Thankfully, I've managed to breath back LIFE into my main PC... for now I'm not sure exactly how long it'll last
Anyways, I don't think even Sonic Emitters can stave back this much Bluecheesium, but I'll try
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Originally Posted by USB500
================ LANCELOT
*snip*
So Lancelot had an evil streak from the very beginning? Good rework on the Arthurian mythos here, and impressive enough that Lancelot is a pure brute strength warrior, yet could still counter Excalibur.
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Originally Posted by KBTKaiser
*hears chain reactions as someone mishandled the old multimissile warheads*
Dammit...I just had that storage area refurbished...
Spoiler for Revelations of...SAY WHAT!?! Part 2:
Mabiko removed her lost logia and proceeded to put them on the table one by one, removing her armor completely and returning to normal, in the process spliting Comet Booster apart into Caucasus, Judaicus, and the Nova Booster, whose form was that of a hornless beetle, as the three looked at Mabiko in curiousity. Releasing her hair from the ponytail, she beckons for the Nova Charger into her hand.
Mabiko: You know of how I came about Star Core and Eisenfach, but the real truth is to be revealed. Everything started with the Nova Charger...
*FLASH*
Mabiko: It was a fringe world I was living on, outside of TSAB jurisdiction. I was an orphan, taken in by a retired mage. We had our normal law enforcement and everything, but the true terror was that of artificially enhanced humans under the command of Bolter. I was among the abducted at a young age during that time for my talents and hopes that mutating me would increase my power...while my guardian killed while we slept before my abduction.
Mabiko is seen strapped to an operating table, eyes wide in fear as a needle sunk into her arm. Her scream of pain could be heard down the hall joining the other howls of those being mutated as well as those already mutated.
Mabiko: However, the scientist responsible for my mutation seemed to still have a shred of conscience who only changed my ears and added a tail while secretly slipping me my guardian's devices. I was then rescued by a rogue enhanced human who was part of a secret project that Bolter's army was conducting.
A crash is heard down the hall, accompanied by yells. The door to mabiko's holding cell burst open as an armored man stalked in. Frightened, Mabiko curled up, her arms over her head trying to protect herself as one of her guardian's devices was loosely strapped to her left arm while the other dangled by its chain clutched in her right hand. The armored person approached and cradled her in his arms, mindful of her new tail.
Armored Man: Your guardian was a dear friend of mine. I will not allow them to turn you into one of them...
Mabiko: Who...are you?
Armored Man: I am...Masked Battler.
Mabiko: I remained with him and his allies, until the TSAB came to investigate a huge power outburst caused by the suicidal Inferno Column Kick of Battler unit 3. Aided by the TSAB, Bolter's army quickly fell. In the final assault of Bolter's base, I stumbled upon the scientist who spared me, clutching a cocoon of sorts.
Scientist: You're...Mabiko?
Mabiko stumbled back a few steps, her ears alert and tail bristled.
Scientist: ...So you did escape...
The scientist coughed up blood as he held out the cocoon.
As the dying hand falters, Mabiko catches the now freefalling object before it drops. The object pulsated as the cocoon cracked open to reveal the newborne beetle.
Scientist: ...Good, maybe...you can...change your fate...after all...
Mabiko: And with that, the scientist breathed his last dying breath. I escaped the base with the baby beetle in my protection. I never knew the scientist's name, but he showed mercy. However, I was forever an outcast. unlike the Masked Battlers who were humans with physically enhanced bodies or high power battle armors, I was a mutant with no place to go. When I told the Battlers of my decision to travel, many of them opposed and asked for me to remain. However, Battler 1 knew of my sorrow and gave me the changer belt that was in the top secret lab of Bolter's base. As soon as i slipped it on, the young beetle changed into what looked like the changing device fitted for the machine while Eisenfach chimed a message signaling that integration of new part was complete. As the changing device opened up, I saw the code entered.
Mabiko: 614-4463...I guess that's my destination.
Battler 1: Is that so? Take care of yourself now and remember your guardian well.
Mabiko: As I slotted the cellphone in, a Hexagon Formation appeared below me as I transported across the dimensions to my destination. When I arrived, I looked to the sky, and saw a bright red star near the moon for a brief moment...
*FLASH*
Mabiko: This ends the origin of the Nova Charger...
The little silver beetle skittered back to its siblings as the twin katanas flew into her hand.
Mabiko: ...and begins the origins of Murakumo and Kusanagi. Do we need a break?
Mabiko looks around the room to see Zaphira putting on a defeated look as her daughters slept on top of him. Mabiko then noticed that Hayate wasn't in her spot and felt a looming presence behind her as Hayate encircled her arms around Mabiko's neck in a "hug".
Hayate: Continue...unless you want the punishment to begin...
Mabiko felt the arms retreat and felt Hayate's hands slipping past her armpits and panicked.
Mabiko: Eek! I'll continue...
*hears an old nuke alarm sound.*
Dammit, who set off the 20th century flat silo? I thought I had that area stasised!
And references galore!
Hmm...Reinforce Eins reappearing? I'm in.
Oooh Mai-Hime FTW
And... I think Mabiko deserves the break, especially with Hayate's generosi-
*dodges sniper fire*
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Originally Posted by Kha
Back at the 21st Trinity Optimus office, that resembled something straight out of a noir film, these files were on Kha's messy table:
[SPOILER="Profile #GSD-999 - Thomas Kluize"]Name: Thomas Kluize Alias: The Highlander, The One Who Escaped Destiny, Captain Nemo Age: 31 (questionable) Birthday: Unknown. Magic Rank: Ungraded, but it is rumored to be the impossible ‘X’ Height: 178cm Weight: 85kg Hair: Short, white and spikey Eyes: Red Personality: Aloof, arrogant, sarcastic, cynical, in direct opposition of the idealistic Kha. Usual wear: Uniform with unrecognized markings Magic Type: Every system ever recorded. His skills are too numerous. Magic color: Pure white. Caster Class: ??
Weapon: A spear called Thousand Cross, which is English for the Tausend Kreuz. Only uses this when he is serious in slaying the target. Otherwise, he fights unarmed and yet still being able to cast most of his magic.
Brief Background
In the course of an one-dimensional organization’s progression into deeper space, it never fails to find masses of lesser intelligent beings, some that are on par, various levels of threats, and one impossibly transcendent being.
Thomas Kluize first appeared on TSAB radar 60 years ago, when he released an incredible amount of mana to destroy a demon trying to teleport to an unknown location, but by the time they got to him, the 20 year old exocist had disappeared without a trace.
Little did they expect him to reappear a year later, in another dimension, aiding a 10 year old boy teacher and his class of 31 15 year old girls in battling the forces of evil. What was even more baffling was that he had aged 6 years. Kluize disappeared before TSAB found him once more.
Half a year later, 20 year old (his age mysteriously back-peddling from the last encounter) Thomas Kluize appeared with the indestructible ship Riviera and laid waste to a key installation of the attacking Invid, providing the GDI with an opening to punch through and push back the alien force.
A month later, on a world monitored by TSAB, 24 year old Thomas Kluize and his new partner in sliding Anna Wayne hijacked a ship strikingly similar to the Riviera and disappeared.
A year later, a massive jump was detected near Langrange outpost. And the Riviera was there again, providing support fire to a group of 3 magic knights against an invasion by other planets within its star system. They fielded a squad of mecha that the TSAB had never seen before.
Then, even more confusing was when the Riviera reappeared on the planet where Thomas had hijacked the Seraph earlier, and stole the mecha that they deployed some time ago. This led to the conclusion that Thomas and the Riviera somehow had the ability to travel back and forward in time. TSAB dug deep into their records…
And there it was. At several historical events in Mid Childa and Velka history, there was one crucial person who turned things around that could be identified. They all went by different names, but the common pattern was that these individuals all had part of their first or last names starting with “K”.
Needless to say, Thomas Kluize became wanted as a criminal for interference in Non-administrated regions, for there was no other sensible way to charge a person with time paradox crimes, especially when he had not committed any real felony. For the next half a century, many Enforcers would try and fail to catch this slippery eel as he continued to appear and influence that world’s history. Clyde failed to stop him; so did his son. Even the Aces and their Knights were soundly defeated, with Wolkenritter knocked senseless by Kluize before their devices could even shout “Exprozion”, and Nanoha and Hayate bounded in chains that they could not break. Fate dodged the bind and tried to slash Thomas, but he stopped Bardiche with his finger, and with a look of sadness on his face, disappeared again.
For the first time after that, Thomas Kluize disappeared for almost 4 years. Then during the AlternateS arc, the Riviera reappeared, and aided the Silvana from the shadows at first, then openly later in the Holy Grails War for the Sealed Devices. Kyla put a good word in at the end of the war, and a hush-hush arrangement was made with the Riviera: “Remain in the shadows as the Bureau’s hidden punch, and we’ll drop all charges.”
The unpredictable 31 year old Thomas Kluize did a turnaround and agreed. That marked the last time Kluize has been known to “time hop“, for the man has since admitted dubiously that “there has been many individuals” like him before from other dimensions, and that he made himself “look like he was time traveling with illusions and transformation magic to throw the TSAB off his tracks“.
As usual, he has plenty of bad-blood within the TSAB, though not with the Aces, for he both intrigued, impressed, yet frightened them. And he has much interest in Kha, though its in the negative sense, calling him idealistic and naïve, that his wish to protect everyone in the multiverse was an impossible and self-destructing cause, reminding him that “To save a person meant not saving another“. Thomas acts brusque, pessimistic and apathetic to everyone he interacts with.
