next to her.

”Lets see... Yes I can.” She nodded, choosing a card from her hand.

”Ouww... Miachell-nee meanie.” Lanlai pouted.

”Aah... All hope is not lost!” A boy flexed. ”Go for it Lin-rin.”

”Alright, there you go.” The man placed a card carefully on the pile.

”Draw fooour~” Miachell announced her trumpcard.

”Waah...” The black haired girl moaned in desperation and relucantly picked four cards.

”Hahaa... The game continues!”

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”Tia, Tia!” A voice behind her called.

”What is it Subaru?” Teana turned around.

”You ready? We're about to leave.”

”Yes, I am. It wasn't long ago when you asked me that and ran to prepare yourself.” She rolled her eyes. Subaru was so naïve.

Subaru panted a bit from the long run. ”I'm just making sure.” She said worried

”I'll be fine. I'm paired with Nanoha-san. It's I who should be worried.” Teana waved and continued walking towards the teleport hall.

”Right...” Subaru corrected her stance and followed the woman.

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It was blue. Blue everywhere. The sky, the sea... that's it. There was nothing else left from Selshin. Non-administrated planet 65 was fully covered in masses of water.

”Oh yea, Aren-san.” Erio caught the attention of the pondering man. ”How are we going to get into the head temple when it's covered in water?”

Everything stopped... But the helicopter they were in. They didn't even think about that small detail.

”Oh that.” He calmly lifted his head. ”I got connections.”

”Those connections?” Yuuno questioned from the cockpit.

”Different, this time.”

”A secret move?” Subaru asked excited.

”Yes, a secret move.” Aren nodded.

”Cheeee~”

”But how are we going to find it?” Erio asked again.

”It's in the center of... the... land...” Aren staggered and fell into deep state of thinking.

”Ah great...” Teana covered her face with her palm.

”Don't worry, we got plenty of fuel.” Vice comforted from the cockpit. They brought everybody necessary from RF6 with them. And half of the unnecessary.

”This is going to be a looong~ day...” Nanoha frowned.

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”Aaaw... Now Lin-rin won. I knew he was planning something like this.” The blond boy threw the rest of his cards at the table.

”I told you Same-nii.”

”Now, now Lanlai-chan. How could he understand?” The white haired man teased.

”He...” Lanlai pondered intensely.

”Yes. It doesn't matter what you tell him. He doesn't listen.” Miachell nodded her head.

”I know Linque-nii, Miachell-nee. But I try anyway...” Lanlai shook her head.

”Oi!” Same gathered attention with a loud yell. ”Don't go mocking me while I'm around. Do it behind my back.”

”Don't worry. We do that too.” Linque laughed.

”Anyhow. Same you're cleaning again.” Miachell announced, leaving the table for her room.

”Nooooo...” The black clothed boy rolled from feinged agony.

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”Found it!” Caro announced looking out from the window.

The temple was barely visible through the masses of water. To Nanoha it resembled of Mayan pyramids only that it was much bigger and had a large open area on the top. It looked like a massive city had grown all around it.

”Vice-kun, open the hatch please.” Aren commanded, casting himself wings.

”Alright.” Vice showed his thumb and flipped a switch.

The hatch opened slowly and noisily. A breeze of warm sea air came flying in.

”What do you think he is going to do?” Caro watched the winged man hover over the submerged temple.

”Honestly, I'm very interested to see.” Yuuno watched from the cockpit.

Aren inhaled deeply the air of his home country and yelled: ”I'M HOOOOOOOME!” He turned around and told the people watching to burn this image to their brains.
”Levithen! You have won the war of Selshin.” He yelled at the sea.

”Don't say...” Yuuno leaned from the hatch to see better.

”This planet belongs to you now!”
”BUT! There is one thing that you don't own, a small part of the head temple!”

”He can't be serious...” Teana pressed her face closer to the glass.

”I have something I want. You have something I want.”

A small whirlpool formed on top of the head temple.

”I ask for a deal! Guidance.”
”Grant us a passage to the head temple and we shall open this area for you.”

The whirlpool began growing steadily.

”This is the last plead of the Selshin people!”

Whirpool now showed the top of the head temple.

”HEAR IT!”

And in an instant, the masses of water left the area, leaving the temple dry with unrealistic walls of water surrounding it.

”JESUS!” Nanoha yelled at the show of power.

