I LOVE ALL YOUR IDEAS GUYS

IM REALLY REALLY REALLY SORRY FOR NOT POSTING. Ive been really busy lately with school, i need to do well in my exams or im dead

:'( i have some time tomorrow so ill post then

Derpestein said
Brilliant idea Rax! :DPersonally, I would like personal cloaking devices or teleportation.Or both.IC is a bit dead.

Grothnor said
To be specific, my idea was that the hospital safe-zone holds out against the scouts until the main army shows up, giving us about 1-5 days of recovery time in the hospital. Just to clarify. Also, I'm a big fan of this 'use their technology' idea for our escape. I'd prefer cloaking devices, because it increases the tension. It also would make for a tense scene when we realize there are invisible infiltrators in the hospital. See for something like that. You'll want to skip to the 1 hour mark.

Like Derp said the device could be both (since it's obviously a tool for defense, which would give us a significant strategic advantage). Similar to what they used in the Halo movie, but doubling as a personal shield like this nifty little thing. If we wanted to get really fancy it could also be a disguise generator but I'd think the ability to be invisible would probably be most efficient.

The implications of using a personal shield/cloaking device should also have pros and cons, realistically. Like, even though your shield protects you, you could probably still drown underwater, but perhaps when you're cloaked it not only hides your appearance but your heat signature, making you difficult to track with infrared or other heat-seeking sensors.

Just ideas.

All of these ideas are fantastic.

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
Like Derp said the device could be both (since it's obviously a tool for defense, which would give us a significant strategic advantage). Similar to what they used in the Halo movie, but doubling as a personal shield like nifty little thing. If we wanted to get really fancy it could also be a but I'd think the ability to be invisible would probably be most efficient.The implications of using a personal shield/cloaking device should also have pros and cons, realistically. Like, even though your shield protects you, you could probably still drown underwater, but perhaps when you're cloaked it not only hides your appearance but your heat signature, making you difficult to track with infrared or other heat-seeking sensors. Just ideas.

Disguise plus invisibility = Spy from TF2.

Anyways, I think the cons for invisibility should be that, you aren't able to pass through enemies and people can still hear you and smell you. Just because you can't be seen doesn't mean you're not there. And if you get wet, there will still be water dripping off from you, even if you're invisible. Set on fire? Seen, and dying.

You still need to take care with it.

And for disguise kit, you can look like and smell like and sound like the person you're disguised as. However, when seen in infra-red, your true form is seen. Keeps you from staying with the enemy for too long.

Maybe a combination kinetic shield/cloaking device that can only have one mode on at a time, and each mode has drawbacks, like the kinetic shield protects from bullets, but not punches, and the cloaking device only fully works when not moving.

As for plot integration, we find and kill an alien commando team using cloaking devices/whatever inside the hospital during a full scale attack, steal their cloaking devices/whatever, and flee before getting overrun.

By the way, Rax, what was your first link from?

And @jman221: Don't worry about us, go ace your exams or whatever. We're just brainstorming ideas for you.

How would we, a group of teenager friends, kill the technologically advanced aliens?

Maybe they're already injured.

See the kinetic shields drawback I suggested? They won't stop punches, so they won't stop knives. We ambush/swarm them with melee weapons.

Hmmm...
Yes, that could work.

However, the 'staying still' drawback for the cloaking device, IMHO, is terrible. People move their chests to breathe.

Maybe the aliens can see motion, so we could only sneak up with the devices from behind?

No bit of fancy alien tech is perfect, or so they tell me lol.

I like the idea of the cloaking device only being fully effective when you're standing still. Small movements and slow movements won't affect if much, but a sudden move or a high-profile action like running or walking too quickly will compromise the effect, you won't be clearly visible, but perhaps a silvery outline could reveal your presence, or a shimmer like when air gets really hot.

The subject of hiding smell and heat is debatable, but it certainly wouldn't mask sound.

As for the shield only being effective against projectile weapons, it's a good idea. It would serve practical uses such as the wearer being able to eat and drink etc. while it leaves vulnerability to melee weapons which gives us an advantage as well as a shared weakness.

And Groth, it was the personal shield that Dr. Rodney McKay found in Stargate Atlantis, it offered full body protection from projectiles and blunt force, as well as inertial dampeners that allowed him to fall from very high places without sustaining injury.

As another thought, perhaps the cloaking shields are only issued to spies, that would make sure they weren't widely available to every alien, because the soldiers would be much more robust and probably have a different kind of armor, though still using a similar personal shield.

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
No bit of fancy alien tech is perfect, or so they tell me lol.I like the idea of the cloaking device only being fully effective when you're standing still. Small movements and slow movements won't affect if much, but a sudden move or a high-profile action like running or walking too quickly will compromise the effect, you won't be clearly visible, but perhaps a silvery outline could reveal your presence, or a shimmer like when air gets really hot.The subject of hiding smell and heat is debatable, but it certainly wouldn't mask sound.As for the shield only being effective against projectile weapons, it's a good idea. It would serve practical uses such as the wearer being able to eat and drink etc. while it leaves vulnerability to melee weapons which gives us an advantage as well as a shared weakness. And Groth, it was the personal shield that Dr. Rodney McKay found in Stargate Atlantis, it offered full body protection from projectiles and blunt force, as well as inertial dampeners that allowed him to fall from very high places without sustaining injury.As another thought, perhaps the cloaking shields are only issued to spies, that would make sure they weren't widely available to every alien, because the soldiers would be much more robust and probably have a different kind of armor, though still using a similar personal shield.

Raxa for Co-GM.

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Aw shucks :3

MOVEMENT, SWEET GLORIOUS MOVEMENT.

I will post soon, just a bit busy right now.

Will post later today.

Yay grimdark character twist! Or do you think I'm using the dead parents trope a little early in the story? If so, I'll change it because I'm not completely satisfied with my post anyway.

Grothnor said
Yay grimdark character twist! Or do you think I'm using the dead parents trope a little early in the story? If so, I'll change it because I'm not completely satisfied with my post anyway.

2grimdarkm8

Just kidding, just kidding.

Though I do think the dead parents trope was used early.

So...

Emotionless: Ray
Vengeful and wanting REVENGE for the innocents killed: Davidson
Totally Cereal: Asher
Nice: Cassy :3

Lol she's so innocent and sweet...
...
...
...for now...
Hehehehehe

Eh, I think I'll change it to "Anxious about family, therefore protective of friends, trying to distract himself by making makeshift weapons."

EDIT: And I did. I didn't like the radical change in character. Also, it was a little cliche. I'll save it for later if anything.

Derpestein said Totally Cereal: Asher

EDIT:
Lol what can I say, I have a thing for psychopaths

@Groth, the dead parents thing does seem a little early, but could definitely be used to further the plot. Right now we're all kind of in a hole, with limited knowledge of what's going on beyond where we are. I think we should all be worried about our families/loved ones but probably don't know anything yet. However, it's totally up to you. I'm just itching to get into some real action.

I wonder if my character still seems...In character.

The wide eyed, happy optimist of the team.

I think he's allowed to be serious sometimes.

Maybe I'll corrupt him slowly.

Maybe.