However, in spite of his bellicose attitude and independent demeanor, Thomas is seen to care deeply for some people, namely Fate, Sophia (who calls him Oni-chan), Erio, Caro, Allison, Carim and Sakura. As far why is this the case, is anybody’s guess.
Kluize’s True Identity
Spoiler for Open File?:
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By the God Empress... I'd have to agree, his haxx powers are too dangerous!!! He even had the nerve to visit Mahora Academy!!!
And I guess it should've been obvious who this is, for his name is Der-
*dodges more sniper fire*
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Originally Posted by Kha
The Crew of the Riviera
Spoiler for Open File?:
*snip*
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Kha went over the details once again in his head. Artei found Yuuno, and through him found Kay and brought her to the now destroyed "Hand of Danaan" Barracks. Sophia had successfully located Aurion and was now dragging him to his home to run tests on the captured mechanical specimen. Allison's on her way back to the office after spending some time with Fate and was bringing some food with her.(Yes that bit has been changed Fuyu)Keroko remained at the Riot 6 base to keep the Aces company after this "Castor" person appeared and spooked Hayate out.
He looked back at the desk.
Kluize... Of all times, why now... Help us instead of hindering us for once please...
There was still one question to be answered, but that had to wait till Sophia returned. And so the Cleric kicked back in his armchair and looked out the window.
It's raining bullets again...
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Boy did that feel like Dick Tracey. References and haxx0r characters + battleship galore! It's meant to foreshadow the truth of Caster, and it's got to do with Hayate's wish, Reinforce's deeds, the God Empress and Thomas Kluize t3h H4xx0r from another dimension. ...
And only now can I say, BLUECHEESIUM Alart! Otherwise it would destroy the flow up there.
*is dizzy with all the references*
Btw, I may have missed something here... what's the Hand of Danaan?
I smell El-Hazard (?), Gundam SEED, Zone of the Enders, The Frozen Throne, Chobits, Ghost in the Shell... you even managed to add the TAU EMPIRE (does that mean we'll be getting Tau interference against the Necrons? ) and and... Did I just see a reference to Starcraft II there? O_O
So much hax, yet both awesome and worrisome haxx approaching critical levels here
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
:Ah well. At least my GAV-X00 Galactus-class Devourer ship "NecroDrive" looks better. imo. :3
Spoiler for GAV-X00 Galactus-class Devourer ship "NecroDrive":
Now THAT'S a pirate space warship.
*jawdrop*
Are those... PLANETS around that warship to scale?
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Originally Posted by USB500
Arthur's profile is up! Next stop, Guinevere. Caution: may cause one to wonder whether Arthur is an emo or...
Spoiler for space-saving:
ARTHUR
Full name: Arthur Pendragon
Nickname: Arthur
Age: (during his death) 27
Birthday: June 24th
Hair colour: black
Eye colour: golden yellow
Height: 171cm
Weight: 69kg
Affiliation: none
Position / rank in TSAB: none
Home world: 79th Administered Word -- Visalia
Device: Excalibur
Device type: Intelligent Armed Device
Device appearance: sword
Magic system: Visalia
Magic element: Spirit Wave
Magic symbol: hexagon
Magic colour: lavender
Partner: Merlin, Vivian, Lancelot
Appearance: he always wears his Barrier Jacket and never seen without Excalibur beside him.
Personality: Arthur is cool-headed and treats anyone with respect regardless of their background. His sense of humour is tolerable, although he tends to bemuse people with his practical jokes.
After becoming the owner of Excalibur, Arthur has a sudden change of emotional switch, sacrificing his emotions for the good of Britannia and becomes plagued by feelings of guilt and inferiority after sitting the throne.
Style: like his fellow knight Lancelot, Arthur is a physical fighter and uses his Spirit Wave to aid his melee attacks. Although he lacks the speed needed for quick movement in battlefield, the setback is compensated by his higher defensive power. Arthur also learns shooting and area-of-affect attacks, making him a versatile combatant.
EARLY LIFE
Arthur Pendragon was the only child of Uther Pendragon and Lady Maria and well-beloved by his parents. A child prodigy, he began learning swordsmanship and knighthood as early as five and he was taught by the legendary mage Merlin at six. Later on he was raised by Vivian Hahn, Uther’s distant cousin and stayed with her at Glastonbury for ten years. During the period he learned all aspects of magic systems, especially the native Visalian system, and became adept of using his Spirit Wave as magic source. He also trained in the kingdom’s military academy and graduated as the commander of the Royal Guards.
THE SWORD OF THE STONE
During his training with Vivian, Arthur received the news that the Circle of Mages was conducting an experiment on an Intelligent Armed Device and seeking for volunteer for the experiment aimed to test compatibility between magic-harnessing devices and Spirit Wave, the essence of Visalian system. Arthur applied for the experiment and befriended Lancelot who joined the experiment as well.
During the trial, in which Arthur turned fifteen, King Uther died, and with no known eligible heir to the throne, Britannia entered a period of anarchy following the invasion of the northerly barbaric tribes and threats from the Holy Plataea Empire. With time running out, Vivian told Arthur to “call out” Excalibur despite warnings from her colleagues that the Device would run berserk. Later Merlin approached Arthur and told him that the Briton people would recognize him as their destined ruler if he activated Excalibur, the Intelligent Armed Device that had been revered as the kingdom’s holy weapon for generations. However, by doing so, he would have to accept the hardship of a monarch, and Arthur would be responsible for preserving the welfare of his people. He willingly agreed to take up the challenge and to everyone’s surprise at the research facility he effortlessly activated Excalibur and calmed it before it destroyed facility. In effect, he gained the Device’s trust and vowed to use Excalibur for the good of the people.
MILITARY CAMPAIGNS
Soon after the event, recorded in Britannia’s historical records as “Pulling the Sword out of The Stone”, Arthur led his soldiers in many campaigns against the northern tribes and Holy Plataea Empire, in which he used Excalibur in every occasion. At first he acted as tactician, planning battle plans and commanding his troops from the security of base camp, but he later entered battlefield and engaged with enemy soldiers; he foresaw his action as necessary to boost his soldiers’ morale, and by doing so he would be able to learn the truth behind warfare.
After defeating the northern barbaric tribes and built the Hadrian Wall along Britannia’s northern borders, Arthur mobilized all military prowess into confronting Holy Plataea Empire and liberating every piece of conquered land. His campaigns reached its epic when he and his troops met Holy Plataea Empire fact-to-face at the Battle of the Channel. Despite being greatly outnumbered, Arthur and his knights bravely fought the invaders and victoriously drove them away from Britannia.
There was a unique story circulating the Battle of The Channel. Legend had it that Arthur cut himself during a swordfight with Plataean warrior, and his blood smeared Excalibur, causing the Device to unlock Noble Illusions. He was later said to use Noble Illusions to defeat the entire Plataean army, delivering a major shock to Emperor Caesar, then the ruler of the empire. Embarrassed to learn that his mighty army lost to a young general, Caesar ordered the remaining troops to retreat from Britannia.
KING OF CAMELOT
After finally liberating Britannia, Arthur was chosen as the king of the country. He ruled Britannia from his stronghold in Camelot and earned the reputation of a just, yet distant king. Under the guidance of Merlin and with the aid of his Knights of the Round Table, in which his best friend Lancelot was one of the Knights, he guided Britannia into an era of prosperity and tranquillity. Excalibur received major overhaul from Vivian Hahn after damaged during the siege of Stier Castle, and upgraded with extra components including the energy crystal modulator, precursor to the Belkan cartridge system.
Although he became a king, Arthur still frequently took part in military campaigns per request by soldiers who wanted him to personally lead them into battle.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
After returning from Nordic Empire on diplomatic tour, Arthur was introduced to Melissa Guinevere, Lancelot’s ex-fiancée. He fell in love with the woman and immediately proposed her to become his wife. A grand marriage ceremony was held at Camelot and attended by the kingdom’s citizens from all levels. The Knights of the Round Table were also invited, with the exception of Lancelot who was permitted to take medical leave; in reality, Lancelot deeply resented the marriage but unable to voice his objections to the king and joined an archaeological expedition at the Valley of the Kings.
Arthur and Guinevere were blessed with twin babies from the marriage, Alexander and Ariel.
TRAGEDY
Seven years later, Arthur was leading his soldiers in the Second Stier Siege when he received news that Guinevere was assassinated by a betraying knight. He immediately called off the siege and returned to Britannia and was told by Merlin that Guinevere was assassinated while practicing her singing at the royal garden, and the assassin escaped before the Knights of the Round Table could capture him.
Vivian came with news that would shake even the king’s boldest heart. It appeared that his best friend Lancelot had been corrupted by the dark power of Masamune, the legendary sword of the Valley of the King, and betrayed his oath as the Knight of the Round Table by defeating his fellow Knights (and killing Sir Hector, the youngest Knight). He even burnt the city of Avon to avenge his turbulent childhood years and was on killing spree afterwards, indiscriminately slaying anyone unfortunate to come across his path.
“The One-Winged Angel is awaiting you at the Ice Desert. You must face him.”