”No, I think it was Moses.” Fate corrected.

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”Clean, clean.” Lanlai watched a boy move around with a brush.

”Quit teasing me Lan-chan.” Same rubbed a spot multiple times. ”Raaah! How can four people make this much mess!?”

”You did skip the last 300 times you lost, so it's no suprise that this place is messy.” Linque informed, inspecting the area.

”I'm sure you guys are cheating...” The boy moved around complaining before slipped because of an earthquake. ”What th...? Can't be... Could it?” He looked at everybody in the torch lit room, who were just as suprised.

”Aren-nii!” Lanlai ran to the leftmost corridor.

”Mhmm...” Miachell flexed and walked in the rightmost corridor.

”About time that guy showed up.” Same pushed himself up from the floor and threw his brush away.

”I will be needing you again, Visualisation of Weapon.” Linque's hands flashed undescribeable light. This had been practised too many times in the past.

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”No way...” Yuuno gasped. ”He split the sea.”

”So these are his connections...” Erio shiwered.

”Whehehe... Thats one secret move...” Subaru praised trying to stop her knees from shaking.

”Get ahold of yourself, Subaru.” Teana ordered. ”We're going.”

”Alright people.” Vice landed the heli on the temple courtyard. ”Go for it.”

”Stars, Lighting, ready for action.” Nanoha announced, jumping from the chopper.

”Careful.” Fate caught Nanoha from slipping on seaweed.

”Thanks Fate-chan.” Nanoha smiled and stabilized herself on the slimy ground.

”Over here!” Aren gestured to follow him.

Everything in the temple was covered in runes. Ceiling, walls, pillars, floor, everything. It was a gorgeous sight no matter how you looked it. The temple was made of something unseen even by Yuuno and it glowed deep blue, as to show how the god of waters had won this land.

He walked slowly as the last person in the line in the corridors, that narrowed as they wandered deeper to the temple.

”Here we are.” Aren announced from the other end.

The little tunnel spread into wide open space with a wall of red lines all starting from the center. The door itself was glowing deep blue.

-Open up- Aren ordered, making the door humm into life like a machine and descend to the floor.

”After all that fancy talk; this was the secret code to open the door to the book?” Nanoha asked, inspecting her surroundings.

”Uhu.” Aren nodded firmly from the front of the line.

Beyond the door the stone was brown, showing any alingment. Light came from various torches in the walls. Who knows how long they have burned.

”Here's the split up.” He ordered at a crossroad. There were five routes in total.

”Ohh... That's why you wanted Yuuno to come as well?” Fate deducted. ”Lighting squad, Stars squad plus you two makes total ten, so its two per corridor. You just didn't want to go alone, did you?” She grinned playfully and glanced at Yuuno.

”Exactly.” Aren confirmed Fate's quess. ”I'm taking Yuuno-san, thanks bye.” He grabbed Yuuno's hand and pulled him to the corridor in the middle. Once both were on the other side a door like the one they used to enter here ascended from the floor and blocked the way out.

”So... I'm stuck with you.” Yuuno dusted his clothes a bit. ”Do you know who we are facing?”

”The pot and pan.” The dark haired man answered, walking onward in the narrow corridor.

And with these scenarios, I have posted 1/5 of the fic. Yay!
Long fic is long

Here's something I'd like the people reading to take.

It's a snappoll!

Voting from 10 to 0. Zero being the worst and ten being the best.

'How well is Sam doing?'

Another one of these will come at the halfway point.

[Satashi]

Originally Posted by Sam the Onion

*Insert facepalm.jpg*

More cakes?

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Thank you.

Sure, if that's the way you want it, it shall be done!

more cake? Maybe later

[krisslanza]

Cake... *Drool*
So I didn't actually get any AEC or SOL work done this weekend I was doing stuff for the short story I need to write for college and my Realm of Antioch stuff...

Though I feel like I wanna write but I dunno what about That and I have a dentist appointment today so I have barely any internet time because of nazi mom.

[Satashi]

Nanoha x Raising Heart lemon!

http://snappoll.com/poll/257435.php

Choose your destiny!

[Sam the Onion]

Originally Posted by Satashi

Nanoha x Raising Heart lemon!

http://snappoll.com/poll/257435.php

Choose your destiny!

The Outer Cadia has brough strong crack here

Stop before they get you totally.

