2009-07-25, 19:36 | Link #2281 |
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I don't buy the "Signum was once a person" idea.
It's not that it's impossible, just that joining with Agito doesn't imply it. It's not that the Knights have no Linker Core, it's that they don't have anything else! (At least, not when they were Knights.) Think about the scenes where they were absorbed into the Book of Darkness back in A's. The other characters just had their cores absorbed, but the Knights were actually destroyed by that process. To me, the conclusion is that the Knights, if not in possession of a Linker Core the same as the other mages in the show, have something very analogous (and that it's a much more significant part of them than a Linker Core is to, say, Fate or Nanoha.) It's not even a stretch to say that whatever that is could interface with a Unison Device in the same way that a Linker Core does... especially given that both Hayate and Vita have achieved unison with Rein, so we know the process is at least similar. Indeed, Zest was a good character. |
2009-07-25, 20:02 | Link #2282 |
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That line of logic doesn't really disprove the idea though, since you're talking about the Knights in their current state (aka as Guardian Knight programs), while the idea is about what they were before that. Of course the Guardian Knights would be affected differently from the other characters by the Book of Darkness, because their functions are tied directly to it. The idea is what were they before they became Guardian Knights - were they just wisps of nothingness before they were created and programmed, or were they once humans with their own lives who were "programmed" into the Book to serve as its Guardians? We don't have conclusive evidence either way, so for the moment, it's just "Devil's Proof".
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2009-07-25, 20:11 | Link #2283 | |
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2009-07-25, 22:40 | Link #2284 | |
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If Agito was Signum's (the human original) Unison Device, I suspect she was never delivered to Signum before she was taken out by the Book. Because of how customized UDs are, she was probably left in storage afterwards until discovered by those researchers. |
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2009-07-27, 21:27 | Link #2286 |
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I started thinking about it, and it grew and grew and grew and has incorporated aspects from not just Gundam 00 and MGLN, but several other stories as well. It's becoming ridiculous, but also at the same time oh so very awesome.
Working on the first chapter while I finish up "A Path Through Remembrance ~ 2nd phase." So far this ultimate crossover includes elements, characters and plot fragments from a half-dozen anime, games or other fictional universes. More info will be posted in the... well, I have no idea where this kind of whacked out project would even go.
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2009-07-28, 12:49 | Link #2290 |
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Just to bring the 'Wolkenritter being human' thing back up regards Signum, something from StrikerS that may be of significance (or not...) is the fact that Signum introduces herself as Signum Needes; that is, she's acquired a last name...
now, where did that come from? some possibilities: 1: She was once Human, and she always had it, but we never had occasion to hear it before then. 2: it was chosen for her or she chose it herself as part of the whole bureau-joining thing. Significant that it's not Hayate's last name, as you might expect. 3: She's got Married since A's! 'Needes' would then be the name of her Husband. (though this assumes that Midchildan or Belkan Marriages transfer the Husband's name to the Wife. If not, return to 1 and 2) |
2009-08-19, 12:47 | Link #2294 |
Go Big Red!
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I asked this question in the Q&A section, but was suggested to bring it here: Is it possible for Velka cartridges to explode/detonate/react if exposed to extreme outside forces? ex. (magical blasts, hard strikes, etc.)
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2009-08-21, 17:17 | Link #2298 |
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Heh.
The golden BB effect strikes again. I would agree though, it would take a fair amount to cause a breach in a cartridge, otherwise they wouldn't be safe to use, but they are after all designed for rapid energy discharge. I think 'lithium battery failure on steroids' probably would cover the results. |
2009-08-21, 21:43 | Link #2299 |
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Well, the way I'm depicting it is based on my personal knowledge and training. A leak from a waveguide tube is enough to be considered a health risk. When you have a fifty thousand volt HPA pumping out X band RF... That tube's gonna be very 'Hot'. Essentially, it's like putting a LIon battery on steroied, in a big nasty microwave oven, on steroids.
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2009-08-22, 13:17 | Link #2300 |
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Oh, no argument there. By 'golden BB effect' I was referring to how a single statistically unlikely event at just the wrong place can wreak havoc, eg the tower collapsing.
I was getting at that even a relatively low power device like a lithium battery can fail catastrophically under the wrong conditions, so it makes sense that an orders of magnitude application like the cartridges could do the same. Where's that fic posted, anyway? It sounds like it might be interesting. |
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