Arthur was at first reluctant to accept the truth, stating that he believed in Lancelot no matter what happened to him. Vivian later gave him a piece of letter written by Guinevere days before she was assassinated and asked him to read it. Arthur was appalled to learn the painful truth but unable to express his emotion as he sealed it soon after gaining the ownership of Excalibur. Yet he eventually gave in and broke down, his heart tormented by the tragedy that was unfolding before him.
After giving his wife and Sir Hector a proper burial, Arthur headed to Ice Desert to the north of the European Continent and met Lancelot, fully corrupted by his own Spirit Wave, now wielding both JENOVA and Masamune in his hands. The fallen knight taunted Arthur into fighting him, teasing him as weak and not strong enough to prevent Guinevere’s death. Enraged, Arthur charged at him only to find himself overwhelmed by Lancelot’s dark power. Furthermore, his memories of Guinevere and the vow he made with his wife never to spill blood prevented him from using all his power, and at such Arthur was initially defeated.
Just as Lancelot was preparing to combine JENOVA and Masamune into a single Device dubbed “Advent” and used the weapon to finish off the battle, Arthur suddenly rose from his untimely comatose and summoned Excalibur’s final form, the Lionheart. Too baffled by the unexpected transformation of the coveted Device, Lancelot forgot to defend himself and opened himself to savage counterattack. Arthur took no chance of letting his mortal enemy and ensnared Lancelot inside Delirium Ring before executed Excalibur’s strongest attack, the all-or-nothing “Sword of Promised Victory”. The attack was vicious and almost destroyed Ice Desert in the process, but Lancelot still stood strong, having survived the ‘sword of light’.
In his last attempt to discourage the king, Lancelot asked Arthur what was important to him; the kingdom which he had sworn to serve and protect, or his family and friends he cherished.
“Everything. Everything that I had known, come across and left behind.”
He proved his words by unleashing his previously unheard of ability: “Omnislash: Blade of the Guardian of Heaven and Earth”, severely injured Lancelot and finally defeated him. As he floated in the air, the fallen knight stated that he would “never become a memory”. Then, enveloped with a single black wing that protruded from his right shoulder blade, he disappeared and left Arthur in the icy desert.
Arthur returned to Britannia, badly injured and barely able to walk. Realizing his time was coming to an end, Arthur returned Excalibur to Vivian and asked her to seal the Device; he stated that he longer had the desire to carry the sword upon his shoulder after he lost everything he used to have. He, then, chose Sir Bedivere as his successor and asked him to take a great care of the kingdom until his children were ready to take the throne.
Arthur retreated to seclusion and passed away three months later, having bedridden from recurring injury that resulted from the mortal combat. He was buried side-by-side with Guinevere in Avalon, and given full tribute by his people.
EXCALIBUR
Type: Intelligent Armed Device
Appearance: sword; (during the battle with Lancelot) Buster Sword
Excalibur has male voice and speaks English. It addresses Arthur as “my lord.”
FORMS
Sealed: Excalibur in this form looks nothing more than a common locket. It is identified by a quote in Old Briton that says “Arthur, Unifier of Britannia.”
Camelot: this is Excalibur in its most recognized form. It comes equipped with Avalon, its sheath that can also be deployed as a secondary sword, allowing double-sword combat. There are two modes of Excalibur in this form:
Battle Mode: used for hand-to-hand combat.
Shooter Mode: used for long-range combat, shooting projectiles or energy beams.
Lionheart: this form shares the same characteristic as Camelot form, except that the sheath and the sword are fused to form a broad sword, known as Buster Sword. At the end of the hilt there is a nano-turbine generator used to greatly amplify magic power. Arthur never used Excalibur in this form, as the existence of the third form was unknown in the era, although he had been reported to use the form’s Noble Illusions on several occasions.
Lionheart Form was indeed activated. It happened only once, during Arthur’s fated duel with Lancelot at Ice Desert.
For Camelot and Lionheart forms, the Energy Crystal Compressor is located inside the sword’s rectangular clamps that tightly fasten the blade onto the hilt. Each clamp can store five energy crystals and functions like a Lee-Enfield magazine clip (it won’t detach until all crystals are used up). Since it is the prototype of the Belkan system, the compressor is also compatible with Belkan magic cartridges.
INCANTATIONS
Let there be no one who wishes to touch the sword
Lest they invite demise to knock on the door;
For only the true inheritor of the king’s blood
Shall fulfil the destiny and call upon its name.
Wake up, Excalibur.
Arthur used the full-paragraphed incantation only once when he activated Excalibur for the first time. As it was a customary for mages during his time to use long phrases, he frequently used the paragraph as ceremonial spell.
DEFENSIVE ABILITIES
Barrier Jacket: the suit is the typical Middle-Age knight’s shining armour, with blue/golden yellow colour scheme and flexible armour made of composite material (when Arthur deploys the Barrier Jacket, it gains a body-hugging outlook). This suit is not just the flashy costume, but also refers to an invisible defensive field generated by the costume, reducing or eliminating any serious injury from events such as an impact with a building.
Bastion: Arthur’s first spell, this is Excalibur’s auto-guard magic. Although weak it can absorb attacks from all directions.
Avalon: a powerful shield that protects its caster from oncoming attack. There are three variations of this spell: the Sealed Form version is merely a wall of barrier magic, while the actual sheath is used as a physical shield in Camelot Form.
For the advanced Lionheart Form, Avalon dissipates into countless particles and immerses its user into a tranquil domain, virtually a “portable fortress”. Lionheart Avalon is considered a Noble Illusion.
Wind Walker: learned from Merlin, this ability enhances Arthur’s agility and increases her evasion rate. It is characterized by contrails that mark her movements.
Seal of the Heavenly King: Arthur uses this spell to bind a target. The amount of time required to activate the spell depends on the complexity of the target. It is characterized by the “royal seal” symbol that decorates the sealing bind.
Bind Break: Arthur tempts to deactivate a binding or imprisoning spell. The amount of time required to deactivate depends on the complexity of the target magic.
Delirium Ring: one of Excalibur’s Noble Illusions, it is available only after Lionheart Form is accessed. Excalibur consumes all energy crystals and converts the energy to form a barrier. Once deployed, Delirium Ring cancels any other abilities within the perimeter, and those trapped inside it will have nowhere to escape.
Delirium Break: Arthur slams Excalibur onto the force field and shatters the perimeter inside the ring. It causes the area inside the barrier to be ‘distorted’.
OFFENSIVE ABILITIES
Lion’s Roar: Excalibur’s basic area-of-affect attack. Arthur shouts a battle cry and slams Excalibur onto the ground, unleashing a powerful shockwave that can knock out anything.
Burning Impact: Excalibur’s basic “particle beam” attack. Arthur activates Excalibur’s Shooter Form and aims the “deployed blade” at selected target. It is roughly on par with Takamachi Nanoha’s Divine Buster.
Barrier of the Wind King: an ability that compresses and rotates the air around Arthur’s blade. The wind circulation distorts the refraction of light, inducing an illusion of surreal world. This property makes it difficult for opponents to parry Arthur’s lunges and thrusts, as they cannot discern the length or width of the blade. Furthermore, the pressurized air can be offensively expelled once in the form of an intense gust. Coupled with Energy Crystal Compressor, Barrier of the Wind King can be sustained for a long duration time.
Sword of the Heavenly King: the strongest physical attack Excalibur can offer. Arthur combines 75% of power supplied from the Energy Crystal Compressor with her Spirit Wave and channels them into the blade. Then Arthur charges at target and slashes the target with the ‘light blade’ in backhand position. The flow of energy coming from Excalibur’s blade is more than enough to nullify most attacks and can even penetrate even the strongest of barrier spells.
Sword of Promised Victory: the most powerful of all Noble Illusions, Arthur channels all her energy into the sword’s nano-generator where it is processed and turned into a yellowish beam engulfing the entire blade. The resulting ‘sword of light’ reaches the edge of the sky and can be seen as far as hundreds of miles away.
Omnislash -- Blade of the Guardian of Heaven and Earth: accessible only in Lionheart Form, this is Excalibur’s ultimate attack, even surpassing Sword of Promised Victory. Arthur speaks something to Excalibur, in which the Device replies "For King and country" before it duplicates into seven different swords that surround target (the seventh "duplicate" remains in Arthur's hand). Then Arthur does the "rushing tackle" maneouvre, hacking and slashing the target with each sword in succession; he combines the swords after every successful attack in the process. Arthur, then, ends the attack with a mega-powerful backhand slash augmented by energy from residual magic and combined with his Spirit Wave.
Arthur is shown weakened after using Omnislash on Lancelot. This indicates that this ability requires the user to "sacrifice" everything he has in order to successfully perform such attack.
phew, that was so long, almost reaching the same level of Hikki's profile thoughts before I proceed to Guinevere's profile, anyone?
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Emo indeed, although I think much better than the stock Arthurian legend, not to mention all the added mod history, including Caesar And ... + 50 coolness points for Omnislash
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Originally Posted by Kha
O Great MODS! I have to confess! I have sinned! I shall do my best to atone for it! To get us back on track...
Spoiler for Track 6.1:
Track 6.1 - A Surprise Visit
Kha had his eyes closed in his quiet office meditating when he heard the door open.