Ps. My profile still hasn't changed

[Kagerou]

Wh- What.
You know what, I made it even . But this is

[krisslanza]

It looks like even Satashi-sama is not immune to OC KHRACK corruption...

[toran]

Originally Posted by Jimmy C

6 years to reverse engineer a transdimensional cruiser? When a good deal of its systems are related to a phenomena that Earth science has allowance for (magic)? I don't think so.
United Earth government because of that? I'd put the probability of this on the low side.
Sanctions? Earth's economy is self-sustaining. Trade sanctions when we have no trade with other worlds is pointless.
The last thing I want to ask is, how badly does Earth need mages? Ships and shipboard weapons are one thing. But our infantry physical weapons today are powerful enough to deal with any mage under A-rank. And we have more infantry than they have mages. For higher ranks, we can throw anti-armor, area bombardment and even nuke weapons to take them out. And we have way more of those than they have over-A mages.

>.< Yeah. I'm still working out the timelines. Now that I think back on it. The time would have to be stretched much futher. I wanted to set up a time period where Earth does have the ability to sustain trade.
What would be a more realistic development period for something as massive as reverse engineering technology from a Dimensional Cruiser?
Also take into account that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Magic. Who's to say that the technology behind a Dimensional Cruiser is all magic? It could be only the weapon system. The flight capabilities probably wouldn't be reversed engineered since they'd most likely be destroyed in the crash. I'm mainly hedging on the fact that the life support and partial analysis in the drive systems would be enough to get ideas to develop a self-sustaining environment of a Colony. From the experience building the colony and the ship yard, they can start development on the cruisers. They probably wouldn't have anything like the Arc-en-ciel, but battleship cannons adapted to fire in 0-G would work.
Magic would come in later since they really aren't paying attention to that aspect until after contact with TSAB.
(Sigh\ Sorry, I'm trying to keep this away from becoming a Science and Technology discussion, but it keeps coming back to it because of the details.)

Earth Unifications, unfortunately, have never really been depicted in anime too well. Robotech, or Macross if you'd like, formed one in fear of an alien invasion. Of course unification itself was resisted. Even TV shows such as Star Trek and the like do something similar. Of course Star Trek's united government was formed in the fall out of WWIII.
I was thinking more of a Global counsel designed to unite the governments of the Earth with potential of trade in the future. I'll probably make it so that the Unification wasn't formed uncontested, but that's something I'll probably work on later.

I'm still trying to balance power in this fic.
Anyway, with the issue of needing mages. One thing that has to be taken into account is that it is likely TSAB have encountered civilizations that have used Physical type weapons and have some way to combat this. After all, they must have used them at some point in time to have decided against it's use.
The problem with anti-armor I see is it's mobility. Higher Rank mages are much more maneuverable than current anti-armor weaponry which are usually designed for heavier and slower targets.

A Nuke is just overkill and a weapon even we are extremely reluctant, if not opposed, to the use of. The sheer damage potential vs fall out one of the reasons we don't use it.

Heh. Why is it so much harder to develop a fanfic fusion based on two different ideas when Anime can just take off with it?

Originally Posted by Satashi

Nanoha x Raising Heart lemon!

http://snappoll.com/poll/257435.php

Choose your destiny!

Eh?

[Gillian]

Originally Posted by AshLikeSnow

Finally finished the chapter. It took a bit out of me lol

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4099527/4/

How about giving me some comments? Thanks guys :3

Spoiler for review:

Cool, that you include Nanoha's parents and they comfort Fate
also nice, that Lindy came to help Fate with it all, but what I wonder, is why it is Fate's fault, that Nanoha volunteered to the mission?
and how will she go on?
question after question...

cannot wait for the next chapter

Originally Posted by krisslanza

Cake... *Drool*
So I didn't actually get any AEC or SOL work done this weekend I was doing stuff for the short story I need to write for college and my Realm of Antioch stuff...

Though I feel like I wanna write but I dunno what about That and I have a dentist appointment today so I have barely any internet time because of nazi mom.

Somebody from Nanoha should go to the dentist?

[krisslanza]

I'm still trying to balance power in this fic.
Anyway, with the issue of needing mages. One thing that has to be taken into account is that it is likely TSAB have encountered civilizations that have used Physical type weapons and have some way to combat this. After all, they must have used them at some point in time to have decided against it's use.
The problem with anti-armor I see is it's mobility. Higher Rank mages are much more maneuverable than current anti-armor weaponry which are usually designed for heavier and slower targets.