Als: Oni-chan? Kha: (stretches) NNng... Yes come in. Erio: Meister! Kha: Erio? What are you--? Caro: Hello, Kha-san! Kha: Eh?! (hurriedly tidies up his table and stows the "Confidential" business away.) Erm... Hi! WHy don't you guys take a seat at the couch. I'll be right over... Fate: Don't surprise him like that. (turns to Kha) Sorry about that we should've knocked... Kha: (stands up hurriedly, looking worse for wear since he hadn't changed out from the collapse of the Hand of Danaan) Oh no bother really! Fate: No you're not! (strides over and pats his shoulders, kicking the dust free) what happened to you?! Als: (reacts quickly) Oni-chan! I'll go put the takeaway on the table K? Erio-kun, Caro-chan this way please! Chibikko: Hai! Kha: Keroko and I had a little fight and we sort of blew up one of the foundations... Fate: Over? Kha: Well she thought I built the thing that attacked Erio. Fate: Now that you mentioned it, that was a Wizard park... Kha: No. Way. Will. I. Ever. Build a pack like that. It's completely wrong! Trust me! Fate: (smiling) If I don't trust you, then who will? Kha: ... Thanks... Fate: I thought you might be hungry, and I heard Allie was getting some takeaway, so I thought maybe we could have dinner over here for once. Kha: It's okay really. Let's go.
Als: Oni-chan! Kha: Yes? Als: Ano... I can't reach that cabinet for the dishes... Kha: Grow taller then. (ruffles her hair as he passes) Als: (retorts) Oni-chan!!! Kha: Here you go.
Erio: Meister! You really should try this! The cooks Hayate hired are the best! Kha: I've never seen this before... Pink... jellyworms? Erio: Eh... it's spagetti Meister... Kha: Looks... sweet. Caro: Maybe we can have this too! Als: Caro-chan! Is that sushi?! Caro: It's my first try since Fate-san taught me how to make one so... Hope its not too bad. Fate: Oh you did make it! It look's really nice. Kha: I'm sure its alright. Caro: Ah... Erio: Shall we start Meister? Kha: Just give me a second. Quick moment of grace... (Some silence) There! All: Itadaki-masu!
Kha: Fate... Erio... Yes I have been very busy, and I've been unable to see both of you often... I'm out there protecting everyone, and this is what makes it worth it. But still... I learn that a meal, though simple, has much meaning when a family can sit down and share it. I guess I should take a break once in a while...
Some family fluff to cool the madness. This time I based the style on the more reminescient tracks of a normal SS. I'll add on to it later.
A quaint, quiet, and totally enjoyable moment for the Lightnings here. Need some of these interspersed with all the madness in this thread
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Nice. But are you going to answer my question?
Fluff? Coming right up!
Mid-Childa Galaxia Issue #6 : Keeping Fit
Spoiler:
Unlike the rest of Mid-Childa who's keeping their eyes on the distribution and management of the annual TSAB budget which will be the determinent of various factors such as the reinforcement and improvement of defense protocols among other projects in Ordered Space which involves unattractive old men and women last since Admiral Graham retired, we of Galaxia prefers to look at the younger side of life. The future, the next generation, the young, vibrant and firm. Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing several up-and-comers on how they keep themselves fit, prime and proper in a work-heavy condition.
Roll the footage, monkeys!
First off is the infamous Ace of Aces, Takamichi Nanoha!
IV: This is Galaxia. We would like to ask you a simple question... Nanoha: Not is not exactly a good time for that... IV: How do you, a trainer of the forces keep yourself prime- Nanoha: Accel Shooter! Divine Buster! IV: and proper while maintaining a- Nanoha: STARLIGHT BREAKER!!! IV: work heavy...schedule? Nanoha: *Sitting atop several Gadget Drones with a VERY vibrant texture* you were saying? IV: On second thought, we've got enough visual evidence...very graphic visual evidence...
Next off is Fate Testarossa Harlaown, a top-class TSAB enforcer.
IV: How do you do? I presume you've heard the question? Fate: Yes. I'm still not very comfortable with interviews in general. IV: Don't worry, it's just one question this time. Fate: Well, Chro-I mean, Admiral Chrono, who helped a lot in my training as an enforcer taught me that it's very important to know how to handle various technicaal, physical and mental issues on a rigid basis, especially those that strains the body such as- ???: [Stinger Blade Execution Shift]
*CRASH! BOOM! BANG!*
Fate: And that's about it. Thank you. IV: ...What was that?
Meanwhile...
Chrono: That...was...close...*goes into hiding again*
Meanwhile...
Twins: Mom...Isn't that Dad's move? Amy: What are you being so secretive about...A.N.A.T.A?
And lastly for now, is Meister Hayate Yagami, now Commander of the newly formed Riot Force 6.
IV: Being a commander now, it involves both a degree of field work and command work, right? How is it that you are able to maintain yourself as fine as you are? Hayate: Well...let's just say that for the lesser time I'm involved in continous field work unlike my friend Nanoha, I put the effort to get involved in tougher activities that is tiring, but all worth it. IV: Interesting. Mind going into details? Hayate: I'll leave it up to your imaginations. You don't have any idea how hard it is to "seku-hara" some of them. Their resilience is top-notch, I tell you! IV: That's no fun. Anything else? Hayate: Hmm...let's just say my body's metabolism works very very great. IV: Metabolism heh...Thank you very much. Hayate: Likewise. Shamal's never going to find out that I have l33t haxxor administration over my Book that allows me to transfer my "excess" weight to add to hers..hehehehehehehehehehehehe
Meanwhile...
Shamal: [Vader]NOOOOOOOOOO![/Vader] I've gone up another 3 kg! Imphosibible!
On the coming edition, we'll take a look at 3 young male upcomers from 3 different degrees of TSAB. Who'll they be? Check out the next issue!
All right then. I'll try to cook my details up early so that everyone's happy.
:3
I think there may be hints why Chrono is missing from StrikerS here And dear lord, Hayate, why do you torture Shamal so?
Although I admit, the more weight, the better to seku-hara wi-
*headshot'd*
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Question: I've created a fifth Wolkenritter for the purpose of my A's summary, am I in trouble?
Not. at. all. Okay, maybe SOME, but the good outweigh the bad.
In fact, it's perfect. One of my coming chapters involve Saga going out to the field to balance the scales with his l33t Keybade skillz after his knights were defeated, and adding a 5th would be a nice reason.
Gimme a name, a basic description, her skills, etc and I'm ready to throw that person in my story!
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Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.
The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.
Not. at. all. Okay, maybe SOME, but the good outweigh the bad.
In fact, it's perfect. One of my coming chapters involve Saga going out to the field to balance the scales with his l33t Keybade skillz after his knights were defeated, and adding a 5th would be a nice reason.
Gimme a name, a basic description, her skills, etc and I'm ready to throw that person in my story!
I'll get on it as soon as work's over... though you may not get it untill tommorow, unless we manage to fix internet back home today.
Yeah, internet took a bad time to to go broken on me. Praise the aspects that work is light today, so I can abuse the internet here to catch up on backlog.
Okay, Eyes of the Beholder-character template archtypes ASIDE, I've got to get this clear, so that we can all play nice and compromise. How extensive are the "Rein Revival" thing of yours anyway?
Mine is mildly so-so, but it can be flexible depending on the other theories.
From what I see, Kha and An Hero already got's something in mind, so do I. Now... how to fit all into a properly mixed fanon? My Tiara thing covers till the Book's official creation, after it's pages got torn off in the future. An Hero seems to have something in mind about the Book though I don't know how extensive his covers, and well...There's this Kha' THRONE-thingy which involves someone who can bring back someone from nothing.
So, are we gonna keep everything under wraps until the MOMENT of truth, or will we lay down our cards now? I'll willing to compromise. :3
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Originally Posted by An Hero in Disguise
OK, first let's try to come to a compromise without revealing each others' ideas so far : if you have a cover for the Book's origins already and it's mixed with your characters tightly I could suggest not to change it (your stories were great so far, I expect the rest to be as good) as I can very easily adjust mine to involve one of the Book's reincarnations instead and it won't have much impact on the story (as the Book isn't the main character there), don't know about Kha's ideas though. As for the way the Book got reincarnated again I've already mentioned that I'd be glad for someone to come up with it instead of me
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Nice. But are you going to answer my question?
Looks like there's no avoiding it. The hints in that haxx post, other than the Kluize = Kha joke:
-Think FSN (Wish? Regret? Second chance?)
-From Anna's profile we see that she's a Summoner.
From earlier posts:
-I mentioned the Throne of Heroes, followed by the mention of Danaan, who I've been hinting has something to do with Velka religion.
-4th Line of the Velka Code: Death on the battlefield is the greatest glory to be achieved by a Velka knight.
-Kha's mention of "As long as you do the right thing, you'll never be defeated spiritually."
-And finally, the revelation that Unlimited Imperium Vault which was able to summon Rein 1 original without memories. Implication: No soul.
After confusing everyone with this not very well planned Da Vice Code, here's what I intended to say:
When Rein died, she, and her Meister had a wish: They both wanted to stay with each other and be happy. No amount of principle, nor Code of Honor was ever going to change that. But Rein knew she had to leave, and died like a true Velka. Now with all Velka being related to religious themes, the next part kicked in. Danaan, the goddess from which the first Velka descended from, saved Reinforce's soul and crowned her a true Hero, like the many Velka before her, and thus came to reside in the Throne of Heroes to be exalted for all eternity.
This is the crossover bit that gave me the idea for Caster Reinforce:
Spoiler for :topicoff::
Kluize appears as Servant Archer in a future Holy Grail War in a discontinued FSN fic that further played with the idea of time paradoxes and discontinuity. I stopped bec even I got lost in the maze I created. Bottomline was, I made a ref that when Caster was summoned, the one who answered would be a REAL mage (as opposed to FSN's fake one) and that would be Reinforce, because she wished to return to Hayate.
What happens in the Nanohaverse, is that once someone has mastered summoning the epic spirit's weapon from the Imperium Vault, he/she shall earn the right to summon the Epic Spirit itself. When Anna calls out for a Caster to become her tsukaima (the entire Riviera crew has no AOE mage, that's why she calls for a Caster), Reinforce answers and returns, if only for a short while. The only way to keep her material permanently is to recall her soul together with her soulless body that resides in Unlimited Imperium Vault. Which means, only Sophia has a chance of doing that.
It's supposed to be an end-of-StrikerS thing for Sophia to master Unlimited Imperium Vault and summon the complete Reinforce 1 as her own tsukaima. However, my itch got the better of me... And I summoned Godh4xx as well as Caster Reinforce... I must train harder to avoid such a mess in future!
EDIT: Sophia can summon RH from the Imperium Vault not only because it resided there before, its also because of the alternative version of Nanoha, a Velka practicioner, resides in the Throne of Heroes too. I've a feeling that idea of an alternative Nanoha is by Darkalpha, so apologies for being liberal with it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightengale
Fluff? Coming right up!
Mid-Childa Galaxia Issue #6 : Keeping Fit
Spoiler:
Unlike the rest of Mid-Childa who's keeping their eyes on the distribution and management of the annual TSAB budget which will be the determinent of various factors such as the reinforcement and improvement of defense protocols among other projects in Ordered Space which involves unattractive old men and women last since Admiral Graham retired, we of Galaxia prefers to look at the younger side of life. The future, the next generation, the young, vibrant and firm. Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing several up-and-comers on how they keep themselves fit, prime and proper in a work-heavy condition.
Roll the footage, monkeys!
First off is the infamous Ace of Aces, Takamichi Nanoha!
IV: This is Galaxia. We would like to ask you a simple question... Nanoha: Not is not exactly a good time for that... IV: How do you, a trainer of the forces keep yourself prime- Nanoha: Accel Shooter! Divine Buster! IV: and proper while maintaining a- Nanoha: STARLIGHT BREAKER!!! IV: work heavy...schedule? Nanoha: *Sitting atop several Gadget Drones with a VERY vibrant texture* you were saying? IV: On second thought, we've got enough visual evidence...very graphic visual evidence...
Next off is Fate Testarossa Harlaown, a top-class TSAB enforcer.
IV: How do you do? I presume you've heard the question? Fate: Yes. I'm still not very comfortable with interviews in general. IV: Don't worry, it's just one question this time. Fate: Well, Chro-I mean, Admiral Chrono, who helped a lot in my training as an enforcer taught me that it's very important to know how to handle various technicaal, physical and mental issues on a rigid basis, especially those that strains the body such as- ???: [Stinger Blade Execution Shift]
*CRASH! BOOM! BANG!*
Fate: And that's about it. Thank you. IV: ...What was that?
Meanwhile...
Chrono: That...was...close...*goes into hiding again*
Meanwhile...
Twins: Mom...Isn't that Dad's move? Amy: What are you being so secretive about...A.N.A.T.A?
And lastly for now, is Meister Hayate Yagami, now Commander of the newly formed Riot Force 6.
IV: Being a commander now, it involves both a degree of field work and command work, right? How is it that you are able to maintain yourself as fine as you are? Hayate: Well...let's just say that for the lesser time I'm involved in continous field work unlike my friend Nanoha, I put the effort to get involved in tougher activities that is tiring, but all worth it. IV: Interesting. Mind going into details? Hayate: I'll leave it up to your imaginations. You don't have any idea how hard it is to "seku-hara" some of them. Their resilience is top-notch, I tell you! IV: That's no fun. Anything else? Hayate: Hmm...let's just say my body's metabolism works very very great. IV: Metabolism heh...Thank you very much. Hayate: Likewise. Shamal's never going to find out that I have l33t haxxor administration over my Book that allows me to transfer my "excess" weight to add to hers..hehehehehehehehehehehehe
Meanwhile...
Shamal: [Vader]NOOOOOOOOOO![/Vader] I've gone up another 3 kg! Imphosibible!
On the coming edition, we'll take a look at 3 young male upcomers from 3 different degrees of TSAB. Who'll they be? Check out the next issue!
Looks like there's no avoiding it. The hints in that haxx post, other than the Kluize = Kha joke:
-Think FSN (Wish? Regret? Second chance?)
-From Anna's profile we see that she's a Summoner.
From earlier posts:
-I mentioned the Throne of Heroes, followed by the mention of Danaan, who I've been hinting has something to do with Velka religion.
-4th Line of the Velka Code: Death on the battlefield is the greatest glory to be achieved by a Velka knight.
-Kha's mention of "As long as you do the right thing, you'll never be defeated spiritually."
-And finally, the revelation that Unlimited Imperium Vault which was able to summon Rein 1 original without memories. Implication: No soul.
After confusing everyone with this not very well planned Da Vice Code, here's what I intended to say:
When Rein died, she, and her Meister had a wish: They both wanted to stay with each other and be happy. No amount of principle, nor Code of Honor was ever going to change that. But Rein knew she had to leave, and died like a true Velka. Now with all Velka being related to religious themes, the next part kicked in. Danaan, the goddess from which the first Velka descended from, saved Reinforce's soul and crowned her a true Hero, like the many Velka before her, and thus came to reside in the Throne of Heroes to be exalted for all eternity.
This is the crossover bit that gave me the idea for Caster Reinforce:
Spoiler for :topicoff::
Kluize appears as Servant Archer in a future Holy Grail War in a discontinued FSN fic that further played with the idea of time paradoxes and discontinuity. I stopped bec even I got lost in the maze I created. Bottomline was, I made a ref that when Caster was summoned, the one who answered would be a REAL mage (as opposed to FSN's fake one) and that would be Reinforce, because she wished to return to Hayate.
What happens in the Nanohaverse, is that once someone has mastered summoning the epic spirit's weapon from the Imperium Vault, he/she shall earn the right to summon the Epic Spirit itself. When Anna calls out for a Caster to become her tsukaima (the entire Riviera crew has no AOE mage, that's why she calls for a Caster), Reinforce answers and returns, if only for a short while. The only way to keep her material permanently is to recall her soul together with her soulless body that resides in Unlimited Imperium Vault. Which means, only Sophia has a chance of doing that.
It's supposed to be an end-of-StrikerS thing for Sophia to master Unlimited Imperium Vault and summon the complete Reinforce 1 as her own tsukaima. However, my itch got the better of me... And I summoned Godh4xx as well as Caster Reinforce... I must train harder to avoid such a mess in future!
EDIT: Sophia can summon RH from the Imperium Vault not only because it resided there before, its also because of the alternative version of Nanoha, created by Tshouryuu in FF.net, resides in the Throne of Heroes too. Sorry for being liberal with your idea, Tshou...
Hmm...a little tight, but Saga should be able to fit into it. Especially if we assume the general context of the whole Heartless/Nobodys/Soul/Memories thing of the composition of a entire being, so Sophia has the power to change the fate of times using her control of the body and soul, while Saga is the key for Reinforce to be herself by restoring her heart and memories, minus the time she was Tiara.
And since Sophia's power makes Rein her tsukaima, I think I can add in Saga wanting to prevent that to be complete 100%, since what he wants is to make Rein solely Hayate's and no one else's, no matter what. So, we can have Wolkies vs Zerstros II! An throw in a huge bunch of misunderstandings!
You know WHAT? I had no intention of even linking the whole Kingdom Heart paralell with Saga bar his weapon, but now that the Rein I issue actually extends out to this far with your ideas and mine, it ACTUALLY became a Kingdom Hearts reference. Awesome.
The last time I had such synchro-levels was with...a friend, playing a SEED fiction writing game on a now-defunct forum. Good times, good times.
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Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.
The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.
Hmm...a little tight, but Saga should be able to fit into it. Especially if we assume the general context of the whole Heartless/Nobodys/Soul/Memories thing of the composition of a entire being, so Sophia has the power to change the fate of times using her control of the body and soul, while Saga is the key for Reinforce to be herself by restoring her heart and memories, minus the time she was Tiara.
And since Sophia's power makes Rein her tsukaima, I think I can add in Saga wanting to prevent that to be complete 100%, since what he wants is to make Rein solely Hayate's and no one else's, no matter what. So, we can have Wolkies vs Zerstros II! An throw in a huge bunch of misunderstandings!
You know WHAT? I had no intention of even linking the whole Kingdom Heart paralell with Saga bar his weapon, but now that the Rein I issue actually extends out to this far with your ideas and mine, it ACTUALLY became a Kingdom Hearts reference. Awesome.
The last time I had such synchro-levels was with...a friend, playing a SEED fiction writing game on a now-defunct forum. Good times, good times.
I'm honored... I wouldn't say I could sync on this because I only played KH Chain of Memories halfway, but luckily that bridging point was enough.
So until StrikerS end, we can take our time in dealing with the Rein 1 Revival issue, settle the Einst and Necron, AND the Erio superlolis , and leave Caster to haunt us whenever she feels like it.
@Lowe: Ya know, mind if I just keep the Riviera in here? I will do without the crew and the ***dam, but the ship... and my favorite Broadsides. It's Kha's ship after all, in a very weird sense.