Some way to combat it? I don't understand that part too much. The barriers themselves could probably withstand a ton of bullets before they'd even so much as crack (Particularly from a powerful mage) and even if you shot a mage without their barrier up the barrier jacket would take the hit.

Depends on the kind of anti-armor maybe. A high powered sniper rifle would probably work pretty well as long as the mage doesn't get a barrier up in time.

[ghazghkull]

Originally Posted by Satashi

Nanoha x Raising Heart lemon!

http://snappoll.com/poll/257435.php

Choose your destiny!

?!!! NANI KORE?!!!

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Satashi

Nanoha x Raising Heart lemon!

http://snappoll.com/poll/257435.php

Choose your destiny!

Curiosity... burning... must... see...

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by Satashi

Nanoha x Raising Heart lemon!

http://snappoll.com/poll/257435.php

Choose your destiny!

Uh... oh... I don't understand how this works

[AshLikeSnow]

Originally Posted by toran

>.< Yeah. I'm still working out the timelines. Now that I think back on it. The time would have to be stretched much futher. I wanted to set up a time period where Earth does have the ability to sustain trade.
What would be a more realistic development period for something as massive as reverse engineering technology from a Dimensional Cruiser?
Also take into account that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Magic. Who's to say that the technology behind a Dimensional Cruiser is all magic? It could be only the weapon system. The flight capabilities probably wouldn't be reversed engineered since they'd most likely be destroyed in the crash. I'm mainly hedging on the fact that the life support and partial analysis in the drive systems would be enough to get ideas to develop a self-sustaining environment of a Colony. From the experience building the colony and the ship yard, they can start development on the cruisers. They probably wouldn't have anything like the Arc-en-ciel, but battleship cannons adapted to fire in 0-G would work.
Magic would come in later since they really aren't paying attention to that aspect until after contact with TSAB.
(Sigh\ Sorry, I'm trying to keep this away from becoming a Science and Technology discussion, but it keeps coming back to it because of the details.)

Earth Unifications, unfortunately, have never really been depicted in anime too well. Robotech, or Macross if you'd like, formed one in fear of an alien invasion. Of course unification itself was resisted. Even TV shows such as Star Trek and the like do something similar. Of course Star Trek's united government was formed in the fall out of WWIII.
I was thinking more of a Global counsel designed to unite the governments of the Earth with potential of trade in the future. I'll probably make it so that the Unification wasn't formed uncontested, but that's something I'll probably work on later.

I'm still trying to balance power in this fic.
Anyway, with the issue of needing mages. One thing that has to be taken into account is that it is likely TSAB have encountered civilizations that have used Physical type weapons and have some way to combat this. After all, they must have used them at some point in time to have decided against it's use.
The problem with anti-armor I see is it's mobility. Higher Rank mages are much more maneuverable than current anti-armor weaponry which are usually designed for heavier and slower targets.

A Nuke is just overkill and a weapon even we are extremely reluctant, if not opposed, to the use of. The sheer damage potential vs fall out one of the reasons we don't use it.

Heh. Why is it so much harder to develop a fanfic fusion based on two different ideas when Anime can just take off with it?

I think that considering the level of sophistication of TSAB technology compared to Eart's, an Interdimensional Cruiser (read: one that jumps between dimensions) would in most probability take at least a decade to properly analyse the material, the machine mechanics as well as the physics behind it (not to mention the magical aspect if that's how it's propelled). The possibility that the cruiser doesn't use fossil fuels to be propelled would also be high considering the advancement of the Mid-Childan society, so I think Earth would have a hard time finding an alternate energy source for it, if the Cruiser happens to be using something which can't be obtained on Earth.

I think what you said about analysing the life support system to create a new colony is a good idea, but I just wanted to mention that building a colony would require a fair bit of materials which we may not currently be able to provide. Perhaps something along the lines of mining it from Mars? Iron that is.