@Lowe: Ya know, mind if I just keep the Riviera in here? I will do without the crew and the ***dam, but the ship... and my favorite Broadsides. It's Kha's ship after all, in a very weird sense.
You must keep it (and let me keep mine too ) - I won't be able to let an epic battle escape just like that Then both could be crippled (or even destroyed for the sake of balance ) in the process and everyone can live on happily.
Arthur's profile is up! Next stop, Guinevere. Caution: may cause one to wonder whether Arthur is an emo or...
Spoiler for space-saving:
ARTHUR
Full name: Arthur Pendragon
Nickname: Arthur
Age: (during his death) 27
Birthday: June 24th
Hair colour: black
Eye colour: golden yellow
Height: 171cm
Weight: 69kg
Affiliation: none
Position / rank in TSAB: none
Home world: 79th Administered Word -- Visalia
Device: Excalibur
Device type: Intelligent Armed Device
Device appearance: sword
Magic system: Visalia
Magic element: Spirit Wave
Magic symbol: hexagon
Magic colour: lavender
Partner: Merlin, Vivian, Lancelot
Appearance: he always wears his Barrier Jacket and never seen without Excalibur beside him.
Personality: Arthur is cool-headed and treats anyone with respect regardless of their background. His sense of humour is tolerable, although he tends to bemuse people with his practical jokes.
After becoming the owner of Excalibur, Arthur has a sudden change of emotional switch, sacrificing his emotions for the good of Britannia and becomes plagued by feelings of guilt and inferiority after sitting the throne.
Style: like his fellow knight Lancelot, Arthur is a physical fighter and uses his Spirit Wave to aid his melee attacks. Although he lacks the speed needed for quick movement in battlefield, the setback is compensated by his higher defensive power. Arthur also learns shooting and area-of-affect attacks, making him a versatile combatant.
EARLY LIFE
Arthur Pendragon was the only child of Uther Pendragon and Lady Maria and well-beloved by his parents. A child prodigy, he began learning swordsmanship and knighthood as early as five and he was taught by the legendary mage Merlin at six. Later on he was raised by Vivian Hahn, Uther’s distant cousin and stayed with her at Glastonbury for ten years. During the period he learned all aspects of magic systems, especially the native Visalian system, and became adept of using his Spirit Wave as magic source. He also trained in the kingdom’s military academy and graduated as the commander of the Royal Guards.
THE SWORD OF THE STONE
During his training with Vivian, Arthur received the news that the Circle of Mages was conducting an experiment on an Intelligent Armed Device and seeking for volunteer for the experiment aimed to test compatibility between magic-harnessing devices and Spirit Wave, the essence of Visalian system. Arthur applied for the experiment and befriended Lancelot who joined the experiment as well.
During the trial, in which Arthur turned fifteen, King Uther died, and with no known eligible heir to the throne, Britannia entered a period of anarchy following the invasion of the northerly barbaric tribes and threats from the Holy Plataea Empire. With time running out, Vivian told Arthur to “call out” Excalibur despite warnings from her colleagues that the Device would run berserk. Later Merlin approached Arthur and told him that the Briton people would recognize him as their destined ruler if he activated Excalibur, the Intelligent Armed Device that had been revered as the kingdom’s holy weapon for generations. However, by doing so, he would have to accept the hardship of a monarch, and Arthur would be responsible for preserving the welfare of his people. He willingly agreed to take up the challenge and to everyone’s surprise at the research facility he effortlessly activated Excalibur and calmed it before it destroyed facility. In effect, he gained the Device’s trust and vowed to use Excalibur for the good of the people.
MILITARY CAMPAIGNS
Soon after the event, recorded in Britannia’s historical records as “Pulling the Sword out of The Stone”, Arthur led his soldiers in many campaigns against the northern tribes and Holy Plataea Empire, in which he used Excalibur in every occasion. At first he acted as tactician, planning battle plans and commanding his troops from the security of base camp, but he later entered battlefield and engaged with enemy soldiers; he foresaw his action as necessary to boost his soldiers’ morale, and by doing so he would be able to learn the truth behind warfare.
After defeating the northern barbaric tribes and built the Hadrian Wall along Britannia’s northern borders, Arthur mobilized all military prowess into confronting Holy Plataea Empire and liberating every piece of conquered land. His campaigns reached its epic when he and his troops met Holy Plataea Empire fact-to-face at the Battle of the Channel. Despite being greatly outnumbered, Arthur and his knights bravely fought the invaders and victoriously drove them away from Britannia.
There was a unique story circulating the Battle of The Channel. Legend had it that Arthur cut himself during a swordfight with Plataean warrior, and his blood smeared Excalibur, causing the Device to unlock Noble Illusions. He was later said to use Noble Illusions to defeat the entire Plataean army, delivering a major shock to Emperor Caesar, then the ruler of the empire. Embarrassed to learn that his mighty army lost to a young general, Caesar ordered the remaining troops to retreat from Britannia.
KING OF CAMELOT
After finally liberating Britannia, Arthur was chosen as the king of the country. He ruled Britannia from his stronghold in Camelot and earned the reputation of a just, yet distant king. Under the guidance of Merlin and with the aid of his Knights of the Round Table, in which his best friend Lancelot was one of the Knights, he guided Britannia into an era of prosperity and tranquillity. Excalibur received major overhaul from Vivian Hahn after damaged during the siege of Stier Castle, and upgraded with extra components including the energy crystal modulator, precursor to the Belkan cartridge system.
Although he became a king, Arthur still frequently took part in military campaigns per request by soldiers who wanted him to personally lead them into battle.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
After returning from Nordic Empire on diplomatic tour, Arthur was introduced to Melissa Guinevere, Lancelot’s ex-fiancée. He fell in love with the woman and immediately proposed her to become his wife. A grand marriage ceremony was held at Camelot and attended by the kingdom’s citizens from all levels. The Knights of the Round Table were also invited, with the exception of Lancelot who was permitted to take medical leave; in reality, Lancelot deeply resented the marriage but unable to voice his objections to the king and joined an archaeological expedition at the Valley of the Kings.
Arthur and Guinevere were blessed with twin babies from the marriage, Alexander and Ariel.
TRAGEDY
Seven years later, Arthur was leading his soldiers in the Second Stier Siege when he received news that Guinevere was assassinated by a betraying knight. He immediately called off the siege and returned to Britannia and was told by Merlin that Guinevere was assassinated while practicing her singing at the royal garden, and the assassin escaped before the Knights of the Round Table could capture him.
Vivian came with news that would shake even the king’s boldest heart. It appeared that his best friend Lancelot had been corrupted by the dark power of Masamune, the legendary sword of the Valley of the King, and betrayed his oath as the Knight of the Round Table by defeating his fellow Knights (and killing Sir Hector, the youngest Knight). He even burnt the city of Avon to avenge his turbulent childhood years and was on killing spree afterwards, indiscriminately slaying anyone unfortunate to come across his path.
“The One-Winged Angel is awaiting you at the Ice Desert. You must face him.”
Arthur was at first reluctant to accept the truth, stating that he believed in Lancelot no matter what happened to him. Vivian later gave him a piece of letter written by Guinevere days before she was assassinated and asked him to read it. Arthur was appalled to learn the painful truth but unable to express his emotion as he sealed it soon after gaining the ownership of Excalibur. Yet he eventually gave in and broke down, his heart tormented by the tragedy that was unfolding before him.
After giving his wife and Sir Hector a proper burial, Arthur headed to Ice Desert to the north of the European Continent and met Lancelot, fully corrupted by his own Spirit Wave, now wielding both JENOVA and Masamune in his hands. The fallen knight taunted Arthur into fighting him, teasing him as weak and not strong enough to prevent Guinevere’s death. Enraged, Arthur charged at him only to find himself overwhelmed by Lancelot’s dark power. Furthermore, his memories of Guinevere and the vow he made with his wife never to spill blood prevented him from using all his power, and at such Arthur was initially defeated.
Just as Lancelot was preparing to combine JENOVA and Masamune into a single Device dubbed “Advent” and used the weapon to finish off the battle, Arthur suddenly rose from his untimely comatose and summoned Excalibur’s final form, the Lionheart. Too baffled by the unexpected transformation of the coveted Device, Lancelot forgot to defend himself and opened himself to savage counterattack. Arthur took no chance of letting his mortal enemy and ensnared Lancelot inside Delirium Ring before executed Excalibur’s strongest attack, the all-or-nothing “Sword of Promised Victory”. The attack was vicious and almost destroyed Ice Desert in the process, but Lancelot still stood strong, having survived the ‘sword of light’.
In his last attempt to discourage the king, Lancelot asked Arthur what was important to him; the kingdom which he had sworn to serve and protect, or his family and friends he cherished.
“Everything. Everything that I had known, come across and left behind.”
He proved his words by unleashing his previously unheard of ability: “Omnislash: Blade of the Guardian of Heaven and Earth”, severely injured Lancelot and finally defeated him. As he floated in the air, the fallen knight stated that he would “never become a memory”. Then, enveloped with a single black wing that protruded from his right shoulder blade, he disappeared and left Arthur in the icy desert.
Arthur returned to Britannia, badly injured and barely able to walk. Realizing his time was coming to an end, Arthur returned Excalibur to Vivian and asked her to seal the Device; he stated that he longer had the desire to carry the sword upon his shoulder after he lost everything he used to have. He, then, chose Sir Bedivere as his successor and asked him to take a great care of the kingdom until his children were ready to take the throne.