And I agree with that aspect about unification of the Earth counsels not forming uncontested. It just doesn't seem plausible at this point for them to unite without a significant goal to override each of their own (Lol. GUndam 00)

Not exactly sure how you would balance power though admittedly, since we've all seen how mages are able to deflect physical attacks using magic shields, which leads to the assumption that most physical weaponry could be nulled with a strong enough shield. But then again, you might be right since we've never seen a mage try to go up against something as strong as a bomb. :x

[Satashi]

Originally Posted by Sam the Onion

Ps. My profile still hasn't changed

I was at work >.<

Originally Posted by krisslanza

It looks like even Satashi-sama is not immune to OC KHRACK corruption...

My defenses were shot down T_T

Originally Posted by toran

Eh?

Random poll for khrack idea from the OC people

Originally Posted by ghazghkull

?!!! NANI KORE?!!!

It's a poll, silly.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Curiosity... burning... must... see...

You already got a piece of her, now you want more? greedy!

Originally Posted by Evil Rick

Uh... oh... I don't understand how this works

Click the option you want, click submit. can only vote once.

[krisslanza]

Satashi-sama should've upped her Evade. Should've Vanished and Stealthed out!

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Satashi

You already got a piece of her, now you want more? greedy!

Oh yes, I got a taste allright *licks lips* and you know what they say, once you begin, you only want more.

[toran]

I don't know how half the people over in the OC thread can handle the post floods. But I can see how it can suck you in and drop your defenses.

Originally Posted by AshLikeSnow

I think that considering the level of sophistication of TSAB technology compared to Eart's, an Interdimensional Cruiser (read: one that jumps between dimensions) would in most probability take at least a decade to properly analyse the material, the machine mechanics as well as the physics behind it (not to mention the magical aspect if that's how it's propelled). The possibility that the cruiser doesn't use fossil fuels to be propelled would also be high considering the advancement of the Mid-Childan society, so I think Earth would have a hard time finding an alternate energy source for it, if the Cruiser happens to be using something which can't be obtained on Earth.

I think what you said about analysing the life support system to create a new colony is a good idea, but I just wanted to mention that building a colony would require a fair bit of materials which we may not currently be able to provide. Perhaps something along the lines of mining it from Mars? Iron that is.

And I agree with that aspect about unification of the Earth counsels not forming uncontested. It just doesn't seem plausible at this point for them to unite without a significant goal to override each of their own (Lol. GUndam 00)

Not exactly sure how you would balance power though admittedly, since we've all seen how mages are able to deflect physical attacks using magic shields, which leads to the assumption that most physical weaponry could be nulled with a strong enough shield. But then again, you might be right since we've never seen a mage try to go up against something as strong as a bomb. :x

Well. Considering Earth's Technology level, I would have to say the Drive Technology would be the last thing to be truly replicated. I guess I was thinking of a small Colony at first. Enough to get a foot hold into space and attempt to develop ships to find and transport materials from new sources. I guess trade agreements between TSAB and Earth could be done in exchange of materials.

I was also thinking this story could take place several decades into the future, where interplanetary travel is possible, just very long. I.E. Nexus: Jupiter Incident, where travel between Earth and Jupiter takes 7 months using conventional drives or fusion drives. That way mining on other planets within system are possible, making it more likely that there are ample materials for creation of Colonies.
Life Support systems would be developed, but not to the level of TSAB space craft and the discovery of the Cruiser advances Earth's Technology a quite a bit.
Dimensional Travel won't be possible since the ship's dimensional Drive was almost completely destroyed in the crash. Only the conventional drives would be intact enough to be studied. I'm debating whether or not Earth would find the ship's Power Source. If they did, It would probably take a few decades to figure it out without some sort of reference.

Originally Posted by krisslanza

Some way to combat it? I don't understand that part too much. The barriers themselves could probably withstand a ton of bullets before they'd even so much as crack (Particularly from a powerful mage) and even if you shot a mage without their barrier up the barrier jacket would take the hit.

Depends on the kind of anti-armor maybe. A high powered sniper rifle would probably work pretty well as long as the mage doesn't get a barrier up in time.

I meant in tactics wise and having some idea of the limitations physical weapons have. I would say an average mage with a barrier could hold off a barrage from maybe a single soldier, but overtime the mage would tire out while the soldier would stay fresh since they didn't use any of their own energy to attack the mage.

Regarding the Sniper Rifle as anti-armor, I.e. .50 Caliber Sniper Rifles. I agree, unless the mage can summon a shield strong enough, their barrier jacket wouldn't be able to stop a shot from a long range sniper.