Arthur retreated to seclusion and passed away three months later, having bedridden from recurring injury that resulted from the mortal combat. He was buried side-by-side with Guinevere in Avalon, and given full tribute by his people.
EXCALIBUR
Type: Intelligent Armed Device
Appearance: sword; (during the battle with Lancelot) Buster Sword
Excalibur has male voice and speaks English. It addresses Arthur as “my lord.”
FORMS
Sealed: Excalibur in this form looks nothing more than a common locket. It is identified by a quote in Old Briton that says “Arthur, Unifier of Britannia.”
Camelot: this is Excalibur in its most recognized form. It comes equipped with Avalon, its sheath that can also be deployed as a secondary sword, allowing double-sword combat. There are two modes of Excalibur in this form:
Battle Mode: used for hand-to-hand combat.
Shooter Mode: used for long-range combat, shooting projectiles or energy beams.
Lionheart: this form shares the same characteristic as Camelot form, except that the sheath and the sword are fused to form a broad sword, known as Buster Sword. At the end of the hilt there is a nano-turbine generator used to greatly amplify magic power. Arthur never used Excalibur in this form, as the existence of the third form was unknown in the era, although he had been reported to use the form’s Noble Illusions on several occasions.
Lionheart Form was indeed activated. It happened only once, during Arthur’s fated duel with Lancelot at Ice Desert.
For Camelot and Lionheart forms, the Energy Crystal Compressor is located inside the sword’s rectangular clamps that tightly fasten the blade onto the hilt. Each clamp can store five energy crystals and functions like a Lee-Enfield magazine clip (it won’t detach until all crystals are used up). Since it is the prototype of the Belkan system, the compressor is also compatible with Belkan magic cartridges.
INCANTATIONS
Let there be no one who wishes to touch the sword
Lest they invite demise to knock on the door;
For only the true inheritor of the king’s blood
Shall fulfil the destiny and call upon its name.
Wake up, Excalibur.
Arthur used the full-paragraphed incantation only once when he activated Excalibur for the first time. As it was a customary for mages during his time to use long phrases, he frequently used the paragraph as ceremonial spell.
DEFENSIVE ABILITIES
Barrier Jacket: the suit is the typical Middle-Age knight’s shining armour, with blue/golden yellow colour scheme and flexible armour made of composite material (when Arthur deploys the Barrier Jacket, it gains a body-hugging outlook). This suit is not just the flashy costume, but also refers to an invisible defensive field generated by the costume, reducing or eliminating any serious injury from events such as an impact with a building.
Bastion: Arthur’s first spell, this is Excalibur’s auto-guard magic. Although weak it can absorb attacks from all directions.
Avalon: a powerful shield that protects its caster from oncoming attack. There are three variations of this spell: the Sealed Form version is merely a wall of barrier magic, while the actual sheath is used as a physical shield in Camelot Form.
For the advanced Lionheart Form, Avalon dissipates into countless particles and immerses its user into a tranquil domain, virtually a “portable fortress”. Lionheart Avalon is considered a Noble Illusion.
Wind Walker: learned from Merlin, this ability enhances Arthur’s agility and increases her evasion rate. It is characterized by contrails that mark her movements.
Seal of the Heavenly King: Arthur uses this spell to bind a target. The amount of time required to activate the spell depends on the complexity of the target. It is characterized by the “royal seal” symbol that decorates the sealing bind.
Bind Break: Arthur tempts to deactivate a binding or imprisoning spell. The amount of time required to deactivate depends on the complexity of the target magic.
Delirium Ring: one of Excalibur’s Noble Illusions, it is available only after Lionheart Form is accessed. Excalibur consumes all energy crystals and converts the energy to form a barrier. Once deployed, Delirium Ring cancels any other abilities within the perimeter, and those trapped inside it will have nowhere to escape.
Delirium Break: Arthur slams Excalibur onto the force field and shatters the perimeter inside the ring. It causes the area inside the barrier to be ‘distorted’.
OFFENSIVE ABILITIES
Lion’s Roar: Excalibur’s basic area-of-affect attack. Arthur shouts a battle cry and slams Excalibur onto the ground, unleashing a powerful shockwave that can knock out anything.
Burning Impact: Excalibur’s basic “particle beam” attack. Arthur activates Excalibur’s Shooter Form and aims the “deployed blade” at selected target. It is roughly on par with Takamachi Nanoha’s Divine Buster.
Barrier of the Wind King: an ability that compresses and rotates the air around Arthur’s blade. The wind circulation distorts the refraction of light, inducing an illusion of surreal world. This property makes it difficult for opponents to parry Arthur’s lunges and thrusts, as they cannot discern the length or width of the blade. Furthermore, the pressurized air can be offensively expelled once in the form of an intense gust. Coupled with Energy Crystal Compressor, Barrier of the Wind King can be sustained for a long duration time.
Sword of the Heavenly King: the strongest physical attack Excalibur can offer. Arthur combines 75% of power supplied from the Energy Crystal Compressor with her Spirit Wave and channels them into the blade. Then Arthur charges at target and slashes the target with the ‘light blade’ in backhand position. The flow of energy coming from Excalibur’s blade is more than enough to nullify most attacks and can even penetrate even the strongest of barrier spells.
Sword of Promised Victory: the most powerful of all Noble Illusions, Arthur channels all her energy into the sword’s nano-generator where it is processed and turned into a yellowish beam engulfing the entire blade. The resulting ‘sword of light’ reaches the edge of the sky and can be seen as far as hundreds of miles away.
Omnislash -- Blade of the Guardian of Heaven and Earth: accessible only in Lionheart Form, this is Excalibur’s ultimate attack, even surpassing Sword of Promised Victory. Arthur speaks something to Excalibur, in which the Device replies "For King and country" before it duplicates into seven different swords that surround target (the seventh "duplicate" remains in Arthur's hand). Then Arthur does the "rushing tackle" maneouvre, hacking and slashing the target with each sword in succession; he combines the swords after every successful attack in the process. Arthur, then, ends the attack with a mega-powerful backhand slash augmented by energy from residual magic and combined with his Spirit Wave.
Arthur is shown weakened after using Omnislash on Lancelot. This indicates that this ability requires the user to "sacrifice" everything he has in order to successfully perform such attack.
phew, that was so long, almost reaching the same level of Hikki's profile thoughts before I proceed to Guinevere's profile, anyone?
Excellent!!! Major points for Omnislash ending with a backhand!
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Hey, right now only my battlecruiser can be called actual haxx (and that requires Serge on board). Other characters don't seem to cross the boundaries of possible in Nanohaverse so far (I hope, point me at my flaws if I'm wrong).
And the battleships were haxx since long ago, they're just cooler like that
I feel like I must finish the second Act of my background immediately to show how hax bites the dust
I jest. Your characters are all fine. And Serge is only on the border but not beyond it. unless AO gets an absolutely haxxed final form
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What can I say? I love HK-47, and concidering Artherion was made from a scale of Neltharion, it's no surprise that he would have a few odd personallity quirks.
I see...
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Chance? I'd call it a certainty.
REALLY?!
Keroko:*tormenting Chrono with the other three female Aces ; taking turns * Onii-Chaaan~! Kha:*does a spit take* Aurion: (She's even as good as the other three. Quite impressive.) Sakura: K-Keroko-chan! Keroko:*looks over, blushing lightly* What?!
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Looks like there's no avoiding it. The hints in that haxx post, other than the Kluize = Kha joke:
-Think FSN (Wish? Regret? Second chance?)
-From Anna's profile we see that she's a Summoner.
From earlier posts:
-I mentioned the Throne of Heroes, followed by the mention of Danaan, who I've been hinting has something to do with Velka religion.
-4th Line of the Velka Code: Death on the battlefield is the greatest glory to be achieved by a Velka knight.
-Kha's mention of "As long as you do the right thing, you'll never be defeated spiritually."
-And finally, the revelation that Unlimited Imperium Vault which was able to summon Rein 1 original without memories. Implication: No soul.
After confusing everyone with this not very well planned Da Vice Code, here's what I intended to say:
When Rein died, she, and her Meister had a wish: They both wanted to stay with each other and be happy. No amount of principle, nor Code of Honor was ever going to change that. But Rein knew she had to leave, and died like a true Velka. Now with all Velka being related to religious themes, the next part kicked in. Danaan, the goddess from which the first Velka descended from, saved Reinforce's soul and crowned her a true Hero, like the many Velka before her, and thus came to reside in the Throne of Heroes to be exalted for all eternity.
This is the crossover bit that gave me the idea for Caster Reinforce:
Spoiler for :topicoff::
Kluize appears as Servant Archer in a future Holy Grail War in a discontinued FSN fic that further played with the idea of time paradoxes and discontinuity. I stopped bec even I got lost in the maze I created. Bottomline was, I made a ref that when Caster was summoned, the one who answered would be a REAL mage (as opposed to FSN's fake one) and that would be Reinforce, because she wished to return to Hayate.
What happens in the Nanohaverse, is that once someone has mastered summoning the epic spirit's weapon from the Imperium Vault, he/she shall earn the right to summon the Epic Spirit itself. When Anna calls out for a Caster to become her tsukaima (the entire Riviera crew has no AOE mage, that's why she calls for a Caster), Reinforce answers and returns, if only for a short while. The only way to keep her material permanently is to recall her soul together with her soulless body that resides in Unlimited Imperium Vault. Which means, only Sophia has a chance of doing that.
It's supposed to be an end-of-StrikerS thing for Sophia to master Unlimited Imperium Vault and summon the complete Reinforce 1 as her own tsukaima. However, my itch got the better of me... And I summoned Godh4xx as well as Caster Reinforce... I must train harder to avoid such a mess in future!
EDIT: Sophia can summon RH from the Imperium Vault not only because it resided there before, its also because of the alternative version of Nanoha, a Velka practicioner, resides in the Throne of Heroes too. I've a feeling that idea of an alternative Nanoha is by Darkalpha, so apologies for being liberal with it.
Video magazine, ka? Graphic! Absolutely graphic!
Ne, Kha. Won't completely summoning R1 make Sophia a mage with a tsukaima definitely more powerful than her? No nerf is planned? If we follow your plan, she can Triple-cast the Breaker moves.
You must keep it (and let me keep mine too ) - I won't be able to let an epic battle escape just like that Then both could be crippled (or even destroyed for the sake of balance ) in the process and everyone can live on happily.
Kluize: Hahaha... As if I'll let you, Kha! (flies off into the sunset)
Kha: ... The Broadsides...
Actually I'm saying this cos I suddenly got a very big brainwave, thanks to that earlier mess of a post. Kha might get his own ship after all, albeit shrunk to the original size. The Riviera's just too insanely huge. And...
...Guess what...?
Kha's ship will also have an army...
of LOLI CLONES!!!
Explanations and profiles, plus the key handing-over ceremony coming soon. Boy is der Kleriker going to be in sooo much trouble.
Oh I almost forgot to mention Erio being loli-piled.
Kha: Okay Kha just what are you up to here? Kha: Hey don't try to break the Fourth Wall. You'll look silly. Kha: As in? Sof: Captain? Why are you talking to yourself? Kha: Oh.
@Aaron: That 3x Breaker EX show was because Anna had the mana equivalent of a small sun, so even just 10% shared with Caster is still a lot. If Rein 1 comes under Sophia, it's not that insane. After all, Sophia can't fly without her Bellophon pegasus, so she's the nerf.
@Lowe: Ya know, mind if I just keep the Riviera in here? I will do without the crew and the ***dam, but the ship... and my favorite Broadsides. It's Kha's ship after all, in a very weird sense.
The Guncannon boys you can keep alright... those lovely XV-88's would be a waste if you gave them up now Although contrary to Hero's assumption, I don't think I'll live on happily if those were destroyed (unless you have some loli-clone piloted Crisis Suits hidden there somewhere )
So btw, I'm not sure if I can handle THAT many enemies and scenarios at once (I already have my hands full with Glock and the Necrons)... so which threat is the TSAB giving priority to?
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Actually I'm saying this cos I suddenly got a very big brainwave, thanks to that earlier mess of a post. Kha might get his own ship after all, albeit shrunk to the original size. The Riviera's just too insanely huge. And...
...Guess what...?
Kha's ship will also have an army...
of LOLI CLONES!!!
Explanations and profiles, plus the key handing-over ceremony coming soon. Boy is der Kleriker going to be in sooo much trouble.
Ah, if Kha gets his own instead of Riviera than it'll be OK
But less than 1km long is insanely huge? I doubt it. When I get home I'll dig something huge up, if nobody does it earlier
The Guncannon boys you can keep alright... those lovely XV-88's would be a waste if you gave them up now Although contrary to Hero's assumption, I don't think I'll live on happily if those were destroyed (unless you have some loli-clone piloted Crisis Suits hidden there somewhere )
So btw, I'm not sure if I can handle THAT many enemies and scenarios at once (I already have my hands full with Glock and the Necrons)... so which threat is the TSAB giving priority to?
Kluize: To my dear Cleric, if you haven't blown yourself to pieces by now, I should accelerate the process. Here's the key to your own battleship, the one I stole from the Earth Alliance to confuse the TSAB windbags both of us are unfortunately working with. I took liberties to shrink most of Riviera's haxx weapon systems into it, including a little surprise.
And to Lowe, I think you'll have your fun with the upcoming loli-Crisis, if you catch me drift.
For the Light... my foot!
END OF TRANSMISSION
Kha: Oh well, I'm focusing on the Necron first. They're gonna get blasted fast, I hope.
@Hero: That's just IMO. Too slow. Riviera was somewhere in between, in fact, it was my limit of preferred size. I leave the giant ships to the Admirals with carrier groups. I'm a small force with big punch kinda guy.
Explanations and profiles, plus the key handing-over ceremony coming soon. Boy is der Kleriker going to be in sooo much trouble.
Loli clones.... I think Keroko would opt for a Harisen instead of an I.C.B. in that case.
Then she'd back away when Hayate comes to the scene.... Best not get between Hayate who has seen a potentional cosplay army.
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The Guncannon boys you can keep alright... those lovely XV-88's would be a waste if you gave them up now Although contrary to Hero's assumption, I don't think I'll live on happily if those were destroyed (unless you have some loli-clone piloted Crisis Suits hidden there somewhere )
Precious XV-88's, the bane of my armored enemy and without a doupt the greatest unit of the Tau empire. Period. Kha better have some of those on his ship, otherwise Keroko would scrounge up a few for a birthday present anyway.
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Ah, if Kha gets his own instead of Riviera than it'll be OK
But less than 1km long is insanely huge? I doubt it. When I get home I'll dig something huge up, if nobody does it earlier
Loli clones.... I think Keroko would opt for a Harisen instead of an I.C.B. in that case.
Then she'd back away when Hayate comes to the scene.... Best not get between Hayate who has seen a potentional cosplay army.
I know, I know. The comic effects of such a force knows no bounds! And I can't help but imagine all of them wearing maid's costumes when not in battle armor. Remember Kha's a Cosplayer too!
Let's not forget crazy Sakura while we're at it. Misaki must be so glad she doesn't have a Unison Device to be forced to wear weird costumes!
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Precious XV-88's, the bane of my armored enemy and without a doupt the greatest unit of the Tau empire. Period. Kha better have some of those on his ship, otherwise Keroko would scrounge up a few for a birthday present anyway.
All I can say is, he's gonna have a loli-Crisis. Oh and a loli-Broad to keep him company, and a loli hiding somewhere too.
I forgot about the ship that mesmerized me before I discovered mecha... But never mind I'm sure Keroko'd let Kha's Seraph hitch a ride if he lets her take a spin in the Stahlmut. . Plus Seraph's only 420m in length, opposed to 12 km.
I forgot about the ship that mesmerized me before I discovered mecha... But never mind I'm sure Keroko'd let Kha's Seraph hitch a ride if he lets her take a spin in the Stahlmut. . Plus Seraph's only 420m in length, opposed to 12 km.
19 kilometers, actually. But that's only an example of large ships. If the TSAB had ships that large, there's no way in hell they'd give one to one squadron -even an elite one- just like that.
Besides, Keroko would hate being a Captain of a ship. She loves being in the sky, not in a chair (and item she never stops discussing with Chrono).
I know, I know. The comic effects of such a force knows no bounds! And I can't help but imagine all of them wearing maid's costumes when not in battle armor. Remember Kha's a Cosplayer too!
Let's not forget crazy Sakura while we're at it. Misaki must be so glad she doesn't have a Unison Device to be forced to wear weird costumes!
If Hayate's good, she'll have them wear maid customes as combat armor!
I just hope she didn't hear that
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All I can say is, he's gonna have a loli-Crisis. Oh and a loli-Broad to keep him company, and a loli hiding somewhere too.
Now... About that loli-Devilfish...
Don't forget the Loli-Hammerheads and Skyrays... and a fully pimped XV-22 while we're at it... all in mecha musume configuration
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19 kilometers, actually. But that's only an example of large ships. If the TSAB had ships that large, there's no way in hell they'd give one to one squadron -even an elite one- just like that.
Besides, Keroko would hate being a Captain of a ship. She loves being in the sky, not in a chair (and item she never stops discussing with Chrono).
... There's always Hayate's way of "requisitioning" things, straight out of the God Empress herself
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by the way, what is the minimum/maximum level a villain can be?
- any level is not a good answer
- reason as to why such a level if its a low one.
- i prefer maximum level villains so try to provide with the highest rating.
i need the answers so that i can create a hard to beat villain under the parameters of this thread.
and i'll post one or two more character before i proceed with the stories about thier pasts.
Why is "any level" not a good answer?
Basically, it depends on what sort of villain you want to have. Someone who can pwn the Aces with sheer magical power needs a high (SSS or something) rating. Someone who creates an army to do the pwning may not need something that high; we don't know what magical rating Scaglietti has, for example.
And then there's another sort of villain, the master manipulator, who may have zero ability in magic, but is able to waltz into the highest echelons of command with his/her silver tongue and turn allies against one another.
Personally, I'm biased towards low-magic villains, but those with high charisma and intelligence. One of the hardest villains to defeat is the one which nobody bothers looking for, since they're all busy fighting one another.
I'd make a comparison to Lex Luthor, but there's too many counter-examples in the comics already, so I'll just refrain. Instead, if you've seen Read Or Die (the ROD TV series in particular), consider how much actual power Mr. Joker/Carpenter has.
EDIT: And then there's the "Not Applicable" of, say, AI villains, which have a venerable tradition in science fiction from HAL to SHODAN to Guilty Spark.